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KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. A MORD T WIVES AVT MOTHERS THF.Y WILL DO AVELL TO HEED. nnarin; -hool Train In rnilom Huutr In pect rem - A Grscloun Princes-A Hatpin Incident Vllthe fiok Mitoh Taken In Time. Keep in advance of your hoys and glrlf. Be prepared to lead them, and do not. 9 you value your husband's love, allow him to develop and improve while you lrvse y-.ur hold upon those thines'which con triiute so largHy to a woman's attractiveness. I see about me every day sitr5 who rhfn they married vere, 1 hiven't a doubt. intellectually equal, if not superior, to the men with whom they cast their lot. In pome occult fashion thy drift arnrt. A man in daily intact with bright minds, in his traveling, thinklnsr. planning, reading, unconsciously grows away from the woman of hi choir4, unless fhe is in tu.-n keen wittcd enough to make up' her mind that tliid fdiall not he the ca?e. A man likes at nirht. thn he puts on his slipper. and sul? down for a ymoke, to dis-u?3 the t.:;-;-3 of th moment and not MM'-1 ;rd tne delin'ruenHs of th" cook. Yhre one woman can do thi3 a dozn would te utterly at wa If an attrrr.pt were nnde to lure them away from the. to th' m. always fascinating themes, k!t-h--n an 1 nursery. Be wary lst in your devotion to sewin? machine. hre:vl-ho;'rd and hro"myou allow Messed opportunities for self-culture to slip by until you find yourself a taj-get for sometcdy' commiseration. A mistaken notion of duty ties woman down to p'Uy d 't;i!s. when many precious moments rrilit be given to something that wiu!l t lew-tie :md refine. To come riht down to practical truth:-. Too much time n -riven to r utiles and puffs, to scrubt'ine: and sweeping, to toiling:, and, in fact, thnt the v.. ursr people of the household may f:ij-.y themselves little by liitie th frail fhoulders of the mother ore ,, -erweljfhted. and after a time ymi will hear h'r say: "Oh. I nm eptti:isr ton old to do this or wear th'tt! T -avo all the fol de rols to the young- folks." The soft, pretty complexion grows hard lokinsr: veirs stand out on the hands that were once so fair and dainty. One by one her charm of pr-rson disaprx-ar. until from a sweet and lovely woman with a mind capable of housinp: the cleverest thoughts she cln.ror.f ratfs into a household drudpe. The boys and K'f's may love tlielr mother, but this lo-e is tempered with a critical consciousness lack of refinement. Her girlish admirer may still be true to her, but even his loyaity cannot shirk the palpable fact that lin-s and rallownss. wTy g-ov.ns and a dull mind have obliterated the many charms of pcons whkh but a f-w years apo were o capti valine-. It won't do. You owe a duty to husband and children to care for soul, body, manners and mind. A' cot this truism before U is too late, and whatever your dutiis make th-m suK-ervient to higher ideals. Do this, and old apas it creep-- on aph.ee. brininsr silver threaded locks and softly tuned lin-s. will but irive an added rrraciousm-ss to your Individuality. Golden Pays. IQcinir School Trnliilnu. Tt is the exceptional boy who is fond of dancintt s.-ho, 1; yet it is the hoy. not the fdrl. who specially n-ds its teachings. Grace. self-possession and a knowledge of what to do with onn's hands and feel all these come naturally far offener to th average girl than to the average boy. but it i the boy who, not having them, has to be prodded to go where he may acquire them. Of several woni.-n discussing this trait in their sons at a luncheon, three of them agreed that the battle was not only getting the boy to the class, but as well making him do the proper thing after he gets there. Said one mother. "I have to bribe my boy to danee with the girls." and it at once came out that the others did the same. ami. moreover, the practice was a common maternal ruse. "And." related a second mother, "the ordinary rate of a penny p dance, the second cent to be forfeited if he dance, twtse In succession with the same girl, did not answer at all with my voting man. He demanded 3 cents a partner, and I had to comply. F.ut it did not last Ions:. After one term I noticed that he took his dose of girl with increasing enthusiasm, and I suspected that this was not due alone to her market price. I finally askfVj him if he did not find that girls were rather less objectionable than he had fancied, and he thought perhaps they were. "And you really enjoy dancing with them now?' I persisted." "Well, yes.' he did. Whereupon I promptly pointed out that it was hardly honorable to force me to pay him for what was a plosure. He agreed with me. and since then my pocket book has not suffered, nor has his dancing zeal abated." Tt may be a weapon in the hands of mothers with sons disinclined to take dancing advantages offered them that so stem a man and so fine a soldier as the emperor of Germany severely criticises the dancing: of his officers and insists that they shall be proficient in the art. Her Point of View in New York Times. Cafttoni House I n pert reu'. The inspectress in th port of New York holds an important office. Nine women are employed in that capacity at the custom house. They have an office in the building and they are in constant service. The insp' tr sse; have th repponsivility Imposed on them of ses-ing that no woman enters the port with smuggled articles. They search through the mysterious recesses of a woman's wardrobe and the clothing she wears as no m.-n cou d or would h- allowed to do. and the finding ,,f loads of smuggh-d goods on the persons of women makts a, luge ereentaj?e in the yearly records. The women inspecto. are paid at the rate of M p-r day all th year round. They are h-adej by a superintendent who details the work. As each steam-r arrives from foreign ports two of the ir-sj;. -tors are d-tail-d to duty on it. They repair to th pier where the steamer lands and await levd pments. !f a woman pasvnger or-at.s a suspicion, the instep is take he,- and submit her clothing to a minute search. They jinr siks, satins and valuable (1eo riidy jn. laid in the woman's skirt, or diamonds and we!ry tic-MlM away In the most unapproachable place. Then the women Inspector search .hnuih the wearing apparel stored away in women passenger: trunks and do work which the male inspectors could not do creditably. Hrooklyn Eagle. Miikinc n Home. It Is foolish to talk alnt la.-hi-ms in Ivuse furnishing. The r-t hrpi r,,l(jt th most artistic and Hie mt ral are thotse who oever consent to adopt a thing on its merit of fashion. Thev put into their homes what they love and des'.rr. They huy nothing Localise their neighbors have don so and nothing for Irs price or vogue. Those ladies who huy white and gold chair because they ar ell the fashion, who are crazy this year for sixteenth century furniture and th n-xt year for Pheareton why, uch

