Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 July 1897 — Page 2

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FOB THE TRAVELER.

fThat ia Au Fait When Stopping Over at a City Hotel. In breakfast gowns for the summer hotels a deal of latitude is allowed, and the rown may be as simple as you choose and touch like a garden rig. In making a itop en route at a city hotel a shirt waist und fresh white linen collar ana cuffs taav be worn with the traveling skirt, belted snugly. Many women expect to buy the waist and linen at the stopping place, but more "carry the change In the bag. at any rate, collars and cuffs, which may be put on with the shirt waist worn Kith the travelling dress. The advantage a change of bodices is obvious. For a private dining-room or home breakfast, Vhen only Intimates are to be met, a ?aintv garment is the freshest, sheerest Sttle breakfast jacket.. It is fluffed high Vt the neck, unless the w6arer is young ind-pretty5 ehi ugh 'W fisrtf it cut-out to Hio*:Tu5**the -rlse ofthe throat. It 1s pin#/ 'iftWS' gfeefc,"White, "blue or ktraW "color, or it mayvbe a lovely combination of .jSMicftt-ear.ttsts* The afcirt is io matfch *fhfc?i9 t»frhfci?,.short, uitfess the figujre -does' not allow this, wheryit may be long or tinned.' "gbe whole effect is Huffily crisp and fresn. Sleeves are ioose and to the elbows only if the arm permits. The jacket is short and hangs laurttlly straight from the shouluers. On her hair she may wear a dainty bit of. neribboned lace, if she is married, or in her hair a fresh fiowpr, be sue married, or maid. The hair is done simply, even allowed to hang knotted with ribbon In girlish fashion. Not for a long while iRve morning and breakfast fashions een so becoming.

A Theory

She—How do you account for the enormous increase 6f the English sparrow in Imeriea?

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THE COURTESIES OF LIFE.

An American lady, who spends much 9f her time abroad, in defending herself from the charge of lack of patriotIsm, is quoted as saying: "'I like Europe because everybody who Eurrounds me wears a pleasant face. They strive in every way to make my Etay agreeable. At Frankfort, last year, the landlady of my pension discovered my birthday in some way. That morning when I went down to breakfast, there Was a bouquet at my plate, and all the servants wished me a happy year. It is true they may have expected a few coppers for their good wishes, but their attentions pleased me, and I did not mind the coppers. I drove recently in the country, apd stopped at a little inn for luncheon. While we were at luncheon, the .driver busied himself in gathering for me a large bouquet of wild flowers. My laundress in Paris courtesies when I pay her, and wishes me a safe journey. When I go into a shop in London, the women wait on me with smiles. If I buy anything, they thank me, and if I do not buy, they thank me for looking at their goods, and hope that I will come Sgain. When I telegraph a.head for rooms bnd dinner at a hotel, I find on my arrival the rooms prepared, a neat-handed waiting-maid in the bedroom, a black garbed xnaitre d'hotel bowing at the entrance to th© private dining-room, a table set with gleaming glass and silver, Immaculate napery, and a bouquet of flowers on the table: a cheerful fire burns Dn the hearth. It is as if one were returning home. These little courtesies piay have mcrcenery motives, yet for all that they are. very pleasant. One does hot find them in America."

Not everyone cares for the excessive ''bowing and scraping" of those below Stairs, and to most persons the smirk of }he shopman is exceedingly offensive, but In America, it is too true, we go to the spposite extreme. Attendants in shops nd feven men of business are notoriously gruff and brusque in their treatment of patrons. But American rudeness is by tio means confined to shop-keepers and iheir assistants street manners is a thing jilmost forgotten, and even in private our Intercourse one with the other, is often marked by a curtness and abruptness, jiot to say surliness, that is shocking. For the most part it arises from carelessness and lack of thought, but it is none the less rude and hard to bear. We eanrtot .all go to Europe to escape it, nor would we if we could, but in this, as in every reform, to use a. homely phrase, we can 'SU' ''sweep before our own doors," and''practice the little courtesies of life In public and private.

A CDP OF COFFEE.

