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a dr-' l rtn frorn the trigor: -t.. hot
Ir itre-gry r..-rntal-t at 1 't 1 ti r liht
eerm hip Fran Ia 1rde ."If.t t - 'iupi-r- 1
3tent+nt Asnton to he punts1.nlI for in
whr'rit f,('on In ,h'o tl tharir-an r'in- ha
ni 1 pr.-t-tnt T ." affair .nils In Franr
a h iin, *ox li rrpnny oft the two
to the anmazerent of the standatl- wt
e ra of the- town Atbbott. while tak
g walk alone at mililght. fids Iran
E4a,11 bridgr telling tier fortune by cards ml
elits Abbott that she In thIe fnamous
n tamer. Fran Nonpareil St,( tired of
dr. irra Ite and sought a home. te
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CHAPTER X1.-Continued. a
SAs he looked into her eyes, all .nsee tb
of the abnormal disappeared. "I have Im
fit imagination, Fran," he exclaimed al,
tapulsively, "If It Is your life." in
' In spite of the lions?" she asked. th
almost sternly ha
"You needn't tell me a word," Ab on
bott said. "I know all that one need th
know; It's written in your face, a story
of sweet Innocence and brave pa- sh
hlence." Fr
"Hut I want you to know." HI
"G(ood!" he replied with a sudden fu
!mile. "Tell the story, then; If you he
were an Odyssey, you couldn't be too
bear. ju
"The first thing I remember Is wak
iag up to feel the car jerked, or hi
stopped, or started and seeing lights til
ash past the windows-lanterns of
the brakemen, or lamps of some town. er
dancing along the track. The sleeping ed
sar was home--the only home I knew
All night long there was the groaning 8t
of the wheels, the letting off of steam is
the calls of the men. Blounder Broth- w
r's had theIr private train, and moth- w
or and I lived in our Pullman car Aft- tr
er a while I knew that folks stared at w
as because we were different from oth- cl
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t'Poor LIttle Nonparrell" Murmured 01
Abbott WIstfully.
di
mr. We were show-people. Then the tc
thing wan to look like you didn't know. qi
Sr dIdn't care, how much people tr
Matred. After that, I found out that I Y
had no father; he'd deserted mother.
and her uncle had turned her out of d
doors for marrying against his wishes,
ad she'd have starved if it hadn t ai
been for the show-people."
"Dear lFran!" whispered Abbott ten- et
blerly.
"Mother had gone to Chicago. hoping et
WFor a posItion In some respectable of- 0
*ce, but they didn't want a typewriter en
'who wasn't a stenographer. *lt was S
-w-inter -and mother had mne I was so ci
SIttin and had' . - In a cheap tl
tng houee, mother got to know lIa I
IPETRIFIED FALLS IN ALGERIA
t<
Wsmarkable MIneral Pormatlon WhIch e]
Puzzles SclentIsts Called "The cl
Bath of the Damned." N
With all the beauty of a cataract of tl
Swing water, there is in Algeria a re- A
rkable petrified waterfall which re- li
.oeetly has been engaging the attentIon a
Sscientists.
tTh~s is the Hammam-Meskhutin. rt
'which means "The Bath of the '
t~mned," and is located 62 mIles from si
I()enstantine, on the site of the ancient
Mewa of Cirta. This solIdified cascade
is the production of caicareous de
lta from eulphurous and ferrugin- p
ama ineral springs, issuing from the ti
95 degrees Centigrade. si
"The Bath of thie Damned," even fromofteerha eprtr n
janear vtewpo'Int, looks for all the 81
world lIke a greet wall of water dash- hi
ing into a swi'ling pool at its toot, yet ti
its gleaming, graceful curves and the oi
~apparently evirling eddies at Its base al
areas fixed and immovable as if H
-n aethe face of a graniltB n
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II - - . BOBB5-M EP ILL CO.) rom thf yard. I weUt to my window.
BPt r t.I looked out. The moon was bright.
