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f TJIK VAT.: OMAHA. MONDAY. IT.nnr.VttY CO. toil. n jne aa ziTe 7Tle Bee Junior ftlrlhttay DooK The' Tired Business Man Telia Krl'-ncl Wife ray ing for TrtMiner I Vr Increaoe Kpe?os. I BT WALTER A. SINCLAIR. r v f t i "!' wondered what ( haM offl. tain rhen the fw? "! if ,M (n pay ;k A r,,, , , 'J? i ? e i.eieDraia having their . rio;bs pressed t --v remarked i I i a. . - Ft c .. ; v ' It o(J, io. a state judce. and the other, enr.T'M the national govern- j ment. kltj the pmile. to i fur, having i their troufer-1 irons-.)."' ,'. , . , j "Thus expanse jrn reaves." inui n.tireil the Tired , Bim-i.-ss Man ."If )ci remembers bark a w yjq r?l recall that the senators handed. th-Tv' t ! nice Turkish bath and j maawage r"vr 'a, the rotintn" expense, : hence.. trut ,.J"an poiltlt , result Ifig f i course.f A tr y mfmhr had to be white- i Uh.) atrl tfrxmtid n little bow and . then, but fr the mvt t'me, we-have the j cleanest, if " h-d st of senators of any I .rlitrt In (. I s t l Plates. . " "j "V'hf itauMr'. .the framed atate J'irte j and the Yaivi, lnraM other expert em- I ployed be ' the feaeal gwnminl have' their tailoring. blU-Pd. by us JuFt whj the learned . Judge's tro-iser should be) baggy; 'af the- knee-rvtarter a Mph Judge haa poet-prandiijed tMt the Judges mnt never bend 4h knee to thtrrnb.' which he said meant any-hndjr Hat agreeing with a Judtce, I don't know. Both (e and the other fellow ought to make Ihe government pay for the creases Jn. their, brgw brought In by hard thinking. "It a long time sln--e the tightwad con stituency emitted a plaintive bleat about the aenator who franked hla shirts through the mall so that th WtM be laundered at home and aent barn fre of charge. I don't know what they' do now. when people hav become o fussy that statesmen have to change their linen taice during the week, but it would be easy enough to Juat have It laundered In Washington at govern ment eipense. "Anyway, I've read a lot from the capital about thla a ad that, statesman washing dirty, llnan. IJenceth word Washing-ton. Aa for letting -ViMe, Sain "pay. tha aalary of each , aenator' a and representative's cam paign preaa agent, politely termed secre tary, and for the fre mailing of tons of campaign literature puh-ehaw! that can be Interpreted aa official business. I al- ways know Hi official business when I get a franked letter from our representa- tlva In the house-that peerlesa statesman or whatever Ma nam la ' Informing me In tatlon typewriting and Imitation long- ! liar and signature that he lies awake that la, I ha Ilea awake nights worrying over what 1 to da to furtBer my interests. I don't j knew who my favorite intermta are. but ij hope they are very wealthy. He also be- I leeches m to writ hlrn any time I am ' A-Rapscallion Colonel Parker of Hanisburg, Pa., was telling yarns about bears. lie Instanced the case of Farmer Ruby, who had been awakened ia the middle of the night. - " tounds to me,' said he. g If them horses was looee la ne barn and waa thumpln things." Jhen na Jumped oirt of bed. He ran to the kitchen window that looked out toward the barn and the milk house. -He ae.w . eooMthlng that startled him.- , ,. "''vKj said T.e.'kl'.ent horses ain't only got loos, tut one of 'em hax got out o' the barn and ia tryia' to climb on to the . milk, house:' V "Ha rubbed hla yea and looked again. V" "Why. said be, 'tain t a boras neither; ltV a man!' ? . 3 "Ha J other "He rubbed his cyea again and took an- look. . , 'Why.', aaid he, naJa't a man neither; It a bear!' "Thar waa a "rip and a crash and the vtara looked' down Into the milk house through aa opening in the roof big enough to let a row In. 