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Evening star., 1905-10-29
CHAPTER xxi.
How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the
Rose De Guienne.


Mon Dleu! Alleyne, saw you ever so
lovely a face?" cried Ford. as they hurried
along together. 80 pure. so peaceful and
so beautiful"
'In sooth, yes And the hue of the skin
the most perfect ever 1 saw. Marked you
also how the hair curled round the brow?
II was wonder fine"
.Those eyes too.' cried Ford. How
clear and how tender-simple. and yet so
full Of thought
'If there was a weakness, it was in the
chin" said Alleyne.
NAY, | saw none"
at was well curved, 1t is true
Most daintily so.
"And yet"
what then. Alleyne? wouldst find flaw
In the sum-
well. bethink YOU Ford, would not more
power and expression have been put INTO
the face by long and noble beard?'
Holy Virgn!"- cried Ford, the man is
mad. beard on the face of little Tita!'
rita! Who spoke of Tita7'
"Who spoke OF aught else?'
ut the picture of St. Remi, man, or
which | have been discoursing."
"YOu are indeed" cried Ford. laughing.
"a Goth, Hun and Vandal, with all the
other hard names which the old man called
us. How could you think so much of
smear of pigments when there was such a
picture painted by the good God himself in
the very room with you? But who is thtsY'
"If II please you, sir said an archer,
running across to them, "Aylward and
others would be right glad TO see you.
They are within here lie bid me say to
you that the Lord Loring Will not need
your service tonight, as he sleeps with the
Lord Chandos."
''By my faith"' said Ford. 1--WE do not
need guide TO lead us TO their presence" !"
As he spoke there came roar of singing
from the tavern upon the right, with shouts
of laughter and stamping of feet. Passing
under low door and down a stone-hagged
passage, they found themselves in a long,
narrow hall lighted up by pair of blazing
torches, one at either end. Trusses OF
straw had been thrown down along the
walls. and reclining on them were some
twenty or thirty archers. all of the COM
pany. their steel caps and Jacks thrown
off, their tunics open and their great limbs
sprawling upon the clay floor. At every
mans elbow stood his leathern black Jack
of beer, while al the further end hogshead
with It's end knocked in promised abun-
dant supply for the future. Behind the
hogshead. on a half circle of kegs, boxes
and rude settles, sat Aylward John, Black
Simon and three or four other leading men
of the archers, together with Goodwin
HawtayDe, the master-shipman who had
left his yellow cog In the river to have a
last rouse with his friends of the company.
Ford and Alleyne took their seats between
Aylward and Black Simon, without their
entrance in any degree checking the hub
bub which was going on.
Ale, mes camarades?" cried the bowman
"or shall it be wineg Nay. but " mus,
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GRAND DUCHESS sEReIUs.


Noted for Her Beauty and Talents
Strongly Resembles the czarina.
Elizabeth Feodorovna, the Grand
Duchess Sergius of Russia, who was
widowed by the bomb of an assassin,
is said to be one of the most beauti
full and brilliant women in Europe.
She is the elder sister of the Czarina
and the daughter of the gifted Prin.
cess Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt, who
was considered the most brilliant of
all of the late Queen Victoria'S
daughters. She is therefore the
granddaughter of the late Queen.
The grand duchess is described az
possessing delicate, high bred fea
lures, beautiful physique and o re-
gal presence. Her resemblance to
her sister, tie Czarina, Is marked.
The grand duchess was born at
Darmstadt on November 1, 1864, and
is therefore about forty years old.
She was only twenty when she was
married.
Although both the little German
princesses made such grand mar.
riages, neither has had what the
average American woman would re-
gard as a happy, domestic life. The
Grand Duke Sergius, it is said, was
not above treating his wife with the
greatest harshness, even to the point
of beating her. Indeed, the strong
opposition of Queen Victoria to the
marriage of the Czarina to the Gear
is said to have been based on the
brutality with which the Cars uncle,
the Grand Duke Sergius, had treated
his wife.
AS the wife Of a grand duke, the
uncle of the Gear and the Governor
General of Moscow, the salon Of the
grand duchess has been one Of the
most distinguished in Europe. For.
eign artists, actors and singers Of
celebrity have been always welcome,
and private theatricals, generally for
some charitable object, have been
given frequently, and have formed
leading feature in the Moscow sea-
son.
The duchess adds to her other &C.
complishments that of being clever
amateur actress, and persons quail
fed to judge who have seen her act
say that, had she been born simple
maiden in the middle or poorer walks
of life, instead of princess, she
would have won fame and fortune on
the stage.
The grand duchess has no children
Of her own hut she and her husband
had adopted two children, of his
brother Paul, who was banished on &C
count of his morganatic marriage.
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4 Quaint Fellow.

