Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 25, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 November 1894 — Page 3

WOMAN AND HOME.-,'

[4 PRETTY CHINA CLOSET MADE THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.

Hlderly Women—-A Few Fact* About 8a[(p^rah Grand- Georgia Cayvan at a Cook. The Beautiful Women of Provence—Bag

For Shoos—What of Woman's Future?

Ae china hns now developed into an art 'the cliint* closet has become a part of the furnishing of the dining room. At each I ysorncr, in well appointed houses, these quniut cupboards have a wonderful, ploturosquo effect and add muoh to the decorations of this room. Of wood, the ourly birch or ash with brass furnishings is considered by artistic people to be the best. ^JIn one house where some artists livo the .lower shelves of these cupboards, which are closed by a wooden door, have a quaint motto in brass, which adds to their clever lornamentation. And the glass part of •/these good, useful and delightful docorative bits extend almost to the broad frieze of the wall paper.

Of china the Copenhagen ware is the most expensive. It is a wonderful blue, /•which is of a slate color effect. The brown

Doulton pitcher, with its queer lettering, its designs of odd figures and its flowery wreaths in tones of creams, is great for the pretty china closet. Thocliocolato pot, which is of every design and shape, can be purchased for from $5 to the low price of $1.50, and yet every one is a model of the china maker's skill. As a good background for this decorative affair two or three good fish or dessert plates will show off admirably well if placed securely by a fair sized tack against the back of the shelf. In these dainty closets the cracker jar and cheese plate should be always on hand.

At a supper given in an artistic dining room not long ago the china closet was a symphony in blue. The nankeen china being the scheme, every piece from the glass front presented to the eye a series of Chinese pictures, with thoir pagoda effects and peculiar forms so distinct with these people.

If the china closet is a low one, on its top there should be a stunning vase, either in Mexican or South American pottery, or a fine piece of Japanese rockwood will do excellent duty. These colors of terra cotta or browns are admirably suited for a high place and are in accord with all the china within the shelves.

Many of these closets have silk curtains fastened by ends to a brass rod. Of the new silks the variety is endless. There are delicate greens of a cashmere pattern, which, for tiiis purpose, is a poem in silk. Then there are lace effects, one stripe of it in apple green, with an alternative stripe in lace, the crinkled, variegated material being the most gorgeous, but any simple drapery will do if the curtain design is wanted.

To secure a fine decorative bit—all tones in china for a closet should be complementary—use pink very sparingly, red but seldom. Delicate tints in which gilt has a good share are the proper caper for that pretty china closet. .Cut glass always is a fine scheme in small pieces, which, if rightly placed, will add every timo to this cupboard and enhance Its brilliancy.—New York Recorder.

Elderly Women.

An Englishman said the other day that in America tho elderly woman has disappeared, and this superficial observer as crlbed her elimination to tho fashions Not only, ho declared, does the mother dress liko the daughter, but tho grandmother is gowned liko tho mother. Thero Is no doubt that thoold distinctions which used to exist between the dross of the woman of 30 and the woman of 60 or more have largely been abolished. But this is a result and not a cause. Tho fact is that at no ago arc American women any longer act aside as having outgrown tho period of usefulness*.

Women of all sorts nowaday* have wider interests than had their grandmothers or even their mothers also they understand tho laws of health, of hygiene and of rational dressing much b®tf«r. Thus the mind is constantly reawakened, while the body Is preserved and constantly ft? animated. One of the potent factors In the disappearance of tho elderly woman hail been tho woman's club. Hero she finds herself in touch with tho vital inter est* of the day and supplements her early knowledge with the latest current Information. Through It she has become a not able influence in polities, and by moans of It organize* her activities into various useful and diverting channels. What wonder, then, that she continue* to bo bright, cheery and omnipresent?

In social gatherings and festivities worn en of all ages congenially mingle. Tho up to dat« girl is invited out to dinner with her elders by many years. Each appeals to tho opposite sex with a charm of her own, and general society is greatly the gainer. The placid old lady by tho fireside, in snowy cap and sober garb, is not to be forgotten, bat who shall say that tho cultivated and wide awake woman who has so largely taken ber place Is not equally well suited to tbo times we live in?—Now York Press.

