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JFOP e-i\<SJSBOUT4 FEMALE GHARMS GROW WOMEN OF TODAY LOVELIER THAW THOSE OF PAST The Secret Is Claimed to Be in Thsir Better Care of the Advantages Na ture Has Given Thern^— Education and Refinement Do Their Part. '.' A number of men and women were discussing pretty women" the other evening.:. They were not gossiping, for. once, c about anybody in particular, but were taking a general 1 inventory of the charms of women they knew and drawing comparison between their \ prevalence now and a few years back, I The . general opinion was . that pretty, j women were ' more numerous today than at any previous time. v When the discussion reached the ' reasons for more pretty women, all J sorts of ideas were advanced, such as I "higher education," "privileges in ath letics" and "modern progression." One woman who had not contributed much to the logical part of. the conversation, said:': "Education and civilization and progress have all conduced to the re ' finement of women, a process that re flects in hygienic care of herself. Of course this conduces to her general physical beauty. But the real secret of woman's general increase in love liness of face is her realization that she must take care of her countenance. ' She now understands that she must renovate and take pains to preserve her complexion, exposed to the weath ■ er, as it is, and to the wear of mental ' and physical exertion and weariness." Then everybody present acquiesced In a belief that "beauty as an art," ap ; plied practically a,nd assiduously/ to .the countenance, has a great deal to ' do with the modern increase of pretty women. Not' long ago a Parisian, who is' fa mous for her beauty, was visiting in New York. She was very enthusiastic over the American women's buoyant and delicate loveliness. During a dis cussion of the modern pretty woman, this Parisian said: "I think that it is just as much a woman's duty to be charming as it is for her to make puddings and cakes or make speeches. Isn't she doing her share toward making the world, more beautiful and enjoyable?" And why should not madafne and mademoiselle, too, do all she can to make herself charming? Shakespeare says: "All the world loves a lover," but I say "all the world loves a pretty ■woman," and .everybody knows that a ■woman's heart yearns for love. So, she has this poetic sentiment in all her efforts to be beautiful. "Even the school girl is interested in the progress of her charms. She studies herself in the glass and con templates possibilities of a rounded . throat, of a darker tint to her hair, of an added grace of carriage, and she dreams away the hours and pines for the gloried of eighteen and young vomatnhood. "What discoveries she makes as.the days go by! What di?appointments, and what ingenious inventions to con ceal defects. "She becomes an artist,, and the old er she grows the more time does she spend in her little beauty studio. She loves this study of beauty-making like any true artist, and her teacher, the long, beveled mirror, criticises and | praises and condoles with her, ajid the joy of it all is as the joy of a Raphael or a Velasquez. "However, a part of modern wom an's beauty is due to her more artistic style in gowning. She adapts the seams and designs to her figure—but the colors and tints and all accessories may enhance the beauty of her face." SOCIAL. Miss Bayard, of Cherokee avenue, gave a luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss Williams, of Louisville, Ky. •..:■ *;; y.- - * * ♦ Miss Bessie Bolton, of Grand ave nue, will give a musicale Saturday evening in honor of Miss Leila Martha Potter, of Minneapolis, whose marriage to Herman F. Abels, of St. Paul, will take place Aug. 18 at the home of the bride in Minneapolis. • * • Miss Ma.yroice X.. Funke and Neil Akenson, of Minneapolis, will be mar ried this evening at St. Joseph's Catholic church, Rev. Harrison offi ciating. Miss Agnes Maud Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Nelson, of Sbuth Exchange street, and James T. Hughes, of Duluth, were married yesterday at the Cathedral. Rev. J. J. Lawler read the service. Miss Rose Marth, of Barnesville, was the maid of honor, and Joseph C. Nelson, of Devils Lake, was the best man. After an Eastern trop Mr. and Mrs. Hughes will be at home Sept. 1, at 405 West Third street, Duluth. Miss-Merrill, of North street, will en tertain Friday evening in honor of Thomas Prescott, of Phoenix, Ariz. CLUBS AND CHARITIES. A benefit lawn social will be given tomorrow evening at 665 Otsego street. There will be good music. An ice cream social will be given by Union City Division No. 