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SPECKLEDTBEAUTIES
Can Be Lured From Their
Cool Nooks by Fair Hands
as "Well as Strong.
WOMEN AND TEE EEAL.
Mrs. CleTdand One of the Host
famous Anglers of Her Sex.
PBOPER COSTUME FOE THE OUTIHG.
Uoir to Exndle s Bijr Fellow After He Has
Taken, in the Hv.
JL DITTTITH S1LTERI BALHOK IS MAINE
nnuTTXit roa the dtotcii.i
UCKLESS though it
be, there is a subtle fas
cination about fishing,
especially trout-fishing,
, that makes it very dear
to the tetninine heart.
Hundred of years ago,
Dame Juliana I5erner,
in England, a noWe
lady and nun, wrote a
quaint little book "Fys
shynge with the Angle"
that is very rare and
valuable; it is notable
as being tl'e first work
upon fishing in U En
glish language.
To-day fishing is very
fashionable, especially
among English women
and their Canadian sis
ters who accompany
their fathers an-1 their
brothers to the noted
lakes and streams in
ffilds'of Scotland and the lake country ol
England and the still wilder waters of the
" "J
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MRS. CLEVELAJTD LANDED A SIX-FOUNDEB.
Bestigouche, the Cascapedia, the Mirami
chi, aud other rivers and lakes in Canada.
One of the finest fish preserves on this side
of the Atlantic is the preserve ot the Jleg
antic Fish and Game Club, where, on the
beautiiully situated Lake Megantic and
its sifter lake Spider, ladies are fre
quently seen, throwing their scarlet
ibis their brown hackle or their Par
machenee Belle with such skill and dex
terity that it is a nerfect pleasure to watch
their graceful motions in the slender canoe.
There are not a lew women in Pittsburg
who know the joys of the trout streams of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
airs. CI. v-lan.l'n Mx-P..ntul Tront.
One of the most expert fisherwomen in
America is Mrs. Grover Cleveland. On the
first anniversary of her wedding dav, in
rteadjot celebrating it in the usual orthodox
fashion, she and her husband hied off in ihe
early spring to the Adirondack?. There,
under the guidance ol Jake Cronk, the
noted Adirondack guide, Mrs. Cleveland
made some wonderful ca.ches, landing one
trout that weighe I over six pounds. To the
anxious question of her husband, "Frances
T-7
Hcidy J'tr Her Trout.
shall I take your rod and land him for
you?" 6he laughingly replied, "Manv
thank, sir, but I guess I am quite capable
ot landing him myselll" And so she
proved.
Among other noted fisherwomen niav be
mentioned the daughters of ex-Senator Ed
munds; almost every summer with their
father they go into the country near their
ancestral home in Vermont, and spend a
few phasant weeks fishing, sometimes going
up into Canada as well. Tne wile ot ex
Governor Long, ot Massachusetts, is also
quite an expert with the rod and often ac
companies her husband in his fishing trips
to the Itangeleys. The Marquis of Lome is
a great fisherman and his wife. Princess
Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, is
equally expert with a double-handed salmon
f TO
- m -k
rod. Fatti, too, is an expert fisher woman,
and delights to haunt the trout brooks near
Craig-Y-Xos,
Cottnm orthA Flftherwomttn.
In order to be a fisherwoman with any
kind ot success Your costume must be es
pecially adapted to the sport. Your dress
should'bc very short, not much below your
knees, and the blouse waist should be easy,
with sleeves that will roll up to the shoul
der. This costume should be all woolen
that will stand rain and sun. Good serge
or flannel ot a dark blue or gray color is the
most sen iccable. So underskirts should be
worn, but instead a pair ol lull Turkish
knickerbockers of the same material as
the dro-s. Long woolen stockings and
hobcaii boots oi calfskin, together uith a
telt hat that can De trimmed with leaders
and multi-colored trout flies of a jaunty
Tara O'Shanter, comprise a sensible cos
tume Ii yon o'jjcct to getting your fet
wet, or to" wading the streams to any great
extent, a pair ot waterproof leggings or
rubbr hoots nay be worn, and in some of
tbe rapid strcanV where the water is quite
derji a pair of waders made of rubber
which crn'e to the uaist may be necessary.
Tliere e:.close all the outer garmi rts, but as
a rule it is net necessary to wade in a stream
much above the knees.
Arourd the waist should be a comforta
llc belt from which may be suspended a
little silchcl containing extra hsii hooks,
lines, etc.; a drinking cup should also be
added, and a wicker fish basket suspended
on the lair fisherwoman's back iray contain
a frugal lunch, the place ot which is later
on to be filled with slender speckled trout.
Under Cr.r rota ( Ire e of Froth,
It is hardly worth nhile to go fishing for
less than a day, especially brook trout fish
ing, lor trout are jnst like poets; elusive
creatures that hide in beautiful retired spots,
anaylromthe noise and confusion of the
crowd. Just under the spot where the
yellow lrnth lies thickest like whipped
cream, throw yonr scarlet ibis or your
grirzly king. It the day is very dark'you
might tiy a white miller, although
that is usually best toward eventide.
