Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1894, Page 17

THE EVERING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. A LL WOMEN LOVE to arrange the dresses for a little girl, because, while she is still a tiny tot, may be made like a veritable pic- ture. Beautiful ma- terials may be used for her that would be i) in extremely bad taste for a little lady over seven years old. When I say beautiful materials, I do not ‘Recessarily mean expensive ones, but the fashionable “meshed laces,” broad sashes and gowns of silk, with wraps of heavy Dengaline, are all permissible, and may be vsed with exquisite effects. Picturesque designs are eagerly sought to make the small people beautiful, and eurtously enough these picturesque effects are not picturesque in the careless sense of the word, but are decidedly prim and quaint. After whrte has been laid aside, soft cashmeres of gray, wood brown and gray blue are used by fashionable mothers, and quite frequently the faintest shades of old rose,yellow and blue are utilized, but for fes- tive occasions only,the more sober colors be- ing liked for general wear. Pretty rich-toned Plaids are stylish for little girls of seven, and with such a gown there is almost in- variably a coat or wrap of the same ma- terial; made with empire reveres and belt, or with a series of capes, the linings, fac- ings, &c.. always being of some bright contrasting color. The season ts advanc- ing so rapidly that very soon it will be time to think of preparing wraps, &c., for ‘Weather. SF For a Very Smail Girt. ‘The first illustration shows a very stylish coat which has already been made the coming autumn. The material is wily corded bengaline, tn color a dell- te silvery gray. The pattern is made of plain, square yoke, overlaid with very ecru lace; to this yoke the skirt is in full, wide gathers, falling straight and fuli to the feet. Just underneath the @rms a ribbon belt is placed, arranged with an immense rosette at the back, and tying in front, « trifle on the left side, with two and long ends. jeeves are leg-o’-mutton, and in ith and fullness would grace any dress by the little maid's mother. From the @ibow the cuff or lower sleeve conforms to ire Gown. fe dainty curves of the arms, and entirely rs the wrist, where full ruffles of ecru fall over and aime ands. A little Puritan with a precise bow of ribbon just under chin, and with two stl, upright bows top. completes the quaint costume. The is so simple and lovely that it would @ pity te confine its development to the materiais used for the original co: To the mothers whe make their own babi ents, with but a slender pocketbook to st, I would say that any of the pretty tweight goods would make up with ly satisfactory results; for instance, a @ray cashmere, dark enough to be service- able, with black velvet yoke and black rib- trimmings, would be as pretty and sty- as the fondest mother could wish. brown veivet with golden brown cash- mere or the entire garment of black surah would be charming. During the coming ‘sea- 0m black will be quite as much worn by For a Chubby Girl. Uttle folks as by their mothers and 3, roc sketch is a beautifully fash- <A ed empire gown for = young Indy of | ears. The material is China silk o Wdcliciousty @elicate old rose color; with ie and epaulettes of black velvet. nother variation of ths popular nich I heard described, not long ‘as “just a Mother Hubbard belted tn, that’s exactly what an empire costume only the belt Ig placed just under the . In length, this tule gown almost ches the ankles, and has for its only ing the recently revived but always pretty “skirt tucks,” which, In this case, are rather deep and placed the exact width of the hem apart. The sleeves are full leg-o’-muttons, and fit the arm snugly from elbow to wrist. Other materials and combinations of color may be used effectively, and should it be desired the dress may be stylishly nade up In any of the summer stuffs. In which case the yoke and epaulettes should be of embroidery, and the girdle either of the dress goods or ribbon. The small lady in the next drawing is perfectly willing to have her friends see how pretty and plump her arms and neck An Olid Style Revived. are, so she has ‘lonnod an extremely becom- ing dress of pale yellow China silk, cut square in the neck. The tiny bolero jacket 1s of deep brown velvet; so, al the belt, the huge rosette an] the cl ands The jacket is cut with square corners and is made to slip on and off, the dresc clos- ing underneath. The fourth cut shows a pretiy costume, the style of which, though not new, is al- ways becomiag, stylisn awl suitable fer any material. ‘The little dress was made et. India Hnon, with a sai tucked and bor¢ F ruffle of embroidery; ered into a Lelt of whi which was fastend #t thé” batk’ with a large rosette; lure sleeve puffs reached, to the elbow, and the platw skirt was finished with two rather deep tucks. “This style looks well in any variety of goods which may be selected, and for the amateur dressmaker is anything but diffi- cult to make. 1 with a full ise Waist, gath- ribbon, \ Paris Gown, The next gown has recently been im- ported from Paris and is one of the most charming dresses I have ever seen. It is made of silk wai henrietia, in the most beautiful shade of gray blue. The entire dress is accofdion pleated, falling straight in front from neck to hem, but confined at the back by a ribbon band and two large rosettes. The epaulettes—big sleeves—cufts, are all pleated, and about the neck, sur- Plice fashion, is a ribbon stole, fastened on each side by a rosette, from which hang long ends or streamers, The stock collar of black velvet, with a dainty ruching of e, concealed every bit of the throat. With this lovely thing came a wide-brim- med hat of coarse rice straw, matching the dress in color, but faced with black velvet and having the crown completely covered with black feathers. In Silk Attire. The last picture Is the portrait of a young lady from Washington, who divides the honors of belledom at Cresson Springs with a number of other young ladies, who have @ and experience as their only points of vantage. One of her favorite and most charming gowns is shown, made of white erepe de chine. The low, full bodice ts drawn rather loosely by a girdle of moire ribbon, just under the bust. From there the skirt hangs straight and full, reaching a trifle below the knee, and having for its only decoration a deep hem. The sleeves are very full, and when drawn down just cover the elbow. The pretty, puffy ap- pearance is given by the sleeve, which is pushed up as far as it will go and held in place by a tiny band of white ribbon, . soe -—- Bamboo Culture in Florida. