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14 The week's run of entertainments at the Metropolitan opera house has been as varied and as pleasurable as could be wished for by the most captious palion of the house. Theßollmann com pany opened the week in a German production, and than came Dan Sully. "The Millionaire," with S ully in the role of James O'Brien, was a meritorious presentation, strong in its naturalness and pleasing alike to all classes of thea ter-goers. "Daddy Nolan" is of a kind all too common, although having a tew good points, and it was a wise move to limit it to one night. "A Scrap of Paper," presented by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew and their good com puny, could not have been im proved upon for n. holiday matinee, and an appreciative audience greeted the effort. Thursday night the German company again held the boards, playing "The Two Vagabonds" to a splendid house. Last night they wound up the week in "All the Comforts of Borne," a review el' which appears elsewhere. Friday oight a temporary floor was laid over the parquette and society (lanced and posed thereon for charity. It was beyond question the most enjoy able event oi the week, or of the season up to date for that matter. IjIPMAN IN 'BY PROXY." A Strong; Company in a Good Play Tonight. The present dramatic season has been made] more than usually interest ing by Charles Matliews' production of a new comedy written by Charles Klein. Esq., very happily entitled "By Proxy." The piay has received strong commendation from the press and the public. Mr. Klein has made it evident that "the play's the thing." His char acters have been drawn upon nerectly legitimate comedy lir.eH, that enforce the situations and enhance the drama. ]i has been a relief to theater goers to have iicen told a Btrong, clear story, and not to have been askea to imagine the plot. Very lew recent plays offer the dialogue or demand the strength of cast that lias made "By Proxy" such an im mense success. 'lhe leading character, Red field Win t i -. presents an opportunity lor the ex ercise of ;i most delicate and intelligent discretion. A tinge of sadness accomp anies al! the humor ot this role and the characterization of an inborn gen tleman is imperative. It can easily be overacted, and failure to produce the author's delicate conception will prove its ruin. A. S. Lipman's portrayal of this part is delightful. His acting is strong, sympathetic and educated. In nothing has he so strongly shown the close study of his art as in the person aiiiv ot Redfield Winters. Mr. Mathews' company is one of great strength. Harry Brown, an old favor ite in comic opera and dramatic success es, sustains the character ot the wealthy American pork merchant, John Bennet. ol New Yurie, with most excellent re sults, giving to his quaint and witty lines a drollness that results in a most delicious portrayal of a character that could easily be spoiled in less compe tent hands. Lionel Bland plf.ys with and opposite Mr. Brown, representing nn obstinate, irrascible British peer. The stage work of the two old men, so entirely different in methods presented, is a delightful study. Edward Emery, Miss May Standish, Miss Nita Sykes, Miss Adele Clarke, Mr. Charles Wyn gate aud Mr. Norman Campbell com plete a part that will always be recog nized as superior. "By Proxy" will be Been at the Metropolitan opera liquse ior four nights, beginning this evening. SOCIAL FIBBING. "The Gray Mare" Trots Out Its Senselessness. We have become so accustomed to seeing Daniel Frohman's company in plays manufactured after one pattern, that its appearance at the Metropolitan opera house Thursday night next in Sims & Raleigh's much talked about comedy will be a novelty in itself. The play won an emphatic success, both in London and at the New York Lyceum theater. It varies much from the ordi nary work of its class, in that the whole plot is confined to a single incident; there is not one change of scene in the three acts, and the time involved is only twenty-four hours. The" story briefly is that of a young meilical man in the piece who asserts that social fibbing is a crime against morality. The lady to whom he is bethrothed contests this argument. In order to prove to her in a roundabout way that he is correct the doctor tells a lib and awaits the consequence with a confident belief that they will demon strate his theory. His faith is entirely justified. Having begun his career of prevarication by declaring that he had spent tne previous afternoon astride a gray mare, he is presently involved in sufficient difficulties to maintain a logic less defensive than his own. The fact that bis brothers did on the time men tioned ride a mare of this neutral hue and thereby cause an extra ordinary amount of actual and mental damage to a number of people, naturally brings the innocent fibber into suspicion and disgrace. The gray mare was used as a vehicle for elopement. In its process toward Gretna Green it lamed itself aud destroyed the neighbors' fences and flower beds, as well as the peace of mind of a respect able family. The unwise young doctor is called upon to pay the bills for their misdeeds. He gets into other troubles having a direct relation to the apocry phal steed, which an evil genius prompted him to say he had ridden. Complications one after another ensue until the fibber almost loses his reason and his sweetheart at the same time. The clever authors finally hitch their disturbing animal to a wedding coach, and the play comes to a happy hnish at the church door. WILLIAMS' NEWEST. •♦April Fool" to Open at the Grand Tonight. Gus Williams has sprung a new one ot) the unsuspecting public. His new and successful play, "April Fool," will be presented at the Grand opera house tonight, and from reports of the Kan sas City,Omaha, Brooklyn and New York press it is an unquestionable success. It would be fruitless to attempt a de scription of "April Fool;" it is merely a vehicle for introducing a bandnf sinile provokers who drive away dull care. Ak« cannot wither nor customs stale Gus Williams' capacity to amuse, and, surrounded by such clever people as he has in "April Fool." the farce, no doubt, is