WOMAN'S ® |
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WOMEN MAKE HOMES.
They Take Up Abandoned Farms And a
Rural Existence,
The problem of the "abandoned" or
"rnn-down" farm In New Hampshire is
P finding at least a partial solution, as
eimple as it Is characteristic of the
.times. These places are being redeemed
and beautified in considerable numbers
by intelligent single women from Bos
ton and elsewhere, some of whom
spend only their vacation in the coun
try. Within a circuit of about twen
ty-five miles, among the foothills of the
iWhite Mountains, one who has the en
tree of these delightful homes may
visit several.
These women, and others similarly
occupied, many of whom are well
known and well educated, are distinct
ly recognized in the farming communi
ties whore they have become property
holders as residents to be counted upon
when public improvements are to be
undertaken, and public opinion is to
be formed.
i One woman, for example, who has
'Vol - the present given up her profession
on nccouut of her health, has bought a
farm of rather exceptional value, be
cause it includes fertile "intervale"
land. On this she raises large hay
crops. She has put dormer windows
into the quaint old house that she
found in the place, fitted it up with old
fashioned furniture, put settles beside
the big fireplace in the living room,
hung a crane and kettles in it, and
placed odd old paintings and prints on
the walls. Here she entertains sum
mer boarders and winter house parties.
Another woman fariper, Miss 8., has
come from the West and established
herself on so high a hill that she is un
usually safe from intrusion. She raises
an abundance of fruit and vegetables
of unexcelled qualify and enough liny
tor her stock. With her own hands
jjihe makes the delicious butter served
on her table. One man can do her
outside work. One strong woman does
the heaviest work of the household,
and with no temptations to spend her
wages, site Is making money. Her
mistress is not doing this, but she is
making enough to live on, and is spend
ing her days amid glorious mountain
views, in dust free and ozone charged
air, where her relatives nnd friends
from far and near are only too glad to
Join her in Rummer. In winter she has
time for congenial pursuits.
Within neighborly distance of this
place yet a third woman lias bought
a farm, as an investment rather than a
home. She goes up in the early sum
mer to do the needed repairs and
cleaning and to get her quaint old stuff
into its most effective positions. Then
she leaves it for the tenant, who has
R'Sjg! her advertisement and has come
limndreds of miles, perhaps, to this spot
hidden among orchard and forest
trees, far from any much traveled
road.
One enterprising woman has made
her house an absolute model of com
fort and beauty—an object lesson to
farmer folk and city people alike, and
both come from miles around to see
It. She is improving her place in many
ways; valuable timber is carefully
guarded; wild fruit trees nro being
grafted; rare plants, like Labrador tea,
are cherished; comfortable benches are
placed where specially fine views of
the mountains are commanded. Many
varieties of wild berries, reindeer moss,
curious ground pines and other plants
native only la high altitudes add their
interest to the place, while massive
granite bowlders nnd gleaming quartz
lodges add their picturesque charm.
' /a. another part of the State a young
'lonian, who is an amateur artist, has
cm verted an abandoned farm Into an
all-year-round home of such elegance
and proportions as to suggest an Eng
lish estate. Landscape gardening Is
a conspicuous feature of her undertak
ing. She raises, cattle, horses and
slicep on a considerable scale, and goes
so far as to have her wool woven into
fabrics and designs of her own selec
tion.—New Y'ork Tribune.
The Gond-Xatured Woman.
The woman of a thoroughly good
natured disposition has a far broader
field in which to exert her influence
than her serious minded sister. The
former radiates her personality with
that sunny, intangible something that
always makes for herself a score of
friends where the latter looks on and
wonders what the magnet can be.
( When adversity faces the man with
U'" good-natured wife, that is the wom-
Tul who can smile and sec the "other
side" even in the gloomiest aspect, it
is lie who looks to the good-humored
side of the household for his consola
tion. says the Boston Post.
