Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 May 1907 — Page 3

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By EFFIE A CHAPTER XXIII. As Audrey gave that cry and turned. Sheila Fra3er and the man v;ith her looked keenly after her. "Quick," Sheila muttered, hoars?ly. "She has seen, she believes it all ! Make fcaate, go after her. You must top her In case he has come and she should meet him ! Quick ! Give me that domino ! I can hide It under mine ! Beverley Rochfort for It was he hurriedly threw off the gray cloak, and without a word strode after Audrey. It wa against Beverley KocMort's form that she stumbled in her blindness nd weakness, and in his arms ihe rested as she lay insensible. Biverley paused only for a moment, then glancing to right and left he picked up bis burden and went quickly through the trees to the rustic houjte near where Audrey had seen what she supposed to bo her husband cla spins Sheila Fraser in his arms. IteacLin; this, Beverley removed the raisfc from the lovely face that "was white ana orJd. as though death itself was printed c it, placed the girls senseless form to os of tha long, cushioned jrarden ehairs, and then stood with folded arms surveying her. "After to-night your pride will be humbled,' he said to himself, "and that husband of yours will find oat what it Is to have made an enemy of me." Then, stooping, be kissed Audrey's unconscious lips passionately, fiercely, many times ; bat so deep and swift had been the blow struck to her young heart that not even at this degradation did nature wake to protect and repel. "It must be time now, he muttered, and he laughed softly to himself as he closed the door of the garden house and turned the key in the lock. "I have yon safe now, my lady!" he aid, as he put the key in a 'pocket of hia domino and hurried away. He had not gone" far into the crowd of dancers and promenaders before he becane aware of a form close beyond him which, if he had not known so well to the contrary, he couM have sworn was Audrey herself. There was ths black nd silver domino, the white satin skirts peeping below, and the dainty biack lace mask; th hood arranged exactly as Audrey's ha-J been. "It is excellent, upon mj vord. Sheila Is clever when she likes to be," he said to himself with much deliberr.tion. He was standing close beside Lady Daleswater; he knew her by her hard mouth and chin, even If Sheila had not carefully tatht him all the colors of the dominoes who were necessary to the littl-5 drama they were enacting to-night. With Gladys, there were Mrs. Fairfax and several women whom Le knew were all jealous and envious of Audrey enemies, every one. lie moved up to Mrs. Fairfax. "Ca a you teil me who that black and silver domino is?" he asked, sink in- his Toice. "Oh, that Is Lady John G!endurwoodShe seems to be enjoying herself, does he not?" "She does Indeed," Beverley answered. Behind his mask he frowned. This supposititious Audrey was acting a little too much, in bis opinion, flirting and Laughinc in the most outrageous manner. ."Sheila must five her a hint, she mustn't stay too Ion;. Glendurwood might arrive at any moment." Fortunately for him. Sheila . came np t) him then, and she readily saw the wisdom cf his words. Coin' up to the woman disguised as Audrey, who was nona other than Murray, the discharged lady's maid, she made ome sort of excuse and walked away with her and her parner just as Jack Glendurwood, in his cray domino and mask, came cp to where his &iter was standing. "Halloo, Gladys!" he said. laushingly. "Gu??ed you easily enough, you see. ."Where's Andxey?" "Your wife Is just leaving the ball room with , Miss Fräser." Jack glanced down to the other ind, nd Just caught a glimpse of a black and silver domino leaning rathir heaTily on the arm of soine man. "VTjo is tie man, I wonder?" he thought to hiaself, and he was jast rushing off aftei them when Lady Daleswater stopped bim. "Jack, give me your arm; this room Is so tot, and I want to speak to you." Lady Daleswater was unconsciously siding Sheila's drama, though, apart from her own desire to speak out strongly on Audrey's extraordinary behavior, llis3 Fräser bad asked her to keep her broker encased as long as she could when ho arrived, With a grimace Jack agreed. "It is rather hot: and I am Dot In the best cf tempers," he said, frankly. "I have driven all the way to Dehrn ton and back to see Benson, and then found that there was a mistake he bad gone to London. His secretary swore that no telegii'ja bad beea sent to me; but, of course, fce had to charge hi tune when I pulled it out f my pocket and showed the message to him. Then he wanted to say it was some hoax; but who on earth would want to hoax me?' "Strange thing bTappen sometimes," Lady Daleswater said, curtly ' "Yes, and from all account they bappen sometimes at masked bafisMauzhed -jaci. i.vea tne snort time I have been fere I have, heard nothing but gossip about the way some woman has been behaving-, quite scandalizing the old ladies by her outrageous flirting. Have you seen her, Gladys? Do you know her?" Lady Daleswater removed her mask with a jerk, and then stared straight into her brother's eyes. "Tea, I have seen her, and I do know her she said, very slowly. "To my unutterable shame I say It, Jack, for that woman was none other than your wife." "What?" Jack recoiled as though he kad been struck, th?n rearing his head proudly, "II'w dare you say any fuch thing, Gladys? How dare you throw shame and discredit on a pure, sweet girl who has never done you a moment's harm, who has nothing but good, gentle thoughts for you and yours? How dare you?" "Because it is th truth! Yes, the troth," repeat&d the countess, curtly. "Had you ben here but a few moments mgo you would have seen her with jour own eyes ! You would not have given me the lie in thir way! I say again. Jack, that it is yeur wifa who has disgraced terse! f and us Vü night, who has made herself th so?:? and the scandal of the plac for nnnths to coma." "Glad I vrill rot listen to you." Jack had. torn eft Li ma!:; his face bad grown as wbite as cshes. "From tonight, though yyj ar my sister, I will never speak to yoa again for traducing my wife's narr?. I.thenght you hard and cruel, but X thujt also that, with all your faults, yea bad a honorable nature. I hall AtuJrvy. and take her home. This N no pia.e for her." Jack was ttrrniflÄ abruptly, whta a ft rc!aiar!cn hn and a hand on Us ami acpp4 Lia, "Lord J aba. jl wfthout your mask? Oh ! I cannot allow this, It 's against all rules." It wu Hkf!a who spoke. "Havs 70 s-en my wife, Sheila?" Jack asSnsd, hurriedly. He replaced his mask as fee spoke. "I Ift har a few moments ago. She was with 1fr. Hoch fort. Shall we go and find her?" Sheila pot fer hand on his arm, and lack xnovsd a was with har without an

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ROWLANDS other word to his sister. "Where did you say you had seen An dr?y?" Jack asked, harshly. Sheila's ej-s, fchining bard and clear through her u ask, were going quickly round. Where um Alice Fairfax? She should be at hanil now to give the cue for the last act in the comedy that for two h?art this night would be bitter tragedy. Before she had time to grow angry a pale-pink domino fluttered up to them ; the owner save a girlish gijtgle. "Sheila, is it you? Yes, I see it is. Such fun ! I have just seen the loveliest bit of spooling you ever saw. That verj proper Lidy John Glendurwood and who do ycu think? why, Beverley Rochfort! Oh, I assure you they were going on like anything. They have gone to the old summir house, and" Sheila checked her accomplice with so well-acted an air of anger as to astonish Miss Fairfax. 'Alice, how dare you ! What are you saying, my dear child? You must not; it Is very wrong!" Mh?s Fairfax pretended to lose her temper. Really she had been an invaluable ally, and took as much delight in sharing in this wicked plot as though she were joining in the purest and best work on earth. "I am only telling you the truth ! If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself ! I. for one, am not surprised, after the way she has gone on to-night," and with that Miss Fairfax flounced her pink domino out of sight. Jack Glendurwood had made no sign ; not even the smallest exclamation crossed his lips. He stood erect and still, like a statue of stone, as they were alone again. Then suddenly ha turned to Sheila. "Where is this summer house she spjtks of? Is it the old one I know?" Sheila bit her lip. She had never heard anything so terrible as the sound of. his voice, the passionate constraint, the hoilowiinss of acute misery. "M dear Jack," she said, laughing nervously, "jou surely do not mean to 'say you tak-f any notice of that foolish girl's " "Will you answer me?" Jack replied, fiercely. For one moment Sheila's heart failed her. She began to see her work jn its full vileness and sin. What if she had gone too far? What if he ßhould murder Audrey when he saw her? There wai a sound In his voice that spoke of rage ungovernable and mad pride. "Do not take any notice of such gossip. Jack," she said hurriedly. All the answer he gave was to begin to walk out into the grounds, and Sheila, nerving herself for the last, threw herself before him. "Xo, Ja?k," Ehe said In low, choked tones, "you shall not go!" "What do you mean?" Iiis face, from which he had torn away the mask, was almost savage in its anger and horrible fear. "Do you know what you are sayins? Why must I not go and seek my wife? Am I not the proper person to do so? Answer me