USEFUL IN DRAINING CELLAR
AND
mam
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Ball Floats, Opene Spigot and Water
la Sucked Up Handy In Placea
Where Water Collecta.
An Ingenious apparatus for drain
ing cellars, cesspools, foundations,
wheel pit a, furnace pita and all the
numerous placea where an excess of
water Is apt to collect, has been In-
BERTH LADDER VERY USEFUL vented by a Maryland man. Running
Adequately Meets Demand of Steam
boat Paasengers Made of Steel
and Carry 600 Pounds?,
These ladders are constructed of
steel aad will carry BOO pounds
weight. They arc carried on parallel
ateel rods, which are attached to the
upper and lower berth and can be
moved along these rods with perfect
ease by releasing the thumb spring.
The top and bottom of the ladders,
where the rods run through, are in
laid with fibre to prevent any noise
by the vibration of the boat, and can
not be moved until the spring Is re
leased. The rods are fitted with
bangers, which are attached to the
iberth. One of these hangers of each
ladder la so constructed that It can be
turned back and allow the top rod to
be released at one end and thereby
remove the ladder without removing
the two rods or hangers from the
berth. The ladder rods and hangers
re nickel plated, and the steps are
covered with plush.
The ladder should always be at the
foot of the berth until moved along
! I M .&
Useful Cellar Drainer.
down from the water pipe of the build
ing to the lowest point of the place
to be drained is a pipe that makes two
rectangular turns, and continues up to
a point above ground, where It emp
ties Into a trough, or another pipe,
that connects with sewer or gutter.
In the center of the small horizontal
portion of tho pipe Is a spigot, the
opening and closing of which is oper
ated automatically by a bar, on the
other end of which is a large ball.
The weight of the ball raises the end
of the bar attached to the spigot, and
keeps the '"tter closed until the water
in the ce. or pit Is high enough to
float the ball. This opens tho spigot
and the water flows through the pipe
and seeks its level, carrying up with
It by ruction the waste water In the
cellar.
RAISING OF WILLOW SHOOTS
Useful Berth Ladders.
the rods. If desired, by the person us
ing It, and after getting Into the berth
moved back so aa not to Interfere
with the passenger In tho lower berth.
Tbey are also a great convenience
to maids making up the upper berth,
doing away with the necessity of car-
tying around a stool or standing on
the lower berth for support.'
The device Is a great convenience
to passengers, and passenger boats of
today are not folly equipped without
It
HUB MADE SELF-LUBRICATING
Does Away With Old Method of Rais
ing Vehlole on Jack and Applying
Grease on Each Wheel.
A device by means of which oil may
replace grease in the lubrication of
wagon and carriage wheels has been
brought out by a Seattle concern in
the form of a self lubricating hub,
ays the Popular Mechanics. The
wheel box has the exterior appear
ance of the usual type, but on the in
ner aurface, in the middle of the
wheel, la a groove or channel. In
8elf-Lubrlcstlng Hub.
Which wool packing la placed. This
channel provldea a reservoir for ordi
nary machine oil and distributes it to
the bearing aurface aa required. A
small oil hole runs from the outside
of the hub to the Inside, through
which common machine oil is supplied
by means of an ordinary oil can. A
small groove around the inside of the
box, near the inner end, is fitted with
a felt ring, which prevents the en
trance of dirt and grit.
The ordinary method of raising the
vehicle on a Jack, one wheel at a time,
removing the wheel, applying the
grease and replacing the whel, all of
which takes considerable time and
patience. Is made unnecessary by this
tnvcntlon.
Immensely Profitable When Handle
Properly European Varieties
Have Many Advantages.
The raiding of willow shoots for
the manufacture of basket goods Is
an enormous Industry in Europe
There are ninety different varieties of
willow cultivated abroad, and the ma
jority of them have decided advan
tages over the product of willow farms
In this country. The culture of willow
shoots requires so much special
knowledge and such care In the selec
tlon of stock that it will doubtless be
many years before the American
growers can hope to grow basket ma
terlal which will in every way satisfy
the manufacturer.
A recent report, however, tells of
one farmer In the middle west who
cleared $10,000 on a 60-acre crop, and
certain willow planters In the east
and south who, after making patient
tests of various species, have succeed
ed in growing excellent shoota.
