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AiJATTER B
1 ojyULLIONS.1.
By Anna Katharine Green, Antbor ?nlht?T' H
BORVRIGHT, 1890, BY ROBERT BONNCR'S SONS. Jg
CHAPTER XXXX1I1.
Continued.
Hilary eauie into the room while, lie
was talking, and the arrangements for
the evening's " ceremony were dis
cussed. Few. if any, of their friends
were expected to be present, and the
uly bridal celebration which they de
rided to allow themselves was a little
Mipper to precede their departure on
the midnight train. The plan was to
spend the honeymoon" among the Con
necticut hills. "When this was settled,
and all the words said which seemed to
W necessary, Mr. Degraw prepared to
leave. As he did so, he cast one look
Sit Jenny. She at once came to Ins
tide.
"I have not forgotten," she said.
'The ceremony is set for eight. You
will see me a half-hour before. And,
darling," she had never addressed him
by a word of endearment before, "will
you show me one last Cavor? I have
my carriage yet, and it is my pleasure
that you come to our bridal in it. Do
you object? It is the last time it will
lie used in my service."
"No. Jenny. I will ride in it if you
so desire.''
'Do; it will be at the studio at seven.
J'ijamin will drive j"ou; trust him."
She seemed about to say more, but
1 hough he waited with a smile, no
further word escaped her lips. She
looked so strangely, so very strangely,
thai he hesitated to leave her, and came
back more than once to kiss her lips,
her brow or her cheeks. But she did
not speak, and when he went away at
hist, he was conscious of a chilling sen
sation abont the heart, which all the
growing sunshine of a glorious Sep
lember day failed to dispel.
And yet it was but three hours to his
bridal, and Jenny Rogers had looked
as beautiful as he had ever seen her!
&f CHAPTER XLIV.
1'"' -TF.XXX'S MARBIAGE A. AFIEB.
it was seven o'clock. The hour at
which Jenny had promised to send the
carriage for the intended bridegroom.
Hamilton Degraw. who had spent the
last half-hour of waiting in eager con
templation of the picture in which he
had perpetuated her beauty at its
sweetest and most unconscious mo
ment, rose joyfully as he heard the
clock strike, and with a lover's alacrity
prepared to go below.
When he found himself in the car
riage and riding swiftly up-town, he
was too busy calculating how he would
arrange the dainty home with which
he iutended to surprise his bride some
day. to spare one moment, for a less
pleasing occupation; nor did he note
for several minutes that the carriage,
instead of taking a direct route for
Miss Aspinwall's house, was coursing
rapidly through an avenue leading
in ouite a different direction.
P.ut when he did awake to this fact
he was certainly startled. Leaning
out of the window he hailed the man
on the box.
'"Benjamin!" he called, "how's this?
Here we are in Lexington avenue when
we ought to be driving straight to Miss
Aspinwall's." ;
But Benjamin paid no heed, rather
drove faster, and before Mr. Degraw
could subdue his surprise sufficiently
to hail him again they had turned a
corner and entered upon a street so as
sociated with the memories in which
he had just been indulging that he felt
dazed by a coincidence that had the ef
fect of throwing him again into dream
land. ; But in another moment he managed
to shout once more to the unheeding
coachman:
'"Where are you going?" 5
But he did not expect any reply. He
knew himself whitherthey were bound,
and when a minute later the horses
slackened their pace and the carriage
.came to a standstill he did not need to
look up at the row of brown houses be
fore him, with their quaint fronts, and
.pillared balconies, to know they were
; before the strange and dilapidated
structure in which he had first seen the
signorina, and where she had wakened
to life and love.
"Miss Rogers is here, sir, waiting for
you," announced the coachman as he
opened the door.
Mr. Degraw nodded and hastened to
alight. It was doubtless one of her
whims to make the explanation which
she had promised him in this place of
their first meeting. T It was a strange,
almost uncanny notion, but it was like
her to conceive it, and he knew no
other course for himself than to accept
the situation with good grace.
Teiling Benjamin that he would soon
teturn with Miss Reers be ran up tb
steps. But before he could "ring the
bell the door opened; just as it had on
a previous occasion, and be perceived
before him in the dismal hall the deaf
and dumb girl, standing in her Old at
titude, and pointing silently up the
stairs.
