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TIAELY SUGGESTIONS
THAT WILL
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CARPENTER?
He'll have to ttart In as a
carpenter's helper of the crud
est sort, and his pay will be
small, tut In the end he may be
earning his thousands a year as
a building foreman or building
superintendent Also he may be
getting a comfortable living as
a builder on his own hook
How he may advance up the lad
der cf carpentry, and what are
his chances of doing this, to
gether with the pay for each
step taken.
BY. C. W. JENNINGS.
S you watched some young
fellow working; In the cold
on some half-flnluhod build
lug, driving nulls with
numbed fingers and han
dllng frozen, rough boards,
BDd you heard that ho was getting
only about $2 a day and was a car
penter's helper, there was every evi
dence to you Hint there was little
more to carpentry than driving nails
and putting bonrda together, eh, what?
For you know that the plana of the
building were prepared by an archi
tect, and therefore, supposed that all
the carpenter had to do was to follow
them, which "anybody could do thnt
knew enough to handle a hammer and
a saw." As for brain work being re
quired In carpentry, you never imag
ined such a thing. It would be one
of th Inst occupations, possibly, that
you would choose for your boy.
But It Is never safe to generalize, In
this instance particularly; for that
same carpenter's helper, If be pos
sessed, average Intelligence and ambi
tion would in all likelihood be fore
man of carpenters within a very few
years, and would have a big career In
front of him. It all would depend
upon his application. Given grit and
ambition, a boy can work up through
the carpenter's trade to comparative
eminence, as well as through most
better known lines of work.. It re
quires bard work; but what occupa
tion does not require hard work to
reach success?
After you have thought over It for
a while and learned a few things
about it, you might do worse than
start your boy in this trade. ' How to
go about it and the requirements?
Well, there are few preliminary re
quirements to speak of further than
that the applicant should be a reason
ably healthy boy of about 16 or more,
and have had some rudimentary
schooling. Go to a bosa carpenter at
work somewhere and ask him for a
job. If you are successful, as you
will be after seeing a few bosses, your
boy will be put to work as helper at
somewhere round $5 a week. This
work will not be carpentering. The
boy knows nothing about it yet, you
know, except that he can probably tell
a hammer from a iquare, and he has
to learn before he can become one
And bo, for the first year, he will be
nothing more than the crudest kind of
assistant to one of the carpenters
carrying boards and running errands,
and after a while, probably sawing oft
the ends of rough lumber and nailing
on lolsts and scantling. The work will
be generally the same if the boy goes
into a factory end does what is gen
erally known as inside work, and in
the latter he will be advanced at the
end of the first year to prabably $7
a week, and be set at bench work
nalllnsr moldings, putting window
frames together, etc. I
At the end of the second year there
will be another promotion to probably
$1.60 a day (pretty good pay for a
boy of 18 who is learning a trade),
when he will be a sort of first assist
ant to one of the master carpenters
and be doing pretty advanced things,
practically the same work, except the
most particular, that a master does,
though, of course, under the latter's
direct supervision. Jits pay will go
up a little, probably to $1.75 a day.
Having served these three years be
will be obliged to go into tho carpen
ters' union. The union will be hold
ing out persuasions before this; but,
generally speaking, in most cities It
Is not necessary to Join the union till
after three years' preparatory work.
Your boy's standing in the union will
be that of apprentice, which will enn
tlnue for two years. Ills pay will be
$3 a day. and his work, if inside, wil'
be making doors, sash and blinds,
mantels, wainscoting, etc., and, out
side, the general work of carpentry on
buildings.
After these five years of prepare
tlon, your boy will have finished his
course of training and be known as a
full-fledged master carpenter, able to
do any of the work that any carpen
ter of that stage Is capalfle of. and
his pay will be around. $4 a day of
tight hours for Inside work, and $1
more when employed on the outside
And all this by the time be comes of
Bge at 21. There are few occupations
that offer returns as large as this to
loung men.
Advancement from here on to high
er positions depends, as a rule, on
much more than has been learned in
tho routine work your boy has fol
lowed during bts apprenticeship. He
will have realized long before the end
of his first five yeurs that he must de
vote bis time to outside study and
nractiee if he expected to get into
higher positions, and will have been
burning midnight oil for a long while
There is a wldo difference between
a more carpenter and a carpenters
foreman so great a difference that
ftme cannot become a foreman, except
In most exceptional c&Bes, without
ing.i. much more is necessary. A
regular inside carpenters' foreman Is
paid from $0 to 8 a day; and after a
very few yearn, if an opening occurs,
he is apt to be made superintendent
of the particular plant he works for nt
a regular salary of $2,000 to $2,500, or
even $3,000 annually. This position,
however. Is about the end of possible
advancement at inside work, except
ho should become a member of the
firm.
