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An Old SunerafitfOn.

In a series of essays published in
1856, called the Connoisseur,. q
young woman writes: Last Friday
was Valentines day, and the night be-
fore I took five bay leaves, pinned four
of them to the four corners of my pill
low, and the fifth to the center; then, if
I dreamt of my sweetheart, Betty said
we should be married before the year
was out. But to make it more sure,
boiled egg hard, took out the yolk,
filled it with salt, and when I went to
bed ate it, shell and all, without speak
ing or drinking after it. We also wrote
our lovers names and rolled them up
in clay, and put them in water; and
the first that rose up was to be our val
entine. Would you think it? Mr.. Bios
som was my man! I lay a-bed and
shut my eyes all the morning, for I
would not have seen another man be.
fore him for all the world" Shakes
peare, Chaucer and the poet Lydgate,
who died in 1440, all mention St. Valen-
tines day.
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TO WAVE HAIR NATURALLY.
How to Produce the PompadOur Ef-
feet So Popular Just
ut Present.

Most important in waving the hair
in the great fluctuations which are so
popular for the pompadour effect just
at present is to make it look as natural
as possible. The point of difference
between naturally wavy hair and waves
created by the curling iron is that the
former undulate evenly and match all
the hair may be combed. The waves fit
into each other. The artificial wavelets
are all sizes and jog at every inch or
so, showing an unevenness of heat in
the iron and no regard for making the
ends fit together.
While it is not possible to perfectly
counterfeit nature, still, having decided
upon the sort of couture desired, the
waves can be manufactured surprising
ly even. The first lock having been
waved, all others must match it in size
and direction as if the whole head were
waved in one impression of the hot
iron. This can be done accurately by
taking few hairs from the first lock
and combining them with the second
to measure the waves This must be
continued all round the first lock and
extend all around the head. Only in
this way can q waved couture be made
effective. The iron must also be of
even temperature throughout the
whole process, otherwise one wave will
be tighter than another. When prop
erly done the most simple arrangement
il beautifully. Y. Herald.
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To Guide the Social Novice.

To Guide the Social Novice.
Informal callers should be most care
full to avoid the hours for meals.
To drop an unwelcome acquaintance
one merely omits sending cards.
Do not apologize too much for not
having called before. Your neglect to
do so has probably not been observed.
Never impose yourself upon your
friends unless you are feeling well and
are reasonably sure of making yourself
agreeable.
Do not offer to your hostess the slight
of hurried call, nor be absent-minded,
nor constantly consulting your watch.
Rise to take your leave while you
are the speaker-not when the CONVEX
sation has languished, lest you appear
to 60 because you are bored.-Mrs. Bur-
ton Kingsland,' in Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
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feeble, fretful, exact1ng and complain.

