Spokane Falls Review from Spokane, Washington • 10

1800 READABLE Uomai bat. Review of Mrs. Custer's Latest Work. lfer favorite field of operations Is along tha Massachusetts coast, and her mmp hoU thoro taken in the stormiest weather are attracting the attention of publishers, and her Illustrated storms will be a feature of a new book of sea songs. Mrs.

Deborah Powers, of Lansing-burgh, It worth manages her own affairs and Is HW years old, FASHION NOTES. dresses bar but little Evening "FOLLOWING THE GUIDON in New York, alioiit three years ago, she established a branch of the league In this country. Ludy Alexandria Leveson-Joues, the only daughter of the Duke of Hutherland, has lieeu studying nursing in a hospital, In order that she may be ablo to assist the sick poor In the neighborhood of her home. MIssTult, daughter of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, one of tho heroines of English society, devotes her wiioie life to the poor of Ixiudon. Though possessing a comfortable Income, she has chosen to make her home in one of the poorest streets.

There Is no work which she regnrds as too menial for her hands to do, provided It lightens a little the burden of the oor, the sick, the aged. A. Sermon on the Gospel of Rest for Tired Women How to Keep BeautlfuL Th Loading Characteristics of th Book Touched Upon in a Pleasant Manner. CLEANLINESS AND FRESH AIR ARE NECESSARY. Th Hard Lot of Seamstresses In Large Cities Tbs Bachelor Girl Russian Ideals Two Carloads of Collogo Olrls Fashion Notes.

la th Prison. Mrs. Ernestine Kehuirner, of New York, lias fairly earned the title of "the prisoners friend. For six years she has labored unceasingly In behalf of accused persons who, through (heir penniless and friendless condition, had no one else to look out for their Interests. Every day she visit the Tombs, and once a month she got to Bing Biug, searching for cases where power and opportunity have combined lu au ellurt to crush the weak, the unfortunate.

or the oppressed. Binoe undertaking her self-imposed mission Mrs. Hchafliier has become surety for hundreds of people, aud only one has violated her confidence by umplng his ball. Nearly all the (a-rsons whose causes were advocated by her have been acquitted. Their legal expenses she has defrayed out of her own means.

Mrs. Hcbatl'ner Is the wife of a retired merchant, and has a beautiful home on West Fiftieth street: but tbe pleasures of domesticity nave been lu measure sacrificed by her that she might devote time to securing the proper ends of Justice. A 8wll Reception- Mrs. J. Plorpont Morgan is a lady who believes in doing good and doing It In a noblo, generous way Last January she gave a noblo en tertalnment at her Madison avenue home to 300 members of the Working Girls Club.

This is a club connected with the Girls Friendly Society of Bt. Georges church, of which Mrs. Morgan Is a member. Outside of the fact that the girls were plainly though prettily dressed tbe whole affair was modeled In tbe likeness of a swell entertainment. The rooms were brllliautly illuml nated and decorated with flowers.

Landers orchestra furnished music for dancing and Plnard served tbe supper. Every girl wore a magnificent American beauty rose, wnich the hostess presented. Nothing could have been lovelier than tbe sight of ibe happy faces of the girls, whether thoy were dancing, waking through the beautiful rooms, straying through the conservatory, or enjoying their supper. Une of the girls said: "It Is the happiest evening of my life, and she but voiced the thought of many. ABOU WOMEN.

drpry. Embroidered materials now In gnat vogu. Brocades are not seen In this years wool Ubrict. A thick ruch of lac or o.trlch fesihirs forms a pretty flnlsU for the neck. White kid gloves, stitched with black, ars worn with handsome tailor-made suite.

Combinations of green end blue have received no email modicum of success this seuion. Gray cloth studded with steel nail heads, which are riveted on, is used with entire gowus. A coat bodice that falls well over the hips, and ia cut in square tabs, has fouud its way Into favor. Silver jewelry enameled In turquoise blue and roe pink shades has the recommendation ol novelty. News cornea from London that one and two-buttoned glovei take precedence of those with longer wrists.

Home of the sleeves on English walking jackeie are out quite straight. The style is called la Cossack. The printed woolens and flgnred silks so popular this summer will continue to be used through the autumn. Bilk cellular In many pretty (hides will be brought out as material lor womens dresses next season. Holland twills and glace mohairs In handsome colorings apeur among the stylish traveling dresses lor tins season.

