Champion Butter Cow.
On Being Obvious.
By Randolph ForbeB.
N a recent magazine article, a certain clever writer pokes soma
innocent fun at the commonplace people of this commonplac
world who are awone to make what one might call "obvious re
marks." The man is laughed at, who, when be takes a glass of
water at a gulp, says to you: "After all, old man, there s notmng
nir a u trrmA iwii i?ia of water to auench one's thirst!"
"w " O - - . , i 1.
lint is it lust, to laus-h at him? xninx now simyie ae 'ma.
v " i , nvotinn 411 vnn have to reoly is. "Yes," and he is
wholly satisfied, and you are saved the exertion of trying to make a clever
ranw trt nrh?jt mirht ,imv ,hprn from him a brilliant epigram.
There lies the whole trouble. If you mingle constantly with inordinately
clever people you will soon find yourself endeavoring to be as witty and ongni
as they; and unless you have been endowed by Nature with a gift for the light
quip and jest, you are apt to become au awful bore and from all (bores, good
Lord deliver us!
Personally, I am fond of the steady, easy-going people who tell me that
they prefer comedy to tragedy because there is so much tragedy in real life;
or those who invariably tell you that "anyhow, education is something that no
tine can take away from you;" or, "How time flies!" or "You wouldn't enjoy
your meals at hotels so much if you could have a peep at some of the kitch
ens." They .save me my breath, and they are very restful if I do not stay
with them too long. They certainly keep me from attempting to be too clever;
and with all my heart and soul I loathe people who are too clever From
ru.
Miscalled En
onservatism
Dy Louise Imogen Guiney.
HE most singular circumstances about this modern national inertia.
A USEFUL AND DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Since 1904 she has been the champion butter cow of the world. Last
January she gave 2954 lbs. of milk in 30 days. Once, in 7 days, she pro
duced 34. S2 lbs. of butter. Vrm rv,iwa wi.-iv
mis.failfri conservatism (true conservatism being a most militant
i thing), i3 that it proves to be a source of prodigious pride to the
kingdom wnicn nas compiacenuy sun it. n is iwu. UJt.
as "English" that is, it means dignity, safety, moderation, peace.
That it means provincialism, that it meaas death, is patent to no
bod v but some upstart bonnet rouge of a critic. It Is hard to get
people to see that as in the world of thought doubt is cheap and belief the
intellectual thing, so in the world of action perfunctorimess is cheap and
enthusiasm the intellectual thing. Whenever a man of genius is bred in Eng
land, endowed necessarily with faiths and ardors of one sort cr another, he
usually stands out from his racial eavironmant in an absolutely bewildering
-way. In the United States the man of genius is a far less frequent phenomenon,
for Nature uses her phosphorus freely there on divers and sundry, and has no
surplusage and arrears of brains to make him out of; but when he does appear,
is he not curiously like Americans in general? The man of genius overseas
is not so homogeneous. Would it be rash to hint that he, too, is often curious
ly like Americans in general? This is simply because ideas and their pur
veyors have no standing to speak of in one country, and are the very life of
the other. An idea arriving in New York harbor Is recognized instantly, and
to its own dismay, as a prince travelling in disguise, who must be interviewed
before the gangway is fixed at the dock; whereas in England every idea is
de facto a pauper and vagrant, repeatedly hauled before the magistrates and
accused of .brawling in churches, or else (only too accurately!) of having no
visible means of support. From "English Reserve," in the Scribner's Maga
zine. &
Chinese Opinion
indly Missionaries
Life-Frcserving Chair.
One of the principal causes of great
loss of life in accidents or disasters
occurring on the water by reason of
the collisions of vessels or from simi
lar circumstances results from the
iiil
I HE Chinese Imperial Government has recently aespaicnea iw
commissions, composed of officials of high rank and a numerous
staff, to visit and study various Important subjects in America
and Europe. When arrangements were being made for. the visit
of the first of these commissions to Boston, and a long list of
points in or near the city which they might wish to see was sub-
t tV,7Ti amnTur tho -Arc- il(Vtnrl TVATA fh Offices Of the
American Board, the parent of all foreign missionary organizations in the
United States and having large interests in that work in China. The selection
of this active centre of foreign e van gejistic jefort was ungulded and entirely
spontaneous. In their addresses and" inforafremarks during the visit to those
offices the commissioners expressed in unqualified terms their appreciation and
strong approval o the missionary enterprise in China and their gratitude tor
what had heen and was being done there. "We know who are our friends,"
said they again and again. Yet neither of the Chinese commissioners was a
convert to Christianity; they were under no obligation to visit one of the head
quarters of American missionary effort in China or, being there, to go beyond
polite and non-committal remarks. Hence, and all the more, their declarations
luust in all fairness be taken as strong-official indorsement and approval.
