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Meadow Brook
BY
MARY J. HOLMES
(Smaay Bmak Farm)
tmrnASnmnXnSAimi 1ml Ji i JSi fli fit Ti flit fS
CHAPTEE IX.-tCoiitiDUed.)
"1 saw it aU in your face when we
Were in the omnibus," said she ; "it is of
to use fur you to deny it." adding, as she ,
burst into teirt. "but you cannot regret ;
four marriage mure than I do uiine, aud
in answering her last letter, and wishing
tu thou- proper reeeutsieut, she drew
back rather haughtily a if wondering
how he dare "take such liberties." Thia
he readily perceived, and instantly as
suming an air quite aa indifferent aa her
rou needn't feei so smart, either, for your j owu, he turned toward mt, hardly notic-
lauier was a poor snoemaser in jiiuue, ber again, though it was eaay to see
and when you went to college yon rang thut the reserve of both waa merely al
ike bell in part payment of your tuitiun." ft.ctation. That evening he waa gone
Thia was a phaae of married life for until nine o'clock, and w hen he enteral
srnien the doctor waa wholly unprepared,
and during the first part of hia wife's
speech he atood confounded; but by the
time ahe had finiahed, hia mind was pret
ty well made up to box her ears. Thia,
however, he did not do, though he bid her
"shut up her head," repenting the harsh
word the moment they were uttered,
and having manliness enough to tell her
10. Winding hia arm round her, he talk
ed to her calmly and rationally until die
came out of !ir pet, and agreed "to
make up. Thia process we leave to
the imagination of the render, only su
gestiug that no one who saw the hand
some, !o ing pair, which half an hour
after went down to dinner, would have
dreamed of the dark cloud which had to
recently lowered on their matrimonial
horizon.
the parlor. I noticed on the face of my
aunt the same anxious expression which
X remembered having seen there when,
from our sitting room window, ah watch
ed hia return. But he waa perfectly
sober, and with a sigh of relief ahe re
sumed her work: while he. coming round
him to sin by placing before him what
site well knew waa sure to work hia
rain?
We were at dinner when Herbert cams
in from hia morning ramble, and taking
his accustomed seat at the table, h said
to his mother, "1 called on Ada aa you
desired, and found her aittiug up in a
roue-colored dressing gown, which ahe
think very heeomivg to her, 1 know, for
sue at directiy opposite the mirror, and
I should not dare tell how many time
I caught bar casting admiring glance at
heraeif."
Aunt Charlotte frowaed, while Her
bert, turning to me, continued, "Miss
Montrose is o m-ich better tfcst ! don't
believe I an j,,-. .
I - bmvuim jyni UUllUI III
tk.r .. - ... v.. . ....
- iimiirr, DUl I 11 Q0 Something lor
him break my leg. may be. or have the
delirium tremena"
Thia species of j eating seemed to be
a kind of mania with Herbert, for al
most erery day of bi life he referred to
hia former habit of drinking, greatly to
the annoyance of hia mother, who, on the
occasion juat mentioned, turned allghtiy
paic. wtiue Anna looked down upon the
carpet and aighed. Thinking this as
favorable an opportunity for making in
quiries concerning Ada Montrose a I
should have, I asked Herbert who ahe
ills mother' lipa moved as if ahe
CHAPTER X.
At Sunny Bank we were one day
thrown into a state of unusual excite
meut by the arrivaJ of a letter from Aunt
Charlotte, which contained an invitation
tor Anna and myself to spend the re
mainder of the autumn and the whole of
the coming winter with her in the city.
"Kosa," ahe wrote, "eould go to school,
while Anna would be introduced into so
ciety." Of course we were greatly surprised,
wondering what had come over our
haughty aunt. She muat have changed,
we thought, or else there was some mis
take about the invitation. But this could
not be, for there it was ia black and
white, written evidently in all sincerity,
while added to it was a postscript from
Uncle Joseph, who also joined in the le
quest. It ouly remained, for us to decide
whether we would accept or not, Anna
and myself said "Yes" at once, and after
a grave deliberation la grandma s room,
the same conclusion waa also reached
by my parents, who, after giving us
abundance of good advice, enjoined it
upon Anna, first, never to dance at the
parties which she might sometimes at
tend; second, never to wear her dresses
low. as some of the city girls did; and
third, not to flirt with Herbert Langley.