Lace fichus are now arranged in a new fashion. Tne point ornaments tlie front of the throat and tbe ends ere carried down the buck, their edges meeting along tli middle. he American fashion of having separate plates for each course at dinner specially aesigned has been exported to England and it being followed by tlie swells of London. if tbe Medici collar seems to have grown too common, have one cut much smaller than those usually worn, cull it a "chenisque, and it will imprest the world as something new. Traveling flasks for sails, stimulants and medicine art mado alter the antique lanterns, mock gems ornamenting the blackened silver.

The glass brandy bol tl is fitted into silver cup, the upper half being covered with bulls-eye ettecta. if you want very stylish wrap get a long cloak of satin in dark brown, in visible green, dahlia red or navy blue. Have it a sort of a Josephine in cut, tied at the bait with streamers of while ribbon, end finish the neck and shoulders with a cape of lace (rifle or rouebiug. Most of tlie new dressy reuses are trimmed around the bottom with i ruche, a band, a row of deep pass, menterie, or a strip of embroidery. It has th allact of diminishing th wearer's height by several inches, blcirta can not well be plainer than they sre just now, nor bodices more elaborate.

Children are sharing in th autumn brightness. Their scarlet cap and reef-era are wonderfully becoming. Young brown curls under a scarlet cap convert on tiny lady into a veritable gipsy qun. But tbe fairies with straw-colored curls ire as pretty os th gipsies, and are looking their best in pal green, with blick or salmon. Jet Bonin asserts itself, and among the novel examples are enormous butterflies of cut and riveted Jet, their wings stud- with tarryjnls stones'Mt in glittering steel, llies butterflies form th bonnet's crown, and bundeaus of tbe ism style are on the brim.

Nothing but a pair of narrow velvet strings is necessary to complete this insect bonnet. the Incense rises ever, and the endless cry Of those who are heavy laden, end of cowards loth to die. ForyJeetiny drives us together, Ilk deer in a pass in tlie hills, Abova is the sky, and around us the mind and the ehot that kill; Tushed by a power we see not, and truck by a band unknown, We pray to the tree for shelter, and press our lip to a stone, Th tree wave a ad wy answer, and the rock frown, uollow and grim, And tlie form and the nod of the demon are caught in the twilight dim; And we look to the eunltght tailing, afar on tha mountain crest, Is there never a path rune upward to a refuge there and a rest? The path, ah? who has shown It, and winch is the faithful guide? The haven, ah I who hue known it? for steep is tlie mountain aide, For ever the shot strikes surely, and ever the wasted breath Of the praying multitude rises, whose auswer is only death. Here are the tomb of my kinsfolk, tha first of an ancient name, Chiefs who were slain on the war-field, end women who died in the flame, They are god, those kings of the foretime, they are spirits who guard our race, For I I watch and worship; they sit with a marble face. And the myriad idols around me, and the legion of muttering priests, Tbe revels end riots unholy, the dark, unspeakable leasts! What hsva they rung from the silence? Hath even a whisper coins Of the secret hence end Whither? Alas! lor tha gods are dumb.

Shall 1 list to tha word of the English, who come from tlie uttermost sea? "The secret, hath it been told you, and whut is your mes.ng to me? It is naught but tlie wule-world story, how the earth and the heaven began, IIow tlie gods are glad and angry, and tbe Deity one wts a man. I had thought, Terchance in the cities where the rulers ol India dwell, Whose orders lls-li from tlie fer land, who girdle the earth with a spell, They have fathomed tlie depths we float on, or measured the unknown main." Sadly they turn from tha venture, and ay that the quest is in vain. Is life, then, a dream end delusion, and where mall the dreamer awake? Is tbs world seen like shadows on water, end what if the mirror break? Shall It pass as a ramp that is struck, ns a camp that la gathered and gone From the sands that were lamp-lit at eve, and at morning are level end ion? Is there naught in tbe heavens above, whence the bail and the levin are hurled, But the wind that is swept around us by the rush of the rolling world? The wind that shall scatter my ashei, and bear me lo silence and sleep. With tli ill and lounda of laiuoiit-ing a voices of women who weep. lu a Lighter Vein.

My neighbor's fault I se And yet My own delinquency Forget. I have a standard high, You see The dust for them, the sky For me. To my own errors blind, My sight Another's fnult can find At night. Itraah. Bessie Chandler.

