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TALL, SLENDER and SIMPLE
WILL BE THE TYPICAL GRE OF
THE COMING SEASON.
But Her Stature May he Due 10 Cuban
Heels, Her SIImness 10 Massage-Her
simplicity VIII he ArtistIc-The way
10 the 1907 Ideal OF Feminine Beauty.

buI Her mature Way We Due 10 NuDan
Heels. Her Shines TO Massage-Her
simplicity VIII BE ArtistIc-The way
10 the 1907 Ideal Of Feminine Beauty.
'Plans for the 1907 girl have been an
nounced," said an artists model, ar
already the models are trying to conform
10 them.
This being an artists model isn't all
1t is cracked up to be. One year you are
perfect; next year you are out Of style;
the third year you are hopelessly behind.
You must keep up with the changes or you
ore no longer a model.
Every one remembers when the blue
eyed model was the style. She was OF
the sweet country girl type n everybody
loved her.
Then came a reaction and the languid,
long eyed Spanish girl was the rage. All
the models had to have oval faces and long
eyes or there was nc call for them. The
little, dimpled ones were out OF a job.
Then came the rather masculine, Glib
son girl period. Gibson's girls were not
masculine by any means, but his imita-
tors were, and the models had to wear
mannish waists and comb their hair in
the same style. It was awfully trying TO
make the change from n kind OF girl
70 the other.
And now come e. the ideal Of 1907. She
will be different from the girl Of any other
year. She will be beautiful and she will
sweep everything before her.
Her first requisite will be mi The
minute you look at her you will see that
she has repose.
She can stand perfectly still without
moving her feet about. Her hands can
lie IN her lap, and her feet can rest upon
the ground. She will be a restful girl.
The girl Of 1907 is going to be very simple
or she is going to look as though she were
very simple.
She must be absolutely perfect in the
art OF sweet simplicity. It Is not a country
girl simplicity, but IN artistic simplicity.
"A typical girl Of 1907 stood inside OF a
drawing room the other day. Her hair
was parted and allowed to ripple over her
temples. Around her head were bound
Two great fiat Dutch braids 40 heavy that
,hey made a great halo around her brown
brow.
a great beautiful bow Of ribbon crowned
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with delight. Funniest man, It wa agreed;
that they had ever heard. E~xcruciating
huNmorl If he began with a joke a. good
a. that, where would he end before the
evening was over2
Finally his voice managed to make
itself heard again:
II have just received this telegram
telling me the sad Details he wen on.
1t will be impossible
Laughter and applause again.
THE humOrist finally had to leave with
out more explanation and to this day some
Of that audience speak OF him as tho
funniest man they ever heard"
d Asked for the personal application. Mr..
~BrOadhurst smiled.
-The writer of farces and comedies must
in the very nature OF things come to the
end Of his repertoire he said. MANY
never recognize that fact and g o 90 from
failure to failure. Others do.
Some one has said that writing a novel
il like making the model Of a ship, but
writing a play is making the model of a
ship and putting 1t in a bottle.
1T is studying to put this model into a
bottle that is the work OF every branch OF
dramatic art, what matter whether the
ship happen to he a saucy tug or a fully
rugged man-of-war, if the ability to get it
in IL manifest.
MY coming serious drama? Well, for
one thing il will nave a fourth act, that;
/ believe, is the change in play construction.
The audience is tired Of the perennial three
acts and explanation, as the explanation IL
usually an insult TO their intelligence.
The greatest success this season so
far has been made by The Hyprocites'
and in that Mr.. Jones reserves its am
munition to the end, which l believe should
be done"
Then, with a return to the normal: 1t
will be hard on the critics. As il IL now,
they can leave a little before II and have
the evening before them"
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said once that when he died his epitaph
would be a number Of blank lines and the
words He Wrote While the Girls We're
Changing
THE consequence OF all this is that. the
thread of a plot with which the comedy
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land Of his ancestors was to wear q monocle
when he took a play to Charles Frohman,
the rest Of the time contenting himself with
s~pectacles.
He takes this occasion, as well, to lead the
conversation gently ~tobogganing toward
that same hill Of difficulty, America versus
England.
1t seems to be more necessary than ever
to have some sort OF English cachet before
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once-let me look at you. let me talk witt
you. hear your voice? The last timeI
There was no signature.
Miss Betty quickly wrote few lines
upon the same sheet:
Yes-yes! / must see you-must tall
with you before you go. Come at dusk
The garden-near the gap In the hedge
II will be safe for q little while. He VIII
not be here.
She replaced the paper in Its en-
velope. drew line through her OWL
name on the letter and wrote "Mr
Vanrevep' underneath.
do you know the gentleman who
sent your she asked.
Nom; but he'll be waitin' at his Of
fee, Gray & vanrevel, on Main street.
for the answer"
"Then hurryw said Betty.
He needed no second bidding, but,
with wings on his bare heels, made of
through the gap in the hedge. At the
corner of the street he encountered an
adventure-a gentleman's legs and
heavy hand at the same time. The
hand fell OH his shoulder, arresting his
scamper with vicious jerk, and the
boy was too awed to attempt an es,
cape, for he knew his captor well by
sight, although never before had he
found himself so directly In the COM
pany of ROuen's richest citizen. The
note dropped from the small trembling
fingers, yet those fingers did not shake
as did the mans when, like flash. Ca
rewe seized upon the missive with his
disengaged hand and saw what two
names were on the envelope.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
THE VALUABLE MOOSE.
Il Ii the StnH Of Life In the Great
Northern wilderness.

