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a sight of the vicarage windows by
a + the rose -trees, was somehow elando-
:� !stifle, or, at ail events, irregular,
,and not in accord with the wishes
1ooiiii
+ ioP the vcar or Mrs, Severn; whereas
4, /1 o , 1fact
� everything was explained by the as
® e that, in sending Lord k)ggromont
r� 4 out, Mrs. Severn had forgotten 0.11
N
0 about the curate.
mfiao+0+0+0+9494..4.0-0-A+0$ I ggremont's blood boiled with re
I sentment, He regarded the presence
of St. John as an outrage personal
"My dear Eva," said Mrss Soy- to himself. Prudence whispered to
ern, the wife of Canon Severn, Vicar him to return to the house. Pride
of ,t, Margaret -in -the -West, "YOu and arrogance drove him forward.
are nearly twenty years of age and Ile approached them sticky,
fairly well educated fel• the heathen, St, John lifted his hat and held
and YOU positively utast not d0 out his hand.
that. It is most--" "Good afternoon, Miss Severn,"
"Oh, I know what you are going said I0g'gremont. He did not even
to say, mother," interrupted Eva, loolc at St. John, and ignored the
with an expression floWitg; into rip- outstretched hand.
pies. "You are going to say that "I had no idea," ho went on, try -
I am most improper and most un- ing to smite, "that you were ea -
ladylike and most undignified, and gaged so pleasantly, when your
all the rest of it, just because I ata mother sent me out to you."
sitting on a chair arta, and twink- Eva did not offer her hand. The
ling my—well, say my pretty little Hash which leapt from her eyes at
buckled shoos, for lack of something Eggremont was nice a Hame•
better to do. Tyranny, thy name "You do not notice Mr, St, John,
is mothers Lord Eggremont,'• said Eva, 1a a
"Marry me off, mother," continued tone which nipped Eggramont's ears
Eva, with a wry look. "Marriage like a frost,
is the common fate of the Severns, "I do not perceive Mr. St, John!"
Dora and Phyllis and Vicky and he remarked tartly.
Gladys are all married and all "'filen I do not see Lord Eggre-
tamed. If I am the last of the money. was Eva's quick response,
heathen, you'll own I am not the "Will you be so good as to return
first of the savages." to the house and tell my mother I
Canon Severn, who had been tits- am unable to receive you?"
turbed in his afternoon nap, had en- In his fierce, unreasoning jealousy,
tered the room unobserved, and now the impulse came to Eggremont to
stood at the door. strike the curate across the face. lie
"Who's trying to destroy the restrained himself with difficulty.
foundations of the vicarage now?" "Miss Severn," he cried, gripping
he inluired, with uplifted brows. his hand upon her arm—and tho
"Only me, father," said Eva, ilia- grip was so Berm that it made her
perturbably, with the spirit of mis- wince with pain—"I camp to—"
chief still in her eyes. Whatever it was he had come- to
"Yes, only Eva," echoed Mrs. Sev say, Eva utterly disliked this man
ern, shrugging her shoulders. Is now, and was determined not to lis -
there no conversion for the heathen, ten.
Septimue?'! "How dare you do that, Lord
The vicar raised his hands. Eggremont!" she demanded, her face
"1 fear not," he answered qu1zzi- as white as his own, though it was
catty, "unless Lord Eggremont, oho trade strangely beautiful by her
calls rather often, 1 observe---" blazing eyes.
Eva's cheeks flushed—slushed and "Miss Severn," said St. John,
faded to white, quietly, his hat in his hand, his
• "I've noticed Lord Eggremont face quivering with his emotion, "I
about, ton." she said, in :. „hanged love yout Will you be my wife?"
voice, "and—and if the disturbs you it was a courageous thing to say
at your sermons, why, there's a at such a time. It swept all con -
way out at the vicarage, just as vorsations aside in a breatb. If
there's a way in. And there are Eva's answer was what he hoped,
two doors—the back and the front. it would give him the right, on the
You could give Lord Eggremont his instant, to protect her from impor-
oboire." tunities which, with the scales from
With a nervous little laugh, Eva his eyes, he saw she resented. His
pushed open the French window, and only motive was to protect her from
ran lightly towards a handsome col- insult and from pain.
lie, stretched out upon the lawn. "I love you, and have always
On a morning in June, the curate . loved you," Eva answered, with the
called at the vicarage to request anger in her eyes suddenly changed
Eva's assistance at a coming 000- to melting softness, "and I will be
cert. your wife, You have made me very,
"Oh. if it's a song and a piano- very happy."
forte solo you want," said her "Take my arm, Eva, if you
mother, "I dare say she will make please," replied St. John. 'And Eva
the usual noise for you. Put there laid a white hand tremblingly on his
she is. jumping about the lawn with arm, The thrill of the touch vi -
the dog. You'd better go to her, I braterl through him like a rapture.
think." "Now, Lord Eggremont," he went
St. John did not need a second in- on, with set face, "this lady is my
vitation when it was put in that sflianced wife. What do you want
way, even though it was leading him to say to her?"
into temptation. He loved Eva. Eggremont glared at the curate.