I hsr learned a beautiful lesson, Taught by the sweet-peaso standing there. Those little cloude of sunset glory Caught out of lime in morning air. You see their fragrant blossom nodding. 1urple, crimson, and pale rose blush. On slender stems too slight to bear them Without th helping, hidden brush.

To its brown arms, so strong and trusty, Th little tendrils clenvs and cling. The vine, upheld, in dust were lying, A fallen, bruised and lloweriess tiling. And yet th brush itself was barren, Fnquickcned at the summer's kiss, It boro no scent or sign ol blo-som, But now it blooms again like tbis, I think It must forget the sadness Of its own broken lifu and glow With love for all the wnrmtn and sun-mine That makes the sweet-pease bud and blow. It may seetn bnt a dreamy failure, Deadened and storm-tossed, dulled with strife But it bus helped to bear the blossoms That crown another, fairer life. A Perfect Day.

Florence A. Jones. The green trees arch their brandies overhead. Idly 1 gaze up thro their rustling leaves And watch tha golden sunlight sifting through. I anil this strange old world are best ot friends.

I have forgotten nil her cruel wrongs, The blows that she has dealt, and will again. All that Ilfs holds, I have. Who can have more? To-day is mine one royal, golden dny, Filled full of restiulnesi and sweet content. I will forget to-morrow and its care; I have to-day. What more hae anyone? The real world, witb all its toil and strife, Is far away, and easy to forget: And 1, an Idle dreamer, float away In foolish dreams, that life ia wbat it seems.

The Guitars Lament. Life. IIow times have changed, since gay gallants, With mask and moonlight to enhance, First made my tender strings lo thrill Neath the Spanish donna's window sill, songs they sang as "Just Ons Ulnnre In those old days of sweet romance I would they were existent still, How times are changed! Fair Handle lends roe such a dance Midst Goluams male Inhabitants. Hhe strums ms with indifferent skill While tlipy veil out, inchorus shrill. Songs like McNultys Sunday 1'unUt IIow times have changed.

these martyrs of the sewing-machine. Hho was. looking up an old cnMoner, a former servant, who had fulleu into distress, and, following the directions given, foind her-self In a more than ordinary squalid buck tenement. On the fourth floor seeing door ajar, the visitor gave a couple of shurp knocks. Tho summons was refloated agnln and again without recognition.

Hearing the clutter of a machine pts lady entered, and stood In dumb astonishment ou tho threshold. Near tho window, seated on an upturned soap-lsix, was a woman, her head and shoulders bent at a painful angle. A flimsy, narrow bed and machine were the only two pieces of furniture in tho room. On utmther inverted box silt a tin wash-basin, while tho dingy inaulcl-shelf hold a flagmen of looking-glass, a plate, cup and tumbler. That wus absolutely everything to he seen, save on the dingy coverlet of tho couch, where, in marked contrast to the wretched jxiverty of the nlaee, wore 1iciim numbers of exquisitely fine infinite' rube.

Theso long, snow-white, dainty gowns, rare coufeo lions of lace und needlework, only hclied to accentuate their grim surroundings; and, Impelled by a pitiful curiosity, tho Intruder crossed the room to wbero lUs mistress sat bowed over her needle. The ludy brushed the seamstresss elbow before she looked up with a half-vacant starp. Slowly the slluutlou dawned upon her, und rising she asked, lu the shy, low voice peculiar to deaf people, how she soulil serve her visitor. "The weakness, meek despair, and sorrowful Hues In the woman's face brought a rush of tear to my eyes, continued the narrator. "She was thin and bcut, and held her neodlo with hot, nervous fingers that trembled at every stitch.

I explained my Intrusion as best 1 could, and then endeavored to find out something of the poor creatures condition. Hhe said she made the finest quality of infuiiis caps and rolies for a shop, hut work as she might it was only possible to keep soul and body together. Hewing from half-past 7 In the morning until night she could only make half a frock, ao narrow and numerous were the tucks and so many the tluy bits of lace aud embroidery to be eet in. Thus she earned 35 cents a day, spent 15 cents fur food, the rest going to pay room and machine rent aud the medi-clncs needed to keep her out of bed. Her skill and taste counted for nothing, and she dared not complain for fear of losing even this poor patronage.

The story was a long one of sicknese and debt; when driven by necessity she accepted any terms ottered. A loan sufliclent to insure temporary comfort was extended aud accepted, end taking the number of the store the lady drove away to Investigate tbe extent of injustice this seamstress had suflered. Inquiry produced duplicates of frocks she had seen already that morning, marked $15. Kxpostula-tion against tbe high price was useless. The clerk declared that the cost of making was too expensive to let the frock go for a penny less.

