Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 30, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 April 1909 — Page 3

The Great Tontine . by HAWLEY SMART A Iii or f "Brcli.n BonJs." "Bound to Tin."" Et. nnnnntannntmn

Hm bsssWE GREAT lVlNliiNL. IS a fine work of fiction, embelp 3 & lished with a ? truly wonder S ) ful and fascinating ploL It is a splendid story and deals with an original subject in a powerful way. The incidents of this sterling romance are cleverly drawn and full of great originality and interest. The characters are life-like and the serial one of the very Lest ever offered. CHAPTER I. ITerbtrt Fhillimore. fifth Viscount Lakington, had reached hi twenty sixth birthday and the end of his tether. There had ben no ho'der plunger on the race courw. "The cleverest young one that has ever been ort." muttered som. "How on earth does he get his Information?" murmured others. The bookmakers said nothing, but continued doggel'y to lay him shorter ode's" than ever. I'L bubble soo.i burst, as it has burst many t time bsfore. The Viscount was no more astute than his fellows, nor blessed ith any extraordinary sources of information. It was simply luck. It did not occur to him to retire when the smash came, to turn over a new leaf, and attempt to live upon what was left of his income ; but he quite recognized that something must be done, and that the sinews of war must be raised from other resources than his own in future. He fell back, as might have beea erpected. upon the usual expedient of unmarried and impecunious nobility the marrying of money. A popular, good-looking fellow of slx-and-twenty, who can place a coronet on his bride's brow, has not long to seek for such opportunity. Lakington was fortunate. He carried oEf the great matrimonial prize of the season from a host of competitors. A quiet, lady-like girl, who, without beinr a beauty, was still quite sufficiently good looking; but whose greatest charm, probably, in the eyes of the world was thr. Ehe was the only child of Anthony Lyme Wregis. the great financier. To define what Mr. Lyme Wregis was, was pretty nearly as difficult as to say what he was not. He seemed to have a fingr in pretty nearly every big speculation that was afloat. His enemies declared that he was a "salter of diamond fields," promoter of "bogus" silver mines, phantom railways, and every description of bubble speculation that f.led the pockets of those that started them at the expense of the unfortunate dupes that took shares in them. However, whatever he touched turned to fold. He had given a park to the people, built onto himself a palace at Fulham, and was reputed to be worth more than a million of money. The Viscount's marriage was to take place the week after Ascot, and the noble bridegroom, in conjunction with three kindred spirits as reckless as himself, was at present staying in one of those pretty little houses that lie dotted around the Tillage of Bracknell, and which had ben taken by the quartette for the races. It is the evening of the "Cup day, and the party are lounging at the open windows of the drawing room, and languidly discussing the results of the fierce combat they have wagd with the knights of the pencil the last three days. "How did you come through to-day, Lakington?" asked Sir Gerald Fitzpatrick. "Only so ?o, replied the Viscount ; VI had a pretty good win over Browu Duchess in the New Stakes, but I knocked it all down afterwards, and a bit more besides. I am fourteen hundred and fifty out, and shall have to bet in earnest tomo.TOW if I am ever to ret home." "I say." suddenly exclaimed Carbuckle, a rising barrister, "have any of you taken shares in the 'Great Tontine'? What does your father-in-law, that is to be, think of it. Lakington? Does the scheme commend itself to the great financier?" "Well," replied the Viscount, laughing, "as it so happens I did mention the subject to Lim. Now, as you know, he is no racing man never troubles his head about it, in short; but, with a view, I presume, to suit my limited apprehension, he puts his opinion of that scheme into turf vernacular. He described it as backing a yearling entered for the Derby to be run when he was twenty years old, and remarked further that he looked to turning his money over a good many times, and making a good deal of it, between this and then. -Well, I don't know, I rather like the idea myself. It commen-is itself to my mind as putting away something for one's old age," observed Fitzpatrick. "A very broken reed to trust to, Gerald, and I most sincerely hope that you'll have a good deal mire than thr.t to fall back upon in the d.iys to com"." "But what on earth is it?" exclaimed Forte?cue. "Pray explain to me what is th meaning of the 'Great Tontine." "The 'Great Tontinp,' my dear Fortescue." replied the barrister, "is a scheme for the benefiting of society, as originated in the fertile brain of Mr. Salisbury, the great operatic impresario. He h.as discovered that London has no opera house worthy of the greatest metropolis In the world. He proposes to at once remedy this state. of things by erecting one completely furnished with all the newest mechanical inventions of the age. JThe estimated trifle of one hundred and sixty thousand pounds will be raised by the 'Great Tontine,' and that is simply the issuing of sixteen hundred shares of one hundred pounds apiece. For every hundred pounds share you take you must nominate a life, not less than sixty years old, that is, you must give the name of some person who hai attained that age any one you like ; but ht or she representing the hundred poinds share must hare attained the sixtieth birthday." "And you may take as many shares as yon please?" asked Fortescue. "Quite so." continued Carbuckle; "and name one life for the whole lot, or givt & different name vor each share. Now, you see, It is considered, that as all these lives start at sixty years of age. In twenty jeers there will be very few, if any of them, left." : "And the holder of the last life takes the pool," cried Gerald Fitzpatrick. "It would be rather exciting to find one's self one of the last half-dozen left in." "Don't interrupt. Gerald." exclaimed the barrister pettishly; "I want to make Fortescue thoroughly understand Mr. SalIsSury's great conception. The sixteen hundred shares being all taken up, and the names attached to them being all carefully registered, the 'Great Tontine' be

