With sigh or soar
H'g morn along ,
Ths world k'ps troinfr roln
In prit pxtiwme.
For nil our tlrcsm :
It's rlthor hot, or sniwlng'
but if rn sigh,
The ynars slip l.y
To- lay I soon to-morrow
Ari'l s!ir!is nh ! slirlii
M ikn wwping eys
Au 1 Blip Into a sorrow.
Why not it tons'
I.lf. Is n't Ion.
An I ii 'v!s a unto ti cVier It
Ifin'.ir you grow
A slt,:!e rose
It Uuoa.s for you ; o, wir It !
tlnntn Constitution.
Toi'otky's Match-Makin
nv violet M:rrnr
Jtt K had been wander
Nf c, i:i March ol
TV. V health nnd pleas-
1
tire, over the vast
nn mi of Europe
for nearly a year,
my wife of n
twelvemonth aud
1. Overcome by
licart-longiugs for
n certain unpre
tentious t i 1 I a
miimn' tlio pine,
We ,:ul i! elded to
return home, Dorothy -t iiu 1 ut itij.
lio, vi r, that wo should remain nt
Cologne a few days, ii order th.it sho
miaUt view tho sights iu a less hurried
fashion.
It was tlio morning of the thirl day
of ou r stay under the wing of tlio
quaint Cut he lral City. Tho weathrr
hul, cvir hiiu'o our nrrivnl at tho
IIt jl do In Normaudic, mst dowu
Uioti Cologne tho vials of itn wrath,
and u -teiidy downpour, having lirst
turned tho streets into river, ended
I iv swelling tho K'.iino into a turbiil
BCIl.
therefore, without our-
prise
MI), ill
wife
that, on entering our
Mtting-room, I behold my
gazing with disconsolate
eyes through tho window, and heard
i .
urr any, wim a suspicion ol tears m
hT vuu'c : "Jack, you positively
must do something iu tho way of en
tertainment for mo to-dny. I decline
to lie shut up within tho four wall of
thin house until evcuing, with no other
excitement tli in to couut the custom
cm nt tho milliner's across the whv, or
to lUtteu my noao ugaiust tho win dow
nue in vuin ill.irts to dit-eover a
glimpse of tho sky."
I glanced, helplessly, at tho driving
rain, which was pouring in torrent
against tho dimmed pi ass of the case
inent, aud trickling, liko n youug Ni
agara, from tho eaves of tho roof.
, Tho no uml of voices, rained in eugry
altercation below, now attracted our
attention, and with ono accord we
J0 J;n,l ' tJv'ud0W. i -.
i., reetly beneath us was the car
riage, which lmd "ome to a halt in
front of tho hotel, and standing on
tho sidewalk, engaged iu animated
discussion with tho ilriver of the
Tuhii'le, was n pompous-looking wo
mau of some fifty years. Sho wore n
Leuvy r.im-eloak, wLji-h completely
euveioj'eil her amplo form, hut htr
fuee, hieh wus very rod, fairly
lritlod with i iio u. s tha expresseil,
with all the empliutio gOMturos of a
Trench wo:ii!in, her protnt ajiiait uu
jorliitutit fare.
II.-hi.le this llorid-visiigc 1 dowager,
timidly holding au umlirell.'i over her
benl, htoo I a j-ouu Li ly of (maybe)
eighteen yearn ; u typieal l'ari.sieunu
from the tips of her ditinty flioeH to
tho pert little) Mack turban which
crowned her pretty In.vid, uu 1 whoso
crimson feathor.i beo.imu ho well her
dark complexion.
"Oh!" cried Dorothy, delightedly,
"my x?itemont lms arrive I! he
boid! a genuine rr. ueh (criia:uago at
our very doors. New tuet at tho
talilu iprob.ibly new toihttvj, and
possibly a ehuriiiiug co-sip with that
youtii.' t;irl alter diuuer "
My wife lool.ed r.ldliilit.
"it t i'.;is v.ry littln to cnt-rtin
woiue-p." I retoite.l. "Those poojilo
do L..t int. ret iao in tho leuht. Xo
leiiil't t.'. v are soino honebt trades
2'eo;.'.o k,:X fer a holiday."
