[a romance]
Wilden.
CHAPTER X.—(Continued.)
“Why arc you not with Mrs. Wlldon
tnd the others?" he continues kindly,
mi he follows Shell Into the drawing
room, which looks bare and desolate,
for Shell has not found courage even
to renew the (lowers during the past
few days.
"I did not wlBh to go,” she ex
plains vaguely, as she seats herself on
a low chair and takes puss on her
knee. “I thought it would be so
stupid and dull on the moor.”
Robert Champley stares at her with
an amused smile.
"Surely It could not be much duller
than you are here?” he ventures with
a laugh; and then adds almost stern
ly, “You ought not to have been left
here alone.”
“Hut 1 wouldn’t go!” reiterates Shell
decidedly. “It Is nobody’s fault but my
own; they wore all very much vexed
v/lth me for not going, only—only 1
preferred remaining behind.”
“I am afraid you must be a very de
termined young lady."
“Yes, I am very obstinate," assents
Shell, applying the most obnoxious
term she can think of to her decision of
character; then, anxious to be done
with personalities, she continues, "But
you came with a message. How arc
they all getting on at Oakford?”
For a moment there Is a look of
keen annoyance on Robert Champley’s
face, then he laughs off the question
gaily.
“Oh your sister seems charmed with
the moor; Mrs. Wilden not quite so
enchanted; whilst Miss Flower, 1 hear,
has threatened more than once to run
away! Amongst other troubles, It
Heems she Is suffering Intensely from
cold—not having come sufficiently sup
plied with wraps for the keen brac
ing air. I am charged with a note
begging you to send her all the furs
you can lay your hands on—she de
clares the Arctic regions must be tropi
cal compared with Oakmoor!"
“VI Is always shivery,” laughs Shell,
as she takes the small tinted note, re
dolent of orris-root, and scans the
hastily-scrawled lines. "Well, It won't
take me long to gather up her bundle
of wraps. How does she want them
sent, I wonder?”
"By train to Limply station, thence
by the carrier to Oakford, I suppose,”
answers Mr. Champley briskly; then,
seeing Shell’s Involuntary start of sur
prise, he adds, “I should have been
very pleased to take them had I been
going that way.”
Shell still stares at him in open
eyed amazement.
“I thought you were going to spend
the summer at Oakmoor?” she falters;
and then a faint smile puckers up her
mouth—she cannot help feeling amus
ed at the unexpected turn events are
taking.
"Yes; true—I had intended to do so,”
answers Robert Champley in a slow
thoughtful voice, “hut I have changed
my mind. The children seem so thor
oughly happy at the farm that I
thought I would take advantage of
their being there to take a short run
on the continent. Your sister, Misa
Wilden, has been, as usual, particu
larly kind—she has offered to keep an
eye on the little ones—so I feel that
they are perfectly safe.” He finishes
his statement with a deep-drawn sigh;
and Shell blushes crimson in the gath
ering twilight as she realizes the fact
that he hus been driven abroad by Ru
by’s pertinacity.
“Would they not have been safer at
Champley House with Mrs. Tolley to
look after them?” ventures Shell du
biously.
Again the father sighs.
“I think the air up there is good for
Meg," he answers, drawing his hand
slowly across his brow; "the child has
not been herself of late—even Rob has
turned listless with the heat; but l
don't doubt I shall find them strong
enough on my return—the Oakmoor
air Is better than any medicine."
“And yet you are running away from
It!” laughs Shell mischievously.
“A week of It seemed enough for
Ted.” explain* Mr. Champley. throw
ing the onus of his departure on hi*
brother's Innocent shoulders. “We
thought we should have time for a rush
through Swltierland before the long
vacation. Ted has never been to Hwlt
serland."
"I hope you both will enjoy II," re
marks fthell tamely.
Then there ensues an awkward
pause neither guest nor hostess seems
to have any further remark to make
till Hubert Champley'* eyes, traveling
round the room In search of an ob
ject, light upou the piano.
"You were discoursing very tweet
music when I broke In upon your soil- j
lude.” he says, with a «|ulck smile.
"Yew. I was making as much not*#
a* possible to drown my feeling of ;
loneliness. ‘ laughs Hhell
*T*erhapw II was Indiscreet of ms, hut
I listened to your music fur fully ten I
miuotes before knocking at the door
i in particularly partial tu good mu ,
tic, and It Is not often that I get a
chance uf listening in nny so well 1
worth hearing. I rould not imagine
who was playing somehow I was un
der aw erroneous impression that Miss
wilden was par eacsUsnes the musi
cian til lha family.** ^ {
"Oh, my playing In nothing much!"
answers Hhr>ll bruaquely.