Fur this last injunction they probably
fancied there was little need, it being
now five years since she had seen him.
and as they knew nothing of the per
fumed, gilt-edged notes which lay hidden
in her work-box, they very naturally tup
posed she had forgotten him. I thought
so, too, for hers was the last letter
which had been unanswered for many
months, and Auna, I knew, was far tor.
proud to care for one who had forgotten
her. Occasionally we heard of him
through others, and it was always the
same gtory, that he was going down to
drunkard's grave as fast as drink could
carry him; but if these reports produced
any effect upon Anna, it waa impercep- j
tible. She was now twenty years of age,
mid waa a fair, delicate looking girl,
whom some called proud, others cold,
and a few selfish.
It wag a lovely day late in October,
- that old Sorrel stood at the door ready
to convey us to the depot. This waa
the first time I had really left home, and
.when I saw the tears in my mother's
eye, and the trembling of grandma's
whole body; when Jnliet held me so long
to her bosom; when Lbeie and Carrie
stole from me a hasty kiss, and then mi
Oil to hide their grief; when Charlie
and John, who were both clerks, came
down to the depot to bid us bood-bye.
affecting to be very manly, notwithstand
ing that their chins quivered; and when,
last of all, my father's fervent "God
bless yon, my children," resounded in my
ears, I began to have a faint idea of the
bitterness there is In parting, be it but
for a few months. As we expected, we
fonnd our uncle's carriage at the dep.it
in Boston, and ere long we had reached
hi house in Beacon street.
I remember the thrill of delight which
1 experienced when first I entered my
aunt Charlotte's stylish bouse and feit
that it was to be my home at least for a
time. Everything was In perfect order,
and for an instant I looked around me in
silent wonder, almost forgetting to reply
to the greeting of my aunt, who, in
heavy brocade and long blue streamers
pending from her head, met us kindly
asfci hoped we wers well. She had
changed sine last I saw her, bnt it waa
mere the work of car than of time. She
waa much thinner, and the crow-tracks
around her eyes war now decidedly
deep-cut wrinkles, whils bar hair was
hare and there streaked with more than
toe silver thread.
My unci waa still the same good
SiiKired, pleasant mag, a little afraid cf
hi wife, but evidently master of his
wn booae. I glanced around for Her
bert, but be waa not there, and when, on
. Anna's account mora than my own, I
aged for him, I waa told that he was
down street, but' would soon be home.
Kiagmg a bell, my aunt bid the girl who
he had just met with a friend of mine
L'r. Clayton."
"Where did you sm? him?" asked An
na, while 1 bent lower over the book I
was rendir.g; for that name had still a
power to move me strongly.
"Why," answered Herbert, "Tom Wil
son, an old schoolmate of mine, boards at
the name hotel, where he ia now lying
very sick. All the old physicians have
given him up, and so he has employed
this Ir. Clayton. 1 called on Tom this
evening, and while I was there Dr. Clay
ton came in. In the course of our con
versation he spoke a funny Bank, ind
then, as a matter of course, I said there
were now in our family two young ladies
from Unit place. When I mentioned
Kusa's name, he turned a'ituoat as white
as Tom himself, and if fhe were not o
young, 1 should be inclined to think there
was something between them. What do
you say, coz'r"
Here Anna came to hit aid, saying.
"Why, lie's a married man, and his wife
is vvitli him at the hotel."
Herlert, looking a little puxzied, turn
ed to his mother and added: "Mother.
you ought to call on this Mrs. Clayton,
for if ahe is an acquaintance of Anna
and liosa, they will very natnraliy wish
to see her occasionally."
Mie ueedn t call for me, said I.
quickly.
"Nor for me, for I don't know her."
rejoined Anna, while with a baushty toss
of her head, Aunt Charlotte replied that
"her circle of acquaintances wag quite
lurge enough now, and she'd no idea 'of
extending it by taking in people about
whom she knew nothing."