274, C. I. A., of the B. L. E., at the residence of T. J. Conway, 223 Pennsylvania avenue. The Industrial Society of Acker Corps No. 7 will meet tomorrow after noon with Mrs. C. H. Schultz, of Charles street. PERSONAL. Miss Wallace, of Fairmount avenue* !s visiting in Montreal. Mrs. C. P. Nash, of Goodrich avenue, Is visiting in Buffalo, N, Y. Judge and Mrs. Grier M. Orr are spending a fortnight at Detroit Lake. Mrs. S. F. Fullerton, of Laurel ave nue, is at her summer home, at Cass lake. Mrs. C. J. Shanley, of the Willard, HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH It makes the toilet something to be en joyed. It removes all stains and roughness, prevents prickiy heat and chafing, and leaves the skin white, soft, healthy. In the bath it brings a glow and exhilaration which no common soap can equal, imparting the vigor *nd life sensation of a mild Turkish toth. All Grocers and Druggists. will leave this week for a trip of the lakes. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Lanpher, of Sum mit" avenue, have returned from Lake Ptilaski. Miss Grace B. Whitridge, of Hague avenue, is spendinfg the summer in New Y.>rU. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stringer, of Ash land avenue, have gone Ifiast for a short visit. Mrs. ('. J. McConville, of Arundel street, has gone to Prior lake for a • month's stay. v Miss J. C. Gauthier, of Goodrich av enue, who is visiting in the East, will return this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Perkins; of Lincoln avenue, have returned from Lake Minnetonka. Mrs. H. S. Judson, of Summit ave nue, has returner! from the Brule, where she was the guest of Mrs. C. A. Wheaton. Miss Thomas, of Chicago, and Miss Butler, of Milwaukee, who are visiting • ' ■■ .-..'•. ;.■■■■■ ;. -.-'. • ; ■'■ ■ ''*•". ■'}:'•'" '■ '.■ ''<•" ' -.-i i-"- ■'■'■■'''.- t \ ■■■■ -■■■:■'' -f'~\'\ ''■ This pretty shirt waist is oi; pale blue batiste, yoke and upptr/steev es finely tucked, and irregular medallions of cream lace let in. The wide bell of the sleeves is edged wfffl'itfe'same la<se. It fastens with a" button fly in front, the two deep tucks being trimmed with pearl buttons. "The. back is treated with tucks and-lace, and just lace forms the low collar. Miss Lucile Davis, of Fairmount ave nue, will return to their homes Friday. Debutantes Have Wan Faces. NEW YORK, July 28.—The strenu ous life at Newport is affecting the health of the young women, and a halt has been called by the parents or guardians. Long before the dew is dry on the tennis court at the Casino girls assemble to play tennis and pat ronize the squash courts. The players, mostly women, play until lunch. Then comes the driving hour, a visit to the golf club, then a reception and dinner at night. The strain is great and is particularly noticeable upon the wan faces of many of the debutantes. Sev eral of the latter have been ttdvised by their physicians to seek rest. Her "Morning Jewels." Every whim of Mrs. Edward J. Ber wind is gratified, and why not? Her husband made six millions in coal. In New York the Berwinds are running the Pembroke Joneses an£ the Morti mer Brookses a close race for un bridled extravagance. The Berwinds sunk many thousands in the mere ar ranging of their garden, and their town house abounds with luxuries that few persons care to spend money for. Everything—their linens, their table ware and their tapestries—is made especially for them. Their chinaware was made in the pottery at Limoges, and Mrs. Berwind conferred with the superintendent and selected a design. For this little privilege the Berwinds paid dearly. Now Mrs. Berwind is collecting what she calls "morning jewels." These are opaque gems that look better by day light. Mrs. Berwind says that a daz zling gem defies the sun, and fortu nately she has the means of gratifying her jewel scheme. Pearls and tur quoises come under the head of day light gems.. At the Casino Mrs, Ber wind wore the nucleus of her collec tion. It is a turquoise "lalique." This is a complicated bit of jewel work that is suspended from the neck and hangs down on the bust. It is held in place with chains, and Mrs. Berwind's cen ter turquoise is a wonderful gem. It is the true turquoise blue, the color of the sky and without the greenish tinge. It was mined in the Austrian de posits. The chains that hold the cen tral turquoise in place are studded with tiny blue stones. Mrs. Berwind wears this "lalique" with either a blue or white frock, and a rope of finely cut amethysts is shown when she appears in purple tints. The term "lalique" is derived from a famous goldsmith of the Louis XIV. reign. His name was Jean Lalique and he