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COMPLETED STORST.
COMPLETED STORST. Bachelor Maids. 1 I "January 1. 1S96.—Perfectly lovely timer to-day. No young men callers were allowed at the Advanced Young Women's Business College. and it seemed so I nice not to be compelled to "smirk and smile and listen to a lot of silly compliments and I speeches. I never fully realised before what a tore the luen are. "Half-a-dozen of 113 girls got to talking the matter over to-night, and finally resolved to paddle our own canoes through life and let the men do the same so far as we are con- cerned. To make the resolution more binding we formed a club known as the Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance. I suppose we ought to have called it the Sextuple Alliance, seeing there are six of 113. but Lottie Burton said Triple Alliance sounded better and was just as bind- ing. so we called it that. After we had the name settled on one of the girls said there was a. triple alliance of some sort in Europe, and we might be infringing on their copyright, but none of us could remember exactly what it was about, or who got it up, so we decided to take the chances of there being a patent on it. "I am the president of the club—won't it look grand when it comes to be printed on the club stationary, 'Phyllis Potter, president of the Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance? The other members are Lottie Burton, Maud Spencer. Edith Wilson, Mabel Thurston, and Belle Richardson. There are to be no dues or admission fee except Idol. each for a suitable pin, with the monogram 'B. M. T. A.' engraved on it. Each girl is to wear the pin constantly as a. reminder of the vow she has taken, and she is to explain fully just what the letters mean to anyone who is curious enough to ask. "Of course, we don't expect any of the mem- bers of the aiiiance to be weak enough to fall in love with a man and marry him, but if such an unlikely event should happen the offender is to strip off her badge of maiden bachelorhood, the club pin, and return it to the president, with a letter of apology, and giving some good reason (if such a thing is possible) for the step she has taken. "This latter was a suggestion of my own, and I think it is a grand idea. How I will lecture the back-sliders—that is, of course, if there are any, which I hardly expect, judging from the way the girls all talked to-night. What a jolly, independent lot they are: No clinging ivy business in theirs, thank you. Men are all well enough in their places- running railroads, engineering political caucuses, &c.-but when it comes to marrying one of them and being dependent on him for a home and living-well, the B. M. T. A.'s respect- fully beg to be excused. "January 8.—The pins came from the jeweller's to-day, and they are too sweet and lovely for anything. The monogram is a dark blue enamel, and there is a delicate spray of forget-me-nots twining gracefully around it, making/ the pin a very tasteful and desirable ornament. "We girls (the six bachelor maids, I mean are all very proud of our pins and commenced wearing them at once. Some of the other girls since seeing the pins are sorry they didn't join the club, too, but we have decided to take in no more members for fear we might get some weak-minded ones who might be led to join just for the sake of wearing-one of the pins, and then as soon as the novelty wore off (they wouldn't wait for the enamel; that would take too long) bring disgrace on the club by getting married. "No, it will be safer to stick to the original membership-the six strong-willed, vigorous- minded founders of the B. M. T. A. We are reasonably sure that they at least will be faithful. "The club stationery also came to-day, and I couldn't help feeling a glow of bachelor maidenly pride as I saw the words 'Phyllis Potter, president,' in the daintiest script under the name of the club at the top of the letter- heads and on the envelopes. "I immediately sat down and wrote a note to every friend I could think of, using the club paper of course, just to impress them with my new title. That Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance sta- tionery is going to come handy, by the way, in case a young man ever had the audacity to propose to me. All that will be necessary is to I hand him one of those letter headings, and he II will see at once that there is no hope for him. This will be much simpler than writing or ex- plaining matters to him verbally, besides being an easy way of letting him down. "June 22.—To-morrow is graduation day, when the members of the B. T. M. A. must Separate and go out into the world to battle for themselves, so to-night we had a sort of farewell jollification to bind us closer together and strengthen the vow we took upon our- selves at the beginning of the year. It was really inspiring to Listen to the declarations of independence, now, hanceforth, and for ever, from each and every girl, and when Maud Spencer wittily remarked that she 'had no more use for a man than a cat had for two tails' everybody applauded, and said that that was just the way they felt about it too. It would have been a good thi-ig if some of the conceited young men of the period could have been present or at least had their ears glued to the keyhole and listened to the remarks of the B. M. T. A.'s on this occasion. Guess their ears would have tingled and they would have gone away with their stock of conceit perceptibly lowered. "The final toast for the evening, drank with our farewell cup of tea. was the following eloquent and noble sentiment: 'The Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance, the Gibraltar of single- blessedness and blessed independence; may it never fail by assaults from without or treachery irom within.' December 26.—Only six brief months have flown by since the members of the B. M. T. A. parted with mutual pledges of constancy to the great cause of single blessedness, and—it j grieves me to write it, but write it I must— already the enemy has invaded our ranks and captured one of our most promising members. Maud Spencer is no. more! Poor girl! She has exchanged her final cognomen for the plebeian name of Smith, or is it Jones? Oh. yes, here it I is! 'Maud Jones' is the way she signs it to her letter, and the paltry excuse ahe gives for I marrying the creature Jon-es is that she loves I him! The idea! Just as if that was any jus- tification for breaking her vows and deserting the standard of the B. M. T. A.'s! Well. I am I glad she had the grace to promptly notify me in my capacity she is no longer worthy of the badge. Won't I write Mrs. Jones a scathing badge. Won't I write Mrs. Jones a scathing letter to-morrow when I get at it! "January 8, 1897.-Bad news again and more of it! To-day came two letters addressed to 'Phyllis Potter, president of the Bachelor Maid3' Triple Alliance,' one containing the announce- ment of the marriage of Edith Wilson and the other stating that Belle Richardson had met I with the same fate. They each returned the club pin and said they were very sorry, and all that sort of thing, but they loved the men whose names they had assumed and felt sum I they were loved in return, and, under the cir- cumstances, they felt it was their duty to give up the B.M.T.A., &c. I "These excuses are a trifle weak, but I pre- ¡ sume it is the best the poor things could do. Well, if they prefer love to liberty, all right, but I feel it incumbent on me to write and tell tttem what I think of the step they have taken just the same. "It is not only discouraging, but shocking- yea. actually shocking—to think that in one ihort year half of the members of the Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance have fallen by the way- &ide! It is now a triple alliance in reality as well as in name, and long, long may it wave! "I have written to the two remaining mem- bers of the club. requesting them to stand j firm against the sophistries and delusions of men and matrimony, and I trust now there will be no further desertions from our ranks. "February 1st.