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VOL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1906.
NO. 46.
Chatham itccoru,
ffl It ad" tirw
LUKE HAMMOND,
THE MISER..
(TBy Prof. Wm. Henry Peck, I copm ik. I j
II . , ... - - I . by Bobxbt Bootee's Sous. 1
II Author of the T5i Stone-Cutter I
HI Of Lisbon,' tC ( riMa reserved) I
CHAPTER VIIL 1
Continued. . ,
"Never mind the will now," said
Lute. "We shall find it, if it is to be
found, and we know it is in the house.
VVe must prepare to meet James
Greene, who will Boon miss his Kate
and begin a search. I overheard him
tell her be would meet her at 7 o'clock
this evening. You see it is yearly 3 in
the morning now. Before this time to
morrow be will lead the police here,
for the scene that passed between us
last nigbt will stimulate us to instant
action."
Very true," said Nancy.
"Very true!' Parrot! Have you no
plan-no plot in tliat cunning head of
vcu by which we may rid ourselves
of him?"' cried Luke.
"James Greene will ruin us if he is
not deceived," said Nancy.
'We cannot deceive him," cried Luke.
"Tis yon who are underrating him. I
tell you be has an eye like a dirk, rind 1
felt it darting through me last night.
James Greene must die!"
Nancy Harker heard this without a
tremor. She had arrived at the same
dread conclusion.
'If be lives we have to die," said she.
And drawing the decanter of brandy
near ber sbe poured out a wineglassful
and drank it herself. "I ha"ve never
felt so cbilly in all my life," said she.
shivering. "He must die, Luke, for our
exposure will draw the fingers of the
law over our past lives, and uncover
more than enough to hang us, had we
ten lives."
'Right,' said Luke. "And now to
g-:t him into our power. Not only must
he die, lest he shall ruin us, but be
cause be is Henry Elgin's intended
heir."
"And what shall you do with Henry
Elgin?" asked Nancy
"I have my plans," said Luke. "Now
keep your mind on James Greene. Do ;
.you know where he lives ?"
"Daniel can find out," said Nancy.
"I know, and so do you, where he
works. He is not a journeyman, but
has a shop of his own.'' .
"Very well," said Hammond. "Now
here is my plan: I will forge a note in
Catharine Elgin's hand asking him to
call here at 9; saying she cannot meet
him at 7 and that he must come dis
guised." "Why disguised?" asked Nancy. In
wonder.
"That when he shall have disap
peared," said Hammond, in a whisper
that sounded like a serpent's hiss,
'men may not say, 'James Greene was
last seen entering Luke Hammond's
house.' "
"Brandy has not dulled your wits, af
ter all," said Nancy, admiringly.
"Brandy does not affect my brain; it
nerves and hardens my heart. Push
the decanter this .way. No! I must
crush the habit it grows! it grows!"
He pushed back his stiff, short hair
and continued:
""The note must tell him to come dis
guised as Luke Hammond."
"Disguised as you!" cried Nancy.
"As me," said Hammond. "He ifl of
my height slim, too though muscular.
I wear my hats of a peculiar shape,
and always white. True, he wears, no
beard that is easily supplied. I'wear
a black silk cap over my hair, and
under my hat, in the street. The nec
essary articles, with one of my coats,
Daniel can take in a satchel a white
hat Greene can get anywhere. The
note will tell him Luke Hammond has
gone out of town for a few days. Old
Fan will meet him at the door, and tell
him Catharine Elgin wishes to see
him in the eastern wing; he will follow
her, and she will lead him through the
old store-room. Do you know what is
in that store-room, Nancy Harker?"
"Yes a trap-door, opening from . be
low, and immediately over an old well,
thrity feet deep rocky at 'the bottom,"
said Nancy, with sparkling eyes but
livid face.
"Not rocky, Nancy Harker. No
rocks; or, if there are roCks, they are
covered with a depth of six feet of
ooze, slime and mud. An alligator
tossed in there would suffocate," said
Luke.
"And when old Fan has led. him into
the storeroom, what then?" asked
Nancy.
"James Greene will vanish and his
Place shall be known no more among
the living," saii Hammond.
Nancy Harker shuddered and asked:
"He being removed, what then?"
"The papers will become full of the
mystery," said Luke. "Perhaps, after
a few days, bis body shall be found
floating in the East River. The certain
ty of bis death will so weaken Cathar
Elgin that, to save h'er father's life
she will reveal where she has hidden
the will."
