QUITE A BLOW FOR THE LOAFER. An honest. Industrious Oopher One day, to bis Jov. found a loaf o' Bread. "This In my hole 1 will stow for A rainy day," chuckled the Oopher. It chanced that an Indolent Ijoafer Was watching, and pried be. "(. hoi" for Thought he, "There's no show for th Mt Room Too I.Welr. "But I think my guest room Is the most successful-la the whole house.' aid the mistress, complacently. "It's o bright and cheerful." So It was. The 'walls were papered to white, strewn thickly and at regular Intervals with bunches of pink roses tied with light blue bows. The carpet, tn old rose, was dotted with groups of flowers, and so was the covering of the chairs and lounge. The dress table, the over-cnrtalns, the bed cov erlet, all showed the same floral effect. To cap the climax, the celling was frescoed with cherubs and bouquets of flowers, connected by true lovers' knots or festoons of ribbons. Nowhere was there a foot of plain urfae. Wherever the eye turned were designs, patterns, decoration of omo sort. It was such a restless room. One would no more think of going to sleep In such an overdressed apartment than at a vaudeville show. This Is a mistake. Artistically, the effect is at the same time monotonous and distracting. Physiologically, the effect is distinctly unpleasant upon peo ple with sensitive or jaded nerves. Guests, even the liveliest of them, sometimes retire to their rooms with headaches that overtake the most robust at times, and at such moments these beflowered, bespattered rooms may be a real annoyance. Chicago In ter-Ocean. Shop Alone. Don't take a friend along when ynu go shopping that is, if It is important chopping. There isn't one woman in a thousand who can help advising you "for your own good" and resenting it hotly if you don't follow her advice slavishly. Perhaps yon're one of the people who think they don't know what they want. In reality, you know very well what you don't want which is a long step in the right direction. And if you're persuaded Into getting something yon have the least feeling against, you'll hate it unreasonably when you might eo much better be hating either your own Indecision or the too decided opin ions of your friend. When you've almost made up your mind to a purchase something a bit extravagant, perhaps and need some thing in the nature of moral support, then is the time to get hold of the decided friend. You want to be per suaded into getting that thing, though you don't admit it, but when somebody , agrees with you (and friends always obligingly help you to be extravagant) that you really need it, you get in a flurry of gratitude for such helpful ad vice. Asking advice upon shopping expedi tions is delicate business, and you must be sure that it Is likely to agree with your own secret desires before you venture to court it. Philadelphia North American. Women Who Toll. We had the other day the report of two ladies whom a benevolent curiosity toad led to explore factory life in dis guise. The life seemed neither refined nor attractive. The labor must be in tensely monotonous and dull. The only bright features appear to be dress and flirtation. Nothing can possibly be learned in the factory which could be of the slightest service to a wife or mother. To the consequent discom fort of a home may probably be set down many of the cases of wife deser tion, an offense which appears to be on the increase. The same probably would be found to be sometimes the onrce of wife-beating, which, with the tendency to resort to violence now prevalent, It is proposed to punish by public flogging in the belief, apparent ly, that conjugal harmony would thus be restored. But, then, it must be owned, the factory girl has independ ence after factory hours, limited, though dull and monotonous work; her Sunday to herself. She has companion ship, which, where only one servant Is kept, is lacking, and which, no donbt, 1 Aften a cause of ffestlessuesg.. She lias the sentimental satisfaction of call ing nobody master or mistress, though a master she really has, and a stern one. We cannot wonder that the fac tory, in competition with domestic , service, has Its attractions, incon venient as the effect may be. Goldwln . Smith, in Independent: The Married Maa. The man himself finds that marriage lias not changed him at all; he admires n pretty girl as much as he ever did, jind will not actually go a mile out of his way to avoid cue. Moreover, he will be polite to her nnd seek to please her; harmlessly, of course, but her charm inspires him to his regular old time genuflections and other chivalrous mid Cbesterfleldiau antics. This, of