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■ i" Nmv Gay and jaded Paris has a new sen sation. Wearied of great crimes and tan gled political plot3, the gossips of the | French capital are busy with the mys tery concerning the identity of the ^Ian in the Mask. Handsome and apparently wealthy, the natural inference is to set him; down as a notoriety seeker, but this j Is not enough for Paris. Who is he, and why does he fear the- j recognition of the*world? No one has yet been able to satisfy J the Parisians on either of these points, j His First Appearance. The Man in the Mask appeared firs* about two months ago. Tall, slender and graceful, garbed in the most mod ish of evening clothes, he appeared •-— The Man in the Mask. 4n the fashionable Maison Doree, in the Boulevard des Italiens. At first glance there seemed nothing strange in his appearance, but on closer in spection it was seen that drawn tight ly across the upper part of his face, and fitting the shape of his features, revealing, yet concealing them, was a silken or eel skin mask. From the r.ear-by tables it could be seen that he was disguised, but from any greater distance the mask was not noticeable. Some smiled, thinking he had dropped in on his way to a masked ball, and but little attention was paid to him. A detective who noticed him gave him a little thought, then dis missed any suspicions he might have had. The man dined well, handed the waiter a liberal fee, strolled out into the boulevard, and walked away. The next appearance of the mask was at the Comedie. where he was in one of the piemiare loges. The fact that he was masked attracted consider able comment among those near enough to detect the half transparent pigment drawn across the handsome face. It attracted so much attention that one of the house detectives ap proached his seat and spoke to nim. The man made a slight gesture of an noyance and dissent, and continued to watch the performance. Sworn Never to Unmask. The little scene was witnessed by scores, and the next day the mystery of the man in the mask beg^n to take shape. He appeared that day walk ing on the Boulevard Poissonniere late In the evening, and later he appeared In the Cafe de Paris, behind the opera. Really, it was there that he became a mystery- A crowd of merrymakers, noticing the mask, called to him, and without hesitation he joined them, seating himself at the table with them and drinking wine. His speech and manner indicated high breeding and refined manners. If he knew any of the party, he concealed the fact, and when they, after some time, spoke jest ingly of the mask, he appeared slight ly annoyed. "Take it off. let us see your face,” remarked one. “I have sworn never again to un mask." he replied, quietly. That remark, the only one so far as is known that he ever has condescend ed to make concerning the mask, made him in a moment one of the most in teresting features of Paris. The re mark was repeated everywhere, and one of the journals printed something about him. All Paris Talks of Him. From that evening he was famous. Everyone in Paris, that is, all who frequent the boulevards, the theaters, music halls, or restaurants, talked of him and wondered who he was and why he wore the mask. He went everywhere openly and without seek ing anything in particular. He evi dently loves art, for frequently bis afternon strolls are through the gal leries. Always he is plenieously sup plied with money—yet no one ever has seen him in a bank. Effort after effort was made by cu rious ones to trace him to his place of residence. The very freedom with which he entered apartment buildings, hotels, and other public places protect ed him from the shadows. Apparently totally unconscious of the fact that he was being followed, he always dis appeared suddenly from the view of the person who was striving to trace ! him—and was seen no more until the next day. There was just one clew which for a time promised to reveal to the cu rious ones something tangible regard ing him—that was the fact that he gen erally appeared to the public gaze coming from the Rue de 1’Echelle into the Rue de Rivoli, a short distance from the Palais Royal and the Tuil eries. Once he was seen to turn from the Rue Saint Honore into the Rue de l'Echelle—a short half block from the place he usually appears in the Rivoli. But beyond that he never has been traced. Some declare that lie slips on the mask while walking along the street, and that, when he wants to disappear