Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1896, Page 22

20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1896-—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. SARATOGA FASHIONS Frenchy Effects at This Famous Old Resort. MARVELOUS SHADE HATS IN VOGUE -_- Shoulder Capes for the Latest Style o f Sleeves. ———— IDEWALK SHOW — sright, 1896, by the Bacheller SARATOGA, July 1 F SARATOGA quite crowds a village of over twenty acres cr = would hold ti tion of the village 0! cat and sleep” over 1, There is another h smaller, which however, than any outside of Sarat There are Uttle inns which would be huge anywhere else. Altogether, the hotels will accommo- 10,000 | hes | | becau | colors is to wear a re | versal j in fav frilled with lace, and whose tight, wrinkled sleeves were draped with scarfs of | edged muslin. There was a wide corselet of chine ribbon tying in a huge bow behind and falling nearly to the ground. The bodice was crossed with lines of cream in- sertion, dividing it into big diamonds. As the taste of Saratoga is distinctly more French, less English, than that of Newport, this gown {s a hot favorite on the street and the wearer is mads content by envious glances. It seems that, among the devices for con- cealing the shoulder of the new sleeve, the arrangement of a litle cape on either side is the favorite. It may be triple, as in the shepherd's plaid gown; it may be double, as in a black chiffon bedice marked with lines of jet worn over a black silk skirt: it may be single, as in the dotted muslin. How long will it be before the new sleeve will cist off all disguises and stand reveal- ed, its own slender self from wrist even unto shoulder? The story of one When the Yale 0: slaughter at Henley, were in town thst the London shops over- flowed with gala costumes of red, white and blue to touch their patriotic pockets. Englishwomen began wearing the combi- nation, too, partly out of compliment to the crew and to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Compan ston, and partly » the gowns were pretty: and now tri-color comes back across the sea ttle mode is laughable. men went to thelr so many Americans the | again with the cachet of British approval! ‘The colors are usually mixed in the propor- tion of a good deal of blue, less white and least red—say, for instance, a dark bine skirt, with or without white braid, and a bodice of blended blue, red and white, with blue sleeves. Bunker Hill and Yer forgiven! And it's appropriate enough that the tricolor should be raised here, so near the place of Burgoyne’s surrender. A usual enough me‘hod of arranging the leather belt and red blue and white gown. piradise plume fs’ uni- but it admits exceptions. Exception sr of black and white ostrich plumes. Exception in favor of stuffed birds of vivid, lustrous green. Exception in favor of flcwer hats of the most exuberant sort. Saratoga, blessed with a high percentage of sunny days, makes great use of shade hats. Brims ‘are broad and are supple- mented in their compi-xion-saving work by gay lawn parasols with silk linings and ruffled, lace-strewn edzes. Hotel hops, gay enough in effect, though the dancing seems sometimes to lack spon- vn are at last chiffon cravat with The rule of the taneity, reveal the fact that yellow is, in lts varying shades, a prime favorite for gala use. Wide-skirted gowns of stiff, heavy satin rich with avalanches of gold you will be pleared withthe result. But carelessness in preparing and haste in feed- ing will result disastrously in a sour or overloaded stomach. The child whu defies his parents at two will b2 a nuisance to the community at ten, unless its will is curbed and its tem- per-resirained in youth. Nothing makes a woman much madder than to have her clothes put on the line white and pure-looking, and have them come off with great black marks under the spot where the clothespins were. Clothes- pins should be kept in a clean closed recep- tacle when not in use, and ought to be weshed at least once a month in hot water with a scrubbing brush, then rinsed and put in the sun to dry. That will save much an- noyance. A practical housewife who detests “bought” lard makes’ her own in small quantity. She buys the pure leaf fat and cuts it in inch-square cubes, and puts them in the kettle, over a slow fire, letting it get hotter, till the fat is frying well. As fast as the fat fries out she dips it from the kettle, not waiting for it to cook longer, but dip, dip, dipping all the time. If there is too much fat to cook at once she drops fn the rest of it, piece by piece, as the dipping out process leaves room. The lard will be white and firm and sweet. It is stated that a chunk of gum camphor in the silver drawer will keep