Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 18

18 . 'THE EVEN NG STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. SLEEVES MAY SHRINK Fashion Seems to Tire of the Bal- loon-Like Atrocities, RIBBONS, LACE, JET AND SPANGLES Too Many Pigeon Toes for Short Gowns to Be Popular. BTYL: FOR THE —~ SCHOOLS tten Exclusively for The Evening Star. GOWN RCILDER Washington, in janning an elegant carriage costume for a smart dresser, last week, ordered her to wet nearly a yard less material for the s than usual! it dees as though = sleeves were going to come down to some extent. Of course they will have to contrac ttle, now that wraps will soon be a nec Really, look aity: ise a woman would look like a k with a cape of seal- skin coat adjusted above the present-day sleeves. It is not Ikely that sleeves will t small all at once—fashions never ange as sudden t—but by spring arms will no longer buormally large. Women who prize comfort are hoping that they will be permitted to wear s of “livable” size, at least, and not have to go back to the skin-tight abom! s of a few years az “Trimness."” That the special charac- teristic of the tailor-made and other cloth gowns for the autumn season. There are Dut few flappy revers, no flappy draperies, and the supertluity of neck fixings has been ted thin stuffs, where they belong. Ti 1 gown most always Das & plain sk: igh it may have strapped Gcams, Or Seis over Ww hh pa: Jace, or even ribbon and braid are set, but they go on ‘ongitudinarily and smoothly. The skirts are only moderately wide, five yards being the minimum. The only con- cession to “fussiness” is in the slightly full front, which iniy be adjusted over the plain cloth bodice, which fastens primly up the front with buttons, and is removed when not wanted for seMi-dress accasions. One of the very neatest of these always necessary gowns Is illustrated in the finely woven crepon, which does not pull like the coarser crinkle. It has one feature particularly to rezommend it, and that is the opening at the side fronts, with but- tons and buttonholes, so that there is no pessibility of a gaping placket. The sleeves are only moderately large, and the pretty revers, following th> fashion of tl as on the skirt, are pointed, narrow, bound with bratd, and have a row of small but- tens. The collar and belt are perfectly plain, The hat is one of the new feit shapes, faced with black velvet, and has a rniture of wings and velvet. Ribbons Always Popular. A late fashion note says: ‘Ribbons will agcin be used for the adornment for gowns.” New, only a man would pay to have that cabled over from “dear Paree” to put in his paper, for every woman knows, who knows anything at all, that nebody has ever stopped using ribbon “for the adornment of gown for a century back. At least, it seems that long, and the past year the ribbon frenzy has reach- ed high water mark. One of the loveliest gowns seen this nm will make its ap- Pearanes again when bright-hued_ silk gown forms will set it off. It is not of rib- Yon, but of ribbon velvet, which amounts to the same thing. It has a skirt front and sides ma ck ribbon velvet two inches wide, kK guipure insertion and nearly as wide. Hows and rows of it from belt to hem, the back breadths of black satin, the waist of horizontal rows of the lace and velvet and the pretty confection worn ¢ white sat It was rich, but, dless you, It was not a pri tion of this generation, s and ago, in the city of § verse —only | it was anoth stately 1 wore | the gown with ard train of white Sf at a court function. Now her grand- daughter means to don it for an American with a red satin slip, In wht 1 look gorgeous. Ribbons will en » construction of almost every gow loens d , for a fresh ribbon or nissibl Lace is Lingering. Lace, like ribbon, S$ as many lives as a It has said Ae two or three tim: the caller who talks longer at t or than in the reception room, lace still ling It Is thought that the charming fashion of running Valen nnes jace on tucks and pleats on 1 s will last till into the winter. It y enough to last for . The butter ed lac of softer, finer, ion pat- Ss the rn now—will i for thick f Jet has come % In fuller Jetted tted lace, la hag {ts burden of tering glass. Why : n earth can’t put on braid with read that w the tocks, oral engthwise trim- rever you can find a at a bit of ribbon seems to fit, put It | a y If quite ‘smart. t whipped out,.though, with a breath? A woman in a jet trim- med gown usually makes her presence felt by strewing the earth with beads for those who come after to crush and cut carpets, boots and slippers; for the baby to creep after