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>r*s/o/>?v*?? <+ wmm S?Woman'sWorL? When breakfast things are cleared away The same old problem's rising. For she again gits down to think Of something appetizing. The dinner she must soon prepare. Or give the cook directions. And great is the relief she feels When she has made selections. ? TVlion dinner things are cleared away The ?problem that is upper Is just the same with one word changed? "What can 1 get for supper?" She ?wants to give them something new. And long Is meditation. Till choice is made, and then begins The .work of preparation. ? "When supper things are cleared away ' Again ?her mind is worried, j For then she thinks of breakafst time, ? "When nu;als are often hurried. She ?ponders o'er It long until The question is decided. Then hustles 'round till she makes suro That everything's provided. That "woman's work is never done" Has oftcii .been disputed. But that she's worried is a fact. And cannot be refuted. \; The worry over what to cat Is greatest of these questions. And glad she'd be if some one else Would make 1 lie- mral suggestions. It ?Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Women j?ive in a ?/Susy ffiush. Time Spent in Social "Enjoyment or In Icllociual Pursuits. There is no leisure nowadays for the f-young woman of the present, says, the Chicago -Chronicle. She ?s a very ener? getic person. 31 she is not too busy with ?nodal duties to permit, the adopts some fad and ?pursues it with youthful energy . and enthusiasm. This often takes the form of studying a more or less abstruse subject ?and acquiring an astonishing amount of (nfoimalUon about it entirely for her own satisfaction. Tills in our grandmothers' days would have stamped her at once as <i blue? stocking of ihe most dangerous order, and ehe would have been avoided by all the eligible young men of the neighbor? hood, just as If she had corkscrew ringlets and was sixty-five. To p?assess any mor?; intellectual knowledge than that required ior playing on the guitar and einging "Drink ?to me only with thine eyes.' or a (ballad of that order, was regarded as fatal to any girl, and as very greatly Impairing her matrimonial chances. "Nowadays the maidens take no the study of architecture without a shudder and ?pore over the nages of their text- ; books Interestedly, learning to distinguish the renaissance, the Byzantine, the Ito manesque iind the Gothic, and taking great pleasure In deciding to which style a window belongs, to which a column, or how a doorway should be classed. Otflier young women learn astronomy ?with an equal amount of enthusiasm and Study lnneiatlgably the laws that rule the heavenly bodies, occasionally even setting up a. small telescope ?>n their own i account and siK-nding a good deal of j time in ??heir miniatine observatories, ] ?perhaps with the aiope that in time they may discover a new comet. | Lace and china are o?ht thinjis to I which women devote attention, but these ? S?3cm not as much out of the ordinary for j ?femininity cus the studies mentioned be- j iore. ? Probably the best judge of lace in Bal? timore is a woman?the head of the de? partment given over to tho filmy stuff In one of our large shor?s. All the va? rious kinds ?G commerce are to h?~r as the alphabet, and at a glance she can tell Imitation from real, or name tiie partic? ular clatss to which the bewildering!)? large number of varieties belong, though sometimes to the unlearned two or more may look precisely alike. There's not a woman but is interested In china lore, not one but longs to turn over the dainty plate which she holds, and about the make of whicli she is tin certain, to look at the mark underneath;, "unless she's particularly well posted said' mark may not enlighten her. for one make alone shows seven variations. Ii'b very embarrassing not to know Veatre nvood from Crown Derby and to mistake old ?atsuma ior just'?binary Japanese ware, so ??Kxiiety women aim to become connoisseurs in this ?Jirecalon. Baltimore girls, it mlgtit he added, ere not as ?great students as are their ?Boston and Paiiladelphia sister?, but they bave m. decided liking? for languages and JH 1? the exception and not the rule when ?they don't know at least one modern, tongue dn addition to their own. ?xit ?mmpy Woman* Save you observod-the passing of the frumpy lady? It is gratifying, is It not? tThe advent o? the tailor-made girl be g-an her dhwolution, and she has been ?gradually growing charmingly less, Peace be to her ashes! But perhaps I am talking in rehuses. And you are not familiar with the frum j?y lady. She comes in numerous va? rieties, Wke- ?imitation out plans and filose awful silk hnnokereliWs that San? ta Claus used to bestow so liberally when ave were Ifctle ?palpocjjs in short fjklrtiea. fbe gerittine Irumpy*lady is usual.' re-r jnized'by being horribly over-dressed.' : jmaa is ?oustn* iUi .?_.?????t?*?