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HOUSEHOLD THRIFT.

PRACTICING ECONOMIES IN EVERYDAY MATTERS. •gSj^g^pe

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A Pleasuro For the Bich and a Necessity For the Needy False Notions Which

Some Children Are Allowed to Imbibe. Injury to Subordinates.

It may be a new idea associate the thought of pleasure with, the small eoonomies that ure usually,looked ,upon.. as- irksome necessities. We are told that many associate economy and frugality with meanness, ungenerousness and a churlish disobliging disposition. j" There would be n6 pleasure or comfort in living," said a young lady recently when a friend was showing her the desiri. ableneas of "counting cost" before entering upon any extravagant expenditures— "there would be no comfort in living if I •sV,-''' must stop and consider the price, adding up at every step and deliberating upon the eum total before I could make a purchase, to say every*minute, 'Can I afford this?' or 'Can I manage to do without that?'

To compel myself to study how I oould make over an old garment, how to change the trimmings so as to hide such pieoing as must be done before I could bring the article into usable shape and at the same time preserve a genteel appearance, to pick up pins and needles, buttons and strings, keeping before my mind all the time the idea of economy and saving in everything, small as well as great! Pshaw I I should feel so mean I should despise myself and think all my acquaintances

would despise me also. I'd sooner spend what I have in a free and easy manner, taking what pleasure I could in it as long as it lasted, and when it was gone go to the poorhouse or die. I do really think so."

It is possible that parents often err in the mode of inculcating economy, said a friend who overheard this conversation, and while striving to enforce its practice render the whole subject and every idea connected with it distasteful by overmuch teaching.

However that may be, for some reason the young agpear to look upon it as something to be shunned, feeling that they would "lose caste" if they even spoke of it, and to attempt to practice it would shut them out from certain acquaintances as something quite Inferior. So, if compelled to economize, they do it secretly, while they think of it as an evil to be deplored. All their little devices to "keep up appearances" and bring their surroundings into harmony with their more wealthy neighbors they shrink from having known, as from real disgrace or guilt, whereas the ingenuity displayed is something often worthy of much pmise, if used Openly without regard to foolish criticisms.

Those who have the gift to practice a judicious economy, to save oarefully, because it is right, and not from a niggardly, miserly desire to hoard—in household affairs, in dress or in anything that comes under their care—are endowed with a talent of which they may well be proud, and which is recognized by all sensible people as most desirable, even by those who are placed in oircumstanoes where the closest watchfulness and care may not be a necessity.

But it is not merely as a matter of necessity that we wish to direot'the attention of all good housekeepers to the duty of thrift and carefulness in the management of their affairs. We do not think the poor or those merely in moderate circumstances should be allowed to monopolize all the pleasure which, if rightly viewed, can be secured by a frugal use and proper economy of the good things of this world that uay be placed at your disposal. The rich have an equal right wi-h the poor to share in this pleasure.

A proper education, presenting this subject in the true light, will show conclusively that the more abundant the riches the greater will be the satisfaction derived from proper discretion and judgment in the use and distribution of them. The good one can do, the large amount of personal happiness to be secured by the good done, would be sufficient motives, even if there were no higher, for strict watchfulness against waste, even in the smallest item. If one has the means, and recognizes the greater convenience of making purchases in large quantities, there is no degradation in doing it, because it is also the better economy.

But the injury done to subordinates by extravagance is one of the worst features of this evil. Our servants are quick imitators, and if the mistress is easy and oareless in her expenditures the maid soon learns to follow her example, ai»d so will waste the material put into her hands. It does not take long to teach one of the improvident class a lesson which not only leads'her to he oareless of the property of others, even when she has no thought or intention of being dishonest, but wholly unfits her for saving her own earnings or managing a home of her own. Hence we will see all around Vis those who hftve lived in wealthy families marrying, with no knowledge of providing for a family or of using the little they have with economy. So they sink down year after year into deeper poverty and wretchedness, ending perhaps in the poorhouse, when, if the lessons learned in their employer's house had been those of true economy, they might now bo living in neat and comfortable homes.—Exchange

Pretty JapaWwe Tearoom.

A Japanese tearoom may bo made by covering tho walls, two-thirds up, with matting, topped by a narrow shelf entirely around the room. Above the shelf fill in with Japanese prints of coarse fabric nicely decorated. Cover the ceiling with Japanese paper crossed with bamboo. Suspend several Japanese lanterns. Cover the floor with matting harmonizing with the wall. Dainty bamboo chairs and bamboo stools should be placet! here and there. On table in the center of the room have a tea set. A service can be purchased from any of the It rger Japanese stores. Cover the windows with the Japanese slat curtains, inside of which put Japanese silk curtains daintily festooned. Daik blue or red may be the prevailing color of the room. If y*u select red, have the table and chairs black.—Ladies' IIom« Journal.

