TOO SHORT A TIME.
Tun Tr'Tgi- rr " 1 r IT1
Wise Why did that woman's club
disband?
Sharpe The majority adopted a
resolution limiting the time of each
member for speaking on any topic to
two hours.
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE
"In Dowlals, South Wales, about fit
teen years ago, families were strlck
en wholesale by a disease known as
the Itch. Believe me. It Is the most
terrible disease of its kind that I
know of, as it Itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Bleep is out of the question and you
feel as if a million mosquitoes wore
attacking you at the name time. I
knew a dozen families that were so
affected.
"The doctors did their best, but
flielr remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried a drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
tils remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
they were advised by a friend to use
the Cutlcura Remedies. I am glad to
tell you that after a few days' treat
ment with Cutlcura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
fill and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
"I may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam
ilies have been users of the Cutlcura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 16C0 West Huron St., Chicago,
111., June 29, 1909."
Tit for Tat,
Tielng of a literary turn and having
plenty of leisure, both Mr. and Mrs.
Glupplns contributed special articles
occasionally to two different newspa
pers In the town where they resided.
One day Mr. Glupplns picked up a
manuscript his wife had Just finished,
and proceeded to look It over.
"That's very good, nertha," he said,
fter completing his inspection, "but
1 see you use the phrase, 'well-known
;fact.' I wouldn't do that."
"Why not?" she asked.
"Well, if a thing Is well-known, wh)
imentlon It?"
His wife said nothing in rejoinder
at the time, but a few days later, while
ireadlng one of his articles In print,
rabe found something to criticize.
"Horace," she said, "I am surprised
to see you using the phrase, 'self-evl-udent'
H
"What's the matter with that?"
I "Why, if a thing Is self-evident,
-what is the use of calling attention to
itr
Horace looked at her sharply over
bis glasses, but made no verbal re
sponse. Youth's Companion.
tji i '
Immense Saving Possible.
In a preliminary bulletin on ttu
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
Sanatorium, the National Association
tfor the Study and Prevention of Tu
iberculosls announces that the average
cost per patient per day in thirty
i nemt-charltable sanatoria scattered in
nail parts of the United States 1
11.669. These institutions represent
w&a annual expenditure of over $1,300,
000 and over 815.000 days of treat
ment given each year. The bulletin,
which Is part of an extensive study
the National association s making tor
its bureau of Information, points out
that the country could save annuallj
at least 1150,000,000 If the Indigent
consumptives were properly segr
gated.
r How He Kept the Law.
"I noticed," said the frlend-who-could-be-tniBted,
after a trip through
the factory where preserves are made,
"that a white powder is first put In
the cans, and that the preserves are
then put in the white powder."
"Yes," explained the proprietor to
tbo frlend-who-could-be-trusted, "that
white powder is a preservative. You
see we are compolled to put the pre
serves In a preservative because an
tdlotlo requirement of the government
makes it unlawful for us to .put a
preservative In t-o preserves."
Caught Too Quick.
' "I pleads guilty ter stealln' detn
melons, Jedge," said the prisoner, "but
I wants de mercy er de court."
"On what grounds?" asked the
Jiudge.
"Ou dese grounds." replied the pris
oner: "I stole do melonB, but do sher
iff didn't give me a chance to eat
em!" Atlanta Constitution.
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Post
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with cream ' or milk
The smile that follows will
last all day
"The Memory Lingers"
Sold by Crocert.
Pkgs. 10c and 15c
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Copyright. 1906,
CHAPTER XV. (Continued.)
It was Ludlow, hammering elainor
eusly for silence on the shell of the
big crane ladle, who noted as spokes
man when the uproar was quelled.
"You're all right, Tom Gordon you
and your daddy. Hut you've hit us
plum' 'twlxt dinner and supper. If you
two was the company "
"We are the company. While Mr.
Farley Is away we're Die bouses; what
we say, goes."
"All right," Ludlow went on. "That's
little better. Hut we've got a kick
or two comln'. Is this half-pay goln'
to bo In orders on the company's
store?"
"I said cash," said Tom, briefly.
