Hetir Neura 1
Sherman9 s Simulated Anger
Sraftlness of Great Statesman Illus
trated by His Pretense of Rage for
Edification of Groups of
Constituents.
JobD Sherman, great statesman
though he was, could be at times aa
crafty a politician as tho next one;
and 1 know of no better anecdote Il
lustrating this point thun the hitherto
unpublished one of the manner in
which Sherman simulated anger for
the edification of a protsstlng group
of constituents.
During the entire period thnt he had
a seat In the lower house of congress,
which stretched from 1879 to 1887.
nenjamln LeFevre of Sidney, Ohio,
was one of the mont popular men In
that body. He had br many friends
on the Republican Bide as he had
among the Democrats, apd by reason
of his personal popularity he was one
of the conspicuous members of the
houBe.
On a very hot day In April, 1881,
Ben LeFevre went to President Oar
Held with the request that the latter
appoint a new postmaster In a certain
town In LeFevrc's district.
"Why, Hen," said the president,
"you know I cannot appoint a Demo
crat postmaster, even to oblige you."
,"1 don't want you to appoint a Dem
ocrat, General," replied LeFevre, also
a veteran of the civil war. "I ask
you to appoint a good Republican, a
man who left a leg on the battlefield,
and a staunch supporter of you."
"What la the matter with tho pres
ent postmaster, lien?" tho president
asked.
"It's a personal matter; the man
has gone out of hla way to Insult me,
and I don't propose to stand It. The
man I ask you to appoint Is as good
a Republican, and he waa u brave sol
dier, besides."
The president hesitated a moment.
"Den," he went on, "if you'll do what I
tell you, I think you can get your pot
maater appointed and confirmed. John
Sherman is out of town today. You go
right to the capltol, call out Senator
Pendleton, tell hlu, I am going to send
the name of the man you want ap
pointed postmaster to tho senate Im
mediately, and ask him to get tho con
firmation through at once. Then, if
that la done, hurry back here with the
commission, and I'll sign It."
As soon as a driver could urge a
sweating horse up to the capltol. Pen
LeFevre waa at the senate chamber
and In consultation with Senator
Origin of Wo rid
Rev. Dr. Benjamin Adams' Story of
How Anna Warner Wrote "One
More Day's Work for
Jesus."
The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Adams, for
many years a clergyman In the Metho
dist Episcopal church, waB In his early
life a warm friend "of the Warner sla
ters, Susan and Anna, who gained wide
reputation aa writers of Action about
the middle of the nineteenth century.
Susan Warner. In fact, being the au
thor of one of the most successful nov
els ever published In America, 'The
Wide, Wide World." Next to "Uncle
Tom'i Cabin" It Is, "perhaps the most
widely circulated story ot American
authorship," as one authority put It.
"I have many tender recollections of
the sisters," said Dr. AdaniB to me,
"but I think the most vivid of them all
centers about the hymn that one of
the slBters wrote. I have told the
anecdote occasionally to my parlshlon
era, but I believe that the story has
never found Its way Into print.
"In my early days as a Methodist
minister, I was a circuit rider, my clr
cult covering much of tho mourttalnoua
region stretching back into New York
state from West Point and Newburgh.
The Warner slaters lived upon an Is
laud In the Hudson river, Just off West
Point. Whenever It waa possible In
my circuit riding, I reached tho home
of tho sisters on Sunday evening. They
were women of beautiful character
gentle, sympathetic, kindly, Mid had
gained the confidence of tho West
Point cadets, many of whom used to
attend a Hi bio cluaa which Anna War
ner taught. ' ,
"I remember that the day on which
the Incident happened waa a dreadful
ly wet, cold Sunday, with occasional
leet, so that my circuit riding was
very wearisome. I think I rode ulsiut
40 mllea that day, I certainly preached
five or nix times. And It touched my
heart to aee those rude, poverty strick
en mountaineers, who assembled to
hear me, paying me devout attention,
Sold Book by Increase Mather.
A copy of tho rare first edition of
Increase Mather's "Brief History of
the War With the Indiuna in New
England," a quarto voltimo published
In Boston In 1678, brought $155 at the
sale by the Anderson company of part
two of tho collection relating to tho
American Indiana, formed by Wilber
force Eames of the New York public
library. This work was written by
Mather In answer to Wharton's "New
England's Present Bufferings." In
which the author asserted that the In
dian war was in retribution for what
the Quakers had endured at the hands
of the Puritans.
