TBb PULPIT. SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON PROFESSOR HUGH BLACK. BY Subject: Evan's Temptation. Brooklyn, N. T. Professor TTurTi Black, of Union Theological Semin ary, preached Sunday In the Lafay- I ette-Avenue Presbyterian Church to a ' large audience. His subject was, "Esau's Temptation." He took his text from Genesis 25:32: "And j Esnu sain. Henoin, i am at tno point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?" Professor Black said : We cannot suppress a natural sym pathy with Esau In this scene be tween the two brothers. He seemi as much sinned against as sinning, and In comparison with the cunning; crafty character of Jacob he appears the better of the two. His very faults lean to virtue's side, we think, as wo look at his bold, manly. Impulsive figure. There Is nothing of the cold, calculating, selfishness, the astute trickery, the determination to g?t his pound of flesh, which make his brother appear mean beside him. With our swift and random and sur face Judgments we are inclined to think it unjust that Ksau should be set aside In the great history of grace for one who could be guilty of both malice and fraud in advancing his own interests. We are not at present dealing with the character of Jacob or we would s:-e that this hasty judg ment, true so far as it goes, is some thing less even than balf the truth. and that though hehereand elsewhere sinned and was punished through all his life for bis subtlety and selfishness, i yet he was not themonsterofunbroth- I erly malice merely which this scene I might suggest, and that he had qual- , ltles of heart and spirit whlrh made It inevitable that he, and not Ksau, should be chosen for the line of Clod's j purpose. Our subject Is Ksau and his weakness and fall in the preseuce of bis overmastering temptation. Esau's good qualities are very evl- t'ent, being of the klrd easily recog- siixed and easily popular among men, I the typical sportsman who Is only a sportsman, bold and frnuk and free i and generous, with no Intricacies of 1 character, impulsive and capable of magnanimity, the very opposite of ! the prudent, dexterous, nimble man of affairs, rather reckless indeed and hot-blooded and passionate. His vir tues are already, we see, dangerous- i ly near to being vices. Being largely creature of Impulse, he was, In a ! crisis, the mere plaything of animal passion, ready to satisfy his desire Without thought of consequences. ! Without self-control, without spir- ; Jtual insight, without capacity even ' to know what spiritual issues were, ; judging things by immediate profit and material advantage, there was not In him depth of naturo out of which a really noble character could be cut. This damning lack of self- control comes out In the passage of our text, the transaction of the birth right. Coming from the hunt hungry and faint, ho finds Jacob cooking pottage of lentils and asks for It. The Bting of ungovernable appetite makes iilm feel as if he would die If he did not get it. Jacob takes advantage of his brother's appetite and offers to barter his dish of pottage for Esau's birthright. There would be more superstition In the minds of both of them as to the value of the birthright. Both of them valued It as a vague advantage, carrying with It a religious worth, but it meant nothing tangible; and here was Esau's temptation, terribly strong to a man of his fiber. He was hungry, and before his fierce desire for the food actually before him such a thing us a prospective right of birth self-control means willingness to re- sign the small ror tnn sake or tne great, the present for the sake of the future, tho material for the sake of the spiritual; and that Is what faith makes possible. Of course, Esau did not think he was losing the great by grasping at the small. At the mo ment the birthright, just, because It was distant, nppeared Insignificant. He had no patience to wait, no faith to believe In the real value of any- 1 thing that was not material, no self- I restraint to keep him from Instant ! surrender to the demand for present J gratification. This Is the power of all appeal to j passion that It Is present, with us now, to be had at once. It Is claim- ant, Imperious, Insistent, demanding to be satisfied with what Is actually j present. It has no use for a far-off ; good. It wants Immediate profit. i This Is temptation, alluring to the . eye, whispering in the ear, plurklng ' by the elbow, offering satisfaction I now. Here and uow not hereafter; I this thing, that red pottage there, j not. an ethereal, unsubstantial thing like a birthright. What Is the good i I of It If we die? and we arc like to die i ! If we do not get this gratification the ! senses demand. In the infatuation of appetite nil else seems small In com- ' , parison; the birthright Is a poor thing , compared with the red pottage. It is the distortion of vision which passion produces, the exaggeration of : the present WjiTcTS temptation creates, ' making the small look like the great, 1 1 and discrediting