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EASTER IN PARISEverybody Visits the Gingerbread

Fair in the Suburb.UAThERAUDY Ni?VET I I f J

The Ancient PuppetShow of "Hell"and Other Curiosities.

A RACE OF WRESTLERS

/ec-al serfsposdase.e et The Evening User.PARIUB March 2. 14.

ITH THE BIRS9Tdays of spring InParis every one goesout to the suburbanfairs The carniva,with its gold fos,seems long ago. Lentcame, with sermonsby crack Jesuit andIDominican preachersin fashionable

7 churches, and withladles walngs serf-ously along in blackand viaolnedt M-

Careme, which stirs all Paris to its depthsto see the washerwomen doing their parade,has ended with the last masked ball at theopera. Then comes a lull. But even be-fore Easter the ham fair, with the sale ofsalted meat, of horses and asses at eachend of Its long stretch, and of junk, oldiron and battered brie-a-brao along Itsedges, has begun the series of the fetesForaines. Then there is Easter, glorious,golden in the springtime, The ginger-bread fair has come, and the Parisians,who are professionals in finding pleasureand seek a ccnstant change in their dis-iractions. know that to miss its rude andcrude delights would be to let slip an op-fortunity for laughing curiosity.The. suburban boulevard, or avemue, or

open square. is broad and flat. It is earlyevening, with the long twilght of the north.The sun sets in a dust of gold. The fairbooths are in long lines, furiously painted,

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They yeti Ie a song and Teach hemthe Tune.

eneven, humped, misshapen, like the sideehows of an American circus wrecked by acyclone. Sharp od->rs float through the air;sharp music beats against one's ears. Thegrinding organ takes your soul by the handand leads It a dance to its own bawlingmeasure. The cry of the hot-waffle mer-chant, the roar of performing lions fromthe depths of their tents, mingle with thetooting of gasoos, the banging of drums,the ecstatic squeals of children, and thenever-ecndrig, breathless chatter of Frenchecnversation, with its battering monotoneand mincing syllables. Over all there is a

mixed sniell of wild animals, fried battertakes, burnt gunpowder, the smell of lilacsand the flav.>r of ten thousand humanbodies. The Parisian stands listening de-llghte-lty to the harangue of any show-man nearest to him.

Cheap, but Lively.All the Pa:s suburbs-once independent

towns and villages-keep up these annualfairs, which, through famine. war andrevolution, have succeeied each other withscarce a break from the middle ages to thepresent time. Th'e local spectacular at-tractions are :uwollen and magnified a

doses-fold by p.'i-patettc shows and cir-eusea, whose po 'prietors and performershad very much the same roving life theyhave eve te-i since the fawn of history inEu.ropi. Diuring the.e weeks of fair-timethe aentie andl prosaic resIdents of thequairtiesr becoine nothing. They areswaill ooel up. in a maelstrom of light andnoise and es, where every possiblekInd of Paitsian andl foreigner In Pi'srub" s ivw and jostles In a crowd so Im-mense and so dlive-re,. and yet so united forthe momret. that one Is choked and tousledan.I hypnotize:1. It is an atmosphere thatfairly ttutterst with cheap gayety, andpois'.ns 'onc. as with some strange laugh-bng ge'. ah1 thet desire to yell and dance.Therre are' shanties paInted red, white and

blue. wh r- they sell those gingerbrea'lpigs, on w'ich are written In rose-colred.su::.r every likely p'oper name. "Jules.Iserte. Anitoinette. Riob-rt, A-1ee.' One

fDrawlng a Crowd.plrrar-l he~i the anno uncement: "We makethe namr "s in an minute." A rival estab-I-imner.t hass th. sign: "Ou:- pigs baptized

v~ieyawait." lin the front of the boothof "The G;reast Museum of Progress" Is dis-played in ib tie-si of gold-"Metempsychoslst.ke plac-e at e'very explsaaton!" What-e-'r thi' n:ay mean, It sounds well, andmet-s iine to roeding the signs and listeningto the harransgues of the showmen. stand-ing an their balconIes outside. The moatoriginal and attractive of all these show-meni are the wrestlers, strong men. boxersandI fencers from the south of France. withtheIir innocent prag and good nature. Theytdy the public to come in and strive withthema.

T'hese fighters have special manners,bol-! eyes, the gymnaSt's bust and thescor of laws. They are surrounded withthe romance of Btohemia. Wanderers andlagabonia,. there it something about themthat thrills the adventurous Imaginationof youth and touches the susceptiblitiescf languishing Parisian dames, Artistsl -ve themi. ror they have both beauty andstrength. They are chIldish In their tastesal. have quick instincts as of prmntivete'ngs. They have te pride of their artanri a feeling for beautiful poses. Andthey- lovre gigantic stage-names and the rollof eloquence. They may sometimes bebrutes. but they are always Interesting-good at heart like all poor devils. A cur-ious thing about their women is the die.-mon'is they wear In really great quanti-ties--"the tank." as they -ay themselves.The spectatorsr look on these queens oftht far smilingly, imagining that all thesegittering jewels are but glass. In realitythe-y are true and of good water; It is Inthom thtat the receipts are invested, andwhen luck turns they can be mold or pawn-ed1 The booth. in whitch they live, is onwhee. It Is their home; and they a-re

anwh.>n ti'--r are forced to dwell15 furnished roomns,.m..............'I wrestlers wan Al-k~rr'-. ant ltaairn fi'-m the Abmuzzi. His

