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as physician to her Niang CHA, that is
ne mo tRers home She was the daughter
and became the coneubine of the empe-
tho ei I1slen teng. The empress. his wife,
an tbe Sa-tI IL ne son u III
IL ne soesth or the emperor, beFarne the
emperor Idng Chin, during whose minor
~ ~; tne TelIfS OF government were held by
NE mother. When he died without issue,
she selected Kwang Hsu to become his
successor, holding the reins of govern
ment from his infancy to- his majority.
Him she has now detfroned. and she has
selected the son of Prince Tuan as sue
cessor. not to Kwang Hsu but to her own
son. during the whole reign OF kWanz5
dsu ne was compelled TO kotow to her at
IeasL once every five days. If she was
at the summer palace twelve miles away,
he must go there every I'VE days during
tne not summer and knock his head TO
her During his whole reign she has
compelled every official appointed to vice
roEaalties 70 thank her at the same time
rant in the world and the strongest female
character on any throne.
she has never been seen by a foreign
OF al the ministers in Pekin. When she
mas an interview with a Chinese ofnclai,
according to Chinese custom. she sits be-
hind screen Amons the presents She
gave the wives of the ministers were a lot
OF ivory conbs-fine combs as well as
coarse-a present which 1t is to be hoped,
these good ladies' will not have use for
OUTSIDE OF China During the interview
TO the emperor She passed the tea
20 them herself, taking a sip from
SdCH OF the cups DeIOrS she gave
II, evidently TO show them that
J it was not poisoned. They came away
infatuated with the Old Lady as the
Chinese sometimes call her. The en-
press doWSgerS chief characteristic is
quickness of thought and action. When
she comes to a crisis she does not wait
TO think twice. She acts at once, and
awes by her very presence. She does
not take time to reckon what the conSe-
quenceS will be, but when she has got
ten the reins well in her own hands she
plans at leisure how to avoid conSe-
quences. She has always been hand and
glove with Ii Hung Chang. and he would
do anything to protect her, 1t was
formerly supposed that she was fO~ r.
form and so she might have been had she
not been compelled to put herself be
hind the conservative party when she
deposed Kwang Hsu. She is extrava-
CANT beyond expression Her sixtieth
birthday fell during the Japanese
Chinese war To celebrate 1T she had a
stone road built to the summer palace,
while the public road to Fungchou was in
| a dilapidated condition. When sc, O00, 000
! taels were raised for the construction of
railways, 1t is said, she used a large part
| of the money in the decoration Of the
/ imperial gardens, stopping the railway at
/ Shanhaikuan instead of at Monkden, &C
/ cording to the original plans"
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windows and room are lofty, pOnderOus
wood or brass poles, with large rings
and balls are no longer considered in
good taste. They would not, for exam
pie, be utilized with such hangings as
are represented in the sketch of a tai
window draped with a view to shutting
out an ugly prospect and yet securing
all possible light. For this window the
sash curtains are made OF cheap cream
white Madras at 81 cents a, yard. The
edging and bands of insertion are done
with an inexpensive wash lace, and
then the whole window is framed with
two long Singapore mats. So universal
ly popular are these widths. woven Of
grass and dyed in bands of red and
blue and yellow, that they need no rec
OmmendatiOn. In this instance the
fringed ends of two mats meet in the
center of the upper wood facing Of the
window and unite in a large loose knot.
Drawn from the knot. to right and left,
the lengths are knotted again around
big iron hook nails driven in the top
corners of the window facing and then
they crop their fringed ends TO the
floor.
For long low window no more suit
able drapery can be suggested than tbs
design given in sketch for dressing
log street window. Here the problem
was confronted. securing ali the light
possible and yet avoiding a view Of
neighbOring back yard Very skilfully
and at the expense of s. the upper glass
of the sashes were, by the inhabitent Of
the room, painted in yellow to initiate
loaded paneS. Below this. over the
sheets Of clear glass, one width Of pals
yellow India silk was draped ike bUnt-
ing, from frame to frame, and made
fast by rOsetteS of narrow yellow rib
bon When silk and ribbons soil the5
are taken down, wrung out in a bath Of
refined gasoline, and tackled in plaza
all in the space of half an hour
FANNY ENDERS.
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ratified up TO the house, a hasty good
by was uttered, and he was off
Alfred GWynne Vanderbilt is the
richest young man in the world He is
worth $4,000. 900 and his income is So
600 900 a year.
At the time he was receiving the of
f1cials of the road his elder brother
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who willingly
gave up his place as head of the house
for the girl he loved, was at work in
another part of the building He has
been at work there for three years ex-
cept when experimenting with a new
locomotive on a distant branch road
or working in a machine shop
Cornelius started to work in the
draughting department almost un-
noticed, for his father was then alive
and the seal of his dispIeasure was
upon him. He has worked as hard as
any clerk since Alfred starts at a
point that it will take Cornelius years
to reach.
The brothers, it is said, will live
under the same roof until Alfred Van
derbilt's home is ready for him. Thither
he will take his young bride in the
spring. The brothers will thus be to-
gether for the first time in four years.
For the greater part of that period
they were on very bad terms, but since
the settlement whereby Cornelius re-
ceived $1,000. 600. they are on better
| terms.
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ALFRED VANDERBILT.
BE Assumes His Responsibility at the
Head of a Rich Family.
Chicago Times-HeraId.)