I know it was very wrong in me. but
I couid not help straightening up a little
in my chair as 1 wondered what the
proud Peii Thompson would gay if she
knew that the despised Kosa Lee was
living as an equal in g fnmiiy which look
ed down upon her and her husband aa
"nobodies." I waa rou.sed from my rev
erie by my aniu's asking Herbert in a
low tone, "how Ada was to-night," and
glancing toivsrd him, I fancied that said
Ada, whoever ahe might be, wag to him
not a very pleasant subject just then,
for his brow darkened visibly, while he
replied, "i never once thought to in
quire, but 1 dare say she's no worse, or
she would have sent for you jxiSt-haBte."
That night, when Anna and I were
alone in ar nsnn, the former eat for
follow him, when something In the stran
ger's face arrested me. for it seemed to
say, "I wouldn't go." But he did not
Meak, and bowing to me very politely
lie walked away, while I weut after Her-
litrt and Anna, reaching them just in
time to witm-MR a- part of Mademoiselle
Liwtte s dance, which seemed to me
good deal like the performance of the
circus girl, only "a little more so." Wli
at jaat it was over, and we were again
leaving the room. Dr. Clayton, as if see
ing me for the first time, offered me his
hand, and in a low tone expressed to me
his pleasure that I was to be in the city
during the winter; adding, aa he cast a
furtive flaw toward hhi wife, "You'll
come snd see me often, won't you; for
I am very lonely."
(To b continued.)
IRISH ARE DIMINISHING.
to my sidi', star.led me by saying that would answer the onestion hut er.. h
iVY-..M II ..1 .. , ..... .
.,m jierocrt repnea, Hiie s a
Ceorgia lady, a great coquette, who is
spending the winter here with a fortie'h
cousin. Borne cs!l her handsome, mi.l I
believe her mother thinks her beantifjl;
but if Anna paid as much attention to
ber toilet and dressed as elegantly as
Ada Montrose, she would, i:i my opin
ion, look far better."
'Twas the first compliment he had paid
Anna since our arrival, and it brought a
bright flush to her usually nmrb!e check;
for Herbert Langley posM-ssed a strange
power over my sixter. I fancied that my
aunt was not quite pleased with Her
Iwrt's comparing Mif Montrose to Amu,
but ere ke could frame any answer he
atked us if we would like to attend to
theater that evening. Notwithstanding
my istners hosnltty to circuses. 1 did
not remember having heard him pnj
much against theaters, and so I answer
ed, quickly, "Oh, yes, Anna, let's go.
1 want to see what they do,"
And so, with my aunt's permission, it
waa settled that we should go, and at the
usual hour I found myself in the thea
ter, which waa densely crowded, for a
celebrated actress appeared that alght
for the last time in Boston. Perfectly
bewildered. I followed Herbert and
Anna to my uncle's box, which command
ed a fine view of the stage, and then,
when 1 became a little accustomed to
the glare of lights and the hum of voices,
which in some degree reminded me of
that never-to-be-forsotten cir,-o nf (Vm.
in Will's memory, I ventured to look
over the sea of facet, half (starting from
my eat as I recognized among the crowd
Dr. Chyton and his wife, the latter ap
pearing to be looking at us through what
i thought resembled the dice-boxes of a
backgammon board tied together, but
which 1 soon learned was an opera glass.
The doctor was paler and thinner than
when I last saw him, and it was with
more than one pang that I watched him
as, from time to time, he cast a elunc
of pride at the splendid-looking woman
ai his Bide,
Ere long my attention was diverted
from them to a tall, dark and ralher pe
culiar looking gentleman w ho entered the
box at our riitht. Kiiikiue into et
Returns of the British Registrar for
, the Kmerald Isle,
The return of the British registrar
general for Ireland Indicates that If the
ratio of decline in the population '"r
the next fifty years la the same as dur
Ing the last half century there will be
very few Irish people left at least in
Ireland. The number of births, which
In 1811 was 108.IH!, fell last year to
100, 070, or nearly 5,Xi0 less than the
average of the ten year, Marriages,
22,504 !n number, were slightly over
the average, and deaths totitlcd 7'J.U'J,
as compared with K.'M in 1N91 and
!0,U4 in lH:i2, ami a deccntiiul avcr
Ae of &'S,i;st. The number of emi
grants, which ten year ago was &!,
i'23, fell to 3!i,0i:$, as compared with a
ten yeara average of 43,:Ki3. The situ
ation will Ik! undereto'-d by comparing:
the population figures calculated to the
middle of Inst year with those of Ire
land's period of maximum population
and the figures for 1H.M. when thtf col
lection of vital (statistics waa first sys
tematized. These returns show the fol
lowing results;
Year. Male.
