The evening world. Newspaper, July 12, 1907, Page 11

yo = THE A JARR FAMIL BY ROY L. MECARDELL 64 ROME on over to Gus's piace and have a cold stetn of ( beer?’ eaid Mr. Rangle, the tempter, as he amd Mr. Jarr started uptown together. Sot for minel” said Mr, Jarr, sententioumly. “Haven't sworn off, have yout’ aaked hia friend. “+1 don't need to awenr off, I've got more force of dharno- ter than that," sald Mr. Jarr. “A man who has to guard himself by an oath generally hasn't strength enough to keep the oath, No, I've just quit.’ ‘or good and allt’ asked Mr, Rangle, “Oh, I don't say for good and all," replied Mr, Jarr, alrily, ‘I can drink or Ican leave {t alone, Just at present I'm leaving {t alone.” “pverything lovely up at the: honse, then?’ said Mr. Rangie in the tone that anewern Its own question “You bet!’ ald Mr, Jarr. “And it's very seldom’ otherwise. Oh, my qifo's a liberal ‘minded woman, and ahe knows, anyway, that I never drink any to hurt. For that reason, as she $s 90 njos about it, 7 wouldn'; tmpiea on hes| ond ature, 80 the water wagon for mine,” ‘our nose Jocks red to moe,” sald Rangle, here are three causes of a ref nose,” sald Mr. Jarr, “dyepepsia, sunburn and go0d old booze.” tae gestion appeared good to me at luncheon to-day, and you haven't r z ilo my now ledge, aaid Mr. Ranale But." he add to stopping at Gua‘a a minute while I blow a foam, will: you’ * sald Mr. Jarr, and so they entered the eamp of the enamy, fe demon rum, ‘ Ttangie, as he waved his stein around: in a ctrole to keep a ink It—out of an ice-oold ststn. said Mr. Jarr "I could nover #0 beer as « By George,” he added, “that mint emella nice, swore ‘off. You cold have a mint fulep," sata Rangie t sworn off, and ['l] take a Julep,’ sald Mr, Jarr, “it looks good to Mr. Jarr bad another one, Then severn! Mr. Jarr thought julepa were best @ good Julep that and everybody. bought. awish—I mean ewitch,” sald Mr, Jarr warningty, after fhe sixth J ~ 10 do’|s never to wish, I mean switch," he satd. Then ac go to another place. Mr, Jarr was smiling he eaid most politely aa the party passed goin’ git-away from this punch so 'm goin’ send amtably. a flower store, muh wife some flowers.” He bought a big bunch of roges|to be delivered tmmediately at his address, Bnd raw the errand boy start them, : "You fe! neifish dogs,’ he anil to the reat of his party, “yuh never, hio, @ascuse nub, hink of your homes or wifes.” Coming out ¢ next stein and) mint Julep emportum Mr. Jerr decided that he would send his xife home a fivepound box of candy. “"Fime havin’ good time, muh wife's gennah have good time, too, ‘s'rite,” ara And he suw that the five-pound box of candy went eut at onoe fon special delivery. here was a cool breeze blowing at dusk and Mr. Jarr and Mr. Rang om! @he rest of their smal! but aclect party decided to walk up B-oadway a while Whey stopped ever and anon for rest and retreahments, and to preface their re marks with ‘Jiever hear this'n? S'ney one on me,’ ard ao on. | Then Mr, Jar* was selzed with tho thonght that hia wife hadn't been to any ef the roof girdem, eo hin stopped In Hammeratein'a and bought two tickets Bortbbling a note telling Mrs, Jarr to drese for the theatre, as be was detained on business and wi be home for dinner, but would be there In time to es- 0 per fe, bo nent It with the thokets. OL ba & Uttle cross with me, boys," he sald, “and I'M send these Z And this he dia “eight o'clock, mush esscuise me, boys," he sald. ‘17m goin’ to gittah ptece @ chowfhx gum, 's a grand thing to take smet] of intos-intoshintoshtoants from ‘the breath, -an‘-then Um goin‘ home to, take muh wife troot ganéen, hic, ssscuse souh.”" \ 60 saying he drifted away from hta friends and unsteadfy took the Subway dome. The servant aponed the door for Him, and Mr, Jarr noticed hat the hall Brae cluttered with the various parcels He had sent home before