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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1901)
Doctor's fjllemma By Hcsba Strctton CIIAPTUU ll.-(0oiitlnm' ( < l. ) A litile crumbling pulli led " " " " ' the rock mid along tin- edge r ll ' rn\\w. \ clime il lift'ittl-e frinn il I could " ' ' ' ' a ll the fantastic "hoii' , MPii'lmc ' in M Hi'inl- -Clrclc tnwar.ls 111- i de of HrrcUlioil , wit" ilnj , untrodden IM.V * . covered t I'd * hour with . .nly . glittering ripples. < " " ' -with all Ilic s.n , mid tender shadows < if the head-hinds f.illitiir across ihi'in. I wax just ghhig m > I" " ! ln"k ' " lh ( > 111 when the louse stones on 111' ' crumbling tread nnil before - path enviMIJ ninlcr my , fore I could rennei-111.1 foothold I fnuinl 3u.\elf slipping ( lnwii the almost pei'Mcn- -dleular face of ilic cliff , mill vainly oluteliliu : in evi-i.\ bramble and tuft of jrrass rutting in its clefts. I Imnli'il "illi ii shock f r In-low , nnil * or some nun' Inj iascnulble. As nearb ms 1 cniiM nuil.r mil. It would In * Idgli renter in ill-mil I\M > lioiir , 'I'linlif lui'l wet ( iff in luttiiilcr , bill before niiii'tintt hp had s.Mil snail-tiling iilHinl returning at Idgh tiili' , mid nmiiing up hi" l ' ' on H" ' bench ( if oinIllllu buy. If lie did tlmt he must P.ISS close by inc. ItMIS Sal- iinlny niiii'iiing , anil InV.IIH In Hie linbit of returning curly on Snlnrdnjs , Unit he might prepare for tlie services of the nevt iln.v. At hisi--whether jeiirs or hour * only had gone li.v , I fiiulil nut then have told you - I heard the ii-githir mill careful beat of HUM upon the water , and presently the grating "f a IMIIII'N Ucel upon the shin- Rh' . 1 could not turn round or raise nfy iieml , hut Iviis I Miiru It wan Tardir. "Tardif ! " I erlul , attenitlng | | to shout , hut my voice sounded very weak In ni > ' own car. " , and the other sounds about inn r oeiucdcr.v . loud. Tin iifilt H > il MII-II. fllitl gtrulft llllttn ktill. listening. I r.ui the fingers of my right hand through the loose pebbles about me , mill hN car caught the slight noise. In a moment I heard his strong feet coining across them towards mi' . "Mnm'/.clle , " lie exclaimed , "what him happened you ? " 1 tried to smile an his honest , brown face bent over me , . full of nlarm. It was so great n relief to HC ( ; a fnc-c liku ihls after that long , wonry ngony. "J'vii fallen down the clllf , " I Hiild tfcobly , "and I am hurt. " Tlitt strong man shook , nnil his hand 'trembled as lie .stooped down and laid it under my head to lift U up a little. Ills agitation touched me to I lie henrl. . "Tardir , " I whispered , "it is not very much , ami I might have been killed. I think my foot is hurt , ami I am nulto euro my arm is broken. " ' lie lifted me In Ids arms as easily and i-teuiVrly as a mother lifts up her child , and carried me gently up the steep slope which led homewards. It seemed a long tlmu before we reached tlm farmyard . gate , mid he shouted , with a tremendous voice , to his mother , to come mid open It. Ncu-r. never shall I forget that night. ' > 7 could not sleep ; hut I suppose my mind -'wandered a little. Hundreds of times 1 felt myself down im the shore , lying help- i less. Tht-n I was back again in my own Ultimo In Adelaide , on my father's sheep "farm , and he was still alive , and with no thought hut how to make everything lirlght and gladsome for me ; ami linn- -drods of times 1 saw tint woman who -wan afterwards to lie my stepmother , iNteallng up to the door ami trying to get Jn to him and me. ( Twice Tardif brought mu n cup of tea , Treshly made , I was very glad when the first gleam of daylight shone Into my # * room. U seemed to bring clearness to .tny brain. "Mmn'zellp. " said Tardif , coming to tny nide , " 1 nm going to fetch a doctor,1' "Hut it Is Sunday , " 1 answered faint- ily. 1 knew that no boatman put out to < * pa willingly on a Sunday from Sark ; and < tlie last fatal accident , being on a Sunday - day , had deepened their reluctance , "It will be right. ntHin'zclIc , " he an swered , with glowing eyes. " 1 have no fear. " "Do not bo long away , Tardif , " I said , cobbing. "Not one moment longer than I can .help , " ho replied. CHAPTUH III. 1 , Martin Dohree. come Into the Grange. belonged to Julia ; and fully half of tlie year's household expenses wore de frayed by her. Our practice , which he tory . to toll my remarkable