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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
What and When TO Buy.

What blessing to her family and the
community at large is the clear headed,
sensible woman, who knows just what
she wants aud buys accordingly, fights
shy of tho bargain counter and auction
room, does not consider anything cheap
that she does not need and scorns to strug-
gle with hurly burly mob of people for
the sake~of securing an article for 10
cents less than the regular pricel
To shop with discretion and follow the
beacon light of economy Is TO avoid the
shoals and sand bars of extravaganza.
Those who do not need to count the cost
of what they buy are in the minority, and
hence this matter of shopping should be
so cultivated that il will become an art.
Indeed IL should be recognized as part OF
girls education to shop wisely and well.
Even the most careful OF mothers gives this
all important matter but little thought.
Music, art and the languages are added to
substantial English education, with per-
haps n few lessons in cookery thrown in,
but where is the teacher or parent to be
found who thinks 1t necessary TO so train
girl in the art OF shopping that she will
be brought to consider thrifty manage.
ment not bore. but most womanly nc
complishment that. once acquired, will
bring with it delightful feeling of self
reliance. e.-Jenness Miller Monthly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
The Goyerness.

People often do not know how TO treat
their children's governesses, whose pres
ence in the house is, by reason of their
employers ignorance and lack of tact,
frequent source of embarrassment. For
getful of the fact that they have been
chosen to act as the instructresses, the
mentors and the constant companions OF
the children and that the requirements
of such responsible position as this de
mand refinement, breeding and sensitive
ness on the part of its occupant, the par
ents are too often apt to behave toward
the governess. as II she were but one de-
gree better than the servants and un-
worthy of the courtesy and consideration
accorded TO any one with the pretensions
OF being lady.
The position OF a governess is one per SO
of great difficulty, and the employers
should do everything that lies in their
power TO strengthen her prestige both in
the eyes of her pupils and of the servants.
The governcss often suffers more from the
inattention and tho rudencss of the serv-
ants than her employers have any idea
Of and everything, therefore, should be
done to avoid what might tend to humil-
fate or TO hurt her.-New York Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
position with your eyes opens"-New York
Harald
rl,e uawniian Lnnrnnrs.

The Hawaiian language is composed
mainly of vowels. and few consonants put
in TO vary the monotony. And the beauty
of the system is that there is no waste. Ev-
cry vowel is pronounced. For instance.
when the American eye winks at the ap-
pearance of the simple word "naauao," the
glib native rolls out the five syllables with
neatness and dispatch. This means ''en-
tighten" Doublevow are very frequent,
but never II diphthong. Three vowels are
not uncommon, and, as above, four and
sometimes more are found unseparated by
consonants. In the mouth of the unedu-
Gated native the language is apt to be ex-
plosive, but the higher classes speak it with
a fluent grace that surpasses the French
or the Italian. In sound it somewhat
resembles the general flow of the conti-
mental European languages, for the vowels
all have the French quality and the accents
are not Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11

There is n way to remove effects OF sun
and wind from the complexion IL one has
the courage and perseverance To do it. In
your room and when not likely to be in
terrupted for two or three hours make
poultice of ground haxsced and spread 1t
on IN old soft cloth, the size of the face,
leaving places for the mouth and nose.
On applying IL 10 the face the sensation
will be uncomfortable, not disagreeable,
for few minutes, then IL will hardly be
noticed. Lie or sit down, as it will be
hard to occupy ones self in any way.
II quick change is required, keep the
poultice on for two or three hours. IL
there is not time for this, half an hour
will make considerable difference, but it
must be repeated for several days. When
the poultice is removed, wash the face
with warm water, taking care not 70 rub
the skin unnecessarily, as 1t roughens it,
apply little cold cream, and the result
will be satisfactory. Leave the cream on
as long as possible, and instead of wash
ing the face wipe it with n soft cloth, or
IL there is not sufficient feeling of clean
illness wipo with damp cloth. The trans
parent clearness of the skin will surprise
you.
To please others one must please ones
self. The self possession that comes with
this is invaluable. The satisfaction OF
having our bodies in perfect order out
wardly goes far toward maxi MS look
and appear well. .--LillieC. Flint - House
keeper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Wanted Him TO ne Honest.