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gins. With the capital thus acquired the opera house is at once commenced, anJ in about two years should be finished and in full swing. As soon as that takes place five per cent per annum is to be paid to the shareholders. As the lives lapse nominators lose all interest in the affair, and the rental is divided amongst those shareholders whose nominees are still liviug; conseqently, thosd fortunate enough to have made long-lived selections find their income increasing annually. The last eight, for instance, will be drawing a thousand a year interest on thoir hundred pounds share; the last two will have increased to four thousand a year; while the shareholder who has nominated the final life becomes the proprietor of the whole." "That is exactly what I say," interposed Fitzpatrick. "I call it making a very suitable provision for your old age. Any of us, for instance, putting In our hundred pounds now, there is a prospect of coming into eight thousand a year at fifty or thereabouts." "A very distant prospect, a very dim and hazy prospect," said Lakington, smiling. "No, upon the whole, Gerald. I'd rather trust to picking out the winner of the "Wokingham's to-morrow, and put my hundred on that, than put it into the Great Tontine.' " "Yes," rejoined Carbuckle meditatively ; "a hundred pounds is a good deal of money to put into such an everlasting lottery as this." 'T.ut,' replied the ever sanguine Fitzpatrick, "look what a price it is ! Treble events are nothing to this. I have my little stihenie, and it is worthy of Salisbury himself. What do you say, my brethren, to a pool at cards? We put in twentyfive pounds apiece. Draw a card each of you ; the two highest first play together, then the two lowest, and then the two winners; and I propose that whoever wins the pool be solemnly pledged to invest that hundred in the 'Great Tontine. The game was played, and Lakington won. "Remember. Lakington," sail Fitzpatrick. "you are p'ed?ed to put that hundred' into the 'Great Tontine.' I have the strongest presentiment that you will eventually win it. It will be so like the luck of the Fitzpatiicks to have chucked eight thousand a year out of window. Anyway, I am the first of the family who ever staked as much on a hand at cards. And now I'm off to bed ; I can't do the family estates any more mischief after that. I shall dedfvate the next twenty years or so of my life to the framing of a compensation bill to be presented to Viscount Lakington. the then owner of the new Royal Italian Opera House." CHAPTER II. Amongst the little knot of land dealers, builders, surveyors, architects and others who busied themselves earnestly about the development of Llanbarlym, there were none more keenly interested than Mr. Paul Pegram. a solicitor residing in a country town pome twelve miles from the budding watering place. Mr. Paul Pegram. albeit a sharp and a somewhat unscrupulous practitioner, had arrived at. the age of forty without in his own opinion having done much good for himself. He was not a popular man; and though the Welsh Lave the reputation of being a somewhat litigious people, they at all events put their litigation but sparsely into Mr. Ingram's hands. He was a man of very hunble extraction, his father having been a cattle jobber. He died very proud of having brought up his son as a "professional gentleman," and of leaving some four thousand pounds behind him. Paul Tegram threw himself heart and soul into the development of Llanbarlym, Thia was the sort of speculation that he had been waiting for all his life. It had special attraction for him. He was early In the field, foreseeing what the railway would do for the place. He determined to sink all the money he could lay his hands upon in this speculation. Llanbarlym throve and grew in a manner that quite surpassed the expectations of those interested in its extension. The annually increasing throng of visitors had brought settlers in their wake. Lodging house keens rs Qd shop keepers flocked from surrounding towns to start in business in the new watering place. The first hotel was already dwarfed by a gigantic rival. Not only had Paul Pegram already made money, but he saw the land he acquired increasing rapidly in value. In short, should Llanbarlym continue to prosper, in the course of a few years he would become a rich man. One day there arrived in Mr. Pegram's office a dark, rather flashily dressed gentleman, with a jjreat deal of watch chain and a good deal of diamond ring about him; a dark, well-whiskered man of some five or six-and-thirty, with a very glossy hat. He gave his name as Mr. Hemmingby, and curtly informed the lawyer that he had come down to see if there was anything to be done with this new place Llanbarlym. Mr. Pegram naturally Inquired what did the stranger propose to do for himself or Llanbarlym. "Well, you see," replied the other, "that Is a thing I am not particular about. I have had a turn at a good many 'specs one way or mother in my time. I have managed a theater, and

