FADS IN JEWELRY.
Karrings Are Popular, aud a Revival erf
Bracelets is Prophesied.
Among tho new things to be found In
jewelry this season are gold pins,
suited to the low dressing of the hair
in vogue at the present time. These
pins rccnll the big bald headed ones,
L which were worn on either side of the
A big waterfall long ago, and which are
familiar to most people from engrav
ings at least.
These new pins have heads of more
a modest size, and are connected by a
slender ehnin. They are to be insert
' ed into each side of the knot. To se
cure them one of the pins is tubular,
while the other is sharp, tho latter
penetrating the first as it goes through
the hair. The heads are in plain gold,
enamelled effects or set with small
jewels.
Baroque pearls continue in favor,
nnd are used In various ways, among
which are flower shaped heads for hat
nnd stickpins. These appear in dais
ies, chrysanthemums, roses, edelweiss
and.the like, the irregular form of the
pearls being made an advantage in
fashioning the petals of the flowers.
Large baroque pearls set in rose and
antique gold for hat pins are also
novel.
Pins, cuff buttons, etc., of the sport
ing variety nre made of rock crystal
underlaid with intaglios filled in with
enamel. They represent hunting and
fishing scenes and animals' heads, and
i the workmanship is most exquisite.
* Inlorgnettechaius forfans, watches,
purses and vinaigrettes there are many
attractive designs to he found. One of
the new ones should insure good luck
unless all the signs and omens fall.
It Is set at intervals with jade, onyx,
opal, sard and matrix stones all carved
in different forms, copied from Egyp
tian art. There arc the winged asp,
the head of Isis, the Nile key, lotus
leaf, tlie scarab, etc. Another chain,
has pendent gems set in clusters at in
tervals throughout Its length. A
charming chain is Interspersed with
leaflike designs formed of network of
gold tilled in with enamel.
The dressiest scarfpln is a single
pearl. Few belt buckles are used, all
sorts and kinds of pins, the quainter
the better, taking their place. A good
assortment is always shown, however.
One of the daintiest Is a coiled ser
pent of enamel and gold.
More earrings have been sold this
season than for many seasons. All, of
course, nre of the screw kind, or nre
L set close to the ear. Occasionally, a
* woman, fond of speetnculnr effect,
wears a stone of a different color in
each ear. A yellow diamond and a
white diamond and n white pearl nnd
n black one are the usual choice for
this use. There are indications that
bracelets may have a revival, more
being seen this season than for some
years.—New York Tribune.
A Girl or Spirit.
An eighteen-year-old college girl was
one of the contributors to the receipts
■of the Kansas City live stock market
a few days ago. Miss Mabel Whiting,
of Hording, Neb., wus represented by
a load containing nineteen light
weight steers of her own feeding,
which sold for 55.25 per hundred
weight, making her a profit of more
than S3OO. She is the daughter of L. P.
Whiting, a feeder and farmer of Hard
ing. It had been her ambition to go
to college independent of any help
from him. She had planned to tench
school last year, but, following her
I father's advice, she bought a load of
cattle and handled them herself. The"
result of her experiment is that she is
about twice as well off financially as
if she had taught school. Her father,
who was at the stock yards when liis
daughter's cattle were sold, was de
lighted.
"It Isn't that she had to do it," ho
said, "or really needed to earn the
money, hut it's the idea that she is
capable of enrning her owu living if
it should ever become necessary. The
work was not drudgery, and she speut
110 more than an hour a day atteudlug
the cattle. She had the rest of the
time to herself. In the winter she
she went to a neighboring town three
times a week and took lessons In dress
making.
"In the spring 1 bought a piano for
j our home," said her father, "and she
1 lias been taking music lessons all
'm su.uruer. If she laid taught school
' ns she had intended at first she could
not have made more than 530 a month,
nearly all her time would have been
occupied, and she would havo been
awny from home."
Miss Whiting has entered the Wes
■ lc-yau University at Lincoln, Neb., as a
freshman. She started her college
i course Independent of any help from
her family, nnd intends to pay her
way ns long as she remains there.
Individuality In Ilnlrdreßglnß.
So far as clothes go there Js infinite
b" variety, which heightens the mystery
of the fact that when you have soon
| one modish woman you have seen ail.
