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PLAIN GIRLS.

Pretty girls are delightful to look at
and very nice to know. but there are a
great many people in this workaday
world who have very tender spots in
their hearts for the plain girls. While
they may and probably do adore pretti-
ness, they long ago learned that there
are many pretty girls who base all
their ideas of present success anc fu-
ture hopes on their good looks and
overlook the fact that there are much
more substantial things in the world
than beauty. even though the world
puts a very high value upon that most
desirable commodity.
1t is a misfortune to be pretty il one
depends solely upon that fact for ones
currency in society and ones material
prosperity, but it is one of the greatest
of blessings to be beautiful if one has
judicious parents and friends and is
carefully trained and taught the true
value of beauty and the advantages to
be gained by its possession if it is sup
plemented and aided by good sense and
good breeding. Everything that adds
to 5eauty and tends toward its per-
manency has a high value in all of the
relations of life.
Physical symmetry and perfection
are rarely found coupled with exquisite
mental balance and a good stock of
sterling common sense. But once in
awhile this admirable combination is
discovered. and truly its price is above
rubies
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place is not at mans feet.

wife is an Illogical compound of upper
servant and leisurely person whose time
is of no special Importance.
After all, the home IS like little
kingdom, and it takes a wise hand to
preserve a nice, even balance at all
times. But the woman who comes the
nearest to doing it is she who has a
broad view of life, brave spirit, a
warm, loving heart and a keen sense of
justice which will save her alike from
selfshness and from weakness.
A serious talk from Kate Clyde? All,
well, this is one of my serious days.
Console yourselves with the thought
that it is good for the expression of the
face to be serious sometimes.
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worship are even more marked in Eng
land than in the United States. L:
these American ladies had not been
previously millionairesses they would
not now be duchesses. Those of them
that have a sense of humor must be
tempted to wink slyly at one another
when they meet in the exalted British
swim. Those inclined to be more seri-
GUS no doubt smile sardonically to
themselves at the ravor shown them
among the British aristocracy.
But at any rate it is admitted that no
daughter of hundred earls graces
high station more splendidly than our
American girls do. ALPS well that ends
we'll. ALICE W. MORTIMER.
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FIGURED BLUE SATIN FOULARD WITH BLACK LACE YOKE
COLLAR AND CUFFS.

the warm welcome she received in the
ranks ofisBrftish social high life, so
called.
And indeed there is no reason at all
why Consuelo should feel herself either
honored or fiattered by the place she
holds amid the pomps and vanities of
the British social show for without her
there would be no show at all so far as
the house of Marlborough is connected
Herewith. When she was married her
father gave her a million dollars out
right; neither was that the full price
she paid for her title A like million
even more than million. it is said
was settled on the Duke of Marlbor-
ough himself independently. as is the
custom when a high souled foreign no
bleman marries an American million
airess. Besides that William K Van
derbilt keeps his weather eye wide open
always to the wants of this, his most
beloved child, and constantly helps the
American duchess along with her fam
lily expenses. A year ago he gave her a
stately London mansion to live in when
she cared to tarry in the city. Com
suelo is a favorite with Queen Alex
andra. who has honored our girl as
much as any lady in the United King
dom.
The Duke of Manchester was a bank
rupt when he married Helen thinner
man, but he has now struggled out of
it, some say with the help of his moth
er, who recently inherited large for
tune from her brother; others say by
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FROM THE BRITISH VIEWPOINT.

An Englishwoman in this country
writes of her American sister: But it
is in her own home where she is at
her very best; she is an almost too de-
voted mother. and naturally her chill
dren adore her, and as a hostess she
is ideal. Her one idea is to give her
guests the very best time possible, and
she will spare herself no pains or
trouble to do this. A very favorite
form of entertainment in New York is
a woman's luncheon party, to which
only women are asked and which often
turns out to be much more amusing
and entertaining than if each woman
were paired off with q member of the
other sex. This may be explained by
the fact that if Nine America under
stands well how to amuse men she
understands still better how to amuse
herself, and that is one of her first
objects in -life. She makes herself Just
entertaining and delightful to a
party of women as to the most fasci-
mating male trash and is consequently
quite independent of the latter from
the amusement point of view"
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ENGLAND'S
AMERICAN
DUCHE SSES