It* Importance an a Beverage and Its Proper Making Explained. Coffee lovers arc periodically assailed with the dread, amounting sometimes to conviction, that their favorite beverage is not wholesome for them. These will be featured by some experiments in diet tvhiCh a physician has carried on at a hospital recently. He found, to quote from his report, that "coffee acted upon the liver and was altogether the best remedy for constipation and what is call»d a bilious condition: that tea acted in precisely an opposite direction—namely, is an astringent," and he adds: "Nothing tve found could bring the peace to a sufferer .for malarial chill that would come from a cup of strong coffee with a little iemOn juice added." Another interesting jact developed by these same experiments was that for neuralgia in its simple .form, fresh, strong, hot tea was almost a specific. Many coffee lovers who find at times that the drink is not agreeing with them will notice a fhange for the better in its after effect if the cream Is left out. This is not so great a hardship as it seems, provided care is taken to have the Coffee of the best quality and served clear, fairly strong and hot. After taking it in this way for a few mornings with a lump or two of sugar jt will be almost an effort to return to the cretin compound. The difference between the creamless morning coffee and the after-dinner French coffee is that the latter is infused and the former usually boiled. To bring coffee just to the boiling point and hold it there for a mojnent or two develops, so the chemists lay, the stimulating property. The breakfast coffee, therefore, which is intended to freshen one for the day, should be prepared in this way. The little cup taken the end of the dinner and the day is better to be simply infused through the French coffee pot, as the exciting property Is helpfully spared at such time.

NOTES OF THE VOGUE,

The Very, latest Fads of the .Queens of the Hornet. ^ewe'letf'embroidery ia at the ienlth" of its popularity, which -fact predicts its downfall in the near future.

Sashes of chiffon and crepe de chine, in light, dainty colors, are a pretty feature of the summer gowns.

Toques all in one color, trimmed to give a sideway tilt-in effect, are the latest note in millinery in-ParlE.

Dark blue veils are all the rage in .Paris with cornflower blue hals u.mmed with feathers in two shades of blue, blue chiffon and green roses.

Tailor-made costumes, have a muchshorter coat than those worn last year, and are more closely fitted to the figure, so it is an easy matter to bring a last season's jacket up to date.

Leather boas have taken a new lease of life and bobbed up again as one of fashion's special favorites. Gray and clay are the pet colors. Black and white are both worn, however, and all the new boas are rather short, very fluffy, and supplied with three ends in one.

The pinched bodice is a prevailing element of fashion, and the latest is one which overhangs the belt in the back as well as the front. This whim is said to encourage the habit of tight lacing again, since the effect of having the waist small adds so much to the beauty of this particular mode.

Girdles and belts, with sash ends all made of ribbon, costing from $5 to $15, are shown in the shops of great variety. Ruffles of lace edging, set on two or three inches apart across the ends for the entire length, are one mode of decoration others are of fancy striped ribbon, without the lace, arranged in deep pointed girdles, boned to keep them in place.

Accident revealed the possibility of extending the usefulness and transforming the appearance of an old black silk crepon gowii, when it was discovered that the outside crinkled layer could be torn away from the foundation as effectually as a knife peels an apple. The fabric which remains has no gloss, resembles a wool canvass, and is really quite presentable.

The extravagant tendencies of the day are aB well exemplified in the lingerie and underwear as in any other branch of fashion. The corset department displays many a pretty novelty in summer corsets one of which is made of ribbon to look more like a girdle than anything else, and to wear with the short corset there are the daintiest little bust supporters made of countless rows of beading through wnich ribbon is run. Others are of handsome lace* bound with ribbon, and cost $10.

FRIED OR BROILED CHICKEN.

Some Valuable Hints for the Young Housekeeper That May be Serviceable. In choosing chickens for broiling or frying the skin must look rough, like goose flesh, and full of pin feathers. The feet must appear long in comparison to the rest of the body, and so knotty that an inexperienced person might, easily take them for those, of an old stager. These knots are undeveloped spurs. Dry picked chickens are best. Mind that the flesh is firm and of a yellow tint, the legs smooth and yellow:. Bend the lower part of the breast bone^ if it yields readily it is a sure sign of youth. As young chickens are not so highly flavored as those a year old, they are best broiled or fried. If plenty of sweet boiling fat is used the beautifully browned and savory fried spring chicken is as wholesome as when broiled. The butcher generally splits the chicken down the back for frying or broiling: he must be cautioned not to break the breast bone, as if this happens it cahnot be sent to the table In good shape. Olive oil or lard is used by the Virginia cooks for this sort of frying. The former gives the best flavor if care is taken that the oil is fresh .and sweet. Make two large tablespoonfuls of oil, or four of lard, boiling'hot (try with a bit of bread), put in the chicken,, and, when brown on both sides, sprinkle with pepper and salt cover closely and allow it to cook slowly for twenty minutes to half an hour on the back of the range, then put on a hot dish, bring the pan to a hotter part, dust in it, stirring constantly two even tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, then stir in a pint of hot milk, bring to a boil, then add pepper, salt and chopped parsley to taste, and strain into a hot gravy, boat. Rice croquettes are a delicious .accompaniment, also young green peas. If lard is used some must be poured off before making the gravy. Those who have never tried young guinea fowl are advised to, begin now while they are plentiful. They are more "gamy" than ordinary chicken, and are generally fricasseed. Before stewing they should be jointed and fried brown In hot bacon fat. 'Those who have once tried this fat for frying will be careful to save separately the fat left from breakfast bacon. It lends flavor to whatever is cooked therein. Brown, crisp, thin, sweet bacon is always a welcome accompaniment to chickens, and is a nice looking garnish with parsley.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS*

Brevities of Interest to Those Who Appreciate Money-Saving Suggestions. To wash organdies and lawns, soak them in a gallon of warm water in which a tablespoonful1of borax has just been dissolved. Leave them to soak about twenty minutes and rub in soap-suds made of pure Castile soap, pour boiling water over them and allow to cool rinse in tepid water.

