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Show FORWOMENAMJHOME. ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. The MhI Kewa nt tomlng Sljlra for Home knt rilrral t Tallor-Mada Article Ar-ticle for Kprlng tr.r-C l.afol rtork for lllrla. "The Hlilla Itealhar' I bribed sou with promise. One Idle AUKU.t day. To milde you where Ihe beathrr roro Concealed lit charmed white aprayi Alid aa wa went together 1 dreamed twlxt hope and fear, Tba fairy ilower would giro ma power To tell you all my dear Though lore had made tna alien), Xllnn eyea could call you fair, Tou hummed a aong the way along To ehow you did not care The honey-hearted heather Hprang ripely far and near. And many a nowrr waa red that hour. Hut none waa whin, my dear Boma bloom, were rudely ruddy, And eome were palely pink And aoma ao light-nay, almoat while Wa had to atop and think An 1 once an allrn delay Aada ou ciclalm Tla herel Ahl many an hour we aoukht the flower And found It not my dear I doubt my fnirrli turned rareleaa, l'erbapa the trraaure grew Bnow ura and aw eel before my feet, Thoaa tlmea t looked at you, tit It llomance In rulnt, llecauae, aa eva drew near t fount the power, without Ihe flower, To tell you all my dearT Chambere' Journal The "Ijidi" Uneallnn In Cl.nnany. Clermany li hating tt "Utiles anil "gentlemen" question A controversy has arlien with regard to tho style which should bo adopted In addressing married women There are, In tho language lan-guage of the fatherland, four names whereby that delightful class may be deilgnated gemahlln, consort, Ratlin, I ipouie, frau, lady, and welb, wife To tare the not Infrequent dliputrs and heart burnings which arlie from Impertinence Im-pertinence and Ignorance In the use ot any ono of these terms, It Is now with laco bands A touch of tclrct In the belt and three small rosettes give Just the right character to this pretty toilet, which affords an opportunity for n becoming combination ot colors. The Latest I aily turcona Tea Cloth. One of tho larcwcll gifts which VIce-Quccn Ctirion took with her to India was n tva cloth, upon which were embroidered the names of all the titled women ot London of her acquaintance ac-quaintance Tho cloth was ot tho cry finest linen, perfectly plain, with a broad hem stitched hem Her friends had written their names diagonally across the hem and each had embroidered embroid-ered her own In white cotton It Is a beautiful souvenir, and one which Lady Curion will greatly enjoy In her home In India IVntnan Fame Her Wagee. An Interesting law cats has Just been settled In the Appellate court of Indiana which Involves tho wages received re-ceived by a woman from her huauand for clerking In tils thus store. The court decided ngalnal tho trust company. com-pany. Tho wife worked for I, CO a week and saved her money, which was Invested In-vested lu building association stock. When tho amount had reached $1,600 business fell off, and tho husband waa forced to borrow from his wife till all her savings were gone, when he made an assignment Ho alto owed her a year's wages, and her claim against the assignee for 12,378 was resisted on tho ground that n husband could not mako a valid contract to pay his wife for her services Tho lower court look this view of the cate, but when It reached the Appellate court the finding find-ing ot the Circuit court waa reverted, tho Judge filing this reason for his action ac-tion "It mutt be conceded that If the contract con-tract between appellant and her husband hus-band related to services performed by her In the discharge at her hausvhold duties, and the duties Incumbent upon her to perform by reason of her marital mar-ital relations then there would be no consideration to support the contract The law Imposes upon her the discharge dis-charge of such duties, and a contract between them, whereby he was to pay her tor such services, could not be up- 1 Pl!l)l(Xi proposed that one shall bo officially allotted al-lotted to each of tho recognised gradations grada-tions of tho "scalo social" in this manner, a general's wife shall be known as his "consort," she of an official of-ficial of tho next lower grado shall be that happy person's "spouie," tho middle-class partner becomes her husband's hus-band's "Isdy," and the worklngman's helpmate Is simply his "wife" Now Orleans IMcayune. I'retly At-lloa.a Clown. Such pretty and Inexpensive silks are now to bo found on the bargain counters, count-ers, and nothing could be moro charming charm-ing than a simple at-homo gown modeled mod-eled after tho sketch, made of wash or china, or any thin silk The skirt Is made separate from the lining and has two rows of very narrow velvet ribbons at Its foot. Yoko and bind. ot laco trim the waist, and tho little aleoves aro becoming and once more popular and are flnlihed at the elbow ,traV QP-j. J5r ''O "Wlnst public H .."'.Tr ,'ollcy "., '"'i Where a married w? ajt-i rw C, woman performs !FCK labor for lur hus- 2sL'&2l bllnu or faml1' ln (SpSgfCvi "'" ulichargo of I a&? I ner household or jafit". marital duties !fJf'S uc' labor mutt :Jaf iaSi'fi.jE b performed f $iVj without financial 3Jy ' llfjf) ( m p e n a atlon tf0 S& ,rora tl'e hu,b,ll1 Cf, -y yft for the reciprocal fW ""V"' 3 relations that ex- r ncrvoL mr f hrllli a, lt woula 1st between them Hut the labor performed by appellant was not of that character. Sho was under no obllgstlou to leave her home and Its surroundings and spend years of bcr life clerking In a storo for bcr hiitband, yet sho did this under a contract that she waa to bo paid for It. Tbo consideration waa sufficient suf-ficient to support the contract , . . The money which was paid to appellant appel-lant under a contract with ber husband, hus-band, and which