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There is DO doubt about It that It is considered very smart nowadays to be literary. Every other woman you meet, after she has talked about her dress* maker, her milliner and thejmen, asks you quite oonfldentially if you have any "pull" with an editor. And then she goes on to say that her stories are just *8 good as, well, she don't always say Baliae, but she thinks It, or anybody else, but she is sure that the editors don't read them. She delights in showing you her work room. There is a superbly out glass ink stand with the blackest of inks up to the very brim there are quills and stubs, fine and soft pens mounted in most effective holders there are different sized papers and all the paraphernalia of a desk, mounted in silver. Then there are books of reference galore, and books of quotations nntil it would seem as if a novel might be made up by merely seleoting from them. If you call early in the day, you are told that your friend Is busy with her literary work. It reminds me always of the old story of the mountain and the mouse, with the pain of the mountain intensified, and the smallness of the mouse requiring the use of a microscope to him who would see it.

THE "SPIRITUAI." AUTHOR. The consequence is that a good many women have beoome awful bores. A pretty girl said to me in a condescending tone, "Don't yon even translate?" And when I said "No," she looked at me, raised her eyebrows, and remarked that it was a pity, which was kind of her. And I felt like adding, "Pity, pity, pity in this city, there's not a committee, say on A. A.'s." Which, being put Into English, means, on "Amateur Authors." One woman brought me a hymn which she described as being "spiritual, with a sufficient amount of the material in it to be appreciated by a sinner." As a representative sinner, it seemed to me pretty poor. The metre was a bad imitation of Swinburne's "FaUBtine," and the religious ecstaoy "was altogether too muoh for an ordinary mortal.

This was the first velrse: "When the essence divine looks out from your eyes,

OhTbelleve

And the downcast soul Is impelled to arise, Oh! believe That the worldly joys so dear this day, Fade like the sun's last warm, sweet ray.

Oh believe.

Altogether there were seven verses of the most unmitigated bosh that was ever written. But the misguided woman to whom it owes its birth has had it printed at her own expense, and bound in white and gold, for private circulation only. I wonder if everybody will do as I did? The binding was lovely, so I tore out the poetry and used the oovers to keep loose photographs in.

THIS HYMN-WRITING CREATURE

Is married and speaks of her husband as "a kind but sinning soul," and of her .marriage as "one where there is no sympathy, but a mutual agreement to let each seek that whioh seemetb best unto his soul." Goodness gracious! I respeot everybody's belief. A frog praying to a mushroom would only excite sympathy in my mind, but I have no use for this sort of thing. More women have made men find pleasure away from them by making home a wretched, barren place, where the fine furniture seems only dedicated to souls, while the mistress of it all fills up her time with religious ecstaoy, prayer meetings and "pet preachers. Consequently, she has no time to look after her husband. I wonder how it will all straighten out when the great Day of Reckoning comes? Do you remember the devotee in the "Wandering Jew"? Her type is all over the world. Women with no Christ love in them, with no capability for appreciating the good deeds done when temptation surrounds some poor mortal, and with no conception of church except as a means to the end—gratification of their own vanity. I bate such women. I wonder sometimes whether they are women, and I feel like orylng, "To the guillotine with them—

THESE ARCH HTfPOORtTESI

These creatures who Injure the cause of loving kindness, and theheartsof women more than even the worst sinner has done." There Is a woman hero in New York of this type, and I'll tell you what the result of her bebavier has been. Her sons are known as ultra-fast men. Her

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daughter eloped with a man of more than questionable standing, and her bus band has aspecial interest in a handsome, bold looking woman who drives In the park every afternoon, as certainly as he has in the carriage Jn which she sits. Occasionally, somebody expresses sympathy for the wife. It is sympathy wasted. Years ago, when these people were younger and their children were little, the wife

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of a religious seanoe which pleased her\ and this taste gave her such an appetite for general meddling in other people's business that she gave ber*elf up to saving the souls of the whole world, and counted the people of her own home of no importance. She grew so spiritual that her husband was driven from her room in order tbat she might be better able to pray at all hours of the night, or rise up and sing a hymn or two. A man may stand this for a little while, but he won't for long. This one rebelled for a time, and then gave in. But, of course, he sought somebody who was less Interested In souls generally and more in him personally. This woman found no time to attend to her own ohtldreo, she was so troubled about the heathens In

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India's coral strand, s»o yott oan scarcely blame them for what they are. When evei she gets a ohanoe, ahe refers to them in her prayers as awful examples, and makes a donkey of herself In every possible way

Blessed be St. Pnul for advising the women to keep quiet in the churches And blessed be St. Paul theaeoond time for that other good talking to that he gave ua, and which, boiled down, meant take oare of your own husbands and babies, and there will be no heathen for anybody to trouble about.

