Our BJationai Spirit
v. -..Is a hove of Work
By William M. Ivins, Late Candidate r
. for Mayor of New York. ,
- P -you -we're-" to ask me what." is America, I should say the -whole
body of living Americans, ami all Americans who have gone before.
The story of our national character is the history of our entire na
tional achievement, America consists not only of living men and
women, but of great captains of the Revolution, of fathers of the
constitution, of soldiers of the war for union and disunion a well,
of all the fine and brav&'sa-irits
whose souls go marching on in our history still shaping it from their glorious
graves.
It is not easy to put our finger on what might be called our "spiritual cen
tre of gravity." As a nation we certainly have one, ibut I am not prepared to
admit that it is pure commercialism, I should say it was a national, love of
work. That Is why we as yet have no intellectual proletariat and no body of
oeciaspos.
v One thing which I believe I discovered to that as a nation we are too far
from the spiritual, too near the physical and sensual. We are suffering from con
tagion of luxury. It was one of the causes of both Greek and Roman decline.
Yet the luxury of Rome was a sordid want "compared with the luxury of Am
erica. We arq certainly not a religious people in the old sense of the word,
tout If religion means a quest of the eternal, hunger for knowledge of the infin
ite, then I do not hesitate to say that we are not irreligious, even if the nation
is not spiritually potent to raise a Francis of Assisi, a Savonarola, a Milton,
a Pascal or a Newman. - . " i
But what is it that is sacred to us-rthe law? We are probably more disre.
gardful of law tian any other people in the world. The Church? There is no
ctmreh. ' Property? Possibly. Still, I think what we hold most sacred is th
ennobling power of work, and .deep down I believe our nation has a sovereign
ideal of righteousness that finally, that is the thing that is sacred to us.
J ; The American is fundamentally "square' and intrepid and generous. He
is" fuili of courage, except where he is a mere money bag and where cowardi"i
of the till has made him practically an alien to our temper. Restless activity
lias come to be recognized as a universal characteristic, and we must admit
the restlessness and the activity. Neither industrialism nor commercialism
can by any possibility beget dignity or ideals or reverence.
v The press is our most suggestive institution! it partakes of all our frail
ties, 'but it also partakes of the strongest and best that is in -us. The chief
function of the press is to equalize the strain of change and to prepare men's
minds for it, so that it comes with order and as a natural development. The
iuiyii usjs ceaseu 10 De tne national university, ana xne press uus wu no
place. Is the press doing its work well? What kind of men is it making?
Very good men, I think at any rate, better men than I find in the making any.
where else. i.
Mil All Me Human Wrecks5
By Dr. Charles Kliot Norton, Harvard's
Noted Ala n of Letters.
R71
OU ask me to express my opinion,, in such form that it may be
given to the public, concerning the prolongation of life by medical
or surgical science when it
misery.
The matter has of late acquired new claim for consideration
owins to the raDid advance in knowledge and in skill alike of physi
mm
cians and surgeons and to the
edge and skill to the lengthening of wretched lives.
. The principle' that it is a duty to prolong every human life as long as pos
sible, at whatever cost, has hitherto been generally accepted.
.. "' Its5 main support has been, the doctrine of the sacredness of human life,
and this has been reinforced by two practical considerations of great weight;
one, the freedom of physician, surgeon or bystander from all responsibility of de
cision of a question grave in any case and in which, a mistake in judgment
might be severely blameworthy; the other, the natural desire on the part of
members of the medical and surgical profession to exhibit the resources of their
art in mastering extreme difficulties.
The doctrine and the practice have both been pressed toa far. There is
no .ground" to hold every human life as inviolably sacred, and to be preserved,
no matter with what .results -to the individual, or to ethers. On the contrary
there are cases to which every reasonable consideration urges that the end
should be put. Setting aside all doubtful cases, no right thinking man would
hesitate, to give a dose of laudanum, sufficient to end suffering and life together,
to the victim of an accident from the torturing effects of which recovery was
Impcs.ble, however many hours of misery might be added to conscious life by
stimulants or surgical operations. ' .