this. Sheila Fräser, why do you stop me? Do you fear what I shall see and hear?" "Yes." she said, swiftly, "I fear for you. Jack." "Then bs assared. Sheila, I shall not be harmed. Lead me to thi3 summer house, that I may know the worst." , Sheila tried to look imploringly at him, tut he simply repeated the command, and, turning at length she obeyed him. When they were close to the small rustic building she stopped. ; "Go on alone," she said, and without another word Jack strode down the path. With a gasp of fear, Sheila followed him.' What would he do, what would he do? Cold as ice, yet burning with fever so terrible that it almost choked! him. Jack passed down , the path. His brain was on fire. Audrey was there Audrey, his pure lore, his darling, his wife! On all sides' she, had been discussed, none had spoken kindly. What was this awful thing that bad come upon them? , As he reached the door of the summer house be- was trembling in every lirnhj His lips evened to call her name, then! closed with a fierce curse. Another manj was speaking it passionately, wildly. , "Audrey, my love, my love, my darling!" ' ' With his strong right h3nd Jack struck back the door and stood there, in tha dim light a tall, avenging angel. Audrey, with one hand pressed agiinst the wall, was standing before him. At her feet knelt Beverley Rochfort, clasp--ing the other hand, and kissing it as hd poured out his vows of love. As Jack appeared before them, Audrey gave one great cry. "Jack ! Jack ! Thank heaven you have come! 1 V Beverley Rochfort rose to bis feeö with a -low laugh. He was no coward,; like Sheila. He rather hoped there would be some excitement now. Jack was silent scarcely a moment; h never even glanced at tha man; he looked straight at his wife. "The carriage is waiting for you. Lady ohn," he said in a voice which Audrey had never beard from his lips before; "it is time for jou to return to yonr home." Audrey looked at her husband out of her rreat, blue eyes, all distraught as th-r were. For the moment she had for-) gotten his treachery at joy in his coming. Now, as with one heavy blow, it all returned to her. The end had surely come when he could speak to her like this; and how" terrible was the way in which.' he stared at her. She had not strength to move a limb or utter a sound. "I request that you accompany me to the carriag? at once," Jack ' said, this, time quite fiercely. Audrey drew her domino about her. Vaguely she felt that, bad as the horizon of her life had looked a short hour ago, it was doubly worse now. She did not comprehend Jack's manner, but it hurt her to the quick. That he should speak to her like this, and before that odious, horrible man! She put out both her hands. Fear of Beverley drove away her jealous pangs. "Yes, yes; take me home. I tm ready t go. I entreat you to take me !" Jack stood on one side for her to pass, and as he faced Beverley Itochfort alone for an instant, he said, very quietly : "Either your Mfe or mine answers for this night's work. You understand?" "Perfectly," smiled Beverley, but he frowned the next moment. A duel ! This was not what he bad anticipated, y Aud-ew did not catch the hurried words, and, as she walked away beside her husband, she was too deeply miserable to, think of anything but that a cloud had fallen on her life; that Jack's love had gone .'rom her, and she was the most wretchid girl on earth. (To be continued.) East fr Him What brushy eywlaahes Mr. Swags has!" "Um. That's the reason he gives such sweeping glances." Detroit Free Press. Where II Fall Down. MlffkLns Pennington seems to be quite a prolific writer. BLffklns Yes; but unfortunately he isn't quite t prolific thinker.

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'reserved From extinction Only by i:nort of 1'ntriotlc Societies. Reports from Wales foreshadow the )assl:: of the sole Celtic tongue which las survived to the twentieth century vituout tli2 entire, loss of Its ancient jirthrishc Gaelic 13 well-nigh gone from the ilighlands and In Ireland it is preserved from extinction only by the ;fforts of patriotic societies. Cornish lied In 1770 with the venerable Mrs. Lontreath, who .nlone could speak it. iVelsh has remained the native speech f a considerable community and the isteldfoil has kept alive traditions f the bards and rhapsodists. But the dry rot is at work. Accordn.; to the testimony of Welsh clergylien before the Westminster church .'ommbssion, English I.