and elude pursuers, all he has to do is to take off the mask and walk past them unconcernedly They declare their belief that his statement that he never would re move the mask was a mere pretense. Greater Mystery Than Ever. A short time ago three young then, sitting with a party of actresses m a boulevard cafe, drinking wine, saw the Man in the Mask stroll out an l the earth—leaving the officer and the three prisoners standing dumb with astonishment. The roisterers were released on pay ment of a nominal fine, and then tht one who attempted to tear the mask from the face of the mystery told to his friends of the cafes and concert halls the strangest thing of all. He de clared that the mask was no mask— but part of the fact of the man. He vowed that either some thin material had been pasted to the skin, or that the mask was a strip of skin itself, col ored with some pigment. Effort after effort has been made since then to solve the mystery, but with no success. The mystery of the Man in the Mask continues to stii the jaded sensations of Paris. Deduction by Analogy. “Mamma, I'se got a stomache ache," said Nellie Ely, six years old. "That's because you've been with out lunch. It's because your stomach is empty. You would feel better if you had something in it.” That afternoon the pastor called, and, in the course cf conversation re marked that he had been suffering all day with a very severe headache. “That is because it is empty,” said Nellie. "You'd ftel better if you had something in it.”—American Specta tor. Veracious. At a certain Scottish dinner it was found that every one had contributed to the evening's entertainment but a certain Dr. MacDonald. “Come, come, Dr. MacDonald,” said the chairman; “we cannot let you escape.” The doc tor protested that he could not sing, "My voice is altogether unmusical, and resembles the sound caused by the act From That Evening He Was Famous. they pledged themselves in a cup of wine to follow him and unmask him. He walked down the Boulevard Beaumarchais, closely followed by the trio of young men. He turned to the left into the Rue St. Claude, with the men pressing close behind him. The man seemed absolutely ignorant of the fact that he was being Fhadowed, and walked leisurely, playing with a glove that he carried in his hand. About that time a sergeant of police, In citizen's clothes, observed the odd procession, and, noticing the suspicious actions of the three young men, tell into the shadowing game to see what w’as happening. Directly in front of the Church of St. Denis du Saint Sacrement, in the Rue de Turenne, the three men sprang for ward and grappled with the Man in the Mask. Two pinioned his arms be hind him while the other, with a quick motion, reached for the mask to tear it from the man’s face. Twice his fingers clutched at the mask, then, just 1 as the sergeant sprang forward, the man fell back as if frightened, and stood staring in astonishment at the masked one. The man in the mask smiled slightly. The other assailants, when the sergeant grabbed them, released the man and all three of the young roi sterers were placed under arrest. Seems to Become Invisible. As usual, tne victim of the assault was requested to accompany the ar resting officer and enter complaint against his assailants. He bowed his acquiescence to the officer, and an in stant later had disappeared as if off Fell Back as if Frightened. of rubbing a brick along the panels oi a door.” The company attributed thii to the doctor's modesty. "Very well.’ asserted the doctor, “if you can stani it I will sing.” Long before he hat finished his audience was uneasy There was a painful silence as the doc tor sat down, broken at length by tin voice of a braw Scot at the end of th« table. “Mon,” he exclaimed, "you singm’s no’ up to much, but your ver acity’s just awful. You’re richt abou that brick!”