WHEN. What Flirting Costs. The girl who is flirting with half a dozen men has not the time to give any one man the chance to know her, and she Is, therefore, losing her op portunity of getting a good husband. While she is flirting here, there, and everywhere with her numerous admir ers, the home girl is making herself attractive and indispensable to one man. He sees how sweet she is in her home life, how her parents and little brothers and sisters love and rely upon her and the next step is that he Imagines her in his home, tue mother of his children. After that lie is not long in making up his mind that she is the ' one" wo man. . For the Breakfast Room. No breakfast room is so cozy as the one which contains a well appointed and well-stocked desk in the sunniest window ready to turn to for the imme diate answering of the mail which has been perused at breakfast. English women who understand the art of let ter and uote writing better than any women In the world, following this plan, and have certain other customs which come under the class of letter writing made easy. Letter paper Is bought by the quan tity, stamps are bought by the hun dred, and pens by the gross, any of which outlay would be considered an unheard-of extravagance by the ordin ary American woman, who buys her writing materials in driblets that are small and Btingy as compared with her lavish expenditures in other direc tions. Chicago Tribune. The Dress of Paris. Spring Is essentially the season for the trotteur frock, so useful for morn ing wear, writes Edouard I-a Fontaine In the Delineator. For walking costumes, cloth Is less and less used and fancy materials are now more a la mode. Small cheeks, stripes, especially in black and white, are In favor, and gray is very popular. Every kind of light, transparent ma terial, either plain or finely striped, will be much worn, and the voiles will be more than usually fine and light, no , woollen voiles, but Bilk with a mat ef fect so dull Indeed that it looks like Wool. These soft materials lend them selves very successfully to the new fashion. : The new trend of fashion is I toward the long, stipple, flowing folds, consequently silk as we have known It, ' Is no longer In vogue, but Its place Is taken by "Radium," a silk material that Is at once brilliant, soft and strong. It can be had plain, glace, printed, striped, spotted, covered with Bmall designs, either noticeable or al most Imperceptible, jet which rings a change on the perfectly plain mater ial. Chiffon faille, revived with added beauty and softness of weave, is ex tremely popular, and crepe de chine with the countless varieties of ' lacn that Is to be found on the market are as popular as ever. ' Long lace coats, which were so much admired last year, will still be worn, as well as short vests and boleros. The princess and empire effects seem to be the prevailing styles. '' Housekeeping for Two. To keep house for two people is, to use the words of a woman who provides for six, "nothing but play," "Doll housekeeping" is what another heavily burdenad housewife calls It. Certainly the woman who has only one person besides herself to cater for can not call It drudgery. The main difficul ty she experiences Is In dividing cook book receipts and in cutting down provisions so that there shall be no surplus to go to waste. It Is not only difficult to buy food in quantities small enough for a meal for two people, but It is very expensive. For Instance, a Jar of orange marmalade Just big enough for two is 10 cents, and one three and one-half times as large and containing enough for several meals is only 13 cents. How to use up left-overs is a prob lem that must confront the caterer for two persons. When purchasing meat It la a good plan to get enough for two meals. Then the table will not look bare and there will be a sufficient quantity for a second meal. Cooking experts disagree as to the amount of - meat needed in such a case, one writ er declaring that one pound is enough and another two pounds. Of course this depends entirely on. the number of dishes served with the meat. For two women a pound and a quar .sr or a pound and a half of porter house steak has been found sufficient for two meals. The meat was served as a steak for dinner the first day, and the tough end, which is always a part of this cut, was made into croquettes, or German beef cakes, the next day, This supply might be more than enough If several vegetables were served with it, but It was 'barely enough when only two vegetables and -- - tF- -Oil ft U IP i a simple dessert made up the bill ol fare. A two-pound porterhouse will usual ly be needed it one of the two people Is a man. The "lough end' should be removed' before serving and laid