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The times., 1899-08-27
shopIifting in Paris.

The ways of women shoplifters are thus
described in a foreign journal:
sAt the Bon Marche and the Louvre, in
Paris, a regular allowance is made for
shoplifting In the debtor and creditor ac-
counts: the daily sum thus registered is
surprisingly high Besides amateur KEEP
tomaniaes, female thieves make a contin-
ual raid on the counters, and. notwith-
standing the vigilance OF the inspectors
they manage TO reap good harvest
These women usually wear skirts as full
as fashion will allow. with very deep and
capacious pockets; they also wear shoes
not boots. and have stockings cut off, sc
as TO leave the toes free They press
close to the counter, where rapid motion
OF the elbow. favored by some dangling
fringe, catches the coveted article. and
throws Ii down. Then, quickly, the foot
slips out Of the shoe. and the toes. ex-
ercised by long practice, draw the lace
or whatever it may be. under the long
skirt, where 1t remains hidden till an
opportunity occurs of quickly secreting II
lin the pocket"
The times., 1899-08-27
purr When You Are Pleased.

1t is a quaint saying, but one many a
girl would do well to take to heart. So
many of them never give sign of graft
tude for favors or kindnesses received.
and take all such bestowals az a matter
of course says the philadelphia Ledger. y
They might be amazed to know how much
easier people they would be 10 live with.
and how much more they would be endear-
ed TO peoples hearts. il they let their graf
itude and their satisfaction make them
selves apparent. and purred when they are
pleased.
Often il is shyness or awkwardness that
prevents.
A girl doesn't know exactly how to frame
her thanks. or she is self-conscious about
rendering them. But that should not pre-
vent her showing those about her that she
appreciates their efforts to make her hap
py and is aware how kind it is of them
II is easy, after all, to purr when one is
pleased. il one realizes what a pleasure it
gives others.
They are good to US in the hope of
making us happy. and II we don't let them
see that they have succeeded in their ef-
forts they feel blank disappointment
and are not encouraged to try again.
The girl who purrs when she is please
recognizes and Ia appreciative OF every
pat the world gives her She knows that
to show her recognition is the best return
she can give, and she is so pleased with
small benefits and so grateful for them
that the world is ready TO repeat it's pats.
To take the kindness and the favors oil
those about US as matter OF course is SO
dampening. To see some people. you
would think it hopeless to try to give
them any pleasure-it seems to leave
them so unresponsive.
The times., 1899-08-27
FACTS ABOUT QUEENS.
Interesting Data About Women Who
Sit on Thrones.

The oldest reigning Queen in Europe is
the shortest in stature, while the youngest
is the tallest. Victoria and WiIheimina fur
nish these contrasts. says the New York
Sun The English sovereign is only feet
II inches high, while the young Queen of
Holland is feet 6 1-2 inches tall. although
she is only nineteen years old. The other
measurements OF this useful Queen have
led statisticians to deduce the fact that she
laces shockingly. Her waist measures only
q l-2 inches, while her hips measure only
i inch less than twice that. Wilhelmina
looks too sensible for this sort of thing
J Only the Queen of England surpasses the
young Queen in the number of inches in
Ter bust measure. The nineteen-year. old
queen measures ~ inches, while Victoria
only measures two more. Queen Margue-
rite OF Italy weighs more than any other
Queen. She weighs I76 pounds and is 1-2
feet high Queen Victoria who is the
shortest OF all the queens, weighs but six
pounds less. Wiihelmina in spite of her
height and her hips, weighs only 1so
pounds. Queen Natalie. formerly of Ser
via, Us said 10 come nearer TO classic stand
ards than any other royal woman. Several
years ago her figure was considered per
feet.
She has grown stouter in spite of her
sufferings. and some of her former
perfect shapeiiness has been lost But
her measurements are still said to &C.
cord more exactly with classic standards
than those of any other sovereign io She
is five feet four and three-fourths inches
high, weighs 1S0 pounds, and has a bust
measure of p inches. and her hips meas
ure 40 inches. Queen Amelia OF Portugal
is of about the same size as the Czarina of
Russia, although she is older and has a
somewhat fuller figure She has the dis
tinction OF being the only woman on
European throne who has abandoned the
use of stays Before that, she boasted a
waist line of only % inches, and no sta
tistician has discovered the increase since
that change.
The Czarina measures only % inches
around the waist, while the bust measure
of 81 inches aecords with her height of
Is feet 2 inches and her weight of
120 pounds. The Queen of Belgium weighs
only 143 pounds, but has a waist measure
of "a inches. Queen Sophia Of Sweden
is of nearly the same measurement, but is
said 10 be able TO diminish her waist
measure several inches The Queen of
Spain is nearly the thinnest in Europe, and
that seems comprehensive enough under
the circumstances. She weighs 147 pounds
but is five and one-half feet tall None OF
these crowned women possesses 4 figure
hat would conform to the most exacting
standards of the artists or the dressmakers
Queen Wilhelmina is said to come more
nearly TO the artists ideal, while the
CZarina Of Russia would be more likely
TO do justice to dressmaker's work.
The times., 1899-08-27
Art I'm Trimming a Dish.

