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TMB NATTV BICVCLB OlHL. Before she got her bicycle she some times used to make Tbe beds ud wuh the dishes, and help ner mother bake. Bbe would even sweep tbe parlor and duat the bric-a-brac. And onee ahe did the washing, though It almost broke her back. night But now ahe'a rot her bicycle ahe doesn't do a- thine bout the house, but day and ahe'a alwaya on the wine. Bhe'a done a dosen centuries and more, I've heard It laid. While her mother does the washing. eweepa and dusts, and makes the bread. ha looks extremely natty in her brief bicycle skirt, he often talks with strangers, and ahe has been known to flirt. health was never better: brown and roey la her skin. her mother. If you'll notice, la looking worn and thin. Somervllle Journal. Her But FOLLY OF WOMAN. "Bo It la; btit Hoiroyd has - nsrr-1 fur me to play round the Marptetoa links with ay lor on Tuesday msialng ana ne usoubl I bad better have a walk over the course first So Monday was suggested. "I see. Bow would tt be If I Joined you at tbe Holroyds' oo Tuesday, then? Of course, I must be there for Wednes day's ceremony " "But you'd like to go round wtth the match, wouldn't you? and there's no mornig train that would get you there in time. We start at 11. Mrs. Allonby suppressed an Inclina tion to laugh possibly one to sigh, also. "Oh, In that case It had better be Monday for both of us!" "Very well, ril send Charles to the postofflce wtth a wire at once. And, Eve" pausing In the doorway "could you get up a Mule Impromptu dinner on Saturday, do you thing? Just eight people or so to meet Msillnger? 1 know he 4 like to come, "The thing la difficult; but It shall be done,' quoted Mr. Allonby, nod ding her husband out of the room. It proved difficult In another eense than (hat In which Eve had spoken or Walter understood the word. Mrs. Al lonby did not know, till ahe took her pen In band, how absurdly weak that light attack of Influenza had left her. "The demon Is playing havoc with my nerves after hta accustomed fash- necaasarllr taps her sot of lsnpraSeacs, an recalled tht pride wit, which Wal tar had quoted the Russia dlnlaiat lat'a flattering epithet, and congratu lated herself that ahe had "mads aa effort" When Prince Karakoff mat bar again. Av months later, he was less lavish of admiration. "That the lovely Mrs. Allonby of last winter?" he queried, shaking his bald head mournfully. "You surprise ass. On my honor, I should not have known tbe lady again." It seems that, given a heart and lungs which had been touched by ths lav fiuenga-flead. a regtmen of party-giving and party-going, of golf playing over windswept links and eiooe-iayiags in driving sleet may work aa sorrowful havoc with the patlent'a good looks aa that aofa-and-brouffcara course so un- compromlsJngiy condemned by Walter Allonby. Waiter Allonby's wife recognised this truth, yet she continued the regimen. She continued It, because ahe durst not. for her life, flag In that arduous busi ness of keeping step, lest her husband should remember that she waa six years older than her. Remembering that miserable fact al ways herself, having It continually be fore her mind, she watched her beauty fade with daily-increasing terror ter- or gave It any tore definite name' tided her safely over those terrible wana pieces T one insisted on return ing to mingle at once with the crowd; and when Betty, an hour later, ven tured a low-voiced remonstrance, grounded on her friend's air of sup pressed suffering, she waa repulsed wtth: "My dear. It's not civil to toll people they are too ugly to be abroad. If I had a cough which disturbed the com pany a peace of mind, I would retire at once." ("Thank heaven! my ailments have never taken such tangible form:" she thought to herself.) "But in this fro country I presume a woman may be permitted to look as 111 aa ahe likes. When Major Everard atepped out of his hansom at Lady Holmwood'a door the following evening, be felt certain miserably certain of finding Eve among her guests. There had been strong and aerloua purpoae underlying his cousin a light speech. Something- very far removed from reckless love of pleasure was driving her remorseless ly upon this suicidal course which he, and every other human being save one. stood powerless to arrest. Dance music DINNER PARTIES. waste are anneralr) wiut in i arm atone, rrult tarn ft twees of ths Juicy nature rendei tsw or a spoon and fork necessary bait whenever a spoon can be dispensed who, n is Deitar to use tne rork alone -Tsss is eaten at dinner part In by young ladles, who generally avoid nil very highly flavored and stron rowiing aunesv wnen Us time rm the dessert arrives, says Home Notes a plate with a doyley and a flngei glass Is placed before each person. wh removes the glass and doyley aiil places them on the left-hand aide