Wires to Travel at Half Price.
Under a new' Norwegian railway
regulation, when husband and wife
•TO traveling together the wife need
only pay half price. The idea may
■tapir be to encourage "family life,
on the theory that a Norwegian who
sormalty leaves his wife at home will
be tempted to take her along at re
duced rates. It will, of course, he
accessary, when taking a husband
aad-wife ticket, to display one's mar
riage certificate and make an affida
vit that the lady is one's wife, in or
der to prevent collusion at the hook
ing office between perfect strangers.
. ■—From Tit-Bits.
Great Woman Leader.
Uffon the shoulders of the Rev.
Anna Shaw has fallen the mantle of
the great leaders of the past, and she
la wearing it with honor. Of New
Bagtand stock, she came naturally by
%er bold willingness to advocate in
public, even at the cost of sacrifices,
those principles she deemed just.
Plrat she aspired to be a full fledged
pastor in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and when ordination was
( denied her she fonght till she ob
tained It from the Methodist Protest
ant Church. She also studied medi
cine, and is Raid to be ths first woman
te have both titles of "Rev." and
-M. D."
Civilisation.
A commotion was caused in the
Boulevard Haussmann the other day
when one of the best known women
in Paris got out of motor
ear leading by a silver chain a tiny
poodle dressed In the height of fash
ion. The dog was wearing a pigskin
collar adorned with gold coins and a
S". j  three-fourths a cup of butter, one cup of sugar and flavoring,
i Beat t ' le y° lks °* the e KK B unt'l very light, then gradually beat
. ' In the sugar. Beat the butter to a cream, and then gradually
™ J beat Into it the yolks and sugar. Flavor with vanilla. Bake
** Jj , k It In a crust; it will rise very light. Have ready the whites of
0 . •, the ■eggs, beaten dry; gradually beat in Ave level tabiespoon
§ fuls of sugar, and then cut and fold in five level tablespoonfuls
>■ of sugar. Flavor with a few drops of the vanilla. Spread the
o J3 • meringue over the pies and set them into the oven to cook the
, • | meringue. It should take about ten minutes. It Is said that
6 J | the best results are secured If the pies be cut while hot. —Bos-
Q I ton Cooking School Magazine.
little fur coat with a side pocket, from
which peeped a small lace handker
chief, while it* little feet were pro
tected from the damp by India rubber
■hoes. In the poodle's ears were two
pairs of diamond earrings, one pair
ta each ear, the ears being piercod nt
the base and at the tip. The feelings
•f this darling pet were dogfully re
pressed. He appeared absolutely in
. different to the excited glances be
atowed upon him and his mißtress.
Baston Herald.
Why American Men Choose American
Wives.
A sarcastic contemporary of Goth
ass submits this problem to ita
readers and asks for light; "Queer,
Isn't It. that although half the aris
tacracy of Europe is now American
M its mother's side, it hasu't yet oc
curred to any American man to cap
ture and bring home a European
duchess, countess, princess or any
thing like that."
It isn't so "queer," however, when
one comes to think about it. The
average American man is usually
Messed with a fair degree of common
•ease Wad has the bump of discrimi
nation and appreciation highly de
veloped. He knows that the Ameri
cas woman, wiih all her faults, and
•specially her weakness for a title, is
the ffloai charming of all the daugh
ters of Eve. Being wise, therefore,
the American maa takes unto hlm
aelf an American wife, and makes
her happy ever afterward if she is
m reasonable being and does not
dream of castles in Spain and cha
teau in France.
It is a fact which we conslde. in
• controvertible that the American man
is like certain ancient prophets—not
without honor—save in his own coun
j. try. The American woman is so ac
«ustomed to his attentions, his un
failing courtesy, his willingness to
"go way back and ait down" when
■he desires it, tnai she takes his
chivalrous deference to her in alt
things as the admission of inferiority.
It is only when she purchases a duk«
a count and goes to Europe to
live and tlnds man absolutely tho
master in the Old World that sue
rtaiiaer the incomparable qualities
M the American man as a husbauj
and companion.