A building foreman who occupies a
still higher position should have a
good working acquaintance with ge
ometry and mensuration, excavating,
shoring and piling, footings and
ioimd.it Ions, tho mechanics of carpen
try, Joinery, stair building, builders'
hardware, roofing, mill design and also
know something of building stone,
:tono masonry, concrete construction,
lathing, plastering, tiling, brickwork,
roofing, sheet metal work, flreproof
ing, etc.
All this sounds like a formidable
list reads llko taking a college
course, you may think, but will not be
so difficult for an ambitious boy; for
evening study and practical applica
tion of whnt he has learned at every
opportunity during bis work, if per
sisted In for years, will enable him to
acquire It all and to be fully compe-
tnt to take the responsible position
when It Is offered to him.
You can see the advancement from
hero on as straight and clear as can
be; for the building foreman on large
and Important work, who is paid
$3,000 or $vaoo a year, is too responsi
ble a man to be lost sight of and will
bo given the first opening as superin
tendent that happens along, and be-
foro many years will find himself In
a sort of general superintendent over
other superintendents In charge of tho
construction of numerous establish-
menas. Ho can take a specialty If he
wishes and become a constructing en
gineer; for there are numerous routes
to high success from responsible fore-
manshlps, and the pay is ample to
satisfy anybody.
If he chooses your boy can get him
self into business for himself; for a
skilled carpenter la quite competent
to takethe erection of a small frame
house, and this will give him bis in
dependent start.
All building trades are pretty much
alike in general fe'atures at 1 pay and
hours, and will bring the yi-ung work
er to about the same posl ' in as su
perintendent. Borne of i :.e other
trades are different, howev ' . and will
be taken up in future artlc!
(Copyright,
Vanderbilt's Lost Chance
Lost Opportunity For Which
Vanderbiit Grieved.
"Vllllam H.
Let New
Could
Was Sorry He Old
York Central Show
Beat Pennsylvania's
Fast Mail. -
Not
It
1910, by th As
trarjr Prexa.)
ited IJt-
Unique Old French Village.
Lying so much off the beaten track.
tho vlllnge of Tort Lesne in the Jura
dei.artmcnt of Fiance is visited by
but few from the outside world, and
consequently this tiny community of
men and women of color la but little
known. It is not a large village, for
its Inhabitants number but little more
than a hundred, but every one is
either black, or of copper color or
palish yellow. It owes its origin to
the fact that about a century ago the
famous negro chief, Toussalnt-L'Ouv-erture,
was brought from Haytl and
Imprisoned in Fort de Joux. Many
of his friends, all negroes, followed
him and encamped near his prison
on the bank of tho little river Loue
From that encampment grew the vll
lago of l'ort Lesne, and when Tous
sntnt-L'Ouverture died more than
hundred years ago his friends decided
to remain in France. The passing of
years and Intermarriages have tranB
formed the settlement Into a French
vitiligo of colored folk, all of whom
have the vote. Fort Lesne Is thui
probably tho most unique spot in al
France.
"It has always been my Impression
that William H. Vanderbilt grieved
more over an opportunity which came
to him and which he lost, and felt
wore greatly numiiiateu tDerouy oy
thn sense that he had made a mis
take, than over any other event
bis experience as the successor of hio
father, the Commodoro, at the head of
the Vanderbilt railways." o said to
me the late George C. Bangs, who In
the seventies became to all Intents
and purposes the creator of the coun
try's fast railway mail service, and
who had as his assistant In the work
Theodore N. Vail, now hid of the
great Bell telephone system of the
county.
"As the superintendent of tho rail
way mail service, and especially the
fast mall feature of it, which had
been established practically under
my direction," continued Mr. Bangs,
"I was brought in very close touch
with the managers of tho important
railway linen running from the At
lantic coast to Chicago. I knew bet
ter than the public did how Intense
was the competition between the New
York Central and the Pennsylvania.
The fast railway mall service was es
tablished at about the time rate cut
ting was at its height, the very time
when, as It was afterwards proved,
the Standard Oil company was get
ting very large rebates from the rail
road companies.
