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CHAPTER XII.
Continued. . .
The colored Christmas -candies,
which were fixed in every safe and
convenient spot, the flags, the holly
and - mistletoe, , to say . nothing of the
good cheer which t warmed the
children's miserable little bodies, con
verted this room on the first floor iuto
a Aery palace of enchantment.'
Then when dinner was cleared away
there were games; then there was a
huge Christmas tree; then marched in
a fiddle and a harp with mortal
bodies attached to them, of course,
though the red-nosed man who played
the fiddle and the moon-faced man
who played the harp might really have
been regarded as supernuities, for on
such a night the harp ind th fiddle
would certainly have played of them
selves if they had been nllovrvd.
Then there was dancing-! Such dado
ing! - : i : : i '
It required to be seen to be believed,
and even then the observer might rea
sonably have doubted the evidence of
Lis senses. -
The wild steps, the eccentric steps,
the jig steps, the double shuffle steps,
the solemn way in which some went
round and round and did nothing else
all the time the music played, and
sometimes when it didn't, the ecstatic
way in which some kept- their eyes
fixed upon the ceiling, the extraordi
nary way in which they got mixed and
the extraordinary efforts which had to
be made to disentangle them, the airs
that some gave themselves in imita
tion of tuir betters truly it had to
be se;; to be believed. -
Then there were tea and cake, then
there was more dancing, then there
were lemonade aud more cake, then
there was a distribution of toys and
then it was ten o'clock at night, and
time to break up.
But before they broke up there was
a surprise. At one end of the room
there was a row of candles'which had
not Loen lighted all the night, aud be
hiud this row of caudles was a long
strip of green calico stretching down
ward about a foot from the ceiling.
Walter and Thomas Dexter, standing
on chairs, lighted the candles, and dex
terously whisked away the strip of
green calico, and there, in letters cut
out of golden paper, was revealed the
legend, "God Bless Our Dear Little
Make-Believe."'
Sh;r trembled ail over when she saw
it, and covered her face with Jier
hands, but she" could not hide her
emotion, for her full heart forced the
tears through her fingers.
And when Mr. Deepdale went up to
her and kissed her, aud'when Thomas
Dexter did the same, and when Walter
kissed her and held her hand in hi,
and when Saranne threw her arms
around the faithful girl's neck and
sobbed on her shoulder, and when the
children' -very few of whom could
read, but all of whom knew that she
"was the one whom thev had chiefly
to thank for the happy night they had
spent clung to her frock, and looked
wistfully up into her tear-stained face,
and pulled her , down to her knees so
that they might embrace her too it
needed all her self-control to prevent
her passion of thankfulness' from be
coming hysterical.
But she knew that that would spoil
all, and that some of the children
might suppose her heart was filled
with pain instead of joy; so, thinking
as she had ever done of others, and
not of herself, she looked round, her
lips quivering with smiles, and kissed
this one and that one, murmuring as
she did so: " i ' ' :
"Oh, how good you are to me! How
good yoiiare to me:".
CHAPTER XIIT.
? From Darkness to. Light. ,
' rlt : was past midnight,' and Thomas
Dexter and Little Make-Believe were
Sitting up alone.
Walter and his father and Saranne
had gone to bed, and Little Make-Believe
would have accompanied her sis
ter had it not been that it waa nec
essary to do certain work in the way
of clearing up, so as to prevent disor
der on the following day.
- This work being . done,. Little . Make
Believe was about to wish Thomas
Dexter good night when he asked her
to sit up with him for a few minutes.
"I've got a strange feeling on me to
Xtifc'W.'' he said, " and I don't seem as
if I ant to go to bed for awhile. Lei's
set up aud talk u bit."
She cheerfully complied, and they
feat together talking of the events of
the happy night, and then driited into
recalling reminiscences of the past.
The old man ha1 been much moved
by the children, and more so by Little
Make-Believe' s sweetness. He had re
lated to her the principal events of his
life, aud, she was surprised to learn
that, he had been married; sl:e Lad
never heard it. -
"It was afore you was born," Re
aid. "If it happened that f d became
a fatber. my child would hare been
two or three years older than you. It
!3s a lucky thing for ail. of wt per
haps, that my wife didn't lmvo &
baby, phall we jv.nke a barga,
lUalit-Beiieve, you.aiHl m&fr-
VOL, XXVIIL
THE SLUMS.