the value of the : thing lost. The vivid, lurid descrlp- j I tlon in the Proverbs of the young j j man, void of understanding, snared j In the street, by the strange woman, I ! gives both these elements of the ef- i , feet of passion the weak surrender ' to Impulse and the distortion of vis- ' Ion which blinds to the real value of j what Is given up for the gratification: "He goeth straightway as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it Is for his life." But It is not merely lack of self contrcl which Esau displays by the question of our text. It Is also lack of appreciation of spiritual values. ! In a vague way he knew that the birthright meant a religious blessing, and In the grip of his temptation that j looked to him as purely a sentiment, ' not to be seriously considered as on a par with a material advantage. . TBI profane man, IBS secular man, may not be just a creature of im pulse; he may have his impulses in good control, but he has no place for what is unseen. He asks, natur ally. What shall It profit? Men who judge by the eye, by material re turns only, who are frankly secular, think thenisalves great j idges of profit; and they, too, would not make much of a birthright If it meant only something sentimental, as they would call it. Tho real and not the idea', the actual and not the visionary, the thing seen and not the thing unseen ' they would not hesitate more than ; Esau- over the choice between the j pottage and the birthright. They ' judge by substance, and do not un I derstand about tho faith which Is the substance of things hoped for, the I evidence of things not eeen. How easy ft Is Tor all of us to drift I Into the class of the profane, the sec i ular, persons as E3au. to have our I spiritual sensibility blunted, to loie ', our appreciation of things un.--.-n. to ! he so taken up with th ' means of liv I ing that we forget life Itself p.r.d till things that alono give It security I and dignity! How easy, when soul wars with sense, to depreciate every j thing that Is beyond sense, and let tht whole moral tone be relaxed! Therj Is much cause for the apostle to warn us to "Look diligently lest there ba among Ul any profane person as Esau who for one morsel of m?at -told his birthright." We, too, can despise our birthright by living far below our privilege THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERN TH MIM I II . f.K son COM Wl MtV l. Subject i Jems mill ills First DttcJjriet, John l::i.V.1ft (iolilen Text, John It 40 Commit Verses Mi '17 Commentary on the lesson. TIME. February. A. b. 17, PLACE. By the Jordan. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY. JANUARY 19. The 8ecret Mark 1. of Power for Service 35-39; Luke 6, 12 16; Neh. 4. 3-6. Jesus went often Into quiet, soli tary places for prayer. He did not love the solitude for Its own sake, but because there he could collect those supplies of spiritual strength ... 1. 1 1. .. !..., ..... .) .. nil KXPOSmoN ,. Beholding Jesus. HU hOUrVot .1.1. 30. A great preacher with a con- ,,.. ,,, tow . gregutlon of two men, but It was one of the most Important sermons that John the Daptlzcr ever preached. It laid the foundation of that group of men, the Apostles, to whom we owe all our knowledge of Christ and tho Gospel. Little did John realize how much was Involved In the testimony be gave that day, but prayer were always followed hy days of unstained service. 9o he went Into the desert place to hold converse with the Father, and then came back to henl and to save the multitude. Tho desert explained the crowd, and the crowd explained the desert. It was no small event, this appoint ing of the twelve. All tho church fnlthful man that he was, he gave It, I history of nineteen centuries harks ana it is bearing truit still. It was looking intently upon Jesus as He walked ( R. V. v. 361 that mnde John hurst forth into this exultant and meaningful cry. If we fix our eyes upon Him we will cry the same, un less, alas, our eyes are sightless. "0 Andrew, O John, look," he cries, "thero goes the Lamb of God, the lamb of God's own providing (Gen. 22:8), the lamb that takes away all man's guilt, tho lamb typified In the PasBover and every O. T. sacrifice" II. Following Jesus, 37, .18. The result of John's testimony wa3 start ling but. delightful. John and An drew at. once turned their backs on John and followed Jesus. John, great man. was pleased to be thuB deserted (Jno. 3:20-30). Three steps of Chris tian experience they heard, they looked, they followed. Other steps come shortly. Wo too must first look at Jesus as the Lamb If we would fol low I I t. i no ttni. . i ii.i.I.i I la Kv the look, not by the following, that discouraged their enemies, and we are saved ( Isa. 4 5:22; Jno. 3:14, back to that simple but Infinitely sig nificant moment. No wonder Jesus Bpent the whole night In prayer. He who was not willing to speak words of comfort to a handful of peasants until he had first gone apurt for lone ly prayer, was no more willing to ap point his np.istles until he had first taken them and their work to the ; throne. Nehemlnh knew the combination that opens the door to success; pray or plus work work plus prayer. He and his followers were too busy, nnd the work was too urgent, to Justify n camp meeting or a protracted re vival effort. They had to work. And, as they also had to pray, they met the emergency fairly, and did both nt once. Who shall say what helped them most? If they hadn't prayed, they would have failed. If they hadn't bullded. they would have failed. Hut with prayer and labor cuumQ.I on ,.fl, .,...! .1,1.,.. , . V n valued it utTC.Sri ss i farv' t'ibS1':1; .