ladies are hardly worth considering, and their homa rooms have no character at all. A woman also is in an unhappy fix who is contantly comparing her possessions with those of her neighbors to the disparagement of her own belongings and wir desires to cpst them aside for new things. A real housewife grows to love her chairs and sofas and her carpets. They are the dar, familiar face of her home, and she should not any more desir its flippant change than she should desire to give up the tranqu'.t and constant change of a Romany Rye. Boston Herald. C.rarlona Prlnrm. In The VVoman at Home Miss Katherin Le gives a gossiping sketch of Pidnress Louise as daughter and bride, sculptor and painter, as well hj royal parsonage. She tells an incident of tha princess's sojourn in Canada, for which she is unable to cite the authority, but which she thinks "Is worth repeating as an instan- e of that total absence of fine ladyism"" which is in itr, best sense so noticeably absent among the royal ladiep. "It p"Pi? that one dy the princess W3s walking without any attendant near her, when she came to a cottage. The only person visible was an old woman busily ironing one of her husband's shirts. The prince? was thirsty after her walk, and stopping at the cottage door a-ked the l woman if .h" would kindly get her a glass of water. The busy old woman somewhat shortlv refused to do po. "The spring was a little distance. she said, 'and she wa'J busy ironing her old man's shirt, for he was going with her to .o the fj''"vn'.ä hild on tt:1 morrow.' "The princess, no doubt with a secret thrill of amusement, siid that she w.jul 1 iron the hirt if the old lady would fetch i.-.j- , wafer. The compromise was quickly aure-d upon. The 0, woman wnt to tiie spring, and the princess did the ironing. Y'hen the old woman returned the shirt was handed over to her. Needless to say it was nkejy ironed. "In exchange for the glass of water the teeent laundry woman informed the astonished 4i woman that she wa.; the 'queen's child.' The startled old woman took th? shirt, declaring that her oil man should never wear it. bTt that she would k".'p it forever a,; a memento of the "queen's child l!jiiii lin-ldent. T overheard the following conversation the other day in a popular refectory: "Po your children mind yon?" "I guess not. They never pay any more attention to me than if T was a dummy. It takes th-?ir father to hi lag them to terms every tim." "I am glad to hear it. I like to know that somebody else besides me has a. hard time with their children. 1 declare, the only way I can get baby to mind already is to jab him with a hatpin." I wailed to hear no more. With a Sr-.d precipitation 1 gathered up my chid; and fled. Had I wsitfd another minute I should have said fo that mother: "Madam. I will give you a problem to solve. If, at at the age of three, a child ne?ds the imp-tus of nr." hatyin to make him obey, how many ruataes will it require to keep him in order at th. ase of Jen? And if you, are : u ;h a poor. mh-,crab !e failure a.- a mother and a woman now. just at the commence, ment o!" an home rial destiny, what i.t v the eternities in Mere for you"" Vhy, oh. why are children sent to people who have no mi idea about bringing them up than a trout has about truie.irg h .pvines? It is a ouestion thai lia given and does give .m much uneasiness. Martha Kvarts Holden. isilinn Hie MoU. Choose the middle of the day for your call. Toward night the patient is weary. By no means go to see a sick person in the eveuirg unless you have bc-n srvd for. Do not make long calls even l!"u.;ii your presence seems mui Ii appreciated. B" ch vrJ'ui and quit: this yen owe to thos- in attendance as much as to the pati-nt. l-'nter into no lengthy discussions or aiguments and avoid all subjects upon which the pati-nt may be setis.itive or excitable. fo nc't discuss or find fault with the doctor in attendance. The fr-mily must have faith in him. else they would not employ him. No matter how iniimat" you may be with the family, do not pr-ss your favorite doctor upon them. fo nut insist upon certain remedies which you know to be a "sure cure." as the attending physician no doubt has used them long bf i-e. A kind stig stion i.s frequently appropi iate. but be very careful about forcing advi.-e upon nurse. Those who are coniin d to the house with their loved ones for a long time, with no project of recovery, often have- sorer hearts than we imagine. Hn,i a word or look of tender sympathy and heartfelt cheerfulness is more of a help than we can think. If you cannot do that, stay away. tood Housekeeping. Stlteliei Tnkrn In Time. It isn't because a stitch in ti ne saves nine or saves money that It should be taken as soon as the need for it occurs, but because womankind in general is so much daintier and attractive when put together taut and trim, without anv ravelingn or pinned up ends of lace or ribbon about her. Artistic dlrfhevelnient is all right to talk about, but very few men fall in love ' with a slovenly woman. The mase.ul'm eye may be slow to recognize certain details of a woman's toilet, but it tipy-r fails to detect a lose skirt braid, a rip in the body of a gown or buttons mis-sing from where they cueht to be. Look carefully to these d tails, for they count against perfection in so great prop.ort.ion thai an entire ensemble is utterly ruined by one of these facts. Bins are all right in their place, but that place is not to keep shoe buttons on. A rip sometimes cannot be avoicie but it can be prevented from growing until it becomes an unsightly gaping hole. Keep the needle anil thread ever i ready, for. even though milliners argue j that no hat is stylish that is not pinned together this, rule does not apply to the other portions of a woman's wardrobe. N. Y. Mail and Kxpres. Kein i n i ne K I r.-i vn nn nee. . One hears a great deal about feminine extravagance in dress and its deterrent effect upon the marriageable young men, who shrink back in terror from the altar when th-y consider what it costs to dress a giil according to the dictates of modern fashion. Therefore it is interesting to read of a certain Miss l'nraser's newgown, made in the year 1C7C, which co.-t $1.;7;, and of which It is recorded, "Jt flights Sir Carr Scroope, who i.s much in I -ve with her, from marrying her, saying hi- estate will scarce maintain her in clothes." Verily there is nothing new under the sun. Not in centuries has there been made a gown so resplendent h-s that worn by. the Medici's quem, whereon were embroidered .1.200 pearls and 3,000 diamonds. And what belle in the last cycle has been arrayed so resplendent ly as that Mine. d Montespan, who wore at a great court festival "a gown of gold on gold. brcidered in geld, lordered with gold and over that go'd frieze stitched with a gold mixed with a certain gold which makes the most divine stuff that has ever been imagined." Exchange. The Rlnrnorn PanKm. i The fungus of ringworm is very. similar ir. character to the mold fungus that i form on bread. The different families ' of vegetable fungi prefer different soils Upon which to grow, and the fungus of ringworm foims no exception, as ft groni only on eo-called epidermal structures '