- fast replacing iVelsh ns tho habitual speech of the rhildren of Cardiff. All through South IValos a similar tendency of the youtis :o abandon the paternal speech Is notnl. In the parbh of the vicar of Trel loch. jUinberin 772 souls, only threa iged persons ieak the old vernacular. kVhea the children give up a language t is doomed. The passing of the Welsh h merely in episode In a Etory of linguistic 'deterioration and dissolution" which is one of the extraordinary things of aistory. Thoujrh the Celts have at all times stamped the Impress of a vlgrous personality on the vorld's politics, though they remain one of its prominent peoples, with th extinction f Welsh no living language worthy of ho name will exist a3 a monument to them. ' They were the first to leave the old ryan home to Invade Europe; they overran It from Russia to the Irish 'akes; they established nations In Frsnce, Spain, Italy, Bohemia and Britain; they created great literatures, 3ut wLcn conquered themselves they aavo invariably accepted the language Df their conquerors as their own. New York. World. a AT THE FACTORY GATE. A pathetic little sketch from life, ;lven by Mr. James Greenwood in his "Low Life Deeps," is particularly interesting just now, when the child-labor question is fco prominent. One thillv, rainy day Mr. Greenwood stood by tie door of a factory in England and watched the laborers go in. It was an establishment where high-grade work was dune, and lu it two' hundred girls, from 13 t 10 years of age, were employed. It wa3 pretended that no younger children were engaged, but many of the poor little mites ccuid not have been more than 0 or 30. They were sharp-shouldered little things, shrunken and. shrewd, .with hungry' ve3. It was noontime, and therefore a free hur. Three clean, tidy-haired little girls were looking out of the factorj' S-e. "Here comes father!" cried one. "Father" was a slouching, lazy-looking man, with a short blach pipe In his mouth, lie had brought the children's dinner. It v.as not a bulky affair. . -Here, catch hold!" he called. "It's a pretty day for me to come lugging up here. Make haste and eat it up and cut away to your work." I saw the small parcel unfolded. It contained three morals of fried fish and three slices of bread. This being fairly divided, the three sisters retraced their steps toward the factory, eating as they went "Father"' turned back, his great hands thrust deep Into his pockets, and mads haste to get home out of the disagreeable weather. lie may have been unavoidably out of work, but my Instinct is at fault. if he was. At the end of the noon hour two shivering little girls were late. I found them in great distress, locked out for half an hour, with tho certainty of a fine. TLey stood, miserable and bonnetless, their Ulrty faces streaked with rain, and grew quite confidential with me. Some one, for a "lark," had told them of a cooksbop where might be bought enormous pennyworths of pudding left cold from yesterday. Tho dinner with which they were provided comisted of a slice of bread and a ha'penny apiece. These last they had made Into joint stock, and had run a mile and a half to get the pudding. Xo such shop was to be found, and the children had returned, hungry, disappointed and late. Her Indorsement. The stories of the woman with the check are innumerable, but the 'Philadelphia Public Ledger seems to . have discovered a new one. It adds Itito the long list of business vagaries laid to the door of the gentle sex. ' A bride's mother had presented her with a check on Christmas day. With a feeling of the utmost importance she took, it to the bank to get it cashed. . The cashier took the cheek, then handed it back politely, saying: "Will you please Indorse it, madan.?" "Indorse it?" repeated the bride, puzzled. "Yes, across the back, you know," replied the man, too busy to notice her bewilderment. The bride carried the chock to a desk, laid it face downward, and nibbled the end of a pea thoughtfully. Then inspiration came, and she wrote triumphantly across the back: "For Fanny, from mother; Christmas, 3000." Resourceful. Detective Gumshoe (old school) But tiis man could not possibly havo committed the crime. Detective Bludgeon (new school) What of that? "Well er -" "Of course he could not possibly have committed the criiee. Do you Imagine I'm looking for something easy? No, sir! I propose to show the world what ray method will do. I shall, extort confession from tho fellow and, I shall c-ouvict him and send him to the gallows in spite of his innocence,' the bes$ lawyers money can procure and a unanimous public sentiment I, sir, am n detective, not a mere opportunist who waits for the favoring breeze to carry him to success The old styh. detective, realizing his hopeless Inferiority, was speechless with shame and chagrin. Puck. If a red-headed girl Is quite satisfactory In every other wy, there are a number of choice hues that can be ascribed to her hair that sound better than "red." When a man observes conventional hours in calling on a girl, It Indicates, among other things, that the affair isn't rery serious.