Il Ii the Stnn Of Life In the Great
Northern wilderness.
What the buffalo was to the plains.
the white tail deer to the southern
woods and the caribou to the barrens
the moose Is to the great northern belt
of swamp and timber land Of British
America.
1t is the creature that enables the ma
tives to live at all Assisted In warm
weather by various fish, 1t bears prac-
tically the burden of their support. Its
delicious steaks are their staple food,
but its nose or muzzle is delicacy. Its
hide furnishes the best clothing and
moccasin leather or provides snow.
shoes that enable the hunter to kill
more moose. Its back sinew is the sew
ing thread Of the country, its horns and
bones make tools, Its hoofs can be con.
verted into rattles, and its coarse, bris-
tly name, six inches long and white ex-
cept the tips. furnishes raw material
for embroidery. When dyed with ma.
tive dyes and skillfully worked into
leather and birch bark, these bristles
are as effective as porcupine quilts and
are, indeed, often mistaken for them
by the unskilled.-Ernest Thompson Sc.
ton In Scribner's.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
A Novel Idea.
GRAND TRUNKS UNIQUE DEVICE FOR
ADVERTISING CANADA.

A travelling exhibition illustrating the
charms of Canada as a holiday, hunting,
fishing and camping resort. is to be put
into commission by the Grand Trunk
Railway System.
1t will consist of coach fitted up in
side as an art gallery with bromide en-
largements made from direct negatives
of delightful scenes in 1.-THE Highlands
of Ontario" including choice bits from
the algonquin National Park of Ontario,
Georgian Bay, the Muskoka Lakes, Lake
of Bays, Maganetawan River, Lake
Nipissing and the French River, the
famous Temagami Region, Kawartha
Lakes, Rideau Lakes, and the principal
Cities of Eastern Canada. The car will
also contain mounted fish, from Canadian
waters, mounted game heads, stuffed
birds, moving pictures, etc., making a
unique collection of attractive features
that will appeal to the tourist and
sportsman. A representative familiar
with all the various districts will be in
charge of the car.
The car will start in at Mobile, Ala
bama, about March 10, and will 60
through the states of Mississippi, Ala
bama, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and New York.
Towards the end of June, or in July, the
car will reach Canada, and some of the
principal towns and cities in the
Dominion will be visited. The tour in
the United States will occupy about
three months, and in that time seventy.
two towns will be visited.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
New Women Citizens.