'-. Or take another instance, that of an old person whose mind has become a
ekacs -of wild imaginings productive of constant distress not only to the suf
ferer, but to all w-ho live with and attend him. The plain duty in such a case
is not to prolong, but to shorten life.
it is not to 03 nopeu mat a superstition so aeepiy rootea in tradition as
that of the duty of prolonging life at any cost will readily yield to the argu
ments of reason or the pleadings of compassion, but the discussion of the sub
ject in its various aspects may lead gradually to a more enlightened public
opinion and to the consequent relief of much misery.
By AndrewD. White.
?TUM"3 N tne greater capitals of . Europe the general public know the
IMfl M g3ritish, French, Austrian, Italian, and all other important embassies
Vft"ll ft It
lor legations, except that of
The American embassy
inmottmps in nriA rnnrfpr nf
1J times almost in an attic, sometimes almost in a cellar, generally
... . inadecuiate in its accommodations, and frequently unfortunate in its
surroundings. ''-.,-
Both my official terms at St. Petersburg showed me that one secret of the
great success of British diplomacy, in all parts of the world, is that especial
pains are taken regarding this; point. - ' ;
The United States, as perhaps the wealthiest nation in existence a nation
far-reaching in the exercise of its foreign policy, with vast and increasing com
mercial and other interests, throughout the world should in all substantial mat
ters, be equally well provided for.
v And in order fully to free my mind I will add that, while the provision for
a proper embassy or legation building is the first of all . things necessary, it
might also be well to increase somewhat the salaries . of our representatives
abroad.. It is utterly impossible for an America diplomatic representative to
do his duty upon the salary now given, even while living on the most moderate
scale known in the diplomatic corps. To attempt to do so would deprive him
of all opportunity to exercisethat friendly, personal, social influence which Is
so hmportant-au element in his success. If the carrying out of these reforms
should require an appropriation to the diplomatic service 50 per cent, higher
than it now is, the total additional cost to each citizen of the United States
would be less than half a cent each. year.--From the Autobiography of Andrew
D. White. Copyright, 1904, by the Century Company.
1he Case tor
Bv Frederick C. Howe, ot Cleveland.
UNICIPAL ownership is becoming the most insistent issue in local
I .TV a-1
politics. The spontaneity of the issue indicates the deep-seated
dissatisfaction with private monopoly. The elections in New
York, Cleveland, and Chicago are but political cross-sections of
the country at large. The conviction has become well-nigh uni
versal, that the franchise interests are responsible for most of
the municipal corruption. It is the desire for franchises, whose
(JJ
, values rutf Into fabulous figures, that-explahis not only the positive corruption,
tout the indifference of the better-to-do classes, and the heavy burden of reform.
These franchises have been appraised at $150,000,000 In New York city; in
--other large cities they run into hundreds of millions. Their value depends up-
cm ao labor except the labor lnoident to a control of the council. They are
created by. grant from the city. And they can only exist through) a perform
ance of tai.3 control. This explains the activity, as well as the corruption, in
iocal poflitics.
These conditions will be corrected through munloinal ownrshin. . When
-the city owns its own franchises, &31 classes wiia demand good government and
2icient service. Population can be distributed into the country-side. Cheaper
light, water, and heat will relieve tine poor of their most serious burdens, while
the incidental -savings to the community will be tremendous. For -municipal
ownership pays. The net earnings of the New Yerk Water Works amount to
53.SOO.000 per year; of the Chicago water plan $2,209,621 the Cleveland waiei
works $500,000, and the Detroit waterw irVs ?:ft0.- , -'
rrom other cities. Detroit claims that.it costs but $C0 per lamp to light its
elreet by" electricity. New York city earns nearly a million dollars a year
.from us docks, and $313,000 fromi its markets. The city of Cincinnati, which
V,wr. the Cincinnati Southern R-adlway enjoy a revenue which will leave the
property without isdebledness in fifty years' time.
that have lived on our soil, and
can be prolonged only at the cost of
application of this increasing knowl
our country.
or legation has no settled home, it
tha, t.rvwn. snmptlmps in anit'lipr r.n-mp.
tmicipal Ownership
CHARITY.