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that "is," upon the scaly portion of the skin and hair. This fungus will not grow on eve-y perron, but children are peculiarly susceptibl lo it. and when it attacks one child in a family or institution it i pt to spread widely and rapIdly. The disease is therefore contagious. Babyhood. Children's Eje. A physician advises mothers to discard bangs von for their smallest daughters, these very little eirls being th only ones wheni fashion, at the moment, permits to wear them. There are. it seems, sensitive nerves about the eyebrows which are weakened when the hair Is long enough to rest upon them. Thep nerves directly concern the sight, and that important function is more or les tampered with by this constant though sllsrbt wight of hfiir. And .mother physician inveighs against another practice. whih ha.s nver been regarded as having any specially serious effects that of having nisiit ligh's in children's bedrooms. This Ii pronounces verv in.iuriou -.. Instead of allowing the optic nerves thn porfoot, rest afforded by d'.irkneFS. the light kfT--ps th-:m in perpetual stimulation, with the result of causing the brain and the rest of the n-'-rvous system to suffer. Qnrn rtean'n SHIc SlooVln. An old tome credits Queen KHzaheth. with being the first woman to wear silk stoekjngs. Here is the story: In the second year of Queen Elizabeth. hr silk womsn. Mistress Montague, pre;iented her majesty as a New Year's eift with a pair of black silk stockings, the which, after a few days' wearing, pleased her highness s- well that she sent for Mistress Montague and askd her where .vhe could help her to anymore. Mistress Montague answered. "I made th'-m very carefully in purpoy only for your majesty, and seeing ihee please- you so weil I wi'd presently set more in hand." "Po so." quoth the queen, "for indeed I like silk stockings so wfll. because they are pleasant., tine and d -licate, that henceforth I will wear no more cloth stock n gs." For ervoui VI omen. A physician who is a specialist in nervous diseases says that v.onvn should sleep at e-jst nine hou-s at night and one hour in the daytime. . woman will plead that she hasn't time to lie down a few- mini, tes in the day time, and sii w'll infringe upon the pours . f ll night which should be given to sound, healthy, needed sl ep in order to Pnish some pieces of work which could as well be completed on the morrow. Fhe wiil rurh and hurry all day long, and then, v.-hep the house-hold is hushed in slumber, she will -it up to jvtd the daily pi. per. thinking she v. ill not have, to pay fo - the tira-1 she is stealing from the health-giving sleep tint comes hfr.re midnight. ?he JIn Voteil Erl and Oftvn. Mr. S. A. V.'illiam of t'olr.-ado has voted In Wyoming. Washington. Flaii and Cole.raoo and ha voted for candidates for every elective oftice in the state and nation. Many yar? ago Mrs. Williams, with her husband, endured 'he hatd.hips and discouragement"? iuo'derit to mining lPe. Vint tinaily. w'iep they had evhausiid their food .-up'ly. tl-cir la-t chance of blast ng p 'V' lM b-ougSt iit gc od silver ore. and th- ir ft ituees turned. Airs. Williams i a widow and at lends personally to lie; nviuy business .'cid mining inu rests. pewer Tetter. Her SnapirMt'iin. Mi-s Mathilde lVi;:,. uphter of Karl I'dir-d. v.-ldlo in ? t !.. rd was pron.pted to write one of h t most important poems, "Th" Heathc- en I 'ir," a drama!:. Story of li;e woes of the croft- rs. Miss Blind wioi.- it ifr-i a ;!ay in the islard of Arran, witei-c an old peasant woman arousivl her indignation by her account of an evi- '.ion there. Woman. W A I THOR'S HFI.FM Ti:. SI i It'll of Use 1,51'e and Talent r Mr. li.kltert J.iMiis (oi fr, won. Trs. H 'b'-rt Louis Stevenson is a wriier and an occasional collaburator wP'n hi'r hushaini. On the title page .if one cd" Mr. Robert Louis Stevhson'- iov Is. "The Dynamite r," a woman's n;.ni" appears as co!aif:

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MRS. ROTIERT LOUIS STEVENSON. bora tor with the wonderful Scotch romancer. It is that of h!s wife, the mother of Lloyd Osborne, who has also joined his name with Mr. Stevenson's in some of his. latest productions. The signature "Fanny de G. Stevemon" has been frequently met under stories and s!v?tches in various American and English magazines, but only the initiated knew that it belonged to one of the great Stevenson firm. Mrs. Stnenson was n Miss Van de Grift, a California girl of Dutch parentage, who in youth was as brown and wild as a gypsy. While very young she married Samuel Osborne, a protege of Leland Standford. Two children were born to the Osbornes, and after they grevv up Mrs. Osborne went to Europe to place them at s hool. She was a woman of culture, an artist, and In I'-'iis met the budding Scotch novelist, then ii. his twenties, with fame to make. A divorce with many romantic episodes followed, and Mrs. Osborne, poti and daughter were transferred to the Stevenson household. When Mrs. Osborne met the romancer, he was a confirmed Bohemian and. in fact, lived in a community of artists and literateurs near Balis. Mrs. Stevenson h is made a domestic man of him, for she is a practical and sensible wife as well as literary genius. A writer in a recent Australian periodical gossips about her personal appearance and occupation as follows: ".she is the most charming of women. There are beauty and character in that dark comph xioned face, with the big soft eyes which can be so stern. With ä fanciful imagination and a mind rich in observation, she is a bluestocking who disowns blueslockingd- ni. She prefers her Samoa ti flower garden to the paths of literature and professes to write oniy when she wants money to spend foolishly," Stevenson's father and mother were strict orthodox Scotch Presbyterians and naturally felt scandalized over Rnbert'B vagabond tendencies and especially his marriage with a Californian who had divorced her husband on other than scriptural grounds. But the clever woman was able to disarm their prejudices, and at his death Fa.'her Stevenson left the bulk of his wealth to the novelist, ajid the elder Mrs. Stevenson is a happy and contented member of his home fircle. THEO. HOLLAND.

