rBERJ, 101- IfAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW- THINGS THAT INTEREST MAID AND MATRON : : i 1 v M ADAIR GOES KIMONOS OF SILK AND SOFT WOOLENS NOW VERY POPULAR HINTS TOWARD THE HOME BEAUTIFUL ITAUTOMOBIIM INSTRAMECAR lets Her First Glimpse 'the .Conviviality df a 'ayside Inn, and' Meets a eculiar Couple. EVENING LEDGER-PHIEADELPHIA FRIDAY, XVII. Tn all my life I shall nover forget the entftil evening upon which If learnt the Itact significance bf the phrase, ,',tp so lit on a psrtyl" . . fl had spent ft long and trying day In fho oUVce. and when evening came I felt only wanted peace arid" solitude, But uch were not for mo that night. True to his word, nt 8 o'clock my escort did arrive. Ills coming was hei aided by "strange noises, and a loud, rattllng bump ing sound oer the uneven paving of the slrMt. The music or a rogiiorli suen as 1 the White Star llnor carried broke the I Quiet atlllnoss of the eveltlrc air. I hnve I never heal-d a more appalling melody! Behind my v.inuoWji me I saw a curious I sight. A. large and undent motorcar, which had a battered, 'Jet withal a strangely rakish air. war making ddd endeavors I to halL outsldu' the lodging house door. 'inis vernnoie -Noans anc gave rortn a 5ud. rmm gasping sound the while It turned and twisted. Around children Qf tho street wcro con- instantancously fie driver pull up sharp, and mop 'anxious forehead. "Thank cood- i old tub and I aia hero nulto safe!" rd him murmur fervently. At first did not recognize this strange chauffeur. Then he dismounted, and I saw my friend! nut what a change was there! Gone was the quiet demeanor, gone the unob trusive air! He and his curious chariot shared the s.-imo odd Jaunty look. Per haps 1 have misjudged him, but It struck me that his clothes wcro of a loud and noisy cut The oddest little hat that I have ever seen was perched at a strange angle on his head. Beneath it beamed n very Kindly face, its true perhaps I urn I too sensitive- to outward looks, but oh! I thought the enormous rose ho sported In his buttonhole was ill-advised. I slowly came down to the entrance- hall and met him there. He seized my hand In genuine glee. "Why, Miss Adair," cried ho, "you do look fine tonight! My car is waiting, eO please step right In. L "Where would you care to dine tonlght7" The landlady was eyeing him in undls- Igulaed amazement. I saw her peeping I from the kitchen door, a look or wonder on her rosy countenance. Wc must have looked an Ill-assorted couple, he and I! felt my checks grdw hot beneath her r"e- . . . Pleaso take me anywher , only let us (off as quickly as possible," I nnswered eoualy. No millionaire with a $10,000 car was per prouder than my friend of his ma rine! "A most reliable car," said Iip, as he landed me in, "not of the latest pattern. is true, but then these latest cars nave lo stability Glue ir.e this one for style Ind Htaying power!" Thev sav that truth lurks In tne rstrangest sayings, and his last words did .come true not In the sense that he in tended It! THE STAItT. The cranking of the car took quite an ige the comments of the children in tho street were dreadful, and my cheeks did not cool off until we started. Wo set off with a sudden, violent JcrK that flung mo forward unexpectedly. I felt moat oddly disconcerted at the start! The children in tho street cheered most vociferously. "I see you are not accustomed to auto moblllng." remarked my companion air ily, "before the evening's over, you will feel quite at home Inside a motorcar!" I felt that I most certainly should not! T ln noticed that, for tho professed owner of a car, this gay young man tils- played a strange ignorance or tno very elements of Its mechanism. We swayed long In most uncertain fashion t thought the steering gear was not quite right. , , "Will we not hit the sidewalk?" I cried i, "Oh, please be carerul, we just nd that trolley car by half-an-lnch!" fever shall forget that dreadful ride. I convinced that this strange cnaurreur Id never driven a car In all his life he re! 