course, is permissible, as we all know; his wife may be pretty, or prettier, than she ever was, but she is his, you know, and so why waste ammunition? To say that she, too, still likes atten tion seems monstrous and astounding f6 him; he forgets thnt she is Just the same woman as he is just the same man, and courtliness appeals to her .also just as much os ever. But he is loo dunderheaded to perceive this; he bias married her, aud thinks in his own (inimitable masculine way that this Ishould be enough for any woman. So sometimes along comes another man who perceives how things are; he likes .tlils pretty little woman, and grieves te see ker receive such short shrift of attention, and the girl is surprised to find how sweet are the old familiar courtesies she knew as a girl. In stantly, if the man be like most men, the husband resents it, becomes un bearably Jealous, and berates his wife much more seriously than there is any need. The termination of the matter varies in each case, but how angry wonld the husband be did you tell him it was all his fault. He would be amazed were you to hint that his in dignation was asininity rather than a Just righteousness. For such is his in consistency that he thinks he has right still to appreciate pretty girls and their ways, but denies his wife the right to appreciate good-looking men and their ways. The moral of all this is, gentlemen, that if you pay no at tention to your sweet little wife, do not be surprised if another man does. Philadelphia Telegraph. Woman Manages Two Farms. Living all alone on a farm eight miles from Brodhead, retiring and practically unknown beyond the circle of her friends, Miss Lucinda Lake personally manages two farms in the neighborhood of Brodhead aggregat ing 200 acres. She hires men to work in the timber lands during the winter, and she also transacts all the business connected with extensive real estate holdings in the Dakotas, besides look ing after the rentals and sales of city property in Brodhead. Miss Lake is wealthy, although she disclaims the fact. She is a success, but she modestly refuses to admit It She is a spinster nnd takes pride in the fact. She is exceedingly generous and charitable. Money which Miss Lake gives for charity she earns by hard work on the farm, hiring herself instead of a man and only allowing herself twenty-five cents a day, be cause she cannot put In ns long hours at outdoor work as ft man could. By clearing away brush and burning out stumps she earned a generous contri bution toward the private rescue work among Milwaukee's unfortunate girls and other lines of work in which she Is Interested. Eccentric in many ways. Miss Lake orders her entire life by the same un bending system which regulates her charity giving. She allows herself twenty-five cents a day for board and clothes, the stipulated amount for clothing being $25 a year. Sleeping always with a revolver within reach, practising frequently at shooting at a mark, and determined in her decision to shoot without warn ing any one who attempts to enter her house unbidden, she is not afraid of being molested. Neighbors who visit her in the evening speak from the gate In order not to frighten her, and also to avoid accidents. "I have never bad an unpleasant ex perience." said Miss Lake yesterday. When I first began living alone I was afraid that the boys might play jokes' on me and that I might injure them; but I let them know thnt I had a re volver. One of them came to me one day and asked me if I could shoot. I invited him to go out with me and see me practice, and you can be sure that the boys don't bother. "I rent out portions of the farms and only hire men myself for the timber land work In the winter. Even then I try as much as possible to get the men to do the work by the piece, for I have found that when I hire them by the day there ismnch more danger of tnejr imposing on me. ainwauKee Sentinel. Hats are still on me eccentric order, A very good fur for moderate purses is Russian marten. It closely resem bles sable, and is quite serviceable. A genuine Directoire style was seen in a biscuit-colored coat combined with a slightly darker shade of heavy satin. So many dainty coats and jackets, even those of fur, arc made with elbow sleeves that a new use for fur has been devised. Sleeves are. as It were, tentative of medium size in many instances, of ex aggeratedly large or small size in others. Again crinoline is threatened in the width of the skirts, which, to the un initiated glance, seem surely to re quire artificial means to hold them out. Long gloves of glace kid or suede ore lined with fur, and