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l have read so lonj in ike Book of the
Brave,
J hear the tramp of their feet
)n the nuiet village street.
i eaten the sound of an echo cheer,
K-v.a down the night wind, faintly
i
c.ea
Ami the drums' unfaltering beat,
I have read so Ion 2 in tlie Book of the
Brave,
Their nags go streaming by,
tliarn comes the sentrj- s cry;
The shaded light of my study lamp
teivs a low slimmer from some still
camp
"Where the sleeping soldiers lie.
I L;ivp read so long in the Book of the
Brave,
inarch where the heroes are
O i my breast I feel a sear.
I t-irn to gaze on the rav'.ess nMif ;
lie ? (win is cleft by a beacon-light,
.Via ho no d th bivonae star!
- Lilii Whedoa Mitchell, in tha Centurv.
fadaire tic ' Ccnntess
0-1- i
A Cca -l ft, ry VTt. a h'cal From
th j Wasningoa TcsZ.
k- , TQ.
js?C ITESE was a reception at
Jj the hunting castle of the
;, P o Prince, tho Chateau of
1 "R l.v;n,n,-..
In the grand saloon
a
""""m at me. uOaOIB Ot IX
;U chimney, "and through the half
dosed windows the freshness of the
sjioortli-lit and the murmur of the Ba
varian forest entered like a caress. The
h;-se that day had been a fatiguing
-:e. flntl in the -choke circle which
g:UUered around His Highness, the
cy. versa tion became familiar ' and
vitkout constraint. It was in the
mk'si cf this that the valet swung
open the doors and announced the
t.'orut and Conntcss of Allenecb. and
ail heads were turned with eyes full of
cunosny. Lveu the Prince, or-Iinarily
j--.' oiase, sat
c-jme.
wondering what might
It r.-as the first time that the Count
'i -ii.cnoc.c Had appeared socially fo
ui-.iii looiisa ana uu-
iriiii stories had been circulated about
loo had married, so it was said.
?Tst fl!r 'low him. and lived, retired.
!-'V- jiis own estate and yielding only to
,0i'ni t-einand ot the Prince, had
'vine to present his wife to the iuti
Ui;U9 circle of the court,
iut what a difTereunp between them!
He was a man of imhu
Le was a man of noble RDaearance. of
uuy uice ana n-.Mo bearing, and she.
'.viuimm woman, wiiii .short hair ami
t peasant's lace, wearing a black dress
vhieh fitted her badly, and without
tatte. The circle which uupitiably
stared at her, did not stop to see the
rare grace of her eyes, uor the' kindli
ness which covered ail her features. It
fiily saw the birthmark, written in uu
lieaiabie traits plebeian!
She came forward with timidity,
made a rustic courtesy, and said cor
j hilly, in a high voice:
"I thank you for this honor, sir
Prince. My husband has always said
that we have a most kindly Prince
'.or master. - We have named our boy
Louis Ferdicand, out of respect to our
rrir.ee'.
As she spoke she looked furtively at
her husband. Had she said the wrong
thing that the room was so silent? He
snderstood the ill-concealed mockery
of the company, and felt the coolness,
sf the Prince, .who heard the words
without reply, and the big slash in the
forehead reddened.
Turning to his wife affectionately,
tie said:
"Come, Anna Marie, I wish to show
Ton the park and the hothouses. There
are some splendid specimens of cedars
iud orchids there."
No one detained them. They went
3ut in the moonlight.
A silence of stupefaction followed
their departure, and then a babel of
voices lilled the room.
Tlie Prince, slowly, slightly shrug
Smg his shoulders, said: "It is ridicu
lous' This was the signal, the rais
ing of a latch which opened the door
to the torrent of criticism. What a fine
Opportunity.
"She's no lady." "Poor Alleneek,"
said another. "Too bad that he seems
so satisfied." "Crafty woman, I won
fler how she inveigled him," said a
third.
Major Xylander, the favorite both of
the Prince and Alleneek, answered
General Van Orff jokingly.
