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33 CHAPTER V. (Continued.) He laughed shortly. "That's a cheerful light in which to look at it! Don't rou think that yon could manage to be less downcast over the matter? I have felt uch a brut this afternoon." She flushed hotly, and her voice was iharper, as she asked: "Why?" 1 "How could I help It when I knew that was the cause of your being shut up in jour cabin all the afternoon? I pictured you walling and gnashing your teeth, and tould see the same idea reflected in Hudlon's wrathful eye. ' "Ton need not be afraid. I shall not trouble you with any low spirits, now or In the future. 1 It was a strange wooing this, with the barely veiled animosity of the woman, and the cynical coolness of the m&n. I am not afraid of your low spirits," he answered, composedly. I know that JI you onc take up a thing you will carry it through with pluck." This was the second time to-night that she had ben called plucky, and the contrast between inward feelings and outward aspect was strong enough to bring a mirthless smile to her lips. "Ifs a good thing," he went on casually, that we have two or three days more of the voyage in which to settle things. There Is a deal to think over and talk over ahead of us.' "A sort of alphabet of deceit to be mastered," she suggested; but if she had hoped to annoy him she did not succeed. "Something like that," he agreed. Was it a nightmare, che wondered to Btrself this scene where two people were tying themselves mutually for life, with no more signs of feeling than if they had been playing a game. It was a marvelous relief to her when their talk was shortly interrupted, and when she could regain the shelter of her cabin. Like a worn-out child, she crept into her berth, and slept through the long hours of the winter night lulled by the rocking of the wave. It was a strange bewildered awakenIn; the next morning to the realization of a new scheme of existence; but as that scheme crystallized itself before her she found herself facing it with fresh courage. It was, perhaps, her perfect physical health that enabled her to shake off the shadows of the day before. However it was, the change was obvious, and brought a pleased expression from Mr. Stewart when he found her alone at the breakfast table, the captain having departed, and her neighbors being Late. -That's right," he said, cheerfully. "1 can see by your face that you have had a good night's rest, and I feel less of a culprit than I did last evening. Shall we organize our committee of deceit this morning? If you like," she assented, as carelessly as if it had been a request to pass the mustard. "Good morning. . These are nice hours to keep (addressing Charlie Hudson, who had jus! made his appearance) ; and as she turned to him the veil of cold reserve dropped from face and voice. Charlie Hudson considered himself very unhappy this morning. He had. for the last three or four days, been indulging in a sentimental devotion to the woman, a good five years older than himself. Yesterday had revealed to him the fact that he was only chorus in the play a looker-on at some crisis and he had not liked 1 any better than most people would, and was rather sorry for himself La consequence. It was adding Insult to Injury, when Mr. Stewart remarked: "You look as though the chip's champagne hadn't agreed with you." He made a rather snlky retort, and the breakfast proceeded silently. No hopes of a morning on deck," Stewart reported later on. "Our native land is sending forth the welcome of a hopeless drizzle to meet us." "Your native land," she corrected. "Mine can boast of twelve months' sunshine In the year." Why did she, all at once, feel so intensely national so opposed to everything English? she wondered to herself. She started back from that momentary vision to find Stewart watching her intently. All he said, however, was: "As you cannot go on deck, I hive put your rugs In your own corner. We can hold our parliament there." And it was held there, for the others, who had strolled in with social intent, drew back before the signs of an absorbed rrn bit or embboidebt. Lete-a-tete. With true feminine Instinct, Miss Thome had armed herself with a bit of emmroidery that kept eyes and finrers busy. The man glanced at It impatiently nce or twice, but said nothing, as leanbg his elbows on the table, he opened ind glanced down he pages of a notebook. Tve been thinking, he began, .'that I had better write out a careful table of names, dates and places, for you p have by you. It will help to keep Ion from making mistakes.' "now are you counting to supply my rant of local knowledge of the, Northjest?" she asked Ironically. He looked dubious. "It is certainly tather a weak point," he acknowledged. "One among many." "But," he went on, "at any rate, you now thoroughly the general life of the jountry, enough to supply tne differences rhich exist In the Northwest," Her interest in the game was beginning K awaken. That general knowledge rould hardly get me safely through five ninutes conversation with anyone who lad been there." We must avoid such people." "That might not be always possible." "Possible enough at Orkville, where- so tew strangers ever come. You must recember that the difficulties only exist in drs. Herbert's company, and of that we tall endeavor to hare as little as possible. Who, In general society, is going p put you through your paces about lates and places? You are a Canadian; b&t fact is easily accepted, but you are kardly likely to meet three people who rould understand that the difference between Calgarry and Montreal was any greater than the difference between Plymouth and London. And another thing ihat I have been thinking of " be went jn, "that it would only be creating useess difficulties for yourself to attempt to jlay the role of " he hesitated, "of that kabitant woman. I have had no reason, rom their letters, to think that they had Jhe faintest idea of what she really was. I am sure that the letters could not have ieen so cordial if they had. Of course. he intelligence of the hedged-in country lime, only a stage or so less bucolic than the peasant, will have difficulty in grasp ing the fact that a Canadian can be a ho re cultivated woman of the world than herself, but she might as well have difficulty over that as anything else. Your jtVench descent will afford enough exotic jCoaterial to feed her fancy on. Bye-the-bre, should you mind telling me ycrur Christian came?" Miss Thorne started. It was Just what he had been trying to make up her mind to inform him. "My name is Mathilde," she answered, bending an absorbed scrutiny upon her .work.

