CHAPTER XVII. ( Continued. )
"Why do you' not reproach me ? " she
cried , passionately. "Abuse me , speak
harshly to me do anything but act
toward me as you are doing ; your
kindness Is killing me. Not all the
epithets you could heap upon me
would punish me sufficiently for all
I have made you suffer. Have you for
gotten that I actually thrust myself
upon you that It was I who offered
myself to you that fatal night , not you
who asked for me ? Why do you not
'taunt me with all this ? Have I to
ut these cruel thoughts Into your
head , or is it that you are too noble
; to use them against a woman ? If you
.would only be unkind to me , I think I
should not feel quite so wretched. "
Lyndon smiled , though rather sadly.
"I am afraid you will have to go on
being wretched forever if you are
waiting for me to be unkind to you , "
he said. ' Do you know , strange as it
I may seem all the displeasure I felt in
, my heart against you has somehow
i disappeared , leaving only love and
( forgiveness In place. I am not
jangry with you now , my darling ; I am
only sad , and a little lonely perhaps , "
he concluded , turning abruptly away.
After a short interval he came back
to her side again , and went on with a
forced cheerfulness that in nowise de
ceived her.
"However , " he said , "of course this
state of affairs will not last forever.
Time , they say , cures all things. In
the meantime I will get through a lit
tle traveling , I think , and refresh my
memory about certain foreign cities ,
'so good-bye for awhile , and do not
-quite forget me during my absence.
And" In a low tone "remember ,
Mildred , that whatever you do , or
-whomsoever you marry , I wish you all
the happiness that can possibly befall
iyou. "
"Are you sure you forgive me ? "
whispered Mildred , tremulously.
f"Think of all that has happened. "
; "I do , indeed , " he said.
"Will you not kiss me then ? " whis
kered Mildred.
So he kissed her once again , for the
last time , upon her lips ; and it was
thus they parted.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Denzil did not appear to recover
quite.so rapidly as had been at first
confidently expected , the inward In
juries he had received though slight
telling on him more seriously than
( the doctors had anticipated.
Mrs. Younge had been telegraphed
ifor on the evening of the accident , and
had arrived at King's Abbott early
the following morning , having elected
to travel all night rather than endure
the agonies of suspense , though the
telegram had been very reassuring.
The third day showed their patient
apparently better than on the preced
ing one. There had been more decided
symptoms of amendment , and he had
gone through the dressing of his
wounds with wonderful composure and
stoicism. But toward evening he grew
depressed and irritable , and evinced
a faint inclination to wander ; where
upon the doctor looked grave , shook
his head and made certain changes in
his medicine but all to no purpose.
The next day he was in a raging fever.
The fifth day after the fever first
declared itself Lady Caroline , having
Insisted on the poor mother's lying
down for an hour or two , was sitting
in Denzil's room as the time wore on
toward evening. Bending over his bed ,
she noticed a certain change in his
face.
"What is it ? " she asked , tenderly.
"Mildred , " he whispered , with deep
entreaty in his tone , and holding out
this hand.
"I am not Mildred , dear Denzil , "
said Lady Caroline , thinking that he
still raved ; but he said :
"I know you are not , " quite distinct
ly ; and then again , "I want her why
does she never come to me ? "
Poor Lady Caroline was greatly per
plexed ; she knew not what to do. Had
th'ings been different she would have
followed the dictates of her own kind
heart and sent for Mildred on the spot ;
but , as it was , she remembered former
scenes and Lyndon's recent sad de
parture and did not care to take tha
responsibility on herself of bringing
her daughter and Denzil together.
"Mildred , Mildred ! " called the sick
man , impatiently ; and then the little
ray of reason that had come to him in
connection with her face vanished , and
he wandered off once more into the ter
rible feverland , bearing with him the
name of her he loved.
For two hours he lay thus , calling ,
sometimes wildly , sometimes feebly ,
but always for her , until his loving
nurse's heart was smitten to the core.
