INCREASE OF DIVORCES
One For Every Twelve Marriages
In the United States.
ANNUAL RATE 66,000 NOW.
More Than Twice as Common as Forty
Years Ago, Census Bureau Reports.
Divorces Now Increasing Threa
Times as Fast as Population.
That divorce is two and one-half
times as common in the United States
as it was forty years ago and that one
marriage in twelve nowadays ends in
divorce are conclusions reached by of
ficials of the census bureau at Wash
ington In u new compilation of statis
tics of marriage and divorce covering
the twenty years from ISB7 to lOOti, in
clusive.
A previous investigation covering
the twenty year period from ISG7 to
18811, inclusive, bad been carried out
by the department of labor, and Mr.
Carroll I>. Wright, who was then com
missioner of labor, has been associ
ated with the present inquiry as an
expert special agent of the census bu
reau.
In the twenty year period covered by
the latter investigation there have
been 12,832,044 marriages recorded. In i
the same time there have been 945,025 ;
divorces. For the previous twenty ;
years there had been reported 328,71(5
divorces, little more than a third of i
the number for the second twenty j
year period. When the first investiga
tion was Instituted, forty years ago. j
divorces occurred at the rate of 10,000 j
a year. Now the annual rate is CG.OOO. j
This increase, however, is to be con- j
sidered In connection with increase in j
population.
The report adduces statist! • to
show that divorces are now lucicaslng
about three times as fast as popula- j
tion, while during the decade 1870 ;
1880 they increased only about two
and two-thirds as fast. The divorce '
rate for each 100,000 of population in
creased from twentv-nine in 1870 to
eighty-two in 1905. In the former year 1
there was one divorce for every 3,441
persons and in the latter year one for
every 1,218.
But a more significant divorce rate j
is that which is based not upon totai
population, but upon married popula- j
tion. The rate for each 100,000 mar- 1
ried population was 81 in the year 1870
and 200 In the year 1900.
Geographically Illinois leads in total i
divorces granted for the last twenty ;
year period, with 52.209, and Ohio is |
second, with 63,982, other states being j
close up.
New York's list of divorces for the
twenty years ended and inclusive of :
1900 was 29,125, whereas for the pre- j
vious twenty years it had been 15,- 1
355. The rate in 1900 was twenty
three for each 100,000 population. In
18S0 it was sixteen.
Pennsylvania's total for the last
twenty years was 39,080 and that of
.Massachusetts 22.940. The highest
rate in the eastern states is that of
Maine, 117 for each 100,000 popula
tion.
Wives obtain two-thirds of the ill- !
vorces. Desertion constitutes 38.9 per
cent of the grounds for all divorces,
and neglect to provide, unfaithfulness,
< rue!ty and drunkenness are i ther
i round*. Five dhvr.-i .< are grained
i "io wi."e for cruelly to one for the
I usli:ind. Alimony was asked by t!:ree
< ives out of sixteen and obtained by
two out of sixteen.
An idd feature of the report is that 1
io proportion of busbr.'uij '-iio ask d
for alimony was 2.S per coat and tl it j
J p< v cent obtained it. In Ft: b • i.\ ;
1 us 1 ands obtained divor-es for tun-!
jp: oft.
Tl • fifth year of married lif • we is
i > ! :.vp been the mo ! davgiw •>*.<• i id !
iuo;-; likely to bring the al >
-hip upon the rocks. From the first
to the fifth year the ratio Increases,
but after the fifth year there is less
tendency to separation, although the j
number of divorces does not fall be- '
low that of the tirst year.
The average duration of marriages '
terminated by divorce is about ten
years. Sixty per cent, or three-fifths,
last less than ten years, and 40 per
i-ent last longer.
Cargo of Five Thousand Cats.
Japan, it seems, is infested with
rats, and the reason Is explained by
a Paris contemporary- viz, that the
Japanese cats, which are not prolific,
arc pamperfd to an extraordinary de
gree. During the last few days, the
chronicler proceeds, a ship has left one
of the principal German ports with
5,000 cats on board. These on arrival
.are to bo settled iu the various mari
time towns of the mikado's dominions,
and we further learn, says the London
Globe, that the present consi .'iu:: nt of
eats Is to be followed by fi ur others,
each of 5,00(1. The nanie of the prin
cipal German port is not given.