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Successful experiments have been made in raising bamboo fn Florida,” sald Abe Watthen, at the Grand. “There are sev- eral patches near Fort Myers, and the plants are all growing rapidly, sometimes as much as a foot in a single night. The importance of thts new tndustry cannot be overestimated. For the biflding of light summer houses, or for certain classes of furniture, bamboo cannot bé Poe Road vehicles can be made out of it, and many other things too nymerous to men- tion. Clothing can be made from its fiber, as can paper, and a portion of it is most excellent food. It 1s the cmtly -plent known that furnishes shelter, clothing and sustenance to mankind, and {ts intro@uc- tion here will be of great gublig benefit,” SHOPS IN COREA An Experience That is Something Unique to Foreigners, SEOUL MERCHANTS AND THEIR WARES elie ees Cate Stores Filled With Beautiful but Odorless Flowers. CHEAPNESS OF LABOR ge Writteu for The Evening Star. OREA HAS HAD the distinction of giv- Ing the world of so- ciety a word that has become better known, nnd deservedly 80, than the country cre- ating it. Ask any ordinary homespun American whose shopping has been zonfined to Broad- way, or even extend- ed to Regent street, the definition of ai- grette, and the answer will invariably be that it is a stylish tuft of feathers placed well up on the head and nodding most aris- tocratically whenever the fair wearer moves. That is all right for a non-expert opinion and answers all requirements, bit if that homespun American should make a shopping tour of Grand avenue, Seoul, and ask questions en route, he would soon discover that an algrette is the name of a bird of the heron family, having @ bunch of very soft and very prétty feath- ers on the top of its head, and the Coreans are credited with having first thought of looting these feathers and affixing them to their own head. There is reasonably good authority for the assertion that this is the only idea a Corean ever had, the only one, at any rate, that was ever allowed to get out in the world. The algrette feathers are exceedingly valuable and correspondingly dificult to obtain. Making purchases in Seoul is not an unin- teresting pastime, mainly because it is so entirely different from anything we west- erners are accustomed to, the streets are different, the shops different, the vehicles different, the people different, It is a new world, a terrestrial Mars perhaps, where no single item is even remotely near what we thought it was. There is a native Seoul and a foreign | Seoul, separated by a stretch of grass some 50) feet across, and extending the length of the town. In the native section the houses re one story, built of clay and roofed with the Sireets ure su narrow that in of,them people are forced to walk spoon fashion" w t pass, and as |many more ure so narrower that | when two people meet going in opposite di rections one has to step in a store until the j othe: out of t his has made the | mo: district > int s are of wood eight, and where'the stre 3 that I have frequently rs is with fully sik inches to spare on both Pretecetion Prom ‘Thieve Shops in the foreign districts are generally large, ten to fiiteen feet wide and twenty- five deep; they are furnished with counte and tables and elves; the stock is- tributed in bewildering confusion, but with a shrewd arrangement that produces the greatest effect from what ts dis} windows here are protected by glass, in def- erence to the thieving propensities of the visitors, end the celerity of the natives, who will swoop down upon an unguarded display of jewelry, fill their mouth and hands with spoil, and get away before they can be stopped. A murderous club studded with nails is the protective method em- ployed in the native section, where glass is unknown. The shop ‘nteriors are richly decorated with gold and silver and paintings; there ere examples of wocd an ivory carving Be- yond anything Americans have ever seen; tiny articles delicately ornamented or great cumbrous articles bearing an interminable quantity of adornment. When a visitor en- ters the proprietor and his clerks are found sitting behind the counter solemnly dis- cussing the Japan-China war, or the in- iquities of a telephone-which some French man is trying to introduce. No notice what- soever will be taken of the Intruder, and he can wander around the store at liberty to look and handle all he feels disposed. After this independence has been enjoyed for sume minutes the proprietor will gnwind himself from his comfortable positio# and come for- ward with a dignified air, drag out of its obscurity some precious bit that had es- caped the roving eye of the shopper, and hold it forth with the appreciation of a con- noisseur and the true love of a collector. Such hectoring to purchase, such a p sistent attempt to force upon the buy what the buyer does not want, as is met in every shop In London and Paris, {s not tolerated in savage Corea, and a storekeeper of Seoul would consider methods of that de- scription altogether unworthy of his pro- fession. Names of Oriental Wealth. A