and swallow, and to catch in vest buttons when dancing, coat buttons when passing, in par- asols and umbrellas— in fact, the jetted w man is shunned b almost everybody, be- cause an accident is sure to happen to her precious jet if you Bet too close to he All the same, jet remarkably han some trimming, but if bit duil, shun its prox- a re as you would the small- who wears it ought to and it crisply sparkling In youth ty as the costly garnitur shames her fading charm. t “jet is cruel to the pa: woman. ver buy cheap jet. The costliest is frail, oh cheap is simply tawdry like circus tin- sel. And Spangles, Too. Of course spangles are popular; they are too pretty to yield readily to some other fancy in trimming, but they will not be as barbaric as usual. The Persian eects are produced with brilliant effect in colored beads and paillettes of delicate tints and varying sizes, nor have net galloons lost popular favor. of trimming which has come will be hailed with delight by most trich tips are the fay- orite. Band trimmings will probably be wo a good deal, some times with | headed insertion in between, making three rows of feathe example the peafowl pli and curled pea “eye.” with a of iridescent beads in seroll design tween. Three row: tiny black ostrich ds of cut jet inser make 4 jurticuiarly hands: garni for the foot of a gown. ‘There are ver: few faces that are not ned by of feathe: he neck, and, fs well to the to be as ago, and front aga popular a are now so cu an expert to tell a few iy curled that it takes m from ostrich. Short Go . Pigeon Toes. It is whispered very loud that short gow will be quite the swell thing till yinter, Lad who hb been wearing found them Ad will give They will not them In mountain climt convenient and comfort them a trial in the city how man wants to make a of herself. She dces not wear her riding habit at an evening reception, or her bath- ing suit to church on hot & 3. under stress would she be g ing any but her most in ends in her morning wrapper, @ isn’t going to wear her short-skirted mountain garb on the streets of the cit: The principal rea- son for thi cut” proper! the ankle bone women have geod ankles, and to r short gown effective, it has to stop just ow the knee, so that the swell of the f will be uncovered, and this gives pro- rtion to the r of the | A women who is pigeon-toed, and it is a scientifi fact that most women are, cuts a ludicrou figure in a shert gown.gIf she wore trous- ers as men do, that came down to the top of her instep, covering the defect, it would be different. Leggings are the next best substitute, and a woman isn't going to wear leggings in her carriage, or to a cab- inet reception. If a woman wants to try the short dress fad, here is a very pretty style, with a box coat, and strapped seams and big buttons. It might do for a rainy t, but the everage woman has no disposition to sacri- fice grace to utility. Very shortly now the children will be starting to school,and suitable patterns for school garb are much in demand. It fs a thousand pities that the quaintly prett old-fashioned, lo! sleeved apron is ta booed, for it was such a savin in dres sleeves,which restless little ones wear out very fast. They are gone, though, and the child whose mother sensibly insists on adding them to the school wardrobe consid- ers herself much abtised. For a short-steev ed apron, one of the lace striped muslins 1: very preity but make embroidery in the armhole and neck. yoke Is very pretty made of embr ard the apron will be more serv it only opens enough to get into, ins being open clear down the back. The Little Folks Will Grow. If last season’s dress is good, only ‘‘out- grown"—and how the children do grow— Yoke it like a Hubbard gown, sleeveless, putting a rnffle of The idery, this Is a pretty way to make it larger. It can be let down at the bottom, and the faded places covered with neat braid of varying width, and the waist can have a yoke, and sleeves, if you like, of some other matertal, trimmed with braid to match the skirt. One wise mother makes the lower part of her little daughter's sleeves double then, when the outside wears thin, it is so easy to darn the outside to the under ma- terlal without showing. A neat little box coat made from a breadth or two of your lost winter's tailor- made gown which Is passe, will keep the little maiden warm ard stylish-looking, if you have nice buttons and some pretty braid for it. A soft felt hat with just a band and bow of ribbon makes the nicest head covering for everyday wear, except shen it is cold. Don't try yourself on fine clothes for your little girls to wear to