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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-04-29

brilliant turban, appeared at one Of
the doors opening into it. The yellow
face wore palpable look Of anxiety.
Ida looked at her questioningly.
'sWell, Nam Dido?'
.'It amt well, my baby. He's in q
way
'He is always in way, Dido. Can't
you get used to things?-as have?''
She added this clause with a dry laugh
full of irony.
He's in worse way than usual, my
poor darling, and don't feel easy about
your going up. Hunt says he believes
he's heard from Mr.. Sib.- He got let
ter to-day from somewhere
"From my brother Sibley?"
''That's what Hunt thinks. He's just
been a-charging up there, my child. I
don't feel safe bout your going nigh
him"
hair with her hands in front Of the hat
rack glass. She was supremely quiet
outwardly. All che passion she had
displayed out there in the woods was
either expended or once more under
control. She was a trife paler than
usual, but then Nam Dido was not
given to critical observation.
81 amt sure it is nonsense, my baby.
At any rate, here I stay until you come
downstairs again"
every well. l have not the least OBJ
lection to that. think it probable I
shall dine downstairs to-day. Tell
Fanshaw, please"
Overhead they could hear the ceaseless
shutting Of slippered feet. Nam Dido
pointed to the ceiling:
"He's been going on that way for
nigh two hours"
''Poor old nan! Poor old unhappy
father! And have been very wicked
this morning. am a wretch"
It was to herself and not to Nam
Dido she made this humble confession
as she hurried up the broad stairway
that curved in an elegant spiral through
the central hall at Glenburnie.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-04-29

They were once more m front OF the
big white gate. Nora stopped, and,
taking the japonica from the child's
tight grasp. sent it as far as she could
into clump of wild indigo which grew
along the roadside.
Ninette looked up at her in fearful
amazement.
.sDo not cry, my ret. 1t is already
wilted. You shall have more. You
shall have all you want. Some day all
the flowers that bloom at Glenburnie
shall be your very own"
Extravagant and groundless as this
splendid promise may have sounded, it
suficed to send Ninette into the house
smiling instead of weeping.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

you drained their purses and how meager-
ly have you compensated them for the
loss OF their precious gold. | passed yes
terday through a great shop. IL did not
often have q sale" and so | stopped TO
read the sign Reduced 10 S." and 10
examine what II referred 20. All | saw
was pile OF tiny three-cornered pieces
of passementero not particularly hand
some, OF duh, ordinary coloring. / passed
along down the counter 10 find another
bargain. This was haf-inch vide passe-
menterie, that could be secured for the
amazingly low price OF 81 per yard.
But though II Is perfectly ridiculous,
these prices were actually low. Narrow
passementerie runs all the way from "
to s. per yard, and II you would find the
limit of extravaganza you would need 10
go into the hundreds. So that ordinary
mortals look elsewhere. as a rule, for
their trimmings.
And there are, believe me, innumerable
other materials just as pretty and quite
as effective as passementerie. Good ef-
fects can be had from twists and gather
ings OF bengaline or ondine. Galloons
cost a song I'm comparison 10 passemen-
terie. and make handsome trimming: jet
is reasonable and brightens wonderfully
that on which IL is placed. the beauu-
full fancy ribbons TO be had now are Won
derfully pretty, ana the shdueu anu si'.o
velvets, the rainbow silks and the folds
OF plain velvet make up the list Of avail
able trimmings. With these, OF course.
must go a deft, clever hand that Is able
to combine and make up becomngly and
bewitchingly. Given these. your costume
may cost you but little. and still be able
to hold it's own with the one all wrought
i'm gold and varl-colored threads.
Although we trim with bands and folds
and insertions ID braids. the ruffie holds
the day. The ruiiie Is the thing for spring
and summer. anyway. We do not want
hatness; all the trimmings must be bright
and catchy The tiny one is most used.
OF course where lace Is the means en-
ployed. the rufiles must be wider and
scanter. but with ribbon. silk or velvet
nave them very short and quite full.
Then add velvet choux or full rosettes.
EVA 4. SCHUBERT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

suits and hair parted down the middle.
So do the young men OF twenty-four ana
twenty-five, with smooth-shaven. fresh-
tinted faces and board-like shirt bosoms
and collars So does everyone. MaynaP'
as will sometimes happen, tie sno 'i-
chlnned senior % Harvard who las ben
sitting duri' z dinner ns.t o. the pinH anh
white bud of a first family. Is piniAF
an hours talk with the stunning-iooklns
girl In red, who sat on the opposite side
Of the table.
The bud OF the first family may on
the other hand, be smothering rage under
her pink and white bodice. because she
cannot get a chance for moment con-
versation with the man who sits on the
left Of the girl in red. They look al each
other across the walnuts and the wlne'
and try 10 put their mutual disappoint-
ment into glances. Now, II after dinner
a celebrated professional is 10 play on the
piano and another is to sing and thlrd
is to give some selections on the cello,
what a blow it will be TO these four iona
hearts, How they will execrate that GUS
tom which provides entertainment after
dinner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

