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should lead all the rest and with all this
paraphernalia there are but few who reach
the highest peaks. Some succeed by sheer
wealth.. others by appearing to be more
"moneyed' than they really are and others
again by making themselves useful to the
very exalted.
However attained. the peaks Of society
are becoming as vulgariZed those of
Switzerland. Cheap tours and funicular
railways. which have done so much to dis
figure the country mentioned. have their
counterpart IN the social Alps.
To the credit of the persevering climber,
though, II must be said that climbing I'M
doubleday adds a tremendous zest to her
He. For the greatest factor OF happiness
is the possession of hobby, and when the
hobby is social advancement boredom is
rarely to be found. The dullest tea" and
the prosiest dinner party are joyfuliy at
tended provided they hold the possibility Of
being stepping stones to other and more
exalted invitations And to have her name
appear next morning In the Figaro among
a list of society leaders Is indeed to have
reached the climax.
1t is not generally known, but to become
a patroness of one of the exclusive dress
making establishments here in Paris Is al
most difficult as figuring in the same
capacity a fashionab bic charity list with
smart "sassiety.' And in the former case
the applicants bank account is not at first
an open sesame. Monsieur. before he con-
descends to show even an up-to-date cos
tune to new client, must have all kinds
of good references. and while displaying
his old model will ask in honeyed tones
whether madame is friend of the Ouch
esse de X" and succeed in finding out her
bankers name and other little items. Part
Of this embarrassing cross examination has
been made necessary from the underhand
tricks played upon the trade by their fell
low artists, who stoop to all sorts Of mean
subterfuges to steal a sartorial idea. So,
you see, the woman with money alone can
not come to the gay capital with the no.
ton OF taking home gowns signed by celeb
rifles unless properly presented" But she
can get mighty stunning frocks with all
the ear marks of greatness about them.
And this summer she will have to pur-
chase many shoes as gowns, for foot
gear must match the costume with which
1t Is worn, except in the case of evening
shoes. when they are selected with an idea
OF contrast In tint. Red shoes, however,
which had quite a vogue last summer, are
this year only permissible at the seashore.
and then can only be worn with a white
frock. But violet. lilac, bronze and green
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foliage. The crowns of the hats were wide.
fat puffings of white lace and the lace
also showed under the brfm by the roses.
At the left of these lace crowns were sprays
of the roses. Each girl carried an armfui
of pink roses.
Mrs. Burke Roche, the mother Of the
bride, was In mauve chiffon. Princess
robe, shirred and tucked to Mt and having
a stock and round yoke of white lace The
body of the chiffon robe extend I'd up over
the yoke IN points. The skirt had medal
lions of lace, also mAuve. set in around the
bottom. The elbow sleeves were of ohiffon,
finished with lace.
Mrs. Roche wore a large round bat OF
mauve Neapolitan, raised at the left. The
crown was encircled by folds of nauve lib
erty satin ribbon. and from a chou Of this
at the left g. superb mauve bir1-Of paradise
aigrette floated back.
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, the aunt CT the
bride, was in cream-colored batste The
trailing skirt had an Immensely wide band,
some eighteen inches in breadth, set in
around It, and the bodice had /; narrower
one to match. Her hat was a small cne OF
an odd dull shade of blue, trimmed with
ostrich tips of the same shade. set closely
together.
Mrs. @. H. P. Belmont wore beautiful
Dutch blue foulard silk. figured in an old
Japanese design in white and having O
front. of plain white silk. The sleeves, at
a glance, seemed to be OF elbow length,
with white lace and silk Her smart little
Partisan hat white straw, trimmed at
the left side with cluster of white and of
black ostrich tips 1t had its bandeau and
short cachepeigne of brown tulle.
Mrs. James A. Burden jr., wore prin-
cess rope of pale blue liberty satin, partially
yelled by long. square-ended, loose panels
OF cream white silk lace, showing crystal
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Pews for Old Maids.
From the sprIngieId Union.

FROM the Springfield Union.
Around three sides about on a level with
tho pulpit in the old meeting house at Hat
field extended the galleries. reached by
staircases on the northeast and southeast
corners, where in the front seats sat the
singers. trebles on the north and BASES on
the south. and counters and tenors on the
east. The next two rows of seats were &C.
cupied by children. girls In the north and
boys in the south. and frolicsome young
sters they were. II we may Judge by the
frequency with which the town was obliged
to renew the brass tips to the slaves of the
tithing men, three of whom were always on
duty TO keep the youth from disorder.