Gently at first throw your fly out so as not
to snap oif tne leader. With eery throw
increase your length of cast, dropping your
flies as lightly as the first snow falls. It
there is a big old trout lurking beneath the
froth mid that is their favorite hiding
plarr il you have kept yourself well con
cealed, kneeling, if ueed be, or sheltered
that your shadow is not cat upon the
pool, yi'U niiy have a tug that will make
your heart leap into your mouth.
But keep cool I dou't get too excited, for
that is the great trouble with most women
wlien they go fibtiing. When the first big
trout bites they give their slender split
bamboo rod fcuch a jerk, that the top is
splintered off into fragments, and off goes
master trout and your best bamboo tip dom
stream. Keep your finger on the line. Let
the trout playout the iine slowly from the
reek Keep his head as much as possible up
stream, for it vou know how to do it, vou
can drown a fish as readilv as vou caii a
man. Pity him uniil he is tired" out, and
then yo i ran reel him in slowly and snrelv
Our good guide rowed nearlv eight miles
and I trolled nearly all the wav until we
came to the lower end of tne lake and an
chored. So tar we had got nothing but one
small trout. We had given up tryine to
use the fly and descended to the vulgar
angie-worm ana the still more disagreeable
live bait which consisted of small minnows.
Still the trout did no' rise, and dejectedly
e rowed back to within one-halt mile ol
camn.
On the fishing ground near the mouth of
a small mountain brook we saw a boat con
taining two fishermen. From their rapid
motions they vere evidently having fine
sport.
"Come on, Dein," crud one to my guide,
"this place is not reserved; there is plenty
of room for you and the lady."
An At: -f llappoln m-nt.
My guide quickly pulled up his boat to
within 25 feet of the other boat and an
chored in about 20 feet of water, and I
eagerly threw out my live bait, but alas!
with no result. Every second it seemed to
me that one of the young fellows got a bite.
A silvery form would break the water,
jump three or four feet in the air, tnrn a
somersault, spring under the boat and then
sometimes break water 30 feet from the
hoat, until it seem:J as if the silvery
salmon must have broken loose. My heart
was iu my mouth still I had not a bite.
tin.iiy one oi tne young men noticing
ray dejected lace said: "Well, what have
you on for bait anyhow?" Meeklv I re
plied as became an unsnccesslul fisher
woman, " I have on a small minuow."
"Try hall; that's what we are using." I
adopted the hint, cut the fish in two and in
less tlian a minute had a bite from one of
the largest land-locked salmon I ever had
the good fortune to see. What tni h
nob'e fellow gave! How my line played
out; how mv reel clicked, and my slender
pole brat almost double until I feared the
the tip would snap.
"Keep cool, keep cool!" shonted my
guide, "don't try to yank him in by main
force."
Carefully I plaved him, althongh mv
heart was beating like a trinhammer. He
made one leap out ot the wa'ter 3J leet awav
Irom the boat, and I feared that I had los't
him. I lessened tije hold on the reel aud
sank back; I clt laint and sick.
T.clory Tin Jus at timid.
"Cheer up, cheer up!" cried the guide,
"he's still on your line!"
It was his last jump; a few minutes later
I reeled him in.
This is but one s'ory of a single dav's
sport; every enthusia-tic angler will recall
hundreds ot similar days when thejovand
exhilaration ot landing a big trout with a
slender seven-ounce split bamboo rod was
unequaled. No sport in the world, at
leasi no sport that can berealily pursued
by women, can compare with salmon or
trout fishing. Such sport is in fact espe
cially adapted to women who are for the
most part condemned to spend sedentarv
lives indoors. The sense of new life and
vigor that comes irom long tramps through
the piny woods; the exhilaration that
comes from a week's camping out a usual
accompaniment ol trout fishing the hearty
Hppetitc that makes the plainest loods
delightful, the rich olive tan that speaks of
out-of-door das spent in the sunshine, all
these, indeed, are gains that cannot be
lightlv estimated. Now that Mrs. Grover
Cleveland has set the fashion, may Ameri
can girls become as expert as their English
sisters; may the race of feminine Izaak
Waltons increaiel Ei A. Thackbat.
Ui'J)
A STEPMOTHER'S LOT.
Bessie Bramble Says She's Entitled
to Top Seat in Seventh Heaven.
CATCHES IT FlUM EVERT BIDE.
Why Women Undertake Fncn Woes Ii One
of Creation's Hysterics.
ALWAYS FOOLS ENOUGH TO GO K0USD
rwnlTTBN FOR THE DHPJITCH.1
The woman who undertake to be a step
mother has need of all the patience of Job
and all the stoical philosophy of Socrates.
Even at the best, her temper and wisdom
will be sorely taxed by the trials and tribu
lations of the position. Who knows but
that if Job ot ancient -renown could have
been a stepmother, the last straw would
have been, added to the camel's miseries.
It is hardly to be doubted that if Solomon
could have had the experience of some step
mothers, he would have added the cap
sheaf to his tremendous stock of wisdom
for their instruction.
Benevolence, patience, endurance, for
bearance, fortitude, charity and love are the
virtues to be most cherished and cultivated
by omen who take upon themselves the
responsibilities of stepmothers. Supply,
we are told, always comes in answer to de
mand; it may therefore be for the reason
that the position gives so much exercise to
these qualities that there are so many good
stepmothers in the world.
