Loup City Northwestern
<1. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP OTT, . . NEBRASKA.
Still a Mission to Perform.
It seems the new ways of getting
through and over the Alps by railways
and tunnels bare not wholly done
away with opportunities for the “pious
monks of St Bernard” to Bhow hos
pitality and even to extend help in «
crisis. There are still venturesome
souls who disregard the injunction to
“try not the pass” and who brave the
dangers of the trip through ice and
snow, and sometimes they fall victims
to their temerity and have a close call
before they are rescued by the monks
and the dogs. It appears from statis
tics on this subject that last year not
less than 1,300 persons, snowbound
and exhausted, were cared for at the
institution maintained by the monks,
and numbers would have perished but
for the succor provided. A considera
ble portion of those thus helped rep
resented tourists, including American
and English travelers, though more
than a thousand were poor peasants or
tramps making their way over the
mountains because they lacked means
to go in more costly fashion. But all
had the same care at the hospice, and
none was under obligation to give in
return anything more than conscience
and the state of finances suggested.
There is a box at the door in which all
offerings may be deposited, but there
is no solicitation from any visitor,
rich or poor. And the chances are,
says Troy Times, that the majority of
the thousand were unable to give even
a small pecuniary return for the serv
ice so readily and mercifully extended
When the immigrant officials at
Ellis Island learned that Charles Pa
,pernini, late of Italy and now an
aspirant for future citizenship in the
i United States, was 90 years of age
they hesitated about admitting him
because of a possibility of his coming
on the public for support. They be
gan to look for his visible asset, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the
first place, he was strong and vigor
ous. In the second place, he carried
a goodly sum of money concealed
about his person. In the third, he had
eight Bons and four daughters, all
earning good incomes in this country.
Also 35 grandchildren, a number of
whom are in business, supporting
themselves and their children. Also
nine great-grandchildren, who are
also candidates for future citizenship.
A concerto, explains the New York
Evening Mail, is a symphony wherein
one instrument is given persistent
prominence; in other words, an ex
tended instrumental solo with orches
tral accompaniment, often taking
three-quarters of an hour to perform.
It is the deification of a single instru
ment—the highest ' achievement its
player can attain. A concerto is to the
pianist, violinist, or ’cellist what grand
opera is to the singer. It is a tone
drama in three acts—energetic, ten
der, then climatic. There are brief
intermissions between these three
“movements,” and during these pauses
the player receives applause like a
"star”—bowing and smiling—until
again the baton raises, the orchestra
starts in, and the performance goes
on.
When dueling was an actual factor
in the social order of this country it
had many worthy and notable expo
nents, including no less distinguished
personages than Henry Clay, Andrew
Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, De Witt
Clinton, Stephen Decatur, and others
of tije same type; but nowhere on this
continent was it so much an estab
lished institution as in that peculiarly
romantic old city of New Orleans. It
was woven into the very fabric of the
life of the community, and many a
crumbling tombstone in the antiquated
Creole cemeteries bears grim and
silent witness to the fact, though to
understand the situation more clearly
one should breathe, so to speak, the
atmosphere of the period.
With which eye do you wink? This
is a question which Sir James Crich
ton-Browne of London has asked in a
circular sent out to many hundred
persons in an effort to learn whether
ambidexterity is prevalent. Sir James
announced the other day that about
60 per cent of the replffes were from
persons who can wink with the left
eye only, 30 per cent from those who
can wink with either eye, and nine
iper cent, from those who cannot wink
<at all. This is printed purely as a
matter of scientific information, for it
is written that “a naughty person . ..
winketh with his eyes.”
wot many women would be able to
make the record which Mrs. Prank
Woodward of St Charles, Mich., has
established. Within a few years she
has earned from the state $2,970 for
shooting wolves. She and her husband
•live in a lumberman’s shanty' near
Ontonagon, Mich., having moved there
to benefit Dr. Woodward’s health.
The simplified spelling board has in
corporated under the laws of New
York, the said laws being formulated
la the customary style of spelling.
The American forces in Cuba will
Join the Spaniards in erecting a monu
ment to Gen. Vera De Rey, who was
'killed in action at El Caney on July
1, 1898. The general fought stubborn
ly to maintain a hopeless position, and
was killed while trying to extricate
the remainder of bis command.
When a young woman to whom a
HUBBY MUST
BE CAREFUL
IN FUTURE
New York.—After all is said and
done—when gossips, lawyers and
courfs are finished—perhaps it has
been left for Mrs. Louis G. Meyer to
solve the great problem.
