Show j 1il Women of tile World r Queen Victorias household expenses n foot up 172000 a year Miss EHen Dortch has been appointed assistant state librarian of Georgia The eldest daughter of General Phil Sheridan has recently made her debut in Washington Mrs Maria Lawrence of Palmer Mass Is a member of the fire department depart-ment of the town Princess Louise Queen Victorias daughter has made her first appearance as au illustrator She has illustrated S Auld Robin the Farmer which has just appeared One of the most Interesting persons in London at present is Miss Lillian Morritt whose amazing memory permits per-mits her tb play a game of checkers dominoes and Napoleon at the same time She is blindfolded and calls off the move without hesitation to her at ten aTIts CisimirPeriers mother a Tvellpre served woman of SO years of age takes I I a very active interest in French politics poli-tics She has been closely connected I vdtli the leading events in France frxr I several generations and her mind Is stored with fadts and incidents of great vaiue to the historian She disapproved of her sons resignation I Mrs Secretary Carlisle is said to be the only member of Washington official society who persists in the oldtime fashion of opening her dining room and offering refreshments to callers al I though the other ladles of the cabinet 4 have abandoned the tea table The Carlisle house is always fragrant with the flowers sent to Its popular mistress S Mrs Ormiston Chant of London cannot can-not retire to private life Since the empire affair she has been the most written about social reformer in England Eng-land and now her toy image is 1 being i mId about the streets Tbe toy consists ot a bladder with a womans face S which when blown out flourishes a little red umbrella shrieks and shakes its head and llnally collapses To Detect Artificial SIlk Artificial silk is now an article of trade en the foreign textile centers S Th most effective method of detecting l detect-ing < the artificial article is by combustion combus-tion While natural silk burns slowly and curls up like a born at the same time emitting a characteristic odor artificial silk burns rapidly when once Ignited anfi smells TIke burnt cotton To Make Blade Coffee I An approved way to make black coffee cof-fee is to put tour itaMespoonfuls of I pure pulverized Mocha coffee in a warm dry coffee pot and pour over it gradually a pint ot boiling water I Stand the pot to a batn Marie or in a saucepan of bbUing water so that I though the coffee gets thoroughly hot It stlll does not > boil When this coffee 1 is S t J J i has been poured through a strainer its I it-s ready for use |