the plate from tarnishing. So few maids know how to clear up a table expeditiously, for it 1s really an art. Teach it to your servants the first thing. Take the silver first, knives, forks and spoons, and pile them in a pan and pour boiling water over them. Then gather up the cups, saucers and small dishes, piling them neat- ly after emptying the contents. Next take the plates, removing all remains of food from them with bits of waste bread. Lastly carry out the glassware, which should be washed immediately after the silver, and in clean, clear, warm water. Insist that the Gishes be washed in clear hot water, with- out soap, and-rinsed in hot water. If the water is not hot the grease will adhere to the chira, and it will not come out bright and shining. Soap can be used for the kitchen utensils. It is not necessary for any of the other dishes, however. When you start out to make a child mind, conquer it, or it will conquer you in the end. Make it do exactly as you directed, and don't flinch in the operation. It may be that you gave an order that was unneces- sary, but that makes no difference. En- forcing it will be a lesson for you as well as for the child, and you won't promise it Unmerited beatings next time. It is a litle remarkable, but the chilren of rich parents are usually much more simply dressed than those of the poorer class. The child of the millionaire will have on a pretty muslin frock simply made, and the child of the laborer will have on a flimsy wash silk lace, trimmed. True, the muslin costs the most, but it wears at least two summers, while the thin silk with its preposierous colors will not be fit to be seen after the second en- counter with the wash board. Economy and good taste lie on the side of the mvsiin. Why will not mothers teach their chil- dren the very commonest words of every- date from 10,000 to 15,400 people, according | to the degree of pre are boarding ! there are sa f the houses ing the season, and ms and other odds and nto W ple say here that 20,000 guests can be taken care of, by a trifle more than one- third of their number. This passes the arithmetic of those who are unable to make than 18,000 or so as the sum ommedations. But the Sara- ents are like Napoleon. When, talions, they make an ds on the right to be reminded of r figure. acres of floor space And the money return ihng ¢ ven at of rooms, halls and miles of covered n full 2,000 «#0 a day in board bills n, well, tox: and kaletdoscopic th street and Union ternoon carriage par- cult to imagine. The not very athletic. Is because of the fal enough to ascribe it al Americanism ort. They have e good customs of our s than half as many nts in Newport play iwice as ten times as much golf, achting, which is New- , and bicycling, which you'll find everywhere. in devotion to the horse Saratoga not to any town on earth. There is ling, but much driving of fine steeds ith the hatchet faces and thin ers of the traditional Uncle Sam, men who might be deacons or bunco artists so far as thair looks are self-revelatory; by fat mei with huge mustaches of the urban »e, and by women who handle the reins as if they had Itved in Lenox all gay ring th would be di of the town no doubt, ut ¥ tone Part heat, quite as Giving themselves up wholly to looking the part, there are the dressing women to whom Saratoga is the great parade ground. ‘They stroll, they sho;, they drive in gowns not to be surpassed on this oblate spheroid. For driving wear I noticed today as parti- cvlarly pleasing a shepherd's piaid in black and white, whose »lack satin cuffs were turned back from tie wrists, whose broad black satin corselet belt had a band of stiffened white leather down the front, whose bodice displayed a mass of lace es- caping between the triple lapels of a jacket which had triple shoulder capes to match, ever the tight sleeves. Far more Frenchy in its effect was a dot- tea muslin gown, whose Vandyke hem was ich folks can crawl | op beats all | lace and clusters of yellow roses have an | incescribab!y magnificent effect. Pearls are G faverite ornament with costumes in yel- cow. Of course, there is the pretty girl, in the simplest kind of cestume, pale pink, pale green or blue or simple white muslin, and ah, me! How she outshines the gaudy old tabbies who line the walls! I have said before that Saratoga is the peradise of the girl. I might add that it is @ paradise for others because of the young girl. ELLEN OSBORN. ge HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Eat green things. If you do not Itke vegetables eat fruit. Don’t have it buried in dough dumplings or in sad-bottomed pies, but eat it In the natural state, stewed, baked, any way so you get the juices in at least a semi-natural state. Don’t