'This is essentially a year of costly
simplicity. I never remember havin'?
seen so much costly lace used on sum
mer gotvnS as this year, and besides
this introduction of rare old lace the
ulous: of Japsr.sss Silk.
The broad kimono straps snow a cen
tral insertion of embroidered muslin, and
then, in front, the blou3e Is finely tucked
and inserted with lace, groups of tiny
silken buttons being another pretty detail
of its trimming, while the elbow sleeves
are arranged in quite' a new way with
crossed and many-buttoned straps of silk,
to hold in their puffed fullness above a
lace-inserted cuff.
muslins themselves have been em
broidered—by hand—in a manner so
elaborate and fine as to defy descrip
tion. Some of these embroidered mus
lin gowns are worn with the smartest
possible little coatee-boleros of tus
sore or chine taffetas. For example,
Bloucs of Broderie Anglaiss.
The dainty effect of this blouse is en
hanced by insertions of lace, all edged
with tiny frilling, the scalloped yoke and
the prettily shaped cuffs also introducing
this pretty contrast of fine lace the more
boldly patterned broderie.
the skirt of one which I saw the other
day was of very fine broderie Anglaisa,
entirely worked by hand, with bold
cross-bars of Venetian guipure inser
tion. At the extreme hem these cross
bars were filled in with rich design of
Clucy, and the whole thing was mar
velously effective in a subdued way.
Blouse of White Net and Lace.
This blouse id lined with Japanese silk,
while, outwardly, it is finished with ef
fective touches of pale blue satin, and
crochet lace, and buttons of the blue,
all edged with rufflings of Valencienes
lace. The yoke of Valenciennes insertion
is outlined with scrolls of guipure ap
plique, and connecting folds of the blue
satin, the sleeves being distinguished by
the novel and pretty way in which folds
of satin are passed through circlets of
lace, while then "frills of lace frame the
elbow becomingly; and, finally, there may
be noted a deeply draped satin waist
band, fastened at the back with two of
those button-rosettes.
The little coatee—which in front was'
shaped like an Eton jacket set in wide
pleats—was made of ivory taffetas.
Blouse of Chiffon Taffeta.
Specially adapted for wear with morn
ing and tailor-made costumes. It is of
finely cheeked chiffon taffeta, and is ar
ranged with a chemisette and cuffs of
fine guipure, and trimmings of Soutache
braid and buttons, a further finish being
given by a smart scheme of stitehings. It
fastens at the back.
which showed blurred roses, in faint
delicate shades, all over its surface,
and at the back this-quaint coat was
cut In sac form and the sleeveb were
kimono in design and extremely short.
The blouse worn with this most
oitgina! cress was made of Cluny in
set with guipure and with Valen
ciennes, and there was a folded waist
band in a pale shade of rose pink,
with the loveliest buckles of tortoise
shell and filigree silver.
The rage fcr the “grey note" is un
abated! Tale grey gloves and shoes,
pau. grey bats triramed with shaded
roses and lined with dull black, pale,
grey waistcoats for tailor-made gowns.
Two important points of (the toilette
Clouse of White Silk and Chiffon.
The white silk and chiffon of the blouse
is veiled with lace, which makes soft
background for bands of delicate green
silk.edged with narrow silken braid, and
connected just above the waist by other
pointed tabs, which give a corselet effect.
Then below the folded band comes a
smart little basque edged with braiding
and a kilted frill, festoons of wee roses,
embroidered in pale yellow and pink also
entering into the decorative detail.
which will certainly remain “pale
grey” until winter is with us again
are the long suetle gloves and the
Blouse of White Chiffon.
Tile white chiffon, which is patterned
with Mack velvet spots, is tucked and ar
rai','.'d with scarves of beautiful chine
ribbon, broadly bordered with white
satin, and also dotted with black velvet,
white filet lace embroidered In floss silk,
being a third fabric and factor of the
chine ribbon and spotted chiffon drawn
beneatii the deep waistband of black
glace.
floating shoulder-scarfs, the latter ire
quently inset with fine black Chan
tilly and embroidered all around the
edge with black silk.
