Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1893 — Page 11

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1893-T WELTE TAGES,

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vv M It la often said. "How little It takes to please a child!" and. when we think of It. healthy, happy youth also, not that exotio growth, fostered Into discontent .by luxurious Indulgence, but the boys and girls we dally neet, for whom life Is so full of promise. By granting1 fulfillment to some of their Innocent little fancies we can add much to their happiness and content, lor often an unbecoming dress, an outgrown garment or attire. Inviting ridi cule, has spoiled the sunshine for many wl young heait. One of Amy March's troubles la "Lit tle "Women" was being obliged to wear sXier oousm s ouigru . 'i lrwn., aim ir j budding artistic taste rebelled against purple, which should have been blue. I do not hink I should have liked being a Puritan child, though doubtless they found much happiness, even with the stern repression, the lengthy tasks and sobriety of their lives, for they developed into people of sterling worth. I think we elders often fall to realize the weight of the little crosses we lay ipon the young with the best Intention I recall a little girl who will always remember disagreeably a winter in her childish life, and 'it was all on account of a pair of shoes. Her little feet, with much swift running, peeped so often from their coverings that her father took her to the village shoemaker and had her measured for a pair of shoes. Oh, how u?ly they were when they were finished! The coarse, stiff leather, the great square toes and buckskin lacings. .And she had to wear them even to Sunday-school! There the child failed to find the heavenly message. She could but think of her dreadful feet and try to cover them with her short skirts. Every titter or whisper among her classmates sent the hot blood rushing through her veins. The time was one long mLsery. How they wore! No stones cut them, no rough ground hurt them, and the careful father failed to realize the hurt to the sensitive nature which would be remembered when she was an old woman. When we give presents to our needy young girl friends, while we remember the substantial things for warmth and comfort, can we not add the pretty ribbon, the delicate pair of gloves? How delighted the young girl will be who has longed for something pretty, something new of her own, not second-hand or made over. In our selection of gifts to euch, let us try- to change places and recall what we, .would have liked in the days when the shop windows possessed a. fascination like unto the mines of Golconda. As we grow old we care less for the trifles of personal adornment. The . affairs of life press too heavily upon us to cause any pain from being obliged to forego some pretty fancy, but by the young these f things are enjoyed and longed for. There is to me something pitiful in the young girl trying with her faded trimmings to remodel her old hat or much worn dress, which must do anyway, and I long and wish that I could give her all the bright things that belong to youth. "You would make them vain and frivolous," perhaps you tell me, but no, the innocent desire for beauty gratified will have an Influence for good, with no more harm than comes to our mother earth when she revels In the beauty of the springtime. Marie Allen Klmbeil in Housekeeper. Sunday Dinner and Luncheon. "We don't have Sunday dinners at our house," said a housekeeper the other day. "We have a hearty luncheon and a supper, and the result Is that Sunday Is, as It should be, the easiest day my .maid and I have. I keep only one, and every other week I am alone for the evening meal, but we always have the mipper Just the same. We used to do, as is the practice of many families, to follow a late, hearty breakfast with an early, hearty dinner at 1 o'clock. We were never ready for It, but by 6 our appetites would be sharp enough for more than the light Sunday tea, which should complete the trio of meals. "To have a 6 o'clock dinner on Sunday In our modest establishment meant hard work for me every other week, and the difficulty has been solved by this double compromise. "The Sunday .luncheon is a hearty affair, with a dessert made the day before, and the supper 1st made up of several good cold dishes and always one hot one. with a cup of coffee. Corn fritters or fried or eseaJloped oysters, creamed fish, broiled chops, steak and 'mushrooms any of such easily prepared cooked dishes make the meal sufficient and appetizing. We really only eliminate big Joints and pravles, soup and elaborately prepared vegetables from the list. And if one is verd In chafinsr-dteh cookery the menu Ha capable of