"To save her father's lifer' exclaimed
ancy.
Yes. I shall threaten to remove him
also," said Hammond.
"Then the will found and de
stroyed?" asked the admiring Nancy.
'The same threat shall force her to
consent to marry my son Charles," said
Hammond. "I expect him every hour."
"Suppose Charles will not marry
ter?" said Nancy.
; "Ha! woman! do you. think' he jgould
disobey his father!" cried Hammond,
to whom this contingency had never
occurred.
"We did ours," said Nancy, very ab
ruptly. "True;. I must think of that," said
Hammond. .
"Take it as a fixed fact that Charles
wll refuse to marry her," persisted
Nancy. "We must be prepared at all
points."
"Then, by my blood," said Hammond,
"I will marry her myself!"
"You! She thinks you are her un
cle!"
"I will undeceive her, Nancy Har
ker," said Luke. "You know I am no
more her uncle than Daniel is. I begin
to love that girl. Se looks like a
queen."
"You are a fool," said Nancy. "Why
not forge a will in favor of yourself, if
you can destroy the genuine, or force
Henry Elgin to make one in your fa
vor?"
"Nonsense!" said Hammond. "Men
the world would suspect villainy at
once the law might smash the will to
atoms besides, I should have to re
move Elgin and his daughter. Too
m-jch removing, and I dread to forge."
"True, and justly," said Nancy; "re
membering how your fingers have been
burned in other cases."
"Speak low!" said Luke. "We may
place ourselves in the power of the ser
vants." "We are now, as for that," said
Nancy.
"And they in ours; so we'll all float
or sink in the same boat."
"Tell me," asked Nancy, after a long
pause, "if you shall succeed in forcing
Henry Elgin to make a will in your fa
vor, and in forcing Kate to marry you,
Gr your .son, what guarantee have you
that Henry Elgin or she will not on
first chance denounce you to the au
thorities?"
"Idiot!" exclaimed Luke. "Do you
suppose ! shall ever permit Heny El
gin to leave this house alive? Is he not
already dead to the world? Could I or
he account to the world for his sup
posed death and burial? No; Henry El
gin only lives until the genuine will
shall have been destroyed."
"But if James Greene be destroyed.
what matters the will?" asked Nancy.
. "If it should ever be found, foolish
woman," replied Luke, "people would
remember the disappearance of James
Greene. Then in their minds would ex
ist a cause for that disappearance the
will in his favor! That cause would be
that another might possess the estate,
and as I would be the possessor, ha!
Luke Hammond might hang for "the
murder of James Greene!"
"Good!" said Nancy. "You are. care
ful. But after Greene and Elgin shall
have been removed, and Kate has be
come your wife, or the wife of your
son, what security will you have that
her hate or vengeance shall not con
sume you as fire does stubble?"
"She shall remain a -prisoner until
tamed to love her husband, or go
mad!" said Hammond.
"Go mad!" exclaimed Nancy.
"Go mad, or die but that is far
ahead as yet," said Hammond; "and
the present Is more to be feared by us
than the future."
Neither of the wicked pair cast a
thought toward the great and awful fu
ture of the life-after death; or, if either
did, 'twas not shown by word or look
"And now," said Hammond, placing
writing materials before him. "for the
decoy note to James Greene. He has
a note of hers in hand I heard her tell
him that sbe sent him one inviting him
here. She keeps a diary you will find
It in her room."
Nancy Harker hurried away and spon
returned with Catharine Elgin's diary,
Hammond placed it before him as a
guide in his forgery and began to write,
"That note may be left elsewhere by
James Greene," said Nancy, wishing to
display her shrewdness, "and-may
guide a search for him hither."
"I am providing against that," said
Hammond, as he wrote. He "was a
skillful penman, and soon read his pro
duction as follows:
New York, March 10, 18
"My Dearest James Mr H. has gone
to Baltimore on business which will
detain him for several days. We must
improve the opportunity. Unfortunate
ly I am quite ill to-day, and unable to
meet you at 7, but you must come to
see me between 9 and 10 to-night. To
gether we will seek for the cause of
the mysterious noises m this house.