That was the plain, unvarnished it was livid, with great eyes
truth, as ho acknowledged it to his strained and staring. Ho seemed to
u sealed umoment
lrnc rho h hs had a edFor a e
cense e, g P be stricken dumb.
his love in his heart as a sacred ho stood, the fingers of his hands
thing, He was not lacking in coir- working together convulsively. Then,
age, but, he felt lie would he un- without a word, he turned away
worthy of Eva's frank friendliness if rapidly, crossed the lawn, and van -
he put himself in the position of a ished by a back entrance.
rival to Eggremont. Two months later largo numbers
Eva saw St. John descending the of people were moving towards St.
steps which led from the drawing- Margaret's, where the wedding of
room to the lawn. Her boisterous Eva and St. John had been arrang-
gambols with the dog suddenly ed to take place. Groat interest
ceased, A crimson. flush, deep al- was taken in the wedding, for it was
most as the carnations bedded out an open secret that Eva had thrown
at her feet, came into her cheeks. over Lord It gremont for the curate.
Her eyes sparkled with soft lights. Irresponsible gossips whispered that
She could feel her heart beating it was because she had discovered
rapidly as she turned to meet hie, insanity in his family, but the gos-
St. John, on his part, was consci- sips merely jumped to this 0000100
ons of a strange commotion in his Ion from the fact that Eggremont
blood, as the space between himself had developed a mania for dressing'
and Eva lessened. himself up in all sorts of disguises.
Presently he was lifting his hat to He had not been seem for five or six
her, and tolling her why he had weeks, however, and there were rttm-
come and what he wished, ors that ho had gone abroad for
"Oh," she said, at last, looking his health,
down and stroking the dog's head, Them was the usual crowd round
".T am always glad to help, and — the gntes of the church as St. John
and you need never make a fuss stepped out of the carriage and
about asking Inc, Come and look walked along the gravel path to the
at the roses, will you? You haven't church,
seen them Inc a fortnight. They're lin had almost reacher) the doors,
very beautiful now." When a man in clerical attire sprang
The invitation came from her lips out of the crowd on the left of the
very softly, and lured by music path, and, with a wild shout, seized
grateful to his ears, he accompanied St. John by the throat and dealt
her across the )awn. Love thrilled him two heavy blows on the head
in his heart. Ile condemned it to with a bludgeon. St. John reeled
silence on his lips. His joy, in con- forward two or three paces, and
sequence, was so rapidly becoming then fell like a log at the church
1115 pain that he had the sense oP step.
positive relief when, looking up an The whole incident had happened
instant from his companion as she so quickly that St. John had fallen
plucked a roe° to put In her belt, before the crowd lining the pal.h had
he saw Eggremont coming towards time to realize what hail happened.
thein. When they did realize it, two or
"Lord lggremontt" he exclalined, three people flung themselves upon
in a hushed voice. the man, and after a few minutes of
"I.o •d Tggrcmont?" Eva repeated, ineffectual struggle, he was assured,
Pale to the lips. Then she drew her- Then it was that the startled cry
self up with a frigid grace until she went up: "Lord Eggremont! Lord
seemed to St. John to have become Eggremont!:'
almost statuesque, Pia, ha, hal There will be no
"Perhaps I had better go?" he wedding to -day, Mr, Curate!" the
questioned quickly, madman laughed insanely, "The
"1>on't go," she replied. ladies and gentleman can all go back
ITer eyes pleaded, They glowed home! She belonged to mc, she diel
upon him. He thought ho 110(1 toyer and you stole her! 1Ta, hal She is
seen them more beautiful not for you, Mr. Ourate—nob for
"Do you not want me to go?" he yonl"
asked, answering her eyes rather Screeching and laughing in turns,
than her words. Eggremont Was borne away, and,
"No," she replied. 'Please stay, meanwlhile, St. John, unconscious
't ---I shall think it kind of you." and bleeding, was carried to the
—� hospital by gentle hands,
1)01eillia
.coed, The smallest remains will; tkO ooOOOOO*GO0o0*0O
T'IIE RAILWAY IN CHINA suffice to justify a claim, 011d 1101(1013-1,
tilled aneestots ale t nee see In de
mond alt along the Lina. It is ae,
,90M17 OF o li.co DIFFICULTIES ported, though difliettlt to l>euv0, i p
TO BT OVERCOME, that the Chinese members of the',
Syndicate Bought TI Land Asan bound of connnissioners and other
g P g local man1arius have 11001 prOntl-
the Route and Held it Against neatly connected with the "benev'e-
the Company, lent" societies,
Construction work on the railway
from Shanghai to Nanking is active-
ly proceeding, and it is hoped teat
the opening of the Bret section may
take place before the close of ti
year, says Shanghai correspondent of
the London Times.