It was some relief to the lady to speak her mind and assure the proprietor he had one slave less to count upon, but going home a great despair took possession of the amateur philanthropist in view of tho overwhelming tyranny she had set out to combat. Advice to Wive. New York World. Be business like enough to run your house on schedule time, and be prompt with the meals. A hungry man is generally an hgly man, and then is the time to be philosophical.

To kiss him at this time is to make him crawl. He wants consomme, not caressing. Be ready to receive him when ha comes to dinner. Be In the doorway and let him sco the firelight or the lamp from the hull. Let him take his overcoat oil' anil his hat and rubbers, and let him blow his nose If he wants to.

Let him solicit a welcome, but dont proffer It If he shows a disposition to get to the lire first. It is execrable taste, but it Is the kind he wlli manifest if his trousers' legs are damp, his feet wet aud his hands cold. All Aboard, Girl. Boston Transcript. Two special cars of college girls traveling together for 1,000 miles! "The world do move lu surprising fashion.

But this Is what happened, and two carloads of college girls arrived in Boston this week, bound for Wellesley aud Smith colleges. Muny of them were graduates cornlug front an excursion, but there were a number of freshman girls for both the colleges. There had been a reunion of Western Wellesley women in Chicago a few days before, and these alumnie aided iu trimming up the two curs which the Lake Shore road put at their disposal, and so, In a special Pullman, with flowers and flags, the Western girl comes down to Massachusetts. "Im going to be cultured, sir, she said. Old Fashioned Ruasiaa Ideals.

Among tbe merchants and peasant class old fashioned, conservative Muscovite notions lu regard to women still prevail. The Russian merchant thinks it no disgrace to knock his wife down with alow of his huge fist, and the luoulik beats his better half with a stick whenever he thinks she needs correction. The wife lias no remedy In law against physical chastisement at the liunds of her husband, nor thinks of resorting to tho protection of the authorities. Her opportunity occurs whenever her lord and master comes home helplessly intoxicated. Whilo he is thus powerless to defend himself Bho seizes a stick and i repays with Interest every blow she lms received from him since his lust drinking bout.

Lady Bountiful Abroad. Tho wife of Bismarck is remarkable for her simple piety and her charities. Mmc. Carnot, wlfo of the president of the French republic, visits hospitals, assists at the bazars, and showers down Iktle acta of kindness upon ull whom she encounters. The Countess of Meath Is au English lady who devotes her life to doing good.

It. was she who founded the Ministering Children's League, hich now has brandies In America, Australia, and, iu fuet, In nearly every purt of the globe. Tlie motto of tho league is, "No day without deed to crown It. When tho Couutesa of Meath was Mr. B.

Custer liilest work, "Following the Guidon, lms Just boon issued. Typographically It all that cun be desired in a book, and it contains many Illustrations, It engage tlie render's In tercet id onoe und hold It until the lout page is reached. The dedication, "To one who hoi followed tho guidon into that realm whore the war-drum throbs no longer and the battle-flags are furled, is fitting introduction to a work which, while giving an Recount ol an Indian campaign and auuunei camp of the Heveutb cavalry, is ia fact an added tribute to the bravery of him who is the well-known here of "Hoots anil Saddles, and "Tont-Ing on the Ilalns. In the. prerace, tlie author has soon fit to acquulut the rouder witli tlie niUHlcal regulations of army life, lu order that la becoming en rapport with tlie story, he may fuel how perfeetly natural it is to awaken at "reveille and to retire in a snow-hank, or under ail "A tent, a tho case may le at the sounding of "taps.

