The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1899, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1899. 27 E SRR > -V QX O* PADKOXPHOHOHOAOXOXONOXOXOXOXOXO#OXOXOQ FQ'L .Q*@K»Oi’r@*@*@*0*@*@*@*@*0*@*@*@*@*0*@*@*@*@*6*@*@*@*@*@*@'é@g i in % l : Diiag ; e IO lllustrations of the Right and the Wrong Way in % % Poses; By Miss Margaret Dale, Columbia : Ql E 8 Which a Skirt Should Be Held While Walking. $ AND ¢ Theater. Photos: By Coover and Rasmussen. $ = “ L HOEDEPHPHD # D HPUPKPUPUPAOK XO X OXOKOXOHOXOK © % OXTHOXOXOX 3 3%0*0*@*@*0*@*0*6*0*@*0*0*@*0*o*o*wuow*o*“oww*ewo 2 20N'T ou come and play N N7 Vi wamnanany ot et \EX 1 will not \\ /A\ / € out aR v/ \V/ Y \Y hiffon bows soon part- € These T, becoming, ys them in haste r, not knowing a Mis~ Dale looks especially well in a princess gown. Princess gowns are designed for the favored few. You must be born to them, for it is impossible to acquire them or yet have them thrust upon you. A figure for a princess gown must be faultless. It is not an easy gown to handle. How Miss Lala lifts hers with- out destroying the lines of the gown is illustrated in this pic- ture. fu omes rt Iness. it waist us, and of wez kes it more acc But brings Like un- her cooler we with the grow shall shirt MME. HYGEIA DISCUSSES BEAUTY. those shades which literally flew at one’s eyes when one ventured forth, will be no more. Instead we shall see 'soft tones, charming, d vy and vague, except in the matter of dollars and cents, where they are very definite and high priced indeed. Oh, I beg pardon! T have constantly ‘shirt waist.” And I am fountainhead of fashion spoken of th told from that is a decided fc as such. “‘Blouse’ (pronounced “bloose”), says my informant, is the only correct way to allude to the garment, whether of cotton material or silk, that formerly was content with the cognomen of shirt walst. Now “blouse” may be the only proper name, but I venture to say ‘‘shirt waist will remain the only proper title. . e s I bumped into two or three ingenuous summer devices that 1 must tell you of. You know what an uncomfortable habit things have of ripping when off on a tramp? : : Why don’t you earry a sewing outfit in rour straw_hat? Strap elastic bands down In the Inside of your hat and fit in them vour little kit of tools—a needle book, a flat pincushion, a pair of microscopic scissors, (shoe buttons and other buttons fastened on a card), thread wound on flat pieces of cardboard. The weight is so small it is not felt. And, hurrah! you can Jjust take off your hat to any trifling ac- cident to your wardrobe. s A tea basket when traveling by boat or rail is another convenience. The basket is made of leather or wicker, and fitted up in compartments lined with tin. It contains kettle, teapot, cups, saucers, plates, knives, tea caady. an alcohol lam/ and bottle. There are also several small drawers for milk bottles, sugar box and sundries. ‘When opened the tea basket shows a sort of shelf covered with tin, on which the tea may be safely made in mid-jour- ney whether on land or sea. EAR MADAM: I know a gentle- man and his wife who live very happily. each trying to be just, and to make the home homelike. The husband always returns home immediately after office hours. “What would likely be the result if his wife was always away attending some entertalnment or church work as thou- sands do? “Which would you rather make most attractive—the club, church or the home?” Home is the anteroom to heaven when two people fillit fall of mutual love, sympathy and consideration. The husband who comes home directly from his office with delight at the thought of enjoying the companionship of a good wife ought certainly to find bhis wife An evening gown floating cloudlfke in all its loveliness is far pret- tier than when held up ever so gracefully. But dusty floors often make it a crime to let them trail. Pray take note of the way Miss Dale lifts this gown. It completely escapes the floor and yet the graceful lines of the gown are not thereby caricatured. This department is for the benefit of all those who are interested in the science of cosmetics and the hy- utterly refuse to be cod- aged into a more s worry and fret yours is prostratio with puffy, fi be any wiser wishes esh the to ca f ons all frets NEEthe wble cover, or s off with the summer resort ving—"don’t spondents is ch: ut that of really 1g abc ¥ f the hips. Electric % the best wav to t ome the trouble. If you cannot get « electric then the me- € , which