THE HAIR WORN LOW.
Vets Jeweled nnd Bended nnd Silken
ScniTn Inevitably Follow.
The fashion of dressing the hair
•well at the back nnd even low on the
nape has come In to stay. A couple
of lessons at the hairdresser's will
serve to teach a woman how to do
unaided at least two or three of the
new twists, and with this arrangement
4 how to give the head the air of com
pact neatness upon which every Amer
ican woman insists. The importance
of knowing how to comb your hair In
ha good rear coil or height Is made iin
. pressive by the spring hats. All the
shapes are cut, bent nnd trimmed to
harmouize with the liair when dressed
t, low, aud the woman who says she
won't put her lialr down Is grandly
disciplined when she finds that her
new hat won't sit on so long as her
hair is pinned up.
A big, three roll, or a big winged
eight is the most satisfactory arrange
ment the coiffeurs have yet arrived at.
For the morning the roll Is unadorned,
save for occasional ornamental pins;
with afteruoou dress clusters of little
corkscrew curls are tucked in behind
the ears, to make way in the evening
before long Gainsborough ringlets that
bang upon the bnre shoulders.
When two extremely long curls are
•drawn forward or. cither side of the
neck they are appropriately called
Lady Teazles, aud not infrequently
tire hair receives a dash of powder to
accentuate the eighteenth century
1 quality of tills style.
It was almost Inevitable, with the
low arrangement of the lialr and the
waterfalls of curls, that the nets of
1800 nnd thereabouts should come
back to favor. Women first began to
treat them as a joke, but now they
have accepted them In earnest, and in
visible nets, nets of silk with chenille
spots, and nets of beads, are multiply
ing wltb mnaziug rapidity. A net, for
two sound reasons, Is almost neces
sary with the new coiffure. It is re
quired to keep the bulky mass of black
, hair taught aud neat, and wheu a pau
city of natural cheveture brings a
quantity of false braids and switches
Into requisition, the not assists In hold
ing these securely in place.
Some women, who do not wear jew
eled or chenille nets In the evening
have found almost as much comfort
In the use of fanciful lialr scarfs.
These are made of chiffon, silk mus
lin, Liberty tissue or Oriental gauze,
twisted with ropes of pearls, or caught
4 to the hair behind with jeweled
vf clasps, and then brought forward nnd
* the euds fastened just above either
temple with begemmed brooches. The
effect Is coquettish, nnd the scarf Is
always so arranged that it serves as n
reinforcement to any superimposed
r puffs or braids.
Some of the most prominent hair
dressers are actively pushing the use
of pearl Juliet nets. These are round
or diamond shaped. They fit on the
erowu of the head, and iu some eases
-a point of the net will come forward
to the forehead nnd there branch up In
the form of pearl butterfly wings. A
great mnuy women have looked ask
ance at the tiny, three-cornered bead
and chenille nets that are to be pinned
directly on the top of the head. They
are to be worn by day, and their util
ity is uot far to seek. Since nil the
bulk of the lialr has been drawn down
to the back of the head there is literal
ly nothing to which the bat crown can
be pinned. In order to hold It firm. If,
V however, a tiny net Is first made fast
to the top of the head and the hat pins
then caught through Its meshes, a gale
of wind will be required to unseat the
pretty piece of millinery or knock It
even askew. If one's hat is removed
after a breezy walk no unsightly de
vice for holding it on then appears, for
the little pearl or bead-strung caps are
distinctly ornamental and in some
cases most becoming.—New York Sun.
Troubles of a Congressman's Wife.
In Harper's A. Maurice Low, in his
paper on Washington Society, tells of
the difficulties confronting a newly
elected Representative's wife in get
ting into "society:"
"The rural Congressman's wife, am
bitious to be iu society, and who fond
ly imagines that election to the House
-of Representatives carries with it the
, goblen key to unlock all doors, learns
her first and bitter lesson," says Mr.
