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\ ^ â- ^ Ok, THE RESULT OF FANCY DRESS BALL • ;T,rT;nT?frTTCT;i,i.l,i.i,l.»,r.iBl.:^l.M.l.l.l-'l.mT' CHAPTER II. Iter fate ! Tliat he fl.'d precii.itutcly ,rr „ . .. 1. , â- . lit Ihn eiul of the (inaili-ille gave his •1 saj. can t you hunY up a b.t , consolaUon. you t%vo girls •' cries Mr. L l.tTord Supper is over. So a ro the suiv rom the hall below. ••It s u quarter} [j^^^^^^ ,^^^ ^^^.,, prograuuie to ten already and there are tive|,,„^ ,,^.^^^ restored to its place, miles to drive. y^^ g^^j^,.^ ^,.^ .„ ^^^^^^ ,-„rm now, ••Comint'! ConiinR ! ' calls Mrs. â-  having been let loose one bj- one, to ClitTord in a mullled tone from go jmo ^ room behind them, where above. | «„ ample supper has been arranged It is plain to her husband that she jb.v the committoe for these most has .something in her mouth. Can it principal components of the evening's be hairpins? If so, exjierieiice has; joys. Once more they are all in taught him that another good half- j their places, prouder of mien when hour will not see her downstairs. | they left, and eager to begin upon She has elected to dross in Hilary's ^ their instruments once more, room, tonight, which is large and | Sweeter, wilder, shriller ring the lofty, so that be cannot be sure of i notes They seem to carry all be- her progress toward perfection. As a 1 fore thcru. The- dancing is indeed rule he is a long-suffering man, but | at its height when Diana Clifford, en- n( \v his feolia;,s overcome hira. lleltering the ball-room with old Gen- eprings up the stairs three steps at a | eral Weekes, is accosted at the door- time, and having beaten a lively tat- [ wa.v by a small, very much be- too on Hilary's door bursts it un- i ceremoniously open. "Ir yt)U think," begins he, "that ' you'll be there before •t!od S.ave the ' Queen,' you " j "Oh, there you are, Jim," cries his i wife thankfully, dropping pearls, like [ the angelic girl of old, out of her i lids mouth, ill the shape of a brooch. "Come here and set lie thi.s thing on my head, and conspicuous this brooch in at the side. Hilary is in such a hurrv ! Her cap had to he done all over again." She pauses I young man is in plain clothes painted and bedizened Amazon, whose petticoats are as nearly up to her knees as the laws of the land permit. She is quite a young wo- man and very pretty, and smiles at Diana out of two handsome dancing eyes, thickly blackened about the and with two lips as red as little I vermilion can make them. She is I followed by a bevy of young men, among whom is one, very tall and dark, who is looking rather intently at Mrs. Cliflord. This ] nicnt of his hand. •'Hut your sia- I ler â€" that is more important." ••Oh, no ! The man is always the more important. If he loves " ••Well ? If he does ? " He .seems always a little amused, as if the whole thing i8 of no real consequence â€" treating it as a mere entr'acte as it were. â- â€¢It wouldn't do," says Diana. ••If you had un affection elsewhere, and were stil, bent on this marriage with â€" my sister, you would always reionfre the loss of your love on her.' "That sounds very tragical," says Ker. "However, there will be no revenjreâ€" because there is no 'prior attachment." That's the right name for it. isn't it '.'" ' I He picks up the fan that is lying Ion her Knees anil opens it. '•Your sister is here to-night ?" I "Ye â€" 6S. Not exactly hero, but â€" souiewhere." She looks eagerly round, as if to see Hilary, and colors warml.v. "Of course, you would like to be introduced to her. It is only n.Ttural. But " ••Well. I should," says the young man frankly. ••But if you think it better to wait; if it would annoy her " "You see, you came so late, and we shall be going directly, and ' " "If .you Would even point her out to me." '•I shall, of course, when T sec her" says Diana. ••But even if I don't there is plenty of time before us. Have you an engagement for to-mor- row, or will you come and lunch with us ?" ••Delighted." says Ker. "I don't think Mrs. Dyson-Moore has any- thing on lor to-morrow." "Have you told her anything about this extraordinary will ?" asks Mrs. Clifford an.xiouslv. He shakes his head. ; "I have not spoken of it to any I one. Why shoiUd I'.' I expect it I will come to nothing â€" that your sis- |ter will give me my conge without delay . ' ' "You are hoping for that ?" says A FEW HINTS FOE THE YOUNQt WIFE. :r.