—Philadelphia Ledger. SLEEP CURE IS A NEW FAD. The other day we were discussing the latest idea, i. e., the sleep cure, and this morning’s paper has brought the subject to the top again, now that another miner has been rescued at the scene of the mining disaster in France, and found in better condition than the men rescued the week before. He sup posed that he bad only been a week lost in the mine, and the inference is, of course, that he must have slept away days of his imprisonment; and It gives one furiously to think of the Bleep cure. Some have the gift of sleep, and others haven’t, that is quite un mistakable; the secret of more than one notable instance of beautiful mothers, grandmothers, I mean, is acknowledged to be due directly to the power of sleep, to take a quiet little nap at any time of the day, when a busy afternoon or long evening is be fore them. It really seems, then, one of the cleverest attainments open to the eternal feminine, this capacity of capturing 40 winks whenever she pleases. i And now we want to know If It can ( be acquired, like other gifts, this one most precious of all, this beauty treat ment. w’hich costs but the time in which to take it. Making vour mind a vacuum, repelling every thought and : emotion is one recipe, the initiated and the enthusiasts declare, and imagin ing that one is dead, and that nothing matters, another—rather a nasty one methinks, not calculated to have a cheering effect on the patient. The theory has been proiiosed and propounded that each person is al- ! lotted by destiny so many hours of ac tive life, so many thousands or hun dreds of thousands of hours to live, these, of course, above and beyond the hours allotted to sleep, and that just as one nSy spend a big balance at the bank in a short time, so the man or ! woman who turns night into day, and robs himself or herself of sleep, spends I his balance at the bank of life soon, and dies early. It’s an odd theory, but it looks as if there ought to be some thing in it. And, according to this theory, eight hours of sleep we have all considered ample for us won’t suf fice; he or she must have nine hour: who wants to live to 90. A lovely thins would be to be able to sleep righ through, while some one washed anc dressed one, and did one’s hair, and tc wake up just in front of a breakfas tray. I wonder could the sleepy people manage that! Yet it is a very eco nomical way of spending one's time to sleep. Why, one doesn’t even wan shoe-leather, and is quite certain t< keep out of mischief all the time. It is so monotonous when one comes to think of it, 365 times in the year one gets up and dresses, and sticks hair pins in one’s hair. It would be so much more charming to wake up and find all that done. Perhaps the next specialist will be some one who wil’ train us in the art of sleep, who will show us how to dispatch ourselves intc Slumberland, and how to stay there till the comfy moment arrives when we want to awake and start action all ready. TOUCH LUCK. AID FOR THE HOSTESS. "SUGGESTIONS FOB. NOVEL AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS. A. Cake-Guessing Contest—An Attrac tive Lily Luncheon — A Flower Party for the Children— Choosing Partners. Cake Guessing Contest. This is a clever little skit to fill in i few moments that might lag. Write these questions on slips of paper and oass pencils, allowing 15 minutes for .he guessing. For a prize to the per son who has the most correct answers, ^’ive a prettily decorated cake. What kind of cake should a jeweler eat? Gold and silver cake. What kind for a politician? Elec tion cake. What kind for a man who lives on his friends? Sponge cake. What for a maker of gloves? Lady fingers. What for a gardener? Fruit cake. What kind for a lover? Kisses. What kind for a pugilist? Pound cake. What kind for a geologist? Laver cake. What kind of a cake would a persou have if he ate all of these? Stomach aches. A Lily Luncheon. This affair is most attractive. For the center piece use a large bunch of white lilies with the natural foliage; shade the candles with white; use glass holders, winding them with smilax. The place cards are in shape of lilies with the lettering in gold. Of course the hostess will wear white, and if there is any color it must be yellow. Serve the regulation luncheon menu, but the ice or cream may be frozen in “lily” forms or served in a real calla lily. This is a decided novelty, but is a practical one. White candles should be the only arti ficial light in the dining room and they make the proper setting for this un usually pretty affair. Party for Children. A mother I know has planned such i unique afternoon party for her two children, aged eight and ten. If the weather is fair there will be games out of doors, and the hunt for flowers (artificial ones) will be most realistic. Each child is to be given a basket with a bow of ribbon on the handle. The one who finds the most blos soms will be given a box of marsh | mallows or buttercup candies, which i is not to oe opened until the child j gets home. After the hunt a wreath of flowers is to adorn each child’s