The final contract for the Shong-
hal Nanking line was signed after
protracted negotiations by Sheng Ta-
jen and the conees51oualtes (the 7Bel-
tish and Chinese corporation) in
July, 1908, Between that date and
the actual beginning of earthworks
further pourparlers were necessitated
on points of detail, financial and ad•
ntlnistratit's in regard to which
Sheng Ta-lon's attitude was pers.s-
ten'tly obstructive, Eventually, at the
iastance of the British 0avernment,
an Intimation was convoyed to the
Director -General from the Waf-weepu
that further obstruction would en-
tail unpleasant results, and slate
then matters have advanced more
satisfactorily. Nevertheless, progress
has been slow, and the recent expo-
fences of the corporation shed In-
structive light on the methods of
the mandarin class, that eorrupt
bureaucracy which blocks all reform
in China.
Tho lino to Nanking via the prov,n-
cfal capital (Soochow) is approxi-
mately 200 miles long, running
through Hat country intersected by
many creeks and covered as far as
Chinlciang with innumerable graves;
thence to Nanking on the slope of
the hills which lie parallel and 01.0s0
to the Yangtse. fly the terns of the
contract Shong Ta -Jen receives
000, in return for which he is bound
to acquire all necessary land and
and to obtain the removal of graves
within the limits required by the
railway. At the beginning' of March,
eighteen months after the arrival cf
the engineering staff,
ONLY THIRTY-EIGHT MILTS
of the total length had been acquired
and this is isolated sections; but
since then matters have advanced
more rapidly.
The construction of the first earth-
works began in October, and now
proceeds as the land is handed over;
it Is therefore evident that future
progress will depend chiefly on
Sheng's performance of his duties.
Ho promised to give the company full
possession of all the land as far es
S000how before April aad thence to
Wusieh before June; but hitherto con-
tinuous pressure has not succeeded iu
securing the fulfillment of this otT:-
cial's promises. In the meanwhile it
is interesting to • observe that, so
soon as the survey of any section is
completed and the line detalitely lo-
cated, a Chinese syndicate—of which
Sheng Ta -fen's son is the reputed
head—purchases the land, wherever
possible, from tho agricultural own-
ers end holds it against the railway
company, claiming a large advance
on the market value. (The price paid
for agricultural land, compulsorily
acquired, varies between $100 and
$900 per acre,) These operations
primarily concern tho Chinese Gov-
ernment; but, as they delay
eon
-
strie ton work and thus increase the
ultimate cost of the
they
concern also the concessionaires, to
whom Sheng frequently appeals for
more funds to meet "unexpected con-
tingencies."
At the Shanghai terminus, in par-
ticular, the necessary land has been
so effectively "cornered," and is held
at such high prices, that the position
of the station may yet have to be
altered, and in any case cannot he
completed before the opening to.
Soochow takes place. The humorous
side of the inat1er is thrown into re-
lief when we remember that this is a
Chinese Government railway and
that; Sheng and tho Chinese commis-
sioners on the board of construction
oro ostensibly carrying out the work
with economy and despatch.
'Another source of difficulty lies in
the removal of graves. This is a
question which presents itself every-
where in China; but in the country
between Shanghai and Wusieh it is
unusually prominent, because the lino
runs through what might be describ-
ed as
A CONTINUOUS GRAVEYARD.
'Tombs and family burying grounds,
frequently of great size, are scatter-
ed haphazard throughout the highly
cultivated fields. Many have been re-
moved during the past year, but even
on the land already handed over an
ouormou8 number remain, and for
those gaps have to be left in tho em-
bankments.