"Now, one of the thlags which
might serve to advertise these rail
roads, and to aid them In their com
petitive struggle, was the ability they
showed to maintain what in those
days were very fast railway mall
services between New York or Phila
delphia and Chicago.
"In the spring of 1878 I happened
to learn that the famous theatrical
managers, Jarrett and Palmer, bad
made contracts with the Pennsyl
vania, the Union Pacific and the Cen
tral Pacific by which those railroad
companies pledged themselves to haul
a special theatrical train from New
York to San Francisco In three and
one-half days' time. It also came to
my knowledge that the attempt was
to De made to aeuver ny tne same
train a mall which left the New York
postofllee in the early morning In
Chicago on the evening of the same
day.
Immediately I made an appoint
ment by telegraph with William H
Vanderbilt and ran over from Wash
lngton to New York to see him. "Mr
Vandorbilt," I said to him when we
met, 'do you know that the Pennsyl
vania Is to take a mail at Jersey City
at one o'clock In the morning, on the
special theatrical train, under con
tract to deliver that mall In Chicago
by nine o'clock In the evening of that
day?'
" "They can't do It.' said Mr. Van
derbilt. "'Yes. I think they can and will,
Mr. Vnnderbllt.' 1 replied. 'Of course.
It's going to take some very fast
running. It'll be a magnificent feath
er in the Philadelphia railroad's
cap.'
"I saw that Mr. Vanderbilt was in
tensely interested, and that he rea
lized how 'great a card It would be
for his powerful rivals If they were
able to fulfil the contract.
" 'Now, Mr. Vanderbilt,' I went on
to say, 'you can beat them by three
hours. I will eee to It that a special
mail Is made up and delivered to you
if you will have a train ready at four
o'clock in the morning, and will prom
ise me that you will deliver that mall
In Chicago at nine o'clock in the
evening."
"'The thing Is impossible." Mr.
Vanderbilt exclaimed.
" 'I beg to differ with you," I re
plied. 'If the Pennsylvania, with its
heavy grades, is able to make the
run between New York and Chicago
In twenty hours, you could certainly
do it in three hours better time We
will keep It a perfect secret; nobody
shall know anything about it until
we deliver a mail t: your road in
Chicago at nine o'clock In the even
ing. Then we will announce that our
train left New York three hours later
than the Pennsylvania's."
"Mr. Vanderbilt got up and paced
nervously back and forth; once he
went and looked at the map. Then
he made a computation of the run
ning time. For an instant he seemed
about to bo ready to accept my propo
sition, but at last shook his head.
" 'It would be a great thing, but I
don't quite feel like taking the re
sponsibility." he said. 'No. I won't
do It, and I don't believe the Penn
sylvania will make Chicago In twen
ty hours' time, either.'
"But when Mr. Vanderbilt learned
that the Pennsylvania did do It, and
after he had talked with some of his
operating force and found that they
had no question but that the New
York Central could have made the
run in three hours' less time, he felt
deeply chagrined and humiliated. And
long after he said to me, the thonght
of the lost opportunity still rankling
In his breast:
" 'Bangs, I am sorry I did not ac
cept your proposition. If I had we
would have taken a fenther from the
Pennsylvania's cap and put It in our
own.' "
(Copyright,, 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Highta Reserved.)
Astounded Grover Cleveland
Democrat Who Astounded Presi
dent Cleveland.
How Frank H. Brooks Refused to Ac
cept Places In the American Di
plomatic Service Offered Him
as Election Reward.
In the presidential campaign of
1834 the Democratic party received
some very excellent assistance from a
corps of comparatively young men
who had been trained thoroughly in
newspaper work. Daniel S. Lamont
himself had been a newspaper man
before becoming private secretary to
Grove Cleveland, and It was doubt
less because Col. Lamont had receiv
ed a thorough training of this sort
that he was able accurately to Judge
of the quality of the service rendered
by the varlouB newspaper men who
were associated with the Democratic
national committee throughout the
campaign. Among this class of as
sistants was Frank" H. Brooks, whose
wlrd Col. Lamont had noted.
Due either to a suggestion from Col.
Lamont, then secretary to the presl-
Wouldn't AssociatewithGould
Man Who Refused to Associate
With Jay Gould.
John Duff of Boston Declined to Serve
As Official of the Union Paclflo
Aftsr the "Little Wizard" Got
Control of It.