put too much sugar in fruit when cooking it. Sugar is fattening and heating, and is apt to dis- agree with many, when, if the fruit wére sweetened but slightly or entirely without, it. would be palatable and more easily di- gested. Eating in summer should be con- fined to the mere act of satisfying hunger on the simplest of foods, if one would at all times be comfortable, hence happy. Insomnia is the doorstep to insanity. There is no universal cure for the dreaded evil, and drugs are simply poison for the disease to feed upon. Never resort to them, unless you want to make yourself a slave If one is nervous rub off with a tewel dipped in salt water, hot water or alcohol and gvater. Sometimes a vigorous rubbing with ice-cold water breaks the spell. A slice of bread and butter, a cup of hot water, or of hot salted milk just before retiring is excellent. It is wasteful in the extreme to use fresh laundry soap. If you would be economical in truih buy laundry soap by the box and put the cakes slightly apart from each other on a high sheif to dry out. Left there three months to harden and season will be a saving of a quarter in the quant- ity used. Somotimes when the mother is worried and nervous and fails to eat regularly of nutritious food, the baby will fret and cry uraccountably. It is nearly always the case that the mother has not enough milk for the baby and that it iscrying of hunger. Even though there may seem to be enough milk it may be lacking in nutritive qual- ties. By letting the child fret because of hunger you run the risk of spoiling the child and making it a cross baby. Keep a bottle and nipple ready for the emergency, not one of the long-tube abominations, “baby killers,” as physicians call them, but a small, clean, common, flat bottle with a rubber nipple fitted over it. Prepare the milk from a young or perfectly fresh cow; two-thirds warm water to one-third milk, with a spoonful of sugar to a pint. Feed the little one slowly—fifteen minutes to half a pint of milk is short enough time—and day courtesy? “Please,” “thank you;” “pa: don or excuse me,” and “I will, mamma. Parents would certainly be surprised if they could see how illbred their untaught cFiidren appear when placed in contrast with those far from as well dressed, per- haps, but Infinitely better trained and rear- ed. It takes a little self control, a world of patience, but 1t pays big interest on the investment. When your daughters go off on their bi- cycies alone after night, have you any {dea the company they may be cultivating as they glide over the sraooth pavements? There is a comaraderie about cycling that can be found in no other kind of amuse- ment, and a young girl is no safer on a wheal than she would be in a ball room, at the opera, or on a railway train, with- out a chaperon. A mother wouldn't think of letting her young daughter go off to play tennis, or any kindred game, uniess she were perfectly sure of the company the girl would be in, and it would be quite as vell to place restrictions around indis- eriminate cycling In byways and high- Ways. While an actual chaperon might not be necessary, it would be quite easy to insist upon abridging rides, except in broad daylight. Constant ure of the shoe horn, even after a shoe Is old and worn, will keep it i) good shape about the instep and make It more comfortable, beside keeping it from run- ning over. ‘Daily use of shoe polish and neatly tied laces will then go far to stamp “lady” on the woman who wears them. Cheap corsets have a fashion of letting the tin stiffening come through. A neat binding of white or black velvet put on when purchased will make them wear twice as long. ——— A Diplomat of Ability. From the Cleveland Leader. Young Banklerk—“Mr. Richman, I have called to tell you that I have taken the lib- erty to—” Mr. Richman (interrupting)—‘“Yes, yes, I know! You have taken the liberty to fall in love with my daughter, and now you've come for my consent to marry her. Well, you can’t have her! You'll have to excuse me now, I'm busy.” Young Banklerk—“Excuse me, sir, but you're mistaken. I wanted to say that I took the liberty to keep up the margin on that D., L. and X. stock which you bought yesterday. It dropped eight points about an hour ago, but it has recovered since, and is now four points above the figure at which you bought it. I'd advise you to sell. Old Richman—“My boy, I’ve intended my daughter for you all along. Now close that deal. Take a month’s vacation, and when- ever you happen to need money draw on A Young Banklerk (outside)—‘‘Good thing he never reads the papers and pretends that he doesn’t speculate. Otherwise he'd be sure to find out that that stock never dropped a point.”” ———_+e+____ Im Poker Parlance. From the-Harlem Life. A Thorough Sport.