^ compelling desire to plaster the entire contents of her dresser onto the front of her gown. She revels in soiled neck ribbons, bits of lace, dabs of ribbon, wads of discouraged ostrich plumes? everything, in fact, that should find a way to the rag-bag or the cleaner's. Her hats always have feathers, ribbons, buckles, aigrettes and bows galore, each individual bit of trimming having no particular regard for the other, and all being strewn about on a felt or straw foundation with no other purpose in view than making a conglomerate mix? ture of millinery materials. The frumpy lady bas a pronounced hankering for ragged silk petticoats and heels that are on the bias. The two make a thrilling combination on a day when mud puddles are rife. In fact, the frumpy woman makes an excellent showing during Chicago's numerous rainy seasons, for she will wear plumes in her hat in spile of everything, and has no choice apparently between newly curled, fluffy ones an.? the stringyj straight horrors that fairly drip depres? sion and gloom. There is Just one rea? son why the frumpy girl is frumpy?be? sides the main one that she is a natural born frump?and that is that she has no Idea of fitness or utility. She doesn't know that a soiled foulard is not the proper costume for shopping, and that a discarded theatre bonnet is not appro? priate for marketing. There is a time for everything. But the frumpy lady j would go mountain climbing in French- ? heeled dancing Flippers and a pink chif? fon bodice. Or she'd wear a theatre wrap and carriage boots to a foot-ball game if she happened lo feel that way. She goes in for the fussy, frilly, over trimmed trappings and seems never to realize that there arc moments when the soft fripperies are out of place. But why dwell on the frump? She is passing into the hazy background along with lhe five-storied theatre hat that was worn in the 'HO's. lhe seal-plush dol? man trimmed with jetted braid, and the wax wreaths under glass globes that graced hideous marble-topped tables in the stiff, tear-compelling parlors. Wo? men are surely, but slowly, coming into their own. They are learning to spend more money for good, serviceable, well tailored, properly-cut gowns, and less money for gilt belts, chiffon neckties that are wrecked in two wcarings, and the foolish, perishable knick-knacks, on the sales of which the merchants grow fat and grow rich. The lessons of fitness and utility are being learned. The woman of to-day. that is lhe woman who keeps up with the Wfrs. Oii'phanfs JLast ?/arses, ' (Dictated on June 21, 1S97.) ; ?On the edge of the world I lie, I lie, Happy, and dying, and dazed, and poor, Looking up from the vast great floor ? Of the infinite world, that rises above To God, and to Faith, and' to Love! Love! Love! ? What words have I to that world to speak, Old, and weary, and dazed, and weak. From the very low to the very high? Only this, and this is all: From the fresh green soil to the wide blue sky. From Greatness to Weariness, Life to Death, One God have we on whom to call; One great bond from which nono can fall; Love be'ow, which is life and' breath. And love above, which s?stairieth all. u/omen in ?Persia, Tlicir Lived are by no Means Beds of Koscs, mid if Married Their Il.ns ? bauds May Divorce Them at W ill. Life is sad in Persia, especially the woman's life. The law of Islam allows each man to have four wives and as many concubines and slave girls as his hand-can hold. Hi? wives, also, he may ; divorce at will. Our word "bosh" is the '? Turkish word' by which a Moslem dl ! vorces his wife. j It doesn't count if he says it only once ? or twice, but if said the third time the woman must go. and there is no recourse. Down along the Caspian the men often marry their Avives in the spring, so as to Have the benefit of their labor in the rice field's, and divorce them in "the fall, so as to escape supporting them ?luring the winter. At Meshod, where the pilgrims "come, is a large population of tem? porary wives who are married to the pil? grims, far from home and families, for as long a time as the pilgrims remain at the shrine?a day or a month. The Mohn.metan priests draw up the contracts for these temporary alliances. Lord Curzon. who has been there, says Meshod, though the holiest city in Per VExY APPROPRIATE. Josh M. Long: "Did you notice the very appropriate flower Lord de Broke wore when he was married to Lotta Coyne?" . Cora Fay: "No. What was it?" John SM. Long: "A marigold." . * procession, has come to the A'ery sensi? ble conclusion that plain, neat gowns and trim little hats and oark. heavy gloves arc?If properly chosen?decidedly more becoming and a ?thousand times moro modish than the garments that are fussy unto hideousness and o? little real ser? vice. Even in the house-gowns tho change is evident. Time was when fluffy bodices were simply fluff and "fixitjs" and nothing more. Now we find origi? nality and character and trimness even in the