"The Travels of Prince Maximllllan
of Weld Among the Indiana of the
West In 1832 34." published at Coblenx
In 1839. sold for $81. "The Hope of
Israel," by Manasseh Ben Israel, Lon
don, 1651, In which the author endeav
ors to show that the original Inhabit
ants ot America were the "Ten Tribes
of the Israelites," brought 140. New
York Times.
Like a savage, the average man, on
paving words with his wife, rushes
straightway foe bis club.
George II. Pendleton, Iienioerat. Tho
senator agreed to expedite continua
tion. A few moments later the ap
pointment waa received by the senate
and Senator Pendleton moved that the
semite go Into executive session. In
that session he made a personal plea,
saying that the appointee was a good
Republican none better In the district-
and he would take It aa a per
sonal favor If there wua immediate
confirmation. Ills appeal was heeded,
and an hour later the commission of
the new postmaster was signed.
On the following morning. Senator
Sherman, having returned to Washing
ton, saw In his newspaper tho an
nouncement of tho new postmaster In
IFevre's district. The senator made
haste to visit the postodlco depart
ment. When ho was closeted with tho
postmaster general he asked: "What
Is this 1 see about the appointment of
a postmaster In Iten LeFevrc's dis
trict? It was done over my head; I
wasn't consulted."
Ti e postmaster general thought tho
liettcr way was to tell Senator Sher
man the whole story. When he fin
ished Sherman exclaimed: "I want to
express my indignation at thin un
usual discourtesy to me." ( Then, In a
lower tone of voice, he asked: "Have
you observed my Indignation? If you
Why Gould Clung to Morosini
-
Giovanni Enabled Jay to Escape
From Legal Predicament by Re
moving Evidences of Certain
Stock Transactions.
For many years there were all sorts
of surmises and conjectures to explain
the queer Intimacy and kindly protect
ing association which characterized
the relations of Jay Gould with Gio
vanni Morosini. Mr. ISoroainl died
two years ugo, leaving an estate esti
mated ;it six million dollars, and this
waa regarded as the fruits of hla close
association with Jay Gould, anil as a
great fortune to be accumulated by a
man who was believed to have begun
life as a sailor before the mast.
The explanation which was com
monly accepted as the true one for
this buBlness and personal intimacy
waa that at some critical time In Jay
Gould's career, when his life was
threatened, or when he was In danger
Famous Hymn
and appearing not to heed the cold,
so that at last I said to myself: 'As
long aa people, even two or three, will
come over the wet and rocky roads
to hear me, I shall not complain of
cold and fatigue.'
"But I was very tired when night
came, and I reached the Warner Bis
ters' home. There waa a bright light
in the room as I entered, and the place
looked cheery and comfortable; but It
was not half an comfortable as was the
warm greeting of the sisters. They In
slated that I bo careful not to Bit In
wet clothing, that I go to my room and
put on dry garments, and then come
down and have a cup of tea and Borne
bread and butter a Sunday night sup
perwith them.
"When I re-entered the living room
a little later and threw myself lu an
easy chair, Anua Warner said to ine
'Dr. Adams, you seem very tired.'
" i am tired,' I replied; 'almost ex
hauHted. 'And yet I ought not to com
plain, and do not complain, for
It has been one more day's work for
Jesus.'
"A few minutes later I waa refresh
ed with a cup of warm tea and food
and then, ufter a little conversation
1 retired for the night.
"In the morning aa I came to break
fast, Anna Warner passed me a sheet
of paper.
"'Dr. Adams,' she said, 'you said last
night that you were happy because
your work yesterday was one more
day's work for Jesus. Aa I thought
over what you said, there came to mo,
suddenly, an Inspiration,- which you
will And on this ulieet ot paper I
wrote It In a few mtnijCri.'
"I looked at tho sheet and found
that what she had written waa the
hymn beginning:
" 'One more day's work for Jesus,
Ono less of life for me.'
"I do not need Jo tell you any more;
the hymn la sung wherever Christians
praise God und voice their love for
Jesus."