was the court jeweler. He in vented the jewel that hangs in place, and after this creation he set a single pear-shaped pearl on a chain that hung from out of the collar. This pearl was presented to Louise de le Valliere, the favorite of the king, and was named in her honor. Hence the "laval liere," a style that had an unprecedent ed run a few years ago. The few jew els now in existence that were made by the master hand of Lalique are worth large sums. Bargains Are Numerous. The counters of the big dry goods stores teem with bargains these days but serious thought and good judg ment should be exercised before the woman with little money appropriates them. Qne very sensible woman sums up the good sense of bargain buying in this way: "Bargain sales are the poor woman's sartorial salvation. But let her buy deliberately. "Let her plan out a clothing cam paign early in the season, decide how many gowns she needs, and what kind they must be. Let her decide on their color if she have hats or accessories from a past season that must go with them. Or if she is unlimited in the choice of color after the gowns are ourchased. let her decide as deliberate- THE ST PAUL GLOBS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903. Iy the kind of h:at that will be appro priate. "Then She must play the waiting game. The .bargains she wants will come. There is no doubt about that. The trouble is women lose their heads when bargains are about. When things are cheap they practically go and buy everything. But the bargain bought hurriedly and thoughtlessly is rarely of much use. It is the black sheep of the wardrobe. If you want to get the best value out of your bargains, make up your mind cooily and deliberately beforehand what you need, and then wait until it comes along. It takes firmness and resolution to do it when "bargains are in the air. But It pays. ; Alice Roosevelt's Portrait. Central Park west entertained Miss Alice Roosevelt one day a week ago, unknown to all. its dwellers save one. The president's daughter rushed out of a cab and into the apartment house at No. 465. She was to sit for a por trait and the artist was Miss Zoe Flem ing Dunlap. The picture is to be a miniature on ivory. Through friends Miss Dunlap received the commission —one of great value to an artist. Miss Roosevelt's shoulders will be shroud ed in a filmy mantle and her hair will be bound with for-get-me-nots. Blire is her color. The portrait will not be finished until autumn. Miss Duulap has painted large pictures of the horses of Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. James L. Kernochan and William C. Whitney. A man who saw the president's daughter in Huntington, L. 1., de- AFTERNOON SHIRTWAIST. scribed her as follows: "The girl doesn't look happy. Her eyes are weary. Probably this Is because she tries to appear self-possessed. Miss Roosevelt was dressed all in white. She had a flat white hat and white slippers and stockings. I almost smiled when I saw her thin, lithe arms. The skin was white, but mottled with gi gantic freckles. These were as large as pennies, and she seemed to glory in this dubious charm. What I thought most striking was her hair, which is far from profuse. There is something magnetic about Miss Roosevelt. You feel a certain subdued strength." Women Farm in the East. That women are now prominent as farmers is largely illustrated in al most every state of the Union. In New England the' fact is uniquely vivid. Many self-supporting women have purchased old and neglected farms lo cated in these Eastern states and are improving them and adapting them to profitable industries. Many of these landed proprietors do not live on their farms the year round. They remain in the city during the winter busy at their various vocations. They leave their farms under the management of caretakers who either share in the profits or give their serv ices on the usual basis of regular wages. A woman who engages in business in New York a part of the year, and lives on her farm in Vermont all sum mer, says that last year "the profits of butter and eggs and turkeys and chick ens delivered in the city" counted up to $875. There were other profits—the bulk of them much more than covered the expenses. Business for Girls. No girls In this age of the. world should be permitted to attain the age of womanhood without having ob tained a thorough acquaintance with the methods in vogue in the business world. It makes no difference what their social or financial standing may be, all members of the sex need a fundamental business training. To make expenses and receipts harmonize ought to be a part of every girl's edu cation, and