ol the dessert plate to make room foi tbe fruit soon to be placed upon It. When eating grapes, cherries ant other small fruit the half-closed han should be put to the mouth and atones pits and akina ahould be carried by l to the plate. They must not be droooed airect from the Hps to the plate, foi that would look very ugly. Strawberries and raspberries, whei not eaten wtth cream, are taken up bj tneir stalks: when eaten with crenni both spoon and fork ahould be used. was sounding as he ' Peer, spples, peaches, nectarines crossed the hall: but Just aa he reach ed the foot of the staircase7 It ceased, sharp, suddenly. In the middle of a bar. At bis Brat eight of the ballroom on the upper floor ahowed him no array of ror of the fatal moment when Walter, In whoe eyee she could already dis-. ordered couples, but a veritable mob of cent puzzled disapproval of ber changed I black-ooated men, and bare-necked, be- "Beriously, Eve. you don't think of Sninsr to the ArH-Tji n riatn"- tnmrtr. row night?" I 'on- 1 uppose." h thought on finding i appearance, should read In the eyea of Jeweled women pressed toward a door "Quite seriously, my dear Betty, I nerB;lf rea1' to weep because she had : others that hla wife waa become a j way at the other end, with subdued ex do." Mrs. Allonby smiled slanguldly i dtrec,e1 ,wo envelopes upside down, plain, sickly, passe woman. Hia post- clamatlons of : from anions; her sofa cushions and I ut n snan t have the better of me; t Ion, as an embryo politician without i "She's deed?" "No, no It a only a drew the fur rug thrown over her ' closer, with an Involuntary shiver. "But ut ought you to go?" Betty Holm wood murmured diffidently. She was only 20; Eve Allonby represented to her girlish enthusiasm the sum of ail feminine perpefctlon; in Impugning . her Idora wisdom she felt herself pertl- sosty near committing sacrilege. "Re member, on Monday you could scarcely nrt your head rrom your pillow." "And today Is Thursday, and I am virtually quite welL I can't consent to be made an Invalid of any longer, what ever you and Dr. Carmlchael may say." "I shouldn't have Imagined," Betty aid ruefully, "that you would have eared so very much" "About one of Eleanor Orde-Laurla-ton's crushes? Oh, if that only were In ejuestlon, I'd willingly stay at home! But there la Walter. I hate disap pointing him; besides, be really ought to put In an appearance at this party. Ail the political people will be there." "Can't he go without you?" "Tou know be never cares to go any lian without me" reproachfully. "I know. Still, I should think " Betty checked herself suddenly. "Ah, you think many things!" Mrs. Allonby half laughed, half sighed. Wait ail you've been married five years, nry child. Then you'll under stand that your husband's fancy for having yen always with him is not one to be trifled with. Also, that if a wo man wishes to keep a man's comrade join, to be hla friend of friends, she Brust prepare to wage war with femi nine laatnesa. No man will put up with a comrade who 'fails out' whenever ahe the least little bit footsore." Ifa the man business to call a halt aa soon as she feels tired,"- Betty de-Mured. 1 1 won't give way And she did not give way. She ap peared In Mrs. Orde-Laurlston's crowd ed rooms the following evening as bril. Uant and gay as resolution and one of Rose Poulllet's most successful crea tine could make her; thus arousing the virtuous Indignation of Mrs. Cat terell. her husband's aunt. "The way young women nowadays and especially young married women spend their lives (and risk them) In the headlong chase after amusement Is positively shocking, to my mind," this excellent person declared to old Lady Holmwood. "Look at my nephew's wife great wealth or great connections, was fainting At!" "Heart, I suppose; she not such as to compel social consldera- looked appalling 111 at Preston House Uon for her. Such modest success as she had won In the great world was due (she knew It) to her own fair face and bright wit. Now both these weapons of attraction had failed her at once (it was so diffi cult to be amusing when all one'a ener gies are absorbed tn doing battle with physical weakness!), and society, care lessly cruel, waa beginning to show its consciousness of her losssa When, at a certain great bell, three successive blank spaces confronted her on the program, she knew that the She nodded fiercely toward the hnu. . Annm -B to Btrike corner where Eve smiling over the , . . " . posy of hothouse flowers, ttth which I ,?e,p?I?,te' tuni!d .-TJ 5 Walter had presented her. "on her re-jnlfloant ""S10 'h J-el turn to the stage." was holding three ' man siding near de- men In talk at once. "At the beginning ! mSdln ln.r moBt 'nnlnB..m.a.