—In spite of all I said to her, Mabel Thurston has up and got married! The B. M. T. A. stickpin and the cards containing the announcement of her marriage came this morning, with a note from Mabel explaining how it happened. Some old excuse that they 1 all give-she loved him, it seems, and couldn't C possibly live without him. Poor thing! Twenty- ( two years old, weighs 1301b. in her gymnasium suit, and can't get along without a man! It J is strange how weak and dependent we women are getting all of a sudden! "Wrote ')frs, Maxwell'-that's her name now -the usual scorching letter, and also sent a note to Lottie Burton, informing her that upon us two devolved the duty of upholding the principles and the banner of the B. M. T. A., and reminded her that eternal vigilance was the price of single blessedness. "Lottie is a deeidedly independent and level- headed young woman, and I feel that she at least will not betray the cause. "February 15th— "Of all £ lad words of tongue or pen. The gladdest are these. We must have men!" "That is what I found in my mail this morn- ing, and the name signed to it was Lottie Burton Englehart! She, too, has gone the way of all the others, it seems, and I am left with half-a-dozen B. M. T. A. sticknins and an empty title on my hands. Only thirteen fleeting months since the Bachelor Maids' Triple Alliance was organised, and to-day the presi- dent alone is left to carry on the good work, and somehow I feel that from now on I am going to have a rather lonesome time of it. "The postman just called with a batch of letters, and among them was a. valentine from Harold Draper. We used to be very good good friends a year or =o ago, but we had a love spat, and I sent hiui" adrift and thought that ended it. But I see Harold hasn't for- gotten me. poor fellow! I suppose he has suf- fered enough, and I really ought to take pity on him. "There is no disgrace in giving up the ship when the crew have all deserted it. and even if there were I've got as good an excuse as the others, to wit. 'Twas love that made me do it. "But I'm glad I was the president of the Bachelor Maids, so I don't have to send back ] my club pin nor do any explaining or apolo- gising, except to myseif. I'd hate awfully to attempt to palm off the same old excuse on the ex-members of the B. M. T. A. after the mean letters I wrote them.
DEVILFISH.
DEVILFISH. MYSTERIOUS CREATURES ASSO- CIATED WITH THE DEEP. I. will, doubtless, be readily admitted that sea-folk retain, even among highly-civilised nations, their old-world habits of thought and expression longer than any other branch of the population. This can scarcely be wohdered at, since to all of us, even the least imagina- tive, the eternal mystery of the ocean appeals 1 with thrilling and ever-fresh effect, every time 1 that we come into close personal relations < with it. But when those whose daily bread depends upon their constant struggle with the mighty marine forces, who are familiar with so many of its marvels, and saturated with the a we-inspiring 'solemnity which is the ohief ] characteristic of the sea, are in the course of their avocations brought suddenly in contact with some seldom-seen visitor of horrent aspect arising from the gloomy unknown. depths, with one accord they speak of the monster as a. "devil-fish," and the name never fails to stick. A Variety of Kinds. So that there is, not one species of devil-fish, but several, each peculiar to some different part of the world, and inspiring its own special terror in the hearts of mariners of many nations. Of the devil-fish that we in this country hear most about, and is indelibly por- trayed for us by Victor Hugo. the octopus, so much has been written (says Mr. Frank Bullen, writing in the "Cornhill Magazine") that it is not necessary now to do much more than make passing allusion to the family. But the "Cepha- lopoda" embrace so vast a variety that it seems hardly fair to single out. of them all the com. paratively harmless octopus for opprobrium, while leaving severely unmentioned the gigantic onychoteuthis of the deep sea, to say nothing of many intermediate cuttle-fish. From the. enormous mollusc just mentioned—which is, not unreasonably, credited by seamen with being the largest ash in the ocean-to the tiny loligo, upon which B«ariy «H—deep-water fish feed, hideousness is their prevailing feature, and truly appalling of aspect seme of the larger ones are, while their omnivorous voracity makes them veritable sea-scavengers, to whom nothing comes amiss, alive or dead. And, while having no intention to under-rate the claims of the octopus to his diabolical prajnoinen on account of his slimy ugliness and unquenchable ferocity, I feel constrained to put in a. word for that little-known horror.of the deen, the tan-armed cuttle-ik-h, which-, like some fearful creation of a. diseased brain.broods over the dark and silent profoundities of ocean, extending 1m far-reaching tentacles over an immense area, touching nothing living to which he does not cling with an embrace that never relaxes until, the victim- is safely deposited within the crushing clutch of the great parrot-like mandibles guarding the en- trance to that vast and never-to-be-satisfied stomach. Nothing that the morbid imagina- tion of man has ever pictured can surpass in awful appearance the reality of this diijp chimera, which, notwithstanding, has un- doubtedly an important part to play in the mysterious economy of the tea. "His dwelleth in the thick darkness"; for, not content with the natural gloom of his abode, ha diffuses around him a cloud of sepia, which bewilders and blinds his victims, rendering them an easy prey to the never-resting tentacles which writhe through thj mirk, ready at a. touch to hold whatever is there, be it small or great. The Cuttle-Fish. But the strangest fact connected with this mighty mollusc is. that while from the earliest dawn of literature numberless allusions, more or less tinged with imagination, have been made to it. modern science has only very recently made up its mind to accept as a fact its existence at all. So many indisputable proofs have. however, been forthcoming of late years, both as to the size and structure of the gigantic cuttle fish, that it has now taken its place among the verities of natural histcry as indisputably as the elephant or the tiger. It has also been firmly established that the sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macroce- yiialust finds his principal, if not his only, food in these huge ge.at.nous masses whiles ranging the middle depths of the ccean, and that their appearance on the sea surface is generally due to this whale's aggression. A Terrible Monster. A fish whose habitat :s the GaK of Mexico I and the Caribbean Sea, attains enormous pro- porticus. and is. not without reason, known to all the frequenters of those waters as the "devil-fish." When a youngster-I was home- ward bound from Sant Ana with a cargo of mahogany, and when off Cape Campeche was one calm afternoon lea.ning over the taffrail, looking down into the blue profound, on the watch for fish. A gloomy shade came over the bright water, and up rose a fearsome monster some 18ft. across, and in general outline lIlorb like a. skate or ray than at<ihing else, all except the head. There w aat appeared to be two curling horns about 3ft. apart rose one (;n each side of the most horrible pair of eyes imaginable. A shark's eyes as he turns sideways under your vessel's counter and looks up to see if anyone is coming are ghastly, green, and cruel; but this thing's eyes were ali these and much more. I felt that the Book of Revelation was incom- plete without him. and his gaze haunts me yet. Although quite sick and giddy at the sight of such a bogey, I could not move until the awful thing, suddenly waving what seemed like mighty wings, soared up out of the water soundlessly to a height of about 6ft., falling again with a. thunderous splash that might hate been heard for miles. I must have fainted with fright, for the next thing I was conscious I of was awakening under the rough doctoring of my shipmates. Since then I have never seen one leap upwafd in the daytime. At night, when there is no wind, the sonorous splash is constantly to be heard, although why they make that bat-like leap out of their proper element is not easy to understand. It does net seem possible to believe such avVe-inspiring horrors capable of playful gambolling.
