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VOL. XXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 4, IM6 NO, 21.
LITTLE MARE-BELIEVE
A CHILD OF
BY B. L.
PART II.
BLOSSOM.
CHAPTER VII.
Adolescence.
Vith the majority of human beings
the period of adolescence is the most
Buiuteresting portion of life.
Tiie Fretty ways of childhood have
run their tender and fascinating
course, and there is a long wait, as at
the fall in the act-drop in the drama.
To, this rule, however, Little . Make
Believe was an exception.
Her life was full of color, and every
day that dawned brought with it the
necessity of action.
This struggle for the bare necessar
ies of life, this fight for food, was re
plete with interest, albeit of a painful
kind.
Yet from her inner being, in which
lay a well of purest sweetness, she
drew a wondrous compensation for
anxiety and suffering; her gratitude
for trifles was so great that it might,
with some semblance of truth, be said
that the pleasure of her days was born
of the pain thereof, and would have
been of a lower quality had her need
been less.
She had found a friend, however, but?
for whom she might have succumbed,
the world was so powerful and she so
jveak.
These last words have nothing of ex
aggeration in them, for the world was
her enemy.
Ruled by social laws which of very
necessity might have compelled Little
Make-Believe to drift into wrong do
ing, in the eyes of the world she was
a sore blemish, for which none but the
narrow-minded could have condemned
her.
Happ?ly for her, of this exceedingly
numerous order of beings Thomas Dex
ter was not a member.
From that night upon which he was
a spectator of his own funeral in Para
dise Buildings he became her friend.
Iri a small way certainly. To the ex
tent, probably, of three or four pen
nies in the course of a week, bestowed
vpon her a penny at, a time when he
met her in the streets.
It was little enough, but it was a
help. The wonderful godsend of three
bright shillings from his hand to hers
-was not repeated, but that was hardly,
t be expected.
The occasional pennies were a wind
fall which often sent Little Make-Believe
home rejoicing.
Samcne grew, stronger and more
beautiful, and, accepting as her, right
the cheerful willingness to provide for
her which was Little Make-Belleve's
chief rule of life, did no work herself
eren when she was old enough for it.
But it is hard to say what she could
have done had sad fortune deprived
her of her supporter. .
She knew nothing, had learned neth
ing, and was easily discouraged,
whereas Little Make-Believe foughj
doggedly against the heavy odds, and
sometimes exclaimed (sometimes in the
midst of bitter tears), "Never say die.'.
During the years that intervened be-
tween childhood and womanhood the.
sisters became acquainted with three'
persons who were destined to play im-.
portant parts in their histories. !
Two were gentlemen, one a boy of
the people.
Where this latter came from no one
in Clare Market knew.
Same said he had dropped from the
clouds an euphemism, for he more
likely sprang from the gutters.
He was utterly wild, ungovernable
and -untamable and seemed to have
gypsy blood in him.
Questioned about his parents, his re
ply was that he "didn't know nothink
about 'em."
He had lived anyhow, from hand to
mouth, as the saying is.
Where he slept, how he managed to
live, where he came from, and if there
existed a human being in the world
.with whom he could claim the smallest
tie of kinship these were questions
.which none could answer.
In some odd way he became ac
quainted with Little Make-Believe and
Saranne, and would sometimes sit in
the cellar with the one and stroll
through the streets with' the other.
A bad companion in every way, but
they were not in a position to choose
their associates.
Whatever, fell to their share, they
were compelled to accept, whether for
good or ill.-
From the policeman, Thomas Dexter
who had seen the lad with Little
Make-Believe, and was curious about
him received his character.
"A bad lot, sir. - Been locked up a
dozen times, at least. When he's
charged no one comes for'ard to speak
up for him. When he's asked ,in court
whether he doesn't belong to some
body or whether somebody don't bo
long to him he sarces the. magistrate
and tells him to mind his own. A
regular bad lor, sir, is Foxey." ' , .
This was the name by which he was
known.
A personal experience of Thomas
Dexter's was confirmatory of the char
acter given to Foxey by the police
man. -
He had bought some odds and ends
u a'ae'tiou. which he engaged a man to
wheel ho:ne in a barrow.
o-c.y, coming oa the scene nhile
THE SLUMS.
FARJEON.
tne gooes were "Delng conveyed" Ihtc
the shop, appropriated an old-fashioned
mirror and made off with it.
