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1G GOTO DEVOTED TO WOMEN S lIfTEBESTS. HAIR onXAMEMS. Pins Supersede Side Combs, lmt Are Xot n.s I'Mefnl. Of ornaments for the hair there is no end. The latest thing in that line is a serpent whose gold scales are made to appear iridiscer.t by being touched with enamel. This is coiled about the chignon, its head with glittering, jeweled eyes, re posing at the upper part of the coil a little to the left of the center. For •women who want the effect of this gilt • tering coil, but have an unconquerable aversion to producing it in serpent form, a string of pearls or rhinestones may be twisted about the hair in a similar man ner. Odd-fashioned necklaces of rare stones are used in this way frequently, but the almost equally brilliant imita :<• more eonaraoaly worn. A favorite ornament this summer is a semi-circle comb, studded with brilliants, which tits into the hair just below the chignon. The shell comb, which was so gener ally worn a few seasons ago and was considered sufficient adornment for the hair on all ordinary occasions, is almost entirely out or, at least, is worn only in the morn his or by elderly women, al though any one who has a really good piece of tortoise shell holds on to it, for it will always have a value, and sooner or later is sure to come in style again. A novelty that has appeared lately is a comb carved from pearl. This is espe cially pretty for gray or strictly blond hair. The little side combs that were so use ful have gone out of fashion almost en tirely since the pin for catching up the stray locks at the back of the head be gan to be worn, but it is an open secret, read by all who observe, that that little pin by no means does the work that the .side combs did so well. The supposition that they do is their only excuse for be ing, however. Many outrages on good taste have been perpetrated since they ■were sanctioned by fitful fashion and enameJed bugs, and other designs of Questionable propriety have insisted upon a place in the back hair under pre tense of holding up locks that waved un rained in the passing breezes. The best taste dictates a shell pin or a gold or silver one of unostentatious design. Smaller pins are used sometimes to ne wilful strands at the top or side of the head, but this is almost too much of a showing of the tools necessary to keep the hair In order. Ribbon and velvet are much used in the decoration of the coiffure this sunv mer. If one is efficient in that sort of thing- she can make bows and twists to suit herself, but they come ready made in the stores, and unless one is skillful It is better to have them made by an ex perienced hand. The "Jerky" little orna niinis with loops and ends wired to make them stand erect are favored, as they have been for some time, but the low, broad effects, with the loops falling Boftly to each side and perhaps held in place by small pearl-headed stickpins, share in their popularity. For young girls nothing is prettier than flowers for the hair—a half-blown rose or two or a few daisies or some other flower of the season laid flatly on the hair above the left temple or tucked in at the left-hand side of the coil at the back. Even matrons and spinsters affect rs in the hair for out-of-town wear during the summer. It is a pretty fashion that goes well with filmy gowns and the general airiness and freshness of attire that pertain to the season. For formal dinners and dances the aigrette in the hair still holds its own. Shut women like it because they believe kes them look taller, and tall ■a approve it because it seems to ntuate their stateliness. Aigrettes gled with jewels or less costly gems Mgbly effective. A similar effect wn btained by a gauze-like ornament similarly bespangled, A jeweled butterly seemingly poised for fljjjht atop the hair is a favorite decora t.,,ll. In selecting ornaments for the hair as miu'h care should be exercised as in the choice of a hat. Because butterflies are fashionable for the hair it does not folli-w that ull women can wear them. Not every woman c;in wear a tiara with ad vantage. It requires a certain type of woman to belter her looks by wearing a rose in her hair. The manner of ling one's hair, the shape of one's head and face and many other points must be held In mind when deciding upon addition of ribbons, jewels or (low ers to the coiffure. HER VEIL IS GREEN. Summer Belle Finds the Bit of Chif fdn a Protection. This season the summer girl is protect ing her eyes and complexion from the insistent glare of the sun, and she has discovered that green is the only color for this purpose—not green of those dim and distant shades which are grayish and soft, nor of those tones of olive and bot tle green, which are dark and incon spicuous, but green that is vivid and speaking, and bright enough to make the grass feel dinsjy and dispirited. These veils arc worn simply as a sup plement to the black net face veil which serves to