Vhit Sh Has to Hear.
Through the discipline of endurance
women can be trained to stand the abuse of
the first wife's relations. They can grow
acenstomed to regard with patience the
"sassing" of the stepchildren as inspired by
outsiders, who love to make mischief. They
can nerve themselves to endure with fore
hearauce the meddling of the neighbors
and their malicious remarks as to their
methods of family management and mode of
housekeeping, 'ihev can cultivate charity
under all manner of criticism and contrast
with the first wi e's manners and methods.
They can learn to console themse'ves with
the orthodox idea that they were cut out
and foreordained by heaven to be dis
ciplined lor the happiness of the Hie here
after bv the acceptance of a second-hand
hub.mcl.
The influences of such experience will
generally a ant a woman, in course of time,
to regard the trials and crosses ot such po
sition in life as fitting her for a high place
a'"rng the angels. And certainly if any.
woman deserves a holy seat in the seventh
heaven of pure deliglit, it is she who has
done her duty nobly as a stepmother.
1 hy Do Th-y ''arry tl Id w-rT
But wjiv in these days s'lonld any woman
want to he a stepmother? In times happily
gone by when women were almost wholly
dependent upon men for their suppcrt
when being a spinster was held to be a dis
grace and a reproach when many had to
get married for a living, it was easy to see
why such numbers, between a garret and
crust and the world's contumely, were will
ing to accept a widower with a rait ot chil
dren, and with them show a consummate ca
pacity for martyrdom, hut it is amazingly
hard to see why now adavs any capable, in
dustrious, independent woman should de
liberately with her own Iree knowledge
and consent walk into the chtius and
slavery of stepmotherhooCL Self-sacrifice
has been preaclud all along the ages as the
noblest virtue in a woman, and it sue
doesn't get her fill of it in this world as a
stepmother it would certainly be a wonder.
"1 will have to get married," said a
thrifty old larmer a lew months alter his
wife's death. "Here is harvest coming on
and then there will fee the threshing and
corn husking and I cau't afford to pay a girl
S3 a week."
The neighbor knew he was-"near" as
they call stinginess but even those accus
tomed to measuring a man's motives by his
actions were a little surprised over the
given reason for getting a second wile. He
w nted one who could do the work and call
lor no wages. He did not consider his
children, but his pocket.
o Latk of Fonln ITer B-lnw.
There are possibly plenty of women to
take such placer. There never is any lack
ol fools in the world. This may be a wise
provision of Providence. Fate, destiny,
foreordmation, or "call from heaven," as
the reverend brethren name it, provides
women to fill these places. It is possible
they are accepted by some good women out
ol sheer benevolence. They go into a
family of children and pul up with a stingy
shop-worn old husband, with the insolence
ot the relations, all the aggravations in
short that loll to such a lot in the same
spirit that inspires women to go out to ex
pend their energies and efinrts in the en
deavor to convert the heathen on India's
coral strand, or where Africa's sunny foun
tains roll down their golden sand.
Such women will need nothing so mnch
as the philosophy of the Stoics which held
that "we should always be anticipating and
adapting oursehes to the worst that could
happen" so that when the worst came it
could be borne with an unruffled mind.
Moreover a pride could be cultivated that
would hold upbeond the cavils ol society,
the tantrums of stepchildren, and the in
difference ot husbands. ,
Why do women marry widowers? Well,
as Betsy Bobbin would say, "The Lord
only knows." Ask us an easy one.
Lit.Do' sn't Account Tor It.
Sir Philip Sidnev has said that "Love is
better than spectacles to make everything
seem great." This is true as to the young
girl who sees in her lover her ideal" hero.
She endows him in her imaginations with
etery virtue. To her he is all that is noble
and Ueaulul. On his part, he loves just
as romantically as docs she. He matches
Ju id as a Homes. The pleasure and sweet
ness oi bapp love are beyond all the joys
mm me wiiuoui can give.
But it is only during voung love's dream
that any lond and foolish girl, like Juliet,
wants her Itomeo "cutout in little stars."
It is in youth that men, like Harriet,. gel lar
gone, and "suffer much extremity for love."
When a man, knowing all about domestic
cares, marries a second time it is seldom lor
love more ollen tor convenience or through
a selfish shirking of his own duties. He
wanls.s iniebody to keep his house and take
charge of his children. So a girl knows
what the is rushing into when she marries a
widower with a family.
YTlio the Children Regard Her.
It is to be n oted that in the main chil
dren bate a stepmother, which makes her
task much harder. This feeling is fostered
oftentimes by the relations, who take a
malicious delight in sowing discord, stir
ring up ill leeling and promoting jealousy.
The older the children are the more of a
rumpus is raited. They scorn and 6cofi at
the idea ot any woman taking their moth
er's place. It is intolerable to them to be
placed -under the domination of a step
mother. They are full ot prejudice against
her, and not seldom in the troubles that
are sure to follow is her lot made more bit
ter by the husband destroying her author
ity and influence by takiug their part
against her.