-ii ,,:. ..,,.. v. . ities. Vve have our birthright us ui:ii . i.'- Ull nil nul IlllgUl UW oUJJ POSed to confer, It was only to dis miss the thought as not worth con sidering. Spiritual values had not a high place in his standard of thing?.. He could not be unaware of the ma terial advantages the possession of the birthright would one day mean. He must have known that It was something to be recognized as the eldest son, with special rights of In heritance and precedence uud author ity after his father's death. Tbesj things were real enough to nim, even though he might have no notion of a deepsr meaning in being the heir of the promise. But in the grip of his appetite even these temporal advan tages were too distant to weigh mucn. In the presence of immediate satisfac tlon the distant appeared shadowy and unreal and not worth sacrificing present enjoyment for. Ho feels he is going to die, as a man of his type is always sure be will die if he does not get what he wants when the passion is on him; and supposing he does die, it will be poor con solation that ho did not barter this intangible and shadowy blessing of his birthright. "Behold I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?" The Bible writers speak of Esau alwayB with a certain contempt, and with all our appreciation of his good natural qualities, bis courage and iran kii .-. and good humor, we can not help sharing In the contempt. The man who has no self-control. l sons of God, born to an inheritance as joint heirs with Christ. We bs I long, by essential nature, not to the animal kingdom, but to the kingdom of heaven; and when we forget it and ! live only with reference, to Id tilings of sense and time, we are disinherit i ing ourselves, as Esau did. The see- ular temptation Btrikes a weak spot I in all of us, suggesting that the splr i ituul life, God's love and holiness, i the kingdom of heaven and His rlgh; l eousness, the life of faith and prayer and communion, are din and shad ! owy things, as In a land that is very far off. "What profit shall this blrth ! right do to mat What shall it profit? seems a sane : and sensible question to be consid I ered in a business-like fashion. It , is the right question to ask; but it i has a wider scope and another appli cation. What profit the mess of pot , tage. If I lose my birthright'.' What profit tllH momentary gratification of even imperious passion, if we are resigning our true life and losing the clear vision and the pure heart? What profit to make only provision for the flesh. If of the llesh we reap . but corruption? What profit the ' easy self-indulgence, if we are barter ing peace and love and holiness and I Joy? "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world (and not merely a contemptible mess of pot i tage) and lose his own soul?" What profit If, in the insistence of appetite, i men go like an ox to the slaughter, knowing not that It Is for their life? Then mid Now. Once, we are told. It took one sermon to convert 3000 souls; now It takes 3000 sermons to convert one soul. Kev. T. J. Vlllera, Baptist, In-Uanapolls. who Is swept away by every passion j ..Thuif gwua despised his birthright." lit r riii infimuiil i 1 1 1 . l- . . 1 . i . . i . i . , . . , . i . . I . t-uu iii'J luout , n uuoc ilia IB UUUIIUMI by sense, who has no appreciation of the higher and larger things which call for self-control that man Is. after all, only a superior sort of anl luul. and not always so very superior at that. The author of the Epistle to ' the Hebrews calls Esau "a profane ' person, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright." "Profane" weanB not blasphemous, but simply ' Becular, a man who Is not touched to fine Issues, judglug things by coarse earthly standards, without spiritual aspiration or Insight, feeling every ting of flesh keenly, but with co sting of soul toward God. Bold and manly and generous and with many splendid constitutional virtues ho may 1 be; but the man himself lack, sus ceptibility to the highest motives of life. He Is easily bent by every wind I of impulse, and Is open without de fense to animal appetite. He Is capa- ' ble of despising the Intangible bless ing ui' Bach a thing as a birthright, ! even though he feel it to be a holy j thing, because he cannot withstand present need. A profane, a secular person as Esau, is the Judgment of tr - Mew Testament. '! !: tcene where he surrenders