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GUIDING THE YOUNG MIND.

Mrs. Chauncey M. Depsw Tells How She
Manages Her Interesting Little Family
They Speak English, French and Ger
man-worixlng for misunderstanding
Approved.
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPATCH.I
Ifone were called upon to describe by
single word the life of 0 well-brought-up
child that word would be '.simplicity." A
large proportion Of cultured people of posi-
tion understand that steady simplicity of
living is absolutely necessary for the de-
velopment of both the minds and bodies OF
their children.
Three little people whose daily lives are
excellent instances of sensible training are
the son and two orphan nieces of Mrs
Chaunoey NJ. Depew: Chauncey M. Depew,
Jr., who was 10 years old last July, Anna
Bradford Hegeman, who Is in her 10Th
year, and Charlotte Niven Hegeman, who
is named after her grandmother, Mrs. De-
pew's mother, and is not yet 13.
"I hardly know" said Mrs. Depew with
a smile when asked about her methods,
"what to tell you about the ehildren's edu-
cation, for their lives are so perfectly SIM
pie They all speak French and German
fluently. Since their early childhood they
have had French governess and German
maid, and so have acquired both languages
easily, almost unconsciously. Then, too,
when Mr.. Depew is not at home, always
converse with them at table in one language
OF the other; one day in German and the
next in French. think it insures more
correct form of speech for mother to share
in her ch ldren's conversation in some such
way. My mother and Mr.. Depew always
speak to them in English.
Do Not Neglect the English.
1--WE consider it very important that their
own language should not be neglected while
acquiring foreign ones In this way they
have obtained command ofthree Languages
quite naturally, with no study, and with
very little effort. They all three attend
school, now; my two nieces school for
girls, and my son, boys preparatory
school. I do not believe in an exclusive
home education, for do not think that 1t
is possible to make the course Of training as
thorough as that of good school, and I
also think it we'll for them
to go among other children. But
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WOMEN IN A SLEEPING CAR.
Tho First One to the Dressing Room
Always Makes the Others Walt.

Tho First One to the Dressing Room
Always Makes tho Others Walt.
Given a sleeping car on long route, ten
women in the various compartments are
notified by the porter promptly at Z. that
the train will stop at Charleston, or Chi
cago, or Denver at 8 for breakfast. Each
Immediately rouses herself, rescues her
different belongings from the CULTS and
creases into which they have fallen. fastens
them with difficulty at levels which are
strange to them, seizes her dressing bag
and goes to the dressing room to find eight
other women gathered outside and the door
locked, barred, bolted between them and
the tenth one-the woman who forgot
others. Five minutes is the limit which is
allowed by just division and law of equity
to each of these women in which to wash,
brush and put up her back hair. They
wait patiently for 8 minutes, grumblingly
for 10, imratiently for Is. Indignantly for
20, furiously for 25 Then there is an eye
conference, then a series of knocks which
toke on the character OF violent remon-
STRANGE.
Thirty minutes,-40,-45! the bolt is
heard to slide back, and some one emerges
-combed, curled, brushed, powdered and
buttoned-a self-satisfed creature who
smiles innocently in the pent-up cindery
faces which confront her. Then is heard
long-drawn sigh of wondering contempt
from the group; the one nearest the door
bows deprecatingly to the others, slips into
the dressing room, spends her shrunken
minutes as best she may, and emerges with
wetted sponge and open bag, to stand in
corner of the passage and finish the process
of making herself unnoticeable.
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| New York through the water in four
DAYS is greater achievement than to go
from Chicago to the North Pole through
the air in 20 hours The ingenuity of the
mechanic must be proportional to the
power of the resisting medium. Which is
harder to overcome-the resistance of land,
or water plus that of the air7 or, only to
overcome the atmosphere itself, which, as it
becomes conquered, changes from foe to
friend, and even at its fercest mood aids
rather than retards the traveller?
So the speed of the Aeropele is not
great marvel; 1t would, indeed, have been
thing to wonder about if she did not
travel at that rate!
Though there is no elixir invented to pre-
vent or to cure seasickness, yet each one
carries about him O powerful antidote-the
capacity of physical readjustment AT sea
it may take days for the body to set its
function by the motion of the waves, just
as you set your watch by the fall of ball.
But in the air it is different Like the
plague, the terrible rack seizes its victim;
but like tornado, it is soon by, and the
healthy body can expel its foe after few
minutes Inconsistencies. One can. soon
get used to the sense of height Joined to
that of velocity, even though, at the first
experience, it almost robs man of his life.
The Sergeant first awoke from his stupor
He opened his eyes slowly and looked
around him. To the man of action and of
familiarity with the extremity of danger,
the recovery to consciousness is instantane-
GUS The leader knew his situation and
wondered if the disease would attack him
again. About him his three companions
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LITERATURE AS A PROFESSION.

