T EVEN-SONG. SI BrM In failing, and my work ' U finished. 'And one more kindly day the radiant glow M sunset with the silver stream i blending Am erentide draws near with footsteps aiow. She light is failing, and the day is dying. It totters on the rim oi that far west JTtTierenn a gorgeous winding-sheet is lying, To fold it round when it shall cease its quest. Us light is failing, but my hearth is cheery. With deep eontent I watch the setting SUM hrow twilight through the door my feet m weary, Bat strength is given each day's race to run. Beth Slater Whitson, in Araslee's. Cm HUT OF i V BY IVIE HERSTET. . I pointed to a gray wisp of ma terial, sort and filmy, that lay on her ted. "What !s that?" I questioned. She was before the looking glass tolling her hair Into little shining eurls with deft fingers. "That," she said, "Is my new tress. "Your what?" I said ungrammatic ally. But Daphne knows when I want to be sarcastic, and she did not answer; Instead she turned and looked lovingly at the gray whp. There is not much of It," I re marked, "so I suppose It was not ex pensive? " "Mme. Esme charges more for that cry reason," she said; "you see, it as got to look less than It really is." ' "Logically, you are talking non sense, dear," I said gently, "but never Blind. You have got a new muff, I ee, as well, naughty child, that was very extravagant of you." Daphne had not been taking much otice. 1 am merely her elder sis ter, and only useful In emergencies, fcnt now she turned round quickly nd regarded me with scorn. Mutt." she said. "What do you lean?" I pointed dramatically to a large mine blob that lay upon a chair fa a nest of tissue paper. It was very large, and shaped something like a fcusby. or a cross between a Turkish fei and a Cossack's what-you-may- CSLll. . Daphne smiled charmingly; her mile Is proverbial. That's my new hat; isn't it love t" Hat?" I said. "Don't be absurd, Elizabeth; ot ourse, it's a hat the newest, new steal hat from Mme. Esme's. I'm going to wear it to-morrow at the Baxaar with my gray costume. It utts me a ravlr, madame says; there was only one other like it in her hop." "Has mother seen it?" I asked. A shade passed over Daphne's face, little shadow of trouble. "N no, mother hasn't exactly seen it 1 told her I had bought a toque, for she said it was so nice of the Duchess to ask us to help her at the Banar; that I ought to have some thing nice and quiet to go in, because Me Duchess is well known tot her philanthropy, and is sue to drees plainly." ."But It isn't a toque, der," I said. .. "Madame called it a Russlofes tvrke, so that is near enough; be sides. It's sweet, and I love it," she aid. and crooned over the absurd tiling. On the morning of the day we had teen calling the "Bazaar Day" for tk last week I went into Daphne's fcedrcora to borrow some hairpins. I loud her lying at full-length on her feed bathed in the most heartbreaking tears, her pretty hair was all rough aad nntidy at least, all I could see tit . ' "Whatever is the matter. Daphne?" X Inquired in a' resigned voice. "My hat," sobbed Daphne. 1 leaned over the foot of the bed frith, a sigh. . "What about it?" I questioned. "Mother's seen it!" ' "I thought so," I commented sage tell me about it." Onty sobs came from the mass of lair hair and crumpled white muslin and blue ribbons on the bed. "Look here," I said, "your eyes will fee awful red for the afternoon If you ioat atop crying, and you'll look simply hideous." My strategy suc ceeded. Daphne sat up at once. Her aheeks were very pink, and her eyes tall of tears. But the lids were either red nor swollen. "1 I took it down and showed it I mother, and she asked asked what on earth it was. I said It was t, and she said, 'Stuff and non ssmse! you look like like a Carlb ftae Islander!' " "Daphne!" I cried, and I'm afraid 1: laughed. , She dabbed her eyes with a rampled lace handkerchief. "I aa!d I didn't care I would go 4k ft I aald it was smart, and pretty, d French so It Is." "Mme. Esme will change it," I sug- l Daphne's eyes opened wide with . "Change. it! Elizabeth you heart kaa, eruxl thing how can you?"" ""W mother will never let you 'jsjjar It What else did'ahe gay?", 'fianhhe slipped from' the bed and thod facing me defiantly. ."Bhe'eatd it I wore It the Duchess ItmM think I was third-rate but if I went neatly dreaaed Japw awful that sounds; she