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THE
SPLENDID SPUR
OR'
THE ADVENTURES
By ARTHUR T.
CHAPTER IV.
i
(Continued.)
"Don't don't!" The honest girl's
vyes -were full of tears. "I wonder
now " she began; and 1 -Waited,
eager for her next words. "Sure, mas
ter's at cards in. the parlor, and '11 be
drunk by midnight. Shall pass the
night by the kitchen fire, if only thou
make no noise."
'But your mistress what will she
say?"
Ts in hefven these two years; and
out of master's speaking distance for
ever, 80 blow out the light and follow
us gently."
Still feigning to shiver, I followed
tier down the ladder, and through the
stable into the open. The wind by
this time had brought up some -heavy
clouds and mass'd them about the
moon; but 'twas freesing hard, never
theless. The girl took me by the hand
to guide me; for, save from the one
luight window in the upper floor, there
was no light at all in the yard. - Clearly
:?be was in . dread of her master's
,?vr.ger, for we stole acroos like ghosts,
and once or twice she whispeer'd a
warning when my toe kick'd against
.1 loose cobble. But just as I seem'd
to be walking into a stone wall, she
put exit her hand. I heard the click
of a latch, and stood in a dark, narrow
passage.
The passage led to a second door that
opend on a wid-, stone-pa v'd kitchen,
fit hy a cheerful fire, whereupon a
!-:ettle hissed and bubbled as the vapor
luted the cover. Close by the chimney
corner was a sort of trap, or buttery
iatch, for pushing the hot dishes con
veniently into the parlor on the otter
side of the wall.
"Sit," whjpper'd the girl, "and make
3io noise, while I break a rackpunch
for ae men folk in the parlor." She
.jevked her thumb toward the buttery
hatch, where I had already caught the
mnrmui of voices.
I took up a chair softly, and set it
clown between the hatch and the fire
place, S3 that while warming my
Iknoes I could catch any word spoken
niorr thrai ordinary loud on the other
-c-kle of the wall. The chambermaid
stirv'd the fire briskly, and moved
about singing as she fetch'd down bot
tles and glasses from the dresser
''.Lament ye maids an' darters
.. For constant Sarah Ann,
" Who hang'd iiersel' in her garters
All for the love o' man,
Ail for the "
She was pausing, bottle in hand, to
take the high note; but hush'd sud
denly at the sound of the voices sing
tag ia the rom upstairs:
?tvre en tout cas
I'eat le grand soulaa
- Des honnetes gens!"
' "-That's the foreigners," said the
chamber maid, and went on with her
t "All for the love of a souljer
't Who christ'ning name was Jan."
r A volley of oaths sounded through
the buttery hatch.
' "And that's the true-born English
men, as ycu may tell by their speech.
'Tis pretty company the master keeps
these days."
' She was continuing her song, when
I held up a finger for silence. In fact.
Through the hatch niy ear had caught
a sentence that set me listening for
more with a small heart.
' "Confound the Captain," the lar.d
Joru's voice was saying; "I warn'd 'n
agen this fancy business when sober,
cool-handed work was toward."
''Settle's way from his cradle,"
growl'd another; "and times enough
I've told 'n; 'Cap'n, says I, 'there's
no sense 0' proportions about ye.' A
master mind, sirs, but 'a '11 be hang'd,
for a hen-roost, so sure as my name's
Bill Widdicomb."
"Ugly words what a creeping In
fluence has that same mention o' hang
ing!" piped a thinner voice.
! 'H'old thy complains, Old Mortifica
tion," put in a speaker that I recog
nized for Black Dick; "sure the pretty
maid upstairs is tender game. Hark
how they sing!"
i And indeed the threaten'd folk Tip
stairs were singing their catch very
choicely, with a girl's clear voice to
lead them: ' ." .
"Comment dit papa 1 '
Margoton, ma mie?" .
"Heathen language, to be sure," said
the thin voice again, as the charus
ceased; "thinks I to myself 'they be
but Papisters,' an' my doubting mind
is mightily recondl'd to man
slaughter." "I don't like beginning 'ithout the
Cap'n," observed Black Dick; "though
I doubt something has miscarried.
