ESTEE
ROMANCE AND REALITY.
For soul's mate her fancy had painted
A hero, with soft, silken curls,
Melting eyes, -and pure brow, with a
sajuted.
Soft hale of love, like a girl's:
And the fates had accorded a “hubby”
That most of such qualities Jacked —
A bald-beaded, red-bristled, chubby,
And coarse mass of matter-of-faet.
For household her romance had builded
A proud palace-hall by the wave,
Witn music and flowers, and gilded
In and out, with the world for a slave;
And reality sedled hier amazement
With apartments up five flights, or so,
With a shoe maker’ s shop in “he base-
ment
And ash-bar rels flanking the row.
In piacé of the music, and singing,
And dancing, that were to have been,
At the tub she stands washing and
wringing, = ihe :
Or she jogs at the sewing-machine;
That her dream’s we dded life were to
erown,
Three or four little modi sodne stupid
Tugand clutch at her calico gown.
And think you she mourns for the vis-
ion
That romance soairily wove ?
Not at all: for her home is elysian
With the soft human magic of love.
When the real true man was presented,
A small -voice, that her romance had
not,
Whispered down to her heart,
tented,
She gave up hevself to his lot.
For, dreams we may; the conditions
For which we have languidly yearne d
Are soon lost'in the solid fruitions
Which faith and strong purpose
earned,
have
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{ walked away,
| of suspense the anxious listeners fteavd:
looking street, and by the time they
reached the ddor of No. 19 it was
beating like a sledgehamimer. :
The double knock was quickly an-
swered and when the’ door opened it
disclosed a rather Showy looking wo-
man. . Mi. Taplin stood back, just i
ht, but in the quiet
of the dull street every word came dis-
| tinctly through the frosty morning air.
i
“Registered letter. ‘Mrs. G. Hap-
kins.” Can she sign the paper?”
Then the answer:
“I am Mrs. Hopkins. Give it here.”
‘In accordance with, his orders, the
postman produced only’ the paper,
while acer searching in . his
pouch for the letter. Mrs. Hopkins.
and after a few: moments
! her footsteps as she returned with the
and, con- |
{
And instead of the seraph-faced cupids | signed
paper, and handed it to the
| postman, who then pled the letter in
{ her hand. oe
In another moment Mr. Taplin was
in the narrow passage, and had snatch-
ed the letter from its owner's hand.
As Hugh pressed up to his side he tore
open the seal, the rustling potes
lay in his hand! The unhappy woman
| had realized something of what had
| taken place, and, with a faint cry of
and
“It's all up with us!” fell back agains
| the wall. The detective supporied her
into the shabby: paslor. and lai her
on the black horsehair sofa. With a
mutered, “Are there no womankind ii
{ the house?” he left the room, and
Bugh heard thé firm step sounding
|
Love mies its own world for the hum- !
‘ble, *
Ww hich may well be a heaven on earth,
{ voice calling at the top of the stairs: i
In whose beams all our fantasies crum- |
hie
When a wife's
hearth.
palace-hall is
Now and then a regret for old fancies
May cause a shy. tear-drop to swell,
Make her sing about helmets and
lances,
Or pound ‘the piano a spell;
But a Kiss from the good man, or, may-
A Night, eager step at the door,
Or a full-throated summons from baby
Will content with the real restore.
—New York Weekly.
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{A CLEVER CAPTURE.
: By “THE HE CAPTAIN”
vow VvVVUVVvVvVvVew
“Take care of it, Hugh.”
“All right, sir. Good morning.”
Randall put on his:hat, and ‘passing
through the bank, took his way into
the town with £11,000 under _his
charge.
He was frequently employed in the
execution of such transactions as the
present between his unc le’s bank and
the other banks. On reaching his des-
tination he marched up ‘to’that portion
of the bank counter which was appro-
priated to such business transactions.