THEY All . HAVE FADS. RILIr. TTM510 OF THE WIVES OF SOME C.RKAT STATESMEN. Mr, ninnd Often Wiel the rrah-üraU-Mr: CI boon IilW the row .Mr. Carlisle I n 4 oiinoinnr In Flnanee Mr. Pefter'n Hobby I Womnn'a ItlsHt. (Copyrirht, 15?4. by American Tress Association. " The wives of the nation's rulers who reside in Washington', notwithstanding their reputed sagacity jn public affairs, are noted for tjiope essentially feminine attributes which me in nowise connected with statesmanship, and which are frequently alluded to in vl!oqulal parlance as "fads." Mrs. Bland, for instance, the wife nf the famous free silver orator, has a fad that cannot fjil to command the respect and admiration of the nation. Mr. Bland, who is known m private aaid domestic: circle! to have somewhat rf a disregard for the conventional cuspidor, is fond of dilating upon his wife's venerption for the scrubbrnsh. In outward appearance tl-re ioms to be nothing compatible b-lwen the pretty, darkeyed senator's wife a;;d a big tub full of soapsuds with a floating sponge and a hard bristled eruhhrush. as Mr. Bland ray;; ther is. y iet-l1' ' I f-ol !:- U-Vo f. r i : r:,.i - cv j -t .: , i V v I V V MRS. BLAND WITH SfRniFRrSH. On the same p utlac ity . whi h i" certainlv a good one on silver ccinag" ami equally important matte's, it is said that Mrs. Bland can retire gracefully from th' piano or from a profound disep?son on p diiloal ei-. n my arti dpated in by the di :ing;!i--he d .v?atej-mi-n of the capitol. and away to some obscure cornr of the garret or p.-Sed upon some lofty pantry si -If she may be traced, indulgic.g in thru ho-,swif y virtue. Whi 'l lT-.Tiy JC"ple brp 'e r:H take all women t h "a- it is so near edlin 'S--. If there is one Mib.':. . t :: which Mrs. .lo'm peWii' W;'!'iier is loo'-- n:!ai.-i-as'ic t- a'iv otlier t is per s'diiio:i of the fnt '!ti v r bl"tn. .M r-. Wt.cner mir!; certaln'y to le iaLn into the dq-lon-ftic s'rviic. fi-r she says si-e h;s iie-fr had any iiilieult y in managing l.--r servj;nt!. J-'ho ri'o:-r,'i krmw what it to b ir'fl . thai is ,. free conns ry. wh re so;--:"t girls 's ja t as goo av anvb's'iy else a ti'l w on't ,-:a' d no inn.o.viti.i,." in other worn:. Mr-s. Warner is in tic h;.bt of I :-!-'Siing a whole coicn;. of ci ' r d I.elp, ma'.e sinel fcuale. vitii h-!- ! .".'cw York fr-an Washi;.go:i ej-.i h year. She cistril uus ( nie ;- d h; 'p am a'l 1 r fri aTi oaipioyy a corps i ;' ovii's. wr. i 1 1":':- :;:: ks f.-r lv r nv.'i! us -n lv- :.- a -cn.-ton; 1 to citi ri 1 i . l.: d iri"g ih M':mic-.-it iii r c ui'.i home in ii i.-'ca . This is w'.K.t sh" says for the I'-nMit of the wives, cucks -:rd mothers of th" n;'tio;i: "l tin,; that in;. .. 1 Mrvanrs hired at t ;-. t el' i (-- nee nffi'-cs in Wathingon arc much mr,r" oonc'-o-ut and obliging than ih- run of im; -rt -d wh't" help. If two ri'-s or imn are hired P gethr. I here will never be anv dPhu'ty in retaining them. Most of th- : ".van'.s obtained at tin. iajital arc trained to the needs of Washington --jet;., and I find that von a new k will surprise tue by her del'cious eakfs. fruit p'-epara-tion. ici s. and so forth. Th y selelotn need any ter.ch'ng, wh.i- h advantage is seldom to be fow.'d if. hiring servants of the various nationalities in the nivth. I do not think th; t the negro servant could posihly be Improved upon." Mrs. Senator Charles H. Gibson of Maryland has a fad that is unquestionably shared by thousands of her countrywomen. It is almost too closely allied villi nature and r. rt to be vulgarly termed a fad. It should be called the "farming Instinct." Mrs. Gibson is handsemie, wears jaunty tailor-made gowns that fr es peak n J50 fit right on the surface of them, and with fmir-in-hancl ties, jeweled studs and a proud, faultless carriage looks like the crack horsewoman that she is. She like? houses, fanning, and cows and is very much averse to f.y t is. j ': '-r7 '' t S" 1 i . A vlt:4 fr. M f MRS. CARLISLE TALKING FINANCE. protection, whether in political economy or elsewhere. Mrs. Gibson was asktxl to discuss her hobbles. AIvhU farming she said: "I own a lovely farm o. the shores of Chesapeake bay. It is known as Ratcliffe Manor and has been in my family for many years. There is a peach orchard of several hundred trees on the estate, and I sönd my peaches to Baltimore to the canneries every year." About pi-otootion slie said: "I raise wheat in large quantities and get only 67 cents a busheT for It. Scandalous! It has all Ix-en on account of that McKinley tariff. Protection niakes us payall sorts of fabulous prices for imports and lowers the prices? of our own products." AImjiU holies and cows she said: "I have a. large graztng area and own several cows which are my especial delight. Horses? Well. I guess! I nm fonder of driving than of any other pastime, and I remain out" in the country all the year round, with the exception of the short season that I am compelled to stay in Washington. In order to be near my horses and cattle and farming interests generally." Mrs. Secretary Carlisle's fads are. of a highly intellectual character. It is well I known in Washington that her favorite i intellectual oi version anring ino present administration is discussing the finances of the country. Mrs. Carlisle is surrounded at all times by a rare and glorious atmosrhere of statesmanship. She