called general attsntion to him. He hadbeen engaged for the part they call "thecount," and had to represent the amateurwho, fren among the audience, provokesthe wrestler and accepts his challenge. Itwas his cue to allow himself to be thrown;and for this he received daily a few francsand a plate of soup. While wrestling oneeveen a pretty girl called out from theerowd: "What! a handsome fellow likthat allows himself to get the worst of it!Allorto heard this and straightway liftedhis master from the ground and flung himover his shoulder. He lost his place on thespot; but the young woman took him homeand no more was beer4 of him until shewas taken to prison. e had been as'-rested for breaking the pollee regulations,He remained faithful to her, but foundhimself without food or lodging. Then aman abt the wine shop proposed to himto rob a villa in the subs that wasthought to be uninhabitad. A caretaker,however. was found inside the door of thehouse and was stabbed to the heart by Al-lorto's companion. Allerto was arrestedthe same night, but he refused for days

e up the name of his accomplice. Ahe was brought to the morgue, and

the corpse of the murdered manto in the name of the mother

e vietim. "If you refuse to speak,she'ean be avenged," said the wily Par-isian magistrate. The laws of thevend were sacred to men like Allorto;and he confessed the details of the crime.It was a period of alarm, and he was con-victed and sentenced to death along withthe principal murderer. He died bravely.remembering his mother, his country, andhis religion. His fate had come from onegirl's thoughtless compliment: "What! ahandsome fellow like that allow himselfto get the worst of it!"

Mnseam Freaks.It would be a tiresome task to count up

the number and variety of these provin-cial arenas that line the long squares ofthese Easter faire, together with sideshows and strange theaters presentingtime-honored plays, pantomimes, dances,mysteries and mummeries.At the Panoptic'un there is the "phe-

nomer.on of the century. iKabawls," whodrinks eighty glasses of beer in fifteenminutes. The glass's are we ordinary"bocks" of Paris, holding a little less thana pint. The placar I states that Kabowlshas consumed 9,249) bocka smte, the com-mencement of the ham fair. You pass be-fore the Living Sirens, queens of theocean. ard stop before an anatomical mu-seum. wich proclaims itself to he the onlyone in France "cuntawninj no Germanspecimens."in the curious little theater of "Hell,"

which Is said to be In unchanged survivalfrom ancient times, you may see and hearthe most naive discourses. The curtainrises to disclose the very depths of thecomufortless abode, with real flames in theforeground, lighting up a glowing cavernof red tinsel Around the scene are gro-tesque, horned. tailed, misshapen fiends,the size of large dolls and made of wood.They are worked with strings and springsand make a fearful clatter in their evolittions. Some are forgig red-hot handcuffson an anvil, some are prodding furnaceswith poles of gold, of which hell is knownto be full. Others chop viciously at hu-man souls that lie in red-hot vats. Thedoor bell rings. A devil with a three-prong-ed fork calls, "Who is there?" In a forcedand mournful voice the answer comes: "It'sme, oh, it's me." And a puppet dressed asa lawyer tin the costume of the time ofLouis XIV) enters limply."Ha! ha!" a big blue devil yells, "It's

thou! Thou hast pleaded so many evilcauses, thou art not able today to pleadthine own.""Put him down! put him down!' a great

voice chants. And the lawyer is turneddown. The flames dart up, the anvils ring."Hoo, hoo!" screech the little devils. Thereis a pandemonium of whistling, groaningand hooting.

The Judgments et Hell.To the tailor who :n earth did not return

the pieces of unused cloth and who cutgarments too small to increase the Inport-ance of his thefts the fiend says: "Thedevil is going to cut you a gown. Ah! ah!they have found your cut." To a damnedapothecary he says: 'Here you are, mer-chant of sudden death. You have ointmentsfor burns. They will be of use for you."There has never been a time in France

when this show of "Hell" did not flourish,with very much the same scenery, cos-tumes and dialogue as today. In the cos-tumes used at present a few are modern,but the great majority straggle, as it were,from 4a00 years back. The apothecary isdressed in the style of the last century andcarries the large squirt which was so muchtaed in those lays. "A vain and fritolouswcman" is bedecked in a style which ap-pears to be of the fourt asnth century. Thisspe tncle. which, like children's games, hasthus been handed down nearly untouchedfor four hundred years. is mentioned as asoul-saving sight in middle-age chroniclesand sermons, and people are warned to"take it in" so that they may not In thedetauchary of the fair forget the issues ofeternity.All of this mild debauchery is coupled with

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one mertyo-rndounato biycesn, wayedng,upon wchnnmscacand poftatung laieslove dltofmuntcondciousew their pantdofeytierslrers. They workfatten pedan-fuiousley hwarthemoistes, fltusettheks!Vavd pared lis.InIs"oFathem and fstcyturnmton cayrond of ie, ye byrth ihfulosiouslytegdnesthtjup.dTe

w-hits knees flash, and garters, rose, green.gold and blue, shoot out their dartingcolors like a fireworks exhibitIon. Hlairpins drop, hats fly loose and flutter to theground like birds, the organ screeches outits strident waltz, until the musIc ceasesand the bicycles are stopped, all 'too soonfor those who ride, and the voice of theproprietor Is heard again monotonously:"Hygienic exercise for all! CombinatIon ofmusic, motion and mirth! Come on! Comeon."And It is exactly as the showman cries,

come on, come on. For these suburbanfaire are a swift show, and nobody shouldstop too on, STEIN. umIIJ

EASTER TRADITIONSThat Have Gathered About This

Ancient Festivale

loTe E DII g erEL .TE

The Use of the Easter Eggs in

Many Countries.