are sold to be worn with the short sleeves. They are a little thick and nnwieldly, to tell the truth. Ermine is as popular as ever, and there is a fancy for coats of all white ermine without the touch of black nnd lemon color furnished by the tail of the admired animal. In regard to colors, we are going to have a cheerful winter. The cult of color is a fetich of the hour, and greens, additionally to be employed en masse, are disclosing themselves in the further serviceable light of contrast. For rough use good serviceable coats of tweed and frieze mixtures are of fered. These are usually loose fitting, half-long coats, belted or merely se cured in the back by a buttoned-on strap. They are double-breasted and very warm and comfortable. ' Listeners. Three little crickets, sleek ami black. Whose eyes with mihchlef glistened. Climbed up one another's hack And at a keyhole listened. The topmost one cried out, "Oho ! I hear two people shaking ! I can't quite see them yet. and BO TH Just continue peeking." Boon Iot and g rami ma be could see. Tea-party they were playing; And as he listened closely, he lilstlnctly hoard Dot laying: ' "This pretty little table here Will do to spread the treat on: And I n III get a cricket, dear. For yott to put your feet on." The cricket tumbled down with fright J "Hun tor your life, my broth-ra : Fly. fly ;' He xi'mldcd out of eight : And so did both the others. l aiolyn Wells. In St. Nicholas. Wonders of Lycopodium. Lycopodium powder consists of the spores or needs) of a certain kind of moss. It is one of the finest and light est powders known and is very pecu liar lu many respects. You can obtain the powder from any druggist, and if you will half-fill a bottle with it aid tilt it backwards and forwards you will notice that it runs almost as freely as water. This is because the particles are so fine that they slip over each other easily. Get a bafdn of water and dust over the surface of it a light layer of the powder. Now plunge your finger into the water to the depth of an inch or bo, and when you take your finger out you will find that it is not wet, but that a thin coating of the powder will be clinging to it. This Is because the powder will not mix with the water, and being very fine, it covers the finger as it passes through It. and prevents the water from wetting it. In the same way you may lower a coin Into the water tied to a thread and neither coin nor thread will be wet when removed. If yott drop some water on the layer of powder, instead of joining the water beneath, it will gather itself into drops looking like beads on the surfaco of the powder. Now dust some of the powder over a piece of glass and look through it at a candle flame. Around the flame you will see a halo hh if a fog or a mist had gathered between it and you. This is because the particles of pow der are just about the size of the wa ter particles in a fog nnd naturally enough, they catch and refract the rays of light in the same way. If you will put a little of the pow der on a piece of paper r,nd blow it smartly into the candle flame a sud den flash of light will result. This is done at times on the stage to imitate lightning, but you will use only a lit tle powder, as your lightning should be of the "miniature" kind. More Haste, Less Speed. . "I wish I could live on the farm al ways, grandpa," said Maurice. "I think farm work Is fun. What are you going to do today, grandpa?" "Drop corn down in the meadow patch." "Oh, can I help you?" "You may drop it in the small patoh back of the barn. You'll get tired of it when you have that done. Run and get one of Aunt Mary's aprons to hold the corn." A few moments later, arrayed in a calico apron, Maurice appeared in the gralnhouse, and grandpa filled his apron with corn. "Remember, just seven kernels in each hill, Maurice," called grandpa, as he went into the next menlow. He counted the kernels with' great care autl let them tlrop slowly through his fingers. How pretty the yellow corn looked in the brown earth! But soon It grew warm. He looked to see how many hills he had filled. Only two and a half rows, and there were seven more. He decided that there was no hse in really counting the kernels. It took too long, and he could guess at it just as well. Soon the apron was empty but there were still three rows. He ran to grandpa for more corn. "More corn: Why, Maurice, how's this? I gave you enough to fill that patch. Are you sure you put only seven kernels in each hill?" "I didn't count," faltertl Maurice. Grandpa said nothing bin. walked through the field and looked Into the. hills. In one were twelve, in