infinite variety and even less trouble. For a small household I am positive this la the most satisfactory settling of the Sunday meal problem." Her Point In N. Y. Times. Why Women Dlaaerahle. Observant eyes may read In the folds of a gown much of Its wearer's history. Bympathetlo thought will recognize the iplrit of decent pride prompting women to make the bet of the little they posless. Men know nothing of such subterfuges, so when out of work the poor fellows feel it, Itx.k It and act It, and perhaps this Is better policy in the long run. If women could muster up courage to go out on the streets with frayed edges, worn seams, wilted collars and a general air of soilness, they mlRht receive more pity than usually falls to their share, but the habit of dissembling Is strong upon them, and the hours that should b given to rest are devoted to mending and accoslonally making to aid in the keeping up of appearances. They are morn or lss successful according to the amount of-skill they bring to War on the task. A public revision of the scale of wages paid to women employes In the different Industries would bring to light many startling facts and furnish to reformers much food for thought. If the laborer te at all worthy of hi or her hire, that hire should be sufficient for comfortable present living and provision fr future exigencies. Donahue's Magazine. i Aervlnir PI ah. Never, under arry circumstances or condition, should a l;nlfe bo used In serving or eating fish. If a regular fish knife cannot be afforded, the hostess can serve the mackerel, bass, halibut, etc.. with a fork and a spoon. The tuest will eat it with a fork and if need be bonrw assistance from a crust or a clam biscuit, Som persons make the mistake of trying to cut through the backbone, whereas the ekln should be cut and turned aside and three or four portions of the delicate meat removed. When the spinal

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mm ji column 13 revealed. It can be taken up and the under half of the fish served. It Is customary In refined families to save the tail and head for the cat. Exchange. Girl In Her Den. All this talk about girls looking like frights when in the seclusion of their own rooms is a base libel, says an exchange. Some persons even have the audacity to insinuate that curl papers haven't disappeared. A pretty girl never looks sweeter, prettier, than she does when she Is in her little den, with Its cologne bottle, powder puffs, hair tonics and curling irons. Instead of wearing hideous curling papers she lets her hair fall In a waving mass. In place of an inartistic castoff wrapper she infolds herself in a downy gown that Is soft and silky and covered, nearly every inch of it, with ruffles and lace and little lover's knots of ribbon. And her feet? Well, she doesn't wear slippers that are run down at the heel at all. She has bright little comfortable ones that are trimmed with big rosettes or pompons or diamond buckles that aren't diamonds. She has sofa cushions till you cannot rest. They fill every chair and corner, and when she laces her shoes she dumps them all in a heap and makes a throne of them. When she is moody, she cries on them too. One of the greatest wonders of a girl's exlstenoe is why she can't always look as pretty as she does when she is In her own room. Better Than Sponging. A great many suppose that ladles cloth should be sponged before using In order to prevent i3 spotting by water when made up. A young man who handles cloths In a large dry goods house in town tells me that It Is by no means necessary. If the material is hung out in the piece for eight or ten hours the air will be better for It than sponging, particularly if care is used the fiist few times the garment is worn. Some of the large houses will have the goods prepared and cold pressed for customers. Almost any process is better than sponging, as it takes away all the freshness. N. Y. Recorder. John Oliver Ifobhs. Here from the London Queen is a portrait of John Oliver Hobbs, otherwise Mrs. Cragle, the author of "Some Emotions and a Moral." "The Sinner's Comedy" and "A Study in Temptations." who Is by birth an American. She Is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan Richards of Boston, who have lived in England for the past twentyfive years. Mrs. Cragle is a slendor woman of medium hlght, she has dark, speaking eyes, and her dark hair is drawn carelessly away from a wide, low forehead. She Is a clever talker, and while of a strong and ambitious character, she is unselfish and kindly. Disadvantage of nein or Woman. A woman must be at home to bores, while her brother has the absolute right to avoid dull women'. She must wait for a partner In the dance, while her brother may seek