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Show FOB WOMANAND HOME her parents? if the young lady comes to the door heree-t- , should he giro her s card or cards for all, or If be Is acITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS quainted with all of the family does he AND MATRONS. commit any breach of propriety if he does not have any cards? (3) When a Mot N of hUoBlreaa4 Ftutv gentleman tends music, book or flow-eto a lady, should he enclose his Fnmta IMf Tartan rotate of card with each rg Etl-qaet-to for ta-Hoae '! Womoo Th Cheerful GlrL ead A Kaot ef Blit, In olden days, tori lady A knight went forth to praise. war With arms complete, hie charger fleet. And pennon fluttering far. While on the field of blssoned shield Hun, pure and fair to view, A simple band from woman a hanfl A tiny knot of blue, A true knot, a blue knot. A lovers knot of blue. Did foemen bold. Or robbers gold, O Paynlm blade appear, "For God. St. Clair and lady fair' Went forth the ringing cheer. lfld weapons flash and deafening clash, As man and beast he slew. An omen clear danced ever near A tiny knot of blue, A true knot, blue knot, A lover's knot of blue. L ENVOI. your knight goes, forth to fight, Oh, love, my love, oo true, God gives him grace his foes to face To-da- y - and every parcel? (4) When a lady and gentleman are walking together on the street. In meeting pedestrians is it necessary for them to go single file; who should precede, the lady or the gentleman? (S) When a gentleman ftni lady are In church together and the plate la passed tor collection, should the lady put something In the plate, or should the gentleman put in for both? (6) When introducing a gentleman to a lady, la this form correct; Mies Blank, thlB la my friend. Mr. Brown"? Answer; (1) If the couple attend a church where both are strangers, the usher goes first, tbs gentleman next, and the lady follows. The usher halts at the pew, the gentleman partly faces about, let the lady pass In, then takes his seat. We do not believe this custom 1$ in accord with Chrlstlan-Uk- e conduct. It la merely society custom. (Z) Cards are rather formal articles. If a gentleman la In the habit of calling at a house. It la not necessary to have cards at all on set! Introduced Into England hy Oath, Bprague and a party of marines were ertne Howard, filth wife of Henry sent ashore to deliver and interpret 1347. W erroneous la la TUI, the commodores command to tha "A united before the death of Francis, 11,00 pins lonq term" of Tangier, With a promptness STATES CONSUL. were delivered from the English royal of present imitation Joseph worthy wardrobe for the wee of Prlnceee Joan, Smith gave the Bashaw of Tangier Duche and fiwstlo 4. Sprague, Who Guard Amei-years later the Just twenty-fou- r hour In which to d'Orleans purchased of Jeban la Utereet Before comply with hie ultimatum. Hoe at roll etb Bom or, mvaral of Paris, ter, a to the UoroMs for the ezpiratlon of (he time the repreHalf a CooMrg ba thousands of long and short pins, insentative of the United State-waimportant Feat How. aides MO dozen of tha English fashion, formed that the Morocco goverqjnnt manushowing that ptna were not only was kneeling In readiness to gram The Rock of Gibraltar hia become factured but had gained a wide repots, their wishes. Then Consul General the watch tower of observation of tion abroad during the reign of Henry Carr, accompanied by the commodore nr. It la estimated that hundreds of ship In Spanish waters. As every one and hie staff, landed In Tangier and nows, it la a British fortress and millions of pins are used annually. were received by a salute and with a beeves Iw fifty-thr- fifty years Bi-abo- for ee a ftred lony in the aouth of Spain, All of he traffic between the northern and western maritime countries of Europe, North America and the West Indies ith the Mediterranean and tha East indies passes through the StralU of QL -- Foet. When a woman finds that the lnatep of the foot la tired, she should change her stockings for thin ones, and put on slippers with a totally different heel from that of the shoes the took off, either higher or lower, si the esse may be. Then ahe should 11a down, turn upon her face, and place a pillow under the insteps of both feet, so that every inch of the breadth of her feet should rest upon the pillow. When thta la done, the foot Is at ease. The muscle rest and strengthen, and the beautiful arch of the tustep e preserved. Poeslbly some may think this le nonsense, but let them try the above plan of resting when very tired, and they will be surprised to find out how successful It really is. Oral tar. The rock idth first port entry and the last on depasture, ihe German hips plying between New York and Italy stop here in going either way to wnd and receive passengers. The Spanish ships coming from Barcelona, the Spanish metropolis, or from Malaga and the other cities of Eastern 8paln toward the Atlantic pass through th Straits of Gibraltar In full View f the Rock. Cadis, the great port of 8paln, Is nsar by. 