Lor each grave's removal compen-
sation has to he paid at rates vary-
ing between 42.80 and $5; and as
this business is also tram:.
acted by Shong's staff, it presents a
continual cause of friction and de-
lay. Socallod benevolent societies
have been formed at various centers
and collect subscriptions with the
ostensibly pious object of removing
the remains of the numerous depart-
ed Chinese who left no descendants
to practise for them the rites of filial
piety. The Tai -ping rebellion left
many such cases in its track,
These societies employ coolies to'
collect the bongs, which are then re-
verently placed in a Devoe's Kerosene
packing case or other equally inex
poesive receptacle and. thereafter de-'
posited on the nearest piece of waste
land, the society's work beteg con-
fined to claiming and getting the
compensation per set of bones col -
x (1 0 • 8
YOUNG
pe'>,pp.gQO.U0-0.000•0Bo0OGo'O•G
`i'Ilie STORY OL'. A WieleiC.
U It i du + l,i ltlr
to the concessionaires and their en-
gtneering stuff rm' the progress ('Melt""j Litt!
has been and is being matte. 1111011 1
has been done by the 5uav1101• ill i•
modo, and robe by the ft>rt1151• in re, ;11.11.,tt1.1
and until now, despite the facts' 1,11.1
Litlh
oder sunt conditions Dred a
battles thou hast won,
masteries achieved,
e wants with aero relieved,
1 words In love expressed,
wrongs aL once confessed,
favors kindly done,
tells thou ciidst not shun,
Little graces meekly woi•11,
Little ::lights with patience borne—
These shalt crown thy pdilowad bead
Holy light upon thee shed.
above stated, the board of commis,
stutters has worked smoothly, come
Mete harmony existing between its
Hiroo English and two Chinese mem.
bens, fOr 1 10(100 On ) leu lltahl0 terms is
the watehtvOl•d of Chinese official.'
dont, '1'he British engineering staff
consists of the engineer in chief, three Paul woke up with a vague sense
executive engineers and ton nssis- of injury upon him, lie felt that
tants. Of the totter, six have boon
he was entitled to a good cry, but
for a moment he could not recall the
reason. Then he remembered. Ma-
nta had gone shopping, and had left
him at home with Aunt Emily. Ile
had not cared at all at the time,
A TT0M111-lMAI]b1 RAINBOW,
regularly engaged in surveying oper-
ations inland, and they have. met
with unv at;ying
KINDNESS AND COURTESY "
Front the natives,
Another interesting example o[.because ice and aunty were drawing
Chinese official .methods came to light pictures, and mama had gone boldly
when the construction. of bridges was out of the front gate, in her befit
begun. The corporation soon cilscov- hat, which is a very different affair
ered that a completely organized from stealing out the back. way, dis-
cerner hall been formed by the Chin- get se l in 0 sunbonnet, and Paul hurl
esu to control the supply of skilled fallen asleep over a six -legged don -
labor and of bricks, o effective was key with oars that reached to his
this combine that considerable time knees'
elapsed before work could be done at The atmosphere had appeared so
anytlling like reasonable prices, and calm and sereno, and now a storm
one of the consulLieig engineers (A• burst out of a cloudless sky. At the -
J. Barry) has therefore iorently first sob Aunt Emily's step was
made arrangements for the cstablislt heard on the stairs.
meat of independent brickyards and
Aunt Pettily was a kindergarten
the importation of labor from Tien-
tsin, 101 the meanwhile the construe- teacher from the city, who was
tion of all bridges as far as Wusieh spending her vacation at Paul's
has been contracted for. 110n1e, and her wiles to entrap little
A similar "corner" was subsequent- boys into being goad Were nulner-
ly organized to command the supply Ous; but on this occasion Paul made
of ballast; the native syndicate in up his min 01 before she enteron the
this case has acquired control of room that the would not bo cajoled
all the existing quarries at 5ooe- by ally of hes tricks,
how, and oven extended its operation "I'm so glad you woke up, Paul,"
to Nielg-po. Popular report even said aunty, "Lt is lonesome clown -
credited the Chinese members of the stairs."
board of commission,- with a bene- Thin was too t:rataspurcnt. Paul
relent interest in thee,: "corners." At opened one eye and Melted at her
an early stage of tliu local negotia- contemptuously, Sic was good to
tions, after the s•' •ature of the look at, though, her hair was so
final agreement, the hineso claimed shiny and her teeth. were so white.
that ne contracts for construction "Conte on down," elle continued,
work should be made except through "and finish your rlonkry, You
a native official who claimed the didn't give hint any tail"
title of "Director of Contracts." Tho "I don't want the old donkeyl':
organization of "colliers" followed walled Paul, "I want manta."