"She is not a woman of quality," the
general had said.
"Beg pardon, to me she has many
Qualities." -
"But she is low born."
Wrong again; she was born in a
little villa
le 4000 feet above the sea
"Oh, but you are an incorrigible jok
er. What may her name be?"
"Anna Marie Scholastika -Hosi," said
Xylander, with as much importance
as if he was detailing the complete
Pedigree of a duchess.'
Everybody laughed.
"Xow," said the. Major, "with the
Permission of the Prince, let me tell
pu a story. It reads lik. a fairy tale,
hut you may well be assured it is 'per
fectly true. It commences at Sedan
where 43,0.)0 dead and wounded
strewed the hilltops of Illy and Ho-
'The German rambulanca found
1 Vi e that day a man stripped cf every
1!lh;g and literally covered with
wounds. On being taken to the inili
ry hospital, it was weeks before he
b-aan (o recover, but as his strength
i body Increased, his intelligence
toade no progress. He' remembered
ij'Jimn iinin,,-... ...
nor his '
country. In the hospital he was known
itf hi number only two. Finally dis-'
charged fr&xa, tiin- ccrnf wto
baptized him 'Silent TVIllIam. made
an arrangement for him to go with a
workman, a mason, ana to work for
his living, and he went contentedly to
carry brick and cement, happy it the
daughter of Salome would bring him
the meals which she had herself pre
pared. "She it was who took him under her
protection, and finally refusing all
other (and many of them advantageous
offers of marriage) went oue day to
the church with 'Silent William, and
they were married.
" 'William has need of me, she said,
'more than the others.'
"The village was indignant.
"Some years passed. 'Silent Will
iam' carried, day by day, his loads of
masonry and Salome did her full part
with her vigorous arms in earning the
bread for the family growing up
around them. And so it might have
gone? on.
"But one wintry day, when the wind
and rain were imnetnous William's
work was to carry his load np a high
scaffolding. The other men had taken
refuge from the storm, but he kept
on. At this moment Salome, who had
com? with his dinner, terrified at an
unusual gust of wiud. cried:
'"William! William! In the name of
heaven, descend quickly.'
"He turned to her as he heard her
cry. and. mistaking his footing, slipped
and fell. He was quickly carried to
the hospifa'. and hovered many days
between life and death. The whole
village, hrariug the news, opsnly con
gratulated Salome on the approaching
decease of her husband.
"Tar -better for him and for you,'
said they.
"One day when she arrived at the
hospital she found the bed empty. An
other room had been taken for him.
They took him there that morning,
Was he dead? Her heart leaped to
her throat. Coming to the door indi
cated, she knocked and was met by
an old man Gf noble appearance, who
said briefly that his son was sleeping,
and received no one. Salome answered
humbly, she did not seek the sou of
monsieur, but her husband, William
Hosi.
"He tried to make her storv short.
but a voice came from the room. 'Let
her enter, father; she is the good wife
of the late William Hosi.'
"With a cry of savage joy the wo
man rushed to his side, threw herself
ou her knee beside the bed and cried
out between laughter and tears, 'My
Cod, I thank Thee!' Then, raising her
eyes, she was confounded with the
change in his countenance. The no
bility of his face had returned to him,
his energetic will, his brilliant eyes, im
perious voice, the joy of living, had
come back again. Even her boy, Sep
herl, trying to hide in the skirts of her
dress, sobbed out: 'Father is not fath
er now. He has changed.' When Si
lent William reflected on what had
passed, he could now xemember the
attack on the hill, at Illy, but the
other life, as a mason, lay hidden un
der a shade, only the love of Salome
and that last call for pity which
brought about the fail from the lad
der remained and the doctors declared
that this had in some sort re-established
the life which w?s lost at Se
dan. "One revcr knew what passed that
morning between the two, but the first
words of Salome, when she came to
understand all that had happened,
was: '
" 'And now you have no more need
of me, William, adieu And she got
up from her knees to go.
