New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-31

Insomnia had me for almost two years" said
the quiet woman. who looked as il she had been
through good deal. THAT is. for most OF two
years 1 only slept enough TO keep me from going
quite crazy. Lying awake till after o'clock.
till the mlkman shouted, left me in dreary state
that couldn't be called living. A nightmare death
in life 1t After 1 had read page or two
the words would begin to run into each other and
sgn5 fal nS n6ns Straight 1t them failed TO
know my acquaintances; They seemed TO wear
ting words TO them was like breaking stone. In
dusk often I grew intensely sleepy. and If quiet
even If lay awake the rest or the night that
:'The great thing that broke up the sleeplessness
riding the streetcars. long trips into the
e ePpethed me- Vent to sleep in the car, dozed
often After half day in the rush OF AR on an
bette Setter The brain had to learn sleep again;
and above ali things to let new, bread alone-tss
nerves Ny Doctors prescription Of hot lemonade
on going 70 bed was famous sleeping dose Little
fve and six hours night regularly wish there
ions for comfnrt 10 take nervous people on trips
along the coast. TO Larchmont and Rye and Green
witch. They could be taken at double fares every
trip by inyalids"
MANY things which a single family could not af-
ford can be afforded by several families working
in unison" says writer in a recent number of
The Independent" He is speaking Of group
ing Of homes, either for summer or permanent
owned in common The things owned co-opera-
lively may include a barn, a horse and a COW.
when they could not afford TO own them separate
Of nelp as wen as other expenses. Another form
Of cooperative vacation home would be the buying
or renting Of abandoned farm by several
families who would arrange to take their outings
in succession.
Some Of the most recherche French wall hang
ings made of old shoes The old shoes are first
resold to the poorer classes After being finally
discarded by them, they collected in great
quantities by rag dealers and sold to factories
There they are submitted 10 processes which event
gaE n b e6 into ne sape ThSh
wall hanging. resembling the best morocco.
TWO women the first TO be so honored have been
elected TO the jury of the new Salon. in Paris
Nine Marie Cain. who has received medals for
sculpture in two international expostions will
serve on the Jury 0I exhibtor in the salon
and also winner Of an exposition mccall, on that
in the point of view of French artists toward wom-
en- in their profession
Tabloids Of fresh air. of convenient form for
vest pocket carriage, among the things over
which chemical inventors working. When per
fected II is said, they will enable persons TO re-
main without danger inside submarine boats The
tablets would be dissolved IN water liberatlng oXy-
gen from certain chemical compounds.
Philadelphia girl is of the leaders in the
new school of photography, In which women are
winning much distinction. A graduate If Bryn
Mawr and subsequently pupil at art schools, like
/ so many women photographers OF to-day, she for
sock the brush for the camera. Her most cole
brated portrait is said to be Of Mrs Gillespie.
. Observation-Disclosures of Benjamin Franklin, who
Unveiled the Franklin tablet in the Hall of Fame
J last year
One Of the most delightful features of some of
the lately acquired London parks is the old Eng
lish gardens found within them. Many private
estates have been purchased and converted into
parks by the County Council and still retain their
wealth old manor houses, spreading lawns,
wherein the turf has been rolled and clipped for
some hundreds OF years-avenues OF elms, ola
flower and fruit gardens, borders Of box, old ar
bors sun dials, orchards wells. with bucket ana
wheel; walls. pergolas and trellises, all hung thck
with creepers. They described as contain
ing all the ndescribae repose and comfort OF an IN
Z old English country garden" These old fashioned
features OF the County Council parks viii prob
ably only be preserved, but developed