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Show provinces one inay expect soon to see it command the situation iu London streets. London Letter. Infunts' Cards. It is a quite recent and widening ens-torn ens-torn to aunounco tho birth of a child by winding out u email card with its baptismal bap-tismal iiiinio in full ujion it; also the date of its birth in tlie lower, left hand comer. It is inclosod iu an euvelope with its mother's curd, the latter, of course, signifying that she is ready to receive visits of congratulation. A bale is the only untitled person to whom etiquette eti-quette permits a card that has wot Mr., Mrs. or Miss upon it. If visits nro not possible a card with "Congratulation"' written upon the upper left comer is at once sent, promptness signifying a genuine sympathy with the happy parent. Those who are intimate send not only a card, but flowers, or a simplo gift to tho infant. New York Letter. safe, tut wisely rtsed for the betterment ! of the people and development of a state that is coming to tho front with greater strides than any other in the Uuion. Kansas Cor. Chicago Tribune, Reading Browning In Massachusetts. The most devoted and uncompromising uncompromis-ing worshipers of Robert browning live in Springfield, and, of course, they are i women. They gathered at the home of j a well known lawyer, and listened with rapt and soulful attention to selections from the great poet as read by tho lawyer's law-yer's wife. At length the reader paused ! to learn if tbere might be uny ennui on tha part of the audience. "It is exquisite," exquis-ite," murmured the Browningites in concert, and the reading proceeded. Again the hostess paused, solicitous, and : asked her guests if they were sure they liked it. "Oh, yes," was the chorus, "it is beautiful." "But do you understand it?" asked Mr3. Lawyer; "I can't make anything out of it." "Why, yes, we comprehend it perfectly," was the assurance, assur-ance, "aud it is so delightful that we would like to hear some more." Then the wicked reader coolly informed the enthusiasts that Bhe bad been reading the poems backward for half an hour. The name of this practical joker may bo learned on inquiry of almost any member mem-ber of Springfield "society." Springfield (Mass.) Homestead. WOMAN'S WORLD. tTHE IMPORTANCE OF CARING PROPERLY PROP-ERLY FOR EABY'5 COLD. A Home Society for Girls The National - Council of Women Tlie Women of KansasHeading Drowning- In Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Wamon in Hotels. At this season the temperature is liable lia-ble to fall muny degrees in a few hours, aud tho Indian summer morning may be succeeded by wintry blasts at night, ft is therefore very difficult to arrange the clothing of a little child so as to protect pro-tect it properly from these sudden thanges, and colds are almost inevitable. V baby's cold is often a very distressing tatter to the mother. She knows how .able an apparently harmless cold id to ecomo a fatal iuilammatiun of the ungs. No cold of an infant should for a moment be neglected. See at once that the child is thoroughly protected by flannels, if it is not so already. Kotico especially that the feet are kept in warm, woolen socks or hose, which must be secured so that they cannot be kicked off. Greasing the baby's nose with a littlo mutton tallow and rubbing in a drop or two of camphor certainly relieves a cold in tho head, although it is an old wife's remedy. If tho baby shows any hoarseness lose not it moment, but lay on the chest a flannel cloth dipped in sweet oil, or rubbed thick with mutton mut-ton tallow, over which a tableepoonf ul of camphor has been sprinkled. Heat this groused and camphorated cloth and apply it as hot as it can be borne, covering cover-ing it with a piece of dry flannel to retain re-tain tho heat and to keep it from greasing greas-ing tho child's clothing. Before this cloth is cold replace it by another hot cnc. After such treatment a child will often fall asleep aud wake np entirely recovered. The Race Crowing lietter. Mr. John L. White, head master of the Herkeley school, New York, is authority au-thority for the statement that, iu our cities at least, almost every American girl of good parentage of tho age of sis-teen sis-teen or seventeen is taller than her mother, with lareer waist, better physical physi-cal development and more "staying power." This gain he thinks largely due to the present day love of open air games and exercise. Indeed, so heartily does ho believe in tho efficacy of physical physi-cal training that he would put an exercise exer-cise room in every school house, Btire that forty minutes' daily drill and instruction in-struction in hygienic laws would in the following generation reduce the number of tho criminal population ono-lialf. Harper's Bazar. Woraea In Hotels. "The most desperate creature on earth," said the clerk of a well known uptown hotel, "is