'Why.' aald Farmer Ruby, hla aurpriae increased, "ain't-content to git in by the door. Ilka a, human thief 'd be considerate enough to do, but Jacka the roof off and spllea the'mlllc heueo!' "Farmer, Ruby didn't know then that It la the -diapoaltioa of beara to get Into enclosures that way and that If thera had been any window In the milk house the bear would, first have smashed every one of them befere proceeding to tear off the roof. 'The bear disappeared through the open ing so qutclly that.lt caused Farmer Ruby to rub hla ayea aln to get a closer look. Instantly the clatter and bang of milk pens wtthiu the interior of that milk houde established Hie fact that the bear waa even then environed by bliss. "PresenUy' the auumts of revelry In the milk house erased, the dour came open with a crash, and out walked the bear, alaaping between hla furepaws cloao against bla breast a twelve-quart crock which the (armw knew waa full to the brim with "CaiefuPy tli l'tf carried the crock a sl.url dlaiance up the hirt. There he sat down, and holding the crock on the ground "Tfih one paw he sopped the cream out of It and fed himself with the other, aa Farmer Ruby could plainly aea by the aright starlight. " Why." aald Farmer Ruby, "he'e an ag gravatln' etutton that ought to be fed p lson by geeraebudyr Then Farmer Iluby remembered that he had a gun some here about the house, and ba hurried off to look for It- He found it, but by the time ha got back to the window the bear waa gone. The crock stood upright on the hiUeide. Aa soon aa morning came Farmer Kuby mounted a horse and rode to the nearest settlement and told the aewa of the unconscionable looting at nu piawe by the bear. " -That t-ar fared so well,' said experi enced hunter and trapper Iaruy l.yman, that ha lf make you another visit tonight. Ruby. XeHse a traf for him. lon t fix the roof yet." "So that night Ij man went up to Ruby's and set the trap. He sat it In the milk bouae and told Kwrmber Ruby to fasten the milk house door. " The bear woa't go down through the epenln'g In the roof this time.' said he. That would 'be against bear disposition. He'd ratlMr ainash his way In. Bo bell break In the-d vnr." - "Farmer ,iljby resolved to ait up and watch fuc 'he ntmlng of the b.ar an he oould hint get caught and thta riddle blm with hla gun besides. i rwppin ana snoot u tajjd hangtn' and quar yarunst, said he, 'aln t 1 Trappin' and shootln' and hamstringln' irtertn'. all of m half bad enough to fit aetca a battertn' domn ami rippia' uu ctltter aa that bii-glarbV bear!' "The farmer, gun ta hand. t up to witch f tr.e ruining of the bear, 'lie ws beginning to n.xl m hro. il niching down 'tis hi:l as sTo ajid sulenn as If la a i '-- - - MKTALLIC STATUARY.' keen on knowing about any legislation, hop ing I will command him. very truly mine. There la something no frank about the let teror rather on the envelope. "That'a all Hunt. too. It stimulate the I'nlted State mail and glvea work to thousand of men handling thoeo ponderous missives and the oreana of agricultural re ports and seed packages the reps send their constits. But when It cornea to pressing trousers well. they had to call a halt. Vested Interests could be pr"d at govern ment expense, but not Jeans. "Abraham Limoln'a trousers 'were,, shock ingly In need of pressing, tf pktorea show truly. Ills brow was wrinkled, too. Doesn't look as well in metallic statuary aa statesman In nicely creased rlothea. holding a scroll with the bill on It for tha govern ment auditor to O. K. We "bad one presi dent who was a tailor and one Taylor who was a president I refer to the man who grabbed off for ua the present grandstand where spectators can view the great Mexi can war without giving up home