Thomas Dexter, whose back for the
moment was turned, detected Foxey in
the act of running away, and he in
stantly ran after him.
Without assistance Thomas Dextei
might have run to the land's end with
out catching Foxey, but a woman
caught and held the lad till Dexter
reached him.
Then the lad, twisting himself out
of the woman's grasp, dashed the mir?
rop to the ground, shivering it to
pieces, and dodging between. Dexter's
legsT made" nTs"es capeT
Thomas Dexter picked himself up,
ana gazing ruefully at his destroyed
property, returned to his shop.
. He declined to charge Foxey with the
theft, having a horror of police courts,
but when he met the lad and Little
Make-Believe in the street, he laid his
hand upon the girl's shoulder and de
tained her.
"You shouldn't be seett," he said,
"with that young thief. He'll make
yer as bad as he is himself."
"Here, stash that!" cried Foxey,
while Little Make-Believe looked from
one to the other in fear and trembling.
"Jest you mind yer own business, and
let Make-Believe mind her'n,"
"You know I'm yer friend," said
Thomas Dexter, still addressing Little
Make-Believe. "That little villain there
stole a mirror from me, and when he
was caught shivered it to bits."
Foxey laughed loudly and malicious
ly, which caused Thomas Dexter to
exclaim, "I could have had him locked
up for it."
"Well," retorted Foxey, defiantly,
"why didn't yer? I don't care far being
locked up. You're too much of a sneak,
that's what you are. Yah! I say,
gov'ner, how much was that bit of
glass worth?"
"It was worth half a sovereign, you
rascal."
"It "Would have paid yer to give me a
bob rather than have it broke, wouldn't
It?"
"Yes, it would."
"Why didn't you say so, then? A
ways agreeable, gov'ner, to take any
think that's give to me. So's Make
Believe, ain't yer 2"
But between these two stools Little
Make-Believe was too frightened to
speak.
"I ain't good enough for Make-Believe,
ain't I? Oh, no,, not a bit of it.
There's a bobby. Give me in charge
I Son't care! You ain't got the sperrit
of a mouse, that's what you ain't got
Look here, Make-Believe, I'll git a silk
hat and welwet westcut, and then I
shall be good enough to walk along
side yer. Crikey! what a honor!"
And off walked Foxey, imitating the
gait of members of fashionable circles.
Before another twenty-four hours
had passed over his head, Thomas Dex
ter had a further experience of Foxey.
He missed a small piece of ivory,
carved into the hideous unlikeness of
a human being one of those Chinese
monstrosities which many persons, who
should know, better, believe belongs to
htgh art.
He could not imagine where ifc had
got to. It was on his counter for a few,
minutes 'during which no suspicious
person had been in the shop.
While he was hunting about and per
plexing himself over his loss, he saw
Foxey grinning in his shop windows.
He went to the door to hunt the
scamp away when Foxey, touching his
cap with mock respect, said:
"I say, guv'nor, does yer want to
buy a reg'lar keuriosimosity?"
"Be off with yer, yer vagabond,"
cried: Thomas Dexter.
"Don't be so tippy; I ain't gammon
ing, s'help me tater. It's the rummest
bit of ivory you ever sor" Thomas
Dexter pricked up his- ears "with a
face a good deal uglier nor mine, and
ears as large as his head. Come, now,
what'll yer give for it?"
"Have yer got it about yer?"
"Not me! A particular friend of
mine found it in a dust cart. Honci
bright and shining! Will yer give half
a dollar for it?"
"I'll give yer a shilling," said Thomas,
Dexter, not doubting that the article
was his own.
" RA bob! Well, you are a mean cussl
But you shmil have it. I say, honor
among thieves, you know."
"Bring it to me, and you shall have
your shilling.''
Foxey departed, and in the course of
an hour returned witli the ivory carv
Ing, for which, in a state of great In
dignation, Thomas Dexter gave him a
shilling.
This kind of persecution might have
developed into something serious for
Dexter, had not a stop been put to it
by Foxey being taken into custody,
and put upon his trial for an unblush
ing theft committed on a tradesman,
who was less tender of police courts
than the old curiosity dealer.
Foxey's proceedings at his trial were
the cause of a great many leading arti
cles in the newspapers.
