Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-16

went out to the kitchen stood over her and
made her do It right.
The coffee likewise proved to be bad. 1t
was muddy and unpalatable, and the mis-
tress proceeded to instruct Verena in the
art of coffee making.
The dinner was a repetition Of the break
fast, except that Mrs. Highmus had to give
an object lesson in preparing beef roast
for the table
At the end of a weeks experience of this
sort she decided to dispense with the serv-
ices of the new GIRL and was about to tell
her so, when Verena entered the sitting
room with an expression of iron resolution
on her face.
Mrs 'Ighmus," she said 'Tve made up
me mind can't work fur no 81 a week any
more. You'll pay me So or I'll quit
You WILL will your" gasped her mistress.
I'D like to know how you think you can
earn So a week."
Il have to do too much work at meal time,
ma am. Chicago Tribune.
An incident in the career of Katharine
Berechkovsky, the Russian revolutionist.
who recently visited New York. is related
in the Outlook by Ernest Poole: Daughter
of nobleman and earnest philanthropist:
then revolutionfst. hard-labor convict and
exile for tWenty-three years in Siberia; and
now heroic old woman of siXty-one,- she
has plunged again into the dangerous strug-
gle for freedom" he says.
To quote her own story:
I'VE put on peasant dress, to elude the
police and break down the peasants cring-
ing diStruSt. l dressed in enormous bark
shoes, coarse shirt and drawers, and heavy
cloak. l used acid on my face and hands; l
worked and ate with the peasants; l learned
their speech l Travelled on foot, forging
passports; l lived Illegally.
by night did my organizing. You de-
sire a picture? y low room with mud floor
and walls. Rafters just over your head, and
still higher, thatch The room was packed
with men, women and children. Two big
fellows sat up on the high brick stove, with
their dangling feet knocking occasional APP
plause. These people had been gathered by
my hoSt-a brave peasant whom / picked
out-and he in turn had chosen only those
whom Siberia could not terrify. When re-
called their foggings; when | pointed to
those who were crippled for life; to women
whose husbands died under the lash-then
men would cry out so fiercely that the three
or four cattle in the next room would bel
low and have to be quoted. Then l told
them they themselves were to blame. They
had only the most wretched strips of land.
To be free and live the people must own the
land! From my cloak l would bring a book
Of fables written to teach our principles and
stir the love of freedom. And then far into
the night the freight showed Il circle of
great broad faces and dilated eyes, staring
with all the reverence every peasant has for
that mysterious thing-a book.
These books, twice as effective as oral
work, We're printed in secrecy at heavy eX
pense. But many of US had libraries, jewels,
costly gowns and furs to sell; and new re-
cruits kept adding to our fund. We had no
personal expenses.
The brocade tea gowns are perhaps the
most practical of any, for the brocades can
be bought at quite reasonable prices, and
very little trimming is required for them
At the same time these brocade gowns are
very effective. The light colors are excel
lent, and black is always good. A front of
white lace or of black lace over white is the
most practical for this purpose.-Harper's
Bazaar
Mamma, l don't believe in early mar
riages; for after you're married, there's
nothing left to look forward to but DEATH"
Life.
Washing window curtains in winter can
be easily accomplished by rubbing them in
dry cornmeal and then allowing them to
hang a little while in brisk wind.-Pil-
grim.