singular feature of Corean shops reckless irrelevancy of the name to the purpose of the establishment. A store where delicate crockery is sold w | known under the name of “The Heavy Bride,” a hair dressing place is conspicuous by the title of “Great Felicity,” where they engrave your name on a seal or gc you wait has a prodigious stgn, r “The House of Delight in Schola a silk merchant whe book mi scarfs flourishes as thi Celestial Advantas: man who manafact tens his store Profit.” The proper way to shop in Seoul, the “gcod form,” in such expeditions, is to hire a sedan chair, borne upon the shoulders of four sturdy Coreans, who are mortifyingly economical in the matter of clothes, but when their wages of one cent an hour is taken into consideration the marvel is that they manage to eke out as complete ward- robe as they do. The chair is lined with crimson or blue velvet, and protected from the brilliant sun by a snow-white awning trimmed in a tasteful manner. ‘The carries watch their passenger with the keenest in- terest, and if he chances to notice a shop window with more than an_ indifferent glance they at once set down their burden and go into the mest extravagant raptures as to the merits of that particular store, praying their “fare” to step forth and e: amine for himself the marvelous wares d) played. For all this attention the four car- ries receive a reasonable commission on whatever the tourist buys. Anything tn Trade. A convenience that has arisen out of the limited amount of money in circulation 1s the readiness of tradesmen to accept any- thing for their wares, to trade their stock for whatever the customer may have loose about him. A silver spoon, an old watch, a chain, a hat, his entire suit of clothes, if he so desires, will be taken in full payment for any object in the shop, from a tiger's cub to a jeweled tiara. So accustomed ere the people to this description of barter and exchange that they can teil at a giance the value of a pair of second-hand gold spe- tacles, or the worn seal from the fob of a Icxurious customer, if these objects ere offered in payment of a new golden scent bottle or a pair of filagre2 candelabra. The qualified Corean merchant can generally es- timate the value of gold or silver in. an article by merely looking at it, but, to guard against the possibility of mistakes, each store is provided with a pair of delicate scales, made of ivory and silk threads, and n this the weight of an object, to the fraction of a grain, ts readily ascertained, The most attractive shops are those for the sale of fowers. These brilliantly-colored wares being shown in lavish profusion, and made up in remarkably artistic designs, they overflow the tables and tumble from the windows in their amplitude. They are formed into curtains at the door; they swing in ail shapes from the ceilirg, and frequently they carpet the floor, leaving but a narrow walk | through them, There are miniature houses. 17 native boats, sedan chairs, all made from flgwers, and made in a beautiful manner, A sedan chair in flowers two feet high and proportionately wide and long sells for about thirty-tive cents; df it Js filled inside with flowers !t may run up to: forty cents, and for that price it will be delivered in your rocm, wherever you may be living, while the messengers who bring it will stand around in open-mcuthed adiniraticn, staring at the millionaire who can afford to spend such fabulous sum in simple luxury. But there is an unfortunate side to this “fete des fleurs,” the charming products of lavish nature are rich and gorgeous in color, but are as odorless as their paper counte:parts. Not a grain of perfume can be coaxed from their velvety petals, and not a change in the air of the closest room is made by the resence of a carload of these Corean lowers. It is a genuine disappointment to find a rse, so fragrant with us here, to be there as though of w and to wander through Corean fields without once enjoy- ing the fresh country smell of new grass and a thousand flowers that greet us upon every side in America. On Nothing a Year. The fruit ts of the same deceptive nature. A luscious-appearing, temptingly rounded Dear, into which one’s teeth sink with an- ticipation of unlimited satisfaction and one closes his eyes that he may better en- Joy his feast, tastes like & mass of dough and has no more savory temperament than is possessed by a pound of glaziers’ putty. The fruit ts watery, and that comes from the continued rainy season during the sum- mer, but why Its taste is washed out and it should preserve so enticing an exterior is diffictMt to understand. Labor is so cheap in Corea that the natives may be said to have solved the problem of how to live on nothing a year. For example, in a jewel- er’s shop the proprietor will weigh an elab- rately chased bracelet, or filagree bouquet holder or jewel box, and will sell it for 50 cents over and above the actual value of the metal from which it is made, the 50 cents representing the cost of expert labor in making the article, and also th2 pri of the desler in seliirg it. A worker in gold or silver finds it possible to support him- self and possibly his family on wages of 5 cents per day. Superintendents of the or- dinary workman often draw as much as 10 cents daily, and are correspondingly dignified and extravagant. Alter this statement the reader will be prepared for the announcement that the pawnbrokering trade Is a flourishing one, and the tough young man who assembles at the street corners is quite fortunate if he can steal or borrow a handful of “kash,” equivalent in value to one cent, each day aud give rein to his unholy passion for wenseng, their substitute for whisky, and which as a tonic is much more powerful than Peruvian bark. The silk merchants have a large stock of attractive goods that would be a tempta- tion to any woman, The softest, gauziest, material of the queerest