Else, how did that young spark ride
in upon the mare?"
"An' that's why thy question should
ha' been, Dick, with a pistol to his
skull." -
"He'll keep till to-morrow."
"We'll give 'Settle ialf-an-hour
more," said the landlord. "Mary!" he
push'd open the hatch, so that I bad
barely time to duck my head out of
view; "fetch in the punch, girl. How
did'st leave the young man i',the loft?"
"Asleep, or nearly," answer'd Mary.
"Who hang'd hersel' in her gar-ters,
AH for the love o' man "
"Anon, anon, master wait only till I
get the kettle on the boil."
The hatch was slipped to again. I
stood up and made a step toward the
girl.
"How many are they?" I asked,
Jerking a finger in the direction of the
parlor, -
OF JACK MARVEL.
QUILLER COUCH."
"A dozen all but one.'
"Where is the foreign guests'
room?"
"Left hand, on the first landing."
"The staircase?"
"Just outside the door."
"Then feitig-go a singing for your
lifer'' -"But
"Sing!"
"Dear heart, they'll murder thee!
Oh. for pity's sake let go my wrist:
"L&taent ye maids An darters- -"
1 stole to thd Qobr and peeped out;
A lantern hung in the passage and
Showed the staircase directly in front
of me. I stayed for a moment to pull
off my boots, and holding them in my
left hand crept up the stairs. In the
kitchen the girl was singing and clat
tering the glasses together. Behind
the door, at the head of the stairs. 1
heard voices, talking- 1 slipped oh
my boots again and tapped on the
patth
"Come in!"
Let me try to describe that on which
my eyes rested as 1 pushed the door
wide TWas a long room, wainscoted
half up the wall in some dark wood,
and in daytime lit by one window
only, which now was hung with red
curtains. By the fireplace, Where" it
brisk wood fire Wfts tcrackiingi leaned
the young gentlewoman I had met at
Hlihgerford, who, as she now turned
her eyes upon me, ceased fingering the
guitar or mandolin that she held
against her waist, and raised her
pretty head not without curiosity.
But 'twas on the table in the centre
of the chamber that my gaze- settled,
and on two men beside it of whom I
must speak more particularly.
The eider who sat in a high-backed
chair, was a little, fraih deformed
gentleman of about fifty, dressed very
richly in dark velvet and furs, and
Wore on his head a velvet skullcap,
around which his white hair stuck
up like a ferret's. But the oddest
thing about him was a complexion
that any maid of sixteen would give
her ears for of a pink and white so
transparent that it seemed a soft
light; must be glowing beneath his
skin. . On either cheek bone this deli
cate coloring centred in a deeper flush.
This" is as much as I need say. about
his appearance, except that his eyes
were very bright and sharp, and his
chin stuck out like a vicious mule's.
The. table before him was covered
with bottles and flasks, in the middle
of which stood a silver lamp burning,
and : over ' it a silver saucepan that
sent up a rare fragrance as the liquid
within It simmer'd and bubbled. So
eager was the old gentleman in watch
ing the progress of his mixture that
he merely glanced up at my entrance,
and then, holding up a hand for si
lence, turn'd his eyes on the saucepan
again.
The second man was the broad
shouldered lackey I had seen riding
behind the coach, and now stood over
the saucepan with a twisted flask in
his hand, from which he pour'd a red
syrup very gingerly, drop by drop,
with the tail of his eye turn'd on his
master's face, that be might know
when to cease.
Now it may be tEat my entrance up
set this experiment in strong drinks.
At any rate, I bad scarce come to a
stand about three paces inside the
dflor, when the little old gentleman
bounces up in a fury, kicks over his
chair, hurles the nearest bottles, to
left and right, and sends the silver
saucepan spinning across the table to
my very feet, where it scalded me
clean through the boot, and made me
hop with pain.
"Spoil'd spoil'd!" he screamed;
"drench'd in filthy liquor, when it
should have breath'd but" a taste!" r
And, to my amazement, he sprang
on the strapping servant like a wild
cat, and began to beat, cuff and be
labor him with all the strength of his
puny limbs.
