THE OPEN WINDOW. Mv lower wu grimly huilded, With many a bolt and bnr, "And here," I thought, "1 will keep my life From the bitter world afar." J)nrk nnd still wan the atony floor, Where never a aunbeam lay, And the mold crept up on the dreary wall, With it ghoat touch, day by day. One mom, in my tullen musing A flutter and cry t heard; And cloae at the runty caaement There clung a frightened bird. Then hack 1 Hung the ahutter That waa never before undone, And kept till it wing were rested ' The little weary one. Hut in through the open window, Which I had forgot to cloae, There had burnt a guah of sunshine And a aummer scent of rose. For all the while 1 had burrowed There in my dingy tower, lio! the birds had sung ana the leaves had dance I From hour to sunny hour. And such a halm and warmth and beauty Came drifting in since then, That the window still stands opeu. And shall never no shut again. Edward Rowland Silk CHARLIE RENO'S GRAHDSIRE. By HERBERT COOLIDGE. "There used to bu a saying among my tribesmen," said Charlie Reno, the Iodlan preacher, "that working a, Modoc was like breaking a lynx to lead. My grandfather was a Modoc, and from the age of ten was a captive among the Pitt Rivers.- Some of the stories he told about thu way he and his captors treated each other would muke you laugh, and others would make your blood run cold. I will tell you the Btory of his last day of slavery just as ho has told It to me many times." Impersonation seemed a deeply rooted Instinct with Charlie Reno, and as he took up the narrative ono could easily imagine himself in the pres ence of a grim old Indian grandsire. "Manuk was my friend all the rest of the Pitt Rivers treated me worse than a dog. He was the best hunter and the bravest fighter of the tribe. I was not yet grown a Modoc slave raised on women's work but he treated me as one man treats an other. "Grinding acorns and scraping hides was worse than death for me, and Manuk would borrow me some times to help carry in game from the mountains. He gave my owner veni son for this, when plenty of the young suckling braves would have been glad to help him for nothing. "He was ahead about ten steps shen we approached the scrub-oaks above River's Fang, where he had sached two deer. Manuk carried his bow and arrows, I the long pole we used to carry burdens with before the lay of horses came. Behind was the long, wide flake-rock slide we had tressed; before nnd below was the tang of the river. Just its tip splitting the freshet where it hissed along a crack-like channel down a flat, slant ing bed of solid stone; farther below, the waterfalls and rapids were trying to gnaw the bottom out of the canyon. "Just as he stepped under the branches, Manuk halted, motioned me over his shoulder, and began back tracking without a sound. I began back-tracking, too, stooping at the tame time so that I could look under the foliage. I saw there the carcases of the two deer, both on the ground and both chewed and mangled. "At that moment there was a ter rible crashing in the brush to the side of Manuk. I saw the tops of the bushes whipping furiously, saw Ma nuk spring straight into the air and Kraep an oak branch Just in time to escape being borne to the ground by the rush of the grizzly. But before Manuk could wriggle out of reach, the bear reared on its haunches and made a lunge with Its paw that brought a spurt of blood out - of my hunter friend's leg below the knee. "The grizzly whirled to make an other upward drive, and I saw that his right flank was scarred as by fire or scalding. My heart fluttered then like a woman's. Just to say 'Scar Flank' would set any of the Indians round Mount Shasta to looking over their Bhoulders, for old Scar-Flank, It was said, was the haunt of a crazy Indian demon. I turned and scudded across the slide, "Half-way across I heard terrible snrleks, and, stopped. I thought the shrieks came out of my friend's death-anguish, and I stood there, lis tening and trembling. Then I beard Manuk's shrill war-whoop; then he began barking like a dog. and I knew that he was trying to scare the bear with strange noises. "I was so afraid for my friend that i sneaked back toward the scrub- oakB. I still clung to the long burden pole. Having something in my bands made me feel a little safer. Manuk was in the topmost limb of the scrub by little tree. He was dodging the blows of the bear as well as be could, and the branch was nearly breaking I saw blood spattering down through lie foliage. "I was too afraid for my friend to leave him and to afraid for myself to stir or make a sound. Then Manuk saw me. '"Runt Run!' he cried. 'Run nd tell my people that old Scar Flank has killed me!' a great warm feel Ins for my friend came over me then, and hardly knowing what I did, I picked up a Jagged flake of rock, ran a little nearer to old Scar-Flunk, and threw It against his back. But the bear thought the blow came from Manuk, and tried all the harder to get at him. I picked up another chunk of rock and threw It with all my strength. It caught him on the bead and brought him round, charging. "The terrible eyes o( , the grizzly cared me out of my aonses, and I ran like a rabbit across the slide. Behind me I heard the stone flakes Vuocklng together, and knew that old Beat-Flank was corning. "A bear runs poorly along places that are aldllng. I knew It, but who "ould run before old Scar-Flank? 