Behind the children and still higher. In
square pews against the wall. sat the young
men and maidens. the latter on the north
and the former on the south. One gallery
pew was reserved for colored men and one
high square pew over the north stairway
assigned to old maids. and a similar
pew over the south stairs 10 old bachelors.
Just how many years these two classes had
to number before they were promoted from
the lower seats in the synagogue the rec
ords do not state, but that they sat Ia
those exalted seats Samuel Dwight Part
ridge. to whom we are indebted for the de-
scription OF the old meeting house. assures
us is beyond question. The square pews on
the floor were assigned to householders, ae-
cordtns TO wealth and social position.
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poisons out of the rest of the body. The
Kidneys, skin and lungs are open doors to
let the poisons escape from the body. When
there come such a food upon the liver 1t
cannot keep the door shut 1t is forced open
a little way and let's the poison through into
the blood
Then the blood Is not purified the impu-
rifles go through and the body becomes
filled with them. The brain becomes coz
fused. dull. stupid. and the man feels bill
iouS; the poison gets into the muscles, and
he feels weary and worn out; they get into
the nerves. and he has sciatica or lumbago;
the nerve centers get irritable and ineff-
Client and there Is nervous exhaustion and
perhaps melancholia.
All the food taken into the stomach is
filtered by the liver before Ii is absorbed
That Is why one can with apparent i'm
punity. take such things as tea coffee
whisky. beer tobacco. etc All these i'm
purities are passed through the liver before
they get into general circulation. II they
should go straight TO the brain the drinker
would fall dead shortly after taking his
glass, of whisky.
When the liver is plump and healthy
full of glycogen made from the blood IL has
a wonderful faculty of destroying polsons.
but starved liver cannot do this That Is
why glass OF whisky taken before Break
FAST does a man twice as much harm as IL
taken after breakfast.
A dose of medicine taken on an empty
saomach Is much more powerful in its eff
fects than a similar dose taken when the
stomach is full. for the reason that full
stomach furnishes the liver with material
which 1t makes use OF to fight poisons
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beads here and there. She wore q narrow
collar of diamonds, set in opsnwork pattern
with pearls.
Mrs. James A. Burden, ST., mother OF the
bridegroom, was 10 gray chiffon cloth,
trimmed with embroidery, too elaborate In
dstaii TO be caught at glance, Her dull
green hat, rolled at the sides, was trimmed
with brighter but pale green ostrich tips,
and she wore a wonderful string OF pearls,
Miss Louise Dali Aldrich, daughter Of
Mr., and Mira. Spencer Aldrfch, who mar
ned William Christen Meissner on Thurs
day, wore q long-trained, white satin robe,
q perfectly clese-fittiug princess, fastened
up the back. There was deep yoke Of old
point lace that has been In the family for
three generations The bertha OF the lace
below the yoke that Crossed in the front
and covered the entire front Of the bodice
dropped a bit below the waist line In hchu
effect, Trails OF orange blossoms were
fastened to the left shoulder and trailed
over the front In the lace. with smaller
trail over the back. The small. puffed
elbow sleeves were of white tulle.
The skirt was plain. save in the center
front at the bottom, whore 1t was slashed
and hung loosely over a pointed panel Of
shirred tuile. From this panel q full box
ruching of the tulio, four inches wide. went
around the sides of the skirt to the train.
At the right side OF this panel long spray
OF orange blossoms was caught.
The long tulle veil was ruched across the
top of the head. The face veil came only
a little below the face. A half wreath of
orange blossoms went across the top of
the ven and dropped slightly at the left
side, and on tho right long spray went
nearly to the neck.
Her bouquet was q large one of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
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spes,sl Correspondence Of The ssar.

NEW YORK. June %. 1905.
THE June weddings In and out OF
town have brought out summer
hats OF all sorts in bewildering
III variety. Difficult indeed to please
must be the maid or woman who
cannot dress her head in some sort Of
chapeau pleasing to herself as well as
others. Yet despite this variety many
women seem TO delight IN making them
selves hideous by donning all sorts and
conditions of freak creations.