him. ‘Wheresh Mra. Jar "Why," sald the girl, “she tola me you knew she wan golng over to \Brookiyr to a card party this evening, and that you would stay down town and have inne: \ BET TY<VINCENIS> ADVICE® LOVERS THE HANDSOME MAN, M: heave one yest advantage over ts women. To be attractive they need not neccewarily be handsome Some of the most Irresistible lovers of history ead Ho. here been_notebly—teciing tn—good looks, Marit An, z of vinage and dimost past middle ayo what 6 won Cloopatra, Count De Quehis, the petted darling of d_but_one eye. Don Jnan fs paid to have been sallow anc jeseribed aa weazened, gray and almost deforma And so on sy other instances, Good looks count for far lesa in @ man than idin’ Me —Yalois_Cour thin, Izzio ts through count fm a woman, Put certain other quaiitits-a man must possess if he would be popular among —— prin He must_bewell_dromed for one thing. By that I mean his clothes must be heat, “clean and well fitting, This {= possible to the poorest of lovers. himself must always be spotlessly clean and ss must hiv tren. Ife must never “need a e)aye"-or Wear-a wilted -coHar or tet his nalr look frowsy, Hishands fnd natin n be well cared for. In other words, he must be “well groomed’? invevery respect. This has more effect upen women than mort men seam to ize. A stubby chin, dirty nails, a dandruff-spotted cont, a wollad collar or a fevisted tle haveJotien turned the rising tide of Cupta's victory into humiliating Mefeat. i A Croel Sister. Dear Betty: 2 ‘AM a young «itl twenty years old. J went to a ball and got acquatited 1 wit a nice young man two yeare that it would be right for my sister to xo out with him when she knows that E-tove him #6? @fy sater told me that she ites him very much, Tf he comes shall Y tell him the Feasoi"wiiy Tate appointed him ao often? Do you think T could gain his att 1 back again by telling him? HEARTBROKEN GIRL, If your «tater merely likes him, I think she ‘s extremely oruel. It would ‘That wotlld merely dhow your love and not change his feelings, Your sister haa acted unfairly, I think. Plans for a Picnic. Dear Betty AM a young man of nineteen and dave been «oing with a young lady of seventeen about six months, A week *xo sho introduced me to her lady friend. My gentlemen friend asked me to Ko tom picnic and take my lady friend along. The thing I want to know 1s, would it be proper to ask my lady friend to take her friend along, as netther of them were introduced to each other? PERPLEXWD. Under the ‘ciroumstances yes, as the er_irl will have to have an escort, |Lobes a Divorced Man, Dear Battyt HAVE been acquaintet arith a gen- | tleman twenty-nine years of age (one year my senior) for several years and loved this man very much, and also had every reason to believe that my love wna returned. However, I have learned that.he ta dtvorced, 1, ¢., Rad been marriet all the’ time, but secured divorce lately, he never having lived with his wife at ail. Now, do you thik it advisable for me to sive up the friendship with him altogether, or re- tain the friendship as heretofore, as 1 ike to ‘ny eentor. He en me out Kew times and has spoken as|if he thought a great dea! of mo. I have a qister two years older then I and this young man asked me to go to different places of amusement and bring my sie- fer along and he. would bring a young ‘man for her, but she always refused. Wnever told (Ba to my Trend put apt on refusing all the time unt finally he got disgusted and stayed away. Now fhe alwayn sends gistals to my stuter and myeelf, but writes affectionate fwords on the postal he eends to my wister. I can plainly sce that he loves her best and it is nearty breaking my heart to think of !t Do you think ees Tho “Inverted Rake,” ~ HERE {s a men in Pittsburg who will be married in a short while, and will occupy the house a few rooms of which he has ured during Bi! bachelor days. He