For basket making a willow shoot
must, be slender, tough, pliable, and
cylindrical. In this country no two
soils will grow the same quality of wll
low. Every planter has of necessity
to experiment for his own locality and
select the species best adapted to his
soil and climate. Importations of the
best white willow shoots from Europe
will often degenerate In an American
soil until they are mere worthless
brittle switches. In th east the wil
low rust has to be combatted, and in
various climates various species are
immune to the dlaeaae.
This whole culture is In Its Infancy
here, but when properly handled wll
low planting is immensely profitable
end the Industry In this country Is so
enormous mat it win mean a great
saving to American manufacturers
when they are able to buy their mate
rials from domestic growera.
Cooo.-.nut Oil Butter.
The recent discovery of practical
methods of converting crude cocoanut
oil into a palatable and satisfactory
vegetable butter has given great ex
tension to this business in Germany
Seven companies are now crushing
the copra and refining the oil for
edible use. The Importations of raw
copra have more than doubled within
three years.
Timely Suggestions
of
Interest to the Hostess
Shakespeare Valentine Contest.
The contest following may be used
at any time, but Is especially good
as a part of a valentine entertain
ment. The answers to the questions
are all the names of plays from the
great bard of Avon. Make the pro
gram In ahape of hearts and attach
pink pencils by silken cords. The
prizes may be one of the numerous
small books consisting of a complete
Shakespeare play, a print of his home,
tli Anne Hathaway cottage, or the
hostess may use valentine favors
from which there Is such a great va
riety to make a selection.
1. Who were the hero and heroine?
2. What mythological characters did
they resemble? 3. What did their
courtship resemble? 4. Of whom did
be buy the ring? 6. What did he
write to her? 6. Wlwn were they
married? 7. Who acted as best man
and maid of honor? 8. Who were
the ushers? 9. What black man
tended the door at the wedding? 10.
What ladies gave them a reception?
11. What three kings (relatives) at
tended? 12. Where did they make
their home? 13. What kingly thing
did he do that caused their first quar
rel? 14. What did he afterwards
say about It? 15. What did her tem
per resemble? 16. What did he con
sider his duty after marriage? 17.
What did he tell his servant to do?
18. What did she give him? 1$.
What did their marriage prove to be?
20. What waa their dally life like?
21. What man with a Roman name
caused them to forget their family
troubles? 22. What would you say
of their marriage in the end?
Answers: 1. Romeo and Juliet.
2. Venus and Adonis. 8. A Mid
summer Nights Dream. 4. The
Merchant of Venice. 6. Sonneta. 6.
Twelfth-Night. 7. Antony and Cleo
patra. 8. Two Gentlemen of Verona.
9. Othello. 10. The Merry Wives
of Windsor. 11. King Henry IV.,
Henry V. aad Henry VIII. 12. Ham
let. IS. King Lear. 14. Much Ado
About Nothing. IB. The Tempest.
16. The Taming of the Shrew. 17.
Julius! Seize her! (Julius Caesar.)
18. Measure for Measure. 19. A
Comedy of Errors. 20. Love's Labor
Lost. 21. Titus Andronicus. 22.
All's Well That Ends Well.
Valentine Cookies.
"Polly" Is always my 'inspiration
and furnishes many a valuable idea
tor the department. She is full of
romance and believes heartily in put
ting a halo of glory around every
special day as well as common days,
which I assura you are often very
uncommon days when she is about.
This year, Instead of sending valen
tine favors to the institutlona for
children, ahe is having made lovely
big sugary cookies made In heart
shape, eacn wrapped in waxed paper
Healed with a heart sticker. They
are to be served with dessert, and
won't those children be delighted?
"Polly's" order is for 800 cookies. I
Just hope this suggestion will be in
time for many others to follow her ex
ample. Pretty Engagement Place Cards.
At a luncheon to be given near
Valentine's day to announce an en
gagement, the place cards are to be
heart-shaped picture frames contain
ing a picture of the bride-elect. At
her place the frame will contain the
picture of the happy man. It .is in
this way the news will be made
known. The centerpiece is to be a
huge true lover's knot of blue rib
bon with a crystal vase of pink bride
roses. Heart-shaped wreaths of pink
carnations are to be round each serv
ice Dlate. The combining of two
flowers Is quite a feature this season.