The description of the long and perilous march Into the ludlan territory for the of recovering tlie white enpti ves, andof punishing tlie Indians who had lieeu committing depredations on the plains during tlie summer months, not only allords an excellent study of military tactics, but is so human and realistlo in detail that tho reader liecomes intimately acquainted with the brave men whose varied characteristics are exhibited In many an episode both tragic and amusing. As a narrative of adventure tho school hoy will find tho account as exciting: a novel, while the story has tho merit of true history, Inasmuch as it seemingly makes little attempt at drawing conclusions, and neither delineates the soldlor as a drilled machine, a scaiegout nor a solemn-faced martyr dying for Ills country, but report rlinrncter as it appears under manifold elrcu instances, aud with equal describes the hunger and exposure of the winter's mareh, the tm tile of the Washita, with all its horrors of war, and the amenities and amusement of "a slow mule raco during camp life. We are shown that tho soldiers of the Heventh cavalry, under the command of Gouerai Custer, were men who stood with atatuo-llke firmness during the severity of roll-call or drill but kept up a fusillade of wit elsewhere; that- they had tender hearts beating underneath some charm or next the pictured ace of a sweetheart, yet norvea of stool ia the presence of tbe enemy that they could charge unerringly in bat tin yet possibly might become so entirely "done up" with excitement called "buck-fever they could scarcely load or lire when ill range of a gigantic elk with a chair fuctory ou ins head, or at sight of a tree weighted Uowu with wild turkeys. Tlie Interpretation of (he phrase, "Leading tlie pelican which lieeume a synonym for tlie arrest which ho often befell tho convivial soldier, is au explanation which reminds one that the annv ou tho frontier not only guarded the construction of the great Iuclflu railways ami comielled the Indian to makepeace, but also wus an aid to science, the pelican referred to having lieen captuicd by a scout and sent by General Duster to tbe Audubon society of Detroit. After tlie battle of tlie Washita, the scene protrnycdofthecouunniid awaiting with breathless Interest tho arrival of a detachment which brought into camp two white women, is one of the most uffectiug portions of tho book, aud the author says, "Tlie soldiers who recently, lu tearless silence, burled a beloved'ofil-cer, now wept over tho two captives whose young faces were worn nil haggard by exposure and the terrl ble insult of their Indian captors, too dreadful to to chronicled here.

In accompanying Mrs. Custer to the corral of Indian prisoners at Fort Huys tbe reader will become so fully informed regarding the sava-ery, the curiosity, tho Frightful a qicarutice of the women, tlie awhn practices of tho tribe, anil the dog-llke suhmissiveness when conquered as not to long for a more extended acquaintance with Indian character. The greater portion of Mrs. Custer's book, "Follow the Guidon, Is given to a description of the jer-uianentcampof the Seventh cavalry on Big creek, near Fort Iluys, in the summer of Of), and toils how their tents were pitched, how they hunted buffulo end entertained Hangers, how ran the current of their social life ot the wilderness, bow frontier housekeeping flourished nmlil difficulties, how they saw the comic side of misery whilo their spirit rose abova flood and storm and catastrophe, how they breathed the pure air of the plains and enjoyed the health and napplness of out-of-door life, and with regret left the scene of such varied and thrilling experiences and suw with sadness only the works of a deserted camp. The hook is written in an entertaining and sparkling style, with a vein of humor running through it, and with muny a pathetic soeue, tenderly nnd sympathetically given, and altogether, in a well-rounded picture, creates such a perfect environment of military lire with it lights and shades, evil influences and redeeming features that the readers whose sympathies have been enlisted from first to last wlli feel on laying down the hook a though he too bad experienced a military existence.

Quite a Different Natter. Cape Cod Item.J "Isnt Jones a Christian scientist a believer lu the faith euro? He "Is it true that he wouldnt have a doctor for his wife the other day when she was sick? "It Is quite true. "Well, I saw a doctor go into ills home just now. "Oh, thats all right, lies sick now himaelL What Women Should Know. Shirley Dare in Chicago Inter Ocean.

Too many busy women, teachers and housekeepers, know wliut It Is to sll down to meals "too tired to eat. It is Injurious to eut a solid meal In such a state. The nervous force has been diverted from the stomach aud food la worse than useless. It Is far better to bath the face, top of head and back of the ueck 111 cool water, Ith a dash of lavender after it, 'the best nervous refreshment possible, and lie down ten nduutes or half an hour, before taking the cup of beef juice with an egg stirred In just as the broth Is taken from the lire, and a toasted graham cracker, or some such fare will do more to sustain a womuu working on her nerves than heartier fare, for Which she fells no Inclination. Often when appetite Is entirely gone a tablespoonful of well seasoned broth or bouillon, slped leisurely, followed in five minutes by another, will create appetite, simply becauecause it gives strength to dispose of food.

All the women who work hard through crises of affairs, In business, hospital, or domestic 11 fo, without breaking down have known how to supply nature with strength under strain in this way by nutrition in small morsels, takon at frequent Intervals. And some such way must be the beginning of flesh-making and the obliteration of wrinklea. Women with young children and housekeeping cares who wish to preserve themselves fresh should observe one rule aa gospel of good looks; never to work on their feet without lying down, or at least sitting down comfortably for ten minutes in each hour, whether tired or not. The conservation of strength by this simple rule would make well women out of many half invalids. It makes all the difference between a woman so fagged out each day before noon that the can scarcely stand and one who feels as If all her strength and good temper had not quite deserted her.