one. She must smile on old Stumbleover and accept his moist hand for the dance, although she knows that bruised ankles will be ihe penalty. A woman equally clumsy, old and unattractive, has the right to put herself in bold relief against the wall as a part of Its human dado. Why should not Stumbleover take his place beside her? Also, as If life were a mere cotillon, must our daughter watch and wait the coming of her lord and master? Washington Post. A Household Necessity. No household should be without a tightly corked bottle of borio acid In powder and absorbant cotton. When a cut, wound, scratch or sore of any kind is to be attended to,, put some cold boiled water Into a cup and add boric acid until the water will dissolve no more, and a thick layer remains undissolved In the bottom. Wash first your own hands in hot water and castlle soap, and then the wound, after which sponge It off with a wad of cotton dipped in the solution and tie up in a clean linen wet with It. This will allay the pain and throbbing, and unless it is very severe will heal it in twenty-four hours. Exchange. frr-ttr Virginia Pair. Miss Virginia Fair, who is interesting to the public because of the fact that she will some time be one of the richest women in America, Is a nineteen-year-old girl, short, plump, dark, vivacious and pretty. She is a pious Roman catholic, and It Is aid that a few years apo she was anxious to join one of the sisterhoods of that church. By the death of her mother she became heiress to Jl.500.000, to pass into her control when she is twenty-five, and a monthly Income of 2.500. Her father Is one of the western multimillionaires, and she will probably inherit largely from him also. Exchange. FloitfM for h Invalid. When choosing flowers to send to An Invalid, select those that have a very delicate perfume, and that are as suggestive of life and health as possible. White flowers, although most beautiful, lend neither color nor brightness to the Flck-room, and to a mind weakened by sickness are apt to be suggestive of death, while those of a bright crimson or a deep yellow will almost always please and gratify the convalescent. Whn ordering the flowers, ask your florist to send long-stemmed ones; they arrange so much more prettily than those that are cut with short stems. Lad lee Home Journal. Dnat Settlers. With a little cure the dirtiest carpet can be swept without raising much dust by placing outside the door of the room to be swept a pail of clear, cold water. Wet your broom, knock it against the side of the bucket to get out all the drops, sweep a couple of yards and rinse off the broom again. Continue this until you have gone over the entire surface. If the cart't is very much soiled, the water should be changed several times. Slightly moistened Indian meal Is also used by the oldest housewives. Snow, If not allowed to melt. Is also excellent as a dust settler. Exchange. An Ks temporised DmUu. A capital way of making a hastily constructed frieze or dado for any extemporized ballroom at holiday time Is to run a rope around the top of the wall If for a frieze, or about four and onehalf feet from the floor If for a wainscot effect. Thn with turkey red or gayly colored paper muslin gather a couple of folds together and hold them to the rope at regular Intervals with clothespins that have previously been gilded. The effect of this arrangement Is very decorative and has the merit of being easy to put up and take down N. Y. Tribune. Why She Lol Her Hair. A physican who was asked to presrrile something for his patient's rapid loss of hair asked her, "Aren't ytni In the habit of wearing close, tight hats?" She considered the matter for a moment and then answered: "Now that I think of it I am rather apt to choose a turban shape. They axe becoming to me." That, she was told, was the main

trouble. The effect was" similar to that produced by a man's tiff derby or silk hat. And everybody knows that men become bald much oftener than women.

A Parisian Whim. A vogue in Paris is to drape pictures and screens and ornament the table with heavy ropes of flowers. Not only does this coil go on the table, but the floral rope is sometimes attached across the backs of the chairs about a round table, so that when the guests are seated they have the appearance of being united by a chain of blossoms and foliage. A brilliant effect was produced at a dinner recently by the use of scarlet geraniums twined in this way with smilax and fern leaf asparagus. Minor Derails. Do not wear shoddy Jewelry or too much of the real article, for overabundance Indicates vulgarity and serves to detract from an otherwise entirely correct makeup. If you wear a veil, have it adjusted neatly with -no flying ends and be sure that it is