should be followed Ly a rubbing down w th the 4 ich th . with W food will, 1 skin ou am x, one-half ounce, . two ounces , ten drops. one ounc five ingredients in a_por- from the fire and add nzoin and the o e flower wate with -beater until c Bl ds will usually warm nt of loose treat ile soap and N E d - wit lied with a scrubbing I er, you 1 this S not pre etficacious following soft soap a & 3 half bar of pure castile t that bout § cents’ worth—and 8 three cupfuls of boiling a W cold so that it is merely e of r L dd two s poonfuls of a > breadth of nd one tablespoonful each of c the hollows in the i ammonia and glycerine. Keep erf Scrub the entire body with well. In washing the fa nd a thorougn e a good cold g in tepid wa cream or the ora ower, n food, 2 for which ven in foregoing to M. P, W. This lotion is good 3 Orie-half pint rosewater, one-half ot or DIt of ge flower water; add drop by 1 t sleey ut o p on simple tincture of he twe f );‘ -I!w 1zoin myrrh and a sible. Be drops of glycerine. Sponge tha sur- = girl must face of the face lightly with the lotion, ! nge to her you wi that it will clear the pores JUP TOUM of the d particles. 3 .+ A. N. T.—You are probably suffering 'nd should grom 2 slight form of eczema brought ning stareh apout no doubt by indigestion of some 8 sort. Or it may be caused by too fre- r quent washings with soap contalning alkalf. The first thing to do is to te 5 the diet. Avoid all highly seasoned dishes, soups and alcoholic beverages, tea and all hot drinks. The diet must be such as will readily digest, and an occa- sional cooling laxative will be found bene- ce of soap use almond meal mea! as a cleansing agent. re an emollfent far the face use the orange flower skin food. GEKALDINE X.—Touching the eyelashes with castor oil is sald to Increase their growth. However. 4s your eyes are al- ready in an irritated condition I would not advise you to uge anything for this purpose. Oils, particularly if allowed to get into the eves. will irritate them. For the inflamed 1ids bathe several times a 1y in a lntion made by rubbing one te spoonful of pulverized boracic actd in fif- teen drops of spirits of camphor nnd ds are absolute 1 foc the wimming 11s and Indi in er & < ‘and bievell ' d A e depended Upon o pouring over this two-thirds of a cup of 1o ANy of the troubles of the hot water. Stir and strain. e 3 IN TROUBLB- Please read what T have If. however, the thin neck or the Said to Theresia on the subject of black- e or proper living. If any on desires information on either of these subjects the questions will be cheer- swered in these columns. Write as often as you like, ask as maLy questions as you please and sign me that you choose. Address 11l communications to Mme. Hygeia, The Sunday Call. heads. The benefit you. again and I which same treatment will no doubt If it does not, write to me will tell you of another treat although seve will almost surely effec u have got rid of the ¢ you can re tone to the skin' by the use of as tringent washes. 1 scarcely think it would be wise to use these now. Once a day is often enough to scrub the face. Be, sure that your brush is one of good, firm bristles. V. G —I see no reason in the world why buttermilk should cause hair to grow on the face. I have never known it to have that effect. W :re there is an e ive tendency toward superfluous hair, every- thing, even the actifon of the sunlight he least bit of friction, seems in some ases to increase its growth. DAISY B —1 am more delighted than I can say that the treatment sug- gested has made such short shrift of the kheads. Your druggist did not mix the ingredients In your skin food proper- ly, or they would not have vou describe. You should > take back to him and had him remix it. a silver spoon and beat it up you; til the ingredients are thorough porated, and it Is a smooth, fluffy ma If a litile heat is necessary, place it on the stove for a few minutes. KATH S.—First of all, get rid of the ic you are a dyspeptic. Go out of doors and make a garden or ride ‘heel; or, If you cannot do these things to give 'vou strength and exercise, as much as you poss alr, and occup hold duties which to pepsia. sease until nes to stay. witer every day, k can in the open ourself with your house- il there Is no time left in smember that you ever had You know vou can coddle a it brings its trunk and Drink a quart of hot not all at once, but a glassful whenever you happen to think of it Nibble a bit of magnesia as you would a bonbon, and food that is ple and wholesome. Fresh dates, straw- berries and other laxative fruits you will find particularly beneficial, and drink milk to which™ a teaspoonful of lime water has been added. 