The problem is:
“How may one keep a husband
home?”
Mrs. Meyer’s solution is: ,
“Make him sign an agreement to be
have.” That is what Mr. Meyer has
done. From this time forth it really
seems as if there will be peace in the
Meyer mansion. If there lsi’t, it will
be because there isn’t any efficiency
in legal documents. Mr. Meyer has
signed one—he has written his name
down to certain premises and stipula
tions. If he doesu’ : keep them, there
will be trouble surely.
Louis C. Meyer is a rich man. His
wife is an extremely handsome wo
man. They were married some years
ago. Everything went perfectly
smoothly until there came into their
lives a very attractive and altogether
good-looking young woman—Mrs.
Kathryn Conrad I'uller Harkness—
thrice married.
The rest of it is quite a long story,
but the present status of the whole
thing is that Mr. Meyer has signed the
foregoing statement.
Document 1$, Unique.
Was there ever iinother agreement
between man and wife like it?
The Meyers have been married for
18 years. Mrs. Meyer is handsome,
40 years .old and devoted to her hus
band. They live at Broadway and
Ninety-sixth street. Mrs. Harkness
doesn’t own up to nearly as many
years as 40, and she: has much to com
mend her in the way of looks and fig
ure.
She met Mr. Meyer something over
a year ago.
Now Mr. Meyer, if court records
may be believed, was somewhat sus
ceptible. So was Mrs. Harkness. At
any rate, Mrs. Meyer called up her
husband on the telephone at his office
one fine afternoon. For a reply he
asked his wife to come to the office.
She came. There she met for the first
time Mrs. Harkness.
The police court records tell the
rest of the story. Mrs. Harkness and
Mrs. Meyer came to what seemed real
blqws. There was occasion to call a
policeman, and Mrs. Harkness was ar
rested upon Mrs. Meyer’s complaint.
There were bits of finery upon the
floor of the Meyer office and a few
hairpins and feathers. If it had been
Cherry Hill instead of Fifth avenue it
would have gone down on the Tender
loin station house records as just a
plain fight. Mr. Meyer was only a
spectator to the affray.
Predatory Beauty Fined.
Mrs. Meyer seem ad to have the up
per hand, because Mrs. Harkness, who
gave her name us Miss Jennette
Wynne, of No. 119 Rue de la Paix,
Paris, was fined.
But let Mrs. Meyer tell the story as
she tells it now, triumphantly showing
the agreement which makes her the
victor in this strange conflict between
man and wife:
‘It was on the afternoon of February
9,” said Mrs. Meyer. “My husband
had not been home for ten days. I
called him up and asked the reason of
his absence. He said if I would come
to the office he would explain. He
was repentant, he said, and wanted to
be forgiven. I went to the office, and
while we were talking this woman
came up.
“She came in and asked me what
business I had with my husband. She
even had the effrontery to order me
out of the office.
“After the trouble I went to the
home of Mrs. Harkness. There I met
her mother, Mrs. Keogh, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Ball.
Made Plea to Rival.
“I went down before them on my
bended knees,” sale Mrs. Meyer, “and
I begged them to prevent this yoman
from ruining my IL'e. But they were
deaf to my pleas, and this woman
must have laughed at my humiliation.
But”—and the wife drew out a bundle
of crumpled documents and shook
them emphatically—“I have at last
prevailed. These letters and papers
were found in the hotel where that
woman was with my husband. There
is quite a little gus t and weird poetry
in them.”
MrB. Meyer showed what Bhe had
foimd. Here was one:
“A Dawn Letter, 5 A. M.
“Darling: When I meet you face to
1 face I either act like one dumb or talk
too much. In your absence, I realize
myself, nothingness. In doing so, I
know that all you give me is sweet
“I have never asked you for any
thing but impossibilities—impossibili
ties breathe no defeat, yet to-day in
the coldness of the dawn, I can say to
you that defeat is not ovrs.
"Convey, impress, impart all that
you wish to carry—yourself.
“Digress, delay, disgust—just me.
“Play—pay—praise'. NIGGER.”
Much “Gust” Revealed.
There is still more poetry, also
signed with the j>el; name “Nigger.” It
runs this way:
“I still remain in your life as I came
Into it—that and no more.