I Coiffures are a large factor in this de-
I plorable reiteration. And, not content
I with having during the past few years
S worked the high note to the point of
weariness, we are now preparing our-
L selves to patiently nnd rigorously rc
■kmeat the operation with the recently
jgfcvsuscitnted low dressing. Now, a
/üßittle hit of both would he so much
IM more pleasing and really only reason
(B able, since different shapes of heads
and contours demand different coif
fures. Or there is a midway dressing,
n more or less classical arrangement
eminently becoming to a certain typo
of woman possessed of a pretty, round
ed head and hair preferably with a
natural wave in It and worn with a
parting. Now that is how nature has
constructed many of us who during
the past half decade have deliberately
violated all these good Intentions by a
ruthless scraping up of our hair to the
summit of our heads and so deliberate
ly courted failure.
Inevitably, and rightly so, is there
much weeping and wailing and gnash
ing of white teeth among those some
what short of stature over the pre
scribed knot in the nape of the neck.
There is no denying that a high knot
adds several cubits to a curtailed
height, and at the same time imparts
an importance and presence perhaps
otherwise lacking. Indeed, this is a
case in point in reference to more
choice and freedom in these toilet de
tails of in mode, ever lenient before a
presentment that is becoming.—Wash
ington Star.
Two College Graduates' Ranndry.
A successful laundry run on scien
tific and economical principles is that
taken in hand by two college women at
Brookline, in this State. The clothes
are dried in the open air whenever
possible, on a large sunny grass plot
over against the park. The washing
and ironing is carried on in a large,
well-ventilated and clean-kept build
ing, built by the owners of the laun
dry, the Misses White, and that is
not only well aired, but filled with
sunshine. One of the reasons why
clothes from common laundries are
so disagreeable to the sense of smell
is because they nre either steam-dried
in ill-kept rooms or on lines in back
yards hemmed in by other buildings,
when the clothes lose the whitening
and sweetening effects of the sun.
The work in this model laundry Is di
vided between men and women. The
foreman carefully experiments to find
just what chemicals and how much of
them can be used in the removal of
stains without injury to fabrics. Near
ly all the ironing is done by hand,
and hand-work shows to as much ad
vantage In Ironing as in other pro
cesses. There are many varieties of
helps in ironing, special boards for
bosoms, cuffs, sleeves, cte„ and here,
to, the preferences of patrons as to
high or low finish on collars, etc.,
heavy or light starching for various
fabrics, and for various uses—all these
things are taken into consideration.
It is evident that the laundry deserves
to succeed, and it is doing so, having
run now for three years, and gaining
a sure foothold.—Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
A War Against Wrinkles.
Wrinkles are the principal witnesses
to Rge. A person may have hair nearly
or quite white, but if the skin is fnir
and smooth, they will look what they
are, prematurely gray. But you do not
hear of people being prematurely
wrinkled, although mnny truly are;
yet they nre spoken of as looking old.
Many young people bnve a dlsagree
nble habit of frowning nnd scowling,
and ns they grow older the creases
formed will become fixed. Profound
meditation, deep study, worry and anx
iety all cause wrinkles, nnd mostly In
the upper part of the face. Of course
we kuow that a face without any linos
would be expressionless, but there is
little danger of any effort on our part
erasing too many; enough will remain
if we do ail we can to obliterate them.
The skin in youth is not only firm but
elastic, nnd lienee the momentary ex
pressions, even if frequently repented,
disappear, hut in later years the elas
ticity is lost, and expressions oft re
peated form permanent folds in the
skin.—Woman's Life.
fSjOfe MEW EST
FASHIOMS
Every variety of pompon is seen on
the new millinery.
Bound ball buttons of gun metal,
however, have a very good style.
Very slender stripes in white on
smooth goods are seen far the tailor
made costumes.
On simple shirt waists of flannel the
most satisfactory buttons, as far as
looks are concerned, are thooe covered
with the material.
A novelty iu velvet ribbon trim
mings is the double toned velvet rib
bon; the velvet side of one color and
the satin of another.
There are indications that big sleeves
are coming in again. Not alone coats,
but maty blouses and tailor-made
gowns, show sleeves full from the
top of the arm to the cuff.
Ornaments for the hair for evening
wear are pretty and varied, anil arti
ficial flowers are used quite as much
as aigrettes, plumes or bows. A single
fleur de lis in velvet, studded with bril
liants, makes a pretty bit of hair or
namentation.