takes the greatest pleasure in showing his intimate friends @bout the place, and 1s especially de- ‘Ughted at the astonishment they ex- pregqwhen his own "den" in reached. He has always been a qulet, studioun follow, but ax refitted the room gives the @ppearance of the lounging-place of a regular rounder, puxs Harper's Weekly. Where are racks of long pipes; photo- graphs of actresses are xtuck-about the chimney: glass; a shelf of beer-steinn rina all the way around the room, and @ few feminine gloves, handkerchiefs, andefans ure scattered about, “Great Scott, Jack!" the Inst visitor] certalnly would like to stay frends : h him, although I would never marr. gasped, “where did you get this outft,! {divorced person. Besides, 1 ao. not and why think I could give the love 1 have ®Bought out a-college follow,’ waa] sven to this one to any other, the complacent repty. ‘Just think how ELEANORE, pleased that dear little girl will be|, MH you, love the man so much and hg Phen she aces all thio truck and thinks| # divorced and you think he will mak you « xood husband, marty. him. ‘a pow much wickeduess she & fuse ase Past ephca edb eh hs hen Rage lle 5 Heetorone rene The Evening World's Dati Meee ine. 'The Foolkiller | YES, 1 WANT THE SWORD Too! GOIN’ To HAVA WAR ANY MINUTE, Now! ok ae Goin’ To RAVE &S FOR THE COMMISSION ON SWORD, PLEASE! WURRAH FER TEDDY! SEND THE SHIPS To THE PACIFIC! WAAL: WHOOP! BANG! THERE AINT GOIN’ To BE NO wAAI ALL RIGHT! FLAG LL CosT You FIFTY SURE: ANODE \iruu COST You ONLY $47 32 The Country Boy Encounters an Invisible Rival LARKIN. By Harvey J. O’ Higgins. Copyrighted\ by MoClure, Phillips & Co. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING PART. Magaie Conner, a lunoh-counter r in Jove with & Cletomer hamed Pip He | aa in, @ bashful Oe Magma. She We i and he brings her Presents. PART II. ETE spont the greater part of the fo!- S lowing day sitting at the closed windows, wrapped in a shawl, the} ourl of her forehoad done up in e twist) pt paper. “I'm awful busy,” @he sald to her Wourer; ua shehurried-pack to_her post of observation after dinnsr "I'm moy-} int in acrpas the road. She nibbled chocolates, She est and frowned jor sat and smHed, Once, her mother, who waa working over the laundry ¢ubs, heard her singing and peeped tn, to seo her dusting the toom: ‘And wher night fell she dressed In her black\iace| gown that had no collar and put abs buttery bow of Diack velvet tn Net hat, “I Det no one’ll come, now I'm ready for .-thhm.!' abe aid... humordusly- “They'd\sgoner catch me when I'm lookin'—al dt Larkin, \biwever, came on the of eight. Ard| was 20 cordially received chat ns Sreporetto amije changed to one of flattered bashfulness ones He was, in tapt, so dazsied that he for- got. for the monient, to explain the paroel which he had brought under ius arm, i i ‘He €14 not remember it until after he | was eitting down. "I thought I'd better | Ba. uney—a girl at the house. fhe said she liked it. My name's Larkin.” It proved to be a circulating lbrary moval “Wedded and Won," which he had borrowed from some ene in his boarding-house, “On!—oh,, tha whe eafd. (I'm aw- tul fond of readin’, ain't your” ‘He lavghed unexpectedly. ‘Well, I ain't such @ much. I saw: wome!dooks over on hint avenoo ‘t we wat to read in the barn, one day, an’ t two o° them, but I didn't get through the first, “Didn't yun?” Bhe siniled wt ‘his sud- den. volubility, 8 No. We ‘ust to have great times in the héy loft They cont five canta each about Yeass James an’ tao Indiays. We Uist to borr an’ lend. them—untll But- tony Clark joined the Y, M. CG. A. He horrd them all without tellin’ us he ‘was burnin’ them, What sort 4’ you MWke?" “Oh, any bort!' she sald gayly, “as long’#itt's @ love story, I guces don't ‘read love storfes much,” shook ils head uncertainly and) then he amiled \a broad grin. She turned the paxen of the