—Pelham Parker— “Charlie Meadowbrooke’s horse ran away with him at the last hunt, and he rode down the hounds and finally overtook and passed the fox.” Reggy Westend—“Couldn’t he stop?” Pelham Parker—“That’s what the whip- per-in asked him, but Charlie said he could not think of stopping when he was ahead of the game.” THEY SEE VISIONS IN THE GROUNDS. TEA CUP FORTUNES — An Old Superstition Now Becomes a New Fad. MANY SIGNS AND PORTENTS Directions About Lucky and Un- lucky Modes of Forecasting. a CURIOUS RESEMBLANCES -_ ‘The latest aspirant for hcnors in the art of foretelling the future, which seems to stand for the fad of the hour, is a slender little gray-eyed priestess, who announces on her card, clairvoyantly.” elder day art which are in survi for- tune telling by tea grounds may be said to be the oldest methog known and the one believed to be the irugst. Our grandmoth- ers had many superstitions connected with the turning of the cup, which are now a part of today’s creed. In the first place, we must drink a littie of the tea, which shoutd be hot, and then turn out the rest, being careful not to turn ‘out the grounds at thé*same time, and also being careful not to look at them, as this Is considered to bring iN luck. Having turn- ed the tea all off, turn the cup completels over in order that not a drop of water re- mains, for this would mean tears. Then having turned the cup’ slowly arcund to- ward you three times, at the same time wishing the wish of your heart, set the cup down a moment, resting it against the edge of the saucer or any: convenient plate. It 4s very necessary that the cup should rest in this manner a moment, as putting it flat down upon the table would be a tempt- ing of ill fortune, according to tea grounds tenets. Another means of courting ill luck 1s to interfere with anyone else’s fortune by presenting your cup while the other is being read. Only one person's cup at a time must be read. Another unlucky omen 1s to look over the fortune teller’s shoulder when she is consulting your cup or to look in your cup at all. al, Never Point the Finger. A person versed in the laws of teacup witchcraft will never point out anything in the cup with her finger, but will rather use @ convenient spoon, fork, match, pencil, ete., for to point with the finger brings ill luck. According to all authorities, three small dets in a perpendicular row always stand for the wish, and the nearer they are to the top of the cup the quicker the wish will be obtained. Three small dots that form a triangle mean unlooked for good luck in the fulfillment of the wish. A triangle 1s al- ways a fortunate sign. So also Is an an- chor, a horseshoe, a cross, and a flag. A flag ‘means that something of unusual ad- vantage to the person Is about to occur, or some unexpected good news. Where ‘the grounds are well bunched together, and It is clear all about them, it promises that everything will go well with the seeker af- ter the future. If, on the contrary, the grounds are scattered about confusedly, there will be much confusion over some event, or something disastrous will happen to the fortune seeker. The grounds being surrounded by fine, dust-like particles sig- nifies trouble, and drops of water in the cup stand for tears. Money and Marriage. The same fine, dust-like grounds bunched together at the bottom or side of the cup mean a sum of money. A small ring in the midst of the regular grounds portends an invitation. A large, very round ring per- fectly closed means an offer of marriage to a single woman, some fortunate under- taking to a married woman and a business offer to a man. Should the ring inclose a number of small specks it means an offer of marriage from a wealthy man, or a business transaction in which money is concerned. A very large opening stanIs for a body of water and a broken ring sig- nities a disappointment. The straight stick- like grounds are supposedly people, light or dark, according to their color, and short or tall, according to their length. A very small stick means a child. Illness and Death. To have the stick or person in a hori- zontal position is sure to mean illness, and should the larger end of the stick, which is supposed to be the head, lie lower than the other end, it signifies death. The tea grounds often form in semblance of a per- son, generally standing for the person whose fortune is being read, especially if found on the right side of the cup. Should the grounds bank up'in two distinct plases the person ts about to make a change to another place, large or small, as the bank- ing may indicate. A long trailing line of very fine grounds foretells a journey, and if connected with a large opening of the grounds