"As Mr. H. has spies all around me.
and especially ope who resides oppo
site, and who will tell of your visit if
vou are recognized, you must come in
disguise.. I have bribed Daniel, one of
the servants, to take this note to you
and Fan, the cook, to open the door for
you. Daniel will furnish you with a
disguise which I have selected. f01d
Fan is very deaf and near-sighted, and
as I fear Mr. H. might return I have
told Fan you will give her this note
when vou enter. She will lead you
into the parlor and then bring the note
to me to assure me of your presence.
will then meet you in the parlor, or
Fan will conduct you to me.
",You must noj fail to come under any
consideration, dear James. Ever your ,
own, KATY ELGItf."
"How's that?" said Luke, placing the
note before Nancy.
'Excellent," said Nancy. "Had I-
not seen you write it I would have
sworn Catharine Elgin wrote it.
But -" '
'But what?" demanded Luke.
'If he should not bring this letter?
He may think a note in reply assuring
Miss Elgin of his presence will v be
enough, and that old Fan. will not no
tice the difference. You know lovers
treasure the letters of their beloved.
Besides, he may there is a possibility
leave the note behind, or show it to
some friend."
'James Greene will not show such a
note to any one. He is of that nature
to consider it a sacred thing. But if
he should leave it behind it would not
matter."
'How so? You are foolish." said
Nancy.
"No, I am cunning. The ink with
which I have written that note will
fade from the paper within twenty
hours. I have used it often. I can
grade Its durability so that it may last
a week, a month, or a year. I have
written personal obligations, not trans
ferable, and borrowed money with that
ink. When the holder of my note
brought It to me, when due, the note
had become blank paper. So if James
Greene does leave this decoy letter be
hind, long before his absence shall
have' become remarked by his friends
not a vestige of the ink will remain.
I assure you that ink has been of great
use to me," he added, folding and back
ing the forged letter.
"If you don't succeed," said Nancy,
with a burst of admiration, "old Nick
"Right," laughed Luke. "And now
go to bed. It is nearly 4 o'clock, and
you must be sleepy."
"And you, Luke?" said Nancy, as she
rose to depart.
"Cannot sleep; have not slept in my
bed for months, Nancy. I sleep in that
large chair. Ready for flight or fight,
as either may seem best."
"You are childish. Nothing can hin
der me from sleeping."
"No? I will tell you something to
keep you awake."
"I defy you," replied Nancy.
"Listen," said Luke in a grave voice.
John Marks has been here to-night.
What do you think he told me?"
"That he wanted money. He always
did. the spendthrift," said Nancy.
"Is that the way you speak of your
husband, Nancy?"
"Husband!" exclaimed Nancy. "A!
lie! John Marks and I separated years
ago.
"True. You and John Marks could
never agree. I did not tell him you
were here."
"Don't. If you do you'll regret it!"
said she.
"Won't that bit of news keep you
awake?" asked Luke.
"Not a minute," replied Nancy.
"Well, then, I must make my prom
ise good. John Marks told me that
there is now in New York a woman
named. Harriet Foss!"
"Harriet Foss!" muttered Nancy,
sinking into a chair and staring in ter
ror.
"Ho! That'll keep you awake, Nan
cy," sneered Luke. '
"Can you sneer and know your dan
ger while Harriet Foss lives, Luke?"
"Bah! I have already prepared for
her removal," said Hammond. "John
Marks will take care of her."
"Speak out, Luke!" cried Nancy.
"Have you employed John Marks to
to "
"Now do you speak out, Nancy," said
Hammond. "No, I have no design on
her life."
"Good-night," said Nancy, as weak
and pale as if just from a swoon.
"When John Marks calls here again
let me see him."
She departed, leaving Hammond
alone.
"Ha! she wants to see my friend,
John Marks," said Luke, locking the
doors about him and tasting his brandy
largely. "I know what she wants of
him. Nancy is a terrible woman some
times." Hammond then seated himself in his
sleeping chair, and soon fell soundly
asleep, with cocked pistols on the table
before him. Luke Hammond was dan
gerous game to take alive!
CHAPTER IX.
FAIT AND KATE ELGIX.
While Hammond sleeps, plotingerea
n his dreams, we will visit Kate El
gin, as she sits in her chair, with old
Fan crouching on the floor, her crooked
back against the door, and her distorted
yellow eyes, bloodshot and fierce, star
ing at the unfortunate girl.
Luke Hammond was right when he
said Kate Elgin planned, but she
planned first of all to establish some
means of communication with hei
father!