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hears in her elegant home discussions of everything that science and politics have revealec't concerning finance and political economy. Learned and eloquent cabinet crHeers. impressive diplomats and grand old senators with years of legislative distinction are accustomed to pour forth their oracular utterances at the table where Mrs. Carlisle presides. Mrs. Senator Walthall denied that she had any fads whatsoever. When questioned about cook books and certain recipes she is alleged to have contributed to certain journals she confessed to n weakness for the culinary art, but modestly declined to furnish any of her favorite recipes for publication. In fat. she absolutely refused to discuss her kitchen range or any of its celebrated appurtenances. Hcr formulas for angel cake ni3 y. notwithstanding, be found in back numbers of Mrs. Logan's magazine, which is now- extinct. Mrs. Walthall has a habit that is so unusual to womankind that it is certainly eligible to a place among the notable fads of women. It is a total disregard of the fashions "Do you know," she said. "I never could see why some women are so fond of fashions. I expect 1 am a perfect guy in the matter of dress. When T have a dress made I don't notice half the time whether it fits me or not. I don't even le.ok in the mirror before I go out in the street, put don't quote me as Haying: that," she addd nervously, "or everybody will look to see if I have my things en straight hereafter." Mrs. Geary, wife of the author of the Chinese exclusion bill, talked at considerable length about her fad. She has had it photographed in the form of six handsome children. The fads are pictured in a Photographie procession, which is meant to illustrate that the children w-ere horn in mathematical order, there being but fourteen months between them. The babies look like a row of peas In th" shell. They all have banged hair, full red checks, and big. round bla"k eyes. lik beads. They succeed admirably in excluding all other fads. V Mrs. Senator Rate of Tennessee is devoKd to the "divine at'." She say? she never middles in politic? and rpends most of hej- time at her piano studying the German omposers. Mrs. 'rip, wife r.f Sr-eaker Crisp, has ben unfortunate enough to P.fte her fad. It was her d--ar old antebellum "mammy." The recent death of mammy, v. ho has always called her "honey." almost pnostrate-d th- ilistriguished souther:! lady. "o ope vliO has not. suffered frovn the cruel reverses of the late war can understand the devotion of thope faithful j-bives. who. aft-r lh" law of might and bloodshed had said that thy were free, still remained with their old masters and shared all their hardships with ih'm. "Mammy" had nursed every-ope hier honey's seven children and when the fate of war deprived them of their hörn on an aristo; ratio southern estate, and a su'eessi -n of misfortunes and dprivutions pillowed, it was always mammy who smeothed the troubled brow of Mrs. Crisp. When mammy became sick years arterwR.ru and needed some one to care for her. it was Mrs. Crisp who watched by her bedside until she died. M.-,mmy' oply daughter was her Pga ey to th." mistress she loved.

j ii1.15 - - mf:s. gexry s interesting fads. "Woman suffrage" is declared to be the f:ö of Mrs. Senator Beffer. According 'o y-v. I 'off.-:-, who is a keen chserver. "Kansas is the cleanest, best gove-i ned s'a;e in the union, because it has whi'e rieh.-n lecislaiion and women i iii'iicipa I. a u! horit jes." AV'hen asked a! out Vier personal exercise of the frau-chi.-e. siie said: "I never voted but once, a id Iran I voted for the wrong man that is. the m u who tinned out to be tne poorest candidate. I dnl it because he was a friend of my family." Mrs. capers of Txas. who is a beauty ar.d a fav rite e.f Washington society, is feverish n the subje-ct of the brush and palette. Of course she has painted some pretty pictures. When asked to discuss painting as her well known fad. she said she had ehne considerable scenery in ojj and had ind.-lina bh aspirations in the li'i" ot" portraits of n-nibt l-sof her family and is now engaged in doing one of a relative, which she js going to keep secret until it i finished. One of Mr.-. THE BEST Your wife will Anticipating the demand, special arrangements to supply

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POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL SEMING MRCH1NE lias the latest desipn of bent woodwork, with skeleton drawer cses, niH.de in boih w&'nnt and oak, highlj Üuiehed and the tnost durable made. The stand ii ricid and strong, having brae from over ewch nd of treadle rod to table, has a large balance wheel with belt replacef, a very eaay motion of treadle. The head is free of plate tension?, the machine la so et that without any change of upDer or lower tension you ran ew troni No. 40 to No. 150 thread, and by a Tery BÜprht cbango of dipc tension on face plate, you can eew from the coareept to the finest thread. It has a self-pettinp needle and loose pulley device on hand wheel for winding bobbins without running the machine. It is adjuHtable in all its bearinc and has lees 8prin?s than any other eewing machine on the market. It ia the quickest to thread, being Eelf-tbreadinp, except tne eye of needle. It is the e&sieet machine in changing length of stitch, and is very quiet and easy running.

Address all orders to THE SENTINEL, Indianapolis, Ind. P. S This Machine is shipped direct from the manufactory to the purchaser, saving aU cuddle men's profits. .

Sayers's 'dron gort ambitions is to retire from the world and live in an obscure and Interesting fashion, after the custom of grand traditional artists who used to starve for inspiration. Nobody iu Washington will let her have her wish, so she just goes on making pictures of t'iem all and forms a pretty picture het-piif at all the notable society events in Washington. LILLIAN DE GROFF.

