English 'Persons of Title
Who MarOe Gone info Trade.
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No ono ItnowH Jist !iov mnny titled
British woinon will buy their corona
tion robes and coronets with tho money
tlioy mnko out of Hhopkoeplng, but It
1b ii fnct that tho number of peeresses
in trade In increasing no stendlly und
rapidly that beforo long tho ladyship
who isn't lutorcfltod In tho Inside ot u
counter will bo only the exception that
proves tho rule, nnd wo ahull bo hear
ing of tho Countesses' Protective Trade
Union, or something ot tho nort.
Tho latest member of tho aristocracy
to go into business stands closer to tho
throuo than any of her titled predeces
sors in trade, If it hadn't been for a
remarkable romances of which more
hereafter she would have been a
royal highness; as It is she Is simply
Mrs. George Fltzgoorgo. nut romance
or no romance, her husband is second
cousin to tho king by blood, for loth
of them are great-grandson or Georgo
III., whom primarily England has to
thank for tho loss of the American col
onics. Mrs. Fltzgoorgo rather startled her
fashionable and exclusive section of
Boclcty when sho sent out cards like
this;
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Thoy were oven inoro startled to find
that tho hnuso mentioned on fashion
ablo Brooke street perhaps tho very
place whoro Mrs. Domboy took shelter
,wita uor titled relative after she tied
from old Domboy was given over to
tho paraphernalia of complcxlon-mnk-
Ing and tho latest appliances for di
minishing double chins, tilling In hol
low cheeks and eradicating wrinkles.
It would appear that this rclntlvc of
royalty hail found the fountain of per
petual youth for which old Ponco do
Leon was looking when ho discovered
Florida.
After a good many vain efforts an in
terview with tho distinguished propri
etress ot tho establishment was finally
achieved. Tho Jioueo bears no outward
and visible sign of being given over to
trndo. Tho waiting room on tho ground
Uoor Is Impressive with tapestry hang
ings and lino antlquo furniture. Liv
eried servants guide you thence at the
appointed tlmo through a scries of
staircases and corridors, to Madamc's
reception room, where gas tubes and
bottles and faco masks and other tools
of trade nro In evidence.
Mrs. Fltzgoorgo Is a gracious, hnnd
snmo personage, who talks business
without affectation, and strikes ono as
a thoroughly cosmopolitan woman of
tho world, rather than ono of tho stiff
conventional typo so ofton encounter
ed In English society. Sho said that
somo horrid things had been cabled
nbout her to tho United States, and at
first sho was not Inclined to talk much
ot her business departure; but on sec
ond thought it appeared to her that
tho various millionaire readers of this
nrtlclo might bo attracted thereby, and
business bo thus promoted. So mil
lionaire readers will kindly note It
might not bo worth while for any oth
er to apply, for I Judge that complex
ions nro not made over for nothing in
the house of FItzgeorgo.
Tno Interview was brisk and singu
larly frank. "I went Into tills busi
ness," said Mrs. FItzgeorgo, "not as a
faddist nor from humanitarian motives
but simply and solely to mako money.
In consequence ot my husband's falling
health my income became reduced, and
I looked for somo means to supplement
It. To put tho matter concisely, we
were, hard up. and as wo havo threo
children to support and educate I could
not sncrlftco them or myself for tho
sake of social conventionality.
"Those who know mo In my affluence
havo not deserted mo In my adversity
and in tlto short tlmo 1 havo beon
engaged In this business I have enjoyed
tho pntronago of somo of tho best so
ciety ladies in Ixmdon. Lord London
derry obtain n ;Iargo part ot his Income
from coal; tho Duke of Fife, tho king's
son-in-law, does the same from direc
torship of public companies. Why,
tiioii.- should I be precluded from earn
ing a living In a capacity quite as hon
orable ns either?
"During the three weeks I havo been
engaged fu business I have had as
many as sixty clients, and they nr6 all
delighted with tho treatment Tho
coronation Is going to help mo much.