- of the week she waji In bed with at "ow 11 "" rou - v doctor looking grave about the state to prevent hla guessing that she doea feel Ured," Eve retorted. "I often marvel at folly of wives whom I overhear Wing their husbands to death with the tale of their petty ailments. In my own pjs but perhaps yon may say that tine is an exceptional case" flushing it-furry '"It la undoubtedly. When the balance of age lies so much on the "My dear Eve," the girt protested nastily, "surely you needn't take that point Into consideration! To begin with, you look year younger than Mr. Al ien by. Everyone says so." Betty's exuberance of feeling occa gl anally found vent In a corresponding recklessness of speech. But in her pres ent desire to console, she was not guilty it rhetorical exaggeration. No unpre jjqdUoed observer, setting Eve Allonby ftfll, at four and thirty, combining the slender grace and delicate coloring of gtriheod with that higher and deeper Bsnoty found only In the face of the ITsxnan who has thought and loved and ! esnuwed buside the man who entered Bar morning room aa Miss Holmwood left ft, much less his elder by a round fc'i-doMn rears. ( e- -iwsiteT Allonby waa one of those Bsnvtly-ljandsome men who cease to past jSpUBB .before they have well put eft the echoolboy'e Jacket At 28 be ksaiffht easily have passed for 35 and vfassdlBgly comely 36, be It under .SxOOd. Tall, broad-shouldered, straight .-of Usnb-and hard of muscle, with a fsal complexion and x?cld, ox-like gym Bve'e husband might have sat ap .fr)rkUly for a picture of the true psra Englishman of a certain type and elans the class which dreaaea fault 1 sea It and fares sumptuously every "day; the type which, happily concioue Of btsanelessness in all works of law, sontesaplates life habitually through the smoked glasses of a perfect self gatiaf action, thereby blurring its per etpttoa sf many facts that, more vivid ly apprehended, might ruffle It serenity gad Impair Its appetite. IBr. Allonby, on leaving Oxford, had been called to the bar; but he had never attempted to practice. Having a sajfllctent private Income, he could af ard to indulge at once hla dislike of dndBery and hla ambitions which lay ts the direction of a political career. A esiiealaliig speaker and a good man of toejsieas be took pains to make him self useful In both capacities to his arty. And "the party" had lately ac bwwledgwd his services) by recom sjaaslnsT hla to aa East Angtan con ssttnesver which had no candidate of Jet right color in reserve against the fortoosaing general election. ct Just now between nursing this con .tHuesey, extending hla social connec- tlene he held that, to the furtherance Sf his larger enda. It was highly lm? nilanl that he should "get on In so Set7 " and Indulging In those healthful snorts which, as he was fond of telling Bis rural audiences, "have made Eng. snu tney sure tittle time to spare. It was untor- that Eve a mooei wm, wu -atwWIrd him with unnagmng semi i - hto schemesshould happen to be tald MM at such n Juncture. Besides, her sxwfnbttss apart, he Missed her hourly eomnaniocuihlp. Mo one else under stood him so perfectly, sympathised so eMODletely with hla alms, or watched ersta i so keenly attentive an eye the ef last of his speeches or his boundary drives on a critical crowd. "Better? Really? Quite yourself be Inquired anxiously, coming VM ber sofa. "That's right! Then mm won't be afraid to attempt ths hrde-Lnurlaton's tomorrow?" Wot S bit," ) responded, sitting aw bravely. 8 be had thrown off her Ia 2nd raised herself from her re umiilur position as soon aa she beard kse bnetMUld'a step. "Asrfloaa let Holroyd know that be new expect ns on Monday r -ITCwt I thought the atone-Uy-.--riisoIeW'-Marpleton Is the i r tswnoTtbe county division for of her lunge. And there she stands with the thermometer twelve degrees below aero temptinr Providence In a low-necked gown! A very pretty gown," Betty's grand mother commented approvingly, turn ing her head and ber long-handled glasses In Mrs. Allonbys direction: "and particularly becoming to Eve. Except that she is a trifle pale, I have never seen her In more charming look a" Could Mm Allonby have overheard thla flattering expression of opinion her mind much tormented by doubt on the subject of her personal appearance might have found rest As It was, her secret anxiety betrayed Itself In a hasty appeal te Betty: "What do you think of me?" "The frock's a dream!" Betty re sponded with heartfelt enthusiasm. "Oh the frock is well enough, I know" impatiently. "But I I my self? Do I look like the death's head at the feast of reason?" glancing with a faint curl of the Up along the range of overthrow red rooms In which a num ber ef suffering men and women were engaged in practically demonstrating the compressible quality of the human body, and trying to look as If they found the process agreeable. "Am I fit to appear among my fellows?" The words were light But the apeak era eyes hung on Betty's for an