There are hats of all sizes, OF all colors
OF all combinations of colors. and in all
sorts OF materials. Hats simple. hats e,ab-
crate hats a happy compromise between
extremes; yet who does not know that
impossible she who goes out in hat
decade too young and not suited to set off
any face. much less her own?
Many leghorn hats show the tops of the
crowns entirely of flowers, sometimes
mixture. and often trimmed about the
crown and under the brlm with contrast
Ing flowers. These hats have little if any
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and wreath OF tiny pink roses mixed with
moss went around the base of the crown
and rested partially on the brim. There
also some blue velvet ribbon on the
bandeau.
The gown of Miss Florence Adele Kelley.
now Mrs. Amedee Vale Reyburn, was
white satin princess and the beautiful
three-cornered point lace shawl was so ar
ranged as to cover the front, both bodlce
and skirt like piastren; this went around
the sides and slanted up toward the waist
line, so that practically the entire front and
sides were draped, the back being plain.
Her veil was a very full one of Iuile, and
was gathered back of the high dark r,ompa-
dour. The guimpe of point lace, form
ing deep V, and the sleeves were puns
of lace and satin with lace rrills.
Miss Cynthia Burke Roche, now Mrs.
Arthur Scott Burden. and who had one of
the largest and most fashionable OF New
York weddings at Grace Church. were
white satin gown very simply made. Her
veil. superb and very long scarf OF rare
to the end of her long train. and. as she Is
close to six feet in height, one may imagine
its length.
The top of the robe was practically point
lace. The deep pointed yoke, the fichulike
arrangement of the point lace Eertha, and
each elbow sleeve formed of three Point
lace ruffies left little use for satin in the
bodice save as a wholly concealed rauuda-
ton. The robe was a one piece affair, but
the skirt was gathered quite full ABOUT the
waist line across the front, and over the
sides, which as the bride Is very thin and
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is seen. Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt. at the
wedding OF Miss Cynthia Roche and Arthur
Scott Burden. showed an example 1t top
ped rnauve wolfe gown. was a round hat,
or almost round. rolled at the left, having
very wide. low crown and narrow brin1.
1t was mauve Neapolitan, and the crown
was wreathed with mauye roses shading
to deep heiiotrope. At the left side were
loops of ribbon standing up and under
the brim were soft chous of It; the ribbon
was pale pink, pale blue, and pale mauve
in shades that blended beautifully.
Mrs. Arthur Iselin. Col Jays daughter.
who wore cherry coIored wolfe frock with
an Irish point lace yoke. had on a rather
large round black hat on the sailor order
with a sum black aigrette running toward
the back. The hat was tilted only the least
bit over her piQuante face
The round hat worn by Miss Helen Hud-
son Aldrich at the marriage of her sister.
Miss Aldrich. to Mr.. Meissner was a Gre
alton we'll suited to q young girl. 1t was
perfectly round, the crown was low and
round. The brim had the outer rim given
the suggestion of a roll. It was cream
colored straw. and the brfm was bound
with pale blue velvet that faced 1t to a
depth of an inch and d quarter. Narrow
pale blue velvet ribbon was tied around
the crown with small bow at one side,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
The Cutting Of Canoes.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Canoes are cut from the stones onyx and
sarfonyx. which are said to be so plentiful
on the Uruguay river In Brazil that ships
often carry them away as ballast. Never
theless. perfect pieces Of large size are
costly. A piece suitable for a large portal
costs about $7o.
This stone is preferred for canoes because
of It's hardness and durability and Is suita-
BILE for such work owing to the fact that 1t
comes in layers Of contrasting colors as
black and white, black and cream or red
and white. When the cut figure is sunk into
the stone instead OF being raised the cutting
is called an intaglio.
The cost of these gems Is due to the time
and skill required In the work. Formerly q
small gem might occupy an artist for year
or more. but with modern appliances the
work can be done more rapidly Still the
ancient work bears the palm for artistic
excellence.
The cutting is now done by holding the
stone against revolving drill, whose soft
steel face Is covered with diamond dust No
steel Is hard enough to cut the stone The
utmost patience and caution and delicate
handling are required as the slightest slip
may spoil the work.
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COURAGE IN MAN AND WOMAN.