hilariously annisinjf. Among the in terestine itrtiple in the company are lioss and Fetitou, ihe standard travesty artists, who do burlesques of parts of "Anthony and Cleopatra" and the for um scene from "Vireinius;" Gertrude Reynolds, a pretty little English girl, who dances with surprising ease and graces; Lillian Elmo, a very clev er soubrette with an exceptionally well cultivated voice, and Frank Girard, the well-known minstrel man. Mr. Williams introduces a number of new songs, in addition to his funny piano solos, throughout the performance. Katie Eininett, who has always been a strong favorite in this city, will be seen at the Grand, following Gus Williams. in her new Irish play, "Killarney," written for her by Con T. Muruhy, one of the most successful writers of plays of this kind. Miss Etnmett will be seen in live distinct characters, and she is said to have one of the strongest sup porting companies traveling. • THEATRICAL TIPS. James O'Neill's production of "Fonte nelle" will be given at the Metropolitan opera house in December. The scenery, which In cludes live heavy sets, will be transported, i a Special car. The costumes have oeen made from correct and iirtistic designs. The com pany give promise of beintr the strongest that bus yet supported Mr. O'Neill. It includes, amoi'jf; others, Adelaide Cushman, grand niece of the late Charlotte Cushnian; Ileiene Lowell, Kute Fletcher, Edith Athclstoiie, Charles Collins, Howard Gould, William EL Pascoe aud Clement St. Martin. "Across the Potomac," a romantic drama of the late war, will soon le seen in this city- It is an excellent work, and redounds to the credit of us authors, Augustus Pitou and Edward Alfrieud. The nnst is well chosen and the stage netting admirable in their truthful simplicity. J*'roni start, to iinisn the drama is intensely warlike, but is inter spersed with many pathetic and roma-it c situations. The attractions booked for the Metropolitan opera bouse for the week eommsuciug Miu day, Dec. 4, will be •'Mavourueen," which Will be presented by Chauncey Olcott and Augustus Pitou's carefully selected company of players for the first four nights. The last three nights of the weeli Mile. Hiiea will ap pear in a repertoire of Btandard plays, in cluding ••Josephine, Empress of the French." Advices from New York state that Mayor-ebct liilroy, with his family, were guests of Manager Henry Greenwall, aud occupied a box at the Grand onera house at Professor Herrmann's performance on the eveuiiiK of Nov. 14. Herrmann's business, by the way. was phenomenally larue at lhe Grand. Manager Greenwn.ll reports the re ceipt* as 57,0u0 lor the week. Harry Brown, the comedian, and Miss Nita Svkes, the leading lady with the "By Proxy" company, are <ire>n favorites in this city. and will receive a warm reception in connection with Mr. Lipman at the opening performance of the great comedy success "By Proxy" to niglit. The scenic melodrama, "Master and Man," will soon be seen at the Grand, and during its engatfeineut Kasle Division No. 13, K. P., will have Its aunual benefit, the date fixed for which is Wednesday, Dec. 14. Nat Goodwin's character ill Iho play "In Missouri." written for him by Augustus Thomas, is that of a deputy Eheriff of Piko county. E. S. Willard's repertoire this season in cludes, "The Middleman," "John Needharcs Double,'" "A Fool's Paradise" aud ♦•Judah." The Eastern critics say that Joseph Mur phy is supported by the best company he has ever had. Hosina Yokes has named her private car "The Circus Rider," iv honor of Airs. Dore mus' play. MUSIC IN ST. PAUL. The Choral Concert and the Sei bert Annual Open ing. General Gossip of Musical Events About the Saintly City. The St. Paul Choral association prom ises a programme of unusual excellence for the lirst concert of the present sea son, which occurs at the People's church next Thursday evening. The choral work will be miscellaneous in character, comprising selections both popular and classic, and the soloists will be Miss Emma Juch, the favorite soprano, and Emil Straka, violinist. The complete programme will be as follows: Part Song— "Of All the Airts" Hatton Choruses, characteristic of the three races, from "The Tower of Ba bel" Rubinstein Aria from "Faust" Spohr Miss Emma Juch. Part Song— "The Sands of Dee"...Macfarren "The Feast of Adonis" Jensen Miss Juch and Chorus. Violin Solo— Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 '. Hauser Emil Straka. Aye Maria, from ■'Cavalleria Rusti cana'" Mascagni Miss Emma ■) uch. Part Song— "Matona, Lovely Maid en" Orlando Lassus "Hear Mv Prayer" Mendelssohn Miss Jnch aud Chorus. Violin Solo— Re verie Vieuxtemps Erail Straka. Chorus— Hymn to Music Dudley Buck The sale of season tickets has been in progress lor the past few days with very flattering success. The sale of single tickets for this lirst concert wiil open at Dyer's tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The opening concert of the eighteenth season of Seibert's winter series will be given this afternoon at Turner hall at 3 o'clock. The solos will be rendered by Miss Amelia Piippe, soprano, and Miss Josie Shaler, violinist. The fol lowing programme will be rendered: Overture— "'Martha" Flotow Selection— "C'uvalleriaßiisticana"..MascaKiii (Arranged by George Wiegand.) Soprano Solo.Cavatina aus— "Robert der Teul'el" : Meyerbeer Miss Amalia Rippe. Nocturno— ''Twiiicht at Rock Acre"...Clappe PAKT 11. Scotch Symphouie Mendelssohn (First two movements only.) Violin Solo— -Scenes de Haliet" De Beriot Miss Josie Shaller. Scenes Pit toresques Massinet ( 1. Marche. 2. Air Ballet. ) 3. Augems. 