The woman who smiles when others
frown is the woman who reaps the
richest harvest and finds in life the
greatest opportunities, the lightest re
sponsibilities and the acme of all her
truest and most womanly aspirations,
for the woman who smiles sees light
and infinite good in everything and ev
erybody. She accepts the inevitable
with a hearty, cheery laugh, and causes
the shadows to dissipate and hie away
to other quarters. Women learn valua
ble lessons from a smile, while men
silently adore the possessor, and all
fUfeause she is capable of manufactur
ing sunshine where ill-humor before
existed.
Good humor establishes an equili
brium when all else fails. It adjusts
relations between husbands and wives,
mother and children, and mistress and
maid.
It is the lever of success, the fulcrum
of all happiness in the home, the peace
maker between nations. It is the rec
ognition of love above all things else,
nnd is the golden key that unlocks all
doors. Without it life is a desert, a
dreary nothingness; for, devoid of the
smiles and good nature of woman,
the whole world assumes wlintever the
serious minded pessimist may make it.
Three Style, of Walking Skirt.
There are three new styles of walk
ing skirt, sayß the Chicago Journal.
One is short, about an inch above the
floor, and nasa hip yoke.
Another IB two inches from the floor,
severely plain and with slotted seams
and just enough flare at the bottom to
give it a modish effect.
The third almost touches the floor,
and in the back has a little train of
about three inches. Third style isn't
for rainy weather, and is amenable to
the side-clutch, being light-weight at
the border on account of its banded
plainness. This long walking skirt
that must be held up seems to be de
signed as a convenience to wear in the
street when the walk ends ill a house
affair of an informal sort, not particu
larly dressy, but to which the long
skirt is adapted.
You know any woman is more at
tractive in a long skirt than in (he
short type—this lightweight, long walk,
ing skirt is next best to a regularly
trained one as to a becoming appear
ance.
A Brave Woman,
The French Academy has awarded
the Audiffred prize of 15,000 francs to
a woman—Mme. Meyrier, wife of the
French Consul at Dinrbekir. The Con
sul and his wife were present In that
town at the time of the Armenian mas
sacres, in 1895, says the Westminster
Gazette. Mme. Meyrier sheltered, fed
and cared for more than 700 Armenian
refugees in the Consulate building,
which was several times besieged, M.
Meyrier and his staff repulsing the
Turkish assailants time after time.
This lasted twelve days, and when all
immediate danger had disappeared the
rescued Armenians left, showering
blessings on the heads of their saviors.
Six months later Mme. Meyrier led a
caravan of 000 Christians to the coast,
a fortnight's journey. The valiant
woman led the band on horseback,
with her four children following In a
litter, and passed with her party
through the midst of hostile tribes.
She reached the coast in safety, with
all the refugees under her care.
Coat. For Itablea.
Long cloaks are fashionable again for
small babies; they are made of silk or
cloth. These have generally a coat
to wear under them, but may be in
themselves, if made with intcr-lining
or wadded lining, qu. c warm enough.
The objection, of course, is that the
baby's hands cannot get out, but for
a tiny baby it is often well to keep the
hands covered in very cold weather.
All white should be used until a child is
a year or two old, and even then it is a
mistake to use anything but light col
ors. Cloth coats, ribbed silk, bcngaliue
and poplin are all fashionable, and the
style is the same for one and all. No
coat or other garment that a baby
wears should be made In away that
will not allow of its being cleaned fre
quently.—Harper's Bazar.
Women In Holland.
The right of mothers ns well as
fathers to decide regarding the domi
cile, choice of profession nnd marriage
of minor children has been recognized
legally by the Dutch Parliament. Hol
land lias also passed a law by wi-ich
women may be appointed guardians of
children not their own.
BIRGTTY G.
THINGS
'TO WGAR 4J LP
Gray shades arc known as storm,
cloud, pearl, moonlight and monkey.
Visionary blue Is a delicate tint with
a hint of gray that is very effective.
Holland bows of delft blue sal In
promise to figure largely as a hair dec
oration during the season.
A new fancy'in auto wraps, also
English, Is n coat of white hair seal
lined with flannel in check effect.