"The heart of Mrs. Harker is a
flint," said Kate, as she surveyed hei
strange position, when that evil woman
was in the room. "I will have nothing
to'say to her." .
After old Fan had been installed as
guard for the night, and after, Luk
Hammond's last visit Kate, resolved
to speak.
"Fanny!" said she.
"No my name is Fan old Fan," said
the old woman. "When I was young
and pretty like you, they called mc
Pretty Nellie." ;
"They? Who were 'they?' " asked
Kate.
, To be continued.
Prostrate.
"Well, I've lost the job he gave me."
"Too bad. Isn'tthere anything f oi
you to fall back on?" x
"Not unless somebody digs a hol
under me. I'm flat now." Philadel
phia Press. -
Employing Convicts as Coadmakeri.
bcu. ARDEN PATRICK HAYES,
mm jl of the Kings County Pen
O A O itentiary, believes that the
- idle prisoners in the va
WTT rious prisons and peni
tentiaries In the State could be em
ployed to great benefit to the State and
to themselves in the building of public
roads. If the convicts.. were thus put
at - work, the Warden . believes, the
State would in ; time have the finest
system of highways in the country.
To demonstrate the practicability of
his theory, the Warden is just now en
gaged in experimental work along
these lines. He is employing the idle
prisoners in the Kings County Peni
tentiary to lay out a street near the
prison.
This street is being laid through a
large plot of land owned by the county
to the south of the penitentiary. The
street will be an extension of Mont
gomery street. It is being cut through
a sandhill, and about 100 convicts are
being employed in the work. The pris
oners seem to enjoy the work, as there
is nothing for them to do in the peni
tentiary, and the road-building fills in
their time and occupies their minds.
"I think," said Warden Hayes,, dis
cussing his theory as to the employ
ment of convicts, "that the State might
well take up the question of' road
building by convicts. It would be a
most excellent thing for both the State
and the convicts themselves. It would
keep prisoners from going insane for
want of employment, for one thing,
and yet would place them in no direct
competition with other workers. By
the employment of inmates of penal
institutions many miles of good roads
might be laid out in the State at very
little cost.
' "The only expense the city will be
asked to stand in the laying out of
the street we are cutting through here
will be for the curbing. The road will
be about 750 feet long and 70 feet in
width. When we have cut down to
the grade level we will lay a good
macadam roadbed,, most of the stone
for which we are taking out right here.
When this street is completed it will
be every bit as good a piece of road
way as there is in Brooklyn, and its
cost will represent but very little more
than the expense of keeping the pris
oners, which would have to be borne'
by the county, anyhow, whether the
prisoners were at work or idle." New
York Times.
Construction and Koads.
In a serial article on American auto
mobile construction The Automotor
Journal of England says in relation to
light steam vehicles: "The light and
flexible frame of a runabout, which
is all that is wanted on smooth town
pavements, appears to be also almost
the only thing which will stand the
bad roads of the United States. It
does not follow that it is the best ar
rangement for English roads. Per
haps it will be found that a more
turdy build will be better able to
stand the more vibratory effect of a
hard English road than would the
jointed frame which is so well adapt
ed to wriggle over a cruder and more
earthy highway." If this is not strict
ly correct without some reservation it
is at least very well put. In the same
article other remarks of interest are
made, such as the following:" "The
American likes to make a running
gear, consisting of a frame and wheels,
which he can treat as a complete
thing. The body can be added as a
distinct part of itself, the motor either
attached to the frame or fastened t
the body and joined to the driving axle
by a radial link. For motor vehicles,
in which the driving axle must be at
a fixed distance from the crank shaft,
the former method has its merits, but
it is usually preferred in practice to
attach the motor to the body. For
rough. roads and high speeds it is dif
ficult to provide adequate separate, at
tachment for the motor.
"The use of reaches, or an equiva
lent, forming a framework with the
two axles, has the advantage, without
involving the body, of transmitting
direct- thrusts or pulls between the
axles, the members being jointed in
such a way as to allow vertical play.
This arrangement directly prevents
that hesitation of the front wheels to
mount an obstacle which increases
jolting, and it also makes the effect
of braking one pair of wheels less un
comfortable." The French Code and Love.
The French Minister of Justice re
cently appointed a commission to re
vise the code, and the commission di
vided itself into ten subTcommissions,
one of which has just made a remark
able proposal. This is nothing less
than that the court should declare
"l'amour" to be the basis of marriage.