woman who a few years ago was given to sticking a ribbon here and pin? ning on a wad of lace there and making a general knick-knack peg of herself. Let us all unite in saying "Thank heav? en"?or circumstances?or whatever may have wrought the change.?Chicago Times-Herald. A Desirable Death. Children get some queer associations, of ideas in their heads at times. A little lad on Capitol 'Hill ha? a playmate of his own age in the son of a poor neSgh bor. The son of toil visited the rich friend tho other day wearing a gorgeous red tie. The *on of wealth eyed the tie en? viously for a while, and then askod Ben? ny where he got it. "My mamma dyed it for me for a birth? day present," lisped Benny. After Benny went home Rex played listlessly about for a time and then lean? ed on his mother's knee, thoughtfully studying the pictures in the fire. "Mamma," he said, finally. "Benny's lie was awful pretty, wasn't It?" "Yes, dear." "Mamma, won't you kill me a tie like Benny's when I get a birthday?*' ? Gross Insult. Mrs. tDlmpleton. "I want you to" get another doctor ?right oit." Dimpleton. "What's the matter with this one?" "Mrs. tDimplcton. "What do you suppose he said about baby? He told me I must treat him like a human being!"?-Harper's Bazar. ? ... ,1 |j ,| "Can you understand anything thai your baby ?ays, Mrs. Tibbs?" "'So; but Bobby understands ?the baby.' ?nd- Johnny understands Bobby, so w? get along very. -Ucc:y."^Ii-diauapQlij ?????. ??, l?. -i" ? ?' ?^'?L'ilTL?--,!,^ -I sia, Is the wickedest In Asia. There are no words for wife and home in Persian. There are no hom?s and few wives. It is curious to hear a handsome wo? man say: "I have tola' my husband If he marries another wife I shall poison him, and I intend to do it." Or to ask a woman about her home ..life, and get the answer, "Love my husband? O, yes, I love him. I love him as much as a sieve holds water." in the cities the Moslem women?and all but about 60,000 or so of the 4,000,000 women of the land are Moslems?never appear in public save dressed in black I and' heavily veiled, the eyes looking out il through a small meshed space of the veil. Custom, fear, of men, and not modesty, impose this dress. The poorer women, or the women in the villages wear no veils, or throw the veils back and leave their faces uncov? ered, unless now and then in a coquet? tish way they draw a fold of the dress across the?imouth. The Jewish women often dress for the street as the Moslem women do. The Armenian, "Xestorian and Fire ?Worshipper city women give somewhat less heed to concealment, and' the vil? lage women are quite free. All of these ' in the country, and the city ladles In their houses, dress in bright colors, red and green and yellow, ?and the village streets, and highways get their little ; (brightness from them or from the equal? ly gay dress of the men. The Jewish girls are adorned also with trinkets and jewelry, especially with the little silver cases containing portions of tiie Old Testament law. The Fire Wor? shippers or Guebrcs arc but few in Per? sia now. though it Is the land of their origin, but their women can be picked out at once in Teheran or In the few citi??s where they are found, by their drtS?. - Outside of Teheran is the Tower of Si? lence, where, believing neither ' in cre? mation nor in burial, the Fire Worship? pers expose their d??ad. From the hill? side It looks out in solemn stillness over the broad, dead plalm, even as the dead 'of this dying people look up in solemn stillness from their ghastly burial place ?^o the ?nanswerlng sky.?Robert E.' Speer in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. lSTOMAN'S PAGE-?,! , _ ? _, C?pR,. ?ii. 9fot ai jf?ome. 'Love stood upon the door step. And twirled about the pin. And whispered through f*he keyhole, "Is anyone rwlthin?" J But she was busy sweeping ?* .. And dusting high antl low. ? ' . And he his books was deep In, / So they let turn, knock and go. ??,?*. Better the book unwritten, Better unswept the floor. Than such sweet and seldom visitor Turned from the thankless door. ?Life. ?Se 9ffeihodical. Horatio Quoted a Motto for His Wife. "My dear little woman," said Mr. Ho? ratio Baldegg, "you know rthat I -have no desire to be severe or unkind. What? ever I may say, unpalatable as it may seem at the time, is entirely for your own good and for your own. ultimate benefit. You will do me the justice to believe that, will you not?" I Mrs. Baldegg sighed. ? "Of course, I ?will believe everything you say Horatio." The conversation took place in the bed-room while the good man was per? forming his morning ablutions. His wife was eyeing him fearfully, as usual, wondering what would be the next tiling he would lind fault with. "There you go again, Henrietta. You will believe everything I say! Now, isn't that absurd of you? Suppose I, in a joke, tell you the moon is made of green cheese, will you believe that?" The idea of her husband making a joke was apparently too much for the com? prehension of the good lady. "Ko, indeed, Horatio; 1 would not," she asseverated. < "Then you would not believe every? thing I say. Quite right.