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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-12-29, Page 3BROWN Bl'UDIS. Private deem ere at Preterit very popular. t a he d rimier introvitteed et them hieetemon aria ilos eeasen mill for A perfor- manta not bureied, not too fat. all the tow danceieve the rntuuet 47 mevement, erhioh its elow arid etately. The danoet of the lete two measone were intreduttecl to give • the proper poisieg at • tervale whe denereand to give them their attrective appearance they muet, be danced to slow memo. The r odowa, Yorke, Hungarian, Wentworth end iSpenieli Yorke are all settler and ell danced to the same time, the rythinie measure of the mazurka; The Oxford minuet still cinitinues to be very popular and is taught extensively in the principal school. The Spanish yorite, which displaced the xedowe last season, will te popular this Wear. The Columbia, properly (seamed, to igalop time, ie taking the place ot the polka =tong proficient dancers. Tea Aurora Wa8 Introduced aere lest year, but did AO be- come popular. Now it le 'meetaug with enuoh approval, being mealy act:pared and in waltz time. A late dance in the tame a time as the Spanish Yorke le named the Wentworth, but it is a complicated dance and not brilliant in appearance, Po it is doubtful if it becomee pt pular. But the Manitou is a lateditnee that will be popular, lahe American professors era irate all the late dances with the exception of the •Aurora and the Royal Gavoete, which will he the rage iu Buffalo that seamen. le is meeting with great approval and beingin- troduced in all classes. It its easily acquired and Very attractive in • appearance. The 'waltz still continues to be the dance. It is ranch slower in movement than of late , years, as is the time of the various dances. , There is .nothing very new in the square 'dances excepting the t they are now danced ;altogether in • the diagonal form. The alifaloeze quadrille is the only new maitre it:lance. Each figure ends in a different xound dance, makinga brilliant effect and 'the various tempos giving an added attrac- tion. If you haie a ,friend -a woman-abciub -whose Christmas present you are in doubt, . buy her a hatpin. There is nothing else in the whole realm of feminine belongetigeeo universally useful. To the blind eyes of nnen hatanna probably seem merely a sortof lestrurnent to keep ouriously constructed headgear upon curiously arranged hair. But -tide is a narrow view of the field of useful- ness of the hat -pin. If it le a pretty one, with a ball of twisted silver or gold at the top, the ingenuous young woman makes it .serve as an indoor °maritime She thruats through the soft wads of hair ao that it gleams among her looks withlascinating effeet. Then, again, the long pin is carefully concealed between the lining and the covering of her bod,oe, lead the ornamental head looks like • 5 lace pin. Oa rainy days she fastens up •her trailing skirts with the long substantial piece of wire and tramps about, reeking mot of mud and mire. When she buys a anegazine or novel on a journey the hat -pin forthwith becomes a paper -knife. It unarm the feminine corkscrew'and probably more 47i/corks owe their -ruin to the picking away of -the hatpin than to any other cause. It is used to rescue letters from crevices and to clean the settiog of ring& H pens and ink should ever be wanting to a woman with a hat -pin and liquid shoe polish she could • make good the loss. • Therefore, if you are in doubt what) to give a women, buy her one nweeMtita s of beauty jewellers sell as hat • pins, ou will know that you have -given weapon of defence, a convenient honseho utenida an ornament and an article o etaring apparel all in one. Varied in design and unique in execution we the Christmas cards of the approaching sealson. Calendars, booklets and souvenirs of greater or less value, paantings in water color or prints on cardboard, salt, celluloid • and bolting cloth are utilized to express the elehristmati goodwill greetings. There is a /treat variety ef novelties in the Christmas card line, perhaps more so than ever be .fore, an they are cheaper than in previous wean. The fringed creations with eilk cord and tassel are not on the markeW and there is a tendency to approach the valen- tine field. Leastwise their obeapness • places them within the reach of every one, and their populerity is by no means on the • wane, The sentiments ieseribed on them heve a jocular jingle that euggests holiday mirth, and the