book. "Except when yuh want to jolly us along,” she added. ‘He hitched up dis shoulder and looked troubled, | “Ldon't know but what yuh lobk up a few pointers then,” she | pall, and glanced up archly at him. j He motted uneasily, ‘“Pipp,”"|he be- Peay ieiphses F "Oh, htm." she stopped hin, 1 guess ho don't do all the jollyin', | That's A guino fer two." She leaned balok and | Jaughed rather harshly, "I guess you haven't been readin’ any of then lately, ‘any ways, “No—o,'" he sald, without understand- fog her, Hl Bhe bent down over the book again | that he could not nee 'Piraps if jyou'd ever been yeh would.* Feet © was not no stup!d that he could gaterean es awaits belted her face, in love, in His Suit for th | was fouowed by a lo: | Drive thar was —atmost- SUSIE ey BE Le We RST | este ‘ j, WThamk God, “Haven't yuh never been?” He Sut I'm geitin’ equirined and blushed “Because,” she fer much. Our. srten'g ‘@ all — got Prenton, without looking up, I want to troubles of their own, Heavens knows ‘do. it right In the books.” ;—poor souls. It's a bad way we'll be wot ‘own health. oid, Fea hot good know if’ the; j He rose elowly. ' wants i back: in if Maggie's ni to get a agen Saturday,” he sad “I had better) A ted way.” Bhe eat down knot- ted her hard old hands together in “Yuh're net|her lp. “An’ her such @ bright girl— woin'T' she cried. | poor shila. He started taward the door, She| She sighed and eslook her head. He sprang up and got in front of him. turned nis hat over in bis hands and “Now, you @o away back there an’ sit) studied it There was @ miserable down," ahe ordered, “I ain't said any-| silence. Ujin’ ‘to My off the handle at like thet.| “How d'yuh do, Larkin,” come der it on" — Bhe aropped the book Mr, a Go on, now. I-won't let yub go, Go| vetce chirruped from the door,” He on bask an’ sit down.” Blarted at the sight of her peeping He Gd 99 shametacedl Jaround the hang.ng at him, She “Great sakes,” ahe said: “you're es laugiea. “Yuh're gettin’ so tash'n- y [able 1 thougat, yun “weren't comin’.” touchy..aa anythin’, ‘He had been Woking et her feet, ite faiaed his eyes to hera now, hunibly | contesead,¢ with nis usual simplicity; “1 @nd apoiogetioally, but with another | couldn't hnd a peddler."’ i axpression too—as dumb as the look! ‘Peanutsi!’ she cried. ‘“Wait'll I get of @ dog—that eiruck her pale. It was) @y wripper on.” @ glance that did not Inst a second, It} He turned to smile at Mrs, Con- silence, during | nors, which ane sat, breathing quickly, the! ‘“Ehey'll @o her no hurt anyways Dlood: burning ‘in her cheeks, her eyes|ehe conceded “I wish't was port fixed on dim in a stare that slowly wino, poor girl.” changed from an exprevsion of sur-| It was port wine the next time he te agpenreil. lt Wwan, also, calves! foot one of —-womler and--compaseion—-that Jelly, And though Miss Oonnote made Waa not unmixed with shame. merry over them, her mother was vie- ‘T guesé It'p kind o” cok out, ant Ibly won: Sno relieved him ot ~hts Wt! ane said at last. ‘I wish't 'd hat anc made him tnke off his over- hurry up an’ get warm again.” coat. And having tntervened to save He replied hoarsely that he dia not him from her daughter's teasings sov~ was buniin'’ fer some pramila” he! mind the cold; and the rest of the eral times throughout the evening, she evening passed in @ ‘constrained con: parted orate him with reluctance at Yereation chiefly about. his work in- haif :past 10 and ecolded the girl to. @ “Wholesale” house and héra at the hed, ‘hunch counter," When rose to —‘-There’a not, many boys in| Noo leave her ehe Gid not meet his eyes, | York ike him," she’ said; She hurried of to bed on the plea pity. He's that she was tired. Her another heard fen as slow as mud." her coughing wakefully- tar -tmto the; “What of itt" « night. {mud that sticks to no hy- adi MM, Almont @ e'clock before: the away, anyway. Te'a a boy. Ha eon the following evening, and is now, Y'ought to t mame to he was received by Ofrs, Connors’ with veraelf ‘to be _baitin' him so. Yer own. & suspicious manner .th: thawed as father was as ike hin as ever was, S00n as she saw how took to heart an’ he made as steady A man as any ores sil gay and be Fg Sanaa a Many mie Gane 0 . AL rig! *muther,'"' #he . MAin't aie gett better?" he Waie-| at tes oe sleep, I'll marry him -mporntin’.”