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with womans ingenuity. made others, I'M
til she achieved one that fully answered
her requirements and made her broken
china as impervious to heat as before the
fracture.
From her success with her own pieces
she found her services in demand with
her acquaintance until she added the
work of repairing as a definite part OF
her profession.
Mrs. De Witt thinks that repairing bl ic-
a-brac is business peculiarly adapted to
women of artistic taste, as it requires
infinite patience and dizziness and repays
skillful endeavor.
1T is really interesting" she said res
Gently TO an interviewer from the New
York Tribune" much more so than one
would imagine. There are many points to
be thought of on which success depends.
surface, and the fragments must be
matched from below. Others break from
the under side, and the pieces must be
joined from the top. Then the finest
atoms must be used | have handled
some with a toothpick dipped in the ce-
could not feel them in my fingers. 1t is
just those thing in which a womanis pa
tience is valuable.
Recently a Royal Dresden vase was
brought to me in twenty-seven pieces,
many of which were splintered. All the
the edges built up with plaster after the
clean breaks were Joined. Then the added
portions and seams | painted exactly like
the original design and had the vase fired
"Riveting is one of the most difficult
problems wi en- IL is n question of extreme
~ delicate glass; continued Mrs. De Witt
but is invaluable in all china repairing
When broken piece has been fastened
with heatproof cement and then riveted.
it is in every respect as strong as new.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
Now the Whist Face.

We have all sorts of faces, all varieties
of countenances. that get their recognized
expressions from close application to
some variety of straining employment.
Now we have the whist face" to add to
the list. il is showing itself among the
women and comes from the whist club
habit, which is rapidly growing. showing
it's strength not only at night, but in the
afternoons, and even in the mornings, as
ISOLATED with tea and waters. chocolate
and bonbous-
One expression of the whist face,
though ii is sad, and is told with an eff
fort, is age. The women may shudder at
the thought, but the fact remains. In
tense thought and daily racking the men,
DRY to remember what cards have been
and hasten what heretofore the women
have left for time to accomplish without
their permission
In the whist face you will see the far
away look, accompanied by arched lines
on the forehead, suddenly changing to an
expression of inward contemplation, as
ISOLATED with a tightening of the lips.
These expressions come from an aero
battle mind under training that consists in
leaping from the first lead. jump by jump,
over each successive play. to the ultimate
effect of the next play that must be made,
while keeping the mental eye on the ac-
cepted rules, not neglecting to observe
and respond to signals.
Nature can recover from this sort of
thing when occasionally INDUCED in, but
when it becomes a habit. practiced almost
daily, and sometimes for two or more
sessions a day, the expression becomes
fixed, and follows the wearer. no matter
what her thought or occupation may be
at the time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
BIoomcrs for Homework.

A recent advocate OF dress reform for
women says that her advice, II followed,
will rob house cleaning Of much of its
horror. Boomers and blouses are, she
contends. the only rational dress for a
woman who intends to tackle the house
cleaning problem.
Long swishing petticoats and feminine
fripperies have their time and place; but.
81 woman wants TO climb ladders and
wrestle with carpets and WELD broom and
dust cloth effectively, let her take on her
cor9ets and skirts and don a bloomer cos
tune Of washable material.
Denim. says the oracle, makes service
able and effective boomers; and, IL that
material is too heavy for blouse thin
ner material, harmouizing In color with
the denim, may be used. The blouse
should be finished with a soft rolling col
lar, which viii leave the neck muscles
free. 1t is advisable. too, to end the
sleeves just below the elbow with a
turned-back cuff, so that the wrists shall
be left free.
This is also recommended as n practfca!
morning costume for servants Obliged to
do rough work.
One can fancy a maid or a mistress
trim, slender. and attractive, who would
be a JOY both to herself and to the be-
holder. In the proposed working attire.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
ODD WEDDING TRIPS.
Benedict the Married Man Sometimes
Plans Queer Tours.

