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length of time the creditor came around
to do a little heart to heart talking.
The woman Bald she had no money.
With burning cheeks she maintained
a bold front, affirmed her Intention of
seeing that the bill was paid, kept up
the proud front until the merchant left
But the latter departed with vague sus
picions. He looked up an officer and
learned the whole story. He also dis
covered that the last loaf of bread in
the possession of the woman had been
devoured and overtures of assistance
from the charity organization had been
refused.
The Samaritan decided to net and he
did it with all possible secrecy.
He had an Interview with the pris
oner. The latter, now penitent, agreed
to work honestly if released. Terms
were ratified delegating the weekly
earnings to the wife. The officers were
consulted next in regard to the pro
ject. Now there were certain unceremon
ious entries into a certain store that
were alto hanging over the delinquent
one. These had to be settled by per
sonal visits, cnjoltngs and bantering.
This part of the program occupied two
days.
In the meantime the man was al
lowed to sleep at home at nights. Hts
wife believed he was working for the
merchant. This gave the latter an op
portunity to furnish provisions without
hurting the pride of the sturdy woman.
Finally everything was cleared up.
The erring man went to work. The
business man stood responsible for him.
It was agreed that the delinquent one
should be forgiven the debt in case of
reformation and the wages were paid
in toto to the wife at the end of each
day.
No trouble has resulted. It is all
right. The former prisoner works with
might and main, the merchant has se
cured u faithful employe and the wife
Is happy.
In truth the good Samaritan ap
peared without any undue flourishing
of trumpets. In fact he still prides
, himself on the fact that, with the ex
ception -of the parties immediately con-
eerned, no one knows about the affair
at all.
"I am looking," said the customer,
"for a burglar-proof safe and a re
frigerator combined."
"I'm afraid you won't And such an
article, sir," said the salesman.
"Then what's a man to keep his
meat in nowadays?"
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Jasper Dear! dear! I thought we
had enough college graduates already,
and now comes the Rhodes endow
ment. What shall we do with this
new crop?
Jumpuppe "Well. I think a good way
to get rid of them would be to appoint
them librarians of Carnegie libraries.
FASHION
NEW YORK, May 31. Only three or
four of the women who graced the
coaches in the Coaching club's parade
on Saturday wore heavy coats, al
though the air was chill and tie sk
threatening.
Mrs. William Jay, who sat beside
her husband on his coach heading the
line, was bravely arrayed in a French
foulard gown showing white, dark blue
and bright green in an Irregular com
bination of polka dots. The skirt had
two or three folds about the bottom
piped with green, and the bodice was
elaborately trimmed with ecru lace
that formed a wide sailor collar and
garnished the front. Mrs. Jay's hat
was a dark blue straw, rather flat In
shape, and sparingly trimmed with
green.
A noteworthy feature of the parade
was that, with perhaps three excep
tions, all the women occupying box
seats wore gray. Those not in gray
chose gay foulards, which were partly
concealed under tan covert coats. Mrs.
Alfred Vanderbllt, by long odds the
handsomest of the group, was gowned
exquisitely. She wore (daily newspaper
accounts to the contrary notwithstand
ing) a tailored dove-gray costume, so
light as to be almost white, and a
stunning coat, three-quarter length, of
white cloth. The wrap had no shoulder
seams and was quite loose.. It was
trimmed simply with those very
French appearing cords and balls
dangling from shoulders, cuffs and
front fastenings. It fitted high and
snug about the throat. Her hat was a
very large black chip turned up at one
side, and with black plumes by way
of trimming.
Some chose to reflect in their frocks
the colors of the coach on which they
were guests. Mrs. Cornelius Vander
bllt. on the box seat beside Mr. James
Henry Smith, was in a tailor gown of
gray, with wide kilt-like plaits down
the front breadth of the skirt and also
on the sleeves; but the coat had a
fancy collar of pale blue silk, with tiny
French black knots all over it the
coach was blue, with yellow running
gear and she and all the other women
on the vehicle wore corsage bouquets
of daffodils. Her hat was also of daf
fodils, with green foliage showing in
the crown.
There was only one hat with trailing
Spanish veils of black and white, and
it looked quite out of place. Mrs. Ed
ward Browning, of Philadelphia, was
in gray and looked extremely well. At
the Club-house at Morris Park on Sat-
ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.
Tom Funny thing happened In Sherbert's restaurant last night
?!ara What was it?
Tom A man ate angel cake, deviled crabs, Ice cream, drank lemonade
aad the orchestra played "More Work for the Undertaker."
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unlay there were some very stunning
gowns. Mrs. Perry Belmont was pic
turesque In a costume of gray voile, a
black taffeta French coat and a largo
black hat with plumes. Indeed, the
large black hat was pre-eminent on
Saturday.
Nine women out of every ten were
wearing headgear of this description,
and it was noticeable that none of them
had scarfs attached in any way. Mrs.
Theodore A. Havemeyer was in gray,
with a large hat of black and yellow.
Miss "Dolly" Kernochan wore dark
blue and a large black hat, as did also
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman. Miss Cyn
thia Roche was prettier than ever in
a very, light biscuit-colored gown of
some soft material, and a black straw
hat with sweeping ostrich plumes.
Some of the coats on the Club-house
lawn, especially those of light-colored
silk or cloth, like the Nile green of
Mrs. Richard Wilson and the pale blue
of Mrs. "Harry" Payne Whitney, were
extremely effective. Mrs. Oliver Iselin
wore a long coat of bright red cloth
over a gown of ecru silk. There were
some foulards in evidence, for stout
women will cling to them to the very
last, but they are no longer in general
favor. The new summer silks and
pongees have taken their place. The
tiny checked and pin-striped silks, as
well as the old old yet ever new, as
the Modishes periodically will it shep
herd's plaids, are made up in the most
delightful manner.
A shepherd's plaid silk made with a
fancy coat, with wide double postillion
back, was much admired on Saturday.
It was most urlquely trimmed with
straw balls at the belt in the back, and
also at the front fastening. From these
long ropes or streamers of straw fell
to the knees, ending in straw tassels.
The effect of this new trimming is odd,
to say the least, and it attracted much
attention. Nearly all women look bet
ter In plain colors than In mixed ef
fects, and my observation at the races
this week lends me to the conclusion
that gray will probably long remain a
favorite shade for such occasions.
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