oR, THE RESULT OF A. FANCY DRESS 'BALL "I say, can "t you ner a It is plain to her ys come that shi experi taught him thav inathar good her progress toward perfection. * rule he is a long-suffering man, "put new his feolin:s overcome him. springs up the stairs three steps ot a time, and having beaten a lively tat- too on ees ar bursts it wile tinanketutly, dropping cae like iy this brooch in ~ the aids. who cs a delightful hustand never fully ae a vers Providence had ane given as a lit- had tok merece Marie Antoin- up to : Oe with very little ex- | far. to _ herself" th touch with the but not impossible, when one is Hilary has helped her a gad deat. though not in any pecuniary she has given much time and to the three children, and ae been | srt ihe hnd come*to the Cliffords on "the death of her mother--that er entircly Rd rag rage had lived ie pike ger existence, until 'three months _ x ena strange chance fell into An 'cid aunt an Ronee aud yee ae e c divide d between "Bitary yt a "nephew the condition that they shania marry thing, and the hateful condi- | . the ball has come to that poms manocuvred Peter Einsella into position: of her partner, much to the | all the pretty flirtations.. Miss K 4 is the village Tyrant--the Ter- and barred windows do not keep her has a fine, strong Irish brogue that "you could hang your hat on as Jim said in a moment of exasper- ation--and one great oe as 'been again restored to its place. fore them. dancing is at its héight ssiuey Diana Ciitord. one tering the ~bdell- "Haven't been able to get'a word with you all the evening," says Mrs. Dyson-Moore, in her excited, fast t gives-a rapid glance over all her at- id tendant swains, so rapid that Diana fails to know which among e crowd is the particular 'friend in question. » 'He's staying with me, "tyou know. Says he wants to meet "Mrs. Clifford,"" and storms away again, with her train no whit de- creased. as during her pause' with Dianna she has manuged 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 wa little amused "My name is Ker," says he pleas- antly, *'Frederic Ker We are cou- sins, [ think. Diana makes: a litth movement The bolt has fallen then ! This is the unwelcome suitor. This is Hilary's ate. A second later she has sufficiently recovered herself to acknowledge that, so far as appearance goes, -~ i] = a Zz se Fs Cc a i~J ° 8 *s s a ind é actly an 'hdoule, is " unceeemnenti good-lovking. He ia a swart, well- set-up young' man, of about twenty- eight, with dark gray eyes and a very handsome head "I only arrived five minutes ago,' says Ker, still looking rather _amus- Moore to -tell her not to trouble about me, but to go on to her dance, would follow her there. I knew I ould I have the energy. You will understand bee u wante to see my sister ?"' says eee egardine him ages "Ye The energy fall in that. . ba can imagaine I had pe tcurios- "Nirs, Cliford would have answered | is leading question naturally 'enough, but that the Nght. almost quizzical character of his tone an- noys her. "Sho feels curiosity too,"' says she, in little coldly ; * ' But not so strong as mine. vs {Jo am _here--looking for her. But > | @he---- 'She certainly is not looking for you."' says, Mrs, Clifford, dropping , [grace fully into the seat behind her. Don't be angry with mec,"" says tl lKer, taking a modest corner of the Jounge, and oon at her with be- secching eye: ""T would, believe me be well out "at all this." , "That,"" with extraordinary cour- age, but the most perfec! sir--oan air }to disarm any oane--"it is detestable jSeious of the fact that she admires | him There certainly is something | hene st about him 'Go on,'. says she ad know. H | With a woman you do not love iJ "With a woman who does not love | me! That makes a stronger ' "I don't know that. But,"' says Diane anxiously, "'if there is no love on either side--for --any outsider-- any third person----"' She breaks oll jund looks at him carnestly. you are heart-whole 2?' asks she. ~ | Ker laughs His laughter, at all » j/events, sounds heart-whole and ae jfeassuring "There is nathing--nothiagi" says lhe, with a little suggestive move- ment of his hand. "But atc sis- | ter--that is more importa "Oh. no! The man is siwaye the |more important. If he loves----"" : Se ? it frse does,?' ways n little: amused, la it the ert thing is of no real treating it us a mere) jentr 'nete as it were. "ft wouldn't do,'" says Diana. "If you had an affection elsewhere, and were stil, bent on this marriage with--my sister, you would always hed revenge the loss of your love on her.' revenge--because there is no 'prior attachment.' That' s the right name or it. isn't it? He picks up the fan that ix lying on Rer knees and opens vit "Your sister is here to-night ? "Yo--es Not exactly here, but-- somewhere,"' She looks eagerly round, as if to sec Hilary. and colors warinly. "Of course, you would like to be introduced ne te her Tt is only natural, Bu "Well, T she ould,' seys the young man iran'e. ut if you think it sean to?Wait; if it would annoy you came so _ and we shall be oing directly, and----* 'Tf you would even point ne out "I shall, of course, ney T see her" says Diana. 