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"*« 80M8VMY CURIOUS WILLS tioAs. and aa h« Advanced in years their attentions ber&ine intolerable. They all ___^ I wanted to knuw how the old fellow QUEER DOCUMENTS AND WHAT J-/3ng^°d''aTdVuBht''wTtrbi*i: FATE BRFELL THEM. and they wrangled and fought among I tliernselveH. The old doctor had a plan of hiH own. He just luade bis will de- finitely, and then made a plase of safe- kei!i):ng for it. In other words, he set to work and made this secret cabinet with his own bands, taking the utmost delight in devising the many panels an<l drawers, and when once the will wa.s deposited in th9 cabinet the latter never left the doctor's posse.ssion. even ' for a moment. He slept with' it un- der his pillow, and be took it about Wkcre an Karl Hi<l lit* Will â€" Bcmarkakie â- â€¢cameal at a l.ab«rrr In AmitralU-A Wrallk} Pkynlclitn Uld HI* «Vilt In a Hecrcl I'KblBrt â€" One Prearr ed •â-  4'MI*u Wool â€" Homr Wllln Are Tera I'P. Kalru br KaU. aail Ibe LIhr. Have you made your will I Do you expect a legacy f In either event or in neither you cannot fail to lie inter- ested in the testamentary o<lditie8 and ^.jj^ ^^^^ f^^^^ i^,^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^ curiosities that are met with by the | His "liedside manner" grew tenfold patient one who undertakes an explor- ation of the vaults beneath the Probate Registry in Somerset House, London. Here millions of original documents are carefully stored away, their dates running lack for centuries, many of them strange and unique almost be- yond telief. Rummage among them and you will conclude that the motive of. "Mr. Meeson's Will" la, after all. a It ng way from being an original con- ceptiofl. Recently an exploration was made of Somerset House's subterranean vaults by Mr. L. S. htwijs, with exceedingly interesting results. One of the first objects to attract his attention was the leg of ao old fashioned four post l«datead. What relation it could bear to the surroundings was a puzzle un- til be learned the story attached to it. WHERE AN EARL HID HIS WILL. The felarl of S.â€" , it appears was an eccentric peer, morose and reserved, who apparently suspected everybody of similar motives. He used to hide thingsâ€" important deeds and letters and lank notes for large amonnts he Uindled into damp cellars, with dis- astrous results. There n-as hardly a hole or corner in bis bouse in which he had not secreted some treasure. After His Lordship's death the will and first codicil were readily forth- coming, mainly because they were in safer keeping than His Lordship's. The second and most Important codicil, however, took do less than three years to find I After the earl's death the L«d on which he slept was unceremon- iously pitched into the lumber room and it was by the merest accident that a servant at length discovered the long lost codicil, cunningly tied to the I ar of the t)edstead leg. The paper was found folded neatly and resting on tbe ledge formed by the bar where it meets the bed p<j8t. As His Lordship lay in bed it was his delight to withdraw the . will from itn hiding place.be could do easily, and either dwell with satisfac- tion on its contents or else make any slight alteration that plea.sed him. It was the poor man's only hobby. As tbe misHing codicil contained leg- aces and Ijequests to u very large amount its ulliniute production caus- ed a great, ileal of excitement. And, therefore, >n order that the whole ro- mantic story might readily be demon- fttrated before the I'lolata Court, a complete model of the entire I edstead was made ou the scale ol one inch to a foot. â- â-  Quite a remarkable document which excited Mr. Lewis' interest was the WILL OJ-- A LABORER, who died HrV Suanyside, Canterbury, New Zealand, on June 11, 18i8. He left all he hadâ€" some $1,500, in the llritish I'oKl Qfficeâ€" to his wife, who lived at .Su.ssex. The will was rather liorate affair, engrossed at pro- >UH length on parchment, and >:d with the seal of the .Supreme Court of New Zealand in the bottom Jeft hand corner. Tl,e .solicitor res- ponsible for the document was proud of bis work. He was YMr. William H. Kiasling, of Auckland, N.Z. Indue time Mr. Kissling despalched tbe wiji brother professional in London, I more serious when he was sitting on the cabinet and he allowed the report to get abroad that be carried in the brass Ixvund box medicines of won- I deroas effcacy. His in-ome increased ' to quite an enormous figure, but at I length the time came when he had to I relinguish his tieloved box. which, of course, fell into tbe hands of his re- latives. As might be imagined, the moment the contents of the will were made known, there was a frightful outcry followed by prolonged litigation. How- ever, matters were eventually arrang- ed exactly .is the astute old doctor had desired, a poor married niece coming in for nearly tbe whole of an immena^ fortune. LEARNED SHORTHAND. There is on record in Somerset Houb« only one will ma.