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The Brussels Post, 1908-10-8, Page 2+++4 + +W+fit+ l:k•4�i14'�f t3��>rFi'�E•!'iCE�?:E•4'?�•�i+%f+3�•h�t��f A douse ystcry OR, THE GIRL !N BLUE l:f+0•6'3 404-A4040- +rifff- 0+-4-A¢Is-Kt+t(-4- 4 4 -*-3 v` 3S' CHAPTER XXVTL—(Cont'd), 1 batching did not go out. I learnt My vigilance on the morrow was rewarded, for about eleven o'clock in the morning I aaw Edna emerge from the room dressed to go out. She passed my door and descended by the stairs, while I took my hat and swiftly followed her at a safe distance from observation, The porter called her a hansom, and I saw her neat, black -robed figure mount into the conveyance. She had a letter in her hand, and read the address to the porter, who in turn repeated it to the driv- er. Meanwhile, I had entered another hansom, and telling the man to keep Edna's cab in sight we drove front the chambermaid who, like all ner class, was amenable to half a sovereign in her palm, that she was unwell, suffering from a slight cold. Then I took the servant into my et. nfidenee, and told her that I was in the hotel in order to watch Mrs, Stacie's movements, giving her to understand that any assistance she rendered me would be well paid for. I had an object in view, namely, to enter her rooln in her absence, and ascertain the nature of any let- ters or papers which might be in her possession. This I managed to affect, with the connivance of the chambermaid, on the following af- ternoon. Indeed, the chambermaid along King's Cross Road and Far- Assisted inc in my eager search, but ringdon Street to the City, passing beyond a few tradesmen's bills and along Gresham Street and Loth- one or two unimportant private let - bury, Suddenly the cab I was fol- ters from friends addressed to her lowing turned into Austin Friars, at the Royal Hotel at Ryde, I found while my driver, an intelligent nothing. The despatch -box with the young fellow, pulled up at the nor- coronet was locked, and she ear- ner of Throgmorton Street, opening tied the key upon her bangle. I the trap in the roof, and saying— made careful search through all "We'd better wait here, sir, if her belongings, the chambermaid you don't want the lady to notice standing guard at the door the us. She's going into an offiee at while, and iu the pocket of one of number 14, opposite the Dutch her dresses hanging in the ward - church." robe I discovered a crumpled tele - "Get down," I said, "and try and gram. find out whose office she's gone in- I smoothed it out, and saw that to," and I added a promise to give it had been dispatched from Phil - him an extra gratuity for so do- ippopolis in Bulgaria, about three ing. weeks before, and was addressed to "Very well, sir," he answered, "Mrs. Grainger, Royal Hotel, and commenced to back his horse Ryde." Its purport, however, T into a position where the cab stand- was unable. to learn, for it was et- ing there would not interfere with :they in cipher, or in the Slav him - the traffic, nor bring down upon guage, of which I had no knowledge him the peremptory order of the whatever. lice. was about to re- linquish baffled. I As he was backing his horse an linquish my search, when, in the omnibus passed on its way to Liv- pocket of a long driving -coat of erpool Street, whereupon the red- light drab cloth I found aletter faced driver, quick to detect any difficulty with horses, and ready to joke at the discomfiture of others, cried out in his Cockney dialect -- "Naw then, Soapy -feet, mind what yer do with the there Bath - chair and fishin'-rod!" Whereat all drivers in the vicin- ity laughed,wand contributed many forcible remarks in passing. But the young cabman descended, and while I sat back, hiding my face in a newspaper fur fear of be- ing recognized in that great high- way of business, he went along Austin Friars to endeavor to dis- cover whose offices she had enter- ed. Some ten minutes later he re- turned with the information that the lady had entered the office of a money -lender named Morrison. The thought occurred to me that she was perhaps still endeavoring to raise