8oms said he could wallt oa the water and Jump canons. ran on In blind terror; then, half-way across the slide, I glanced round. Old Scar- Flank was floundering and puffing along behind, half up to his knees in the shifting clutter of broken rock. wallowing frantically as a loosened mass from above swept htm halt off his feet. I was running lightly, and something inside of me said that Scar-Flank was nothing but a com mon, scrawny old grizzly. "When I got across the slide I dared to stop and hurl a rock and a hard word at him. My word was that any gopher could beat him running. Then, trailing my pole from one hand, I ran straight down the slope. "The stream at the River's Fang was far too wide for ordinary Jump ing; rough cliffs blocked the path up the river; the down-stream trail was so choked with brush that a man could hardly find a runway. But I knew all the time what I was doing. "The moment the bear got across the slide, I was sorry that I had stopped to abuse him, for he threw himself down hill In a way that fairly ate up the distance between us. He was close In behind when I reached struck it such a blow with hls'imw that 1 was nearly thrown Into the water. This made me more cautious. Instead of trying to prod the bear, 1 now took to rapping the backs of his paws as he raised them to strike at the stick. This made him froth with rage. Ho struck out with blows that would have felled a sapling, and scoured his throat and racked his lungs with his snarling and growling. "I taw now that the bear would Jump; It was only a matter of time till hi rage would make him forget his fear of the hissing current. I paused a moment, dropped the butt of my pole Into a niche in the rock between my feet, and leaned the tip toward the bear to get the measure. "I was as wary as a wildcat crouched for springing when I took up my stick and again began to bait the bear. I drove swift, hard blows at his paws, alertly watching his ter rible, blazing eyes. "All of a sudden 1 yelled and made a hldeouR face at him, reached through his guard and rapped him on the nose, then crouched, dropped the butt of the pole into its socket and leaned the tip over Just as the bear made a furious lunge straight for me. The tough oak pole bent and snapped; but It was enough to throw the griz zly off his balance. "He whirled hnlf about, and clutched wildly at the stone platform, but the water caughthim and whisked him like a straw oft down the slot to the rapids. They found his carcass a few days later caught on a snag below the mouth of the canon. "Manuk came limping down to the stone platform after a while, and found me standing on my tiny Island,1 holding half of the broken pole In my hand. He was able to hobble off af ter help, and before night fell the men of the rancherias came up the river In a body and took me off my rock. "That ended my slavery days. Ma nuk set me free, and for many years we hunted together and went side by bide to the wars." Youth's Companion. If DuO. 5 Scalded Oats. When oats are scalded at night and allowed to remain until morning they make an agreeable change of fond from the regular diet. Twice a week Is sufficient to feed such food. Oats make bettr food In summer than corn, as they are not so heating In their effects; but some object to oats on account of the small proportion of grain compared with the husks. The scalding of oats softens the hard, woody husks and renders them nutri tious. Weekly Witness. Treacherous Tribes of TIerra del Fuego. By CHARLES W. FURLONG. Upon the Onas have been saddled the ignominy of habitual treachery, the torturing of captives, the use of poisoned arrows and cannibalism. To the aggressive white man of TIerra del Fuego the sharp pain of an arrow fired from ambush, the sudden on- Xnsnl Certificate Required. A mare Is never satisfied by either sight or whinny that her colt is really her own until she has a certified nasal certificate to the fact. A blind horse, recently living, would not allow the approach of any stranger without showing signs of anger not safely to be disregarded. The distinction Is evidently made by his sense of smell, and at a considerable distance. Blind horses, as a rule will gallop wildly about a pasture without striking the surrounding fence. The sense of smell Informs them of its proximity. Others will, when loosened from the stable, go directly to the gate or bars opened to their accustomed feeding grounds, and when desiring to re turn, after hours of careless wander ing, will distinguish one outlet, and patiently await its opening. The odor of that particular part of the fence is their pilot to It. American Cultivator. Substitute for Gate. There are places where a common everyday gate Is an utter nutsanco and where a