Prune shades In combination with
violet and lighter toned purple arc used
to some extent in autumn millinery.
One of the daintiest thlugs In neck
wear Is a French stock of white louis
lne silk combined with linen cord and
hand work.
An English novelty in motor coats is
of brown frieze, leather lined and set
off with leather buttons. The wide
cuffs are lined with fur.
Some of the new felts In Ivory and
white are exceedingly picturesque, as
are the Lnmballe shapes in white and
pastel tinted silky leaves.
Short coats of fur will be much worn
and considerable is anticipated for gray
squirrel and moleskin, relieved by col
lars of white cloth, embroidered.
Quite the newest neck bow Is lightly
bowed in order to hold the lace stock
upright. The bow is set at the back of
the neck, and is in reality a very full
rosette of black baby velvet. z
Trimmings cover a wide range and
include guipure, appliques in white and
colored cloth, oriental embroideries in
tinted worsteds, braiding, long tassels
and cord and chenille and crochet
cords.
As garniture for dark cloth costumes
exquisite designs in decorative cash
mere have been Introduced woven oii
plain pastel tinted cashmere bands lit
delicate tones of yellow, brown, bitt*
green and pink.
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Care of Metal Furniture.
Ir.n grates and other metal furni
ture may be preserved nnd kept bright
when out of use by painting with a
thick paste of fresh lime nnd water.
Use a line brush and smear the lime on
as thickly ns possible over all polished
surfaces. Even if a house be closed,
the Iron work will be safe without
further attention.
To Make the Air Fresh.
A few drops of oil of lavender In a
silver bowl or ornamentul dish of some
kind, half tilled with very hot water,
nnd set in the dining room just before
dinner is served, gives a delightful and
Intangible freshness to the atmosphere
of the apartment. Some hostesses have
n small receptacle for this perfume
placed in parlor nnd dressing rooms,
when arranging the house for a fes
tivity. The suggestion is especially
valuable to the hostess in a small
apartment, which sometimes in the
bustle of preparation becomes stuffy.
—New York Commercial Advertiser.
A Rice Border.
A rice border is one of the most satis
factory accompaniments for a savory
ragout, or other mixture which utilizes
the meat leftovers. 801 l the rice, and
while hot line with it the bottom and
sides of a buttered agate or tin baking
dish. Cut the meat (chicken or veal
is especially adapted to the purpose)
into small pieces, season it with salt,
pepper and a bit of bay leaf, and
cover it with gravy left from the meal
at which It was first served, with hot
water flavored with beef extract, or,
better than all. with stock. Cook the
mixture until the meat Is tender. Then
fill it into the rice border, put a layer
of rice over the top and bake. When
it is nicely browned wipe the sides and
bottom of tile dish with a cloth wrung
out of cold water and turn onto a hot
platter. Pour tomato sauce over the
form and serve hot.
A Handy Tool.
About the handiest tool imaginable
Is an ordinary pair of stout gas pliers.
In n household there are innumerable
small jobs and odd repairs to be looked
after on account of constant wear and
tear. I have been forced to put myself
to my own resources In this line, ns
the "men folks" are nearly always too
tired from their daily work to be both
ered iu the evening by such small and
sometimes trifling matters, but which,
iu tlie aggregate, amount to a great
deal In the end. Now during the last
great housecleaniug senson the pliers
were never absent from the pocket of
my apron, and were my steady com
panion. I have succeeded in pulling
the most refractory and Inaccessible
nails and tacks with them. I have
tightened up loosened window shade
springs until they were as good as new,
thus saving the expense of new rollers.
I have repaired a pair of eyeglasses
which would have cost me at least
fifty cents to have repaired. I have
pressed badly bent tinware and other
kitchen utensils into shape, which oth
erwise would have been useless. It is
Invaluable in sewing thick fabrics, such
ns carpets, rugs, tapestry portieres,
leather goods, etc.; by its use the
waxed needle and thread pulls through
like a charm. In the culinary llue it
will be found useful, at a pinch (of
course, it must be washed first) to
hold bread while toastiug, for lack of
a regular toaster. It is the only thing
for cutting and twisting wire and for
cutting the wire from wired bottles
without injuring the hands. For hold
ing hot tiuplates, etc., it is also con.
venient.—Table Talk.