Color in cookery is almost as smart as
in dress. and the garniture of dishes
serious subject in the kitchen. says a wri-
ter in What to Eat" Nothing is better
for adding color to many than a hard
boiled egg. Chop the white separately
and rub the yoIk through a sieve to form a
feathery yellow powder. Chopped beets
afford a fine deep red chopped olives "a
beautiful green. chopped carrots a nice
orange, trufles thinly sliced or stamped
out with tiny cutters into crsScents. stars.
diamonds. etc. q good black; lobster coral
washed. dried and rubbed through a fine
sieve, a beautiful pink. and parsley. a
brilliant green
Croauettes of rice made In tiny
mounds. neatly rounded. decorate a dish
beautifully. and eroutons OF bread are
very effective. There are little crusts
known in good old days as sippets- The
bread is first toasted and then cut into
creseents stars. lozengeS. dice. circles
SQUARES, or triangies and fried IN boiling
butter.
Parsley tied in tiny bunehes and fried
In butter makes novel decoration When
using 1t as an ornament be sure after
choppfng 10 to put in the corner of a cloth.
screw it up and hold Il under the cold
water tap. then squeeze II as dry as pos
sible.
On shaking II out Of the cloth you will
find IL light green powder. should you
omit to do this, chopped parsley remains
cIogged together and will fall in heavy
Jumps.
The times., 1899-08-27
a MYSTERIOUS MENU TEA.
1t Is an Easily Obtained and Divert
ing Novelty.

Not long ago. in Western town, the
young people of the place determined to
prepare a series of entertainments out of
the ordinary. The first novelty settled on
was Mystery Tea which for genuine
humor could not be exceIled.
The hostess. a pretty woman of the
younger married set, determined for once
that the little town should experience a
sensation never created there before So
TO give charm to the tea she insisted that
each of her neighbors should represent a
character in fiction, or If preferred an
Oriental costume could be chosen like those
worn in the fowery land which would serve
as decorative bits for this mysterious feast
To give plenty of time in securing the
apparel required, the invitations were sent
out two weeks in advance, so that non
acceptances could be filled by others who
desired to come.
The hour appointed for the tea was s
o'clock sharp. The guests arriving were
ushered into different rooms, especially If
change OF dress had to be made. AS the
number selected were twenty in ALL each
lady was accompanied by an escort For
NAL introduetions were made in the draw
ing room and the company divided up by
the hostess before the supper was an
nounced.
menu gave seme startling surprises, which,
although the guessing was but seldom
right. proved success.
The first couple helped chose IAN after
dinner delieacy' with ''solidified saccha-
rine.' The next wished some very pale
aIe' with IAN Oriental square," Each
guest wrote his and her name at the top
Of the menu, marking off the eatable de-
sired. But as the dishes chosen made their
appearance the fun increased. One shy
young man received only toothpiek and
pickle, while the lady at his side became
the recipient of a beautiful bouquet.
The following menu will show how a
clever woman with some little Thoughts
can devise number of subjects which will
be full of mysterious surroundings, and yet
give to a simple supper zest which people
of any age can enjoy
Cake-Crushed cereal.
Sandwiches-A product of the desert.
Pickles-Sour Sustenance.
Coffee-A gift of the gods.
Water-Very pale ale.
Candy-Soiidified saecharine.
Stuffed dates-Toothsome titbits.
Sailed almonds-A little slde-dish.
Tea-For Russian revels.
Japanese napkins-An Oriental square.
Toothpicks-An after-dinner delicaey.
Ice cream-An Arctic delight.
Lemonade-A tropical fruit drink
At this supper prizes can be given the
best guesser of the menu winning the pref
test souvenir. while the BOBBY can be
given to the IrupIe who failed in every way
to attain the name of the object desired.
The menu should be of cardboard written
in different eo!ors of perfumed ink, each
one if possible, slightly decorated so that
a quaint appearance is made and finished
by bows of any colored ribbon to match the
scheme used.
The times., 1899-08-27
A NEW FLOWER FAD.
odor Rather Than Color is the Lat
est Whim.

