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The Exeter Advocate, 1893-1-26, Page 7noinisionomonomeassaionninuom LAUCE AND LEARN. One pone.° in every nine is left-handed. Italy sande 0,000,000 eggs to England every week. Only 9 per cent, of all operations in empire. tation are fetal, Aged spinsters are apt to yield more and more to their fehnee. Two persone die of starvation in London, ie said, every week. Belgium is der:hired to be the most in- temperate counary in Eh -trope. Edieon states that very few people know the eound of their own voicee. The cabmen, et Paris are now forbidden to smoke pipee while driving a fare. Don't dislike tke woman who is prettily dreesed ; he is not; of necessity a fool. Clergymen come neieb in number to • mechanics under he head of inventors. • Ib is twenty yeare since Pasteur began his notable experiments in germ culture, A girl gives her lover a mitten, we sup- pose, because a pair is oat of the question. Ho—Not married yet a:She—No. He-- Impostiele 1 She—So Iain beginning to think. A widow is one who has buried her hus- band ; a grain widow is ciao who hes simply mislaid him. Agnes—I wonder why they put clocks on stocking& Maud—So we can tell it the colors are feet. • From the Amerioen aloe tree is made thread, ropes, ()Ales, paper, clothing, soap, sugar and brandy. A gallon of water would only cover a space of two feet square if spread out in a layer an inch thick. You can talk about the tariff, but there ia nothing that will -cause a rise in dress goods 00 quickly as a mouse. A colored woman of Sylvania Ga., who is 70 years old, etarted to scheml for the first time the other day. Performances at the ancient Greek thea- tres began at 7 oalotile in the morning and lasted often fully 12 hours. "I really feel that I am a public example of pole -lightness , " said the carbon as it was put in readinessfor the electric current." Uncle Si—Teey say people live very fast down in New York. Hooper—They do. I've known several to die of old age before reaching 40. Philadelphia is entitled to be known as the city of sisterly love. According to a recent police census the oity boasts of 25,000 more women than men. "John, what's the Salle law we read about in history ?" asked Mrs. John. "It was a law that prevented women becoming kings," replied John, learnedly. It has never yet been decided by com- petent authorities whether snoring is vocal or instrumental music. Calling it "Bharat music "doesn't settle the matter at all. The governess—And now, what is a par- able Effie? Effie (who has got rather muddled)—A parable? Oh, of course, a parable is a heavenly story with an earthly meaning Laura (to her cousin, who has just kissed her) -0h, Rudolf, we are losb 1 There is Mr. Miller. Rudolf—Never mind him, he is a harmless fellow. Laura—He was, but now he is an amateur photographer. A Dublin newspaper has an advertise- ment paisibly more truthful than intended: "Wanted, a gentleman to undertake the sale of a patent medicine. The advertiser guarantees that it will be profitable to the undertaker." "1 dernb believe that old Rouse left all the money that the newspapers saidhe did." "Why, they all reported it at the same figure.' "1 know it; but no New York woman has turned up and olahned to be hie wife, has there?' "I intend to decorate that beau of yours with a leather medal," said old Broadatreet ,Snoozer to his daughter the other night. aal can't get a wink of sleep any more be- cause he keeps you up so late ; but I can ,kick as well as I ever could—see I" He—I think this an outrage that the *ladies wear high hats in the theatre. She Yea; I must admit that you men are much more considerate. "0! course we "Some of you who get in the front row are -even so considerate as to leave your hair at home. You are too good for this world." A shut -up soul and a shut -up oyster are -nearer the ,same level than the soul believes. One can be exclusive on small intellectual capital, bub only broad, far-sighted •minds can lie inclusive. What we call lack of charity is usually lack of perception. 