Some of the loveliest muslin gowns
for afterncon wear are made of pure
white Indian muslin, embroidered in
pale-hued silks and inset with Maltese
or Brussels lace. Silk embroideries in
pale colors look exceedingly well on
fragile muslin, though I much dislike
them on linen, but they demand an ac
companiment of lace motifs and inser
tions. All the embroidery designs of
the moment are arranged to include
inserted motifs of lace, and in some
cases these designs are carried to an
exaggerated degree of elaboration.
When flowers in colored silks are in
troduced on white muslin dresses the
silks are always of the softest and
most subtle shades, and I have seen
the loveliest effects obtained with em
broideries in Japanese style, carried
out entirely in two or three shades of
the same color. Flowered muslins are
also very fashionable for afternoon
frocks and a favorite melange is
flowered muslin and plain muslin, the
latter being in the same shade as the
groundwork of the former.
It is predicted that we shall see
ivory white lace blouses worn with
colored linen and tussore skirts, but
no one reading tills paragraph must
run away with the idea that the funny
old “blouse-and-skirt” idea is coming
in favor again. It is quite possible
that white lace blouses will be worn
with pale blue linen, or pale peach
tussore, skirts in the late summer, but
these colored skirts will invariably
be inset—in some way—with the same
lace as that used for the blouse. It
will not be a oast> of a “blouse-and
skirt,” but of a specially designed cos
! tume. '
KNEW VALUE OF ALASKA.
Seward’s Prophecy of Years Ago Has
Been Fulfilled.
June 20, 1867, the fortieth anniver
sary of the day on which the Alaska,
annexation treaty went into opera
tion, is' a date mark of great im
portance to the United States. When,
shortly before his death, in 1872, Wil
liam' H. Seward was asked what he
believed to be the greatest achieve
ment of his public career, he an
swered: "The annexation of Alaska.”
He added, however, “But the Ameri
can people will not grasp the value
of that acquisition for a third of a
century yet.” This shows that Sew
ard, the empire builder, was also a
prophet. Seward has been dead for
thirty-five years, and it is only in re
cent times that his countrymen have
appreciated the importance of Alaska
as a poksessjpn. Strong opposition
was offered In the house of represent
atives in 1867 to making the appro
priation oir 17,200,000, the price whi-;h
Seward paid Russia for the province,
one of the annexation's oppo
nents in that chamber: “All that
Alaska will ever be able to produce
will be polar bears and icebergs.” For
several years a nickname for the re
gion was “Seward's folly.” But time
has vindicated Seward. — Leslie’s
Weekly.
They were enjoying a quiet stroll
out under the star-strewn veil of even
ing, and he, bashful youth, eagerly
grasped a stray opportunity to keep
alive the languishing conversation.
‘Yes, Miss Georgians; that star over
there is the planet Jupiter, which
they say, js about 400 million miles
from the earth; and that bright-red
planet overhead is Mars, which just
now is only a little over 400 million
miles away. It’s a great question
among scientists whether or not there
are inhabitants on either of them.”
‘Well, George, said the fair listener,
in her thirst * for astronomical knbwl
edge drawing a little closes to her In
formant, “if there really are, it doesn’t
seem to me they’re near enough so
that they could sue us on' a dark even
ing like this, ev«a though they were
looking this gray.’’—Judge..
TO WASH A PLUME.
Takes a Little Time, but the Re
sults Are Satisfactory.
White plumes which have done duty
on old hats should undergo a certain
amount of renovation. One of the
best methods of cleaning them is to
place them first of all in a basinful of
soapsuds made with cold water in
stead of hot. anti in which they should
be left to steep for an hour or two.