"Oood enough. Hut I s'pose we'd
have to spend it at the company's
tore. Jest the same, 'r get fired."
"No!" emphatically. "I'm not even
sure that we should reopen the store.
We shall not reopen It unless you men
want It If you do wont It, we'll make
It strictly co-operative, dividing the
profits with every ernpioyo according
to his purchases."
Vell, that's white, anyway." com
mented one of tho coke burners. "Ho
a mighty col' day In July when old man
Farley'd talk as straight as that."
Ag'ln," said Ludlow, "what's this
half-pay to be figured on the reg'lar
scale?"
"Of course." ,
"And what security do we have that
I other half '11 be paid, some time?"
My father's word, and mine."
xuuiow turned to the miner. "Whit
d'ye say, boys? Fish or p, ,t .,in
nanus up!"
There was a good showing of hands
among the white miners
burnora, but the netro found
vo"- i-atty. the mulatto foreman
wno was Helgerson's second, explain
ed the reason.
"You ain't said unttln' "bout de foun
ry. Boss Tom. W-w-w w.nrA.ntl hnt's
been wukkln' short tl-tl-tlmo, and m-m-makin'
pig ain't gwlne give we-all
n-n-nutlin' ter do." Pnttv had a naln-
ful impediment In his speech, and the.
Strain of the public occasion doubled !t.
'".We are going to run the foundry,
too, Patty, and on full time. There
will be" .work for all of you on the
terms I have named."
Caleb Oordon closed his eyes and put
his face In his hands. For weeks be
fore the shut-down the foundry had
been run on short time, because there
was no market for Its miscellaneous
output Surely Tom must be losing
his mind!
But the negro foundrymen wr tnic.
Ing his word for It. as the miners had.
fup-pup-put up yo hands, boys!"
said Patty, and again the ayes had it.
Tom looked vastly relieved.
"Well, that was a short horse soon
iurrled," he said, bruskly. The power
goes on to-morrow morning, and we'll
blow in as soon as the furnaces are
rellned. Ludlow, you come to the of
fice at S o'clock and I'll Hat- the shifts
with you. Patty, you report to Mr.
Helgerson, and you and the pattern
maker show up at half-past 5. I want
to talk over some new work with you.
Anybody else got anything to say? It
not, we'll adjourn."
Caleb followed his son out and across
the yard to the old log homestead
which served as tbe superintendent's
office and laboratory. When the door
was shut he dropped heavily Into a
ehalr.
"Son," he said, brokenly, "you're
you're crasy plunV crasy. Don't you
know you can't do the first one o' these
things you've been promlsln'?"
Tom was already busy at the desk.
emptying the pigeonholes one after an-
other and rapidly scanning their con-
tents.
"If I believed that. I'd be taking to
the high grass and the tall timber.
But don't you worry, pappy; we're go
ing to oo them all of them."
"But. Buddy, you can't sell a found
of foundry product! We may be able
to make pig cheaper than some oth-
j.ers, but when It comes to the foundry
noor, uoutn Treaegar can choke us off
In less n a week."
"Walt." said Tom. still rummaging.
"There la one thing we can make and
sell."
"I'd like tolerable well to know what
it Is," was the hopeless rejoinder.
"You ought to know, better than any I
one else, its cast-iron pipe water. 1
pipe. Where are the plans of that in
vention of yours that Farley wouldn't
let you install?
Caleb found the blue-prints, and his
hands were trembling. The Invention
a nit machine process for molding
casting water- and gas-pipe at a cost
that would put all other makers of the.
commodity out of the field, had been
wrought out ana perrected In Tom's
second Boston year. It was Caleb's
one ewe lamb, and he had nuraod It by
hand througn a long preparatory
I period.
Tom took mo tuue-prints and spread
them on the desk, absorbing the details
as his rather leaned over htm and
pointed them out He saw clearly that
the Invention would revolutionise DlDe.
making. The accepted method was to
east each piece separately in a floor
flask made In two parts, rammed by
hand, once for the drag and again for
tho cope, with reverslngs, crane-hand-
llr.gs and all the manipulations necea
ary for the molding of any heavy cast'
Ing. But the new process substituted
machinery. A cistern-like pit; a clr
culur table pivoted over It, with a hun
di ed or more Iron flasks suspended ud
right from Its edges; a huge crano car
rying a mecnanicai ram, tnese were
the main points of the machine which,
with a small gang of men, would do
the work of an entire foundry floor.