A Valentine Toast.
The correspondent who asks for a
toast to be given at a college ban
quet on the 14th will find this ac
ceptable, I am sure:
Rhe may be her, she my be there;
Rh may be dark. nhe may b fair;
I'rhnp he' lar;e. perhaps phe1! small
T'erhnps she's low, perhaps he' tall;
Tin m tha nn tnroatm tn fln.mft
Kach heart shall pledge her changeful
name:
As pure aa srnld. aa fln a myrrh,
Aa 1far av heaven hf-re'i to her.
Arthur Gulterman.
MADAME MKRRI.
New Wall Paper.
The principal beauty of the new pa
pers lies in the lovely colors. Some of
the prettiest are almost plain, but not
quite so. The absolutely plain papers
have not the depth of color and varie
ty that we find in those with a slight
figure of some kind, even if It Is only
a line. Tho hair-line stripes are still
with us, but they have Improved these
by breaking the stripes with tiny self
toned, figures. There is one lovely gray
naner." a hair-line broken here and
there with a little gray rose. A beautl
ful lavender Daner also has a hair
line background, but It is broken up
into diamonds. The charm lies in the
beautiful color. Harper's Ilazar.
Mtw Newt
of
Beecher and the Phrenologist
Newest Tea Cosies.
Quite the newest tea cosies are fas
cinating creations made of white linen
heavily embroidered In an open pat
tern to show off a silk lining of a gay
color. That the cosy may fit over
any sized teapot, even the most capa
cious. It has end pieces let In, and
these are of plain linen, unadorned
like the rest, so that here the colored
lining does not show through. The
seams of the cosey are covered by a
handsome white cord, artistically knot
ted here and there to give a pretty
effect.
How a Strolling Bump-Reader Exam
ined the Great Pulpit Orator'a
Head and Told the Truth
Hla Abilities.
While Henry Ward Beecher was all
hla life in most vigorous health, both
mental and physical, never suffering
serious illness until the mortal attack,
he was nevertheless a yearly victim
of hay fever. He found his only re
lief from hay fever in a sojourn in
the White Mountains, and he was ac
customed to leave his farm, near
Peeksklll, N. Y., In mid-July and to re
main In New Hnmpsnire until the
frost. He was utterly democratic in
bis manner and unconventional in his
dress, so that anyone who did not
know him would be likely to Judge
that he was a farmer who had saved
a little money and was spending a
portion of It in a summer vacation at
a White mountain hotel. Many farm
ers at that time were accustomed to
do this.
One summer morning in the late
seventies Beecher sat upon the piazza
of his hotel, reeadlng a newspaper.
Upon his head was his black felt hat,
the brim of which was so broad that
it flapped in the breeze. He wore an
old-fashioned turn-down collar, with' a
sort of black string for a necktie. His
trousers were baggy, as usual. A few
of his friends sat near him, chatting,
when suddenly there appeared around
the corner of the piazza a quaint and
curious specimen of humanity. He
waa a large-eyed, long-haired man,
with the beard of a prophet In one
hand he carried a satchel and in the
other what appeared to be a chart or
a map rolled up.
"I'm a phrenologist," he said by
way of introduction to the little group
that sat opposite Beecher. "'I can
tell by feeling what kind of brain a
man has."
"Well," spoke up one of the party.
assuming a cautious manner and al
most whispering, "I'll give you a dol
lar if you'll examine the bumps on
that old farmer's head" motioning
toward Beecher "and if we find that
you hit it pretty nearly straight, why,
then, some of us may have our heads
examined."
The phrenologist approached Mr.
Beecher. "The gentlemen want me to
examine your head," he explained. "I
am a phrenologist. I can tell you
more than you know about yourself."
Beecher at once suspecting that his
friends were intent upon playing a
.Joke, solemnly took off his hat. The
phrenologist began to fumble through
the masses of silver-gray hair. Sud
denly he stopped and stepped back in
astonishment.