'You do not sound your horn at all? said Inquiringly. "The horn got damaged when 1 'eranked the car. It will not sound." aid he, sepulehrally, as on we rushed. The prospect did not sound encourag ing. At almost every corner we ran up on the pavement, and only by most violent Jerklngs of the wheel was final equili brium restored. It was a dreadful, dreadful time! At length we reached a roadside Inn, and there we paused. In spite of a strange shaking of the knees, I scrambled out with all celerity. The place was lit up garishly, and at the little tables everywhere I saw an odd variety of people sitting. In one corner, a piano was thumping out a popular air, while a strange young man gamboled playfully around the room, assuring vry one In a high falsetto thut "ttie high cost of loving" was "keeplnr him broke," that "the high cost f living" was "only a Joke" that he "borrowed from mother, from sister and brother, to try to keep up with the tyW but that apparently all these strenuous efforts were of no avail, for he'd "have to stop loving Awhile." My companion and I satSiown at the nearest table, and the first thing he ordered struck me as rather peculiar It was two "Breaths of Spring." I had never heard of anything so strange! "Please bring a Bronx along, too," he called out after the waiter. THE DIZZY BLONDE. I looked around the crowded room, and great gaiety everywhere. Right at a table opposite were the oddest couple. A very large, very stout lady of uncer tain years was flirting desperately with very small, very timid-looking little man. He giggled wildly at her poorest Joke, yet looked aa if he really were afraid of her. He had a timid, de precating air The lady'a coiffure was a dizzy shade ef sold. Her gown was a bright blue, and, like herself, a good long way from it first youthful freshness. Yet she had a truly artless and a kittenish air, and every now and then would playfully tap her little partner opposite with a large and heavy hand I noticed that he started nervously at each approaching symptom of such playfulness' Surely the punctuation of her Jokes did not re quire, such Spartan methods) A curious thing ocourred Just at this moment My escort turned and saw this oddly aliened couple. With a loud shout of glee, he whisked across the room, and seized the large hands of the dizzy blonde I heard him address her in rapturous tones as "Klddo1" Wlij she looked over forty If a da Just for cue KAaentl thought that this in ist he finMrVUl joxe mat r: was playing f! ! He addressed tw3 arrar'ng she were a l'-ng-lcst, raver- itched w.tb las-ioated :'v;' lTO 1 1 4 til m bm wWm 1 I m f tr is1 - Silt Mil WI! & ;;K -$iM lit rills Pllifit-r '. 'iit '' ' ' ' s S; PHs"i II Hi m-: " m HI 8P HI w H 41 11 if If! i 4, Si - -m Wm ' &Wf ?r s ?mw ,4?-si m?i ssKe: m j i w ,jra .-t .wxxw ' tj? 4 &Mfflw.'j COOL WEATHER NEGLIGEE OF PALE BLUE ALBATROSS . 1 vie tho whole proceeding. He dragged hoi- and her odd companion right across the room, presented them to me with a proud air. and they sat down beside ua nt our table. "Here, waltnr." called my host, "brlns two mine 'Breaths of Spring" along right hero!" The worst was et to come I never shall forget that dreadful party! RECIPES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE DAINTY DISHES POR INVALIDS MUTTON AND A'HAl, TEA. A pleas ant change for a felck permu fium lii-t-i toa Is broth made from mutton nnd veal mixed, the scrag end of a neck of mutton and about one-half pound of tho sinewy part of the leg of vcnl chopped up nna boiled for at least four hours. TOAST WATEB Cut three slices of bread each one-third of an Inch thick and toast them slowly until they are very brown nnd dry throughout ; break them Into bniall pieces, put them into a lmfeln with one pint of cold water nnd set It nslde to soak for nn hour. At the end of that time turn It Into a btialtir ur napkin nnd squeeze out the liquid with the baclc of a spoon. To the water thus obtained