-le in shorthand. Tbe paper lies in a glass case, set in a box made to reMeruldu a bound book, so that the iiiomeot you lift up the cover you behold thifi most curious of wills. On the outside is llie name, "H. Wor- thington, l<>liruary, 1815." The Rev. Hugh Wortbington was formerly of Highbury place, Islington, His unique will reads:- "Northampton square, June 16.1818. I, Hugh WorHiington give and te- queatb to my dear Kliza Price, who is my adopted child, all I do or may pos- sess, real and pttfsnnal to be at her s<de and entire tJAriosal ; and I do ai>- jKiint William Kl|t. Fsq.. of London Wall, Miy re.speclw" friend, with the said Kliza Price, to execute this my last will an 1 testament. The other side of the queer little box also 0(>ens. and here we read:â€" "Most dearly lieloved my Klizaâ€" Very small as this letter is it contains the copy of my very la.st will. I have put it with your letters, that it may be sure to fall into your hands. .Should accident or any other cau.se destroy the the original, I have taken pains to write this very clearly that you may read it easily. 1 do know you will perfect yourself in shorthand for my sake. To-morrow we go for Worth- ing. I m<>«t likely never to return. I hope to write a few lines to express the best wishes and prayers and botes of thy true NOT TO UK TOUCHED. All sorts of queer accidents hapi>en to wills. They get burned or thrown into the water ; torn u|>. eaten by rats, and the like. One will in the great registry. Mr. Lewis states, is pre- served in cotton wool in a big l»ox. If the document it.>^elf were touched it would cruralile to pieces. It is the will of a rich baker, and somehow it got into a big oven where it remained for months. The original is never dis- turlied now, a copy iieing kept for re- ference. Indeed there heerns to le praitioAlly no end in the curious an<i interesting wills in the Prol^ate Hegiatry. There is. for example, a little pocketliook of Nelson's which seems to have esaped tbe notice of even Captain Malian. In it the hero makes a strange kind of will. He liequeaths Lady Hamilton to his King and country, and re'ntes in sonorous prose how she helped him to win certain victories. He also ram- bles on al)out some letters she stole for him. This extraordinary will is dated "In sight nf the'Alleid Fleets.'" HUGH WORTHINGTON." but the ship conveying the will was dashed t.<i pieces n ahurriicane off the Scilly Islands, and out "on the face waters" went tjj JJ.wl -tie cre\v^ Some lime after this twigic oocur- renoe one of tho Cornish fishermen was mending his nets on the lieach when be saw a packet washed ashore. It was that ai tipndean will. The fish- erman made Inquiries as to the l:est course to pursue and be at length ^ent on the packet to London. In his affidavit the mdicitor to whom the will was addressed gives some quaint details. He rerei\ed it in an envelope from the General Post Office on May 18. 1875. On the envelope was written "Kx .Schiller"â€" tbe name of the ill fated vessel. "The will," says the lawyer, "was aeot with other documents, by Mr. William Henry KLssling, solicitor, of Auckland, New Zealand, to me, to en- able ine t.o take out letters of adm'nis- tration of the estate and effects in England helonging to the decen ed. The said parchment writing, and the letters anri pafiers which aci^omiianied it and the envelop*^ from Mr. Kissling which enoloned tb«m, were perfectly wet and saturated, altogether a con- fused packet like pulp. It was onfy by using tbe greatest care that the said '{larchment writing was seiiaruted and etretcbod out as the same now api ears. using the greatest care that the said par'^et came to England in tbe mail •trainer called the .Schiller, which was wrecked on the .S<dlly Islands on l''ri- day, May 7, 1875." Mill another testamentary curiosity la .'r'onieraet Pouse is THE SECRET CAHINRT which lielonged to a wealthy physician who lived more than a century ago. He ba< ao astonishing numlier of reJa- WOMAN'S lilCAXITY. This question is dtsrussed in an Kng- lish jniurnal by a writer who maintains that "the fullness of lieiiuty docs not reach its zenith under the age uf 85 or 40." This claim is disputed by an- other writer, who cite-s the opinion of women t.hem.selve.s as shown by the un- doubted fact that "any woman who craved lydmiratiioin on, the score of her personal appearance would be vastly ir.ir# pleased were her age to be guessed â- fts being SO rather than 40." This is a very wide and delicate ques- tion. Muuh depends upon thei race and not a little upon the woman. In some southern lands women are either wrinkled and shriveled or fat and shapeless grandmothers before b.