THE BABY' By OWBN OLIVER When the baby was three weeks old they said that Omi could come down-stairs for an hour or two in the afternoon. So 1 went home early and carried her down. She laughed so much that I had to laugh, too. "Why!" she said. "Here's my old laughing Jimmy come back again! 1 thought I'd lost him." I hadn't been laughing very much lately; and I had my reasons; but 1' didn't want to talk about them. So I pretended to be out of breath, and, car- j fied her to the armchair and tucked her up in a rug, and made her lie against the pillows. Then I fetched "Why Have You Given Up Laughing, Jimmy?" another chair, and sat beside her, and tried to change the subject. "it's nice to have you down again, v ")mi," I told her. "Yes — Why have you given up 1 aughing, Jimmy?" "So you've noticed," I said slowly. I could see that it was no use trying i l .o put her off. It never is. "Of course!" She nodded. "What is it?" "Another bad habit!" I explained. "You see, I got into rather a way of worrying—before. I wouldn't let you see that I worried, but —" Omi looked up at me and smiled. "I saw, Jimmy," she stated. "Yes, I suppose you did. I thought, f I pretended to be cheerful, it would heer you up a bit." "It did." Omi held out her hand, md I squeezed it. "And I thought it would cheer you up a bit, if 1 pre tended that I didn't see! Aren't we dreadful pretenders, Jimmy?" She laughed again. She didn't seem o have altered a bit. "I don't seem to be a success as a pretender," 1 owned. "You always see through me." "Yes. So you may a3 well tell me at or.ce. What is it?" "I don't know —" "Jimmy!" She shook her head at me. "You do." "I don't know how to put it, I mean." "No," she contradicted, "you mean that you don't know how to avoid 'putting it.' It's no use bothering about that, because I'm going to make you tell me the truth. And now you can do it!" "Well," I said, "it's like this: You see, you weren't just an ordinary wife, Omi. You were a —a sort of chum, too. We liked the same things and the same people, and making fun of everything, and going out together; and things seem different when you have a chum to do them with; and 1 hadn't any cliuni when she was up stairs; and so I didn't feel like laugh ing; and that's all." "And now she's down-stairs," said Omi; "and that's all. But you aren't even smiling. That isn't a smile, it's only a grimace. What is it?" "Nothing," I told her. She didn't contradict me, but watched me with her finger on her check. "Baby is a funny little creature," she remarked, at last. "He's a funny little creature," I agreed. "Do you think he's like you?" she inquired. "No," I said emphatically. "I don't." "Nurse says he is." "They always do." "Mrs. Harraden thinks so, too; and you always say that she's so sensible." "You have taken away her reputa tion in a breath." "I think he's like you. But Mrs. Villiers says he's like me." "Good gracious, no!" I cried ener getically. Fancy comparing a baby— or Anything —to Omi! "Who do you think he's like?" ""He's more like a monkey than any thing," I growled, i Yes!" Omi laughed. "Isn't he? ' Very like a monkey." I was rather taken aback at this. I had expected . ber to be indignant. i "He's not more like a monkey than other babies," I qualified. "Not' so much," she said. "Not nearly so much. He's very good look ing—for a baby; and he's got your nose; and he takes a lot of notice, and seems to know people. I'm sure he likes holding my finger better than ) *Bjrbody'»!" _ (Copyright.) "Aud you like holding his finger bet ter than anybody's," 1 told her. Orni selected one of my lingers, and held it tightly. "Now I see," she cried. "You're jealous!" "No-o," 1 corrected. "Not exactly jealous. 1 do feel a bit envious— sometimes; but that is beastly of me; and I'll sooa get over it." "There's nothing to get over. Jim my; but 1 ought to like him, too." "I want yon to tine him just as much as other mothers like their babies." "Oh;" Omi clasped her hands. "But other mothers can't love their baby so much as I love mine—yours! 1 may love him, mayn't I, Jimmy?" "Of course you may." "And you will, won't you?" "I dare say 1 shall get to like the little sleepy bundle, when he's big ger." "You like him now, Jimmy," she in sisted. "Yes. I suppose I do. Well, I do, then." "So you can't be jealous of roe lik ing him." "I'm not jealous, Omi. I —T don't know how to explain what I mean ex actly." Omi leaned her head against my shoulder, and didn't say anything. "It's two troubles in one," 1 con fessed. "The first is that you won't be able to do all the things we used to do together, on account of —" "The little soft, sleepy bundle," she said gently. "The little soft, sleepy bundle. And so we slia'n't be quite such clnims as we used to be." "We slia'n't be able to do things to gether quite so often; bnt we shall be just as great chums, Jimmy. Thinl; how delighted we shall be when the — the sleepy bundle goes to sleep; and we can run off together and be —just the same as we've always been." "Ah!" 1 said. "We slia'n't be just the same, Omi. That is the second trouble; the real one. We were just two together; and you couldn't say what one was apart from the other. Now you'll live part of your life with him instead of