his birthright did not settle the destiny of the twq brothers: a compact like this could not stand good forever, and In some magical way substitute Jacob for Ksau in tne line of God's great religious purpose. But this scene, though It did not settle their destiny In that sense, revealed their charac ter, the one essential thing which was necessary for the spiritual suc cession to Abraham; and Esau failed here la this test as he would fall anywhere. His question to reassurs himself, "What profit shall this birth right do to me?" reveals the bent ol bia life, and exulans his failure. Trus How i-'i Judges. God can doubtless read the human heart, but He elects to judge wen by tbelr effect on the neighborhood. Home Herald. Among the scientists who have in recent years engaged most actively in the study of the obscure and little known organs of the human body if Dr. Charles Sajous. of Philadelphia. It is claimed for him that he Is de monstrating not only the existence of a self-existent curative power "Vis medlcatrix Naturae," ih the human body, but that in these long neglected and supposed useless organs the very fountains of the health-giving auto or self-supporting antl-toxlnes are being uncovered. Within three miles from Longuell, which is on the opposite side of the Bt. Lawrence lilver from Montreal, there is a fall of seventy-four feet, With the assistance of this the engi neers say that It is possible to obtain for manufacturing purposes 100,000 horsepower, whtch would enable manufacturers to place their planta alongside the canal. If this canal project Is accomplished, then the waterway between Bt. Johns and Montreal will be reduced to twenty one miles instead of ninety fum. 15: cf. Nu. 21:9). We must first be lleve In what Jesus has done (Jno. 19:30; Ro. 3:26), before we ask, "what would JesuB do?" and try to imitate It. But It li by following that we demonstrate that we really have looked and are saved (Mark 10:52; 1 Jno. 2:6). John's simple, short, Blncere testimony has sent the young men to follow Jesus and I bus turned the world unable down. Oh the power of a Holy Ghost testimony (cf. Jno. 4:39). III. Abiding with Jeans, 88, 30. From following Jesus the two men go on to abiding with Him. This is how It came about: As soon as they be gan to follow. Jesus turned and gnzed at them as they followed. What a look It was, bo penetrating, so ten der, so full of encouragement. One of them at least never forgot It. His Btory of It here In the very phraseol ogy employed reproduces it. Then thero comes a question as searching as the look, "What seek ye?" They did not clearly know themselves, but there were deep yearnings in their heart that never had been satisfied, and He was the "Lamb of God" and would surely satisfy. They want to know Him better, so they timidly ask, "Teacher, where do you live?" hardly daring to say bluntly, "we want to go to your school." Men seek such vari ous things when they start to follow Jesus, pardon for sin, healing for the body, loaves nnd rtsnes. Happy the man who seeks just Himself. What ara you seeking? Jesus' reply went : to not merely the heart of the ques- tlon, but to their heart's desire, : "Come, and ye shall see." What a moment of joy It was when Jesus 1 said that. And He is saying It to-day to every one who wishes to come to I Him. "Come," He says (Jno. 6:37; Rev. 22:17; Matt. 11:28). IV. Bringing others to Jesus, 40- 57. No sooner had Andrew really found Jesus, but he started right off i and got his own brother and brought Dim to JeBiis. The clear Implication Of the text Is that John did the same. This wsb just as it should be; as soon as we find Jesus we should go right ' off nnd bring some one else, and tho best one to begin with is our own ' brother. Andrew did a great work I in bringing bis brother to Jesus, for It was this brother who preached the great sermon on the day of Pente- ! cost. Andrew's testimony was right I to the point. "We have found the Messiah," he said. It was his per sonal conversation with Jesus that had settled his mind on this point. It will settle any man's mind. A season of personal communion with Jesua is worth tons ot' apologetic literature. Andrew did not stop with giving his testimony. "he brought him to Jesus." Never stop short of that. Jesus looked Peter through and through. He saw what he now was and said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona." He saw what he was to become, "Thou shalt be called Cephas" (rock man). It was faith in the Rock that was to transform ordinary Simon Into extraordinary Rock-man (1 Cor. 10:4; Matt. 16:16-18; 1 Jno. 6:5). Jesus "flndeth Philip." He went to Galilee in part for that purpose. It was worth while. Shcrt was the summons, "follow Me." Philip did not know all It involved, but he obeyed. The Influence of his towns men, Andrew and Peter, way have had much to do with the prompt re sponse. Philip was a student of O. T, scripture and an exact man (v. 46). Philip at once hunts up Nathanael. Everybody in this lesson who found Jesus