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A novelty IN the way of hatpins has
made it's appearance this fall. It il
one that will not injure the hat, and
to prevent this has little catches
sewn to the hat under the rim close
to the head on either side. The hat
pins themselves are like extra long
hairpins, with heads which will not
60 through the little catches. The
pins 60 through and sfasten securely
into the hair, holding the hat in
place. They are really excellent.
There can be elaborate heads to these
pins also, but, alas! they hardly show
at all, E BE . =.
Lace medallions framing . bit Of
painted or embroidered silk are hav-
ing considerable vogue and make q
lovely trimming to evening capes. IF
one likes the empire effects they are
quite appropriate on I garment OF
this sort. Very remarkable is an
empire cloak Of black lace the pat
tern about the bottom having inserted
pieces Of silk panne something after
the medallion fashior The lace falls
over lining Of pink silk. The sleeves
and short directoire jacket are of
black satin heavily embroidered In
IjetS. Behind there are two long ends
that fall from the jacket, slightly
shaped, like elongated coattails.
But the belts attract the greatest
attention among the novelties seen,
and they are worth it, for they are
unusually charming. They are Of III
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UNDERTAKEN OF, GENIUS.
A Novel 1nterment Got Chicago Sta.
dents Out OF an Unpleasant
Situation.

HE Is smart man, is that under
taker. Say. he's got . brain in his
skull. sure" .-
This is the way in which. students
at the College of Physicians and Sur
geons on the West side express their
admiration for q certain undertaken
who got them out of an unpleasant
predicament, reports the Inter Ocean.
Patrick McAndrews. who lived
somewhere near State and Forty.Sec-
ond streets, was admitted to the coun-
ty hospital about three weeks ago,
suffering from complication of dis
eases. He died soon after reaching
the white cot in the hopeless ward,
and his body was duly laid away to
await the coming of his relatives.
Fifteen days passed, and nobody came
to call for the corpse of Patrick Mo-
Andrews. Then, as is the custom, the
body was given to the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons, and ar
engagements were planned for . dis.
section. ',,.,.. 49, ,.;'' - 3, =.
The lecture for which the dead Nc
called for the head, chest and arms Of
an adult male. Attendants in charge
of the "subjects'' severed McAndrews'
body at the waist. and took the up
per half to the dissecting-room. Here
the CHASTITY section Of the dead hui
manity was laid upon the table, COW
cred with q sheet. and left tosawait
the coming of the class and lecturer.
The lower half of the body was i'm.
mediately burned. and in two hours
time all that remained of McAndrews
was the half upon the table, waiting
for the scalpel.
Just as the lecture was beginning
word was brought that McAndrews'
relatives had appeared and claimed
the body. An understaker from State
and Forty-first street was already at
the door, and preparations were be.
ing made for the funeral at =, Mean.
drews' home. No objection was made
by the college authorities to the
prompt surrender Of the body, but a
thorough search failed to locate the
lower half of the remains. The at
tendant who had burned the missing
portion told what he had done. and
there was CONSERVATION around the
college. - -. a.e...
At this point the ingenious under.
taker came to the rescue. ''Give me
the upper half Of the body" said he.
'Then get me about 80 pounds, Of
bricks" The bricks were brought
and the lower part Of the coffin was
filed with them. McAndrews' upper
section was put in place. and the un-
dertaker drove away.
A day later McAndrews' funeral
took place with all propriety, and
none but the undertaken. and those
who helped him at the college knew
just what the coffin contained. Out
on the West side, however, where stu.
dents congregate. the half man. is
talked about. and much admiration il
expressed for the genius Of the under.
takers s53s55sIf, ,ss 49, E9:'F> ~
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that tho noble giants should be a.
lowed to stand and that the govern
ment should own them, and that
seems the only solution for the prob
lem If they are not to be destroyed
by the woolfman's AK: il,
Before the glacial period the genus
of big trees called sequoia fourished
widely in the temperate zones of three
continents. There were many species,
and Europe, Asia and America had
each its share. But when the ice fields
moved down out of the north the lux
uriant. vegetation of the age de-
clined, and with It these multitudes
of trees. One after another the DIFF
ferent kinds gave way, their remains
became buried andtswhen the ice re-
coded just two species, the big tree
md redwood, survived. Both grew in
California, each separate from he-oth-
er, and each occupying, in COMPARE
son with its former territory, mere
island Of space. As we know them
now, the redwood lives only in a mar
row strip Of coast ranges 10 to 80
miles wide, extending from just with
in the southern border of Oregon to
\ the Bay Of Monterey, while the big
tree is found only in small groves scat
tered along the west slope of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, from the
middle fork of the American river to
the head of Deer creek, a distance of
260 miles. The utmost search reveals
but ten main groups, and the total
number Of stable trees In these
groups must be limited to figures in
the thousands. It Is, moreover, the
plain truth that all the specimens
which are remarkable for their size do
not exceed 500. ...>. =
III The big trees are unique in the
world-the grandest, the largest, the
oldest, the most majestically graceful
Of trees and, If It were not enough
to be all this, they are among the
searcest Of known tree species and
have the extreme scientihH value Of
being the best living representatives
of former geologic age. It IL tree
which has come down TO m through
the vicissitudes 6f many centuries
solely because Of Its superb qualifca-
lions. Its bark 10 often two feet
thick and almost incombustible. The
Oldest specimens fslled are still sound
Ut the heart, and fungus 4 An enemy
unknown stq it !, yEet M theas
means ~ 81 iia I y js "A = n III ,lfsl1
have aPplreptlJ ndt ins1e assd their
y Tanngs sse tths glecis.l spoeh 4 They
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4. .l
The Difference q ociety II
NEW YORK and CHICAGO
Of a open adnnireerr &c his yi,Iifs ~.