'Ju'..,'' eamo tho answer uttered
with uii.-j'iu hWiteliKss, 'there are
hoiai; i:iiitns wliieh uro not e:isily
coin. r. iiea. led by tho tinito mind of
m in b;u lor :i:e, I u:n nitis:ie 1. To
morrow 1 euu wear my new pink
v.ai-t an I bj biiro of it be;ug upnre-
Cl.ited."
Dorothy, hhojting n mi-chit v.-us
ghiiiw'e ut m. from uu 1. r Ikt long
Jil-U. .-, p:ltt I lllo oil t!l.- hho'lMt-r uud
tl;-- i;i;.t are I b. hin I tho erimv.n cur
tuiii winch divided our parlor uad
jci-roei:::.
.i,v wife w
iuo;i i, for we
doom,. I to di vipoint
b'iw no si 'ii of th'j newlv
arr.v, i r.u.-ti nt .iiim.-r, nor did wo
hear iiny lurther pro i: tn' their pros
eir.M uu l r the roof "Li Xuriaaadie,"
lKtl!, i.s wo so, ted o ir-elves ut tho
little i.qu.ir . Mipper t.iulf, I win ao
costtfl nt a whisii-r by Alphoasc, our
faultlessly utlire I waiter.
''iVoiild iuon;ear object, would
iirilaaiD lu inconvenienced, if ho
diouid lav covers at tho tibia for two
la lies? Ch inn n ; people, Midanie la
Count so tlo l.i Sail., and madu
moiselle, her daughter."
Dorothy clasped her lunds in a lit
tle tllltt' r of ex itement. an.l .,n!r
vorJs of conseut from my moiitn.
"Certainly, Alidious.-! wo hiv
ivo
no
all
obp'c;
luy
tho
coverii,
by
mean-.
"Jlotv cinrnrnj!" h'io whispcrod,
behind her table-napkin, us tho dis
creet servant retired; "a real Iito
flouutcs, ! Think of it ! You aud I,
;iisi piain i very-tiuy Amenoius, with
not even a Bostonian among our re
latioui. to consort ii thu homely and
informal fashion with nobility I Am
I pale with awe, Jask? Tell me."
Then, not waiting for me to reply,
she Rtirreptitiotmly sqneored my hand
undr oover of the tab),and repeated :
"Isn't it charming?"
The reader has possibly ohservoil
that I am entirely under my wife's
very small thnmb, althouk'h I mens
nre exactly six feet without my shoes
and weigh one hundred and eighty
ponnds.
Nevertheless, In spite of my great
stature, I promptly and unblnshingly
agreed with her, and declaro 1 that it
"was simply glorious." And so wo
watted, in brosthlosi supou4o, for the
arrival of tho dowager and her pretty
daughter.
There remained but ono morsel of
psto upon my plate, and Dorothy'
faco had lost its hopeful expression,
when, hearing quite a commotion near
the lo'r, wo turned and behold, just
entering tho room, liko Donaparte
lo.vung ins troops to battle, our
waiter Alphonse.
Clou, ly following li'm, with the
step of a grenadier, and arrayed in all
the formidable linery of bl iok n it in
and diamonds cimo Madamo laCouu
tesso do la Hallo, Her white hair win
parted primly in the ntiddlo of her
forehead, ami waa drawn into two lit
tle sausage -shaped curls on either fido
of her face, which Dorothy (alter
wards) said, reminded her of quota
tion murk.; and this imposing person
was crowned by a taweiiut: and nod
ding cup of white luce.
Iu her hand iho carrie 1 a larcro
black fan, which she waved to and fro
as tho walkod, and it addo 1 much to
tho splendor of her appearance.
lake a tmullstar, in tho wake of tms
resplendent comet, whoso satin tail
swept the waxed Hour for a good half
yard, came the daughter.
lo nay that ielicio do l.i Salle was
pretty would bo to do her a rank in
justice. Her magnificent dark eyes
shone like iuwcN, and set oil to rich
advantage her olive complexion that
complexion which reminds ono of the
Orient, or a nun-kissed peach. What
ever elso hho might bo iu character,
there was no doiiTing her beautv of
faco or figure, though she was petite
rather than tall, and in no ouo point
did sho resemble her gorgeous mother,
of whom eho uai evidently much
afraid.
With tho good-natured affability of
a man who is always happy when Lis
wife is amused, I dallied over the re
maining morsels of pate on my plate,
that Dorothy might have tho oppor
tunity nbe coveted, of opening ameni
ties with tho countess aud ma de
moiselle. It afforded mo considerable
entertainment to watch tho attitude
of tho three women toward each
other.