It was not an agreeable sight to him,
but he laughed off the unpleasant sen
sation it caused, and followed, without
demur, the guidance of her finger. Ar
rived at the second story he found it
as dim and as dark as of old. No one
stirring, no sound to break the chilling
silence. But he cared not for this. In
another moment he would see his bride
and all would be brightness and cheer
again. Passing straight on to the room
which had welcomed him before he
went in without knocking, It "Was
empty and unfurnished, but lie knew
by the light which shone around the
door-jamb communicating with the
back room that he should not find this
equally barren Or unoccupied,
Yet, when he stood before it, he ex
perienced a moment's hesitation, fan
cying that he heard a voice speaking
somewhere. But another look behind
him assured him that he was alone,
and conquering whatever agitation this
imagined utterance of his name had
caused him he thrust out his hand with
the quick appeal of "Jenny!" and vio
lently pulled open the door.
She was there, but not as he had ex
pected to see her in some sweet atti
tude of eager waiting but lying out
stretched and cold upon her snowy
couch, just as he had seen her months
before, only then the candles burning
at her head and at her feet shone upon
beauty that would reawaken to life,
and a heart destined to throb again
with love and hope and fear. Now all
was ended. The beautiful, the gifted,
the beloved would rouse t life no
more. Jenny Rogers was dead, and on
her bosom, amid blossoms so white
that they must have been destined for
her bridal, lay the letter!
Hamilton Degraw had no very dis
tinct thoughts as he flung himself at
the side of his bride, and laid his head
upon the pulseless heart. She had
killed herself, but he could not guess
why and he had neither the courage
nor the self-possession to open those
tell-tale pages that rustled upon the
silent bosom. It was enough that his
hopes had perished, that his darling
lay dead, and that never again lit all
the days to come would he meet the
tender glance of her eye or the wist
ful smile of her mouth.
Tears had risen to his eyes four
months ago at the sight of these waxen
features, these seemingly pulseless
hands: but he could not weep now.
Grief had gone too deep; bis soul was
lost too darkly in the shadows of this
loss. He buried his face amid the
drapery that enshrouded her, and tried
to kiss her heart.
"Ah, darling! darling! darling"' went
up from his lips; "whatever thou hast
done I forgive thee."
And the row of lights burned on,
and an hour dragged itself heavily by,
before another sob disturbed the sol
emn silence, and then it did not come
from him.
From whom, then? He did not know.
Starting up, he looked about liini.
What angel of consolation was this
standing beside him? Hilary, in robes
of white. Hilary, with tears flowing
down her cheeks and Avith her arms
outstretched toward him. Ah, this is
joy; this can make him weep. Hilary
loved her. Hilary can understand his
loss. Reaching out his hand, he drew
Jenny's friend toward him, and to
gether they mingled their tears over
the pulseless bosom that once respond
ed to their mutual affection.
"Hilary, do you understand it:" he
finally forced himself to ask, rising up
to look again upon the peaceful, al
most smiling face of his pei-isbed
bride.
Hilary shook her head.
"No," she whispered, pointing to the
letter he had not found strength to
touch. "There lies her secret."
He was overwhelmed with grief, and
It was Hilary who raised the letter
and placed it unopened in his hand.
"Read it!" she entreated; "there may
be comfort there if not here."
I give you Jenny's letter. Contrary
to what he had expected, it was not
the one addressed to his rival, but a
new one, which she had written to
himself.
"Beloved: You have come! You
have seen your bride, and now I give
you not the letter you returned to me
but this long one, written almost with
my blood, which will tell you all you
ought to know, and tell it in less chill
ing language than that with which I
Addressed your generous rival.
"I cannot marry you! Do you ask
me why? Because I wish to retain
your love, and thisVwould be jeopard
ized by my life, as i$ will not be by my
tieath. For I know 'your artist soul. I
know that when yon see me lying amid
the flowers, as on that night when you
first gave me your love, jrou will forget
that I have deceived you, and by that
deception awakened in your breast
a passion 1 was not worthy to evoke.
You will forget, and I shall rest in
peace, happy not to have met your
look of reproach, or lived to experience
the withdrawal of that trust which
was my glory and my shame.
