SOMETHING NEW IN FANS.
'A good many pretty ones in thin
•wood are having the patterns burnt
Into them by pyrographj*. These came
originally to us from China, when the
idea was applied to palm leaves, and
not to wood. Some of them show beau
tiful flowers and landscapes. They
are strong enough to last well; the only
drawbnek is that they are heavier than
the chiffon ones.
TIIE CHARMS OF MANNER.
"She can't come into a room, she
sticks in the door," Is the reference
made by a novelist to one of the char
acters in her most recent work. One
reader seizes upon this sentence as a
basis for some comments upon the ac
tions of the girl of the period. "Nowa
days no one is taught any of the
charms of manner," she says. "A girl
comes into the room like a whirlwind
•leaving the door open behind her, or
else slams it violently; she sits on her
gown, which is all crumpled up under
her, and she gathers up her skirts in
the street with a careless movement,
iwhieh is as ungraceful as it is ineffec
tive."
I A COMMON SENSE SOCIAL.
I attended a gay fittlc affair which
bur hostess called "a common sense
social." The punning name was given
to it because ail of the games—and a
bright series they made—were founded
fcou the "common senses," such as hear
ing, feeling, etc. For example, in the
feeling contest the player is blind
folded and required to feel a dozen
objects on a table. When the bandage
is removed he is required to write
down the names of all the objects, as
he supposes them to bo. For hearing,
lie listens to something, we will say
n song or story, and Is afterward called
upon to reproduce the words upon
paper as closely as possible. For
smells, a number of small boxes filled
with various household materials, such
lis bread, starch, Indian meal, borax,
celery, salt and the like, are passed
from linnd to hand. The player smells
them with a bandage over his eyes and
afterwards guesses their contents.
Points are given for the best work in.
each competition. The player who
h,olds the most points at the end of the
eyries wins a prize. The prizes were
fn* desirable gifts in touch with the
games of the evening. For example,
a pair of opera glasses (vision), a phon
ograph (hearing), a silver spoon (taste).
The boobies can be made very amus
ing. Players winning low scores
should have one.—Mary Dawson, in
Good Housekeeping.
MISS GOULD AT nOME.
To know her one must see Miss
Gould in her country place, Lyndhurst,
nt Irvington-on-the-Hudson, where she
spends half the year. There she is
Seldom without visitors—not formal
house parties, formally entertained, but
friends, often self-supporting girls, who
come for a week or six weeks, to visit
pn the simple basis of companionship.
For these there are half a dozen horses
In the stable, and a riding master
comes up from New York to accom
i nany and teach the less proficient. On
%i'.mmer mornings Miss Gould and her
guests will be up at 0.30, fortified with
coffee, and off into the country lanes,
adding hatless and shirt-walsted in the
freedom of that early hour. It is not
park riding—that is for her winter
months in New York—but good, happy
country galloping, with sometimes a
brisk race against a shower byway of
excitement. For Miss Gould fears
thunder as some women do mice, and
there is no tranquil waiting under a
tree for her when the cannonade be
gins.
Most of us can bo reached by a dra
matic cry for help, a pitiful, obvious
tragedy, flung In front of our windows.
But Miss Gould's true claims to the
hearts of her countrymen He In faith
ful, undramatlc, dny-by-day service;
the ready help, here for a struggling
student, there for a crippled child;
lire long hours of work on committees
? .>y which some public end is achieved;
I 'lie thousand good deeds of even which
%'ier own right hand does not know, so
modest is the left—Juliet Wilbur
Tompkins, in Everybody's Magazine.
i AIDS TO MATRIMONY.
The wise mamma who has daugh
ters whom she wishes to dispose of In
a matrimonial way disregards the ac
complishments of her own day and
those of her contemporaries.
No longer docs the mother who is
seeking good husbands for her mar
riageable daughters trust to the Blng
ing of songs, the playing of the piano,
drawing in black and white, nor the
hundred and one bits of fancy work
that were supposed to make a girl at
tractive a quarter of a century ago.
/ In those far off days the mother who
(Was looking out for a husband for her
d lughter long years before saw that
she was taught a little French, a wee
bit more German and also a smattering
of Italian. Lnnguages were supposed
to add to the value of a wife. But none
of these things counts to-day. At least
so declares a mother whom the world
looks upon as a most successful match
maker.
k gQ games the attention of her daugh
ters were directed long before they
took a turn at the one that ended at
the nuptial altar, says the Philadelphia
American.