Making Salt Lake Fresh.
A remarkable engineering feat 1h be
Ihg considered In Utah, the aim bolna.
to convert a portion of Salt lake Intc
a body of fresh water. This Is an an
dent dream long deemed Impossible
of fulfilment, but the present plan
gives promise of proving successful
If It Is, then will bo witnessed a trans
formation us complete us has ever
been seen upon the wastes of the
went, where Irrigation has converted
barren deserts Into fruitful gardens.
The plan of the engineers Is to build
a dam acrous tt.e eastern extremity
of the lake where the principal streams
that feed the body How In. This dam
is to be several feet higher than the
present water level and the design Is
to divide tho lake into two parts. The
theory la that tho water will flow Into
tho first lake, rise to a level with the
dam, and then tumble Into the other
section. The water In the first division
will retain Its freshness, while that
In the lower lake will continue to be
briny as at present. If the plan proves
successful It Is believed that the terrl
tory adjacent to the lake can be mnd
highly attractive, giving It Infinite poa
bibllitles as a summer resort.
One of the great bankers and finan
ciers of Boston, indeed of the entire
country, a generation ago. was John
Duff, who, as I told recently, saved the
credit and solvency of the Union Pa
cific railroad during the panic of
1873 by pledging over $300,000 worth
cf his own private glit-edge securities
for a llko amount of inonoy with which
to pay the coupons of tho road's land
grant bonds, then due.
It was about 18UG that Mr. Duff be
came a director ot the Union Pacific,
and for about seven years thereafter
he wub a power In the affairs of that
company. Towards tho end of that
period he begun to suspect that Jay
Gould was attempting to secure con
trol of the Union I'ucltlc.
"With a man of that character,"
said Mr. Duff, with all tho positlveness
of his nature, to his son-in-law, Dr. Wil-
llam 11. Dullard, who had personal
knowledge of many of his father-ln-
law's business transactions, "1 will
I have no business deulings whatsoever.
: 1 have had none in tho putt, aud I
j will keep clear of any in the future, no
matter what comes to pass. 1 should
, be afruld of my own reputation If I
i were associated with a man who tried
to make a fortuno by wrecking rail
road properties."
Gradually the slsns became more
Government Dam In the Hudson.
The dam which the United States
government Is planning to construct
at Troy across tho Hudson river will
wine out a number of factories and
mills In
power.
dam will bo utilized to generate about
6,000-horse power, and this will be sold
to the mills and factories at cost.
However, the companies will be re
quired to pay tho cost or building the
power house. It Is estimated thut the
amount of power utilized will be three
limes as much as has heretofore boei
employed. Scientific American.
and more certain to Mr. Duff that Mr.
Gould was doing all he could to se
cure control of the Union Pacific.
Finally there came a day when Mr.
Duff felt fairly well satisfied, so far
as his personal and unofficial knowl
edge went, lhat Mr. Gould had ac
complished his object, that a majority
of the stock of the Union Pacific rest
ed in his hands. And one morning
not long thereafter. Mr. Duff received
from the banking house of Morton.
Bliss & Co., In New York, telegram
udilch read practically us follows:
"Will you accept the presidency of
the Union Pacific railroad, or will you
accept the vlce-pretUency, with 'full
power to act?"
Mr. Duff did not doubt the authority
of tho banking house to niako theso of
fers; It was the official banking housu
of the Union Pacific. But before an
swering the telcgrnm ho determined
to learn auinoruativeiy wnetner or
not Jay Gould had seemed a majority
of the road's stock. This within tha
course of a few hours he lamed to be
tho fact, and then, as Dr. Bullard re
calls It, his father-in-law sent this an
swer: "I decline to accept either proposi
tion, because I refuse to stretch hands
across a directors' tablo to take the
hniul of a man whom I believe to he a
thief."
Mr. Duff's next act was to resign ns
director of' the I'ulou Pacific, as he
suld ho would do if Jay Gould se
cured control of the Union Pacific;
and from that day be had nothing
more to do :lth the property whose
credit and solvency he had onca saved.
o'opyrmlit. by J- l'Muil. All
Uljjtits rteserveil.)
dent, or to other friends of Mr.
Brooks, who knew of his important
work during the campaign. President
Cleveland was persuaded that there
should be official recognition of what
Mr. Brooks had done, especially as
he seemed fitted to become a valuable
public servant. So, in due course,
Mr. Brooks was offered the appoint
ment of consul to Trlest.