COMICALITIES—ORIGINAL AND…
COMICALITIES—ORIGINAL AND OTHERWISE. C Dashaway: I was eoing to ask you to dine with me, bnt I believe you are going to take iinner at the Winklers. Stuffer: What time do you dine? Dashaway: Six o'clock. Stuifer- That's all right, old man. They ion't dine until seven. "If a woman just had a little tact and didn't 3y to pieces their own selves when their hus- bands git to jawin' and tearin' around ther'd be less trouble in fam'lies," said Mrs. Grim to 10 neighbour. "I suppose that's so," replied the aeighbour. "I know 'tis," replied Mrs. Grim. 'Do you suppose I lose my head and my tongue, ind go all to pieces, and say things I'm sorry for afterwards when Grim gets into one of his tan- trums? Well, I don't. I just keep cool and ;alm him down?" "How do you calm him iown?" "Well, sometimes with a stick o' stove wood and ag'in with a broom-handle, or mebbe ['11 grab up a pail o' water and douse all over him. There's plenty 0' ways to calm a man iown if a woman will only keep cool herself lnd try 'em." Attorney: You say this defendant kissed you in a dark room? Fair Plaintiff: Yes, sir. Attorney: Will you please explain to the court how you came to enter a dark room with the plaintiff? Fair Plaintiff: Oh. it wasn't dark when we went in. We turned the light out afterward. When Professor Aytoun was wooing Miss Wilson, daughter of Professor Wilson, the famous "Christopher North," he obtained the lady's consent ponditionSly on that of her father being secured. This Aytoun was much too shy to ask, and he prevailed upon the young lady herself to conduct the necessary negotiations. "We must deal tenderly with his feelings," said old Christopher. "I'll write my reply on a slip of paper, and pin it to the back of your frock. "Papa's answer is on the back of my dress," said Miss Jane. as she entered the drawing-room. Turning her round, the delighted professor read these words: "With the author's compliments." "Will you please examine that diamond?" said a man who had stepped into a jeweller's shop, "and tell me what you think of it? If it is a good stone I think I shall buy it." The jeweller took the gem, which was unset, and looked at it critically for a moment. Then in confidential tones, he said: "Well, to tell you the truth, this isn't a very good stone. It hasn't much fire, it is badly cut, and there is something here that looks very much like a flaw." Then he held the diamond under a microscope and examined it carefully, finally observing: "No. it isn't exactly a flaw, but I shouldn't call it a perfect stone. Now, if you want something really fine. I have here-" "Excuse me," tho other man interrupted, "I don't think I will buy a diamond to-day. This is a 'stone one of your assistants let me take on Saturday on approval. I deposited jElO on it. Please let me have the money, and we will call the deal off." The money was handed over without any comment, but there was a grieved expression visible upon the jeweller's countenance. Fumiste: "Jones had a terrible adventure yesterday evening!" Gobeur: "What was it?" Fumiste: "He went home with ten pounds in his pocket." Gobeur: "Well?" Fumiste: "On the threshold of his house he was stopped and plundered by a veiled lady." Gobeur: "A veiled lady? Does he suspect anyone?" Fumiste: "Yes, it was his wife." "And what," the New Woman demanded, as shs came to the climax, "is to be the result of our emancipation?" She looked round with the calm assurance of one who had asked a poser, and this was too much for the little man in a far corner of the hall, who was waiting for his wife. "I know!" he shouted. "Ah!" returned the New Woman on the plat- form, scornfully, "the little man with the bald head thinks he has solved the problem that we came here to discuss this afternoon. We will gladly give our attention while he tells us what is to be the result." "Cold dinners and ragged children!" roared the little man.
FOR WOI-IEN.
