1M IN WOMAN'S New York Clty.-Blonse Eton with , npw." xvlnti Is like pongee lo REALM llinulder enpes nre among the newest emits shown and nre peculiarly well suited to young girls. This May Man- color, for where pongee has a smooth MKUK in ill! Christendom 1.4 there a child , who lias been taught lo s.ty. "Now I lay nio down lo hI"('1, 1 pray Thee. I .old. my soul to keep," Imt has 1 1 : i r . I this Script tiro: "Now, when Jcmis was I ' n-1 1 In J ntlctt in tln days llothlehcm of of Herod, the cninc wise men King, behold, there from the east Id J rusiiletii, saying. Where is He that is born Kins of Hie Jews? for we have 8een His star iu the east, nml nre come to worship Him." At Bethlehem niny bo seen the Church of the Nativity, the oldest Christian church In Hie world, which marks the birthplace of the Saviour. He was born Into a land that had been ruled by srre.it rulers, oppressed j by infamous tyrants, fought over and ; plundered by merciless generals, and ; bo seamed and scarred by wars, famines and pestilences, that every atone in its ruined walls nud on its rock strewn plains was n silent me morial of woe; every tree that leafed, and every (lower that bloomed was rooted In blood drenched soil. In the little city of .Nazareth, the Saviour of the world made His homo for thirty years, and here Ho worked In his boyhood days as the "Sou of the Carpenter." At the time of Christ, Nazareth was n desnlsod citv nf Cnli. lee. When It had boon told round and ! about that the Messiah, long looked for by the Jews, had come In the per son of the Son of Joseph, toe question i was asked. "Cnu any gool tiling come out of Nazareth V since the time of Christ, the city Ins suffered the vic issitudes of wars at the hands of Greeks. Arabs, Crusaders "d Turks, at times being almost eradicated, but twe8y ft, as Resurrection Chapel, ftjount of always reviving to become again the prey of contending powers. Tlio ulstory of the "Holy City" is the atory of a nation, a narrative of Incre dible wars, or irrepressible religious faith, of poao, that was slavery, of wonderful rulers, of prophets without peers, of vitality and valor that are astounding ami of a conclusion so pit iful that even now the civilized world is moved with sorrow when it roads ,i' l?-:j-c;-va... . it: ..-...': :J; cf if of the tragedy of this people. Ittit to the Christian heart Jerusalem Is, mid al ways will he. thought of as the place of the Saviour's sacrifice. It was here, when but a child, that He confounded the wise doctors and here that He scourged the money channel's and drove them from the Temple. It was here that Ho wept, over His people, and it was hero that ' i mums i-uate took water and washed I his hands before the multitude, say ! lug: "I ii in Innocent of the Id I of tins just person: see ye to It." The .Jerusalem of 'o-ilay Is a mile long by half a mile wide, and Its pop ulation is hot noon l.l.ooo and Jo.ii.ki souls. (If this number one third are lew, one-third .Volui tiinieda us, and one-third Christians of the Creuk Church. The Ct.v of lMvid. or its ashes and debris, lies buried from twenty to forty feet under the accu mulations of a score or more of cen turies. It is for uh.it Hiey have been. and by no means lor what they are, that people have come o sanctify and venerate these ruinous inu.-.ses of buildings on the lour mount-. The streets, houses and inhabitants of the Holy City nre as liltli.v as those of any other oriental oily, if not worse. The very city reeks in tilth, and its tow ering masses of ruins and wretched ness mark the spot where the greatest tragedy in the world's history took place. If we lake the Mount of Olives from the Christian religion, from the time when the Saviour's feet tlrst trod it dusty paths until the moment when from its heights ll.t ascended into heaven, there would be destroyed one of the saddest picture that uplift of the most beautiful as well as one mankind. L'very foot of that mount Is Microti earth, even to people who have never soon and never expect to see the place that Christ hallowed by prayer ami benediction. Tie- days of its glory ended when the feet of the m&wmm& 'Ik U V I ! i I tolling Master censed their Journey and the cloud ol Cod enveloped and bore away from Its summit the great Itegcnorutor of the world. The most Important building In Je rusalem is the Church of The Holy Sepulchre, supposed to be located on the ancient site of Calvary, nud suld to cover tin' famous sepulchre In which the Lord's body was laid after the cm citlxioii. This chapel, while not large, was magnificently decorated and formed (l part of n church over the