WHEN JENKIE LAUGHS. A light foot flits adown the stalr, A lilt of laughter trills the air; She comes; her merry music swells Like carol from deep wildwood dells, Or chime from dreamland’s airy bells, When Jennie laughs. ’ In sunlight at my study door To scan if aught her presence chides; But naught save wealcome there be’ tides; She nods—and laughs! Her white arms round my neck she slips, She prints a warm kiss on my lips; What sweet persuasive art she brings As, nesiing to my heart, she clings. And, softly as a linnet sings, n She pleads—and laughs! I try to frown—a sheer pretense! I quote wise saws-—a fraud prepense To keep my lovely captive there! Kat frown, doubt, scruple, maxim fair— When Jennie laughs! Who could resist that pleading faca2? Who daunt that timid, winsome grace? Long ere her pretty plea ba done, long er» my cross-play mood be goae, Knows right won And so-—she laughs! well her cause She The gracious charm, the witching wile, The subtle power of tear and smile The sway hearts rh spells that men, All blend their potent magic, when— Her motier's living ARAN! ~~ My Jennie ! the seit laughs! ao love d bless the child! As off she goes, Her gleeful soul in song outflows, The old bouse—yes, the old world, LOO With light and gladness thrill anew, And life takes on a brighter hue When Jennia laughs —5M. J. A. McCaffery. 12525252525252525252525¢5252525¢25¢e3 1. B Great-Aunt Janet's c \ stick. & Candl stick. 2 s5cS252525252525252525252525252528 Ia ber day—mind you, I said in be day—the old lady was somataing o an oracle. Infaliable, sir, that's ti word—absolute.y infallable. In fact, to put it more plainly,” said the coi onel, shutting up oae eye, and regard- ing his fifth glass critically, "she was aiways right.” “I have no doubt of it, si-" 1 said, meekly. “You see [ was in with the colonel’'s daughter, and under those circumstances a father is not a being to be con radicted. More than that, the colonel was speaking of a matter of family history; and the colonel’'s family goes back to a time little beiore William the Norman made up his mind to come over to England. . “Her particular powers, my dear boy,” went on the colonel, “lay with the romantic. [I've heard it said that all the lovers from all the country round used to come to her troubles and get good advice what they say,” added the with a wink, “but, between oursalves, Aunt Janet was probably a mischief making, interfering old matchmaker Tha: is shown by the fact that she still troubles this earth when she should be reposing respectably some where else. One has to put up with this sort of thing, colonel frowned and coughed and settled his neck into his shirt collar --"“one must put up with it when one belongs to an ancient family. after all, the old lady is never really and floors. “And this,” I said, pointing to a massive old silver candlestick on a side table—"this is Great-Aunt Ja- net's candlestick, eh?” “Yes,” sald the colonel, frowning at it and shaking his head. “Per. fectly ridiculous, of course; but it is said that whenever there is any love affair on hand the ghost of the old lady walks; that she carries the candlestick with which for some threo-quariers of a century she light ®d herself to bed, and that if one of the lovers meets her ac that crit feal time, she gives him such advice #8 lifts him, so to speak”-—-the col: onel made a movemont with his bands, as though dandling a large pized infant awkwardly-“lifts him into the Iady's affections, or vice versa. But she is always accompa- nied by the candlestick.” “It might be worth tryiag,” [| said, half to myself; and just at that mo ment the door of the smoking room opened and She came In. “Not a bad motion,” sald the esol onel, with a chuckle. “Here, Dora, our friend here thinks of trying to get a tip from GreatAunt Janet to night, though what he wants to trouble her for I can’t for the life of me imagine.” “I do assure you,” I stuttered, as she gave me her hand in saying good Bight, “l don't see what Great: Aunt t could have to tell me, always »” keeps to the upper doing anything—'" ’ “Of course not,’ ghe repliad, with demure eyes looking lato mice. “But it's » pretty idea” SW 8he kissed her father—oh! ador able lips pressed for a moment against the stern, white mustache and went out of the room; and I found, quite unexpectedly, that I could not sleep. I discovered, too, that I had left my cigarette case in the smoking room, and [ aad a dim noting that a cigarette might svothe m2, and might drive out of my bnead certain vain dreams and fancies. For who was | that [ should think that blue eyed care two-pence down softly the 1 went through looked I found it and had just into my pocket when the brance of what tha colonel had sald candlestick. 1 glanced toward spot where it had stood; to my astonishment, that it was there. In a flash [ glanced quickly around the small room and relaized that the thing was gone, And | knew of course in a moment what that meant. The ghost of Great-Aunt Janet had chosen that night for walking! Why? Was she such a sympa- old creature that had my secret?