They should than be removed,
plunged into boilins water and al
lowed to remain ia it for at least a
quarter of an hour. Each feather
should then be taken out, spread on a
cloth, and every particle of dirt which
may still cling to the froads removed
by rubbing these with a-soft piece of
silk dipped in soapsuds: They must
then be rinsed in several changes of
hot water and finally laid on a towel
across the knee, the fronds being then
dabbed gently with a towel made into
a bail, the object being to regain the
curved shape of the feather before it
is returned to the hat.
When almost dry the feathers should
lie well shaken until they appear per
fectly soft and fluffy, when they should
be immediately inclosed in tissue pa
per and placed in a cool oven or on
the plate rack of the stove, so as to
complete drying operations.
To curl the feathers no tool is more
effective than an ivory paper knife.
Each frond should be picked up sep
arately, and with a sharp but gentle
turn of the wrist given the requisite
curl, this being continued until the
plume has regained its original ap
pearance.
WHEN FLOWERS HAVE FADED.
Simple Method by Which They Can
Be Revived for a Time.
It always seems so distressing to
see beautiful cut flowers wither and
fade, and to revive flowers that are
not actually dead try this plan. Cut
a tiny piece from each stem and place
the stems in a large glass, or, even
better, jar of cold water; then sub
merge the jar in a bucket of cold wa
ter, allowing the entire bunch to be al
most covered. Put all in a dark
'place, cover with a newspaper to ex
clude the air; let them remain thus
over night; in the morning they will
be as fresh as new, even to the glist
ening “dew drops.”
Roses and carnations respond bet
ter than other flowers treated in this
manner, but so far there has not been
found auy way to freshen violets sat- ,
isfactorily.
It might not be amiss to add that
wilted green vegetables, such' as spin
ach. lettuce and celery, are to be
freshened by this same means, and
may be kept for days, changing the
water every morning, of course. How
ever, we all know that the fresher all
vegetables, the better they are.
Improvised Hat Hangers.
Being limited for closet room it
was a puzzle to know just where to
hang our hats, writes a correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune. My hus
band put a cleat 12 inches above the
top.row of hooks in the clcset; in this
strip of wood, with a three-quarter
inch auger, he bored boles sixteen
inches apart. Then from an old broom
handle he cut pegs six inches in
length which he drove firmly into the
cleat. When completed the wood was
stained and varnished to match the
woodwork of the closet. With this
arrangement the hats are out of the
way, kept in good condition, and are
not displaced when hanging up other
garments.
Spanish Omelet.
Chop finely as much boiled ham,
nsing fat and lean, as will fill a tea
cup, and add to this a tablespoonful
of minced onion and one-half of a
green chili pepper chopped fine. Cook
the ham, onion and pepper in a cup
of tomatoes for ten minutes. Beat six
eggs slightly, add salt to taste; fry in
a buttered pan until delicately
brown; place on an omelet dish gar
nished with parsley; fold in the mix
ture of ham, onions, pepper and to
matoes; serve while hot.
A Simple Luncheon.
The third luncheon had linen doi
lies on the table and a fern dish in
the center. The menu had a rather
simple first course:
Creamed oysters on rounds of toast,
potato croquettes, toasted muffins,
olives, spice cake and coffee.
The muffins were bought at a bak
ery, split open, toasted and buttered.
The spice cake was baked in one large
loaf and served fresh, but cold.—Har
per’s Bazaar.
Fish Balls.
Mix with one cup of hot mashed po
tatoes (unseasoned) a half cup of
shredded codfish, add to this one small
egg and a speck of pepper, beating
all till- light and creamy; shape, roll
in dried breadcrumbs, dip in beaten
egg, which has one teaspoonful of
milk added to it, then in crumbs
again; place in frying basket and fry
in deep, hot fat, just below the smok
ing point/till brown; drain on brawn
paper.
Coffee Cake.