rook upon which the cross was erected. The Crusaders, during Hielr occupancy of the city, added considerably to the extent of the structure, which they found in existence. After they wore expelled by Saladin and his hosts, the Creeks succeeded iu getting possession of a portion of I he place. To day the church Is controlled by n syndicate of fail lis of the Cistern Christians, but with the Turk sealed as guardian In the ba.ar Into which the area front is converted. As for Jews, one could not, if it would, obtain an entrance. I 'poii the walls of the' church are many scriptural happenings. Ideas of the Crusaders and other works of the sculptor's art. Mark well yon slender stalk of green Just springing bath the clods between While April airs are chilly; ith iilmy leaflets closely curled, It looks a tiny banner furled, lint noon will be a lily. spiirrow". weight would l)eud it W, A little flood would overtlotv. A little frost would kill it; An. e'en when grown il icarlies up And lilts to heaven a heavenly cup A little deiv would fill il. y all the power Hint New ton saw Hind in one vast nud 'pml l.nv I'ebljje and lilal:t I ffio'winif ( aiiiiet, w hen spring is come, keep liij 1 lie Illy 'neiitll Us eovei lid, -ur siay its builu lrom mowing. Tt knows no lalior but to bloom tiod's darling need no cures assume, .so iriniiie puv mx Kuiir; It I'. Illll.it l.nt l,,-a I.. l.u IwlKft And still to keep its gm ineiits'w bite is natuie more tuuu duty. W'lint if to-morrow it must die? Is there no Kiuter in the sky To eurtli' deail blossoms given? Von world would forfeit halt its bli.l if whnt in sweetest here iu this Itriel springtime, bad no heaven. "Much more, O ye of little fuitli" (This is the word the Muster saith) "Much more to you Hi will is!" - Xav, but it were enough for me C uilcl I, t) Master! only be To Thee a are Thv lilies. --W. II. Woods, iu Youth's Coinpanioi AN EASTER DUEL. The lliutliers Kgg were both iu love, Ami with t lie same young lady; A duel they lenolved to ligTit. o chose a place quite shauy. Miss 1.'kIioiii Y.gft (that was her nauia, lleurd ol the coming duel, And said ul once she'd do her best To stop u fight so cruel. She called a friend, Mim SpecLlejot, And to the woods they hurried. And there they found t he Urol In r Y.g A ligliting, us she worried. The tnon Kssler, Our Saxon uncestors kept up the eel ebratlon of ICaster for eight days. It was a kind of thanksgiving, the length of time devoted by the pagans to their spring festival. After the long lenteu season they seemed to have become tired of so much goodness, a feeling; which their descendants seem to ap preciate, tired of giving up pleasure and worldly attraction; this, together with the natural welcome to the spring, gludly prolonged the festivities ill J li 1 If II V II I tW J LIVES OF CHINESE GIRLS. One nf Them Tells About Her Murilel Toetry nml rnlntitir Important.: The life of the little Chinese girl of to-day, although an improvement in some respects upon that led by her Inter of an earlier generation, is still mightily amusing from au American ur Curopoau standpoint. She is betrothed at thirteen. Her Murso of study, which is painstaking nud thorough, by the way, Includes a knowledge of the poetical names of (lowers and the rearing of goldfish. A clever little Chinese lady, Miss Wong Jin I.lmi, daughter of a diplo mat now residing In St. Louis, talked to an Interviewer a short time ago, giving some Interesting details on this subject, sujs the I'hlladelphhi North American. "I was born thirteen years ago In Shanghai, China," she said, "and have been betrothed since I was twelve to Master Sah 1'ok Kyltin, a son of Ad inual Sub, of China. I am yet too young to he married. Tor five years I shall remain in my father's house, the marriage ceremony taking place when I am eighteen, or two years after I become of age. In China a girl is of ago at sixteen. "Master Sab. who is seventeen, re sides also with my father. This Is sometimes the custom in China among families of the upper class, in cases where two families nre on very iuti- unite terms. "Master Sah and I see very little of one another, although we are iu the same house. Judged by the way American young people not, Chinese boys and girls arc very shy. "Water color painting has consumed many of my leisure hours. We begin lo paint on paper and then, when we are well advanced, paint on silk. A scene on n hillside or bamboo growing, or a beautiful lake are familiar sub Joels. "Girls in the upper class In China are taught to rear dowe-s. We leurn the culture of the Hundreds of beauti ful (lowers which bloom In China, particularly