- Use your own judgment. That is what I am always trying to impress upon you. Be method? ical. Be careful. Do everything in order and in its proper turn. Have a method for everything and stick to it. A place Ifor everything, and everything in its place?you know the old motto, my dear." "Ves, Horatio, I do." "Very well, then; very well. Now, .my dear, don't stand there listening to me without some ideas ot" your own. Culti? vate thought. Is there anything in your mind now?" She was perplexed. "I?I?don't think there is, Horatio." "So you don't think! Then pray do think. Get something in your mind. Couldn't you go down-stairs and see whether Susan is ready with tho break? fast? Couldn't you?" > "Yes. I could Horatio." "Then do. Please do. Give an eye to the table. See there is nothing out of place. I do -hate an untidy table. Meth? od, my dear, method. That's the soul of every thing. Now go along, there's a good woman." Mrs. Baldt_g made a bee-line for tho door. ' "Stop! Stop! My darling woman, when shall 1 impress upon you the advisability of always starting with tho left foot foremost? It gives dignity to your car? riage. It makes things sure. Come back and start again when I count three. Now ?ready with the left foot?one, two? three! Quick, march. That's the way. Why, I shall make an orderly woman of you yet!" Mr. Baldegg went on -with his wash in the most precise and unerring manner. The way he handled his soap and towels was a revelation; carefully, gently, in due order and with the utmost circum? spection. Afterward the soap was de? posited in the very centre at the dish, the sponge ?went back into a bag that was hanging so true to the wall that It looked as though set with a spirit-level, and tho towels -were draped on the horse without the shadow of a crease or uvtrir.kle. Then S*1^. Baldegg proceeded to robe himself in his ordinary habili? ments, ? ! Meanwhile, his wife sat square at the top of the table in the breakfast-room, facing the tea urn that Susan had just brought in. She had looked to every cup, plate and piece of bread on the table, to see that everything -was in apple-pie order. Each chair in the room and every ornament on the shelves were anxiously scrutinized. All looked ship? shape, and the tremulous woman only awaited her lord's approach. Something would be wrong, that she knew. She only wondered what it would be. Susan brought the toast, and then the head of the household came down in all his majesty. A rapid glance took in the complete situation of things. He frowned. "Where are the eggs, my dear?" "Susan is bringing them." "You must alter this. The hot toast is here, and the eggs should be with them. The toast is getting cold while we await the eggs. That shows a sad lack of method." ?Mrs. Baldegg was beginning to explnin, when Susan arrived with the eggs. She was a comely young person. For some reason or other, as she glanced at her master, she almost broke into a titter. Then she colored up to the roots of her hair, put down her dish with a clatter and escaped from the room with a run. Horatio stared, then turned to his wife In intense surprise. "What is the meaning of that? Can you tell me why Susan beha\-ed in that wofully disorderly manner?" "I think ehe was confused, Horatio." "Confused? Nobody could be confused if they acted in a strictly methodical manner. And why, pray, should Susan be confused?" "I think, dear." said his wife, "it was be<*ause she noticed that you have got your trousers on with the hind part be? fore!"?Cincinnati Enquirer. , ? , New-York Physician Tells How to Wear the Corset. Virtues and vices of the corset form a subject of perennial interest to the fair sex, as well as to the students In health reforms, and such statements as "The Corset Must Go," "How to Wear Cor? sets and Reap No Harm." reach one from all over the civilized world. A certain German physician declares that "if ?woman will not abandon the fashion, she should learn ihow to avoid its worst evils," ?while an eminent medi? cal authority of France declares: "In the interest of the race we must condemn the corset. If we do not want the French nation to die out we must put a stop to this article of dress." As in all subjects of public Interest, great minds disagree, so one prominent physician of New York has the ?boldness to advocate the use of tho corset, hy glenicaliy, of course, stating that It is a support to several organs: irhile, if worn to excess, the results- are enough to frighten any woman addicted to the folly of tight lacing. "A great deal is heard about the Venus de Medici and the size of her waist," said the (New York doctor yesterday, "but no woman of this century looks upon her with envy. (Her 'figure was modelled after tne patrician dames of old Greece, those indolent, placid, majestic types of woman? hood, who often developed more cellular tissue than brain. The highest ideajs of mythology, from the Egyptian Isla *? 