WELL DON!.
Ihtp, happy people of field and wood
Bush and creeper and herb and tree
The Master Judges thy off'rlng good
And sends his steward to care for thee.
Doff thy festival garb of gold
Plum and snffron and Blowing red
Winter hastens adown the wold
To tuck thee warm In thy waiting bed.
Sweet thy dreams as the winds rush by
And vainly pluck at thy coverlet.
And streams are fettered, and chill the
And8tovn and country are frost beset;
Dreams full thronged with the breeze s
tale, , ,
The bee's bassoon nnd the ring-dove s
call;
With vlstn of mendnw and hill and vals
From bursting spring to the brimming
fall.
Bleep, happy people, where all Is still
Save the crow's hoarse caw and the
squirrel's bark i ,
The sun swings low o'er the leafless hiu
And short grows the mox'-snt from dawn
to dark.
Bleep, 'tis the Master who bids thee rest
And holds thee fust In his loving ken.
Till the doors fly open at His behest
And April summons to work again.
Edwin L. Sabln, (n Woman's Home
Companion.
EHI
HOW MR. PRESTON PUT
IT TO THE BOYS.
B7 6YDNEY DAVBE.
Mr. Preston bad a way of giving tbe
boys In his room a little talk at the
olose of school In the afternoon. One
day he began;
"Once, when I was not as old as
some of you, and older than tbe rest
of you. I played truant to go fish
ing, and I had a very bad time of it."
This was a good beginning, the boys
thought, and it Is fairly supposed that
they listened eagerly to hear what he
had to say about that day's fishing.
"I objected a little when Peter Gar
ner proposed it. I knew I ought not
to go, for I had recently been ill, and
the weather was damp very good for
fishing, but not good for health, and
It didn't need two thoughts to tell me
It would be wrong all round. But
well, why will boys sometimes, In the
face of all such knowledge, go and
do the thing? I suppose I shall have
to leave It with the boys.
"We stole away from school at
the noon recess. Peter had brought
his tackle and hidden It under a bush
in the Btrlp of woods, one corner of
which came to a point close up to the
country schoolhouse. Going through
this woods we came to the little brook
In which were were to fish.
"The sun shone all about the Bchool
house and the yard, but In the woods
It was cool and damp. We sat on a
rock to fish, and I can remember still
how cold and wet that rock was. We
had fairly good sport, though the fish
were very small. But at length a fine
big fellow came swimming along near
Peter's hook.
" 'Keep still,' he whispered. He
tood up and I stood up, neither of
us daring to breathe- as we tiptoed to
watch him. He played about Peter's
hook, and we thought he surely had
him, when all of a sudden he turned
away. I quietly dropped my hook in
and he quickly swallowed It.
" 'I say said Pete, angrily, 'that
was my fish. You had no business to
put In your hook.'
"Perhaps he was right. I bad no
time to discuss the matter; for, as I
raised the fish, just poising myself on
the edge of the rocks, Pete gave me a
little shove. Whether he meant to
push me In li another of the ques
tions I have never been able to settle,
but In I went up to my neck In that
cold water. Pete was scared.
" 'Grab hold of my pole,' he cried,
holding it out to me. I did so and
climbed out, gasping and shivering.
" 'You'd better scoot home as fast
as you can,' said Pete. But I didn't
want to go home: I thought I would
like to get my clothes dried first. - I
went higher up where the sun shone
on the bank and lay down. It was
a dry, warm place when I first did so,
but before long tbe water dripped
down and made a mud puddle under
me.
"I got up and took a look at myself,
concluding presently that I was about
as forlorn a looking boy as could of
ten be seen. I called to Pete, but he
was gone, and In his place, some one
else was fishing a very nice, pleas
ant man. . ...
" 'It seems to me you had better
hurry home, my boy,' he said, and
his tone was kind and friendly. I was
cold and miserable, and half whim
pered as I said:
" 'I wonder what my mother will
say when she sees me.'
" 'Oh, it won't much matter what
he says,' he said. His tone was so
Indifferent that I stared at him, It
aeemed such a queer thing to say.
" 'Do you think so?' I asked.
" "Well, it is very plain that you
think so,' he said. 'But there are alt
aorta of mothers, you know. I Just
concluded that yours is one of the
kind that don't count one way or the
other.' I was angry, as you may
guess.
" 'You'd better not talk that way
about my mother,' I said. 'She not
count! She's the best mother la the
world. If I were as big as you are
you wouldn't dare to talk so.'
" 'Oh, come now, my boy,' he said.