A Vtew Facta About Sarah 3 rand. Here area few factSiflitobui Sarah Grand which her worshiper* may resent, but Which an impartial Interviewer vouches for as true: •'She looks like a spinster of perhaps 40, with whom happiness has played will o'-the-wisp tricks, Tho note of pessimism in her books is reflected in the drooping muscles and weary expression of her face. "She lives in a pretty flat in Wynnestay gardens, Kensington, and her admirers have to climb six long flights of stairs to reach their star. She has chosen this eyrie to escape the noise of the streets and lives, here with her two stepsons, whose name is MoFall, and who also write and draw clev

er ly for the Illustrated papers. The elder Mr. McFall is her man of affairs, negotiating the sale of her books, for, as she says, 'It is impossible for me to ntt&nd to my busiuess and try to write.' It is enough for tho artist to attend to her work. ''Her flat is a light, airy apartment, and on tho doorplato is her name, Mrs. 0. R. MoFall,' but above it in larger letters is 'Mine. Sarah Grand,' by whloh title she insists on being called. No one seems to know why she is oallod madame instead of Mrs., but it la the custom, and she is usually addressed by tho full name, whloh is deoidedly awkward in conversation. The entrance hall of her apartment is hung with souvenirs. from Africa, trophies brought home by her stepsons, and resombling Mexican weapons, hats and baskets. The drawing and dining rooms look more like an American house than an English and are' furnished in a light style, with framed drawings and etohings on the light oolored walls, with summer draperies and oushions about tho rooms."

Georgia Cayvan as a Cook.

Among the most select gatherings given by professional women are Georgia Cayvan's tell parties, to which very few men of tho stage are invited, but any quantity of jollity is enjoyed by the representatives of art, literature and thoir kindred professions who attend these delightful at homes. When supper is being served, all tho male guests are transformed into flunkies by tho jolly hostess, who insists that their proper sphere for the timo being is to wait on tho feminine part of tho assembly, instead of regular paid waiters.

To the initiated it is tho excess of drollery to hear Miss Cayvan call solemnly to some tall, distinguished man, "James, bo more attentive, please. Mrs. Haroourt's plate needs replenishing," to which admonition he, with equal earnestness, slaps a clean napkin over his arm and makes a frantic dash at the negleeted lady. Oftentimes some scapegrace of an old friend, while in tho capacity of waiter, ogles his fair hostess from his vantage ground on the opposite side of tho dining room, whereupon Alice Fisher remarks in feigned astonishment that it seems to her that Miss Cayvan employs very peculiar servants. ''Yes, they do act strangely at times, I admit," aud then says severely, "John, you may leave when your month is up."

One of the favorite dishes cooked on Miss Cayvan's trusted and tried chafing dish,* and which her supper guests declare the best thing they ever ate, is crab toast, which can be made with crab meat picked fresh from the shells of tho canned article. With a teaspoonful of buttor, chopped celery, pinch of floui, cream, salt, pepper and a dash of good sherry they say thero isn't any better eating anywhere.—New York Letter. _____

The Beautiful Women of Provence. But there is one thing in Aries that yon will need no guides of any' kind to show you. 1 mean tho beauty of its women, who are still naive or wise enough to wear the little Arlesian cap and voluminous fichu. Of course they have always been famous for loveliness all over the world, yet nothing in other parts of the world will have helped you to imagine them. The type is peculiar to Provence, much more delicato than Italian types, the very dark eyes and hair contrasting with the whitest of skins, a spirited and yet an extremely poetic type, and so refined, so aristocratic, that its charm is not lost in old age. Nevertheless not the type itself, but' the frequenoy of its perfect presentation, is the most surprising, the most delightful fact.

