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Show 7 MIKNCII JIAIIIIIAIIES. MOT OFTEN THE RESULT OF NATURAL SELUCTION. Ossrltee Im I nrh MflK rrefwr- 1 tin In (Intl... txil Nnt Hull I I l-Mkto( lli llttile .Miribsr fc t'g lVmMUf Maitli In lh VVnj. 8 Hflf J ' Frinre the preparing ot Rttrl'a g 4 troMiraii begins almost soon aa she Br&dl ' trn Vmr by year the drawers of Wbjjl nrmntre after another lire DIImI Bfjjfl with IfButlfnliy made gsrmenis, and R& I the work dam not map when she taM Tnff I Gome lo young wniuiinhow1 and no jisK I suitable lover bu yet been found. fW ) it Amerlt-an woman who haa bun g i llTti 2 In a Freurb family telle of Iht F t Axqn.slte underclothing whlcb the r laughter nf the fntnlly lio laid awajr fc I ege.hM the day "' tn r marriage She ' J U 11 eare old. ao that the accumu- I htloti baa grown in great pntporllone. y f Tbrre are train twelvo to fourteen i. I dostiu of everything Dial a girl can , ' nee. and every piece n made through- I ' Out by band, with the dalntlaat needle- f ) Work on could Imagine All lb girl's t Hfe Iho mother baa been collacllng j S- fnro lace, eluny. aenrlennea and Kb Fix j torcboa, aad Ibaaa have bam uaad lo ' j? ''"i'i trin ' mrala. Many of wlilrb an Iff WX ,M1 "" u " M MUr I 3f liaHdkarebfet. Tbt hand-embroidered gsrmeau wan made by lb ehHera In - m of Uw Wrench convents famous for ai ftwh work. neeldse all the cambric 9 aHd linen underwear, there are n doten :" ( silk pettloonta, fourteen ilueen liand- 4' ken-blent ami other Ihlnga In proinir- t. 1 Han '.' ! One raaaon fur the girl's liarlntc I lenrhed the mature ngo nt IS nml in- j iMtnlng unmarried Ilea In the peculiar IfOrM Of the contract which the mother Instate shall In) drawn up when her ilaHglitsr la handed over to n husband "In herself iHieomml 11 lurgn ralule. b grant part nf Hhlth wna iIIssIiwIihI j by ber huelwuil. Her daURhler'a lot. j abe Inalata. ahatl not m Into her hua ! fond'a aiNtoluto mnlrul. A Freiidi Imeband nf the muat lie- , idMd kind U not eaelly ohtalneil under I avch rwtrlctluiie. Only uncn haa the j Klrl had 11 inieiert of marriage That j wi while the American u there. J niul grant waa the (lurry In Iho huuee- I liold In nriM)uFtir- A )iiung man I Itad bail n talk with "nia." ho was ttiniliiK In call, mailf mtileello rrmnlnvd illnrrrelly In her room, mailamo was ( tlrnaatl In her tlglileat atnya and her Bl lieWHnlng imtrnne Whlla they i ( nwnlteil the )ouiig man's couiIiik - . jnadama fouml herself Iimi iisnuun to j " "" ' l.t us piny cords." sho I cried "I must do aoiiielhlng I can't i I b"r thla." I'reacnlly Iho hell rniiK, rr. 1 t,'r w a graml uimniotlon, hut In- g( j nlawl of a card n teleiiruiu was huliilcil ' I to nwdamc She withdrew nml In n I ' mlnutra rttuniwl In comfurtnhle I ' f I atol-ntgllgee ciMinme "Let us play I ' f rnrda," she mid nKaln. hut thla tluiel' S Yllb no hint ut excitement In hcrl' J. I lunag. TUo Klrl'a luvtr had not come, I IaJ - - nfcJrtl matter wns not mcntloncil fc. ngalii Meanwhile her trousseau con-JflKJI con-JflKJI 1 1 lines tu grow, and sho norcr ceases tLk tu plan for murili-d life as a well-jB well-jB limitht-up I'nuch Rlrl with n com-Bff com-Bff fattablo llttlo dot always dos Only WE' v"tv h" she hem 011 the street tinut-P tinut-P (IcmltKl, and that was an orcAtlon nl- most ns vxclllng as the one when n l0er was expected Mamma needoil ' something, from one of the m wit shoiw I ' nnd could nut go Her daughter trem- j tillngly nlTereil and waa permitted to p I perform the errand Hhu wrapped her j limit In thick veils, n cab took her from her ilixir, at the shop she hurried ,. 