Alphonse Daudet Speaks Discouragingly
From His Pinnacle OF Fans.
A correspondent of THE DISPATCH re-
Gently asked Alphonse Daudet, this ques-
tion: What do you think of literature as
q profession?"
81 do not think anything of literature as
profession" answered Mons. Daudet
slowly. 81 speak from bitter experience,
for I have lived by nv pen all my life.
After all there is nothing so weary as brain
work, and it is practically impossible to
keep up the sort of strain undergone by
every literary man for many years without
breaking down. Of course, if the would-be
author has small independence, and is
thus sure of not actually starving, there is
no real reason why he should not give him.
self up to Letters altogether, but still my
strong advice to the young people who come
to me for my opinion on the matter, always
Is, stick to your profession, and if you
have it in you to write anything really
good you will always find time to do it,
"And do you believe in journalism as Q
stepping stone to literature?"
II cannot say that I do; although Of
course, also have been journalist In my
time, and some of the writing in our news
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menteu Win three letters: &c. c. b." Club
Cerceau Brestois. The umpires wear lit
tie white-and-red rosette in their button
holes. Every runner who registers for the
race receives white card on which his
name and age are written. At each goal on
showing this card he receives ticket; a
pink ticket at the starting post, which he
exchanges on reaching the turning post,
where the home run begins for a yellow
ticket; he receives there also two blue
"passage tickets" When he reaches the
starting point he has to show his runners
card and his two blue passage tickets.
ALI the c. G. B. fellows enjoy the races
immensely and are enthusiastic over tho
sport. Two public races have come of. In
the first Is champions took part. The course
was from Brest to Trinity and return, dis
tance of about eight and three-quarter miles:
The best three runners went over the ground
in one hour five minutes, one hour ten
minutes and one hour eleven minutes, re-
spectively, all driving their hoops in fine
style The result of the second race over
the same course was more remarkable still;
the winner, Georges Guitar, finished the
race in one hour
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papers is undoubtedly literature in its high
est form. The young man who begins writ
ing in order to- support himself invariably
drops into newspaper work. But as the
work has to be done extremely quickly, the
style insensibly alters, and from being lit
erature becomes journalistic"
"And do you approve, Mons. Daudet, Of
women writing?"
"How should I not when my own wife
has always written; and when much that
is best in my literary work is owing to her
influence and suggestion. A woman can so
often say things that we rougher natures
cannot express in just language. And
then Mons Alphonse Daudet tells in few
eloquent words all that his wife, the beau
tiful and charming Julia Daudet, who has
signed some of the truest and most subtle
descriptions of French child life ever
written, has been to him. 81 often think
of first meeting with her." he saws smiling.
81 was quite young fellow, and had quite
q prejudice against literary women, and
especially against poetesses, but I came,
saw and was conquered" he concludes,
smiling, "and have remained under the
charm ever since"
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known examples of this order are the COM
mon house fly and the mosquito.
In the sixth order fall grasshoppers, To-
Gusts, katydids, crickets, cockroaches, etc
1t is known by the name Orthoptera, mean
ing "straght-winged, the front wings
being usually straight, narrow and parch-
ment-like. thiekly veined, and when closed
they overlap at the tip. Gig. 81. The
hind wings are usually large and fold like q
fan. The transformations are incomplete.
The lary@ differ from the parent chiefly in
lacking wings
The seventh and last order is known as
the Neuroptera, from Greek words mean
ing "nerye-winged." This order contains
the most lowly organized insects and is
the one which has been the most sub
divided by late writers. The wings are
four in number and many veined, resemb-
ling network. The dragon flies may be
looked upon as typical examples of the or
der. Gig. 81 The insects of this order
fall into two chief natural divisions; the
one known as the Neuroptera proper, in
which the transformations are complete;
the other as the Pseudo-Neuroptera or
false Neuroptera, in which the transforms
tions are incomplete.
From these short descriptions 1t will be
possible for you to place all the insects you
may collect in their proper orders. But for
further classification, if you have no older
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vIcToR1As REWARD FOR TRIPLETs.