"Husband and wife shall be required
to love each other," says the resolu
tion, which has been adopted by sev
eral commissioners, including the cele
brated dramatist, Paul Harvieu, and
the celebrated novelist, ; Marcel Pre
vost. ,If they do not know all about
love in relation to marriage, who does?
If the code should be revised in ac
cordance with their views, we presume
that no marriage in France " will be
valid unless the parties declare that
love is the bond of union. . The mar
riage of convenience will not be legal.
Here's a French revolution, and. no
mistake! And what will become of
the novels and plays? London Chronicle,
JUGGLING WITH FIRE.
tClie Great Seat That the Human Body.
Can Endure. '
v Fire tricks were practised in very
ancient times, says a learned professor
in the Washington Star. .Many of to-,
day's best-known tricks were employed
to deceive the public of long ago.
There is nothing even now which as
tonishes the ignorant more than the
breathing of flame, an accomplishment
handed down from remote antiquity.
The first known fire-breather was a
Syrian slave named Eunus, a leader
in the servile war in Sicily, 130 B. C.
He pretended to have immediate, com
munication with the gods. When de
sirous of inspiring his followers with
courage he breathed flames and sparks
from his mouth.
..-In order to perform this marvel,
JSunus pierced a nutshell at both ends,
and having filled it with some burning
substance, he put it in his mouth and
breathed through it. The same trick
is performed to-day, in an approved
manner. The juggler rolls together
some flax or hemp into a ball about the
size of a walnut, which he lets burn
until nearly consumed. Then he rolls
round it more flax while it is still burn
ing. By this means the fire is retained
in the ball for a long time. He slips
this ball into his mouth unperceived,
and breathes through it. His breath
revives the fire, and he sustains no
injury so long as he inhales through
his nostrils only.
For deceptions with fire the ancients
also employed naphtha, which is so
combustible that it kindles when it
only approaches a flame. The priests
of old took advantage of this property
of naphtha to make their offerings
catch fire as if spontaneously.
Various theories have been advanced
to account for other feats. An ancient
ordeal was the holding of a red-hot
iron by the accused. Such trials were
conducted by the priests, who covered
the hands of those whom they desired
should escape with a protective paste.
The peculiar property of mineral salts,
such as alum, in protecting articles of
dress from fire has long been known.
An old Milanese devised a costume
consisting of a cloth covering for the
body which had been steeped in alum.
A metallic dress of wire gauze was
added to this, and thus protected, a
man could walk on hot iron in the
midst of flames.
Very interesting experiments have
shown that great heaf may be endured
by the human body. Two doctors, in
the course of their researches on the
subject, stayed in a room where the
temperature was 2G0 degrees.! A beef
steak was cooked in the same atmos
phere, and was overdone in thirty
minutes. Sir Francis Chantrey re
mained for two minutes in a furnace
much hotter, the thermometer indicat
ing 320 degrees when he came out.
WORDS OP WISDOM.
Love is life's magnetism.'
Serenity follows sincerity.
A bias is not a good basis.
Happiness is heart health.
A loose tongue quickly gets into a
tight place.
The saddest loss of all would be to
lose all sorrow.
Chill a child and you find it hard to
thaw out the man.
"The best way of effacing a failure
is to obtain a success."
"You cannot show a greater want of
tact than in attempting to console a
person by making light of his grief."
Make any one think he has been
clever or agreeable and he will think
you have been so. Nineteenth Cea
tury. Serenity sits upon the brow of him
who has grown old gracefully,, upon
whose heart time has laid his" hand
gently. Rabbi D. Phillipson.
Those who have the most of happi
ness think the least about it. But ia
thinking about and in doing their -duty
happiness comes, because the heart
and mind are occupied, with earnest
thought that touches at a thousand
points the beautiful and sublime, reali
ties of the universe. Thackeray. -
Neva From Venice.
George Ade recently heard that an
old lady from the neighborhood down
in Indiana where he was born was in
town on a visit to a grand-daughter.
Mr, Ade thought that theatre tickets
would be a fitting attention, and on
consulting her as to her choice of plays
she explained that she, had seen the
"Merchant of Venice" over thirty years
ago, and had always had a strong de
sire to witness it again. He accord
ingly looked to it that her wish was
gratified.
Calling the next day, he asked her
how she found that "the performance
compared with the one of long ago.
