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 i:vi"V"..^- BOUl 'ale.' m pE'S FATHER. YOUKO. n ««r Way l„°*»«q»^ L^ the 8t2"'4i tables*. "^^ »n P.^H^'"" °""in-" then, as her boy 'a merry *vet' "^l*^ decoSiK ^TJ^Ser one were heard. "That's ^° '"Per;3|5?«Hi^»a^*^f ^^^ VVilUe's devoted slave." •^â- ^b-i'J.f^have been iprER XXVIII.â€" (CONTINCBD) ^LDatton,rmsogladl Mark will 'J""***.! The office, wading through "" ra with Mr. Greenleaf, but he jfpapej^^^ to eat in a quarter of an home hat are waresâ€" A el.. **• (I sthatherfa^ "»*»j| sa the German p^ :oKy?a?^4^S niwa3a3CiSS«- Cvat" ""^^ to suppose that th. pass before h^rS;;] Lr.trrrSfr fa small lotof%o^ iapr,,ted,.rd,wh1i y •^ytheinacription- ^e earth for ten «„2i "or. ThatadvertiL «anumberofpreta«' d should receive tk, lie deserves. ived eight mUes from ixious to help herwlf teaching, and a decid- hit upon a plan that kcoount of respectable t door neighbor is t much butter. She take all his aonr milk s she made into pot se as it is sometimee nto small and attrac- ook to town and sold Every morning, from i drove in with the et wagon loaded with eete. Her wares sold i worth several thon- Council of Women at i. fifty- three different 1 were represented by and delegates from way, Denmark, Fin- id the United States, ons but four are na- Among the subjects tion, philanthropies, professions, organ!- s, social purity poli- igion and the esolt heunanimousdeclara lit all institutions of ioual instruction, m- logy, law and medi- tsreats of humanity, women as to men; industrial training and as liberally pro- T che other that in h both men and wo- s should be paid for ' that an enlighten- ad, as the only ade- h civih'zation which sh and maintain, an )ersonal purity and Peep TiU PaU. fAMSAT. earing night indsd, boufcbs were brij;hl blended, he pools "s; till fall, as foo*J, 3 warning. one 2"Ood le'attly or would, xrfatly. to a man a widow, 5s thatwhe* u did do. 1 of Vz le to ri?ht him i 3U3 buz nm 1 st )rms of flame prir;g whoUr. in camp gully? e spirit yearns e luras, with f*te a. irregate Je. arly lost nd; Uiat C3»8t d the dry Una ' one, secure, irning, ie, I'm sure, irninj." gab'ime, to wonder rime Oder â€" „ ^aadsires ie"i bore them, legal theft men who mads eir gloryt ^^ blood-red olmf SStonHei^bH, i" Stone* j^ lived for rJ«»* lerl in time to have M re»dy as ever to Bympathiae, and to re- joicein nearingthat the impetaona child had grown into the forbearing dntifol wo- ithat.' W ifiL ra'nvincedthat among the much ^â- ^" rfces are bailiffs. 1 wonder what I bv an article on prejaiice against thinking how mujh beer I should behold he is .nlavinfortbiaone, ana â- ' u'cT and besides that amateur nnrse- k:-°'p,jl'onrmaid, kitchen-maid, etc. i,aiii£f could withstand Mrs. I r' I'erbaos you have tamed him?" Ufflont ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^ ^jj^^_ Indeed I •here's a nics little idyll going on in t' hen and besides he wore the blue ,^0 and was already a devoted foUower Twever, if ihe valuation is ready, I Xamay be relieved from him, if you '^t be too "^^" concerned at the part- Vrs Earemont told ua that our people .An good to us," said Annaple, " and r mean to send us out with nothmg but Iri at our backs. It is very kind in 1 1* ^^ in you, Mr. Button, to take the ISeofit! No, I'll not worry you with It, The great point is, hope for some- â- "•â-  Mark to do. That will keep up jest Poor Mr. Greenleaf is so IJ^laioholy that it is all I can do to keep Lop to the rr irk." »I hav9 been makintr enquiries, ana 1 Lte thres possible openings, but I hardly |j,e to lay them before you." "Ob we are not particular about gentility iswork we want, and if it was anything |,,ere I could help that would ba all the L't-er I I'm sure 1 only wonder there are Imy as three. I think it is somebody's isiiig Ah there's Mark," and she flew gito meet him. " Mark " she' said, on little path, " here's the good genius Keep plenty. Go and lii three' chances in his pocket, ju to luncheon. I've got ^joroldman, how hot you look !. «olm the drawing-room, while I wash my ao'afice." And she disappeared into the back re- loas, while Mark, the smile she had called -jvinishiag from his face, came into the iwing room, and held out a cordial, thank- ihaad to his friend, w ose chief intelli- jejce was soon communicated. " Yes," ad Mark, when he heard the amount en- reted by the family to Mr. Button, " that (ill save all my wife's poor little household Not that I should call them so for I fflsare she does not worship them. I don't aoT what would become of