_ ;':r bt tee wah a vt dark shadow
about the front gate. I heard voices.
ntting ind. ith the A: of ldlor- off I One was that of Fran. The other wasa
w;1a [IT ý for t n Tlt cho ir wa ` the thron 1P voice of-. " her tone vibrated in its
1 ' '.1 Im 1 ,a raiz'r \,1 t o u 1)11 ,g
11r_ tl i'i .ýritns ,h t Iu nu'ier l'AI ii."r hel'
Old t thoet t r;11 111') Ihr 00'), ' h ii to
'flUd Ko maidit Sitmsoni ('age 'I ii' '
if l was awtfull hard. but she got to
Ike it, and .' erI boST was kind ta us, the
ild foatt catle pouriing in. ano ahe son
,as alwt h io;dit g to runi acR'O5 a clue' g'Oj
a ry father and never did.' was
She paused, but at the pressitit of i out
tbottwa snpathetic hand. itshe goUt on
cid with renewed courage suc
When I aas big enough, I wore a ten
inmy black skirt, and a red coat with -if
rhiny buttons, and I beat the drum then
i the carnival band. You ought to
nave seen me -eo little. . . . Ab- . in
bott, you can't imagine how litte I his
was! We had about a dozen small bloc
shows in our company, fortune-tellers,.
minstrels, magic wonders, and all that Fra
-and the band had to march from one "
tent to the next, and stand out in front tho
and play, to get the crowd In a bunch. Abt
sc. the free exhibition could work on "an
theIr nerves. And I'd beat away, in and
my red cost . . . and there were sho
always the strange faces, staring, star
ing--but I was so little! Sometimes and
they would smile at me, but mother arn
had taught me never to speak to any But
one, but to wear a glazed look like -
this-" wet
"How frightfully cold!" Abbott son
shivered. Then he laughed, and so did she
Fran. They had entered Littleburg. her
He added wickedly: "And how dread- mil
fully near we are getting to your hea
home." me
Fran gurgled. "Wouldn't Grace Noir !in
just die if she could see us!" up
That sobered Abbott; considering Hut
his official position, it seemed high to
time for reflection. pla
Fran resumed abruptly. "But I nev- ag
er really liked it because what I want- prc
ed was a home-to belong to some- ing
body. Then I got to hating the bold my
stare of people's eyes, and their fool- tha
ish gaping mouths, I hated being al- sal
ways on exhibition with every gesture he
watched, as if I'd been one of the tha
trained dogs. I hated the public. I thi
wanted to get away from the world
clear away from everybody . . or)
like I am now . with you. Isn't
it great!" ar
"Mammoth!" Abbott declared, wa- she
tering her words with liberal imagina- she
tion.
"I must talk fast, or the Gregory sto
house will be looming up at us. Ion
Mother taught me all she knew, though mil
she hated books; she made herself
think she was only in the show life A
till she could make a little more-al- wit
ways just a little more-she really a g
loved it, you see. But I loved the as
books-study-anytlhing that wasn't
the show. It was kind of friendly
when I began feeding Samson." his
"Poor little Nonparell!" murmured
Abbott wistfully. blt
"And often when the show was be- tal
ing unloaded, I'd be stretched out in I'd
our sleeper, with a school book pressed mt
close to the cinder-specked window, the
catching the first light. When the
mauls were pounding away at the tent- loc
pins, maybe I'd hunt a seat on some
cage, if it had been drawn up under a
tree, or maybe it'd be the ticket wag
on, or even the stake pile-there you'd
see me studying away for dear life,
dressed in a plain little dress, trying pet
to look like ordinary folks. Such a Ab
queer little chap, I was-and always nit
trying to pretend that I wasn't! lea
You'd have laughed to see me." tal
"Laughed at you!" cried Abbott in- ne
dignantly. "Indeed I shouldn't." the
"No?" exclaimed Fran, patting his the
arm impulsively. seT
"Dear little wonder!" he returned tht
conclusively. the
"I must tell you about one time," she
continued gally. "We were in New wa
Orleans at the Mardi Gras, and I was he
expected to come into the ring riding oc
Samson-not the vicious old lion, but tw
cub-- that was long after my days of pr
the drum anItd the red coat, bless you' er
I was a liontanmer, now. niearli thir- ch
Many centuries hare. of course, gone He
to the making of the deposits, and the ha
springs were well known to the an- pa
cdent Romans. The name Hammam- Qt
Meskhutin was given to the stone me
