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hostess, usually does not wear a
hat.
2. The women guests at an
afternoon home wedding do
wear hats.
8. The brides mother greets
the guests as they enter the
room in which the ceremony is
to take place. After the cere-
mony, it is pleasant to have a
small receiving line. The brides
mother STANDS first in the line,
since she IS the hostess. (The
brides father may or may not
be in the receiving line. If he
is, he and the brides mother
stand first in the line, side by
side.) Next the groom's mother,
who is tie woman guest of
honor. (The groom's father, like
the brides father, may or may
not be in the receiving line. If
he is. he and his wife stand to-
gether. between the brides
mother and father and the
groomO Next in line Is the
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By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman'

y
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Will you please answer the fol-
lowing questions for me?
/. The wedding is to take
place in the afternoon and the
bride is to wear a white satin
dress, with a very long train,
and a veil. 1t is to be home
wedding. Should the brides
mother wear a hat. when the
wedding and reception are in
her own home?
2. Should the guests wear
hats?
3. Should there be a receiv-
ing line at the home reception,
or are the guests greeted at the
door by the brides mother and
the groom's mother (There are
to be only a very few guests at
the wedding but many more at
the reception.)
THANK YOU.
I. At a home wedding the
brides mother, who Is the
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Her Little Boy

Always a little boy" to her.
No matter how old he's grown,
Her eyes are blind to the strands
of gray,
She's deaf to his manly tone.
His voice is the same as the day
he asked,
What makes the old cat purr?"
Ever and ever he's just the
same
A little boz to her.
Always a little boy" to her,
She needs not the lines of care
That furrc1 his face to her it
is still
AS it was in his boyhood, fair:
His hopes and his joys are as
dear to her as they were in
his small-boy days.
He never changes; to her he's
still
MY little boy" she says.
Always a little boy" to her, and
to him she's the mother
fair.
With the laughing eyes and the
cheering smile
OF the boyhood days back there.
Back there, somewhere in the
midst of years,
Back there with the childish Joy,
and to her he is never the
man we see,
But always "her little boy"
Always a little boy" to her,
The ceaseless march of the years
Goes rapidly by. but its drum
beats die
Eere ever they reach her ears.
The smile that she sees is the
smile of youth,
The wrinkles are dimples of Joy,
His hair with its gray is as sunny
as May,
He Is always her little boy"
Parsons Weekly.
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especially are fond of this rich.
juicy dish. Notice in the follow
ing recipe that the flavoring ana
browning of the roast are done
first, the cooking afterward.
POT ROAST
Select tender piece of beef,
wipe we'll, dredge from every side
with cit and pepper. Heat in
a kettle two spoons of lard and
one of butter, one sliced onion.
Place the meat in the pot over
a good fire. Brown on one side.
then turn and brown on the
other. Then add a cup Of diced
celery, one Of carrots, a bayleaf,
and one pint of boiling water.
Cover, and cook slowly until
done. If the water evaporateS
add a little more. Remove the
meat. To make the gravy, mix
a tablespoon of flour with a lit
tie water; pour in the boiling
stock, and boil a few minutes,
stirring constantly; then strain.
CHICKEN CHOP SUEY
Cut all the meat off the bones
of a small chicken into the size
of one inch. Put in a frying
pan some fat and butter, and
fry the meat edo not allow the
meat 20 get hard). Add six
onions sliced thin, and cook for
five minutes; then add one cup
of mushrooms and enough Chi
nese sauce to make the ingredi-
ents brown. Pour in hot water
to cover and simmer for 20 min
utes. Then add one cup Of diced
celery, and one cup OF diced
potatoes. Season with salt and
pepper. Boil slowly for Is min
utes. Thicker the gravy with
flour and water. Serve with
boiled rice.
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MOTHER SAYS THE FIRST
BOY FRIEND, OR NONE
AT ALL