The Flesh Brush.

When the system is weak and delicate from some unusual cruse, the morning oold bath may be supplanted by a brisk but judicious rubbing with a flesh brush that is not too stiff. This flesh brush rub will keep the skin smooth and cleanse the pores of waste matter. When the system returns to its normal state of health, tho baths may be resumed, but a thorough rnb with a flesh brush two or three times a week wil! be found beneficial at all times. It wi.i frequently sooJie the nerves when nothing else will.

High- Heel Shoes.

Women are more often too short than loo tall, and consequently try to gain height by putting on high heeled shoes, and these do undoubtedly give dignity as long as the wearer stands still, but in motion they are graceless, even in a room, and deform the feet Thus women are tnade to minister to a very short lived fancy and, from a physiological standpoint, Ve cannot recommend them. American women, as a rule, have too small feet, which do not add to their beauty. Tha better shape afoot is the smaller it will look, but in the disproportionately small foot there is always involved an* awkward gait. The foot of a large woman should be larger than the foot of a small woman WA

to her unnecessary sorrow—she has a large one. The foot in length should be tho length of the ulna, a bone in the forearm, which extends from a lump In the outer portion of the wrist to the elbow. Of course the ulna is longer in tall people, and to be graceful the foot should be also.

Most people would be surprised that the foot should be as long as the forearm and would be inclined to disputo the fact unless proved by experience. Large women pinch their feet in tight shoes because they are ashamed to have them in proportion to their bodies. Thus in time they deform them until they are out of all proportion to the body and sometimes iu the direction they do not Intend. The public eye, being not critical of proportion, considers them small. Therefore there is no excuse for exchanging this kind of torture and the dignified carriage—two essentials to the greatest beauty. In fact, anything! else could be better sacrificed than ease of motion.—Exchange.

Ironing a Shirt.

The ironing board should be covered with several thicknesses of old blanket, theb with a white muslin cloth, all of which are stretched smoothly and securely tacked to the board. Two covers may be made like pillowslips, except that they are larger at one end than the other (as that 1h the shape of most of the Ironing boards). A clean cover can be slipped on whenever the board is used. It should fit the board perfectly and be put on so the seams will be at the edges of the board. A second board, the size and shape of a shirt bosom and covered like the first, is also necessary.

Begin by ironing the neckband then fold the back and iron it, then the cuffs, sleeves and front of the shirt. When ready to iron the bosom, slip the small board inside tho shirt and press the bosom smoothly upon it. Wet a soft, white rag in hot water and rub the surface to remove any starch that may adhere to it. Iron until it is perfectly dry, pressing upon the iron to give it the desired polish. It is a very simple process when understood, and a little practice will enable any woman to obtain satisfactory results.—Good Housekeeping.

Carved Shoulders.

The following exercise is said to be excellent for correcting and straightening curved shoulders: Take a perfectly erect position. Place the heels together and the toes at an angle of 45 degrees. Drop the arms by tho side, inflating and raising the chest to the full capacity, muscularly, keeping the chin well drawn in and the crown of tho head feeling as if it were attached to a cord suspended to the ceiling above. Slowly rise up on the balls of the feet to the greatest possible height, thereby exercising all the muscles of the legs and body, and then drop once more into the standing position without swaying the body baokward out of the upright, straight line. Repeat the exercise, standing first on one foot and then on the other. It is remarkable what a straightening out power it has upon round shoulders and crooked backs, and one will be surprised to note how soon the lungs begin to show the effeot of guch expansive development.

The Mud Bath.

For certain diseases the mud bath ia rn old form of treatment, but a new application of it is being made by the woman of fashion. It is claimed that there is nothing equal to mud fof the complexion. The face and neck are covered with a coating of olear black river or swamp mud, whioh is permitted to dry on. Care must be taken not to get it into the eyes and not to leave any spot of the skhi uncovered, as it will result in a red blotch. When the coat is removed, it is claimed that the skin will be far softer than it is possible from any or the v^ll known preparations all blemishes will be removed, including hair and moles, and wrinkles will disappear.— Philadelphia Press.

The Athletic Woman.

It appears that the dainty, fragile looking young woman is no longer fashionable. The tall, straight, Junoesque girl is in the lead, with broad shoulders, strong limbs, .feet that wear shoes as large as No. 4 and 5, a Venus de Milo waist and a general air of robust health that suggests freedom from aches and pains and a clear, active brain.