Beemed to go at ouce for some one else. Nathanael was decidedly skeptical about Jesus being the Christ. Indeed he did not believe He could be any good, coming from Naza reth. But lie was sincere (v. 47) and when Philip enters into no argument, ut says, "come and see," he came and saw. When you say to the aver age skeptic, "come and let me make you acquainted with Jesus," they won't come. Tin- Win-Id's Railways. A year and a half ago, according to a German statistician, the railway mileage of the world was 563,771 miles, or 13,036 wiles wore than In the preceding year. Of the world's mileage the United States had 216, 713 miles and Europe 192,247 miles. The world's capital In railways is es timated ut over $43,000,000,000, and the average cost per mile, with equip ment, etc., Is $76,850. In the United StaUs the average cost per mile was $68,038; In England, $305,000 per wile. If the reflective person con siders what facilities for transporta tion the various countries have in tbelr rivers and canals, the cost of tbelr railways will appear to mark, the extent of the deficiency of water transportation. Baltimore Sun. built up Jerusalem's wall. It can be stated two ways, but rend backward or forward it means the same. If you don't work for God, it Is no use to pray to God; conversely, If you don't pray, It Is no uae to work. And the two must be relatei. prnyer In general Is not the com plete preparation for a definite task. Genernl religious activity Is not the best outcome of a season of prayer. Jesus prayed; then he healed. Jesus prayed; then he appointed apostles. N'ehemiah prayed; then he plied his trowel among 'he stones and mortar of the city wall. And In all these cases It is fair to suppose In one 1 Is bo Btated thnt the prayer bore directly on the deed. A prayer meeting that looks for, and has. no fruitage in service, In In spiring people to holler living. In helpfulness. Is a prayer meeting that may flourish, but It means nothing. a barren fig tree. It Is JANUARY NINETEENTH. Topic Songs of the Heart. II. How God speaks to men. Ps. 19. God spoke in dreams. Job. 33: 1-16. God spoke In visions. Rev. 1: 1-13. He speaks by Ills Spirit. Acts. 10: 19, 20. Paul heard a voire. Acts 9: 1-7. Danltl heard Ihrough Gabriel. Dan 8: 15-18,. God speaks to man In Ills creation (v. 1); but mere science does not hear Him, only the faith-filled heart. God speaks to man through His Book (v. 10); but we cannot hear Him even there. If the oars of our soul are fill. "I with the world's traf fic. God speaks (v. 11) both warnings and rewards, und always tho second after the first are heeded. God speaks to the heart (v. 14), but only when the heart waits upon Him in humble meditation. Suggestions. The more we speak to God. learn ing Ills language, the more God can and does speak to us. God can speak to us more ns wo speak more to men about Him, using what He has ulreadv told us. God speaks not as we speak, but as we listen. Are our prayers listen ings? God still speaks to men In the still, small voice. Do we expect thunder lugs? Illustrations. Dumb people are taught to speak by watching others speak. So we are taught celestial speech by watching God. When the whlto wan sent a writ ten message upon a chip by an In dian, the chip was magic to the red man. A still greater mystery to the unbeliever Is God's communication with man. Man can telephone without wires; and who can still doubt the possibll ity of prayer? The phonogruph renders speech solid. Our memories are phono graphs; are they stored with the words of God? New York City. The pretty, dressy waist that can be opened at the front Is one for which many wom en are searching, and here li a model that includes that feature while It is eseentlally smart and attractive. In this case It Is made of Nattier blue cashmere with trimming of taffeta and chemisette of cream colored lace, but it will be found charming for silk nnd wool materials and for al most everything seasonable. It Is peculiarly well adapted to the entire gown, for which voile, henrletta cloth, wool batiste and the like are desirable, while It also suits the odd blouse admirably well, and utilized in this way Is admirable, both for the plain and plaid taffetas, and nlso for the thinner and lighter embroidered nets and chiffons that nre so much in vogue. The little vest portion Is a feature and an attractive one, and sleeves can be made longer or shorter as liked. Marabont Plumes Used. Combined with flowers marabout plumes are oftener used than ostrich. Rough Mni' rinls Preferred. Rough materials In almost Invisi ble stripes and checks rival In popu larity the smoother materials. Blue nnd fJold. One of the best costume color com binations of the senson is that of a great deal of brown and a much less quantity of blue, with touches of gold in the embroideries. Long Lines Essential. The constant iteration of long lines seems absolutely senseless to the unitlated, but the well dressed woman, whose clothes win admira tion, knows how much there is In the ntpresslon