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WOMAN AND HOME.

STOP IN LIFE'S HURRY AND THINK ABOUT THE "LAST TIME."

Boys Should Learn to End are Pain—Caere of tho Female Pleura GtrU for Hon*®work—Woman'* Influence—Food for I»bot*—DooMihold Hints, Item*, Etc.

Did yoa over stop, in the midst of life's tumultuous hurry and flurry, and think to yourself about the "last time" that is on its way to you and to mef There will be a last timo for tho careless good-by thrown to wife and children as yoa hurry totbo morning train. There will bo a last timo when yonr step will board the car and your form will mingle with tho crowd of those who go about business when the day is new. There will bo a last timo to speak a kind word instead of cross one, to givo a smile for a frown. There will bo a last timo to mingle in the city's busy stream of life, to mount your office stairs and sit at your desk. There will bo a last time to seize the chance of honesty and of uprightness. There will be a last timo to lunch, a last time to read the daily papers, a last time to watch the sun go down. There will be a last time to spend a happy evening at home, and bestow your company, speech and manners upon tho members of your own family circle. There will be a last time to soy "good night," to torn oat ths lamps and woo the fickle goddess of slumber. There will bo a last midnight and a last new dawning of a last day on earth.

Knowing all this to bo so true, how shall we set about to keep the vigil of what may be tho last hour we have to spend? Take the children first. If an nngel from heaven came suddenly down and whispered in your ear, "The last day has come. You have but twelve more hours to live!" how, think you, would you set about to improve that time? Would

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Tho»""" who forguts a friend in timo of need will make a no-account sort of angel if ever he manages to slip into hoavon. He isn't worth his keep cither hero or yonder. And finally, littlo children," you would say, "remember and let love hold its beautiful sway in your hearts and homes forever. Never be ashamed to show the demonstrations of love, for lovo is God and where it dwells is tho tcmplo of Ood, whether it bo roofed in by thntch or canopiod with royal splendor. No homo can bo utterly unhappy whero love is no heart can go far astray held by love's bands no soul can perish upborne by the wing# of pr.ro and steadfast love." So saying, you would bid tho wondering littlo ones good-by and walk with covered faco into tho Shadow of Death's soft and dusky wing. —"Amber* lu Chicago Journal

Uojr» Should be Toughened. Prince Albert's father was of opinion that one of the most important things in education is to teach children to boar pain with composure. lie never inflicted pain upon his •oils, but if they suffered from toothache, or any other bodily inconvenience, ho would not allow them to complain or cry out. They were expected to seek the proper remedy, but, in tho meantime, bear it in silence that is, without inflicting pain upon others.

Prince Albert followed thts system in bringing up his own children, and bis son, the Prinee of Wales, acted upon it also. A guest at Sandringham was much surprised when one of the Prince of Wales' children fell upon an oaken floor with great violence, to see him get up, rub himself a little, and limp away without assistance or sympathy from any ene, though both the child's parents were present

The guest was informed that this was the rule of tho bouse, tho idea being to accustom the children to endure pain and inconvenience, of which princes and princesses have an ample share. There is, in truth, no profassfon in Europe more arduous and exacting than that of prince.

But we all have to bear an immense amount of pain. Wo all have to do many things that we do not want to do, and to abstain from doing many things wo very much want to da This is the human lot, and there is no possibility of avoiding it No people suffer so much ssthoso who rebel of'~st law of our being, and no people«xT so leas those who cheerfully accept it

The hardening ayi* a can bocsrrM too far, but surely it is* SRttial part*' ruinlag to acquire the power to endure inevitzblo pains with some rose"loa aad dignity.

We heard tho ot—r day Of a family of seron pernios, no two of whom could take the name kind of drink at breakfast. One had to have coffee one ouct have (pceu tea another would be wratcbed withos* black tea another fcaowno joy la Ufo tt she bad her ehoeoizte another —lised x*a rws too uzth acid oaly drink milk, and the tvveuth water. These people had cultivated and indulged their prvftre uaUl they thoo^it their special beverage eanUal to the prcJoagatioa of t^rUm

IT. jr mothers Vloasly nourish ten j, and eoftm daxiiagt by b«s imtomnfeof sympathy open overrbru smd hi- ik T-^jmrn- •. ,.*tet jabr _*j_ jad to git Ike they hi by pie-