the loan for Prince Ferdin- and. If so, however, why had she left the Bath Hotel and endeavored is conceal her identity under an- other name? After twenty minutes or so she caste out rather flushed and excit- ed, stood for a moment in hesita- tion upon the kerb, and then giv- ing her cabman an address was di iven off. I, of course, followed, but judge my astonishment when the cab pulled up in Old Broad Street and she alighted at Winches- ter House. After a few moments site found the brass plate bearing my name, and ascended to my of- fice, for what purpose I knew not, and, fearing to reveal my presence in London, I could not ascertain. I sat there in the cab in full view of that row of windows, with their wire blinds bearing my name, an exile and a fugitive, wondering what mightlt be the objectofhervis vis- it. It was not, however, of long duration, but when she descender) again she was accompanied by my secretary Gedge, who handed her let() her cab ancl afterwards took his seat beside her. By his manner it was •ivident they were not stran- gers, and it became impressed tip - nn me that, in those lost days of mine, I must have had considerable dealings with her and her princely employer, They drove to the Liverpool Street Railway Station, where she despatched a telegram ; then they lunched at Crosby Hall, I feared, of coarse, to approach the same buret and yet contriving them antficicntly near to overhear sevens to be seen by her. She went their conversation, but I peered in - out but seldom. Sometimes in the to the restaurant and caw them tresses she would stroll beneath sitting at a table in earnest (louver - within, g sateen, the subject of whieh was 1'cr pale mauve sunshade along the evidently ulysolfe Xing's Road, or at evening take an 1:t was a wearisometaskwaiting airing on the pier, but she appar- lo bet• in Bishopsgate street, but ently lived an winless iife, spending I lunched in a neighboring public her time in reading novels in Dor ]tonin off a glass of shf,rry an11 a own apartment, i s far as T could i't site inno c r ,own i, mot nn there, and Whilecabman ,artuolt addressed to her at Ryde, and evi- dently forwarded by the hotel clerk. I caught sight of my own name, autl read it through with interest, "I suppose you have already heard from euur friend Gedge, who. keeps you in touch with everything,1 all the most recent news of Hea- ton," the letter ran. "It appears! that he was found on the Boor of one of the rooms at Denbury, with a wound in his head. He had sud- denly gone out of his mind. The doctor said that the case was a serious one, but before arrange-I could be made for placing hebad escaped, • . restraint hint under les and nothing since has been heard' c.£ hits. The common idea is that he has committed suicide owing to business complications. They are, to tell the truth, beginning to smell a rat in the City. The Prince's concessions have not turned out all that they were supposed to be, and by a side wind I hear that your friend's financial status, consider- ably weakened during idle past few weeks, has, owing to his sudden and unaccountable disappearance, drop- ped down to zero. If you can find lam, lose no time in riding so. Re- member that he must not be allow- ed to open his mouth. He may, however, be still of use, for his cre- dit has not altogether gone, and I hear he has a very satisfactory bal- ance at his bankers'. But find out el.i from Gedge, and then write to me." There was neither signature nor address. The words, "he must not be al- lowed to 'ipen his mouth," were, in themselves, ominous, Who, I won- dered, was the writer of ths,t let- ter postmark was that tet 1 s at of P to C:. showing that "Londe E. v � a it had been posted in the City. 1 read it through a second time, then replaced it, and after some further search returned to my own room. When the plaid brought my hot water next morning she told me that Mrs. Slade had announced her ir.tentian to leave at eleven o'clock; therefore I packed, and leaving slightly earlier, was enabled to fol• low her cab to Victoria Station, whence she travelled to Brighton,. putting up at the Metropole, 1 pursued similar tactics to those 1 had adopted in London, staying in gladly t w u c ffi,, partook; only appeared to he killing time gladly iii ilio homely half-pint." ,, 1 • 5f • fortnight ' I } my nxponse itutil at length thcvi cue waiting. tin ti ur .nig it re both calve forth, ;moved along to (lusting~ theii(0 to (ledge called her a cab, unci theme 1I1'rar,nnbll a"'1 attt t vvui d i c, 1-11111. 