share in it * * it I \r\rt/\ * \l * > i Iti 1 called throughout Cinernsey. My father was Dr. Dohn-c. He belonged lo one of the oldest families in the iidnnd , hut our branch of it had been growing poorer in- > t 'B < | of richer during the lust three or four gtMicration * . We had been gravi tating Rtcadily downwards. My father lived ostensibly by his pro fession , but actually upon the Income of my cousin , .Inlla Dobrce. wlio had been his ward from her childhood. The house wo dwelt In , n pleasant one in the and I sliaroii between ns , was not n Jargw one , though for its extent it wan lucrative enough. Hut there always Is an IniineuM- number of medical men in < Jnerney in proportion to Its population , jind the Island is healthy. There wan unmll chance for any of us to maku n .fortune. Mj pngaKcniPiit to Julia ramp about HO easily and naturally that I was perfect ly contented with It , We had been > n- 4'HKi'd since Christmas , am\ were to he married in the. early summer. , Wo were to set up hoUKPkcepIni ; for ountolvps ; that wax a point Julia wnn liont upon. A flintahlp housp bad fallen vacant In one of the higher streets of St. Peter-port , nhlch commanded a noble view of thu spa urn ) HIP siirrnnnillng"lNluniln , WP had taken it , though U was farther from tlui { range mid my mother than I should liate chosen my home to be , She unJ Julia were busy , pleasantly busy , about the furnishing. That WHS about the middle of March. 1 hud been to church one Sunday morning with these two women , both devoted to tno and centering all their lovu nnd hopes 3n me , when , as we entered the house on my return. J heard no father rnllliin "Martin ! Martin ! " as loudly as he could from hlft vpaiulthiR .room. I answered the call Inutanlly , und whom nhonld I nee but a very old friend of mine , Tar dir , uf ( lie Havre < 3o < sclln. His hand some hilt weather-beaten face betrayed greal auxh-l.i. My father looked cha grined nnil Irn-siiluie. "Herp's n pretty piece of work , Mar tin , " he said ; "Tanllf wants one of UN to go hack \M'li ' hun lo Kml > , lo see a woman who has fallen from the cliffs and broken her arm , confound it ! " "Dr. Martin. " cried /rimllf excitedly , "I lieg of you to come this instant even. She ha lieen lying in anguish sini-o mid- diij jestrrdiijtwentyfour hours now , sir. I started at dawn this morning , hut lintli wind and tide wore against me , mid 1 have hienwiiling here some time. He o.ulclt , doctor' If she should bo dead ! " The poor fellow's voice faltered , and his eyes met mine imploringly. He mid 1 had been fast friends In my boyhood , and our friendship was mill linn and true. I shook his hand heartily a grip which he returned \\illi his lingers of iron till my own tingled again. " 1 knew you'd come , " he gasped. "Ah. I'll go , Tardif , " I said ; "only I must get a snatch of something to cat while Dr. Dohrcc puts up what I shall have need of. I'll be ready in half an hour. " The tide was with us , and carried us over buoyantly. We anchored at the nHliPi'imin's landing place below flic dill of the Havre. Co selin. and I climbed readily up the rough ladder which leads to the path. Tardif mnde his boat se cure , and followed me ; he passed me , and strode on up the Htccp track to the. summit of the cliff , as if impatient to reach his home. It WIK then that I done ? She was not likely to feet much test till the hone was s"t. I "Did joii over take chloroform ? " 1 asked. "No ; I never needed It , " she aiiuwpred. " .Should joti object to taking ItV" "Anything , " she replied passively. "I will do anything yon wish. " , I went hack into the kitchen niul open ed ( he portmanteau my fathoi had put up for me. Splints and bandage Weie ( here In abundance , enough in set half the arms In the Island , but neither t-hlo- - reform nor anything in the shapeof an opiate could I find. I mlglii almost us well have come lo .Snrk altogether un prepared for my case. I stood lor a few minutes , deep In thought. The daylight was going , and it was useless to waste lime ; yet I found til- self shrinking oddly from tlm duty be fore me. Tardif could not help hut see my chagrin and hesitation. "Doctor , " he cried , "she is not golug to dUV" "No , no , " I answered , calling back my wandering thoughts and energies ; "there Is not the smallest danger of that. I must go mid vet her arm at once , and then she. will sleep. " I returned lo the room