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Des tie the facts that Queen Alexan-
dra et En land has celebrated her sixty-
third birthday and that she ties nine
grandchildren she still retains her
youthful beauty. How she contrives to
keep Time at bay is what Ihe feinlntna
contingent in a crowd watching her
drive by always asks. whether it be in
Landon or Paris, Naples or Athens.
Fee, barring a judicious and daintily
inconspicuous employment of quite le-
gitimate cosmetics, the Queen is not
artificial looking.
Her case is the more surprising for
the reason that court life is a foe to
geed looks. Royal ladies as a rule
fade so quickly that ten years of court
lite has about the same effect on a wo-
man's beauty as two years at the
washtub.
wonder and admiration of cheering
+:t Denmark to that of England Alexan-
dra has seen numberless rivals `[
beauty forced by premature loss et
tovellness to resign their claim. T
he
Empresses of France and Austria were
tier contemporaries and their radiance
and cameolike perfection of feature all
but threw her into the shade.
To -day, a forl':rn old woman, Eugenie
lives in reiirenient with not a vestige
of her rare entering and delicate con-
tours left, and on the day on which
poor Elizabeth of Austria walked down
the quay al Geneva to the spot where
the assassin waited far her, dagger in
hand, no human being would have
dreamed that she had once been tile
wonder and admiration of diming
crowds, as Alexandra remains to this
hcur.
In the last decade a dozen young wo-
men have come to thrones and never
been able to challenge her right to su-
Iireutaay. In ore way or another their
court earners have reduced thein finally
le a bony or an obese commonplace-
ness,
Even that paragon of physhal perfect•
tton the Empress of Russia has wither-
ed under the stress of maternal duties
and the fears she enduree every day.
The anxieties she has been called upon
la hear, allied to the cruel strain of
Russian court ceremonies, have aged
and hardened her fare till it resembles
vineyards he owns, and nearly all the
fend site eats Is produced on her bus.
land's terms. When In London lice
butldr, milk, eggs, vegetables. tow1s
,
mutton and beet are sent for from. San-
dringham, end the sweet she prefers 1s
honey supplied to her from a Devon.
shire farm.
Honey is used in the preparation of
the only cakes sit ever eats, while pure
ed instead of lard
• oil Is employed 1
cite i
l
p ,
or butter by the cook, who in the royal
pallier has a kitchen onbnely to him-
self Special stress is ]did by his royal
Mistress upon the fact that only the
purest and freshest feeds are to be scre-
ed at her table,
Dalry maids in Denmark live to to
very old and keep marvellously fresh
end young looking. Prating by this
fact the English Queens linnets pos.
sessien of one of the most exquisite
and completely appointed dairies in the
world. Here every day, when the
Queen is at Sandringham. she gets into
n big blue linen apron and churns and
makes butler herself.
Dairy tasks provide the best exercise
toe feminine muscles. \Vhen the Queen
is through her morning job of butter
making she has a luncheon of whole
wheat bread and a glass of buttermilk
from her own cedar churn. This, she
says, is a meal flt for a goddess and
lit most wholesome one a pretty wo-
man can take,
Besides drinktng the buttermilk she
uses it liberally as a cosset ee The
night before a court function she bathes
in a groat bowl of It, her face, throat,
arms and shoulders. This is allowed
ro dry on the skin, then Is sponged off
with warm water and fine white soap
and serves as a perfect bleach and the
most delicate unguent.
At Buckingham Palace and at Wind -
set three cows are kept to supply the
Queen with fresh milk, which is her
favorite drink. No pretty woman, she
maintains, can afford to touch tea, cot-
fee or chocolate. The first two produee
wrinkles and chocolate manufactures
fat, as does grease or sugar. Salted
butter Is never allowed on her table
er in the preparation of her dishes
and frequent but very light meals ie
one of the means employed for the pre-
servation of her looks.
Before rising she always eats a few
paper thin slices of brown bread spread
with sweet cream or new butter. At
11 collies her brealctsst of fruit and a
couple of coddled eggs eaten with dry
biscuits.
The royal luncheon usually consists
of n little delicate fish or chicken, one
vegetable, a salad and more fruit. With
her 4 o'clock glass of milk the Queen
eats as a rule a couple of little honey
calces, and she never eats the regular
elaborate dinner served to the rest cf
a tragic mask. High living and too the royal tonally. Sandwiched in he -
little exercise have played the mischief iwcen the heavy meat courses conte her
with the Queen of I•Ioliand's charms and little private dishes of tiny French oy-
sent Marguerite. the Queen Mother cf seers grilled on toast, her celery stew-
ed in white stock and her green salad
garnished only with oil and salt. Per-
haps the most elaborate sweet she ever
eats is an apple baked with honey.