—and she any help or advice? [I re distinctly what the colo- had sald; how he had iat the old lady came only 6 was able to help a lover. my dosperate case; and ipulse 1 deermined that I kK her and ghostly from her I baunted I want up b my she could thetic guessed give me 12mbered suggested whun That on an would «ads % “© i {ake Counsel remembered that sae upper floors. syond the floor on situated and the which om was myself in darkness, Then, sud. even as 1 tried to muflle footsteps, | saw a dim Light in distance-—the ligh Down the length of the ¢ toward me f Graat-Aunt : might have steppe of her frame sid the candle high, and | ag at her as she advanced, what {found feniy my % the light of a candle rit vanced the Janet; she downsialrs, thougnt, iresentable old lady she was, took me a moment to find and then, earing that t disappear b had ww * . Lad - Janet! mercy unt aweat Aunt Janet! and help me! [1 in all world—and Dora—and I haven't dared If you can have thy ve Lae the so before. show me the WARY mee “Jack, dear—if you wouid hold the candiestick———" caught the After a candlestick—and interval, i face ha® y pressed close to mine again and again, and | J dim candlelight, a in eyes | had never hoped t gave her explanation. “I was in love myself, Jack, and I thought there might be some other unhappy lover who wanted advice or -—or consolation. So [ thought | would Great-Aunt Janet—and 1 thesa things—and [ came in case might gy leas breathieas wr hia } love! wWaich Lae OVeLy ® ” Fh even 3 had seen, oy 3 in ODOR be in out——just “In case | too,” 1 said. net."—[llustrated Bits. ba Great-Aunt Ja TRAINING OUR GUNNERS, Great Care it Observed in the Selec tion of Gun Pointers. It is only helf the work 10 arm and equip ships wi.n the most Improved guns and sights; they must also have a highly trained personnel capable of guns, turrets and tor When China found herself Japan she offered pedoes arrayed against when the fight is on it is too late for instruction. How does a man become an expert gunner? Diligent drill and constant training are not enough without a certain amount of natural aptitude. One man after another ia tried. few days’ drill in the turrets elimi pates all except the fairly promis ing. & month In addition to the regular any race, creed or color. On one pointers is a negro. most Having selected the men poinsars, the next step them. Two methods are now important duties in the navy. for gun is to train in ciple, but differing In detall. In the old days of sails and smooth bore guns, the invariable rule—and the only rule the gun-captains knew-- was this: “Fire at the top of the downward roll (just as the ship be gins to roll toward the target), and alm at the enemy's water line.” This rule lasted far into the age of steam and turret guns, and has only re cently been supplanted by “continu ous alm firing,” or the art of keeping & gun trained on the target, regard. less of the oscillations of the vessel, during the whole or portion of the roll. The metto for training men by the new system-by the use of a “dot ter”—-was devised by Capt. Percy Seott, of the British navy. The dot. ter is a mechanical device which causes a small target to move across the face of a gun, with a combined vortical and horizontal motion, The gua-pointer must make the gun fol- low the target, and whenever theo sights are ¢n the bull's eye, he presses a button. This causes a pencil to dot the target. That is his shot. The other method of instruction is with the Morris tube, which consists of a small gallery rifle fitted on the gun, to take the place of the "dotter's” pencil. So proficient have the bluejackete become in handling the turret guns that in actual target practice op board the Alabama a thirteen-inch gun is loaded and fired in thirty eight seconds. Two kinds of target practice are employed now in all na vies: in which the target is sta tionary and ship moving; the other in which both ship and target are moving. — Lieut, Commander Glea ver, in the World's Work. one the LAWYERS’ FEES. How They Are Paid Across the At lantic. Comparisons are often made be tween the fees of counsel in England and America, and with unsatisfactory resuits, as it is diticuit to find ans relative by which to meas ire the GUréen Bug n this country a firm of lawyers would take entire charge of such a case as Whitaker Wright's and have the sole from start te finish, and probably charge a cover entira work per based in measure upon In England a firm of is employed to prepare the case for trial, but upon each hearing befor? the magistrate and at the tria retained $0.1 3E usually being ab and most i means will afford trial thou standard result, says the 1 I conduct of it would tho Lie forme the ri sone iit SEL solicitors Counse: a aie Las lest skilful In the ‘hitak Vright sands of pounds were doubtiess spent sides in gelting case Part of