3 LIZZIE Q. T.—The very best rouge is animation and good health. 1 disapprove of other kinds, not because I think them wicked or ything of that sort, but be- one cause not womun in ninety-nine can put coloring stuff on her cheeks without its being apparent to every one who looks = upon her artificial complexion. If rouge is used at all, it should be used so s ingly as to give but the faintest s tion of pink to the checks. If you upon using rouge a very good one is by adding a tiny bit of powdere car- mine, previously dissolved in a teaspoon ful of alcohol, to a little of your cold cream. BESSIE M—Unless the face and arms is ve leave it religiously one. So often those things look terribly objectionable to one- self, while not one person in a thousand could notice them—not without a micro- scope at any rate. VIOLETTA L.—It strikes me that you have a very good daily routine, and I see no peason why, with such care, you should not acquire good, healthy, robust beauty. As to the foods that must be eaten for beauty, it is difficult to lay down any cast-iron rules. What might agree perfectly with one might occasion a terrible attack of indigestion with an- other; so that personal experience must decide to a great extent what should or should not be eaten. It is a safe rule to exclude from the dietary all sweet, fried and highly seasoned foods, wine and beer, hot bread, buckwheat cakes, pastry, cheese, nufs and chocolate. Radishes. beets and cucumbers are also indigestible to the ordinary individual. As for meats, beef or lamb, broiled, roasted or baked. are the most nourishing and easily di. ested meats, and steak and chops simi- arly prepared are equally as nutritious and digestible. Many of the vegetables contain medicinal qualities, such as spin- ach, which has a direct effect upon the kidney: asparagus, which 1s a blood- purifier, and celery, which is an excellent fuzz on vour noticeable I would Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Men’s Clubs awalting him nine evenings out of ten. 1t she is absent on duty to others or at scclal functions the centh time perhaps it is just as well for him. It makes him realize how lonesome the house is with- out her and gives him a new sensation of pieasure when she returns. If he goes to the club oceasionally it allows her a similar perspective. She more tully appreciates his comradeship and the click of his latchkey in the door will be music to her ears when he returns, if she is awake. 1 hope she will be sensible and go to sleep, however. The most detestable type of woman on earth, to my idea, {s the one who poses as a “good Christian woman” by attend- ing to all the affairs of the church and the charity organizations and the reform clubs and who is in a state of nervous collapse at home, leaving everything to be attended to by servants or children. Such homes al seem like public in- stitutions—they have the lonely atmos- phere of hotels or public libraries or san- ftarfums and never Impress a stranger with coziness or cheer. It is the homely Instincts of the wife who finds her house her heaven which fill four walls with the atmosphere of com- fort. Her beautiful home has the desolate air Of & house that 1s ruled by the servants. The care, The thought of the woman (that sweet, subtle power), Pervading some rooms like the scent of a flower), Which turns house into home—that is lacking. She goes On her merciful rounds, does our Lady Mon- trose, Jooking after the souls of the heathep and leaving | An evening gown with «il fts fluffy loveliness is apt to look awk- ward unless .t is cleverly man- aged. Miss vale here illustrates the usual method—which com- pletely destroys the harmony of outline and 1l aves the skirt crumpled and bedraggled when it escapes the hand. nerve tonic and used as a remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia. Tomatoes contain vezetable calomel and stimulate the retions of the liver. Lettuce and wate are cooling to the system and beans strengthen and nourish it. Nearly all are nutriti particularly and good. ripe peaches. an’ excellent spring contain a_larger percentage of iron than any other fruit. Figs, dates, che plums, oranges and pears are also good, so you will See you may vary your ‘morning’s plateful of fruit as fre- quently as you wish. Never under