a woman from out of town in a hotel bedroom on a wet Sunday. Thero is absolutely nothing to do, the confinement is almost intolerable, intolera-ble, and tho isolation of her lot is made , unusually painful by the fact that so much is going on all aronnd her from which slie is debarred. Men come to town with their wives or daughters, leave them at 7 in the morning, and go off to attend to business. Tho ramifications ramifica-tions and extraordinary character of the 'business' undertaken by rural visitors is one of those things which no man can accurately gauge. It is certain, however, howev-er, that the western merchants are out of the hotel pretty much all tho time from 8 in the morning till 13 at night. Sometimes they come in to take their meals with the women of their party, but not infrequently they leave them entirely to thoir own resources." Kew York Letter. : If the hoarseness continues, however, cr shows any signs of growing worse, a physician should be summoned at once, as moments of a baby's sickness are equivalent to hours in grown persons' illneas. Tlie strongest child requires the tenderest and most unremitting care to bring it through infancy strong and sound, without any organic weakness, which may develop in after years. When tho child's cold settles in the bowels nothing is better than an application appli-cation of flannels wrung otit in hot liquor, laid over tlie stomach and abdomen, ab-domen, aud covered with, dry flannel. . New York Tribune. IVomen and Tobacco. The use of tobacco among women is on the increase in France, and even in London it is not unusual to see a lady produce her silver or enameled cigar case in the drawing room. Cigarettes are giving place to cigars in Paris, and some fears are entertained of the smoking habit among women becoming uncontrollable. uncon-trollable. The well known writer Mine, do Latour defends the use of the weed by her sex, and insists that if it is good fur men it is not injurious to women, while to brain workers it is a great help and solace. She would not, however, give women quite tho same license s men, and would restrict them to two cigars ci-gars and a few cigarettes a day. Paris Letter. A Novelty In Handkerchief Designs. The various ideas of crests, monograms, mono-grams, initials and other devices in embroidery engrafted upon handkerchiefs handker-chiefs for the aggrandizement or identification identi-fication of the owner have been worked to death. TherA is a novelty, however, in handkerchief decorations that has readied a noticeablo degree of popularity in a very short time. It is the plan of having the photograph of wife, children or sweetheart, or your own physiognomy, physiog-nomy, taken on the comer of the article, either in linen or silk. The chemical processes have been perfected so that the likeness will neither wash out of nor fade upon the fabric Clotbier and Furnisher. A Ten ricture of a Well Known Woman. One day last wppIc a customer in one of the large Brooklyn dry goods stores stood waiting for her turn to be served and idly watching the woman who was claiming the attention of the clerk at the moment. There was nothing about her to attract a second glance. She looked to be close upon 60 years of age, her hair was very gray, though not white, and a pair of large, rather dark eyes looked out from a colorless, unimpressive face, in figure sho was short and small, and the black costume she wore was simplo to plainness. Yet when she gave her name and address for a parcel to be sent it was realized that this little woman of insignificant appearance was one whose name eighteen years ago was in everybody's every-body's month from one end of the country coun-try to the other, and whose personality at that time was almost as well known as her name. She was Mrs. Theodore Tilton. New York Times. Pullman's Tretty Daughters. Two dashing young women these. They aro the Misses Pullman, of the world. I say of the world, because, while their home is in Chicago, they know as many people in Boston, New York, London, Paris and Vienna as in tho Lake city. They walk as erectly as grenadier guards, They are superbly dressed, but tbeir clothing is not in any '. sense loud. They are both tall, being pretty nearly six feet in height; have rosy cheeks, clear skin and constitutions made strong by judicious work in the gymnasium. They are seen very often at the opera in this city, go to the theatre thea-tre frequently and are known in many ot the best houses on Fifth avenue. They spend their time at the Windsor hotel, and whenever they visit this city their society is eagerly besought by young men of tho best families. New York Cor. Chicago News. A Ilonte Society for Girls. At last New York is to have a home a free, respectable American homo, where young women out of employment can find shelter, sympathy and substantial substan-tial aid. The institution is to be the same sort of a