THE 1DIAA OIHTL. A Sense f Hnmor und n PI PpoalHno to Deceive Mankind. Two bright voung women of Ft. Wayne came to Chicago yesterday with their father, a prosperous merchant of that city. The daughters are but little more tMn girls, and clever and mischievous Indiana, g'rl. tc.o. Their numerous visits to Chicago have opened their eyes to many of th nimble phase? of metropolitan life. The fa'her and daughters went to the Grand Faelne hotel, where they w ere given rooms on the Jackscn-st. frent. They spent the niorninK shopping and were tired, ine father was to b busy until train time. The girl;; said they would remain in their rooms daring the two remaining hours and rest. So the father went his way. and the pretty, vivacious sisters asked each other, after the fatigue was gone, what was koIhk to happen next. .lust rriposite the hotel is the preat offic building' of the Western I'nion telegr&rh corap.inv. A l!Me city is employed there, and it is a freejnent thing for dapper young men, eni lively old men, too. to stsnd beside the windows and fan with peculiar expctan"v the hotel windows opposit. .lust at th particular time yesterday that a sei f-con id n t young man stood twirling hi Monde rn':r'ac!i by a window- he spied a langhin face opposite that belonged to one of thos Indiana girls. She spied him. too. and n a few minutes had summoned her sister, and he the head bookkeeper, and the situation as interesting. Something like thl? happened in a. fast Increasing number of other windows of the office, building, where old men who pass in trnstrfSj circles for very sedate individuals, and voung men who rr'de themselves on th-Mr own rnera! -ffeot. stood each uni enscious nf the others" like situation, bowing sm'ling and waving band at these lrd'tana sirls. Tb latter, bv usirg several windows a"d deftl swinsr.g the blinds, ieiprevcri e;o-li smirking ind-vidual opposite that he was. pist at that moment, the oulv r?I fascinator in the world. To the hidden oceunnis of the rooms 'n the tiotel the scene in .em th'.rtr of the Windows opposite w.'c- hi.hiv en tro Inlng. It ?11 requited i't each nein considering himself especially inv ited to ipih ily com over to the hoti pm-ior. e'oats vre dot ned. hat.s and clothing brushed. mtachs were cni.'d and hriir. If the happv man li?d enough, carefully hruhei. Then, one b one, ihes" o Id and young married and unmarried oftice occupants lepan to rniTge ff.-rn th- gre-at doorway. Some went around to the I.a Salle and Clark-s.s. entrances. uhet-s slipped across to the general side enir-en-e. Now and then a determined man wa";el straight across, to the Indies' rtiiranc'c. n both corners are vend'ts of chrysan i he-nums. A happv thought ponied strike almost every one of ths" gntlc;r,en. and the flower mat kit took a lively turn at once. AHer:'!arts in the hot -l hr wondered what c lived a sudden Influx from ail direet'op.s of men. each carrying two and three Inrze chrysanthemums. Each wanted a hraeit.g decoction, and r.snted It quick. F.s if about to do something desperate. There v 3 a ripple of uneasiness on the f.ioes of th"ce blossom carriers as they g'.sred t each other, and now and then nodded hurriedly at .in acquaintance as If to ask: "What are you doing here?" GueF in the hotel noticed blossom bearers on the main staJrca-s-. They met tiiera in the eievater. cn the ladies' stairesse. The f-ame vin who had touched e!ho'.vs at the har and scowled at each other' handsome rhrysa rtthemvims regarded each other with scr.rn in the upstairs haliwiys. Pretty soon there wa n score of ndgety men with at leact two score of bios,oms sitting on the edges of the furnitme in the connecting parlors twirling thtr flowers or their ha.ts uiieuvily. w hile at least ten more were scat-teie-1 ahot.t the ha'ls casting furtive g1r.:ios at this ui'iinial gathering. .lat then : distinc-Liished-loching centlfinsn w'th gray hair, who seemeo to he suppressing laughter with great difficulty and wnnse eye twink'eii merrily, stepped ia sprightly, put his overcoat and sachei cn liie table and stood, a-s it" expectlng some one. in a. moment the tw-o pretty, lr-'ochh-vous faces of the Indiana girls appeared, chic in jaunty hats and Surs, and carrying little sachels. The-y ;:la:ced piickly " about and then at each other as they stood in a daorway. "I'onte. father.' said one. half stifled with laughter, "we're all ready. You know we never keep anytiedy wHitinir." T'ea'is of dainty laughter, in which a resonant bass seemed to l harmonious, rang from the d-scendaig el.ivati.r. Five minutes later a lot of half-concealed chrysanthemnms were being sneaked across the street. Business was so pressing just then thstt thirty or forty men woui.Lr.'t speak even to old aoqaaintances. Chicago Herald. A Sure 'I'Jilns-. Xr.n Demniit "I made a couple of ein lies laic yesterday.'' Feniiworlh " liat about?" Van I tcnunit "I'm going on a railway trip, yon know: so 1 bet one man the train would le wrecked, and another man bet me it wouldn't be robbed. I don't see how 1 can lo-äc." Buck. SnUdlfving Himself. The nival "Bid young Cubleigh propose to vou last nif;ht?" Miss lai.M " Yes. and I refused him. How did you know"." The Rival "lie tel. I me he was going to propose to the prettiest cirl in town, and of course I couldn't help knowing." N. Y. Herald. MACHINE be in want of a THE SENTINEL has made your wants. $16.00.