"You shouldn't be a farmer," he ex
claimed, excitedly. "Why, you can
talk like a steam engine. You've got
the biggest development of language
that I have ever met with. And you're
full of wit and humor. You can talk
so aa to make people cry, or to make
them laugh. Where's your farm?"
"My farm Is at Peeksklll, N. Y
said Mr. Beecher.
"I thought it wasn't around here;
your head Is not like a New Hamp
shire farmer's. Do you make your
farm pay?"
"I have never bee. able to make It
pay. It costs me every year more
than I get out of it," Beecher replied,
truthfully.
"Of course! Why, If'you'd taken to
talking public speaking you could
have earned money enough to run a
farm, and get plenty of money out of
It besides, no matter what it cost.
You've made a mistake. Your teach
ers ought to have told you that you
would make a public speaker."
Beecher did not wince. He asked
the phrenologist if it was too late
to begin speaking, and for reply was
told: "It's never too late to begin."
Then the phrenologist walked over to
the little group. "That's the first
farmer whose head I ever examined
who could have been a speaker," he
said. "That man could talk like
steam engine.'
"Do you know who that farmer is?"
asked one of the party. "That is Hen
ry Ward Beecher."
Tor a moment the phrenologist
stood looking in dumb amazement at
the speaker. Then he dropped hla
satchel and chart on the porch and
fairly leaped in front of Mr. Beecher.
"So you're Henry Ward Beecher,"
he shrilled. "To think I've examined
your bead and told fbe truth about
you! Well, now, you'll believe there's
something in phrenology." And look
ing long and wonderlngly at the great
pulpit orator, the Itinerant phrenol
ogist at last gathered up. his satchel
and chart and disappeared as quietly
and mysteriously as he had come,
(Copyright. 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Saw Treatment in a Dream
For the Little Ones
Granite Belt of South.
When one speaks of granite the
mind naturally reverts to Vermont. It
la difficult to associate granite with
any section of North America outside
New England, yet it muat now be ac
knowledged to the credit of the south
that Georgia, North Carolina, Mary
land, and Virginia are producing largo
quantities of stone of good quality
which insures the south a place in the
market at any rate. Tho annual out
put la now worth about 13,600,000 and
the Industry Is growing. It may be of
comparative interest to know that
New England's output Is about $9,000,
000 worth of stone unnually.
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
NOTES
Horn Horseshoes.
A new horseshoe bus lately beeu ex
perimented with at Lyons in France.
The shoo Is made entirely of sheep's
horh and is found particularly adapted
to horses employed in towiiH and
known nut to have a steady foot on
the pavement.
The results of these experiments
have proved satisfactory, Inasmuch as
the horses thus shod have been driven
at a rapid pace over the roadways
without slipping. Besides this advan
tage, the new shoe is said to be dura
ble, and, though a little more expen
sive than the old variety, seems des
tined sooner or later to replace the
iron shoe in France, particularly In
the cases of horses employed in the
towns.
Dr. M. O. Terry While Asleep Re
ceived Instructions That Develop
ed Into Hla Oil Cure of Many
Kinds of Enteric Diseases.
A well-known encyclopedic authori
ty states that the name of James
Marion Sims "deserves a place as an
Inventive genius among the great
surgeons of the world." It was Sims
who, about the middle of the last cen
tury, substituted sliver wire for silk
and other sutures, first making this
daring experiment In a peculiar and
hitherto incurable disease, and then
extending the use of metallic sutures
to general surgery.
For some time he had been making
a study of the hitherto incurable mal
ady. He knew that the common silk
suture would be eaten away by acids
before the wound made by an opera
tion could heal; It was this fact that
made the disease Incurable. He was
puzzling over this apparently insur
mountable obstacle one day when he
walking about the streets of Mont
gomery, Ala., where he made his
great experiment, when he saw a
hairnan of the common black wire
variety lying upon the sidewalk. In
stantly, an idea flashed into his mind
He picked up the hairpin, took it to a
silversmith, and asked the latter if he
could draw a silver dollar into a wire
much finer than the hairpin. When
Informed that this could be done,
Aristocrat and the Ex-Slave
SU.el Production.
TU steel production of the United
8' ales during 1809 was nearly 10, 7D0,
000 tor This Is about 6,000,0000 to
lu ixce s of Great Britain's total.
