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CHAPTER XXYL
Continued.
As I progressed along the lonely
toad, I mercilessly dissected and criti,
cised my Past conduct, resolving with
all the strength of will I could exert
to be henceforth more sceptical in all
things, more deliberate in action, and
more secretive. The voluntary and
generous declarations of Constance
Marsh absolved me; I thought, from
my former cherished resolve not to
marry unless my '"resources 'were at
least as great as those of my wifej
and I would therefore at once return
to America, claim the hand and heart
I had won, and While endeavoring in
ell things to gratify my youthful wife,
devote a largo part of my time and
means to tome work for the general
good. Reconciliation with my father
could not fail to come about after
the lapsa of a little time; and as
friendship is tto less contagious than
enmity, wight it not reasonably be
ihope4 that the peacemaking wouid be
yet further extended?
In this mood I arrived at Bury St
Edmund's, and having walked ui
Abbey-gate street, turned nsidfv int.
the Butter Market, and entered ai
inn there, where not many minute,
afterwards I was sitting in a private
room at a table spread with writing
materials.
The letter which poor old Adams had
brought from Chevingtcn on the day
of his death had not yet been ac
knowledged. It was an inquiry by
Mrs. Butterwell for the address o:
?he Ke. Evan Price. "That gen
tleman," "wrote Mrs. Butterwell, "I
once o: twice had the pleasure to hear
prjch in the little church at Holden
aurst Minor, and his manners im
pressed me as everything that was
tight and props? in a clergyman such
charming (elucidations vi Scriptura
"iScifcs! such admirable dlscrlmin
stfcl in his bearing toward propria
ws, tenants and peasantry! I have
long intended to benefit this very de
ferring young man as soon as the op
portunity to do should arise, and the
living of Kingsthorpe being vacant
;'ust cow iu consequence of the death
of the Rev. Mr. Obadiah Hornblowei;
(poor dear man, he was only seven ty
ito, and till this year was never
troubled with bronchitis in summer!)
I have decided to offer it to Mr. Price.
'Xae living of Kingsthorpe is worth
Eomlnally 1200 a year, but owing to
the badness of the times the income is
r.ow not much over 300. It is a great
depreciation, of course, but In these
tiays the living is still regarded as a
feood one, and I have received hundreds
letters from unbeneficed clergymen
Pegging for the preferment, some oZ
item written as soon as it became
known that Mr. Hornblower was not
likely to recover. Do pray oblige me
with Mr. Price's present address; for
I snail not offer the living to any one
t'se until he has rejected it."
As I pondered over Mrs. Butterwell's
letter the bitter things bitter chiefly
because they were true-wbich Mr.
Price had said of the Truman family
-aea conversing with Constance
Harsh at Tarrytown, were vividly re
produced by my memory, and I
thought, too, how persistently he had
continued his suit after he had plainly
perceived that I was preferred to him.
Though I could not entertain these
Recollections without some bitterness,
find in a foolish moment w,as half
tempted to withhold all knowledge of
the coveted preferment from my rival,
toy better self'prevailed. No; I woujd
cot inaugurate" my ne,v course of con
junct with a splenetic, freak; I should
e forgiving acd charitable, and would
'write a friend y though brief note to
Mr. Price, enclosing therewith Mrs.
Butterwell's letter. This done I wr$te
another note Informing Mrs. Eutter
well of my action in the matter.
And now I had to communicate with
tncleSam. What should I say to him?
Of the failure, or worse than failure,
of the course he had advised, he knew
Jt present nothing. For a long while
J Paused and stared vacantly upon a
wank sheet of paper with my pen
grasped ready to record my thoughts:
but, alas! those thoughts were too
Painful and too chaotic for me to give
"era coherent expression, so after
fcuch waste of time I contented myself
with inditing two telegrams. Cne was
my uncle, and merely stated that
y mission had failed, and I was on
way to New York; the other, ad
dressed to Miss Marsh, ran thus: "My
wn! x0 treasure bat you. Returning
J claim your promise. Tour loving
Ernest"
CHAPTER XXVIL .
