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CHAPTER S . ,
Continued.... ' '
T was.born in.England jn the year of
Christ,. 1600, that.year being; the forty
first of .the reig-of the -virgin Queen
Elizabeth, in my' brother's house,
.where I at present lire -which. Is to.
say, in the manor house' of Holden-
hurst, by-Sfc.-Etfmuad's" Bsry, in the.
County of Suffolk and am the young
er of the two sons of Christopher,
Trueman and Barbara, his wife. The7
two manors of. Ho,ldenhurs,.Jbestowed
oa my "family by the eighth' Henry,
would have supported the dignity "of
a baronet; but my father, .unlike his
predecessors, sought for no public em
ployment, and viewed with indiffer
ence the acquisition of the-highest -toon-,
ors by men of meaner birth, living in
peace and content upon - his -paternal
acres at a stirring period , when the
fate of his country trembled in the bal
ance. Both my parents having died at
an early age,-my brother succeeded to
the estate and treated me wifh.extia-;
ordinary liberality, permitting me to
share with him equally in-all that: 'e
had except the anxieties and vexa
tions whi3h. acconi)any, th px)ssess.rcn
of property, and those he gene'rdusly
kept for himself. 'When hevtook to
himself -a 'wife5: 3dy-.. toother abated -nothing
of his kindness, to-me but I
was deprived of maa of hisWmpan$
This '.event .- took, place in 1620, the.
twentySfifth of my- brother' life and
of mine -the twentieth.;- ;
Now if so;jgn"air3ffia-t mtnltedisfteJy'
or so.on after' th-'marriageTjf .m
brother . I conee-ived arery vlolent'andj
'all-absorbing -..passitfnl or . a certain
" inaid; Who, even at the tfqftyt jvas .so
seizes-1; could not but acknowledge
possessed nothing uncpminoi -in Jbeau-i
ty,.taient or rortune. Nevertheless, for
"some reason wlltelxremains' 'nhkmSwhT
iu aie to ims oajt i- iovea D rjsvatli an-j
intensity"; of devofibfi' which -might bep
equalled;-but could never be-exeeeded. J
Aiy suic was wey -received, and, one.,
day,, in response. .to , my rqjiest 'thalt",
she would become "my wife" she ieh't.
me a missive, cotreKed in loving-terms,
wherein, she professed herself. j-ery
willing -to aceoKl- with my-:wisJi, sub
scribed, 'Your 'loving wifejtha't is to
be." The messenger who bought fhjs.
gratifying pistie.P0uld hardly have L
returned to herfpe? i received-enother
letter from -the same source,,.. It rah'
thus, or nearly .tHusi "Think" of me Eo;
morer-try; to fosgetjae. Dd'jt write'
or coine.to me.;;i'can neyer'be your
wif e," : and app'etffd was 'the signa
ture of she whfcftf had pired be
fore nil irraiipit' -fcnpw'rirtJfi.inrl-int tn
make iof this, se p'aiised, thinking one
of us must bed;andeiide.avpring
to decide wiio;.Vthat;;oEfaf but I
failed. Then- followed th&pniy occa
sion in my .lif e. s?hen I-went iivhe're 1
had beea -definitely1 "ioldi "rras n6t'
wanted. I sought Jiy pijlom;sd wife;
found- her and t'a'hted w3rh: er,- but
she would "nol'ScguaiBt me 'with the
cause o'f ;hejj perjury, coa'fehting -herself
with ike-Zajs'sert-iOn tb3t-il-niust be .
so. I i?f t hei', vnot hatingher I could
not bring' hasS&elf. ' tis-, tBCat-bht with a
cynical, allfeff dllogiSii contempt f or
all women5ohtenlpt Vjftch ;I retd mod
for manyjyears aftrte 'intense feel
ing I once haii inthiX'nlatter had died
out. Shafts-iprrbrJeifed'by the- eiivious'
fates againsjthq -young and vigorous
do not often probe deeply, but for the
most part fail, to 'the ground blunted
Not -many .months h'ad-- efypsed":-fcrei
begun to consider "mysef; foriunate jn J
having escaped an" alliaihce ' which I
had --.ecytfitejQ , so
much" " Eatisfartiojj. Perceiving that a
WbmanlI:S5g3,Effrgfirman will
as readily deceivQwo or. more, men;
so tha .whnQoii.aftrwaiM f .ltjacfejl.
of her .mirriaefd notKelr'inyohly' iteure 'abbve and historic ; palaces
emotion .-aySrpy':f6-iiie '.itfa'atfoun&f,Yaiid so indeed -I found it.
who hadiiWinhefi ve-rrthjit is, sup
posing that" she? fikd .any'Jfove .ihher na
ture, or, having.it,. suffee. it' to conV'
uyi.ner jn tuer.ciiuvc.01 ai nuauauu..