“You are wounding my feelings, for
I consider myself a good Judge,” laughs
her companion; "only I should very
much like to know why you so per
sistently put yourself la tho back
ground."
"Oh, because putting oneself for
ward la such a bore!" scoffs Shell. "If
people know you can play, you are al
ways being made useful In one way or
another.”
"Isn’t that rather a selfish way to
look at u?" asks Mr. f'hampluy grave
ly. "Surely it was Intended that we
should all he useful to our fellow
creatures so far as lies In our power.”
Shell laughs a little mocking laugh.
"Of course It la very meritorious to
be unselfish,” she says flippantly; “but
I am not given to self-sacrifice, and I
am afraid I don’t love my fellow-crea
turos as I ought." Whilst she Is
speaking a single knock at the door Is
heard, and again she breaks Into a
laugh. "Ah, there Is Susan—she 1h a
fellow-creature of course, and at the
present moment I feel full of love for
her, but I am afraid my motive Is a
selfish one! You eee, I was so awfully
afraid that something had happened
to her which would have been awk
ward for me, to say the !'*aat of It;"
and she hurries into tli■» hall to admit
the long-looked for Susan.
"You are an enigma," remarks Rob
ert Champley, who, having followed
Shell to the door, now holds her hand
In his, and gazes down at her with
thoughtful, puzzled eyes.
"Ain I? How horrid! 1 never found
out an enigma In the whole course of
my life—1 think them bo dreadfully
stupid.”
"You arc not stupid; and I rather
like enigmas,” returned Robert Champ
ley, falling Into a reflection of her own
mood—"that Is, It amuses rue to find
them out. By the way, Bo!> and Meg
loaded me with the most affectionate
messages for you."
"Did they? How queer!” answer!
bheil carelcusly.
"I don’t see anything queer about
it,” gays Robert Oharnpley coldly.
They have very affectionate natures,
poor little things, and I Imagine that
you have been kind to them!"
"Have I?” muses Shell in speculative
tones. “If so it must have been very
passive kindness.”
“I am not so sure of that; but I
must be going now—I feel that I leave
you in some kind of safety, row your
maid lias returned—but really this
place Is in too lonely a position for
you to be living a3 you are doing, al
most alone.”
“Oh, we are safe enough!” laughs
Shell. “There Is nothing at the Wil
derness to tempt robbers; and I am
not as a rule a nervous person, al
though you found ine In such an ab
ject fright. Good night;” and she
holds out her hand in a limp and in
different way to l>e shaken.
“Good night,” he says, earnestly, as
he presses It.
"Good night,” laughs Shell, “and
happy Journey!"
“You are rather premature in your
wish. I shall not bo leaving home for
two or three days.”
“Never mind—happy journey when
you do start!” persists Shell, with a
careless nod, as he moves away.
“A strange girl,” muses Robert
Champloy, as he pauses in the drive to
light a cigar—“one of the most unac
rountablecharnetcrsI over came across.
She makes herself out a kind of sav
age, and yet the children adore her. I
wonder what Induced her to remain
all alone in that big house when the
rest took to the moor. Ily the way,
what a nuisance that they fixed upon
my neighborhood, and so literally
drove me away from my hiding-place!
I hope the children will be all right—
I do wish Miss Wilden would leave
them alone—however, that she evi
dently won’t do. I think I shall have
to charter a yacht—she couldn't fol
low us then”—with an Impatient laugh
“By the way. how remarkably well
that little .Shell plays! I have half a
mind to make same excuse for a call
at the Wilderness In the morning -
wonder If she would play for me?
Don't think so, but I’ll have a try.”
THAITKIt XI.
Robert Chumpley Is not as a rule
given to thinking much about his
neighbors' concerns, yet the vision of
Hhelt, startled and pale, as she stood
before him In the /uthertug gloom of
the hall at the Wilderness, rDea more
than once and confronts him during
the wakeful Matches of that summer
night
When brraltfi't Is over the next
morning, and the brothers are enjoy
ing their pipes together with the news
of the day, under the roes-wreathed ve
randah which shelters the dining-room
windows of t’hampley House, Robert
suddenly br*ahs the silence.