'Wth all our consuls withdrawn from Spain, the transcendent lmport-knc- e of Gibraltar as a point of observation and Information becomes evident With this la mind and in view of our sually unfortunate custom of changing foreign consuls before they know The Car of Shoo. Mary Jane" would like to be told how to take care of her shoes. They get out of shape and do not last at all, She gets them wet and they never seem to dry, and are most Uncomfortable Answer: Shoes that are wet should he filled with dry oats. It te worth while to keep a paper bag of oats for thli purpose. Make a bag shaped Ilka the foot of s' stocking, put it in the shoe, fill It with oats, tie It at the. top of ankle with a strong string and put the shoes In a rather cool place. Rub them frequently with the finest harnese oil and polish dry frith an old klf glove. Prepare tho - Supposing n man CbUdroo. circumstances t be such that ha ia able to provide foi his children subsistence and reputable appearance in the world independent ol their own Industry, the only thing to be attended to is to train them up to loch pursuit an will qualify them to he most happy in themselves, most useful to others, and fitted to go forth in the world, and, considering th instability of all human affairs, it is most prudent that every boy or young man be taught some art by which he may be able to maintain himself In caa of reverse ol fortune. Breast Plat Frost. Fancy fronts that look like breast plates are not a development of tha war spirit, for they were designed before war was declared. They consist ef a platron made of alternating rows of tucks and strips of lace Insertion, with a ruffle or two around the entire edge. They may be mad entirely of white or may consist of red or blue or white organdie combined with black lace. The one shown here is made of red mouaaeline and black lace. On each side of the plastron are four "narrow ruffles,-tw- o of lace and-twof the mouSsellne, The collar is o 8. Golf Tortoa Young women who play golf this se son will ba out of date If they do not wear a tartan scarf or plaldie, and since the interest in golf is constantly increasing the Scotch innovation may become the ordinary costume of the athletic summer girl. The scarf la made of an entire width of plaid allk about two yards long. It passes over the left shoulder down to the right side of the waist, where the ends from th back and front meet and eroee, thence passing around the waist. The fullness is puckered into fold that pass through a steel buckle on the right shoulder. The scarf gives a very Jaunty effect to the plataost of shirt waists, and when combined with with quUla if plaid silk pin-mon- ey pin-mon- ey chargee against the United States consul who were stationed there. In November, 1864, Mr. Sprague, In addltjon to hla position In Gibraltar, waa mad United State consular agent at the Spanish port of Algeclraa-anthe surrounding coast contiguous to Gibraltar. He held this position for thirty years. It was specially important during the war, when Algeclr&s wa the rendezvous for the federal vessels. The consular office at Gibraltar ba been steadilyiaereaaing in Importance since the opening of the Suet Canal. The business of the office is still small. The exports from thta point te the United States are about 116,000 a year, and consist chiefly of corkwood and c. The Imports from tha United States are chiefly flour, petroleum, tobacco, furniture and patent medicine. bric-a-bra- LOSINQ NATIONS NAME FIRST. Wars are commonly known among third parties by the name of tha two nations involved, and it la a serious fact that the name of the losing nation usually precedes that of -- the --victor: Considerations of euphony and not sentiment obtain. In tha war between France and Prussia Franoe waa completely crushed In a ahort time, but the contest, by general consent, is known aa the Franco-Prussia- n war. The recent war In tha far east, which led to the partition of Chlaa now actively In progress, was known aa the Chtnese-Japanesor. In- European -- e, - pbrageologynKe-smo-Japanesc-w- ar. still more recent example to 'the war. In which Greece waa badly whipped. To tba superstitious the name currently given to our HORATIO J. SPRAGUE, conflict with Spain may, by analogy, what they are sent abroau .or, I have seem an augury of success for -- our turned to the consular record to see arm. Europe call It the Spanish-Americwhat manner of official we have at war. An objection to thla Gibraltar, I find a roan who can name la that it gives rise to ambiguto faithfully emblazon on his hat "Fifty ities, aa the terra Spanlah-Amerlca- n State Consul." " commonly used to designate th vaM a United Fortunate la this man In these times rious countries of South America. Perthat magnify the Importance of official haps for this reason there Is a growI tion and give ,to merit and experl- - ing tendency In Europe to call the war Another objectheir proper reward. Th proud IIIepano-Amerlcadistinction of half a centurys service, tion In the eyes of Europe to either of these names to the Jealousy with Which making him tha Nestor of .ue American consular corps, belongs to Horatio it regards our assumption of tha name J. Sprague, the United States consul America. America, It 1 contended, at Gibraltar. -- - Mr. Sprague waa ap- applies tothe whole of North and pointed by President. James K. Polk South America, and this country -- to more often referred to aa tho States." May 12, 1848. Moreover, his father before him, Horatio Sprague, of Boston, even by England. Mass, was appointed consul at Gibraltar by President Andrew Jackson 8HADES HIS HEAD. , April 30, 1833. Again, tbs son th Mohammed ben Negro lives in Tunis present consul, Richard Louli Sprague, Is deputy and vice consul, and. If the and be and bto bat create no particular record of the Sprague family is kept sensation In that elty of atranga garbs, np, will ber serving the United States Where many more like them are to be at Gibraltar when the twentieth cen- seen. He alts by tbe roadside, wrapped tury is half gone. in bis white burnous, on a big mat of Horatio the elder, a native of Bos- esparto grass, flanked on each side by ton, visited Gibraltar before and after a tea chest, and provided with apples, 1812. He subsequently established In oranges, lemons and tins filled with Gibraltar the business of American sugar and spice and all sorts of nice merchantman and shipowner. An- things. Mohammed to a cheery old cient records refer to him as enjoy- fellow, with his brown face and close-cing a high standing in the commercial grizzled beard; but, like all Moors world, of great moral worth and genand Arabs, ba views photographers eral hospitality, especially to hla counwith a distinctly suspicious eye and of would much prefer not to have fell trymen." During the first year his Gibraltar Residence, in 1815, be features immortalized. By th laws was presented by the Humane Society of tbe Mohammedan religion hats ar of Massachusetts with a gold medal forbidden, but in this case the bat la for aiding In the rescue of Captain considered In the light of a sunshade James Riley and his crew from slavery, Those worthy New Englanders had been placed in slavery bya horde of wandering Arabs In the African desert The present Horatio was bora in Gibraltar on August 12. 1823. At th age of fifteen, after a regular course In private tuition and while still studying Preach, Spanish sad Italian he began aiding hto father In both his mercantile and consular office. In 3846 he was admitted as a silent partA Graeco-Turkis- h an n. ut ner to hla father's commercial ROM Hancock Bridge, Salem N. county, J., comes aa Interesting atory of pa-- 1 triotlsm on - the part of Ha young" woman of tha ' name ef Mary Wilson. Mary Is of well-to-parents. Her father to a prosperous farmer and has a neat little bank account that he baa gathered together during the last tew years since the mortgage on the farm was wiped out This bank account will eventually fall to Mary, because she to an only child. But she isnt tha kind of a girt tharlooka to her parents for support She la of aa independent turn of mQid, and ever since ahe wax eighteen yean old, with th exception of th last winter tern, baa taught the school In tha Buttonwood district Mary had far more important business to attend to last winter than teaching tha young idea how to shoot She bad given her heart to a prosperous younff man In tha neighborhood of th name of William Haywood, and they were to 1e married early in the summer, Haywood owna a little farm, npon which he labors during tba aummer, and tn