"I have deceived you. I am Signor
ina Valdj and Lam Jenny Rogers, but
I am not the innocent-hearted girl I
have always appeared to be. The mil
lions which I received did not conni
to me unexpectedly. I intrigued for
them and obtained them through the
arts and by the contrivance of the very
beings you thought to be my enemies,
Montelli and the Portuguese, of whom
you have so often told me to beware.
"They were niy allies I must say it,
for detection is on my track, and you
will hear the truth from others, if
not from me. They were my allies,
but I was never with them in any
harmful schemes, and was, I swear to
yon, only the tool employed by them
to obtain control over Mr. Detaney's
fortune.
"She was the woman who starved
and Ill-treated this gentleman in his
final days You have suspected this,
and suspected, - also, that she Ovel'
heard, in her -sly way, the bequest he
made to Mr, Degraw and its strange
conditions. But what yoM cannot sus
pect is that the woman yoit saw with
me in iny room in street Was
not the arch-conspirator: who forum
lated this plot, but her sister Annettaj
a person of more sinister appearance
than she, but of less calculation and
but little resolve
"How the Cleveland hag came to
know Montelli and take him into her
plans I have never heard. Neither have
I ever been sure what the real name of
this man was. That he was no Italian,
I am sure? for though he disguised
himself as such, he afterward showed
that he could speak English without
an accent. Was he English, then? I
think so; the former valet of some
rich mam probably. As to his connec
tion with the Portuguese, I only gather
that W'hen she came to New York and
started upon the scheme of supplying
Mr. Degraw with an heiress who
should share with her the wealth to be
received, Montelli was at her side, and
that it was at his instigation she ap
proached the woman whom I once
heard Mr, Byrd characterize as the
least respectable of my name. I Was
then hiding my heart in heart-breaking
despondency over my failure at the
opera house, knowing none of these
three conspirators, and only desirous
of preserving myself from the mockery
and jeers which I imagined would fol
low my appearance in any crowd. I
was wretched, but I was not wicked.
My ambition was foiled, but I never
thought of resorting to false methods
in order to insure the wealth and po
sition I imagined myself to have lost,
upon the fatal day when these two
demons called upon me, and, with a
skill and suavity you would little ex
pect from them, made ine understand
that an immense fortune was going
begging, which i, if I would lend my
self to their guidance, might easily
acquire, owing to my name and what
they termed my beauty.
"The othei" Jenny Rogers to whom
they had already spoken had been a
failure; she had tried her wiles upon
Mr. Degraw, but witn so little effect
that he woxtld not even look at her;
and they all saw that if success were
to be reaped by them it must be
through some innocent young girl who
would arouse not only the admiration
of this good man. but his pity. This
they explained to me. and also told
me how they had heard by chance that
my real name was Jenny Rogers, and
that I had a hisiory which, if known,
could not but arouse commiseration.
Furthermore, they encouraged me by
saying that nil which was required of
me was to go through a certain little
force easy enough for one who had
been trained for the stage, adding that
success would be sure to follow, as I
had the requisite beauty and grace,
and only needed to attract his atten
tion to my misfortunes to awaken an
interest which would be sure to even
tuate in my being made the inheritor
of these tempting millions.
"I listened.- It all seemed very sim
ple, and not at all wicked. I had
merely to swallow a small powder,
which would throw me into a death
like repose, and, when I awoke, as
1 hey promised I should do while Mr.
Degraw was in the room, feign sur
prise and indignation at not having
been allowed to'die, as my misfortunes
had made me desire. The rest would
come naturally, and when I was estab
lished in my new wealth, I was to give
(hem each a hundred thousand dollars
as their share in the great undertak
ing. "Do you wonder that a motherless,
friendless, disappointed child was
tempted by this glowing prospect, and
lent herself to a chance which seemed
without risk, and was calculated to
bring her everything?
