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OT A PMSOITEK OP HOPE ; 'A groopf country girls came troop-1 all memory Ing bits the ar. They were healthy, 4 ' happy; rosy cheeked iaules la town fTfor a bit Of fair sboDtrtng and to see 'i Tbelr clothing lacked the unmiatak- .. able stamp or tne rasntonaDie moueei, - ; :' and It wu evident that toe best of the 1 gown bad passed under the influence , , of the Village dress maker. The manner, of the girls ai glee ful, and there were glimpses of a sup- t pressed' excitement. It was the es 1 hllaratlon ot children on a holiday, for without there was a bashful modesty, .'i They were not bolstrous or noisy, - cmt the newness of the surroundings :wes reflected In their eyes, and they fitted a bit awkwardly Into the un j accustomed environment, .i", . " linn nr inn ariria wmb hm Hwifer s n n " fresh as a touttersup. She had ripply light brown hair and big soft, black- of the moment aside. The blousy girl slipped a fat but friendly arm about the Lady of Shaknt and the ar moved on. It bad all taken tne merest pinch of time, but a woman had hardened her own heart and wounded the heart of another. It was a little thins; that happens in every tionr of every day, but it la crueler than war or the grave. It la. It seems to ma that when the Creator made woman He did His very beat for this sort of a world. I am sure of It, fcecauae He trusts so much to womankind, because there Is so much goodness and sweetness In the very nature of it. A culture that robs a woman of simple friendliness Is bad. The for tune that is a barrier between her and her kind Is ill fortune, whether It is called sin or society. It Is a ter- lashed gray eyes, and her face was rible thing for one woman to hurt an- the sweetest Imaginable. She was a other. It makes the world a little gentle, high-bred little Lady of Shalott. worse than It was, a little harder, a To be sure her "pompaduor" was notj mtle farther from Heaven. It does. perfectly correct in site and shape, and she was wearing an over-trimmed "pattern" hat with a coat suit There were unpardonable faults in the coat suit, taken alone, but in connection . with the sweet Lady of Shallott only the hardest heart would have con sidered them worth mentioning. The simple sweetness and purity and genuine goodness of the little country Ctrl covered the faults of manner and dress from eyes that seek ths (better things. Alas, my weaver of sweet dreams! The girls seated themselves In a lit tle vibrating clump midway the car. On thought of a ibouquet of daisies and clover blossoms, so sweet and simple were they. Every sght and sound was full of interest to them. What to others were the merest inci dents were to them important events. There was a refreshing absence of the world-worn look that comes so early to city faces, when all is vanity and vexation of spirit. There was a little chatter about hopping and prices snd styles and theatre tickets and the last train out. There was no chaperone. At the mention of theatre ticket there was a gurgle of delight. The eldest girl who -Was severe and a 'teacher, had been to the theatre and knew what to ; do. She talked In an offhand way ' about actresses whose pictures she sad seen. But the others were im pressed. She knew how to get In and - what to do. The Lady of Shalott had a seat to herself. For the most part she taxed omt of the window, for how could he know, dear child, that the Views from her homo windows were far tnore beautiful? The color came and went In her dimpled cheeks and the pupils of her yes were big and unsteady. She was ir.tensely Interested and deliciously happy. The car stopped and from a door way at the corner a group of ladles came Into the street. The Lady of Shalott leaned eagerly toward the window. "O, girls, there Is Dolly Madison! Do look at her!. How lovely she is!"' Whloh oneT" tsked the blousy girl excitedly. The woman who is afraid of losing caste is not quite sure of the firm ness of her pedestal. She Is not ac customed to the altitude. Her head Is giddy and unused to the height. She is not "to the manner born." "How e'er It be. It seems to me. 