'But if IT don't there is plenty cf 'ane before Have you an engagement for to-mor row, or will you come and lunch with ny 2" * "Delighted," snys Ker. "I don't think Mrs. Dyson-Mvore has any- "Have you told her anything about this extraordinary will?" asks Mrs, Clifford anxiously. Te shakes his head. "I have nut spoken al it to any | one. Why should 1? 1 expect it will come to nothing--that your 4 = will give me my conge wi eS are gon Pas for that ?°' mre | Mrs. Clifford sa "Tl am more I am not, indeed. | | ut the = thing is so absurd, so b! mpossi Bisel yet," eegrettally, "it is such eal of. It seems a pi ; It does!" -- seome made of. at | frankness herself. oe [Ele looks at her- "Phat's why I've| comp here." , be attached---- : We ee seoeent, the Swiss pennant om ys Ker gets Le a through the people d you. __ Mutual acquaintances, I sup- s P he "Oh, ee Clifford, I feel, so faint-- so ill,"" says, she and indecd the puns speak for Diana ---- hurriedly to Ker. who own- Pactestetactested the body is to caupe the bloox and tissues of the skin and uncerlying ead, Hot water is necessary properly to neck, and cast off the seeps material Laing might otherwise se pimples or black- a the face pr throat with gol and are trained to act promptly, that the tendency to colds and threat is greatly decreased.--Youth's mpanion. ' of Q & has said that fow men die f 'old age, 7nd that almost all pér- sons bral of Bia tiger personal, accident. Ling passions kill ie sometimes ev. 'tear strength, and the coak have none to vec--the lettertake care af themselves with the body so it is with the mind and ec strong are apt to The inferior animals, which live temperate lives, have gen- erally their prescribed term of years. Tian the -- lives twenty-live years E the lion' about twenty, the hog ten or twelve, the guinca pix six he numbers are bear pro- pertion to pa time the animal takes But man, all animals, fs ohe tha! soldom sigs ie He ovght to the physiological law. for five times twen--- instead of tha ' average of four times the growing period. The obvious--man is not only the most irregular and most intem- perate, but the most laborious hard-working of all animals. always the most irritablg, and there and He can not tell what an animal secretly feele, than any other animal, man " cherishes wrath to keep it warm and ognstumes himself with the fire of water ut like many other things power may prove in- hot water applied to the surfuce of ossels o ° tose for the time being their natural The blood supply of the region and the pores are { the entire body has been neni a sudden chill is very likely to ns the great case with cold after a Warm ) This is quickly to sponge the entire surfaco with way the relaxation is followed by prompt contraction, the circulation is , and nse of vigor and stimu- - ° dash of cold water, however, the relaxed ae are poo stimulated to recon- and wrinkles and Gabbineer of the ng Rider folk it ce and. th matically 'tellowing --the hot water nd E & q § ¥ Esl He |: their Village is dow One morning wine and' Edith went. with their papa, came back in a little i they got to the cabin door they saw of | Cupine pes ge pled for live In the top of one tall rae here was a bunch of moss tha Lov "Porcupine gee the Indian boy said, when Ute talk, got plenty fur, I Little bear run abou ut and it was very "Ugh!" said With-la-with, oe ae eee plenty good at." @ took it to t the fire. with | his po them, one by one. 8s the way woodcocks get eat. and fishermen may learn a lesson in my 'tho a in my feet atic Aer ad 'deed are but the ward gen When springs are The 5 will be ine wens that from flow LITTLE-BOY-AFIC \ID-TO-PLAY. went up on time, to work in his mine and Willie and. Edith went with him wheel,- but there were a great many of 'hem. "T think,"' said Willie, ' new kind of animal with tremendous long feet must have gan to cry. "Lite white girl no get afraid!' , and when they looked was Squaw With-la- with anting by _ Rie ae her ma-h ook ok with . Wil. lie, and pointed to the poles fasteeed to th "Ught said With-la-witb, anima! got ed And she 1 The "Indians 'vet up ote wigwam noar the cabin, poly then Willie and Tee-ma-ha went up timber to hunt. ow and about 20 arrows, and them and left his rifle at. the Near the spruce thicket they foun Many trac! Willie had never seen a poreupine. funny bunch ws nround very slowly z, bu But Tee-ma-ha picked it up by the lower Jaw, where it had the | bundle plies poe -, unwrapped it the quills were all in the cloth. did it ever get so Very many thorns in its back?"' answered With-la-with, "Lt sla P and run away 'and hide Him come out in, Litt fe boy-edratdcte-play squeal gnd run fast and come Sy ee got plenty bayonet-bush on hie m got pleaty --. now, like little white squaw. o got any sense. 