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Show FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITtMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS . ANP MATRONS. Tains of Ihe Old Maid- Many Homes . Are Ms.la Happier l.y Ills (ltd Maid Mhos Ufa llss lleen a .serin,. tlsrlng rffeeta In rnnilahlii.s. vti.t r. or ot.n maids. Certain Uvea seem destined to exercise ex-ercise the noblest self rnntrnl and the ntost aurprlsing aolf-cfTacemetit without with-out ' adequate a, knowlcdiinieiit, aays the New Yurk Evening Poet. The po- Itlon la aiKiniolous; the Incllnntlon art aside la only known to the heart which never permitted luolf to apenk Ita wish aloud find the work would fall from Its high level of htininn endeavor en-deavor If performed In the light of dny, where It "could he praised of men." In many a hom, that woman of varied va-ried endowment, the maiden aunt, plays hnr quiet role of unreootdrd and most valtinble aorvloe, and Iter bono-flclarles bono-flclarles are ecareoly aware of her nc-rlflce nc-rlflce of time or personal enjoyment, or of the check alio tin. to put to her Individual preferences or opinion. In order to entry out the family rule, which often .he doe. not approve or aympathtre with. Hhe I. ever ready to take the helm when lllnost or absence ab-sence force, the beads of .the home to ylvld It In other .bnnd. . Her hsrltles. It aho bin an Inilepcitdoni Income, thla boy goes to college, and that girl roelvea the mimical edticntlnn for which the longa. Too often', even In grateful young heart, no Inquiry 1. ni.de a. lo what might hava come to hnr lln.lo. aud In .omo wara, lonely life, had aho used the money to gratify grati-fy herself. Rha I. dear and good end eanoroue they ftillr understood Ihntj but where ah. would hava traveled, what (he would hare taken delight In po..e.alng book., picture., . homo which waa her Tory own, In which to ex pres. herself they do not think, or dream of these. How cuuld aha be b.ppler than .ho Is? Ilcslrlo a alrkhrd she keep, her clow and lender wnlch, and wlu o the mother, moth-er, refreshed by Bleep, made beneficial by ber perfect trust ln the care which atipplement. her own, return, to het post, .ho seea with unjealou. eye. the joy with which th. patient welcome, back tho beot-bcloved. Never to be the best-loved, and yet gladly and cheerfully to fill all the office. In which many a brave and high-hearted woman serves her family, call, forth the very hlgheat type of character and belong, to tho noblost cl. ot human ndeavor. HUtlHK aiivl Of light w cloth," with band, of gold embroidery done on tan-colored cloth. Tho folded front I. of liberty satin ln pal. .hade, of tan and rose, iTBANast ritiirr.aioNi ' auoitkd 11V WIIMKM. Women bread wluuor. have chosen strange career, fur thrniselve. In vart-ou. vart-ou. part, of th. earth. Their example may ln.plro other., If not to adopt like profession., to act upon th. principle prin-ciple which guided them to choose the one thing they cuuld do that was near at hand. For exfimplo, In Georgia a woman not only personally deliver, mall over a 40-mlle route, riding over the acant-lly acant-lly .eltlcd region ot Montgomery county coun-ty thrice weekly during the entire year, but mannges a large farm as nil. doing much of the manual la bor, ouch ploughing, harrowing, owing and harvesting, .fid .upporta by her energy ond courago s family of four, relates tho l'tlcn Observer. Not SO mile, fruin Ruvnntinh thoro reside! widow who has for the Inst two your, mft'lo more thnn a comforta-blo comforta-blo Income ns a government contractor, contrac-tor, bidding for the removal of wreck., i anchoring of buoy., building of Jaitlsa. j and dredging. " L Kew person, tiding over the New j Ixindon Northern railway are aware j that the cninpiiiy employ, th. onlr womnn trnln dlspairher in the world. 1 Her responsllil.'ity 1. great, her hoiira t from 7 o'clock lu tho morning to t In J tho evening, her dutlr. a continual f nervous and nn'iitnl .trnln. Ilecentlr the director, ol Ihe road complimented her upon her eftli lent service, and it I. a plen.ure to add she receive, the f siitno coniiieiiriition paid tho men oc- ctiplng slmllnr po.ltlnn.. A Virginia girl hn. fnndo a wide- . prend repututlon, well aa a (jood y' bonk arciiiint, ns a Irnlncr of saddla horse.. ' Ctt'.MMII ruot'K t Of pink cn iis, orahrnMerrd In black, with flue whlta tucked mou.s.llnt do solo, lllnck velvet trimmings. j da hi no r.rriciT. in sUHNiHiiiNaa ! "In my country collage," said a woman one day, "I tried all sort, ot j daring effect. In furnishings. Thneo that are pleasing after use I often i transplsnt with aurceas to my city ' borne. For exnnipla, two or three summers sum-mers ago wo rented a rottaga in which the dining room was dull and dark," . any. tho New York Kvenlng Post, "I got a pot of white paint, together with the owner', consent, and painted th. woodwork, the rlinlrs, and table white, with the effect that the room became perceptibly brighter, if I rould have changed the wall It would bava been lighter .till. "My rlty dicing room had long distressed dis-tressed m. becaua. of lta want of light and that autumn . I boldly trana-formad trana-formad It. Tha wall. I had papered In a striped white pnper, painted th. 1 woodwork whlto, and put a white lln- ; oleum on the floor. The furniture wss too handsom. to tamper with, for It la mahogany. In a simple colonial design, hut tha whlta background em- rtentty mo the work nl brightening . , tho room to tho moat delightfully cheerful point" revival or it, imam a, iikhb. A great achenie, which at one tlmo fired the Imagination of the Romans, and then waa allowed to drop, Is now about to be revived In a modified form. F.lesnora Dttse, tho actress, and Ga-brlello Ga-brlello d'Aniiuuilo ,tho famous writer, wore the moving spirits In a project j to erect on the shore, of tbe Lak. of i Alb.no, .hiiv. Home, a great traglo theater, to he opened a few months each spring for the reproduction of nticlent Oreek and Itomun pi. ye. .ays tho London Dally Telegraph. What spot mors Inspiring than that claaaio ground, little chunged since It was ' trod by the ficlof Cicero and Virgil, and what .urrotindlngs mora perfect fur Inspiration than the oak. under which the., grrat men .at aud tho lake on which tbey floated? CAN HHE llO IT AND I.IVR. Onoof tha most dnngerou..ud thrilling thrill-ing feat aver attempted by a human hu-man being is scheduled to occur oa Dept. 26 next, when dir. Deckwlth, a slim English girl, who I. now doing swimming feat. In the Pan-Anierloaa exhibition, will, according to her own announcement, throw herself Into tho Niagara river, at tho bead of tho Whirlpool rapids, In tha firm belief that .he will emerge at the other end alive and well. If .he succeeds .he will have accomplished accom-plished what waa never done before, says tbe Now York Telegram. Swimming Swim-ming expert, doclare .he cannot niako the trial and live. Cora Uockwltli any. aha can. anti-jkw n i, r i.FAur. ; The womou of tho Island of Crete have founded a league ilmlliir to that I which Ly.l.trala Itnltuted at Athens for half a day. The association has i the object of restricting the luxury ot the women of Crete. 11. meinour, are ; forbidden to wear Jewel, or rich ral ment- Il'usscl. IJclgo Independence. ' |