or Uncle Ned, he's crank, it is
said;
He never sakes notice, but jes' goes
ahead.
The boys they throw snowballs, an
jeer at his clothes,
But OF Uncle Ned unconcernedly
goes,
Singin' song
An jogging along.
He says harsh word never lessons
his joys,
It doesn't hurt him and amuses the
boys.
Besides, he never hears anything
that they say.
He's busily occupied, day after day,
Singin' song
An joggin' along.
ae says that he's sorry fur folks that
must gain
Their fun by an effort to give others
pain,
It's SO easy to wound an SO hard for
to heal
He reckons he really gains good
deal
BY jes' singin' song
An jogging along.
Washington Star.
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An Automatic Calculator.

To the housewife with poor head
for figures and the jaded business
man who has much adding up to do.
a new invention from Germany, soon
to be placed on the British market
should prove great boon, says the
London Express.
The invention is an adding machine
made of steel and aluminium. 1t IS
about six inches long. and can be
carried in its neat leather case in the
breast pocket.
There is keyboard of nine figures.
and an extra spring to register the
tens and hundreds. Long columns
can be added up merely by pressing
the keys, and the result is shown on
small dial. The machine VIZ add
up 70 an unlimited amount
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pEApHEAD TIMBER.
Recovered Millions Of Feet Of 1t from
River Bottoms.

River Bottoms.
The Menominee River, which for
half q century has been one of the
most noted logging streams in all
Michigan, is being forced to give up
some of the wealth that has been con.
cealed beneath its waters. Dead
head" timber representing much
money, says Norway (Mich.) dis
patch, has been taken from the river
SO far this season. Crews of men
have been operating through the ice
between the first and second dams
near the mouth of the stream since
the beginning of the winter, hauling
out sunken logs and piling them up
along the bank to dry. The men have
already recovered fully 100000 feet
of timber in this manner, and before
the breakup in the spring the
amount will be heavily added to.
How many million feet of logs lie
impossible to estimate; yet for the
past fifty years timber has been float
ing down the Menominee and always
certain percentage of it has become
watersoaked and sunk. until there Is
practically no limit to the amount
that will steadily be raised from now
on.
The "deadheads" are we'll preserv-
ed and are really worth more now
than when they disappeared beneath
the waters, a poor quality of lumber
today commanding better price
than did the best product years ago.
At the height Of its record as driv-
ing stream, more than 700,00O,0o0
feet of logs were fioated down the Me-
nominee in single season, and the
amount has ranged down to probably
50,000,000. 1t is roughly estimated
that enough sunken timber can be
recovered to keep a saw mill in
operation continually for years -
come.
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RECIPES.