With the Festive Grippe
The grippe is the most vicious, of
diseases. It begin* in the night and
sleeps not by day. Nor will it let its
victim sleep. Where it comes from is
not known, but everyone is aware
when it gets there, that it has come to
stay. U takes a* Its things and puts
able tor its host as possible. It pets
its feet oa your best furniture, uses
your best linen towels to clean its
shoes, and takes especial delight in
leaving its dirty linen about for yon to
pick up. It assaults you from .the
front and from the rear. It pounds
away at rout head antil you can stand
ft runs.up and
How Mrs. Louis G, Meyer. Being Sadly
Offended By tier Husband. Has Placed
Him bn Three Months* Probation by Means
of the Strangest Agreement Two Married
People Lver Signed;
“Breath and death—they savor of
rhyme—they show but one little letter
difference between us. I am—I re
main, yours, NIGGER.’"
“My husband,” continued Mrs. Mey
er, “met Mrs. Harkness at the Vic
toria hotel and became infatuated
with her. When I first knew of this
my hair was dark brown, without a
streak of gray in it. Now it is
white. 1
“When I went to the mother of this
Mrs. Harkness and pleaded with her,
she asked me why I did not get a
divorce. I told her that I never
would get a divorce, and I never will.
I am going to stay by my husband
now and nurse him through his trou
ble. I do not care what happens to
the other woman. I am glad she
was injured as she was in the auto
accident. She deserved it.
Spent Money on Charmer.
“My husband is a rich man, but I
never asked him to spend money on
me the way he did on Mrs? Harkness.
Why, he allowed her to spend $140
a week just for hotel bills. And here
is a sheet of an expense account I
found among my husband’s papers.
“ ‘$200 received.
“ ‘$153.90 hotel.
“‘$10 left with mamma.
“ ‘Philadelphia expense:
“ ‘$200 received.
“ ‘1 Gown $100.
“‘1 Gown $65.
“ ‘1 Waist $28.
“ '1 Matisse $15.
“ ‘Pair corsets $12.’
“But I love my husband and he
loves me. I had divorce papers pre
pared, but he begged for another
chance. I am going to give it to him.
But he has now got to live up to this
agreement.”
Now just at the moment Mr. Mey
er and Mrs. Harkness are really in
a bad way. The agreement between
the Meyers would not have been made
public had it not been for the ac
cident which has laid up both he and
Mrs. Harkness, as well as William A.
Feigelstock.
Mr. Feigelstock took out Mr. Mey
er and Mrs. Harkness in his automo
bile a few days ago. They were run
ning downhill in Bronxville, near the
fashionable hotel Gramatan, when the
chauffeur mistook the road, and, in
stead of curving off to the right, he
took a stone wall, with disastrous re
sults.
Mr. Feigelstock was badly injured.
Mr. Meyer had his leg fractured and
Mrs. Harkness’ hip was broken.
All three were taken to the hotel;
the accident was reported to the po
lice and printed in the Newspapers.
Mrs. Meyer, then at Atlantic City,
read the news—her husband was bad
ly hurt and so was “Mrs. Louis G.
Meyer.” Now, Mrs. Meyer wasn’t hurt
at all, and so the indignant wife
started out to find out who was.
To her anger she discovered that it
was the same woman who had tried
to arrogate things to herself in the
Meyer office. Hence this noveLagree
ment. '
Mrs. Meyer kept at her husband’s
side; she found him suffering griev
ously. She had him taken home.
Mrs. Harkness was transferred to Dr.
Bull’s sanitarium in East Thirty-third
street. Mrs. Meyer did the rest and
arranged for the agreement. It still
holds good.
Agreement Signed by Husband and Wife.
"Whereas. ( Ada E. Meyer, of the Borough of Manhattan, New York City,
has commenced an action which is now pending in the supreme court against
her husband, Louis G. Meyer, for an absolute divorce, in which action the sum
mons and a copy of the complaint were duly personally served on the said
Louis G. Meyer within the state of New York on the loth day of December,
1906, together with a copy of affidavits and notice of motion for an allowance
of alimony and counsel fees in said action, returnable December 24, 1906; and,
"Whereas, The said Louis G. Meyer, feeling repentant, is desirious of be
ing forgiven by the plaintiff and of having opportunity for reestablishing him
self in his wife’s affection and favor, with a view of th -eafter renewing their
marital relations, and Said Louis G. Meyer does hereby p.->mise and agree with
his said wife, Ada F. Meyer, as follows:
“I. That he will in all things hereafter treat his wife kindly and in a prop
er manner.
