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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER 



May 



"The woman you, love, remember, and 

 ■whose happiness perhaps your pride 

 may wreck as well as your own, who 

 doubtless knows your heart's secret and 

 curses the miserable gold and cruel pride 

 that stands between your lives." 



' ' Isbel !" Errington sprang to her side, 

 caught her hands in his own. "My 

 darline, my love from the first 1 For- 

 give, if you can, worse than fool that I 

 have been. Ah, my poor Isbel!" 



For the girl burst into tears as he 

 locked her to his heart. The tension 

 must needs give way at last, brave girl 

 though she was. 



"Oh, why were you so cruel? Why 

 did you force me to — to — Oh, Eric!" 

 "My darling, forgive me! Because 

 I loved so much I feared your scornful 

 refusal. Why should you think me dif- 

 ferent from other wooers? And I never 

 dreamed of this happiness, dearest," he 

 said passionately "One word — tell me 

 you forgive your lover. ' ' 



"Eric, I love you," she whispered 

 and lifted her face for his kiss. 



What matter if some of the world did 

 say, when the marriage did take place, 

 that it was the money the painter had 

 sought? He cared not, and those who 

 knew him and his wife knew well it 

 was a love match entirely. The picture 

 — not a mere portrait — of beautiful Mrs. 

 Errington, when seen the next May at 

 the academy, made a sensation and sent 

 up the rising artist's name at once. 



"So, after all, you see, Eric," his 

 wife says, arch and tender in tone, ' 'you 

 will win the best in the end, fortune 

 and fame." 



"And the priceless treasure that 

 neither gold nor fame could buy," he 

 answers, smiling down on the dear face, 

 "my wife." — Folks at Home. 



Ancient and Modern Clothlns* 



Ancient wearing apparel was not cut 

 to fit, as is our modem clothing. Hav- 

 ing no definite shape of its own, it did 

 not disguise tlio wearer's figure, and the 

 grace and beauty of Greek drapery are 

 dependent almost entirely on the perfect 

 proportions of the figure beneath. The 

 tunic worn by both Greeks and Romans 

 was little, if at all, fitted to the wearer, 

 and, when uugirded, hung in folds all 

 round, while the toga was little more 

 than a sheet and was worn in all sorts 

 of ways accordine to the prevailing fash- 



ion. The Jews of old seem to have worn 

 breeches, but the rest of their clothing 

 seems to have been simply wrapped 

 round them, for it was difficult for 

 them to run or even walk fast without 

 first "girding up their loins." The 

 clothing of the northern races was prob- 

 ably always more of a fit than that of 

 the southern, for they used leather, 

 which does not lend itself to simple 

 draping, but our ancestors probably wore 

 an almost shapeless tunic belted at the 

 waist. Another striking difference is 

 found in the gradual monopoly by wom- 

 en of the ornamental element in dress. 

 Once masculine dross was by far the 

 most splendid, and woman, holding ^n 

 absolutely subordinate social position, 

 had to content herself with humbler at- 

 tire. As she has won her way to free- 

 dom and equality she has annexed, not 

 only the beautiful, but the extravagant 

 elements of costume and left man to 

 content himself with a condition of col- 

 orless utility. — Cincinnati Enquirer. 



Won't Find Him. 



"Buy your wheel from me, sir," said 

 an enterprising dealer to a prospective 

 customer, "and I will make you a pres- 

 ent of a cyclometer. ' ' 



"You are not the man I am looking 

 for," replied the shopper. "I am trying 

 to find a seller of cyclometers who will 

 throw in a bicycle." — Harper's Bazar. 



With Hi8 Yellow Jacket. 



Van Wither — The Chinese always 

 claim to have had every thing first, don't 

 they? 



Von Miner — Yes, and I have no 

 doubt Li Hung Chang says he is the 

 original yellow kid of modern journal- 

 ism. — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 



From statistics recently published it 

 appears that the dowries now given by 

 Frerjch parents on the marriage of their 

 children are becoming more slender. 

 French parents -are beginning to adopt 

 the system of giving children away in 

 marriage freely, without haggling over 

 financial considerations. 



There are now orders ahead in the 

 shops of Paris and London for all the 

 golden hair that can be purchased in 

 the next fivo years. 



