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him saving off the strips. About IL
O'Clock went out and found the stuff
all cut to lengths. and Mr.. BoWSer was
making half-mOrtiseS at the ends.
''Aren't our front doors higher than
this?" 1 asked, as | picked up one of the
side pieces.
Haven't you any housework to see
top he brusquely replied.
you've got 'em foot too short"
'Oh. have, eh? Some folks eyes
are better than carpenters rule"
went back into the house, but it
wasn't long before l saw him sneaking
around to the front with one of the
pieces. l watched him as he tried it.
and 1t was all of twelve inches short
Mr.. Bowser scratched his ear, groWled
like bear. and looked as foolish as a
boy caught in harvest apple tree. Ten
minutes later he was at the telephone
ordering more stuff.
''Were they too short?" asked. as he
hung up the trumpet.
"N-no, but l thought I'd get heavier
stuff" he mumbled as he shot out
doors.
The stuff came up after dinner, and it
was about 5 O'Clock in the afternoon
when he put one of the frames together
and stood it up in the door. 1 went out,
and as he began to smile with satisfac-
ton, | said:
"Mr. Bowser, that door is squee-
gawed"
"Squeegawed? Squeegawed? What
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forced to curtail her expenses, she
quilted the gay French capital and
went to London. Here in some way
she was admitted to very good society,
and one occasion visited in company
with some English ladies number of
shops, where she gave an immense or
der for silk stockings. dainty hose and
valuable laces, directing that her coro-
net be embroidered on each piece.
"When the goods were delivered to
her she hypothecated them with her
pawnbroker, and then, with her hus-
band, a young Spaniard whom she had
met in London, fled to New York. She
swindled him soon, causing him to
draw ON his parents for $4,000 by tellt
ing him that she would have vast sum
of money from her estates in Spain on
attaining her majority. While in this
city she swindled shopkeepers to the
tune of $4,000, and then suddenly left
for Mexico.
'But the queen of all the confidence
women is Mrs. Ellen Peck. Her schemes
have been on large scale, and have
nearly always netted her large sums of
money. She has often been arrested,
but has only once been punished. She
was released from the penitentiary in
February, 1889. One of her favorite
methods is to represent that she has
tracts of timber land in the South, and
that 1t is only the lack of ready money
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BOWSER'S HARD LUCK
He Tries to Make and Hang
Wire Screen Doors
Alone.
Mrs. Bowser, as Usual, At
tempts to Discourage the
= Undertaking.
The Usual Result Follows,
41a and Nobody Is Very
sf Happy.
"a
Read the Old Mans Expert
81 enees and Enjoy a
Laugh.

e An expressman brought up small
jag of lumber the other afternoon and
left it at the barn, and when Mr.. Bow
ser came home l mentioned the fact,
and asked what he intended to do
with.it.
tits for screen doors for the front
DOORS" he replied.
Carpenter coming up to make them?"
Haven't engaged any,"
''Mr. Bowser. you are not going to try
and make them yourSelf?"
"There won't be any trying about it.
l shall proceed to make and hang them.'
''Pm afraid you can't do it. It's a
nice piece of joiner work to make a
screen door. especially one for the
fl ont of the house."
Pm we'll aware of that" he said, as
stroked his chin in eomplacent way
Haven't got about $50 worth of tools:
Don't know how to handle them?"
''I-I wish you had given your order
at the shop, as other folks do"
''Pll be hanged if pay any So for a
pair of doors when l can make 'em
for So. You are always dead set against
anything | undertake."
''Mr. Bowser, you can't make screen
door. You can't hang one. Don't
blame me when the failure comes"
Blame you! Are you getting crazy?
If those doors are not success you
won't hear word of fault from me
not peep. was thinking or ordering
them, but being you have stuck your
nose up so high Ill make 'em now just
to show you that can do it,"
And next morning he put on an old
suit and went out to the barn, and be-
fore o'clock he had measured four diff
ferent times for those doors. At last he
got the dimensions to suit, and l heard
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Fads in FinerY.

