-THE AIR BRUSHING THE HAIR. The latest word of wisdom regarding the hair is that it must not be brushed. A famous London hairdresser Is re ported as saying that those who fol low this antiquated method are brush ing all the beauty of their crowns of glory. If a head of hair which has been so treated happens to be beautiful it is In spite of the brushing, not be cause of it The reason assigned for this dictum Is that the new hairs are easily destroyed, and are therefore iworn out by stiff brushing. The roots, trying to make up for this destruction, ore forced into abnormal growth, until their life force is exhausted, and bald ness Is the delightful result $ THE CHAPERON'S DECLINE. Chaperonage, even In conservative England, has loosened Its trammels and the debutante of to-day is In for a much better time than her predecessor of ten or twelve years ago. "Then there were hard und fnst rules," says a genial matron, "which the opening years of this century have seen dis carded. Of course, there Is a certain amount of it still anß occasions when It is imperative, but boy and girl dances, which have become an Institu tion, and dinner party dances where only young men and maidens are in vited, nnd the hostess Is the only Chaperon, show how society in England lhas modified its views with regard to the necessity for the chaperon." ULTRA NOVELTY OF THE HOUR. \ Ring patterns are cspeclaly desirable In foulards, louisines and taffetas for useful gowffs for out-of-door wear In warm weather. In addition to the everlasting coin-spots, pin-head dots, lieur-dc-lys nnd arabesques which we (have always with us, 1903 brings us a pretty novelty iu ring patterns—an open design traced in white upon modish silks. The ultra novelty of the hour is the appearance of Checked silks, with white spots nnd White rings sprinkled upon the misty background. This is rather more chic than the white ring pattern upon a ■olid-colored ground. The cheeks are so fine as to give the effect of a change able silk. The open ring is a dainty pattern in white, thrown upon the brown, green, violet, tan or navy blue chequered background.—Philadelphia Record. x . , THE HATLESS GIRL. "The dean of Chicago University has pronounced against the'hatless girl,'" said a woman at the seashore the other day. "It is exceedingly difficult to see Just where the summer mniden vexes propriety by her pleasant habit of go ing hatless on a warm evening, or why, when she carries a parasol or travels along country lanes or village streets in a covered phaeton on a summer's day, it is also necessary to burden her bead with a hat. Custom is a curious thing. A woman is urgently besought to remove her hat In the theatre, nnd reviled for not doing so; niul she may go to balls with a wisp of lace over her coiffure, or sit hatless in her own yard. But the air of the street suddenly ren ders the hatless girl improper. No women in the world have been so chained to the hat as those of Amer i lea. Women of the Southern races y have always been independent of a head covering when they chose, and summer licat throughout the United States, though not as long continued, is as torrid as in countries nearer the equator. Furthermore, no lint is pret - tier than a pretty head of hair, nnd nothing improves the latter more than Bun and air."—Boston Transcript JEWEL CASES OF SKIN. Exquisite jewel boxes and porte monnaie are made of sharkskin that has been blenched to extraordinary whiteness nnd glistens liko flint or grnnilo on which the sun is shining. Only lately, says the New York Sun, has the nrtlst craftsmen discovered the secret of doing this, and therefore these articles come high. • • A jewel box of the rich white sub stance will have the cover and sides inlaid with the scales of the bone pike, the Florida fish which supplies a ma terial preferred for inlaying mother-of pearl. The bone pike's scales bear quaint markings, not unlike Chinese characters. They are put on in over lapping sections, and being pale brown nnd lustreless, are an interesting foil to the highly polished sharkskin. • * Many skins are being experimented With to produce light pearl or cream tinted leathers of requisite strength and quality. The sea lion's skin is used for costly articles nnd gold-bound curio baskets. All the tanning, rub bing and polishing over resorted to fall to obliterate those curious wavy lines on the surface of the sea lion's ekln, caused by the animal's wigging A around over the ice. Hence, it is I stamped forever with an Intrinsic dec oration. However new the article, it always presents the aspect of an an tique because of these odd markings. • Other Jewel cases and beautiful ap purtenances in leather ware are de rived from snakeskin, alum cured, a material so difficult to get In right condition that the manufacturers guard It Jealously in locked compartments.. The same snakeskin, cured with a preparation of bark instead of alum, makes another variety of material, the one smooth and glossy, the other lus treless. Java snakes from sixteen to twenty feet long contribute skins of this sort. The alum-cured skins have a unique mottled appearance that makes up charmingly with borders of dull gold and corner designs of Inter twining asps or lizards la shaded metal and with fine emerald-studded heads. Devices of lizard