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of Hearts O O i o !o o o o ig 8 JOHN Leslie Publishing House fore he asked In a gentler tone than usual, "Do you mind it all so very much?" Her silk had knotted, and she pulled at it impatiently. "What does it matter what I mind. If I am determined to go through with it?" she retorted. Then, as he remained silent, she looked op with repentance for her rudeness. "Please don't mind me. I did not mean to be so disagreeable. It's only that I get a bit nervous." lie made a movement as if to lay his hand on htrs, but she drew it back too quickly. 0h, I understand," he answered. "But, if 70U don't mind, I should like to talk about our immediate plans. I think it would be better to let no hint of our intentions get about on board, don't you?" "Most certainly," she agreed with alacrity. "Well, then, may I ask what were your plans on first landing?" How strange it seemed that those carefully thought-out plans of hers should already loom so vague and unreal. She realized that, already, she was cut adrift from her old life. "I had written to some lodgings that I know of at Chelsea. I had meant to stiy there for a week to do some shopping, which Is cheaper done in London, and then go over to Paris, where my friend expects me." "Is she an ardent friend? Will she want to know all about everything?" Mathilde smiled with a vision of the sharp face, and the somewhat grim philosophy of its owner. "She is hardly to be called a friend at all. We were to have joined forces from motives of economy, that is all." "So much the better. Well, suppose you go to your Chelsea lodgings as you planned. I won't communicate with my people, and they don't know when I am due in England. We can be married by special license and spend a few days at a hotel, writing home then, when to et pect us. Do you think that would do?" Mathilde sat listening to these defied plans with much the same sensatous as the general of a threatened army, whn sees himself gradually and inevitably surrounded and outnumbered. Were, what had seemed but a moment beforo. such vague and visionary proj.cU, really so practical and Imminent? Sao all but started up with an impulse to cry out. Oh, I cannot ! It is Impossible !" But a second thought came quickly to check her. What was there on the other hand for her to turn to? Wounded pride and the instinct of getting to shelter to hide her sorrows had supplied a strong enough face to bring her away from home, bul day by day of that winter voyage had been sapping her courage for the solitary struggle ahead, 6o that now, if only from having dropped the plan for a few hours, she f It the impossibility of returning to it. She had no strength to struggle now ; let the current of fate carry her wherever it would. x Stewart was watching her unveiled agitation with a not unkindly smile. "Does it seem very formidable at near sight? Never mind, there is really nothing to be afraid of. I promise you, I won't bother you In any way. You shall be as free as you have ever been." And for all her shrinking, she could not but feel the genuineness in his words. In the next two days there were many sMch talks and discussions between them. Almost to her own surprise, Mathilde found herself growing in some measure accustomed to the project, although, in t fashion keeping up the defensive attitude which she had almost involuntarily assumed in Mr. Stewart's society. CHAPTER VI. It was on one of the last days of this voyage that Captain Kerr, finding Miss Thorne alone, sat down beside her, and said kindly : "I have been wanting to have a talk about landing, to find out if I can be of any use to you." It was a novel and unpleasant sensation, this knowledge that she was no longer free to accept a proffered kindness, and that the long course of dissimulation and prevarication must begin, but she did not hesitate. "You are very good," 6he responded, with real gratitude. "I think you said that you are not going up to town." All the time she was devoutly hoping that he might not be. "No, I am going across country to Yorkshire, where the wife and children are. I'm afraid that I shall not be in town for a week or two, and by then you are likely to be off to Paris, I suppose?" "I thought of crossing in a few days," she answered, in a mechanical fashion. "Then we are not likely to meet again soon," he said, regretfully, while she inwardly rejoiced over the fact. "But," he went on, "I hope you won't think me iutrusive if I say that I fear that yours may be a very lonely life." "I fear that the fact is an evident one," she said, lightly. He looked a trifle chilled by the carelessness of her tone, but went on : "You know that we are not going back to Calgary for at least a year or so, or, perhaps, not until my boys are grown up. We are going to get settled down in Kent very soon, and I wanted to tell you that I am sure my wife would be only too pleased, if at any time you needed a change, you would come and stay with us for a bit. I will give you my club address, which will always find me, and if you will give me yours in Paris, we can write and let you know when we get settled down." A scorching sense of shame swept orer the girl before the trustful kindness of the honest little gentleman. She had counted on having to repel suspicion and distrust, but not on hardening her heart against a frankly outstretched hand. "How kir.d you are !" she said, and, do her best, she could not altogether subdue the tremulousness of her voice. "I only wish that I might look forward to com ing to you. But you know that I am in for two years' hard work In Paris before going back to Canada to start my ladies studio. If I am