The crush belt Is of gray taffeta and
a pretty tie is of lemon colored clilf
fon. The skirt is made with a tucked
flounce, formed of two flounces com
ing from the side and very high in the
back. The flounces are edged with
gray taffeta bands.
A smart gown is of red nun's veil
ing canvas, having a yoke of Russian
lace and narrow revers, and a tie of
red velvet with a small gold dot. The
skirt Is tucked all over lengthwise and
finished at the bottom with nine nar
row bands of red velvet with gold dots.
firaiilAiDEri
One Profit From Shoep.
There is one profit from sheep that
is not generally considered, which is
the increased fertility of tho land oc
cupied by them. The farms in Can
ada that command tho highest prices
are those upon which sheep have been
kept for years, the pastures on such
farms being free from weeds, while
the crops grown thereon have in
creased every year, showing a gain in
fertility.
Winter Care of Poultry.
No one who does hot take an interest
in poultry can expect many eggs in
cold weather or when the ground is
covered with snow. My experience is
keeping the roosting place clean, good
shelter and a varied diet. To promote
laying, feed alternately wheat, buck
wheat, oats, scalded bran sometimes
seasoned with pepper and occasionally
a little corn. Onions chopped fine and
mixed with their food will promote
health, also scraps from the table; and
thick sour milk placed where they can
get it is also relished. Where milk is
not at hand keep clean water within
their reach. Crushed oyster shell and
gravel and a dust bath are necessary.
With this treatment hens will pay well
in winter.—Mrs. E. Bates, in tho Epi
tomist.
A Cltnap Smokehouse.
Anyone having a small amount of
meat to smoke aud not caring to de
pend on the neighbors' smokehouse
can build one himself without use of
hammer or nails. Simply take an old
hogshead and saw a hole near the
bottom for a stovepipe to enter. Get
an old cast Iron teakettle and cut a
hole near the bottom for draft. Now
procure at least five lengths of stove
pipe, ten better; less than five will
burn the meat. Set your hogshead at
least two feet above the level of the
kettle. Fill the latter with kindlings,
Including some hickory wood and cobs,
and place the elbow of a pipe over the
top of the kettle. Start a fire and hang
your hams in the hogshead. The
damper should he used when fuel is
put in. This will do the work. I have
used It for years, aud find it practical.
—W. V. N. House, in Orange Judd
farmer.
Timely Seed-Savin*:.
If certain flile specimens of favorite
flowers have been allowed to ripen
their seed for next season's planting,
don't neglect them until late iu the
fall, aud then expect to secure them
all at once. It should be remembered
In gathering the seeds of annuals that
It 'is necessary to study the habits
of the different varieties, or many of
the seeds will he lost. Take the
phlox, the pansies and the balsams,
for Instance; If we wait until the seeds
are fully ripe we will find that there
arc none when we are ready to gather
them, for they burst their capsules as
soon as they are ripe, and throw their
seeds as far as posible. By studying
the different plants, and learning their
natural methods of distributing their
seeds, we can anticipate this self-sow
ing and capture the seeds as soou
as the pods are well formed aud show
signs of maturity.
Put Yourself In His Place.
How would you like to be your own
horse? Would you work yourself
six or Severn hours without water when
the temperature is in the nineties?
Would you let the head of a rivet
stand twisted in the harness till It
tore the skin off? Would you put a
bridle on yourself that had a loose
blinder which flapped you in the eye
every time you made a step? Would
you tie yourself up with a lazy or
(lower horse which made you pull more
than half tho load? Would you give
yourself water out of a slimy box, or
a mudhole In the creek where the pigs
and poultry bathe? Would you feed
yourself dry corn seven days In the
week, and hay that smelled of rats,
in a manger on which the hens roost?
Would you stand yourself, at feeding
time, ankle deep in your own excre
ment, to light a million (lies bred iu
your own filth? What would you do
if you were your own horse?— Tenne
ssee Farmer.
WUero Fence l'ostn Decay,
In some soils and with some kinds
of stakes, there is a tendency for tho
stakes to rot off quickly at tho surface
of the ground. The alternate wetting
and drying at that point seems to cause
tills. Repairs can be made without
tearing down the fence iu the least.
Use a cedar crosspiece at the bottom,
-
nud two narrow strips for stays, put
on as showu in the cut, aud the fence
will be well supported for mauy years.
A somewhat similar contrivance might
be used for making a movable fence.
The post, in this case, would not go
into the ground at all, but the fence
would he supported by the broad base.