upon the collapse of this pr°poster= •'Zyoll, m0Tnn. 5111 be back pretty
IT' Eva went to the bed where her
13y this this 13ggremont was halt lover lay with his head stvatlted in
way across the fawn. Seeing the bandages. Per a moment the eight
curate and Eve. together, he paused caused her so much angui511 that site
for (in instant, biting his lip. Flo with difficulty restrained herself
was half in mind to turn back, He from crying out. But when she saw
1-0_ 1)1 to asl< himself why Mrs. Save that the fact on the 1>lifnw smiled
ern had sent him to her. Surely up at hor she was steadied to hor
rho l.:ue5 Eva was with the curate? ordeal,
hitt 010 know? "Mai 1o11g? How long?" Eva
'rile question made h31n gasp. The asked the doctor eagerly; in the
t.l,(nlght flashed upon him that their
m. -at ings, at the far end of the 1awe,
ante -1.3300,
"In about it fortnight, I hope, We
towel, and please don't let your
little mar leave any advertisement
on this one,”
Why, Mother, what do you metln?
How can they? What kin(1 of an
advertIsem0llt?”
"Well, explained nu1(1151, "after
you had dresserl for MOO r 10 -cloy 1
HOW solncthin1 that wasn't 1:11(,11 11
on your towel and ylnt. 1 roum r1fcl
it very plainly. 1 t said, "Melte;
hands are clean; 1 (11(1 L1,” I'll
brim, it, in and sea if you don't
think that ie what 1t says,”
Biel: thought vera' hard, anti when
.anther 011111e back holding up the
towel for hint to see, a. little smile
came (•1•eeping 0nt of t.hr corners of
1114 nln11t1), for one end of the towel
was very dirty.
"Mother, dear," exclaimed Dick,
"my little mon made a 11115lake and
put their (bate In the wont; place
when they were coming to dinner
with y031. 7'11 see to it that. They
don't do it again." And he nnu;7)11ed
down into the pillow with a happy
little chuckle as mother kissed him
good -n igh L.
GEN. BUI,LER HONORED.
The People of Devon Recognize
Xis Services.
ons proposal, soon now. Let us go down and
For the rest, the wonting plans build a house for her." But Paul
and sections of the line have been H(pPed over on his stoma'rh and re -
completed as far as Wusieh, and the fused to e. comported.
survey to Nanking is advancing, em- "I wish .T knew of some little boy
banlement work is proceeding rapidly who would play home with me,"
wherever possible, the first consign- said Aunt Emily, plaintively. "I
meat of rails has arrived from Eng- haveli f; been a horse tar three
land, the sleepers from Australia days „ The cries continued nnabat-
g!rdbeen shipper, and orders for ed. "Conte on, honey, and mallow'
girder work and rolling stook are be you the things in my trunk,••
ing filled in England, and much is on 'Wonderful thin s came out of Aunt.
its way to China, Unless new diff.- g
culties are created, the engineers Emily's trunk, and Paul had often
hope that the first section to longed to see the entire contents;
Naziang will be opened to traffic in but aunty believed in Husbanding her
October; the second, to Qulnsan resources.
((lenoral Cordon's headquarters, in Even this offer proved unavailing,
1885), at the end of the year; to Tito noise had not diminished In
Soochow in March, 1908, and to v0101n°, but the quality had changed
Wusieh, the great silk district, in somewhat. It evidently retplired au
June. effort to keep it going,
4- "MY, 0 n 1 said Aunt Emily.
SAVING FOR
COMFORT, "It sounds like a thunder -storm."
The noise dropped a few notes
A Bank Account Never Passes One lower, and presently a distinct
By in Time of Adversity. rumble was heard. He and aunty
There is a whole lot of comfort in had raised lots of thunder -storms.
saving. Sometimes the actual re- Suddenly Aunt Emily had an le -
training from spending may be un- spiration.
comfortable; but comfort comes 110- "Paul," she said, solemnly, "I'll
mediately after the decision is toll you what I'll do, If you'll
reached not to part with the cash, promise to not cry any 1110re till
but to put it with the fund that is manta 000105, we'll. play that this
accumulating. It is the same corn- has been a thunder -storm, and I'll
forting satiafaction that is produced make a, rainbow."
when one puts aside temptation of Paul opened his eyes. Aunt Emily
any sort. Tho first experience 1s a certainly did wonderful things, but
revelation to anyone; and, to the this was drawing strongly on his
right-thinking individual, the eom- credulity.
