Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 64, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1904 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1904.

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Established 1853. INDIANA'S GREATEST STORE : SPRING : iDRAPERIES: Colored Applique Lao tins ;ire a one of the popular effects of the sjf w season because they are Ä an Mal hangln: f r windows in y.':r library, hall or dining room. M I P in red. blue and green applique, with black stitching. All washa! and very effective design.-. Special a prices are quoted th. ä troduce the new ideas. Twenty-four styles will be marked special, as follows: uSirstyles:..a $1.98 J $4.00 styles, a 4 7S t pair qjA.-fO Z?yts:.. $3.50 $4.00 e "iSir" $5.00 J $6.00 Third Floor. 7 Sole Agents Butterick Patterns BEHNING PJMO If acclaimed by minr of the most eminent pianists for Its pore tone and sympathetic qualities. CASH OR PAYMENTS IT, I !! 12H-l.".o N. I'fiimylTania Mrewt Skirt and Waist Chat We present for the coming season a most notable array of Imported fabrics, modish in color and unique In design, which we fashIon Into shirts for men and women. LeitcH and Company R. M. Barth. W. t. Lee. James Leiten Corner Market and Pennsylvania Sts. "Jle tvbo spares when be is yonn& may up; ml whfu he in aid." THE CORNERSTOME OF SUCCESS ! Young men and women should learn the uses, not the abuses, of money; that money Is crystallized labor; that each dollar represents a value: that economy In small change is the foundation of fortunes. Our Savings Department receives f 1 or mere and pays three per cent, interest, compounded semiannually. Open dally and Saturday evening. Closed Saturday afternoon. THE, MARION TRUST CO. It E. Cor. Mcaument Place and East Market St. QUEEN HELPS TWO MAINE BOYS EARIUOME MONEY Boom in Moleskins Since Her Majesty Set the Style of Wearing Frock. ALEXANDRA'S NEW FAD EAST HAMPDEN. Me., March 3. James Cary and Thomas Clark, two schoolboys who wanted to earn money In their spare time mornings and evenings, have collected a snug savings bank account since November by catching moles and selling thtir kins to a fur buyer in St. Louis. Until less than a year ago the pelts of moles were not listed by any fur buyer in America, and if the skins were mentioned, which was seldom, they were classed with the pelts of the domestic cat, the rabbit and the woodchuck as having no commercial Value. The sudden advance of moleskins to popular favor was due to the fact that Qu I Alexandra of England has discarded her wraps of American se.-tls and oi' Siberian sables and has t.ikeii to wearing a cloak made from the skins of more than T0 moles eapturcd on the King's farm at Sandringham. thus setting an example of patronizing home products. Immediately ufter the Queen put on her new cloak and wore It in public the price of American moleskins vent up from nothing t- lc und 15 cents for every thick-furred skin which could be found. The ground was frozen when the circulars telling about the new fur arrived in Main", but the boys were not discouraged. They knew It was as impossible to catch moles under frosen ground as It was to dig clams at high tide, but if they could not seek the animals under ground, they could do the rext best thing, which w.is to lure the moles out and trap them above the frost. Among the treasures owned by the two boys was a kiln shed of an abandoned brlekvard. under which in the rich loam they were rearing millions of angleworms. Intending to sell them for bait Co the fishermen when the law was oft" on trout. The bovs knew that moles obtained most of their living by burrowing below the earth and feeding on earthworms, and arguing from ci use to effect, they concluded that if the moles knew where the angleworm preserve was the animuls would visit the place to satisfy their hunger During the time when the ground wa3 bare in December the boys carried many earthworms to the meadows where the moles lived and threw the bait into the open holes. Later, when the animals had learned to c.me up after dark for their dailv feed, th- o. -. : dropped lines of worms along th" Heida, making a trail which led to the shed in the old brickyard. In a few duvs the angleworm pits w. r filled with greedy moles seeking to eat up the bait which was intended for the fishermen. Th.- 'rms were transferred to barrels and boxes, and traps were set about the shed in where the worms had been. Though no sens arly blind anl have thy can smell an Bv rilling the sheds auR lew rm :ir away with gelf-settiiiu trans which were baited with earthw orris the boys caught more than 1.000 moles inside of u week. Hince the snow haa fallen fewer of the animals find their way to the traps, though a dozer, or so are caught very night. As fast as the boys skin the moles the bodies are thrown Into the boxes and barrels of earth where the earthworms are fattening for the fishermen. o that the moles which grew big and fat from feeding on earthWorms are finally turned over to be devoured by their victim.