(Copyright. 1!I0. by K. J. Ivluiirds. All
Rights Reserved )
Hunter Had Their Word for It
Joe Perkins, retiied woodsman,
hunter and trapper, was snugly hous
ed for tho decline of his old ago on
the shore of u small inland lake. Joe
had lived through an era of frontiers
men, and he waa another Leather
Stocking in hla lofty contempt for the
rules of civilisation and game laws.
One day the game warden caught him
in the act of bagging u pair of ducks.
Examination proved them to be
mallards, which the law forbade one
to shoot even In the open season for
other fowl under penalty of u heavy
fine.
'They're mallards," said the war
den, sternly. "You must come with
me."
"Mallards?" said Joe, In a deeply
offended tone. "They can't be mal
lards." "Tbey certainly are. I-ook at the
feathers, the bill. How do you tell a
mallard?"
"Why," said Joe, shrewdly, "the
I boat way In the world. I leave It to
have" hia voice rose again "Hen 1
strike this table with my hand whllo
denouncing this action."
Sotto voice- "Did you obaerve mo
strike the table with my hand? Now"
hla voice pitched high again "In
my anger 1 pace up and down tho
room while I protest vehemently
against this deliberate discourtesy to
ine." Aside: "Do you hear me protest
Indignantly? Do you behold my angry
stride?
"Very well" - and Sherman's voice
sank to a whisper "and yet I want to
tell you. confidentially, that I'm glad
the one legged soldier's got the Job.
Hut there will !a rumpua among the
Republicans of LeFevre 'a district, and
they will come to see you, and when
they do I want you to say to them
that Senator Sherman was so vehe
ment In denouncing the discourtesy
shown to him In the matter of this ap
pointment that he actually struck this
table with his hand and paced up and
down this room in hia anger."
The postmaster get.eral promised to
report the scene faithfully. A few
days later, when a group of protesting
Republicans from Hen J.eFevre's dis
trict called on him he fulfilled his
promise to the best of hlfl ability. And
with hla description of Senator Sher
man's conduct in that very room In
regard to the objectionable appoint
ment the protestonts were obliged to
bo content.
(Copyright, lit in. Iiy E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
of bodily injury, Mr. Morosini had
protected him so as to avert tho dan
ger, and thereafter became Gould's
personal bodyguard.
But this was not the explaantlon
Mr. Morosini himself gave to a per
sonal friend upon an occasion when
he and this friend were brought for
several days Into very cordial and In
timate relations.
'Many persona have wondered,"
said Mr. Morosini, one evening, "why
Mr. Gould and I are on terms ot
friendship. Some of the explanations
they give have made me smile. There
Isn't one of them that is correct. But
I don't mind telling you, provided you
won't say anything about it, aa long
aa Mr. Gould and I are living. If you
should happen to outlive us, you may
tell then.
'You remember that I was the audi
tor of the Krie railroad at the time
when Mr. Gould and Jim Flak, who
then owned It, were printing stock
certificates as fast as the printing
press could run, and selling them,
fradulently, as charged. It was my
duty to keep a record of those trans
ations. "Afterwards, the great fight was be
gun to oust Gould and Flsk from the
control of the road, and the New York
courts got after them, and the offices
of the rood were removed to New Jer
sey In order to escape jurisdiction in
New York. I was Instructed to remove
from the books all evidences of the
stock certificate transactions, and I
obeved orders. I was told to tear the
leaves out of the books and destroy
them, and I did tear the leaves out.
"Of course, Mr. Gould did not want
to know personally anything about
thla, ro that If he were put upon the
witness stand he could testify to that
effect. I was presumed to have de
stroyed the leaves. But Mr. Gould
has never known whether I did that
or not. That is my secret. Now, It I
kept those leaves, why, you can easily
see that to have produced them at any
one ot several periods might have
caused Mr. Gould considerable trou
ble. "I won't even tell you what I did
with those leaves whether I destroy
ed them or not and nobody will ever
know. But as long as I had that
secret It waa, of course, to Mr. Gould's
advantage to have me keep on good
terms with him. I don't know wheth
er that Is the real reason, or not, of
the beginning and continuance of our
friendship, but I don't know of any
other. And I supposo I have fteen as
good a personal friend of hla as ho
ever permits anybody to be."