'If we knew more, we should love deettere— ?Frances E. Willard. A love rivalry of fifty years ago is con- etantly brought to mind by Dr. Weiser, of Middleton, Lancaster •county, Pa. The elector won his bride in fair contest from a rival who swore vengeance as he retired from view. Ever since then, however, whoa visiting other cities the successful wooer has been assaulted and beaten un- mercifully. He is now 72 years of age and is recovering from a mysterious assault in the streets of Philadelphia. The idea of being haunted for fifty years makes the old gentleman declare that "this thing has ,gone far enough." • If you wish to send flowers a considerable alistanoe, presumably you hope that the e blooms will be fresh and pretty when they reach the recipient. You may feel quite sure • that they will retain fragrance and color if you will pack them according to tested -directions. First, wrap the flowers with waxed tiesue paper, leaving the stems free. If you send roses insert the stems into a • raw potato, the moisture of which will keep them from wilting, For small blossoms, •,such as violets, sweet peas, or orange blos- soms, pack them closely in damp moss, but never wet the flowers therneelvea. Cover , all flowers with a mond waxed paper when planting them in the box. If carefully packed, as directed, they may be sent hun- dreds of miles in good condition. . In a parlor car on an express train at a richly dreseed young woman, tenderly holding a very small poodle, relates the •„Argonaut, ” Madame," said the conductor, as he punched her tickt, I am very sorry, bet you can't have your dog in this car. It's against the rules." "1 shall hold him in my lap all the way," he replied, "and he will disturb no one." That makes no din finance," raid the °endue:nor, " I couldn't 0110Wany Own dog here. Dogs must ride in the baggage car. I'll &Sten him all right for you---" "Don't you touch my clog, tiait" said the young woman cdtedly ; " will trust him to nb one 1" and with indig- knant tread she marched to the baggage - r, tied her dog and reterned. About 60 mils further on, when the conductor came along riven, she asked him " WiU you tell me if my dog is all right ?" 4' X Oni 'very merry," said the coriductor `" but you tied him to a 'brut& and he wee th rown off with it at the lett stetimi." • The initials S. D. eitana for Beath D akota and for Swift Divorces. The Harp that once in T11 -1`0.40,'S EMUS. Now rtiVeS no nootrieleay." Old Brute --There le but one way to get the beet of a woman in an argument. Took—Woman hi a creature of mood. Peek—True, apd my wife's mood is in the inaperatien Johnny ---Whet le homey, papa? A preen° of getting plenty of cheap advere tieing, ray boy. He—I heve never yet met the woman thoughb I could merry. She—No, wonaen are hard tie plea* as a rule. Don't dislike the woman who changes her mind—be thankful that she knows when sbe makes n mistake. A woddiug notioe in a Milano paper the other day ended with the words : No °erne no cello nobody' businese " Young Brute—Whab ie that ? Old Brute —State your ide, and then laugh so loud that elle can't make herself heart). That waS a philosophical little mats who said to her mamma yesterday: these figs are old. Just see how gray they ere I" H e (who is going abroad to seek hie for- tuue)—You'll be true to me, won't you, darling ? Sho—Yes—yes, George, if you're eueoessful. "Let's get out!" exclaimed Noah glee- fully. The ark's touched land." "Wait till I put on my gloves, dear," remarked Mrs. North. "It must be dreadful when a professional singer knows that she has lost her voice." "But it is it'll more dreadful when.she is not aware of the fact," Swayback—Instead of Christmas presents I make New Yeat's gifts. Snooper—Why Swayback—Usaally you cam buy things cheaper after Christmas has gone. " How about the rent of this house of youre'Jones? Doesn't) the landlord ask a good deal for it ?'' Jones—Yes ; he often ask it five and six times a month for it. Housewife—So, now, I think everything is ready for the party. Tae goose liver, lobster, two hams, two professore, a famous painter, a passable musician—yes, that will be all. Jess—I thought you hated jack, and yet you have accepted him. Bess—I did hate him; but he proposed under an umbrella, and said if I refused him he would let the rain drop on my new hat." Little Dot -1 wish I ' was a boy. Libtle Dick—Why? Little Dot--'0ause a girl always feels so wicked Wen she does any- thing wrong, an' a boy don't Boys justgoes right along an' has a good time. •Wife—Thomas, I wish you would let me have $50. Husband—All right, my dear; here is a $100 bill for you. Wife—Oh, thank you, Thomas; but you forgot to pay me the 50 cents you borrowed of me the other day because you were short of change. Mrs. Vokes—Mrs. Crummer has a terrible cold just now. Mrs. Gelleland—How did she contracb it ? Mrs. Vokes—By wearing a fur -lined jacket. Mrs. Calleland--Impos- eible ! Mrs. Vokes—Not at alL She had to wear it open so that the people could see the lining. Mother—Johnnie,why are you :crying I'm only going to be away a week, and your papa will be home with you. Johnnie—No, he won't ,• he's going to Rome. " Going to Rome 1 Why, child, what do you mean ? " " I heard him say