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Show ip;;;1,;; . y. v; y W . ..' , . A ' v ' The Empty Nest 4 &-4 f it it it ? 'I' iKt 0f v v A lA I j1! m ? v J!4 w!m it time In years Rone by. Wit iiiii-lnyeil at my feet, while I, Held one upon my knee; The house was tilled all day with noise. The xi r was scattered oer with toys, My head ached wearily. & iV V 'V i 0 40 M y.i - i to to stair. a maiden tall sod fair, My itlrl, Anuthera home 4 IV tv now bleat. A last year's nest lianas on the bough. 'Twns tilled with singing birila. but now It empty la and bare. The budu and Itees have come, but atill Those birds come not again, to fill With sung the silent air. iii 04 & 0 I gaze upon that empty neat. I know tioil'a ways are al ways best, Hut 04 w An Egotist 1 am sad and lone; I long so for lifes vanished Aly wee girl and my bonny that huve Aly ' Joys, Isiys. tlown. 04 !i 04 ! and- - a word. 1 always know how to Woman rough deal with that kind of a man. Now BY JESSIE (Copyright, 11102. by Dally Story I'ub. Co.) lt was a sad affair," lie said. "Yes? She regarded him curiously. S i thp young man, known to Ills limited circle of friends as The Egotist, moat people do not but well you wouldn't think It I'm naturally of the artistic temperament myself funny with my business ability, Isat it? I could ace, you know, that the woman was driving him to the edge of bii nerves that she was killing him. Never saw such a picture of misery on he grew to he. Always looking off somewhere and not hearing anything that went on arounJ him. We grew intimate I may say ery intimate, lift was a gentleman, you know, always withont a cent, hut a gentleman, awl although he was only a salaried mb lu the house I actually grew fo?d of fclm. We would tell college yar.la . possessed sympathy. They sat on opposite sides of the long table in her father's library. At the farther end of th'e room the grate fire hail gone out, hut she did not ring; It might encourage him to stay after he had told the story. Perhaps fee was not the egotist that people thought him to be. He seemed to feel the tragedy in what he told else and I why should he be telling It? You were in college together? And you knew lilin very well?" Not exactly. He had gone in tdr he asked. tbe German and Russian universities Oh, very well in a business way. The governor used to rely on him. Afterwards when I took on the business. 1 kept him out of kindness, you know. I'm a chap" Yes, f know, she Interrupted. He was Incompetent? You felt sorry? Not that exactly, oh, no. He was a good man student and digger-gr- eat chemist. I appreciate a digger. I even took him over to the club for lunch once or twice. He was a natural gentleman. Then, anyway, I'm a humane chap at heart regular democrat, you know. You say he was a very gifted scientist?" she asked quietly. He waa that. We paid him a bigger salary than any extract house in the world ever paid a chemist. The governor and I always looked out for good men and paid for them. I can tell' & man of brainR the minute I lay eyes on him. It's just i:a rural for me to know one on sight funny isn't It?" Very," she replied. TtivVqufrer contradiction. ho ruI will tell you something funnier minated, absently crus.iing some rose even than yourself! wide foot. on floor with his the petals after ages of cramming on this side. I was never before so shocked to hear of a suicide, lie had often spok- Of course I with the governor's en to me about himself when he had money S'ic swiftly replied Yes. I know. one of those melanchoily attacks. 1 her faevj a red and dark overspread an I'm for easy sort, encouraged him, can move me to tears anil not end neck. .'Yon became iuliniaio half try. You Bee he had married a friends, and how very sad he it typo. was only last, week, wasn't it? girl well tlie good feilow Committed suicide last week. Took Said he owed it to her after prv iinunced attentions had made people five grains of morphine and was as lalk. She told him that. He felt sor- dead as er quite dead in no time, i was with him that arternoon. He was ry for her acted the fool as thos-and I just thought of studious chaps always do, and married some such I thing at the time. I'm her. Now, pretty good reader of human nature, "And she? Went to the other extreme. From you know pretty good. 1 You and lie were associated dally, being too er Jolly she overdid rewere very close friends for sevand club woman's Joined spectability. Her voice eral years, were you not? and things that sori was the best she was beginning to sound as if it came could do. Devoloped into a shrew. Do you know what I'd do if I found from a remote corner of the long myself married to a shrew? Oh, room and Bhe shivered as he spoke " again. I'm For fifteen years ever since I beWhat did he do?" Oh, he!" A grave expression came came manager In my own right. Iio ver the young man's round face. He waa as fond of me as a awfully fond of me, but 1 didn't discourage it It pleased him. When I'd come down la the morning after a well, after having been detained late the night I'd feel his eyes on my face. Then lie would slip up behind my chair and lay his hand on my shoulder, for ail the world like the governor used to do. And he'd say; 'Take care of yourself, old