4' Low, "when she discovers that posi
~ tlon means something, but pel-Sons are
everything. Such a woman comes to
Washington full of her own Import
ance, profoundly impressed with the
greatness of her husband, fondly be
lieving that the wife of the President,
the wives of the members of the Cab
inet, the wives of Senators, will re
ceive her with open arms; that she will
be invited to the dinners of which she
has read in her local paper; that she
will get her name In the newspapers,
and her dresses will he described as
was that of the Governor's wife at the
last charity ball. Alas for her dis
illusionment! She learns that while a
Congressman may be a very big man
In bis district, be Is a very small man
1n Washington until he has estab
lislied his right to be regarded as above
the average. If lie has money aud
tact he may soon attract attention and
cross the golden boundary; or If he
A has no money, but much ability, he
will reach his destination by another
route; but if he has neither otic ncr
the other, if he is simply an ordiu-
member of Congress, a very fair
specimen of middle-class, common
place intelligence, the social recogni
tion for which his wife sighs will
never be hers. The wives of Senators
from her State will return her call,
she may be invited to a tea, even to a
dinner at the fag end of the season,
hut that will bo the limit of her in
sight into society."
Your Gai-inent* Must Cling.
Whatever you have or whatever you
don't have for your spring and sum
mer outflt there are certain tilings ol
line that must be remembered and
carried out. With these you can weal
what you please and look well. With
out them you will be hopelessly out of
style, and no amount of money ot
richness of material will redeem you.
first, your garments must cling to the
figure. No pads 011 the hips and no
bustle are permissible. You must look
as slim as possible about the hips and
as far down as the knees, where your
skirt may begin to flare. Skirts must
lay on the ground one inch in front,
three on the 3idos and six in the back,
The only exceptions to this rule are
the business and outing skirts, which
must be short all around, and the elab
orate frock, which may be much
longer in the back. Shoulders musl
be broad and drooping. The shoulder
seams are cut long, and collarettes and
other bodice garniture droop far over
the sleeves.—Woman's Home Com
panion.
New Tints of tlie Moment.
Red tones are conspicuous in the
windows, but comparatively few
smart women affect this color, and it
is more generally worn by young girls
and children. Every effort is made to
revive green as a fashionable color,
but very little will be worn in clotli
and woolen fabrics, although it is ac
cepted to some extent for evening
gowns.
A delicate tint of lettuce green or
illy leaf, as It Is also termed, Is too
attractive to be overlooked, nnd it is
extremely smart In combination with
a bright dahlia or parma violet tint.
Both the pink and the red coral tones
arc fashionable, and a very greenish
turquoise Is employed as a relief col
oring to violet and mulberry hues.—
Washingtou Star.
The Art of Retiring*
A graceful exit from a drawing
room has always been an art. There
Is a good old rule iu letter writing
about saying what you have to say
and stopping when It is done, yet there
uro people who always leave the Im
portant part of a note for the post
script. It Is said that' women are
worse than men in this respect, says
Woman's Life.
When the call is at an end, one who
Is not from long habit accustomed to
formal visiting should keep in mind
the point of leaving, and when she
has said the last thing she wishes to
say, rise quickly nnd easily nnd shake
hands with her hostess, making some
pleasant remarks as she does so, and
go directly out.
Care of tile Complexion.
New ideas as to the care of the
hands and the care of the complexion
will always find some persons waiting
to receive them. Those who try every
thing from milk baths on are now ad
vocating parsley water as a complex
lon Improver. A large bunch of pnrs
ley is put to soak in one-half pint of
rainwater over night. In the morn
ing the face is well rubbed with a dry
cloth and the parsley water is then
applied with a sponge, no further pro
cess of drying taking place. To give
the parsley water a real trial, It must
he thus applied three times daily. To
the dainty woman, there is something
still left to be desired on the point of
cleanliness in all this.
Bracelets iu Fashion.
Bracelets have eoine in fashion
again, as the result of the elbow
length sleeve, and many are studded
with beautiful jewels.
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The latest stock collars are of light
silk aud lace, lined with liexible ma
terial, and have the lower frout cud
pointed.
A new veiling is the "scroll effect"
ou a hairline mesh. Between the
scrolls there are black dots of silk
or ebeuille.
