Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 July 1901 — Page 7

rar. iXDiAXAroLis jourxal, Saturday, jui-y 20, iooi.

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A Fi:V CAUAL H?KltVATI! Tiic vas or tiii: .matchmaki:!:. The Sleeve la Now (lie Mot Varlnhle Arllrle In Women's Attire For the Siiiinut'r Auetlte. The girl, who had boon taking a postgraduate course at college and was at home for the sumintr, mt-dlutlve ly matched the mantuvers of a fat -pldcr a.- it säusln to entice a giddy, blundering fly into the web stretched from the porch pillar to th.- nearest branch of the climbin s rosebush. "What are you thinking of. Minerva?" inquired hT friend, the stout matron, as bhe rocked placidly to and fro and worked buttonholes ir. a boy's t-hlrt. "You s?em to have om. thins on your mind." The girl withdrew her gaze from the spider, and laughed. "I was puzzling over two thing, first whether, if I had been called Minnie insu ad of Minerva, it would have occurred to rit to take a college course, and whether if my mother. Instead of being the Rullelt5s creature she i. had begun when I was an infant to cultivate boys who rniyht develop into eliglMes when they and I grew up. or at least to keep herself posted convening them whether I should now at the age of twenty-four be fitting myself for a profession instead of" "Instead of getting ready to marry one of the eligible;; you mean? What put those notions into your head?" "For one thing, a conversation I heard last night.'In which four mothers of daughters took part. I won't mention their nanus, but you know them. I was in the group, but not of it; they knew I had no information to give and so talked over my head. Their one subject was young men the qualities of this one, the disposition of that one, the prospect.- the money proslects of tach and ail of them. The chief tiling these women had In mind was the linancial possibilities of the men they mentionedmen not yet old enough, most of tnem. to have done anything for themselves. What on1 woman didn't know another did, and they had such deft little way.- of extracting desired information. Let's ee, Mrs. Match m.' one would Fay, iii't young William Henry, who visited the Lruwn-Jones's and was the living bhadow of your Katie. at all the holiday partis isn't he the son of the rich Henry, of Chicago, o" is he a nephew? And Mrs. Matchem purred with gratification that Katie's winning qualities had been remembered, and said sweetly that William was the son of the grat man. "They argued that It was a pity that young Hobby Shaftoe was showing such a disposition to sow wild oats, but considered that inasmuch as his property was left to him by his father in trust until he was thirty years old, his wife, if he married, would fare well enough, and by the time he was thirty he would probably have become steady. Then that little Jimmy Erown-Jones. too. You know that by rights he ought to be in a home for the fe ble-minded, but would one of those women ldmlt it? No. indeed! They said he was an odd genius, quite ecceiUrlc at times, but so sweet and lovely In disposi tion. All just because his father has a bar.ki'ul of maney anil they have daughters to mr.rry off "You remember that lmpo?ibIe Mr?. Cresto who lives up in was It Thirteenth street? No cne would have even anything to do with her. They siid her morals were not f:rod. and I am sure her manners were bad, for I've seen her in the shops, and as for illiteracy oh. my! Hut it turns out that a lot of money has ben left to her and her lout of a son, and those women, those dear friends of yours and mine, spoke of her ns 'that original Mrs. Cristo.' and had been to call on her. eveiy one of them "At first I was so stupid I did not see what all this interest in rich young men meant, perhaps because I knew the daughters of those women were tili in school and I did not think of matchmaking In connection with thorn. Hut I caught on and It mad" me tired. Kxeuse slang, but it setrns to tit, somehow. What -..do you think, you easy-going soul, of mothers who are laying matrimonial wires for their girls before they are out in society. Isn't it cold-blooded and mercenary and without any excuse? How would you like to have your boys tingled for that way?" "I wouldn't get excited if I were you, Minerva. The subj?ct Isn't worth it this hot day. No. 1 don't at all think it s a deadly sin for a mother to be duly watchful over her daughters matrimonial prospects. On the contrary it is perfectly natural, though, it is only the occasional mother who can accomplish anything by her forethought and scheming. The young people are too headstrong and likely to take their own way in rpitc of the welllaid plans of their parents. The mother influence may have its effect, however. I happen to know that one of those schoolgirls is already engaged to young Hilly Cristo though I don't think tho other ladles you were with have heard it yl Her mother invited him to their summer home last year. Propinquity works wonders." "Hut you surely don't think It's right to be so mercenary." "Well, no; I think there are other things to be considered besides mere money. What surprises me always about these managing mammas Is thlr lack of Judgment. The boy who is going to Inherit money from relatives, or has Inherited it. has an advantage over other boys in their eyes which doesn't always exist. I'm not as old as Methuselah myself, but I've lived long enough to feel sure that some of those rich young fellows you mention will have little or none of their money ten years from now. They did not earn it. they won't know how to take care of it. and they have the spendthrift disposition. On the other hand, it doen'r need a Solomon to point out at least a few members of the rising generation who will .v the rich and successful men of th community twenty years from now. Their family history, the!" hihits. the very lo'.k of their faces predict it. Oh I" "It .-ocrr.s to zrf you're the one who is getting excited now," interrupted Minerva. "What I want to know i?. if you. the rnothei of sons, could look on calmly and fee the dIp::ir.g tnothr-r of a girl you knew would not make him a good wife lure him on"" "My boys." 'u th- matron, with an obvious dirr,s!!.-:Ti to evade, my boys are too young to be considered matrimonially. Uesldes. unless they earn It themselves, they will not hive wealth enough to make them an object of interest to mothers cf girls" "Wealth -is a relative term, and unles I am mistaken, the managing mamma belongs to all grades of society and adapts herself to conditions. Some one of them will look upon your boya as desirable prey. Shall you !ike it?" Still the mutron evaded. "I shall try." she said with dignity, "to so train my sons that they will advice with me when the question of marrying confronts them." The girl laughed skeptically. "I never took you for a humorist." she auld. "I'll Just ask you one more question: What is