At length came Stubber , the family
doctor , and , seeing Denzil in this state ,
he regarded him silently for several
minutes.
"Lady Caroline , " said he , with de
cision , "Miss Trevanion must be sent
for , be it right or wrong. "
For which Lady Caroline blessed
him secretly , and sent for Mildred
forthwith.
She came without a moment's delay ,
and , even as her foot crossed the
threshold of the door , a sudden silence
fell on Denzil. " He turned the fever
tot a time sank conquered while his
beautiful eyes lit up with passionate
expectation and fond hope.
Slowly and with hesitation Mildred
advanced to the side of the bed , and
\ then Lady Caroline went over to the
window , followed "hurriedly by the
doctor.
What happened after that nobody
ever knew , for Lady Caroline and
Stubber , standing with' their backs to
the bed , and their faces turned to the
chilly outer world , could tell nothing.
When at length they returned to the
bed they found Mildred pale and trem
bling , the heavy tears coursing each
other down her cheeks in rapid suc
cession , which she hastily brushed
away as .they drew nearer her , her
hand tightly clasped in Denzil's. He
had even made an effort to hold her
with the poor injured fingers , and had
brought them so far that the tips
touched hers.
He was quite sane now. His face ,
slightly flushed , was looking upward ;
his eyes , glad and happy , were fixed
on hers , while she answered back the
gaze , forgetful of all else but that he
lay before her sick , It might be , unto
death.
"Denzll , you are exciting yourself , "
said Lady Caroline , nervously.
"No , I am not , " answered Denzll , his
voice clear and distinct , but without
removing hia eyes from Mildred's ;
"leave me for a moment. "
He waved them back impatiently to
the window , and neither Lady Caroline
nor the doctor could bring themselves
to disobey the command.
But Stubber , who was becoming seri
ously uneasy about his patient , glanc
ing round at him cautiously and sur
reptitiously , saw what followed. He
said that when he and Lady Caroline
had again withdrawn , Denzll looked
at Miss Trevanion , and that then Miss
Trevanion stooped and kissed him , not
once , but twice.
This was what Stubber said , but ho
also added that it was his firm belief
that she did it out of pure humanity
and nothing more. When two minutes
later , he again approached Younge , he
found that Mildred had disappeared ,
and that Denzil was lying perfectly
composed , his face turned toward the
half-open door. He sighed heavily but
contentedly , and then came back to the
realities of life.
"Doctor Stubber , " said he , "do you
know that I am better ? "
"Time will tell , " answered the little
doctor , sententiously ; "and now you
must go to sleep if you wish to keep
in that much-to-be-desired condition.
Lady Caroline , I trust to you to let
no more young ladles Into the room
this evening. "
Denzil laughed quite rationally , and ,
changing over to the other side , in a
few minutes , fell into a sound , refresh
ing slumber.
* * * * * *
Not once again during all the re
mainder of his illness did Miss Trev
anion enter Denzil's room ; neither did
he ask for nor allude to her in any
way , although Lady Caroline noticed
the intense look of interest that came
into his face whenever her name was
casually'mentioned. .
After a week or two , the remem
brance of her visit faded , or came to
him only as a shadow from the fevered
past he had gone through , and not un
til the doctor had given him permis
sion to quit his bed for an hour or so
every day , to lie on a lounge in the
adjoining apartment , did he venture
to speak of it and try to discover the
truth.
It was one morning , when he was
feeling considerably stronger , and had
Mabel beside his couch , reading to him
scraps of poetry that every now and
then struck her fancy as. she glanced
through the volume in her hand , that
he approached the subject
"Is your sister away from home ? "
he asked , in the middle of a most pa
thetic passage.
And Mabel answered "No , " redden
ing a little.
"Then I think she might have come
to see me before this , " he said , with
all the fretfulness of an invalid.
"Well , you see , she has all the house
keeping to attend to , now mamma is
so much your slave , " returned Mabel ,
smiling ; "that keeps her away. She
always asks for you , though , and is so
glad to hear of your getting on so rap
idly. "
This sounded rather lame , and Ma
bel , feeling It to be so , tried * once more
to resort to her book.