Madame pompous, swelling with
self-appreciation, desiring to patron
ize, but alarmed lost eho condescend
too much.
Mademoiselle timid, but readily
recognizing tho friendly spirit of tho
to reciprocate, yet quilling beneath
tho glance of her domineering mam
ma's eye.
Dorothy a thorough-bred Ameri
can, full of subtle coquetries of man
ner, graceful, engaging, not too for
ward, but perfectly self-poised ; and,
ns I observed her gracious inclination
of tho head, on rising from the table,
I could not help comparing verv
favorably my little Jersey (Jueon with
the "nobility" who rospouded by u
rather formal bow.
It was a wre'i biter, and during thit
time the ae.uaintauco between I'elieie
and my wife, which ha 1 begun in pas.,
iiig lutlu side dishes at the table, h i 1
ripened into long confidential cunts,
held in the corridor, which ended in a
stained-glass window, uhoao umple
ledge made a charming seat.
These chats were of u mysterious
nature, aud although Dorothy toll me
the "very smallest part of them," she
intimated that, in time, sho might be
at liberty to divulge tho rest, which,
sho declared, would bo u very roman
tic story.
If tluro was ono besetting sin in inv
little wife's heart, it was it fond tics'
for matchmaJiing, so I felt quito sure
that her small head wa engaged in
settiug stri'ght soma unfortunate
love-affair, uud accepted, with the
best graco I might, her divided atten
tion. Ono evening I had been to the
cathedral alone, an! returned, rather
late, to tires for our early tea. When
I reached our little roomon tho third
story, Dorothy burt upon mo in u
.stato of tho wildest excitement.
"Oh, Jack!'Mio cried, "tho most
dreadful thing has happened. You
I, T 1.11 . 1 i ii . .
nuow Him you luai 1 ellCIO nail 11
lover, tie is beneath h.r iu birth,
but as h iud-omu as a young god, and
a perfect gcutieuiiiu. Her mother
which is simply dreadful for
bids tho lover to marry, aud has
brought tho poor girl all tho
way from l'ar;, to secludo her
from society, and prevent the
possibility of meetings between her
daughter and 1'uul (Did I say his
name wus I'nul?-I'uui Fleuret.) Uut
that is not the worst of it (Here
Dorothy became almost hysterical).
That old old wretch has planned
to marry her daujbter to a man fully
three times her age, beeauso she is
covetous for money, an I l'aul is poor.
Shu would not even allow her to re
ceivo letters from Paris without first
examining them herself. Well, a lio I
to all this, the oi l man is ugly, selfish
and dishonorable. Feliciu has en
dured everything patiently, until this
afternoon, when the couutess aent for
her, end informed her that lonsieur
Viouot is to arrive to-iuofkow. and
that sho must be prepared I o marry
Felicio with the most dreadful thing
nun ai once i ju lact, sne threatened
if she refused. Of course the girl
flew to me for comfort ; she was in
teur. Ob. tho poor thing I 1 cried.
a v . . a
wrong it was to stay aud marry one
iiinu when her heart was another's.
"Oh, Jack! I'm so thankful I had
the money to lend to that poor girl!"
"You are!" I cried emphatically.
"Weil, I'm not," and, with a pro
longed whistle, I walked to tho win
dow, throwing asido as I did so, rather
impatiently, my wife's hand.
"Oh, dear!" sobbed she, throwing I
herself, liko a frightened child, on tho I
i-e.i, ami nurying nor pretty faco in
tho pillow "I meant to do right, nn l
I've gone wrong and Jack does not
love mo any more !" ; ;
I turned at once, and running to
her, lifted her little head to my shoul
der, Kissing over aud over again the
tear-stained cheeks. "Never mind,"
I exclaimed; "if ten Napoleons en
abled you to nnite two loving heart,
let us say no more about it, but leave
Monsieur Viqnot to do the regretting
for a sweetheart of which Dorothy
has robbed him. "I think, though,
that in order to insuro the payment of
our hotel bill, and to prevent absolute
bankruptcy, I will relieve you of tha
caro of thoso other ten Napoleons," I
added, laughing, aud placing the
money i? my purse.
