v i'W 3ton Issues Cards for Mother's edding. ito. n' x "z sfc:UMraiMMP ws " fe - vw& "v" Brjyj Home and Fashions General Matters of Interest Only to Our Feminine Readers. TTOdrtL GBOTILTH "Mr. Thomas II tIro-stiilth rpqu'--'?' Iho honor of Mr - & presence at Jho marriage of Ills mother, Mario 'jOuIbo, to Mr. Cyius Mettler, on the evening of Thursday, the third day .it April, at lialf-p.iL t Islit o clock, 'it No. 1C7 Summit avenue, lersey City Heights." TIUb Invitation, sent to many per sons in Jersey City, N .1 . and New Yoik, canard aniprlio, because the son of tho biide-to-be Issued tliPin. Thlj la In accordance with a piomlse made when Mrs. Orosamlth's first husband was on IiIh death bod She agreed that ETTY GREEN'S HUSBAND IS DEAD. Onlj Known in fpmno of tho Itldifftt Womun In the Worlil. Edvvnrd H Green, husband of Mrs. Hetty Green, died at his homo at Uel- in tho event of her marriage a sec ond lime she would allow her son to make the announcement. Mm Gio.-u.mlth Is well known In Jer sey City soilety. She In wealthy and still londucts the huge oe farma es tablished by her llrst husband in Krance The roes are raised for the inanuf.uturo of attar of iohcs. and tho perfume U thlppod to Now York, where Mrs. Grossmlth conducts a suc cessful business. Tho wedding will certainly be one of the largest as well as the most InterestltiK over seen In Jersey City. 1IH On Colore White makes a woman look big, In nocent, winsome and classic. Clear whlto la for the blonde; etcnm white for the brunette. It U not the womnn in white who has all the attention, and tho wide-eyed tiung thhiB I" white, with a blue iluboti, who captures all tho beaux. "It added to thy charms, Andromeda, when, clothed In white, thou didst traoisu tho Klo of Scrl phos." "Illack suits Hie fair," Ovid tells us. It became llrlsols; she was dressed In Iilnck when she was curled off. It Is the thinnest color n stout woman can wear; Indeed, the woman who wears black to best advantage lx she- who Is ntout and has black eyes and hair. It Is an echo from I'.uls that In gowns of certain colors llesh seems to shrink. In otheis to expand. A subdued shado of blue, heliotrope, ami olive gteen. with black, of course, are the colors under which llesh seems least osten tatious, while wedcowood blue, pale cray. and almost any shado of rod are to bo avoided Mauve and tho higher shades of green are the two colors that In decoration about the throat and shoulders aro especially helpful In di minishing the effect or the llesh. rrnttT iik WiiHt. A work of art In hllk waist- Is the color of tho linen batistes so much aeon and is (omblncd with whlto and cream Insertions, black baby ribbon mid silk embioldery In a deep cream color. It has a round yoke made or alternating bands of cream laco and white embroidery. Between these bunds are rows of black baby ribbon. From yoke to waist aro llat plaits and on each plait at intervals of one and a half Inches aro triangles of embroid ery of the deep ei cam-colored thread. Tho buck of this waist has three grad uated box plaits teaching from shoul- and nliovc which aro tows of black baby around the aim. added several ribbon golmj llrrmj- Morning down, Morning gown of Ivory whlto nun", veiling, with titled back and half looa I HALLO WAY'S SECRET J Dy Elliott Walker. J t (('upyrlnht trOJ, t) Dull) Story I'ul.mtiliiC Co V ntA fllm .ix.r&l IllilllUnr-i ' i 11 lows FalU, Vt.. recently. Ho had boon confined to his bed for several months with a complication of kid ney dUeasos, and for a wcok before ills death hnd failed rapidly. For two daya ho had lain In a stupor and was unconscious to tho end. Mr. Green was born Fob. 6, 1821, In Bol lows Falls. When a young man ho was a mombor of tho firm of Dean & Co., Boston. Tho company failed, and Mr. Green wont to London, and later to Manila. P. I., whore ho remained seventeen yoars, first as an employe and later as a partner In the firm of Russoll Sturgls & Co. In 1867 ho mar ried Hetty Howland Robinson. Two children were born to them In Lon- don E. H. R. Green, now president of tho Texas Midland railroad, and Sylvia A. H. Green. Mr. Qroon returned to this country In 1875 and for a time was president of the Loulivlllo & Nashville railroad. Nut So Hail a riaru. A noted crook who recently HnlshcJ n onntnnrn In tho DHBOn at MOUDflS vlll.i U' Vn tnlrt n friend a few nightB ago that he need not dread be ing sent theie for a