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Learned Women. If a woman to-day desires to be learned, she may become so. The time has passed when any suggestion of scholarship for a feminine head was flouted as "against nature." The number o? men who give themselves to research is always relatively small, and that of women Is likely to be still smaller; but for tho exceptional wt man opportunities for the highest study are now open. The Association of Collegiato Alumnae at a recent ineetlrg listened to addresses from six women who had held fellowships from the association. Four of the six may write "Ph. D." or "Litt. D." after their names. Their researches have teen In diverse fields Homan archeology, old Knglish, comparative psychology, esthetics. Their stories of their work show their vigor and Ingenuity in the pursuit of knowledge, and humor In facing the difficulties of their tasks. For example, one of them wished to study a manuscript in the monastry of Monte Cassiuo. She found the rules of the order forbade any woman to work In the library or any manuscript to be taken out But a gentle appeal to the abbot resulted in bis sending the desired treasure to tho porter's room at the gate. By a free construction of the regulations the book was there said to be "In" and the maiden was said to be "out" and all requirements were met. fill Li K; Osr.iJ,. The student of esthetics testifies to the trials and delights of her problem. Her early question was, "Why do I enjoy poetry or music?" There was no one who could answer her query, but she is slowly answering it for herself and for the world. Meantime she has the student's eScuse for doing a thousand delightful things. She can experiment with her own pleasure whether shs looks nt a picture, heara a concert, reads a novel, or makes a voyage to Japan. . The study of beauty and that of sociology seem to offer special attractions for women. Out of their researches In these llneä may come not only additions to tho world's scholarship, but also the allegation and enrichment of ordinary human life. -Youth's Companion. tioTrrninrnt l)resmakln(f Scbool. Vienna has always been famed for Its dressmakers. Some women prefer a gown from Vienna to one from Paris even. And now the Austrian authorltiei are taking steps to put the capital ou a higher pedestal in the world of fashion. The head of the principal school of dressmaking there has received Instructions from the Ministry of Education to open a special course for the higher education Inthe art of making gowns and all things that appertain to, the clothing of women. The tuition will be quite free, th cost being borne by the Ministry of Education. The course will embrace not only measuring, cutting out the drawing of patterns and those other subtler matters which are the essence of really high-class dressmaking, but bookkeeping, a knowledge of the trades, acts and laws every thins. In fact, that Is necessary to the management of a large establishment. And all that Is required to secure this training is that the applicant hall have served a three years' apprenticeship. The lessons will be given lnthc evening. A ChormlnK Woman. Of all the women boru Into an ungrateful and uaappreciatlve world none can compare to the really charming one. We may admire the beauty and gaze In awe at the bluestocking, hug the "dear things of our acquaintance," and thump the "good sorts" on the back, but in the presence of a personality which "charms" us we remain In speechless and almost breathless fascination. Truly of every such woman can It be said what was said by St Simon of one of the most fascinating women of his time, that she walks "iike t goddess on the clouds." L'lnconnr.e. .. To Remove I'lnser Marks. The lintels of the doors of a room and tho woodwork around the windows when enameled white or in pale colors freqrntly become marked with the Impression of finger tips, says Woman's Life. A piece of flannel dip pod in kerosene will effectually remove all traces, but after rubbing the woodwork the surface should bo washed with a. clean cloth dipped in very hot water, this being the only method of removing the smell of the oil. Women Travel Alone. It Is no uncommon thing In these times of progress for women to travel alone In foreign lands and it Is veiy easy to get along with a little coach-

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''fff?'? w W ing beforehand, although a woman does not as a general thing venture the first time abroad alone. Most women going for the first time tnke too much baggage, and a steamer trunk and satchel should be all with which one Is burdened. There are always so many Americans on the other side that it id difficult to be really alone. Wliere 1V1I1 YVomnn Stop! Tills h the nse of the woman. And the future also Is hers. It is less than fifty years since American girls were refused admission to the colleges their brothers attended. Now there are more women la the colleges than men. Almost every agency of modern times caters to woman. Merchants vie for her custom. The pulpit wants her strong support. The press seeks her favor and patronage. Woman is no longer behind the throne. She Is tho throne. All this change of a few years seems a radical departure. But cast your eyes over Europe. The women of Britain are pounding at the doors of Parliament seeking suffrage. . Iu Germany the gates of the ancient universities have been lifted from their hinges to let women In. In Italy the Parliament has appoluted a commission to arrange, If possible, for equal suffrage. The French women have gone ahead of men In the field of scientific discovery. And In England of the twelve best selling books every one was written by a woman Even in darkest Russia wom-