4. Fete Boherne. Waltz aus— ■•RitierPasman" Joh. Strauss (The latest Euro Dean operatic suocess "Pas man.") Samuel A. Baldwin will give his usual free organ recital at the People's church this evening at (5:45 o'clock. The pro granmie will be as follows: Fugue in E flat (St. Ann's) Bach Meditation in E major Grison Second Organ Sonata Mendelssohn Benediction Nupiiale Saint-saeiis "A Russian Romance 1 ' (arr. by Shel ley) Hoffmann Concert Piece No. 2 Parker At Christ church the following is the order of music for today: JIOHNING. Processional— "Lo, lie Comes" Novello Venitc Kettle Gloria Kettle Te Deiim Dykes Jubilate .Jackson Hymn— "Thy Kingdom Come" . Ilayne Hymn— "O Jesus Thou An Stand ing" Knecht Offertory Authom liecessional—"Gloriouß Things of Thee Are Spoken" Huyden THE SAINT PAUL .DAILY .LUBE: S U JNi DA MORN ING, ]\'UYEMiSEK 27, 1892. — TWENTY ' FAonsa. EVENSONG. Processional— "Lo. He Comes" Novello Gloria Kettle MaKiiificat Crincksh*ult Nunc Dimittis Crnickshank Hymn— -On Jordan's Bank" Masou Ilvmn— "O Come, Emmanuel"— Offertory Anthem— Keeessional— "Brief Life Is Here Oar Portion" Gauutlett FOR TRAVELING MEN. Some Breezy Notes for Genial Grip Knights In the Country Hotel and Along the Railroads. Tie boys were scarce on the road i-fter Wednesday of last week. They went homa to eat turkey with their wives, their mothers, or their best girls. The writer ate turkey with Brother Jordan at Brookings, S. D. He runs a first-class steam heated, popular house. A good place to Sunday. The old man is fifty years old, but he can kick up his heels'like a boy of twenty, and his bet ter half is quite as sory. If you are working on the Chicago & Northwestern towards Pierre, Lake Preston, Huron and liighmore are all right on hotels. Go shy on Arlington and St. Lawrence. "Billy the Kidd," witli the Haokett Hardware company, of St. Paul, is quite a rustler. One dny we fell In with two of the boys. One had just been on a spr«e. His best girl, he said, had "gone back" on him, and he wanted to drown his sorrow. The other had just received a letter of acceptance to a proposal and felt so eood that he was minting some one to go and drink with him. "Woinau at the bottom," etc. How would a T. M. Twin city banquet strike you during the holidays? Who will move? We misdit get up a corker. The boys are generally complaining: about dull business. "Rocky," "rot ten," and such expressions are heard daily. The merchants are generally waiting until after taking stock before buying spring goods. The I. 8. T. M. A. is out with the an nual call for the December meetine. 'lhe banquet will be held in Dcs Moines at the Savery house Dec. 2. A good time is guaranteed. If you cannot go to the I. S. T. M. A. annual and wish to send in your proxy, you may mail them to the editor of this column at Minneapolis, with instruc tions as to how you want to vote in a general way. The writer was in business in Dea Moines for a number of years before going ou the road, and we cannot help but take a lively interest iv this associa tion. William C. Foster, agent tax depart ment Chicago & Northwestern, is a good fellow, and proves the saying that "a man can be a gentleman and a rail road man, although it's pretty hard work/ The boys delight in roasting a certain Great Northern freight con', who runs into Watertown. They swear that he throws bouquets athimself.butwedon't believe it. Lt is probably a base and villianous slander emiuatiug from some T. M. who had to pay a 10c extra cash fare. He may be an awful good con. for the company, but he is not solid with the boys to any great extent. Am 1 right? Or am I wrong? I see the Minneapolis Commercial club are to have a banquet. We sug gest the following toast: "Here's to Ihe first road from the Twin Cities into the Black Hills. It shall always have our business as long as it treats us right —patronage aud prestage to the pio neer." Chicago T. M. as a rule prefer Minnie or tit. Paul as a place of residence to the stinking Chicago river or the soup which makes you quiver as you drink it down and call it water, cold lake breezes which chill, and coal gas enough to kill. Down in SSheae — caw — go What's the matter with Minnie and Paul? It requires no wind or gall to say, "They're in it." "DO TOU WANT TO BK A DRUMMER?" [Copyright applied for.] Do you want to be a drummer. And with the drummers drum? Do you want to be a hummer Aud make "Der peesness" hum? Theu you mnsn't be a bummer And with the bummers bum. If you want to be a runner. Be a man for all that's in it And a raise, your sure to win it. Do not try to '"buck the tiger," Or punish all of '"Schlitz's lager, Like a bummer on a bum. You may have your fnuny fun If her father ain't to hum ; But the orders you must take. Or you'll soon be called -1 a fake," And the house will wire you in, And you won't have any "tin, Like a bummer on a bum. -H. L. 0 7D Lyudale avenue, Minneapolis. THE WHITE HOUSE'S HISTORY More Than, One Hundred Years Have Passed Since the Building Was Begun. HE cornerstone of the White house was laid on Oct. 13, 1792. The commis sioners had on the previous 14th ot March advertised for plans fora p r csi d c n ts house, and on the 16th of July they held a meetiue in Geora etown and examined the plans that had been sub milted. As is nart of local history now, they accepted the plan of James Honan. a Dublin archi tect, who had made designs for the pres ident's house, framed, it is said, in the model of the mansion of the puke of Leinster at Dublin, the palace of royalty in Ireland. The stone was in part quar ried at Aqi'.ia Creek and brought to a new wharf built for the purpose near the wharf of Seventeenth •street, but obstinate David Burns, as Waahinstou called him, refused to al low the wagons to pass over his ground in carrying the stone to the site of the White house. lie abused Mr. Hoban roundly, and it the city hall had been built and preseut legal fashions then prevailed, he would have gotten out an injunction, but it is doubtful if there was then a judge nearer than Upper Marlboro ov Annapolis; so despite Burns' opposition the stone was carted through his place and- the White house rose. No memorial of the ceremonial of laying the cornerstone lias been dis covered. It is certain that the Virginia Free Masons, who had in 1791 laid one cornerstone of the District of Columbia, and who in 1793 assisted in laying the cornerstone or the capitol, ciid not par ticipate in laying the cornerstone of the White house. It was probably laid by Maryland Masons. The building began to rise, however, and in eight years was ready for occu pancy. . The donations of Maryland, 172,000, and of Virginia, $120,000, as sisted to pay for it, and in April, 1800, four months after Washington's death, congress appropriated $15,000 to pay for the furniture. Thenceforward it be came the