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and so on to the last Of the skin. All
of these skins are tanned in this way.
Those huge musk OK rugs that you see
on my couch have been through this
chewing process; and, in fact, all of the
skins that l have. After the chewing
process the aux or elder duck skins are
put out to dry again; then they are
split and sewed together into shirts.
This is an eiderdown quilt on the
wall" said Mrs. Peary, reaching up and
burying her face in its soft depths.
THE Esquimaux thought l was very
foolish to want it, and could not under
stand why l should not prefer a deer
skin for a cover. This quilt is a work
of art. The front, you see, is arranged
SO that the white of the ducks breasts
form circles, while the lining is plain.
The border is almost the prettiest part
about it, being formed entirely of the
jet black heads of the birds, separated
ny tutlI green DICdSLo. 4 nave dADAuSA
quilt which is made of loon skins,
which are just as tender and soft as the
eiderdown. 1t is put together higgledy-
piggledy, but the soft grayish brown
coloring is beautiful, and the border
formed of the gray necks sets it of.
Il was talking about the women tam
ming the hides. Really, they chew all
Of their clothing. They chew the deer
skins used in making the kamiks, and
after the skin is chewed they take a
piece of stone or iron and scrape il,
breaking the ibres and making it soft
and pliable. The women mend all the
kamiks as well as make them. When
eve a man wears a hole in his shoe
he pulls it of and throws it to a wom-
an. She has to chew all around the
hole and chew a piece of skin for the
patch, and then sew it on.
The shirts and outer coats OF the
Bsquimaux men and women do not
meet their trousers They IRE made IN
this way 70 Insure circnlsfioA ghs
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walk there until they are two years old.
There is no such thing as a puny, sick
ly, delicate baby among the Esqui-
mauX. The baby either dies or lives
and is hearty and strong. Whenever
the sun comes out the mother takes
the naked baby on her lap and gives it
a sunbath. When she nurses it both
she and the child are exposed to the
cold. She takes it out OF the hood in
which she carries it on her back, and,
of course. from the waist down it is
naked.
Her garments have no opening, for
she rolls them up around her neck, and
her entire body, down to her trousers,
is barred. OF course these people have
no sense of modesty. / think they are
very little, if any, above the lower ami
mails, but Mr.. Peary insists that they
are very intelligent. We have some
warm arguments about them. But TO
get back to the children, as soon as
they can walk they are dressed just
like the grown people, and cute little
pictures they are, too.
1.-The eiderdown and little aux skins
are used only for those shirts to be
worn nex to the body. Both are too
tender to work into bei-coverings. The
little aux is a bird about the size Of a
partridge, and it takes 100 skins to
make a single shirt. The men kill the
birds, throw them down in front OF the
women, and they tan the skins and
work them into garments. First, they
cut the birds skin round the neck, and
then peel it of, wrong side out, just as
you would take OF a glove. Next the
skin is dried, the process taking only
about a day.
Now comes the most peculiar part
of the tanning process. The women
chew the skin to get all the grease out.
They fold it over and chew and chew
and chew, and when one portion has
been thoroughly chewed they fold the
Skin again and start chewing again,
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out in beautiful form, making a frame
for the face. This may be trying for
the broad face, but for the face of
moderate width, or for the long face, it
is ideal.
Little curls, "love curls," are worn
o than ever, as indicated by the nu-
merous tiny curls which are sold, fas-
tened to hair pins to be stuck into the
hair at will. Fancy hair pins are used
for finishing a couture.
Titan hair is so much the vogue that
questions are constantly asked upon
the subject of turning the hair red.
There are drug preparations that are
warranted harmless; and are easily
used. But the woman, whose hair has
a reddish tendency, can get a decided
tinge upon her hair by washing it thor
oughly in hard soap and hot water with
ammonia in the final water, strong
enough to make the head Jingle slight
ly, but not smartly. If the hair is dried
in the sun, as they dried it in those
days, it will become quite red. The
hair was pulled through the top Of an
old straw hat and, thus spread out, it
was summed to it's very roots.
The New Year threatens many nov
elites. Yet, fortunately for her of slen-
der purse, they are Of a nature which
makes them within reach of the woman
who must keep a tight hold upon the
purse strings. While economy is by no
means the keynote of the New Year
vogues, there are many pretty and
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tongs in the side of the p%ompadour, as
near the forehead as possible. close
the tongs, give them a twist to catch
the hair tightly and hold fast until you
count sixty. If you use the tongs
three times upon each side, and three
J times across the top, you will find you
have a nicely waved couture. Turn the
hair into little curls upon the forehead
and your work, as far as the front is
concerned, is done.
There are many ways of finishing it.
One is by coiling it back of the POM
padour snugly on top. Another is to
coil the hair loosely in a figure eight
at the back of the neck, allowing the
lower loop of the eight to hang we'll
over the neck.
Doing a POmpadour.
If you are doing the pompadour your
self you will find that you will easiest
accomplish it if, after you have divided
the front hair off, you tie the back hair
upon the crown of the head. Hair
dressers sometimes use a small elastic
for this purpose. Draw the hair back
over the pompadour roll, pin it to the
back hair. Divide the hair into two
equal parts and coil each part in a
double loop to owe the back of the
head. These are the directions given
me by an expert hair dresser.
The parted couture is fashionable,
but the parting is a curled one, being
not so fiat as the old part. 1t is waved
at each side and the sides are pulled
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be bewildering. A fschu consisting Of
a long single strip of pale violet taffeta
was embroidered in natural %violets,
scattered over the whole surface. Be
TWEEN the flowers and extending around
them in a delicate tracery was a line
of pale silver thread which seemed a
| part of the floral design. To make the
| fschu still more elegant, there were
| sequins Of silver sewed here and there
and left to g~listen like diamonds. Yet
the cost of this was not excessive un-
less one counts the time spent in the
embroidery.
A novelty also is the new sleeve, cap,
which is made OF cloth. or velvet. or
silk or lace. 1t is worn over a coat
in such a way that it stands straight
out. If it be lace, it is wired to make
it fit the shoulder. These little Shout
der caps are much like epaulets, only
they are smaller. They can be applied
to any tight-ftting sleeve, and look
well upon dresses for the house ana
dresses for the street. They cost little
or nothing. If the lining of the little
"cap" is Of a contrasting color, so much
the better.
A finish Of small ruching is also to
be the fashion. This is seen upon the
latest Paris gowns and upon the best
of home finish. The ruching Is made
of tulle, or thin silk, or chiffon, or even
of ribbon. 1t is what is called a double
ruche in the sense that the material is
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COO|FFRES and HON
TO BUILD THEM.
THE HIGH POMPADOUR NOW HAS
IT'S Low COILS AND
CURLS
AT THE BACK OF THE NECK.
Curly Parting is Seen-NOve1ties in
the Small Things in Dresses as
Shown in the Early Year-New
Things for Evening Wear.