Beet Salad—Boil beets until tender;
peel, slice and let them stand in vinegar
over night; to one cup of chopped beets
add one cup of chopped cabbage, one
cup of cut celery, half a small onion
minced and u little salt; pour over a
French dressing.
Stewed Mushrooms Wash half a
pound of mushrooms; remove stems;
scrape and cut in pieces; peel caps and
break in pieces; melt three tablespoon
fuls of butter; when hot add mush
rooms; cook two minutes; sprinkle
with salt and pepper; dredge with
flour and add half a cup of hot water
or stock.
Yellow Pickle—Chop two gallons of
cabbage, sprinkle with salt, and let
stand over night; Squeeze dry and put
into a kettle. Add two ounces of cel
ery seed, one of tumeric, a quarter of a
pound of mustard seed and five pounds
of sugar, with vinegar to cover well.
Boil until the cabbage is tender. Put
in stone jars and cover close.
Turkish Soup—To one quart of veal
stock add two tablespconfuls of pearl
sago that has been soaking in water on
the back range one hour; cook this until
transparent; bent two egg yolks; add
to them half a cupful of cream; add
this to the soup; season with salt and
pepper; Hie soup must not boil after
the eggs are added or it will curdle.
Banana Cup—Bub the pulp of three
bananas through a sieve, add the
grated rliul of one lemon and the juice
of two lemons; pour over this a gen
erous half pint of hot water nnd set in
a cool place for several hours. When
cold stir well, add one-half cupful of
sugar and laslly a siphon of sodn
water. Serve iu glasses half filled with
shaved Ice.
SPEAKING OF SOUP.
How It Was Served Iq a Primitive Ger
man Hostelry.
"Speaking of soup." said a prominent
musician who lias traveled over a good
part of the earth, reminds me of an ex
perience I had some years ago while in
one of the provinces of Germany. I
had stopped over in a small town for a
day or two, and was at the best hotel
in the place. This is not saying a great
deal, for the patronage did not justify
anything like gorgeousness in the mat
ter of service or in the kind and char
acter of the food furnished the guests.
The proprietor, at any rate, was doing
the best that he could, and no doubt, I
would have got along all right but for
the peculiar method they employed In
serving soup. I have never seen the
method employed in any other place,
and to be candid about it, I have not
been on the lookout for the unique way
of serving the first number on the
menu. The first intimation I had of
the curious practice was when a big,
heavy Hollander, with a husky voice,
who had rushed up behind tne, asked
'Soup?' 'Yes,' I replied, and before 1
knew what had happened he hat"
squirted the soup out into my plate. 1
was surprised and shocked and not a
little puzzled at first, because I did
not know how the waiter had managed
to squirt the soup into my plate so
quickly. I had expected him to bring
my soup in the usual way, in a plate.
But he shot the soup over my shoulder
before the echo of the 'ja' had left my
lips. I watched him make the round of
the table. He had the soup in a recep
tacle of some sort, that looked like a
cross between a bagpipe and something
else, and it worked with a suction-rod
arrangement. If a guest wauted soup
he would press the rod and the liquid
would squirt out into the plate. It was
interesting enough, but, to save my life,
I couldn't eat the soup, and in fact,
I couldn't eat anything else in the
place. I suppose it was all right, but I
simply couldn't staud for it, and when
[ left the place I was nearly starved."
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Goods can never constitute the chief
good.
Bitter bread is sweeter than poisoned
honey.
A good fellow is not always a good
friend.
It is the bullet that kills and not the
report.
Money creates more wants than It
satisfies.
It is not the service but its spirit that
makes It sacred.
The day book of time determines the
ledger of eternity.
The good in a man may be known by
the good he sees In men.
The man who is stingy on a $lO sal
ary will be stingier on a million.
A mean man may become a master
of men, but never a master-man.