^l'::r:r^"c:^^L^Trfru^^^ keep husbands bood' th.un seventy .years he has followed the doctrine of the vog<!tai'ian church. Till' Philadelphia church wa.i found- ed some years ago, and its congrega- I tion has gradually grown fi-oni a ; It Behoves Her in Every Way to uiere handful of people to the flour- [ Preserve and Increase Her ishing b^>dy^ new members now being i xr ^- j> -n- .. » ]. „, „,, J Husband's Esteem. I constantly gamt'd. I The forms of their service ara few, I First catch your good husband; j and arc verv simple, but inipri^.ssive. that is the main thing. Hlavlng jThe golden rule is the basis of their Icaught him, the ne.xt and mo.'rt im- jcreed, and a spirit of peace pervades 'portant thing is, to keej) him good; their place of worship. and the oiilv wa.v to eflcctuall.v bring; j Another noticeable feature, and one jthat about is for a wife to be good I which in.stantl.v {mpro.sses the visitor Iherself. I to the Christian Church, is the health | Always reniombor one thing: nev^ and vigor of the congregation. The j use a lover ill whom .•.â- ou design to :men apiiear alert and muscular, the |in.ake your husband, lest he should' women ,'re,sh and blooming. Old age ! either upbraid you with it, or. worse j seems to conic with (lagging footsteps still, return it in Kindâ€" alterwards. and the marks of time are light, j Ropre.ss ojigcv inclination to play i There are i''.'W stooped shoulders, no j the tyrant; Jmn may be lea. but they I sallow faces, and scarcely a shading imost certainl.v will not l>e driven. Ihand among the entire flock. iGentl.v and persuasively ruled. you I Dr. Clubb, although having cele- may do almost an.vthing with them; jbrated his 76th birthday, is as ac- i treat them haughiilv and dictatoriaJ- jtive as a man many years younger, 'ly, and vou will have yourself to and all this he ascribes wholly to his thank for the natural rp.«!ult. to give him the brooch, and then Bays anxiously ; "How am I looking, Jim ?" ••Ri.ght down lovely 1" sa.ys Jim. who is a delightful husliaiul; so de- lightful indeed that his wife has never fully realized how very much more comforlablo she iiii.glit be it Providence had only given him a lit- tle more mone.v. "Oh. nonsense!" says hi.s wife, col- oring and making a would-be indig- nant little grimace at him. '•.Vm I passable â€" that's all I ask?" Ihit in truth she is looking alt he had said â€" a clmrming Marie Antoin- etteâ€"in a gown made by her own clever fingers out of some old gowns that had belonged to some of the dead and gone Clifford dames when the fortune of their hou.se was at its height. Diana has the fingers of a ready worker, and has got herself up to perfection, with very little ex- pense. Great outlay being impos- sible with her and her husband at any time, she has yet managed, so far, to keep herself in touch with the world around her â€" on a very limited income. A difficult matter always but not impossible, when one is of acknowledged good birth in one's own country, and has common sense and cleverness. Hilary has helped her a good deal, though not in any pecuniary sense, having a bare pittance of her own â€" sufficient only to dress her. But Ehc has given much time and love to the three children, and has been a source of comfort in many ways. She had come to the Cliffords on the „,..,, , , 4 . , iMrs. Clifford sadly. „•â- .? uT ^^ ^^ T •â- ! -^"i "Of- I am not. indeed, with you all the evening, says Mrs. ;„^^ ^,,^ ^^,,„,^ ^^j^^ .^ ^^ absurd, so impossible." ..,,-, , , i^i- I '•And yet," regretfully, '•it lion. Where have you been hiding !„ ,„.„„, -Hn„l ^f ,r,^„„,. it Dyson- .Moore, in way, and with i her excited , fast great deal of ac- ia great deal of mone.y. is such seems a 4 1 -1 » T T XI pitv to let it go." not ask that. I suppose. 