I must not go into elaborate details,
but I can say that the process Is abso
lutely nnil-cosmctic. I use a lotion
which Improves tho skin, not tempor
arily, but permanently."
"You expect to make a big thing out
of your discovery?"
"I am very sanguine. Indeed, I may
tell you that 1 have already a large
number of applications from pupils who
desiro to learn my process. Of course,
I am preparing to mnko arrangements
to that end, but tho business Is so now
nnd the success so rapid and complete
that I have not had time to look
around mo sufficiently."
"Did Col. FItzgeorgo acquiesce In
your going Into this business?"
"Yes; wo preferred to work and bo
independent, rather than to be an in
cumbrance on any ono."
Mrs. FItzgeorgo has a namn that Is
uncommonly Interesting. Her husband,
Col. FItzgeorgo, Is a son of His Royal
Highness the Duko of Cambridge, own
cousin of tho into Queen Victoria, nnd
tho only man living who ever called,
that venerable monarch "VIck," as sho
once mournfully observed, not long be
fore her death. Tho duko was born n
month or two earlier than the queen,
but his father, tho first Duko of Cam
bridge, was a younger son of George
III. than her father, tho Duke of Kent;
otherwise tho blurt old duko would
havo been king of England. Ho was
rather expected to como to tho throne
any way, for Victoria was a delicate
child, and this cousin of hers was next
in line. 13y a similar twist ot luck,
also, tho duke only Just escaped being
king of Hanover. Rut tho duko hlm
fcclf put tho crowning touch on his
story of What Might Havo Been by
throwing away all royal favor, reject
ing all tho right royal princesses ho
might havo wedded, and breaking tho
stem law of royal blood to marry an
actress named Miss Farobrother, who
was noted neither for power or beauty.
Half the crowned heads of Europe tried
to persuado him to throw her over. Ho
could not glvo her his namo or title,
nnd he had to Invent a namo, FItz
georgo, for their children. But ho stuck
to her through thick and thin up to
tho day of her death. Queon Victoria
forgave him In tlmo nnd had him mado
commandor-in-chief of tho British ar
my, a position ho held till tho British
public demanded fresher blood for tho
placo, and Viscount Wolstloy was put
In power. Tho duko will begin his 84th
yenr next month, and is now almost
helpless physically, but his mind is as
bright as a dollar, and he is still ablo
to Bwcar moro vividly, picturesquely,
vigorously and forcibly than any other
man on record in tho British empire
It is a matter ot common knowledge
that tho signs on something llko half
a dozen of the millinery and drapory
shops on fashionable Hand street hldo
under assumed uunies the financial In
terests of as many peeresses or daugh
ters of titled families. Ono of them,
tho dashing Countess of Warwick,
came out boldly, as is her wont, nnd
put "Countess of Warwick" In big lot-
tors over her shop front, nnd used to
mnko a practlco of being on tho prem
ises as much ns possible.
Tho shop was started for tho sake of
tho fancy work done by the girls of the
village of Easton. Finding new occu
pations for women is a pet pursuit of
Lady Warwick's, and two or three
years ago sho had the Ingenious Idea
of having English girls taught the art
ot embroidery as It Is practised In
France. Tho girls produced such lino
work, and tho demand for It grow so
rapidly, that It was soon necessary to
open London headquarters, where or
ders could be taken.
Perhaps tho most marked manifesta
tion of Lady Warwick's real business
capacity was her level-headed adjust
ment reorganization of her husband's
business affairs, it was entirely owing
to her suggestion und largely by her
aid, thnt her husband, tho Karl ot
Warwick, turned himself Into a limited
liability company, under tho name of
"Tho Warwick Estates, Limited," an
action which has proved to have beon
exceedingly well advised. Tho brilliant
countess, who is one of tho most beau
tiful women In England. Is Interested
in hnlf a dozen other schemes, somo
of them philanthropic, and some of
them Intended to contrlbuto funds to
her own pocket. Sho also writes maga
zine articles, and accepts tho checks
with charming grace.