grotesque vies wieh •the sublime. The latest popular de. sign, one that seems •to have been, fastened upon by all the menu lecturers, is the fan that opens and closes. , 'This fan idea is brought ota, in calendars, and varied are the deeigns aud inscriptions. -They are adorned with landscapes, marine wievve, cherubs, feathers and even with Columbus in the varioue stages of his dis- covering career. If you desire to expreem ;your Chrietmas wishes from the depths of ;your soul, you will find the sentiment prepared for you on a model of a cork insole. Atcither nevelt y es a small boy, who stands en his head and balances in a weertain uncertain manner, which is carrel- - vitiug. He merrily wishes that • Tour pockets may never be inside out, • Nor your world be upside down The cheapness and variety of the cards • suggest that every gift wia be accompanied e irith ono this year. Every good wish, which costs nothing, will be etimbasized by an artistic souvenir, vvhieh costs next to he same price. • Expensive, elaborate ones 'there are, in teeth, but they are not offered to any large extent by the dealers. These ,will be thrust more extensively into notice paa Christthas draws nearer. Are men naturally greater cowards than -women ? Under certain eirournstances we -believe they are. When their blood is aroused and when in action face to face with a foe they can meet and even court • &ail in all its hideousness with a bravery that ie sublime. In such ciratunstanoes women would be helplese and terrified. Zile where• calm reeignation is tequired in the presenoe eof death, where a fate has to lee faced that no human effort can evert, rira4n showa the true heroism of her w eettre in striltieg contrast to that of Mare Trith WaS illnetrated by the atetomente of Are, Notelheimer, of Torontie who Wag ,ot perienager on the Spree vvhen he broke 310LIOU In mid:ocean, and the liven of all were jeeptirdy. Thi e lady eays Theee were 'five t,votneti passengers Whose reason &wing este petite was tineettted. It was neoeueary ee leek them alp in rieperate mate until They leeeeene calmer. TvIre. Moeller, of New York, a travellinie companion Mre. NOrdheimer, said that the men were the moat frightened, and added " When the machinery broke the crash wee felt in every part of the boat, !Cho elioek wan trettendouti. Much exeite- yeenti naturally followed melt an aceidetit, end When the machinery stopped the 'Fillip helpletqiiy in the sea. We all reel - ;Seed our pori when ehe lifebeate were got earedy, nr‘d when the relies were ordered to be leoiomed, The oepteio and tither eta ee re tese tail) did not attoMpb to teniceal from u$ the real peril that confronted ini. We were told to get our jewels and put on heavy clethieg, We were also ferniebed with lifeepreeervere, It Wee when the life - beta and rafts wove beiug made ready that the women demonstrated more (towage than the men. Many of the men, tie Sent aS the crash oame„ Reized the neareet life preservei atel ehought ouly of their own deliverance. They also clung to them during the claire Iwo days of Wel, and carried them wher- ever they waled. The women, on the other hand, in many cases welled calmly around the boat withoet a life prerterver, and when the boat began to siuk they made it known that they thought more of th welfare of others than they did of them- eelyee." What is fame, asks a contemporary 1 It is wonderful how soon a public man whited name is a licnisehold word disappears if he withdraws into privacy or dies, How often is Sir John Macdonald'a name mentioned in hhe newepapers of to -day, end how soon will Sir John Abbot* be dropped, if it is not dropped already, from political tertian end discuesions ? We are such oreaturee of habit that we are prone to imagine that the butiness of the world will come to a stand still when this or that eminent man is nob regulating it. When I wire a boy, Sir Robert Peel was the necesaary man ; then it was Lord Russell, then Lord Palmerston, and then Lord Beaconsfield. ,And yet each one of them, when extinguished, was aeon forgotten-nominus umbra, and the world jogged on as heretofore. So it has been with Robert Lowe. What he raid, what he thought, what he did,and what he would do, were for a time on everyone's tongue. But who beyond a few personal triends, who, known daring the last ten years whether he existed ? Napoleon Bonaparte, on returniog from -Elba, took shelter in an old woman's cottage from a storm. She had never heard that he had been replaced by the Bourboes on