0 to 1c leave of her, while I followed 4i'o altna'1 at teen \pith Eaitern her hack oto the Midland having! 13otrl at. Hull 'fan mt iu rx iuuards tin r.fid .\ SIt ossfully act+omplished fit} fust' Incl by th1,1 1,"4, ]lasing travel - e espies;+ from London. C14o:i•: at watching her movement's' Through nearly a Mont.)] T had -kept C'ITAPTIII, X XVI1T. close watch upon bar, y„t anile of hc;r lnuveuu•nt$ had been in the For two days the woman I was least suspicious. tibe lived well, c RIOHEST CANADA WHEAT LAND of THE SASKATOON & WESTERN LAND CO., Ltd. ff )er 1 t alt its of x 1, lli; 4 FREE RAILROAD ROUND TRIP FOR BUYERS. Hero are lands that are near raliroede, nearly all within tea miles of an up-to-date railroad, to be of- fered at auction. They have been retailing at 0111 to 210 per acre, but there ere many tracts that would be bargains at 520. rho Saskatoun & Western Land Co., Ltd., prefers to wholesale 200,000 acres 01 its holdings in the heart of Saskalebewan, and will therefore offer for sale this number of acres at this important sale. Whoknows but that some of these rich, fertile acres may he yours on a low bid 7 You do not have to live on this land to get the big bargain value. The market is rising. These lands are a big paying investment for the city man as well as the farmer. Make your plans to go now. Arrange your busi- ness so you can be In Regina October 12, when The 6askatoon & Western Land Co.'s sale starts. Or go to Regina and get on the land n few days previous to Oetohor 32, so as to got acquainted with the great ctract and determine what location yoti prefer. So far its is poeslble we will accommodate buyers by putting up at any time any special quarter, half or whole section. We supply free maps of every acre we own in the heart of Saskatchewan. If you desire more complete advance infIrmation, send to our Regina office for Large Map and 90 -page Book Free, Our snap shows each and every section we own. It gives you a true picture of our holdings. It shows just huw we selected the most fertile and bent lo- outed acres available in the entire Province of Sas- katchowan. It shows how ideally the lands are situ- ate—how near Regina, how convenient to Winnipeg and the grain and stock mat'cats, and tete excellent railway fatelllties. Free, Write for the Harp to The Saskatoon & Western Lend Co., Ltd., Reggae., Sas- katchewan, Canada, Our book Is a storehouse of information on West- ern Canada grain lands. Contalns ninety pages, and many faithful photographs of land, crops, bones, and features of interest In the heart of Saskatche- wan. It llets all our property by quarter sections, Prot, We Want to send it to you. Pyrite for it to The Saskatoon & Western Land Co.'s office in Re- gina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Saskatoon & Western Land Co.'s Land is Extra Choice Grain Land, You Get Title From the Grown An Indisputable Title. The Saskatoon & Western Land Co., Ltd., had the pick of 3,000,000 acres of bent Saskatchewan prairie lands. We took In our grant extra choice acres -not all In one continuous piece, but a sectionhere and there, so as to get the most fertile, the deepest soil, ground free from boulders, with beet water, near railways—in fact, land ready for the plough, ready to yield the golden harvest and wake profits from lthe ands verytbe offered fit of public auction. auction0 acres of these THE AUCTION. The Sasleatoon & Western Land Co.'e auction will be held at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Nowhere else. It will be hold In The Saskatoon & Western Land Co.'s own pavilion—nowhere e10e. It will be held October 12, 13, 14, 16, 16, 17. Remember those dates. Don't get there Iute, Be on hand early. Don't buy, under any circutunt-.