Brown Betty-Pound fine stale
bread and slice fine a sufficient guam
tity of tart apples to fill baking
dish of the size desired. Put at the
bottom thin layer of bread crumbs.
dot over this layer generously with
bits of butter, then layer OF slicecs
Of apple butter, then thick layer
of slices of apple sprinkled with Gin
namon and sugar, then a layer OF
bread crumbs with the butter, an
other layer of apples with sugar and
cinnamon, continuing alternately I'M
til the dish is filled to within an inch
or two of the top, the last layer being
composed of the crumbs and butter.
Scant the layers of bread crumbs as
they swell with the moisture. II the
apples are not extremely juicy pour a
little milk or water over the whole in
order to moisten well. Bake an hour
in a slow oven.
Heirloom Indian Pudding.-fhiS Is
Il survival of the fittest, as it has
been in use for more than fifty years,
holding its place in spite of the COM
petition of more modern dishes and
always welcomed. Two tablespoon
cornmeal, one cup milk, boil the milk
and pour in the meal, then add one
half cup molasses, one pinch salt, one
quart milk (cold), one heaping table
spoon butter dotted owe the top in
bits. Bake three hours in moderate
oven.
Pudding Sauce.-This is excellent
for either Brown Betty" or the am
herst pudding" Beat the yolks of
two eggs and one cup sugar together
until light, add one-half gill boiling
milk. Let this simmer, but not boil.
When it has thicKened a little re-
move from the fire. and when cool
flavor with any essence preferred.
Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff
froth, and add them to the sauce just
before it is sent to the table.
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the same tone. why, Madge, my
darling!"-as he sees the hot blood
fame up to her brow again-"you
can't think that those words-you
can't doubt they were meant for you.
and meant for you because 1 love
you, and have always loved you. bet
ter than my life?"
He has drawn her closer to him
now, the brown head, with the rusty
black bonnet falling from it, lying on
his shoulder.
He knows that he has his hous
keeper engaged-New York News.
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LATEST wHIMs.

The girl who puts on style on
nothing a year" makes her own small
trappings to this day, however; and
she it is, if she has the faculty, who
comes off with the most freakish
novelties and often the most capti-
waiting ones, says the Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The Embroidered veil is the latest
craze with girls who look upon auto
MODELLING and all that goes with it as
the choicest gift of the gods, and
who ape the bundling effects of the
horseless riding apparel. When the
fur matches the veil exactly in color,
the result is now and then tolerable,
but when a different shade is used a
most unbecoming effect is produced
Another within of the minute is the
outlining of coarse lace patterns with
fine chenille for blouses. A pretty
finish is sometimes given such waists
by the addition of velvet collars and
cuffs the shade of the chenille. Girls
with limited incomes make many of
their own shirtwaists and fancy
blouses, and by this means get pretty
Individual touches, that even made
to order" ones often sorely lack.
Lace collars and cuffs, embroidered
in pompadour ribbon work, with tiny
blossoms and posies, are regarded
with favor. They are often worn
with kid belts similarly embroidered.
such belts are sometimes furnished
with ribbon flower buckles.
Petticoats worn with thin evening
gowns are often made with pillows
of shade chiffon friils. A SKIRT of
this kind had the deep top fiounce
appliqued with black chiffon velvet
cherries.
The leather collar and cuff sets are
at their best with the corduroy shirt
waists of severe cut and finish. which
are in high favor for morning use
this winter. Linen and silk stocks
and ties embroidered with dots and
rings are very much used with tailor
made shirtwaists. A new arrival in
this line has two pert little bows and
long plated ends. which reach half
the length of the waist.
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ovERHEATED HOUSES.

The commission which has been
trying to ascertain the causes for the
prevalence of pneumonia in New
York is inclined to think that the
overheating of dwellings is respon-
sible for many cases of the disease.
1t is a significant fact that a very
large percentage of the deaths from
pneumonia in the greater city last
month occurred among people who
lived in luxuriously warm apartment
houses. Undoubtedly, the modern
tendency to pass day and night in
warm, unwentilated rooms Is, respon-
sible for much disease, for it reduces
ones vitality that, when he does go
out into the cold. his powers Of re-
sistance are weakened and the shock
of the sudden change of temperature
often proves too much for him.
DIR. Dudley A. Sargent, of Harvard
University, estimates that 40 per
cent of the total mortality in the
United States is caused by breath
ing impure air. The overheating OF
house almost always involves a
lack of proper ventilation, and, even
If this were not true, too much heat
is more injurious to health than too
little. The best temperature for
houses in winter is between 60 and
70 degrees, and at all times there
should be some inlet for fresh air.
Ohio State Journal.
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ks 1M5yRza 1x, &K
.E3 SMST3cS yHE
SYSTEM IN HOUSEKEEPING.