But before stepping into bed she al-
ways has a small meal of milk dashed
wtlh sherry and a biscuit or two, and
the results of this regimen justify her
saying that on diet and fresh air hang
an the laurels of beauty. But in the
process of taking fresh air Queen Alex-
andra sedulously avoids violent or ex-
citing exercise.
Yachting and driving she enjoys, but
she has never cycled, played golf or put
a fbali over a tennis net, and in ner
opinion persistent automobiling offers
the quickest means known for getting
rid of a nice complexion and gaining
had its reward. 10,000 wrinkles. About once in a fort -
Perhaps no woman in the world night she goes for a run in her own
studies more faithfully and observes era, but ahvays for a brief spin of less
Italy into retirement.
But, as the years roll on. Alexandra
peeps her figure and her freshness, her
grace of mnt'ernent. her smooth cheek,
her round throat and full bright eyes,
and at threescore and ten drives out
with her husband looking very much
like an eldest daughter 'teethed of a
wife but eighteen months his junior.
And perhaps in a dozen years more
the Queen of England will visibly
change little for the very excellent rea-
son that having the blessing of good
health and a sense of the value of her
tholes she does everything in her power
It protect herself from the ravages c f
time. fiance she went to London 5.
bride she has guarded her physical en-
dowments with an intelligence that has
more self-sacrificingly than she the
rules for beauty's preservation. No
one, for example., in or about the court
has ever seen the Queen lose her tem-
per.
Undoubtedly, being the daughter of a
pretty strenuous mother, old Queen
Louise of Denmark, who ruled her
household for more than fifty years
with a rod of iron, she has a temper
le display if she wishes to give it vent,
hitt an ex•maid of honor to the Queen
insists that her royal mistress believes
that nothing is more disfiguring than
an outburst of anger. Then., too, from
her youth up she hos at the first hint
of indsposdtion taken to her bed and
called in her masseuse.
No matter hots slight her sense of
physical discomfort may be lite Queen
adopts this first precaution, for her con-
viction is that fatigue brings wrinkles
whlrit prompt rest and massage can
prevent. Accordingly she always re-
gards a tired feeling or a touch of neu-
rotgin as an ample excuse for spend-
ing half a day in seclusion,
No more lying down in a Buffy negli-
gee with a novel and a box of bon-
bc'ns suffices. She regularly goes to
bed in a room 10 which no sounds are
allowed to penetrate, and where she can
enjoy an abundance of fresh air, There
for hours she will lie refereed with her
ell Danish maid at the door to preserve
het from intrusion.
For a cull hour, both before and after
a court ceremony, the Queen lies down
and is rubbed, and she usually goes to
open Parlin.ment or receive at a draw-
ing room or lay a cornerstone under
the stimulating influence of a special
meal. This 000515'5 of a glass of warn[
milk with a dash of sherry in it, and
seine biscuits that are made for her by
a London firm.
After any ceremony that has requir-
ed undue effort on her pert she has a
second slight. meat, Years ego when
she first came ave' to England it regnir.
ed alt her native tact and mildly firer
Insistence to establish her rules of rest
and diet.
In those days her able but undoubt-
edly domineering moihet'-hn-low regard•
'ell the regulations for beauty's sake ns
pure absurdtly,
Ii was notorious al ono time that that
royal mother-in-law undertook to
dtpline her son's wife out of her ab-
surd Ideas as 10 rest and diet, but the
then Princess of Wates stuck to her
guns, Never in all her days hos else
eaten suet puddings of drunk port wine
and es she hes grown older her cure
0f her diet hasincreoserd,
1'Ire only t'-tne ehe ever toilettes is
very pure sherry w)tfch the- Khtg of
Portugal sands her from some special
than an hour. Then she is swathed
like a Turkish woman in yells.
Te metering she infinitely prefers
swift and frequent walks with her dogs.
es often as four times a day, in Lon-
don or the country, she goes for a brisk
tern on foot, usually with her favorite
Russian hound at her heels and a tiny
Japanese spaniel under her arm.
Just outside the window of her sit-
ting room at Buckingham Palace a
handsome stone balcony juts. It is fit-
ted as a small boudoir and roofed with
very wide eaves; is open on three sides
to admit all the air obtainable. Here
Us mistress reads and works as much
ai possible.
Wben the balcony boudoir is not :n
use she occupies a pretty little pavilion
In the gardens, and in the coldest win -
tee weather often sits In one or the
other of her open air retreats wllh a
Me brass brazier full of cltarcoai be-
side her to take the edge of the clifll
elf her hands and feet.
By dint of so much care and precau-
tions the Queen manages rarely or nev-
er to disappoint a crowd awaiting her
appearance, and to the people she is
always a smiling, charmingly dressed.
creature whose consrvative taste in
sports and clothes is eminently satis-
factory to them.