Arranging cut flowers with a view to
their odors is q fancy OF the moment and
those interested in the matter believe as
much thought should be given to this
blending OF perfumes as is generally be-
slowed upon choosing eolors and styles.
A vase full of differently scented flowers
can never emit a wholly satisfying result
1t is truly case of the survival of the
fittest; and the stronger scent, while be-
ing affected by all the others present. and
therefore losing its purity, will in the end
predominant. Imagine on the other side
The sweet white violet, whose odor is so
faint and elusive as to be almost iniper-
ceptible, being placed with flowers of a
stronger fragrance AS far as any gratifi-
cation to the human sense is concerned
nature might as well not have endowed it
with this charm. The only way to enjoy
the little flower is TO gather a large bunch
and then to keep them separate from all
others.
As general rule. it is not well to place
more than two scented flowers together
and even then they should be selected
with care. OF these mignonette and sweet
pea may be mentioned as combining ex-
tremely well. The perfume they emit is
no stronger than that of the individual
blossom; but il is sweeter. In fact, when
LleSS TWO HONeTS are grouped proportion
ately together one is reminded on inhal-
ing them of the fragrant peach.
Heliotrope and lemon yerbena form
another delightful combination with an
element of refreshment for darkened sum
mer rooms A few bouquets of these two
flowers, instead of making the atmosphere
heavier viii seem to clear away some of
its sultriness. The lemon yerbena should
be added judiciously; a little over the
right amount, and its odor soon destroys
that OF the heiiotrope.
Hardly anything more lovely can be
imagined for bouquet than the opening
buds Of the blush rose and few tender
shoots of honeysuckle. The delicate fra
GRANGE of the rose seems to temper and
render even more luscious the honey
suckle's stronger scent
Large, heavily scented flowers should
be used in moderation. Little can be done
in the way of combinations TO render their
odors less oppressive. II is always best
! TO keep them separate and in a place
! through which a current OF air passes.
| II seems TO be the mission of geranium
! leaves to lend their pungent, spicy odor to
! flowers that are themselves without fra
granee; and therefore they cannot be
priced too highly. AT this season of the
year they go especially we'll as a border
around the brilliantly eolored but unfor-
tunately scentless phloxes.
The times., 1899-08-27
THE WOMAN OF THE ANGELUs.
How MiIIet's Model Lives in HeI
Peasant Cottage.

PEASANT cottage.
Barbizon. a little village in the midst
of the forest of Fontainebleau, a short
distance from Paris, has become goal of
pilgrimage for many admirers of MilIet's
work. and particularly for those who know
that the woman who suggested TO the
great painter his famous picture Of THE
Angelus" still lives there in a little cot
tage a stones throw from where she was
born, says the ''Woman's Home Compan-
ion" Mere Adeles home is a small vine
clad cottage. in which she lives a frugal
but comfortable life, troubled only by the
over -inquisitive tourists and by her rheu-
matism. She must have been an attractive
woman once, for even now, although she
has witnessed the passing OF more than
three score years and ten, there are traces
of former beauty in her wrinkIed face
Mere Adele is a lady, though she has
worn her fingers blunt by toll, and her
form is bent under the burdens she has
had to bear When she looks at you her
smile Is like benediction. and the beauti-
full things OF earth are not lost upon her.
Her manner is cheerful, as one WHO feels
she has not lived in vain. IL questioned
closely she will tell you of the day when
the great artist came through the dense
forest with his wife and children. leaving
behind him the gay city of Paris with its
schools of painting and its models. She
knows a great deal of the very hard days
which followed for Jean Francois Millet-
the toll, the anxiety, the disappointments-
She nursed his FIVE children, and did the
little field work in the garden adjoining
the cottage When he saw his nurse girl,
Adele and her father revently bowling
their heads in prayer at the ringing OF the
Angelus he conceived the picture which. il
not his best work is yet the best known.
and the one most appreciated by the
people Mere Adele calls herself a child
OF God She looks it in the painting. and
she lives IL every day in her humble cot
The times., 1899-08-27
Isn't This Just Like "A Nan.