One of the first things for the wom-
an struggling for system to do is to
try to get the work of her house in
perspective. This is no. easy. 1t is
truism that women are lacking IN
sense of proportion, and Is it not
simple matter for one of them to
get herself mentally far enough from
her work to decide the relative i'm.
portance of each item. But she must
do it if she is to develop her system
of work in the right way. She should
mentally range her duties in order
and divide them into what must be
done and what may be if circum-
stances permit. The first list will be
long enough, but the second will ex.
coed it. The chief trouble with
housekeepers is that they get the
items of the two lists mingled and
onfused.-Harper's Bazaar.
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CROCHET WORK AGAIN IN

After a long session OF convent en-
broidery, Oriental laces, handwork
from Japan and India, Mexican
drawnvork, we are back again to the
simplest, most old-fashioned crochet
work for all sorts Of pretty indoor
matinee garments. And in old-fash-
toned colors, too, if you please, rose
pink, sky-blue, lemon-yellow, violet,
sea-green and ivory are the popular
tints in crochet work for 1905. Many
of the garments are silk-lined in sort
cream silk with broche or Dresden
designs in delicate hues to match or
contrast nicely. Or plain tinted silks
are used and the garment bound with
Dresden or pompadour liberty rib
bons. In fact nearly all the prettiest
articles are bound with wash ribbon
in lovely colors, plain or figured.
The liberty wash satin ribbon is dur
able and holds its color well and the
corded wash taffeta has also repu-
tation for fair dealing.
There is hardly any out of conven-
lent morning or bedroom saque OF
wrap that is not crocheted to fit most
neatly. The ,saques are usually ia
tended to wear over silk blouses or
cotton shirtwaists or over night
dress for an invalid's comfort Of a
chilly day.
None of the newest garments have
collars or cuffs, The sleeves are al
ways loose, either the wide coat
sleeve, or a flowing sleeve. 1t must
always be remembered how difficult
crochet sleeve is to get on and on
and plenty of space should be allow
ed.
Women who are really experts IN
the use of crochet or knitting needles
often hesitate about the making OF
such gift, thinking it will only be
ruined the first time it is sent to the
laundry. The dark colors will OF
course stand long wear; but light
woods and any woods worn for sports
must occasionally be thoroughly wash
ed.
If light or bright hues are to be
cleaned let them soak few min
in cold borax water, about tea
spoonful of powder to two quarts OF
water. Then put them directly into
a tub of suds made with shaved
CASTLE soap, borax and hot water.
Never boil, or rub with soap, or let
stand in hot water more than five
minutes, or put through wringer.
Rub lightly through the hands,
rinse in warm borax water and then
in clear cold water. Wiring as dry
as possible in the hands, then, clap
for a few minutes, and carefully pull
into shape. Let drip dry out of doors
unless it is freezing cold. When
nearly dry take OFF the line and again
shake. Pull the neck up and down,
the sleeves out, the fronts straight
and the garment will look like new.
But if you let it dry according to its
own wind-blown fancy you will have
a useless garment on your hands
Mary Annabelle Fenton.
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TO BONE A CHICKEN.

This delicate preparation of a
chicken will reward the housekeep.
er: Bone a fat chicken and put it
on a table with the fileus, cut off the
breasts of two other fowls; cut large
Sits in them all, and place pieces OF
pork cut into thin strips into the
cuts. Chop into slices a quart OF
truffles, and put them where they
will show in the white meat when it
is cut; sprinkle well with pepper.
salt and powdered thyme, and a lit
tie finely grated nutmeg, and put the
pieces of breast in the thinnest part
of the fowl, draw the two sides to-
gether, sew them up into shapes as
near the original as possible. wrap
the fowl in cloth, tie &c round with
string, and boil it in sailed broth
for two hours. Take it out, put it
into mould with weight on top,
and let it cool. When perfectly cold,
remove the string and cloth, put it
on dish and cut it up slices, or you
may put it into mould and fill it up
with aspic jelly, or mask it with
liquified butter. At all events, the
result will be delicious.
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PROPERLY APPOINTED DINING
ROOM.

The dining room should be as
light. bright and attractive as posi-
BILE. and every member Of the family
should endeavor to lay aside indivi-
dual vexation or trials before COM
Ing to the table. and unite to make
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DINING ROOM BRIC-A-BRAc.