school. Better teach them self-denial, and leave room in their brains for ideas a notch our two above dress. soe The Observatory of lount Blane. Fr the New York Tribune. The observatory on the top of Mount Blane, whose erection is conducted under the supervision of the famous French as- tronomer, M. Janssen, it is expected, will be finished in the course of the pr t summer. The main irstrument for observa- tions, which has a diameter of thir cen- timeters, arrived in Chamounix a few days ago, and will be carried, in parts, from there to the summit by workmen and guides. M. Maurice de 'Thic who will be connected with the observator: is al- ready i Chamounix, and M. Bigourd: and his a are tant, M. F; in a few days sibility of carrying this great undertaking to completion, but Ji sen's work is about to be crowned ¥ suc: es A Pessimixt, Paul's, ather doesn the fact of it is you far d unless you've somet y you be right, but that’s de say. ‘George,’ she appy til you be right tee y say that Patti fs at last losing her ‘09 bad. Why doesn't she sing into a nograph and preserve it?'’—Harper’s zar. FIREMEN'S PARADE IN JAPAN, WHEN DUTY CALLS se Quaint Conflagrations in America and Japan. —aae THE FIREMEN OF OLD Typical Midnight Scenes at Vil- lage Fires. THE ORIENTAL FIRE LADDIES EWHAT romane urrounded | f the | | foen oblit- th ffir com- A JAPAN his company than ex- of voluntesrs, when the “Old Tur were in s h sonal feeling for isted In the day: famous “Live Oaks, and the hearty, hug and ki: had got the ery like a child when it who would not have shed a tear for a | trouble of his own. | Although, nowac | of ordinary extent of excitement, In fs still an event that ion engine publicly afte i t of a rival con was injured. A LOVE OF A BONNE e Over, bh Never K A dainty and ve ning | bornet upon the hea nt Ser ator’s wife last w a Star writer was told, ¢ gs of de spair and envy to a young wWo- man ev time she he protege of the Senator's and two families had been life-long friends neighbors The Sen red for her a numt position in a depart- ment h , and she was always a welcome guest in th t hom In return for many kindnesses, the mother of the young lady, i very skillful with her needle, had sent 1 her own work to her da of years ago a ¥ the the the and ready to send the her daughter's over bor was a ent to Washi: s the pi he thou chance z the bonnet, put it into the box. Not having the time to write a letter just then she ne ted it till the box had From the first tricken cry that sounds throush the night to the last little flame t uch the ing ru’ is intense When als men hurriedly dress, with the eager initial aim of ringing the church bells, which ding clang til even the faintest gray puff of justif oo onegh tizen in quiet has floated it seem to le when such ra smoke sition at the hell rope, nt themselves with the mor ry of dra. nes, pa erambling up outing th. looking-g! sling ladder: mpets, flinging supper window down the the sky the i dias soon en the butions they ri reet and Join leaders of the aplomb by ke Japan. Japan there is the ounce of am hat little quenching cure, so ant ve In th country a tub near the house is kept of water with mors at hand for fling- n= iL upon Ue low thatched roc no stoves er chimneys in Ss jers of ave not very dangerous fires are more ed fire com- erefore, man's annual + y of the handicappe ary, f is the somewhat paul bur however, by r, nO matter how clear the night or how glaring the conflagration, each fireman carries his lante would feel as unequipped witho uld_ a soldier without a gun. Whatev eroisms her perform—and rescue flame-bound prisoners now and then —nothing is permitied to endanger the lit- a, . through moonlight and throush weal, through woe, ites serenely on its long pole over his shoulde! 5 THE LADY s RCIALIST. She Relieved an Aching Head, but Did Various Other Things as Well. ew York Journal, A’ well-known physician who a_ few mon 9 was thrown from his carriage by his t yele on Tth ave and who 1 his head badly bur jriving oa Jerome avenue a few taken with vio- lad intermittent- s injured. Smith's old place to hing that would stopped at Judge if he could net do afford him relief. As he was debating with his lady compan- ion as to what he had better do, a well- dressed woman with a gripsack entered the parlor and took in the situation at a glance, for it was plainly evident that the phy- siclan was suff: “Is the pain mostly rd?” asked the won ring greatly. h, “Oh, its all over my head,” groaned the phy in. ‘Let ine feel your pulse. Exactly. Caused #ht on b; t so. ** the sufferer asks. si I'm a specialist on received and acknowledged. _ little beslies animal And She Saw the Bonnet. | magnetism. ve in drugs for it. The next time Anna visited her senato You are skeptical, of course, but I'll agree friends she was taken upstairs to beautiful piece of work her mother had done and the “love of a bon nt aiso. he must have had some money left over and made this lovely bonnet one she sawein New York. It was so good of he explained the hos! The girl's feelings can hardly be described when she beh her own last winter h she had sent home for th le over into the dearest litle bu she had ever seen on a woman! there w the beautiful y concoction head. And buckle her uncle the front. She couldn't say a v that she thought it wa sts b The Senator’s wife wore that bonnet all last si f it was in tone, with ing it Ss made over and out of second- 1 mate Anna kept her secret until last in a fit of contidence, she told it to a friend on the veranda of a seaside hotel as an nee of supreme seif. trol and self- ins! On rely it was. ————— Flowers. From est. At a church festival a few years ago the ornamental value of ono of our commonest wild fiow yas shown. One end of the large hall was shut in by a rustic fence elaborately decorated with vines, ro: and a mass of creamy-white flowers that were wonderfully dainty in their effect. On the tables Inside were offered for sale bouquets of many kinds of rare flowers, and con- splcious among them by, its delicate love liness were, cymes of the same creamy- | white blossoms. “What do you call them?" | asked a genéleman, lifting an artistically arranged cluster from a vase of sparkling glass. “Sambucus canadensis,” answered the young girl in charge, with a faint, m's- chievous smile dimpling the corners of her mouth, “named from an ancient musical Instrument that was made from the wood.” And elder blossoms they were, fragile and sweet as the choicest exotics there. to cure you in ten mi “ll give you $10 if hour,” groaned the de ites or forfeit $100, cure me in an ufferer, ician recline in her fingers afte Str h, in less than five min- utes the sufferer began to feel easier, and in five minutes more the pain had entirely dtsapp The physician forthwith offered the wo- man a $10 bill, but she refused it, saying that she simply wanted to prove the effi- of her theo: You'd bette about ten minut to pre t quiet and Jean back for , and close your eyes, ent a recurrence of the trouble, your nerves need rest and nourishment. ke no stim —hetter take sedatives. Good afternoc And she “Where’: the phys it off? He felt for It, and then exclaimed: bowed herself out. arfpin, doctor?” asked companion. “Did you take list” had got a diamond pin a $1,000 bill, two $20 notes and to Niaga s r ki udder si A: GOODLY AMBITION Discontent is Often Mistaken for This Noble Motive. HOME A FINE FIELD FOR TALENTS: Margaret's Foolish Struggle Against an Unkindly Fate. SOCIETY SOCIALIST A Written Exclusively for The Evening § HAT A~ NOXIOUS wee is the plant of discontent, deadlier in its effect than the Upas tree, and with reaching [n- “Iam am- "one girl says, and all the time I know that it not ambition that her heart x her ey: and he as seamed with weather-beaten cliff, but it is discontent with existing circum- which she is too weak-willed to mount. Ambition woul? s T don’t re, but I will do my and alac- while I am reading, studying, think- nd planning to get away from the “It is all perfectly horrid, Why could I not have been eating out, mai ferret-l ‘ace frow a a deadly nees, ing Discontent and I hate it. “porn pretty, witty and wise, wealthy end well! ners the influential? Oh, wouldn't I eut a Wouldn’t I show those upstart W what a lady can do! Wouldn't I inake worid stare!” One aim is noble and legiti- the other reling, Some wise cre of hi s of life is ing the real to to have the , but we diff: a of what the | lacd i by our neighbor: 3 nd we we: > up to it s wise who gave utter- philosophy, and he ure to som hado > substance to the often our star not by ow out inv The « to lied r content and d terms, misery the other never be syn kills the othe of the de who t recompe: with the: tion, of ws by what with their dias bi y br Ditions « the ms< om of to the pause to think w social a cataclysm the evening up pro: © or that the natural It of mnt inharmonious elem would be the set- = hott ider materials, ne's s only ebsolute : known. will win, and merit and ambition usually travel together, but merit and discontent never ‘io. An Unhappy Crenture. discontented girl is such an un- sature, and she has it in her to make so many other people un- y. 1 really think the discontented girl is to be pitied, thcugh I would never