was reduced to possession, pos-session, and which she loaned to him. Is such an obligation bated upon sound, equitable reasons, that It will be Inforccd. The Judgment Is reversed." re-versed." l'aarla to Order. Diamonds, rubles, emeralds, and sapphires sap-phires bato all been produced In the laboratory, and It Is now tho turn of the pearl The chcmlit, however, It not hlniiclf tho maker of tho new artificial ar-tificial pearls, he Is only the co-lab-orator. It Is true that false pearls aro made from tnother-of pearl, but their luster Is not up In the mark Tho Chlnoso have lung Introduced grains of sand and little knots of wlro Into the shell of the pearl oyster i order that tlio animal to relieve I It from tho Irritation Irri-tation so muted, may coat the foreign subttanco with pearl If this matter be Inserted between the shell and the mantle the oystrr ran ejeit It by contractions con-tractions of hla body To prevent this a Trench experimenter experi-menter has trepanned the shell and Introduced a small bead through Ihe hole, and fixed It by means of cement to tho shell This head was In course of time covered with nacre by the oyster, and a flno largo pearl waa the result Dealers cannot dlttlngulth It from an orient ptnrl Tho artificial pearl thus produced takes some two yrara to be brought to perfection Evidently Evi-dently tho pearl mussel and oyster are about to bo domesticated for the pro-i H ductlon of pearls as tho spider hi for H silk Pearl divers may become H legend of the pact H Bpllnr Tallnr.tta.1a. H Thla gown Is made from a smoottl H Snlsh ladles' cloth of delicate pearl LH shade, the Jacket cut Kton shape and H the sleeve ending In t bell-shspcd cultj H vWt mm A beautiful floral and scroll design, H embroidered In silk, shaded from white H to dark gray, baa somewhat of a con H trotting effect, but blends harmonlouii H ly. The skirt Is treated In the same, H tone of embroidery. The pattern ! H of course, more extensive and elabt fH orate, A unique feature It the band H designs, extending around tho skirl M a short dlslsnce below the waist Tho H entire costumo Is lined with bandsomo H taffeta silk. H "Dreama of the I'aal." H "All old women were onco beauties, H or, at least, belles onco, according to H their own account," said a pigtail miss M pertly, at which the maiden aunt H sniffed and toased up her head, wblla H tho mother shook hers reprovingly. H "'Don't sats mo with the vicious M pride of youth,'" quoted her brother M from his favorite Mr. Venus In Dick- H ens' "Mutual l'rlend," while tho vis- M Itor to whom tho foregoing llttlo scene M aflordcd tomo amutcmcut began to M morsllte H "I do not think Bally altogether IH wrong," sho began "I have often no- H tlccd how our blessings brighten a H they take their flight and how prone H we aro to cxaggcrato their desirable M qualities. I know ono mlddlo-aged H woman (whom Sally would undoubted- H ly call old) who firmly believes that gB .she.had a numbcrjitJoycrvnUhouglt I H do not think sho over had an offer of man logo, and another who Is In re- H duced clrcumttances who has sue- ceeded In convincing herself and her H latter-day acquaintances that her fa- H I her was a man of vast wealth and H that sho pasted her youth In a homo LH ot the greatest luxury I who knew H btr when the was a child remember H that, although apparently comfortably H off, her people lived simply H "With social pretensions It Is tbo H same thing It Is really funny to hesr H some people talk of tbo 'old days' and H the 'new people,' Just as If a couple ot H decades ago they had been socially H prominent when their acquaintances H know perfectly well that they never H wero In what waa called society even H In those days, HUH, Ihrte are In no- H cent hallucinations which harm no H one, and aa It swectons their existence, H poor souls, no one should grudgo them H tho satisfaction "New York Tribune. H Trolley ran.rwlfc M The Methodist Kpltcopal inlnlstera H have adopted a paper declaring against H Runway funerals. The paper also en- H tered Into other features of funerals, H and suggested the plan ot using trol- H ley cars Instead of carriages. Dr. 0. H Herbert Illchardton, wbo presented the H paper, was careful, lioiever, to avoid H nny declaration In favor ot trolley- H car funerals, merely suggesting the H Idea, Dr Illchardson said to a re H porter for the Ilaltlmore News that It H waa Intended only to put the Idea be- H fore tho public and allow people to do H what they pleased with It Another H teaturo of the paper waa a declaration H agalutt long services at the grave la H bad weather this Is exceedingly un- H pleasant, and tho paper advocated brief) H services for the benefit ot the pcoplo H wbo stand around the grave The H hackmen and funeral directors aro H claimed to be In accord with the mln- H liters on the general features ot tho jB action tuken, although It waa not H stated that the hackmen favored trol- H ley-car funerals H Lucky rorethoasht, l ' Now, I wonder what It was I meant H to ask you about," roused tho pro- H festor, as there came a slight pause H In tho conversation H "Whether I had followed up that jV line ot thought ou spoke of a week IH or two ago," suggottcd Miss Peduncle, H "about tho possible cause of the lack jH ot co ordination soiuetlmea observed loSI In the action of the two hemliphere 9H of the brain " Ml "No, that was not It," said the pro- H feasor, who had furtively consulted his H memorandum book ' What I meant H to ask you this evening Miss l'cduucle, H was this Will you marry me?" IH Tha Urlort llaraoroua. H "Illgglns, people say I look Ilka you) do you mind ltT" H "No; a good book or play Is always aal well advertised by Ita burletvue-s,"--- H Detroit I'reo Press. H |