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mm en physicians are teaching the doctors cf the world advance methods in hospital work. But most striking of all. in Finland think of It in Finland! nineteen women , now occupy seats as lawmakers In the Legislature of that duchy. In point of fact In Its appreciation and advance of women great as that ndvance has been America Is la some respects far behind women. This Is the woman's age. In this new equation of modern life is man to be the X the 'unknown quantity? PUT4HESummer days are perilous days for the babies, and there are many mothers Who are not sure just what to. do. A very able physician, ' one who specializes on babies, and Is in charge of one of the largest and most successful infant clinics in the country, says: "The most Important factor Is pure milk. Yd cannot lay too much stress on that Thousauds of babies are killed every summer by the germs held in impure milk. IIae the mlik Pasteurized, and use It the same day. At least, have It sterilized. "You can. Pasteurize it yourself. Put the milk in a thoroughly clean vessel, and place In It an ordinary thermometer. Clean the thermometer. Bring the milk to a temperature of 107 degrees, and keep It there for exactly twenty minutes. Then remove and cool. Use the same day. Or you can destroy the germs by bringing the milk to the boiling point, and immediately removing. Do not prolong the boiling, as this renders It less digestible and may induce sickness. "A child less than a year old should be given nothing but milk, and only the simplest food for the next six months. Giving tho baby a taste of this or that Is extremely dangerous. Feed the baby too little rather than too much. Don't feed it every time It cries. In hot weather feed less than usual. Give the baby plenty of cold boiled water (not ice water), and plenty of fresh air. Let it wear no more clothes than Is absolutely necessary. To overdress an infant in the summer is cruel and dangerous. If the baby Is taken sick, stop all food Immediately, An Infant can go twenty-four hours at least without any food, and bo none the worse. A little castor oil is valuable for stomach troubles; but the prime thing is to stop feeding. "To sum it all up feed It pure milk and nothing else, feed It too little rather than too much, give lulled water to drink and plenty of it, dress it lightly, give It fresh air, and when illness comes stop all feedings. Do this, and the summer will be a happy one for you and for the baby." WnUl and Hats. Waists and hats play an all-Important part in tho wardrobe of the fashionable woman of to-day, and while

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'? vvs'va'SSxii the prices demanded and paid for these two articles of feminine attire seem ut first hearing to Ik extortionate, at all events they show that they are costly. Furthermore, with a smart and becoming waist and hat a woman can le confident that she gives the appearance of leing well grooms!, although she herself may be conscious that the skirt of her gown is not equal. to the rest of lior costume. , Mrs. Roosevelt is an ardent adruirar of Ilembrandt, and owns several prints of the great Dutch master. The Princess of Monaco is said to regard the gaming houses of her little principality with tho utmost disfavor. Women are running some of the rural free deliver' rcutes In Oklahoma. Lulu and Hattle Russell have charge of the route to Mutual In that new State. Miss Phelps, a philanthropic Englishwoman, Introduced embroidery In 3S50 among the women of Madeira as an employment which did not conflict with domestic duties. To-day about 50.000 women are regularly employed In this work at wages of from 10 to 50 cents a day. The daughter of Grand Duke Peter Nicolai vltch of Russia is II years old. She speaks Servian, Italian and French, and Is thought to be the cleverest royal school girl in Euroie. Lill Lehmann, the composer of "The Persian Garden," Is tfce granddaughter of Robert Chambers, the Scotch pub Usher. Her father was Rudolph Leh mann, a portrait painter. Xevr Idea In Neckwear. Irish lace sets are extensively used but the newest thins In lace is the file lace. Sometimes It Is combined with other laces and the figures are embroid ercd in colored threads. Tulle ruches are In vogue and they are universally becoming. These come in all colors, but all white seems to be the favorite. Brown, black and smoke come next, with some dark blue, light blue and pink. Ruches are also made of chiffon shirred Into all sorts of complicated forms, but does not take so well as tulle, having a flat effect There are some novelties in tailored stocks which are taking well. These are In stitched taffeta silk with tab fronts in plain and plaid effects. What n Wife eed. She needs a good temper, a cheerful disposition and a knowledge of how her husband should be treated. She needs a capability of looking on the bright side of life and refusing to be worried by small things. She needs a secure gra?p of such subjects as are of Interest to men and should not be above studying even politics In order to understand should her husband ppeak of them. She need3 a sympathetic nature in order that, should sorrow fall upon them, she may be able to give comfort to her husband. She needs to understand something of sick nursing. A wife with no notion of what to do in the case' of illness is but a useless thing. She .needs considerable tact and patience the one to enable her to know when to remain filent and vice versa, and the other to put up with him when his temior is müied. The Vosrue of Rrovru. The vogue of brown and the desire for footwear not black, yet a shade more dressy than the prevailing tan color, account for the popularity of the new brown leathers. These are made up In all the pump and oxford styles, but without any of the mixture of odd leathers In the same shoe which is so marked a feature In other colors. White Shoo. White shoes of gld and canvas, oozs leather and linen duck are to be as much to the fore as they were last season, which is saying much, but they will more often have touches of contrasting color In heels, bows and the "collar" trimmings that are smartly worn. We Have Few Women Dentists. While there are 8,000 women physicians In this country there are only S00 dentists. This should bo a good field for a woman with a "pull." London uses 50,000 tons of sugar annually for Jam-making alone.