In the Theaters

I o-l)n ' Sehe nie. GRAND. High-class vaudeville. 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. PARK. "The Heart of Maryland," 2 and 8 p. m. EMPIRE. Burlesque, 2 and 8 p. m. I NIQUE Variety. 3 and 8 p. m. The IleliiMco l'lay nt the I'nrk. With English's closed, the dramatic event of the week is a Belasco play at popular prices, and theatergoers who are tired of the lighter tort of entertainment, with which the early part of the week has b crowded, will lind it well worth while to witness a performance of "The Heart of Maryland" as it is now being given at the Park. This strong Eelasco melodrama opened a half-week's engagement yesterday, and the Park was crowded with immense audiences both afternoon and evening. It is seldom that the Park has an attraction of such a high standard to offer during its regular season, and when it be comes generally known among local theatergoers that the interpreting company is one of genuine merit the theater will have I among its visitors during the rest of the engagement many people who seldom visit that playhouse. "The Heart of Maryland" is so much better than the usual melodrama to be seen in the popular price theaters that its crudities, noticeaole when the play waa presented in more pretentious houses, fade into insignificance, and the piece easily takes its place as the best of ail dramatic attractions playing the cheaper circuits. To present a well-constructed, well-acted play in the cheaper theater is something of a risk, however, If yesterday afternoon's audience at the Park is to be taken as an example of the average audience that the company is now obliged to "play to." While there were many people in the auditorium who thoroughly appreciated the tender love scenes and fine emotional passages of the story, there were also hundreds of auditors present who seemed utterly unable to comprehend the play people who laughed at the wrong time, applauded at the wrong time and in several other ways made it quite apparent that a really well-written melodrama went completely over their heads. The writers and producers of the blood-and-thunder "shows" are largely responsible for this state of affairs; th p. -pie themselves would soon learn to understand and appreciate real plays if they vi n but given more opportunities to see real plays. But if the overflowing audience yesterday afternoon failed to grasp the finer qualities of the story that was being so well interpreted for them, they rose beautifully to the occasion when the exciting climax of the piece occurred when Alary land Calvert, the young Southern girl, clung to the bell in the church steeple to save the life of her soldier lover. How the theater rang with hand--lappings and cheers! All of the stirring scenes of the play, as well as the less stressful portions, were acted in a most creditable manner, but it was this one seiw sational incident that caught the crowd. The company is the best that Park audiences have seen this season, but it is very doubtful if the Park's clientele is aware of this fact. Miss Eulalia Bennett does good work in Mrs. Leslie Carter's old part. Playing such a strong emotional roie twice a day has caused her to become somewhat mechanical in her delivery of the lines, but even at that she is I better actress than is usually to be seeu at the lower-price theaters. Clifford Storch is the most convincing villain seen iu Indianapolis for some time, aud he plays the difheult role of Captain Fulton Thorp, the spy. which comes very near being the star part of the play, in excellent style. A handsome hero is William F. Walcott, who is at his best in the more exciting scenes. B. J. Murphy gives a good characterization of a Southern general, aud a well-played part is that of Lieutenant Telfair, taken by Oscar Xorfleet. Edwin L. Beuidson, John M. Stevens and Francis Charlton are equal to all requirements la the other male roles of importance. Miss Nell McEwen, as a Northern girl, aud Florence Rosslaiid. as a little C'onfedeL-ite maiden, are good in their respective parts, and Florence Foster is acceptable as an elderly Southern woman. The play is haudomely staged, and the same careful attention is given to cv-ry detail that was shown while the piece was In the theaters of higher class. It tinishes out the rest of the week at the Park, and is deserving of big business. Weber and Fields to Stick Together. William R. Sill, representing the Weber & Fields company, which comes to the Park on March 10, is in the city and denies that Weber & Fields will dissolve partnership at the close of the present season. "I have been associated with the two comedians for a number of years," Mr. Sill said, "and if such a step were contemplated I thiuk I would know something of it. I was with thorn during their two weeks' engagement in San Francisco, went driving with them and talked with them on many topics, but I never heard a hint that their partnership affairs were not going harmoniously. "It would b" a most difficult thing for Weber & Fields to dissolve their business affairs. They hold so much property, both real estate and rights to theatrical productions and the like, that 1 doubt if a lawyer could strike an equal division of