skin are fitted up with real silver mountings and set oft with a topaz or a sapphire unobtrusive ly introduced. The lizard skins are often used In their natural hues, but again are dyed Mack or dark brown for more practical purposes. In all cases they are beautifully marked nnd shad ed. The coloring of beetles and of the chameleon are Imitated in larger skins and utilized for very handsome eases for necklaces and caskets for hair ornaments. A casket or port-monnale made of American buffalo skin costs a consider able sum and will grow higher priced each year as the buffalo becomes scarcer. The expert leather workers now take the skin of the ordinary Texas steer and convert It into leather so rich nnd durable that many costly accessories are made of It. JPSNTOOVDOFR" CHAT= In St. Andrew's Church, at Brad field, England, the bells are rung by six young women. Mrs. G. H. Stolber Is n Colorado woman who has won fame as a hunter of big game. She is an expert shot with the rifle. The Queen of Sweden and Norway Is a stanch supporter of the Salvation Arm. and religious work Is one of her special Interests. In England the women employed in libraries receive from $250 to SOOO a year. In the United States women In libraries receive from S3OO to S3OOO. A unique reception was given re cently In Beaver City, Neb. All the women In the town of seventy years ami over were the guests. They were called "girls seventy years young" by the hostess. Captain Lowther's second daughter, Miss Toupie Lowther, is said by Men •and Women to be the champion woman fencer of the world. She has held her own with all the best-known experts of the sterner sex. The Inauguration of the rural mall de livery has benefited many women who have been employed by the Govern ment as carriers. Already women car riers have been found satisfactory, and draw tlio same salary as the men. They wear an official uniform of light gray cloth. The ■woman's elub Idea has taken 1n the Philippines. In several of the larger towns clubs of leading women liuve been formed by wives of the Presidents, for the purpose of assist ing in the advancement of the women of the Islnnds. In Pandan there Is a woman's elub of over 200 members. Awaiting the bridal day of Miss Pen elope Azalea Smith, aged eight years and living in St. Augustine, Texas, is a gown 300 years old, which has been used as a wedding dress by fifteen of her ancestors. Fifteen Penelopes, one after another, have been married in tills regal old gown of silk, and it is all ready for Miss Penelope No. 18 when she has grown up. r ~Thina* - t0 W ear Aceordioned chiffon ic a star sleeve feature. The all-lnce blouse is more charming and effective than ever. Square buttons give a novel touch to some carriage wraps. Egyptian ideas, In Cleopatra's time, dominate a lot of smart jewelry. Black and white still form effective llnishcs to gowns In various forms. Pompadour silks are lovely and will continue in favor during the summer. Broad, graceful hats a la Parabulia will be retained for picture purposes. Pinch tucks continue to appear on anything from an organdie to a broad cloth. The newest "dingle dangles" are made of tiny loops of ribbon beaded by a pearl bead. Shaded foot flounces of panne give weight to some exquisite gowns of crcpe de chine. Tlie new French crepe de sole Is one of the most graceful and durable of materials. It should be made up over silk. The ruffled front corset cover Is in the majority among the showings for summer to give the proper fashionable flgure with the wash blouse. Blind embroidery, broderie Anglais, Val, and similar fine lace put on In almost plain rows is now the proper trimming Idea for smart lingerie. Blue and white and black and white braid are ÜBed on the spring suits Instead of all-black, giving a little lighter touch, as befits the season. Bead chains continue in vogue and the fashionable girl prides herself on having quite a collection of them, that she may wear a different string with each gown. The new foulards for street service are quiet in design and reserved in color. Gone are the whirl and swirl of lines, flamboyant scroll work and spreading leaves and flowers In the silks of the past seasons. ' NEW CHAIR COVERING. Tor durability as well as novelty for covering cliair seats a new sateen goat's hair covering, made entirely of long wool. Is excellent, and may bo had In rich, deep red, green, blue and golden brown. LACE DOOR PANELS. Lace door panels, after the latest Idea, are now mounted on metal frames, so the panel can be removed and the glass cleaned without disar ranging the lace. The frames come to fit all the usual sized openings. VENTILATED CAKE BOXES. Ventilated cake and bread boxes ar among the newest and best They are of japanned tin, the shelves are per forated, aud there is a ventilator In the top of the bread box and in the upper part of the door of the caka closet THE DARK SHADE. Every bedroom window should b# provided with a dark green shade to keep out the early morning sunlight It need not be a heavy Holland shade, which keeps out air as well as light. Side curtains of dark cheesecloth, hung from a rod underneath tho white shade, aro soft and thin enough to draw out of sjght against the window frame, and are effectual in creating a dim, religious light conducive to