1t Is Not a Right Mothers Can Claim, but
the Queen Is Liberia.
St. Louis Globe Democrat
The statement that so often appears in
print that Queen Victoria gives the wife Of
any one of her subjects bounty of 8
guineas, or about $15, on said wife giving
birth to triplets, has caused so many formal
demands on Her Majesty that she has issued
a statement explaining that the bounty can
not be claimed as a right, and that it is
never given except when the parents are too
poor to provide for the comfort Of the three
newcomers, and when all three of the babies
are born alive and survive the perils Of
early infancy.
In spite of these conditions, which have
always been in force, though not formally
announced until recently. the Queen has
paid the bounty as many as $50 times,
while her private secretary has refused
more applications than he has recon-
mended for action.
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sells motion. He grasped the lever that
controlled the power He pulled it. His
other hand was upon the wheel that guided
the horizontal rudder.
He did not know that his nerve centers
refused to send the correct messages to his
hands
He pulled the lever the wrong way
The machinery, adjusted with the utmost
nicely and perfection, responded to the in
creased power. Even at her terrible speed,
the airship bounded faster ahead, as if she
had struck a down grade.
Fortunately, even the professor fell
from his chair insenSible, his other hand
dropped from the rudGer, and as it did so, it
gave it a slight inclination. At that speed,
a deviation of an inch in the vertical rud-
der would cause the airship to describe
circle almost Immediately. The movement
Of a hairs breath upon the horizontal rud-
der would make an immediate deviation in
the airship's altitude.
Luckily, the great fanlike rudder dropped
the sixteenth of second, and the airship,
manned bv useless inmates, rose steadily
and kept to her course.
How long the men lay there, no one
knows; it might not have been over a half
an hour They had passed from over the
bosom of the great lake and were now
speeding over the Canadian Dominion.
Many miles be ore them arose the blue out
lines of unexplored mountains. Though a
hundred miles or more away, the airship
could pass them in less than half an hour.
Such speed seems phenomenal, but it is
bv no means impossible of Imagination,
even if ono mas no faith in the invented air.
shin. There must be first TO all things
That the airsh;p of the far future will sur
mass in compass and velocity the achieve
ment of PROT Wilder, just as the express
train of to-day surpasses the inventions Of
Stephenson, no man in this age can reason
ebjy doubt. A hundred miles an hour on
sreel rails is a greater marvel than twice
tbat speed where there ia neither road nor
resistance. To go from Liverpool to
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which includes most of the social insects
insects in which we find a high degree of
intelligence and subdivision of labor for
the common good The young, or larva, of
these social insects, the name invariably
given to the second stage of insects, is in
variably grub-like and helpless, and fed or
nursed by the parent. There is large Sec
tion Of the order, including the saw-fies
and horn-tails, in which the larva resembles
somewhat an ordinary caterpillar. and is
able to feed itself the moment it hatchea
The order sai, next in impGrtshes is . the
cause the true flying wings are generally
shielded by pair Of hard or horny wing
covers, technically called elytra. The
popular name for these insects is 'beetles"
Gig. 81 The characteristic of the order is
that the front wings lie close along the
back in straight lima. The mouth parts
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Packing the Egg Shells.