think of pitying the ambitious girl. When I was scolding Margaret the other day, and told hapy her that what she took for ambition was nothing in the world but a miserable fault- finding » She colored up and rather st ed me to define the difference between the two. Now, do you know, that was not a bit easy to do? Well, ell me just what you want 1 di to her, to do and wh: Then it wes that I discovered that Mar- garet is getting advanced ideas. The shy little thing has always been quite content to snuggle down under the protecting wing of her chaperone, whoever that might happen to be, and let others do her think- ing and plenning for her. But in the re- cent shaking up in political circles garet’s papa got left in the race for Con- gress, and there has been a vast change in their style of living, for, like the gener- ality of public men who are not money getters, Ma father put by nothing. For the first time in her life she begins to realize wh: is to want for things. A girl's £ d hats and candy cost a gr al, to say nothing of gowns and other nick-nacks, and Margaret's first was to things for her- other words, she wants to sacrifice the subetance for the shadow, in an effort to Keep up appearances. She had no de- sire whatever to help her father, nor had she given a thought to the sunshine that her continuous absence from home would take out of the life of her invalid mother. She just selfishly made up her mind that she could not live if her supply of finery was cut down, and though her mother needs her services and company more now thai ever before in her life, since they have had to dispense with their maid, Mar- stubbornly insists on finding “‘some- to do. 1 asked her what she thought she would > n with. ll,” she said, with that fetching toss r graceful little head, “I think that has enough influence to get me into of the departments. If 1 could get a year I would sca’ miss papa used to e me, in office would seem pretty long. There wouldn't be much work to do, though, I should insist on that, of cou : Do you supp pap one about $1,500, the pin money t though, ef course, the hour: Tw ed any breath on the little Not a whiff! In the first y it was not necessary, for she coukln’t even sort seeds acceptably over in the Agricultural Department at $50 a month, and a an out of a job” has no cheuce at anything else, and in the second place, she is not deep enough to comprekend the logic in the simplest argu- ment. Hence it would be worse than folly to argue with her. A Society Socinlist. Margaret 1s an example of “popular dis- content.” So long as her own affairs were booming, and she was riding on the crest of the wave, socially and financially, she didn't care a copper cent about how she got there or how she was kept there. To be there was quite sufficient, and she was not in the least troubled about the ethical Merits of her supremacy. She was appar- ently a bouny, even-tempered, inoffensive creature, and had lots of friends in con- sequence. Since the spirit of discontent took hold of her she has been a source of ever-increasing surprise to her friends, for It seems to have changed her whole Her one idea seems to be that the world owes ner a handsome living, and she should not be made to exert herself over- much in getting it. That is discontent, pure and simple, and out of discontent of that character grows anarchy. Peop! ke Margaret, conclude that they enough of the luxuries, that things are unequally divided, and that there should be a more equitable partition of the good things of life, yet who will not fit them- selves for anything above the meanest em- ployment, whese thoughts and tastes and actions are selfish, ar i pure and simple, whether they w alvet_ gowns or shoddy trousers and display sockless feet. And of all funny th socjety socialist is absolutely the very fun- niest. Then, there is another and blacker phase of the “discontent” busine: The over- weening desire to dress and to keep up ap- pearances often leads to wrongdoing! The Steps are so little at first which lead away frem rectitude and an upright life, but they lengthen rapidly, and if there is no ambition to buoy one up and to implant desire for moral elevation, if it is only per- sonal vanity that actuates, you may be sure that the canker of discontent will eat all that is sweet and wholesome out of the heart, and leave only the dry husks of moral death, unless some effort is put forth to counteract the danger. Women fall a prey to this phase of it much more quickly than men, possibly because of the inordi- nate love of admiration which must always pos the soul of a woman given up to the