"Job" Insurance.
Insurance Commissioner James V.
l!a:ry of Michigan has discovered a
new form of insurance among rail
road conductors, says a Lansing dl -
patch. It Is a "Job" Insurance scheme
by which every man who loses his po
siiion through any cause except drunk
enness or garnishment of salary re
ceives $5W>. The next legislature will
be asked to pass a law regulating and
controlling this form of insurance.
William J. Boss, a Michigan Central
conductor, is the organizer.
A Monster Cave.
A cave has lately been discovered
in New Zealand which is larger even
than the Mammoth cave of Kentucky.
Women and Words.
Mrs. Stubb —Now, women nre not im
pulsive, like you men. They always
measure their words. Mr. Stubb (with
a sigh)— Oh. If some of them would
only give short measure!— Chicago
News.
Getting His Own Back.
"The giraffe has a tongue eighteen
inches long." said Mrs. Talkm -re.
"And knows how to hold It, too,"
growled Mr Talkmore. who had had a
lone curtain lecture the night before
London Answers.
Young Folks
New Candy Game.
The hostess should write the follow
ing questions on sheets of paper, of
course omutiug the answers, and give
one to each guest, awarding boxes of
bonbons for prizes:
What caudy Is a spice and a money
making establishment? Peppermint.
What sweets are wild tlowers of the
spring fields? Buttercups.
What goodies result when a sour
fruit rolls off the table? Lemon drops.
What caudy Is a lively goat and a
near neighbor of the English? Butter
scotch.
What caudy is rubber and"to fall?"
Gumdrop.
And which consists of a famous riv
er iu the east and a variety of nuts?
Jordan almonds.
What candy good for the throat is
gray with age and hunting dog? llore
hound.
What American dainty is "to ex
plode" and an important food product?
Popcorn.
What species of caramels are an un
complimentary,exclamation? Fudge.
What popular flavor is likely holly
and mistletoe? Wintergreen.
What bonbons should show which
way the wind blows? Straws.
The Dijon Popiar.
A traveler in France speaks of a 1
poplar tree that the writer saw In the
city of Dijon, which is the olilest tree
of its kind hi Fran-e. It is 122 feet]
in hi ' !it iit'd is forty-live feet in cir
cunift ivtice :it the base. The city conn- j
cil has u:i ithentic rec rJ of the his
tory of tlie tree since the year 722.
The people of Dijon nre proud of It.
so much so that 11 • • t ! -'.lr; igo vot
ed to lev; ,i tax to put a r liling around
it. so that it inighl be pr tected from
possible injury. It is .> Ito see sen
timent of this kind.
Questions end Answers.
When could the British empire tie
purchased for the lowest sum': When
Richard HI. offered his kingdom for a
horse.
What is the largest room in the
world? The room for improvement.
When may a man be said to break
fast liefore he gets up? When he takes
a roll In lied.—Philadelphia Ledger.
ABOUT A WATCH.
Marvelous Feats Performed by the
Most Delicate of Machines.
The watch is the smallest, most deli
cate machine that was ever construct
ed of the same number of parts. About
175 different pieces of material enter
its construction, and upward of 2,400
separate operations are comprised in
its manufacture.
Some of the facts connected with Its
performance are simply incredible when
considered in total. A blacksmith
strikes several thousand blows on his
anvil in a day and is right glad when
Sunday comes around, but the roller
jewel of a watch makes every day and
day after day 4.'12,000 impacts against
the fork, or 157,t:80,000 blows In a year
without stop or rest, or 3,153,000,000 in
the short space of twenty years.
These figures are beyond the grasp
of our feeble intellects, but the marvel
does not stop here. It lias been esti
mated that the power that moves the
watch Is equivalent to only four times
the force used in a flea's jump; conse
quently it might be called a four flea
power. One horsepower would suffice
to run 270.000,000 watches.
Now. the balance wheel of a watch
is moved by this four flea power one
and forty-three one-hundredths inches
with each vibration—3,ssß% miles con
tinuously in one year.—Chicago News.
Find the Seven Babies.
ITere is an ancient but interesting
puzzle:
One and one and one make three, any
one would say upon glancing at this
picture of the fine little boys, but it is
not what you see first that is the right
answer to the question. "How many
are there? Look again, and perhaps
you will be sharp enough to see that
one and one and one make not three,
but more than twice three—seven.