head, and for the remainder of the time the guests will be called by the name of the flower composing the wreath. If any one forgets and calls the real name, a forfeit is to be paid of a flower from their wreath. At the end of a half hour a count is taken and the one who has paid the fewest forfeits is permit ted to choose the games to be played for the space of 15 minutes. The dining rcom is going to be very pretty with a large gilded basket for j the centerpiece, pink ribbons from it i leading to the places for the little ■ girls and green for the boys. The basket will contain a flower for each ' with a tiny gift tied to it. A simple ! menu is to be served, consisting of j clam bouillon, wafers, lettuce, sand wiches, ice cream in tiny baskets, with ! a flower tied on the handle, lady fin I gers and maccaroons so dear to child ish hearts. To Choose Partners. The nickname of states provide a good way to select partners. Write j the names of the states for the girls and the nicknames for the men, and then let them find each other. A live ly time is likely to ensue. To save the hostess from wracking her brains the list follows: North Carolina—“Old North.” New York—“Empire State.” South Carolina—“Palmetto State." Rhode Island—“Little Rhody.” Ohio—“Buckeye." Connecticut—“Nutmeg State.” Delaware—“Blue Hen.” New Hampshire—“Granite State.” Pennsylvania—“Keystone State.” Louisiana—“Creole State.” Illinois—“Sucker State." Indiana—“Hoosier State.” Massachusetts—“Bay State.” Texas—“Lone Star State.” Maine—“Pine Tree State.” Virginia—“Old Dominion.” MADAME MERRI. Da-Klia-Border Design. Very Handsome and Effective Border Suitable for Trimming a Tea Cloth or Sideboard Cover. A very handsome and effective bor ler for a tea cloth or sideboard cloth: Materials, Coat's cotton. No. 8. 8 ch, oin round. All the ring with 16 d.—1st ■ound. 1 ch, 1 tr in each double stitch. -2d round, 1 d in the 1st hole, 11 ch, .urn, miss the 1st stitch, 1 single in A RATHER INTRICATE PATTERN. sach ch, 1 d in the next hole, 13 ch, miss the 1st stitch, 1 single in each af the 12 ch, repeat all around. Turn the work on the wrong side—3d round. 1 tr in each of the 10 single stitches. 3 3 in the point, and treble down the other side of the peal to correspond, 1 single in the last stitch of the 12 single. In the next pedal, miss this petal, keeping it at the back, and work round every alternate petal in the same manner.—4th round. The same, but work 12 tr along the petals instead of 10. Turn the work to the front side.—5th round. Slip stitch to the top of the peal just finished, 1 d in the center stitch, 9 ch, 1 tr in the point of the next petal. 9 ch, repeat.— 6th ch, 3 d, 4 ch, 3 d, 4 ch, 3 d. 4 ch, 3 d, under each loop of chain. Join the patterns to e&ch other twice by a mid dle picot The "Heading.—1st row. 1 tr in the fit. It includes four new quick-firing middle picot of the group next but one to the joining, 11 ch thread 6 times round the needle; insert the hook in the middle picot of the next group, work off 3 stitches, then 3 times more round the needle; insert the hook in the middle picot of the next group of the next pattern, and work off all the stitches; 11 ch, 1 tr, in the next group; 11 ch, 1 d, in the next; 9 ch, 1 d, in the next; 11 ch, 1 tr, in the next; 11 ch, repeat.—2d row. Double.—3d row. Cotton 3 times round the needle, insert the book in a double stitch of last row, work off 2 stitches, cotton again round the needle, miss 2 stitches, insert hook in next stitch, work off all the stitches, 2 ch, 1 tr, in the center of the group just worked, 2 ch, miss 2 stitches; re peat.—4th row. Double, taking up back thread only. The Edge.—1st row. 1 d in the mid dle picot of a group, 3 ch, 1 tr, in the same place; repeat. At the joining of the pattern work 1 tr in the free picot 1 tr in the free picot of the next pat tern.—2d row. 3 ch. 1 d, in the loop of 5 ch, 1 tr, between the 2 tr, 5 ch, 1 single in the loop of the treble just worked 3 times; repeat. Virginia Beauties. In Virginia the beauties sleep upon herb pillows. They begin at this time of the year to gather the garden herbs and to dry them. They never bury the ft ce in a feather pillow for they beliete it makes wrinkle?. But they sleep on herbs, powdered and softened with rose leaves and the buds of spring flowers. GOSSIP FROM TOE IHTIOH CIFIM The Sting of the Ex-Senatorial Wasp— Senator from Pennsylvania Brings That State Much Honor. WASHINGTON.