Eof m open admirer sc his wife say-
ing 81 sone of % much creatures:
w AXE mn Dobbs: You Re ,santedl'
Small Wonder II i that the Chicago
man 6 affairs cares 20 little Tor what
the world calls society. If he has hut
viewed az from afar, % Is the case
with many of them, he should read
Mr.. Chat field Taylor's book. and 10
will want even less Of II after 40 has
been given a. insight into IT. revolt
ing mysteries.
Mr.. Chath field Taylor evidently nm
derstands the difference between the
social atmosphere OF the two cities.
for, while he goes to New York Tor his
story, he keeps his home - Chicago.
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with the biggest and tal1est trees, tie
most uncontaminated surroundin
and practically Ill the literary and
scientific associations Of the species
connected with It. has been purchased
recently BY lumberman who came
into full possession On the 1st Of April,
1900. The 'sequbia ana General Grant
national parks, which are supposed
TO embrace tand rive security to I
large part Of the remaining big trees,
are eaten into BY sawmill each. and
BY private timber claims amounting
to . total Of 1,172s7 acres. The rest
Of the scanty patches Of big trees are
In . fair way to disappear-in Gals
versa, Tuolumne. Fresno and Tulsrs
counties, they are, now disappearing
by the az. In brief, the majority Of
the big trees Of California, certainly
the best Of them, are owned by people
who have every right, and in many
cases every intention, to cut them in
to lumber. 4a. ,,..
The Cahveras grove was the first
one discovered, having been found in
1s41 by John Bidwell. afterward can
didate for member Of congress from
California. Just how and when the
other groves Of big trees were found
10 difficult to determine. Al early a.
1864 Prof. Brewer. of Yale, and q
party from the California geological
survey visited the Calaveras And Mari
posa groves and also several big tracts
in the region Of Kings river, and by
1870 the majority Of big trees had
been located. e.a.'
The extreme age attained by the
big tree is still an unsettled ques.
ton. Statements on the subject vary
considerably, some appearing to- be
exaggerationss One great difficulty,
however, in settling the question Of
age, at least for existing trees. is the
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lack ofa proper number of trunk Sec
tions on which to count the rings Of
annual growth, thus giving unques-
tionable data on age.
Ring countings from PROSTATE and
burned or decayed trunks and sec.
tions of trees felled for other pur.
poses than ring counting have large
ly furnished the basis Of the age esti-
mates made so far, and from these
.countings age estimates have been
made for trees of other sizes which
could not of course be cut down.
These cancellations not being
based On. ring countihgs from a series
Of trunk sections representing tho
full range in diameter of all trees now
known. the statements az to the ex-
trenetnage possible for these trees
are necessarily approximate. 1t is the
opinion sof Mr.. .Hutchings that tho
average rate of growth is one inch in
diameter for every IL years, which
| would make q tree Is feet through
5000 years old. Mr.. Muir's observa.
tions also roughly corroborate this
theory. r.. ...
The ownership OF. the big tree tim.
Der lands Of California is divided
among the state, the federal govern
ment and private individuals. r.
Private holdings include by far the
greater part of the big trees. and, ex.
cept some groves in Tulare county,
they are held by sawmill or logging
companies. The large tract on Kings
river is almost entirely 80 owned; and
the famous Calaveras of Mammoth
grove, which has been carefully pre-.
served since the early sos, is now
owned by . man who is said to repre-
sent . lumber syndicate. The big trees
Of Fresno county sare controlled by
the Sanger Lumber company. Tho
rest of the southern tracts in and
about and to the south Of the sequoia
national park are divided chiefly into
small areas among private owners.
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prstHy 4oe1nt for t1e
fII>ALL weddings are : feature Of
q the society functions ri the Day,
and the tropsseeus ara elaborate
affairs. The materials for yedd ding
gowns are white, ivory OF seream
duchess satin, bengal line poplin MILK.
smushroom white glsce Sillk brochs
Torrent - tins, crepe de chine silks,
silk cashmere III nuns yelling, and
&neS French mousselines III 5ss.5s
The more claborat e of che fall we'd
ding gowns have been made with
ains, and with them arc worn = IL,
hut these IRE The exceptions rather
than the rule, apldl the ma ority olf the
autumn brides hays been married II
seomparatively plain though very taste
s1u1 gowns. 3
The trousseau must necessarily 81.
Sclude, Of course, the travelling dress,
reception and ct home gowns, tea
gowns and al the long list of ssear-
ments for every special occaaion, III
of which seem to be more charming
this year than eiyer before though
more simple
One of the prett ! Ten N made
On "a auttmn bride IS of pate yellow
ned over 5 softs desh pink
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~ 1e Sis I 1 H,sssros}s1