Each new opera eason brings in its
new coiffures. Hair dressers look
regularly to the opera opening as the
time when that which is to prevail all
the year will be declared. Now are
seer the new pompadours, and now
the new partings, for there are novel
ties in both.
The pompadour roll is so becoming
TO most faces, and so refined, o by
any one, that it continues to be popu-
lar. The pompadour is as old as the
hills, records of it even m to us
from Biblical days. Yet it does not be-
come out of date. The fashion of coil
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, ing the hair over the ears passed quick
! ly away, but the pompadour is here
| again, a little broader, a little fatter
on top, but as large as ever.
The new pompadour was first worn
| this season by Lady Curzon in her first
| Vice Queen reception. Rather a round
! about way, you say, to get the coiffures,
from India! But when Lady Randolph
Churchill was discovered to have aban-
doned her parting for it; and when
Lady Brooke was found with it beautl-
| fully piled above her queenly forehead,
then it was taken for granted that it
was the style.
1t is built over an artificial roll. The
hair is parted off in front, a little deep
er than the lobes of the ears, and is
then brushed forward while the roll is
pinned in place. 1t is then carried
back and fastened just back of the
pompadour. Hair pins of wire, short
and exactly the color of the hair, are
used.
Up to this time there is no particle
of curl in the pompadour. If the hair
has been we'll shampooed it will be
found to lie lightly over the roll with a
tendency to f~iufiness. Now, with your
fingers, moisten the hair with alcohol.
Heliotrepe perfume is better; and is
always used by the Freich h~air-dress-
ers.
Before the alcohol has had time to
dry, run the round prong of the curling
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-31
A CHIFFON YOKE.