that he would make Rome howl when you left." " Oh, indeed! Well, I won'b leave you, Johnnie." The girl was having a private conference with her father on the subject of marriage. "The young man hasn't enough to support you on," urged the father. "Bub you will give RS something?" she said. "Not a great deal, my dear." "Then we shall live on love." "Ugh," sniffed the father. "Don't you think we oan ?" asked the girl with the beautiful confidence of youth.' Yes if you both stay single," and the father declined to discuss the matter further. Mrs. Gladstone, who has been President of the Women's Liberal Federation of Eng- land since its organizetion, has announced her decision not to stands again for re- eleetion next May. The numerous duties that fall to the wife of the Prime Minister, and her increasing years, make this action necessary. Mrs. Gladet' * emphasizes her AL feeling of the value of ''11 work of the federation during the laet eection, and she will continue to take a deep interest in all its efforts. ' He counts the Cost. The tintinnabulation of the bells A very contradiery story tells. To the livnyman Maass Born of gold withoutalloy That's jingled in the j.ngle of the bells. The merry maid with rapture hears the sound. The sleigh constructor's suited to the ground, But the youth who is engaged Is by tinkling bells enraged, And curses their gay music, we'll be bound. , George du Marsden the English "society "artist, is authority for the state- ment that women are growing taller, bleeder and generally healthier. This pleasing change is, of course, ascribed to physical culture, and it is being prophesied that in time women will !ammo the physical equals of nsen, as they have already become their intellectual peers. A pessimist commentator pictures the probable outcome of this state of things. Women, forming the leisure class, will, he thinks, have more time to devote to mental and bodily de- velopment than men, and so in time will come to be their superiors. If this dire state of things should supervene, it is re- spectfully suggested to • the pessimist that "turn aboub is fair play." Another person of optimistic views sees in this report of woman's physical advance ground tor the hope that she will eventually grow strong enough to lift her skirt above the dirt of the streets. Proportion of the Sexes. Over the whole world the proportion of the sexes is aboub equal, but in separate parts of the world it varies greatly. For instance, in the States there are 98 women to 100 men; in Europe there are rather more than 10women to 100 men. Canada has 95 women to 100 men. In un- civilized countries the men are believed largely to outnumber the women, this on account of the fact that more men are needed to ovary on the wars in which such people are constantly engaged and bemuse of the rougher ways of living. A chilly call. The Editor --Take that chair, Mies Bostin. Mho 13ostin (with a roll of manuscript)— Thank you, I will not take the chair, but shall be glad to occupy it while I read you my poem on icicle& • Exit Applicant. Shivering Tratnp (at backdoor)—Plearie, sir, hein't you got any &old witties ? Mrs Frost—Yea, sir ; I BM a iceerecian dealer. flot It Fintilly• He—The Van Buskirk girl married for meney, did she did not? alhe—Yes ; but elle had to divorce to get it. ees, The fashionable dressmakers are reopen- sible or the statement that the girl who lades has come to stay. "Don't wait for miry" mid the boote. to the beaver hat. "Why.not ?" Mired the hat. Because it is your bushier's tO go Mt a head," returned the bootee WON'S GAY ORLD. Insight into the Art of Evening Dressing, Neatly, But Inexpensively. what Metres Eike and ieJsiflre — varied Types of Dancerx owl Row to Spot •Them—Great Novelty In Neale 'reit. Seim—Tull story of a Preeocioits British • Loenon, Jan. N Whiter the faehion of • a dressing to dinner has double the value and charm it possesses in summer. It is delicious after a cup of good tea to get out of the heavy day-dreess, and, after having revelled in hot water and some favorite perfume, to don a light (of weight) gown and make oneeelf look one's best to do honor to the social meal of the day and theme met at it. Oue puts on a different mood •with • the refreshing change of garb and the men, returning from outdoor pursuits of business or pleasure, enjoy seeing the women of the family in pretty coiffures and becoming gowns. Even when there are no men to please, women rarely neglect this pleasant duty. They have too much self-respect and enjoy looking nice for its own. agreeable sake. ART OF EVENING DRESSING. Apropos of women's evening dress a man recently made a