It. They own a theater in New York and have a lease upon another. For twentyseven years they have been close together both socially and in a business way. Their families are as intimate as the two men are. They travel together In the summer and one hardly turns around without consulting the other. "In their theatrical enterprises Mr. Weber looks after affairs 'in front' and Mr. Fields directs those behind the curtain. TOOK SKIRT JUST TO HBJTFOB ONE OA! May Hardy's Desire for Pretty Clothes Led Her to Steal Sobs as Cell Door Closes. "I didn't intend to steal the skirt. I just wanted to wear it one night and then I intended to return it. Do I have to be locked up?" Sobbing and crying .o she could hardly speak. May Hardy pie. id with the matron at police station not to be locked up. She was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Splan and Haley charged with the theft of a skirt from Ale CP DolM rty. The woman denied having the skirt but the oncers found it in her trunk. Kindly as possible the matron told her she would have to be put in a cell unless some friend would bail her out. The woman told her story to the matron. When just a girl she married, but now, still a young woman. Is forced to support herself. Desiring pretty clothes, but without money to purchase them, the woman took a skirt from one of the women working with her at the Dcnison House, she is charged with petit larceny. the joiiiwL's raorrara DEPARTMEVI's For the I'se of Journal Snhacrihera. The Journal has established a free shopping department for the use of its readers All Journal subscribers are invited to use the department freely at ill time Experts have been engaged as Journal shopping commissioners who will personally execute any orders readers wish to Send. 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EULALIA BENNETT. Who is Playing the Leading Role in "The Heart of Maryland," at the Park. If they have had any sort of disagreement it has been since I left them In San Francisco, about three weeks ago. Since then 1 have had a number of letters from each and they gave no sign of giving up their partnership. This is not the first time I have heard the report. It first appeared in a New York newspaper which is very friendly to the theatrical syndicate. Weber and Fields have never been enemies of the syndicate in the sense of fighting It. Th y have simply declined to go into the combination. "There is a brotherly feeling between the two men which is uncommonly strong. While in San Francisco Lew Fields's voice went back on him for a few days. While he was at a hotel Joe Weber nursed him, administered the medicine and looked after all his wants. Weber and Fields have contracts with Lillian Russell, Peter F. Dailey, John T. Kelly, Mabel Fenton and Other in the present company which do not terminate this year, unless I am misinformed. I do not sec how they could possibly dissolve partnership, if they wanted to. It is very evident that the coming enicemen! in Indianapolis is not the last time Weber and Fields will be seen here tog.ther." Mr. Sill was formerly dramatic critic of the Si w York World. He has written gome of the lyrics for a number of Weber & Fields's productions. Thratricul Notes. George Ade'8 new musical comedy, "The Sho-Gun." will be produced in Chicago by Henry W. Savage during Easter week, and if the piece proves the success anticipated it WIM be in for a long run at the StudeBahsf Theater the scene of many other Savage successes. Manager Savage has engaged Christopher Bruno, a vaudeville comedian, lor the central comedy role in the t w piece, and in doing so has again demonstrated reliance in his own judgment as against the theory that it is not .veil to intrust important parts to actors who are not alfeady famous. Bruno is clever and ambitious, and. like John V. Ransome and Jess Dandy, who have "made good" on the vaudeville stage, he was "discovered" by the shrewd Mr. Savage, who also brought Frank Moulan to the front so prominently in "The Sultan of Sulu." It is seldom indeed that Savage's judgment fails him. The sale of seats for Sir Henry Irving s two performances at English's next week opened yesterday with a good demand and indications point to large audiences Monday night and at the special Tuesday matiue- . "Louis XI." which is generally regarded as Irvings masterpiece, will be presented Monday evening and "The Merchant of Venice" at the matinee. There Is a great desire on the part of local theatergoers to see the great English actor as Louis XI. The picture of the French monarch which he delineates Is especially notable for Its masterly composition of grim humor, hypocrisy and vindictiveness. He will be accompanied by the efficient body of players that so ably supported him during his recent engagement at the Drury Lüne Theater in London. Maxine Elliott, as an individual star at the head of her own company, will appear at English's Monday and Tuesday evenings, March 14 and 15, in the new Clyde Fitch comedy, "Her Own Way," which by all accounts is the best play Fitch has ever written. It enjoys the reputation of having be, n played by Miss Elliott in four different New York Theaters in succession a record never before equaled by any other