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Frau Bertha’s Hotel.
In the little town of Essen, Ger-
many, is a hotel-—a first-class hotel—
at which the principal guests who put
up there never have to pay for their
accommodation. It is owned by Frau
Bertha Krupp, the richest woman in
Germany, and owner of the great
Krupp works at Essen. She runs it
at a loss of more than $100,000 a
year. The hotel was built by Frau
Krupp solely for the entertainment
of the representatives of foreign gov-
ernments who visit Essen to superin-
tend the execution of orders. Ordi-
narily travelers sometimes can find
accommodation at the Krupp Hotel,
but only when the rooms are not re-
quired for Frau Krupp’s foreign offi-
cial guests.—Boston Post.
The New Waist Line.
A stronger indication of the waist
line that gives a basque effect is no-
ticed in some of the shorter coats, al-
though their fit is still very easy.
Then there are those fascinating Rus-
sian blouses whose influence in the
long buttoning line which, lends a
military air in closer-fitted garments
is felt about ninety-nine coats out of
every hundred. Belts on these Rus-
sian shapes are straight and wide,
which necessitates their being worn
loose and round, and this gives a
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quaint look that is most charming
and entirely new, a cross between a
Russian soldier and an 1830 school-
boy. Braiding in military designs is
another coat touch that is rather im-
portant.—Harper’s Bazar.
Dressing a Girl.
A very difficult problem to a mother
is the dressing of the between age
girl. The average girl of sixteen is
not infrequently a most attractive
person, but requires most. careful
dressing. She has all the grace and
charm of budding womanhood, with
some of the gaucherie of childhood.
~~ With abundant locks and bright
pink cheeks quiet dressing is a neces.
sity. None of the laciness of very
young girlhood is possible, or she
looks overdressed. If trimmings are
used, they must be of the simplest
description, and, if possible, self-col-
ored. :
For the girl still at school there is
nothing nicer than a navy-blue coat
and skirt, worn with various blouses
and a simple hat. But there are times
when other attire is necessary, and
then it is realized -how hard it is to
dress the adolescent girl. She must
be simply garbed, yet, of course, de-
sires her clothes to be pretty. There-
fore, special consideration should be
given to her wardrobe—-colorings,
materials and style, being well
thought out.—Philadelphia Record.
Men Bunglers as Builders.
“I looked at one house to-day,
highly desirable in many respects, in
which the kitchen and scullery were
at opposite ends of a long passage.
Cannot you realize that only a man
could l:ave been guilty of such an
arrangement? The lack of cupboards
is another masculine omission, and
even those that are put in usually
are inconveniently placed. Men also
are responsible for building most
bathrooms far too small for real com-
fort. In houses, as distinct from
apartments, they rarely make the
stair railings high enough, the result
being that most staircases are death-
traps for clambering children; and
nursery windows often are made so
high that the little ones cannot pos-
sibly see out of them, while the room
itself too often is placed in a gloomy
and sunless part of the house. Seo
far as I am concerned,” the house-
hunter wound up, ‘‘we ‘are uncom-
fortable where we are, and, from all
I have been able to see, we will be
miserable if we move.”—New York
Press.”
Long-waisted effects appear in the
-new lingerie. - :
Flowers of different kinds and col-
ors are seen together. Sopa
Foulard is coming in for something
of its old-time popularity,
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Linings must be as soft as they can
be made and as clinging.
The popularity of the embroidery
robe is more marked than ever be-
fore.
Veils are many of them more ex-
treme in the size of the mesh than
ever.
Tiny white linen buttons are used
on the new linen suits and house
gowns,
Black and black and white both
promise to be fashionable veiling
colors.
Marquisettes, linen homespuns, all
now appear in checks, both gun club
and shepherd.
An odd fancy of the moment is the
use on dressy toilettes of bells of var-
nished leather.
The hexagon mesh is the veiling
most often met with, whether the veil
be fine or coarse.
The soft serges and cashmere are
used to build traveling costumes for
the warm days.
Hand embroidery and pretty laces
are the dominant notes in many of
the new blouses. :
Nets are again much liked for
transparent undersleeves and guimpe
purposes in frocks.
A new lace grenadine, more often
Browned Onions.—Select onions of uniform size; peel,
drop into salted boiling water and cook until tender, but not
broken. Lift out of the water and stand in a baking dish.
On the top of each onion lay a thin strip of breakfast bacon
and stand in a hot oven until the bacon is crisp and the
called “net” than grenadine, is shown
among the new materials.
Narrow silk fringe is used to edge
‘many of the new straw hats, the ef-
fect being to soften the face.
Billows of fluffy materials and cob-
webby laces enhance nearly every lin-
gerie frock now being shown.
It seems that the rabat is to have
another successful season, since it
appears as a coat, dress and blouse
decoration. :
A great deal of soutache braiding
appears on the dressy broadcloth
coats for children of from three to
seven years.
The scarf, first intended as a light
covering for the head, now has devel-
oped into a wrap sufficient for protec-
tion from head to knee.
Mercerization has reached an art,
and the silky appearance given by it
raises some of the erstwhile humble
trimmings 'to a prominent place.
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Turkish Justice.
All the readers of the ‘Thousand
and One Nights” are familiar with
the manner in which the Oriental
magistrates dispensed justice, with
more regard to equity than to law.
Instances of the same kind are not
wanting in modern Turkey.
