IN THE FOREST.
Cover me over, forest wild,
Wind me about with windy bought,
Mnks me, O Mother, your broken child
Who strayed from the beautiful house
Who atrayed from the path with pine-needles brtmi.,
From pool and clearing, wild rone and brier,
And in the stone kiln of the terrible Town
Was burnt in the Human Fire!
Take me! my torn heart fitfully bents
Kven at your touch, with its ancient pity-
Huh in the Brain the crowded streets,
The million eyea of the city 1
But dream not now, O Mother of me.
Your child will bide in your strange wild beauty
No, he baa tasted Ktermty,
Whose awful tide ia Duty I
He knows the Sorrow of Man; he knowa
Ilia is the World where the Man-tides dr-'-Jut
oh, to-night, with wind and wild rose,
Mother, he is uplift!
But oh, to-night, with the brown wild dusk.
Bluebird nnd chipmunk, dusk dimmed, nigs starred,
Let his shattered hands your glories pluck,
Mother, till he sees Ood! , ,
James Oppenheim, ia Curreat Literature.
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A Perilous Chase.
BY FRANKLIN WELLES CALKINS.
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"The closest call I ever had, I
b'lleve," said my old friend, Buck
Rayner, who had trapped for fifty
nine years, and who at seventy-eight
would bave scorned the title ot "old,"
wasn't in chasing game or hunting
Indians, but In chasing a Bteamer,
though Indians enough were mixed
In.
"I was wintering out thosa days
with Bonhomme, who had a trading
station on the Yellowstone, and an
other. In charge of Pierre Le Beau,
across on the Missouri. Bonhomme
owned a little steamer, La Belle Julie,
which we called The Belle. One
spring, Just after she'd pulled out of
the Yellowstone landing, bound for
St. Louis, a big string of Blackfeet,
who'd got disgruntled with the Bay
traders, came down from 'cross the
line.
"These fellows had a heap of robes
and pelts to trade, and Bonhomme
wanted his steamer brought back.
He picked me to go after her, with
two smart horses. He expected me
to head The Belle off at Le Beau's,
where she was to stop a day for more
lading and to wood up.
"I knew I had some pretty hard
work cut out for me, and 1 was off in
an hour, riding my best cayuse and
leading one ot Bonhomme's. Across
country was only about one-third the
way around by the river; but the
steamer would make ten miles an
hour day and night, and she had a
half-day the start.
"I would have made It all right but
for a streak of fearfully hot weather.
As It was, I melted down my own
horse and got to the Missouri, which
I struck about two miles below Le
Beau's, with Bonhomme's best about
pegged out.
"And as I reached the bluffs, there
was that little steamboat coming
down river full tilt, on her way to St.
Louis again! I larruped my horse
down to the river bank and swung
my coat over my head as the boat
went by. Nobody paid the least at
tention, and I felt disappointed
enough. I was to have had a hundred
dollars if I brought The Belle back.
"Well, I started to ride up to Le
Beau's, crossed a creek in a timber
belt, and ran plump Into a camp ot
friendly Rees. Instanter I made up
my mind tc get a fresh horse and
make a dash after The Belle.
"1 knew the river was crooked be
low, and there was a chance for a
good horse to overhaul the boat, when
I determined they should take me
board, even it I bad to swim out in
her front.
"I hustled into the Tillage, found
Its head man, old' Many Bulls, and
madd my wants known in a Jiffy.
The chief scowled in thought for a
minute or two; then he sent one of
his boys Into a willow thicket not far
off. The boy was gone two or three
minutes, and came back leading a
"cn-and-whlte callcc that looked
right to me.
Him I trade,' said old Many
Bulls. 'You give knife, I swap,
Pointing to a horn-handled bowle in
my sheath.
"To get the leathers off mv lath
fed mount and onto that sleek calico
a the work of another minute, and
again. When I got up onto
we high lands and felt the good, firm
,wng of the Ree pony, carrying me
along at rocklng-chalr gait and ten
""Its an hour, I wanted to yell for
Joy.