cataract in an allusion to a legend Yc
that the waterfall was petrified by Il
Allah, punishing the implety of unbe
lievers by turning all the members of
a tribe into stone. 'At night, so the
story runs, its stone dwellers of the VI
remote past are freed Trom their Mt
strange fetters, come to life and r- th
sume their normal shapes. ye
an
More Treasures Leave England. be
One of the best preserved master- th
pieces of Elizabethan interior decora- sti
tion in England is doomed to be dis- wa
mantled in order to adorn the man- ah
sion of some American magnate A mi
West End firm has acquired, lock. bu
stock and barrel, the Elizabethan lon
building, with its Queen Anne addl- ap
tions, known as Rotherwas, the seat sit
of the Bodenham family, situated Vi
about two and a half miles from re
Hereford. The mansion had descend th
ed In unbroken line from George th
Bodenham, who lived in the reign of ohl
v h". p ! t i&'~n o IýtO-:i,,;i). tin stagj, :;to 'if ,i
irs- AliI *r- A
Ii 1ig fr h I. I The ran.d n.' arl\ bir 4 in- or.d
ht, atnl '.n tht, to fst ' ll It.' tnt
d. s f Ilick > io th' fa e \nd '.~ t do folio
h- on thin k aa th' mat ''r' no 0
hle "id Slson blalk'- she i
to No. it wasn't that I as Ia ing on felt
is, the rag" floor, with miy head on Rmtn- tiing
lhe son Sazmson the Second made Sich a same
ue gorgeous and animated pillow' and I pros
was I .arning geology Id just 'oiiund man
of i out that the world wasn't made in sev- (Gr
ut en I'nved States days. and it was side
such surprising news that I'd forgot- tenti
a ten all about cages and lions and tents reac
th -if you could have seen me lying by t
m there -- if you just could'" "I'
to "Huit I can' Abbott declared. in tl
Lb- "Your long black hair is nmingled with Gra(
I his tawny mare, and your cheeks are --wl
all blooming-- " (;t
rs, "And my feet are crossed," cried she
lat Frain. pres
ne And your feet are crossed, and pres
tnt those little hands hold up the hook." How
%h. I Abbott swiftly sketched In the details; so A
on and your bosom is rising and falling, ton,
in and your lips are parted-like now- cide
ire showing perfect teeth-" Will
ar- "Dressed In my tights and fluffy lace trus
tes and jewels," Fran helped, "with bare Grei
ter arms and stars all In my hair . . Al
ny- But the end came to everything when thin
Ike --when mother died. Her last words spec
were about my father-how she hoped he
ott some day I'd meet him, and tell him late
lid she had forgiven. Mother sent me to I
rg. her half-uncle. My! but that was "dos
ad- mighty unpleasant!" Fran shook her to S
fur head vigorously. "He began telling gati
me about how mother had done wrong In h
oir in marrying secretly, and he threw it TI
up to me and I just told him . . -and
ing But he's dead, now. I had to go back na
gh to the show-there wasn't any other witt
place. But a few months ago I was of pres
ev age, and I came into Uncle Ephraim's note
nt- property. because I was the on.y liv- mee
ne- ing relation he had, so he couldn't help not(
old my getting It. I'll bet he's mad, now, '"
)ol- that he didn't make a will! When he you
al- said that mother-It don't matter what righ
ure he said-I just walked out of his door, sine
the that time. with my head up high like get[
I this .. . Oh, goodness, we're here." suit
d- They stood before Hamilton Greg- G
ory's silent house. one
in't "Good night," Fran said hastily. "It's "toc
a mistake to begin a long story on a and
wra- short road My! But wasn't that a eyer
na- short road, though!" sml
"Sometime, you shall finish that
ary I story, Fran. I know of a road much volt
us. longer than the one we've taken-we so (
igh might try it some day, if you say so." it t
self "I do say so. What road is it?" has
life Abbott had spoken of a long road isn'
-al- without definite purpose, yet there was
Llly a glimmering perception of the reality, iI
the as he showed by saying tremulously: seel
in't "This is the beginning of it-" stin
dly He bent down, as if to take her In and
jhis arms. arrr
red But Fran drew back, perhaps with a
I blush that the darkness concealed, cer- salt
be- tainly with a little laugh. "I'm afraid hea
In I'd get lost on that road.' she mur- eye
sed mured, "for I don't believe you know
ow, the way very well, yourself." Gra
the She sped lightly to the house, un- cou