BUt contempt fox womn had l
ingrained with rile. " Frecbgniied them
as maternal lieeissltJes, but-'could' no
regard as serious anything any worn
an might say;atsjfciie sairie' time -hoW-ij
mg it rignt,-anarQSper,io. employ :iy..
means for
sires.
I
was as illogaaVajS; thatofi 'the apqci-
Paul, butysuch. it jvas? and.it must be
noted asrwellja? 'flygJance
of my career. v , . . ' ' :
With his .usual kinjjy. sglijad.? , 9:
my welfare my brother advised me to
travel, conceiving tht. familiar inter
course with strange natiohs7 aim the
view of distahtrcities arid 'wo'Sders el
nature, was rxredfeihe AsuiteS- to my
malaclv (fnr T hnd.fallen into a melan
choly mood), and to that end gave e
a "thousand paunda, and jto
pains to furnish -ijn.e. withlettterSj of .
Actuiiiiueuuacioii to;persons hi xywoiu
eration abroad.- The EarX fit ."Arling;
ton, whose estate lay contiguous' tb
the lloldenhursts, was our 'friend, and
being high, in 'the'. King's counsels:' it
was in his powe'r'to he.ip -tts much-3($fe
Earl generously; lent'hi aid,'and:pro-
cured for me ' let.trs, iq: the. English J
A mKn coo n I- . Dn ii'fl n n ri i-n a4-rt-k 4-1 1
nople, and to the 'most considerable
merchants in the principal cities of
Europe, of which it is only necessary
that I should specify ;oae that" ad-
xlO Ay
VOL. XXVI. PITTSBDRQ; cMATHAM
1 . 1 . """'"wmi
WALTER BLQQMOSJUD
dressed to Signor Pietro SImona, ship
owner, of Venice. Thus provided 1
bade a tender farewell to my brother,
and taking horse set out on my ti-avels
unaccompanied by a servant. In eight
"days I reached Dover, having jour
neyed by way of London, quite safely
and without adventure. At Dover I
sold my horse to an innkeeper, who at
first offered me a tenth of his value,
and when I refused It threatened to
carry me before a justice of the peace
and accuse me of having stolen the
horse. I told him he was an impudent
rogue, and that if I had the-pleasure
; of ..appearing before a justice in his
company I had influence iu my pocket
"sufficient to hang him on the nearest
gallows for so insolently aspersing the
character of an honorable gentleman,,
-wh'ereon I pulled-out of a satchel
which depended from my girdle a
passport signed by King James, with
His "Majesty's seal attached. When
"he looked on this document the inn-,
keeper turned pale "and trembled, and
without, further ado told out from a
r long purse as much money. a I had
asked for. the horse, and withal shared
'with' me a quart of choice canary at
' his own expense.
After diligent inquiry I obtained, an
'introduction ..to rthe captain of.
barque, who designed to' presently J
proceed. to Calais,-and he contracted
to transport .me to France for twenty
shillings. It was two. days before, we
set sail, and the' barque was no sooner
aj "sea -than the wind proved contrary,
aid we beat about the coast of Tha
net in imminent peril for a day and a
Bight. .1 was sore sick from the tur
bjdence'of the sea, and almost starved;
for my inclination for food was but
small, and the only victual aboard
musty biscuit and sour wine. After
tfo day of dire misery. I. w&rs carried
.aghore, more dead than alive, at Dun
kirque, where-I recovered my wonted
health very speedily, though I soon
came near to losing it again by .a sur
feit of oysters and onion'sprepared for
me by a fishwife of that town". My
clothes were torn and spoiled by the
buffetings I had sustained In the
barque,' so I bought me others of
. French make, which served excellently
for a long time, being exceeding
strong, though such as would denote a
French mayi.ner rather than an Eng.
' llsh gentleman making the grand tour.