When Mr.. Greggs returned home from
business the other evening he found the fiat
in darkness. Upon lighting the gas in the
dining room he saw that the breakfast
dishes were still upon the table, just as
they had been left in the morning With
rising feeling Of annoyance he strode into
the kitchen. only TO discover that an even
worse state Of affairs existed there HIS
wife was nowhere TO be seen. the fire in
the range had gone out, and there was
complete and distressing absence OF those
cheerful preparations which announce that
dinner is cooking.
"Confound IL all!'' he muttered, what
has become of Matilda?''
In a very disagreeable frame of mind Mr..
Greggs went into the six-by -eight sleeping
apartment which separated the parlor from
the dining room OF the fiat. To his sur
prise be found his wife in bed. What's
the natter?" he enquired. Not feeling
well7"
"one of my bad SPELLS" replied Mrs.
Greggs, family Il have been feeling so
sick all day that simply had to let the
housework and the cooking go. I'm sorry
there's no dinner"
That's just like womani" exclaimed
Mr.. Greggs, unsympathetically. "The mo-
ment they feel the least bit out of sorts
they rush to bed, and without making the
slightest attempt to fight against il leave
everything to take care OF itself. Really,
Matilda, thought you had more grit than
to give In SO easily"
About two weeks later Mr.. Greggs came
home and found his wife looking as pale as
a ghost In reply 10 his anxious enquiries
she Informed him that she had been suf-
fering all day with another OF her bad
spells. But this time, John" she said,
with feeble attempt at g. smile, 81 fought
against 1t. and though I could hardly hold
my head up forced myself to do the work
and prepare your dinner
You did, did your exclaimed Mr..
Greggs. In q tone of concentrated dis
gust We'll, of all the foolish women.
Matilda. you certainly are the limit. One
OF these days you'll be laying yourself up
| for good. The idea OF your not kn5wing
enough TO go to bed and let the housework
/. take care OF itself when you feel ILL., Ma
tilda. thought you had more sense,"-
From the Woman,s Home Companion.
The times., 1899-08-27
. s,,rv Of PaisIey sbavI..

Mr.. John Scott. shawl manufacturer.
who recently died. aged eighty-seven. says
London Tit Bits" left an estate value1
at s212, $50 About fifty years ago his firm
In the city had large stock OF Paisley
shawIs. for which there appeared to be 1T
tie demand He induced a lady -waitin g
to submit one of the shawis to the Queen.
who was pleased with It. and wore It when
driving in the park. AS result, fer tire
Paisley shawls became fashionable. and
the firm got rid Of the who.e OF their
stock at enhanced prices.
The times., 1899-08-27

thrust. Such quilts as are sure OF popu-
larity are three to four inches wide across
the feathered part, and have large crimson,
peacock blue, or metallic green velvet eyes
pasted on them and then so gilded and
tinted around these disks as to suggest the
orbs of August before the peacock fell heir
to them.
The times., 1899-08-27
FOR TIE LITTLE FOLKS
French Fashions Not Becoming to
Young America.

New Wraps and Hats for Misses and
Serge Novelties for the KHicker-
bockered CInss-Bottie Green 'sir
Roger de Coyeriyr Suits the Ac-
cepted Dancing OUTFIT for Boys.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-17
Moulding Steel Like Dough.

MOulOnS SCDcl Alk0 DOuEns
The moulding of steel like so much
dough is one Of the remarkable me-
chanical feats of the day, made pos
sible by fercely hot furnaces and huge
hydraulic presses. Thus. for the pro-
duction of shells, solid cylinder of
glowing white metal is carefully ad-
justed on the die of hydraulic press
The press operator pulls down a lever
with an easy movement OF one hand,
and down comes mighty mandrel,
exerting a pressure of hundreds of
tons upon the mass of hot steel. On
the mandrel being withdrawn the piece
is automatically elected from the die,
the form of it being slightly conical,
having been squeezed into such shape
by the great pressure as easily as If it
had been putty or dough. Immediately
it goes to another Of the great presses,
where it is held in die with the thick
er end up; here, when the mandrel has
silently applied its force and been
withdrawn, the piece shows a deep
hole punched in the center, and has
taken form resembling the prospec-
tive, finished product; without reheat-
ing-so rapid is the process-the shell
now goes into a third press; from
which it comes still more nearly shaped
to the proper pattern, and a fourth
forming operation makes it ready for
the finishing room, where the products
are finished and trued in lathes.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-17
'SCIEN TIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION,
4 Handy Tool for rElectricians-Nandy
Attachment for sleds Whore Snow IL
= Rare-An Invention That Prevents
Waste Of Soap.
SOmethlng About Lensea.