chief mansion in the nation. From the time when Mrs. John Adams hung the lamily wash In the East room to dry to the sad event lately chron icled, it has been a home set upon a hill to be seen by all. It has had the fortune of the humblest homes in the land marriage, Dirths and deaths. Its joys and sorrows have a wide echo. THE BABIES IN CHINA. The Little Ones Are Put Through Many Strange Ceremonies. HEN a Chinese baby is a month old it is given a name. Its head is also shaved for the first time,a ceremony which is called "mumefut," and is made the occa sion of great rejoicing in rich families. All members of the family are present in their holiday attire, and the bady to be shaved is clad" in a light red gar- The hair that Is re moved is wrapped in paper and carefully preserved. After the barber has performed his task, an aged in an —who is hired for this purpose and re ceives a small compensation— lays his hands upon th« head of the little one and exclaims; "Long may you live!" Those present thereupon sit down 10 a great ffast. of which even the little hero of the day re ceives his share in the shape of a tiny piece of the riceflour cake which was donated by his prand mother. All who have made presents (of clothing, brace lets, etc.) to the cliiki since his birth are iuvited to this repast. On this day the infant is aiso presented with a red bed, a low chair of the same color, and a cap upon which either golden, silver or cop per ornaments representing Buddha or eight ciierubs or written characters (that signify old age and riches) are placed. Before the child is put into the new bed, however, the father consults a calendar ana selects a lucky day. The almanac also informs him which things should be removed from the presence of the child. In one instance it must not touch or see objects made of bamboo during a certain time; in an other instance articles of copper and Iron are proscribed. Objects which are denoted as harmful by the caloudar are either concealed or taken away. %'■- ' GIRLS GBOWI.Vj »IOKE ROBUS HE American girl of today lias more arms, neck and bust than formerly. Twenty, years ago her arms were apt to be s kin n y, and he , bones in he r neck showed. To a certain extent these things are true now, acknowledges a writer in the Ladies' Bazar, so it is often remarked that English young women have better necks and shoulders than those of this country, though their faces are not so pretty. The present style of . corsage makes the corsage seem nigh and the waist as long as possible, the latter effect being heightened by making the corset so as to repress and confine both bust and hips. One must commend the first point, which is an improvement on the old fashion requiring that the bust must be low. A low bust is a mark of an in ferior physical type, as you may observe in many tribes of savages. , In that respect it is like an over long waist, which" can never properly be con sidered beautiful. After a while we shall see a revolution in the style, which will demand that the hips shall appear as high as possible, so as to give ap parent length to the legs and the most graceful effects of drapery. Look at the Greek statues and understand what I mean. And the Cloud ilolled By. Detroit Free Press. A cloud had overcast their sky, and a tear fell here and tnere as the gray shut out the blue. She was piqued at some little dere liction of his, and had taken her smile away from him, as a petulant mother takes a rose from a child. He had remonstrated and pleaded, but she was obdurate. She had spokeu unkindly, even an grily, but he showed no resentment. He had erred; he had sought forgive ness. "You are constantly foolish." she said, as if in defense of her severity. "Yes, dear," he begged, "but think how foolishly constant 1 am." How a Rock Grows. Boston Budget. Rocks do not grow in the sense that a plant grows. They may increase by accretion and they may undergo chem ical change. The old sea bed being lifted up becomes sandstone and lime stone; the volcanic ash and lava strewn over the plains becomes tufa, bard enough for building stone; the pebbly shore of a river becomes conglomerate. The simple mineral does grow, how ever, when it takes a crystal form. The sparkling prism of quartz increases from an atom to a crystal as large as a forearm by a process of addition and assimilation wonderfully slow but beau tit ully regular, exactly as crystals of ice form on the window pane. Are You Going South or West This Winter? If so. consult the inducements offered the traveling public in rates and service by the Chicago Great vVestern Itnilway and connections. Kouud-trip rates are now in effect to all principal points in the South and West. City ticket office, 195 East Third street. LITTLE MARJORIE. "Where is little Marjorie?"— There's the robin in ihe tree, With his gallant call ouce more From the boughs above the door! There's the bluebird's uoie, and there Are spring voices everywhere Calling, calling ceaselessly— "Where is little AlarjorieJ" And her old playmate, the rain, Calling at the window-pane Iv soft syllables that win Not her answer from within — "Where is littlG Marjorie?" Or is it the rain, ah, me ! Or wild susts of tears that were Calling us— not calling her. "Where is little Marjorio?" _ O, Iv high security She is hidden from the reach Of all voices that beseech. She is where no troubled word, Sob, ov sigh is ever heard. Since Ciod whispered tenderly — "Where is little Murjorie?"' — James Whitcomb Riiey. 3t s t.'£^ W.\ * '■.■.' ."