The times., 1898-04-03

When the time comes she sits down in
her sewing chair and shuts her eyes and
reasons like this: Il know il isn't a
nice task and ] hate ii. but / viii fix
that skirt neatly and in good hHmOr
in atonement for all the cross things |
have said and the ill-natured things /
have thought since the binding was new"
Then she puts on big apron and snips
and rims and brushes and stitches until
the thing is done.
There is woman in this city whose
parlor-like the spiders sis up a winding
stair 1t is such high up parlor that
when she puts her head out of the win
dow she can look down and count the
birds nests in the tree tops. and when
she looks up al nights she can almost
tell what is going on inside the stars
There is one good thing about living high
up in the world with birds and stars for
neighbors II helps you to get the right
perspective Of human nature so that you
can see its good and bad points without
being hampered by sides
The woman had visitor one dusk
when il was too late TO distinguish The
nests and too early 10 look for the stars.
80 they watched. together. the lights
flash into the windows Of the houses.
for there are fats and lodgings about
and below the woman's parlor. and al
most every window means home. At
one the curtain was rolled up high
enough 10 show a coy slice of interior.
with big. jolly man sitting In the fore
ground trying 10 read his paper and
smoke his pipe and failing in both he
cause Of the big, jolly baby or his Knee.
Sometimes q llttle woman in "A dark
frock and big apron came into view. and
the woman, who liked 10 watch that
particular window next best 10 watching
the stars, had christened 81 the hap
py home The visitor did not see the
picture with the woman's eyes. She
said she could not associate happiness
with vice. To her mind. the man was
spending hiss earnings. running his health
lowering his manhood and scandaIizing
his child He was smoking-and tobac-
co is curse.
Then the visitor went away and the
woman. still leaning out Of her window,
thought these things. II pipe Of to-
bacco s0laces the evening hours Of that
man who has worked all day for him
self and family he has a right to Ii. and
only a surly wife would object to the
triffing cost il entails. and the little
mother in the happy home is not that,
God bless her
Tobacco. from the seed to the coun-
ter. furnishes an honest living 10 hun
dreds Of thousands Of men and women
throughout the world even if an
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himself with tObaccO-heart, il is bet
ter than that those other hundreds of
thousands should suffer. IL is simply
a survival Of the fittest-and by the time
the woman had thought that far the
other woman in the happy home took
the baby from its father and all three
went to the supper table that looked
like q white blur in the background
Then the stars came out and the woman
looked Up and thought Of other things.
The world is getting so educated out
Of its delusions that pretty soon we won't
have an ideal left.
For centuries il has been romantic doc
trine that the third finger is chosen for
the wedding ring because there Is some
special connecting link between il and the
heart by means Of "a nerve or vein. and
now comes along a vardal in the shape
of an inyesliEati"ii-fuan Of course-who
has upset the pretty sentiment by eX-
planning that the third finger was select
ed for the wedding ring simply bccau3e
il Is the only finger ON the hand lnat car
not be extended alone while its ,oal-
panions are folded
This peculiarly makes IT safer place
for a ring than either Of the other digits.
and, a. a woman's wedding ring is hcr
special treasure. n Is only natural that
custom would keep IL whore il is safest
from harm. Still. the little conceit about
the heart nerve was pretty, and IL is
pity for IL 10 90.
is the .bayadele stripe q hoodO0? IL
was rampant just before the civil war.
and IL comes back 20 take the lead IN
fabric fads on The eve Of our troubles with
Spain. ii had useful meaning in the
old days coming as the heralded mission
AIRY to the oveT-taI woman who was war
raBted 20 contract desirable number %
inches II she would wear dresses in
which the stripes would 20 round. u
dlsdains any vir.ue on its second appear
ance. however. basing its claims 10 pop
ularity simply on It's merits Of novelty
and style
The old-fashioned shawl Of Chantllly
lace win come into play again II you line
il with silk Only the thinnest china silk
Is used. and any color you desire shows
well under black ChaniIly lace. Lace
scarfs are utilized Tor SKIRT panellngS for
gUimpe or jacket fronts, for q tunic COR
overskirt), or for little mantles. Lace
wells are used over the face. or 10 trim
t0que. Lace enters c0nspicu0usly into
millinery: al kinds of edge lace Is used
FOR bouncing, ruffies and ruching- In
trimming a skirt with lace remember IL
keep ID below the knees. as Hounces do
not look well nearer the waist Decidedly
IN viii be lace season and lace year
Spanish EfnesHIng.
From the Philadelphia Enqurcr)
The news comes froFl9 G-tafp that :. de-