An 1mrortant Little Article In The
Seasons Modes That Corresponds
With Elegant Gowns In Variety
and Detail.
The yoke is an important little arti-
Gle in the seasons modes and one that
keeps pace with the elegant variety
and detail of up-to-date gowns. To
the woman with an allowance. it is
positively Indispensable.
A remarkable novel yoke is of JON
quill yellow chiffon which shades to
the softest tones of cream white. 1t is
shirred upon a round foundation of
medium yellow taffeta in several rows,
each of which is finished with silk
heading through which blush rose pink
ribbon is run.
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wearers would roast alive were It not
so. 1t certainly looks peculiar, how
ever, to see a man out in a tempera-
ture Of fifty below zero with ten inches
Of his back or leg exposed to the cold.
But the Esquimaux are so Injured to 1t
that they don't feel ii.
Il found it impossible to really like
people who live like this because they
are so foreign to me. They do not seem
like human beings, though, to an I'M
prejudiced observer ouch as Mr.. PeaTy
they are merely peculiar with a pecu-
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The neck is complete with a band of
jonquil yellow taffeta over which is
shirred chiffon in opposite directions so
that a pulled effect is obtained; while
the upper edge of the collar is finished
with a double rufle of fine. thread lace
and chiffon.
The fichu effect is charmingly intro
duced In the finish of the yoke. It
consists of a corrugated band of the
shaded chiffon laid smoothly wei the
shoulders and forming a graceful curve
to the bust-line at the front, where the
ends are tied with studied negligence
and allowed to fall to the waist-line.
Below this fold are ruffles of chiffon
and lace, and the same materials form
the ends of the flchu.
The effect is specially pretty, and, as
much time and great patience are ex-
pended upon these yokes, they occupy a
well deserved place among the expen-
sive novelties of the season..
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book Of great enough historical i'm
portance, and of sufficient accuracy, to
serve as a guide to the children of flu
ture generations.
Mrs. Peary, with her little daughter,
living in their snug northern home,
finds it hard to realize that this is the
same world in which they lived three
winters ago. Baby Peary, if you re-
call, was born in the Arctic ATTITUDES,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-31
Free Telephones.

In some towns of Germany the tele-
phone is introduced by t~obacconists as
an additional attraction TO customers.
Amy one who buys a cigar may, IL he
desires, speak over the ~tobacconists
instrument.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-31
A TALK WITH A POLAR LADY.

Mrs. Pcary Lives Surrounded by Her
Attic Trophies and Thinks Only
of Going Back.
Mrs. Peary, wife of the Arctic ex-
plorer, has been asked to write a school
history. If she accepts, she will be one
OF the first women in the world to as
sumo the responsibility of preparing a
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liarity caused entirely by climatic con-
ditions.
Shall I go again upon a polar ex-
petition? l hope to do So
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War, 1t has been said, never affects the English middle classes.
always the Tommy AtkinSes, recruited from the lowest stratum OF %
and the officers, from among the aristocracy, who suffer. Not on
sons OF the befed earl, but also his proud daughters, have respoDda
call OF England for assistance. and to-day there are a number OF I
iish women acting in different capacities in South Africa The
ing illustration for instance, shows Lady Sarah Wilson acting
during the siege OF Mafeking. This photograph was taken III
before the new came from South Africa that Lady Wilson
prisoner by the Boerz.
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Fool and Ills Money.

1t chauccd. that the miser and the
spcndthrift took ship together.
En- voyage the .spcnlthrift bought
much wine and sat long at tho gaming:
table. .,,r. g.. q,
Tie fool aad. his money soon para!'
sighed the ,n!acr. :.r..:' *, :,ei.i,:
Presently a.atolan ,resc, a1Id titc ship
fuUnGCrch, and they Nere aslsca&t inej.
the water and the ,miscr. hnving,siris
gold in. i belt about his'vaist, sank 10
the bottG2. .'avt''i >, Nv "H' :: :. ;
THE. faatnTct h.4-ra6hay." obscry,citf
the spcnitaHift :fd,'ly! For lie Mas.
generous soul, don't always part 90.
Aftcr. that'the spondthrtfti swagh 10 n
raft, wharc lie starved tU dcash.--;nc-
troit Journal. '..'.' ..* '''.
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Unia'pe way of Identification.