'run an hotel, and may do either again some day. I have been in all sorts of companies. I have made my fortune, and 'bust up half a dozen times. There is often a 'big stroke to be done about a new place if a man has a head on his shoulders, and doesn't arrive too late. It's very possible I am that; but I heard a good deal about this place from a friend of mine last week, and said I would run down and look at it as soon as I had two or three days to spare ; and here I am." In due course the lawyer showed his new acquaintance over the place, expatiating on its advantages and future prospects. Mr. Hemmingby rattled away with his usual fluency, interspersing his speech with incessant questions. Mr. Pegram admitted to his new friend that he had been one of the very earliest speculators in buying up land round about Llanbarlym, and owned that he had made a very good thing indeed on the transaction in various ways during the last three years, and that he fully expected to make considerably more during the next five or sir. As for Mr. Hemmingby, he told wondrous stories, and darkly hinted that he guessed that there were dollars to be made in 'Frisco, only he hadn't qnite cyphered out the "hang" of it as yet. Then Mr. Pegram told of his once winning the "Derby" lottery. "Lotteries ! exclaimed Mr. Hemmingby. "If you are good at lotteries, guess you'll have to take a turn at the biggest thing of the kind that has been on hand in my day. You will have to take a ticket in the 'Great Tontine!" "What is that?" inquired the lawyer. "1 never even heard of it." Whereupon Mr. Hemmingby proceeded to explain the wfoole system of that elaborate lottery to the best of his ability. It took some time before he made his companion thoroughly understand the scheme. It may be that the port wine had something to say against lucid explanation on the one hand, and a clear understanding on the other, although "ither of the men showed the slightest niptoma of their deep potatiora; b-.r hen Mr. Pegram had thoroughly mastered the details of the scheme he became deeply Interested in It, and finally Inquired whether Hemmingby himself bad taken shares In ft. "I've get one," he replied, "and I've a great mind to take another; but it ain't so easy to find a life of sixty that you know and can do a bit with if he gets rickety. Why, if I found myself In it at last, and my man a bit ailing, I'd cart him round the world until he got the climate he wanted." "Ah," replied Pegram, "I like thatcapital Idea life you can watch over, keep jour eye on, that's the thing. I sup

pose the life you have pot is a man ol whom you can take care?" His host eyed him keenly as he replied, "No; and that' just the reason I should like my second chance to bo of that kind. No. I won' name him; but I'll give you a very fair 'tip' if you think of venturing your luck. lo ns I have done pick out one of the most eminent statesmen of that age. In spite of the tremendous work they do. the balance of them go very noai living out the time." "I have it!" exclaimed Mr. Pegram next morning. "Old Krabbe's the man want. He must be about sixty, and is ai hale and hearty a man as I know. He'i been clerk with me now some seventeen years and never been ailing r!i that time I can't call to mind his ever being a daj absent or five minntes late. Father did a good stroke of business when he got hold of him; aud. to do him justice, the old dad was a mighty good judge of the points of either man or beast. Old Krabbe has been a good servant to me so far. I'll just ask him his exact rig, and if that's about right, put him in. Let him live to land this stake, and he shall have a new rigout and. live like a gentleman to th end of his days; and he may take his oath I'll not see his valuable life endangered That's settled. Yes, I'll put in for th 'Great Tontine. and old Krabbe shall bt my nominee. I'll write about it to-day." (To be continued.)

CZAR'S ELDEST DAUGHTER. Little Olnra, l'nllke Her Slitrrx, la Always Leader of Some 3Ilchle. Olga, like so many children who are the oldest lu a family, has always been a handful, says the Woman'? Home Companion in an article coneeridng the Czar's family. About Marie and Anastasia and Tatlaua theie are many pretty little stories of charmins childish ways, but almost every anecdote I beard of Olga was when she had been up to some mischief. One or two of these stories, however, are Interesting aiul show that even the mother side of an empress' life is very much like every mother's life, and especially in the case of the Czarina, who nas ever undertaken so much more iersonal care of her children that most queens and one may even say many mothers .right here in this land. One day, before the outbreak of the war. when Olga was quite a little girl, she was taken for a drive with her nurse along the Nevsky probet, the principal street In St. Petersburg. The little grand duchess simply would not behave, but was continually jumping up and attracting the attention of people along the streets. Suddenly the child dropped back In her seat,' and sat bolt upright as quiet as you please, her hands folded demurely in her lap, After n moment she turned to her nurse ami said: "Did you see that policeman?" The nurse replied she had, but there was nothing extraordinary about a policeman on the street. "Hut this one was writing something," pursued Olga. "I atn afraid he was writing, 'I saw Olga and she was very naughty." When the nurse replied that this was unlikely, Olga reminded her, somewhat reproachfully, that a few days before they had seen a policeman arresting a woman, and when Olga had begged that she be let off, the nurse had replied that the woman deservinl to be arrested, adding that one had to be very naughty Indeed to be taken off by the pol Iceman in that way. The incident evidently made a deep Impression upon the child. As soon as she could, she related the whole affair to the Czar and the Czarina, aud ended by asking her father If he had ever been arretted. The emperor laugbed and said be had never been quite naughty enough lor that, to which Olga exclaimed. "Oh. how very good you must always have been!" The Darbrlom' Kicum. At a wedding breakfast the bachelors were culled upon to give their reasons for remaining single. The following were among the reasons given: I am like a frog in the fable who. though he loved the water, would not Jump into the well because be could not jump out again." "I am too selfish and honest enough to admit it." "I prefer, on the one hand, liberty, refreshing sleep, the opera, midnight suppers, quiet seclusion, dreams, cigars, a bank account and club to. on the other hand, disturbed rest, cold meat, baby linen, soothing sirup, rocking horses, bread pudding and empty pockets." "I have a twin brother, and we have never had a secret from one another. He