—New England Homestead.
Fall Pruning.
A great many persons ere asking
whether fall pruning Is proper. Many
ef them desire to prune their fruit
trees, grape vines aud berry bushes at
this time of the year, when there is
more time for It and more comfort In
doing it than In the spring. In general
we are Inclined strongly to discourage
tho practice of fall pruuiug, especially
for tho Northern States. With many
kinds of trees, cherries, for Instance,
in cold situations, fall pruning is dan
gerous and sometimes disastrous. In
extreme cases we have known strong,
healthy trees to be killed by it. Iu
handling grapevines and berry plants
In the North there is also the further
objection that, in case any considera
ble winter-killing ensues, the hearing
wood may be so much diminished in
quantity as to spoil next year's crop.
If the pruning is delayed till spring
the winter-killing can mostly be seen
and allowances made for it. The
Country Gentleman.
Horse Nature Bike Human Nature.
I know an old mare who is decidedly
shy and viciously tricky for her age.
She seems to dread close comradeship
and too much caressing from human
hands. Yet the other morning, after
a vain attempt to smooth her long,
lean nose, I moved away and leaned
against the stall, oy hand outstretched
upon the manger rail. And what do
you think she did? She came shyly
after me presently, and touched my
fingers lightly with her nose. I main
tained a discreet passiveness and she
grew bolder, mouthing along my hand
with her satin soft nostrils In a deli
cate, sensitive caress, light as the touch
of human motherhood. Aud then she
put out her tongue, exquisitely soft
and warm It was, and gently lapped
oy hand.
Oh, you old rogue! When I remem
ber that winter day when you gave
me a hard spill on tho frozen earth,
and tho other day when you viciously
bit through the flesh of my arm, what
wonder that 1 am amazed at such gen
tleness I Yet I've no doubt horse na
ture Is very like human nature, in that
there is tho good and the not so good
in all Its composition, and we love the
one by learning to condone the other.
—C. Grace Kephart, in tho Horso Re
view.
Tlio Hessian Fly.
Every one who grows wheat under
stands pretty thoroughly the ravages
of tho Ilesslan tly. The Illustration
will give the reader 'some idea of this
Insect and its growth at various stages.
The plant at the left Is an uninjured
stalk, the one at the right shows a stalk
Infested with the Ilesslan fly. It will
bo noticed that this stalk Is dwarfed,
the leaves withered and the stems
swollen near tho ground.
In tho Illustration A indicates the
eggs of the fly; B the larva much en
larged; O shows the pupa case; D the
chrysalis; E the adult female, natural
size; F the adult female much en
larged; G the male much enlarged; H
THE FLY AND ITS HAVAGES.
the pupa In position between the leaf
slienth and stalk, and I the parasite.
After years of experimenting with dif
ferent methods scientists agree tiiat
tile only way of successfully lighting
the Hessian tly Is to have the soil iu
which wheat Is to be sown in the best
possible condition, use varieties that
are resistant and sow the seed as late
as possible in the fall. The soil should
| he so well fed and so fertile that n
strong healthy growth of wheat will
bo secured In the fall even though
the seeding is late.—lndianapolis News.
Seed Wheat Per Acre.
At the Ohio State University and
Experiment Station they have for
many years been testing different
amounts of seed wheat per acre. The
first experiments were on rich bottom
land. Where they sowed live pecks
per acre the yield was thirty-four bush
els, and where they put on seven pecks
they harvested thirty-seven bushels, a
gain of a bushel for each pock of seed.
It was repeated the next year on live
duplicate plots sowu at each rate. Iu
every ease the results were in favor
of the seven peeks per acre, it giving
enough larger crop to more thau repay
the extra cost of the seed. Tests have
been made on the same farm several
years since with varying quantities,
with the result that best crops were
obtained when not less than live pecks
or more thau seven pecks were sown.
Having removed In 1802 to a farm
where the soil is less productive thau
that first tested, they have found the
most profitable harvests from tho use
of eight pecks or more of seed. In un
favorable reasons tho best results
there have been from nine to ten peeks
of seed. While we cannot dispute the
correctness of their tests, we think
some of these who thoroughly lit their
ground get better results from less
than seven peeks than from more,
and It may depend for profit upon the
point of the comparative cost of extra
seeding or of extra labor In fitting tho
soil.—The Cultivator.
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The Government and Good Koada.