To remove stains from the hands after peeling pototoes, apples or pears, first wash the hands without using soap, then, while still wet, rub With pumice-stone, and afterwards wash with soap and water.

China, as soon as bought, should be placed in a copper or other vessel of cold water, each piece to be separated from the other by a wisp of hay gradually heat the water till it is nearly boiling, then let it become cold: take the china from the water and wipe it. China treated in this way will be less lik?ly to crack than if it is used at once without going through this process.

Egg stains may Be removed frotn silver forks and spoons by rubbing'tSfefii -Witfi a little very fine sAlti

A recent labOr-saVffȤ-vinventte?i' tW^icft will bfe welcomed in 'the kittheri is-'a peasheller. v.-r

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A pretty feature or the' -evening dresses Is the long soft ^carfr.-of chlffoar It may be black. White or colored ami the black and white sashes are tnade very effective by dotting them over with applique figures of lace in contrast, black and white. Plain chiffon, with a frill of lace all Abound the edge, is also used, and the sashes of white organdie have innumerable roWs of narrow lace Insertion acrofs the edge. Ruches of tinted chiffon are festooned around the skirts of plain ana hrdcaded satin evening dresses, and one charming gown is of yellow moire, with kiltings of yellow chiffon in the skirt. The bodice lifts tiny BMero fronts of jeweled lace and a soft, full .vest of the chltTOn Caught up at one side with green and pink hydrangea blossom* .A striking, .vet simple evening gown. Is of pale blue brocad&d satin, with plaited bolero lisws •»T"1 °f green

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TEREE HAITTE EXPBESS, FRIDAY. MORKENG, JULY 9, 1897.

Women Crowding Men in All departments %t muscular and Skilled tabor. ,f

Th& work and wages of men, wom^ij. and children In this country has. been undergoing an investigation f^oni Uncle Sam. In showing the conjugal cofidltion of the female employes of the ^t.ablishments included in the investigation, the figures regarding New Harrtpfehlro are curious. Nearly one-fourth of the wofrkingwomen of that state are married. This is an unusually large proportion. New York married women who .work form only one-sixteenth of. the wjjole. No other state, New England or otherwise, makes such a showing. W_hy so. many New Hampshire husbands .should VftquiM the aid of their wives in sujiportirig the family is not explained. T&Jic the whole country, and over 13 per cefttj1 %f the women employed are married. Nearly 950 establishments were cohered by the government investigation. In t'Sfl years the male employes over -18 years of age have incrftasQda61 per gent, and females 66 per ce^.uT^leiHt^jLhqM under 18 year#, the .maigs hare incKpsjgr.80 per cent, and the femaio^ ^^er.^pt.^, £he figures show what everyone knbwsl' that women, to some extent, are entering Into places at the expense of the men. The gain Is shown in all classes of occupations except domestic and personal service, where the proportion of women dropped from 42 per cent, in 1870 to 38 per cent, in 1890, and the percentage of men so employed rose in the same period from 57 to 61. Wheyeas, 13 per cent, of the country's children under 15 years old were working in 1870 and 16 per cent, in 1880, only 7 per cent, had to neglect school on this account in 1890. As to earnings, there i^ a well-developed tendency to pay men well, simply because they are men, even though women and children do the same work and are cxactly as efficient. 'This is the fact in 76 per cent of the cases of differences in pay. On the other hand, women get more pay than men doing the same work in 16 per cent of the cases. But the difference in pay is wide. Men are overpaid 50 per cent, wliila women are overpaid only 10 per cent. Women have a greater adaptability than men for the work in which they are employed, they a're more reliable, more' easily controlled, cheaper, more temperate,' more industrious, more careful, more polite, less liable to strike and more rapid to learn. But machinery is gradually displacing them in many industries, as more automatic work Is done by machinery formerly often women Who are better adapted and cheaper are unreliable their physical strength is inadequate for heavy work and some industries largely employing women are being forced out of business by the changes in-fashion, notably the fancy plush box trade, which is being superseded by celluloid boxes. ,s,

SUMMER HOTEL INFLUENCES.