patterns, patterns never met in these commonplace civilized nations of ours, sells for 20 cents per yard; kid gloves reaching to the eloow for 50 cents. Dressmakers and tailors charge so litule over the cost of the material that a onsctentious customer feels qualms about ccepting the sacrifice, for it certainly ap- 3 to be a sacrifice. And yet despite lous cheapness there are numer- -hand clothing stores where an outlt may be almost walked away with free of charge, su low priced is it. kk nnd Candy Sheps. ingled in with those of- merchandise, and there is war mewhat from ours. dishes placed ily, but ipport-all ther: in or made-up tebles cr hung from t s on the had in the festooned, rt fowl of various k{nd: cond joi . and a great selection of eatable unknowa to us are thus’en n The fit g $s out his Mtr pl sucking is to s of sausa ng by 1er inspects the ot which he thinks nd then it is re by means of « long p 4 plan has th advaniage of prev the free handling of joints that is not an unfamiliar sight in New York markets candy stores very much like our own, whe Ty vari- ety of sweet morsels in’ that re dt pensed, and where the Corean children con- ate to yearn or purchase, according to Y means. the side streets are oplum frequented by the great majority of suited T from a hook ii to native resider the city, and at any hour, day or nt, consumptlve-looking vicums of this rrit habit can be seen ng about the doors of the: g for an ipvitation to smoke, us featire of Seoul life is the letter ho may be seen sitting in a small r hole in the wall awaiting his As there is practicaliy no ed ) in the country there are only a very few of the people able to read or write, and 9 recourse to these public scribes is a ne- 1t would seem from this that the ‘on must be a profitable one, but it ‘use the amount charged for the exceedingly small; the cost of y n marriage or heart- prospective order in gen- half a cent. Then T y Gamble. It does not appear ple, with the low ebb of financial matters in this annex to the flowery kingdom, that gambling should have got {ts grim grip upon the more or less. happy residents, But such is the case, nevertheless, and gambling is uni- versal; the children gamble, so do the women, and of course the men, To such an extent is this practice carried that it is not an unusual incident when a customer ob- Jects to the price of an article he wishes to purchase for the merchant to propose that they throw dice for it, and if he wins he gets his first figure, whereas if the cus- tomer wins he secures the article for noth- ing. The tea gardens or tea houses are ex- quisite little places, often dropped in among uninviting surroundings, but embellished with a delica of architectural beauty that is simply entrancing. Slender . columns, with ail sorts of grotesque characters upon them, curiously = s' ped tables, and the frailest sort of chairs, china so thin as to be aimost transparent, ‘and tea that has all the aroma the flowers lack, and all the palate-tickling attributes g cred- ited to the nectar of the gods. These tea houses constitute the Dnly form of amuse- Ss of 0: low wait places A curi seng, ts on r they ea, but alway! pre chaperone, for no Corean lady thinks of venturing upon the street unat- tended, And fin the name of the city is not ul is the equivalent of th n= giish word meaning metropolis, and signifi the pr 1 city, In reality the name of this collection of houses is Han-lang. THE DIGGING OF A PIT From the New York Times, It would be difficult to find a more charm- ing retreat from heat, noise and fashion— those three cssentials to a popular summer resort—than “Ashland-among-the-Hillis.” Its climate well merited the encomium of “salu- brious,"” which the hotel prospectus origi- nally conferred upon it. And yet, when young Mrs. Dupont told Mason Welles of her impending departure thither, slte de- nounced the place as “poky,” and its in- dwellers as “frights.” “Men are so self- ish;” Alice continued in half-serious com- plaint, “just because Paul delights to burn | the bridge of his nose into a peel on that ridiculous lake trying to catch fish, not there in the first place, and too wise to bite, in the second, I must endure the chatter of mothers about their babies and the gasps of invalids over the ozone. It’s too provok- ing! There are heirs and airs, but their incessant discussion is not my ideal of en- Jjoyment.” “Supposing a friend should attempt the diversion of a new subject by venturing into this wilderness,” suggested the gallant Mason. “Then a friend wouid be welcomed as a friend indeed,” replied Alice, with a smile more coquettith than the meaning of her impulsive little heart. For young Mrs. Dupont was not accus- tomed to welgh her words—on the principle, likely, that such scant weight would be an abomination. It was so much easier to utter them just as they flashed over her mind. What becomes of a bubble when it bursis? Thank goodness, sounds had not a writing’s power of mantfolding and repeti- tion. In certain silent wakeful hours, how- ever, when she couldn't keep from medi- tation, Alice would be ashamed of some such idle speech and relieved that its echoes had surely died away. She did not realize that the memory of a vain man {s a phono- graph ever in readiness and ever retentive. Alice felt truiy that she had a grievance against her husband; not that Paul wasn’t faithful, and kind and generous and all the rest of the orthodox virtues; sometimes she hated his amiable qualities, not only for being virtuous, but also for their orthodoxy. But there was too much assumption about his regard. One did not quite like to be treated as a collector's specimen, to be eagerly sought after, but whcu gained la- beled and placed on a shelf. Courtship had been too pleasant to Alice to be. dismissed as an episode; from her view it should re- main as a precedent. The very charm of Paul the lover mili- tated against Paul