add a little cream nnd sugur, and serve It cold In a tumbler. It may also be served without the cream. APRnior JAM. This Is dellclaus when made from the well-known dried apricots. Buy thrco pounds of apricots. Wash them well, cut up each apricot Into four, and put to steep all night in three pints of water. Mea. sure out ten hreakfaotcupfuls of water, and Into them squeeze tho Jutco of three lemons, and add a pound of cooking appler cut up small. Simmer this for ten minutes, nnd then measure the pulp, and for each breakfast, cupful allow three-quarters of a pound of preserving sugar. Put this Into the pan. nnd sdd an extra four pounds of sugar. Cook again for a few minutes, then stir in the apricots and the water thoy have bi-en soaking in, and conk until the Jam gpts thick nhubarb can be used when In season Instead of apples. CLASSES IN SIGHT SINGING OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC One Advanced and Soveu Elementary Divisions Will Begin Work. Sight singing clasi.es for the public, under the general direction of Anne Mc Donough of the People's Choral Union, will begin next week with even ele mentary clastea meeting in different parts of the city and an udvanced class at the Wldener Free Library, Broad street and Glrard avenue. A ft of ten cents u lesun pas the running expenses of the union There are no other costs. The- director, teach e. and uummlltves work uithuut com penjatlun No contributions from the public or individual are solicit. A thorough training in fundamental music is given at th varlouu Uuaswj, thereby raising the miuflcal standard and laying the foundation for high education In music. Following the meeting of the advanced clans next ThuratUy night, the rharal of tb 1'vuplv's Choral Linton will Ui held. The udaucU cluu l luado up of singers with at le.it one gear's lr.stiUt.tion In sight k i n : u Tl., cft?du c for th iliin.it-ir; iinseg f"U ws Lelugh Avt hi. Tie Li'-ary Wrt, rhiad''. . a I"r r- I. '-rs Jti'-rimnn'l Tf L,v-r Tru- 'iv, fgs, (''giir'ii! - " t 6, TM tury fi! '3, noiusy evens?. Octoher 5; South Philadelphia Passyunk Library, Tuesday evenings, beginning October 6; Vernon Park Library, German ton n. Wednesday evenings, beginning October 7: Falls of Schuylkill Free Library, Thursday evenings, beginning October 15. OPTIMISM Complications are bound to arise where a (leaf man Is concerned. The one In this story was being married, and tho parson asked the usual question, "Do you take this woman for your lawful wife?" "Eh?" said the deaf man. "Do you take this woman for your lawful wife?" This time a bit louder. The groom seemed to get angry. "Oh, I don't know," he said; "she ain't so awful. I'vo seen wus than her that didn't have ns much money." SCRATCHES. I PULLED AT THE TAIL OF THE BIG PUSSY CAT; IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND I NEVER WILL PLAY ANY MORE WITH OLD PETE, FOR HE HAS SHARP NEEDLES ALL OVER HIS FEET. BEFORE THE SANDMAN COMES THE nine little butterflies, with the sunbeam fairies on their backs, started out for a frolic. First they went to a splashing, tumbling fountain. There the sun beam fairies jumped off the butterflies' backs and played for a while on the water. "This is such funl" cried a sun beam fairy as he jumped from one splash of water to another. "Don't you want to come in and play with us?" "No, thank you," replied the nine little butterflies with fluttering po liteness water always seems ratner up o us. We d prefer to play una in tne sunsnine, it you picase o tre sunDeam tairies spiasnea ui , water ana tne uuueniies nutterea Remnants Procurable at Sales That Easily Can Be Made Into Attractive Dressing Gowns. The kimono, tho dressing-gown and the other negligees present a very attractive front to tho world at tho present writing. Tho soft Bilks and soft woolens In tho delicate shades nro fashioned on slightly different lines, or on tho same lines with novelty touches, or occasionally thoro la real originality. At almost nny scneon