“IX. That he will hereafter abstain from all relations of every name and
nature, both social and otherwise, with Mrs. William Harkness, and will not
hereafter have or maintain any improper or social relations with any other
woman or women, but will at all tinles conduct himself In a loyal, honoAble
and proper manner, as would be fitting the husband of the said Ada E. Meyer.
“III. That he will hereafter, commencing this day, pay to his said wife
the sum of fifty dollars «50) on Friday of each week on account of her sup
port. • • •
“It is further mutually understood and agreed between said Ada E. Meyer
and Louis G. Meyer that for three months from this date hereof, which is
the period of time contemplated in (his agreement by the parties hereto as a
probationary period within which said Ada E. Meyer may determine whether
or not she can hereafter impose trust and confidence in her said husband and
take him back unconditionally as her husband; • * • that each shall live
his own life in his own way, • * * and that in the event that the actions
and conduct of the said Louis G. Meyer shall at any time during said period
of three months or at the termination thereof be unsatisfactory to the said
Ada E. Meyer * • * it is agreed on the part of the said Louis G. Meyer
that his said wife may proceed with said cause of action for divorce.
“LOUIS G. MEYER,
“ADA E. MEYER.”
IN GRIP OF CONSCIENCE.
Retribution that Follows Lapse From
Virtue’s Path.
“Thus doth conscience make cow
ards of us all,” wrote Shakespeare.
It cannot be known how many there
be who would feign tear themselves
away from the gnawing3 of con
science and go hence who are held
as in a vise by their conscience.
How many men who are struggling
in the quicksands of vice who would
extricate themselves if they could
without having the world know of
their inner lives? Companions in vice
—aye, there’s the rub; if a man knows
and no other does, then he might
settle the matter himself, but should
he determine to do right how many
are there with whom he has asso
ciated who would point the nnger of
scorn at him and ask: When didst
thou get" to be better than I?- How
is a public official who, by some hook
or crook, has been elevated to a posi
tion in which he is expected to bring
criminals to justice, going to dis
charge the duties of his office when
he knows that divers criminals know
that he has been a partner with some
of the very criminals who may be
arraigned for a violation of the laws?
With his own life of sin and shame
constantly staring him in the face,
how can he muster courage sufficient
to take hold of others and ask for the
judgment of the law and of justice
against the offenders? The man who
goes into such a position with such
a record is like a man engaging in
a contest that requires strength and
skill wifh both hands and feet tied,
and also blindfolded. Fear of what
may be told that he wants kept secret
is what gives him pause. He may be
ever so honest in his desires, ever so
earnest and ever so sincere, but con
science tells him that others know of
his shortcomings, and thus he is too
cowardly to do that which he would
like to do.—Knoxville Journal and
Tribunes
Wisdom of Methuselah.
My son, wouldst thou flatter wom
en? I counsel thee, avoid generalities,
say not unto her, Thou art fair, my
love, thou rejolcest my heart with thy
comeliness.
2. But let thy words be definite;
go thou Into details, add it will cause
her much joy. t
3. Say unto her, Lo, thy nostrils
are proud, they show thy caste; and
thine ear is like unto a seashell, it is
far too little. How cunning are the
tips of thy fingers, and the line of
thine eyebrows, naught can excel.
4. For she knoweth her points;
good and bad knoweth she them alj,
from the greatest unto the smallest.
Thou canst not teach her.
5. Het mirror instructeth her, lo,
she knoweth her fame. Ask her and
she shall tell thee, that thou mayest
contradict.—Smart Set.
Mikado Fond of Night Rambles.
The emperor of Japan, who recent
ly celebrated his fifty-fourth birthday,
is fond of night rambleB. He is fa
mous for his activity, and he is said
to be the'busiest man of his empire.
At night, when everybody is asleep—
and in the country of the chrysanthe
mums they go to rest early—the mika
do often leaves his palace, and, wit!)
his hands in his pockets and a cigar
in his mouth, wanders through the
streets of Tokio in order to make sore
that everything Is quiet in the capital
and that his royal subjects sleep the
sleep of the just.
commission ini destroys your appe
tite. The grippe is-the most unfeeling
and thoughtless of all diseases. Where
some diseases are cpntent with affect
ing certain organs or certain portions
of the human frame, and letting It go
at that; the grippe comes in and lays
siege the entire system of human
economy. It knows no feelings of de
cency or consideration. It laughs you
to ncorn, and when you are alone It
EXAMPLE OF,TRUE CHIVALRY.
Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal
to' Heroes of the Past.
There was a moment of profound
. silence. He 'was the first to speak.