Some time, I" said he, ST am sur
prised AT my own courage. : s5 sss: 3s5
w you never went 70 var" Said
his wife. S5 ST
There are other risks tthan those 81
the bstt1sheld. Every time I pick mp
= newspAper I ind m article on the
dangers tosour political system. dam
gers to public morals, 4 danger OF eat.
ing, dangers that Turk in The 4 At
mosphere.' and 20 on without end. i
tell You lesS 8 very brave man q
- On eating and breathing nowa-'
Edsys. -Bits.
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SAVING A SUMNER RESORT.
90 -
Protective LeaEue to Keep Money
e. ed Idiots from Raising
:4.+ 7a@% Prices, X ~ $50

II spent several weeks last summer
In . quaint, delightful little moun-
tain village in South Carolina, !" said
an old clubman the other evening, re-
lates the: New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat, land I found rule in force
there which could be adopted with
advantage at numerous other locali-
ties. I went t. the Place by mere
chance, and one OF the first thines
that impressed me after my arrival
was, the total absence Of the extor-
ton. one usually encounters at even
the smallest resorts. Everything was
amazingly good and; reasonable, and
I, marveled how the natives had been
kept unspoiled. One afternoon during
the first week of my stay found out.
was sitting on the porch of the lit
tie hotel when q buggy drove up and
q well-dressed man descended. He
was e new arrival, who had been TAX
ing q ride in the mountains What
do owe you? he asked Of the coun-
tryman who drove the rig. oh,
reckon dollars enough drawled the
other. Pshaw!' exclaimed the stran-
ger it's worth more than that.
Here's q two-do1lar BILL ~@ss
he money was about to change
hands when q broad-shouldered chap
from Louisville, who had been staying
at the hotel all summer, jumped up
from chair at my side and stepped
between the pair. Hold ONT he said,
firmly. We can't allow that. Give
the driver what he asks but no more.
Well, I don't see that this is any Of
your business drawled the new,
conner, in great surprise. I propose
to make It my business retorted the
Louisville man. Give him q dollar
and, let him co. I'll be hanged If
will said the stranger, getting red.
IN pay him what I blamed please
Then you'll have me to lick said the
Kentuckian, calmly, and peeled on
his coat. The other. man took q look
at his torso and weakened. oh, well, :
he 9aid, it isn't worth fighting about
and with that he tossed the country
man dollar and strobe inside. we
have to do this in self-defense,' said
the Louisville man, apologe tically, as
he resumed his seat. "A few of us
discovered this resort. and now we're
trying to keep it uncontaminated.
About all the pleasant loafng-places
in Europe and America have been
spoiled by COMPOUNDED idiots who have
more money than brains and insist on
overlapping for everything they get.
The consequence is that they bull
prices to such an extent that fellows
Of moderate means like myself cant
afford to take q vacation, and some
of us old boarders have quietly or
ganized . protective league to hold
things down to q reasonable level.
We've had to lick two New Workers.
and 70 dude from Philadelphia, but al
together the scheme has worked first-
rate ! applied for membership i'm
mediately, and never enjoyed . visit
more In my life. There ought to be
branch leagues all over the country. =
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pest the land pro.
duces, but the
s,h ow will; not,
for d Chicago is not
q society center.
The1nanagers OF
the Chicago horse
show have for sew
eral years past at
tempted to make
the annual exhfbi.
ton Of equine
stock the rival OF
the like attraction
in New York, but
uifh;o,rk u,,0naao
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Chicago and society .sa.
No, tho two do not 70 togetl