"It's great!" said Tom, enthuslastl
rally. "I got your Idea pretty well
from your letters, but you've Improvod
on It since them. I wonder Farley
didn't snap at It."
"Ho was wlllin' to," said Caleb, grim
ly. "Only he wanted me to transfer
the patents to the company: In other
vo"iVt, to make him a present pf tho
controlling interest. I bucked at that,
and we come near bavin' a fall-qut. If
there was any market for pipe now
"There Is a market," said Tom. hope
fully. "1 got a pointer on that before
I left Boston. Did I tell you I had
tittle talk with Mr. Clarkson the day I
came sway?"
"No."
"Well. I did. I told him the condl-
tlons and askad Ills advice. Among
Other things, I spoke of this pipe pit of
yours, and he said at ones, 'There Is
n
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LYNDE
by Frncl Lynd
ynur chance. Cast-Iron water-pipe Is
like bread, or sugar ,or butcher's meat
It's a necessity. In good times or bad.
If that machine Is practicable, you can
make pipe for less than half the pres
ent tost.' Then we talked ways and
means. Money Is tighter than a shut
fist up East as well as everywhere
else. Hut men with money to Invest
will still bet on a sure thing. Mr.
Clarkson advised me to try our own
banks first. Falling with them, he au
thorized me to call on him. Now you
know where I'm digging my sind."
The old Iron-master sat back In his
Chair with his hands locked over one
knee, once more taking tho measure of
this new creation calling Itself Tom
Gordon and purporting to be his son.
"Say, Buddy," ho said at length, "are
there many more like you out yonder
In the big road? young fellows that
can walk right out & school and tell
their daddies how to run things?"
Tom's laugh was boyishly hearty.
"Plenty of 'em, pappy; lots of 'em!
The old world Is moving right along;
It would be a pity If It didn't, don't you
think? But about this pipe business:
I want you to make over these patents
to me."
"They're yours now, Tom; everything
I ve got will be yours In a little while,"
said the father; but his voice betrayed
the depth of that thrust. Was the new
Tom bcglnlng so soon to grasp and
reach out avariciously for the fruit of
the old tree?
"You ought to know that I don't
mean it that way," said Tom, frowning
a little. "But here Is the way it sizes
up. There Is money In this pipe-making;
some money now ,and big momy
later on. Farley has refused to go lntj
It unless you make It a company prop
osition; as president and a controlling
stockholder you can't very well go Into
It unless you make It a company prop
osition; as president and a controlling
atnekholder you can't very well go Into
it now without making It some sort of
a company proposition. But you can
transfer the patents to me. and I on
contract with Chlawassee Consolidated
10 rniKe pipe ror me."
"That would certainly be glvln' Colo
nel Dubbury a dose of his own m,n
cine; but I don't like It, Tom . It looks
as If we were taking ailvanti
him."
"No. I'd make the proposition to
him, personally. If he were here, and
the boss; and he'd be a fool If he didn't
Just Jump at It," said Tom, earnestly.
nut mere is more to It than that If
we make a go of this, and don't protect
ourselves, the two Farleys will come
back and put the whole thing In their
pockets. I won't go In on any such
terms. When they do come back. I'm
going to have money to fight them with.
and this Is our one little ghost of a
chance. Ring up Judge Hates and get
him to come over here and mak a te
gul transfer of these patents to roe."
The experiences of the summer were
all hardening. lie plunged into the
world of business. Into a panlc-tlmo
competition which was In grim reality
a fight for lite, and there seemed to be
little to choose between trampling- or
being trampled. By early autumn tho
Iron Industries t the country were
gasping, ana me siacxs or pig n thi
Chlawassee yards, kept down a little
during the summer by a few meager
orders, grew and spread until they cov
ered acres. As long as money could be
had. the Iron was bonded as fast as It
was made, and the proceeds were turn
ed Into- wages to make more. But whon
money was no longer obtainable from
this source, the pipe venture was the
only hope.