FARJEON.
"I am willing to do anything yer
want, Mr. Dexter."
"In the course of nater," he said. "1
can't expect to live many more years;
T.n near seventy now, but, old as I
am, it seems to me that-I'm only just
beginning to learn Ihiugs. You've
been a great comfort to me, Make
Believe; I don't know now how I
should gst along without yer. Will
yer look upou me as yer father; and
let me take you as my daughter?
Then I shall be sure of yer. Yer
don't answer me, Make-Believe. la
there anything wrong in what I've
said?" . ;
"No, sir; it's more than kind of yer.
and I'd say yes at once if it wasn't for
Saranne. When she's married to Wal
ter I don't think hed care for me to
Jive away from her; and if she's will
ing, and if Walter's willing, that 1
should stop with them. I wouldn't
leave them, I; wouldn't leave them for
:he world." "
"You mean that they'd want a better
place than this to live in."
"Yes, I think they'd be sure to."
VWell. then, what I would hare to do
would be to give up my shop, and ask
them to find room for me; then I
shouldn't lose.yer."
"If that could be arranged, sir. I'll
cousent. sir, most willingly. After all
yoti'ye done for me, it 'ml be ungrate
ful to refuse; and it 'ud be a pleasure
to wait on yer. Is that the wind, or is
it somebody knocking at the street
door?" , (
"It's the wind; there's a big storm
coming."
He walked to the window, and drew
the blind aside. The storm was not
coming: it had come. It was snowing
ftiriously.
"I'm sure, Mr. Dexter," said Little
Make-Believe, listening intently, "that
somebody's knocking- at the street
door."
He listened, aud the wind happen
ing te lull at that moment, they boih
heard a violent rapping at tha door be
low. "Ill go and see who it is. It's a
strange time for a visitor."
He took a candle and went to the
door, followed by Little .vlake-Believe.
He did not draw the bolts, but called
our:
"Who's there?"
VI want Mr. Dexter," answered a
voice without. ' -J
"I'm Mr. Dexter; what do you want
of rae?"
"I must speak to you at once. Iiet
ai3 in."
, "Not . likely, at this time of night.
What's yer business?"
"Business of life and death. Your
wife's dying, and you must "come to
her at once."
"My wife! Dying!" gasped Thomas
Dexter, and he drew the bolts.
As he opened the door the wind
dashed in fiercely and almost blew him
off his feet. '
The man entered quickly, and shut
the door behind him.
His story was soon told, Polly
Cleaver lay dying two mifes away, and
had a secret to tell her husband which
It was more than his soul was worth
not to hear.
"The doctor says she hasn't two
hours to live," said the man.
"I will come with yer," said Thomas
Dexter; his face was white and his
limbs were trembling. "Make-Believe,
will yer stop up ' for me till I come
back?"
"Yes, Mr. Dexter," she replied. "Go
go, this very, minute!"
She assisted him with his overcoat,
and handed him his hat.
"Don't let thetn know upstairs," he
said, and then he went into the storm
with the messenger.
Little MakOrBelieve did not bolt the
door. .He took the key, and locked It
outside. ; -
Listening n few moments for the
sound of their footsteps, which it was
impossible for her to hear amidst the
howling of the wind, even if the pave
ments had been hard and firm, instead
of being covered an inch thick vith
snow, she returned to the room above,
and thought over what had passed.
It was all so confusing that she could
scarcely understand it; oni one feel
ing was clear, to her pity for the dy
ing woman and for the man who was
on bis way tp her deathbed.
To die iipoii Christmas night, after
being parted all these years! It was
dreadful dreadful!
She crept softly to heisisters room;
Saranne was sound asleep.
She listened outside the bedroom of
Mr.' Deepdale' and Walter; their regu
lar breathing came to her cars; they
had not been disturbed.