^v reoob the age mentioned. In England and in this country it often happens that the "fullness of lieouty" in women "does not reach its zenith under the age of 85 or 40." The question of taste, too, has much to do with a dcciflion, and it is a canon' oif criticism that in matters of taste there can be no unvarying standard of judgment. There is a l)eauty of the hud and a beauty uf ttte blossom in all its glory. In the eye of cold fact a woman prolMbly reaches the fullness of her lieauty at her physical maturity and ripeness, a varyinf; time in differ- enit cdimeu and with different women. Andâ€" IJeBsed fact Iâ€" she remains l)eauti- fitl' an long OS she looks so in tbe eyes of those who love her. The age of limit is very elastic, de- pending upon health, temperament, heredity, roinditions of life and a dozen other things that help to preserve or to impair that lieauty, which is its own excuse for being â€" and for being seen I R,KMEDY FOR COLIC, This remedy is nothing more nor less than glycerine, a.s mnch as the child will take, it is best to begin with a teasiKK)nfnl, but there is no fear of (riv- ing too much The first effect is the quieting of the cry of pain ; the sec- ond, tbe Mching of the gas; later the gas passes a'May downward, and fin- ally, after an ea«y luovemelit of the Im>w«1h, the child falls into a sweet, restful sleep. Try it, dear readers, its efficacy will Biiiri>rlse you, as will als: the reailinese with which the little on" win suck it from the spoon. PEeSERTS m VARIETY. It seems that every housekeeper would make it a point to provide her- self with a good cook book. A novel one seen recently was a strictly home- made affair, but it was highly prized by the owner, because it contained only tried and tested recipes. This ingenious woman had obtained a blank book with strong covers and in it ahe bad pasted every recipe that was worth keeping. She had out them from all kinds of papers and collecte-I frona all sources, many ofthem being neatly written with ink. The recipes were divided under different heads.; for instance, under " desserts "' she had dozens of delicate and econonaical dishes to select from. One heading was " meats," another " bread," "cake," " pica.' etc., were all neatly arranged. She kept adding to her list continually, but only such re- cipes as the cook of ordinary ability could deal with. This is a wideawake housewife who has the welfare of her family at heart, and who endeavors to set as nice a table as her purse and a.bility will permit. Th*re are bousekee[«rs who serve the same thing day ^ter day almost, sim- ply because they will not try some- thing new. Last summer the writer bad an experience of that kind. It was at a little summer resort, and a number of the people in the town and country round opaoed their houses to tbe sum- mer visitors. At this particular house the boarders were served pie every day for diniMr while we were there, and we beard from former boarders that they never wanted pie again, and friends who were there after us rais- ed the sanae complaint. Now tbia. is certainly inexcusable. There seemed to be plenty of milk, eggs, fruit, etc., from which to make other desserts that are as easily cooked as pie, but this housewife made*Ji»^'-iise of them for anything of that kind. The char- itably inclined of her boarders said she knew no better, but others claimed it was pure indolence. Those housewives who are ambitious to have everything nice can always get a number of good recipes from pa- pers, or from neigbtxirs and frienis. It is wise to write them in a blank book, so as to have them to refer to. There are some excellent cook-l)Ook8 on tbe market which cost from 50 cents to 9200. but there are a great number of the recipes in them which are not available in ordinary cooking. The fol- lowing are some very delicate desserts, simple to make and economical also. That is generally what the average housekeeper seeks: â€" Peach Taidoca Pudding. â€" Boil one cupful of tapioca in water, until clear. Drain the juice from a can of jieaches and place the peaches in a pudding- dish. Pour over them tbe tapioca, dot the top with bits of butter and bake for twenty minutes. The