All-wool cream serge. with border of
graduated mixed black stripes, is just
the thing for mountain and -seashore,
and is sold so low that one can get
dress pattern for s4 or under.
Yellow and mauve are the eolors for
underllnen. If white, there are
stripes in light yellow.
Knitted Tuxedo and LenoX suits are
growing in popularity. Their yielding
quality and ventilating features make
them favorites with ladies and children
in summering.
Silk stockings are worn this season of
the same hue as the dress. They are
very comfortable. Plain black add to a
shapely ankle, but stripes detract
from it.
Glace kid gloves have taken the place
of Suede gloves. Glazed black kid is
more popular for street wear than tan,
which it has to a large degree replaced.
White andpale-lemon ostrich feathers
on large white hats produce charming
effect.
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HOW men ARE RUINED
Sketch Of Pretty. Adyentur-
esses Who Thrive in
Gotham.
Women Who Have Played
Upon the Trust Of Rich
Men.
Inspector Byrnes Takes a
Glance at Some Fa-
nous Ones.
The Same Thing Going On in
New York Every
Day.

New York Letter.
"There are two classes of adventur-
esses," said Inspector Byrnes in a re-
cent interview. "There are the women
who throw away everything for men to
whom they are devoted and whose
tools they become. For them they lie
and swindle and cheat other men. Such
women oftentimes would be glad to re-
form, but these worthless fellows, for
whom they have given up all woman
holds dear, will not allow them; and an
other thing, their own sex Will not help
them.
''The second class of adventuresses is
far worse than the first. 1t is composed
OF women who, in the must deliberate
and cold-blooded fashion Imaginable, set
to work to ruin men and extort money
from them. They are utterly without
heart, remorse or conscience. They
never confess nor acknowledge that
they have done anything wrong. They
care nothing for their victims. They
simply want money to crafty feminine
frivolities; and five, ten yes, twenty
thousand dollars merely represent GER
tain extravagances of dress or living
which they are bound to possess. As
rule adventuresses come from the cities.
I have had a few before me who came
from country homes, but most of them
are clty-bOrn.
zone of the cruelest adveuturesses
have had any knowledge of was Lizzie
Sparrow. who in 1860 was the belle of
the Fourth ward. She married very
respectable manufacturer, Henry Rice,
but her luxurious tastes and eXtrava
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gances soon brought about aseparation.
She then became acquainted with a
Young man named Jay Jarvis, a member
of good family and the possessor of a
fine fortune. This woman ruined him
financially and socially. and after get
ting his last cent was inlthe habit OF send
ing him upon menial errands.
:'Then there was Lizzie Gallagher, who
ruined Frederick Klennen. cashier of
the Hoboken Savings bank. Klennen
had lovely wife and three beautiful
children, but at this wOman'S bidding
drew from the accounts of various de-
positors over S25, ZOO, the bulk OF which
the woman spent. When suspected he
fed to Europe, was arrested in London,
extradited, tried. convicted and SEN
fenced to ten years IN state prison.
There was the notorious Mrs. Cum
ningham, who was arrested for the MUIR
der of DR.. Harvey Burdell, and who
ruined John G. Eckel, promising
voung merchant. His connection with
this woman blasted all his prospects.
In fact, he was arrested with Mrs. Gun
ningham for Dr.. BurdelPs murder, but
was discharged. He sank rapidly after
this public expose, and was again ar
rested by government detectives for
illicit distilling. He was convicted and
died, a broken-hearted man, in prison.
ssThe Countess Spolaski was one of
the handSomest women ever seen In
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tries at opposite ends, one of which will
be turned into a living room. The in
terror of the house is plain and old
fashioned. In the pantry are nutmeg
crater, a small tin cup and the loveliest
Imaginable set of old blue Canton china
on one row of shelves and some comm OH
stOneware on the other side. The shelves
are dressed in Scalloped newspapers, in
true country style. The wall paper on the
two front rooms, which are hardly large
enough to be called drawing rooms, is in
the old colonial style, very light, with
inch-and-a-half border. There are fire
places in both, and, indeed, as in most
old-fashiOned houses. the great square
chimney occupies the space of small
room in the very heart of the building.
In the north room is an old-fashioned
oaken, corded bedstead, with new
fashioned mattresses, and some old yell
low-painted chairs. On the walls Of the
south room hang three small, old-fash-
iOned colOred prints in narrow wooden
frames.
Primitive Pictures.
One of these is picture of three i'm
possible little white cats playing with an
improbably large ball of yarn. An old
fashioned mirror hangs between the
front windows, and four small lamps sit
prim and clean on the mantle shelf, each
with its chimney beside it. In the north
s'parlor bedroom" is a bedstead with
canopy top, which is treasure. 1t is
grained in imitation of oak, with the
then fashionable bad taste of century
ago. It's ornamented with brass rOs
cites. and at its foot stands fine old
chest of drawers. The front hall is
about of equal size with Saratoga
trunk, and the stairs are very crook ed
and narrow. The house is shingled all
over in the prevailing style at Marion.
and is guiltlesS of any stain or paint ex-
cept the soft gray to which it has been
turned by natures hand.
The Veranda View.
The veranda, which is quite wide, is
painted white. There a fine view of
the inner harbor is obtainable. Ram
island, Little island and the stretch of
shore property belonging to Albert w.
Nickerson, the Dedham millionaire,
complete the beauty of the picture, and
dows Bird island light may be seen at
night, and the light house itself and the
open bay i'll the daytime.
A square field of some three or four
acres stretches from the road in front
of the house to the beach, and belongs
to the estate. 1t is drifted white with
daisies. A small private bath house
stands on the low bluff, and is where
Mrs. Cleveland will take her morning
dip. Mr.. Cleveland will join Mrs.
Cleveland shortly. Their time is spent
in driving about the neighborhood. and
upon the water. Mr.. Cleveland is as
fond of fishing as in the days of his
Adirondack camping, and will doubt
less often be seen during the coming
summer following his favorite pastime.
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FATE.