1 want to ' ..',. ^ ,, " „ introduce a friend to you." She ,„ Z „° \r n,„ f ^'^i, i .,i,.,o _,„•! 1 .1 i. . frankness, Mrs. Clifford tells her.self. gives a rapid glance over all her at- i„^ ,^„^^ „^ |^^^. ..^^^^^.^ ^^^. j,^.^ made of tendant swains, so rapid that Diana fails to know ii^'fch among the crowd is the particular friend in question. '•He's staying with ne, you know. Says he wants to meet you. Mutual acquaintances, I sup- pose '.'" Here she mutters hurriedly, "Mr. " (Diana does not hear the name "Mrs. ClitTord," and storms away again, with her truin no whit dc- crea.sed, as during her pause with Dianna she has managed to annex the old general. This defection on the elderly war- rior's part leaves Diana alone, gaz- ing blankly into the face of the tall young man in plain clothes, who is looking not a little amused. "My name is Ker," says he pleas- antly, 'Frederic Ker. Wo are cou- sins, I think. " Diana makes a little movement. The bolt has fallen then I This is the unwelcome suitor. This i&> Hilary's fate. A second later she has .sufficiently recovered herself to acknowledge that, so far as appearance goes, Hilary's fate is by no means to be dospi.>jed. Frederic Ker, if not ex- actly an Adonis. is uiicoiumonly death of her motherâ€" that had left Kood-looking. He is a smart, well- her entirely onihanedâ€" and had lived l"^^'""? yo""g JUi". o* about twenty- very happily with theiu, a calm, un- eventful existence, until three months ago. when a strange chance fell into her life. An old aunt had died and had left her enormous fortune to be eciually dividcd between Hilarv and a nephe\^ , <a cousin unknown to Hilarv), oni''^"" ^"^^- "' 1*1"'' ^^<^ energy, 1 the condition that thcv should marrv j """"'d foJ'ow her there. I knew 1 each other. This odd' will had lifted M'''""'^* ^ 'i'^^° t'^c energy. You will the girl suddenly to a high plane, U"_"e>'stand why." lou wanted eight, with dark gray. eyes and Very handsome head. "I only arrived five minutes ago," says Kor, still looking rather amus- ed. ••! had wired to Mrs, Dyson- Moore to tell her not to trouble I throng the doorway-, and so about me, but to go on to her dance, | stairs. (To be Continued.) como here." "To see." with a rather offended glance, "if you would like Hilary?" ••That's a horrid way of putting it. Fo sec if she would like me. But now that I have seen you " ••Seen me ?" "I feel she will be too good for me." He pauses. '•Is she â€" like you ?" At this moment it occurs to Diana that her new cousin seems distinctly inclined to enter into a mild llirta- tion with her. This annoys her the more, in that it denotes his utter absence of earnestness about this affair with Hilary. â- "There were never two sisters so unlike," says she coldly. •'As you will acknowledge when you see Hilary. And now if you know no- body here, can't I get you a part- ner ? That young lady over there, the Swiss I'easant, doesn't seem to be attached " At this moment, the Swiss peasant under view comes quickly up to Mrs. Clifford's side, and drops heavily on to the seat beside her. "Oh. Mrs. Clifford, I feel so faint- so ill." says, she and indeed the pal- lor of her lips and cheeks speak for the truth of her assertion. Diana turns hurriedly to Ker. "Will you run downstairs, and bring me a glass of water 7 At once ! ' ' "In a moment I" says Ker. He gets quickly through the people who down- ; abstinence not merely on his own part, but on the part of several past gener.ations of his family. CHEAP LODGING. Equally as active as Dr. Clubb's church is a vegetarian mission, which makes its home in the lower part of the city, at 210 North Second street. A huge sign in front proclaims "The Gospel Help Mission," and here, in the cheapest hotel in the world, the abstainers from meat draw converts to their ranks by feeding »ud lodg- ing them at wonderfully Icriv rates. Its establishment was the work of an active vegetarian. Dr. W. ] . Win- ner, and since its start severaX other members of the cult have takei interest in its progress. In its short life