New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-14

plat .,-is according to an exchange get mar
rfed as easily as pretty ones in France tna' - "
the dowry be sufficient; in support OF winch STATE
meut witness the following little incident OF re-
cent occurrence The girl involved was parucu-
Iarlv plain with elongated nose and reIrea'ins
forehead But the prospective bridegroom piO'
estations CT affection and admiration were NJ
lacking in a1dor nevertheless, for her do"ry "S
aItogetber desirable This was duly dehVereu W
the devoted lover on the eve Of the Wedding ce
r,oD, IN the form of a check The oank On
which this was drawn, however, stoPpeG 80 mar
Rage took place and before the portentouS Sp
bit of paper had been converted Mn bis bomeIy
ThereupOn did the irate husoanq snip fp+b n swear
wife bag and baggage, back 20 neL az ,e from
III, II1tfi the amount Of the check was put INTO
his hand in hard cash
Sir Edwin AruoId's reply TO the question lateIy
sent a number Of well known literary men, MAJ
40 YOU owe to the Bble?' is Of considerable mt
est as coming from the man VINO mas 50 -
tbo+,cauv interpreted the sacred writings OF ot1eF
Peopes His brief ahswer was livery JnfiIs ss
he went on 10 elaborate Il owe ny ny Uv bu1dref
0ther books that could be named IL Is JUss9Iast
Win our IbCo3 Of styie letting alone all that IT
must ever be on the moral ana spHi'uai SUI
-r,.,,-,,ds Of primitive hand looms worked by
,ror are in use in the Philippine Islands. and the
r,o+srfa1s manufactured from the fibre OF plants
and trees are almost infinite IN variety $3.50 $3.50
the crudeness Of the machines available CnieI
the nDreS II ras0E Win IN 4-~'-'0 -
Of the pineapple The pima gauze. made OF the
,f,aa mile snixes alone is delicate as chiuon and
Far more durable. IL seems like fairy tale tnat
q ro- If little brown barbarians should De abe 10
eosbi,r a fabric rivaIlng the finest output OF
F,raneb factories and from nothing but heap OF
pricklv pineapple tops and few rude tools TO
5o this they use only the best leaves. and these.
firmly tied into bundles are placed uhueI heaFy
stones ia the bed of a running stream Aver TWO
thrsz DAYS ~ this treatment they are exposed
piece is CLOSELY inspected 10 make sure taat the
process OF decomposition was thorough. and II u
Was not the leaves are subjected a second time %
fha CDfration The hhrbus threads ere az last
wholly separate from the CeIuloSe ant Agnose par
ti.ies- and cleaned from the sap and gummy sub
stance The whole is then beaten with rude SORT
Of wooden uaIet. EEOOveu on thc races IKE a nut
iuw machine. The threads are Kept moist while
this beating is in progress ana the separate threads
are thus blended into one mass In color these
fbres vary from cream and light gray 20 pure
white After this pineapple cloth Is finished
figures are stamped on IL with blocks. and AFTER
ward worked or embroidered oy hand
Miss Ka:e Augusta Carl. an American artist
living in Paris to paint the portrait OF the En-
press DOWager Of China
According Henry LabOuchere. the English
editor the American woman has made a success
OF her social conquest OF Europe. 'She has that
instinct for the class above which only they have
who belong 10 the class below he says he
thinks that she feels herself always parade
Society end Of her existence. and. since she
has obtained a foothold in England. II has cegen-
Grated from a polite pleasure into profession
She Is tolerant a wife. and she expects tolera-
ZION from her husband But n general ne 49,