The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-09

minority in a letter to a local news
paper. said she would go to another
church if she had to take off her hat
In the Old South. Mr.. Van Horn told
her she &c ND go.
Truth IS stranger than fiction, as a
Chicago woman who recently visited
New Orleans found to her pleasure.
Like most pilgrims and strangers from
distant parts, she first wanted to see
French Market, and then she began
a tour of the curio and secondhand
and pawn shops for souvenirs. She
had set her eye on pearls and corals
and jeweled daggers One afternoon
she happened into a shop, dingy dusty
and of delightful promise, and here,
While nosing about, she came upon
broken plate filled with old fashioned
seals. Presently, as she idly picked
them over, she CHANGED upon one for
fob. 1t was peculiarly odd, a beauty
and an antiquity, with a gold ring
heavily carved. ''Ill let you have that
very cheap if you Wanner take it,"
the man said. Its Iocket as well,
an has gotter piece of hair inside.
The ring has got letters cut on it
r. w. W." 'R. w. w. - exclaimed
the woman. 'Why, they're my broth
I ers initials. Well, I'll come in before
go and see about it," she concluded,
and went on her quest for pearls. Fin
ally she wrote to her brother, describ-
ing the ring and he sent back an i'm
mediate reply. Get the ring at all
costs. Mother says it is fathers, and
the hair that of his mother. 1t was
given to him with her blessing when
he was a boy" 1t seems that fifty
three years ago the father had gone
South to Mobile and the seal fob with
its locket had been stolen by a super
stitious darkey, who, discovering the
hair and fearing a possible hoodoo, had
left it in bundle on the doorstep of
the same old shop.
Rich gifts wax poor when givers
prove unkind, but the modern young
woman takes a different view of the
matter and declines to return the gifts
of her unfaithful lover. Time was
when disappointed lovers Of either sex
needed no request for the return of
such pledges of affection as they hap
pened to possess, and the idea of claim
ing the gifts in a court of law would
never have been dreamed of. But an
English young man who was recently
Tilted thought that there was no rea-
son why he should suffer the additional
loss of the presents he had given to the
lady of his heart. The woman de-
clined to relinquish the gifts, and the
man brought suit to reclaim them.
The judge ruled that the personal
property was not returnable but said
that gift Of land which the man had
made to his intended wife must be
restored to him. In some European
countries the laws provide for a re-
turn of gifts when an enga cement Is
broken off, and in this mercenary ags
such enactments might be useful IN
preventing law suits and other COM
plications.
The Passmore Edwards Sailors
Home, which was recently opened in
England by the Princess of Wales. has
an American dining room furnished
through the efforts of Mrs. George
CORVALLIS West and Mrs. Morgan
Richards
In an informal discussion Of domestic
economics recently some one showed
more or less accurate statistics to SUD
port her statement that one third of all
the food prepared in homes was wasted
through the careleSSness of the SER
wants. Then why" suggested some
body else, would it not be a good
idea to offer cooks the difference be
tween what one is willing to allow for
marketing and what economy and fore
thought on their part make absolutely
necessary, always providing of course.
that the finished product for those who
sit down to the meal shows no differ
ence in quality or quantity There
are horrible possibilities Of hash in
such suggestion" said a third party
10 the discussion, but it seems a stem
IN the right direction, that Of making
the employees work a matter of per
sonal interest, and I intend to test Its
emcacy in my own home this yerv
next week. But don't tell my husbands
Perhaps it won't be necessary" was
the rejoinder.