any eat the skin of raw frult. S, 8§ whberries and grapes are simply unri 1 as complexion clearers Use pure imported castile soap on your face. A very little bit of orange flower skin food smeared over the face and then rubbed off with soft cloth will make the powder stick. Following is a fine face owder, and one that I am sure you will ike: One ounce Lubin’s rice powder, one ounce best, purest oxide of zinc; one-half ounce carbonate of magnesia, finely pow- dered; twenty grains boracic acid; two drops ‘attar of rc Better let your drug- gist mi this for you. Any good hair tonic will make the evebrows grow. and touching the evelashes with castor oil will_hasten thefr growth. GRACIA—Unless the superfluous hairs are coarse and scattered 1 would not ad- vise the electric needle. Its use, in the hands of a skiliful operator, will not 1 jure the skin in any way. I have been told that the persis t use of ammonin would finally deaden the little pests. al- though I have never actually known of « case. Lemon juice will not cause the hair to grow. ANXIOUS—Absolute cleanliness of face and body, as well as strict attention to diet, are necessary in getting rid of any sort of facial eruption. 1Ir the pores bhe- come clogged they must be emptied and kept clean by the use of the complexion brush. tepid water and castile coap. After this has been accomplished the following ngent lotion may be used. It is, I the one you refer to: Precipi- sulphur, one dram; ether, four alcohol, three and one-half Shake well before every applica- rub into the skin at night, just before going to bed. RIVERTON—The lotion for weak cyves suggested In_foregoing reply to Geraldine X. will no doubt benefit your eyes, al- though 1 think it would be wise for you to consult an oculist. Your eyes may re- quire treatment or possibly you need glasse: MRS. ETTA WILSON—Lanolin is a substance extracted from wool. Tt is used as an ingredient in most face creams. I should not advise Its use on the face un- less mixed with other ingredients, as in its pure state it is more than likely to start the halr growing. COLUMBINE—Moth patches are very hard to do away with, as they are usuali- 1y the result of liver trouble of some sort. Superfiuous hair can only be removed par- manently by the use of electrolysis, which I fear cannot be obtained in the country. Bathe the face always in cold watcr if you are troubled w coarse pores, as warm water makes the skin expand and opens up all its tiny valves. Sometimes a lotion of a little camphor in water will hcl}:, They are very obstinate always. The food must be free from fat or grease if the skin Is to be refined and nice. MME. HYGEIA. —_——————— The absence of a child from school in Switzerland, uniess in case of illness, {s unishable by a fine. the amount of which s daily increased. If it is suspected that the child's illness is shammed, a doctor is sent by the scifool authorities, and when he is convinced that the suspiciop is cor- rect the parents have to pay his Tee. and Mutual Love The poor, hungry soul of ‘her lord to its griev- ing. Meantime, such women would never have existed had not man’s neglect in the first instance brought it about. .A daughter who has seen her mother neglected and left alone to enjoy a well- ordered home usually grows into woman- hood with a scorn for the domestic role. She makes up her mind to learn how to entertain herself outside the domestic cir- cle, and she succeeds, however she fails to make an ideal home. I believe in first perfecting the home life Climbing «p stairs, golden or other- wise, in a trailing gown is by no means aL easy feat. My Lady usually clutches her skirt as though it were freighted with the weight of the universe. The graceful yet effective way in which Miss Dale manages hers looks easy. It is easy—for Miss Dale. A princess gown is a thing of beau:y, but it does not prove a joy for- ever unless the wearer has com- pletely mastered the art of its manipulation. Lifting the folds directly in back looks rather chic, but as this pieture illus- trates, it does not solve the problem of saving the skirt from playing the role of street- sweeper. as a background for and stronghold of true happiness. But I do not believe it wise or right for man or woman to be purely and only domestic, with no social tendencie; That 1fish. A man is the better for getting out among men now and then, and a woman is benefited by keeping up social relations and not nar- rowing her life into four walls. It is a good deal wiser for a man to go to the club for an hour after business and rest his mind with cards or even club gos- sip (for men do gossip) than to go home tired and nervous and talk *“shop” to his wife. It is better for a woman to come from a club or committee or reception and chat- ter about it to her husband than to save the household worries to talk about on his return. In fact, it is a good thing to be sensible. .