Look among the squirming arms and
legs, among the chubby bands and
feet, and you cannot fail to make up
the puzzling addition. And after you
have found all seven of the baby boys
take the picture and have some fun
with your friends watching them fuss'
and fume that they cannot see more
than the ortgiual three babies.
Would Let Folks Know It.
Somebody sent this to the society
editor and made affidavit that it really
happened.
Here it is: They were out at an aft
ernoon card party. A stout woman
dropped a card to the floor. "Would
you be so kind as to pick up that card
for me?" she inquired of the little wo
man at her right.
"Certainly," said the accommodating
woman at the right, picking up the
card.
"You see," explained the stout wo
man apologetically, "I've got on a
brand new fifty dollar corset, and I'm
afraid I'll strain it if I lean over."
"Hum!" commented the other wo
man enviously. "If I had a fifty dol
lar corset I'd wear It on the outside.
I really would." Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Sad Termination.
Said She—Did the story you were
writing when I last saw you end hap
pily or unhappily?
Said He—Unhappily. The publisher--
tefused to accept it.—Chicago News.
SLEEP CURE FOR SIN.
Clergyman Says Wives Can Keep Hus
bands Home by Using It.
The sleep cure Is the latest discovery
In the realm of mental suggestion.
Just who discovered It has not been
revealed, but Its marvelous powers
were described the other day by the
Kev. Henry C. Rose, rector of the
Church of the Redeemer, in Newark,
N. J. Of course sleep Itself helps to
refresh tired mortals, but the Rev. Mr.
Rose said that by mental suggestion
when the subject Is asleep husbands
can be cured of vice, crimes can be
prevented and bad habits of children
removed. As an Instance of the power
of mental suggestion when the sub
ject Is aslecj> the clergyman cited the
case of a woman who cured her liun
band of his nightly habit of going to
his club.
As described by the Rev. Mr. ltose
the sleep cure Is based on a simple
theory. lie said that while the con
scious self Is asleep the subconscious
self is awake. In fact, it never sleeps.
All a wife lias to do is to sit by her
husband's bed and appeal to the wide
awake subconscious self to make the
husband good. The clergyman said he
and the Rev. El wood Worcester, rector
of the Emmanuel Protestant Episco
pal church of Boston, experimented on
about a hundred children of depraved
minds and that thirty-live were cured
entirely, forty-live were helped mate
rially and that the treatment failed
only in twelve cases.
In describing the case of the woman
who tried the sleep cure on her hus
band and thereby stopped hiiu from
neglecting bis home for his club the
clergyman said that the wife sat by
tier husband's bed and told him that
the next night he would not goto his
club to drink and carouse, but that
he would couie home, have a good din
ner and spend tlie evening with her.
"The next day the husband came
home as ills wife said lie would," the
Rev. Mr. Rose asserted "lie forgot
his club, and soon, after persisting in
the treatment, the wife cured him en
tirely. If such treatment is beueticial
to tlie husband It will be good for
wives too. They might be kept from
extravagance In dress, and many un
happy homes might be brightened."
Lambs For Spanish Children.
Directly after Lent there is observed
in Spain a custom that is particularly
Interesting to children. It is what may
be termed the sale of the lambs, for
on Monday morning after Easter the
shepherds have their lambs and goats
on sale in nil the cities. The animals
are kept in temporary pens, and It Is
the rule for parents to permit their
children of from five to twelve years
of age to purchase a pet lamb or goat.
After the animal is selected It Is tak
eu to the home residence and given
the freedom of the courtyard und quite
often the greater part of the house. It
is every child's ambition to train the
pet so that it will at least follow its
owner like a dog, and if a few simple
tricks are added to the lamb's or kid's
education the master or mistress is
proud indeed. Girls especially delight
in these pets, and often the animals
are so bedecked with bows and ribbons
as almost to hide their bodies. The
sale of the lambs Is a very old custom
and Is supposed to have originated
through some form of the church.
The Dog's Tail.