Two shall be born the whole wide world
apart
And speak in different tongues and have no
thought
Each of the others being, and no heed.
And these DER unknown seas to unknown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck. defying death;
And all uneonsciously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one
end
That one day out of darkness they shall meet
And read life's meaning in each others eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way of life
SO nearly side by side, that should one turn
Ever so little space to left or right,
They needs must stand acknowledged face to
face,
And yet with wistful eyes that never meet.
With cropping hands that never clasp, and
lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear.
Tney seek each other all their weary days,
And die unsatisfied-and this is Fate.
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New York, and thirty years ago was a

New York, and thirty years ago was
familiar figure on Broadway, her
favorite constitutional being from
Chambers street to Forteenth. She was
a tall. finely developed brunette, with
an erect, queenly carriage. She was
undoubtedly the most attractive ad
ventures of her day. She brought dis
grace on so many titled households that
she was banished from her country.
Shortly after her arrival in this city
she made the acquaintance of
wealthy lumber merchant, whom she
soon bankrupted. She gradually sank
lower and lower, until she finished in
West Houston street. Here she was
twice robbed of magnificent furs,
which were, however, recovered.
"a most audacious adventures was
Mrs. BOland, divorce. She ruined
man by the name of Tomlins, and then
accepted the protection of capitalist.
now dead. He made private settle
ment Oh her for the support OF an ex-
pected child, but after getting the
money she went into mourning for the
death of the child, to which she never
gave birth.
Like romance runs the story of
Maria Martel d'Osorio, countess of
Torres Cabrara, Spain. This beautiful
creature suddenly appeared in Paris in
1886, and in a short time squandered
over 100000 in riotous living. Her story
was that her guardian stopped her re-
mittances, as she was not of age. Being
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asleep, and to revive the circulation she
arose and walked across the brook.
stepping on stones. She started to
come back, but lost her balance in the
middle of thestre am. A splash and
scream summoned her companions, and
she was pulled out of the mountain
stream by n. c. Page, and was dripping
from head to foot. There was no change
of clothing, and to keep on her soaked
clothes was inviting death.
Among the picknickers was young
man named Giles Bradley. He is a
member of the Olympic club, and had
made up his mind to win some of the
races. When the mishap occurred to
Miss Harris he was logged out in his
athletic suit. He at once realized the
plight of the young lady, and going off
behind clump of bushes, took off his
racing suit, put on his other clothes,
and returned to the place where the
friends of Miss Harris were bewailing
her misfortune. He proffered his suit,
and it was accepted with bushes by the
young lady. The suit was donned by
her and was worn while her clothes
were spread on the grass to dry.
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that keeps her from working these
lands and realizing great fortune.