of tho yenr rem nants of silk are to bo purchased for something very close to tho proverbial song; lengths of good silk that will meas ure Just about enough for a dressing gown. Soft woolens, such as chnllls nnd nlba tross, nro to be found among the bar gains, too, so that a woman eve,, of tho most limited means usually finds It p.ssl blo to own fit least ono of these pretty nnd becoming garments. The Japanese, when thoy make kimonos, run them up by hand with great long stitches, so that they can bo ripped easily beforo they arc laundered. While It Is not necessary to gallop along n seam as they do, It Is a. mistake to think the firmness of machine stitching Is essential, or of very close hand sowing. Tho effoct is Just ns artistic without tho fine sewing, and perhaps even more so. For In sowing, If the Inspiration flags, ono has an Incompleted garment on one's hands, or one that has been fin ished with so much labor that It Is n re minder of tired nerves, rathor than some thing that suggests relaxation and rest. And uo, when there Is so llttlo exponse and need bo so little labor Involved, there remains only tho model to bo selected. The Illustrations shown today offer one that would bo vory easily copied. It la cut on tho kimono lines so far as the sleeves nro concerned nnd as far down ns the waist line. Thero n full skirt Is attached that could be cut either with gored sldo seams or straight according to the fllmstncss or weight of the ma terial used. The skirt is shirred with a heading which Is held in place by a cord with a twisted covering of tho material, which ends In a bow in front. An omhrolilered Hnnllon pdirprt sIpavm nnd fron. The embroidery Is dono with heavy silk nnd tho simplest stitches. In plnie of tho dainty collar of linen or la,wn, hemstitched or embroidery that has been worn with negligees nnd kimonos, a bit of fine Valenciennes lace Is used. It is mitred nt tho corners, which makes It of a shape with tho rolling collars that are used for blouses and coats. SANTA CLAUS HEARS CLAMOR FOR TOY GERMAN SOLDIERS London Laddies Win All Battles in Militant Game. LONDON, Oct. 2. German soldiers are popular in London of a certain sort. Ac cording to a toy merchant patriotism militates against the sale of all German made toys, except German toy soldiers, and so great Is tho demand for these that by Christmas Santa Claus will need tho aid of British artisans to manufacture more of these toy Germans, for no more are being Imported. The toyman ex plained the demand for German soldiers by tho fact that the English youngstdrs nre anxious to pit them against British toy soldiers, the latter army, of course, always winning. He said: "No lad with any patriotism would call any of his British soldiers Germans, nnd as It Is necessary to have nn army of the enemy they are buying German soldiers." Of course, the sale of British soldiers Is much greater, for the youthful Britons believe In preponderating numbers to smash tho enemy. There is a big move ment on foot to have all German-made toys boycotted. A CLEAB-SEEINQ EYE "I love you for all I'm worth," pro tested the man. "I rather think It's for all I'm worth," replied the girl. CHILDREN'S CORNER if in, the sunshine for a while. Then pretty soon the fairies mounted the butterflies' backs again and away they flew in search of more fun. "Where shall we take you?" asked the leader butterfly after they had drifted about for a while. "I should like to go to a flower gar den," said the leader fairy. "I should like to play among the flowers." "All right I" replied the leader but terfly happily, "I like flowers, too; and the garden is the very place wc love to go." So they flew over and into the big garden. But what do you suppose they found there? Flowers? Not a single onel Not a red flower I Not a white flower I Not a flower of any kind or color I Two nearly dead sun O DELIGHTS OF OPEN FIRE ON CHILL AUTUMN NIGHT Blazing Logs Give Cheerful Sensa tion at tho Close of Day. The open