« .. In olden days when a woman entered upon ; career she was expected to be undomestic, b v dressed, a poor house- keeper and a neglectful wife and mother. Fortunately for the world and woman- «ind that idea of a woman author or ar- tist no longer prevalls. Unfortunately, the type still exists. It is becoming extinct, and after another half century it will have disappeared en- tirely. But I have encountered two or three of these specimens during the last year, and they enabled me to understand the early antipathy of the public to “blus stockings.” I do not believe the woman of real genins ever belongs to this category. It 1s only those who possess a small talent and an enormous vanity who ignore the claims of husband, home and children in thefr mad pursuit of a career There was a wife of a soldier and the mother of three little children. The hus- band had gone to Cuba and he had sent his family to a country resort to pass the summer in comfort. He was a man in easy circumstances and there was every reason why the wife should devote her- self to her children and possess her soul in patience until the war ended, as thou- sands of wives were doing. But no, indeed. Madam had literary ambitions, and she was mad with a desire to go to Cuba as the one only woman correspondent. She did not expect to be near her husband, but she wanted the ‘“‘experience.” “What would you do with dren?” she was asked. “Oh, I would place them in a convent, where they would be well cared for,” the fond mother replied. *““A woman need not be tied to her children always in order to prove herself devoted to their best interests. 1 believe I owe my first duty to myself, to develop whatever tal- ents God gave me.” Peace was declared before the lady suc- ceeded in getting her commission to Cuba as correspondent; but meanwhile observ- ers decided that the illkept and badly managed children would have been better off in the convent than under the care of thelr literary mother. Another wife and mother devotes her time to teaching the benighted public by voice and pen the *“expression of the soul qualities through voice and gesture.” She believes herself to be a beacon light to the young minds of the day, groping in darkness as they are. Yet her house and person suggest a crying need of ‘“soap,” and her child needs the protection of the Gerry Society. There are no possibilities of any worthy or lasting success in any fleld of art for such women. It is only by doing with one’s might the small duties which lie nearest that the character necessary for great achievements is developed. It is only by being worthy in real life that one can express a lasting worthiness in art.—New York World. — e Blonde hair is finer than that of any other color. By actual count it has been your chil- ascertained that 400 hairs to the square inch grow upon the head of a blonde beauty. The brown comes next with 350, then come the black with 325 and the red with 250 or 260. After counting the hairs growing on an inch square it has been estimated that on the head of a blonde there will be about 149,000, a black 102,000 and a red 90,000. e People who complain that their eyes get tired while engaged in some close pur- suit, such a writing or sewing, might try the 'ingenious invention of a journalist, and placed on the market by a Glasgow company. Finding that his eyes became so tired that he could write only with great difficulty, he hit upon the plan of having some strips of colored papers pasted on his desk close to the inkstand, 0 tnat every time he wanted a dip of ink his eves feil upon these colored strips. The result was surprising, and the in- ventor claims that by this ~mple device he not only avoided the use of glasses, but also improved his sight. —_———— A silk handkerchief, so often recom- mended for wiping eye-glasses or spec- tacles, is not good for this purpose, as it makes the glasses electrical and causes the dust to adhere to them. The best wi- per for this purpose is fine tissue paper. EACH a woman how to play poker and she’ll break you,” is one of the few non-fallacious