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.
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