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SYNOPSIS.
Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
lish Ueateamat, Edward Gerard Anstruth
er. aad bto Corsican bride. Marina,
laughter of the Paolis. from the mur
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward in to be the hand of the girl he
loves. Bald Aastrutaer. sister of the Eng
lish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajao
sio to Marseilles on board the French
ateaaaer Coastaatine. The vendetta pur
sues aad as the quartet are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles.
Marina is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi
tates a postponement of the journey.
Barnes' gets part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which inform him
that he is marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vendetta at their own game.
For the purpose of securing the safety
of the women Barnes arranges to have
Lady S-.artris lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party is to be taken
n a yacht. Barnes and Enid make
arrangements for their... marriage. The
net tightens about Barnes. He re
ceives a note from La Belle Blackwood,
the American adventuress. Barnes hears
that Elijah Emory, his detective, has
been murdered by the Corsicans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor
rcgio, who followed the party on their
way to the boat, was Saliceti. a nephew
of the count, and that Count Corregio
had been in Nice for some time prior to
the party's arrival. The count warns
Barnes not to marry Enid unless he
would have her also Involved In the mur
derous feud. Barnes and Enid are mar
ried. Soon after their wedding Barnes
bride disappears. Barnes discovers she
has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica.
The groom secures a Ashing vessel and'
Is about to start in pursuit of his bride's
captors when he hears a scream from
the villa and rushes back to hear that
Anstruther's wife. Marina, is also miss
ing. Barnes is compelled to depart for
Corsica without delay, and so he leaves
the search for Marina to her husband
wlille he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be
fore Barnes boat lands on Corsica's
shore Marina is discovered hiding in u
corner of the vessel. She explains her
action by saying she has come to help
Barnes rescue his wife from the .Corsi
cans. When Barnes and Marina arrive
la Corsica he Is given a note written by
Enid informing him that the kidnaping
Is for the purpose of entrapping Barnes,
so the vendetta may kill him.
CHAPTER XII.
The Mountain Chalet.
Forced to a more moderate pace, the
two journey up the winding road be
tween some cornfields made red by
poppies. Soon after they pass into
the wooded hill lands, their path bor
dered by myrtles and arbutus.
After a little, the way grows wild
er, the hills much steeper, and climb
tag the lofty Colle di San Antonio they
can look down upon hill vistas, beauti
fully wooded, that descend to the dis
tant sea. In the sunlit gleam of the
far-off water. Barnes, using his field
glasses, sees the yacht lying alone at
anchor. "Graham has sent back the
fishing smack." he says.
"Then thank the Virgin." cries Ma
rina, "another letter is going to my
husband telling him his disobedient
wife is trying to save his sister."
They descend sharply into the little
valley of the Liamone, and enter the
village of Vico. whose inn is now wel
coming the first summer visitors from
Ajaccio.
Here Marina says: "Twould be
wrong if I sent not a telegram to my
anxious spouse." So they dismount at
the little telegraph office peculiar to
Corsican villages. As they slip in. a
countryman slouches out and mount
ing a horse rides off up the main
street. Her message dispatched, Ma
.rina comin from the office, says:
"How hurriedly that fellow went
away."
"You think he was looking for us?"
asks Barnes, as he places her on her
pony.
"Perhaps; Bernardo is astute. He
may guess that his message to you
brought you after him by water and
that you would find the yacht."
"Then after him!" says Burton, and
turning more to the east they follow
a rapid stream, passing the Sulphur
Baths of Guagno, where they can see
the diligence depositing patients at its
hospital for rheumatics.
They have not overtaken the man,
but no one has passed them on the
road, their pace has been so rapid. The
peasants they have seen, so many of
them carrying guns that Barnes thinks
he is in the Rocky Mountains, have
received the usual greetings in the
tiatois of the couutry from Marina, her
escort wisely keeping his sombrero
pulled down.over his eyes and saying
nothing. But now a farmer, pausing,
says: "Girl, you and your man had bet
ter not go beyond Guagno. Last night
the two accursed bandits, Rochini and
his mate, killed Nicolo, the sheep
grower, up at his bouse by the lake,
and carried off his daughter."