to succeed I must stick to work, and not be running backwards and forwards. That would play too much havoc with my cash. I have a certain number of friends about in England, but I shan't let them know of my where abouts. They are most of them well-off, and I couldn't afford the proper clothes and things for going among them. When one is poor, it is best to drop out of the running at once." Captain Kerr did not accept the Implied refusal. "You need not be afraid of needing smart clothes for us. We shall have very modest little quarters. It might some time happen that you wanted rest and country quiet, and a little friendly cod dling, and my wife is a great hand at that. At any rate, you will give me your 1 Paris address, won't you?" "Most willingly," she answered. While talking, her quick wit had seen the risk of giving him her real or a fabri cated address, and she bethought hersei? of a Paris pension, where, although they knew her name, it would be most unlikely that they would take any trouble to find out where to forward a letter This she rf him with friendly smile

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Half an hour later, Stewart, resolutely pacing the wet decks in a chill driszle, saw Miss Thome's mackintoshed form emerge from the companionway and come towards him. This was the first time that she had seemed in any way to seek his society, and he instinctively felt that there was something new in the wind before he heard her say: "I must speak to you." "Well, there is certainly ample room for any conversation," he answered, with a glance around the deck, deserted 6ave by the oilskin-clad figures of the watch. "But I think you would find it more salubrious if you were to come for a constitutional. Take my arm." There was enough motion on t make walking a bit difficult, but she answered shortly : "Thanks ; I prefer walking walking alone." "As you please," he agreed, with his usual imperturbability; then wheeling, so as to pace the deck befcide her, "Ytf don't mind my pipe? Thanks! Well, now tell me what is the latest excitement. Under his coolness the Impulsiveness of her manner was gone. (To be continued.)

TO FACE A CHILDLESS WORLD. Woeful Fhophecy Itased on Statistic Made br College Professor. As though wc Lad not already enough worriinent, dodging automobiles and taking orders from the cook, we are now told that a hundred and fifty years hence there will be no more children. Viewed from either pole of the situation, this Is indeed a woeful prophecy. If you are a lover of children. It makes your Mood run cold to realize that they are so soon to be added to the schedule of extinct animals, along with the dodo and the saber-toothed tiger ; while if you belong to the opposite class, it is equally distressing to know that this pruuised millennium Is so far remote that you will not be here to enjoy the day when Angora cats and bull pups shall hold undisputed place as household pets. However, 'tis useless to bewail tho oracle of statistics. A learned college professor has computed the rate at which human births are declining, say Clifford Howard in Lipplncott's, and when he announces that they will conj to an end during the next century and a half we have no alternative but to accept his dictum. It Is not a guess; it is a mathematical certainty. To bo sure, he might have kept this dismal prediction to himself, but 'tis one of the moral dutle3 of a statistician to temper tte present Joys of lfe wlto melancholy auguries. The horrors of the future are calculated with tho same precision as eclipses of the moon. Every twelfth marriage nsults In a divorce ; and yours may be the twtSf th. Once a week, with clock-like regularity, some one is murdered In New York, and every ten hours somebody Is attacked, every forty-eight minutes a building catches fire, every seven minutes there is a funeral, and every three minutes somebody Is arrested; so that If you can remain in New York for a month without getting rhto trouble you are to be congratulated. But even in your own village home you are not out of danger: : Every two minutes somebody in the United States Is killed by tuberculosis; and if that falls to daunt you, then you must know that every minute of the day four and a' half persons are tagged by the undertaker; and If you are not one of the four you may be the half. No prophet who conjures with statistics has ever yet predicted anything pleasant 'Tis Just as well, perhaps, that this Is so; for, as Father Gregory once remarked, "Peradventuro this world here is made troublesome unto us, lest we be delighted by tho way and forget whither we are going." At all events, we may cot plan ahead for a picnic without remembering that the day 13 coming when there will be no water on earth, and our yuletide levity Is checked by tho knowledge that a hundred years from now there will be no more Christmas trees; also, no more coal. Indeed, whichever way we turn, the future Is black with calamity. There will be no more lumber, no more fuel, no more teeth, and now, latest on the list, uo more children. And if our descendants manage to survive these subtractions it will be irerely to look forward to the time when a slowly cooling sun will put the Iceman and all his cousins out of business. A Mt-nn Landlord. Mrs. Upton (to lady caller) I do think we've got the meanest, most penurious and grasping old Shylock of a landlord that ever lived. Caller Why do you remain here, then? Why not try some other place if you don't like the landlord? Mrs. Uptom That's Just it! He's that mean he won't let us get fat enough behind with the rent so it is not really any object to us to move. FIck-Me-Up. An Exception. "No matter