AT TEE WIXDSOB HOTEL, NBW TOI5K.
On a certain Sunday in the month of
October the good steamship Campania
"Was made fast to her berth at the
JWay in New York City, and the d'e
i'ghtea passengers, hastily abandoning
lje floating palace which had so quick
ly and luxuriously transported them
ffom the old to the 'new world,' hur
led hither and thither, greeting the
fiends who awaited them, inquiring
after luggage, or hailing hackney car-
ages. One passenger, however, quiek
v roftSa Us Troy through the eager
TMMm
WALTER BLOOMFIELD
throng, and as he had no other Impe
dimenta than a small handbag, and
was oblivious of the bawling of the
expressmen he was the first whom
the Customs officials permitted td pass
into the street.
The. weather was superb, the sea
son being what Americans call their
"Indian summer." The excessive heat
of summer had passed away, but its
brilliance remained, and there was p
delightful COOlttess in th6 air. The
foliage had pttt bh a golden tint of ex
treme beauty, the sky was cloudless
and all external conditions of a sort tr
which had taken possessioii oT me
when I embarked at Liverpool had
steadily increased during the voyage,
and at times I had hardly been able
to endure my own communings. Af
ter the exhaustive consideration of my
position and prospects engendered by
eight days of self -sought Isolation hi
my cabin, the vista before me did not
appear nearly so rosy as i had at firsf
oictured it Thoughts of the death of
dams now tormented me more than
vas the case immediately after that
ragic event. Though I could not ii;
ustice reproach myself with bavin
tilled the old man, and was comforted
"y the positive evidence of Dr. TJiur
ow to that effect yet I well knew that
it. best my act had hastened the olr
nan's decease, and who could say hy
L how much? As I reflected how deli-
.ate was the distinction between m:
ict and manslaughter I suffered pang?
of remorse.-. Consideration, too, of my
-ther affairs was not calculated to af
'ord me much relief. Here, was a
roung Englishman with little or no ex
perience of the world, homeless, heir
0 a small Impoverished estate wliio!
he would probably not Inherit for thlr-
y years, owner ef 200 pounds and a
"tandbag, come to New York to marry
1 young lady worth millions of dol
ars! Why, the idea seemed too pre
posterous for anyone but a dreamer
:o entertain. Eut the die was cast,
tnd the course entered upon must be
isrsevered in to the end. Had it beer
css!ble for me to live my days over
gain I should probably have made
other and equally disastrous errors.
.Though it was Sunday, and tha great
storej were closed, Broadway was
thronged "with well-dressed, prosperous
looking people, not much unlike such
as one sees in the principal thorough
fares of European capitals. After a
long sea voyage a walk is essential to
most people for, adjusting the physical
equilibrium which has been so rudely
disturbed. I found it so, and grasp
ing my hand sachel bent my steps up
town as I had done on the occasion of
my first coming to New York. Not
long afterward I paused before my un
cle's house, and was struck with con
sternation when I observed that the
blinds were all drawn down and the
shutters closed.
Sounds of-much unbolting and un
barring reached me before the door
was opened In respense to my sum
mons,4 aud then I was Informed by a
man servant, whose face I remem
bered, that Mr. Truman was staying
at the Windsor Hotel, and had left
word that he would like me to call
upon him there.
"Are Mrs. Truman and Miss Marsh
with him?" "I inquired, greatly sur
prised at this intelligence.