When the English talk of her they
never tail to insist that she is the best.
dressed woman in Europe. Appreciat-
ing her people's confidence in her taste
Alexandra spends royalty on her ward-
robe, To defray her dress account she
lays out close to $30,000 a year, but
this includes her purchases of jewels,
of which she is very fond, and her
ceremonial robes, which must be•enorm-
cusly costly,
in a private capacity she has puches-
r 1 lavishly of diamonds and pearls, and
the anaments she weoi:s at a court
function sometimes weigh as much as
eight or ten pounds. The rule of her
court Is that site must never wear a
costume twice in puhllc, and as she,
makes, in the course of a season In
London, as many as 130 or 200 public
apeerances, any woman can guess why,
from May men August, the sewing
rooms at Buckingham Palace are hum-
ming with industry.
A French designer, len sewing girls
and expert fltters ere then in possession
of this seolion of the palace, for the
Queen's clothes are not made In Perin,
i'ul in England of English goods, end
every day she goes through the work•
rooms to advise, criticize, suggest end
be 6lt0d.
When once a gown is worn at a bell
er 00 a :drive or to a charity concert
it is immediately returned to the work,
rooms and pulled to pieces: Some ports
of it may be saved end incorporated in
another costume, but if it is made <1
stout cloth the pieces Dee roiled up and
Sent to various hospitals and us
louts
fur transformation into comfortable
clothes for deserving poor inmates, The
richer satins, cloths, silk and velvet nee
sent to schools of needlework under
royal patronage or to the Queen's in-
digent friends and pensioners,
11 real lace has been used in the frock
Queen's
it is always preserved. Tho Q trtn's
hats are never passed along. These,
by the way, are made under her own
rnof,
The extent to whiclh society hiteresis
itself
In the Quern's dress was neant-
lesled last spring when Alexandra drove
lo lee Ascot races wearing a wide
[a'intmed planned hat. The next' day
re London paper failed to comment
upon the fact dint for years the Queen
had always worn toques at rho races.
Black Hitt white, gray, mauve and
gold and silver are the tones she :vo-
ters and she never wear's colored Jety-
"a save in the settings of her royal or-
det:s. For peals and diamonds her
liking is so strong that she uses no
other ornaments.
Usually before her photograph is
taken she pulls oft her gloves, for of
her hands to she frankly proud. This
pride In her hands is curiously enough
the only trace of anything litre real
vanity she has ever been known to
show.
Famous as site has always been far
her looks, she has no touch of the arro-
gance common to beauties, This one
of her husband's subjecls discovered
one day when on business he waited
upon a royal personage et Buckingham
Palace.
By a blunder on a lackey's part he
was shown into a room through which
the Queen usually passed on her way
to her daughter's apartments. A burst
cf vivid sunshine and Ilse Queen enter-
ed the salon simultaneously, and to the
visitor's huge embarassment, for the
rcyal lady appeared gowned in the
plainest of morning frocks, minus jew-
el.; and her famous curly brown false
front, which she has 'Worn for years.
Before this man and stranger she seem -
rd not a whit dismayed. Grayhalred
and gentle, she was kindness itself and
complete unconcern.
\Vhen he explained himself she ac-
cepted his apologies and then stood
calmly in the fierce light that bents
from a springtide morning sky and
talked of her grandson's progress al his
studies with a sweet simplicity of man-
ner that filled the intruder with pro-
found admiration and increased enthu-
siasm for the flowerlike fineness of her
skin, the clearness of her oyes and the
redness of her lips, which he maintains,
along tvith her lack of self-conscious-
ness, would do credit to many a coun-
try girl of sixteen summers.
ONE OF BRI FAIN'S HEROES
SURVIVOR OF THE WRECK OF THE
TROOPSIlit' BIRKENIIGAD.
Lb -Corporal William Smith Sees this
Fatuous Catastrophe Repro-
duced on. Stage.
Tho story book of England's heroes
was opened recently at a well -thumbed
pep whereon In set down one of the
most inspiring narratives of courage and
discipline in the face cf death, and of
duty well done in the hour of greatest
peril.
The account of lite wreck of the troop-
ship Birkenhead, and the loss of 495
ommieers and men of tit) army, and mem-
bers of the crew, las been handed down
since the fateful Feb. 25, when the 111 -
fated ship struck upon what is still
called unofficially "Birkenhead Rack,"
lit Siotoree Bay, South Africa.