the winter he teache school In th Arlington district William and Mary had grown up together from childhood. Williams father a few years ago became helpless through a paralytic stroke, and the duty of txV- -. lng ears of toe family devolved upon tha young man. Thera were only three In the family William parent and himself. The young man waa an enthusiastic member of on of th companies selected from the Sixth regiment, N. G. N. J.. to Join the volunteer army. When th call cam William was teaching achool and he consulted Mary. Tha youbg man told hia fiance oi the opporianlty to volunteer hU services In behalf of hla country, but h feared that he would be unable to do ao because of the responsibilities But If you dont resting upon him. go, William," aatd Mary, everybody who knows you will call you a coward." Thats what worries me," answered William,, but I dont see how father and mother will be able to get along If they are left alone. Another thing, Mary, you know we were to be married early in tba summer, and If 1 went to war It would destroy our plans in that direction." I know that," replied Mary, "but I dont want to bear them call yoa A coward. William, and if I can have my way they ehall not" I would receive 13 a month as The old peosoldier, said William. ple could manage to get along on that amount, I presume, but then there to nobody to look after tk farm. There to but one way out of the ; trouble," aatd Mary. "Where does Jt lie?" asked William. "Through marriage. Wa must gat married right away. Ill be their I dont want you to think daughter.Jess of me because I am asking you to hurry our marriage, but somebody must look after your father and mother while you are away, and, William, I want to do it" Thro day later William sad Mary wars quietly married. Mary was engaged by the school board to finish ber husbands term of teaching, and William has gone with his company. Mary live with the old folks, and to happy In ,th thought that no matter what the-daug- hter do busi- ness. Tha; year his father visited the United States and ct him In charge of the consulate, . After returning to Gibraltar the health of the elder Bprague failed,. He died In 1848, leaving the present Horatio the head of th family, which Included the mother; five sons and four daughters. The commercial business continued to flourish and the Spragues prospered. Consul Sprague visited the United States for five months, in 1849, This The word to the only visit he ever made to is not much need nowadays, and when' it is, is apg America. While In Washington he to be used loosely. was presented to the then President It la often employed to mean an allowance by a Zachary Taylor. Notwithstanding the fact that hla entire life has been father or husband for n daughter's or (pent In Europe, I am told by those who wifes extra expenses. But its proper know him that HUM genuinely as significance Is a woman's allowance for all her personal outlay, whatever American In heart and soul and manner of speech as one can find in a It may be. - The origin of the term ia ' somewhat singular. Long after tha InJourney through the states ia sufficient to' make th most ordinary high, with a frill of black lace around vention of pins, in the fourteenth cenOne of his interesting experlen in tha top and n black lace bow under the tury, the maker was permitted to sell girl took 'smart and fetching. The official Ilf waa In th fall of 184f ghen chin. SQk may be used Instead of them openly the 1st and 2d of ha served as interpreter of Spanish January Latest mousadine, but tha thinner material is only, when tho English court and for- - Commodore Joseph Smith, comcity better for summer dresses. The Lat- ladies crowded to the manding th United States naval force Eeofclog e tke Bright gMo. shops to buy ent Grace-M- y The commothem, haring been provided hy their bretlher Toro says this of the Mediterranean. fathers and husbands with money for war business to likely to make men dore was on th United State flagFolate of Ktlqootta. tho purpose. After pins had become scarcer than ever at the seashore, this ship Cumberland, escorted by th United States corvette Plymouth.' He "J. B." asks (1) Who walk first np plentiful and cheap, women spent their summer. the church aisle, the lady or tha gen- money for other things; but Mabel Oh. pshaw, I dont believe tt. was going to Tangier to force tha retleman? (2) If a gentleman cslla up- remained In vogue. The opinion, oftep Ive never seen a man at the seashore ception of Thomas N. Carr , as United States consul general