The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21

the very swell woman whose wreath
had got little at one side She looked
for all the world as IL she wanted TO
paint the town red and had begun by "A
rather quiet jag. which had affected
her head first. II you take to wearing
a wreath. be sure 10 put 1t on firmly
and I'm what might be called the we're
de We're fashion
"As 20 the latest toilet table, IL Is,
my dear. simply lovely. 1t is heart
shaped. but its point must go toward
the window before which il stands.
None OF your present belongings viii
suit IT, IT must be draped either in
yellow or pale heliotrope, preferably
heliotrope Mine has on IL a large mir
ror heart shaped IN it's outline and
framed in silk. Then an the boxes.
brushes. trays, hand gasses-in fact.
all the silver trappngs-are spread but
on a heiiotrope velvet cover. Below
this. over heliotrope velvet. is a deep
fril OF lace. and n ] were not afraid
that YOU would think me frivolous
should say that the effect was that o'
a priests vestments. on my mahog
any writing table | have sticks OF hello.
trope sealing wax, while the telegraph
blanks are in a hellotrope velvet c.rso
that has flower -de-luce worked upni,
it in gold thread. My new note paper
is a pale hellotrope. with my cipher
--monoGrams are entirely out Of fash
!on-in gold upon IT, The very minpt-
est detail OF my furniture Is in the
proper shade. and II would be abso-
utely impossible for a gll 10 have the
blues in that room. Think this over
and before you come back conclude
hot h. it, ~
heliotrope."
We all approved OF this description
and then we looked with yondor at the
happy mother of the tive good children
who was laughing over her letter. she
knew what was expected. and she said:
My letter is from the othersid of the
water but IL has i'm 1t a couple Of sto-
ries that have made me laugh one is
about little girl whose greatest adml-
ration is very properly given 10 her
mother. She hat heard of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, OF Mr.. Gladstone, Of Queen Vic
toria. of Bismarck but she had never
heard Of the devil until today some
body spoke. of his satanic majesty be-
fore her. She was very curious 10 know
about him, SO she went at once 10 the
mother. the fountain head OF ali knowl-
edge 10 her, and from HeT she heard
what a wicked parsonage he is, how
badly he has behaved he was
painted i'm the very blacklist OF colors.
However, the little woman did not seem
as much impressed with his blackness
as she should have been, and so her
loving mother continued telling of his
meanness and his criminality until he
was as black as the .proverbial coal.
Then the little tender heart warmed UP
toward the offender, and looking up az
her mother, she voiced her feelingg
Don't you think you are too hard
the poor devil. mamma? He may
be so much TO blame. Perhaps
mamma didn't bring him up well!
The other story is about a son
Matthew Arnold. When he was a vo.
little chap, he had as decided opinion
as only children can have. One nigh
the boy heard some one say that the
moon was made OF green cheese. With
great quickness he announced L don't
believe the moons made of green
cheese Don't your said his father.
Why not?' Oh said the young gem
tleman, L don't know why. but / don't
We'll, for my part said his father, I
have no respect for people who give
opinions for which they can give no
reasons Young Mat was very much
mortified and went off by himself to