"Ah, well," said Major Xylander,
with a careless air, "it is certain if the
Count of Alleneek had repudiated his
wife Salome, whom I must call now
Anne Marie Hosi, his savior in those
years of distress, now that he had
come to his own. the humiliation of
this evening would have been saved
him."
The signal for supper was now giv
en. The lackeys opened the doors, and
all prepared for the somewhat cere
monious entxy into the grand saloon.
When Maximilian d' Alleneek and his
wife reappeared, calm but very pale,
all eyes turned to them gain.
Then His Highness, the Prince, step
ping forward to Anne Marie, offered
her his arm, and said with a gracious
smile, so all could hear:
"Madame the Countess, will you do
me the: -honor?"
Wiles of the Taxidermist.
These are busy days for the taxider
mist, and his little tricks are the
a'muscment and amazement of the
amateur hunter. A successful gunner
brought in a beautifully-marked wood
duck and wanted it mounted. "Save
me the bodj," he remarked, after the
preliminaries were settled. "Impos
sible,", said the taxidermist. "See this
table. Jt has arsenic on it, and I am
afraid some of the poison might ad
here to the flesh; you are poisoned, I
am blamed. It would nor be safe to
give you the body." That stereotype
reply usually results in the customer
yielding, the point-and.the duck. The
latter is either eaten by the taxider
mist apd his family,' or he passes it
along to some friend with his compli
ments. The experienced hunter lays
down the Jaw: "See here; no fooling.
Skin my duck on a piece of clean pa
per and send me the body. D'ye hear!"
There is no further controversy. New
York Press.
Considerate.
He was the most awkward dancer V
at the swellest ball of the swell water
ing place, and she the most graceful.
After they had literally bumped their
way through a waltz she smilingly
remarked to a group of admirers that
she bad danced siuee she was a little ;
tot. - .
"Don't be discouraged," he answered
in a kindly tone, "you'll get the knack
of U yet." Detroit Free Press. I
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For Government Appropriation.
jOR over a century we have
been pottering and fudging
about the "making of the
roads we are just obliged
to use, from January - to
December in every year of our mortal
lives, and yet multitudes have spent
all their days in driving and trudging
over bad roads, because there has been
no concerted effort made to make an
advance In this needful business which
would perfect a rod or two each year
of the turnpike so that it would stay
in good order for a dozen or twenty
years without repairs.
Millions upon millions have been ap
propriated for rivers and harbors, yet
the every day road, the road that nine--hundredths
of the population, are
obliged to use, if they go anywhere,
has never had a dollar from the Fed
eral Government or a fraction of help
from the National Treasury. Money is
voted for all sorts of things regardless
of the taxpayers' necessities, right at
their own doorsteps.
As Senator Latimer remarked: "One
hundred and sixty millions areas of
land were given to the Pacific rail
roads" to help those bonded syndicates
to build up a passing investment for
themselves, while the most important
and most needed public improvement,
namely, country roads, have had no
help at all.
He said also: "More than a third
of the seventy odd millions of our pop
ulation live away from the cities and
towns" are, in fact, "country people.
They live on an average of from one to
twenty-five miles from the nearest
town or city. Upon this class depeni'.s
in large measure the bodily comfort of
the whole country, and the wealth of
the country is drawn primarily from
their labor.
"It is a self-evident proposition that
the advancement of our agricultural
classes should be the prime concern
of every statesman and patriotic citi
zen. The necessity of their education
in mind and in improved methods and
means of production and of their con
tentment in their avocations cannot be
overlooked. But a more seri
ous tendency is the inclination of the
farm people to go" to the cities. If we
would do away with this evil, some
means must be devised to make farm
life attractive and pleasant, and to give
to that class of our people some of the
benefits and advantages enjoyed by
the other classes. The Government
must stimulate and aid the people in
this work.
"The burden of building and main
taining these roads should be distribut
ed equally among all the people. The
State must either levy a tax to do this
work, or the Federal Government
should do it."
Senator Latimer's proposition is to
collect half from the State and half
from the general Government, and do
the work well from the beginning to
the .end.