this money was “out pockets” for the of ac and profit costs of the solicitors must have beer very large. It Is commonly reported that Rufus lsaacs, K. C.. who, with Mr. Avery, K. C., and Emery Steph enson, conducted the prosecution, had guineas $2.500—marked on his brief, with a daily refresher of 100 guineas, which would make his compensation for actual court work $5.500, In the usual course Mr. Aver: would receive a fee of two-thirds the amount of Rufus Isaac's fee and Mr Stephenson's fee would amount twothirds of Mr. Avery's fee. If this system was followed, and there is no reason to believe it was not, Mr Avery received $5,600 and Mr. Steph enson $3,600, or a total of, approxi mately, $18,000 for the three counsels Ransom Walker said to have had no less than 3.000 guineas marked on his brief for defense, this was, to at least 2,000 guineas, a "spec ial” fee, and his associates would not therefore receive the same propor tional amounts. However, it is not improbable that the defendant's coun were pald something more, and considerably more, than $25,000 for their services, both the ready of countants services scriveners, but oii Ay up the ic is the but ger] probably ENTERTAINING IN DARKNESS Nove! Idea in Dinner Parties That Comes From Switzerland. very ereriain the Atlan Swias The latest idea in ing halls, not from across but frota Paris and towns where the season 1s Jus. begin the thing now is to en your guests, if not entirely in the dark, at any rate in darkness or semi-darkness, all the time At a dinner party the horsdoeuvreg and soup are served as usual in @ brilliantly lighted apartment and then, to the consternation of people who are new to the idea, the light goes out, Then the door opens and the wer vants come in carrying brilliantly il fount and, as each guest takes his or her they help themselves to a the same time, and when every one is served the effect is fairy like, Suppose the fish contains lobster in some form or other, the electric light shade is in the shape of the head of the lobster, and sheds a de The most ingenuity, however, shown when the ices are served Generally, a huge bird or beast, bagke! into the room, blazing with lights and led with ices. served the light goes out, and only room. ternately to the guests, and have the prettiest effect, At a big Swiss hotel the ice ls serv is wheeled in brilliantly {lluminated. In each apartment are two lights and two ices, and when every one is help od the twinkling lights die away, and wheeled table, Another popular way of serving the ice ia the polar scene. Blocks of glass represent the icebergs, and the electric light is swathed In cold-look ing blve, while the snow |s made o white Ice cream. Sometimes a fow white china animals are placed in niches in the glass to give greater effect.~London Daily Mall, Pang are polished with emery pow der in a large revolving drum. FACTS ABOUT COLLEGE WOMEN. I The Association of Collegiate Alum- ! nae is about to publish and distribute at St. Louis a statistical investiga- tion of college women who have taken their degrees between 1869 and 1898 This investigation deals with 3.636 women, graduates from the twenty-two most advanced col leges in the United States. Of these, {| 26 per cent. came from families whose { total income, while their daughters were In college, was less than $1,200 Forty-six per cent. came from fami- lies whose total income during the ! same time did not exceed $2,500, and | only 12 per cent. were prepared ex i clusively by private school Of the total number of women graduates, { over 73 1-2 per cent. have at # time engaged In remunerative pations. It is clear that women In the past have not come from the leis. i ure clase With these figures Presi. dent M. Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr compares the statistics from his own colige, Bryn Mawr, which was open- ed only nineteen years ago, and therefore represents the newer condi tions of women's college education a8 contrasted with the earlier tions prevalling among college 48 far back as 1868, CI the graduates of Bryn Mawr up to 1902, 60 came from fami- lies whose was over $5000, a8 against that, ac cording to the collegiate aiumpae sta tistics, came from families an income of under $2,500. Only 40 per cent. of Bryn Mawr graduates had at any time engaged {2 tearaing, as against 73 cent. of the grad- uates of statistics before tioned. Finally, in 1882, 71 of Bryn Mawr's graduates, as against 12 per cent had me occu college condi women per cent income 72 per the cent with the per the men per cent of the prepared schools of the women SL tistics, iege In private Miss Thomas also draws atlenticn tO a point in ever engaging cussion over college women and rimony, w h have b averiocoked by thinkers “If anything in the worl proved.” she that a been for coi- the dis mat sony seems to ther says, “it is going to college for four sol affect her marriage. than a man's going his Why, then. do per cent of Because past have