' Then she returned again to the sit
ting room. s A secret which it was
worth more than his ;soul was worth
not to bear? i What could it be?
How whiteihis face was as be went
out! What an ending to their happy
night!
She -hoped it was nothing bad noth
ing that would hurt him. What was
that? Only the cloftit striking. Ope
o'clock. : ' t
"Ho'Jl he a long tUotj goo,' the
iliought; H Hi try tfnd-r?8.dn bit."
But xhe could not fix her attention
on. the book, -though. It wai ftlfl of
nlteurei. r
believe!
r-i
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. MARCH 8,
IIdwHh storm was raging wlthoutl
; She hoped Thomas Dexter would get
there safely, aud in time to hear what
his. dying wife had to say to nim.
She rose and walked softly about the
roonV; drew the curtain from the win
dow and looked out.
s The falling of the snow was like a
silent voice, but there was nothing
peaceful in it.
: The white flakes were whirled hither
and thither by the, cruel wind.
; A black figure was passing on the
ooposite side of the voad; a black fig
ure, huddled up, with its arms tightly
folded. -
It was a woman, and there seemed
to be something despairing In her mo
tions. , .
"Poor thing! poor thing!" thought,
or rather spoke, Little Make-Believe,
her sympathy for human suffering was,
4io keen. 'Terhaps she ain't got a
home to go to. or a bed to lay on.
Poor thing! poor thing! Dear God,
take pity on her!"
Her eyes were suffused with tears
as she reflected that, but for such kind
friends as she had, she might have
been like that poor woman.
"Dear God, dear God. take pity on
her!" she murmured again and again.
Long after the black figure was out
of sight she stood at the window, men
tally following and sorrowing for it.
The clock struck again. Half-past
one. She let the blind fall, and sat
at the table, with the open book before
her.
Why was it that as she sat. with her
head resting on her hand, the love for
her sister's lover, which she had
striven so hard to kill, should once
move rise within her to torture her?
She woidd not permit it no. she
would not think of him in ihat way.
It was a sin against love itself It
was a sin against God!
She shook her head a ugl ily, and her
eyes wandered round the room as if
seeking for strength to conquer this
enemy. -
Presently she sank on her knees, and
with her face burled in her hands on a
chair, prayed with all the might of
her bruised and iunoce"ut heart to be
forgiven for the sin.
Aud prayer brought comfort to her.
Gradually she became more-composed,
and closed her eyes, not intending to
sleep, but the fatigue of the day, and
of many previous days, told on hr.
and with a prayer in her mind she fell
asleep.
The striking of the clock as it struck
two, then half past, did not awaken
her. . .-. -
What was it, then, that seemed to
stop the beating of her heart and at
the same time aroused her to con
sciousness? There was something moving in the
house! Where did the sound come
from? From the sleeping rooms of
Saranne or Mr. Deepdale?
No; the sonud proceeded from below.
Could it be that wbile she slept Thom
as Dexter had returned?
If so, what motive had he in creep
ing up the stairs so slowly and cau
tiously, as though he was a thief?
Nearer, nearer came the sound of
muffled footsteps! Terror transfixed
her; she could not move; she tried to
call out, but her voice stuck in her
throat.
Nearer, nearer it came; the creeping
mystery was in the passage outside!
Its hand was on the handle of the
door, which slowly, slowly opened, and
the Horror stood before hei !
It was the form of a man, with
black crape over his face. He saw
her, and glided swiftly to her side and
grasped her shoulder as she knelt.
"Don't move! Don't stir! Don't
raise your voice!"
And she knew that this midnight
thief was Foxey.
With this knowledge her courage re
turned, her voice was restored.
"For God's sake, what brings you
here?"
"You," he answered, drawing the
crape from his face; "but I didn't think
to find yer up."
She thrust his hand from her shoul
der, and rose to her feet, but spok.
as he spoke, in a whisper.
"And now that yer have found me
up kill me, and go J"
. She held her arras outstretched, an4
waited for the blow.
"No," lie said, slowly, "it ain't you
I've come to kill; but I'll have the Jife
of two afore I go. After that I don't
care what becomes of me."
"What two? Do you hear? What
two? You wicked monster! What two?