(Copyright. l!lft. by K. J. Kdwnrda. All
Rights Reserved.)
On the Trail.
"I'la gunning for railroads,"
an-
nounced the trust buster.
"Then come with me," whispered
the near-humorist. "I can show you
some of the tracks"
Of Course They Can.
"I lit can these college girls cook?"
"The man who saya they can't la
billons They can all make fudge
and soniv of them can make welsh
ratblls." the duck hinneir. My , es rt, ,ad,
aid 1 can't tell which kind from
wntch at a little distance. But when
a Hock lights In the swamp, I paddle
out close to them, as i lose as I can
without scaring them. I take good
ulm with my shotgun. And then I
ci 11 out :
" 'Are you mallards?'
ir tney answer les.' I middle back
home. But if they don't.
Youth's Companion.
I tire.'
The Courtship.
"Then the duke and tho heiress
will not wed?-'
"Bvema not. The thing was mis
managed on both sides. The conti
nental newspaper failed to cooperate
properly with the American press."
The Reason Why.
"See here, boy, I don't like the way
your bills keep coming in. When do
you Intend to settle up?"
"Ob. sometime when I settle do n."
THE I KM
warn m
Ml
GRADES AN ELECTRIC LIGHT
Switch Permits Regulation of Lamp's
Brilliancy No Danger of Socket
Heating Too Much,
One of tho chief objections to elec
tric lights heretofore haa been that
they are sometimes too bright, and
thre has been no way of regulating
therl rays. A Michigan man, however,
has invented a method of reducing this
brilliancy In the regulating socket, here
shown. This socket bus a long cord
with a switch at the free end, and by
turning thla switch the lamp can be
made to give two or three different de
grees of light. The chief obstacle to
an attachment of this kind has hereto
fore been that the resistance was con
fined to the socket, which became too
hot and a great deal of energy was
wasted. In thla case the resistance
winds around the lamp cord and there
Is no danger of the socket becoming so
hot as to Ignite anything. The vari
ous uses of the regulator of this nature
can readily be understood and aprtlcu
larly Is It convenient In a sick room,
Grades Electric Light.
where the patient can have the end of
the cord In bed and turn the switch to
make the light as brilliant or as soft
as he desires.
RAIN IS MADE ARTIFICIALLY
Pre-eminence of Irondequoit Farmers
Is Due Partly to Novel Way
of Watering Fields.
In the town of Irondequoit, border
ing Rochester on one Ride and Lake
Ontario on another, more fruit la rais
ed than In any other place of equal
size In the United States.
Some say there Is not as much pro
duced anywhere else In the world,
says the Technical Education and In
ventor. Other fruit sections, even the
gardens of Long Island, have come to
acknowledge Irondequolt's lead.
This pre-eminence of the Ironde
quoit farmers Is partly due to their
novel way of watering their farms
The water itself comes from various
sources; some from Lake Ontario,
some from small ponds on the farms
themselves.
Wherever It comes from It Is forced
to work by electricity. The farmers
tap the wires of the suburban trolleys
of the Rochester Railway and Light
company. This current operates mo
tors which by a 60-pound pressure
force the water through pipes to that
It falls like a gentle summer rain.
It is so scattered by this pressure
that the air above the fields is full of
mist. In winter the greenhouses can
be watered the same way.
REEL FOR PORTABLE PHONES
Device Fastened to Wall Where Wiring
Enters Room and Takes Up Slack
In Flexible Wire.
A reel for taking up the slack of the
flexible wire of a portable telephone la
popular in France, saya the Popular
Mechanics. It is a little different,
however, from the reel of portable elec-
Taking Care of Wire Connections.
trie light fixtures, recently illustrated,
in that thla -reel la made fast to the
wall where the wiring entera tho room,
Instead of being part of the standard
of the telephone Instrument.
Clock Keeps Perfect Time.