Hero an ugly woman, a commonplace looking girl, is the exception. Where five or six are gathered together threie .St least will be beauties, and the others will be comely. Surely if these people are as Greek as they liko to think the sculptors of ancient Greece needed their imaginations less than we are accustomed to think. Scores of times I cried to myself, This one is the most beautiful of all." But best of all I now remember a girl who, with the true Arlesian face, bad unbelievable riches of red hair. She was more beautiful than, in our unequal world, any woman has any right to be. It was bearable to look at her only because one felt that very likely every man and woman in Aries, including her splendid self, thought tho redness of her hair distressingly unfortunate.—Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer in Contury.

Bag For Shoes.

This bag for shoes can be mado of cretonne of a light ground strewn with a bright floral design. Plain linen or figured sateen is also appropriate for the purpose.

Tho scalloped edges are buttonhole stitched with embroidery cotton, and the two sec tions, or pockets, are of sufficient amplitude to comfortably bold two or throo pairs of slippers or shoes. A bow of ribbon completes tho top of tho bag.

What of Woman's Future?

Several scientists have recently written artioles to prove that within a oontury women will b« tailor, heavier and stronger than men, and that the position toward women that men have occupied in the past wHl bo almost reversed. Tho developments of the last half century do to a oortain ex tent point in tho direction of this theory. It is not so many jeers since th« sight of a woman walking iWi# man shorter than herself attracted attention so much that both the short man and the tall woman were relnctant to appear In public Now tho sight is so common that on any fashionable thoroughfare many, if not hall the women are taller than the men.

The modern girl has none of the ball habits of the modern man. She does not, drink cocktails, smoke Incessant cigarettes, play poker until all hours of the night and engage in tho modern forms of dissipation. She Is too closely watched for that The system of advanced chaperonags

holds her, as It does tho Frenoh girl, in a close, watchful grip, which does not relax until after matrimony. But on the man no suoh restraints are thrown. Ho is loose to look aftor himself at an ago when girls have not put up their hair and beon fitted with their first dooolleto gown.

It is true that this proooss has Its offoot on young married women in the sudden freedom from restraint and tho entire change of life which it brings to them, but by that timo their physical habits are formed, and they havo their growth.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

"fjj^Patron Saint of the Three K's. "My dear one moy not be the loveliest woman in the world, but she certainly has the most beautiful arms." So wrote the present German emporor to his mother when he was in tho first bliBS of courting his "brier rose," as ho called Augusta Victoria of Sleswlok-HolSteln, whom he afterward mado his wife. Tho kaiser wos only 80 years of age when ho woood and won his wife, with scant regard for the wlshos of his grandfather.

She is a woman, according to Mr. Arthur Warren, the author of the sketoh in tho "Woman at Home," from whom those quotations aro made, who entirely fulfills the kaiser's idoal of what a woman should be. William II has no patienoo with tho now woman or any of tho emancipated of hor sox. Ho has declared more thon onco that ho'prefers a wife who can make jam to one who can discuss a constitution. The empress fills that bill exaotly. She can make jam and oares nothing whatovor about political constitutions.

Anothor saying of the emperor's is that ho could wish nothing bettor for tho welfare of his nation than that the, girls of Germany should follow the examplg of the empress and devote thoir lives, as she does, to tho dultivation of the three K's— Kircho, Kinder and Kuohe.

Woman's Influence.

.' Bishop Vinnont says woman's influence is enormous, und "if she use it wisely she needs no additional power." A growing number of tho wisest and most successful mothers think otherwise). Mrs. Zqrelda G. Wallace, for instance, points ou^ that a mother must always boat a disadvantage in training her children so long as she has no voice in determining tho environment which shall surround her home. She says: "Tho mother tries to teach her boy that he must be pure and temperate and honorable. That boy goes out from his mother, and tho first thing he moots with neutralizes and gives the lie to all his mother's teachings. He says to himself, 'Why, mother says so and so,' but he finds men in high places violating all those teachings, and he begins to con^udo that his mother does not know mtyjh about it. From that minute that boy discounts his mother's judgment, and though She mu9t still have a hold on his affections she does not have a hold upon him in Sny other way. Thero is whero you wrong) us, gentlemen, and oripplo us in training men who will make the statesmen of this na

Eyebrows and Lashes.