The other day the story was re -told by
one of the survivors, in a box at Drury
Lane Theatre, London, immediately
after the great wreck scene in 'Sins o
Society," which is built around the his-
tory of the terrible calamity. '
Among the most welcomed guests of
the directors was ex -Corporal William
Smith, late of the 12th Suffolk Regiment,
which provided one of the dozen more
details retaking up the military party
board, Smith watched the Story of the
scenes in which he had taken part, es
depicted by human beings evhcse stage
cunning and craftsmanship enabled
them to throw themselves into the spirit
of the business with a realism that
caused the old man several times to
weep silently,
Notwithstanding which, when the cur-
tain fell, and the applause died dow n
somewhat, Smith was able to offer some
slight rriRcisnt. Then he told bps exper-
tenoe er the wreck.
STORY OF THE WRECK,
The Birkenhead left Queenstown in
January, and started from Simon'si3ay
oe Feb, 25. "1 teas below on the lower
deck," Smith went on, "and about two
o'clock in the morning the ship struck,
and 1 rushed on to the main dealt,
"There 1 .found a moment of panic,
followed by orders to every titan to as-
sist at the pumps, and to help get the
women and children ashore.
"The men worked splendidly, and
when about twenty minutes had passed
the order was given to look out for our-
selves, When I heard that I rushed on
M the upper decic, just in time, for the
main deck wos the next moment under
water, and every man there, as well ns
those below, must have been drowned
like puppies
two or [Fee minutes after I got on
deck there Drano a crash (it was icnown
inter that lite ship broke into at least
three portions) and i was half washed
into the sea and half jumped In.
Tho seethe was In terrible cotmno-
pion, and wnshed inc back toward the
ship. Fortunately I cleared, although
ner. a good swimmer, and 1 was gladt
lay held of a spat' that wnslted by me.
\limy of the poor feilnws swam tor a
long time, but others were killed almost
before leaving the ship's side by the
falling of wood and ten from the ship,"
Snaith has an excellent. Wer sa'Vlee 10
Fla credit, and completed over twenty- "Vett no" 'fleet.' to say you're saner -
withyams in the army, retiring fn 1870 1011101 nbOnt h itis"." l0 asked.
111 n pensten of 1 1. 1 eed, per clay, d e re Iced "1' thin < i '
'fits has been increased, iL is slated, in "\Nell,' stn p I Ls
deterenrn le a suggesiinn by icing fed- Malty (tit neglect an opportunity of get*
word, tine nrrnngements have been 1 In( one,
made that the old mat's rent shell Ile
LESS CRIME IN LONDON
IIEPOR'I' OF COMMISSIONER OE
!'OL1GI FOIL 1900,
Statistics Show That '!'here SVas a De-
crease et l,t✓l
in
Offencess
During Veer,
A very satisfactory feature of the re.
Port for 1900 of tate Commissioner ul
Police for INtttten, England, which was
issued recently, is that there was a de..
mese in lila number of offence corn
milled during the year, though, curb
ously enough, 430 persons Onto senl0ne-
et to p0nn 1905.a1 sorvltude, us comPared
with 374 I
The number of persons aprehended
durIng_tho last yang was 119,807, a de-
crease of 7,420 as compared with the
preceding years. 0f these, 3,418 were
convicted at Sessions, 96,335 were con-
victed by magistrates, 630 were acquit-
ted, bills ignored, etc., at Sessions,
and 19,459 were disoitargocl by magis•
feeler,
DECREASE IN CIIIMINAL OFFENCES.
There was 0. decrease of 1,141 in the
number of criminal offences reporter[
during the year, and a decrease of 1,-
315 in the number of felonies relating
to properly. The apprehensions for
these offences increased 'by 426 to 595
respectively, The proportion of felon-
ies to each 1,000 of the estirnatedpoptt-
lnti'tn was 2,991, and was the lowest
recorded during the period for which
statistics are available.
Burglaries decrease} from 519 to 445
in 1906. House breakings decreased
Mem 1,592 to 1,459, but the number . f
epprehensions Increased by sixty, and
the convictions by forty-nine. Violence
to the person was used in only three
cases of burglary end 0110 1850 <f
house -breaking, 01 these offences, 713
were committed in houses left with no
person in charge.
SEVENTIIEN CASES OF MURDER.
There were seventeen cases of mur-
der of pet:sons over one year of age
during 1900. :In only leve cases were
re arrests made. In the case of the
"Studio " where rald
\Valley, a
Mysleryyoung artist, [vasAbchibrutally
murdered, the report says that after
prolonged enquiry evidence to jueUty
an arrest was not forthcoming. The
other unsolved mystery was the death
et a woman In the Edmonton Infirmary
after an illegal operation.
The "finger prints" system tcontintted
to give unqualified satisfaction, not only
in the United Kingdom, but also, 'it is
said, in all other counties where in-
troduced. Identifications still show an
upward trend, although sins ere not
mending that high-water mark hes al-
most ben reached. At Scotland Yard,
0,776 identifications were nffodted in
the year (as against 6,186 in 19051, Of
these, 2,082 were for the metropolitan
police and 3,794 for provincial forces.
