New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

7 I had done fairly we'll when she suddenly turheu
round on me with l say! What drvel you do
talk" felt. naturally somewhat astonished' ana
expostulated mildly. You see. am at disad-
vantage I explained over here. you know, the
girls are always amusing and entertain us. so that
one has not much to do At that she laugheo.
do you know rathet like YOU she was good
| enough 10 say You're good sort, take 1t. II
| you in London in the season drop paste
| board us
TIMOROUS FEMIN1NITY.
"Woman's at best a contradiction still" sang
| Pope three hundred years ago. and In her present
DEVELOPMENT she has not lost that characteristic,
at all events She still shrieks at a mouse. and
| looks under her bed at night expecting to ma
| burglar Despite her increased stature and muscle
she is as timorous at night as ever and Is Forever
on the lookout for the predatory man. who. ac-
cording TO her imagination. is like the wicked one
in Holy Scripture. forever prowling about the do
| mains of defenceless females.
4 woman without a natural protector may be
| fine independent creature in the daytime. proud
| of her emancipation and up-to-date autonomy; out
! Al night confessedly or unconfessedly she is a
poor creature. Her swagger. her assurance her
I self-sufficency. are all gone and any masculine
I relative becomes n comfort even a small orother'
! a man servant seeming tower of strength and
refuge when the world is In darkness.
| Not long ago Mr.. X. in his suburban home, was
awakened from his slumbers by pistol shots from
| the adjoining place. which owned by strong
| minded single lady, Of whom he had always
| stood greatly in awe. and who, he considered was
equal to half dozen ordinary men.
Hearing the shots. however the instinct OF his
manhood prompted him to 90 TO her assistance
As he neared the house he felt sharp stinging
| sensation on the cheek and realized he had been
| grazed by bullet
Miss s" he shouted I'm coming! Are you
! all right?'
"Oh Mr. X. is 1t you?" was the answer from an
open window, and then burst OF hystercai
laughter.
Il have been so frightened I heard noise. and
| I locked myself in and commenced firing from the
| window" At this juncture screams were heard
above and from the attic windows popped out the
heads Of the maid servants. both shrieking
loudly. after the manner OF thelr kin' "heh 'iie
supposed danger was over.
But what was the trouble?" said Mr.. X, after
he had been let into the house and found every
thing peaceful and apparently undsturbed
'Why, | heard queer noise" reiterated Miss
S. 80 l just opened the window and kept on
firing the pistol bought the other day
well you nearly succeeded In killing me, at all
| events" remarked her neghbor. grimly stanch-
Ing his bleeding cheek with his handkerchief and
bidding her good night
The next day Miss S called on Mrs Y
and. after telling the latter of her frequent at
tacks of night terrors and the dineTent thinss
she tried to give herself feeling Of security
said: II do.'t think the pistol is quite satlsiac'orI
Il should think not! exclaimed MrS. y III
no. ,;''' asserted the spnster. because was
afraid TO fire il anywhere except out OF tle "nuo",
and then as il proved. it might hit the wrong
man so I have come over TO ask II yo" cou'd
'"0ld shoes re-echoed the woman, astonished.
/ thinking that her guest had taken leave OF her
s' if you could possibly spare then then ,st9d, aqd
( continued Miss S.. persuasivey
Ni"re and more mystided. Mrs Y could only
siayf AT sHe e Il; went on the strong minded single
woman bushine sehtly, y couId put ,% one paii ppair
onteide Of nv spare door, and when the
burglar comes she spoke Of him as II me, ne were btr
frrouec. and expected visitor ne "oulu 'hIiin i
here was a man IN the house and would run
! away"
DRAPERY FOR A DOUBLE WINDOW.
,-e,tv way of treating a double window is to
-,ar[ tho division with set OF shelves. "hch
may be made OF books for brc-a-brac ana IN
,,o,,, a little cabcet filing one Of the ap"rtures
,s useful for valuables or medicines Inc 'o"er
. -, each window has a sash curtain OF pale
yellow china SIN ,pT wtb b' enipmrc Applications at
the top and has applro K.pFny phnn 5rsmed as one
wh French chiniz. IN white roses d On a yoib2T yotbcr
ground. one side being "OP'" "P ~
hanging straight
HARD on NURSE AND CHILD.
-r.o ,ropb,es Of childhood are not always appreci-
aied by those who take charge oi mem .,.or,,
,,ros u,bo are so utterly dependent for every
essttv and who are so in the power OF their eIders
accept as a matter Of course the or1erlhEs ior 'e"
welfare and rarely II ever question judgment.
Even the most spoiled darling OF fortune aI'housi
he or she may be loudly ou;spoken about the sna"
affairs that seem Immediately to concern theH
never dispute the authority that governs their eNlst-
ence and leave their fate In the hands or their par
ents with a trust that s pathetic when II Is con-
sdered no. much is involved
A mother makes up her mind, for instance. that
her darling must learn French The dear old Irish
nurse with whom the child is familiar since baby
hood must. for the sake Of progress. give place
A stranger with unfamiliar ways and incompre-
henshlc language. She Is suddenly forced into In
tirnate relations with her unwilling little charge,
mus left be dressed fed and cared for by for
eigncr.
10 wonder that ;he poor little victims feel the
change. and IL is strange that they submit to Il
tameIy. once III WINE, HoHtN'i sOHle DOId spirit
revOlts.
A woman whose little girl had been delivered over
to the charge OF a new French DOnne had a din
ner party that evening and altcr leaving the
child apIarcntly cOn.entcd with her nurse and
several attractive toy. bought for express par
= her guests cOngTatuatinR herself upon the easy
transition. The FIRST course Of dinner. however. had
hardly been served when the dining room door was
nung open. and In dashed little figure with flying
hair and clad in night gown
Mamma mamma" she cried. sObbng hysteri-
cally Il want some who talks the talk talki'
And the little thing had 10 be cOmfor,ed and per
Kind Offices Of a familiar irish housemaid, whose
vernacular. IN the lttle maidens estimation. left
nothing 10 be desired