Wltto the entire foundry force at the
Chlawaasoe making pipe, Tom had gone
into tbe market with, his low-priced
product. But the commercial side of
the struggle was fire-new to him, and
he found himself matched against men
who anew buying and sellng as he
knew smelting and casting. They rout
ed hlro, easily at first, with Increasing
diflleulty as he learned the new trade,
DUt always with certainty. It was Nor-
man, the correspondence man, trans
formed now Into a sales agent, who
gave him his first hint of the Inward
"We're too straight. Mr. Gordon;
that's at the bottom of It," he said to
Tom, over a grill-room luncheon at the
Marlboro one day. "It takos money to
maae money, rwur uma out or nve
we have to sell to a municipal com
mlttee, and the other time we have to
monkey with the purchasing agent of a
corporation. In cither case It takos
money other money besides the dlfter-
ence In price.1
Tom wa ,n town that day ,or tho
purpose of taking a train to Louisville,
where ha was to meet the officials ef an
Indiana city forced, despite the hard
times, to relay many miles of worn-
out water-mains. He made a pencil
computation on the back of an envel
ope. The contract was a large one, and
his bid, which he was confident was
lower tnftn any competitor could make.
would still stana a cut ana leave a
margin of profit. Before he took the
train he went to the bank, and, when
he reached the Kentucky metropolis.
his first care was to assure the "wheel
horse" member of the municipal pur
chasing board that he was ready to
talk business on a modern business ba
sis.
Notwithstanding, he lost the contraot.
Other people were growing desperate.
too, It appeared, and his bribe was not
great enough. One member of the
committee stood by him and gave him
the facta. A check had been passed,
and It was a bigger check than Tom
could draw without trenching on the
balance left In the Iron City National
to meet the month's pay-roll at Gor-
donta.
'You sent a boy to mill," said the
loyal one. "And now It's all over
don't mind telling you that you sent
him to the wrong mill, at that. Bullln-
ger's a hoj."
"I'd like to do him up." s;iid Tom
Vindictively.
"Well, that miRht be done. too. But
it would cost you something."
Tom did not take the hint; he was
not buying vengeance. But ou the way
home he grew bitterer with every sub
traded mile, lie could meet one mora
pay-day, and possibly another; and
then the end would come. This one
contract would have saved the day, and
It was lost
The homing train, rushing around
the boundary hills ef Paradise, set hln
down at Gordonla lata In the afternoon
There was no one at the station to
meet him, but there was Lad news in
t?e sir which needed no herald te pro
claim It Though It still wanted half
an hour of quitting time, the big plant
was slk-nt and deserted. Tom walked
out the pike and found his father on
the Woodlawn porch.
"You needn't say It, son," was Wis
low greeting, when Tom had flung him
self Into a chair. "It was In the South
Tredegar papers this morning.' '
"What was In the papers?"
"About our losln' the Indiany con
tract. I reckon It was what did the
business for us, though there were a
plenty of black looks and a storm
brewln' when we missed the pay-day
yesterday."
"Missed the pay-day? Why. I left
money In bank for It when I went to
Louisville!"
"Yes, I know you did. When Dyck
man didn't come out with tho pay
rolls yesterday evening I telephoned
him. lie said Vint Farley, as treasur
er of the company, had made a draft on
him and taken It all."
"And the men?"
"The miners went out at 10 o'clock
this morning. The blacks would have
stood by us. but Ludlow's men drove
'cm out made 'em quit We're done,
Buddy."
Tom dashed his hat on the floor ,and
the Gordon rage, slow to fire and fierco
to scorch and burn when once It was
aflame, made for a moment a yelling
maniac of him. In the midst of It he
turned, and the tempest of imprecation
spent Itself In a gasp of dismay. Ills
mother was standing In the doorway,
thin, frail, with the sorrow in her eyes
that had been thore since tho long
night of chastenlngs three years agone.
As he looked he saw the growing
pallor In her face, the growing speech
less horror In her gaze. Then she put
out her hands as one groping In dark
ness and fell before he could reach her.