me if she were poor Mrs. Greenleaf who went into :y!t«rica when the balilF arrived, and has iipt her room ever since. I sometimes feel ii if notbing could hurt us while Annaple saiiins what she is." ilr. Button did not wonder that he said », when she came in leading her little son, rith hia sunny hair newly brushed and iniug, and carrying a little bouquet for ae guest of one La Marque rosebud and iiee lilies of the vailesy. "Tike it to Mr. Button, Billy-boy I sink be knows how the flowers came into lie wdsn. Ycu shall have daddy's bnt- 1011 hole to take to him next. There, Mark, lie a pansy of most smiling C3untenance, sell 13 should beam on you through your â- Mnnts. I declare, there's that paragon of I Mr. Jones helping Bessy to bring in din- sr! Isn't it very kind to provide a man- |«.Tant f or us " itmi^ht be rattle, and it might be incon- tqient, but it was much pleasanter than Siterics. Billyboy was small enough to squire a good deal of attention at dinner, i^cially as he was more disposed » open big blue eyes at the Kasger, than to make use of his "poon, and Annaple seemed chiefly engrossed ^ih him, though a ^uick keen word at the tigk moment showed that she was aware ill that was going on, as Mark and Mr. pulton discussed the present situation and ^ture measures. It was quite true that a man concerned la failure was in great danger of being left ?tof the race for employment, and Mr. •^tton did not think it needful to mention se force of the arguments he was nsing to *:k his recommendation of Mark Egre- '^oat. The possibilities he had heard of "re a clerkship at a shipping agent's, "other at a warehouse in their own line, •SI a desk at an insurance offioe. This "tmded best, but had the smallest salary *li*?in with, and locality had to be taken "Mconnt. Mr. Button's plan was, that f won as Mark was no longer necessary 1 1^^^^ Annaple was pleased to call «efall of the sere and withered leaf, the w should come to stay with him, so that Ms could see hia nossible employers, and ^Misple consider of the situations. They ^*Pted this gratefully, Mark only propos »g that she should go either to his step- "tterorher-own relations to avoid the â- "111 crises. "As if I wo„i J ;.. gjjg exclaimed. " What I J little recreant goose do yon take 'I take you fcr a gallant little woman, "•wy to stand in the breach," said Mark. » thin I *^°° ' flatter yourself There u ^. g i have not got courage to face â€" l^aont necessity, and that's Janet's trinm- Tear,^'^- ^^' I^'itton Uvea rather too «in't k " """«' bnt he is a man and he *S,*Bobad." iud „^ of eoutae did not pass till Mr. Datton j^ gone m to greet the ladies kext door, l^'oimae to tell them of their chUd at •f^'ljtbetold? 'toneâ€" 1 gone in to g^eet the' ladies fcext door, ""mse to tell them of their chUd at *«ild ^^^ business hours of the day â€" i«n«^ There was something in lesnot ?*.^®°*'y indefinable, with which 4e old J? .1'^^" Egremont," that was like ke 118^ \^^^J reverential voice in which *^^\i' men ion " Mrs. Egremont." 1* piBg ^^.Nagent's quiet heart with a ^%J{^f ^i^i the alteration from the hv^l »therline«8 of regard to " Utile Sodw" ^i^t any.^ undefined ^nL.y* " tturt be aztingnkhed *mjJ^ V** ' **»»* •*»• grieTwl tlukt b* 1^^ U mating hia leart mgrn tlw â- **«ofWth. ptrhaitt,h«t Uatf fWth, wife CJHAPTER XX!X. A FXSH STABT. " Did you say that Mark and hia were come to Springfield House V "They come the day after to-morrow," answersd Urusla. " Mark could not finish up the buainew sooner." " Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once. He has made a fool of himself, but I won't have the Canonesa com- plaining that I take no notice of him and it is easier done while he is here than when he has got into some hole in the Cityâ€" that is if he ever gets anything to do." " Mr. Button has several situations in view for him." • ' In view. That's a large order. Or does it mean living on Button and doing some- thing nominal I should think Button too old and sharp a hand for that, though he is quartering them on himself." â-  " I believe there u nothing Mr. Button would like better, if he thought it right for them, but I am quite sure Mark and An- naple would not consent." "Ha, hal" and Mr. Egremont laughed. ' ' Their noss is not brought to the grincbtone yet Say Saturday, then, Ursula." '• Am I to ask Mr. Button " "Of course I'm not going to have a ttte-atete with Master Mark." So Ursula had the satisfaction of writing a more agreeable note to Mr. Button than her last^ and her invitation was accepted, but to her vexation