"I suppose it would give her too
much trouble to make her inquiries in
person , " he said , bitterly ; "everyone
else comes to see me except herself.
Surely Lyndon could not object to
that ? "
"Have you not heard , then ? " asked
Mabel , hesitatingly. "I fancied you
would have known before this. Her
engagement with Lord Lyndon Is at an
end. He has been abroad for the last
four weeks. "
CHAPTER XIX.
"Mildred's engagement is at an end
with Lord Lyndon ! " Denzil's pale ,
haggard face flushed crimson ; he put
up his uninjured hand and brushed
back his hair impetuously , fixing his
eyes on Mabel the while. "What
caused it ? " he asked with surpressed
agitation. "It must have been very
sudden. Four weeks ago , you say
why , that was just after " He
paused.
"Just after your accident occurred , "
said Mabel , slowly ; and she grew
frightened , fearing that Mildred would
condemn the remark if she heard of it ,
and determined to make no more ad
missions , whatever happened. "You
are talking too mucV slio vent oa ,
hurriedly ; "you are looking very pale.
Your mother will say It la oil my fault
when ehe cornea in. Lie back amongst
your cushions comfortably , and I will
go on with my reading. "
"No , " interrupted Denzil , putting hl8
hand hastily over the open page. "I
am tired of reading. " Then , with' a
short laugh "I am afraid you think
me a savage do you. ? and are won
dering whether I have sadly deterior
ated during this illness , or whether I
am now , for 'the first time , showing
myself In my real character. The faot
is , I like talking to you better than
listening to the most perfect poetry
that could be written. . Now you can
not call that uncomplimentary , at all
events , can you ? I feel as though I
had left the world for years , and , hav
ing come unexpectedly back to it , am
now hearing all the strange things that
have happened during my absence a
sort of Rip Van Winklish feeling , I
suppose ; so I want you to educate me
before I make my way down-talrs.
Miss Sylverton was with me yesterday ,
and told me of Charlie's promotion.
She said nothing of her marriage , how
ever ; but no doubt that will follow ,
as a matter of course. "
"It is almost arranged to take place
next month. " observed Mabel.
"Queenie , " said Denzll. In a low
voice , "tell me this when did I last
see Mildred ? "
"It was she that saw you fall and
went to your assistance , you know , "
returned "the queen" evasively.
"I know that , " said Denzil "your
mother told me the whole story. But
have I never seen h < 3r since in any
way ? "
"Oh , where could you have seen
her ? " asked Mabel , jesultically , and
with considerable confusion , turning
to arrange some flowers on the small
table near her.
"It was only a dream then , " mur
mured Denzil , disappointedly , and said
no more on the subject to his com
panion's great relief. But the next day
he tormented little Stubber to * allow
him to go down-stairs.
( To be continued. )
DISTANT 3O.OOO.OOO MILES.
Eros IB That Far from Us Most of the
Time.
Late last December the asteroid
Eros , which was discovered about
three years ago , came within 30,000-
000 miles of the earth. This is not the
nearest it gets to us , for at one point
in its orbit it is , or would be if the
earth , was in the corresponding posi
tion in its orbit , within about 13,000-
000 miles , but unfortunately this only
occurs once in about forty-five years.
Consequently the astronomers took
advantage of the conditions prevailing
in December to take innumerable pho
tographs of it and a few stars in Its
vicinity in connection with the sun
from all points possible , with the ob
ject of using them as a basis for the
computation of the sun's distance from
the earth , which , though known ap
proximately , has never been deter
mined with precision. As the earth
and the star are now speeding away
from each other and further photo
graphing , therefore , of no avail for the
purpose , the astronomers ( have begun
the task of measuring the photographs
some 5,000 or 6,000 in number , to as
certain the distance in minutes and
seconds of an arc between Enos and
the neighboring stars. After this is
done the intricate mathematical cal
culations will be entered into. These
will occupy many months , or perhaps
a year or more , before anything like
a definite result can be reached.