'Tis only nobis to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets. And simple faith than Norman blood." There Is, somewhere, the story of a man who carried with him as a mas cot, a curious earthen ball saturated with a rare and most entrancing per fume, Everywhere the man went the fra grance trailed after him and no brecse or wind could steal it from the way that he had chosen. It was the Invisible mark that his passing had made. Whoever followed or crosseA the ' line of perfume blessed the man who had passed that way. He had scat tered sweetness, everywhere. I don't know where the story is, but I wish it had been about a wo man. I wonder why it was not? A woman might carry with her a sweet and gentle nature. It seems to me that a kind heart might answer very well for the earthen vessel of rare perfume. Just to be kind. That does sound so easy. The greatest of all great teachers put It like this: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." That Is it. That la the grandest lesson set for the learning ofhumanlty. Would you be hurt and shamed and humiliated? Then by what right do you cause another to suffer? Social usage demands certain ob servances. That Is all right. But nothing accepted by the power known as The World, Is Intended to hurt and rrush and harm. The world Is bad enough, but It would have Its devotees nnllte. It would clothe the worst of Its subjects with the cloak of good manners for policy's sake. It Is not th fault of any demand that the hollow-hearted old world Is making, that women snub and stab and toady the way they do. htm la the field. .' But every morning ha used to say to her. patient aouU "l Won't hurt anybody 1 any way lo ony, dear Lord." .That waa all. . A little negative creature do you think ? . Tbs atmosphere of the par sonage was fragrant with the good ness) of her. A violet doesn't need to throw itself Into people' faces, he lore it dees them food. . j The woman to whom the world take oft its hat la not the haughty queen., of fashion, not the beautiful social favorite who is afraid to look dOwn, not the heartless winner of a high place. . She is the womanly wo man. "She hath no scorn of common things. And, though she seem of other birth. Round us her heart entwines and clings And patiently she folds her wings To tread the bumble paths of earth." Tamglewood Answers to pussies and Inquiries In con nection with this department should b mailed It A R, Chad bourn, Melrose, Mass. I7.-PL,AT THE QAM EX 'Tis certainly common, yet no common place ball, The gam that Americans cherish as ' While many a sport shoot ball, Will fight with an army who could never yet ot foemen, at And schoolgirls are ready to go through their task at ball, In hopes of defeating the next school at . Small brothers and sisters, too young lor such grand ball. May go to the barn, and be merry at . Then he who at greater expertness ar rives,' Will possibly find his diversion In . Thereafter, his name may be written as Dennis, Who cannot attain proper knowledge of An elegant refined woman who is She Is wearing "bjue. There, the I af T to be gracious and friendly to one who lias noi aiiamea iu hot cim n.nr has something more than this to fear. What is she afraid of? If the crude manner and unlovely garments of the other woman are un bearable, she would better leave the care of her wardrobe to another and look after the condition of her soul. There Is something the matter with it. one . who is speaking now. Ian t she slmnly beautiful? I don't feel as If - X could pass without speaking to her." The girl who was severe and a teacher put on her "nose glasses" and made a careful survey of the comer. "Why that is Mrs. Dr. Appleby. Ain't you mistaken?" And she turn ed upon the little girl by the window the look that had been acquired for the quelling of the school boy. "I know Mrs. Dr. Appleby." said the Lady of Shalott with a pretty dignity. She was Dolly Madison, and she lived near my aunt. I spent a lot of time there and we went to school xognncr. inn oi" wows in "i . at vur I wm at rolleire. She's related to my aunt, but not to me. O, bow pretty she is!" j "They axe coming across," said the! i blousy girl. "You will get to speak to a .it.. .. arr suicr ait. The Lady ot Shallott fl untied with! lftHa-kt. Her nrettv dlmnles adorned Cheek and chin. One could feel the ' Jjlectrlfying thrill of her gladness. Daintily, leisurely came the ladies ' from the corner. 6oftly they floated . Into the car. like rare and radiant , tilrds deigning to alight In a common cage. ' . That soft rustle and dalntv swish of liken linings, the exquisite perfume f violets and heliotrope and roses. delicate and subtile as a Hires th from . the Garden of Daphne, the low soft . voices, the nameless, Intangible charm of elegance the girls felt It slL They shrank bark Into their unfinish ed crudeness and watched the women of the bigger world file In. Mrs. Dr. Appleby was the last of all. Jt was her beauty that had brought : her to her peace. In her great dark yea there was a tired look as If she . might be half weary of the beauty that used up all the love and adora ; tlon leaving none for the hungry soul woman away down under it all. . Midway the car was a heart half bursting with pure love and gladness. .'T te sure tne process or loving was ... amtna in Knath an 111 flttlno- a, A