Mr. Egremont further guarded himself from anything confidential by verbally asking Mr. Clarence fane on that very day, and as that gentleman was a baronet's son, she knew she should fall to his lot at dinner and though she was glad when this was the case at their ordinary parties, it was a misfortune on the present occasion. She had not seen Annaple since her marriage, except at the family gathering on the Canon's death, when she was very much absorbed by the requirements of the stricken household ana Nuttie ex- pected to see her in the same subdued condition. All Mr. Button had said had said or Mary Nugent had written about her courage and cheerfulness had given the impression of " patience smiling at grief," and in a very compassionate mood she start- ed for a forenoon call at Springfield House but, early as it was, nobody was- at home, unless it might be the little bay, whose voice she thought she heard while waiting at the gate. She was out driving with her father after- wards in the long summer evening, and only found Mark's cara on returning just in time to dress. It was a bright, glaring day. and she was sitting by the window, rather inattentively listening to Mr. Fane's criti- cism of a new p ay at one of the theatres, when she heard the bell, and there entered the slight, bright creature who migh" still have been taken for a mere girl. The refined though pronounced features, the transparent complexion, crispy yellow hair and merry eyes, were as sunbeam-like as at the Rec- tory garden party almost five years ago, and the black dress on y marked the contrast, and made the slenderness of the figure more evident. Mark looked older, and wrung his cousin's hand with a pressure of gratitude and feel- ing, but Annaple's was a light little gay kiss, and there was an entire unconscious- ness about her of the role of poor relation. She made an easy little acknowledgment of the introduction of Mr, Fane, and, as Mr. Egremont appeared the next moment, ex- changed greetings with him in a lively or- dinary fashion. This was just what he liked. He only wanted to forget what was unpleasant, and, giggling Scotch girl as she was, he was re- lieved to find that she could not only show well-bred interest in the surface matters of the time, butputiin bright flashes of eagerness and originality, well seconded by Mr. Button. Mr. Fane was always a professor of small talk, and Nuttie had learnt to use the cur- rent change of society, so that though Mark was somewhat silent, the dinner was ex- ceeding pleasant and lively and, as Mr. Fane remarked afterwards, he had l9een ask- ed to enliven a doleful feast to ruined kin- dred he could only say he wished prosper- ity always made people so agreeable. " This is all high spirit and self-respect," thought Nuttie. " Annaple is talking as I am, from the teeth outwards. I shall have it out with her when we go upstairs At any rate my father is pleased with her " Nuttie made the signal to move as soon as she could, and as they went upstairs, put her arm round the slim waist and gave a sympathetic pressure, but the voice that ad- dressed her had still the cheery ring that she fancied had been only assumed. ' I'm sorry I missed you, but we set out early and made a day of it and oh we've been into such funny places aa I never dreamt of You didn't see my boy " " No. I thought I heard him. I must see him to-morrow." "And I must see yours. May it not be a pleasure to-night I've no doubt you go and gloat over him at night." "Well, I do generally run up after din- ner but after your day, I can't think of dragging you up all these stairs." " Oh, that's nothing I Only you see it is jdlier to have my Billy-boy in the next room." They were mounting all the time, and were received, in the day nursery by die old Rectory nurse, much increased in dig- nity, but inclined to be pathetic as she inquired after " Mr. Mark," while Annaftle, like a little insensible being, answered with provoking complacency aa to his perfect health, and begged Mrs. Poole to bring Maater Alwyn to play in the garden at Springfield with her Willie. In fact there was a general invitation already to Alwyn to play there, but hia attendants ae much preferred the aociety of their congenera in the parka that they did not avail them- aelves of it nearly as often aa Urania wiahed. Idtde Alwyn asleep waa, of course, a beautifal aight, with a precious old head- leea rabbit preaaed tight to hia cheek An- naple'a face grew tender aa ahe looked at the motherleaa creature and ahe admired him to r-'y extent