Are yer too much of a coward to an
swer me?"
"Call me what yer like; it don't mat
ter. I love yer, Make-Believe, and no
man shall have yer but me. What
two? Yer two lovers. I'll kill 'em
aud swing for it!"
"My two lovers!"
"Yes, yer two lovers old Dexter and
young Walter Deepdale."
Then she knew that she was safe
and that she held him in her power. :
"My lovers! Mine! Mr. Dexter's got
a wife living no, not living dying as
we stand here, and he's gone to see Iver
on this blessed Crhlstmas night, for
the last time! He arksed me to be his
daughter not two hours ago, "and he's
got no feeling for me that a father
mightn't have for his child. Oh, Fox
ey, Foxey, that you should think me
so bad and so mean as to take up with
a man who's got one foot in the
grave!" .
"I believe yer; I'll let him pass. Bt
the othey one WTalter Deepdale; yer
can't gay as much for him."
I can My more for him. He's my
sister's lorer, and they're going to get
married. Look me in the face and see
for yemif if I'm telling lies."
.'Be at ier stestjily; he saw th
trafli i be eyes.
, ji.r4 be aon't leva yer,
Here?" ' v'
l'o Ira coattiiuea.
. Candid. '.
I cannot sing the old songs now '
That oft of yore I'd chant; ' s"
And all who ever heard vme sing '
. Thank heaven that I can't.
San Francisco CabV
SMperlluona. Ouentlon.
"Do you tip -the waiter when yW
dine?"' . ' "
"Do I look' starved?" Milwaukee
Sentinel. 1 -v -
She "Ei-joy Poor Health.'
Hewitt "Is your wife weli and hap
py?" Jewett "She is never Lappy when
she is well." , , .
Succeeded. -' ' .'f
"My wife married me to spite some
body." . . . '
"Who was it?" ;
"Me, I think." Cleveland Leader. '
Pet.nrt.iuii.
Stella "Is Mabel stingy?" '
Bella "Awfully. I insisted for twen
ty blocks that she allow me to pay the
car fare, and she did." New York Sun..
. Evidently.
Captain Longaway "Did that pretty
Mrs. Young ever get over her hus
band's death?" ,
Bob Innocent "Which one her first
or second?"
i it?
"Well, we've got the bosses up; a
tree."
Have, eh?"
"Beteher life." ' " '. ,
"Sure it ain't a plum tree?"
Not Profitable. .
"Of course, the professor is a pretty
shabby old fellow, but he understands
at least a dozen languages."
"H'm! but he doesn't hear money
talk in any of them." Philadelphia
Ledger.
I'anama'i Holla.
"Here is the motto selected for the
Panama Canal," said the man who
reads the papers. "Listen": 'The land
divided: the world united.' " -
"Hub," declared the pessimist, "it
should be 'Get in and dig.' " "
- Just a Slight Jolt.
Miss Cutting "Some men are as easy
to read as a book."
Saplelgh "Yaws, I pwesume so. But
can you aw wead roe that way?"
Miss. Cutting "Of course not. I read
rou like a paragraph." Columbus Dis
patch. Stronslr ltecoinmentled.
"And what recommendations has this
man whom you are pushing so vigor
ously for the presidency of bur insur
ance company?"
"He is an unmarried orphan with no
brothers or sisters." Cleveland Plaia
Dealer.
The Myrmidon Eleven.
Achilles was bemoaning his f vulner
able heel.
"That's nothing," they assured him;
"suppose the faculty had dropped you
from the eleven for poor scholarship?"
Herewith he realized the danger of
possible death was a mere trifle. .
" Careful Girlie.
"These newspaper statements that I
only knew my husband for one day
before our marriage are all nonsense,"
declared the heroine of the latest sensa
tional elopement.
"Then you really knew him longer?"
"Why, of course. - I. knew him two
weeks."
A Sop to Cerhrs.
Citiman "Wnat have you on that
placard?"
Subbubs "It's a motto. 'Down with
Norway.' "
Citiman "What do you care about
Norway?"
Subbubs "Oh, I've just hired a
Swede' cook." '
. Foudre Riz. ?