1S24 3.471,820
1W3 4.0-S1.043
l!0t. 2,194,7i0
Female.
3,(K)0.30
1.2 1 2,01 S
2.250,014
Totil.
7.078,11(1
8.2!5.0;i
4,44j.(i.'10
From these figures It will be seen
that the population In the middle of
last year was 2,(132,510 less than It waa
seventy-eight years ago, and If the es
timated population In the middle of the
present year-4, 420,000 be compared
with that of the maximum year, the
diminution In fifty-sli years will be
found to reach the astonishing figure
of 3.870,061.
I 1 ! L Jf
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Waterproof Boota at Home.
I have for the last five years used
successfully a dressing for leather
boots and ahoes, eompoaed of oil and
India rubber, keeping out tnoiKture aud
utilnjurious to the leather applied, leav
ing same soft and pliable. To prepare
some, heat In an Iroii vessel either Hub.
oil, castor oil, or even tallow to abou
2T0 degrees Fahrenheit, then add, cut
Into small pieces, vulcanized or raw
India rubber, about one-fifth the
weight of the oil, gradually ntlrring
same with a wooden spatula until the
rubber ia completely dissolved in the
oil; lastly, and to give It color, a sum!!
time ill deel. tt.on .At .v'm when I l . " " UHe m W
Inst told her the clock was striking
eleven, "1 wonder who Ada is?"
I wondered so. too. and mv interest
was not at all diminished when the next
moraint,', at the breakfast table. Aunt
Charlotte said to her son, "Herbert, 1
shall be busy this morning making ar
rangement about a school for Uosa, and
I wish you'd go in and see Ada; will
yon?"
"Ves. yes. I will." said he, rather im
patiently, adding, "and if I don't hnd
ber any betrer. I meiin to assume the
responsibility of discharging that old su
perannuated greeny who attends her i.nd
install Dr. Clayton iu his place. I took
quite a fancy to him. aud I'm going to
give him my patronage."
"Oh. I wish you would;" I exclaimed.
involuntarily; for in spite of the wrong
he had done me, I cherished no feeling
of animosity toward him.
Then, again. 1 had heard that it was
sometimes very difficult for a young phy
sician to obtain mnch practice in a
strange place with no one to help him,
and I thought, perhaps, Herbert's "pat
ronage might lie of some avail.
"I see," said Herbert, laughingly,
"there has been something, and though
he is a married man, yon still feel an
interest in him, and wnnt him to succeed;
all right, and I'll do what I can to help
him: r I verily believe he'll get Tom
on lib legs again in spite of what the
temperance folks say about his blood's
being all turned into whisky!"
At these words a shadow passed over
Aunt Charlotte's face, but It was soon
chased away by the next remark of Uer-.
bert, which waa, "Ain't you glad, moth
er, I reformed before I got to be as bad
as Tom? Why, girls" addressing Anna
snd me "I haven't drank a drop since
--aince how long is it, mother, since I
left off?" "driuking" he could not say,
so be Anally added, "left off imbibing oc
casionally?" There was a look of happlnexs on that
mother's face, as she replied. "Almost a
year." '
Yes, 'twas almost a year since ber son
had tasted ardent spirits, and had the
not good reasons for thinking he would
., T.X1 - ' ZP',T t "' "wn ' amount of printer Ink. l'our into
'eaa nt' toTh V i Stable and let cool. One or
peasant, lor nts forehead, which was . ,, t, , , ,
high aud while, seemed at times to b lw0 PPHitloiia of thia are suflleU-nt
10 luorougn.y waterproof a pair or
boots or shoe for a seaaon. ISoois or
never fall again? Assured of this fact,
ladies to how proud she wr
Usrlr rooms, which proved to be a large only boy; for, aside from this great er
' airy etoamlier with a bedroom, dressing ror. he possesed many noble, generous
i rsww and closet adjoining. After s hasty tpinlities; and durinit my stay in Boston
teCrt w again relumed to the parlor. 1 found that, in spite of bia well-gaiwii
habits, he was a pretty g;'ticriil favorite.