One cup sugar, one cup cottolene or
butter, four eggs, one cup molasses,
one cup strong coffee (cold), one tea
spoon soda dissolved in a little boil
ing water, four cups flour (pastry),
one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half tea
spoon cloves, one-lialf teaspoon nut
meg, one cup well floured raisins. Mix
in the order named and bake about an
hour in a moderate oven. This rule
will make two fair-sized ioaves.
Cheese Dainty.
Cut circular pieces of bread with
a cake cutter, moisten them in melted
butter, then roll in chopped celery and
green peppers, then moisten again in
butter, and this time roll in grated
cheese, seasoned with pepper and salt.
The dish is then set In the oven and
baked a few moments. They are
served on beds of watercress 'with a
garnish of sliced tomatoes.
Dainty Sandwiches.
Remove seeds from four large,
green peppers, cut in pieces, mix with
one-half pound shelled pecans, and
run through meat grinder. Sait to
taste find blend with mayonnaise to a
paste. Butter slice of bread, dip let
tuce loaf in mayonnaise and place on
bread. Spread the other slice with
the paste and press together.
Washington Gossip
Interesting Bits of News Picked Up
Here and There at the National Capital.
I
CONSIDERABLE FLIRTING
IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
WASHINGTON. — The big public
“show” buildings of Washington
are the “flirtation clearing-house” of
America.
The capitol and the splendid library
of congress are the favorites, but oth
ers are only less popular. For many
years the problem has been a serious
one with custodians, watchmen and
policemen, and this spring it has been
worse than ever.
Young men and women of the high
school age, it is declared, make the
library of congress a regular head
quarters for the purpose of flirting.
There are young men and women of
maturer years who do much the same,
and, finally, all kinds of people make
the place a headquarters for meeting
by appointment, or without appoint
ment, as may be most desirable.
The other day a corporal and pri
vate of marines were ejected from the
building by officers and immediately
a tremendous protest was voiced by
the navy department.
“Another insult to the uniform,” it
was alleged, and the demand arose
from army and navy quarters as to
whether the uniform of the nation
must forever be thus subjected to in
sult, till it was to be ejected on sight
from public buildings. The secretary
of the navy set an inquiry on foot.
Then came the explanation that the
two marines had been especially of
fensive in their advances toward wom
en in the building, and that when their
cases came to be looked into ample
testimony against them would be ad
duced.
AN EXAMPLE OF SHORT
CUT TO INNER SOCIETY
IT’S really quite legitimate in Wash
ington, you know, where one official
ly, scarcely stays but more than one
consecutive minute—to take all sorts
of social short cuts. One may not wait
for the natural evolution of things.
Time flies. The other fellow’s turn is
close upon us. So its hustle, hustle,
and hump yourself while your stock is
at a premium.
The meteoric career of the Shonts
at the capital offered an interesting
example of the “off-again-on-again
gone-again-Finnigan” system. Very
charming people, indeed, with perma
nent wearing qualities were Mr. Theo
dore P. Shonts, former chairman of
the Panama canal commission, his
wife and two attractive young daugh
ters, Miss Theodora, sought in mar
riage by the Duke de Chaulnes, and
her sister, Miss Marguerite. The
Shonts girls have lovely clothe^ and a
cordial grace of manner with a south
ern flavor to it. Much of their life has
been spent at their father’s handsome
estate near Mobile, and on southern
waters in the paternal yacht Marga
dora. “Margadora” is a graceful tele
scoping Together of the names of the
two Misses Shonts.
A story runs that at- the outset of
her brief Washington career, Mrs.
Shonts, wife of the present president
of the Interborough-Metropolitan com
pany of New York, desiring to give a
large dining while comparatively a
stranger, was assisted in the making
out of her guest list by a friend who
was a veteran social expert here. A
certain venerable senator, who had
never met the host and hostess, vague
as to identities, was numbered in the
company. “I am fnost happy to know
you, Mr. Senator,” amiably proclaimed
the lady of the house. “You will find on
the table there the name of the lady
whom you are to escort to dinner.”