attraction. The story deals with a. modern independent American girl, Georgiana Carley, who insists upon having her own way in her own love affair. There is a background of smart society life, and many clever lines characteristic of Mr. Fitch. l ARTIST TO U T Hachiro Nakagawa, Whose Art Is Not All Oriental, Will Be in City. A collection of fifty water colors, the work of a Japanese artist. Hachiro Nakagawa. will be on exhibition next week at the John Herron Art Institute. The pictures are all Japanese in subject, but they have K . n palMled under the influence of European art, and, while retaining the same quality of color perception that marks all Japanern art, they show au improvement in perspective, and iu other ways differ from the old M'honl of Japanese art. Mr. Nakata wa has studied under Japanese artists who were themselves students under French and Italian masters. The artist Is now in the city. He left Japan last fall and has exhibited his paintings in a number of cities. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS ADJOURNS Plans Adopted for broadening the Scope of the Work Received l.y the President. WASHINGTON. March 3. The tenth national congress of the American Society of Religious Education to-day adopted resolutions advocating the establishment of permanent headquarters and home for the American Society of Religious Education; the co-operation of all denominations in the organization's work; the appointment of committees to investigate special subjects and the holding of the next congress in the q.ring of lUUS in some centrally located city. Twenty-Art States have been represented at the cotvgrvss. The President received the d iegati s at noqn a id later the congress adjourned sine die. Lecturer DiMcuMen Cuba. Dr. R. S. Martin, en route from Cuba to Chicngo, lectured yesterday at Eutler I'niversity. giving a graphic account of the '"People, uroducts and possibilities" of the isla ad. He will soon complete his last ts ive volumes entitled "Under the Palms." Dr. Martin was a teacher in Indiana schools previous to going to Cuba. He spoke for tue V. M. C. A. of Indiana pons yesterday.

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Miss Ida Neu gave a dance last evening to a number of her friends. Miss Lemon left yesterday for New York to spend two weeks with friends. Miss Tarquinia Voss w'd not observe her usual day at home this afternoon. Mrs. Carl Payne, of Franklin. Ind.. was In the city yesterday visiting friends. Mrs. Wilfred Garstang has gon to Chicago to visit relative for several days. Miss Catherine Broden has returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peck in Peru. .Mi-s Margaret Johnson, of Madison, is spending several weeks with Miss Alice Scott. Mrs. Thomas Alford will entertain a fewfriends with bounce euchre Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Wheeler, of Peoria, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry M. Ohr, for a few days. Mrs. Buxton, of Shelbyville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chauncey Clark, for a few days. Mrs. Frank Wild, who went to Noblesville last week to visit relatives, has returned home. Mr. Roland Evans, who has been spending s vera! weeks in Baltimore, Md., has returned home. Miss Dora Krauss, of Peru, is visiting her sisters. Miss Delia and Miss Sadie Krauss, at the San Marco. Miss Corinne Mansfield, who has been visiting friends In Martlns ille, returned home last evening. Miss Eliza Chambers will leave the first of the week for Pittsburg, Pa., to spend two weeks with f tends, Mrs. Howard Brlceland will entertain her club this afternoon at her apartments in the Imperial Hotel. M:s. John J. Curtis, of New York, is spending several weeks with her mother, Mrs. William Deeper. Miss Marie Hutehins, of Park avenue, will go to Columbus. O., this week to spend a month with relatives. Mrs. Viola Gaskell entertained a fewfriends at cards last evening at her home, on North Illinois street. Miss Anna May Coe will go to Chicago next week to visit her mother, Mrs. Redtield, for a few weeks. Mrs. Charles Cross will entertain with a bounce euchre Saturday afternoon at her home on Park avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Aquilla Jones, who have been spending some time in the South, will return home next week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lieber left yesterday for Yellowstone Park and the Pacific coast to spend six weeks. The Spanish Club will be entertained tonight at 7:."f at the home of Miss Mary Sloan, tt4 North Meridian street. Mrs. J. K. Roberts gave a matinee party yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. William Edwards, of Winchester, Ind. Mrs. Charles Paquette, of San Marco, entertained with a luncheon yesterday afternoon, followed by a matinee party. Miss Eudora Landers has gone to Martinsville to Join her mother, Mrs. Jackson Landers, and to spend several days. Miss Nolle Hewitt returned to Urbana. 