Lady Rachel Dyng, daughter of tho
Earl of Strafford, Is another member of
Mi& Daphne Fitz Geosgets
tho British aristocracy who has tho
courngo of her convictions and puts her
namo on her shop front without false
modesty. You can see It at 17 Hancver
streot, In tho midst of tho fashlonablo
shopping quarter: "Rachel Byng,
Modlsto and Embroiderer." Sho attends
to business In person and .makes a
comfortable lncomo out of It.
Peers in tnulo nro so plentiful now
thnt thoy attract llttlo attention. Tim
Enrl ot Roschery, onco premier of Eng
land, and llkoly to bo again, sells milk;
tho Marquis of Londonderry, postmas
ter gonoral, has his coronet and title on
his coal carts, and Lord Harrington
owns a fruit stand in tho yard ot
Charing CroHs railway station. Lord
Rosslyn lias beon in about every kind
of business and so has Viscount Mount
morrcs, who now earns a living as a
newspaper reporter. Lord Iveagh and
Lord Burton nro tho greatest browora
In tho kingdom and so on through tho
list. Even tho present premier used
to earn a precarious living as a news
paper writer.
Paper twine stockings at throe cents
I a pair aro tho latest thing in hosiery.
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TAJiES FOR THE CHILDREN
Short Stories Meant To Be oV Interest to
Our Junior Readers.
Phillip llrookt and tho I,oit Child.
It was nine years ago tho 23d of Jan
uary since Phillips Brooks died, and
yet to many it seems but yesterday.
This nnccdoto of tho kind bishop,
whoso love for children was but ono
of his many beautiful traits of char
nctcr, was told in vorso by Margaret
Bangster in Harper's Bazar:
A poor llttlo pale-faced baby,
Lout nnd hungry und cold,
With tho chill wind pinching her tear
wet cheeks
And ruffling her bright hair's gold.
For Just when the busy people.
Were hurrying here and yon.
fluylng their gifts for tho Christmas
tree,
Her mother wan suddenly gone.
Sho did not cry, poor midget,
Hut lifted pitiful eyes
At tho crowds of careless strangers,
At tho gray Indifferent skies.
Jostled nnd pushed nnd frightened,
A tiny wnlf of the street,
With the wintry darkness falling,
And the snow-flakes gathering licet.
Sho was Been by n great kind giant;
With swinging strldo ho came.
Even then tho nngcls In heaven
Wroto Bnlnt beforo his namo. "
From tho height of his splendid staturo
Ho stooped to tho llttlo maid,
Lifted her up In tender arms,
And bado her not be afraid,
Agnlnst his broad breast nestled,
She clung llko a noft spring flower
That a broezo had caught und' carried
To u stroui; and sheltering tower.
In Ids thick warm clonk ho wrapped her,
Tho llttlo shivering child.
"I'll And your mother, baby,"
Tho Illshop said, and smiled.
That smile like a flash of tho sunrise
Tls but n memory dim,
For the years uro hasting onward,
And wo arv mourning him.
Tho cold white snows nro drifting
When to-dny ho lies nsleep,
After his life's long warfare
Tho isoluler's rest Is deep.
I3ut of dear things said nbout hltn,
Of victories that ho won,
No sweeter tale Is told than this,
Of his grace to a little ono.
JWIioro I'mrl Arc Fonnd.