TOM iIOOD'S OLD 1I011ME.
The 011 douse el Wanstead Has Fal-
len on Evil Days.
The disappearance of the house in.
which Toni Hood lived at Wanstead,
cne of the most picturesque of country
dwellings, is now only a matter cf
days. The building pies in the midst of
charming surroundings. The approach
it it from the nearest station, Snares-
brook, lies through the well -wooded
commons pecullar to Essex, and tate
house itself lies back, nestling in a
garden of elms and planes and varie-
gated eoliths. The design of the gar-
den is quaint and old fashioned. A
broad carriage road divides on either
side of a circular flower bed, and ad-
mits one to the mein entrance, a low
wooden door.
1'0 lho right of the main block of
the building are outhouses with doors
lower than the level of the ground,
whioh at one time served as kennels,
while to the Ieft is a conservatory,
Mill tenanted by a few half-forgotten
plants. The house has an air of deso-
lation and of gloom. in recent limes
it has been used as a meeting place
for local clubs, and over the door is an
untidy notice advertising refresh-
ments. All the old paintings and the
flee oarved mantlepieces have been.
ling removed. The oak floors are
scaled and grained with dirt, and the
light wood boarding which replaced
the grand old mantles adds la the
melancholy and sadness of the 'btUkl-
ing. Sprigs of ivy are growing
through the chinks and crannies rf
fha walls,
The evil days on which the hoose
has fallen are typical of Hood's later
lite and of his sad story. Time tool'
Jrom him all that he 'held dear, and
the inspired writer of "Tbe Bridge of
Sighs," "Eugene Aram," and many
another masterpiece was left to mourn
the loss of friends, of children, and of
health, before death came to him as a
merciful relief to end Itis sufferings,
The closing years of his life saw some
of his finest work -the "Song of the
Shirt," with 11.5 sad refrain
World World. Works
Wille the cock is crowing Meet!
And wor)c—Work—work,
P111 the stars shine through, Gte 10011
ICs 01 to be a slave
Along with the barbarous Turk,
Where woman has never a soul lo save,
11 tees is a Christian world
MODERN EXCELLENCE.
"How do you 111ce your neve hired
girl?"
"Splendid, She takes full charge of
the Children end 1 don't have to bother
with them 'at all."
T1 111 UNLUCKY PART.
paid out, of other than his pension ace
count,
Rubies would rather go to sleep than
Ithten to some songs,
LAW IS NOT INFALLIBLE
\YifiN illi1 SC.\LI.S Qr JUSTICE.
\\ERI: OUI' Or VALANCE.
Now rand Then an Innocent Man Is
\\'roe fu I Y SI Cvie cd-3Iie t cel
1 t r Ill 1
Ideotntity.
Seely in the lest century a man
named 'Pout Goddesley wits employed
us a wailer in tt public-lu:use at York,
England. One morning he disappeared,
and so did the contents of the till.
Three months later, Geddcsley was seen
walking the streets of York as bold as
brass, Ho was unrested, tried, Identi-
fied, and In spite of his dospernlo pto-
tests that his nutne was not Geddeslcy,
but Crow, arid that, he carne Esau Lon-
don, and had never before been in York,
he was sentenced rind hung, says Len-
don Answers.
1'imo pissed, and the episode was al-
most forgotten --hangings were loo coin -
111011 in those days to be thought much
of—and then suddenly conte news from
Dublin that Tont Geddesley had been ar-
rested that for theft, end that he had
confessed lc the York robbery. The York
police indignantly asserted that it was
aft nonsense, Gedus,.,y had been hung.
the ratan 1005 an impostor. 13ut they
went wrong. The Dublin man teas
proved to be Geddesley, and
THE UNFORTUNATE CR0\V
had suffered simply because of his like-
ness to the real malefactor,
Most of these Mundell.; have arisen
front mistaken identity. Strow'as lite
Colchester drama of seven years ago.
In 1:393 the dead body of ter. Alfred.
Welch. 10115 found in the remains of his•
burnt house al Colchester, and a man
named Arthur Blanch was suspected of
his murder. Six years later a man wlt0
was supposed to be B10loh was arrested
in New Zeeland and brought back to
Colchester. The supposed Blotch strong-
ly asserted that his real name was Lilly -
while, hut, iL was not until he had
been Laken to Colchester, and .kept for
weeks in 'a cell al 110 holier-slatlan,
that it was finally established that his
story was true. The peM011 ort who iden1i-
I[ec1 him as Charles Lillywlulo was ids
own Neither, Isaac rellywhile.
Within the post few months there
have been two abominable miscarriages
of justice in the United Slates. '1110 mur-
dered body of a young woman, a Alms.