*■> -,*^. ■*'■-.' ■■ ■ ' • ■ ... Already the shops are beginning to fill up with stores of treasure againsc the coming of the holiday season, and every one of you is counting her pocket money and trying to solve that eternal feminine problem— how to make five dollars do the work of ten. Now, my dears, I want to give you a bit of a sermon about the giving of presents at Christmas time. It is a commendable spirit and a pretty senti ment that makes you commemorate the birth of the Savior by gifts, but remem ber that it is the sentiment and not the cost of the gift that gives it value. To know that one's friends re member one is what makes the present prized, and the woman who is displeased because the gift you send her is an inexpensive one, deserves to find in her stocking on Christmas day ouly some ashes and a bunch of switches. Don't give costly presents unless you are rich, and don't expect costly pres ents. ' The ideal Christmas gift, my dears, is something you have made yourself. The merest "trifle wrought by a friend's hands has about it a clearness that no costly article purchased ready made at the shops can nave, and there are so many little things to be made with just a little trouble, that no one of you need go amiss. If you are in doubt, make sofa pillows. Nobody has too many of them. Now, for the children. Christmas is pre-eminently a season for them, for on the first Christmas the stamp of holiness was forever set on motherhood and childhood. Do let the little ones have a royal time. Let them believe in Santa Glaus and the fairies, and in everything ; else that is sweet and healthful and tends to cultivate that imagination which fin de siecle children so sadly lack, m And, I beg you, do leave something to those childish imaginations. Real steam eugines and phonograph dolls are all very well as scientific curiosities, but don't buy them for the children.: Leave something to be new and sur- : prising when the children grow up. Dojj't let them "know it all" just yet aw'liiie. The simplest gift sometimes is the very one their childish hearts have "been lousing for. 1 remember once seeing a little girl whose parents and relatives had spent enough on her gifts to have kept a poor family in comfort a month, lying prone on the bed, crying as if her heart would i break, because among all her splendid gift 3 there was not to be found a* Tittle monkey on a stick that she had seen in' a certain shop, and that cost only five cents. A little doll whose clothing can be made of the scraps from your new gown by the -eirl's busy fin gers will give her more pleasure in one week than any of these splendid cre atures with real hair and eyes that can turn will in a year. Do you remember .that pathetic little incident in that sweetest of girl's story,"Little Women," how; when the older girls saw little Beth about to take her daily walk, they peeped to see what she had under her cloak and found, not the lovely big doll that some one had just given her, but the poor disfigured little one. clad in a frock: made from a piece of Joe's old dress by the little mother herself. You may give your boy a splendid rocking horse, and, no doubt, my dears, he will exclaim delightedly over it; but he won't get the solid satisfaction out of it that he would out of a pair of reins such as old-fashioned mothers made out of carpet binding furnished with buck les from the cast-off trousers of father and the older boys. Just furnish him with a string and let him loose among the sitting room chairs and see how quick he will have a coach and six that will rival the finest one the lord mayor of London ever rode in. What names he will give them, what wonder ful journeys he will take with Bessie or James and the whole family of dolls, and perhaps the kitten and the poodle, as passengers. Whatever you do. my dears, as I said before, cultivate in your children, by means of their toys and books.that wonderful faculty.the imagi nation. You don't know what hard places it will help them over by and by. With all your planning of gifts, don't overstep the amount you can afford to spend. For. if you do» the demon of de bt will sit on your shoulder, and his whispers will spoil the whole thing. Put care away, and, with your children, enjoy the sweetest holiday of the year. THE PKIZE ESSAY. Mrs. Walsh's Clever Way of Keep- in;; a Man in Line. By request we rcoublish the prize ar ticle on "How to Keep a Man in Line." The contest attracted a good deal of at tention, and brought out a great many bright papers. The writer of this one, Mrs. Margaret B. Walsh, is a native of I St. Paul, where she still has her home: j This very important question reminds me of a receipt for caKe which 1 was trying to put into practical use while vet a novice at housekeeping, somewhat ignorant of the mysteries of cooking. After giving the ingredients.the receipt finished with the injunction, "Use a.: cordintf to your discretion." This left mo completely at sea, as 1 lacked the discretion in this particular line which time and practice alone can teach. So it is with a man, be he lover or husband, "nse according to discretion," and time will tench you how to use it to a nicety. After ten "years' experience one's the ories are pretty will proven and nearly perfected. After you have him caught in the matrimonial noose, you can tight en it. gradually— gradually, mind you— or slacken up, as the occasion requires; but never let him have a hint of a sus picioniof what you are about, for lie will be very apt to resent any such encroach ment on his rights; do it sweetly and innocently, as if you were giving in to his wishes, but in reality weaving a net around him, which in time he cannot break, and which will ffive you your oren s|veet way as much as it is possible for woman to have. Love does three-fourths of the work for you, then firmness, tact and con siderable diplomacy complete the job. There is one side to this question which is all important in your success, and thai is, see that he is well fed. Do not imagine that this calls for an extrava gant expenditure— it does not. When you buy your provisions get the very best— it pays in the long run. Have meals well cooked and on time; noth ing makes a hungry, tired man so sav age as to be obliged to wait for a tardy meal. It costs nothing extra to have your table linen snowy white, your glassware, although not cut glass, nice and shining; with a few flowers to decorate tho table, even a few green leaves or tall grasses, which may be had out ut almost any yard. Have your table inviting, and it will prove an appetizer to the meal thereon, no mat ter how humble it may be. Always have your meals so well pie pared that unexpected company will not throw you into a fit, and that the good man can bring home a friend to dine with confidence. Now that we have disposed of the vulgar necessity of eatine:. there are many other things that must be considered. Do