a journey by, water. A boat also foretells traveling by Water. A fish is said to bring good luck in business, and it is also supposed to be a suitor in marriage. A small speck near the top of the cup means a letter, larger ones standing for a package, or trunk if with a person. Other Signs, Look out for the» person with a small bunch of grounds at his back. He ts com- ing to you wich a lot of gossip or will talk about you. A bird flying upward in the cup signifies a pleasant letter, but flying to- ward the bottom it is the bearer of un- pleasant news. A horse running is hasty and important news. A horse is always a friend; so also 1s a dog. In fact, most every animai signifies good luck. A rooster crow- ing is great success of some kind. A turtle signifies a long life or exceptionally good health. An eagle is a friend in need. A dangerous enemy is a snake, especially if it appears at the top of the cup. If it is in the bottom of the cup, supposedly under foot, it can do no harm, but warns one to be on his guard. If it is particularly thick in appearance it is @ woman. A bridge is an important undertaking or a departure of some kind which will be successful if the foundations at elther end seem strong, otherwise it will be disastrous. For the grounds to form themselves into a pyramid extremely lucky; 80 also if they form into flowers. A wreath of flowers signifies “Fortune telling by tea grounds | ove Of all the methoes of an | ( | @ valuable present, either money or jewels. | A half moon or a star foretells a lucky in- vestment or unexpected money. Perhaps the very luckiest formation of the grounds is in the form of a tree. This foretell: all manner of success and Is especially for- tunate if well balanced in shape, and If a person, one’s own self presumably, is pro- tected by it. Virtue of Silence, From Harper's Bazar. Much unnecessary friction would be saved in the family if peopiec could but re- member that there ‘s great virtue in si- lence. It {s the hastily-spoken word which brings on another and another, and if we could refrain from the satirical or vehem- ent reply, passing by what has irritated us, the moment of danger would presently be gone. With children it is usually best to avoid an issue where trifles are in dispute, trying the blessed effect of diversion. It is rarely worth while for a mother to set her battle in array against a baby. She who ie tactful and sensible introduces a new ide: and presently the little personage,all sweet and smiling, forgets the cbstinacy which was ready to lift its defiant head. Said the mother of seven: “I was foolishly anxious over my first child, and there were many ult passages for him and for me, but I have never r ted the sort of discip- line, which made the nursery a place of arbitrary depotism, in the case of my other children.” Friction ween friends is some- times Inevitable. People have had entirel. different backgrounds. Bringing-up _ tells, and even married friends, which husband and wife should surely be, may strike on rocks in daily intercou because their standards, their early influence 1 their education hav diverse. To mana life successfully—and life 1s so short it ought not to be a failure—we must reduce etion to a minimum. haps the fine art of living together is the most difficult of all arts to acquire, but in its outcome it brings much happiness. Of what avail are successes which turn to bitterness, or luxuries which cannot be enjoyed because there is continual bicker- ing and constant small squabbling? A little elding, a little sacrifice of self-will, a lit- Ue gentleness; they cost only an effort, but ey: will repay richly the one who makes —ses- Sir Edward and Lady Burne-Jones. From the Woman at Home. Sir Edward and his charming wife pre- fer to hold rather aloof from the world. Whether in their home, the Grange, North Kensington, or at Rottingdean, near Brighton, the distinguished couple lead a beautiful and useful life—the one devoting himself to his art, the other to the good of her husband, children and the poor and strengers at her gates. It is seldom that Sir Edward can be tempted away from his own fireside. If you want to hear him talk and appreciate his work to perfection, it is to the Grange you must go. Here, too, you may meet his daughter, Mrs. Mc- Kail. You have seen her before, smiling from his beautiful canvases as “Vesper- tina,” a nymph in a tree, as Cophetua’s beg- gar maiden, or as Pygmalion’s Galatea. But when you meet herself you find her yet fairer to look upon. Her husband, a scholar and distinguished man of letters, completes a charming family group. As a grandfather the great painter is the fond- est, most gentle you can imagine. And one tiny grandson 1s particularly dear to