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Show puses, says nouung, ana nas a jook tnat is defiant, demands her money, and goes away. Yes, sha'sa beauty, though you wouldn't think it in her everyday clothes. So the dudes are wild over her. Well, it will never do them any good. So Jack has painted her. Well, it's an excellent likeness, but I don't think Maggie would like it if she knew it hung here." New York Letter in Philadelphia Press. 3 A Female Dentist, A Madison avenue dentist employs a lady assistant at ft salary of $50 a week and a commission for every customer, who goes from houso to house and cleans teeth. This itinerant is young and pretty, attractively dressed, and while self assertive asser-tive she is a lady in all that the name implies. She lias taken a course of medicHl dentistry, and knows enough about the work to cap a nerve, sooth a violent toothache, put a temporary filling fill-ing in a cavity requiring immediate attention, remove a child's tooth and insert wedges to loosen tho little molars and incisors that need straightening. In a hand satchel she carries material for that purpose, besides a supply of drugs, pumice stone and the like for cleaning the teeth. Ordinarily she charges fifty cents to put a set of molars in order, but the mouths of a small family are looked into for a couple of dollars. Without mentioning men-tioning the dentist employing Iter, she is perfectly honest in advising work where it is needed, and the very modesty of her tactics secures a trade that au audacious method would never reach. Observation Observa-tion of the courtesies of the profession prevent her from passing judgment on the gilding in fashionable mouths. It is needless to mention that the scheme ia a profitable one. The refusal of tho young lady to examine into the masculine mouth gives her a standing in the family fam-ily that less discrimination would deny her. New York World. ; WOMAN'S WORLD. (THE MEMORY HOOP FAD THAT 13 POPULAR WITH YOUNG WOMEN. piclitning- Bus Ornament The Beautiful Model A Successful Woman Dentist A Girl's Eight 'So Bit on Her root Amusing Amus-ing tbe Children Woman's Progress. If you stand for all you should in your iervice to the present age you must have a "fad." It doesn't make much difference differ-ence what it is it may be fond or loolish or profound. Ibsen or violets, but something exclusive and all your own it must be, and you must cherish it as you do your own personality. If you bave any ingenuity, think out your own "fad" the more pains the thinking of it Bosts you, the more successful is it likely to be. If you haven't the requisite amount of ingenuity, find somebody who has, if you can, and get him to furnish you with one. If that isn't possible, then you will have to adopt one of the lesser "fads" that belong in common to the world of young women. Chief among these at present is the memory hoop, which perhaps will suit you as well as anything. any-thing. To begin the memory hoop, you must first have a hoop made of some polished wood about as big as a barrel. Then you must get each of your girl friends to give you a piece of her favorite colored ribbon rib-bon with her initials worked thereon. These bits of ribbon you wind round and round tho hoop until the wood is entirely entire-ly covered. Then have the hoop suspended sus-pended horizontally over your dressing table or your reading chair, and now the real work in connection with the memory mem-ory hoop begins. Each ono of your men friends must be called upon to contribute con-tribute an old fashioned copper two cent piece. It may put him to a deal of trouble, trou-ble, but a man won't mind a little trouble, trou-ble, surely, if it is reasonably certain to result in his being perpetuated within the magic circle of tho memory hoop. Bo, when be has secured the copper two Cent piece he must have his initials engraved en-graved on one side with the date, and a line of poetry on the other. Then the polished disk is suspended from tho hoop by a bit of ribbon of the color of the dress you happen to have on when the copper is given to you. Now the real sentimental utility of the memory hoop reveals itself. When any one of tbe coppers grow dim and tarnished tar-nished it doesn't mean in this case, as it ordinarily would, that tbe chemistry of the air is at work it hath a far deeper meaning than this, and goeth on to signify sig-nify that the giver is in some "peculiar circumstances of trial or distress," as tbe prayer book or somo other equally good authority has it, and that you must write to him at onoe and offer him as appropriate appro-priate consolation as you can, not quite knowing what his distress conies from. But do tbe best you can, and he will be comforted and you will be canonized, and the raison d'etre of the memory hoop will be established, between you two at any rate, beyond the suspicion of a doubt. New York Evening Sun. I Ugbthlag Bugs for Ornaments. 1 A man will soon go to Cuba, where he will spend a few nights in gathering lightning bugs, which he will bring back to be worn in beauty'st hair or corsage as the Cuban ladies wear 'them. These bugs are tho exact counterpart pf those that swarm around here in the warm evenings of April and May, except that they belong to tbe unabridged variety, vari-ety, measuring as they do from one-half to two inches in length and from one-half one-half to three-fourths of an inch in breadth. Tbey bave luminous spots on each side of the head eyes tiiey are railed as large as a small pea, which glow with a constant mellow light. The rear under part of the bug is also tminous, but its full beauty is not seen rtil it spreads its wings to fly. Then Jiero is a blaze of golden light. The kolor of the bug is a jet black, but it can lie seen by its bright eyes a square away. These bugs are worn by Cuban belles in he coiffure, on the corsage anywhero hat ornaments can be worn. Tho means Df securing the unique gem is simply to push a fino hairpin down over tho bug's f;eck, and there it stays. In its patient Jtruggles to escape the wings are constantly con-stantly lifted, letting out the full glow. After the bull is over the bug is released, put under a glass jar with a bit of sugar cane, and it is happy once more. The bugs with this treatment will live about two months and retain their luminous quality. Atlanta Constitution, Baa Bight to Sit on Her