Hollister, was found in a shed in Chi-
cago by a man named Iens. lvins [vent
)tonne and reported his discovery lo his
tattier. The same day Ivins was arrested
and
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER.
Iie was ranter weak-minded, and the
unscrupulous police actually forced a
confession from bins. 13ut almost im-
mediately afterwards he retracted this
confoesion, and passionately swore that
he [vas innocent. however, he was sen-
tenced and hung. Quite recently the
real criminal, arrested for another
offence, has confessed his guilt.
The second case was the sensational
arrest cf Mrs. Trautman in New York on
December 27th last. Mrs. Trautman,
who is tate wife of one of the most cele-
brated specialists in America, was sud-
denly confronted in the street by a
young man named 1logan, tvho swore
she had picked his pocket of $6. Mrs.
Trautman was cragged off to the police -
station and led:ed up in a 0011, where
Atte remained for many hours before she
was allowed to communicate with her
husband. The Casa proved to be one of
mistaken identity, Afrs. Traututan's
double being an expert thief.
MODERN FAUST SOLD SALVATION.
III Bartered Chances of Eternal Happi-
ness for $2.50.
A remarkable case in which the effects
of medieval superstition and suggestion
are curiously mingled, has come under
lho notice of the doctors of tine Rudclf's
I-iospital, in Vienna.
A Hungarian tradesman named Weiss
was recently admitted to the hospital
suffering from an Illusion which unused
hilt continually to lament the loss of his
salvation. It appears that some weeks
before Weiss was sitting with friends in
a coffee house in Pressburg, when the
conversation turned on religion and a
fulure life,
Weiss declared that mere was no such
thing as a future life or salvation, and
added: "I would sell my chance or sal-
vation for $2.50.”
A Jew named Krauss accepted the
offer on condition that the transaction
was put in writing. A regular deed of
salt: conveying Weiss' salvation in the
next world to Itrauss was thereupon
drawn up, executed by Weiss and duly
witnessed. Krauss tool: the deed and
handed over the $2.50 to Weiss, who
boasted that it .had been easily earned.
A fortnight later Weiss lost his wife,
who was kilted in a carriage accident.
He regarded this (evident as a sign of
the Divine anger with Itis impious bar-
galn, and the idea so preyed on his mind
that his reason gave way, and he was
taken to the hospital.
Prof. Obermayer, who had charge of
1110 case, on hewing this story from the
man's relatives, decided to try the effects
of counter -suggestion, and advised
Weiss' relatives to recover the deed of
sale.
Krauss, however, declared that since
ha had bought the other man's salva-
tion his own business had prospered ex-
Coedingly, and he refused to give it up
under $200. Weiss was unable to pay
this, but finally the chief rabbi of Press-
burg, to whom the matter had been re.
ported, induced Krauss to hand the deed
back to the slot man on meant of $100.
The effect was most marked. Weiss,
reassured as to the fate of his soul, im-
mediately improved. A new deed was
drawn up, in which Krauss solemnly
teeconvo ed the other- man's salvation to
him. '!'his was witnessed by two dee-
toss, and Weiss has now been dis-
charged Cured.
Diggs; "Smith's wife is deaf and
dumb' Biggs: "Does she talk vlithlI leer
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fingers?" Diggs .
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CLAIMS DIVINE POWER
AN EN(ILISil VICAR I'Ettr011!IS
STRANGE MIRACLES.
Adherents al Revive] Pouring "Cod's
1re„ Through A
of
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Strange 'Tongues,
Seems cf n most extrtmrdtnnt'y clime
actor have marked revival services pee -
meted by the Rev, A. A. Buddy, vicar
of All Saints, li[oukwettrnioulle Eng-
land, For a long lime lite vii it has
'preached beating by faint, 11.1D1 he is
now assieled by T. D. Heade a poe-
mwho has conducted sintilar ntisslons
m Norway,
The gatherings are held in a build.
Ing recently commuted by the Ili hap
of Durham, and during the proceed-
Ing
the worshippers, mostly women,
give way to ltyslerhml convulsions,
hsevling, cheering, laughing and throw -
The
lhetneetvos In coutorled etiitudoe
on the fluor,
Thr. •prnsehers claim that Ihe gift of
longues dete'ttds on their bonnie. errs.
Boddy peeresses to translate Ihe elugn-
aE'es used, though they appear to im-
partial observers to be merely inco-
herent ravings. Mr. noddy clebes that
his two little daughters—.lane, aged
14, nail M;ty, Ilged 15 --have received
Ilio 1i,t1y Spirit. and that 31ney, un -
eel: its influence, talks in 0 'tongue
which a m[ ionery
RECOGNIZED AS CHINESE.
"1 have overe reason," stili elr. Bod-
dy, "for Lathering that 1 have been
cltosen by God us the instrument for
spreading this wonderful influence over
the whole of the universe.