the throne. " And this is fame !" said Nepolcion. Pope, when dying, was amazed Otto, the trees were green. He thought that nature ought to go into mourning. Andwe all, from the- highest to the lowest, fancy ourselves far more important to the world's economy than we are. What is this world? An infinitesimal ball of stone and mud roll- ing about througb space we know not whenoe, or where, of no greater size in com- parison with the millions on millions of - other worlds than an ant -hill on int surface -a mere, almost indiseineuish- able spot in infinity, with a quantiby ot ineignifieant creaeuree on It, who flutter about for a few minutes, and then are resolved into the elements. Is it not, theu, too absurd that these creatures should be ever seeking to lord it over each other, and that any human being t3hou1d care for what he calls "fame"? 1 never look at an ants' nest without those thoughts occurring to me. How contemptuously we should feel for an ant hoping for eternal renown be -ause he has slaughtered a lot of other ants ! How ridiculous we should deem some ant raore Silly than the others, believ- ing himself to be a very superior creature, because some ancestor had, either by good. or evil deride, acquired the right to trans- mit kerne uomburation of letters to AIS descendants as a prefix to their names! With what huge laughter should we con- template an ant, proud, haughty and happy because he has been permitted by another ant to wear a bit of straw round his bins! What should we think of an ants' nest in which half the ante were starv- ing, while the other half have more food in their cells than they could ever eat! 11111011111•••••••••••111. Namingthe baby, especially, if it is the i only one, s an event of so great importance that everybody in the family -except the hapless infant most concerned -is consulted. There is a well-defined idea that the yourg man will live up to his name, and that he should be as well endowed in that direction as poseible. The father, Dombey like, wants the world to know that he has a son who will perpetuate the family name, but the mother, with an invnerd shudder at the prospect, wisely declares that there can be but one " Eras - bus " in the world for her, and smothers his paternal pride with vrifely affection. She, the blessed woman, is looking for something lovely, something different, something to express how much more wonderful that child is than others born in the same gene- ration... She rather fancies Algernon," until the father suggests that it sounds like an English waiter, and that it means "with whiskers," and if the boy should happen to be as painfully smooth -faced twenty-five years hence as at present, his comrades will guy him to death. They both have in mind her silk -skinned brother Sampson, who despite his name, patent soaps and safety razors, carries about with him the face of a girl, and whose sufferings are no secret in the family. Certainly, Alaernon is out of the question, He Bug, goats "William," a good, moral -sounding name, but a certain " Bill" is the tough of the neighborhood, and she decidedlyrefuses. She will have nothing that can be nick- named. College catalogues are gone over, friends are written to for Bete, and the advisability of pleasing wealthy relatives by a name, with an -endowment fund at- tached, considered. But suppose the boy were to be called Abijein and turns out to be a poet or artist; how would that look 5/3 a 'signature and onhis visiting cards? Sup- pose he is named for, Uncle John, and the family name is Smith, how is he to distin- guieh himself from the thousand and one other John Stniths scattered about the coun- try, unless he parts his name in the middle anthangs out his shingle as a, DePeyeter Smith? Suppose he has been inflicted vidth his mother's maiden mane'es has been the fad of recent years, the time may come when to introduce himself to a etronger means to recall the two best- or worst -known members of the family, and tack on to himself the heritage of a spend- thrift or a sharper. I have attended chris- tenings where the defencelese infants squalled in vigorous protest at the whole proceeding, and after years proved there Was. method in their madnees, Lily grew to be dark as a gypsy, and Grace turned out; dumpy, awkward and snulentreecl. The child has a right to a name with some dig- nity to it, and one he can do business under he won't alwaye be a child, and he meet bay and sell pig iron as "Harty Le Grand," if there is money to be made in