except aaying that he excelled hi wn. Being more than a year the elder, there could be no rivalry aa to aocomi^- menta but aa aoon aa they were oat m the noiMry hoah Auaplo laiigh«d bar STy SSTagiJn with tale, of BiBy-Uy*. aaMlvw iato bttwMif • TwJiO jk- talkiar*ik f^-**" *»•â- *• fc«M»' people's lives, one that ii later chfldhood, the otlier the first of wedded hai^ineaa, and St. Ambrose Road had the aame halo to both ef these for both had been uprooted from it against their will the chief diffw- enoe being that Ursula oonld oast loitting, lingerfaiglooka behind, while Annaple held, heraelf resolutely ateeled againat aentiment and only turn it off by aomething abaurd. Nothing was abaolutely aettled yet Mark had been presenting himseli at offices, and she had been seeing rooms and lodginga. (to be contikued.) A Bevolation in Fashions' The Empire atyle of dresa ia gaining ground there is no doubt of it, and we shall probably wind up the century dressed in our great-grandmother's costumes. Little by little we are accepting the dresses of the premier empire, ressurrected for us by the elegant toilets of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in "La Tosca." The style is not general, but it promises to become so, and if many ladies shrink at present from adopting the entire dress they nevertheless wear with pleasure the round-waisted empire corsage, with its pretty pleated fronts draped fichu across each other, models which are so becoming to the slenderness of youth. There is that about empire dresses and bodices which makes them unfit forma turity. The empire dresses have revived old-world brocades (sUk or woollen) and those ladies who possess rich stuffs, bought by their great-grandmothers, may now wear them suitably made up. Gauzy fabrics and bro- cades of large, rich pattern divide the palm for empire dresses and mantles. Young girls and young unmarried ladies are going over to the empire style en masse, and there- fore we may expect ihe sale of lovely new gauzes and muslins to go up considerably. Plain, embroidered, stiiped with straight or waving lines of ribbon, metal theads, silken threads, gauzes and silk muslins, vie with each other in be iuty, and lend themselves equally to the full, slightly draped empire skirts and those pleated up and draped with long bows and festoons of ribbon. Ribbons of all materials, patterns and sizes are very much used for ball dresses tbey are frequently of a totally different color from the rest of the dress. For in- stance, red and pink toilets are trimm- ed with light moss green ribbons of many colors â€" ^blue, pink, straw, moss, almond, apricot, etc. White materials embroidered with gold are in high favor for evening wear, whether wool or silk. Artisti- cally draped tabliera of white crepe de Chine are are edged with a deep band of gold embroidery, the belt to be draped empire corsage being covered with embroi- dery. The daisy has quite gone out- of fashion, but leaves, mosses, hyacinths, roses and camellias are worn in great numbers. The-empire skirts are frequently edged with a garland of flowers and sprays, or bouquets of large size are employed in draping and garnishing evening skirts and corsages of more elaborate make. If there is an error at all, it inclines to an over-abundance of flowers and a tendency to wear flowers of very large siz?. Tulle seems to be the favorite hat mater- ial, trimmed with ribbon, flowers, feathers, etc. Hats of small size are covered with pleated or bcuillonne tulle, trimmed in front with a bow of moire ribbon. The Tosca hat has been adopted by young elegantes, only the form is slightly modified, and they do not wear it tilted busk, like Mme. Bern- hardt, but well on the head. Shot ribbons are the rage for hats, in every combination of color. Straw hats are being made in two colors to go with them, the brim being one color, the crown another. A new style of hat for young ladies is made of straw, and is not unlike the chimney-pot hat, which, in silk, they wear for riding.â€" Le Moniteur de la Mode. Women in BonneBs, Mra. Cndy, disCTissing in Godey's Lady's Book the business outlook for women, re- gards it as a matter of rejoidng that tiie unes of demarcation between men and wo- men, as far as badness is concerned, are fust dieappearing. She does not think that wo- men lack business ability, but she thinka that they are still too honest to ancceed ga- nerally in buainesa in competition with men. She also clings to the idea that women would have more chanoe in buainesa if men were as just to her her aa they are to each other, but still she finds aeveral important reasons why women are likely to succeed in business. " One of the ireaaona is," ahe aays, " that they work more in the old ways, attend to their busineaa personally, and estab- lish direct relations between themselvea and the buying public. Another element of their success ia the fear of debt. 