THE RABBIT IN THE EGG

Written Sxelseively for The Erassg Star.HOSE OF THEreaders of The Starwho are the possess-era of prayer booksmay find therein thefollowing rule: "Eas-ter day Is always the/irst Sunday after thefull moon, whlahappens upon or

- next after the 21day of March. and ithe full moon haf-pens on, a Sunday,Easter day is the

Sunday after." Those of the readers ofThe Star who are the possseors of alma-nacs will find on consulting them that themoon "5lls her horns" this year on March21, so the Easter of 1564 comes on the Sun-day but three days after full moon. Every-one 14 Christendom knows, of course, thatthe festival is the commemoration ofChrist's resurrection, but it is quite pos-sible that to the curious student into theorigin of things is confined the knowles.that the mode of fixing the time if 'tscelebration was only settled after a con-

troversy that brought about a disruptionof Christian unity.It will not savor of pedantry (being but

a brief quotation from Webster's una-bridged) to say that in the French paques,the Italian pasqua and the Spanish pascua,all standing for Easter, an unbroken line-age is established with the Hebrew pe-sach or passover; while apart from thisetymological connection there is the festalcoincidence of the Jewish passover and theChristian Easter falling at or about thesame time; and the historical fact thatChrist was crucified at the feast of thePassover. A. D. 32. The first Christiansbeing drawn from, or intimately connectedwith the Jewish Church, naturally contin-ued to observe the Jewish festivals, thoughin a new spirit, making them commemor-ations of actual events, where before theyhad commemorated only the type, theshadow, the promise, In this modified per-petuation of the Pesach, Easter was thencalled the Pascal feast.

The Fixing of Easter Day.But although Christ's death and resur-

rection were settled points, the day uponwhich the events were to be observed wasnot fixed without a long continued and bit-ter difference. The Jewish Christians, ofcourse, considered that the death of Christas the true Pascal Lamb should be ob-served according to the Mosaic dictum;that Is, at the exact time of the passover;and that Easter should immediately followwithout any regard to the day of the week.The Gentile Christians, on the other hand.knew that Christ had arisen on a Sundayand wanted that day kept as a resur-rection festival, following Friday as theday of crucinxion, without any regard tothe day of the month. In its position asarbiter In chief, the church of Rome set-tIed the difference and gave a verdict Infavor of the Gentile custom, this decreebeing issued about A. D. 147.But even after the settlement of this

question there remained the more intricateproblem as to the particular Sunday upona hich Easter should be observed, thatquestion being finally disposed of morethan 5450 years after, or to be exact, inA. D. IS. Easter is not lixed like Christ-mas day. but is what is known as a mov-able feast, and moves backward or for-wan., according as the full moon next afterthe vernal equinox falls nearer or furtherfrom the equinox, the exact rule for itslocation being that quoted at the beginningof this article. In addition to the chiefaim of securing its common observanceby all the churches, a distinct rule to findEaster day was very necessary, as uponIts date depend all the movable churchfeasts and fasts throughout the year. Thenine Sundays before and the eight follow-ing after are all dependent upon it andform, as it were, a body guard to thisqueen of festivals.

Ancient Custoems.In the second step towards tracing the

origin of Easter is the curicus fact thatwhile, as we have seen. the Latin races

have adopted the modlfied Hebraic name

for the festival, our English word Easter,like the Gern an Ostern, is derived fromthe old Teutonic mtythology--Eoatre orOstre h eving been the goddess of spring,to whom the month of Apr'ii, Enstur-monath, was dedicated by the Anglo-Saxons. The venerable Bede, Indeed, saysthat this month was the same as the MensPaschalls, when "the old festival wasobserved with the gladness of a newsolemnity."Easter is peculiar in that, while the cen-

tral idea of the modern celebration Is thegreat event of the resurrection, It Is sur-rounded by what is either the growth ofoffshoot observances or the survival ofantique customs, some of them being par-tlcularly bizarre, and many of them in-explicable,Who can explain, for instance, except on

the far-fetched ground of a faint shadow-ing of the resurrection, the ridiculous us-tom which still obtains In some parts ofEngland of "lifting" or "heaving," that Is,of lifting up from the ground everyone tr~etwith. The strange part of this custom Isthat on Easter Monday the men lift thewomen, and on Easter Tuesday the womenlift the men. Another Instance of thisamiable retaliation is still found practicedIn the county of Durham, England,.where,on Easte' Monday. the men take off thewomen's shoes, and on the following dlaythe women p'rform that office for the men.As remarkable and queer a custom as anyIs that which used to prevail in manyEnglish parishes of both the clergy andlaity playing a game of ball In the church;while in many parts of Dorsetshire andlDevonshire the clerk of the church, orbeadle, after the morning ser'vice carriesround to the various parishioners a fewwhite, bitter-sweet cakes as an Easter offer-ing. So great was the now-forgotten virtueof these cakes at one time supposed to bethat In one pa-lsh of the county of Kent.England, an endowment of unknown dateis still used for making a distribution ofcakes on lEaster Sunday afternoon.

Foot flail and FEaster Egs.In the good old city of Chestir, whilch

abounds with mediaeval antiquIiles, it Isonly lately that young fellows have i"venup parading the streets carrying a cha irlined with white silk and deckted *out 1.athribbons and garlands, on which eyen y girlmet with was seated, poised as high as lx's-sible In the air, and then released on pay-ment of a kiss, In past year, too, thewhole city corporation used ti turn out mnfull regalia on Easter morning and play agame of foot ball. In Chee'er, also,'- thegame of ball in church was at one +'miestrictly, religiously even, carried out. T'au.bishop and deans used to take the ball Intothe cathedral and at the commencemert ofthe antiphone used to dance, throwing theball to the choristers, who then threw it toeach other during the time of daucing andantiphone.The custom, however, which aeems to

have longest survived and to he nmost Usn-erally observed Is that of giving andl re-ceiving Easter eggs, The usage ts io'undamong all the different Christian comuna-ties, and seems to embody a symo,ea tra-dition of the primitive church. tt is ex-plained In various manners, One authnority,who seems determined to exercise his in-genuity in the matter, sees in It a soutenirof the golden egg which a hen belonging tothe parents of the Roman Emperor Ai~o-ander Severus is said to have laid on theday of his birth. The most -,rohable expla-nation that one can draw out of nll the[guesswork seems to be this: Among thepagans of the old worid the egg had aiwaysa mystic importance, on account, probably,of the latent life it contained, and th'e tra-dition was, I surmise, embodied with somany others in the new religion that theegg became the symnbol of Christ's resur-rection. At any rate, It Is certain thast itwas formerly the fashion among the earlyChristians to carry eggs to the temple to he

ward distributed among the members ofone's family and friends.

