HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
ever-youthful appearance of
the members of the dramatic pro
fession is a constant source of
surprise to the public at large. The rea-
-8on for this is not so much the grease
paint necessary in making up , which
obliterates to a certain extent the natu
ral wrinkles of the skin , while it lubri
cates and nourishes It ; but it is due to
-the change in the expression of the
various emotions which every part de
mands. This causes the actress to bring
ii.o ; play all the muscles of the face.
K- ; using them equally they all main
tain their firm consistency and
strength , and none waste away from
-disuse. The result is that the skin is
kept stretched and tense over the face
ud does not fall into hollows.
A blow of fresh air , a glimpse of
fresh scenes and fresh faces are worth
-quarts of doctors' tonics to an over
tired and nervous man or woman , and
give a prettier glow to the cheeks than
k-the finest manufactured rouge in exist
ence.
It is indolence and lazy habits that
allow obesity to gain tbe ascendency
over elasticity. One who keeps mind
and body on the alert will seldom need
to have recourse to science or diet to
decrease size and weight. If you have
n. thin face , and the flesh seems unwill
ing to become plump and round in re-
spouse to massage , build up the system
by taking a half pint or more of sweet
cream every day , eat of cereals winch
have been cooked for several hours , a
raw egg beaten up in milk once a day ,
warm drinks of milk diluted with hot
water , and baked apples or ripe sweet
-fruit at each meal. New York Ledger.
American Girl's Success.
Chicago would be proud to claim Miss
Xeonora Jackson , whose success in
Paris is chronicled by a special corre
spondent of a Chicago
cage paper. But
she is not a Chicago
cage girl , as re
ported. The young
violinist s h e i s
only 19 years of age
\ was born in Mud
Springs , Gal. , and
is the ( laughter of
Charles P. Jack-
sou , who was a pioneer
neer merchant of
that place. Mrs.
' / ' Grover Cleveland
MISS JACKSON. SCut her to Berlin
in order to study the violin under
Joachim , and she won the famous prize
tuown as the "Mendelssohn Stipen-
dium. " which then first fell to an Amer
ican. In 1897 she scored a success in
German cities , and later repeated her
triumphs in London. Her success in
Paris merely confirms the belief that
.she has a great future in store if the
opinion of musical Europe is worth
anything.
Woman's Noblest Vocation.
"Good" housekeeping is easy house-
keping , and if a woman wears herself
into shreds and tatters keping house
the case is proven against her , " writes
Helen Watterson Moody , in the Ladies'
Home Journal. "It is precisely in her
ability to guard against this contin
gency that the housewife shows her
self not ouly a good executive officer ,
but as well a woman witu ideals and
11 sense of proportion one who does
not forgot that liousekeping is a means
to home-making , not an end in itself
that the most perfect administration
of domestic matters will not make a
family happy in whom the love and
. .spirit of home do not dwell. Home
not only a place to eat and sleep and
work in , but a place to be happy in , a
place to rest in and to be soothed , a
place in which to love and be loved ,
a place for confidences , and counsel ,
.and strengthening words , and hope ,
juid heartening. It is a good thing ,
jind a noble thing , and a satisfying
thing to be a good housekeeper ; there
" Is no professiou of which and in which
woman can be so proud , and when so
blessed in head and heart and hand as
to be able to make and keep one of
those real homes which is a 'little sun
ny spot of green in the great desert of
the world' if there is anything better
than this in life I have not yet found
it. "
Few Do You Sleep ?
Incorrect positions during sleep cause
many stooped shoulders. The big , fat ,
jiwful pillow of our grandmother's day
is the worst kind of a horror. Xo pillow
_ nt all is the best , and after one becomes
accustomed to sleeping that way it will
lie found much more restful and alto-
Bother comfortable. The best position
for sleep is to lie face downward , with
the arms straight at the sides.
Youua : Girls' Pompadours.