comforts. ! Those two could probably Iron their owa clothtx. If necessary. The only reference I lever saw In the life of George Washington j was at hla farewell to hla officers, whea i he embraced them and weeplngly pressed j their suits. A for the learned Judge just getting hla bill returned he should re- member to 'Judge not. lest be audited.'" "How could they charge ironing clothes to the government?" asked Friend Wife, 'Itemise It as pressing official business." said the Tired Business Man. ".' (Copyright, ml. by the N. T. Herald Co.) Burglin' Bear funeral procession, he saw the bear ap proaching the milk- house. "Why.salJ Farm.T Iluby t hlpwif. 'If it wasn't for aavln' you the pain and dtsapp'tntoient o' gettln' ketched in tire trap I'd riddle you right now, plague take you! "The. "oear car-e on leisurely but inn fidently and Hopping a,t the side of the milk house, cared up at the roof ha had lifted from Ha fastening the r.lgnl before. . " "Why. said Farmer Ruby, 'he's actu ally gloatin' at his pestiferous wjr't!' "But the bear'dlr not pause long to re gard the opening he had made, but reached straight to the door, which had been made faat. He rose on his haunches, put bis shoulder against the door and with .one mighty surge sent it-crashlng from Its fastening. He had scarcely got Inside when a loud snap was heard by Farmer Ruby and then a howl came from the Interior of the mllk houae. "The next second out of the miV-houe came the bear, tumbling, . howling and snarling and doubled up l fierce combat with something. The something was the big trap, which waa fast with It grVat Jaws on one of the bear hind feet.. The bear tumbled down tha hill, fighting the trap with all the fury that pain and re sentment could put Into hi ugly temper, and brought up with a resounding and shivering thump against tha kitchen door. All over tha back stoop, up and down, the combat raged. Farmer Ruby, dashing toward a front window, threw it up, fired the gun. out of It and cried to the sur rounding woods: "Somebody coma help git tha bear! 'Then sudden quiet fell an tha arena of the conflict between the bear and the trap. The farmer stole back to the kitchen m ln dow. The bear, walking on nis hind feet, dragging the heavy trap by the foot it was fast to and carrying the log under one foreleg, waa moving away up the hill as rapidly aa ha could, and by and y disap peared In the woods. Then Farmer Ruby found hla voice again. " 'Why.' aald he, the unprincipled thlev ln" varmint has gone oft with Laroy's trap!' , "A party of hunters with dogs look the bear a trail and followed It through the wooda. The bear had reached the Alleg hany river, all mllea away. Juat as the foremoat hunter came up within range of hlrn and stopped bis career with a well aimed rifle bullet. "'Why.' aald Farmer Ruby, when he heard the newa of the killing, 'didn't they riddle him none? Nor hamstring him nor Bothln r Tut, Tut! If you r goin' to let I seen rreebootin' rapscallion bear aa him off with only Juat klllln" then ua farmer ought to ahet up chop and go to highway robbin' folk or burglin' of "em. " . Irish Balls. Senator Depew at a dinner ta Washing ton, recounted a number of senatorial "bulls." "It waa a southern senator." ha ald. "who one met an interruption with the atern and lofty rebuke: " The gentleman, like a mousing awl. la always putting bis oar where t Isn't wanted.' "I think It was a senator from Chicago w ho once declared : - " "The Ir.in heel of atern .necessity dark ens every hearthstone.' .. . And I'll never forget a Texas orator pathetic cry: . , " Will you stamp out tha last flickering mbers of a life that la feat ebbing aa r ' t ritrkei r Bserw. Richard Crocker, at a dinner in New Tork. expressed a distrust for aeroplanes. "There nothing underneath them.1 he sat.L "If the least thing goes wrong da they drop. "I aid to a Londoner the other day: " How is your aun getting oa sine be bought a flying niacktner . cruirhea, like the rest of thera. th Lun.Juner replied.' Nw York Trtbuoe. lit V- 'or . leik er " Poor Agnes! 