'Short credits make long friends,' sajs the old saw. Women are anxious if a debt hangs over them, and are never ' easy' till it has been discharged. A third factor ia the willing- ness to work for small profits rather than incur great risks, and the stimulus, which the majority of women feel, from the spur of the necessity of providing for children or aged relatives, a responsibility felt much more strongly by women than by men, though the latter are called the 'natural providers.' " It is a little curious that previous busi- ness experience does not seem to have much to do with these successes. There are wo- men in the very highest society who are naturally women of business. They are often the better part of their husbands' in- dividuality. These women manage their own households they do not delegate them to others and a household is a small king- dom. One who can govern it well â€" espe- cially one who can give it dignity, refinement and usefulness, aa a centre of family and social life, upon small means â€" can manage a business profitably, if the management is in her own hands. " Still, there is a good deal of feeling that these business enterprises of women are largely transitional and experimental, and not to be judged from any serious or purely business point of view. It is argued that women are forced into them, and that they get out of them as soon as possible, looking upon them at best as a bridge to carry them over rising water. It is said that when girls belonging to good families are trained- to business as boys belonging to such families are, and when women remain in business after the necessity has pasEed away, the public will begin to look upon the business idea for women as no longer an experiment, but a serious purpose. " Well this cannot come all at once but it is coming. Young women are entering professions with deliberate purpose. They will soon choose business nstead of teach- ing, which is now overstocked." The Endowment of Dan^Jiten. Mr. Waltnr Besant makes pablie, in Long^ man's Magazine for April, his solution of the problem presented by the large num- ber of women, espeoiaUyoC the educated classes, who are now seeking employment with omnparatively few chancea of wwilhig it aave at atarvation prices. He would have us check the evil at its source. To begin with, he points out the "selfishneaa and wickedneaa " of bringing into the world children for whom no proviaion can be nude by the parents, and then, accepting these children, he exhorts such parents aa have the means, to take at once the opportunity of "endowing" such children as are girls. The boys may be trusted (may they ?) to get their own living but it is undesirable that the girls should be obliged to work^ for they do but reduce the incomes avaUable for men, while, if they do work, it ia well that they should have a small annual sum to fall back upon â€" to keep them respectable while looking for employment, and to add to their comfort when employment comes. And how is this endowment to be provided! Mr. Besant shows Us. The postoffice has a system by which, if a father pays 12s 7d a year for twenty-five years he can secure to a daughter at the close of that period, an am- nui^ of £1. For £22 Os 5d a year he can «cure to her at the end of the like period, an annuiiy of £35, which Mr. Besant evi- dently thinks a very fair sum to aim at â€" producing ISs fid a week, on which a neces- sitioua gentlewoman could live without priv- ation. It is not, of course, in the power of every father to put aside £22 a year for hia daughter, and, where a man has more than one daughter, the difficulty of procuring an annuity for them is all the more marked. But at least, Mr. Besant holds, be should do his best, and, if necessary, pinch a little in order to do it. And the necessity for en- dowing daughters is nowadays all the great- er, from the fact that the aforesaid lowering of men's salaries, caused by the increasing competition of women with men, is tending to reduce the number of marriages in nud- dle-class life. A Natural Bom Politician. Mother â€" " Johnny, don't you hear me Go and bring ma an armful of wood this in- stant. What are you and Agnes doing " Johnny â€" " Holaing a convention. I'm trying to got Agnea to vote for me tor chair- man." "Mother^" Why don't you vote for him, daughter, so he can do what I told him to do ?