The prettiest way for girls between
15 and 10 to wear their hair is to have
it little pompadour in front , the side
pieces t : T with a ribbon bow , and
then the rest of the hair braided and
tied with another bow. Use black rib-
Tjon for street wear and bright ribbon
for bouse wear any color that is appropriate -
propriate with the frock worn. Har-
per's Bazar.
\ New Use for Old Wrappers.
A New York woman has been treasuf-
ing for some time t volummous old
wrapper with the idea of one day turnIng -
| ' Ing It into a bathing suit. The material
| [ -was good and the pattern she thought
would be both stylish and pretty for
aquatic garb. It was a blue and white
stripe , the white about two Inches wide
and the dark blue half an Inch. She
had stored It away , as it happened , with
some clothes that she was to give away.
The other day she went to take it out
to have it ready for work. But the
professional dress slashers in the
streets never made such work of a
gown as had been made with this. Only
the yoke and sleeves and a few frag
ments of the body remained , for it was
such a nice , soft piece of goods that
the boys of the family had cut it all
up for bicycle rags.
She Is a Mayor.
Mrs. Marie Totten , wife of Charles
Totten , a prominent merchant , was
elected Mayor of Beattie , a town of 500
i n li a b i tants , In
Northern Kansas ,
at a recent city
election. Beattie
has been overrun
with wickedness.
The women felt
keenly the dis
grace , and not
long ago held a
convention to de
vise some means
to change the
MKS. TOTTEN. town's ways.
They planned to put a ticket in the field
in the next election. That was ten
months ago. Every night , when the
husbands and grown sons came home
from their work , the housewives would
bring up the subject. As a result , sev
eral hundred men cast votes for the
woman's ticket. There were numerous
rows at the polls between men and
women , but when the votes were count
ed itvas found that tbe women were
elected by majorities ranging from 50
to 100. The clerk , treasurer and three
councilwomen were elected.
Good Advice for Girls.
Don't hang around the depot , unless
you are going away or meeting friends.
Don't go to church and take a back
seat with your escort , and then whis
per and giggle during the service.
Don't be loud , boisterous and slangy.
Stand on your dignity ; don't form ac
quaintances quickly. Don't carry
your heart on your sleeve , and don't
throw yourself into the arms of every
good-looking drummer or well-
dressed stranger who comes to town.
Be womanly , be modest , be thought
ful and serious at times ; don't unses
yourselves , and thus lose woman's
sweetest charm. Don't regard yoin
long-legged , awkward brother as .1
nuisance ; don't turn up your nose at
your old-fashioned father and his pool
grammar , and , above all , don't play ?
"hot time" on the piano when your
good old mother is having a "hot time"
on the wash tub. It is too suggestive.
Things Worth Notinc.
Tight clothes and indigestion cause
rod noses.
Tooth brushes should be washed IE
strong salt and water.
Ink spilt on the carpet is removable
by milk.
Take a light meal only before setting
out on a bicycle trip.
Powdered rice applied on lint will
stop a bleeding wound.
Thin , nervous women require ten
hours' sleep every night.
After eating onions munch a sprig of
parsley dipped in vinegar.
Ammonia and water cleans mud off
an umbrella. Philadelphia Record.
The girl who has taken the trouble
to rejuvenate her cloth dress with a
more or less ornamental mull collar
and rovers , especially if a white waist
shows underneath , looks delightfully
refreshing.
Xot only have the tunic overskirt and
the bolero succumbed to the fascina
tions of the scallop finish , but the here
tofore conventional sheet and pillow
ease are not deemed up to date unless
they , too , boast this modish tpuch.
It goes without saying that the stout
woman always admires the styles cre
ated for her taller and more slender
sisters. That's all right , but worship
at a distance. Don't pass the suitable
long coat and purchase the short jack
et , which is bound by the laws of dress
to make you look infinitely shorter.