God blessed me the penny you gave to me,
brother,
For yon pive with a smile, ns a friend to
another. v,-
God, cursed me the dollar you gave, for
you chid, '
And you made me to know what it was
that you did.
With charity 'for me you gave me the first,
Hut. with charity to. me. the second you
cursed
Edmund V ance Cooke, in The Century.
THE
PROFESSOR'S PIITflEB
By Ballas Lore Sharp.
-.v. v. v.
j5tj HAD been sure for a long
t f 'rae tbat tnere was a story
O I O connected with the panther,
S K but the old professor, for
tOW some reason, never seemed
to feel the bearing of my
hints concerning it. The panther was
a magnizficent male specimen, mount
ed in the central case of the museum,
a crouching, crawling figure, so terri
bly realistic that I had to school my
self to go past it at night without a
shiver.
"You certainly saw that beast when
it was alive, professor," I remarked
one day, as we were rearranging some
of the smaller specimens in the case.
"That's a study from life. Look at the
curve of his back! And those shoul
ders! I can almost see them work be
neath the skin."
"I can see them work," the old pro
fessor replied, pausing a moment to
look at the beast; "and I'm likely to,
as long as I can see anything," he
added.
I kept discreetly silent, and he went
on:
"It is a study from life, as you have
guessed, and the best mount, I think,
in the collection, though the study was
made in Florida and the mounting done
here,
"That was a peculiarly vivid lesson
I had there, quite sulflcient in a taxi
dermical way, for the rest of my life.
"I was collecting along the Indian
River, near where Mieco stands now,
taking specimens of everything, from
the largest allisrators down. It was a
rich country there then, as crowded
with wild beasts as a menagerie.
Panthers were by no means rare, and I
had taken two when I came upon the
tracks of this fellow in the sand, along
the river.
"The print of his foot measured twice
that of the specimens I had taken, and
my ambition was stirred. I wanted
that big panther for the very spot
where you see him now. But he was
as wary as lie was big. I never could
get sight of'-him perhaps because I
was a tram or ins getting signt or mc
first. '
"1 trailed him up and down the river,
and finally found a beaten path that
I thought the big fellow used, running
in through the brake to a heavily tim
bered crest. The grass about the end
of the path was so heavy and the run
way so hard-packed that no footprint
showed; but out along the river the
signs of his coming' and going in this
vicinity were so numerous that I de
termined to risk my chances in the
path.
"The surest, quickest way to have
taken him. if this were the runway
of the beast, would have been to lie in
wait at some good place along the path
and shoot him provided, of course,
that the wind, the light and the aim
were all just right.
"But this was asking too much; Re
sides, I was constantly busy collecting,
and couldn't spare the time it might
take to wait. So I took the two big
bear traps that I had at camp, and set
them in the path, trusting that the
panther, in an absent-minded- moment,
might walk into one of them. " '
"It is seldom that a wild animal, es
pecially a panther, has an absent
minded moment. Human bqings are
much more liable to them, according
to my experience, though up to this
time I had not known it.
"I selected a narrow, walled-in place
along the path, where the bushes were
so thick on each side .that the beast
would not be. likely, to leave the trail.
Here, too, was a sharp rise of ground
for about twenty feet.
"At the bottom of this I set one trap,
and twenty feet away, on the very
crown of the ridge, I set the other,1
He could hardly go up and down that
hill without stepping into one of those
trans.
"But he did, even though I had con
cealed the traps so skilfully that no eye
could easily have detected them. , That
very night a small manatee that I
had caught late in the afternoon was
dragged from near the tent and hiilf
eaten in the bushes alongshore, the
marks in the sand telling plainly that
the thief was the big panther.; , .