He conducted his own defense with
extraordinary impudence and shrewd
ness, and pleaded that he stole thie
goods for the simple purpose of pur
chasing "a silk hat and a welwet west-
cut," so that he might "cut a reg'lsf
swell."
As a further proof of his effrontery
and absolute recklessness, he called
Thomas Dexter as a witness of char
acter. Loath as he was, Thomas Dexter
was compelled to appear in the witness
box and tell all he knew of Foxey, his
evidence being enlivened by the pris
oner's running commentaries, to some
such effeetas the following: "Oh, what
a whopper!" "Where do you expect
to go for running down a innocent
chap like that?" "Do yer know the
meaning of a oath?" "Oh, you out-and-out
old sinner."
The trial was one of those which are
occasionally made "the medium of an
interchange of much small .wit be
tween bar and bench, and Foxey's re
marks were provocative of convulsive
laughter, in which the hardened, young
criminal joined.
The upshot was that Foxey was sen
tenced to three years' imprisonment
with hard labor, and two years' police
supervision at the end of that time.
It disturbed Thomas Dexter some
what to see Polly Cleaver in the body
of the court during the trial, and when
it was over he found himself once more
face to face with her.
"A good day's work, Tommy," she
said, glaring at him. "
Her face was flushed, and there were
tears in her eyes.
"Yer miserable old skinflint, yer'll
live to repent it!"
.He hurried from her, but her words
rang Ta his- ears for many a day afterward-
He was both angry and pleased
angry that he had been innocently in
strumental in the boy's conviction, and
pleased that he was rid of thn&est,
and that Little Make-Believe now stood
in no fear of contamination from the
society of the young thief.
The gentlemen who were destined to
play an important part in the lives of
Little Make-Believe and Saranne were
Mr. Deepdale and his son Walter. r
The father was a gentleman of inde
pendent means, . and one of Thomas
Dexter's best customers; Walter was
a handsome lad of sixteen.
They lived alone the father being a
widower and having no other children
and were inseparable.
Mr. Deepdale had one love and one
hobby his love, was Walter, his hobby
was the antique.
An easy, credulous man, whose lines
of life had been cast in pleasant places,
one great grief had afflicted him
the loss of his wife.
One great compensation for a sorrow
which otherwise would have been un
bearable was given him.
His boy was all in all to him, verita
bly the apnje of his eye and the heart
of his heart, his solace, his comfort,
his joy.
And when to this was added the
means and opportunity of indulging im.
a passion for old china, old carvings,
old enamels, old anything, it will be
easy of belief that his life was one to
be envied by the toilers and moilers
of the world.
The truth must be told. He had about
as much knowledge of art as the man
in the moon, but whether an article
belongs to the fourteenth or the nine
teenth century is really of small con
sequence to the possessor if he derive
pleasure in the possession and" if his
faith be not disturbed.
Thus, Mr. Deepdale was an easy prey
to the dealers, who fooled him to the
top of his bent, to their profit and his
gratification.
Having received a letter from
Thomas Dexter informing him that
e had a service of Old Derby tor 6ale,
he and Walter hastened one night to
Clare Market to secure it.
The month vas August, and oysters
were in; also grottoes.
On their way they were attracted to
three children, who had formed them
selves into a company and had
launched into a speculation.
Their stock in trade, the value of
which was nil, was represented by oys
ter shells, but they had an available
asset (which, however, was consuming
itself and eating itself up, as it were),
in the shape of a penny candle.
The firm consisted of Little Make
Believe, Saranne and another child,
whose visions of wealth conjured
chiefly by Make-Believe were of an
entrancing nature, the crowning glory
oFwhieh was to be an eel-pie supper.
The -grotto they, ha,d: built was more
artistic and ambitious than most; the
candle was alight and the children
were ready for business.
But whether It was owing to the
strikes in the north, or the scarcity of
meat, or the high prices of coals, or
over-population, or the disturbed state
of Ireland, or the rise of a half-penny
In the four-pound loaf, certain it was
'that trade did. not flourish with Little
Make-Believe's firm, one of the mem
bers, at least, of which worked hard
fcjp nearly a couple of hours without
obtaining a copper.
"Please remember the grotter!" was
first ' launched" merrily ' and saucily at
.the passers-by; at the end of the 'first
,half-hour there was no light-hearted-ness
in the appeal; at the end of the
'second, it became pathetic; at the end
of the third, mournful; at the end of
the fourth, despairing.