“I am going over to the Wilderness.
wilt you come?” he asks, addressing
hie brother,
Tm th» Wlld»rneee*“ repeats Ted In
amassment. W hy. wl.at s up* You
went to the Wildemewe I set evening "
“That ts m> tenaon why I shouldn’t
go again this morning!" laughs Hub
ert
"Not the slightest,” aseegts Ted.
with a lazy shrug ot his shoulders. “If
you have a fancy for stinging-nettles.
It may be a weakness on my part, but
I have a particular aversion to prickly
, young women, and Mademoiselle Shell
is a perfect hedgehog.”
“Then you won't come?"
"Not If I know It; and you can hint
to the young lady that she has lost the
pleasure of my company entirely
through her waspishness of disposi
tion—perhaps then sho will mend her
ways.”
"Yes. that would be likely to make a
stronc impression on her, I should
think,” says the older brother deris
ively, as he clears the a>hes from his
pipe and prepares for departure. “The
fact Is,” lie continues in explanation,
"I think Shell ought to Join her mother
at Oakford; It Is really not safe for
her to remain here nil alone."
”Oh, she Is safe enough! Nobody who
has had one Interview with her Is
likely to molest her a second time,”
scoffs Ted. "However, If she Is weigh
ing on your mind you had certainly
better get rid of her before we start;
so go and give her the benefit of your
opinion, If you dare—you always were
of a somewhat Quixotic nature.”
“Not In the least,” returns Robert
seriously. "Only where duty so plain
ly leads one must needs follow.”
"Capital sentiment, no doubt, for the
head of a family,” drawls Ted. “If
ever I marry, I hope a sense of my
responsibility will fall upon me at the
same time. At present my duty plain
ly leads me to pack, and not to moral
ise with Shell on the Impropriety of
her conduct.”
"You are a lazy dog. Ted, and no
mlstako!" laughs Robert Churn,doy,
looking down with an Indulgent smile
at his younger brother, who, Instead*
of bestirring hlmsejf for the talked-of
packing, has mink down upon the
dose-shaven green slope leading to the
veranda, and Is almost lost to view
under the widespread sheet of the
Tlino.i.
"I am thankful for small mercies,”
responds Ted, In n tono of unmerited
persecution. “Your speech would have
been more annihilating had you sub
stituted the word 'puppy' for 'dog.'
Now opeed you on your way—I have
no earthly wish to detain you and tell
Miss Shell, with my be/t respects, that
sbe Is quite, welcome to the moor, now
we have done with it!”
“All right!” laughs Robert; and the
next moment he Is walking briskly
down the avenue.
Ashe nears the Wilderness, however,
Ills pace slackens. After all, what
business of his Is It that Shell chooses
to remain at homo in Uv 1 of Joining
her mother and sister? May elv not
feel jur tly annoyed at his Interference,
and resent It as sheer impertinence?
And yet be cannot somehow feel Jus
tified In going away and leaving her
unprotected. Bhe has been kind to his
children—their little hearts aoem full
of her—her name trips from their
tongues twenty tlmeo a day; and yet
—Incomprehensible girl that she Is—
she never seems to cure one Jot about
them; and, If she speaks cf them at all,
deems them by her tone ‘‘little nui
sances.”
Well, duty is duly—sho can miscon
strue him If she will, laugh at him If It
so pleases her, but he will have his
nay, and Just fell her plainly and se
riously that she ought to go to Oak
ford.
With this resolution uppermost In
his mind ho mounts the large, flat
doorstep and puHs the hell. As a rule,
when the whole family are at home,
the hall door stands open to admit the
summer sunshlno—now it is closed,
and Robert Champloy notes with a
oigh that It badly wants a coat of
paint. ( „
(To bo Continued.)
USES FOR WROUGHT IRON.
The adaptability of wrought iron
work to Interior decoration seems now
to be both understood and appreciated
if we are to Judge from the extreme
beauty of many of the designs and the
skillful manner in which they are ap
plied to very various uses. It gives a
bold handsome effect without in any
way becoming obtrusive or aggressive,
as Is the ease with other metal work,
and may be employed for the simplest
purposes, as, for Instance, the handles.
Huger plates and hinges of doors, stair
rods, fenders, fire irons, etc.