selfish gratification of her personal whims, and because of her tendency to narrowness and very contracted views of | that the life and duty. Men are less subject to such temptation, because they find very early that their success in life depends upon sterling qualities of heart and brain, and mot upon good looks or upon powers of cajolery or flattery or ability to excite admiration The line of demarcation between ambi- tion and discontent is very finely drawn, and one is sometimes taken for the other, but there is a vast difference between the underlying principles. Ambition is found- ed on honest effort to ameliorate harsh conditions, and elevate moral perceptions, But thwarted ambitions and clipped-wing- ed aspirations can be turned into discon- tent in the twinkling of an eye, if condi- tions are just right. I always feel such hearty sympathy for the young ambitious girl who longs to he somebody, to do some- thin that will be of benefit to human- Of course there must always be a lit- Ss connected with all great am- r self is the motive power of all mental, moral or physical, but the trnly ambitious woman has abiding faith in herself and in her projects, and honestly believes that she has found the philosopher's stone that will revolution- ize her smail world, if she only gets a chance to exercise her talents. Sometimes s and frets and worries over her ibed sphere, until she, too, gets and then a lot of unhappi- s for everybody connected with Home is the Best Ficld. There are tlmes when ambition must be curbed, or it will grow into as noxious a weed as discontent. Sometimes we quite settle it that our ambition and only op- portunity to achieve anything must take us outside of the home, when, in fa: home will scarcely be home to those who are left behind if we go out of it. Is it wise or kind in such a case to insist upon a “career?” Wouldn't it be better to re- main with those who need us? When it ts net a case of necessity to earn bread and buiter, wouldn't the helping hand extend- ed to the invalid mother, the ove ht of the housekeeping affairs, the gentle shoul- dering of the household burdens redound far more to you dit than the plaudits of a public which will forget you the in- sight? It may be that are distasteful to you, feel like a round wo- hole, but the conquering stant you are out of the of a ho they make y man in a square that ste will be a leaf in your laurel a step upward. It was a long, long time ago that one who was very w uid that “he that ruleth is hetter than he who taketh a cit that appiles just as forcibly now arning to adapt one people and the task is one of the grectest_ arts in life, as well as one of the ost difficult. ou have an ambition to do but limitations of environ- icn seem to render ad- Keep your eyes open for , and if there is hing ft nt abi be sure y it will show 1 Don't fret and fume over the u must do, and do sare so full of 13 then. self to the place If. for : that you can only aspire to that you can’t see to do the work in hard. Do with your might what your bands find to do, and gradually you will find t the path opens w before you, skies are clearer and the hopes of youth nearing realization. But while you ing the best you can inside the nar- cle Which seems to shut you from alization of your ambitions, do not study and read and plan. Try to is and refining in literature. Good friends that an ambi- is girl can have, and the best use vou can meke of your spare moments is to end them with these silent counselors. ‘cre for your physical being as well as your mental. Try in every way to make yourself conform to the world’s idea of a broad-minded, beautiful woman. Let in- dustry, cheerfulness and adaptability char- zeterize all that you do, and before you krow it you will have to be setting the aim of your ambition higher, as the first mile-post is overtaken unawares. And above all, keep in view the fact that if you de- sire to “even up” your side of life's in- equalities you have got to fit yourself to fill with more spirit and greater adaptabil- ity the place that you are striving for than your rival possesses, or you will get left in the race, unless you take unfair advantage, and then in all probability you will find that you will have to give way to some one better fitted for the position which you got by unfair means. It is just as true to- ay as it was in the time of Pope that “charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul,” and you know it as well as SENORA SARA. ————.