"When I was perfectly recovered
fi-om. L
"hta:l
the ill effects of my voyage I bou
horse and set out for Paris, spending
my money with great economy on the
way, and carefuly avoiding such corn
,pany as I, judged might be dangerous
for the safety of my thousand pounds,
, into which I had dipped but sparingly
as yet, and I doubt not my security n
had an additional warrant in the fact
that I was tall and museular, at any
time prepared for combat with the
best-man In France. In this manner
.did I journey across the. continent of
Europe, staying many days in the fine
cities of Rouen, Faris,, Dijon, Geneva,
Turin, Milam Verona and Padua, ob
serving all that is remarkable therein;
and so at last came to Venice, fair city
of the waters. Inasmuch as Venice is
beautiful beyond the power of words'
to depict, and I had been traveling
with but brief rests for seven months,
I purposed living among the. Venetians
one whole summer at least, and so m-
' deed :it fell out, as shall presently ap
pear. .
"I had always heard that Venice was
. the .most-beautiful. city of IJaJy, quite;
fascinating the stranger, who reveled
Lin. a constant succession of delightful.
.surprises "as he paced her "stately
fc;squares and colonades or luxuriously
gilded over the surface of her -vonder-til
canals, ' with sky of unbroken
JHerer therefore, I resolved to stay un
til I had mastered the Italian tongue,
Uo.hlch at present I. knew only in-
liahazard since IBad come to Italy,
and I -rightly appreciated my jjfwant
when' I presented my letters to -Signor
Bimona, who spake no English. French
I could speak tolerably well before I
Fleft England, thanks to Mohsi.eur Fe
lix Eamonte, who, when I was "a pupil
st King Edward's -Grammar -School,
Bury. St. Edmund's, impressed upon
jne-the irregularities of French iverbs.
by the regularity of his floggings,
;"whichv- weive-i. frequent and , severe.
Touching this Monsieur Larobnte, -I
".retain to this day a vivid recollection
' of his skill in tying up birch rods (for
he would use none but those he had
made himself),' of the graceful curves
described -by his right arm when he
flogged, any of his pupils, and of his
: boast ..that he "could produce by six
strolies aposterioral agony as exqui
. site as .an English master could proj.'
. duce by .'a dozen. Though in bitterness '
.of spirit. I had often 'cursed Monsieur"
Xampiite, I had of' late had cause to
'think more charitably of him, for he.
was a good teacher,- andI now expe
riencid .-the convenience of his lessons
fas-rtfuch as I formerly -did the incon
venience-of .his methods of imparting
tJjeai. It was a great boon to me to-
"be: 'able' to converse with Signor Si
mona, who was a good French scholar,
which would not have been the caso
If i had been ignorant of French. : . "
V -Whea "first I beheld Slgno? .Pietro; ,
mm mm
SImona I was deeply impressed by his
venerable aspect. His yearsahen num
bered as many as mine do how, which,
is to say seventy-one, .but he appeared
much older, his vitality be3ng?: sailed
by his intense' application to" affairs of
commerce inaaM.'mp.b.od . and mid
dle age .ani :bre.ssT recenf sorrow,
to say "nothing of the natural ravages
of time. Nevertheless he "exhibited
traces of a nobility of features ' and
stature which an attenuated face and
bowed back -failed to obliterate. The
m-oment of my introduction to him
was a painful, one, for he' had just -returned
.f rom. cglebrating'the obsequies'
of ' his son, '.. andp. his only remaining
child, the .young and' 'Beautiful Anita;,'
was admini'steriug 'tor-tier father" siieb
comfort as was possible in- the circum
stances. I had entered the presence
of the old man and presented my le.t?
ters before I was acquainted with his
unhappy condition, but so . soon as I
was informed of it I "sought to with
draw until a more fitting occasion
should offer. The fair Anita; perceiv
ing that my business-might" divert- he
father's thougitt-s "from! the object of
his grief, would n'ot'.ivtllingly' suffer me
to depart; so I yielded to her solicita
tion and remained. " My host .wa.s a
man of extraordinary intelligence, de
lightfully frank- and communicative,
notwithstanding' a-quiet dignity which
usually accompanies- a combination of
wealth and intellectual" power Of his
grief he spake -not , but X Ofosterved all
too many evidepce of it. - After some
conversation witli h'im oh genef'al mat
ters it was eas for me to understand
how this man-'Wd from humble be
ginnings risen' to -be -the- ih'dst opulent
shipowner in Vehic. . t.When I asked
his advice in respect of a.hoiise where?
in to live dOTiijmy-sojqurni.In Venice
the old man segaj-'dd : me'with- mild
surprise. -"L kaawj-pjEjMi' other? than
1 this,' he said; fSyhg, conies' from" Ehg-
forded me great cbnteuft'aid in Signor
,Simona'sv1iouse I Accordingly t6oS.up
my abode. ;"'' ' --" ' -- .-r
November 13. AHho6ugrniastery
of the" 'Catin. and Fre'neh-. tongues
helped me-.greatlvjux-. acquiring t the
Italian speech; .feaijSjEUch equipment
I doubt npt I should have f4ied," for
my method of. learnipg'Vlifferctf greatly
from what is prescribed "by tB'e s'chbols.