What could be in better taste than
wrought-lron electric fitting or lamp
for hall, dining room and library? An
oak sideboaid, with hinges and handies
of wrought iron, or a bedroom suite
treated in like manner, has a quaint,
uncommon effect, while a door gain*
Immensely In appearance by having
panels of w rought iron. If an entrauce
door is treated In this way a wise ar
rangement is to have the glass la-hind
the panel made to open Inward, like
a casement window, and then, by leav
ing It open occasionally, the house cun
be must efficiently ventilated.
In a hall, where It Is sometimes nec
essary to have a portion divided by
curtains, an archway of wrought Inn
lias a much more telling effect than the
i usual arrangement of woodwork, and
when draped with rich velvet portieres
I it utakvj an extremely handsome fea
ture.
The curbs and Are-ircnt in Iron ar« i
specially design*d to suit Itis various
styles of furnttui* and. bring durable '
anil easily kept in order, they are nat
urally becoming deservedly popular,
-- -
I *•«!•«• V*
Heaven and earth may pass, but the
• rd of tit - t'hrtst shall never r«*s,
and then- la i.o pea- «• u.td welfare f"f
us, save In the glad recognition <-f 1
the bond that unite# us with out broth- I
er men.—Her, W Uladden
There are four eoverelgas and nine
heirs et-psrent among the fifty seven
living deeaandanu of Uuena Victoria.
Two Freight Trains Coma Tcgathar Wttb
Fearful Results.
THREE EMPLOYES KILLED
Othnra Ho Mini jr Hurt (tint They Cannot
lluruviir—A f.argn Kuiulirr of Klimp !
Hlllnd — Wreck and Itiiln Unit Will
Mu Ks|»a*iv« to ilm llallrooil Company.
A disastrous wreck occurred on tho
II. & M. road at Indlanolu. Freight
train No. 147 and the second section of
No. 4, a fast stock train, collided on a j
sharp curve, Just west of that place.
The dead nro:
8OLOMON BRACE, Iloldrege, engi
neer of train 147.
EDWARD WATERS, fireman of the
head end engine of stock special, Mc
Cook.
WILLIAM M'CARL, head hrakeman
of stock special, McCook.
Tho wounded are:
Frank Hansen. Hastings, engineer of
second engine of etock special, Inter
nal and serious.
Charles Lund burg, Hastings, fireman
of second engine stock special, arm
broken.
John L. Ilurton, McCook, engineer
of head engine of stock special, inter
nal Injuries and may not live.
It was a terribly foggy morning and
It was almost Impossible for the train
man to see more than two rods ahead.
Passenger train No. 4 Yanie Into In
dlanola from the west, and, after mak
ing transfers, pulled ahead and backed
In on the side truck, letting freight
train No. 147 take the main line. Just
as No. 4 was palling out of the siding
east and No. 147 was pulling out of tho
town west, a stock special drawn by
two engines was noticed coming at
high speed around the curve. The
trainmen who were fortunate enough
to see the approaching train had bare
ly time to jump and save their IIvph
before the two trains met with terrific
force,
Tho tremendous report of the disas
trous collision had hardly died away
before three engines were piled In a
hpap and heartrending moans were
heard from the dying trainmen who
were beneath the ruins.
The Impact was somethin'; terrible
and the freight was driven back with
such force ns to send the rear end
against the passenger train as It was
about to hove the switch. Fortunately
the engineer cf the passenger saw
what was coming and brought hltt trntn
to a standstill In time to prevent. Its
collision with the coaches and by so
doing saved many liven. As it was the
force of the collision smashed In the
aide of the mall car and did considera
ble damage to tho engine. It Is said
that one of the things which prevented
the passenger from getting Into the
midst of the collision Is that it backed
on the side track Instead of keeping
the main line as la usually the case.
The wreck presented a ghastly sight,
ns there are sixteen cars of sheep In
the stock train and of this number six
cars are smashed almost to a pulp and
hundreds of sheep were crushed to a
Jelly. Everything within reasonable
distance of the wreck was spattered
and besmeared with blood.
Will McCarl, the hrakeman who was
killed, was at one time a resident of
Hastings, but a few years ago he moved
to McCook. Engineer Anson was tak
en to McCook and placed under a phy
sician's care, but he Is so badly in
jured that It Is thought ho cannot sur
vive. Mr. Anaon Is a resident of Has
tings and lias a wife and family there.
Tho railroad company did everything
In Its power for tho unfortunato dead
und Injured. The remains of tho dead
were taken to McCook to await fur
ther orders. The Injured were also
taken to that city to be placed under
the Immediate care of a physician.