It is k oommon saying that "There is no
fool like an old fool." TMb proverb gen
erally comes in pat and to the point when
an old iooI ot a widower is being talked
over by the gossips. He always wants a
young wile, say thev, without wisdom or
experience. His children and friends know
that a girl in her youth never marries an
old man tor love. Money, position, title
are' the price he pays, though he is usnallv
conceited enough to believe himself pos
sessed of eudearing charms. This plain
bargain and sale on her part is set down to
her discredit.
Last winter in Washington, a distin-
fuished old, man close up to 80 who
ad married a girl in the twenties was the
talk ot every drawing-room. When they
attendd receptions, .their names were on J
every tongue. December and May m they
were' named in derision formed a giodly
gossip's bowl everywhere. At home there
was war. The children regarded that step
mother with undying hatred. They did not
besitateto call bera mercenary adventuress.
What is there attractive in the position
of a stepmother for an independent woman?
Lots or Good St-pmoth-r.
There are good stepmothers numbers of
them many superior to the first choice.
Sally Bush, the stepmother of Abraham
Lincoln, was better than his own mother,
who was shiftless and indolent v He and
his little sister Nancy were neglected and
abused. It was not until the good step
mother appeared upon the scene that they
were decently clothed and well-treated.
She was '"old Abe's" "angel of a mother."
and his testimony to her loving kindness is
strong ennngh to show that a woman with
good principles, a tender heart and good
sense can fill the position of stepmother not
onlv without reprnach.but with great honor.
Manv mothers there are. who like Nancy
I Hanks are unfitted to train children
properly, kindly and wisely. It statistics
are to be believed a very large percentage
of the children born into the world die in
infancy owing to the neglect and ignoraree
of their mothers. Many girls enter upon
the holy estate of matrimony unfitted by
reason of their folly and gooa-lor-nothing-ness
to train children well and wisely. A
good stepmother is plainly a most valuable
substitute for all such when heaven ordains
that their husbands shall become widowers.
But the wonder is so many women will run
the risks of stepmotherhond. That they do
so may be set down as one proof that as
Junius Henri Brown, with all the gravity
of an owl, asserts "Women are not all
alike." Bessie Bramble.
THE BLARNEY STONE.
HOTT A PARTI OF PITTBtrRGEB3
KISSED THE F IMOU4 BLOCK.
No Dancer of a XUIl Now, for a Bwlnglnc
Basket Hm Been Pat Up Even the
Ladles Tnkn a Smack Ihess Days
Etorv of the Castle.
' tCORKIsrOXDMfCI OP TBI DtSPATrH.J
Cork, Aug. 10. Who would come to
Ireland and not visit Blarney Castle?
Tl ere is a stone there, whoever Klises,
Oh, he never misses to grow oloqulnt;
"Tis he may clumber to a lady's clmmber,
Or become a member of snate Parllment.
A clever sponter he'll sure turn out, or
An nut-an-outer to De lit alone;
Dou't hope to binder him or to bewilder
him;
Sure he's a plhrxim from the Blarney Stone.
Blarney Castle is now an ivy-covered
ruin, but in this respect it does not differ
from other ruins, all of which are adorned
with this beautifying and time-softening
green. So are trees, hedges, rocks,
and, indeed, every other outdoor
thing. One of our party remarked
Barney Cattle.
-
she believed we could become moss-covered
and ivy-grown it we stood still long enough
and that the wonder was this plant of such
affectionate growth id not twine itself
abont the numerous sheep and cows seen so
artistically posing on every hillside and in
each field.
The TToada Ar'n't tike Oars.
Blarney Castle is abont four miles from
Cork over a road as smooth as a Washing
ton Citv pavement and as hard as adamant.
II we had thought the ride about Queens
town unequaled, we were now obliged to
qualify the assertion. We were wheeling
through an enchanted land, past residences
half hidden in the depths of many 15-acrrd
estates; pat an asvlum lor the insane, much
more remarkable in design, finish and gen
eral surroundings than any we had ever
seen iu America,
But about the Blarney stone: The story
goe that, in 1602. the ca-.tle was held by
one Cormack McCarihv, who ha I concluded
au armistice with the Lord President,
Care iv, agreeing to surrender to his lordship
Ihe possession ot the caitle. The Lord
President looked day after day for the ful
fillment of the compact, but all he got was
olt speeches and sweetly worded excuses.
The success ot McCarthy in dupinz Lord
Carew with his bland speeches has led to
the tradition that anyone who kisses the
Blarney stone becomes gilted with tne
pouerof persuading people to any desired
course. Look out for our party, tor we all
kissed it and did not have to beheld by the
heels nor hair of the head, though the stone
is situ.ited in an almost inaccessible place,
several feet below the cornice,
Kl.nlnz Hi- -tone la Exsy Now.
It is a broad, flat stone set upon brackets,
below which there is now suspended a
basket-like grating, into which the ardent
one must step, then kneel, throw the head
back and kiss the stone directly overhead
a perfectly safe experiment, but one hard to
perform, except by the lithe and supple.
