EMPEROR WILLIAM I. AND AIME. 
A IME was only a little cur, of no breed whatever, 
but most affectionately true, and beloved of the 
two ladies who had brought her with them for change 
of air from Karslruhe to Baden-Baden, says Our Dumb 
Animals. In the beautiful Liehtenthaler Allee she de¬ 
lighted to frisk about while her mistresses sat busy 
with their knitting, and there it was that one morn¬ 
ing she made the acquaintance of the great and 
good old German Emperor, William I., who, after 
drinking the waters, was enjoying a short stroll be¬ 
neath the trees. She bounded forward immediately 
upon perceiving the royal presence, for she was of a 
remarkably discerning nature, and, with the ball of 
worsted in her mouth, which one of the ladies had 
allowed inadvertently to fall to the ground, she leaped 
upon him, and in her excitement somehow managed 
to untwine the same and twist the threads of wool 
round the legs of his imperial majesty. 
The ladies were naturally in great consternation, 
but to their relief the Emper jr speedily released him¬ 
self, exclaiming at the same time, “So, my little ras¬ 
cal, you wish to ensnare me, do you ? Wicked little 
rascal, you.” 
But from that time, whenever he met her, the dog 
was always noticed and caressed by the Emperor, and 
later on he was the means of saving her humble little 
life. 
It happened one afternoon that some young fellows, 
calling themselves gentlemen—there were English 
among them—got possession of little Aim6, who in her 
innocence was ready to make friends, and these brutes, 
for the pleasure of seeing her drown, threw her into 
the river Cos, and amused themselves by pelting her 
with stones each time she tried to place a foot upon 
the shore. A brave little dog, she strove hard for 
dear life, in spite of the hopelessness of it. But help 
was at hand, and to the surprise and no less dismay of 
her cowardly persecutors, from a most unexpected 
quarter it came. Suddenly her piteous cries attracted 
the notice of the emperor, who happened at that 
moment to be crossing the bridge a little higher up. 
Quickly he appeared upon the scene, and the young 
men fell back abashed. Their obsequious salutes he 
did not acknowledge, but glancing at them with 
withering scorn, made his way to the water’s edge 
and called the little dog by name, and as almost ex¬ 
hausted now she crawled forth, he lifted her up— 
dripping wet—into his arms, while she nestled close 
to him, trembling in every limb. 
“My poor little friend,” the emperor exclaimed, 
“ what would they do to you ? But you are quite safe 
now, my poor little friend.” 
Then, again in contemptuous silence, his imperial 
majesty passed the group of crestfallen young men, 
and gave the shivering little Ainu' 1 to the ladies, who 
by this time had heard of her peril, and had rushed off 
to her rescue. 
COMMON-SENSE TREATMENT OF MEASLES. 
T HE following are the essential points in treating 
this common disease of childhood, as given by 
a bright woman doctor in the Recorder : 
The ordinary symptoms of measles are chilliness, 
followed by a mild fever, headache and muscular sore¬ 
ness. Ordinarily about 10 days elapse between the 
time the child is exposed and the appearance of the 
disease. It appears gradually. The child complains 
of being cold and follows his mother around and cries. 
Then his face and hands become hot and flushed, and 
he has a slight fever, with symptoms of a bad cold in 
the head. The eyes become inflamed and sensitive to 
the light. The catarrhal inflammation of the throat 
makes swallowing painful, though the sore throat of 
meas’es is not so marked as that of scarlet fever. 
These catarrhal symptoms, however, are the ones to 
be most looked out for, because they most frequently 
lead to more serious complications. 
There is no disease of childhood that requires more 
careful nursing. In a majority of cases no medicine is 
needed if proper care in other ways is given. When the 
child first shows symptoms of the disease give him a 
thorough scrubbing in a hot plunge bath. Give him a 
drink of something hot; lemonade or ginger tea will 
do. Then put him to bed in a warm room. The room 
must be darkened because of the inflammation of the 
eyes. Don’t make the mistake of interpreting a warm 
room to mean a hot unventilated room. Good air and 
cleanliness are the two necessaries to a cure. 
Sometimes measles is complicated by the appearance 
of bronchitis and pneumonia. This is indicated by in¬ 
creased temperature, laborious breathing, and cough¬ 
ing. This is usually due to some exposure in the 
earlier stages, and is dangerous. Most of the deaths 
ascribed to measles are due to this complication. If 
it’s an ordinary case of measles, the patient will prob¬ 
ably be all right in three weeks at the most, if these 
general rules are followed. If you think it isn’t an 
ordinary case, send for the doctor. 
TWO DAINTY GIFTS. 