"Some lime ago a ;:-..aog Sunderland
builder related to me an exlreordinary
t'tsion. lie first of all saw, as iL were,
a groat light surrotntded by a number
u[ dint figures, For some time all re-
mained vague and indistinct until the
figures resolved themselves into people
.i s knew. The light itself then develop-
ed into a form, 011(1 presently 110 icnety
that Ito was beftre the Divine Presence.
.Patiently he wailed for an Interpreia-
Ilan of the vision. In a while his mina
wits able to geese more and more de-
tail, and at Inst he sew Christ himself
seated on a throne handing gills lc
one of the figures standing by?"
"Did he recognize the recipient?"
For some moments the view paused,
es if le weigh his reply. Then he eloty-
ly rondo answer: "Yes, f was the recipi-
ent," .
It was sheeny after this episode that
he went over to Norway and returned
withPastor Barrell.
"THE LANGUAGEOF ANGELS."
air. Barrett, asked to given deserip-
.lion of the phenomenon lint is firscrib-
ctl as "speaking in tongues." placed
his band le his face, and sled:: "i feel,
first of all, as if my head were sudden-
ly clenped with iron bands. I lose all
control of speech. Then, es the influ-
ence of the Holy Spirit increase,, I feel
es if the iron bands were beginning to
work. Presently words come rolling
out. They are literally shot tram my
mouth—sometimes to language I emt-
not understand. \Vhen this happens I
wail for the interpretation, which Ihe
,[Moly Spirit never falls to send me,"
One night last week the following
sight, was witnessed by several people
during a prayer meeting in the vestry.
\Vith a loud cry a young man suddenly
threw himself to the floor Mom his
seat and began a series of convulsive
peelings, which carried hitt hale -way
across the room.
Others who have "broken ihrouglh,"
es Me. Boddy describes tate process of
,spb'itual "surrender," have nt ntatned
art the floor for a long time. "A young
woman Dried when the Spirit carte up -
en her ,with a piercing cry, but crime
gloriously through, speaking In longues.
Another fell from the form her whole
length upon the floor.
STREAM OF FiRE.
Hole is another incident vouched for
by Pastor Barrett:
"A lady who is seeking her Peree-
ecst, whose whole doncauoi' was quiet,
was so affected that she burst into leers.
She got a stream of God's lite into her,
,and during the night she got through,
spooking in longues.
"She was, indeed, so drunk with the
Lord's wine that it was wills difficulty
we got her home. !dad it been in the
middle of the day we would have lad
company through the street. Sho and
bee friend, Mr. Boddy, and 1 'were all
so overpowered by what God had dine
that the street resounded, with 'Glory!'
'Hollehtjahl' 'Hallslujaltl'r'
All these things Mr. Boddy honestly
believes to indicate the awakening of
new life in the churches, Severn' Pro-
testant clergymen in other parts of the
country aro in tough with him, but
locally he has been, to a certain extent,
ostracized.
When a man gels religion he has to
go to work and build up a new repula-
tlon,
I1 o man really loves a woman her
second-hand Jokes sound a lot funnier
than when :ho heard tltens the first lathe.
11 is astonishing what a bluff the av-
erage father clan put up ah(11 regret-
ting to give his daughter to another
than.
Down quills and small feathers or
down pillows which have become soiled
can be washed at home, with very little
trouble and expense. Fleet choose a
good day, for the drying is half the bat
tie, and you need plenty of sunshine and
ag entle wind. Use lukewarm water
and a of the manyno'soapsfha n'a
a one pure t o
in the market just now, And avoid a
washboard. It will net be of any help
and 11 will curlgihly pull your quilt, or
Pillow Out of shape. Ruh thoroughly
with tui soap eget-feting and patting
With yew' hems as you [night find \yo09-
len ulldeetvear, hip1s in 44w�o or three
rto r tvaten9 orrald iait"� u to dryin the
itt)tfight. A dant of sell in the water
Wilt keep the colors from fading.
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STRIPES A1111 1'ASHIONABiaE,
Stripes in every 1014410)10 width,
.diode, color, and material will be the
reshientlblo wear during the uulutnn
end wlnlel', Dud for once no ane will
be disposed tit qunrrcl w -flit the decree
.11 the arb[lers of dress,
Irl the betide of e 11(itfui dressmaker
a striped material can be made the
most becoming thing in the world; It
cart be set munipuletecl to give either
beighl or breadth, and there is no tfg-
ttro diet it will not bcaulq'.
The new ,ualerials ern all very taste-
ful. There are eo violent contrasts,
Ihe stripes being the the most part in
tvo shades of the sante color, or if two
relays are used they are bout in dark
Miles and chosen with an eye to har-
mony. A pretty combination in these
hyo -color stripes is chestnut brown and
n very dark shade of myrtle green,
which blend together in the exact hues
or a pheasant's phusege.