4 to inuntsr, ttus seneil and got back agr ngaln without being ilctected ' lion m fortunatel" eiclHlmed mulher nnd H daughter at the cluse u( the uihenturo. W "Buppuse anyone had seen youl" n D thought Willi h caiiseil both to shudder m fearfully. B Hie girl haa h brother over whose K nffalra tha muthar exercises a lgltaneo nlroosl equal to that exerted uvcr her I doughtar's aSalra. He, too, haa n I splendid CKinlpment of fine raiment V ready for his use when lie shall enttr the holy stale of matrimony, and he i will coma lulu u nice property, but It ' Is not suihih he tail marry a girl unless sbo tins u good slsed dot. Ho Is about tarn yinis older thnu Anloluotte and decided uiu day that he would marry bts slater s most Intlnmte friend (As shs wus it Kill ir kikhI faintly null would bivv a lomrnrtiilile itowr thli ilitolslun wus tbiiriniKlily aatlsfaitor) to his family uiul the pnMaal promptly was colieJ by his inotbei to the oung woiiuiis futber who ackunwl-dgwl ackunwl-dgwl the ti.iuir In fitting terms, and 1 beggetl lo call upon maduino the follow- I lug day with bla anawer. On this oc- I ' caalon be did not fall to repeat how much honoiinl he fait by the proposal f of tha day before, but regretted that It was tntpoaalbla to accept It because of the necessity ot madauie'g honored Kin spending so nuieli time on his re-j. re-j. mote unin.ry estates They could tint US endure so mush Mparatlun from their SLr Idsughter. All ot which madamo Inter- Hfi ipreteil to bar sou to mean that the SlJ Ifather had soma one with a larger for- H1R 'tune In view tor bis daughter The " rejactatl young man thareuion de- KT" (wiiad for his rvutnla eatAteN" nnd Ii. , procaedwd lo mnke love to the cousin f. ot bla neaiost nelghbor'a wife, which L , J oonduct coming to the ears of big f mother In Parts brought that lady, with her daughter, promptly upon the I wane lo tin Ir horror they walked In V.f upoo the oung msn nnd the young rP" girl, Hlttliih nim n sofa making love jt, ,n the miili.in .nshlai, with no cbarHinii In hIkIm . Tin nioili. 1 look possession of the jtik flsld. 'the oiiiik people war tint to rm their teiipiiiivi ruoms, nnd thawothar ' of tl" girl wiio bad oowmUted tbf ; 1 Uiiu'lirnlili Intniii wna s ifrf. h n onl kiik lor iluiialilii iil'hoiu ninin but she wus without insult rs 01 morals mor-als the young man a mother point"'! out Waa ever a proper French glil known to be alone with a man not 1 1 apeak of the crime of letting Mrs pm bis arm about her'' They wanted In r j son because he hsd property but hIii waa there lo foil their plot Tbiy must promise to let htm alone, and he should promise to keep away from the girl All of which was done, and the mother drove away to take lbs return train lo Paris but at the atallon she reconsidered She did not trust hir son. Frenib mothers rildnm do, still less the girl 8be decided to stay ov er night near the station and return to htr son the nest day Again she found a areno that reminded her of what she hsd heard of American love-msklng The mailer waa loo grave for word Madame promptly fell In a fit. Whi 11 abe recovered ahe disinherited ber son and returned to Paris. Honn after the American returned home she heard that tbe son hsd gone to Msdagaacar, nil that pcate and forgiveness for-giveness had made the household reunited re-united and happy. Whei he returns to I "ranee he will And several doaen gar-menta gar-menta added to hla outnt, and he will probably And also a suitably duttered young woman whom ha will nut see alone before marriage, and who will be Ida mother's Ideal ot a lUugliter-Inlaw. lUugliter-Inlaw. Thua Is tha devotion of French moth-era moth-era to the Interests of their children proved and their family "honor" aue-taliied |