complaint which is worth recording as it possesses the merit of being Bensible,which is more than most complaints of the opposite sex. "1 wish all your girls," said the complainant, would not wear black so unanimously in the evenings. • I called in at a house the other evening and went into the drawing -room. You've no notion how bright and pleasant it looked. One of the girls had a red silk gown on with hangings of black eroded. Another was in BOMO soft maize colored stuff, with a shiny belt. One girl wore black, butt it was livened up and done off with bunches of green and pink ribbons. • Can't you all manage to fix yourselves up like that 1 There is certainly something in this com- plaint, for black is such very convenient wear for dinner, and is so pleasantly nit - datable that it is universally popular. White and pale colors soil so readily wit gas and dust from coal fires that only thou) who enjoy very liberal dress allowances can indulge in many gowns of these festive tint,. Red is a capital wearing color, but it does not suit everybody. It nearly always, however, sets off tbe gray-haired to advan- tage. Why middle-aged women do nob more frequently wear it it is difficult to sur- mise. They enshrond themselves in black when their sons and daughters would ever so mutili prefer to see then'', in colors, to say nothing of their husband& DIDN'T KNOW HIS OWE' were. Husbands too often neglect to notice the dress of naiddle-aged. wives. Not all of them, nor by any means all; one or two inatances have occurrecl of late, but none so amusing as that which happened after a dinner party nob long ago. The gaests were scattered about the double drawing- roonas, the inner one of which was oblong, so that those sittiug in thei front room could only see about two-thirds of it. A lady was talking about British manufac- tures and deploring the fact that English silk -weaving had so seriously declined from its once proeperous estate. "There, General," she said, "look at that exquisite brocade that we can just see inside the folding doors there. Spitalfields could turn out as good as that, but sve may be perfectly certain that that came from French looms, if we only knew." "By Jove," said the General, " it's a lovely piece of stuff. Looks expensive, too." "Oh, about 25 shillings a yard," said the lady, when the wearer of the brocade rose and walked into the room, showing herself to be the General's wife. He had never noticed what she wore, which showed a very inadequate sense on his part of kis marriage vows. No man can properly love and cherish a wonaan if he is careless as to what she wears. Too often he heeds only the bills, and heeds them too much. INEXPENSIVE BUT STRIKING. A very pretty gown which attracted attention recently was of a ferule material of dark green diagonal stripes, having lines in copper metallic tint through each line. The skirt was quite plain, but of the new shape, standing -well ont all round, and finished with a thick band of dark green velveb. The sleeves were in puffs of the striped material to the elbow, whence were long cuffs of dark green velvet. There was a sort of corselet formed of lines of narrow- eet dark green velvet ribbon round the bodice, tied in front in a series of lilliputicen hove& The top portion was a. little full, with revers of dark green velveb falling back prettily over the fulness. The plain but well -cut and well-ntting collar was also of green velvet The wearer was a tall, slight girl, and the dark, rich coloring and good style of the gown suited her par- ticularly well. Her good looks were of a brunette type, and the combination of green with the suggestion of copper was sofa and warm%hough to be in harmony with her complexion. WIXAT THE MALE SEX LIKE. • Men like, big sleeves, they don't know why. They are not even sere about its being the sleeves that they admire, but they do. Standing near a group of men the other evening in a room where twine up-to-date reception gowns were worn, one could not help over -hearing their criticisms. There's whet I call a nice dress," said one. It was a white brocade with large white satin sleeves and a deep lace with, "1 think that woman's a downright dowdy," said another, •" that wean= being attired in reby .velvet, exquieitely embroidered with ruby sat and gold, falling Over the shoulders. 