another sixteen, and in a third twenty kernels. "Why, Maurice!" he said. "I'll pick out the extra ones if you want me to," said Maurice, reluctant ly, for his arms were aching. "Well, perhaps it will make you more thoughtful next time," replied grandpa. At noontime, when Maurice started wearily for the house, grandpa said, in merry tones: "Well, little man, have you decided that it's true?" "What's true, grandpa?" "Oh, that's my riddle, Maurice, and the answer is a proverb.. Do you know It, Maurice?" Maurice thought and Maurice flushed, and then Maurice looked straight at grandpa. "I'm pretty sure I do know It now," he said. Sunshine. A Birthday Party. Birthday parties are generally' given on the (Saturday or Sunday following the birthday for the reason that on these days the children are free from school. If the birthday occurs during the school vacation the party is given an the same .day. It generally begins at 2 o'clock aad ends shortly after lark. Some very nice purty Invitations can be bought ready to fill out with the name, place and date for 10 to BO cents. But if one chooses, the Invita tion may be written. Very pretty decorations for the rooms In which the party Is to be held can be bought at most department stores for aj small amount or, if one wishes, crepe and other colored paper can be used to great advantage in decorating. In this case it Is a good plan to cover all chandeliers and pic ture frames with crepe paper to match the walls nnd celling, and . to have several chains of colored paper hang ing around the room. It increases the effect if little ornaments, also made of paper, hang from the walls. , If there are any "grown-ups" pres ent the party usually begins by having each child recite a piece. After this games are played. The game of milk man Is one good game. In this a boy Is chosen to be the milkman and Is supposed to sell milk to each player. He then psks each If the milk was all right. The buyer replies that there was something in it, naming a thing such as a match or a needle. The milkman asks all sorts of questions, to which the only reply must be the thing found in the milk. If the player laughs or answers wrong he must give a forfeit and the next one is ques tioned. The one who keeps answering questions the longest has one forfeit after another held in back of him and tells what the owner must do to re gain It. This is a very laughable game if played right. A variation of thls-4s the game of "Old Bachelor," which is played like the game of milkman, with the excep tion that the one chosen to be the bachelor asks, "What will you give im old bachelor to keep house with," The player names some article and must stick to it, no matter what ques tions are put to him. GHd games can be bought at the stores. Shortly after 4 o'clock refreshments are served. These usually consist ot hot chocolate and cake, Ice cream, crackers and candy. If desired, place cards can be used, with little pictures Illustrating sports for the boys and flowers for the girls. Little fancy slianed pasteboard boxes full of candy are often placed beside each plate while on the plate Itself or In a large bowl in the centre of the table are the paper caps which grace nearly every party. Many children have birthday cakes with candles on them, one candle for each year. Another way Is to have lowers built of cakes stuck together with icing. There .should be as many cakes In each tower as the years the one giving the party is old. After the refreshments more games are played. Prizes are given to the winners in one of them, generally the game of donkey party, in which the object ia to put a tall on the donkey while one is blindfolded. If you can hire a magician he should begin to perform now. If not, you can entertain the guests by acting a play on a toy stage. These stages are equipped with scenery and dolls to act and with the help of the book which comes with them two children can act a whole play with very little difficulty. When it begins to get dark the last feature of the party is announced This is the giving of souvenirs Enough souvenirs are bought so that each child ca.n have one. They are separated into two divisions those for the boys and those for the girls. All those! for the boys are numbered one two, and so on. Those for the girls are lettered A. B. and b'o forth. Then two muskmelon shells whose Interiors have been removed through a small hole in the top of each are. taken. In one are put numbers corresponding to the numbers on the boys' souvenirs, each being attached to a green ribbon The same is done to the letters and the other muskmelon. When the time