"The other woman of my name did
not obtrude herself upon me, nor did
Montelli. make himself disagreeable
by visiting me again. The Portuguese,
on the contrary, came and took up her
abode with me, making herself, how
ever, as little obnoxious as possible,
for she seemed to recognize from the
first that I was not like herself, and
must be held and cherished apart, in
order that I might preserve the almost
childish ignorance which was, as they
openly acknowledged, the one charac
teristic upon which they most relied
to win the fastidious Mr. Degraw. This
was in the last of April, and he had
already seen and disdainfully passed
by several girls of my name. The
little school-teacher bad been inter
viewed and the Detroit miss followed
and remarked; but I knew nothing of
this. Ncr did I know until after I
had become irrecoverably involved in
the scheme, that Montelli, as I must
call him, had pledged himself to rid
the city of such of my name as seemed
to attract Mr. Degraw's attention. All
this was withheld from me, and being
young, I doubted nothing, but went on
my way, serenely waiting for the hour
when these two schemers should de
cide that it was time for me to enter
upon our premeditated farce.
To be continued.
Hysteria in Doge.
Nerves are the disease of the present
day among human beings, but I did
not know till recently that hysteria is
also a malady of dogs. A friend of
mine owned , dog which suddenly one
day was seized with au attack of
nerves. Since then it has been very
ill, wandering incessantly round and
round the room, refusing fooJ, but still
recognizing its owner. Another little
dog suffered from hysteria in conse
quence of fright from r-iilway travel
ing, and it really seems a? though civil
ization, in rendering dogs more delicate
and more susceptible, had done them a
distinct physical injury. London
Graphic.
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LIVES OF CHINESE GIRLS.
One
of Them Telia About Her Studies j
Poetry And Fainting Important. ;
The life of the little Chinese girl of
to-day, although an improvement in
some respects upon that led Jby her
sister of an earlier generation, is still
mightily amusing from an American
or European standpoint.
She is betrothed at thirteen. Her
course of study, which is painstaking
and thorough, by the way, includes a
knowledge of the poetical names of
flowers and the rearing of goldfish.
A clever little Chinese lady, Miss
Wong Jin Linu, daughter of a diplo
mat now residing in St. Louis, talked
to an interviewer a short time ago,
giving some interesting detai's on this
subject, says the Philadelphia North
American.
"I was born thirteen years ago in
Shanghai, China," she said, "and have
been betrothed since I was twelve to
Master Sah Fok Kylun, a son of Ad
miral Sah, of China. .1 am yet too
young to be married. For five years I
shall remain in my father's house, the
marriage ceremony taking place when
I am eighteen, or two years after I
become of age. In China a girl is of
age at sixteen.
"Master Sah, who is seventeen, re
sides also with my father. This is
sometimes the custom in China among
families of the upper class, in cases
where two families are on very inti
mate terms.
"Master Sah and I sec very little of
one another, although wa are in the
same house. Judged by the way
American young people act, Chinese
boys and girls are very shy.
'Water color painting has consumed
many of my leisure hours. "We begin
to paint on paper and then, when wo
are well advanced, paint on silk. A
scene on a hillside or bamboo growing,
or a beautiful lake are familiar sub
jects. ""Girls in the upper class in China
are taught to rear flowes. We learn
the culture of the hundreds of beauti
ful flowers which bloom in China,
particularly the chrysanthemum, the
poeny and the lotus lily.
"Often we go out to the ponds and
lakes to gather lilies. That is consid
ered a very nice pastime for young
ladies.
"Our education is not regarded as
complete unless we know the poetical
names of ail the flowers, as well as
how to take care of them. This is not
very difficult, because our recreation
is almost always taken in the flower
garden.
"To rear goldfish is another accom
plishment of the Chinese girl.
"The reason why a Chinese girl is
betrothed so long before she is married
is, as my parents have explained to
l me, because the Chinese like to have
worldly affairs settled as soon as pos
sible. Parents wish to be sure that
whatever may happen to them their
daughter will be taken care of; there
fore every family, even the poorest, is
anxious to secure a daughter's be
trothal just as soon as the family can
afford it. In families of the upper
class there Is no anxiety as to the set
tlement of a daughter, but marriages
are often arranged to cement friend
ship between two families."
Xordica Bed Jacket.
If there is one luxury that a woman
will appreciate, even one who is sup
plied with all the essentials of a mod
ern outfit, it is a comfortable little
jacket which she can slip on in the
morning as she sips her cup of eoffee
or chocolate. Nothing among the vast
assortment of fancy negligees meets
with the enthusiastic approval with
which this knitted affair is received.
First to send it on the hghway to pop
ularity was Madame Nordica, who was
presented with one of these a few
weeks ago when making a tour of the
country. It was exactly the thing she
had longed for, but had never been
able to find, and you may be sure she
exhibits the pretty little jacket to all
her intimates, who immediately sit
down and begin to copy it.