hold the wayward tendrils of hair within bounds. The green vail is usually of chiffon or twisted silk, and is worn like a curtain falling over the brim of the hat and fluttering about the face. MAIDS ARE NECESSITIES. KiiKlislt Women (annul Get Along Without Them. New York Sun. "For one thing European women are to be envied," said a student of singing, who has just returned from & sojourn of three years in Europe. "That is the faculty with which they are able to keep ladies' maids on little or no income. I have known women abroad to keep maid 3 when I have wondered how they could employ them, working on the meager wardrobes they seemed to possess. **.T lady's maid is looked upon by most American women as a luxury. An Amer ican woman never thinks of engaging a maid untl! nhe has pretty nearly every thing else in the world that a reasonable woman would want. After she has ac quire*', jewelry, clothes and an inconis which is likely to enable her to enjoy these things permamently, she thinks of getting a maid to take care of them. "Bat the maid abroad is a necessity., to Judge from her unexpected appearance in the service of many women. I have met frowsy old women of title in Germany, VfirV dalflUlv nrd fafM<l nn 4n «■»,--. ■ . « «_• _ •_ . . Vary daintily and fetching^ dressed are milady's feet this summer, writes a Paris correspondent. Tf the American girl wants to ba real Frenohy oa to footgear Eha has but to wear something after the Blyla. of shoes and stockings that are shown in tho sketches on this page. The shoo that properly ahnuld ba mentioned aa tlie most popular style in Paris thia •ummer la of patent leather, with Louis dressed in shabby black and living in small hotels of the kind I visited, who might have gone for years without a new bonnet, to judge by their appearance. But they all had their main's. I found the same thing true in France. Thin, sharp-faced, unmarried women, who had long passed the age at which they needed the protecficfi of a maid, and who might be entirely without vanity, or thought for their personal appearance, to judge by their looks, had their mafds. English women who would ask for the smallest and cheapest room in the hotel would haggle with the proprietor over rates until he was almost ready to let them if If I i IIfI In ! ! RUTH BAIRD BUY AX. Eldest Daughter of William J. Bryan. She Is Now Fifteen years Old, and While Resembling Her Mother to a Marked Degree, She Has the Bright? Piercing Eyes of Her Father. She Saw Her Fatner Nominated for the Presidency for the Second^ lime by the Democrats From a Prominent Seat in the Conven- go rather than take off a cent more, might arrive with a very small allowance of luggage, but their maius were in charge of it "No American woman who had to live so economically as these women would ever think of dragging a maid after her." FOR A ROUGH FLOOR. A Little Wise Labor Will Work Wonders. Some women who thought to do wITh rugs on ordinary floors for the heated period have come to the conclusion that the ordinary floor is not a thing of beauty. It may be wonderfully improved, how ever, and, If it is at all decent, trans formed into a thing of beauty. First you don your rubber gloves and give the boards a coat of ammonia, using a paint brush. (Several coats of ammonia will darken the wood until those who be hold it must fancy it an inheritance from a grandparent at least.) Then comes the stain, which stain is a matter of taste. After this shellac is often applied, and when dry it it rubbed thoroughly with pumice stone and oil. Still further polish will result by using beeswax and turpentine. The wax should be finely shredd«d be fore it is covered with the turpentine, and then it is left to stand for live or six hours, and it should be stirred with a stick occasionally* until it is of the con sistency of honey, when it is ready for use. A piece of flannel is better than a brush for the polishing. It is best to buy a dull finish stain, and to do the polishing as already indicated. KDKX MINUS EVE. The Venturesome Scheme of Some New York Men. That man is not indispensable to their happiness, and that they can get on quite as well, if not betted, without him, wom en have in various ways tried to prove But for the first time, surely, is an Eden to be established wherein there shall be no Eve. The daring spirits who have con ceived the bold idea of existing without female society are not going to banish themselves far from civilization, neither have they, so far as is known, threatened death to any of their band who fall away; but they have fully determined, we are told, to establish themselves in a salu brious and fertile corner of the state of New York, and to rigorously exclude from their midst all women, both young VEEY FETCHING ARE MI-LADY'S DAINTY SHOES AND STOCKINGS. XVI buckle. These shoes, worn with black silk stockings with stripes of tine mack lace let In, form an exquisitely re fined foot dressing as one could possibly care