“You are richer than I am," he fal
tered, with emotion.
She bowed her head, replying noth
ing. But now the true nobility of his
character manifested itself.
“Yet for all that I am no better
than you are!” he cried, and folded
her to his breast.
And when, her conscience accusing
her, she tried to tell him that not
only hdr father but four of her uncles
were Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her Ups with kisses, and would hear
nothing.—Puck.
THE REORGANIZED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge of
the company's affair a* and has begun
the work of reorganization. %
In choosing the principal officers of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance com
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred
man of good New England stock, who
has been in the company’s service in a
■ variety of capacities for a period of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
of life insurance, he “began with the
rate book” and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the com
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than a
quarter of a century,—indeed has
never had any other business connec
tion.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company’s
service, each an expert in his own de
partment of work. Wm. E. Ingersoll:
who has for many years had charge
of the company’s great business ir
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
of the company’s office iff Paris.
Rufus W. Weeks, who has been in
the company’s service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no un
certain terms. The upheaval in life in
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The com
pany had $2,000,000,000 insurance on
its books when the life insurance in
vestigation began, and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$150,000,000 a year (which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did), the company’s outstanding busi
ness still exceeds $2,000,000,000.
Policyholders generally will be still
further reassured by this action of the
Board, as It places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
of thorough training ami unexception
able character.
Good for Evil.
One Sunday a teacher was trying
to illustrate to her small scholars the
lesson, "Return good for evil.” To
make it practical she said:
"Suppose, children, one of your
schoolmates should strike you, and
the next day you should bring him
an apple—that would be one way of
returning good for evil.-”
To her dismay one of the little
girls spoke up quickly:
“Then he would strike you again
to get another apple!-”
Ambiguous.
At the death of a much-loved pas
tor some years ago the vestry of a
prominent New York church resolved
to place a tablet to his memory in
the vestibule of the church, tells
Harper’s Weekly. In due time the
tablet appealed in its place, where it
still remains. It has caused not a
few smiles; for, after reciting a list
of the former pastor’s virtues and la
bors, it closes with the quotation:
“Now the people of God have rept.”
But, They Had Not.
At a political meeting the chair
man asked at the end of the candi
date's speech whether “anny gintle
man has anny question to ask?”
Some one rose and propounded an
Inquiry mildly critical of the prevail
ing political belief. A politician be
hind raised a club and struck him to
the floor. The chairman looked round
and asked quietly: “Anny other gin
tleman a question to ask?”
DOCTOR'S FOOD TALK
Selection of Food One of the Most Im
portant Acts in Life.
-A Mass, doctor says: “Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal con
trol that the proper selection of food
should be, and is one of the most im
portant acts in life.
“On this subject, I may say that I
know of no food equal in digestibility,
and more powerful in point of nutri
ment, than the modem Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which is suf
ficient for the cereal part of a meal,
and experience demonstrates that the
user is perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
“I am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods of
this character would Increase the term
of human life, add to the sum total of
happiness and very considerably im
prove society in general. I am free to
mention the food, for I personally
know of its value,”
Grape-Nuts food can be used'by
babes in arms, or adkilts. It is ready
oooked, can be served instantly,
either cold with cream, or with hot
water or hot milk poured over- All
sorts of puddings and fancy dishes can
be made with Grape-Nuts. The food
is concentrated and very economical,
for four heaping teaspoons are sufii
th» cereal part of a meal,
the lKtle book, “The Bond to
Fashion would seem to have the
blues, and yet to suffer no depression
therefrom, but indeed, to welcome
them with gay enthusiasm. Every
shade of blue is worn and many are
combined in more or less happy union.
Distinctly happy was the alliance of
a blue voile gown of deep China blue
with a peacock blue hat wreathed
with blue roses, the costume being
completed by blue kid gloves taking
almost a royal tone.
I hate colored kid gloves. I do not
think there is any garment upon
which fashion could smile which has
the power to arouse in me such ire
as the sight of brightly colored kid
gloves, and yet I have been informed
on reliable authority that the colored
kid glove is upon us, and that we are
to welcome in turn blue gloves, green
gloves, violet gloves and mauve
gloves.
We have no mean choice between
the various tones of biscuit, almond
and wash-leather, and, by the way,
with a blue serge dress and a black
tie, wash-leather colored gloves must
be reckoned as superlatively attract
ive; and talking of blue serge, 1 will
return to the popular craze of blue,
and note with much satisfaction that
the blue serge dress looks extremely
well when crowned with one of the
hats of the new bright blue, which
may best be described as China blue
with a strong dash of peacock in it,
trimmed at one side with a rosette of
IXQUIcSTa GOWfd
black satin and at the other with a
fluffy feather, soft, downy and light
every girl with red hair should wear
a hat of this colored blue.