A prominent citizen was on trial
charged with harboring a vicious dog
The attorney for the defense had
been consulting a dog expert and had
learned that If a dog holda his tail up
over his back when be barks he is not
angry, while if he holds it straight
out behind him he is in a belligerent,
bloodthirsty frame of tnlnd. Anxious
to air his newly acquired information,
the lawyer began cross questioning
the prosecuting witness thus:
"Now. did you notice the position in
which this dog's tail was held when
he came at you?"
"I did not," said the witness, "for
that was not the end from which I
anticipated injury. 1 had another end
in view. Now, if the dog had been a
hornet" —
"No levity, sir!" thundered the attor
ney. "Answer the question. In what
position was the dog's tail when he
came at you?"
"I believe, sir," faltered the terrified
witness, "that it was behind him."—
Chicago News.
Nothing but Cod.
Kate Field once visited the Isles of
Shoals and went fishing with a New
England skipper. During the voyage
she interviewed the old salt on the
fish question, with the following re
sult:
Said I to the skipper:
"What do you consider the best fish
for boiling?"
Skipper Roiling? Why, cod. to be
Hire.
I—And what is best for baking?
Skipper—You couldn't have no better
tlsh nor cod for bakinjr.
I How is it with broiling?
Skipper I never tasted no better fish
for broiling than cod.
I—What Is your opinion about fry
ing?
"Frying!" repeated the skipper,
scratching his head. "Why, what would
you fry but cod?"
I -What fish is best for general pur
poses?
Skipper—General purposes! Cod can't
be beat for general purposes. I tell
yon!
Know All About George.
"Do you know, my daughter, that
every name means something? For in
stance. Charles means brave, William
resolute, George"—
"Oh, I know what George means,
mother."
"Well, what Is it?"
"George means business. He told me
so last night."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Apt Pupil.
Friend—You took your son Into your
establishment some months ago to
teach him the business, I understand.
How did it turn nut?
Business Man (venrlly)—Great suc
cess! He's teaching me now.
The Return.
Magistrate-1 112 I remember rightly,
this Is not your first appearance in
court. I'Wsoner—No. your honor: but
I hope you ('on't judge by appearances.
—Harper's Weekly.
a "Demis|
9 By EPES W. SARGENT. 9
I Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated T
Y Literary Press. V
"Billy," announced Daisy solemnly,
"I gotter die."
Billy Sea ton's big bine eyes grew
round with surprise.
"Don't," he urged. "Tommy Bind- I
ley's birthday party is next week, and
they're goln' to have tive kinds of cake
and three kinds of Ice cream. Billy
was sick last year and this is last
year's party too."
"I'm not going to bo dead that long,"
explained Daisy. "This is only a little
dead."
"I don't see no fun in dying just for
a little while," scorned Billy, his fears
allayed. "If I was to die I'd want to
stay dead—but I don't want to die,"
he added hastily.
"I don't want to," admitted Daisy, j
"but 1 gotter. You know my lace
shawl?"
Billy nodded. lie had reason for re- J
mombertug the shawl, for had he not j
been spanked for throwing a bit of j
Jelly cake at Daisy when she was |
wearing it? It was old and yellow, but j
they had made a terrible fuss about it. j
"I cut a teenty piece offen it," con- j
tinned Daisy. "It was the littlest bit I
of a piece, but"—her voice hushed to j
an awed whisper—"l'm goln' to be!
spanked when ma gets home tonight." '
Billy nodded understanding!}'. It was
Mrs. Dimlop's principle to permit at
least twelve hours to elapse between
the detection and punishment of ju
venlle offenses, during which period ,
the culprit was permitted to suffer
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"ALL TUB SAMIf, PROMPT PATMEfTS MARK I
GOOD FBIKNDB."
those agonies of anticipation far more j
effective than the gentle spanking |
which constituted the nominal cxpira- j
tion.
Billy preferred his mother's plan, in i
which the sole of the maternal slipper j
followed hot noon the heels of <llscov
ery, uuit He regarded Uie tiny cuipni
compassionately.
"Ma won't be back until 4," said
Daisy. "You'll help me, won't you,
Billy?"
Billy nodded, and bo It happened thut
when Mrs. Dunlop appeared on the j
piazza of the summer resort hotel to j
ask If any one had seen her small j
daugnter not even Alice, Daisy's elder,
sister, could give any Information.
At this opportune moment appeared
Billy from the road leading from the ,
small stream by courtesy called a ;
river. Iu oje hand he carried a pall j
of frogs and in the other a battered ]
and dripping wreck that once had been !
a straw hat.