juice of the fruit is used for sauce thickened with a Utile flour and made sweeter, if need be. For fresb fruits, boil tbe tapioca until clear and pour it over the fruit. Serve very cold. Riv9pl)erries. cherries stoned, and P<'acheB pared ami quartered are nice served in this manner. Sometimes tbe fruit is pulped anil the juice only is u.sed, in which case the whole is froz- en as for ice cream and forms adelici- <)us and nourishing sweet. Snow Puddingâ€" Use half an ounce of gelatine dissolved in a cupful of :-old water; allow (o stand for twen- ty minutes, when stir into one and 'â- ne-hftif cupfuls of lioiling water; place over (he fire andwhen all is dissolved ,idd one cupful of sugar, the juice of one lemon and the well-lieaten whites of three eggs. Beat all together until light, when jKiur into a mold. When it i.s hardened turn into a, glass dish and serve with the following sauce: Beat the yolks of tlieeggs until thick, add a cupful of sugar and one cupful of boil- ing water. Place over hot water and stir until it becomes thick, but on no ;iccount allow to lioil. Clorn-Starcb Pudding.â€" This is very delicate and extremely good, while very f|uickly prepared. Place over the fire one pint of water, add a pinch of salt. Mix four laldesiioonfuls of corn-starch with a little cold water until free from lumiie. Now whisk the whites of three •ggs to a solid froth, add half a cup- >ul of sugar, a teoaiioonful of vanilla ind the dissolved corn starch; Iteat all â- veil together and pour it slowly into tbe lioiling water. Stir constantly so will form no lumpe, and allow to all tbe juice. Sfix tbe grated rind and juice with' one euinful of water, place over the fire, and allow to lx>il, when' add one tahlespoonful of batter, one tablespoonful of corn-starch, wet in half a cupful of cold water, when it boils again remove from the fire, add a tiny pinch of salt and allow to cool. Break two eg^s into a bowl, reserving one of the whites of the eggs; t)«at the eggs until light. a<ld one cupful of granulated su^ar and add to ibe corn- starch. Pour into a buttered pen and bake until the custard is firm ; about twenty minutes will be sufficient. Beat the white of egg to a stiff froth with a tablespoonful of sugar and spread this lightly over tbe top of tbe custard and return to the oven until a delicatp brown. This custard may also be cooked in small individual cups. Fill the cups and set them in a |tan. which must be fill- ed with boiling water to nearly reach the top of the cups. When the cus- tards are baked, remove from tbe pan and allow to cool. Serve with a little grated nutmeg on to!p of each, or a bit of bright jelly. ook Bhout five minutes. Remove from the fire and pour into humII cups that have previously lieen dipped in cold water. Allow to l)e;onie icy cold, when serve with the following sauce also cold: Place over the fire 'one-half pint of water, beat in a sinall sauce-pan one teaspoonfiil of butter, two tea- spoonfuls of flour and three tablespoun- fuls of sugar. When well blended add the water; now pour the whole slowly over the yolks of three eggs, which must lie well beaten. Place the mix- ture in a liowl, over hot water and stir until it thickens, when remove; flavor with vanilla and cool. Lemon Rice. â€" Wash one teacupful of rice in several waters. J'lace over the fire with sufficient water to cover and simmer gently. Add also the thjn, yel- low rind of one lemon. When the rice is tender, add a generous liimi> of but- ter and sugar to sweeten. In the mean- time squeeze the juice from two lem- ons and part' the other lemon very thin. Out this yellow peel into tiny pieces or chop it fine Phice over the fire half a liounH of sugar and half a gill of water with the strainexl lemon juice ind the jieel. Hoil this syrup for fen minutes. Pile the rice onto a dish and •our over it the syrup, taking care tbe it tic shreds of lemon peel are equal- 'y distributed over the whole. Serve . arm. l.etnon Custard.