That woman who directs home and
trains up children is responsible citi-
zen with large share Of state business
to perform is suggested by the title of .
series Of articles begun In The New Idea
Woman's Magazine for April. "The
Evolution of Our Women Citizens: /.
Their Arrival" deals with the landing at
Ellis Island of women from Russia,
Italy, Germany, and other peasant-pro-
ducing European states; and considers
them as the raw material out of which
American women citizens, with Ameri-
can aims and ideals are to be made. The
writer, Miss Elizabeth Howard West
wood, tells of the inducements offered
to emigrant women to come to America,
of the dangers they have to meet on
landing, of the protection societies which
have sprung up to care for defenceless
women and girls, of the fathers and
husbands and friends who meet them
at the end OF their painful steerage jour-
uey. Interesting realistic photographs
are shown. The article Is optimistic
concerning the material advantages
found by emigrants in this country.
After recOunting the story of the daugh-
ter of Scottish lord, who found In man
aging the hand-embroidsry Of an Ameri-
can silk stocking factory the prop OF
failing fortune, the writer says: III
American opportunities can thus induce
the high class foreigner woman to for.
sake comfortable home, family ties,
social position-what must be the lure
with which 1t calls to the woman who
has nothing but misery to lose and every.
thing that makes life livable to win"
One cannot but acknowledge, however,
in observing the doubtful Paradise Of
our city slums, that much has yet to be
done before our peasant immigrants do
more than grapple with new set OF
problems in undertaking the lot OF
American citizenship.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
fro BIZ CONTINUED
HAIR POWDER.
The High Price Of Grain In HnglanA
Sealed It's Doom.

The High Price Of Grain In HnglaAA
Sealed It's Doom.
During the last years Of the eight
eenth century the price Of grain In Eng
land was very high. So much -four
was used as hair powder that an at
tempt was made to check its use. A
book, "At the Sign Of the Barber's
Pole" contains q copy Of document
issued by the mayor, justices and
principal Inhabitants OF Great Var
mouth, recommending the disuse OF
hair powder for time.
1--WE fatter ourselves" they said In
this proclamation. which was issued In
January, 1875. the military will not
hesitate to adopt it, being fully convinc-
ed that appearances are Mt all times to
be sacrificed to the public veal and
that in doing this they really do good.
Jan. %. 179J."
In the following April party of gen.
tlemen at WOburn abbey entered into
an engagement to forfeit certain
sum of money II any of them wore
their hair tied or powdered within
certain period.
Nevertheless the Tories regarded with
dIstrust persons who did not use hair
powder. So late as 1920 certain,
Major Cox of Derby, an excellent Tory,
declined to allow his son to become
pupil Of a we'll known clerical tutor.
for the reason that the clergyman did
not powder and that lie wore his hair
short. which suggested that he must be
q dangerous revolutionist.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
AMOUNTING STONES.
A Custom That Was Very Common
Among the Aucients.

A Custom That Was Very Common
Among the Ancients.
The custom Of amounting stones with
oil Genes; XII. Il. i3J and leaving
them as memorial pillars or objects OF
worship was one that was very com
mon among the ancents. The stores
first worshiped We're probably Of mete-
oric origin. which. having been seen to
fau from heaven. were easily associlt-
ell with some deity. In Roman mythol-
ogy Abadires was the name given to q
stone which was worshiped because 1t
was the general belief that It had once
been swallowed by Saturn.
The standing images" referred to a.
being prohibited in Leviticus (xyvi, y
are thought to have been these same
"anointed stones" In the light which
modern investigation has thrown upon
the curious customs Of the early east
the act of Jacob, which is recorded at
the first Scriptural reference mention
ed In this NOTE" Is Of special interest
as showing the mood Of his mind and
heart after nights entertainment OF
such gracious and blessed vision. To
this day the "anOinted stones" Of the
orient are called bactylia, which Bo-
chart suggests may be derived from
Bethel, where Jacob first an0inted q
pillar as q sacred memorial.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
Handling Farm Manures.

Daily removing manure and spreading
it on the land is practice often recon-
mended, and do not condemn if a per.
son wants and can afford to do it that
way. But the time taken up in har
Messing and embarrassing for one load
when it would take no longer to do il
for twenty loads, and the more or less
wasteful practice of applying manure
at times when it cannot readily be incor
porated with soil, but must be subject
for greater or less period, to the vast
ing influence of washing from rain and
melting snow and drying by sun and
wind, do not commend it as practical
method of handling farm manure tn the
best advantage. The old-time barn-cel
lar, if properly cared for, is still tn.
most economical placs in which t0 tenn
porarily care for manure, and II the sta
Bile floor is tight and the cellar properl.
ventilated, there need be no more con
Elimination of milk from it than IL tn,
manure were in South Africa.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24