Here is one of the Senator's plain
illustrations:
"Take, for instance, the farmer who
owns 100 acres of land valued at $30
per acre, who has farm animals, farm
implements and other property which
will amount to $4000. Levy a five mill
tax on his property, which will amount
to 20. I hold that under the provis
ions of this bill there are three ways
in which he would make 100 per cent,
and pay his taxes. This farmer would
hard at least fifty tons over these roads
in a year, eight miles being the aver
age haul, and twenty-five cents per ton
per mile, and under the present state
of the roads making $100 in expense.
"By reducing the cost of transporta
tion one-half by reason of improved
roads, he could move the fifty tons for
$50. He could pay his $20 tax and
save $30."
Another reason given by the Senator
was the uses made by the Government
of these roads in mail distribution. The
people are now made to pay for their
mail privileges and also provide the
roads over which the mails travel.
But the main point in the argument
is the "existence of a tremendous sur
plus in the Treasury, which is now
loaned out to national banks without
interest. He denounced this method
of assisting one class to the injury of
the taxpayers as unjustifiable, and in
sists that this money should be used
to benefit the people who need these
good roads, and who have contributed
so largely to the revenues of the na
tion, and who get no return or benefit
from this accumulated surplus. ! He es
timated the surplus at 260,000.000,
and $158,000,000 has been loaned
to national banks without interest,
while the country roads must be built
and maintained by the labor of the
people who live in the vicinity, and
even their mail privileges must be paid
for, while their taxation lontinues to
be heavy.
Experience In Masacliusttt.
In Massachusetts, when they first
undertook road building, the commis
sioner laid down the rule that the
work must be well done, whatever the
cost. The cost was to be kept as low
as was consistent with safety, but the
construction must be good at all
events. The most expansive sections
of road were selected for improvement
first: for, as a chain-is no stronger
than its weakest link, so a road will
permit the transportation of only such
a load as can be hauled over the worst
part, and to improve the worst part is
to improve the whole,
Consequently,
in Massachusetts the cost or original
construction has tended downward a
mile. This give satisfaction, as la
other States the cost tends upward-
tTfting tlie Scrroundim Country
Object Lesson to Pupils.
An interesting treatise on the edu
atiou of children in Germany has
ust been published by Mr. George
Andrew, one of His Majesty's Inspec
tors of Schools, in the course of which
he remarks that "the subjects treated
at first are the school and its surround
ings, points of the compass, main
streets, squares, bridges, public build
ings, churches, et cetra. Then the lo
cal river (Die Spree), its -source, course,
'fall, island, peninsula, docks, canals,
et cetra; next the local heaths and
woodsknown to most of the children
give the rudimentary ideas of flat
and rising ground, hill and valley,
mountain chains, et eetra. Similarly
the street traffic and railway stations
are dealt with, while Berlin and the
neighborhood suggest the difference
between the capital" town, town and
village, and so the extension to the
province of Brandenburg is made. The
lesson includes also some elementary
ideas about the sun, ihoou and stars.
On the more historical side a begin
ning is made with some account of the
present Emperor and his fainiiy.. It
is evident that the children have a fa
miliar knowledge of the various mem
bers of the Royal House, as the readi
ness with which they can tell the
dates of the various royal birthdays
proves. The lessons then proceed
backwards to the Emperor's more im
mediate predecessors.' story and inci
dent being frequently resorted to, -to
interest the children. Iu similar fash
ion, some of the most important local
historical associations are touched
upon. The whole subject is one which
an intelligent teacher, can make de
lightfully interesting to a class, but
it certainly postulates intelligent teach
ing. A pleasant introduction and con
comitant to geography iu the wider
seuse. It conveys to elementary
classes impressions much more living
than those dreary paper definitions of
the obvious river and the self-evident
hill' i
WOrlPS Of WISDOM.
The glory of riches does not lead to
riches in glory.
A waspish disposition gets no honey
from the rock. '
Nothing cools off a meeting quicker
than a hot scolding.