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hours, the dress, the personal appearance of the little ones you would soon have to leavef Would you stop to train them how to dance, bow to hold their hands in walking, how to pose or posture! Would you stop to think of masters to teach thom to play, to paint, or to charm tho shallow world with any gift of alluring grace! Would you care whether their dross was stylishly ait and made, or their garments freshly latin dried and daintily trimmed I Would you givo a second thought to any gift this world has in its power to bestow, whether of wealth or beauty or social honor! 1 think not. Facing that last time to bo together, I think your mind would turn to sweeter, purer things, and you would say something to this effect "Tho time has come, my little ones, when I must go and leave you. You will be olono in tho world to-morrow, so far as mother love goes, and I pray you heed my 4ast words. Be puro in all things despise companionships and evil conversation 'and evil books. Keep your heart like a spotless flower, bowover you keep your outward garb. Carry back your soul to God undeflled as tho Juno evening carries upon its bosom tho morning's rose. "Be true always. You may bo poor and havo to win your bread, but keep your lips from speaking untruths and your heart from brooding deceit. Honest speech may not win you many friends, but such as it does win for you will bo worth the keeping. Remember, In friendship as in precious stones, it is not the quantity but the quality which tells. "Keep your heart kind. Bo tender to everything that God lets live. The child that will needlessly torture a fly will makea cruel jfgpinan or woman. You may not havo gold to give, but God has given yoa a purse to draw from, the alms of which, dispensed among the children of earth, turn sorrow into sunshine and tears into smiles. Thoughtful words and deeds of helpfulness aro better than dollars in our pockets to make the world run smooth. "Be loyal to priuciplcs, friends and God.

tending to loathe the food that is good for them. "Dont give that poppy any meat," says the dog doctor. "But he wont eat anything else," replies the boy. "Then," rejoins the healer of dogs, "leave his meal with him till be does eat it*

As it is with dogs, so it is with boys. Foolish fancies depart from boys when they are so happy as to have a keen appetite, and the boy who knows that n6 one will pick him up and kiss him will get up himself and rub his own bead if it is braised.—Youth's Companion. ..

To Secure a Good Figure.

If yoa want the grand, sloping shoplders of the Venus, which make the waist small in proportion, you can find no exercise equal to pumping water, and if you have a force pmttfi. about the house reserve the use of it for yourself. Begin with ten minutes' work, the wet towel pinned tightly round the hips, corset off and a Mother Hubbard gown on, which is the best modem version of the Greek robe possible. Wet the head well, for the exercise will pump the blood well over the body, beating the temples and spine roll up your sleeves, sponge and wipe the arms dry, and go to work moderately at first In ten minutes or less quit, sponge off the muscles that quiver and burn, drop into an easy seat and rest ten or fifteen minutes, then pull again, resting and working for an hour. Keep this up a month and you wont know your shoulders and arms for the same. Walker in his well known work on artistis beauty says the absence of fine arms in wo* metr is due to long sleeves and want of exercise. Pumping, sweeping, spinning, throwing stones at a mark and playing quoits are all better than tennis or rowing to secure finely modeled arms and busts.

Tho way to get the most benefit from work is to time one's self and see how much can be done in a quarter hour, a half hour and so on till the sweat flows, that great restorer of the complexion and refiner of the figure. It carries off the grossness of the body and though it is a proverb in outspoken districts that such a one is "too proud to sweat," and I have heard ladies of middle station in society aver that they never perspired, as if it were a sign of gentility. They never failed to pay the penalty in thick sallowness of face and adipose. The moderate, easy going woman grows fat The active, quick footed one keeps down her flesh and shows as trim a waist and ankle at 45 as she bad at 20. That fatal thickening at the back of the neck, by which men profess to know women past 40, is an unnecessary consequence. The woman who uses tho shoulders freely and rapidly will show as flat and fine an outline of the back at 80 as my beautiful Italian "Beading Girl," and there is hardly a pleasanter sight after the roses and lily figure of 10 than one of these trim, nice, wholesomo ladies of 60, with a waist as fine as that of her own granddaughter. A woman who is too fine to work is too fine to be fair, and she will be stout—the one fatal defect in a woman of any age.