the chrysanthemum, the poeiiy and the lotus lily. "Often we go out to the ponds and lakes to gather lilies. That is consid ered a very nice pastime for young ladles. "Our education Is not regarded as complete unless we know the poetical names of all the flowers, us well as how to take care of them. This is not very difficult, because our recreation is almost always taken in Hie flower garden. "To roar goldfish Is another accom plishment of the Chinese girl. The reason why a Chinese girl Is betrothed so long before she is married is. as my parents have exnlaineil to mo. because the Chinese like to have worldly affairs settled as soon as pos sible. Parents wish to be sure that whatever may happen to them their daughter will bo taken cure of; there lore every family, even the poorest Is anxious to secure a daughter's be trothal Just as soon as the family can ufl'ord it. In families of the upper class there Is no anxiety us to the set tlement of a daughter, but marriages are often arranged to cement friend ship betweeu two families." Nordics Bed Jarkrr. If there is one luxury that a woman will appreciate, even one who is sup piled with all the essentials of a mod ern outfit. It is a comfortable little Jacket which she can slip on iu the morning us she sips her cup of coffee or chocolate. Nothing among the vast assortment of fancy negligees meets with the enthusiastic approval with which this knitted affair is received. First to send it on the hghway to pop ularity was .Madame Nordlca, who wus presented with one of these a few weeks ago when making a tour of the country. It was exactly the thing she hud longed for, but hud never been tthle to find, and you tuny be sure she exhibits the pretty little Jacket to all her Intimates, who Immediately sit down and begin to copy It. This Jacket's greatest charm lies in Hie fact that there are no frills ond furbelows to get in one's way, and It is as warm as uuythlng possibly could be, for it is knitted of heavy wool, and, whllo fur from' tlght-tlttlng, It clings to the figure Just enough to suit all re quirements. It consists of one piece and is worked In a plain stitch; rather, it Is knitted so. The sleeves ure in the regulation cout style, and there Is a border three inches wide of knitted colored wool, pink, blue or violet, all around the bottom and down the front, while at tho neck It rolls over to form a collar. Through the neck of this Is run a wide soft satin ribbon with long ends to tie, which Is the little gar ment's only method of closing. Wo men who are fond of reading for a few minutes before settling themselves for the night's slumber will tlud this Jacket a genuine treasure. Hint For Hcautjr kr. "Women have good complexions nat urally, but let those who have not tuke heart," says a woman who knows whereof she speaks, "for almost any skin ran be made to become firm and elastic, clear and hardy. "The woman who desires a good skin must learn to breathe, aud uext to ex ercise. Let ber stand for five minutes before the open window, heels togeth er, bead up, chest out, chin In, blps back and bands banging loosely at the sides. While In this positlou she must draw a long, deep breath through the nose and exhale slowly through the mouth. "Half an bour before breakfast it Is U to drluk about a plut of hot wa SSlS ter containing a lim-h of still. Char coal tablets after each meal are also excellent, but It is absolutely neces sary to wash the body every day in tophi water, with plenty of pure soap finishing with a brisk nibbing with u coarse towel. After this the fac should receive special treatment. Tom people wash their faces properly. Tin principal work should be done n' night, and unless the skin Is very thin a rather coarse washcloth should In used, with plenty of warm water While the pores lire open massage tin skin with a little lanolin. Applying with the tinner tips, and knead Hit cheeks with the knuckles and palm? of the hands. "Any one desirous of avoiding tindu lines aud wrinkles on throat and fact should use this treatment patiently foi one month. The Improvement In Hit complexion will by that time speak fot Itself." Pittsburg Dispatch. How to Kilurata the Hoy. Not a few fathers hurt their sont and damage the careers of those sow by picking out careers for them. Trait up the boy iu the wuy he should go nud thou let him choose his otvn work In Hie choice of a vocation, as iu Hit choice of a wife, every young mat should be left alone. If be is noi worthy of being left alone the pureir has grievously injured the boy in tin preceding decade of his life. Thest Interpretations mean that I would