"A visit to the traps showed tfiem
undisturbed. Perhaps the beast had
come out by some other path. j
"To make sure, I fixed four slider
sticks across the run, so that nothing
could pass without brushing Iheni
aside. if
"The next day I found the sticks
down. Something had bee through
the path, and something large, too; but
the traps had not been touched, l
"Hoping that the creaturei might be
come used to their presence, and so
grow careless, I left them si vi-ral days
without changing, wherein f again
showed my ignorance of wild animals.
"It was folly to Imagine that,'so keen
a creature as a panther fivoidd Walk
abroad in his sleep and catch 'himself.
Nevertheless, I went ' down the river
late one afternoon and ifto the path,
Intending to make a last attempt -.with
the bear trap?
"The one at the; crest of the ridge I
moved down about five feetJ replacing
its former cover and nil thel surround
ings precisely as they were, so that to
all appearances the trap was in its old
place. . Then, with infinite jiains I hid
it in the new spot, laying back upon it
every tiny leaf that I had stirred. ,
"It was as neat as nati-.re; but so in
tent had I been upon the work that I
had utterly forgotten about time, and
looked up to see the dusk falling rapid
ly The other trap still remained to be
set. - ....
"Hastening back down the ridge. I
pulled up the heavy chain, and in doing
so, hit the plate so sharply that the
jaws came to with a siuip.
"'I had scooped out a place for it In
the path, and was pressing the stiff
spring down with my knee and the
jaws with my hands, when I felt some
thing touching my foot. behind, .
"The strain upon my arms was so
great that I dared not risk loosing the
spring with my knre, for fear the long
toothed jaws would close on my hands.
So without pausing, I spread the jaws
on down and open and held them there.
"And I continued to hold them there,
for trawling up slowly between my
kuees came the head and neck of a
great snake. A second look was not
needed to show me that it was a water
moccasin, as vicious and as deadly a
rentile as the rattlesnake.
, "The thick, heavy-Jawed head slid
up along my left wrist and curved out
directly across the open trap. There
it lay. All depended tipon my keeping
Ing perfectly quiet, for the beast -was
not alarmed, though I could see that
the light in its eyes only half-smoldered.
Its dull wits were aware Of
something unusual here, and so it
had paused, suspicious. .
"Fortunately, the trap was fully open
now aiitl not hard to hold. But my
body was cramned into an unnatural
posture with the effort to set the
spring, and this, together with the ter
rlb!e nervous strain of having that
deadly, scaly' head against my hand,
soon began to tell upon my strength.
"If I could only get my knee off the
spring without arousing the snake, and
still hold the trap open with my hands,
I might be able to release the jaws
quickly enough to cut the muddy,
horrid head dean off.
"I would risk it while I had the
power; but instantly that power left
me. Whether I had half-eousrionslv
heard a twig break, or by some mvs-
tcrions telepathy felt the gaze of the
panther fixed upon me. I do not know;
but without looking up I knew that
the beast lay in the palh at the top
of the ritlce above me.
"I had scarcely to move my head In
order to see Mm. There in the c!ccr
ening twilight ho stood motionless, his'
front paws on the ridge, his head lifted
high, looking in surprise at me.
"Thru the head was slowly lowered,
the big paws reached dowii. and the
long body flattened itself to t:ie ground.
My flesh mi;ht have been of stone, so
far as niiy trace of feeling went. I
was frozen to the spot and to the;
open trap. ' But Iran and snake were
forgotten -while I glared back into the
blazing eyes that glared down into
mi-nc, as 'the great cat began its
stealthy clawl over the ridge for a
footing to (spring.
"I could1 see only the blaze of the
eyes, the luimp of the working shoul
ders and the twitch, twitch of the slow
ly swayij.g tail, so quickly had the
darkness settled. But. I knew every
motion the brute made.