Saranne was the first to give way;
cold looks chilled her, and she left the
battle to her two partners, of . whom
Little Make-Believe was the active
worker.
Two-thirds of their only asset, the
candle, were consumed, and the eel-pie
supper was an airy imagining, not at
all likely to be eralized.
Saranne was crouching sullenly on
the ground, the light of the candle
shining on her face; she was an im
patient sufferer the very reverse of
Little Make-Believe, who was, merci
fully, endowed with a fortitude rarely
excelled even in men engaged in the
highest struggles for humanity's sake.
To be continued. '
The Japanese method of preserving
the salmon which are caught in large
numbers at Sakhalien is: to salt them
down and press them into, bales.
A London physician gave conclusive
evidence in a chancery, division case
the other day that brain work promotes
longevity, and that the average "vege
tative" laborer is Jiable to die young.
It is usually Imagined that the incan
descent electric light gives out very
'little heat. As a matter of fact only
six per cent, of its energy goes to make
light, while ninety-fourper cent, goes
into heat. .
'The bisnaga plant, a "cactus, has
saved hundreds of wanderers in Amer
ican deserts from dying of thirst. The
echino cactus emory forms a natural
reservoir always full of cool, sweet
water, which it draws from the earth
and which is kept cool by evaporation.
The latest building material is "krem
ite," which is made at a factory near
St. Petersburg, and consists of pow
dered clay, sand and fluorspar melted
together at a high temperature. The
molten mass may be used like iron for
molded castings for architectural and
artistic purposes, yielding hollow
bricks for buildings and stoves, fancy
marble-like bricks, tiles for floors and
sidewalks and even thin, corrugated
plates for roors.
THE VALUE OF- EDUCATION.
An Appreciation of "What Knowledge
Really Means to Us.
The value of an education is appre
ciated not only by the man who in his
youth was given its high privilieges,
but by the man who by force of cir
cumstances was denied, early educa
tional advantages. Men of experience
in any line of business will advise
their young friends to grasp e-rery op
portunity for educational training of
fered in early life. The educated man
.well knows what his early training has
done for him, .and the uneducated
knows that men who were denied the
privilege of an early education are fre
quently in the course Of life's exper
iences forced to face serious embar
rassments and obstacles.
Willmott said that "education is the
apprenticeship of life." Franklin said:
"If a man empties his purse into his
head no man can take it away from
him. An investment' in knowledge al
ways pays the best interest." . Ruskin
said that "education, briefly, is leading
the human mind and soul to what is
right and best and to make what is
best out of them, and these two ob
jects are always obtainable together
and by the same means. The training
which makes men happiest in them
selves also makes them most service
able to others." Channing said: "He
is to be educated, not because he is to
makeshoes, nails or pins, but because
he is a man."
Education, is never finished, and no
one knows this better than the really
educated and cultured man, adds a
writer in Maxwell's Talisman. One
may be the graduate of the highest
educational institution in the land, but
still he finds that "there is more to
learn." The storehouse of knowledge
is never depleted, and there is none so
rich or so poor that he may not draw
something therefrom. Those who were
denied the advantages of an early edu
cation may in the course of later life,
by devoting only a few hours every
week to study at home, acquire an edu
cation along special or general lines.
Books are now within the reach of all,
and every home, howerer humble, may
have a library. The "home study" will
make home life more attractive to both
young and old.. If we make "live to
learn" our life motto, we shall always
find life worth living..
Composite Pronoun Wanted.
The want of a composite pronoun to
express both "he" and "she," what is
sometimes more important, to express
neither he nor she, must have embar
rassed every one at some time or an
other. There are ungrammatical ways
of shelving the difficulty; such as; for
instance,-by translating the conven
ient French "on" as "they,'' 'when he
really means one person who may be
either masculine or feminine. The
lack of a portmanteau word to express
both sexes without specifying either,
did not, however, trouble the new maid
who approached her mistress with the
ingenious remark: "Please'm, a
friend of mine has called and may, 1
ask it to tea?" London Chronicle.
Interesting; Facts.
Celery originated in Germany
The chestnut- came from .Italy.
The onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia.
The nettle is a 'native of Europe.
The citreu is a native of Greece.
The pine is a native of America.
The poppy originated in the East."
Rye came originally from Siberia.
Oats originated in Northern Africa.