Is married." The Grandest. "What is the grandest thing In the universe" asks Victor Hugo. "A storm at sea," he answers and continues, "And what is grander than a storm at sea?" "The unclouded heavens on a starry, moonless night." "And what Is grauder than these midnight skies?" "The soul of man" a spectacular climax such as Hugo loved and still, with all its dramatic effects, the picturesque statement of a vast and sublime and mighty truth. That Family Skeleton. Mrs. Whistler Tell me, Mary, why It is that you always cry so when pup sends you to bed in the dark when yoii are naughty? There's no such things as ghosts, and the dark doesn't hurt you, docs it? Little Mary No, mamma, but I'm afralt! of that skeleton Mrs. Jones says we got In our closet Baltimore American. I.orkr Youth. Diggs Lucky fellow, that yor,!ig Green., He went west last spring, you know. Hjp3 DU he do well out there? DIggs i should say so. Why, he was able to get back without writing home for money. l!r I !!. Jack I don't hear your father talking so savagely about the trusts as ha did a -while ago. Kate No, pa Is keeping still since the trust lxmght him out, and paid him $000,000 for his busiuess. Somerville (Mass.) Journal. The Difference. Optimist Don't granule about poverty, old man. Itemember, money sonienes brings misery. Pessimist Yes; but In that case a :in can get rid of his riches, but I can't get rid of my poverty. Crasy. Wigwag I believe there's a tinge of insanity in all religious enthusiasts. Henpecked Yes; take the Mormons, for instance. Any man that wants more than one wife Is plumb crazy. Philadelphia Record. An attempt to establish a municipal brewery In Perl In resulted in a dismal failure. It id plenty of business, but lost rcor.cj.

llnir Holl Will Comb. Naturally it was a New York man who was so impressed by the amazing coiffures he saw about him that be invented the combined hair roll and comb. Realizing the importanceof aionipadour as an ornament, this man constructed a roll on which it can be built securely and on which it will weathroitPAiK)i B co MR. er windy days and uphold the weight of Merry Widow hats. This superstructure consists of a roll of tine wire netting, inside of which are nllixed three combs, curved so that they conform to the curve of the roll. These combs, of course, pass through the hair ami hold both the roll and the jMtmpadour in place. The advantage of the wire roll over the old-fashioned hair "rat" are many and obvious. It is much lighter and cleaner and cooler in summer and it holds the hair up much better than the soft hair "rat." With the old style a woman neer knew but that the pompadour might be mashed as flat as a flounder when she took her hat off. With the wire roll she knows it won't. The Too-Clever Woman, Man unjustly accuses woman of enjoying a monopoly of vanity, when, as a matter of fact, no woman is any more vain than most men, and in some respects mere man is so much more vain than woman that comparison is ridiculous. A good many men spend as much time as any belle over their attire and the manner of ifcj assumption ou state occasions, but the real vanity of man concerns his brains. He likes a clever woman, but the very instant he suspects she is cleverer than he. he takes fright. His vanity is hurt. Inasmuch as awe and love are not given to rambling leafy lanes band in hand, and man in his superiority likes to believe woman dependent upon him mentally as well as for creature needs, the woman who is really clever will never allow her cleverness to obtrude it. -elf too strongly upon men. Wit is a good servant, but a bad master. The girl who acquires a reputation for putling on nirs. or being "smart." is tiever popular :imon men. The too-clever woman is handicapped by her cleverness. It sometimes pays to pamper foolis'i, egotistic man. and use wit e.Itli discretion. Slsninlnc Cloth Coitnmf, Wood brown chiffon broadcloth was used in the construction of a stunning gown pictured In above illustration. The front panel is trimmed on each side from shoulder to foot with brown velvet covered buttons, as are the pointed pieces on each side. The round collar and stock are white lace, the former trimmed with a band and bow of narrow velvet ribbon in a lovely shade of maroon, matching that used for the turban, whose only decoration Is a full white aigrette. A handsome sable pelerine completes the costume. Hat Fralta. Cherries and plums, in all states 5f greenness, ripeness and decay, have again become iopular. They are pretty, and when bunched in tight, round groups are attractive. Many of the black straws employ this garniture. We see s)il fruits, ns well as all flowers, on hats. Poses are worn In all sizes, and garlands of small ones prettily trim si.me of the new hats. Spring hats, however, no matter what the garniture, are hailed with uelight and Idniiration. since they look bright and new and herald the fact that wann sunshine is not far off. AVIiut the Dinner Hour Memia. Dinner, whether at home or abroad, Is distinctly the festive meal c.f the day, occurring at an hour when people nr. rurally exinit relaxation ami enjoyment. And you should make your contribution to the general entertainment by looking and doing your lest in condui t and conversation. If you are attending a somewhat formal dinner, remember that the conversation Is never general on these orsisions, and that you are expected to confine jour attentions to the two persons between whom you are seated. One Womaa'a Scheme. The thrifty wife of an oflicer in our army saw no reason why the big Bheets of linen paier covered with figures and calculations should be thrown away. She begged all she could get, soaked then, and for her reward had enough line linen to make frocks and blouses for the family. The Ink djes not go through the surface finish, and bo a perfect treasure lies undeöheath to be had for a bit of hot water and the asking. To Make Cloth Waterproof. "Take S ounes of sugar of lead. 8 Dunces of powdered alum nd 2 gallons of lukewarm water," says Woman's Home Companion for April. "Mix la a tub and let stand for twenty-four hours. Stir thoroughly when first mixed liid occasionally for the first hour, to