Foot. ! "Where on earth is that girl's other foot?" This remark was uttered in an audible whisper, by an excited individual, individ-ual, in a leading uptown cafe tho other afternoon, and the person addressed looked in amuzement at his questioner. But examination showed only one tiny buttoned gaiter in sight, and the fair owner did not have a pair of crutches or two canes to assist her either. The young woman was sitting on her right foot, which was coiled up on the chair. This peculiarity of women was subsequently brought up for discussion in a party of married people, and tho ladies present declared that the practice was no worse than for men to cross their legs in public Tin Amnument of Children. These early spring days are particularly particular-ly trying to tue mothers of small children chil-dren not yet old enough for school. The active little fingers have turned the toys over and over until thoy have lost their attraction, and if the hands are not immediately im-mediately filled with an occupation of souio kind, mischief will be inevitable. This is the mother's golden opportunity, for now is the time of all times when the child will be delighted to learn something some-thing useful. A good way to begin is to give the 2-year-old a piece of cloth and a pin with a thread tied to it. It will amuse itself for a surprisingly longtime, merely sticking in the pin and pulling it out. When the novelty of this has worn off, a large needle with a double thread, well knotted, may be allowed, and although there will be many puckers and long stitches for a while, the child is amused and unconsciously learning. . We tried this, and our little daughter, not yet 5 years old, surprised us by making adoll's dress, mamma only threading the needle and showing where to sew. Little children, chil-dren, being imitative, are delighted to io what they see others interested in. Henrietta C. O, Kane in New York Mail and Express. Eugllah 'Women. Very few tastefully dressed women have I seen. The ladies here wear costly toilets of an evening, but they have an appearance an if their fine things had been shot on to them out of a cannon. They display their jewels with a generosity gen-erosity that is simply vulgar. It is not unusuul to see ladies at the theatre with four or Ave diamond brooches up and down the front of their bodices. As a class, the barmaids are splendid looking creatures red cheeked, ample breasted, and with magnificent hair. Among tho house servants, too, fine specimens of physical beauty are frequently to be met with, but the women of the upper classes are disappointing in appearance, and in movement they are, contrary to tradition, tradi-tion, awkward; the English woman either swaggers or shuffles. Eugene Field's London Letter in Chicago News. Active Female Polltlolana. It is a strange fact that increased effort on the part of the woman suffragists throughout Kansas is marked by a corresponding cor-responding apathy on the part of male voters. Up to the present time there has been no agitation, no canvassing, no excitement over the tickets, except among the women, who in the small towns aro preparing to scoop everything, and in the cities are devoting their attention at-tention almost exclusively to capturing the boards of education. It is claimed that the able conduct of affairs where the fair sc$ has ruled, the entire absence of complaint and the cessation of all talk of corruption in offlco and turmoil over contracts and appointments, are the causes of the apathy of tho male population popula-tion in municipal politics in the villages. Topeka Letter in Chicago Tribune. A Pupil of Delmrte. Mrs. Henrietta Russell, who is a disciple dis-ciple of Del&arte, is said to be among his most judicious and poetical pupils. Sim is an American lu.dy who teaches the principlo of grace; the choice of colors, that they may be t harmony with the face; and believes Uiat training in the art of using our bodily powera will give even tho roughest boy or the most awkward awk-ward girl, not only grace, but a different - i - . n : 1 1 i. . i. - .u. tuurai iiaLuie. win uu buuii limb cue field this lady occupies in her lectures is no narrow one. Indeed, her ideas of the art of expression cover not only voice builaing, walking without fatigue, but the art of dress. It has been said of Hrs. Russell that in her own clothes she is as comfortable as a boy in u bathing suit, and yet is so exquisitely dressed that every woman envies her. Philadelphia Philadel-phia Ledger. Declined to Make Her DetraL One of the happiest of the young girls in society last season refused" to have a debut arranged for her sake. She said she didn't care to be thrown at society in the face of all tho eligible young men as another young girl in tho market. Such heroism in opposition to fond parents and the decrees of polite society is not often heard of. She finally persuaded a maiden aunt to take her to a winter re- j sort. Brooklyn Eagle. j : . i conveyances or places. Besides, if, as men said, their legs are rested by such a proceeding, surely women have the same right to take a position which will render ren-der tliem more comfortable than by having hav-ing their feet dangling from n chair anil being unable to touch the floor, Washington Wash-ington Post A Beautiful Model. j For two or throe weeks there has hung in the lobby of ono of the up town hotels a portrait of a very beautiful woman, whiou has caught the fancy of the men about town. They gather in front of it In the evening and stare with the glance of approval and delight. No name ia attached to it. It is apparently an ideal. It represents a young woman usually draped in gown of Grecian suggestion, revealing one arm ani shoulder, and the neefc. Tne face Is that of a blonde, with hair of the sunset tinge now the rage, and the countenance and eyes and lips ajre declared to be exqrfisite and lovely. Who is this picture? Where ia the original? orig-inal? every one asks. I asked a well known artist to go with uie to see the painting. The instant his eye fell on it he 6aid, '"Why, that's Maggie." "Maggie? Do you know her?" "Certainly. That's Maggie Eeenan. She's a model, whom every artist knows. A brave damsel, straight laced business girl, too. She never poses clad with less raiment than sho now appears in in the picture, and she wants her money, too, " wftea the day's work is over. She comes, |