serve his last day as he wished and to
make all smooth.
He finished his toilet with particular
care, took a flower from vase on his
table, placed it in his coat and went
-.own to the dusty street, where every
hing was warm and bright with sum-
Ter. 1t was joy to be alive; there was
.ine enough In the air, and Crailey
lade up his mind not to take a drink
t.at day-the last day! The Hast day!
he three words kept ringing through
is head like a minor phrase from
.ong. Tomorrow at noon they would
,e churning down the river, and this
vas the last day-the last day!
Still not too late to make another
friend at home" he said, stopping to
pat the head Of NANCY street cur
that came crouching and wabbling to-
ward him like staveless little keg
worried by scurries of wind. Dogs and
children always fell In love with Crai-
lev ut first sight, and he never failed
to receive them in the spirit Of their
approach. Now the mOngrel, at his
touch, Immediately turned himself over
and lay upon the pavement with all
paws in air, to say: Great lord, mag
nificent in the graciousness which
deigns to cast glimpse upon this abb
ject cluster of ribs, perceive that
your heart is too gentle to kick me In
my present helplessness. Yet 10 with
me as you will"
81 doubt IL you've breakfasted, broth
er," Crailey responded aloud, rubbing
the dogs head softly with the tip Of his
boot. "Will you share the meager fare
of one who is a poet, should be law
yer, but is about to become a soldier?
Eh, but a corporal! Rise, my friend.
Up and be In your own small self a
whole corporal's guard! And If your
corporal doesn't come home from the
wars, perhaps you'll remember him
kindly. Think"
He made a vivacious gesture, the
small animal sprang into the air, con-
yoluted with gratitude and new love,
while Crailey, laughing softly. led tho
way to the hotel. There, while he ate
sparsely himself, he provided munin-
Gently for his new acquaintance and
recommended him, with an accompani-
ment of silver, to the good Offices OF
the Rouen House kitchen. After that
o,,t ,nto tho sunshine again he went
with elastic step and merry WORD
and a laugh for every one he met. At
the old English gardeners he bought
four or FIVE bouquets and carried them
ON a round of visits Of farewell to a.
many old ladies who had been kind to
him. This done, leaving his laughter
| and his flowers behind him, he went to
Farchon and spent part Of the after
| noon bringing forth cunning argu-
ments cheerily to prove to her that
| General Taylor would be IN the Mex
lean capital before the volunteers
reached New Orleans and urging upon
her his belief that they would all be
| back in Rouen before the summer waa
gone. ~
| But Fanchon could only sob and
whisper, "Hush, hush" In the dim
room where they sat, the windows
darkened so that after he had gone ne
should not remember how red her eyes
were and the purple depths undei
! them and thus forget how pretty sne
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
KniRhta of Old.

The knights of the days Of chivalry
were so well protected by their armor
that they were practically invincibls
to all ordinary weapons. Even when
dismounted they could not be injured.
save by the misericorde, thin dagger.
which penetrated the chains Of the ar
mOrs. In more than one battle knights
fallen from their horses could not be
killed until their armor had been bro
ken up with axes and hammers.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
NUMBER II.
"Have l got TOT"

"Have got tor
"Yes."
"And condemn me toto the ever.
lasting flames Of-of hell II ] ever
telly"
He ran of, pale with the fear that lie
might grow up, take to drink and some
day tell In his cups, but SO resolved
not to coquet with temptation that he
went round block to avoid the door
Of the Rouen House bar. Nevertheless
the note was In his hand and the for
tune In his pocket.
And Mr.. Carewe was safe. He knew
that the boy would never tell. and lie
knew another thing, for he had read the
Journal, though 1t came no more to
his h0use-he knew that Tom Vanrevel
wore his uniform that evening and
that, even in the dusk, the brass but
tons on an officers breast make good
mark for gun steadied along the
ledge Of window. As he entered tho
gates and went toward the house he
glanced up ut the window which over
looked his garden from the cupOla.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
A WAY to Test Seed Corn.

Take q shallow tin baking pan and
two sheets of cloth about the size Of the
pan. Place the kernels Of corn between
the cloths, keep the cloths moist and In
a room where the temperature Ia 60to
10 degrees. Watch the development
daily and in week all that Is worth
planting will have germinated. Cast
aside any seed corn from which the ker'
nels show a weak, spindling growth IN
the test, for II 10 not worth planting.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
By BOOTH HARRINGTON,
Copyright. 1902. by $. $. Mcclure Co.