Black and white-are among the fa
vorite trimmings for spring hats, and
some of the latest novelties are white
velvet leaves shading to black at the
tips.
The Increasing use of tiny buttons
for ornament, us well as service, has
led designers to finish many fancy col
lurs with rows of diminutive buttons
In silk or metal.
A new effect in hat crowns has been
termed by some persons a "freak." II
Is made of leather tinted to resemble
marble, and fastened to the straw
brim by a colored ribbon.
Lace collars and cuffs, which give a
pretty finish to any waist, now come
in sets, consisting usually of a high
neck collar, a sailor or round shaped
collar and wide cuffs to match.
Among the newest effects in em
broideries are those obtained by silk
on sheer materials. These are alt ot
the washable variety, and adapted for
dressy gowus, separate skirts or
waists.
A touch of color Is given to blnelt
or white evening gowus by fastening
to the left shoulder an un'usuqliy large
pompom of colored Liberty silk rib
bon, with two long side ex
tending nearly to tile edgt the
skirt.
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The Way to Disinfect Rooks.
If you have an atomizer half fill it
with a forty per cent, solution of for
maldehyde. Stand the books upright
on the end wide open with the leaves
separated as much as possible, and
spray thoroughly with formaldehyde.
If the binding is very delicate and like
ly to be Injured by the moisture pro
cure a tight tin box large enough to
hold the book and a saucer filled with
formaldehyde. Stand the book upright
as described and close the box, leaving
It for an hour at least. It Is said that
one cubic centimetre of formaldehyde
to three hundred cubic centimetres of
space will thoroughly disinfect any
book in fifteen minutes.—Ladies' Home
Journal.
Correct Dlnlug Table Decoration*.
A florist told me the other day that
a well-adorned dining table no longer
exhibits a great centrepiece of flow
ers. Instead, the embroidery doily,
which to be up to date is large and
square, calls for a tall, slim vase with
a few choice roses or some tall
stemmed flowers In the centre of the
doily. At each corner of the doily
goes a lower vase of the same style
as the taller, with the same flowers
in it. Sometimes the vases are low
and hold violets or orchids, hut they
must be alike. This florist predicts
for spring and early summer table
decoration a great profusion of lily of
the valley, which Queen Alexandra
has chosen as the coronation flower.—
Good Housekeeping.
Iclcnllzefl Pillows.
The newest and most beautiful cush
ion covers are made of gathered chif
ron. The chiffon Is so drawn as to
look like flakes of foam, and very full
quadruple flounces are set at the edge.
To shape a cushion like a heart is to
invest it with a new appearance.
Some of the smartest even have
wreaths of tiny roses or forget-me
nots at the base of the flounces.
In the big shops embroidery motifs
are sold, made of lace, at a few cents
or dollars, according to their value, a
dozen. These appliqued upon clear
muslin make pretty sofa cushions,
while others, of course, can be used
for collars aud dainty lingerie, and
look both smart and pretty.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
To liniu-OVH n Dork Hall.
A woman who has long found the
narrow hall of her house dark and dif
ficult to treat in auy way that made
the entrance to the residence attrac
tive, has transformed it, to 'its great
Improvement, by letting in a mirror
from floor to ceiling on one side. This
Is opposite the parlor door, nnd the
light from that apartment, falling on
the mirror, is reflected buck into the
hall, to its much better lighting, while
the apparent size of the little place Is
greatly increased. The mirror is, of
course, unframed, nnd is fitted In be
tween cornice and baseboard, and fin
ished at the sides with a flat mould
ing that seems a part of the wood
work. The value of this treatment is
not realized until it is tried. Often a
blank stretch of wall that seems a
hopeless shutting in of space may of
fer the transforming opportunity.
Care must be taken not to overdo the
treatment in such away as to create
the effect of a hotel corridor or public
hall; but judiciously used under the
care of a good architect, the plan is
to be commended.—Harper's Bazar.
. . RECIPES . .
Anchovy Toast—The French mode
of preparing anchovy toast is as fol
lows; Melt an ounce of butter In a pan
nnd a tablespoonful of anchovy paste*
thin It out a little with hot water!
add the juice of a lemon; pour over
the toast and serve. A better way of
preparing it is to spread a thin layer
of the paste over the toast and pour
over It the milk prepared as for milk
toast.