an swer. Betty waa highly reassuring. "Tou are exquisite. Just like a spray of white lilac or stephanotls. But oh. Eve, wish you were at home, away from the heat In here and the draughts outside. Protnlae me, at least, not to atay late." Mrs. Allonby touched the girl's arm carelessly with her fan. "Tou foolish. Under-hearted child!" (There had been a suspicion of tears In Betty's pleading voice.) "I promise- on the faith and honor of a gentlewo- wan. as soon aa Walter ht done with Sir John Mallinger a mere candidate must needs be patient wtth an ex-minister, let him be every so prosy we will depart I daresay they win have had their talk out In another Ave minutes." Mrs. Allonby underrated! the charms of political conversation. Sir John MaiTlnger's further comments on the position of national affairs and the prospects of Mr. Allonby's rettrrn for the Marpleton division of Loamshire occupied fully a quarter of am hour; and hkf retirement only left Walter free. to cultivate the good graces of other distinguished persona who hap pened to be present Not till ft was growing very late indeed did he find himself at leisure to propose taking his wife home By that time Eve was frankly tired out. She had some difficulty In not falling asleep as soon as she found her self In the carriage. But Walter, waa In a talkative mood. So once more will triumphed over weakness. "I suppose you saw Arthur Chalons erT" he remarked, when the sayings and civilities of Sir John Mallinger and his colleagues had been sufficiently dis cussed. "Across the room only. I thought be looked oat of spirits. Was Mrs. Chalon er there?" "No. She's laid up with one of her many maladies so I understood from Chaloner. Poor beggar! I'm awfully aorry for him; that woman a perfect millstone bauot hia neck. He can't even ask a friend to dine, because she's 'not equal to seeing people!" Of course, he Is dropping out of notice In conse quence. An Invalid wife playa the deuce with a man'a aoclal career." Here Eve, who had atretched out her hand to ehut the carriage window, drew It back abruptly. "To Bay nothing of all she costs him In fashionable doctora and German baths. Tou don't object to that win dow? Right the freah air la good for you after those stifling rooms." Mrs. Allonby did her best not to shiv er In the freesing blast euphemistically described as "fresh." - "Mabel Chaloner looked very 111 when I saw her three weeks ago." "I daresay I The last time I saw her that must be three months since she had become a perfect hag. And I remember her quite a pretty girt! But thla la what becomes of that abom Inbale eofa-and-broughem system you women take to so readily. I beg your pardon. Eve! Thank heaven, you never Inclined to be hypochondriacal!" Mrs. Allonby laughed faintly at the fervor of her husband's voice. "I shook off that influenxa pretty quickly, didn't IT' "Because you behaved wtth spirit, and refused to ahut youraelf up Juat to please old Carmlchael. I wish be could have seen you tonglht Do you know that Karakoff waa asking for an Introduction to 'that very distinguished beauty w whits,' Just before he left? smsU) aa rAsnBsKum 111 VftUP Cxl FlI I Eva lauftghed again. But during tbe I down bis arguments being. Indeed, for nest few days, amid all tbe dlscom- tbe moment really gay, since bad not forts of that relapse which followed 1 tbas Insae of "the attack"-ee nev- me to tread a measure with you to night kinsman?" Major Everard started, and hla grave face paled under Its layer of sunburn. Of late years he had grown chary of asking his cousin Eve to dance wtth him. She had never, even In girlhood. suspected the nature of his feelings for her, never divined the existence of that silent selfish devotion which he kept so carefully hidden In the most secret recesses of his chivalrous soul. Tet was be scrupulous In the matter of of fering' her attentions which be would have paid without thought to any other woman. "I I didn't suppose you would con descend so far," he stammered "I'm not a first-class performer, you know." "It's so long since we danced to gether, I really can't place you!" Eve smiled back. "Let's have a trial now." Onee or twice they floated around the great ballroom. Then Everard felt his partner's Angers close convluslvely up on his sleeve, and heard her whisper hoarsely: "Get me out of thla place quick! Somewhere quiet where people won't see." Mecbanclally feeling her weight grow every moment heavier on his arm Everard made hia way out of the crowded dancing room and through a short gallery Into the conservatory oe yond. There Eve fell Into a chair, pant ing and speechless Terrified by her ashen face and the ominous blue line around her drawn mouth, the man looked about him dis tractedlydivided between fear of leaving her and anxiety for help. Bhe beckoned to him reassuringly wtth a fluttering hand. "Ifa