turnstile or some otber gate substitute or contrivance Is par ticularly convenient nnd welcome. With the arrangement herewith Illus trated the gateway Is alwuva closed 1 rrgjkj 0 n n 8 8 LI Industrial Education Necessary For OiirChildren 8 I 8 8 8 04 ft With regard to the more advanced technical schools for workers already engaged in some form of industry, tt was the conclusion of the committee that such schools must necessarily take the character either of the Industrial Im provement school or of the actual trade school. The Indus trial improvement Bchool, which would be carried on tor the benefit of the actual worker, would probably continue to be, as it is now, an evening Bchool, in which would be taught the fundamental sciences upon which a trade rests, together with such technical Information as could be given in a phy sical, chemical, or mechanical laboratory. For example, men who are employed by an electric railway, either as mo tormen, as electricians, or as linemen, could learn in such a school the fundamental theory of electricity, and the best methods of insulation, of electrical measurements and of the transformation of energy. All of these principles would be illustrated for them In the electrical laboratory, where it would be possible tor ambitious workmen to acquire a foun dation of knowledge which would enable them to become in time foremen, managers, or possibly Inventors. A number of such schools are already in existence, and although they appeal only to men who have more than the usual amount of ambition or energy, the preliminary industrial training sug gested for grammar-school pupils would inevitably tend to increase the number of industrial Improvement schools. The pure trade school, of course, undertakes to teach not only the fundamental processes of a trade, but also their techni cal application. Naturally, such schools emphasize continu ous practice in the. workshop, seeking .to reproduce, as nearly as possible, the conditions of actual work, so that students may be brought up to a point of expertness aa close as possi ble to that of the Bkllled Journeyman. From "Our Need for Industrial Education," in The Craftsman. T9 8 8 8 8 B 9 0 9 ft : u the sloping stone platform, and I was running like a deer before doga to es cape him. "Right In front of me the freshet sucked through the crack-lik9 chan nel, filling it to the brim and making a sound like the hissing of snakes; front below came the growling and gnawing of the waterfalls and rap ids. I ran straight across the stone platform without pausing. Jerked my long pole to the front. Jabbed Its end down on the tip of the fang, and gave a strong leap forward. The pole bore me up and-over in an arch, and set me down lightly on the other side of the swishing stream. Spinning round on ray heel, I faced the bear with my pole held like a lance. "Old Scar-Flank pulled up at the brink of the stream, nearly tearing off his toenails to keep from going headlong Into the water. I feared that he would turn back to kill Ma nuk, and I reached for stones. I slaught In the dark of the long winter nights, the driving from his range of flocks of sheep from the land the white men have taken, and the blood revenge, are treachery. To the Ona, fighting against his extinction, It Is strategy. Treachery there undoubtedly Is among them. Not so very long ago they surprised and killed the mem bers of a surveying party near Use less Bay within Bight of their own ves. eel, and on the east coast fell upon a party of adventurous miners, crush ing their tent down upon them in the night and stabbing them to death. How many crews wrecked' in the vi cinity of the Strait of Le Maire, reach ing the cdast, have perished at their bands will never be known. Many of these episodes were in retaliation for white men's atrocities. Shooting the "cbunkles" on sight for a bounty as one might clear the land of ground rats was the order of the day. Pois oning the blubber of stranded whale ... ...... n .4 mv na A T atliplr nut ITT V tongue; I taunted'hlm In Modoc and " stealing Ona women red-handed : . j 1 were not the worst of deeds com. in Pitt Klver. ftiy nrsi stone rappeu him on the shin, and the next grazed his snout and made his hate blaze up like a. fire sucked through a canon. He crouched for a leap, and his eyes and his teeth and his bristles were so terrible that my legs strove to take me back into the brush. But I held my ground, thrusting out my pole so that the bear must leap against it. ,, "Then all of a sudden he whirled about and started back for the scrub oaks. Again filled with concern for Manuk, I sprang for stones, and by a lucky throw landed one on the back ot his bead. This brought blm back to the valley In a fine rage. For a while I kept up a stream ot stones and hard word flying across the stream, and held the bear crouching at the edge of the water. Then, Just as I was running short ot rocks he began looking over his shoulder to ward the scrub oaks. I was desper ate then, I stepped to the edge of the stream, Jabbed the end ot my long pole down on the crown ot the Riv er's Fang, threw myself out over the water, and took a standing position on the point ot stone that parted the hissing current. 