“Yes, thank you, madam,” said the
old gentleman, in no wise recognizing
his fair hostess, producing from his
pocket a small card contained in an
envelope, and proceeding to scrutinize
it through his glasses. "I already have
my happy fate right here. She seems
to be a party by the name of—er—let
me see—-by the name of Shonts, or
something of that sort.”
SMUGGLING IS POPULAR
AMONG RICH AMERICANS
£<117H have confidential information
*» that the manufacture of trunks
with false bottoms abroad is a thriv
ing industry just now,” said a treasury
department official the other day.
“These trunks are designed primarily
for rich Americans who are now trav
eling in Europe and who will secrete
diamonds, pieces of jewelry and other
valuables in secret trays, false bot
toms and other places where an in
spector would not be expected to look.
“These trunks are made very clever
ly and, although it is an old dodge, it
will be worked with some success this
year. They used to make these trunks
with false bottoms of such depth that
the deception was quickly discovered.
They do them much better now and
our Inspectors will have to keep a
sharp lookout to prevent fraud. Only
the most experienced inspectors who
have handled trunks for years can
gauge these false distances accurately
and had fraudulent trays and bot
toms.
“You would be surprised to know
how many of our captures of smuggled
goods are made. Our inspectors would
be unable to expose many of these
cheats but for information furnished
by disgruntled maid servants. Many
a fine woman returning to this coun
try with a lot of undeclared jewels
and other valuables has been discom
fited by a word judiciously dropped by
her maid. It is not always the wisest
thing for a wealthy woman to dis
charge her maid too soon after return
ing from a purchasing expedition
abroad. More than one Fifth avenue
woman is wondering to-day how the
government got the tip that she was
bringing a diamond necklace without
the formality of declaring it.
“Modest clerks in high-priced jew
elry stores in Paris earn a good deal
of money on the side by keeping
United States government officers ad
vised of the purchases of expensive
jewelry by traveling Americans. When
the Americans return home their
statements are carefully scanned to
see if all their purchases are included.
Many seizures are made in this way.
The clerk is always rewarded by a
percentage of the extra penalty im
posed and in the same way maids and
other servants who furnish informa
tion are paid.”
About 17,000,000 or 18,000,000 white
ants have decided to raze the
Smithsonian Institution, and the pre
liminary work has begun.
Woodwork is disappearing, the floor
ing is falling away in places, and what
the ants have done to the parts of the
building which are hidden from open
view can only be guessed, until neces
sity shall require an overhauling of
the whole building.
Where the white ants came from
nobody can tell. They cannot be killed
by any means except fire or a liberal
use of kerosene. They increase more
rapidly than any other known species
of ant, and that is at a rate almost be
yond computation. They are hideous
to look at, being soft, unlike the North
American ant, and bristling with a
slight fuzz.
They are armed with little sawlike
mandibles, which can make their way
through the hardest wood in an incred
ibly short time. And their appetite is
appalling.'
Whole window sashes were turned
from solid wood to sawdust under the
industry of their sawbills. The floor
ing was eaten away from the walls for
the space of three or four inches, and
the cases in which rare specimens of
butterflies and birds were kept were
chewed to fine powder.
Now there is positive danger to the
institution in their annual appear
ance, as the building is drawn on so
heavily to feed them that the wood
work has become weakened.
' If something be not speedily done
to exterminate the white ants the
building itself will be exterminated.
ANTS THREATEN TO EAT
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
The Smithsonian institution is one
of the nation’s greatest ornaments. It
was presented through a fund by the
late James Smithson, a son of the
duke of Northumberland, and the leg
acy, brought to this country in gold
sovereigns in 1838, yielded as a build
ing fund more than 5500,000.
The building is used to house speci
mens of natural history.
Whale Leather.