You needn't sputter and bluster about
it I'm only taking your own testi
mony in the matter. If you're going
to put in a plea for your mother, you
have no case at all.'
" 'What do you mean,' I asked.
" 'Why, as I understand it, you
would like people to think you have
a good mother '
" That's what she is,' I said hot
ly. " "Well, as I don't know her, I can
only take your word, or, rather, youi
deeds for it Actions apeak loudei
than words, you know. Now, when
people see a boy away from school to
go fishing, they naturally have theli
opinion of his mother. They know It
Is poor business, and they begin at
once to wonder what kind of Influence
Is brought to bear on him in his home.
If they are the right sort of people,
they know what Is true and Crank and
honest and honorable in a boy, and
are sorry for a boy whose mother has
not taught him these things.' "
Mr. Preston paused for a moment,
looking around on the half hundred
boys, more or less, whose eyes were
fixed on him. Then he resumed.
"Boys, wasn't be hitting me bard!
As you may guess, I simply hadn't a
word to say for myself at first. Then
I blustered a little.
' 'I suppose,' I said, 'thai; yeu al
ways minded your mother when you
were a boy,'
" 'I am sorry to say I did not,' be
said. 'In thinking of It elnoe, it gives
my heart a stab to think how often
I must have hurt her by my careless
ness and undutlfulness my heedless
ness of her teachings. I think of it
more, I suppose, because I lost her be
fore I was as old as you are.'
"I was pretty stiff and miserable as
I got up to go home. I wasn't going
to cry, of course; but a sob seemed to
sob Itself as I turned away. The gen
tleman stepped after me and took my
band.
" 'It's a well-off boy who has a
mother to grow up with,' he said. 'I
always look at such a one with envy,
thinking of tbe chances still granted
to him of being all that Is loving and
loyal to her of how he can be her
true knight, paying her the small at
tentions that count so large, holding
her always in dear respect and rever
ence, taking her closely into his life
as bis best chum. Good-bye!'
"That was the last I ever saw ol
him. But he set me thinking, and I
have always believed he did me some
good and my mother."
As the boys were dismissed, It was
quite evident that they, too, were in
clined to do a little thinking. From
the Christian Register.
THE OLD 80UTH.
Quaint Customs Still In Vogue In Corv
servatlve Charleston.
The South is very conservative, and
Charleston most of all. In many re
spects Southerners are like the Eng
lish. Family portraits are a cherished
part of their possessions. Mary la
pronounced Malry. A dress waist la
called a body, and the man that waits
on table the butler. His other duties
may Include milking and cooking; still,
be is the butler. By the old school a
married woman is spoken of and to
as mistress. Many members of the
aristocracy (?) live In the country on
large estates, io which they assign
names ;they employ governesses and
tutors, ride horseback, have house par
ties, and go long distances to attend
balls. Hedges are In general favor.
Around the old churches are burial
grounds or churchyards; but, aa a
rule, burial in them is no longer per
mitted.
Ancestry is of much consequence la
Charleston. It Is the sole basis of so
cial distinction. After having been
there, one understands perfectly how
literature waa preserved by tradition.
No college of heraldry Is necessary;
the memory la an Infallible repository.
The point of a story Is sometimes lost
sight of in genealogical digressions.
In loyalty to state and In rigid social
distinctions Virginia and South Caro
lina claim precedence.
Large families have not gone out
of fashion In the South. Usually the
number of children In a family Is from
six to ten.
Family ties are rendered complex by
the hot unusual Intermarriage of cou
sins, and thus the members of the
aristocracy are more or lea closely
related to one another.
, The breakfast hour Is from 8 to 9,
an earlier hour being hardly possible,
even If desired, owing to the fact that
negro servants go home at night. They
prefer to go, even when they live sev
eral miles away. Until a late hour In
the night they indulge in social and
religious demonstrations and do not ar
rive Very early in the morning. Din
ner is whenever it Is ready, which Is
any time from 2 to 4. Dinner Is hard
ly ever over before tea Is announced
at 7.30 or 8. This division of time
makes the days all morning, the peri
od between dinner and tea being by
some included In the word evening.
Calls are made from 12 to 2 and
from 5 to 7, but In hot weather only
from 6 to 8 in the evening.
Labor Is very cheap, but it takes
several negroes to accomplish as
much as one Swede or German, who Is
paid from five to seven dollars a week
for general housework. In small towns
$5 a month Is paid for domestic ser
vice; In Charleston, seven or eight
A very competent cook and laundress
commands ten. Fifteen dollars Is a
big price. A dollar and a half or two
dollars for making a dress, even
though It Is much trimmed, Is a not
uncommon charge by dressmakers in
small towns. Rosary Magazine.