"You are not as strong as you used TO oe,
John" said fond wife 20 her husband. i
think It is about time you were getting
some insurance on your life"
"Insurance on my lifel What are you
talking aboutg | am as healthy as ever
was. Insurance, indeed
well, my dear, | only mentioned II, you
know. out OF respect for yourself Thought
you were failing
and what in the world put It into your
head that am failing' Me falling' why,
am az strong rs horse and can run up
three fiahts Of stairs without taking a
breath"
well, it may be 80, but am afraid you
are deceiving yourself"
"Deceiving MYSELF Goodness gracious
woman, what do you mean"
Don't be 80 impatient. What makes
me think you are failing il this When you
we're counting me, you could hold me on
YOUR lap three hours. Now you cannot hold
the baby on your lap three mlnutes"-
Texas Siftings
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
The AGE or WIsDOM.

Ho. pretty page. with the dimpled chin
That never has known the barber
shear
All you wish is woman TO win,
This is the way that boys begin
Wait I'll you come 10 forty year,
curly gold locks cover foolish brains,
Buiug ana cooling is all your cheer;
Sghing and singing OF midnight strains
Under EounybeIs window panes-
Wait tul you come TO forty year.
Forty times over let Michaelmas pass,
Grzz.ns hair the brain doth clear;
Then you kuow that a boy is an ass,
Then you know the worth Of lass
once sou have come 10 forty year.
Pledge me round, / bid ye declare,
All good fellows whose boards are gray,
Ild not the fairest Of the fair
Common grow and weari5ome ere
Ever d month was pass away?
The reddest lips that ever have kiss'd
The brightest eyes that ever have shone,
May pray and whisper, and We not list
or look away. and never be miss
Ere YET ever "a month Is gone
Gnlian's dead God rest her bier!
How I loved her twenty years syne!
Marians married but 1 sit here
A0lne and merry at forty year,
Dipping my nose in the Gascon wine.
W. 81. Thackeray.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

O love not alone when days are bright,
And azure skies smile on the waiting
earth,
When hearts respond 10 the sweet world
Of light,
And love. as 'twere. the heritage Of
birth
Not then alone.
Bur love ne still my own,
When ! am tired.
When I am tired-bowed with divers
cares.
That knock not at your gate and will
not go;
When the gray earth Is saddened una
wares,
And lids are dropping and the pulses
low,
Oh. turn again.
And stay more fondly then.
When I am tired.
Love me and do not seek for loves
reply;
Linger without the hands OBTAINING
plea;
Let me but feel your soothing presence
nigh,
And know the rarest blessing is for me.
OF tender care,
Though days be dark or fair
When | am tired.
Ida Estelle Crouch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

signs. We had a double dose one day.
Two picnic girls" concluded 10 accom-
pany us on an excursion Of THE Black
as Tar" a little boat that daily left the
wharves at 5, returning the same even
ing. As they read the name of the little
craft they shuddered, and said they had
rather wait for the Driven Snow But
afterwards finding that didn't sail until
the next evening, decided 10 accept the
inevitable and our invitation, so went.
That night, OF course, the Hood gates
of heaven were opened wide, but fortu-
natelv as our dresses were or white
flannel it didn't show much until the
next day. The one hit Of color" In our
hats in the shape of red roses beat Nancy
Hanks running. Some innocent offender
remarked, going home, it was so clever OF
us TO wrap up in that old flag, ana want
ed TO know where we found II, but the
maidens answered never a word. rms
was the last time / was ever on PIE
mic with them. So take my advice now.
As the spring advances you may have
severe temptations. but never so on
picnic unless you have an unusually
vigorous constitution and belong to the
tribe of ant eaters. ENlD'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
"In IsUahan,"