Children's Friendships.
From about the fifth or sixth year
children are apt to make firm friend
ships with their small contemporaries.
This should be a watchful period for
mothers , for these early friendships
have a marked influence on the mind ,
morals and manners of a child. Nearly
every character is moulded very large
ly by early companionship and sur
roundings. Every mother should take
care to be her children's companion
as far as possible , for she may be quite
sure that if they are left to the care
of servants they will at the-best only
attain the ideal manners and customs
of the nursery or servants' hall , which
are not quite those of the cultured
classes , says the Evening Star. Chil
dren require the companionship of lit
tle folks their own age , and a mother
should be so much her children's friend
vnat she knows all their associates and
is able to nip in the bud any acquaint
ance which she thinks undesirable. The
mother who , to save herself fatigue ,
lets her children seek companions
among their schoolmates and neigh
bors without troubling herself to find
out whether their influence is likely to
be good has only herself to blame if
the manners and morals of her off
spring are corrupted.
Dickens' Love Letter *
Charles Dickens' love letters exist a
boxful of them. So states a writer Jn
a London weekly : "I had the pleasure
of knowing Mrs. Dickens and had the
privilege of receiving her at my house
in my earliest London days. Without
ever for a moment hinting at their
contents , she would * smile in a half-
amused and yet pathetic way at the
suggestion of a mutual friend that her
famous husband's love letters would
make a popular volume , after being
edited , of course. "
King Edward Likes Society.
King Edward much prefers congen
ial society to solitary state and so has
introduced the custom of having a
good-sized dinner party every evening
at the royal table. The members of
his own family , all guests and several
members of the suite are always in
attendance.
AIDS SMALL DEALER.
PROTECTIVE TARIFF A DIS
TINCT ENEMY OF TRUSTS.
Tba Fnturo of Protection Its Real Concern -
corn Is for the Well Being of Smaller
and "Weaker Enterprises A Chill Tor
English Frco Traders.
Charles A. Moore , president of The
American Protective Tariff League , In
a recent Interview published in the
New York Mall and Express made
some statements regarding the tariff
situation which will have a tendency
to chill the ardor of those Free-Traders
who have hop.ed to make a diversion
in favor of their "ism" by girding at
trusts. Mr. Moore , who has an incisive
mode of expression and who thorough
ly understands the subjects he discus
ses , points out what every American
who has the interest of his country at
heart should continually keep in mind ,
that it would be impossible to devise
any legislation which could destroy the
steel trust that would not at the same
time destroy every smaller and indi
vidual concern engaged in the same
business.
"These smaller makers of steel prod
ucts , he says , "have their specialties
in manufacturing. Some of them prob
ably will sell their output to other con
cerns that have been amalgamated in
the steel trust. Others will continue to
retain their customers at home and
abroad. But if steel goods were placed
on the fnee list these individual manu
facturers would be forced to the wall ,
because the steel trusts of Great Brit
ain , France and Germany , if our tariff
barrier were removed , would dump
their surplus product upon our market
at prices that the smaller manufactur
ers could not meet. Only the big cor
poration could survive ; and that com
bination of men , who are kings in the
several branches of their business , be
ing united , could compete successfully ,
I believe , at home and abroad , in any
part of the world , with any foreign
trust provided foreign governments
do not erect prohibitive tariff barriers
against us. "
There is no one in the United States
better qualified to express an opinion
on this point than Mr. Moore. He has
loug been a student of the workings oi
our protective system , and brings to
his studies the experience gained in
the conduct of a great manufacturing
industry. His opportunities to get at
the true inwardness of the situation
are unrivaled ; therefore when he
warns the country that an assault on
the steel and other great trusts would
be an attack on the weaker concerns
his warning should not go unheeded ,
No one will doubt what he says re
garding the ability of the steel trust
to compete with the manufacturers in
the same line in the old world. That
has been made clear to us in many
ways , not the least significant of which
is the changed attitude of such men
as Carnegie and others toward protec
tion. They openly aay they do not need
it longer , and the free traders have
seized upon their admissions with joy ,
regarding them as an indication of a
coming division in the ranks of Ameri
can protectionists.