To secure the round alenderness, which is far enough removed from vulgar plumpness, care must be given to the nutrition of the skin. The hot soap and water bath should bo taken and the skin dried iu a warm room by brisk rubbing with a towel. Friction with the hand should follow, and when the skin glows to redness it is to be anoint* from head to foot with plenty of or almond olL These are chosen as nearly identical with the composit human fat and quickly assimilated. rubbed with oil the person should sit over tcy,. hot air register or in a sun lighted window until the oil is absorbed. The skin will take in this way ten times tho nutriment the stomach is able to manage, and the result, in very emaciated bodies, Is a marked softness, translucency, and gain in flesh. The rays of the sun. falling directly on the skin, havo tho most potent effect, increasing its activity for the exchange of worn out particles and deposit of new ones.—Shirley Dare's Letter.

Girls for Doing Housework. Tho people of New England not many years ago were "wiser in their generation." They designated the famnio who was employed to do housework as tbo "help," though sho discharged the same duties as the "hired girl" in a western village or the "domestic servant" in nny of our largo cities. "Help" sounds much better than "hired girl" or any kind of "servant" It implies an associate and suggests some sort of equality. The inference is that a helper is somewhat inferior to the person sho assists, but a reasonable explanation of this is afforded by the circumstance of youth and inexperienoo, conditions that are very flattering to a young woman. The word "help" or "helper" does not suggest positive inferiority, but intimates that tho person to whom tbo term is applied is fairly capable, trustworthy and is lu tho way of advancement A bad word or phrase of ten does a good deal of mischief. When this is tho case it is best to allow it to become obsolete. Many a good woman has lost her "help" by referring to her as her •ervant Most persons are servants one way or another, but no one likes to be called so.

The question of how obtain and keep reliable, efficient and capable girls for doing housework, like the poor, is always with us. Tho demand for such girls constantly increases. The supply in city or country is never equal to tho demand. In turn. American, English, Irish, German and Scandinavian girls have shown a disinclination to engage in domestic serrioe partly on account of the unfortunate name. No intelligence office is needed for supplying "salesladies," dress makers, milliners, stenographers or typewriter*. It is seldom necessary to advertise for any of them. They do their own advertising and mako personal application for positions.—Chicago Times.

Food for an laflmt.

In regard to the quantity of food snitable for an Infant there a great many very erroneous notions wh^li should bo corrected. Tho stomach of a child under 4 months old will bold, in its natural condition, only about a small wiflwulossfuL Of course by stretcb—for it is wry elastio—-it cau bo made to several times that quantity, but when r~ distended, it presses upoo the other organs, hes them out erf place aad causes pain. When this fact is known, tho folly of allowing the child to feed from a bottle containing half a pint or mare ef food will at once appear evident When the stomach is distended von ••'ag Is of*—: nmrm ef relict. In disl ion. wi .'Saperf'.. =s food Is not thrown off, tbo baby is Crenel c^d cries with to. Xtisov^ the s* -*ch which L\^amUy «.,,:es .to. en oddotn recognise tho fact bowver, and, as a role,

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low soft voice and refined thoughts of an educated and delicate woman. Isnt the moonlight brighter, the night air purer, the world better worth living in when we leave the presence of a good woman than when the swinging door of a saloon closes behind us and a burst of fetid atmosphere follows us into the street! No man ever yet reformed unless under some such influence, and 1 dont believe any man ever felt such influences without a sense of his own unworthiness and a momentary resolution to cut his low acquaintances and habits. 1 am not saying that he did it

There's nothing so weak in the world as a man's resolution to reform. But you can always tell when a man has been spending an evening with a charming, refined woman. You sometimes, you know, meet a man coming down the street about 11 o'clock. He is walking with a firm tread, his head up in the air. He may be humming something he is proud of himself he has a dignity about him that you can see in the dark. He nas been there and be cant help showing it You area very common, poor object to him. He despises you for hasnt he been virtuous! Yea. It does him good, and years after the odor that came from her dainty pocket handkerchief may strike him in far different society and recall the resolution be made under the delightful forgotten next day. —San Francisco Chronicle "Undertones."

Hygiene Car the Baby.

The better hygiene you can observe for ths first eighteen months of baby's life, the bet* ter chance the child has of living. A slight ailment, such as a oold, a little irritation of the bowels from solid food may be the match to gunpowder, and another life is chilled in the budding, another home is made sorrowful that else would have been happy. It is a fallacious idea that a young child needs anything but milk, if that agrees, until the teeth are present in numbers sufficient for masticating food. Even soft foods often work mischief. Starchy foods need ptyaline for their digestion this is a chemical ingredient of the saliva, but infants have very little saliva and less ptyaline, therefore the custom of giving potatoes, crackers and so on, during the early months is pernicious. While it may not harm nine out of ten, the tenth one may die.—Amelia A. Whitefield in Good Housekeeping.