Trim our gowns , both waists and
skirts , in perpendicular effect. Avoid
anything in the way of frilly or
pouched effects that add breadth. You
may affect all pointed and Y-shaped ar
rangements with good results. In
blouses , bodices or coats the more ob
scure the waist-line the more height is
given. Yokes are not intended for the
bodice of the short , stout woman , but
rather an unbroken line from waist to
shoulders , which gives length.
WEAPS FOE SUMMEK.
LACE SHAWLS AND CUTAWAY
ULSTERS IN VOGUE.
ome New Ideas as to the Manajre-
ment of Colors in Dresses and Over-
sklrta-Odd Effects in Bodices Whose
Sides Are Trimmed Unlike.
New York correspondence :
PRING is a diffi
cult season consid
ered from the
wrap point of
view. The design
er's task is made
especially trying
because the more
fashionable women
object to appear
ing on the street ,
no matter how
warm the weather ,
without something
in the way of a
wrap over them.
In answer to this
demand some very
: pretty little loose
capes and mantles
I are shown. These
? are usually made
of mousseline or
or tue Deautiful
cloths that drape so gracefully and have
a luster almost like that of silk. These
capes are planned on the fichu pattern ,
are built up prettily about the neck with
out being close , they may really or appar
ently tie under the chin and loose scarf
ends hang as far as the knee , and in some
cases to the foot of the dress. The one
sketched here was black surah , lined with
rose pink satin and finished with jet pas
sementerie , a large bow of the satin ap
pearing at the throat.
A lace shawl can be utilized almost
without injury in one of the new shawl-
shaped wraps for carriage wear. These
are made of all delicate shades of silk and
cloth , and are trimmed with either blacker
or white lace. If a shawl is used it drapes
from the shroulders , the cape being set
on a shaped yoke. The picture shown of
one was an especially graceful design in
dull red taffeta mounted with black lace ,
a shawl and a flounce to match. The cos
tume was en suite , the skirt being dull red
cloth finished with lace to match that on
the cloak. Such a cloak , however , will
go handsomely with , many other gowns.
It is not fair to insinuate' that the wear
ers of such garments have poor figures ,
but there can be little doubt that the
fashion was first started in behalf of such
women. You see , the cutaway ulster coat
is very fashionable , and will be seized up
on by a majority of women to whom it is
suited. But scrawniness and over plump
ness are not kindly treated by it. Hence
the shawl capes , which are about equally
suited to all sorts of figures. There is
no denying that a pretty figure shows off
well in one of the new ulsterettes. These
are made of light cloth in gray , oyster ,
tan , blue or black. Now and then a white
one appears. They are any length at the
hack , rounding up as short as you like to
wards the front. As a rule they are fin
ished with a shaped flounce , and may eith-
xMr * , ' \ Av ' * ' & \\\\4V
TO SEKVE AS SUMMEU WKAPS.
cr fasten snugly to the throat or fall open
to display the frown beneath and : i hand
somely finished pair of rovers. Such a
coat may be slightly horsey and at tin-
same time essentially feminine. Though
it is cut in many different lengths and
ways , all the garments have in common
the most marked characteristics. These
are the familiar ones of the coat in to
day's second picture , which was found in
blue cloth.
When overdresses came in women de
cided not to admit to favor the draped
overdress , or the overdress that did not
appear to be one , at least in color , with
the bodice. Yet tbe costume presenting
an underskirt that matches the bodice
or jacket is topped by an overdress- that
does not match anything. At best it
matches the yoke or the bodice worn un
der the jacket. Such rigs are brand new
and fail to look as ugly and ungraceful as
well , as they ought.
This will he apparent from examination
of the left hand gown of the three sketch
ed side by side. Its material was gray
cloth and underskirt and jacket were
braided closely with black. The over
dress was the plain cloth and the bodice
front under the jacket was white muslin
KELIEVED FKOM PLAINNESS BY ITS
FASTENING.
topped by a stock to match. The lines of
braiding are managed very carefully on
the jacket. Nothing is more important
than the arrangement of line in this sort
of trimming. Even scrolls , garlands and
spray work should be planned especially
according to the lines of the woman who
is to wear them.