Never cut or trim the eyebrowfe. Their beauty inciudes delicacy'—delicacy in curve, width and texture. Trimming them destroys this by causing them to grow coarso, stiff and ''wild." To get the well defined, narrow arch many beauties pinch the eyebrows after anointing them with oil to make the hair glossy. Astray wiry or gray hair may be removed with tweezers, but should never be cut. On the other band, eyelashes are cultivated by clipping them once a year. Hairdressers call it "topping" them, and the term is pertinent. Only the irregular tip'ends should be cut, and this can only be done by another. Cutting the lashes weakens the eyes. Remember that.—New York Dispatch. 1

French Models.

A French model is a young woman with a figure liko a fashion plate, who shows pattern toilets and costumes to buyers. In Paris a good model gets $20 a month, three meals a day and is dressed by the firm in whatever style her employer fancies. Ducet keeps six models of different types of beauty, but all tall, slender and well poised wopien. Positions of this sort are very desirable, easy to got and hard to keep, for as soon as tho perfoot figure begins to lose the delicate lines a suooessor is under consideration. Tho history of the models of Paris is curious and interesting. It is not unusual for a pretty bonne or a well built cock to bo promoted to tho ranks.—New York World.

A Support, Not a Harness." Few women, says tho Pittsburg Dlspntch, know how to lace a corset so as to obtain perfect flguro. Tho idea of a corset Is support und not a harness. A big corset that squeezes in and compresses tho flesh gives a false impression of the Frenoh ideal. A characteristic of tho truo French figure is its soft, graceful lines. The waist is as tightly laced as possible, but there is little corset below and less above tho waist line, and so the beautiful lines of tho female form aro given freedom.

HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, NOVEMBER 24,1894.

Mm. Humphrey.

Mrs. Humphrey, tho "Madge" of London Truth, Is described as a woman rather above middle height, wlthakeen, impressive face, sharply cut features, a bright, youthful complexion and gray hair, which onco wos fair and golden. In manner she is pleasant and unaffected and is a clever, easy talker. She has a pleasant little borne at Malda Vale.

There are two kinds of bad parents^-the parent who looks upon a child as a machine capable of perfect rectitude if its moral principles are manufactured on a oortain plan, and the parent whoso only notion of a child is that it is a sort of toy sent by Provldenoe for his amusement.

Miss Ellen A. Ford, the sister of the Messrs. Patrick and Austin Ford of The Irish World and Tbo Freeman's Journal of New York, is associated with her broth' en in the management of these publications. ..j*. "j||

When ironing, have small board, sprinkled with salt, beside the ironing table, and if the iron becomes rough rub it two or three times over the salt, and it should be perfectly smooth again.

Many Frenchwomen in the rural district wash thoir faces In butter Und rarely use soap and water. This renders the skin beautifully soft and elastic.

MTell

the amateur dressmaker," says an

authority, "that she can successfully press the round seams of waists and sleeves ovwr |he kitchen rolling pin."

Tho aroma of red cedar Is said to be far tal. to house, moths. The aroma of black Walnut leatos IS f&tati tbfleas.

An English print dated 1819 contains a picture of a woman on a tricycle.

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WHAT AILS MY NERVES?

THEY ARE ALMOST DRIVING ME CRAZY.

They Won't Let M« Work and They Spoil My Pleasure— Her* Is a Way to Have Nerves Like Steel. Jast Bead This.

Thousands of peonl« feel this way. Their nervesum veu *n«i irritable, they pass sleeplesH nighu waiting in the morning, tired and anrefreshed, with bad taste In the mouth, and dull feeling bead. They feel nervous, blue and discouraged, often having a sense of anxlety and apprehension, as of some impending danger.