"Three or four miles away on my
"got I could see The Belle crawling
"ng the arm of a long sweep to
eastward. After a half-hour of hard
'unking, my calico had proved his
iud, and I had settled down to a
"em ChM9 wUn tn cei.tainty 0f sue
i me end.
inen unlooked-for things hap-
h.i k.' 1 WM rld,n alon tn ,evel
anrt heling draw and ravines.
"?a wltn low butte twenty miles
neaa- as the goal in my eye, when a
out , blanket Indians popped
ih, u on m' ,ert na two or
uree hundred vm. .u.h
f..",They were wlld fews of the be
Uk? 'rt that lone trappers
i Ber Clear of- The bunch
ii,7 . """"on- to cut me off on my
hoist, trVeI- 80 1 llfted trom u
rid! Blort-barreled, big-bore
d..: my n,y hootlng-lron In those
tnl.' f" ,wun the muztle around
--- mem.
"Tha f-11
c-nf . """"a jia no attention as.
Th" , lat0 kind of commotion
jogged on toward me, Jabber-
abon M"nl a little excited
aoout something -. ., .....
I h.)i-.i luomaeires.
and .1. ,m " a rMPtful distance
"4 iHn-talked 'what did they want?'
as I rJ!!Ult WM urPr," or not. Just
n.i. .-- we,
OI HIS Chsnnna. ... 1 . . .
L,J"eI?1 t him and
caiico.
their horses, undecided; and then, as
t was passing, they Jerked their bows
to the front and let off a flight of
arrows. One ot .the feathered sticks
grazed my elbow and chipped my
saddle pommel, and another tore my
shirt and made a nasty scratch across
one shoulderblade.
"That was pretty good shooting at
a hundred yards and with my horse
going like the wind. I turned In my
saddle and let a bullet go among
them which knocked over a horse,
but do no other damage.
"Their prompt attack at such
range and In the face of my rifle was
a surprise. It was evident now that
they wanted my horse alive. They
had aimed all their arrows at me. In
a twinkling it came to me that for
once a bunch or Indians was in the
right and I was in the wrong, though
unintentionally.
"My pony which old Many Bulls
had brought forth from the willow
patch was one he had stolen or taken
up as a stray, and really belonged to
one of these wild fellows. That had
been the secret of my quick and too
easy 'swap.'
'It was nasty enough business any
time to have a swarm of hostiles on
your trail, but to be chased as a
"When I scrambled to my feet and
got the dust out of my eyes, there
lay my rifle with Its hammer knocked
off and a cracked stock. 1 picked up
the useless gun and ran down the
ditch at top speed. I knew the river
could not be a grat way off, and If I
could stand off the Indians till I
could get Into the current I deter
mined to swim for It.
"There was no . use in trying to
find a hiding-place. I had not run
morn than a hundred yards when I
heard the yelps of the reds overhead,
and knew .they had sighted mo. They
were keeping even pace along the
heights of the washout.
"Three times I saw the dust fly
where their arrows struck the near
slope on my right. But for fear ot
my rifle, which of course they didn't
know was useless, they would have
swarmed into the ditch both above
and below.
"When I was nearly out of breath
I came upon the mouth of the wash
out, with the muddy current of the
Missouri stretching across fifty feet
below. In the same breath I saw a
hard, narrow trail upon my left, an
antelope trail, whore the animals had
come around the steep face of a big
bank nnd down to water.
"There was a sharp turn of this
path close at hand. Glancing up, 1
saw that I was out of sight ot the
reds for the instant. Snatching ofl
my hat, .1 sent It sailing into the cur
rent, then dashed around the curve
of that path.
"If I could fool the Indians long
enough to round a bend under that
high bank, I thought I might slip into
the current and get quite a way
across before they sighted me. That
would lessen the danger from arrows,
and once across the river among some
cottonwoods over there, I believed
they wouldn't swim directly across In
the face of my rifle.
It didn't look as If there was a
place very near where they could get
their horses into the river. So I took
hope again for a minute.
"But the hope was of short dura
tion. When I had passed the first
turn ot the path I found the bank of
the bluff curving In the wrong direc
tion. I ran on for a hundred yards,
and the path came to au end. A big
slice of stony bluff had caved off and
taken the trail with it.