"My DEAR" said a young husband to his
wife, ~ have good piece of news for
you"
"Oh, do tell me. What Is itP
"Only this l was appointed today re-
ceiver for ehe Twentieth National bank.
You know the institution. IL was robbed
by its president and directors. The receiver
ship will be pretty plum"
GOOD fortunel Why. Charles Smith, you
must not take it." said the wife, almost
bursting into tears.
"Not take itl Why, have you any idea
what it's WORTH"
"No, and don't care. But father always
opposed our marriage, and now IL you take
the receivership Of bank that's been
robbed, he'd say, i told ycu he'd come out
bad Iwcp't have it,"
AN dear, yotf frfttse i,,, erazy.n said .ifc
sstonished husband. "Turn ont badi Why,
what do you meanp
"Oh, dear Charlie" pleaded the wife, II
know I am.only woman and know moth
ing OF business, but you must not try to
deceive me. want you TO be honest and
upright. Please don't be a receiver OF a
bank that's been robbed. Haven't you
always told me that the receiver is as bad
- ths tlieli low Gao ysu accept such .
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Anne Radcliffe.

Tho first lady who ever gave money to
Harvard college could not have fancied in
her most imaginative moment that more
than ESQ years later her girlhood's name
would be given TO a college for women at
Harvard. Anne Radcliffe, who was after
ward Dame Moulson, sent her e100 over
seas from England to aid the cause Of
education. She cast her bread upon the
waters, and it is returned to her memory
Agassiz, the president of the Harvard an
mex, is congratulated on this most charm
ing and suggestive choice of NAME
Boston Transcript.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
A STRANGE PICTURE or PERSIA.
The Peculiar Conditions That Obtain In
the Land of the Shah.

the Land of the Shah.
An article published in The Nouvelle Re-
vac by Achmed Bey gives an unattractivo
picture of the conditions extant in modern
Persia 1t IL. perhaps, well for Montes-
1uieu, the brilliant author Of "Lettres Per-
sanes," that he is no longer among the liv-
ing. The story told by the bey would be
painful reading to the Frenchman. who
pictured the land OF the shah as a Utopia
of freedom and happiness. Achmed makes
1t land of slavery, despotism and bri-
berry
"All the ills suffered by Persia, /" says the
writer. sits division. its degradation by
foreign powers, the destruction of its conn
merce, of its industry and its art, have
been caused by the neglect and evils of its
government. The hakims of the provinces
are usually members of the ruling family;
they have nothing to do and have no rela-
tions with the people. The real governors,
or statthalters, the pshkars, are all in all
tax collectors, judges and executive officers.
Hakims and pishkars purchase their Offices.
They turn with we'll filed purses to the
heavenly court of the shah. who protects
the fishes in the waterand the stars of heav-
en-. lie who offers the most becomes statt-
halter. But outside of the shah there are
also other important personages in Tehe-
ran--eunuchs and ministers--who demand
their share. The statthalters receive no
salaries, and, despite this, are obliged TO
make yearly presents 20 the ruler aud mill
listers. Who pays for them it Is easy TO sur
mise. II no other way will 90, the houses,
property and clothing of the subjects are
sold.
''As to the ministers, they are numerous,
but their duties are light. One is minister
Of roadways and communication, of which
there is none in Persia; another is the dis
tinguished minister OF royal photography:
third calls himself minister OF muscums.'
There is, in fact, minister of electric ap-
paratus' AS matter of course, all these
great men demand presents. and court OF
sycophants, for which the people pay, SUR
rounds them. There are no judges in Per
sia. Matters In dispute nre settled by the
molla, ard the scales OF justice always in
cline toward the side where the money is.
The so called army includes generals. colo
nels and soldiers. The latter wear no shoes
and nourish themselves as well as they can
from booty. The Office OF army commander
is also TO be had for money. Thus terri
BILE anarchy reigns in the land. The Per-
SLAMS emigrate in masses 10 find homes
abroad. They do well TO do so. Now and
then there are revolutions. Under the pres
ent ruler there have been no less than 80.
They were suppressed, aud their leaders
were killed in acruel manner. But the Per-
sian people, who possess good and praise
worthy qualities, have not spoken their l.,ss
word"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Noon Enters.