his heart. It reached his ears that the grand- son, if naughty, was sometimes put in the corner. What did this very charming grand father do? He painted a number of lov: flowers, and birds, and trees, and fairies elves and bunnikins in that corner. “If he has to go in the corner,” declared Sir Ed- ward, with his amusing smile, “I'm deter- mined he shall enjoy himself there.” ++ The Invalid’s Room. From Harper's Bazar. If there is a chronic invalid in the family, one who fs shut out from the pleasires open to the active and vigorous, and shut in to weary days and nights, it fs only kind and fair to let her have the best room in the house for her own. An invalid’s room should be neat and should be nicely ap- pointed, but for obvious reasons it ought not to be cluttered up with a superfluity of trifle. The collection of vases, china, photographs and small objects which need cqnstant dusting and constant care is not appropriate in a room where fuss and fidget must be avoided, and where scrupulous cleanliness must be maintained without ap- parent effort. Vials and bottles, glasses, cups and spoons, and the imposing para- phernalia of illness should equally be kept out of sight in the invalid’s apartment. A few flowers, a book or two, an easy chair and the atmosphere of use, of comfort and of tranquility should pervade the chamber where pain, indeed, must be borne, but where patience often reigns, and which is to be regarded, not as the prison cell of ill- ness, but as a way station on the high road to health. ; Whatever is annoying and distressing in the daily routine must, if possible, be kept out of the invalid’s room. Enter it with a cheerful manner, speak only of agreeable things, and do not discuss petty worries and vexations with one who Is not strong enough to bear them. ; The room must be thoroughly ventilated, and fresh air admitted frequently, yet with care to guard the patient against draughts. By means of screens judiciously placed this may be done, and even in the coldest weather no injury will accrue to the deli- cate occupant of the place. _ Enemies Ever Afterward. From the Cleveland Leader. Genevi-ve—“Oh, Beatrice, did Charlie Chillingworth propose to you this morn- ing?” Beatrice (blushing)—“Why, whatever can have made you ask that question? Ye— yes, he proposed, and we're to be married in a year, if papa will give his consent.” Genevieve—“‘There, I owe Charlie a box of candy! He bet me that you'd jump at him’ if he asked you, and I gave you credit for having more sens« ss Transformation, From Life. Dashaway—I saw your sister on the beach half an hour ago in her bathing dress. Where ts she now? Willie—She’s upstairs putting on some clothes. —_——__+ 0+ —____ The Most Foolish Thing in Creation, From Puck. Teller—“I see that some fellow in Con- recticut has invented a populist button. Askins—“What is the design?” Teller—An old goose in a hal! storm.” A FAINT SUGGESTION. Of Perfume Only This Amount in Al- lowable, Despite the Parisian Dictam From the New York World. It is the law of modern good form that men shall not use perfumes. Women are permitted to carry about them a delicat: odor of fiowers or spices, but not too much of it. Time was when the scent of fine la- dies and dandies was overpowering. BP all that is changed new, lady expected to carry with her only a sugke tion of perfume, if she has any at all. T too, in spite of the dictum from Paris that the scent shall be strong. Perfume is put on the handkerchief, essence of orris used cn the hair and other essences are used in my lady's toilet. She has her bath perfumed, too. She puts eau de cologne in- to it, and halt a pint of benzoin goes into it to clear the skin and make it firm and tight. One of the fads for the bath at present is the use of bags filled daily with almond meal or orris, with shaved soaps and oil of roses or violets. Sachets for trunks and boxes and draw- ers and closets have come into use again and some of them are sewed into dresses as well. The sachets are usualy made of eau @Espagne, which resembles kid, It ts cut into strips’ or squares, and it never loses its scent. Gowns are wrapped im yards of flannel steeped in extract of perfume, and the effect is refreshing and pleasant to the wearcr. Altogether the reign of scent has come upon us with considerable virulence, but always with delicate suggestion. , So A GARRULOUS MAN CURED. is The Ingenious Device ef a Tortured Landlady. From the Chicago Chronicle. He thought he was infallible, and would argue for hours with any one who had the impunity to contradict him. Everything about him indicated the man of iron will and unchangeable disposition. His features bore traces of the Indian warrior, while his towering form and grim mustache