"I believe not," .replied the man.
looking aside In a strange way that
discouraged further questioning. How
ever, I inquired of him the where
abouta of the Windsor Hotel, and
being informed that it was close at
hand on Fifth avenue, I went there as
quickly as I could, more ..perturbed
than ever. When I presented my card
to the clerk who had charge of the en
trance hall of that colossal hotel, he
at once deputed a waiter to conduct
me to my uncle's apartments, at the
same time telling me that Mr. Tru
man had remained Indoors the whole
of yesterday in expectation of my ar
rival. "Ah!" exclaimed uncle Sam, as he
laid his cigar on the mantelpiece ahf
advanced to meet me, "you are the
man I need! I received your cable
gram, and would have replied to It had
it been possible, but you were already
on the water. I perceive you are well.
bo loie no time in telling me as briefly
as you can about those infernal se
quins, for I am in haste to tell yor
something of Infinitely greater impor
tance." ,
My uncle's manner alarmed me. H
seemed to be laboring under sup
pressed excitement and as be resumer'
bis cigar and walked up and down thf
large room, his whole aspect impressed
Die, as strangely different from the self
passejssed, confident man who had'ex
citcj my boyish wonder. Could it b
that the enormous resources of . th;
able financier had at last been broker
by a combination for that purpos
such as one not unfrequently hears o'
in the country of his adoption? 1
could, not conceal my fear, and gav
timid, expression to It
"No, no," said uncle Sam, impa
tiently, as a forced smile overspread
his features: "nothing of the kind, "de
oa with your story."
To hear was to obey At no tlm
was uncle Sftm a man to trifle with,
and least of all at the present momtni
When I had completed my account of
my mission to England he paused in
rront or me (for during my recital he
had not once ceased to pace the room).
and throwing away the, end of his
cigar said:
"It is as I supposed; Though you
are probably fidW farther 8ff tHan ever
frdm ifce f eebvery of the sequins, and
heresult of your expense and trouble
s merely the addition of another in
habitant to the unknown world. 1
have as little doubt as ever that the
old nla'n had the gold, and that he has
bestowed it where it will rest until it
is : discovered by some other thief.
And now please oblige me by never
mentioning this matter to me again,
Jor I da assure you 1 dm most heartily
sick of it-."
My uncle took two cigars from his
pocket. One of them he threw to me
across the table, and -having lit the
other he again paced the room. A
minute or two -elapsed before he
dpbke. When at last he did so it was
with intense bitternes:
'.'Of all that you have done or failed
to "do that which vexes me most Is
'-our forward ' n" Mr "Pnprwpir let
ter to Price. "ButTl don't blame you in
any ways it was impossible tha.t ybti
could kiidw 6f the deep hatred I was
soT soon to bear to that unspeakable
humbug. The fault is my own for
having, in the exercise of my natural
generosity foolishly suffered myself
W befriend one of his canting, hypo
critical caste. When I picked that un
conscionable beggar ut 6f the Suffolk
Jiud he was not ten cents ahead bf his
debts, and the" utmost racking 8f liiS
.vlt3 produced him an income about
one-fifth as much as I pay my cook."
Uncle Sam paused a moment, puffed
"drib a cloud of smoke in a way sug
gestive of ineffable contempt, and re
sumed: "As you know, I brought him here
ind gave him the management of a
lewspap&r I own, paying him largely
or His inefficient discharge of duties
vhich I had to teach him. He at-
ached himself to Connie, and did his
est to-win her, but Connie, with pru
.ehce Worthy 6f her father, would
ave none of him. When you appeared
:pon the scene and gained almost witli
ut effort the prize for which he had
ontended in vain, he made the girl
or whom he used to profess the most
xtravagant regard the victim of his
revenge. His inability to injure her
vithout injuring Mrs. Truman and me
'n a greater degree did not deter the
villain. His method Was tiiis; Know
ing that Constance was devoted to her
sister, and that anything which would
rouble one must needs disquiet the
other, he showed her (in your presence.
. understand) a, letter he had received
from another pestilent Suffolk parson,
exposing Annie Wolsey the writer, a
craven-hearted windbag namsdFuller,
having got his information from old
Wolsey or your father. Connie, wiser
than siost women, kept her knowledge
to herself, and Price, suspecting this
from the fact that there was no upset
in my house, forwarded Fuller's letter
to my wife."