Our party had some merriment over our
"lat man," Mr. John J. Rigney, of reil
etate lame in the World's Fair city, whosi
2G0 pounds of averdupois were out of all
proportion to the size of the basket, but
who nevertheless succeeded not without
much twisting and turning in giving the
famous stone a resounding smack, such as
mieht only be expected from a Chicagoan.
Tnis safety grating ha only been put up
within two years, prior to which time no
woman had ever kissed the Blarney stone,
the word ol many. a tonrist in petticoats to
the contrary notwithstanding. This we
have upon the honor of the gnide, who has
been in attendance there lor 20 years.
Died iihont the Ii .
And few men had per ormed the feat, bnt
the last one to attempt it before the iron
basket was put up fell the 186 feet from the
height of the castle to the valley below.
This is the only such happening in the
history ol the castle, and there cannot now
be another. We climbed 108 steps to reach
the Blarney stone; we followed the guide
into all the dungeons, and by the light of a
candle visited the several caverns. Upon
the nails ot these caverns were the names
of many people from our own country.
Among those of recent date we noticed
"Montooth, Pittsburg, Pa., U. S. A." This,
from the date, we judged to be Mfjor
Montooth, who came out on the City of
Chicago. Mary Temple Bayard.
A Tobacci.-Ch -wine Horse.
There is a very knowing horse in the em
ploy of the St. Louis Transfer Company.
This sagacious an mal is achewer of tobacco
aud is reputed to be passionately fond ot
tlie weed. He is a great sponger, too, for
not only do people in the street o2er him a
chew ot 'bacca, but he expects his hard
working driver to spend two shillings a
month in orde( to supply him with, negro
bead. Limit of Natural TUlnn.
The limit of natural vision varies with
elevation, condition of the atmosphere, in
tensity ol illumination and other modifying
elements. On a clear day an bbject one
foot above a level plain may be seen at a
distance ot L31 miles; one 10 feet in height,
4.15 miles; one 20 feet high, 5.86 miles; one
inn r.. u;l. 19 1 M:i. .-- - .31. 1.1.1.
(as the top of a mountain), 95.23 miles,
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WOMEN ON THE ROAD.
Adventures of Two Innocent Females
Who .Traveled All Alone.- .
TROUBLE CAUSED BY A BICYCLE.
A Change of Cars in Which the Wearing
ipparel Got Mixed Up.
COMFORTING TELEGRAMS FROM HDBBY
fconmspcoiDiENCB or the nispATcn.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. This story isn't
worth a cent unless you believe it. I can
prove it by 19 witnesses. Two are law
yers, one is a reporter, another is the ad
vertising agent of a summer hotel, and the
remainder are women. Alter mature re
flection I have decided to ask the reader
tojnst simply take my word for it.
What the people want is truth. For in
stance, at tne time of the Johnstown disas
ter when special correspondents were
sleeping in rock heaps and telegraphing
next morning the nightmares which natur
ally resulted there was one truthful man
who offered to furnish a New York newspa
per with 7,000 names of people that went
down with the flood. Did he sit down and
invent those names, as a less conscientious
man might have done? No, sir; he took a
copy ol a Johnstonn directory, which had
been swept eight miles down the
river, and he sent 79 pages of that.
Fielding Bays Goodby.
They were people's names that had gone
down with the flood, which was just what he
said they were; and his story was fully ap
preciated and pointed to with pride after
ward. One cannot be too careful about lacts
in this literary business.
A Trip 1th a Blcrcfe.
Having thus shown where I stand on the
question of veracity I will proceed with my
simple story of how Maude changed cars at
TJtica, Maude was going up to Gravesville
in the northern part ot this State for a two
weeks' visit She was to take the 4 o'clock
trin from the Grand Central depot. She
vu to be accompanied by a very
dear friend whom I will call Jen
nie, and by her brand-new nickel
plated bicvele which was to astonish the
natives ot Gravesville. Maude planned it
all out to have Jeunie, and the bicvele and
me at the depot on time. She can't bear to
b hurried at the last minute when she is to
make a journey. 1 offered to bet her the
price of two weeks' board in Gravesville
that if any one of us four was late at the
depot it would not be Jennie nor me nor
the bicycle, but she declined to rob me on
so easv a wager.
The janitor's boy, Tom, was to ride the
bicrcle to the depot; I was to come up from
the' office, and Jennie ffas to come over from
Brooklyn. Tom and I arrived at 3:30;
Jennie appeared at 3:53, and Maud was
not there at 3:58. This did not sur
prise me a all. Every deep student
of numan nature must have observed
that when a woman carefully guards
Imrtoret th' Conductor to Sop.
against the commission of a blunder bv
somebody else, it is only for the purpose of
leaving hersell a free field wherein to exe
c te that very blunder in a thorough and
satisfactory manner.
1h- Blcynl Got Tariff.
I had urged Maude to let me have her
ticket because that bit of cariboard would
be necessary in order to secure permission
of the railroad people to put' the bicycle into
the baggage car. Maude had replied that
the idea of trusting me with anything so
important might enter the heads of strangers,
but never that of mv wife. When Maude
arrived at 3:59 the door of the baggage oar
had been locked so securely that I could
not open it with a two-dollar note.