Not all out-or-door ones were rec
ommended, for this match-making
mamma had in mind the middle-aged
bachelors who love to comfortably sit
in a cosy corner and deal out cards as
the hours gd by.
From toe point of view of matrimony
this marrying mother considers golf a
miserable failure. 'When the endless
expense of the links is considered, with
bills for clubs, balls, lockers, repairs,
to say nothing of red coats and golfing
skirts, it does seem hopeless, for most
men are so intent upon making records
that thay do not pause to make love.
Now with tennis it is different. Even
the terms of the game call attention
in a delicate way to the game that
leads to matrimony.
Golf moans strnightnway trudging
over hill and dale, where the game
with the ball and the racquet means
gardens and shrubbery, and the short
ness of the game gives plenty of op
portunity to visit and chat.
For indoor games a maid can quickly
bring a man to his knees at ping-pong,
and the girl who is clever nt cards is
sure to prove an attraction to the man
who likes his rubber after dinner.
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0IAT:
The little Princess Yolande of Italy
is sap t • have the largest and darkest
eyes of any European Princess.
Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy of
India, is said to be an active promoter
of every kind of philanthropic work
among the Hindoo women.
Russian women of means are now
trying to gain admission to member
ship in the St. Petersburg Bourse. The
men do not seem to object.
Among the students nt the Bohemian
Uui'vorslty hi Prague there is a Domin
ican nun. She is twenty-eight years
old, and her specialty is physics.
Queen Amelia of Portugal, who lias
always manifested an especial liking
for the study of medicine. Is now a full
fledged M. D. and chief physician for
the royal family.
Queen Alexandra's crown is to be
broken up. The jewels are to be re
moved from the settings and the famed
Ivoh-i-noor is to be used by her Majesty
as a neck ornament.
The great-grandfather of Mrs. Mary
Jane Pairo, who died a few days ago
In Baltimore, was a member of the
Boston "tea party," and in her home
hangs the mirror which hung in the
hall of the house from which the Bos
ton "tea party" started on its expedi
tion.
An Englishwoman has patented a
new baby car hammock. This is a
combination between a cradle and a
perambulator, which takes up very lit
tle room, obviates all jarring and jolt
ing, and at the same time Is so made
that a child lying in it is completely
protected from cold air and draughts.
Here is a good idea for getting an
elaborate tablecloth at small cost. A
woman who plies her needle skilfully
bought some lace collars at a great
reduction, they being of fine quality
but too extreme to remnin in style.
She worked these up into a tablecloth,
two forming a centrepiece and one
being placed In each corner. Such a
cloth, if purchased under ordinary
conditions, would have cost about S2OO,
while she obtained it for a few dol
lars.
/aP ri^es
f|§K=aJ@>®w® ar
Fringe is extensively used for trim
ming evening dresses.
Steel and silver trimmings are more
in evidence this year than gold.
Veil pins of carved gold, Inset with
pearls and oval in form, are the lntest.
In evening coats of Parisian design
ing, the champagne shade is the favor
ite.
Many of the now lace skirts are or
namented with ovals in ivory painted
velvet.
Unique and beautiful is an orchid
pendant of rose gold, with setting of
baroque pearl.
Square cut emeralds, surmounted by
small brilliants, are among the novel
ties in ear rings.
White, pale blue and old pink nre
the most fashionable colors this season
for evening wear.
Slender platinum neck chains, set
with quaintly shaped jewels, represent
a new feature .in gem work.
Dressy waists are fashioned from
white mohair and trimmed with nar
row white satin ribbon or gold braid.
Three baroque pearls in white lend
an extra touch of embellishment to a
lovely stock of soft silk In pale pink.
The newest and prettiest glove hand
kerchiefs are of plain colored lawn,
with a narrow hemstitched border.
Black aigrettes for the hair are tipped
with diamonds, and exceedingly beau
tiful are these scintillating ornaments.
A wing-shaped belt buckle of blue
enamel with a greenish cast is decor
ated with the head and tail feathers
of a peacock.
One of the extreme novelties In even
ing shoes Is a slipper of green satin,
with side insertion of patent leather,
and green satin heeis.
The coral rose has been revived and
in Its delicate pink prettlness it is now
found adorning some long brooches
and topping stickpins.
Of the many chains that have made
their appearance this season one
formed of twisted gold wire beads set
with pearls is noticeable.
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' A NOVEL SOFA CUSHION.