"I hugged the bank and listened
tor a moment. Soon I heard Indians
on the bluff over my head, then oth
ers in the mouth ot the washout.
They had me trapped on that broken
path! If I should slip into the cur
rent they could shoot their arrows
down at me from all along the top ot
the curve.
Modern World in Too Much
of a Hurry.
The Wise and Weighty Words of Processor A. LAWKTNCE
10 WELL, the New President of Harvard University
in His Recently Published Work on the
Government of England.
"The modern world Is in a hurry. Not only docs It
measure the wisdom of a course of action by the results,
but It wants to see those results. It demands of men and ot
policies rapid success. Conversely It Is not content, when
something Is wrong, to see whether natters will not right
themselves In the natural course ot events, or even to watt
until the subject has been thoroughly studied. It seeks an
immediate remedy and often graspB at the first plausible
suggestion. Nor does it look far ahead for the signs of
future trouble, because it is busy; its hands are filled by
the work of the day. . In short, the world Is prone to deal
only with things that are pressing and obvious, and there
fore to treat symptoms rather than causes."
downright horse-thlef was galling to
the soul.
And there wasn't 'any question
about the Intentions of these fellows. ,
They meant to have their horse back
and my scalp as the rent on my ubu
ot him. They got right after me,
though not at top speed. The rascals
knew that my mount had had a stiff
run and that they could outwlad me.
So they settled down to a stern
chase, Just crowding me on to nine or
ten' miles an hour. I reloaded my
rifle, cut away my blanket, and let
that and my coat fall to the ground.
"I looked lor the smoke of trie
steamer, but there was no sign ot it
to be seen, though I strained my eyes
again and again.
The chase was leading over a high
plain, and the river valley, some
where off at my left, had sunk out of
sight
"I concluded I might as well die
where I was. So I hugged the bank
closer and kept an eye out for In.
dlans. I put a fresh percussion- cat
on my gun tube and picked a small
Btone out of the bank for a hammer.
By that means I could take a shot
and possibly bring down an Indian
at close range.
"Two Cheyennes presently put in
an appearance, following me along
the path. They dodged back out ol
sight when they saw my gun swing
round. Presently I heard them
ihoutlng to their fellows on the bluff,
who, like themselves, couldn't see me
without exposure to my bullet.
"I had two minutes of quiet sus
pense. Then down came a big
boulder, bumping past within flv
yards of me. More shouts told me
that at least two pairs of eyes were
I watching my position, and twe
"After an hour's run. the butte at tongues were elvlna directions. Thret
which I was aiming seemed no nearer ! or four more big stones came over
than at the start. I lost confidence
in my knoweldge ot the lay of the
land. Behind me the Cheyennes
were coming on in a string, tour or
five within a hundred and fifty yards,
the tall-enders a half-mile behind.
My pony was tiring. He bad done
at least fifteen miles at a rattling
gait. Suddenly he set his forefeet
and halted, nearly pitching me over
his head. That was bis way of Bay
ing ha bad done enough. His flanks
were heaving and his knees shook.
I Jumped off, got behind htm, and
turned my rifle on the nearest Cheyennes.
"These halted to wait for their
crowd to come up. So I gave my
mount a couple of minutes to get his
breath. I couldn't do moro, for the
Indians would have circled me in
five minutes.
"When I got into the saddle again
I knew that something in my favor
must happen soon or my chance of
saving my scalp was small. I ran the
pony another mile, and be was near
the end of his endurance. I waa look
ing for soma swale or dip into which
the bank and one of them struck
within a foot ot my head.
"There were acres of boulders anri
loose stones along the bluffs, and it
was necessary to get away from that
bombardment quickly. I was Just
about to slide Into the river when the
moBt welcome sound I ever heard
rang in my ear the whistle of The
Belle! '
"This was fallowed, like a signal
to fire, by the crack of rifles, and )
flopped over on my face to see ttu
steamer, a little way above, racing
down toward me.
"Her men were behind her wood
ranks, popping at the Cheyennes.
Her captain, at the wheel, had seen
the Indians on the bluffs, bad put ur
his field-glaBs to see what they were
doing, and had discovered me.