Not Good For Children So Says an Eastern Woman Observer. An eastern woman who has written an article on the summer pleasures of children objects to subjecting them .to the'artificial constraint and worldly influences of great summer hotels. "I have an instance now in my mind," she says, "where a mother, forced to seek a certain altitude and very dry air for a delicate child, has prepared to exile herself .this summer 'rather than repeat last year's experiences.' Until then her little daughter had worn her simple dresses without thinking about them until then she had taken her early supper of bread and milk and jam with eager appetite until then she had been asleep at 7 o'clock glad to rest after her long day's pleasure and exercise. The hotel brought longing desires for fine clothes, for all the dainties of the children's dining-room for late hours, 'just to hear the music and dance until 9.' Evep when the child herself was ready to yieid to old habits some kindly mother would interfere: 'Do let Marion stay up this once it is so hard when she ^ees all the Qther children so happy.' The same enjoyments, the childlike habits, because in the little girl's eyes a species of discipline which her.j unkind mother forced upon' her. Her^ pretty print frocks were despicable ber side dainty silk slips and exquisite em-, broideries, her sensible shoes very trying^ to wear beside the rosetted dancing slip-, pers, her bread and milk became baby-* ish and her mother's good-night storywas drowned in the strains of the band. a

Tomato Soup With Rice.

Cook one tablespoonful fine chopped' onions in half tablespoonful butter Ave"1 minutes without brownihg. Add half tablespoonful flour, stir and cook 2 mln^ utes, then add half can tomatoes, half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful sugar, one-quarter teaspoonful pepper. CoolD ten minutes, then rub the tomato*^ through a sieve into another saucepan. In the meantime place a small saucepan with three tablespoonfuls rice over the fire, cover with boiling water and cook ten minutes. Then pour the rice in a sieve and rinse off with cold Water. Return the rice to the saucepan, and add one and a half cups of milk, half teaspoonful butter and a pinch of salt set the saucepan over the fire and cook till the rice is tender. The second cooking is best done in a double boiler. Add. the rice to the tomatoes and' serve.

Complexion and Digestion.

Complexion is all a matter of digestion. Where there is a good digestion, a beautiful complexion is bound to follow. A well-regulated stomach invariably proclaims itself in a good-looking face, and to maintain this iVell-regulated condition attention to a fruit diet is recommended. Plums, blackberries, white and red grapes, oranges and peaches are among the table fruits, and it is difficult to say which Is the best for a pretty complexion. If the skin Is kept fresh kiui the diet laxative, the face wUf'bfe goba t# look upon. People eat too miich tfrea^Btuftfe. A mudcolored skin is 'uSuafiy ^if indication of bad blood. A good thing fd'r a sallow skin is a trip to the nearest mountainwalk up, rest and,'cli1Ai d®wn again.

Bouquet fbT the Graduate*. The bouquet to'be carriesUy the sweet girl graduate is a study. It should not be a stiff and magnificent affair* like that of the opera-going matron, thp debutante or the bride, it should be pf sweet peas, daisies, carnations or hjcftcinttw, white lilacs or'roses, although the. last are undesirable, as lilacs wifl oe„ rare a week hence, and white rijseS^ a?fe really mtiro for brides or'burials. Th'ebouljuet should not bev an Immense hi fair, and a loosej natlaral effect is trior# desirable than formal stiffness. Have« plenty of green maidenhair fern witlr th§ flowers and the stems with a ^White.tib^ bon.

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TEEIICK-BOOR TISITOR ANNOYS

A Treatiie on a Question That Annually .Agitates the Minds of Nearly Every Housekeeper.

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"peligious a diamond-shaped figure, "Good, but cheese your patter" (don't t^lk much). Where mendicancy is reduced to a more perfect system than with U6, is in England or Prussia—a system calculated to save time and realize large profits—there are oth£r signs through ojher. A handful of grass thrown down one of four cross roads indicates the direction the gang has gone, or if It is night a' cleft stick With an arm pointing down the road. In the paddc-n-kens, or tramp lodging houses, all over England there hangs over the kltclieniire place a rude pencil map of the districts, dotted with memoranda. There is also kept a walking paper, on which names of adjacent villages, arranged in six mile circuits, are set down, so that a tramp may complete a. circuit each day. Boughs dropped dropped by the wayside on the left hand, four stones placed in a circle, a square or a triangle or straight lino upon an upturned turf under a hedge row a branch of hawthorne topped with a knife. 6tc., are made to do service in the literature of vagabonds. There Is also a language of signs—a pantomimic language—in well understood use among the cadging community, which also extends throughout the dangerous classes. To limp as if lame means "don't go in that direction to Wipe the brow, "Have a care of bobby" fpoliceman)( and to use £t red handkerchief, "I have not peached." This last Is called the murderers signal, is not uncommonly displayed by the i.elon from the gallows beffire he Is swung off, and is ft pcrfectjy w^y, understood token that the man dies ,without aving betrayed professional secrets. I,t is a curious fact that the caM pnrKses.of the vagrant tribe are as 'aftd well understood In this countr# as in England. It Is still more