* Her under lip trembled; her Wttle| “You might do worse.” @unken eyes filled, She shook her| “I mint do better.” he Thereafter, if Larkin made no great of peanuts from his era_on. the table de- progre with Miss Connors, he gelved. _snoouragement from. rapt bit,” she jena, un ler her| a pr “Not @ dit. An’ I've had the| aod doctor ev'ry blessed day, an’ drugs, an’, meitcine when he Insteted that hi adntion that's eat up the Mitte bit! should—without letting "Maggie" know. I'd put by for us—ev'ry cent of it.' Once having obtained that privilege I'm at my wits’ ends. I am that,’ j te, made it @ permanent one; and trom Bho began ‘to pour out all the anx-! this beginning he insinuated his ald leties which ahe had been restraining, into the ent of some of the other tor months. He listened, diinking at, household expenses, brought Mrs. Con- the dag of peanuts, nora presents of tea and sugar, and bee Out of the Mouths of Babes, LITTLY nephew, three years old, waa-at dinner one day. His father said; ‘Mamma, has Billy been a good boy?’ She sald: “No; he has troubled me very much;" then told what he had done, He Mstened and then took om his bib and started for the ataira, His father said: ‘Where are you going? He sald: ‘Upstairs, I see trouble ahead for Billy,” Sho was betwen taree and four yeatn old and wus on the front porch one evening. The sky,waa cloudless and thickly studded with stars, which shone very brightly, “Aunt Jennie, why does the stars wink at one 0; have they got secrets?” ‘Mamma, how old in our catT” “He 1 going on two years old, Elmer," “How old am I, mamma?" ‘You are going on four years old.” ‘Why, mamma, cat's got whiakera end I ain't, and I am older.” ‘When she was between three and four years of age they moved trom the town of Loulstana, Mo., to New Orleans, in Louisiana. After a few days sho went to mamma and sald: ‘Wasn't it nice for them to namo all tho places we lived after you and papa?’ Mamma asked how she made ft out, and she waid: ‘Jan't papa’s name Louis and your name Anna? A minister, graye, dignified and rather shy, is the proud possessor of a very attractive Ittle boy, The youngster has inherlted mucn of his father's shyness, and on one occasion, when one of his father’s parishioners tnaisted that he come and kiss her, he started, hesitated, glanced .appeniingly at his father, and covered two people “with confusion ,by exclaiming: "You «o, pApa.’—St; Lows Poat-Digpaich, e Love of the Lunch-Counter Gir finally slipped @- part of blo day Hones into her: hand when: “aoe mz badd: im _good-naght in the the doctors tlle ‘God dless yeh, boy,” she whis- pered tearfully, ‘Don’t mind ie now. It's the way with the girls. She'll marry yeh when the time eom Don't doube 1” Ho fled down the statrs in suah blind haste that he almoat fell on the land- but when he reached the sidewalk topped to turn up the collar of his reoat and solemly shook his head fore he Went on again. Though he came every eyentng—and even accepted an invitation to supper Sunday afternoon—he had never much to say for himaeit. Mra, Connora ra- celved him at the door, maternally. andi made herself busy about him, and fold) lowed nim down the hall to the kitchen. Her daughter, propped »P among the plows In an arm-chatr by “tte, stove, reeted him with a Mppant “Hello, ike!" although she knew his name was Tom. He would grin and reply, Teepeottully: “How're yuh feelin'?” “Oh, gtoatl" she would say satoas- tloally, "Don't I lovk