—Ex-Senator Chandler, "tha wasp of the Senate," as he was formerly known, has managed to get into his natural element, which is hot water. He mixed in the railroad rate legislation as an intermediary between the strenuous President Roosevelt and the vitriolic Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. The oppor tunity to have some fun was too great for Mr. Chandler to let pass. President Roosevelt, as everybody who has come in personal contact with him knows, is impetuous and in private con versation speaks his mind very freely and some times extravagantly about those with whom he may have a difference of opinion. On the rate hill the president had some strong differences and to Senator Chandler he talked very freely about Senators Spooner, Knox and Foraker. It so happened that two of these men, Spooner and Foraker, have been in Mr. *-1 Chandlers bad books for some years and th6 latter did not hesitate to report to Senator Tillman some things which the president said about these senators that sounded rather harsh in private conversation, but were absolutely offensive when delivered in public. Sen ator Tillman felt called upon to make a statement on the floor of th6 senate giving his version of the negotiations tbat had been in progress between the president and the Democrats through Mr. Chandler, the inter mediary. In that statement he quoted what Senator Chandler had said that the president had said about Knox, Spooner and Foraker. SENATOR KNOX REMAINS COOL. fcenaior Knox, one ot tne trio named Dy ex Senator Cnandler as having been criticised b> the president, refused to get excited over the report as he said that the president knew him too well and knew his desire to enact consti tutional legislation too well ever to have charged him even in private with having a purpose tc defeat the bill. Mr. Knox is one of the -well-tried friends of President Roosevelt who can talk to the latter like a “Dutch uncle,” and the pres ident takes his lecture in good part. It is re membered that a year or two ago a fulsome magazine article was published by a wull known writer in which the present Secretary Root was lauded to the skies and President Roosevelt quoted as saying that Mr. Root could fill any position in the cabinet and would make a better secretary of state than Mr. Hay or a better attorney general than Mr. Knox. This article caused some comment and the ii icuus ui an. ruius « ere inclined to oe onenuea, especially as it was shortly after the attorney general’s successful credit to the administration. The president got worried over the article, and as Mr. Knox did not go to the White House for several days the president sent for him, and in an embarrassed sort of way denied that there had been any war rant for the quotation attributed to him in the magazine article. “Oh, Mr. President,” said Mr. Knox, “I never gave that matter a second thought, be cause I knew that you were not fool enough to make such a remark.” The president, who is apt to be carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment and who doubtless had spoken in most laudatory terms of Mr. Root, saw the point of his attorney general’s remark at once. THE “GOLD-DUST TWINS.” Two new members in the senate are getting a large share of credit for securing a sane and constitutional measure through that body. These are Senators Knox, of Pennsylvania, afad Crane, of Massachusetts. Mr. Knox has taken high place in the senate during his first term because of the reputation he had when he entered that body. His advice has been sought and his opinion re' spected far beyond that which is accorded to new members. He has made but one set speech, but his interruptions have been frequent and always on some vital point in the rate bill. Mr. Crane entered the same time that Mr. Knox did and brought with him the reputation of being a supert organizer. When it seemed imperative that an amend ment should be made to the rate bill to make it constitutional in the judgment of the majority of lawyers in the senate. Mr. Knox was given the ■------ task ol convincing his colleagues that the amend ment was necessary. To Mr. Crane was given the task' of lining up the sen ators for this amendment. The two men worked together and were about the busiest members in that body. They are both small men physically, and as they were seen together so much they were dubbed by some of their col leagues the “Gold Dust Tw-ins of the Senate.” Senator Knox’s prominence in his first term and the high position that has been accorded him. has