'Twas like a scene out of Bedlam.
Yet all the while the girl lean'd quiet
ly against the mantel-shelf, and softly
touched the strings of her instrument,
while the servant took the rain of
blows and slaps as though 'twere, a
summer shower, grinning all over his
face, and making no resistance at all.
Then, as I stood dumb with perplex
ity, the old gentleman let go his hold
of the fellow's hair, and, dropping on
the floor, began to roll about in a fit
of coughing, the like of which no man
can imagine. 'Twas hideous. He
bark'd, and writhed, and bark'd again,
till the disorder seem'd to search and
rack every innermost inch of his small
frame. And in the intervals of cough
ing his exclamations were terrible to
listen to.
"He's dying!" I cried, and ran for
ward to help.
The servant pick'd up the chair, and
together we set him in it. By de
grees the violence of the cough abated,
and he lay back, livid in the face,
with his eyes elosed, and hi3 hands
clutching the knobs of the chair. I
turn'd to the . girl. She had neither
spoken Mor stirr'd, but now came for
ward, and calmly ask'd my business.
"I think," said I, "that your name is
Killigrew?"
"I am Delia Killigrew, and this Is
my father, Sir Deakin." -
"Now on his way to visit his estates
in Cornwall?" "
She nodded.
"Then j have to warn you that your
lives are in danger." And. sentlv as
possible, I told her what I had seen
and hfcard downstairs. In the middle
of my tele, the servant stepp'd to the
door, and return'd quietly. There was
no lock on the inside. After a min
ute he went across and drew the red
curtains. The window had a grating
within of iron bars as thick as a hiah's
thumb, Strongly fclamp'd in the stone
work and hot four inches apart;
Clearly; he was a man of few words;
for; returning; he merely pull'd Oiit
his sword, and waited for the end bf
iny faie:
The girl, also, did hot interrupt me;
but listen'd in silence. As I ceas'd,
she said:
"Is this all you know?"
"No," answer'd I, "it is not. But the
rest I promise to tell you if we escape
from this place alive. Will this con
tent you?"
She turn'd to the" servant, whd
hodd'ti; Whereupon she held out her
hand very cordially.
Sh ..listen: we are travelers bdund
for Cornwall; as you know, and have
sOme small possessions; that will
poorly reward the greed of these vio
I lent men. Nevertheless, we should
be hurrying on our journey did we not
await my brother Anthony who was
to have ridden froni Oxford to join
us liei'i? btit has beeii delayed, doubt1
iess; ?ii tho King's business -".
-fehe" broke bfj, as I started; for be
low I her.rd the main door open, and
Captain Settle's voice in the passage.
The arch villain had return'd.
"Mistress Delia," t said hurriedly,
"the twelfth man has cnter'd the
house, and unless wc consider our
plans at once, ail's up with us."
"Tush!" said the old gentleman in
the chair, who; if seems, had henrd
all, hhd now silt up brisk as ever. "I.
for my , part shall mix another glass,
and leave it all to Jacques. Come, sit
by me, sir, and you shall see some
pretty play. Why, Jacques is the
neatest rogue with a small sword in
all France."
"Sir," I put in, "they are a round
dozen in all, and you life at present is
hot Worth a nenny's purchase."
"That's a lie! 'Tis worth this bowl
before mo, that, With or without you,
I ineail to empty. What a fool thing
is youth! Sir, you must be a dying
man like myself to taste life properly.
And, as I am a truthful man," Ve
struck up merrily:
"Hey, nonni nonni no!
Men are fools that wish 10 die!
Is't not fine to laugh and sing
When the bells of death do ring?
Is't not fine to drown in wine.
And turn upon the toe,
And sing, hey nonni no?
Hey, nonni nonni "
"Come and sit, sir, nor spoil sport.
You are-too raw, I'll wager, to be of
any help; and boggling I detest."
"Indeed, sir," I broke in, now thor
oughly angered,-"I can use the small
sword as well as another."
"Tush! Try him, Jacques."