man; you're working too hard. I couldn't bear to see another name at the head It would break me of our stationery. all up, old man. That's the way he would talk. The way that man loved mo was wonderful. Funny, isnt it? Very, sho replied, still more quietly. But I started nut to tell you about the suicide. Saddest thing 1 ever knew. That afternoon I had told him In plain words that I'd promised another man his plan? fellow I met on the other side last summer. Her It waa a sad affair," he said. brother you know. You'll not feelturned his profile toward her he had er jealous when you get the cards? a good profile and .maned his fingers I gave you two opport unities I want through his front hair, careful not to you to well you know people and "And the man. she reminded. .disarrange tt. "As said before. Jot Oh, he. He took it all right. was one of those flue, souls; the kind that quivers at a Business is business, you know, lie -- soft-hearte- d - down-hearte- d bo-fur- e. - I" 1 super-sensitiv- e TO THE FAIR SEX. "1 A Fernery. To make a pretty table fernery make a birch bark box aix Inches wide, nine Inches long or round If you prefer it and three Inches detp. Paste cloth around the edges inBlde to prevent bits of earth from flndiig their way out. Plant in the box roo.s of small ferns, filling the spaces with green moBs, or running pine. Sprinkle every day, and keep in a cool pia.e body?' at night, and your table fernery will Well, that waa the last anyone keep fresh and green all summer. next ever, saw of him. alive. The Gather, during a walk through toe bed. his him in found morning they an armful of ferns, selecting woods, And hia face perfect ones, lay smoothly between Please! She got up suddenly. newspapers, and put to press under a was all she said. trunk. These may so remain until asked. Wliats the matter? he returning to the city. Your eyes look so peculiar. Fill rose howls half full of sand, and The details. It Is the details that stick these preserved ferns in them, I cannot Oh, certainly! Curiously his lace placing them about your rooms, makrelaxed in a broad smile. He raised ing a woodsy spot all winter. . If the his hand In a grand gesture and ferns become dusty wash gently and return to place. The smallest ferns stroked his small black mustache. I just told you the story, he be- may be used with fresh flowers for We were speaking earlier in table or bouquet for the dress. gan. the evening of literary ability. Well, Attractive Golf Costume. I wrote a friend of his a complete achave so gained in popularity Pipings count of the suicide, and do you that are a feature of by far the they know, it was the moBt graphic thing greater number of garments or whatI ever did? The way it Impressed ine ever sort, even upon what and all makes me believe that I have it Is the fad of appearing the moment to call real literary ability. Funny, Isnt It? tub frocks and shirtwaists. Quite Very. Her voice Bounded strange a novelty in this line are the pipings to both of them. Her arms were of leather and kid which are to be tlcelll EE twisted embroidery Bilk. The held close to her sides anil her hands seen few of the most exclusive a blouse was furnished with a cape colupon were clenched. models of the tailor-madstyles. Such lar of the same lace which gave that 'Whats the matter? he asked a one is mown In the accompanying long sloping effect at the shoulders so again. TIiIb Is frock made Illustration. smart desirable for the moment The edge Her face was very pale. He wondered stupidly. SMART NEW GOWNS. And now, she said in a repressed, I will tell you monotonous tone, something funnier, even than yourself. I've got to tell! Her voice had risen, but she carefully modulated it again. For fifteen years you knew him intimately. For fifteen years, I knew him, too. I loved him always before bis marriage long before and afterwards. I love him now. You see he didnt need you or anybody. ! I he we Oh, good night! , 04 4 i : not even waiting until four oclock, but I'm naturally a softhearted chap, and I didn't Bay much. Attractive Golf Costume, With PipHe must have gone straight home ing! of Leather and Kid How to then. They say he stepped into the Make a Pretty Table Fernery-Fashi- ons house and asked for his wife. Sho for Little Folks. had left word that Bhe had gone out and would not be home for dinner. As he went out again, they told me, he met his little girl playing In the yard with some children. He asked her to go with him for a walk, but naturally eqough, she said she would rather stay and play with the children. She never was much for her father, anyway. He waa quiet, you know. Nobody ever knew him except myself I knew him like a book, I And he died alone without any- '4 There came a time my house waa still, No footprints on- the Rill, time of rest. Aly lotiRed-fo- r My Isiya hud climbed youths topmost niuiJ-Btalii- ed 0 & 111 V he went 4 & Tlu-r- e 4 i cut irto the fabric or gowns are once more enjoying a full measure of favor after a temporary popular ecilpse. This graceful garniture la shown to great advantage upon this The material waa charming gown. a of pale mastie shade crepe de chine laid in groups of horizontal tucks. etUched with Cortlcelll sewing silk In self color. The edge of