The Newfoundland fishermen, ac
cording to a consular report, have been
attempting to make whale leather a
commercial product, and are said to
be meeting with some success. The
average whale hide covers a surface
of about 1,500 square feet. A square
foot of the hide weighs from two to
five ounces and is priced as high as
50 cents. The leather is unusually
tough, and is said to have great wear
ing qualities, and may therefore be
adapted to the covering of furniture,
buggy tops and seats, and also auto
mobile uses. It is also said that it can
be used for boots and shoes. Leather
made from the intestines of the whale
resembles kid, and is thin and tough.
It will take color readily, and is to be
offered to glove manufacturers for
making the long sleeved gloves now
worn by women.
In Chicago.
Mrs. Dearborn—How long has she
been married?
Mrs. Wabash—Four years.
"And she doesn’t seem to be tired
of her husband yet!
“No, she’s only had this one three
days!”—Yonkers Statesman.
The international yacht races at
Kiel to begin about the fifteenth of Au
gust will be much in the public eye
of America owing to the fact that
this country is sending three crack
boats to contest for the emperor's
cup. The three boats are the Chewink
VIII., Spokane I. and the Marblehead.
Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, the designer
of the Marblehead, and who is a clever
skipper, raced a boat of his design
called the Uncle Sam, some years ago
at Kiel, and knows what the condi
tions there are like, and he designed
the Marblehead with a view to meet
ing them. She may surprise some of
those who think that she will not
prove so fast as the other boats, but
the general opinion inclines to the
Spokane and Chewink if the condi
tions are what are expected in August
at Kiel.
The first race will be on August 15,
and the conditions will be practically
the same as those which governed
the Roosevelt cup races on this side
last year. The first race will be
eagerly awaited, as this will tell the
story in a measure as to what the
outcome will be.
Mr. Otio Protzen is regarded as the
most dangerous rival skipper, and his
new boat is said to be going very fast,
especially in breezes. He sailed the
Wannsee on this side in the Roosevelt
cup races, and saved the Germans
from a complete shut-out by winning
one of the series.
The Germans have made great pre
parations to meet the American boats,
and will be represented at the start
ing line by the pick of 30 boats, 17 of
which are new craft designed very
much along American lines, and which
are far more radical than either the
Wannsee, the Tilly VI. or the Gluckauf
IV., which sailed here last year.
It is believed that the Germans will
make the American boats hustle as
they will be fighting it out in their
home waters and under different con
ditions from those met at Marble
head, but the three boats which go
across will be handled as well as
any three boats which could be picked,
for it would be hard to get three bet
ter skippers than Frank Macomber,
Jr., of the Chew'ink, J. Lewis Stack
pole of the Spokane and Sumner H.
Foster of the Marblehead. They will
have good crews. On the Spokane
will be two experienced boat sailors,
who raced with Mr. Stackpole, while
on the Chewink will be Benjamin C.
Tower, a relative of the German am
bassador, Charlemagne Tower, and
Matthew Boles, who sailed with Mr.
Macomber on the Chewink VI. and
other boats. Sumner Foster will have
along with him his brother, Haverly
Foster, a Harvard athlete, and Thomas
Claflin, another Harvard man who has
had plenty of experience in small boat
racing. Mr. Benjamin C. Tower, who
goes on the Chewink, owned and raced
the Corinthian in the trials, but failed
to land a place. He is a clever skip
per and will be a valuable assistant
to Mr. Macomber.
There is tremendous interest in Ger
many over the coming international
match, for the sonder klasse is the
special pride of the German emperor.
who has offered the cup for the races,
while the king of Spain is not only
interested in the class, but owns and
sails one of these little racing boats.
It is expected that a number of
! yachtsmen will go from this side with
the owners and crews, and it is ex
pected that Vice Commodore F. Lewis
Clark^ of the Eastern Yacht club,
owner of the Spokane, will send the
Emerald, his fine auxiliary schooner,
across and use her during the races.