Old geographies mako the Persian
Gulf tho sent of the pearl Industry, but
now mnny beautiful pearls aro found
In different pnrtB of America. In tho
Mississippi river and Ita tributaries in
Minnesota nnd Wisconsin quite a num
ber of people are engaged In fishing
for tho mussels In which tho pearls
nro found. It Is 'said that ono pearl
is found in every ten mussels Ihihcd
from the water. The fisherman docs
not worry nbout this. Ho keeps tho
shells and takes them to the button
factory, whero there la always a de
mand, for, as you know, boys and
girls use up a good mnny buttons In
tho course of a year nnd no ono knows
What becomes of them. A lloatlng
button factory, built on a boat, travels
up nnd down the Mississippi. It
stops nt a placo long enough to uso
up all the shells and then goes on
whoro there Is another mussel bed or
whero the fishermen accumulate a
heap. Some of the pearls are very
valuable and havo been sold for as
large a price ns f&O.OOO.
Tho Holly in R UnrniiiMer.
The body gives many indications of
approaching rain. Rheumatic Joints
ulways begin to ache when rain is
coming on. Tills Is duo to tho damp
ness of tho air. Those who curl tho
hair can Invariably , predict wet
weather by the fact that the hair gets
out of curl.
East wind has a peculiar effect on
tho temper. If you aro of an Irritable
disposition, wheuovcr you feel particu
larly exasperated with everything and
everybody, ten chnnces to ono tho
wind is in tho east. Or you can infal
libly spot nn east wind by your neu
ralgic pains if you bo an unfortunate
sufferer.
On tho other hand, if you aro of the
nervous temperament, you can foretell
twenty-four hours In advance of a
storm from tho south or southwest,
with its muggy weather. Even when
the sky is bluo nnd tho sun bright ner
vous pcoplo feel tho approach of a
southwestern gale. This is very ro
markablo, for tho storm may bo 1,000
mllca away.
Mnklnc Mnnoy
Everybody recognizes tho fact that a
boy should early glvo his attention to
somo kind ot monoy-mnklng so as to
glvo him a feeling ot responsibility.
Nothing can moro teat tho boy's ener
gies and abilities than poultry raising.
It calls for tho exercise of both mental
and physlcnl powers. It Is not routlno
Work. Then, too, It Is a profitable em
ployment, requiring no great outlay of
money. It does not requlro Into hours,
nor does it tend to bad company. It
Is a safo recreation and often dovolops
from recreation Into a business, snys
tho American Boy. It offers something
definite as an object to work for. Tho
boy soon comes to havo a desiro to
excel to got tho best results. Ho
wants to produce hotter birds and moro
eggs than his competitors. Ho finds
that Nature is errntlo in her moods,
nnd It is no easy matter for him to
learn hor secrets. Defeat that often
comes arouses his fighting blood and
makes him determined to succeed, with
every faculty awnke. It Is outdoor
work, and for a boy who Is inclined too
much to sit und drono over a book tho
work Is benoflclnl. It fosters a lovo for
animals, and contains f unpleasant
features.
Anecdote of Armour.
Phillip D. Armour, millionaire and
philanthropist, continually warntd
young men against getting Into debt.
Ho loved freo men nnd despised slaves.
When asked If ho admired n wtrtaln
brilliant orator he said: "Ho mny havo
n superb voice and fine preaenco, but
can't you hear tho rattlo of his chain?
Thnt man is not free; he is undor
moral obligations that demoralize hlra.
Ho is not speaking tho deepest thing in
his soul, nnd I haven't time to henr any
slavo talk. I want a man to bo Just as
freo as I nm."
On nuothcr occnslon he said: "Don't
get Into debt I mean moral debt. It
is bad enough to got into debt finan
cially. There goes a young man who
is mortgaged. That young man Is leg
ging It along with a debt, and it will
take twice ns much power to got him
along as tho man without n debt. Thero
arc other debts and obligations that
aro embarrassing in their entangle
ments. Don't get Into debt morally,
my boy; don't get into dobt so that
you may not cxerclso your freedom to
ita limits."
The Hoy anil the Man.