few years. "Why not?" inquired his friend. "Because it's not so much llko a prison as most of the pens are," was tho response. "To start with, the pris on lockstep has boon abandoned, and the men now go to tholr meals and workshops In tiles of four, and lt'3 just llko marching In flies of four of any other procossion." "And is that what mnkes you think It's easy?" his friend Interrupted. "Of course not," said the man who tocently released. "To tell tho truth, It's less like a prlBon thun any peni tentiary I know of. You have yotrr task and all over that la extra and you can blow your money as you please." He explained that the prisoners aro permitted to buy porterhouse steaks, chickens, smoking material and what ever they may deshe In the line ot .confectionery. "Then," concluded the ex-convici friend, according to the Washington Star, "tho prison Is not as bad as It'a painted." Penitential I'llUr. A superstitious man, Umataro Nn imi llvltie at Akasaka-Ku, In Japan, lately built a stone pillar about twelve feet high and six feet wide, costing 1,000 yen, In the preralsos of the Shounjl temple, at Toklo, In memory of the rats which were recently hunted and destroyed wholesalo throughout tho city In older to prevent the spread ing of the pest He was said to have been disturbed at night by horrlblo nightmares, In which he was chased and tortured by thousands of these rodents. He attributed theso night mares to tho spirits of tho rats. Henco the penitential pillar. Work or Electrlo I'lowr. At tho electric congress Just held in Moscow an electric motor plow was exhibited which turned a furrow 12 Inches deep, wMMfiftX i If fronts, the latter bordered with a group of tucks and edged with black velvet. Through theso passes a black velvet girdle fastened with an old sil ver buckle over tho plaited fiont or the nun's veiling, or tafieta TWs ftont is ctossed at tho top, leav ing a slightly low neck. Tho wldo shoulder collar Is or yellow cluny gui pure, bands or which finish tho Mowing sleeves and the bottom of tho skirt. Lo Costume Klegant. dcr to waist and tho sleeves aro made with a full flare Just below tho elbow, which Is drawn Into a cuff nt tho wrist. The latter Is covered with Insertion and above It Is a series of alternating cream and white insertion between Trun I.uiurj. True luxury to the mind of the aver age woman consists in not thinking about clothes at all; In being caught out In the rain without having to glvo a thought to one's apparel; In being able to ilng a doorbell without consid ering whether tho brass will leave n mark on one's glove and so render Its time of userulness a trifle shorter. It's not the average woman who Baves her gowns until they're hopelessly out of date and then cuts them down for her daughters; It's the exceptional member of her box who economizes In this fool ish fashion. . Keep VloUt rrh. It Is worth remembering that a cor sage hunch of violets may be worn sev eral times If a llttlo thin cotton bat ting which has been dipped In salt water is wrapped around tho stem each tlmo before the tin foil Is wound about It. When not In UBe take off tho foil and batting and put tho stems In a glass of water which Is Bllghtly Baited. The bunch should bo kept In a cool room, with tissue paper twisted over to exclude tho ulr. LOUIS XIV. HABIT COAT. House Once Occupied by Stephen A. Douglas. I "I ' I I I I I HI -W On Thirty-fifth street, Chicago at lUio rear of Douglas Monument P.rk. 'stands a small frame house that a tracts no attention oxcept that It LIZ rather out of place among ; ho iflne residences and large l'a' buildings. Few people except the very old timers aro aware that tnU unpretentious cottago was once tno homo of the great Stephen A. Doug, las and occupied by him In his palnii lest days. Gossip tolls us that Abra ham Lincoln had Hlept there, and the great men of that day had been guest under Its lowly roof. At any rate, t is one of tho few historic places still remaining of which Chicago ca boa.sU xtFi " m mH fMmMssSm I Sim f1 inii m i i'fpTftfTifMnfMlfTYHk A. ft n it IK (I wVII IMot wSwunllFCffpJUm BfflffFMrZXWW xsHlrr F lCH Bulk Mr iMr" Jf 1 etKvWViy- m .1 irk was abstracted that evening. lOven tho flinging hand on IiIk arm and the soft olee of Isabel, as she rippled out the events of her day, failed to i huso him. It was only a shoit dis tance to the theater and they walked. It would be over by eleven, then