what kind of business you are engaged in you don't want any croakers around you," remarked the optimist ' "There are exceptions, my friend," laughed the tall stranger. "Now, the more croakers I have In my business the more I make." "That's queer. What is j-ur business, anyway?" "Why, I run a frog farm." Would Dore Them. Blnk Our ancestors showed their spunk by throwing the black and green teas overboard. Wink H'm! I guess if they were living now they would throw the pink teas overboard. Blocked III Game. Olive Did he steal a kiss from you? Ella He tried to, but Olive Well? Ella A fair exchange Is no robbery, you know. So Wonder. Bess Yes, their marriage was a failure. Nell I wonder why? Bess He handed all the assets and she all the liabilities. I hear. One Heqaeat. Medium Is there any question you would like to ask your first wife? Sitter Yes; I would like to ask her to give my second wife her recipe for inlnce-nieat Answers. A Cave. Cholly The dentist told me I had a large cavity that- needed filling. Ethel Did he recommend any special course of study? London Public Opinion. Stellar Research. Student of Astronomy I have discovered a new star, professor. Professor What's she playing In,

my boy T Harvard Lampoon.

Wiailom and Innocence. Some women have singularly airy Ideas about banking accounts. There are even mature dames who do not know how to write a check. This failure to comprehend business is essentially old fashioned. The typical man of old prided himself on not allowing his wife any knowledge of affairs, so that, when he died she was confronted with a sea of complications which she did not know how to navigate, or else two unfortunate trustees were tacked on to the helpless ship in the guise of pilots and told to steer it into the port of safety. Yet the situation, if absurd, was illogical, for you can not reasonably insist on your wife and daughter having at once the Innocence of the dove and the wisdom of a serpent. Women should be allowed some knowledge of family business, or they should not be blamed when things go wrong. The big crin hats, turned up at the side and trimmed with feathers, promise to be the ultra-smart millinery style for the summer, both in the black and the pure white. Ideal summer hats are made of linen or Shantung silk to match the gowns with which they will be worn. The favorite shapes are those which have fairly high crowns and wide, shady brims, lined underneath with some contrasting tint and draped with a soft silk scarf, patterned with Paisley colorings. More of what are known as "made hats" are being worn this season than for several years past These are not confined to the dressy type, but round hats of the street and tailor made variety are fashioned of straw braid, sewed on a wire frame. While they are much heavier than the woven straws worn at present, they are more apt to keep their shape. The round crowned, drooping brimmed mushroom hat of the babies' grewn to more imposing size Is one of the most popular shapes for the girls from 6 to 10 and varies In width and angle of brim and in trimming. Many of the play hats in thU shape have only a ribbon band and Buttering ends for trimming, but others are more elaborately trimmed. Health and Deantr Hints.. Deep breathing has much to do with having a good figure. If the chest is flat and contracted, as must be If the lungs are not filled, a woman cannot make a good appearance. The temperature of a heated bedroom on a hot summer night can be cooled if sheets are wrung out of water and hung between two windows. The evaporation will cause the temperature to fall several degrees. Headache caused by fatigue or eyeStrain can often be quickly cured If a wet cloth is lightly sprinkled with spirits of menthol and bound around the head. Lie down in a dark room and Inhale the fumes. It brings re lief almost Instantly. To make cucumber cold cream take juice of pressed cucumbers, one-half pint; deodorized alcohol, one and one half ounces; sweet almond oil, three and onehalf ounces; shaping i? ! am. one dram, and blanched almonds, one and three-quarter drams. jscented milk for the skin is recommended by those who study beauty scientifically. The milk must be boiled and then a few drops of violet water added. The fluid must be rupbed into face, neck and arms thoroughly and permitted to drj. Then th rubbing must be renewed. To gtea.ni the face with hot milk makes It jsoft and white as an Infant's. I Learned How to Pack Trank "I have the man who came for my trunk to thank for one thing," said a woman; "hereafter I think closing my trunk will have less terror for me. You Sc3, I always seem to have it so crowded that it requires the combined weight of several members of the household to close that cover. Well, the other day, when it was time to tke my trunk to the station, there we were, three of us, trying to get that trunk closed and locked. Finally, In sheer despair, I looked at the man who was, patiently waiting and in a most appealing way', invited him to sit down upon that trunk to see if he could close it. Did he do as I suggested? No something better. He calmly lifted up the top of the trunk, took out the top tray and fitted it in the top of the cover: presto, that cover with the top tray inside, went down as nicely as could be. I am not trying to explain why it did, but I know that it did. And, like a missionary, I am passing the idea along." Complexion Soap. One of the best cleansers for the skin and excellent for pimples and blackheads is green soap. This has been long recognized as a healing igency and is less well known than it should be. Occasionally women complain that the soap makes them worse, rhe reason Is that they uso It too vigrously. Delicate, sensitive skin should aever have grern soap put on It full strength. It should be diluted with hot water and not usrfl every day. Experiment until the reap lather does not make the skin feel drawn. A tablet has lately been placed in St. Helen's, Bishopgate, England, in memory of an old nurse, thirty-nine years in the service of the Wigram household. A savings-bank account, with an opening deposit of 1 mark, is presented by the municipality to every baby In Schoeneberg, the aristocratic suborb of Berlin. Mrs. Frank II. Snow, widow of the late chancellor of Kansas State Unltrsity, has been granted a pension of