â- ' Agnes â€" " Very well, Johnny, I vote for you for chairman." " That elects me. The chair appoints Agnes a committee to bring in the wood." Spelt Differently, Bnt Mnch the Same. " Pa, what's a mirage " "It's the union of one man and one woman until the law shall separate them." " That's a marriage, pa. I want to know what a mirage is." " Same thing, sonny, same thing. A man imagines he sees wonders where there is nothing. Fight shy of them, sonny, fight shy of them. EAch ia a delusion and a anare." •onji Silence is oldeo. They were sitting in an easy chair out on the porch. He â€" Barling. :.: Sheâ€" Barling. " v^/.^ ' He â€" Sweet. """" â- "/-.-"•"V- She â€" Sweet. He â€" Precious â€" precious. She â€" Precious â€" ah, but, George, dear, do not let us disturb the solemn atillnessâ€" the wide silence of the night, with converaation. Aoconnting For aFailnie. Wifeâ€" I stopped at Madame Medium'a to- day, and asked to be put in communication with mother 'a ai^irit. Huabaod â€" Bid you aucceed Wife â€" No after two or three ineffectual trances [the madame waa forced to give it np. Husband â€" Perhaps, my ^dear, ahe taried the wrong place. His Olwn Doctor. " I aay, mister," said a oonntryman at the circus, "what makes that elephant keep bobbing hia head np an' down f er ' " He haa a headaohe, air," explained the attendant, indulgentiy, "and ia trying to ahi^e the pain eat." Its Uiefnlneu Ended. C}1 "Hitiiere, sir," -shoated a Flmida land- lord to a dapartistg goast wfa» wasrashlag for the traia^ ' yoa've dropped year peekek- bock." â- :: i% iiiCntter^ 4 j;;? â-  ' Ladies' Hats. No decided or very noticeable changes appear in hats and bonnets, except that the fronts are a trifle larger and the trimmings a little lower and broader, but the crowns are unchanged. Colored straws, both in plain and fancy braids, come in great variety, as the Neapolitans, the rough and readys, Milans, etc. Chips, in all the new shades, are again revived. Colored tulle and Brussels net hats trimmed with large aigrettes, beads and gilt lace are effective for dress occasions. Soft, wide loops of ribbon have succeeded the stiff pointed bows of last year. These are laid so as to partly cover the crown without adding much to its height. Ribbons shaded from the palest to the darkest hues of a color are used for trimmings others are watered and shaded, and again strided and watered or changeable. The corded or straight edges are now pre- ferred to the picot or feather edges. Rib- bons from five to six inches wide will be used for the large loops that nearly cover the crowns of bonnets. Flowers with long trailing stems tied together, or a single rose and bud with long stem, or a trailing ivy vine, clusters of leaves, pink and yellow roses without leaves, are all used for Spring trimmings. Gray is still a popular shade, especially .mouse color, as is also green, in moss, linden and olive tints, chaudron, or copper color, and other kindred hues. Black will still be used as a trimming for bright colors. Round hats always find favor with young ladies, especially in the city. These still have high crowns, some of which are indent- ed on the top, with close brims, faced with velvet or not, as preferred. The severity of these hats is relieved by bows of ribbon up the front, left side and back. For the conn try, lower crowns, with wide projecting brims in front, have preference. Turbans made of the same material aa the dress are much usee for travelling. delation of Diet t3 D;eams- ' " Ah, if our dreams only came true,' sigh- ed the young man that boards on South Bivision street. " Last night I dreamed that 1 called on a lord. -I find that I can control my visions to a considerable extent by dieting. For instance, if I wish to enjoy a calm night, with dreams of a pleas- ant ofaaracter, 1 eat toast or bread and milk jost before retiring. If I wish to have a little excitement, quarrelling, disputi or a littie active exercise, I eat E«[uash p^e, I have found from experience and observa- tion that iquaah pie acts atrongly on the posterior ptu^ of the brain where lie the bumjw of combativenesa and acquisitiveneaa. I have known times when the conanmp tion of two piecea of tqnaah pie haa led me to alay a man for hia money within fifteen minntoa after going to bed. To make my brain a chamMr of horrois, however, I sit down an hour before bed-time and eat three aardinea, aix olivea, a little Roohefort cheeae witii craokera, waahing the whole down witha bottle of Baas. Before'moming I charge single handed with my razor on herds of wild horses, and jump from sundry atee^es. Oh, yea, it ia possible to confrol one's dreams, and when we understand psy- chology aright we can lie down and map out onr dreams as we new map oat a day's work."