"Well, the Cheyenues were driver
off, and I was taken aboard, about
as lucky and as tickled a fellow, 1
reckon, as you ever saw. It's a tact
that I hadn't thought ot the boat
since tumbling into the washout,
though I should bave figured that
she was due to be along there in a
I could drop to make a last stand, little while." Youth's Companion,
when, in a flash, I came upon one of
those deep washouts which supply Saving Time,
the Missouri with most ot the mud it' Woman (at agency, to prospect! v
carries south. cook)-"Wouldn't you like to com
"My horse was staggering, and the and see my bouse and look around?
nearest Cheyennes were within fifty , Then you would get an idea of tht
yards of me when, with a final lift, place."
I pushed the blinded animal into that Cook "Has your last cook gone,
big ditch. It was a reckless plunge,, ma'am?"
the desperate choice of a man fairly "Yes, she left me this morning."
run to earth,
"My horse and I simply tumbled
into the crevasse. The calico lost his
feet on the steep slope, and we rolled,
slid and plowed, oae oa either slope
of a sharp ridge, to the depths a hun
dred and fifty feet below. At least
"And did she come from this agen
cy?" "Oh. yes."
"Tbln oi'll watt and talk to bar."
Chicago News.
Founds a Scholarship.
Mis. Margaret E. Langdale, of
Cambridge, Mass., has given the Phil
lips Exeter Academy $50,000 .to
found a scholarship to be known as
the Charles E. Langdale scholarship.
Mrs. Langdale's husband, the late
Professor Charles E. Langdale, was
for many years the dean of the law
faculty of Harvard, and this scholar
ship is to commemorate his work.
New York Sun.
Collection of Dolls.
The Countess de Blonay Is said to
have the best collection ot dolls In
the world. Her collection has JuBt
been on exhibition in Brussels for the
benefit of the Calvary Guild. The
oldest dolls came from the ruins of
Nineveh and were presented to the
countess' great-grandmother by
Queen Marie Antoinette. The most
striking dolls in the collection are
said to be the Flngo dolls from South
Africa. New York Sun.
In Giving a Shower.
The natural embarrassment which
a shy girl Is apt to experience In find
ing herself the object ot an unexpect
ed shower was obviated at a recent
function of this kind In a simple and
amusing way.
The gifts were all needfuls for the
kitchen. They were brought In
packed In a large hamper, and as
each was taken out, the bride and un
married girls of the party had to ex
plain the uses of the Instrument or
appliance In question.
Some of the guesses were divert
ing in the extreme, explanation of the
simplest dippers and lifters often go
ing wide of the mark. The group
of matrons and a few trained hus
bands present were kept in shrieks of
laughter. New York Herald.
The Fan-Parasol.
The folding umbrella, walking
stick and sunshade, combination
pieces of furniture, and transforma
tion gowns, are all old stories, but the
fan-parasol or parasol-fan, as you
will Is the latest novelty designed
for killing two birds with one stroke.
Instance, at least, fairly Incurs the
forfeit. From its opening sentences,
one smells the tract. American di
vorce! what more fruitful theme for
the British (or American) moralist?
It may be cheerfully admitted that
Mrs. Ward has made a .ad picture of
it, with her two selected Instances.
But it Is disconcerting that she should
have handled her material with such
vehemence, such violence. Her hatred
of the sin far .too plainly extends to
the sinner. And her Indictment ot
the "States" is so specific that it is
Impossible not to take Daphne as, to
her mind, a representative American.
Consequently, her success In making
Daphne a hateful person, ill-bred, pre
tentious, egotistical, peevish, strikes
one as a little malicious though, no
doubt, unconsciously so. The whole
thing might have been done on a
higher plane, less crudely should
have been so done by this dlstln- !
guished commentator on human af
fairs. H. W. Boynton, in Putnam's,
Opportunities of Clubs.
Many girls conic home from college
with a violent attack ot .the woman's
club fever. We believe In using the
club as a, means to an end, not as
an end in itself, says Ruth Cranston
In the Delineator. Organization Is
essential to efficient, co-operation, and
this is the Justification ot the woman's
club. Every one knows what a power
for reform and civic integrity some
ot the women's clubs of America have
proved to be. If none exists In her
own home city, she may even be am
bitious enough to organize one. How
ever this may be, the secret of suc
cess as a clubwoman lies In not over
concentrating, In using the club as an
Instrument for reform, not as an ex
cuse for neglect ot home duties.