Oh, how lovingly my sunt looked after
him when he went out. and hotv earnest
ly she watched him when he etime in,
and all the while she wss tempting him
bryond what moat men could bear; for
regularly on her dinner table appeared
either imrter, champagne or madeira, one
tast of which wonld sat hint all on fire.
Bnt, ir. fortunately, abe belonged to that
elaas of faahionabls people who deem
tha wins bottle a necessary appendage to
tba dinner table, and if, in the se.piel,
bar son should fill a drunkard's grave,
would there be any just cause why, in
ber anguish, abe ebon Id murmur at Prrr
Ideflre for baring dealt with ber thus
kMfcW riMV mtkM Hut . . t k a 1.1
IJkCrj ftMi taswMlf fa -barlaf tkua slally taajatsjd
htw we found a tall, richly dressed
$mmg man. whom I should never have
-itiUmtA aa Herbert Langley. He was
'Z altered from when I hut saw him;
" waa a deep lush on bia cheeks.
'Ik kaal riaebW to bia nose
... the eras I kaal osae thought so
"tmrnM were watery aa4 oaatsady In
' j mm rien-wit Ob the wheie. how
Y ft wga Mill what Mftat woold call
JtfsAfa ' Be waa ssttfag with bia
lie the deor. bat at tba eeimd ef ear
M turned arenas), aad eomlng
t Hk valeasnai m aaeat aefdlally
' 4a. aifin aa "awtM," and
w4a'a avtvflaga a Uaatag
asaM, asaf Jtassa Cum UOMja, If
large, wacK Etid deep-sot m hia head,
alternately Hashed with auger and vex
tstion, I am not much of a pfaysio!.i
mist, hut there was in the face of the
stranger something which at one at
tracted and riveted my attention. He
was not handsome, like Dr. Clayton, hut,
somehow, 1 felt certain that no girl of
fourteen had ever wept over his itckl.v
neas, for he looked the sou! of honor and
integrity. Gradually, too, as the play
proceeded, the expression which 1 had
at first observed passed away; his dark
eyes lighted up; and when, at last, a
bright smile broke over his face, I pro
nounced bim far better-4ookiug than the
doctor, who was fast losing ground in
my good opinion.
The play was the "Lady of Lyons,"
a.-ia tnougii i was mmiiiar with the story,
1 seemed now to hear it for the first
time; so fully did I enter Into the feel
ings of the heroine, I'auline, whose dis
tress 1 eould not believe wag feigned. All
was real to me; and I can cow scn'cely
repress a smile as I recall to mind how
I must have looked, standing there with
Bushed cheeks, clasped hands, staring
eyes and tips slightly apart, drinking
in every word of the actress. Once Anna
pulled my dress, whispering to me, "Do
kit down, Itosa; they are all looking at
you. and Mrs. Clayton ia laughing and
pointing you out to her husband.'.'
1 didn't care for Del! Thompson, or
the doctor either, and so 1 said, while at
the same time 1 glanced toward the
stranger whose eyes were fixed npon me
with an expression I could not fatiiom.
He wss not insking fun of roe, I waa
sure of that; but as if there were a mag
netic influence In bis look, which I could
not resist, I dropped Into my seat, and
remained motionless until the closing
scene, where, with a piercing shriek,
I'auline rushed Into the arms of her hus
band. Then there came over me tha
same sensation which I had experienced
years before In the old school house at
Sunny Bank. Everything grew dark
around me, snd with a faint cry I fell
across Anna's Isp, I have a dim re
membrance of being led from the heated
room, the close atmosphere of which hud
probably helped to bring on my f aint
ness. The cool air outside revived we In
a measure, but It wss the mesmeric touch
of two large, warm bands which fully re
stored to me my facilities, and. looking
up, I saw bending over me the gentleman
In whom I bad been so much Interested.