"I appreciate the honor," said Mr.
Brooks, "but I cannot accept the ap
pointment for reasons that are entire
ly personal."
"But." he was told, "the United
States is to have largely Increased
commerce with Trlest. the only Aus
trian seaport, and 'there will be fine
opportunities for good work there
such as will surely lead to promotion
in our diplomatic service.
Still Mr. Brooks declined, and when
President Cleveland was told that the
offer would not be accepted, he In'
f erred that It might be that Mr.
Brooks felt that the salary was In
sufficient.
"I will appoint him consul-general
at St. Petersburg." the president said
So once more, the offer of a place fa
the diplomatic service, so Important
as consul-general at the Russian capi
tal, was made to Mr. Brooks, yet he
felt compelled to decline for reasons
which seemed to him imperative.
In the president campaign of
1892, when Cleveland was again a
candidate, he appeared at a public
meeting In New York City. After the
great throng which had assembled to
hear the former president had de
parted, and while Mr. Cleveland was
waiting on the platform for his car
riage, Mr. Brooks, who was present,
approached him.
"Mr. President." he said. "I am very
glad to see you again."
"I recall your face very well, but I
cannot recall your name," Mr. Cleve
land said, looking qulzzlngly, earnest
ly, at the man who had greeted him.
"My name Is Frank II. Brooks, and
you may rememoer mo as one woo
was associated In an humble woy
with the presidential campaign of
1ES4."
For an Instant Mr. Cleveland con
tinued to look with intense inquiry
and question at Mr. Brooks, and then
of a sudden recollection coming to
him, he seised both of Mr. Brooks'
bunds with his own.
"Of courso, I recollect yon now,"
exclaimed Mr. Cleveland, "and I have
never forgotten the unprecedented
and unequalled and astounding ex
perience I had with you after I be
came president. Mr. Brooks, I have
known many Democrats who have re
fused the offer of one office, but I
have not known, with the exception
of yourself, any Democrat who de
Mnecl an offer of two important of
fices. I thall never forget that cir
cumstance as long as I live; I have
had no other like It In all my ex
perience I urn very glad to have met
you. and I want ngaln to congratulate
you as the only Democrat, of whom I,
have knowledge, who declined two
political offices, one after tho other."
(Oupyi-lsht. 1910, by K. J. EdwarJa. All
Mights Roaorved.)
A Cup and Saucer Shower.
A charming entertainment was
given recently for a December bride-to-be.
The hostess enclosed a pink
card board heart with her Invitations,
tied with a knot of pink baby ribbon
put through a hole pinched in the
center of the heart. She asked each
guest to write an appropriate senti
ment on it, either original or quoted,
and return It tied to the handle of the
teacup to be presented. All to be
ent to the home of the hostess before
the day of tho party.
When the guests assembled at three
In the afternoon they gazed upon a
perfect wilderness of pink hearts. All
portieres and draperies had disap
peared and in their place were de
lightfully pretty curtains made of
pink' hearts strung on baby ribbon.
The lace curtains were veiled In
heaiffc, quantities fluttered from gas
Jets and chandeliers. The stair ban
nisters were covered and made a fine
background for the rose colored lovo
symbols. After the exclamations of
surprise subsided, beribboued hearts
with pink pencils attached were pass
ed, the hostess explaining that the
conglomeration of words (twenty-five
In all) would tell the contents Of the
bride's trousseau when properly put
together. All worked busily for twen
ty minutes, then rewards were given
to the fortunate and unfortunate ones,
consisting of a hat pln needle book
and card case. Then the hostess led
the way to the dining room, whore
'he bride-elect was given the place of
l:onor in a great high back chair at
the head of the table, her bridesmaids
banded her the shower cups and sau
cers, from which she read the verse
lets inscribed on each card. Heart
shaped cakes, chocolate and a dainty
apricot Ice served In heart Ice cups,
surrounded with tissue paper petals
to look like a pink rose, were the re
freshments with hearts s'haped can
dles. Every one said It was the pret
tiest affair of the season.
a department store, with all articles
be'onglng to dolls most attractively
displayed. ft."ow that there ore pat
terns for dolls so that complete ward
robes may be made, the girls found It
great fun to make the clothes, hats,
muffs, etc., and orders were taken for
all articles for doll houses, such as
sheets, pillow cases, even with the
doll's monogram embroidered, wee
towels, wash cloths, etc., The pioth
ers aud big sisters of the girls served
light refreshments or rather donated
them and the girls served. Quite a
sum was realized and the girls had a
fine time many weeks before In happy
anticipation and preparation.