'nt- locked the door, and vanished. siti
me - son
ra CHAPTER XII. as '
'ag- . see
u'd Grace Captures the Outposts. wei
lfe, The next evening there was choir did
Ing practice at the Walnut Street church. It
a Abbott Ashton, hesitating to make his rail
ays I nightly plunge into the dust-clouds of tenrr
I't! i learning, paused in the vestibule to ma
take a peep at Grace. He knew she scu
in- never missed a choir practice. for '
though she could neither sing nor play lea'
his the organ, she thought it her duty to IImI
Sset an example of regular attendance
ned that might be the means of bringing "th
those who could do one or the other. tim
she Abbott was not disappointed; but he unt
;ew was surprised to see Mrs. Jefferson in his
was ,her wheel-chair at the end of the pew uni
ing occupied by the secretary, while be
but tween them sat Mrs. Gregory. His sur- wit
I of prise became astonishment on diseov- "Al
ou ering Fran and Simon Jefferson 'n the Fmr
hir- .choir loft, slyly whispering and nib- tim
one Henry I. to Count Lublenski Boden- H
the ham, who died last year The superb
an- panellog-Elizabethan, Jacobean and 8w
am- Queen Anne-of thirteen of the apart
one ments is now to be taken to New
end York. Rotherwas is mentioned in
by I)omesday Book.-London Globe.
Sbe- be
aof Age and Celebrity. He
the 'In a few days," says a letter In a bliu
the Vienna paper, "Adelina Patti, born in the
beir Maldrid of Italian parents, will reach ust
re the age of seventq Since her seventh 1
years, when she made her first appear. he
ance on the concert state, she has fLu
been known the world over, and al wo
iter- though she is now the Baroness Ceder A
ora- strom we know her still as Patti. She sp5
di.- was only a little girl when, in 1859 set
nan- she appeared in 'Lucia di Lammer nc!
A moor.' and as Rosina in 'The Iarber. his
fck. but she never, in the course of her
han long stage career, received greater I
ddl- applause than she did on those occa
seat sions. I heard her when she came to drn
rted Vienna for the first time. in le' I Xui
rom remember it so well, anid also my en da'
snd thusiasm, that it seems difficult to
>rge think of the singer as seventy years ani
1 of old-except when I look in the mirror
l;i !- lor tii- choir was !a the throes .tIle
of ,i tenha intot
Abbottr i f h', pioutl d by what he
had s 'n, l lI ente*red th" auti.tr:- Car
rv IF an- kien eie s dliscover-d hart,
i d her. fa; , shlro elfisRh mirschlic. il
Gratc foilow:ng Iran a hays, 'ond
th cais-s of the oddl -,mile, and l ck- had
orn d to Abbott Ilimnilton Gregory. ing
tfillow rig (:rave's glanre- for he saw WIti
no one but hI.: at the practices, since got
she iiipi.s-d him uith deepest fervor- the
Sfelt suriddenly as !f he had lost some- ly
Sthing; he had ofteni experienced the It I
I same sensation on seeing Grace ap. wol
I proaIrhed hr some unattached gentle- fior
I man. bef
Grace motioned to Abbott to sit be- try
s side her, with a concentration of at- I
tention that showed her purpose of gra
Sreaching a deflaite goal unsuspected A
g by the other. ory
"I'm so glad Phan has taken a place
I. in the choir. Abbott whispered to aw
SGrace. And look at Simon Jefferson As
e --who'd have thought it!" not
Grace looked at Simon Jefferson; the
1 she also looked at Fran, but her corn- sar
pressed lips and reproving eye ex- ha(
d pressed none of Abbott's gladness. mlu
However, she responded with-"I am
so glad you are here, Professor Ash- ory
, ton, for I'm in trouble, and I can't de
- cide which way it is my duty to turn. do,
Will you help me? I am going to hei
e trust you-it is a matter relating to Mr. ant
e Gregory. Bu
Abbott was pleased that she should do
n think him competent to advise her re- Ou
f specting her duty; at the same time saC
d he regretted that her confidence re
n lated to Mr. Gregory. wa
o "Professor Ashton," she said softly, cat
,s "does my position as hired secretary Ab
r to Mr. Gregory carry with it the obli- sa
g gation to warn him of any misconduct
g in his household?" cot
It The solo was dying away, and, sweet cat
- and low, it fell from heaven like man- the
k na upon his soul, blending divinely ml
r with the secretary's voice. Her ex- tel
tf pression "hired" sounded like a tragic cat
5 note-to think of one so beautiful, so be.