Men may do their worst, it matters
not if you have chosen the best.
To be conformed to the truth Is bet
ter even than to be informed on it.
Discontent with ourselves will cure
us of discontent with our circum
stances.
It is no use getting up the steam of
zeal so long as you are choked up with
the rust of prejudice.—ltam's Horn.
A Doctor Without Hope.
The young physician sat in his lonely
office and wept bitterly, and while he
was weeping a friend came to comfort
him.
"Why do you weep?" the friend In
quired.
"Alas!" .
"I thought so. What Is the name of
the lass?"
"You misunderstand me," responded
the young physician with dignity. "1
am weeping because I must abandon
my profession."
"You cannot mean it! Have you not
studied long and faithfully to ucquire
It?"
"I have."
"And you have your diploma?"
"I have."
"And you are well grounded In the
noble art of healing?"
"I feel that I may truthfully say so."
"Then why do you make such a rash
assertion?"
"Alas! I—l " The young physl
"clan broke down utterly, but soon as
sumed a forced composure. "I cannot
raise a beard and a young physician
without a beard is—is "
Again the young physician broke
down, and his friend knew that lie was
as one who could not be comforted.—
New York Times.
Tho Cause of Hcriberl.
It lias long been known that unhy
gienic conditions favor the occurrence
of the disease known as heriberi, so
prevalent in the Philippines and in
other countries of the East. It is gen
erally believed that its direct cause
is to be found in defective fond. Major
Host, of the British Imperial Medical
Service, claims to have discovered :i
bacillus in fermented rice aud rice
liquor which lie concludes is the
specific cause of the dlsens •. It pro
duces in fowls many of tho symptoms
resembling those of heriheii in man.
Moreover, fowls feeding upon ferment
ed rice develop similar symptoms. He
ascribes the disease, then, to the use
of fermenting rice ami especially the
rice-liquor, to tho use of which bever
age the coolies are especially addicted.
Children never, and women rarely,
drink rice-liquor, and hence the in fre
quency of the disease in such subjects.
It's all very well to kiss and make up,
but women can generally make up
without kissing.
Is it merely electrified matter, asks
tlie London Electrician, or is it some
thing essentially different from ordi
nary matter and of a separate and in
dependent substance from atomic sub
stances? Are we in the electron, face
to face witli electricity itself as a thing
apart front mntter (that is, is an elec
tron simply au atom of electricity), or
have we therein simply a minute, ma
terial chip off an atom, electrified to an
enormous degree In proportion to ils
mass? When these questions are an
swered they will solve many funda
mental problems in dynamical science.
Inertia may be discovered to be electri
cal In Its essential nature, and even
mntter itself may prove to be notliiug
but electric whorls.
Dv Deslandres, of Paris, lias applied
a fertile spectroscopic method to tlic
determination of the rotation times of
the superior planets. As the planet ro
tates one end of its equatorial diameter
moves toward us, the other away from
us. The rotation will produce, instead
of n circular image of the planet in
the spectroscope, an elliptical one. Dr.
Deslandres uses a spectroscope of mod
erate dispersion with a wide slit and
therefore employs a great part of tho
light of the planet. The method has
been applied to Uranus, regarding
whose rotation little is known, and the
observations show that the rotation is
retrograde, as was to he expected. Its
velocity will he determined by Inter
observations. Tho velocity of Jupi
ter's rotation agrees with the results
from observation by other methods.
The possibility of melting carbon and
maintaining it in the liquid condition
has been demonstrated by Dr. A. Lud
wig. Tlic heating was effected under
great pressure in tho electric furnace,
and a curious phouoncmon noticed nt
1500 atmospheres was a very brief fail
ure of the electric arc, tlie current re
fusing to pass, even when the voltage
was much increased. It is supposed
that as the carbon passed into the
liquid and transparent state It assumed
n rare allotropic form, becoming a non
conductor. The experiment was too
brief for a study of this condition, but
was made to include a sudden cooling
of the molten enrbon by a flooding with
water of the interior of the pressure
vessel. Though minute diamonds were
recognized In the gray powder thus ob
tained, the result was not wholly satis
factory.