the kitchen somewhere, not far from the
fire, and it is best with these, as with all
seeds planted in boxes, more especially with
small and delicate seeds, to lay paper over
the top to retain he heat and moisture and
prevent too much heat from reaching them.
They Will sprout 0nickly.
In few DAYS, in a marvelously short
time, you will see your peas sprouting-
little green loops of stems pushing up
thickly all over the top of the soil. Now
take them away from the heat, carry them
of to some cool sunny window, watch them,
water them and cover them at night if there
is the least danger of their being too cold.
When the weather softens, put them out of
doors, or open the window and let them
have the outer air all day, but cover them
at night till all danger from great cold is
past. By the middle of May your boxes
should be solid mass of strong and vigor-
our plants five or six inches high, already
putting forth their tendrils for climbing.
1t is not necessary to have such very rich
soil In which to start pansies. Sift and
bake and when cool fill your boxes to within
half an inch of the top and jar them to set
tie the earth slightly but firmly. This 10
better than pressing it down with your hand.
Then scatter your golden grains Of seed
all over the top and sift over them Just
enough soil to cover them about twice their
thickness in depth. Very gently lay your
open hand over the surface, just its weight
hardly any pressure. Sprinkle with the
fine spray Of the rubber hand-bulb and set
the box in warm place, as for sweet peas.
In weeks time or less you ought to see
them sprouting. The soil must never get
dry. Seeds do not need light, but heat and
moisture. But the moment they are up you
cannot give them enough light. nor can you
give them too little artificial heat, short Of
actual freezing. Pansies love the cold,
but Of course you must be careful about
the baby plants. The moment they
have sprouted carry them away to
the cool, sunny window OF some
upper room, perhaps, which is warmed by
sunshine and safe from frost. Open the
windows for a few minutes every sunny
day. Keep the soil always moist, never
wet-you must learn the value of this dis
tinction.
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you are all ready Take empty shallow
boxes-those about the height of your eggs
are best. Stand your eggshells upright in
them till each box is full. Then with
spoon half fill them all with rich, sifted
soil, first making q hole in the bottom OF
each she'll for drainage.
Now take half-flled she'll in your Left
hand. let the top of one finger under.it stop
ND the little hole in the bottom, and I'LL it
with water. Hold it so in the left hand,
and with the right take the teaspoon and
lit carefully little group of pansy plants
from the box. Lay this on its side,
and take from it with your finger
and thumb one little plant by the stem.
Hold it in the middle of the eggshell, so
that the roots will float out and all the deli
cate fbers find their places without cramp-
ing. Then fill round them with earth to
nearly the top of the she'll and press it
about the plant with the end Of your finger
till it Is safe and firmly fixed. Set it back
into the box and 90 on with the next.
When all are full put enough earth in be-
tween the shells to hold them steady in the
box.
How charmingly they will look, the
rows of white shells, each with its little
green tree upright aud full of promise!
Shade them from the sun a day or two,
keep them moist, and after this they are
safe if you don't forget to water them.
Stronger and stronger, larger and finer
they will grow every day, till the time you
are ready to set them in your garden.
The girl who selects Iceland poppies for
her garden may have charming little
preface to her work If she chooses This
is what do, and q fascinating thing 1t is,
believe me- / save the shells OF eggs Until
/ have dozen or two Then with spoon
1 I'LL each shell with nicely-sifted earth
nearly to the top. Next, wet the earth
thoroughly, so that it is damp all through to
the very bottom, and then comes the Joy OF
planting.
have my packet Of mixed Iceland poppy
seeds-white. yellow and oran2e-all ready,
ing black seeds and drop it lightly on the
top of the earth in each eygshell. / sprinkle
pinch of earth over and press softly down
with my finger. CELIA THAxrKh
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PLANTING In EGGS.
Novel Way to Get Ahead of Your
Neighbors on Spring Flowers.
THE BEST KIND OF SEEDS TO SOW.
Heat and Moisture First and Light and
Moisture Afterwards
A Delight FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPArcH.t