It was her stalwart son who carried
Martha Gordon to her room and laid
her gently on the bed, with the hus
band to follow helplessly behind. Also,
It was Tom, tender and loving now as
a woman, who sat upon the edge of tho
bed, chafing the bloodless hands and
striving as he could to revive her.
"I'm afraid you've killed her for sure,
this time, son!" groaned the man.
But Tom saw the pale lips move and
bent low to catch their whisperings.
What he heard was only the echo of
the despairing cry of the broken heart:
"Would God I hftd died for thee. O Ab
salom, my son!"
(To be continued.)
THE LION'S ROAR.
Just why the Hon should be called,
the king" of beasts few have ever
8 topped- to inquire. His habits, says
A. Kadclyffe Dugmore, writing In Ev
erybody's Magazine, are not kingly.
He is a shameless scavenger. He may
be a cannibal. There Is a story of a
contest between a lion and a lioness
over a carcass which ended in the male
killing and then devouring his mate.
In days before the advent of modern
high-power arms the Hon may have
stood as a symbol of fearlessness and
daring, but time has changed all that.
He Is now neither so fierce nor yet so
formidable as he la painted. The chase
of the Hon Is becoming less and less
dangerous. "Not a Hon has dono its
duty." said Mr. HooeeveU, emerging
from the East African Jungles.
Besides, opinion of any brute's na
ture seems to depend largely on the
experience of the observer. If the
hunter chanced to have a close call
with, a Hon, he assumes the Hon to be
the most dangerous of beasts. In Af
rica, many bold the wild buffalo to be
far more fierce than the Hon, for this
one pertinent reason. Or some fel
low has had a brush with, an elephant
and nearly lost his life;, therefore he
considers the- elephant to be the moat
dnngeroua ef all anlmuls. Personally,
I'd rather face a herd of Hons in the
open thaa a herd of buffalo bent on
mtachbef.
But once in the Hon country, you
learn the real reason why he Ls termed
the king of beasts. He looks it. Be
sides, there 1b the terror he coats over
all the brute creation about Mm. And
as for terror, there ls one feature of
life in East Africa that the- traveler
never forgets the lion's roautng,
Te me, na other sound In nature is
more awe-inspiring, more appalling, es
pecially If beard at realty close range,
or among bill, where the- echo re
sounds In Us rolling double baas.
Contrary to. tke common Mea, Hons
da not confine their thunderous calls
to the night only; frequently in the
open daylight one may be startled by
a sudden outburst. They are a noisy
lot, too. At night I have heard a band
keep up the dire chorus for hours at
time, a blood-curdling concert that
brings to mind every tale, fanciful or
true, of their daring, of their fierce
rapacity and might. It seems, still
further, to have an added dreadfulneas
when one is lying within the frail
walls of a tent, with only Its canvas
between one and the formidable mi
slclan. lUsten now! There goes one boom
ing In the dlstange, a roaring obligate
that breaks into from six to a dosen
calls! From the first to the fourth
the rolume usually Increases; then It
dies down. At very close quarters
one heart the roar melt gradually Into
a purr, Itself diminishing to a growl
ing, discontented mumble that lasts
for about halt a minute. Or there ls
the other sound, equally menacing a
soft and suggestive crunching noise,
aa It the beast had already settled to
a gruesome meal.
The lion's voice is mighty, as mighty
as his strength. Forget his habits,
bis love of carrion, and his daylight
turn of cowardice, and you have the
Impression of a king of beasts a real
royalty among the brute creation.
Mangling the Words.
Mark Twain will find an example of
English as she ls spoke, or written,
when ho visits a certain city In Italy
wboro the authorities of a charitable
institution, have posed a notice print
ed In all languages. The Information
for English people reads as follows:
"The little fathers of the poor of St
Francis harbor all kluds of disease, auj
have no respect for religion."
tteteratna- the I'rwm,
napkin How did you manage to get
the HI will of Scrauiilea?
Kyle You know he's been borrowing
small sums of me from time to time for
the last ten years? Well, a few weeks
ago I shut down on lending to hint and
began borrowing from htm
TOWN NEEDS NO APOLOGY
Small Town Often Belittled, But It Is
There Only Where Fullest Mean
ing of Life May Be Found.