with me, and so you'll alter; and I shall alter, because you have altered. I don't mean that we shall drift apart, or anything of that sort. You'll be a good chum still; anu so shall I. We shall be just as fond of each other, I hope, then; but we slia'n't be quite the same people. Anyhow, we sha'u't have quite the same jolly times. There was nothing I wanted altered Omi." Omi drew a deep breath. "1 see what you mean, Jimmy," she agreed. "I shall have to look after the baby; and so 1 sha'n't be able to do things with you sometimes. So you'll drop into the club, and — Don't pro test, Jimmy. I'd rather you'd fill up the time pleasantly. And I shall take very good care that you like me bet ter than the club. We shall still be great friends—you mean that, don't you?" "Yes, little wife." "Very great friends; but we sha'n't be a pair by ourselves; and we shall live little pieces of life that are dif ferent. And so we shall come to look at things a little differently. Is that it?" "That's it, Omi." "But don't we do that now, Jimmy? You have your office; and a little golf; and once I let you go yachting for two whole days—but 1 never will again! I couldn't rest a minute." "Little goose!" "Yes. And I have the house; and shopping; and afternoon calls. Why should I alter because 1 have another —amusement? He's a very little one, Jimmy." "Yes," I agreed. "He's a very litttle one; but the other things didn't reckon, and he does." "Yes. He does; but —• There are some friends who reckon, Jimmy. There was a time when I felt about them as you feel about baby. I'm much more jealous than you really, and—l expect you know why I didn't like the 'clan' at first, though you've never told me." "Yes," I agreed. "I know." "And now I'm so fond of Elsie; and I sent you to take her home the other night, and never worried for a second; and I wouldn't give the dear old clan up for anything. We don't love each other less because we lovu oiur friends more, do we?" "No, dear; but we have same friends." Omi pulled one arm out of the rug, and put it around me. "Jimmy," she said. "We have the same baby!" A man may be clever and wise— though I am neither—but a woman is far cleverer and wiser. I shall always feel that., when Omi said that, she made a difference in both our lives; but I didn't see it all at once. New French Typewriter. A new French typewriter, described in Popular Mechanics, carries no key board. and the designation of charac ters to be used is made by a stylet or needle which is moved by the left hand of the operator until its point is over the desired character enameled on the plate. Speed is sacrificed In order to gain simplicity of construc tion. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908. , JAUNTY COSTUME Gun-metal gray pongee has been made up into this jaunty little costume The jacket is a tuxedo ponv model, with the vest of gray and black striped taffetas. The under-arm seams curve in sharply at the waist line, and large silver buttons and loops of gray silk cord ornament each side of the front; small flat silver buttons fastening the vest. The collar and three-quarter length sleeves are trimmed with deep cream-color embroidery edging. The skirt is a seven-gored model, side plaited at the front and hips, and closing under an inverted box-plait at the center-back. Two bias bands of the striped taffetas are set. on as a trimming above tin- hem. The model is an excellent one for voile, mohair, Panama cloth, heavy linen, chambray, or homespun. For a miss of 15 years the jacket requires 3% yards oi' material 20 inches wide, I'M yard :!0 inches wide; t% yard 42 inches wide, or 1% yard 54 inches wide; as illustrated, 7 K yarn of contrasting material 20 Inches wide, 1 yard of braid and 1 VH yard of applique band. For a miss of 15 years the skirt requires "V 2 yards of material 20 inches wide, 4Vi yards :'.6 inches wide, 4 yards 42 inches wide, or 3 yards 54 inches wide; I : -.j yard 20 inches wide. 1 yard 36 inches wide, % yard 42 inches wide, or % yard 54 inches wide, extra, for bias bands. MUST SUIT THE FACE. Time Well Spent Over Arrangement of Proper Coiffure. There are no hard-and-fast rules governing hair dressing save the groat fundamental one which so few profes sional coiffeurs observe —namely, that the outline must be neither stiff nor conventional. The hair must be ar ranged to suit the face, which, if it chance to be of the fashionable Greek type, may lie somewhat drawn back from the brow, preserving the straight lino of the profile. That same profile line governs the position of the knot at the back of the head and should be carefully studied with the aid of the hand glass. But if the nose be short and the face rather broad, the coiffure must bo arranged in dif ferent. manner on the top of the head, although not necessarily in the extrav agant form of pompadour which has absolutely gone out of date. The hair may be puffed above the brow so as to meet the big coil at the crown, and if there are vacant spaces, the ribbon may be arranged to fill them. The thin-cheeked woman whose pro file; lacks the straight Greek line re quires fluffy locks to soften her foai ures, and the crown braid to give the desired breadth. She would better wear the ribbon to