Ono of tho things with much mean
ing which is pointed out with regard
to boys is that they aro Influenced a
great deal by tho way the city in which
they live is governed. If tho govern
ment is corrupt, the boys mako that
their standard of living. When what
Is known ns tho Lcxow committee
looked into tho polico system of New
York and found how criminals could
go on committing crimes nnd bo let
nlono by paying tho polico officials for
tho privilege, tho regamufllns nil over
tho city Invented a game they cnllcd
"Protection," In which part of them
played criminals and the others played
policemen, and all tho players got tho
idea thnt the law was a humbug and
that tho right thing nnd tho smart
thing to do in this world is to get
money no matter how.
The sum of It all Is that a boy Is n
man growing up; that ho wants to
learn about men nnd do things as men
do them, and tho kind of man ho turns
out to be will depend on what kind of
grown people he has to help him learn.
The Whistler or tlio Alp.
Ono of the natives ot tho Alps, Pyre
nees, and other mountains of Europo
Is nn animal about two feet long, call
ed tho marmot. Thoy live for choice
In tho snowy region nnd prefer cliffs
and precipices where they cannot
easily be reached. They seem to post
sentinels, whose duty It Is to warn
tho rest of danger. At the watchers'
signal, which is a shrill, piercing
whistle, tho creatures at onco bolt for
their holes In tho rock, hiding for
hours until nil causo for alarm has
gone. Even then thoy come no further
thau tho entrance of their crannies,
whero thoy stand stock still for a
while, to mako Biiro thaUoverythlng
is right. '
No it Gnme.
Awakened Ghosts is a fine came foi
boys nnd girls. Wrlto tho names ol
Napoleon, Washington, Grant, Danloj
Boone, Paul Pry, Paul Jones, Captain
Kldd, Rogor Williams, Molly Pitcher
and other famous characters on slip
of paper. Each child drn v one from
n hat. Then all pretend to go to sleep
nnd at tho tap of a bell awaken and
act tho part given them. If anyone
forgets himself ho must pay a lino. Al
last tho bell taps and tho Judges decide
which has been tho be3t ghost. It is
great fun when two enemies, say Na
poleon and Wellington, get together
nnd nro obliged to argue out their part
Simple anil Amuilnj; Game
A small feather with a vory little
stem must be produced to play tha
feather game; also a tablecloth or
small sheet. Tho feather is placed
upon this, and the company stands in
a circle, holding tho sheet.
Somo ono gives tho feather a blow,
and tho object of tho game Is to pre
vent it from touching any one.
Each ono gives tho feather a puff
whenever it comes near him, nnd over
It goes to tho other sido again. Tho
excitement produced is very great, and
it is always a most amusing spectacle,
tho onlookers enjoying it almost as
much as tho players' thomsolves.
About Scotch rrople.
School children In Paoln, Kan., corrc
spond with children in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Some of tho letters aro quite
newsy. For example, ono Scotch boj
Is very indignant at tho mistaken ideas
wltlch nro held of his people. He
says: "Many peoplo, even in England,
think that our malo sex dress In kilts,
but they aro qulto wrong, for there U
hardly a man in Edinburgh or any
where In tho mlddlo or south of Scot
land who wears kilts. It alBo It
thought that tho language of Jthe
Scotch Is bad English, but it Is quite
tho reverse, for tho English is bad,
broken Scotch." v
Don't Mind neat or Colli.
Tho native camels of Siberia nro i
source of constant wonder to travelers.
On tho Mongolian plateau, .pr instance,
the thormomotor ofton registers a tem
perature of 40 degrees below zero, bu
the camels do not mind it at all, walk
lng about as blithely as if tho weather
were as balmy as spring. On the othoi
hand, tho tomporature on tho Gold
Desert in summer Is sometimes 140 do.
grecs above zero, and tho beasts mind
that heat Just as llttlo as thoy do the
extreme- cold.
Bacbe of Roup.
Travelers In oastorn Siberia carry
soups In sacks. They are frozon solid
as stone, and keep indefinitely. Milk
also 1 frozen and sold by the pound,
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