marriage coming to if money is the chief element? Net that it's a matter of personal interest to me. but I feel in myself th making of a philosopher and I should like to get the right view of the problem." "Money is not the chief element." replied tho matron with some warmth, making a personal application of the remark, as- Is the manner of women. "My Henry is not a rich man and never will be. h hasn't the money-making gift: but I'm sure the fact doesn't make us unhappy. And yet," she added thoughtfully, "when baby Alice grows up I should like to see her marry well in a financial way, meaning by that, in such a way that she would never come to want." "You would be a managing mamma, too, then." "Ye.H, and so would you, Minerva. I have no doubt. You would have the wish, at least.' to have the path of life made smooth for your daughter and money certainly does help." "Hut I always thought, though perhaps I am old-fashioned," here Minerva blushed; "I always thought affection was the one Important element." She hesitated to use the word "love"; It seemed not made for careless Speech. "Minerva," said the matron with a touch of asperity, "when you are older you will learn that love and riches and consequent peace of mind may belong together. Must you go; don't hurry. Oh. by the way, Minerva, come to diner Sunday. Henry' going to have his cousin here a cousin he thinks a lot of, but whom I am not so well acquainted with, and I want you to help entertain him. You will? All right; we'll expect you." "There!" she said to herself as she gathered up her sewing basket. "I'm glad I thought of that. She'd make a good wife for Joe and he ought to have a wife. He's worth half a million, but I needn't tell her that, though I reckon she'll forgive me if she becomes Mrs. Joe."

The Chanceful Sleeve. Philadelphia Press. If you have had any delusive hopes that the sleeve uncertainty had simmered down and that there was any settled agreement among gownbuilders as to what tho morrow would bring forth, just go to Paris. If that is too expensive, stu3y the sleeves shown on the best models sent from there and from London, or worn by the smartest people at tho summer "dress resorts," as some one calls them, and the result will be the same. The sleeve is in a state of flux just now. We are a long, long way off from that period of comparative peace twelve or lifteen years ago, when, whatever other change was made in a waist, the sleeves stayed stationary. Like most flowing things, however, the midsummer sleeve is uncommonly pretty. Here are a few variations seen in elaborate costumes from lirst-class houses: The elbow cult first, last and triumphant. It is very deep and loose and flaring, that it may show a pretty lining. Don't have it, it you can't line it richly. 1-Jdgings are used often, but always mistakenly. Over-sleeves and tight cuff of all-over lace or embroidery, with the full droops at the elbow (which dally grows sloppier and is in danger of overdoing itself out of fashion.) This effect Is a direct reversal of the embroidered under-sleeve effect and as such has its value. A shirred shoulder cap of the same material followed by a very baggy elbow sleeve and an even baggier rutlle. also of the same material. Suitable only for thin, soft textures, but In them very pretty. Deep tight cutfs. of contrasting material, running up high toward the elbow on the under-arm and cut low on the upper part. Little shaped bands sometimes stitched, of the gown material, running around the cuff, and with a button set where they end, are a smart finish. A slashed effect on the rather tight upper sleeve, but with the under-pieces set In smoothly Instead of the full effect, we associate with slashing. These "fly-away" arrangements, as our sedate grandmothers would have called them, though not till after they were themselves done with similar pomps and vanities, of course, necessitate a sleeveless Kton and a chill, if tho night be cool. Hut they are artistic and expensive and it is impossible to do anything but keep one's arms still and look pretty in them, and try (unsuccessfully) to keep them out of one's food at the table, so they will probably "suit their brief hour" undisturbed. When the season of wearing coats in good earnest arrives, however, we shall see! lee Cream and Saner, Hoston Transcript. For ice cream it seems to me that no rule Is quite so good as the simple one which has served me faithfully for several year3 as a working basis, namely, one-third rich cream to two-thirds rich milk, with sugar and flavoring as one likes. No eggs, you see. and no cooking, and if it is frozen slowly it comes out just what its name signifies, ice cream. There is no frozen custard appearance or taste to It. neither does it seem like just an unusually good and cold corn starch pudding. It is smooth, creamy and altogether delicious. If fruits are to be added to it add them whole ur cut In bits, and when the cream Is frozen almost hard enough, and thus avoid having the fruit come to the mouth as so many lumps of ice. Speaking of sauces for Ice cream, the one of melted chocolate or vanilla, macaroni .and others delicately flavored has been exploited thoroughly. An apricot sauce poured over an ice cream cf neutral flavor is a dessert worth the having, as one experience will convince you. A dish of vanilla may be used for the ice cream or a few drops of milk extract. Peel the apricots and cook them for ten minutes with thren or four of the kernels and the sugar vou think they require. Press the fruit tnrouph a sieve and to a cupful of it add a tablespoonful of Maderla. Set on ic to become thoroughly chilled before getting into contact with the . ice cream. Doesn't that sound alluring? And a raspberry sauce may be counted on to electrify a plain and unassuming ice cream. Squeez. the juice from the raspberries until you have half a pint of it. Sweeten it and cook it for ten minutes or so. Pour it over a teaspoonful or so of arrowroot and put over ..ie rire to boil and thicken a bit. Remove from the fire, add the juice of half a lemon. Set away to pet perfectly cold, and just at the last. If you feel so disposed, add half a cupful or so of fresh raspberries to the sauce. Of course it is understood and agreed that these sauces must b as cold witnln a few degrees as the ice cream thev are to complement. Don't forget that, if you please. Coin; Without IlatM. New York Kvening Sun. Going without the hat in summer has become so settled and pronounced h fashion that the millinery trade is said to be seriously affect? d thereby. Where the fashionable and would-be fashionable women particularly the latter used to order several dozen hats a summer. Just as many as she h..d outdoor frocks as a rule, she now contents herself with four or live. The majority of women get along with three; some economists with two. though this last counts thv outing hat. which is more than the milliners do. Outing hathave b com- too simple and too inexpensive for the hatmakers and sellers to reckon them a pre tit. A trade journal declares that there is no longer any summer teason In millinery. Time wits when it was the custom t Introduce a iii.sti:;ctlve summer titi.ie hat that made business for manufacturers, joldvts and ret.lllers. continuing late into the tall. The f.rst tagi: ot revoit against this custom wus the advent of the sailor hat. then came tr.felt outing hat. and finally the shirtwaist hat all simple and consequently unprovable models In place of the Gainsborough and the fanciful coaching hats of bygone eras. New sports and the sen?'be no:icn of spending one's summer in gaining health and strength rather than In dress parade were rtspontble tor the change. Now the fashion of going bareheaded knocks out even the outing hat. All through Ute May and June you found suburban teachers and pupils gclng to and from school hatless. At garden parties, where a head covering was wor.t to be the chief glory, women have appealed with only their own lovely locks and a aunshade for protection. Suburban weddings at high noon this aeaI son were noteworthy for tlj number of.