Opposite this gown in the picture is a
representative of an extravagant fashion.
It is , perhaps , more of a fad than a fash
ion , but as it almost invariably results in
A ONE-SIDED BODICE AND TWO UNUSUAL SKIRTS.
a strikingly pretty dress , it is likely to
spread. It consists in topping a bodice
with a yoke of some material lighter in
color than the gown , and in making the
underskirt , or the shaped flounce of the
skirt , match the yoke. This gown was
pansy blue cloth and had a yoke of white
cloth with all over braiding in blue. The
shaped foot of the skirt matched the yoke.
The gown will need constant care. Light
material next the ground may be pretty ,
but , like the height of the society season ,
it's very wearing.
There is some demand for variation
from the bodice that opens in front to
show a yoke , and one result of this is a
lot of pretty and odd effects in bodices
whose sides are trimmed unlike. One
pretty variation of this idea is displayed
by the middle figure of these three. The
gown was tobacco brown cloth , the yoke
of white corded silk appearing only on
*
the right side. This costume showed also
the rounded-down neck.
To those who have grown rather tired
of light colored cloths , it is pleasant to
think that dark stuffs are still stylish , all
the more desirable because the grays and
fawns have come near to the point of be
ing overdone. As it stands now , the
method of making is of more importance
than that of color or goods , granting that
the latter are not unfashionable. The
gown of the concluding picture was sig
nificant of this because it was of blue
serge of a quality not extraordinarily
fine ; that is , a common material of an al
most work-a-day shade. Yet by the un
usual and skillful in
manner which it was
made tip , the gown was turned into a com
plete success. Its bodice was a very nat
ty example of the short-hip , straight-front
jacket , and the fastening of cord loops and
buttons was managed charmingly. If one
doesn't have an overdress or a shaped
flounce to her skirt , she positively must
have an.odd fastening to it. The perfect
ly plain skirt is gone by.
Copyrlglit , 1S09.
Otters Trained to Catch Fish.
Chinese and Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way of training the otter.
They catch the small cub and put a
collar round the throat. The little crea
ture , finding itself unable for days to-
retber to swallow anything it catches ,
gives up trying to do so. and firmly be
lieves for the rest of its life that an
otter can only swallow such food as it
receives direct from its master's hands ,
and. accordingly , it faithfully brings to
the bank ajl the fish it captures.
She Obeyed the .Letter.
Little Sadie ( who has been told she
must thank God for everything , wheth
er it seemed good or not ) "Thank God
again , mamma , I've broken your rose
jar. "
N
DEWgY'S PORTRAIT.
The One the Public Knows Looks but
Little Like Him.
Someone remarked the other day It
was strange that of all the pictures of
Admiral Dewey with which this coun
try is so liberally supplied , every one
Is alike. It is the same three-quarter
face , with the dark upturned mustache
and thin hair. All the pictures show
him in uniform and with standing col
lar. The fact that there is only one
picture of Dewey , while there are nu
merous and different likenesses of
Schley , Sampson , Shafter , Hobson ,
Miles , Otis and even Kautz , does seem
strange. It happened this way : Ad
miral Dewey always was a modest
man and he never cared to have his
picture taken. Some years ago , how
ever , when he was in Washington , a
friend induced him to go to Bell's gal
lery and sit for a picture. He was on
duty and wore his uniform as captain.
This was many years ago , and the pho
tographer put the negative away
among those he thought he would have
little call for. On that Sunday night ,
May 1 , nearly a year ago , when the
news came of Dewey's great victory ,
the newspapers all over the country
began telegraphing for pictures of the
hero. Every photographer in the town
was aroused to find a photograph of
Dewey , and just by chance Miss Owen ,
at Bell's , remembered the old negative.