There have been too many apolo
gies offered for the small town the
community which ls not so large but
that all of Its people know each other.
Such places have been belittled and
ridiculed, but certainly always by
those who cannot appreciate the tru
est, sweetest and fullest meaning of
life.
Tho small community may be a lit
tle world unto Itself. Its horizon may
end off where the cotton fields begin
on the south, with the fair grounds on
the west, the schoolhouse on the
north and the railroad on the east,
but surely its affairs are as important
and as vitally Interesting as those of
a great city,, where humanity consists
of meaningless atoms and where the
sweet responsive chords of hearts
beating in unison never vibrate.
There may never be the whir of
happening events In the small commu
nity, but the least incidents that may
occur to any of Its mysterious hu
man lives ls not unworthy of notice.
None of Its characters are too lowly
to fill some niche. Its fellow-beings
hold that tolerance toward each other
which exists among members of one
family, and there la a dormant patriot
ism In hearts of Its truest citizenship
which only needs some outside inter
ference to warm Into being.
The zest departs from so many
pleasures, when a man ceases to
Identify himself with some certain
community, and it ls only of the small
er places that he can really feel him
self a part. Those of a small place
share their pleasure and their sorrow
together. Family names have a sig
nificance. Houses are homes. The
very trees and fences have about them
an atmosphere of reminiscence.
The big places may have larger
stores, wider streets, busier crowds,
but humanity is the same the world
over, and humanity is at its best
where acquaintance and kinship is
possible. And when the brief span of
years has passed, says the Yazoo City
(Miss.) Sentinel, we would prefer to
have the slow, sombre procession
wind down some (juiot village street,
and to have the grasses above the
grave blown by the breezes that are
fresh from the open fields.
The Reading ef a Best Seller.
One of the customs of all good Amer
leans fa to read a best-seller.
The best-seller is ostensibly a boo!
manufactured according to a well
known recipe. The book is written bj
a man trained to the emergency and
encouraged by the publisher. Th
publisher and the man sit down to
gether and concoct the idea of thf
book, which fa made up of mystery
action, dialogue, a few nasty detaili
and a lot of bad English, or American
as It ought to be called.
The book fs then printed and" paget
In the papers announce its advnt.
The proud author, who is very rich,
waits calmly for another ovation.
All the- vtrtuoas and respectable
women In the country then order their
husbands to bring home the book,
which their husbands do. After the
women have read it tfiey hide it In a
place where their daughters can easily
find It Life.
Trade at Home.
Under the above heading the Met
calf (111.) Journal prints the follow
ing editorial appeal. It would be' a
good Item for other papers to copy:
"Just about now the mall ordet
houses of our Targe cities, with an ey
far the spring trade of the smallet
cities or towns- and of the farmer, ar
sending out bulky and Illusive cata
logues by the thousand. Experience
proves that, taking all things into ac
count, to buy of such houses costi
more and brfngs less satlsfactloi
than to buy of the home merchants
Money sent out of town to thesi
houses for what can be bought equal
ly as well at home ls Just so mucfc
check to the growth and prosperity
of the home town, and of the farmers,
and others who find In the town a
ready market for their eggs, buttei
and all other produce.
Use of Sawdust.
Every now and then the dally pe
pen bring In an Item about some one
who fs trying to utilize the sawdust
which accumulates all too rapidly at
some sawmills and woodworking es
tabliHhments. Meanwhile some of our electric fur
nace pioneers have quietly gone ahead
and have already been using sawdust
for years as one of the Ingredients for
making that exceedingly hard grinding
material carborundum.
To produce this a heavy current is
passed through a core of coke sur
rounded by a mixture of carbon, sand,
Fait and sawdust. Which again goes
to show that marvelous results can be
obtained from the most commonplace
Ingredients when the magic of the
electric current ls available. Popular
Mechanics.
Served Her Right.
A certain lady, who was always
anxious to let her friends know that
nho was not the same age as her hus
band, once remarked to a visitor:
"My husband Is fifty years of age
and there are ten years between us."