4' That'll a scrumptious deem," was the delighted exclamation of a very young num. His taste was exemplified in a gown of ivory satin made quite plain in Princess style and laced up the back. There were huge satin sleeves, and a deep collar of ivy -geranium pink velvet, einbroidered with pearls and crystal and fringed with eilver and oryttali "Is it the imposing sleeves they like t" 'Whispered a Meted, and truly it Was. DEMON DANCERS riq vAntED r BASES. Dancing hi regarded frent many panto of View, and . is performed in Widely varying methode. At a Cinderella the other evening, firet was the man who was plainly dancing for ekeraiee. Ite waltzed away with cr, will, and dragged such of Iiie partnere with him as were not so energetically inclined as himself. His expression was solemnly tion. scientiou. That of his partnere varied acs cording to their appreciation of his per- formahoe. There Wais the little man who carefally eeleoted women of his own site to denote with. He was unblushingly in love With his own claneing. liehuggedhispartner up in whet looked an uncomfortable fashion, put his head sentirneatally came to hers, ma proceeded to move in funeral rhythm to the Milk% 14s OXprOSSiO4 bat:Adel:I no doubt to be beautifully rept, blit in reality rather vapid and loet. Then there we the light- hearted man untally Middle-aged, who is so gay and teeny° that he takes advaptege of the dance to wave his legs about and to ship in, the waltz like a playful lamb, ivith a cheery, welipleesed look on his face, not invariably repeated on the features of his partner, espeoially if she happened to be one in whose ethics of waltzing skipping hats no part at all. THE CURVE Ok' AFFECTION. • The man who will traverse eard the Man who cermet steer are too well-knewn aa ball -room bug-beare to require description. There is the boy who is tiered and wlao moveS so lea:gelidly and apparently against his will as to give hispertner the appearance of dragging him. There is the automatic man, who seems to do his dancing on "put a penny itt the slot" principle. He labiate all in a hurry, stops euddenly and gives his partner a series of elecbric shooks by his spasmodic action, and with the most Stolid look on hie steady -going features which are fortunately not so spasmodic as their owner, But of all the men who are most irritating to watch in the mazes of the waltz are them who dance for effect. Luckily they are few, but for affectation of the unabashed type they are wonderful, They attitudinize and languish until ti,e impulse of the onlooker bakes shape in a perfect ache to boa their ears, if the onlooker le a woman, or to kick him if a man. VANILLA. l'OrraltY TILE LAST NovEurr OUT Among the 2 cont. toys which are just now being sold on the sidewalks along the landing streets is one of unusual interest. It is aflexible latices, not unlike a piece of yel- low whalebone, twisted into a kind •of true lovers' knob. You light one end of it, and as it smolders slowly away a ecent of vanilla, not agreseively strong floats through the air. Thie is one of the "good ideas" of the street hawkers, especially as vanilla is one of • the perfumes which are popular almost with everybody. A few fad- dists have it that vanilla, used as a flavor- ing, is intoxicating, bat those are only the people whoni a. piece of underdone steak makes tipsy, and to whom green vegetables give all kinds of complaints. On vome parts of the European continenb a small piece of vanill& is put into the tea- pot together with the tea. The fletvora are sled to blend well, just as in Russia, you teke your tumbler of tea with a, slice of lentan instead of milk, and, ait in Feance and Germany, you add a teaspoonful of arrack or rum to your thimbleful of after- dinner coffee. But there is yet a &tinter way of taking your vanilliailavor with your tee. And this ruffin manner is British and • not Continental. When the tea or coffee service is being made vanilla flavor is added to the china when it is in the potter's hands, and thus it is baked into every arti- cle of the set. Whenever, afterwards, the tea things get hot, as they are being used, they exhale a faint aroma, of vanilla, which, to the fastidious, may be preferable to the actual infusion into beverages of the piece of the equate stem of the vanilla aromatica. A iwAfr's STORY? What are children corning to? is a ques- tion often asked, but a tale told the other day eeems a little too tall even for ostrioh- like mental digestion. It goes that two little boys, the elder of whom was 6, were laughing very much over something that one had disclosed to the other. The small lad's mother asked what was amusing him. He said, "Smoothing Claudio told me." "Well, what was it? queried the other. "Oh," said he in a very superior way, a man's story," whereupon that parent retired discomforted. An Obliging Father. Business was just closing in one of Hart- ford's banks when the dignified president came in behind the rail and