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fine lace insertion above. with velvet
ribbon Of q much darker blue run
through. Is surplice bodice with;
round decollette. This WAS trimmed
en- fchu in white chiffon. with full
ruchings edged with the narrow lace.
This en- fchu crossed in front and
was brought to the back. where it.
tied and hung in long, graceful ends.
Elbow sleeves veiled with the white
chiffon, with three narrow rufaes,
edged with the lace to finish.
Another that was charming; and
even more elaborate. though nothing.
in the nature Of freak. was one in
q burnt orange silk. It had polka
dots Of black silk and was made with
three rows Of black French insertion
over white taffeta down the front Of
the skirt. with rows Of the insertion
coming from the center Of the back.
and having wide space Of the silk
between. A fall of black French lace
from the last row of insertion. this
finishing. the bottom of the gown.
The bodice was high neck and long
sleeves, with round yoke of white
ataffetas having applique work Of flow
ers in black and white. The lower
portion was Of the burnt orange silk,
trimmed with insertion.tsg1s.. i zS1, 5.. ..:,E
Russian ribbon. both in gold and
silver, is attaining great popularity.
# Il finely woven and: frm,. and. il
much used for belts, passing around
the waist. crossing in the back and
being brought back to the 'front.',
where it fastens in > point with q
buckle. A gold buckle on the silver
ribbon is considered chic. and silver
and gold are being combined more
and more in. trimmings. Belts and
girdles Of all sorts are admissible, but
there is one unalterahle- law-they
must be. wider in the back than the
front, and slope downward in the
front to give the desired ong-waisted
effect The crush girdles should be
carefully fitted over a boned and WE'LL
cut lining; for unless they are correct
~ cut and adjusted they enlarge and
shorten the waist atrociously. Know.
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New York politi- ""hy 10 0at7"
clan whose highest post was warden
OF the Toombs prison. We are so &C.
customed to such names as Barry
more, Drew and Boucicault, Byron,
Gilbert and Sothern, that we fail to
realize that they are borne in the
first instance by English men and
There IL, though, one genuine
American type of show. You won't
find it in the leg drama, though most
OF the beautiful young soubrettes are
now of American birth, for their
work was first done in London and
Paris, and even now many of the cho.
rus girls are imported.
No, the unique show in New York,
something you can't see in London,
is at the theater where a fat man
comes on the stage and asks ivy is
a cat" OF gravely aludes to q "skinch''
or a "skindicate."
The chief German dialect comedy
house in New York has now been
open for more than q fortnight, and
standing room only is still being sold.
Weber & Fields have made mint Of
money in this venture. They have
hired Lillian Russell, Fay Templeton,
David Warfeld and half a dozen other
artists who have In their day. starred
and made money by it.
The prices are high. I know a
young millionaire not one that you
ever heard of-who has a box en-.
gagged at Weber & Fields every Sat
urday night. He doesn't want to go
o,~as=real% plaY. except when he has
country cousins to escort. He wants
to laugh. -
Can you tell me just why show
that, would have been running at ten.
cent houses ten years ago is selling
o.ddfiarsseatss npw?. Perhaps folks
are getting frivolous. ~ - .rt~sz,,e
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.Anthorship BY Proxy,

There is an amusing story Of 3 WON
dn eof title who found it diffcult to un-
de1stand journalistic methods when
she first fneountereG them The sister
Of 81 well-known and eccentric Scotch
peer was travelling In Japan andsthe fsr
east when sshs receive 4 eSble Dispatch
ffom q great 4 me tropolita saaily:3
E:.Wonld yoa accept II i p 4*;sf or series
ENTHUSIASTICALLY g The woma n was
pilated, and replied 'by cable that sh4
Avbal ID send '.copy''in atfortnight. she.
wa,,I Therefore, annoyed when the p ~!
per ithdrewaitsrofRer, cabling hers
MOI need to send COPY Dignihed
essseened the only way. to treat
such unbusinesslike methods. Many
weeks later, returning, she found
parcel Of newspapers, and read with
Some astonishment several spirited
and |gossipy articles on the far east,
written, st WAS announced, i By sherself.,
Had not letter inclosing handsome
check accompanied the parcel, there
might have been considerable row..
Philadelphia Post. ssssI
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The Future Scientist,