The sense of smartness is sure to
make a man shallow.
The Bible, in its wonderful and
varied imagery, is the reflector of all
human experiences. J. S. David.
The kingdom of heaven is heart rec
ognition and heart obedience to a
Father's spirit living and ruling within
our own. John Hamilton Thorn.
Depend not upon external supports,
r.or beg your tranquility of another.
And, in a word, never throw away
your legs to stand upon crutches. Mar
cus Aurelius.
"I have to work like a slave," said
a good woman, weary with her wor
ries, but the answer came from a
more way-wise comrade: "Oh, but, my
dear, you can work like a queer.."-
Frances Willard,
Memoirs of a Conductor.
"My motorman was . late," said the
gabby conductor, "and. we were doing
our best to make up our time. But a
lot of people wanted to get on and a
lot of people wanted to get off, and
the motorman was growing madder
every minute, and so was I.
"At last, however, we came to a
stretch of about five blocks that
seemed clear. Nobody wanted to get
off, and nobody was standing out by
the tracks. So the motorman cut her
loose. He could see five minutes as
good as made up, when an old party
who looked like a farmer strayed out
into the street waving his umbrella.
The motorman had a" hard time stop
ping her, but he brought her up with
out missing the crossing very far.
Then the old party hollered at me:
" 'Say, mister, how long'll I have to
wait for the suburban .car to Nor
walk?' "Cleveland Leader. - .
Snide Lights on History.
Mrs. Julius Caesar had just picked
a j'oung blonde hair from the left
shoulder of her husband's toga.
"Ah, ha!" she ; exclaimed, augrihy.
"So you have been trotting around
with some drug store fairy, have you,
wretch? I have, suspected you for a
long time, and now "
"See here, Cornie," interrupted the
dictator, somewhat impatiently, "how
often must I tell you that Caesar's
wife should be above suspicion?"
But sentim'ental historians put an
other construction on the phrase.
The peasant's wife had just given
King Alfred an awful tongue lashing
for letting the pancakes burn.
"Gee whiz!" cried the perturbed mon
arch, "I wish those fellows over in
Battle Creek would hurry up and in
vent a ready-to-serve breakfast food!"
Chicago Journal.
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A Sfiasars Made to- Order.
Two Swiss engineers have worked
out plans fqr tapping the lake of Sils,
in the' Engadine, and letting the water
drop down the mountains and creat
ing a waterfall which, if is said, would
develop 50,000 horse power. During
the tourist season the lake would re
sume its normal look, in spite of the
drainage, as it would be necessary to
store the water for a time. New.
York World. .
How to See the Wind.
Select a windy day forN your experi
ment. Take a polished metallic sur
face, two feet or more, with a straight
edge a large handsaw will answer.
Hold this at right angles to the wind
(i. e., if the wind be north hold your
surface east and west) and incliue it
at an angle of forty -five degrees, so
that the wind, striking, glances and
flows over tho edge. Chicago Journal.
tumor i
Hard. Grub. ,
'Twaa a lot of shipwrecked sailors-
They had eaten all their stuff, " "
So they tried to eat the tender, -But
they found it far too tough.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
An Inference.
May "His fiancee is quite wealthy.
Belle "How do you know?""
May "I judge f ronf her looks.""-
New York Press.
Ills Ansrel,
Fig (pointing) "That woman saved
my fortune for me." . -
Trigg "How?'?
Figg "Jilted me." Judge. "
' Not in a Hurry to Die.
Maude'Don't you know that cig
arettes are a slow poison?"
Ferdy "Well, do you suppose I
want to die in a hurry ?" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
';"-;' "' ; " iw-
"Fully Armnd.
"No," said Minerva as she sprang
fully armed from the brain of Jove.
"No, what?" cueried Jove.
"I'll never be, taken for the Venus
de Milo." Houston Post.
OnA't lie Ocean Liner.
"He's been, running after that girl
for six months.". '
"Why don't be stop?"
"He's afraid if he dees she'll be run
ning after him." Judge.