Blackberry Tart-A plain paste
made with butter or cream and a little
baking powder Is much better for fruit
pies than the finest puff paste ever
made. Use one-third cup of butter to
one nnd one-quarter cups of flour and
one-half level teaspoonful of bakin™
powder. Mix with lee water, roll ou"t
to fit a perforated tin pie plate and
build up the edges slightly. Bake
and (ill with fresh blackberries';
sprinkle generously with powdered
sugar nnd cover with whipped cream.
Turnip -Soup—Peel and slice six
white turnips; put them over the fire
in two pints of boiling wnter; add one
slice of onion; cook until the turnips
are tender; rub them through a
strainer into the water in which they
were boiled; season with salt, pepper
celery salt; melt two level tablespoon
fuls of butter; add two level table
spoonfuls of flour; stir this into the
boiling water nnd stir until thickened
let cool five minutes, then add one cun
ful of milk.
Sweet Tomato Pickle—One peck ot
green tomatoes and six large onions
sliced. Sprinkle with one cupful of
salt, and let them stand over night
In the morning drain. Add to the to
matoes two quarts of water and one
of vinegar. Boil fifteen minutes, then
drain again and throw the vinegar and
water away. Add to the pickle two
pounds of light brown sugar, two
quarts of vinegar, two tablespoonfuH
of clove, one of allspice, two of must
ard, two of cinnamon nnd one table
spoonful cayenne, or, better siill, one
green pepper cut Into inch pieces. Boil
fifteen minutes, or until the tomatoes
are tender.
The advertising man may uot be
superstitious, but he believes iu signs.
THE OLD-TIME CIRCUS SHOW.
These here circuses we see
Ain't the sort that used to he-
Great big wonderful affairs
Keeps us scatterin' our stares
'Long the strung-out row o' ring.
Tryin' to see all the things
Till our rubbernecks git sore
As a bile, an' every pore
Kweatin' plum from head to feet
From excitement an' the heat,
An' our eyes get tangled so
Seems they're swappin' places; go
Bollin' up an' down the tent
Sort o' in bewilderment
Tryin' to see it all till they
Git right in each other's way!
Leave the tent plum certain w.
Haven't seen the half, by gee!
An' around the town we sneak
Lookin' eross-c.ved fer a week!
Give us then; ol'-fashioned shows,
Seat a a-pilin' up in rows
'Round a single throwed-up ring
Where they showed us everything
In a bunch, an' wc could set
Watchin' 'em an' never fret
Thinkin' there was somcthin' we
Wasn't goin' to git to see.
—Denver Post.
Employer—"What are ycu Idling
■ your time nwny for?" Clerk—"l'm not;
> it's your time."—Chicago News.
She always meets me at the door,
My little wife so sweet;
I She ahvay3 meets mo at the door,
, To make me wipe my feet!
—Philadelphia Record.
Mother—"You must remember, Em
-1 incline, that fine feathers don't make
a fine bird." Daughter—"True, mam
ma, but they do make awfully pretty
hats."—Tit-Bits.
The Teacher—"Without mastering
multiplication wo could not go any
further In arithmetic." One of the
Pupils—"Gee! Wouldn't that bo a
elnch!"—Puck.
Father—"What is the use of my
earning money, if you spend it as fast
as I make it?" Son—"That's all right,
father. I eujoy it Just as much as
you do making it."—Erooklyn Life.
Blobbs—"I shall have to wear
glasses." Slobbs—"Are you troubled
with your eyes?" "Blobbs—'"What
did you think I was going to wear
them for bunions?" Philadelphia
"You are indeed my treasure,"
I gently said to her;
She oluencd and said with pleasure:
"Then be my treasurer!"
—Chicago Daily News.
newitt—"l've lost my best friend."
Jewett—"Why don't you advertise for
it?" HowJtt—"What do you mean?"
Jewett—"l thought you said you had
lost your pocket book."—The Smart
Set.