A generous diet of rich, good milk, brown br9ad, butter, baked potatoes steak, soft boiled eggs, a little fresh, ripe fruit and unlimited fresh air and exercise are said to bring about this very desirable state of being, to say nothing of good, sound sleep and an unvarying bedtime of 10 o'plock.

Scented Pastilles.

These fragrant trifles that occasionally burned in a drawing room cause such a delightful and refreshing aroma may be prepared without much trouble. The necessary ingredients are 8 drams of cascarilla bark, 4 drams of gum benzoin, 2 drams of sty-ax, 2 drams of yellow sanders, 2 drams of olibauum, 6 ounces of charcoal, ldramsof niter, and mucilage of tmgacanth in sufficient quantity. Reduce the substances to powder and mix into paste with the mucilage, divide into sma.ll cones and dry them in a hot oven.

Wall Coverings.

Don't forget that a mistake in wall covering spoils the effect of any room. Don't have a cold background for your pictures —bluo or gray, for instance—unless the room is very sunny. Have a dado in too .high ceil in gad rooms and a striped paper to increase (be apparent height in a lo\r room. A good warm shade on the walls gives a change to hang etchings, sketches, plaster casts, etc., considered so desirable uow.

The Bed.

A bed should never be made up under two hours from the time it has been slept In. It should be aired thoroughly and beaten until it is light. Open all the bedroom windows and let the iresh air and sunlight intip the room. Hair pillows are much more conducive to healthful sleep Shan feathers, and light woolen blankets ire better than heavy coverings.

When the London Season Begins. The "season" begins about the time parliament opens, and parliament's opening and closing depend more or lesson fox hunting and grouse shooting. As the "season" approaches, town houses are opened and "green" servants are broken in secretaries busy themselves with lists and stationery, and the winter campaign begins immediately upon the family's return to town. As a London house is seldom needed for more than tho formal entertainments of a season, it is in most cases hired consequently, it is seldom attractive.

Acquaintances are entertained in the city, and friends are taken into the country to spend the week's end on the family estate, surrounded by the household gods and the most attractive side of all England. There th- future members of the house of lords and the belles o£ some future dStwiug room ride donkeys, and the older people ride wheels and 6it under English oaks and make little water color sketches, and it is easily seen why dniy social duties take them to London.—C. D. Gibson in Scribner's.

Tha £ssit»f «f friendliness between the British private and the Sudanese blacks is curiously warm. In fact, attached are the Seventy-ninth highlanders and tfae Ninth Sudanese that the latter are known among &ketooopa 8 "Second %£C^eeonj®6itaSsati^.

A BOSS ADVERTISER.

HE NEVER MISSED A CHANCE TO BOOM GOODS HE SOLD.

He Was In the Firearms Bnsiness In Texas and Made His Revolvers Talk For Themm1t6S—Tiifl Last

He Was a Good Man.

Massachusetts Sent Him to Texas, and Texas Sent Him to Glory. "Which struck me as a pretty, good advertisement in itself, but not comparable from a business standpoint with that other one written on a white stone in the blood of a New Englaniler among the bills of Texas."—New York Sun.

FURS IN RUSSIA.

6kins That Are Classed as "Cold Furs" In That Country. It seems a contradiction to speak of a "cold fur," but that is what the Russians style some of the wraps that w© In America ignorantly consider warm enough for the coldest climate. A writer in Lippiocott's says that the first thing an American woman has to do when she reaches Russia is to reconstruct her ideas on the subject of furs. Her beloved sealskin goes far down on the list. It is one of the "cold furs" that no Russian lady would care to wear as a lining—and it is as linings that all furs are worn—because it is too tender. The only thing it is good for is a short jacket to be worn between seasons, and then it must be used entirely for walking. A woman who sets out on foot in that garb must surely return on foot, for if she took a carriage or sledge she would be running a serious risk.

The pretty squirrel skin is reckoned among the "cold," cheap furs, and is given up to the unfashionable world, while the mink, also a "cold" fur, though expensive enough, is used by men only, just as is tbd pretty mottled skin obtained by pieoing sable paws together. The proper furs for the climate are the "downy" furs that, beginning at the brown goat, go all the way up to that climax of beauty and luxury, the black fox or the silver fox, soft and delicate as feathers and warm as a July day.

The kuni fl far that was need Jsy, Ite. ia theol^ltoe^w^e^

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 6.1897.