Made smooth some centuries ago
BY praying Eastern devotees.
Blurred by those dusky naked feet
In Ispahan.
II lies upon my modern floor,
And no one prays there any more,
1t never felt the worldly tread
OF smart bottines high-heeled and red
In Ispahan.
And no one prays there now, I said?
An well that was a hasty word.
once, with my face upon its wool,
A fiercer prayer it never heard
Ia IsDahan.
But still lived who prayed that night
That death might come ere came the
light
Did any soul In black despair
Breathe. kneeling here. that reckless
prayer
In Ispahan?
Perhaps. I trust that heaven lent
A kinder ear than lent 10 me-
If some brown ancient, weeping, begged,
To have his suffering soul set free
In Ispahan.
I fancy | shall like to meet
The dead who prayed here and whose feet
once made this rich old carpet frayed.
Peace TO your souls, my friends who
prayed
In Ispahan.
Anne Reeve Aldrich.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

Once upon "A time on a spring morning
somebody went 10 market The other body
wanted roast mutton for his dinner. Some
body must 90 TO the same butcher nom
whom she bought those delicious chops the
week before. She went. When she got
there. that particular butcher was invisible.
The pork butcher at the next stall kindly
informed her: "Meester Shimbrecht vas so
seek as never vas Die tomorrow or now
maybe" AS good luck would have it, just
a few stalls above was another dealer In
mutton. (Yes, for were not Sleeps legs,
livers, heads, shoulders, etc, suspended
from hooks above the stall precisely like
that other butchor;) He was literally be-
sieged with customers too. He must keep
good meat, somebody thought, else so many
folks would not be there.
She no sooner reached the stall when the
butoherasked, " hat will you have, missy'
Miss. mind youl She at that time an old
married woman OF six months too. "a leg
of mutton There, this one here just suits.
Weigh il, please" Bat he did not weigh
it. He only smiled. That smile haunts
her even to this day. The people at the
stall smiled, too, and trio OF silly women
laughed outright Somebody didn't smile;
not bit She blushed instead, though.
Land of Love, how she did blush II she
looked as she felt o-o-o-ohl what a sight
she must have been. This, uiss," he
managed 20 utter as somebody turned on
her heel in high dudgeon, "is veal, not NUT
ton" M-u-t~t-o-n Ughl II yon love life,
don't breathe the word while somebody's
within earshot.-Cor New York Recorder.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
OUR DIRTY STREET-CARS.
"Jane Eldridse" Concludes Her Paper
Thereon.


Thereon.
The window glass is nearly Opaque with
dirt. the seats are covered with an UNI
holy old carpet over which pickaninnies
climb ad libitum. The leather straps, by
which the "horny-handed sons Of toll"
swing, are slick with grease and reeking
with bacili. The sign mo Smoking
shcpld have a sister sign, mo Splitting"
We wOmen freely forgive a smoker; but
how We lOathe splitter! Could not a
handful of straw be spread on the floor
OF each car In wet. sloppy weather; and
why not substitute wooden handles for
these dirty straps?
Where is the woman who wots not Of
the sudden off-startings and jerky stops
OF these cars?
No matter who the man is, or how many
inches in our heart he may fill, we do
not care to be thrown earelessly into
his lap in a public car. Physically and
otherwise we women are so easily cast
down. What a spectacle TO see lovely
woman, a Kings Daughter, roll and scuftie
on the floor of one of these Jerky cars,
like a tipsy shop-lifter. We feel that GER
tain relief can be found here, II the ac-
ton is wise and comprehensive. The day
nay come when the papers Will be called
N TO chronicle an accident from these up
setting starts; every day brings news Of
iiscomforts from this cause.
Now the electric car system is really
4 great institution. The hills OF this
city are lofty and the grades steep Horse
flesh could never stand the wear and
tear of such climbing Electric or cable
cars are 4 necessity; but at the same
time the necessity OF improving our pres
ent service and OF cleaning the cars is of
the utmost importance.
We all know that dirt Is the condition,
the environment in which are produced
certain epidemic diseases. Medical men
ara warning us of uncleanness, and some
saw that pestience may be at our very
door. Who can talk longer or better than
our women? Let us telk on this subject
and. as the political boys say let us
'whoop 1t up" and flap our banner mark
ed ssClean Cars" as long as there Is a
rag of it left to flap in the breeze
JANE ELDRIDGE.
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How a Woman stopped Runaway.