women who came minus hats. The next thing women will be going without hats at Laster.

Serving; Iced Tea. Philadelphia Telegraph. This is a delicious way for serving Iced tea. The prime constituent of the beverage some dellciously flavored, ddlclously prepared liquid tcu is served in a huge cut glass pitcher. With it the maid places a dozen t:iH. slender lemonade tumblers in cut glass, a, punch bowl tilled with shaved Ice, and a small dish containing sliced lemon and pineappie. A vase filled with stalks of green mint Is also necessary. There is quite a little art in putting these ingredients together, and the hostess prepares each glass with her own hands. First of all. the tumbler i.- tilled threequarters lull with the tea. which has been slightly sweetened. A generous spoonful of th ice comes next, followed by several slices of the lemon and pineapple. When a sprig r two of mint waves greenly above the glas the beverage is readv and tit for any palate cvt-n that of a Hrlllat S.ivarln. Of course the maid passes the powdered sugar In cae any palate needs another saccharine dash. Water biscuit and homemade cake are offered at the same time. Does It not sound refreshing? Try It fonu tlrr.e duri::? the warm season. Thesr are iced-tea days Mm. Astor'a Sharp Tongue. New York Times. Mrs. William Astor will make her annual summer appearance in Newport this week. She comes from London. With her comes a story about a conversation In a wellknown West Knd drawing-room, the subject of which was the relegating of the chaperon to the place where other old customs have gone. One of those engaged in the conversation was a severe old lady who belongs to London's most heavily mosscovered exclusive set, and not far removed in relation trorr King I-Mward himself. She had made some caustic comment on a speech of Mrs. Astor's relating to the subject, which caused Mrs. Astor to remark, quietly: "It's a question that ought not to concern the KnglUh mother much, anyway, since the majority of the Lngiish girls I have ever met were perfectly safe, with or without a chaperon." And it is said that the old lady is still trying to figure out what our lady McAllister meant. ()1c1n nn el II n (1m. An old-fashioned country remedy that a village housewife recommends to drive out moths, is tanzy leaves. These sprinkled freely about woolens and furs prove etri-clt-nt. Put a tablespoonful of ammonia in a quart of water, wash your brushes and combs in this, and all the grease and dirt will disappear. Hinse, shake and dry in the sun or by the fire. In packing the picnic hamper, if It is intended to make coffee for the al fresco luncheon, it is wise to grind and measure the coffee beforehand, putting it Into small cheescloth bags that may be dropped Into the pot when the water is boiling. New and striking veilings are being made for use as hat draperies. A red chiffon, embroidered with green golf sticks, recently seen, would bo pretty around a white duck hat. with the accompaniment of a red gjlf packet with green lapels, but scarcely under any other conditions. White chiffon and Valenciennes are combined to make many handsome hat,?, ranging from "pancake" shape to tho large Gainsborough. White satin is much used on beige and tuscan straw, with perhaps a touch of color given by a cluster of roses, a flaring bow or a rosette of tulle. Great fluffy, white plumes are charming on these straws. When a polished table is stained by a hot dish, one restoring process is to use first wootl alcohol and then linseed or olive oil. This treatment is excellent for keeping any polished furniture in order, and is one of the few things for which wood alcohol may be used. The latter Is cheaper than the pure and for certain domestic uses is quite as good. Many housekeepers complain of the trouble they have In mixing French dressing. Put the ingredients (one tablespoonful of vinegar, three tablespoonfuls of oil, a saltspoonful of salt ami quarter that amount of mustard) Into a bottle. Cork tightly, then shake the bottle vigorously for a few minutes. anl you will havo a perfect emulsion, 'lhls is by far the easiest way to mix French dressing. A fern dish for the summer cottage can be arranged at smail expense. Huy for a few cents a pressed glass dish of circular form, choosing one as similar as possible in slz.- to the silver fern dishes, and line It with tin foil. Put a fev hits of broken china in the bottom before filling the dish with earth and planting with the tern. A little powdered charcoal added occasionally keeps the soil In good condition. LICENSE IN DRESS. Men' Shlrtvrnint AKitntlon linn Only Hciunteil the C'ont. Kansas City Star. The innovation of the man's shirtwaist has made but little progross, but the license it has seemed to give to lay aside the coat has been seized upon to an astonishing degree by the hci-pollol. The coatless man has become exceedingly numerous. He has exposed to the public gaze all kinds of shirts and all kinds of suspenders and in not a few instances has laid off his collar. He has succeeded in transforming the aspects of the street population from that of a metropolitan center to that of a mining town. Doubtless he is more comfortable than he was, and. of course, a good deal must be conceded on the ground of comfort these very hot clays. The shirtwaist idea has not been popular. On the one hand, men of gentlemanly Instincts will not go on the streets without their coats at least not until some better substitute for the coat has been invented. On the other hand, the defiant rank and file have