8he was In a "stew yester day. But she ought not to do uch thing. bhe doesn't think JMranie is 1a love with me (I doubH It mysejYaf times), and seems to think It would be aa.well to-add him t her collecUon Juat m passing, as It w era. Ph knew a girl in school who lived ta Brooklyn. '' She live there atflj. Hhe 1 awfully pretty and haa a lot nj money, too. Bh gave a big dinner the other nlglrt and invited Agnea and Johnnie. Johnnie said he wouldn't go. H aald ne had been up every night' so lata that bo was dead tired and waa going to stay Home and go to bed that evening. , . Now, there la where Agnes was foolish. "SHE THINKS IT WOCLO BR'WELL' TO ADD HIM TO HEK COLLECTION. Why, I could give that girl point, although she' two years older than I am and ha so many love affairs. She should have un derstood how tired he really was and been sympathetic about it: told hlrn gently and kindly that he had seemed rather played out lately and probably needed a good real. I should have recommended a tonic and felt his pulse. And as we have known Johnnie ever since he waa a little boy, it would hav been all right for her to have put her hand soothingly on hi supposedly fevered brow to see if there waa any fever. Now, If ahe had only shown a little proper feeling, with th right atmosphere about It h probably would hav changed hi mind and decided that ba had better go to that dinner and rest some other time. Might have taken a cbanr on having a nap when he got there. I alept through three courses at the Ie Burster's last Friday. Ned Wtntoa was on on aid of me and Count Somebody or Other on th ether, and the flower were arranged so that nobody could see anybody el very clearly. A ad as I never have to make coo- TRUTIDPULv ANYWAY "-?-. si vi i rc1 - . "if ywT-esj been lookup for wogk aUl tbsra jrctara, bow i it you dcvcx" mlAit-k-Lxwly good lu -." (.:'4 K Lit ' i lY I III .1 MV . .awiaia aT Ssf f AW M c S ff -t 1 "V "V ' I - Km .ITT sea II. "V . . S er you rou TIC A L. MEETING TODAY LEADING 1 IfCII I C C7 i is 1i.j r wmwl " '-! '- '-" ' ' 1 . . -IMS' ' - '. venation with Ned, and dtdft't want-to- this count .. . fit -t e- i i He didn't - seem . weH, anrlisbes looked a though It : might be satcbgarfbi le .tell the.. troth, so I took aMxe,"km wai most refreshtna I was" glad t'tiMs' sohie fthe food; too.- Tan-ran t tell wrurryoue ewtlng soenetimes at a big dinrterr'tne food Is Mo overcultlvated. r-whispeeero the waiter and asked hlra 'What a tfueee looking thing waa be had -juse put before tne. It looked sort of decayed. He' rme)d ery tnuch frightened and couldn'rsay wtiaUt was. r should have loved' to asked for 'a glasa of milk and a piece of bread Mrd butter,' but I didn't bave the nerve; But to go back to the tSraoklyn dinner. Agnes persuaded Johnnie to go by telltng hira-she'd. call for hlm'ln.hfr motor and take him over. Tn a weC)r moment he con sented. Agnes thought "that was a. thrill ing scheme and quit o. devilinh Mea.'' .Jf It Wnistle for.Healta, , ealth, v Jj Boy w ith a tendency 'to aorlrhltls and pneumonia, and girls, 'too. ' ate" now being encouraged to ' whistle by the' 'advice of physicians.---fop ft ha been -proved that children who wtilatle are trust -troubled by these diseases. .