It was found and men were put to
work printing pictures from it. It was
too late to copyright the picture , but
the photographer made a great deal of
money In a few days selling the copies
on hand. In less than a week that pic
ture Avent all over the country and be
came the accepted likeness of the great
Admiral in fact , it is doubtful if many
people would recognize any other.
The Mail and Express correspondent
had an experience in this line only the
other day. There is a game called
"portraits" which is quite the fad in
Washington now. It consists in col
lecting a large number of pictures of
prominent men and women and pasting
them on boards , numbering them and
then hanging the boards about the
room , give a certain length of time to
the guests to guess who they are. In
this particular collection of portraits
was one of Admiral Dewey taken a
few months ago at Manila. The pic
ture showed the .Admiral in his white
uniform , with his mustache gray and
his hair thin and white. It was very
unlike the Bell photograph , so unlike ,
indeed , that out of the party guessing
the pictures , only one recognized it aa
that of Admiral Dewey.
There's nothing on earth so mysteri
ously funny as an advertisement. The
prime , first and'last , all-the-time ob
ject of an ad is to draw custom. It was
not , and never will be , designed for any
other purpose. So the merchant waits
till the busy season comes , and his
store is so full of customers that he
can't get his hat off , and then he rushes
off to the printer and goes in for adver
tising. When the dull season gets
along and there is no bu.ving , and h ?
wants to sell his goods so bad he can
not pay his rent , he stops advertising.
That is , some of them do ; but occa
sionally a level-headed merchant des
more of it and scoops in the business ,
while his neighbors are making mort
gages to pay tbe gas bills.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store if you planted a cannon be
hind the door , and that's the time when
the ad is sent on its holy mission. It
makes light work for advertising , for a
chalk sign on the sidewalk would do
all that was needed , and have a half-
holiday every day in tbe week. But
who wants to favor an ad ? It is built
to do bard work , and should be sent
out on the dull days , when a customer
has to be knocked down with hard
facts , and kicked insensible with bank
rupt reductions , and dragged in with
irresistible slaughter of prices , before
he will spend a cent. That's the aim
and end of advertising , and if you ever
open a store don't try to get them to
come when they are sticking out of the
windows , but give them your ad right
between the eyes in the dull season ,
and you will wax rich , and own a fast
horse , and perhaps be able to smoke a
cigar once or twice a year.
Write this down where you'll fall
over it every day. The time to draw
business is when you want businss ,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend to. Exchange.
Gate of Tears and Bridge of Sighs.
The Straits of Babelmandeb , the
passage from the Persian Gulf into the
Red Sea , are called tbe Gate of Tears
by the Arabs. The channel is ouly
about twenty miles wide , rocky and
very dangerous for passage in rough
weather. It received its melancholy
name from the number of shipwrecks
that occurred there.
The Bridge of Sighs is the bridge of
Venice which connects the palace of
the Doge with the State prison , and
was so called because over it prisoners
were conveyed from the judgment hall
to the place of execution.
Oldest City in the World.
Though Rome is called "the eternal
city , " the name by right belongs to the
city of Damascus , in Syria , which is the
oldest city in the world. As long as
man has written records the city of Da
mascus has been known.
Every man who calls a doctor finds
him "rough. "
The cinchona Is robbed of Irs baric
for the sake of the quinine which It
contains. Resins , rubbers , barks ,
Bbers , tans , dyes , lacquers , seeds and
fruits the list has no end. Many oC
these are due to modern enterprise ;
It Is curious to note , however , that
wood tar Is prepared just as it was In
the fourth century before Christ. A
bank Is chosen and a hole dug. into
which the wood is placed covered with
turf. A fire Is lighted underneath uml
the tar slowly drips into the barrels
placed to receive it.
The Artless Japanese Way.
During meals In Japan adults as well
as children are admonished to be "seen
and not heard , " for silence Is the sign
of good breeding ; and to be really well-
mannered one there must not speak at
table , or even move more than the tak
ing of the food absolutely requires.