1 . "From there I could reach the bear with my pole, and I gave him a Jab In the ribs. This made the grizzly more furious than he bad been at any time bIore. He snapped at the pole, then were not the worst of deeds com mltted by the rangers who crowded the Ona from the north, the miners who pitched their tents on the shores ! ot. his few good harbors, and those irresponsible nomads of the sea who happened along his coasts the wha ler, sailor and adventurer. But the Innocent unfortunately often pay the price for the guilty. Of the hundreds of beautifully fashioned arrows I have seen not one was poisoned, and I know of no au thentic record ot such procedure. Had this been their custom It certainly would have been employed In the case of two white men ot my acquaintance who were both seriously wounded on the northern frontier by the Ona-Cau. tempkle, .whom I also knew. Har per's Magazine. 1 , With the following argument a wo man suffrage lecturer made a hit: "I have no vote, but my groom has. I have a great respect for that man la the stables, but I am sure if I were to go to him and say, 'John, will you exercise the franchise?' be would re ply, 'Please, mum, which horse bo that?' " The Koh:l-noor diamond originally weighed eight hundred karats, but by successive cuttings has been re duced to 10 wXk , to animals, but men may pass through it without difficulty. The accompany ing drawing will give a clear Idea of the plan. The sketch is made to rep resent a very small gate, but to an swer all purposes the wing panels and gate perhaps should be half a rod In length. netting of Tomatoes. There has been a great deal of com plaint about tomatoes rotting this year. It Is a dry, black rot that at tacks the blossom end about the time or Just before the omato begins to get ripe. Some people think It is caused by too much dampness when the tomatoes are close to the ground; or by the vines being too thick. My experience is that it is dry weather and hot sunshine that causes them to rot. Instead of the wet weather. When I trimmed my tomatoes to a single stem and tied them up to stakes, they rotted a great deal worse than they did when I let the vines run and fall down to shade the to matoes. If you have noticed, those that come up "volunteer" around the fence where they are shaded from the sun are generally the first ones to get ripe and rot the least. So you see it is not because they are shaded that they rot. What caused the tomatoes to rot so bad last year, I think, was on ac count of the hot sun nnd dry weather when they first began to ripen and before the vines had got thick enough to shade them. As soon as the rains came and the vines got rank enough to shado the tomatoes and keep them damp, they quit rotting. Nature knows what Is best snd has given the tomato a vine to cover her fruit from the burning sun. When we try to improve on nature by cut ting (way part of the vine to let in the sunshine, we ruin the fruit if the weather is hot and dry. And the vines that are not trimmed will bear fruit ot a better flavor, tho tomatoes not being so strong and sour as tbey are when tho sun shines directly on them. This Is my experience and we never fail to have plenty of tomatoes even when our neighbors have none. -Ju. O. H., In the Indiana Farmer. As to Fertilizers. Suppose we have a commercial fer tilizer that we know is good in wheat Should we, for that reason, risk Its being good In corn, and use the same fertilizer for both wheat and corn, as well as oats, tomatoes, potatoes, etc." Can the same fertilizer be well adapt ed to various cropB? .J. O. P. Answer: The soil Ingredients, nl trogen, potash and phosphorus are re quired for all the farm and garden crops, but some crops require a larger proportion ot these -elements than others. A complete fertilizer will help all crops, but in some cases it would bo wasteful to use them all In full proportion. Here is where the farmer must use study and skill if be would economize. He must (enow how much ot the different soil ele ments each crop requires to make a full yield. For example, It is found that thirty-six bushels of shelled corn takes about thirty-six pounds ot ni trogen, fourteen pounds ot phos phoric acid and eight pounds of pot ash from the soil, valued at about $6.50. This must all be supplied to make the soil as fertile as it was be fore. A ton ot wheat, 33 1-3 bushels, takes forty-seven pounds ot nitrogen, eighteen pounds of phosphoric acid and twelve pounds of potash, worth 18.50. A ton of potatoes takes on'y about four pounds of nitrogen, a little over one pound ot phosphoric acid and six of potash. If you are plant ing potatoes then you will need less than a third as much nitrogen aa you would for wheat, and not more than Lalt as much a for corn, and so of the other elements. We recommend you to study the subject thoroughly la some good books oa soli compost- tlon or fertilizers. They will be worth many