erroneously regarded the innovation as a radical departure of fashion, and dislike what they call "the affectation of the thing." However, the man who goes without his coat should also go without his suspenders, and he would look much better in the shirtwaist than he does in the orelinary shirt. License in elress is sometimes more potent than fashion's decrees. For example, this season's styles In men's straw hats recognized some departures from accepted standards. The result is that the market Is flooded with some astonl3ning "novelties." Fashion has recently recognized low collars for women's shirtwaists. Hence the "regardless" are now appearing In ordinary waists without collars or with collars turned in. The man s shirtwaist was Intended to be a substitute for the coat In hot weather, but its effect I merely the abandonment of the coat with nothing to take its place exctpt that which was iireiof.re concealed by It. Comfort would dictatethe adoption of the Chinese plan of having the neok and forearm bare In hot weather, but if some garment providing for this comfort were invented doubtless those' who are now appearing in ordinary shirts and suspenders would then come out in short-sleeved undershirts. The American dearly loves license, real or fancied. Fnt' l'nr.eeesnr- Voyage. St. Paul Pioneer Press. If Pat Crowe is in South Africa he is subject to our extradition treaty with Great Hritnin. Hut It is hardly worth while to go to the trouble and cost of catehir.g him and taking him to Nebraska to be acquitted like his p il by an Omaha jury. Nor if he had known with what 'eniency an Omaha jury looked upon the offense of kidnaping rich man's .-n and holding him up for a ransom of J2.r.0 would he have taken the trouble to put the ocean between him and such sympathetic and admiring friends. The Third Person. Np' tbf are the w.irJs hr husband said: " h. our jrown'p all rlhl. Dv.t you Wn.-'w you r.-ver K. k v 11 in red. And ti thiru'r. tjo ay and truht." "Yr.u UiM th rorr. like a r.i.-e aMüum V. Ith Us hunirfi. leaves .ilr A rose too fair fr a clDwn to wear." .Said th Tertlura c,uld to her. Nuw the are the wrc! he husband raid: ""Geo J Lor3. wu woir.fn are wis?! You hav raced and chased till you look "aalf dead And have circl ber.eath your eye." "To-nUM your err.lle Is as faint the while A a star la tbe ntt' dim tlur. You're tired. I know, but you're lovel'est so." Said the Tei-tlurr. Quid to her. Now thee are th wcrJ hr huiband said: "He'll pay fcr It. every cent! Eut why hould the chouse that man lnteaj? 8h ounht to have Let-n content!" "Oh. women are dear and women are Queer, And are bourht with a cln forbid; And their hi:Lar.d may crew wl. tarn day," Reflected the Tertiura Quid.. ItcCre Plckerinr. In Smart Set.

HIS LAST TRIP. The train boy watched the quiet man in the dark blue suit with some curiosity. He was a quiet man, and ytt strangely restless. At 'very station he would rise from his seat and step out on the rear platform of the car. If there was sufficient time he would go out on the station platform and walk up and down. When he returneel to his seat his eyes were either on the landscape, or on his watch, or on a bundle of papers he drew from an inner pocket. The train boy was In the habit of studying the passengers. He set this particular passenger elown as an amateur traveler who was afraid he might miss, something. Business was dull with the train boy. It was a hot June day, and customers were scarce when the thermometer climbed up in the eighties, and the air was full of clut, and the fiying landscape was almost painful to look at in its dazzling brightness. The train boy had stacked up his goods on a seat at one end of the tar. He felt a little lonesome, and slowly strode up the car al?Ie. He paused beside a seat on which sat a gray-haired woman of very neat but unassuming; appearance. The boy stooped over. "Anything I can get for you, grandma?" he asked in hU cheery way. "Drink of water?" The elderly woman looked up and smilingly shook her head. "All right," said the boy. "You just motion to me if there's anything you need. I'll be round somewhere." He moved along until he came to the quiet man, who for the moment happened to be idle. The boy perched himself on the arm of the opposite seat. The quiet man looked up at hhn. He was still a young man. but with a face that seemed to bear the impress of much experience. He knit his brows slightly as he looked the boy over. "Sit down, my lad," he said, as he pointed to the seat in front of him. which was turned over so as to face the quiet man's seat. The train boy took the seat. He looked up at the quiet man. "Guess it's your first trip over the line, ain't it?" he asked. "What makes you think so?" "You're so fidgety," said the boy. "You're afraid you're going to miss something;. It seems a little funny to me, you know, because I've been over the road every blessed day for the last four years." You know all about it, then," said the quiet man. "Don't I?" laughed the boy. "I used to make a study of it, but I got tired of that. When I first came on I was a little scared, you know. 'Fraid we'd jump the track or the trestles, or something. An' I used to listen to the old clumpety-clumplng until it sort o' macle songs for me, an' alter a while there was a kind of song for every piece o' the road." "You're something of a poet," said the eiuiet man. "I guess not," laughed the boy. "Being a train boy will knock the poetry out of a fellow 'bout as quick as anything. I guess." "Perhaps you are right," said the quiet