Novel and dainty is a sofa cushion
composed of double padded hags of
silk In a delicate blue shade finished
with frills to match. Bands of lace
insertion lined with satin ribbon in
the palest pink tones terminate in
rosettes at the top. The combination
of coors is Frenchy and exceedit'.gy
effective.
ODD CHINAWAHE.
Odd bits of chinawnre are in the
form of egg dishes with places around
the edge for holding the egg cups. One
such dish is in the shape of a leaf with
the egg cups outlining the edge of the
leaf and a chicken at one end. In an
other the head of a chanticleer serves
ns a handle, the cups being arranged
on a tray around the edge.
A COAL OIL HINT.
Coal oil, if kept in a very cold place,
such as the outer kitchen, lu winter,
will smell disagreeably when burned.
It should never go Into the lamps
while very cold. If the large tank
cannot conveniently be kept Indoors,
fill a small can for each day's use and
let It stand over night In the corner
of the closet. One woman who had
been having endless trouble with her
lamps and throwing away money on
now burners, was told by the oilman
that the trouble lay in keeping her oil
tank lu n freezing shed outside. Since
she has transferred it into the cellar
tlie troublesome odors are no longer
noticed. Perhaps much of the trouble
we bear about with coal oil stoves may
arise In this simple mistake.—Good
Housekeeping.
A RUG SUGGESTION.
A wise housewife suggests that It Is
very bad for either valuable or inex
pensive rugs to be beaten too often, ns
it does in very fact beat the life out
of them. When the surface becomes
soiled they can be washed with no fear
of injuring their colors, since the ma
jority of oriental rugs especially are
washed repeatedly before reaching this
country and the dyos used are thereby
mellowed and enriched.
The best method of washing a large
rug Is to stretch and tack It upon a
clean floor, then scour It well with
soapsuds. After the scotiring It must
ho thoroughly rinsed to remove all
trace of the nnlmal matter in the soap,
after which it should not he removed
until it is perfectly dry. Then It will
not shrink mid will lie perfectly flat
upon the floor.
THE CARE OF SILVER.
To prevent silver from tarnishing
place a few lumps of camphor In the
box or drawer containing the articles.
This will neutralize to some extent the
gases which turn silver black. If sil
ver Is to be stored for some length of
time It should be cleaned thoroughly
and placed in cotton flannel hags which
can he closed tightly at the top. These
bags should then be wrapped in
paraffin paper or still better in bees
wax paper. To make the beeswax pa
per, for It cannot be bought, take or
dinary manlla paper and lay it on a
smooth surface covered by a white
cloth. Shave the beeswax thickly
over the paper and then pass a hot
Iron over It. The wax will melt right
Into the paper.
New silver frequently is Lacquered.
In other words, the surface has been
varnished with a solution of gun cot
ton and ether. This Is done by manu
facturers to prevent the silverware
being tarnished, also to keep the sur
face In good condition. The varnish
sometimes peels off, leaving the ex
posed surface to tarnish. In this case
there is nothing to do hut to place the
silver in boiling water for two or three
minutes, after which the lacquer can
be easily removed. Silver can he re
lacquered If desired,
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fgjjt RECIPEST If
Stale Bread Griddle Cakes—Soak one
pint of stale bread in one quart of
milk for one hour, then beat it smooth;
beat the yolks of two eggs, add them
to the milk and bread, then add flour
to make a thin batter; one teaspoonfu]
of salt; add the whites of tlie eggs,
then three level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; beat thoroughly and bake on
a hot griddle.
Plain Cream—Soak half a box of
gelatine In half a cup of cold water one
hour; put three cupfuls of milk In the
double boiler, add one cup of sugar,
then the gelatine, stirring until It is
dissolved; strain when cold, add juice
and rind of one lemon; stir well, turn
it into a mould and stand In a cool
place; serve with cream or custard,
vanilla sauce.
Popovers—Beat two eggs until quite
thick; add to them two cupfuls of milk;
pour half of this over two cupfuls of
sifted flour and one-fourth teaspoonfu)
of salt; beat well, then jiour over re
maining milk and egg; beat until
frothy, then beat for one miuute with
tlie egg beater; fill hot greased earthen
cups two-thirds full und bake In a
moderate oven forty-five minutes.
Sugared Beets—Cut off tlie beet
tops, scrub the lieets with a vegetable
brush, put them Into boiling water and
cook until very tender; then pour off
the water and scrape off the skins; cut
beets in slices one-fourth iuch thick;
to five small beats add three level
teaspoonfuls of butter, half a teaspoon
ful of sugar and half a teaspoon ol
salt; bring to the boil; serve hot.