A very bright English woman ot
title who visited this country recent
ly deprecated International mar
riages uecagse, she said, stica match
es invuiveil u painful disillusioning
of the American girl in the Old
Uarkd home, iu the ftugiish family,
■ae explained, the sous are supreme.
JSveryiaing f* sauoidinated fu« tnelr
aavaiicemepi. Vhe daugnter* are
relegated to a minor position and
*uaae to realise tae superiority ot
toe man iu ttie tainiiy and also as a
tacto. in ifte Stale. The American
girl who is coai.onied with tnU con
dition, after queening it over tne
AiaerK-au iuau at heme, receive? a
rude Knock. and, of course, hurts it
difficult,-if not impossible, to accept
a pusitiou of inferiority, i'erhapn
when American girls understand that
the American man Is the only man
wha will accept tyranny without revo
lution there will be an end of inter
national marriages.—Baltimore Sun.
The Guest Book Useful.
The ordinary guest book is now 41
matter of most country homes, but
many hostesses with a love of novelty
prefer to hatffe their friends' visit re
corded in a more distinctive way than
by their signatures and the date off
the "islt, says the Washington Star.
One clever young matron has a
book that is not only an unfailing
source of interest to every one who
sees*lt, but helps her out In many a
tight place when at a loss to remem
ber little idiosyncrasies of her
friends.
One evening, when a merry house
party was playing that childish game
where each player writes down her
favorite pursuit, food, amusement
and so forth, the tastes of her friends
were found to be so varied that a
bright idea came to this hostess.
"Why not utilize this information
for my own benefit," she thought.
"I'm constantly having guests in the
country and am often at my wits'
ends to remember their personal likes
and dislikes. I'll just start a guest
book, leave a small space for the
name and make each of my friends
write down the things she most cares
for and dislikes."
Not being able to buy a suitable
book, she tbok heavy white Irish lin
en paper of commercial size, 3x12
Inches, and bound many sheets of It
firmly together, between heavy card
board backs, covered with a gay flow
ered cretonne
At the top of one shee : . she II-
lumlnated requite large letters, "His
Likes and Dislikes," using for alter
nate pages the same title, but with
the feminine pronoun. Beneath this
was left a small space for the name
and date, while down the left side
were run in smaller illuminated let
ters grouped subtitles, such as "His
Favorite Game," "His Most Detest
ed Game," "The Food He Likes
Best," "His Most Despised Food."
These subtitles may be of such a
nature as the inclination of the host
ess dictates, and may be made to in
clude all the tastes and distastes -t
her friends'in as ra/ny different di
rections aB the sice of the page per
mits.
Just at first, when people were
asked to write in this novel guest
book, they were Inclined to take It
as a Joke and put down nonsense,
but a little persuasion usually result
ed in the real tastes oi the writer be
ing inscribed.
That woman is now noted for be
ing a most popular and successful
hostess, and an Invitation to her
house parties is always eagerly
sought. She herself ascribes this suc
cess entirely to the insight gained by
her guest book into the fads and fan,
cies and the personal peculiarities
and idiosyncrasies ot her friends.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Has Rivals.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago s so
cial leader, has many ambitious riv
als, says the Delineator. She first as
serted her right to her present posi
tion in society during the famous fair
of 18U3.
A World's Fair, it will be perceived
by now, meant more back in the last
century than it means to-day. At all
events, Mrs. Palmer proved her right
then to her life crowu. She has worn
it, never arrogantly, but always with
the most delicate tact, a gift of the
gods which never deserts her, how
ever trying the hour, in a new state
of society, the social arbiter is called
upon for the most sqdden decision?,
wnich, more often than not, reach
further than the eye ot man cftu dis
cern, and Mrs. Palmer has uinae her
full share of them, all distinguished
for good sense and for , level percep
tions. Chicago society won,en. how
ever, are daring enougn i\» be the
one body in the KUOAU wond to cast
the shadow of a doubt, on Mrs. Pulm
er's prestige in her nome town. And
siflce they cannot beat her ut net
world game. wni"h starte-i far baiK
iu IS 93, that memorable year wneu
social lines were drawc In Chicago
for practically the ttrst time, Chicago
women have been attempting to de
cide the question, at least to put the
question to popular vote, by means of
charity. It is an odd eoadition of at
talrs, something peculiar to Chicago,
and it has grown to such proportions
that the coming winter may see the
death blow dealt to the charity fate
In Chicago
JN* _ 9mm mmmrnmmm****—*
The mines of ;fc» world employ 5,-
000,000 persons.