The elderly and precise clerk who oc-
cupied the high stool on the opposite
site of. the counter wag almost shaken
out of his propriety by Hugh's start
and confused. exclamation, as, after
searching vainly in the depth of his
pockets for the precious notes, the fact
dawned upon him that they were gone,
unmistakably gone.
“What’s: the matter, Mr. Hugh? What
is it?” was repeated more than once be-
fore his scattered senses were recall-
ed and then the query was only met
by another, and one which, alas! was
not to be so easily answered.
“What am I to do?” were the words
which he at last stammered out.
He returned in a most crestfallen
jondition, ds fast as a hansom cab
Yould carry him, to the room which he
had left so complacently less than an
heur before.
Once in possession of the facts of the
loss, Mr. Randall's’ views instantly
shaped ‘themselves into the definite
form of “the police station.”
He and his uncle were ushered into
the inspectors presence: * The examin-
ation—whiech, *indeed,: elicited little
else—bheing ended, am ominous. silence
ensued, broken.after a few. minutes by
the inspector, who ejaculated. “I have
your mant’? oom
Further etalon put Ton, in pos-
session of the fact that a celebrated de-
fective was at the moment in the po-
lice station itself, having come dowa
from London inthe course of an inves-
tigation in which he was engaged.
Mr. Taplin 59010. added his’ presence
to the council of war, and the story of
the loss was gone over with him.
The detective was not one of the
pr=ople who carry on all their mental
processes putside their heads, and a si-
lence fell on the whole party for sev-
eral minutes; during which, with amaz-
ing rapidity of thought, he laid his
scheme, the first step in which was to
visit in post’ office just before’ ‘the
bags were made up.
In accordance with the detectives
directions, the registered letters were
ipread out before them.
As he bent over the letters, Hugh
saw a flush of pleasure in the grey eye
as it rested on an envelope addressed,
‘na scrawling hand, to
MRS. G6. HOPKINS,
19 P: — Street,
Harwich.
The detective just laid one finger os:
#t,- turned to Hugh, and said, with an
emphasis. which carried weight with
its : ‘
“Your money is in that letter, or it's
gone beyond our reach. You must come
to Harwich with me tonight.”
" A few hours later the two Wére
shooting along the line on their way to
Harwieh.
The curtain next rises upon a trio
passing along the streets of Harwich.
This trio consisted of our two friends
and the postman in whose beat P—
street was posted.
All "hope ‘of seeing the money had
faded - from Hugh’s mind again and
again; but his heart beat faster than
usual.as they turned into .the dingy
! name
the |
i
cl
through the passage, and the
“Here, Betty—Susan—whatever your
is, where are-you®’ - .-
A slatterily maid-of-all-work "an-
i sweréd the summons, in no small
amazement at the sight ot two strange
gentlemen, and to her charge Mr. Tab-
Jin left her mistress, while he., and
Hugh assured themselves of the iden-
tity and completeness of- the notes.
Mrs. Hopkins soon recovered suf-
ficiently to pour out a flood of tears
and bewildered lamentations, but with
calm patience the detective at length
drew from her the facts which he need:
ed.
“Ah!” sh cried, bitterly, “he: told me
he would make our fortune this time,
and I should have plenty’ then. He
drank everything he made before, the
wretch, and left me here in this miser-
able hole. But I'll be revenged on him
Yet!” or
As they left the room, when Mr..Tan-
had made such arrangements as
suited his good will and pleasure, he
desired Hugh to look at a photograph !
hanging in a frame over the chimney-
piece, and no sooner were they in the
street than Hugh:beheld issuing from
Mr. Taplin’s pocket .book the. duplicate
of the carte. : .