ing old body for years before her death.
1t was held to be true that Jared had
not married because he couldn't leave
mother" and because he very we'll
knew that no woman could live hap
PLY with her.
The old lady had now been dead six
months and Jared was living alone in
the four rooms his mother and he had
for years occupied above his store. It
was lonely and unsatisfactory life for
a man of Jared's home-loving and
strongly domestic instincts to lead.
poor Jared!s said Miss Hetty, az
she read the jingling rhyme for the
fourth time. HE must be dreadful
lonesome since his mother died. He's
good man, Jared is. Any man who
will be as good as he was to that fretful,
trying old mother of his for Is years
is mighty good man. I was there a
lot during the old lady's last illness and
it was wonderful how gentle and pa
tient he was. And so he wants me for
his valentine, does he? He certainly
would be more comfortable here than
in those four little rooms he's been
patching in over his store. And T.
well, I'll own up that I feel kind o.
lonely myself sometimes, and IL
always liked Jared"
She sat for long time with her
hands crossed in her lap and sweetly
serious, almost wistful expression on
her face.
At five minutes before eight short,
rather stout man was standing at Miss
Hetty's gate looking toward the VIM
dow in her east room. There was no
light in the window.
I'm an old fool to think woman
like her would set light in her VIM
dow for any man, as a hint for him to
come in and propose to her." said the
man to himself. II wish I'd signed my
name to my fool rhyme, or that I had
the courage to go in. If there isn't a
light in that window by eight o'clock
I'll 60 in and own up that sent her
that valentine. A man that hasn't the
courage to ask woman to marry him,
don't deserve her and-glory halleloo-
yer!"
| A bright ray of light came stream
ing across the snow from the window
of the east room. Jared Lawson tugged
at the gate, which did not open readily,
and finally he climbed over the low
fence and ran toward the door calling
out like happy child.
"Hetty! Hetty! o, Hetty!"
The door opened before he reached
it and Hetty stood there in the light in
a cherry colored gown and snowy white
apron, smile on her face and her eyes
shining.
| Jared's voice trembled and there was
a suggestion of fear in it as he said:
20, Hetty, it is I-Jared Lawson"
II know it, jared" said Hetty, laugh
ingly.
"And you put that light in the win
dow for me, Hetty?'
"For you, Jared"
20, Hetty! God bless you, my-my
-dear!"
He reached out his hand to clasp her
| own and to hold it to his lips. Then
they went into the house together with
the light of newborn love radiating
| from their hearts and faces.-Morris
! Wade, in Detroit Free Press.
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And even helped him choose the seal.
Two hearts bound with fetter.
'The rose is red, the violet's blue.
Sugar is sweet, and SO are YOU"
And Jacks papa sent to mamma.
When he was just eleven,
The same rhyme for valentine,
She being aged seven.
The envelope was tinted pink,
And up within one corner.
With bow and arrows, wings and all,
Sat Cupid, little scorner.
1.-THE rose is red, the violet's blue,
Sugar is sweet, and so are you''
And Master Jack shot out last night
AS swift as any rocket,
But not before 1 caught a glimpse
OF something in his pocket.
It was letter-bless the boy!-
And I knew in minute,
The next day was Saint Valentines.
And so, just what was In it.
1.-The rose is red, the violet's blue,
Sugar is sweet, and so are you"
Eleanor A. Hunter, in Golden Days.
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rier," she said, "you have letter for
me, haven't your"
Joey's smile developed into an actual
grin, as he said:
Nom, it amt no letter. It's some
thing better than letter.
He had been Juggling away at his
REFER with his mittened hands as he
spoke, and he now brought out large,
square, deliberately embossed envelope,
addressed in an apparently disguised
hand to Miss Hetty Dryden.
'"rhere!" said Joey, triumphantly, as
he held out the envelopes; "who do you
reckon sent it?'
"Some one with little to do," said
Miss Hetty, rather severely. She was
far from being acrid or severe in her
speech, but she felt rather annoyed as
she looked at the missive in her hand
Some one, she thought, was taking lib.
critics with her, or, perhaps, holding
her up to ridicule, and, kind and gentle
as she was, she had spirit enough to
resent either offense.
"Why don't you open it ?" asked Joey
"Oh, I will presently" she said.
She got joey a seed cake and he went
on his way, disappointed and little re-
bellious because Miss Hetty had not
opened the envelope containing the val
entine in his presence.
Hetty sat down by her work table and
took pair of small, shining scissors
from her workbasket. The frown had
come back to her face, which still had
youthful look, although she would
be 80 her next birthday: There were
but few strands of gray in the shining
brown hair lying in natural waves over
her white temples. She had not yet
''come to glasses" and the little excite
ment of receiving the valentine had
filled her brown eyes with sparkle
and brightness and brought flush
to her cheeks that made Miss Hetty
very pretty woman at that moment
Indeed there were those in the village
who declared that Hetty Dryden was
a mighty good-lookin' woman" at any
time. 1t was her choice that she was
o spinster, living alone in her little
white and green house at the end OF
the long village street. Had she been
given to such vulgar Boosting she
D could have told her friends that she
had had "plenty of chances" Indeed, it
! would have taken all of the fingers and
even the thumb of her plump right
hand for Hetty Dryden to have "count
ed up" the offers she had had right
there in Hebron during the past 20
years. More than one elderly widower
! had gone disconsolately from her gate
I during even the last five years, cha
4 Rrined and rebellious because Miss Het-
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FEMININE FANCIES.
New Notions in Collars, Fichus and
Bodice Effects for Winter
Costumes.