Jacques, still wearing a stolid face,
brought hjs weapon to the guard.
Stung to the qnick, I wheeled around,
and made a lunge or two, that he put
aside as easily as though I was a babe.
And then I know not how it hap
pened, but my sword slipped like ice
out of my grasp, and went flying
across the room. Jacques, sedately
as on a matter of business, stepped
to pick it up, while the old gentleman
chuckled.
I was hot and ashamed, and a score1
of bitter words sprang to my tongue
tip, when the Frenchman, as he rose
from stooping, caught my eye, and
backon'd mc across to him. -
He was white as death, and pointed
to the hilt of my sword and the. denii
bear engraved thereon.
"He is dead," I whispered; "hush
turn your face aside killed by those
same dogs that are now below."
I heard a sob in the true fellow's
throat. But on the instant it was
drowned by the sound of a door open
ing and the tramp of feet on the
stairs.
CHAPTER V.
The Flight in the Pine Wood.
By the sound of their steps I guessed
one or two of these dozen rascals to
be pretty far gone in drink, and" after
ward found this to be the case. I
looked around. Sir Deakin had picked
up the lamp and was mixing his, bowl
of punch humming to himself without
the least concern:
"Vivre en tout cas
1 C'est le grand soulas"
with a glance at his daughter's face,
that was white to the lips, but firmly
set.
"Hand me the nutmeg yonder," he
said, .and then, "why, daughter, what's
this? a trembling hand?"
And all the while the footsteps were
coming up.
"There was a loud knock on the
door.
"Come in!" called Sir Deakin.
At this, . Jacques, who stood ready
for battle by -the entrance, wheeled
round, ,shot a look at his master, and
dropping his point, made a sign to
me to do the same. The door was
thrust rudely open, and Captain Set
tle, his hat cocked over one eye, and
sham drunkenness in his gait, lurched
into the room, with the whole villain
ous crew behind him, huddled on the
threshold. Jacques and I stepped quiet
ly back, so as to cover the girl.
"Would you mind waiting a mo
ment?' inquired Sir Deakin, without
looking up, but rubbing the nutmeg
canly up and down the grater; "a
fraction too much, and the whole
punch will be spoiled." -
It took the Captain "aback, and he
came to a stand, eyeing us who looked
back at him without saying a word.
And this discomposed him - still fur
ther. t (To be continued.)
A man has a lot more friends on his
pay day than be has on theirs, New
York Press.
Oiled Kbad in Kenthfcky.
jislb. HE Oiled road which a pro-
gressive county administra
D Y 0 tio"' taking advantage of
S a generous offer from the
fOW constructors, has introduced
to tne blue grass is an importation from '
the west. The method had its incep
tion and the process has been perfected
in California, other States looking on
with keen interest and in experiments
on small scale, profiting. :
While application Of the Western idea
to mac'adamized fdads is hot new, this
is the pioneer trial in the limestone
region and ori roads such as Fayette
bbasts; What, therefore, has the ap
pearance of a thorough success means
much to Kentucky and the country.
After considerable expenses ,and
preparation, machinery costing $S00
having to be bought, the Home Con
struction Company undertook the ex
periment October 15. Ragland oil, ob
tained from thO Licking Valley Oil &
GaS Company which appears to have
the union of properties necessary to
tho perfect rOad Oil; was used. A mile
and a -half on tt reconstruction part
f the Newtown pike was treated, be
ginning one mile from the limits. A
White's oiler; similar in many respects
to a street sprinkler, spread the crude
oil, over which sand was spread to a
depth of half an inch.
Last Week one of the big rollers of
the company was passed over it. In
the time intervening between laying
and rolling, the lighter oils had evap
orated and the sand and penetrated
limestone had set to an-asphalt coat,
the effect of the roller being still fur
ther to compress and smooth the sur
face. Despite several disadvantages
fcf which inability to heat the oil and
the cOol season 'were chief, the results
are probably all that could be hoped
for. Waterproof, dustless and elastic,
the road has also been made more dur
able. This last feature of the process,
the discovery of which was incidental
to the original use of oil as a dust
layer, has brought it to the. attention
of the entire country. In the west the
first treatment of oil is charged to the
construction account, and after that
the cost is much less than keeping a
road sprinkled. After the-tbird year
it is unnecessary to use the oil except
for patching, and it is calculated that
a well-oiled road will remain dustless
and waterproof for ten years or longer.