The SauptGccr happened to be in a
prominent DSnl, where he saw an iden-
tification effected in the most unique
wFy ye ;hSa1I OF. n yonpg, railroad
m$4 saIne Autryhg in, with a;chcels 10
casa . H6 A'as Sot known in the bank
except 5y.one than, and'he, Of course,
was out
yvelI, here's my railroad pass" said
he; :ptoducihg the" Transportation card
made out in his-.hame. "Will this do?''
The. castiier took it and compared
the indorkemfnt on the back With tile
Writing on tho pass: 80, .. r:,s,
:.,:'"IIh4t Won't DO YOU any. good" said
the: owner, ..H.AAll our passes are made
out bef9re we.get them.".. :.
" guess it's all right" said the CASH
ier: hesitatingIy:: Haven't you some
thing elscsn 4. =. -, "
= We'll! was, the answer after q mo-
laGnt's Thought, got IN itemized
tlentistis Lili in my pocket; and you
can compare 1t .with the filings in NY
teeih." and he displayed the latter III
d. broad grin, Which secured for him
the money.-rhfladrfphla Inquirer. .
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80
Mnde Ell, bed.

On returning from. the. barn early
one morning tile old man found his
wife In tears.
"Wha'cher cryin about, Melissy9"
he .inlHired.
"'Nother-one-uv our darters-was
stole las night" she sobbed, .. ..:!. &.
."Gee redhcaded !nn?" he asked Ia
c2picQHy.,:iI. =. ~ .: :, ~ 20.
Yi;3cs-pore Mag -t.she was, the. best
gal?+zTi :"t .r''-' y:~ =.
! E"Bob Sellttles?"t: 49,
! :':B&. coIursc.A. Hasn't .beeh no other
: fclicr:waitiH 6n@hlf. Amt you goin to
pursue afte1'Scsan an aIfest ing" - :
i ..:;L'& 'cnjfrse; Hot. "iAe replica. stern1y
! "im ui5e hrdet obligations 10 help ISoh
sEutttesi ont w no tfimtuity. Let him
go ahead. and work out. his sentence.
same's 1rye:g Been 'a-doln fur, the las 40
ytar."-New fSrk. Truth:
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Two Ladies' OF Fashion Meet.

A family living In 4 North SidcT tfat
welcomed Il new housemaid last week.
The girl had just come from Michigan,
and her appegFance was progresses
ing Soon after her'advont it was dis
covered that she was inclined to treat
the, family with patronizing air. .
"Mary, you must do better, or l shall
have TO find soHes one to take your
place." the mistress Remarked the 9TH
cr morning. : 4
81 don't allow my one to speak to
Inc that way" replied Mary, with a
toss Of her head. 9Th jIst as good as
you are, and l want YOU TO know it."
Mary .nounccd out of the room and
returned , in two minutes with the
weekly paper from her town. Among
the social items was the following:
Miss Mary Hanson has gone to Chi
cago 20 spend the Ninter. Miss Han
son is an acknowledged belle in the
leading circles of Sawdust Creek"
Mary waited until her employer had
had time to read the personal" and
then she said with Withcring scorn:
"As have always been accustomed
to going with the best in ms town and
as i don't believe you ever. have your
name on tic society page Of the Sun
day papers l guess l can't afford to
stay with you.
The North Sile woman declared the
domestic incidsRt -ciosed.-C Chicago In
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A Rnt story.

zone day not long ago." said a Dffck
manufacturers :"'one' Of my wT&lAGp
saw three TafS carrying NJ stra w1afiSsi
the brickyard. 1t seemed such an un-
usual sort of proceeding that he stop.
ped his work to watch them. Twp Of
the rats: held tic Straw 1T Opposite
ends while the third Supported jtiiG
center They were making stra gilt! for
the river which flowed by one sitlv rof
the yard. When they arrived Qtctle
bank, they. laid down the; stray and
took 4 long drink. Tlcn they PROCEED
ed TO takc'up Tire straw again! III the
same manner as before and rGtarfied
by the same way. they had rome. lJ6:'
This SO interested the Workman
thai. he determined .to Watch AaGieS
would come again. And sure enough.
at about the same time the nest day;
they appeared, carrying the stra " OK,
actly ~ before. Having previdedrh rhin.
self with q gun, lie shot all three to
see if possibly he might thereby solve
the mystery. Tie discovered THAI the
rat in the center was blind and there
fore concNded that this was thatani-
mails kind method of leading their
afflicted conivade to the water to
drink. k."-PhiladClphia Inquirer. ::
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I
A G6ir Outrage e.