"I suppose you had to study anat
omy as a preliminary at your art
work." "Hardly. Why, that would
be a handicap. My business is to
draw fashicn-platc figures."—Chicago
Post.
Visitor—"You havo a beautiful place
here, but doesn't one become very
much bored living in the country
alone?" Hostesc—"Oil, no! Thank
goodness, we havo few callers."—Tit-
Eits.
Mrs. Ncxdrre—"My daughter, you
know, is quite a lover of music." Mrs.
Newcom'o Pepprey—"You don't say?
Then that constant drumming on the
piano iu your house must aunoy her
dreadfully."—Philadelphia Press.
"Yes," said the head of the firm,
"Miss Addle is a good bookkeeper,
' but she makes some queer mistakes."
"What, for instance?" asked the sileut
partner. "Well, she enters our mes
senger boy's wages under the bead of
'running expenses.' " Philadelphia
Press.
"This," said the fond father to the
, dematologieal expert, "seems to be a
, pretty big bill for the treatment yoS
' havo given my daughter." "It was a
difficult treatment," explained the
■ skin doctor. "You sec, we had to re
. move all the cuticle from her cheeks
. and graft a new epidermis upon
them." "Well," said the father, reach
ing for nis check-hook, "I don't know
( which cue of us you skiuuod the
[ most."—Baltimore Amerieau.
The Lincoln National Mutoutn,
The Lincoln Museum Is now domi-
I ciled in the house in which Abraham
Lincoln died, No. 510 Tenth street.
Northwest, between E and F streets,
j directly opposite the building which
was Ford's Theatre, where he was
shot a few minutes past 10 on the night
j of April 14, 1805. Approaching this
house from F street, one of the prin
cipal thoroughfares of Washington, we
; see on the north side of the high steps
| fastened to the iron railing, a sign,
which informs us that "Abraham Lin
coln died in tbis house, tweuty-two
, minutes past 7a. in., April 15, 1565."
The house is a modest three-story and
' basement brick edifice, and was owned
and occupied by William Peterson at
, the time of the tragedy, and his family
then conducted a lodging house here.
' It was one of his lodgers who, upon
hearing the commotion iu the street
, after the shooting had occurred nnd
the assassin had escaped, rushed to
the door and seeing the stricken Pres
ident being brought across the street,
[ directed the carriers to bring him into
, the house of which he was an oeeu
| pant.—Dr. Thomas Culver, In the Wom-
I I an's Home Companion.
1 A Mini IVlio Kiion-s.
' Douglas, the shoe man, who spends
1 more than SIOO,OOO a year for newspaper
advertising, makes this affirmation:
] "Any man who lias an article of merit
| or any man who lias a business in a
j good location who will advertise and
keep on advertising is bound to more
lhan get his money hack and to be
? come successful and wealthy."—Phil
, adelphia Record.
SOME HARDENED CR OKS
TRICKS BY WHICH THEY TRY TO
HOODWINK THE POLICE.
One Criminal Who Gave Up Second-Story
Bobberies in Order to Receive Stolen
Goods— Another Who Led a Respect*
able Life in Order to TUBS Bad Checks*
"It's pretty hard for a lag to take
a brace, and not many of them do it,
but that's not the fault of the police,"
remarked an old-time Headquarters
man who used to be one of the Byrnes
staff. "The police are glad to see a
crook take a hitch to the right side
and stay so, but they've found out
from long experience that there are
few of them who really do that thing.
"When n man hus got hold of bun
dles of easy money a few times, with
out doing a lick for it, he isn't much
good any more. The recollection of
It always stays with him. The clev
erer they are the more liable they are
to stay with their favorite game.
"Whenever I hear of a finished and
graduated lag giving it out that it's
him for a merry and a little flat and
a trip with tlie family every Sunday
morning to the little church around
the corner, I hope it's true, but it's
been true in so few cases since I've
been paddling around with a badge
stowed away beneath my outer clothes
that I'm a little bit inclined to rubber
to see if the hoy Isn't working up
his little settle-down for the purpose
of giving Mulberry street the cayenne
square between the eyes.