- .;-. "Whistling U not o pornilar among boys a it -used. 4o be, and Jt la naidese4 in decorous for girls by many ' people,', said a physician to the. Lendpn JjaHy Mirror. - "But all that should be changed For. quite commonplace boy look more Intelli gent. The boy who never whistles ! gefT erally a lout. "People who find they1 'are" 'apt to lose their "wind when cTlmbing hills should make a habit of whistling loudly at every second step." This mill soon "Cure them of breathleaanesa. They " must" whistle.' not grunt, of course. ' " ' "It would be a good plan to bav classes for whistling started Where "children and older person could learn t whistle note Ilk a bird, and gradual ry advance to tune and elaborate . Improvisations. 'Really good whistling .1 always a pleas ure to listen to. But one. ao eldom hear It nowaday. I whistle softly myself when ever I am thinking out go'methlng that puzzles me." Ketvrt Rial tea loaa. The elevator waa waiting for, paaaeruger on the ground floor of the ky raier when an excited woman fluttered, over to the man running it. "Doe thl car go up". h. Inquired, breathless. "No. madam," aald the elevator man, un perturbed; "thU la a croastonin car." ALWATS IN TTJXm . "Whom doca -fW brodicr ttX$ ?y xii vr l tsy -'r :jy .wr i i " -i. ,c.m xtm, ,- r st 'hi ft FASf. 7XY TAU MUM is-. tsar she had' only shown that gentle sympathy for hi fatigued ' condition he probable wouldn't have felt so tired. A It was, aba said- she thought. It would be awfully nean if he' wouldn't go. am) sh-asked Mn aa- a. favor to her' to" do' it? T 'thonght-: tt-swa- rather m raw way of getting him to-' acco mi ps ny her. On should never ask a: robng mkn who 'complains of feelinir weary M take one to Brooklyn as a favor. If oom-s ditlons are not such" that he beg to-be allowed to escort you there. It would be the best thine? to take a maid, who can't help herself. ' ; - . . Agnes' said that on the way over he was :l SHOULD-H A VK. RKCOM MENDED ATONIC." rather cheerful. he said he had a very light lunch and felt like a good dinner a heavy dinner. She said It waa very heavy. Johnnie piobably ate too much. After ward they tried to dance to a pianola, and sha raid he hardly seemed able to make hla feet move. I told her it didn't sound like a dashing affair, and ahe admitted that It waa more of a family one. It seem all the grand parent and aunts and uncles were there. She raid Johnnie finally became so piteous In his low toned entreaties to go home that they left early. She said, of course, ah would have been furious had he attempted to take advantage of the fact that b was seeing her home alone in a motor, all th way from Brooklyn with no maid, ta be come sentimental. But ah hardly expected him to fall sound asleep. She tried to wake him up, but only succeeded In arouaing blm a little, and he le-t heavily most of th way. She said he .distinctly snored every time the motor bumped. Well I wonder tf he would do that with m. I believe I'll get up a trip to Brooklyn to find out ICopyright. 1911. by the N. Y. Herald Co.) tUEASANT. Sh Your brother, the grurfreoo, - b very slcw and tortarrRf; to th " opera tkma. . . ' He Y: he. wealthy and kU bwi the profession only ior.thc -pleaaure ft (fvta biov February Name and AilIrft. Leathg Alexander, 3 406 Charles Ht Artie: Brook, J22 North Thirteenth St Dorth Colling, 4214 Nicholas St Margaret E. Carlaon. .1104 Leavenworth St... Georgia B. Carer. 1116 South Thirty-first St. . William Co, 1919 South Kleventh St Eva Colombo, 61 Tierce St Sebastian Calabretta. 1313 Pacific St Frank Kaux, 3328 Sonth Twenty-fifth St Jack Fahr. 1141 Georftla Ae LHllan E.-Ferrin. 3322 North Thirty-fourth St Girard Grlsmold. 4919 Capitol Ave ". Thomas t'rahm, 822 South Nineteenth St... Bernlce BokatiRon; 819 South Thirty-firth Ave Myrtle Harm. 3D24 South Tmentieth 9t Richard Hunter, 2420 Templeton St.". Joseph Wades, 1247 South Fourteenth St.... Dorothy-Ives. 2610 South Twelfth St Roger H. Johnston. 