and raised her as gently and painlessly as I could. She moaned , though very softly , ami she tried to smile again as her eyes met mine look ing anxiously at her. That smile made me feel like u child. If she di < ] it again I knew my hands would be unsteady , and her | iain be tenfold greater. " 1 would ratfier yon cried out or shout ed , " I said. "Don't try to control your self when I hurt you. You need not lie afraid of seeming Impatient , and a loud "cream or two would do you good. " I felt the ends of the broken bone grat ing together as I drew them into their right places , and the sensation went through and throimh me. I had set scores of broken limbs bcforo with no feeling like this , which was so near un nerving me. All the lime the girl's white face and firmly set lips lay under my ga/e , with ( lie wide open , unflinching eyes looking straight at me ; a mournful , silent , appealing face , which betrayed the pain ( made bur suffer ten times more than any cries or shrieks could have done. I smoothed the course pillows for her to lie more comfortably upon them. HH TAUS13D TIllON. " gavp my first serious thought to the wom an who had met. with the accident. "Tardif , who is this person that is hurt ? " I asked , "and whereabout did she fall ? " "Shu fell down yonder. " he auswerpd , with un odd quaver in his voice , as lie pointed lo a rough and rather high portion tion of the cliff running inland ; "tho stones rolled from under her feet so , " he added , crushing down n ( juantlty of this loose gravel with his foot , "and she slip ped. She lay on the shingle underneath for two hours before I found her two hours , Dr. Martin ! " Tiirdlt's mother came to ns as we en tered tlie house. Shu hiM-koucd mo to follow her into nn Inner room. It was small , with a ceiling so low , It seeuipd to rest upon the four posts of the bed stead. There were of course none of the. little dainty hiMiries about il , with which I was familiar in my mother's bedroom. A long low window opposite the head of the licit threw it strong llclit upon 'I. There wore check curtains drawn round It , and a patchwork quilt , and rough , home-spun linen. ( Everything was clean , but coarse and frugal , such as I expected to find about my Sark patient , in the home of a fisherman. Hut when my eye fell upon the face resting on the rough pillow I paused in voluntarily , only just controlling an ex clamation of surprise. Them was abso lutely nothing In the Hiirroumlhiga to murk her as a lady , ypl I fplt in a mo ment that slip was one. There lay a dell- cato refined face , white as the linen , with beautiful lips almost as white ; ud a mass of light , shining silky hair tossed about the pillow ; and large dark gray eves ga/.lllg Hi uie IH'MCUI-IIIIIKV , wmi " expression that made my heart leap ns It had never leapt before. That was what I saw , and could not forbear scolug , I tried to close my eyes to the pathetic beauty of the face before me ; but It was altogether In vain. If 1 hud seen her before , or If I had been prepared to sec any one like her , I might ha\e succeeded ; hut 1 was completely thrown elf my guard. There tlie charm ing face lay ; the eyes gleaming , the white forehead tinted , and the delicate month contracting with pain ; the bright silky riirls tossed about in confusion. I are it now , just ns I saw it then. ClIAl'TlOU IV. I suppose 1 did not stand still more than five M-cnnds , yet during that piuuu a host of. questions had Hashed through my brain. Who was this beautiful crea ture ? Where had nho com- from ? How did it happen that shn watt in Turdif * IIOIIM- ? and 50 on. Hut I recalled myself sharply to my HCIIM-S ; I was here as her physician , and common sense nnd duly demanded of me to keep my head clear. 