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objfefcflbirable' feature vividly before our mltidfe* lii theif complaints of "vagrants and vagrancy," but even when our attention is not directed to this subject by a spccial..account ofc-the strange doings of these wanderers, they are sure to attract our notice at thi3 season, especially the "back door beggars." Every bright sunny day brings them, out in swarmsknown as beggars in the city, and as tramps in the country we Encounter them everywhere, until we are led' to wonder if this" subject'cafnnot be agitated until something Js*doAe to banish this lawless tribe. -ItcisVa vcurtous feature in modern civlll2atian"thttt there should exist in

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same, earnestness ^,udvlabpr would insure it moderate prosperity iiv",honest toil. But it prefers the mg$t uncertain ways of living, the absence of comfortable shelter, the risks of imprisonment and the contempt and enrtiity of all other classes of society for the sake of a freedom from conventionalities which offers no positive good and threatens continual evil. Is it a taint in the blood come down from old border life? Is it a romantic temper which delights in the a.dventurcs of. roaming? Or, like savagism, is it Inherited? Or is it taking toll in a lawless manner for the sake ?f what the wise kings ascribes to "stolen waters" and "bread eaten in secret places?" Whatever may be the knswer, the fact Is clear that a vagrant class, existing from choice, perpetuated through generations, allied by lt» own bonds, and conscious of its antagonistic character, is to be found not onjy in' every country of Europe, but in America, and is not confined to cities, but also

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through the remotest rural districts. That one-Jialf the world knows little of how the .other half lives is manifest enough to tiny ono who will keep his eyes open In our large cities. In theory there is no begging in Boston, and it is true that one may walk through the streets there for weeks without being once asked for alms. And yet there is a vagrant class dwelling in the slums of the city, more American than Irish, whose wits in the wild outdoor life they lead afe sharpened by the very measures taken to suppress vagrancy. In remote districts In New England and the middle states these vagrants march in families. They possess as their stock in trd.de a rickety wagon, a ^oe-begone horse, perhaps a halfit^^Ved cow, a hand barrow, a quantity of filthy bedding and pails, axes, crowbars, old iron, horseshoe and rusty hoops. Encamping in the edge of the woods or at the bottom of a glen as remote as possible from a thoroughfare, they build a fireplace of stones,, gather fences for fuel, pitch a ragged tent and start in different directions on begging excursions. They are not residents of any township, and are therefore neither taxed nor registered. Their children never go to school. Of books and hews of the day they know nothing. Their condition is nomadic, and continues so for generations. The curious subject of vagrant literature proves very interesting to those who have had their attention directed to it. That there is such a literature, both in Europe and the United States, common to both continents and perfectly well understood by .the lnlated, wheth.er conveyed by hieroglyphic marks Or pantomime signs, recent inquiries show to be beyond a doubt. In every large city the vagrant's marks may be seen on pavement and doorstep, street corner and boundary wall. They are often chalk lines, attractive of no attention, suggestive of no meaning. Let anyone examine th^ entrances to any respectable court, the areas before kitchen doors, or the passages into squares*, in any large town here or in EurOpe, and he will probably find the vagrant's chalk marks. Unmeaning as these marks appear, they nevertheless Inform succeeding vagrants of all they1 require. A dlpher, with a twisted tall projecting toward the place, is said "indicate, "go on projecting from the place it indicates "Go away." A cross Is "Too poor a square .or parallelogram, ."Cross, mind the dog a triangle, "Used up the letter O, with a centre dot, "dan'gfcrous," and with

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Veranda Screens,

Those who make a practice of using the veranda for a sitting room 1ft summer will find a screen very useful for many, reasons. It»shuts off the hamiriock ir couch from the public gaze, or 'enclrf^S^ a corner for the children's playthings, and has the advantage of being ihovatte. Cheap ones can be purchased Tor a dolfi lar and a half, or a tflcver bdy can make One of light wood and fancy flfcpfcr. The uncovered ffanies can be bcHijjht and trimmed afterward *rlth pupefr ff.ncy creton or some pretty kind of afaperjv

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haofctfard. Yfitaiep hi this way* stands for penny owt yenneptf. for twopence ertli-ycneps, for threepence rouf-yeneps, for fourpence, and so on. Gin becomes shilling, and owt gins twO shillings, lenork is a crown, an- dunop a pound. This back language has become in the course fd time a regxdar mode of speech, the words never being referred to In their originals. In the street, at.market or in prison the vagrants use this language with each other, thys keeping their natural enemy, the ollceman. In Ignorance. Cool the est-Vrp flook for police) is almost the only vagruht phrase with which any of t!ie coftfrtabiilr.fy force become famlllaf-- ISo for the etfonfte characteristics vrtd ciietcme -of the l'jgrants io ind iu very country, and yet when all has torn «nid we afe no nearer solving the prftbleffi 01 dUsli«irl£ of Jills Objft t.»*«-