4618 North Tmenty Ee!yn E- Johnpon. 4723 Parker t Magdallne Kroeger. 1711 Leavenmorth St Leo Kane, 542 South Thirtieth St Dorothy M. Keller. 1831 North Twenty-first St. Margarite kobeck 1811 TSpencer St Joseph Laushman, 401 Willinru St Milton- Moskow-lt,- 2014 North Nineteenth St... Leo Moncha, 1414 South Fifteenth St..' ,. Clarence Malcolm. 1922 South Seventeenth St.. Harriet Nellor, 2107 Locust St.... Helen O Connell, 6 4S South Twenty-fourth St. . . Frank Ormsby, 2927 Dupont bt. , Warner B. Opperman, 1910 Dodge St Arnold Plosl. 1916 Oak St. ..'.... Hannah- Peterson, 1313 North Thirty-fifth St..'. Spencer W. Potter. 320 Cass St. ! R. "Ellm-dod Pratt. 11 02 South Twenty-eighth St. . Gussie Ritgo, 1213 William St Frlsweike Bampacek, 2322 South Tm entj-seventh John Schuman, 2602 South Eleventh St Lorena Schlotman, 722 Bancroft St. . Berge Sahakian, 801 North Tmentieth t...... Joseph Sroka. 1317 Main St.. Florence. ........ Loyd Shipman. 1416 Jones St . . George Swogtek, 1409 South Fourth St Anton Stejakai, 1204 Atlas Are Milton Simmons. 420 North Nineteenth St Herbert TUor, 2023 Paul St Norman VlHard, 2811 Charles St . . ." ; Beatrice Vanderwarke, 4602 Chicago St.' Erma Vlkerr. 2533 South Efgbth St. . Mamie Velersten, 1021 North Twenty-third St.. Richard L. Welpton, The Normandie . . . : Ruth S.. Wilinsky. 2252 Nqrth Nineteenth St. . .". Material Comb mat ions for SpriiiC ; - ,EW VOR1C Feb. JS.-A combination of two materials Is' attractively shown In tbej illustration. Her a mauve cashmere was! need. -with a blue and white foulard. This! combining of violet .with blue Is one ot , the smartest color schemes of the season ! although It is a combination which the French designer made popular on the other side long ago. With the costume waa worn a dainty little guimpe of Vlcy lac, and the various sections of the frock Itself were made noticeable with an out line trimming of blue satin banda. fold - of - sMttia on, th principle t piping,-but about an Inch wide, trim every kind of gown thl spring, ttometimes ' the fold outline the yoke or vest, sometime they are laid in band upon th material or braiding or lac la used, or, again, laid two or three deep they form a larger fold to finish off th end of the lac yoke. A satin fold which trim tha waist, of a gown doe not necessarily appear again upon the skirt, but often It outline the different part of th skirt if It la of aa al all unuaual model. Oa a waist built f ""- . e fm mm If ;i I n il t - 1 1 20, 1911. SIHHI. . . FraukJiu . . , . . Cass Year. ,. -i9ot . . .1901 . . ..1900 . . 1905 .'. . . .-19 ..:h? . .". ! .U98 ,1904 . ......ISM . .Wittai filll . ... . . . Fsmani- .' : .i:ih -.'....v. . . . Lincoln .': . . . Pacific . t . . Pacific . . . Vinton . . Parg .-. . .-. . . Howard Kenceij .".High . . . Leavenworth . . .Columbian , . v. . . Vinton , . . SaratoRn . . ... , l9l 1900 le98 1,091 1S03 190? 1901 1900 . . Comenlus . . . . BanciDfT .". . Saratoga . '. . .Walnut ;Hill . I.esvenwurth . .Farnatrt . . . Kellom . . . . .196 .10 0 "f i00 ,190$ ,11139 .1900 : 190t .198 .197 .'1896 .lt5 .1900 ,a0 4 ,.105 - eifthth A ve . .Lothrop . .Train . .'. :.High . . . Comenlua . .Caetellar. . . Lotbrop i . . Centrai(. . .Dupont . . Centrwt-. ..High :v. it. iv v..l04 1895 . :...i89r ,..!. . .'FTahkli ' . t. . v. Webster-, ; . Hlgj - :. .,. w 1.1813 : .St. Pfei'oniertg v. 1 rl89 . .Duponf 1103' r . Bancroft,' . 'istfik. , . Bancraftr . . . J90J. . . Kellom r. . j i .vl895 .Mm. ConcvptlOB ". .A1899 ' . -LeavenwoHfi . .'.1902 . .ComeTi'iu,,".". ..'.' , . 1 9 0 S ", . . Forest -. . . ......... 1 9.05 . .Centra ir . . v.l900 - .Kellom .