THE ENGLISH AT CARACAS.
Drake Conducted a Buccaneering Ex
pedition to the Place.
An English landing party ha 9 found
Its way to Caracas before now, says
the Westminster Gazette. Sir Francis
Drake got there on a buccaneering ex
pedition after the dispersion of the
Spanish Armanda. Tlho high road was
strongly fortified against him, but a
traitor guidod him by an Indian path
through the ravines. lie found only
one man in the city, a knight named
Alonzo de Lodoma, who was too old
to go eut with his neighbors, but of
fered to fight the Englishmen one at a
time as long as his strength lasted.
Sir Francis was so pleased with his
valor that he proposed to spare his
life, but the old gentleman got into a
private quarrel with one of the sailors,
and the sailor cut his head off. Sir
Francis did not lose a single man, and
carried off treasure to the value of
$1,000,000.
No On© Should Live Without Work.
General William Booth., founder of
the Salvation Army, does not believe
In the ten-raillion-dollar homo which
the late Winfleld Scott Stratton pro
posed to build with his vast fortune.
In an interview he said: "It is all a
mistake to give poor people so much
charity. They should be made to
work, for no one has the right to live
on the product of another man's la
bor without giving proper compensa
tion." It was remarked that the home
was for the indigent poor and crip
pled, whereupon the General said: "I
do not care if they are crippled; they
should work anyway, for everybody
can do somo work. Even my wife,
when she was in her last illness and
paralyzed in her right arm, learned to
crochet with her left hand and worked
on a pair of slippers for me, finishing
them within four days of her death.
The Stratton home may bo all right,
but It is all wrong to get together a
large number of men and women,
clothe and feed them for nothing, and
not require them to work."
Canned Pumpkins.
The pumpkin is coming to its own,
but not swiftly enough for the require
ments of trade. The demand far ex
ceeds the supply. Those few farmers
or commercial pumpkinists who grow
this popular vegetable for market will
receive twice as much for it this sea
son as ever before. The canning fac
tories wont to can more than a million
cans, but the raw material is not forth
coming. The importance and growth
of the pumpkin industry will be more
fully realized when it is known that
ono modest cannery in Northern Ohio
pays $20,000 for its pumpkin supply
in a season.
Ready for Death.
A man, being seriously ill, asked his
wife to send for the minister, who
came, and. talked some time with the
good old man. On leaving he tried to
comfort his wife, saying that while
John was very weak he was evidently
ready for a better world. Unexpect
edly, however, John rallied and said
to his wife: "Jennie, my woman, I'll
maybe be spared to ye yet." "Na, na,
John," was the reply; "ye're prepared
and I'm resigned. Dee noo."
How's This?
We ofTor Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHKNEY k Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the uudorsigned, bavo known F. J.Che
ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion mado by their firm.
WEST JC TnuAX.WholesaleDruggists.Toledo.
Ohio.
WALDINQ, KIHXAK AM Anviir, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure le taken internally,not
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 750. per bottle.
Bold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
HolTs Family rills aro the best.
Some men oompel their wives to re
spect them, even it they have to do it with
a club.
This Will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray's Swcot Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Homo, New York, cure Constipation, Fover-
Ishness, Teething Disorders, Stomach Trou
bles and Destroy Worms; 80,000 testimonials
of cures. All druggists, 250. Sample FUEK.
Address Allen B. Olmsted, Lo Boy, N. Y.
Some people aro so credulous as to be
lieve everything they hear, even about
themselves.
FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous
ness after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Groat
Ncrveßestorer. $2 trial bottleand treutiso froo
Dr. B.H.KLINE, Ltd., 081 Aroh Bt.,Phlla.,Pa.
When a fellow gots a reputation for pa
tience it sometimes means that he is sim
ply lazy.
Mrs.Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
toothing,soften the gums, roducos Inilamma
tlon,allayspaln,oures wind oolic. *250. abottle
It's just as well that we don't always
know the private opinions our dearest
friends have of us.
I'iso's Cure Is the best medicino we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.— WM,
O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Fob. 10, 1900.
Women never really fool each other with
their kisses.
Write for free dosoriptivo matter o f Cali
fornia.Golden West Beal Estate Co.,Yi*alia,
California.
Nothing destroys the memory so effect
ually as borrowing money.
Dyeing is as oasy as washing when
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are used.