Am Inducement. :
Tired Mother (to restless child)
"Now you set still! I've druv you ten
miles to enjoy this entertainment, and
you shall enjoy it, if I have to pull
every hair out of your head." Life.
Friend of Matrimony.
"What do you think of this plan to
forbid the marriage of weak-minded
peop'e?"
"I don't approve of it; without mar
riage the world would go to the dogs'
-Houston Post.
In With a l'lunge.
"I wish to enter and. take an active
part in the battle of 'Ate. What would
you advise me to do?"
"Get married," wrote the editor of
the "Ileplics to Queries" - ilnmn. Fori
Worth Record.
His Conclusions.
Tin afraid, Johnny." said the Sunday-school
teacher, rather sadly.'that
I shall never meet you -in the better
laud."
'.-Why? What have you been doiu'
now?" Pick-Mc-Up.
Ills Idea of Trouble.
Policeman "Was that big guy who
was talking to you lookhjg for trou
ble?" Cutting Hintz "Yes; he wanted to
know where the marriage licenses are
issued." Comic Cuts.
More Crf89 For Solemnity.
Father (who has been called upon In
the city and asked for his daughter's
hand) "Louise, do you know what a
solemn thing it is to be married?"
Louise "Oh, yes, pa; but it is a good
deal more solemn being single." Judy.
. lie vised.
Pincher "I believe In that old say
ing about taking care of the pennies.
You know it, do n't. you?"
Spenders Olrt yes. Take care of
the pennies "and the dollars will take
care or your heirs. fuuaueipma
Press.
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True Friendship.
Harold "My trusted and bosom
friend, Jack Armstrong, has cut me
out in the affections of Dolly Giddy-
gurl! What do you think of that?"
Jerrold "Why, I think that's the
kind ofa friend to have, old chap'.".
Puck. .
Just Why He ( a Tramp.
Charitable Old Lady-"But why do
you go tramping through the couutry
like this, my poor man?"
The Vagrant "Weil, mum, the truth
is, I've heard that these 'ere Pullman
cars is rather stuffy' Glasgow Even
ing Times'. -
Little Woman's Query. .
Etbfii "Pa, why does Uncle Frank
always say, -'Beware ef the widows?'"
Pa "Because, my child, widows are
supposed to be expert in catching hus
bands " - '1
Ethel "Gracious!, I wonder if I'll
have to be a widow before I can get
married?" Philadelphia Press.
l!y Ka Jleaus.
"Five dollars," said the medium:
"thanks. Now a spirit wishes to speak
to you; a female spirit; would you like
it-materialized?"
"Er can you tell who it is?"
"Certainly! It is '.""your mother-in-law."
'. ;.
"Oh, no. Here's anbtht' 5. Poa't,"
-Fort Worth Record
Interesting Cloth Coat.
An interesting cloth coat shows
three tucks introduced crosswise from
above the bust line. The fullness thus
liberated is caught in again by three
darts, which are stitched well down,
the skirt fullness hanging loosely.
v I'oetry of Dress.
The secret of the American girl's
style is her individuality of taste. She
knows what she likes, and she dares
to express this liking in what she does
and in what she wears. . - -
Her fads and frills are her personal
fancies. When expressed, they be
come the poetry of dress, says the Wo
man's Home Companion.
And there is nothing exclusive about
thi3 poetry; it is a living spring from
which every one may drink. Not to
all, of course, is it given to originate;
but it should be possible for an to se
lect and adapt.
Women's Occupations
A, report from a recent meeting in
England under the auspices of the
Women's Trade Union League, says
the Youth's Companion, states that the
list of employments made out there
showed women of the United King
dom to be auctioneers, architects, ba
liffs, blacksmiths, brickmakers, butch
ers, chimney sweeps, tailoresses, rail
way porters, veterinary surgeons, and
one of them a dock laborer. The oc
cupations of brickmakers and butchers
are the most popular among them all,
tho former claiming -three thousand
women and the latter four thousand.