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Treatment for

No cosmetic, however well a« moves freckles. It may tempcu them, but it will be at the expense tare of the skin. A lotion of Jamaica and lemon juioe is frequently effective,* strawberry juice applied at bedtime is edly the best, both for freckles and those annoying moth or liver patches. Strain the berries through a thin cloth and apply two or three times before going to bed. lids is excellent for sunburn or redness of the skin, as well as for discoloration.—Lucy C. Iillic.

Trathfkilitess of Children.

It is in youth that the spirit of truthfulness may best be Cultivated. Few realise' how strong are the impressions mado upon the heart of childhood by the examples which are given to it Let no one imagine that to teach a child not to tell a lie is sufficient to make him really truthful. He must bo imbued with the lovo of positive truth and that can be infused only by those who are themselves insnired by it—Once a Week.

People whose lungs are not strong need not necessarily get out of breath in climbing a slope or a pair of stairs. Before beginning the ascent take a deep breath, at a certain distance pause and take another. I am assured if this is done correctly, no one need arrive at tho end of the climb panting and gasping.

If you aro afraid that your yeast cakes are a little stale, put one of them in a cup of warm water with a good pinch of hope let this stand for an hour or so before using it will have an excellent effect on tbo yeast And will insure good bread.

Apieco of heavy flannel doubled two or four thick and placed in the bottom of wire hanging basket* before tho dirt is pst in-will kcop tbo water from dripping if care is used in sprinkling the plants. Wild moss is also excellent ....

If you have occasion to use cloH«sw4tin hot water about an invalid, do not try to wring them out of the water. The best way to prepare them is to steam them they can be hsndlod with comparative ease.

To remove paint from windows, take strong bicarbonate of soda and dissolve it in hot water. Wash tbo glass, and in twenty minutes or half an boar rub thoroughly with a dry doth.

Sprinkle salt immediately over aiiy i^ot where somwthtng has boiled over on the stove, aad the pJaoe may he more easily cleaned. This also counteracts tho bod odor.

To remove mfldew, rub tbo spots well with soft eoap, then cover with a mixture ot soap aad powderad chalk and lay upon tbo gram

To remove tar from tho hands, n:b with the outside of fresh orange or haaa peel and wipe dry immediately.

Green bltads that have faded nay be made to look like new by oiling over with a brushing of linseed oQ.

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The modern ideal home is just as much an intellectual and emotional work as an essay or a poem. A book is a collection of thoughts. Such also is a dwelling house, and the woman who has in some degree fashioned it is as much an intellectual creator as is the masculine toiler whom we call an essayist or poet or dramatist While, therefore, the now home of our age is the result of the great and free woman, it is also the cause and has made woman the possessor of an intellectual power which sbo could tot claim in the cabin and tent period. The house has helped to create the new womani,— Good Housekeeping. yi*

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Aikd we respect and a*'..we take off our hats -onhipa BtSlweUke to Unhand of apoor andfamooant giriand tisttntotfce m* he had aping hal col1*—Harper's

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FASHIONS IN DRESS THAT HAVE FOUND FAVOR

A Japanese Tea Gown Which la Pletamqoe in Effects and Unlike Any Other House Kobe* That Have as Yet

Been Introduced. A decided novelty is illustrated in the annexed cut It has been introduced into the world of fashion by the name "Japanese tea gown," fer reasons that are obvious.

JAPANESE TEA GOWN.,

This gown is, in point of fact, a loose princess robe in flowered brocade, enriched with gold' embroidery and facings of either silk or China crape in the lighter shade of the brocade. This corresponds with ibe fringed scarf in twill silk and the kilted undershirt Large gold pin ty the hair. The sleeves are very wide at the cuffs, and are caught together iu the center tbev are lined with plain silk.