The malicious leer upon Mr. Price's
face at the moment when I last looked
upon him was pictured in my memory
and not likely to be forgotten. That
it was the outward and visible sign of
a diabolical nature i had never doubt
ed, and his strictures upon my family
on that occasion helped to confirm the
opinion, but none the less was I aston
ished to learn in what circuitous
ways this man had worked to injure
people who. so far from giving him
any cause for enmity, had done much
to earn his gratitude. As my uncle
again paused I ventured to congratu
late him on the futility of Mr. Price's
act, seeing that Mr. Fuller's letter con.
tained nothing which aunt Gertrude
did not already know.
"My affairs are hardly as smooth as
that," continued uncle Sam, forgetful
of, or diplomatically ignoring, a pre
vious declaration he had made. "My
wife has left me, and I cannot Induce
her to return home except by substan
tial assurances that I have finally
ceased to correspond .with Annie Wol
sey." "Good heavens!" I exclaimed, in
great affright' "Do you know where
shii has gone? Is Constance . with
her?"
"Don't talk so loud. I am not deaf,
and there is no necessity for informing
3verybody; the affair is sufficiently
.;nbwn already. You have no cause
!or alarm. I shall give my wife the
assurances she demands, and In a daj
r two at farthest she will reassume
her rightful position. It is ,a pity you
drwarded that old lady's letter to
him."
"Where is my aunt and Connie?" I
asked bluntly.
In Orange, at a house where their
father used td live."
"Is that far from here?".
"Only a few miles. Orange Is in New
Tersey. the other side" of the North
itiver."
A sigh of relief escaped me when I
leard these words. To know that I
was so near to my dear Constance was
is 'one faint streak of light in a dark
;kyi I lit the cigar which I. had been
lervously twirling between my fingers
luring, the progress of this conversa
ion, and took a seat by the opeij win
low. Uncle Sam, too, became some
vhat calmer and seated himself oppo
site to me. 'A long pause ensued, which
vas at last broken by uncle Sam sud
lenly breaking out into a loud laugh,
uite in his old style. I looked up at
dm in surprise. -
To be continued.
Peanut Vender "Say, pard, I heard
good joke a few minutes ago." Blind
erry "Well, don't tell me about it.
eouldn't see the point until af tsf
buslaesi &oursf"-Cbicago News, '
Effects bf Pwii. Boads
NOTABLE address by M.
Ac Hays, of the Southern
Railway, at the Good
Roads convention at New
Orleans: The bad commOil
road; which is the Ordinary
common road of to-day; makes life in
country districts and smaller places
more expensive in every way; it de
stroys social, movement, it interferes
with church and 'school, it robs the
people of .many comforts and attrac
tions, and makes life narrow, Iu this
way it drives froni the village and
farm td the .cities' the1 young med aud
women, with their productive possi
bilities. Its whole tendency is to con
gest population in the cities, and mere
than anything else has forced a one
sided aSvelopmerit hi bur' Natidnai lifa
These are some of the evils and tll$
burdens and the effects of poor roads.
What of the influence and effect of
good roads? Fortunately we do xiot
have to go to foreign lands, nor even
to other sections of our own country
for proof as to' their desirability and
for their value. - They have reduced
the cost of farm production wherever"
built; they have jhc'ffeascd the vaiue 6
farm lands from twenty-five to 100
per cent, they .have made available
for cultivation wider areas of territory,
they have attracted immigration, they
have given to old farms thought value
less a good value) by enabling owners
or tenants to make them profitobie;
they have made the village merchant
more prosperous, they have built fac
tories, they have aided in the growth of
cities; incidentally they have added
to the traffic of railroads. Of other
benefits of even greater importance
they have' hiade ft better class of citi
fcens; they have brought about better
methods of agriculture; they have im
proved the schools by increasing pub
lic revenues and enabling teachers and
schools to serve a larger area; they
have added in every way to the com
forts of the people. They have in a
measure turned back the tide toward
the city by bringing people from the
city into the country districts for
hdmeSi
They may be somewhat startiiiig:
What if there to support them? The
development of this country has al
ways followed , the lines of easiest
communication? of the best transporta
tion facilities. In early days the popu
lation kept close to the waterways.