There is always some one to sneer at ge
hius.
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j) pmurn^Jrp
SISTERS OF CHARITY
Rely on Pe=ru=na to Fight Catarrh, Coughs,
Colds and Grip.
j| J
A letter recently received by Dr. Hartman from Bister Beatrix, 410 W. 80th street.
Now York, reads as follows :
J Door Sir:— 4 ' l canno* *../ t. >• inui in pcil-si r pvrnna. Eight {
J bottles of it cured me of catarrh- of u lc lungs of four years' stand,- £
i itxg, and 1 would not have been without it for anything. It helped S
5 several Sisters of couglts, and colds and I have yet to find one case S
J of catarrh that it does not cure. "—SISTER RDATItIX. |
Interesting Letters From
Catholic Institu
tions.
In every eountry of the civilized world
the Sisters of Charity arc known. Not
only do they minister to
TH _ the spiritual and intellect
'"fc ual needs of the charges
SISTERS committed to their care,
GOOD but they also minister to
WORK. their bodily needs. With
so many children to take
care of and to protect from climate and dis
ease, these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna a never-failing safeguard. •
Dr. Hartman receives many letters from
Catholic Sisters from all over the United
States. A recommend recently received
from a Catholic institution in Detroit,
Mich., reads as follows:
They All Obliged.
In the United States Supreme Court
the other day Justice Shiras was de
livering with all proper solemnity an
opinion in a patent medicine suit A
pretty little child sat with her mother
among the spectators. The court was
the embodiment of dignity, so much
so that it was almost impressive. The
little girl flgeted in her place as the
Justice, in monotonous tones, ex
pounded fine points of law, and she
shook her head, adorned with a big
picture hat, in impatience. There
came a pause. The little girl piped:
"Mamma, why don't somebody smile?"
and instantly she had her wish, for
everybody except.the horrified court
officials immediately displayed the
broadest kind of a grin.
Dr. Koch Will Go.
A dispatch from Cape Town says
that the mission of Dr. Koch to South
Africa in connection with cattle disr
eases is practically certain. The va
rious governments and the Chartered
Company will pay the expenses be
tween them, the company contributing
two-fifths of the entire cost, which is
estimated at $50,000. Dr. Koch will
take two assistants with him. The
fees he has asked are at the rate of
$30,000 a year for himself, and $5,000
a year for each assistant. In addition
to this, all expenses incurred by the
great expert in bacteriology are to be
paid, and sls a day special allowance
for himself.
Bronio-Seltzer
! Promptly cures ali
Headaches
Dr. S. D. Hartman,
Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir :- i4 The young girl who
used the rcrnna was suffering from
laryngitis and loss of voice. The re
sult of the treatment was most satis
factory' She found great relief, and
after further use of the medicine we
hope to be able to say she is entirely
cured."—Sisters of Charity.
This young girl was under the care of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna for
catarrh of the throat, with good results as
the above letter testifies.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac
tory results from the use of Peruna. write
at once to Dr. llartman, giving a full state
ment of y°ur case, and ho will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio.
Capsicum Vaseline
PUT UP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES.
A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any
other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate
skin. The pain HlluyinirHnd curative qualities of
this article are wondorlul. It will stop the tooth
ache Ht onco Mtid relieve headache nnd sciatica.
We recommend it as the beet and safest external
counter-irritant known, also n* an external remedy
for pains in the chest and stomach and all rheu
matic, neuralKlc and gouty complaints. A trial will
prove what we claim for it. and it will be found to
be invaluable in the household. Many people say
"It is the l*est of all your preparations."
Price, 16 cents, at all ilruiwiats, or other dealers,
or by seodlnK this amount to us in postage stumps
We will send vou a tube by mail.
No article should l>e accepted by the public unless
the same carries our label, OB otherwise it is not
genuine.
ChGsebroughManufacturingGo.
17 State Strest. New York City.
ILnrffe*t cvow-omoffMil Pototoesln America. I
fhftWlarftl NotrYorker" fives Kaiser's Ear- ,
It VVlsonl Q y|,.|<i of TtOhn. per a. Prices ,
dirt cheap, M oniinot h seed hook ami sample of
Tcolnte, Wlt, Macuroul W lieat, CO bu. per <
a., Olont 1 lover, stc.,up4n receipt of 100 postage, i
JOHN A- BALZLUeEEDCO.LoCrosse, Wis. <
P. N. U. 7, 'O3.