If a metal polo la unprotected when
placed In the ground It will rust seri
ously In about ten years.
Much of the "Circassian waluul" ap
pearing in up-to-date furniture is the
wood of the red gum tree.
The first aeroplane engine In which
It Is possible to regulate the speed has
been invented in England.
A flagstaff made lu several sections
thut telescope for convenience in
handling has been patented.
To designate the handling of a piece
of work by machinery the word
"mechunlpulale" has been coined.
The various German statea main
tain 70 schools tn horseshoeing, with
courses of from one to six months.
Backed by a $50,000 endowment
fund, the University of Loeds, Eng
land, has established a chair of coal,
gas and fuel industries.
Oxygen tanks, liberating gas into a
bug In which a man's head and shoul
ders can be placed, feature a new rea
cue lltler intended primarily for
mines.
To draw an operator's hand out of
the wuy of a descending din In a
stamping machine U (he purpose of
a aeries of levers Invented by a Mary
land man.
An Interesting and apparently suc
cessful experiment has been muile in
Tbessaly in the cultivation of Egyp
tian cotton, with modern macliluery
und" direction of an cxirt from
THE first of these attractive dresses,
at the left, is of old rose vel
veteen, and la suitable for little
gtrls from Ave to ten years old. This
may be described aa a pinafore shape
and Is worn over a dainty gulnipe of
white wash, silk. It is ornamented in
front with an embroidered motif,
which is all the trimming there is on
this model.
The pretty plaited dress in the mid
dle is of navy blue herring bone serge
ornamented with crochet buttons to
match and belted In with a red patent
Party Blippers are decorated with
rosettes, buckles, bows and butter
flies. Oriental embroideries display mo
llis emphasized by beads of gold or
silver.
As though. trying to get to tho other
extreme, the newest veilings, show
fine dots, fine threads anj fine meshes.
There Is no ltter style for morn
ing working dress than the one piece
Russian, buttoning down one hide of
the trout
' Cloth topped shoes are procurable
In plain colors, gray, tan and dull
green, while tiny checks or shadow
plaids are muck, in evidence among
smartly dressed women.
Among the notable pendants In
stone are the Maori figurines, with
heads set op sideways, usually cut out
of Jade and called "Hel Tiki;" rubles
or diamonds form the eyes.
Dull Jet or enamel Jewely la Invari
ably worn for deep mourning.
leather belt. It Is finished at. the neck
wtth a white DuU'h collar stitched
with red and bordered with guipure.
The cravat Is of red satin. This dress
Is for girls from six to thirteen years
old.
The third dress, for girls of about
the same age, Is of serge and also
plaited and ornamented with buttons.
It Is pretty In brown powder blue or
dark wine red, and Is finished with
linen collar and cuf's trimmed with
guipure. The cravnt Is of satin, but
the belt is of the material.
Brooches, belt buckles and long neck
chains (or lorgnette or watch are
about all that Is really necessary.
New scarfs already planned to re
place fur stoles are of soft, thin
breltsch wantr lined with old cache
mire silk; abotit the neck the edge
turns ovor a little to show the lining.
Peculiar Intimacy That Existed Be
tween Blanche K. Bruce and L. Q
C. Lamar From the Time That
Both Were Elected Senatora.
In 1876 Blanche K. Bruce, born In
slavery, and the first negro to sit in
the United States senate, was made a
member of that body by the Missis
sippi legislature. Two years later that
state named as Its other senatorial
representative L. Q. C. Lamar, who
had drafted the ordinance of seces
sion adopted by Mississippi, led his
regiment at Yorktown and Williams
burg, and otherwise labored assid
uously In behalf of the Confederacy.
In color. In antecedents, in training,
in politics, the ex-slave and the man
who was destined to wlrr a seat on the
United States Supreme court, were as
far apart as the poles; yet shortly
after Mr. Lamar had become senator
It was noticed with more or less aston
ishment in various quarters that he
and the 6enlor senator from Missis
sippi were on the most friendly terms.