the husband. Then he had been zealous, ardent, intent only on her happiness; now he was grave, abstracted, absorbed with the editing of his Scientific jew, acceding to her wishes witha “Yes, dear,” and “Certainly, my love,” arding them and her too as interrup- s. Would not a brute with a club be preferable? There surely was an advan- tage in being noticed. “I suppose those twins will be ther when she telegraph poles Ah! Paul, I presume so. “I believ her chair, bub would you would everlasting Mantell remarked Alice on the of eliminat- e scenery, in not E “Oh, yes; line rary critique. erfed Alice, swinging around indignantly, “if I said Keelze- be there in full caudal regalia, say, h? Ah! I presume I presume so, my ded tomatically. | thé evtrhisting Mantel! twins, So- nia and Abigail, found the mountains and woodlands roundabout Ashland hiensurate preserves for their intell ies. Had they been as us they were after wisdom, ht have been deemed quite pret devotion to geology and botany ha div ed them of all adorning superiluities, ard, beyond a common’ expression of surprise resultant from pinching eyeglasses and tautly-drawn hair, they lacked individual- ity. ‘A hammer or a forked wand can never replied Paal, au- nt on they but st become a substitute for the girdle of Venus. Now, if these girls had ever shared a thought more congruous with th than with either of the former, iL w of most respectful admiration towar Dupont. A real editor, a Minos and Rhadamanthus combined, with the soul of Draco stirred in, who pessed unalterable judgments en trembling authors, was a Very Jove to them. Why, perhaps, some day their aspi- rations, concentrated through pen and ink and paper, might be brought before him. Thus far, this Jove had ined the pan- oply of his gleries for them, and they bad worshiped from afer; yet, this bumility had not prevented them from exchanging many a shrewd condolence over the incom- patibility and grossness of his Juno, which Juno, with that unerrinz Intuition that makes many a sicdy young woman dis Cainful of reason, iad not fuiled to per- Ps ve. One glance over the dining room on their arrival assured Alice that all the “frights” were present. The Mantel sisters were at the same little table in the corner,with hair and eyeglasses straining vut surp they were j hing the chick the summer before. Nor would that rated fowl suffer any wrong from such a othesis. “There are your Alice. “Eh? Ah! Oh, yes, 1 presume 0,” mut- tered Paul. He was not at all alarmed when his wife favorit remarked hastily left the table. Her appetite wa too capricious for calculation; its cury would have furnished the most fantastic wall paper design in the world. It wa nibble here and a bite there; a fruit now bon th a macaroon shortly and ora lit One might just as well ed meais for a canary, When, there- fore, after a deliberate combination, he found her in an easy chair at the angle of the piazza, with a p and her toilet effectivel membered that there had been her favorite at the summer before and felt convinced he was having 4 good time. So he $ attention to the subject of: fish z and and tackle to ‘Thenceforward, wit a a model husband, sport. Perhaps net proceeds would have vt noth for he generally forgot the hook. But what would you open on her lap arranged, Paul re- th turned Ing. choice be arr ecnscience h of ad to ha Phe warmth of the s tired brain, the by In the quiet.or spark’ the continuance of pri of success, Had th been an sun seemed to renew e inspired strength. > of the waters he saw pecity or the advent y one asked him how » would have regarded inquiring as to the abet. “Why, as all he would haye an- she reads and fir a women do, T presum: swered, rather queruleusl: embroiders and drives and plays tennis, And there are hops and music, you know. Mercy, lett alp! see but little of her.” And sitting disconsolately on the piazza, appreciated how brief was their actual as- sociation and how tedious were the re- maining hours, and one day, recognizing a tall form approaching her from-the road with the strides of unfeigned joy, she vowed that Paul, too, should wonder and wait and grow lonely. ‘The following afternoon when Paul was returning from the lake he crossed through the woods to the main road. As he was standing on the bank, half hidden by the vnderbrush from the bend below, there came a rumble, the tattoo of hoofs, and a merry song interspersed with bursts of jocund laughter. A four-in-hand coach swung along, all alight with dainty colors. Such an array of pretty women and gallant | men; they might well be pilgrims of pleas- ure bound for Calypso’s Isle. And on high, in the rear, beating time with her crimson P asol in the very face of s smug and niling swain, sat Alice. Recognition gets its swiftest Impulse from dislike. We may mistake a friend, but we often feel an enemy before we see him. Not that Paul regarded Mason Welles in so serious an aspect; he simply disapproved of him with that contempt which consvles the tortoise for the gracefulness of the hare. “I see that man Welles is here,” said Paul to Alice, when they met in that do- mestic forum, their rocm. “Eh? Ah! "Yes, oh, yes,” she replied. “Will he remain long?” “I presume so,” continued the young wo- man, mischievously. | Paul colored visibly, despite the exertions of the sun. He felt ridicule the more be- catse he was utterly unable to return it in | Lind. Some fond, true natures cannot change, except through a convulsion, and then they change radically. The nearest shade of difference from a caress becomes a downright blow. Alice proceeded hur- riedly, excusing and thus accusing: “I know you will be pleased, Paul, to hear me say | that I like this piace so much better, The people here are impossible, of course, except for a spelling bee or a funeral, but there is such a right jolly patty staying over at the Maples, friends of Mr, Welles, you know. ‘They were in despair