IN a couutry as large as that lu
which we live, with the greater
purt of its producing regions wide
ly separated from the markets
which they serve, the matter of trans
portation is one of vast importance.
This applies particularly to our agri
cultural products; for while a great
portion both of our manufactured out
put and of our farm growth must be
moved long distances by rail or water
before reaching a market, practically
all of the latter must also be trans
ported for greater or less distances
over the public highways. The ques
tion of marketing these agricultural
products, amounting in the United
States to $1,000,000,000 annually, on
terms that the dealer can afford to pay
and the grower to accept, often reduces
itself to a question of cheap and quick
delivery—in other words, to a question
of economical transportation. '
As far as the railways and the steam
ship lines are concerned, this problem
iias been dealt with very intelligently
and satisfactorily. Skill and money
have been applied without stint to the
provision of enlarged means of con
veyance, improved ways and increased
power. These influences, under the
stress of strong competition, have re
duced long-distance freight rates to a
reasonable level.
There is one phase of this transpor
tation problem, however, which has
approached no satisfactory solution.
That Is the matter of wagon road haul.
As has already been said, while the
greater part of our farm products
travel by steamship, canal or railway
for a portion of the Journey to mar
ket, virtually all of them are conveyed
for some distance over the public high
ways. It is unfortunate that this is
often the most expensive part of their
journey. It has been shown by math
ematical demonstration that it costs
more to move a bushel of wheat or a
ton of hay ten miles over the average
country roads of the United States
than to transport the same burden
500 miles by railway or 2000 miles by
steamship. It has happened many
times in different parts of the country
that farmers have let crops go to waste
because the cost of hauling them to the
nearest market or railway shipping
point over wretched and ill kept roads
amounted to more than could be real
ized for them afterwards; whereas, if
good roads on which henvy londs could
be hauled had been at hand, the same
crops could have been marketed at a
small prottt to the producer, while the
economic gain resulting from their
application to useful purposes would
have been very considerable.—Hon.
Martin Dodge, in the Forum.
People illoit liThem.
The International Good Itoads Con
vention made a very sensible recom
mendation at its last session. It was
simply that the office of good roads
Inquiries of the Agricultural Depart
ment be enlarged into a bureau, and
the annual appropriations for its work
be increased from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO.
The amount suggested is none too
great for the Federal Government to
expend in encouraging good roads
throughout the country, but it is very
little the Government can do towards
giving to the respective States good
highways, beyond teaching, through
experiment, the best way to construct
and maintain them.
The people themselves, if they ever
hope to have good roads, must take
the matter up and construct them at
their own expense, either directly or
by special taxation. Neither the State
nor the National Government will or
can render uny especial assistance.
In the matter of good roads, Ohio
furnishes the linest and most complete
example of any of the Commonwealths
of the Union. Thirty years ago the
Buckeye State was cursed by the worst
roads * that could possibly he found
anywhere; now she is pleased by the
very best, and what is better, they are
universal throughout the State.
These roads were constructed
through the udoption of a uniform road
tax law, which assessed the cost on
lands themselves. During the time the
roads were being built there was much
kicking and "cussing" by the land
owners, but the highways were built
all the same, and after their comple
tion no farmer would have surrendered
his road and taken back the money
he had paid in the shape of taxes.
Bronri Tires Save Street!.
An ordinance will soon be prepared
whicli will provide for the regulation
of the width of tires oil wagons used
in the city for heavy hauling. Ordi
nances of this kind are enforced in
many of the larger cities, and it is
claimed that much wear of street pave
ment is saved. It is said that one rea
son the asphalt streets of St. Joseph
wear out so quickly is that many of
the heavy drays are, equipped with
tires so narrow that they cut into the
pavement. It is designed to regulate
the tires by the weight of the wagon.
—American Asphalt Journal.
Part of Paper'* Income For Kmploycs.
T. T. Pitman, proprietor of the New
port (li. I.) Daily News, announced to
his employes the adoption of a profit
sharing plan, as an acknowledgement
of their services in building up a suc
cessful newspaper. He says that a
definite proportion of the income oi'
the paper will be divided each year
among employes who have been on
the pay roll for that year.
SPIRIT OF ADVERTISING.
Remarkably Clever Aitlcln on (be Sab'
JecV by a blateen Tear Old Girl.