This jacket's greatest charm lies in
the fact that there are' no frills and
furbelows to get in one's way, and it
is as warm as anything possibly could
be, for it is knitted of heavy wool, and,
while far from tight-fitting, it clings
to the figure just enough to suit all re
quirements. It consists of one piece
and is worked in a plain stitch; rather,
it is knitted so. The sleeves are in the
regulation coat style, arid there is a
border three inches wide of knitted
colored wool, pink, blue or violet, all
around the bottom and down the front,
while at the neck it rolls over to form
a collar. Through the neck of this is
run a wide soft satin ribbon with long
ends to tie, Which is the little gar
ment's only method of closing. Wo
men who are fond of reading for a few
minutes before settling themselves for
the night's slumber will find this
jacket a genuine treasure.
Hints For Beauty Seeker.
"Women have good complexions nat
urally, but let those who have not take
QT J
WOMANS
REALM
J heart," says
a woman who knows
whereof she speaks, "for almost any
skin can be made to become firm and
elastic, clear and hardy.
The Woman who desires a good skin
must learn to breathe, and next to ex
ercise. Let ner stana ror nve minutes
before the open window, heels togeth
er, head up, chest out, chin in, hips
back and hands hanging loosely at the
sides. While in this position she must
draw a long, deep breath through the
nose and exhale slowly through the
mouth.
Half an hour before breakfast it is
well to drink about a pint of hot wa
ter containing a pinch of salt. Char
coal tablets after each meal are also
excellent, biri it is absolutely neces
sary to wash the body every dy in
tepid water, with plenty of pure soap,
finishing with a brisk rubbing with a
coarse towel. After this the face
should receive special treatment. Few
people wash their faces properly. The
principal wrork should be done at
night, and unless the skin is very thin,
a rather coarse wasnciotn snouta De
used, with plenty of warm water.
While the pores are open massage the
skin with a little lanolin, applying
with the finger tips, and knead the
cheeks with the knuckles and palms
of the hands.
Any one desirous of avoiding undue
lines and wrinkles on throat and face
should use this treatment patiently for
one month. ' The improvement In the
complexion will by that time speak for
itself." Pittsburg Dispatch.
How to Educate the Boy.
Not a few fathers hurt their sous
and damage the careers of those sons
by picking out careers for them. Train
up the boy in the way he should go,
and then let him choose his own work.
In the choice of a vocation, as in the
choice of a wife, every young man
should be left alone. If he is not
worthy of being left alone the parent
has grievously injured the boy in the
preceding decade of his life. These
Interpretations mean that I would not
educate my boy under a private tutor.
I would educate my boy with boys, al
though not entirely by boys. Boys do,
however, educate boys, but a boy who
is trained alone is liable to fall in ad
justing himself to his membership in
humanity. He is to become a brother
of the common lot. He therefore
should learn early how to adjust him
self to his fellows. Neither would I
educate my son abroad; he is an
American boy. I should be glad to
have him get all that is best from the
private school in Lausanne or Gene
va, but not for one instant would I
have his ideas formed by the French
master or his methods by the German.
A primary note in his character should
be the American, although a note more
fundamental is the human. He is, as
a human boy, to be trained up for serv
ice in this great, interesting new life
of our new world. Harper's Weekly.
1 ffSSAlQNS)
m.
Some of the new ribbons have a real
lace edge.
Old English embroidery is to have an
all summer run.
Hyacintbine blue looks well on both
blondes and brunettes.
Stylish toques arc made of the glis
tening black horsehair.
Some of the new jackets have two
graduated tucks up the back.
Voile de soie is, a thin silk nun's
veiling, attractive for informal even
ing gowns.
A suit of white serge, flannel or cor
duroy, is an essential part of the spring
outfit, it seems.
The most gorgeous plume of all is
all red one side the quill and all
creamy yellow the other.
Coats to the linen and pique cos
tumes vary from the three-quarter
Norfolk to the very short Eton.
A deep cream lace waist to wear
with a brown silk coat acd skirt is
bloused under a bertha-like arrange
ment made of three circular folds of
brown silk. f
v Of the materials for rather dressier
waists, suitable for house wear, and
to go with jacket suits, it is recom
mended that tfcey match in color, or
at least approach In tone, the skirts
with which they are worn.