â€" Grate the thin yel- mv r.nil of ona lemon and pre-ss ou' OF TWIGS AND LEAVES. Autumn leaves, pressed and dried, and rough twigs can be used in many pretty ways now. A very odd looking picture frame was made of twigs. Four pieces of tbe same length were used. The ends were cut off obliquely, and all the small stems and knots cut off close enough to the twig to make it rough looking. Tbe frame was oblong and the twigs were crossed at the cor- ners and cut out so ae to fit into each other. They were then made secure with good glue. The back was arrang- ed so that a picture could be put in and fastened by a pin nail at each side. The entire frame was given a coat of varnish, and looked quite pretty. A little easel about fifteen inches high made from knotty twigs was quite novel. To make one, secure two as straight twigs, fifteen inches long, as can be found. The rougher and more knotty they are, the prettier. Then one twig about six inches long and anoth- er four inches are required. Tbe piece at the back which holds the easel up may Ije a fine, smooth, stick fourteen or fifteen inches long. The shortest twig is placed across the two long ones two inches from tbe top of each, and one inch of tbe short stick protruding on each side. The long sticks should be put on at a slight angle so the base will be wider than at the top. The short twig should be cut so that the long ones will fit in About four inches from the bottom of tht long twigs place the six-inch piece across, and glue all together. Fasten the back stick to tbe mid<lle of the short twig at the top at an angle sufficient to keep the easel erect. Place a photo or other pic- ture on the lower twig and see how pretty it all is. It may be varnished if desired. An odd "catch-all" to be hjng up on the wall w;ia mad? of wool, twigs and presseii autumn leaves. There were two very thin hoards, measuring twelve by nine inches, placed together V shape. Two triangular pieces were cut to fit the sides and tbe whole thing w,i8 put together with pin nails. The boards had been made very smooth with sandpaper. Then autumn leaves had l)een carefully glue<t on in a pret^ ty circular design. 'Phe whole had then been varnished, leaves an' all. All the edges were finishel with twigs, glued into place and varnished. The red. gold and brown of the leaves, keep nicely under varnish, and the whole made rather a novel ornament. CIDER APPLE SAUCE. It is almost time for making cider apple sauce, still a stand-by in many farmers' homes and when well made, a sauce that is rich and delicious. To be at its best, the sauce should be left .with its natural flavor. If good ap- ples are used, and none other are ad- visable, the apple flavor will tie bet- ter than that given by spices. For the real old-fashioned sauce boil the cid- er down one-third, add the apples, and cook till thick, and a homogeneous mitss, dark in color, delicious to the |ialate. and smooth ur ler the spoon. .\t the last it requires very careful watching to .see tlutt it does not burn HARD TIHIS IN THE lARd- While Ilea Hew Htcer to Wevk fer tke Wacen Fonnerlr Pal4 M â- â€¢â- **. The Aetint Deputy A^ninistratot has published a statement warning people from going into Rhodesia before the railway is opened in November, says a Cape Town letter. This is one of the most momentous warnincs given by a high official in meay yeera. Large numbers of people l|^ve looked boward Rhodesia as the place where they could make their homes. Thou- sands have gone up only to find that it is a land of tragedy. Work has been scarce and the cost of li'ving en- ormous. The warning, however, is not an ad- mission of failure on the part of the officials of the Chartered Company. The excessive cost of transport has sim- ply prevented any work from being car- ried out. With tbe opening of the railway all this will be chanced, and then Rhodesia will be the land for the pioneer. The opening of the railway will be an object lesson to the whites and blacks of South Africa. What would Speke and Grant and Mungo Park think if they could know that in the early days of November, "the puf- fing billy" will run through a savage land I Coming a little lower down the coun- try to the Transvaal, the South Afri- can story of the week is still a very gloomy one. Only one piece of infor- mation gives a little hope. There is a recor 1 gold output for August. Dur- ing tbe month 2.59,603 ounces of gold have been mined in Johannesburg alone, and making the total output for the eight months of this year, 1,890,- 512 ounces. And yet during the whole of this year the situation has been go- ing FROM DAD TO WORSE. until .Tohannesburg is now one of the worst places in the vvorld for respeo- table people to live in. Despite its marvellous climate and its enormous yield of gold, tiicre are probably more starving people in Johannesburg than in any other city of its size in tbe world. The average profit on this en- ormous yield oT gold is said to lie S per cent, only, owing to the appalling burdens placed upon the industry by the Government of tbe Transvaal. So gigantic are the impositions that many of the largest mines have been clo^^ed down, as "no'i-payable." The conse- quence is that large numbers have been thrown out of employment. There is a