“That's the man,” observed ‘Mr. Tap-
lin at last, with a ring of triumph even
in his calm voice, “after whom I came
down to your parts. Strange, naw.
isn’t it? That was a.little matter
which took place weeks ago, and we
were altogether off the scent. Well, we
got a new track early this week, and
I went down believing, if I caught my
bird anywhere, it would be there. Then
your business turned up, and, like a
flash, it crossed my mind that in find-
ing out the one I should be carrying on
the work I came. after. 1 knew
errough of the fellow I was after to be
pretty sure that: if your notes were in
his hands, they would either come here
on their way to the Continent or go
direct to America. When I saw ‘Mrs.
Hopkins’ I was as sure as that 1
was a living man that the money was
there, for I knew JHophins was one of
my man’s s aliases.”
And so Hugh ‘Rang@all went home
again, not grudging his hundred mile
journey, inasmuch as he carried with
him £11,000—but not in his coat
pocket.—New York News.
The “Made-Up” Woman,
A very pr subject for discussion
has been opened up’ by the assertion
of ‘a ‘lady novelist that the masle-up
Woman invariably + reigns supreme
despite the rulings of moralists, and
the. prevalent superstition that ; the
sweet, gentle woman, who is neat in
her dress and nothing more is really
man’s ideal. That virtue is literally
its own reward in such cases is ihe
‘substance of the. lady RO
tack.
Qertainly clothes ‘atone vill not e
a plain or .an. unpleasant woman the
ailvantage over one ‘whose Ww ardrebe
at-
is demode, if’ the .1atfer have heauty
and grace, for it is possible 10 recall
many instances where the family zov-
erness or the vicar’s daughter © has
scored over a verifable bevy of fault-
lessly dressed women. Still, on the
whole, perhaps, it is safer for every
woman tO make the best effort she
can to enhance such charms as she
may possess and to simulate them as
York
New City.—Tucked, coats
with belts thiit contine them ihe
back and sides are oxceedingiy oe-
coming to young =i Are Among
oe
; MISSES’ TUCKED COAT.
the latest and most gttctive models
shown., This very ellent example,
is adapted both to the and
to the general wrap and to the many
costume
materials of
in’ 4 mixed brown
fancy braid. The long ines of w.the
front, provided by the tucks which
hass gver the. belr, add greatly to the
style and make a specially noteworthy
dt is shown
edged ‘with
ithe Nt nd'sori,
velvet
testuic.. The sleeves are the new ones
that sire fui! at the shoulders and are
i finished wiih roll-over cuffs.
The ai: is made with fronts, back
ind” a rm gores, and is finished
Piaf athe neck with a simplesfell-ovér
{ collar. The sleeves are full®gnd are
pleated into bands: thav are concealed
by the cuffs. The belt is .adjusted
.over the back and fronts to the, centre
tucks. where it passes through open-
ings left for the purpose and’is closed
|
.artistically as she can when nature
has not been liberal.
Beauty unadorned may and often !
does have a very good chance, but!
when by no manner of means can'!
heauty be claimed, even in unadorned
rashion, then assuredly it is decidedly |
risky, and one might almost say um-
dutiful to one’s-neighbor, not to seek
artificiality’s artful aid. No woman
with the slightest self-respect would
go about toothless or bald; she would
assuredly expect if she did that ‘the
“faked woman” would triumph over
her. And if she is justified and in- |
deed compelled by the laws of de-
cency to supply dental and hirsute de-
ficiencies, why should not a woman
who is pallid, inclined to wrinkles,
small eyed or of indifferent figure sim-
ilarly improve herself?
A Love Letter 3500 Years Old.
invisibly.
The quantity of mate
the medium size is five
Seven inches wide, two
fourth yards forty-four
quired for
iwenty-
and three-
hes wide,
rial re
yards
or
i two’ and one-cighth yards’ ffty-two
ineles wide’ with one-half yards of
elvet and one and three-fourth yards
|
| +
1
x braid te trim as illustrated.
——
Double-Quilled Crown Band.
The. crown bands on hats intended
io be-weorn on cool morn etl the
mountains are quite different tl i any-
thing seen before.