increased his resemblance to the man who kr.ows it all. His name is Smith. He ts a bachelor and lives in Ravenswood. But he has been cured of his ailment, and the good suburban- ites wonder who caused the change. He does not argue any longer, but walks about with a dejected air, showing that his spirit has been broken. The miracle was accomplished by his land- lady, and this is the story of how she did it. After the banks closed it was Mr. Smith's custom to sit each evening on the porch of his Ravenswood home for hours. Visitors would come and go, but Mr. Smith would held the fort. He had opinions of his own and woe to him who dared to dispute them. Any opposition to his views would be met with a flood of oratory which would cower the dissenter into obedience. One evening he argued the folly of ex- pensive dresses with his landlady. She laughed at him, and he became furious. “Now. don’t excite yourself,” she said “for I have heard the doctor say you are subject to spasms, and we will let the mat- ter rest for the night.” Mr. Smith, flushed with victory so easily won, retired from the scene. Imaxin however, the follow- when he was engaged In con- tion with an to all of Mr. Smith’s views. “But wh 3 ee to everything?’ asked Smith, after a pause. “Well, confidentially, between you and whispered his friend, “I have heard mare t to fits and that arguments of violen ‘© apt to bring them about.” Smith ing that night and went home. Several nights later a young wi man can up to him and he began to talk She appeared to be afraid of him and only nodded to his assertiot She kept a respectful distance all the time, and when he asked her ff she was afraid of him she asked him somewhat pitying! “Have you had them today “Have I had what?” biurt to her. i out Smith. “Why, fits, of cou I heard you had them every time you were contradicted; isn’t it true?” Smith turned on his heel and left the young woman standing and wondering. She does not know if the rumor is true, but Mr. Smith’s landlady tinas no trouble with her boarder. He does not argue any more, ané now believes that others know just as much as he does. @ —+e+ It is English, You Know. Frem the London News. The correct thing in France just now is to be as English as possible. A young Frenchman complained to a friend the other day that his greatest bore was o'clocking,” in other words, tea-drinking. Whenever he spent an evening at home, which was not often, he was obliged to make tea, a process so tedious, involving such minutiae! “But that ts not all,” he added. ‘What bores the most is that when the tea is made I am compelled to drink it!’ On being asked for an expianation, the young man of fashion and the world confessed that he cordially hated the coction, but that everybody took tea nowa- days, and, of course, he was obliged to do the same—a motive that has led to self- immolation much more onerous. It is erat- ifying to find that “made in England” re- tains its old popularity on the other side of the channel i, who knows, 5 o’clocking, lawn tennis, “a garden par and other importations may prove bonds of frace nity second only to the magic name of Cronstadt. ————-+e+_ And Yet She Declined. From Puck. Tom—‘So the heiress refused Jack?” Dick—“Yes; it’s too bad! He made a very fair proposition, too.” Tom—“What was it?” “He pramised to be a most devoted and offered to refund the money if he did not turn out exactly as repre- sented. | tte in force agains 1d friend, who assented | = BEHIND THE SCENES. The Queen Has Softened Toward Lady, Millan, From the New Orleans Picayune. There is a world of meaning in the brie? announcement contafned in the court.cire cular of July 2, to the effect that Lady Mile jais had arrived at Windsor Castle and had had the honor of being presented to the aveen by her royal highness, the Princess Louise, Marchioress of Lorne. For the court circular is revised ach day by the seen personally befcre being issued to the . and the intimation thus conveyed is valint io a declaration from her ma- Jesty ex-cathedra that the social ban hith- the wife of the presi- cent of the Royai Academy is at an end, Thirty years +go Lady Millais, a woman of rare beauty, whose features are repro- duced in many of Sir John’s most cele- brated picturcs, notably in the “Release of the Prisoner” in the “Hvguenot’s Fare- well,” rife of John Ruskin, Mil- lais at the time being a pupil in his studio. An attachment sprung up between young Milla's and Mrs. Ruskin. With that unsel- fishness which has been one of the greatest characteristics of his entire career, John Ruskin declared that he had no intention of standiag in the way of what he was con- vinced was his wife's happiness. Accord- irgly, following the chivairous examp'e set