nothing. I'm a little overtired; 1 shall be better presently. Some water from the fountain!" He espied an empty lemonade glass on a neighboring table, brought the water in It, and wetted ber forehead liberally with a dripping handkerchief. Still the piteous struggle for breath went on. "I'll call someone," he mut tered; and would have started off, but tor her eager cry of: Don't do anything of tbe kind! J want no one! If you bring anyoony here Til never apeak to you again! See, I'm nearly well already!" He paused, afraid to stay, still more afraid to go tn the face of that pas sionate appeal. And gradually her breathing became less labored, her pat lor leas ghastly. At the end of Ave mln utee she sat np. saying quite cheerfully: "That's over. Poor Tom! What a nuisance for you! I do hope" with a quick frown of anxiety "that Walter didn't notice, was ne in tne oauroom when we came away T "I think floL" "With a little sign of relief she began potting the damp curls on ber forehead Into order. My hair feels as If I'd been In the u Really, Tom, yon might have had regard for my appearance. "I never thought about your appear ance at all, was the majors tiiunt an swer. "And I suppose It doesn't much matter of course you'll go home now?" Not at once. I don't want to spoil Walter's evening." The major bent hla browa. "Was It for hla pleasure yau came here tonight?" . Eve sprang at once to arms. Tor my own. I'm afraid principal ly. I love dancing. I'm a perfect child where a ball hi In question. By the way. Tom. you undervalue your pow ers. I'll give you the third and tbe Afth at Lady Holmwood'a tomorrow It you like." you mean to go to another dance to- r-orrow?" aald Everard, appalled. "Most certainly; why not?" "Why not?" Everard'a tone waa more than half angry now. "Because you are totally unfit for thla life of hurry anl fatigue and excitement Tou look lit; you are 111 we have Juat had abundant proof of that If you go on In this fashion, you will do yourself some serioua mischief. What has come over you? When you were a young girt In your first season, you could give np parties philosophically enough. And now now " Now that I am old enough to know better, I will not forego a single even ing's amusement, you would say?" Eve had grown very white again; her Hps were quivering. "Even so, sage moral ist. Tou see. I'm painfully conscious thst, being so old, I shall have few more opportunities of dancing and must needs make the most of those that remain." Even at the rlek of killing yourseirT" Have vou never heard of a abort life and a merry one? Tou needn't trouble youraelf to assume mat aisspproving air. I don't mean to sink Into an aged Invalid before necessity compels me, Just to gratify prudent persona like rowse.fr i Itt SJOcn Mm eary lasnion aiu mnm umr last night" "la her husband here?" Not yet: coming on later. "Someone ought to send for him." With scant ceremony Tom Everard elbowed his way througtwthe swaying, murmuring throng Into the little room draped and shaded to a soft gloom for "alttera out" where, on a heap of cuahlona. Eve Allonby lay white and motionless. An elderly man a great physician who had brought hla daugh ters to the ball bent over her, holding her left wrist In his Angers. Lady Holmwood, pale and shaking, was at the head of the couch; at the foot knelt Betty, crying helplessly. Aa Everard, walking like a man In a dream, came close to the group, the elderly man drew back, with an omin ous shake of his gray head; and the still figure on the cushions, stirring slightly, opened Its eyea. Stooping in hla turn, the major caught the old, piti ful whisper: "It's nothingovertired. I shall be better presently." A pause followed a moment long aa an hour to the man whose heart seem ed to stand still In breathless waiting. Then the pale Hps moved again for the last time; "Don't let my husband know !" "Poor, thing, she courted her fatel Her folly was positively criminal. She knew from Dr. Carmlchael whom It seems the had consulted without tell ing any of us that her heart was all wrong. And yet on the day of her death she rode tn the park, went to Sandown with her husband, and dined out somewhere before coming on to the Holmwood dance! Of course one feela intenaely fr him; but Ita dlffl cult to be very sorry for a woman who deliberately threw away her life for the sake of a few parties." That Is Mra Cotterell's verdict (fen erally allowed to be Juat by the major tty of Eve Allonby's acquaintance. Al lonby himself, while mlssln his wife terribly, cannot altogether shut his eyea to the recklessness of the behavior which deprived him of her; In him, too, a recognition of her folly has done something to soften the edge of grief, There are, however, a few softhearted persons among them Major Everard and Betty who. all her errors notwith standing, find It easy to mourn poor