Mrs. Frank Thompson yesterday even
ing saved the life Of a five-year-old child
at the risk OF her own. \ milk wagon
was making its morning deliveries along
Penn avenue. and the driver had little
child with him. The wagon stopped in
front of the express Office, and the driver
went in. leaving the boy on the seat.
The horses. scared at a train, started Al
full speed toward Penn avenue. Just
as they reached that avenue Mrs
Thompson saw them. md, realizing The
ehilas danger. ran eut before the horses
and struck them over the head with her
umbrella The animals came 10 dead
stop, the boy was thrown from the wagon
unhurt, and the horses were captured
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
A Modern Marvel.

The problem Of domestic help
My wife and | had sought
For fifteen years to solve, yet all
our search had come TO naught
We'd sampled German Celt and Pole,
Welsh. African and SWcde,
In short. all sorts and kinds but foun1
No one to ut our need.
At last, when we were In despair,
An accidental came,
She had no recommend" but proved
4 wonder all the same.
At cooking, washing, everything,
She such rare skill displayed
That ere a year my wife declared
She'd found a perfect maid.
"A perfect servant girl" she said,
To Mrs. Clark next door;
The news spread thro' the town
And soon the State and nation DER.
Alas how brief our JOY! for scarce
Had flown another week
When came a dime museum man
And "scooped' her as a freak.
Boston Courier.
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The model listener knows when TO
laugh. and how 10 do 1t. She will not
roar" just before the point. or half an
hour after it; she will not "sniggIe' all
through the pathetic passages or
scream" when everything comes right
in the end and everybody lives happily
ever afterwards" No, nice dscrmina-
ton and Unborn appreciation OF the
eternal fitness of things render her in
capable Of such a really brutal want OF
taste as conduct like this would denote.
She will laugh at the right time and VIII
laugh in the right way; and how IN 40
this is q secret that none but the model
listener can ever master. Others may
strive TO unravel the mystery, but they
will always strive in vain; the best ana
the Oldest of them after lifetime or
earnest effort, will meet with but a par
tial success. But 10 the model listener
ali these hard things come by nature,
and therefore Is she one OF the greatest
curiosities the world contains.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
CUPlD'S ARROWS.

one upon a time there lived at Simla a
very pretty girl the daughter of poor
but honest district and sessions judge.
She was q good girl, but could not help
knowing her power and using 1t. Her
mamma was very anxious about her
daughters future, as all good mammas
should be.
When a man is a commissioner and
bachelor and has the right Of wearing
Open-wOTk, jam-tart Jewels in gold and
enamel on his clothes, and Of going
through door before every one except
member OF council a lieutenant-gover-
nor. or a VicerOy, he is worth marrying
At least that is what ladies say. There
was d commissioner at Smla in those
days. who was and wore and did ali ! have
said. lie YVES a plain man-an ugly man
the ugliest man in Asia, with two excep-
lions. His was a face 20 dream about
and try 10 carve on pipe-heac after
ward. His name was Saggott-Barr-Sag-
gott-Anthony Barr Sagsott and six let
ters 10 follow. Departmentally he was
one OF the best men The Government of
India owned; socially he Was like blan-
dishing gorilla.
When he turned his attentions 10 Miss
leighton. / believe that Mrs. leighton
wept with delight at the reward ProVi-
dence had sent her in ner old age.
Sir. Beighton held his tongue, lie was
an easy-gOing man.
Now. a commissioner is very rich. Ills
pay is beyond the dreams of avaroe-is
so enormous that he can afford TO save
and scrape in a way that would almost
discredit a member OF council Most com
missioners are mean, but Barr-Saggott
was an exception lie entertained royalty,
he horsed himself well, he gave dances,
ne was a power in the land, and he be-
haved as such.
Consider that everything l am writ
ing Of took place in an almost prehistoric
era ia the history OF British India. Some
folk may remember the years before
lawn tennis was born, when we all played
croouet There were seasons before that,
n you viii believe me when even croquet
rad not been invented. ana archery
which was revived in England in lSit
was as great a pest as lawn tennis IS
now. People talked learnedly about
"holding" and losing" 'steles," re
fexed bows" "hfty-six-pound bows,
hacked" or "sef-yew bows" as we talk
about fTallies." ''yolleys' bmdshes
returns" and "slXteen-ounce rackets'
Miss BeightOn shot divinely over ladies'
distance sixty yards. that is-and WIS
acknowledged the best lady archer la
s.mla. Men called her "Diana Of Tara
Den"
Barr-saegott paid her great attention;
and as / have said the heart or her
mother was uplifted in consequence.
kitty Beightcn took matters more calmly.
II was pleasant 10 be singled out by a
commissioner with letters after mis- name
and 10 I'M the hearts OF other girls vito
bad feelings. But there was no denying
the fact that Barr-Saggott was phe-
nomenally ugly and all his attempts TO
adorn himself only mads hin more
gTotesGue.
He was not christened '"rhe Lansur' =
which means gray ape~for noihing. IL
was pleasant Kitty thought. to have
hiri at her feet, but II was letter 10
escape from hirn and ride with the grace
less Cubbon-the man In a dragon regi-
ment al Umballa~-the boy with hand
Some face and no prospects. Kitty liked
Nupbon more than little. He never
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16