Sir Joseph Hooker, the famous bot
anist and director of Kew Gardens,
has devised an ingenious and useful
new pocket micrometer. By the sim
ple adjustment of a scale to one arm
of the micrometer the length of an ob
ject is recorded up to a fraction, and
can be read off nt leisure. One side of
tlie scale Is graduated to inches, the
other to millimeters. For microscopic
work there is obviously great advan
tage in the use of such an instrument,
as a measurement can he made with
out moving the specimen or removing
the eye from the eyc-pioee. The length
of the arm of the micrometer is exactly
four inches, and this is graduated to
tenths of inches and can therefore be
used for lnrger measurements. The
instrument, says Nature, from which
tho foregoing description is taken, is
small nnd handy, and can be easily
carried in the waistcoat pocket.
A dispatch from Geneva to the Lon
don Chronicle says: A Swiss amateur
photographer, M. Adolpho Gartner, re
siding nt Berne, lias, it is said, discov
ered the secret of color photography
after a number of years of experi
ments. The inventor takes his photo
graphs on glass, porcelain and paper,
nnd in any color, the best results, liojv
ever, being obtained from blue, red and
yellow. Ills productions on glass are
veritable pictures, being true to nature
In every detail. Even tlie shades of
coloring in a rose are easily distin
guished in the photograph. The photo
graph of a landscape, viewed from a
distance, resembles a painting. Some
of the bolder colors give better results
than the quieter ones, and M. Gartner
is at present occupied in remedying
this partial defect. The secret lies in
the "bath" nnd in the developing pro
cess, for the photos, it is stated, are
taken with an ordinary camera. Many
Continental firms are taking a great in
terest in the discovery.
A T raise res nor* Hard Way.
In 1594 n fugitive from Vienna with
$250,000 in trust funds. In 1902 a
slowly perishing pauper on Uluekwell's
Island, New York —his wife dragged
with him down to the public almshouse
in a foreign land. Such is the summing
up of eight years ill the life of Adolpli
Bettelheim. alias Bcedcseb.
Clime doesn't pay. Or when it docs
it is in au exceptional case that proves
the rule. In Brooklyn borough this
very year there was the case of a man
who had been a thief all his life. He
liad stolen SI7OO and served eighteen
years iu prison. Results of his efforts,
State board and $99.44 per year aver
age plunder.
In Bettelhelm's ease flight and con
science opened a path to blackmail.
His dollars went chiefly to buy tlie si
lence of one wlio knew where tliey
came from. Sin worked a third degree
of its own, and lias eclipsed the punish
inent possible under the law. If men
would learn some things as easily as
they do others u very few such exam
ples as the Bettellielin incident affords
would keep many from roguery.—New
York World.
Fortune and XI Is tort line.
A woman's face is her fortune and
ber clothes her husband's misfortune.—
New York frets.
JAPANESE SYMBOLISM.
Elaborate Sr.cam Which Conveys Special
Meanings.
The Anglo-Saxon, in liis self-assur
ance, thinks that his pictorial symbol-
Ism, which he has borrowed chiefly
from the Greek and Hebrew, is the
only one contained in decorative art.
The anchor as representing hope, the
wings for aspiration, the crown for
power, the sceptre for authority, the
scroll or open volume for wisdom are
the main features in his little system.
He seldom realizes that the Japanese
have developed symbolism into a sys
tem so extensive as to make that of
liis own art-world clumsy and ridcu
lous in comparison. To the brown
men of Dai Nippon, Western symbol
ism Is puerile and ridiculous. Theirs
represents the united labor of the poet,
painter, sculptor and embroiderer. A
thousand objects, all attractive and a
majority beautiful per se, represent
spiritual counterparts. The system is
applied to Uakamonas or wall banners,
fans, garments and screens. If you
wish to convey to a friend the senti
ment of good luck, you send him a
screen on which are painted or em
broidered storks flying toward the sun.