that keeps her from working these
lands and realizing great fortune.
''She would advertise in the papers
for women with capital of $1,000,
stating that the sum could be trebled in
ninety days by investing it in her South
ern lands. She duped Samuel Pinzer, a
wealthy pill manufacturer, to the
amount of 81, 100; she Swindled firm of
dry goods dealers out of goods valued at
s4,500; she duped wealthy Cuban liv-
ing here to the amount of $4,000; she
obtained $4,000 worth of diamonds from
John ID. Grady, diamond broker on
Broadway. and she got $4,000 from B.
Z. Babbitt, the soap manufacturer, un-
der the pretenSe that she was detect
i've and could secure the return to Bah
bitt of large sum OF money that was
stolen from him. She is sharp. keen
adventures, and very nard to catch.
sit is a curious study of human nat
ure to watch the struggles of some men
to free themselves from the wlles of ad-
venturesses, at the same time being
completely Fascinated by their enslav-
ers," continued the inspector. 81 have
had men come to me and beg me to rid
them of these women in one breath. and
in the next praise their beauty and fas-
cination- | have extricated them from
their tolls, only to see them entangled
again Ill short time"
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dozen different places, because you
pulled it askew."
"There isn't one hump-not the sign
of hump. I'll give any man billion
dollars to make better job of.itI All
that door needs now is painting"
"But don't they paint the frames be-
fore they tack the cloth on? How are
you going tc paint the inside of the
"Don't you worry yourself about this
job. Mrs. BOwser. l wasn't born along
side of a huckleberry marShp'
But after had gone away he tore off
the wire and painted the frame, and
next morning he covered the other.
That night Mr. Bowser kicked around
in his sleep in the most frightful manner,
suddenly set up in bed and exclaimed: ::
"Squeegawed! I'll bet you four hun
dred thousand billion dollars against a
cent that they are as plumb as rule"
Mr.. Bowser had been at work an hour
next morning before I went out. He
had the doors at the front and he
seemed to have some trouble about
hanging them.
''You see what you've done, don't
you?' l asked, after survey of the
scene.
Il don't believe Pm either near
sighted or color blind" he replied.
''Well, you've got one door wrong
side up, to begin with"
''H-how?"
''Look at the panels and see. Then
you have been trying to hang one to
swing in and the other to swing out"
II have, eh? That shows all you know
about it. Pm simply fitting the screens
so they will shut tight"
Just before noon he got a hang on
both doors, and as l looked at them
from the hall had to sit down on the
the center within two inches, and each
was half an inch short at top and bot
tom. He had also hung them with the
cloth on the inside. just then neigh
Dor came along and turned in to the
steps. After looking at the doors for
half minute in great astOniShment, he
queried:
Something just from Paris, Bow
ser?'
"What do you mean?"
"Why, you've got new idea in
screen doors. l suppose the space at
the bottom is for bugs, that at the top
for mosquitoes, and the center for flies.
l see you have left the frames exposed.
They will make capital roosting places
for horse flies and pinch bugs. Did you
do this job?"
"Y-yeS."
''Well, if l had a girl ten years old
who couldn't beat 1t Pd make her go
barefoot all summer"
Il didn't make these doors for your
house; Sir"
"Thank heaven for that, Bowser;
you're brick-a soft brick! Pll come
up this evening with band and sere-
made those doorsw
When the neighbor had gone l sud-
denly felt the back end Of the house
lift up. 1t was Mr.. Bowser pulling
those screen doors off. He couldn't even
wait to take the screws out of the
hinges. They came off in detachmentS,
and the pieces were flung into the back
yard. When he had finished he came in
and said:
Mrs. Bowser. want to have talk
with you-a very serious talkni
''But didn't l tell you how it would
be?''
Never! You encouraged me to go
ahead, and to please a whim of yours
I've lost three days time, pounded my
self all over, spent Sc in cash and been
made butt of ridicule. Mrs. Bowser,
this is the limit--the finiS-the end.
Make out list of what furniture you
want and let us agree Oh the alimOny"
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Wales cluster of plumes. There's the
"bell' parasol made with silvered
ribs capped with silver tongues
and finished off with bouquet of
may-bells. The camper" is tent-like
affair, to be had in canvas cOlors of rose
and yellow. red and white, blue and
white and black and crimson, finished
around the edge with the scallops that
are cut in window awnings and street
canopies. All the Oriental shapes are
made of beautiful silk with now and
then bamboo or ivory handle repre-
senting naughty Jap or dancing Turk.
Then there are the coaching and car
riage shades. with their delicate handles
of Dresden china, and their covers of
peach, pink or ecru, over which trans
parent cloths or nets are gathered, plalt-
ed, tucked or shirred. The racing par
aSol is gorgeous creation, made Win
twelve cores of four contrasting colOrS
in the richest silks and the brightest
tints obtainable. Everybody knows
about the grass parasol, those fragrant
arbor affairs that rustic like pine needles
in the breeze, and attract all sorts OF
queer-looking insects when not in
use. The leaf parasol, made of
ivy, oak OF maple. is something
of novelty, and so is the
petal parsol, but they are too suggestive
| of the pedestal lamp-shade to be popular.
| The Bengaline silk shades are remark
able for the novelty, and beauty of their
handles, in which lapis lazuli, porcelain
and crystal patterns are brought out.
Some of the ebonized wood handles are
finished with a silver knob of Dresden
china, and mock jewels are seen in the
Malacca stick. Very little silveris used
for ornameatation. for the reason that
it makes summer umbrella too heavy.
These creations in breezy tulle and
rushing, futtering ribbons and glitter
ing sticks are all very nice for the brides
and bellies, dowagersand heiresses of So
ciety to whom S25 is nothing, but there
are 81 studies in plaid and plain silks,
and double weave changeable surahS
for 81, under which not too ambltl-
GUNS woman can be cool, shady, pretty
and content.
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Here it is then, all in those cool, rest
full tints of reed-green and gray, which
will accord with almost any complexion
and make the wearer look, if not feel,
comfortable, even on blazing July
DAY. The main part of the gown is
shaded plaid of green on gray, the skirt
opening in coat fashion over front of
darker gray, of which the sleeves are
also composed. A pleated chemiSetteof of
gray or green china crepe, as the wearer
fancies, which narrOws to a point at
the waist, where 1t is crossed by
half girdle of the plaid, which fastens
with large pearl buttons like those of
the skirt. Pointed straps button across
the throat below the collar. The plaid
stuff, it should be mentioned, is a light
weight camel's hair, while the gray part
is faced cloth; but if required solely
for midsummer travelling, this model
may be copied in mohair, which is
brought in plaids and;stripes as well as
in plain goods. The hat whose slightly
projecting brim narrows to nothing in
the back is of gray straw faced with
green velvet, and has monture of ivy
leaves upon the crown with loops of
velvet at the back.
While OH the subject of travelling, we
may as we'll give model for yachting
gown, and one that is as pretty as any
thing Redfern has done this year.
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strength to pass a counter or shop
window shaded with gauZe and ribbon,
gilded ribs and enamelled sticks with
out stopping, and once halt is made it
is good-by to contentment. Among the
seasons novelties there are the dream"
sunshades covered with milk-white silk
over which creamy crepe lisse is shirred
and caught at the top with Prince Of
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WHY is 1T?