are as fearless as the haughtiest patri-
clans. Rank or no rank, they are alike
equal to the sternest obligation. Honest
men who have seen woman tried again
and again are eager 10 admit that she
holds courage that they cannot COM
nand
Women are tlnid when peril Is far
away: as 1t approaches. their daring
rises TO meet 1t; fairly confronted with
1t. they overtop 1t quite. They are not
brave to do wrong 10 speak evil, to in
jure humanity. as mem so often are; but,
in the cause Of good OF advancement, or
pure unselfsbness, they parallel Caesar
or Lincoln. The courage of men is lauded
and trumpeted; the courage of women Is
passed over and unappreciated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
Rest Position for Healthy sIeep.

A doctor writing in a medical paper
says: IAN immense rambler Of people
sleep on the left side, and this is the most
common cause Of the unpleasant taste
i'm the mouth in the morning, which is
generally attributed 10 dyspepsia II A
meal has been taken within two or three
hours Of going to bed. to sleep on the
left side is to give the stomach a task
which is difficult in the extreme TO per-
form.
1.-The student of anatomy knows that all
food enters and leaves the stomach on
the right side, and hence sleeping on the
left side soon after eating involves sort
Of pumping operation which is anything
but conducive TO sound repOse. The ac-
ton Of the heart is also interfered with
considerably, and the lungs are unduly
compressed. 1t is probable that lying
on the back IS the most natural position,
but few men can rest easily So and hence
it is best to cultivate the habit OF sleep
ing on the right side"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
IA SPRING PICNICs.
ENID" Gives Us Another of Her Quaint
Talks.


I defy even the most accomplishing
prevaricator, who has reached the ma
ture age of twenty-one. when he or she
states. whichever the case may be, that
they dote on picnics. As everybody
knows. picnics were only invented Tor
children. so for what. in the name OF
reason does society take lot or Well
clothed, well-fed people in springless
wagons to the depth of the forest and
serve them cold beef and lemon pie!
It's we'll enough for Sunday schools 10
take a crowd of babes in the woods.
where the swings and hammocks are
hung so high that only the teachers ana
Librarians can enjoy them; also to give
them four dinners and three suppers ana
bring them home. Nred and dusty, by
o'clock But why any rational being
should be so misled as to attend a pic
mic is and will always remain mystery
10 me. Did you ever go on any eXpedi-
ton that Il didn't rain? or. worse stu,
when rain was predicted, and you decided
TO be on the safe side and stay at home
that all that day the sun didn't just
beam down? OF course among the other
species Of girls there's the picnic girl
She affects lace, ribbons and white
gloves. So when you sail forth In
calico shirt waist and a broad straw
hat. murmuring something incoherently
about sweet simplicity" she does not
say anything. only looks at you and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
WITH MOTHERS.
Chat About the Wants of the Little
Folks.

Everything young is always the sweetest
and loveliest Of all created beings
Babies. tiny kittens and lille awkward
puppies bring out the very b-sf there
5 in us by their trusting heplessness,
and even the infant season. spring, has
something about II mat is lost In the
warmer and richer beauty OF the mature
months Of the year.
with the ouihurst OF baby buds and
leaves the parks in their Garnet Of new
green Grass become the great parade
and playground for hundreds OF little
folks from the young aristocrat accom-
panied by his French nurse TO the say
little street gamin who rolls about on
the sweet-scented sward regardless Of
the differences OF social position. the
knowledge OF which may in after years
be forced upon him In exceedingly bitter
fashion,
SprlngtIme should be all sunshine. both
In nature and In life. Mothers should
try TO make the childhood OF the little
ones belonging to them 80 bright that
In the future they can look back upon
that period that knew no sorrow. and
that by its unsullied happiness will ever
stand out a. Q bit of pure gold In the midst
OF the dross Of earthly disappointments