Sighorina" A'riita 'SiiUbna aViny in
structres's, and"her 'lessons- occupied
nearly the whole-f-evei-y 8ay. She
told me -the -namoa- of things, and cor
recte my errors of pronunciation, but
of grammatical rules she spake not; T
fear-.she, had but scant know-ledge of
them herself'. Though; no Carhdlfc, I
went with :her! "each' morning -t-5 'mass,
which pleased "hef gfcatJy,.for she had
a superstitious hm-rbr oE Protestant
ism. And 'here I may remark upon
the. convenience of conforming to the
religipus;-.prejud4ces .of ; the people
among whom one, ma $ -be cast; it is
both easy rand politic, and may be
done by most travelers without strain.
. . My days in Venice passed with great
gwiftnessasdayO pleasure always
dp--'-' Sigpor Sipioiaia was'li merchant
storehouse "df''Vorks sf art brought by
his captains frorn.-nll the countries of
the world.'' "His'kimTness' to me was
very, marked, and that of his daughter
vet .'moreY'so. Aiter
many .weeks of
c". T;, v T: rr.W- yeffected by having wagons which can
tiers of Venice, in all ofAvhich'i wary,.. .. :i. , .,
accompanied "by the daught'erof '3i
host, ""the beatiful. Anita showed in
many wy.Sfcth shadfaJlen in love
with me ; 'and' this -wHm stance occa-
'sibned me much disquiet. ' If I ; but
talked with anyot,hjf ftw-oman, or ven
tured,.to exp'ress .admiration of 'a cos
tume worn by. orie!'of the Dpgaressa's
.majds he-,eariy"Seettv'ro&d3ench
and :. her -diafk'-eye ''&&sli-tC'&s a
' :rea1:-'drnliculty,. -and hastened h?y de
parture from; Venice, with"' strange con
sequences" '- disistous ;'.; tb-; herself. 'I
would not - love - her in dishonorable
fashioa for the sake of her father, my
host; nor would I marry her, for I had
previously ; resolved t- measure the
faith of all w-omen by i2le perfidy of
one, and my .unreasonable distrust was
a-yet'unabated.'.-;" -'
TO be continued.
UTILIZING" THE SUN'S RAYS.
Cheap Fjuel Used by Residents ef
Southern California.
The residents of Southern Califor
nia have gone into partnership with
the shn. There-the sun is more plen
tiful than coal, 'and' . so they put the
fqrmer to ' work, utilizing the heat
rays for many purposes, one of which
is known as the'slar water heater."
B.y the plan they have adopted they
make the siiri " he jft -4be : water in the
kitchens(jan;d -bathroom's in the houses
,an,d for otherldomestic purposes. In
C4lifnia, 'an&, other .state3where .tho
sun may dsa'pEraed onf.t'he; item "of
fuel is entirely eliminated," and i however-
cheap- fueltmav, be, jto fuel is
u'oftper-i fte' su;.',,. i4" ' :
The domestic arrangement for peep
ing water,, hot atall hours of the day
or night is effected by inserting in tho
roof a solar heater, consisting of a
-number, of mirrors reflecting the sun's
rays, so that ;the heat, is concentrated
upon the water in -metallic troughs,
which absorb the heatlrays and soon
bring; tb 9 . water to a
temperature.-,: ''' ' ''
nearly boiling .
-. , , -
TteeV$hdAWvOQ.-' th..Qilnd.
Last- vigtlk- i'swald.ianipris: .thc v lamps
that gleamed, . - -
- Aoid saw a i.shdow-'on a window blind,
A moving f iadoVv; and the picture,
seemed" - r:
To call- some- .flcene . to mind. '" .
I looked again; a -"dark" form to and fro.
Swayed softjy as; to music fu!J oT. rest.
Bent low, bent lower still I did . not
. And then, at last, I guessed.'
And through "the night ram all "old;jnem
tx orie3'flockins, .
White memories. : like the snowflakes
.'5rcundiide.-whlrted.'. . .
iAiKs welM'vI -said? "the mothers, still
' ; . sit rocking . - - -
"- TWe crddles of the world !" ; .
