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with his wife that he should bear such All
undying grudge against her?
Now if it was wOman's m0ther-in-law
who was made the butt of these jokes there
might be a grain of sense in them; for il is
the mans mother who has it in her power
TO make life burden TO the young wife and
not half try.
As matter Of fact, woman Is usually
proud and fond of her sOn-in-law if he only
gives her the ghost of chance.
When the young couple first 60 to house
keeping who is it that comes in and with
her good sense and practical experience
tides them over the rough places
A mans mOther-in-law.
1t is the woman's mOther-in-law who is
most apt to criticize and who eXasperates
the young wife by quoting all too fire.
Qnently: MY son is used to having things
thus and So" My son must have this or
that for his meals" MY son, with his
small income, should have married a pru
dent. economical woman" etc.
When the first baby makes its appearance,
as well as the successive ones, who is it that
steps in and relieves the husband of his
weary vigils and takes the load of care and
worry off the wife's feeble shoulders and
keeps the household machinery running
smoothly?
The mans mother-in-law.
When he and his wife plan to take little
trip together. who is it comes in and takes
charge of the house and children, so that
they can peacefully enjoy their holiday, with
the restful thought. Mother is there and
it will be all right?"
The mans mother-in-laW.
When there is sickness or trouble in the
house. who is the faithful nurse. the wise
counselor, the sympathizing friend?
The mans mother in-law
And if. in the course of events, the wife
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to this country, though it is much to be re-
GREETED that the fathers of the country were
altogether too puritanical to give the de-
liclous pastime full swing. 1t was to be
done decorously and in order. and wo be-
tide the loving husband who dared to in
wade the sanctity of the Sabbath by kissing
his wife that sacred day.
To such degree had the practice of kiss
ing attained in England that ladies were
accustomed to use kissing comtits, CON-
posed of ambergris and other ingredients,
for the purpose of sweetening their breathS.
These, beyond all question, were the fore
runners of the cachouS triX, and other vile
things with which the ladies of the present
day faint their breathS. Their breaths
with sWeetmeats tainted are" says Mercu-
ito. When Wniteback was the ambassador
of Oliver Cromwell to the court of Chris
tine of Sweden, the queen one day, accom-
panied by her ladies, dined with him, and
the queen, nothing 10th herself perhaps, for
a lesson, commanded the ambassador to
teach her suite the English mode OF sal
uation. Whiteback fell to work at his
pleasing task Immediately, and. after few
'coy and pretty defenSeS' from his pupils,
soon found in them the most apt of schol-
ars and ready to carry out his instructions
10 TIC lClICIs OuL PloNtAOO "a 49,
versal kissing in England fell into disuse.
In the time of those ascetic monarchs,
William and Mary, it was very little prac-
ticed, and from that time out continued TO
be restricted to its proper use and employed
only on proper Occasions-Such for IN
stance, as when beauty is caught asleep
or under the mistletoe, where 1t is always
in order.
A very satisfying kiss must that have
been which Fatiina received from her lover,
as told by Tennyson. when he drew with
one long kiss her whole soul through! Let
the article be closed with this charming
little poem. translated. if the writer's mem-
DRY is correct, from Victor Hugo.
Give me kisses! do not stay
Counting In that careful way:
All the coin your lips shall print ..
Never can exhaust the mint.
Kiss me, them
Every moment and again.
Give me kisses! nay, tbs true,
am quite as rich as you;
And Tor every kiss owe,
l can pay you back, you know.
Kiss me, then;
Every moment, and againl
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it is cle1t and one side is strapped back with
ribbons, OF it may have band of velvet
across inside to rest on the hair, or there
may be all inside trim ming Of cut ostrich
feathers. with pomponS of cut ostrich out
side the brim. or finally there
may be soft loops OF ribbons
over the front edge from the
outside. The melon crown is also a novelty.
whether made of folds of velvet and rows
of beads extending outward from the CEN
ter, or else with the different sections merely
outlined by narrow beading to represent the
entire end of the melon, or with rows of
chenille and beads coming down from the
top to suggest half the end of melon. The
felt. the chenille wired bonnets. and those
Of plush or velvet plain on the frame have
long narrow crowns. sometimes projecting
all along their outline to give the horse
shoe, while others are smooth, and are
trimmed down the middle with two rows of
ribbon that cross the end of the bonnet and
form strings. The fronts of brims have
less putting than was used last winter, but
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generally worn by a I young ladies, reach to
the instep in front and escape the floor
by about three inches in the back. These
latter are made with three reeds, which
form decided tOInure while the trained
dresses have small hair pustles, somewhat
in the shape of tiny mattress. placed di-
rectly below the waist, and are worn over