Smeek, so surrounded by mellow hymn
P notes, being hired! be
t+ "You hesitate to advise me, before
e you know all," she said, "and you are tel
it right. In a moment the choir will be ha
r, singing louder, and we can all talk to
:e gether. Mrs. Gregory should be con- an
suited, too."
6- Grace, conscious of doing all that
one could in consulting Mrs. Gregory,
's "too," looked toward the choir loft,
a and smiled into Hamilton Gregory's
a eyes. How his baton, inspired by that
smile, cut magic runes in the air!
t "Mrs. Gregory," Grace said in a low
h voice, "I suppose Professor Ashton is
'e so surprised at seeing you in church- 1
it has been more than five months,
hasn't it? . . . that I'm afraid he
id isn't thinking about what I'm saying."
LS Mrs. Gregory could not help feeling l
Y, is the way, because her husband
r: seemed to share Grace's feeling. In
stinctively she turned to her mother
In and laid her hand on the invalid's
arm.
a They ain't bothering me. Lucy,"
r- said the old lady, alertly. "I can't
Id hear their noise, and when I shut my
r- eyes I can't see their motions."
w "I have something to tell you both,"
Grace said solemnly. "Last night, I
n- couldn't sleep, and that made me sen
sitive to noises. I thought I heard
some one slipping from the house just
as the clock struck half-past eleven. It
seemed incredible, for I knew if it
were anyone, it was that Fran, and I
itr didn't think even she would do that."
b. It was as if Abbott had suddenly
is raised a window in a raw wind. His &
of temperature descended. The other's ht
to manner of saying "That Fran!" ob- fr,
he scured his glass of the future. gi
or Mrs. Gregory said quickly, "Fran th
sy leave the house at half-past eleven?
to Impossible." ki
ce "How do you know," Abbott asked.
ig "that Fran left the house at such a
" time of the night?" The question as I
he unfair since it suggested denial, but th
in his feeling for Fran seemed to call for gi
rw unfairness to Grace.
re- "I will tell you." Grace responded. tb
Ir- with the distinctnees of one in pwer.t
iv- "At the time, I told myself that even al
he Fr-an would not do that. But, a long gt
ib- time afterward, I heard another sound.
n HAD NO DELUSIONS AT ALL aI
rh p_
md Sweet Angellna Did Not tlve the o
r' Sweet Response Henry So Ar
in dently Expected. is
to
Love s young dream is indeed a
beautiful thing. Sweet Angelina and
Henry thougnt it hardly possible such ix
a bliss could be theirs as they sat on o1
in the river bank in the cool of an Aug- et
ch ust evening. k
th They met only at week-ensa, for ul
Ir- he was a toiler in the city, and be fo
as fsund it cheaper to lodge near his tt
al work. oi
er And now the blessed week-end is
he spent at home was here, and he could as
39 see nothing but uninterrupted happi- A
sr ness till Monday morning. He slipped pi
r. his arm round his sweetheart's waist w
er l)earest!" he said w
er i Iler gaze was fixed on the water. tk
Ia )arling' he murmured again, in
to dra ting her towards him. "Can you w
I ,uess why I come home every Satur- bi
'n davy tl
to Yes. was the scarcely whispered pr
irs: answer 54
or j 'What is it, dearest?" be asked, te
SIntensity--"the voice of a mani!"
S "It was not Fran's voice," Mrs.
Sregpory d'clared earuestly.