New Styles In Hair Dressing. The newest style is to draw all the hair up to the top of the head, secure it there, divide it into strands, and arrange it all up the back, in the figure of eight, commencing low down and working upwards. It is somewhat difficult to arrange it for one's self, and the addition of a little hair that does not grow on the head is sometimes necessary. A fashion has crept in, bat it is not one to be encouraged, and has not found many followers, of cropping tho hair alxjvo tho poll for three inches or so, frizzing or curling it, and turning all the rest up to the top of the head. A many girls are turning their fringes sometimes over a cushion, uid coils of hair so as to keep the 'Xv^jjjtion to its being secured of turning the md,

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Pleasing Fancies for InHaats. Studs in sets of three, and fastened together by alight gold chain—never entirely out of foshion—are, says Eisie Bee in The Jewelers' Circular, being employed again for fastening infants' dress waists later on these same buttons are used for small boys' blouse waists. Many of these studs are plain gold ones, others are chased, while others still are set with small turquoises or tiny pearls. All aorta of pleasing fancies are expressed in tbo safety pins provided for fastening down the baby's bib. These pins, as a rule, run in sice about like the old cuff pin some are plain bars of gold, many are enameled, while not a few are set with small turquoises. Oold and amber beads are also being worn to some extent by babies.

Numbered with articles suitable as gifts at christening parties are puff boxes of repousse silver, porringer seta of silver or gold, the name cup and the sets of flat ware in silver, including knife, fork, spoon and napkin ring. Then there are rattles of ivory with silver bells, anf all silver rattles with ivory ringa.

A Picturesque Toilette*

•The very pleasing toilette illustrated in the cut here given is of French origin, and ie known as the park toilette. It is especially designed for young ladies and is essentially a summer costume.

The model from which the picture was' made is in Gobelin blue, nun's veiling, finished with coat facings and waist bands brown velvet The sash is of shot pongee silk. The cream colored etamine front is honeycombed at the neck. The hat is an open straw trimmed with lace andsnrrounded with a drooping THE PABK TOIMTTB. laoe frilling. Other garniture consists of a tuft of daisies and an aigrette bow with lace pleating and ribbon placed ia front of the crown.

Hats Worn bjr Children.

Cinnamon colored fine straw bats are fashionable for both children and adults, trimmed with white ribbon. The large flap brimmad Leghorn bats are also weU worn, trimmed with white ribb aad a long ostrich phone, or with white kam and green leaves. Even the Zulu bat is much a la mode that hat whose checkered career has been without parallel ever since it arrived from China and Japan in thousands off trading shipe—and worn by persons of the poorest c: t, then sprang into fashion tat garden wear, bounded into notoriety in the shape of work receptacles, pin cushions, and ot fancy busier novelties and, Anally, attamtrt the height of its advancement by adorning the bead of beasty at the moet aril'-

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A New IYoeess for Decorating Screens, Dados, Plaqaes, Frames, etc. A new art process for the decoration of surfaces has been introduced which is calculated to attract interest, says Decorator and Furnisher. It consists in the drying and lnctaliaed treatment of leaves and plants*, which are so prepared as to be fixed on grounds of various kinds and applied to fire screens, dados, plaques, picture frames and other suitable articles.

The leaves and stalks of plants, having been dried by artificial beat ere artistically arranged and fastened in place they are next covered with a coating of gum arable, a camel's hair brush being used for the purpose, and this coating is followed by the application of any ot the metallic colors imported with the vehicle provided by manufacturers for their use.

Taking, for instance, a panel, the plants and leaves are arranged on it according to a set design. Leaves and branches will be found sufficiently supple for arrangement in any position. Some of the leaves may^ompletely stand out from the ground, othen be only lightly attached, and have their edges brought forward. The attachment is made with glue. The leaves and stems may be colored according to nature, or given a uni form tint

Household Pests.

In response to offers of prices, housewives from every section of the country have been communicating to Good Housekeeping, a household magacine, their remedies for various household pests. The remedies suggested by these correspondents for the buffalo bug are few in number and include naptba, aqua ammonia and the East Indian insect powder. One correspondent affirms that tho man has not been born who cdn promise or show a sure death to the buffalo carpet bugs. Naptha is the most common remedy.

To any renders who want to experiment with aqua ammonia, which a housewife assures will kill all the pests on the lists, except flies, it is advised to obtain a quart of aqua ammonia and a large oiler, and fill any broken place in the plastering and every crack, not forgetting the floor. It is claimed that this will not discolor paint, hurt varnish or fade carpets. For Buffalo bugs saturate the infested places. The fumes, it is said, will kill

Judging by the number of remedies suggested for bedbugs, it would appear that these insects bead the list of household pests. The remedies include Persian insect powder, alum water, corrosive sublimate, quicksilver, with white of egg kerosene, saltwater, borax, fumigation with sulphur and oil of sassafras. An Alabama correspondent advisee the use of the oil from the red sassafras, to be applied with a feather or brush to the crevices and woodwork of the bedsteads infested.