for a chaperon until they found me. Now, just keep on fishing and give yourself no further concern re- garding my welfare. We take a moonlight sail tomorrow night, and Saturday we @rive to the Summit, with dinner at the Half Way House. So be a dear, fussy old bach- elor all you please.” And Alice dlitted from the room humming a snatch of the song to which she had beaten time so blithely. Paul stood before the giass with his collar half fastened. There was a comical expres- sion of consternation on the reflected face, but not merrily. So, such was the verdict on his endeavors as a model hus- band! Perhaps a man could work more steadfastly, and plan more cautiously, and give more generously than he! Doubtless that grinning idiot whose eyes ought to be- im to water for the wringing his nose would surely get was a more fit object to be loved, honored and obeyed! Come, now, if con- trariety was required, by Jove! he would furnish it. Old and fussy, indeed! When, two years since, he had been in truth a bachelor, only hs absurd ideas of devotion had Kept him free from many charming allurements. And now, after the sixth collar had been appro- priately sacrificed to his choler, Paul fin- ished his labors and descended to the plazza quite satisfied with the results. Alice was nowhere to be seen. Doubtless she was re- hearsing those duties which should save that right jolly party from despair, but there was one of the Mantell twins, So- phronia, th? geologist, looking mighty fine, too, and smiling a timid greeting to him such as a man of his distinction merited. He drew a chair to her side and began that aralysis of the weather which is the sherry and bitters to a fnendly chat, After he had gulped this decoction, Paul continued: “I can’t remember to have ever before seen you apart from your sister. You are the irseparables, you know.” “Abigail was @ngaged with a tiresome seamstress,” Sophronia explained, “and I really felt the need of the air, and so—” “And so my lucky star ‘brought you hither,” interrupted Paul, gallantly. “Yes,” murmured the girl, “it was fate that united us once more.” Paul started and flushed with amazement. What the deuce could that mean? Was this one of those highly respectable and decorous Mantell girls, whom he had often been fain to hold up as examples to Alice? Yes; he could not doubt his eyes, however much he might his ears, although she seemed changed. Her glasses were off, and there was a tender expression on her face, as if her back hair were becoming undone. She was leaning toward him, too, as if in need of that “holding-up” process. Decid- edly, a shift of subject was necessary, ‘so thet he might an interval to think. it's about time for that dinner bell to .” blurted the wretched man. Don’t mention time, dearest,” breathed Sophronia, “when we have an eternity of Liiss before us.” to his feet, aghast, and gasp- “Really, Miss Scphronia, really, Miss Mantell, this won't do at all. You must ex- cuse me if I leave you at once. There is some dreadful misapprehension. What if any one should overhear? Think—" “ai agreed Scphronia, staying his arm. “You are right. We must dissemble. But, let me go, not ycu. Here comes Abi- gail. Your greeting will allay her sus- picions. Farewell ur til a kinder hour. Be our watchword, secrecy and trust,” and with a smile which Juliet would have deem- ed_urseemly she tripped away. Pari leaned against the rail and mopped his brow, and tried to straighten his limp rag of a collar. One inevitable explanatio: however, gave him comfort. “Poor thing, he sol‘loquized, “poor child! so young, so fair! She has gone crazy, and evidently I alone am aware of 1. Now, what is my duty? Hodges, the. proprietor,.who has the girls in es care, is away for a week. But here comes Abigail; how eomposed, how sensible, her bearing! I must break the sad intelligence» towher; luckily her strong mind will temper grief with good judgmen And yet, even as Paul resolyed, there was a certain enwonted sprightliness becoming apparent in Miss Abigail's approach which sed vague apprehension. My dear young lady,” he began, and his nervousness lent ardor to his words, “I am inexpressibly thankf{u] Lo see you. There is a subject, delicate, closely intimate, on which I must speak.” on “Yes,” whispered Abigail, with downcast eyes, “I think I tnderstana—*" = our sister: a You fear she may suspe*t? Yes, there is danger. We must be cautious; we must dissemble; We must meet as strangers—" “Good Lord!” groaned Paul. . “There, darling, don’t be impatient. I know it's hard, but perfect trust is such courage. Remembe: our motto in the dear old days: ‘Semper fidelis.” See, I will set an example of prudence,” and, coyly touch- ing her forefinger to her tips, Abigail like- wire tripped away. “I see how it ts,” concluded Paul, gloom- ily, after a.moment’s pondering, “I am go- ing daft myself—overwork and worry, I suppose. Perhaps, though, the dread mal- ady may be checked in its Inception. 1 will go to my room and take every sort of pel- let in our medicine box. I shall surely thus get the right one.” Bat despite this diag- sis he walked to the open window of the smoking room and looked in, in fear lest some one might have heard these conversa- », df, perchance, ihey had really oc- curred. As he faiied to look behind the door, however, he saw no ope, and so went away satisfied in his most unsatisfactory secrecy. Had he iooked behind the door he would have seen Mason Welles, and from the ex- pression of his face not only have been re- ussured as to the genuineness of these con- versations, but warned as to the use that ascrupulous young man would make of his wledge. Mason Welles had Indeed been @ witness, ad an expert one, too. For he had known the Manteil girls from their childhood, and now, as he reviewed the singularity of their single conduct, he was able to trace its purse. He remembered long ago hearing his father, Dr. Welles, shrewd