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Or if you were born to be leading lady you learn how to keep your leading man in the background without making him feel his inferiority or resent playing second.—New York Times. GIRLS SHOULD REMEMBER That being an old maid may be better than being an unhappy wife. That men are not always the noble peings they seem under love's inspira- tion. That a woman’s memory is wonder- gully retentive when it comes to disa- greeable things. That a surplus of beauty is as both- ‘ersome as having but little thereof. That your condition could be ever so much worse than the one of which you complain, That men pretend to know more about your sex than they generally do. That the things you do not tell can- not be repeated to your annoyance. FACTS ABOUT GOWNS. It is necessary nowadays that a svoman’s clothes must not only be be- coming, but they must become her. When a really well gowned woman enters a room she should make the place in which shestands or sits appear more beautiful. It is not necessary to gay she wore this, or that the silk of her gown was cream soie de chine with silk roses leoking as though they had scattered upon her from the branches of impossible trees. It should be difficult to describe in detail the clothes of a perfectly gowned de-.foman. She should have chosen them because they were individual, not ec- centric. In choosing a material a wom- an must feel that that weave will not look when worn by her like that on anyone else, and she must also under- stand that her gowns must be made simply for her own benefit, to become her only, and not to be like one of her friends or acquaintances.—Newark Ad- wertiser. a—— | FLOWERS IN HAT TRIMMINGS. Fur toques will be worn extensively this winter and Dame Fashion decrees that stiff flowers on velvet and crushed velvet will be the most fashionable Of course, fur hats are always small and plumes and such like are not quite in place on many of them. Flowers in winter are a pretty fad at any rate, and since the manufacturers are making such pretty effects they are so very realistic. Ca- melias, gardenias and stiff petaled flow- ers are the most popular. Sometimes only one is worn, if it is of a large size. Sable hats are the handsomest and most expensive, and they look very well trimmed with flowers of a pronounced shade. Violets make hand- some designs, and mary of the bunches are shaded from a heliotrope to the deepest purple. A swagger model of sable In flat sailor shape had a close- set wreath of white gardenias around the crown. Another hat of sable had a crown of violets and had the brim edged with them. An attractive chapeau, to be sure.—Newark Adver- tiser. DON'T BUNCH FLOWERS. ITave you observed that it is no {onger the smart thing to wear a mon- ster bunch of violets tucked in your corsage? Women of fashion seem, at last, to have acquired the art of wear- ing flowers. Certainly there is no love- fier adornment and no more becoming one than a real live flower. The trou- ble was that we overdid it. Now, you just pin a single white or golden chrysanthemum—not too large— upon your coat, or tuck it under ydgr chin, attaching it to your neck piece. You can wear an orchid, a scarlet dahlia, or a rose in the same manner, and you have no idea how startlingly {ovely a pretty face above a real flower appears. In the evening it is no longer the fashion to carry huge bunches or shower bouquets of roses. A single flower, carried in the hand, is the fad. When affected by a naturally graceful woman, is is the acme of grace. One need no longer sit stiffly holding one’s dsts together in an effort to retain one’s bouquet, but can gesticulatte and use the single flower to emphasize one’s every thought. It is a boon to the woman who does not know what to do svith her hands. A natural flower caught in the low coif now Tashionable is another addi- tion to the evening toilet. Indeed, this is’ the real art of wearing flowers. It applies also to the arrangement of flowers for household decoration. The Japanese, those lovers of flowers, never place more than one flower, or at most, one spray or branch in a vase, and consider that they have arranged it artistically only after they have pro- duced in it the effect of growing di- gectly from the vase. . Where on earth did we ever acquire = the hideous and vulgar habit of bunch- ing flowers? CHARACTER IN NECK. Character is told every day of the week by the expression of the mouth and eyes, by the hands, ete., but it is not everyone who can read the charac- ter of their friends by the shape and appearance of their necks. Nevertheless, the neck of a woman will indicate to a great extent what is her general character and often the state of her health. The neck of the avaricious man or woman is stretched far forward and out of their clothes. It looks as if it were in the pursuit of gain. On the other hand, the sagacious neck is a short, muscular neck, and is large. Sometimes their owners