for. Much more fancy and elaborate are the shoes and stockings that fashion calls correct for house and porch wear than are those designed for street wear J.n tact, porcii guwns and shoes and stockings are particularly studied, and form a distinctive feature of fashion. The THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1900. and old. In this way they are persuaded, poor things, that they will find peace and avoid worry. Their friendships will be undisturbed, their minds will be un ruffled, their work and their amusements will know no checks, and they seem to fancy they will all be supremely happy. Of course the scheme will end in dismal failure. The cooks may be perfect, the Chinese laundrymen may wash and mend most satisfactorily, the domestic arrange ments may be thoroughly carried out by male servitors; but there is great conso lation in the knowledge that man will not be satisfied all the same. He will miss being worried; he will miss having some- thing at which to grumble; he will miss being admired, and no man is happy in these circumstances. And what, too, of the dark hours of ill ness, when "pain and anguish wring the brow?" It is then he will find out how helpless he is, how imperfect is his para dise. The tender touch, the gentle voice, the patience and the resource of woman in the sick room cannot be imitated. And if, the very first time these misogy nists feel really ill, they do not rush with all convenient speed from their Eyeless Eden, then, indeed, must they differ from every other member of their sex; for if there is one time more than another when man finds woman indispensable, it is when he finds himself on a sick bed. MOTHERS' LEAGUE. National Conference to Be Held in Cnienzo Next Month. The national conference of the League of American Mothers will be held in Chi- on Aug. 1, 2 and 3. The meetings will be in the Prospect Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, near Ninety-ninth street. The proceedings will be of the nature of a training clas3, the mothers being given accurate and scientific train ing in methods of dealing with children, the entire programme being carried out by specialists. ,Fo' lowin S is the programme as it now Wednesday, Aug. 1, 9 a. m.—lnvocation greetings, pledges, organization. 10 a. m.—"Right Neighborhood Rela tionships," Mrs. Ellen Lee Wyman _? . P-,, m-~"Home Occupations," Miss Eloise Cameron MacGregor and assist ants. ™8 p- m-—R«ception at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Proudfoot, 9333 Pros pect avenue, Longwood. Thursday, 9 a. m.—Building and con struction work with tools, Miss Margaret Arnold and assistants. 2 p. m.—Home government and question box, Mrs. James L. Hughes J "iSrS*^ of klnder&arten songs, Mss Mari Huef Hofer. Friday, 9 a. m.—Children's music, Miss ™£v™£"" Wha Tt S oht n Art Mean the Child?" George L. Schreiber. 8 p. m.—Addresses by speakers to "be announced later. Saturday—Visits to art institute and field museum with escort, and talk Mothers from all over the United States are planning to be at this meeting and as all sessions are open to the public, a large attendance from the immediate neighborhood is expected. Many of the guests will be entertained by the mothers of the neighborhood. Among those expected to attend are the following: Mrs. Lida H. Hardy, in charge of the English fashion of making a summer drawing room of the porch is being uni. versally followed. The summer girl es tablishes bersetf in the coolest corner of the porch, with bright awnings to kec-o away the rearing iight, and there she serves cooling drinks to the friends who drop in for a little chat. A charmlne gin wore, the other afternoon. a pair of plain black kid slippers. These had buckles of rich old gold and emeralds. Her stock- tSS'k^ In Dr" Sheld*U>s c^rch, | £S i L n £%*£' **«*«* of Mrs Martha Crombie Wood, of Hil's boro, Tex national chairman of the kindergarten department, W. C. T U Mrs Richard W. Wyman, president of the Woman's club, of Evanston or Mrs. Ilortense S. Cramer, of the Wo man's club, of Wilmette. Mrs. J M. Carter, Texarkana, Ark. Mrs. M W. Brussfeau, New Orleans, La. Mrs. \\ M. Blake, of the Woman's club, of Evansville, Ind. Mrs. J. B. M^haling, Van Buren, Ark. HINTS TO HOTJSEWIFVES. When to Gather Cat-Tails—The only way that one may be sure of keeping cai t.ills intact is to gather them before they have fully matured. The time of ripen ing depends a great dt-al upon the climate I think they should be gathered before August in the Eastern states, as well as in Canada, I n the Middle and Southern states they may be gathered even ear lier. To Soften a Fur Rug—A fur rug which Is hardened in the washing and drying may be softened In the following way: Mix together three tablespoonfuls of cas tor oil, one of glycerim? and one of tur pentine; rub this preparation into the back part of the rug, and let it remain for a week, then rub it with a smooth stone or block of wood. Wipe thoroughly before