aside for beef cakes. A certain dietician allows an average of three-fourths of a pound of steak to a erson. It is always more economical to buy a roast than steak or chops, if the family is not averse to made over dishes. A four-pound top sirloin roast will last two persons three meals and sometimes longer. A turkey for two Is out of the ques tion unless they are willing to live on turkey hash for about a week. But a chicken is desirable, not only ou ac count of its small size but because so many delicate dishes, such as salad, croquettes and scalloped chicken Is about as small as can be made from the leftovers. A three pound chicken is about as small as can be had for roasting. The left-overs from the first meal can be turned Into delicious scalloped chicken, and the bones into a small tureenful of soup. In ordering a chicken it Is better to ask for a bird smaller than you real ly desire, for the butcher will be sure to send a larger, one. You will meet the same difficulty in ordering other meat, especially a roast, which is cut before being weighed. A housewife of an economical turn of mind may pur chase round instead of porterhouse steak and stuff It. A woman who be lieves that the attractive appearance of dishes goes a long way in making a meal enjoyable stuffs a veal cutlet. For stuffing steaks and cutlets pre pare a highly seasoned bread crumb stuffing and heap it ou the steak or cutlet; then pull up the edges over the stuffing, so that It does not show (or roll up the meat), and tie it with a stout string or skewer it well. When it comes on the table It will look like an expensive dish, but will really cost little more than when merely breaded or broiled. Wheu a round steak - is1 stuffed it should be cooked slowly, as It Is a rather tough cut. It is delic ious when braized slowly. There Is no special economy In Ham burg steak as It is sold already chop ped In bucher shops. The cheapest is made of stale meat, and the best generally costs more than the round, an extra price being charged for chop ping. One of the principal things that the youug housekeeper should remember is to practise her economy on the sly that la, in such a way that her fam ily will not be rudely reminded of tight purse strings. She should try to prepare dishes that look expeiiRive and attractive, yet In reality cost lit tle. For example, escalloped dishes and dainty croquettes cot-t no more than hush nevertheless they are in finitely more pleasing to the average palate. If accumulated bread crumbs are used in stuffing instead of in bread pudding, which always calls for plenty of eggs and milk a pudding by the way which few people like there will be an actual saving of expense with out any outward appearance of econ omy. Bons from roasts and small pieces of meat can be used in the stockpot, and will make nice gravy if their la not enough for soup. To every pound add a quart of cold water, and let it boll until.it looks rich. Another rule in regard to buying meat, which one housewife says shd follows strictly, is to alternate thd use of white meat with beef, so that there should not be too much of tho same kind of proteid consumed. Trib une Farmer. Fashion Notes. The popularity of gray, so marked in every sort pf costume, has held chinchilla which threatened to go out. firmly in favor. Girls from 14 to 17 or 18 wear some very handsome suits of velvet rather elaborately but tastefully trimmed with lace and colored silk embroidery. While many of the comparatively In expensive machine-made waists are beautifully designed, they usually leave much to be desired in the mak ing. A beautiful evening cloak (empire of course) is made of white broadcloth with the eyelet embroidery. Tho shoulders are shirred, and the lining la brocade. Separate waists are no longer defin itely different from skirt or suit. They must be in color a part of anything they are worn with,, matching or ton ing into Its coloring. The new sleeves grow more fetch ing all the while. Some of them are Just two puffs to the elbow, the full ness between the puffs got rid of in little perpendicular tucks. A form of sailor which appears smong the new hats has a bell crown of plain straw and a saucer brim, very sharply turned . up, of rough straw. The trimming Is a scarf of velvet se cured in front with a fancy buckle. Grandmother's Treasures. When Kriinilina whs n llllli' ixiii she owucd u hot her dearest tpasin'e. In It Kin' kept wllli ln I ii I v rare I he tlilnRH which umvi' her ureutest pleasure A scrap hi' pule hull' call Willi little sprl(s Of IlllIC ltMII It. A bit cif Htlir silk Hhhnii, wide, from mime one's iilil illsriirdcd bonnet, A fi'SK'ni'tit ciii h of muslin thin, of gingham pluk. Mini silk, niiiKPiitn. A bit of