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able tribe. Il ls th*t all r»e#e divided bOtwe«n waader&t* aM se'-U«r», and that the l*:*-«r s»aW horde praying upon Miens. the .«• ricans-at the Cr.p« at Cved w* K«f" j' tered by the- mlserabjl* Ecaque*, the fwmsr be-ing Uborarn. aj«d the uiuf.r vagrants, 'and the tSfitiiif wt nearly eaten up by the hungry ]Tlnf©««. It is the same in South America, ar.fl among the Oceanic Islands—idle tramps everywhera fattening upon industrious laborers, and While it.ls probably mistake to couple vagrancy with crime, it ia certainly true that, on© lcatla directly to the other, and tho sooner active measures are taken to suppress Indiscriminate tramping- ahd beggifig, the better, for any community. i,»

EATING BEFORE HETIRING,

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What la Best to Do Before Going to Woo DIorphcas. A generation ngo. phyaiciaiis held the eating of food before retlrififc, almost a crime. Tho old theory ia quite exploded. One of the medical Journals, in commenting upon tho subject-recently, said that while it is not good, as a matter of fast, to go to bed with the atoxusch ao loaded that the undigested food will render one restless still something Of a llfht palatable nature in the stomaoh is oca of the best aids to quietude and rest. Tb6 process of digestion goas on i:i slaep with as- muci^regLiarity when is taking violent' exercise to altl it, and ao sotaethliig in the s.toinach fa a very desirable condition for the flight's rtit. Seme phvsicJuna have (leclar«3, indeed, that r. good deal of the prevalent insomnia i9 the reeult cf an unconscious craving of tho stomach for toed In persona whn been unduly frightened by the cpttiion that they must not eat bfefare to bed, or Who have, like many previous women, been keeping themnclvw V1 $ state of semi-starvation Nothing !s risrd agreeable on retiring for the night than to tako a bowl of hot broth, Ilka oatisieal gruel or clam soup. It 13 a positive aid to nervous people, and lnducoa peaceful slumbers. This is especially tlio case of cold winter nights, when'the stomnoh craves warmth as much as any part of tho body. Even 4 glaus of hot milk la grateful to the palate on suoli occasion*, but a light, wcll-cooked gruel is better, and in our climate, during the cold months of winter, should be the retiring food of every woman who t?e!s, as many do, the need of food at night.

GIVING AWAY BRIDES.

A Xiondon Firm Makes a Business of Supplying This Need. "In addition to our business of letting our wedding dresses on hire" said a member of a well known firm of costumers in the west central district of London, "wo often perform our little services for the bride. You, of course, rccognlzo the fact that in this great city there are scores of hard-working girls who are miles away from their relations, and who have always been too busy to cultivate many friends. Well, when thes girls 0$ about to marry young-fellows who are similarly circumstanced, -*hc ciyejtion ariBCs as to who shall give .awaj- yie bride. can austver that,question iqt therti aticr.ce, for I have connected \Kith my business an ex-major in the army, a member of an ancient family, land.a, man, tpo, of unimpeachable charjfdtcir. H6 'is poor, but he dresses well, ha§'bcdutlful' white hair and looks the kindly father to perfection. I introduce hlni to the bride and bridegroom, and he, for a moderate fee, gives the former away. Sometimes he takes the whole arrangements of a breakfast and so on upon himSei?, and ho is a fine speaker on occasion. He is always a welcome guest with these people afterward."

FABRICS OF SOltlMCE,

The Cheap and Dainty Effects to be Worn Over Colortfs, Among the bewitching offerings of these summer days none are so enthralling as transparent fabrics tP wear over colors. The woman who has no dress which is made with a contrasting lining is poorest of her sex. Earth holds no solace for such deprivation. However, it is nonsensical to conclude that one surely cannot have a thin gown over a rustling contrast, until she has exhausted her purse contents and the reduced-to-close counter. For seventeen cents I .saw the other day materials which were good enough for any woman, fashionable enough for a mondalne, really meritorious enough for a genuine artist and certainly cheap enough for ahy but a pessimist. They called the goods "Etamine." What they resembled in weave was a fine, closely woven bunting. The threads were linen. The colors, in cases, were solid, such as cream, rose, pink, elel bleue, emerald green, golden brown, gray etc. Some of the samples were figured, others striped, others plain. The plain were the most elegant, best calculated to give the lmpressloil of high cost and refined taste.

MARRIED TO HELP HIS DOG.