a white skirt containing two or three reeds.
This is seen on almost every costume i'll
tended for full dress occasions. Some
times it merely peeps out from among
pleatngs or drapery, but more frequently
covers more than half of the dress.
Trained dresses are made of the rich new
brocade satins in two and three tones and
in large forited designs, combined with
pushes, plush stripes. velvets and plain
silks and satins. The train and bodice are
generally of the plain material ana the
tablier and drapery of the brocade.
A very elegant dress of this description
was seen at recent wedding. The train!
of amber satin with a raised plush stripe
fell in full folds from the waist. The front
was Of plush brOcaded in amber and pink
flowers on a cream satin ground, and the
bodice of plain amber velvet with jardin-
iere of pale pink rOsebuds across the front.
4 jabOt of duchesse lace passed down one
side between the brocade and train, and on
the other side was a garland of roses,
Some of the new combinations in color
show pistache- green and pale brown. sky
blue and sea fOamgreen yellow and dore-
gray and fawn with white and many of the
older combinations are still used.
From ten to thirty yards of tulle are
used on dancing dresses, and the effect Of
this gauzy material is so pretty that it will
probably continue in fashion for some time.
One OF the imported fall dresses is of paleSt
dore-gray silk, made with skirt trimmed
with deep kilt and full drapery. This is
covered with long plain folds of tulle in the
back and an apron front of the same mate
rial, caught high on the hips. A garland
of large pale p nix roses borders the front
drapery. and cluster is placed in the de-
collette corsages of dOre-gray plush.
Plush and velvet cOrSageS are almost
universally worn. as those of satin OF silk
soon become soied and do not show the
figure to advantage. SasheS of MORE and
long gloves are still popular
THE M0EEEER-IN-I.4
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rage is ''tne metempsychoSiS of WOmen-it
turns them INTO different creatures from
what they were before" The reading that
comes between the lines here is capable of
more than one Interpretation, and it must
be left to the initiated to take view which
most answers to their own circum-
stances. There are no two mean ngs, how
ever. in the JOhnsonian declaration that
marriage is the best state for man in gen.
eral. and every man is worse man in pro-
portion as he is unfit for the married state"
Nor, although he looks at the matter i'll two
aspects, is there any ambiguity in Daniel
Webster's opinion that in marriage there is
no purgatorv-''it locally contains heaven
or hell; there is no third place in it,"
Nevertheless the relationship is good for
the chief uphOlderS of the doctrine of
third state, for we have distinguished
wearer of the ring of the Fisherman (Pius
H. preaching that marriage is better for
the clergy than a single life. And even
Voltaire, with all his doubts ond specula-
lions. has this to say with regard to
the sacred tie: 1.-The more married men
you have the fewer crimes there will
be-" inasmuch as marriage rem
ders man more virtuous and more wise"
Cotton put in that marriage is a feast
where the grace is sometimes better than
the dinner" MelanchthOn agrees with Vol
taire on this question, his opinion being
few unmarried people are affected as they
ought to be toward the public good and per-
ceive what are really the most important
objects in life" Montague is inclined to
be irOnical on the subject saying that the
land of marriage has this popularity, that
strangers are desirious of inhabiting it,
while its natural inhabitants would willingly
be banished thence" If there is irony
also in Sydney Smiths observation on the
subject, it is softened with a delightful
touch of humOr. We have the genial divine
comparing married couples to a pair of
shears, 80 joined that they cannot be
separated. often moving in opDost directions
yet always Furnishing any one who
comes between them." We have one noted.
author intimatng that even at the worse
there is certain measure of benefit in
marriage. I'VE are not very much to
blame for our bad marriages." says Emer-
son; 1--WE live amid hallucmations, and
this especial trap is laid to trip up our feet
with, and all are tripped up, first or last,
but the mighty mother who had been so
sly with us, as if she felt she owed us
some indemnity. insinuates into the Pandora
box of marriage some deep and serious
benefits and some great joys" There are
the same differences in the verdict on the
married state in the poetic as in the prose
references to it. The testimony on both
aspects of marriage is in fact voluminOus,
and it could not well be otherwise. seeing
that it deals with what bears chiefly on
human Joy or sorrow. But there is no
question as to which way the balance turns
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dies, who is it that usually comes in and
takes care of the children and keeps up the
home till the bereayed husband has time to
look around and find another wife?
A mans mOther-in-law.
And how does he reward her for all this
devotion?
By making heartless jokes at her expense
and publishing them for other men to
smoker over!
lngratitude, thy name is Man!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
PECULIAR COLORS.
Dresses Pretty and Artistic Enough
TO please the Most EasIidious.