are spoken of as having no neck, the head looking almost as if it were resting upon the shoulders, says Woman's Life. The perfectly proportioned neck is the graceful neck. It is rather long, it is true, but it is exquisitely rounded, and it indicates a charming, affable nature. Another long neck, one, however, which is thin, belongs to the timid, over-sensitive person. — Indianapolis News. THE AMETHYST. The amethyst, which is enjoying such popularity this season, is a most con- venient jewel, for not only is it be- coming to both blonde and brunette coloring, but it also blends well with many of the fashionable shades in ma- terials aside from the approved tints in purple, with all of whieh it corre- sponds naturally. Among the dantiest of the many combinations and quaint designs in which the amethyst is used are sprays of violets, with a tiny dia- mond nestling here and there. Close upon the popularity of amethysts come sapphires, topazes and tourmalines and with emeralds are promised superior- ity. These jewels in drop necklaces and as pendants are so cleverly imitated for reasonable prices that many a so- ciety girl has several of these “mock jewel” ornaments to correspond with the shades of her various gowns. Imi- tation jewelry is generally something to be avoided, but the craze for bar- barie designs has been a little over- done, and will probably not last many more seasons; consequently she who desires to be fashionable on a small income must strain a point, as it scarcely pays to buy an expensive or- nament of an extreme style. Indeed, the chain necklace with jeweled pendants has become such a recognized part of the toilette, and to such an extreme has the demand for harmony in color reached, that such a necklace is fairly considered a part of the trimming of the gown itself rather than as a jewel with an in- dividual value. HIGH-HEELED SHOES. Woe to the young women who are wearing high-heeled shoes. The tor- ture to follow this practice cannot be imagined by the one who has been for- tunate enough never to have had any trouble with her feet. The feet are certain to swell after high-heeled shoes have been worn for a time, and if the young women are able to get shoes which they can wear without torturing themselves almost to death they are extremely fortunate, says an exchange. The women, however, who will per- sist in wearing these French high- heeled shoes, should give their feet some attention at night, and before putting the shoes on. The woman who is obliged to limp along with every step on these bright, sunshiny days, is not to he envied. The warm weather means positive torture to the ones whose pedal extremities are forced to wear unhealthy shoes. The feet be- come puffy and every corn becomes en- dowed with a tendency to develop une expected twinges and aches, while no shoes can be found that is flexible or soft enough to be worn with any com- fort. Women should be very careful in the selection of hosiery. Women whose feet are extremely tender should never choose black hose, for the dye acts upon the skin. If colored hosiery must be worn, white feet should be insisted upon. Shoes should be carefully chosen. Everything in the shape of patent, glazed or enameled leather should be avoided, and instead other leathers selected that do not in any way draw or cause a feeling of puffi- ness. The hosiery must, of course, be fresh each day, and at least three pairs of walking boots will be found of great advantage as in changing off from one to the other the feet will be rested. A dusting powder will be a great aid. This should be shaken in both shoes and stockings each morning. Just a little is necessary and it will prove most effective. This powder is made by adding to four ounces of pure tal- cum, one ounce of powdered boracic acid, one-half dram of salycilic acid and two drams of powdered alum. Pos- sibly in connection with the use of this powder, a tonic in the form of the: lotion should be applied each night. The feet must first be bathed in very warm water and then sponged off with cold. Every woman should take good care of her feet if she wishes to be half- way, comfortable, INTEREST INFASTELLC- TRIC TRACTION WANES. The Matter of Expense 1s What Prevents the Running of Trains at a Speed of 120 Miles an Hour, At present the very high speed elec tric railway is little heard of in Eng- land, and even in Germany, where the Berlin-Zossen experimentsshowed thaf, given a straight,, well-laid and well- balanced track, a speed of 120 miles an hour was possible and safe, it has rather dropped out of imminent prob- ability. The question seems at present principally one of expense. Very heavy cars are required for any speed over eighty miles an hour; no curve can be taken without slackening of speed if it has a radius of less than a mile; and a ear containing, say, sixty people, would with its necessary transformers and motors require 2000 horse-power to urge it at a rate of 120 miles an hour. The curves