A FOLDING WORK STAND.—Fig. 2G3 illustrates 
this dainty and at the same time useful ad¬ 
junct to milady’s boudoir. Being so light, it is easily 
carried to any favorite nook, and, when folded, occu¬ 
pies but little space. This stand is made of bamboo 
sticks, 30 inches long, securely joined at the proper 
angle by means of fine brass wire. With a gimlet, 
holes are punctured through one reed, the wire in¬ 
serted, and its ends twisted firmly about the other 
reed. The cross braces, one foot long, are similarly 
fastened. The basket requires a piece of China silk, 
or French satine, 24 inches square, lined with a con¬ 
trasting shade of plain silk. The four sides are shirred 
A Folding Work Stand. Fig. 263. 
on a tape, drawing each up to half its length. A 
heading of an inch forms a finishing ruffle. Each cor¬ 
ner of the pocket is tacked to the support with fancy 
brass tacks. The place of joining is concealed by full 
double rosettes. This idea carried out in white and 
gold makes a beautiful bridal gift. For this, gild the 
reeds, and make the pocket of white satin-brocade, 
that is, a white satin ground with yellow silk figures. 
Line with plain white China silk, and decorate the 
support with full bows of white and yellow No 9 satin 
ribbon. 
Tiie Latest in Neckwear —Collarettes and flaring 
effects about the face are much in vogue. The Cupid’s 
collar, illustrated at Fig. 264, takes the place of the 
Elizabethan ruffle, and is softer, brighter and more 
serviceable. It consists of eight full bows of No. 9 
The Latest in Neckwear. Fig. 264. 
satin ribbon, sewed to a band of the same, with long 
ends for tying either at the side, back or the throat. 
The most effective colors are extreme tints of a single 
hue—blush pink with deep red, pale blue with navy, 
yellow with brown, heliotrope with royal purp'e, or 
sea-foam green with deep hunters. It is also made of 
full rosettes of baby ribbon. In this case many shades 
blending into each other are used. This arrangement 
of color results in a charming rainbow effect, suggest¬ 
ive of the Loie Fuller craze. 
A French “ Frivol” is after the same style. It is a 
large flat bow to wear at the left and below the neck. 
Three-quarters of a yard each of shrimp pink, robin’s- 
egg blue and garnet, No. 16 satin ribbon is required. 
Cut into loops and pointed ends, which are arranged 
into a large flat bow sewed to a crinoline foundation, 
by which it is pinned to the dress, anna hinrichs. 
FARMERS’ UNIFORMS: RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. 
T HE uniform for farmers proposed by The R. N._ 
Y. is practical with the exception of the jumper, 
which would be worn only in cool days. During the 
hottest weather, farmers are given to casting off all 
surplus clothing until, with a well-worn shirt and a pair 
of loose-fitting overalls they might almost be mistaken 
for modern bicyclists, or member of the “ ’Varsity” 
crew. One of these farmer boys asserts, with a comic 
air, when remonstrated with on the scarcity of his 
clothing, that he “ ain’t no dude,” yet he privately 
admits that a farmer need not look like a clown unless 
he chooses; for with a pair of cotton trousers, a clean 
outing shirt, and a decent straw hat, he may have a 
trim appearance even on the warmest days. Denim 
would be all right if made properly, but overalls 
which are made to slip on over the trousers have a 
slip shod air when worn without, and if a button ac¬ 
cidentally gives way we may well tremble for the con¬ 
sequences. 
Farmers, the world over, are too negligent of their 
appearance while at work, and many of them appear 
to take special delight in looking as ridiculous as pos¬ 
sible. They seem to consider it one of their privileges, 
and a proof of their independence. One old farmer, 
now passed away, who built an elegant mansion in one 
of our country towns, near by the railroad station, 
made it a point to saunter down to the station at 
train times in his regimentals on purpose to reply to 
the queries of the passengers as to whose residence 
that was, that it belonged to him. He enjoyed their 
looks of surprise as much as another farmer who 
entered one of the large establishments of one of our 
large cities, clad in overalls, and inquired of the clerk 
in waiting for something suitable for an everyday 
dress for his wife. The clerk loftily threw down some 
prints and cheap worsteds and was quite discomfited 
when the old farmer called for black silk. Moral: 
Never judge a farmer by his clothes. 
It seems that rural free mail delivery doe - ! not pay 
and the experiment is to be discontinued. Did the 
United States Government expect that farmers were 
never going to leave their homes, or that they were 
going to spend all their spare time writing letters so 
as to make the experiment profitable to the govern¬ 
ment ? No, the farmers have been making things 
profitable for the government too long already, and 
now they want a share of the profits for themselves. 
It would be only the square thing if the government 
finds it too expensive, to skip those hundreds of thou¬ 
sands of people in the big cities who pay no taxes and 
who are certainly not heavy users of the mails, and 
give those who pay for such privileges a few of them. 
To be sure, farmers may like to drive into town occa¬ 
sionally on pleasant days, but when it storms, or the 
going is bad, they are just as tired as city people, 
and would like their mail brought to their doors. 
The farmer who goes after the mail but once a week 
is an exception nowadays, and he probably does not 
help the government or State very much in any way. 
Of course, farmers are all ready for the reduction of 
postage, though they may still demand free rural 
delivery of mails. Alice e. pinney. 
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