fort derived from it makes one 'want "Yon can't make a rainboW," he
to repeat the operation. said, doubtfully,
There is no ono so poor, but that "Yes, I can," she asserted,
they can get this sort of comfort—a Paul slid reluctantly oH' the bed.
comfort that is comforting to .body, Anyway, 11e had brought the terms
mind and spirit. Yet the comfort of his surrender rather high.
derived from the saving of each "Ye es," he said. "lint," be ed -
small part of an accumulation, is tied, threateningly, "if you don't
but a mere fraction of the comfort make a really one I'll cry till ma -
derived from the knowledge that ma coaxes,"
there is somewhere a fund that may Out on the lawn Aunt Emily turn -
be drawn open 1n an emergency. No ed on the water and picked up the
matter what the catastrophe may garden hose, Then, with Paul at
be, the money that has been saved her side, 8110 turned until the sun's
is bound to he the best and most, rays fell obliquely through the spray
comforting friend in time of need, and a minature rainbow, in all iLs
A hank ac00unt never passes one rosy glory, sprang into view. Paul
by in thine of adversity. Savings gazed in awe for a minute, Then he
never express verbal sympathy, and whispered, "Aunt Emily, can you
do nothing more. Money held in make moons and stars and things?"
reserve never uses one for a "good
thing," and then forgets the bents- ----
factor. Cash laid away for future WHAT THE 'J'Oii'li::L SAT.O.
use never Costs anything; it always The front door stood open, and
males ono comfortable, through it came a little breeze, a
Savings, carefully placed whore
they draw the largest interest com- sweet breath of hones/sttaid° and
patible with safety, are ever ready clover. It brought the sound of
to aid the savor in times of need. merry 5010e5, for school was out,
Without e0'ort on his part they grow and tho little folks were on their
and flourish like the green bay tree., waY home.
They work while ono sleeps, and Dick came rushing in and threw
grow and multiply like a Mormon his arms about his mother as ho
family. They command the respect neat her in the hall.
of alt so-called friends, and hi tho "Now, run up and wash ,your
course of time ;nay even obtain the hands, ])icicle boy," said .nether,
chance, so long sought, of .placing "anti brush ,your hair."
their owner on that highroad that, "Oh, why do I have to? I'm clean
leads to Testing prosperity. In short, enough," said nick; crossly, looking
they are an °vet -present eomb0rt in at his hands.
time of trouble, and the most com- Mother caught; 111etn, as he tried
forting source of satiefaetian, not to put them behind his back, and
only through active life, but especi- Diolc couldn't help laughing as she
ally in old age, sang:
ONE -TOED WOMEN. "Oki, where aro the ten little, clean
Everybody has heard of the small little men,
feet of the ladies of China. But it To tench with me today?'t
is not so geneea1ly known that they
"I really didn't know they wore
commonly have but one too, s
is, however, the fact, The great so dirty', mother,": Dido said, when
toe of the females of tho first; rank, hs came downstairs again, #4Theet
and 03 500111 of the inferior classes arO all gentlemen, though, and have
also, le the Only One loft to act with put on their olean coats to take
any freedom; the rest aro doubled 'lunch with the ladies.":
(IOWA under tho foot in their tender- Mother .tied Dottie lattglted, and so
est infancy, and retained by coin- did little Madge,
:pt'a5sce and tight bentl,agss till they When mother tucked Molt in bed
unite with and aro 11lrled In the
Sole, '
A v01,185111 o(tuestrirtn statue at
General Sir Iled5er5 Midler, subscrib-
ed for by 50,000 admirers, ens un-
veiled at 1'1, 0La(' recently by Lord
3bringLon, Lund lieutenant of the
county, Croat crnwrt5 from all parts
of the Fest country thronged the
streets, and a general holiday was
observed. (.literal Buller received
an ovation from the people,
Speaking subsequently at a public
luncheon, Sir Bedvers !Seller said after a summer of sheer blouses that
that from 1110 01301 51..nndp0int he was looked wilted and drabbed after be-
huL a fly on the wheel of the chariot 131(1 exposed to the slightest mois-
of Slate; and whether it was his tore, or after the least crushing, the
good fortune to remain till by the trim firmness of the heavy linen
Onurion of time tllu celled In its shirt waist shown by one or two of
revolution el ((shed hint, out, 0r the most exclusive houses Is dis-
whether he was swept off by tho tinetly refreshing,
duster of the hand of fate, lie hoped Nothing prettier in ,a separate
as long n5 Ile 1505 in tieing he should blouse than the lingerie blouse at its
bo ((1110 to say—as he could truly do' '!daintiest was over fashioned for wo-
that (day—according 1.0 1110 lights he nun, but for practical wear the tail -
had (10(10 his 151'01 best, ((:hu^rs.) ored shirt waist was the thing.