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One Ruffler, with Phirrer Plate, One Set of 4 Plate Hem mere, One Hinder, One Preiser Foot. One Hemmer and Feller,

One Uralter root. One Tucker, One Quilter, One Mate tJauge, One Mide for Braider, One Oil Can (with Oil), One Thread Cutter,

HASKI0Ü KOTES. Fancy waists are extremely popular this season ai t"fm to have taken a permanent aivi important place in every wardrobe. Amirs French costumes very many elegant trt? of richest r-iiiLS are completed by waists of entirely different material. Chiffony lace and sük ar b. ing extensively employed for evenirg bodi ices. Our model is. fashioned of crepe it-rainbow-effect, buS it is equally hand-

some in black chiffon. The iees of (h ruffles on the sleeves are nu'.-hed with narrow- black velvet ribhon. !d a wider velvet, ribbon com from t!n ,arm-fcoIe and crosses In front. However In the world It I accomplished no one can 111, but the bodice of house, reception and dinner gov ns stl'.l preserve the glove-fitting effect in' epM of the many folds of rieh matri.l and puffs of chiffon In which they r dniped. It is a thine of beauty and work of Intricate art is this f.n d sie-de bodice. Th fabrics for these gowns sr of surpassing iP'hneps ar.d the skirt? are often Aft untrimmed. Put an armunt of material Is lavished upon the corsage that wouV1 a few sei-ort ago have smV. l to ma'id a Whole JTOWM. Silk muslin is extensively used for ornamenting black satm dinner chesses. An aeonrdeon-pleatod flounce at leat sixteen inches r! f p sut"!'".i;iids tl fkirt and the bodice is irbnrt-.e.; with a berth and epaulets fo eorn sroi; . Colored s.atin dresses embroider.-d with spanzle and beads are s rimmed with silk musliu to match tb" satin. The ho.pco ls tirely covered with tbö s:ik r,:uMn nd the sloovos are puffed on the satin tindersleeves, with bows of satin ribbon nestling in the folds of the drapery. Very rich black ssiin dinner drees ar embroidered with jet round the skirt, the seams of which arr marked with t passemnt o-;o. Th-- fr'.pt of the bodfc is a mass of .rt and is frished with an added bas'iuo comiiosed of three frills o j silk mi's'.iii. The puffed sleeves ars caught in with strings of beads abov the elbow. Vom n'n M'ork. 'Tion't talk to me about men's work.T began the excited looking woman, drop ping Into the first convenient chair, "Look at mc! I was up half the nighj; with th baby, I appeared at th breakfast tabl to send John ar.d thj children off happy. I had a letter fron my mother-in-law; she's coming to isiX us. I went to market. I went to tbm dressmaker's. I rushed home la tim for the children's luncheon. I went to !uh and read a paper on woman's place In the business world. I visited my 'poor family. I hurried home to make th dessert, I dressed for dinner. John brought home unexpected company. I put. the children to bed. Went to th theater with John, who thought I needed, recreation, and who would have been grieved if I had dec lined it. Came horn and was up three hours with Ü19 Ijaby.' t. Louis I'ost-Pispatch. Have, n SewinT Room. The wise housewife ia she who would rather dispense with a reception room and have a sewing room than rice versa. The sewing room does not reed, to be large. It must not contain carpets or upholstered furniture. The floor should be stained and varnished, eo tnit the daily brushing up may be easily accomplished There should be hooka 011 the wall, from which the piece-bags should hang. Several shelves are rieces sary. where boxes containing buttons, trimmings, findings, patterns and tha like should be kept. A lapboard, an armless roc king chair, a dress form and a big closet for unfinished work are other necessaries. The machine should, ie placed in a strong light, and there should be a long mirror, in which th9 "hang" of a skirt may be viewed vrixh eased. Jan llmllnR' hljrn. Mme. Jane Hading is a great woman. She has a pair of greenish red brown eyes that can be as eloquent aa love one moment and burn holes in an offender the next. If she didn't have a tongn in her head, she could talk rave, coax, woo, supplicate, command, coaejuer with those eyes. Stageland. ON EARTH No. 4. if it is not as advertised. No. be furnished with the STATS

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ATTACHMENTS Accompanying: Each JViachino ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Attachments in bracket are all interchangeably into hub on preMr bT. Fix Bobbin, Seven Ne: die, One lirire Screw rrner One Small Screw Driver, One Wrench, One Instruction Book.

WARRANTY. Every Machine is fully warranted for five rears. Anf part proving defective will be replaced free of charge, exespt ing needles, bobbins and shuttles.