The evening dresses imported this fall
for the balls, parties and weddings now be-
ginning, are, as a rule, artistic and pretty
enough to please even the masculine mind.
Many new materials have been introduced.
and all the old ones are shown in variety
of new shades No decided change in the
cut of these toilets is noticeable. The
bodces are still cut low with short
sleeves. and the trains fall in heavy folds
from the waist, the usual length being
three wards. The front of the dress reaches
to the instep and displays the foot and
slipper. Dancing dresses, which are very
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The Faithful Nurse, The Wise COun-
seIor. the SympathiziElg Friend.

T is a mystery which
no one has yet solved
why so many sad jokes
are constantly beng
perpetrated about a
mans mOther-in- law.
says a writer in tie
Detroit Free Press.
What dreadful crime
has the unfortunate
woman committed in
providing tie man
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HER ONLY FAULT.

She's rich and fair, and talented as well;
Her figure is a dream, her smile spell,
Her fair complex ol's like pink sea shell
Twill stand inspection.
HendispositIon' sweet as it can be,
And with her taste in dress mOdistes agree;
But for her bad taste in refusing me
She'd be perfection
Oakland Ech oeS
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WOulun,s Letters.

Detroit Fl ee Press.
There are only two clasSes-business let
tiers and letters which are strictly contiden
tial.
She seldom writes business letter, but
when she does it is very short, occupying
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cesses. after pressing the trimming beaker
to her lips. salUted the astOnished and de-
lighted VOrtigern with a little kiss, after
the manner of her own people. So well
did the kiss thrive in the genial climate of
England that, from being an occasional
luxury, it SOON became an every day enjoy
ment. and the English soon became cee-
brated, far and near. as kissing people.
In fact. so far had their celebrity spread in
this respect that when Cavendsh, the
biographer of the great Child of Honor
Cardinal Wolsey." visited French noble
man at his chateau, the lady of the house, OH
entering the room with her train of attend
ant madens, for the purpose of well
coming the guest of her husband thus ac-
costed him: 'FOrasmuch as We be an En-
clishman whose custom it is in your country
to kiss all ladies and gentlewomen without
Offense. and although it De not so here in
fhis realm. vet will | be so bold as to kiss
vou. and so shall all my maidens." Where
nnon the rafters of the chateau rung again
with the heartiness of the OSCILLATION, no
donbt to the great satisfaction of the fair
chatelaine herself, her many and
merry maidens. and above all to CavendiSh
himself. In the reign of Edward ". a
guest was expected on his arrival,
and also on his departure, to salute not
only his hostess, but all the ladies
of the family. In fact. no occasion was
lost on which to bestOw KISS and Shakes
neare makes bluff King Hal say at Wolsey's
BANQUET at Hampton Court Palace, after he
had danced with Annie Bullen: Il were
unmannerly to take you out and not to kiss
YOU" From England kissing found its way
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07
THE PROPER BONNET.
WhatFaxhiOn DEGREES Must be WOrI
ms sHn~ HeVOt es.