111., yesterday after spending a few days with her father, Mr. H. L. Hewitt. Mrs. Treff, of Columbus, O.. who haa been spending several days with friends in the city, has returned to her home. Mrs. Theibaud. of 8pringtteld. O.. who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Layman, returned to her home yesterday. Miss Florence Rottler, who has been spending several weeks In Chicago with Mrs. Thomas Clements, will return home Monday. Mrs. John Schmidt will give a children's fancy dress party March 10, from 3 to 8 o'clock, for her daughter, Miss Gertrude Schmidt. Miss Yeager, of Missouri, who has been spending several weeks with her sister. Mrs. Frank G. Wood, will return to her home Sunday. Mrs. Charles Foster, of Frankfort. Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Richard Talbott, who returned yesterday from an extended visit in New York. Mrs. Edward Parry has issued invitations for luncheon Monday, March 7, in honor of Mrs. D. M. Parry, who goes abroad In a short timo to spend several months. Mr: . Emma Hamilton, of Shelbyville, who has heen South for two months, has returned and is now spending a few days with ht r daughter, Airs. George Row, in Morton place. Miss Jessie Thompson, Miss Sadie Fritchse, Miss Mary Folckerner and Miss Lena Gipson gave an enjoyable dance last evening at the Brenneke Academy to a number of their friends. Mrs. Joseph Lilly and Mrs. Ernest Wiles left yesterday for St. Augustine. Fla., to Join Mrs. Evan Lilly and daughters, and Miss Margaret Ridgeley, who have btSB spending the winter there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Walker enter tained a very few friends with a card party last evening in honor of their guest. Miss Miriam Myers, of Worthington. The house was prettily decorated with palms and ferns. A leap year party was given by Mr. Abel Thorns at his home, 421 Dorman street. Wednesday evening. Mr. Thorns entertained thirty of his friends with music and games. The house was decorated with palms and ferns. Mrs. . K. Ruick has gone to Florida to substitute In the Southern Chautauqua for Miss Carrie Hyatt, who is unable to attend because of her engagements here. Mrs. Ruick will spend several weeks in Tampa, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg and De Funlack Springs. Mrs. William Lauter gave a card party yesterday afternoon at her home on Park avenue. The rooms were prettily decorated with scarlet carnations and ferns. Mrs. Lauter was assisted in entertaining her guests by her daughters, the Misses Lauter, and Mrs. Alfred Lauter. Mrs. Charles S. Walker will entertain with a matinee party to-morrow afternoon in honor of her guest, Misö Miriam Myers, of Worthington, Ind. The guests wiil be Mrs. C. Fleming, Mrs. Russell Foster. Mrs. Charles Binkhy. Miss Carolyn Sehigert, Miss Lucie Watson and Miss Edith Krouch. Mrs. C. E. Trees entertained with a small dinner party last evening in honor of her house guests. Mr. and Mrs. Stein and daughter. Miss Stein, of Anderson, and Mrs. Carpenter, of Shelbyville. The other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Saltmarsh. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Fotiche and Miss Mary Trees. The table was decorated prettily with a ba.-ket of scarlet carnations and ferns. Mrs. N. A. Rose gave a delightful thlmblo party yesterday afternoon in honor of her sister. Mrs. D. M. Parry, who will leave soon for a visit abroad. The rooms were prettily decorated with scarlet carnations and lighted with scarlet-shaded lights. The ices were in scarlet and green. Mrs. Rose was assisted by Mr3. Frank Fitzgerald. Mrs. Warren Damon Oakes. Miss Mabel Roge. Miss Corinne Mansfield, Miss Arfna Wejgand, Miss Benie Wcigand and Miss filler. Mrs. Ralph Bamberger gave a company yesterday afternoon at her home on North New Jersey street In honor of her sister. Miss Belle Freiberg, of Cincinnati, who is her guest. Among the guests from out of town were Miss Hays, ci Louisville, Ky.. who is visiting Miss Irma Rosenthal; Mbi Nettie Hyman. of Cincinnati, and Miss Strauss, of Louisville, who are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Abe Kaufman; Miss Relnheimer, of Philadelphia. with Miss Klrshbaum, and Miss Reinhard, of Baltimore, with Miss Adelini Mayer. Miss Fidelia lister entertained with a Ptudio party last evening at her studio on North street. An enjoyable musical programme was given and several original stories were read. After the programme a supper was served. The guests wert seated at a long table decornt d with a basket of yellow daffodils and white carnations and at each end of the tatye a gold candelabrum with white tapers. The favors were yellow and white tamborines. The guests wer- Miss Marie Born. Florence Mattler. IfltS Lona Stark. Miss Myrtle Roby. !:.- Leota Landgraf. Dr E R." Brooking. Mr. William Roby. Dr. N. C. Sarensen. Mr. A. G. Lester and Mr. L. t). Hammond. Mrs. Ctrtetoa B. MeCttQoell entertained with a delightful tea yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Cheatham, who has recently come to Indians (tolls to reside. The rooms were prettily decorated with scarlet tulips and the dining table was In ncarlet tulips with candelabra with scarlet tapers, The ices and COfifecttOM were in red. Asslsting Mrs. McCulloch were Mrs. e'hirhs Stewart. Mrs. S. Runnel!.. Mr Henrv Brandon, Mrs. Hugh Hnnna. jr.. M.. . k, r. foot Stewart Mrs John 8omervilh. Mrs. William Kelly Thompson and Miss Susan Stewart. Among the ealiers were Mr Henry Watte, ot Lexington, Ky., with Mrs.