It seemed necessary to send the bicycle to
Gravesville by express, but alter I had put
her aboard the train she put her head nut of
'a window and told me that she tail learned
from the porter that there was a' train an
hour later which overtook hers at Utica. It
I could get the bicvele aboard that train she
could manage to have it changed at that
place. She continued to gite me Instruc
tions after the train started, and I walked
along beside the moving car till one ot those
gentlemen who push strange and infernal
baggage trucks along depot platiornis clev
erly intercepted me, and then abused me
for making a dent in the side ol a sheet-iron
trunk n ith my head.
I put the bjcycle aboard the later train,
and there my duty ended. A knowledge of
the subsequent procee lings I have picked
up from various witnesses. It appears that
Maude and Jennie decided to sit up till thev
got to Utica, in order to be ready to look
out for the bicycle. Having so decided, of
course they went to bed at 10 o'clock, it
they had only firmly resolved to so to bed,
the chances ara that they would have sat
up. Siuce a woman is certain to change her
mind, why cau't she learn to make it up
dead wrong in the first place?
A Sadden Call to Du't.
It was a hot night, and the girls very sen
sibly laid aside a considerable portion of
their clothing when they retired. I hare
not obtained a bill of particulars from
Maude, but I draw mv own inferences from
the fact that when the conductor of the car,
about 1 o'clock in the morning, called
"Utica" outside the curtains of Maude's
berth she exclaimed to Jennie: "Ob, dear;
I shall never be able to drcs in time. Does
my hair look perlectly horrid?"
She began to dress in leverish baste, bnt
before she had matle much headway an en
gine bell rang, and she was nearly driven
wild with the notion that the train was
starting. I have noticed that there is al
ways some employe of a railroad on hand to
ringa bell at the moit unfortunate moment.
Many a time have I swallowed the latter
half of a leaden sandwich, aud fled from the
lunchroom with my mouth full of hot slum
gullion only to sit ten minutes in the train
be lore it started, thinking of the amount of
dyspepsia I might have contracted if I had
known how long we were to stay.
The bell scared Maude just that wav. She
seized a long waterproof cloak, which en
tirely covered her, and left a good many
things which she ordinarily regards as es
sential behind her in the car. Bv a stroke
of good luck she fonnd the bicycle, and by
a stroke ot bad luck she had it put into the
wrong baggage car, and it went on its way
to Zanesville, O'.
Md i wo Mistakes at One.
Just as this feat was accomplished Maude
saw.to her horror, that the train was start
ing. At the imminent risk of her life she
swung herself upon the nearest platlorm,
and then made her wav toward the rear of
the train in search of her sleeping car. She
reached the last platform and did not find
that car. Then she went forward to the
door ol the smoker and she still failed to
find that sleeper. But she found the con
ductor, and confided to him in a voice full
ot hvsteria that her sleeper was lost.
i "That sleeperdon'tgo on with this train,"
said he, "it's switched on the other one at
Utica."
Well, almost anybody can understand how
Maude felt when she heard this piece of
news. She simply fell on her knees at the
conductor's feet and implored him to stop
the train and let her walk back.
"Cau't do it. miss." said he. "And. be
sides, we're four miles out of Utica alreadv.
You couldn't get back, anyway. The only
thing that you can do is to" get 08 at the
next station aud wait for your car to come
along."
Perhaps this scene is too painfnl to de
scribe. Ihe idea of a woman being borne
away from a large portion ot her clothing at
the rate ol 50 miles an hour, in the middle
of the night, is ennngh to move any heart to
pity. Let us return to Jennie. She had
vainly endeavored to indnce Maude to wait
for her, and, tailing, had dressed herself and
gone out upon the platlorm. While she
was there the car began to move. It was
being transferred to the other train, but she
supposed it was continuing its journey.
Mistakes In tbr RIeht Car.
"Oh, goodness gracious," exclaimed
Jennie, "Maude will be left without the
waist of herdress."
She rushed back to the berth, piled all
their belongings as she thought together
in a miscellaneous pile, and fled to the door.
The porter tried to stop her and explain,
but she brushed him aside. How she ever
got off the car without breaking her neck I
do not know. It wasn't going very fast,
and she managed it safely. Then she made
a frantic search for Maude; but that un
happy woman was already speeding away,
W7tal Uncle BiUy Met at the Train.
as has been related. Finaly she got back to
where the sleeping car had been, hut the
train had gone on, and she was informed
that no person answering Maude's descrip
tion had boarded it.
Meanwhile Maude waited in dreadful sus
pense for the arrival of that sleeping car.
When it came, after what seemed an age
but wasn't more than 20 minutes, she fled
to it as a haven of reluge. Her feelings
when she discovered the absence of Jennie
and the garments must have been too deep
for tears. She was carried on to the next
station, where she secured a carriage and
went to a hotel.
Foran V ry Comforting; Msss-.
Early the next afternoon I went up the
road to straighten things out in response to
three telegrams, as follows:
UncA, July .
Maud missing. Come at once. Jehnix. .
EiaosviLLi, July .
Jennie mlslng with all my clothes. Come
at oncu and bring my other trunk.
Maudx.
GRAVisvrLLE, July .