not frayed at the edges or sides. Attention to these minor details counts for a great deal in the long run and serves to produce the effect which all women are so anxious to obtain. Pittsburg Post. Don't Neglect the Piano. Are the pianos upon which your children practice In good conditions? If not, see that the necessary repairs are made at once. Would you cut with dull scissors or would you attempt to work with a machine that Is out of order? What would you do with a clock that fails to keep good time? Of course you would have your scissors sharpened, your machine fixed and your clock repaired. Do the same with your piano, advises the Musical World. Don't Trase Children. The positive delight which some otherwise ' very good people take in teasing children is surprising. "I would sooner discharge a nurse for this fault than for any other," said a wise mother, "and when I find a friend who thinks it is an amusing matter to tease my child I reprove him as readily as I would a child for the same offense. 1 have known dispositions to be utterly rained through this silly practice. Ileaaty and Dress. Never teach false modesty. How exquisitely absurd to teach a girl that beauty Js no value, dress of no use! Beauty is of value. Her whole prospects and happiness in life may often depend upon a new gown or a becoming bonnet. If she has five grains of common sense, she will find this out. The great thing Is to teach her their proper value. Sydney Smith. Real nnd Imitation I. ace. A clear point for woman not versed in discriminating imitation from real lace, and the inability is by no means so reprehensible as it once was, is to bear in mind that the meshes of real lace are never so regular as those in the machine woven. All real lace is hand made and it follows that it Is omposslble to have It so perfect as that spun by machinery. Chicago Post. L'nimpoalng, bnt Clever. Miss Jordan, the chief Instructor at Smith college, is physically an unimposing little woman, who when she Is called upon to address a class, however, makes mere inches count for little beside strength and dignity of mind. She Is paid to have been the most brilliant member of the most brilliant class that was ever graduated from Vassar college. Onr English Sinters. . England seems to be quite as progressive If not more so than America. Professions to which American women have scarcely turned their eyes are being rapidly taken possession of by their English sisters. There are for example, more than 5,000 women gardeners in England. Six women are said to be engaged in town drainage service. Drrss Waist Holders. An ordinary barrel hoop will make four holders for dress waists by cutting it Into as many pieces and covering each piece with strips of silesia, with a long loop to hang each holder up by. Dress waists keep their shape better when hung up In this way than when suspended by the loops usually sewed in the armholes for the purpose. Let Ihr Girl Oat. It Is ft noticeable fact that a much larger number of girls have diphtheria than boys. A probable cause is that girls as a rule spend more time Indoors than boys. This should be a noteof warning to mofners and cause them" oftener to turn the girls out of doors after school hours than is don". Exchange. Woman's filory. Vaseline rubbed thoroughly Into the roots of the hair prevents it from falling. It is said to preserve its color. Brushing the hair with a stiff brush fifteen minutes every night then once in the day makes it soft and glossy. Do not use borax water on the hair as it fades and injures lt. Housekeeper. The Feninle Eye. A modern writer gives the following enumeralon of the female eye:' "The glare, the sneer, the invitation, the defiance, the denial, the consent, the glance of love, the flash of rage, the sparkling of hope, the languishing of softness, the squint of suspicion, he Are of Jealousy and the luster of pleasure." A Xorrlty In Knra, A new and striking wrap consists of three capes one of sealskin nnd two of ermine. With It Is to be carried a muff In ermine to match. Tippets and collarettes of ermine will be fashionable, but one must have a first-rate complexion to look well In ' f A A mimxm 'J . &JLZL .1 V 1 1;V WrA fasiiionap.lt: furs. them, and It Is hardly likely that so delirate a fur will be greatly used for outdoor wear. Capes, are double or triple, fairly full and reach to the waist. Some of the muffs are absurdly large quite the "granny" size. , Mnnry Taken, Voir- twined. A woman may vote as a stockholder upon a railroad from one end of the country to the. other, but if she sells her stock and buys a house with the money she has no voice In the laying out of the road before her door, which her house la taxed to keep and p&y for.

PLAIN TALK TO THE GIRLS.