Advocates of alum water advise that the alum be dissolved in water, one pound to two scout quarts of water apply with a brush, boiling hot to all the jointa and crevices of bedstead, floor and mop boards. The quicksilver and egg are mixed together thoroughly with an old steel knife, one ounce of quicksilver to the white of one egg this mixture is daubed on wherever the bugs are likely to appear.

A Pennsylvania correspondent who advocates the most common of remedies—L e., corrosive sublimate—after making two or three applications of the sublimate finishes up with, an application of quicksilver and wniteof egg.

A Handsome Window Arrangement Very attractive effects may be obtained by skillful treatment of the window upon a stair landing, for which the handsome arrangement shown in the cut may be taken as an example.

HANDSOME WINDOW ABRUTOKlCKirr. The window hero represented is in stained glass hung with flowered silk looped with heavy cord ornaments and tassels. A box and tray of repousse brass filled with choice plants and ferns is placed against the dado of Japanese leather paper, which enhances the effect of flower and foliage. A pretty variation of this design could be arranged by the use of some of the various imitations or substitutes for stained glass, with cretonnes of good coloring for hangings, while a wooden box and tray in rustic work will appropriately replace the more costly brass.

French Fashions and floral Designs, Tho return to French fashions in house furnishing has revived floral designs for carpets, cretonnes and other upholstery and curtain materials. New carpets show graceful, irregular designs of flowers in pale tints, on very light grounds, of which ecru and cream are most popular. Cretonnee and gland chintzes represent popular fabrics for upholstery and curtains in country houses, and are equally appropriate in any room from parlor to chamber.

Brilliant Window Decoration. Painted designs may be executed on paper or linen in aniline colors that will appear semi-transparent against the light, even with several layers placed on tocb other, if the paper or linen is first dipped in camphor and allowed to dry. Decorator and Furnisher suggests ornamental forms thus colored and cut oat cs brilliant adornment for windows.

Ono Thing and Another.

Cut fr-i lemons in thin titan and divide these in.u four parts. A good garnish tor —to^a and made dishes.

Fine table cloths and napkins should not sot 1 iised ssto become much soiled. Vlgi is will then be needed to cleai i.jcm, and this wean them out

Pour hot water into the kitchen •rfnlr ev jay id two or three tit a week potato:-'- hr of washing soda -/ear the drain pi there will be no bad odors.

Tr.,. ty drop carbolic acid evaporated from a hot sbovet will go Car to banish flies from a room, while a bit of camphor gam, the sise of a walnut, held over a 1*' till it is oamwimsd, will do the same for tow festive mosquito.

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PAWNBROKERS' CLERKS..

NOT SO UNSYMPATHETIC ANI^ HEARTLESS AS THEY ,SEEM.

One of Them Tells of His Experiences. People Who Are in Need of Money. Patron* Who Do Not Caro to Be

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There are two sides to a pawnbroker's counter. On one side there is always to be found a well dressed man with an air of perfect coolness about him andi a tone in his voieo that the experienced know. If that voice snrs "$3," there is no use arguing with him to make it $3.50. To the other side of the counter there come all kinds, classes and conditions of men, women and children. The only bund of union that touches these people is that they are human and all need money. Tho miseries of those who go at certain stated times to this counter are well known. There aro to be found the well-to-do temporarily embarrassed, tho once affluent reduced! to poverty by some bad turn of the wheel of fortune, tho wild individual who is always "broke," tho poor who go regularly to pledge oomo littlo article until the weekly pay comes in, and the impecunious young man wbo has squandered his week's earnings in a night and must live somehow until the next pay day.

All of these people ore well known, but the man on tho other side of the counter is a stranger to everybody. If bis own brothercomes in to raise a little money on some valuable, the face of the man behind the counter never changes, and his answers would be just as brief and emphatic and that tone in his voice would sound just as unchangeable as though he had never seen tho person be-. fore. This man behind the counter is a charactor. At no other occupation are the pe*. culiar requirements here seen needed so much. Behind his counter he is like no other mortal! alive. He is dead to sympathy, oblivious to pity and cannot be insulted.