Misplaced,
Mr. Huaky went into a chemist's
shop and bought a bottle of patent
stuff which was advertised thus: "No
more coughs. No more colds. Is. 1 l-2d.
tbe bottle." Three days later he went
to the chemist, complaining that hit
throat was stopped up and that he
could scarcely breathe. "I've drunk
all that patent cough mixture, and
I'm no better."
"Drunk it? Why, that's an India rub
ber solution to put on the soles of your
boots! "-Tlt-Btta. .
I LlM.BU-
New York City. Unquestionably
cutaway styles are having extended
vogue, and very welcome t'ae fact Is,
for tLw uiti Jaunty, smart lb. effect,
and altogether satisfactory. This
coat la one of the simplest and best
and is made with the most becoming
lines possible. It Is adapted alike
to the suit and separate coat, and is
eminently to be desired for both. In
this Instance it is made of mahogany
colored broadcloth with binding of
black silk braid, but, while this bind
ing Is new and chic, stitched edges
are quite correct. The pointed back
is novel and desirable whenever It is
becoming, but the coat can be made
round at that point, and each wearer
should choose the style that suits her
the better. Sleeve length, too, is to
be determined by each wearer, both
full and three-quarter being correct.
All seasonable suitings and cloak
In gs are appropriate.
The coat Is made with fronts, side
fronts, backs, side-backs and under
arm gores, and Is finished with regu
latljj collar and lapels. The sleeves
a.-e made in two pieces each, with
roil-over cuffs.
New Felt Hats.
The simple field blossoms and
grasses look exquisite In conjunction
with new felt hatsof rich butter color.
Elastic Belts Popular.
The elastic belts studded with
beads, Jewels or cut steel are so sat
isfactory that undoubtedly they will
remain, as they are now. In the front
rank of popularity. .
Hatpin Novelty.
A (charming novelty in hatpins Is
the pin ending off In a large baroque
pearl. In every hollow Is placed
small Imitations or diamonds and
othor precious stones.
ii.'ilTii 111 1 inn -11 1 .
For Mourning Wear,
The smooth faced, dull finished ma
terials are best for monrnlng wear.
Over Blouse or Jumper.
Each new variation of the over
blouse seems a bit more attractive
than the last, and each one is certain
to find a place In the wardrobe. This
one Is novel In many of Its feature!
and is graceful and becoming, yet
by no means extreme. The modified
kimono sleeves give breadth, while
they are shapely and becoming, and
the tucks are so arranged as to give
the best possible lines to the figure.
As illustrated, the material Is pongee
in a very beautiful shade of ame
thyst, while the trimming Is velvet
and embroidery worked onto the ma
terial. The over blouse, however, is
appropriate for both the separate
waist and for the gown, and (or
almost every material used for gar
ments of the sort. Everything fash
lonable Is thin and soft and conse
quently all can be tucked with suc
cess. Trimming always can be
varied to suit individual taste, and
tbe necessities of the special occa
sion. Velvet Is being extensively
used and always Is handsome, bat
appliques are offered by the score,
and soutache applique Is one of the
newest and best liked of all trim
mings. In place of the embroidery
medallions of separate motifs could
be utilized, or the material could be
left plain.
The over blouse Is made with
fronts and backs that are tuoked
over the shoulders and gathered at
the waist line. It can be closed at
either the front or back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is two and one
half yards twenty-one, two and one
quarter yards twenty-seven or one
and one-quarter yards forty-four
Inches wide with four and one-quarter
yards of banding and one-quarter
yard of velvet for the belt to trim as
Illustrated.
Fancy Bcngallne Bags.
A fancy bag of bengaline is orna
mented with forget-me-nots and
leaves in ribbon embroidery. "
THI SOCIALIST'S PARBWILL TO HIS
WIFE.
Fare thee well I It Is forever,
Bo forever far thee well!
It Is best that we should sever;
Circumstances so compel.
' We have lived ten years together,
Side by side, like podded peas,
But we now must break the tether
We are not affinities.
Ten long years were we connected;
Kach the other thought a prise;
And I never once suspected
That we didn't harmonize.
But I've recently been bitten
Ilv the Bocl&llstlo bug,
And as recently been smitten
By the charms of Laura Hugg.
Laura Is my heaven-born fellow;.