a jier'preiiy eyes tip to lue ceil V"l should make a good impres sion, and would probably be asked to stay at The Towers. She said that it I Wore the hat I should be ruining my chances of .the Duchess taking us up. Do you know, Elizabeth, I think mother la a real worldly woman." And what did you say?" I asked. "I'm afraid I was rather cheeky," she said, penitently. "I said I wished I had bought the fifteen guinea hat, because it was much bigger and much more elaborate than the ten guinea one, and if I had bought it I should have worn it; I said I didn't see why, because a silly old Duchess chooses to dress like a charwoman, that I, who do know bow to put my clothes on, should appear In a black cape and elastic Bide-boots." "Then there's nothing more to be said," I remarked as I went out. I knew that Daphne's naughtiness would bring on one of mother's ner vous headaches. If ever we do any thing she doesn't approve she always Indulges in one I say "Indulges" be cause generally we do what she wants If we see signs ot one coming on, and deep in my innermost heart I think they are used as a mild form of birch now we are grown up. But the afternoon ot the Bazaar Daphne was really very heartless. I was sitting beside mother's couch in the darkened drawing room bathing her aching brow with eau de cologne rags for I could not go to the Bazaar and leave her when the door opened and Daphne entered. She wore her gray wisp, a slender, deli cate gown, which fitted her tightly, and fell in wonderful folds about her hips; her lovely face, with its sea blue eyes and crimson mouth, was just rose flushed with excitement, and on the sunshine ot her fair hair the hat was poised. "Goodby," she said, "and take great care of mummle, Elizabeth." Then the door closed softly, and uhe was gone. "We are utterly ruined," groaned mother. "Oh, if only I had obedi ent daughters; Daphne is really too trying! And Mrs. Howard Jones will be there, dressed in a nurse's uni form, which Is sure to appeal to the Duchess at once. Oh dear, why did-' n't Daphne wear her black serge and a quiet hat! " "But Daphne Is quite charming," I said, wringing out another rag and placing it on the burning forehead, "and perhaps the Duchess will take a fancy .to her." "My dear," said mother, "do you know that Her. Grace has founded twelve cots, and Is president ot a Girls' Tract Society, and ever so many more things she -has two grown-up sons," she added thought fully. "If they are at the Bazaar it'll be all right," I said at once. Mother sighed despairingly. Oh, men always admire her; it wouldn't matter if she wore a sack as far as they are concerned, but the Duchess that is quite another matter." It must have been several hours later when a .taxi buzzed up to the door, and a soft rustle with a fra grance of white violets announced Daphne's home coming. She flung the drawing room door open and tossed a great bouquet ot pale pink roses on to a chair; then she opened her arms with a dramatio gesture and said: "It is well." "Good havens, child, are you mad?" cried mother. "How did It go off? No don't tell me, I'm sure it was dreadful," and she stopped up her ears. Daphne ran forward and knelt by the sofa; she took her moth er's hands determinedly in her own soft ones. "Now listen," she said, "while 1 preach a little sermon. Ah, how much wiser our dear, kind, silly mothers would be It they would leave everything in the hands ot their worldly, designing daughters." "Oh, don't keep us in suspense," almost shrieked poor mother; "tell us the worst " "Well," said Daphne, "to begin I confessed I could not make a red flanel Jacket to save my lite. The Duchess said she was so glad, be cause she couldn't either; she said she couldn't thread needles. We talked about bridge, and the Duchess asked me who made my gown. She said I was a dear, and would you let me go and stay with her tor the shooting?" Daphne grew reminis cent. "Her son. Lord McLean, was there;' he is rather a nice boy," she said musingly. "But Daphne, we thought" I broke in; she motioned me to si lence. "The Duchess and he and I had tea together in a Jolly little tent, and we laughed at all the funny philan thropic people. I told them about Mrs. Howard Jones, and the Duchess asked her to what hospital she be longed. You should have seen her face!" Daphne went oft into riples of laughter. 