the transaction. That might go in the softer circle of erget3ty, but he needa a manly Big-, nature for manly deeda —.a. " The other day," said. a doctor, " a young wotnan cellea on mo at my office and eaid 1 " Doctor, I don't know what is the matter with my lefh ear. I an getting deaf in my left ear I" I inquired into the case end found that the youog lady had been trembled only Abthlb euc torlth,1 applied the tweed Inatome -lite tied felind that; the letter ear was perfectly normal. I thou asked the young !say If her mother hedevet boxed her ears eXoessieely in her youth; and elle eaid no, althoogh ahe admitted that while elm two at echool the school Meant mod to twiet and ilorew her ears coneiderably, it was a case of the ° telephone ear.' You would be 20 testified if yore Ithow how many of our young womea are becoming peetially da through the oonstant use of the telephone, It it elle& a common case now that auriate have coined the name ' telephone ear' to deeignate the 'recoiled - tree of the case. The telephone etir' is the result of the neveaending use of one ear in listeniug et the reoeiver of the telepliene. I adviee all young people, and old onee, toe, who are afflicted in Odd way to vary the ears in listening through the 'phone. If they do not, Hooner ox• Jitter the hearing of the ear that is worked boo meat, will be- come cierieusly, perhaps permaeently, im. paired. Lova out for the girl with tbe telephone ear. She la abroad in the land. :You can tell her in the street care by the way she cranes her neck." .1.110EitatT� imPLOWEES. Dlr. Gould Was Not a Reliever in the leetinome ortaterip tdr. Gould was not it believer in cheap men, In the employment of help he re. peeled. economy as poor policy. In the varioun branohee of his extended business he aimed, to secure the best men tensible, and he was never known to dieker over the amount of pay. His conopicuoue Burmese in avoiding the !egad thetas through which he was obliged to thread his way during his eventful career was due mainly to the fact that he always had in his employ the very best legal talent that money oould pro- cure. The story about Mr. Sage and his office boy has beea frequently told in Wall street, but it has never appeared in print. Mr. Sage had an office by who had been with for ;several years, was familiar with his methods and moods, and understood per- fectly well the statue of eaoh of Mr. Sage's customers. The boy was Klett, tactful and faithful, and in due course of time received tempting offers to leave Mr. Sege's employ. He, however, stuck to Mr. Sage for a long while, imbued with the false hope of ad- vancement. The boy's salary was $15 a week, and when he told Mr. Sage one day that he had been offered $25 a week to go elsewhere, Mr. Sage coldly told hini that he had better go -and he went. Jay Gould happened in Mr. Sage's cave a few days afterward and oaeuelly remarked : " Why, where is John 1" g0 ! he has left me," said Mr. Sage. "He got extravagant notions in his head and I had to let him go. But rve got a new boy and I save $3 a week on his salary." " You do, eh ?" remarked Mr. Gould, with undisguised disgust. " Well, have you figured how much you will lose on his blunders ?" When Col. F. K. Hain was made general manager of the elevated railroads in this city, he was unknown to Mr. Gould. It not long, however, before the quiet little millionaire began to take a lively interest in him. Col. Hain possesses qualities which excited admiration in Mr. Gould's breast. One day, not many years ago, Mr. Gould, as President of the Manhattan Railway Com- pany, received Col. Hain's written resigna- tion. In great surprise he sent for Mr. tHaM and asked him to explain the reason for his resignation. "Mr. Gould," said the Colonel, "1 have received from the Reading Railroad Com- pany an offer of the position of General Managerat a salary of $12,000 a year, and in justice to myself and my family, I do not think that 1 ought to refuse it." "How much are you getting here?" asked Mr. onoldni.. "eix thousand five hundred dollars a year,' re "Is the increase in salary your onlyreason for your reerguation? " " Yes, sir." "Will you stay, with us for $15,000 a year ?" asked Mr. Gould. "Certainly," responded Col. Hein. " 'Very well, let it be so," said alr.Crould, "and,Colnnel, I am perfectly satisfied with your work. Never let a question of money come between us," The loyalty of S. S. H. Clark, General Manager of the Missouri Pacific and Presi- dent of the Union Pacific, to Mr. Gould