New York, Oct. ALFRED Gwynne
Vanderbilt today took I'D the burden
under which his grandfather and father
fell He became in fact as well as in
name head of his house-manager of
its great railroad fortunes.
His private car in which he left New
port last night arrived at the Grand
Central station shortly after o'clock
this morning
Young VanderbiIt's resolution to go
to work was unexpected and surpris-
ing Not even his most intimate
friends dreamed that ne contemplated
such a thing. He has given the i'm
preston that he preferred the exist
ence Of a society man to that of a
worker.
The announcement was made last
night at Newport at a dinner given by
Mrs T. O. French, mother of Mr..
Nanderbilt'S fiancee, Miss Elsie French
A few of their youngsfriends were pres
ent, but had not the slightest inkling
Of young Vanderbilt's intention until
suddenly he arose and said simply that
he would be on his way TO New York
within an hour to begin a. new life.
I am going to my fathers desk he
added, Ito try to take up the work
where he left off. I want you to wish
me good luck
At the appointed hour his carriage
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never be found out or identified as a
warmed over luxury. Wide revers. some
times faced with lace over satin high col
lars, long sleeves, with no gathers at the
shoulders. and iabOts down the front
where revers turn back, are all of them
familiar features that seem only to have
been revived from the camphOr trunks.
Short fur jackets of astrakan, Persian
lamb or broad tail have not lost one par
ticle of their prestige and fun skirted car
riase coats OF the empire form are evil
IDENTIFY going &c make another dash for the
popularity they just missed .ast winter.
These last are "A tTifie shorter in the
skirt than we remember them to have
been. Just below the knees is where The
hem of the grey, brown or green surtOut
appears and numbers OF small shoulder
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tiers, who have delighted in painting her
noble features in their pictures of ideal
C-cSl or Roman girls
In her fathers house Miss Alma-Tade-
ma dresses in rich stuffS and cOlorS, very
different IN their ornamentaUOn and
drapery from the modern feminine cos
tune, but none the less suitable and
agreeable in the artists palace that she
calls home. and which is famous for its
gardens and unique bric-a-brac- There
famous folk o. ty.o continents, and the
actress DuSe Is ave Of her great friends
1t IS said that she is just now writing a
short, half mystic play for the great act
ress. and those who some years ago read
a charming prose poem called Love s
Martyr, published in one of the prom
inent American maya zines under Miss Al
ma-Tadema's name, will not doubt in the
least her ability TO satisfy even the ex-
acting Italian artist.
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cream madras, cheese cloth. or ava
snowflake that is striped in good col
Ors. This scarf decoration vbi1a !.
gives window an deliberately garnisb-
ed appearance, is too Transparent -
shut of any desired daylight A Ifba~
al amount of material is REQUIRED -
make up the full crossed scarfs. eds-sJ
with a coarse cream point de Paris a.
that costs 9 cents a yard. Two y-i5+bs
of wide goods is necessary to siva q
graceful amplitude to every side NJ IT,
high lOoped garniture and small braSs
rods are again most fittingIy employs5
here.
As matter of fact, unless a rich bro
cade of weighty stuff is used and tba
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is drawn under the bust, at the base of a
tucked skirt front of pale gold saffeta s
toque OF brown panne. showered Rover
with ostrich plumes, completes this sober
suit.
The dress TO the right is a severely
simple study in red. A warm russell
red serge with a wirey nap is one OF
the most fashionable fabrics brought
out this year. There is a thread of
black or brown usually woven in with
the red wool that mOdifies agreeably
the autumn leaf tint. and here the
heavy prlckly surfaced serge show a
skirt panel, vest, sleeve caps and cuffs
OF brown face cloth that is so deep
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mediums and their efforts are attended
with decided success.
Cloth and Fur Gowns.