"He had come entirely over the ridge
when the hump of his shoulders sank.
He had flattened. Then it began to
rise slowly, and I knew the moment of
crisis had come. The creature was
gathering himself together for the
leap.
'.Suddenly, with a scream that was
half-snarl, he sprang, snapped short in
the i air, turned heels over, and was
jerked head down into the path before
nie. ,
"I was standing, with the moccasin's
scaly tail lashing my boots.
"The panther had crept one step too
close, and had planted his paw in the
open trap near the top of the hill.
"In my excitement ant fright I had
entirely forgotten that it was there,
and the brute as he had crawled down
upon me had been too eager to notice it.
"The moccasin was squirming in the
trap I had been holding, its head
nearly severed. But how I did it, how
I got off the trap to my feet, I have
never known at all." Youth's Com
panion. Poison FJaut With Turple Blogtomti.
The colors of flowers and leaves offer
numbers of interesting problems. No
one quite knows why the prevailing
tint of early spring flowers is either
white or yellow. Y'ellow, indeed, holds
its own to some extent all Ihrough the
summer, but the typical coloy f sum
mer blooms is pink, while as the au
tumn Rdvances richer crimsons and all
the rich, glowing hues of dahlias and
chrysanthemums are seen.4
Horticulturists have produced pop
pies of nearly every shade under the
sun, and with many other flowers they
seem able to alter the colors almost -as
they please. Yet the blue rose, the
black tulip and the green carnation
seem as far off as ever they were in
spite of constant efforts to arrive at
them. Nearly three centuries ago
Dutch gardeners imagined themselves
on the very of inventing a black tulip.
The 'colors of the blossoms of fruit
trees are limited to white, pink, bright
scarlet and purple. The reason no one
knows. Nor is it clear why nearly all
plants with purple blossoms Lave pois
onous properties. The deadly night
shade is an instance which will be
familiar to all country readers. Pear
son's Weekly. "-' '
rhnniros in tlin color of class are
caused by subjecting it to the action of
. . . i . - -1 t s
wnat are Known aa uiuariviei rajs vi
Hgat ' J
The Feminine Appetite.
" How many women there must be
who are blessed with a "healthy appe
tite" which Is a constant source of mar
tyrdom to vthem,, says the Lady's Pic
torial. No matter what her inner crav
ings may suggest the woman who
dines in publie knows that the interest
she will awaken is . not unconnected
with the number of courses she re
fuses. -
tTnrpaoiiahle Bleu.
Men say they cannot stand paint
powder, make-up or cosmetics of "any
kind, yet, observes Woman, they ex-.
poet their womankind to have an ever
youthful complexion and never to look
fagged or worn out. They relegate to
women all the petty cares of a house
hold, and often leave the wife in the
morning in a complete chaos of domes
tic affliction with the sage and stoic
advice "Not to worry!"
MannUh Mode Again.
One cannot help regretting .the ten
dency of feminine fashions to once
again becom masculine. One fears
a little lest the leather that is to be a
feature of feminine fashions this au
tumn, and the ' headgear that has
sprung from the masculine bowler and
the old "Jarvies' " beavers, and the
walking sticks, which, like cigarette
cases, are now popular gifts for girls,
will '-not rob us of our pretty fal-lals
and our daintiness. London World.
The Fash'onubte Color.
It is next to impossible to. decide upon
the one and only fashionable color of
the winter, for there are so many
colors and . so many shades of color
which are popular, that to say there
is but one is absurd. Purple In various
shades Is in style, a new red and, a
new blue, also a new brown, and black
has come into favor once more, so, af
ter all, it is' a, question to be decided
by the individual.
Prune is a color" that is markedly
popular this year;'1 and is certainly
attractive and most generally becom
ing. Trimmed with velvet of a deeper
shade or with embroidered velvet
bands or with narrow bands of fur, a
prune cloth costume is most notice
able, while if the effect be too sombre,
a note of lighter color can bo intro
duced into the waistcoat. Cream
white, pale blue, pink, yellow, or a
much lighter shade of prune all are
permissible' colors to use. Harper's
Bazar. -
Fireplaces Old and Xciv.