not no tice his every lirJe fault; pass them over. If he has any grave ones, here bring your firmness into play. Do not scold. If there is anything that drives a man to desperation it is a wife who is constantly "nagging" at him. Think well over the best way to cure his faults. "Ba sure you are right, then go ahead," no matter how severe you ma\ seem to be. Sometimes you must administer the pill sugar-coated, and then again in all its bitterness. Have a certain dignity, which belongs wholly to you, and your husband will respect you for it. Keep your house hold cares to yourself. If you are the mother of little ones, see that the> are snugly in bed before his arrival home for the evening, and let the older ones stay up to enjoy the evening with you. Never let your exDensesgo beyond your income, af:d In that way save yourself many troubles. Let him think, and strive to Impress upon him that he is the man in your estimation; let him know how much you love hiui.amd value his love. Be ambitious for him; urge him to better and higher aims; let him think there is the making of still higher achievements in his composition. Llia knowledge of your pride and faith in him will keep up his courage, auu save him from many pitfalls, while, at the same tim^ you will have ktrpt him pretty well In line; and, although his toes may occasionally be seen to come out too far, still, at a word or reminder from his drillmaster, he quickly regains position again. M. B. W. THK CHILjDKKN'S HOME. It Is Now an Assured Fact That the Children's Home Wiil lie Built. Although the world has known many large expositions in its history, in none of theseh avethe interests of the chil dren received the full representation they have deserved. Such a charge cannot be brought against the manage ment of the Columbian exposition. In it, thanks to the forethought and labor of the women's auxiliary, the cnildreu'a home is now an assured success. The matter has been put in the hands of an especial committee, whose chair man, Mrs. George L. Dunlap, has al ready received enougti money to begin the building. In many cases it would bu impossible for mothers to attend the world's fair without taking their children with them. The children's home has been designed for the care of the children whose mothers may bring them and leave them in a beautiful home where they can have all the care in every way that the children in our most luxurious and modern homes receive. The home will ba built adjoining the woman's building. A lovely court will be provided for the children to play in, and trusty at tendants will watch over and care for them. The Chinese and Japanese rep resentatives have promised to supply the toys, and we all know that they are masters of the art of toy making. The German and Italian commissioners have already sent a supply of books, lull of such lovely stories and pictures for chHdren as only those imaginative people can write and paint. It yvould be impossible to tell in a short article ol all the oeauties and wonders of this model children's home. It is meant to be an educational as well as an accommodational institution. Lectures will be given on the most ap proved modern methods or sanitation and dress. Kindergarten teachers will supervise the children's amusement; in fact, everything will be done to make the children intrusted to the care of the home happy and comfortable, while their mothers will be free to visit the various departments of the fair, care free. Contributions will be accepted from any source, but it is hoped that the women and children of the land will be especially interestedin sending money. Checks should be made payable to Mrs. George L. Dun lap, chairman and treas urer of the children's building commit tee, 328 Deareorn avenue, Chicago. Another matter that has been under consideration by the woman's manage ment is the building of a family dormi tory. This also is now an assured fact. The work has been placed in the hands of another committee of women, who are backed by some of the most substan tial business men of Chicago. It will be built within a few moments' walk of the exposition grounds, and a cheap mode of conveyance will be provided for those who wish to avail themselves of it. The expense to the occupants will be at the rate of 50 cents per cay for each member of a family. Shares in the building fund can be had at $10 per share. The holder of a share is en titled to the use of a room to the amount of the price of his share. Mrs. Potter Palmer will open a bazaar at her home DA. 7 and 8, where beauti ful booths will be filled with all suits of lovely things from foreign lands will be ottered for sale, as well as simpler and less costiy things to suit the small est purse. The price of tickets will be $2. They can he had of Miss M. Daasel, secretary of the Woman's auxiliary, room 506, Mew York Life building. TO NAME THE FLOWER That Will Stand as the Emblem of Minnesota. The re^ul ar monthly state meeting of the Minnesota Woman's auxiliary will be held at St. Paul, Koom 504, New York Life building, Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 10 a. no. For various reasons the meeting promises to be one of consider able interest, and the state flower ques tion will be definitely decided on that morning. All chairmen and those who take an interest in furthering the world's fair work .ire cordially invited to attend this meeting. HOW HAPPY WE WOULD BE. If the man of the family would order the dinner ouce in a while! If men would only sew on their own buttons! If last year's coat would look as good as new! If "dollar dinners" could be bought for a dollar! if children would not "tease!" If some one did not have a pain some where always! If scissors, pencils, thread and pen knives would stay where they belong! If no one would ever say "I told you so!" If nice soaDS, perfumery, sachet pow ders and creams were "as cheap as dirt!" If bells wouldn't rinjr, people wouldn't ask questions and everybody Kept quiet Highest of all in Leavening Power. — Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1. A jeasa®!