1 advanced to her side and took the small , blue-veined hand into mine , nnd felt h r pnlisn with my linger ? . "You are in very greal pain , I fear , " 1 said , lowering my voice , "Yen , " her white lips answered , and he tried to muiU u patient though a dreary smile , as * ln- looked up Into my fare ; "my arm U broken. Are you a doctor ? " " 1 am Dr. Martin Dobre , " I Raid , passing my hand .softly down her arm , The fraftlir.e was above tlw elbow , ami wa * of a kind to make thw setting of It give her sharp , itrute pain , 1 could aeo he wad scarcely fit to bear any further suffering jiut then ; but what wns to bo and I spread my cambric handkerchief in a double fold between her cheek ami the rough linen too rough for a soft check like hers "Lie unite still. " I said. "Do not stir , but go to sleep as fust as you can. " Then I went out to Tardif. "The arm Is/set , " I said , "and now she must get some sleep. There is not tliu least danger , only we will keep the house as ( inlet as possible. " " 1 must go and bring in tlie boat , " lie replied , bestirring himself as it some spell was at an end. "There will he u storm to-night , mid I should sleep the sounder if she was safe ashore. " The feeble light entering by the door , which I left open , showed me the oM woman comfortably asleep in her chair , but not so the girl. 1 hod told her when I laid her down that she must lie quiti. still , and she was obeying me implicitly. Her cheek still rested upon m.hnnil . kerchief , and the broken arm remainci undisturbed upon the pillow which I hiu placed under it. Hut her eyes were wldi open and shining lu the dimness , and 1 fancied I could set : her lips moving in ccsx.intly , though soundlessly. The gulu that Tanllf had foretold ciuiif with great violence about the middle o the night. The wind ho\\led up the long narrow ravine like a miek of wolves mighty storms of hail and rain IIP.U it torrents against the windows , and the sea lifted up Its voice with unmistakable energy. Now and again a stronger gus than the others appeared to threaten to carry off the thatched roof bodily , nm leave ns exposed to the tempest will only the thick Htone wall about us ; am the latch of the outer dnnr rattled as i some one was striving to enter. The westerly gale , rising every fe\ hours into a squall , gave me no chain- of leaving Sark the next day , nor fo some days afterwards ; init I was not a all put out hj my captivity. All my in terests my whole being in fact was al sorbed In the care of this girl , stranger as kdic was. I thought and inured , lived .ind breathed , only to fight Htep by step against delirium and death. There seemed to me to be no possibility of aid. The stormy waters which heat against that little rock in the sea came swelling and rolling in from the vast plain of the Atlantic , and broke in tem pestuous surf against tlie island. Tur- dif himself was kept a prhonii' in the house , except when he went to look after his live stock. No-doubt it would have been practicable for m to get as far as the hotel , hut to what good ? It would , ho quite deserted , for there were no vis itors to Bark tit this season. 1 wa * en tirely engrossed in my patient , and 1 learned for the first time what their task Is who hour after hour watch the pro gress of disease in the person of ono dear to them. Un the Tuesday afternoon , in a tem porary lull of thu hall and wind , I start ed nIT on a walk across the Island. The wind was still blowing from tlm soii'.h- west , and filling all the narrow sen be tween us and tSuernsey with boiling surge. Very angry looked the masse * of fonni whirling about the nunkcn reefs , and very ominous thr low-lying , hard blocks of clouds all along the horizon. I strolled as far as thn Coupre , that giddy pathway between Great and Uttle Hark , where one can see the seething of the waves at tlie feet of the cliffs on both Bidet * three hundred fret below one , Home , thing like a panic eeized me. Mjr nwrrei wen1 Ion far unstrung for me to ventnrt nri-iion lh" IOIIK. narrow Isthmus. I turn ; < > il abruptly again , and hurried as fa < t us my leg * would carry me back to Tiir- dll'n cotMige , I had liccn away less Ilimi an hour , but MII advantage hud been taken of my ah "em-it. I foitld Tardif seated nt the table uiili n tangle of silky , shining hair Ivluij in-fore him. A tear or two had fallen upim It from his eyes. I understood at a glance what It meant. Mother Ucnoiif whom lie had secured as a nurse , had oil off my patient's prcltj curls as soon as I was out of thu house. Tardif's greal hand caressed them tenderly , and I drew out one long , glossy tress and wound It about my fingers , with a heavy heart. "It Is like the prctt.