FOR WOI-IEN. EARLY WHISPERS OF AUTUMN MODES. September has only just arrived, but already we have begun to study aumun modes. One of the first points to impress out- taking an ad- vance peep at early autumn attire is the lengthened cut of outdoor garments, and in- creased tightness of the gowns we are asked to "Eo, The skirt with tha shaped flounce inlays tut a verv minor part in the autumn styles. Tie ve-y newest model in skirts is tight and plr.in, fitting round the hips without a c.-ease, and fastening over at the back with a ro'v of t'ny buttons matching in colour either the cireai or its trimmings. There is one thing to be said in favour: of this shaped skirt — it does away entirely with the gaping placketrhole. Who has not sat behind a. woman at some time or other, and noticed the untidy way in which her gown gapes at the back? No matter how cunningly the dress- maker ,tiches en hooks and eyes, the pleats at the back invariably part a little when one sits down. But with tha fulness all put under- neath, and the outer folds of the skirt button- ing right over, we shall feel safe. Of its ob- jections the chief is that it will suit only the slender woman. On anyone inclined to em- bonpoint it would look atrocious. A second disadvantage is that it makes a pocket almost an impossibility. Indeed. as yet (says a. writer in a contemparary) I have come across no model of this skirt that has been blessed with a pocket. But even with these dis- advantages well known beforehand, we shall adopt the skirt, and thank our stars that we are permitted to don something fresh. The femi- nine soul ever craves for change, and wel- comes it even though it be a change for the worse. We have been wearing clinging fabrics all the summer, and we shall continue to wear ,hem. but ,Jf heavier make. A soft, smooth ;li'th, delightful to the touch, and possessing th-a clinging qualities that mafie cashmere famous years ago. is to te very much the fashion for early autumn gowns. It is manu- factured in nale colours, so that we shall not tiave to t'hed our garments, light in hue as well as texture, for altogether dark and Slcomy attire. A very charming costume that will render the transition from summer to xutumn at once gentle and artistic is fashioned of ecrue cloth, trimmed with scrolls of flat brown traid in a conventional design. The braid starts from the lscm of the skirt in front, curves upwards and towards the back, where the outer scroll just comes below the last of the row of small gilt bdttons that fasten over the vest On the bodice, which is cut up into rprrow tabs. bound and faced with brown satin, scrolls of the braid are brough from over the shoulders to just below the bust lire; the braid also appears an the lower part of the close-fitting sleeves and on the high ccllar. The doming season will in all probability witness the revival of the basque bodice. St-veral Parisian houses are turning out dresse3 with basque pieces. Whether we shall adopt them this side the channel is a. matter for time to decide. Jackets are much longer than those of last season, and slope away from the front after the style of a man's morning coat. They are flat on the hips, but stand out in full pleats at the back. Many of the models show revers and very high collars. A similar cut—that is. with the sloping fronts and lengthened back- distinguishes the new capes, which may be with or without the circular flounce. But the latter shape is considered the most chic, for, although we have discarded the shaped flounce on our skirts, we have not given it its conge altogether. A stylish cape, eminently suited for an elderly lady, is carried out in a soft shade of green cloth. It is of three-quarter length and bordered by a flounce of the material, headed by a band of mink. Up each side of the front the flounce narrows to about a third the width it is at the back. and at the throat meets a cosy stream collar of the fur. Sable, sealskin, chinchilla, and mink bid fair to be the most fashionable furs this season. Several short jackets in Persian lamb are being shown, but we had Persian lamb last winter, and I hardly think it will "catch on" again. Ermine is out of it altogether, and one cannot wonder. In foggy, smutty London, only the very wealthiest grande dames can afford to wear a fur that costs so much and is so unbe- coming. Ermine makes some women look posi- tively ugly.
A GIRL'S MOTHER
A GIRL'S MOTHER Doesn't like the young man who omits to pay her little courtesies which, as an elderly lady, are her due. Doesn't like the young man who talks the whole evening to her daughter, hardly address. ing a remark to herself. Doesn't like the young man who freely uses her daughter's Christian name. or treats her too familiarly. Doesn't like the young man who covertly laughs at her foibles, and evinces no shadow of interest in her favourite hobby. Doesn't like the young man who refuses to come in, and detains her daughter five or ten minutes on the doorstep, politeness forbidding her to close the door in his face. Doesn't like the young man who makes her house a convenience, dropping in any evening without an invitation. Doesn't like the young man who idles away most of his time, instead of working steadily at his profession. Doesn t like the young man who associates with fast" companions, or who frequents the racecourse and gambling tables. Doesn't like the young man who pays little or no respect to his parents, and who considers taking his own sisters out to be an unmitigated bore _——
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Cream Tea Rolls Make Delieious Bread and Butter for Afternoon Teas, At Homes, Parties, and Every Day I je. lid. each at any of our Branches.—Stevens, Confectioner (Limited). e6700—1 "ADVICE TO MOTHERS."—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain by cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. it will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is pleasant to taste; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button. Of all chemist*. Is. lid. per bottle. A Triumph of the Tea. Blending Art— PHILLIPS'S Is. 6d. TFiA. Have you tried it? It is distinctly" superior to the so-called ftneet
OUR DAILY -CARTOON.~1 r
OUR DAILY CARTOON. ~1 r Time to Move. j EUROPE: "He is the enemy of mankind, and should be more harshly dealt with than he has been in the past." I
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't DAILY RACING COMPETITION. Entrance Fee One Penny. In response to numerous requests, we have decided to make the following alterations in our racing competition:— (1) We have reduced the entrance fee from Twopence to One Penny per Coupon. (2) We shall have a. daily competition when- ever the racing permits. (3 Each day we sha-l publish a Coupon con- taining Three Races (instead of five. as heretofore), to be run on th9 following day. (4) Coupons, accompanied by a fee of One Penny for each Coupon, must reach, this Office by Twelve o'clock of the day on which the races are run. (5) The whoie of the entrance fees, subject to a small deduction for expenses will be awarded to the competitor whose predic- tions are adjudged by the Editor to be nearest to the correct result, or, in the event of a. tie, the money will be divided. (6) We shall publish each day the result of the previous day's competition, together with the Coupon for the succeeding day's competition. CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS. Opposite she name cf each Bace in the Coupon write the name of the horse you select, Place the Coupon in an envelope, bearing the words. "Racing Competition," and addressed to the "Evening Expfess" Office. Cardiff. Send as many Coupons as you like, but every Coupon must be accompanied b.y an Entrance Feo of ONE PENNY in stamps. Sums of One Shilling and upwards may be in postal orders. Write your name and address clearly in the space provided for that purpose tin each Cou- pon. The decision of the Editor rhust be accepted as absolutely final. No member of the "Evening Express" or "Western Mail" staff is allowed to compete. RACING COUPON. TO BE SENT IN BY 12.30 ON WEDNESDAY. RACE. WINNIlIb HORSE. Norfolk aml Suffolk Handicap. The Nelson £ Plate. fhe Hastings Nursery Handicap. Name Address The NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK HANDICAP. One mile, straight. astib Lord Stanley's Ghiselharipton 5 9 0 Mr Theobald's Phoebus Apoilo 5 8 10 Mr Theobald's Lady Ernie 5 8 7 Mr H C White's F4rm 6 8 1 Mr L de Rothschild's Gay Lothair. 