T-Will H. OgllVi in tha .London OQtiook."
COUNTY. N. C THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1904.
& SCIENCE
Letter boxes with electric bells in
them as letter thief telltales are short
ly to appear in Paris, v1 Vii
' ' There is a new goggle for the auto
mbbilist equipped with tiny shades,
adjustable ones, so there need never
be any disagreeable sensations from di
rect reflected rays of light in the eyes.
'' It-was announced at the annual ban
quet of the Association of American
Physicians that as the J result of re
searches by Dr. Nogucshi, of Japan,
working under a grant from the Car
negie Institution, a positive antidote
for rattlesnake yenbm.had been dis
covered. iux?Si- .
Paper gloves and stockings have ap
peared in the dry goods stores in the
leading European cities. It is said the
stockings are durable, and will last al
most as long as the ordinary articles.
The paper of which they are made is,
during the process of manufacture,
rendered, into a substance closely re
sembling wool, and is then woven and
treated as ordinary wool. -
The banana business is an exceeding
ly profitable one. Aside from the lus
cious fruit "itself the leaves are used
for packing, the wax from the under
side, of the leaf is a valuable commer
cial article, Manila hemp comes from
the steins and this is made into door
mats and lace handkerchiefs. Banana
flour is yearly growing in consump
tion. Altogether the banana is an all
round benefit. .
The anableps, or star gazer, a fish
of the cyprodont family, found in the
rivers of Guiana, Surinam and Brazil;
has each of its eyes divided into an
upper and a lower portion by an
opaque horizontal line. This gives it
in effect two pupils in each eye, one
suited for. seeing .in the air, and the
other for seeing in the water. The
fish is in the habit of swimming at the
surface with its head sometimes above,
sometimes below the water line. 1
A remarkable operation was recently
performed at the St. Antoine Hospital,
Paris, by the extraction of a large nail
from a man's lu'ugs. After six prelim
inary experiments the foreign body
was located and seen through the
"bronchoscope." The first attempt at
.extraction failed, but a second was
completely successful, the'na'it being
dislodged from an inner ramification
of the right lung and removed up the
windpipe by means of a magnet, the
operation lasting only five minutes.
The Midland Railway Company is
introducing a number of steel wagons
of a novel pattern, which have been de
signed for either coal or ordinary mer
chandise traffic. The wagons are sev
enteen feet six inches in length (in
side), four feet six inches in depth (in
side), seven feet nine inches in width
(inside), eight feet four and one-half
inches high from the rails, with a car
rying capacity of fifteen tons. Consid
erable economies will, it is claimed, be
be used for either coal or goods traf
fic. if?nrt!.t: .
'.l,SlMJ'r ' '
The secret of the inexhaustible fer
tility of the Nile Valley, which has long
been credited to the annual deposit
of silt from the overflowing of the riv
;er, has been discovered by Mr. Fair
child, agricultural explorer of the
United States Government, to the nu
trifying powers of the plant berseem.
Berseem is a species of trifolium,
which has the power not only to con
sume saline and alkaline properties
in the land, but also enrich it with ni
trates. Something of a composite of
alfalfa and clover, it is in every way
more delicate in flavor and succulence
than either. . i H
The First Gas Machine.
A gas machine is generally under
stood as an apparatus for producing
carburetted air, which may be used
like carburetted hydrogen or coal gas
for illuminating purposes. When gas
oline, which is a very light and vola
tile product of petroleum, comes in
contact .with the air it is dissolved by
the air in other words, the air be
comes charged with its vapors to such
an extent that the air and vapors form
a fairly good substitute for coal gas,
requiring a slightly different burner.
Oliver P. Drake, a philosophical in
stBument maker, of Boston, Massachu
setts,, was the first to use gasoline for
this "purpose. The Drake machine is
made in the form of a cylinder with a
partition through the centre. One end
was provided with a water meter
vheel driven by a weight and clock
work. This metre wheel pumped air,
which was taken into the other end of
the cj'linder, where it came in contact
with the gasoline, the gasoline being
constantly presented to the air by a ro
tating evaporator made of wicking.
The air in passing took up sufficient
of the vapors to enable it to be used
for illuminating purposes. These ma
chines went into use to a limited ex
tent. Sir Hiram Maxim, in Harper's
Weekly. .
Make Monkeys Work.
The Neilgherry Langur, a species of
monkey that is found in Malabar, In
dia, has been taught to work by the
natives. The people in Malabar make
a great deal of use of the fanning ma
chine, called the punkah, which was
formerly kept in motion by a native.