Laura Is a thoroughbred;
Laura's hair, like mine, Is yellow;
Laura's soul, like mine, Is red.
Laura Is my bright aurora,
And the Idol of my eye
But you've had enough of Laura;
Very likely so shall I.
Bon voyage) And stop your crylngl
All aboard! Here comes the tugl
In a moment I'll be Hying
To the arms of Laura Hugg.
B. L. T., In Puok.
49
"Papa, what Is Mr. Rockefeller's
business?" "Not knowing about It,
my son." Life.
"Mr. Nervey," said the girl's father,
"it seems to me you sit up entirely
too late with my daughter." "I never
require much sleep." Philadelphia
Press.
"Do you think you will ever publish
my poem?" wrote the author to the
editor. And the editor replied: "What
have you done to deserve It?" Atlan
ta Constitution.
Freddy Love, darling, Is a disease.
Dolly Yes, and with some it appears
to be a lingering disease. And then
he called for his hat and cane. Chica
go Dally News.
"Are you entirely settled in your
new fiat?" "No. Not entirely. The
landlord 1b still nagging us for the
balance due on the first month's rent."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Miss Longslnce I have never yet
met the man I wanted to marry. Mrs.
Chillloon-Kearney No? Tell me his
name, dear, and I'll manage to have
you meet him some day." Chicago
Tribune.
"Has that city boarder of yours got
any consumption, Hiram?" "Has he
got any consumption? You Just orter
see the bare places In our vegetable
garden and meat bouse!" Baltimore
American.
Wlgg Scribbler's new novel Is very
realistic, don't you think so? Wagg
Yes, Indeed. When I came to a six-
page description of a yawning chasm.
It actually put me to sleep. Philadel
phia Record.
"I have come all the way out here,'
said the tenderfoot, "to see your beau
tiful sunset." "Somebody's been
stringln' you, stranger," replied Ari
zona Al. "It ain't mine." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Sunday School Teacher The Bible
says the veil of tbe temple was rent
in twain. What are we supposed to
understand by that? Willie Green I
g'pose it means that it was rented to
two families. Philadelphia Record.
"What a happy disposition your
husband seems to have." "Yes, I al
ways make him believe I wouldn't
have tbe things I want, and when he
Insists on getting them I pretend to
let hlra have his own way." Chicago
Record-Herald.
"Have you devoted much time to
the study of political economy?" "No,"
answered Senator Sorghum. "My at
tention has largely been engaged In
keeping down campaign expenses. I
have been studying economical poli
tics." Washington Star.
"Did yez notice about th' Joke me
brother Tim played on wan av thim
chauffeurs?" "I heard a turrlble
thing happened to him. Poor Tim!
"'Poor Tim,' th' divvle! He had a
shtlck av dlnnamite in his pocket whin
.he wor run over!" Judge.
"Pop!" "Yes, my son." "Did you
know that Mr. West of Chicago is am
bidextrous?" "No, I did not, my boy."
"Well, he Is. I was over there to
dinner today and I saw him eating
pie. First he used one hand and then
the other!" Yonkers Statesman.
Nice There's one . unmistakable
sign of a gentleman, and that Is that
he keeps his hands clean. Kidder
But sometimes it isn't possible for a
gentleman to keep his bands clean.
Now, I know one . Nice Neverthe
less, he's not a gentleman If . Kid
der But this man employs 250 of
them in his factory. Philadelphia
Press.
A Turkish Joker.
Among the many anecdotes related
of the old Turkish Joker Nasir-Eddln-Khodja
is the following; Khodia went
bne evening to the well to draw wat
er, and looking down to the bottom,
he taw the moon. Quickly he ran In
to his house and got a rope with a
hook attached to the end of It This
he lowered Into the well. Tbe hook
caught fast on a stone. KhodJa
pulled desperately, the hook gave way
and there wa tho Joker, flat on his
back, staring up Into the sky. "Up
on my soul!'' he exclaimed, perceiv
ing the moon, "I have had a bad fall,
but I have put the moon back in its
place." Philadelphia Record.
L 1 1" 1 jii jig 1 jh' H"lr JL J
Saving Rain Water.
Do you know the rainfall where yen
live? In some places It Is over 44
Inches In a year. Think of it a minute.
A flat roof measuring 25 feet each way
will collect 814 gallons of water in an
inch of rain, and many a storm will
deliver an Inch In a day. One woman
said she spent $50 to save the rain
water on a small barn, and was able
to collect 13,000 gallons of water a
year, an average of 80 gallons a day.