vi-lvi'l. soft anil gii'i'ii, thnt some, di'itr iiihIiIi'U mini had sent lii'r. "Doll I'iikm," Ihi'y rnlliMl thrni, hut to her shy little Jaue Ain.'iiiilii linker 1'bey furnished fnml tiir many it l renin, anil Into fairyland they'd take her 1 Today her great uranilchlhl, I.uclle, bowa sunny lieiul o'er box of treasures, "Doll rugs," they rail iliein, but lo her they're almost chief anions her pleas ures A dainty scrnp'of organdy with violets and leaves upon It, A bit of pale blue, velhet left from baby sister's clonk and bonnet, A pleee of rose. pink rorilei! silk from mama's evening- waist so pretty. A bit of soft white albatross from Aunt Minerva hi tho city. A fragment of an old plaid silk 'twas worn by grandma at her wedding. And through the years, with smiles and tears, a gentle radiance 'tis ahed- dlug I Dear old rags! Loved by childish hearts, from little Jane Amanda Itaker Down lo ".Hi-He, her (rreat-granilchilil the winsome little suiishlne-muker ! Fragments of velvet anil of silk th. child hood's Joyous round of pleasures ! Nearest nnil denrest of them nil the pre cious little box of treasures! Harriet (.'rocker I.eltoy, III Youth's Com- paiiluu. Norway's King as a Naval Middy. It was my fortune to make the prince's acquaintance when he was an apprentice in the Danish navy. I was a midshipman at the time, ami Just one notch higher rank. We were thrown a good deal together on vari ous ships, and I believe it Is tilts rough-and-ready training In seaman ship at an early age which contributed strongly toward making a man out of the prince, who ns a boy was very much like what middles call a "piece of court furniture." There were seven apprentices in the mess to which the prince belonged on shipboard, and of which I am ihe eighth and mess master. We all called him by his first name that is. Karl in Danish and he had to eat the same "grub" and stand the same hardship as all the other apprentices. He was allowed to have no advantages or "extras" over and above his comrades, and, although everybody knew him to be a prince of the realm, no defer ence whatever was paid him as such. On the contrary he was "hazed" and made miserable in good, old midship man style, He took his medicine bravely enough, though there were times when, by his looks, he must have wished for "home und mother," or that he was ashore, where he, its a prince of the realm, would hnve a light to command a salute from any man and uny officer in the fleet. On board ship he had to mend his wwn clothes, darn his socks, sew on buttons, and keep his weapons and ac coutrements in order. He slept in a regulation sailor hammock, with his clothes rolled up under his head for a pillow without a nightshirt, and wearing only a sailor's woolen striped undershirt, and bundled up in a wool en blanket, sometimes with his sea boots dangling by the hammock rope. As an apprentice, one of his duties in cleaning ship early nt dawn wnV. to pass buckets of salt water and go over tho quarter deck with a sni;e broom. When polishing would begin ho was assigned to the bis binnacle lantern ou. the bridge, inside which the com pass is. He became quite an expert at polishing, and used to make that brass binnacle flnsh like sliver mtiil. He could never quite get used to chew ing tobacco, which in the eyes of every truo apprentice Is one of the cardinal virtues; and whenever he was sea sick, which often happened, he used to sit In the gangway on a bucket and chew rye bread., This close Intimacy with boys of hi3 own age, and subsequently when he was appointed midshipman and cadet, bis contact with manly naval men and real human conditions of life, are the factors which eventually made out of this boy who was originally little more than a "court kid" one of the most reul and natural of living -royal princes. It opened his eyes to the forces and exigencies that govern real life. It substituted within him for the lassitude of the courtier the ambition of the healthy young man of action. Hholf Wlsby, in the American Month ly Review of Reviews. The Buttoned Boots. Annie Amelia was happy. She did not know why. She opened one browu eye to see If day had really come. A streak of sunshine lay across the foot of her bed. Then she remembered why she was so very happy. Papa had gone to the city, miles awaythe day before, bnd bad promised to bring her a pres ent when he came home. Annie Amelia opened her eyes wid er, and looked sharply about to see It she could see her present. A chair stood close by her bed. It bad not been there when she went to sleep. She gave a little gasp of pleasure, and raised herself on one elbow. On the chair stood a brand-new pair of shiny black buttoned boots! Soft, pretty kid boots they were, with silk-worked but