Mr. Moore , therefore , has rendered a
distinct service to his countrymen by
pointing out to them the danger to
which the minor industries of the na
tion would oe subjected by abandon
ing protection. That policy was never
adopted , as free traders charge , for the
purpose of benefiting "robber barons , "
by which title they are pleased to
designate the manufacturers of the
United States , but to build up an Amer
ican industry , the workers in which
would not be subjected to a fierce
world-wide competition in which the
standard of living of the masses would
be reduced to the level of that of the
toilers of less favored lands. It is be
cause this is true that it may be as
serted with confidence that Mr. Moore's
argument will carry weight. If pro
tection only considered the interests of
the great establishments which can
stand alone it would have precious lit
tle support in this country ; but as its
real concern is the well-being of the
small and weaker concerns , whose ag
gregate productions really exceed those
of the combinations , it is sure to re
tain tlfc support of the people , who are
not -willing to jeopardize their chances
of future comfort by assisting in the
promotion of an Industrial rivalry , the
outcome of which would inevitably be
the lowering of the American working-
man's standard of living. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
FAULTY MEMORIES.
Curious Tendency to Forget What the
National Republican Flatform Says
About Reciprocity.
Habitual disregard suppression , it
might be called of central principles
and facts seem to be a uniform charac
teristic of the votaries of tariff tinker
ing by means of special trade treaties
secretly negotiated and secretly con
firmed. They argue along general lines
that , if we are to sell more to foreign
ers , we must buy more from foreign
ers , unmindful of the complete nega
tion of this theory by the enormous in
crease in the export of our agricultural
and manufactured products in the past
four years of adequate protection. They
urge that our trade balances are too
large and must be cut down by an in
creased acceptance of foreign commod
ities to take the place of articles
which are now produced at home ; but
when they are asked to specify the ex
tent to which this industrial hari-
kari shall be carried into effect , where
[ t is to stop and what lines of domestic
production shall be driven out of busi
ness In order that we may buy as
much as we sell , or thereabouts , they
make no answer ; they dodge the point.
A conspicuous Instance of this tendency -
dency to ignore leading questions and
disregard inconvenient facts Is exhibit
ed by the Philadelphia Ledger of re
cent date in commenting upon the at
titude of the American Economist in
its controversy with Hon. George E.
Roberts , director of the mint. Mr.
Roberts , says the Ledger , was asked
by the Economist "to what extent fair
trade and reciprocity would Introduce
foreign merchandise and supplant pro
duction in the United States. " A fair
question , was it not ? Yet the Ledger
in defending the position of Mr. Rob
erts utterly fails to make note of the
fact that that gentleman did not
answer the question , but applauds
him for evading it by a quotation from
the Republican platform of 1896 , while
suppressing the more recent , and
therefore more binding , declaration of
the national Republican platform of
1900 , which limits reciprocity "to what
we do not ourselves produce. " It is a
convenient memory which can forget
1900 and remembers 1896 , but it is a
mental eccentricity absolutely peculiar
to the strenuous advocates of "fair
trade and reciprocity. "
The St. Paul Pioneer-Press exhibits
the same idiosyncrasy when it says :
"To designate the failure of the
treaties as shameful is hardly too
severe. The reciprocity clauses of the
Dingley law were included in response
to a very general demand for reciproc
ity and as the first step in the redemp
tion of a pledge in the Republican
platform. "
Again the platform of five years
ago , but not the platform of eleven
months ago ! The official proceedings
of the twelfth Republican National
Convention , held at Philadelphia in
June , 1900 , are incorporated in a neat
ly bound volume , which is , or should
be , in the library of every newspaper
office. The little book is undoubtedly
on the shelves of the Ledger and the
Pioneer-Press. Presumably its exist
ence has been forgotten. So we ven
ture to refresh the editorial memory
by directing attention to the paragraph
which begins at the bottom of page
105 and ends at the top of page 106. It
should be read over and over again by
some people , for it possesses a peculiar
pertinency to the question of "fair
trade and reciprocity. "
GOOD TRADE MOTTO.