GENIAL AND OEXTLE.

The other day a reporter met one of these seemingly hoartless men away from his. counter and ho appeared to be ono of themost genial and gentle of men. His brevity and stoicism he bad either left behind in the. cash draper or had put a ticket on and stored until his return, and ho willingly consented to tell a very few of the things he sees and explain his position on the otherside of tho counter. "A clerk in a pawnbroker's shop," ho Raid,. "is always thought to be hard hearted, fond of taunting tho poor with whom ho deals, and is frequently accused of refusing to givo a fair amount on some article of value butt, such is really not the case. Why, bless your heart! because wo handlo money and makoloans peoplo seem to think we loan it out becauso we don't know what to do with it. This is a mistake. Wo aro only working for our employer and are often strapped ourselves. I know what it is to go to somo rival, pawnshop and raise money

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it is no fun. They Fay that wo are hard hearted, but such is not tho case. I often get blue at seeing so much misery about me, and when somo young fellow comes in with theh Bigns of dissipation nbout him and offers torn a loan a watch which, by tho inscription, iffc a gift from his mother, I would, if I dared, try to help him, but 1 cannot 1 have seen littlo girls with wan and pinched faces bring in tho last household god that she might gets something to oat If I dared I would give her more money than the article was worth. "Thero is another caller, and that is the temporarily embarrassed man who has it in bis power to soon arrange matters and redoom his pledges. I do not waste any sympathy or sleepless nights on him. I could rorpriso you if I gave the names of some of our customers. The people we see most of are the sporting men who have mado some unlucky venture and hove to raise what they call a stake for tho next day. They always redeem promptly, but wo havo thom sometimes as often as twice a week. I have in my ten years' experienco behind tho counter loaned money to lawyers, preachers, actors and merchants. I havo seen society men and* broken down inebriates stand in adjoining boxes.

SOME QVZKR XXPXR1KKCE8.

"We have some queer experiences at times* and aro placed in situations that require allt of our coolness. About a month ago a fashionably dressed young woman came in to. pay tho interest duo that day on a diamond ring which sho had pawned ft year before. I calculated tho interest and she was about, to hand me tho money when a well knowm lawyer—quite a society man, too, by tho way—camo ia to examine somo goods before be* bought the ticket I saw tho young lady turn palo and knew something had gone wrong. The lawyer raised his hat politely, and did notc nccal his astonishment when he said, 'Why, Miss what are you doinghero? Can 1 do anything for your Wbexu he called tho young lady's name I knew it at, once, and so would you, and I saw that I had. to get tbo girl out of a scrapo somehow, so It just called her familiarly by her name, whicht I had hoard the lawyer use for tho first time, for people rorely'give their real names when, they pledge articles, and asked her to step, into tho private office and I would show her the good* sbo had asked about. She was clover and took up my cue at once, and said: 'I thought of buying a diamond ring. It is« such a lovely thing, and so cheap.' Ourcombined stroke of diplomacy saved her. I showed her her own ring. Sbo looked at it, admired it, and said she would call' tho next, day and get it I put it to one sido and toonext day sbo camo and paid tbo interest ••Thero is not a day passes but I see some* peoplo meet in tbo shop who would havegiven almost anything if they could have prevented it Yc«, we have some very funny things offered. I remember once that a cowboy brought In a scalp—a relic, bo called it— but wc declined tbo loan. It has got so nowtthat almost everybody carries some articiss of value in case he runs short,"

During the laxt few years tbo number oil pawnbroking establishments has greatly increased in number, and it is a paj business. The rates of interest are sir enormous. It is very rarely that anything like a» decent value is given for an article pledged.. It seems to bo au unwritten law that onefourth of the actual valoo of any pledgeis all that any one will offer, and in, cases where tho pledge is not redeemed thepawnbrokers sell the articlo for its value and obtain a bondstnte return.—New York. World.

Ko Laoch Between Meals.

A prominent physician and surgeon oncesaid to me of his three children who were then well grown youths, aad the picture of health: "Wo never allowed our children to lunch between meals, and they are all good eaters we never a!!' wed them teaand coffee, and *u~r are all fcwod s^^xn*" Ail those same-' ildren have since, uluated from colk%• -t and are holding high positions today in the profTorJd, robust and of Teellenthafa t! -b inheriting a frail .•nstitotion from a mother wbo died young,—Good Bwiitliffplin

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