it has served 70,- 000 guests with lodging and 460.000 meals, and despite its cheapness i» is almost .self-supporting. Here u week's lodging, with thi-ee moals a da.y and the use of a bath, a shaving set and the laundry, costs §1.12. The lodging is clean, the liath is of porcel.ain, the shaving set better than the average barber's, and the laundry well equipped. They who avail themselves of all these comforts are not of an exalted : social station: in fact, most of them I are of the worst class, and the mis- |Sion therefore specially prides Itself on the fact that it has a number of pentitents and converts to the •'course." When the mission started a few yoai-s ago there were twenty beds and a Jew miscellaneous pieces of furni- ture in the house, and the first night thi-ee men slept and breakfasted there. The seoimd there were twenty men, and fifty the third, for the mis- sion Was a welcome charity, and its first pen.sioners praised its name loudly and widel.v. At the beginning men slept, when beds ran out. on the floor, but they are permitted to do this no longer. For cleanlin- n and order are hard enough to inaiiitain -vfhen the place is but moderately full. When it is ov- ercrowded such maintenance is im- possible. HIGH PRICKD MEALS. in spite of the insecurity of the whole thing, and the hateful condi- tion. The "hateful condition" in all pro- habilit.v will be at this ball to- night. * • • • • It is gi-owing late. The flowers arc beginning to droop a little. The music is growing lower â€" more ten- der; the I'all has come to that point where every ore can safely declare that the evening has been a great success. The stewards have be"n in- defatigable. They had looked after everybod.v. Kven Miss lloring. that old-established wallllow to see my sister ?" says Diana, regarding him rlo.sely. "Yes. The encriry all lay in that. \'ou can iiiiagainc 1 had some curios- ity-" Mrs. Clifford would have an.swored this leading question naturally enough, but that the light, aluiost quizzical character oC his tone an- noys her. "She feels curiosity too," says she, a little coldly. ".Vh 1 But not so strong as mine. I am here â€" looking for her. slie " ".She certainly is not looking for you," says Mrs. Clifford, dropping CHURCH OF_VEGETARMS PHILADELPHIA IS THE CEN- TRE OF THIS CULT Congregation is Said to be a Healthy-Looking Lot of People. Vegetariaiii.sm is the banner under which hundreds of i'hiladelphians ore marching now-a-da.vs. A sudden wave of populaiity has risen in the erst- Avoid. both before and alter mar-^ riage. any .suspicion men of manag-j ing vour husband. Never seek to • deceive him. even ever so innocently, or attempt to impo.sc on his under-' standing. Some injudicious wives succeed inl| trying a husbands temper by giving him unnecessar.v unea.siness. He baa tion. and your respect, a right to your sincerity, your allec- IF HE DESEUVICS FT. To bo over sanguine before marri- age, or to promise yourself absolute- ly unalloyed felicit.v Is a mistake, for in the present condition of things so- cial, it is unwise to expect too much ^^ of even a good man. He is just a man. not an angel, aiid if. in the coui-se of time, you discover about the hushand of .vour choice an\^hin| not quite according to sample, u.sc I little tactful forbearance; be. in fact, a little blind, and j>ass it over as be- ing, alter all, only human. SmootJl your brow, compose your temper, puJ on a clean bib and tucker, and trusl to cheerfulness and good nature to carry you through. Never, on any account, dispute with a man. no matter how great th« temptation. Not only will he, in nine cases out of ten. be sure to get the best of it. but the trivial satis< faction of having your own way, will be but. a poor e<(uivalent for th( quarreling and heart-burning of wh.iH it is even impossible to see the end, A woman's jjowcr. ns well as hap> piness. has no other foundation than her husband's love .