early formed the Future 8cientlst.
partnership with DR.. Eliza Mosher,
grand, big Michigan girl. DR..
Mosher was at one time supet intend-
ent of the Sherburne reformatory for
women-a state prison-in Massacha-
sets, DR.. Hall being her attendant
physician and late her successor. After
that the two were resident physicians
at Vassar college, each of them taRin g
q half year in turn. From a prison to
a fashionable college was quite q
change, but ,'"'the colonel's lady and
Julia O'Grady are sisters under their
skins"
Side by side. with the vassAr prac-
tice these two remarkable women
built up great private practice in
Brooklyn. Then DR.. Moslrer was
called to be the woman's dean Of
Michigan university, where She still
is; and DR.. Hall-married! She is
now DR.. HALL Brown, one Of the most
beautiful women in New York. Hex
husband is wealthy. DR.: Brown. has
one of the finest Offices in the country,
with bewildering variety Of todls
and machines to aid in stndfes.s.,S She
hardly practices at all, but digs away
at original work. She has just re-
turned from the medical congress in
Paris, where she was delegate.
Schools and colleges are just OPEN
ing; suppose there are plenty of
slim, eager-eyed young girls who will
be doing just such amazing stunts 20
years from now.
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Just to. Go Somewhere.

It would be interesting to know to
what extent the summer resorts profit
by a simple desire to get away from
home, without regard to the .destina-
ton. The following conversation,
overheard in one Of the inland lake
towns Of Wisconsin, certainly demon
strates that no place Is summer Re-
sort to the residents therein. IT, 8 3
This town. has considerable Of "a
reputation as summer resort, hasn't
it?"' asked the stranger. <3 ss1' q
"Yes, indeed" answered the native.
"We have rowing, fishing, sailing,
bathing, camping, the very best OF
accommodations, and all the, sports
to be found anywhere, including golf
and tennis" az <''@* 3s$#5s.*sbss5 s>E1s3 ~
And yet see many Of your finest
houses are shut up .x&, .sessss., ! Ill J
y ooh, yes. Most Of the people who
can afford II 60 away: for the sum-
mel" Chicago Post. s8ss.Z. rs 5lgs*5.e
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ing dressmakers leave the lower edgs
Of the girdle loose from the fitted lin
ing, hook the skirt band up. to this
lining and then hook the lower edge
of the soft girdler down to the skirt,
SO that there can be no severance Of
diplomatic relations.
In the way of the small accessories
that go to make up ones toilette,
there is a considerable amount of
novelty this season. With regard to
hairdressing, for instance, I notice
that Frenehwomen--wh atone time
looked upon. the idea~o of wearing, q hair
net with horror are now taking kfinrSdz
" to that very useful aeeessery-to the
toilette. I think it must be the wom-.
en- who pass whole days in the exhibi-
ton who has discovered how much
neater one can be with a hair net
than without one. Another English
fashion, too, il coming into vogue,
that of carrying small hand satchel
when out shopping, or, indeed, always
g~the.daytime.4.!There is q per-.
feet rage. here. for these little leather
bags, many 81 which are quite beauti-
full. Women who can afford such lux
uries have bags with jeweled clasps.
+ S't5j1@5 SADIE MERRITT
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Here. waiter. you have charged FOR
three soups instead Of two" Yes.
sir; there ID the one ] spilled on mad
ame's' dress. journal Amusant.
He"Well, there's one thing: you
never hear Of q man Wishing No was
: woman" She-"Of. course not. It
might be 1hisff fate to marry some hor-
rid man" Boston Transcript.
Alice" She says she married him
because he was different from the
other men she knew" Maud He
must have proposed to her."'-Town
Topics. H. 4. II .$....#
tI"say, teacher. here's : snake called
the Annycondi. an it takes it week
to digest its food Eyes. Willie.
What of it?' "Well, would it be right
to say it had weak digestion" 81
Cleveland Plain Dealer. /,
..rs Detective Whelan-''If you would
tell us who your pals in this job were
it would go easier for you" Prisoner
Casey (hotly)-"Do yez think for wan
minute I'd liver give Dan Leary an
Mike Connor away?" Indianapolis
Sun.
"Hello, Jasper" exclaimed Spend.
sers, stopping his rich uncle's valet.
shows uncle this morning?'' well,
sir, he says he thinks he needs a
change of heir" $50 he's sent you
for the doctor. eh?'' "No: his law
yer.'-Philadelphia Press.
Brown-"Dumleigh must be getting
along bravely with his French studies.
He says that he has got so that he
can think in French" Black
"Shouldn't wonder. You see. he
wasn't handicapped like the rest Of
us, who have been in the habit OF
thinking in English" Tran
script.
Queenly Kindness.-"I think" said
little Frances. who had been study
ing her history lesson. ''that it would
be very kind of Queen Victoria if she
would die this year." "That is a sin
gular remark" said Frances mother.
''What do you mean?' 1T would be
such an easy date for future history
classes to remember Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
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10 Mr.. Vanderbilt Look fsr'
going to Java himself. He 70 merely
grub-staking . party of. youuy geolo-
gists who make the expe&tioni And
II the young men get a fairly rDhplete
pithecanthropoid skeleton they'll be!
more than satisfied.
Java has been selected tot the
search, because the nearest approach
to the missing link between man and
the <monkey-that's what pithecan-,
thropus means-have been found in
Java; and in the case of the Engis
skull. The latter doesn't count, be-
cause the region Of its discovery has
been raked over with poor results. ,
The "Pitheeanthropus Alalu3," or
-Speechlesss Ape!Man, is a puressprnise
anyhow. No one has ever sesn pne, or
his bones. The Engis skull simply had
q brain capacity and a facial angle de-
noting q lower type of man than any
now living ON the earth. !
Gabriel Max, the German painter,
has drawn the picture of the missing
link. He should be about five feet
high, and very stocky. His lei IS and
arms are of nearly equal length; he
is hump-sh ouldered, with british fea.
lures, protruding paunch and gross
lips; the hair grows low upon his re-
ceding brow; his shoulders are huge
and powerful; his hands are human,
but his feet, whose great toes are set
on opposite the others, like thumbs,
are still capable of grasping the
limbs of trees. q :,
If you see gentleman who looks
like this, please communicate with Mr..
Vanderbilt. at Biltmore, N. c.
It seems odd, if there ever were any
pithecanthropi, that none have ever
been found. The ancient three-toed
horse, no bigger than a fox IS no
longer stranger, yet his bones are
smaller and more perishable than those
of the sturdy and powerful alleged
ape-man.
However, I hope Mr.. Vanderbilt's
grub-staking will prove lucky. it is as
useful way of spending money as au-
tomobile racing, like his amiable
nephew, Willie K.
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railroads. could reduce it; but it