TUB COUXTESS XOHRAIKOW POISTS OUT A DAXGEROl'S PITFALL. Conception of Lore and Life as Gleaned from the Drama-Apt Scholars In the Imitative Art A Case In Point Advantages of Home TrainIn. , (Copyright, 1S33. by the American Press Association.) Many parents, while declining to permit the visits of young men to their younger daughters, see no harm In their regular attendance at matinees. Thus many girls gain tneir first conception of love not from real life, but from the mimic stage. They are thereby led to form exaggerated ideas of the holy bond which should unite man and woman. The mother learns naught of this, and it Is only perhaps after a loveless match onr her daughter's part and subsequent divorce that she gleans the actual truth. Sentiment plays a large part in a young girl's life, and if rightly directed can be made to play a very important part. On the other hand, exaggerated sentiment has caused the wreck of many an otherwise bright career. Parents pay too little attention to this side of their daughter's nature. In most cases the practical side of their own lives has displaced the sentimental. This they are apt to forget in dealing with their daughters. It would be well if mothers' would occasionally take a retrospect of their own youthful days, for it would enable them to deal more conscientiously with their children. A younir girl brought up within the precincts of a refined home is like marble In the hands of a sculptor. She can be molded at will if only the right methods are adopted. Unfortunately, as in all the other walks of life, the sculptor often proves to be an unskilled artlsian. Of course there are exceptions to every rule. In many Instances Individual peculiarities so predominate as in the case of an imperfect piece of marble that the most thorough skill fails to produce a result worthy of the pains taken. Some natures, like weeds, run riot, and time and care only can eradicate the obnoxious growths. American girls, through their inherent independence, become very apt scholars ii the Imitative art. Their peculiar brightness fits them for an early entrance into society. It is therefore all the more necessary in their case that their instructor be a lady la principle as well as in manner. Let the seed be planted in time, and the harvest will well repay the tender care which its growth requires. Two pretty residents of the fashionable Murray Hill quarter of New York recently afforded an illustration of parental neglect in this direction. Mildred and Clarissa, fast friends, had just reached the portals of a large up-town theater. The chief actor in the play about to be produced was a young man of surpassing beauty a veritable Adonis. At least so thought the silly girls, who flocked to see him. The two friends, having already secured seats In advance, were not obliged to loiter at the entrance for other than their own amusement. From the apparent outlook of things they considered it very necessary to examine each other's entourage. Mildred critically scanned Clarissa's face and dress the foimer to see that powder had not been used too lavishly, and the latter to mak sure that every article was In place. Clarissa performed a like office for Mildred. They hext peered into the bag which they carried to see that the powder rag was all right and the bonbon box in place. Having satisfied themselves and each other that everything was as it should be and giving their hats a last twitch, they passed into the great beyond and were met by the ushers. Their seats were, of course. In a conspicuous place, where they could fee and be seen by the object of their vt-iit They believed themselves deeply In love, as do most girls of a tender age, and that they were beloved in return. It did not for a moment dawn on their innocent young minds that the object of their adoration might be a married man, with a brood of little ones to care for. So when the curtain was raised and their inamorata appeared on the stage the glasses of both were instantly leveled at him. The man of Thespis, noting the silent admiration of the girls, as was natural, frequently turned bis eyes In their direction. This caused their silly hearts to flutter, and the tell-tale blushes quickly chased each other over both their faces. The dear creatures did not seem to realize the fact that neither one was singled out, but that the glances were directed to both. This fact alone should have called a halt In th?ir peculiar form of flirtation, but stich is the sweft innocence ol youth that the girls formed a particularly good butt for the insincere glances of the actor. The play over, they stationed themselves on the sidewalk, awaiting- their idol's appearance. He reeopnized them with simply a .:.Mght smile and passed on. This action on his part but added fuel to the flame, for women by nature love to conquer the opposite sex. Had the actor openly addressed them and avowed his admiration, they probably would have been quickly disillusioned. The cunning man of the world knew better than to do this and accordingly acted up to his beliefs. Frequent visits of the same nature were made to the theater, and the same grotesque byplay was carried on in every Instance. The acquaintance among the three made very little progress for some weeks, when It suddenly occurred to one of the blushing