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Stone With His Own Blood*

"To me," remarked a man of more or less brokerly appearance in manner and cut of clothes, "the advertising methods resorted to by business men all over the country are astonishing in their intelligence, stupidity, ingenuity and comrfionplacencss. I mean by that that while some of them seem to be satisfied with the money returns of the oldest chestnuts in the newspapers, there are others who are advertising Columbuses, never satisfied unless discovering something now in the promotion of the publicity of the wares they have to sell." "Which reminds me," said a roan who looked like aNew England Yankee onco removed, "that I have been interested in advertising for many years, and that I have circumnavigated the United States several times, advertising various things, from baking powder to steam engines. In these trips I have observed some things quite well worth the remembering,"but certainly the most unusual bit of advertising I ever heard of came under my notice during a trip I made through northwestern Texas. "In a trip made there some three years previously I had met a local character whom they called Colt Thsmpson, and after a talk with him at the hotel supper table, for he boarded at the best hotel in the town, I found that he had come from my native town in Massachusetts, and that we had known each other as boys there, 40 years before, when neither of us was more *than 10 years old. Though Thompson was a pretty hard citizen and bad a record'onlya few eastern men would be proud of, he was a good worker, and as the agent of an arms manufacturing oon\pany in the east, with a territory comprising several counties, ho managed to live well and wear good clothes. Of course he gambled between times and did odd jobs of various kinds, but the profits in those lines were simply used for spenfing money. He had shot several men and was accustomed to remark that ho had to do it now and then in his business to show the merits of the goods he handled, and he always.said that he would rather be horsowhipped than shoot a man with any other gun than that made by his firm, a loyalty that added much to his popularity ana was a first class advertisement for his weapons. "Which reminds me that Thompson was the most enthusiastic advertiser I ever saw, and he never let an opportunity escape that he oould use for this purpose. I saw him shoot a runaway horse one afternoon on the main steeet," and when the owner complained Thompson paid for the animal and had a half column article in all the newspapers on his guns as runaway preventives. Another time about midnight he discovered a fire in a store on a side street, and, instead of turning in an alarm by tho usual shouting, he began to shoot his gun as fast as he could. The noise soon had the crowd out, and the papers next day told all about Thompson's guns as the best fire alarms in U6e. On another occasion he offered the preacher who was going to preach a shot man's funeral $60 to help out the salary fund if he would say that the deceased had surely gone to heaven because he had been shot with one of Thompson's guns, "But I am digressing. His greatest advertising idea was his last one, to which I am slowly but surely coming. When I found I was going to be in Thompson's neighborhood again, I was pleased, for I had found him interesting, and he had insisted when we parted that if I ever came that way again I must be sure and give him a chance to make it pleasant for me. I had not heard from him in the meantime, and when I got to his town and asked at his old stopping place where he was I was greatly pained, but not greatly surprised, to learn that he had died six months previously. It was not necessary for me to ask if ho had died suddenly, and I did not ask the question in that form, but I did ask what the row was about, and as the result of my inquiries I found that my friend Thompson had been called upon to act as a deputy sheriff in the arrest of a couple of very bad men from the mountains who had been 'shooting the town up.' "They were customers of Thompson, but he did not give guarantees against disorder with his goods, and he was as glad to arrest these men as he would have been to do 'any other hazardous service. Thompson beoame separated from the sheriff and posse about noon, and no mora was seen of him until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when he was discovered by the sheriff lying dead beside a big white bowlder, and not 50 feet away, stretched flat on their backs, were tho two 'toughs,' quite as dead as Thompson. In the hands of each of tho three were revolvers and it was plain that thq men "had diod game, though apparently the end was more sudden for the others than for Thompson. This was proved by the fact that just above him on the white surface of the stone he had scrawled in as big letters as he could reach, and with his finger dipped in his own blood, the words: 'What else could have happened when all three had Thompsons? Call on my successor before purchasing elsewhere.' "That evening after supper I went to the town cemetery to visit the grave of my schoolmate, and on a plain white stone at his head was this brief inscription, placed there by his friends: "COLT THOMPSON.

currency. It Is costly when dark, and has a tough, lightweight skin, whioh is en essential in all furs that are to be used for large cloaks. Sables, rich and dark, are worn like1 the kuni, by any who can afford them—»oourt dames, cavaliers, archbishops and merchants with their wives and daughters. Cloth or velvet is the proper covering for all furs, and the colors worn for driving are often light and gay.

Clothed in these furs the Russian seldom takes cold. Few Russians wear flannels. The bouses are kept delightfully warm, and at places of entertainment no extra clothing could be borne. No Russian enters a,room, theater or public hall ut any .season of the year without removing his cloak and overshoes, and no well trained servant would allow an ignorant foreigner to trifle with his health by so doing.