she should be grounded in ordinary business customs and usages. It makes little difference whether one is earning her living or simply attend ing to household affairs and accounts, business will not run itself and no great measure of success can be ob tained apart from rightly regulated economy. As We See Others. Plenty of us do not realize that everything we do or say or believe has a certain influence on other folk. A young girl who admires some older woman will often make of herself a nice little carbon copy, talking and thinking according to her ideal. Little children are usually what their par ents make them. As is the mother, so is the child. A baby brought up in an atmosphere of stunted mentality Is seldom bright. The child who hears sane conversation is building up in its wee infant brain the likes, dislikes, perfections or blemishes of a whole life. All of us are influenced; all of us send out influences. The woman who walks down the street with her shirt waist spick and span, her hair done neatly, her shoes clean and polished and her belt all tidylike is an influence for good. There's no telling how many frumpy, unneat, shabbily feminine mortals take the hint to themselves and start in on a little process of im provement. The Neat Salvation Maid. Every-observing person in the car saw the 'Salvation Army maid. She was different from the average "halle lujah" damsel. She was neat as a new pin. Her navy blue 'W^fw was of lua-: troiis mohair. Her lianas were well manicuied. Her poke _ bonnet was without a cov-ering oJ*iUT|t. The rib-, bons were bright and|iejvjand she had 9. large bow Under h4r\/h?ri. She was not pretty, but her preeiseness"attract ed attention. Folk nigla speculations as to who she was. fi^i4 'woman was sure she must be an"fcei $ntric daugh ter of an old family! "f'ertainly her appearance suggested a century of good breeding. Mitts Are Modish. As the season adyjincffe, mitts are more find more w*orn, especially at the resorts. -/ White mitts are popular with white gowns, and ahe shown in exqui sitely woven silk. t?«*!'designs being lacey on the back of the hand, while the long wrists —suitable for elbow sleeves —are plain, bat sheer and lus trous. The black mitts are worn with gowns of all hues and are perfectly lovely in texture and woven design. GLEANtNGS. . Among the many canine qualities worthy of imitation, a lover of the ■"four-footed brothers" emphasizes their contented resignation to the cir cumstances of life. Dogs, he says, do not go about trying to do good to other dogs by urging them to bark in the same key and bite with-the same tooth •as themselves; nor, which is a merci ful provision of nature, do they be- come bored by the people with whom their lot is cast and-*want to try a new master every few months. Whatever the disadvantages of their'homes may be, they stand by them and make a cheerful best of it. Over and again a dog puts his heart before his outraged stomach and lets his affections domi nate his indigestion rather than desert his master for a better board. Many a master, concludes the dog champion, would do well to emulate in points like these the meanest of his "little yellow curs." "Twice a year, on April 23 and Oct. 26," writes a young Bulgarian woman living in Sofia, "our streets are full of servants, and people bargain with them for service. During the winter season they are very cheap, -as the peasants send all their girls to the city to be hired, they having no work for them at home. The price paid differs; one can get a girl for her boar€; or pay up to 20 lusor ($4) a month for one who cooks, washes and irons. Girls are often thankful to enter a good family for their board. For the men there is very little work, and the papers are full of suicides on account, during the dull seasons, of starvation." A successful young woman has dis covered that men only eschew after noon teas when there is danger of any one of them finding himself the single black coat in a sea t>F" pink muslin, "derelicts on an ocean of chiffon." But "buff waistcoat indubitably attracts buff waistcoat," continues this discov erer, "and five young men to one young woman is about the proper proportion for a successful 'high" tea' mixture. They enjoy the beverage when well made, and are delighted to meet each other. Their supposed aversion to these frivolous functions has arisen solely from the fact that they were rarely confident of meeting there more than one of their kind." Galalith is the name of a new sub stance made from skimmed milk by treating- the casein with metallic salts and soaps and finally, with formalde hyde. It is as harcj as celluloid, takes a fine