The building of the Erie Canal
changed the current of industrial ac
tivity. Along7' the old roads built
flown through the Southern States
nearly a hundred years agd were lo
cated the most prosperous plantations,
the homes of the South's most enter
prising and substantial farmers, and
along these roads were found seats
of social life under the old regime. The
building uf railroad lines to the great
West sent to that regiou for invest
hieiit the capital of the East,- the most
ambitious bf the sons of the East and
South, and attracted there the millions
of immigrants from other lands, who
have done so much to develop that
section, to develop it while the South
lay quiet. Much is heard of the new
South. If the term be appropriate
the new South began when your rail
road systems began to give you mod
ern trains andfefiicieut service. So
far as railroad facilities go, the Uni
ted States has bad a remarkable de
velopment. No other nation has to
day so great, so efficient and so cheap
a. system '0 railroad transportations
The roads serve, perhapsj take it ail
in all, the people who live near their
lines as well as it is now possible. But
railroads, like everything else, have
had their limitations, as "they have
their characteristic influences upon the
development of the region. They have
naturally hastened the development of
the region lying directly along their
lines, while that of districts removed
from them has as naturally had their
development retarded. No one desires
to go to a place removed from good
transportation facilities If he can lo
cate where they are to be had. The
tendency Is always, and naturally, to
give the best advantages, the largest
returns to the people, the town . or in
terest where there is the least burden
to bear, the least tax upon industry,
the smallest cost on the production or
traffic charges. -So. much cheaper is
transportation by water or rail than
over common highways that produc
tion has been lessened where distance
from rail or water is considered, meas
ured either in miles or conditions of
highways. There is a point distant
from every line of railroad beyond
which, under present condition of the
ordinary common roads, its influence
in aiding production, acting as a dis-;
tributing agent, is of little effect. The
railroad development . of the country
has reached a point where itsfutre
is comparatively limited, tt will not
be practical, from a business stand
point, to reach a much wider area of
territory. It is necessary, therefore,
in order to give all sections the advan
tage of cheap distribution of products
o market to enable the outlying dis
tricts to reach the railroad station or
the wharf at accost which production
cannot only bear, but under which it
will thrive, and at all seasons of the
year. The ordinary road of the South
yes, of the whole country puts a tar
'ff upon all traffic of twenty-five cents
r more a ton per mile, as against 7.2
nills on the railroad. It is a burden
vhich effectually stifles production, ex
ept when all other circumstances nnd
conditions are most favorable, t
A
otittain seasons of the year it is abso
lutely impossible to do much handling
over many country roads.,. It is easy
ti see how production over great areas
of onr country is kept down by th'es
conditions. Another point in this con
tec tion. The bad highway forces the
inovMnent bf ail tfaffie wth the farms
&t suasions bf the year' when the" farm
er's . teams could be more advantage
coaly employed at other work; -'it
caused a great congestion of traffic,a
pertain seasons, hot oiiiy lessening: the
selling price of the farmer's5 product,
causing greater expense and annoy
ance to merchant and manufacturer,
but compelling railroads to go to
iriucii heavier outlays for" equipment
and handling of traffic, and therefore
necessitating a higher rate for rail
freigths. " . -
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DESCENDANTS OP CHARTER OAK
Transpluntlnsr the Acorn iTroiu a Sorlj
on tbe Original Tree.
Growing in a large tub at the resi
dence Of James Khowideii, 703 Roland
avenue; fife three thriving "descend
ants" of the famous Charter . Oak
These sturdy little caks of rsuch re
nowned "lineage" will be transplanted
in separate tubs iii the aiituhinV-ahd
if (hey c'dutinue to flourish. Mr. Knowl
den wili preserit twd df them to the
city, one to be planted in Drtiid Hill
and the other in Patterson Park.