miniature reign of terror on tbe Rand to-day. Every man's hand seems to I e against his neighbor a Bur- glaries, assaultb, daring roblieries au- dacious swindles are the rule ratter than the exieptlcu. Educated white men are taking tbe work which a year ago was not considered good enough for decent KaTfirs at wages running t:etween 3s. 6d. and 4b. a day. The Government has leen compelled, by the force of circumstances to start re- lief works and a large numlier of white men have been compelled by tbe power of hunger to accept tbe pittances off- ered. Xd industrial commission has lieen sitting for a long time, and it has drawn up a series of reforms which it declares to le atisolutely necessary if the Rand is to tie saved from desola- tion. These tnclude a heavy reduction of the duties of dynamite, the lowering of railway rates, and the restriction! of monopolies. Whether the Govern- ment will face th^ situation and try to secure its own salvation as well aa the salvation of. the country, is one of the many mysteries which time alone ' can solve. \n asbestos mat under the imn helps avoid danger of burning, but cannot l)e relied upon to prevent. Add tbe sugar when tbe sauce is nearly done ; boil half an hour, then put into cans. If ma<lie late in the sea- son, after the weather is cold, the sauce will keep in jars or crocks if kept in a cool place." It should not freeze. 1 wouldn't make up such a quantity that everybody gets tired of it before it_ is gone, and the children turn up their noses and say ' 'same old cider apple sass ;" but a small supply, occa- sioaally jmt oh tbe table, is apt to lie regarded as a treat . I make mine in tt fourteen quart dishiian and find the supply ample for a family of four. Cider apple sauce, make a fairly good WHY THEY FAIL. A bruBque man of business, in whose conversation there were no "frills," was asked why he had discharged a certaio youUg woman from his emp'.oy. "She was too free with her tonguie," he said, luiuntly. "Stie talked too uiiw^b to aiult me. or any other man who pays peopib for their time and who expects them to make proper \a» of it." This wan not the first yowng wtunan who had Itnt a good position because of her failure to appreciate the fa.ct that the haV>it of id'.iB talk is one that few bueinees men wiU tolerate. I'he young wuma'n who enters the business wor'.d for the purpose of sup- porting bersetlf should profit by the letBon contained in theee words of Ful- iier's: "Leem to hold thy tong\:e. Five words coet Zacharias forty weeks' siu- ence." The woman wbose servlioes are most valVird in a buHineee bouse or private office is the woman who is never in- trusive in word or manner, but who pie in the spring when pie " fillin , i„ » u « 18 scarce. At least an occasional one K<*e quiet-y and faitihfully about her finds favor at our house. YOUR P RTHDAY. The following list will give the gent, flower anxl zodiac sign for the month of your kiirth : Januaryâ€" Garnet, Snow- drop, Aquuruis; Februaryâ€" .\methyst, Primrose, Pisces; Marchâ€" Bloodstone, Violet. Ariies; Aprilâ€" Uiamoind, Daisy, Taurus; Mayâ€" Emerald, Hawthorne, Gemini ; Juneâ€" Agate, Honeysuckle, Cancer; Julyâ€" Ruby, AWater Lily, Leo; Augustâ€" Sardonyx, Poppy, Virgo; Se>p- temberâ€" Sapphire, Mornoing Glory, Lubre; Octoberâ€" Ov>al, Hops, Scorpio; November- Topaz,. Cbxysanthemum, Saaittariiu* ; Dectmberâ€" Turquoise, Holly, Caipioornua. ! women who Iwive been clear-sighted FAMILY COMtHMENTO. enoiU(j;4i to comprehend the full meaning T. 1 1 .. ... of the \vordB "tniwiness is business," an<l \oure ne longer A spring chicken, ,^h„ h^^e given thelir Ume and their sneered the angry hiuslxind. thought to business and to nothing e;s» Hut you're the *»nin old goose, cain« during the thne belbnging to thei* the answer with a anap. emj;y!oyers. work, keeinui; her opinions to herse.f. and leaving idle chatter to the unbal- anced and tlie unwise. Businesa men always dislike to have their affairs ta,lked alxnit to others by tihoew in their empCoy, and those who have a proiper conception of the tru» relations existing lietween the buei- nees man and itia Bm,puoyees will re- gard ttnuee reilatioins as confidential, BJid wi.l not lend themselves to idle talk aliout the affairs of their em- ployer. Of course this ai>plieB uuile as moich to men ati'to women, but those who are in a iKsitioin to know main- tain that wtmien are more given to offending in this resiiect than men, and that women are more given to idle c:batter during business hours Bh this as tt may, the women who fll,l the heat and most desirable pc*ii- t'unH in the business world are tbe r