The Earl'of Wclnyss was on q fife
golf course not long ago. accomt ainied
by an old caddie. HIS ,.ardship got
his ball on one occasion SO near the
hole that. to play it was, as it appeared
to him, supcrfiuous So he siff,ffty zip,
ped it in with the toe Of his bopt.;g;
The caddie rev0lt9d iHstaptcr, threw
down the clufc& ana looked. herrified
When lie found words to speak, 1T vas
to say. "HanSYK, me lord, gowf's
goWfw ...,, ,aL;s.,rrS M, OF ;
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A .Knn.I,AfnrnW -

When j. A: AIneNell Whistler lived
in Chelsea, his peculiarties soon made
him a familiar figure even among the
bargemen, who got to know him as the
artist. Of their beloved .Thames. One
afternoon. While. saunterlng along the
embankmcnt, Whistler. was confronted
by n man who had one eye. most ef-
fectively blackened. The. astist. stop
ped and inquired, ...:What's the matter;
my good fellow Fine man touched
his bat. AOh, nothing. g.@sir-merely: n
;knseA'turA. in blus, and Sgreen l2--5;Stth.
francisco Wave !:.'vir 81 ',;s : q
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MIiInla ana Newman

The aata9r Of t1lR iifQ; eE. Atb,als'
tells the, ,folloWing- ,aRecdatei .NBbeH
Cardinal ,Sewnaap game 10. sit 4toethss
artist IQr. hiS portraits. he':G :G ked .whcxe
he was to pose. =. -. / 81
"Oh, your eminance, on, that vslfl,
nencc. il, you please" answered Sir
John, pointing to the modeis'"dais, and
seeing him hesitatina. added "C6me,
jump up, you dear oldiboy:" - ,''' r,.T
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A Jnpancse Dinner.

BE who does not ilke'tne way the
Japanese cook iiSil mast be haTh to
please. They are, better fish cooks
than the French. The Japanese wa.
tiers are, very prolific, and the natives
seem to have learned in cooking :. to
preserve the inherent flavor Of the
fish, while their sauces. are vcpy SIM
pic, .And;as for cells, "a they are cook:
cd at the kapdaSawa,' IL. tCnhoiise, in
Tokyo, he who. has tustsd them has
established. Il standard In his mind by
which to judge other cels.t'.s :. } '':ii !: ,
SSawced we .had, tOo,' thin as ptper.
and crisp. It Is the. weed Of the sea
that is left on .tht rocks iyud scin pJpd
from them by the fisher &omcn %lth;
shells and then dried in the sdh. lt,iS
eaten as a relish and has q "dclIcate
flavor, suggesting cinnamon.
Rice we had. in abundance. 1t was
served from q bucket (not unlike ours,
but. not quite so deep of Inpaintcd
white pine, with little. wooden shoSel
somewhat like those our, children use
in playing at the :seashore.: Our, rice
bowls were filled again ana yet again.
and when we: covered our bowls it
meant we had finished dinncr.. I'havc
seen the Japanese leok with indifie:'-
encc at a fish cooked in n way that
made my mouth fairly water with CO.
sire, but WHEN they are served with
rice it receives their. immediate qtten-
tion.-Harpcr's MGGa2inc,s.; h
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oysters md strsmt,.triehi

The oyster and strawberry are said
to be the greatest of cvangflsts. They
have .builtand furnished more chufch,
es, paid the salaries Of more preachers
ano ao @ss9 oGsr nao mga Ff?Iasn rn any ny
world Reynoldsville (Pa) Star. =,
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jane. wh,tcomb r,tes'sa1bke.


James Whitcomb Riley and NSe were
n peculiar pair. They Were tverlast,
ingly playing practical Jokes.
/ remember when we Were riding. to-
gether in the smoking co'A,artment
between Columbus and CineiHaati. MI
Nye was great smoker. and MI. Riley
did not dislike tobacco. An old farm
er came over To Mr-Nye and said: :, /.
"-lre you Mr.. Rifcy?y heard you
was ondheStrain.S " .
''No, lam NOT Ny E'Riisy. .Ht is over
there"
81 knew his father, and would like
to speak wfthiiisn.". :; ~ -
"Oh, speak with him, yes. But he is
deaf, and you want to speak loud"
So the faffaef VENT oyer to him and
said in loud voice: =
"Is this Mr.. RlleyT'
"Er-what!" -. : -
"Is this Mr. Rilcy?" .s1.t.
"What did you say" :: -,
"Is this. Mr.. Riley" J,s1i
"Riley, yes" .T.H. .:S
81 knew your father"
"No bother"
81 knew your father"
"What?"
81 knew your father" e..
ooh, so did r." -
. And IN n few moments the farmer
heard him talking in an ordinary tone
IF voice.-Saturday Evening Post.