tonholes. This all happened many years ago, when buttoned boots were only Just beginning to be made, and they cost more than common boots that laced. Annie Amelia's mamma was ill, and there were so many things for papa to buy that everything had to be made to last as long as possible. New boots were a line present, and these were buttoned ones! Is Amelia's heart CD beut fast, her cheeks grew red, and she clapped her humls softly,' she was so very happy. Annie Amelia must make no noise, for mamma slept In the next room, ami mamma must never be disturbed. The little girl slipped out of bed very quietly, and sat down on the floor to put on her stockings and the dear new boots, There was an odd-looking tool, a piece of curved steel with n wooden handle, lying in the chuir. Annie Amelia had never seen or heard of a button-hook, and did not know what the tool wiib or how to use it. She left It lying there. Nothing else could interest her until the boots were on. ' She drew her stockings on neatly, then she tried to put one foot into a boot. Her toes seemed too large, and she thought of Cinderella's wicked stepsisters, who cut off a toe to get a foot Into the fairy glass slipper. Would she have to cut off a toe to wear, these beautiful things? It might hurt; but then, what was a hurt in comparison with getting on the hoots? Another tug, and In went the foot, without the loss of a toe at all. Then, after a great struggle, the other foot slipped Into Its place, and the new boots were on! Annie Amelia clapped her hands again softly, mid would have shouted for Joy If mamma had not been 111 in the next room. Then she tried to button the boots. She stretched mid pulled and twisted and tugged, nnil drew In one button at the top and one at the bottom on each shoe, but not another one could she get In. roor Annie Amelia! She ran softly to see If papa or mamma were awake; but no, they were sleeping quietly, and might not be aide to help her for hours. How could grown people sleep so long? Lit tle girls must help themselves when nutmntus are not well and Annie Amelia loved her mamma so dearly that she tried never to trouble her. If the boots could not be buttoned pnpa und tint in ma would both be sorry. Pa pa would not be going to the city again for a long time; and he could not get her another pulr of boots if he did go, for ho must have spent nil his money on these. Hut these could never be worn unless they could be buttoned up. What could she do? Annie Amelia stood in the doorway, thinking. There ou the bureau was mamma's workbasket, and the sun light fell across It on a pair of scis sors. If the buttonholes were just cut just a little perhaps the buttons would slip in. Annie Amelia tiptoed to the bureau, then buck to her own room, shutting the door gently. It was almost as hard to cut the pretty shoes as to cut off a toe; but hurd things had to be done sometimes, and when one Is seven years old one must be brave and not cry. Snip! snip! snip! The shining scis sors cut the outer end of each button hole on both boots. Snip! snip! snip! Most of the but tonholes were still too far from the edge. The buttons would not go in until the holes were cut a bit more. Snip! snip! snip! Those middle holes ntt'.st lie cut still farther, and now only the embroidery of the scallops on the edge of Hie boots wus left. It was enough. Every button was In. Annie Amelia was trembling, and tears stood In the brown eyes, hut she had suc ceeded. The boots were buttoned at last. "Hello, llltle glii!" cried papa, stand ing In the door. Mamma wus with him, for she was better today, and able to walk About. "What tlo you think of them, Goody Two Shoes?" "They are beautiful!" cried Annie Amelia. "I was afraid they were too small, for the buttons wouldn't go In; but 1 fixed them, und now they are just right.' "Let me see." Papa took the little girl on his Knee. Mamma sat down by him. "She has spoiled her new boots," said mamma, sadly. "This time she will have to be punished." Annie ..meliu. gasped. "What was tho trouble?" asked pa pa. "Why didn't you use the button hook?" - When Annie Amelia found that she need not have cut the boots at all, and that she had almost ruined them instead of having saved them, she hid her face on papa's shoulder, and the big tears fell fast. "Punishments are to help children remember not to do things again," said papa. "I am sure Annie Amelia will remember without being punished never to cut her toes off or her button holes out without asking her papa or mamma first. We will get Mrs. Willis to sew up the button holes, and wear ing them mended will help Annie Amelia to remember." Fannie Wilder Browu, In The Youth's Companion. Cat Hunts Rattlesnakes. Mrs. Fannie R. Gray's cat has de