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dissolve the ingredients. Take the garment (overcoat, suit or dress, anvining of woolen or cotton material), brush thoroughly, and let soak for twentyfour hours. Take out, let drip until almost dry (don't wring), hang in the air until dry, then press as usual. Water will fall off as from the proverbial Muck's back.' One can use a suit treated in this way on hunting trips and in a driving rain, and come hoiije dry. It does not destroy or interfvre with the ventilation or injure the fabric in the slightest degree. The quantities as given here cost about 20 cents, and will successfully waterproof an overcoat and suit, or in proportion."

j&cis and fancies in Breuer Foliage colorings abound. Enormous Mack cherries are used on some of the hats. Coats for girls' suits are plain and almost straight. The latest Parisian novelty is the hand-tucked waist Some of the standing collars are hemstitched around the top. P.elts nill match the skirts instead of the waists this season. Most of the new crepe blouses are inset with Irish crochet lace. Pretty little neck bows are made of colored oien work embroidery. The new hats, almost without exception, show exaggerated crowns. Swiss embroidery, whether hand done or machine, gives excellent effects. S me of the colored linens for suits have a pin stripe of white through them. Sleeves are longer and flatter aud they closely follow the liues of the arm. Hair ornaments are large, the newest barrettes leing from two to three inches wide. A charming finish to the waist is the tie known mm the direetoire. made of crochet lace. I):iinty hand-painted lace blouses are being worn with the dressy tailored suits. Tulle is to Ik much worn for sashes ami to veil and tone down an otherwise garish gown. Overdresses of one sort or another are seen everywhere on the more elaborate gowns. Frilled frocks not as frilly as of old, but more Huffily charming have been seen on which little ruffles of lace and gauze trim both skirt and bodice. ome effective cloth gowns, 6lmple enough for walking costumes, yet smart enough for paying calls, are being made in close, but not tight-fitting robes. Women "Wajje Earner. Widows, SOO.OUO of them, aud more, were earning their living in the United States in the year 1'jOO. And married women, likewise, to the number of more than 71)0,000. And divorced Winnen, likewise, to the number of more than IJ0.00O. One million, six hundred thousand of them altogether! These widowed workingwoineu, these married workingwomen. these divorced workIngwotnen, together, were a full third and more of the grand total of 4,800.000 American workingwomen. 1(1 years of age aid over, in the I'r.ited States in the last census year. How many women were there, 2T years of age and over, in the United SUites in P.KX)? There were approximately lOVTOO.ouo. And how many married women workers, widowed women workers, and divorced women workers, were there? There were approximately l.."VM),(!(K). Which is to say that in the total female population of th United States, married and unmarried, working and not working, rich and poor, 20 years of age and over, in the year 11)00. one woman out of every eleven bad pasHl her wedding day and nevertheless was a breadwinner. livery body's. Mfndlne Stocking. The feet of new stockings sometimes shrink so that they are too small fcr the wearer. They may be remodeled in this way: Cut out the heels, open the leg so that from the toe to the end of the owning is the desired length of foot. Make or cut from some other pair the heels and as much of tly foot as is needed to lengthen out the first pair and Insert in the owning, lie sure to cut the heel and portion of the foot deep enough so that the stocking will not 1m too small across the instep. This Is much better than putting in entirely new feet, as there will be no seams near the toes, and the feet usually shrink only in length. Wlmt AWout Short Meevef They seem to be creeping up again, and may possibly reappear unblushingly when the warm days cone, after having been pronounced completely out of fashion. They are certainly convenient for summer wear, and all the active exercises girls engage In out of doors. They also have the further advantage of keeping clean, as long sleeves never can. The long-sleeved blouse has to go to the cleaner twice as often as the short. Hut the latter should be worn with discretion. When arms are thin and red it is just as well to afford them a friendly veil by means of sleeves. A mustard piaster for a young child should be half flour. A couple of soda mints, or a teaspoonful of cooking soda lu water, will often stave off a sick headache. For sudden attacks of rheumatism, pains In the joints, etc., a liniment made of mustard and water will often prove an effective temporary remedy. Don't neglect the value of sunlight, fresh air and a good digestion as l.eauty makers. Live out of doors and

eat sparingly, and the measure of beauty that is yours will be sensibly enhanced. The flat effect on the top of the head, so much in vogue at present, should not 1h adopted by the girl or woman of round, full-faced type. She should be faithful to the iompadour raised well above the forehead, and the hair puffed slightly at the sides, no matter what fashion demands. Cray hair requires more care than brown, blonde or black, in order to bring out the delicate shade. If not carefully washed and not immaculately clean it will be streaky and inclined to show yellowish tones, which are far from pretty and not nearly so becoming and dignified as pure white or gray. The best way to overcome scrawny arms is to practice tensing exercises many times daily. Stretch the arm at right angles to the InxVy, holding themselves very taut; clench the hand and draw up to the shoulder, using as much force as if lifting a heavy weight Repeat until the arm begins to get stiff. Massaging the arms with hot olive oil for fifteen minutes night and morning will also help to make them plump.