they are sepalrla|l-
ted much farther
; than l,l' = 4 possible
by an en- dash.
IS. oc 4. Let = Is nm !.
known in Chica-
60; st least such
society % that
which Mr.. Hobart
,ChatheldC hatheld-
Taylor gives ~ .
glimpse 81 IN his
new book, The
Idle Born, : and
Chicago m y be
glad it has been
Y. 2,a4N - 80 81
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Nest Unfashisnabls

i e. ny gracious!' suddenly exclaimed
little Mabel Blugore, who had been day.
dreaming, II suppose there's no help
Tor II. 3ss 4
' SAs.s"What are you thinking s, dear9'
sl6ked her mamma. 81 H. ssa}
s 80. ''Why, / was jnst thinlking when ~.
die We II have to wear ready-mads.
heavenly robes Tor = few days till W
I; = IS flttS Philsd elphia Pres.
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spsilins To.

they are just running that boy 81
mine at the kind rsarten. Z said the
worried father. q.
s. hat is the matter2' ' asked the
friend, glad to hear one jarring note III
the usual song g praise about s.sthe
boy
He calls his chums william and
Henry instead #of ttBilp and Hank
Wouldn't that jar you @ IN ianapolis
Press.
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question I I h = I
might bear inves-
tigating. w hile
the men Of POSI-!
ton IN Chicago to-
day are, as . rule,
self-madem men who
have grown to
ct ess and
wealth with the
growth q 9 the city,
and. quite 40 rapid
" they are rear
ing 50 n . and
daughte:rlswhowi will
not have. to battle
with the adverse
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4
lack Of successi IL easy to find. Chicago
Is not a society center as we underst and
society. There are many wealthy men
in the city, and the admirers Of horse
flesh are numbered by thousands, and
they go. the horse show; but they
go to see the horses, and not to stud !
each Others clothes and srehash ques.
tionable society gossip. s* .@8 .
It is neither = lack of horses or q
lack Of people to admire them that has
failed to make the Chicako horse,shou
great. It is atlack Of gowns. The New
York papers In describing the local
horse show devote pages to idescrip.
ton Of the gowns that were seen; ia
the brilliant display of jewels; to the
gorgeous millinery effects, and inches
to the horses, from which it is eyi.
dent that gowns and not horses are the
attraction. .s s. a tn =. 5gES5 q.
Chicago willshaye to cultivate a taste
for this sort Of thing before it's horse
show will startle the world. As It i.
now people 60 to see the horses and
not because It is fashionable. In fact
the Chicago people are not given to
patronizing entertainments simply be.
cause they ara fashionable. Merit is
demanded in all things. s.53ss z. 81
Previous horse shows ii Chicago
have usually ended IN . row. Maj.
Jack" Logan lost his local standing
because Of one 81 them before he went
% the Phi1ippinessto be shot. It may
be that the one to he held from Oc.
tober % to November = will produce
more pleasing results.
WRIGHT u. PATTER9oN. I
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Is bad, it 6. also
misses much that.
is i amusing. E
7 b 9 pu bile
.scorns the trust
while Il secretly en-
wing the man.
who builds them,
!: But 3 IT the envy 10
misplaced II Mr..
.Chatfeld Taylor
paints > truthful.
picture Of these
~ en-, and he
s.houll.ld, forhe ..
meets them In che
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Z
N ND why not devote 8 paragraph
~ or two to the many pretty nov
elites that the stores are 90 full
Of these autumn days. These novel;
ties are quite as much 8 part Of every
perfect wardrobe az the most elabo-
rate gowns; indeed, without them the
elaborate gown would be but poor
affair. N S.z @.4 /.
3 Now for the coming horse show sea-
ron new novelty ribbon is sure to be
among the popular accessories Of
dress. It is of q unique pattern, with
thorseshoes woven through It, and u
proving attractive to every feminine
lover of horses. It is also being used
for picture frames, handkerchief cases
and pin cushions by the equine FAM
cters., - - $50 a.. x.
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present time are
the self m AIDE
class. The city has
Civ e n opportuni-
ties " hich they
have improved TO
the extent Of
amassing enor-
nous fortunes.
The man in trade,
whose business de-
mand9 his. .:atten-
ton, who 10 not
ashamed to get to
his Office by eight
in the morning
and On IN bod NJ
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VN1DS010sf
"Oh, sci" IL Al
What was the reason q IS S5
why, both were satisfied that they
could live on bread and cheese and
kisses, but when they got down q
details they discovered that each 20
them contemplated supplying nothing
but the kisses Chicago Post.
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The Funny Side.