"Well," she replied,- "Venice seems to
hae spruced up a right smart bit, but
that Sljylock is the same mean, grasp
ing critter that he used to be." Har
per's Weekly.
Subterranean Dwelling: in Ireland.
An interesting find of subterranean
dwellings of primitive man has been
made in County Antrim, thus, in all
probability, establishing the presence
at one time in that part of Ireland of
a race which occupied a great part of
the European Continent "before the ap"
pearance of the earliest Celt. It is
held by many authorities that the
Lapps are the living representatives
of the early race to which these under
ground dwellings are ascribed. It
seems also extremely likely that a
large proportion of the fairy lore of
the later races is derived from the
actual existence of these "little people"
in holes in the earth in the out-of-the-way
places to which they had retired
for safety. London County Gentle
man.; " "
m
To Keep an Umbrella.
An umbrella should. not be opened
out to dry, as the stretchers are apt to
warp in the bent form, giving the un
sightly appearance when the umbrella
is closed. The silk should be left to
drain with the handle downward, and
gently wiped with ah old silk handker
chief. A Cozy Living Boom,
A delightf Hi idea for a country "cot
tage living room is shown in one of
the art decorating shops. The scheme
is brown and yellow, with gleams of
green. The furniture is browned oak
with cushions of browned linen; the
draperies are lattice cloth of brown
and green. The lamp is of brown pot
tery, with a Jap paper shade showing
yellow daffodils and long green leaves.
On a shelf is seen some dull green pot
tery and a bunch of yellow crocuses In
a brown vase delights the eye on a
small table.
Cheerful Philosophy;
When I could not obtain large pleas
ures I put together as many small ones
as possible. ' Small pleasures, depend
upon it, lie about as thick as daisies
in summer, and for that very reason
are neglected, trodden under foot, in
stead of being worn in our button
holes. We cannot afford to buy roses
at Christmas, or camellias at any time,
and so we couple buttercups with vul
garity, and things that grow in the
hedge side we let wither where they
grow, for no other reason than that
the king's highway is not a royal gar
den. Woman's Life.
How to Care For the Hair;
Mothers should teach their girls to
care for their hair as early as possi
ble. If a girl is coaxed into the habit
of giving her locks a hundred strokes
with a clean brush every morning and
every evening and braiding them loose
ly for bed, the foundation for a fu
ture beautiful head of hair will be
laid. Too many children are allowed
to go to bed with their hair in tausled
condition, only to have it jerked and
tangled hastily when school time comes
around. Such a practice is disastrous
to the nerves of a sensitive child and
ruinous to the hair. Never allow one
child to use- the other's hairbrush.
Indianapolis News.
Scraps of Lace.
Scraps o lace, both new and old, and
especially those of floral design, are
most useful to the ingenious and taste
ful woman for beautifying her gowns.
She begins by cutting out the leaves
and flowers from the net foundation
and applying them to the silk or other
material which she desires to adorn.
Then she works .over the design, cov
ering up the lace well with silk, and so
gaining a really good effect.
The lace answers all the purpose of a
stamped design, and indeed it is better,
for it causes the embroidery to stand,
out well without any padding, and, if
nicely arranged, is more pleasing and
far more original looking than any of
the patterns, sold at shops, which
every one may have who cares to pay
for them. Newark Advertiser. :
The Girl Who Poses.
Save you ever happened to meet the
girl who is always posing? There" are
girls, and many of them, who .are af
flicted with this habit, and it is, indeed,
a bad one. Just give her a seat within
range of a mirror,s or the visions of
some few persons, and she is content;
.give her a sympathetic listener, a pair
of admiring eyes and that is all she
asks.
Her one redeeming feature is the
fact that she had rather pose than
talk. Her silence is to those near her,
really golden. At home the mirror is
this girl's most constant companion,
and before it she studies herself In
every conceivable attitude, looking for
her best points so that she may show
them. If she has one really goad feat
ure that is brought into effect at all
times; it is never allowed to go unob
served. Her companions and friends
are never allowed to forget for one
moment that she possesses that feat
ure.
The girl who poses never forgets
herself and her attitudes long enough
to do things for which she might be
loved. She is generally not popular
with either sex, for she is too obviously
seeking effect. There Is nothing genu
ine about her.
How to Iiools. Tonne.