John Candee Dean and Mrs. Walter Gilman Page, of Boston. Mass. MYERS SHOWERS. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELOOMINGTON, Ind., March 3. A surprise was given society circles to-day by the marriage of Miss Maude Showers and Dr. D. B. Myers, at tne nead of the medical department of Indiana Fniverslty. The ceremoney was performed by Dr. Tincher. pastor of Coll-ge-avenue Methodist Church. The bride is a daughter of James D. Showers, a leading citizen. Mother at the Telephone. "We just have to laugh at our mother, once iu a while," a talkative, middle-aged lady remarked, "and she has to laugh at herself, too. Mother is wonderfully up-to-date In most matters reads the new books, likes new fashions in boneets and frocks, enjoys going out. and all that but she is dreadfully nervous about the telephone, so nervous, in fact, that she will not use It at all, and some of the rest of us have to receive and answer all messages for her. "The other day, when we were all out of the house, the telephone bell rang and r..ng. Mother tells the story on herself, of course. She felt very much distressed by the Imperative tone of the telephone, which kept on ringing. It must be a matter of importance, she thought, or such a "'.tinuouj? summons would not be given. Something must be done, she felt, to quiet and appta.-e that dreadful bell. So mother timidly approached the telephone, took down the receiver, applied it to her ear, and said quickly. In an agitated, not to say terrified, little voice: " 'There s nobody at home.' Then, without awaiting any response, mother fled." Menu for a Hay. Suggestions furnished by Table Talk to housekeepers of moderate means: Breakfast. Fruit Quaker Oat3 Sugar and Cream Fried Smelts Creamed Potatoes Diamonds Coffee Lunch. Welsh Rarebit Baby Pim Olaa Fruit Pop Overs Cocoa Dinner. Green Pea Soup Vegetable Cutlets Brown Sauce Asparagus Tips (.Canned) Red Cabbage Salad Wafers Cheese Coffee Fritters Vanilla Sauce Coffee. Shopping; Sagrgreatlons. The scarlet bags are shown in all the new leathers and smart designs, though the shop people say that there is little demand for the bright-hued bags. The prettier ones show handles of braided bather and the frames are leather-covered, making the whole bag of the red leather without a touch of metal. The handsome and handy skirt bags are shown in smaller sizes than previously, and are more convenient in their designs. The bags open flatly with the purse on one side, the card case on the other and a bag of handsome leather in almost any color may be bought for three or four dollars. The girl who finds silk stockings a bit too extravagant for her pocketbook will take solid comfort in the new silk-and-lisle stockings shown on the hosiery counters. The stockings have almost the feel of silk, and while as sheer and light as the gauze lisle they are firmer and are said to wear fnr better. And best of all they are only 50 cents a pair. The little round coin purses which are the most convenient pocketbooks of all on some occasions are more popular than ever and in their popularity a new lease of life seems to be given to the bead work which had become too common in belts and chains to be smart. The little purses are formed of beads in a number of pretty designs in different color combinations and wth their heavy silver top6 are very handsome. The prices are $2 and upward. The little mirror which mildly hangs on her long chain to enable herself to see whether her beauty is properly powdered or unsooted, at add moments, la most frequently seen in a silver setting, but now and then one is seen in one of the art r.oveau designs. One mirror of irregular oval shape is covered by a sliding design in colored metals which shows a decorative fish among deep sea