damsels that It would be great fun to send the actor some flowers, accompanied by a little note. In deference to their youth the modest spring violet was the flower chosen, and the note acc ompanying the bouquet was very carefully worded. This took place on the morning of matinee day, nnd great Indeed was their delight when their quondam friend npItcitred with a tiny bouttonnlere of the little flower, tilancea of acknowledgment passed among the three, and thux the maiden's vanity was flattered. It was a case of two d-'llaite rosebuds opening up to the tender Influence of love's battery. Hut the following weektheannouncement of the actor's marriage to the leading lady of the company, to whom he had been enKHired for several months, caused a ruy of Hxht to shine on the minds of Mildred nnd Clarissa, nnd they attended no more matinees at that theater. This sort of thing may go on for nn entire season nnd no harm result from the thoughtless flirtation. In notno lnsiances. now ever, n orrmnmi n, . serious y matter, and the susceptible heart of thtvA girl gets quite beyond her control, ami she is read3f to flee with her imtor lover regardless of home and friends. Fortunately the histrionic artist, whose profession makes him a man of the world, seldom cares to shackle himself with the responsibilities, which the cnr of the Ignorant young life would entail. Home training can and should do much to direct the trend of the girl's mind In the proper channel, for In most cases the love of the tnnttnee girl Is but a fleeting TNiSHlon. which time with Its more ober thought quickly dispels. COUNTESS NOItllAIKOW. Women in India. In India the women of the higher classes are kept pretty well aecluded, and the young and pretty ones are not on exhibition. Still, one occasionally catches a glimpse of a pretty face. Their costumes are simple and invariably becoming. A skirt reaching to the ankles, a close fitting Jacket and a mantle cov

ering the whole is the usual outfit. Sandals or low shoes are often worn, but are frequently dispensed with. The mantle serves for head covering. It may be of White or light colored muslin, silk, linen or lace, from three to four yards square, and the Indian lady knows how to adjust her head-dress as effectively as her Spanish sister. The clothing is usually all white, but skirts of red, yellow, pink or fancifully figured silks are worn. All, from the highest to the lowest, are fond of Jewelry'- Bracelets almost covering the lower arm from the wrist to the elbow, rings without numbers, anklets and heavy chains are seen in profusion. The field women aspire to all the Jewelry they can carry, even of the commonest and cheapest kind. Many of the young ladies stain their eyelids black and their lips and teeth a bright red to add to the brilliancy of their appearance. In spite of over-decoration some of them are pretty and attractive. N. Y. Recorder.

PYROGRAPIIY OR POKER WORK. Fascinating Pursalt in Which the Ilrglnner Soon Acquires Skill. Pyrography is a branch of decorative art that has been1 taken up by many workers. Among the pictures In the Woman's building at the fair some examples of this work are shown. Formerly, aside from the ordinary poker. PANEL, IN BURNT WOOD. such tools as were required to do duty as brushes were devised by the ingenuity of the worker, but th) Art Interchange savs that regularly made tools are now) to be had in the shops neat little sets of pokers, some small for fine work, others large for shading and bold outline, with larcer ones still for backgrounds and masses. A small gas stove or spirit lamp supplies the necessary heat. A number of leaders in this kinjj cf work have adopted instruments employed by surgeons. A little experience in handling the heated tools will enable the amateur to produce most creditable and satisfactory results. The cut represents a portion of a working design found in the journal mentioned. It pives a good idea of the style of the work, and if enlarged will be suitable for a panel, for cutting on leather, or may be used as a design for pen and ink decoration on a blotter. LEAUX HOW TO UEST, Nothing So üecoinlng to Flesh and Spirit aa Coraplrtr Fallownesi. The art of good looks Is a fine art Indeed, and one that deserves the encouragement It seems to be getting on every side. Even those "aids to beauty" in the shape of lotions, lemon water and skin soaps so enthusiastically urged upon womankind from the back pages of every magazine and pamphlet in the land, are not to be treated with topping scorn; they have in their place and use in the general struggle for loveliness. Rut, continues a writer in Harper's Bazar, why not back up these efforts for comeliness by common sense conduct throughout each day's wear and tear? To begin with, women sit too much, and women stand quite too much. Nothing is so wearisome as "standing about," even to the well trained body that has been drilled into good poise, and sitting Is not resting, however cleverly women may delude themselves on this point. The young girl who desires to keep away crowsfeet and that Jaded look we all know so well, and to retain the suppleness and adorable bloom of extreme youth, should when off parade or off duty, as the case may be, and in her own room make a couch or the floor her habitual resting place. Absolute repose comes