What nman was it?' Abbott In
S(uired. rather resentfully
d I do not know. I wish now. that I
had called out." responded Grace. pay
ing uo heed to Mrs. Gregory. That is
w were I made my mistake. The man
e got away. Fran came running into
- the house, and closed the door as soft
e ly as she could--atter she'd tnlocked
e It from the outside! I concloded it
p. would be best to walt t!ll morning, be
e fore I said a word. So this morning,
before breakfast. I strolled in the y:ard,
e- trying to decide what I had better do.
SI went to the gate, and there on the
)grass-what do you suppose I found?" d
,d Abbott was bewildered. Mrs. Greg
ory listened, pale with apprehension. t
to awful significance. "a gambling card!
,n As long as I have lived in the house,
nobody ever dared to bring a card
there. Mrs. Gregory will tell you the
same. But that Fran. . . . She
x- had been playing cards out there at
midnight-and with a man!"
"I cannot think so," said Mrs. Greg- r
h- ory firmly.
e- "After making up my mind what to
. do," continued Grace evenly, "I took c
to her aside. I told her what I had seen c
Ir. and heard. I gave her back her card. s
But how can we be sure she will not
Id do it again? That is what troubles me. d
'e- Oughtn't I to tell Mr. Gregory, so a
me scandal can be avoided?"
e- Abbott looked blankly at Fran, who
was singing with all her might. She
y caught his look, and closed her eyes.
Abbot asked weakly: "What did she t
Ii- say?"
ct Grace answered: "She denied it, of,
course-eaid she hadn't been playing
et cards with anybody, hadn't dropped i
the card I found, and wouldn't even ad
ly mit that she'd been with a man. If I
,z tell Mr. Gregory about her playing
;ic cards with a man at that hour, I don't
so believe he will think he ought to keep
in- her longer, even if she does claim to
be his friend's daughter."
re "But you tell us," Mrs. Gregory In t
re terposed swiftly, "that she said she
be hadn't been playing cards."o
"She said!" Grace echoed unpnlesa
tn antly. "she said!"
"That card you found," began Ab t
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SIt Was as If Abbott Had uddenly
Raised a Window n-n a Raw Wind.
Id'
Is bott guiltily, "was it the king of
aiknow one card fromw in a nother."aw Wind.
rile bott guiltily, "was it the king of
ed "Let me try to describe t"had dropped t
ob- from his pocket when leaning over the
gate to- But why had he leaned over
ran thengate?
Grace coldly answered, "I. do not
know one card from another."
ed. "Let me try to describe it."
a "I hope you cannot describe the card
vas I found." said Grace, the presentiment
but that she was on the eve of discoveries
for giving her eyes a starlike directness.
"I suspect I dropped that card over
.ed* the fence," he confessed, "for I had
'er. the king of hearts, and last nght,
yen abtut that time I was standing at the
ng gate-"
nd, (TO BE CONTINUED.)
LL anxiously waiting for the sweet re
ply that he felt sure must be hovering
the on those pretty lips.
"It's-it's for your clean clothes,
isn't it?" she queried softly.
a Turkish Slaves,
md Abdul Hamid's view that the slave
ich in a Turkish household is much better
on off than a servant girl ia fully support
ug- ed by Mr. Duckett Ferriman in '"ru.
key and the Turks." The chief points
for urged are that the owner Is responsible
he for the slave's maintenance and cannot
his turn her adrift, that she is treated as
one of the family, has light duties, and
,nd is taught accomplishments, and that
uld she has chances of a rich marriage.
>pi- An Englishwoman, governess and con
ped panion in a house on the Boephorus,
ist. was asked by some English visitors
who were the charmingly dressed girls
they saw. "Servants," she said, mean
uin. ing to spare the girls' feelings But
you when the visitors had gone the girls
:ur- bitterly reproached her for "shamIng"
them. "You are a servant. You are
red paid, we are not. We are slaves, not
servants. Why did you tell a falsehood
;ed. to shame ar
FOR THE BEDROOM CLOSET I1
Row of Shelves Easily Arranged That U
Will Be Found Most
Valuable.