placing on the floor. To Clean Brass—There are many prep arations for cleaning brass quickly and well, but the old method of usine- rotten stone and oil Is quite as satisfactory as the newer ones. Have the brass washed in soap and water, then dried. Wet finely powdered rottenstone with sweet oit and rub the brass with this, using a woolen cloth. Go over it with dry powder and a clean cloth, and polish with a chamois skin. To Clean Mahogany—Spread parafflne oil en tho solid woodwork and let it stand for an hour or more to soften th.3 dirt, then wash with soap and warm water, and wipe dry. Next rub on a mixture of parafflne oil and turpentine—one-third tur pentine and two-thirds oil. Polish with soft old flannel. Let it rest for an hour or two and then polish it with soft old linen. If the surfaae is very dull, dirty and scratched, instead of washing with soap and water, add more oil and sprinkle powdered rottonstone over It. Rub gently and regularly, first with a circular mo tion and then with the grain of the wood. When the surface is smooth and bright, wipa off the rottenstone and flnish as you would after washing with the soap and water. TABLE TALK. A New Dessert: Bake a delicate sponge cake in pretty shape. Pare and cut in eighths half a dozen large ripe peaches, simmer the kernels in a little water strain, make a rich syrup of the liquid, and when cold pour it over the peaches half an hour before they are needed. Make three pints of either'plain lemon or sherry wine jelly, and pour one-third of it into a large mold. When the jelly is almost firm set the cake—top .upward —in the center of it; hollow out the cen ter, leaving the bottom and sides nearly an inch thick,, and be careful to remove all the fragments from the jelly at the Bides. Fill the cake with the peaches drained from the syrup, pour the remain der of the jelly around and over the cake and set it in the refrigerator for at least throe hours. Invert on a serving dish, pour the syrup around and accompany with whipped cream. Tomatoes In Aspic Jelly: Procure small round tomatoes, peel and core and nil the inside with several anchovies, cut very fine and stirred in mayonnaise sauce. Have some melted aspic jelly, just beginning to set, in a deep basin pass with the trussing needle a piece of string through the top of each tomato, so that they may be dipped into the ba sm of aspic until they are -well clustered with the aspic; lay them on ice and re move the string when quite cold. Place a piece of aspic cut round upon the top of each tomato and place on it a sprig of watercress and a little mayonnaise Serve on crisp lettuce. WOMAN WHO WRITES ADVICE. A woman there -was and she wrote for the press (As you or I might do). She told how to cut and fit a dress. And how to stew many a savory mess. But she never had done it herself, I guess (Which none of her readers knew). Oh, the hours we spent and the flour we spent, And the sugar we wasted like sand. At the hest of a woman who never had cooked (And now we all know that she never could cook), A woman there was and she wrote right fair (As you or I might do), How out of a barrel to make a chair, To be covered with chintz and stuffed with hair; 'Tv/ould adorn any parlor and give it an air! (And we thought the tale was true). Oh, the days we worked, and the ways we worked. To hammer and saw and hack. In making a chair in which no one would sit, A chair in which bo one could possibly sit, , Without a crick ifi his neck. A woman there was, and she had her fun . . :' (Better than_ you and I). She wrote about Children—of course she had none— She wrote recipes and she never tried one (And never tntenaed to try). And it isn't to toil and it isn't to spoil That brims the ciip of disgrace- It's to follow a woman who didn't know meat (A woman who never had cooked any meat). But wrote and was paid to. fill space. —Pearson's Weekly. Yokes nud Sashes. In July and August we revel In the un lined yoke for house gowns. A yoke may be of lace or mull, but if it be lined it is often quite warm about the throat, al though it may look as cool as possible. But in these dog days we may enjoy gowns with elbow sleeves and the unlin ed yoke of lace, which permits the throat and forearm to be absolutely cool. The little left-side sash is a bewitching addition to the toilet when well managed and made up in appropriate materials! It is worn with a difference. The sash worn at the back is now quite long, the loops are of medium length, and the ends gen erously extend to the foot of the skirt. Safhes are also worn at the side; but when one is placed in front of a dress it must be short. <^» American Axes for Australia. A recent export order called for 25,000 axes, which wil! be distributed over the Australian colonies. ings were of black silk embroidered with golden serpents with emerald eyes. A pair of white silk stockings were embroi dered in orchids in purple tints. 