Draped 1'oatnnr. This gown Is of empire design, made of dull pink messaline. The yoke and sleeves are of tucked chiffon In a pale pink that Is almost white. The trimming is of gold lace applique. The hat is of pink corded silk, adorned with black, uncurled ostrich feathers. The lorg ermine scarf is finished with heavj goM tassels. Beaut jr Tin. The carriage of the figure Is even more Important than the lines of the figure itself. A beautiful figure poorly carried shows none of its beauty, while a poor figure well carried with grace and dignity gives a distinction which Is in itself beautiful. To acquire" a good carriage it is necessary to study the required pose carefully in the mirror, to then remember to take that pose whenever rising from a chair, and to hold It steadfastly, says Harper's Bazar. It requires a constant watchfulness which makes one self-onscious at first, but in time becomes a habit shoulders back and down, abdomen in, head up and chin In. v In Fashion's Clatchn. Hipless, curveless, long and lanky, Is the girl of nineteen nine; Wouldn't you be cross and cranky With a form just ' like this line ? Foolish virgins change their figures At Dame Fashion's wild caprice; Uncomplaining, bear the rigueura; Dreaming, tho of night's release! Puck. Card va. Conversation. There is no such thing as conversation nowadays, and the woman who tries to entertain people by talking to them is not going to be a successful hostess, says a society woman. "I have put away my books on current events now and have taken out my bridge swre, and now when anyone calls the first thing I remark after saying what nice weather we have been having is : 'Don't you want to play cards?' My visitors brighten visibly and say, 'Sure;' then they go home after 12 o'clock and tell me that they have had a lovely time.' Wash l'p, Not Dona, When washing painted walls or varnished woodwork most people begin at the top and wash down, the water running down over the dirt, causing streaks to appear, which are hard to rub out. You can avoid this by starting at the bottom and washing up. A good cleanser for this purpose Is castile soap, and a half pound to one and a half gallons of water. Poll until dissolved. Women Doctors In Prison. France has found that women physicians in the prisons are very successful, and no doubt they might do much to bring to a proper Trame of mind the poor convicts, who are in many cases only the victims of circumstances and are only to happy to receive the hopeful and encouraging word a woman is usually so able to give. Simple Sagirestlon. Looking to please the women. The tailor new designs Another change in gowncraft He leaves out all the lines. i Now, if he really wanted, . i In mm he could joy brew By the determination ( ä To drop the figures, too. j : iew xoi& sou.

Race BY HAWLEY CHAPTER XXIII. The classic heath is crowded ; ay, overcrowded. The carriages stand four or five deep next the ropes. In a carriage very rlose to the cords are Harold Denison, Maude and Grenville Hose or rather, I should say, were, insomuch as they had arrived there together; but though Denison had for some years eschewed the fieenrward and its fatal seductions, of course there were numerous old friends w hom he had known well in the days that the sky blue and gilver braid waa promi inent at most lursre rar meetinss. He hr.d naturally drawn off to chat over old ames with some of them, and left Maude n charge of. her cousin. The girl was in a state of the greatest xcitement. She had never before seen a race of any kind. It was a bright day; 5ut not warm, except in the July meeting, 't never is on Newmarket Heath. Thanks her father's experience, Maude was aoavily shawled and therefore comfortable. In the last few minutes Rose had ronfided to her what a big stake he stood to win on Coriander, "Though, Mande, -ecollect, I shan't be a penny the worse f he loses." "Oh, Gren, how can you stand Btill? I can hardly, as it is, though it is you who are to win, and not me. "My darling, you are as much interested as I am. I never did bet before; I aever shall again. Can't you guess why I have this time'" "I think so," she replied, as her (ace 3ushed. "It's for me, is it not?" .Yes, Maude; if Coriander wins, I can :laim you from your father at once; if he don't wU, you will wait while I nvork, won't you?" "You know I will. I'm yours whenever rou come for me," whispered the girl ; "and as long as we may write, I shall lever " and she paused. "What?" inquired her cousin. "Don't ask me! well, never be as unaappy as I have been." Grenville pressed the little hand that rested in his, but said nothing; in which be showed great discretion In love-mak-ins, silence is often more effective than :onversation. But the noise of the bursting cork is aushed in Jarvis' the ring is deserted. Flys and horsemen tear across to where the cords, placed in funnel shape, indicate the finest of the Rowley miles. Every one lis anxious to see the result of the 5rst great three-year-old race of the season. Carefully have the horses been scrutinized in the Birdcage and elsewhere, and the scattered ring, .from the foot of the Jockey Club stand and from amidst the carriages, still shriek forth spasmodic affers against outsiders. Grenville has never left his cousin's side. As he has &lready said, the turf waa a great