Received yours asking me to loot out for
girls ami bicycle. Nothing arrived on the
train but a pair of light blue corsets. Do
not know whit has got the ret n the party.
Come at once. Ubolk Billy.
I had always been averse to allowing
women to travel unaccompanied by men,
but if they ran get as much joy as this.out
of a little run of 300 miles, perhaps it is as
well to let them go it alone.
Howabd Fielding.
E0W IBS AHCIEHI3 DI5ZD.
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lam anil D-ep Drlnk-rs.
There is an old Latin riddle ot the eighth
century in which the table says: "I feed
people wit'h many kinds of food. First, I
am a Quadruped, and adorned with hand
some clothing; then I am robbed of mv ap
parel and lose my legs also." The food of
the Anglo-Saxon was largely bread, says
the American Analyst
The bread was baked in round, flat cakes,
which the superstition of the cook marked
with a cross, to preserve them from the
perils of the fire. Milk, butter, and cheese,
were also eaten. The priucipal meat was
bacon, as the acorns ot the oak forests,
which then covered a large part oi England,
supported numerous droves of swine. Our
Anglo-Saxon forefathers were not only
hearty eaters, but, unfortunately, deep
drinker.
The drinking horns were attirst literally
horns, and so must be immediately emptied
when filled; later, when the primitive horn
had been replaced by a glass cup, it re
tatue I a tra titlnn ot its rude predecessor in
its shape, so that it, too, had to be emptied
at a draught. Each guest was furnished
with a spoon, while his knife he always
carried in his belt; as lor forks,whoilreamed
ot them when nature had given man ten
fingers?
But yon will see why a servant with a
basin of water and a towel always pre
sented himself to each guest belore dinner
was served and a ter it was ended. Bnast
meal was served on the spit or rod on which
it was cooked, and the guest cut or tore off
a piece to suit himself. Boiled meat was
laid on the cakes or bread, or later, on thick
slices of bread called "trenchers," from a
Norman word meaning "to cut," as these
were to carve the meat on, thus preserving
the tablecloth from the kniie.
WOMEN'S SMALL1 TALK.
In Copying English Customs Anglo
Uaniacs fc'elect the Bad Ones.
SUNBURN THAT IS PERMANENT.
A Pitcher That fooli Its Contents Without
Contact With Ice.
IMPORTING SERYA.ST8 FE03 LONDON
irami von thb ntSPATCH.3
A visiting Englishman wondered the
other evening that in copying English no
tions we did not copy the good ones in
stead of many that were distinctly frowned
upon by the better class of English people.
To say a thing is English is enough to make
it a valuable precedent with a large number
of Americans, yet we know that many so
called Americanisms, held up to ridicule by
our cousins across the water, are either un
heard of here or exist under equally deri
sive protest. Another suggestive remark
by tbe same man was that the stiff, jerky,
so-called English shake was not "form" in
tbe best English society. "It may exist,"
said he, "iu the Prince of Wales set, but it
does not in that of the Princess of Wales."
Which is a line oi demarcation which eager
Anglo-maniacs often lose sight of.
Sunburn is not usually considered a per
manent ailment, but a New York woman
has discovered that it is. During some
water evolutions last summer she sat on a
grand stand for several hours with he' face
exposed to the sun and wind, except the
For a Double Door.
shelter of a paraol. The result was severe
sunburn, which, on the noe, lailed to yield
to all known remedies. After a fortnight a
phvsician was consulted and the discovery
made that the burn was so deep that it was
liable never to be entirely effaced. A year
has gnne by with little apparent lessening
ot the redness, to the most justifiable
chagrin of a very pretty wompn. The com
bination of sun and water is peculiarly try
ing, as all yachting people know, and it is
usual with women on cruises to take various
means to protect theircnmplexions, notably
that of chalking the face all over with lump
magnesia. "Present ugliness for future
beauty," as a voting woman prefaced such a
proceeding lately, being their motto.
A simple and tasteful arrangement of a
double door space was noticed the other
dav in a country honscThe fish net drapery,
which comes now iu various art shades, was
the material used, and a few yards with a
cord and tassel and three Japanese fans
open and tied with straight bows of ribbon,
arranged in the manner indicated in the
sketch, wrought a very successful effect. In
the same room two Japanese umbrellas in
tones ol grav were suspended, one above the
other, in the corner at the angle of the two
walls at the left ot the doorway decorated
as described. The umbrellas hung bottoms
down like inverted mushrooms, tipped to
show their discs or soft color. Beneath and
across the corner stood a 6-o'cIock-tea
table of white enamel finish, with a cloth
worked with a buuch ot black-eyed Suans
and the natural flowers in an old blue china
bowl for the touch ot coior. All the ac
cessories were inexpensive, but exceedingly
pretty and tasteful.
In a recent article on the "Servent Ques
tion" Lady Jeune estia ales that there are
over 12,000 servauts out of employment now
in London. The reverse ot this is the case
Evolution of th' Linen Duster.
on this side the sea. From every city,
town and village the cry of servants "goes
up from perplexed husekeepers. The prob
lem in the suburbs is a serious one. Ser
vants are so sure ot places in town that they
will not atav in the country during the
winter, and on tbe other hand, it is common
for them to leave the cities lor the summer,
even if they leave good places in doing so
It has been urged that we hate no clas to
recruit from; why not import some of these
12,000 idle maids from Londou?