^nd e-steom; which, consequently, it behoves her in every possible way to preser\e and increase, Study his temper, therefore, and commantl your own, for even a good husband has his terrible irritable mo- ments, which a good wife will re- spect, and deal gently wiUi. MAKE A MAN "COiiFY. " and you can do almo.st anything witll him, but you must do it uU without any undue obtrusiveness of hand or method. lie likes it. but he does not care about his liking to be no- ticed or commented i!i on. l-'ortur.ately for the majority of For the more fastidious there are 'married men. women are. as a rule. nther, more expensive, vegetarian ree- [""'.v l"" ^^'•'" ^'^^''^ '°'" ""â- ' *'""• '^' taurants in Philadelphia, which cater i 'y position, and the hints we are to th(! delicate tastes of their pat- i giving are chiefly designed for thosi^ rons and not to their purses. i whose youth and inexoeriencc render Some of the most active vegetarian* U'"-' matrimoninl issue a matter of "n the citv belong to the smart set an.viety, doubt and unCL'itainty. ind right in their midst, where fash- I This is an age of early marriages •enable club houses and cafes abound, and the girl who enters upon wedaed '^"^ I while calm cour.se of its followers, and many new organizations have lately sprung up to help foster this •Tcli- . ,- gion " suvs tlie Philadeliihia North or, has had I gracefully into the seat behind her. lA,„erioan" one quadrille. Somebody had basely j ~ 'Don't be angiy with me." says j manoeuvred Peter Kinsella into the â-  Ker, taking a modest comer of the position of her partner, much to the I lounge, and looking at her with he- ..^ . . * , ,, ^^.^ Indi.gnation of his aunt, old Miss | seeching eves. "I would, believe mc :J*> •'°"'f; >'cst«»'-"nts and boardir Kinsella, who. like Satan, bus been ] be well out of all this." :*'"«'"'' «" tend to strengthen the h ' .. ' lievers m the doctrine and help * cxtraordinarv cour-'make fresh converts. •Man's food becomes rhiladelj'hia is the world s great i centre of this cult. Churches, mis- homes, restaurants ami boarding going to and •'You mean ••That." with age. but the most perfect airâ€" an air to disarm any one â€" '•it is detestable to me to seek marriage with " He hesitates. His e.ves. however, are perfectly frank. I^iana is con- scious of the fart that she admires to n Walnut street, near Tentl\ a pretty little place, the daintiness of whose icrvice would satisfy- the mo.st fasti- dious ta.sle. is well patronized. Man.v dainties that would tempt the most sanguinary person to become a vegetarian are hero sot forth to take the place of flesh, fish and fowl For instance, a mo.st attractive lookin.'.; '•chicken " is brouglit in, and proves to be a delicious concoction with much the taste of real fowl, and having ground peanuts as its base. CONVERT MEAT EATEHS. The conductors of this establish- ment and of the other vegetarian res- i ^^ ^ desirable con.lition mav not bo taurants lue wise m their day and | ,.,, ^n hor endeavors, however Retieratior, for . they recognize the r^i^^.^.^,^, j^ ,-g ^^.u "Safe bind" : ruth of the saying that "one .s heart \\^^ ^o*. a far deeper and more im- l^^s^onmch.^'"^ "^ ''"'''' ^'"â- -''^•^ortant si.nificanci than '•safe find" I .,, . ,, ^ , ,- , . , . â€" matriinoniallv considered. ! All oi these establishments, though ._____.* j managed b.y did'erent persons, are I really carried on by the combine<l cf- 1 forts of influential members of the |ve,getarian cult all over the city. j Quite recently a vegetarian sanitar- ium has been opened in the heart of I the fa-ohionable section. This e.stab- ilisluiient aims to accomplish .among a quite different class of I'eople, tho.w life before she is well free of her gir- lisli iriespoiisibilify. niwds a few words of advice in and warning with regard to the ordering of herself in the eyes of her husband. Man. to the average girl in her late teens, is a human enigma. So much of his life is iiecessiirily pn.ssed away from his home, that His habits,! thoughts, his entire personality can- not but be unfamiliar, somewhat in- the nature of a riddle indeed, to one whose world. from childhood, has been limited to her doUMStic hearth. Such a gill ma.v get ,x good hus- band, but