SS75 annually during her life from the Carnegie foundation. Unusual are some of the French cheviots which show the Homan stripe effect. Miss Paulina Roach, 18 years old, of Carthage, Mo., who graduated from the high school there, has a record of having never been absent or tardy during a school attendance of twelve years. Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding Is president of the Woman's League of Justice in San Francisco, with 2,000 members, and she says women are to take an active part in the political campaign in that State.

Ilyglenlo Dress. On the subject of hygienic attire for women, there has always been a great deal of honest nonsense talked and much misspent trouble taken for the reason that a great number of people have the type of mind that irresistibly associates the ugly with the healthy and the nauseous with the wholesome. Just as they think medicine cannot be efficacious unless it is thick and black and nasty, so they think worm a cannot breathe and prosper unless they look like a bale of hay with the middle hoop cut; and in pursuance of this conviction they refuse many of the alleviations of life, among which sugar-coated pills and well-made corsets should take high rank. When looking at the pcrtralts of the Spanish school of which Velasquez Is master, one i3 constantly struck by the way the women seem to be confined in some barbaric instrument of torture, so flat are their chests and so narrow and tiny the uncomfortablelooking drawn-down waist. Surely no material less rigid than wood could be trusted to produce this invariable effect In women of all ages and degree. Now turn from these women of medieval days to a modern picturegallery, and observe the freedom, the individuality, the graceful ease which, for the most part, the woman of today permits herself, and is permitted to contrast her with the woman of the by modern sanctions. Indeed, it is not necessary to contrast her with the woman of the middle ages. She is so much more comfortable and sensible in her dress than was her grandmother or even her mother. So much has been done of late years to improve the corset that Its reproach as a menace to health has, in fact, been wiped out. The best corsets no longer interfere with the breathing apparatus and many modern corsets leave the diaphragm free and support and restrain as they should. With their help and provided that skirts are not too heavy and dragging from the hips, women are often better off with corsets than without them. Youth's Companion. The Worth of a Woman. Whatever the wage of the world may be At the close of the toiling day. For a task too slight for the world to . see. As It measures men's work for pay. He is rich in the tribute of rarer lands That reckon world's wage above In the touch of a woman who understands In the thought of a woman's love. Charlotte Louise Rudyard. Hinte Information. "Rings should be chosen with discretion," says a woman who has made a study of the subject. "Few women, for instance, can wear a large solitaire diamond ring, which requires as a background the whitest of dimpled hands. The antique, old Venetian and marquise rings look best on thin hands with bony fingers, the sunken places below the enlarged knuckles requiring to be filled out with rings of a showy type." RgUTJHEThe next time baby screams with colic instead of dosing it with soothing syrups or old nurse remedies, such as catnip tea and other decoctions to which our grandmothers pinned their faith, try what hot water sipped from a spoon or taken through a bottle will do to relieve the pain. The water should be fresh and boiled, but not boiling. Care must be taken that it is not hot enough to burn the delicate tongue and gums. This will usually give relief and can be repeated irequently with no danger to tae child. For drainer and holder of nursing bottles tack a stick of round wood the size qf a lead pensil, about eight inches long, with four Inches protruding In a perpendicular position above the top of the wainscoting above the sink; then when bottle Is washed turn upside down over the stick and leave to drain until ready for use again. If no wood above the sink tack a piece of wood five Inches long, two Inches wide and two Inches thick on the wall and the round stick on thaj. Value of a Good Walk. A woman who walks well Is a more helpful member of society because she has better health says the Delineator. She is alert and alive, and finis all the world interesting. Then, tea, the

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woman who has learned to walk gracefully finds a reaction on her nervous system. A new calmness and self-control show in her manner and face, and even more in her voice, for those delicate muscles which we call the vocal chords vibrate in harmony with the movement of the indivdual. And, free from self-consciousness, the graceful woman expresses her best self, for her every motion suggests dignity, kindness, reserve power, sympathy, and that most charming of all womanly attributes, graciousness.