It was his pi ts:Urge and his i 'y 1u ! Ahoy women have clung to the tat-
the South African campaign to •ani•tor, and this Call there are lndiea-
lttand a large nnnlbee of men from tions of renewed favor for it.
these islands, and iL leas their i.:(-' 0110 of the most popular houses
tune to be opposed by the best pn(tI making a specialty of harberdashery
of the 11.0000 of the enemy, oho
LhruughouC the time were on:utmts ,, for women has several new models
In linen which aro finding Instant
favor The most successful is, per-
haps, the waist with central front
box plait and double box plaits
down each side of the front, with
pockets set upon them at. the bust
line,
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It is a little Strange that tho lin-
gerie shirt waist, the daintiest and
most etheseat of feml(llniti's, should;
have become ono of the indi5pen-
s11ble adjuncts to the handsome at-
torli>oll tailored. costome, and to Its
coverer relation, the atr0et dress,
Bat 80 1t is,
Delights uliy incongruous, appealin(,
Irresistibly to every woman's love at
col; le, !sty, Is the wholly inappro-,
pteate little waist of babyish lace
a.nd 11151n and embroidery that peeps
timidly out from the short morning
Chess, with its .plain skirt and its
redingote almost as devoid of orna-
ment es (1 1na11'5 overcoat,
1'or less dressy weal' the heavy
tub blouse has its place in the win-
ter outfit. That, too, is all innova-
tion of recent date, but for soveral
years past a host of worn011 have
recognized the practical virtues of
the heavy tub blouse for winter.
weal', It is quite warm enough in
the house, and under a winter coat
hi comfortable for outdoor wear.
Regular ,'shirt waist models of a
severely tailored sort are liked for
these serviceable blouses to be worn
with the morning trotting suit; and
etl by their Commanretnt-lieneral.
The force he ((lettere I. huller) was
connected vritlt pursued that army
from Ladysmith to Pilgrims' Rest,
in the north of the Transvaal. They
pursued them with certain checks,
but they never had a ret back, and
in the end—in a dart of the country
as difficult a0 any that had over
been manOttvred Ill by en organized
army—they entered a store kept by a
German within five, minutes of the
time that the Colimiandant-Cletwral
of the enemy's forces had quitted it.
Tho stm'ekcepe" told him that as of Eton coats, blazer a
General Botha got up to leave he jackets, and
said to Hint, "Are you not going to bodices of all kinds.
light?" Botha replied:
"No, I ant not going to fight,
Fete times I have reacted in a posi-
tion that looked impregnable. By
groat labor 1 have made it as I
thought absolutely impregnable, and
each time those contvunch'd soldiers
of Bullcr's, (:m eying loads on their In the follies of fashion there are
backs, have walked Over it as though shouldcrattos of white lace with colo
it was a plain and simple land. 1
Will never stand against them again.'
"And," added Sir R clv rs
13uller,
,
"lie never did.''
Lord Wolseley, in a letter regrett-
ing his inability to attend, wrote:
"It is always pleasant to tale part ored velvet.
in any function intended to (lo honor Double ruches of tinted lace to be
to a distinguished soldier or sailor sot in elbow sleeves so as to meet
who has served his Sovereign well, long dark gloves.
but when the Iran so honored, as in Folded girdles of chiffon velvet
the present instance, is an old friend fastened invisibly or with button,
shall be able to give him back to
you again," he said; "and then you
must take hint away out of Eng-
land and make a. strong man of
him."
"And can I come anti Seo him to-
morrow, ancf every clay, till ha is
1.1ctt rr?"
"Yes, if ,"you will be as brave as
you have been to -cloy," replied the
doctor.
"Oh, I Will! I peomise, for his
suite and my own! 13va. auswer0(1,
And the (looter sate gratitude
alight in her oyes. --London Answers,
FALL TRIMMINGS.
Among the favorite fall trinulings
there ran be noted the following:
A handsome little gayly colored
cloth vest, which is set in the front
lIaudsolne pipings of silk so
planned that they border the regu-
lar trimmings and are used for edg-
ings to culls, rovers, ruffles, and ap-
pliques. No gown but has a deal
of this piping and no gown, but looks
the better for it,
ii l
oradb tens.