Some Artistie Eggs.The coloring of the eggs in all probability

grew out of a fancy to make the gift lookbright-and gay, and, like all fancies, it hashad its crescendo and diminuondo. Theheight of the fancy Is marked by the eggswhich were offered on Easter to Mime. V ic-toire do France, daughter of Louis XV,and which are still preserved in the libraryof Versailles on account of the beautifulpaintings which they bear, the work of noless artists than Lancret and Watteau. Thedeclension of the fancy is found In Englandtoday, where plain, hard-boiled egg's usual-ly form the Baster offering. In France thenatural egg is almost done away with, andthe jeweler and confectioner eupply thesometimes valuable and always "sweetlypretty" counterfeit. With us hens' eggscolored and those made by the candy manare about equally used. In Balgtum liversexchange eggs diversely colored, acccm-pealed by poetical and sentimental d"iees.In Russia Easter eggs are a great institu-tion. From the esar to the lowest moujikevery one conforms thereto. The populacegive and receive eggs that are simply stain-ed; but the aristocratic egg is t grortecusaffair, painted and decorated with muchartistic skill. In Poland the giving of Ens.-ter eggs Is not confined simply to ftiends.Every householder and noble offers an eggto each comer on Easter Monday. The eggIs broken in two, and while the host Is al-lowed simply to touch his lips to the con-tents of his moiety, the visitor is expectedto eat the whole of his half.The Germans, at once the most phlegmat-

ic and Imaginative of people, have fringedthe custom of giving eggs with the 'Adedcustom of bringing in the rabbit as part ofthe Easter offering. The custom has beentraced back as far as a legend that if achild of simple heart watches very atten-tively on Easter morn she Msay soe a rahhitburst, full furred, from its erg-the onlyrequisite to this charming surprise he:ngthe simple one of first finding the rabbit'segg. Though the tracing back oe the Ger-man Easter rabbit to this little f.tiry rtoryis easy enough, It Is by no means so easyto take up the tracing line from this pointand find out why the fairy story shouldhave been tacked on to the Christian feast.Possibly the connection may go as far backas the Scandinavian mythology, which, ashas been said, embraced In its pantheon thefair-eyed Eostur, at whose stmil, all thesleeping things of earth sprang into life.

WOES OF THE NEWLY MARRIED.

Ilustrated by a Young Man WhoTried to Do a Plumber's Work.

They were young married folk and were

making us a Sunday afternoon call. Wewere young married folk too, and, as wefour were all but stringers in the city, wedid considerable visiting among ourselves,says a writer in the St. Louis Republic.We had pretty well exhausted all generaltopics this afternoon and were stretchingstray suggestions into conversations. Wewere boarding, so we had no domestic af-fairs of our own, and we had exchangedopinions of our respective landladies sooften that neither's griovancos were of in-terest to the other. A long silence wasbroken by the young husband-th~e otherone. He began with a smile, whicn de-veloped into a grin, and finally bec:.me achuckle. He had evidently thought ofsomething and we all brightened with ex-pectation."Well, what is it?" I nsked, and then he

told this story. His wife tried at the be-ginning to stop him, but we would not haveit."Down at our place we have two rooms,"

he said. "In one of them is a stationarywashstand. About a week ago my wifeimagined that she smelled sewer gnat, andupon Investigation conclded that it cameup the pipe leading from the washtsta.id.We tried all sorts of ways of rem'e-yingthe evil, but nothing succeeded until I pro-cured a lot of small -:orks and fitted themtightly in the outlets of the basin. Youknow, there are a number of small ildesnear the top of the basin to aid the mainduct, it necessaryin carrying off the water.Of course these had to be Hied. I hadquite a time getting the right Size of corks,but I persevered and ,vas s.cestful. Thiswas in the morning, and wh-a I hod cein-pleted the task I went downtown. Whatfollowed I know only from h-arsay. Th-thas it that there were :fathered arount thetable at noon five wom-n; there were nomen in the house. lturi'ig the m-al it wasnoticed that a drop of water fell on thetable. This called attention to the ceiling,which was darizsned by mlature. Therewas an immedIate rush for lthe next floorabove. I have mnever been able to learnjust what haplpened when those womenfound the water running full force and thechairs and tables all but floating. hiow-ever, from circumstantial evil en~-. I Judgethat they went directly for those corks. Ihad put a cork In the hottin alt,, as wefancied that the old ribh-r st i.per wasloose. Well, those corks were to swollenwith the water that it etas inpossile topull them out or drive them through. Agreat deal of feminine fus and hvrteriest.unavailing work may he imaglnedl here.which finally resolved itself into a cessageto the next house for help--u.s'tine hrppreferred. The son of the house rears nded."Yes," I suggested as he paused, "what

did he do?"The young married man look.-d at his

wife with a quizzical smile. She ejancednervously at him, crew red, hesitaed, antthen, as our attention was enti-ely di-ectedto her. she saw that some reply was ex-pected."Well," she said, "the tirst thing he did

was to turn off the water."

5iHOES FOR SPRINGTIME.

INew Styles in French and DengolaKid for Wear by Fashionnble Women,A woman's congress shoe of the whole

foxed variety of bright dongola Is produced,says the Shoe and Leather Reporter. Thefoxing at the back extends tapering to thetop of the shoe and at the front Is tippedwith patent leather. Tile top is of plainlight-colored cloth, with goring to mtch Itin color. This Is in imitation bttton style,the scalloped button piece forming theseam line against the gorin~g at the frot,and the extension of the foxing to the seamline at the back. By this method the FhoeIs simplified as to the number of pieces re-quired for the top ant a mitnimum of seamsis obtained. With medium heel and a nar-row, rounded toe, the shoe Is ne:,t in ap-pearnee. A simtilar shoe is of Fren-h lilt,the difference being that the handsome,broad button piece is of this bri~rht leather,instead of cioth, forming a pretty contrastto the dull black goring, Instead of matchingit as in the former. A sample shoe, with apretty name, Is low cut and a combinationof button and lace fasten'-rs. of soft, blackkid. Down the front is a line of scalloped-edge open weork. to show the stocking of thewearer. The elaborate and broad buttonpiece has three diamond-edged points, cter-responding to the three buttons, and a tir-cuiar hole is made below each button,through which also the hosiery is visibleithen on the foot. It bas a broad, perfor-ated heel foxing of the same material.