asked: " Can any of you tell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk?' I tried to tell it to my grandchild last night and I was all mixed up. • I couldn't do it." "'Jack and the Beanstalk?' Why, cer- tainly," said the genial teller. "It was this way: •• Jack brought home some beans and his mother threw them into the well, and—" "Yes. I know, but where did Jack get the beans?" asked the president. "010 the beans! Why, he had the beans and the stalk grew up out of the well," and the teller related in a graphic way the allegorical tale, interjecting little bits of "Jack the Giant Killer," "Little Hop o' My Thumb" and other nursery lingoes, showing thrib at one time he was &miller with little folk lore. "But where did Jack get the beans ? That is what I want to know," inquired the persistent president. • "I can tell you all about that," said the newly -fledged bookkeeper." He traded his mother's cow for them, and his mother was •eo angry that she threw the beans out of the window, not into the well, and the stalk grew—" ".Never mind about the stalk. I've found out where Jack got the beans. That's where my grandchild puzzled me," said the president, and the vaults were looked and he hastened home to straighten out the story for the little one.—Thereford Post. Mow to liaise Flowers in the House. A tiny garden can be made by cutting a piece of sheet wadding to fit the top of a bowl or a wide-mouthed jar, which is filled with water just high enough for the bottom of the wadding to touch ib. Two or three small bits of charcoal will keep the water pure, and when all le arranged the top of the wadding is sprinkled with seeds of Mig- nonette, sweet pea or any other easily grown plant. The roots pierce down through the wadding and are nourished by the water, while leaves and blossome, in a reasonable time, conceal the top. Dull -Eyed Scientists. • Mrs. Hayseed—Who are those gentlemen runnin' into our barn to get out o' th" rain ? Daughter—They are a, party of scientists who are ataying at the hotel. They've been out on imme expedition or other. Mrs. Hayseed—I don't see where their eyes was las' night. Any one tnighb 'a known from th' new moon it was pin' to rain. It was tipped up so it couldn't hold Water if it tried. It Wouldn't Fleet. "Why don't you cast your bread upon the watet ?" Youeg hudhand—We no use; my wife learned to make it at a cooking galled. " We hatter had a stormy life," said the iblitnr to the King, with easy familiarity. " lbw ito D " Yours luis been reigny and mine windy." The money that, is the root of all evil 10 the money that is iti another's pocket. The desperate tramp (be the drug clerk)— Hey yea any strychnine or arsehie? Timia clerk—No, The &Alienate beaten—We% then gimme a pleas) ohotp. (moor lac AND TUE SINGEIES, Au °Pera0BileeSill:mag: WaHhi'411:1719rtChtisYlit: anal iler Never educe her long period of widoW- hood began has the Queen of Eugland taken inuoh intereet itt theetrioal and operatio entertainmentas she evinces this winter. Her Majesty has listened to two operate one given by the Carl BOB% Company, the ether by the more pretentious organization of Sir Augustus Heals, The Queen's testes are cosmopolitan. She is an inveterate newepeper reader, and folloves the courae of theatrical and other (swear with es elose an iatereet as that dieplayecl by be subjeche When sh•s hears of any entertainment that Is higbly popular with her people, its man- ager generally receives the royal command to give a performance at Windsor or Balmoral. Thus the Queen within recent times has aughed over Charles Wyndham, shivered over Henry Irving, been lulled by Sir Arthur Sullivan's " Ivanhoe " and thrilled with Buffalo Bala "Wild Irebai For 20 years back court life has been exbremely dull for the numerous princes, princemes, attachee and ladies in waiting. But lately the Queen hair declared such a lively taste for entertainment that the heir apparent recently avowed that with the tragical elements left out Wiadsor Castle was be- ginning ta remind the Prinoese of Waliaa of the festivities which her royal ancestor, Hamlet, encouraged at Elsinore. • Her Majesty has a strong preference for music ovet any other forin of entertainment It is stated by those acquainted with court gossip that but for the recent illness of Mr. Paclerewski, the pianist would have received a SIIMMOUS to play at Wincleot Disap- pointed by one Pole, Her Majtity has de- termined to hear another. lt is, we are informed, already settled that as soon as M. Jean de Reszke finishes his Paris and Monte Carlo engagements he will appear in the characters of Faust and Lohengrin at Windsor. The performances