times their cost to you. Indi ana Farmer. It Tays to Rush pigs. There are times in the early life o; a well-bred hog when he will give you 100 pounds ot gain for 300 pounds of feed; there are other times later in life when he will charge you 600 pounds of feed for 100 pounds of gain. The profits on feeding are greater therefore in early life. Profits Indeed may fall altogether if the hogs are not developed rapidly to market size and sold before they have passed the stage where gains In weight can be made economically. The number of pounds ot feed re quired to make one pound of pork varies from leas than three pounds of feed to considerably over five pounds, according to how heavy the hog Is, when its weight ranges between fif teen and 350 pounds. Henry com piled the figures on more than five hundred tests tnat Included over twenty-two hundred hogs and repre sented the tests ot many stations and that extended through a good number of years, and found that the average Is that: A fifteen to fifty pound hog needs 293 pounds of feed for 100 ot gain. A fifty to 100 pound hog needs 400 pounds of feed for 100 of gain. A 100 to 150 pound hog need3 437 pounds ot feed for 100 of gain. A 150 to 200 pound hog needs 4S2 pounds of feed for 100 of gain. A 200 to 250 pound hog needs 498 pounds ot feed for 100 gain. A 250 to 300 pound hog needs 535 pounds ot feed for 100 of gain. If a man will use any of the good breeds of hogs and no one breed possesses all the good qualities and will use enough good pasture nr.d crops that they can harvest them selves, the feed needed to make a 200-pound hog ought not to cost over $5 or $G; and other weights wilt make gain at a cost proportionate with the figures Just quoted. This is on the supposition that well-bred hogs are used and that the manage ment is good all the time. These figures carry their own moral; and if a man will not work with the laws of Nature, they will work against him. The Progressive Farmer. Wins Divorce Under Old Low. Judge Martin, of Norfolk, Va., de cided the hotly-contested divorce ac tion of Mrs. Jennie E. Haynof, now of AUentown, Pa., against Thomas H. Haynor, a prominent Norfolk busi ness man, by granting the wife's peti tion, with permanent alimony of $75 per month. This Is Just such a case that pro posed divorce legislation now being fought in the Virginia Legalature would drectly affect. Under the pres ent law It is optional with the plain tiff only whether after three years, application shall be marie for per manent divorce with privilege of re marriage. Proposed changes would give the defendant similar rights. New Trade Union. Mrs. Eva MacDonald Valesh is at the head of the movement to establish a new trade union among the working women of America. The object of this movement is to get rid of the socialist influence which Is alleged to effect tho present Woman's Trade Union League. In an address deliv ered recently before the Woman's Forum of New York City Mrs. Valesh said: "I propose to start a campaign against socialism. This shirtwaist strike may be used to pave the way for forming clean, sensible labor unions, and I want to enroll every woman of leisure, every clubwoman, in the movement. The existing unions are not doing what they ought to stem the tide of socialism in this country." New York Sun. Sympathy All With Mrs. Astor. Sympathy with Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, as the former wife of Colonel Astor prefers to bo called, was so general in this country that It seems new gown for the first occasion. It was very fine white batiste. Instead of wearing It she laid It aside. YeM low was the color for a cbrysanthe' mum wedding in November. Shs bought cheap yellow silk for a prin cess slip to wear under It, and match-) tng accessories and a great sheaf oi yellow "mums," attended as maid at a quiet home affair. The next wedding was a mauve one, and she sent her white gown to ths dyer's. This she wore over a white slip. It took a slightly paler tint than wns desired, and In consequence was less satisfactory. The next wed ding was on the "rainbow" order, ths bride wearing white, the four maldf being gowned In palo pink, nlle green, lemon yellow, and mauve. With vio lets, a violet wreathed hat which she made for herself, and the previously worn accessories she made the ones wnlte gown do duty again. The ex-' pense of the four functions was to her nearly $70 after all her Ingenuity Philadelphia Bulletin. Told to Get a Conk. If Frieda Farkas had stayed at home and cooked for her husband In. stead of giving music lessons and it William V. Farkas had not stayed oul late at night in furtherance of hi ambition to become a political leadet and as his wife says used stimulants, the case of Farkas against Farkas would not have been on the Suprm Court calendar yesterday. These are the chief causes that have led up td a separation suit by Mrs. Farkas, who asked Justice Platzek for an alimony allowance. Farkas is well known In the Hun garian colony, where he is a member of literary, charitable and political organizations. Also, he