y Sir Juhn Compton, formerly minister at ton, and afterward ambassador at Madrid, in the of his wife, nee Vic- tcria Balfe, who died as Duchess of Frias, he permitted his wife to bring against him in the court at Edinborough a suit that he jet go by default, and whic! s of such a nature that it enabled Mrs, Ruskin to con- tract a matrimonial alliance a few months afterward with John Millais under her | maiden name of Euphemia Gray. It | be added that John Ruskin remained the | &cod friend of Mr. and Mrs. Millais just in | the same way that Hans ven Bulow re- mained the best friend of his ex-wife and | of her second husband, the great composer, Richard Wagner. Indeed, the finest por- trait ever painted by John Millais is that which he did of his benefactor, John Rus- kin, years after Mrs. Ruskin had been transformed into Mrs. Millais. Society, however, was less tolerant, and until now the doors of a very large section of the London great world remained tight- ly closed against Lady Millais, her hus- | band having meanwhile been advanced to the rank of a baronet, by way of a national recognition of his marvelous taleut. And the attitude of society was to a great ex- tent indorsed by the court, which has hitherto set its face sternly against grad- vates of the divorce court, no matter whether they are the injured party or not, and particularly against cases such as that of Lady Millais. The iatter has, however, for some years past, had a firm friend in Princess Louise, the fourth dauchter of the j queen, and who prides herself far more on | her skill as an artist, both with the chisel and with the brush, than on being a royal princess. As soon, therefore, as the prin- cess found that Lord Salisbury had been led by important political consiterations to induce the queen to permit the presentation ai a drawing room of Lady Pirbright, the divorced wife of a Mr. Barnett, she at once tackied her royal mother and pointed out to her how graceful a thing it would be to accord a similar honor to Lady Millais. The queen has a very soft heart Was to this that Princces Louise appeal arguing the pleasure and consolation which | Sch an act of roval graciousness would af- fcrd to the dying president of the Royal Academy. Of course, it was out of the avestion for Lady Millais to attend a draw- [ing room at a moment when her hus! an jts in the last staxes of that frightful malt ady known as cancer of the larynx. to which the queen's favorite son-in-law, Em- peror Fred+rick of Germany, succumbed, #9 her majesty conferred upon Lady Millais the very rare and unusual ho © pre or of a pri- ; ntation at Windsor Castle, a diss tinction 30 great that it m: ®0 far to as- Stage the many slights which been undergone curing the past thirty years b Lady Millais, eee se- = Advertixing Both Hounes. From the Rochester Post-Express, It 1s a peculiar belief among the young- sters of many families that the new baby, sister or brother, is the gracious gift of the family pb an, and this belief ts gener- ally based upon the solemn assurance of papa and mamma, who have to tell some fa'ry story in order to tide over those events that occur cccasionally in the best regu- lated families. Now and then a boy takes the law into his own hands and makes a mess of it. An instance of this kind was related at the last meeting of :he medical society. It seems that the young son of a well-known tailor and the young son of a well-known doctor were very chummy, and the former accompanied the latter une af- ternoon on an advertising expedition. The advertising was done by means of a paint brush being quickly traced over any smooth piece of wood or stone encounterei, and called upon the male population to purchase their trousers from Brown. 1, in the evening the doctor's hopeful returned, his paternal derivative asked him what he had been doing during the day. “Adverti z.° quoth the bo: “Advertising whom?” inquired the father, “You and Mr. Brown (the tailor).” fe?” “Yes, “How did you advertise me?” “Oh, we fixed up a sign that said ‘Buy your trousers from Brown and your babies from Dr. Jones,’ said the boy calm! The doctor gasped for breath, thinking that the boy was having undae fun with him, but he soon found out that his hope and joy was telling the truth, and it cost him money the next day to xo over the boy's route and rub out all the advertise- ments. +o. They Kill but Once. From Up-to-Date. Uncle Rube—"Say, don’t electric people pretty often ‘round here?” Slopsy—"Naw; cnly oncet IVED DOWN (IF POS: Hosiess (bringing up the rear with the Duke of Whortlebury)—“It seems a pity that a young man like you should have to go dowr. to dinner like me!’ with an old woman His Grace—“It’s one of the penalties of high rank, you know!”