Now the monkey takes his place, and
travelers in Malabar may see dozens
of the animals pulling the cords that
operate the punkah, ....ii.
to
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Somrof the. ges
joKSsTof thQ pay
The Kevised Version.
ST" Young Mrs. Hubbard
To get her pug dog some fromage de brie;
J3UL none iuuuu sue txicic
Had eaten it all with his dinner, you see.
ill.. x UCJt.
JU8t SO.
"Pa, Avhat is intuition?"
"Merely the feminine of suspicion,
my son." Harper's Bazar.
His Relations Strained.
Courtier "Duke "Albreeht hath put
his two uncles to the rack."
Jester "Ah, another case of strained
relations." Princeton Tiger.
v ' Important. - .
Teacher "Name some "important
thing which was not in existence a
hundred years ago."
Small Boy "Me, teacher." Scrabs.
After the Play.
He "Do you believe in evolution?"
She "Yes, indeed! Isn't it inspir
ing to thhilT there is nothing but fifty
cents between man and the oyster."
Harper's Bazar.
Too Teinptingf. ...
A coin dealer is going to exhibit a
$1000 bill at the S;. Louis Fair.
. They will have to put a special guard
around it on Legislature Day. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Advantage Mutual.
"Do her family approve of her ambi
tion to go upon the operatic stage?"
"Um er yes and ho. That is, they
approve of her going away to sing."
Detroit Free Press. -
... . W- V
f ' In-Anotlier Class.l
Gertrude "Is' your family, in
the
Who's Who' book?" v.
George No,, I think we are in the
Who on Earth Are' We'book." Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune. . '
An Unsatisfactory Customer. . "
Bystander "That man seenjs to be
a good customer."
Bookseller--"No, he isn't. I never
yet have sold-him-a book that I want
ed to sell. him;. he" buys. only the books
he wants'. himself.''1-CincirxnaU Coin
toercial-Tribune.-, . -.:sJ-fHva
No Malaria.
"Is there any malaria around here?"
asked the tourist. - .' "
. "Nope," was the;, prompt response.
'There's a heap o' chills an' feter. but
if anybody gits to callin' it by high
toned names he's liable to git into dif
ficulty." Washington Star.
His Worst One.
Old Mose, the Colorado grizzly, felt
the impact of the hunter's sixth rifle
bullet, and calmly lay down to die.
"I ought to have fled when I got the
first one," he said. "History will re
cord this as the worst of all the mis
takes of Moses." Chicago Tribune.
Hiram's eeds.
Mr. Tallgrass "Wa'al! wa'al! Hiram
writes from college that he needs
money. He soaked his overcoat the
other day."
Mrs. Tallgrass "Why, do for good
ness sake send the poor boy enough
to buy an umbrella." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
A Tall Man.
"How tall is that fellow?" nodding
in the direction of a manager of a ho
tel, who was the same size all the way
up' and had to stoop to pass through
doorways.
"Why, he's as long as a wet week."
which seemed a happy simile. Net?
York Press. ,
The First Essential. "
Betty "So Maud is engaged? Well,
T'm sorrv for the man. She doesn't
know the first thing about keeping
house." t
Bessie "Oh, yes, she does."
Betty "I'd like to know what."
Bessie "The first thing is to get a
man to keep bouse for." Harper's Ba
zar. uui'LisJj.
Onion Socials.
"Onion socials?" said Miss De Muir.
"What are they? I never heard of
them before."
"One of the girls eats an onion," re
plied Youns Spoonamore, "and the
young men try. to find out which girl
it is."
"How do they try to find out?"
"Why, in this "
"How dare you, sir!"Philadelphia
Press.
Unrecorded History.
Nelson was scalped by a fragment of
shell at the battle of the Nile and was
carried below unconscious. The sur
geon opined that he was dead, but the
admiral came to.
"You must lie quiet, as you are half
dead," the sawbones said.
"That may be," retorted Nelson, "but
we will nevertheless put the French
on their backs with a half Nelson."
And it was even so.Chicago Jour
nal. , j .
Centre and periphery
The man from Seattle, who was vis
iting his Boston cousin, took occasion
to contrast the two cities.
"You oeoole here are so slow," he
said. "You ought to come to our town
and get your eyes open. We make
more progress in one year than you do
in ten."