3 8 0 Sir Blundeli Maple's King Hampton. 5 8 0 Mr B Gottschalk's Lexicon 4 7 10 Lord W Beresford's Grodno 3 7 10 Mr E Cassel's Duamia 4 7 9 Mr C Morbey's Escurial 3 7 5 Mr R Devereux's Fregoli 3 7 5 Mr D Seymour's Sapling 6 7 4 Mr Wallace Johnstone's Kyoto 5 7 3 Mr L de Rothschild's Excepcional 3 7 2 Mr Dobell'e The Quack 5 7 11 Mr D Seymour's Rosey 0'Mor« 3 7 0 | Lord Derby's Rissoto 3 6 11 j The remaining entries are cor"naed in the next, column. I Mr Fairies Cauliflower 3 6 11 Mr S Wickens's Sam 5 6 11 Lord Ellesmere's Macfaimmie 4 6 10 The NELSON PLATE of 100 sovs. One mile, straight. a st lb Mr W T Jones's Stonebow 5 8 11 Mr D Seymour's Orange Lily 5 8 11 Mr D Seymour's Lady-fisher 4 8 11 Lord Crewe's Nah'ma'Wusk 4 8 7 Mr Fairie's Chubb 3 8 4 Mr Jarvis's The Wake 4 8 4 Sir J Blundeli Maple's Imbroglio 3 8 4 Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Sacripant. 3 8 4 Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Vatel 384 Lord Wolverton's Sallins 3 8 4 Lord W Beresford's Pan II 3 8 4 Mr Cassel's Grassmarket 3 8 4 Mr T R Dewar's Lord Provost 3 8 4 Mr T Jennings's Cerebos 3 8 1 C:t,,)t A E Whitaker's Variety gelding. 3 8 1 Lord Ellesmere's H*>dge 3 8 1 Chev. Ginistrelli's fix 3. 7 11 Mr W Johnstone's Sslr Francis Draket- 3 7 11 Lord Stanley's Loreto 3 7 11 Mr Cope s St. Veronica 3 7 8 The HASTINGS NURSERY HANDICAP of 100 sovs. Five furlongs, straight. st lb Mr E Cassel's April Morn 9 0 Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Brightly 8 13 Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Rosana 8 11 Marquess di Serraaiezzana's Floreat Magda- leha 8 8 Mr C Morbey's Castilian 8 7 Mr C Morbsy's Mosul 8 5 Captain H Lambton's Samandal 8 5 Lord Fllesmere's Pax 8 4 Captain H Lambton's Samandal 8 5 Lord Fllesmere's Pax 8 4 Mr C Morbey's Pintail 8 4 Mr W A Jarv's's Mack O.llve 8 0 Sir J Blundeli Maple's Bindweed 7 12 Mr Fairie's Pengola 7 11 Mr George Lambton's Ethelred 7 9 Chev. Ginistrelli's Allouette 7 8 Mr T R Dewar's Miss Wing 7 7 Mr M N Rhodes's Pea Soup 7 4 Mr A J Schwabe's Tortoni 7 1 Mr J S Morrison's Poor Mrs. Hodge 6 13 Lord Hastings's Umbria 6 9 •
jFOR THE DINING TABLE.
FOR THE DINING TABLE. One rarely sees table cloths at breakfast and luncheon now. The daintiest of centre pieces and doylies are used instead. The former are usually of handsome lace, frequently Renais- sance. which is always effective and pretty. The centrepieces embroidered in coloured silks still hold their own, the very newest fad being to embroider great handsome rose3 on the lace pieces. This is done by stitching over the lace a piece of linen on which the pattern has been stamped, working the flower and then care-' fully cutting out around the edges. The design stands out prominently, and looks as if t}ie rose had been dropped on the lace. Doylies are aometimes of plain linen—a beautiful quality being selected, and hemstitched, fringed, or hemmed. A beautiful lace which is going to be very much used this coming season is point de Venice. It is more expensive than Renaissance, and is a dainty, exquisitj lace. There are whole sets of it which have just been received by importers. The smallest pieces, the finger bowl doylies, cost 15s. a dozen. The plate doylies and centrepieces come higher, but are worth the price, as they wear splendidly. A daintier, prettier sight cannot be imagined than a handsome mahogany round table, highly polished, covered with these beautiful lace pieces. The dinner table is covered with the usual snowy damask, and is prettiest when lighted by little silver lamps with white silk shades. No matter what colour gowns the ladies may wear, thd table, an white, remains har- monious, This is particularly tasteful in a room ',wth white Wood work, as many country houses have. The only bit of colour in that case—the flowers on the table being white—will be the gowns of the guests, colour in that case-the flowers on the table being white-will be the gowns of the guests, which are enhanced in hue and rendered more becoming with the back ground of white.
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SIX FRESH AND CONVINCING REASONS for using Horlick's Malted Milk for children. Because it ensures souritl, r^tvi' ^storing sleep. Because, where it is used, there are no trouble- some nights with the baby. Because it soothes as well as nourishes. Because it removes the main causes of maternal anxiety and maternal trials. Because it saves the doctor's bills. Because it is tttfc greatest boon to suffering infancy. No cooking or aaaed nulk are requi- site. Of a.ll chemists. Price Is. 6d.. 2s. 6d.. and lis. A free sample will be sent, on application, [by Horliek and'Co.. 34 *amngdon-road, Lon- don, E.C. gedit for- Freddys Diary," post, free. L15225 What delicious bread] Where did you get it from?'' we buy it at any of their hraao^ or they «alL
OUK FREE GIFT OF BOOKS
OUK FREE GIFT OF BOOKS TO EVERY READER OF THE "EVENING EXPRESS." We are presenting gratis to every regular reader of the "Evening Express" one of the following high-class, cloth-bound, and gold- lettered standard works of English literature:- Shaks¡K'are's Complete Plays and Sonnets; "Vanity Fair." by Thackeray; "The Caxtons," by Lord Lytton; "Ernest Maltravers," by Lord Lytton; "Alice, or the Mysteries," by Lord Lytton; "Ivanhoe," bj Sir Walter Scott; "The Scarlet Letter," by Hawthorne; "Mary Bar- ton," by Mrs. Gaskell; "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," by Aytoun; "Jane Eyre," by Char- lotte Bronte. The books will be given away at the rate of 24 every day until every reader has received one. Upon the top of the Second Page of the "Evening Express" each day will be found a number, printed in violet ink, which number will be different in every paper that is printed. Keep this number till the following day, and see if it is given in the list printed below. If your number is given, take it to either of our offices at Swansea, Newport, Merthyr, or Cardiff, and you will receive either of the above bocks". If you cannot con- veniently call, tear off the purple number and send it to the "Evening Express" Office, Cardiff, with your name and address and twopence towards the cost of postage, and the book chosen by you will be forwarded to your address. No person is entitled to a second book, even though he be the holder of a selected number, until every reader has received a book. Purchasers of YESTERDAY'S Evening Express" Bearing me Following Numbers Printed in Violet Ink on the Top Left-hand Corner of Page 2 are Entitled to a Book: — 166949 167211 169699 169834 173333 173511 173733 173976 178211 178428 178634 178905 179300 183333 153600 183844 183999 184276 187477 187777 188307 188881 189476 190000 I
FOLKS WHO LOATHE HORSE RACING.