polish, is odorlesfc and is less in flammable than the guncotton and camphor combination. At the recent hygienic milk supply " exposition, in Hamburg, there were shown toilet arti cles, chess figures and even tables made of the new substance. These had the appearance of marble, as galalith takes kindly to various coloring processes,, but were far lighter in weight. As an article of commerce it is destined, so its spomser3 believe, to become widely used and correspond ingly reasonable in cost. A bird garden is rather a novel idea, but one which, if faithfully exploited, will prove as real a delight as any gar den of blossoms. An enthusiast on the subject has set apart: a spot of per haps an acre's extent as forbidden ground for cats ang small boys, and the birds have become very tame. Ber muda grass, whose matted tangles are a harbor for bugs and worms, covers the ground. Hydrants are left drip ping, where the many kinds of feather ed folk that this garden has attracted may drink and bathe to their hearts' content. There is an abundance of seeds and fruit, which mature at dif ferent seasons, and ora logs under which congregate the fat grubs that are a bird's delight, if these natural stores seem, to run sh«rt at any time, sunflower seed and crisp lettuce hearts are spread on a stand called the "birds' banquet board," that none may want. Strings, threads and fluffy cotton are strewn about for nesting time, and as many as twenty, different species have been counted building or rearing their young at one time: Thirty-four varie ties frequent this Garden of Eden, and their sweet notes and bright plumage make it as charming as any conserva tory of rare blossoms. - "The Siamese are a very supersti- tious people," " says Erneßt ioiing. "They have many • peculiar explana tions of natural phenomena. Thunder, ■ for-instance, is .'the sky crying." They believe that in the realms above is a horrible giant, whose wife has a vio lent and uncertain temper. When they quarrel the echo of his voice comes in long, rolling notes from the clouds. If he is very angry he throws his hatchet at his unruly spouse, and when this ponderous weapon strikes the floor of heaven the thunderbolt falls through and comes to earth. Falling stars are accounted for by the fact that the an gels occasionally indulge in torch throwing at one another. When these same beings all insist upon getting into the batb at once the water splashes over the side, and it rains. The winds that sigh in the night are the voices of babies that have lost their way in their travels to the land beyond the grave. When a Siamese dies he is not buried, but his corpse, fully dressed and then wrapped in a winding sheet. Is placed in a sitting posture in a copper urn. A tube is placed in his moth, and through this a mixture of quicksilver and honey is poured into the body. In this way it is kept for a long time, often for years. Eventually it is burn ed, and the ashes are carefully pre served. The souls of those whose bones, at least, are not burned are sup posed to become slaves of a horrid taskmaster, with a head like a dog, a human body and the temper of a fiend. He sits for all time with his feet in the fires of hell, and it is the duty of his slaves to keep these fires feom growing too hot. To do this they must carry water in open wicker baskets through all eternity. Their.way to the well lies over a perilous bridge, but even a plunge into the bottomless abyss be neath this cannot give them the 'death sleep;' that can be secured only by the burning of their bones on earth." "To know 300 delightful people and to be able to seat only thirty leads to the most bewildering complications," says a hostess. "You are confronted on every staircase and at every dinner table with the people you haven't been able to ask. Women brush past you Avith barely a nod, and nice boys look at you with reproachful eye 3, not that they want to come to your party par ticularly, and ten to one they would be engaged five deep if you sent them an invitation, but that, strangely enough, no one likes to be left out of any party, so I have slunk about shamefaced all this week, hiding behind doors, slipping away early, and behaving generally like a criminal who is pursued by de tectives—and all because I know 300 charming people and can seat only thirty." The fancy of naming plants for their giver or former home is a pretty one, but a little confusing at times to the uninitiated. A dear old body, whose suburban home is filled with th-ese .companions, somewhat startled a guest the other day by saying to her maid: "Be sure to water Mr. Jenkins, I no ticed this morning he was almost