raj Gray; u third was the excessive
modesty of Major Vanrevel, who, al
though present ut the time, refused to
receive the ladies' sumptuous Offering
and insisted that Captain Marsh was
the proper person to do the hOnors, to
which the latter reluctantly, though
gracefully. consented Also. we were
sorry that the major appeared in citi.
zen's dress, as all were anxious to wit.
ness him in his uniform. However, in
our humble judgment he will be com.
PEELED by etiquette to don it this after
noon to receive the officers Of the reg.
ular army, who will arrive by the stage
about O'clock. it is expected, to In
spect the company and swear them in
to the service Of the federal govern
ment at the courthouse. We, for one,
have little doubt that, owing to the
majors well known talent in matters
of apparel, his appearance will far
eclipse in brilliancy that Of his fellow
officers"
Crailey dressed slowly, returning to
the paper now and shen with per-
turbed countenance How would Miss
Betty explain this paragraph to her
self. and how account for the fact that
she had not seen Crailey, how for the
fact that she had seen Tom? 1t SEEM
ed unlikely that she could have over
looked the latter - Tom was one Of
those whom everybody saw wherever
he went. And what inquiries would
she make? For Crailey had no means
Of knowing that she would not see the
Journal. Tomorrow he would be gone
1T would all be over-but he wanted
this last day to run smoothly. What
wild hopes he had Of things that should
happen when they all came marching
home no one can say; even IL 1t were
not to be doubted that Crailey ever en-.
tertained hopes Of any kind whatever,
since to hope is to bestow thought up
OH the future.
But, however affairs ran with him
so far as hope was concerned, he sell
dom lacked ali idea, and one came to
him presently, notion that put the
frown to rout and brought the old
smile to his lips. his smile Of the world
worn and tolerant prelate. He fiicked
the paper lightly from him, and it sped
across the room like big bird in awk-
ward flight. For he knew how to pre-
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
CHAPTER XVII.

GYYT was the misfortune of Mr..
I&I Cummings final literary Of
ssSs1 fering to annoy one Of the ed
l&2SJ itor's friends. The Journal
was brought to the new corporal at
noon, while he was considering wheth-
er he should rise from his couch or
sleep another hour. Reclining among
his pillows, he glanced through Cum
mings' description with the subdued
giggle he always had. for the good VIII
liam's style. but as his eye fell upon
one paragraph he started, sat upright
and proceeded to read the passage sew
eral times with anxious attention:
"Only two or three sources Of regret
occurred to mar the delight Tin which
young and old participated Of that fes-
tai and dazzling scene. One was the
absence of Miss Fanchon Bareaud. one
Of the donors; another, tnat Of Corpo'
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
He Had Been Treated.

Old Lady (compassiOnately) - Poor
fellow! suppose your blindness is in
durable. Have you ever been treated? :?
Blind Man (sighing)-Yes, mum, but
not often. 'Tain't many as likes to be
seen goin' into public house with
blind beggar.-London Tit.Bits.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
A Rich Personality.

We should make rich personality
our great aim instead Of fat pocket
book. II the aim is directed toward
the pocketbOok the head will suffer,
the heart will starve, and the life will
observation-disclosures Magazine.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24

Love does not ask for perfections; II
asks only for its own. You cannot pro-
pitiate 1t with gifts or satisfy 1t with
all virtues If you cannot pay 1t back
value for value In its own coin, and II
this tribute be paid It will forgive ev.
cry weakness Life.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
A rouchinx Lament.

Addressing q political gathering the
other day, q speaker gave his hearers
q touch of the pathetic. II MISS" he
said, brushing away not unmanly
tear-"T miss many Of the old faces !
used to shake hands with" London
Globe.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
AMONG THE FARMERS,
"sPEEp THE PLow."

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY D.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to
cure. e. W. GRovE's signature 10 on
each box. 26c.
Oxford Democrat., 1906-04-24
Au' Hun10rs

Ars impure matters which the sha,
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not taks care Of without hslps thsrs %
sush an aocumulatien ef them.
Thsy litter tho whole systsm.
Pimplss, boils, sosema and ether
erupHons, loss Of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious tarns, lis Of tndisss-
aon, dull hssdashss and many Other
troubles ars due 70 thsm.
Hoods JarsapariHa
and Puis
Remove al humors, Overcome au
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorats The whole system.
II had salt rhsum O. ny hands - thst
could not work. Iteek Hoods earsapafilis
and Il drove out W hnnss. I continued
IL use tn ~ sores disappssrsd.s Ma
IaA o. B.owz, Ranford yalls. NJ
Noed's oaFsaperisa pFemIeee q
cure and koooo ~ oeosnjoes