FOLKS WHO LOATHE HORSE RACING. They were talking, about horse-racing, and when the man .nth the pointed beard men- tioned the fact that he had seen his first horse- raco only the day before the old race-goer with the grey beard leant forward and queried: —So that,vas your first race, eh?" "The very first, sir, and my last, too, I expect." "But you can't possibly mean that? You certainly must have enjoyed such rare sport?" "At first-yes." "When the horses got away at the post, didn't it make your heart lalpitate and your hair stand up?" "Seems to me it did." "And as they camo up the home stretch, neck and neck, could you contain yourself?" "I managed to." "That's funny," mused the old race-goer with a cold look at the other. "Tell me now, honestly, when the people rose up and shouted as in one voice, weren't you carried away with enthusiasm?" "Well, the fact is," replied he with the pointed beard, as if he thought some explanation should be nive-i, "the fact 4s, I wasn't listening to the shouts of the crowd or paying much attention to the horses after the first race." "You—you you weren't!" gasped the other in astonish- ment. "No, sir. You see, I losV 95 on the first race, and all I heard after that were the remarks of my wife concerning that fiver."
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What delicious bread! Where did you get it I from?" Oh, we buy it from Stevens, at any of their branches, or they will call." e6700-2 Have you tried Phillips's Is. 6d. Tea? It is a. Triumph of the Tea Blending Art.and is distinctly superior to the so-called "finest teas." el636—3 IMPORTANT TO MARRIED LADIES.—Send Stamped Addressed Envelope for most valuable Particulars and Testimonials (which are guaranteed genotoe under a. perVty of £ 1,000).—Beware of imitators.—A. DArSpAIL, Box 387, Langdale, Walthamstow. run don. Vjrta Wished half a, century. 6q66
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ONLY.'…
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ONLY.' f The "Evening Express" Boys' and Girls' Club (established March 21, 1893) is formed for the purpose of promoting principles of kindness amongst younf people, and for the mutual interest and instruction of itd members. Boys and Girls, wherever resident, aro eligible for membership, provided their age be not lesg than six or more than sixteen years. The Club has now 2,831 members. Intending Members must fill up the sub- joined Coupon, and forward it to Uncle Joe, "Evening Express." Cardiff. Their names and addresses wUl be published, and each new Member is entitled to a beautifully designed Certificate. Cardiff Members must call for their Certificates at the "Express" Offices, St. Mary-street. Other members must forward one penny stamp for pc stage. Only Club Members are eligible to compete for the Prizes given in this column Uncle Joe is always pleased to hear from his Club Members on any matter of interest, whether relating to school or recreation, and he invitee questions and answers. Children writing to Uncle Joe must always add to their names their official numhar as Members of the Club. Olirlt 3oe'si Club Coupon fcEPTEMBER 12 TO SEPTEMBER 17. I desire to be enrolled a member of the "Evening Express" Boys' and GirItClub. and I hereby promise Tlat I will always be obedient to my parents, and kind to the aged and infirm. iiiat I will try and help less fortu- nate children. That I will be kind to animals. u-at I will try and do something every dzty to make things happy for those round me. Full name Age Address Proposed by [Write very plainly in ink.] NOTICE. Special attention is called to the above rules, which have been slightly altered. Coupons for the current week must be used—old ones are no good. Uncle Joe wants only members who will interest themselves in the Club and keep the rules. It has come to Uncle Joe's know- ledge that one or two children have called at these offices for certificates which they havje not handed to the rightful owners. If any of these offenders are caught they will be sorry for it.
THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND'S FAYOURITE…
THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND'S FAYOURITE COLOUR, So far as I have seen (says Miss Frances Low. writing from Amsterdam), there is no doubt that the young Queen's favourite colour is white, and after that green. At the service held in The Hague to celebrate her eighteenth birthday she wore a very pretty dress of bronze-green silk, with a toque to match. Your lady readers will be interested to learn that all her hats are toque shape, and most charm- ingly pretty. They are mostly made by a famous firm in Amsterdam, which enjoys the patronage of many of the Royal Sovereigns, and certainly I have seen nothing so light, graceful, and pretty in the various trosseaux of many young English Princesses that I have seen. They are mostly the same shape- round, witli flat crowns-and mostly in white. One which would have ravished the heart of any young girl was white silk net, embroidered with small pearls, and trimmed all round with most delicate white feathers put on very lightly. In front a soft upstanding white aigrette was lightly arranged, the whole effect being most original and effective. I Another very similar little toque was beautifully embroidered in silver, all of which silver work was executed in a famous Paris workro,oni. Another most captivating little chapeau, intended for receptions, was entirely made of tiny and most lively little white flov ers, of which the crown consisted. At each side of the hat were poufs of pale blue mous- seline de soie, and in front a large aigrette in the same tender shade of blue. With this hat will be worn a charming white jacket of em- broidered velvet, trimmed all round with a broad border of soft white feathers, and having large revers of white silk. A most elegant hat, made by the same firm for Queen Emma, was also shown me. It was composed of the palest mauve net, with a deep lace edging of the same tint, fashioned into a toque of a rather larger kind than that worn by the young Queen. Feneath the lace there showed a wreath of lilac feathers of a still paler shade. I was struck by the very small quantity of ribbon used :n all this millinery, and by the lavish use that is made of the gossamer em- broidered net and the soft, delicate feathers, which are hardly at all used in English milli- nery, but which are most popular in Paris fashions of the &mart order.
THE POWER OF IMAGINA.TION.
THE POWER OF IMAGINA- TION. An amusing story is reported from a town on the coast of England. For many years half a dozen devout oid ladies have been in the habit of going, in fine weather or in foul, to the early morning service in the cold minster. It was decided to warm the church, and the old ladies with one voice protested against it. "We shall be suffocated," they declared, "we shall be carried out fainting." One morning when they arrived for their devotions they found half a dozen stoves set up in various rooks and corners of the cathedral. In the course of the service three of the ladies fainted. "We know how it would be, they afterwards said to the dean. But the dean confounded them by saying that the new 6toves had not been lighted.
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CADBFRTTS COCOA is absolutely pure, being entirely free from kola, malt, hops, alkali, or any foreign admixture. Caution! The public should insist on having CADBURY'S—sold only in Packefb and Tins-aB other Cocoas are often •ubatitniad for the sake of extra profit. e3435-4 I
UNCLE JOE'S BOLL OF HONO'U.