man. "I was a train boy for a little while myself." "You!" cried the boy. He laughed as If the idea amused him. I don't believe you was much good at it," he said. "You haven't got enough cheek. "Well, said the quiet man with a laugh, that faintly echoed the boy's. "I didn't keep the job long. I was rather glad, I remember, when 1 was promoted to a brakeman, and still more glad when I left that job to be a telegraph operator." "Well, say." cried tht boy, "you knowmore about railroading than I gave you credit for." "Hut I feel pretty sure you know a good deal more about this particular piece of railroading than I do," said the quiet man. "Perhaps," said the boy. "Guess I can tell the poor spots along the line about as well as anybody. I know there's a sharp curve just this side o Bllletsburg that ought to be straightened. And there's a rough piece near Bayneville that needs relay m'. -An' I know we're goln' to strike the worst section Of all when we pass Ketorah. They've been talking about relaying It for months, but they don't do It." "Yes." said the quiet man as he drew a paper from his pocket and pencileel a note tn tha mai gin. "So you're a railroad man?" continued the boy, as ha studied the stranger's appearance. "I'm something or a railroad man," was the reply. "What branch 'rould you imagine me to be in?" The boy looked him over carefully. "Well," be said. "I guess your'e a freight conductor goin' home to spend your vaca tion with your mother. The quiet man laughed aloud. "A good guess." he said, and laughed again. Then he added: "I suppose you are Klad to spend your vacations with your moth.-r?" "Me?" said the train boy. "I don't remembev that I ever had a mother. I'm just a boy out of the streets. An aunt that turned me adrift is the only relative I remember. Besides, I eion't have any vacations." "Didn't I hear you call one of the passengers gradma?" inquired the quiet man. "Yes," replied the boy. "1 called her that because she looks like the kind of grandma a boy would like to have. I've had my eye on her ever since she came aboard at Berwick. She knows I'm lookln' out for her an it makes her feel more comfortable. Hvory trip now I look out for somebodyjust pick 'em out. you know, an' kind o' keep a watchful eye on 'em. It makes the ride a little more pleasant for them, you know, an' I guess it does me some good, loo. An' besides, it helps to pass away the time." The stranger looked at the boy with a new Interest. "What's your name?" he asked. "Jack." said the boy. "Jack Manning." He looked out of the window as he spoke. "We are Just passing Ketorah." he said. "We'll strike that tough bit of road in a minute or two. You'll notice the bumpin' all right." "So you get no vacations?" said the stranger. "All work and no play must make Jack Manning a dull boy." The train boy laughed. "Guess I ain't 'specially dull." he said, "resides, I'm Sr,in& to get what may be a good, long vacation right away. This road has got through with train boys; they're all laid off. This Is my last trip." "Your last trip?" echoed the stranger. Scarcely had the words left his lips when the car gave a sudden lurch and careened. There was a savage bump or two. and then, with a mighty crash, the car rolled, over. High arose a chorus pf shrill shrieks and the air was filled with blinding dust. When thj train boy got bck his dazed senses h found himself crawling up the bank of the ditch. There was a bump on his head, a cut across his ear, and one of hi.-- ankles was wrenched. He looked around as he wiped his grimy face. The train had b?en ditched and it was a bad wreck. Ahead he could see the white cloud of steam that told of the engine's position. The tender was plied above It, and behind that came the baggage and express cars and the four passenger cars, crushed against one another or lying battered and shattered along the ditch like so manv broken tovs. "Jack!" called a voice. The quiet man. with his head and shoulders projecting from a window, was calling to him. "Here. Jack, give me a lift. I seem to be pinned down bv something." The bov mounted the ?ide of the crushed car and "with a steady pull drew the quiet man out. "My arm is twisted," said the latter as he looked about, "or I could have helped myself." He ga7ed around and gave a little groan. Then It seemed to Jack as If his manner suddenly changed. He straightened up and his eyes sparkled. "We must have htlp at once," he cried. "Do vou know where we are?" "The next stop is Caldwell, 'bout three mP.es ahead." answered Jack. "And ilarnmersburg is nine miles beyond that." said the quiet man. "They can make up a relief train there." He felt of his injured arm end a twinge ran through him. He turned to Jack. "Ge-t down into the car and bring up my bag." he eaid with swift abruptness. Jack quickly ciambered through the window and a moment later passed up the handbag. "Here." he suddenly called, "here's grandma and she's all right." Almost as he spoke the head of .th lady appeared above the opening, and with a strong pull from the quiet man's sound arm and with Jack's help below she was quickly drawn through. She was a brave lady, and though she trembled a little her voice was firm. "There is a t-hady place under the trees on the bank there." ?he said as she looked about. "Have the hurt brought up there. I will do what I can for them, r have had experience as a nurse." "I hope to have help here very soon." said the quiet man. Then he turned to the boy. "Climb that telephone pole there and