WSs44AeAA ~ SSsy
= Nov this question Of coal is . stu
pendous one. It would grow bigger
than Il i II prices were to 60 up for
q long period here: it has grown big,
ger BY the great rise in prices Of coal
in England
The old servia. an eight-day boat,
which carried big freight cargo AZ
well o. passengers, burned about 27s
tons Of coal . day. Andrew Carnegie
said that the seryis was as good >
boat % man could wish to travel on.
Well, the Campania and Lucania were
built to- burn $50 tons q day; the, new
ships burn between 500 and 600 tons
. day. II you build still bigger
ship and screw out .; still greater.
speed, you've got to face coal con-
sumption Of 700 or 500 tons : day.
That for ten days-you have to pro-
vide. for emergencies-means 2 dead
weight, when you start of 1000 or
5000 tons of coal, worth sour or five
times a. many ~dollars.s How.,are you
going to run such ships. at a profit in
the winter months when there are
few passengers willing to pay high
rates?
There is no money in freight to
compensate. The new giants carry
less freight than, did the smaller.
slower boats of ten years ago. A ship
of $4,000 tons displacement may easily
have but 1000 tons cargo capacity
after her myriad machinery, her coal,
her stores, her dynamos, her appli-
ances Of luxury are provided for. :,
Freight nowadays is carried by big
steamers built for that purpose, and
by the older passenger steamers.
Some of the oldrtimers earn more
money for their cost than the new
and famous ones. g., ~ 49,
The real "ocean greyhound" is the
man with the coal shovel. Pay him
and you can cross the Atlantic in four
days. ,-
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5seeret Kept for Ceataries..