Unoinal lint Good Style. Ultra, but good looking, is thi3 gown of white voile, embroidered in red and blue cotton in design aa shown in model. Voile covered buttons are profusely used, and the sleeves and blouse are of silk batiste and lace. Only Woman Voter. The "Widow Taft." an ancestress of the President, was the only woman in Massachusetts allowed to vote in colonial days. Are Women Frail t Fashion may be ruining women's figures, as Sculptor Calnes says, but when in the history of civilization could any woman walk off with thirty pounds on her head and not even consider it exercise? St. Louis Post-Dispatch. fads and fimcter Morning robes and teagowns are appearing without sleeves, except as they are made of contrasting material. Foulards are made in such attractive designs this season that they can be used effectively in detached pieces. Girdles will emphasize many gowns. The underarm seams are high and give smartness to the close-fitting sleeve. Net is not used so much now as sheer batiste, finest tucked organdie and thin lawn, combined with fine Cluny or Irish lace. A few years ago the little girl was dressed with numerous ruffles and so full were the skirts that a child dressed with all of the numerous ruffles looked for all the world like a fancy ruffled pen wiper. The dresses to-day are much stralghter and the ruffles are not so full. A pretty bordered foulard seen recently had a coarse-ribbed surface with a pattern of small groups of tiny dots on an ivory ground and a straight border of black on white, with touches of heron blue rhododendron purple, jade green and brownish purple, the effect being like that of a broad band of embroidery. What Galnf A big, strong man is much afraid Of a shrinking, timid little maid; While the Dreadnought type of girl will fail Nine times In ten to make his quail. What gain do damsels hope to score By being Dreadnoughts more and more? Puck. llnnilan Mouse Coming? It Is rumored that long coats may have their popularity challenged in the near future by the Russian blouse, for signs are not lacking that this old favorite is again to be brought forward. Examples of it have already been seen in broderie Anglalse lace and embroidered crepe de chine. PreliK Ilovrn Seams. After stitching down a seam press with a hot iron, and if no seam board is at hand it is useful to know that a rolling pin, wrapped in a clean cloth will answer the purpose equally aa well. Good Washing; Fluid. For to make a good washing fluid, mix one box of lye, one and one-hall gallons water, 1 ounce liquid ammonia, one tablespooful of salts of tartar. To Court Sleep. When once in bed lie flat on the back with arms outstretched stralghl down at either side. Then inhale anc exhale long, deep breaths. Falling Hair. If you have dark hair and It seems to be coming out, cut off a slice ol lemon and rub it in your scalp; i! will stop that trouble promptly. Belnf? Introduced. A woman should rise only when another woman is introduced to her, bul never when a man is being presented.