place an a public school, with no nioro charity, religion, politics or restriction, and will be supported and maintained by the Fp?nch Evangelical church of tlie city of New York. The certificate of incorporation has been filed in the county clerk's offlce and the work of establishment will begin at once, the board of managers including Mrs. Lena Roberts, Mrs. Caroline Leconltre, Mrs. Marie Grosjeans, Mrs. Emilie Swyeffort, the Rev. IL L. Urandlienard and Mr. J. 12. Roberts, I Tfaf Young" Women's "Home society vill provide unemployed young women whose occupation is that of a teacher, maid or domostio with a pleasant home and good board. Medical attendance will be furnished the sick, decent and comfortable clothing provided for tlie needy, together with financial aid, good counsel and friendly support and encouragement. encour-agement. . The needs of the girl will be sufficient plea for admission, and, as in the regulation of a public hotel, good conduct will serve as a guarantee of good character. Tlie catechising to which the applicant will be snbjected is intended in-tended for industrial use only, in order to acquaint the examiner with her ability. ' j Suitable and profitable employment will be found for her without any charges or foes whatever. j Intended to benefit the French girl directly, it is not docisivo whether other nationalities will be debarred from the privileges of the home. There is some need in New York city for a dozen just such organizations as the Home society promises to be. New York World. Four years ago Miss Lena Woodard, living on Thorn creek, Wash., sowed the seed from one head of barley. She harvested har-vested the crop with a pair of shears, and sowed the amout received the next year, again harvesting it with her shears. The third crop her father cut with a grass scythe, getting enough barley from this crop to sow forty acres last spring, which averaged forty bushels to the acre when thrashed, making a total yield of 1,000 bushels from one head of barley in four years. Dry poultices, where heat is required, have almost superseded moist ones. When the former is required hot salt in a good sized bag is excellent; for the latter, common white beans, boiled very soft, made into a paste, retains heat wonderfully. A bowl of hot gruel will sometimes ward off a neuralgic attack. All engravings or photographs that are framed in wood np to the edge look much better if the frame is rather flat and the wood is stained to harmonize with the tones of the picture. A silver or bronze beading is now often used on the outside of the frame instead of inside in-side next tho picture. If you don't know what to buy in your search for a unique wedding present get the bride betrothed a marriage jar. The form is lovely and the bowl a thing of beauty, whether you pay $4 or $ 100 for it. Iloston Women. All the women of Boston do not wear gig lauipj and calf shoes and carry broadcloth broad-cloth reticules bulging with manuscripts manu-scripts and leaflets of transcendental philosophy. Anna Whitney is the vice president of the St. Bernard club, of Massachusetts, and knows as much about dcgology and doirdom as any breeder in the country. Sho can size up a dog at a glance. At the recent dog show in Detroit, Mich., Miss Whitney was one of tho judges. A3 understood by this canine connoisseur. "Oo to the dogs" is not a saw, but a proverb. Instead In-stead of a reproach, she claims the meaning mean-ing has been distorted by abbreviation. "Go to the dogs for a lesson in patience, love, fidelity and sagacity" is her interpretation inter-pretation of the old adage. Exchange. The National Council of Women. The National Council of Women of the United States, organized in the spring of 18SS, will hold the first of its triennial meetings iu February, 1891, in Albaugh's opera house, in Washington. It will last four days, including seven public sessions. i Eleven of the most important national organizations of women in the country have entered the council. As soon as any organization enters the council, its presideut becomes an acting vice president presi-dent in tho council, and it has also the right to appoint one person to represent it on the executive board. This board includes the general officers of the council, coun-cil, together with the presidents of all organizations belonging to it, and one delegate besides its president from every organization. , ; The corresponding secretary of the council, Mrs. May Wright Bewail, 843 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, will gladly answer all inquiries addressed ad-dressed to her, and will see that every j provision Is made for the appropriate 5 representation on the programme of all 1 departments of work in whoso prosecu- i tion the women of the country have ef- fected national organizations. , It is hoped that women interested in women's work will respond to this call I . and give tho aid necessary to render the first triennial meeting worthy of tho ob-1 ob-1 jects in whosa behalf thp National Couu- II cil was formed. Kato Field's Waahing-.l Waahing-.l ton. Tlie alumni of Vassar college have already al-ready secured $20,000 of the $40,000 required re-quired for the endowment by them of an astronomical chair in honor of Maria MitefcaU. What "Burgod" Is. ''Bm goo," explained Col. James Orr, cf Covington, "is one of the oldest Kentucky Ken-tucky dishes we have. No one knows who first made 'burgoo,' ncr does any one know where or how it got its queer name. 