are the principal difficulty; so that in order to run trains at these speeds it will be necessary to construct new railway lines. At present public interest in Germany is concentrated on the possibility of high-speed electric traction between Berlin and Hamburg, which, if a new straight line were built, would be 155 miles distant by rail. During the dis- cussion of the high-speed experimental line Messrs. Siemens and Halske pro- posed a single-track electric line at a cost of $17,500,000, on which trains would run the whole distance either way, with a stop half way, In five minutes under two hours. The Gen- eral Electric Ccmpany propose a double line, on which trains would travel 100 miles an hour and do the journey in one hour and twersy-five minutes, for $32,500,000. For $37,500,000 they be- lieve they could raise the speed to 125 miles an hour.—London Post. WISE WORDS. fhe pursuit of money is painful, but its possession is often more so. There's no power in the piety that seems to give a man a perfect pain. Better the hands that ache from toil than the heart that aches from trouble. Temptations are sure to ring your doorbell, but it's your fault if you ask them to stay to dinner. Perform a kind action, and you find a kind feeling growing in yourself, even if it was not there before. Those who reason only by analogies arely reason by logic, and are gener- ally slaves to imagination.—C. Sim- mons. How evenly things are balanced in this world! The foolish benefit from the wisdom of the wise, and, in return, the wise must suffer for the follies of the foolish. Men born with silver spoons in their mouths are but poorly fitted to sit in judgment on those who labor. Noth- ing puts a man so wise to a thing as having “been there.” Happiness, content and right satis- faction, all doubts answered, all dark places lighted up, heaven begun here— this is the reward of loving God. In this world, tribulation; yes, but good cheer in spite of that.—George Hodges. D. D. Slight Mistake. There is an old story of an authority on Buddha whose next neighbors at dinner insisted on bringing the ialk back to agricultural products, under the impression that “butter” was the magic word uttered in her ear by her hostess. This story has had many sue- cessors, one of which relates to Sir Henry Howorth and his book, “A His- tory of the Mongols.” He met at an afternoon reception a young woman who, after surveying him with inter- est, launched into a discourse on dogs, telling him she had three, and had al- ways been pleased that each of them had such a good pedigree. “Though I don’t know that it counts for much,” she said at last. “Some of yours, no doubt, are cleverer than any of mine.” “But I have no dogs,” said Sir Henry, bewildered. “Oh, well, I mean those you've written about,” said the young woman, quickly. “But I've never writ- ten about any,” said Sir Henry. “You haven't!” exclaimed the young woman, “Why, I'm sure somebody told me you had written a book on mongrels!”"— Youth’s Companion. The Next Best Thing. “I had almost forgotten what an old. fashioned Fourth of July celebration was like,” said a man whe was borrp in the country, but was translated t¢ New York many years ago, “when last Fourth of July I found myself visiting some relatives in a little country village in Iowa. They had a picnic in the woods, with speeches, music and din. ner afterward. “When the program was about tc begin the chairman stepped forward and said that they had intended te open the exercises with prayer, but thy minister had been unexpectedly called away. He asked if any one in the audience would come forward and offer prayer. No one responded. He waited a minute and then, ‘Well, said he, ‘we’ll have the next best thing. We'll have the Declaration of Independence read.’ ”"—New York Press. A “New-Born” Giant, Apropos of a thirteen-pound baby which an English practitioner recent ly announced as a record breaker, a Johannesburg doctor sends the follow- ing letter to the Lancet: “Sirs—I beg to inform you that I delivered a Dutch lady of a son sveighing fourteen and a quarter pounds. The child looked to me as if he would be more satisfied with a chop than a drink of milk. I may men- tion that both mother and father are large persons.” IN GANDY LAND. *In Candy Land the little folks Wear candy buttons on their cloaks, And candy buttons on their shoes— Indeed, on everything they use.’ "Why, LJ Chould think the things would “They do; and then the children take The broken pieces, great and small, And eat until they've eaten all. “In Candy Land the girls all know With candy needles they must sews; The boys who work have candy tools, And they have candy books in schools = Candy Land they think it nice, To go to skate on candy ice; They rest themselves in candy chairs, go to bed up candy stairs. The candy-lover on my knee In wonderment still questioned me: “And if the candy stairs should break?” “The children must the pieces take, And very quickly down must sit And eat up every single bit.” “What if the candy buttons break?” “The pieces then the children take, And very calmly down they sit And eat up every single bit. “In Candy Land the girls and boys Play every day with candy toys; They always eat from candy plates, And do their sums on candy slates. “Sometimes the children eat all day To get the broken bits away. “And must the cnildren eat them all?” “Yes, every piece, both great and small, This is the law in Candy Land; And you must own ’tis wisely planned; For in that land, as you can Ay So many things must broken be That bits of candy soon would strew The sidewalks, roads, and houses, too; So children must the pieces eat That Candy Eand be clean and neat,” The candy-lover on my knee In blank amaze locked up at me. “Why, Candy Land’s a dreadful place!”— Then dawned a wise look on his face—e “TI used to think it would be grand To go to live in Candy Land; But now I only wish to go Each day and stay an hour or so!” —St. Nicholas. FUN IN MAKING SMOKE RINGS. Have you ever watched a smoker blow rings of smoke from his mouth? Here is a way to make smoke rings without being a smoker, and it will pe found one of the prettiest experi- ments that you ever made. You must have a pasteboard box about a foot square at the bottom, and in the middle of the bottom cut a round hole as large as a silver dollar. Pin a handkerchief tightly ever the And your friends will be surprised when you blow out the candle by tap- ping the muslin on the box, even after the box has been emptied of smoke. The tap on the muslin sends a current of air strong enough to extinguish the flame. The accompanying illustration shows how the box should be arranged. Any boy can make it.—New York Evening Mail. — THE STRENGTH OF BIRDS. Birds can eat and digest from ten to thirty times as much food in propor- tion to their size as men can. If a man could eat as much in proportion to his size as a sparrow is able to consume he would need a whole sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen chickens for breakfast and six turkeys for his evening meal. A tree sparrow has been known to eat 700 gr seeds in a day. Relative to the bird's size, these seeds were as big as an ordinary lunch basket would be to a full grown man. A bird's strength is equally amazing, says the Indianapolis News. A white- tailed eagle weighing twelve pounds, with a wing-spread of six feet, has been known to pounce on a pig weigh- ing forty-two pounds, raise it to a height of 100 feet and fly off with it. The bird had covered a distance of half a mile before the pig's owner succeed- ed in shooting the thief. Birds can and do work ‘far harder than human beings. A pair of house martins when nesting will feed their voung ones in twenty seconds—that is, each bird, male and female, makes ninety journeys to and fro in an hour, or about 1000 a day. It must be re- membered that on each journey the bird has the added weight of catching the worm. Even so tiny a bird as the wren has been counted to make 110 trips to and from its nest within 430 minutes, and the prey it carried home consisted of larger, heavier and harder-to-find in- sects than were caught by the spar- rows. Among them were twenty good- sized caterpillars, ten grasshoppers, seven spiders, eleven worms and more than one fat chrysalis. ANTS’ COWSHEDS. One of the most interesting studies of insect life is the relationship be- tween ants and plant-lice, or aphids. These plant-lice supply honeydew from the juices which they take as food from plants. The ants are very fond of this sweet substance, and care THE SMOKE RINGS AND THE SMOKE BOX. open top of the box and then burn touchpaper in the hole until the box is full of smoke. Now rest the box on its side, and when you lightly tap the handkerchief smoke rings will come out of the hole just like those from the smoker's mouth. To make larger rings of smoke and to perform little feats with them, get a wooden box instead of the pasteboard one and let it be about two feet square at the bottom. Over the open top tack tightly a piece of heavy muslin and stand the box on its side, as before. The hole in this box should be three or four inches in diameter. To keep the box full of smoke arrange two bottles, one filled with strong ammonia and the other with hydrochloric acid, and sup- port them on asbestos so that they can be heated from below by an alcohol lamp. The corks of the bottles will have to have either rubber or bent glass tubes fitted in them, the other ends of the tubes entering the box by means of two small holes. When you heat the bottles with the lamp the fumes will rise through the tubes and enter the box, where they will mix and form a dense white smoke. Having filled the box in this way the bottles need not be heated again until the smoke becomes thin. When you tap on the muslin, large, beautiful rings of smoke will come out of the hole, and you can bring them out forcibly and fast if you tap the muslin hard, or gently