The bedroom closet is frequently a
secondary consideration, although it
may be made an economic and artistic t
portion of the house. The perfect
closet should have a window which
readily opens. Under this a chest of
drawers is arranged. If the room be
sufficiently wide, a portion of these Ren
drawers can be built to accommodate on
hats, after the fashion of the hat-boxes Ho%
purchased in furnishing stores. Pro- aga
vision for shoes and slippers in a shal- \\
:ow drawer is a convenience often o
overlooked. phy
Whenever possible, the clothes-closet do.
should be easily thrown open to out- ed.
door air and light. The linen-closet inJt
low. c ot
"1,"" ol)
dow r"' of
ices. lax;
was love
n its clef
Msen 1
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tat I
pay. -has
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I the Drop Doors Cover Shelves. it.
d" does not need such an arrange- it
reg- ment to so great an extent; but clothes val
Ion. that are frequently worn and used the
with should be cared for in a well-ventilated eye
ard! room, and sunlight also is a wise pro- fac
Ouse, vision. Mirrors are frequently placed Ing
card in closet doors,. occasionally on the in- day
a the side,, where the effect of the wood- full
She work finish is not interrupted by dec
e at the mirror-paneled door; but, more she
often, they are placed on the bed- of I
room side. our
Shallow closets, or wardrobes, while a I1
at to not so hygienic, ae sometimes a ne
took cesalty, and they may be made moat PA
seen convenient When built along one
card. side of a room with mirror doors, they I
Snot make an attractive feature. Shallow ec
Sme. drawers are frequently built below the Th
0a main clothes space, and a cupboard it i
above for hats. There are firms hal
who which manufacture fixtures for cloe be
She etc of this type. The fixture consists hai
eyes, of a pole, which pulls out and exposes the
Sshe the clothes placed on hangers. This he
Sshallow closet takes up more wall- wo
i, space in a bedroom; but, where com- IV
eying pression of floor space Is a necessity, brt
pped it may be easily arranged and made wh
in ad- w
S very convenient
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crying a
dron' Boiled Salad Dressing. o
n Mix three teaspoons of sugar, one- gel
keep half teaspoon of mustard, one tea
S spoon of salt; beat the ingredients ha;
into the yolks of two eggs, add three any
ry In tablespoons of cream, either sweet or c
Sshe sour; one-half cup of vinegar and the
beaten whites of two eggs, cook until th
plI t thickens, stirring constantly; re
fre
move from the store and stir in four
SA tablespoons of olive oil. This is a par
tlcularly good dressing for any one
(I no accustomed to mayonnaise dress
S ing, as a slight flavor of the oil is ob
tained. For use with trait or vegs- cl
I tables the amount of sugar may be 60
changed to onea taste. -
Blscuit Tortonl In Boxes.
One cup dried macaroons finely
crushed, two cups thin cream, one-half CI
cup sugar, one-third cup sherry, one ini
pint heavy cream. Soak macaroon in
thin creaid one hour, add sugar, wine gp
and freexe to a mush; then pack in In
salt and ice and let stand two hours.
Turn lady fingers, arrange on plate in
form of box. Remove ice cream from
brick, cut a slice three-fourths inch
thick and place in box. de
Current Muffins. in
One cupful milk, two cupfuls of *d
S flourtwo tablespoonfuls fat, oe
fourth cupful sugar, onehalf teaspoon
ful salt, one teaspoonful baking pow
der, one egg, one-half cuptul currants.
Mix and silft dry materials together.
7 add milk, then beaten egg and melted
fat. 8tr in currants, which have
idenly been washed and sprinkled with a lit- 1
'Ind- tle four. Bake in a moderate oven
about 20 minutes.
Ig of 1
ped it Oatmeal lannocks.
er the Slift three cupfuls of oatmeal, one
i over cupful of flour and a teaspoon of salt I
well together. Boll one pint of milk
.o not and in it melt two tablespoonfuls of
butter. Make a hole In the middle of
the stifted meal and flour and pour in
e card the milk. Stir into a soft dough as a
timent quickly as possible, roll into a thin
'veries sheet, cut into round cakes and bake
lese. on a hot griddle- Butter while hot
I over and serve. Also good cold.