| lie small capote re-
mains the fav0rite
slia re for autumn and
winter bonnets. but
has various mOdiica-
tons. some of which
are so decided as to
become new features.
For instance, the
brim is more flaring
at the top. showing a
velvet lining of con-
trasting color. or else
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danger lies," he saws.
Tin the facility with which cOmpanionship
of this kind is mistaken for true intimacy.
though it does not really imply anything
approaching to it." A woman Twill trust
her life to the keeping of man, of
whose aims, of whose standard of right
and wrong, of whose power and habit of
living up to that standard she knows Just
as much and just as little as she does of the
actors whom she has seen on the stage,
though she is deceived into thinking she
knows more, only because she happens i'm
this case to have been one OF the actors.
and not merely a passive spectator" There
is more truth than poetry in this thought.
for in nine cases out of ten the two persons
who come together in marriage have no
more conception of each others true char
acter and real disposition than those of a
dozen others in the circle of their acquaint-
ance. They are simply pleasant, social
companions, and that is all.
There are quite as many mistakes made
in friendship through these easy init
macies," though the consequences are not
as far reaching. Women, especially, are
apt to give their confidence to those with
whom they have been Familiarity associated
when they have never proved their trust
wOrthinesS. 1t is one thing to have pleas
ant little familiar conversations about every
day matters: it is another to impdrt what
perhaps touches the inner life. and, which
made light of, or misrepresented, would
place one in an uncomfortable position,
or possibly even worse. iniure the reputation
or put it in the gossips' hands TO do with as
they please. A real friend true friend.
one who can be trusted to enter the holy of
holes of your heart without deSecrating it.
is among the best gifts that life can offer.
but they are found in small numbers, and
are only proved by trial. certain amount
of reserve. even with familiar companions.
is good thing to employ for it gives not
only sense of safety. but of security.
Decen, REGARD for ppearances.
San Francisco Post.
Upon the sudden death of one of our cit
liens the wife was almost craZed with grief
of the whole souled womanhoOd that had
characterized her before she grew fashion
able and silly. The daughter came to her
and said:
Mamma, it is so SOrrOwful and so
dreadful, but do recover yourself or we will
lose caste. We must order and issue funeral
cards. It's the style, and if we don't it will
be an opening for all that old crowd to i'll
trude."
Sure enough" replied the stricken wife.
"What thoughtful child. Look up our
calling list and direct them yourself"
Yes mamma. dear. and in the papers
that vulgar undertaken will be sure to say
friends and acquaintance are invted-the
acquaintance ought to be left out.
Never mind. dear; when they lind cards
are issued they won't have the face to
come" answered the wise mother. and
we must have good singing. Everybody
will be so critical. As your ppor papa has
not left much property, we must be more
careful than ever of appearances.
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HISTORY OF KISSING.
How a Custom known TO All COun-
tries Was Introduced.

he story runs that
kissing was intro
duced into England
by ROwena. the
daughter of Hengist
the Saxon. At a
banquet, which was
given by the British
monarch in honor of
his allies, the prin-
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Easy Entfm acies.