Stories Showing How Two Persons
Faced Great Peril.
From the Strand Magazine

from the strand Magazine.
Women display courage in their OWN in
comparable fashion. Typical of womans
method of encountering danger is the story
of the woman who observed as she was
concluding her toilet for the night the
presence of a burglar under her bed With
out letting the man know that she had
perceived him, this woman quietly put on
her dressing gown and knelt down at the
bedside TO say her prayers. She prayed
aloud. She made her own personal inter
cessions to heaven and then prayed for all
poor sinners living In the darkness of es-
arrangement from God, particularly this
unhappy man lying under my bed medi-
tating the wickedness of stealing and nor
haps murder This woman saved the sit
uation.
cannot imagine a worse situation than
that OF a certain steeplejack who found
himself one day at the ton of a chIrc,
steeple with a mailman grinnng into his
eyes The mailman was his mate Both
men had been at work on this steepIe for
many days and had talked together while
they hung IN the saddles with the utmost
accord, but on this particular day one of
the men looked up to see madness in the
eyes OF his companion. In that moment he
was alone with danger. No shout could
avail. From the street below he looked like
spider snoozing in its web. The roofs and
chimneys of the houses seemed TO be level
with the ground. High up in the loneliness
OF the empty air ne was alone with a mad
man.
The man kept his wits about him. and ad-
dressed some cheerful remark to his mate.
The mailman only grinned. The man babe
him look alive. that they might the sooner
get below and enjoy themselves. The mad
man chuckled and announced that they
would get below in double quick time, for
that he was going to jump from the steeple
with his friend In his arms
The other laughed II at a good jest,
and turned to his work Then he began
pushing with his feet against the steeple TO
get swing into his saddle: he meant to
grab the mailman and hold him till help
came. But the mailman was also swinging
his saddle, and before the sane man real
ICED his danger the nladmans fingers were
closing round his throat
There they swung In the dizzy air, high
over the unconscious city. BY something
of a miracle the man found his hands
cIutching at his tool box as be swung back.
His hands closed on wrench. He grabbed
1t, made an upward thrust with his stran-
aied body, and caught the mailman jan
Cling blow across the side Of his head
Then he clutched the fellows body to save
II from falling, and. after q moments
breathing, quietly lowered himself and his
mate to the ground below.
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WORK FOR THE LIVER.
Manufacturer, Scavenger, Filter, Life
Preserver and Closed Door.
From Shadows Magazine.


The business of the liver Is to manafac-
ture antidotes for poisons. 1t is a render
ing establishment, to which the little
corpses that accumulate in the body are
carried to be destroyed. just as In cities
dead animals are gathered up by a scav-
enger and converted into useful things.
All the corpuscles of the body die every
six weeks. Every second of our lives some
thing like 100000 OF these red cells have
to be disposed of. and the liver does part
of the work Of grinding them up and work
ing them over into something useful.
The red corpuscles have potash in them,
which is used for making bile. The bile is
kind Of I've for making soap in the small
intestines. This soap. like all good home
made soaps. IL disinfectant; Il is splendid
antiseptic and Rermicide.
The coloring matter Is carefully saved out
of these red cells and sent back into the
body to be used for dyeing the hair. Uniting
the skin and painting the dark chambers OF
the eye where the photographing Is done.
If the liver does not do this work az eff
cientiy as II ought these little corpses accu-
mulate In the body. In other words. the
body becomes sepulcher and we carry
about with Us dead things that should have
been discharged from the body through the
bowels and Kidneys. the skin and the lungs.
and should have returned to dust again
The liver IL closed door. which keeps
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OLDEST TREE, OLDEST WOMAN.
Story of Mammoth Cottonwood Plant
ed 35 Years Ago In Greeley.

Greeley Cor. Denver Republican.
1t Is a pleasing coincidence that the
oldest and largest tree in Greeley was
planted by the oldest woman in town. Mrs
Abigail Durham, now in her ninetieth
year.
The tree is cottonwood. one OF the many
surrounding the Durham residence on Sth
avenue and 18th street. and attracts In
slant attention not only because of its size,
but also because Of its symmetry. The tree
measures fifteen feet in circumference and
Is seventy-fve feet high.