With a scream which startled the '
other guests Mrs. Dunlop hurried ;
across the lawn toward the approach- j
lng boy, for her mother's eyes had rec
ognized the headgear which to others
was still a shapeless mass of wet
straw.
"Where did you get Daisy's hat,
Billy?" demauded the frantic mother.
"Found it,"was the prompt response.
"1 was down below the dam huntin"
frogs and this came over the dam."
"It is my Daisy's," sobbed the fran
tic mother, clasping the wet thing to
lier breast. "She cut up her lace
shawl that had been my own grand
mother's to make a dress for her doll,
and I told b»r that she should have a
whipping when I came back from the
village. The poor, sensitive little thing
has drowned herself."
In an Instant all was confusion.
Kindly hands led the mother back to
the piazza and the men at once organ
ized searching parties. Alice Dunlop
numbered her conquests by the score,
and each suitor was hopeful that by re
covering her sister, dead or alive, he
should win a gratitude that should
later turn the scales In his favor.
Paul Piudlay wns one of these,
though to do him justice he would have
acted as quickly without the Incentive.
He was hurrying across the lawn
when a pudgy hand tugged at his coat
and drew him toward a clump of
shrubbery.
"Cross your breast never to tell?"
obligated Billy.
Paul gave the desired assurance.
"An' give me your big jackknlfe?"
bartered Billy.
"And the knife," assented Paul.
"You know the old mill?" reminded
Billy. "Not the new one by the dam,
but the one where the dam used to
be? Say coo-ee three times. Remcm
ber, you promised not to give us
away."
Paul nodded and rushed on, while
the self satisfied manager of the cam
paign went In search of the chef to
coax him to cook the frog legs for sup
per.
It was not long before Paul returned,
bearing his tiny burden and explain
ing to those who had dragged the pond
that it had occurred to him to search
the bank farther up stream.
"She was all tired out from her
tramfi" he concluded as he placed her
In Mrs. Dunlop's arms. "She never
was In the water. The wind blew
her hat off."
Tears were turned to rejoicing. All
of the summer girls hastened to of
fer Daisy candy out of their boxes, and
as Daisy sleepily told her well planned
atorr of how ahe had strayed Into the
iiioutiied admiration to li' Mu;i • j
so.; inle.
Then the child was carried upstairs
to 5e washed and dressed for dinner,
and the beaming Mrs. Dunlop cooed
soft pleas for forgiveuess.
Billy strolled away to one of the
summer houses, there to encounter
Paul and Alice in the first blissful stage
of their sudden engagement. J"hey did
not see him for a moment ffiul, look
ing up, was the first to notice him.
"Come for thy pound of flesh, <)
Shy lock?" he demanded.
Billy shook his head.
"I just was walkin' around," he ex
plained. "I didn't know that you was
here, honest"
"All the same," declared Paul,
"prompt payments make good friends."
He slipped the knife and a shiny
quarter to Billy and watched the boy
race across the lawn.
"It was Billy who suggested that I
look higher up the bank," he explained
as he returned to the girl. "I told him
that if his tip was any good I would
give him my knife."
"What do you suppose gave him that
idea?" cried Alice, with surprise.
"I don't know," said Paul loyally.
'The workings of Billy's miud are not
for the understanding of us grown
ups."
Billy, out by the stables, derived
huge satisfaction from making long,
white shavings with the new knife.
"1 wish ma would give me time to
die before she spanks me," he was tell
ing himself mournfully. "I hope Daisy
dies again soon."
Truly Billy's mind was unfathom
able.
HOME IN THE NEXT LIFE.
Ex-Senator Chandler Believes It Will
Be In One of the Stars.
William E. Ckanuler, former United
States senator from New Hampshire
and former secretary of the navy, has
come into the limelight again as the
advocate* of a new religious doctrine.
He iK'lieves that after we lay down
our physical beings upon this earth
our souls will goto some of the stars,
there to be reinvested with physical
bodies and to have the same con
sciousness of existence as here, only
to greater perfection.
Mr. Chandler, who talked with a re
porter of the New York World at his
summer home at Waterloo, N. H., be
fore his departure for Washington,
where he will spend the winter, said:
My faith In a future life is strong and
ever present with me. It is only faith.