The collars to many of the hand
some cloaks that are now worn to the
theaters are some cause of anxiety to
their wearers. They are stiffened to
give the proper effect, and being high,
they have to be adjusted carefully
when the wearer slips the cloak down
from her shoulders as she takes her
seat. A crushed collar is ruined.
A good many pretty gowns are fin
ished around the lower edge of the
skirt with fur. They are charming in
effect, but with the long skirts they
have SC much of an additional body
to catch dust and germs that to the
practical mind their beauty is some
what diminished. On skating cos
tunes with short skirt the fur is al
together attractive, and has sugges-
ton of warmth about it that is de-
lghtful in a gown for outdoor winter
sports. A gracefully shaped fur yoke
and high collar are also charming in
the skating gowns.
Pretty little bodice effects are seen
in good many gowns, soft broad
bands of silk drawn tightly around
the waist, with two points in front,
and they are very pretty and pleas
ant change from the narrow line of
stitched silk and velvet that has been
worn SO much.
A charming little English velvet coat
is of brown velvet stitched with cream
white silk and with a grebe collar, the
grebe showing at the top the little
brown edge that is so pretty, some
people think, on the grebe, and, which
others do not like, but which with the
brown velvet is charming.
The fichu effect is to be seen in
many pretty dinner and evening
gowns. One of pale crepe de chine
has a vest and high collar of lace, and
around the vest, which ends at the
bust and may almost be called deep
pointed yoke, is draped loosely, the
fchu also of lace, and finished
with a chou of the crepe de chine.
The sleeves are of the lace, with 4
loose band of the crepe de chine over
the elbow. Another pretty gown has
a fichu of some pretty, thin white ma-
terlal edged with lace. The gown is
cut low at the neck, the fchu is worn
over the shoulders and secured on the
bust with flowers, the ends showing
below. The lace to this fichu is deep
er at the shoulder and falls over the
arms, forming a little cap to the
sleeves. The sleeves are shirred and
finished at the elbow with q bow and
fall of lace.
A pretty evening gown of thin ma
terial with bead trimmings has straps
over the shoulders formed of strands
of beads held together on top of the
shoulders with a clasp. The upper
part of the arm is exposed below this
upper band, and below to the wrist is
transparent sleeve of the material Of
the gown, shirred.-N. Y. Times.
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ABOUT cRrr1N1sM.
All Parts Of the World
May BE Cured.