Parsley was first known in Sardinia.
The pear and apple are from Europe.
Spinach was cultivated in Arabia.
The mulberry tree originated in Per
sia. " ; ' r : . ... ; -'
The sunflower was brought from
Peru. Cleveland News.
Rewersing Thing;.
They had just finsihed breakfast, and
the woman of the future was about to
start downtown, when her husband
arose from the table, placed his arms'
about her neck and kissed her.
"Dearest," he murmured softly, "I
love you more than words can tell."
"Oh, you do, eh?", she rejoined, sus
piciously. "What is it now a new
silk hat or a pair of trousers?" Chi
cago N - ' - ' ' .'
VHh the Fanny
Ain't It te Treth?
Up in a room that's near the sties,
Down by the ocean's foam,
Tis then we're prone to vealizs
.The blessings of a home.
Kzplalned.
Johnny "Pa, what is intuition?'
Pa "The mother cf I told you .so.".
New York Sun.
liroke.
"Yes,' poor fellow, 'he's a friend of
mine."
"Indeed?"
"Same thing; in need." Philadelphia
Press. c
- Oh, Horrors .
Grayee "I Sear I shall have to quit
going with Maud. She's so very ultra."
Gladys "What's she done now?"
Gray ce "She say 3 she doesn't care
for 'Parsifal.' " "
Satisfied.
"Do yotr think the print yon've picked
out is as fntelleetu:if looking as some
of the others?" the photegrapher asked.
"No," replied the lady customer, "but
it's so awfully good of my hat and
gown!" Detroit Free Press. -
Riffht in Line.
"This flower is strictly up to date,"
said the florist.
"What do you mean by that?" asked
the prospective customer. .
"Why," he explained, "it was ob
tained by grafting." Detroit Free
Press. "" "
Killing two Birds.
Mrs. Gramerey "Do you think you
will be happy in such a place?"
Mrs. Park "The inducements are en
ticing. By acquiring a residence there
we will be able to get our divorce and
swear off our taxes at the same time."
Puek. "
So Tainted Wealtk For Him.
"My man," said the tall, thin gentle
man, "here is a nickel for you."
"One question, sir," replied Tked Tif
fins. "Are youse Mr. Rockefeller?"
"Why, no."
"Den I will accept yer gift wit'
pleasure, sir."
His Own Fault.
"Green says he hasn't a confidant on
earth."
"There's a reason for that." 1
"What is it?"
"He can't get any one to listen to
him; he's full of nothing but troubles."
Detroit Free Press.
They All Agreed.
Pompous Orator "Mr. Chairman,
ladies and gentlemen: I have lived
long enough " .
The Crowd "Hear, hear! Hooray I
Quite right!" Ally Sloper. "
Her Opinion. "
'Consistency, thou art a jewel,'"
remarked the young man who was afr
flicted .with the quotation habit.
"Possibly," rejoined the practical
maid, "but it doesn't separate much
congealed aqua pura when compared
with a diamond ring." Chicago News.
Not So Foolish.
' "Yes," said-Phamliman, "my daugh
ter is to be married next month te
Count Brokaw."
"Ah!" remarked the friend, "every
thing's settled, eh?"
"No, sir-ree! ' You don't catch me
paying in advance." Philadelphia
Press.
Tangible Worth. '
"My dear, I hope you are getting a
man of real worth," said the old-fashioned
aunt,
"Why, you can just-bet your life I
am,' auntie," was . the modern maid's
reply., 'Harold is worth a million dol
lars if he's worth the price of a pack
of cigarettes."
Grasping at Stratr.
"Pshawl" said the judge, "there's no
reason why you , people should be di
vorced. Go home and mae up. . There
are no grounds- "
"But, judge," the man frantically
interrupted, "she hasn't told you the
whole truth. I pushed her down stairs
once , and it was miraculous that she
wasn't killed or ' crippled for life."
Chicago Record-Herald.
In Washington. " -
"Has Brown started that investiga
tion of the bustle trust?" inquired the
august commissioner. ,
"Yes, sir."
"And has Smith started an investiga
tion of Brown's investigation?"
"He has, sir." . "
Then order Robinson to start an in
vestigation of Smith's investigation of
Brown's investigation." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Doesn't Apply to America.