ol cian that he was, discuss the idiosyncrasy of the Mantell twing. “Those children are not simpletons,” his perent had said. “To- gether they possess all the faculties. The trouble is that certain ones, due fo the mys- terious intin acy of their birth, they hold in amon. Separately, each one is apt to in and caper like an idiot. I do not be- that any education, however th ate this silliness. But w are kept in company, as they should his perversion not only disappears, but kx: lieve th e utterly eblivious that it ever ex- isted. In fact, one is the complement of th other, 1 her they form Sot circle of common sense. The remedy is, and ve impressed it on their parents, to e them mese twin: Years had passed since childish pranks had provoked his father’s speech, and since then Mas: 2 seen the girls develop into the fullness of cultured young womanhood, ‘and he had forgotten (hat there had been time when their sanity had been a topic for sympathizing friends, Now, for a truth, he remembered it all, as he also remembered that until this hour he had not seen them te through dedugtion, he com- ekended that together the sisters had en- rtained a highly proper and respectful admiration for Paul Dvpont, which had af- fected each of them when separated thus isastrously. “if that litde witch of an ntion: commented, “perhaps she would don her abominable pretense of prud- -” And upon ‘thts hypothesis he began to scheme a demonstration. To Paul, in his course of treatment, came no such clarity of vision. But since his head remained unaffected, however much his stomach did suffer, he gained a slight approximation to the situation. Evidently vhat had happened had happened, incredi- He though it appeared. The solution rested solely with old Hodges; until his return he was helpless. Unless—why, of course, un- less he could pley one sister against the cther. Each had asserted the necessity of dissembling; undoubtedly, then, if he could associate with them jointly the old for- mality would continue, and, better still, he would be relieved from the dreadful appre- hension of x separate encounter. Perhaps, too, t object which had provoked his »proa to Sophronia mizht also be achieved, For the next few days fishing wes neglected, and Paul combined the out- door study of botany and geology. So marked a change tn her hushand’s avocation a4 not escape Alice's sharn, bright eyes. When she commented on his “taste for curios,” as she termed It, Paul’ abstracted “Eh? Ah! I presume 60," seemed more a disguise than a slight. In a word, she grew suspicious, jealous, un- happy, lamenting as lost what she had not cared to hold and burning to prove bey a cavil that which she would give worlds to disbelieve. That richt Jolly party became a compound of inanity, and Mason Welles easily {ts quintessence, However, when this beamful young man in his pursvit of the vicarious mote suggested a jaunt to the Summit, artfully mentioning that the Man- tell girls were going and” adding “and, of course, Mr. Duporit,”" Alice agreed with an eagerness which he misinterpreted, for her “Golighted* should have been taken as all intents and purposes Si- “heartbroken.” Nor was this the only error that Mason made. He offended the twins’ sense of decorum, supersensitive in its en- Urety, by a jocular reference to their inti- macy with Paul. “1 detest that Mr, Welles,” said Sephro- nia, frigidly. “He is abhorrent to all ideas of decency,” agreed Abigail, Jil-fated sMason, not to have applied dis- crimination to his owa ease, If sue their united judgment thelr individual impulse? digging a pit ever whistled more merrily than he. “When we get there,” he medi- tated, “I'll manage to Separate th» gris, and it will be hard if I can’t arrange to have Dupont come across one of them while pretty Alice ts looking on. And then— So settled was Mason in the certainty of laughing last that he regarded with posure the way in which the party took seats in the great mountain wagon, though it is hardly in accord with his desire, for Paul and Alice were side by side, like Darby and Joan, with the Manteil sisters as prim and demure neighbors. “The return will be slightly different,” he mused, with @ tri- umphant smile, “and it will be dark then, too.” Compunction for two unintended wrongs had drawn Paul to Alice. Belated appre- ciation and poignant regret had dragged Alice close to Paul. To the infinite repug- nance of the twins this couple incontinently indulged in soft and cooing phrases, and more than once on the drive were undeniably holding hands. And, still worse, when there was a heavy jolt Paul embraced Alice with exaggerated tenderness, although she was safe and secure in an interior corner, and the unprotected maidens who should ha’ been his care were bobbing up and dow like electric balls. Ere the destination w reached that respectful admiration which the Mantell girls had shared for Paul Du- pont had faded away, its place permanently retained by indifferent contempt. whispered Sophronia. concurred Abigail. But hapless Mason Welles was unaware of these changes of sentiment; otherwise when the cloth iS spread on the ground and the hampers were in the process ofun- lading he would have not been so Intent on sending Paul hither and thither, end on employing the Mantell girls with disjunct- ive errands. His eagerness, too, prevented him from perceiving that Alice was study- ing his maneuvers with doubt and aversion. Everything seemed to be working just to perfection. Paul was engrossed with a Ue, some damp kindlings and a match down in the ravine, hid sight of every one, excepting his wife. phronia had been inveigied on the after berries and Al i down the farm house for ing that the other was close by. ll take a shy at Sophronia first,” Ma- son resolved. “There's more of the March _——_—--_—— there is your darling quite alone.” Sophronia glared. “What! you a Paeted fop,” she screamed, “do you think