The women who follow this practice have found out that they can do more in forty minutes with ten minutes rest than they can by.drlviug for hours without it. The large Boston store which some years since added to the large and picturesque sitting-room lor its customers a private room with lounge, where one could lie down when tired with shopping, understood what was good for women. Horses get worked out and useless golDg over i lavements, and so do women in the necessary round of shopping. Those house mothers who, after hurrying through their home cares, have gone from street to street and counter to counter till they were at the point of exhnustlon, will feel the relief of going Into a cool, shaded room and sinking on a well stuffed lounge with large pillows, on which the attendant draws a clean linen case for each visitor. Things like this sre not merely humane, but intelligent policy, and outrank showier advertising houses with the best patrons.

Fatigue is not a thing to be treated lightly. Ho many womuu faint in shops from sheer weariness, and so many more have confessed to that degree of exhaustion and brain fng that they could not recall their own addresses at the counter, names of suburb and street vanishing utterly from the mind till rest set the mental order goiag again. Keep up this overfatigue day after day, week after week, and thus momentary oblivion becomes paralysis, of which it is the first warning. Fresh air in sleeping rooms is another need, as it trebles rest; notion to speed the blood through the veins next the skin, only half working as they should, cleanliness of the most scrupulous set, as all the secretions alter with age and turn acid or viscid, decomposing quickly and giving rankness to the skin and clothes. The hot bath, followed by a cool sponge, if agreeable, Is the bath for women past youth.

And here is a tired folks lotion, good for ull who stand much teachers, clerks, houso keepers, car drivers, growing children. Take common marigold (calendula oflio-inalis), the strong smelling kind, steep a double haudlul of leaves aud flowers bruised In spirits to cover them for three days. (Strain and press all juice from them, and proceed with another supply of leaves in the same liquof, pressing again. A spoonful of this rubbed ou aching muscles greatly soothes and strengthens them, or an old towel folded wet with tills and laid across chest, loins, or front, with oiled silk or waxed paper over to prevent evaporation, has wlthcraft in it to strengthen. The bruised or dry flowers should be steeped in oil, to be applied in this wuy for patients low iu lever or just recovering, when the heart is weak.

Marigolds in tea or broth are great comforters of the heart and spirits, say old herbalists. In modern phrase, are strengthening and good for nerves. Women who want good complexions, free from wrinkles, should begin taking white mustard seed, whole, a dessert spoonful morning and night, in place of salts of any kind. Muataru seed acts effectually as an alterative from the sulphur it contains and its regular laxative operation. "They excite the stom ach and stlinulute Hi nervous en ergy, say the herbalists.

steaming the face ten minntes over a honin with boiling water poured over a handful each of mill lein, sage, marjoram and chamomile flowers will soften and freshen the skin, after which It Is to be dried on a warm, suit towel and toilet cerutc rublatd in. As much us a large ea is plenty for the whole face. Jtub with a light touch, quickly, hut only one way, not back and forth, ltub on the lines, brow, cheeks and chin. Depend on steaming mainly to obliterate crows feet round the eyes. Jtub the cheeks round and round with I bo palms of the hands to relieve their roundness; also pinch them, pull the muscles out and twist them a little to give firmness.

For full fuclal massage, self-given, which many ladies are anxious to learn: First After washing in very warm water place the two palms on the forehead, pressing slightly, and brush them outward twenty 'times. The light, even touch is to be learned by practice. Hccond Meet the finger tips at the bridge of the nose and bring them down, pressing the nostrils together, drawing down the bridge of the nose If aquiline, or pressing it upward if flat. Third Bring the hands down each side of nose along the wrinkle of the cheeks twenty-five times. Fourth ltub the cheeks round twenty times.

Fifth Meet the bands under the chin, holding It in the palms and rub upward, to remove the wrinkle which bridles It, twenty to forty times. This movement gives firmness to the lower part of the face and prevents drooping of the muscles. Massage Is much aided by use of the toilet cerate nl the same time, as it supplies the skin and softens the old tissue so that the new, constantly forming below It, can push away the old particles with ease. It also protects the skin from wind and cold without niaklug It at all oily or ftreasy, and gives It a delicate, de-lghtful perfume. The Bachelor QlrU Omaha Be.