I REVIEW OF INDIANA'

Ora Cox, employed in the cement plant at Stroh, fell from the upper floor of the building and only an intervening scantling prevented him from landing in a vat of boiling cement. His Injuries are severe, but not fatal. ' John Ellis, prominent Muncle man, had a premonition a few days ago that he would die very shortly though then in good health and set about arranging his business affairs. Later he was stricken by paralysis and Is In a dying condition. A large shipment of fish, the fifth to be made in the last three years, will arrive in Shelbyvllle during the week, and S. H. Morris will distribute them in Flatrock river, near Flatrock cave. The fish come from the United States hatcheries at Northfield, Wis., and are of the black bass variety. While starting a fire with kerosene, Mrs. Edward Day, of Boonville, was seriously injured by an explosion. The blazing oil set fire to the house and Mrs. Day's clothing. While saving his wife and children, some of whom w'ere badly burned, Day had his arms blistered. The house and contents burned to the ground. On hfs arrival at his home in Lafayette from the Philippine Islands, where he has been stationed as an army surgeon for feur years. Dr. Lewis R. Thompson found a communication from the government authorities offering him a promotion to the rank of captaincy with an increase of $500 a year in salary. Dr. Thompson now ranks as first lieutenant The funeral of the 3-weeks-old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Bruner took place last week from their home near Lawrenceburg. They were burled in one coffin in the- Rivervlew cemetery. The babies when born weighed Z pounds each, and died at the same time. The mother, who has Just reached her sixteenth year, is in a critical condition and her recovery is doubtful. The father is 20 years of age and i3 an employe of the Aurora Brick Company. A year from now Cass County farmers will not break their necks gazing at the tall buildings when they go to Indianapolis or Chicago, because Logansport is going to have a skyscraper. It Is to be ten stories high and probably will be the highest building in the State outside of Indianapolis. A corporation is now being formed to construct the building, and It will be located at Fourth and North streets, directly opposite the courthouse. Building operations will be started early in the spring. Celia Wade, little daughter of Floyd E. Wade, a well-known farmer near Oakland City, was attacked by . an eagle while digging potatoes in the garden near her home. The child was suddenly swooped down on her. The little girl was brave and fought with all her strength. The eagle was driven away several times by the child, but would renew its attack when she attempted to leave the garden. Mrs. Wade finally heard her calls for help and succeeded in driving the eagle away. The child's clothing was torn by the eagle's talons, but she was not injured. That hornets and horses will no mix was shown at a picnic held at Mineral Springs, Bartholomew County, when Charles Dinkins, a farmer, hitched his horse to a tree and prepared to enjoy the picnic. In a little while the horse became frightened, broke loose and ran away. The animal made a dash for the dry bed of a stroam, which runs near the picnic grounds, and was bumping the vehicle over boulders when it jammed on some rocks. Just under the buggy was a hornet's nest. The horse struggled to pull the buggy on, but could not budge it nor could the animal break away. The hornet came out to investigate and took their spite out on the horse. Several men, who had followed the runaway horse, came to the rescue and they were liberally stung when they released the buggy. Patents have been Issued to Indiana inventors as follows: R. Cook, Indianapolis, marking device; H. A. DuIinski, Muncie, coupling; E. R. Dye, Monticello, heater; O. Grimwood, Owensville, loader and unloader attachment; D. J. Hauss, Aurora, electric magnet; C. F. Hyatt and E. W. Messmer, Indianapolis, horseshoe; B. J. Knapp, Evans ville, nose glasses; W. F. Schacht, Goshen, rubber elastic force cup; J. K. Sharpe and C. N. Leonard, Indianapolis, motor vehicle; J. C. F. Sprankle, Fort Wayne, fire escape apparatus; J. M. Stafford, Petersburg, focusing light producer; B. H. Stewart and J. C. Henickel, Staunten, combined rotary harrow roller and cutter; T. Thornburg, Hammond, waterback for furnaces; E. E. Towle, Richmond, corn planter; II. "B. Turner, Linton, stepladder; C. O. Wiley, Delphi, post-molding machine. Carl Smiley, aged 20 years, of Washington, died of a wound inflicted by a playmate nine years ago, when the latter pointed a rifle at his head and did not know it was loaded. Vetal Bouchie, who observed his ninety-ninth birthday last February, and who is the oldest man in Vincennes, enjoyed an autoniobile ride a few days ago. He was a cuest of Major William Penn Gould. The aged man expressed himself delighted with automobiling. Mrs. Nancy Toon, aged 103 years, of Unton, and who is probably the oldest person in Southern Indiana, fell, and broke her leg above the ankle. The attending physician says her recovery Is doubtful, owing to her advanced age. Near the home of Thomas Knight, north of Owensvllle, two quail, a male and a female, are sitting on separate nests of eggs and the probability is that both birds will hatch a family of little ones. The nests are located about fifty feet apart. The quail do not fly away when any one approaches. Oliver Clendennlng, living near Bengal, has a valuable horse whose tail was torn off by a thrashing machine outfit owned by Herman Atwood. The animal, In switching his tail, got it caught In the cylinder pulley, pulling it out by the roots. Wilson Carter, of Jonesboro, has a hen which is making a record. The industrious biddy was hatched in the spring of last year, began producing eggs last November and has continued since then without missing a day, having laid 270 eggs during the time, &nd showing no signs of discontinuing.