SAOLA am OOWnSs
An almost ideal arrangement of cloth
and fur is pictured. as especially suitable
Tor Il slender blonde young woman who
can gracefully carry a skirt of the mOdish
length. A soft water cress green Iady's
cioth is the material of skirt and waist
A line of stitchings, in lighter green silk.
runs down the right side of the skirt and
long mock buttonhOleS- of green silk fin
lsned with tiny bail buttons of green crys-
IaI, simulate an opening hip and hem
Inc same decoration appears on the front
OF the blouse shaped waist. but the char
acler OF the costume is given by the high
collar, wrist bands and footing of silky
lynx skin. Against the soft dark green
the sunny back fur is displayed to mark
co advantage. and the hat that is worn
with this is a round brimmed high crown
ed shape OF black English felt bound with
lynx fur on the brim s edge and adorned
IN 'front.' with the outstanding blue black
plnlons that are made fast to the crown
DY diamond shaped buckle of wrought
greenish gold.
IN interesting contrast to this sUif ara
tne Two cloth gowns in the double column
sketch The one to the left is of dead
ieaI Drown French broad cloth: the skirr
laid in SIDE plaits that are Stitched fat
20 the knee, Oblong fat ornaments
wound with brown silk braid are ia stem
ed at the bottom of every Perpendicular
Ilne or STITCHING. The bolero coat of
broad cloth has its poir4ted revers and
GUNS or darker brown panne than the
goods itself, while girdle of the panns
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lambrequin over the top of the curtains
proper. The ends of the fiounce rod
should be finished off with small brass
balls and if a touch of extra ornamen-
tation is desired, the f1ounce may be
made of red denim that is striped OF
figured
Exactly the same effect as this can
be gained by using single faced veIours
and lining the plain surface with red
sateens and this season q good use is
made of dull red or green burlaps.
Both of these materials cost more, how
ever, than the denim.
Scarf Draperies.
Now for a room where curtains are
| necessary, but from which 40 light can
wisely be excluded, a charming ar
| rangeInent of drapery is possible with
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peau de cyque. or swans skin silk gar
nished with an embroidery of golden
roses. Foliage and blossoms are done I'm
gold, but the first shows, IN stems and
leaves, a tinge of green and the blooms
are made of ruddy rough gold. AT the
top of the decollette bodice runs q broad
band of delicate gold brafding and down
from the right shoulder to the waist line
extends a garland of pink silk roses or
with small green velvet leaves.
The fate OF the cloth gown is not vet
decided, that is TO say whether braid or
fur. or stitchings shall have the upper
hand in its Recommendation. The tailors
and dressmakers are busily experiment
ing with all the three above mentioned
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He Wilted.
New York Worldly


What if were one of those husbands,
my dear VINO get UP cross in the morning
and bang things about and kick every
thing over Jdst because the coffee is cold?'-
John, responded his vile, Il would
make it hot for YOU
As her words admitted Of more than one
Interpretation john said nothing about the
coffee
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Dressing w' Tinuows,
Four Graceful and Easy Ways of Adjusting New
DraperieS.

The Cottege Drapery is an Adapta-
ton of the Old Conventional Eng
1ish Node Madras Scarfs Supply
Charming Frame For mex
pensive Curtains, and There is Al
so a Pretty Way of Shutting Out
an Ugly Outlook on Either Street
or Yard.
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Table Talk.