Dear Miss Fairfax:
When 1 was Is years old my
mother allowed me to go out
with a neighbours boy. He was
my first friend and I imagined
I loved him. We went together
for nearly two years, and then
broke up.
am now 10. and have met
a very nice young man and
would like to go with him, but
mother is afraid people will talk
because I broke up with the
first boy, and now want to go
out with another.
This second young man wants
to go to my mother and talk
things over, as he says there can
be no objection to our going to
gether. But I'm afraid it will
only make matters worse. don't
want to lose this boys friend
ship, and yet I know I will If
mother continues TO refuse to let
me go with him.
Should try to forget this boy
and wait till I'm older, as mother
wants me to do?
LONELY.
It would be very unusual, 1t
seems to me, if girl Of is kept
on with her first beau to the
end of the chapter. If there is
no objection to this young man,
whom you know and like at the
presen time, can't see why your
mother imagines it would cause
the neighbors to talk if you went
out with him.
The most innocent people
have found it impossible to stop
neighborly comments. Modern
people go ahead and disregard
chatter, if they have the ap-
proval of their own consciences.
(copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
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SUGGESTION

Mushrooms are expensive, but
very economical to use as food
offenders with leftoverS. Here
are a few tasty dishes: Dreamed
chicken with m u hroom s:
Clipped dried beef with rnush-
rooms; hard-cooked eggs with
mushrooms and cream sauce.
Try a mushroom grill: Place .
slice of tomato on a round Of
buttered toast. Top with a strip
of thin bacon and mushroom
cups with cups turned up. Sea-
son lightly and place bits Of but
ter in mushroom cups. Place
under broiler until bacon b
crisp.
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Today>S Beauty Counsel
BY DONNA GRACE

While we never want to fun
BILE in a given task, we must
recognize the difficulties of the
problem given, in the case Of the
tormented young woman who
has just sent us an SOS. She
pleads for something "to make
her look human" while getting
rid of a cold in her head. Some
tasks are quite beyond us, but
we always make an earnest eff.
fort to try. and this is our very
best and sanest suggestion for
the situation involved.
First, see your doctor; then
stay in the house and rest. Be-
gin the rest with a hot bath-a
regular Turkish bath, if you
feel equal to it. Run the hot
water in the tub so as to heat it
well and fill the bathroom with
steam. Then get right under the
water and stay there, but keep
the water hot.
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lemonade. Then cream the face
well with a thin cream to remove
all the tissue cream from the
night before. Then use a mild
astringent. If you must go out,
use a rouge lightly about the
eyes, and over the temples and
the red nose will be less con-
Spicuous.
You may have my Normaliz-
ing Exercises, if you will inclose
a stamped, self-addreSsed en-
velope and address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor Of this paper.
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SEPARATE GIFTS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Lear MIS-. bGGCkL1d11.
I have been invited to the
wedding of my boy friend. Al
though I know the bride and
groom.to-be, would not have
received the invitation except
for the fact that my friend and
the groom-to-be have been child
hood chums. My question Is
this: Would it be proper for my
boy friend and myself to pur-
chase one gift together, and
send it as a gift from both OF
US? UNDECIDED.
It would be better taste for
you and your boy-friend to send
individual presents. The spe-
MRS. BeeckmGn tDiU be glad tt
dnSwer questions on Good Man.
nerS submitted By reGderSD
Copyright. 1897. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.I
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cess at wage-earning, he's get
ting a good thing as life part.
ner.
However. you will tell me that
men do not always deliberately
choose their brides for this or
that quality. You may insist
that very often love Just hap
pens. And you will be right.
But from this point of view
also, the business world is a
good friend to the unmarried
girl. In bringing men and girls
together it naturally provides
the friendly contacts from
which love develops.
A man is more likely to fall
in love with the girl at the next
desk than with the even pref
tier damsel he has to travel 10
miles to seen on Sunday. ProX
unity has long been valued as a
marriage-maker.
Don't feel you're condemned
to spinsterhood if you're not
having a debut and titled suit
ors. Just walk out and set job.
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Horoscope
For Today