Certain it is that belief in the moon as
the abode of the fathers was widely spread
among the people speaking the Aryan Ian
guages. To the present day the peasants
In Swaba are heard to say, MAY go to
the moon If did it" instead of May die
IL did it," nay, people who work on the
Sabbath day are threatening even now that
they will 20 to the moon-that is, that they
will die and be punished in the moon.
A more startling idea-peculiar, it would
seem, to India-was that OF the moon serv-
ing rs the food of the gods. And yet, though
it sounds strange to US, it was not so very
unnatural an idea after all. The gods,
though invisible. had been located in the
sky.-In the same SKY the golden moon, Of
ten compared to a round of golden butter,
was seen regularly TO decrease. And if it
was being consumed by anybody, by whom
could it be consumed IL not by the gods?
Hence the ready conclusion that it was so.
and that it was, in fact, this food which Sc
cured TO the gods their immortal life.
Ii so much had once been granted, then
came ethequestion, How was the moon grad
ually increased and restored 10 its fullnessi
And here the old superstition came in that
the souls of the departed entered the moon,
so that the waxing of the moon might
readily be accounted for by this more
ancient article of faith. Hence the system
atized belief that the moon wGnes while it
is being eaten by the gods and that it
wakes while il il being filled by the de-
parted souls entering It. A last conclusion
was that the gods when feeding on the
moon were really feeding on the souls of
the departed. Quarterly Review.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Rosa Donheur.

Rosa Bonheur has survived most of her
brothers and sisters. There were seven of
them when she set out in her career. She
is an old woman, small, sunburnea and
wrinkled as peasant. The gray hair Is
cut short and is still thick. AS she wears
n blouse, she dons cloth cap. The rib
bon of the Legion Of Honor is pinned on
her breast. 1t was given her by the En-
press Eugenie, in speaking of whom she
heaved sigh and said "Pauvre femmel
Ellie est si scu,c!" The accent Of Bordeaux
hangs on her tongue, but she has not Gas
con loquacity. Her eye is "attoptAve" and
is still bright. Somebody spoke Of her
masculine habiliments. She said: "In my
situation they are the most convenient
and decent l should have missed all
chances of success had / had to bear the
weights of the skirts in fashion 30 years
ago. Paris Figaro.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
bamboo HanginGs.


I'm a handsome house just out OF upper
Fifth avenue all the window hangings
from basement TO roof are of bamboo.
Muslin ~ shirred on the lower sash OF each
windo,c. 20 insure privacy. 1t was notice
able that the house Is the home OF one OF
the city's well known physicians, and
casual observer wondered IL the bamboo
hangings were not used for their airy and
easy to keep clean qualities. Many ply
xicians and sanitary authorities deprecate
the use OF heavy window draperies. They
keep out air and sun and harbor dust and
germs, unless most carefully looked after.
The bamboo harNsings seem rather good
solution m the, problem, as they contrib
ute the touch of color often wanted and
nro sort of drapery, while they possess
none of the vices Of the class they repre-
sent.
A rope portiere not long ago seen had
also the virtue of easy renovation. It was
made OF untwisted rope, each length form
ing three strands, which were dyed differ
ent colors. These were knotted into a bor-
der made of several lengths of rope, un-
twisted and sewed together with different
colored yarn.
The artistic effect of this portiere was
enhanced by its setting i'm a room the
walls Of which were covered from frieze to
wainscot with plain burlaps Of the usual
cream brown hue, giving the apartment
an appearance of being hung in silk pom
gec.-Her Point of View in New York
Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Some In the Houschoid.