her iibilit.v to keep him in his mind." might be considered the creed of this cult, whose followers are so impross- od with the benefits derived from a diet without meat that thc.v have banded themselves together, founded fro nil the evening, making herself most fearfully un- pleasant. She has made a point of going into all the sitting-out places under pretence of seeing that the lamp-shades arc not taking lireâ€" in reality to turn them up. and spoil • 11 the pretty flirtations. Miss Kin- sella i.s the \iliage 'I^ranl- the Ter- him. There certainly is something 'a church, the only one of its kind in ror of the country. Closed doors ' honest about him. the United States, and sought to nnd barred windows do not keep her; "lio on." says she. "I know, [convert others to their way of think- out, and her tongue is as a sharp jwilh a woman you do not love." ing and living. â- "'*""•'• •'With u woman who does not love | The church, with its 'Oagetarian pas- She has a fine, strong Irish bro(tue mo ! ' That mokes a stronger case." tor, vegetarian congregation and that "you Oo»ild hang your hat on." j "I don't know that. But." says ; vogetarinji choir. In called the First as Jim said in a moment of exaiper- â-  Piana anxiously, "if there is nv love Bible Christian Church of Philadel- «t ionâ€" and one great nfTection. | on either wideâ€" forâ€" any outsider â€" tphia. Peter is the alToction, and to sec any third person " She breaks off) FASTOH ANTi PFX)PLE him (lancing Willi Mi.ss Boring, "that i nnd looks nt him earnestly. '•You 1 __ _ ,, „ „, .. ^.' rtisthracled ould maid,' ns I regret j are heart-whole''" asks she. \^^ ^^^- "cnrv S. Clubby the pa.- Ker laughs. His laughter, at all *<"• •" *>*'• "^ hearty, and hi« par- events, .rounds heart-whole and very Ishioners from .veor s end to .ve«r b reassuring. i''"'' touch no me«t. tor gome time to say she calls poor Miss B«->rini{. has filled hor withered breu.^t wi*h Tag*! '-re.^ther, " flgged o:t in •pifndid eqMlpments as a r«d-hairod Monifi' was surely worthy of a liot- "There is nothingâ€" nothingl" sa.vs Pr. Clubb has pre«.ch«tl to Philadcl- he. with a littl« sugirestive ni«v^ I Ph'nn" *^*»* ^»'"* *»^-** ♦<» tho moral LITTLE MOSLEStS STAKT. A little Mosioau when .siie was 4 years 4- months old goes through the "Niime-of-God. ' or Bismillah, cere- inon.v â€" which begins her real life. She i.s dressed in cloth of gold, with a veil and wreath of Powers, nnd friends .ire invited to stiluti! the lit- jwho are wenlth.v, or at least well to ! tie quct'U. She sits on a .itold cusli- do, the same object as the mi.ssion jion. which must be borrowed if ."ihe idown town, nomaly, the conversion of | hasn't one. and all the rest sit on the nieat enters to the doctrine of vege- ; floor. 'fiien an old mullah recites jtarianiain, and the ^Restoration to 'very slowlv ,t certain verse fro«n the j health of thcwe who have indulges! | Korean, which is also written in snf- too freel.v in the (leshpots of l"ij.\|.t. j fron on a silver jilatc Bibi held in I So far it has met with wonderful iher hand. .She runs her lingers over success. the words and stammers them after I ♦ - him. '"'av it now, Bibi; he a good j SHE OCT THE MONEY. girl, then you shall see youj- pre- "Harry," she naid, "I want twenty scats." Soon they all cr.v. 'Shn- dollara." " ibash! Shabash' Wnh; Wah!" nnd j "Hut. mv d(\sr," h# protested, |the cerenion.v of the little girl's first j "that's nearly all the cash I have on i lesson in reading, writing onu religi- j hand at the i>re.scnt moment, and Ijon is over. She saUNiins maimnn, j had planned to use it to take up a Ithen shows her t-rescnts to her suh- bill." icHs (girl friended j "Oh. well." she returned, careleeft- I ♦â-  jl.v. "ii vou think the man v, h<, holds ^ â- â€¢You can't R<»t sor-pthing for no- Ihe bill con make things an.\ hotttsr it.hing," said -Tcmwi. "N'o. ' nn!»wei-e<l tor you than I con. wh.\-, gt> ahead: " |Tomkln«; "T can't. B-it the poopld Tlxia it hopuonod that sha got the with whom 1 do huainess seem tfl nio'">»' i-,iani(re It every now •n<l then ~1