"Thank you for your advice," an
swers Marina politely. She glances at
Barnes, but he scarcely heeds. He is
urging bis pony toward the mountain
pass through which Enid must now
be journeying.
"Who is this Rochini?" asks Barnes,
to take Mrs. Anstruther's thoughts to
happier things.
"He and his fellows are the only
bandits of which Corsica is not proud."
answers the girl, savagely. "This
wretch with his underlings murders
men for money. Other bandits only
kill for hate or to escape capture by
the gendarmes. Also this Rochini
drags shrieking women to his lair,
while other bandits doff their hats to
ladies."
Them as they ride along the Cor
sican girl gives Mr. Baraes some curi
ous Information about bandits.
-. "This murderous Rochini is not of
our commune; he has been driven
from Rotondo by the farmers because
of his outrages and came over to Del
Oro," she remarks, excitedly. "Our
own Bocognano bandits, the brave
Bellacoscia," Marina's tone is proud,
"whose family name is Bonelli, only
fled to the mountains to escape pur
suit from our cruel gendarmes, be
cause, forsooth, the elder Antonio kill-
eu Marc Augeu, t uu uarcu. iu marry j
the girl upon whom be bad set his
heart. The younger, Giacoxno, because j
he would not endure the French con
scription, so he slew the brigadier and
his men who came to arrest him. Still
Antonio Bonelli, when the Teutons ov
erran France, offered to go over and
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500 Rellflcoscia brothers, soms, grand
sons and nephews if they would give
him safe conduct from arrest At. first
Monsieur Gambetta accepted, then he
refused, fearing there might bea aew
Bonaparte among these Corsicans to
again save France and rule the coun
try." "Oh, we are devoted to the Bella
coscia," she continues fervidly.
"Eveiy boy by the waysidegives them
warning of the gendarmes; every
child picking flowers in the mountains
tells them of the coming of the brig
adiers who would capture or slay
them. Though many men and women,
some of gentle blood, are placed In
prison tor aiding them, the authorities
never receive information from their
lips. But these wretches, Rochini and
Romano, are abhorred by all, and
blessings would be showered on any
who might bring their bodies into Bo
cognano." All this has been said as they hur
ried through the dust and sun for
three more miles. They enter the vil
lage of Guagno. There is no way of
avoiding the hamlet; it stands almost
at the entrance of the deep gorge be
tween the two great mountains be
sides, the ponies need rest.
"It would be better if we were not
seen here," suggests Marina, "though
the inn looks comfortable."
"And you must both rest and eat,"
remarks Barnes; who has noticed that
his fragile companion, unaccustomed
I Give You Additional Warning, To-
to the severe exercise of horseback
travel in the hot sua and stifling dust,
is icmowhat fatigued.
Thy ride up to the auberge. dis
mount and give their ponies to the
care of a Corsican boy, who leads
i hem away.
Entering, they are met by the lo
quacious landlord, who tells them, as
they demand a hurried meal, that
business is not very brisk, the season
being too early for many invalids at
the baths, besides all travellers are
kept from the mountains beyond by
fear of Rochini and Romano.
"May the curse of God rest on them
they spoil my business even down
l.ere," says the hotel man savagely as
he goes to bring the food.
"1 do not think you had better go
with me farther," remarks Barnes
st ricusly.
"What, stand back because a mur
derer threatens the way to Enid?"
cries Marina. '"Besides, you can shoot
your4 pistol."
"Then may God curse me If I let
harm come to you for your devotion to
my wife," returns the American with
grateful eyes.
"Then I'm safe," says the Corsican
girl simply, who has supreme faith in
the deadly marksmanship of her es
cort. From the little garden outside, the
conversation of two rustics drifts in
to them. One is apparently a local
wool buyer, the other a shepherd from
the neighboring mountain.- who is bar
gaining with him for his shearing.
A moment later their host places
the dinner in front of them. "Here are
trout from our Liamone. a filch of
moufflon killed on Rotondo and some
chianti made from the vines outside.
Real moufflon, real chianti, besides
chestnuts from my own grove!" he re
marks proudly, as he arranges their
knives and forks.
"You have also a few visitors, I pre
sume, to eat them?" queries Marina,
sympathetically.