Wo have no knowledge, and It Ls Intend
ed that we shall have no knowledge. We
do not live as disembodied spirits. We
so to one of the stars, where we Inhabit
new physical bodies, which embrace our
present souls. We see and hear and have
the senses, taste, smell and touch, and
perhaps other new and more joyous
senses.
We must start with the vast, startling,
overwhelming thought that there exb*ts
a power that can create an luimortaJ soul,
capable of living for ever. Once created,
the soul must goon and on throughout
the eons of eternity. The great object of
existence could not be satisfied by anni
hilation. It can be satisfied only by Im
mortality.
AdmittLng the future existence of the
soul, what more logical thought can we
have than that our souls goto some oth
er part of the universe to take up their
abode there? They do not exist here on
this earth. What can be the object of
such an existence? There is no communi
cation between the souls of the departed
and the souls of those who remain. Such
a spirit would be a very unhappy one I
do not believe In spiritualism In the com
mon meaning of the word. The idea of
spirit rappinns is entirely unreasonable.
If we go to some of the star*— to Slrlua,
to the North star or to the sun—we shall
be reinvested with physical bodies. The
Joys of existence attendant upon the use
of the Ave senses must not be sacrificed.
And what more reasonable thought than
that we shall be invested with new sens« s
as enjoyable. If not more so, than the five
we have in this existence?
My idea Is that when our souls leave
this earth we do not scatter to different
planets. This would be a terrible separa
tion. Suppose we are sent to Mars and
our dearest friends have gone to Slrius.
The very thought Is distressing.
Surely In the great beyond we shall re-
Join our friends. We shall not scatter.
Wo shall know each other there as we
have known each other here and shall
have friends among those we meet in
this life and among the countless millions
who have preceded us to the necropolises
of the past ages.
I love to think that In the next worWl
life will be a little easier than It 1s here.
After the cares of this life are over we
shall need rest. The most prevalent hopo
Is that of a little rest before entering
upon new labors. The new life will be a
little easier. A little rest is what we long
for. But when we reason upon the sub
ject we must believe that the life to come
Is one of activity, a life of work., a life
of service.
Senator Chandler does not believe In
the transmigration of the soul on this
planet. Nor does he believe that the
soul has had any previous existence.
THE BEE'S STING.
An Ugly Weapon Something Like a
Three Bladed Sword.
The bee's sting la made up of three
separate lances, each with a barbed
edge and each capable of being thrust
forward independently of the others.
The central and broader iunce has a
hollow face furnished at each side
with a rail or beading, which runs its
whole length. On the back of each of
the Other two lances there is a longi
tudinal groove, and into these grooves
lit the raised headings of the central
lancet.
Thus the sting Is like a sword with
three blades—united, but sliding upon
one another—the bar bod points of
which continue to advance alternately
Into the wound, going ever deeper and
deeper of their own malice afore
thought aftor the Initial thrust is
made. It Is a device of war com
pared to whjeh the explosive bullet Is
but a clumsy brutality. Yet this Is not
all.
To make Its death doallng powers
doubly sure this thorough minded ama
ion must fill the haft of her triple
blade with a subtle poison and so con
trive its sliding mechanism that the
name Impulse which drives the points
successively forward drenches the
whole weapon with a fatal Juice.—
From"The Lore of the Honey Bee."
by Tickner Edwardes.
Unavoidable.
"Do you think a man ought to be
freater than his party?"
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum.
"It Isn't desirable. But sometimes you
can't prevent a man's party from
shrinking."— Washington Star.
"You were always a fault finder?"
growled the wife.
"Yes, dear," responded the husband
meekly, "I found you."
TABLE PRORATIONS.
Bisque Figures In Pose of Premiere of j
the Ballet.
Hostesses who are at their wits' ends I
.rylng to break away from the trite
md formal In the matter of decora
tions for the dinner table appear to
jwe a debt of gratitude to the result
of the happy collaboration of two
Frenchmen, M. Pierre Carrier-liei
leuse, the painter, and M. Gregolre < 'ul
vet, equally celebrated as a sculptor.
Together these two artists have
spent three years in designing and ex
ecuting a dozen or so of the daintiest
and most bewitching dancing girl fig
ures imaginable.
Each figure perpetuates a character
istic pose of a premiere of the ballet.