| Very few amateurs have time or
opportunity to make a thorough study
of optics, but II one wishes to use his
camera to get the best results he should
understand something about the lens
and It's action. Light, the agent by
Which We see consists, like sound, OF
motion. Sound is produced or con-
Veyed to the ear by wavelike motions
Of the air, and light is conveyed to
!he eye by wavelike motions of cer-
Jain ether which fills all space.
sources OF light, such as the sun, send
o1 continuous waves, and these waves,
striking against the surface of an OBJ
'ect, bound back, and striking the eye,
convey to it impressions of the OBJ
ject and we have the sensation of sight.
The frequency Of these light waves is
something almost, If not quite, be-
yond the comprehension. The waves
which affect the eye and produce sight
move at the rate of from 400 millions
to ESQ millions per minute. Some sur
faces reflect most OF the light that
reaches them; others absorb most of
the light. The waves of light meet
ing the surface Of an object are broken
up by the rough particles of the sur
face, and each particle of the surface
becomes center from which these re-
hected rays spread out in all direc-
tlons. The eye, receiving these waves
from every point of an object, con-
denses them to corresponding points,
and re-arranges them on the retina in
the form of the object from which they
were reflected, and we say We see the
object.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-17
Sailing by Cyclone.

Considerable interest has been arous-
ed in the proposition of Capt. Fieron,
French mariner who thinks that ad-
vantage may be taken of the favorable
winds at the edge of a cyclone for ia"
cilitating navigation. BY means of oh.
servations with the barometer and 9TH
er instruments, he would ascertain the
direction in which the storm is going,
and so shape the course Of his ship
that it would be carried along by the
sweep of the atmosphere, without be-
coming involved in the dangerous CEN
ter of the storm. This proposal to
treat cyclones as friendly aids to navi-
cation may strike the reader as an ex-
travagaht play of fancy, but it Is So
berly intended by Capt. Fieron, who,
in little book on the subject recently
published in Paris, describes his own
successful experiments in this new
method OF sailing the sea.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-17
Pneumatic Grain Elevators.

A grain elevator operated by sue
ton has been tried and exhibited in
England. Air is exhausted through the
pipes which take in the grain, and the
grain is delivered by the air draught
through other pipes to any desired
place. Several pipes may be intro
duced into vessels hold, and will
remove the grain therefrom. An auto
matte scales is part of the system, so
that the grain is weighed during the
process Of elevating and delivery.
Quite complicated system of ex-
hausting and delivery pipes were con-
nected, and the plant worked to great
perfection, delivering the grain to
number of places with the one install
lation Of pipes.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-02-17
EAT NO BREAKF .ST.
Queer Fad In Norwich, Conn.-Pie and
Dyspepsia.

Queer Fad in Norwich, Conn.-Pie and
Dyspepsia.
A queer campaign was inaugurated
IN Norwich, Conn.,, little while ago.
says the Philadelphia Press. Most of
the people Of the town suffered from
indigestion through living on under
done pie, and genius discovered
that in France indigestion is un-
known. He attributed that fact to the
other fact that the French people do
not eat any breakfast. So the people
of Norwich resolved to give up eating
the first meal of the day. The news
papers and the clergymen whooped
the scheme up. The boarding houses
chimed in, and the Anti Breakfast
club was formed to exact a pledge
from the townspeople. 1t is now an
nounced that the plan has been given
up and Norwich is once more eating
three meals day. The last oppo-
nents of breakfast, the boarding
houses, surrendered last week. real
izing that the bottom had tumbled out
OF the crusade. While it lasted it was
strange fad. Belief in it bound men
together closer than holding the same
political tenets. Public meetings were
held at which it was discussed. Some
of the faddists became so bigoted that
they looked upon a breakfast eater
as debauchee and villain capable
of any infamy. 1t was as bad to eat
pie before II a. m. as it was to drink
whisky at any time. A young man
discussing marriage with his pros
pective father-in-law hurried to ex-
plain that he wasn't handsome or hon
est or anything of that sort, but that
at any rate, he was no breakfast eater
Now that the reaction has set in. a.
man who has sworn off eating break
fast is looked upon as a dangerous
crank who is not to be trusted, Anv
one who has ever eaten a Norwich
breakfast would have no trouble in
swearing off from it. 1t consists of
pie. jellycake, cranberry sauce ham
sandwiches and luke-warm coffee
served with condensed milk.