Financially not so easy to
handle today; postpone if can.
Self-lndulgent leanings may urge
us unduly balance of week, but
we mustn't yield. Make the most
of artistic, sentimental, musical,
poetic opportunities, till next
Monday.
THE FAVORED CHILD
In the worlds great family Of
nations, just as in the average
household, there is a favored
child, one whose opportunities
are better than any of the
others. But this does not mean
that child actually does the
most in the right way. He or
she may yield to self-indulgent
temptations, take life too easily,
become selfish, or descend into
any of many types Of error.
YOUR YEAR AHEAD
Your year ahead, till your
next anniversary, counsels slow
persistence, not hasty changes;
from January q adjust results
Of past, make amends. From
January Z more expansion pos
sible. Danger: October 9-Novem.
Der II; February 1-March "a;
June 13-August 8.
TOMORROW
Average morning; inspect and
improve the new in P. M.
Copyright, 1897. by Chicago Tribune
Syndicate, Ine.)
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Let me make a suggestion
If you're interested in the
doings of the children of fortune,
you may have noticed that a
great ball, the most lavish enter
tainment held there in years.
was given the other night at
The Breakers" the Vanderbilt
family's Newport palace. Count
ess Laszlo Szechenyi Cthe former
Gladys Vanderbilt was hostess.
But the heroine of the occa-
sion was the countess debutante
daughter. Miss Sylvia Szecheny1.
1t was Miss Szechenyi's second
coming-out party within a year.
The first was held at her home
in Budapest. where her father
has received many honors from
the Hungarian government.
TO FIND MATE
Now all this costly and CLAM.
orous social machinery. set in
motion in behalf of a girl still in
her teens, has admittedly one
purpose only. A charming young
heiress is introduced to the So
cial world of which her parents
form a part, in order that sooner
or later she may marry suitably.
If a girl inherits a social back
ground, her elders naturally
take advantage of it to see that
she makes a brilliant marriage
though not always happy one.
She herself usually hasn't
much responsibility in the mat
ter. She belongs to social sys'
tenn; a system which. of course.
takes little account of those OF
us born without silver spoons in
our mouths, without fortunes or
titles or palaces.
But fortunately there are other
ways of getting married. Much
simpler ways. In the end, hap
pier ones.
They've been gathering Stats
tics lately which seem to prove,
if you will believe me, that one
of the sure-t ways to get mar
ried is to hold a Job. A very
large number, proportionately,
of jobholders become brides, it
has been dis overed.
IN BUSINESS WORLD
Ordinarily one doesn't think
of the worl-, of business, as one
does of the social world, as being
a marriage market.
But when you come to con-
slider it, WHERE could wise young
man most sensibly look for a
bride? Doesn't an intelligent, in
dustrious. tactful, charming
young wage-earner prove her fit
ness for marriage much more
plainly than the girl who sits
idling at home with her ear
glued to the telephone in the
hope of ser uring "dates?"
You doa't have to take a job
holding girl on trust. She is
busy all day long showing how
capable she is. A man needn't
be very penetrating to see that
in picking q girl who is a sue
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Authority on Manners Tells All

groom, with the bride at his
right. Next the maid or matron
of honor, and last, the brides
maids, if there are to be brides
maids. The best man and ushers
do not stand in the receiving
line,
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THE back view of Miss Rogers hairdress shows the
smooth alurng sweep of the hair from the crown of
urls to the curledunder ends This hairdress be
beautifully kept be attractive hair out of place gives
unkempt effect entirely opposite to the charming neat
ness of the welgroomed coiffure picture For the
of the salon specializing in this coffure telephone Times
Fashion Editor, District 1000, Branch 800.
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Girl Finding Success
In the Business World
Makes Excellent Wife
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority on Problems of Love and Marriage
WHATS the royal road to marriagef
w That's question to which every girl not already
betrothed deeply longs to know the answer.
Let me make a suggestion or two.
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Delicious Pot ROdst
Fdvorite AutumnDish
IfProperlY Prepared
By sIBILLA CAMPBELL

TVEN inexperienced cook out good pot roast
Il if she will attention to the little things that count SO
much Anyone aborng under the deuson that the avorng
for be added the last moment just before serv
ing, might better forget cooking altogether.
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DRINK WATER