dusty for want of it. And Cousin Sarah there needs new tacking and stakes. Her tendrils will be catching in the window frame next. While you're about it, too, you might as well give Grandmother some fresh earth and spade up the Car.adas, the new shoots are looking a little.puny." A new maid has all these various companions to learn by name, and for some of them it appears to be an insurmountable task. Then Grandmother gets what Mr. Jen kins is pining for, and Cousin Sarah goes, into a decline because Sister Mary's dose is doled out to her. But the fanciful old possessor of these com panions refuses to designate th£m by any other names nevertheless. Quart boxe3 of strawberries are to be found at the candy counters and very like the real berries do these bits of confectioner's art look. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. Remove fruit stains by wetting them with alcohol or pouring boiling water through them. To remove a wine stain sprinkle salt on the spot and pouring boiling water through it until the stain disappears. To remove mildew from white cot ton rub the stain with lemon juice and place in the sunshine. It is a simple and old-time remedy that will not fail you. For very yellow or very dirty clothes make an emulsion of kerosene, clear lime water and turpentine in equal parts. Shake together until creamy, then add a cupful to every boilerful of clothes and boil for half an hour. In making soup, slow cooking ex tracts the flavor and the water should not be salted until near the end of the process. In cooking bones and joints, however, a high temperature renders the gelatin soluble and salt should be used. Naphtha is recommended by a wom an who has tried "it as a satisfactory cleanser of light fur. The naphtha was poured over the fur and the boa fluffed and patted until the soil waa worked out. The naphtha is then pressed out by drawing the hand firmly over it, the boa shaken and hung in the air to dry. A simple and excellent filling for cake, especially one which has been baked several days, is called soft co coanut. Pour boiling milk over a half pound box of dessicated cocoanut until it is very soft. Spread between and on top of a cake. This should be eaten inside of three days, especially in warm weather. To make a good paste for scrap books take half a teaspoonful of starch, same of flour, pour on a little boiling water, let it stand a minute, add more water, stir and cook it until it is thick enough to starch a shirt bosom. It spreads smooth, sticks well and will not mold or discolor paper. Starch alone will not make a good paste. Gilt frames may be revived by care fully dusting them and then washing with one ounce of soda beaten up with the whites of three eggs. Scraped patches may be touched up with dia mond gold paint. Stains or discolored spots may be covered with the paint and the appearance of pictures and mirrors much improved. A soft woolen cloth, plenty of rub bing and one tablespoonful of vinegar mixed with three oi pure linseed oil will make a mohogany dinner table shine like a mirror. Piano keys when in need of cleaning should be wiped off with alcohol. For sponging out bureau drawers and drawers of sideboards use tepid water containing 1 per cent solu tion of carbolic acid, or. if that is dis liked, use a small quantity of thymo line in the tepid water. Instead of pa per, some housekeepers line such drawers with white oilcloth. If the contents of the drawers are delicate waists or other articles likely to be in jured by dust, it is a good plan to lay in the bottom of the drawers a piece of cheesecloth as wide as the drawer, but twice as long, so that it can be folded over the top of things in the drawer. Stiff linen collars, embroidered all over in Dresden sprays, or powdered with fleur-de-Hs, French knots or other popular designs, are much worn. The embroidery is in white, or in light blue, pink and green or in black. They launder well, and are just the thing for a shirtwaist dress, with the small turnover cufi*3 that go with them. 2a.;,li.!s!^^feS!rS!L lM , i H'• For Infants and Children^; Thß Kind You Have !;w i"""'^"i v^g^^^^^ |a| AlWdyu DUllwill AVfegeJaWePreparalionforAs- I?y # ** simflating the Food andßegula- if] — - M -. ling the Stomachs andßoweis of |j Jj@fl,rS tllG m '"•'?'"'#:•■' ! Promotes Digcsiion.Cheerful- I- & # *f\t3f X ness and Rest.Contains neither -' ji.] yyF mt<i\%9 Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. I{i 01 #|\ tk/ NotHarcotic. |i|jj MiWlP* TIrc^tofOUnrSAMUELPiTCMR it » \^\^ JlxSmna ♦ 1 ' I #% 4oue&*d.