It was with somo inward misgiving.!
that my wife and I descondod to tho
sallo-a-manger that evening. Tho con
sciousness that Felicie's flight lui'ht
have boon discovered nlready by tho
oouutess, and tho possibility of her
suspeciiug .uoromy as a prooaoic no- j
oomplicc, mado me very dubi;i.
about the propriety of exposing that
little schemer to her puroutal raje.
To my great relief, however, no one
occupied tho seat at the head of tho
table, and in reply to my studiously
careless question, Alphousc replied :
"M.idamo has a severe headache;
sho has boon confined to her room all
tho afternoon."
Wo did not sleep very well that
night. Visions of what was in store
for m at breakfast hauntod my
dreams, and wheu we took our Boats
at the table, it was with tho stern re
solve to bear ourselves with tho dig
nity of independent Americans, and
ueuiuii me taoie, airaine, r.milingns
Tt.l.:-i.i . ,i ...
ever, stood Alphonso; uuruiTled in ele
meanor, faultlessly grammatical iu
his French, and positively correct a
to attire.
"Is madatno utill indisposed?" I in
quired, unable to restrain my curiosity,
but lacking tho courago to mention
Felicie.
The tliscrect waiter hesititod; then
anticipating tlio "American tip,"
which ho hal learned to expect, ho
bent low and whispered in mv ear:
I 'Ah! monsieur, there i a great
trouble this morning. Mu lamo ha
left without paying her bill,
i Mademoi't lie must havo gouo ia ad
j vance of her mother, but not one
i thing remains in thoir rooms. Mon
I sieur Dreuttnel is in despair. Uo h i
upimeil to tno police.
Dorothy gazed at mo in epecchlos
horror. Tho fork, which sho held
poised in mid-air over her plate,
dropped with a loud elatter on tho
china, and her baud fell helplessly at
her side.
"Oh, Jack!" b'uo exclaimed, ex
citedly, nfter a moment of utter
silence, during which time I was bid
ding a mental farewell to tho ton
Napoleons, "is it poseiblo I havo been
deceived? I will not believe it.
Ihero must bo tomo dreadful
take."
mis-
"There i, my do.tr," I replied, bit
ing the euds of my moustache, "and
we made it."
Two days later, as we stood by tho
window of our small sitting-room,
waiting Fomewhat impatieutly for the
arrival of tho omnibus which should
convey us to tho depot, tho door of
the apartment was unceremoniously
i thrown open, aud Monsieur Dremrnei,
iu a state of great excitement, which,
for once, h id ciused him to forgot hi.
courtesy, burst in upon us.
His luce was tho color of chalk, an I
he bore iu hi grasp u uewspuper,
which ho thrust into my hand, point
ing, with a not over-clean forefinger,
to an article headed : ".Drought to
Justioo !"
"Head!" ho cried, "read I Ah!
tho miserable impostor !"
I followed the direction of his
finger, but, alas! tho difflculties of
translation were too much for me. It
was a German newspaper, and my
education hal ouly included French.
Monsieur Dremrnei was equal to
the occasion ; with his voioe pitohed
to a key that would have been a for
tune to a chorister boy, he translated
it glibly into his own tongue, aud
gave it to us as follows:
Htsibbuuuo, 8 'ptetnVr 9.
This raorn'm;, a tn eirly irslu trim
Colottas eutTH a uim .t itlnu, tl-c sl-pp.u
from via oir a fljrul, portly wnnuolrtus
appxarsuee. au.i a eaitrmiag oa upmioii at
tender jvur-. iiota o:imu ooia woilaul
tM.f .'ully ur-tf I.
lo the iirest amassment of their faliow- j
psHwnirr, nr., iiMtMtiiive (w.io hal
fvlfeutiy oeu w. iu tor tnm lo appwr)
luitnudima.y ui;J lanin uuurrrt.
too. i saiti: 'liiftra is only one
thing for yott to do fly from this dis
honest anion; she baa no right to
force yon to aa unloved marriage "
"But how shall I uy Tasked Fc
licio ; 'I have no money.'
"Of course, Jack, there was only
ono thing a right-minded woman could
do under tuch circumstances and I
did it."
"The mischief yon did!" I ex
claimed. "And pray, .Mrs. Impetuos
ity, what did you do?"
I hold my breath, for I well knew
Dorothy's generosity, and I had left
twenty Napoleons in tho upper bureau
draw, of which she held tho key.