blooms, in which is et oddly, though artistically, a big fresh water pearl. The trinket costs $3.50. The Dress of Hindu Women. Everybody's Magazine. There has been no change in Indian women's dress for 4.O0O years. All wear the sari, a single piece of stuff a yard and a quarter wide, ten, twenty, thirty yards long. It is arranged on the body and forms skirt, garment, veil. First pleated with the hand in accorddion folds in front, wound round and round and the richest end, if embroidered or woven with gold, finally brought over the head. It may be of simple cotton cloth; of silk, plain in design, woven with golden threads; solid with embroidery; strung with pearls; or of Kincob, the royal cloth of gold. Some cost thousands of rupees. No pin. hook, button, or string. The garment is formed on the architecture of the body and takes its expression and nobility from its perfect harmony with the lines of the human form. And Indian women, whether of high or low class, have jewels everywhere; have sleeping gems and day gems, as we have day and night shirts. The Tactless Germans. William CDreher, in the March Atlantic. What we Americans find to object to, however, in a part of the German press, is a more serious matter their brutal disregard of tact in treating of American affairs, their malevolent gibes, their studied su erciliousness, their gross exaggeration of our national vices but the list is a long one, and I shall not try to complete it. What we complain of, too, is by no means confined to the newspapers. The following is 8 mihi case: The Berlin Wagner Society recently protested Hgainst the performance of "Parsifal" in New York, aj it had a perfect right to do; but it could not lose this opportunity to express Its deep contempt for the musical taste of New York, thus: "The sacred legacy that Richard Wagner left to the art is to be thrown away upon hearers in the dollar-land, upon whom the true spirit of Wagnerian art has hardly dawned and doubtless never will dawn." The society was bidding for American support in preventing the "desecration;" here we have its conception of how to win it. Mow to Rest the Brain. Annie Payson Call, In Leslie's Monthly. There are five things to remember to help rest an overtired brain: L A healthy indifference to wakefulness. 2. Concentration of the mind on simple things. 3. Relaxation of the body. 4. Gentle rhythmic breathing of fresh air. 5. Regular nourishment. If we do not lose courage, but keep on steadily, night after night, with a healthy pers'stt nco in remembering and practicing these five things, we shall often find that what might have been a very long period of sleeplessness may be materially shortB4 d and that sleep which follows the practice of the ex reise Is better, sounder and more refreshing than the sleep that came before. In many cases a long or short period of Insomnie can be absolutely prcY :.ted by just these simple means. Here is perhaps the place to say that all narcotics are, in such cases, absolutely pernicious. In Plane of Crackers nnil C heese. Has it sometimes seemed to you that the "crackers and che se " ha bit at the close of a dinner is getting a bit of a bore? Perhaps I it has. but you have hardly yet confessed it even to yourself. Rut you may speak freely on the subject now. as the proprietor of a famous New York restaurant, acting either on a hint from 5ome of hi:- patrons r i:iKn ;i siii-'irt-stlon ot his .'Wn fine t.iste in the matter of variety of diet. h:ts intriu'iced a combination of Apples with cream cheese to be served with the coffee. It sounds deadly. deesn't it? L it vou have only to try n sues or apple spreaa with K t' " eonvii; red t:..-l it !.- c iptivatingly piquant. You won't have to barn to it. It will be a case o!' love ut lim .- ;:it.