\ feathers of a bird that has hern wounded , " said Tar dlf sorrowfully. Just { hen there came a knock at ( lit door and a sharp click of the latch , loud enough to penetrate dame Tardtf's dent ears , nr to arouse our patient , it' she Inul been sleeping. Hcforc either of us couM move the door was th'iist open and twc .Miung Indies appeared upon the door -ill Thcj were II flashed across me in an Instant -old school fellows and friends of Julia's. I declare to you honestly 1 hud scarcely had one thought of Julia lit' mnMy mother 1 had wished for , Ic take her place bj this poor girl's side , bin Julia had hardly crossed my mind. Why. in heaven's name , should the appearance ol these friends of hers he so dhtaMefiii to me just now ? I had known them all no life , and liked them as well as mi.v girls I knew ; but at this moment tlie very sight of them was annoying. They stood in the doorway , as much as tonished and tliimdcrstrjckcn as I was , glaring nt me , so it socmcd to me , with that soft , lirlght brown lock of hair curl ing and clingiiiK round my finger. Never had I fell so foolish or guilty. ( To be continued. ) American Coal tlm I5cHl. "Kver since I was a boyI have beer , reminded of the old story about 'carry- Ing coals to Newcastle , ' whenever I performed unnecessary tasks , " said tlchard Harker of Newcastle-on-Tyne , Ongland , In the lobby of the Shore- mm last night. "To carry coals to Newcastle was supposed to be as futile task as trying to sweep back the vines on the seashore. 1 have lived o see coals carried to Newcastle , how- ner , and , being an Hngllshninn , It M'iovos me to say that the coals In itestion came all the way from Amer- on. "Within the last few years an enor- nous amount of coal has been shipped 'rom Norfolk , Vn. , to various parts of England. Some of It went to Ports- nouth , to the naval station there , and nany tons were sent to Newcastle. Wo m\e hotter facilities for handling coal here than any other place In the 'nlted Kingdom. I-'or many years It ms been the center of tlie coal mining niiusivy or our coiiuiiy ami consu- luently the arrangt'inoiits and nppll- inccs for shipping fuel to various parts if the country are away ahead of those > f other towns. "The coal that comes from the west ern portion of the State of Virginia- soft coal , I mean is the finest fuel for steamships that Is mined anywhere lu th world. The coal seems to produce more steam from a small quantity than any I have seen. It is now used ex tensively on the vessels of the Hritlsh navy and from what 1 saw a week ago lu Norfolk and Newport News I should judge that the shipment must amount to millions of tons per year. " Wash ington Times. A ( jcrniuii I'liMuro of tin * Future. Scene A schoolroom of the twentieth century. Teacher ( to a now scholar } "Jack , are you Inoculated against croup ? " Pupil "Yes , sir. " "Have you been inoculated with the cholern bacillus ? " "Yes , sir. " "Have you a written certificate that you are Immune as to whooping cough , measles and scarlatina ? " "Yes , sir. 1 have. " "Have you your own drinking cup ? " "Yes , sir. " "Will you promise not to exchange sponges with your neighbor , ami to use no slate pencil but your own ? " "Yes , sir. ' "Will you agree to have your books fumigated every week with sulphur , and to have your clothes sprinkled with chloride of lime ? " "Yes. Kir. " "Thou , Jack , you possess all that modern hygiene requires ; you can step over that wire , occupy an Isolated seat made of aluminum , and begin your arithmetic lesson. " All Named thn Sumo Onto. Hall- Well . Come - , good-by. nnd see me some time. Story-Awfully sorry , old boy ; but I've got over a hundred engagements that day. Hall A hundred engagements ? Nonsense ! Story Fact. Within a few days I'vo received over a hundred Invitations to friends' houses and In every case "some time" was the date mentioned. Hostou Transcript. lor AVork. "Yes , ma'am , " said the ragged fat man ; "I'm lookln * fur work. You ain't got no odd Jobs o' scriibblu' or washln' ler be did , have yer ? " "Why , you surely don't do scrubbing or work of that sort , " said the house keeper. "Sure not. I'm lookln' fur work fur melfe. . " PhlladelpUln Hecord. IMiyxlolnn. Gnllus Ulttcr von Ilockhorger , I in perlal and royal counsellor of the Aus trian court. Is belloved to be the oldest duly qunllllod physician In the world. He was born on Oct. 15 , 1803 , and la therefore 07 years of age. Ho has been practicing for seventy-one years , and still gives medical advice. The way of the transgreaaor often leads to foreign shores. A WAY TO HAPPINESS. t IND out , as cnrly ns possible , what you win best do , mid do It with nil your might , and expect to riueeeod , no matter wlmt obstacles you inny encounter. Cultivate