UNCLE JOE'S BOLL OF HONO'U. Prize-winners. The following have received awards of money Prize-winners. The following have received awards of money or books for merit in the various competi- tions:— Pasooe Howells, 3, Southey-street, Cardiff. Prominent Men Puzzle. William Catleugh, 23, Constellation-street, Cardiff. Welsh Towns Puzzle. R. O. Williams, 30, Wordsworth-avenne, Car- diff. Puzzle Pictures. Ada. Melsom, 20, Atlas-place, Cardiff. Half first prize for essay, "How I Spent Easter." Clara Thomaa, Llantrisant-street, Cardiff. Ditto. Walter Jenkins, 60, Llandaff-road, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. Ted James, Porthcawl. Third Prize ditto. F. H. Lewis, Penypeel-road, Cardiff. Drawing competition, first prize. W. Gregory, 7, Treherbert-street, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. Walter Jenkins. Llandaff-road. Sub-editor Essay. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. First prize for original tale. Ada Melsom. Atlas-place, Cardiff. Second prize ditto. S. Edward, High-street, Haverfordwest. Third prize ditto. Agnes Walker, 15, Egerton-street, Cardiff. Puzzle Pictures. Harry White, Llanfair-road, Cardiff. Geo- graphy Puzzle. Lizzie Furtwangler, 99, Clare-road, Cardiff. Funny Faces Puzzle. Ted James, Porthcawl. Residence Essay First Prize. W. Angove, Penarth. Ditto, Second Prize. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. Ditto, T- rd Prize. Charles Evans, Neyland. Ditto, Fourth Prize. A. Blain, 10, Marlborough-terrace, Cardiff. Portraft Competition First Prize. Mostyn Williams, Blackweir House. Ditto Second Prize. Jack Thomas, Bazaar, Pentre. Handwriting Competition. Boys' Prize. Beatrice Day, Freehold, Llandaff. Ditto Girls' Prize. Harry White, Llanfair-road, Cardiff. Boys' Poetry Prize. Beatrice Day, Freehold, Llandaff. Girls' Poetry Prize. Dorothy Butson, 48, Baglan-street, Treherbert. Girls' Prize Favourite Books. H Sherman, 41, Eldon-road, Cardiff. One- half Boys' Prize Favourite Books. Charles Pelley, Colum-road, Cardiff. One-half Boys' Prize Favourite Books. Charles G. Evans, Bradford House, Neyland. Boys' Name Prize. Emma Lake, Scott-street, Cardiff. Girls' Names Prize. Annie Phillips, The Stores, Llanishen. Nose- gay Price (divided). Rosie Williams, 1, Wyndham-terrace, Llanishen. Nosegay Prize (divided). Gwennie Griffiths, 4, Letty-street, Cardiff. Nose* gay prize (divided). I
Our Helpers
Our Helpers The following ha.ve rendered Uncle Joe valued assistance, and ha.ve received awards of books. I Uncle Joe reserves to himself the right of pre- senting a book to any child who does his (or her> best to forward the interests of the Club: Allen, S. A., Pendoylan-street, Cardiff. Aherne, David, 18, Garth-street, Cardiff. Barry, John, 24, Buzzard-street. Cardiff. Brind, Richard, 20, Little Frederick-st., Cardiff. Barrett, Annie, Havelock-street, Cardiff. Brown, C. G., Gileston-road, Cardiff. Brown, EdWin, 66, Craddock-street, Cardiff. Burns, Maggie, 2, Roland-street, Cardiff. Coopey, William, 22. Sandon-place, Cardiff. Connolly John, 8, Taff-street, Cardiff. Collins, Kate, 23, Little Frederick-street, Cardiff. Clements, Maggie, 3, Roland-street, Cardiff. Colbert, Michael, 16, Sandon-place, Cardiff. Donovan, Mary, 1, Roland-street, Cardiff. Donovan, Kate, 1, Roland-street, Cardiff. Evans, Gertie, 43, Havelock-street, Cardiff. Evans, Richard, 13, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. Gleeson, Esther, 31, Millicent-street, Cardiff. Hurley, Denis, 12, Sandon-place, Cardiff. Hurly, Gracie, 41, Adam-street, Cardiff. Leary, Maggie, North William-street. Cardiff. Leary, Mary, North William-street, Cardiff. Lloyd, J., 74, Craddock-street, Cardiff. Lake, Emma, 22, Scott-street, Cardiff. Lake, Ethel, 22, Scott-street, Cardiff. Lovering, William, 173, Eldon-road, Cardiff. M'Carthy, Richard, 5, North William-st., Cdff Morgan, Alice, 44. Adelaide-street, Cardiff. Manfield, Annie, 37, Wood-street, Cardiff. Murray, Minnie, 9, Buzzard-street, Cardiff. Murphy, Mary, 12, Roland-street, Cardiff. Norman, Harry, Severn-road, Cardiff. O'Brien, Maggie, 8, Roland-street, Cardiff. O'Brien, Lizzie, 23, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. Osmond Winifred, 16, Windsor-road, Cardiff. Pearce, M., 1, Little Frederick-street, Cardiff. Powell, John, 4, Davis-street, Cardiff. Phillips, Annie, The -Stores, Llanishen. Perkins, Richard. 17, Tredegar-street, Cardiff. Redford, John. Ruperra-street, Cardiff. Regan, Maggie, 5, Roland-street, Cardiff. Rhodes, B., 33, Great Frederick-street, Cardiff. Ring, Mary Ellen, 23, Humphrey-street, Cardiff. Rourke, Theresa, 4, David-street, Cardiff. Sullivan, Mary, 40, Mary Ann-street, Cardiff. Smith, Jeremiah, 40, Davis-street, Cardiff. Simmonds, Florrie, Wood-street, Cardiff. Williams, John, Morel-street, Barry Dock.
Milestone Prize-winners.
Milestone Prize-winners. The following members represent Milestones on the way, and have received awards of books:— Charles Godfree, 13, Church-street, Cardiff. First member of the Club. F. David, Windsor-road, Cardiff. Thousandth member. W. Tanner, Wood-street, Cardiff. One thou- sand five hundredth member. W. Blackmore, Glamorgan-street, Cardiff. Two thousandth member.
INGENIOUS ESCAPES.