cut the three wires on the lower arm. Have you anything to do the cutting with?" "Yes. sir." replied Jack. "I've got a Jackknife that will do anything." The boy's leg was sore and his head hummed and throbbed, and It was hard climbing, but he managed te reach the bar. A moment later the severed wires fell, and the quiet man had drawn a telegraph instrument from his bag and was soanding them. As Jack reached the ground he heard the rapid clicking. The quiet man presently arose. "An engine with doctors will leave Caldwell in fifteen minutes," he said, "and a relief train will be made up at once at Hammersburg." "Vts. sir." said Jack. "What next?" "Are you hurt?" cried the quiet man as he stared at the boy. "Only a scratch, sir." He flung his coat aside. "Waitin orders, sir." he said. "Go down the line and tell the trainmen to report to me here at once. We must go at this work In an orderly way." "Who shall I say sent me?" "Manager Bobbins." The boy whistled as he sped along. "The new general manager." ho mur mured, "and he's a corker, too." The n followed hours o the hardest work the boy had ever known. He was the manager's right-hand man. his messenger, his lieutenant, his devoted aid. bis faithful clerk. Through all these scenes of suffering and toil the boy never faltered. The old woman got at him and bandaged hi head and begged him to rest, but he shook his bandages at her and hurried back to the side of the quiet man. The eiuiet man was a man of steel, who. with one arm dangling by his side, gave his orders, and sent dispatches and kept an ever watchful eye on all that was done. And then when night's shades had fallen and a merciful coolness had come with the setting ol the sun. and the second relief train was about to leave and the track repairers and the wrecking crew were at werk. the quiet man turned to the boy and gripped his shoulder. "Weil, my lad." he said, with a dry sob. "we have done what we could, please God." He looked at the lad. "Y'ou have found me a hard master." he said. "Y'ou are Just my style," said Master Jack a little brokenly. "Come," said the quiet man, "we can go now." He leaned on Jack's shoulder as they walked toward the train. He was tired and faint. "Anil remember." he added, with a little smile, "that vacation is indefinitely postponed." "All right, sir." said Jack. W. R. Hose, in Cleveland Plain Dealer.

WOMEN IN THE FIELDS. Result of the Deficiency of Men for Farm Labor. Youngstown (O.) Special in Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. From every agricultural section of the country complaints are coming In about the scarcity of farm hands, and the farmers are grieving over many fields, whose crops have been wasted because there were not enough hands to harvest them. But there is no section of the country that Is suffering from this lack any more than parts of western Pennsylvania and Ohio. From Sharon to Warren and Niles, the whole length of both the Shenango and Mahoning valleys, the cry Is coming from every farm, "Give us more hands." Hay that should have been harvested before the rains is now ruined, and wheat fields were beaten down to the ground days after the time they should have been safe in the barns. Bong ago the farmers were compelled to ask their wives and daughters to assist them In harvesting. Male help could not be had for love or money, so the women had to turn in and help to keep the farmer from loslns the result of months of toil and care. And they did it, without a complaint and with energy anel will. For the first time in history they were as common as men in tho fields along the fertile valleys, and it was their work that enabled the farmers to get in any part of their crop. It was a common sight during the early part ot last week to see the women ami girls working in the fields side by side with their husbands, fathers and brothers. During all those days of extremely torrid weather, when men and women and children throughout the country were dropping over in the sweltering, killing heat these devoted women In the valleys of Pennsylvania and Ohio went out into the bare, unprotected fields, with the glare of the sun upon them, and never gave a thought to the danger. With the temperature away above 100 degrees, far hotter than the protected thermometers on the government buildings have given it, with a blazing unshaded tun pouring down upon their backs, they have been working every cay and laboring at a task which entails continuous physical exertion all day long. Of course, so far as was possible, the men took the harder work themselves, but many of them succumbed to the heat Tuesday, and the brave women had to finish their tasks. Many of the women dropped In the- fields and had to be carried into the old farmhouse and revived, but in an hour or two they were back at the work again. Pitching hay into wagoriä, the bundles of wheat, driving the reapers, sometimes plowing and even cradling the grain in some cases, these farmers' wives and daughters have worked, and their work has saved to the farmers of the two vallevs many thousands of dollars. The ordeal Is Just beginning. The bulk of the hay and many thousand acres of oats are standing in the fields ripening for the harvest, and the next three weeks will see the scenes of last week repeated, unless aid comes from some outside source. The cause of the difficulty In getting farm help is said to be the increase in the number and size of the big steel industries of the valleys. The big plant at South Sharon has eirawn thousands ttf young farm hands to its furnace doors, and the same tale is being repeated everywhere. The farmers in the neighborhood of Youngstown and other valley manufacturing cities are offering from $1.50 to $2 a day, with board, lodging and washing, for farm hands. The tempting price offered has not been sufficient to bring helpers, and the farmers are at their wits' end. The situation as It stands to-day Is a grave one to them, and the loss already has run Into the thousands. What the total will be no one can yet tell, and every member of the farmer's family Is being pressed into service to keen it down as low as possible. It will depend greatly on the weather, and if the farmers are lucky they may get off with comparatively small losses from now on. HIGH MFI3 COSTLY. Increase in Kxnenae of Keening; Up Position in Knulnnd. London Letter In Philadelphia Times. The Spectator, discussing the new standard of wealth in recent years, remarks that fifty years ago an income of illu.'O (Süo.Oix;) was accounted wealth sufficient to maintain a god place in society. Disraeli, one of the keenest observers of society, declared that an income of JCS.CO0 was a veritable Alladin's lamp, but wealth now begins with an income of il-O.'M) $100,uh0) yearly, which, if the possessor lives up to his position, does not ieave him as free from money cares as though he was really rich. The country house, hired shooting, a London house, a wife's and daughters' dress, a moor in Scotland and six weeks' yachting, leave little free cash and nothing for improvements. Many expenses which the rich incur without thinking must be avoided, and at the end of tbe year the possessor of such an income will think whether this or that could not be economized. This is true, assuming that in addition to JUio.ijuo a year, there is inherited the "plant" of luxurious life, but in the case of a man 'starting in society with an Income of il'O.'vMJ and no plant, he Is far poorer. Purchasing and installing himself in suitable town and country houses must reduce his free income to 14.). As he approaches fifty years of age. allowance for his sons, pensions and other claims will make a still further reduction. He will be well fed and lodged, but will worry regarding the position of his children, and will be anxious, in a shame-faced way, that his sons do not seek fortunes and brides. The Spectator does not think that the truth of this is based upon luxuriousness or wastefulness peculiar to to-day. Such luxuriousness and wastefulness existed equally tormerly, but the Increase in the number of rich men has caused an increase In the price of evcrytning that the rich seek, especially fine houses and furniture. Opportunities for sport, such as a rich man's tishlr.g. cost from S1m.m) to JJO.CM) annually. There Is no proof that vice has increased. eJambling certainly has not. Wastefulness teems grt-ater bercause more money is wasted, but. proportionately, it is no greater. Oar grandfathers did not chronicle everything, while newspaper advertisement of to-day is responsible for much of the appearance of mad luxury in European society. The Spectator thinks that a special evil to-day is the increased inclination to gratify impulse without reference to old restraints and a certain reaction against goodness, which contains more intellectual pessimism and less defiance of heaven than such movements have usually had. Porto Klean SanJala. Philadelphia Record. It taJs a gifted woman to wear sandals proper! . and Just now what may be called toe aiLfletics are being extensively prac