Knots of colored ribbon for trim-
ming sleeves and yoke,
Chemisettes and yokes of lace
trimmed with narrow pipings of cul -
that night, she said.
"Diol., I have given yip. ti oho..ua 11111 40,04148 1d hoe. 11t11)rc
and most valued couteade, boss
whom I have often stood In what
soldiers in their fighting lnitgtinge so
aptly describe n5 'tight r.laces,then
the event appends to my heart with
all the greater force.
"Front 111511' heart I congratulate Sir
Redvers Beller upon Tieing so justly
appreciated in this his own loved
county, as well the lin always has been
in the army where I had the privi-
lege of serving with him for many
years. This statue will remind fu-
ture generalities of Western mon of
the brilliant services peefOrmed by
Devonshire's most illustrious son of
this period."
Lord Methuen, in a speech et the
luncheon, 5uid he ,was glad to pay his
tribute of respect to ono of the finest
soldiers they had in the army during
his, the speaker's time,
EMPRESS OF CHINA'S CAR.
Tho new parlor car which the Mni-
press Dowager of 0111110 ordered in
France 8011( months ago for the use
of herself and tho high mandarins of
her suite in their journeys through
the country has been completed and
shipped at Atitworp for delivery fn
Pekin. The car is longer ellen the
ordinary European railway carriage,
and it has at ..both ends hlatforms
like our cares, fenced in with forged
ornamental irons rniliugs, skirt. This makes a very hnudsome
It is divided Into six compartments fall salt,
and ono which any 0110
First of n11 coma 1:5/0 drawing room mire,t
lt, an,
coupes fitted with divans covered T. the silks it "might be (:.aimed
with pale blue sills. These are do -
that rho taffetas lead. Rut this
signed for the attendants of the Em -would be saying too much. There
press, and next to them comes the are glossy silJcs Whiclr are very po-
herselg anti clintakes' oo£ 7'si ole pular and more sill( is agate seen,
herself, which takes op the whole p s
width of the car and receives its
light through siti great panels of
glass reaching from floor to roof.
The coiling is coveted with pictures
and about the great oak table in the
middle are fastened six broad and
comfortable armchairs. Al: both
ends of the saloon aro wide divans
which can be turned into beds when
occasion requires. At night light is
provided by an eleetri(1 cluster, the
light hanging from the middle of the
ceiling;
The coquettish dressing room open-
ing into the saloon is beautifully
fitted up In modergn style, An ofl''co
and kitchen colleplete the %ye % of
;the imperial oar, Which tt is said
'the Maprose teas persuaded to have
built as the safest moans of travel-
ing. leer projudices were only over-
310mo after she had been wade the
victim of an attempted a;5sasshratioltf
buckle, or clasp.
Epaulettes of lace over dark cloth
sleeves.
Big shoulder pulls or cloth or silk
set over the tops of tight-tl:tting
sleeves.
Ribbon arrangements to be worn
over cloth dresses by which bands
of ribbon go around the, waist and
are brought high in front and tied
in rosettes,
Beautiful diamond shaped appli-
ques or sills to border a skirt.
Keife-pleated ruffles no wider than
your finger to trim the bottoms of
sill skirts.
Narrow folds of silk to look like
tucks, which are to be placed around
the skirt and to trim the yoke of
the waist and hips.
And, in addition to those, there
are hip and waist ,yokes winchare
made to match and which bring out
the prettiest of laces, the handsome
st of buttons, and the finest of little
braidings.
No dives chapter is quite complete
without a word 01' two about the
long coats which are being made up
for wear now. The seeded silks aro
impressod into Alm service and hand-
some bi•own seeded silk is made up
ill_ the skirt and redingote style with
the long coat falling in beautiful
straight lines over the box -pleated
HARDANC1I R SETS,
The prettiest, plainest, set of liar-
ciaugcr collars and cuffs wore Invent-
ed the other day --with an inter ab-
sence of the heavy stitch end even
the little "herry" left off from the
bar -stitch that marks tho srputees.
Tho ends were just two inches
doop, half of the material left plait,
and the other half, with the exccp-
tion of a hem not much wi(lee then
tete 'divisions, was just the squares.
The collar Was almost as (deep n,5
the cuffs, and treated in the sante
3evetelyy plain way, 'Vol:,'Vol:,it was the
f
most offeativo sort o Sot When Korn.
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Buttonholing was n0a 18801 t', of
eouese, but tit Was done in rho heavy
sewing cotton, like the rest of the
work, instead of the mercerized
thread usually oanlli0yed,
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