WHERE HAPPINR88 MAY HB FOUND Somebody wondered the other day who was the happiest woman. It was oonoluded tbat the happleat woman was not a great beauty, because a great beauty oan never be perfeotly happy, sinoe she lives in fear of losing her good looks. She must not be disagreeable looking, but she must have that wonderful charm of manner whioh makes both men and women like her. Would you trust a wo man who said she didn't oare for men's society? Even if she has the figure of a Roman goddess and a voice of a calliope, she yearns, if she is a real woman, to be considered tho nicest in all the world by somebody. And if she is worth a penny, she prefers that somebody to be a man. Generalizing, it may be said that there is something wrong with the woman who don't like men. She is abnormal. And pretty oertain to oome to a wrong end. Even beating will not take from a rightminded woman her inborn liking for men in general and man in speolal. There has never been one of these women who oared only for the sooiety of women who wasn't fretful, tiresome and unhealthy in mind and body. Women should like women, of oourse, but they should like men better. It is bad form to be slangy, but really and truly only slang will express it, and the proper sort of women likes man because she is "built that way."

FINDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR MAN.

Some one said that the seoret of popularity among men was to make them have a good time, without letting them be conscious of any effort on your part to do it. I beg leave to differ with this wise person in one respeot. Give a man a good time, but inform him fully aq to the way it is done. It makes him grateful. Some women behave as if men enjoyed being pranced about and held on to, as if they were portable property, like spoons or button hooks. Now, that is all wrong. If you want to make a man have a good time introduce him to the prettiest and the brightest women. See that he is well fed, and don't try to attach yourself to him, and later on there will not be a courteous act of yours that he will not remember, and among all the women to whom you have presented him, there will not be one whom he will count as more agreeable than yourself, because you are not afraid to let go of him for a little while. That is where young women make a great mistake. Yery few of them are willing to be secondary, which sooial success absolutely demands. And then, too, they are inclined to ask a man too many questions, which is something a man particularly dislikes.

There is a type which is very oommon, and which would delight that Italian doctor who 1b gauging women's morality by their moles and their teeth. This girl is usually almost colorless, and she impresses you at once with something about her teeth. You don't quite know what it is, whether it is their size, whiteness, or their likeness to a wolf's. She is usually attractive to men, and nine, times out of ten is either engaged or married. And then she holds to the unfortunate man with the tenaoity of a devilfish, gradually freezing out of him all the warmth of his nature. Unoonsoiously,

HE MAY STRUGGLE AND SQUIRM,

but the entire lack of heart in her results in there being no quarter given to him, and all that be can do is to submit to his fate and ask for the prayers of the congregation. It is always a warm-hearted, warm-souled fellow tbat this sort of a girl gets hold of, and she catches him while he is under thirty, for she knows tbat when he is older than that he will have recognized her kind and beware of her. In lieu of affection he is expected to accept intellect, a jealous pride of possession which she calls love, and continued impressing upon the unfortunate man of her general perfection and many virtues, the last valueless because they have never been attacked. These women occasionally make respectable wives and mothers, but they never have any sense so far as man is concerned unless, indeed, one of them marries a sturdy creature capable of giving her a weekly thrashing, whioh may humanize her. But there are enough of nice women in the world to talk about without dilating on these creatures.

There area great many new babies in town, and the mother of one was kind enough to write to me and say she would like to name it after me, which honor I declined. But I did stand godmother for a colored baby, who rejoices in the name of "Lilian Blanche." The name and the infant's complexion seem rather at odds, but if Lilian Blanche launders as weli as her mother, the linen of the next generation will smell sweet as only pleftty of soap, hard rubbing and sunshine can make them.

NAMING THE BAȴ.