-j . .v. . .T1898 . .Long .y.!:,T:r. :.t904 : . .Saundej-a.. , . J90J . . . Bancroft .,194 . .Kellom t- . .i i.lfrSS St Park ( i-i .". ..': rt.lWJ Lake t r- T905 on a surplice pattern.! aa4 lniM-w.d'-! 1 of satin makes 1 lie s jriiW-e-Uo x)htjicr. -and this fold ai'Kars-a:in make j flclah on. the sleeve aliov (.hw, cCX.- Satin I perhaps the ta . jnt. for- a'f -trimmings on all kinsj 'if MV'ns'lhM spring, and it does n-t nol.v ap.n ir Jn. tii . one-inch border, but oftt-n in- folte,t to three inches wlde lu-.tiad of rlboon trimming or velvet, satin la" nttW used a. most altogether. ...'..' . . ?,',. .; j Buttons. If not too toniipicwtras ate always an effective trlinminrf. Huttoh4 must never be of a cofpr. that 'Ui?y grni . th most striking feature .of a. cost urue-or of a lae that luok awkward r beavr. but used with reason and good taste'tlrey wlll often make an . .eic'edtngly, " smart costume without the aid of any t further adornment.- With the bands tjT eatln rows of buttons covered also With a.tjn'wlll give a pleasing note, but buttons should net-er give the only foreign sotolor- to sa awn. The button used th.la'year ' are 'quire' fit and eieom more than, go loch , In diameter except on th coata,- when they maar- b larger, and often - two -or three different lae adorn the saml coV":t ", " ' Jn arranging the button on a gown, it la a good Idea to rate th slier by the color. Gold and brighV mtaf mrttdh should be small, the brighter the imaljer, while' buttons covered with silk, or atln the color of the gown or the shade of tha banda of trimming may. ', b ' very' much larger, since ' they are less eonsptcuoua. " Trimming I not a feature of th smart gown thla season. an4 a areismakef will show her true skill by being abie to glv an effect of utmoat aimpflcltjf wHen there ia In reality considerable careful and Intri cate detail. simplicity of line Is ' also . nought' thl j ear, and while th skirt' ar tll liittt and straiglu they are not caught ,n lh back in th w ay which cut .th .flg'ur ao unattractively, but hang straight with a mall amount of fulness kept, so to' speak, in reserve beneath a' double boapleat in the back, which . ia only . otxtnad-out In mounting a earring .step or ..flight . of stairs. There 1 no avoldanca.pt xlia act that th high, round waistlines, ful u preme In all of th. sprinf outfit. Jaat Allaavay. 4 ' Ha waa a visitor trom fbila4e4phHk. Oc casionally he takea a fryer over ' to the big city, being fond oT h- Ulaee1 wher th electric light ar not. duJ ai'u.p. m. II wa confldlneT to a grwuav of ac quaintance over a liroadway bar th fact that a rich uncle hd ,r;e'oty ;dld and left blm quite a considerable, legacy. He wa quit Jubilant aver' hla good fortune, but at the same time he explained that he couldn't touch th principal,' that It waa tied up in bond or something sad taai he only got th Interest on- the meney.j, "Do you think," he .aaJd. "that a if allow on an independent Incons couid lev eem fortably in New Yark-and.ae worry very much about adding u it?'' i ' "That would depeod upon, the . amount of Ms Income and th way he wanted to live," replied on of tita groaf, an actor who hat gained considerable, notartety by reason of his various ntatrtrroniiat entangle ment. "If it isn't ar Imyertlneat aueation. what I your IncomeT" - : - 1 The visitor from Phlladelplilalai it waa about ti.5uo a jreat.' ' , .. '. t "Well," drawled th .actor, ii a )ar might be a, hole lot ui tnoasy vr ta your town. but. take my word tor. W. In . New Tork It wouldn't keep you in alianny! ' New Tork Time. tsarweter la Wrlllss'.' They who do not believe that cKara'etar can be told from handwriting 'ha r evi dently never beard handwriting read' alood In a breach of promise,' suit. New' Yor Tribune