This is a disease which occurs In
children, and is characterized by def
cient development, both mental AMI
physical The subject IL deformed,
undersized and mentally deficient
sometimes really an idiot. The con-
dition may exist from birth, the little
sufferer never showing any evidence
of mental Brightness; or it may come
on at any age, the deformity and
weakness of mind then depending up
on the degree of mental and bodily de-
velopment reached by the child be-
fore the disease appears.
Crctinism is a very common affec-
ton in certain places in the eastern
hemisphere, particularly in shutcin
valleys in the north of England,
among the Alps, the Pyrenees and the
Himalayas, and in the central table,
lands of Asia. In these places it is
usually associated with goitre, or en-
largement of the thyroid gland in the
neck.
The disease also occurs here and
there all over the world, but seldom
affects many children in any one To-
cality, except in enclosed valleys in
the parts mentioned. In places where
few children are affected the disease
is not usually accompanied by goitre.
A cretin, as child with this dis
ease is called, is stunted in its growth,
often with handy legs; the abdomen is
prominent, and the body is arched
backwards: the hands are thick. The
skin is swollen, as if dropsical, but is
hard, and the finger pressed into it
leaves no deep pit, as it does in cases
of real dropsy.
The eyes are expressionless, the nose
is fiat, the lips are thick, the under
one hanging over, and the mouth is
half open. The tongue, too, is thick,
and sometimes the tip projects be-
tween the teeth is if it were too big
fer the mouth. The skin is rough and
dry, the teeth are irregular and often
decayed, and the hair is coarse.
There is always more or less pro-
rounced idiocy in well-developed
cases. The child is apathetic and
stupid, but good-natured if not dis
turbed.
The disease was formerly thought
to be incurable, and nothing was done
for the poor things except to feed
and care for them as well as circum-
stances would permit. Now, however,
a remedy has been found which will
certainly cure if treatment is begun
at an early age. Cretinism is dis
ease of the thyroid gland, and is treat.
ed by the use of the throid extract.
The child begins to grow under the in
fuence of this remedy, the thick.
coarse features refine themselves, and
by and by the mental condition also
improves.
The treatment, however, must be
continued while life lasts. If it is dis
continued, the patient soon begins to
show all the signs of a relapse into his
former state.-Youth's Companion.
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| look kind O. familiar, even if it is wrote
back-handed with view to conceal
ing it,
She had slipped the sheet of paper
into drawer of her workable, and
now she took it out and looked at it
again.
''Tve seen that writing BEFORE" she
said positively. 'Now I'm just going to
set here an look at it until I've stud
fed it out where I've seen it,
She put aside her sewing and sat
very still gazing at the sheet of paper
spread out in her lap. Having once
formed resolution, Hetty Dryden
chung to it tenaciously, even though it
was of trifing Importance. For fully
ten minutes she sat looking at the writ
ing in different lights. Then sug-
gestion of a smile came into her face,
and her eyes twinkied merrily. She
laid the letter on her table and walked
across the exquisitely neat little room
to an old-fashioned mahogany book
case. Opening the glass door of the
bookcase, Miss Hetty stepped upon a
hassock and took down a small VOL
ume of Byron's poems bound in green
and gold. Opening the book, she read
on the yellow-tinted fy-leaf:
ITO Miss Hetty Dryden, with many
good wishes for merry Christmas and
happy New Year, from her friend
and we'll wisher, Jared H. Lawson"
The writing was eight years old, and
Hetty had not looked at it for at least
half that time, but the moment her
eyes rested on it she said with convic-
ton:
1T is the same.''
Taking the book over to her work
table and sitting down again, she laid
the sheet of note paper down by the
fly leaf on which the inscription was
written.
eyes, sir; Jared lawson" she said,
you wrote them both. The capital let
tiers are just alike in both of them, al
though you have tried to disguise your
writing in your precious jingling po-
etry. I've found you out, you great
goose, you'll"
But there was a smile on her face
ano kindly light in her eyes as she
spoke the unflattering words.
Jared Lawson was proprietor of the
only news or periodical stand in the
town. He was short, slightly portly
man, rather bald, with smooth. plumn
and kindly face. His blue eyes be,ok-
ened honesty aud sincerity, and he had
almost womanly gentleness of spirit
and manner. His As years had been full
of deeds of kindness and the old ladies'
of Hebron were never tired of telling
of how lawfully good" he had always
been to his mother, who had been .
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VPiQlR of the Greaf-

Lives OF great men serve to show IN
That II we become sublime
We shall see the ones below US
Heaving bricks up all the time.
Chicago Times-Herald.
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Both Had.

Caller-Oh, what dear children-and
such charming manners.
Father-Yes, the children have the
advantage of my wife's remarkable
system of training.
Little Marjorie So have you, papa.
IN. Y. World.
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Too Often.

"Train up a boy in the way he
should co." said Uucle Jerry PEBBLES,
land about nine times out of ten he'll
go after some feather-headed gal that
hain't got nothin' with mentionin'
but purity face an ikin' fur ice
cream sody."- Chicago Tribune.
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stMebbY.W

Mistress-Susan, how did this plate
get broken?
. Susan-Mebby it walked off the shelf
and smashed itself against the corner
of the shtove, mum.-Chicago Times
Herald.
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Had Some Sense Left,

"Your worship" said the counsel,
"this mans insanity takes the form
CT belief that everyone wants to rob
him. He won't even allow me, his coun-
sci, to approach him.
MAYBE he's not so crazy, after ALL
murmured the court, in a judicial whis-
per-Ht-Bits.
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NeCeRaitY.

First Lawyer-It seems to me you
let that last witness down pretty easy
in your cross-examination.
Second lawyer had to. He is my
tailor, and I owe him a big bill:-N. Y.
journal. -; -
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His Instructions.

A cut rate ticket broker of Memphis
tells an amusing incident which oc-
Cured at his Office this morning.
=. IAN old negro came into my place."
said the scalper, "and said his wife was
over in Arkansas and wanted to come
home. She had written him once or
twice, but as he had not the money to
pay her way back he had not been able
to send for her. She writ me ag'in to-
day, boss explained the old negro,
and she tole me if I didn't want
her jess to say so. So wants to git q
scrapper's ticket fur her. "-Memphis
ScimU ~.
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The Probable Reason.