There nre old residents In Washing
ton who doubtless can easily recall
how Senator Lamar and Senator
Bruce used to walk arm in arm about
the residential streets of the capital
city and through its parks and
squares. Seemingly, it never occur
red to the white man tnat the com
panion of his ofttlngs was of another
race, that his early life had been
spent In bondage. And when Senator
Bruce retired from the senate and be
came registrar of the treasury in
1881, the intimacy between him and
Senator Lamar continued. their
walks about Washington being ample
outward evidence of their friendship.
Together, during all the period that
both men were in the senate, they
would visit tho postoffice department
relative to appointments. Whenever
It became necessary for him to go to
the department, Senator Lamar would
courteously ask his negro colleague to
accompany him, nnd more than once
they were seen making their way
there arm In arm, as though they were
old cronies. And it was noticed that
the advances invariably came from
Senator Lamar; that Senator Bruce
did not presume upon the official re
lations that existed between him and
Senator Lamar to force his personal
attentions upon the latter.
At the beginning of Grover Cleve
land's first term as president Senator
Lamar became secretary of the inte
rior. Not long thereafter he sent
word to Senator Bruce, then getting
ready to retire as registrar of the
treasury, that he would like to see
him. -A little later tho secretary was
receiving the registrar as he would an
old friend, and confessing to him that
he doubted whether he was as well
equipped for an executive office as he
was for a Judicial or legislative post
"But," he said, "I am going to make
as good a secretary of the interior aa
I am able." Then he brought up a
personal matter.
"Senator," he asked, "how many ap
pointees of yours are there in this de
partment?"
"Well," replied Bruce, "I can't tell
off-hand, buc possibly there Is a larger
number here than I should have asked
for."
"Do you think so. Senator?" queried
Secretary Lamar. "Well, I have sent
for you simply to say this: Not one
of your appointees in this department
shall be touched. You can tell them
all that they need feel no anxiety;
they shall stay here as long as I am
secretary of tho Interior."
(Copyright. 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
IttKhta Reserved.)
Sims gave instructions for a dollar
to be drawn into a wire that had the
thinness of a coarse thread; and with
this thread of silver he was able to
complete successfully his difficult op
eration, thereby banishing a hitherto
Incurable disease, and establishing a
new era In American aurgery.
In an equally extraordinary manner
came the first hint to Its originator of
what has come to be known in the
medical world as the oil treatment in
enteric cases, which include appendi
citis and typhoid. By originating this
treatment Dr. M. O. Terry gained
world-wide notoriety. Yet until now
it has never been published how he
got the germ of the Idea that caused
htm to promulgate his famous treat
ment, "It waa a curious experience, verg
ing on the weird, almost, that first led
me to the study of medical sufficiency
of oil in the treatment of many kinds
of enteric diseases, especially ap
pendicitis," said Dr. Terry.
"I was very fond of olives and am
yet and It was my custom after a .,
day spent in the hospitals and In fol
lowing my private practise, to eat a
handful of olives, with a few crack
ers on the side, before going to bed.
Frequently, I was careless and left
the bottle of olives uncorked, so that
when I went again to it I usually
found the contents lncrusted with a
sort of scum, and the olives them
selves turned sour.
Well, one night, after a hard day's
work, Including two very difficult op
erations, I fell into a sound sleep.
And a dream came to me. It waa as
vivid as though I were awake. And
in it I was told that if, after opening
a bottle of olives, I would pour upon
the water In which the olives were
packed in the bottle enough oil com
pletely to cover the water, I would
have no further difficulty about my
olives souring.
"Furthermore, I was told the philo
sophy of this. 'If you pour oil into
the bottle,' It was said to me In the
dream, 'it will float upon the top of
the water, It will make an absolutely
impervious coating. No germs from
the air can penetrate it. It will
smother all germs, for that is the
quality of oil. Therefore, your olives
will be protected.'
"I awoke, and reached out to my,
night table, -which always stood by
my bed, and made a brief note in my
note book. Then I went to sleep again.
In the morning I discovered the
note upon my table, and I said: 'To
night I will make the experiment.' I
did so, and found that what had been
said to me in the dream was true.
Tho olives were perfectly protected
from all germs.