New York City.—The short, jaunty
jacket that terminates juat above the
waist line Is so generally becoming and
so well liked that nothing ever super
finished with banding, as illustrated,
or with applique or with braiding, -r
can be embroidered on the material,
sedes It. This one is novel in many
of Its features and Includes a little
vest portion that is peculiarly chic,
while it allows the use of effective
contrast. In the Illustration pongee
Is trimmed with banding and the vest
portions are of the same, but cretonne
Is being much used for this last, em
broidered bandings are always hand
some and lace is in every way correct;
or again, the material itself could be
embroidered or banded with soutache.
The jacket is an exceedingly service
able one that Is equally available for
the costume and for the sep
arate wrap which Is so convenient t°
slip on over thin go#ns. *it can be
finish of all these various kinds bqfDK
greatly In vogue.
The jacket Is made with fronts fed
back and the fronts are fitted by
means of darts at tAe shoulders.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is two and one
half yards twenty-one, one and three
fourth yards twenty-seven, or one
yard forty-four inches wide, with four
and one-half yards of banding.
The New Prilling*.
Various frllltngs and pleating! In
tulle and net, chiffon and mouaaallne
de sole, can be procured now by the
yard, ready for Jabots or for tacking
Into the necks and sleeves of the new
spring gowns. When these frlllings
are carefully chosen, and secured to
the collar in such a way that they do
not show too much white on the
outer side, they have a fresh and
dainty effect which Is very delightful.
Neck Bows of Ribbons.
Pretty bows for the neck are made
of ribbon one and a half lncbea wide,
tied in small bows, the ends mitered,
and a dainty design in ribbon work;
small roses and forget-me-nots and
silk embroidered leaves and atoms
decorate each end.
Filet Mesh Popular.
Wide bands of black t»let mesh
richly embroidered in peacock color*
with touches of bronze, gold or eil
ver, are faat replacing the Japanese
and oriental trimmings which have
held sway for so long. Some of the
designs shown in tints of orange and
burnt leather strike a particular
happy note in combination with the
warm brown materials so popular
this season.
llrcakfast Jacket.
Tasteful breakfast jackets are al
ways in demand. In combination
with skirts to match, they make ex
ceedingly attractive and eminently
comfortable morning dresses, while
they also can be utilized with odd
skirts of linen, light weight serge or
some similar material. This one has
the fitted back that is always becom
ing combined with loose fronts, and
allows a choice of the pretty elbow
sleeves or plain ones of full length.
A wide, becoming collar flntshes the
neck. Lawn, batiste, dlmfty, challis,
all materials that are used for break
fast Jackets, are appropriate.
The jacket is made with the fronts,
backs and side-backs. The elbow
sleeves are gathered to form the frills
and are stayed by means of bands
over the shlrrings, while the long
sleeves are finished with straight
cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is three and one
half yards twenty-four, three yards
thirty-two, or one and seven-eighth
yards forty-four Inches wide, with
one and three-fourth yards of band
ing. three and one-fourth yards at
edging
Household Matters.
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To Roast a Chicken.
If roasting in the oven stand the
fowl on a, trivet in the roasting tin,
to that the fat may run down from it.
Never let a roast He In fat, as it
makes it sodden and greasy. A
thicken will take from half an hour
to three-quarters of an hour. When
the fowl is ready, lift it onto a hot
lish, remove any string or paper, and
pour away any grease there may be.
If gravy Is wished to serve with it,
pour away all the fat from the roast
ing tin, and pour Into it a little good
ttock or beef tea. Stir over the fire
until it boils, rubbing down into it
any browning from the tin, season
olcely and pour round the fowl. If
liked thick the gravy may be thick
ened by browning a little flour In the
tin before pouring in the stock, but
for an invalid it Is more wholesome
left clear. What-To-Eat, the Pure
food Magazine.
Laundry Notes.