The saving in repairing alone wilTbo
large, the added comfort being inci
dental. About 4000 gallons cf oil and a thou
sand bushels of sand were required on
the mile which furnishes the test. The
oil cost 62 cents per barrel. The road
had been reconstructed two years ago,
and Is a type of the fifty-two milc3
around Lexington which the Home
Construction Company is remarking.
If the county finds it advisable to oil
all of the reconstructed pike the goal
of perfection will have been closely
approached.
On the basis of a mile the cost of
oiling the Newtown pike, exclusive
of machinery, was $244.
In future work the oil will be heated.
This will give it greater penetrative
power. Warmer weather will be chos
jn. To remove any inconvenience to
travel only one side of the pike will be
oiled at a time, and the sand will be
spread immediately. About four days
later this side will be ia fit condition
for travel, and the other may be oiled.
Additional machinery also may facili
tate the work. Lexington (Ky.) Her
ald. The Six Great I'ointB.
The great points to be noted, in order
to secure promptly a highway 6ystem
which will answer the requirenier-ts
for comfortable and economical inter
county and interstate vehicular traffic
are:
First. The greatest possible mileage
of earth roads shall be treated so as
to render them available for the great
est period of time during each year.
Second. When old roads are to be
improved by macadamizing extreme
care should be taken in the prepara
tion of the, preliminary estimate lest
confiding investors waste their money,
or would-be investors be frightened
away.
Third. The preliminary estimate and
design for an improved road system
should contemplate the expenditure of
no, dollar that is not absolutely neces
sary to the placing on the particular
mile of highway where it is expended
a substantial road improvement, adapt,
ed to subsoil conditions which prevail
on that mile of road.
Fourth. Good road advocates should
per sistently agitate the question of Na
tional aid for highway construction.
Fifth. The legislative bodies of the
various States not as yet co-operating
should be persistently appealed to until
all have agreed to loan the credit of
those States, in order to wipe out the
discredit- of their present highways.
Sixth. The boards of supervisors in
counties should be urged to supple--ment
the work of their States by the
sale of long term bonds, from the pro
ceeds of which would coire the road
funds.
Do this, and the ?rmy of good roads
people, once so small, will swell so as
to number in its rank all public spirited
Americans, and the day will not be
far distant when the people of this
laid will be as likely to leave their
important roads without smooth water
tight roofs as they will be. to live in
houses which are equally unprotected."
Good Roads Magazine.
A British, scout ship just launched at
itejycastle was v&mH tUc Attentive,
LIFE ON A SKYSCRAPER.
Sow the Roofs of Tall Building Are Util
ized by Dwellers.
The tops of some of the big skyscrap
ers are broad enough-to accommodate
ft game of baseball and one may often
See representatives of the younger
generation of l'oof dwellers indulging
in the delights of one; two old cat For"
hide and seek and tag and a score of
ther games dear to the -childish heart
the opportunities afforded by the cbim
hey s ahd pipes and columns Of thd
broad roof could not be excelled; It is
odd to see little girls giving their doll
parties here in midair above the bus
iest part of one of the busiest streets
in the world. "Some of the roofs have
hammocks and swing", and croquet
grounds and all the other equipment
of a thorough outdoor playground. -
To the older folks, too, the roof of
fers aS- many seductive attractions as
it does to, the children; The- Women
have tea. here out bf doors, unmindful
of the hubbub that prevails below
them in Broadway. The men Smoke"
their evening pipes and chat with vis
iting friends in calm seclusion when
the pulsing life of the busy streets has
Kslmed to silence and the moon is
hanging high above the , Brooklyn
Bridge. A deserted village, is hardly
niore quiet than lower New York in
the evening and night hours and the
roof dwellers are far iess likely to
have their slumbers disturbed than are
the residents of uptown streets and
avenues.