But a short time ago the appearance of the bachelor girl upon our streets, in our homes, in society, would have excited a tornado of discussion and condemnation, but the forces which are at work during the present time shaping the destiny of our civilization have prepared us for this new evolution which promises to unsettle all the old tenets of the faith. The bachelor girl Is a product of the times just us electrocution Is, just as the phonograph Is. (She may have existed in some other age, but oertaluly not to the extent or the complete fulfillment of the ideal which the term Implies. The fashionable girl of the day leads a fast life, so far as the phrase applies to a multiplicity of lute hours at operas, theaters and in social life; but she offsets by equestrianism, pedestrlunism, plenty of sleep and exercise, the effects of her social dissipations. The girl of fashion Is seldom Bick or unhealthy In the metropolis In modern times.

Hhe has every advantage anil few dangers. Hhe can dissipate consid erably, enough to kill, once i month, a country-bred girl. And the reason for these accomplishments, for they are accomplishments, lies In the Care taken of her person. Hho has the Turkish bath, the manicure, the hairdresser, the horse, the victoria, everything with which to rally all her physical en ergies by day as an offset to extreme tension In social engagements at night -Dancing adds strength aud graoe to her figure. The bachelor girl, this new type of modern society, recognizes that the sway of the fusiiioimble woman ends with the loss of a single clmrin.

Her Idea, carelully matured, is to he moderate in all Indulgences, in order that her every charm should outlive her. Hhe doesnt care, perhaps, how many girls are rdtven prematurely to the drug store so long as she never enters its portals. This Is a picture of the modern bachelor girl, who Is new to our civilization. Hhe lives a club Ute, though exclusively lu her own home. Hhe plays nillturdsexpertly, though from a motive and motive governs every modern act as the exercise greatly benefits her arms, besides showing her person, iu the parental billiard hall, to the best advantage.

Hho goes into the field and over her own dog, shoots us many birds as her next neighbor wiio wears the raiment of a man. Hhe plays at bowlcs the long summer day atHpirlt Luke, Nurruguiiwtt 1ler, Kennebunkport Minnetonka or Haratoga, and with one or two exceptions makes bigger runs, In the same number ot lrarnes, than her male support. Around tins rara avis men swarm us naturally us migrating birds around the lofty beacon of a light bouse, and, no doubt, as many fall, crushed and blooding, since it Is destiny and law that only one mau shall have the prize. The bachelor girl Is an evolved quasi cynic. It could scarcely otherwise.

Marriage to her is an ultimatum, and therefore all men look alike to her, except as they vary in attractions such ns physique, looks, wealth, accomplishments aud manners. Aud If she docs not marry with the rapidity club men would have her, let them remember that the reflection may I upon their failures, their short-comings not upon her opportunities. Hard Lot of a Olams trass, IllnUrated American. A very pathetic story Is told by a wealthy New York woman, who stumbled accidentally upon one of A Washington correspondent quite drops Into raptures over Miss Harriet Stanwood Blaine, daughter of the secretary of state, described as being clear-cut, mobile and founded on a firm cblu. Out of ber bazel eyes flashes the same magnetic glance which has made her father one of the most popularttates-men of bis tlmOk Hhe has masses of glossy brown bair which she wears in the Carthagenlan style, and her slender form, ot medium height, is carried with a combined grace and dignity which Is all her own.

Hho dresses very quietly but in perfect taste; and could not be told, in tbe matter of dress alone, from any of tne well bred women of the departments. A remarkable young lady architect, only 22 years old, Is Miss Minerva Parker, who has achieved the distinction of having her plans accepted for tbe Queen Isabella pavilion In connection with the ladies department of the worlds fuir. Miss Parker was born in Chicago, but was educated at Philadelphia. Hhe studied at the Payne Art Hchool, took a two years course and graduated at the Franklin Institute, and finished her arttstio education at the Hchool of Design. Tho young lady has a profitable business in Philadelphia, having already designed a number of artistic house at Johnstown.

Kadnn, Elm Station, Overbrook, Berwyn, Lansdowne and other places la Pennsylvania. Domestic architecture she considers her particular forte. Miss barker Is the only lady architect iu Philadelphia, and there Is only one other practicing in the United States, Mrs. Louise Bethune, at Jtochester, N. Y.