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Extraordinary Than When a Man Marries for Hi* Children. In the North of England, where rabbit coursing is most in vogue, swift, well trained dogs often win large sums of prizes. It is therefore little to be wondered at that the owners of these animals should bestow so much attention upon them. An old Yorkshire collier, well known for his success in the coursing field recently surprised all his mates by marrying a very unprepossessing pauper woman. He had always been reckoned a confirmed hater of the other sex. "Why has ta gono'ahd got spliced lad at thy age?" one of his friends asked him. "Oh. thatUs not much of a tale, answered the*ld man, stolidly. "I agree wl' ye 'at Betsey yonder is no beauty— If she had been I shouldn't have wed her. But that there doff b' mine, he was simply pinin' for somebody to look after him while I »was away at pit. I couldn't bear to leave him in the house by hissen, so I hit on the idea 0* marryin' Betsy. She's not handsome, but she's mighty good company for the dog."

WINDOW PLANTS.

Great Care Bhotilfl ho F.xercUed in Watering the Delicate Specimens. During the summer is the time that window plants need more attention than they generally get, Of course, they require more water, and will want sponging more frequently- to remove the accumulation of dust. Ferns, asia well known, need a great deal of, moisture to keep them fresh. If they are allowed to flag, It is seldom that they properly recover. Ferns should never be shade too densely, but a subdued light Is better for them. Half the failures in grpwfng window plants are result of improper watering. They arc given too much water at one time and then allowed to get quite dry. To keep the foliage of palms bright and green„they ought to-be sponged at least once a week.

TO WIN WOMAN.

Inexpensive Treats Do Snt Pava the Way to TenO«V

Attachments.

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simony at the theater can be disguised by the remark that everybody says the front row of the dress circle is the best part of the house. If SOU ask the lady to dinner don't force her to choose tR« cheapest dishes. Very well, but now comes the real horror cf the bligh*.. If she and her mother are invited to dinner or to supper." }ot it 1)3 at a good restaurant. And Wei" mother! When mothers*, are well known to bo the most degenerate of Respectable! "Oh, society! Oh. class legislation!" as Mr. Eccics f«i:*a "shall thi*4 Ufc?" «,

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The flrat whS-h rlu world has •war kinwa :a constructed Sin Va&Jr..r Tft# joining the V.UfV •"ii 1h» Cerele i'fgaJle', hew ia Franco It-wiM tfca"nsaAir« Pair.'.h»*ttf, which means *a tSaair* to* by woman *nd ic Us* Uetareata wcrnen only. There is $sly on, *eak tfJKn 4 this armor cj famiaiaity a.r.£ at is the,,fact t-rit the wanacv I* *e man. Aux screux. though, i! bo a gen*.tlni :a place for women. Tin v.'Uta 'Jifcatj'c. where b«:y i:«onr aSsoltt'.e fnirlty wara tv be tolar-ted, wa* the :irst entrance of voieti into "h* tnfiiiugsria: capacity .flr tue thw.re. TMn victor/ gave b-icU confidence to tl:a woitan t&st they were deitiitiined to their own Ideec exchiaive'.y, and the veaujt la tho Theitra Feminist*. The estaUitthwaAi li not ic *9 Ut^tiaO. Ho p»nt-up Sjs-nca. .: will coiUl&e ita pe*r«ra. end the '4411a of every country t««l W at sir ihe'.r grlevftitcea. •••art :Ji«!r ivtiap«a tr.d defaud thair iuiamsti throvgh ri.'* mcsJiutr. 3t the «r cpere. Fsr a Ions ticca tha \\iaaiior. s.' ^a dssttvased p:c arj4 o«r Vy the frith* hara of the -am* whiah -X tion of tha -.5atrc jar.tjn hnr.'i. Op.toion A*ae diviUafl. cct or.iy ik* *b»5ity of wcjr.au. t« Utka m:\tt a.tacgA of every detail, hut ap't# wnathat ^o.iVd 7 not lie '-viae ta bavf aame man ..C» the drudgery and !at ho|ifr s!o»5 thi lot ot the wotr.au. ttRa.lir it wm «aciac« that If a iriar. oeuld fouB'l whe t-.*^ukl face tha prospect, ha ahOuld l:e on tho spot. Aa tfca Frenohmar. in fond of oxcitement lovan ta brav« at!von* turo. the necessa'ry male rrtKi.y dlscovered and already hitooiae tha Adtrnt In the otherwiw AdiyjtieaA liKien. It is provided 1ft the agweimattt I2 at ha shall receive ihstnietlona faofli '.h? eaaovtivo committee of tha boi»r4 af directory which is composed of five women. Th'ja far ho h« accomplished tl a unpcrralleloo feat of pleasing sll five, and ia very popular. Tha oircU'tass or