But while Chicago, in its lack Of
. "apodern society,"" escapes much that
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The Elite st Chicago.
The class of men and women who
represent the "elite" of Chicago at the
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The Coming Horse show.

:, 80 0UAs11~o 3AV1se oAV"s
Chicago is to attempt another horse
show. The horses will be there, the
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g. CAicaeo D /,

Will Chicago society ever degene-
rate. to- the levelSof sNewsYork? LISA
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24

in cobwebs. and she hadn't more'n
gone before 1 burnt my own finger
lifting out the turkey to baste, so I've
got the scar of it now. Well, 1 lived
through it. end that dinner was all
on the table at II o'clock, when they
got home from meeting, and me in my
best, all ready to help them out and
take off the children's things. Well, as
was saying, that Thanksgiving has
always seemed to me a special one,
and kind Of stands out, as it were"
Mrs. Todd stopped and looked
around as If she were waiting for ad-
miration.
81 call that Thanksgiving to be re-
membered," said Mrs. Henry slixter,
In her genteel way. 81 never heard Of
such a days work, and you so young,
too"
We all reflected that we had never
done anything like it, though we had
worked hard enough on Thanksgiving
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24

said she. "You were seventeen years
old when you We're married, Rebecca
Todd, and now you are trying to make
it out that you were only seven years
old when you did such a days work as
that"
Rebecca Todd colored as red as a
beat, and kind of quiver seemed to
go all over her, but she looked Maria
full in the face. "Well, what of it?'
said she.
81 don't believe one word of it,"
said Maria.
"YOu can believe it or not, just as
you're a mind to-" said Rebecca Todd,
"but I'm telling it, and l was never
known to tell lie in my whole life."
Well, Mrs. Todd's special Thanks
giving has divided our sewing circle.
Half side with her, and half believe
she told a wicked lie, and it not fit to
associate with us in mission work. To
this day nobody knows whether she
really had that special Thanksgiving.
when she was seven years old or not;
but the sewing circle is divided, and
this week, before Thanksgiving, one
part meets with Mrs. Henry Mixter,
and the other part meets with ME-
Mary e. wilkins, in the New York
World.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24

Il suppose that was ,he first Thanks
giving after you were married." said
Mrs. Henry MiXter, who is a very gen
teel, soft.spoken woman; she admlres
Mrs. Todd very much and tries to be
intimate with her.
mo, it was not" Mrs. Todd said
with an important nod the like Of
which ! never saw in anybody else
mo, It was not it was before l was
married, and l cooked the dinner for
fifteen and had it ready by u o'clock,
by the time they got home from meet
ing, besides putting the house in ap-
ple-pie order. Mother wasn't very
strong, and my sister Lizy's :ttle Sam
my was only six months old. washed
and dressed little Sammy that morn
ing, too, and / washed and dressed
brother Henry's twlns-his wife wasn't
able to do much, and she had run
around on her thumb-and l curled lit
tie Minerya's hair In two rows of curIs.