So far as yet known tho blame of j
the accident lias not been fixed and if
It has It has not been made public. All
day long the wrecking crew had a full
force of men busily engaged in clear
ing away the ruins, which resemble
a conglomeration of Iron, steel, coal
and wood besmeared with blood.
It o venue Itullnj;*.
J. R. Houtz, collector of Internal
revenue for this district, desires that
certain of the rulings made by the
revenue commissioner, N. 11, Scott,
be emphasized for the Information of
taxpayers and also In order to make
the general understanding of certain
provisions of the law more complete.
The many perplexing questions that
have arisen under Interpretations of
the Ir.w hi vo rendered It nee saury
for th" revenue commissioner to pub
lish circulars giving rullnsra on dis
puted i>o!nts The flrst one whs Is
sued July 13 and contains aixty-two
separate decisions. Ou August 16. It
was found necessary to again Issue
further findings and the number of
rulings was then Increased to 167.
Among the things which Mr. limits
desires to call attention of thu public
to ure the following:
t'newlng gum must be sold from the
original stamped packages and It may
not be taken out of the pacukgea and
put In a show case.
There Is a tax on county fair*
parks, haselutll anti football fields and
any place where an admission fee Is
charged or seats sold
A certificate of acknowledgment to
a deed where the consideration of the
de«d Is I loo or lees, or to a mortgage
where the consideration Is fl.ooo or
less mots not require any stamp.
Certificate* required by law, which
are made by court iifttcrrs under ih*
direction and authority of the -ourt.
and which are nwessary to give prop
er rfl«t iu court proceedings are ea
<m»|4.
four! prnc*>s*e«, such aa summons. j
cs writ* of gttiu bm< it. suIi|»kih«
warrants, orders of the court, • u*, |
are uut required to be stamped
An order pa-abie or redeemable la I
mer hsudtse only land not in umn< 11
does n»t require the iwiHt'Sl stain i j
ticket* rw»ho| at a b*nh and paid
the same ae * heck* are regarded aa In 1
•ff"*’t orders for the pa.aieut uf
Money.
Original I#*** requires n s‘i«ap No;
Mamp I* required on copy eaecuted j
•jj 'H# partlsa at the time of the orig
inal le its.
Ths collection ot revenue from the
district comprising Nebraska and fho
two Uakotas for the three mirths
during wnleh tha law ha* been In op
eration have amounted to nearly a
million dollars. The sums are ns fr.l
Icws: July, $372,07*1.01; Augujt,
3125.73.1.78; September, f 29,901.85;
total, 3377,771.C4.
THE NKHKAHItA MIIKK1* IMIl HTIU.
It Hoar It I n a lireal f*roport ton* In
Ntvillf* I.IM’lt III l#*H.
flrand Island correspondence of the
Onmhu Bee: The sheep raising Indus
try In Hall and Buffalo counties Is now
leaching wonderful proportions since
the passage of the tariff bill and cnlls
for the Investment of a laige amount of
capital. That the business pays Is evi
denced by the fact that those who rais
ed or Isnight anil fed sheep here last
year are engaging more extensively In
the sheep business this year.
Robert Taylor, who has established
a ranch of 10,000 acres about seven
miles northwest of (Irund Island, Is
now known u* the "Mutton King,” as
he Is said to own a larger number of
sheep than any other Individual In the
United States. Mr. Taylor Is a sheep
miser Instead of a speculator. He has
established large breeding ranches In
Wyoming, and now owns 90,000 head
of sheep, most of them of thorough
bred or high grade stock. The ranch
In Hall county Is filled up to handle
20,000 head, most of which are now on
hand here. To get the ranch In shape
to handle the business Mr. Taylor has
put up new biilldtnss at a total cost
of 110,000. This Includes a feeding
shed 120 by 288 feet In size, another 08
by 112 feet and numerous smaller ones;
a (1 aubio crip, 84 by 120 feet In size,
with a capacity of 40,000 bushels of
corn; a storage house ;il by 200 fret,
with full slzo basement, which will
la> filled with beets.
Besides these there are large barns
and houses, water lank*, dipping plants
and other conveniences, making up
what Is considered to bo the most com
plete sheep ranch In the entire coun
try. The buildings are all substantl
i ally built, the so-called sheds being
I solidly enclosed buildings, lighted by
windows nnd roofed with sheeting and
galvanized Iron roofing. In the con
struction of new hulldlnra this year
alone Mr, Taylor has used forty cars
o# lumber, four carloads of hardware
s.nd roofing. The new fencing bought
also amounted to four carloads.