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WILLING TO BE AIDED I! ANOTHER'S MONEY Remarkable Letters Received by the Wealthy "Lady of the Orchids.'1 MRS. WILSON'S TROUBLES PHILADELPHIA, March 3. - Mrs. George H. Wilson, of No. 4228 Walnut street, the world-famed collector of orchids, whose collection is valued at $1.000,(100, and to which she haa devoted her leisure hours, is not without her unpleasant experiences, so that while in her greenhouses she can happily lay claim to a great many beds of orchids she admits tlj.it her fame as a collector of them at times makes her life anything but a bed of roser. No millionaire philanthropist or ward politician was ever beseiged with more applieations for assistance than this collector of orchids. Every day the mall brings a letter from some individual who öfters to let "The Lady of the Orchids" support him for the r?st of his life. A letter that came from a young man in Edinburgh. Scotland, some time ao n.vs at once amusing and pathetic. Aftir writing a brief history of his early career and the hardships he had suffered the writer takes "The Lady of the Orchids" into his confidence and relates something of his heart affairs. "X have lately met a girl whom I love." he says, "and she loves me in return, but. unfortunately owIiik to my poor circumstances, it will be years before 1 can marry. I write to you to see li through the goodness of your heart you may not help me to attain my heart's desire and get married." The despondent swain follows up tms plea by some suggestions as to how Mrs. Wilson can place him in a position to "get married." One aspiring orchldist wrote for several hundred dollars to help him put some of his greenhouses in good condition and then at the end of the letter, fearing that his first application was too modest, he raised the sum Mrs. Wilson was to donate to 12,500. But the star "crank" letter came from a young woman iu the South who prides herself upon bdonglng to the Mary McLane school of thinking. Some passages are worth quoting: "You see," writes the girl. "I claim to be a sort of human orchid myself. I have bloomed feebly, for I have lived among the shadows. Like your orchids I cling to the mother earth and reach out for the areat sun! Like them, in proud isolation, I nave tried to fulfill myself." And then, lest any one accuse her of being unsophisticated, she continues: "Ma? I tell you something of myself? I am young, enthusiastic and virtuous. You see I am like Mary McLane but, unlike her, I have met Satan already. He is great, as attractive as she imagines, and I am congratulating myself that I met hbn. He is in the Holy Land, as I have proof aud as eeems natural, after all. There he is in his matchless strength and beauty he is waiting. I have his picture and I kept a diary of his confessions. If I had your money I would give up orchid culture and go and fetch him. Believe me, you would have the world at your feet." Unfortunately the writer of this letter is actuated by other motives than enthusiasm for orchids or for his Satanic majesty. After asking Mrs. Wilson to give her fctf) to help her pay off a note she offers to hire herself out in any capacity to Mrs. Wilson in order to discharge her indebtedness. "I am willing to do anything honest to make the amount. I know how to sew. to cook, to rock the baby, to read a book, to nurse the sick, and always to be on time and get the best. I can wash and iron beautifully, take charge of children, receive company; I am a musician, a Bible student, have farmed, made a crop last year, and am not afraid of burglars or any sort of man. I can shoot a pistol, dance, do acrobatic feats, but I can't run an automobile." PRESIDENT M'KEE TO BE MARRIED IN JUNE OXFORD. O., March 3. Dr. Leila S. McKee has resigned the presidency of th Western Female College, effective next June. She will be succeeded by Dr. Lillian W. Johnson, of Memphis. Tenn., a woman of eminent qualifications. She has accepted. The Western Female CoHeas is one of the foremost for women in the West. Miss MeKee succeeded Miss Helen Peabody as president sixteen years ago. During that time the number of students has been doubled and the faculty and facilities largely increased. Among the new buildings is an exceptionally large library. The grounds have been increased from sixty-five to 232 acres. It is announced that Dr. McKee and J. E. Welsh, a Kansas City merchant, will marry soon after the commencement. HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS. By MAY M ANTON. All things that suggest the military are dear to the girl s heart and certain to find favor in her sight. This Vmart little coat includes a novel cape, that is laid in plaits over the sheiulders. and the severe standing collar that is characteristic of the style. As shown it is made of military blue cheviot, with bands of black braid and gold 4868 Hisses1 Military Coat, 1 2 to 1 6 ye&ra. TO BE MAIL SINGLE OR DOUBLE BREASTED. WITH PLAIN OR FULL SLEEVES AND WP H OR WITHOUT CAPE. buttons and is single breaud with fu!l in VPs, but various- creaking materials are appropriate and th. eaps can be omitted in favor of shoulder straps, and the coat ean bo made double breasted with plain sle-ev "8 substituted for the full ones when desirable. The coat is made with fronts and backs and is fitted by means of should' r. underarm and center l;ir'.c .v arus, the undcr-.:rm seams being left op n for a short distance at the lower edge to provide flare. The cape is circular and is rendered Bp -dally graceful by the plaits which are stitehed for a part of tassr le.iKth only. The full sleeves are mad In on-' piece each, gathered and held by the tuffs, but the plain ones are made iu regulation coat style The quantity of mat rial retired for the medium size is 4 yards 27 in. nes wide, ffc v ids 44 Inches wil-- r 2l2 yards 52 inches Wide when cape Is used; 3 yar:s 27, 2i yards 1 14 r yards öl in hes wide when cape is omitted. PATTERN ' For pattern ot garmr ten'l 1 (fn; nein or iU cut out lüuntr.it : Writ your nmuf tüte number and if w Pattern lept.. 1 ladisaapoll Aliow one Wek f't i t Illustrated abova u los It In letter, crean Uletinctly sod anted. A.idraaa h- Journal. Kurs of pattern

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