About Spelling.From Jeaness Miller Moathly.That spelling is not the necessa-y attri-

bute of cleverness, or Inability to spell thenecessary mtark of a fooi, is plain enough.No one who thtinks for a mintute or twoon the matter will fall to renember that heknows one or two men who cannot writethe simplest note without misspelling.,and that these are by no means the moststupid of his acquaintances, but often thecleverest. The Duke of Wellinglon, it isnotorious, could not spell, and there havebeen plenty of .other men of his mentalcaliber quite as illiterate. Some one haslately collected a list of distinguishedFrenchmen who could not spell, and headsit with Tfhiers-who, though not a genius,was certainly one of the cleverest men thatever lived. Thiers never could managei tospell his native language, though as awriter he was correct enlough.

Baby's First Shoes.From the Philadelphia Times.A recent fad among young mothers Is to

have baby's first shoes made objets ofbeauty and sentimental Interest throughthe agency of some metal preparation thatis poured over the little shoe, causing it toretain its shape and showing ail those dearlittle spots and dents so precious in theeyes of the fond parent. An enterprisingfirm has hit upon this plan and fronm thesuccess they are making the idea provesitself a very popular one,

Set the Style.Frcm t.ife."Papa," said the Fiji Island maiden, as

she laid dow-n her paper. "I have jiust readthat ball room dresses are ,lily becominngmore and moure decollete. What does thatmean?7"

"It means, my child," replied her gritzzedwarrior father, as a flush of pride strug-gled with the Pacific tan on his brow, 'itmeans that, uncivilised as they call us,we are not beyond establishing a prece-

DISDAINFUL YOUTIhost Harpe's Baser, Easter member, tesgyih

1804, by Harper & Bretess."And Ulysaa-you've forgot Ulyasa

Leavin' out the richest girl in town! Yofellows must be wanderia'. Ulyssa Betti

There's the name wrote down. Now thQuestion Is, which of you aims to ask thpleasure of her comp'ny Wednesday nigh1April 1, to a party at the house et MJosiah Hight?"There was a momentary silence on th

part of the young fellows gathered roonthe station agent's desk. His big' lameast a mellow light on the broad shoulderaronze faces, and rough woolens of ththrong. It also picked out edges of blacland white In the bunches of bills of ladiag hanging on the deal wall, and studdewith steely points the telegraphic instrament muttering crazily to Itself below tron-stayed window. Through the barrepanes the village w% sked fitfully In tb!loom of the night, lying low In a lure>f the Kentucky hills. Spring leafag'rothed the sides of the hollow in a mistng waste of shadow, creeping up the stee'ises, and cresting them in furgy darknes'ver which stared pale and blank the thiace of a new moon."Well, who lays off to take Lys to th

lance?" repeated the station agent. listenng for the night express, and holding hi>flicial blue pencil aloft to jot down thtame of the man who should speak firstlome one laughed."It'd be much as any fellow's life warorth to offer to carry Lys anywhervhile Vercamp's around! Heh, Bert? Yomlon't 'low any interference in that direcion?" The man stopped short. Vercamltad uttered an angry exclamation.He was lounging against the high deel

rith his wide hat far back on his head btway which left In evidence the girlasl

ock of yellow hair above his eyes. He walight and handsome,with a bronzed throevhich rose splendidly from the loose turfof his gray flannel collar. Something 11he carriage of the blond young head. an the droop of the fair mustache, or pertaps In the line of the lips themselveslifferentiated Vercamp from the other loglere and the sprinkling of mill men anttave workers about In the group. He lookd, almost poetic,' except, indeed, when hooked, as at present, dangerously nettled"Look here," he rasped out, "I'm sick o

his! I tell you all I'm sick of it! If anjne mentions that subject again, 'sociatinny name with a girl I've rever looked acarcely, it won't be-well for him!"The agent seemed to resent this.

lon't know as I lay out to rile you ul3ert," he deliberated, "but there ain't nonan living can tell me what to mentiluad what to let alono. See? And as far alyssa Betts goes, you don't like her. W

ill know that. She knows it too, pore lit

le ekite! But seeing the whole towt[rows she thinks you're 'bout the likelies.hing God ever turned His hand to, wh:rou can't expect that folks won't run yoLbout it.""That's all right, Ed. I--""Then don't git off your base so brash

Tain't safe in Pulaski county. And Iyou're willing to take a pointer-""Oh, go on! Looks like I can take mos

anything!""Why, just this. She ain't ever-prettySys ain't.""I should say not!""Fact is, I don't know as I ever set eyerto a homelier sprig of girl. Blut

night dance with her now and agin withtut hurting yourse'f. Heh, fellers? Hcouldn't break no hones by acting a litIc decent. would he?"There was a cordial growl of acquiese'nee In this considerate view. Vercamlmeowled amiably."(h. she'll come to herself all right," h

turmised, indifferently. "She's no morhan a child-fifteen or so. And she don'tied any person's pity. She's proud as

n-fowl, and uppity as the cock on trane.""True, she's always hed a ctstitutieo

'or soaring. She's been raised to thin1lhe ground wasn't good enough for her twalk on. her being an orphan and inherting her grandpap's money." conceded tb[gent, pulling the signal for a train tase. "lut since you've handled wood tohe mill-a year hack. nin't it?-she'cnuckl,"l! She hew that! She's begun tce that thre hundred dollars a year can'nske a bIeck skin fair or a big moutlittle. Well, sir. If you won't take her t,he dance. I reckon I'll hey to. D'know'I care much, so long as Rain hee put ii