Not all the dwellers of New York's
cloud kissing heights are janitors and
superintendents of big buildings.
There are a number of other case
Where citizens have learned the advan
tages of these lofty dwelling places
and have adopted them as their
homes. The great square tower of the
Produce Exchange building houses
several families; a number of well
known New Yorkers have found the
Madison Square Garden tower a pleas
ant abiding place, and in various spots
about the city others have set up
Lares and Penates on the roofs, fif
teen or twenty stories above the street.
Mr. Osborne, a writer of prominence,
has for many years held a loft in the
tower of Madison Square Garden,
where all his best known works of fic
tion have been produced. Mr. Rich
ard Le Gallienne is another author
who has learned the use to which a
roof may be put by a literary man who
requires quiet, and all this summer he
has virtually lived upon the roof of a
New York hotel. "On my roof," he
says, "I have been ia the midst of the
city's activity though not of it. The
roar of the streets reaches the roof
dwellers as a subdued note and be
sides one is freer of callers, for a man
desires to visit a man very much to
clamber to a roof to see him." This
up-to-date adaptation of the chief fea
ture of a prehistoric civilization adds
one more to the many unique features
cf modern city life. Pilgrim.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Hats and conquerors must expect no
mercy in misfortune. Cotton.
The people never give up their lib
erties but under some delusion.
The soul that suffers is stronger than
the soul that rejoices. E. Shepard.
Accuracy is the twin brother of hon
esty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. C.
Simmons.
People will not look forward to pos
terity who never look backward to
their ancestors.
I will chide no brother in the world
but myself, against whom I know most
faults. Shakespeare.
Few people disparage a distinguished
ancestry except those who .have none
of their own. J. Hawes.
The ultimate result of protecting men
from their folly is to fill the world
with fools. Herbert Spencer.
All government indeed, every human
benefit and enjoyment, every virtue
and every prudent act is founded on
compromise and barter.
A Foot Warmer.
"Persons confined to the bed fre
quently suffer with cold feet," says
the Modern Priscilla. "To such a foot
muff is a great comfort." Make two
cases about seven-eighths of a yard
square of fine, but not heavy, un
bleached muslin. Fill each case' with
feathers enough to make the cushion
plump, but not stiff. Cover each cush-.
ion with any soft material you choose.
Join the cushions securely by three
sides, leaving the fourth open, for the
admission of the feet. -It is a good
plan to make a loose lining of flannel
or something that will wash easily;
this can be basted in, when the muff
is in use, and taken out for washing as
often as necessary. To some persons
this large muff, coming up to the knees
(as it should do), is a more satisfactory
'foot warmer' than either bed socks or
the hot water bag."
English Sparrows Disappearing.
The English . sparrows that fairly
swarmed in New Albany are disap
pearing at a rate that has become no
ticeable to close observers, and they are
at a loss to account for the rapid di
minution in .the number of the birds.
Whether they are dying off, being
trapped or slaughtered in large num
bers, or are going away can only be
surmised, but it is certain that the
number is rapidly decreasing. Persons
who have been observing the decrease
in the number of the birds are inclined
to the belief that they are migrating.
The birds have never before been
known to migrate. Louisville Courier
Journal. JFor Irrigation.-
Irrigation plans already outlined In
California, Oregon and the Dakotas
will involve the expenditure, in round
numbers, of $27,000,000, and reclaim
a million of acres of land, capable of
supporting a population ot SQQOO. ,
Plain Skirt Popular.
The popularity of the plain skirt pre
dicted many months ago has gradually
become an established fact;
When trimming' is used upon the
skirt of cloth or velvet it is. likely to be
in a flat border trimming flat bands,
embroidery, etc., rather than in the
fussy and intricate forms that pre
vailed for a time. v
Fancy velvets, much exploited at the
beginning of the season, have- not
gained the expected popularity, and ten
costumes in plain velvet are worn by
fashionable women to one of fancy vel
vet. In Paris, velvets in alternate
satin and velvet stripes are fairly well
liked, particularly for use in such coats
as the one just described, and consider
able is done with velvets in very small
checks and in hair line stripes.