Itt” She was, in fact, pathetfoally thin a une cota = a “That's right,” he would ingiat, "1 guess welll have't warm pretty “soot now." Ho would st down at the opposite aide of the room and sme and listen and watch her. She had given up teasing him about coming; abe accepted him as one af the family and chatied with ner mother about thelr neighbors ead Weir household affairs without making any “mere’s the|change’ot topic when -he came in. |poWhen sha was too weak to Jeave ‘her eter- SS! whon {the room she called out ‘Hello, Mike!’ as "Tye the he passed her door, And wien sie wes at [nat steadily confined to her bed, abe had the oot: moved -trto~the: kitehen-te be in the warmest room Ih the Mat and she received him thera with a_sm.le, A WHS Voice was too taint t her ‘greeting above a whisper, had apparently saocepted . ther Bho sturdy assurance that she would get well with. the warmer weather, and their eves wera as pleagant to- ether as if they all belleved that the could happen anil were re- wolved not to worry meanwhile, He hed been’ given her Keys tp the fist, 90, thar he might not disturb her 5 thre belt-t-stre- @ came af an evening. One Bat- urday night when he arrived he found arior doot unlatched and the room. Al with women, talking in subdued tones.' Nona of them koow him and they all stared when he looked in, Some ono was sobbing in the next room. Through the hangings he srw a pricnt. He shut the door agajn, tiptoed heay- lly downstairs to the street, and stood on the front stepa until « policaman, who was watching him, came up .to speak to him. Ho wandered oft aim lessly without answering. He paased and repassed the Qoor sey- eral times in the night. At daybreak he saw the black streamer on the door- Jamb and turned home, and ag be went slowly around the oorner, In the silence of the Sunday morning, an undertaker’s wagon came drumming hollowly over the paving stones. “Ah, don't lea’ me, lad." Mrs. Con- nors pleaded, ‘Sure, '!f Magate'd lived pend. le’ been my adon, Vom. ‘Tell'm "d married him,’ ts she sald. Foray to Mikey’ a F Mike that way, ‘An’ Ted him,’ sho said,” Larkin ‘shook his head. He knew het- ter. However, he did not boaniing-house, He nat In his old place in the Kitchen until she made up a’ bed for dm in the room that was now to spare, And when Mrs, Connors had gone plaintively to bed, he damperod tove, tried the lock’ ot indow opened on the fir nd took ne oll lamp. whic! ome the kitchen. back to his thet up th ean tn Ho stood a bung time ¢ cane, tbed at th Nght in hin hand, swaying a litt lips twitching. He went up the hall to the door of the room and st od tyere hanging his head. He brew out the ] gt In the darkness he tapped on the panel and. whispered—hoarsely, apologetically: “Maggie?” (THE BND.) ~ geen! AShe Labor Savers. Children’s Meals. $1 Prize. For ‘the bert-working mother who | Wishes to eave ell unnecessary wasti- ag: When setting the able for the Uttle ones places @ newspaper on the tablecloth before putting their pintes in place, After the meal ts ‘over throw the paper, into the waste tasket and use @ clean piece for the next meal. Otigloth bibe may be used. These may be washed and dried in a few minutes teady to put away. Mre, MB. LINN, No, @ Orange ‘street, Brookiyn, Seersucker Clothes. $4 Prize. Lots of froning oan be saved by hav- ing house dresses, aprong, &c., made from. old-fashioned crinkled seersucker. It washes easily, 1s cool and prétty, and all {t requires {a a Little amoothing or shaking after washing to have it look like new, Mrs. WILLIAM R. RUSSELL. No, Fifty-elghth Kreet, City. Pantry and Kitchen. To Drive Cut Ants. $1 Prize. Tf at any time ants make their ap- pearance In the pantry, smear a sar:-er with lard atid set i over night on ons ot the shelves In the morning t will be found covered with tiny Insects, which ¢an be scalded or killed in any way. After a few days of