comes to distribute the souvenirs each boy und girl takes hold of one ribbon, pulls out a number or letter and re ceives whatever It stands .for. This way of distributing is of course un necessary, but it gives a pleasant fin ishing touch to the whole party. B. Drachman (aged 13), New York City, In the Tribune Farmer. Crows. "He's what they call a crow,,M said a well-informed police witness at Brentford of a certain youth, ex plaining that a "crow" is one whe stands on guard while his associates are busy robbing, to warn them of ap proaching police, or other undesir ables. The word Is thieves' slang of considerable standing. In 1SG2, for Instance, the Conihill Magazine men tioned it as a technical term for a woman who kept such a watch for a burglar. An explanation that at once suggests Itself is that this confeder ate is expected to "crow" or give some such warning noise, but the word may well point to some study of natural history In criminal circles. Those familiar "crows" rooks are accustomed to post sentinels to signal the coming of danger. London Chron icle. He Promises. Sunday School Teacher And I hope that, hereafter, no matter how angry any one makes you, you won't swear. The Tough Boy No, ma'am. I'll try to bold me tongue an' jes' punci him in de nose. (lopher That bread with a hoe I will go for." The T.oarer for sure came to woe, for He fled at a pace far from slow, for The Oopher kv chase to the Ixiafer. I give you my word this la go, for It may seem peculiar, I know, fur A Loafer to hoe for a loaf or A Gopher to go for a loafer. Utt. JUST FOR FUN Mrs. Callahan Moike! Molke! Wek up; ut's tolme t' take y' insomnia mid- icine. ruck. Mr. Blinks One of ray ancestors fell at Waterloo. Lady Clare Ah? Which platform? Punch. "It does Beem odd the only one of my man friends who became estrang ed from me through my marriage is my huBband." Life. "Ma!" "What Is it?" "Is the stuff in that bottle hay rum?" "Mercy, no! It's mucilage." "I guess that's why 1 can't get my cap off." Cleveland Leader. Scribbles Wright's new book, "Life In the Slums" failed to make a hit, I hear. Dribbles Yes. He had no Idea of poverty only poverty of ideas. Chicago Dally News. "Do you deal In second-hand auto mobiles? If you do, I want to sell you mine." "Yes, sir, we do. How long have you had your machine?" "Since this morning." Life. Landlady Are you aware, Mr. Ski doo, that the less one eats the longer one lives? Mr. Skidoo (with his mouth full) Sure! But what's the use of living that way? Judge. "What's de ol' deacon doing'?" "Prayin' for a Thanksglvln' turkey. "Reckon he'll get it?" "Well, it's 'cordln' ter how high de turkey roosts!" Atlanta Constitution. "So you still think that every man has his price?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "And a lot of the little fellows manage to do some scandalous overcharging." Washing Star. Clliman Yon don't have many vis itors out here, do you? Subbubs O! yes; coming and going nearly every day. Clttman Mostly women, I sup pose. Subbubs Yes; servant girls. Philadelphia Press. Mr. Gollywhat Er did your sister say anything after I called yesterday afternoon, Ethel? Ethel No, she's joined the "Count-Ten-Before-You- Speak League," but she looked fierce Chicago Daily News. Painter "What model are you go ing to get to pose for your statue of Fallen Greatness? Sculptor Have not decided yet whether it'll be a life insurance president or a political . Detroit Free Press. "Mr. Blnx out?" asked the caller. "Yes," answered the junior partner. "When will he be back?" "I don't know. Binx doesn't know. Nobody knows. He went out on his new auto mobile." Washington Star. "Well," said Nuritch, showing Kan dor through his new house, "what do you think ot the lurnlshln's?" "They show a great deal of taste," replied Kandor. "Ah, think so?" "Yes, but It's all bad." Philadelphia Press. "Do you think the Panama Canal will be a good thing?" "I don't know," 'answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "There is bo much prejudice against graft that good things are getting scarcer every year." Washington Star. Publisher The trouble with you Is that you don't spend enough time ov er your work. This last novel of yours seems unfinished. Author But you wanted it in a hurry. Pub lisherTrue. But you might have spent a couple of days more on It Town and Country. "I think," said the roan who is pol itically ambitious, "that I will succeed In convincing our friends that my money is not tainted." "That Isn't the point just now," answered Sena tor Sorghum.' "The first thing is to convince them that you've really got the moaey." Washington