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THOUGHT AND SEASON NEEDED. By Rev. Charles E. Jefferson,, D. D. Come, now, let us reason together, saith the Lord. Isaiah 1:18. The greatest of the Hebrew prophets puts these words into the mouth of God. The Almighty Is represented as bewailing the fact that men do not think enough In their religion. "Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider,'' so runs the divine arraignment. According to Isaiah, God wishes men to think, and he wishes them to think, with him. The weakness of reIigious people In all generations has been that they have not thought enough. , It is wicked not to think. A man gives up his manhood who does not think. We are unworthy of the Christian name if we are too timid to scrutinize and investigate and reason about every doctrine which, the religion of Jesus teaches. . Suppose that thinking does lead you into doubt Doubt is oftentimes medicinal. There Is more faith In honest doubt than in a. creed about which you are afraid to think. Doubt is an experience which belongs to a growing life. A man must fight his way through doubt to the clear and sunlit spaces which lie beyond. He can do this only by hard and honest thinking. "Come, let us reason together, saith the LoTd." This has been the exhortation of the Almighty from the beginning. In the -fullness of time Jesus came and In Jesus we heard-God saying : "Come, now, let us reason together." Jesus was always reasoning. It has been said that He nevwr argued and that Is true If we mean He never argued, in the form of occidental syllogisms. But In the deepest sense He was always arguing. His whole speech was a reasoned argument His questions are mightier than syllogisms and help the mind to reason. "Is not a man better than a sheep?" "What think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray, doth be not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray?" The priest, the Levite, the Samaritan: "Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?" "When the lord of the vineyard cometh what will he do unto those husbandmen?" "If ye, being evil, know bow to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your heaveny Father give the holy spirit to them that ask Ulm?" The Christian religion Is God's voice saying: "Come, now, let us reason together." Many a man Is not a Christian because he. Is not willing to reason the matter out with God and Christ If our convictions are becoming flabby. It Is because wc do not think. If the old distinctions between right and wrong are fading out it is because we have ceased, to reason with God., If the sense of sin is to-day disappearing from the hearts of men, it is becau.se they are too busy to sit down and meditate with (Jod. I have heard men bewail the fact that they had no time to get acquainted with their wives and children. This, indeed, is tragic, and it Is also tragic to have no time to get acquainted with one's self. We never know ourselves until we think about our life with God. Let usf, then spend more time In reasoning with Him. Let us pick up the things which we have lost Let us sit down and think about that man which we fully Intended to be and which, alas, we havo not' yet become. MANNISH W0IIAN REPBOACHED. By Eev. Dr. Leach. When woman becomes mannish, instead of men coming to be more like women in goodness, they are In danger of total annihilation as a race. Dorcas Is but the type of the ordinary American wife and mother. She Is good.' She Is pure. She unselfishly labors to improve the Individual. She .did not bother with problems and dreams but with EEV. DB. LEA C II. needles and thimble and thread solved weightier things than we know of. The lack of knowledge in ueediery Is becoming a blight to beautiful feminine life. Dorcas could run a sewing society, which Is not easy, and make garments for rich and poor. No wonder that when she died the world seemed to shrink up. One big woman or man makes a big world. Dorcas made a big world with needle and thread. No wonder the apostle Peter felt the world dying without her. . The homo woman Is the salvation of America. Oh, world, you don't half appreciate woman as the home angel. Great is she In the little things of life. We could do without club women, society women, but the humble domestic Dorcas, God bless her, we needs must have. CHBIST'S WOEK CARRIED ON. By Rev. Dr. W. A. Bartlett. In the forty-two times Matthew mentions the "multitude" he shows that Jesus had compassion on the multitude. He fed the 4,000 and 5,000, he gave his sermon on the mount to the multitude, and it Is said that he healed by multitudes. Jesus Christ has always bepn loyal to the multitudes, but the multitude has not always been loyal to him. The multitudes In our hospitals and homes are the lame, the halt and the blind, the despised and forsaken class, who wandered about the streets in Jesus' day begging and imploring alms. Probably more direct relief is given to suffering in one month In our own city than Jesus gave in his entire ministry. He gave us the example and we are following it It was his Intention simply to start the world's work of teaching and healing. The benefits of Christianity come to the multitude In Christian lands. Take the public schools of Chicago alone. Last year we had 238,000 children enrolled In 2G5 schools, which required 2G5 principals and 0,000 teachers for their instruction. It cost nearly $11,500,000 to do this and cost this present year in our own city will be about the

Bame as the United States paid Xcpar leon for Louisiana in 1803. The Cook county hospital Is an la stitution the work of which is pattern ed after that Christ did. The dally average of patents last year was 1,000 and 2G,2G4 patients were treated free of charge, this costing the county $2C7, 473. The poorest individual has skilled treatment denied to kings but a few years ago. Some of these great facts should be brought to our attention to encourage us and to make the average citizen better satisfied In paying his taxes. Cook county paid last year $42S,CCG to take care of , Its poor, its Insane and itf consumptives. On the first of January there were 1,700 patients In the In.sane asylum alone, with an average of orer 1,000 daily. Over 200 consumptive patients were in the poorhouse daily.