—_—_ For Early Autumn Wear. Corded silks are on top again, and moire is passe. It never was pretty anyhow, and always looked stiff and forbidding when it was good, and when it was not good it was such a flimsy, shoddy thing that no woman of taste wanted to wear it. Moire de Lyon is the latest, which is satin, with a water weave in it. It is particularly elegant, and it does not look as though a cheap imita- tion would be possible. Poult de soie and gros grain are again in favor. A novel fancy in poult de soie has a long spray of roses thrown over it in natural colors. It looks delightfully old timey, and is said to be a faithful copy of the’ silks worn in Marie Antoinette’s day. A very elegant gown for early autumn wear has been made like the illustration, of white crepon which has a cross-goods weave. The skirt has a box pleat laid in front, seemingly a continuation of that on the blouse, and is laid in three box pleats in the back, all held down by an odd ef- fect in flat white braid lace, the same forming a girdle, foot trimming and garni- ture for the shoulders and sleeves. The big hat fs braided silk and wool, white, of course, and has a fiat trimming of feathers and pink rose bud: ——— WINTER WINDOW GARDENS. Bulbs That May Be Grown Success- fully *by Enthusiastic Amateurs, No other plants available for window gar- dens yield so generous a return for the slight care they require as those with bulbous roots, wiltes Carroll Watson Ran- kin in the Ladies’ Home Journal. No other plants are so fascinating or so beautiful, or so easily grown. Most bulbs will thrive and produce an abundant harvest of glo- rious bloom in a temperature that would reduce a geranium to a state of chronic invalidism, yet many people have an idea that it is a difficult matter to grow them without a greenhouse. That is a mistake. All one needs Is a little common sense—and Bulbs should be ordered early in the bulbs. ugust if they All other in September After potting the in good garden soil they must be in the dark to make roots. This is the utmost importance. A dark, cool cellar is the best place, but a dark closet er a cupboard, or even a bureau drawer, will do nicely. The soil must be watered oceasionally—the aforesaid common sense will tell you how often--and the pots must are wanted for the holida bulbs should be ordered and planted at intervals. bulbs. remain fn the dark for at least four weeks, It will do no harm to have them there for three or four months, provided they are not ailowed to dry out. There are a number of bulbs that may be g?own successfully by the enthusiastic amateur, which, If given proper care treatment, may be relied upon i flowera for Thanksgiving, Christ Year's, Easter and for innume! days. ble birth- "ARE YOU CERTAING" In Other Words, Jost What Is Your Conditisn? DONT TAKE ANY CHANCES A Most Unusual Con crsation With g Great New York Professor Re- produced Verbatim—Does It Apply to You? (New York Exch Tam fortunate in knowing a prominent professor of this city, He is a man of deep research and World-wide popularity. It is setdom that he un- bosoms himself, but be did so to a circle of friends and myself the other evening. ‘This is what he said: “It is surprising how rapid life are changing in Ameri . “Do you mean, professor, in the manner of liv? es the conditions of » and also in the manne habits of life, the neture of work, Is from what it was of dying. The even our let fifty or even ten ,think thea the change has been for have a_ higher but for this et danzers. We S$ a8 well as modern improve- is brings ery and beyond all, 1s one be correctly ecilled the mon to both mei and are not free from it. It is ‘the least stood and at the same time th I known diseases, It has of its own, Mut has the sy iy every other dissase. Men and women have been afflicted with it for years and did not know what ailed them. They miay have had peculiar pains, felt out of sorts, irregularities, head:cl A scores: of other symptoms and actually did now What Was the matter until it was, pet tov dite." what do you refer, or! Se of the kidneys, which ‘han a modern mons Its great danger is in the very fact that it Is fo insidious, so sly If you please, and indeed so ttle understood. Pliyslefans seem baffled when brot face to face with it, id do not hesitate to ad that there is but on: entific and remedy for it, whether in its first or last stages, and that ramedy is Warner's § » Cure."