Every guide of brown, violet, and
grey will be used ter tweed end cloth
walking dresses, some being .striped
with a very fine line of black over two
shades of the self -color, The mato of
these costumes inclines towards that
elegant simplicity widch IS so dliliOUR
io achieve, the most common skirt
!rimming being three bands of the ma.
!vial cut diagonally, the bodice hav-
ing a little waistcoat and cuffs to cor-
respond, Some tailor -built coats err
made entirely lit diegonul stripes, but
the result is somewhat weird and not•
so becoming as the long straight lines,
There are some beautiful evening
drosses in blinds and while, but with
that exception all the materials for ev-
ening weal' are of ono color only,
Chief among (hese is chiffon velvet,
but satin striped chiffon, gauze, crepe
de chine, end ninon de seta will all be
worn t'rry much. They ore made up
either over sili< of the same shade or
ON or while, which greatly- accentuates
Ihe effect of the stripe, and brings out
rho deli e[o colors to the utmost.
STYf.ISII FUI3S.
Fur -trimmed dresses are not in favor
ibis season, but cloth trimmings on furs
such as sable. mhos end sealskin are
la- be very fashdonablu indeed.
Muskrat, pOnyskin `and mole -dyed
squirrel skins are shown in bewilder-
ing variety for motor and long coals.
Stitched bands of cloth are used to
define seams an fa' garments. '!'hese
stoats heretofore hove been preferably
1.•f. undefined. Sill: braids of a close
fine mesh are enploycd. for the same
purpose in connection with hettvy sou -
twee nand lace ornamental fastenings.
There is a real variety it muff shapes,
perhaps, more so than In nanny years.
,tslrekban cloth and fur muffs 1110 made
in the squarre;hnpad top and curved
lower forms, while ninny of the mine
ones ttr0 a wide oblong shape.
Where tiro sable tS well matched arld
Ihe muff a trimmed one, the shape is
0000113' a marrow oblong w'itlt tails
11nn};ing below to a depth 0111101 to the
depth of the muff.
There is a fancy for the almost squm'e
muff with a head in the centre at the
lower edge. arranged In form of a full
brush, the legs forming a trimming ter
Ihe mutt at the sides.
Wide revers of sable or fox will be
used for the squirrel -lined tweed coats,
and those, being usually meant Int' pfac-
Lottl warmth, are provided with big
storm collars also lined with fur,
'i'he narrow silk -lined stole of lard
season has entirely disappeared from
thls winler's garments, Bona Ore 111104,
full and long.
Silver, while and brown fox, petaled
and unpointed, are the furs chiefly seen
in boas nnil collars, With them are
carried, hag full and flattish muffs.
FRILLS Fon TAiLORIi:D WAISTS.
A feature of all waists is the smart
little neck trimming applied at the
throat. and extending down the front.
There are little waist frills of sill( and
Of linen that can be bought for the
front of the 10111st, or one can at a
small expense, if one is handy with the
needle, snake one's own frillin.gs, The
result is sure to be gond, for the frill
softens the hash outlines of ui tailored
waist and makes the colors harmonize,
providing they are unbecoming,. A
ruttier sleeping waist of light blue and
white stapes was softened by a prelly
white linen frill extending from the
chin downward.
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BONG CARPENTRY.
Surgeons Use Screws (or Pat:hinO
Frt<clures. '
Ono of the most up -lo -dole devices It
the tnedlial exhibition it the Bodin).
tural
1 11iclt)-
turnl Hall, London, is an array of coin-
maal steel screws, ranging ip-si/p front
a quarter of an inch la three lneh0s,
beautiftdly silver -plaid. 'These Ihe ince
dein surgeon !uses to suety' u1) endured,
bones, and they aro left in Ihe pe tient for
life. There [s no clanger of the fracture
becoming displaced, and the limb eetl be
used at the earliest possible moment.
atter Ihe operOri
A species oftotatwin ilii -beets is also re•
commended in "Ione corpcnil y"—Iw'c
tacks united al the hemi, which to used
to bridge a Matinee, and Is simply hmn*
meted home,
Thanks to the latest form of anaesthe.
sin, which leaves <Ihe pnttenl lOnscious
but incapable of feeling pain, a st'ong.
nerved "ease" could dlnpnssiottalely.
watch these new points In s 111(160ry '❑s
illustrated on his own linth5. Tlt15 1100
anaesthesia is cite 1<. the dksloveny of
11000181re \Vhen heeded directly into
the spinal 4cord complete paralysis end
senseiessnoss ensbeS. Even naw pa
tdents Can and do talk m' rend white
they are being deprived of hails --a
screen over the leg or part opreeled
ttpoh heing all tent is heCessgey,
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