When in Hartford, Conn., two years
ago, Mr. - Kuowldeu secured eight
acorns from the tree jrrowiu fro'ih a
sprig of the Charter Oak,-vsiiich stands
On the spot where that; most famous
tree" iii Aniei'lCiiil history spread "Its
branches : for hundreds of years; He
planted all, but five failed to, germin
ate. He watched with tender. care the
three oaks that came up,' bestowing as
much attention upon them as if thty
were delicate flower?. They are now
about a foet high and give promise of
becoming strong treerf. : - '
When the Charter Oak blew down,
the citizens of Hartford immediately
planted a sprig from it on the spot
where it had stood. The new tree
thrived from the first, and how its
branches shade a considerable urea.
On every Fourth of July the Hartford
peopie; augmented by manyt patriotic
citizens of nearby towns, gather at the'
tree and decorate it with flags and
bunting, after which the Declaration
of Independence is read beneath its
ever spreading boughs. " t
The Charter Oak itself was sawed
ttp into lumber. From this a frame
for the Colonial Charter was" made.
The" frame with its historic document,
hdw hangs Mii the Siipre'nie, Court
chaihber in the Capitol at Hartford.- A
chair was also made from the- lum
ber, and this is occupied by the Lieutenant-Governor
of Connecticut in the
Senate chamber. Baltimore Sun.- '
YV0RD3JDF JWISDO.YI.
It's no use blaming nature if you re
fuse" nurture.
tote is the light that Shines farther
than oil others.
Success is not looking around for the
man who sighs.
When you kill a good resolution yoa
revive an old enemy.
Your mother's apron strings are
away ahead of evil's towline.
"Goodness and Mercy" do not follow
the mdu wh3 is fleeing from God.
Content depends hot 6ii what we"
have, but on what we would have.
It is a greater thing to make another
strong than it is to carry his load.
The strength of a man's faith' is iu
inverse proportion to its singularity.
VTliat lie Was Vp To. ,
"Do you know of the only. Irishman
whoT ever committed suicide?" asked
W. P. Pollard, of Jersey City, who was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night.
"You know it is said that Irishmen
never commit suicide, and when the ar
gument was advanced in a crowd bf
that nationality he was so unstrung
that he decided to show his opponents
that Irishmen do sometimes commit a
rash act. He accordingly disappeared,
and the man who employed hini started
a search. When he got to the bant he
looked up toward the rafters and aW
his man hanging With a rope around
his waist
-""What are you up to, Pat?' he
asked. -.r'-
" 'Oi'm hanging meself, begobs, the
Irishman replied.
."Why don't you put it around your
neck?'
"'Faith, Oi did, but Oi Couldn't
braythe, was the unsmiling reply of
the man from .the Emerald Isle."-
Louisville Courier-Journal. . ;
Candy-
"More money is spent for candy, each
year than for hats and shoe's and
gloves combined," said Harvey Towle,
of Pittsburg, atthePlaukington House.
Mr. Towle travels for one of the largest
candy-manufacturing concerns in the
world. "We sell about $1,250,000 worth
bf candy a year ourselves," he contin
ued, "and at an average of even cents
a pound you can figure out for yourself
how big a pile, of candy that ufales.
There is over a billion a year spent for
sweets in this country. People have
no idea of the magnitude of the busi
ness." Milwaukee Wisconsin: ,.
Reiwon or preference For Birtt Fighting.
Once in a while one of "the Sunday
exhorters 'on the Common startle's- the
crowd with his hits. A well-known old
spellbinder was comparing the vices
and amusements of various countries
and the relation between the two. In
particular he described bull fighffhg In
Spain and pugilism in this country.
An I don't know but what bull
fighting is the better,";' he roared.
"God Almighty made the bulls for beef.