'he aancins girls and Dianas of Greece, all have taper waists, and it is no wonder the modern woman desires to be modelled after them. It has been suggested to fol? low the floating nymphs of (Pompeiian 1 rescoe's, and you ?will see that nature's tendency.: whan flUlQclent exercise Ja JaK GRANDFATHER WINTER?"itiAKE MERRY WHILE YOU MAY?1 WONT LAST LOhS." en. Is to lessen and refine the waist. "If you want a slender waist never draw the corset lacings suddenly tight. Steady, easy pressure, gradually increas? ed, will lessen tho waist ?without any se? rious consequences. The corset should be short, and should avoid any undue pres? sure over the heart." The up-to-date woman has a corset for every occasion. One for golf or cycling, one for tailor-made gowns, one for negli? gee and one for evening wear.?'New York TriDune. ; . ..'?iLu.? Ahssi. An Emergency Box. The 'Philadephia Times says that every jnotner should have a box, kept in a sate and easily accessible place, containing some of the things likely to ?be needed in common emergencies, such as pieces of soft old Hnen and cotton. Tolls of ban? dage from half an inch to an inch and a half wide (these may be made from, a worn linen sheet), adhesive piaster for cuts, a wlde-mouthcd (Dottle filled with ?bicarbonate of soda?common baking soda ?for burns, a bottle of wifch hazel for bruises, a roll of absorbent cotton for use in covering the chest when there is cold there, pieces of flannel to wrap round rheumatic joints, and last, but not least, a hot water bag. To these she may ada, if sho likes to do so, such remedies as the stato of her children's health makes it likely they may require at a moment's notice?to-wit, lier favorite croup mixture, toothache tinctures, camphorated oil for the wee bairn who gets "nusky" at nig??ts. and so on. She should keep hrr medi? cines iti a locked box inside the other, and give one key to a trusted maid, keeping the other herself, and being sure not to mislay it at the very time it is wanted. Hair Arrangement. If you are a believer in the old saying that a woman's glory is in her hair you cannot heap being surprised at the ex? traordinary want of artistic taste that many -women show in th?; arrangement of their tresses, converting them into a disfigurement instead of a glory. But, after all, the subject to everybody is, not so much how other people arrange their hair as how we arrange our own. .uo we do so in a way becoming to both face and figure? esiowadays we have plenty of styles to choose from, and it is less im? portant to select the very newest than the one that is most becoming. In choos? ing a style pay heed to the following rules: For a long, thin face, the arrange? ment or tne hair should be full and round, and, if possible, the coils should just show from behind the ears. The nape of the neck should also be filled ars much as possible, and softly waving or curling the hair twill imprOve the appearance. For a sharp featured face the hair should be loosely arranged, and at the back raiher than at the top of tne head, a rouna. chubby face looks best with the hair ar? ranged in narrow style at tile back and carried well down to the nape of the nc-cK. Unless the forehead be especi-dly high any kind of bangs are not deMrabfe. TJTtl women should not dress thjlr hair h'gh. 'but leave that style for their shorter sisters.??Boston Journal. Living Wit hin One's Income. There is an art in living within one's income. And it is one worth a woman's study. Many a woman wears herself quite out trying to live up to the de? mands of a big house. Yes, a big house does .make demands. It says to one's neighbors: "I am important, and the people w'ho dwell within are going to entertain as befits my dignity, for they know you expect them to, and how hard a woman will work to do what is ex? pected of her socially." There are a lot of houses that could tell stories if they only would. Houses are often chosen for their appearance as well as comfort. Fit your ihouse to your Income. Do not try to fit your Income to your house. Though velvet gowns are lovely, you will have little or no use for one unless you are able to hold reecptions ot the stately kind. Better to have two or three dainty, but less expensive, gown:* that you can easily pay for, and not have to ask your tired ' little seamstress to wait for her fee for the making of them when they are finished.?Phi'adel ?phia Times. . . -'. A Long-Felt Want. "Oli,'my friends, there are some spec? tacles that one never forgets!" said a lecturer, after giving a graphic descrip? tion of a terrible accident he had wit? nessed. : : "I'd like to know where they eells 'em," remarked' an absent-minded old lady in the audience.?Collier's Weekly. But Walt Till She Get? Home. "?May is a wonderful girl." "In what way?" winner of the first prise jealous and dls ?atlsljed."