'Ue weaibiie grunted,-' tle white mt 'tekger stay and ea id. ate dinner with her pa -- HOW TO DIG YOUR BAIT. a Piece of ar "ee col- svil, wood- Ww many inquisitive earth-w ° trude from the holes tea tho bird had drilled. 'The earthworms heard the noise and they wished to know what the troutle was. turned thicir pends sere from side Tho will rman holes: in the soil'and ¢ earth {key with. n in the At the present time camphor is not. he = cut down ba te regard to the fact oat the a would not od, and 80 matters continued until a awoke to the exigencies of the case . cult, whose followers are so im convert others to their way of think- ;ond y jing and living The church, faith its vegetarian pas- |tor, ge Sa congregation and choir, is called the First Bible Christen Church of Philadel- hia. PASTOR AND PEOPLE. The Rev. Henry S. Clubb, the pas tor, is hale and hearty, and his par- ishioners from year's end to year's end touch no meat. For some time Dr. Clubb has presched to Philadel- phians the value both to the moral and physical man of disciplining the appetites for flesh food, and for more than seventy years he has followed e saddle at one | maturity which enables it to produce end and dragging on the ground at at the end of theo nent twenty " Camphor can be obtained by distill- Tee-ma-ha had r i All attempts of chemical experts to find a substitute for camph hitherto failed, but the ieee situa- | The rch, the end good any come out ae evil. MANCHURIAN BRIGANDS. Chunchuses Who no Tnfest the Coun- try's Sigs all the. brigands or highway- en in Manchuria, who have infested the country since the date of the Manchu contest of China. Manchuria tate ne vite: the Burmese brigands, caie hand is ageinst every man, be he t byt Ps Th Williamson, who travelled in Man- churia in the sixties of the last cen- $1. . Redbeards, owing to their custom and Play and Play. of painting their -- red and wear- The great trade fighenys of Man- echuria are infested with them, at one time, owing to their activity, hood. They then established a pecu- liar system of insurance throughout paid them gon being supplied with a their place of worship. brated his Pesan generations of his family. CHEAP LODGING. ost self-supporting the laundry well equipped. ture in the house, and the firet night men, and fifty the third, for the m si beginning men slept, when ned ran out. on the floor, but they are permitted to do this no longer. For cleanliness and order are hard peg to maintain when the place ix but moderately full. When it is ov- ded int i im- red against being robbed, and from the fact that carts so distingu sap he seldom or never -- it A school for dogs is the latest de- ear rapped it with ue orig leading into she 20, Oe be i th: taught further to Agee with "proud } MARKED BY A SIGNBOARD. s possible. ark PRICED MEALS. cons and not to their purses. take the place wot a fish and fowl. having ground peanuts as its base CONVERT MEAT EATERS. trath of the saving that: "'one' his stomach re tial members rian cult. aJl over. the city. a of risen in the erst- while calm tourse of its followers, and centre of this cu Churches, mis- be- lievers in the doctrine and help to fresh con "Man's food becomes his mind," might be considered the creed of this e crything this This the doctrine of the vegetarian church. The Philadelphia church was Tound- ishing body, new members now being y gained. Tho forms of their service are few, and are very simple, but impressive. The golden rule is the basis of their | creed, and a spirit of peace pervades Another noticeable feature, and one women fresh and blooming. Old age seems to come with flagging footsteps and the marks of time are light. shi lock. Dr. Clubb, although | -- -- irthday, is t paiagh nce year mange, and all this he ascribes wholly to his abstinence not merely on his own part, but om the part of several past il, 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 strect A huge sign in front proclaims "The Gospel Help Mission," and here, in the st hotel in the world, the }abstainers "trom meat draw converts to their ranks by feeding and lodg- at wonderfully low rates. In its short life it has served 70,~- 000 guests with lodging and 460,000 Ps and dospite its cheapness it is alone a week's lodging, with three meals o day and the use of a bath, a shaving set and the laundry, costs They who avail themselves