: To begin with, thoy resemble a cart-
ridge belt more than anything else,
and have donno tier of qiillings
of ribbons around the crows: The
lower quilling is of light-col rib-
hon, the upper one a very
‘of the same color or of
be used for the lower
sed is of a heavy, ha quality.
The quilling is stit ough to a1
in the British Museum is a love let- :
ter to an Egyptian princess 3 3500 years
old and inscribed on a brick. What
must the court have looked like dur-
ngs a breach of promise case in those
days
o
ia
a stockade
: Jow¢ 1
also
r a little
edge of th
broad en
on tae brim
to lie
of the felt
worn
id For
aime
SENET
IA
lz Ses
Creanr-colored felt hats hand-
! spite thus immed with two shades of
lrown ribbon or with’ cream and deep
| dear Brown. 3
{+i A ‘swirling plume of
feathers, poised slightly
| the front, falls down
{ belt doubie guillings,
ale
cock’s
lett of
broad
white
to the
the
aver
of
| 5 RR idaluri ‘For Sehiool Girls.
school girls lai Ln serge aud
Scoteh Plaids will be the favorite ma-
terials. Up to fourte on Years. the choice
| of make is between the sailor suit
| and. the Russign-Dlouse. frock. Girls
from- eight “to fourteeh years: waar
knickerbockers. for school, and. play-
Ftlnte instead of ile >. under their
t dress shifts now; {lic pri Attic 1 sida of
| this fashion, lis recommended it to
most mothers who have the comfort of
their childrens at. héayt, These knick-
crhiockers are made to matell the dress;
{in awiiter of serge, in sumer of ging-
ham cor linen.—F Li on Number of
Jatper’s Bazak., :
5 a".
Kilted skirt. With Round Yoke.
Skips: that ,,gre: pleated , below a
| smooth fitting -yoke are among the
| smartest of all smart things for the
1 .
coming
out |
season and. wilt .be. worn for
costumes. . This one is pe-
wly thie and attractive and is 80°
arranged gs to give a plain effect at
the front, whieh ie always desirable.
As illus trated, ~it* is made of chevipt
in mixed shades of: brown and tan,
~
trimmed with handsome brown braid,
but is suited to ali seasonable mate-
As a matter of course fhe trims
ming ean be varied to ¢uit individual
taste, but the little straps coming from
beneath cach pleat are tuinently styl
ish and attractive,
The skirt is cut in seven gores and is
laid in backward turning pleats which
moet at the centre back, where the
closing is made. The yoke is circular
and i8 stitched to the skirt with cor-
ticelli silk, the trimming straps con-
lccaling the seam at sides and back.
As illustrated, it is .made in instep
length, which is the prevailing one for
the jncoming season, but can be made
still shorter whenever desired.
The quantity of material required for
tho medium. size is eight and one-half
ROUND YOKE,
| EILTED SKIREL WIfd
rds twenty-seven
1 ore-fourth yards 10
or five yards fifty-two
3 side, five
inches
inches
3
jan
| wide,
| wide
i
ty-four
Putting Children t» Bed Early.
Don’t let your children sit up late.
Yow.need and ought to have some time
to yourself, and it will be ‘bad for the
children; as well as for, vou. if: you
don’t get it. Get vour thoughts direct-
ed into fresh channels: or in time you
will find it difficult to tail of:anything
except the house the children.—Ameri-
can Ques. :
re
: : Now Bdtare in Belts.
The hewest th belts and nefkwear'is
white linen: or canvas; embroidered Jn
gold, and silver threads, re “quaint de-
signs « embossad JAY mes <..of padding.
All this is the finest hard vork and is
correspondingly expensive. © Lo
An odd feature of the Welt 18 tits!
buckle, which closely resembles a pho-
tograph frame, being exceedingly
large, oblong and covered in the em-
broidered linen. rn
For the ands:
The exigencies of domestic life make
many people treat their: hands as if
they were insensitive things. The fol-
lowing simple rufes may bring each
sufferer solid ¢omfort.” The hands are
to. be rubbed at might ‘with a ‘mixture
of lanoline, one part, ahd sweet al-
mond oil, threc paris. - Large gloves
of kid or leather are then to be worn,
says the Kansas. City Journal.