Javelle Water For Removal- of
Stains.—One of the best chemical re
agents to be used in the laundry and
tor cleaning purposes generally Is ja
velle water. It can be very easily
made at home if the following direc
tions are carefully followed, and is
oot in the least eipensive:
How Made.—Dissolve one pound of
washing soda in an agate kettle or
stone jar, in a quart of boiling wat
er. Dissolve one-half pound of chlo
ride of lime in two quarts of cold
water.. When the dissolved portion
baa settled, carefully pour the clear
UtfWd into the dissolved soda. Bot
tle and keep in a cool, dark plaoe.
Kinds of Stains.—Stains which
bother in the laundry are of three
kinds, I. those caused by vegetable
growth, 'those from actual chemical
compounds, and those caused by a
deposit of small, solid particles.
Mildew Is perhaps the stain which
puzzles the housekeeper the most. It
Is the most common type caused by
vegetable growth. When this stain
Is examined under the microscope one
can see a network of tiny tendrils
which cannot be seen without the aid
of the microscope. On the ends of
some of these tendrils can be seen
small cup-shaped organs which hold
seeds or spores, w;hich scatter
over the cloth and start new plants.
This Is the way the mildew stains
spread all through a garment. These
llttlu tendrils will, if given time, find
their way through many layers of
the materia).
Oxygen will destroy the mildew
plant, but it will thrive in a damp,
warm place. To remove mildew
from a garment first give It a thor
ough airing and then place in boiling
watet. After it has been placed in
boiling water, the character of the
stain is changed and it la now a.chem
leal compound, for the mold has pro
duced a dye. A bleaching process
has to be resorted to now to remove
the stain. Soak the garment in equal
quantities of hot water and jgvelle
water until the stain disappears;
thoroughly rinse In three waters;
then rinse in water to which a little
ammonia has been added.
In most all processes of bleaching
an acid Is formed which will weaken
the fibers of the cloth and, if very
strong, will destroy them, unless
quickly neutralized by an alkali. Am
monia or washing soda solution are
the beat to use for this purpose.—
Lotta I. Crawford, in Home and Farm
jpf| Jtpto
\L tMNP /TOUT TO
W!W PREPARE- TIfEM
Poached Kggs With Creamed Cel
ery.—Carefully arrange poached egxs
on rounds o* buttered toast. Fill in (
of the dish with a pint of
celery cut Into inch lengths and
cooked in boiling water until tender,
then stirred Into a cupful of cream
sauce. Serve very hot. This Is a
light and nourishing breakfast dish.
Bean Porridge.—Boil one quart of
beans without soaking with half a
teaspoonful of soda until the skin
cracks. Have fried In slices half a
pound of salt pork, add to beans with
little salt and pepper, cook with suf
ficient water to keep from burning,
and when real soft add fine bread
crumbs or flour to thicken. Bread
crumbs are best.
Rice Pudding.—Rice pudding is to
many people a not very palatable ar
ticle of diet, but as it is frequently or
dered in cases of convalescence from
various illnesses, a formula is given
for its- preparation: One ounce of
whole rice, three-quarcera of a pint
of milk, half an ounce of butter, one
egg, sugar to taste. Let the rice
swell in the milk over a slow fire, stir
In the butter and then let the mixture
poo!. Reat the egg well and mix with
the rice, butter a breakfast cup or
small mold, fill It three parts full and
bake. Turn It out and serve.
Uood Com Bread.—Scald one pint
of white meal, add a teaspoonful of
sugar, also one or salt and a vault
spoonful of butter or meat fryings;
taen stir in as much buttermilk as Is
required to make a thin batter—pre
viously placing a teaspoonful of soda
in the sour milk. Lastly add a pint
of dry meal. Thoroughly beat with
spoon or paddle and bake in buttered
pan in a quick oven. Try this with
vegetables often for dinner. Yon will
feel better than when yon dine, week
in and out. on adulterated flour.
No horses are to be seen on the
farms ot Bolivia, bullocks or OIH
being universally employed.
g Good Roads. 8,
Automobile Wear On Roads.