you can insult me with impunity? Take that!” and she cast the pail of berries full in his race. Mason did not await further eccentricities. He sped like a chamois down the mountain- side until he came upon Abigail. “Your sister!” he exclaimed. “Look out for her: she's crazier than a loon!” “Insolent puppy,” retorted Abigail, and the milk blended with the berries. Mason turned and fied, in fear of other singularities. But, alas, where could he find shelter? Down the path was Talking the Vengeful Sophronia, close behind him panted the indomitable Abigail. In a flurry of terror he bounded to Alice's side. “Save me, Alice, from those harridans,” he im- plored. “Really, Mr. Welles,” said Mrs. it, scornfully, “you are quite as ridiculous as you look. Wait a moment and my husband will take care of you and of me,-too.”" But Mason did not wait. Far down the roadway he saw the Mantell twins soberly plodding to the hotel, and he realized that in their union lay his strength. He fol- lowed, but at a distance, and when they had reached the destination he hurried to the railway station and took the train for @ discreet one. And Paul never consulted Hodges, the proprietor, about the sanity of the twins. They ignored him, pursuing their studies with a unity that no surgeon's knife could eradicate. Neither does he reply as formerly to Alice's gentle questions, for, in @ proper appreciation of felicity, he has iost all presumption. - ———_-0-_____ FACIAL RESEMBLANCES, a Petes cn Why People Living Long Together Grow to Resemble Each’ Utmer. The fact that two people who live long to- gether tend to look alike is accounted for by unconscious mimicry reacting upon the muscles of expression in the same way that @ ruling passion dees. The tendency, says a writer in Blackwood’s Magazine, to facial imitation is very generaj—in fact, almost universal—and may be so marked ag to be easily noticed; so that when two people are engaged in animated conversation, the ex- pression of the listener may often be seen to echo that of the speaker. How “tnfec- tous” fs a smile or a laugh, even when the idea which gave rise to it in the first case is not transferred! Several times, when talking to young peo- ple, I have suddenly and purposely adopted some change of expression, such as raising of the eyebrows; and this, although not the least apropos to the words spoken at the time, has instantly evoked a like move- ment on the faces before me. The response was quite involuntary and was a pure piece of instinctive reflex action. Why does a yawn spread like pestilence through th room when conversation flags? I know of those who have started such an epidemic by a little piece of acting, and not a mouth in the company (save the guilty one) knew why it gaped. Have not we all noticed that a man of marked individuality becomes a center of physical influence to those who wait on his words, so that his gestures, tones of voice and turns of phrase are re- produced? I know a tutor whose peculiar ities of speech and carriage have been adopted more or less by every one of his pupils during the last six years, and several of them have come to resemble him in feature. This unconscious imitation of ex- pression is very noticeable in ebildren. Has it occurred to many careful parents that the good looks of their daughters may de- pend in no slight degree upon their choice of nurse girls and governesses? For some reason which we cannot fathom the imitative faculty is so ingrained in us that what the eye perceives the brain makes hasie to reproduce without stopping to ask our permission; and where two peo- ple live long together the facial muscles of ach are constantly receiving etimull prompting them to mimicry. As in the case of the emotions, these influences ray be infinitesimal at any given moment, ana may give rise to no visible change of ex- pression. Yet in the course of time they tend to mold the whole countenance, fea- ture for feature, into an almost exact fac- simile of another, eas MAKING POETRY, lh AO lh a ci ttl dl a cl I EAI Sh el oll wh De hol cnet sl al BAD EE lh a Bl A Dh RB di Hr dct Bnndi There is Often Hard Work as Well as Inspiration, From Boston Correspondence Chicago Herald. There are yet some persons left ‘who fancy that poetry is the product of a fine frenzy; that the poet of genius awakes from a sublimated cataleptic trance to fill page after page with effortless beatitodes, A number of manuscript sheets of Long- fellow’s “Excelsior,” which may be found in Harvard, should not only explode this theory, but give hope to many a discour- aged amateur. As Longfellow first con- structed the first verse of this poem, it rant The shades of night were falling fast As through an Alpine village passed A youth who, as the peasants sung, Responded in an unknown tongu@ Excelsior, This was manifestly weak, as the only obvious reason why the Alpine peasants sung was that they might afford a rhyme for the youth's response in an unknown tongue. A second trial at the verse, how- ever, not only failed to tmprove It, but erranged it in such form that it is dificult to believe Longfellow gutity of the fault. The two last lines of the verse were made to read: A youth who bore a pearl of price, A banner with the strange device. There are not many, even among tha magazine poets of today, who would con- sent to refer to a banner as “ea pearl of price.” But the poet had by this time th: lines to his liking, a the substituth “a youth who bore "mid snow and fee” com- pleted the verse as it had been read and spoken throughout the length and bread! of the land. All of which goes to show the genius of the poet is in the conception, and that the production of the poem, being quite another macter, lies solely in the di- rection of patient labor. eS ee FOR DYSPEPSIA Use Horstord’s Phoaphate, Dr. B. B. Pettitt, Sherman, Texas, says: “I bt¥e fd it 3y dyspepsia with euccemm, it's a Bue ‘oanedse “ ala