bas been the subject of frequent (tenement. Mr. Clark is by no means a lowpricea man, and the face that he has long been one of Mr. Goulds trusted lieutenants means that he has not worked for low pay. It is related that the -Atchison people Once tried to get Mr. Clark to enter their employ by offering him an advance of $10,000 on the salary the Missouri Pacific Company was giving him. Mr. Clark ptotnptly refused the offer and said nothing. Mr. Gould, however, heard of the matter from other sources, end on the Christmas Hey following Mr. Clark received a check for $50,000 with a short note which road : "A merry Christmas to my loyal friend. -Jay Gould." -New York. Times. Popular Similes. As wet as a fish -as dry as a bone, As live as a bird -as dead asit stone; As plump as a partridge -as poor as a rat, As strong as a horse -as weak as a cat; As hard as a flint -as soft as a mole, As white as a lily -as black as a coal; As plain as a pikestaff -as rough as a bear, As tight as a drum -as Prep as the air; As heavy as lead -as light as a feather, As steady as time -uncertain as weather; As hot as an oven -as et ild 58 8, frog, .As gay ea a lark as sick as a dog; As slow as a tortoise -as swift as the wind, As true as the Gospel -as false as mankind; As thi as the herring as fat as a pig, As proud as a peacock -as blithe asit grig; As savage as tigers - as mild as a dove, As stiff as a poker -as limp as a glove; As blind as a bat -as deaf its a post, As cool as a cucumber -as warm as toast. Enough to Hill Her. " What's the baby's name ?" " Southerlaucl Fauntleroy Smith." "Take off the sinker." Citizen -What are these extra hundred polieemen on duty for to -day? Officer - There is a speoial holiday sale of handker- chiefs and somebody is liable to get killed. The latest remedial craze appears to be tho barefoot cure. There are several did - tinct departments of this general school of health. One advocates the racing bare. footed, and, indeed, barelegged to the knees, through the sunny sands of the see,shOre. A sleeveless shirt or blouse low at the throat i is worn, too, and no hat, that as touch of the : skin surface as possible may be exposed to the lifeaaving sun and air. The Kneipp cure, as it is called, after the benevolent old German prima Father la.teipp, who conducts the cure at Wor- , iehofen, Grermany, is different. According } to an exchange, the special features of the l Knipp care are " alert baths atd douches t of Very cold water, and putting on the (cloties of COAISe hometpuir linen without drying, walking in the early morning bare- footed in the dewy grase and walking barn- ( footed in cold water. 'l'ho laneipp shirtte t erwase linen garment, is worn next the sikan f during the process of cure, and the simplest ' aed meet frugal of diete is observed, the 1 idea being to barden the system, arid by a return to almeet aboriginal habits of life I restore its tone, and thus remove dieeme," Melly curce are reported, mid advocates of both systente cite abundant success. In boiling the Chriramari pudding remem- ber not to pat the mold irito a kettle full of boiling aater. Thie le a ftequerit, came of eogginees in dintiplinge aied puddings: mote eamilti be only enough water be gen- ', elate n geed velem° of steam, bat it should not boa over the mold, 'rho kettle should he 11 mar reovered to cook the pudding MISS FIELD'S TEST. And the fihnOa Whi4 Enabled ArtIlUr rerrie to Ottmcl It. RTHUR FERRIS was tall • blond, handsome and 28. He was a postiestior of e long head, inherited from the, maternal side of the houee. ge was likewiee son, tn' it ahe two latter oircum- etencee that had cm more than one eeeeeion bayed him from making a triumphant aee a hinge:1f. just fancy 1 If it he.4 mot been for his long heed it is more than likely that he would have fallen desperately in love with that bewitching governeeti of the Hastingees, with whom he had spent oeveral wet ke in the mountains one summer' five years ago. But he had given himself time to think, and had fled between two dap), much to his letter gads - faction. Then there was that dear little Daiss Dixon, whom he kia.a met at the eeaside, It had been a glorious evening -that lat. They were sitting on the veranda, where tbey might glee and yet be unseen. The soft,drearny, strains of a S trause waltz floated out from the ball room. There was the pale, silver light of the moon the murmur- ing of the waves on the beach -and all thee scat of thing, which you have read about BO mailer times that