The foraigfk churches aro provided with cloakrooms 6nd attendants. In the Russian cburcheS this would not be practicable, as so many are ooming and going, but even here some of the richer people keep a lackey to hold their cloaks just inside th« entrance. fcJOYS OF OLD ST."PAUL'S.

Ihoy Were the Pets of London In the P^^'ilJays of Qneen Bess. Th"#t a?e many quaint pictures of old London in John Bennett's St. Nicholas serial, "Master Skylark." The hero of the 8torf is in tho music school of St. Paul's cathedral, and the following aocuunt of his experiences is given: "Heighoand alackaday!" thought Ni^k. "It is better in the country than in town!" For there was no smell in all the town like the clean, sweet smell of the open fields just after a summer rain, no colors like the bright heartsease and none so pretty, or the honeysuckle over the cottage door, and no song ever to be^eard among the sooty chimnoypots likc^he song of the throstle piping to the daisies d'n the hill.

But he had little time to drc&m such dreams, for every day from 4 to 6 o'clock the children's company played and sang in public, at their own school hall, or in the courtyard of the Mitre inn on Bread street, near St. Paul's.

They were the pets of London town, and their playing place was thronged day after day. For the bright young faces and sweet, unbroken voices of the richly costumed lads made a spot in sordid London life like a pot of posies in a window on a dark street eo that both the high and the low, the rich and the poor, came in to see them play and dance, to hear them sing, and to laugh again at the witty things whioh were written for them to say.

The songs that were set for Nick to sing were always short, sweet, simple things that even the dull eyed, toil worn folk upon the rough plank benches in the pit oould understand. Many a silver shilling came clinking down at the heels of the other boys from tho galleries of the inn, where the people of the better classes, wealthy merchants, ladies and their dashing gallants, watched the children's company, but when Nick's songs were done the common people down below seemed all gone daft. They tossed red apples after him, ripe yellow pears, fat purple plums by handfuls, called him by name and brought him back, and cried for more and more and more, until the old precentor shook bis head behind the prompter's screen and waved Nick off with a forbidding frown. Yet all the while he chuckled to himself until it seemed as if his dry old ribs would ratfle in bis sides, and every day, before Nick sang, he had him up to his little room for a broken egg and a cup of rosy cordial. "To clear thy voice and to cheer the cockles-of thine heart," said he, "and to tune that pretty throat of thine ad gustum reginae—which is to say, 'to the queen's own taste'—God bless her majesty 1"

KENTUCKY'S SHAKER MILL.

Once It Ground Flonr For a Cake For Qneen Victoria. One of the oldest mills now standing in Kentucky, says a Lexington correspondent of the Cincinnati Tribune, is that known as the Shaker mill, which is located on Shawnee run, a small stream in Mercer county, about six miles northeast of Harrodsburg and about two miles from the famous high bridge on the Cincinnati Southern railroad. The mill has now fallen into decay. The dam was partially washed away by a freshet in the spring of 1896, and the millstones which for so many years ground their grist day and night are stillod, perhepa forever.

The "mill was ereofed about the year 1809 by Jflhn Meacham and Benjamin Youngs, Shaker missionaries from the Mount, Vernon society in New York. They had established a Shaker community within a ijaile pt the millslde, and as it was thriving rapidly they soon found the need of a mill." At first the mill was rather a small affair, but as the Shaker community increased in numbers and wealth improvements Were added until it was finally one of the best1 mills in Mercer county. Old fashioned burs were gradually replaced by the b^st French burs, and the reputation of the flour made by the Shakers caused them to find a ready market for every popnd they produced, and many hundreds of barrels of flour ground in this old mill were shipped on fiatboats down the Kentucky river to Louisville, Mempihs, Natchez, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

From the latter port Shaker flour was frequently shipped to Europe, and it is said that on one occasion the Christmas cake for Queen Victoria was* baked from flour ground by this mill. The machinery wns turned by two old fashioned overshot water wheels.

The Shakers were scrupulously honest in their milling operations, and nothing but the very choicest wheat was ground by this mill. It was on that aocount perhaps as much as in the excellence of their mill and the skill of their millers that they produced such a superior article of ,flour. It was noted all over central Kentucky for its excellent qualities in making the delioious salt rising bread so familiar to all strangers who have partaken of Kentucky's country hospitality. In recent years the mill has made but little flour, as the Shakers never put in the Hungarian rollars, and all the grinding down there has been in making cornmcaL Since the dam washed away, however, even this \york has been abandoned.