brought unusual honor to his state of Pennsyl vania so that there is strong talk of making him governor of that state. He will not listen to such a suggestion, as he does not care for a busy political life, but many of his friends are urging him to accept a nomination, believing that he would give such an ideal administration as governor as to force him to the forefront as a presidential candidate in 1908. Secretary Shaw, of the treasury department, who is himself a candidate for the presidency, stated the other day that if Pennsylvania elected an exceptionally able man foi governor this year that man would be a formidable dark horse in the presi dential race. THE WEARY CONGRESSMEN NEED REST. Congress is getting tired. It has now been in session nearly six months and that is consid ered a pretty long time for these $5,000 officials to attend to public business. There are the inevitable signs of approaching adjournment. massages on steamsmps abroad nave been en gaged. tours of the United States, Canada and New Mexico are projected and many congress men are studying railway maps and steamship itineraries much more closely than they are legislation. The hot weather is approaching and that always has a deteriorating effect upon enthusiastic statesmanship. After a long win ter's work it is pretty hard for the average con gressman to keep up the pace with the mercury in the 90's and old "General Humidity” dominat ing the climate of Washington. The house has been going along in an or dinary sort of way and is pretty well clear ot all sort of legislation. It was the policy of bpeaKer cannon ana me nouse leaders to pass the important bills and throw them into the senate in order to direct the attention of the country to this upper branch of the national legislature and bring criticism upon it as be ing a dilatory body. The senate pays about as much attention to this sort of criticism as a duck does to a stream of water turned upon its back. The senate takes its own good time in disposing of any piece of legislation, but this time varies. It has spent about three months on the rate bill. It is liable to spend three hours on an important appropriation bill. THE FISHERMEN EAGER FOR THEIR SPORT. me gxay ueaas oi me senate nave reached a conclusion the word goes out that by such and such a date congress ought to ad journ. Then the committees get very busy and report the bills that are to pass and they are taken up and disposed of in ample time to allow congress to get away on the date fixed. It is then that the enthusiastic fishermen, as well as the travelers, begin to make preparations for their vacation. Fly books are overhauled, rods unjointed and examined and everything put into ship shape for the senators’ summer sport. Old Fishermen like President Pro Tern Frye, Senator Proctor, of Vermont; Senator Du Bois, of Idaho; Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, and half a dozen other lovers of nature, and the de lights of fishing, can hardly wait until the day of adjournment. The fishermen of congress each has his own favorite territory. Senator Proctor is one of LUC millionaire owners oi immense fishing pre serves in the almost unknown land of Gaspe in eastern Canada. He goes there with his friends and is isolated from the world. They live in primitive style and enjoy the real sport of salmon fishing and occasionally hunting the moose and the caribou. Senator Spooner loves the northern Wisconsin lakes and would rather have a four-pound bass at the end of his line than to beat Bailey on a constitutional point. Senator Du Bois goes after the trout ip in Idaho and Wyoming and is an expert fisherman. EFFICACY PLUS PRAYER. r-tnei, one or New Hampshire's •even-year-old daughters, is devoted to he birds. She was enraged at her ilder brother, whose keenest enjoy - nent seemed to be to trap them. She pleaded with him and scolded him, but ill to no effect- So Ethel took a new tack. When prayer time came the other jvening her mother heard this final petition added to those which dealt directly with the spiritual and ma terial welfare of the family-: “An'* dear God, please smash all Willie’s nasty traps, for Jesus sake, amen.” “Ethel, dear,” said mother, serious ly, "do you really think *liat last is a nice thing to ask God to do? Do you expect Him to do such a thing as that?” Ethel smiled beamingly, and an swered: “Oh, that’ll be all right, muz zer. Jes’ before I corned upstairs I smashed 'em, all my own self.”—Eip pincott’s.