It Is the psychological moment of the
dance, when the little figure, the gauzy
skirts, the graceful limbs, the expres
sion of the irresistible countenance, all
combine to define an emotion that ii
captivating.
The graceful abandon of the figures
and the management of the ballet
skirts convey a wonder sense of mo
tion. The figures seem almost to skip
on toe tips, to whirl about, to fly, so
painstaking, yet apparently careless,
have the artists been with their detail.
The material of these joyous little
statuettes is "biscuit de Sevres." The
models are executed for the art mar
ket at the French national factory at
Sevres. Probably no other medium
would express the artists' ideas half
as well. Every one acquainted with
examples of bisque statuary will un
derstand liow exquisitely light and
fragile must appear these dainty fig- j
ures.
It cau be imagined how well these
charming figures serve as accessories
to the decorative piece do resistance
on a dinner table. Perhaps they are j
placed in a line up and down the (
length of the table or in groups here J
and there. If the hostess Is lavish In '
such matters, she may place one be- j
fore each cover—to be carried away as 1
a souvenir.
EASY DISHWASHING.
Lightening the Weary Work of"Three
Times a Day."
One of the unnecessary things in I
housekeeping is the continuous wash- |
ing and wiping of dishes, says a wo- I
man In the Housekeeper.
Met htnks I hear a cry of horror from
a horde of housekeepers, but many of
them have nevertheless ut one time or
another rebelled against the stack of
dishes which looms up, like the school
boy's hash, "three times a day."
It is queer how some women will
wear themselves out rather than step
aside from the beaten path. They
have yet to learn the joy that comes
from taking an Independent tack and
making the work subservient to the
worker, from being the master Instead
of the slave.
To many women the bugbear of
housework is dishwashing. Why wash j
dishes three times a day? Do It lu the j
morning when fresh. Scrape the din i
ner dishes, stack In a large pan filled !
with cold water and cover.
Treat the supper dishes the same j
way, and do not allow your conscience
to keep you awake one single hour. It
will not make the task too heavy the
next mornint If you try my way.
After washing each piece In hot
suds and rinsing in hot (not warun
water, put them, piece by piece, in the
wire drainer (price 10 cents* as nearly
on edge or aslant as possible, and let
stand until dry.
Glasses, of course, and silver must
be wiped, but the former can be left
tilled after using and the latter put
Into a pitcher or deep Jug until some
odd minute when one is uot so weary
with well doing that another turn of
the screw seems next to impossible.
The Tapestry Craze.
One of the most attractive forms of
embroidery which have been revived
recently is the tapestry work used on
cushions, screens, chair backs and
seats and in smaller pieces to be
mount"d on stools, blotters, box lids,
etc. It is comparatively simple work,
and the designs are most attractive.
SQUARE POB CHAIR SEAT.
Copies of old tapestries, of Watteau
and other subjects, of Dutch scenes
and of simple floral patterns, are
traced on canvas and all the portions of
the design applied in the correct color
ings. The embroiderer merely works
over the lines lu careful stitches, as
in the most conventional needlework.
The example given is a Louis chair
seat in rich colorings which give an
effect of perspective seldom attained
in embroidery.
Phenomena of Heredity.
It is one of the phenomena of hered
ity that a boy wants to be what his
father was—if a shoemaker, then a
shoemaker; if an ironworker, then an
ironworker; if an artisan of any line,
then an artisan in that line—and the
father and mother who have come to
hate the smell of leather or the grime
of the smithy, the oil waste of the ma
chine or the sweat of downright hard
work cajole or coerce that boy Into
something that Is genteelly dull or
respectably stupid aud kill the germ
that would have produced the manu
facturer, the mechanical engineer or
the capitalist—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Then She Misted It.
Wlggs Poor old soul! She doesn't
believe as much in the efficacy of pray
er as she did. Waggs—You surprise
me. She has always been so extreme
ly religious. Wiggs—Yes, but the oth
er day she got ready togo Into the
city, and then she discovered that she
had only ten minutes in which to
catch the train. So she knelt down be
fore she started and for five minutes
prayed fervently that she might catch
it.—Catholic Standard and Times.
YULETIDE FEASTING,
Phases of Christmas Cheer as
Observed In Denmark.
PASTRY BY THE MILE EATEN.