Dr. Clayton, too, was there, looking wor
ried and anxious, but lniiitictively leav
ing me to the care of the stranger, who
seemed to know exactly what to do.
"You are better now, I think, said
he, gating down upon me with his deep
black eyes, and adding, w ith the same pe
culiar smile I bad before observed: "Act
ing seldom receives so genuine a compli
ment aa this."
At tbla moment a load stamping and
hallooing came to my ears, and, pulling
Anna's shawl, Herbert exclal.iied,
"Come; let's go in again; they tire cnlllng
hack the dancing girl, and I wouldn't
miss It for anything. Come, Itos; yOI
want to see it all. and we'll stand right
by tba door."
I fait perfectly well, and started- le
shoes dressed will take common hLo
Marking with the greatest facility.
Scientific American.
An Army of Hat-Catchers.
In the wine cellars at Llmeliouse in
Loudon are twenty miles of lanea,
lined on either aide by huge casks of
wlue. They are a paradise for rata,
and the only way Iu which the peats
are kept within reasonable limits as to
number is by employing a small army
of 3K) cats. These cats muat catch
rats or starve, and the result la that
they are probably the most skilled
force of rat catchers in the world. As
soon as a cat becomes old and lazy
she la replaced by a young and active
one, so that the morale of the force
never suffers from bad example.
IiOvera for Thirl y Years.
a w etiuing was ceieoratea at a
Leeds Wealeyan chapel on a recent
Saturday, to which a pathetic Interest
attached. The groom was 55 and the
bride a year youuger. They bad been
courting continuously for over thirty
years, but the bridegroom, had a sick
ly mother, and the bride bad aUo In
valid, relatives whom she could not
leave, o that the happy event bail to
be postponed tlne after time. An en
thusiastic crowd of friends ansenibled
to see the faithful lovers united, uud
they left the chapel amid a shower of
confetti and a salvo of cheers.
An Immense, ljog Cabin.
A "log cabin" that when completed
will coat something over $75,000 la Iu
proeesa of erection ou Warreu'a Island,
off the coast of Maine. Some Idea of
the alze of the "cabin" may be gained
from the Tact that twenty-two large
sleeping apartments, will occupy the
second floor. A fireplace of brick and
granite, conspicuous on ihe ground
floor, will have a mantel twelve feet
in length, three In width and nine
Inches In thickness. The outermost
layer of the "cabin" Is of npnice logs.
The Order of Foresters.
The Independent Order of Foresters
has over 200.000 members, and in
funds asgregate almost $'1,000,000. The
order pays out $500 every working
hour of the, year to the widow and
orphan of Its member. Kince Its or
ganization It has paid over $12,000,0(10
on death claim.
. Honse-CleaniiiK Carol.
The melancholy days have come the
addet of the year;
The carpet is oh" the clothe-vlme, and in
cessant whacks we hear;
The bedding's In ths kitchen, and the
beds are in the hall.
The pictures are upon the floor while
some one duals the wsil;
We eat cold meat and crackers from a
wabbly kitchen chair.
For this is glad housrcleaning time so
free from toil and cars.
The neighbors line their windows snd a
hasty census take
Of all the bric-a-brac we have, and calcu
lations make
If it was bought with ready cash, or on
the installment plan;
We rescue our provisions from the hasty
garbage man.
And life is gay and careless like, It makes
one want to roum
To hie away because the folks are
cleaning' house at home.
The melancholy days are here the days
of soap snd brush.
Stove polish daubs the tableware the
but pie on Ws -.Tier's but
I'iano holds some frying pans the bath
tut) a tilled with books
The women folks ab! who could tell
who they were bv their looks!
Sing hey! The glad hottecleaning time
-the time of dust and soan!