Velvets of very fine, soft quality in
small checks, copper brown and black,
claret and black, green and black,
green and blue, wood brown -and
mauve and other combinations make
exceedingly pretty and useful blouses
of the shirt waist persuasion, with no
trimming save a smart stock or a shal
low guimpe and cuff finish of lace. In
dianapolis News.
Hew Fads Por Girlu
"Nowadays the smart girl never
makes a mistake in selecting her hat,
for it is not only its coloring and lines
that she studies, but its perfect adapt
ability to her own individual self. The
poke-bonnet, which some way always
suggests kisses and shy sweet girls
of the long ago, is in vogue again. It
is quite as irresistible as ever, and
perhaps a bit smarter in style. But
you can be sure it is not every girl
who will wear one. Yet if she is a
typical "poke-bonnet" gir', then she
will never look prettier than this win
ter in her high-crowned, quaint poke,
tied straight under the dimple in her
chin.
And with the coming of-the poke has
come back another old-time fashion.
For dress occasions white silk stock
ings are now the correct thing. "Worn
with a slipper of black satin or black
shiny leather they look extremely
smart. A new black patent-kid slipper
with a pointed toe and a high heel has
for its decoration a rosette made of
narrow black velvet ribbon. This ro
sette has the effect of being fastened
to the slipper by narrow velvet bands
and bright little rhinestone buckles,
the stockings showing both below and
above the rosette. Woman's Home
Companion.
Married Conrlshlp.
However well assorted a married
couple- may be, it still behooves them
both to take as much pains to please
each other after marriage as before.
"To have and to hold" is the old for
mula which no one can afford to for
get. Many a precious treasure has
been lost beyond recovery, let slip
through careless fingers. One counts
a thing all one's own, and leaves it
unguarded, to come back and find it
gone. When the lover is metamor
phosed into the inattentive or over
bearing and tyrannical spouse; when
the dainty, charming sweetheart
changes into the fretful and r.ntidy
wife, what marvel that the affection
which was lavished upon the original
refuses its tribute to the changeling?
Many a woman has hardened and
grown cold under indifference .which
was perhaps unintentional; many &
man, fairly fond of his wife to begin
with, has found his devotion strangled
by elf locks or smothered in the wrin
kles of a soiled wrapper. Home, it
should always be remembered, is the
shrine of love; its lights siould be kept
trimmed and burning, it should always
be a haven of rest and peace. If,
through carelessness, the lamps grow
dim, if dust gathers on its window
paces, and love finds no rest within
its threshold, who shad blame the little
god if he remembers that he has wings
and uses them? The Household.
IIott to Hold YonrTrleml.
Those who would make friends must
cultivate the qualities which are ad
mired and which attract. If you are
mean, stingy and 'selfish, nobody will
admire you. You must cultivate gener
osity and large-heartedness; you must
be magnanimous and tolerant; you
must have positive qualities; for a
negative, shrinking, apologizing, round
about man is despised. You must cul
tivate courage and boldness; f' a
coward has few friends. You must be
lieve in yourself. If you do not, others
will not believe in you. You must look
forward and be hopeful, cheery and
optimistic. No one will be attracted
to a gloomy pessimist.'
The moment that a man feels that
you have a live interest in his welfare,
and that you do not ask about his
business, profession, book or article
merely out of courtesy, you will get his
attention and Will interest him. You
will tie him to you just in proportion
as to the intensity and unselfishness
of your interest in him. But if you
are selfish and think of nothing but
your own advancement; if you are
wondering how you can use every bo'dy
to help you along; if you look upon
every man or woman you are, intro
duced to as so much possible, capital;
If youjneasnre people by the amount
of business they can send you," or the
number of new clients, patients or
readers of your book they" can secure
you, they will look upon you in the
same way.. --
It you have friends, don't be afraid
to express your . friendship;: don't, be
afraid to tell them that you admire or
love them.' If you.love anybody,' why
not say so? If you enjoy one's com
pany, why not say so?:. It costs you
nothing; it may mean everything to
your friend and to "your friendship.