"Oh, none to-day; there -are not
enough invalids at the baths'; the sea
- a is too early. Besides, young Sali-
e.i didn't stop here with his party.
t hurried on three hours ago. Does
.t young statesman expect to get
; vote of Vincenzo, the landlord?
. .;t even a drink of wine did he buy.
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SELL iz JH!.
Bat the reprobate has an. eye for
beauty if not for political influence. A
yellow-hared girl was with him,
though his followers kept- so close
about her I could not see her face. But
I give you additional warning. To
night you must stay In my inn.
Toward the mountains there Is an
other bandit, an extra one.
"An extra bandit!" Barnes opens his
'eyes.
"How do you know that?" asks Ma
rina. "How? Why, even the accursed Ro
chini and' his fellow, who murder men
and. seize women, never steal from
me, who fearing their knifee give
them wine and warning of the gend
armes; but this new fellow sneaks
down at night and eats my chickens.
May Satan take him, he has the appe
tite of a' table d'hote!"
"Nevertheless, we must risk the un
piofesstonal chicken thief and go to
the mountains," says Marina deter
minedly, as she goes away, attended
by mine host, to make preparations
for her departure.
Barnes, having five minutes for a
whiff, produces his cigar case, but
some words entering from the two
rustics amid the vines of the garden
outside, cause him to forget even1 his
last cigar.
Their trade being closed, they are
now discussing local news. "Diavolo,"
remarks the wool trader, "did you
meet young saliceti on the roaai
"Aye, that I did, three miles above,
near the waterfall. To me he said:
'Good Luigi, shall I have your vote for
deputy?" 'That you will.' said I, 'great
Saliceti, when you perform your oath
of vendetta against the Americano
who came to Bocognano and by De
Belloc's soldiers killed the man who
would have been your father-in-law
'Then I shall have it,' he cried. 'Just
wait here for a couple of hours, and
you'll see it done.' But I had to meet
you to sell my wool, besides I remem
bered Rochini and his murderous gun,
and so I came along."
"Cospetto. if Saliceti does It, he has
my vote also!" cries the wool trader.
night You Must Stay in My Inn.
"The crafty politician must have the
Americano trapped somehow. It was
rumored that the devil fled with the
Englishman whom Mademoiselle Paoli
wedded, though he had slain her broth
er. Santos, may death come to a girl
who for lust betrays her race."
To. this Barnes listens impatiently
but seriously.
"This political hustler wants to sac
rifice me on their altar of vengeance,
so as to draw their votes," cogitates
Barne3 savagely. "By the Eternal, he
shall have an ox at his barbecue who
will disagree with his stomach!"
There is a peculiar glint in the
American's eyes as. five minutes later,
he places Marina carefully upon her
pony, and they leave the inn. He now
asks almost lightly r "By the bye,
Madame Anstruther, do you know a
waterfall some, three miles up this
path?" For all traces of a wagon road
have ended at Guagno, leaving only a
little bridle path that runs up the
foaming Liamone, which, contracted,
in its banks, has become a torrent.
Marina thinks a moment; then
says: "Oh, yes; I remember a moun
tain trail often travelled as a girl. But
it is very steep."
"Would you kindly show it to me
when we come to it?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Wanted the Worth of His Money.'
"All we can afford to give you.mlss,
said the trustee of school district No.
1G to the young woman who had ap
plied for the position of teacher, "is
$45 a month." "At that figure, of
course, you wouldn't expect me to
teach any fads," she said. "Fads?"
echoed the trustee, taken 'slightly
aback; "why h'm yes, if you can
teach it we'll want .that, too." "But 11
it isn't in the curriculum " "You
may as well understand, miss, that we
ain't throwin' any money away. The
$45 a month is to pay for the whole
thing fads, crickalum and everything
else that's goin'." Chicago Tribune.
As the Mother, So the Girl.
A daughter is, in nine cases out of
ten, the reflection of her mother. The
training of the girl of 15 is shown In
the woman of 50. A son may,-by con
tact with the rough world, sometimes
outlive his early home influences a
daughter' rarely does.
TURNING VANITY INTO MONEY
By JOHN R.