They say the-er late departed said
They say the-er-late departed said
the first cannibal, indica ting the dish be-
fore them, was a very learned man..
Indeed, replied the other, helping him
self for the third time, then this is truly
what the white men call an intellectual
feast -
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A few Of the short coats are rendered
vssy sumptuoUs in appearance by the ad-
ditiOn OF gold braid in their decorations.
There is a sketch in illustration of this.
showing a charming eton of rich cream
cIs-mOis cloth Overlaid with a heavy black
silk passementerie. that is laced together
with fine threads of gold, while gold SOU
tache outlines the edges Of the heavy pas
sementerie design The revers are faced
with q black satin that is shot with gold
tdreads and the vest IS a cascade of gold
threaded chiffon, falling over white satin.
Thrifty women, whose last years coats
are far too good TO justify the purchase
OF new ones, are ripping away all the old
braid and buttons. and substituting gold
Ealoon. ami beautiful indeed Is some of
this glittering braid It is manufactured
in shaded gold. in dull gold, green gold
and antique gold, in fact, in a score OF
tones and is the only decorative agent we
have vet seen that is able to disSipate
all our interest in and admiration for the
paiettes OF honorable service and memory.
An Exquisite Evening Toilet.
In proof OF this let the reader glance at
the picture given of a smart new evening
GOEn- There we have a cream WIlits
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Pretty Devices for Furnishing up
Last Winters Wardrobe and Thus
Having Money to Spend on the
New Underwear in the Shops
Smart Styles for Cloth Walking
Gowns, and Model for a Correct
Evening Dress.
New York, Oct. 4, J900-The1o is going
to be nothing new in the building of coats
this season. A good eton, long jacket or
csRed coat left over from last year can
rUffie ft with the newest of the new, and
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Simple Lingerie.

White underwear had arrived at a
point of such extravagant elaborateness
that reaction was sure to set in.
Women who take pride in possessing
the most exquisite wardrobes OF
lingerie use very, very little lace. A
little real valencienneS is esteemed,
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EMPRESS DOWAGER.
Greatest Tyrant in the world-Quick
in Thought and Action.

professor l. T. Headland in Ainslee' S. )
Many of the stories circulated about
the empress dowager to the effect that she
was a slave girl or came of a poor fam
lily are untrue. Ny wife has been called
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No room lacks in charm if its win
dows are prettily draped. So many
are the adequate and inexpensive mate
rails suitable for winter draperies, that
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J a woman is hardly to be forgiven if
she fails to expcnd wisely all funds
she purposes to lay out on fresh cur
ta1ns- If the allowance for autumn
renovation is not very generous and
the householder yearns after q gen
unfne artistic effect she must refuse
even to consider any of the cheap cot
ton filed damasks and imitation
oriental stufTs that blaze with crude
colors, but go back to the simple and
cheap denim, cheese cloth, soft dull
coIored India silk and dotted cream
white Madras.
For Is cents a yard one can buy really
lovely limitations of French and Eng
hsh cretonnes ard chintz denim in
solid, rich reds, blues and green's or re-
neVeG by stripes and figures and
OufaDle ana agreeably figured cotton
goods known as uphOlsterer'S lining
This last is printed with patterns of
big white empire Wreathes, or a small
diamond design, on a ground of forest
green, POmpadOur red or Mandarin
yellow and if, with these stores of
good materials to draw from. a win
dow cannot be dressed charmingly for
the output of s1.20 per window then
the dresser thereof has no right to feel
herself an aStute or successful person.
Simple graceful lines Of drapery and
good color is what sets window off
TO the greatest advantage, and four
suggestions are Sketched in order to
S1NS any OAl0 OF an engineering mind
some ideas as to which is attainabIe
with inexpensive upholstery fabrics.
One of the pictures shows how in a
room that boasts four sun admitting
windows, the curtains can be arrayed
TO temper the glare and convey 10 the
interior of the room most delightful
air of inviting cosiness.
Cottage Drapery.
This fashion of hanging a window
and warm red denim is one of the
best goods for the purpose A single
width of the heavy fabric is enough
for the straight fall at right and left
Of the sash This gives selvage edges
at the sides and necessitates hens only
at tops and bottom of the three-yard
lengths. The hem at the bottom should
be about three inches deep and at
the top it is merely a casing through
which to run a slender brass rod on
which the curtains are gathered and
from which they hang. A fiOunce of
denim from fourteen to eighteen inches
in depth is then made, strung by small
brass rings to larger rod than the
first and fastened TO fall in a fiounce
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POTATOES IN APPETIZING
VARIETIES.