â€" JJitfofo Cowrier. Severe Straggle Between Influenza and Unrequited Affection. " Laura, is your heart free " The young man who spoke these words sat on the extreme periphery of a cushioned chair in the elegant apartment and leaned forward in uncontrollable agitation. The handkerchief with which in his excess of emotion he wiped his nose ever and anon trembled visibly, and his voice had that dreamy, touching intonation that marks a sensitive, high-sonled man in the last stage of influenza and unrequited affection. " Why, Mr. HanKinson," replied the lovely girl with downcast eyes, but with a kind of don't-cume-any-nearer expression on her face, " your question takes me by sur- prise, and I hardly â€" " " Laura 1" burst forth the young man im- petuously, as he glanced in a laboriously careless way at a small ivory tablet conceal- ed in his left band, "it is hardly possible for you to realize the difficulties that beset â€"that are peculiar to the crisis which at this hour I face. You would be disposed to laugh, perhaps, if I should tell you what a trifle clogs tbe free cry of a heart filled with devo â€" with excess of love, yet which affec â€" which love will be heard despite the barriers that adverse fate appears to have erected just at this period. Hear the feeble yet eager cry of a heart, Laura, that â€" " " Mr. Hankinson," interposed the young lady with- a puzzled air, "you apeak moat singularly. What is the matter with you?" The youth wiped his nose aga n with ner- vous haste, threw the ivory tablet frantical- ly across the room, and once more began "The batter with be, Biss Laura, is a cold id by head â€" a beasly, horrid idfluedza. Id by igdoradce add idexperiedce I had fadcied 1 could tell you of by affectiod, that I could bake byself udderstood without usigg ady words that would codvey to you ady idea of the real idfirbity udder which I ab sufferigg. I shall dever agaid," continu- ed the youth, bitterly, " try to bake a cod- fessiod .f love by boycottigg the letters eb ad ed. Yon sbile, Biss Laura I You laugh You bock at by bisery I Good evedigg, Biss Kajodes!" Waving his handkerchief wildly, the un- fortunate young man blew a nasal blast that shook the house, grabbed his hat, rushed out into the chill night air, and waa followed all the way home by four detectives, who mis- t}ok him for an escaped lunatic. Cbancee in the Boy's Fayoi- Laadlady (awall boarding bonae) â€" Have yoa any ohildraB, aaadaas T AppB«Mrt imsMy)â€" Only one, a MMto V and h* k vary tiiMg. ' (dnfaiiMdyV-I ba«% knew ma, adluk Sow «f ' i^lMltagwn i»isk*aip Overheard at a Spring Opening- It u at this time of the year that ninety- nine out of every one hundred women in Canada discover that they "simply must have new bonnets." Thos^ ninety -nine women assemble in a body at the Sprine opening of millinery goods and they "go on like this "Isn't that pink bonnet beautiful T" " Oh, yes but do look at ihia exquisite thing in blue I" " Isn't it lovely " " It's perfectly heavenly " " Bo see this charming thing in the new shade of grce J " " How do you like this " "How odd the combination is; but it's real sweet." !2jee this lovely hat " "Oh I oh 1 oh! " Charming " "Isn't it?" " Did yon ever see a more perfectly beautiful spray of flowers Y' " Don't you like the rilocn irimminga " " They aay f eathera are ooming in again." " What are you going to get?" "Oh, Im half wild trying to decide. There are so many lovely tmnga " "See this odd ribbon." " Aren't the ribbona lovely thia year " " Everything'a lovely I" " That'a true " " I can't make np my mind what I do want!" " Nor Iâ€" it's so distracting I" " Thia rich dark brown ia bean tifoL" " Lovely " " Perfectiy eiquiaite " " Indeed itial" " Oh, how beautiful all the bonneta are I" "Exqaiaite 1" And ao and so on. A â€" " Have yoa ever notioed how few_^ek- pockots are aneatad in winter!" B-«WeU, thaf* is nothing stnage abcot tilat. Tiieu Binenm flnns not open ontfl May, btfais eUsMSs «Im wsnttar b ao eoUpoopls dont talk* tiMk hsaii •â- Â« «( thdr n .L, â-  -â-  :t" 'â- -:- 'â-  i'^^':- irif " 3*":-^ m â- 'm -^^-â- iS "^:fT "?•*? .*i^ " "ii-v. 'â- â- â- â- *" ii* it#^^ ^aU^SM