cinch claim "n carrying Lobelia Ivens0'o and 'i to the

irl. sain!"In the midst of the laugh which ros

itpon this g'sd-natured menace Vercami,trolled out and across the dark platformHe was very distinctly sensible of beinleply irritate-I. In some sort she wenaking hiuim aiter both ridiculous an'ude--this ugly little creature who ha<'hose'i to anoint him king over her fancyIt only made the matter worse that shras a person of importance, and livedh' hest house in town-a white-painteframe, with green facings to its windows1:1l she been poor and obscure, no onrould have noticed her unfortunate retard. But position accentuntesa personaallings. and the villagers chuckled considerably over U'lyssa's infatuation fornan in whom It roused only a resentfuIisplesurte."I reckon I better ask her out In

lance." meditated Vercamap, striding dowlhe rough road to his boarding house'Folks seems to think I ain't acting jus,lght." And he kicked a stone out of hi

say, exasperated that public opinion coulasave an effect to coerce his judgment.He was still resentful on the night che party as he tied his crimson scarf anain'etered his fair locks down so smoothl::hat his hend seemed at last to be coversvith gold ['af. Ev'en In the intricacies o'is toilet making he was aware of res

ieeting with annoyance upon the singlI

horn which his rose of pleasure hid. Hosrould he be happy, as happy as the younialood In his veins diemanded~when he kneihat his gay banter ov'er the hands of thavillage beauties wotuld be watched fromcime melancholy corner hv a pair of dullark eyes pathetically helpless and hopeesa?lHe groaned at the prospect, hurling hI

'ruah at a bound pup which had stolen inro his room. The yelp of pained surprisw~hlmh gtreeted this Iiltempermi action gaytreamp a compunctious thrill, and h

'ulled the dog's satiny ear as he wen

orth to the dance.It was cool for April. The sun had Ioni

aeen diown. but a broken band of bronsstill girded a sky swept over with a glamt

>r of pur'pllsh blue. Against It the cliimumimits loanedl soft and black. Under thlark rises river mists were weaving tilues of dense white. Beyond the bankTparkied the village lights, and still fir

'her on, like a great red star fallen out o

heaven, the railway signal shone from th

traeks along the eastern heights.T'he residence pf Mr. Josiah Hight, the

livery stable man, sat next door to hi'!ace of business. It was half way up th

road and two steps below the curbies'treet, and as Vecrcanmp approached hi'ye noted the oblique brightness which Itpayly lighted porch cast over the roadsay.mlrls In stiff muslin chattered on the railests veranta. Astride of a keg the vilage flidler was already tuning up, an<is a Murt of prelude to the rustic cotililolroman with his arms akimbo was rattlini

eff aome jig steps In the center of the livng rouom.In the midst of it the fiddler, chinnini

2p his instrument, waved his bow, and-ried. 'moiferously, "Pardners for cudrille!" At this there was a movemen

1mnng the young men at the gate. Tbirns gave their starehed skIrts a fintmait, and suffered thimselves to be led otlV'ercamp. ith a det.erminted frown on hi

onol looking face, thrust forward an<Irew up leefore a little figure leaning upolh. aill of the further window."P'leuastd to have your comn'ny for thi

set." he specified, gruffly. The girl looke,at himt with a stirtied flush. She wairessedi in notably letter fashion than th>ther yottug women. Her white frock.'oft, flne, frilled with delicate lace, thbroad lue ribtion bInding her bush of dar!heir, the thread of gold about her nedlthe ring on her finger--all these algnand t ekens of fortune marked her amonher f llows. without mollifying the plaitiesof feature which more effectually seher apart from the r.'m-checked udamselroqttetting with their partners in the roorbeyond."Oh." she fluttered out in an excited urt

iertone-"oh, thank you! I'd be glad.lf yocare to dance." But even as she spokeplaintive uncertainty stole over her facas if she realizedi with deadly precisiothe grounds upon which this handsotmyoung fellow had approached her.''Pleased to have your comp'ny," repeal

vid'Vercamp, unable to cast Into his tot

in accent of courtly reassurance. He bi

bis lip, noticing the slight shiver which wret

>ver her at his words. Hie had meant

me considerate, buit it struck him that pei'aps an utter unconcern on his part woul

save been less cruel than peafnctor ten

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bese. He gased helplessly at Ulyss, ob-serving without interest that her skin, atonce pale and dark, was the chief reason ofher ugliness. For distinctly the child's eyeswere clear and brown. her lips full ofcurves, her throat soft and fullAs she rose he drew a sigh of retief.

He had been momentarily afraid she meantto decline his proffer. and he was glad that

k this did sot appear to be her design. Herwanted to dance with her so that he mightr without remorse dismiss her utterly fromImind, and give himself to the delightfulpastime of enraging the other men bymonopolising Lobelia loens, * buxom

-young person. whose bilaed ser adpinklawnaheaders and loud laugh were,Ipressing him even then from the deer

way.SAs he tramped throegh the figures of thedance. Vercamp kept before him the at-tractive graoes of Miss Ivens bouncinggayly to her partner across the room. Itcheered him to exchange a sele with thisflorid beauty; and he needed cheer, forthe changes of the set brought him alwaysback to the sal abstraction of Ulyssa's

I eyes, and the chill touch ot her littleingers, that were so much softer andslighter than the fingers of the other girls.rAt the end of the dance he conveyed

BUlyssa to a seat. When. presently after.he cast a glance toward the place where-he had left her. he saw that she was sa longer thermt"Lookatn' for Lys?" queried Lobelia Ivess,r with a giggle. "She's went home. Had at headache"-she giggled still more. andadded-"or a heartache." As Veroampdrew his brows at this, she thrust her el-bow at him with condeeceading graedu -ness, saying. "Shea real sweet, 14 Is.""I didn't way she wasn't," eentended