Miss Virginia Scbloy, whose engagement to the young nephew of the Earl of Wbarncliff' has created a great interest in society, Is planning a very unique wedding next spring. Miss Schleys father, who is in command of tbe Baltimore, will take his good white war vessel from Sweden straight to the Mediterranean, and there winter with her as the flagship of the European Meet. Mrs. Schley, with her daughter, proposes a slow progress through England and across tho continent this autumn, getting together a sumptuous trousseau for the prospective bride, and thou down Italy to the south of France, where the Uulted States navy may happen to be wintering. The ceremony will not take place until February, when all tbe ceremonies are to lie celebrated on board the man-of-war.

Miss Cooper, niece of J. Fenlmore Cooper, Is a member of tbe Bellevue Training School for Nurses. She Is a tall, slender graceful girl of the bruuette type, with a brilliant coloring of that clues of beauty. Hho lias lieeu studying in the surgical ward, and her suocess was Insured almost as soon as she was admitted. An Item said of her: Hhe has a sweet refinement about her and a sweet presence that is more potent than medicine in treating the sick.

Mrs. Elizabeth Merchant, who died lately at Rockford, In tho 84th year of her age, gave a husband and eleven sous to tho Union army during the rebellion. It is not necessary to go to tho ancients tor examples of exalttd patriotism Miss Alice Longfellow, daughter of the poet, Is said to be the best amutcur photographer lu America. xiii laixi is W1FH THE POETS. September.

TEUa Wheeler Wilcox in the Century. My life's long, radiant summer lial's at last; And lo! beside my pathway I behold lursuing autumn glide; nor frost nor cold Has heralded her presence; but a vast Sweet calm that comes not till th year has passed Its fevered solstice, end tinge of gold flubdnes the vivid colorings of the hold And psssion-hued emotions. 1 will cast My August days behind me with my May, Nor strive to dreg them into autumns place, Nor swear I hope, when 1 do but remember. Now violet end rose have have bad their day, I'll pluck the soberer asters with good grace, And cull September nothing but September. In a California Canyon.

Cliamliers Journal. Th hills are verdured with the pines and firs; On mossy banks the lady-fern peeps out, And from the chasms and sunny elopes about Nature, revivified end beauteous, stirs; Where yonder bird his tiny pinions whirs The red-stemmed manznnlta is abloom With delicate bells; and from th thicket's gloom The linnet practices his trills and slum, Odors of pine and bay tree fill the air; The sun shines warm on rocks and springing grass; The white clouds break apart and softly pass Out of th deep blue sky; and over there. Where but a while ago the snowdrifts lay. The hills wesr all their mingled blue and gray. Is Life Worth LIvIngT English Illustrated Magazine.

Is Ills worth living? Yea, so long As there is wrong to right, Wail of the week against the strong, Or tyranny to Might; Long as there lingers gloom to chase, Or streaming tear to dry, One kindred woe, one sorrowing face That smiles as we draw nigh; Long ss a tale of anguish swells The heart, and lids grow wet, And at the sound of Christmas bells We pardon and forget; 8o long as Faith with Freedom reigns, And loyal Hope survivea, Ami gracious Charity remaint To leaven lowly lives; While there is one untrodden tract Fur Intellect or Will, And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living still. Meditation. of a Ulndu Prince. A. Ly all.

All the world over, 1 wonder, in lands that 1 never have trod, Are the people eternally seeking for the iigns and the steps of a Uod Westwurd cress the ocenu, end northward beyond the snow, Do they all stand gnxmg as ever, and what do the wisest know? Here, in the mystical Indio, the deities hover and swarm Like the wild bees heard' in the tree-tops, or tlie gusts of a gathering alarm; Intbenir men hear their voices, their feet on th rocks are seen, Yet we all any, Whence Is the message, and wlinl may the wonders A million shrines stand open, and ever tho censer swings, As they bow lo a invsila svmbol or tbe figures of ancient kings; Loth Letters Oralis Key Bell. Ah, sweetest letters ever writ sre these, My lsdys letters. Haply didst thou strip An angols wing of feathers, and insteep Each in a violots heart, and let the breeze Of southern evening guide it how it please Oer dew-washd lily petals nay I my lip The secret of their tweotness shall let slip No further for my harps most delicate keys Quiver to sacred silence. Lovers know! The wido world over. And to teaoh one how To make a true love-letter were to teaoh One truly how to love Gods one sweet task.

And that poor worldling who the trick would ask Is reaching out for something out his reach..