slumber. BLENDING OP COLORS: A leading spirit In the house fur nishing world of to-day, one noted for his originality and successful re sults. says: "Any one can match." A keeping entirely to one tone results In monotony. Any room distinguish able as a red room, a green room, a yel low or blue and white room becomes Irksome to live in, because of its in completeness. Colors should be used, and if properly blended, the effect will be not colors, but color, which Is al ways desirable. A BRIGHT IDEA, : A clever woman who had been both ered in identifying her trunk in num berless railway stations, concluded to put au end to her trials by ha ving her initials stenciled on all four slues of it, ts well as on the top. "You don't know 1 what a comfort it is," she says. "In stead of wandering gloomily through acres of trunks trying to pick out mine, I now find it without the least difficulty. It not only saves time, but it also saves temper. I wonder I never thought of it before." IN THE LIVING ROOM. The living room is now a recognized factor in the modern liousu. In secur ing tile desired "livable" quality the wall and fioor coverings piny an impor tant part. If they are heavily pat terned aud glaring tlwy are out of tune. A very common error is to adorn the upper part of the wall with an obstru slve frieze. Anything below twelvd feet in height needs only a. cornice top and bottom as a finish. Scotch rugs made in Morris patterns in unusual aud artistic combinations of dolors make effective yet inexpensive living room floor coverings. UPHOLSTERY FABRIC. A new aud very beautiful fabrifl for upholstery or drapery has softly tinted floral festoons of the time of Marie Antoinette, thrown on a light moire or bloom linen witli a silken sheen. This is especially designed to be used with dainty, delicate furnish lug schemes, and is in direct contrast lo the hold effects and designs offered to accompany an arts and crafts room. For a Georgian or Colonial room nothing is better for covering the fine old mahogany pieces, or, as a hanging, than a silk brocade, Just out, that is a reproduction of a rare old English pomegranate pattern. ■Mock Indian Pudding—Pour foui cupsful of scalding milk on two cups fill of eereallne; then add half a cup of molasses, one and n half level table spoonsful of butter; pour into a but tered baking dish and bake one bout in a slow oven; serve with cream. German Toast—Beat three eggs a lit tle; add half a teaspoon of salt, one cupful of milk and two tablespoons of sugar; dip slices of bread iu tills aud cook 011 a hot griddle; brown on one side, then turn and brown the other; this may be served for luncheon or as a dessert with sauce. Coffee Custard—Put over the fire two cupsful of milk, and two tablespoons ful of ground coffee; when scalding hot, remove and strain; beat three egg yolks; add to them three tablespoons ful of sugar and the scalding milk; strain into buttered individual moulds; set in a pan of hot water and bake In a moderate oven until fiun in the centre. Apple Tapioca—Soak three-fourths cup of pearl or menlte tapioca one hour, drain, add two and one-half cups of boiling water and half a teaspoon of salt; cook In the double boiler until transparent; core and pare seven rath er tait apples; arrange theiu In a but tered pudding dish; fill the cavities with sugar; pour over the tapioca and bake in a moderate oven until apples arc soft; serve with sugar and cream. The Modem Census. "A Decennial Snap Shot of the Nation For the Benefit of All Time." By Director W. R. Merrlam. fcINCE 1790 the area of the United States has increased from 827,544 Sto 3,622,033 square miles; the number of counties has increased from 307 to 2807; and the total population has increased from 3,929,214 to 70,303,387, or nineteenfold. There are four States each possessing, in jjefloL 1900, a population greater than that of the entire Nation in 1790, at I | -which time two of the four were an untrodden wilderness. The number of cities with a population of 8000 or over has increased from six to 546, und the number with a population of 25,000 or over from two to 101. There are now thirty-eight cities having a population exceeding 100,000, and three of these have over 1,000,000 each. In 1900 the record of capital, wages, and value of products of manufactures rises to figures almost beyond com prehension. The capital invested was $9,840,028,584; the salaries and wages paid amounted to $2,735,430,848; and the value of products was $13,089,279,506. In agriculture the figures are almost equally impressive. The total value of farms in 1900 was $10,074,090,247, and that of agricultural products in 1899, $4,739,118,752. To gather aud collate such stupendous figures, not only with ac curacy, but so swiftly that the record of population In 1900 appeared as quickly •a did the little report of the first census, was a task of the first magnitude. It was indeed an evolution. Such is the modern census. It is a decennial snap shot of the Nation for the benefit of all time. Patrick Henry declared that there was but one lamp by which his feet were guided—Experience. But so important has the study of facts become that statistics presenting the facts analyzed and classified la the lamp which guides the statesman and the student of to-day.