it phllosophl- nil vein of thought. If you have not what you like , like what you have until you c-iin change your environment. Do not waste your vitality In hating your life ; find something In It whk'h Is worth liking and enjoying , while you keep steadily lit work to make It wlmt yon desire. Ite happy over something , every day , for the brain Is n tiling of linlili , and you cannot tench It to lie happy In a moment , If you allow It to be-miserable for years. Make yourself worthy of true friend ship , and lasting respect , and worthy love and , If any of these emotions sewn to prove ephemeral , remember , they were not the realities the real ones will eome to you , since yon are worthy. A PI ] n Ire all the knowledge and accom plishments possible , and enter Into studies and sports with all your ener gies. They help to round life out , and to keep ( lib mind fed with a varied diet , while they open new doors of pleasure and enjoyment. Form a habit of trying to do some lit tle aet to add to the comfort and pleas ure of some living thing man or beast every day of your life. If yon do no more than to feed a starving cat , speak kindly to a lost dog. or loose the cruel check of a mlMised horse , yon have traveled a step toward happiness , and have not lived the day In vain.Ella Wheeler \Vilcox , In Success. If you want your silk skirts to retain their freshness sew loops under the flounces and hang them upside down when not In use. Hanging In tills way In the opposite direction to that in which they are worn freshens and makes them stand out and take a new lease of life. A pale sea-green Swiss mu lln makes an afternoon dress from which you can get an unexpected wear. Swiss muslin for some reason has a certain stoutness In the sheer fabric which enables It to hold Its own when other thin muslins are collapsing Into dowdlness. It re sists damp In an inexplicable way With either black or white belt rib boiis , and preferably white ; with plenty of rutlles around the flounced skirt , and white embroidered net'dlework about the throat , the green Swiss makes a beautiful and very smart toilet. It doesn't take many yards of Swiss iriu - lln to make a fashionable summer gown. The fullness Is only at the bottom tom of the skirt When it is desirable to shrink wash goods before making , the difficulty sometimes encountered In getting the material Ironed flat and straight after the bath may be overcome in this way , says one who has successfully made the experiment : Ixiy the goods in yard or half-yard folds into the bath or any other large tub ; let It remain an hour or so covered with water , till every thread Is thoroughly wet. Then with careful handling , so as not to pull It out of ylmpp , hang It on a stick over the tub to drain a broomstick answers very well then after a while spread It out a little more where It will get en tirely dry , when it can be smoothed with au Iron , if desired , without getting t out of shape. I-'or shirtwaists the roiling is not generally necessary , as : hey must be done up with starch be fore wearing. Tip to KTTCCI Sixteen. Young girls are wearing their hair braided , turned under , and tied with a smart bow of black ribbon. If a girl has long hair , she likewise ha A much trouble to achieve Mils coiffure satisfac torily. With the recklessness born of youth , many girls are i iittlug their hair off , not heeding the day but a few years hence when they will want long , thick trossps for the coiffure of the debu tante. One young girl , however , of this town , who has an eye to the future , has achieved the col Hiiro of sweet sixteen without the loss of any of her pretty Tresses. She made up her mind she would not cut her hair. She was oitial ] < ly decided that she would \\ear her hair as did her othwr young friends. So she experimented and braided , and pinned till her trP5s were a pretty tangle , but at last she achieved It. This IK how she did It. She dees not patent her mutliod , and any othar youn girl can copy If she so dcslrws. Shi' braids her hair as usual. Thim she turns It under , slips the end through the loose braids at the top , and draws U up high on her head , where she fast ens It under her pompadour. Her front hair COKT back over It , and It dots not enow. Then slip ties her Junuty bow of black ribbon In the customarv nlacu. and lo ! she has as pretty n coiffure na any of her chums , and her tresses , In