~ Asst, present and to be there are
now five British American
duchesses. The first of these,
4 Consuelo Yznaga of New York.
married the late Duke of Man
chester in 1876 and passed into the es-
tate of dewager duchess when her son,
the present duke. chose Helen thinner
man as his wife and thus continued to
the second generation the line of Amer
lean duchesses. In 1888 Mrs. Lily Ham,
ersley, formerly Miss Price of Troy.
n. z, became Duchess of Marlborough.
She would have been today the dow
ager duchess had she not preferred to
sink that title into another by marry
ing Lord William Beresford after her
ducal partner died. The old duke, how
ever had set the fashion of American
duchesses in the Marlborough family,
and his son, the young duke, came to
Newport in the height of a social sea-
son and courted, captured and married
in 1895 Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter
of the original Willie K, and carried
her off to England.
The American dollars of young MARI
borough's stepmother, Lily. which she
inherited from her first husband. Louis
Hamersley, had rehabilitated Blen-
helm castle, the ancestral seat of the
dukes family and more American dol
lars were then required to keep it in
order The present duke therefore
showed both his shrewdness and his
good taste when he sailed hither and
tapped the golden stream by taking to
wife gentle Consuelo Vanderbilt, then
only eighteen years old.
OF all American women who have
married British titles it is said that our
girl Consuelo. with her gentle face and
l.o1@ l,
husbands country. Enviable as her
station appears to most people, look
of not wholly unvexed happiness
haunts her sweet, slightly pathetic
face. When she visited America last
year friends old and new were charmed
with her sincere kindly. unaffected
ways. She showed herself unspoiled by
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BRITISH COLLEGE WOMEN.

Besides the other successes of women
at Cambridge, England, this year, the
highest honors in the classical tripos
were obtained by Miss Welsh of Newn-
ham, a native of Altrincham Cheshire
In history two ladies-Miss Sherman of
Newman and Miss Shillington of Cir
ton-gained a first class, and in part
two of that tripos, Miss Cunningham of
Girton daughter of the well known
professor) and Miss Dixon of Newn-
ham, attained similar distinction. Miss
Bradford of Newman has accom-
plished the rare achievement of secur-
ing a first class in law-this has not
been done for nine years-and the
names of many women appear in less
conspicuous positions in the honor lists
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land where men wear titles. Really. it
seems hardly fair. The income the new
duchess win have when she gets estab-
lished in life is estimated at 100000 a
year. She and the duke ought to be
able to rub along on that without wor-
rying much.
Her grace of Manchester is a Cincin-
natl duchess; the other four are all
from New York. The Duchess Of Rox-
burghe will be outranked by the ladies
of Marlborough and Manchester. Their
husbands are dukes of the United King
dom, Roxburghe is only duke of Scot
land. But if the fascinating young
bride of the Scotchman does not be-
come as high up duchess as any of
them before her career is ended then
she is no true granddaughter of Nine.
Wilson; that is all. Miss Goelet's we'd
ding at Newport will be as magnificent
as if she were an emperor's daughter
instead of the child of plain Ameri-
can citizen New York society's Eight
Hundred will be increased on this oc-
casion to 1000. that being the number
of invitations issued.
Baroness de Bazus (Mrs. Frank Les
He) said recently on her return from
London that greed of gain and money
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1 think it is the silliest thing in all
the world for a mother to preserve her
daughters illusions if those illusions
cause her to idealize men and to be
blind to their real nature. 1t may be
''girlish innocence" it may be her
greatest charm" but it is at the same
time her greatest danger, her greatest
source of future unhappiness. There
are enough foolish mothers to warrant
my speaking on this subject.
why on earth did you marry him p
1 asked one of my friends, a young wo-
man who has endured a martyrdom
with brute OF a husband. Couldn't
you see that ne was selfish before you
married hfm?'
"Oh, my dear. 1 suppose SO, if had
had the sense,,' she retorted But what
did I know about men? only knew that
he loved me devotedly and gave me
lovely presents, and mother said he
had a nice little income, so that we
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tunes. These may be cleaned at home
and the task of doing it is not a labo-
rious one.
To clean lace properly it should be
spread out on a fresh piece of white
paper and covered with calcined mag
nesia. This should be placed thickly
upon the filmy lace. Another bit of pa
per should be placed over it, and then
it should be laid away with something
heavy upon it to press out all the lines
and creases. After two or three days
it will be perfectly cleansed, and a
gentle little shake will scatter the pow
der, and the delicate threads will come
forth as fresh and clean as when first
xVOVRn
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MoLEskINs FOR MOTORISTS.