THE OLD-FASHIONED SABBATH. By Bishop Ciec:. For Ions and active life tho rellgiou observance of the Sabbath Is absolutely necessary. The pace at which we live, he said. lenders It impossible foi us to get the requisite sleep to equij us for the daily battle and for that reason God had provided a day of rest in eich week. Only by religious observance could this rest be obtained, be declared. If the day ever arrives when this land shall become the sport, of anarchists, the hotbed of strife, like Home, the rotten remnant of a great empire, history will point to the government In condemnation ; and trace the downfall of the United States to the passing of th once sacred Sabbath. Shorl Meter Sermons. The mighty are always modest A fast life makes a loose character. Content gives charm to every circca stance. He who works In faith will vrerä faithfully. Life is early blighted If It know na ClOUdS. ' More sins are slain by smiles than by scowls. People who hunt trouble always shoe away cheir Joys. A crook Is made by bending the ralnJ on self-satisfaction. Superstition often Is only a synonym for intellectual sloth. If you keep your tools keen the Master will not keep you long Idle The great man never knows any little men ; they all are great to him. Many a joy remains undiscovered until our eyes are dimmed by sorrow. It's no use talking about looking up If j-our life will not bear looking Into. Sunday clothes may cover a multitude of sins, but they cannot hid them. The cream of society Is not obtained by removing the milk of human kindness. , The man who most deserves our pity is the poor fellow who has no pity for the poor. The best way to make folks hungry for heaven is to give them a taste of happiness here. There Is not much virtue In the religion whose vitality you have to prove by argument When a-man gets to be expert at raising the dust he is euro, to do It so well as to cboLu himself. Some folks never have any satisfaction In fighting sin until they catch their neighbors doing wrong. One trouble with conceit Is that It leads you to believe the doors of opportunity are too small for you. It takes but a little time to get ft twist to the ryes of conscience when you look with complacency on things, crooked. No amount of practice at leaping legal fences here will give you spring enough to clear the walls of the city there. Flgbtlngr Chance. Senator. PeUus, of Alabama, who is 85 years old. was working on a law case In his oilice iu Alabama last summer when he was overcome by an attack of vertigo. "We're going to send for a doctor," one of his clerks told him. "All right." the Senator said, "but don't get any more than one." When the doctor arrived he bandied Senator Peltus into a carriage and got In with him and ordered that the Senator be taken to his lwmc. "You're" a doctor, are youV" Senatot Tettus asked. "I am," was the answer. "And you'ro all alone?" "Yes, sir," the physician answered, thinking the Senator had some confidential communication to make. . "You're sure there Is only one of you?' the Senator persisted. "You and I are the only two ieopIe here" "Yes, sir." "I'm mighty glad of It," the Senator said, with a sigh of relief. -I am sure I'll get well If there is only one of you fellows here, but I know I could never survive a consultation.", Grafter Mitten. William II. Berry, State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, was talking In Harrisburg about graft "Grafters seem to thrive at first, be said, "but retribution overtakes them in the end. It Is like the two boys and the bad half dollar. . "Two boys had a counterfeit half dollar, and after discussing for some time the best way to get rid of it, they decided to pass it off on a theater. "So they took their places on a cold night In the long line before the gallery door of a popular heater, and the first one held the bad oin In I1I3 band. It was their idea that In the hurry and confusion the ticket seller wouldn't take any time to examine the money handed to him. . "And they were right When the first boy reached the box-office the man accepted the haK dollar without question, and in return handed out a ticket and a quarter change. "The second boy, grinning with joy, then handed forth a dollar for hia own ticket He got the bad hilf dollar and , good quarter in change." Philadelphia Bulletin. The Sequel. Stubb Yes, Turf wood used to be a great fport He would always play the field. Fenn What Is he doing now? Stubb Why, he went dead broke, got a job as a hired man and now he Is working the field. Pltvslalljr Impotble. "Why don't you Insist on a square deal from your immediate superior?" "How can I when he Is a round sergeant?" Baltimore American.