.."That is merely a familiar optical
illusion," replied the Boston cousin,
with impassive dignity. "The speed
with which you. seem to move in a
forward direction is due to your re
mote position from the hub." Chicago
Tribune . . .-... .-. . . ,
NO. 50;
TRIALS OF A DRESSMAKER;
Difficulties of Remaking Gowns and Ke
QttlnR, the Dissatisfied.
"Gradually and through many tribu
lations am I gaining knowledge." said
the dressmaker In aii interview in the
New York Times. '.-"Moreover, I am
learning to control my "temper. There
was-a time when it made me fighting
mad for a customer to bring a garment
back .after it had been worn and com
plain 'that it didn't . fit. The ;airs I
used to put on at such times were
wonderfully high and mighty.
" 'You accepted the dress,' I would
say severely. 'If it didn't fit you
should have said so -at the time.'
"As a rule the troublesome -customer
was very meek. 'I thought then
it looked all right,' she usually replied,
'but after I had worn it I noticed sev
eral defects that had not been apparent
before.'
"Of course the end of the argument
was that I fixed the dress, but I al
ways charged extra for the alterations.
Now I make them without extra
charges. Oh, well, perhaps 1 do add
a little to the original price to cover
subsequent ripping and sewing, but
that is not the point. What I am try
ing to get at is that I no longer raise
a '-.row over those after-wearing re
pairs. With nine women out of ten
they are a necessity ,: A gown may set
faultlessly when leaving the shop, but
when it has been worn once or twice
if is apt to develop unexpected ec
centricities. That is the result of
shaping itself to the figure. There are
few women who have not physical ups
and downs that. run contrary to the
lines of perfect-; beauty. Clothes are
bound to accommodate themselves to
these peculiarities, hence the belated
appearance of wrinkles and ridges.
"Even, with my own clothes I have
come to realize that slight changes are
necessary after the waists get set
to the figure, so I cannot blame the
customers for demanding . equal at
tention to their wardrobe. The only
thing I do object to is the fact that
they put all the blame on me. They
attribute the late crop of wrinkles to
my incompetency, whereas the defects
are really the result of their own
physical imperfections."
When Woman is the Architect.
It would seem that the woman of
to-day should be the architect of the
dwelling. It is she who must fit and
dress the home and, as she generally
would be if she also planned the un
dressed house. Every woman should
know where the drainpipes are placed
in the house, and be sufficiently well
informed to oversee the plumber in
his work, and know how to test the
plumbing when the work is said to be
finished. With a faithful adherence
to this knowledge, much diphtheria,
typhoid and such kindred diseases may
be avoided.
The housewife should also know
how to manage the draughts of the
furnace or the valves of the steam
pipes. It requires close attention and
hard study to understand house con
struction, yet the resourceful women
of to-day are certainly equal to it,
As the heating of the house is a
very important item, it would be well,
unless thoroughly versed on the sub
ject, to consult an authority. The old
time Baltimore heater has given way
to the furnace, which, if properly built,
will send heat to every corner of the
house. The furnace need not neces
sarily be extra large to heat the entire
house, but a well selected, reliable
make is the one to choose a few extra
dollars invested in this article will re
pay the owner in the long run.
For cheer and health's sake the grate
fire still holds its own, and is invalu
able for carrying away the germs of
many diseases that would otherwise
create havoc. To be sure, dust and
ashes accompany the grate fire, but
the end justifies the means. On moder
ately cool spring and autumn days,
when the furnace fire is too warm, the
open grate fire, or its equivalent, gas
logs, will be sufficient and may be ex
tinguished at will.
It is only a question of time when the
home will be reorganized. The march
of progress cannot be hindered. Just
as electricity has been used for the
lighting of streets, so will scientific
principles be introduced into house
and home, and as woman was origin
ally the inventor, the manufacturer1
and the provider, she should again
take the reins in her own hands and
be prepared for any emergency. She
should v understand the shelter the
house itself, its healthfulness. its in
fluence on mind and soul, the food
and clothing which sustain and help
the body, and the general management
and daily care of all those means re
lated to the one great end. It would
seem that architecture offers a field
for women, but not many have cared
to grasp the advantages yet. I believe
that women, better than men, under
1 stand the secret of developing a house
from the inside, and embracing simpli
city, stability, breadth and dignity
When more women follow this study
( there will be more delightful homes
real houses. New York Tribune.
The Patriotic Women of Japan.
With all social barriers down, hand
in hand and heart to heart, the mil
lions of Japan are working for one
common end the crushing defeat of
Russia and the glory of their country
i;i victory.