II any one has his choice about where
he shall grow up, let him stipulate for a
family in which there are singers. It is
sore pity to grow up where there is no
singing. In early days an American
child's chances were better then now of
being born into reasonably large fam
Fly, and though in some families all the
members have music in them ind in 9th
ers none OF course the more there are
the better the chances Of song. Song is
almost pure gain. IL need not be of very
high quality, so long as IL emanates nat
urally fism inside of the singer and does
him good. Its value as an appurtenance &c
domestic life lies not in its merit as per-
formance, but in its success as an expires.
sion of the feelings.
Singing is fine art, OF course, worth
cultivating, but the species OF song that
we are now talking about Is Of the same
sort as the singing of birds and of ne
groes. Ordinary, normal children ought
10 learn it by ear M they do language, and
they should sing because they are happy,
as the birds do A child that grows up
where there is no singing no more gets his
rights than young robin that Is hatchcd
out in an incubator. The robin Is pretty
vire TO sing when he grows up and is
turned loose in the sunshine whether his
sar 60, any early cultivation or not, for
the hasit has been strong in the robin
(amily for generations. Bat II the child
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Onnen Victoria.

The queen Of England Is most particu-
lar about names being given correctly and
smartly snubbed certain lady who spoke
to her of the late Duke Of Clarence as
"Prince Eddie" by saying. ~ cannot nm
derstand the Prince and Princess OF Wales
giving their children nicknames, and in
my presence prefer them not used. His
name Is Prince Albert Victor"
In the way of setting people at their ease
the queen is known 90 be an adept. She
greatly dislikes visitor who is shy and
colors or looks agitated when addressed.
AT the fnish Of the interview the queen
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11

Those who take an orange every morning
may like TO try the manner of eating them
that prevails in the land Of oranges. Take
a thin skinned, heavy orange, thrust a fork
through it from the stem end and with a
sharp knife cut the rind away, beginning
at the fork and cutting downward. Place
the orange on ice for a half hour and bring
it to the table with the fork still in it. IL
oranges are good, they can be eaten from
the pulp with perfect ease and with much
more satisfaction than will be experienced
I'm any other way of serving. Chicago
Herald
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
3YooNE ocToBER9.

Oh, the sweet bycone Octobers,
Come again If but in dreamsi
On the hillside let us Wander
Or by softly murmuring streams;
Where the maple burns TO crimson
And the blood red sumac waves,
Where the oak leaves round us rustic
When we play at making graves"
Oh. the dear bygone Octobers,
Naught can ever take their placet .
Oh, the days of sunny childhood,
When we stood there face TO face
With the wondrous soul of Nature,
And the heavens touched the earthl
While Ambition tuned TO rapture
Found in happy hearts birth.
Lester Hollis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
A Baby's Influence.

Who can resist babys Perhaps some
old bachelor will reply that he cannot only
resist one, but that he would likewise con-
cider it good plan TO drown them all as
soon as they were born, in kitten fashion.
Well, the man of this type Is left out OF
the category altogether, and in asking
who can resist one of these dear little help
less bits .of humanity we mean who with
a heart can turn away from the dimpled,
clinging hands or not be won over by the
innocent baby smile. No matter where
baby appears its influence is felt.
Let mother and child enter n car, and
five out of every six people will do nothing
for the rest of the way but watch the
baby, and the old gentleman with glasses,
who has been absorbed in the reports OF
the stock market, will look pleased and
smile down on the little mito who has
taken such n fancy TO his gold headed
cane and will even unbend so far as to
beam upon the mother and to say in his
deep bass voice, "Very fine child, mad
am" And If by chance the little crea-
ture should smile up into his face or
evince any desire TO be more friendly the
austerity that frightens his clerks almost
out of their wits and keeps them continu-
ally toeing the mark will vanish entirely,
and in its place will come an air of con-
scious superiority, as though tho honor
conferred upon him by the tiny morsel of
humanity at his elbow had made him
trine superior to those other of his fellow
beings who had not received any such
mark of distinguished consideration.
Women old and young, unless they are
dwarfed in their true nature, always love
babies. The maternal instinct is the
strongest and best point in the feminine
character, and from the time of doll dress
ing mp to the day when their lives are
gladdened by the advent OF n little stranger
they adore the winsome, helpless human
beings that are dependent upon them for
kove and support
The thought of a curly head, rosy
mouth or little lispipS voice joyouay
calling "papa" or mamma" has kept
many man and woman from despair
and the many dangers of life that are
worse than death.--Home Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Crowns of an American Woman.

Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, whose maiden
name was Smith, possesses two wonder
full crowns, the one purchased in Germany
by the millionairess herself from prin-
cess whose husband had lost his sover-
eighty, while the other, which she prefers
and wears oftener, Is diadem in ev-
cry respect similar TO that used by the
queen at the opening of parliament and
during the jubilee ceremonies. Mrs. Van
derbilt had il made in London at an ex-
pense of 800, ,000.-London Telegraph.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

In 17o0 Stephen Gray discovered that cleo
tricity acts at n distance.
The first electric machine, globe Of sui
phur, was made by Guericke in l6is.
Glass globes for generating electricity
were used by Newton and others about ie5a
A Maryland paper spostrorhires the cleo
trio railroad as 'the golden link that binta
contiguous communities IN the honda ok
prosperity"
The Wisconsin Telephone company opeo
ates coin actuatcd ray stations and is ~
to be suffering losses from orti, w H.utlon
who use the Telephones by insefiins u q
slot pieces OF metal instead "a eoia,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Chinese Alligators.

1t seems strange, but it is a fact never
theless, that the Chinese alligator, which has
long been supposed to be extinct, has been
rediscovered and specimens of it sent TO the
Royal Geological gardens at London. Mar
CO Polo was, believe, the last author to
describe it. In HE description he mentions
a curious ssuperstition-viz, that its gall was
a specific for the cure of hydrophobia St
Louis Republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
A Darninc Club.

A number of housewives in western
town decided that darning is too dull
work to be done Mt home alone and so
formed darning club, which met every
Wednesday forenoon, and while Others
were sewing one woman, who was so for
tunate as TO have no work to do, read TO
the others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
A woman's Discovery.

Il was a German woman, Nine Emma
Seller, who first discovered the mechap-
ism Of head notes, the highest tones in the
female voice. She devoted herself to the
study of the larynx at the dissecting ta-
BILE and was rewarded by finding two.
small cartilages in the vocal chords which
produce these sounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Mrs. Hetty Green.

Mrs. Hetty Green Is said TO be worth
ESQ, 900. 900. She was left $l3, ,000, 900 by
her father, and the rest she has made her
self by successful investments and specu-
lations. by most people Mrs. Green Is
thought 60 be a close, hard woman, but
others maintain that she is liberal
though unostentatious giver TO worthy OBJ
jects. --Woman's Business Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
The Convicts' Friend.

Mrs. Agnes d'Arcambal of Michigan has
done much to help discharged prison con-
victs during the past 25 years. Through
her efforts home for discharged convicts
has been established in Detroit, and 60 per
cent of the men who have been received
here are now living honorable, upright
lives
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Confidence Cushions.

"Confidence cushions" are the pillows
that stand in a corner near the fireplace
when they are not in use, and that afford
n resting place when in use for the lowly
individual who likes TO sit at her friends
feet. They are big, square and without
frills, covered with denim or mohair plush.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
Miss yYillnrd,s Theater.

Miss Frances f. Willard suggests
Christian theater-one conducted in a
way that religious papers could advertise
and recommend and TO which young
girl might be taken without fear of any
thing from the stage that would bring a
blush 10 her check
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-11
We Have One Here.

A good deal has been said about a
young English woman who Is an indexer
and has made reputation by indexing
the records of the houses of parliament.
It may not be generally known that
woman has been employed in tho same
profession in this country. Miss Bever-
idge has during several administrations
assisted in indexing The Congressional
Record. Washington Letter.