The caller, with an exclamation of
surprise, said:
"Iteally, now, why you look as
young as he doet." Penny Pictorial.
Most Advanced of Tea Drinkers.
From Vienna Consul General Denby
writes: "The Austrian probably use
higher average Quality of tea than
any other people In the world, except
perhaps the Russians, and these two
nations prepare their tea for drinking
In a mora Intelligent war than
other." .
For the
Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by
a Recognized Authority
Novel Observation Party.
Every once In a while some old
amusement bobs up again in a new
guise and Is, most enjoyable, llelow
I give a list of 40 objects and the
answers. All tho articles may be
placed upon a large table, the guests
are given catalogues with spaces for
filling in the answers. Allow 20 min
utes, then ask the guests Into another
room with tho objects out of sight.
Read the answers and award first, sec
ond and third prizes. Over the door
a sign, "Artful Gallery," may be
placed. This scheme is practical for
a lawn or porch party.
Out for the Night Candlo In Candle
stick. Departed Pays Ijst Tear's Calendar.
Rcene In Ucrmuda Onions.
We Part to Meet Again Scissors.
The Keignlng Favorite Umbrella.
Home of Burns Klatlron.
The Greatest Hot Ever Made Alpha
bet. A IJne From Home Clothes Line.
The House the Colonel Lived in Corn
Cob Without the Corn.
Causa of the American Revolution
Tacks on a Letter T.
A Heavenly Body Dipper.
The Little Peacemaker Chopping
Knife.
Bprlng's Ottering Glass of Water.
Bound to Itisp Yeast Cake.
Family Jars Two Glass Jars.
Things That End In Smoke Cigars.
A Place for Reflection Hand Mirror.
Deer In Winter Eggs.
Scene In a Baseball Gamo Pitcher.
A Drive Through the Wood Block of
Wood With Nail Driven Through.
A Mute Choir Quire of Paper.
A Trophy of the Chase Brush.
A Rejected Beau Old Ribbon Bow.
A Skyllght-A Star.
Our Colored Waiter Black Tray.
Sweet Sixteen Sixteen Lumps of Sugar.
Consolation PI pe.
Common Sense Pennies.
The Black Friar Black Frying Pan.
Cole's Memorials of the Great Cinders.
The Four Seasons Mustard, Vinegar,
Bait and Pepper.
A Morning Caller A Rell.
Assorted Liquors Whip, Switch and
Slipper.
The Skipper's Home Cheese.
An Absorbing Subject Blotter or
Sponge Could be Used.
A Dancing Entertainment A Ball.
Bound to Shine Bottle of Shoe Black
ing. Tho Spoony Couple Two Spoons.
Old Fashioned Flowers toady's Slippers.
Nothing But Leaves Block of Blank
Writing Paper.
Cummer Luncheons.
Colored luncheons are very popular
and the menus as given below are
simple, so that a hostess with one
maid may carry them out successful
ly. For a green affair, have the deco
Now the
WITH the donning of ber robe de
nult Milady faces the problem,
what is to be done with strag
Cllng tresses when puffs and rats have
been laid aside for the night. History
tells us of a famous beauty of the
court of Louis Le Orande Monarch,
who had mirrors so placed in her
four-posted curtained bed that the first
thing her eyes beheld upon awa
king was ber own lovely Image.
There are few women who can
stand this test, no matter bow lovely
they may be. Think you the smile of
Mme. Le Marquis would have been
so complacent had she been confront
ed by tho reflection of straggling Me-dusa-ltke
locks, no matter how beauti
ful the face they framed? Certainly
not.
The glory of her dusky hair was
WASH FROCKS IN NEW YORK
Low Necks, Cut Square, Much In Evi
dence in the Shops of tile
Great Metropolis.
Summer wash dresses never were
prettier than this season, writes a
New York correspondent.
In a window of one department
storo there was a group of such mod
els orth describing, suppostlve of
ideas for little "home mades." One of
the dresses was a p:nin blue lawn
skirt with an eight-inch band of Per
sian printed lawn in blue at the bot
tom. The waist was of white eyelet
embroidery over a blue slip, ft had
belt, pipping and a square neck
finish of the Persian material.