badly "tailored" coat. But it was there as pure and sweet as the water that wells up from a mountain spring;. Alas, my Lady of Shalott! Weaver of dreams, ' Alone the grand lady came, walking with a sort of condescending grace as if abo had found that Providence had left something out of the provision mad , for her. The Lady of Shalott stood up. How could human eyes be blinded to the sweets pure light shining in that un spoiled little face? "Dolly, Dolly Madison!" Two shabbily cloved hands went out in timid eagerness. "Dolly, I am so awful glad to see you! The lady drew back, scarcely even annoyed jr ins uuemipuon. i org your pardon. May I pass, please?" But the Lady ot Shalott wss too earnest to understand. "Why, Dolly, what are you thinking about, dear?" and she laughed softly, bet eyes full of fun. l-.rJ $'-.''$ J . The girls were gaxlng. the ladies carefully looking tne other way. OJher passengers m oomlng In. . The Lady .iOf 3halott : xeddencd. "Have I ehanged so?V Bnt these was r friendly recognition In the great .. r k eyes, eve n when- tbe Lady - of ;ott repeated her clean, honest, arable name. Tba lady bowed, 1 icily and Joined her friends. .: '; Lady of fhslott crimsoned and I snd sat down by the window. 5 ct the r'rls laughed. She who , f( re iuja teacher glared fleree- a v ; !T aa who had already put; But if living Is only the filling of the passing hour, and self Is alone to be considered, yet is friendly kindness best. . Even the selfish woman wants to gather for herself the best things of life. There is nothing better than human love, nothing finer than friend liness, nothing more to be deelnsd than honest good will. And these may ibe had for tne asinerm. They fairly grow wild In this nether land garden of Ood. They do. And they are worth while. Alas, my Iady of Shalott, my sweet faced weaver of bright dreams, all vour glad offering of friendly love thrown aside, and for what? A great lady could not recognlae a little shab bily dressed girl! There waa no place In "the new, exalted, fashionable life for the simple friendships of the old times. You think such a thing is rare, perhaps. But really now. do you? it u not a uleasant commission, but to-morrow. Mark the women lh men who know hOW tO kind. Note the .little things, i.v. m-rmini of the other as The small omissions and commla sions that fill many lives with drops of bitterness. The ocean is made of drops. A man and woman were passing in an open surrey. From the 'back seat a very handsome rug was slipping to the ground. Just as it fell a young man in a light buggy came up along side. . "You are losing your lap robe, the young man called, as he stopped his horse and sprang out. In time to save i. th mud. The woman took It from him and. crammed it down at her feet The man looked stolidly on. Neither glanced at the young man. who bowed, and turned away, his hat held polite ly in his hand. tv,- m.n itrovi on. and the woman ' When Kipling describes "flanncled fools at the wicket," Of course we all know he is speaking of Tet should not infer that the youth Is a ninny, Who. on his own tide, Is addicted to And he who could not, for his life, sing a solo, May get on a pony, and do well at Some people. Indeed, will agree with friend Rolf. "For health or for pleasure, there's noth ing like ." Whereas, the Canuck gives his ball a high toss, And like a red Indian he plays at All these are too strenuous, lasy folks say; They set up their arches, and loaf at VMPIRE. be And well. 8M. ARCHITECTURAL. One of the more recent of the excava tions among the ruins of Pompeii reveal ed another beautiful old dwelling of the type common to that luxurious city. To the explorer who had the good fortune to examine It. It waa Interesting partly be cause of the pretty lore story he fancied he could read in every bit of wood and stone o( ths building. Not unlike tee de scriptions of the palace of Olauous, every apartment contained a portrait of a love ly lone, with her fair face and dark eyes, with their languolous . under the shining of bright hair. Every where were tokens of her lovely pres ence, the thst bound those soft locks, a golden , a love's sift, or a jewel-studded that had once encir- oled the snowy of her white throat. Among the piles of yellow parchments were, doubtless, msny tender -doux, sent to her by swift slave runners, since the was not then Invented for the convenience of Impatient lovers, and a few other folks. Here was an unfinished plaster cast that her own hands might have been ; there a bit of embroid ery, with the colors rich In It yet; but all tbe beautiful objects around her serv ed as , merely, to her loveliness. But, slas! Fate, with , disregard for Ione's happiness, made ready for her the ot death, even as she approach ed the of her Joyoua existence. " romance!" I hear the matter-of-fact reader declare, but my architect will admit that the tale is not purely imagin ary, for all these things would nave been plain to the eye of any one who had looked for them. MABEL P 881. -IN A GARDEN. 