and slowly if you tap it lightly. You will perhaps be surprised to hear that you can make one of the smoke rings blow out a lighted candle that is placed acress the room from the box. Of course the candle must be placed exactly opposite to the hole, when a quick, hard tap on the muslin will send a ring of smoke that will extinguish it. for the aphids in a manner that seems to us surprisingly intelligent. They sometimes carry them bodily to a bet. ter feeding ground and drive away certain of their enemies. It is claimed that they even build sheds of mud in the crotches of shrubs and small trees. On account of this insect relationship, one may truthfully call the ants “farm- ers,” the aphids “cows,” and these pro- tecting mud cases ‘“cowsheds.”—St. Nicholas. MOTHER GOOSE GEOGRAPHY. The old “Banbury Cross” familiar from the Mother Goose rhyme was a real cross in the English town of Ban- bury. For a long time it was in ruined condition, but was restored some twen- ty years ago, possibly because tourists would ask to see it. But the “Old Lady” upon the white horse, with all her bells and rings, is gone forever, music and all. “Primrose Hill” is an- other real lecality, being in London near Regent's Park. “St. Ives,” on the road from which ‘seven wives” were met, is the town where Oliver Crome well passed five years in farming. St. Nicholas. PIGEON CARRIED THE NOTICE. A carrier pigeon, writes the Redding (Cal.) correspondent of the Sacramento Bee, played a part the other afternoon in the filing of a mining location notice and several amended notices with the County Recorder by Clinton Johnson, manager of the Gold Kings Mining Company. The pigeon was liberated at the mines, four miles west of this city, and reached Mr. Johnson just four minutes later, bringing to him the word that the notices had all been properly posted on the claims. Thereupon he filed du. plicates with the County Recorder, and was just in time to do so before the office closed for the d°v. FAIR WARNING. Don’t you come ter my house, Mister Sorrow, fer ter stay; Ef pou does, wid “ Halleluia’ sing you right away! —Atlanta Constitution. FRIENDLY ADVICE. Nordy—*“I believe I'll get married.” Butts—“Don’t do it, old man. Get an automobile. You'll find it equally exciting and less expensive in the long run.” WOULDN'T DO. “Rolling pin? Yes, sir; here's one made of glass; the latest thing out.” “But, man! that thing would prob- ably break and eut my head all to pieces!”—Houston Post. THE DISENCHANTMENT. “Did Chumpleigh marry the widow that he couldn't live without?” “Yes, and now he’s wondering how her first husband managed to live with her.,”—Town Topics. HEARTLESS PARENTS, Mose—“Well, Elsie, the new baby is to be called ‘John.’ ” Elsie—“0! pshaw! Why didn’t they name it Mabel or something like that; they knew I wanted a little sister.”— Philadelphia Press. MUSICAL MATTERS. “My bark is on the sea,” sang the tenor of the male quartet. “It oughtn’t to be,” said the leader severely. “We're singing in D now.” -Council Bluffs Nonpareil. TOO STRENUOUS. “Let's “Naw. Mudder told me I mustn't fight.”—Chicago Journal. play we're married.” VERY MUCH OPPOSITE. “Why does he wish to marry her?” . “He says people should marry their opposites.” “Why, they are both dark.” “Yes; but he hasn't a cent and she has a million dollars.” HARD RAP FOR TEACHERS. “When I was your age I could an- swer any question in arithmetic.” “Yes,” said the small child to his teacher, “but you forget that you had a different teacher to what I have.”— Chicago Journal, SOME DIFFERENT. Kind Old Man—“Would you lead a different life if you could get out of this jail?” Convict—*“Well, it’s a cinch that I wouldn't be as sedentary in my habits as I am now.”—Chicago Journal. POOR JOHN. Passenger—‘“Whatever became of the Bulger family?” Bus Driver—‘“‘Oh, Bill turned out fine. Got to be an actor. Tom's an artist; Mary's a music teacher. But John never amounted to much. It took ° all he could earn to support the others.”—Chicago Journal, INTERESTED. “So the politician spent a week on the old farm? Did he put in the time playing games?” “No; he spent every day out in the beautiful orchard.” “What on earth interested him im the orchard?” “Why, the extensive grafting.”— Chicago News. DIPLOMATIC. “Of course, the earrings are quite pretty,” she said, with a just tinge of disappointment, ‘‘but the stones are very small.” “But, my dear,” replied Mr. Proxy, “if they were any larger they'd be all out of proportion to the size of your ears.”—Philadelphia Press. LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. The cheerful optimist had slipped on the ice and broken his leg. “Well,” said the friend who had called upon him, as he sat down by the bed, “what do you find to be thank- ful for now?” “Thankful for now!” exclaimed the cheerful optimist. “What an extra- ordinary question! I'm thankful that [ didn't also break the other leg.”— Somerville Journal.
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