—The Century, JZ? Thoughts on Race Suicide. From President G. Stanley Hall's Speech on Hered* ity at the Sons of the Revolution Banquet. pMaaaUR country's development in all branches of Industry during the last decade Is simply wonderful and cannot be paralleled in lils tory. Yet these statistics are not altogether cheerful. ■ The number of offspring a race produces is the real test of ita permanent prosperity. The temptation of the day is to take out of the constitution PITP more than it can bear—by the inflation of the ego, the Intense pur "JtJtJ. suit of individualism. Statistics show that the offspring of native-born parents has steadily decreased In ratio, so that if it were not for our great Immigration our population would be diminishing alarmingly. Excessive development of the individual beyond a certain point always means impairment of the breed. Looking "back to the day of the Puritans, is it not true that the inhospitable character of the soil and the tremendous expenditure of vitality necessary to obtain a living all through these years has overdrawn human energy and stunted our race, so that the Yankee family is dying out? A few generations ago families of ten to twelve children were not uncom mon. To-day some families have become entirely extinct. Has not our Nation been spending too much vitality? Is it right to rob posterity by Intensifying individualism to such an extent? To expend so much vitality in toll and pleasure as to threaten the race? There seems to be something in tho climate aud conditions of America which "keeps us on our nerves" all the tlma> Appreciate the Uses of Life. By Margaret Stowe. PUUPCTtT WO of the favorite questions that children usually put to their UUUUUU parents are, "What are we here for? Why do we live?" tip rpQO Take core that you give no light answer to these questions. UP I PP Think well before you speak, for upon your words may bang PU PP the success or failure of your child's future. 22-,—-23. I recently overheard a small tot say to another with whom TTaTTotTp she bad been discussing this subject, "Mother says that we are hero to improve our minds so we will know a lot when we are old." That is quite true, but how about the heart? Don't we need to improve that, too? We must he careful not to open the door of the mind so wide that we close the door of the heart. Say to your children. "Yes, we are here to improve our minds only in order that we gain knowledge so as to lie of use to our fellow-creatures, not fellow men alone, but every living creature." We must cultivate the intellect, but at the same time unfold the heart qualities. Don't forget that, for one without the other Is like an orchard without fruit. Tench your child to be observant, but never unkindly critical. In criti cising others we are bringing out our own quality of thought. We are show ing ourselves up in a kind, strong light or a mean, weak light, as we please. Our criticisms reflect more on ourselves than on the ones they aro meant for. We often hear tho expression, "It is all from one's point of view." It Is tho quality of thought that each one of us holds that makes the difference In tho view we take of people and things. We grown up children should not lose sight of the fact that the unfolding of the heart qualities results iu kindness of thought, word and deed. We know that It Is just as easy to be kind, to think kindly, and to act kindly as the reverse and the effect on one's own mind, as well as on the minds of others, is far more beneficial. It makes life easier aud more worth living. If we forget this one great essential of character and become impatient and fault-finding with others we are placing an obstruction in the way of success. Keep your thoughts clear, loving and charitable and you will only see the good ill everything. Then you will know what a power good is In the world and how much stronger it is than evil, and when you realize that fact you can answer those two questions for your children without hesitation, and they in their turn will be brought up to be a power and help to all arouud them.—New York Journal. * Mars Again to the Front. By Garrett P. Servlss. EHE planet Mars, puzzling as ever, once more demands atten tion and will receive it. For who can resist the attraction of a world that looks as if it were inhabited? It would be ai easy to withdraw the eyes from a jungle in which a tiger ie believed to bo crouchiDg, Anybody can see Mars now, climbing up the eastern sky liefore midnight, lurid nmong the white stars and slowly grow ing brighter as he approaches his place of opposition to tin sun, which he will reach on the uiglit of tho 28th of March, when he will be less than 60,000,000 miles from the earth. Sixty million miles aro not much, as astronomers reckon distances. A pow erful telescope reduces the 00,000,000 to 00,000 at a stroke, and 00,000 miles are hut a quarter of the moon's distance. So, for the purposes of telescopic examination, we shall have Mars four times nearer to us than the moon Is. Sometimes with tho Lick telescope they use a magnifying power of more thaD 2000 diameters, which would bring Mars within an apparent distance of less than one-eighth of the moon's. Unfortunately our atmosphere is not steady euough, even on Mount Hamilton, to render the view of a planet with so high a