Lecturing to women's clubs offers
possibilities to the college woman of
ability, who has something ot interest
tc say and knows how to say it. This
is, moreover, a very satisfactory and
powerful way ot Influencing prom
inent women to undertake various
civic and Federal Improvements
which would otherwise never come to
their notice.
Indeed, tho life of the modern COl-
e-S
CL9 a.
C-3 1
Indian Cliutnee. Half pound moist sugar, quarter pound
salt, two ounces garlic, two ounces shallots, quarter pound
dry ginger, two ounces red pepper, quarter pound mustard
seed, six ounces stoned raisins, one bottle ot good vinegar,
fifteen sour green apples, six ounces ot tomatoes. Chop the
garlic, raisins, shallots and tomatoes. Wash the mustard
seed in halt tho vinegar and let dry. Then add all to the
apples and sugar and boll slowly for an hour and a half,
then add the other half of the vinegar and let cool. Bottle
or place In glass Jars and seal.
The coal bill of the United States
Fn. - I reached tbt bottom of the washout, Navy during IMI amounted to t
some seconds the bunch sat, I never saw the pony again,. 14M0-
It is the invention ot a French wom
an, and the importers are preparing
to spring it as a surprise for next
season.
Open, the sunshade looks like the
ordinary article ot its kind, inclining
a bit to the Japanese. Closed, It
still appears as a sunshade. It de
sired. But, press a tiny spring, and
lo! the rod has shortened to half its
original length, the handle has
doubled up, and the covering has
wrinkled Itself on the ribs In even,
regular undulations, and there you
are with a pretty round fan that Is
Just as serviceable to create an arti
ficial breeze as it was a moment ago
to protect one from the sun. New
York Evening Post.
Bags Match Costumes.
No matter how good looking a
leather purse or handbag may be
that Is of smooth or pebbled leather,
It Is not as first class as the new suede
bag fringed at the ends.
The smart thing is to have one of
.these to match the costume. T"e bag
has a ragged effect by reason of all
the fringes cut from the leathiv hang
ing from it. It is not stiffened in any
way, and Is carried by two lo-ig loops
of the'Buede.
On some of the handsome ones
there is a monogram ot semi-precious
stones. The imitation turquoise Is
especially used for this wo.'k.
In shape these bags are square,
oblong, rounded at sides Mid bottom
and cut off sharply at top. some clasp
in the regular purse way, and others
have a deep flap that catches with a
patent clamp over which is a large
uncut stone.
The prettiest ones that are seen
are In the natural suede set with blue
stones, and the peacut blue and green
ones heavily fringed, with the monc
r am in green and blue crystals.
Philadelphia Ledger
1 a era rltl lo rlntnrmlnnrl fat mnro Vw '
herself than by her environment, and
her work should be decided after
careful consideration ot present and
future situations; but even if the de
cision results in failure there is no
reason for discouragement if one's
effort has been fruitful. College
teaches courage and self-reliance;
life teacltis Infinite patience and hope !
for the future, and leads the disheart
ened out of the depths of discourage- I
ment with the cheering words, "Begin '
again!" i
History in Tabloid.
Ily ELBKKT HLlIIlAItl).
During the Revolutionary War
Hoger Morris, of Putnam County,
New York, made the mistake of sid
ng with the Tories,
A mob collected, and Slorrls and
his family escaped, taking ship to
England.
Before leaving Morris declared his
Intention ot coming back as soon as
"the Insurrection was quelled."
The British troops, we are reliably
Informed, failed to quell the Insur
rection; and Roger Morris never
came bark.
Roger Morris Is known to history
as the man who married Mary Phll-
Ipse. And this IhcIv llvos In history 1
because she had the felicity of hav- i
Ing been proposed to by George ;
Washington, it 1h George himself
who tells of this In his Journal, and
George, you renipmber, could not tell
a lie.
George wa twenty-five. He was
on his way to Boston, and was en
tertained at the Phillpse house, the
Plaza not having then been built.