With much the same feelings they expressed their delight at what they
caw at Wellesley College and recognized in It the grander development of
what American women were attempting to do for the women of China.
To speak quite frankly and to the fact, for many years more unfriendly
eriticism and complaint of the presence of missionaries and their work in
China has been heard from foreigners, either, like them, alien residents in the
Far -East, or at home than from Chinese officials or people. Atlantic Monthly.
Too Many Destructive Laws
JSy Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks, of
Cornell University.
ib have had many laws merely destructive in their nature. Expe
rience shows, first, that these laws have not heen generally and
Impartially enforced. Had they been so enforced in some in
stances practically every trade unionist, every member of a
grocers' association, even every clerk or salesman who agreed
to devote his business energies solely to the interests of his
employer during the period of contract, would now be occupying
a felon's cell. Usually such laws have been ignored in small places, and in
reference to smaller combinations, and have been enforced only against some
of the larger, although quite possibly in some instances, at least, against some
of the more grasping and unscrupulous of the combinations. But even when
these laws have been enforced they have at times led to higher prices for the
consumers, and in other instances, although effective in form, they have been
non-effective in fact. Though the corporations have nominally been dissolved,
practically their members have worked together as efficiently as before. It
may indeed be said that this exaggerated attack upon agreements of all kinds,
reasonable and unreasonable, has heen one factor, perhaps the most promi
nent factor, in driving together into a rigid, single organization establish
ments that without this pressure of an unwise law would have remained In
great part competitive, although acting under agreements in certain particu
lars. People who complain most loudly against the concentration of our rail
ways and the growth of our giant corporations have 'argely to thank the bale
ful influence of destructive legislation.
W;
Stability, Calmness,
.eason Versus Passion
By Gov. Chaw. K. Huf;hea,
.Mm'..( depends upon the assurance of stability. By stability
i3 net mount fixity of things or relations, but steadiness. It may
be steadiness in motion. Paradoxical as it may seem, human
society cannot be stable unless it is progressive. That is because
growth and progress are the law of our nature.
Reason demands the facts. Ey the requirement cf publicity
Is not meant sensationalism cr distorted emphasis.
Reason in its -rule of governmental activities demands even, impartial and
consistent enforcement of ihe law. Stability and confidence can never be as
sured save by strength and firmness.
It is an egregious blunder to suppose that to make the- administration of
government and the enforcement of Law a matter of caprice involves danger
only as to the subject directly concerned. The evil cannot bo so confined but
wisons the whcle governmental eastern. '
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fact that the life-preservers provided
for the use of the passengers are us
ually placed In some inaccessible po
sition where they cannot be obtained
quickly by the excited persons. This
Is especially true on the usually
crowded excursion steamers that ply
between coast resorts. Instances are
known where many lives would have
undoubtedly been saved if each pas
senger had had at hand a life-preserv
er at the time of the accident. It Is
manifestly Inconvenient for each pas
senger to carry a life-preserver. Real
izing the above conditions, a New
York man has designed and patented
a combined steamer chair and life
preserver, shown here. The' steamer
chair is In all practical respects simi
lar to the ordinary camp stool, but it
Is constructed to serve as a life-preserver
as well. The party using the
chair will have always at "hand a
buoyant support in the event that it
is necessary to thrust himself In the
water. The chair is light and can be
folded and readily carried from placo
to place, while as a life-preserver it
is always at hand for use whenever
the emergency requires. Washing
ton Star.
faith, mystically beautifully in form,
and gray as some pale exhalation
from the mould of the ever-cloistered,
the deeply re-forested past!"
Very fine, all must admit. But
wouldn't that paragraph have been
meat and drink to the man who nsed
to mark up Mr. Howells newspaper
copy back in Bucyrus, Ohio! If How
ells the reporter had written that for
the Bucyrus Blade he would have
found it in the paper the next day
about like this:
"The cathedral, with flowers all
around it, looks fine. It Is four hun
dred years old and needs paint."
Galveston News.
Novel Garment Holder.
A New York inventor thinks it
would be advisable for every man to
carry a coat and hat hook in his
pocket. If thus equipped he need
never worry whether or not he will
find all the available hooks in the res
taurant occupied when he goes to
dine.- This novel folding pocket coat
and hat hook is shown in the accom
panying illustration. When not in
use it can be quickly folded up and
carried in the pocket, without incoiv
venience to the owner. When emer
gency demands it can be as readily
brought into commission and attached
to the molding or wall or any other
New York City. Simple blouses
are those apt to be in demand at this
season of the year, and this one is
novel and attractive, while it involves
very little labor in the making. There
is the centre-front, or vest-like por
tion, which gives a distinctly novel
effect, while it also allows of the in-
Imported Coats.