It would be well to drink a
few glasses of hot water or hot
lemonade while you steam. Have
someone bring the hot drinks to
you and let them get you out of
the tub.
A large size bath towel or two
is laid over the sheet. Then you
are wrapped in two or three
large bath toWe.s while you dash
into bed. Keep the towels about
you while the covers are pulled
up over you snugly. A towel is
placed over your head, cowI
fashion, and you are left to
perspire for a half hour. When
the damp towels are removed
you should have good rub with
alcohol-then a busting Of
smooth bath powder.
Before you sleep bathe the
eyes well and use a gargle. Wash
the nose also but do not sniff
up any wash through the nose
except when prescribed by a
physician.
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MAXINE ELLIOTT (MRs. NATHANIEL G. GOODWIN, l57
DARK, ROMANTIC, glo10ing like haunt
ina jeovel Marine Elliott is remembered by all Who
ever had the good fortune to her IN her heyoy,
as one of the most striking beauties of all time
With gears of success great star now but
n,emory Miss Elliott lives IN retirement at Harris
bourne Manor, Bushey Herts, England.
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TOMORROW

Average morning; inspect and
improve the new in P. M.
copyright, 1897. by Chicago Tribune
Syndicate, Ine.)
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PERSEVERANCE

If there be only longing
On ny lonely way,
If there be only pain, much
pain
I shan't stop to pray.
I shall continue hoping
Throughout the darkest night:
That among the thickest clouds
Will come a guiding light.
If there be only beating
With a most brutal whip,
I still will be awaiting
For my golden ship.
BY M. KLEINER. !
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CAMPHOR ICE USEFUL