Bays in hi? Better Methods Needed. Many dairy farmers are prosperous and have established the fact that the dairy industry can be made to yield good profits, while others, who seem to have the same opportunities, fall to find the profitable side. On a large proportion of dairy farms many ot the fundamental principles which should be observed In produc ing pure milk are almost entirely overlooked. This is usually due to lack of appreciation of their Import ance more than to intentional neglect. In most cases bad conditions are promptly improved when their dan gers are known. Special knowledge Is as necessary In conducting a dairy as in other farming occupations. When one understands something of the science affecting dairying, the changes in milk ceaso to be mys terious, and the work connected with the dairy, Instead of being unprofit able, uncertain and monotonous, as some consider it, may become profit able, interesting and Instructive. The value of milk when it Is de livered to the factory depends largely upon the care it hns received previous to delivery, and its condition as well as Its fat content should Influence the price paid for it. Every dairyman knows that the handling ot milk the first few hours after It has come from the cow has a great influence on its quality nnd the commercial value of the products made from It. The care ot milk seems a simple matter, but better methods in our dairies are of the greatest importance to the success and reputation of American dairying. It Is In the Interest of every patron of a creamery or cheese factory that the milk used shall be the best and purest that can be produced. Anyone who delivers badly contam inated milk to a creamery Is standing In his own light. His milk may spoil the entire production of the day, and thus decrease the returns to every patron. Butter and cheese makers should absolutely refuse to accept milk that Is tainted or unfit for use: they must do this in Justice to them selves and to patrons who deliver good milk. The attempt has some times been made to estimate the losses caused by taints or changes In the milk due to neglect. The expres sion "pure milk" should not be taken to mean simply milk having a normal chemical composition, but milk free from all unnecessary contamination; the word "pure" should be under stood In its broadest sense. Weekly Witness. a. I Cnbbiw With Rice. Fill a buttered baking dish with alternate layers of cooked rice, raw white cabbage, chopped very fine, and cream sauce. Dot with bits of butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake an hour la a steady oven, keeping covered for three-fourths tho time. hard to believe the leaders of English society will hold her to blaMe for the unhappiness that came to her in her married life. But King Edward, once liberal enough In his views on mar riage, divorce and all kindred ques tions, has become a rigid Puritan of recent years, and he has Issued abso lute orders that no divorcees are to be received at court. Though It Is beyond doubt that scores ot smart people will flock to Mrs. Astor's re ceptions and dinners, those who are in closest touch with social affairs In London say confidently the doors of the King's set will be barred against her, at least for a year or two. New vcrk Press. Selfish, as Usual. "I've got some news for you, dar ling," said Mr. Newliwed, as ho faced his better half at dinner. "Well, what is It?" said Madame. "I've been spending some money," he answered playfully. "That is no news," coldly replied Mrs. Newliwed. "I'll tell you, precious," beamed her husband, "and I know you'll be pleased. I Insured my life to-day." But her pretty face clouded, and an ominous silence reigned. "You don't seem pleased," he queried. "Pleased? Indeed, no," said Bha In reproving tones. "It Is another strik ing proof ot bow inconsiderate and utterly selftah men always are! You can think of yourself nnd Insure your own life, but It never occurred to you to Insure mine," says Homo Notes. And it took him quite nn hour to convince her that he was not so selfish after all. Wtiy She Couldn't Accept. Telephone operators who plug wrong numbers or get the wires crossed sometimes are responsible for very embarrassing situations, as waa exemplified by a broker In this city yesterday morning. The broker called up his home number and said to the person on the other end of the wire: "Hullo, dear, Is that you?" "Yes," replied a sweet-toned voice. "Well, I've been thinking about you all morning. I want you to come downtown and meot me for lunch and we'll go to a show this afternoon." "Well, that would be very nice," replied the person on the other end, "and I should dearly love to do so, but my husband is home, and I'm afraid he'd object Don't you think you've got the wrong number?" Philadelphia Times. , Somewhat Suspicious. "Why do you refuse me an Inter view, Mr. Qotrox? I only wanted to ask you how you earned your first thousand dollars." "Excuse me, young man; I thought you wanted to know how I got that last million."