Not long ago a Turk, while repair-
ing a roof, fell into the street upon a
wealthy old man, who was killed,
without any serious damage happen-
ing to the workman. The son of the
victim caused the workman to be ar-
rested and taken before a magistrate,
with whom he used all his influence
to have the poor man condemned;
and, though the innocence of the la-
borer was clearly established, nothing
could pacify the son but the law of
retaliation.
The Magistrate thought awhile,
and then gravely decreed that the
workman should be placed exactly
upon the spot where the old man had
stood.
“Now,” said he to the son, “you
will go on the roof of the house, fall |
down upon this man, and kill him if
yeu can.”
It is needless to add that the son
declined to do anything of the sort,
and accordingly the case was dis-
missed.—Harper’s Weekly.
His First Train Ride.
During the early hours of Sunday
morning a long and lank native
boarded Frisco train No. 104 for his
first ride on the cars, his destination |
being Kansas City. He was decidedly
nervous, but was determined not to
show ‘it and attempted to cultivate
an ‘air of familiarity with the sur-
roundings.
his grip on the floor and braced him-
self against the side of one of the |
| plush chairs.
“Won’t you have a seat, sir?”
asked the perter. ; hr
“Nope,” the young man answered,
“Dad cuts m’ hair-an’ I shave m’self.”
—~Saline County (Mo.) Citizen.
He sought a position inj
the middle of the chair car, placed
‘has in store for us.
~ HER MAJESTY THE HEN.
. The hen is the finest piece of machinery
in the world. —Speaker at the Connecticut
Dairymen’s Convention. :
h, man may build an aeroplane
To frivol through the sky
On fragile wing, like a feathered thing,
Astounding to the eye;
And this machine may soar serene
From here to Winnipeg
To stand the test, but do its best
It cannot lay an egg—
No, it’s all in vain for an aeroplane
To try to lay an egg.
Oh, man may build a dynamo
To move a train of cars,
Or gild the night with rays of light
As brilliant as the stars;
Its wondrous force may beat the horse
Regarding strength of leg:
Oh, great we know is the dynamo,
But it cannot lay an egg—
No, you can bet no motor yet
Has ever laid an egg.
Oh, statesmen great may preach and prate,
And poets may decant
Their peevish plaint, and painters paint,
nd good reformers rant.
Yes, we may strain until we drain
Ambition to the dreg, !
But though we try until we die
We cannot lay an egg.
Pooh, pooh to men! Tt takes a hen
To lay one little egg.
—Paul West, in the New York World.
“Why can’t they base a grand
Jpera upon an American theme?”
“We have no peasantry to introduce
as a chorus.” ‘Ring in a chorus of
ultimate consumers.” — Louisville
Courier-Journal.
“Johnny, can you tell us why
Washington is called the Father of
His Country?” ‘’Cause he walked
the floor a good many nights when it
was still young, I guess.”—Chicago
Record-Herald.
I stole a kiss the other night,
o-day my conscience pricks me some.
I think T’ll have to go around
And put it where I got it from. ;
—Boston Transcript.
Nervous Suitor — “I-er-wish to
marry your daughter, sir!’”’ Parent
—‘“Well, my boy, hadn’t you better
see her mother first?” Nervous Suit-
or—‘‘I have, sir, and—er—er—1I still
wish to marry your daughter.”’—
Punch.
“I believe,” said the blunt individ-
ual, “in speaking my mind and call-
ing a spade a spade.” ‘Yes,” replied
Miss Cayenne. ‘Many are that way.
The tendency is what corrupts the
vocabularies of so many parrots.”’—
‘Washington Star,
“And before I accepted him,” Miss
Passay was saying, “I asked him if
he would love me when I was old.”
“The idea!” exclaimed Miss Bright;
“why if he proposed to you he had
already proven that, hadn’t he?’—
Catholic Standard and Times.
“One good way ter git thoo’ dis ol”
worl’,” said Brother Williams, “is to |
never shoulder mo’n you kin tote.”
“Think anybody does dat?” “I'm
sho’ of it, an’ den dies f’um grief kaze
dey got ter leave half of it by de road
side!’—Atlanta Constitution.
“The world’s against me,” he exclaimed;
“It will not see my worth.”
But still the world wagged on, and did
Not know he was on earth.”
—DBirmingham Age-Herald.
+ “TI hope you will be interested in
yonder gentleman,” said the hostess.
“I have assigned him to take you out
to dinner.” “I shall be,” responded
the lady addressed. ‘That gentleman
was formerly my husband, and he’s
behind with his alimony.”’—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
The editor looked at the poet.
“Didn't you bring me these verses
in the spring of 1891?” he asked.
“I did,” replied the poet, ‘and you
told me to put ’em on ice. They've
been in cold storage ever since.”’—
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Father—‘“Whatbecame of the mis-
sionary society that you girls were so
interested in a few months ago?”
Mildred—*“It had a horrible ending,
papa, and we finally had to disband.
Do you know, as soon as we got those
poor people in the slums washed up
and interested they insisted on join-
ing the society themselves.”’—Puck.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
In looking ahead it is just as well
not to be too previous. °
The trouble with the fellow who
takes his own part is that he always
wants more. :
Regret for the past is efficacious
only when it influences the future.
The under dog usually gets our
sympathy, but we are all apt to hit
the pillow when it is down.
The woman who knows most about
‘how to manage a husband is the
woman who has never had one.
The man who takes a chance can’t
.afford to stop and consider whether
it belongs to him or not,
The nearest approach to happiness
that some people ever acquire is not
to be as miserable as they were yes-
terday. 5
We never know what the future
Many a girl
doesn’t know what her own name will
be a year hence.—From “Musings of
a Gentle Cynic,” in the New York
Times.
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