Woman's Home Compnlon.
A Vegetable Cellar.
It Is now recognized that It is very
unwise to use the house cellar as a
storage place for vegetables. A far
better plan is to build a vegetable cel
lar entirely separate from the house.
A cellar six by eight feet, three feet
deep, with walls of stone, four feet
high, and with a shingled roof, would
hold all the vegetables needed by a
family of six for tbe winter. If well
made and tight, the natural heat of
tbe earth will protect the vegetables
from freezing In all ordinary weather,
and an oil stove will prevent all dam
age In zero weather. Woman's Home
Companion.
To Clean a Coat Collar.
Nothing looks worse than a greasy
edge to a coat collar, and nothing
makes a coat shabbier. To remove
spots or marks of that description take
equal parts of soft soap and fuller's
earth, well mixed and beaten together,
with a little spirits of turpentine;
make It Into a ball and when required
for use either dip it in hot water or
moisten the part of the garment to be
cleaned; rub the ball In and then let
it dry, and afterwards wiping over
quickly wtfh a cloth dipped In -hot
water until all the soap Is removed;
dry the spot thoroughly with a clean
cloth. American Home Magazine.
Renovating Old Silk.
Old silk renovated in this way will
retain Its lustre and look as well as
when new; Put two ounces of alcohol,
a tablespoonfu! of muscllage of
strained honey, a rounded tablespoon
ful cf soft soap (dissolve a small piece
of good quality In water), and two
cups of soft water In a bottle, and
shake until well mixed. Sponge the
silk on both sides with the mixture,
rubbing well, and then shake up and
down in a tub of cold or cool water,
neither rubbing nor wringing. Hold
by tbe edge and flap off the water, pin
the edges to the line, and while still
damp Iron between cloths or paper
with an Iron only moderately hot
From Harper's Bazaar.
Recipes.
Tickled' Onions Peel the onions, let
stand in salt water two days. Strain -Y
off the salt water and pour on hot
spiced vinegar enough to cover.
Tomato Soup Strain one quart of
canned tomatoes through a sieve, put ft
on the stove and cook a short time.
Then add one quart of milk, one onion,
salt, pepper and butter, and thicken
a very, little with flour.
Tomato Salad First a nice crisp leaf
of lettuce, on this lay a firm slice
of red tomato, over all pour a mayon
naise dressing not generously enough
to hide the colors. Keep on ice until
ready to arrange and it will be verjV
refreshing on a hot day both to the
eyes and to the palate.
Mayonnaise Dressing Put yolks of
two eggs In a bowl, one teaspoon of '
salt, one teaspoon of mustard, and
a pinch of red pepper; then commence
beating the eggs and add oil a little
at a time, using two tablespoons and
Juice of half a lemon. If too thick,
thin with a little cream.
Tomato Catsup One gallon toma
toes, one pint of vinegar, one tabid
spoon of ground mustard, one table
spoon of allspice (small measure)
e) '
two tablespoons of black pepper, one
blespoonfuls of salt, one tea spoonful
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of cloves, ne-half tablespoon of cinna
mon, and one-half cup of sugar. Boil
down one-half.
green tomatoes and six large onions;
slice together and sprinkle one tea
cup of salt over them; the next morn
ing drain in a colander, and scald up
In weak vinegar water; then take
four quarts of vinegar; two pounds of
brown sugar, one ounce of white mus
tard seed, two tablespoons of ground
allspice, cloves and cinnamon. Put all
together and boil 15 minutes.
Chill Sauce Eighteen ripe tomatoes,
six large onions, one or two peppers,
leaving out the seeds, one cup sugar,
two and a half cups vinegar, two ta
blespeenfuls of salt, one teaspoonful
each cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg,
. .Luiiiuuiiiui ui vilvca. ouaiu
and peel tomatoes and cook with the
onions and peppers until tender; add
sugar and spices, cook ten minutes
longer; add vinegar and let come to a
oil. Bottle or can while hot
- Salmon Loaf One can salmon, four
eggs beaten light and separately, four
tablespoons melted butter, one-half
cup bread crumbs, sprig iparsley; pick
fish fine, rub In better, beat crumbs
with eggs, mix all together, season
with salt and pepper, steam one hour.
Sauce One cup heated milk thick
ened with one tablespoons corn starch 1
uullci. 1 1 rr i hi 1 1 i. ii. iiii.iiir 1,1
and Just before taking off stove one
well beaten egg. Season. Pour over
loaf and garnish with egg and parsley.