4 Explain, explain! i cried. "You know that other hat at Mme. Esme's,, the fifteen guinea one that I wanted?" "Yes yes!" Daphne's eyes were downcarf and her maner demure. "The Duchesa bad it on," she said. The Throne and Country. All In After a Strenuous Job. The Hostess -"I hope you will like this punch.. My husband worked over it all this afternoon, making it with his own hands." , The Quest "It'B grand! Where la your husband? We must congratu late him." The Hostess "Sorry, but he can't be seen. I Just put him to bed." Puck. The hide of a cow weighs about thirty-fire pounds, but that ot a horse is about half that amount QUEEN'S TASTE. The Queen ot Holland is fond ot green, blue and white materials for frocks. She never allows any one else to select the tones for her. She passes hours pudglng the different hades under electric lights In a small room. These colors make up the gowns for court wear, and she chooses them in Paris, although she buys everything else in Holland. New Haven Register. ENGLISH GLOOM. Lady Gordon writes: "If you ask any intelligent foreigner what his chief impression of England is, he will invariably reply, the cheerlees ness of the English. If any proof were needed of the prevalent gloom, It would surely be found in the as tonishment which the few remaining cheerful people cause and the amaz ing popularity they enjoy. Our sun ny friends and acquaintances can be counted on our fingers; our dismal ones are all around us. A really cheerful Englishman is such a phe nomenon that everybody asks his wife If 'he is always like that,' and refuses to believe her when she an swers in the affirmative." THE "OBLONG WOMAN." The decision has been arrived at among certain makers of high class ready-to-w.ear suits and dresses that "the oblong woman" is to continue, and hlpless dress forms will be the future wearing apparel ot this class. Among individual makers, however. A Lemon Pie to Make Your Mouth Water. Few cooks know how to make the perfect lemon pie. The shell should always be baked first in order that it may not soak the Juice. The filling Is made In this way: Stir Into a cupful of boiling water one tablespoonful cornstarch dissolved in cold water." Cook until clear. Add one cupful sugar, one tablespoonful butter, the yolks of two eggs well beaten, and the grated yellow rind and Juice of one large lemon. Cook two minutes longer, and pour into the shell. Beat the whites of two eggs stiff, using a wire whip to entangle aa much air as possible, add two tablespoonfuls powdered sugar and spread lightly over the pie. The next step is when so many otherwise successful cooks fall. Instead ot the meringues proving to be ot delicate, foam-like con sistency, a tough, leathery compound is the result. The trouble is in the heat ot the oven. The albumen of the egg 'requires slow cooking so slow as .to resemble a drying rather than a baking. Twenty minutes in an oven with the heat turned off is the usual time. Allow the filling of the pie to cool a little before spreading .the meringue on. If too hot It would todghen the meringue. Under these favor ing conditions the result will be a tender, delicate meringue that will retain its original thickness. Marion Harris Nell, in Inter-Ocean. practically nothing but the princess dress obtains, but it is so varied that each one seems to be in a class by Itself. Some are so severely simple that they really take the place of the tail ored suit. Many are "oblong," but many, too, are fitted to the figure quite to the hip line. I have seen one or two which were fitted to and cut off at this line, the skirt below being added there under flat stitching. Sometimes the body portion is made with pleats, stitched flat to the hips, after which they tall free. Harper's Bazar. A STAR TEACHER. Miss Letltla Summers was In charge ot the last annual exhibit of the School, of Housekeeping which was held recently in New York City. The star exhibit was that ot a class of little girls whose teacher, Sarah Dugan, Is only twelve. She has been a pupil ot the school for some time and for the last few months has been teaching a class of her friends what she has learned. She teaches her class once a week In her mother's kitchen. Each of her pupils pays two cents a lesson, with which Sarah goes to market and buys materials for the dishes to be prepared. Mrs. Julian Heath