"I lent her ten Napoleons, dear. I
only lent them ; sho will repay them
at once ; and I had almost to beg her
on my kures to take them (she was so
delicate about borrowing) ; but finally
I mado her see it as I did. and how
-P f aa.av'.i-A. ,.la. -.iJ..- i t i - - I ' a. . " V C-VTtXJUT 1UII1I1 Id t Vila I w w , va i
"u-1' """euiiigiy, iuo ugry-wTj-jt'irpinTir
n" , . liCl 2 7i " '",TJ?" "u" ain ll?ur? " ? 880P9 "7" a . .J I 7i. " at a distance is that of a
i. ;!:;: 7, e, u . ... r1:1?1111 wusca " uola M ,n r r, . , . " . fans united at tho
bars tsw aMs to loara that thssldor woman
Is the wll-known Ma.tsms Artolss. onas a
fiuhlonabls million lo Pari. aa1 the Toon
irlrl Is bur danchter extremal? clever
swindlers, both nt thm.
Thoy wr arrssts I oa a tst'ram from
IWlln, whi-r rhsy ar siwnw! of having
mln sernrnl thousand itolc hstnirlc from
the wlfo of Csrl U mm. on whoso sympathies
tbr plnysil with Kreat suew-ss.
Thrt uim1 kuUu nsvtimsd hy Ma turns
Artolss Is that of a countess or soms other
member of a rornl fsmlly, which aharsiter,
owing ti hr fin npnnarance, she Is sola to
personate to perfection.
As Monsieur Dremraol finishod read
ing, tha sound of heavy wheels ap
proaching announced the arrival of
the stage wLioh was to convey us to
the depot.
I extended my hsn 1, smiling. 'Ton
have my roost sincere sjmpaihr," I
murmured, "un I my wife regrpts, as
much as I do, thU you should Lava
been so unfortnnato."
Monsieur glance l at Dorothy, who,
in her faultless'.? eut traveling pown
of dark bluo crge, and littlo tnw
hat of the same sha ie, looked what
bhe was a lady, every Inch of hrr.
"Ah I" hn sighed, clasting his fat
hands together pathetically, "if only
all my patrons wen AniorioansI woul.'l
gladly tesija myself to tho abseuco of
noointv.
Dorothy s"tilo I herself very com
fortably in tli'j cushioned so it yf tho
railway curing.-, bnt as th train
slowly emerge 1 from the depot she
turned towards m a most penitent
face.
Mack." whispered she, "I shall
never, never try mitch-making again.
Do you think Do you foul quite suro
that, iuspitj of it all, vou can forgive
me?"
And Jaok said ho could. Homi and
Country.
A .Muth-Catclilng Haut.
Tho moth-e itching plant "Arangia
albous," is a native of Southern Africa
and was intro line I to New Zealand
accidentally about seven years ago,
and since thon.it has been extensively
propagated there, on account of its
effective servico as a killer of detrue
tivo moth. Wherever the climito is
mild tho plant is an exceedingly free
grower; it twines and climbs with
f.-rnit luxuriance, aud producei im
mense number of white or pinkish
t!owers, which h:ivo a very agreeable
sc.nt. These (lowers attract innumer
able moths. Oa a summer evening a
Legdoof "Araugiu"' will be covered by
a . rfect cloud f moths, and in the
morning there will not bo a 6ingle
flower that does not imprison one or
two, and sometimes as many as four in
sects of various size and genera. Th
action of tha "Araugia" is purely
mechanical. The calyx of the llower
is rather deep, uud the receptacle for
its sweet juices is placod at its boce.
Attracted by tho powerful scent and
the prospect of honey, the moth dive
down the calyx, and protrudes it pro
boscis to reach the tempting food. But
befors it can do ao the proboaci is
uippei between two strong, hard,
vise oy me extreme ena ol tlio pro
bosci, nnd dies miserably. The pro
boscis is bo very slightly inserted be
tween tho pincers that it apparently
can not h fleet the generative organs of
tue plant, uuiets these may bo the
2ia3her themselves, waose actual con
tact mar bo necessary for rcpradac
tioii. Upon dissection, tho pinchers,
even in tueir or. unary position, are
invaru'uiy foun I to bi nlmost iu con
t.ur, the separating interval being ap-pr.-ut
under a tr hg leu's. It is
therefore hard to understand why
siioli a 2roeoss as tho destruction of a
moth should be necessary to c'oso
this already minute cap, But at all
events, tho thiu is i.one, nnd e:Teo
tivoly, and a plaut of "Araugia" cov
ering a spice of ten yards iu length
will destroy as many hundred moths
every niaht, and conso'iuentlv pre-
ve'it tho rnvasrei of fii'ty times as man
larva-.'. New York To!
tgram.