come from which only 50 per cent of women do marry. College has nothing whatever to do with it, except college women the intelligence to se lect thelr husbands a trifle more sen aibly. Statistics collected in England and in this country show that about 50 per cent. of the sisters and cousins of college graduates who themeelves been to college and that about 50 per cent graduates marry The fact is classes in which all the working class, in man is not an utes her share home in home, and the weal the women bring girl's years does any me to coliege affects only about 59 women marry? women of classes in re college the college the he tae perhaps to give have no IMArry. of ccliege there are women which expense, in paid only two MATT Y ~= the woe but contrib labor at the where inherited wealth to their husbands in the great inter mediate class, where the wife jg us ually an iltobe afford luxury, and unable from the circumstances of hor husband's position to conduct her household without servants or to earn : part of the common Jdaoed, oa 50 per cent marry. The other 50 per cent. of unmarriad women must be selfsupporting. or drag out a mis erable existence on what can be spared from the earnings of their brothers or nearest male relatives . And even the 50 per cent. who 49 household or work outside hy class iw because In many cases tney must at some time, for a longer or shorter period, support their children or their husbands.” A HAT FOR SUMMER. An excellent way to utilise a last year's lace collar ..e collar wh.ca came about to the shoulder seam) is to use it as a trimming for one of your summery hats. With a wreath of flowers and a last year's lace cdl- | lar the prettiest sort of a hat can | be made. Use a frame without much crown, and face it with shirred or | plaited chiffon in some becoming shade. Gather the neck of the collar until it forms a tiny crows Place on the frame, allowing about one and | ona-half inches to hang over. Tack | securely, but loosely. Join the back as invisibly as possible. Surround | the crown with a wreath of roses, | forget-me-nots or any flower prefer. red, which will add width to the | crown. Arrange the wreath s0 as to allow a spray of leaves to droop a trifle over the back of the hat to conceal the joining of the collar, | Any of the soft sash ribbons which , Are so charming this i make a very dainty crown for a hat | The pompadour ribbons scattered with flowers are the prettiest for this | purge, The crown may be In the form of a tam-o’shanter, or the rib ban may be put over a rather high frame crown and shirred a trifle at the top. The brim may be of lace, or ; of tuile or chiffon matching the color | of the flower seen in the ribbon. Woman's Home Companion. A MOTHER TALK. Your son is just as lovable, Just as good, and his society just as enjoy able as your daughter's, if you only meourage him from childhood to look upon you as his friend and con fid*at. Make home attractive to him and do not think “any room in the house Is good enough for a boy.’ while your daughter has the best room in the house, and takes delight in its dainty furnishings Mothers, well as have an idea that boys do not care for such things if they are only comfortable; but they do, most decidedly, and they are ashamed to take their comrades up to a room with a faded carpet and a lot of mismatehed furniture no ons would have their room attractive, and if want their f visit them in their own fends to them have ilege as sislers, Make the else v i i ¥ sanctum let al priv CHANGE IN WOMEN'S CLOAKS “Styles in women's hanged every year man. “If ars not Year's for them Last worn 1! long year the long cloaks be sald must Carl Gold coming winter's cloaks radically differeat from last there be but little demand Wore this ony ‘he will Year and short. but Gax Last mode; this mixture wil sell All are not proper cut were the on tie market as vet tae makers are still in Just what will take prices change? We Figs hagt . § a. @ dxiérence to ta ty 2 8 stvie not price i 4 ona a # . iook after”-—Miiwaukes HOUSEWIVES Japanese IN busy JA PAN themselves affaires of their *ir own dressmak- superintending servants indies the The tak- in what if it he little working, be ws into the ly seem to revel They are most Hable nd r servants WOMEN BUTCHERS Five hundred women are employed wision in New York, cutiing meat and waiting on custom ers. They are as skilful as men. and Mir empl they attract Deca se neat appear They wear black gowns and aprons. The most difficult have 1 earn is not to bands on their aprons af ing a slice of meat One woman, after cleaning hands on at behind her b remarked fo a customer, "Ii took me two weeks to re that.” : 3 : in the pr SLOres yers say that 3 rir of the cut her yw lock, member SIGHT NOT EASILY FORGOTTEN How shoulders have “¢ mid Victorian indeed, for who a faultless for a really beautiful young person rising. like Aphrodite, out of a sea of chiffon and tulle, is a sight not easily forgotten. — Ladies’ Field. ne in gown! again with the i the * it is the moment, 1c Ry she poRsesies neck WOMAN'S RIGHTS IN BRAZIL. Eighty six women of Araguay, Bra zil, petitioged for the franchise, but the official addressed replied that the constitudon did not provide for con ferring political rights on women, and that the family was the place for women. FASHION NOTES. On some of the light gowns, es pecially white dresses, broad ribbon sashes are taking the place of the deep girdie. The effect around the waist is the same as when a girdle i Is used, but the long ends in the back | ares extremely pretty for young girls The ribbons for quite expensive cut pieces, which are often the cor rect length and perfectly fresh. A proper traveling costume is an important part of one's wardrobe The skirt should be walking length, and somewhat plain and severe Good coiois are brown, bine and dark gray in light weight materials, such as cheviol, mohair and craven ette, buttoas, stitching and soutache braid are very effective as trimming The plaited skirt and Eton are the best models. Hoslery is more beautiful than ‘ever. Dainty embroidered sprays of , lowers are the favorite adorament | Small bunches around the ankles and trails of foliage on the sides wind among the insets of lace decorating the instep. Shot silk hosiery, if it {| harmonizes with the gown, is la mode | for morning wear. The new fans are veritable gems | of daintiness, and as they are inex pensive wo shall not quarrel with their lack of expansion They are | made of some kind of marvelous pa. | per resembling silk, with Wattean and oucher reproductions, the origi nals worth a king's ransom. The spangled fan is not chic this season, possibly because it has bad its day, and the lacy effects are reigning ia its stead. : . 10 MARK LINGERIE The ready made medallions, mono lingerie are handy for this purpose They save hours of hand embroidery, and are as effective as aaything that be done at home THE CARE OF OILCLOTH. whether for desir polish Skim rots TUD i such When washing olicloth the floor, ous preserving milk is serviceable ber. Hot vessels drippings discolor Varnish lenms fall their appearance table or Une soap if of the but milk onion juice az ght oll four oil and apring ana 1 heir days of use painted yellow shadier colors chen or ent absorbs muct i ang saves wife's FSA EI TE iy economi cently that pa TOOTS Kero ate 8 new were arge because the iowa was rather disheartening sent out for some powdered chalk ktow harm if it failed to Im and with soft clean every Aut : sistance gs had to the board, and sight ai would do 20 prove mat cloth | grease yond. 1 brushed it trace of the ofl ol pasted the over and left it Fain. then some for three days away to find that every had disappeared This knowing hardly where not used idents are liable to happen to A friend who experiments tells me that al just as toothsome of browned in the oven without being first treated to butter or oil. They are bianched ia the usual way baked in a slow oven to a salt This is an economy well worth knowing This woman partially cleans her meat chop per with a crust of dry bread, running it through after the meat The task of - thorough cleansing then becomes easy, for the grease and meat bits are gone — Boston Traveler sat a RECIPES. Fruit Cake-—~Two eggs, 1 1-2 cup ma lasses, 1 cup butter 1-2 pound cur rants, 1-2 pound raisins, 1-3 pound cit ron, 1 teaspoonful cloves, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1-2 teaspoonful soda, 3 cuns flour. Beat eggs; add molasses but ter and fruit; add spices and soda ta flour and mix all together; bake 2 1.2 hours rather slowly Peppers Stuffed With Rice—Cut the tops from green peppers and re move the seeds, taking care not to get them on the fingers any more than possible. They have an uapleas ant fashion of burning badly. Throw the peppers into boiling water and ~ook them for ten minuts, take them out and dry. Set them upright in a baking dish and fil] them with boiled rice. Put a piece of butter about the size of a hickory nut on top of the rice in each ome. lay on the tops of the peppers, which have been put agide to serve for covers and set the dish in the oven for ten minutes, that the peppers and the contents may be heated through and the butter mel Artichokes A La Bordelaise—Pat one-fourth cup of butter and half a cup of sifted bread crumbs into the blazer and light the lamp; when the crumbs are well moistened with the butter, add a teaspoonful of finemine ed parsley, one pint of cooked arti chokes cyt Into small crumbs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne and balf pint of rich, sweet cream. Let boil up once and put ou! the flame add a teaspoonful of lemon juice and heif a teaspoonful of the grated rind of a lemon (or omit the grated rind); stir well and serve at once. » $ £paot is worth for there is a home and ac any of us occasionally monds are Kerosene is sated
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