-rtes, of anyone until the auction to ow—no mutter what you hear, The Sr-skatoon & Western Land Co.'s land is extra choice, Don't take somebody else's word that they have land Just as good.” This land was especially selected—its title is from the Crown. The terns of payment Will be the fair- est. You will be dealing with a wealthy company that will always stand behind every promise and give you the most liberal treatment you can ask. The company reserves the right to withdrew any of the lands from sale. particulars. frielefeketeteledsnleliiiiefeleleleasilelleji Fashion Hints. IA,Hetfelr3°.l,.l,.l,.l..l,.leisfrel.lslatel„isle FADS AND FANCIES. Stripes will have an autumn vogue, High collars are featured in new capes. Bich embroideries figure in hat trimming, Black is more in evidence than far years. Fox will be 0110 of the leaders' aniorig furs. Wiugs and quills are prominent t in millinery. TERMS. Seine of the now coats aro wide - 10 ,c ent f the purchase. price at time of sale, ly double breasted. t r c n baloney of regular first pnymemmt of 48.00 per Here to For drossy shirts black voile re- menrq with interest at 4 per cent Survey teen of 10 P it ty. tea dnye, remainder in eight equal annual install- tains lta ,r' il. cents ,per acre, payuhle with lash installment, n:td Even lingerie has caught the di - without Deferent. Upon a parcel being knocked down, the bidder shall immediately stake the deposit of 10 per cent. of the purchase price with the Clerk, of. Sale. Other- wise the parcel may be put up again or withdrawµ from sale. One Crop Will More Than Pay For the Land. Figur() it out yourself. The average Saskatchewan yield is: Wheat, from 20 to 20 bushels por acres oats, from 30 to 46 bushels per acre; barley, frons 20 to 30 bushels per ncrc—and so on, Free Railroad Fare to Buyers. every purchaser of 100 acres or mora of The Sas.. katoon & Western Land 00.'0 land will Lava the en, tire ;wire of his railroad transportation paid back td him. You buy your ticket on the very low home= seekers' rates all the roads give, and we pay It back: That le an inducement for you to come fa the auction d to bay now rectoire enthusiasm. Skirts are draped after the fash- ion of Greek tunics, Navy blue is the most popular color in walking suits. For the coiffure Roman braids are still much in favor. Calors for street and dinner dresses are nearly all dark. Passementeries are more promin- ent than in twenty years. The separate coats are to again figure largely for fall wear. It is a Parisian dictum that the petticoat must be glove fitting. Buttons are used more lavishly ' "bvhen purchasing your railroad ticket, get 5 regu- than ever before upon the autumn lar railroad receipt from therailroad agent, showing the point from whlelt you start and the amount models, paid, also the name of the railroad company, the Short coats, long coats, and Nor- agentnurchaaod and the signature of the railroad folk jackets inay now all be had lir Railroad Rates, Excursions, Etc, leather. i n I r Black crepe. de chino is an ideal On September ' : way, home homcsee .ery ex- cursion tickets for ass,aa freta paints u, ontnrlo and fabric for costumes that seek the Quebec to Regina, Sank. Ank your ticket agent for draped effects, • New silk raincoats are mostly is F a by tat a10 gri 00 du 'the to is tr. il; re da tit in in In he ed to nil W bt la tl pt a 11, p it ti Be ou hand at Regina for 011e Creat Lend 3t titan, and remember, those ,.bo buy receive refund of their Sure paid both to and from Regina, no . matter whether they bold l,onicseokers' excursion tickets or regnlur llrst-class return tickets. For further Information, Hotels, ere„ writebine effects, though there are sumo only to The Saskatoon S Western Land Co., Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Make our °Dice there your hendqu„rters• in brown and gray. ,�• liibbons in satin and velvet ap- tar Ltd -,Cly f )f of Saskatchewan, Canada 1 llI ' he S y ¢pytygg Western Lama pe 3r ® egin , Province �S a ewAna parent 3:1 wt rave a great vogue in