Vercamp. No doubt she was sweet, butthe girl at his side, in her exuberant enorand curves, was more to his liking. Thatwas all. Yet, strangely enough. as he layawake that night reviewing the night'shappenings, It was not Lobelia's faos whichrecurred most insistently to his mind.The moonlight streaming in his window,

the sheen of faroff stars, the black bushes-grazing the sill-these things, oddly enough,united to recall the pallor of Ulyssa Bett's-face. the glow of her eyes, the crinklyblack of her hair. Vercamp did not at-tempt to accoint for this freak of hisimagination. But as he drowsed nearersleep he formulated a decision that he wasglad the time of tides In the river was atan end. and that he would soon be leavingthe village for a prolonged trip through themountains to brand timber for the mill.In the three months of his absence Ulyssawould forget him. Common sense wouldcome to her aid. She would rememberthat though she was not beautiful she wasan heiress and that Vercamp was not only

r unloving, but also just a poor logger. withno prospects whatever.He saw nothing of her in the few daystpreceding his departure. But on the morn-

tog when he rode up hill on a shaggy hillhorse, with a branding ax in his saddlebags and a massive spur on his heel, hesaw the curtain of a window of the houseIn which Ulyssa lived with her uncle'sfamily move a little. It fell together sud-denly, as if a shaking hand had loosed it.And Vercamp, replacing his broad hat.had a tugging sensation at the heart whichseemed only accountable on the theorythat he was sorry If Ulyssa was in grief:Lying by night rolled in a blanket undersome great tree, or perhaps in a mountainhut, with stars staring pensively upon himthrough the insufficiencies of the ceiling,the young man more than once thought ofUlyssa. But after a time, in the ardor oftrade and the exigencies of mountain travel,the idea of the girl wore off; and when.along In September. he camne back to the.river town, bearded like a Persian andbrown as the hillside ledges, he had almostlost all notion of the little village heiress.Nor did the first day serve to recall her.

SIn the enthusiasms of renewed friendshipsand of a great rise In Ve-camp's commer-cial fortunes, Ulyssa was not, even a palewraith of memory. For the young smanhad brought about what was spoken of ast "a big deal" for the mill while away on hi.

Ijourney, and i recognition of his tactfulI handling of a certain gruff old fellow whoowned a tract on which the mill had longf desired to lay its hand. Vercamp was of-I fered the high position of superintendent.

"Don't reckon you'll mnix with us fellersno more." tentatively advanced the saw-icyr's assistant, putting the big saw through

- a walnut iog. "Heb., Bert?""Oh. get out!" laughed Vercam, fat-tered at this tribute to his new honors.

"No bell stuff in that timber, Jones. It'swind shook, Cut It into inch goods. Whatdo you mean by saying I won't mix withSyou? Ain't my head the size it alwaysI was?""I was jokin'." signified Jones. "Mysister Lete'. goin' to marry Ways HinesBtonight. Po'rful pleased to hey ion sama-pie the bride's cake.""Proud to do It!" orled Vercamp. Hiehad not seen any of the girls as yet, andthe wedding would give him a chance torenew aid interests of this kind.He had hardly stepped into the house ofthe sawyers assistant before he became

aware that his value as ad Individual was-subtly enhanced by his business sucesssEvery one doffed the cap to Vercamp's ris-ing crest. Those who had formerly brenmerely friendly now were almost servile.I The bride left her husband's hand to greetthe superintendent and Lobelia Ivens, re-splendent in pink ribbons and wiry samas,fairly ignored her court to smile on him.Vercanop expanded genially. He wasyoung and adulation is pleasant. He feltthat be desired nothing more In life. Andas this fact dawned upon hIm he suddenlyrecollected the giri who had been accus-tomed to spoil his pleasure with the simpleso-'rowfulnees of her presence.He cast a swift eye round him. But thebig low-beamed room held no hint of thesmall, richly clad, p'laintively ugly crea-ture he sought. He had an impulse to askabout her, but just then supper wasn an-nounced by the bride's mother, a cordialbut anxious person, and Vercamp offered

his arm to Lobelia.The clatter of heavy crockery, of boots,of chairs in mrovement, sounded from theechoing deal walls of the omnwhctthe table was set, Candles sputtered othe mantel, branches of green thrust for-

Iward here and there from a. whitenedbeam, and bunches of late flowers were'grouped woodenly at corners of the board.Everything wore an air of festiv'al. Lutas the bride's eye lighted on the emptycomport in the center of the table shegave a little shriek."Well," she said, 'If you haven't forgtto set the weddin' cake on!'Mrs. Jones clapped a distracted hand toher head. "I'm nigh near deranged, any-how," she admitted. "Set up, every cne,

and fall to." Then, opening the kitchen,door, she called out, "Fetch in the cake;and watch out you don't jar the frostln'.'

g Vercamp, arranging himself at Lobelia'sside, caught a murmur of admirationt"The handsomest cake I most ever saw!"

'i rtytoeat!"-"And them 1cmn' roses!-ain't they prop-.er?--as fair-favored as the stone flowers onu Jay Llnn's wife's tombstone!"Vercamp looked with awe at the big white

,shape, from the middle of which bristled atuft of glittering tinsel. As it was sonlemn-

a ly lowered into the comport, the youngman gave a. start and then sat clutching-his fork and staring blankly. Sihe who had

e brought in the cake, and who now stoodtsettling it Into place-who was she?-thistsmall person covered to the slight soft

o throast in an apron of coarse blue stuff?--

this girl with unribboned hair, with a hantd

d which in touching the gilt decoration of

the tread lnaf showed a toanwonextumrte?