"It's so hot to be good," replied a' small
girl to her mother, who was reproving her
for some naughtiness on a recent very warm
day. Poor child; si e was discovering thus
earlv in life that the path of rectitude is
apt to be very straight and narrow at times,
and those who heard her reply agreed that
it wai never more so than through the "hot
wave" with which tbe country was not long
ago afflcted. It was really too hot to be
good, wasn't it ?
In this dog-day weather, fruit, water Ices
and sorbets are reallr preferable to the
richer creams. Suburban housekeepers
who may sometimes find the needful fresh
fruit unobtainable at the proper moment,
will do well to recall that a fruit jam can be
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substituted with nearlv1 as good results, A .
strawberry ice is made by mixing for large m
tablespoonfuls of strawberry jam with tha
juice of a lemon and a pint of cold water.
Strain through a fine sieve, freeze and
serve in glasspj. To convert this into a
sorbet, freeze partially and add a wineglass
of cordial or sherry and a tablespoonlul ot
rum; refreeze and serve. Another agreeable
ice is banana sorbet. Peel and pound half
a dozen ripe bananas, add a teacup of loaf
snear, the juice of a lemon and a pint of
water. Half freeze and add a wineglass of
any liquor preferred before completing tha
process Inexperienced sorbet makers must
remember that the presence of the spirits
prevent freezing, aud must not expect too
solid results. The ordinary sorbet is not apt
to be very thoroughly congealed.
A "drawing party" is a noveltv at sum- ,
mer gatherings. A large easel blackboard .
with a box of crayons are the chief proper
ties required. Each person present writei
on a slip of paper the name of the animal h
wishes to see represented; these slips ara
mixed in a basket and a choice of them
offered to each member of the company in
tdrn. As a slip is drawn the drawer turns
to tbe board and makes the best pictnre he
may of the animal whose name he has found
on his slip. The spectators guess th
identity of the animal from the counterfeit
presentment on the DlacKboard; the greatest
number of votes of accuracy determining
tbe winner.
Many women are appearing at the summer
resorts with their hair done in the new
severe style, parted in the middle and
drawn quite plainly down nearly over the
ears to be plaited in a flat coil at the back
of the head below the crown. It suits few
laces and still fewer beads of hair lend
themselves effectively to this arrangement.
But it is carious how a fashion grows and
reconciles on-lookers to its existence. If
ti.is hair dresing continues to obtain, with
its present rapidity, by Thanksgiving wa
shall be admiring its classic simplicity.
At some of the fashionable Newport
dinners clam and oysters on the half shell
are served on plates made of ice. These ara
molded for the purpose by the high class
caterers. The plates are not brought to ihe
table till the guests are seated, when tber
rest on a doily ot linen rather heavier than
such usually used. The shells are on the
ice and the novelty is only a part of the
value of the idea, the bivalves being
kept deliciously cool.
Angllsh firm has brought out a pitcher of
glass designed especially for a claret cup; it
is fitted with a movable ice receptacle,
which cools the punch without decreasing
its strength. This seems a sensible innova
tion which might be adopted for any sort of
summer drink, including water. Filtered
and boiled water are excellent safeguards
against fevers in the late summer and early
autumn, but their efficiency is spoileil when
ice, which mar contain any impurities, is
melted in such liquid to cool it. A pitcher
arranged on this prircple, which does not
bring the ire in direct contact with the .
water or other beverage, would have a dis
tinct sanitary talue.
When the women of 1876 were getting
ready to go to the Centennial it is safe to a
sume that 49 out of every CO got herself a linen
duster. Tne odd woman had a mohair oije,
and her sisters regarded her curiously. At
the World's Fair next year i will be
demonstrated that tbe age of linen duster
has passed away, and that we have even
got beyond Ihe mohair one. A beantiful
fabric tussore silk, light, cool, glo-sy, is
the accepted material tor dust cloaks, for
"dusters" no longer exist even In name,
and the accompanying sketch shows what
grace and effect have been accomplished in
the evolution ot the linen duster.
Some of the bamboo curtains for summer
use are exceedingly pretty. They come now
in solid colors, the bamboo sections sep
arated by white beads. Maroon and ebon
ized bamboo, thus combined give a very-
rich enect ine reeii ana DamDoo porch -
curtains are also inexpensive aud attractive
additions to the summer piazzc,'
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An odd divan cushion seen the other day
was a large square with Marguerites em
broidered on black velvet over halt ol it,
and yellow silk, the shade of the hearts of "'
the daisies, laid in tiny plaits over the
other; these designs met diagonally in the
center of the cushion.
Muslin curtains with black lace inser
tions in the border are a lancy with some
who incline to striking effects.
A simple safeguard against the annoying
attacks of mosquitoes is the use ot penny
royal tea. Wet the wrists and hands with
it, putting some on the face and moistening
different partn ol the dress. The insects do
not like the herb and avoid its neighbor
hood. Makgaeet H. Welch.
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