Tnamrmr Cook
(Cop-fright, by Joseph B. Bowles.),
Why Is it that thousands of intelli
gent mea working for salaries of for
wages are investing their savings in
the stocks of wildcat -companies
against the advice of friends compe
tent to advise, them and, isf-the-face
of their own better judameatf
The obvious answer Is: - Because
they expect to profit greatly by the in
vestmentto "get rich quick,?- as the
common saying pats It This Is only
half the answer, and the other half
often the more powerful Is seldom
brought out
It can be stated In one small word
Vanity.
This Is not flattering to the invest
ors who have defied the sober counsel
of experienced men of affairs and who
have stifled their own natural fore
bodings and sense of caution, but the
fact remains that vanity has. in hun
dreds of thousands of cases, been the
one factor which has turned the tables
against reason, judgment and good
counsel and emptied the pockets of
the wage earner, and the salary worker
into the coffers of the fake investment
shark.
This trait of human nature does not
occur to the general public of honest
tollers, but the study of human na
ture is the everyday business of the
man who is out after the savings of
the workers; like the surgeon making
a thorough physical examination of a
patient, pressing every part of the
body to locate the weak spots, so the
investment schemer applies all his
cunnlng-to the discovery of the weak
spots In the sort of human nature
with which he has to deal. And he
has come to understand that there is
no weakness more common among
the men who have to work hard for
comparatively small returns than the
trait of wishing to have a part in the
management of the affairs of business
and. more particularly, to be looked
upon by their fellows and associates
as a man of affairs, with personal in
terests and personal influence in busi
ness councils, an administrator in the
internal affairs of an industrial or
financial organization.
The desire conscious or uncon
scious of the small investor to be
able incidentally to remark to his fel-.
lows: "I'm interested in the Solid
Rock Investment company," or "I've
got to lay off to-morrow to attend the
stockholders' meeting of the Sure
nough Securities corporation, in which
I'm interested," has landed quite as
many fairly hard-headed men of small
means in the net of the investment
schemes as" has the simple desire to
make money without work. Of this I
am thoroughly convinced, although the
two appeals always go hand in hand.
When the bait thrown out is equally
attractive to the cupidity and the van
ity of human nature the catch is al
most certain and the clearness with
which the latter human weakness is
understood by the -sharpers who lie
in wait for the surplus savings
of those, who do the world's hand
work. Is evidenced by the fact
that the literature sent out to lure
the unwary is full of phrases like this:
, "Why not become an associate of
men who are doing things? We want
your influence In your community.
The men who are in this enterprise
are known in the business world and
they desire cooperation of others who
are capable of broad and independent
judgment, of men like yourself who
can see beyond the rim of a silver dol
lar and appreciate large opportunities,
men of constructive abilities who arc
ready to take a hand in the develop
ment of one of the greatest enter
prises of the present day. Your ad
vice, influence and cooperation are
more valuable to us than your money."
When this appeal is put to a man
who has always worked under others,
who has never' been consulted by a
business man. whose opinions on busi
ness matters have never been asked
by any person outside his own family
circle, the temptation to a new and
delightful feeling of self-importance is
almost inevitable. There is not a
clerk bending over a desk or a coun
ter, a mechanic working" at his lathe
or bench, or a laborer toiling in street
or field who has not at times felt that
he has had ideas about some feature
of business worth considering, who
has not harbored a secret longing to
have a place and standing among the
men who pull the wires which move
the machinery of business. When such
a man and his kind is legion re
ceives one of these artful and insinu
ating appeals to his vanity he is rare
ly poised and gifted with common
sense above his fellows if he does not
feel that at last he has come into his
own; that his abilities have finally
been appreciated and that the stran
ger in the business world has under
stood' him better than his associates,
his neighbors, his familiar friends and
those under whom he works. The flat
tery of this appeal outweighs its shal
low rawness and its obvious and cheap
insincerity. But the real cunning of
this attack upon his vanity is the fact
that it appeals to his "independent
judgment" and classes him among the
men who see things shrewdly and in
a big way and who scorn timidity. If
he listens to this argument and gen
erally he does he feels a new sense
of self-importance and of independence
and a corresponding disinclination to
listen to the advice of those whose
familiarity with business and finance
would enable him to steer clear of the
rocks oT disaster. His judgment is
pitted against theirs and he is aroused
to a determination to "show them"
that his opinion is better 'than theirs.
