New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06

Two acts came into force in England on January
l which have important bearing the relations OF
servants and employers These acts devised to
prevent the taking of bribes or secret commissions
by domestic servants and to give the same class
the W6rlt}em'e |.o1nnSnsoi t o ncefortb
servant in a house is to rank with artisan, the
risk When servant is Injured in the perform
paid bv the en12iovsr 1,Sivn,r Win The event Of
the injury. and ranging from half the servants
wages during the period Of disability to half wages
IN the event OF death sum equivalent to the
exceeding so he '0 0her eo proTds % pe1
'gS Ioe saGh pIactoes as the orlnmg or G03K o.
goods or TIPPING servants to secure their mistresses
custom. In fact. II makes It criminal for servant
TO accept grGtuity TO do or not to do anything
that affects tho employers interests It has been
under it viii not be numerous-they will involve
too much trouble.
Paris taste is for the Parlsans" walls an Eng
ush woman. Clothes all question OF tenn
permanent, OF climate. Just see how chic how
Irresistible the French woman looks on her boule-
Yards We copy her frock, her, hat, and IN our
solnore I2ndon th9ir frlVollty becomes more
4QoHsnhess their eudacity mere caflcature we
English wear cur clothes as We take our pleasures
that be remembered 20 her glory forever"
Little Dorrit' opened a bazaar for the benefit
Of a boys training home IN London not long ago.
To be moro explicit the prototype OF Charles Dick
enss lovable and altogether womanly character
years. She was Mary Ann Milton when she ana
Charles Dickens were playmateS together as Clll!-
dren, and Little Dorrt" now Mrs Cooper speaks
Of the great novelist as Charles" A sampler such
as all good little girls OF that day took pride IN
working is still shown the hapdiwork OF Little
Dorrit IN which the careful stitohery is eQualled
only by the fine moral sentiments immortaliZed by
the needle.
At the age of JOS Mrs Louisa Cox, the Oldest
woman IN Maine Is still hale and hearty blessed
with good hearing and eyesight and passion
ately devoted 10 her pipe any navy Jacktar.
Indeed, tobacco and candy prominent among
her presents on her last birthday, week two
ago for besides being inveterete smoker. she
has sweet tooth" Born IN 1893 not far from
Harrington. Me, where she lives Granny"
Cox has lived IN three centuries. She remembers
distinctly the British invasion Of the coast Of
Maine in the War OF 1872. Her first husband was
q soldier IN the WaT of 1872. Her second fought
in the Civil War, enlisted twice and finally died
In Southern hospital. She herself worked hard
ell her long life rearing family of six children,
caring for q harmful of stock splitting wood,
shoveiling snow. and for years Working Ike
man. She has never ridden q railroad train
There are four generations living in the Cox home
stead-MTs. Cox. aged lnS her daughter. Mrs
Eliza Shaw aged seyenty-StT; g grandson. John
ter, Miss Clara Carter. eighteen years pld. Physi
clans say that barring some accident Mrs Cox Is
good for several years more
Nun ribbons OF narrow black r1ore with dla-
mond elides or ornaments. are among tho fascinst-
ing Injuries OF the hour. Some Of these ribbons
show rnonograms IN tiny diamonds, while others
ite pattern being pair of hearts beneath true
lovers knot. Animal designs. dogs. birds or mon
keys also developed IN jewels Of sort
another. and look mighty effective climbing UP the
Watered ribbon.