ADVANCE ANMOUNOfMENT3 of the theatre and Its purposes do rfot bear tha name of the manager, hut atate that tho theatre ia under the sole control of the board of dlraotOra, compoeed entirely Of women. They further state that only plays, treating of woman 3 rights will bo presented, ur.lea^ soma specially seod play by a woirsaa receives the indorsoxjicivt of tho coossDitlae. An* other comwlttea of t£e dlreCiiors bear* th% title of oommJttea or. pti$. lt« duty is to tfass oc all pliyl trhicli 4re presented to it. Sift tfco wheat from the chaSi and then submit-'its soleetiofla to tfco full board of directors for approval. Each play is to be ra»d through to the, board, and then to ift»ure acceptance the authoress. or prtiiti&bly the author, muJt incorporate all auggaaUona of the board. *a The unkind mon who have heard of tha project say that ho who runs and read* may attend or.e performance, but that -j ,* Who roads will run after se-.lng a second announcement thereof. AstOe from tho manager, the only conditions under which men can hope to obtain a Uttlo scrap of tho success which this theatre.-, according to its projectors, is sure to attain, is to write plays or musjeal com-w positions which will bear On the subject of woman's rights. The authors Of thisa efforts may come from any part of tha world they wish to, and their nationality** will be considered no bar. The ladies say*'1 that the men will be criticised in the« same epirit of fairness in which a wcir.aa always considers her own sex. and therefore they may be sure of absolute .justice. Mme. Loevy, who will direct the foreign department of the new theatre, is very-. decided In her statements as to the purposes and probable result of the enterprise. Heretofore, she says, the fact that a play was written

BY A WOMAN

has been sufficient in most Instances to insure its failure. The only instances where this has not been the case hiv« occurred in the United States. Now, this sort of thing is to end. Women are to *. have the precedence in at least one theatre. and the men will have to take sec-v ond place, if they are sufficiently fortu-* nate to secure any place at all. Agent* of this theatre arc to be appointed in the largest cities of the different countries,,, the idea of this being to show the

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men of all nations that their sex in Franco has really taken a step which more in the way of advancing their general status than all the enjoyment of tha franchise which could be po«slbly be secured. Mme. T^oevy talked freely to me the other day when I questioned her^re-s. garding the enterprise, and I can safely say that here for the first time is the real purpose of the undertaking ma'Jo, public. "I am fully aware," ?a!d Mme.' Loevy. "that in advocating such an enterprlse as tlilB theatre I stn loying myself open to the accusation 01 being what I believe you American* term a crank. .' Well, so be it. My '"as own so do-, terminedly sat upon unleSs tha :iwHt brilliant genius was manifest, that It is high time we did something to right thla wrong. I do not wish to f.or.*/*v the_i«?ea that we women want to vat* in polillc il matters, and do thins® mat sort. -o, indeed. What we waftt is to «5xur« in tl glories of the drama and I'.teriMuv tr. afferent fashion than lias previously our lot. The presence of women On tht stage has as often brought

HER CALUMNY

as anything else. Why car. we not hava the same advantages as playwrights a* the men? "\Vho c».n truthfully ruy thai a rex that has produced some cf th« greatest and moat glorious minds in literature may not do as well, at least, in the writing of ,play a? Stx we Are SilnS to see ifcKfft '. surprise yfft t6 fi/ ^elhave al^ady ui« dor consideration t^tnty dramas tWtrw by women, ttr.d I am fres to (ity that find evidences of itat r.isrlt In all oi them."

It must not be und-srstecd that It ia the drama alone thj'.t lb* pri'jpi'-m '|t' this wotnun's tho&tet will be .-cr.(lnad. 11 is tho intention to produce eomlo opara well. Marked change* Will bo ira-i« 11 the manner of production. r.r.S it is thl present Intention to eliminate aii tho oh. jectlonable features w'.iio-h hsvr ofts/i made the comedy Optra ntatfe A s*«t»vsJ in the nostrils of decent hiiu:»J:!y. is to bo no prudery excels*!', not necessarily be Mlow «i.r awki^a. not will lights bo Varred. But vh|r» o« none of tho BarviscNUai abou!, the place. A vcrj-.*trorts eft art made to force those wr.o vuU yopulai favor to win it On the baai^ Of ift?.*i' rather than by a lavUs'i f.lsP.AV glftii of nature. Tl.ore wl be r,o 41^.r enco in the charges of jfc tii»atro than rola at any oth*if of' f^^« a a I I N house, but rather or. tfc# Bijou is th3 intention o' th# manfcgeit?**? xitaH it shall be thoroughly -coihtornabla no accessory will bo -tt*arair.g ai.i% plan a fact. One. cr i-sthw will strictly be enforced^ all women in attendance mn«t .r^iMvi their hats on taking titett seuifc ii'«, second is that thet? ahail h- no gcl^f oul between tho acts.

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