New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

WRITING BOARD.
hold. first the bloter in the centre, then different
sizes Of paper and envelopes next telegraph blanks
and then pens and sealing wax. etc. safety
topped inkstand firmly glued into place with
pen wiper. matchbox and stamp5ox completes
the accoutremcnt.
OLD LETTERS VERSUS GOSSIP.
II have been looking over old family letters ali
this drearv afternoon" she said. drawing up
luxuriously stuffed chair costly to The fire and
Indicating another 20 the man VINO had dropped In
to tea, "and II has given me the shvers' | am
gladder than you can think that you came in TO
Interrupt IT seems strange ana weird 10 read
the words actually penned by those who are dead
and gone speaking Of their daily human life. with
It's small interests and anxictes all insignificant
now, and OF their loves and hopes and everyday
responsibilities. so Ike our own. And underneath
all the general cheerfulness and lighter vein Of
correspondence there Is always the minor note OF
human sufferne-llness disaster. death. declare.
| alone. hearing only the faint cracking of
The paper I opened the letters folded long since
by unseen hands, and read Of the old familiar
people who nave passed out Of my existence into
the silent Land. felt If life were too sad for
words. and that |. too. was ghost or The past.
standing on Tho brink Of the great sea- whose
shores are covered with the wreckage Of human
hopes and ambitions. Is life worth the living? /
said 70 myself. feeling bluer than indigo
Just then the maid brought mp your card ana
said toa was ready Oh / cannot tell you how
comfortable and human it sounded. There are
some lovely hot buttored scenes In the Kitchen.
VIII Won ing for them? Thanks. 50 much After
all the world is a very rice place to be In Mary
bring the tea-tabl, close 10 tho fire; and now, Mr.
Brown. do tell me all the latest gossip
BEAUTY IN THE WINTER WOODS.
To one of Natures lovers walk in the woods
AZ this season is most interesting. \ careless
observer would ably little or no change;
the gray woods look gray a. ever. the ground
is yellow and sere. but he who looks closely sees
or every side unmistakable tokens OF spring In
the tangle Of underbrush the catbrier stems nave
already assumed a perceptible green: the willow
tv.ies are losing their red-hrown winters dress
and by the Midas touch of the sun. are changing
,r.o nure god and under the protection OF the
fallen brown leaves. myriads of tiny plants snow
signs OF returning lie. Even the tough bark OF
,ba sturdy trees shows slight changes OF Color
especia, tho side turned toward the south whhe
many of the branches. especially the eX'remiues'
are taking on lovely tints OF pink ashes Of rose
and brOwnlsh bum So,
4 charming experiment 10 20 gat'ei :" Eoo"''
handful of tvigs OF many different hlhds as
,5sslble-athough apple. cherry and peach bouBhs
give the prettiost rcsults-and put them IN powi
oe water in a sunny. protected window. ia two
or three weeks the fru-tree twiss VIII be III
blossom and the Wild things Of tne wood VIII each
show results after It's kind. Another altogether
delightful experience. particularly for an Invalid
=. 70 ,,a,ch dav by coy the development Of bit
Of wood turf taken from place where ferns ana
wild flowers flourish II this is placed on plate
I'm q window and Kept moist. all Sorts OF io'eiy
tb,ncs will begin 10 show themselves. This de
,cIopment is greatly aided by a glass top such az
&C. usod bv the confectoners to cover candy, ard
which practically makes OF the plate a sort OF
hoibed.
GAYETIEs Oh LENT
.r am told this Is to be a gay Lent" said So
ce,v woman on Ash Wednesday. speech mat
might be taken as commentary uI'o" iiou'i"
,o,I,ud,rar;auisrn Lent means nowadays simply
r.e, 70 -fourths OF the people who Fancy that
thov respect more or less its ordinances ana IL
49, hscorne more OF social than religious OBJ
earvarce a convenient place to cry ha!t af'er the
ovcesscs Of the last few months which must heces-
CARLY have their limitations. Every year Lent De
comes buster season. the occupations are
harged that is all. Balls and dances are to be
cure given up but theatre parties ana pleasant NJ
- d,nrers more than compensate Tor their loss
,reas and receptions are no more, but now "ehsn'-
,,I 10 rive up those wearisome functions iot 'He
,uspr sewing class. which retail5 the latest COS
sin and gives an opportunity 10 uiscusS '"' '0'"
IN is more mischief done by womens tonsues
q, those Lenten innh Suts ecen,v
T H the rush the psoPe a Ts no or SO
talk scandal and at othcr r,n'eS p, IN Lent Heaven
ST9ect those who have cnnk ro IN n 5h snd If "
Th d psn1 their victim 70 piece IN oid t,mes
ana - The favoriie Lcntcn deprivation, p".
CANDY wa sa,aseI yas heard 10 say the other day
moo there were hngs that she naq fd2Is
made ny 10 q smoking and swearing nm,
But RseS Sn 'n "v woG
Letter more brothcry love and human n ers
LOOK AT VIZ, aaeocations, the nurseries. the great
nS pr ST .ns 'S o m dumb
but not iehs, ri,naIs all originated and maintained
sg which sssSs is more @
perity he,e davs than In the old times wnlcn
Me sa ssGa Ss now Of
through the VII sntan bells are pulsang over the