* ‘The professor paused for a moment and reflected. Covtinuing, he “You aniy think that T am radical in maki stch statements, but I am not. I know whereo! I affirm and 1 Know that there are more men and Women who have disease of the kidneys in some one of its stages today, than any her known trouble, and I do not mption. Wh: @y you’ know that ‘many 1 pne monia are nothing les the last stages of Bright's disease? And also Know that if the kid e in perfect condition it 1s almost impossible for the lungs to be out of order, be- cruse the kidneys throw the poison out of the tem that accun.tlates upon and rots the lung tissu ‘Take my word for it, there aré thousands of men, And perhaps more women, who do not know It, Vut who are today afflicted with kidney disease, and Tenly wish they might he warned in time.” T wis much finpressed by the professor's earnest words and reproduce them as nearly as possible for the benefit of any one who muy perhaps be in such a condition as be has described, and who needs immediate help, and such help only as can be certain to save. CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE. “No Dinner Table is Well Appointed Without Good Talker: Talking is one of the best of all recrea- tions, and a woman who understands the art potsesses a most useful and enjoyable accomplishment, writes Amelia E. Barr in the Ladies’ Home Journal. No dinner table is well appointed without good talkers; and the basis of interesting conversation is reality. After a course of London dinners Sir Walter Scott said: “The bishops and the lawyers talked better than the wits,” that is, the wits talked for the sake of talking, and the church and the law had something to talk about. Yet specialties and hobbies are not admissible at a dinner table, and a woman who can only talk on her own fad has no business in society. She ought to write a pamphlet, or go to the lecture plat- form, for any conversation at the dinner table that fs a strain on the attention or the patience soon becomes a bore; indeed, one of the chief elements of pleasant com- pany is a readiness to talk, or to be talked to, on any rational subject. _ ———— ++ 5 Three New Women and Another. From Harper's Bazar. “If I do say it, father, we've got three of the smartest girls in the country!” As she spoke, Mrs. Oldkind’s eyes beamed with pride and pleasure behind her gold- rimmed glasses. “They are smart,” her husband admitted without any perceptible reluctance, “but what put that idea in your head, mother?” “Mrs. Simpson was speaking about them today. ‘Why,’ says she, ‘Mrs, Oldkind,’ says she, ‘your daughters are those new women everybody's talking about now. There's Mary studying to be a doctor at a medical college, and Martha hard at work in a law school and Abigail prominent in woman suffrage and temperance reform, If they aren't new women,’ says she, ‘l’d lke to know who the new women are, any- way?” “Yes, they're new women all right enough,” he said, reflectively. ‘‘By-the-bye, Mary wrote me today asking for fifty dol- lars for a special course in something or other with a long Latin name.” “What a student she is! But I'm afraid she'll work tco hard. She's so ambitious!” said the anxious mother. - “She wants to take everything in sight, that's certain. Let me see, Martha's ex- pense check is due tomorrow, isn’t it? It was a hundred dollars last time, and I don’t suppose it has fallen off any, has it?” “It's only a hundred, father, because she won that scholarship, you know, from all those men. She's a new woman, every inch of her, is Martha!” “I received a letter from Abigail today, too," he continued. “She says she will be up at the capital a week longer on that temperance legislative committee, and she thinks she can worry along on twenty-five dollars if I will send it.” “She's doing a wonderful work, Abigail is,"" the mother said, proudly. “They're all doing wonderful work. They’re new women through and through, every one of them. I tell you, father, the men of the country must wake up, or these new women will be ahead of them in everything. Just think, there’s Abigail up there at the capital now introducing bills—just think of it—intro- ducing bills! There's a new woman for you —introducing bills in the assembly!” “Yes, mother,” her husband said with a sigh, as he added a little column of figures he had jotted down before him, “these new women are wonderful creatures. They can introduce bills all right, but when it comes to paying ‘em, there's nothing perceptible the matter with the old man!” Is Thin the Usual Method? From the Chicago Vost. “The evidence, your honor the policeman. “Hang the evidenc! lice justice. “Has friends?” “No, your hono: “Then I'll hold him to the grand jury.” soe chings of Adversity. began "* interrupted the po- he any influential, From Bitter One—“I tell you, a man ch: 1 about his friends and enemies. How so, old man?” “His enemies stop hitting him when he'g down, but it’s then that his friends begin,’