power satisfactorily clear, but, on tho other baud, much lower powers will reveal many wonderful tilings. Tills time Mars shows lis Ills northern hemisphere, and that is a circum stance calculated to pique curiosity, for when he furnished Ills great sensntlouj in 1892 aud 1894, it was his southern hemisphere that he turned in our direc tion. In several respects the northern half of Mars exhibits a striking nnulogy to the corresponding part of the earth. At present, a snow-like whiteness spreads broadly around Mars' north pole, but within the next month or two this wintry realm will begin visibly to contract Its boundaries, for the summei sun will be rising higher there, as here; and so the two planets, Earth and Mars, like twin performers, keeping step and time upon the stage, will show the same change of countenance. But Mars' seasons being nenrly twice as long as ours, the gradual disappearance of his polar hood will continue long after the earth has begun to draw on again its Arctic nightcap. As the polar snows of Mars melt away, those strangest mysteries of all, the so-called canals will make their appearance, and perhaps wo shall heat again of curious lights visible on that other world which some persons will think are actually intended for signals to us. This opposition Is the opening of another Bliow-period for Mars, as every two years from now until 1909 he wilt get nearer to the earth. In 1907 and 1909 he will he more than 20,000,000 miles nearer than he Is this year; but then It will be again his southern pole that we shall sec best.—Collier's Weekly. "PAKED" OLD MASTERS SOLD. Many Spurious Canvases Turned Out by London Swindlers. The manufacture of "faked" pto tures by old masters is not con Sued to Paris. The great Increase in the value of Romney, Gainsborough and Lawrence portraits caused the pro duction of many spurious caavasesy and lately these "masters" have been put on the Amerioati and Bngllsh mar ket. One copyist in London has at tained astonishing accuracy in repro ducing Romney's works. These fraud ulent piotures are never exposed to the test of a sale at Christie's. They change hande privately, and most col lectors are so vain about their knowl edge that when they discover they have been deceived they make no fuss, especially as the dealers do not give a guaranty. Antiques are manufac tured on the biggest scale of all in Nuremberg, where sham brasses ot the sixteenth century, silver cups, Jewels, ivories or whatever curios ars In special demand at any time am turned out in profusion. The art dis played in these copies is scarcely in ferior to that in the original. It de ceives the keenest and most knowing collector. Baron Rothschild bought here recently a silver bell supposed to have come from the Hermitage pal ace at St. Petersburg and roputed to be a famous work of Benevuto Cel lini. Rothschild paid $30,000 for U, but discovorod afterward that two of his continental relatives had bought similar bells about the same time. Bach of the three contained one-third of the genuine bell, which had been broken up and the original pieces had been worked in with the imitation. The leading collectors are talking ot try for works of art in which the gen ulno "'pedigree" of objects of all kinds shall be registered so that their his tory may be traceable. But there are many diffionlties in the way of such a project, not the least being; that the dealers are dead set against 1L Science and Fact. Senator William P. Frye is an ar dent lover of the sport of fishing. Once, after bis return from his sum mer outing, says the Saturday Even ing Post, he met the celebrated nat uralist, Agassiz. Glowingly Senator Frye described his experiences. "Among my triumphs," said he, "was the capture of speckled trout that weighed fully eight pounds." Dr. Agassiz smiled, and said: "Reserve that for the credulous and convivial circles of rod and reel but spare the feelings of a sober scient ist." "This is not a campaign whop per I'm telling; I weighed that trout carefully, and it was an eight-pound er." "My dear Mr. Fryo," remonstrat ed Dr. Agassiz, "permit me to inform you that the Salvelinus fortinalis nev er attains the extraordinary weight of eight pounds. The creature you caught could not have been a speck led trout. All the authorities on ichthyology would disprove your claim." "All I can say to that," said Senator Frye, "is that there are, then, bigger fish in Maine than are dreamed of in your science." The next season he caught a speckled trout that weighed nine pounds. He packed it In ice, and sent it to Dr. Agassiz. A few days later he received a telegram, which read: "The science of a life time kicked to death by a fact Agaa liz." One hundred and thirty kind* ot wild flowers are found near Nome, Alaska. ISFSBKK " AR ° T0 BEAR. ~|] (J tlt'y.'i-, When the buck aches I I If h"d pains so badly, II can't work, can't rest, ,-an't sleep, can't eat, it's hard to bear. Thousands of ach ing backs have been relieved and cured. People are learning that back ache pains come from disordered kid neys, that Doan's Kidney rills cure every kidney ill, euro bladder troubles, urinary derangements, dropsy, dia betes. Brlglit's disease. Read tills tes timony to the merit of the greatest of kidney specifics. J. W. Walls, Superintendent of Streets