It is a gladsome sight to we through a
big telescope.
-Baltimore American.
White Girl Marries a Chi
A few weeks ago Oraee Catherine
Williams, a pretty girl of IS, Ufa me
the wife of Chan Ah On, a Chimse
student at the
Washington night
school In San
Francisco. Later
she was arrested
upon complaint of
her mother, and
accused of vag
rancy. The voting
woman charges
that her marriage
to a Cb.lne.4e. was
brought about by
grace wtu.iAus. iruel treatment
which was Inflicted upon" ber by her
mother and brother. .She met Cban
Ah On, and he treated her Bo kindly
that when he a.sked her to marry him
a week later file consented, the cere
mony be'iiH' performed at the Presby
terian Chinese Mixnion Home.
Khe frankly admit that she is not
In love with her husband, but that be
has been good and kind to her and
hag been (sending her $14 a week since
they were married.
"I am willing to live with my bun
band, (is he Is willing to provide for
me, or 1 will go to nrt Institution or go
out and work for inyseif-nnything ex
cept go back home to my mother and
brother," she Haiti.
appointed, and grow weary of Uielr
married stale. To all others, tha
thoiigat'e Uiej
Ing, love is not apt to weather the
Inevitable atorms and galea of a life
that calls for mutual consideration and
much SHcrifiee; In fact, for the bigbeet
and best that U la one. Mr. G. Blake
In American Queen.
The Kcnnomlral Woman.
h.cuiomicul? Oil, yes, a woman la
economical very," grumbled the ill-
natured benedict.
".She euUs herself down to a miserly
luncheon in order to aave 10 cents; and
half an hour later spends 50 cctita ou
a collar ahe doenn't iieed because 'It's
so pretty for the price.'
"She walk ten blocks to save 5
cents and !h(-u is no tiled and hot thai
she spend 10 for a plate of ice cream.
"She says sue wouldu't think of
getting a new hat thia year because
ahe got one last year, but she pays one
and a haif times the price of a new
one to have her old one fetched up to
date.
"She darns and darns and redanis
her stockings with wlf -righteous thrift,
and pays 50 cents for a pair of fancy
shoe airings.
"Khe haggles year lit and year out
with a dull old aelasors that would set
man cus.fing, and never sees the
economy of having them sharpened or
occasionally investing In a new pair, j
she hoards up all the old rusty.
bwit nails aud bits of knotted string,
and brings them out upon occasion to
Induce pounded Augers and profane
thoughts when 5 cents, five little
cents, would buy a whole bail of strong
twine or a whole pound of shining
call that would go iu straight without
making a man perjure hia soul.
Oh, yes, a woman is economical
very! But I don't like her economical."
'Philadelphia Kvenlng Bulletin.
The Having Women.
If we are to believe tbe old prov
erb, which say that "saving good
earning," then the earning capacity of
women always has been greater than
that of men.
Oh, the saving women of the world!
The women who sit up lute making
over Inst season's clothes to save buy
ing new oiies; the women who Hlealth
ily tiptoe ncrosH the lloor to turn tluwa
the gas when pn;ia doz.-a over bia
newspaper; the women who (litru huge
boles in luisketsful of stockings; the
women who have a cracked tea (Hit or
old pocketbook Into which they drop
ati-ay dimes and quarters, taking the
Accumulations to the savings bank
with guilty secrecy; the women who
wash out pieces of carpet to make
ihem appear fresh and new, who turn
the trimmings on their lints, and clean
their gloves with gasoline, and cut
down the clothes of Willie, aged I I, to
tit Jitumie, aged Kj, Bleu them, every
one!
There Is another sort of Having
which might properly be termed hoard
ing. It consists In laying down ruga
to prevent the imp of the carpets from
wearing, in putting paper covers on
prettily bound book, in locking up the
little girl's French doll. We read the
other day of a woman who made a
plush cover for the rosewood piano,
and a linen cover for the plush, and
a i;cVRpaHT mat for the linen. We
Iiojkj there are not innny women like
her. In this ort of saving there is
often an admixture of folly.