Now, cream the face and neck
well and especially the irritated
nose. Camphor ice may be good
for the nose and chapped lips.
In the morning. take 9 hot
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FOC IOdSG IS q real ueIICdCy
when prepared with care. Men
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gate in time. Then the ill-disciplined
villagers commenced firing and Rob-
erts swore fearfully beneath his
breath.
"The fools! They're only wasting
ammunition-can't hope to hit with
those blunderbusses at that range
From the walls broke out bowls of
pain as the tirailleurs savagely cuffed
the impatient marksmen into silence
and obedience.
"Lord!" murmured Roberts, "we'll
have to be fighting these fools beside
the Targui."
His face, in the shade of his topee,
grew set, as it appeared that one of
the tirrailleurs was very slow and
steadily dropped behind his comrades.
True to the discipline which made the
Franzwazi so effective, the unlucky
wretch chung to his long-barreled fusil
Lebel.
A couple of Touaregs perched like
monkeys on fast white racing camels,
were swooping down on that solitary
figure in khaki, their lances with
horsehairtufted heads poised ready.
The others of the squad were now al
most to the gate.
CHANGING down, Roberts could see
the men standing ready to swing the
massive portal shut, their shoulders
set against the timbers. One by one
the tirrailuers staggered through, all
save that last doomed runner.
The Arab met his end courageously
enough. When he saw there was no
hope, he deliberately dropped on one
knee, aimed at the foremost raider,
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the engineer fastened down from the
tower to make a last brief inspec-
ton of the walls.
They were built of sun-dried brick
as was the custom, and, though bad
ly worn by time, yet seemed to offer
real protection. Here and there a
crenellation had crumbled with the
stress of years, leaving gap thru
which well-aimed bullets might reach
the occupants of the court, but for
the most part, the nine-foot walls
looked strong enough. In the center
of the court, the Americans all-see-
ing eye noted with considerable salts
faction, a round stone-lipped we'll, but
as he saw a filthy child preparing to
lower some nondescript vessel into the
depths, he despatched two villagers
armed with whips to drive back any
and all that sought the water. "They'd
foul it in no time," he murmured to
Selim.
The shouts beyond the walls grew
louder and presently the first of the
tirailleurs came running into the court
their thin brown faces cleaning with
sweat and their khaki uniforms she'd
ding sand at every stride. Present.
ly, all but one squad were within the
walls and under Roberts direction
equally divided on the four sides, each
man having two or three natives un-
der his control and thus raising the
defensive force to almost hundred
men.
With hurried, breathless strides, the
last squad came plunging down dune
from the north. There were eight
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Roberts, from the tOP VI INC AVAs~v~n
expedition had had much experience
with the feared blue-veiled Touaregs.
He alone knew their utter contempt
for pity or mercy of any kind. Should
they capture the fondouk-his broad
shoulders trembled in an involuntary
shudder. Once, in years gone by, ne
had with a punitive expedition come
upon a freshly massacred village and
had helped to gather up the unspeak-
ably mangled remains of not only
men and women but of very young
children.
The sound of rifle being fired off
among the dunes cracked above the
uproar below. The effect of that shot
was magical. The mass of weeping,
shouting natives fell into terror
stricken silence. The villagers on
the walls stopped their useless defiant
shouting and looked to their weapons;
a strange assortment of sabers, sclml-
tars, lances, yaghatans were there
ancient flint locks and percussion
cap muskets, too, their thin worn bar
rels banded with copper and silver
to keep them from bursting.
"What happens?" called the Ameri-
can to one of the lookouts on the top
of the palms.
81 see many Targui mounted and as
sembled to the NORTH" replied the in
visible watcher. "There is one in a
red burnoose who marshals the For
gotten of God to the attack"
Firing by the tirailleur groups had
now broken out with sharp, brittle
reports, on the three threatened sides
of the fondouk. Standing on like 9
bronze statue and continually sweep
ing the surrounding dunes with his
glasses, Roberts watched until the
skirmishers firmly established con
tact. He could see the tirailleurs fir
ing and loading methodically ano
their rifles cleaning DULY. The brie1
cultural commands of the squad lead
ers carried quite distinctly to thu
white-walled refuge. Louder grew
the fury. Then Roberts turned t.
the trumpeter and wiped the lenses
of the glasses against the white cot
ton shirt he wore, to free them of thu
sweat which had rolled down his face
"Sound the retreat" he murmuret
and, as the brazen notes rang out
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men. They halted ever so often to
kneel and fire at a long scattering line
of Touaregs.
Then suddenly the lookout on the
palm top shot earthward with terri
fled velocity, ran in, waving his arms
and shrieking, "Close the gates! The
charge has begun
Roberts shouted to the tirailleurs
to abandon their skirm:shing and race
for the walls. The distance was some
hundred and fifty yards and at first
it seemed as though they all would
gain the shelter unframed, but, with
the suddenness of a magician's trick,
a large body of camel riders appeared
pouring over the lip of dune like
vast blue wave.
Roberts heart stopped. He had not
imagined the marauding harka to be
anywhere near as numerous. There
seemed to be hundreds of the Targui,
as, in menacing silence, they galloped
down the slope, rapidly closing the
gap between them and the fleeing
tirraileurs. 1t became a question
whether the runners could reach the
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hurl his spear into the crowded mass
of humanity inside, and retreat. The
north wall, in particular, suffered
from this form of attack; and one by
one of the defenders, whether in the
khaki of Madame Republique or in
the dirty white gandouras of the vii
layers, dropped in still, scarlet-spotted
heaps.
"Selim!" shouted Roberts in despera
ton, "take ten men from the south
and west walls to the north!"
The giant black nodded and sprang
down the short stairway to pillow his
way through the mass of defenders,
until in an incredibly short time he
had carried out the commanders order
by the simple expedient of driving
the designated number of men along
to their destination. His scarlet
checia flashed about like a red plume
of Navarro. Roberts, meanwhile, emp
tied saddle after saddle, with uncanny
accuracy, though kissing bullets went
phick! on the stonework about his ears
and knocked choking clouds of dust
from the earth bricks.
Louder grew the din and the smoke
ever thicker, while the Touaregs gal
loped madly around and around the
walls, pouring their fire through the
crumbled crenaux.
"Ul ul ul ullah Akbar!" they Shrek