show at the sides and the back. LEGHORN WITH PINK ROSES. A beautiful model of dyed leghorn with white hydrangea, pink roses, and an aigrette adorning the crown. Perfect Trust. Browning: In some time, His good time, I shall arrive. TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT. Systematic Exercise and Diet the Two Main Requisites. If you want to ge the flat front fig ure you must learn how and when to exercise. It is useless to take- exer cise at night when you are tired, and just as useless to exercise before a meal. English women are slim because they keep their homes cool. Women who fill their rooms with fresh air are slimmer, as a rule, than those who sit in an overheated atmosphere. The lungs do better work under the cir cumstances. In India the stout person takes the mind cure as well as the physical cure, itho says to herself: "I am not hun gry." After she has repeated this she takes a walk and engages in some thing to occupy her mind. So sho lets a meal slip by. In Denmark when ,a lady gets too stout sho is urged to get out upon the bills and tend the sheep. She has fresh milk to drink and she also eats fruit and herbs, but no fish nor flesh nor fowl. She lives in the open and site loses weight. The so-called ' Colorado treatment consists in sleeping out. of doors in a sleeping parlor built with sides of Japanese matting to keep the wind from blowing upon you. Only two pieces of bedding are required. There must be a German feather bed to p!a<-e upon the floor of the sleeping parlor and another feather bed to bo drawn over the sleeper.—Exchange. Exercise Is Necessary. The body which is not exercised gets flabby and weak and degenerates in any number of bad ways. Double and triple chins, horribly misshapen busts and abdomens, flat chests, lank waists, and other unlovely features of many unfortunate women's frames are the creatures of no exercise. Exercise rids the body of many shortcomings which might be retained as deformities for ever. The overplump, the overslim, and the beautifully proportioned—in fact, every woman—need it if face or figure are to develop or preserve beauty. Grenadine again the Fashion. Grenadine after years and years of absence has r°tu**nod. It is the greatest novelty of the season and is treated like the shantungs, twills and satins with flowered borders—made to resemble insertions bordered on each side with garlands of flowers. Others with borders of satin and large dots, others, again, striped. The flower de signs are evidently taken from de signs for silks in fashion in th« «arly 'so's of the last century, and some ; too, from the Louis XV. epoch. Fine damask elaborately Inset with Irish and Cluny lace is now very smart for the luncheon and dinner table. Kmbroidered dinner cloths have been attempted from time to time, but have never .found much favor, but a luncheon cloth or large center piece, stretching just to the border of the table and heavily embroidered in all white with a deep border of Irish lace all round, is most effective. lSy some, however, the very finest of linen, quite plain, is preferred to the more effec tive but scarcely more costly cloths heavily embroidered and trimmed with bands of lace. The so-called bare luncheon tables are still more fashionable than those covered with a long cloth, no matter how costly the linen may be. The cen ter piece may be sufficiently large to stretch almost to the edge of the round table, but it is laid directly over the mahogany or oak, so as to show to best advantage the beauties of tlie laee and embroidery. Colored satin and silk foundations are frequently seen, but just as often the center piece is placed directly upon the wood. Ribbon is used but seldom nowadays for table decorations, and, in fact, the desire seems to be to get away from any crowded appearance. Even on a fairly large dinner table the only flow ers will be in the huge silver or gold basket in the center of the table, while the shades on the candle sticks and candelabra may bear out the color of the flowers, although plain silver and gold shades are also frequently used. The large silver flower baskets are comparatively new, being shaped like the regular flat wicker basket with the rack inside, through which each flower is inserted separately and kept in place. For an unusually large table, a high, slender basket, with long han dles, makes a charming flower vase, a grating or rack being, of course, necessary to keep the flowers in posu tion. Laying the Cloth. A table ought first to have a pro tective covering of thick felt or baize —fastened securely at the corners by tapes —to prevent hot dishes damaging the woodwork, and also to help to deaden the sound of plates and other items being placed upon it. It is not wise to choose a material of bright coloring for this purpose, as, when children are present and any liquid gets spilled thereon, the dye from the baize is apt to discolor the white lin en cloth. In such cases it may be necessary to have a piece of oilcloth placed between the baize cover and the linen. Spread the linen cloth even ly on the table. Service Plates. "Service plates" are those used on luncheon and dinner tables between courses. The old-fashioned way was when a person