't>ie slices worn with ths-fj were Ox-ford tie* of white silk with light purple strings. This dainty footwear was in keeping witn a white organdie frock, hand-painted with an orchid design. Butterflies drna. m^nted a pair or" slippers and slockirig9 worn to a porch party. A large butter- When the excretory organs fail to carry off the waste material from the system, there is an a'onor- mal accumulation of effete matter which poisons and clogs the blood, and it becomes sour and acid. *£%#£s*& This poison is carried through the general circulation to all parts of the body, and upon reaching ' M\ the skin surface there is a redness and eruption, and by certain peculiarities we recognize Eczema, >\J \\ 0\ Tetter,^ Acne, Salt Rheum, Psoriasis, Erysipelas and many other skin troubles, more or less severe \O( ->1 \V\ While the skin is the seat of irritation, the real disease is in the blood. Medicated lotions and H^V \\ \\7\ powders may allay the itching and burning, but never cure, no matter how long and faithfully * "* continued, and the condition is often aggravated and skin permanently injured by their use. 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It has bsen curing blood and skin diseases for half a cen tUry ' r'° ot^er mecuciiic can show such a record. S" S- S- contains no poisonous minerals —is purely vegetable and harmless. i^?w TUPI I^s*. J^ k< °Urn:e'lical department is in charge of physicians of large experience in treating K^gStWgjff f&c?Z£f&& biood and skin diseases, who will take pleasure in aiding by their advice and direction all who desire it. Write fatly and freely about your csse ; fomx letters are held in strictest - v - n - ... . . , confidence. We make no charge whatever for this service. Our book on Blood and sim Diseases will be sent free upon application THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, CA. BOOfCS Of TFE flOUp. "McLoughlln and Old Oregon," by Eva Emery Dye. From A. C. McCiurg & Co., Chicago. Sixty years is a long time when meas ured by human experience. Compara tively few are living today who recall the rush for the gold fields of California in '49; who remember almost the whole country west of the Missouri as an unex plored land; or who recollect the early immigration to what now constitutes the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. It was old Oregon then—it was old to the Indian who knew it as the home of his birth—it was old to the Hud son's Bay company which Is so old in it self that it seems to have never had a be ginning. Was it thoughts of these that prompted Bryant in 1816 to write those immortal lines of Thanatopsis: "—Or lose thyself in the continuous woods. Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings—yet the dead are there; And millions In those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have lalo" them down In their last sleep—" Though Oregon was American soil, few Americans had seen It up to 1830. True, Lewis and Clarke and Fremont had been there, and their reports lie burled among ancient archives at Washington. But it has remained for this gifted author to chronicle step by step the toddling ef forts of a young colony—its infancy and its childhood to its first firm step in the corridors of state to take its» place with Its sisters in a united and great republic. The early history of Oregon is identical with that of Fort Vancouver In British Columbia, for years the chief trading posW of the Hudson's Bay company. Far separated from Eastern civilization the chief factors at this important post ruled as imperially as any potentate of ancient Europe. Indeed It was like the baronial rule of mediaeval Europe. It was neces sary for the chief factor to show an al most royal splendor in dealing with the Indians, for superb demonstrations were the only insignia of power the red man would recognize. An iron will and force ful and quick action were necessary at all times to keep the Indians In subjuga tion. Never did southern slave more zealously obey the dictates of his master than the Indians along the ColumbU and Willamette obey the commands of Chief Factor MeLoughlin. The personality of this great man was such as to command obedience. Seldom are embodied In hu man anatomy such a blending of all that is good, with an almost entire absence of that which is bad. Judging this great character today, not only in his official capacity, but as a man, we recognize tha-t he was just but firm and faithful in all business transactions; generous and kind in social intercourse; and in love for his family and fidelity to his friends a man without a superior in the annals of any race. Following the author as she conducts the reader so unobtrusively into the post life at Fort Vancouver in 1832, a salute was fired on an autumn evening, the massive gates were unlocked, and eleven Americans were ushered into the pres ence of Dr. McT-iOugrhlin, the first Ameri can traders since Astor's defeat in 1811 "With all kindly courtesy were the strane ers received, and