The most accurate timekeeper in
the world la said to lie the electric
clock In the basement of the Berlin
observatory. It la Inclosed In an air
tight glass cylinder, and has frequent
ly run for periods of two or three
months with an average dally devia
tion of only fifteen one-thousandths
of a second. Yet astronomers are not
satisfied even with this, and efforts
are continually being made to secure
Ideal condltlona for a clock by keep
ing it not only lu an air-tight case, but
lu an underground vault where
changes nel'.her of temperature nor of
barometric pressure shall ever affect
It Harper's Weekly.
New English Lamp,
A newly patented British lamp ts a
(ielhiler, tube, coated on the Inside
with phosphorescent sulphides, and
filled with helium or other rarefied
gas TVe passage of an electric cur
rent through the tube excites the
phosphorescent lining, producing a
brilliant and economical white light
I I ,
FOR SHOWING LAMP SHADES
Several Globes May Be Tried Out at
Ones and Effects Compared by
Use of Table.
The customed who la buying globes
or shades always liken to see the ef
fect on the shade with the light In
side. The accompanying illustration shows
how one fixture does thla. A table Is
fitted with three lamp sockets already
wired. Into these sockets may be
screwed pry size or type of lamp the
A v o ) WV
Lamp Display Table,
customer contemplates using. Then
the shade la Bet over the lamp and the
switch snapped on. In this way sev
eral shades may be tried out at once
and the effects compared.
ELECTRICITY AIDS THE SOIL
Endeavors to Intensify and Adapt
Current Artificially to Get Bigger
Yield of Crops.
Efficiency is the watchword of the
hour, and It is being applied not only
to the human unit, the Individual spe
cialized to fill In the most helpful
manner hla place in the evolving plan
of nature, but to the plant und animal
attendants upon man, and even to
Mother Earth herself. It has been re
cently estimated tttat the nitrogen
taken from the air by electrical means
will add 50 per cent to the productive
ness of the boII. Recent years have
shown that the earth's yield la to be
further Increased by such means as
intelligent rotation of crops, the best
use of nitrifying organisms, more at
tention to the action of sunlight and
heat in preporlng soil for seed, and a
better understanding of the dislnfec
tlon of Boila from the plant poisons
left by growing crops. Electrification
of the air above planta has been found
to have great Influence. Sir Oliver
Lodge finds that It has always exlated,
and he and others are endeavoring
to so Intensify and adapt It artificial
ly aa to get the greatest possible re
sults In agriculture. Even more is ex
pected from scientific breeding. Im
provement of breeds of plants and an
imals has become a world undertak
ing, and the astonishing achievements
already made give promise that man's
wants are to be even better supplied
in future, with an Increase In abun
dance that will provide for a great
Increase of the world's population.
To See the Unseen.
An Austrian inventor claims to have
Invented an electrical apparatus by
the use of which a person may sit In
a dark room and look at a scene In an
other part of the town, regardless of
corners, intervening buildings or any
other obstructions. It la claimed that
the Instrument operates similarly to
the telephone. Scientists explain the
transmission of sound over telephone
wires by the theory of sound waves.
The inventor of the new Instrument,
which is called a "fernseher," claims
that his apparatus transmits light
waves just as the Bound waves are
carried over the wire by electricity.
If the new invention proves to be a
success it may be possible for a per
son In the heart of the United States
to see something that is happening on
the opposite side of the world.
Reduce London's Smoke.
Concentrating in a few central 8ta
tlons the burning of all coal used for
electric power is the remedy of C. II.
Merz for reducing London's smoke.
These large stations, with tall chim
neys, would effectively consume the
fuel, and would give an estimated an
niV saving of 6,000,000 tons of coal.
By using tho electric current for cook
ing and other domestic purposes, as
well aa lighting, smoke would be still
further lessened.
Wireless for Submarines.
The British Admiralty has been ma
king experiments with wireless tel
egraph communication between ships
and submarines. The results of these
experiments have been kept secret,
but It is rumored that while at first
they were unsuccessful, a system has
now been developed which Is quite re
liable. During maneuvers or In time
of battle, such communication would
be invaluable.
Steel dies now are engraved-by elec
trkity.
There are nearly 3,500 miles of elec
tric wires In one New York office build
ing. A Kuasiau electrician has Invented
au Insulating material made from milk
curds.
A large deposit of high siade tung
sten ore haa been discovered la the
north of Chile.
Cape Colony will Import 50,000 tele
phones from Sweden to meet an In
creasing demand.