modern maxims. That, at any rate, is what a young married man who lives at Eck- ington has been telling his friends lately, and a of his class- mates and chums, who recently helped him to wife into the joys of American disputing the axiom. This pair of young men hap- pened to drop into the married man'’s house separately not long ago, and as the three men had talked over the whole thing, domestic and foreign, on numerous other occasions, the married man's de- lightful young wife thought that a game of cards would be about right to fill in the evening. The usual question, “What'll we play 1s gone over and threshed, whist being voted too hard work, casino too simple, euchre too stupid, etc., until at the end one of the married man's pals said, “What's the matter with draw? couple initiate his draw, are not his “Draw ‘What's that? asked friend’'s wife _ “Why, poker,” he replied. ' ¢ “Oh, surel poker,” she said. “I dldn’t know you called it draw, though. Why do you call it draw?"” Usual explanation here. “I've always been perfectly crazy to Jearn how to play poker,” she said then. “You're going to learn right now,” said her husband’s chum. *“Got any money?"” “Um—yes,” she repiied femininely, “put I'd have to go upstairs to get it. Anyhow, Jack wiil lend me enough to n, won't you, Jack e Chusband nodded and made the usual husband’s remark about having a “dead one” In the game, and then they went ahead, after all three of the men had got themselves rather hoarse in explaining to her just how to handle her hands, what they were worth, what bluffing meant, what not to do if she only had eight high, and so on. g “On, you needn't tell me any more.: 2 they had expl et ewhile. “T know what to sh together for awhile. 9% was to be 5-cent ante, 10-cent limit. The married man accepted the dismal Jo.b of banker and all four bought a dollar’s worth of 5-cent chips. The chips were parlor matches. The banker had the first deal, his wife, who sat to his left, an- teing. All three of the men seemed to have caught something, for they all stayed. The man who had suggested the game sat next to the young married woman and he took two cards. The other two men took three cards each. The Y. M. W. didn’t want any. They all looked hard at her when she stood pat, and she smiled back at them triumphantly. “Pretty early to begin bluffing _they all sald to her, but she only continued smiling at them. Then the betting be- gan. The young man who had drawn only two cards went the limit. The other two men appeared to have filled, for they both raised the limit. The Y. M. W. came back at all three of them and raised them the limit. Then they all put down their cards and expostulated with her. ou're making a break,” they said to her. “You don’t know what you're do- ing. Stop that bluffing. You don’t have to bluff all the time, yvou know. Only when you've got something to biuff on— you understand. We don’t want to put you in the poorhouse. We don’t want to have your person attached for debt. Bet- ter come off the perch and Jay down your hand. We'll let you reconsider.” She simply tossed her head airily. ‘“You needn’t waste your sympathy on me, any of vou,” she told them. “I know just what I've got.” And those three great, strapping, hulk- ing men promptly proceeded to get scared to death and laid down their hands to a little woman who doesn’t weigh more than 120 pounds. She raked in the pot with a thoughtful smile. “Now, you don’t have to show what you had in your hand unless you're called by somebody,” said one of her husband’s pals, “but just out of curiosity, let's sea what you've got, will you, please, ma'am?’ “I've got a—what did you call it?—a full house,” she said, victoriously, and she showed up three clubs and a palr of spades. The three men looked at each other in a disgusted kind of way. ‘Nothing but a lal apoloosa,” they said to each other, ““and a seven-high lal lapo- loosa at that, and she soaked the three of us on {t."”" “Lal la—what?" she inquired, looking aggrieved. n't that a full hand?"” “Full nothing,” said her husband. *Tt isn't anything—a pair of deuces would beat it.” Then they all three elaborately ex- plained again to her the values of the hands and the game was resumed. She dealt the hand herself. Her hus- band and her husband’s friend stay d, and she looked dubiously at her hand for a long while, until all three of them be- gan to drum on the table. “Don’t hurry me,” she said. think.” She thought for some time longer, and then she passed