winter iniiliuory. always having her own sitting -room although she had no maid. Those days of watchfI laces were full of anxiety, and I had to resort to all scrts of ingenious devices to pre- vent observation and recognition, About nine. o'clock one evening after she had remained nearly a w eek in Hull, always taking her steals in her own roost and pass- ing her time in reading, I had re- turned from the coffee -room, and was about to go forth fur a stroll, when suddenly I heard a waiter rap at her door and announce a visitor. A. few minutes passed in silence, Then I Beard 00111e one enter, and a man's voice exclaimed with a dis- tinctly foreign accent— "Ali, Ylast ,T dear A'i m Edna! .�t . feared that you would have left be- fore my arrivol, I was delayed,' he explained. "I had a narrow es- t 1 �' hasguessed the t•t• or es- cape. I s tun fs c 0 Pg truth." "What?” she gasped in alarm. "The secret is out?" "Yes," he answered gruffly. "I escaped over the frontier by the merest chance. Oustromoff's bloodhounds here at my heels. They followed the to Vienna, but there I managed to escape them and travel to e.rlin. I knew that there was a warrant out for roc—Roesch sent me word that or- ders had been issued by the Minis- ter of Poliac—therefure I feared to cross to England by any of the mail routes, I knew the police would be cn the look -out at Calais, Antwerp, Ostend, Folkstone, and Dieppe. Therefore I travelled to Copenhag- en, then by steamer to Gothenburg, and rail to Christiania. I arrived by the weekly mail steamer from there only an hour ago." "What a journey!" exclaimed the woman I had been watching so long and patiently. "Do you actually mean that you are unsafe --here, in England?" "Unsafe?Of Course . The Min- istry have telegraphed my descrip- tion escl1 -tion to all p ohce centres, with are - quest for my extradition." "It is inconceivable," site cried, "just at the moment when all seem- ed safest, that this catastrophe should fall! What of Roesch, Blumhardt, and Schaefer1" "Schaefer was arrested in Sofia on the day I left. Blumhardt es- caped to Varna, but was taken while embarking on board a oargo- boat for England. I tell you I had a narrow escape --a very narrow, es - "Then don't speak so loud," she urged."Some one might be in the next roost, you know." He rose and tried the door at which I stood. 1t was locked, and that'appat'ently reassured him. -Whom do yon think informed tier, Ministry of Police'!" ! at present nu one knows," he responded, "What do you think r' they say . '' What ?" • "Platt sorne of your pr'eeivits friends in foind,n haal'a cxposcrlthe w hole thing." "My friends r \'bran flu yon ❑,('le !" "Vttolt 'kntiw best who are your lliends," he replied, with sarcasm. "slut no one is aware of the lv'lu,lc a .." ln'fa,,gun a!ia„]litely (wetain?" ";\bs"lately." "And the loan for the Prince?„ hc, emit. •'l°l,tve you raised it 1" No; the tiring is too dangerous iu these circumstances. I have made a full report. You received it, I suppose?" set" "No; I meet have left Sofiafa be- fore it arrived. Tell me." "That very useful fool named Heaton has suddenly gone out of his mind." "Insane?" "Yes," she responded. "At least he seems so to me. I placed the hatter before him, but he refused to have anything whatever to do with it. His standing In the City has been utterly shattered by all sorts 'of rumors regarding the wotthlossness of certain of the con- cessions, and as far as we are con- cerned our hopes of successfully rasing the loan have now disap- peared into thin air." "What 1" he cried, "Have you utterly failed?" "Yes," she answered "Heaton assisted us while all was square, but nolo, just when we want a snug little sum for ourselves, be has sud- denly become obstinate and refuses to raise a finger." "Curse him! He shall assist us— by Heaven! I'll -'-I'11 compel him!" cried her mysterious companion, furiously, (To be Continued.) ,r,—ARTIFICIAL EGGS. Hard-boiled Variety Made ()Many Ingredients. Food adulteration is becoming a fine art in Paris. It was shown at a recent lecture before the Academy of Science how white grapes may be