you have learned to skip it in the novels. Well, Elsie W8S going away -too, too soon. They had talked in sighs and mur- murs for half an hour '• Arthur's left hand clasped Elsie's climplaecl right one, his right arm was about her weist ; both hearts beat vigorously, as hearts will on such occasions, and Arthur had just opened his mouth to tell Elsie what she had been waiting for for two weeks, when there was a step close at hand,a rustle of skirts, and the cooing voice ofthe maternal Ferrie said : "1 beg your pardon, but will you please mains° Arthur a few moments? There are those miserable business affairs that must be attended to in time for the late mail." And thus was he saved a second time, for Elsie had not a cent, and neither had he -at least, not manyof them. There were several other occasions when his own long head, or, his mamma's, had helped him out -for Arthur was somewhat sus- ceptible. But it is not of these I have to His time had come. The in -every -way - desirable young person had presented herself. True, she was not so young as she had been, but then that was a mere trifle. She was just his own age. of as good family as his own, and an heiress of considerable degree. She was not -well, not exactly handsome, and Was rather in- clined to what is politely called plurnpnees, but Arthur's mamma and Arthur's long head gave their approval -and Arthur did not care who she might be; so long as she poesessed the above qualifications particu- larly the one involving a very neal fortune in her own right. Besides, Arthur was getting a bit des- perate. In fact, he had BO far exceeded his own salary and the maternal allow - once (which, by the way, was as large as Mrs. Ferris could affora) that nothing short of a miracle or is matrimonial alli- rinse, such art he had long been seeking, could save him. from getting into very deep fo nAwater.nd(1himthus it engeapIneei TPO:M.19.61B .aetrnt hi oies winteField,r much to the Satisfaction of his mother, who was visiting in New York, and to whom he had, like the dutiful sten he was, sent the gratifying news at once. • He was disappointed, however, on one point. Hehad pleaded for an early wedding, but Miss Field set her foot down with much firmness, and said he must go through a long probationary period -all of which Arthur failed to understand. Hehad always been noted for his persuasive powerir, and had fiettered himself that Bernioe, with her gentle, elneging, bud -like ways, would 1311C- cumb %Vence. Now, be it known that Miss Bernice Field had not arrived at years of discre- tion for nothing. Neither had she a not unprepreeensing young person, With nearly a half million in her own right, passed through the experience of ten seasons without gathering unto herself much know- ledge of the ways and wiles of the wtoked man. She had had, as might have been ex- pected, offers to a high number, hub thus far the gentlemen concerned had failed -by reason of their unanimous desire to touch her purse -to touch, in the first place, the all-important key to it, which was hidden away in her plump bosom. And Miss Beatrice Field was worldly wise in her day and generation. She WW1 certainly in love with Ferris - there coulj be no doubt) of that. It is quite as certain that she was very seriously in love with him, but with the wisdom born of experience she did not let him know one- half of what she felt for him. If anyone had told Ferris that he wasnow in a very shaky position he would have scoffed. His chum, Ed. Cross, who was spending the winter at the house during Mrs. Ferris' absence, had once suggested that "there's many a slip," but Arthur merely- shied a shoe at him and whistled tiereItiahwiY'as in this frame of mind that one evening in February he ran lightly up the steps of the Field mansion to call on her whom Cross unfeelingly referred to as his little lady -love," Ib was warm and the front door stood ajar. The little footnian was not in his accustomed place,so Ferris, wall the air of one who knew just where he was going, stepped inside. From the open door ofPapa Field's study came the sound of voioes in earnest discussion and one of them spoke his own name. He halted, irresolute, as would any one else under like eircunintances. Papa Field was speaking: "01 course, my dear, you are your owtt inistrees, att 1 cart only advise you. It seems to me however, that you have done O very foolish thing to engage yourself to this young Ferris. True, he seems an ,ex- • emplary young fellow, and he comes of an eiMi