her hand over her fore- head despairingly and said: “Well, it it only costs 5 cents, T guess I can risk it.” She dished out the cards, and the three m:;l noticed that she only took one her- self. “What are you dolng—drawing to a flush?” they all asked her. “U-um,” she replied. Then the betting began again. When it g0t up to her she raised it the limit again. They all dropped their cards and gazed at her again. “Did vou catch the other card and fill that flush?” they inquired of her in a breath. “I'm not going to tell you now,” she replied. I told you?” Then they all naturally concluded that she hadn’t filled her four flush, and they watched for her to drop out when the betting was up to her again. She didn't drop. They had all three raised each other the limit. She raiseu the three of them the limit. “My dear,” said her husband to her then, “you may know how to make tidies and doylies and things, but as a pokerist you've got some shortcomings. Can’t you see that we all know now that you're bluffing—that you didn’t fili your four flush—that you practically told us so? All you've got to do—and we’'ll all give you a chance, won't we fellows?—is to just lay down your hand and let us three fight it out. Then you'll only lose what you've got in the pot row. See?” “You play your own game,” she said, decisively. “I know what I've got."” Thus she allenated sympathy from her- self, and the three men went on betting. She stood every raise and came back at them each time. Her husband did the first calling, and then they all laid down their cards for a look. The young mar- ried woman spread out her four queens and raked in the pot. They all looked at her as if they thought there was some- thing wrong somewhere. The game went on thus for an hour or so, and at the “I want to so there, ‘““How could I bluff if TAUGHT HER HOW TO PLAY POKER. fln{ish she had all the money in the crowd, and the husband’s two friends the loan of a nickel each for aiier'r,;fl home. They both solemnly declared that they were going to make for the nearest police station to have the house “pulled’ for carrying on professional gambling, with the y. m. w. as chief off — Washington Star. i WOMAN AT HER BEST. T what age is woman at her best? Now, this is a matter of consider- able’ controversy, though the woman herself will claim to be al- ways at her best. Writers and deep thinkers have given the matter con- siderable atlention, and the results of a controversy between an author, an artist and a society woman on that subject may be of interest to the average man and woman. The author liked to study women be- tween the ages of thirty and forty. They then had the experience of the world and the joyousness of youth. In those years they were brightest and most interesting. The artist disliked to paint the portraits of women between the ages of twenty-five and forty years. Before twenty-five the face has an expectancy which charms. Ft is looking forward with joyous freshness and hope, and it is full of puzzling prom- ises. At forty the character is formed, and the lines of the countenance are stronger in the painter's study; but in in- tervening years the face has lost its ex- petancy, and is likely to be indifferent. The society woman thought that it was impossible to give general answers to the question, as individual women differ in regard to the most attractive age. Some are most charming at forty, while others have passed their prime at twenty-five. At thirty or upward the best nature of a woman will show to every advantage, but probably the balance of opinion turns in favor of from eighteen to twenty-five. —_———— “Why doesn’t Mabel marry that young idiot?” asked the father. “I am getting awfully tired of his coming here so much.” “I believe I prefer to have him come here,” said the mother. “If she marries him he'll stay her tray Stories. —_——— Bronco Pete—Thar’s a war hero coming in on the next train, stranger, and we're going to have a reg'lar kissin’ bee! Stranger—Won’t he object? Bronco Pete—Oh! it ain’t a he, stranger; it's ole man Peter's darter Sal, wot's bin down in Cuby as a Red Cross nuss!— Puck. A penny changes hands 125,000 times in the_course of a lifetime. FLUOUS HAIR PA@SE s removed by DR. and MRS 8 A. W. TRAVERSE, Donohos building, 1170 Market st., cor. Taylor, rooms 23-29, with the electric_needle, without pain or scar. Moles, ~warts, wrinkles, blackheads, = freckles, birth- marks, etc., also removed. 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