When Greeley was young, In fact, when
1t has just celebrated its first birthday, in
1871, the women colonists began to long for
the green fields and forests of their New
England homes. The men, too. missed the
verdure and began to talk about setting out
trees and shrubbery. At that time the late
ex-Gov. B. H. Eaton was living on his river
ranch near where now is located the
town OF Windsor He told the colonists that
on his ranch were growing a number OF
small trees which they might have by COM
ing after them.
Mrs. Dunham's husband and n. c.
-Meeker, the founder of the colony, awaited
themselves of this offer and made a three
days trip to the Eaton ranch, bringing
home fifty saplings. When the trees arrived
Mrs. Durham selected the smallest in the
lot.- which was less than four feet high, and
planted 1t with her own hands. Perhaps
there was virtue in her touch, for the cot
tonwood grew and thriyed above all others.
One day a crusade was started against the
cottonwood trees People said that the
soft, cottony seeds were blown upon their
lawns and made them untidy. The big tree
was a cotton bearer and the edct came that
1t must go.
But somehow it was not slain with the
others. Perhaps the woodman was tender
hearted because of the associations hover
ing about it, or maybe because OF the aged
woman who stood looking on-anyway, its
life was spared. and it still stands. the
nobiest of them ALL sturdy. beautiful and
helpful in its old age. like the pioneer
woman who planted it thirtyfive years
ago.
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PARIS, June o. 1906.
u usual the running of the Grand
~ Prix at Longchamps has ended
"a the spring season here at the
- capital. and a particularly de-
lightful time socially the last few
months have been Partisan society in the
very best acceptation of the term is a
charming gathering of personages, many of
tho Fauborg set being indeed people of
great Importance, and In much of their
entertaining they retain the forms of court
etiquette of the ancient regime. The Com
Jesse de Greffulhe, who not long ago re-
ceiyed the King OF Sweden and the Duchess
vladimir OF Russia at her residence, is one
or these notable hostesses. An interesting
part OF the coming of the king was the
ceremonial at the entrance door as he
aAghted from his carriage. Four footmen
In state hveries. bearing lighted candelabra,
preceded the king, walking backward as
they preceded him to the threshold of the
reception room, where the guests were as
sembled ready to be presented to him But
Few climbers" invade these sacred social
precincts except in rare cases where vel
low rich" matrimonial alliances are entered
into to enrich impoverished Golfers
This social climber as one knows, is
nearly always woman. and the ak with
which she cuts her way is the ak of
wealth. Like the Alpine climber, she usual
ly attaches herself to guide whose fees
are exorbitant. But in the social ascent the
rope which binds the two together is apt to
break more easily than it does on the as
cent of Mont Blanc, while to add to the
perils @of the expedition the social guide
has an uncomfortable habit Of occasionally
cutting the rope and dropping the novice
into chasm before the cloud regions are
reached. And the Indifference of the AL
pine climber to physical danger pales be-
fore the indomitable courage Of the ssocial
climber bent on reaching the summit Nor
tification. rebuffs and bankruptcy are only
few of the evils to be reckoned with on
the way. Then the transition stage is not
pleasant when old friends dub her as dis
gustingly stuck up" and new ones are not
quite cordial Then. too. the outfit of the
social climber is not the least expensive
item OF the program. In order to make any
kind of an ascent worth mentioning she
must start equipped with fine hotel in
the most arfstocratic avenue. possess a
country place and at least five motor cars,
three tiaras and a very thick skin. To be
thoroughly successful the last named
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was recently an interested spectator at
game at pelota.
Miss Mary Alexander will be 1903 In Sep
TENDER. She is one of three sisters who
have survived 10 an advanced age. They
belong to a long-llved family. Miss Alex
ander and her two sisters. who are, respec-
lively, ninety-three and t-ghty-nine this
year, reside at Reigate and are the daugh-
ters of a London banker. The aged sisters
are members of the Society of Friends
. which has always had a number of men
and women OF advanced age. Its peaceful
principles conducting 10 long life. All the
sisters have been total abstainers for over
stxty-tYe years and they were the first to
join the Total Abstinence Society when 1t
was started at Stoke Newington. where
they resided many years ago. Miss Mary
Alexander, the centenarian. Is able to knit
and read. though she now requires glasses;
her two sisters disdain spectacies and are
exceedingly busy.