A Successful Rose.

A oertain captain included among his cargo a couple of gallon jars of fine brandy. Incidentally be also included a remarkably smart and intelligent cabin boy. The worthy skipper had a deep rooted aversion to. the inconvenient curiosity of the revenue offloers. In short, he desired to land his brandy without their aid.

Upon berthing his vessel alongside the quay, a plank was pushed on to the jetty, and as soon as the patrol came within a few yards the cabin boy, carrying the jars, stepped ashore and was immediately accosted by the customs officer. The following dialogue ensued: "Well, my lad, what havo you got there*" "Can't tell you, sir.", "But you must." "Captain said I wasn't to, eir." "Ob, but I'm a custom house officer, my boy, and if you don't tell me what you have there I shall call that constable over yonder aad have you arrested." "Well, sir, oaptaln'U just kill me If he knows. He aaid I was to take the jars to _» (mentioning the officer's name), "12 street, with bis oompliments." '•Oh, yes I see. It's all right. I'm

Hera's a shilling for your

honesty, and, see, go out this way." The 1a stUl waiting for the ar«t «f tbajfr tny

A CURIOUS THEATER.

WHERE PICTURESQUE AUDIENCES HEAR "ADVANCED-* DRAMA.

The Performances Are Intermittent aad Not Open to the FnhHc—In Dress, DUr logne and "Business" Spectators Are

More Interesting Than Actors.

The theater in question is in Paris, pnd its name is the Theatre de 1'CEuvre. Before coming to the features of this institution which more espoolally concern us here a word must be said as to its nature. Since the disappearance of the famous Theatre Libre the Theatre de 1'vEuvro is the most important of what tlie Parisians term the theatre a cote of the irregular theaters—that is, whose performances aro intermittent and not open to the general public by payment at the doors, but to subscribers and—deadheads. The counterpart of these theaters in London is the Independent theater. It must-not be supposed from what follows that the Theatre de I 'CEuvre is a more or less fanta«tio institution without claim to be taken seriously. On the contrary, it has played an important part in reoent French dramatic history. An account of the pieces it has produced and of the authors it. has brought into notice would be most interesting and instructive, but is beyond our purpose, which is to deal wivii oertain tide characteristics- of the performances M. LugnoPoe has now been giving for several years.

At the Theatre de 1'CEuvre it is to some extent a matter of indifference whether the pieco be good or bad, whether it interests or bores you. Indeed it is some of the worst plays that have prooured the spectators the most amusement. The reason is that, whatever is parsing on the stage, there is always an immense amount of entertainment to be got out of the audience. In no other theater in existence is anything to be found at all equivalent to the gatherings formed by M. Lugne-Poe's subscribers and guests. Of the subscribers there is little to be said. They are people of means, and in many respeots are much as other theater goers. No doubt, whether from conviction or from what the French call snobisme, they are curious about many things in connection with the dramatic art that are beyond the ken of the averago Philistine who revels in a Palais Royal farce. Thoy have been educated up to Ibsen to the extent, at any rate, of sitting out his plays, and they are alive to the portentous necessity of regenerating the drama. Still, if left to themselves the appearance they would present would merely be that of an ordinary well dressed crowd, and they would keep within bounds their demonstrations of satisfaction or discontent with the fare set before tbem.

It is the guests of M. Lugne-Poe that maka an audience at the Theatre de 1'CEuvre one of the most picturesque and liveliest gatherings imaginable. Admission is accorded in the most generous manner. If seats are not forthcoming, standing room is seldom refused, provided the applicant can make out even a shadowy claim to be interested in "advanced" drama. In consequence the young writers and fledgeling artists of Paris are present by the soore. And they are good to look at and good to' listen to. Genius in France, when very young, would consider itself wanting in self respect if it did not cultivate a distinctive "get up." Theresuits of this striving after outward individuality are fearful and wonderfxil. The hair, the hat and the tie are the matters that receive most attention, but frock coats reaching down to the ankles aro in high favor with the privileged few who can afford them, corduroy trousers of tho pegtop order of design are greafc»7 affected by the artists, and there is always an anarchist present—very often M. Jean Grave in person—in a flaming red jersey. The anarchists, too—anarchism is the fashionable opinion of the moment—have recently adopted a new model of hat. In 6hape it resembles the ordinary straw hat, but it is made of moderately hard felt and its color is black. The slouch "brigand" hat has ceased to be esteemed. Its place has been taken bj another "soft felt" as nearly round as possible and not unlike a barber's bowl completed by a turned up rim. This description of calotte is worn without the usual adornment of a ribbon, and to be a success it should be as old and weather worn as possible, and dented in artistically haphazard fashion. Top hats are admissible if they are in antediluvian shade, and are considered particularly satisfactory when they aro abnormally high in the crown and are finished off by a very broad, flat brim. But the greater glory of these intellectual young men is their hair. Words fail to do justice to the manifold arrangement of their locks. Length, of course, is a primary consideration, but while some of the hirsute sport carefully tended curls others go disheveled, and yot others seem to have taken refuge in a wig. The advisability of having a beard is responsible for strange sights in the shape of curious developments of fluff and thin, straggling growths on chins scarcely old enough for tfcj razor.