Dnconventionality seems to be the rule
in bridal trips just now. 1t seems to be
the aim Of the welded couples, instead of
following in the well-worn rut Of prece-
dent, to seek some new and novel man
ner Of spending their honeymoons. Out
in California, Eric Pleyer built before his
marriage house of two rooms fifty feet
up in a giant tree. There he took his
bride, and there the couple spent a most
delightful and novel honeymoon, free
from all interruption from pryfng guests
Mr.. and Mrs. fieyer had but to pull up
ladder and they were safe in their nest
from interruption.
A Cornish couple who wished to be let
alone during the honeymoon proposed TO
the keeper of a lighthouse standing req
mote on the rugged coast that they re-
leve him of his duties for three weeks
The arrangement was Effected, and they
declared to all their friends afterward
that their three weeks of honey moon were
quiet and delightful.
A couple were recently married in Lon
don in their travelling attire and went di-
rectly from the church to take the first
tram connecting with a boat for the Con-
tinent. For three weeks their friends
heard not 4 word of them. They traV-
eled to out-of-the-way and old-fashioncd
towns. where they would be sure to meet
no acquaintance. But the most pc
culiar thing about their wedding journey
was that they took with them .either
baggage. handbook, nor bundle. They
bought whatever they wanted they
Travelled. and SO had no care of luggage.
A well-to-do couple in Holland recently
made their wedding trip in a canal boat,
In which they Travelled 200 miles. The
Journey was leisurely, but full of pleasing
experiences. They took no servants with
them and did their own cooking. When
the weather was pleasant they went
ashore and built fire and cooked and
ate gypsy fashion. At other times they
kept house on the canal boat. After two
weeks Of this they took a train for their
new home, where cooks and other ser
wants awaited them.
One newly married couple Of an uncon-
ventionaI turn OF mind climbed to the top
of Mount Blanc. 1t was a hazardous trip
by reason OF a terrific snowstorm, in
which they were caught, hut they arrived
safely at the summit, where the bride
groom embraced his bride in the presence
Of the guides and swore eternal fidelity
She made a similar VOW and then they
came back TO earth again.
French aeronaut took his bride for a
honeymoon in his balloon They had
most exciting trip. alternating between
pleasure and peril for over three weeks
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

as natural as red lips Or bright eyes.
Breathe properly, carry yourself with a
little vim, and use your backbone instead
of a harness made of steels, whalebones,
and pink satin. Then you will be real
flesh and blood woman.
The mode now is the rational one of
natural, soft lines. The slender woman
wears cunning little girdle of tapes or
ribbons that brings absolute comfort and
yet holds the abdomen in place and gives
a support for petticoats and gown. She
can know the joy of full lung expansion
a privilege which civilized women have
acquired only in recent years. The girdle
is worn loose enough so that breathing
can be from the diaphragm.
Let me suggest some exercises for the
beauty patient.
Stand in a doorway-a narrow doorway
preferred. Place the palms of the hands
fiat on the decreasing. the tips of the i'm
gers being placed at the height of the
shoulders. Walk through the door with
out removing your hands, until you are
the length of your arms away.
At first yol will declare that you can't
do 1t. But keep on. day after day. and
the first thing you know you will be SO
supple that you can float through the
door after the most approved hygienic
fashion described And 1t is great fun
asking other girls to try. 1t looks easy
but 1t isn't.
This exercise draws back the shoulder
blades, bringing into play all the impor-
tant chest muscles. 1t will make your
throat fun and pretty. and the bony girl
will find that IL will help fill up the ugly
hoIlows in her neck and chest Night
and morning walk through the doorway
fifty times.
Breathing exercises are invaluable If
one would have a high chest, firm, full
bust and a waist round and supple. Ma
ture did not intend US to waddle about
with dropping chests that cause US 10
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look like consumptives in the last stages
of the disease.
Expand your lungs to the limit Raise
your chest and keep IL raised. Practice
the exercises as they are given here but
make 1t n rule to breathe correctly all the
time. While waiting for street car
while standing in the kitchen door, fill
your lungs to the splitting point and
more important still. expel thoroughly,
emptying the lungs completely. 1t is quite
AS necessary TO get all the bad air out as
IL is TO get plenty of fresh air in
When YOU arise in the morning slim on
a bathrobe and bedroom slippers. Open
the window. TO take breathing exercises
without perfect ventilation in the room is
to waste your time.
Place yourself in an erect, easy position,
with one foot a little forward. allowing
the weight to rest upon Il. Put the arms
akimbo, the fingers pressing on the alb
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
THE NEWEST NUISANCE.
Advertisers Now Worry Women by
Sending Them Circulars