There is a fad for giving girla family names Instead of Christian names just now, and when you get a letter signed "Montmorency Saiffkins," the chances are ten to one that Montmorency Is a woman. There are enongh good honest names for women without calling them by such ridiculous, titles, but thank goodness (sensible women have stopped the nickname business, and "Klisabeth" is "Elisabeth," and not "Bessie" or "Llllle," and Mary is given her beauti­

ful name In Its completeness, and not called "May" or "Maale," while "Charlotte" suggests the dignified lady whom the German poet loved, and doesn't degenerate Into "Lottie," Floral names are generally snch misfits There Is a Rose who is the color of a lemon. A Lillle who only suggests from the spots on her faoe the Japanese variety, while Pansy lis a consummate donkey, and never had a thought in her life. Nine times out of ten Blanche is a brunette, while I once meta gtrl named Bonnie who was as tiresome and stupid as a girl oould be, and never came near being bonny either in appearance or manner Give your girls, and your boys, top, name tbat Is short and dignified, and whioh will fit as well when they are sixty as itldoes when they are Jen. Of oourse the people who love you are go ing to twist around your name In some pretty way that will express that love every time you are spoken to, but that pet namelJwants to be kept for you two and not totbe given to the world at large, that it may be made a jest of.

THElBEABTjlN VAUDBVIM.B.

I have]always maintained that acting requlredlfno Jbralps tbat a little child oould be a|good actor, and that to succeed In mimioryHintellect was not necessary Now, I am!sure of it, for I have seen three elephants do a little play mnch better than if they had been men. A funny little play, too, where the elephants imitatedjmen and ate too muoh and drank too muoh, something that elephantsjthemselves would never be fools enough to do, and were then marohed off to the polioe station by a very dignified elephant polioe who knew his business as well as any member on the foroe. I saw these elephants at a plaoe that interests me very muoh. Do you remember Walter Besant's idea of a Pleasure Palace? One where men oould go and take their wives and children, eat and drink moderately, and see a good show? Well, we have got one In New York now, whioh comes very oloBe to the ideal. The vaudeville Is good, that prettlestjand most ooqnettish of singers, Billie Barlow, being on the programme, the place is{com for table and ever/night it is orowded with respectable people, tlie tough being an unknown element. Do I approve of it? So much so that I am going again myself, and I am going to tell my} neighbor to go, for a show that interests and amuses both the grown up and the little people is the kind that wants to be encouraged. How the children screamed with delight when

THE LITTLE ELEPHANT GOT DRUNK

By the bye, Madame Malaprop has distinguished herself. She has taken to literature and she asked, "Do you think I could write better over a negligee?" And then she said, "I admire Mr. Dash so much—he is like my own dear husband, sans pere et sans reproche." Oh! ohiohl BAB

Revival of Marie Antoinette Style*.

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and flaring skirts will continue with us this autumn save for little differences that make styles now vary slightly from those worn last spring. The revival in Paris of Marie Antoinette styles Id

midsummer, writes Emma M. Hooper in The Ladies' Home Journal, has affected the latest designs in silken goods, the millinery and the gowns as "Well. One thing is settled, and that i# that we are not going to carry around skirts of immense weight, as we have1'been doing. The most fashionable skirts are now only interlined to the knees, and in consequence are much less of a burden to the wearer In width they remain from 5 to 6 yards. The sleeves are also softer in effeot. though quite as large and pronounced in appearance as ever. It is in the little things instead that the styles have changed. Belts, collars and cuffs have all proved themselves capable of an infinite variety of form and arrangement, end by their effects change the old gown into the new and make the new ones so attractive.

TEKKE HAUTE SATORDAY EVENING MAffC 'OCTOBER 12,1895.

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How we all held our breath when fch${[ small boy stood on his father's shoulders and his father walked on a wire as calmly as if it was solid earth 1 And how the funny songs were enjoyed, the danoes were applauded, and everything at the Pleasure Palace seemed good to the girl and her sweetheart, to that whole family of children who sat near us, and to every type found in this great city among the great, good middle class whioh was present here

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Needs the Aid of Women. ^,r

Miss Caroline A. Hnling, before' the Ethical Culture society of Chicago, said: "God made the sexes to work together. The country is half orphan -With the mother element dormant. They should consult together about mutual interests and enact proper legislation. The laws are all lopsided women will make them symmetrical. Note the poor, widower left with children to ctfre for. He etrng* gles in vain for a time, and then either gives up the task or calls in some good woman to do her part and bring order out of chaos. The country is in a similar predicament and needs the aid of women. The new woman will doubtless marry when the new man asks hear. Perhaps it will bo by a contract framed to deal justly with all parties. Then will arise a new race of beings. Peace and prosperity will reign upon earth and divorces will bo unknown."

Kvisrarwiieiro We do

We find some one who has been cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla and people on all hands are praising this great raedl cine for what it has done for them and their friends. Taken In time Hood'* Sarsaparilla prevents serious illness by kseping the blood pure and all the organs in a healthy condition. It is the great blood purifier..