A young old woman! Yes, there are
such women, but they are also few and
far between. A limited number of the
female sex have really found the art
of growing young even though Father
Times tries all in his power to dis
courage it. but i cannot be accom
plished by the beauty doctors mas
seurs or physical culture teachers. As
one noted beauty says, "it is easily
accomplished by simply overlooking
the approach of old age." A woman
who wishes to retain youth cannot af
ford to worry over trifles, and much
less over large affairs. A statement
that there is no trouble large enough
to'pay for one wrinkle, maj be attrib-
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uted to one who knows how matters
stand, and perhaps if more women
would accept advice of this natura
there would be less old women. The
grace of growing old is the art of re
maining young. If one did not worry;
there would be less wrinkles to fight.
fewer complexion doctors necessarj
and greater happiness would exist.
Girls entering school worry until thej
graduate, then worry about getting a:
husband, and after capturing one wor
ry for their children until they are
along into years, and practically the
same things occurs over again. , The
mother worries her future son-in-law;
and daughter-in-law, and when all is
accomplished she begins to realize hen
advancing- age, and steps are taken)
immediately to undo all that the past
years have done and it is one of the
things that cannot be accomplished..
One must start from the beginning,
and it is well to teach the-daughters
the value of self composure, of check-
ng their' nerves before it is too late.
the great art of looking at life pleas
antly, and not taking it too serious vL
matter. Life is short, almost too short,'
but during that time women cannot
afford to allow age to come upon them
until it is time. It is their duty to look
as well as possible at all times and not
for a moment must it be considered
a burden. Newark Advertiser.
Faahlons For Little Boys' Suits.
Little boy, fashion to suit the little'
boy's mamma must unite a certain ele
gance and taste .with small expense:
Just at present there are two general
styles from which all others are de
rivedone the plain blouse relieved
with straps, a large collar, reveres and
similar trappings, ' and the other a
pleated or tucked blouse which is
adorned and varied in like fashion.
Both are long waisted, with long ef
fect from the shoulder to the hem of
the blouse, and the wide belt is drawn
down in the front to a moderate de
gree. Modes for the little folks are less
rigid than formerly, and especially inv-
the little boy's wear, and his mamma
has the privilege of reckoning with. s
his age, stature and size in general.
The patterns are growing simpler. One
will find now that the tucked blouse
has quite taken the place of the;
flounced and ruffled ones, which were
worn by boys several seasons ago
Lightweight serge and cloth are usect
extensively as the most popular ma
terials for the boy for his spring at
tire, and such suits are economical and
stylish. .
For boys under six years of age there
is no style of dress more becoming
than the kilt, made Highland fashion,
and a blouse. Moreover, the kilt is a
much jnore healthy dress than trousers,
as it gives perfect freedom, while pro
viding a sufficient amount of warmth:"
for the most vital parts of the body.
The chief thing in putting a child into
kilts is to be sure and have the skirt
kilted, and not side pleated, which.'
last named more often than not sticks
out on all sides s with quite a ballet,
skirt effect. .
In a proper Highland-kilt the skirt
must be no longer or shorter than to
just cover the tips of the knees, the
waist edge being at the height pf the
waist edge of the trousers, and finished
in the same way, if suspenders are to
worn. Otherwise the skirt should be
sewn to a lining bodice. There is never
any marked change In the fashions foe
small boys' clothes during the hot days.
for the sailor and Russian blouse suits
seem to be the best that can be de
signed, and, consequently, the fashion
remains in favor in all weathers.
Lighter patterns in silk braid are the
vogue. '
Novelties in both color and design
prevail.
Horizontal tucks for the bottom ot
skirts are all very large. '
The keynote of good style n em-
broidered trimmings is the broderie
anglaise. . ' .
Transverse tucks make a very effec
tive trimming for tulle, Brussels net,
or chiffon.
Velvet bands and bows will give
just the right touch to the fashionable
costume of fancy silk.
A very smart trimming for silk or
fine cloth is a combination of Venise
lace and broderie anglaise.
A three inch Hercules braid, em
broidered in silk in Persian colors, iS
a recent idea in dress garnitures. ,
Laces will adorn everything this sea
son, and Valenciennes, " the most ex
quisite of fine laces, is in highest
vogue. .-
Little ribbon and silk bows, sometimes-
so small they suggest tuftings,
are used to dot surfaces and spaces
that otherwise would . be flat, - trim
ming skirt flounces, bodice, yokes, etc