Eve. And these alve that "folly," rignt- ly condemned of their leaa Indulgent fellows, another and a gentler name. The Argosy. A Proud Moment. "The proudest moment of my life,' said a Cleveland professional man who was watching the circus parade, came to me when I was ten years old. It didn't happen here. The scene of the memorable affair was the ancient town where I happened to be born. There waa a circus there on that ever-to-be- remembered day, and, boylike, I was at the circus grounds bright and early, It was the old Yankee Roblson circus. perhaps you remember the name, and one sawdust ring waa then considered quite enough. To my mind no modern hippodrome, triplertnged affair has evei touched the good, old-fashioned tent sfluw for Build enjoyment Well, I was walking about the Yankee Rnblson wagon when ene of the circus men caught sight of me. I suppose he was seonetody in authority. Perhaps I re minded him of a boy at home. Any way. be picked me out ef a email army of other boys. " Like a rider he asked wtth a kind ly grin. "1 stammered my entire willingness. "Up beside the band wagun driver. behind twelve white horses? the cir cus man went en. "He read hia answer in my eparkllng eyea. "-CMmb be cried, and boosted me on to tbe high seat The band men were putting on their fancy braided Jacket a. and tn a moment or two w started. What a driver that fellow wast It fairly raiaed reins all ovet the dashboard aa he steered his duo decimal team Into the highway, and hew I hung en tooth and nail as th bulky wagon coreened. "Well, we drove around yos) notice the 'we' end west out of town, and then circled a boat and came back down a long hill, and so on through the entire length of Main street. Thai hill with the heavy brake on. and tht horses plunging and slipping, nearly scared a year'e growth out of, me, but I forgot it all when we struck Main street. Kor there my pis y mates be gan to recognise me. They Jeered me, and taunted me. but what cared I for taunts? " 'How did It get out of the eager shrieked one embryo hjimoriat. but I only ran my tongue out at him. I kneu there wasn't a youngster looking ut at me wbo wouldn't have given hit eye teeth to be In my place. And sc we swept on, the caparisoned hrs proudly curvetting, the band discours ing and diminutive me sitting In throned grandeur beside that mighty eon of Jehu. "Tee, sir, that waa the very proudest moment of my life." China may be a slow nation, but shf likes fsst boats. The fastest cruiser li the world has Just been completed by the Armstrongs for her, and the famoui Arm recently built her a torpedo boat capable of covering 3S.2 knots per bour The new cruiser is to be known aa ih Hal Tien, of 4.4M) tons, and under nat ural draught will have a speed of Ml knots per hour. At this rate she couic cross the Atlantic In about tour an one-half days. etc.. should be peeled and eaten will a knife and fork. Melons are eaten wtth a spoon and lor. The dessert Is handed to the guesti In the same order In which the dlnnei Is served. After the wine has bees handed the servants retire. Then th host should paaa the wine around th table, beginning with the gentleman next to him. Gentlemen offer wine t the ladies sitting by them, but It It hardly more than a matter of form, foi ladles very rarely take a second glaai at deaaert. The hostess gives the signal for thi ladlea to retire by bowing to the lady at ner husbands right hand. Sh snouia men rise rrom her place, ai should all tbe other ladles, and makt her way to the door, which Is opened by the host or the gentleman nearest who stand by it till the ladles hav gone out, and then closes It behind them. The exit of the ladles takei place about ten minutes after the ser vants have retired, when the wine hai passed round the table once. The ladlea Ale out of the dining room In the order In which they entered it, th most Important lady leading, and tht hostess coming last. Coffee la handed to the ladles almost directly after they reach the drawing room, and It Is also taken to the dining room for the gentlemen. After about a quarter of an houi over the wine the gentlemen rejoin the ladles In the drawing room, when tea l brought In. There Is no rule as to the departure of the guests. The servant announce the several carriages as they arrive tc the guests in the drawing room, it a lady desires to Inquire for her carriage or to order a cab she asks the hostesi and the bell Is rung and a servant sum moned for the purpose. The usual hour for departure is about 10:30. The hostess shakes hands with t'.l her guests on their departure, and th guests wish one another rood night II they pass tn going to the door, but they do not take farewell of those who ar not In their immediate vicinity. Gratuities should not be offered t servants by the guests. A call on the hostess should be maJf within a week or