An electrical device haa been per
fected to thaw out l'rozou water pipes
without opening the ground.
German electricians have built a
searchlight that la claimed to equal
the light of 315,000,000 caudles.
The Turkish government has estab
lished wireless telegraphy on 11 war
ships and has Installed a land sta
tion. A dynamo perfect In every detail,
but weighing only a quarter of an
ounce, has been made by a French
electrician.
lLNOTESl
)
Timely Suggestions
ot
Interest to
A Novel Guessing Contest.
The following contest Is most enter
taining for a crowd of high school
girls and boys or for real grown-ups.
The list may bo increased Indefinitely
at the discretion of the hoateBS. This
outline I found In a magazine and
hope our readers will enjoy It and find
their requebia Erculci tr a new con
test: AMERICAN CITIES.
The head man a measure of weight?
(Boston.)
A bout landing sott? (Portland.)
Syllabi of the scale a stato of mind?
(La Crosse.)
The care of Clod? (Providence.)
A species of grnpe? (Concord), etc
NAMES OF STATES.
The numerical state? (Tn..)
The agricultural state? ( It. I.)
Th- 'laymaking stnte? (Mo.)
The maidenly state? (Miss.)
The state In which Noah lived (Ark.)
The mineral state? (Ore ), etc.
FOREIGN CITIES.
A popular girl -tight? (HolfaM.)
An organ of digestion game of bil
liards? (Liverpool.)
A boy In a donkey? (Edinburgh.)
Cattle our abiding place? (Stockholm.)
A shell un Inlet of the sea? (Bombay),
tc.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
A flower a kind of cloth? (Roosevelt.)
A stony chnp? (Rockefeller.)
A gay autumn flower? (Astor.)
An accident by fire a vital organ?
(Bernhardt.)
A tiny pie? (Pattl), etc.
HOOK TITLES.
A critical moment? (The Crisis.)
A parent a fowl? (Mother Ooose.)
Ono who steers high? (The Sky Pilot.)
What you want when 111? (The Doctor.)
Yourself, a wagon, a garden tool? (Ivan
hoe), etc.
Unique Party for Children.
A mother of three lovely children
confided to me that her great success
In entertaining children was due to
her aim to have each little guest
equally Interested.
With this idea in mind she is going
to give this novel and really fascinat
ing party. She calls It "Tradesman's
Carnival." The very name has excited
the curiosity of the children as well
as their mothers. The hours are from
3:00 to B:30 on a Saturday afternoon.
The ages cf the guests are from eight
to twelve, and there will be 15 If
all accept, her three making 18, about
all she can seat comfortably at small
tables In the dining room.
The tradesmen she Is to have rep
resented are tailor, dressmaker, pot
ter. Jeweler, flower maker, sign paint
er, artist, basket maker, upholsterer
and carpenter. Two or perhaps three
will work at the same trade. When
the guests arrive they will be given
cards with the name of the trade they
aro to represent. Then the little
craftsmen go to a table, where their
materials are prepared ready for them
and one or two assistants to show
where they are to work. One hour Is
to be the time allotted to make the
finished products, then a bell will
ling and the articles collected and
placed on exhibition. The children
are to be allowed to vote as to the
first, second and third best piece and
the prizes will be awarded. Each
child is also to take home the object
made and each receive a souvenir, so
all will feel satisfied.
For Marking Linen.
When ready to mark table linen,
sheets, pillow cases and towels In any
quantity It is best to have the letters
For Dressing Table
IN THIS sketch we show a useful lit
tle watch etand and trinkot-holder
for the dressing table, made by aid of
a small cardboard box and some rem
nants of silk.
The lid is removed and fitted over
one end of the box in an upright posi
tion, and fastened In its place with
two paper fasteners run through on
either side. The left hand sketch Il
lustrates thla.
The next step Is to cover the card
board foundation Binot.it lily with some
pretty remnant of silk or brocade, and
pack both the box and lid. as far as
possible, with cotton wool. A strip of
Newest Tea Cosies.
Quite the newest tea cosies are
fascinating creitlons made of white
linen heavily embroidered in an open
pattern to how off a silk lining of a
gay color. That the cosy may fit
over any tdzed teapot, even the most
capacious, it has end pieces let in.
and these are of plain linen, un
adorned like the rest, so that here the
colored lining does not show through.