A Kest Camp.
A rest camp in the Egyptian desert,
where jaded nerves and ragged diges
tions may be repaired, is the happy
conception of a Swedish woman. To
each patient is given a tent, no male
being is allowed within the lines, tho
domestic labors of the camp arc car
ried on by fellaheen women, and neith
er papers nor letters are permitted to
reach the patients. .Sun baths and
sand baths play a prominent part in
the cure, for upon the sun and air the
originator of the camp relies for her
greatest remedies. Not only must the
clothing of those who seek the camp
be of the lightest description, but fruit
and cereals constitute the bulk of the
diet, and books, needlework, and the
distractions of the fashionable spa are
banished.
Mohairs to Be Popular,
Frobably the most fashionable fab
ric for the great majority will be mo
hairs, the plain qualities leading and
the "fancies," as they are termed, be
ing second, while, aside from mohairs,
colinnes will be second in the race.
Voiles will be worn by the ultra-fashionable.
It must be remembered that
the manufacturers are making or have
already manufactured the goods for
the coming spring and summer of 1905,
and that buyers for the smart shops
are now placing and have been for
weeks orders for these goods, there
fore, if it is shown what fabrics are
selling best it is easy to determine
what will be worn. In silks, the chif
fon taffetas, crapes and tussahs will be
favorites. Soft failles and Shantung,
and, of course, the standard Indias and
foulards will be more or less in. de
mand. The Sofa 1'lllow Habit.
The soft cushion habit grows on a
woman. She begins by making a few
pretty ones and putting them in ap
propriate places and ends by taking
the clothes from the children's backs
and making up sofa cushions with
them. She begins by embroidering
a few little flowers on her sofa cush
ions with everything from the kitchen
stove to family groups embroidered,
painted, photographed and burnt on
them. She has sofa cushions made of
calico, swiss, leather, lace, broadcloth,
silk, gunny sacks, etc. An Atchison
woman has a large couch hidden un
der sofa cushions. She has them flung
on every chair. She has them heaped
in the corners of the rooms and uas
the piano banked with soft cushions.
Sb went to her husband's office lately
with an armful, but he gave her her
choice of taking them away or having
him leave herr--Atchison Globe.
- The Chinese Baby.
On the evening of the first day after
the baby has arrived the paterfam
ilias, according to the Chinese custom,
prostrates himself before a joss, voices
thanks to the gods and to the honor
able ancestors for the small son who
was sent perfect of body and full of
health.
On the evening of the second day
the ceremony is repeated, and on the
third day the voice of tho wife joins
that of the husband in thanksgiving.
Also in the third day a limited number
of relatives and friends are called in
to witness the first head-shave. The
rooms of the home are decorated for
this occasion with green branches of
cither fir, cedar or spruce, to insure
fuengeuey (or good luck) to the house.
Other ornamentations in honor of
the baby are long silk threads, bear
ing little circles, squares and hearts of
gold and scarlet paper. These aro
fastened from the walks and are hung
from the ceiling.
A few feet away the threads are In
visible and the gay scraps of paper
f uppear to be floating in tho air. For
One squire, one insertion $1.00
One square, two insertions 1.50
One square, one month 2 50
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Con
tracts will be made.
tho head-shaving the guests are seated
in a semi-circle before the joss. The
mother is carried to a seat of honor
to the right of th joss, and the. baby,
swathed in yards of scarlet and pur
ple silk, is brought in ou an elaborate
pillow. Leslie's Weekly.
Club For Babies. - - '
a club for babies has been cstab
lishetVin Paris. It Is called the Casino
des Enfants, and isin the heart of the
fashionable playground for children
of the better clas in - Paris the
Champs Elysees. It is daily thronged
with crowds of merry-faced children,
while on Sunday they are there in hun
dreds. - It is select, too, for the mem
bership entails an expenditure of half
a franc (five pence) per day, so it is
only the children of the well-to-do who
are found there.
One .enters the club room through a
carpeted corridor, lined with palms,
the main room of which is a beautiful
large hall, with a roof of stained glass.