Star. Shepherd What are all volunteers doing out today? Volunteer They're all out scouting. Shepherd And what are you doing? Volunteer I'm scout ing, too. Shepherd And what la scouting, please? Vplunteer Weel, to tell the truth, I dlnna ken, but we're a' on the scout together! Punch. "Why don't you put a stop to the mad career of these railways? asked the man who is always Indignant. "My dear sir," answered Senator Sorghum, "I haven't thought of it. But there Is no sense in a man standing on the track and defying the locomotive, when he might just as well be in a parlor car looking at the scenery." Washington Star. "I believe," said Mrs. Oldcaetle, "that what a boy Is depends largely upon his environment." "I know It," replied her hostess as she carelessly toyed with her jewel box. "There was my cousin Ebenezer's boy. Hi never knew what It was to have a well day until the doctors found out that it was his environment, and cut it out." Chicago Record Herald. There are over fifteen thousand post-oOce savin banks In England. Hew York City. The shirt waist is garment that appears to admit of variations without number. Illus trated Is one of the latest which lei la every way to be desired nnd which can be made from all walsting uia- terlals. As illustrated French flannel In American Beauty red is simply Utched with beldiug silk autl fin ished with handsome buttons, but while flannel is much liked for waists of cold weather, henriettn and veiling also are to be noted and there are a great many washable waistings that are equally correct. The style of the waist Is a very generally satisfactory one, the tucks providing becoming lines and giving a double box pleated effect while there is only moderate fulness. The waist Is made with a fitted lin ing, which can be used or omitted as material renders desirable, und Itself consists of the fronts, buck, yoke and the box pleat, which Is cut full length and applied over the edge of the right front. The sleeves ure In regulation style with the cuffs of the latest width. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four yards twenty-one, three and one-quarter yards twenty-seven or one r.ntl seven eight yards forty-four Inches wide. The Slipper. A satin slipper, which conies In black nnd colors, is trimmed with a huge Fierrot rosette of tulle edced with a flue Hue of beads. This slipper in Full Skirts. One of the most favored decorations for the full skirts that are so much In vogue are round pastilles of silk or velvet, applied with buttonholing di rectly to the fabric. The velvet is usually of the chiffon variety, while when silk is used- It is either chame leon or plalded. These round coins or pastilles are mounted upon canvas or crinoline. When applied with button holing the edges are left raw, the foundation cut In a trifle frm the whlte satlu and gold beads is very attractive. Breakfast Jacket. Such a .tasteful breakfast Jacket as this ouo Is sure to find Its place, no matter how many others may, already be Included In the wardrobe. It is charmingly graceful and can be relied upon to be very generally becoming. It Is loose enough for comfort while it Is snug enough to be attractive and altogether fulfills every possible re quirement. In this case the material Is one of the new cashmeres that give n shadow effect, the color being pale blue and the trimming ecru lace, but the jacket would be equally appro priate for almost oil the lighter weight wools and also for the simple silks that are used for garments of the sort. The Jacket is made with the fronts and back. The back Is tucked to give a box pleated effect nnd there is a fitted girdle arranged over the waist line, which serves to confine the fulness nnd which makes an Important char acteristic. At the neck Is the big wide collar that gives a cape efTect and the sleeves are full, in three-quarter length, finished with prettily pointed frills. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and three- DKSION BT MAT MASTTOO. GIRL S COSTUME, (170. eighth yards twenty-seven, four yards thirty-two of two and one-eighth yards forty-four inches wide with six and three-quarter yards of binding to trim as illustrated. edge: but when they are to be attached invisibly the edges are turned under, and the catching stitch Is applied from the under side of the goods. Graded sizes ninke the best impression in this mode, the larger ones at the edge, and the ize diminishes from the hem upward. In England, where fads and fashions change slowly and the roads are good, bicycle manufacturers are still doing a good business.
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