® F UW&iwF AESOUiTELY PURE while a woman was reading a morning paper! If moths would die, flies disappear and mice scamper away forever of their own accord! If washing machines would wash, sewing machines sew, raisin stoners stone and carpet sweepers sweep while a woman goes out shopping! If men would be considerate and not criticise! And oh, how very nice it would be if men, women and children could go without eating for a week, just to give the mother a holiday! FUR AND FEATHERS. This Is {Emphatically a Season of Trimmings. This is a season of trimmings. They sparkle and shine, and glitter, they dance a«u dangle and rattle, they are gorgeous and grave and ga.v Tight and airy, massive and heavy. Costumes are created by their trimmings. Often it is the trimming that gives the stamp of success or marks the failure of a gown. • * • Fur never has boon more popular. Its combination with gimp and galloon was one of the surprises ot tha early au tumn. While the combination is taw dry, says the New York Times, consid ered upon its own merits, the effects produced through it are so novel and often so picture<|iie that the tawdrmes is ovei looked. The vari-eolored wools, such as the Russian velours, with their velvety softness and rich shading, seem specially wull trimmed by these tinsel and fur bands and nifties. * » * Quills, half jet and half feather, are among the curios, and downy, iridescent feathers are run through the center of black quills, while black wings ore studded with emeralds. Felt hats have breast feather borders. A pretty hat has loops of golden-brown and moss green velvet, with double velvet brim and green feather crown. A small core crown hut is all of feathers. A feather bonnet has a ruffle standing up around the open crown. # » » The moss trimmings are in beautiful variety. Their shading is in perfect ac cord with the winter wools. An entirely new trimming is made by combining silk braid with the moss, as a band of the moss between two rows of braid. Chenille is used with ribbon, worked in over-hand stitches through the center of a ruche of ribbon loops. The ribbon fringe with passementerie-ball finish is at last taken up. It has been iv the back ground of all trimming displays tor a year or two, but now it comes to the front and its offered in many widths and colors. * ■,#■,» A ruffle of white cot] feathers, headed by a baud of white silk astrakhan, is one of the loveliest trimmings .shown. A ruffle of iridescent cog feathers is headed by a jet gimp. Jet braids head festoons of fur. The festoons of jet and the wide and narrow insertions are ef fective decorations. The latter are used like ribbons, being tied in loops and ends, and set on the pockets and should ers ot jut-trimmed velvet and silk wraps. • » ♦ ♦ Leather trimming cornea in wide i basket braids and in passementerie p it terns set on gold galloons. Fine soft kid is appliqued on wool robes and edged with fur. Sailor hats have leather crowns and perforated leather bands. Leather binding is on gowns and coats. ♦ » » A chic little bonnet has scarlet velvet gathered like a ruche colarette, lilted at one side by a mass of scarlet crushed roses and topped by a tilting crown of green feathers. Great Alsacian bows are made of loops of gold wire bound in in the center with ropes of jewels. These bows are duplicated in bright chenille. The tinsel wings are of silver and gold and vari-tinted tinsel, mingled with jet beads. Cog feather aigrettes are imitated in gold tinsel, and cog feather aigrettes themselves imitate opening lilies of lovely hues. The latest Parisian novelty consists of a toque with a crown of black Mon golian fur and a brim of violet velvet trimmed with roses dyed the same color. To wear with it are a collarette and muff made of the same ingredients. Purple net, with a bordtsr of chenille spots, is the latest of the many app.ill iiisc novelties brought out during the last two seasons in veils. » * * flair ornaments are very rich and costly. Pins have balloon-soaped heads of amber, with facet cutting that gives the amber a curious effect of being en closed in netting. Shell pins and combs have steel beads. Steel bandeaux have. crescents of mock jewels In front. There are beautiful combs of pierced and beaten sold, but these belong rath er to the genuine jewelry, with which this article does not deal. A tiara of rhinestones, emeralds, rubies, ame thysts and other stones in Persian mingling is worthy in beauty arid price to find a place in the jewel casket. BKIDAIj VEIL. VTe're married, they say, and you think you j have won me— Well, take this white veil from my head and ' look on me. Here's matter to vex you and matter to grievo you, Here's doubt to distrust you and faith to be- j lieve you— I am all, as you see, common earth, common dew; Be wary aud mould me to roses, not rue ! Ah : shake out the filmy thin;,', foM after fold, ! And nee if you have mc to Keep and to hold- Look close'ou my heart, see worst of us sin ning— It ii not yours today for yesterday's winning— The past is not mine— l am too proud to bor row — You must rise to uew heights if I love you tomorrow. We're married! I'm plighted to hold up your praises, As the turf at your feet does Us handful of daisies. That way lies my honor— my pathway of pride. But, murk you, if greener grass grow either side, I shall know it, aud keeping the body with you. Shall walk in my spirit with feet on the dew. We're married! Ob, pray that our love do not fail! Iha^ewliißs fastened down, hidden under my veil ! They are subtle as light— you can never undo them. And swift in their flight— you can never pur sue them; And. spite of all clasping and spite of till bands. I slip like a shadow, a dream, from your 'hands. Nay. call me not cruel, and fear not to take me — ! lam yours for a life-time, to be what you | make me. j To wear my white veil for a sign or a rover, • And you shall be proven my lord or my ; lover; i A cover for peace that is dead, or a token Of bliss that etui never be written or spoken, j —Alice Cary. ■ 1^ i Illiteracy in England. J SomerviHe Sentinel. ; Nearly 'MM, 000 grown English people ! can neither read nor write. i «*, j The Peril of the Cow. I Irish Times. The future of Hie cow is dark.