--Philadelphia UuUetlu. tiiu May Cuyler Not Welcome. Mrs. Ava Astor is far from !elng the only victim of tho tardy purlian Ism of Kins; Edward. It Is an old story that the Duke of Marlborough was omitted from a list of Invitations to a dinner of the Knights of the Oar ter because ot his matrimonial diffi culties with the former Consuelo Van derbllt, and Lord Alexander Thynne, brother of tho Marquis of Bath, also has found himself persona non grata at court because his tiamu was brought into the gossip connected with the Marlborough' case. May Cuyler, of Morrlstown, N. J., was a prominent figure in English society when she still was the wife of Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, but sinco she was divorced and became the wife of Richard McCreery she has been barred from the royal inclosures In Ascot and Goodwood and has been notified that her presence is not de sired at court. New York Press. Being a Bridesmaid. Ot course It is a delightful compli ment to be asked to take a prominent part in that pretty pageant, a wed ding, but the popular girl invited to officiate as bridesmaid more than the proverbial "three times and out" finds such functions a drain on her finan cial resources. Each bride wants her weddlug to be "unique" In some particular and likes her bridesmaids' gowns to be ex clusive. . She decides upon some ra ther unusual color scheme, arid there must be a general likeness between the costumes. Even it all wear white, the various accessories, ribbons, gloves, slippers, hosiery, hat, xery likely, and the "extra touch" of fancy muff or boa, brings the expense to a considerable total. It Is not very often that the bride gives the dress or hat, though she often tries to make the expense com mensurate with the means ot her friends. She oftens suggests a dress manor who will reduce her prices it Mttlo In consideration of 'the number of gowns to be made practically alike. One girl who expected to take part in several bridal propesslous bought answer to his wife's suit, he has "con ducted himself ns a gentleman and has been bred to treat women with courtesy nnd respect." True, diffi culties have arisen, "but they were only such as occur In every well regu lated family, even to tho mother-in-law." Mrs. Farkas charged cruel treat ment in her complaint. Farkas, she alleged, used to stay out late at right, and when she reproved htm explained that ho had been organizing political clubs and hoped to become a leader. According to Fnrkas, the cause of all the trouble was that his bachelor dreams had not been realized. He had led a bachelor life many years, eating bis meals anywhere, for it made little difference to him. He yearned for home-made meals. So when ho met his present wife and slid promised to maintain a home for him and devote herself to It he thought he saw his dream realized. They were married In December, 190S. But, according to Farkas, ho is still eating out, tho only difference belns that his wifo oats out with him. In stead of keeping the house, says the defendant, his wife gives music les sons, but the sweet strains ure else where, while the Farkas home is dreary. Mrs. Farkas does not have to work, says Farkas, for he supplies her with sufficient money. Farkas' request for ho:ne-niad meals, ho says, Is answered thus by his mother-lu-law: "If you want a clean home, get ser vants; If you want meals prepared, get a cook. Your wife is not your servant. If the home is good enough for her it Is good enough for you " New York Tribune. nr)f?mmv & n?0 WGARTp Many a gown will have the skirt mnrie of a series of rutlles of vary ing length. Ureses of colored embroidery on white will bu among the unusual gowns. Largo handbags are now out of stylo. The newest are small, and made of undressed kid. Handwork more elaborate than ever before is shown to advantage on coats and gowns of wash materials. Not ouly are nets, gauzes and gren udlnes sown with beads, but also the velvets, satins and brocades. In a handsome pair of beaded suede slippers the openwork design is par tially filled in with the beads. Some ot tbe theatre bags are of gold or sliver net work -with a great raised flower on tarnished metal. Hip yokes with pleated skirts be low them are vefy much in evidence in tbe newest gowns. One ot the most stunning of the evening bats Is an immense trlcorne or uutursl colored straw trimmed with a huge white bird. Net petticoats are of satin mervell leux finished with a fringe of silk braid a quarter ot a yard deep headed with netted silk. Such Is tbe rage for tinsel,' iat the dressmakers are employing furniture galloon and fringe as a trimming tor gowus and cloaks. A new yet simple lingerie blouse is made of eyelet embroidery, with scat lops turned upward toward tbe yoke and overlapping it. For afternoon and theatre wear the popular hat is tbe ona with a silk or velvet stretched crown, aud a brim, either rolling or flat. , There is an arrangement ot 'rlbboa and lace ou tbe silk lining ot transuar ent blouses which has the appearance . ot lingerie comet cover.
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