The Beams of the cosy are covered
by a handsome while cord, artistical
ly knotted here and there to give a
pretty effect.
Couch Cover Made at Home
An attractive and artistic couch
cover may be evolved from six and
two-thirds yards of burlap and some
linen (loss.
Purchase two colors of burlap, three
and one-third yarda of brown and the
same amount of natural linen color,
If It ts to harmonize with mission fur
niture. The dark burlap is then cut length
wise in three strips and the lighter In
two long strips. A strip of the darker
tortus U) center, with a wider strip ot
the Hostess
specially designed In the proper sizes
so ono may do the stamping at home.
The size most In ubo for tablecloths
are letters three Incites long in an In
terlaced script. If old EnglUh letters
are used one large letter Is preferable
to two or three. For napkins the let
ters should match the cloth only
about twt Inches In length. Sheets
have the same size letters as a table
cloth and pillow cases the same as
napkins.
Before deciding upon the marking It
Is well to look over designs. There
are linen cases for holding just a
dozen napkins and another pretty way
to keep napkin Bets together Is to
have straps made of fancy white silk
elastics with clasps to go around both
ways. Towels may be kept separata
In the same manner.
For Lent.
In so-called "society" social funo
tlons assume a simpler character dur
ing Lent and many overworked ma
trons who live in a grand whirl of din
ners, balls and teas are recuperating
for the summer season by resting at
southern resorts.
During the next few weeks sewing
circles will spring up like mushrooms
and really a surprising quantity of
work will be turned out for the benefit
of charities and "friendly aid" all
over the country.
A coterie of young matrons have
formed themselves Into what they call
the "Doll Brigade" and they are each
pledged to dress five dolls during
Lent with clothes that will come off.
An interested set of young men have
promised to provide each doll with a
trunk and next Christmas these self
same dollies are going to a certain
ward In a large city hospital that
bears the placard "Incurable."
Perhaps we all do net keep Lent,
but I say any season of the year that
causes this sometimes apparently self
ish world to stop and think how best
to help others Is a good thing and I
hope to be able to chronicle some
scheme for lending the "helping hand"
each week in this column until the
glad Eastertide.
MADAME MERRI.
The black bat of course, Is all the
thing.
And it must by all means have a
white or a black and white orna
ment Most of these ornaments can be
made at home very inexpensively.
For which reason, listen well to
their kinds.
Satin quills, with velvet midribs
Cockades in alteniu stripes
ot
black and white.
Kid ornaments In all manner of
shapes and sizes.
(And a white kidskln two feet
square costs 75 cents.)
Pompons which are nothing but
loops upon loops of knitting zephyr.
Stiff little bows of narrow gros
graln rlbon, for wear with tailored
hats.
soft silk Is then sewn to the upper
edge of the lid and the sides and front
of the box, and allowed to hang down
loosely In the manner shown In the
right hand sketch.
A large dress hook Is sewn In the
upper part of the silk, on which a
watch may be hung, and the stand may
bo ornamonted in any other way that
suggests itself. The edges might be
decorated with a Bilk cord, for in
stance, carried Into three loops at each
corner, or a tiny ribbon might take ita
place. The portion of the stand Ui
front of the watch forma a receptacle
for rings, studs, pina, buttons, etc
the tan on either side and another
strip of the brown on either side of
the tun. having the two selvldqe edges
on the outside for the edges of the
cover.
These strlpB are sewed together on
the machine, one end hemmed and
the other cut to required length, then
the pieces cut off are trimmed In con
ventional shapes to applique on the
ends and front, the dark on the light
and the light on the dark.
The lengthwise Beams are opened
and pressed flat, then the right side
of seam is cross-stltched for a finish
and to hold the raw edges In place on
the wrong side.
Find His Other Self.
"I Aok here, old follow, where is that
ten dollars you borrowed from me last
month?"
"What ten dollars?"
"Why, didn't you come to me and say
you must have ten dollars? Didn't you
say you were so worried you weren't
yourself that night?"
"Oh: well, ir I wasn't myself, why
in the deuce should 1 be expected to
pay It?"
IN fOQUD