They feel they have lost th6ir nerve power and much of their energy and ambition. They often deolare themselves as "feeling just good for nothing." This was so with Mrs. N. H. Clark, a prominent and well known lady of Moretown, Vt. She writes the following unusually interesting letter "For some time I have been fearfully prostrated with nervous weakness. I was continually without strength and unable to do my work. I wsp completely tired out, and my nerve?. SP weak I was good for noth I rffe. "I oould not Bleep nights I was to weak and nervouR, and when I arose in the morning, was as tired as when I went to bed, and sometimes even moie so. I was entirely used up and miserable. I had no appetite, arid the little food I oould eat distressed me awfully. "I had a constant fear aud dread that something was goinur to happen. I als" had a oough and bronchitis. I employed dootors and took medicines constantly, but without' be'iefit. At this time a friend who had used Dr. Greene's Ner vura blood and nerve remedy, and been cured by it, advised me to try it

MKS. N. ft. CLARK.

You who are siok and suffering just remember this: Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy is the medicine that oures, and it is exaotly what you want. There are countless numbers of persons In just this condition. They are not tick with any particular disease, but are out of order, have weak nerves »nd tired bodies. They have lost their snap and energy, and work becomes an effort

You need Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It will cure you. It Is purely vegetable and harmless, and ia the discovery of Dr. Greene, of 86 West 14th street, New York City, the most successful specialist in curing uervous and ohronlc dls ases. He can be consulted free, personally or by letter.

Koclpe For Frenoh Polish.

To half pint of reotifled naphtha add ounces of shellac, a quarter of an ounoo of benzino, a quarter of an ounce of frankincense, a quarter of an ounce of juniper. Crush the gum and mix them in bottle. When dissolved, it is ready for use. Directions for use: Take a pleoe of flannel or wadding, moisten it with tho polish, then cover the wadding over with a rag, then take a little raw linseed oil in a cup, dip the end of your finger in the oil and put it on the outer side of the calico rag, and when you find it Stick add a little more oil. When you get a body of polish upon the furniture, get a cent's worth of rectified naphtha in a bottle by itself, use it on anew pioce of flannel or wadding and a pleoe of calico to oover it, damp the wadding a little with the spirits, then rub it lightly over until the robber is dry.—Exchange.

Mrs. Arthur Btaanard.- «.

Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better known to the world as John Strange Winter, is an enthusiastic collector of old china, and shs has several sets that are mors than 100 years old. One of her favorite rooms, paneled and .furnished with dark oak, is decorated entirely with old blue china. She has a pet superstition, like most people who are superstitions only on one point, and that is that two bits of gray fur which •he has had ever since she was 8 yews old am her talisman* and she always carries them about with her.

I used Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and have received great benefit. I believe it a ftttfe and certain oure. Very pleasant to take.—Wm. Fraiwr, Rochester. H. Y.

Prioe of Cream Balm is fifty cents,

CHILDREN'S COLUMN.

Little Carl.

Everybody likes little Carl Eosenbloom, he is so cunning and small and fat. Ho has lived iu America just a little while, and he can speak only two English words, but it sounds so funny to hear him say ''Thank you!" to whatever is said to him that no ono pan help smiling, and I think this is tho r&ison that ho gets cookies and sllccs of gingerbread at every bouse where he Is sent on an errand.

Ono day Carl was trudging along with a basket of clean clothes, which his mother had just washed and sont home. He was a droll little figure, with bis chubby legs in short knickerbockers, and his round, fat arms in sleeves much too small und tight for them.

Some boys playing marbles on the pavement were quite amused at this comical sight, and they began to laugh and shout, "Sausage bags!"

Now, Carl did not understand a word, but he sow they wore speaking to him, so he turned his dear little innocent faco to them with tho sweetest of smiles and said, ''Thank you!"

You should hove seen how ashamed the naughty boys looked then! One of them smiled and nodded at little Carl, another gave him a nice red apple, while another took his big basket and carried it for him all tho rest of tho way.

So tho good natured little fellow trotted off, thinking what kind boys they were and what a pleasant world this is to live in, and perhaps we should all think so, too, if our tempers were as sweet as his.— Youth's Companion.