If the friend be aged the storks should
be flying toward the nest, and if very
aged, the storks should be alighting.
Where, on the other hand, death has
occurred in some family to which you
are attached, the symbol which ex
presses the fact Is the cobweb with or
without the spider. Here the Japan
ese artists are divided. The realistic
school introduces the spider to suggest
the voracity and destructiveness of Az
rael; the Idealistic school omits the
spider, and uses the web to express the
thought that where the web is there is
no longer any human activity, and that
even the spider which made the web
lias shared a similar fate. Where, for
example, a house is in mourning, the
Inmates should be sheltered with
screens on which appear the graceful
but sombre lines' of the cobweb. At
least twenty birds are used to repre
sent the different, emotions, and three
score of leaves, flowers and trees have
these secondary meanings.
Not alone does each leaf have a
meaning per se, but this is varied again
by juxtaposition with one or two other
leaves. The combining or grouping is
a positive science in Itself. Most prom
inent of all the symbols is the sacred
mountain Fujiyama. Doubtless the ma
jestic beauty and extraordinary isola
tion of I hat world-famous peak im
pressed the people of the islands from
the very first. By degrees it became a
symbol of their own country to which
all souls yearn. It was a mountain
and also a door into heaven. As a
symbol it expresses patriotism, the
hearth spiritual, and aspiration. When,
therefore, you desire to present a
screen to a friend let it contain storks,
swallows and sparrows, bamboos, oak
leaves, fishes, the Temple of Nikko and
Fujiyama, but do not send one with a
cobweb unless there be death in the
family, or one with the dragon of ra
pacity unless you desire to insult him.
An Unci to Footbimling in China.
Soon nfter a Clduese girl is born her
feet are tightly hound up in order to
prevent them from growing. The re
sult is that when she becomes a wom
an, Indeed long before this period is
reached, she cannot walk, hut only
waddles awkwardly. At last, however,
a good time seems to be coming for
these habies. During the Boxer dis
turbances it was found that escape
from the rebels was Impossible for
most of the women, for the simple rea
son that they were unable to run. It
is believed that hundreds of the poor
creatures who would otherwise have
been alive at the present moment were
killed by those ruffians (and afterward
by many European soldiers, tool. The
Chinamen are said to have been so
shocked that they intend to put a stop
to the cruel and absurd practice of
footbinding. So this is one benefit that
will come to the Chinese babies out of
warfare. Sometimes it does look as if
good could come out of eviL
Married In Gaelic.
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity,
Dockhead, Bermondsey, the only Catli
olic church in London where Gaelic
services have been held, was the scene
on Sunday of a very Interesting cere
mony, when the first marriage sol
emnized in the English metropolis in
the Irish language took place.
The bridegroom was Mr. John
O'Keane, for the pnst three years the
Secretary of the Gaelic League of I.on
don; the bride. Miss Kathleen Diueen,
of Forest Gate, a charming young lady,
whose singing of Irish songs has often
stirred Gaelic League gatherings In
London.
The ceremony was performed by the
Itev. Michael Moloney, himself a prom
inent worker in the Irish revival move
ment. Wherever the Catholic Church
allows tile use of the vernacular Irish
only was employed. From t lie Gaelic
to the solemn and sonorous Latin of
the nuptial mass seemed a natural
transition.—The Gael.
The Duke and the Cut.
There were few things in tiie British
Array which the Duke of Wellington
would not defend with whole-hearted
zeal. Flogging was one of them. In
May, 1850, a young dragoon was sou
lenecd by court-martial to receive fifty
lashes. A clergyman wrote Ids grace
a letter, expressed in very respectful
terms, urging that the punishment
: might be altered to one of less inhuman
description. This was the Iron Duke's
answer, dated from the Horse Guards:
"F. M. (Field Marshall the Duke of
Wellington has received Rev, 's
letter, and begs, in reply, to state that
the sentence of the court-martial ou
Private appears far too lenient for
I lie offense committed. The Coalman
der-iu-Chief cannot, and will no:, inter
fere to procure any mitigation."