Vastnois ot the British Empire, j
Tho Briti-li emoiro is a politicl
creation unparalleled ia the worl 1'h.
history, not only by its extent ad!
population, in both which rotecta jit
is slightly surpassed byChina, but be
cause, with au area of more than
00 ),000 square miles, and 3o2,if00,()0(J
inhabitants, it is scattered over tha
whole globe. It embraoes all zona
from tho icy wilderness of Hudson
Lay to tho tropical jungles of India
aud tho mahogany forests of Hondur
as; there is scarcely a product which
a British province does not bring
forth ia excellent qmlity, aud not Us
various nro the degrees of civilization
of its inh ibitauts lroni the Kaffirs of
the Capo to tho higlilv cultivated citi
zens of doronto or Sydney. We find
with Chri-tians of all confessions
2tM, 010,0 )0 Hindoos, about 70,0 J ),0.M
Mohammedans and 8,000,00.) Bud
dhist and the Bible is printed iu
trnr:eea lm,'u i,'es an 1 dialect rep
resented iu the empire, yet, notwita
stau.ling sush promiscaous element,
the Government, with rare exceptions,
maintain order and no sign of Jiooo
lutmu is visible. The Forum.
National Ice ol Jap.u.
The national ice of Japan conit?
of sweet beau served with hailstones,
and a Japanese belle rivals her Eng
lish cousin in the amount of these sue
cau devour with a relish. The frozen
tlesort, however, which approaches
nearest to our ice-creim i perfumad
snow. Very many fruit aud flower
scouts are ued for this, thj lat;er he-
mg as popular with tnem a vanilla
and chooolstd iu tnu couutry. vv
York Dispatch. ,
Charles XII., of Sweden, eave m.in,
signs of mental deraugement. lit wi
rush, headstrong a most to ma. lues
aud fell into a nirion p.isicn on tht
slightest iroocat.ou, o.lcu wu uju; u!
WOMAN'S WOULD.
PLEASANT LITKRATVRR FOR
FEMINISE READERS.
Tnorntrr sng wocld rttt, toe nrtr
"Wanted Young lady, double-entry
oookkeeping, stenographer and
tvpewriter, owning her own msohine;
85 per week salary to competent per
son." In answer to this advertise
inent, which appeared in a Philadel
phia newspaper a few days ago, a
bright Itoxborongh girl wrote as fol
lows: "Dear sir 1 would very much
like to have the position and think I
can fill the bill. I was educated at
Vassar, have had experience as book
keeper in a large city house, as en
closed testimonials iu regard to fitness
and honesty verify. Can correspond
or spoak in French, German, Spanish,
Italian aud Greek, with a smattoriug
sf L itin and Hebrew, and have had a
innplementary course in a business
Soli ego. If t'uoro are any leisure mo
ments, would bi willing to teach your
afT.qiring cheerfutly. I own a good
machine which will suit you. I guar-
nteo to keep it in repair at my own
ixpense. Being of au artistic nature,
ioald be used iu hotuj an 1 social cir
:! a pianist. Caa amusj babies or
ie!p in thti kitchen if needed. Will
tomo on trial one month. If not snit
ible uo charge." AtlunU Coustitu-
uUJ.
W05TM nAMISRI.
If yen ever happen to noliea ono of i
;no barber siiojis conducted by wo
aieu, of which there aro n dozen or
aore scattered over town, you will
in I the same spirit of daintiness as
icrting itself which makes tho nnder
laking establishment seem almost
iheerful. This is particularly true of
ihops owned and managed by women,
ont it is not s noticeable in the caso
)f men's shops in which women ure
iiuployed. Mrs. Marshall has a shop
)f her own on Cottage Grove avenue.
Thsre are some flowers in tho window
nd a flowered sash enrtain across it.
There are pictures on the walls and
ihero ii a glowing base'ourner instead
)f the dull cannon stove to be found
m most of tho smaller shops.
"I havo boon taking euro of myself
n this way for ten ytars," says Mrs.