This antagonism against the recep
tion of advice from men of experience
Is the one thing which the investment
sharper most desires to awaken in the
prospective victim, for it will prevent
him' not only from seeking sound ad
vice hut from acting upon it when it
is put in his way.
The schemers who have learned
how irresistibly the argument of "man
age for yourself' appeals to the man
who has never had a chance to try
his hand at managing a business have
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also learned that' men in the humbler
walks of life are clannish and inclined
to think and act together. Along wiiu
THOMPSON,
County, IBtnois.
this they have realized that tt Is
easier ana cnesper to nuni ineir game
in flocks and droves than singly. Whom
the sportsman wishes to get a big has;
of game and get It quickly he goes
after the birds which travel ia flocks.
So with these gunners who are adepts
in the use of decoys and "calls." They
arrange their hunts in line with this
idea of clannishness, of mass move
ment, and use the ammunition of "act
for yourself so that every shot will be
a "pot shot"
Here Is an example of how this kind
of financial sportsmanship is prosecut
ed: Some time ago an Inventor
brought out a machine for the making
of print paper from the pith of corn
stalks. So far as making an impres
sive, scientific demonstration was con
cerned, the device was admirable, but
when it came to its ability to compete
commercially with wood pulp mills
and their products, that was a prob
lem that did not greatly concern the
promoters with whom the inventor
and patentee became associated. So
long as the machine did its demonstra
tion work with convincing plausibili
ty their immediate purpose was 'fully
met. The paper production in which
they were most concerned was that
.upon which the handsome stock certifi
cates of the company were printed.
He immediately turned his guns
upon wage workers of the printing
and paper trades.
By personal solicitation and printed
literature he plied the members of
these trades with the argument:
"Make this your own industry! Here
is the opportunity for you to keep in
your own hands the thing which is
going to revolutionize the paper busi
ness just as the typesetting machine
. . . .. . -
has revolutionized the printers craft
You can, by coming in now, with a
small investment per man, place your
selves in control of an industry which
will hold in its grip a product of mil
lions of dollars a year a product
upon which the whole paper and print
ing world depends for its existence."
"This was an argument which every
man in the mechanical department of
a newspaper or a commercial printing
establishment, and every paper mill
or paper company, could understand.
It met him on his own ground and he
began to see visions of himself as one
of the "powers" in the very industry
in which he was an obscure wage
worker. What a turning of the tables
there would be when the world
awakened to the fact that this great
"revolutionizing invention" was con
trolled by the men at the type case
and machines, the printing presses,
the stereotyping tables, the pulp vats
and the paper warerooms!
By scores and hundreds the wage
workers in these trades rallied to this
cry and the leaders among them were
"taken care or' in a way which made
them feel that they had already come
Into their own. These bell-wethers
of the craft marshaled their follow
ings with a sincere confidence that
they were leading the way to a -financial
Utopia and the promoters rubbed
their hands in satisfaction at the rate
at which their illuminated stock cer
tificates were demanded by the work
ers who wanted to become captains of
industry and "manage for them
selves." Certain "subsidiary" and
"allied" companies were organized
for the purpose of giving more of
these men official position to dis
tribute to a wider number the thrill
that comes from putting a hand on the
pilot wheel of "affairs."
The outcome of this revolution to
place the trusting wage worker in the
control of an industry of his own is
fully covered by the suggestion that
the farmer is still "plowing under" the
dead cornstalks upon which the news
of the world was to have been print
ed. Meantime hundreds of faithful
workers in the printing and paper
trades are finding it more difficult to
"manage" theirown personal finances
because of the deficit created by the
investment which was to "make the
industry their, own."