1. Here In a gsrden. st In rows, Is something that grows best on toea 2. And close slongslde, nicely set, Are letters of the alphabet. i. One Is a single number, true; . But every one of these are two. 4. And If a secret's told to you. Here's something that Is mean to de. 5. We're cannibals, as Tm a sinner. For here's a wise man, cooked for din oer. 6. And whers those crimson berries gleam Ws nod the waters of a stream. N'ot a polite unbe- settled herself comtortaoiy. pleasant smile, not even a -Thank vou!" It is almost llevable. but It is true.. Ignorance? Why. yes, but where Is the excuse? That Is Just What I .m taikins about. Ignorance was what ailed the lady in the street car. All wrong doing comes from the same root. The soil and climate originate the rarities, but in time they all re vert back like the prise strawberries. It to the little shocks that do the work. For the great ones we supply braces that sustain. The tittle ones strike home. The smallest creatures on earth are man's greatest enemiea It is the little things that need watch, lng. . A gracious manner, a friendly smltV a pleasant tone -a courteous : word, what little things to the giver! And yet they art like the perfume that mads the man rn the old story a blessing to his kind.- - - . , , A pathway of pleasantness. A lit tle psalm- of life - punctuated by friendships! - It seems to me that it might , be set to a bar of heavenly music. -:i-r "r - i'i "..-. A man who waa saver of souls had for his wife frail ijlttle woman who was not bl to area gleam after! Away with cares and melancholy. Here's something always nice Jolly. MTRTLB. and KJ -DIAMOND. 1. A letter. 2. la mining, an abandoned working Oiled with refuse, 1 A temple or enclosurs In an island Of the Partfie Ocean. (Int. diet.) 4. Causing te disap pear, or, be swallowed a p. a Clothed wlthv a garsoent. . A' perennial ..herb with a small sky-blue flower, of the bor age family. 7. a water-bath. . Interior, l. Bent of mind. M. A female deer.. 1L A letter. j CATTXB H. O-ROURKJC, Bl-WDDLK. ' v . '" , Of names he has surely no lack, By some ho to always called rWUV. While others declare he io "Jsck," And he's known by another name atfO. ' His haunts are exoeedtnfly -lew, V , t.n Although ho Is brisjht, all must own, . Ad his greatest delight as to go : On. a torch-tight precession, atone. , , v :: . . " J Tls best at a distance to watch btaa; '. I hear he leads. msny astray; . ' But Germans believe, If they catch him. Their fortune Is made lor that day. v - Perhaps some bold OfBcef, braving ' ' His dangerous place of reeort. . - i Might -nm m" this vagrant, "for having -.wo wow means Of support. ' , "'7"ril "i ; - ct ' SH-KNIOHT9 OP TUB ROUND TABLE flnltials spall synonyms of their ptaoa) 1. One to take solace with. i. One with a temper, t An ecelsstastical one, v A One that' ootjld without fear be called "Pen.- I. One to be kept within hounds, a. One who had test. 7. One to one's ; -...- A. C - -. - - '- 185. ENIGMA '-rjH-"-A man or aVomaa is never quite wen l lift up my head very hlsh ' And proudly declare, "If you rightly me speu. That sick man or woman la I." A contract Is made that cannot be en forced, 1 rear up my pack very high And say with a growl. "If I'm spelled as at first. That very bad contraot is I," f Sick one and bad contract are both what I am. But neither the other can be; One Is true, though so sick; the other a sham. And yet both are tied fast to ma Of course you know me, for all can see that I'm what to the sick one applies, And what to a bad contract is equally pat And serves to throw off its disguise. T. H. . FRED'S FLOORER. If ten Mack counters In a row measure eight inches, and ten whits counters measure nlna Inches, how many coun ters, Mack and white mixed, must be taken to make a row ten inches long? ; ANSWERS. 171-4. Proserpine. 1. Apollo, t. Pan. a datura. 6, Hygeis, J -.7-4. Iron Mask. I 'Black. 1 Door. a Camlet (Soak, (. Case, t Hour. 1 Box. I. : Elephant. " e. Glengarry.' 1& House. XL Dia U. Country. JA Red Ke i.jweerfc;-if j . TS 1. ' Congregate. -t.'l Aggregate, j -I Legate. 4. Profligate. Castigate.,;' , Mitigate. -7,.i Interrogate. e .Investigate. I Fumigate. lfc Obligate. JX Abrogate. . Arrogate, 18. -Derogate, U.-Segre gate, is, instigate. -14, Propagate, , v. Runagata It. Vulgata T. Agate, 20. Navigate. S. Surrogate, tt. Relegate. a Irrigate. K. Billingsgate. B. 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