A Bale for Dolly.
A club composed of ten girls from
the ages of ten to fifteen, managed
and made ready this bazaar which
they gave for a charity devoted to
children. The affair was given in the
afternoon at the home of one of the
members, the room was arranged like
A Japanese Tea.
Nothing makes a more effective dec
oration than Japanese lanterns, para
sols and fans. By stretching cprdl
from the four corners of the room to
the center chandelier and hanging lan
terns of varied size and shape from
them, a very striking overhead effect
Is gained at very small expense and
labor. A good sized Japanse umbrella
with tiny lanterns suspended from ev
ery rib Is also very pretty. Chrysan
themums, mustard and cherry blos
soms are the favored flowers, they
may be made of tissue paper. If not In
season. The Iris or common "flag" Is
a Japanese flower, also the lotus which
resembles our water lily. The Japan
ese flag in silk may be purchased by
the dozen at small cost, and one given
each Just makes an appropriate sou
venir. Serve tea in cups -without han
dles to be truly "Japanese." To give
novelty to this "tea," hero Is a recipe
for a Japanese salad:
Select even sized beets, boll until
tender, scrape off the skin, hollow out
the center with a spoon. Stand In
weak vinegar on ice for two hours.
Cut boiled potatoes and celery Into
dice, chop pecan nuts and a few sprigs
of parsley, season these with a few
drops of onion Juice, salt and pa
prika. Fill the beet cups with this
mixture, put a spoonful of mayonnaise
dressing on top and serve on head
lettuce.
Candied ginger and orange peel
should be passed. Rice or fish Is also
correct if one desires either of these
dishes. The hostesses should wear
kimonos with the hair loaded with
ornaments.
MADAME MERRI.
Fancy
Reason for Excusing Him
Thomas Nelson Fiye's Colored Office
Boy Really Could Note Come,
For He Was Dead.
Thomas Nelson Pane, was tolling of
an office boy named Uagene, and col
ored, whom he had wLen ho practised
law In Richmond. Tho boy w in t
much of a lelp about the o:!lee, but
with proper pemiaslon. be could e
Induced to fcse'ii out even inurnltii!.
tnat region uy using water 0U) daVi i,0WeVer. he did not appear.
The head furnished by the ,, Wt.nt to tlle o(iHe, uw it was
not swept, and went out hiui wanted
nroimd for ho hour ant' came back.
No boy bad been there. Ho v.ultcd
anoiler I. our. und still no boy He
wiilted until 3 o'clock In ihe afternoon,
and no boy; so, eiy angry, he de
cided to go out and Interview tue
boy's father about It
"Thut rascally boy of yours hasn't
been at my office t all today," x.
JwiiiiMiiiMri lmTmmmmmmmmMmmmmMmmgmmmmmmm
"I am tolling you. Ho hasn't boe:i
there ull duy."
"Thn's ver strange," commented
the father; "but 1 reckon ynh-all haf
ter 'scue him this mawnln'."
"ICxcuto l.im? Why?" roared Puga.
"Well, Musaa Tom, he a duld."
Favorite of the King.
One of the Aim rlcn worn, u who U
being received with lavor by the king
and queen ;f I'nglar.d la Lady Lister
Kaye, whoso sitter wo the dowager
duchess of Manchester, and who Is the
youngest of the three Yzagj bisters.
IUt trlend.-hlp with the Hhr und
queen dates back many years, ho wiB
one of the throe pcrons v. ho weie sent
for Just after King Kdward died. The
friendship between Queen Mary uud
Lady Lister -Kaye baa been keen. Id
no other American woman's house
iwiii v
men who were popular with King Kd
ward, there Is no doubt Lady Ll&tir
Kaye will grow even more prominent
Foctally In the new reign. Sir John
Llster-Kaye, who was a groom-ln-wait
lug on King Kdward, is a close friend
of King George.
The Lawyers Won.
Askltt Old Skinner hit qi:!'.e a
luge estate, did ho nol?
Noitt Yi:; bvt some of bis rela
tives contested lis will.
Askl'.t U'a.i t'.ii re i:.';c!i left after
It got through ti e courts?
Noitt Nothing but tlu heirs.
The Contcit.