The ambition of the wage earner
and the man on salaiy to better his
condition, to "make his surplus work
for him,' to find a broader expression
for his individuality and abilities in a
business way is both natural and com
mendable; but he will make a poor
start jn the line of that ambition if he
fails to realize, at the outset, that
finance is as much a technical trade
as that which the typesetter, the ma
son, the carpenter, the machinist or
the plumber follows, and that it would
be no more absurd for the banker or
the man of finance to attempt to set a
galley of type, lay - a brick wall or
serve at a machinist's lathe without a
technical training, an apprenticeship,
than for the journeyman in any of
these crafts to take a financial opera
tion, no matter how modest, into his
own hands, independent of the guid
ing councH of the man who knows
the ropes of finance. And the invest
ment in a stock or a bond is a trans
action in "finance" in the strict and
full sense of the term.
The man of small means, unschooled
in the ways of finance, might just as
safely hand his pocket money or his
savings bank account over to an utter
stranger who promises to meet him at
a certain place, at some future time,
and give him something valuable in
return, as to put his money into the
stocks and alleged securities which
are being foisted upon the public to
day by the beating of publicity drums
and the blare of promotion trumpets.
One of these transactions does not re
quire a whit greater stretch of creduli
ty than the other.
Let the man who has an ambition
to manage his small savings keep
steadily in mind the 'fact that the
concern whose literature or solicitors
attempt to influence him against seek
ing the advice of men familiar with
the ins aud outs of finance is
an enemy to his welfare and un
able to stand the light of investiga
tion. The man or the company hav
ing something to sell which is sound
and worthy has no need to make an
underhand appeal to prejudice and
vanity in an effort to prevent you from
seeking counsel from those of expert-
ence.
JOHN R. THOMPSON.
FdDr ttftie MdDsttess
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Cbmt on Topics of Koy Kinds, by a
AtMienncemeat atrtii carse.
Will yon kiadly tell me the proper
form for birth cards? I think 1 have
read somewhere that the parents'
visiting cards and a smaller card with
the baby's same were all Inclosed in
oae small eavelope. Is this right?
Aad slace the, aamecaaaot.be deter
mined until the baby's arrival, would
it be proper to write that name instead
of having it engraved? D. P. M.
Stationers oa a rash order will get
oat the engraved cards within a week,
and that is ample time to send the an
nouncements.
. The name should be engraved (not
written) oa a tiny card attached to the
large card by a white satin ribbon, all
to be inclosed ia a small envelope. If
the address is not on the mother's card
It is well to have it on the outside of
envelope, on the back or in upper
lefthand corner.
Contest for Bride-Elect
Will you kindly give me suggestions
for guessing contest to be used at an
entertainment for a "bride to be?"
MILUCENT.
Have you ever had "The Bride's
Trousseau" contest? Take the articles
and transpose the letters thusly:
Shoes becomes "heoss." veil is "liev,"
etc. Write about 20 or 30 articles on
pink, heart-shaped cards. There is an
other contest in which "heart" begins
the words, like: "What her going away
causes?" heartache; "How are con
gratulations given?" heartily, etc.
You can see how to work it out.
For a Birthday Party.
Will you kindly offer me some sug
gestions for a birthday paty, and
what do you think would be nice for a
lunch? The guests are between 14
and 16 years of age. P. L. A.
You do not say whether the party is
to be in the afternoon or evening. At
any rate, unless they are to be enter
tained at one o'clock you would net
serve luncheon, but refreshments. The
crowning piece for such an affair is the
cake, which should be decorated with
candles, and then I think there should
be' ice cream. Charades are having a
grand revival these days and I really
think they are great fun. When I was
the age you are they were my delight.
Try this scheme:
Give to each guest two sheets of tis
sue paper, one white and one colored,
and ask each to make a hat for her
right-hand neighbor. Provide pins.
The creations will be very novel and
pretty, and the girls will have much
fun trying them on and wearing them
during refreshments. A prize may be
given for the-most becoming hat. One
girl might be chosen for a' model and
the bats tried on her.
A Progressive Dinner.
Seven of our high school girls wish
to give a progressive dinner and would
like your advice on what to serve in
each course. We do not care for any-1
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Every one knows what an awkward proceeding it is to have a meal in
bed. even when we are in good health and lazily inclined, but it is more awk
ward still when illness confines us to our bed and limits our actions.