is the president of the League of Home Economies, under the aus pices of which the School of House keeping is conducted. New York Tribune. . PEEP AT WHITE HOUSE. One day the women vieiors to the White House had a treat In a "peep" Into the Executive dining room. They had opportunity to observe Presiden tial methods ot arranging the lunch eon table;. Instead of the old-fashioned cloth, there were many little dollies at the round table the ladles will know just how important this fashion has become in domestic econ omy. The piano that adorns the East Room was discovered to be much more than, a mere ornament when Mrs. Taft .was heard playing upon it The new mistress of the White House is a fine pianist and an ardent lover of music and mistress ot the science of home-malhng, whether it chanced to be in Cincinnati, or in the Philip pines, or enroute, or in the White House, where she visited President Hayel and family ag a girl. National Magazine. WHITE GOWNS POPULAR. 'A growing inclination to wear white 4ft apparent. White was "once regarded as the special privilege ot youth. Now, with a broader knowl edge JX the values of colors and a better realization ot the Importance ot surroundings, one Indulges ones' natural tastes. Perhaps the influence of the period under which fashion Is passing has something to do with this, for the women who amused them selves at Trlannon used white freely and without stint. . Be that a it may, white gowns and white generally, will be more worn this coming season that ever. White cloth in a variety of makes, satin, charmeuse, the cashmere and white serbe, in an infinite variety of quality and thickness, will come in for much attention from artists In dress. As to the lingerie gown, its import ance in the wardrobe cannot be ques tioned. It is one of the most useful things to have, and whether worn outside or indoors permits so much individual taste and charm in con trast that is is quite indispensable. New Haven Register. HAS TIME TO DANCE. Christobel Pankhurst, a young woman who scrubbed floors In an English prison for the Suffragist cause, is a lawyer and a favorite in London society. She is the only woman who ever submitted a British Cabinet member to a legal, cross-examination, this Interesting occurrence attending the trial from which she was sent to Jail for a short term. Two Cabinet members were ques tioned with much skill by the fair Suffragist, who is only twenty-four years old. Miss Pankhurst goes dally about London in a placarded cart making speeches on street corners for equal suffrage. She finds time apart from that to attend to a grow ing law practice and also to meet so cial demands. The first Suffragist ball on record was held In London several weeks ago and Miss Fank- ' hurst was the most popular of the 600 women present. She. did not miss a dance and the following morn ing was in court bright and early to defend halt a dozen Suffragists charged with an attempt to break into the House of Commons. Miss Pankhurst has become probably the most prominent young woman in England, and it is likely she will ac cept the invitation of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt to visit this country, New Haven Register. Violet shades are seen everywhere. There is a rage tor hair ornaments. The touch of black Is made much of. The coronet braid is again In rogue. The pointed waistline is a novelty after the straight across effect ot the empire cut. Half of the new straws have a pleated effect, and some are ot the coarsest description. Moss rosea with their attendant buds and foliage are being rery much used In hat trimming. Hat styles demand that the hair be flat at the front, wide at the sides and full at the back. Not only Oriental colors but Orien tal patterns are used in decorating the collars,, belts, etc., of the tub frocks. With the long sleeve has appeared the new loose chain bracelet with pendant of artistic design, which falls loosely over the sleeve. Pongees come in many new weaves and are in great favor, especially in the tpUU and suiting effects In which they are now produced. Paris dress-builders have refused to indorse the cult of the small waist, the new models being made more with a 'View to natural grace. Feathers, wings, flowers end velvet loops are the trimmings most in favor, but very little of the much-taiked-of silk ribbon is