But when you'kill a pugilist, what use.
Is he to anybody r-Boston Record,
mm
A TfcSt 6f Mahogany
So closely are many of the new pieces
of mahogany modeled after the genUiii
antiques In form and color that only
an expert can tell the difference.
"There is one way, however," declares
a Well-knOwn connoisseur in antique
furnishings, "that ydtl can always dis
tinguish between the genuine and its
Copyi Put your knuckles against it as
you wOUld against a mirror to tell its
real thickness If it is well varnished
so that it brings out the reflection of
the finger clearly you may be sure it
is new. If the reflection is clouded it
is antique." -
Flowers and Feathcrg.
It is more usual, however, for the
ribbbons to be accompanied by feath
ers, flowers, etc. A rough tan-colored
teiti something of the Brittany shape,
namely, with & brim of medium width
! and a domed ctdwn has the brim
caught up by straps"6T Cigarbrown
velvet. Two large ball rosettes of old
gold and tan ribbon, snipped in van
dykes, suffice for the outside trimming",
but on the upturned portion of the
brim at the" back, are some pink and
red single dahlias and brownish-green
leaves.
Much the same sort of hat in felt of
a dark purple-blue tint is trimmed
with wide ribbons of a wistaria mauve
Shade, and paradise plume to match. ;
fcirls as" Caddte.
A wealthy gentleman, who is & great
advocate for wCtaeri workers in, every
field of action, has gone" tg the length
of employing girls as caddies on his
golf links, stating as his reason that
they are far more alive to their duties
than are boys, This is pleasant hear
ing, as, in addition to opening up a new
employment for girls, it refutes the
testimony of those who find much to
Criticise id the behavior of the weaker
sex when undertaking so-called men's
work. In many Instances Women can,
of course, prove astonishingly disoblig
ing and ill-mannered, and one of their
greatest transgressions in public offices
is the irritating faculty they have for
holding animated conversations with
their co-workers when attending to the
public needs. On the other hand, some
men have manners that leave much to
be desired,
Tor the Children.
For fcttls girls up to eight years the
most sensible fYdcfe are those that
may be laundered. These ate possible
in winter as well as in summer, merely
by having the child wear heavy under
flannels, and there is great satisfaction
iri washabe, frocks. Some charmingly
pretty heavy cdttoii eberiots are to
be bought, id fciai'ri Colors and stripes,
which make very good play dresses.
These same materials and khaki ate
the ones that it is -wisest to have for
boys as well. Khaki especially, in its
bright brown shade, is very serviceable
for hard wear,
Small shepherd plaids and tartans
are pretty for little girls and for kilts
or pleated frocks for small boys. A
washable, detachable sailor collar is. a
wise ornament for almost any little
Child's dress, as it adds much to the
effect of the" costume. Harper's Bazar.
What the Baby Should XVetgti
The baby of normal weight tips the
scales down at birth at the seven
pound mark. If he or she is much
heavier or much lighter, he or she
is at odds with the average. A pe
culiar" feature of baby weight is thai
during the first days of its life the
youngster that is, the perfectly nor
mal youngster loses one pound. Thus,
examination made on the second aud
fourth day will show awelght of six
pounds only. But after the first week,
at" the end of which time the lost
pound should be regained, there is a
steady advance. Ten pounds should
have been reached by the time the
baby is eight weeks old, and when it is
twenty weeks old the weight should
be fourteen pounds. At seven .months
the figure shotfld be sixteen pounds,
and the year-old baby should .have a
mark of twenty-one pounds to its
credit.
Ribbons in Millinery. -
It is needless to insist more strongly
on the immense use which is made of
I ribbons. They suffice as a trimming
for many quite smart hats. One in
pale, gray -blue felt of medium tone
has a large soft sort of rosette low
on the left side of thercrown, made up
in loops of the same gray and pastel
pink and blue ribbons. Ends of the
same ribbons, folded into a band, start
from under this rosette, pass front and
back of the crown and over the brim
on the right, where this is rolled up
' over a second large rosette resting on
the hair. '
' A hat of plum-colored taupe felt, with
a brim of medium width, and one of
the high beret crowns, that must be
reckoned among the very fashionable
; styles, is likewise merely trimmed with
' ribbons, the velvet covering the crown
not counting as such.