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.t
The young gardeners who live where out
of-door sowing cannot be begun before
May 1 may start their plants in tho
house. Plants from seeds sown about April
20 and transplanted May 20 or later still,
quite out-blossom the open-air sowinga
Some flowers love to be transplanted-
pansies and phfo1 thrive on it and SO do
sweet peas. If the ground is frozen hard
outside, so that a few spadefuls cannot be
taken up and thawed by the fire and dried,
you must get some earth from a green
house.
1t is best to sift the soil in an ashes sieve
and put it in shallow pans and set these in
the oven to bake, that every egg and worm
and insect, and likewise every weed seed
may be destroyed before you plant your
flowers
For sweet peas you want larger boxes
common soap boxes will answer-than for
any other seeds except nasturtiums. There
must be depth OF at least six inches Of
soil to give the strong roots room. Sprinkle
the peas thickly on the top. Don't h ave
them so near as to touch each other, but just
separate. When all are in then sift over
them an inch more of earth, pat them down
gently all over and then sprinkle them with
the watering pot. Set them on the floor Of
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Riches of the Osages,

The Usage Indians are the richest COM
munity on the face of the earth. They are
1909 in number and have ss,0oo,O0O de-
posted to their credit in the treasury at
Washington, on which they draw $10O, 900
interest every three months. This income
will continue until Uncle Sam gets ready
to pay them the principal. They also have
1,47O,00O acres of the best land in Okla
homa, for which the unterrifed "boomer," :"
totally Indifferent to the rights of the red
man, hopelessly sighs. Half OF them wear
blankets to this day.
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Horses Like Perfume.

There are some perfumes that are very
grateful to horses, however little credit a
horse may commonly receive for possessing
delicacy of scent. Horse trainers are aware
of the fact, and make use of their knowledge
in training stubborn and apparently in
tractable animals Many trainers have
favorite perfumes, the composition of which
they keep a secret, and it is the possession
of this means Of appealing to the horses
estheticism that enables so many of them to
accomplish such wonderful results
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diverted from its circular course, darted
straight ahead
Past the defiles of the mountains, over
narrow valleys, the ship sped with the in
telligence of the breath of life. The SER
geant staggered to the main compartment,
got past the engines, and tainted for the
first time In his life.
So, at the last second Of time, the inven-
tor became as he should be, the preserver:
and the Aeropole charged on her journey
with the unconsciousness of danger or of es-
cape, which always surprises us in grand
machine. 1t seemed as if she ought to un-
derstand
To Be Continued Neat Sunday
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FANCY WORK WITH NAILa
A Woman Can Do Wonders In Spite Of slurs
on Her Csrpenteriug Skill.

A Woman Can Do Wonders In Spite Of slurs
on Her Carpentering Skill.
(. Of all the many decorative fads and fan
cies that have taken deep hold on the femi-
nine mind, no one is simpler or more effect
i've than the nail work. 1t consists of noth-
ing more complicated than the driving Of
nails over given outline, and requires no
skill beyond that of driving true, which,
despite the slurs cast upon the carpentry
of womankind, is a question of practice
only.
If the nails be selected of really hand
some brass heads, if the design be one Of
simple conventional figures, and the work
be done with precision. success will be the
inevitable result For screens, for wood
boxes, for picture frames, and even
for fire places, the nail work makes
q most effective form of decoration.
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outset with some rather hard scientific
words, but these are the ''tools" of the
science. No great knowledge of any special
department Of human activity can be ac-
quired without such techniealities
Insects proper form class Of great
sub-kingdom of the animal kingdom
called the Arthropoda The Arthropods
include the crabs and Holsters and
shrimps, the spiders and mites, the thou:
sand-legs, and many other forms in addi-
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of beetles are also fitted for biting or gnaw-
ing. Their transformations are complete.
The Larvae vary greatly in the different
families, but all Of them are very unlike
the parent
The third order is Lepidoptera, or "scale-
winged" This is composed of the butter
flies and moths. Gig. ~. These insects
have four broad wings, with branching veins,
covered with minute scales, which are so
small that when rubbed off they resemble
dust The mouth-parts are fitted for suck
ing-tbat is, they are haustellate-and con-