fire! What a cheerful thought for theso chilly autumn nights, and what a delight to sit besldo the blazing logs at the closo of the day, to watch the glowing embers take on a thousand weird shapes! The owner of the fireplace hero pictured knows nil of this Joy, and knows, too, that In order to seo theso fire pictures there must bo a good bed of ashes In tho fireplace. Mrs. Fireplace-owner Is usually In de Bpalr, for even with tho grcntest care the ashes spill over on the hearth, and are certainly untidy In tho cold light of day and right hero a good suggestion Is ottered In the picture of an iron strip, which holds tho offending ashes in placo. A very neat finish Is the result, making tho wonderful glow that Is only pos&lblo with ashes a pleasure, with a clean hearth. One can see that the owner of this cheerful fireplace also knows the com fort of tho wood box full of logs near at hand. The tongs, brushes, etc., nre ar ranged for use, while the nlco old shovels look ns If they had done service for said owner's grandfather. You know, of course, that tho glowing embers carefully covered with ashes, aft er many hours can be uncovered, a llttlo fresh wood thrown on, and with a fow puffs of the generous bellows near at hand tho fire Is blazing. Tho broad lines of this chimney and paneling are particu larly good and show that tho owner not only knows how to make a fire, but how to build the fireplace. v THE EAGLE EYE "How is It," Inquired a yrning bride of an older married friend, "thnt you al ways manage to have such delicious beef?" "It's very simple," said the older wom an. "I first select a good, honest butcher, and then I stand by him." "Tou mean that you give him all of your trade?" "No; I mean that I stand by him while he Is cutting the meat." A CUBE FOB HOABSENESS To restore a voice rendered hoarso hy much speaking, eat n pleco of anchovy. If there Is no cold or fatigue the effect Is almost instantaneous. flowers and some half scattered seed pods were all that were left of the once fragrant garden. "What in the world can be the mat ter?" exclaimed the butterflies in dis tress. "Something dreadful has happened," cried the sunbeam fairies. "Can't we find some one who can tell us where the flowers are?" asked the butterflies. "Wait a minute," cried a sunbeam fairy, "let me jump down and find the Garden Toad. He lives here and he is wise above all creatures he will tell us what has happened." So the sunbeam fairy jumped down from the butterfly's back nnd hunted among the golden glow roots for the old Garden Toad. Finally she found him. half asleep, under some wilted leaves. "Tell me what has happened," she cried, "tell me quickly." "What has happened?" asked the Toad, blinking, "happened where?" "Happened here in the garden," she cried. "Nothing has happened," replied the Toad calmly. "Cut where are all the flowers?" in sisted the fairy, "all the flowers I love so well?" "Oh, those," said the Toad kindly, "the flowers are gone. Winter is com ing. There will be no more flowers till spring." "But the sun is warm and I want some flowers," said the fairy. "All right, I'll give you some," said a new voice, the voice of the fairy queen of the garden, who happened just then to pass by. And she wavec1 her wand and chansred the nine little butterflies to nine white blossoms an a bush close by. "It's too late for butterflies any way," she said and she strolled away. And the sunbeam fairies? They Elayed and laughed. And the nine utterfly blossoms? They were hap py; for if you're happy, it makes no difference what you are I If ever you see a white bloom in an autumn garden, look closely maybe it, too, is a butterfly! Copyright, 19H, Clara Ingram Judson. Tomorrow Hmmy South Urea Hakes a Storm, A CHEERFUL CORNER THESE AUTUMN LAMB AND MUTTON CHEAPER, BUT BEEF AT GREAT ALTITUDE Vegetables and Fruits Plenti ful in Household Market and Prices Not Prohibitive. Dairy Products Costly. Every provider for tho family table Is Interested in the announcement