Moleskin has been decidedly fashion,
able of late and is a fur that seems to
specially appeal to the woman auton1o-
bilists, who would probably be delight
ed at the prospect of getting their coats
cheaper next season. The next thing
we shall hear is that moleskin is not
made from n1oles at all, but from the
fur of some other animal or perhaps
only from something that pretends to
be fur. The things that seem to be
what they are not grow more numer-
Gus every day, and some enterprising
editor might really offer prize for the
longest list of articles that are made of
something else than what they seem to
be-
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source one wonders why women do not
make more of a study of these same
men. OF course they do in a way. Some
women know a great many wise things
about the managing of men; but.as
rule they have learned through bitter
experience. Now, in many cases that
bitter experience could have been spared
if only the girl before she was married
had been taught some practical man
lore by her mother or some one equally
in position to do so. L am in favor
also of mans being taught how to man.
age a woman so as to make her life,
and as consequence his own, happy
one, but 1 haven't the time to discuss
that side of the question. Besides, men
do know more than women at all times
in spite of all the proverbs to the con-
trary.
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man who ceases loving woman the
minute he is sure of her affection for
him is not worth thinking about, nor
is he any worthier who has TO be
teased and enticed along like a trout.
But there is a great difference between
the simple, noble love which is not
ashamed to express itself and the serv-
lie love which fetches and carries for a
man and is no love at all really. for it
lowers and weakens the manhood of
it's object.
1 have no sympathy with the selfish
man or woman, and yet if either has a
right to be selfish it is the woman-just
a little selfsh-just enough to give a
man a proper idea of her Importance in
the household, for sometimes man is
apt to forget that and Imagine that his
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Now, why doesn't she do the same
thing? If she is not born with the
sense to do it of her own accord why
doesn't her mother put her up to it?
Why doesn't she find out whether the
man is kind to his mother and sisters,
whether he is fond of children and kind
to animals? If he has a bad temper it
will show itself in spite of all his eff
forts to hide it. If he is mean it will
crop out even in the midst of his gen.
erosity.
Cold blooded and calculating? Not at
all. Why shouldn't a girl be wise ?
And what sense is there in expecting
her to attain wisdom by the act of put
ting on the wedding ring when she has
never had it cultivated in her before?
Given a man with good health a kind
heart and a strong sense of justice and
you have a very fair foundation for
happiness. Good health insures even
ness of disposition and the ability to
work. a kind heart insures generosity
and the love of home and the sense of
justice means that he will work and
struggle for you if you do your share
But the woman on her side must do
something. The greatest faults of the
average woman are quick temper and
narrow mindedness. The narrow mind
edness is often the fault o her mother,
who has not given her the right view of
life. The quick temper arises half the
time from her own selfishness and the
rest of the. time from her lack of wis
dom. If I were an interior decorator /
would place over the threshold of every
newly married couple the following in
elegant but painfully true legend:
There are more flies caught with one
drop of molasses than with gallon of
times necessary when things have gone
very far indeed. but anger never. 1t is
worse than waste of time; it makes
wounds which never heal
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TO CLEAN LACE.
New York.

In this day of lace on everything, the
maid or matron who has it at her
throat at her wrists and on every con-
ceivable part of her gown has indeed
to be a millionaire to keep it fresh and
clean. The most costly and delicate of
laces the wise woman takes to profess
sional lace cleaners when it becomes
discolored or soiled. This, however, is
not necessary with the inexpensive and
coarse laces that adorn everyday cos
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FALSE EYELAsHEs.

You may now get false eyelashes as
well as false hair. Specialists who pro-
vide all manner of artificialities for So
cfety women have added them to their
stock. A delicate set of lashes is at
tached to a scarcely visible strip of fish
skin. A small bottle containing Skin
fluid" completes the outfit. The eye
lashes are for society wear and for
theatrical wear. The lashes last ten
days usually. but twenty with care.
Eyebrows lasting from three to six
months are another speciality.
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Gives ~Women Serious
Advice on the Proper
Method of Handling
Husbands * * *

could live well. Then, too, he was BET
ter looking than most men I knew.
What girl wouldn't fall in love with d
man like that?' And not thought
did she give to his qualities and faults.
Now, what man would marry a girl
on the same ground? Not the right
sort of man who is particular in re-
gard to his wife. He will watch her
every movement whether consciously
or unconsciously; he will note whether
she treats her parents WE'LL whether
she has a bad temper. whether she is
cheerful and bright in spite of obsta-
cles. There has sbeen many a proposal
left unsaid because of a blighting bad
quality a man found out in a girl.
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the help of his father-in-law, shrewd
Eugene Zimmerman, the railroad mag
nate. At any rate, whichever way it
was, the release was achieved by
American money. and his grace of
Manchester is now free. If reports that
from time to time float here across the
water be true the prospect is that his
American wife will make a man of him
yet if she can have a long enough
whack at him.
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FANCY TAILORED SUIT OF FLEcKED zIBELINE.