to the tired muscles only when the body is in a reclining position, and absolute repose comes to the overstrung nerves only when the muscular system is perfectly at rest relaxed. The middle-aged woman could, I am positive, woo back much of the freshness and lithesomeness of girlhood if she would be at a little pains to learn how to rest. Five minutes of rest flat on one's back on the floor or on a hard smooth couch are worth half an hour of so-styled "rest" In an armchair or In that unreposeful tempter, the rocking chair. Some one has said to the women of today, "Never stand when you can sit; never sit when you can He down." This exhortation, applied with some elasticity, la the best recipe for beauty I know of. While I have little sympathy with the gospel of laziness preached so consistently by some lives, I do recommend frequent daily laiwes into complete f allow - ness. A lllncklinru Slory. A little story of Senator Blackburn's own telling Is floating around In exclusive circles. There is to be seen in several plate glass windows a rather fine but high colored chromo, containing a race course scene, with Secretary Carlisle, Proctor Knott and Senator Blackburn In a club foreground, the whole affair being an exploitation cf the product of a well knuwn Blue Gruss distillery. One day Senator Blackburn was met at home by his wife and daughters, who, with faces of suppressed merriment, told him that a very line picture which would please him had come by express siul wus in the hall. Ho wnt and looked, and, lo! the chrotno. A case of the goods came along In lis company. A chorus of fi-mlnlnr vetoes went up when he took revenge by saying that it was good and h would have It hung up In ihe library. The next day a letter came from the distiller, saying that Air. Cuiilsle and Proctor . Knott had given their consent to the luso of their jortntlts, ami that he had taken the liberty of ulng Sonntor Hhu-kburn's without consulting him, believing that Ivi would not object. The senator made the following reply. Dear Sir v ou have tnken a great liberty in using my portrait in your chromo without first asking my consent, but I forgive you. since it Is the best portrait of me that I have ever seen. But allow me to call your attention to a serious anomaly In the composition of the work of art. You, have put me on a Kentucky race course, with my back to a driving finish and my hand on a bottle of the worst whisky that was ever distilled. Yours tiuly. , "J. C. S. ilLACKRUnN." Washington Post. ,. , r Mir Loved Illni. Single Man (to himself) "I am sure that darltr? little anpel loves me. She takes me into her confidence and tells me all her troubles." Same Man (some years later) "Condam It all! From morning till night, and rlRht till morning, when I'm at home, I hear nothing but tales about the servants, the butcher, the butler, the baker, the candlestick maker and all the rest of 'em." N. Y. Weekly.

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AVOMAX'S WORLD I7f PARAGRAPHS. . i The Faults of Woman as Seen Through a Man's Blue Glasses.

A man who has apparently Just been left out of his maiden aunt's will 6ize up the faults of our sex in heroic style. I would like to have women read his accusations and then ask, each one for herself, how much truth there Is In them so far as she herself is personally concerned. This distgrunted male man1 affirms that women are spiteful to one another. Then he declares they are unwilling to wait till another person has finished speaking before they break in and take up the gab themselves. Moreover, they presume on their sex in their relations with men in a way that is altogether abominable, and this they do even in business matters. The 'typewriter girl wants Uö have shorter hours and to have her defects excused because she is a woman. Our critic then charges upon the sex because of "the indifference with which a woman, will contemplate the fact that the convenience of others has been sacrificed to her caprice. Very observable in young women." Further, when persons call to see us we keep them waiting an unaccountable length of time before we make our appearance. We do not keep our engagements, and we have no sense of the importance of fulfilling our prlmises. Then after having knocked us down he proceeds to walk over us as follows: "What I do insist on, however. Is this in public the average woman shows an inconsiderateness, a disregard for the ordinary courtesies of existence (which amounts sometimes to positive insolence) to a degree not anywhere nearly approached by the average man." I may say that this has not been my experience In some nine years of traveling in the elevated cars twice a day with the average New York City man. Still, if there is any ground of truth in the masculine writer's accusations It must be laid to women's unbusiness training and their having been kept heretofore secluded from the public in the so-called sacredness of home. Thus they take their home manners with them into public places. Men do not dare to, or they would get their heads knocked off. Great-grandmother Van Nostrand celebrated her one hundred and fifth birthday at Millstone, N. J., a few days ago, amid the general rejoicing of the neighborhood, which takes as much pride In her as if she were the great-grandmother of all the inhabitants. Mrs. Van