This mammoth ranch employs forty
hands and requires the use of forty
head of horses. A largo number of
bogs and many milch cows aro nlso
kept. The lntcuilon of the owner Is
to seed the entire 10,000 acres to al
falfa. The acreage In alfalfa this year
was about 500 nnd about 1,000 tons of
the season's cut Is stored for winter
Use.
The buildings rn the ranch are most
of them finished and nil will be com
pleted before Novemlwr I. Kverythlng
Is constructed on the most substan
tial and convenient plan. An Insur
nneo policy was recently taken out. In
one of the big eastern companies, end.
covering the buildings, machinery and
stock on the ranch, which Is wild to be
the largest risk ever taken In a single
policy In thia part of the western coun
try. The amount named In the policy
Is *80,000 and the premium paid waa
over *1,300.
Just aeross (he line In Buffalo county
Is another mammoth shoeo ranch
where a large number of sheep were
ffd last year and where arrangements
have been made to purchase ISO OOd
hoad from the western ranges and to
feed them through the winter. The net
profit on a transaction of this sort Is
| figured at 40 cents per head for the
! feeding senson. butting less than five
| months, making a total profit of *80,
000. When the provisions of the tar
iff bill leads to the Investment of so
much monev, the employment of so
many hands nnd the clearing of such
handsome profits for both the largo
and smnll feeders all over the state,
much wonder Is exprensrd that there
should be any In Nebraska so short
sighted as to vote for a free trade par
ty at. the eomln" elect I m and thus
strike a blow at this Immensf) tpdus*
I try. , i :|
Supreme Court l>ecl*lon*.
Among the opinion.! Just handed
down by the supreme court is one re
versing nnd remanding the case where
in T. P. Kennnrd was allowed $13,521.
!>U for collecting rertaln money from
the general government. The court
hold* that In the Joint resolution that
wa# passed In 1873, which authorized
i the employment of a collector, there
| was a special “Inhibition of the em
ployment of an ntrent to collect the
f» per cent cash school fund accruing
to the state," and Kennard'# claim
being bused on the collection of thla
fund ho could not recover
In the case wherein Herman Granger
of Sheridan countv was sentenced to
the penitentiary for stealing a cow.
and who came to the sunreme court
with a plea that the bill making cat
tle stealing a felony Improperly passed
the legislature, the court hold* that,
"Whore from the Journals of both the
brunches of the legislature, and from
the copy of the bill s«*.t to the gov
ernor for npnroval and by him approv
ed, and which was attested by the prim
er officer* of both houses It Is shown
that a certain bill was properly pas
sed, that fan cannot be glenroved hv
the introduction In evidence of what
It Is agreed between the iHlgnnts was
the bill orlglnallv Introduced and
memoranda thereon Indorsed tending
to show that the bill approved and
attested was not the one really pussra1
by both houses."
Nates,
While riding In the country near
Hhelton on a tandem John Towns and
Jess lam rnu Into a rut aud were both
thrown on to the hard ground with
au« h force as to break l.ees collar
bonn and fearfully bruise and cut tsith
nren'ts face* aud heads The bicycle
was a recked
Ivan tiimontun, a teacher In the Hu
perlor public schools, shi t John Jones,
an eg marshal. through the arm. m
hiding a trad wound hituoatun uu
mercifully beat Jones* toy in lbs echo I
room and Jonas was at'.swpttaj to
square the account
The I'lal^ Itlter conference of the
Culled angelical church, with head
quarters at lllue Hprtngs. hied articles
of Incorporation with the ncrretgry of
elate today The Incur pur at ora are
H II till in w T W iterf, A W gcheg
beraer. M I) Yeung gad M T. klsaa
WEDDING GOWNS FOR RENT,
Cnrloo* Shop NappllM ths East IM«
with Nuptial riniir;.