"One of them, an old-time second
story man who'd done bits in all the
big mills of the country, came pretty
near throwing me with a spin like
that about fourteen years ago. I'd
tagged him a couple of times and get
him, and when he came back witli
his hair short the .ast time lie looked
me up and handed me one something
like this:
" 'lt's me to Join the whlties. I'm
through. I'm through right. I've
made my last climb. You know how
long it's nad me down. I Just thought
I'd come over and tell you, and tell
the Chief, so's you'd know. I'm
going to get a Job In Brooklyn, nnd
if you ever hear of me being with
the flash push again, nail me for a
forty-specker and I'll thank you.'
"Well, there was something in the
sort o' down way this old lag had
about him when he pushed this one
over to mo that it got me just a leetle
bit around the neck, for a fact. I took
him in to the Chief.
"Well, you could never tell what the
Chief thought, one way or the other,
and when the old-timer passed him
the same ripple I had no means of
knowing whether it had stuck or not.
The Chief simply told the old lag to
drop in ouce in a while. Just for so
ciability's sake, and the promise was
made, aifd I dug into the kick nml
handed the vet a few loose ones that
were laying around, and wished him
luck.
"A month later, in a neat suit of
black clothes, this old second-story
man came 'round, paid me back those
few dollars, and invited me to visit
bis lodgings in Brooklyn. He said
that be bad a Job as truckman for
a big warehouse company—which I
afterward found out to be true—and
that bis niece wus keeping bouse for
bim.
"The next time I was in Brooklyn
In the evening I dropped in upon the
old lag, and you never saw such a cute
■little flat, nor such a nice, womanly
like person—bis niece, as be intro
duced lier—presiding over it, in your
born minutes. That clinched me. I
had a disli of tea and went away with
a teencliy lump in my throat, aud
when I saw the Chief and all the
rest of the crowd the plugging I did
for that old-timer was something big
ger iu that liue than I've done before
or since.
"Well, that'll be about all of the soft
notes up around the E string, with
(lie mute on. Two mouths later a
stool pigeon gave me the whisper that
there was a pretty-sizeable jewelry
'fence' running over in Brooklyn in
a certain district.
"The tip I passed on to the Brooklyn
office without any suspicion of what
was going to happen. What happened
was that the Brooklyn office made a
swoop upon the fence, and the swag
manager thereof was no less a smooth
smoke than the old lag who had been
the occasion of giving me the mel
lows for the first time in a good many
years.
"lie had passed up the second-story
game, all right, but he had rigged up
his fence with a wide business, and
his 'niece' was about as emery-papered
a piece of English female crookdom
as ever had her hair clipped short or
wore a burlap mother hubbard on
prison dress parade.
"The old devil had stuck to his
teamster job for the purpose of keep
ing up his blind, and he had asked me
to scatter the word around among the
police crowd that he was honestly
and truly on the level. I could see
the almost imperceptible slow grin
under the Chief's mustache when it
all came out, and the things I did
for many a moon after that in the
way of tossing pebbles at my fore
head couldn't be set down in a week.
"There was a check-kiter in this
town once—he's been picking oakum
and trending the mill in the English
Portland for many a long year now
—who did a reform stunt with the
copper on and with such science that
it took the otlice two years even to
suspect him.
"When he came back from up the
river he made the poor mouth that he
wanted to be let alone—which wasn't"
necessary—and got a job in a New
York insurance office as a clerk. He
[ married a nice girl, and fixed up a
cosey Utile Harlem plaut, and made
liis regular little personal report on
the quiet at the oftiee at the regular
intervals, and got into the ehurcb-go
iug habit, and it began to look to a
lot of us tvlio were next to his record
that he was going to do a lot of fool
ing up of a lot of people.
"But, as I say, he was laying plugged
cheeks down all the time and ac
cumulating the coin as a getaway
stake, for he was an Englishman
and had the idea of making a final
slow killing over here and then re
turning to the old country to give all
hands on this side the quiet hoot.