Vagueness of outline is'perhaps th
most impressive feature of imported
coats.
to pt
Attached Collars.
It Is quite the fashion now
the turnover collar into the neck
band. This sounds extravagant, but
if the sleeve is long the turnover
cuff, which is always attached, soils
as easily as the collar and necessi
tates the shirt waist going to the
wash.
rointed Tunic With Skirt.
The tunic drapery is one of the
very latest decrees of fashion and is
really exceedingly graceful and very
generally becoming when cut on such
lines as those illustrated. It is gen
erally classic in effect and it drapes
the figure with real grace, while it Is
adapted to every material that will
drape successfully. This one is ar
ranged over a closely fitted skirt that
is finished with a circular flounce at
the lower edge. As Illustrated the
material is crep de Chine with trim
ming of applique in self color.
The skirt consists of the tunic, the
circular flounce and the five gores of
the under portion. The gores fit the
figure snugly and the circular flounce
is joined to their lower edge. The
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Boiling It Down.
The Atheneum says of the follow
ing Howells paragraph that it is the
best English sentence, perhaps, in
any recent English book. Describing
a certain ancient edifice Mr. Howells
writes and the Atheneum quotes:
"What, in the heart of all this
blossoming, was the great Cathedral
itself, when we came in sight of it,
convenient object close to the owner.
In addition, being a private hook,
the owner is saved the nuisance of
having half a dozen other patrons of
the establishment piling their hats
and coats on top of his. Washington
Star.
Electric haulage has supplanted
animal power in the Comstock lode
and twelve of the mules which were
brought to the surface had not seen
but a vast eClorescence of the age of daylight for twenty years.
CHANGED THE TGT1C.
visible closing at the left of the front,
and there are kimono sleeves which
can be used or not as liked. In the
illustration linen is trimmed with sou
tache braid and with banding of por
celain blue, this use of color on white
being one of the notable features of
the season.
The blouse is made with fronts,
centre-front and back. The fronts
are tucked for their entire length,
the outermost tucks meeting those in
the back, and it is beneath these
tucks that the kimono sleeves are
attached. The centre-front is simply
arranged over the fronts and is
hooked into place beneath the left
edge, the fronts meeting at the centre
beneath. The sleeves are of moderate
fulness and gathered into straight
cuffs. There is a prettily shaped belt
and the stock collar completes the
neck edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and one
four yards twenty-one, twenty-four or
thirty-two, two and three-fourth
yards forty-four inches wide, with
four yards of banding and soutache,
according to design used.
Band of Colored Linen.
A novel piece of neckwear consists
of a band of colored linen that sur
rounds the lower part of the white
linen collar, meets at the front and
falls from there to the belt, being
closed all the way down with white
. pearl buttons and forming a waistcoat
effect when the suit coat is buttoned.
tunic is on one piece and is fitted by
means of darts at the hips, while it
i3 arranged over the skirt and the two
are joined to the belt. If walking
length is desired, both skirt and tunic
can be cut off on indicating lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is eight yards,
twenty-seven, six and one-fourth
yards forty-four or four and five
eighth yards fifty-two inches wide,
with nine yards of applique for tunic
The Coquette "Really, Mr. Bagg, I was so dreadfully bored that I
limply had to yawn; but, of course, 1 hid my mouth with my hand."
Mr. Bagg "No! You don't mean to say that such a dear, sweet, tiny
little hand could hide such a er such a great that is, of course lovely
weather, isn't it?" Sketch. . ..
Iiraid Embroidery.
A soft peach colored cloth was em
broidered with braid of precisely the
same tone. The braiding made a pat
tern across the front in panel shape
all the way up to the neck, while the
same trimming was used at each side
and in the middle of the back.
and flounce; three and one-fourth
yards twenty-one, one and five-eighth
yards thirty-six inches wide for the
upper portion of the skirt.
Empire Train For Evening.
The Empire train is the newest de
velopment in evening and reception
gowns.
. The New Sleeve.
Big at the armhole and tight at
the wrist is the latest decree for it.
When pleated the sleeve has the ef
fect of a folding water cup.
Very frequently the armhole is so
wide that its lower edge is even with
the waist.
Fashionable Wraps.
Some of the mosw costly wraps for
day use show a tendW.ey toward dark
shades. -J . ..