+ I : A ITA ft 111 ftBSSuuM i ! i |\ lA* ■" ; Aperfecl Remedy forConsllpa- 91 I « JV UOO Ron, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Si. I 14/ | Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- fit V; if^ £*tv i\ am ; ness and Loss OF SLEEP. • 9 AjH I" 0 I U 6 I I Facsimile Signature oF : m - i "■' si?yi£St,^-£ — ■ " Hi Tl ' i If :' ■ Thirtu Yparc L " NEW YORK. : ■ «■■-■■ 111 11 IV ICCIIO SEfIHH|7WEfI9BHVDBHpfIBI^^BH9f7^3SQHfiMB I 1 P ' i ' N* r " ' in i ■ f^wfil SK B E V^k eB THS OCNTAUR "< • ANY. NSW VOHK OITV. . ■ lITI^Tr^T~TTTTBIW'WiniIITPITTT«|rini~MWTMMTfTrTTTTinrTii»^l ITI^Tr^T~TTTTBIW'WiniIITPITTT«|rini~MWTMMTfTrTTTTinrTii»^ iniimnnin ■ His Little Schoolma'am Copyright, 1903, by Daily Story Pub. Co. S'hoolm'ams are just as susceptible to kindness and love as ordinary peo ple. When the 1 little budding hearts of the classroom, who will betnischiev ous despite protestations and com mands, grow warm with love toward the miss whose duty it is to act as the target, as well as the instructor, in the teaching of the young Idea how to shoot, it somehow takes seed in her own heart—if the heart offers the ground for the rightful planting—and the flower and the fruit is beautiful. The sweetness of the blossom is given back ever so quietly and unconscious ly, but there is an invariable reward for'its return. There is more love and more kindness for the branch that bears the flowers, and soon all is radi ant with happiness. Miss Jennie Williams, teacher in charge of the Third ward school at Merton, knew the secret well, and her heart was a good place for the planting. Though the school had heretofore held a name which carried hesitancy to the minds of many a schoolma'am who had applied for the place, Miss Williams was most successful in her work. Happy and really jolly at all times, there was no loss of dignity for her. Then, when another bit of a seed took root in her bosom, and when sev eral lads in the village saw their hopes —v/e call such things "hopes," always —benumbed by the arrival of the young railway man from the -city, no one dared to begrudge him his goo« 1 fortune. In fact, everybody wished him well. Such is not always a result in such affairs. Everyone liked William Masterson, superintendent of the southern division of the B. & B. To hear the words "superintendent of the division" once inspired the villagers to conjure up visions of a merciless creature, with several idle dollars ceaselessly jingled in his pockets by an oppressive right hand. That was before they knew Billy. Even when the Mertonltea found out that Billy was the real enough son of the president of the road, they wore merely surprised; their interest grew to the fact that one can be the son of a railway president—the head of a "heartless corporation"—without being a monster. Contrawise to the situation at Mer ton, some one in the city found out and that started all the trouble. One evening the father and the son stood face to face in the Mastersou house, both flushed with wounded pride and anger. What strange things love will bring about! Billy was very short and decisive. "All right, sir," he said, "I'll go. The whole road can't buy my heart! Sup pose she is 'only a little schoolma'am' as you say, she is a woman dearer to me than any of the dolls who prance about in your drawing rooms!" After delivering 1 this rather ultra democratic speech, Billy Masterson wrote and delivered his resignation from services on the B. & B. He was on the Southern, .going to ward Merton, the next afternoon. "Why, Mr. Masterson!" exclaimed Old Jim, the conductor, surprised when Billy offered him a regular paid ticket. "It's all right, Jim," Billy answered. "I've quit the road." Then he leaned back in his seat and wondered what she would say. There was a long silence in the room when Billy finally told her—"my little schoolma'am," he called her. She spoke first. "Pleaae. Billy, go back," she pleaded. "Why should you leave —" Billy drew the pretty head close to his shoulder and held it there snugly and ever so long. Only a sob, and then another lost itself in the stilJness all about. "You foolish, dear boy," came a muf fled voice from near the shoulder of the man. "No, dear, I'm not going back," he said. When the pleadings of those loved best fail, it is best to stop pleading— when the sweet little mouth is hidden and the cheek is softly pressed to an other cheek. Jennie pleaded no more— not then. . A week later Billy had a posftton on one of the great newspapers in the city and was hustling about daily in search of the evasive news Item. And all the time there grew in Billy's -heart some thing that cut and caused a deep yearn ing. He worked every day except Sun days, and on Sundays thfere was no train in or out of Merton. The