One' cannot help regretting the ten
dency of feminine fashions , to , once
again become masculine. One fears a
little lest the leather that is to be 'a
feature of feminine fashions this aw
tumn, and the headgear that has
sprung from the masculine bowler and
the old "Jarvis" beavers, and the walk
ing sticks which, like-cigarette cases,
are now popular gifts for girls, will
not rob us of our pretty fal-lals and
our daintiness. Ambrosia, in the
World.
New Style of Candy Pull.
An amusing little . entertainment
which girl readers will enjoy is a
new style of candy pull in which rid
dles founded on the names of different
sweets, and not the molasses dainty
itself, plays the leading role.
Invite the girls to "a new-fashioned
candy pull," inserting a clause in the
note, urging everybody to come in old
clothes, and with aprons, as fen old
fashioned candy pulling bee is to follow
the riddle game.
Prepare in advance as many plain
white cards cut from a sheet of paste
board as you have l'eceived accept
ances. On each card write a set of
riddles founded on different sugar
plums. Washington Times.
Fine American Seamstresses.
Few people know much about Amer
ican women who are fine seamstresses,
but there are many of them who eke
out an income by this work if they do
not support themselves entirely by it.
One lovely lingerie waist made by one
of these women is of the finest and
sheerest material, with fine hem
stitched tucks set in at the top, yoke
deep, .and between the rows of the
finest French knots. There is some
thing inexpressibly dainty about this
waist, which .is more like a baby's gar
ment than a woman's. The American
made waists are not sold in lots, and
prices are not reduced as in other va
rieties of the hand-made waists.
These latter, even those which come
from abroad " are anything but well
made or well finished on the inside,
though ranging in price from $20 up.
Woman's Snperiority.
Professor Chamberlain, of Clark Uni
versity, has figured out that women
have a whole lot more ability than
men. Following is his little list: "As
an actor she has greater ability and
more frequently shows it. She is no
ticeably better in adaptability. She is
much more charitable in money mat
ters. Under reasonable opportunities
she is more gifted at diplomacy. She
has greater genius in politics. She
Her hearing is more acute. Her im-1
agination is greater. Her intuitions
are greater. Her memory is better.
Her patience is greater. Her percep
tions are more rapid. She has greater
religious devotion. Her instinct for
sacrifice is greater. She bears pain
more heroically. Her sympathy is
greater. She has greater tact. She
has more acute taste. She has greater
vitality. She has more fluency in the
lowef forms of speech." Pittsburg Ga
zette. Gold Ganze and Hand Work.
, Hand embroideries are seen on semi
tailored costumes in the form of vests,
collars and cuffs, etc., done in silk of
several shades of the costume color or
in harmonizing tones. These embroid
eries" are done oh silk, satin, broadcloth
and gold gauze heavily embroidered in
shaded material used for 'the purpose.
One costume in a rich plum showed
a vest effect made on the lines of stoles
of this gold gauze heavily embroidered
in shades of purple ranging from a
faint violet to a deep plum. Gold and
black silk threads were interwoven
with these, and the short box coat also
showed a touch of black in the broad
military braids which trimmed the
seams and edges.
Gold gauze is one of the new trim
ming ideas, not only in costumes, but in
millinery as well. It comes in ribbon
form, ranging in width from one to
five and six inches, and is extremely
soft and pliable, being capable of the
most graceful adjustment. Indianap
olis .News.
A Woman Kail road President.
, Mrs. Mary S. Holladay, who made
herself President of the Williamsville,
Greenville and St. Louis Railroad be
cause, although she was a director the
manager of the railroad refused- to give
her a pass, sold the road for $1,000,000,
received the money and returned to so
ciety. Until she sold the road. Mrs.
Holladay was the only woman railroad
President in the United States, prob
ably in the world. The Williamsville,
Greenville and St. Lcuis Road, though
only sixty miles long, is one of the
best feeders in Southern Missouri. A
purchasing, syndicate headed by John
S.' Long, Kansas City, Mo., succeeded
Mrs. Holladay at the helm. The ?1.
000,000 was paid to Mrs. Holladay at
the National Bank of, Commerce, In St.
Louis, Mo. "1 guess I have made more
money in the last ten months than any
woman in America," she said. "I liked
being at the head of a big enterprise
all right, but it hardens a woman, and
she drops out of society. I will' move
to St. Louis now and return to society.