How Children Played In Athens. A very learned professor has been lately telling how children used to play in old Athens. The ball'-was a universal plaything. ,As the children grew.older there cftitiH the hobby horse, tbo game with dice, made of the knuckle bones of animals cut into square pieces, and spinning tbps both in tho house and in the open air. Toys and go carts and "inud pics" engaged the interest of Athenian children as of the children of all European nations. Then followed at a somewhat more advanced age a game which consisted in throwing slantingly into the water small smooth stones and counting how many leaps they made before sinking—which we call "skimming" or "duck and drakes"— blindman's buff, trundling hoops and all kinds of games with the ball, walking on stilts, leap frog, kite flying, seesawing on logs and swinging, etc. Girls had dolls made of wax or clay and painted. Blindman's buff was played thus: The boy. with his eyes bandaged, moved about calling out, "I will catch a brazen fly." The others answered, "You will hunt it, but you won't catch it," all the while striking him with whips till he managed to catch one of them.

A Candy Man In the Son.

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"I had'not used.the first bottle when I could mainly see more good results than froi$ a« the other medicines I had ever before taken. The good I derived fr6m this most wonderful medicine was marvelous. "I can sleep well and my nerves are strong and quiet. .My appetite is good and I can eat anything without distress I heartily recommend Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy to everybody, for I believe it to be the best medicine I have ever found, and a great boon to'manklnd."

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The candy man, who was in the sun, And who never could walk, began to run Till you couldn't have told, so fast he ran. That he ever had been a candy man. —St. Nicholas.

Game of Grasshopper and Ants. One of tho players is chosen grasshopper by drawing lots tho others are ants. The grasshopper writes tho name of some edible grain on a bit of paper, holds it in the hand and says to one ant: ''My good friend, I am hungry. What will you give me to eat?" The ant names a grain. If it is not tho same as that on tho paper, the grasshopper asks tho next ant, then the next. If any ant gives tho name on tho paper, tho grasshopper shows tho paper, hands it to tho one thus caught and joins the ants, while the ant becomes grasshopper.

When all have been asked this question, the ono that should thon. be grasshopper writes down a dance and says: "I have had something to eat and now wish to dance. What shall I dance?" The ants guess various danccs, tho one guessing that on tho paper becoming grasshopper.

The next question is, To what musical instrument shall I dance?" Then: "I am tired and want to go to sleep. Wbarleaf shall I sleep under?"

These questions can be continued as long as tho fun keeps up.

To Gladys.

I know a little girl With hair all in a curl Who doesn't like to wear her hat outdoors.

Oh, dear!

She puts it on her head When climbing out of bod And sometime* wants to wear it when she .. eats.

So queer I

But when she goes outdoors Hpr hat falls to the floor, And her curly locks just glisten in the sun.

I am rightl

If ytm'asi her why she want* Sunshine on her curly locks, Bhe will say, 'Tis sunshine makes them curl so tight,

So tight!" in Minneapolis

-3. f. Cowlos

"tfrust Those Who Have Trledi.4* Catarrh caused tibarsenes* and difficulty in speaking. I also to a great extent lost hearing. By the nse of Ely'* Cream Balm dropping of mucus has ceased, yoioeanl hearing have greatly improved.—J. W. Davidson, Au*y at Law, Monmouth, 111.

V*f, Poor Thing.

The New York Recorder has this to tell of a little girl who bad learned very early one of the lnocnvenlenoes of wearing eyeglasses:

She was at Manhattan Beach and seemed to be not more than 8 years old, but •be was nearsighted and wore spectacles. She wanted to paddle in the water and spoil her russet shoes. Her nurse bad been forbidden to let ber go barefoot, and baby began to sob. Then she cried: "Take 'em off, Mary! Take 'em offl"

The reporter thought she referred to her shoes, but she went on: "Take off my spettatles, Mary, so I can cry!"

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Most Pnsslittff Question, iifliife

London Tlt-Blts offered a prise for the most puzzling question asked by child. The competitor won who sent In the following:

Mother, where does yesterday go

to, and when is next week kept*"

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."LOVE AND LIFE.",

The Famous Painting That May Not Bang In the Executive Mansion. To be bnng or not to be hung is the question just at present in Washington.