ellent family; but t is well known that he has only a small allowance from the es. tate in addition to a beggatly $2,000 salary. How do you know it is you and hob your money that he wants? It is a brutal quote tion, I know, but it is one you Wive prob- ably eeked of youreelf o haligiozen times ooncere ig other young men." Arthur, out in the hall, standing in much the SUMO &Weirdo as a child ant1/110E3 when tpc iking its &et "piece" in school, evinced, but waited for the answer. " it came in serious, thoughtftil tones, which indicated plainly that Miss Bernice elect had coneidered this very matter. I am sure you misjudge him papa. Of coetse, I uncleretand how he is situated linerieially, and all that.But I am sere he is honeet end honorgble and that he -care ri for me Very much. There are a thoueand ways by which 1 can leave much th,lt you cennotatd",-- " Yee yes 1 understend. But eupporie yoii ehould put him to the test? Do you think he would come through -ah -or -H tinscethed, lie it were ? Suppose youshould tell him that I laid loeb all year many Aud APPLICATIONS,THOROUORLY REMOVES DANDRUFF CA.17Male Toronto, T.:aye-Sing Panto:non. Agent, 0 P R. Soy ot Antl•Donciror(to anortrottoraoror ornan. ctur-1 acnot3 li pieersitewestg ety OPP 0840 a WI 888/k803818 aol 90Y$89;00880 MAMA epOratvo assurer( ketnnotatton proppod GUARANTELO: 84.1114 of Ott; bat,alas!) .9ft igka ptix.Ino 500 iQttotda viniblociowth., flestores Fadiret flair to original colon Stop falling of hair. Keeps the Scale dealt. Makes hair son and Pliebte Promotes Growth. otine in unfortunate speoulatiou-that we were beggars and had not a denier we could call our own? Are you afraid to try him?" There WAS a brief bauxite Then: " 1 don't like to tell a falsehood, papa, but it would be only a white lie,' and per- haps km the beet. Yes, I'll try him to- morrow night." m n'ighty." " dutiful girl. Now run along and bot wasmeth work." Taisound of a kies, and the perspiring young man in the hall hastened to get out of the house. He wanted time to think, but the drat thing that entered hie head as he reached the sidewalk was • fanciful picture of the petite Miss Field, with her one hundred and sixty pounds avoirdupois " ruening along,' mei he sttiiled brondly. Then he walked rapidly over to the next street to catch a cab to hie club, there to hold a pow -wow with Cron. On the steas he hesitated a moment. " Had I better go back now ?" he thought. 14 No ; she won't have her little tale of woe ready, and might be put out it I call to. night. I might give myself away, too. Better have time to get my speech pre- pared." And this astute young nutn went in and proceeded to make himself comfort- a ble The next evening, with his usual light heart and good Epirus, he rang the doorbell of the Field mansion, "Yes, Miss Field was iu," Peter said. Ferris went into the drawing -room and sat down, running rapidly ever in his mind the various tender speeohets he had prepared for the emergency. Bernice was a long time coming, he thought, for one who expected Presently she entered -slowly -heavily. Her head bent low over her ample bosom, aud her breath come short and fast. Ferri* went forward to meet her, his arms out- stretched. He was something of enactor himself, and he knew it. "Bernice 1 Darling? What is the trouble with my little girl ?" (Another • good stroke. Miss Field liked to be twilled "05, Arthur ! I don't) know how to tel you. It is too dreadful I Papa—" " What 1 Has your father been—" "05, no, not that, but worse ! Arthur, we are -beggars 1" And bliss Field, delivering these last words with wonderful impressiveness, hung her head and sobbed bitterly behind her lace handkerchief. Then it was that Ferris, like the young man of action that he was, put his aT131 as far round his tearful fiancee as possible and with some difficulty led her to a seat and pulled her down on his glossy shirt -front. He was very, very sorry, as she must know. But it was nothing. Her father would reooup himself -he had many influ- ential friends. As for her, had she not:him -her Arthur? He would not, he once in- terrupted her to say, permit her, through her sense ot falee pride, to oast him off now when she most needed him. No, never. He had three thousand a year. Ih was not much, he knew, but they could live on. it. And did she suppose, for one instant, that he had expected to live on his wife's money ? No! A thousand times no ! "We will have it real quiet wedding, dearest, and after it is over we will go quietly to our