mystery to him. All he knows and this is derived from Dallison is, that Coriander is first favorite, and that Fauxpas and The Saint are each backed for a great deal of money, and that the Lightning Colt is a dtnzerous outsider. "Now, Maude stand np on the seat. Are the glasses right? Try." "Ouitet I can see beautifully. "Very well; now repeat what I have taught you. What are the colors! "Coriander, black and white hoops; Fauxpas, green and white braid; The Saint, cherry and black cap; and and, oh. dear. I fonret that Lightning thing." "Mazarine blue: don't forget again. Do you see those two bushes? As soon as we hear they are off, bring your glasses to bear on those. Wait till you catch the horses in their field, and then follow them til) you don't want glasses. "Yes, Crren; but my hand shakes to. I wish you hadn't told me about all that money if Coriander wins. Uh, dear, wny don't they start? N hat are tney wait ing for?" Ah, me! Faces are a study, the five hefore the flag falls for a great race. The teeth will go through the lip. or the mouth will twitch, and the hand that holds the race glass will shake a little on these occasions when the possessors are involved in lush stakes on tue result. Once ver, and as a rule it would be difficult to tell whether a man had lost much or little. Winners look jubilant, losers bland at the hoisting numbers. To study faces, use your eyes while the horses still cluster at the starting pot. CHAPTER XXIV. Suddenly is seen tumult amongst the distant horsemen, who have gone down some way to witness the start, and almost before Maude can realize that they are all tearing towards her, the fierce shriek of "They're off!" announces that the race for the Two Thousand has begun. She has barely time to get the bushes withia the field of her glasses when half a dozen of the gay silken jackets pass them. Flushed, panting, excited, and utterly unaccustomed to the thing, Maude grinds her little white teeth In her agitation as she find they have passed the point more like the glimpse of a kaleidoscope than anything else; then, for a second, she can't find them again. "Oh, Gren!". she sasps, "which is Coriander? I forg.;t! Was it blue, or black and white hoops? I've lost them. Oh, dear, that green thing will win! Oh, which Is Coriander?" And there was a slight gurgle in Maude's throat. "The Saint wins! No, he don't; he's beat! Fauxpas wins! ; No, the Lightning Colt; Fauxpas" when, sharp and shrill 19 a clarion above the Habel, came Sam 'carman's cry of "Coriander wins for a monkey 1" Coriander wins. Coriander in a walk, and the black and white hoops Slide past the Judge's hair a clever length in front. Grenville draws a big breath. "Is it true?" and he glares anxiously at the telegraph board. From where he Is it is impossible to tell for certain, though he thinks the favorite won. Hurrah! Up goes the mystic 7 that represents Coriander on the cards; and, with a yell, Grenville sends his hat into the air. Even as he does so, he feels that Maude leans wondrous heavy on his shoulder; he turns just in time to hear a low gurgling sound, and catch his cousin In his arms. She hat fainted. He lays her back in the carriage, and sends one of the innumerable lads that infest a race course in hot pursuit of water. Meanwhile he, in his Ignorance and confusion, bathes her temf les with sherry from a big flask. It has he desired effect, as if it were a more scientific, or, at all events, more generally Recognized remedy, and ere the myrmidon eturns with water, Maude has come to ier self with a choking sob or two. "Oh, Gren, I didn't I don't I hhall e well in a minute." And after drinking, irst a little sherry, and then a little water, Maude, with rather pale checks. (egan to wonder how Bbe could have been N foolish. "I got so excited about it Gren : I rouldn't help It You shouldn't have told toe what a lot of money you might win. Besides, I never saw a race before." "Never mind, you are all right now. We'll go Lome as soon as we can catch your father; there's nothing else to see not for us, at least, darling. I've won you now, Maude !" "No," said the girl, with a smile, and a slight pressure of her little hand ; "you did that before. But w here's your hat?" "I don't know," said Grenville, looking ma confused. "I threw it un la the

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Wife SMART air when the horse won and then yoo fainted, and I never thought of It again. Looks awkward, don't it?" "Oh," laughed Maude, "I'm so glad, Why, you were as bad as me. I think we had better go home, Gren ; we are not fit to go racing. We haven't the requi site control of our feelings, and makf shows of ourselves." But though the hat, a little the wors for its aerial excursion, was speedily returne! by some jackal of the heath, Har old Denison was not so easily come at. and tha cousins were perforce doomed to see the day out. Though I doubt whethei they ever saw another race, they bor themselves resignedly, and I fancy passed a tolerably pleasant two hours. A gentle man on a neat hack, after a moment! hesitation, pulled p at their carriage. Lifting his hat to Mande, he nodded cheer ily to Rose, and leaning over, murmured: "No end of congratulation. I'm very well satisfied; but. Gren, you have played for high stakes, and I suppose I may say have won