1T is, of course. for me- said the young
matron. mixing the salad as she spoke
and helping her husband to a heaping
plate. Mary, you may go for the mail"
II am not quite ready to admit the of
course, said her husband. although
the chances are in favor of it's being for
you
He received his own mail at the insur-
ance Office where he labored, and this
was in some respects wise, all things con-
sidered. man doesn't like to have his
businessman occasionally other-letters
brought to his home.
Yes. said the young matron. "the let
yer is Tor me. can feel it somehow in
the way the postman whistles | should
say that II Is note from Aunt Cath
crime.
Let us hope. if it is indeed from Aunt
Catherine. that she writes rem rtingly,"
said her husband. relishing his salad and
preparing for his coffee. Il may say that
L approve OF your correspondence with
my aunt-in-law-whent the dear lady finds
room in her communications for other
things than words. notes. for instance.
You are disgustinsIy mercanary," de-
cided his wife. However, here is Mary
with my letter"
The maid tripped over to the side OF
the matron. 1T is for you. Mrs Blank,
she said, and Mrs. Blank nodded trium-
phantly at her husband. "1t is Just as l
said" she remarked. feminincly.
but IL Is not from aunt C2tneTlile,
returned the man, after catching a
glimpse of the envelope. Aunt cath
crimes handwriting could never oe con-
founded with this style. Besides. Aunt
Catherine does not use 'pull-either-w
envelope, as | perceive this one to be-.
Il do wish, Joseph. you would let me
make my own discoveries about my own
mall said the lady, and she tore open
the envelope only to cast it down almost
Immediately thereafter.
More advertisements? enquired her
husband. sympathetically.
More. she returned. vexedly- And then
she decided that there ought to be law
against it. Here / was expecting an i'm
portant letter. she complained. Il had
decided to spend the check for a spring
hat. Mary had to go down three flights
of stairs and back again, and for what
For the information that we cater large
ly to the retail trade. and have the best
facilities for giving prompt service; our
prices are reasonable, our meats the best
and a call at our market will assure you
that our goods are as represented 1t is
enough to put a saint out of patience l
to &c without roast beef for the rest of
my life. | wonder if people think they
are really making good business move
when they execute such snares.
For the last week | have been getting
announcements that certain tailor will
be pleased to repair my clothing. He has
put his cards in the mailboX with awful
regularity. In addition. other tenants who
have gone for their mail before | have
gone have taken the cards and slipped
them into our box. 1t ought to be against
the law"
And the man thoroughly agreed with
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Sisters I'm Rome and transient friends,
with curios and odd objects collected by
he little maid herself while in the Holy
city.
Kol-in-zu-ten while In Rome was given
a Papal audience and received the bless
ng of the Pontiff. The latter enquircd
he history of the Indian girl, the method
II instruction in the Montana Indian
schools. and permitted the maiden to adj
iress him in her native tongue. She is
he first full-blooded American Indian girl
% be received by the Pontiff She has
worn her Indian costume through all her
iourneyings.
Her first appearance before the assem-
)led nuns in the Vatican created intense
interest. She was piled with questions
md became the subject of much endear-
,nent. The Interpretation of her Indian
name. Child of God" was received with
'everent interest on the part Of the order
II the Ursulines and the Holy Father.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
Victorin's bridesmaid.