In the dining room nothing is more
beautiful for the plate rail and side
board than pieces of old china in
blue and white and green and white.
Most interesting color effects can be
obtained with friezes of this kind.
Combined with collections of pewter
porringers and tankards. brass cof-
fee jugs and pitcher. the effect is ex-
tremely decorative if care is taken
in the selection of the background
color. Other inexpensive but effective
pieces of purely decorative bric-a-
brac are plaster casts. If well made.
exact reproductions, they are very
satisfactory in soft ivory tints. There
is a great difference in them, and the
cheap, poorly made cast is worse than
Bazaar.
FASHION HINTS.
The Gainsborough, or picture hat,
looks its best over young faces and
floating hair. Indeed, the original
Gainsborough hat came into fashion
when women wore their hair in ring
let's, and few modern coiffures are
adapted to it.
China silk, embroidered with shirt.
waist design in wash silk, makes
mighty pretty blouses, which are
more serviceable than any other kind
of white silk waists, because they
can be washed and washed.
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A KIowA BALL DRESS.

L. c. Reisner, of Lancaster, Penn
sylvania, is the owner Of an Indian
womanS buckskin dress trimmed
with elk teeth, which is believed to
be one of the most valuable garments
of this sort now in existence. Over
1900 elk tusks cover this squaw
dress, and most of them are good
specimens. They represent, of
course, the death Of not less than
$50 bull elks. 1t is not known where
all the elk were obtained. The gar
ment was finished in 1874, and was
used as a state robe for the wife of
Little Boy, chief of the Kiowa tribe.
1t became one of the state robes of
that people, and after the death Of
the chiefs wife, was worn by Kiowa
Anna, reigning belle of the tribe. It
was lost by the Kiowas in skirmish
with another tribe. Chief Lone Wolf,
its next owner. gave it to his niece,
Ida. Lone Wolf, who sold it three
years ago to an Indian collector, who
in turn sold it to Mr.. Reisner. There
is perhaps no ball dress of white
woman which has more value than
this savage woman's robe, come
down from another day.-Field and
Stream.
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Almost the entire commercial
wealth of India, with its population
of 100000, 900, is said to be in the
hands of less than 10000 persons.
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Nearly one-fifth of the students ar
Swiss universities are women.
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tH6 breaking OIL DreaQ together mol
| only a source of physical refresh.
ments, but an hour of mutual pleas
ure and improvements. The plainest
room may thus be made attractive
and the homeliest fare appetizing.
All the appointments of the room and
the table should possess the beauty
Of neatness and the grace Of appro
priateness.
Let the table be the center Of at
traction. A round table five to seven
feet in diameter is best adapted to
conversational purposes, but the ex
tension table, four feet wide and
reaching any length desired, meets
all requirements. An undercloth OF
white cotton plush, double faced cot,
ton flannel, or a silence cloth of ma.
terial manufactured expressly for
this purpose should cover the table
to protect the polish of the wood and
improve the appearance of the linen
The style of elaborate decoration
is ever changing, but family perfum.
ed or rare flowers, ferns, delicate
vines, tinted leaves and fruit are al.
ways in good form, and delicate
china, silver and glass add their own
beauty if good taste presides over all.
In some families a charming custom
prevails of placing flower daily be-
side the plate of the mistress if 1t
Ks difficult to obtain more for the
table. The linen should be as heavy
and fine as circumstances permit.
Fine drawn work doilies, towels with
drawn work on lace borders, hem
stitched centerpieces, with napkins
and cloth woven in beautiful designs,
increase the attractiveness of the
table, which should not be burden
ed with dishes.-Newark Advertiser
Character and clothes have much
to do with each other. The over.
dressed woman is the self-conscious
woman, the woman i'll at ease, and
she is also the individual who is fear
full lest her garments will not excel
those of her neighbors and friends.
She who inclines toward appropriate
clothes Is very apt to be the one
whose sense of the fitness of things
carries into every detail of her life
quietness and repose. The children
of these women are also very likely
to take considerably after their par.
ents and those of the former who
have been accustomed to laces and
finery since their birth will look upon
those who do not ENJOY good gar
ments as common" or poor.
The mother who dresses her child
in fine but simple garments is devel
oping the better traits. Even for the
purse that can afford it, real lace is
not in keeping with the frocks Of
child. Rather have the material fine
and the design simple and allow the
child mature to develop instead of
making her vain woman before it
is time.-Newark Advertiser.