no' educate my boy under a private tutor I would educate my boy with boys, al though not entirely by boys. Hoys do however, educate boys, but n boy win is trained alone is liable to fail In ad Justing himself to his membership it humanity. He Is to become n brothel of the common lot. IK thorefort should learn early how to adjust him self to his fellows. Neither would ! educate my sou abroad; he is at American boy. I should be gbid t( have him get all Hint is best from tin private school iu Lausanne or Ceue vn, but not for one instant would ) have his Ideas formed by the r'ronel muster or his methods by Hit Herman A primary note In bis character shoult be the American, although a note uiort fundamental is the human. He Is, at a human boy, to be trained up for serv Ice iu this great, interesting new lift of our new world. Harper's Weekly. 8leeplesnriB. Sleeplessness is not always due t nervousness. It may be caused by vu rious disorders of the system whict nervines' cannot reach, whence come the danger of self-docloring. A so called "nervine" that would success fully cure n person of simple Insomnia might be very dangerous to one whosi sleeplessness Is due to an irregular ac Hon of the heart, or some other or ganic trouble. It is wiser to discovei first the reason for the sleeplessnes: before indulging iu sleeping draughts There ure many cases, us is wel known, where au ordinary dose ol morphine, such as Is found Iu many sleeping otions and painkillers, woulc prove fatal. All this repeats a warn lug that cannot be too frequently glv eu to persons afflicted with a desire t( meddle with drugs. The reul truth it that many of the simplest drugs it the baud of a person unacquainted with medicine are as dangerous at edged tools In the haluls of un Infant The wisest physicians use medicint witli caution. In cases where it il necessary to give medicine the only sufe way Is to call In a physician. Hi may make a blunder, and so may the engineer who runs an express train It is safer, however, to trust your life to an experienced engineer than to one who does not understand the brakes. Home of the new ribbons have a rent luce edge. Old English embroidery Is to hnve nii ull summer run. Ilyacluthlue blue looks well on both blondes and brunettes. Stylish tonnes are made of the ulls toning black horsehair. Home of the new Inckets have tivc graduated tucks up the buck. Voilo de sole Is a thin silk nnn'i veiling, attractive for informal eveu. lng gowus. A suit of white sercre. flannel or one duroy, Is an essential purt of tho snrluu outfit, It seems. The most gorgeous idume of nil la all red one side the quill and al) creamy yellow the other. Coats to the linen and nloue ens tumes vary from the three-quartet Norfolk to the very short Ktou. A deep cream lace waist to went with a brown sill: coat nud skirt it bloused under a bertha-like arrange meut made of three circular folds ol brown silk. Of the materials for rather dresslei waists, suitable for bouse wear, and to go with jacket suits, it is recom mended that they match in color, ot at least approach In tone, tho skirts with which they are worn. A charming dinner waist for an "at borne" dinner is of pale blue silk mus lin, accordion pleated. The sleeves ar elbow length and are uutrlmmed. There Is a stock collar of the muslin laid in folds and strloed around tim top aud bottom with the narrowest of uu me narrowest of insu utce nami. MISSUS BLOUSE ETON'. ton one Is made of mixed blue chev iot stitched with cortloelll silk and makes part of a costume. The stole Is both smart and becoming, but. when liked, the lower portions can be omit ted and the sleeves allow of choice of tho plain bell and the shaped model shown In the stnnll cut. The Kton Is made with fronts and wok, the back being laid In n box Meat at the centre with nn outward :urning pleat nt each side. The cape Is In two portions and Is finished with .lie stole, the lower portions of which ire jollied to the tipper beneath the points. The sleeves are in one piece .ioh and at the waist is a stitched belt. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and one luarter yards twenty-one Inches wide, A Late Design three yards twenty-seven inches wide or one and three-quarter yards forty four Inches wide. "Karly Vlrtnrlan" Waterfall. Kurly Victorian" Is a term which falls often from the lips of ull who have any concern with the making of women's clothes in these days or the dressing of women's hair. The "proud ladles" iu the windows of the smurt hairdressers exhibit one of the pret tiest of these new-old styles, and one which may be adapted by the modern woman to Hie last degree of becoming ness. The waterfall, or "bun" In the buck, Is a loose braid, well padded out aud pluoed so that it can be seen above the crown, and just shows at the nape of the neck when viewed from the front. The Iront hair Is parted Iu the middle and well to the front on (he sides ami waved. It is then rolled back, over puds. If necessary, aud so yearly meets on top as almost to hide the parting, which, however, must be there, straight as a die. To look at un old photograph of the fifties will prove how becoming tills style may be luude, with the tip of the car Just covered and the "pulling" so cunningly done as to obviate the flutheaded appearance which might be expected to result from the abolition of the popular pompa dour. Hound cut Jet pins, like large, ripe blackberries, nre used galore with this style of hulrdresslng, and n side or front bow or ulgrette is imperative. The wreaths of rose leaves and tiny birds, fotget-me-nots nud the like seen this season for full dress also look weU with this coiffure. A Prediction. It Is predicted that handsome fur pelerines and stoles will be worn later this year than ever, nud will accom pany many very thin costume and summery hat. , , New Thine Kasblnn. Ostrich plumes of all shade and -hues are being woru by the smart women, who live years ngo would have said "absurd" to ereu think of having a real ostrich plume In any but black or white. But now tho styles of thirty yours ago have become popular, with the exception of the shading from a cnrdlnul to a pustel line In one long plume, which is distinctly of this re vival, flown from Kin n. a Japanese cloth of silky texture, are being pur chased by women who want someluiug surface Klnti has a heavy rib that gives the cloth a rough appearance. It would make excellent traveling gowns, for It sheds the dn;r readily. "True lllim" Clmlllea. Trench chnllles at sixty-tlve cents a yard, newly Imported, nre shown "n th exquisite new shades of gray green and real baby blue. The latter is the old fashioned sky blue, not pale, but "true blue," without a hint of turquoise. Blue eyed bounties will rejoice In till? alinde, as It brings out the blue of the eyes, instead of making them look faded, tis the greenish shades do. Tiny dots and clear small stripes appear in these chullics. The skirts may safely be made up with deep hems, trimmed or itntiiintned. with sloped breadths In front and gathered in the back, as Id the drosses little girls used to make fot their dolls. Surplice waists will be worn with those skirts. Whit Hlilrt WnUta n Fnri. White shirt waists take precedence In till shops. A newly opened case ol Imported stock shows mercerized Ma dras linen waists very like fine napery. 1 hoy have ties and collnrs of the sum material, and are embroidered In whlt on each side of the front. The ties ur cut on the blus wide enough and suit! clently long to make n bow with long loops and short ends. The Cnchrpelsne of Flowers. For midsummer millinery the cache pelgne of flowers will be favored by Iiaine I'nshlon. Klatioratrty Trimmed. Sleeves have never been more elab orate or more elaborately trimmed. Fnney Kinase. Yokes shaped to form points al by May Manton. frotit nud back and to extend well over the sleeves are among tho latest and smartest shown. This May Mantou one is mado of sheer white lawu with trimming of cream Iaco nud Is un lined, but the model suits soft silks and wools equally well and the fitted lining caii be used whenever desirable. The model is tucked nt the upper edge of waist and sleeves, but it can be gathered or uocordlon pleated with equal success. The long shoulder line Is exceedingly graceful and tho entire outline of the joke an exceptionally good one. The waist consists of tho fitted lin ing, front, backs, yoke and sleeves. The sleeves are Joined to tho waist after which the yoke is npplled, the material being cut nway beneath when a transparent effect is desired. At the waist is a draped belt that Is closed with the waist invisibly at the centre back. The quantity of materia) required for the medium size is three and tbiee-quurter yards twenty-one Inches wide, three aud otic-quarter yard, twenty-seven inches wide or two yards forty-four inches wldo when tucked ' gathered, five and one quarter yards '.wenty-one inches wide, four and one-half yards twenty seven Indies wide or two nnd three quuWer yards forty-four Inches wide rAMCT BLOOBB. when accordion pleated, with one and one eighth yurds of all-over tucking ' for sleeves and yoke and tnree-quar tor urds of silk for belt, "
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