Mary was twenty, pink and lis
some. Sho played the harplschord.
Immediately after supper, George,
finding himself alone In the parlor
with tho girl, proposed.
He was an opportunist.
The lady pleaded tor time, which
the Father of his Country declined to
give. He was a soldier, and demand
ed Immediate surrender. A small
quarrel followed, and George saddled
his horse and rode on his way to
fame and fortune.
Mary thought he would come back,
but George never proposed to the
same lady twice. Yet he thought
kindly of Mary, and excused her
conduct by recording: "I think ye
ladye was not In yo moode."
It was Washington who formally
confiscated the property and turned
it over to the State of New York as
contraband of war.
The Morris estate of about fifty
thousand acres was parcelled out and
sold by the State of New York to
settlers.
It seems, however, that Roger
Morris had only a life Interest In the
estate, and this was a .legal point so
fine that it waa entirely overlooked
in the Joy of confiscation.
Washington was a great soldier, but
an indifferent lawyer.
John Jacob Astor accidentally es
certalned the tacts. He was con
vinced that the heirs could not be
robbed of their rights through the
acts of a leaseholder, which, legally,
was the status of Roger Morris.
Astor was a good real estate lawyer ;
himself, but he referred the point to :
the best counsel he could find. They
agreed with him. He next hunted up
the heirs, and bought their quit- i
claims for $100,000.
He then notified the parties who
had purchased the land, and they, In
turn, made claim upon the State for
protection.
After much legal parleying, the
case was tried according to stlpula-
H ousehold
JETjI ....Matters
To Remove Dirt.
To remove dirt from brown boots
llssolve a little saddle soap in warm,
toft water. Put the boots In this and
with a piece of sponge wash the boots
thoroughly without making the leath
er very wet. Wash off the soapy wat
er and dry In the air. Then polish
the boots in the usual way, Detroit
News-Tribune.
Quaint Little Clock.
An odd little clock Is In the form of
a crystal ball suspended by a leather
strap to the top of a stirrup iron.
The iron, which Is really of silver
or gunmetal, stands on the desk or
dresser on the metal base on which
the foot rests when one rides, and
the clock swings from Its tiny leather
strap.
This would make an ideal gift for
the girl who rides and drives and
loves horses. New York Times.
Washable Rugs.
The washable rug is being manu
factured by fingers proficient in the
use of tho crochet hnok. Any of the
materials, old or new, cotton, silk or
wool, which are suitable for rag car
peting, 'may be used for the crocheted
rug. For a thin rug adapted to bath
or bedroom, variegated cretonnes
combined with plain colors are pretty
and durable; figured ftannelet makes
thicker and softer rugs. Strlpa for
these rugs are torn about half an
Inch wide and are sewed together.
New Haven Register.
llark For Lids.
The tidy housekeeper finds the
many lids of pots, pans and kettles
needed lu the kitchen a problem to
arrange with any degree of order and
neatness.
They cannot bo hung up, many ot
them, owing to the shape, will not He
in a pile and they are woefully un
handy In the dresser drawers.
A bright woman to whom the lids
were as the hosts of the evening has
now solved tbequestlon In a way both
easy and Inexpensive.
She got a length of strong wire,
stretched It across the pots and pans
shelf by means of a couple of nails,
and on this the lids accompanying all
the cooking utensils are neatly ar
ranged. The wire supports them
perfectly, and the even row of shiny
tin things is by no means unorna
mental In addition to its handlu;
New York Times.
- S.
Shelf Covers.
Have you ever peeped Into the
kitchen of some German hausfrau
and been enraptured by Its immacu
late cleanliness, not to say the va
rious attractions that make you want
to linger there?
The German matron never hidei
tton. with the State of New York df- her own exclusive workshop; she does
rectly as defendant and Astor and the , not screen off Its very door as If sh?
occupants as plaintiffs. Daniel Web- were ashamed to own such a room.
Bter and Martin Van Buren appeared . it is to her the most important In her
for the State, and an array of lesser home, as Is evidenced by the scoured
legal lights for Astor. pots and kettles and by all her little
The case was narrowed down to ' efforts at beautifying,
the plain and simple point that Roger ' ner cioset shelves are covered, not
Morris was not the legal owner of the with manila or lace paper, nor with
a sr
1 cy di
Putting On a Veil.