" Chinese porcelain was common IN
Europe for 400 years before Ger.
man potter succeeded ii finding out
the process of making II, This Chi
neseI pottery. IL scattered all over the
world, and everywhefe valued, but no
where was the distribution more GU
frious than In western Canada EARLY
Ia the century . Chinese junk was
cast away Oh the Pacific coast 81
Amefios Just south 81 IVsncouver ~
land, and eits cargo of willow psttern
plxtes fell into the hands Of the Hud.
son By comn1p1sny's odcsrs.; sun III
the rsmotest trading posts 81. the fur
tf1derE : lev specimens remain.
81. Herald. 49,
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the remainder are ready for instant
call, and must have his horse and
equipment ready for war at all times.
The greater part of the cossack
regiments are recruited in the prov
ince of Don, to the northeast of the
sea of Azov. For this service only the
most active men are selected, while
at the same time they must be. COM.
paratively light. Their term of serv-
ice lasts for ~ years. Men enter this
part of the service at the age of 10,
and remain in it for q period of 20
years. The first three years are de-
voted to. the training that makes Of
them perfect specimens of physical
manhood, and fearless horsemen. It
is that he learns the discipline for
which the world has not given him
credit. The drills to which he is sub
jected during these three years are
such that none but the most perfect
physical development could withstand.
When this period of training has
been passed he enters upon the regu-
lar duties Of his branch of the mill
tary service of the empire, and in this
he remains for a period of ~ years,
all of which is continuation of his
three years Of training combined with
the usual duties of an active soldier.
When this II years has passed he is
granted furlough for the remainder
of his 20 years, and allowed to return
home, but he must at all times be pre-
pared to again take the field at
moments notice. His horse and equip
ment must be kept constantly ready
for service, and to see that he does not
forget an inspecting officer calls
upon him at irregular intervals to see
that all is az it should be. But in
Russia "once q cossack always q cos
sack" and it il, seldom that one Of
them falls from grace.
When the allied army entered Paris
at the fall of Napoleon the Russian
cossack captured the fancy Of the peo-
ple because Of his picturesqueness.
They liked his uniform that savored
of the northern steppes, his easy,
swinging grace in the saddle, his wild
antics. The French people the more
willingly bowed before him as q con-
queror because Of these things.
To-day there 10 the same easy grace
in the saddle, and Il occasion calls
for it the same wild antics, but dis
cipline has taken the place Of the
freedom Of the days Of Napoleon, and
the picturesque uniform Of those>days
has to . great extent given place to
one more practical. He still wears
the double breasted frock coat with
long skirts reaching to the knees, but
aside from that there are many
changer Now his uniform - trimmed
with yapidday seolored pipinsss pro
sayibed ~ regulations, instead Of Nh.
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ships; and they will all reach Glib
raltar in just the same number of
days, whereby the slow ships will
save much coal-but the fares on the
fast ships win be considerably high.
er. A record for speed means money.
On the Atlantic an occasionaI beat
ing Of the record calls attention to
the lina accomplishing i. Bnt when
You have got the record the question.
of coal comes 81. Until other sllips
are buift e best yours you naturally
;eeonomixe in coal when you can. It's.
IKE the railroad time between New
;ISsk IA ciicagds T An d1as 57 81 -
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scientists. At any
rate, when DR..
Lucy Hall was in
Vassar she must
have seen daily
M aria Mitchell,
the famous as
tronomer, whose
example was an in
centive: to deep
study.
Since then DR..
Halls career has
been stirring. She
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Abevs the Necessity,

s. You've sent your boy to college, /
EAaear !" remarked the neighbor. well,
i hope he will acquit himself with
treditssy
% fHssw1sn't spefd q, bespshl ! said lkr.s
tG41well .spmeyhat irlitA a. Unable
to supply him With Il 3 caSh riixht
itfaieht Adm icako Tfsbdae.
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Rejected.

'"This," said the modest young au-
thor, "is my idea of the perfect short
story submit it for publicc ton"
"H'm!" replied the editor, glancing
At the manuscript for the fraction of a
minute and handing it back, "your.idea
Is decidedly original. Good morning."
philadelphia Press. ,,~.., 49,:
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to such . great
extent. In: this
country there are
few actors bred
upto the business.
Otis Skinner, for
instance, is the
son of q clergy
man; Bl n c h e
Walsh, Fanny DAY.
exports successor
in certain roles,
is the daughter: of
FATTY" Walsh, q
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two ocean steam
ships of rival
Ines fact
being that these
lines have AMIGA
bly, pooled their
issues and are run
In perfect har-
mony.
In q. few weeks
the two lines will,
as usual, run q
combination serv-
ice to Mediter-
ra ne an ports.
There will be fast
shiU4 and s1nr,
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.
1AESTIVITIEs at the xposition,