this troat- ment nai an ant will be seen. AL CARY, No. 4 Putnam erenue, Brooklyn. Uses for Saft. $4 Prize. To make fiatirons smooth and fit for une give them @ good rubbing with snit. Salt In the ovens under beking tins wil) prevent their ecorohing on the bottom. Salt on the fingers when cleaning fish or fowls will prevent silpping. Salt thrown on a coal fire when broiling steak wil prevent biasing from the ‘Aripping fat. Galt puts out a fire in the chimney, Mr. ELIZABHTH ROGERS, Tenth avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Summer Preserves. Pleplant. $1 Prize, Peel and cot rhubarb tn pleces, Meas- ure and use three-quarters pound granu- lated sugar to quart of fruit. Flavor with ginger rect. Put in preserving kettle and bring to @ dofl, then jet sim- mer for two or three hours. As scum arives skim off. Put in jars while hot. Put 9 tew pieces of the «tnwer elso in each jar. Will keep for years. A. M. 8 No, 61 Lee eveque, Brooklyn Preserved Pears. $1 Prize. Peel the pmrs; out them In, two lengthwise, Pince them carefully in Practical <© Housekeeper The inames and addresses of To-Day’s Ten Prize Winners are given ber low with the Prize-Winning Suggestions, F $10 A DAY IN PRIZES. fotlows: Put {nto a ssucepin three and ‘one-half cupfuls of. sugar‘ and twe and: one-half cupfuls of water, stir It over fire until sugar’ {s dlamobred, let % boll; for fiftedn minutes counting from thi time ft af actually bolling. Cover ¢ Jars without ¢astpning the tops. ‘Jars in a bofler of warm water, covering them. Btand jars on slats wood or something to raise them off the | bottom: of the botler, or they ‘will preale ” while cocking. Cover the boller and’! cook the fruit until {¢ ie tender and looks clear. Remove the jare ‘carefully, | QR them ocompietely full, using moray hot ayrup. Adjust the’ topa and seg” them to cool where the air wil not” mertke them. i: Mrs. G, H. WINTSRMUTH. — No, 695 West One Hundred and Sixtieth” aireet, New York. Dainties for the Sick. Irish Moss Jelly. $1 Prize, Irish moss, quarter cupful; salt, @ few grains; milk, two cupfuls; sugar to suit patlent’s taste. After washing the moss, let It soak in the milk in & double botler one hour, then cook’ untid the milk steams. Sweeten, and strain into moulds. When cold turn out on © colored plate and scrve with cream an@ ugar. Vanilla may be used to favor either jelly or cream ff the doctor ap-_ proves, MARGARDT GREGORY, spe, No, 601 West One Hundred and Forty?" @ixth street New York City. Italian ,Cream. $1 Prize” One otince gelatine, stx ounces sugaf: one pint milk, Heat slowly, until diaz. solved and ‘strain. Add one pint of mweet cream, flavor with vanilla and beat. | Mra, 8, MORTON ZULICK. No. 207% Eighth avenue, City. General Housework. To Clean Sponges. $1 Prize, Sponges will not dear boiling, and this fact hes prejudiced many careiul people against thelr use, They may be made antiseptically clean by bdeing placed in boiling water to which ham been added a little strong ammonia. Cover the vessel and set aside for fit teen or “twenty minutes, Squeese the sponge vigorously and rinse in cold water, ESTHER B, LEMMER, No. of Hichmond Terrace, West Brighton, 8. 1 Care of Stoves. If etrres are Diackened while dot thw Diacking burns on and will not take @ nice polists. West off-all grease spate. with soapwuds, and if there are an; rough places where something pid burned on the stove rub with sand: paint brush is B Bee Aare cer ea aaa can reach the smallest corner with it. Mra, JOHN BURKE, "> No, 15 West yj Jars; fil the Jers with a syrup os au shine affects their full shere of both. the children may run and play in the wine mothers who Mo this in New them marshalling their litte flocks int takes the little one off on thease the park, where they sit In socia verdure is the most delightful refrestrm: swhich: It be, efther park or beach, Liles dibs eall_ot the “out ent thelr not aoewer ft on sunbaked streets and mothers should see to It that they de In dingy back yards. It she has no nuree let her {f necessary negtect her household in park or at the beach, And there are York. Every morning I meet numbers of;1 o care and trains, their arms filled with ——— plenio luncheons and ittle tir palin and apades sands. The baby is always along, too~sometines a-rery onely-tn—his mother's arma. And, for:some reason, excursions to the » ble rows while the children run and tumble on» the grass or roll thelr hoops on the Mall. “rt i ‘very comfortable e(tting under those eplendid elms, and I have vftea: felt sometthing very mudh akin. to envy of thetr happy lo Avaten’s Fanny Price who said “To sit in the shade on a fine day and gase upeu Main street, Stamford, » Conn. ’ them. ‘There is no school to tle them down, and the glorious, long day fe one watnterruptes” playtime to them from sunrise to sunset. It is thelr time: for growing and expanding. Like plants they thrive on sun and alr, and @ wise mother will see thet they heve for diggings Into the shifting Utile baby Tying hetpa— it Ia always the mother who hore, The nurses go te” t. War tt not Jane_ jentT? ~ the children should be there, ot doors." anf thelr | No matter what the cost, they should not be denied this solden herttage @ playtime. If summer {a made a perpetual penta for them, it 1s thetr neturatn) right, so away with you mothers of families, to the beach and to the There will be a glortous dixsing in the sand for some ama “Truman tor ed x a wonderful gathering of daisies and clovers for fis sisters, If ft seems a tiresome time to you, take a book along to keep yeu comparry, and remember that in giving a day of unmatched pleasure to certain very dear young persons you have earned Telenhcne Headache. DLLO GIRL—I cannet tel, of course, whether the pain you suffer fn your head {# caused from the pres- sure of the telephone recetyer or from neryousness, ag You guage. It would be necessary for an examination to be made, and I would “sounsel you to lose no ttme in having this ¢one by a physician. Tam eur your employers woukt be dtatreséd to know that you are ouffering, xnd I should, tf I were you, ket them know that I waa fil Unruly Hair. BSSICA—First of all the halr must be well-groomed, Do not be/ afraid to shampoo It often, Every two weeks {5 cortainly not too Jou Brush {t the proper fifty stro every night, I¢7lt ts incli damp and olly, apply the t below, which will make It fluffy, in arranging your hatr, keep ft In place with « halr net and encourage | stray locks to keep within bounds by rub- bing on a little brilliantine, Dry salts ot tartar (carbonate of potash), 1 dram; the right to e deep and peaceful night's rest. coohinea! (powdered, 1-2 dram; Mqwor of ammonta, essence of rosa, 1 dram each; glycerine, 1-4 ounce; rectified . aptrtt, 11-2 ounces; distilled water, Mf ounces. Let the mixture digest with, frequent etirring for a week and them. filter, Molaten the hair with the lotion, when dressing. The effect will occur ag the hatr drfe A Dissatisfied Brunette, J, C.-I judge from the fact that H you wish to lighten your hair end « bleach your akin that you have been endowed by nature with # .bru- nette coloring, I think it Is very um wise of you to try to change-this, an@ you will certainly regret your artifietal nd changed appearance, for you cane not bleach your skin, and your hatr, after haying been mado lighter with | dye or peroxide, will be quite unsulted to your complexion and features, Keep frosh and free from blemy x the complexion brush, yolk must change the cooler of, your har, apply to the roots with ss nrush a small quantity of peroxide and, water ‘in equal parts. 19m our akin fshes by u THE ‘CHILD BEAUTIFUL.” HE=-happlest-peaple tn the summertime are the ehi- dren. Neither terrifying humidity nor parching sua” wep Se