little schoolma'am suffered, too. To be sure, every few days one of her little tots brought an envelope, the con tents of which, according to the various pupils, caused Jennie to become quite rosy and ever so much more pretty Even little soheolma'ftms —but that Ih immaterial. "Oh! ' she cried out one afternoon in BY JOHN L. MEYER. school, and all the pupils wdhtiered. After vainly tryirtg to hi<le her bludhea and discomfort, she dismissed her pu pils—it was 4 o'clock then —and hav ing no one to tend to after school, as usual, proceeded to write a long tetter "I have a plan," she wrote, 'if it will only answer! Then we can see mm other often." No sooner had Billy received woril of the secret plotting, than he straight way proceeded to work on tWe llnei suggested. So did the little school ma'am. She was successful —the branch waa bearing new buds and the buds were opening. The president of the B. & B. wai much agitated. Alone in his private office, he read and reread a number ol clippings from newspapers, both conn try and city productions. By and by five directors of the road filed into the committee room and he followed, with clippings in hand. ,"Gentlemen," he began, vainly trying to appear comfortable and quiet, "you doubtless have considered the agita tion for a new Sunday train on the southern division as much as I have. You know if we do not put on the new train the people along the division will secure a continuance of the spur own ed by the M., W. & E.. and will turn against us. Thes e clippings will en lighten you further —better, perhaps, than could one of teh men whom I have sent out to investigate. Your consideration is therefore required at once." In ten minutes the announcement was made that the B. & B. had grunt ed demands for a Sunday train on the southern division, "in accordance with the road's spirit of meeting popular demand and convenience." The reports at the close of the month showed that the new train would never pay. One Sunday even ing, as the cars sped rapidly toward the city, Billy was quite amused to hear old Jim say: "Even if it don't pay, the com winy can't take it off." Th*n he chided himself for his amusement over the affair, and, making himself as comfort able as possible in the plush seat, mused and smiled until the train pull ed into the metropolis. Once he laughed out loud. Hi.T thoughts play ed among the remembrances of the day with his little schoolma'am. President Masterson, for once with a minute to spare, strode quietly from his private room into the waiting of fice, where his stenographers spftnt a great deal of time each day trying to convince people that the president was too busy to see them right way. He stopped as the merry laughter of the two girls behind the tall desks - irnc to his ears, and looked wonderingly to ward the polished backs of the office furniture. The girls kept up their merriment, little knowing of the danger in which they were, "Billy played a great trick on tha company; did you hear about it?" isk ed one of the girls. The prfsklonr ol the B. and B. became very much inter ested now and waited for more. "No; tell me about it. do," eagerly insisted the other young woman, with out having been dfrfied. "You know about that school ma'am he lost his place over?" said the olher. "Well. Billy works now and could not get off Sundays to see her. There vraa no .train. So the two started the whole community into a furore for a Sunday train, she doing her missionary work la great style. All the papers picked it up and helped circulate petitions. They got their train —and the train '10.-sn't pay!" "Who told—" President Masterson now stepped across the room and looking fiercely over~the desk tops at the two aston ished girls, cut their laughter short by demanding: "Is that true?" "Why, yes, sir," one of the girls hast ened to explain. A second thought caused her to add: "Well, that is—l heard" — "Take this letter, please," Mr. Maa terson smiled as he said this and tha girls could not satisfy themselves a» t» what was coming next. "My dear son," he dictated rapMljr 4 "I beg you to accept the super!ntend ency of the Southern. The prospective Mrs. Superintendent will also report at my house as soon as convenient. —"Henry Masteraon." "You need not make a copy of that," he added. Hollow Mockery. "So you are going to take s v»<-»tio« trip?" ■-•.■■■--.;; ■.-..;'■- ' "Yes," answered ■ the weary statesman. "I suppose you have your fishing tackft* and golf outfit all ready ■ .. -< "No. ; But I,have prepared most of my speeches, and am . now going through. • special .: course .of gymnastics to fortify me for the " — Washington star. . ~^im&m 7