veloped a strange Inclination in going out and hunting rattlesnakes. Tues day morning the cat brought into the kitchen a rattler fully five feet long, which she found in the woods, caught behind the. head and crushed the life out of it and spread It before her kit tens that they might regale them selves on a delectable repast. ' This is the first instance that Mr. Tom R. Gray has ever heard of such a procedure on the part of a cat. The c&j's unexpected visit to the kitchen produced consternation with the cook that only the strong arm of man could quell. Ocsia (Fla.) Star. Tbey'i making fun of fattier. No work be does, they say, They laugh "when father carves tbe duck," In an unfeeling way. They Tlew his every action Hilh grievous discontent, And never say n word uboiit When father pays the rent. "When father tells a dory" They sit nroiind and jeer. When father does most anything The family seems to sneer. He's Just supiHised to plod along And save up every cent. Nobody seems to notice him When father pnys the rent. Washington Slur. JUST FOR FUtf Cltlman Do they keep a servant girl? Subbubs Oh, certainly not. Dul as soon as one leaves they engage an other. Philadelphia Press. "He carved out bis own fortune." "Nonsense! He married It." "Well, he had to cut out a lot of other fellows, didn't he?" Cleveland leader. "Wot does dey mean by 'fads' In de public schools, Jimmy?" "Aw, readln' wrltln', 'rithmetic, geography, lilst'ry, grammar, an' all dem kin' o' things." Puck. "One can't be too polite." "Yea, they can. Ever have some one try to hold your overcoat when the lining was ripped In the sleeve?" Indian apolis Star. "They say there's graft in' goln' on even In some of the penitentiaries," observed Uncle Jerry Peebles. "Well, that's the right place for grafters." Chicago Tribune. Citizen What possible excuse did you feilowa have for acquitting that murderer. Juryman Insanity. Citi zen Oee! The whole twelve of you? Cleveland IJader. "What started old Pinchapenny to studying occult science?" "He wunts to cultivate a new sense so he can see a bill collector through a brick-wall." Detroit Free Press. Dolly The program will be entirely classical. Dick Well, perhaps, it's better so. When they scatter In a few ragtime gems It makes the rest sound so flat. Chicago News. "Step lively!" said the conductor. "Not on your life," responded the grouchy passenger. "If I felt like do ing that I'd walk and beat your old car." Philadelphia Ledger. "Are you one of the expert wit nesses?" Inquired the court officer. "I am," answered the high financier." I've been on the stand two hours and have not told 'em a thing." Washington Star. Aunt Ann You think John no long er lovest you? New Wife (sobbing) I I know It, auntie. I-p-put on an ug-ugly old hnt this morning and he never noticed the dif-diffeience! Chi cago Tribune. "You're not as strict with that youngster of yours as you used to be." "No, for economy's sake. Kvery month I used to buy myself a new pair of slippers and him a new pair of pants." Philadelphia Press. "An elephant must be a pretty ex pensive animal?" "Yes, I wish I had enough money to buy one." "What do you want with an elephant?" "I don't. I merely expressed a wish for the money." Philadelphia Press. "He claims that his private record will bear the strictest scrutiny. Do you believe him?" "Well, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something In It. I never heard of his lending uny money to society publications." aBl timore American. Her Ladyship (who is giving a ser vants' ball to butler) We shall be gin with a square dahce, and I shall want yon, Wilkins, to be my partner. Wilklns Certainly, in'Lady; and af terwards I presoora we may dance with 'oom we like? Punch. Sandy Pikes Yes, mum, ' thought perhaps I would remind yer of yer husband. The Lady (astonished) You? What in the world is there about you to remind me of my hus band? Sandy Pikes Why, mum, I am wearin' de necktie yer gave him for a Christmas gift Chicago Dally News. Tyranny of Bachelors. There Is, however, one article of men's dress In defense of which there is nothing to be said. What makes men so often late for a dinner party? What leads to the emission of more "words" and provokes more ebulli tions of Irritability than probably any thing else in the world excluding al ways a herd of pigs to drive, but we are not all pig-drivers. Is it not the starched shirt, with its front and cuffs, hard, like a coat of mall? And yet into its interstices delicate little stnds and sleeve links have to be in troduced before the luckless wight can be considered presentable In so ciety. A woman transforms herself, hair, footgear, everything, decks her self In Jewels and in lustrous rai ment, and meanwhile her lord and master, man, the one rational being, Is struggling, apoplectic, with his shirt front. Ah! what battles have been fought by distracted bachelors! What tortures have been undergone by sen sitive women, when first confronted with the man they love, whom they had fondly deemed Incapable of a awear word, not like Laocoon contend ing against embracing serpents, but contending with a shirt front, Into which he has unwarily Introduced his head, and which has been sent home buttoned up from the laundry. Lon don Chronicle. New York City.