Marshall. "It is a kind of work that
i woman can do quite as well as a
nan, and the number of women who
re learning the trade is increasing."
Mrs. Marshall has a woman assistant,
ind both of them are ket;t busv.
"Most of my customers are mon," sho
aiJ, "aud I never hear any of thorn
joniplain that tho ruzar isn't sharp
inough."
And didn't Delilah show what a wo-
aan could do in the barber line sov-
jral odd conturics ago? Chicago Tri-
buna.
CniNC.HLLA, THE POPCfiiR TVS.
If there are women who. wearinar
would vanish at a slight knowledge of
the difficulties that lie in tho way of
procuring the skin. The tiny animu!,
uot more than twelve inches long,
with a plump little body on short,
stout legs, thrives only in the tropics.
New York's supply of chinchilla skins
co:ues from Peru and Venezuela
chiefly. The littlo beoits have to bo
killed with the utmost precaution not
to injure their far, that grows on a
skin nearly us tender and soft as a
web of silk. They aro not common
animals, nor abundant in their South
American haunts, so that a perfect
chinchilla skin wheu it arrives, cus
toms paid, in the port of Now York
easily fetches SU or 312 for its hand's
breadth of fur. To keep in gool con
dition the delicate pelt and the mak
ing up of small bits into the largo barrel-shaped
muff aud circular capo
collar worn this season, easily makes
a chinchilla wrap more costly t'anu
ermine or Bable. A perfect skin, not
larger than a small pocket handker
chief, is a revelation in fur growth.
Tho texture of every hair is tiucr than
(loss silk, tho length of it nearly au
inch, and tho coloring about that of
the soft undyed tuarabjut foathcH.
New York San.
"t eseiko LAore.-.
j "A fat old woman toddled down to
meet me, her broad face shining with
w hale oil, her dress inside out to keep
it cleau, her husband's hair in a bunch
oo top of h-r head, her toes turned ia
ant I her elbows turned out I felt that
I liad fully 'realized my ideal." With
convulsive giggles she grasped my
nana nrmiy witn one ot tiers, while
with the other sho patted mo aflec
tiouately on the shoulder. Evidently
I impressed her as prcbeutin? au
utterly absurd appearauee, for, after
looking me all over, sUo would shut
her eyes, shake her head from side to
sidio aud ge off into a tit of laughter.
Soon afterward another woman joined
her, tho wife of ono of tho chiefs.
She was reully pretty; her teeth were
even aud very w hite, her hands and
feet shapely, her eyes of a dark hazel
color, aud a pretty tinge of red showed
through the clear olive brown oi her
cheeks. Her heavy black hair was
plaited on eaoh side oi her head in a
short, doubled braid, and she ha 1 a
huge kiot on top of her head that
locked like a handle. This is mode
fr ni the hair from the crown of the
hi sband'a head, which is shaved per
io Ucally and collected to add to the
w fo's top-knot. This woman wore u
bt lutifuliy sewed and elaborately
tr turned dress, made of reindeer skin
'.! h the hair on. It consisted of a
rt and trousers and shoes made in
I garment, the trousers of the white,
h.-jrt hair of tha lees of tha deer.
tj shoos or lnoocauins of dresaed
tAlakiu. The upper garment was
lu! mined with bands of the white deer-
n and strips of wolverine fur, and
l lumeusfl boo J, ia whioli the babi.
i ii a a ... i ai.ruiia in viuvur r n tt- ii i n
are carried, was eoVed with wolr. L.
An ermine akin, with head and cU
still on, and an eagle's feather
M.t...1 1 41.. I J t
-...n.ut.. ,v ,ua uwii na oruaiietltt
From her waist was suspended a com
pf whaleskin, to which were fastens
needle ease, seam preeser, a shnttu
for making nots all of walrus Wor,
unit littlathimkla.r .e 7
usua vac j a ec ninam m f)J
like the end of a glove, with the
seams open and fastened to the fore.
finger by a loop of the kia.
uuung.
FASTI tOX KGTE1J.
The new larcre hats have vnlcii -
beaver crowns with felt brims.
It is noted that many opera pin..-
in feminine hands have a Lnt
bright colored ribbon fastened to ti
ioji.
Diamond tinras aro displayed tt tv.
opera in an abundauco that niakeaoa,
wonder if diamonds are btill precion
stones.
High corobf, more or los Srsr.i4
are woven in .tho back hair; o!so 0
si do of the head or anywhere likely
be seen.