and realizes that this Is the crucial consideration. Girl's French Dress. The French, or long walsted, dress is always becoming to the younger girls, nnd is rfo pretty and graceful that it is a very general favorite. This one can be made adapted to party and dancing school wear or to everyday use as one material or an other Is chosen and as one trimming or another is used. As illustrated the frock 1b a dressy one made with short sleeves and the material is fine white lawn with trimming of em broidery, but in the back view it is shown made from bright red veiling with frills of ribbon and becomes a very much more durable, everyday garment. For the more dressy frocks white Is always charming, and the younger children wear washable ma terials at all seasons, but for the slightly older girls cashmere or veil ing in such colors as pale blue and pink are much to be commended with the trimming of ribbon and the yoke of some pretty lingerie material or a simple lace or embroidered net. For everyday woar dark colored cash- Sponge. Drops. vvhltes three eggs, one-third enp Ifted powdered sugar, yolks three eggs, one-half cup flour, one-eighth level teaspoon salt, one-third tea spoon vanilla. Beat th whites o? tbe eggs very stiff and beat In the sugar, adding it gradually. Then add the tjig yolks beaten very light; then the vanilla. Fold In the flour and salt sifted together. Drop from the tip of a spoon on to unbuttered paper. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake eight minutes in a moderate ven. New Haven Regls-te- "Kartoffel Saint." The Ingredients are one Sdmm small boiled potatoes (cold), one quarter pound of bacon, two onions, a small piece of bacon (for frying), parsley, French dressing (oil, vine gar, pepper, salt, chopped parsley and a very little mustard). Cut the one-quarter pound of bacon In small dice and fry (not too brown), mix ing both bacon and fat with the salad. This Is prepared an hour be fore luncheon or tea and well chilled In the ice box. Serve with hot but tered crackers, sprinkled liberally with paprika. New York World. Broiled Oysters. Select large oysters. Drain them on a cloth or napkin, turning them from side to side to make them as dry as possible. Meanwhile soften some butter and season some crack er crumbs with salt and pepper. Then, holding sach oyster on a fork, dip It Into the crumbs, then into the melted butter, and again Into the crumbs. Arrange them in an oyster broiler (which differs from ordinary broilers by having the wires closer together) and broil over a hot Are for about two minutes, turning the broiler every few seconds. They should not be shrivelled, but plump, soft, tender and Juicy. New York World. 1 ! Honey Nut Sandwiches. These are a dainty delicacy for afternoon tea. To make them, have a jaf of strained golden honey, some finely chopped walnuts, almonds, pe cans that were blanched before chop ping and a number of the small raised quick biscuits that may be found in any first-class caterer's. After heating these by placing them in the oven In a closely covered pan, first brushing each one over the top with milk or water, split each one and spread with the honey, with which has been mixed the nuts, in the proportion of one tablespoonful of chopped nuts to each two table spoonfuls of the honey. New York' World. Home-Made Candy. Opera creams are simply fudge with a slight variation. Instead of stirring the syrup until it grains while hot, It Is cooled, then beaten and wrapped in balls on waxed paper. A good recipe for this fudge: Put one cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of milk In a saucepan, and when it bolls stir in a square of unsweetened chocolate, grated. Cook until the syrup spins a thread when dropped from a spoon or forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water; then take from the fire, add a teaspoonful of vanilla extract and a teaspoon ful of butter, and beat with a spoon until it begins to thicken. Then turn into shallow buttered pans and when hard enough mark into squares. Pittsburg Dispatch. rOR THE' i ACCOUNTING FOR IT. First Legislator "There is some thing funny about that bill." Lobbyist "I guess It's the Joker In It." Baltimore American. PRINCESS AT A BANK. I know you little Record readers will be glad to hear how a youthful royalty Is saving money. I write of Princess Mary of Wales, aged ten. She Is one of the 9,963. 