; The practical, every day side of the
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situation, divested of possibly fine-
SDun theories, is that the . wealthy
and aristocratic men and women are;!
working with the humbler classes to.
organize relief and. aid societies.
The. oldest and best known of these
is the National Re'd Cross -Society;
founded in 1SS7 -oy tne .uovernmem, ,
and presided over by j&s Iniperial
Highness PrificeKomatsu; until his
death a year ago. The present presl-.
dent is his Imperial Highness Prince.
Kanin. The organization is supported
bv the subscriptions of the members,
who number between one and two
millions. It has at the present time
a large reserve fund of between ?3,-'
000,000 and. ?4,000,OOjO gold.
The Red Cross Society has a branch
or auxiliary, known as the Ladies'
Volunteer" Nursing Association, whicn.
was established shortly after the
parent society. '-"-- :- ' :- ' . .
An interesting fact: is that all tne
Princesses of royal blood are-enlisted
among its members, practically all-th
members of the iwbility.. Marchioness
Nabeshima is. the president and man
ner of the society. " There are 400
women in Tok'io alone who are both
contributing members and actual
workers, and the association nas
branches all over the empire, include
ing the island of Formosa. . .. , . ,
Gowns of Bridesmaids.
The fashion of dressing bridesmaids
exactly alike, has- its .disadvantages
quite apart from the fact that a giveii
costume may be equally suitable to a
whole bevy of girls. Think of thir
teen gowns and thirteen7 htfts' fexa'ctly "
alike let loose in London, sdys. the
Queen.' At a-time of the year when
the bridesmaid's gown may... be trans
formed into an evening dress," or taken,
abroad, it may not matter so much;
but think of -the possibility, of meet
ing those thirteen frocks cue after
another at Ascot, for instance. It is
pure tragedy" WThy should the group
of "attendant maids" be dressed alike?
Why should they not .carry out a
scheme of color, each unit playing Im
part in the construction of a harmon
ious whole." - A 'group ' of-' eight .brides
maids, who were dressed , recently iu
the hues of azaleas. Were a great suc
cess. They wore soft, clinging frocks
of voile de soie, two in pale sulphur,
two in faint salmon pink and two in
the color only seen in the azalea and a
similarly tinted ros - They carried
bouquets of ,azalejvsr.v . .. J
A Dress Scrapbook. l.'V
A scrapbook of one's gowns Is one
of the late wrinkles whlGh' young
women are lending themselves.;. Every
dress the maker of the-scrapbook ever
wore, with' samples of the 'trimmftiSfv
buttons and linings (if. fahe.y)r.ig Pasted
into the pages, the result beihg;alit'tlv
biographical sketch," so to gpea&'k
one's wardrobe for lif e.' Beheaih eaJi,
dress are written the date when it was
first donned and any interesting data
concerning it. that one cah. recall. " A
girl's,, confirmation frock; .ther-' gradu
ation" gown, the -gowh she : wore when
she was proposed to, her .wedding
dress these find a place soorei; or
later in the dress scrapbook.
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' Faded old shades are popular,
Epaulets appear on. most, of the,,ew
blouses. . .
The smallest, scrap of lace plays a
big part. .
Silk linings match the dress or its
trimmings. .
Beaver finished ribbon.s are much
worn on hats. .
A cluster of chestnut burrs is ah odd
hair ornament.
Heavy white stitchings are always
smart on black, . v ...
Adjustable fancy vests brlghien up
many dark gowns. .'
Shirrings form girdle effects on
many house frocks. ' t
Black gowns of smooth finished' cloth
were never smarter. '' ,J
Almost all of the "opening" gowns
have deep, tight cuffs. " y
The Dutch neck is a pretty finish for
warm weather waists.-
Jet fringes are f avored fof . sheer
black or white frocks. '
Ostrich feathers are commended
both for beauty and durabilitj-.' "
Embroider 'your linen gownVith
graduated water spots in pale colors.
Pastel voiles and etamines , are
trimmed with wide silk braids to
match. '
For the luxurious cloth gown, em
broidery is the favorite decoration,
braids in various kinds and width
lending a decorative touch to the
simpler costume.
The linen suit of dark color is very
practical and can be very? much re
lieved by a bit of soft white tulle
about the edge of the'darl? collar or
a whole yoke of white. - ,
The prettiest materials, for shirt
waists to wear with the brown suits
are the pongees, linens and champagne
colored batistes. Their tints harmon
ize beautifully with the softness of
the brown
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