while the most cordial relations existed during many subse quent months it was a combination of friendship and strategy, for with the in terest of his company ever uppermost, Dr. McLoughlin must crush commercial competition, and crush it he did in a purely business manner and this little band of traders departed. It was not commerce, but religion that established the first permanent American colony in Oregon; and honored in the anr.aLs of Protestantism is the name of Jason Lee, the first missionary. Co-laboring in the same field came Dr. Whitman and thus in 1536 the first misison was established. The stately Mcl.oughlin stood on the shore to welcome these guests, whose coming unfolded a world of change. In the intervening years to 1841 the his tory of these few people is that of all mission fields that have been opened— the endurance of many privations, but it can be truthfully said that they accom plished a work that has never been sur passed in any age among a savage people. The New Year of 1841 opened a new act in the drama cm the Columbia. <-The little band of Americans were gathered at a funeral, and all deeply felt ihe situa tion. No law, no court, no government, nothing from the Spanish land to Sltka, but the arbitrary will of Dr. John Mc- Loughlin." They m-ist perfect an or ganization, and even while the committee sat with pens in hand, an American ex ploring squadron came sailing into tbe Oregon waters flying the flag of tho United States. Thus was t v,.o first at tempt to govern in Oregon made by Americans. Reports got to the Eastern states. Sep tember, 1542. witnessed the arrival of the first party of immigrants, a small band of sixty-two, exclusive of children. The year following came a thousand ritore; in 1844, still other thousands. The power of the Hudson's Bay company XtSa broken. fly -vas on the stocking just at the rise Of the ir.sti'p, and above this straps on the slippers were held together by a but terfly .somewhat larger, ami a stili larger v:s jafct tibove the i!n.-- of the ankle. Fashion is to favor of white stoekVags for summer wear, but as ;,-■; the idea has gained no strong bold on woman's tanty. Low shoes with piald tops and stockings to match exactly are among the m west notions. They are certainly very pietty. Many of the Indians and the company's trappers had abandoned fur hunting and settled to the more peaceable vocation of farming. Hut what of McLoughllr. ? A word, a motion of the hand, and a horde of savages would have swept back this human tide that was to overturn estab lished traditions. fCo, eSfr.f^iSon domi nated that manly heart, and it was Mc- Loughlin, who from his private stores and those of his company, for which he made himself personally responsible, that he succored these strangers In a strange land. Complaints were made against him In London. His resignation followed, and he gave up wealth and po sition and settled among the growing col ony at Portland. But he must suffer more. It was in 1849. Congress was ask ed to stop forever any remaining privi leges of the Hudson's Bay company In Oregon. Forgetting his many benefactions, it was remembered only of Dr. "Mclaugh lin that he had once been connected with this great company. Congress con firmed tie title of every settler In Ore gon to land, but Dr. McLoughHn's was taken away. It was five years after hi 3 death that popular remorse prompted a kinder deed. The state legislature, by special act, restored the land claim to his heirs. And today hangs in Oregon's state house a portrait of Dr. John Mc- Loughlln, "the father of Oregon," the most honored portrait on its walls. Seldom has so good a book been writ ten as the one we are now considering. Only a chronicle the author calls it, but to the reader it is a great human heart laid bare. It will and must appeal to every student of American history; every heliever In any religious creed, and every breathing, speaking, living soul that can lift itself to glory in the noble heroism of one unselfish mortal who exemplifies the Christian teaching of man's love for his fellow man. "Medical and Surrrionl Nursing." "Medical and Surgical Nursing." A treatise on modern nursing from the phy sician's and Surgeon's standpoint, for the guidance of graduate and student nurses, together with practical lnstru*"l in in the art of cooking for the sick. Edited by H. J. O'Brien, M. D.. professor of clinical surgery, Hamline university; sur geon to St. Joseph's hospital, city and county hospital, Convent of the Good Shepherd; consultant to the Babies' home; medical director and lecturer, St. Joseph's hospital training school for nurses, St. Paul. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and I,ondon. The Knicker bocker Press, 1900. This book is very appropriately dedi cated to Reverend Mother Bernardine of St. Joseph's hospital, St. Paul, who is truly entitled to the tribute so well ex pressed by the editor—"an earnest advo cate of modern nursing, and ever fore most in offering aid to the sick and in jured." The work Is designed as a ready source of practical information for those of the nursing fraternity. It not only meets the requirement of the professional nurse, but contains valuable knowledge which can be understood and made practical use of by any intelligent mother in her own household. Though not intended for fam ily use, this volume is far more valuable in a household than the many old time medical works whose decrees are so often pernicious. The Northwestern Lancet of tfils city is quoted in the following: "This book is essentially a collection of essays written by pome of the foremost medical practi tioners and surgeons in St. Paul, ending up with one on cooking for the sick by Mrs. Mary B. James. All the papers are ■written in an entertaining and easily un derstood manner, so that those to whom they are written can readily comprehend them. Much credit Is due the editor for the manner of compilation. All suTrjacts necssary to a nurse in her professional charcater to study are touched upon as we have said in an intelligent and facile way. "Praise of the work Is an act of super erogation, for when Dr. O'Brien under takes to do a thing that fact alone in sures its success, the more especially backed as he has been in this enterprise with such able allies. We can heartily recommend this work." "Eben II old en." "Eben Holden," by Irving- Bacheller Lathrop Publishing Co., Boston. "Eben Holden"—"Uncle Eb," as every body calls him—brings across the stat6 line from Vermont and into the "North country" fet. Lawrence county in North ern New York), a little waif, and makts a man of him. In the home of a hor, pitable and flourishing farmer of the North country the boy grows to man hood, developing, under the shrewd tute lage of Uncle Kb and of Farmer Brower and his excellent wife, into a well-round ed and manly fellow, who goes to col lege, falls in love, starts'out in life in New York, and joins the Tribune staff, goes to war, la the hero of Bull Run light, and becomes a successful modern American. That is the thread of tfie story without the plot; but the real hero of the book is "Uncle Eb"—plain, shrewd, humorou., rugged, wise, gentle and de lightful "Uncle Eb," who knows men and bow to handle them, is unspoiled by the world, and is full of quaint, homely say ings, stories und advice, which makes him dear to all who know him from the "folks" of the North country to the read ers of this book. "The Pans-onaso Porch." "The Parsonage Porch," by Bradley Gil man. Little, Brown & Co., BastoA. This is a book of seven short sto-ics taken from a clergyman's note book. "The observant minister, who studies himself candidly and his people sympa thetically, passes through many experi ences which do not find a fitting channel of expression in the pulpit. They are leaves from the wonderful book of hu man nature, but they are not suscepMble o" homlletlcal treatment, and they bud themselves invitingly and often irrcsist ably to treatment in fiction." This is an explanation of tha stories presented in this book. Like the human life, with which they deal, they are sot In vr. keys, grave aria gay. Tha author s;,'y« they did not ro;illy happen, but they a:e true; they aro-not a record >,l tacts, at :d you may look through them is v;an, fceeking familiar names an<l places; brat whether seen in the trustful of a. a dog. as was or.c, cr Bugs . by <i Quaint show-window, as w^ another they are the records of thought and feelings present in most human hearts. "For tin- Queen* "For the Queen in South Africa.," by Carlyle Davis Hasklns. Uttlo. Brown & Co., Boston. The title for this collection of half a dozen excellently told British army tales, at this time, would lead one to look for stories of the present war with the Transvaal republics. Only one Btory. "Blood Will Tell." Is so recent, the otn ers having to do with incidents of valor in the Soudan and Zulu wars. The "Un recorded Cross" Is the story o f an Amer ican who sought to demonstrate that valor waa aa much an Americas as a British quality, and proved it with his life. The stories have life In them, and will be read with enjoyment. •"The Knixhtn of the Vrn»%." "The Knights of tbi by B3».ry K. Slenklewicz. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. This authorized translation of a re markably strong historical romance ts« made by Jeremiah Curtin, whoa* work as translator is excellent. There were ring- times In early Poland ai d of I this romance t i:.