"All men," said the earnest citizen,
"are born equal. I'hey are that,"
replied Mr. Rafforty. "Hut they don't
stay equal after they're big enouen
to got together In the school yard."
Her Modesty.
1 1 A K
S $ $
IVjJgai for ttrtr f r" 4 oi i
D.i. pi i- r..,, b.
ONE of the chief characteristics of
modern dress la the extraordi
nary number of trifles by which it is
supplemented. No woman who val
ues her appearance, and wishes to be
well dressed, can contrive to do with
out them. Collars, ribbons, laces,
veils, handkerchiefs, gloves, all play
more or less Important role as ad
juncts to the toilet, and all are In
dispensable. But, unfortunately, as
our list of requirements gets larger
and larger, so do houses and flats dis
play a decided tendency to grow
smaller and smaller, and how and
where to dispose of her many belong
ings Is a problem which faces many
a girl ns she looks round a small bed
room, which she is obliged, very pos
sibly, to share with a sister. In such
a case she will find It the wisest, as
well as the tidiest, plan to keep all
theso multifarious odds and ends In
separate boxes, which need not neces
surily be unornanient:il, but which
clover fingers may easily convert In
to things of beauty.
i.-.rdbonrd boxes of various shapes
and bi.es are qu'te easy to obtain.
Those In which shoes and corsets
have been sent home will prove ex
ceedingly useful. Tho coveting of
these with chintz, muslin or silk is
not at nil a difficult mutter, aud they
can be transformed into remarkably
pretty articles, which may not only
ornament the maker's own particular
sanctum, but be given away as very
welcome presents.
For the Home Milliner.
In sewing trimmings on a hat it is
hard for the homo milliner to knot the
ends of the threads, but If you will
ler.ve ono end loose, Instead of draw
In;; the knot close to tho hat, and,
riier securing the ttimmlnjr. tio the
two on!.; Kgelher. the effect will bo
Ik tier.
To cover a cardboard box It must,
first of all, be taken to pieces, care
fully slit along at the corners, keep
ing the edges thus made as smooth
and even as possible. The material
Is then cut out, each piece being twice
the size that it Is Intended to cover,
and half-an-lnch being allowed for
turnings. It will be found easiest In
all probability to double the material
before cutting It out. If, however,
the box is to be lined with a different
material from the cover, lay the ma
terlal ad tho lining one on top of the
other, and cut to the shape and size
required, allowing half-an-lnch all
round for turnings, as before. K0ld
the mcterial carefully round the card
bourd. arrange tho turnings, and then
neatly oversew the two edges together
with strong thread. When all the
pieces are carefully covered, sow them
together firmly, according to the
original shapo of the box. with over
sewing. The lid may be fastened by
oversewing along one sido, or, if pre,
forred, hinges may be made of rib
bon, by means of which it is attached
to the back of the box. A layer of
wadding placed on the lid helps to
give a slightly padded effect to the
material, which greatly Improves its
appearance. Tho box may then be
edged all round with fine cord or very
narrow passementerie, which will cov
er all the seams and give a neatness
and finish which l.i sometimes great
ly needed.
The Wrist Pincushion.
A pincushion on the wrist Is a con
I venleiico to tho home dressmaker. It
! should be a small, soft cushion, at
J tached to an elastic b.md Just snug
inouKU to wear on tun ion wrist. Mo
stopping of work Is tbtn necessary to
look for a pin.
A New Material.
A i"-w nnterl'tl for little folks' coats
".I'd e:i! i.- x al. Mil velour. It comes
!ti :::i exceedingly Ff t, Mlky thick pile
v " ' v t . ll;.ht and warm and very use
t:C. !! it docs not easily crease. It Is
i nt in lie thought of as nn Imitation
i'-r : th In any house, but more as a
'land: oino viour.
Fancy Straw Caskets.
Fancy straw baskets which so many
of us accumulate can be put to a gra
cious uso by filling with fresh fruit
Simple Markings.
Simple markings on watches and
lockets are In favor. If the block lot
tor with or without a circle or oval Is
not used, old English, Initial.! are ihe
next favorite.
Scaling Her Down.
Mrs. Goodsolo Have ou seen Mr.
Illghsome since her return from Eu
rope? She says she went everywhere
and saw everything that was to be ,
seen.
Mrs. Chllllcon-Carney Yes; but
she's not quite the traveler her trunks1
label her. jt
"Do you read Browning?" asked the
uprt nenriltiK to BH InvntM m n a
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