A charming diuner waist for an "at
home" dinner is of pale blue silk mus
lin, accordion pleated. The sleeves are
elbow length and are untrimmed.
There is a stock collar of the muslin
laid in folds and striped around the
top and botlom with the narrowest of
Irish lace bands.
Returns of the receipts from shinning
on the Suez Canal in January show an
increase on the year from Sl,03,o to
?1 ,830,000.
(SIP' J- ,
fig Cake.
Two cups of sugar, one cup of but
ter, one cup of cold water, one tea
spoonful of soda, three cups of raisins
chopped fine, four eggs, one pound of
figs, cinnamon and nutmeg to flavor.
Beat together sugar and butter, add
the eggs, which should have been
beaten together; dissolve the soda in
the cup of water. Use enough sifted
flour to make it stiff as pound ake.
Cut the figs in halves and press well
in the dough to prevent burning. Bake
in layers, frosting each layer while
warm. This recipe makes two cakes.
""
Sweet Griddle ttket.
One pint of milk; four eggs; two
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar; two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter; one
teaspoonful of baking powder and
flour enough to make a reasonably
thin batter. Beat the eggs, white and
yolks separately; stir into the s'ollvs
the butter, sugar and one cupful of
flour in which the baking powder has
been mixed. Then add the milk-and
the whites of the eggs, with- more
flour, if necessary. Bake in small
cakes. Butter each one, as it comes
from the griddle. If for dessert, place
four on each plate with jelly or jam
between the cakes and sprinkle pow
dered sugar oyer the top.
Filet Gumbo.
Cut up a pair of fowls as when carv
ing. Lay them in a pan of cold water
till all the blood is drawn out. Put
into a pot two tablespoonfuls of lard
and set it over the fire. When the lard
has come to a boil put in the chicken
with an onion finely minced. Dredge
well with flour and season with salt
and pepper, and a little marjoram, if
liked. Pour on two quarts of boiling
water and let cook for three hours,
then stir in two heaped leaspoonfuls of
sassafras powder and let it stew five
minutes longer. It will be improved
by stewing with it a few slices of cold
boiled ham before taking up. This is
the genuine Southern recipe for gum
bo, and may oe made of any sort of
poultry, veal, lamb, venison or kid.
Wild Duck Soup.
If you suspect the ducks of being
sedgy of fishy parboil each with a car
rot inside its body, then take out the
carrot and throw it away. You will
find that all the unpleasant flavor has
left the ducks and has been absorbed
by the carrot.
Cut up the ducks, season each piece
with salt and pepper and lay them in a
soup pot. For a large soup you should
have four ducks. Add three sliced
onions and a tablespoonful of ground
sage, also a quarter of a pound of
butter divided in four parts and each
part rolled in flour. Pour in water
enough to make a rich soup and let it
boil slowly till all the flesh has left
the bones; skim it well. Thicken it
with boiled or roasted chestnuts,
peeled and mashed. A glass of Madeira
or sherry, or the juice of a lemon or
orange will be found an improvement.
In taking up the soup be careful to
leave the bits of bone and meat In the
bottom of the pot.
To clean sponges, wash them in
diluted tartaric acid, rinsing them af
terward in water; it will make them
very soft and white.
Before buying tinned fruits and
meats see if the -top is flat or de
pressed. If the top has bulged out,
then air has entered the tin and fer
mentation set in.
Vinegar should not be kept in a
stone jar, as the acid may affect the
glazing and the vinegar be rendered
unwholesome. Glass jars are the best
vinegar receptacles.
Freshen the house by putting a few
drops of oil. of lavender in an orna
mental bowl, then half fill it with
very hot water. This will give a de
lightful freshness to the atmosphere.
To clean tapestry-covered furniture
first brush thoroughly; tben add a
tablespoonful of ammonia to a quart
of water. Wring out a cloth of this,
and sponge thoroughly, rinsing and
turning the cloth as it gets dirty,
changing the water when necessary.
This freshens and brightens it wonder
fully.