A dainty white crossbar lawn, flow
ered delicately with blue, had a six
Inch band of plain blue at the bottom
of tbe skirt. The white eyelet em
broidered waist was trimmed with
plain blue and thero was a plain blue
belt.
Several dainty white frocks were
trimmed with plain color, or with
ertnted lawn. One of them had a deep
suswsHsniasjwiiai
J
Hostess
rations of ferns and white carnations;
use white or delicately tinted china
with all the glass possible, as the ef
fect ls cooling. The first course may
be spinach boup, next deviled crabs or
creamed sweetbreads, green peas, po
tatoes; use parsley as a garnish. For
salad, have a mint aspic with cucum
bers. Pistachio Ice cream, green
frosted small cakes and creme de
menthe.
A pink luncheon may start with
chiled watermelon cut In cubes served
In glasses, with a bit of sherry on It;
If the day ls cool, a tomato soup is
excellent. Then salmon cutlets with
potato puffs; a cherry salad and eith
er strawberry or cherry ice for des
sert, with pink frosted cakes. A yel
low menu consists of a fruit served In
orange shells, then corn soup with
whipped cream on top, egg cutlets
with wax beans and potatoes on the
half shell; yellow tomatoes for the
salad and the tiny inner leaves of
head lettuce with a rich mayonaleam
dressing. Serve with cheese wafers.
Have Spanish cream for dessert with
lady fingers. For a white or bride's
luncheon, begin with chilled pineap
ple and white grapes; a cream of
celery soup, whipped cream on top.
The heavy course is of chicken breasts
creamed, tiny potato balls, sweet
bread and cucumber salad. Angel food
and lemon Ice or a vanilla cream for
dessert.
Quilting Supper.
The president of a Ladles' Aid ar
ranged this Interesting meeting at her
country home. The society had a
large order for comforters, so they
combined work with pleasure. Invita
tions were sent out for a "tufting
bee," the frames were sent out and
everything was ready for work on the
large piazza when the guests arrived.
The hours were from "three to seven."
At "early candle light" a supper was
served. The table centerpiece was
a log cabin made of twigs and there
were bread sticks, cheese straws,'
candy sticks arranged in log cabin,
style at the corners of the table..
Lights were not necessary, but therei
were quaint brass candle sticks oni
tbe table in which the hostess litj
candles. She had potato salad, hot
baking powder biscuit, ginger bread,,
delicious apple sauce chilled, iced tea
and coffee, old-fashioned sponge cake
and home-made candy. , '
MADANfE MERRI.
Nightcap
neatly held in place by the dalntl
est of lacy caps.
History 'is repeating, for the chic
Parlslenne of today has revived the
fashion. The most popular type of
this useful as well as becoming head
gear ls the crocheted cap done in the
mesh or pecoe stitch.
The illustration will serve as a
guide for those who do not crochet and.
desire to have one of these fetching
trifles. Fancy net might be substi
tuted with a band of beading for the
ribbon.
The French also have a pretty cus
tom of wearing breakfast caps. These
are tasnionea or nowered lawa to
match tbe breakfast gown or sack. If
you are dreaming of a wedding soon-to-be,
add several of theso dainty and
novel accessories to your trousseau.
- ' " " isina -uuuiru W 111 18 laWn
at the hem of the skirt the polka
dots set so closely together thut they
almost touched. The white waist was
trimmed with the same material and
there was an Inch wide bl; k velvet
ribbon scarf that came from the neck,
crossed with a knot in the middle of
the waist and thread d through big
eyelets on each side of the waist Just
above the belt, reappearing through
an eyelet on each side and banging in
short ends over tbe belt.
In all dresses the necks were low,
moat of them square, and all finished
with plain edges.
Boudoir Hints.
A glass of hot water taken Just
after rising, half Sn hour before break
fast. Is a good thing for digestion.
When polishing tho finger nails rub
acrohi?, not up and down. Dust the
hands with orris powder for excessive
perspiration.
Every night the housewife should
rub cold cream Into the base of ber
nails. To avoid the injurious effects
of sweeping and dusting she should
always wear glovea-