! For washing the hands the best soap
and warm water must he used; and it is
preferable to employ a lather. Rinsing
spd uw ays follow a lather,
‘ “Dressing Sacque Parties.
The bachelor girl gives little dress-
ing sacque parties. Her guests come in
shirtwaists and separate skints, but the
bachelor girl wears a dressing sacque
and Wilk petticoat. This sounds odd.
But, really, the dressing sacque is a
marvel in frills and is made of the fin-
pst lawn and needlework and the silk
petticoat is a wonderful thing in ruf-
fles’ and lace. lt can cost anything up
o $50. Of course, with the silk petti-
toat the bachelor girl wears. a bewitch-
ing pair of French-heeled slippers and
fer hair is done low, in girlish fashion,
with a bow of ribbon at the back.
The Too Kind Mother. :
Too little selfishness on the part of
a mother is apt to beget too much of it
in her children and her husband, says
The California Ladies’ Magazine. Per-
petual surrender of her rights” and
privileges bree”: corresponding indif-
ference and neglect from the family
without their realizing it.
long yielded all the new dresses to her
daughters that they thin anything
will do for her.
“She doesn’t care much about going
out, anyway. There's no use asking
her to take a ride or to go to the pic:
nic; she’s used to staying at home.”
About French Beauty.
Marcel Prevost, the well - known
French novelist and dramatist, has
raised a storm of protest-in Paris by
making the following assertion:
French women are never beautiful
now. Many of them are pretily, and one
never sees a plain Parisienne, but their
prettiness is due to their toilets. They
have engaging looks that are well
manipulated. Color comes and goes,
but their maids can fetch and carry it.”
M. Provost declares that there is, no
such thing in Paris as masculine beau-
ty. He says he agrees with Taine,
that men are extremely ugly nowadays,
‘and that if in an assemblage of men a
really handsome Frenchman were to
appear it would cause unpleasant com-
ment, and the man would have to go
home and disfigure himself in order to
retain a good reputation.
“Jewel Don'ts.
Don't set sapphires in gold if your
hair be black or gray—try silver, ivory,
green, gray or white enamel.
Don’t grudge the expense of an ex-
periment—look upon it as the price of
a lesson. The best lessons are those we
give ourselves.
Don’t fail ‘to seek the sapphire if
your eyes approach the “violet” of ro-
mance—the association with the same
will . make the eye seem deeper and
more gem-like.
Don’t think that stones and colors
must “match” to harmonize. Find a
variety of tone in variety of stones.
Study sapphire, jade, and lapis-lazuli
together for example, and then try for
a background of brocade that will car-
ry the harmony still farther.
Don’t wear your mistakes after you
know them, even though they “cost
money.” You will always feel dissatis-
fied and uncomfortable while they gre
on your person.
Color and Weather.
The woman who is always tastily
dressed considers the weather “when
choosing which gown to wear. Of
>» the weather may change sudden-
ly, t a general observance of the ef-
fect of weather upon color is usually
possible.
Red, pink or any color largely made
up of rese is not pretty when worn in
the sun on a hot says the Pitts-
burg Press
day
She has so.
| fice.
/ apply. cold water 2nd then Sup:
Green and white in combination are
prettiest on warm days. Pale hiue and
white, pale blue, vinlet shades largely
of blue, cream, color apd soft white ma-
terials are attractive on warm days.