A big fleet of American steam
yachts cruising in foreign waters will
assemble for the racing.
The Spanish yacht clubs will also
give the Americans a royal reception.
The races in Spain will not take place
until September, so that the Ameri
cans will have quite a stay abroad.
Study of the German courses, tides
and weather will form a very serious
part of the preparatory work of the
American crews at Kiel. The condi
tions differ materially from those in
which the boats have hitherto sailed,
off Marblehead. There will be no
windward and leeward courses, as
here. This is due, in part, to diffi
culty in getting sea room in which to
lay out such a course.
The starting line is across an estu
trry, or arm of the sea, in Kiel harbor,
•which has a width from shore to shore
of about a mile and a width of prac
ticable channel of about half a mile.
The boats are started on a straight
line to a mark boat anchored in mid
channel, northeast three-fourths of a
mile. On turning that they begin sail
ing a triangle.
The course is sailed twice around,
the full distance being 11.5 nautical
miles. The direction in which the
boats are sent around depends on the
direction of the wind.
On two sides the course parallels
the 10-meter depth line of the chan
nel. An onshore breeze in this depth
of water results in a strong chop,
which in high winds is very trying.
According to reports from the govern
ment observatory at Kiel the wind
averages above 20 knots an hour there
j throughout August.
The German method of starting
their races is somewhat different from
the American. The starting line is
determined by ranges on the shore,
and a starting steamer is anchored
on. this line, at one side of the channel,
and a flag boat at the other. On the
steamer’s mast are three large black
boards, or fields, and two white
boards, past which a red starting ball
slides.
A preparatory gun is fired at 12
o’clock, and the red ball is hoisted to
the lowest black field. At one-minute
intervals it is hoisted one field higher.
At the expiration of five minutes it
is at the masthead. A gun is then
fired. This is the signal for the start.
The rules provide that when the re
sult of the races has been determined
the committee may recall the other .
boats and declare the race finished. ,A.
The dates, rules, etc., for the Span
ish match have not yet been arranged.
It is possible that part of the races
may be sailed at the watering place
of San Sebastian and part at the
commercial port of Bilbao.
| NEAT LITTLE BUNK& GAME.
Hobo Lost His Wager, but His Thirst
Was Quenched.
“Getting a drink for nothing is the
fine art of Hoboken,” said a mixer of
spirituous fluids.
“Why Hoboken?”
“Why, that's where all the Hoboes
come from."
Then he said that a thirsty man
came into his place one day just as
a more prosperous person was about
to take a drink. The newcomer eyed
the glass thoughtfully, and then said:
“I’ll bet 1 could drink ten glasses
of that full to the brim without stop
ping.”
The prosperous man was interested.
■Til bet you a dollar you can’t,”
he said.
‘I’ve only got two cents."
“I’ll take you.”
The prosperous patron ordered the
ten drinks. The newcomer put up his
two cents and tossed a couple off.
Then he drank about half of the third
net it down and said:
“You win, old man; I’ve got
enough.”
And as the thirsty unfortunate left
the prosperous patron swelled with
pride and exclaimed:
‘I knew he couldn’t do it!”
Wholesale Poisoning Order.
In the fourteenth century the profes
sional poisoner’s favorite agent was
arsenic, and this was known to the
crowned heads. Charles de Mauvis,
king of Navarre, in that century, com
missioned a certain Woudreton to go
to Paris and kill with arsenic Charles
VI., the duke of Valois, brother of the
king, and his uncles, the dukes of
Berry, Burgundy and Bour bon. Woud
reton was detected and executed in
1384.
Persistence.
St. Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R. A.,
was intended for the law and his par
ents so disliked the idea of his study
ing art that Be was obliged to rise
very early in the morning in order to
paint. ThU had some good effect, for
he formed a habit of early rising Jp
and is often at work before most peo
ple are out of bed. At :14 the great
artist painted a picture of his sister,
and at 16 an excellent one of himself