The Duchess of Cleveland is the only
surviving bridesmaid of the late Queen
Victoria, and sne is still in excellent
health and one of the most active women
in the nobility. She is the mother of
Lord Rosebery. her first husband having
been the fourth Earl of Roseberv and
Primrose The Duchess was the oldest
daughter of the Earl of Stanhope. and
she was born In the same year as the late
Queen, in 1873. She wrote the Roll of
Battle Abbey" and has taken a deep in
terest in all her illustrious sons literary
work.
The Duchess is in perfect health and at
terds court regularly in full court attire
At Battle Abbey. Sussex, her country
home. she rides about on a donkey which
IS quite wonderful for woman of eighty
,wo years. She never follows the exam
Die of her sovereign in wearing old-lady
'lothes, but dresses in the latest style,
With smart skirts and jackets and fetch
ng hats. Lord Rosebery is devoted to
lis mother. and the Ladies' Primrose
make friend of their grandmother, who
S almost as youthful in her interests an
lhey.-Leslie's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
China Mending.

In these days. when all the ordina ry
avocations possible to women are over
crowded, many take refuge In unusual
occupations. These frequently are the
result of chance, a mere trihe serving to
suggest the feasibility of something I'M
thought of before.
1t was by chance that Mrs. Evelyn S.
De Witt adopted the business of mending
bric-a-brac. Being a china painter, she
occasionally broke valuable pieces and
rarely could have them repaired to suit
her; so she began to experiment on her
own account. She found the cements she
tried to be faulty in many respects, so,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

The recent strike of dressmakers IN
Paris brought to light some interesting
facts in connection with work and pay OF
seamst-esses in the French capital The
employe of the average Partisan firm
works from a. m. to s n. m, with an
hour off for lunch. She earns francs
confines par day when things go wei
with her. Eut there are sixty-one Sun
days ana Le'e days in the year; sixty
more days when she has holidays. ant
fifty-four lays when. during the dead sea
son, she works shorter hours and loses a
third o. .Iet wages.
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dominal muscles in front. and the thumbs
on the dorsal muscles on, either side of the
spine. Fold the head vertical, the hips
back. the shoulders backward and down.
ward. chest high and full
Take deep. tranquil breath. but one
that will cause the chest TO rise fully and
to fall freely at every effort. DO this
twenty times. D DO
Second exercise: Place the heels to-
gether, right hand on the chest and left
hand just above the waist line. Take
deep, long breath. raising the chest to the
limit. Expel the breath from the dia-
phragm, allowing the left hand to press
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
A Modern Mothers Diary.

Tonight Clifford has said:
Mamma. are the stars holes In the sky
to let TIE rain throughsT
! cannot sleep such is my agitation.
Clifford is scarcely five years old
whereas, according to the best pedag ogI-
cal authorities, Martin Luther did not ask
this question until he was seven, and
Alexander the Great, in all probability,
not until he was nine.
! know not what to think
One moment ] feel assured that Clifford
is evincing an unaffected humor. only in
the next moment to be overwhelmed by
the suspicion that he is bidding for news
paper notoriety merely.-Detroit Journal
Judy cnd / got into terrible tangle
shopping today"
Howe"
II owed her 10 cents, and borrowed 5
cents and then so cents
Well"
Then I paid 30 cents for something
she bought
"Nes?"
And she paid 40 cents for something
l bought. and then we treated each other
to ice cream soda.
Well"
"She says j still owe her a nickel
Detroit Free Press.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
BREATHE AND BE BEAUTIFUL.
Take Exercise and Give Your Lungs
Air Baths,

hollow, caved-in chest is a beauty
woe for which the afflicted one is herself
responsible. II one is in Ill health it is
different matter. Disease will cause the
lungs to shrink and contract. and depres-
sion of the chest is then unavoidable, says
the Chicago Times-Herald"
Full, perfect development of the chest is
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

It is said that a lacemaker, working
twelve hours day, can produce only
one-third of an inch of the famous Val
enciennes made at Ypres. for which $500
yard is sometimes paid.
Handspun Brabant fax for Brussels
lace costs $500 pound.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
Talked to Death in One.