used. Although the 'main lines of this year's models are milch the same as last year, the general effect is Infinite ly more gracious and attractive. " QuKe the ' newest hat bow being shown In New York City Is that ot bias piece-velvet placed tther direct ly acaoss the front or slanting to one side. Arrange the hair of a young girl becomingly and dress her feet nicely and she will appear well dressed even though she wear a most inexpensive frock. Big, round Eton collars will prob ably hold their own all through the spring. They may be made ot plain linen or decorated with squares ot lace set in. f MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. , Clever Verse. AU "clubmen" may bo "prominent," all ... "citizens" be "leading," All "editorials" "trenchant and all "au- tomobiles" speeding, "Comediennes" all "dainty," and I feel somehow that never Wul folks refer to any "verse" unless they term it "clever." New York Mail. IMPUDENT QUERY. "Brown has bought an automo bile." "Is that so? What did he have to mortgage?" Detroit Free Press. THE SUBURBAN CRIME. Mrs. Knicker "What became of Bridget?" Mrs. Subbubs "Cooknapped." New York Sun. EFFECT. The Robin "When I sing men take off their flannels." The Cuckoo Clock "When I sing men take off their shoes." New York Sun. A DIRECT SLAP. "Why are you down on that man?" "Well, I once advised him not to go Into an enterprise, and the dub went Into It and made money." Louisville Courier-Journal. WISHED HE'D BEEN FORGOTTEN. "Did your uncle remember you In his will?" "Yes; he directed his executors to collect all the loans he had made me." Boston Transcript. MERE MAN'S OPINION. Knicker "Do you think the tax on women's gloves should be in creased?" Bocker "No, they should tax the mitten." New York Sun. HE FLATTERED. Mr. Jawback "The biggest Idiots always seem to marry the prettiest women." Mrs. Jawback "Now you're trying to flatter me." Cleveland Leader. THE EXCEPTIONS. "Blnks has a fine new apartment." "Everything stationary in it, I sup pose?" "Absolutely everything except his wife and the cook." Harper's Bazar. THE FIRST TARIFF. Adam had Just finished the apple. "I suppose," he said bitterly, "I am now qualified as a consumer." Herewith he awaited with resigna tion a tax on fig leaves. New York Sun. ' - IN THE LAW The Client "How much will your opinion be worth in this case?" The Lawyer "I'm too modest to say. But I can tell you what I'm going to charge you for it." Cleve land Leader. THE BETTER WAY. "I have here a really good Joke. I can get $2 for this Joke." "Poor business, det some com poser to write a comic opera around it and draw royalties." Louisville Courier-Journal. MODERN FAME. "We have no really famous men these days." "Oh. I don't know. I doubt If any crowd ever cheered Napoleon for an hour and forty-seven minutes." Louisville Courier-Journal. GIRLISH WOES. "A girl has a hard time with her love affairs." "How now?" "Half the time she isn't sure of herself, and half the time she isn't sure of the man." Louisville Courier-Journal. HANDICAPPED. Teacher "In this free country of ours, children, any boy may hope to be President some day." Curly Haired Urchin (raising his hand) "Not me, ma'am. My name's William Jennings Bryan Simpson." Chicago Tribune. DESCRIBED. Nelle "Is that fellow of yours ever going to get up the courage to propose?" Belle "I guess not he's like an hour-glass." Nelle "An hour-glass?" Belle "Yes the more time he gets the less sand he has." Cleve land Leader. A REMEDY. "I like my bouse all right," said Luschman, "except for one thing. I guess you'll have to fix that" "What is it?" asked the architect "Several times lately I've nearly broken my neck reaching for another step at the' head of the stairs, when I got home late, so I guess you'd bet ter put another step thre." Catho lic Standard and Times. RETORT COURTEOUS. Two London cabbies were glaring at each other. "Aw, wot's the matter with you" demanded one. "Nothlnk's the matter with me, yon bloomin idiot' 1" "You gave me a narsty look," per sisted the first "Me! Why, yo. certainly 'ave a narsty look; but I didn't give It to you, so 'elp meS" Tlt-Blts. HJGH NEWaTAPKR' PftlftftBOQN TO ALL. J: Schermerhorn, of Detroit Times, Says One Cent Publica tions Must Make Inertase or Reduce Size James Schermerhorn, publisher and general manager ot the Detroit Times, who returned