There is yet another kind. Saving
car fare at tiie cost of an exhausted
body, saving lunch money and "skimp
lug" the table, just as if you could
cheat nature without Incurring retri
bution; saving the price of eyegla,se
at the cost of Impaired or perhaps de
stroyed eyesight; saving money earned
by the overstraining of mental and
physical powers.
Woman Is not always wise In her
economies, we fear, but the verb "to
save" is certainly femlnlue.-rblladel-pbla
Ledger.
US
Little Hints.
Smart walking gloves are made
In two colors of kid.
Valenciennes medallions are Inset In
the daintiest lingerie.
A good deal of siraw trimming la
used on the new bats.
All-over embroidery Is used for man
of the modish blouses.
New fans are made of the bright
plumage of tropical birds.
After the cape is coming the rexl
ohl-fashloned "dolman." savs Paris
Those convenient robe gowns now
come In foulards, louisines and taffetas.
Black silk stockings come with the
college Mags embroidered on the instep.
The little bonnet for eiderlv women
has become an unprecedented elaboration.
Novel ornament are the bie blnew.
berries and chestnuts fashioned out of
't.
So hair ornament Is smarter than
tbe plain velvet, bow matching tbe
gown In color.
Tbe Hull one Wer All flight.
"How do you like thia suit of mine?"
"All right! It would look very well
,vlU a nice pair of light trousers and a
dark coat and teat." Penn Bunch
liowl.
Founder of large forrunea are uu
ally to uieaa to enjoy ltm.
Does I.ove "Survive Marriage.
You can't expect such love us that
to lat," Is an exclamation often utter
ed by worldly and practical people.
Frequently these prophet are anv.
thing but Infallible In their predictions,
but alas! they are also frequently cor
rect It Is but natural that love should
not retain all the ardent, passionate
element that made tbe heart palpitate
no. tne race change color, during the
courtship days, but it become none the
lens sincere and constant. As mercy
temper Justice, so marriage temtier.
love.
A long, happy courtship I not an
nfalllble test of true love, nor Is it a
criterion for It permanency. It ia the
actual experience after marriage, the
acquaintance wlth the worrlea and
trouble of married life, that decide the
matter, The survival of love after
marriage depend upon both husband
and wife; It depend upon the qua II
tlea, the power of rea ligation and to
a great extent the home training of
each. Henslble, thoughtful young peo
ple ahould not treat the anbject of
marriage lightly, aa a mere diversion,
a mere rasa nee for a few month or
rmn. Hence tbey would not bo dis-
A Youthful Ploy wrlKht.
Miss Constance Smedley, whose cur
tain raiser, "The Honor of a Hogue "
written In collaboration with Mr, Cos
mo Hamilton, will
be cen in tbJt
country next sea
son, enjoys the
distinction of be
ing the youngesl
woman that ever
had a play pro
duced In London,
the theatrical m.
tropoll of the
world. Her nrat
I'lny waa "Mrs,
Ci c
KISS hMKIU.KY.
I ...... .
.".uhu, a one act piece in which Mr.
Patrick Campbell ,red a marked auc
cess about three year ago. Mis
Hmedley is an artist, and the work of
her brush ha been favorably corn,
minted ttiMm by some or the severest
critics of I-ondon. Kim Is not yet 21
year of age, and If she should fall
lo become one of the prominent play.
Wrights she will disappoint hosts of
good Judges.
The 1'aatlnsc of Hlack Velvet.
BhKk velvet gowns are not co'itsld
itihI s smart this year a Inst yet
they are among the most attractive
gowns worn. They are now trimmed
with sable nnd ermino and white lace
and are esciolly a fad with the sable!
An exceedingly smart and popular vel
vet model I almost exceedingly pn
Th only trimming re the rhinestona
buttons, but with thi cotume I worn
a Ijolwlno of .able wlti, big muff and
turban to ,tcb, and tbe U-auty of tha
fur. I shown t)le grwle ' "J
advantage by the y-r nl.lnn-.; ... 'L
de.lgi, oMhegown, Indeed, .be hoi.
costume I a great relief after tn 0Te
done and overmanned oovrna th.s
r popular.