EAESTIVITIES. at the exposition,
y and for noted exposition visitors,
.e has attracted to the city many
Of the Parisians Of wealth and quality.
They have returned to the city in
stead of going to the autumn resorts
that they might he present for the
gay doingsI that are, to mark the clos
ing weeks of the doings
that are in fact already well under
way. sssSses - 8. !.
This move on the part Of the fash
ionable set has created = wonderful
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Fifty paupershave
brought suit for
wages against the
city Of New York :, ::
for sums! amount
ing to o,ooo;
These poor fel-
lows would have
been ii the natu-
raj c on rset}so Of
events sent to the
poorho use. Instead
of that they were
set at odd jobs
about the city
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A MasteRpieee.,

"Confidentially," said the states
man, II wrote that plank in the plat
FORM" .-..,ty. ~sas..s.
Il congratulate you," said his
friend, heartily. II read it over three
times. and I'm blest If it commits the
party to anything!"-Puck. &
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Lacked. Facilities.

Neerwander-I suppose that when
you were in Rome you did as the
Romans did. "a, - n -. E:>.z s.a
Bachagen-Well, no; not having :
regiment Of cavalry couldn't charge
them g heavy % ,ney did me-.
Brooklyn Life. ,$,... ~
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One Of the New York papkfsf gave
8 touching prophetic account Of Mr..

George Van q e r
bilt's return from
Java with q pithe-
canthropus in .
cage. 1T "a, =.
AZ the pithecan-
hropus may never
haveexisted at all,
and if he did exist,
was so :.unaccom.
:modating as to do
80. in remote geo.
logic ages this.
sensati o n i'll
never happen. Nor
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The Rheafera 0nen

It's no wonder that American the
aters are still run by English actors
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Women in Science.

I suppose the United States leads
the world in it's advanta ges for women
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From this sum modest Mr.. Robin
son is willing to- deduct the money
that he has actually received, some
1000. .s .55 q. Ss.
This Il : funny world.
OWEN LASGDoN. d
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BobbS1s yours stop watch9
L lDobbsNearly I'll tie tilpns.-Balft
moro Americd1ss 4
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A Real Life Drama

After al. why should ANYBODY 60
to the theater2 Real life is funnier.
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dollar per day. Probably they didn't
earn so much, but it was better than
making paupers Of them. Some of
them were SO employed while actually
in the almshouse. - :. ,..r. 49,.
Now under the prevailing rate Of
wages law" these men want their
''due."' This law provides that the
city must pay to all ito workmen the
wages regular in their trades. So a
pauper shoemaker who has been q
ward Of the city since May 4, 1854, at
one dollar : day demands these sums:
1000 days at Il per day. q, 200
1000 hours overtime ut double pay...a 900
100 Sundays and holidays. ............. ] coo
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Matches and hatcher.

The papers have been full of the
records piled up in races BY
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-20
spanish Besgars AYE Proud.

A beggar in Madrid had from time inn
memorial occupied n certain step at the
entrance to a certain church. To thig
church there came every DAY well to dc
gentleman who was accustomed to de-
posit q 10 centavo piece Ia the waiting
heggar's hat. But IL HAPPENED that the
gentleman fell i'll and for two weeks was
confined TO his bed. When he resumed
his attendance at daily worship, he put
his coin In the beggar's hat and was CO.
ing on into the church. The beggar
seized his coattail. Pardon me, senior,
caballero." he said. 'but have you not a
little account TO settle with me?"
"Whatf" asked the gentleman. "An
account with your What do you mean 2"
"Why. yes" said the beggar. "You
are accustomed. are you not, to give me
10 csptavos as you come in"
"Weli,>haye ] not just given yon the
roin2" N
"Ah, but you give me 10 centavos every
aay. You have not been here for Ii days.
Therefore you owe me 1i0 centavos,"
Get outp answered tho gentleman.
This is aims, not salary, and ! owe
you no aims when ain absent"
The beggar drew himself up loftily Ind
flung back the 10 ccntavo piece TO thu
gentleman. "Well. then" he exclaimed,
''if you have no more honor than that,
you can 20 and get another beGgarl
shall have no more TO do with you!"-
Youths Companion.