Nostrand preserves all her senses perfectly except that of hearing, which is slightly impaired. She Is healthy, happy and Jolly, and she attributes all this and her extreme age besides to the fact that she never wore a corset. She says other women might live to be as old as she Is if they would give up this pernicious article of their wardrobe. But most women would rather not live to be 105 than to give up their corsets. The Waltham watchmaking estblishment employs 1,800 women among its 3.000 work people. The superintendent of the Waltham exhibit at the world's fair said of them: "In many lines of the work women are superior to men, and in all lines of the wonc women are more faithful than the men." Yet if that very superintendent needed a foreman for one of his departments he would select for the place some strip of a boy and put him up over the heads of the oldest and faithfulest women in the works and give him twice the pay of the best salaried among these excellent work women. It la so in every department of industry, such is the power of the sex superstition. This is the most discouraging feature of woman's attempt to rise industrially. Advocates of short dress reform do not insist that all women shall shorten the skirt whether they want to or not." They simply ask that women be permitted to do as they please about it. If a lady wishes to wear a short skirt for walking and for the street they ask only that she be allowed to do it without martyrdom. Alice Stone Blackwell tells a delicious little story in a late number of the Woman's Journal. It was town meeting day in Barton Landing, Vt. The ladies thereabouts had been tainted with the poison of woman suffrage notions, and a number of them determined to attend the meeting to see how the superior sex conducted itself on dignified public occasions. They accordingly packed the hall in a body. At the same day and hour the school teacher of the place marshaled the pupils, male and female, of the political economy class and took them to the town hall also, that they might see how the sovereigns of this nation hold it level. Arrived at the building, they found their political rulers inj a squabble and state of disorder only excelled by the famous scrapping match in the British parliament. Unpleasantness was in the air, plainly. To see how in the twinkling of an eye the members of the superior sex snatched their feet off the desks, threw away their cigars, straightened themeselves up, hushed their angry words and began cooing as gently as a dove on the arrival of the visitors was an object lesson both to those who did and did not believe in woman taking part In municipal government. ELIZA ARCilARD CONNER. MAMFACTIRK OF XA1LS. Interesting Fnrta In the Iliatory of These Commonplace Articles. It is onlv since 1810 that machlnerv has Xbeen employed to any extent in the manufacture of nails. Previous to that date they were made by hand by forging on an anvil, and great numbers of men were employed in the industry, there having been as many as 60,000 ; allere in the neighborhood of Birmingham alone. It appears that as early as 1606 a patent was obtained for cutting nail rods by water power by Sir Davis Bulmer. An Improvement on this was patented In 1618 and a new Invention In 1790, which last was the first nail machine In actual use. It was patented by Thomas Clifford, and used In French's factory at Wlmburn, Staffordshire, In 1732. Toward the close of the last century many patents were obtained In the United States for new machines and improvements on old ones. Many of the first Inventors spent large sums of money on their machines, and It Iihs been estimated that It cost fully Jl, 00(1,000 to bring them to the perfection attained In 1810, when a machine made loo nails a minute. The machine invented by Jesse Reed of Massachusetts about 1S00 is the one which first came Into general use. and this, with some Improvements, Is the one most largely used, today. In 1810 Joseph C. Dyer of Boston, then a merchant In Iondon. took out patents In England for the nail machinery Invented In Massachusetts. It was at once widely Introduced, and large manufacturing establishments were soon established. Some factories at Birmingham are now capable of making over 4o,. 000.000 nails a week. The term penny, used to indicate the size of nails, is supposed tq be a corruption of pound. Thus, a fourpcnny'nall was one such that 1.000 of them weighed four pounds; a tenpenny, such that l.ooo weighed ten pounds. Originally the "hundred," when applied to nails, meant six score or 120, consequently the thousand was 1,200. In France the greater part of the nails used In carpentry work are made of'Boft iron wire, pointed with the hammer, and the head Is formed by pinching them In a toothed vise. A KolMlllute l'or Moan. The Mexican Indians have a substitute for soap that In some reppects Is quite as useful as the article Itself, says The Industrial World. It Is the espinosllla, or thorn pla.it, which grows everywhere in it Rives th Impression of touching a IxjüKh covered with thorns. A branch of a roott of it crushed together In the hands and used as a scrub-brush makes a lather equal to the best soap, and will cleanse clothing, domestic utensils or the floor quite as well.

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