?Stray Stories, .?,.,-? "When eha ?takes the second pr?fe et a card party eh? can appear ?o tickled .--ritaj*fMt?0jceUj?i?jhoi-M*tt?'?iji The Woman s Archangel Club A. Disquisition on Politeness in Stiegt Cars and au Illustration of It. The AA'oman's Archangel Club had been in sr*sion just three hours and twenty six minutes. The woman in gray broad? cloth had the floor. "I expect," she said, "tha.t some cf you begin to think it is time to adjourn this meeting" Tiie owner of the 'gray broadcloth paused. Her voice ?was los't in the con? fused murmur of many sounds that claimed" the attention of the chair at that point?a murmur in which the rust? ling of skirts, yawns and sighs, and ex? clamations such as "Well, I should say so," or "Oh, Lord, how long?" were dis? tinctly prominent. The president cried "Silence!" and brought her gavel down on the table -with an emrrh:vtic whack, and presently the hub-bub subsided. Then the woman In the gray gown resumed her address. "There fa," she said, "just one more subject to which I should like to call your attention while we are in session. It is a subject which, in justice to our sex. we must consider carefully. I refer to the defamation we women are forced to endure from detractors who would make it appear that we are ungrstsful and devoid of even the rudiments of good breeding, by insisting 'that few women have tho courtesy to say 'Tnank you' to a man who liaivns to offer her a seat in a street-car. Oh, it makes me so mad when I think of how we are maligned that I can ?hardly control my emotion sufficiently to speak intelligently. Why, do you know. I can hardly keep from going out and inilicting bodily .punish? ment upon somebody for the libellous statements that are circulated against our sex. . . "This street-ear calumny Is more widely disseminated and more universally believ? ed than any other falsehood in connection with the woman question. I had read and heard so much about the matter tha.t I made it my business to be especially ob? serving when in a car, and never yet have I seen a woman accept a s<?at from a man without thanking him sincerely for his courtesy. Heaven knows, we have few enough opportunities to exercise our grat? itude on this score, but G repeat that never yet have I seen a woman fall short of her duty. And 1 want to impress it } upon every woman here that she owes it to herself and to her sex to contradict this scurrilous attack at every turn both by wcrd and by precept and to shout out her 'thank yous' in such trumpet tones that their echoes will go thundering up and down the?up and down all Broad? way, and give the lie direct to our mali? cious maligners." The members of the Woman's Archangel Club had ceased to Tustle and yawn and exchange opinions, and when the woman in the gray gown ceased speaking there was a storm of enthusiastic applause. Each woman present pledged her sacred word that she would tight until her last breath had tlown for the vindication of woman on the 'thank you' proposition, and then the meeting adjourned. At Thirty-eighth street the woman in the gray gown and the little brunetti! j with the tlp-tllted nose boarded a Broad? way car. A dozen people were ??ready hanging to straps when they entered, but their regal appearance served as a pass, port to extra favors and two men .irose immediately and offered them seats. Thi women sank down wearily and continued the fllscusslon of the proceedings of the meeting. '"It was all very Interesting," said the woman in gray, "but I must say, egotisti? cal as it may sound, that, in my opini?n, the most telling part of the entire sessl?i was my arraignment of"?She stoppe?* short thon and looked at her compunto* blankly. "Goodness gracious. Adelaidt?-, she exclaimed, '"did you thank those mo for these seats?" The brunette blushed. '***??n?no." sV ? .-tan-.merod. "I supposed you would. 'Did you?" "Mercy, no!" cried the woman in gray. "I never thought of It."?New Yorlt Sun Hints tor Table Decorations. A pretty suggestion for table decora? tion Is the foltwlng, which was carried out In pink, but other colors could be used just as effectively. A long center. piece of openwork embroil!.-ry was spread over the tablecloth and at fre quent intervals were knots of baby rib? bon tied to resemble flower petals. Fern leaves were scattered In between, and at one corner was a handsome big bow of ribbon. A cluster of pink carnations and ferns tied with ribbon was placed at either end of the table and broad low pots of ferns were artistically intro duced in the genera! arrangement. Sayins th? A^reeabio ? hin;?. Mrs. Cobwigger?This Is a splendid cure for a cold I've given you. Mrs. Crawford?As it comes from you. dear, I'm sure it must be! You don't know how sorry I am that G haven't a cold. so I could try it at once.?Judge. 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