-The simple waist made with a becomingly shaped berthn is tho one nlwnys In demand, and It la so becoming to the greater number of womankind as to find ready accept ance. This otto, designed by May Miinlciti, Is shown in ivory white crepe mescaline with ftilU of the material, and Is exceedingly charmitt? and attractive," but can be utilized for almost every material of tbe season. The list of soft and appropriate silk is a long one, and there are also a great many lovely wool and silk and wool fabrics that are equally iu vostie. When yoke and long sleeves are ndded It becomes, of course, a much simpler model und adapted to daytime wear. These last are exceedingly handsome made of lace, but can be of the material trimmed or of embroidery or tucked taffeta or of almost any contrasting material that may please the fancy. The waist Is made with a fitted lin ing, which is faced to form the yoke, and on which the full fronts and back are arranged. Tho bertha Is shaped In becoming points and Is gathered to form a little frill at the back edge. Tbe short puffs also are mounted over fitted foundations and are finished with shillings at their lower edges. The quantity of material required for tbe medium size Is five and a quar ter yards twenty-one, four and a quar ter yards twenty-seven or two and three-quarter yards forty-four Inches wide. or Kadla Silk. A radla silk, th surface white with shadowy gray dot and circles In the pattern, was made with a shirred skirt, with two box pleats over the shirring in front, and a deep Inverted box pleat In the back. Six narrow 'ticks, a wide band of Irish crochet. Flower Ar la Taahlan. Flowers, as garniture on the bead wear under present review, are of more frequent appearance than they promise' to be, as by Indication on the imported models In the second series of openings in the wholesale houses; and Jewelry Is discoverable whera there seems a requirement for Its use la the completion of design in a model. Tha Hla-h Callar. It la certain that vary high collars and twelve more nnrrow tucks llnlshetl the skirt at the bottom. The waist bad a round collar yoke of the Irish crochet, which was continued down the front of the blouse in a narrow: panel. Th Pala Bin Hat. A pale blue bat was an English tur ban, with a short brim and a large crown, around which was wreathed a voluminous chiffon veil. .The ends of .. ihe veil hung down behind almost to the waist,1 the ends being tucked. A large boW 6f, satin ribbon and a pale blue whig trim nied the turban on the left side. On Hun Muttoa" ftleavM. The sleeve that Is made In "leg o mutton" style, that Is full above and plain below the elbow, is one of the notable favorites of fashion, and Is perhaps tho most becoming of all mod els. The one Illustrated enn be made to the wrists or cut off at either half or three-quarter length, so that It pro vides for several styles and for occa sions of many sorts. The roll over flare cuffs make n feature and are ex ceedingly becoming. When liked frills of lace can be sewed beneath, but the cuffs are all that are essential. All reasonable materials are appropriate, while the cliffs can be of the material trimmed, of contrasting silk or velvet or of all-over lace as liked. Kach sleeve is made In one piece and is arranged over a fitted lining, cut Willi upper and under. The cuff is joined to the loner edge and rolled over on the seam. The quantity of material required for the medium size is for long sleeves two yards twenty-oue or tweuty-seven or one yard forty-four Inches wide; for short sleeves one and three-quarter yards tnuuiy-one or twenty-seven or seven-eighth yard forty-four inches wide, with three-eighth yard of all over lace for cuffs and one aud three quarter yards of braid for trimming. are as smart as they can be with every-day and demi-toilette evening dress, and that much Is made of the little vest or waistcoat that appears beneath almost every collar, as often as not made of some material that doea not coincide with the gown. Lord Carson, of Kadleston, forme Viceroy of India, has declined the tori, tatlon to contest the seat !a Parh meat, city of London. 4 i i TT
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