Those in favor of hanging say that the allegorical painting "Love and Life" presented to the American people by the distinguished English artist, George Frederiok Watts, R. A., ought to grace the walls of the executive mansion in Washington. Those who oppose the banging claim that "Lovp and Life" is immoral that representations of what Trilby called "the altogether" «ught never to be seen anywhere, but least of all in the District of Columbia, and seem to think that the proposition to bang.the painting in the east room of the White House is nothing less than a deep laid scheme to entrap the government into a quasi official approval of indecent art.

So that the great painter's generous gift has stirred up a greater commotion, if that were possible, than the famous controversy which arose about the fig nres on the St. Gaudens medal.

It is at the door of Colonel John M. Wilson, superintendent of publio buildings, that the responsibility is said to lie. No one supposes for an instant that Watts presented the painting to America for it to be carefully boxed up and stowed away in an inaccessible room in the White House. It is hardly likely that the subject of "Love and Life" was altogether unknown to the members of congress, who, last session, accepted the gift in the name of the American people. The painting was exhibited here for several months nine years ago in the Metropolitan Museum of Art-. It was among the pictures placed oh exhibition last year at the World's fair, and it has been reproduced often enough to warrant the assumption that we' area very immoral people if the influence of the picture is as corrupting as is said.

In addition, the people of the United States, through Secretary Gresham, pledged their word aftor congress had accepted the gift that it would be hung in the White House, a letter to that effect being written to the artist.

But the pictnre, according to Colonel Wilson, is not a fit one to be exhibited in the executive mansion. He simply ignored the claims of Mr. Watts to be regarded as one of the first among living painters and stated that until the president gave instructions to that effect he could not think of allowing such a work to be exposed to publio view in the rooms of the White House, even though the work in question were intended to form the nucleus of a future national art gallery and would consequently only remain there until more fitting quarters oould be secured for it.

The painting, which has brought about this discussion is one of the most important works from the brush of the British artist and is a companion picture to his "Love and Death." It represents the figures of a winged youth and a maiden climbing a steep and precipitous ascent. Both figures are nude but, it is an absurdity to say it, there is not the slightest suggestion of indelicacy about them. Love, exemplified by the youth, stoops, tenderly helping his companion upon their toilsome jonraey. His half extended wings protect ber slight form from the sun's fierce rays. The picture is an illustration of the truth that love raises life that an ideal existenoe is possible only with the protecting care of love. In the picture, where love's feet havo trod, flowers spring on the hard, rocky ground, and as the figures ascend the atmosphere becomes more and more refulgent and pure.—New York Herald.

A cup of muddy coffee Is not wholesome, neither is a bottle of muddy medl cine. One way to know a reliable and skilfully prepared blood-purifier is by its freedom from sediment. Ayer's Sarsararilla is always bright and sparkling, because it is an extract and not a decoction.

Women as Readers.

In answer to tho question, "Does the new woman read a different class of books from her predecessor?" thoughtful librarians tell us that sho does. No one Is to understand from this that every woman who goes into a library eschews tho romantle and new, but the surprising faot is that so many really seek for the deepest works on political subjects. Librarians and their assistants were at first amused when asked by a tiny blond with big sleeves for a book upon some weighty subject and wlr.kcd nt cach other while they dusted off the book.

But after ono, two or three years passed and tho demand remained they ceased to wink at "tho fad," and tho books on sociology and political science were moved from the top gnlloy of the "men's side" down to tho low shelves of the "women's." All governmental questions aro eagerly sought for by women, and anything that relates to tho tariff is especially popular with them. To tbo keeper of books the American woman, by her reading, Is developing marvelously in a political way. Such knowledge will make them powers behind the throne, even if It has no effect in helping them to obtain suffrage.

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GAGG'S ART STORE.

Artists' Supplies. Flower Material Picture Framing a Specialty.

648 Wabash Ave, North Side. TERRE HAUTE, IND. "S

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