Keep All You Get and Slake No Foolish
Concessions to Rival Foreign
Producers.
One of the ever-vigilant Free Trade
journals thinks that now , "when we
are selling a half billion dollars' worth
more than we are buying , our custom
ers are entirely justified in thinking
that we ought to make it as easy as
possible instead of as hard as possible
to pay that enormous annual bill , " and
it suggests that , to make it easy for
them , we should remove our Protective
tariff from foreign products , and thus
allow our foreign customers to replen
ish their depleted pocketbooks through
the sale of their goods in this country.
This may be philanthropy , but it ia
not business and it is not sense. "Why ,
in the name of all that's reasonable ,
we should impoverish our own people
in order to supply our foreign custom
ers with the wherewithal of life may
be comprehensible to the strangely
constructed brain of a Free Trader , but
it certainly is not comprehensible to
any one else. Even though we should
give them only so much of the Ameri
can market as we now possess of for
eign markets , where would be the
gain ? There isn't any reason why we
should prefer foreigners to Americans
for customers , and , if we are to sacri
fice any market now held by us , it
would be better to sacrifice the foreign
rather than the home market. But the
plan proposed is much more foolish
than a mere exchange of markets
would be , for , by the removal of our
protective tariff barriers and the con
sequent turning over of the American
market to foreign producers , we would
give at least fifty dollars for one , for
the American market is more than fif
ty times as valuable as all the foreign
markets which we possess. That may
be a way of trading which appeals to
the free trade mind , but hardly to that
of the successful American business
man. And why should we give up
anything to pay for what we can get
for nothing ? We seem to be doing
very well with our foreign trade just
as things are. In the old child's game
of "Button" we used to be told , "Keep
all you get and catch what you can. "
That niakes a very good trade motto
and one which it is the part of wisdom
to follow.
Suez Canal Traffic Figures.
Statistics of Suez canal traffic in
1899 and 1900 indicate a remarkable
shrinkage of British and American
tonnage using the canal in 1900 and
growth in Austrian , Dutch , French ,
German , Japanese and Russian. The
total tonnage using the canal in 1899
was 13,815,991 , and in 1900 13,699,238.
Over half the tonnage in the latter
year , or 7,771,346 tons , was British ,
the other large figures being German ,
French and Dutch. American tonnage
declined doubtless because of the small
er number of warships going to the
Philippines and China via the Suez
canal. The wars in South Africa -and
China have doubtless diverted much
British merchant shipping from the
Eastern trade and caused many vessels
to go east by the way of the Cape , In
stead of the canal. The growth of
German tonnage from 1,492,657 in 1899
to 2,040,299 , Is explained by the part
Germany has taken in the Chinese
war , the transportation of men and
supplies for a large army requiring
much shipping. The other increases
are largely due to like causes. The
British army in China was drawn
chiefly from India and , of course , did
not traverse the canal.
ABOUT EATINQ MUCH MEAT.
Devouring Uonoceiiary Quantities of Food
Brings Ci Suffering.
It is a frequently discussed fact
that Americans , as a rule , eat too
much meat. In European countries ,
even in England , the land of four
meals a day , there Is not BO much
meat consumed as in the average
American household , whoso Inhabi
tants belong to the clastic class of
well-to-do. " Taking the naturally ,
nervous constitution of moat Ameri
cans , the national lack of systematic
exercise , the general preponderance of
sedentary occupations , all of which
operate against the digestion , and as
similation of such quantities of meat ,
It is not difficult to trace many of the
ills which flesh Is heir to back to the
quantity of meat consumed par atom.