I had
nght, , Fruit Salads.
at the Take a ring of fresh pineapple and
fill the center with sliced banana and
strawberries and serve with French
dressing or mayonnaise. Oranges and
et re watercress make another good salad
vering Remove the fiber from the orange and
cut into sections. Place on lettuce
lothes, leaves with a portion of watercress. A
French dressing it beet for this.
Varnish the Case.
Straw matting sultcases and shop ti
bette ping bags can be very much improved s1
in looks and usefulness by a coat of I
wagon varnish, which makes them wa
terproof. A good wetting will general
points ly spoll them, but the varnish causes
them to shed water like a duct This
eannot
should be done once a year.
w, and
ii that Keep Refrigerator Clesn.
Great care should be taken to keep
d the refrigerator fresh and clean. It
rs should be thoroughly washed every
sors week with soap and water in which
dsgirs borax has been dissolved, and it it
mean- well to have a certain day for the 4
But cleansing
gidrls
Linings Liver Fried in Bread Crumbs.
Lming" Cut the liver in slices, sprinkle with
salt and pepper. dip in beaten egg and
s, not very fine cracker crumbs. Fry six
itinutes in boiling lard.
IlLUtEN LOVEL
SYRUP OF
It is cruel to force nause
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood
Remember the "dose" mother iil
)n-castor oil, calornel, thcaa
tow you hated them, how yet
against taking them.
With our children It's diferrL,
Mothers who cling to the old feote
physic simply don't realize what t1
lo. The children's revolt Is wellSo0g'
ed. Their tender little "insider ,
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver
bowels need cleansing, give only
cious C('alifornia Syrup of Pigas."
action is positive, but gentle. M
of mothers keep this harmless
laxative" handy; they know
love to take it; that It never thfa
clean the liver and bowels and
en the stom..ch, and that a
given today saves a sick child
row.
Ask at the store for a 40cent
of "California Syrup of Figs."
has full directions for babies, m
of all ages and for grown ups
:n each bottle. Aav.
Once Upon a Time.
Once upon a time there lived
flourished in a small city a
man. tie was devoted to his
place; he loved its streets and
its strange odors, its emoke, sb
rates, its indifferent water snpggly,
clubs and cafes and everythaing a
It. Nothing could Induce him to.
it even for the briefest perled
vain did the railway companies
their holiday arrangements beder,
eyes; he returned with the mare
faction to his favorite seat
Ing the central square. And, thea,
day, the king of that country, wh,
full of capricious Impulses, g
decree that no one in this littS
should ever leave it again, andw
of fearful penalties. And I
our friend began to be consumed
a longing for travel.-Punch .
PAINFUL ECZEMA ON
Bienville, IL.-"I was trouabled
ecsema In my hands for several
The skin would break and Iet
It had been cut with a knife ad
hands were so sore I could
bear to put them in water asad
hardly use them. When I rsed
the blood would run out. Theyg
heal a little and then they wort
wor'e than ever again. They
,% painful. The ecsema ga
breaking out on my arms is
which itched and burned very
"I used different remedies, also
all kinds of facial creams and
on my hands and arms and I l
get any relief until I used
Soap and Ointment I eared
hands and ecsema with Cu
and Ointment." (Signed) Mib
Mostiller, Oct 5, 1913.S
Cutlcura Soap and O1
throughout the world. SampIs
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. A
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. BosteO.
An Ancient We.
Methuselah was pessiaslei.
"Age doesn't help you say,"
dared. "I now know 800
sorts where I don't waatto p
-New York Sun.
Important EM
Examine caretully ever
CASTORIA, a sate and ssre
Infants and children, sad Me
Bears the
Signature of
In Use or Over 3o 0 s.
Children Cry for Fletboers
A Discourager.
"Why don't you work la yel
den and get an appetite?"
"The appearance of the v
In my garden," replied Mr.
"discourages an appetite"
Housework Isa
It's hard enough to keep kern
perfect health, but a womas
weak, tired and snfering fr1mM
back has a heavy burden.
Any woman in this cotditlas
cause to t kidney trouble,
ly if the y action sem
Doan's Kidney Pills have carse
sands of sufering women. It's t
recommended special kidney
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