- It is 1 now proposi-U— patent applied for — lo j milk her by means of "two "pairs of elastic arid feather roller segments, I having rocking, approaching and re« ceding movements." The descriptioi of the machine adds that "it rests in i self-adjusting frame suspended ou the COW." Mrs. Gladstone. London Telegraph. Sis Andrew Clark has often beei heard to say that Mrs.Gladstone is quit* . as much entitled to the name of th« grand old woman as her evergreen hus band is to that of the grand old man, Jan. 12 last Mrs. Gladstone's eightieth birthday came round, and she passed the morning in writing letters to hei friends in England, a task which srn accomplished without wearing glasses of any kind as aids to her sight. la fact, she has never yet known what it ii to need spectacles, and yet her eyes are as bright as those of a young woman. Every morning passed by Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone at Hawarden sees them both at church, nearly three-quarters oft mile away from the castle. Close to the church is the corrugated iron building in which Mr. Gladstom has already deposited about 20,000 vol umes—the overflow of his own private library at the castle— every volume of which he has placed with nis own hand on the shelves of the new library, which he has given to the parish of Hawarden. Be the weather what it may, the prime minister invariably walks to church and back, taking particular pleasure in this matutinal exercise when snow is failing heavily. Mrs. Gladstone goes thither and back in her little pony carriage, which she drives herself. It is said that Mr. Gladstone does not know what it is to have a headache or to sutler from cold feet. ' -•- Tobacco in the Army. Newport News. Prof. Ilorsford tells of his efforts to secure tobacco for the army during th« civil war. Upon visiting tin; camps at Fredericksburg and elsewhere and ask ing the soldiers what they most wished to complete their bappiness,he received this reply: "Tobacco."' "Why tobac co?'* he asked. "Because it we sit down on a march and can have a little smoke it makes us think of home.and lulls our minds and cures the homesickness." The measure encountered much oppo sition in congress and tailed at first. But just after the war closed provision was made for a tobacco ration in the army supplies, and the soldiers still re ceive it. He Didn't Confide in His Wife. Sometimes it pays a man to keep his wife fully posted as to all details of hia business plans and needSi Fur exam ple, it is stated by an exchange that an Abilene, Kan., man recently advertised that tin would like to buy :i second hand lawn mower and to address "X. !,.,"' Postoffice. lie received one answer that struck him favorably, and after corresponding some time hunted tiia party up and found it to be his wife, who was trying to sell him their old ouo. SOCIAL JiUIiUTt-I. Last Monday evening the "Gathering of the Clans." under the supervision <>t Prof. J. A. Walker and the auspices ot Clan Stewart, was given in the Temple opera house. Every seat was sold, and it was so successful that it h ad to be repeated Wednesday evening; al so a matinee and an evening perfoimauce I Saturday were given. The Cecilian society gave .a Schumann evening last Friday. The ladies who toot part were Misses Mabel Paldock, Marm-'H. Cullyford, 3tearns, Simonds, McLaren and Keyes, and Mesdames Towne, ttocKer aud Chapiu. The charily ball was the greatest social event of the week in Duluth. it was given last Tuesday, about ">Oo being present, 'ilia costumes of the ladies were in some iu stances very elaborate and beautiful. The Young Men's Catholic club gave a very pleasant reception to about ~uO guests last Wednesday evening; Right Bey. Hishop McGolrick assisted. Ernest Lachmund mid Miss Oeraldino Mouk assisted al a concert given lust week at the Hammond Avenue Presbyterian church, in West Superior. The Misses Helen Maekey and Nellie Gieriet went down to Minneapolis Thursday afternoon to assist at a musical entertain ment. Miss Bessie Potter, of Minneapolis, will live in Duluth hereafter. Sho arrived here the first of the week. The Ladies' Literary class met with Miss Grace Collins last Wednesday to discuss Kus kin and ti is works. Sam. Mills, cashier of the News Tribune company, spent Thanksgiving with hid st. Paul friends. Mr. and Mr-i. A. 13. ch:i|>in. who have been visiting in Southern Ohio, ure expected homo soon. Airs. William Harton f'hapin is expecting* visit from her father and mother, of St. Paul. Mrs. C. s. Doolittle is spending a few weeks with friends in Minneapolis. Mrs. Brisbine,of the Duiuth News Tribune, Is spending a few days in St. PauJ. Mr. and \i™. M. J. Donnelly cume up from St. Paul to spend Thanksgiving. The Cecilian Pleasure dub gave a dance at Central ball last Thursday. The laaies of the I'nitiiriau church will hold a tmzur on Dcci'inbcr It. Mr. mid Mrs. 'I. .). Congdon will leave for New Yortc in a few days. Miss E'.iu Markell bas returned from a two weeks" v i & i t in tne East Miss Clark, of Cedar Rapids, is visiting Hiss Hull, of this city. Mrs. W. I. Hrown has gone to Stillwater for a short visit. W. I-;. Worden leaves in a few days for WGflt Virginia. Mr. a:id Mrs. Fnuik Webber are going to N( tv York. Mrs H. A. Leland is visiting her old home in the East. Judge Steams will spend ibo winter in, California. Miss Addie Hunter has returned tnm the Easi. Driving tits Brain at the expense yr--. of the Body. -t^^^n While we drive ,^ the brain we 'ft%\±^J/fyttL must build up / !^m% JL the body. Ex- ■■'; •> ii r^Jp ercise, pure air ~~~~~z£> ** — foods that make healthy flesh — refreshing sleep — such are methods. Whe loss of flesh, strength and nerv become apparent your physicia will doubtless tell you that th quickest builder of all three is A 88l jp g B Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, which not onl creates flesh of and in itself, bu stimulates the appetite for othe foods. Prepared by Scotf. A Bnirna. N Y. All druggist! ft Pen rs" Son p has no free-alkali in it. H 'M Ii neither ■■'■'.■'■ ■ - nor roughens the 9 pa skin. It responds to v rter instantly; ■ ga washes and rin 1 - off in a twinkling; m & is us gentle h« strong: raid '.he after- ■ ga effect is every \vn> f.'o<«l. P 3 All sorts of stores ?e!l iv especially H 3 druggists; all sorts '.>f p.'Oi>!'; use it. » y t