'Burgoo' is an out of doors creation, crea-tion, and pots of 'burgoo' have simmered ov?r a hot tiro in the sun at every big political gathering in the state since Henry Clay was a boy, and years before that, too. It is not only an extremely palatable dish, if you can call it that,, but it's very nourishing. 'Burgoo' is a cross between a stew and a soup. It is always made iu the open air. "How is it made? Well, I take a big cauldron, put some red pepper pods in the bottom, add some potatoes, tomatoes and corn; then put in balf a dozen prairie chickens, as many more tender 'yellow legs' and a couple of dozen soft shell crabs. I add some young squirrels when they can be obtained. When everything is in readiness thero is enough water put into .e cauldron to just make tho contents con-tents float. "Then it is put on the fire. It must be allowed to simmer slowly for six hours, and must be stirred constantly with a hickory stick. A hickory stick is best and is always used, but another might do as well. When it is nearly done it may be flavored to suit the tasta It is 'done' when tho meats are thoroughly thor-oughly shredded, not before. When it is done urn!" and Col. Orr's eyes sparkled spar-kled at the prospect. Cincinniti Commercial Com-mercial Gazetto. A Yankee Girl's Device. An amuiing instance of woman's curiosity curi-osity has come to our ears in connection with the visit of the Clovelands to Sandwich. Sand-wich. A young lady who is ordinarily a modest and ladylike school teacher became possessed of a burning desire to meet and converse with these distinguished distin-guished visitors, and this is the unique way in which sha brought about the rrtPPtiTi(ri An the neetv n-oro v-' - driven to Mashpee they saw approaching approach-ing on foot a dowdily dressed colored girl, who stopped tho team and inquired the tiiuo of day, the most direct road to Sandwich village, the distance, and finally asked the ex-president in her most fetching manner for a ten cent piece for her bangle, and during the whole time feasted her eyes on greatness and beauty. Having satisfied her curiosity curi-osity iu this direction our schoolmarm made her best bow to the party and passed on, rejoicing at the success of lier scheme, and in the possession of a ten cent piece for her bangle. Cor. Boston Bos-ton Traveller. The Women of Kansas. ! There are hundreds of bright women nnd girls who have taken up claims in the western part of the state and lived ou them until they got atdeed for the I land. There are hundreds of women in the state who manage to keep men do-pending do-pending them from p-oin" htinorrv; -nero are hundreds of women who can do anything a man can do, has ever done or ever tried to do, and there are hundreds of women in Kansas who want j equal rights with men. The signs are that what they ask will be conceded them. They have taken charge of the pnMic schools, and no state in the Uniou I has better. They are members of school ', boards, county and city superintendents ; and teachers. They lead in the educational educa-tional and prohibition movement. They aro making no noisy or threatening threaten-ing clamor for equal rights. They aro ! simply allowing by what they do that they are the equal of man and that the ballot in their hands would not only be London Women Not Clubnble, London women do not seem to be what "Jennie June" calls "clubable" women, for notwithstanding the increasingly prominent place they occupy in sport and recreation their amusements are as a rulo unorganized. The Row is each season crowded with equestriennes, and in the winter, too, when the riding is something besides "genteel cantering." All manner of smart ponies and carts aud jaunting cars go the pace continually, continu-ally, and last season a lady "tooted'' a four-in-hand each day around the drive, her horses held splendidly in hand. The prejudice against tho cycle for ladies is fast dying out, and though at present not 40 general in London as among the . 'llie losses in vJminrcri,Ts 6y rne poia sweat of tobacco on account of tlie unusual un-usual rains in September will not be so ! great as was at first feared, yet many j thousands of dollars will be sacrificed ou I account of the injury done by the pole I sweat, followed by decay. Every year the hard working producers tuffcr more or less from the same cause. |