There are many scientists In the
world who allege that all of us overeat
regularly and systematically , consum
ing vast quantities of food over and
above what the body demands , and
suffering consequently. Physicians
and dletists are constantly endeavor
ing to win the world over to simpler
and more abstemious living , and It Is
almost common now for a physician
who has had the advantage of the
most modern teaching to advocate ab
solute fasting during Illness.
It Is unquestionable that If wo
could all follow Pope Leo's methods
of eating a little fruit for breakfast ,
a little soup and vegetable for dinner
and fruit again , with crusty bread ,
for supper , we might live to be as old
as he Is , but such a reformation In
our ways is scarcely possible in a
single generation. Particularly in
summer weather , when every extra
ounce put into the stomach robs us of
just so much energy , should we make
stringent reforms in the butcher's
bill. Once a day from June to Octo
ber for meat Is more than sufficient
and is the first step toward reform.
Three times a week is better ; once
a week still better , and if we could
force ourselves to do without flesh en
tirely for that period we should be
triply the better for it. Vegetables,1
fresh and crisp , uncooked or simply .1' ? '
prepared with a little butter and sea .
soning ; fruit , plenty of It , ripe and
sweet ; salads at all times and of all
varieties , and whole wheat or crusty
brown loaves these would work di
rect reformation in the summer
health for most of us.
BROWN HAIR IS POPULAR.
I
Auburn and Blonde Tresses Have Gone
Out of Fashion.
The woman of today who desires to
be fashionable must wear brown tress
es , whether she seeks to shine upon
the stage or in society. The change Is
not due to the initiative of the stage ,
however. The mania for blonde hair
some years ago was most evident
among the footlight favorites. Then
came the more recent rage for all
shades and grades of auburrn hair ,
of whirh Zaza was the spectacular ex
ample. The quiet , domesticated ,
brown hair of so many player women
today reflects the vogue for it in all
classes of society. Miss Mannering ,
Miss Marlowe , Miss Anglin , Miss
Eleanor Robson , Miss Tyree , Miss
Bates and many more have won suc
cess in spite of what would once have
been considered a tremendous handi
cap brown hair. It is the blonde ac
tress whether actually or artificially ,
so who is handicapped today. She
not only suggests the socially fast
and furious , but she is old-fashioned
which is even worse. Most light-
haired actresses , such as Miss Adams.1
are light-haired and nothing more.
They are careful not to hint at the
word blonde. It is noticeable that the
brown-haired actresses are , as a rule ,
Decent recruits to the profession.
'
'They represent the new order of
things. Among women in private life
that one meets on the streets , at the
shops and in cafes , brown hair is
much more common than it has been
Jfor years. It is the fashion , and a
good one ; it stands for the real rather
ithan the false. Chicago Chronicle.
Is a Jack at All Trades.
Few people can successfully con
duct more than one business enter
prise , yet Mrs. John Bucher of Gib
raltar , Pa. , has for several years pre
sided over the destinies of a black
smith shop , a saw mill and a farm
and has besides taken care of her five
children and nursed her sick husband.
She has thus established the repu-
tion of being the most remarkable wo
man of her kind in Pennsylvania.
When Mr. Bucher was taken ill his
wife assumed all of his duties , as well
as her own. Las fall Mrs. Euche.r
cradled and harvested an entire field
of rye and cut all corn raised on the
farm. She also assisted in the run
ning of the big cider press. During
the winter she helped fill the icehouse.
Japan's First Lady and Kagland.
There is no more ardent admirer
among foreign royalties of England
and all things English than the em
press of Japan , who , with her hus
band , has done so much to develop
her country on western lines. The
empress , who has been married thirty
years and has a family of five chil
dren , is still as essentially young and
vigorous as any of them. Every day
she spends an hour In her prlvata
gymnasium in the palace at Tokio , an'l
she is said to be one of the most skill
ful horsewomen in Japan.
The past remains with us to remind
us of our perils and our constant need
of help , but it ought not haunt and
oppress us. The real life of an aspir
ing soul is always ahead. We are not
fleeing from the devil , but seeking God.