INGENIOUS ESCAPES. A collection of these "happy thoughts put in action" would make interesting reading, and after a perusal of it one might well feel inclined to question the accuracy of Carlyle's oft-quoted axiom as to the preponderance of fools, and admit that there is a good deal of ingenuity in the world after all. Take, for example, the case of Thrasyllus the sooth- ayer, whom Tiberius was about to condemn to death. Previously to ordering him to be thrown into Lhe sea the Emperor inquired of th3 sage if he could foretell the date of his own death. "Threa days exactly before CiEsar's," was the reply, and for the rest of his life Thrasyllus was the special object of the Emperor's anxious care. Louis XI. of France received a similar reply, which Scott has made effective use of in "Quentin Durward." Richard of Normandy when a boy was rescued out of the clutches of his overlord of France by his attendants enveloping him in straw and carry- ing him out as a bundle of horse forage, while the escape of the Empress Matilda from Lud- gershall was effected by means of a much grimmer expedient. She was swathed as a cortse and put into a coffin, which was borne out of the fortress cn the shoulders of four of her servants. The hairbreadth escapes of Charles the Second and the disguises and shifts to which he was forced are familiar to most; whil's no reference to royal escapes can be made without mention of the adroit xus? of Edward, afterwards Edward the First, when, on the pretext of trying the "mounts" of his attendants, he so thoroughly exhausted them that. th.y were in no case to follow his own fresh steed when he rode off in good earnest. Undeniably clever, too, was the ruse by which Archibald Douglas obtained his freedom after Poictiers. Among his fellow-captives was Sir William Ramsay, who saw with dismay the peril in which a life of so great importance to Scotland was placed, and a brilliant idea occurred to him. Striding up to Douglas with every appearance cf indignant anger, he be- gan to cuff him soundly. "How comes it, varlit, that you are wearing your master's armour. Perchance you have murdered him and left his body on the field." Asked what he meant by behaving in this way to a noble- man of rank, Ramsay burst into scornful laughter. "Nobleman, indeed! a scoundrelly lacquey who somehow has got his master's a'rmour. I know the rascal. Forty shillings is enough ransom for him. Off you go, sirrah, and search for your master's body." And Douglas, with all the crestfallen air of a de- tected impostor, slunk off—to freedom. The "affairs of the '15 and '45" were produc- tive of several ingenious escapes. Maxwell, the Earl of Nithsdale, owed his to the heroism of hii countess, Winifred, who, having obtained permission to visit him, made him dress in her I I clothes, and thus pass unsuspected out of the prison. Hepburn of Keith had managed to made his escape from Newgate, but, ignorant of I London, would inevitably have been re-captured but for the happy thought of his wife, who, j knowing of his escape, had plac-ad in the win- dow of her lodgings the Hepburn cup, the old heirloom of the family, trusting—as fell out- that he would recognise it. Mr. Ratcliffe, more fortunate than his ill-fated brother. Lord Der- wentwater, escaped with an ease which spoke little for the vigilance of his guards-or, per- haps, a. good deal for the Jacobite sympathies of the governor. Chapmen were allowed to ply their trade within the precincts of New- gate, and Ratcliffe one day stopped to bargain with a vendor of walking-sticks—presumably a well-wisher to the cause. Continuing his dis- cussion he simply walked out of the gates, the obliging chapman answering the challenge of the warders that "he wasn't a prisoner." Still more remarkable, and suggesting reminiscences of the Three Musketeers, was the "evasion" of General Forster after Preston Pans. He was lodged in the keeper's house and enjoyed the indulgences usual to prisoners of position. One day he was drinking wine with the governor, and requested permission to send for a bottle of his own, on which he wanted the gover- nor's opinion, and this being granted, he sent his own servant to fetch it. The latter, by an ingenious perversion of his instructions, in- duced the governor's butler's to go to the i cellar for it, and promptly locked him in. Foster, in the meantime, pretending to be angry at his man's slowness, declared he would fetch the bottle himself, And left the room for the purpose, The trusty servant was outside r with a key prepared for the occasion; the door was shut and locked on the unsuspecting governor; and the famous Jacobite quietly took his departure. Similar to the case of Lord Nithsdale, inas- much as their escapes, like his. were due to the devotion of their wives, are those of Lava- lette and Le Fort. The former, a Bonapar- tist was condemned to death, and the eve of his execution arrived. His wife obtained leave for herself and daughter with an attendant to visit him and partake of the last sad meal together, and arrived in a sedan chair, mufflec up as became an invalid. In due time the gaolers saw the three women depart weeping bitterly, Mdme. Lavalette in particular being overcome with grief, and her face hidden in the handkerchief which received her tears. But when later on the warder visited the cell and called the prisoner, it was a woman's voice that answered him. and a woman who tried with her puny strength to delay his giving the alarm. Lavalette made good his escape, much to the annoyance of the King, who remarked that no one seemed to have done his duty except Mdme. Lavalette. Le Fort's wife put on two suits of clothes when she visited him and dressed him in one. Not till the following day was the escape discovered, and the appalled gaoler exclaimed to the triumphant. wifo, "Unhappy wretch! What have you done?" "My duty," was the fearless reply, "do yours." By no means confined to actual escapes are the recorded expedients which are memorable for their cleverness. Some, such as the Eastern stories of snatchinz food from an enemy's plate, thus invoking the sacred law of hospi- tality, have become part of the stock-in-trade of writers of iicticn. Similar to these is the story, varying in minor particulars according to locality, of the condemned man who craved a respite till a certain clock, or hour-glass, should indicate ench a time, and who, on the required assurance being given, sprang from his place and dashed tha timepieco to frag- ments, thus ensuring its never reaching the fatal moment. Less familiar, prliaps, is the ruse adopted by a man who was taken prisoner by some Red Indians. Escape was im- possible; torturo of inconceivable, hideousness was his inevitable fate, and then-death. Facing his captors with serene contempt, he laughed their threats to scorn. "You cannot hurt me." he said, "I have hero an ointment which will make any skin hard enough to blunt your keenest weapons. It might be worth your while to learn the cecret?" Tha bait took, and the savages desired him to show it them. With a smile of confidence ho anointed his throat and neck with the imaginary ointment. "Now," said he, "strike your hardest; you are powerless to hurt me." A warrior aimed a heavy blow with his axe at the out-stretched throat, and the man fell I dead; he had escaped the awful tortures.
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