"He operated for those two years
on an extonsve and almighty skilful
manner, putting them over in widely
separated communities, hiking as far
as Philadelphia to pick up a few buu
dreds, and when he was finally got
dead to rights he had an egg so near
¥30,000 laid away in a number of Har
lem banks that there wasn't any fun
in it.
"He hadn't had a single high step
or blowout out of the tricks he had
turned, and if ever you saw a savage
man when he mentioned this fact up
on coming out of the sweat-box, he
was the individual.
"Nine years was the bit he got out
of his little lead-a-new-life stunt, and
when he got out he had so much less
hair and nerve that he went to Eng
land, where they soak 'cm hard for
swiping a whisk-broom or stepping on
a cockroach's foot, and they swung
on him with such force for a mere
little matter of fifty pound that he's
walking the endless roller up to the
present moment."—New York Sun.
The Bride Wean lted.
Red is the nuptial color in China.
The coolies that carry the bride in
her litter are dressed In red, and they
bear a dwarf orange tree loaded with
fruit and coin. The bride's compart
ments are finished in red trimmings,
presents are carried on red trays, the
banners borne in the procession are
originally crimson, which are bright
ened by the rosy glow of the lan
terns. The canopy itself is decorated
according to the wealth and the taste
of the bride's family. A poor woman
is carried to her wedding feast in a
plain chair painted red. If the family
has wealth or rank the palanquin is
very ornate, decorated with dragon
heads. The Chinese skill in working
silk or gold cord is displayed in an
artistic manner. When the bride ap
pears she wears a red veil, nnd the
letters to her ancestors, whose bless
ing is invoked, are written on red
paper. The bride generally wears a
crown adorned with tinsel and mock
jewels—an idea which is much more
prevalent in Sweden.—Woman's Home
Companion.
London Christina.
The movement for Sunday closing
of public houses in England is assum
ing a business-like aspect. One of the
chief obstacles has been the compara
tive indifference of members of the An
glican Church to the reform. This
should now be greatly modified by
the warm ndvocacy of mauy of the
leading bishops, as well as of the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
The working classes are erroneously
supposed to be hostile to the move
ment. About a million householders
have already been canvassed, the re
sult showing a majority of seven to
one iu favor of Sunday closing. Even
more striking is the result of a canvass
of fifty-six workshops, containing over
11,000 men. Of these, 10,000 declared
themselves in favor of Sunday closing,
with 1190 against and 514 neutral. A
majority even of publicans have de
clared against the present custom.—
London Christian.
Oldest Paper In the World.
It is generally believed that the
Times, of London, and the Gazette de
France, of Paris, are the oldest papers
in existence, but this appears to be a
mistake. The honor belongs to the
Chinese, who possess a journal started
nearly 1000 years ago. Its name Is the
King-Pah. It was founded, says a
learned bibliopholist, in the year 011
of the Christian era.
In ISO 4 it underwent another trans
formation, and appeared daily. It
costs a half penny and issues three
editions. The morning edition, printed
on yellow paper, is devoted to com
merce; the noon edition, printed on
white paper, contains official acts and
miscellaneous news; while the evening
edition, printed on red paper, is taken
up with political information and lead
ing articles. It is edited by six mem
bers of the Academy of Science, and
the total sale of three editions is 14,-
000 copies.
Tile Northern Spur of Mlllllesnta:
"If England in 1782 had stood upon
the motto, 'What we have we'll hold,'
there would be now no Northwest An
gle. But that is another story." Iu
these words Mr. Otto J. Klotz, of Ot
tawa. concluded a paper read at the
Ontario Land Surveyors' convention
dealing with the Northwest Angle,
Lake of the Woods. This is a strip of
territory adjacent to the Shoal Lake
gold fields, which naturally would be
long to Manitoba or Ontario, but a
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States made it a part of what
is now Minnesota, although it is en
tirely separated by water from the
latter State. Mr. Ivlotz in an interest
ing manner traced the history of tlia
dispute, and showed that the award,
which originally was even less fair
to Canada, and which was afterward
compromised, was the result of defec
tive maps.-Toronto (Out.) Globe.
Ireland lias the highest average
number of children per family, 5.20,
while France has the lowest, 3.03.