own little cottage in the suburbs, which you and I will get ready in the meantime, and there we will be the happiest couple in the world. What! Bernice, am 1 to understand that you laugh at my cherished plans ?" For Bernice had leaped to her feet, and was laughing heartily. " Why, you foolish boy, I WaS only teasing you a bit. Don't you think I'd make a good bit? Papa and I haven't 1°84 earewas Mr. Ferris' opportunity. She had doubted him ; oh, cruel blow. If she could not trust him now, how could she have any faith in him when they were married? Perhaps, after all, it were best— ABuntdt he strode haughtily to the door. his was not a part of Miss Feld's programme, and she did what any very - much -in -love female would do under like circumstances, so that in a very few seconds two people were sitting on a divan in a very lover -like attitude in- deed. An hour or so later a young man, walk- ing briskly down the street, was reflecting on the vagaries of chance and his own good luck If Peter had been at the door -if he had been ten minutes later -if he had sneezed in the hall -if— " It was an awfully close shave," he reflected, and he stopped and shook hands with himself, much to the amazement of the policeman on the corner. --Alliance Free Press. If He Only Knew. Young professor -What curious plant, may I ask, Miss Laura, is that hanging to the chandelier overhead ? Miss Laura -Oh, I declare, professor, I had forgotten all about that 1 It is a sprig of -of mistletoe. Young professor (examining it intently) a -Ib is quite pretty1 do not remember having seen anything like it before. I was s,boub to remark, Miss Laura, that to one who is interested in the charming science of entomology the blotto, orientalis, or cock- roach proper, as distinguished from the blatta Germanions, or go -called croton bug of common observation, affords a most wonderful field for microscopic research, eto. It's a foolish girl who gives her beau the mitten before Christmas. It is a queer thing that the man who is just ahead of you at the barber s &Image wants a hair out. " So you want to marry Emma -but she is my only daughter." "Oh, that'st all right, site I only want one." Have you contracted the habit of knitting your brows? If so, try tying around the forehead a tight, smooth band of broad ribbon when otudying or Writing. It is well, unless it is annoying, to also wear this band at night, as in Bleeping all lines in the face deepen. One half the World doesn't let his better half know how he lives. 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If a family is too poor to have a whole tree, a single branch only will stand in s. conspicuous place, hung with the few simple gifts. week before Christmas St. Nicholas visits the children to find out who, have been good enough to receive the gifts the Christ -child will bring them on Christmas eve. It is a very usual thing to see on a German Christmas tree, way up to i.he very topmost branch, an image or doll representing the Christ -child, • while below are sometimes placed other images representing angels with outspread wings. After the tree is heisted the family gather round it and slog a Chnsemas him. In France may be almost universally seen, representations of the manger in which Christ was born, with figures of Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus and cattle feed- ing near by. Often therm representations are decorated with flowers and lighted candles burn softly before them. In Norway the people have delightful custom of putting on the roof of the barn, or on a ea le in theyard, a lar ge sheaf of wheat for the birds, who frilly appreoiate their Christmas feast. In England almost every one who can do so bas it fertile, party on Christmas eve. Young and old join in the games, many of which belong especially to Christmas time. From the ceiling of one of the rooms a large bunch of mistletoe is hung. If any little maid is caught standing under it the one who catohes her has a right to take a kiss from her rosy lips. In Holland the little Dutch girl puts her wooden shoe in the chunney-plaoe ready for gifts, just as the little American girl hangs up herstocking -Youth's Companion. Thirst Producert. "What are you doing nowadays, Thornp. "Running a temperance saloon. Lemon- ade, ginger ale and ell that sort of thing." "There can't be much money in that. After a man has taken one glass of lemon- ade he doesn't want another soon." " He does in my house. 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