The varieties of fireplace furnishings
are many." The an'dirons are, of course,
a necessity if food is to be burned. In
addition there must be -the shovel,
tongs and poker, with some sort of a
holder, the fender, bellows, and cither
a wood box- or a coal scuttle. All of
the lire irons may be made of brass
from the Colonial designs, the steeple
top, the ball, the flame, etc;, either an
tique or copies, or they may be of
some of the new' designs in green
bronze, wrought iron or dull brass.
The.. green bro'nzo and the wrought
iron are especially adapted to the rough
stone fireplaces. The Colonial designs
speak for themselves as to their partic
ular adaptability. . Some of the newer
designs are very good and some very
bad.
Those that are simple, dignified and
well adapted to their purpose are good,
but there are many, especially those of
.wrought iron, which are overloaded
with ornament, hence to be condemned.
Ilarper'sBazar. '
Chiidren'8 Birthday Party.
- For small children there is a new
Jack Corner pie which is charming. A
great ball, three or four feet in diam
eter, is made of light wires twisted in
shape and covered with paper, with a
number of little gifts tied up, each one
fastened to a ribbon which falls out
of a hole in the under side of the ball.
Then flat paper roses are pasted all
over the outside. This is suspended
from the ceiling; the children are given
the ribbons and warned to hold them
lightly without pulling, and have a
pretty in-and-out dance, and at its
close all are told to pull the ribbons,
when down comes a shower of gifts
from the ball.
A new and quiet game of hide-and-seek
is called "cuckoo." The children
sit in a circle on the floor, and one child
leaves the room and hides, calling,
whn hidden, "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" The
rest must sit still and guess 4 where
the -child is, guided by the calls which
keep on from time to time. As soon
as the place is guessed the one who is
right hides, and the other .comes back
to the circle. Harper's Bazar.
Chinchilla.
Chinchilla is delightfully soft and
becoming, but it is the most perishable
of all furs. Sable is, of course, in
beauty as in value, the chief of them
aJ, and it is a lifelong possession, but
even a moderate sized- tie of it is worth
somewhere in the neighborhood of $r00
at present well marked Russian sable,
that is to say, and even the less desira
ble Canadian variety, and the near but
humbler relation, mink, are at a very
high price. Caracul and sealskin are
to be trimmed this winter with passe
menterie and embroidery, and finished
with lace ruffles. Two furs will be
mixed on a garment freely, and some
kinds are best value when so used in
limited quantities; ermine, for instance,
is an excellent trimming to a sable or
chinchilla cape, 'while by itself it al-
ws strikes one as naving a aaru
j effect. Among the more moderate
. fl ..1 fni- o howinn'np. nnf la whit
-a ...
fox, which is so deep a pile that there !
is none of the hard effect of the -short'-'
and stiffer hairs of ermine, and of ill
fur, as it is very fashionable, women
whose complexion is suited by white
may, well take notice in purchasing.
' Kconomy in Women.
- If women are .more economical than
men, as is sometimes stated, it is to he
wondered at. Why should they be?
The woman shopper is ied In various
ways to feel that she Is a most im
povtant persutj. Obsequous clerks, un
der penalty of dismissal, wait upon her
pjUJentljy or c'all atteiitioi to their
choietst wares. The merchants si a re
no opportunity to, part her from tiie
eontents of hr purse, tL' whilj thcy
flatter her varity, The whole vast
stoit-, with nil its wonders and all its
trash, exists, for her. Seemingly iimo
Cfnt temptations pull at her pnm
er v. nc n .1 1 f-. . I it 4 ! T , . . ...1. .....!! .
cL-.iu,a, auu jiranuui ; min'S hjjituii:
her with their cheapness. The mode,: u
store is. a veritable palace of -temptation.