The sketch of the bed-table we give should therefore be of service to
some of our readers, as it is so simple in construction that any amateur may
easily "knock it together" for a very small cost It consists of three pieces
of wood of the shape shown, firmly nailed or screwed together at the edges.
The side pieces should be of sufficient height to keep the upper part or the
table in any way pressing on the bed. and if a semi-circular piece of wood
is cut away in the upper board (the dotted line explains this), the table may
then be drawn close to the patient, which is an advantage in case of illness,
when perhaps one is not well enough to sit quite upright or lean forward. For
anyone who is for a time obliged to remain in bed an arrangement of this
kind will be found of the greatest convenience, not only for meals, but for
writing purposes also. The table can, of course, be made to suit requirements,
but to suggest rough measurements the legs or sides should be about nine
or ten inches in height, and the size of the upper board about two feet six
Inches by 15 inches.
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Latest Hosiery.
Openwork stockings are out of date
for the day time and for evening wear
as welL They are seldom seen unless
in effective combination of lace and
embroidery. The finest lisle thread
hose are preferred, with canvas and
buckskin pumps and ties, but with
a long gown silk stockings are alone
correct with the' white calf slippers,
That these silk stockings may be dis
tinct from those worn in the evening,
they are quite plain, but of the finest
weave. Occasionally but not often,
these silk stockings are embroidered
in some simple design, but lace and
openwork are debarred. Colored silk
or lisle hose with white shoes are
sometimes worn with sash and parasol
of corresponding color, but the fashion
is not so popular, and has never ac
quired any special favor.
Colored Handkerchiefs Not Popular.
Possibly the English women and
those of France love the colored hand
kerchiefs more than Americans.
American women will wear the col
ored ones with tailored frocks, but
leave them severely alone for other
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Each hostess should keep her cea
ter piece, place cards aad menu a se
cret, to there will be seven surprises
ia store, which adds greatly to the en
joyment of alt For the first coarse,
grape fruit; second, raw oysters; third,
soup, chicken patties, sweet potato era
queues, peas, rolls, olives, ants; for
the fourth, salad aad wafers; for the
fifth, dessert of charlotte rasse, ladl
vidual fruit gelatine or Ice cream, fruit
of all kinds with coffee, water biscuit
and cheese.
Gifts fer a Bride-Elect
Please tell me how to present the
gifts to a bride for whom I wish to
give a shower. Could I use two little
five-year-old girls ia any way?
POPPY.
Ornament a clothes basket with
white ribbons, cover with white tulle
and harness the two little five-year-olds
to it with ribbons and garlands
of flowers and let them draw it into
the room, stopping in front of the
bride-elect. It is not much trouble to
make gauzy white wings, and the chil
dren will be very good Cupids, mes
sengers of that, busy, just now much
overworked, little god "Love."
MADAME MERIU.
NEW POINTS TO THIS.
The popular kimono sleeve is
brought into elaborate use on the bod
ice of this gown, which is Copenha
gen blue chiffon voile. The artistic
arrangement of folds and the V of all
over lace give a more distinctive fin
ish than the regulation kimono
sleeves. 'The buttons on each side of
bodice and the revers oa either side
of lace V are black velvet. Just above
the deep hem of skirt there is a wide
band of lace matching that used on
bodice, and the long full skirt is
tucked over the hips.
purposes. Where one does not care
to have a colored one of solid effect
there are some styles in white show
ing barred lines of mauve, brown, pur
ple, red and blue outlines. There is
no denying the fact that the pure
white linen handkerchief has estab
lished Itself too firmly to be ousted
by the faddish little bits of color,
though why must one hang so tena
ciously to a certain style? For to take
up with a fad makes one appreciate
all the more the simple styles when
they are again adopted.
Car.-.aek Tablecloth.
selecting tablecloths remember
the heavier damask not nniv
In
that
wears longer than lighter fabrics, but
does not crease or rumple so easily
It also hangs in better lines and is
more easily laundered. The first ex
pense, therefore.- should not be con
sidered. It is better to get a good
quality even if one must economize
in something else. In buying table
linen watch sales; that is, ir you are
a good judge of materials, otherwise
deal only with some one you know and
whose judgment you can trust
thing too elaborate, bat
thing simple aad dainty.
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