To turn to consideration of the cos
tumes shown in our large illustration.
The figure on the right reveals a dress
of the finest ninon, trimmed with thick
lace and tassels, and the hat is of
crinoline straw with a panache of
feathers at one side. It would look
well either in a biscuit color or in
pale gray, I should say, although I
own to a friend who has determined
to copy it in dull light pink, and I
note parenthetically that all shades
of dull light pink are receiving consid
erable attention, while I remember
with gratitude a costume made of this
ninon with the ninon worked into
rosettes and tassels, bearing a bod
ice of Japanese outline, with a vest
and the under sleeves of very fine
ivory net. Crowned with a crinoline
hat of brown encircled with brpwn
leaves and pink and red roses the re
sult was pre-eminently satisfying.
But I am forgetting that other illus
tration, which expresses a costume de
signed for dress outdoor occasions,
held across the front with coral but
tons set in gold, fine lace forming the
vest, and ninon the skirt. For grace
commend me to the well hung ninon
skirt!! The hat you will see is
trimmed with a monster bow
of ribbon, and in the tying of the rib
bon is there much art.
sm SIMP STYLES
One of the peculiarities of the pres
ent season’s styles is the marked ten
Simple Afternoon Dress.
dency to abolish any definite line of
the figure. The ideal line is long, un
dulating and undefined; and if by any
chance a bodice seems more or less
tight-fitting, fashion at once throws
over it some loose coat or floating
draperies, which give the required
suggestion of mystery. This is exem
plified in the accompanyihg sketch,
which represents a simple afternoon
dress for the present moment, when
the weather is too doubtful to permit
of our sallying forth in muslin. The
skirt Is of foulard, a deep cream
ground besprinkled with large violet
spots, the trimming consisting of two
waved bands of quilled satin ribbon
of the same color as the violet spot3.
With this is worn as bodice a shirt
of fjne lawn with a double frill of lace
dcwn the front, and a low'-cut waist
coat of violet satin. The desired loose
outline is given by the quaint little
short-waisted sac coat in deep cream
taffetas, the same shade as the fou
lard. which is trimmed with bands of
coarse cream silk braid and tassels,
into which a thread of violet is
worked delicately, the violet note be
ing accentuated by the turned-back
cuffs, which are of violet satin like
the waistcoat. This original ^ress is
completed by a big mushrocm hat in
cream straw, covered with a-mass of
bows in violet satin ribbon.
» Own Their Own Farms.
Eighty-seven per cent, of the Cana
dian farmers own their own farms.
How the Gems Rank.
In the gem kingdom the ruby, the
diamond, the emerald and the sapphire
constitute “the big four,” and take
precedence—and in the order named—
of all other precious stones, says the
New York Tribune. The pearl is of
course not a stone. It has a stand
ard of its own. The expert test of the
gem is its color, its degree of clear
ness and its perfection of cutting.
Upon the last depends its brilliancy.
In the diamond the “brilliant” cut
ting holds first place. The other
stones are out. altogether differently
—they are crystallized in different
systems—in fact they differ in another
respect, the diamond being a min
eral carbon, the finer ruby (the ori
ental) a variety of corundum, the em
erald a variety of beryl and the sap
phire a colored variety of corundum.
What is technically known as the
“step cut” is an essential to bring out
the fire of the last three.
New York's Women Dentists,
here' are only 3.6 women dentists
Civilization in China.
The new law cn strangling seems
to have met the fate of other Chinese
lawn—been put by for a more conven
ient season—and the curious crowds
were glutted with the usua Jiorrible
killing by the sword on the Hth.
This was a young man. and, instead
of using a sword, a long pole was
used with a knife attached.—Shang
hai Mercury.
A Small Boy’a Answer.
At a country school in England it
is said that one of the examiners in
a general exercise wrote the word
"dozen” on the blackboard t,nd asked
the pupils to each write a sentence
containing the word. He wa3 some
what taken aback to find cm one of
the papers the follpwing sentence: “I
dozen know my lesson.”
New York's Railway Tracks.
New York city has more miles of
street railway tracks than any other
city In fhe world. If Us surface, ele
vated and subway systems were In
one straight track it would! be 1 021'