ten days by anyone Invited to a dinner party, whether the invitation haa been accepted or declined. RBVENGB ON THE WIND. Chicago has turned out another freal In the sha: of an artist who has In vanted a cannon which is IntnrJrd tt, lure poor. Innocent cyclone to theji death. Mr. V D. Hetts. who has deter mined to cease drawing picture ant Instead draw the winds of heaven U their untimely destruction, haa spent much time on his Invention, and haa at length completed a trap which, he i confident, will puncture the most vlru lent cyclone that ever dodged arounl the saloons to htt a church. He has of tered the results of hts work to the gov. eminent, and expects great returns. In. aamuch aa It will, If successful, sett's the question of the location of real es. tate in western stmt's like Kfmtuckr. and enable people in those localities t invite friends to dinner with m llkelL bood of being there to receive them. It consists of a cannon wtth a weathel vane and an air trigger. The gun rests on a vertical pivot, and when the in no. cent cyclone approaches the vane tum the musale of the weapon directly to ward the unprotected bosom of tr.t wind storm. The cyclone cati.-hes Itt toe tn the air trigger.. Bane! goes tht charge, and the cyclone, with a bullet tn its heart, forgets all about knocklns, down a town and goes off among tht clouds to die of a hemorrhage of rain. This msy seem cruel and unsympx. Ihetic to people In the east but west emers consider the scheme an excelleuf one, and win adopt It Proving a True Story, dome years ago, In a certain town la the north, a gentleman possessed ol more money than education was askej lo address the scholars attending ont or me local schools some Sunday after. noon. The day arrived, says Spars Momenta, and our friend was calk J upon. Well, children." said he, "I s net used to public speaking, but I remem ber when I waa a lad I was very fonj of hearing a story. Shall I tell s story?" The children assenting, he proceeledi "Once upon a time, many years airo. there waa a lad, a very good lad, whj went regularly to Sunday school, ar.j nlwer missed. But one Sunday after, noon, aa he waa goln' to school, twe bad boys met him and persuaded hint to gau blrdnestlng wlv 'em. So they went slang by the riverside, and bt and by they came tlv a tree, and iq the tree, on a branch which overhung ihe wetter, waa a nest The two bad lads aent the good lad to climb the tret ind fetch the eggs. Up he went and Kot out on the branch, further and further, and Just as he was reaching out his hand to take the nest the ilmb rok' and he fell In the rlViir and was drooned." Stoppings Runaway Horse. There waa a mild hullabaloo on Fu perlor atreet, and people wbo ran to see Ihe cause noticed a black hors-9 attached o a two-seated carriage scamperlni Vrwn the street on a dead run. As ht lashed along several men made Inef. fectual attempts to scare him into standstill by heading him off sa far ai they dared, and waving their arms an Ihouting, but he dashed by thetn all then It seemed a certainty that hi srould whirl the light vehicle against I able car, but a man ran out froir Wood street and frightened him frorr ;he track, and then seizing th carnajr ts it passed, clutched at something and '.limbed In. As the distracted horsi iwerved aside another man ran out snd taught him by the head, and the excite nent came to a sudden end. "The way to stop a runaway horse." laid a well-known lawyer who taw I'k inisn oi tne anair, "is to run with t lorse a stei or two and then throw yourself on the nearest thill. Don't tr Jt head him; you are pretty certain tt tet hurt if you do. Put your whole selght on the thill and Jump with ht torse. Grab a rein If you can reach It ind then haul him around. Anyway ear down on the thllL No horxe can sarry your weight very long. You a- sure to tire him out, and he can't d) any serious Jumping as Ion? as you cling to tne thill. I've stopped a num ber of horses In Just that way. Yes. was some- time ago. Now? rto, 12.au you," Toledo Bee. Made a Mistake. The Outlook says this story Is true. and that. If you don't believe It, It can give you the names and affidavits ol the ladles to whom It happened: They got Into a Royal Oak 'bus to go to Bond street, and presently a well dressed man with a fine diamond ring on the middle Anger of his left hand, came In and sat next to one -if them, tine carried a purse In a pocket that found itself In the near neighborhood of the newcomer's bejeweled hand. When the ladles got off and under took to pay for their purchases In Bond street, they found that they had been robbed. The purse waa In th pocket, but the 7 10s which It hal contained was gone. In Its place was a handsome diamond ring which had nol been there before, and which was re markably like the ring both ladles had noticed on the hand of the man In ths 'bus. They