Largemirrors are ranged alo.ug the
walls, and these on dull days, when the
electric lights in the chandeliers are
turned on, convert" the place into a
very good Imitation of fairyland. It
is light, airy and cool, a great compari
son to the heat arid glare outside when
the days are warm.
Its "purpose being to give pleasure,
the club is equipped with all sorts of
games., and amusements. In the cen
tre of -the hall there is a small merry-go-round
of bicycles. There are also
several swings, . enclosed for safety
within: a railing of bamboo, low see
saws and rocking horses. Shuttlecock
is a favorite game, and there are other
pastimes played with rings, swinging
bails, and spinning Avheels.
Between flower stalls stalls for con
fectionery, ice cream and cool drinks,
thei'e are set all kinds of automatic
machines, whose games, give great
pleasure to the littlo ones. Detroit
Tribune. - ,
Sin art Parisian Garment.
A picture frock copied iu , detail
from a toilette, of one of the courts
o,f the old French monarchy is of
shimmering pink tissue posed upon
silk chiffon and trimmed with a broad
meandering band of cream and pink
roses, all made of the narrowest pos
sible ribbon, held up by bows of blue
ribbon rimmed with navrow lace. Be
low this gorgeous trimming, motifs of
real lace were introduced, and on tho
corsage, with its sharply pointed front
was more lace and ribbon embroidery,
"A clays-white cloth coat, equally use
ful for afternoon or evening Wear, and
of three-quarter length, was delicate
ly trimmed with effective touches of
cloth of the fashionable new shado of
shrimp red.
A -gown for a state occasion was of
blue-gray velvet, adorned upon the
corsage with hand-wrought lace, In
troducing several s-rtbstic colors and a
touehr'of gohl. . ' ;
A. iovely litcle afternoon taffeta
gown, made of the tiniest pink and
cream check, had a very full skirt,
trimmed, with flounces closely and
broadly gauged at the top, and on tho
corsage was decorated :with coarse,
creauj lace, and plenty ".of. laborate
and very daintily gauged trimmings.
A"- very chic poppy-red faced cloth
walking costume is wonderfully smart;
from either side of a narrow front pan
el much-corded flounces are bordered
with a double niching of velvet, the
skirt : of .- the long - three-quarter coat
gathered likewise over many cords be
low 'the waist, the bolero fronts
trimmed ; with passementerie. New
Haven Register. :
Hairdreselne Hints.
Hairdressing has gone through many
evolutions since the fashion of scrap
insr ud the hair from the nape, of the
neck first came in. Many women have
found this fashion so comfortable ana
so easy to accomplish without the aid
of a maid that they have adhered to
it in spite of all the changes of fash
ion that have come from the planting
of the. knob on the crown to the cen
tre of the. back of the head, and from
there to the nape of the neck, which is
surely the most natural, if the most
comfortable, of fashions. Now the de
cree of La Mode is that the hair shall
be rolled over perpendicularly, from
the neck to the crown of the head, a
comb with a curved-over ornament be
ing placed in this roll. - But this mode
is far from being artistic and cuts off
the proportions of the head to the face
in a manner that' is quite ' at variance
with' all the laws of beauty. Some
faces are softened by a fashion of pull
ing down a meche of hair in a puff
over the forehead, and certainly this
fashion obviates the doubtful wisdom
of cutting one's hair, in a "fringe."
Nothing spoils the hair more than tho
"toDge." The French fashion, there
fore, of the low, full waved meche of
hair in its natural length simply held
in place by combs is by far the most
rational. The hair should be frizzed
slightly on the reverse . side before
turning up the ends under, the comb,
and if carefully disposed by clever
fingers it need not have the heavy ap
pearance that is the case when inex
perienced hands are responsible for
the coiffure. The sides, of course, aro
puffed separately, great care being
taken" to dispose the combs in a sufbV
clently slanting direction. Often the
combs are placed too upright, which
gives a wroflg; umerosut to the lines