to the Morocco on a lady who has four or five sisters, expressed, that pint were invented in yet that would be likely to lea to wax X . Mmwiivnt ibould he send cards to each, also to France during the reign of Fran I. under any dreumstarees. , y. Moorish guard of honor In attendance. Consul Sprague returned to Tangier in 1877 and again In 1889 to investigate Whao Wore Are Knowa bf Me Wore of th Katie oe Involved. "tfp-Ulte- less the persons upon whom the call is made are not at home. (3) When books, flowers, etc., are sent it la well to Indicate on some margin or by a card from whom the package comes, nnleas some indication has been made tb&t they are to be sent Nothing la more annoylag than to receive auch ar tides and puzzle and wonder over the identity of the donor. (4) When walk log together on the street, and single file la necessary, the lady should precede unless the crowd Is dense and troublesome, in which base the gentleman should precede, keeping a watchful eye over his shoulder that no rude nesa or accident overtakes his companion, (5) Whet ihe plate ia passed in church both the lady and gentleman may contribute If they choose. There Is no reason why the gentleman should cancel the ladys church obligations more than any other. (C) The form of Introduction which you suggest la simple and answers every purpose. In all matters belonging to etiquette, tnon sense Is ene of the foundation principles, . Even though, one may ba In doubt as to the proper course to pursue, n careful study of the sensible and practical will, as a rule, furnish at least an approximately correct aolutlon of the problem, 01 W Uarvlog the Oat of ItaUg CoUed Coward William Ha 7 wood Ba Aged Foroote foe Whom Ho Bos to Mh Fvovlolom pin-mak- er consider his youthful heroine complete ringing laugh were omitted from the list of her charms; and In real Ufa the girls who do not laugh n.ow and then are seldom liked by their companions. Even beauty will not save them. A belle who'falls to understand the Jest of her admirers and smiles in amiable bewilderment while other people are.laughing.i goon left --With. PQ consolation save to wonder what anybody can see in ber rival a girl with d nose, perhaps, and a large mouth and freckles, but the happy possessor of a pair of merry eyes and a cheerful mind. The gift of gayety Is, Indeed, of great value; but It must be gayety which originates in a kind and cheery heart, not that which la born of mere excitement or gratified vanity. With your sweet knot of blue A true knot, a blue knot A levers knot of blue. JERSEY GIRL SAVES HER SWEETHEART. n it a GIRL OF TO WAR t Bra-con- Cboerfal Girls. Good and healthy girls are almost alNo novelist would ways cheerful. rtm WEBT0G0 w J H WILLIAM HAYWOOD. the 'gossip ried her,hco! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT7" and the burnous to worn under the bat Mohammed prefers pitching his mat In various places each day to having an established shop, though shops are cheap enough In Tunis. In the most Important thoroughfare of the Arab quarter a butchers shop can be bought outright for 17. - Many of tbe native shops keep open all night and sometimes visitors have driven past at 2 or 8 In the morning and seen th d watchful vender, sitting, under hla lamp, keeping guard ever hla ware. cross-legge- Sharp Folata, Usee pointed arguments A be. An old adage Th old bookkeepers Making a clean breast of It Wash- ing a shirt bosom. He that goes to aea must smell of the ship. Stephen Gosson. Man loves little and often; woman much and rarely. Beats T . . may say about their kur. they cannot truly call coward. t Sow Train for tba First Tima.. A country boy who was brought ap In a remote region of Scotland had occasion to accompany hi fathet to a village near which a branch line of railway passes The morning after hi arrival, when sauntering in the garden behind the house, In which they were taying, he beheld with wondering eyes ha train go by. - For a moment he remained staring at it with astonishment and then running Into the house, ha said; Farther, fayther, come oot! Theres a blacksmlddy shop ran off wt a row of houses, and Its dooa by th back o' the town." an lot Female Friaooor. McClaughry, superintendent Of th itat penitentiary at Joliet UR who started a school la the prison for tho benefit of convict women some time ago, to delighted at the success of the Innovation. Women, to to said, who have beea a terror te society la Chicago, are likely to be regenerated and the speBinf-boo- k. by th slate-penc- il School Major 1 - 3 - ' V |