stead of reposing In some hair receiver , are snugly tucked out of sight under/ her pompadour , ready to come forth and do their duty when Dame Fashion calls. llomr lilen * . If yon are not able to afford the prices of some of the most exclusive decor atlng shops , just visit them often and attentively , Imbibe their best Ideas and then have them developed le s expen sively under your own supervision. Madame In Mode countenances noth ing else than leather creons these days , especially for dining room use , before the pantry door. In the bronze , brown and green tones , cither plain or stamped , put on with large stud naiU , they are truly exquisite creations. An artistic decorator gave as his opin ion the oilier day that , after the solid , necessary pieces of furniture were In a house , a collection of simple jars and vases for flowers and a geuo.rous supply of books should ho the next step , even If nothing else was bought. Moth-proof chests of camphor wood for keeping furs may now he had in small trunk sl/.es , and are more truly ornamental , besides useful , than their name and purpose suggests. Consider ing their good cabinet work , generous brass bands and hasps , their prlco range , from ? 5 to $25-seems quite rea sonable. A Novel Device for Cleaning Glove * . At some of the stores small squares of vubber may be bought Intended for use in erasing spots from white gloves. Though the silk gloves are by far the more fashionable this season , the truth Is that not every woman can accustom herself to the peculiar creeplness of the silken fingers. Of course that Is a mat ter of liervoo , but the fact remains that silk gloves are crawly things. As to the best way of cleaning white kid gloves use a wide-mouthed bottle and gasoline. If you pour Hits gasoline out In a bowl and try to wash the gloves In it , the gasoline Is likely to evaporate more rapidly than It cleanses. Hut put It and the gloves In the bottle , Insert the stopper and shake while the cleans ing process goes on. If the gloves are not very soiled the same amount of gasoline will answer for a number of pairs and can. in tact , tie used until Its color is such ns to prove Its usefulness Is over. If you have no bottle that will serve the purpose , an ordinary fruit can Is fully as good , provided the top fits' closely. Kecipe for Freckled Hands. Equal parts of bay rum , lemon julco and glycerine , and to a 1'onr-once bottle add a teaspoonfnl of ammonia. Do not use thl > on your face. Cucumber milk Is also excellent. You can find numerous other lotions at any r good druggists , but If the freckles per sist In annoying you after the treat * inent I have prescribed your circulation Is bad and your digestive organs arc out of order. Consult your doctor or help yourself by proper diet. Kat plenty of green spinach ( It Is rich In iron ) , eggs , milk and the best meat , well eec < ed , once a day. Make a whole meal in the evening of milk and stale bread ; al ways begin your breakfast with orange juice and take It again once during the day , but not with the evening meal. Amelle de Mpntmoroncy Wife of Kenr Admiral S-chlcy. The wife of Hear Admiral Schley 1 a well presened woman , devoted to'her husband and Interested In all that con cerns him. An Alphahrt Lmichenn. An alphabet luncheon Is one of the late novelties In entertaining. During the service of each course every sen tence spoken must begin with the ini tial letter of the course. Thus with soup , all sentences must have "S" as the llrst letter : with fish , " 1- " " alone can be used , and It Is the duty of every person to call "Stop ! " when anyone be gins with the wrong letter. A score Is kept and H prize given to the guest who has made fewest mistakes. due Wny of Having M.IIIPV. I The story Is told of a Ohiuo e hotel- | kppper , rvlio , having an impecunious ! American guest at an agreed price of a dollar a day , and no payment whatever had been made , voluntarily reduced the price of his guest's board to half a del lar a day , in order that , as he explained , lie should not lone so much money by him. Hraiileil Sliors , Hralded shoes arc as uttraetive In white as In black. The lines of white silk braid verging to the center on the toe of the shoes Is becoming and ef fective. It la more UBoful on the white than the black shoe , the. former having a tendency to make the foot look largo and the braiding uiltluat > H this rt-milt.