These quaint persons rejoice in exceedingly sturdy convictions. They are tremendously in earnest. At the slightest pretext afforded by what is said on the stage they break out into a storm of applause or howls of indignation, as the case may be. As their opinions are almost as varied as the cut of their garments, applause and cat calling are always going on at the same time. The different "schools" group themselves so as to give greater force to their demonstrations. By a sort of unwritten convention the anarchists have acquired a right to the gallery. In the orchestra there is no band—forgather as a rule the friends of the author. In one corner are to be found nothing but "symbolist" poets, in another the "naturists" stand elbow to elbow. These antagonist groups have only one feeling in common—their contempt for the Philistine. If the more bourgeoise section of the audience shows the least disposition to find a scene a trifle too audacious or really too incomprehensible—and such scenes crop up at the Theatre de l'CEuvra—all Bohemia is in a ferment and screcches of exeomtion bring the offenders to thoir senses or at least reduce them to silence. The roo unpardonable crime is to laugh at what you listen to. Everything must be taken seriously.—Pall Mail Gazette*

WHAT DID HE SMELLT

The landlady's Perplexity Could Hardly Have Given Him Comfort.

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Mr. Ronald .Tugson finally found roo.a3 that F'lited him. They were in a bouse high on Beacon hill, a bouse o^ Mc-^nt Vernon street. The bedrcoTU ovarlooked an apology for a garden. Trees sweetened the air and birds made a fuss in the morning, calling attention to their early rising. The jar of the street car was far away, and Mr. Jugsoo considered himself fortunate.

He was a priggish man and was in many ways a very Betty. He insisted on oatmeal for breakfast. He wore rubber overshoes if rain threatened. He weufc to bod invariably at 11 o'clock, and if he were undressed a little before 11 he waited in his ^ightnhirt until the hands pointed exactly at the hour before be put out the gas. And if there was anything be sbhoTTed it was the smell of tobacco,

The first night be spent iC)11* quarters be noticed soon after b^' got into bed the odor of an extremely good cigar, for, prig as he was, he knew the difference between'cabbage and Havana. The odor was none the lees disagreeable to him. Where did the smell oome from? Through the window? There was no one in the garden. There was no one on the same floor with him. He w&a under the impression fchpt only women were on the floor

oigas*—witniK Gwrgn Baud aad Teresa Canwio—je remembered Sbe faces at tho women he saw as diaoar that eight, and Le almost Utagherf as &• thought of taout puffing clouds of aaioJob. Tw#s very annoying, but he at laac west w» sleep.

The next morning he spoke tc the landlady. "No, Mr. Jugson, .onrioasly enough, there's no one in the houMt who smokes. Not that I objeot to it. iJideed I rnthd liko the smell of a good cigar. 3nioke ali you want to." That n!gh& Mr. Jugson sniffed about the bedroom. No* a trace, tot a suspicion of smokv. It moss hava been his imagination. No «oaner was he In bed ti«an he was neatly strangled by tohnoco smoke. It was us fibov:#!: some one had blown it in hi* face. Thick, pungent, waa tho stroke. Was he she of. a joke? He jumped out of rwd. «tsrcck a match. Net a bit of rmoke. W&/ ahm.ld there be? And vot the small was «m powerful he opened a window. That nlfcht he t*ssed and oocghod, and emtgaec and tossed. By d&ytaeak tbe sense was odor* less.

Pale, irritaoan, he went to sbo brenkf-ist tablo. Afw he hod eaten hi* sanitary meal he spoke to the landlady and taki his adventure or wn«jr or baHaoination. She looked at him sharply. "I don't understand it, Mr. Jugscn. I de*t ircdarMend it. Tho logger bafore yon was a gr*wt smoker, bu* we ««l«an®d tho room most thorough"., after h* died. was a very gentlemanly mas, a-?d we xciss Irisa. He died last week of eancer of fc«sgnc."—

Journal.