James Walker caught a forty-seven-pound catfish in White river, a few miles below Columbus. Three hours after William Eddington, of Genoa, 111., bought a restaurant in Logansport it burned up, including in the damage all of Eddlngton's personal property and endangering adjoining property -jrorth $100,000. When tho new proprietjr for the first time lit the gasoline stove there was an explosion. While rendering the play "A Wasted Life" In the County Hall at Mitchell the leading man in the Shaler Mack Company was accidentally stabbed between the shoulders. It was at first thought he would be off the stage for the evening, but he went through with the play. It Is not thought the Injury will prove serious. The bulletin of the State Board of

Health fcr June shows a death rate of 11.1, against 12.2 for June, 1908. The total number of deaths In June was 2,507. The death rate in the cities was 13.8, which was a 'slight Increase over June of last year. Evansville, with a rate of 19.1, had the high record for deaths during June. The M. P. church at Morristown is being remodeled, and while workmen were digging- a trench they struck some deer horns. They were several feet from tip to tip and were In a good state of preservation. They had probably been in the ground 6ixty years. The church is fifty-four years old, and they were there before it was built Mrs. Johanna Loer, a pioneer of New Castle, has the distinction of having lived to witness and patricipate in the golden wedding anniversary of her daughter. Mrs. Loer is past 90 years of age. She has spent nearly all of her life in New Castle and vicinity. The daughter in whose golden anniversary celebration she participated Is Mrs. Harvey Davis. A curiosity In the form of a chain of crawling caterpillars was seen at the home of James Conns near Milton. The caterpillars were, in procession and so close together that they teemed like a solid line. Their formation resembled the double head of a snake and had the curves of a serpent to the length of two feet. Mrs. Conns discovered the caterpillars and called her husband who separated them with a stick. David Coble, aged 94 years, one of Wabash's oldest pioneers, was killed by a street car. The aged man sat down on the track to wait for a car and fell asleep. Five minutes later the car approached. The motorman did not see the man because of a curve until within a few feet. Coble did not hear the gong, and the car struck him. cutting off one leg and an arm. He died while being taken home. Despite his years Coble was an active man and spent some time every year hunting small game. There is a pig on the farm of Thomas Knight, north of Owensvllle, that walks on its front feet It never pretends to walk like an ordinary pig, although it has four feet. The hind feet, however, are deformed and the chances are that the animal will never be able to use them. When the pig desires to be present with other barn yard companions at feding time. It simply lifts its hind feet clear off the ground and starts out walking on ita front feet with perfect ease. Naturally the pig is a great favorite with the Knight family. n Cases of animals adopting other than -their natural offspring are often reported, but a case far out of the ordinary is that of a mare taking a calf and raising it as her own. In the pasture land of John Camplin, near North Salem, is a mare and her colt and a spring calf. The calf, not satisfied with the lacteal fluid supplied by the farmer, gets an extra portion by robbing the colt of its just share. The mare at first resisted the calf by kicking It, but later became reconciled, as the nervy calf became more insistent The mare, colt and calf are now living in the pasture on the best of terms. Mrs. Elizabeth Lux, who lives near Shelbyvllle, holds a record which la not equaled, probably, by any one In Indiana, About fifteen years ago her husband, John Lux, died. He owned a farm of almost 300 acres, but which had a mortgage of $7.000 on it He also left ten children to be cared for. But this did not discourage Mrs. Lux. She took charge of the management of the farm until the mortgage was canceled. This was before any of 'her children had reached the age of 21 years. When the first one attained his majority bhe presented him with $1,000. She continued to do this until the last one, Edward, became of age. He has just received $1,000. Two years ago last Christmas she presented each of her children with $600. She recently sold her large farm to her son, George, for $19,675, George paying cash for it While playing Indian around a bonfire with several companions, Loren a Kuntz, aged 9 years, of Evansville, fell into the fire and was so badly burned about the face and hands that she will die. - A sunflower is growing on the top of Masonic Hall at Milton. The stalk is six feet high and In full bloom. It Is supposed that sparrows carried tire seeds and dropped them on the top of the building, and that enough dust accumulated to nourish the growth. Owing to the fact that the farmers and their wives are busily engaged In harvesting, the butter supply In Decatur has been exhausted, and the citizens are clamoring for butter. Farmers' wives are making only enough for their own use. William, the 4-year-old son of Nathaniel Squibb, Junior member of the W. P. Squibb Distilling Company, of Lawrenceburg, was operated on for appendicitis and Is recovering. A small pearl button that had been accidentally swallowed by the child, was found In the appendix. It has been over five weeks since there has been a prisoner in the County Jail at Greenfield and the antlsaloon people suggest this fact as one of the results of a "dry" town. . The Lead of 3-year-old Harold Ladig, son of ittr. and Mrs. Roy Ladig, of New Haven, Allen County, was crushed under an Ice cream freezer in front of his home. His death was Instantaneous. The father is a driver for the Hartzell ice cream factory and while he was stopping at his home the boy crawled on the wagon, causing the horse to run away.