from Bermuda a few days ago with Mrs. Schermer horn on the Prince George, of the Bermuda Atlantic Steamship Com pany's service, thinks that one cent newspapers must either advance their price or decrease their size. "Newspapers give too much for the monr," said Mr. Schermerhorn. "An ,' economy In the use of white paper j might work out a blessing. Newspa- 1 pers nowadays are being printed by the pound. Their bulklness leads not only to loose editorial methods, but is a tremendous extravagance. Pub lishers should get a price that com ports more with the cost ot the pro duct Instead ot imposing on the ad vertiser an undue proportion ot the burden ot newspaper making. "In my opinion an Increase in the price of one cent newspapers Is In evitable, especially in the case of the more pretentious kind. The propri etors will have to look at the straight away business phase ot the matter Instead ot disposing of the product below the cost of producing. Owing to the heavy cost ot getting out a paper, a certain amount of careless ness, or at least a lack of discrimina tion, has been allowed to creep into the advertising department of many newspapers which publish advertise ments that are palpably fraudulent or 'fakey.' This has arisen from the necessity of carrying a large amount of such business to make up for the deficit in the circulation end ot the business. Increasing the price ot the newspaper would put the paper in a position to refuse undesirable adver tisements, from which the public should be protected." WISE WORDS. A skeptic Is a man who has lost faith in himself. The chiropodist believes in tight shoes for others. The loafer is willing to work if he can. work a loan. And the man who does the least talking often has the most to say. Unless you have faith in your ef fort It will be a failure. The brand of popularity you can buy isn't worth the price. Dead men tell ho tales and even their epitaphs are not always be lieved. Stealing time from sleep is a poor way to beat it. There are two sides to every story, -and some have four and a celling. The wind frequently turns an um brella, but a borrower seldom returns It. The right kind ot man doesn't have to spend half his time looking for a Job. When a man refuses to argue with a woman she considers it as a sort ot acknowledgement of her mental su periority. From "Pointed Para graphs," In the Chicago News. American Royalty. A visitor to one ot the hotels at Carlsbad, Germany, tells the story, of a gentleman to whom the servants and the proprietor paid the most pro found attention. He was royally, treated, rather to the neglect of the rest of the guests. Every time he came out of the hotel door a strip of green carpet would be rolled down In front of him, and the attendants would take off their caps and bow In the most defer ential and obsequious manner. Neith er the visitor thus so strangely hon ored nor the other guests could make out what this deference meant. At last some one looked in the printed register, or "kurgast llste." There was the entry: "James the 1st, King of Buffalo, N. Y. It was the native printer's render ing ot the American's name James I. King, Buffalo, N. Y. Youth's Com panion. j Out ot Order. Champ Clark loves to tell ot how in the heat of a debate Congressman Johnson, of Indiana, called an Illinois Representative a Jackass. The ex pression was unparliamentary, and In retraction Johnson said: "While I withdraw the unfortunate word, Mr. Speaker, I must insist that the gentleman from Illinois is out of order." "How am I out of order?" yelled the man from Illinois. "Probably a veterinary surgeon could tell you!" and that was parlia mentary enough to stay on thi rec ord. Success Magazine. Too Much. The mald-ot-all-work who ras in the service ot a Pottsville family, the numbers whereof are not on the most amicable terms, recently tendered her resignation, much to the distress of the lady of the house, who was loath to part with so excellent ser vant. "So you are going to leave us?" asked the mistress, sadly. "What's the matter, Mary? Haven't e al ways treated you like one ot the fam ily?" Yls, mum," said Mary, "an I've sthood it as long aa I'm going to!" Harper's Weekly. During every minute of the world's twenty-tour hours 9-000,000 matches are struck. That's 6,000 a second. it
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