Lieutenant Dashleigh "I can't think
why all the girls make such a hero of
Captain Jiggers. Wny, he's never
smelled powder."
Major Juggins "Oh, I don't know.
He's been out'in the conservatory with
Miss Puffer for an hour this evening."
Cleveland Leader.' i
Th Point of View. '
"Henry, if I were a young man like
you and expected to have to make my
own way' in the world some day I
should, try to make my expenses come
within my income." ; .. "
"Father, if I were as rich as you are
and had only one son I'd try to bring
his income up to his expenses." Chi
cago Tribune. -
His Adjective Falls Him. : ' -
"How were the acrobats at the cir
cus?" we asked of the New York man.
"Fierce." .- ; . ;
"And the bareback riders?"
"Oh, fierce." : . ' .
"And the clowns?" -,
"Fierce." r
"And the animals?" ..
"Fier no, they were sleepy old
brutes." - .
The Bright Side.
"Yes," replied the cheerful man, "but
It is not half sq jjad as It might have
been." - -
"I don't see how it could be much
worse," exclaimed his friend. :
"Why," was the answer, "just tliink
what mlgbt have bsen done If all the
mectbert of, the McCuvdy family had
b'feu twins.' -ttuhitb Kews-Tribane:
WARRIORS AT PLAY
Sow the Jap Soldi e;rs Enter Into Their
Spoils After the War.
The first anniversary of the, victory
if the Yalu was celebrated by General
Kuroki's men in a most remarkable
manner, which, says aLcbdon Times
correspondent who. was with the. First
Japanese Army, involved- work nearly
as hard, as that required to' win the
victory. Not. being able to go to Japan,
they brought Japaa to Manchuria. A
whole eorps that had been in the field
for more than a. year set out to create j
in a bare valley overlooked . by bare j
hillsides an illusion of Japan at spring
tide, all green and patk-like. ,
.jln Japan carp swarm up-cataracts
In fables. When they reach the top
tEy; become beautiful dragons. That
is the national example of the reward
for perseverance which takes the place
of the story . of Robert Bruce and the
spider. . " ' - A- - ; ' ' . ;.
One of the brigades, as its part in the
battle of deception, built both the carp
and the waterfall. For more than a
mile, and then" up the steep slope which
was the scene of their comoposition,
they brought pine boughs to form the
sides of the channels, the overhanging
verdure of crags and of rocky : islets.
The foaming torrent was made by bolts
of cotton that laid in waves that half
submei'ged the leaping fish, seventy
five feet long, which had cotton cres
cents for its scales. - A mile away the
illusion was excellent, especially if you
half-closed your Occidental eyes, which
are always seeing scaffolding and the
prompter's box. , V "
You had to do the same with the
dragon-fly, on the next hill a dragon
fly with wings fifty feet long and beat,
en-out ration-meat tins for its gigantic
eyes. You had to do the same in order
to realize the Big Lion (properly spelled
with capitals). The holes of his nos
trils, some fifteen feet wide, were made
with matting. Their fleshy part was
soldiers' red blankets, for he was a
fierce Japanese lion, just now In a red
fury. His mana was made of ever
greens on the summit of a rocky , es
carpment. Five hundred yai'ds away
more evergreens were formed into a
lashing tail. . ' ; .
General Fujii, the chief, and the
other members of the staff entered into
fhe plan of the ejects and the organiza.
tlon of the fete with the same gusto
with which they have outmaneuvred
the Russians on many fields.. Young
forests of pines and of wild cherry
trees were literally transplanted, anrt
walks and arboTS set among them. - A
gentle slope was lereled for the ap
proach to the altar. Beyond it a statue
of General Knroki on horseback f
iraod imitation of bronze looked down
on the scene, with a hanging iris gar
den at: his 'feet. From the altar led
two avenues even provided with con
duits where they crossed gullies lev
p.ed with as nioch care as if they were
meant for a generation's traffic instead
of a day's merrymaking. . ' - i
One of the avenues led into the little
village of Piau-chi-tun, which had been
Kuroki's headquarters since the Battle
of Mukden. Ijt had a garlauded bridge,
a huge evergreen ftrch, and-what takp
the place of an arch in Japan, a tori",
which in this instance was formed oi
Chinese matting covered with catton
cloth. Lining both avenues were al
ternate pine and cherry trees, and set
between them transparencies made by
soldier artists. Venerable Fnjiyam?.
the most painted mountain the work1,
was there, of course, and scenes both
at home and at the front.