'The weak are allured with proie
Ies of credit, the strong are often !
gulled before they . are ttware, while
thoughtless women nre fikely to gather
the Impression that the adornment of
their persons and the beautlficatioit of
the home are the chief ends of money"
spending. Harper's Bazar.
, True Lore. - ' v
ing, rapturous emotion portrayed iu
story books is, about the poorest, iini la -tion
of love there is; but people match
their symptoms to those in these sen
timental almanacs, and then. wonder
dazzling fireworks they - experienced,
oeiore marriage, loonsuiy growl be
cause thrills and raptures are known no
more after live years of matrimony.
True loVc is a matter of solil friend
ship rather than mutual physical ad
mira Ion. It is founded on solid inner
congeniality rather than a-. kindred
taste for certain sports or tastes in art
and old china. True love depends not
on the roses in Amelia's cheeks, inu
tile style of Algernon's overcoat; yet
many of our modern marriages are sev
ered because Algernon feels cheated
because Amelia's beauty has faded, or
Amelia is mad bee .rise -Algernon no
longer bows and scrapes whenever she
enters the room.. True love cTepcu.d-s
not for its life either on looks or
manners, but steadfastly loves on
through all the exigencies sure ,to -f:
up where two people marry, keep house
and rear children.." -"Life is not en easy
li uuu, .t vi? uii cuv n , .lint .M'-w-
ried life has all the everyday diCh-ul-ties
multiplied. by two; but true love-
n.nl.nn ! i- ..11 ...n.lli . -1 . ! I rt .1 . 1 K- i 1
only thing ;t earth that can really
lighten th load and make thft war
straight.--Philadelphia Telegraph.
riece lace dyed to match cloth, silk
or velvet is still fashionable.
Cloth skirts, Avith lace bodices of the
same color, are very modish.
The very newest brooch is a cat
design, a large black cat, at that, with
big diamond eyes.
Long evening coats, trimmed with
fur and wadded comfortably, are being
made of eolored l.irs-
Boleros, yokes and other trimming
of lace are used upon blouses of chiffon
or net and broad girdles of lace are alpo
fancied. -
The green felt hat was worn with a
big pale-blue gauze veil, and the brown
fur cape, with long talis, was lined
with pale-blue taffeta and fringed wish,
brown pendants.
Those belles who have gold and pearl
attachments to keep soft collars erect
ova In loin-ill' 7ii lofnirf T'.iflci A.t-
is that stiff, high collars are the 'thing
for ail kinds of, toilets short of the
dinner or dancing frocks.
The tea gown of to-day is considered
quite indispensable and after all there
is economy'in changing the street gown
upon reaching home, while the loose
fitting garment is much more restful,
as well as more suitable to the house.
Young girls should always have their
hair arranged in the ntbst becoming
fashion and at the same time the sim
plest possible. ' Bows of ribbon to
match the color scheme of the dress are
dainty, but as in the case of the shoe
and stockings, black is always appro
priate, too. .
The, most, elaborate tea gowns are
triumphs of the dressmaker's fibiil..
The long loose coat of thin flowered
silk or gauze worn over a pleated un
derdress of white lawn and chiffon if
charmingly picturesque, while the nar
row gathered ribbon' trims it most ef
fectively. - Bound That Crows Like a Koonter.
Samuel liiley, farmer living a few
miles from this city, owns a dog that
crows like a rooster before giving
vent to a crow the dog stretches him
self on his back and gives a loud yell. :
Whenever the roosters crow at mid-'
night or at the break of day the dog i
quick to get into the contest. Mr. Ri-i
ley has one rooster for which the dog
seems to have a special affinity. When
the rooster crows the dog is sure to do
likewise. ... . ,".,'..
The crowing dog is ah ordinary fox
hound, but is worthless for all pur
poses for which die was bred. Evans
ville . Correspondence ; Indianapolis
News. '