thought the Joke of thi supposed thief in rather bad taste un til, on taking the ring to a Jeweler, they found that It was worth at least 40. Now they want to know whether the man was a mysterious philan thropist, a misguided humorist, an un lucky thief, or a plain lunatic A Rattlesnake Eater. Moses Henderson Is a sable son of Africa and Uvea two miles from Amei leus. Ga., In a rocky field, where rattle snakes are must plentiful. Moses make a living by capturing snakes and lng them. Whenever he cannot sell b; eats them. This Is the truth, strane- as it may seem. Recently he killed . large one with elev-n rattles on it. Thl was a fat snake and Moaea ate it Tl,- other day he brought a very larg snake to the city, trying to r-ll lt hide. There were twenty-threa rattle on It The snake was very poor, anJ Moses said It would not do to eat. an.! be stuffed Its hide and sold It for s good price. Every year Moss makes ii good deal ef money selling make oi. He saya that right down In the verte brae of si rattlesnake is a fatty streeK of flesh that makes oil, when friej that will ewe any case of rheumatism. It la atrange to how many people be lis this rheumatic anake oil. He has a long list of certificates from people he haa cvred. Borne of them are in telligent whites, who declare that fir oil has cured them when all other rem edies have failed. He sells a vial of the oil for II and guarantees a lasting cure. Moaea aaya hia father was an African voodoo doctor and taught him how tu cure an aches and pains with snake oil. The negroes of tjumter county venerate and fear him as a mysterious doctor who can cure when all else fails, and look upon his anake oil aa ..ia thlng enchanted. To a young man who stood smokine, cigar on a downtown corner 'he ether day, saya the Chicago Chronic e there appeared an elderly And lmpt'-tl-aent reformer of Immemorial legenl. How many cigars a day do you smoke?" aaked the licensed meddler In tther people's affairs. ''Three.'' replied the youth, as pa Uently aa be could. Then the Inquisition continued. "How siuch do you pay for them?" "Ten cents each," confessed the young nan. "Don't yon know, air," continued the lege, "that If you would save that money by the time you are as old as 1 am yon would own that big building sb the corner?" Do you own ItT" Inquired tb hnoher. "No," replied tbe old man. "Walt, l do," said tbe you tig man- Why He Wodldn't "Win you be kind enough to take that sack off the seat " aald a gentleman who got Into a train. 'No. air. I don't propose to do anv. thing of Ihe aort." rnplled the traveler, who was alttlng on the other side of tht (eat "Do you say that you are going to let that sack stay there?" "Yes. sir, I do." "In case you don't remove that sack t shall be under the painful necessity )t calling the conductor." "You can call the conductor, engineer tnd all the brakemen If you want to. Perhaps you had better atop and tele, rraph to the general manager about It" "The conductor wtll put you off the train." "I don't care If he doea. I'm not go ing to take that sack from the place where It Is." The Indignant passenger went along the train, and soon returned with the conductor." "So you refuse to remove the sack. So your asked he. "I do." "Why do you persist In refusing to remove the sack?" "Because It la not mine." "Why didn't you say so at onco?" "Because nobody asked me." Down East Curiosity. It takes a Down Bast man to aak questions; but once In a while one of them Bads bis match. Jonathan over look n gentleman who waa traveling on horseback, notwithstanding the fact that be had lost one leg. Hla curiosity awakened, aa he rode alongside of sim. te know how he chanced to meet 1th auch a misfortune. "Been In the army, guess?" was the inxloua query. "Never waa In the army In my life." Ihe traveler returned. "Pit a duel, p'rape?" "Never fought a duel, air." "Horse throwed you off, I guess, or something of that sort?" "No, sir; nothing of that kind." Jonathan tried various dodges. but all no effect At last out of patience, Js determined on a direct Inquiry aa to the nature of the accident by which the fentleman had come to loee hla leg "I will tell you,' aald the traveler, on condition that you will promise not lo aak me another question." "Agreed, agreed," exclaimed the eager Istener, Joyfully. "Well, sir," remarked the gentleman, lt was bit off." "Bit off!" cried Jonathan. "Wall, I leclare, I'd Just like to know. nnarii ell, what on alrth bit It off!" COSTLY FI8H. "How much did those fish coat you?" teked the friend who met him ut the tier. They have coat me a dollar and a in m dosi nire, nan a dollar for mln. Iowa, half a dollar for the ilsh, a quar. ler for hush money to the chap who old them to me, a suit of cloth-s and irobsbly my church membership," ra llied tbe Sundaj flsherman with a unted look la hla eys.-Cbloago Tribute,