Mrs. .crimsonbeak-The professor. un
derstand, is very smart. They say hr
speaks seven languages.
Mr Crimsonbeak-So | believe
Its a wonder he never married
Not at all; what use would marriof
man have for seven languages?'-Yon
ker's Statesman
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

a. o. Ernst was defeated for the school
board in Boston two years ago by mar
row majority. some of the women in
terested in the schools went and watched
the recount, and it was not reported that
any of them fainted AWAY.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-05-02

{@.~f
The Kapiolani Tract OK
tends from King street to the
Beach. A road 60 feet wide
will be opened Oh the cart
side of the property adjoin-
ing the Kamrhameha Girls
School said road will extend
to the sea.
Crossroads will be opened
between blocks. Every lot
will have frontage IN a.
road. The elevate
from forty feet high
feet high above sea level.
No swamps around th(
premises. No freshet will
enter the property.
There is an offer to buy a
part Of tie property by
great manufacturing COM
pany. The chances are the
offer may be accepted. There
is every reason to believe that
the prices of lots will increase
in a short time. The owner
OF the property will give all
chances to purchasers to
make money on their invest
ments.
The ground is superior to
am tract in the MAJ ket.
The premises are situated
within one mile and a half OF
the Post Office.
The Government water
pipes are laid along the upper
portion of the property.
The prices are the cheapest
of any tract within two miles
from the center of the city.
The terms which will be
given to purchasers will be
the best ever given by any
real estate dealer or broker
during the last twenty years
in Honolulu.
For terms or more particu.
lars, apply to
5. N. KanaksrQl
Surveyor and Manager
Of Kspiolani Ila ca.
Or to
" G. Achi & Co.,
Real Es'ste Dealers and
BrokeIi
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-05-02
HONOLULU, OAHU,
KA LAAU, MOLOKAI,
MAUNALEI, LANAI; and
/LAHAINA. MAUl.

The charge for such messages
will be at the rate OF 20 cents per
word Of Is letters until further
notice.
When telephone connections are
available messages may be handed
to the telephone company to be
forwarded to destinations other
than those mentioned above.
In other eases special messengers
may be EN- ployed.
The cost of special delivery is not
included in the charge at 20 cents
per word. II the cost is known it
must be paid by the sender when
the message is handed 10. II un-
known, it must he paid by the ad-
dressee when the message is de-
livered.
HONOLULU OFFICE, MACON BLOCK,
UPSTAIRS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-24
.D|GAn|ST AND DES[RT[R
Two Wives and the Army
Are After Pelham.

Frank Bunnell Pelham, who has been
living in furnished room house at No.
1888 Ninth avenue, New York City. for
some weeks, was arrested there last even
ing by William Hamilton, United States
detective, on a charge of deserving from
the United States Hospital Corps. Ham
ilton represented United States Marshal
j. r. Wood. The prisoner was turned
over to Central Office Detective Judge of
New Nork City and Detective William
Prescott of Chief Murphys staff to an
swer a charge of bigamy preferred by
his second wife, whose name before she
married Pelham was Clarisse K. Esca-
laute, the widow of Daniel A. Escalaute,
who was secretary to the Mexican Com
sui in New York City at the time of his
DEATH She says she married Pelham in
this city over year ago at the Park
Reformed Church. Pelham, she says. was
then married to woman whose maiden
name was Catherine Monfort, living in
Cold Springs, N. Y. The two women are
joint complainants The man is now in
the Tombs, New York City, awaiting ex-
tradition to this city, where he will be
tried on the complaint Of his second wife.
Mrs. Pelham No. 2, formerly Mrs. Esca-
laute, appeared before Police Justice Hoos
in the First Criminal Court Monday
and told of her marriage to Pelham, his
unbearable abuse of her for several
months. his desertion and her search for
him warrant was issued. 1t was in
her search for Pelham that she learned
that he was married before she met him
and that he had a wife living in Cod
Springs Mrs Pelham No. 2 commune