Whole Family In an Old Town Helped
to Make Cakes, Says Jacob A. Riis.
Continuous Eating Performance For
Two Weeks.
One of the Christmas season's cus
toms as observed in an old Danish
town Is described as follows by Jacob
A. Itlls in his article entitled "Yuletide
In the Old Town" In the Christmas
Century;
When we were not dancing or p'ay
ltig games we literally ate our way
through the two holiday weeks. Pas
try by the mile did we eat, and gen
eral indigestion brooded over the town
when it emerged Into the white light
of the new year. At any rate, It ought
to have done so. It Is a prime article
of faith with the Danes to this day
that for any one togo out of a friend's
house or of anybody's house in the
Christmas season without partaking of
Its cheer is to "bear away their Yule."
which no one must do on any account.
Every house was a bakery from the
middle of December until Christmas
eve, and, oh. the quantities of cake we
ate, and such cakes! We were sixteen
normally in our home, and mother
mixed the dough for her cakes in a
veritable horse trough kept for that
exclusive purpose. As much as a sack
of flour went in, I guess, and gallons
of molasses and whatever else went
to the mixing. For weeks there hail
been long nnd anxious speculations as
to "what father would do" and gloomy
conferences between him and mother
over the state of the family pocket
book, which was never plethoric, but
at last the joyful message ran through
the house from attic to kitchen that
the appropriation had been made,
"even for citron," which meant throw
ing all care to the winds. The thrill of
it when we children stotid by and saw
the generous avalanche going into the
trough! What would uot come of it!
The whole family turned to and
helped make the cakes and cut the
"pepper nuts," which were little
squures of cake dough we played cards
for and stuffed our pockets with,
gnashing them incessantly. Talk
about eutlng between meals! Ours wan
a continuous performance for two sol
id weeks. The pepper nuts were tbe
real staple of Christmas to us children.
We rolled the dough In long strings*
like slender eels and then cut It a lit
tle on the bias. They were good, thost*
nots. when baked brown. I wish 1
tiad some now.
It all stood for the universal desire
that In the Joyous season everybody
be made glad. I know that in the old
town no one went hungry or cold dur
ing the holidays, if indeed any one
ever did. Every one gave of what he
had, aud no one was afraid of pauper
izing anybody by his gifts, for they
were given gladly and in love, and
that makes all the difference—did then
and does now. At Christmas it is per
fectly safe to let our scientific princi
ples go and Just remember the Lord's
command that we love one another.
I subscribe to all the scientific princi
ples of giving with perfect loyalty
and try to practice them till Chris;
mas week comes In with its holly an i
the smell of balsam and fir and tli
memories of childhood in the old towi
then—well, anyway, it's only a lit: 1 ;
while. New Year's and the long co!-l
winter come soon enough.
DEATH VALLEY.
The Burning, Blasting Winds That
Sweep This Arid Waste.
The prevailing winds in Death val
ley are from the west. Though origi
nating iu the Pacific ocean and sat
urated with humidity in traveling the
intermediate distance, they arc inter
cepted by the lofty peaks of four
ranges of mountains, which absorb all
of their moisture, so that by the time
they reach the valley all humidity has
disappeared. The blasts are as if
heated in a fiery furnace, and no liv
ing thing can survive the intense heat.
Even birds indigenous t.i the region
die.
It is iu the months of greatest heat
that the sandstorms of Death valley
are most deadly. They rage with in
tense fury, obliterating the landscape
and dimming the light of the sun,
withering the scanty vegetation and
coveriug the trails deep in powdered
dust. At all times the aspect of the
valley Is superlatively desolate. No
spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or
Tophet-like heat.
During the heated term an hour
without water means death. Meat lie
koines putrid in an hour. Eggs are
cooked in the blistering sand. Water
is only palatable by means of large,
porous, earthenware jars, common to
all hot countries, suspended in drafts
and reduced in temperature by means
of the rapid evaporation of the mois
ture from tile outside.
imEIT!
A Reliable
TLN SHOP
r®r all kind of Tin Roofing
Spouting nnd Conoral
Job Work.
Stoyos, Hoatora, Ran«oa k
Furnaces, oto-
PRIDES TUB LOWEST!
QMLITY TUB BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
SO. 11# E. FRONT VT.