= in a manner possible only to huch genius as has all duced "Quo Vadis," "\Yi:h Flro end Sword" and other deservedly popular works. The first volume Was strong and now tiiat th . appear* <1 it is evident the Polish writer has duced one ot tho really great rom, of his time, better far In ill respects than anything heretofore written by him. "Haruld Godwin." "Harold Godwin," by W. Do Huger. From J. S. Ogllvie Publishing CotrJJiny, New York. It Is neither a story nor a novel, but a word painting combining tho scenic descriptions of Stevenson, the poctri of morals by Duouts, the san^sm of Max O'Rell, and the intimate knowledge of all by the author. A ;~ot:lal satire h-j styles it, and seldom, if ever, has Amer ica's self styled aristocracy received a more exhaustive expose or castls&tlon. The beauty of language, the etog of diction of this author covers an almost j too free expression of private rices which I would be coarse if said by one less gift ed. Dealing primarily with the fast :;.;t of both sexts among the young, and tlie glided Ignorance of the elders In New York's vaunted 400—it is yet a Retire which fits admirably the to-tbe-manor born aristocracy of tho South, and the polite society of thu W'st, f>r tfbllo neither attacking capital nor elevating labor, it makes that on« truth so llluh trativo of pure Americanism that no for eign title can add dignity to those simple and plain appellations, Mr. and Mrs. in delib'.e and unalterable. No sword is keener than truth; no wound so hard to heal aa injured van ity; and this word painting us an ever present mental vision, can koep many a life's frail b«rk in a placid eea. ON OIR BOOK TABIiE. L.. C. Page & Co.. Boston -"Memory Street," by Martha Baker Dunn. H. 25; "The Black Terror," by John K. $1.25; "At th« Court of the King," by G. Hembert Westby, $1.25; "The Baron'ri Sons," by Dr. Mauru.s Jokal, trail by Percy Favor Blckneli, tl.fift; "!■:■■ Barry," by I^oui.-) Becke, $1.50; Golden Fleece," by Amedee Achnrd, 11.60; "Unto the Heights of Simplicity," by Johannes Reimers. $1.25. D. Appleton & Co.. New York—"Famil iar Fish," by Eugen* McCarthy, $1.r,0; "The Last Sentence," by Maxwell Gray, $1.00. From, the publishers: Small, Maynard & Co., Boston—"Rob ert Browning." by Arthur Wnugh, 75c; "Up te Maine," by Hblmaa P. Day, $i. Lothrop Publishing Co., l;o*ton—"EJben Holden," by Irving DachoKer, $1.50. ODD ITEMS _0F INTEREST. Not all the member* of the Royal Brit ish family have always behaved at Ascot with the same dignity, decorum and good feeling which characterize the queen anrt her descendants. Frederick, prince ot Wales, son of Georgs 11. and father of George 111., brought to tho race cours« the same kind of manners that might be expected from the slums. On one occa sion he so far forgot what was fitting aa to throw a bott'.o at a winner as It waa coming homr-. The motive was even more regrettable than th«! act, for It seemed that he had backed another horse. One of the most valuable Jewels In the world from a monetary point, aa well as by historical association, 13 in the treas ury of the King of Prussia. It is known as the Regent or Pitt diamond, and waa bought in India by the grandfather of the first earl of Chatham. It came orig inally from the famous mines of 'Jo! --conda. The original Pitt sold the Jewel to the Duke of Orleans for $656,000. It afterward w;nt into the hands of Na poleon L and was placed by him In his sword of state. After the battle of Wa terloo the diamond was taken by tho Prussians aa part of their spoils and I 3 retained as a portion of the booty France would give the world to redeem with Alsace and I,orrainc. The Pitt dia mond is unrivaled in limpidity and form. Its d-epth and diameter are of almost equal dimensions. In China the millionaire, who calls upon the consul as promptly as politeness al lows, gives him the most unique ■ rience albeit not always a digeatibl> For there are experiences that com© in which the lnnor man doe 3 not rejol a with the enthusiasm of the Imagi:, A Chinese dinner, like a visit to tho tlst, is pleasant only as a remlnh For lavish display, abundance of floral decorations, originality of cm I uneatable edibles a Ch!ne.sn dinner h'l3 no counterpart, says Harper's Wcokly. It properly comes under the duties of suls —to refuse the hospitality of a ''hirii man Is to sever diplomatic relations be tween the two nations. Hi.-. Invitation i? a command—and then, it is an exuerienr». The two principal horrors of the function arc the music, tlv.t give; your sen*M in digestion, and the menu, which shocks your Inner teinpte. Tho music Its a suc cession of rasping sounds that affect you as might the filing of a saw on a cold morning, accompur.icd by ;>«infuijy rag ular cries, comparable orilV | produced by ?i cat ligrht at Its ztuirh In your bank yard. A half doxen Uttlo, woodenHkftj vlmond-eyed, carefully clmined ffoww Kirrs pro&ne* the from p. ralsc-c' dais In a corner, tmcom fori.'tbly near. L'londln^. If r. stretch of the 'imagination wl'.l permit tho use of the word, r»;th the m*trum*r.tfi.l part of (he programmo are hearr. ih^ slngaonc tones <C a crybada7-Uk« j;al"'-,'uo that tak<^3 jilaco between the offenders. Th* entire conabtnatioß 13 net without it. --lif-n .itlons, however, for It helps you to forscl the uoolea t.; i-ouia in th* v/:iy ■>; iojU. For cut rate tickets call on T. P. Ed v. ails, 3SS Robert. Oldest established ticket office In the city.