Now the sweet, demure young lady
Who in winter will declare
That "she thinks it simply hOrrid,"
And she's mad at you, so therew
II you chance to hint at stockings,
g. Or al anything SO rude.
And will stop you in a moment
With the coyness of a prude,
Will HE her to the seashore.
And will flirt the liyelong day,
And will bathe, so free and happy,
In the salty, briny spray,
Dressed in garments that abridged are,
Made of stockings and of style,
And will wear besides these garments
Nothing but saucy smile.
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all first-class shops. Then you must
have tiny pair of breeches-trunks
knitted frill of a skirt, a sleeveless v
shaped bodice and a Tam O'Shanter
cap; and if you don't break the hearts
OF all beholders in this rig it will be be-
cause you are scraggy and have pimply
arms and big elbows.
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HE smart bathing suit
of the season is to be
black. No need, ma
dam, to tell your
daughters that black
underwear is indeli-
cate. The girls will
have it. How to build
one up? Pll tell you.
First, there are the
tights. Yes; you must
have a pair of black
silk tights. They are
to be obtained now at
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THE CLEvELANDs' SUMMER.
Description of Their New Cottage
at Marion, Mass.

LEVELAND'S
summer home is
thus described
by the Com
mercial Adver-
tiser in a recent
issue:
The h us e
which they will
occupy is the
Kelley house,
an unpreten-
ito us pl ac E
architecturally,
w Ii ic h w a S
originally built
to hold two
families. 1t has
tw kitchens
and two nan.
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White Cloth Jackets.

White cloth jackets are in high vogue,
and various ways of adorning and shap-
ing them render them appropriate for
nearly every occasion. They are made
in both single and double breasted
styles, and many of the former have the
very deep rolling collar and reVerS faced
with black velvet.
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IN MALE ATTIRE.
How Beauty Managed While Her
Own Clothes Dried.

MONG those who
went to the picnic
last Saturday at
Forest grove, given
by Halcyon Parlor
and the Olympic
Club of Alameda,
was Miss Harris,
of Berkely. The
weather was quite
warm at the grove,
and she was sitting
in tie cool shade
of the bank of the
brook which runs
through the grove.
Hpr font won't