"Now, that set me thinking. I rea
soned that If oil were taken into di
gestive organs, it would thoroughly
Insulate them prevent attacks upon
them by bacteria; or, if attack had
been made. It would smother the
forces of Illness. I soon had an op
portunity to make a test of my newly
formed theory. In the case of a child
who was dangerously 111, and, to my
gratification, I found it worked, per
fectly. Then I developed the theory
to extend It to typhoid fever, and es
pecially to appendicitis; and It la
through my advocacy of the oil treat
ment In the cases of appendicitis that
have not yet reached the acute stage,
with pus formed when the knife Is
the only remedy that I have gained
professional advocates and opponents
pretty much over the civilized world."
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Saving Silk Petticoats.
A girl who knows says that she
keeps nor tafTettu sill; petticoats from
splitting by hanging them upside
down. Put two ribbon loops on tho
wrong tide at the top of the wldd ruf
fle, aud hang the putilcoat up by them.
When It Is possible, buy or make two
silk petticoats at a time. l!y weailug
them alternately, they will last far
more than twice as long as one con
stantly worn. Harper's Bazar.
Cleansing Lotion.
A simple clvaiiblng lotion for an oily
skin is made from one-half pint of rose
water, one half plut orange flower wa
ter, one half ounce of benzoin, a lit
tle tincture of myrrh end a few drops
of glycerin. Any drunglst can pre
pare this with the right proportions.
Beneficence and Gratitude.
One day the Supremo Bing took It
Into Ills head to give a great banquet
in His Azure palace.
All the virtues wero Invited. Men
He did not ask only ladles.
There was a largo number of them,
great and small. Tho lesser virtuns
were more agreeable nnd genial than I
the great mats; but they all appeared
to bo In good humor and eliatted ;
amiably together
Hut the
7 ried to Kiss Ada Rehan
General Boulangcr Receivea Rough
Treatment When He Attempts
to Embrace Actress.
There was an episode In the life of
Miss Ada Kehnu that did not need the
embellishments of the press agent to
' make It "no the rounds.' In 1SS1
. . . ' . 1.1.....; ,.!
Supremo Hoing noiictti two j mere was u eeu-uiauuii m "-
charming lad.es who seemed to bo to render at orktown. and a number or
tally unacquainted. Krcr.i Itmeii or state auenueu, inciuu-
The lloht gave one of the ladies His ; in Central Roulangor. Included lu
arm, and led her up to the other tm tutortalnfii-nt of these snoots, the
Renc-tUeuee!" ho mid. , Indicating . tn -ok rum of whieii wis assigned by
.,, nrb , Mr. Hln inc. then secretary of state, to
Grutttude!" Ho added, Indicating : Mr. Crci
the second
Both the virtues were tumue.'. be ;
yond expression. Kver sinwo the w rid
had stood i'id it hits been standing a
lonu t ! this was the first ti ne tliey
had n et.- ' Toem In 1'ro
Russia.:
fun-: It-
It's uu
luiuing
attached c iff t!:al I ds no
htou Webb, was a visit to
Daly's theatc . 1 ho Fr uch party
wi s dellghiod with the play, and es
i eci; lly with Miss He! an When tho
l-'roni i-men were told that Mr. Daly
would be pleased to take them on the
t.'.,'o btiween at.-i and introduce
:h'v. to r.-e.i.bors of the company,
1'oul :t-r'i' manifested un excited en
t.hin!ns;.i at tho prospect.
V: en Bou.uuvr was introduced to
Miss Kenan he soon dropped ."ormall
tles. His attentions were conspicu
ously demonstrative. He seized her
hand, drew her to him and attempted
to embrace her. The ilery Hehan,
thoroughly Indignant, had diilleulty In
making tho Frenchman believe that
she resented his fervor, but some of
the members of Daly's company man
aged to convince him by laying vlo
'nt hands on him. Then, In turn, tho
egotistical Boulanger became furious,
demanded apologies of Return's defen
ders, and poor Webb, being responsi
ble for tho party and Its good behav
ior, needed all the tact for which he
was famous to prevent bloody hostil
ities. When r.o'ilanger was told that de
corum In Daly's theater was the same
as In any well regulated family, find,
therefore, especially at varinnre with
the standards of some of the Paris
stages, he sent rather reliutant npe'.j
ples to Miss Rehan and h ft the theater.