\ WRITER in a London
paper discourses about
the danger of easy lin
timacies;;" that is, of
giving the confidence to
people of whom one
knows nothing except
that they are pleasant
companions when they
are met socially. THE
\ I,0o - L.
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HIGH-PRICED SILK HOSE.
Extensive Stockings Worn BIZ
Su0iIed DarIiuEs.

o THREE pairs ladies
hose, $751;" was one Of the
TENS on a pink-tinted bill
to a South side
paterfamilias the other day
Oy one of those expensive
luxurieS called daughters.
Tears and trlbulatiOnS en-
cuad IN that houSphnld
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THE WOMAN'S GLOBE.
Various Opinions by Wise People in Re-
gard to the Desirability of the
Married State.
Something About That Most Fascinating
and Taking of All Modern Gus
toms, Kissing.
silk Stockings So Costly That Only
Daughters OF Fortune Can At
ford Their Wear.

What Dame Fashion Promulgates IN
the Way of Headgear 1or
Women.
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able in all. says st.
Paul: and the same
opinion has been eX-
} reSsed much IN the
-ame words by innu-
meTable authors from
Seneca downward.
1t is curious, how
ever, to note how
writer's have differed
II the testimony they
ave borne to this,
he most sacred of
human relationships.
A man finds him.
self seven years older
the day after his
marriage" says Ba-
con; and, according
to a lady writer, mar
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RUEk TR EE

Flooded our hearts with mellow light,
And the world seems wondrously fair ana
bright.
The moon shines now on the silver sea,
And kisses, as then, the spreading tree;
And the leaves but echo our ardent breath,
Il love you, darling, il life or death.
Long after we two have sailed away
To an unknown shore, where It's always day,
VIII stand on the hillside the dear old tree
That holds d secret for you and me.
Sarah K. Bolton.
OPINIONS ON MARRIAGE.
a Most Desirable State. Both For the
NAM aud sc Woman.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-23
Tuesday, March 23, 1886.
A NOTABLE CASE.

Philadelphia court has recently dealt with rather notable case. As attorney for a mortgagee of certain lot in Philadelphia flee to enter satisfaction of the mortgage. On the opposite page of the mortgage book was mortgage of the same amount, between the same parties, bearing the same date, but upon the property adjoining. In 1872 a shoemaker bought the irst-named lot, hay ing received from the recorder a certificate that it was clear of liens. Nine years after his purchase demand was made upon him for arrears of interest on mortgage of 8, 375. The mortgage was foreclosed and the sheriff sold the premises and turned the shoe maker into the street.
 A bill in equity was filed in behalf of the shoemaker against the estate of MT. Binney, who had died in 1870 in which it was al legged that his act in entering satisfaction upon the wrong property was legal, though, Of course, no. moral fraud, and asking that his executors be required to pay to the plain tiff $5, ,265, with interest from April, 1879. The action was based and depended upon the law of Pennsylvania, that where 8 fraud has been perpetrated and undiscovered the stat ute of limitations shall only begin to run from the date of it's discovery. The court held that, though it was clear case of mis- take, it was fraud upon any subsequent purchaser, and that the statute of limitations would not operate to protect it until it's dis covery by the party alleging it as the foun- dation of his right of action.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-23
FUN N Y.

A lady once said she could always know when she had taken too much wine at dinner her husbands jokes began to seem funny Rochester Herald.
 ''It is again reported that the President is about to marry" Of course MT. Edmunds will demand the notes he has received from the lady.-Richmond Dispatch.
 They are making false butter so cleverly in Wisconsin now that the only difference between it and the genuine article is that the former is better than the latter.-New York Graphic.
 'tSir," said the master of Balliol, in his parting address to a distinguished alumnus 'syour fellow students think highly of you, I think highly of you; but no one thinks moro highly of you than you do yourself"
 In the United States District court yester day during the examination of a witness Dis trict Attorney Flick asked "How often did you buy liquor of the defendant in the az gregates' "Never," said the witness, stI al ways got it in the wine cellar Wheeling (W.Va.) Intelligencer.
 Sympathetic Visitor (to convict)-Wha brought you to this unfortunate place, m, poor fellowa Convict-Prize-fghtin SOFT Sympathetic Visitor-Ah, indeed; prize