; On the plain, out of the earth of the
dreary kaoliang fields, whose never
ending stubble is as the sands of the
desert, had sprung little Japanese gar
dens, such as you seefrom one end o
Japan to the other. ' Miniature lake
were set in miniature landscapes, anr
a fountain played among the beds of
imitation iris. ... -
The night before vthe fete millions of
Imitation paper- flowers, which had
been fashioned in the leisure hours of
camp with the skilf ulness of Parisian
shop-girls, were brought in great bos
kets and fastened to the twigs of the
transplanted trees. - -
The s-angest .part of it all is that it
Is as natural for the. soldiers of the
Japanese army to do these things as it
Is for them to fight. That same skill
which was devoted to making watr-
fails and paper flowers, that trick of
readv improvisation: which brought
Japan to Manchuria; was turned the
next day into scouting the dead spaces
in front of the enemy's works and to
desperate charges in the night. . .'
Japanese Companies. , .
Japan has three banks paying divi
dends of twelve per cent., two paying
ten per cent., two paying nin per
cent., three paying eight per cent., and
five paying from two to seven per cent.
Of her many railways, docks, electric
lighting and gas companies, one (Osaka
Electric ? Light Company), is paying
twenty per cent., four are paying fif
teen per cent., eight are paying twelve
per cent, and the" others "range from
three per cent.' to "ten per cent Not
a single one fails to pay some dividend.
Of her cotton spinningfire and life-in
surance, sugar refining; engine works.
brewing, hotel and- miscellaneous com
panje3 three (cotton spinning) pay'thir
ty-six per cent, one- pays, thirty per
cent, seven pay twenty per cent.1, three
pay seventeen per cent, seven pay six
teen , per cent, three pay fifteen per
cent, four pay twelve percent, and the
rest pay six to ten per cent It is re
markable that only seven fof the eighty-
seven companies on the Japanese of
ficial list are non-dividend payers. The
Bank of Japan has a reserve fund of
$8375,000, and the Yokohama .Specie
Bank follows with a $3,200,000 reserve.
Stock companies of all kinds are evl
dently profitable propositions In the
Land of the Rising Sun.
v 31he British Government will reim
bursYthe naval officer for the money
they spent In enterrajniag the FreneB
fiqprt at Portsmouth,,
1906 , ' NO. 30.
Cleaning Spots. 1 -
Nothing else makes a dress- look, so
untidy as spots on the goods. These
spots are most frequently found in the
front of the waist and skirt "if from
fruit, Ice cream, etc., but the lower part
of the skirt will sometimes show, spots
from almost anything of a liquid na
ture with which they come in contact.
One of the best agents for cleaning
spots is soap bark jelly. This is made,
by dissolving a. handful Of soap bark
in a quart of boiling water and letting
it cool. i
To clean the garment lay the spotted
portion over a folded towel and rub the
spots gently with a damp cloth dipped
in the jelly. With another cloth . and
clear-water wash off the jelly, dabbing
it gently with the wet. cloth and chang
ing the cloth under it Rinse with an
other clear water and a clean cloth,
then let dry in the air.. When nearly
dry, cover the place with a thin cloth
and press with a moderately hot iron.
A dress skirt or wrist that has lost
its first freshness may be improved by
a good brushing and sponging. After
every bit of dust has been brushed and
shaken out clean any spots, that may
be found, as directed, then sponge one
portion at a time and press It with a
cloth between the material and the
Iron. Use white cloth for light goods
and black for dark ones.
Shoes That Creak. ' ' '
A good many children's shoes (after
they have had unwary but intimate
knowledge of the contents of alluring
puddles) have a way of creaking that
is absolutely maddening. . . : :
No one ought to be forced to listen
to it when the remedy is so simple.