Hood's Pills beeome the favorite cathartic with every one who tries them. 25c. per box.

SCRiBNS ALWAYS' P0PUIJMC Om More Graceful Design That May H« Varied to gnit Fnrnlihiugs,

Boreen# and cushions are articles of furnishiug that »ire very dear to the heart of the modem olmtelaiue. She otm hardly get too nxuiy of either, unci it is as easy for one more cf each to boconuted among her belongings as it is for this same addition to bo crowded into the traditional omnibus.

Some screens are ornamental purely. Others serve a most valuable purpose. A high three panel screen shutting off the awing door into the kitchen from tho closely connecting dining room of many of our city houses makes of an unsightly corner on attractive outlook,

and a tnuiilar screen is as useful and transforming if sot across a basement hall to chut off the kitchen view that is bound otherwise to obtrude on the way to the dining room.

These screens are often covered with dark rich paper, neatly put on, those that are used for libraries and dining rooms being selected. Gay Japanese paper is another oovering that is more enlivening. All the art fabrics, denims, oanvases, Indian dhurries, the bright Persian stuffs—any of these may also be utilized as coverings.

For smaller screens, to screen off the Are or break an ugly corner in a straight room, the shape illustrated is new. The frame is in ebony finish, and the cover is a rich silk brocade. This arrangement admits of many variations, using the graceful design as a model for the frame only. One intended for a young girl's room is to be enameled in pink and oovered with cretonne in a pattern of pink roses over a cream ground. A gilded frame has a white and gold tapestry covering, the handsome piece being intends for a white and gold apai

What She Will Be..

Miss Mollio Beal of the Bucyrus (O.) .Crocus chib, in preparing a paper on 'The Coming Woman," asked a number of prominent men and women for their opinions concerning the subject and received many interesting replies.

John Sherman said, "My idea of woman is so high I could not express it." Edward Everett Hale wrote,

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That explained the case. The man was in a generally run-down condition with not enough reserve force to resist the enervating effects of the season. His nerves were weak, unstrung as we sar. The food he ate only partially reinforced his strength. The result was, he had constantly drawn on his reserve force so Ions that his nerves finally rebelled, and sounded the gong for him to stop. If the signal be heeded, and he takes steps to refresh, atsd build up his nervous system, lie will recover if not and the strain goes on, nothing can save him. "There are a good many things recommended for this purpose. But the trouble with nearly all of them Is, they are only tonics or stimulants. They apparently benefit, but It is only for a time then the pati$nt is worse than before* But there is one food for the nerves, I am happy to sav in which I have the greatest conhdence, which is in reality a food. It contains just those

them' back to Y'no'rmai "healthy condition. They are fortified against the hot weather, the man recovers his energy, hia fbrce and he walks with an clastic step. He drives hw work with a will, where before it drove him. His spirits rise, and everything looks bmh? to him. This food is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which are aow known and used the world over: in North and South America, England ana the English provinces, CanadaTlndia, So. Africa, France. They are so widely known, and their excellent effects in nerve building so much talked about berth here and abroad, that it is not Decenary for me to enlarge further on the gotgect. lwt assure you the medical profession everywhere are very glad indeed to avail themselves of this nerve food, so scientifically compounded, and that they use it very largely in their

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coming woman loves God and loves her neighbor as herself, and if she can succeed in not thinking of herself more highly than she ought to think, as St. Paul pnts it, I think she will make all the social reforms that her time may require.

Bishop Vincent replied, "The coming woman will be educated without losing any of the delicate womanliness which belongs to her."

Emily Huntingdon Miller wrote, "I hope that the survival of the fittest will leave us the old fashioned wife and mother.''

Mrs. Virginia Terhune said, "The coming woman will be a friend of humanity, to man as well as woman."

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Hartford Bicycles, next-best in quality, sell for *80 and *60 *£0 for boys' and girls'sizes.

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THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION

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On ground traversed by rifle pits, ov6r which Sherman threw the first shell into Atlanta 31

years ago, the Exposition is

fast taking shape. The excellent raiIway facilities of the great

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And its connections to Atlanta, togethen with low rkilway rates, will enable the] people to make a delightful trip at but small expense.

The Queen and Crescent runs superbl vestibuled trains with through sleepers] and carrying Parlor, Cafe and Observation Cars, from Cincinnati direct to Atlanta. More than 100

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Special low reduced rates to the Exposition. Do you want to know some, thing about it in detail?

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