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If it were Indeed jty Es t s lidomould be no doubt, for even as eommmintrt her poor atts. her atttude ataiet through Vercams, he go

cell upon the egm a atzthe bride's righ And askim she olpped a q.dek hadg

ipron'shigh bib Ia tentwsywt agback anaa.'tsnknow hr

-.he.s aned'c dn :e-fag e ,barge sekin.m,..f... .e.

bard and tI klain ot m dw.ke les"a* my est."Lostag-'AB SOYSa toy heai 'suce l ee

-bow ANundle that het

caty ot eat spaestasres; be put whe he

Iome, and left h ae wis 't,

root. Mm. The're bild' IWver by the shoals. oem teesm 0. alone real nebts. the a es~ toest

bare with the J"tefes, .

Gym to bede down to eb,ben to wet her hads e alkmleciare it makes mee & wrschin' dcehee waa n

but she had the whikr st.uner seer _

erta stil beld for to Mo.He ba os'*hak ehdim. Astrang pea

his throat wasPresently a choking. emana

made him fert awer a the volt fat

rise and tunr to the deereAnything the ed a

emutbred wrmo -ie. Y ws ea

breath of sir.'

"Better hee' a ttet ofvised Jones. Bat Veamp easde and went a.

He laid his hand ppea the athe side porch. To his leftale tay spon the ye-the se.enotion of the kitehm wteta . bc t

it a narrewer gleam tnaes"ee a e '

sad a moment laterVerem b"p oren the single stone epieed tr a air tskitchen threshold.The room han the diusede wM

panies unmel o iet

not netio anything whlab*erty engromsed with the 1gms em thesettle besd the stow.Ulyssa, with her emoD, em aM e-ad together In the aeing ge et heblue cotton lap set there ganageM

up at the oboom ses.She was not crying. d N-t loc

mournful or asisoe Se

often seen her. the met themre verystill, with the gasely of e Mapase os-

sire depaeir in her wie ewer spec"Ulysda!" ered reramp. The et was

lted from him with a Viser whtir. brehebntnl ehret. *O. INpemtoh,youpoorig the thit-lving like this? I newer know about K, toB

Just now. Ulyses. I never ee ome

of such a thling hepeosing to hAnwhen I heard It. I knew why K t gr

lng about yoe e much, vo~ whantet toget aw frot f~th table tia sat *you. and-and snatch yes q toa my

and protect you from-bum ewayg

cried Vercamop, looking bery "se0, asIf the tin pans and tre potd mue &

to fall upon Ulyma, asS he

attempt it. "And. o U a I .

pened to think of it-Fm be*0 ef t

used to be: sad you shali base etthing you've lost-etke ! t*0ring-f el 1e'il take amhoney.

Blym stood widee&f,

good to plyr me at nodL el at

--ttyr shouted T

of her hand at last. "WRb

He broke of. waned l.Jones. caerytng the saety &speechm In the doon*teed ha' mewrty* me

Ulyses wheeled round, 61~

tnao in the blee apron. no

ed4 yosy em hie hoetem.

A Phase et the Ved~esg

iPhet Cemipemesbnnaam Asse w MIerm~There inn ne ssttot fss -.am ma

serene, bealthy.bwoed.m...~A fine maanhood or womaaheed m he

built cm no otu e..as..gg

Asaartcan homes are se att0 UdeS m

hurry and worryp, wa smnee

so keyed to concert sest ese gan e *0,lstenoe so compicatui, *as we en *babies aicag in oar wake andt kes he

to our astlsial ota,*g

"sweet Sovors aee sk and -ah

hasto.*

If we must, or boer *0t me bed

this false. toe teveria s, e. be as

retheon! keii tem M emtoe we are danger etanny of conventiomal Bttie ps

know much more thea tbsp *0eiU d

matters which are prgeniamee

elders.As to keeping ebfires toe doms he0mortal see. I suppe s thma, is mmese

ai~troum. The divine ight to he

dirty a Iage portion et the wnsis a neceaery cconeosneese-ful. friendly contact with ad sestseofeating helpful things, is tee d to he6

denIed. The chIldren who ee 0 to*of thelr clothes bet mre todoe, digging In the O hi

bhed building a bridge or ueda*garden never get half that * mme -

Icyment out of lita.I have a good deal et syrnpathy r the

little people during their firet ~d er ton

ler l1fes lesn, end wht h

which govern them must ofef em Sstrange and unjust.

The child has a tight ts ea phee 01 *cwn, to things ef his own, to s vwhieh have some relatios to his Use ,

desires and his capabilities. How *0U

we like to lIve haltfthe ime ia a place

where the piano was twelve feet tlthedoor knob at an impossible heightme themantel shelf in the sky; where ever masstal thing was out of roach except a oelis&

tion of highly interesting obtlects oa fresying tablles and bureaus. guarde4, howeever, by giants th-ee times as Iage adpowerful as ourselves, forever eptog

Mustnt touch." and If we did touch weshould be erpanked. andi have no ethermethod of rev-en.;o save to spaki backsymbolically on the Inogfensive persons etour dulls?The child problem is inertly one phase ot

the universal prtble-m that confronts ro-clety. "Let the hiestory otdomestic ruletypify in little the history of our politlcalrule; at the ounwt autocratic control,where control Is really needful; by and byani l'nipi;ent consttittialisml In whIchthe Itherty of the subject gains recogni-tion, exttnsions of tis lIberty of the sub-ject gradually ending in parental ahdli--tio.n."We mutst not expe~ct chIldren to be toe

good. Intellectual andi noral precneity pru-duced by' stimulatIon will bet at the espenseof the future chareeter. in these mattersthe child has a right to expect exarnptes.He lives In the centrs; he can only learnthrourth object lessons, can only pass frormthe concrete examupit' of goodness to Cvision of abstract perfsction.

A TO~blc.EKfersd's Ae-id PIaesane.

D. 5. C. Wilera. Philmdtlhta. Pas.. mner'base used it as s general tnne, andI to teelseIs th dhIty snd d. p5ta ot esirkem