"There is only one proper way to
rut on a veil, madame," said the tore
woman of a Fifth avenue millinery
hat Bhop to a customers who had
just bought one ot "our Imported
models" made in a large establish
ment on lower Broadway,
The forewoman, who was very
magnificent and condescending in her
manner, then proceeded to take a
veil at 11.50 a yard, cut off a yard
and a halt, wave It about to shake
out the folds, get the exact centre
and place It under the lady's cbln.
She then fastened the lower edges
at the back of the lady's neck with
the barrette out of her hair. Lifting
the upper part of the veil, she placed
it smoothly over the brim ot the hat
and fastened it at the oack. It was
certainly the best way of fastening a
veil, as there were no ends over the
face and the veil lay smooth and taut
from the brim to the tight band over
the neck. To lift the veil, one had, ot
course, to tske out the barratte, but
veils which are put on in this way
last a great deal longer and look bet
ter than when they are laid around
the brim ot the hat first. New York
World.
Mrs. Ward oa Anaeriraa Divorcee,
If Harper's Is not to be particularly
felicitated on Us latest serial It Is not
to be greatly commiserated, either,
upon Mrs. Ward's apostasy so far as
"Marriage a la Mode" Is concerned.
H" fablt of holding a brier has al
; eatailtd its rlaka, snl U this
The general trend of the hat brim
Is downward.
Never were linen suits more popu
lar than now.
The princess costume is a feature
of the season.
Simplicity is tho keynote in chil
dren's apparel.
Jade bracelets with dainty silver
or gold deposits are among the nov
elties In Jewelry.
The silk skirts are very tight fitting
to the knees; then a full sun pleating
is used as a finish.
The princess, both fitting and semi
fitting, the dlrectolre and the empire
are all holding their own.
Necklaces of small cut Jet beads
will be worn much by those wbo
favor the collarless gown.
Real pockets, long and fiat, are
concealed beneath the trimming on
the sides on many ot the tailor mades.
The big hat hangs on in spite of all
the attractive forma ot headgear .that
have been designed to replace it, and
still Is predominant In dreBS effects.
Paris has a new skirt, known as
the "reasonable" skirt. The back Is
furnished with two pleats, which give
a certain fullness where it is most
needed.
There is a new skirt made upon
dlrectolre lines which Is partially di
vided, but which Is so carefully hung
that when walking the division is not
evident.
The new "pepper and salt" feathers
are much worn in conjunction with
a toque of sorrel green velvet, this
color combination being much
favored.
Cotton Bedford cord is to be had In
a wide range of colors. It Is similar
to pique In appearance, but different
enough to appeal to those wbo like
a change.
The deep pointed bodice Is already
heralded by the reverse position of
the pointed girdle which Is beginning
to turn downward at the front rather
than upward.
White edgings for waistcoats are
having a tremendous vogue this sea
sou aad men are wearing them not
ouly with dark suits, but with light
ones as well.
One of the late favorites with
motorists la F.nglaud is the knitted
turbsn with long Shetland veil at
tached for tying over the ears and
around the tlroat.
The fashionable plume Is very
thick and curls over at the tips, so
thst two or even three of the old
-'n kind will be renulred to product
' ot the present vintage-
estate, and that the rightful neira
could not be made to suffer from the
"treason, contumacy and contraven
tion" of another.
Astor won, and as a compromise
the State Issued him twenty-year
bonds, bearing six per cent, interest,
for the neat sum of $500.000 not
that Astor needed the money, but
finance was to him a game. New
York American.
painted oilcloth, but with homespun
linen resembling our coarse crash,
Thrs is fastened by a few buttonholes
slipped over some small china knobs
at the back of the shelf.
The cover hangs down, lambrequin
like, over tho front edge of the shelf,
and It Is on this fall of linen that the
German pots, pans nnd kettles are re
produced In cross-stitch In a nice
Delft blue to match some of the plat
ters and soup plates that stand in
rows on the shelves. The patterns
appear only at Intervals, and the lin-
In Defense of Critics.