had finished eating from a plate it was removed and the place before them left empty until another, containing the next course, was put before them. Service plates fill the gap, and it is iuv. considered good form ever to leave a place without a plate. The butler or maid, as he or she takes away the plate with which one is fin ished. puts down an empty one, usual ly of a very fancy kind. This remains until the next course is served to each person. The service plate is then taken up aud returned at the next in terval. Service plates are on the table at the beginning of luncheon or dinner, and at that time the napkin is folded on them. They may be of medium size or large, preferably the latter. Polished Table. Sometimes there are ways of doing things that are so simple that we for get to employ them. Here is an in stance: The polished mahogany dining table is a source of some anxiety and care in many households. An easy matter it is to keep it bright, and un spotted if, after each meal, you wash it with cold water, using a sponge; then dry and rub briskly. This keeps the table top clear and bright and FOR HANDKERCHIEFS Something very new and pretty in the way of a handkerchief sachet may be seen in our illustrations. It is lined Handkerchief Case Closed. with satin and covered with a rich ribbed silk In a pale shade of blue, upon which sprays of daisies are worked In very pale shades of yellow free from that greasy look that WA often see upon tables in even well regulated households. White spots sometimes appear upon the polished surface of furniture. Just remember that you can readily re move such a spot by rubbing with a cloth moistened with alcohol. This will not mar the finish of the wood. Tea Cloths. One of the handsomest tea cloths shown this spring is a fine linen decorated with English eyelet and heavy Irish crochet medallions, the latter raised in rose effect and applied as was practicable to the embroidery. The cloth was edged with a two-inch band of Irish crochet lace. The price of this was far beyond the average purse. Orange Cure for Fat. Oranges are the latest cure ad vanced for obesity. The diet is: On waking, the juice of one fruit is drunk, and this should be cold. A second meal taken about an lic/ur later than the first should be composed of tho juice of two oranges, and mud be sipped slowly. If one is lavenous ly hungry there is no objection to taking at the same time one piece of very thin and crusty toast. >io but< ter is permitted. At intervals of two hours through out the day juice may be sipped. One orange at. a time is usually enough, for it is not to be expected that quarts of the fruit would allay real pangs of hunger. Another bit of toast is per missible during the afternoon, but if flesh reduction is the object of the cure the toast must be crusty and dry. At dinner one is supposed to eat a hearty meal. No sweet or greasy dishes should be indulged in. To Clean a Fan. To clean a fan place it. in a dish and cover with gasoline. Do not attempt in rub the material, or the chiffon or lace will, in all probability, tear apart. Press tightly until the dirt comes out, and a fan certainly collects a great deal of dust. After freeing it from dust and all blemishes put it into clean gas oline in which there is a drop ot bluing. Spread the fan out on a piece of white cloth, pin the two points to stretch the material, and let it dry. After it has thoroughly dried, cover with talcum powder, highly scented, and leave for one day. This destroys the odor of gasoline and makes the fan as beautiful as new. If the edges are the least worn, bind with chiffon ribbon, lace beading or a soft frill of lace or chiffon to match the cover. m I Trimmings are ultra-fashionMble. Linen is one of the season's finds in millinery. Plaited skirts are pledged to remain as popular as ever. Lingerie frocks are sold at all prices and in all shades. Waists are short or skirts are high, whichever you please. A fancy variety of crin has been worn on the Riviera all winter. Vague of outline is the most impres sive feature of imported coats. Most of the tailor-made sails shown in the shops have skirts trimmed with, bands. What to Wear. Fair women who flush easily should avoid light blue, more especially for evening gowns, and the woman of in definite coloring should never wear black velvet, while she of brilliant complexion and decided features will probably look splendid in it. Then, again, the dullness of chiffon is try ing to some and the sheen of satin to others. The only way to come to a decision in these matters (and once learned one should bear il in mind) is to hold the various materials up be fore you and study the effect in the glass. and green. The word '"Handkerchiefs'* is embroidered on the cover in line gold thread. A small pocket in which a scent sachet can be placed is sewn Handkerchief Case Open. inside one of the covers and edged with pale blue cord, while the hand kerchiefs are tied across and across with pale blue ribbons. This little in side pocket might also be used to hold brooches or studs and would be useful for traveling, when the top might be secured with a safety-pin or r'tiboua. 13
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