This la the alluring sign on the out
side of a little shop In Market atrect
which attracts the attention of young
women of the east aide whoae blissful
tint id pat Iona of marriage are some
what alloyed by their Inability to pro
vide themaelvea with the bridal flnery
which la the desire of every feminine
heart, Irrespective of outward rank or
condition, says the Now York I’resa,
Doubt leas there may bo Just aa much
sentiment and saemdness In a mar
riage ceremony wherein the bride
weurs a dull-colored gown that has
aeon service under other circumstances
us If she wore shimmering folds of
Katin, but the satin gown will be a
coveted object none the less, even
when known to bo unattainable. The
proprietor of the shop In Market street
I'oes not pose as a philanthropist, but
she supplies a demand not otherwise
provided for, Shrewdly guessing that
satin only would be far enough be
yond the reach of the average east side
bride to tempt her to hire s dress for
« wedding, she keeps no other kind on
hand. The sutln, however, Is of va
rious grades and prices and the gowns
vary in elegance of style. "You want
a wedding dress?" she observes as an
embarrassed young woman makea
known her business. "Yes, I have
'ern. What kind do you want? Yon
want a new one, never worn before—
and nice? That will cost you $12.
Too much? Why, the dress Is elegant,
full and long, and beautiful lace on It.
Yes, I supply a veil wljh that and those
beautiful flowers," taking a cluster of
artificial orange blossoms from the
case. "Of course, If you want some
thing not so elegant, I give you a nice
dress for $10 or maybe $8." "New?"
"Yes, clean and nice." "How much
for one that’s been worn?" "Oh, $5
or $0. Not dirty, either; just a little
about the bottom. I got one worn
only three times, by nice young ladles,
too." If the bride-to-be Is anxious to
make an Impression on her acquain
tances with the splendor of her bridal
finery she 1ms the dress sent home
several days before the wedding and
displays It as the chef-d'oeuvre of her
limited trousseau. There are those
who may guess that It Is only a tem
porary possession of the bride, but any
suggestion to that effect Is Indignant
ly spurned. The owner of the wed
ding dress never loses sight of it un
less she hos ample guarantee of the
responsibility of the parties hiring It,
and when the ceremony Is over she Is
on hand to take care of It, and the
bride has no further worry about It,
Once In e while the gayety at a wed
ding where there is a hired gown be
comes somewhat boisterous, and In the
confusion there may be spots or even
rents that mar the prlstlno freshness
of the garment, for every one of which
madame demands extra compensation;
and If she doesn’t get It there is a
bridal couple in tne police court tbs
next day, but she usually does. ,
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Cloud Rmon to Hurry.
The ylals of a musical accompanist
are ffiany, If we may crodlt all the
stories told of them. A young profes
sional recently played accompaniments
for the performers at a private enter
tainment for a fashionable charity,
lasting for nearly two hours. "Here,
you see, I have no chance to take a
breath for ten bars,” eald the amateur
flute-player, Indicating to the accom
panist a passage In his opening solo.
"There are a number of such places In
my solo, and If you’ll hurry the time
whenever you come to them, It will be
a relief to my wife, for all my family
ure subject to apoplexy, and I’ve al
ready had ono slight attack."
"1
Closely Relisted.
The Spectator Iflls a story to show
now elastic are Irish ideas of relation
ship: "Do you know Pat Meehan?" a
peasant woe naked. "Of course I do,”
was the answer. "Why, he’s a near
rotation of mine. He wanco proposed
for my sister Kate."
FASHION’S FANCIES.
Black ribbon velvet true-!over*a
knots, In spite of their long popularity,
seem to have taken a new loose of life
and promise to make their appearance
in the most persistent fashion upon
nine out of ten of the newest hats. Vary
frequently a big bow of this kind forms
the center of the trimming upon a hat,
with possibly two large black or white
ostrich feathers curving away on olther
side.
Paris, having loved blue very dearly,
smiled persistently on black and white,
la now turning much of her attention
to red, and the best of her satin fou
lard gown* appear In thla color spot
ted with white. They are Invariably
made on a simple plan, the skirt with a
single Pounce, the bodice crossed over
on the bust to allow a chemisette of
ecru muslin, slightly pouchlug In the
front, with a very narrow belt, and
crowned with a hat turned off fnm the
face trimmed with Indlepeuaable cher
ries.
The long jeweled chains have by no
means gone out of fashion yet, though
perhaps there le uot quite so marked a
■ rate for them as a few m >nth» back.
Ptak rural, strung In long ropea. la
most becoming when worn with a pink
or white evening toilet, and at a smart
lance recently a gtrl In coral pink em
broidered chiffon was all hung about
with rupee of (Ins coral They looked
newer thau gold chains or pearly ropea,
and had the merit of being genuine,
which the latter rarely are la thesa
days of imltatloaa
The only difference between med
dling and Investigating le that you al
ways Investigate and the other fellow
meddles