the skirt wras bordered with a beautiful Vandyked design in ecru Venetian point, the pattern being picked out with rhinestone brilliants, opalescent spangles, and French Knots worked in pale blue Cor rr sever said a word. Just gn t a Tittle HOME AND FAS1II0.S. whiter it was a little sudden and w ilked straight out of the building. What I didn't Just like was the way TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST ' 4 e good-night- WOES OF GERMAN OFFICERS. s Matrimonial Snags In the Path of Soldiers. Aa censor of military marriages. German Emperor William has defined what manner of wedlock is permissible to Prussian officer-- , and what marriages are strengthlly under-saiHis new order states that an officer with $1,125 a year must have a private income of $375 In order 10 'if gendarmes marry. A district o must, add private means of $525 a year to a salary of $90-'- to win tie privilege. Officers who haven't $750 pay mustn't marry at ail. The kaisers is the busiest matriEach monial bureau in the world. double Ills officer who desires to must duties and halvs his rights state his prospective business and tell whether the Udy is maid, widow or divorcee, and in the latter ease why. Proofs must he inclosed of her income, education ami repute. If there is no obstacle, social or military, the wedding hells may note. then peal out their y Interest rates upon such German investments as the "kingly and kaiser-ly- " A bureau will acrept art? low. have inuBt fellow practically young $10,0(10 to $15,000 in bis own name? before he can think of matrimony. If the? lovelorn one has not the cash well, in that case he can give up his commission and come to a country where he may marry on nothing a year if he likes. Kal-ser- d. Hic-e- r ) falncr-ln-law'- s m'-ir- Senator Hoar's New House. Senator Hoar has bought a house on avenue, Washington, a brick structure of a dozen rooms. He borrowed the $18,000 which it cost, but hupes to make a profit by selling before long. He and Mrs. Hoar have boarded for thirty-three- ? years in Washington hotels. Much disappolnt-men- t Is felt in the capital because Senator Clark does not intend to build a residence on the site of the old Sicwart castlo which he purchased some time ago. Finishing touches are being put to his splendid home in New York, and It is saiil the senator will not build again outside Montana. Connecticut three-stor- y tartan iu shades of dark and light was finished with a narrow accordeon gray, and is designed for golf or walk- pleating of whit? chiffon, sprung with ing. The skirt clears the ground by a tiny ruche. The scarf which ornaabout two inches. It has the very ments the vest and the sleeve puff narrow front panel which appears were of embroidered chiffon and lace. upon so many of the skirts of the seaFor the Little Folks. son, the pipings of white kid defining Silk collar and cuffs (preferably of sharply the outline. The edge of the skirt is finished by a deep outside white taffeta) are Innovations on little facing, covered with rows of machine hoys suits, but are a trifle too outre stitching done with Corticelli silk. The to he generally impular. Besides, one blouse is very simple in design, double email boy would have their freshness marred in one wearing. Basket weaves in both wool and cotton stuffs are very fashionable for children's clothes. In summer top coats for hoys, the shapes are liaise and lather long. The middy reefer of blue or red and the tan covert box coat are the leading favorites. Black and white have a monopoly for leather belts for Russian blouse suits for the diminutive man.' White is the color par excellence of the season for girls wear, and white coats, white hats of gowns, white cloth, pique? or silk, unrelieved by any color, are the height of vogue. Smart little nats for very young girls to wear with a white pique suit or coat are of white pique in a broad sailor shape, with narrow, small crown, and handed with black satin or black velvet ribbon, with lung ends at the hack. The little cap. sanR face frill, with a turned-nacfront. Is the most approved of fashion for master or baby this spring. oi For the Sleepless. claimed for yet anEffectiveness for I)r. sleeplessness. other remedy von (Jellhorn employs a band of wet muslin, about 18 in. wide, wound breasted and with a basque, all the around the lower part of the leg. The edges being piped with white kid, bandage is covered by which also forms the belt There is tissue and the slocking, and In some an outside breast pocket flap, and a cases Is replaced every three or four velvet collar facing. hours. The effect is to dilate the Handsome Reception Gown. of the leg, thus diminishing tho Vandykes, whether la lace, applique blood in the head and producing sloop. k 1 gutta-perch- a , How to Make Sachet Bags. To make your own sachets buy the powder and sprinkle on thin cotton inside the silk hags, or pour on it half a teasiHsinful of oil or the perfume you desire, to which a few drops of glycerin are added. The glycerin keeps from evaporating. the This Riven a vigorous and effusive perfume, pleasant for the rooms, and the sachets to hang in the closets or on hacks of chairs should always lie treated in this way hy perfumed oil fixed with a lltth? glycerin. |