*
The god who Is supposed to preside
over the meals Is offended by noise of
any sort. When our General Grant
dined with the Emperor of Japan and
spoke during the meal he was not con
sidered ill-bred , for allowance was
made for him as a foreigner. His be
ing invited to break bread with the
royalty of Japan was a tremendous
concession , such as had never been
known. After the door was opened to
him and a precedent established the
bars were not put up as tightly.
The Emperor of Japan never admits
a native commoner to his presence. If
it became necessary for tailors or tink
ers to come before him a title would
be conferred upon them as they en
tered , of which they would be deprived
when they made their exit. What a
chance for a comic opera librettist !
The Japanese celebrate the anni
versaries of the death of great persons ,
not their birthdays.
He Couldn t SpeuK. i-reach.
Of the many amusing experiences
Englishmen have in France the one oC
a provincial alderman who recently
crossed the channel is most novelHe
could speak only English , and describes
his troubles thus :
. "I went to Paris and put up at the
Hotel de Lille et d'Albion. I lost my
way and could not get back to my ho
tel , because I did not speak or under
stand French. I asked several stran
gers , in English , to direct me , but met
with no success. So I bought a large
card and wrote on it : 'Please tell me
the way to the Hotel de Lille et d'Al
bion. '
"I walked along the street and show
ed my card to a dozen or more men.
Finally a man read it and beckoned mete
to follow him. I did so silently for
about a mile. He pointed to the sign
on my hotel , and I broke the silence by
thanking him.
" 'What ! ' he exclaimed , in apparent
surprise , 'are you an Englishman ? Seam
am I , but I took you to be deaf and
' " Press.
dumb. New York
Farmers and Binders * Twine.
The offer made elsewhere In this pa
per by the John M. Smyth Company ,
of Chicago , to furnish farmers with
Binder Twine is certainly something
unprecedented In these days. The
prices are named on the different
grades of Twine and the privilege of !
examination and comparison with other
qualities and values offered each pur
chaser. The firm making these offers
is one of the most reliable and ex
tensive In the United States.
Another Difficulty.
"I'm sorry for our president , " said
the French official. "He has an ordeal
before him in which he will not getohalf
the sympathy he deserves. He owes It
to the public to have some pictures
taken. "
"That Is simple enough. "
"It seems so. But think of a man IV
his position being told to look pleas-
ant. " Washington Star.
" The Prudent Man Setteth
His House in Order.f r
Your human tenement
should be given even more
careful attention than the
house you live in. Set it in
order by thoroughly purifying
your blood by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
Erysipelas "My little girl is now fat
and healthy on account of Hood'3 Sarsapa
rilla curing her of erysipelas and eczema. "
MRS. H. O. WHEATLEY , Port Chester , N. Y.
Hood's Pills cnre liver JUa ; the non-Irritating and
OLly cathartic to take with Hood's Saraapartlla.
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever.
. T. FEMX GOCKAUI 'S ORIENTAL
DK. CREAM , OK .MAGICAL BEAUTIFIEK.
Hemores Tan. Pimples. Freckle *
Moth Patches , Ra b , and Ski )
diseases , and ererj- blemish 01
beauty , and defld
detection. It hat
StOOd OW test ot U
rmless we taste il
to be sure It Js prop
erly made. Accept
no counterfeit ol
similar name. Dr. L.
A. Sayre said to a
lady of the haul-ton
( a patient ) : "As yea
ladies will u e them ,
I recommend 'Gour-
aud's Cream' as the
least harmful of all
the Skin prepara
tions. " For sale by
all Drnpslsts and
fancy-Goods Dealers In the CS. . , Canadas , and Europo.
FERD. T. HOPKIXS. ITop'r , 37 Great Jones St. , N'.Y.
A Hatural Black by
Price 50 cents of all drngjiata or B. P. Hall & Co. .
Nashua. N.H.
LADIES ! The Periodical Monthly Regulator
sever tails ; waled bos by mall , $1.00. NEW YOKK
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