them. Adieu !" And witii another glance and raising of bis hat to Maude, he cantered off. "Who was that?" she inquired. "Dallison, who did all my betting foi me. "And did he know?" "He knew what that 5,000 meant U me. He's right, Maude. I have been playing high slakes, and to think that I 6hould win all. Mr. Denison turned up In the most jubilant spirits. He had had a delightful day, and won a hundred and odd pounds, h told them. "Don't think I am going on with it. Grenville., but as I had come to see 'The Guineas run for once more, I determined to risk my pony on it, and Lacked the horse that had already been such a good friend to me ; and at that waa successful I invested two or three mori ten-pound notes on the strength of my first win, so that my gains mounted up, my selections having provd successful. Within twenty-four hours Grenvill Rose had had a long confabulation with his uncle, and succeeded in convincing him that h wa thanks to the additional 0,000, in a position to nwrry bis cousin at once ; he could make up r w 000 a year, and he was sure business would shortly come to him. Denison demurred a little, but he certainly was under som ol ligation to his nephew about that mortgage. The domestic current, too, ran strong in Grenville's favor; so, after i little, he yielded, saying that "if they thought fit to begin the world on that income, he bad no more to say, furthei than that they could expect but little help from him in' his lifetime. Maude and Grenville rxked little oi that, and in three months' time tbej were married ; and one of the handsomest wedding presents Maude received was, strange enough to say, from Sam Pear man, with a very correct note, to the ef fcc that, "Forgetting all the past, hi trusted Miss Denison would still considei him as a friend and well-wisher." Moreover, so immensely struck ws that gentleman with Grenville's acutenegs In tha prosecution of the heriot claim, that he threw a considerable amount of hit own and friends legal business int Rose's hands; and three or four yean after that memorable Two Thousand yoo seldom saw a horse case in which Grenville was not employed. Briefs, too, fell thick from other sources; the Coriandei story was bruited about, and the attorneys pronounced it smart, clever very, and endorsed their opinions practically. The picture of that distinguished raci horse may be soen in the dining room at Mannersley, and Pearman often contemplates it, and soliloquizes as he does so, "Yes ; you cost me 10,CO0 hard cash, ar.d the prettiest girl in England; but you won the Guineas and the Derby you did." Over Rose's study mantelpiece hangs print of that same celebrity. Deep in hit papers in the evening, sometimes, when work is so plentiful tbat it becomes hard to grapple with, Maud? will glide softly in. and say "Come, Gren; tea is in. Com and drink Coriander's health the deal old horse that gave ns to each other." And he yields to the voice of the charmer, and, to the benefit of his health, enjoys a sturdy little boy of some three years old or so, who, having been once taken by his mother into Court, has determined od being a judge almost immediately. It is a solemn compact between Maud and Mr. Pearman that w'ieii anything happens to Coriander who, having much distinguished himself, hat now' retired into domestic life one of his illustrious feet is to be plared at her disposal. The squire is still muddling on, but, thanks to an occasional look-up from Grenville, and a change of bailiffs, continues to about make both ends meet At for Mrs. Deniuon, with her temperament, cannot you fancy the delight she has in a visit to or from her darling daughter, and with a couple of grandchildren to pet and spoil? (The End.) Learn to Use the Telephone. "Only about one person In every ten knows how to properly use the telephone," said a district manager of one of the local companies. "Yea, sir, I'll stand 'by my guns on that assertion; nnd I think I can prove my point Nino out of every ten persons talk entirely too loud over the telephone. They actually shout and make so much noise that they drown out all semblance of clearness. Then they can't hear, and the first thing you know there Is a complaint about poor concoction and faulty service. The correct way to talk over the telephone Is to talk as you do in ordinary conversation, or even a trifle lower. People can't seem to realize that the telephone will carry a whisper even. No, they must talk loud enough to be heard from 10th and Chestnut streets to Gcrraantown, If those le the connected points. Just try yourself. Try the low, well modulated voice, aud see If you do not get infinitely better service out of your telephone In the future." Couldn't Fool Father. Stern Tarent (as daughter comes upstairs at midnight) What makes that young man stay so late. Pretty Daughter Why. we er got to discussing iiolitlcs, ami didn't notice the flight of time. Stern Parent That story doesn't go, young lady. People who discuss polltics mak't a lot more noise that you two did. ' Perhaps. Mr. Stubb (rending ad.) I see the "Lives of the Hunted" advertised down at the book sale to-day. Mrs. Stubb "Lives of the Hunted?" Gracious, John, I wonder who wrote that book? Mr. Stubb Cfc, some bachelor during leap year, I ?rcnaC Our powers owe much of their er ergy. to our hopes. Johnson, t