What made me go after the Presidency
was I couldn't have a pass while I was
a director. So I bought the road and
made myself President. Then I had
all the passes I wanted." Milwaukee
Wisconsin. ,
The Child's Footwear. ' '
Writing of "The Child's Dress,',', in
the Delineator, Dr. Grace Pcckham
Murray has a word of advice in regard
to shoes. She says: . ,
As soon as the skirts are shortened,
children arrive at the dignity of wear
ing shoes. The first ones should be
very soft and loose. ' They are to be
had as moccasins and ankle ties, as
well as in the shape of diminutive
shoes with very soft soles. The latter
should be thicker when the time come
for the child to walk. Children's shoes
should have broad sole:; and should
be formed very carefully so as not to
deform the feet. They are made with
out heels, for children do not wear
heels until they are nine or ten years
old, and then extremely low. Children
often suffer from weak ankles. If such
be the case, their feet should be bathed
and rubbed with salt water every day.
They will be helped, by the wearing of
shoes the ankles of which have been
made stiff by pieces of steel which are
held in place by means of little pock
ets made for the purpose in the lining
of the shoe. Shoes are made especially,
for children .who toe in, or. for those
who are bowl egged, and for children
who have flat feet. The necessary,
thickening of the bottom of the shoej
which varies in position and amount
of leather according to the trouble to
be remedied, is placed inside the shoe
and does not show at all on the outside
of the boot. Care should be taken in
fitting stockjngs to see that they are
not too short or too small, as they will
cramp and deform the foot. Children
are usually so hard on stockings that
they do not have time to outgrow them,
and the possibility of it should be
kept in mind. Knee-caps made oC
leather are excellent to prevent rapid
wearing out . of the stockings at the
knees.
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The More Useful Sex.
Some interesting biological ana' socio
logical facts have lately been pub
lished about women which are calcu
lated to. exalt the ostensibly -weaker
sex in its own eyes and also In those
of men. We have previously pointed
out the conclusion reached by certain
scientists that the average life of
woman should, and under normal cir
cumstances would, exceed slightly the
average life of man In respect of dura
tion. Now comes an English biolo
gist, Mr. T. H. Montgomery, who.
after a general review of the data pre
sented by the anatomy and evolutiou of
various invertebrate end vertebrate
animals, maintains that the male is
less developed and more embryonic
than the female; So far as the inver
tebrates and the lower vertebrates are
concerned, t s female Is clearly super
ior. When, within this field of obser
vation, one sex is found to be rudi
mentary in comparison with the other,
it is pointed out that this is almost
always the male. In size, the female
is usually the superior. Sometimes
the central nervous system , is more
highly specialized in the female, while,
as a rule, the internal reproductive ap
paratus is more complex. In those .
cases where the male seems, at the
first glance, superior, the difference
turns out to be mainly in unimportant
morphological characters. ' Many
species of Insects seem to get on alto
gether without males for at least a
generation. The unmated- queen bee,
for instance, will lay fertile egg,
which, however, produce OBly drones.
It Is well known that the working bee
is the product of a union between a
drone, and a queen bee. From the fe
male aphis (plant-louse) on a rose-bush
will proceed several generations of
offspring before the intervention of a
male is required. It appears, 'then,
that on certain planes of organic ex
istence there is no questioft of woman's
rights: Nature herself has assigned
to the male a role altogether secondary,
or casual. Harper's Weekly. .
O0T
A blouse, in the palest pink, .had
embroidery applied like a yoke of edg
ing. Some of the newest coats show a
good deal of fulness below the waist
line.
Exquisite scarfs are about some of
them- heavy .with embroidery, otuere
the lightest, most diaphanous bits of
gossamer silk in the world.
" One delectable petticoat of Btraw-coJ-ored
taffeia is embroidered with flower
baskets spilling their pink and blue
blossoms among the lace frills at the
foot. .
A blouse 6hould never look like the
top of a gown worn with a stray, skirt,
and that Js exactly what the surplice
separate waist looks like and 'why It
does not "take," , VJ ,
One blouse has tie-ends apparently
hanging from the attached collar. But
a closer examination proves that they
are inset in the blouse, joined with the
inevitable herring-bone. ;
Among blouses, there's an exquisite
one made of the palest of blue batiste,
with a tiny dragon ' harmlessly
stretched out on each side of the yoke.
Tt3 work is Japanese in its finest aud
most delicate style.