The Clergyman (proudly)-People
are loath to leave my church. Why,
after services it is fully Is minutes be-
for the edifce is emptied!
The Sinner-I don't wonder at that
some people are very hard to awaken!
Brooklyn Life,
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Persuaded Them to Move.

Hoax-How did you finally get rid
OF those undesirable neighbors?
Joax-Well, first, hung scarlet
fever sign on the door, and when that
didn't have any effect, began TAX
ing lessons on the trombone.-Phila-
delphia Record.
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yi1z59Ezz5El[zzjki3 Il R1jlz!sia;Ssa -
Call0us,

Reporter-And he laughed while you
were tying the rope about his neck?
He must have been hardened wretch.
Leader of the Regulars-Hardened?
Say, when we cut him down, after let
ting him hang half an hour, he said
it hadn't been even uncomfortable.
He'd been wearing these high stiff col
lars for years!-Chicago Tribune.
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eyer honors me wild yer perposal, Os-
car Doody, but tits impossibility. Me
mudder is now dom de washin' fer
family of 18, an fear dat havin' to do
yours wild your partickleness regardin'
yer linen would surely break her
heart."oN. Y. World.
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ty firmly but kindly. declined to
chang her name

~ ulluly,, UuL AIuulys uCCllACu "
change her name.
The last rejected sutton had been
Hiram Dyer, widower of but eight
months and the possessor of eight Jaw
full" children who had undoubtedly
been largely instrumental in worrying
and wearying their poor mother into
her grave.
"Mebbe this is from Hiram Dyer
Hetty Dryden said, as she shipped off
the end of the envelope containing the
valentine. HE said I'd hear from him
again. If felt sure it came from him,
I'd send it back. don't want him nor
his valentine, either
The valentine that Miss Hetty drew
from the envelope was not made of
paper lace and tinsel and embossed
doves and flowers. It was instead a
squarlyfolded sheet of blue lined note
paper, on which was written in an evil
IDENTIFY disguised hand:
'This night at eight.
For to know his fate,
Your valentine will wait
At your front gate.
II from your east window
A light doth shine,
He will enter in
To claim his valentine.
If all is dark
He will go away.
Leaving forever unsaid
What he wants to say. Q
o, be not cruel nor unkind,
But let light shine
For your valentine"
The flush in Hetty Dryden's cheeks
deepened as she let the bit of paper
fall to her lap.
"Such NONSENSE! I'd probably never
hear the end of it if I was goose enough
to really set light in my east win
dow. But I'm not going to. Seems to
me I've seen writing like that be,
fore"
She held the sheet of paper out and
looked at it quizzically, with her head
twisted a little on one side.
1T doesn't seem possible that any
man in his right mind would do any.
thing so silly as to make up jingle like
that and send it to a woman, even if
he meant it. I just wonder who did
write that?"
When a woman's curiosity is fully
aroused, nothing but the facts in the
case will satisfy her, and Miss Hetty
was annoyed to find herself growing
more and more curious regarding the
identity of the sender of the valen-
tine.
IT'D be serving him right if I set a
light in my window to lure him on,
and then dash dipper of cold water
over him when he came to the door, -
she said, with unwonted severity. 81
just ought to-now that writing does
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Another Plan.

Aged Admirer-Think Of all the lux
uries q rich husband like me could give
you!
Miss De Young-Oh, a rich father
would do just as well. Marry my moth
EN-. Y. Weekly
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The Sentiment Pleased Him.

Salesman Observation-Disclosures? Yes,
sir. How do you like this one?
Algernon De Wiggs-That's very
pretty. 1 like the sentiment, too
Earth has no treasure too costly for
thee" How much is it?
Salesman-Fifty cents.
. Algernon De Wiggs-O, that's too
much. Show me one for dime.-Har-
lem Lite.
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A Will and a Way.

George" she cooed, "why can't we
get married next Sunday?"
SWELL" hesitatingly replied the re"
calcitrant but manly youth at her side,
tive could, I s'pose; but it may rain
Sunday"
"George, If it rains Sunday, couldn't
we get married Saturday?''-Judge.
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Cruelty

CFUe1fy.
"This is no idle JOKE" remarked tho
editor, glancing over it.
"What do you mean?" anxiously in
quired the contributor.
"Why, it has been worked nearly to
DEATH" smiled the editor, returning it.
Puck