Consuelo Vanderbilt is not the only
American duchess beloved and honored
of British royalty. The dowager Ouch
ess of Manchester, whose namesake
Consuelo of Marlborough is. was held
in high esteem by Queen Victoria, an
esteem manifested in no less degree by
Alexandra The widowed duchess has
known deep SORROWS, chief of which
was the death of her twin daughters,
one after the other, frail lilies that fad
ed just as they bloomed into maturity.
The latest of the five American OUCH
esses in England is one to be, May Will
son Goelet, who in November becomes
the wife of the Duke of Roxburghe.
This marriage is another illustration of
the famous luck of the Wilson fam
ily." They went to New York city from
the south number of years ago, an as
piring mother with beautiful, accom-
plished daughters who had peculiarly
Fascinating ways with them. One mar
ried the millionaire Ogden Goelet, an
other is the wife of Sir Michael Henry
Herbert, British ambassador at Wash
ington. A third sister, Grace Wilson.
captured or was captured by Cornelius
Vanderbilt, pr, to the undying dis
pleasure of bis father, the elder Corne-
Illus, who died unforgfving. And now
the daughter of Mrs Goelet will be
Duchess of Eoxburghe.
Miss May Goelet is as attractive as
any of the. brilliant Wilson women
who went before her. Princelets and
poverty ridden nobIemen dropped at
her feet in windrows, so to speak, SO
soon as she made her debut in society.
A sensation was caused a year or two
ago by story that a prince of one of
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woman's Frequent Mistake.

When a woman is cursed with lazy
or a selfish husband it is sometimes her
very own fault. The man may have
been merely weak. and her ceaseless
adulation and waiting upon him have
given him a wrong idea of their re-
spectixe positions. A woman's place
is never at a mans feet. and she has
to pay the penalty when she lowers
herself by so doing. Good and kind and
simple and loving she should be; the
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them, but they
are unnatural
and, thank good
ness, rare. The
avera ge m an
has a heart
that can be APP
pealed to and a
sense of the jus
tice of things.
When you con-
slider that nine
Ienths of the
misery women
suffer in this
world is caused
by men and
that a great
deal of the hap
piness and com
fort proc e e d
frnr,n the caDnp
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Using manager of the publicity depart
ment of a leading electrical and illu-
minating company in New York at a
handsome salary.
Miss Grace A Stayt of Chicago has
been chosen dean for women and Miss
Myrtle Sherer of Galva director of ath-
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distinguished members is Princess
Christian, who is practically at the
head of its management.
Mrs. C. NJ. Fiske. a wealthy woman of
Boston, Mass. has presented. Pomona
(CaL) college (coeducationa) with S15,-
900 to be devoted to the endowment of
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the chair of mathematics in that insti-
tuition The gift is the second one made
to Pomona. college by Mrs. Fiske.
IN decision rendered by a referee
under the supreme court of New York
it is held that the fact that wife failed
to disclose immoral conduct before the
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.letics for women at Knox college.
Galesburg. Ill.
Water is so scarce in the Japanese is
land of Oshima that it is the custom for
bride to take a large tub of drinking
water with her to her new home a. o
kind of dowry.
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AL AROUND lie WORLD OF WOMAN.

Elton Jackets and boleros are stin
popular.
The international conference of wo-
men in Dresden, Germany, was pre-
paratory to the quinquennial session of
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the worlds council of women which
win meet in Berlin next year.
The Ladies' Army and Navy club of
London claims to be the largest social
organization in the world. Among its
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marriage does not afford ground for
the annuluel1t of her marriage.
Negligee robes include a bath robe,
dressing gown and a lounging gown
which is not tea gown
Miss Carnnelita Beckwith, a newspa-
per writer AID reporter. is now adver-
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the countries OF
continental Eau
rope had tried
to obtain her
hand through a
m a t rim nia1
agent, to whom
he had prom
Used a large
sum from the
brides money SO
soon as he him
self should get
his fingers upon
it.
The Goelet mill
lions and the
beautiful young
bride were, how
ever, reserved
for the Duke of
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TW HE longer 1 live the more I re-
alize that nine-tenths of the
men are exactly what women
n make them and that if a wom-
an has a hard time of 1t in this
world she has only herself to blame for
It. Men cannot be bullied or driven, but
hey certainly can be led, and they are
FAR less obstinate when you come right
Down to it than women
of course there are some men so per-
verse that nothing can be done with
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Roxburghe Thus one more of the love-
Hest, brightest flowers of womanhood
in this republican country takes herself
and her money across the water to be-
come a permanent citizen of an alien