ticed with the Porto Rican Importation.. These are made of straw and wtmen wear them around the house during the day. These sandals, which have only come into fashionable notice during the present reason, are merely soles of thick plaited straw with diagonal loops over the place for the great toe. The wearer soon learns how to manipulate them by hopping bird fashion. Porto Rican wemen of the higher class wear them altogether In summer. In Porto Rico they come as low as 2 cents a pair. Our, Troolenl Cllmnte. Philadelphia Record. The temperature of the past few days has been high enough to bring home fore--Ibly to the average person a fact which has generally been Insufficiently recognized namely, that this section of the country, for at least two months in the year, possesses literally a tropical climate. A great deal of suffering which the extreme heat annually causes could be avoided if people should appreciate this fact and should govern themselves accordingly with regard to their dress, diet, business methods and habits of living generally. In India and in other tropical countries garments are adjusted to the extreme of heat; business i? conducted early in the morr.inir and late in the afternoon:

complete cessation of activity occurs during the middle of the day. and in other ways the enervating effects of the climate are moelltieei. There is no reason why the same foresight should not be exercised here. While it might not be possible to adjust business hours altogether on the tropiral basis, much could be accomplished by the establishment of more frequent half-holidays and earlier closing hours. A general agreement in the business community upon this subject would prevent a readjustment from working hardship to any one. There should also be a general disposition to adopt the light clothing of the tropics, and to observe the same strict regulations with regard to food and drink which obtain among the Intelligent residents of those countries in which the degree of heat that we have been experiencing is expected as a rgular thing every year, and is acconlirgly providtl against. Copy of Statement of tbe Condition OF THE Continental INSURANCE COMPANY On the 30th day of June, 1901. It is located at 45 Cedar street. New York city, in the State of New York. F. C. MOORE. President. EDWARD LANNING, Secretary. The amount of its capital Is $1,000,000 The amount of its capital paid up is 1,000,000 Tbe Assets cf tie Company are as followsUnited States and other bonds and stocks $$,505.267.00 Real estate owned by the company 1,106.250.00 Loans on bonds and mortgages (on real estate worth $132.1 )).. 32.910.00 Premiums In course of collection S45.037.15 Interest and dividends (accrued) 75.0S5.S7 Rents accrued 1,507.32 Cash in banks and trust companies and on hand 472.730.18 Total assets I11.058.SS7.52 LIAIHLITIES. Losses adjusted and not due $137.642.29 Losses unadjusted 219,799.00 Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof 2S.793.00 All other claims against the company 494.SSO.43 Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 4,523.913.23 Total liabilities $5.403,027.05 The greatest amount insured in any one risk is not over $100,000, but does not as a rule exceed $3,000. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I. the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 30th day of June, 1901, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my ofrlSEAL. cial seal this 15th day of July, J.W. W. II. HART. Auditor of State. LOCAL AUEXTSi ALEXANDER & CO.. 124 Estt Market St C0UB & CO., 45 When Bulldirf. Statement of the Condition OF THE Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co. On the 29th day of June, 1931. It is located at 292 Main street, Springfield, Mass. A. W. DAMON, President. W. J. MACKAY. Secretary. Capital stock Is Capital Etock paid up is $1.500.000 , 1.500.GCO assi:ts. Cash on hand and in hands of agents ri6.442.72 Real estate unincumbered 125.0u0.00 Ponds and stocks owned by the company as per schedule filed... 3,604,629.00 Loans on bonds and mortgages, being first lien on unincumbered real estate, worth double the amount loaned tfU.Gon.CO Debts otherwise secured 27 325 00 All other securities 41 173 20 Total assets : $5,119.1.92 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due $34 567 93 Losses unadjusted 170J6S SS Losses in suspense and awaiting further proof 14 873 S9 All other claims against the company je 20 Amount necessary to insure out- - standing risks 1.646,379.14 Total liabilities 11.556.724.13 State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 29th day of June, 1901, as shown by the original statement, and that the nald original statement is now on file In this ofüce. . In witness w hereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my offiSEAL.J clal seal this 15th day of July 11. W. II. HART. Auditor of State. LOCAL AGEXTSi R. ZcNOR & CO.. 15 Talbott Block. W. a. GREYER, 4)1 laiiftna Trust Bulldia. CLAYtOOL & CO., 5 C!spjol Bleclc Ssndaj Jcarnal, bj Mail, J2 Per Year.