The general superintendent of the-
Chicago South Park system toll* of
HU troubles with park roada in MM
irtlclo published in the April nunH
ber of Municipal Engineering Maga
zine. He says:
"The greatest problem confront
ing park commissioners throughout
the country* Is the preparation of
some plan for inexpensive, compara
tively durable and attractive^pave
ments. Until recent years the mac
adam road was the most successful.
Asphalt Is hard, stiff in appearance,
nois'y, and. In wet weather. Is slip
pery. Crushed stone, limestone being
iM cheapest and granite dressed wltlk
limestone the most satisfactory, pro
vided a beautiful white street that
practically was a dirt road so-far
as comfort and quiet was concerned.
It cost only a small portion of the
expense of asphalt, and so was adopt
ed generally throughout the country.
"Then came the automobile. There
are people who say they can see no
difference between the effect ci e
carriage wheel and that of an auto
mobile. One is beneficial and the
other destructive. The former sim
ply acts as a roller, while the motor
driven tire drags at the pavement,
digs In, and tears loose the stone.
Suction has little part in the damage.
It all comes from the wheel where
the purchase to push ahead must be
secured.
"It Is impossible to estimate the
damage to roads done by chains used
on tires. It is certain that they dig
into the stone more than a smooth
tire, but the wear on the pavements
in summer Is almost as bad as In win
ter, when chains are used. The
greater damage in the latter season
might be attributed to the fact that
the stone is wet and more easily
loosened.
"Some people Imagine that places
where ruts are worn in the regular
path of the machine present the worst
phase of the damage. They do not.
A little dressing and a few trips of the
steam roller often remedy such Ge
fects, and the worst damage we find
is where cprs Just 'skin' the surface
of the road. Then we have to re
surface, and that costs from twenty
to forty cents a square yard."
Good Roads Movement.
Morgan County has voted to issue
bznds to the extent of $260,000 with
which to build better roads. This
movement should spread from county
to county until It covers the State.
It will invite State aid and even na
tional aid, and both will be needed
in order to complete what local au
thorities may have begufa.
Public sentiment should in every
county support the Overton constltu**
tlonal amendment, which alms to
tttrn over to the'good roads move
ment the earnings of all State con
vlcts. Later on, perhaps, Congress
can be Induced to help the States thai
stand ready to help themselves. The *
good roads movement is moving
steadily along and if every citizen
who desires to see better roads lo
Alabama will aid the effort it will
become after a while Irresistible in
both Stat* and nation.
Morgan County points the way.
Let the local authorities act first, and
then the State and the nation can be
trusted to come in later to
the big task—a task that has a deal
of development and education and
coinfprt concealed In Its entirety.—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A Permanent Organization.
The Oood Roads and Drainage
Convention which recently met a*
Jackson, Tenn., is to be made a per
manent organization and will hold
annual meetings Rt such time and
place as may be decided upon by the
executive committee. The conven
tion endorsed the plan of the Mem
phis Business Men's League to build'
a highway from Memphis to Bristol,
via Jackson. Nashville. Chattanooga,,
and Knoxvtlle, at the State's expense
and for the purposes of a prelimin
ary survey the Legislature will b«
nsked to make an appropriation.—
Farmers' Home Journal.
Costs More.
When the people can Ije made to
onderstand that It actually costs more
In time and money to travel over a
poor road than It does to travel over
a good one, they will be less Inclined
to begrudge the expense of good
roads, and what is more important
still, will be willing and anxious to
put the business of road-making into
the bands of Intelligent men who
understand the business. It seems as
if every time a man makes a trip-1
over bad roads that he. would be
forcibly reminded of the seed of the
improvement of the roads and be
wllllng to pay a special tax for that
nurpose.—Rural World.
Idea Spreading.
The good roads Idea appears lo be
rpreading on this continent, for n**a
rones from Alaska that highway im
provement is being agitated for u»at *
region. It is hoped that Congress
can W Induced to make aa appropria
tion of |410,M0 for the improvement
of the roads aad trails of Alaska.
Big Lav ber Cat in 1807.
According to a report from the
United States Forest Service the lsrg
est yearly lumber cot' in this country
was that of 1607, the amount belnc
37,550,736,000 feet, valued at $625,-
151,388. Ilia average increase in the
price of lumber since 1899 haa bet»
forty-nine per cent.