With the close of the summer veseta-
bic season one finds il necessary TO turn
once more to potatoes as the main veg
etable, and this IS done with greater
relish IL the house wife is prepared TO
serve them in a variety of a2oetizing
ways 1t is easy to get into a rut with
these familiar vegetables, and TO serve
+ mem over and over in one OF two or
lnree ways: but there is no need OF this
When there are SO many appetiZing dishes
Wnlch may be prepared from them, be
mashed
A southern cook gave the following rule
Ior Stewed potatoes, and under the hand
ing there was a distinct taste and Odor OF
chicken about the dish, and yet no chick
en- entered into its composition-
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in color the French call it the tone of
coIee grounds. Straps and large
SMOKED crystal buttons, trimmed with
on waist and skirt
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potatoes are done through and the water
has boiled quite away.
This dish is not difficult to prepare, and
may be cooked in about twenty minutes.
Potato Balls.
To one pint of mashed and seasoned po-
tato add part of an egg well beaten Mix
thoroughly and roll into balls Brush
these over with the remaining egg and
dip in cracker or bread crumbs Lay the
golden brown Serve these plain, or pour
over them a white sauce made as above,
to which has been added a little onion
juice, celery sauce or chopped parsley
Escaloped Potatoes.
Cut baked or boiled potatoes into
squares, add milk slightly thickened and
seasoned for white sauce, and bake
until delicate brown over the top.
The above may be varied by grating
cheese over the top Of the dish before
baking
Golden Pyramid.
Place potatoes which have been mashed
and well seasoned upon a plate and make
into pyramid shape. Smooth with but
tered knife and cover the outside lightly
with beaten egg. Sift fine bread crumbs
over and bake in the oven TO q fine brown.
Even though the way of preparing the po-
tatoes is but slightly different, a different
appearance has much to do with tempting
the appetite at successive meals.
Drowned Potatoes.
Boil small potatoes. Dry them by al
lowing the steam to esca ne as soon as
they are cooked through. Place them in a
wire frying basket and fry brown in hot
lard.
When roasting meat, place the boiled
potatoes in the dripping pan to brown be-
fore serving.
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Southern Style.

Take one large tablespoon each Of lard
and butter, and let heat in stew pan
or small kettle When not stir IN one
large tablespoonful Of -four. Stir until
smooth, then add one medium sized onion
cut small Cook for about one minute, or
until brown, then stir in one quart of po-
tato dice previously prepared Add
suhcient boiling water to cook the pota-
toes not quite enough TO cover them Put
a lid on the kettle and let cook Until the
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PROFITS PASSION PLAY

Theatre Receipts Amounted to $780,
OOO-Offer Made to Tour America
(New York Sum
LondOn-The inha bitantS Of Oberam-
mergaU made a rich harvest during the
Passion Play from American ana
English enthusiasts The theater re-
ceiDts alone amounted 10 100000, De
sides the money made by bOardlhs
visitors and selling souvenirs VISITORS
bought $40, 900 worth Of pictorial post
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capes and exceedingly fitness in the skirt
are apparently to be distinctive points In
the long wraps for the present autumn
TrPshenirR an Old WardrOhe.
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Dressing a Long Street Window:

cards. 100 rosaries and l7y'vlV pa
lures Of the Last Supper. The o7--'-,
for carved wooden curios, chleny o. -. -
crucihxion. exceeded the local indus
try's supply and wood carvefs -
TyrOl are now large purVeyoIS-,, -fs-11s,
Anton Lang, who played s-1to-
graphs and would probably have ,e,s Fl
cepted a lucrative offer ID tour mics
ca with the entire company II !; "a a red
under which the Passion pay tod
at Oberammergau hadn't prev
What Worried Her
Chicago Evening POST, she TFas
Did she have a good time Wil--7
away this summer 49, hsr hus-
No: she was worrying for rear 5o-ss.7
band was having a good time -
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Potatoes Sliced and Drowned.

A change from the ordinary way of fry
ing potatoes which have been previously
boiled is obtained by slfcing them evenly
and browning the slices upon a griddle or
large frying pan as you would pancakes,
turning each slice