The ribbon ud in this instance. U
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of the same color as the rest, witn a
moire face and a satin back. It is
folded round the crown and then tied
la a large double bow, some of the
loops having tbe moire side uppermost,
a;nd others the satin. A similar bow,
with the loops drawn out longer, is
placed under the brim on the left
side. .
Tlie Early Feeding of Children
"I can cure your children when they
are sick, but what I want is to teach
you to keep them well." These were
the words which my good doctor used
when my children were little. His
tender interest augmented my natural
desire to study how best to make and
keep them well. When they were a
year old I took away the bottle, which
they bad had six times daily from 0
untir 9 at night. ! With this change it
reduced the meals to four a day at the
hours G, 10, 2 and 6. The morning
meal consisted of mush, and warmed
milk to drink, warming it by placing
the cop in hot water. At 2 came their
dinner of baked potatoes, mixed with,
butter and beef-juice, warm milk and
orange-juice. This meal was varied .
by giving veal soup with vegetables
in it Iamb or chicken broth With
vice or eggs, cooked by pouring boiling
water over them twice. To vary the
fruits I gave steamed or scraped apple,
stewed prunes, stewed or raw pears.
At C o'clock zweibach and milk, with
more warmed milk. When at the third
year they did not need such frequent
feeding, I added to the breakfasts
steamed apples "and varied the dinners
with beefsteak, lamb chops, ;: boiled
rice and a green vegetable with the
simpler puddings, which had no lemon
in them. I retainedthe suppers, add
ing bread and butter. Pure candy is
not injurious if given at meal-time in
moderation. This plan has been suc
cessful for my three children of very
different constitutions. They say we
never catch cold unless we have eaten
too much. My children rarely have
colds or the stomach disorders so com
mon to children.-L. W. W., in "Wom
an's Home.
- Boat shapes are good.
Turbans are retained.
Broader turbans are modish.
Velvet flowers are In high favor.
Envelope hats and turbans are very
good.
Some hats are veritable color sym
phonies.
Lyre plumes lead in the ostrich
feathers.
The Henry II.- toque is yet a most
valued model.
Draped turbans are among th5 at
tractive ones.
The cache peigne is a graceful effect
to be retained. . -
Some sort of a bandeau is in most
hats for winter.
Ribbon is used in loops three, five
and seven deep.
Only a handsome white plume should
be on black hats.
Empire pokes were a passing fad
of the silly season.
As many as a dozen coq pompons are
used on one chapeau.
Coa plumes with quill stems come
in fashionable shades.
The Charles IX. and tho Henry II.
are the very same hat.
Happily the exaggerated shovel
shape of 1797 is done for.
Overlapping rows of finely pleated
taffeta make smart facings.
Three rows of cut green glass nail
heads are round one turban.
Plenty of bows have the piquancy
and dimensions o- these cf the Restora
tion. ,
It. is rr.mored that the waist lino
will be more accentuated as the seaso:i
advances.
It is doubtful if we adopt strings,
even thrugh they are on the models
now revived.
Walking skirts will just touch the
ground and the jackets will be tight
fitting and long. s
Whaleboned netticoats are common
enough. From these to crinoline proper
is not a far cry. .
A fancy has displayed itself for
capes and three-quarter coats in a
loud check tweed..
There have been introduced of late,
from Victorian times, the low shoes
that button over the sides.
As a rule, the hats have an original
look, there being a desire to get away
from set rules, even though following
the. same general lines.
A lace handkerchief makes an ex
cellent jabot by folding it cornerwise,
turning tho upper points so as to fall
a little nVryc tbe under one. '
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