The cause lies in the rubbing of the
Inner sole against the outer, and the
wetting may cause one to shrink so
that-thls rubbing is an inevitable fol
lowing. . , ; r
Take a large plate or a platter and
pour just enough oil on it to cover the
bottom well. Then stand the shoes
with their heels propped so that the
sole of the shoe rests in the oil. . Let
them stand over, night, and in the
morning wipe off any excess of oil
there may be. If you are careful to
let the oil only barely cover. the bottom
of the plate the shoes will, probably
absorb all the oil and be seemingly as
dry as when you put them in. If you
put too much oil the leather may be
greasy. Then the shoes should not be
worn for a day. or two until the oil
has had time to sink in thoroughly, or
it will make ugly spots upon rugs and
carpets. ; . ' ;- '
But the treatment, simple though it
Is, is effective, and the "squeak", will,
.In nine cases out of ten, be found to
have disappeared entirely. If it hasn't
a second application will .finish it
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Self-Govenunent at Vawar.,
So far weaknesses In the student
government have resulted in refornf,
not so much in this or that particular,
but in general. The most notable case
of this kind occurred now some years
i go, when a kind of slackness crept
nto the association and the elders be
gan to wonder if student government
was losing its grip. . The answer to
hat question was the advent of a sen
or class persuaded in its own mind as
i:o its destiny, and determined to im
press its conviction upon the associa
tion. That year its house was swept
md put into an order which has never
since been seriously disturbed. The
event not only inspired the association
with fresh confidence in itself, and
with higher ideals, but inspired the
college with a confidence well deserved
and of which the students are full J
aware.
Of course one of the most obvious
menaces to a good government by stu
dents is the fact that every year Closes
a body of its best informed and best
trained citizens, and has . to accept in
their place a still larger body of the
unformed and ; uninformed, comng
from the comparative dependence ' of
schools and, families, and "likely, like
any, other immigrants, to be' either in
different or overexecutive. It is hard
to see, how any executive body-so
constituted can keep to a steady poljcy.-
Yet the association does. Georgia A.
Kendrick, in. Harper's Bazar. . ,
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j - Women of Oklahoma. ,
At the ranch we were-pleasantly wel-i
corned astonishing fact, despite our ln
traductions, for the hostess had just
dismissed the last of thirty guests who
had stayed with her through the show
The house was still in confusion, for
they had not expected to entertain
more than half a dozen; but the six
invited ones, relying upon; her ; well
know hospitality, had calmly multi
plied themselves by five. The parlor,
as . we entered, proved to be a latge,
handsome room with a hardwood floor
and mahogany furniture. Magazines
and papers were scattered about,
among them, on the centre table, a big
nistol. The daughter " was introduced
to us ST Vassar graduate and instead
of talking lntirder and sudden death,
we discussed psychology and - recent
fiction. Also the servant-girl question.
They would have no women servants
on the ranch. they told us. Girls were
always sick when the' mistress felt
under the weather; they would rise to
no extra occasion, such as thirty guests
Instead of six, but explained that they
weren't hired for that A man cook,
now, did his work without fretting and
furnished as many meals as might be
required. They had had Englishmen,
colored men, and now had a Chine e,
aud they ITUd all pvoVea t&tlSfactory.
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Tne ladies took care or tne nearooniSuHi
themselves. Marion i Foster , (lWash-:) )
burne, in Harper's Bazar. t , '
-. . .--.a 'ji k(. ;
;. ; Cheap RnKS.'.-i J.v I i. J
. A, cheap rug,;says the House Beauti-
ful, shrieks out tits, pitiful price to the' ,
passing critic most 'unmistakably." Bet
ter bare1 floors, -or: one good ! rug. rep- I
resenting self-denial and economyj than , .
a floor lavishly covered with base Imi-"
tations." "' " 'V ' v. hi-
And if only one or two rugs can be, j
bought at first, choose soft, rich tones, .