at the castle are almost invariably given on Saturday nights. The selection of this evening increases the diffi- culties of the management. • The Queen never makes her appearance in the Water- loo Ga'lery before 9 o'clock. The opera, beginning promptly at that hour, must be ended with equal promptitude at midnight, for Iler Majeety ici too strict a ohurch woman to allow an entertainment to extend into Sunday morning. The operatic pro- ductions at Windsor are in all matters equal to those at Drury Lane. On the Fri- day morning before a performance a large force of men invades Waterloo Gallery, takes down the costly pictures and builds a stage with lights, traps and other appurten- ances of the regular theatre. On Saturday afternoon everything is ready. Then the performers arrive (at the recent production •of " Carmen " there were 230 people employed on the stage), the principals brought from the railway station in the royal carriages, the choris- ters, stage hands and supernuraeraziee in omnibuses. Each person is supplied with& numbered ticket informing him where he shell dress and where sit at supper. Bread and butter and tea are then servedto every- body, and after this light refeotion the women retire to dress in Ste George's Hall, while the men go to the ;Ruben() room. At 8 o'clock all the performers are assembled on the stage hi the principal tableau of the opera. A photogcaph is taken of the scene by the &in of magnesium light for Her Majesty, after which the windows are opened and the hall gets a thorough ventil- • ation. The place is then heated anew, and at 8.30 the royal guests are seated, each supplied with a libretto and programme printed ort white satin, those reserved for Her Majesty being printed on blue satin. At 9 o'clock the Qaeen enters, attended by the maids of honor, and seats herself on an improvised throae, before which stands a table. This letter feature is essential. Her Majesty is of a critical turn, and at inter- vals during the performance writes her opinions on a pad of note paper concerning the merits or faults of the artiste. When she enters everybody stands up and the orchestra of 56 musicians plays "God Save the Queen." This ended, the royal lady waves her fiend and the opera begins. There is no entramte music, the period between the scenes being engroesed by refreshments of cake and champagne served by footmen. Oa these ocoasione no one ventures to applaud until the Queen claps her hands, upon which signal the lords and ladies, guiding the expression of their enthusiasm by the Sovereign's manner, testify their appreciation of the artists' effort. After the performance the singers are put to their hardest task. The princi- pals are allowed only 10 minutes in which to get rid of their grease paint and appear in full court dress before Her Majesty, and of this rule there is no evasion. Sir Henry Ponsonby presents the singers separateTy, and the Queen compliments one, gives a present to another and allows a third the unusual privilege of kissing her hand. After this ceremony theperformers retire for supper, and are all speedily book to London by the 1.30 train.—New York 82674. They Got It At Last. For many years scientists tried to con- centrate the blood, flesh and bone making qualities contained in the Norwegian cod. They only partially succeeded. But by new chemical processes, rendered feaeible by electrical forces, the life-giving properties of the oil have all been captured, and are safely imprisoned within that famous remedy which is talked about all over the country, known as "Miller's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil." Physicians acknowledge that this is the greatest discovery, or rather the perfection of a discovery, ever given to the world. To say that it cures consump- tion by making blood, flesh and bone for the patient is quite enough. • It itt a remedy that positively requires no puffing. Many young people have been Haired by its use. la big bottles, 50e. and $1, at all drug storm McCollinit's Rheumatic Repellant. Have you tried this greatest internal remedy? If not, do so at once if afflicted in any form. Used successfully 18 years. Thousands in Canada and the 11. S. testify to thorough cures and itnproved health after all other treatment failed and cases were considered hopeless. New Fse tar ''Em. The Furnishings Dealer—A pair of ear- muffs. Yes, sit • Here they are. Sup- pose you find the weather rathet nippingi The Patron—Oh, bother the weather. I want the ear -muffs to wear to the comic opera this evening, The feanimer Corner; and brings with it aching (memo. 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