04 9 depositors In the Postofllce Sav ings Bank, and is giving promise of much ability In the management of her Independent estate. The St. James' Postofllce Is con veniently situated near Marlborough House, the palace in tho heart ot Lon don where she lives, and the fair haired little girl who "wants to put ..nun -tiling in the bank, please," is a fairly frequent visitor. Few of the visitors to the postof fice recognize In the child with the buff-colored depo3lt book the only daughter of the Prince and Princess of Walos. Tho young lady, who Is entered in tho postofllce books as "Mary c Wales," has been a depositor foi some time. Her Hoyal Highness knows exact ly what to do when paylug in money, Walking quickly to the counter, ubove whtch her head just reaches, she hands In the book, together with the amount, and, on receiving the book back again, looks carefully to see If the entry has been correctly made and stamped. Her lady guardian looks on, but takes no part in the proceedl igs. London Correspondence ot the Pblhv dolphia Record. The waist Is made with a fitted lining, which is closed at the centre front, and itself consists of fronts, back, chemisette and vest portions. The fronts nnd the backs are tucked and the vest portions arc attached to the front edges. The collar finishes the neck aud the closing Is made In visibly at tho left side. The prettily full sleeves are finished with roll ovor culTs, and are arranged over fitted llnirig. which are faced to form the deep cuffs when long sleoves nre desired. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and throe-quarter yardstwenty-one, three and one-eighth yards twenty-seven or one and five-eighth yards forty-four inches wide, with one-half yard of nil-over lace and three-quarter yard of allk to make as Illustrated, one yard of all-over laco If long sleeves are used. Fashion Names. It Is not the high girt gown of the eighteenth century that Is figuring In dressmaking triumphs, but a modi fication us far from its prototype as the aleged kimono sleevo of the fnsh louablf wrap Is from the original Or iental arm covering which gives It Its name. But there Is an upward lift to the girdle or shortening of the waist Hue in many ot the best coats and wraps and a large number of the hundsoiuost gowns. In Amusls Green. One ot the most original new gownB of a whole display is an Ama sls (Nile green gray) marquisette made over sky blue and worn with a bright orange sash a daring and most successful scheme of color. Then there is another gown la striped black and white moussellne, with a band of black Cbantllly lace round the hem above tbe band of black velvet, it Is of tbe adapted Em pire style with lisse bodice and full white sleeves edged with black laca. Color combinations are, indeed, a feature meres and veilings are given prefer ence over everything else. The dress is made with the waist and the skirt. The waist is full and Is arrunged over a fitted body lining, which is faced to form the yoke and the pretty bertha conceals the upper edge of the full portion. Both the long and the short sleeves are gath ered Into bands. The skirt is simply straight and Is finished with two ruffles, above which is a group of tiny tucks. The quantity of material required for tbe medium size (six years) Is four yards twenty-seven, three and three-quarter yards thirty-two or two and one-balf yards forty-four inches wide with nine and one-quarter yards of rlbbot) tor the frills, three-eighth yard eighteen Inches wide for the yoke, one and three-quarter yards ot narrow and two yards ot wide band- Hints I f HOUSEKEHP'FI g.W iUkrigCuU jiileVj, ssssj When coal is red It Is nearly burned out. When washing drop a small piece of orris root in the boiler and the clothes will have a delicate scent. Use a piece of velvet or velveteen for dusting ribbons, hat and other articles of silk. It is far better than a brush. To keep a firo several hours shake out the ashes, fill with coal, close the dampers and partially open the slide above the fire. When washing kitchen rag carpets starch them with starch left over on wash dtfy. They will lie on the floor like new carpets. To clean light kid slippers put one-half an ounce of hartshorn in a saucer, dip a bit of clean flannel In it and rub on a piece of white Boap. An excellent and simple method of making a lamp throw a good, clear light is to place a small lump of gum camphor in the receptacle with the oil In making a fire, be sure that the grate is quite clean, and the ash pan emptied and cleared from cin ders and ashes bo that there will be a free circulation of air. Immerse piece of chamios In cold water, wring out well and rub o rer woodwork. If any scratches appear apply a little linseed oil with finger tip, after which polish with dry chamois, and result will be very sat isfactory. To protect the baseboard of the piano a large sheet of cardboard should be placed In front of It when the little girl is practicing. 8he is apt to swing her feet as she sits on the high stool and kick unsightly splotches iu the fine polish. "o prevent hardwood floors from being marked cut pieces of thick felt the exact size of tho tips of the chairs and fasten on with a strong ;lue. The felt is far less expensive than rubber tips and will wear much better. Rocking chairs may hary a long strip glued on. Do not scrapo the burnt saucepan. Fill it Instead with cold water, into which a piece of laundry soap has been dropped, and set it on the side to boll slowly until the water hag nearly boiled away. Refill and let It boll away again. Then clean it with a scruhblng brash and soap.
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