"The spirit of advertising" is th:
theme which sixteen-year-old Ruby
Brooks dwelt upon at the Commence
ment exercises cf the California
School, where she was a student, and
this is what she said:
"To advertise is to make known and
to attiy.et public attention to some
particular article. That it is, or rath
er has, become an art, in fact, a
science, no one will question. Not
every one has it In his power to con
coct something that will attract pub
lic attention and at the same time
make something known; and these
are the two essentials of a good ad
vertisement.
"It is interesting to notice how the
movement of written advertisements
commenced. It originated in Amer
ica, as so many of the advanced ideas
have. In the old Colonial days a man
found a cow which did not belong to
him in his pasture.
"He conceived the idea of going to
the editor of their little paper and of
having him make a little item that a
stray cow had been found. The edit
or did so, and in a few days the own
er came after his cow.
"This man to whom the cow be
longed had a ship coming in from
England, so he went to the editor and
told him he would pay him so much
if ho would mnkc a list of the things
on the ship, which he, the merchant,
would have for sale.
"He sold a groat many goods because
of this little notice, so others did it.
Soon a distinction was made between
advertisements and news, and great
movements began in this small way.
"There are over $200,000,000 spent
yearly in the United States alone for
advertising. But surely, all this ex
pense and trouble Is not taken by
some few who wish to make attrac
tive signboards and to fill up the mag
azines and daily newspapers. No, the
parent of It all is competition. As
competition is the life of trade, so,
too, it is the producer and Instigator
of advertising.
"There is a constant struggle to
make one's goods more acceptable to
the general public than the next one's.
Did you ever notice that there is
scarcely aD advertisement but con
tains the adjective in the comparative
or superlative degree? It Is always
better than that one, the best of all—
the best known, and the very best that
can be made.
"This great competition of rival
parties In the form of advertising,
while it may cause hard and antag
onistic feelings, is the best thing pos
sible for the country. With it pro
gress cannot stop.
"Let me give a simple illustration
from school life. A senior said this:
'I never studied so hard as I did when
I was a freshman. I never failed in
a recitation, simply because I was try
ing to get ahend of another pupil.'
You see, competition was the life of
his study, of his progress. His reci
tations were his advertisements.
"Besides this competition between
rivals, there Is the striving of the new
against the old, although It Is hard to
overcome a rival, it is even hardbr for
the new, the different thing, to over
come routine. But it must be done,
so that progress can be made, and it
is this spirit that permeates America
—the land of progress and opportuni
ties."—Fourth Estate.
Caineru Shots at Wild Animals.
In an illustrated article in the
World's Work President Roosevelt
writes of A. G. Wallihan's remarkable
pictures of wild animals. He suggests
that the camera is, in a measure, re
placing the rifle in the woods.
"It will be a real misfortune," he
says, "if our wild animals disappear
from mountain, plain and forest, to be
found only, if at all, in great game
preserves. It is to the interest of all
of us to see that there is ample and
real protection for our game us for
our woodlands. A true democracy,
really alive to its interests, will insist
upon such game preservation, for it is
to the interest of our people as a whole.
More and more, as it becomes neces
sary to preserve the game, let us hope
that the camera will largely supplant
the rifle. It is an excellent thing to
have a nation proficient in marksman
ship, and it is highly undesirable that
the rifle should be wholly laid by. But
the shot is, after all, only a part of the
free life of the wilderness. The chief
attractions lie in the physical hardi
hood for which the life calls, the sense
of limitless freedom which it brings,
and the remoteness and wild charm
and beauty of primitive nature."
V,'\iy Grace Was Omitted.
A tiny girl of seven gave a dinner
party the other day, for which twelve
covers were laid, and that number of
small maidens sat down to dine. It
was a retil little girls' dinner, and the
little hostess herself presided, sitting
at the head of the table. She had been
very anxious, in looking forward to
it, to do everything as it should be
done.
"Mamma," she asked, "shall we say
grace?"
"No," said mamma, "it will be a
very informal dinner, and I think you
need not do that."
That meant one ceremony the less
to be gone through and was a relief.
But the little lady was anxious to have
all her guests understand it. So. as
they gathered about the table, she ex
plained:
"Mamma says that this is such an
informal dinner that we need not have
grace to-day!"— Baltimore Sun.
Th© CUenpe.t Fuel.
Gas is the cheapest and most easily
managed of all fuels, provided cure is
given to its use. A good gas stove well
managed will, counting In the time for
care and lack of dust, cost one-third
'ess than coal.—Ladles' Home JournaL