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Indianapolis 7 USII1ESS UrflVERSIT li Our trade mark. Bhun Imitator. Enter Day or Night Schools Get Catalog. Ü. l'cnzu. When Block. L J. HEEB, Pro. VORICiS'O USIUESS COLLEGIA Tfn times a ltrp sr.j ct.rr ehool in this StMte. Sc.nd lrfit in the wor! I. Invent If at. KIMSALl H ALL.! J1t2ii Wahati Ave. CHICAGO. or MOSIC and DRAMATIC IIT In t Went Fifty eminent lnmrtor "fAvr' trtmlnf dfpC Maar t'rrm A4tun. Spect) rf to tititl pipiH of limi.a niMM, I U tf ria be (ina ff ptniier f. fatalon role-i frra. JOUM J. II WTTM AFItT. IHr.rt w saws a.dmill SUTLIKS. The Atkins Silver Steel $ rutrnnlza omc HAND HAWS are guaranteed T1IK HtXT. Aa'k your dealer for them and take no other. IC. C ATICIX Ä? CO. SAW ANT) TOOL MANUFACTURERS Corner South and Illinois St. SA BELTIMi and A W ö EM ERY WHEELS SPEClALTILrf OK W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Co. 132 S. PENN. ST. All klnda cf Sawa repaired. REFRIGERATORS. HOT PLATES, GAS RANGES, GASOLINE STOVES. Twiner s Stalnakor 111 EAST WASHINGTON ST. Copj of Statement of the Condition OF TIII2 Union Central LIFE INSURANCE CO. On the 30th day of June. 1901, It is located at No. 353 West Fourth etreet Cincinnati, O. JOHN AI. PATTISON, President. E. P. MARSHALL. Secretary. The amount of Its cardtal is J100.000 The amount of its capital paid up is.. luO.000 Tbe Assets ol tbe Company la tbe United SUtei are is follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons J126.W.SI Real estate unincumbered lll.rjoO. Ronds owned by the company, bearing Interest at the rate of 4 per cent., secured as follows: United States 4 per cent, bonds, in25 irr.rioo.oo Loans on bonds and mortRaRes of real estate, worth in ?ros double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance 20.53S.e:o.! Debts otherwise secured !.4W.2f Debts for premiums 1.3:3.619.H All other securities l.iL'l.lJS.ZJ Total assets J26.4K237.21 LIADILITICS. Losses adjusted and not due.... Jl'.MT.OO Losses unadjusted 121.K U) All other claims against the company 214.4r.Ti.S2 Legal reserve r2.3tj.4fcl. 00 Total liabilities tr.74C.9G3.sa The greatest amount in any one risk, $2i, 000. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State, I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 30th day of June, 1301, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now. on file in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto sub scribe my name and afflx my of!l SEAL. clai seal this 11th day of Juljr 190L W. IL HART. Auditor of State. . Local Offlcei 7 18, 19 When Building Copj of Statement of the Condition OF THD ri2 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OP AMERICA, On tbe 30th day of June, 1901. It is locate! at No. 420 T7. Walnut atrt, Loul Tille, Kentucky. M. "W. ADAMS, President. JOHN L. ADAMS, Etcrttiry. Th amount of Its capital la $200,000.01 The amount cf Ita capital paid up la.... 200.000. The Assets ol tbe Company in tbe United States are as follows: Cash on hand and in the hania of agents or other pron Real estate unincumbered Uonds ownd hy the comiry. be.irlnc Interest at th rate ot ir cit.. eourert 6 follows: V. fi. v. 4 ir cent, bonds LuuthViUe city bonda Louisville Heard Trade I'aducah Ftreet-r Uway bop.-ia LoulavllJe Street-railway Lon2 Church Adver.t Lonia All other ecurltlea HO. .t:.vu) 2.:. -o l,Z '.Z US Total araets $7J.--'J.T0 Li.niLiTii:s. All other eUlms agalnat the company... fl 4.314 t Legal reserve STu.STti 00 Total liabilities j:s-J 34 The greatest amount In any one risk. Jl.CcO.

State of Indiana, OtTlce of Auditor of State I, the undersigned, auditor of state cf tht State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement ot the condition cif the above-mentioned company on the Jöth day of June, lvOl. as shown by the original statement, and thai the said original statement is now on file in this office In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my offiSEAU cial seal this 15th day of Julj, IXL W. II. HART. Auditor ot Sute.

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