that lamb and mutton at the present time are the cheapest meats obtainable. Coupled with this comes the welcome news that vege tables are plentiful nnd as a general thing their prices not prohibitive. Coming ns it docs when householders are groping their way through a laby rinth of high prices, and nro menaced on nil sides by a continual advanco In the cost of llfo's absolute necessities, which one must possess in order to nourish mind and body, tho Itnowlcdgo thnt lamb, mut ton nnd vegetables are htlll within tho reach of tho average man's pocketbook is welcome. Dealers say at tho present time tho supply of sheep is moro than enough to satisfy demands for mutton nnd lamb. Some of tho finest hlndquartuls of it lamb can bo purchased in tho best mar kets of tho city at ftom -0 to -2 cents a pound. Foicrjuruters nro 15 and 111 cents, while tho other prices range shoulders, 10 cents; necks, 12 cents; breasts, 8 cents, and chops, -5 to .10 cents a pound. A leg of mutton costs 13 cents a pound. Shoulders nro from 10 to 12 cents; breasts, 6 cents, nnd chop3 23 to 30 cents a pound. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Almost any vegetables to cook with lamb or mutton nro obtainable at fair prices. Fruits are also plentiful nnd tho prices not exorbitant. Vailous canning fruits nre not entirely out of season, and some of the late fall commodities, llko cranberries, ate now coming In. The prevailing fruit and vegetable prices are: vnaF.T.nt.r:s Oabbase fl Tarsnlpi (peck).... (.0 Spinach (peck). ... H) String beans (la-Pk) ::0 Potatoes (basket). SO-tfl Tumutms (peek)... .1.' New peas ('-pl.) . 20 Corn (Uosj.) 2,1-80 Kala (icl() 20 PJtUITS Apploa (W-pk.)...-15 1'cacliu 35-50 Oranges 30-71) Cantaloupes (doz.). 70 Plums (basket).. . H) Raspberries 10 llananas (Joi.).. .12-ir. BEEF AND DA1UV PRODUCTS HIGH. Comparing other meats with Jamb and mutton, butchers say beef la still a lux ury as far as tha ordinary tablo is con cerned. Thero is apparently no pros pect of its price decreeing. Veal and pork prices aro stationary. Tho prevailing prlcea of beef are: Round steak, 25 cents a pound; rump, 30; rib roast, 2S; chuck roast, 20, nnd stowing meat, 10 cents. Veal chops co3t 55 cents; loins 20 to 22 cents a pound, whilo shoul ders sell nt 18 cents. Pork chops are 2G cents; pleco bacon, 22 cents, and lard, 14 cents a pound. , Butter U mill expenslvo. Tub butter sells for prices ranging front 32 to 36 cents a pound, whilo butter In prints ranges from 40 to 42 cents. At tho present tlmo chickens are molt ing. This makos oggs scarce, and conse quently little hope Is held out for tho present at least of a reduction In price, frrosh eggs are hard to buy for loss than 40 cents a dozen, whilo on the other hand at some stalls eggs can be bought for 3G cents. Broiling chickens sell for 23 cents, and stewers aro bought at 22 Fish prices two not changed to any appreciable extent, cither up or down. Tho prevailing retail prices are: Illueflsh IS HocktIh 26 Salmon 35-40 Snapper Is Hutlbut 3fl lUwfon taMoflk.... JO "o.lnh H riwniWr la Pan rook SO SYMPATHY Tha landlady was in a sentimental mood. 'This Is the anniversary of tha death of my poor dear uncle," she sighed. "He was a sea captain, and went down Willi nw snip mm ny nve-and-thlrty years ago. I was only a chiM when he wnt away, but I remember he gave me a pet lamb as a parting gift." The star border picked up a piece of mutton on his fork and regarded it with mournful interest. "Poor, dear lamb!" ho murmured, re proachfully. "And you've killed It at last!" Correspondence of oeneral Interest to women readers will be printed on this page. Such correspondence should be addressed to the Woman's Editor, Evening Ledger. MORNINGS ACROSS THE COtJNTER To go to a good shop, to closely observe a good hat from overy angle of vision and then to reproduce It at half or oven a third of tho price U not now a difficult font. Thero aro hats In velvet and plush or. when the voguo demands It, in silk, of