of all these comforts are not of an exalted social station; in fact, most of them are of the worst class, and the mis- sion therefore specially yee itself on the fact that it has a ber of pentitents and ena ag 7a the - | 0) " three men slopt and breakfasted there. . The seqund there were twenty For the more -- -- are other, more expensive, vegetarian res- taurants in Philadelphia, nace cater to the delicate tastes of their pat- me of the most active vegetarians fm the city belong to the smart set, and right in their midst, where fash Many dainties that would tempt the most sanguinary person to become @ vegetarian are here set forth to 'or = instance, most attractive looking "chicken" is brought in, and i coction The conductors of this establish- ment and of the other vegetarian res- heart for mind) «may be reached through hese establishments, though shaded. y . different ns, are really carried on by the <r ef- forts of influential Re alk SKIRTS. There are two quit: anne sve in skirts this chooses for use should be studied pos with careful thought as to the individ- ual figure. One style rovives the be- is 80 much work on ev- is year.' 'ad for gd is not lively to mee -e een It is of course quite impracticable « on heavy fabrics, really becomes none but slender gures. A very dressy tan -- de chine bac a skirt with groups narrow perpendicular tucks on fronk. ond sides four inches below the belt. The back was quite full and shirred to the same depth It was m over pink tafeta.. A tucked box pleat took the centre of the back and front of the waist, with the goods shirred on _ Lad to form a yoke, the full- red at the top to continue the yoke effect and shirred again more narrow- ly--two or three rows--inrto a drep euff of folds of silk and the material, left open on the outer edge. A lace frill was set within, With this gown will be worn a hat of lace matching it exactly in color, and trimmed with the tiniest of pink rosechbuds. Accordion pleated skirts are fash- | ionable again and have the advant- lage that cheap material can be effec- jtively made up in that way. No | trimining is required, but stitched wilk bands are sometimes seen, With lace collar and cuffs, or these of shir- red chiffon, the efiect is stylishiy simple Box-pleated skirts are popular, but the pleats are wider than last year. The neweet model for shirt waist skirts has eight gores with a seam down the centre of the front. This senm is opened and pressed; then stitched on each side a quarter of an inch from the first seam, ang pressed again. In each side of the front are three tucks stitched flat to tiie knees; below that point they are pressed in but-not stitched; the ticks turn away from the front and ward the side seam where there is an imturning pleat on each side of the cae at each side, stitched about half way down, beyond. which are four tucks on each side, also stitched down. The skirt is more graceful in hang and more becoming if these pleats and tucks are not stitched more than one-fourth of the length of the skirt. Where stitching ends on overy tuck and pleat 2 "tailor'e tack"' or crow's foot is worked in heavy silk to stay the pleat and give a pretty finish. If a shirt like the skirt is made, the tucks should be finished with similar decor- ations. ~- It is not every dressmaker who wilk tell you that one silk drop skirt may, do duty for several gowns if instead of being hung with one skirt it is put on a separate band. skirt may thus be worn With a tailor suit; with the church dress and also with a cnus- pleatings are required on the drop skirt now-a-days to hold out the skirta which are cut to flare as m as ov-- er. Ruffles wear much better than plostings and get more body and last longer if a narrow dress braid is stitched on to protect the hem. Many such skirts have pinked rnches asa finish to the ruffe. ---- ABOUT SHIRT WAISTS. To strengthen weak spots in «4 waist of silk or woolen material, i material can be darned lightly over this or caught. down at the cdges. Any colored goods may be re this way if you get plaster to match the silk Unless a professional laundress is employed it is of the greatest import- ance that a woman know how to do up her own pretty waists and dainty cullaia for if the work be carelessly wrong side, then turn .over. Raise each tuck with a knife. i slight- ly and press dry on the right side and they book better ie they are rais- ed again instead of leaving them fat. Black percale or lawn should be washed in warm suds, then rinsed In whose ; water in which b gee hea been lib- erally added and if starch is used it mvet be made almost black with the blucing: ~ An excellent way to wash dark hams or muesli is soak then wash starcti pein without using soap. The starch clears the print and wit use