Chinese

If a house is to be repaired, voiKfsrful forethought in necessary. ®ko 9Til spirits which aro supposed to eooopy each dwelling that mortals have inhabited cause tha carpenter no end of trouble and no trifling expense. First, an astrologer must ba consulted with regard to the most lucky day for beginning tho work. Then a square suspended trozn the ridjfe beam is a notification to the spirits of darkness that their dwelling plaoe is to be disturbed, wherefore the square thing fof them to do is to move out quietly anrf peacefully. Next tho carpenters mak offerings to these unseen residents. Thes« gifts seem to say, "If you pleaco, spirits ol darkness, accept this bribe anu speedily take your flight." Next tho neighbor* must be warned that these evil influences aro about to be turned loose, perhaps to seek shelter under a neighboring roof. Every house on that street receives a notice that1upon a oertain day and hour repairs are to begin on the dwelling of Ah Sin. Each household can then pay tha imps not to enter its doorway, but to go to the next neighbor.

Even the farinor cannot begin his work in the spring until after the national festivals are oelebrated in honor of the special gods who are supposed to make it their particular business to look after the welfare of those who till the soil. In a land where more than 100,000,000 people are supported by agrioulture, where many farms have been in cultivation for three or even four millenniums, we naturally expect to find skill in that line of work. In this we are not disappointed, for Chinese farming is scientific handwork.—Lippincott's Magazine.

Ere the Farewell is Spoken

On the deck of the steamer, or on board the train that i? to bear you away from those dear to you, you will, if you are wise, have safely stowed away in your luggage a sufficient supply of that safeguard against illness —Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. Commercial travelers, tourists and pioneer emigranta concur in testifying to the fortifying and saving properties of the great tonic. Use for constipation, biliousness, malariai and kidney complaints and nervousness.

The Long Time to Dress Habit. A clever woman tells the story at hci own expense of tho way in which she wn* cured of the long time to dress habit. She was addicted to it in its very worst form. There was no case on record of a guest who had been greeted under her roof with any degree of promptitude.

One evening at a private entertainmea*of some kind she encoimtered a certalL bishop, an old friend of the family. "Ah, my dear Mrs. Smith," remarked the ecclesiastic, "how are you? I passed your house yesterday and thought of dropping in to see you." "And you didn't do it? That was very unkind of you." "Well, no. You see, I said to myself 'I have just one hour to call upon Mrs. Smith. She will take 67 minutes to dress. That will leave just three for our talk. It is hardly worth while.' "—Pbiladelphis

Try Allen's Foot-E»»«.

A powder to be shaken inu tiie shoes. At this season your fee! feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Base. It cools the feet aud makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen acd sweating feet, blisters and callous spoLs. Relieves corns and bunior.s of all pain and gives rest awl comfort. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 2Ac. Trial package free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y.

The Effect of Mirrors.

Until one has experimented with the effect contributed by mirrors let into the wall their value in increasing the apparent size of a room oan hardly be appreciated. In a long, OIK window parlor of an up town house a w!2o aroh was made each side of tho fireplace and the space filled with looking glass. Apparently, tu.cn, the room opened into another through these spacious arches, and though alight piece of furniture stood in front of each, »bo illusion was not interfered with. Saeh mirrors are often set directly opposite the parlor door to relieve the contraction of a narrow balL The archiWeit of today has many devices to ovwcouM the monotony and stiff liii«s of halls Mud rwias.

Don't Totweco 'jpit aud iliuoke Your Ilfe

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Qneen Nathalie's Method.

Queen Natalie Is considered the most beautiful qnee.-. in Europe. Her greatest charm is her exqtrfsittay shaped neck, which is said to resemble *Jtat of the Venus of Milo. The means she employs to protect it against the ravages cf time are ample enough to be praciJcwi hy amy ono. It is raid that every morning she takes a brisk war.k in the grounds of her pal:»'.:o, near Belgrade, witli a heavy pitcher on her h«ad. This not only improves tha nook, but gives one an e*eot and graceful carriage. This is not original with the queen, for i." has been a common /actice among the womeu of the poorer classes in her ooun try from tho earliest ages.

8«m!»y School I'lcnlfl.

"Hie Tn.%iiy M, E. Sunday school will hold their annual pfos«c at Greencaatle Springi Thursday, July Sth. Train leaves Union station promptly at 7:20. Fare for tho round trip, 65 cent3. Children between 6 and 12 years, 30 cents.

Prof. Edmondses, the optician now at Big wood's, will remain all this week. Call ear ly. He teats eyes free uid xoftkeg spectacle

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