A lady was asked how she managed
to get along so well with disagreeable
people. "It is very simple,, she re
plied; "all I do is to try to' make the
most of their good qualities and pay
no attention to their disagreeable, ones.?
No better formula by which , to win
and hold friends could, be found. Suc
cess. - ,tV ' 1
. To, Become Graceful. ,i ;
All sorts of exercises to' broaden: the
chest and strengthen ' the shoulders
have been invented and practiced by
the up-to-date woman, for she knows
that upon this one feature alone rests
all her claim to style, the beauty of
her gowns and most of her health.
There is absolutely no use in trying
to find out which .of these exercises are
right and which are wrong. Each of
them possesses some good." But' the
very best exercise I have ever- tried,
and one which was first thought of
by a girl who had. never been interested
in calisthenics, but who' just wanted
to look well, was this: '? ;J
Stand on the middle of the sill of an
open door. Place your hands flat upon
the doorframe at the sides and about
on a level with your shoulders. ' ' "
Keeping the hands firmly in this po
sition, walk as far forward and as far
backward as you can. Do this sixty
tLaies every morning. i ;
At first ycu will feel the muscles of
chest and back stretch and . expand.
After a while they will seem to tug at
your shoulders. In 'a few days the
effort will make you a bit sore across
the chest. But after a month, during
which this exercise has been practiced
regularly, you will nd that it is the
easiest thing - in the world and- that
your chest and back havo been con
siderably enlarged. In time you will
acquire the Gibson girl effect across
the shoulders, and will bs able to in
crease the number of times you can
take .the exercise to e. hundred or a
hundred and fifty. . .
Always have the windows wide open
when you are exercising. Thi3 wiH 4
mit of deep breathing, will keep you
from getting tired and ivill increase
the value of any exercise .-and start
the blood tingling through your veins.
Another exercise which will promote
a good carriage if taken" in conjunc
tion with the one already suggested,
is the following: . . , j . ') ,-,,.
Place- both hands on the hips and
bend forward from the 'waist. Rotate,
the upper part of the- body, bending to
right, back and left, and coming round
to the front again. Do this twenty
time3 the first day and increase When
ever you feel that you can do so with
out taxing yourself ;. .., .
Few women realize that it is not at
the shoulders, but at the waist,' that
they constantly stoop We often call
a girl stoop-shouldered "who In reality
has very good shoulders but weak
muscles about the waist. The wearing
of corsets at too early an age is liable
to weaken these abdominal "muscles,
the spine curves forward ' from the
waist, giving the person a slouchy ap
pearance, LA good back, ' a ' strong,
straight waist line and an erect chia
are quite as. important to a good car
riage as broad, straight shoulders.
New York Press. " " ' " 1
Soft. fabrics prevail for afternooe
wear. ,
That Frenchy little velvet bow is be
ing overworked. v
Warm colors reign supreme in the
complete wardrobe.. ... .. jr.-
A curious-red on the crushed straw
berry order is favored. . , .. ,
Tabs finish many a bodice back, says
the Philadelphia Bulletin.". ' ' 1
Skirt flounces' caught 'down at1 the
bottom in puff effect are new old.:
Every gown has. its shoe or slipper
to match, and the stocking follows suit.
Exquisitely lovely are the pale green
art nouveau combs with jeweled floral
tops. . . " 'J ." ; .
."The blouse with strapped front and
a long silk scarf pulled through is pop
ular. 1 .
Among ths neckwear are pretty little
lace chemisettes to lie worn, with sur
plice bodices. ' . v . ,
One of the new lace blouses has per
fectly close plain sleeves, after the
fashion of ages ago. " .
Mass creamy white roses on the back
of your evening toque where they will
rest against the hair. i ; H
There is a place for odd scraps of
lace in the pointed yoke and deep
cuffs that ornament even cloth? gowns.
The Central American' republics
have xa curious clause in their postal
regulations. The posts that go by wa
ter or railway are required t9 carry
m)l0 without charg.