Football souvenir spoons arn
latest. The bowl is a football, and th
article is, perhaps, more ornauicuu;
than useful.
Somothing new in stab sins i pJ
everlasting football, aud the
sticks crossod bo as to form u luct
poiuted star.
Tn.t..:4 i.- i i
uiuim urensipiun, nucil a 05-
grandmothers were wont to wear, .
revived by those fortunate enough fc
possess tnein.
Tho very newest crushed velvet col
lars have jabots of . laco fastcnel j
place by small buckles depending fro;
either sido ia placa of frills or r
scttes.
Veil fasteners nro new. A buttorjt
with graceful spreading wings, wiiic's
clasp the veil, aro made up in etchoi
silver and aluminum. This littlo ar
ticle does away with tho herotolj;;
vexatious bow-knot.
Embroidered flowers in black ail
white, tho silk embroidery almost c j
cealing the ground beneath it, ismd
This black aud white work is in.,t
fectively used as a jackot over nil;
green, ceriao or hawthorn pink d:
sages.
English turbans and Spanish siilor:
are appearing in all tho new co!on
Tho Spanish turban is most becooua;
to women with parted hair. It ii
turown up at one sido by a twnt c!
velvet resting oa tho hair uaderajiti
the brim.
Hound and Bqnaro mother-of-pcar
designs aro already seen on coat aaJ
tailor suits. They are very largo saJ
are elaborately ornamented witi
metal. One of the newest in all
metal buttons is the moire desia,
very ricu ana ucautiiui.
A new evening bodice is almost en
tirely of passementerie with should;:
are
The eOe
scries of op
nandie ana 6Lrea.
ing about eigbt lnohej from front
back.
Plain wool skirts and blizers wi
blouses of tartan silk aro fashionubi:
and a new dress of black camel's L
has yoke, cuffs and bolt of Victor
plaid. Another black dress hast
waist anil cuffs of plui 1 with the to
ot the sleeves ia blask to luati'h U
costume.
Deep fringes of beads nre ai:
liked for drjsy wear. They aro ic
rauged to fall from tho belt or fro
a pointed bodice, or snorter gnrii
tares are set oc the waist draping i:
half concealing tho figure. Wi
properly used, this style of triuii;
is exceedingly bocoming.
Muffs, that is, muffs for use, aro!
same stiff, medium-sized rolls t
have been known for some time, :
dainty trid-js in silk nu I velvet, s:
hung with ribbons, heads and (.
Mowers, are also hhoivu. Correct t.
pet have only one hea 1, au 1 aro y-
ferred in sable, Persian or martei.
While fashion nay sanction su:
grotesque capr:cL, good senjo c.r:.
ly cannot approve tho idea of v.i -
the two sleeves of the dress of vr;J
dissimilar material and color. Tiii'
feet is too glaring, and subject
wearer to a suspicion of vacuit"
brains not supposed to be dosir j
any well-bred woman.
A bod cover of cauarv colored li:
lately seeu was wrought iu an a!l-o
design of large flowers done in "1.
silk, the flowers being couuectel
the fete hi', which ara wound about,
as to m ik e tho pattern coutiuuu
The spread was edged with heavv n'
linen laco about seven inches wilr.
Buttons have taken inches, mil.
may be added, dollars, too. S.x
eight largo buttons trim a bodice. :
being used in frout, two set ou
semi-positiuu bac. and often ''
more in the scarf or l
which finishos tho wrists. The I
tons come in set', some of them ex l
itely painted by hand, in Dresden
feet, others rionly jeweled, all cat-
To be worn en suite with the sbi
tweed costumes au I golf cape
hats of rough felt "sanglier" I'
they are oalled blus, brown, snJ
color, tho brims uuderfaoel wita
Scotch pUid woveu on the revere
the folu On the outsido ei
plumes, quills, and other stiff festv
are secured with knots of vivid ch
or equally briUiaut morigold-ve
velvet.
Some stylish evening capes are b
of eeriaa red vnlnnru Irimmill '
cut-jet araoesques of the rica-t
soriptiou. There is a high Medici
lar, densely covered with tbe Jt
uiture, with the niorot roll of
fur at all the edjres. F.ioh
red camel's hair or crepon cost
with York coat and eoreJ skirl
11 wished with three rows ol tin
gimp aud a baui of blaok lot
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