which will harmonize with everything, 5
and patterns wbich are good, but not
very striking, and you will never tire w
of them. ' Hardwood floors as a back-, ,
ground for rugs are of course the most ' '
desirable, but even a cheap softwood '
floor may tie stained a rich dark blue, ;
green or brown, so that the attention fy
will be distracted from the scarcity of
rugs. There is no rug Jo compare with "
the Oriental rug In beauty and dura -
bility; but for upstairs rooms, where
the wear is;not .very heavy, there is
nothing more charming than the rag I
rug," particularly If woven jn -colors
harmonizing with its surroundings, j. s
The Indian . Dhurri rugs are good in
color and design, but' have "an exas
perating habit of refusing to lle flat
upon the floor. Perhaps no cheap rpg( r
gives more return for the money ex
pended than the. Navajo blankets but
their brilliant hues make them difficult-
to use. i Those with a great deal of
white in them are the safest purchases.
While the rugs woven of bits of carpet
are not beautiful, they often help cover.'
a bare floor, and if made of soft dull
colors ar . unobjectionable. Evening ,
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. Business IVosian at Home . lt
When the business woman gets home
at night she is tired and hot from her-
day's work. It may be her custom to v
sit down at once to her evening, meal, ,
and shortly after retire for a bath and
bed,1 feeling too worn out to spend 'the
evening in any. relaxation . or. amuse
ment ... . . , , . ,
Yet after a day in office or store' she t
needs the diversion of a little ' amuse
ment, and this would be possible, even :
after a hard day, if she followed the,
plan of resting, bathing and changing
her. clothing1' immediately ; on'' going
home.' - .. , .: ii ' ; .
- Say she gets home at G.or;C30. One
hour later she can feel like a new per-4
son by following out this routine.'
- The first thing to do on getting home,
is to remove all clothing worn during,
the day and hang it to air for morning.
The next thing; is a bath, and this
should be tepid, as cold water will not
remove the heat and perspiration of the
day, and hot water is too exhausting-
Stay in the tub ten minutes. Then
slip on a night dress, let the hair down,
braid it loosely, and lie at full length
on the bed for fifteen minutes. : .. . '
During this resting period the nerves
should be relaxed,, the eyes .closed and
all worrying thought banished. If con-
sciousness is lost, so'much the better.
At the end of this time get up and
rub the body gently with alcohol or
any toilet water, patting it gently, so .
as not to increase circulation and over
heat. Then 'dress slowly, putting on
entirely different garments from, those
used during the day. This can " be
managed without extravagance by
keeping two sets of underclothing out,
using one for day wear and , one for
evening; the following week take the
evening set for day and get a fresh se't
out for evening. In this wayrone set
a week need be sent to the laundry,
although in hot weather the possession
of plenty of underwear and frequent
changes is an extravagence well worth
wbile. . ' ; . - , - .
Put on different shoes and stockings
from those worn during the day,Tand
a pretty frock. . ' a '.-
And by this time, which need uqt te .
an hour from the time you came home,
you will feel refreshed and ready for
an enjoyable evening. Instead of go
ing t to the ; evening , meal hot and
dragged out and cross, you will be cool
and almost as fresh as if the 'day had
Just begun. New Haven Register. ,j
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The light and white clotli costumes
thatfwere 60 popular last winter are
again in fashion this season, and,' if
possible, are more elaborate than ever.
iShort ! boleros ' of caracul, dyed tto
match the cloth or made of Irish, lace,
are one of the features of this year's
styles, and . certainly are . charming as
a novelty. ; f , , , rt
-A ravishing bolero is? of chinchilla,
ornamented about the neck, with er
mine andhaving thoJsleeves finish
much below the elbow with 'a band
of ermine.' : r-nF T
In Tarls how the furriers reign.
Their word Is -law and their .products
are more beautiful than ever. Andkall
the garments they make are graceful
and becoming. 1 r ctdtio
White cloth "gowns are? almost in
variably becoming ; and effective-, t To
trim chiffon with cloth Js another pop
ular fad, and the contrast of the two
materials Is certainly most effective;
The favorite fur of 1 this season In
Paris is without contradiction.- chin
chilla. It-ehares to some extent popular
favor with , ermine, but" the 'latter' is
eatily Imitated, and so rulgarly. that
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