In winter time co? during : ved “Tall
months or even on 1d SUMINCT evens
ing. nothing is prettier than réa. iis
very warmth .adds fo its beauty. At
evening coolness malas the color at
fractive. The pink des arc always
effective when .-under the shade of
frees. Therefore pink sowns, dre ore &
‘ty atzlawn parties. a :
.. We seek what charms us, whether it
-be color or personal
‘to appear at their
If women’ wish
they: will ob
serve little things. The big things will
tdle ‘care of themselves.
best
Teach Girls ‘Cook.
Let Zitls learn to cook, and let them
learn to do it weil: No girl has a
right to marry and go into a house of
her own until she: ‘theroughly under- |
stands how to superintend every §
branch of housekeeping, and'to dc this
1a
of how “to do things herself. let gitls |
have a part of the home housekecning
before they marry. says the Philadel-
phia «Public Ledger. It does not take’;
half the.iime nor-such great exertign:
to see that the house is properly swept’
and dusted and put in order, to prepare
cakes and puddings and make dainty
mixtures to tempt the appetite, as it
does to follow a golf ball for a morn-
ing- or to, fly around a tennis court. It
is all very. well to say that men need
an intellectual companion, and one who |
enters into ad is: interested in all their |
pursuits. ‘So they do, and the fact is
that, as a rule, men marry without |
thinking whether, the woman chosen is
capable of preparing a meal or not. lt
is.a pity that they are so short-sighted.
as. not only a man’s health and cheer-
fulness. but, in a measure, his success
in life depends very much on the kind
oft food he eats—in fact, the whole
household is influenced by diet.
First Aid at Home.
It is wise to have in the earliest
household accumulations means for
quickly relieving the pains of scalds,
and burns which are insepara ble fro
household duties. If such injuries are
severe one should not rely upen home
treatment, , bit send for a physician at
once, for the patient will Hndoubtedl ;
sh
the nervous si
Heral
cal treatment for
sustained, says the Portsmouth
While waiting for the doctor,
clean white cloth in sweet oil and
over ‘the burn to exclude all air.
‘sweet oil is not at hand, use melted:
lard, pure beef or mutton tallow mel
ed, or vaseline. If the patient is £
give .a' stimulant and apply sm
salts to the nostrils. In cases of: :
burns prompt home treatment wi
If the blister is only slight, quick
the:
of flour and water end tie one itn a
cloth, A solution of bicarbonate 0
soda, one teagpoonful to four parts |
water, will relieve the stinging of cv
a deep burn. In halt an hour alter th 5
application carefully press out the i
cumulated fluid from the blister ami
apply an oil dressing. Equal parts
linseed oil and lime water make an €
cellent dressing; it is used by the PL
fession and should be kept in 28
home for emergencies: )
fam
: Fashion Notes.
i return to black for eTeRiDg wear
is predicted. ?
Silver brnaments set B, cpals are
among the jewelry novelties.
waist ie is on “the ine
Java linen in white and ulusishades
is- a favorite material for morning
gowns. :
A novelty in braid used for edging
the seams of a gown gives the as
pearance of piping.
White alpaca embroidered in bite
and scarlet and finished with sash op
L iberty silk mkes an efiective bathing
suit.
For the {
fair automobilist the newest
cap is of a heavy grade of khaki, with
peak of Chinese goatskin, in dark
green flecked with gold. ;
Many of the new gloves a-¢ lined
with contrasting colors or have a {rill
of lace set on with shirred ribbens and
falling over the glove tone. a
Gold and mother of pearl trim mings
have had a long ‘day, but they will be
used as much as ever mext season ‘for
the decoration of evening gowns.
Large hats are much to the fore at
summer festivities. They are worn
very: muck uplifted on one. cide and
low on the forehead after the fashiom
of the Gainsborough and Reynolds.
Quaint little:jackets of the fine crim-
son cloth, or cashmere, made in the
cemi-sacque shape and finished with
black silk fringe, lace, or jy semen
terie, are being worn in Paris as sup-
plementary wraps, and are particila
ly effective with white dresses
she must have. a ‘pragtical knowledge ©
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