exactly tho same shape as the trimmed hats. The shapes that predominate this sea son, such ns the cannotler, the Scotch bonnet, the turban, tho trlcornc and tho hat turned up on four sides, are nil to be bought at a reasonable figure In plush the canontler la sold In blue, brown, giecn and prune color for $2.7j In black velvet the cannotler costs $2 23, . J2.73 and J3.30. A turban with a flaring brim of irregu lar shapo Is sold In black velvet and! black plush for 52. ,5. In black, tho hat turned up like trlcornc, only that It has four sides In stead of three, costs M.C0. Tho top Is made of silk nnd a fine qualj ity ot civct races tho brim A Jaunty Scotch turban of a very coo quality of plush Is sold at tho price oj J2.75. Turbans of black velvet and black plusl covering quite n range of shapes anj sizes can bo bought for $2 nnd 2 25 Thoy nre carefully mndo and of gooR material, quite worthy to compete wltf tho trimmed hats In theso respects. lints of the shapes that are non in voguo ought not to bo hard to trim when there Is so much in tho ivaj of co kades nnd rosettes, (lowers and feathers and metallic braids and ornaments rendj to adjust. A little daring nnd some discretion nro needed to givo tho hat tho dashing air . "I'alr mllltnlre," perhaps that tho small hat demands without running tho risk) of making It too striking or too conspU uous. A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT Tho American writer, Booth Tarkmgton, llko many of his craft, writes a wiothed hand. Once, whilo on a voyage to Naples, ho sat In his deckchalr with p.ul 'and fountain pen, nt work on a short stor. A young American who was prumcnad Ing tho dock, stopped boforp him "By gosh," ho said, "I wish I could write as woll ns you do." Tho author smiled, and tho man resumed his prom enade Tho nest tlmo he passed ho said again: "Geo, what a hand. If I could nnl u '-Ita llko that!" Again Tnrklngton smiled and iV pas senger made another round of tht e.-k. Then ho said a third time- If if I could only wrlto n hand llko ours"" Nettled a llttlo by the third Interrup tion, the author said: "Woll, nnd what would you do if you could'' ' "Go to China." replied tho .-nmcr man, "and wrlto lnhols for tea-hot. - THE WEAKER SEX "1 Among thoso who rocentlv h ipoared beforo tho magistrate was a to,: power ful Irish woman, who pr-fori . .1 against her husband a charge of ns-iult and battery. The accused was o ueak that he could hardly stand. It was there fore, with tome doubt that the magis trate surveyed the couple "Do you moan to tell me."' h- demand ed, "that this man beat you" "Ho did not but he knocked mo down " "What! Tou were knocked down by this physical wreak'" "ExcuBe me, your hcor." said tha woman, "but It's only since he struck me that ho's been a physical wreck " THE REASON WnY The landlady was entertaining sr. r,9 week-end guests not long an nhen td y were startled by a comim- iin don- "Mercy! What's that awful profanity downstairs?" whispered one f the guests In a frightened tone. "Don't be nlarmed. my dear," replied the liontess. "It's my husband He's come in lato and fallen ovvr the new Terslan prnyer rug " A CYNICAL SAYING nf, The more rings a woman has on her fingers ilia oftener her back hair needs adjusting. OLD MOTHERS I love aid mothers mothers with -white hair, And kindly eye, and Ups grown softly swet With murmured blessings over altering babes. There Is something In their q to grace That speaks tha calm of Sabbaih after noons; A knowledge In their quiet unfaUerfsg yes That far outreaokes all philosophy Time, with caressing touch, about tr-n weaves The- silver-threaded fairy shawl of age, While all tha echoes of forgotten tongs Seiu Joined to lend ft sweetness to their Old mothers! as they pass with e'ew tlmetl stee. i Their trembling hands cling gently to outh's strength. Sweet motheis' as they pass, ppi c"l again "11 gai dm walks "Id r.'--'". a"i r'J luYi 3 I Tau aalirday Jou-n;,
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