turned red without affecting the qualities of the grapes in any way. "Blood' oranges are also manu- factured from the ordinary variety by the injection of an aniline dye contained in a solution of sacchar- ine. The announcement is now made that artificial eggs are being pro- duced r -duced and sold. The eggs are of the `hard-boiled" variety, and aro manufactured in the most ingeni- ous manner. The yolk is formed of a paste containing coni flour, starch and other' ingredients. This mix- ture is rolled to the proper shape and hardened, then encased in al- bumen. The albumen is then placed in an egg-shaped envelope of the gelatine, which, in turn, is placed in a shell made of plaster of parts, mixed with other white chalks—and, be- hold, you have an egg which, out- wardly, it is impossible to distingu- ish from the genuine article, IJP TO I•IE1?., The ,young housewife was engag- ing her first cools. "Of coarse," she said, "T don't want to have any trouble with yull," "Thin it do be up 0' ycrself, ma'am," replied the kitchen lady. "II yez make. no complaints 01'11 slake no trouble," The silkworm le liable to over 100 diseases. Owing to the improvement in an- tiseptic surgery, only six out of every •Iomsdred eases of ampnta!iolr e=nd fatally, IIN WsaeresadesesessafeeS0 BRAIN OR BRAWN! As one goes about the country, ha can readily pick out those farm- ers who are always behind with their work. Their number is legion. Yon will find theta now a fortnight behind s'ith their wheat -seeding. In a couple, of months they will be caught short on fall plowing. "Freeze-up" costes before they get nicely started. Next season it well be the same, and the season alter that again, and so on right along. They are always behind, and seem never able to catch up. it is doubts 1 whe- ther they would be able to keep up if they get even. It requires some thinking and planning to do so, and the man who is habitually behind hasn't time to think or plan. He can only hustle. A man requires some system of doing his work in order to have it done on time. System and'organiza- tion count in agriculture as in any- thing else. Farm work has to he performed properly and in season, if the business is going to succeed. It needs to be planned, and the plan worked. One has to think, as well as act. That is what he has thinking apparatus for. The days el farming bybrawn alone are pass- ing, though some refuse to believe they are almost gone. Science and invention have advanced so much in the last twenty-five years that a man does not need to be plodding eternally to gain a livelihood, The hours of labor in all industries are being steadily reduced. So they are in agriculture. And the pro- ducts of labor, instead of diminish- ing,- are steadily on the increase. DURUM WHEAT, The American Department of Ag- riculture, during 1899 to 1902, brought Durum wheat for seed from Russia and Africa, The grain is specially adapted for regions of low rainfall, and in 1907 covered an area of over 3,000,00 acres, many of them valueless before the advent of this new crop. it yielded an av- erage of about fifteen bushels per acre. it has spread throughout a wide strip of country, extending from North Dakota to south-east- ern Now Mexico and south-western Texas. This variety of wheat May ay b o mixed with other wheat in making flour for bread. It is especially, however, a nlaccaroni wheat, and for the manufacture of that article i3 used at hone and exported abroad. SEND RICH CREAM. It pays to send rich cream to the creamery. Cream is not paid for by weight, but according to the amount of butter -fat contained in it, as determined by the Babcock or, in certain creameries, by the antiquated oil -test churn. Alt cream is composed of two general substances, butter -fat and milk e serum (skim milk). The more but- ter -fat and the less milk serum a patron can manage to deliver to his creamery, within reasonable limits, the better ho is off. He has more skim milk to feed, and there it less weight to haul or ship, as the case may bo. It is economical to skits a rich cream. It should never test less than 30 per