ho would take her home, then to his own looms, then 7 Would ho Hloop? How would he pass tho night? How would It seem In the morning? Ho shivered n little. The girl pressed his nrm close to her sldo. "Aro you cold, dear?" flho asked, "what Is It?" No, Jack llalloway was not cold, not tired exactly-Just a llttlo upset It was nothing. Ho laughed and tho sound hceined hard and Jangled to his ears. He glanced at the happy fnco by his side and a wave if nwful reproach uw.iiit iiim. Mho must never know ills brain whirled a bit-If she did learn what would It bo to her? Ho had scon her when tho dreadful news of her father's sudden death wns btoken to her. Tho memory of tho stricken face, the ngony In her eyes, had often ilsen befoiti him. Then ho had comforted her. Now-? Ho must not think thoio must bo some way out of tho di oadful tangle. Ho made an effort and berjnn to talk business, gossip, anv thing. Tho oii'hestra was playing a medley ns they walked to their scats. Tho mel niiv In di,-.. intti "Tho Old Kentucky Homo" as tho usher slammed down tho chairs, llalloway took unnecessary time In taking off his overcoat. Was It fate? That air of all others! Could ho sit theio and smile and talk? Ho must' Occasionally tho melodrama dulled his sense of tiniest and ho for got. Then tho nl'l. "n I"l"K ot remembrance to sting and horrify him. Ho kept looking at his watch would it never bo over? Isabel chatted happily dining tho In terludes and pressed closo to him dur ing thu emotional scenes. It was bo Lomfortlnir to liavo .rack all her own. Her young heait thiobbed In sympathy with tho woes of tho hcioluo and tears came to her eyes. She could feel Jack bo near her and his presenco stlllod and helped her. Ho was bo handsome and stiong, and how Intent ho seemed on the play. Tho walk homo seemed so short to her so long to him. Ho klBsed her mechanically n.i ho loft har and apolo gized for being such poor company. Isubel did not mind; beyond tho fact of his rather unusual sllcnco uho had noticed nothing. Only a few months now and sho would bo Mrs. Jack that was happiness enough. And, of course, she must not cxnect him to talk when ho was tired. Happy, blue-eyed, sunny-haired Isabel! How llttlo sho knew of tho black despair crazing her lover's brain. In his own roomB at last with tho doorB carefully locked tho man turned on tho lights and threw hlmsolf Into a chair, tore a letter from hla pocket and read It over and over again, whllo his face grew whlto nnd great boads ot perspiration gathered upon his brow. "Mv own Jack!" tho letter ran. "I nm not dead after all It was all a mis take. I left tho company tho very day of the fire and hnvo been abroad with Mnxoy'a troupe. Just returned laBt Saturday. Jenkins told mo whero you wero and that you thought I had been cremated with tho other girls. How droadful for you, love. Won't you bo glad to see llttlo Maudlo? No woudor you have burled yourself In Milwaukee. Well, I shall reach there Friday and will tell you all about It. Good-byo until then. Wo will mako up for good this time. Your devoted wlfo, "MAUD." llalloway Bat looking at tho lottor. "HIb devotod wife!" Back, back traveled his thoughts. How did It nil begin? Where? Could It havo been but a year ago that ahort, mad epi sode? Oh, fool, fool! what had pos sessed him! Ho saw as In a dream tho gay lights ot a southern meaier, a graceful dancing girl, an Introduction behind tho econes; a prlvato room at oieadful fate, the dismal Hearib, thon a thing dug from the i haired ruins Maud! And she had been alive all this tlmo and hnd never wiltten? Had tnkon up her life and been silent Now. llko an nvenglng Nemesis she wn appearing fioin the lint oil past to wreck all that ho held dear. Yet In a way ho had loved her. II could nlmost hear her singing "Tho Old Kentucky Homo" In her itch voice and tho a weep of her bnnjo with the pink ilbbons. A faint perfume clung to her letter. It brought buck a tor rent of old recollections. She was hla wlfo after all. and they had passed many hnppy hotiis together. What In God's nnmo should ho do? Who wan the womnn ho had burled - hud went over? Ho remembered how ho had turned from thnt grave with a vow for a better life a prayor for a manly career whero ho might bo of some use. After that came Chicago nnd hla wonderful winnings on the Iloaul of Trade n few foveilah weeks then ho drew out, u llch man. Milwaukee-, and . nioio llnnnclnl success, then rvry botly'a hand, society, Isabel Canning! Isabel! The man roso wearily from tho chair and paced up and down the richly fur nished looms. Ho took a icvolvor twill Mked. In pale bluo taffeta, embroidered with volubllls flowers. Palo pink chif fon folded front. Plaited whlto bilk muslin skirt, with two rows of laca applied In waved form, headed by a niching o! the muslin. Laco starting from top ot Btock at tho back. Butto ns of the "art nouvcau." Largo felt hat faced with plaited silk inuolln, vol vet crown and long whlto pluinr. "Aro you cold, dear?" Bho "What Is it?" tho Western, whero dainty fingers played with dainty dishes and wine sparkled and foamed; bright eyes pledging him, rod lips Inviting him, daring him, a rich volco enthralling him Maud! Then days of Infatuation, nights of aweot rovelry, promises, pledges and the quiet ceremony. Then tho uwaneningi Quarrels and kisses, bitter words and tender embraces; hla domand that Bho leave tho stage, as sho had promised; hor angry refusal; tho morning ho had waked to find hor gono, with tho noto pinned to IiIb dressing table; tho two wcoka of angry sllenco; Jho news of tho awful holocaust In the city where hor ttoupo wnH playing! tho doleful Journey, tho gilm certainty of her "My darling!" ho said huskily; "please do not aBk mo about It!" from Its case on tho mantel, looked nt It long, put It back. No, not that! Ho emptied a very little ot a whlto powder from a small bottlo Into a glass, added' a little water and placed It near his, lioil. Yph hn must havo sleep. To- morrow would ho Friday. In tho gray of tho early morning llalloway arose. His head was heavy, and ached dully fiom tho morphlno, hut ho had slept. Tho day had como how would It end? Ho wa3 rich perhaps ho could buy Maud off mon oy would do much. Ho would tell hor nil arrango for a divorce In Louis iana. Sho should havo her prlco. It aho would not ngreo tho heavily load ed weapon In his pocket now might as well end It. All day long tho man Bnt In his or flco waiting. Sho would probably Bond a message from her hotel. Sho might como to him direct. No one ever know what sho would do. Oh, If ho only know hor train. At six o'clock that evening ho was Btlll waiting. Ills bookkeeper camo into his prlvato olllce. "Ill, Mr. Hallo way?" ho aaked. "You didn't go to lunch." "No, Joe, not 111 exactly," answered tho broker, "but not feeling qulto right" "Sorry," said tho clerk politely. "Here'B nn evening papor terrlblo railroad wreck, It says. Southern ex press went through tho trestlo at Cor dlnla. Seventeen killed. Tho Mnxoy troupo was on tho train. Somo of tho girls dead. That's awful, isn't It? Hero's a list." "Lot mo tako It!" cried llalloway, reaching out a trembling hand. "Whoro Where's tho list?" Tho bookkeeper pointed It out. Jack glanced nt it and fell back In his chair. "Call a cab, quick!" ho cried. "I've a friend among thoso poor people I'm going down thoro." The nstonlshcd clork ran downstairs. "Maud Hudson killed!" murmured llalloway with dry lips. "That's her stage name. Poor llttlo Maud. If she's really gono I'm " ho Btoppod, ropellod at himself. "It's bettor bo," ho thought, "It might havo been both of us beforo wo got through." Isabel looked anxiously for her be trothed for the next three days. II was cruel for Jack to go away and leavo no word. When ho returned h was very palo, very tender with her. "I lost an old friend In that fearful wreck at Cordlnla, my darling!" ha said huskily; "plcaso do not ask mo about It I shall never bo ablo to speak of It" And Isabel has never asked, and In her happy married life has forgotten. Vott of London' Government. StatUtlcs taken from the new "Lon don Manual" Bhow that tho total cost of London government 18 16,002,873, or about 180,000,000, which Is about Bevcnty-two shillings per head of tho population. The borough council spend 2,88,8C0; tho boards of guar dians spend 2.513.714; tho Bchool board, 2,402,951; tho expenditure ol the London county council Is 2,247, 845. Street Improvements carried out by tho county council and not lncludoi in tho abovo flgureshave oost 5,929, 820 In tho twolvo yearB ending March, 1901, which Is tho period In which thfl county hospital has been In existence. W "(. -TB- jss - - - Tr ...t . .,. ," .wmtB.;vr.'1Ww.w.Hil 'jf. EEBRES&8S8&. ft msm ""?" " k .., !.......,.. 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