" Plenty of soap and cold water and no
soda are the secrets of success in
washing board floors, and "the wood
must be scrubbed the -way of the
grain and not roundand round, if you
want to get the dirt off. Change the
water often. Y'ou can't expect boards
to be a good color if they are rinsed in
dirty water.
For hanging clothes to dry, first
hang up by the thickest part, waist,
or neckband, etc., because if hung by
the thinnest part the water would run
into the thick part, lodge there, and
take longer to dry. .Second, hang up
everything wrong side out, so that any
accidental soil will not do so much
damage as if it appeared on the r!ght
ide.
I
Huniorf
1 is f
Devotion. . t
He jiftid her compliments, before,
But now he pays her bills. : ' j
la 't just to say that marriage
V. A man's devotion chills?
i . Puck. 7
Mad It "Warm For Him.
gjje"And did her face light up?'f t
Arthur "lh a way. Her eyes
snapped fire and her cheeks burned
with rage." - - . ' i ,
An J7n1ieard of Thing:.
Janitor "I'm going to make it hot
for you."
Tenant "But isn't that contrary to
all precedents?" Town Topics. ,
4' i
t t -iff'
Rich American.
"What makes you think they are
such rich Americans?"
"Because they know so 'much more
about other countries than their own."
Au Exception.
Btlie"js jt true that suburban tire
men are always slow?"
EVaXo; I had one to propose to me
in two days ' after first meeting."
Chicago News. . . . , J
'Hsl'
The Point of Similarity. )
UeHer complexion is just like
strawberries and cream, isn't it?"
She "It is something like strawber
ries; it comes in a box." Philadelphia
Public Ledger. - .
y t
Doubt.
Mi s. Newrocks "And we shall enter
society!"
Newrocks "Well. I don t know. I've
heard that sometimes you can't buy an
admission ticket.'" Puck.
Too Realistic.
Soubrette "So you went out with a
sea drama? I suppose there was a
skipper in the play?"
Comedian "Yes. the . mauager
skipped with our salaries." Chicago
News.
She NeedB the Tims.
"What have vou sot vour hat on for?
The train doesn't start for two hours."
"Don't worry, John, I may decide not
to wear this one. Then I'll have to
unpack ray trunk and get cut another
one." New York American.
Too Late,
Old Jilson "One of my most trusted
clerksgot married."
Mrs: Jilson "I suppose you gave nun
a lot of good , ad vice."
Old Jilson "No; he was married be
fore I knew it too late." Cleveland
Leader. T .
i .
He Did.
"I should have thought the old man
would have done something handsome
by you when you married his daugh
ter."
"He did. He had her teeth fixed
before we were married." Cleveland
Leader.
" ' tast Choice,
Clare "Was he nervous when he
proposed?" .
Mae "Not in the least."
Clare "He was when he proposed to
me, but oh, well, possibly he has had
a lot of practice since then." Cleve
land Leader. s1-..
Laying 11 Foundation.
"What do you think about the war in
Asia?",
"My friend," vuswered the man who
is slow but sure, "I haven't yet
learned to spell and pronounce it. I
haven't begun fj think about .it."
Washington Star.
A Terrible StriifcRle.
Mr. lluggard "If you can't stop
looking so sweet I'll kiss you." -
Miss Koy "No, you won't."
Mr. Huggard "Why Won't I?"
Miss Koy "You won't unless yon
can keep me from screaming, and cr
you know you can." Philadelphia
Pres.
. ' ' No Hurry.
Miss Sweetun (to young man who
has just proposed) "Indeed, Mr.
Brisque, I was not expecting this. You
embarrass me very much."
Mr. Brisque (looking at his watch)
"I will give you one minute, Miss Vera,
to recover from your embarrassment."
Chicago Tribune.
Hard on Them.
"If these verses should be accepted.'
said Woodby. Rlter. "I think I'll have
them published anonymously."
"Don't do it," said Crittick; "it isn't
right." .. .
"No?"
"Just think of all the good fellows
they might be blamed upon." Phila
delphia Press.
"Flease Call Af a'.n."
Slopay "I'll have to ask you to ex
cuse nie to-day. I'm not well and be
sides you'll have to see my wife about
this bill."
Collector "Oh! See here! Y'ou con
tracted this bill yourself and you
should pay it yourself without "
Slopay "But I tell you I'm irot my
self to-day." Philadelphia Press,