tout., and 35 or even 40 per cent. is bet- ter. Keep as much of the skim milk as possible at home. COOL THE MILK PROMPTLY. The prompt and thorough cooling of milk is generally recognized to be of prime importance in prevent- ing the development of bacteria, which, under ordinary conditions, are always present in milk as soon its drawn, and to which the souring or curdling of milk is dire. MERRY MUSINGS. Perseverance on occasion devel- ops into perversity, The sting of defeat outlasts the sweetness of victory. The first requisite for ar a cod hu - b nd is a good wife, Speak your mind if you must, but mind flow you speak, If a woman loves a mall, she does not hold him up to ridicule. All the lvot;ld loves a lover be- cause the world likes being amused, Confidence is a good thing to have, but accurate; knowledge beats it The man who is a}way,s right is, perhaps the most exasperating thing on earth. Jealousy will not listen son because it does not there is such a thing, to• rea- beliel'e Horre's a. goal Summer Delight— SH DD :, HEAT with milk or cream and fresh fruits. Discard heavy foods and try this natural diet for it time and itoto how your energies will inrreaso and •our spirits revive, NCH 10111611416 bd`'1!lll ()El` BRING MUTING 0100,13151 01,7, ;iiOf'10T1M 1000 �dt kt Many of the silk and satin hats 1" are blocked, the material being stuck on like paper on the hall. f Feather toques with muffs and 11` I 1' 1 worn 111 sto as to match rill ie nett with 'ii smart tweed or eream serge cos- tumes. Many bodices of luxurious gowns are in tulle and not effects, touch ect with gold lace and passeittent- erie. 'Every high class fur muff or scarf row displays head, tail and claws of the animal that furnished the Ir pelt. Ribbon filets with two1 arg4e pearl l hairpins to hold the ends are amens the newest bandeau effects, -Cedar red or cedar brown will I be a popular color for fall hats, and the copper tones likewise retai their favor. Soft,clinging., us satins ar e great avoritesof the hour. Un- doubtedly itis to bo a satin season. Soft satin is the favorite fabric of the season, closely followed by cashmere and Crepe de chine effects acid by ,broadcloth. In spite of the rage for big hats, there are still many small ones. These are generally draped three - corner or oval turbans. The straight front panel has re appeared in the newest of the plat tweed suits. It is about four inch es wide, and the sides aro slightl3 lapped over it. There is diversity in footwear. New walking boots aro of suede in, tan, smoke, blue, or green, and there are combinations of suede with patent loather or tan Russian calf. One of the beautiful novelties in burs is the new pierrot ruff or chok- e' cravat. It has a ribbon frill alt around the top, and hooks at the back with a big bow ribbon. Figured and striped designs dem- Mate in the short skirt costumes. In the recently imported pongee and rajah fabrics there are many exquisite two tone effects in blue, gray, tan, and mauve, while oven in the cloths and moliairs chocks and stripes aro more in vogue o than th e plum effects WHAT MIGHT HA VE BBEN, "1 d'clate, ]: d'know Vali-to make of ma wife, Shell ruin me a -spend - in' all de money there is," declared Jim, when his old employer inquir- ed for Mrs, Jilu. "She do semi reckless about money," continued ,Iiia, with a so- ber fade. "Always aslcin' me for a dollar, or fifty cents, wanliin' mcnoy all de time, like I could pick it tip in de streets." "Weil, well, that is hard," re- sponded his questioner; "but lvlurt dues she do with 00 much money?" "I donne. t ain't ever give. her any yet." � MS NATUil.A1. P:L.\CIE. . "I wonder,"exclaimed ted the Ivor - thy thy woman witness, "that the law - yet on the other side can lie easy ;n his bed!" „ "He can, proLnhly, replied her husband, Lint he prefers to do it in court." s '.l'he professor had been quizzing' 1110 psychology hology glass, and Wiis ali110iut0d With the result, "(len- , tleinen, ' said lie , 'it has boon' said that fish is gond as 13015111 food, 11 that is tt'iro, I advise some of Ilio icon in this.clasa to try a whale. .441i