It la thn business of tho dramatist
and producer to provide plays that I en- ' finished by a row of coarso but
the public is willing to pay money to
Bee. There is no difference of opinion
as to that. The business of the critic ,
is to inform tho public whether or !
not, In his Judgment, it is worth while
to pay good money to find out If It
likes the play. The managerial and
playwrltlng intelligence doesn't sub
scribe to this definition of tho critic's j
function at all. It Is convinced that ,
the critic should write only favorable (
reviews, closing his mind to all the
weaknesses and defects, bending his
efforts to persuading the public to
pay good money at the box office so ;
thst It may judge for Itself.
Probably the only critic thoroughly
satisfactory to theatrical Interests
would be one who could be persuaded 1
to accept the views of the press de
partment. There are such, I believe, j
certain newspapers being controlled
by considerations of dramatic adver-
Using and of exclusive theatrical news i
stories. But the Public That Pays
feels this when it doesn't know It, and
the reviews thus directed have but
little weight. Hartley Davis, lu
Everybody's.
tonhollng along its straight edg.
The Danish do these nice household
bits, and the goose and gnnder are
populur designs for outlined work on
many of their hanging. Boston
Post.
Song Bird and Critic.
Mary Garden, at a dluner In Phila
delphia last month, took a musical
critic very cleverly to task.
"You write long criticisms," she
said, "and you employ long, technical
words; but really, you know, you miss
tbe whole spirit of the music.
"You're like tbe Darby widow,"
said Miss Garden. "Her lawyer said
to her, consolingly:
" 'You'll get your third out of the
estate, madam.'
" 'Oh, Mr. Brest!' the widow cried.
'How can you say such a thing, wltn
my second hardly cold in bis grav'
Washington Star.
Lord Roberts a Collector.
Tbe fact is not generally known
that Lord Roberts, who celebrated
his golden wedding tbe other day. Is
a great collector ot curios. His
charming bouse, Englemere, Ascot, Is
literally crammed with odds and ends
picked up from time to time, nearly
all of which bave some Interesting
Itiocolute Caranit'la. One-half cup
molasses, one cup sugar, two and one
half cups milk, flavor with vanilla.
Boll fifteen to twenty minutes. Pour
in greased tins and cut In squares.
Fried Hire. Cook one cupful ol
rice In three cupfuls of milk and a
little salt. When tender put Into a
deep dish. When cool cut In slice,
dip In flour or egg and crumbs and
fry.
Hntitin Pie. Coverone-third pound
raUins with water and stew until
soft. Make crust at usual. Cover
bottom crust thick with flour, add
raisins and sprinkle with flour. Add
three tablespoonfuls of juice from
stewing and one glass of sugar.
Cream of Aapttragus) Soup. Put
two ounces of butter In a saucepan,
with three tablespoonfuls ot flour;
stir well and molbten wltb three
pints of white (veal) broth. Put la
tbe equivalent ot half a bunch ot as
paragus; add a boquet (parsley, eel-
n,W Ihvma nt V. . u 1 ,
smI. . . . . - . . . . ... .
1 iu tuie. doii toorougniy tor
thirty minutes. Strain and add a
cupful ot cream. Serve with cooked
asparagus tops ot croutons (bits ot .
toast).
Lettuce Balad Slice lettuce Into a
dish together with several onions;
hard boll three eggs, fry until crisp
three thin slices of bacon and add to
salad; take yolks of one or two eggs
and mash with one tablespoontul of
sugar, teaapoonful of flour, one-halt
story attached to them.
One of the most curious of these Is teaapoonful of mustard, one teaspoon.
an Irregularly shaped piece ot dirty ful of salt, some pepper, dilute wHh
white rag which greatly putties sll , water and one-half cuu of vlneatr
who behold It for tbe first time. It It
the flag ot truce which General
rron'e ttnt In toannounce hit v
Hr st Psardvbtrg. TU Site.
Stir this into baron grease on stove
it stir 'Jntll It thickens; thn nour
prr lee. Garnish d'sh wl s'tred
gtft. Must be ttrvsd Imiped'vtt'-, -