mi ? The first "71 By Francis St I w;;, strictly speaking, the second "Fourth;" but, ns only ft few people knew, on the .first "Fourth." tlint anything had Itnppened I Wormy t ceiourntion, mis ruutiu 'i July. 1777, whs really the flrst-as we look upon the flay. Old Clnus Tynrout was the founder of n 'arming village on the bunks of the Hudson lllver, near rooghkeepsie, In New York. He was ulso the chief man living there, and was called the I'ntrooif. All the land round about was his anil made hlra very rich; he was snld to have lent large sums of money to the Continental Congress. He had begun to plan the village in the spring of 1774. not long after there had come exciting news from Boston. This news was of a band of Indians, who. not knowing much of the proper making of tea. had tried one evening to steep some of It In the cold water of Boston Harbor. Old Clnus. being an ardent patriot (ns mnny of the Dutch were. In spite of the stories told of their easy-goln? ways), was greatly pleased. When It came to choosing a nnm. for the new village be settled on "Teawyk." "The 'Tea, " be declared, "keeps one In mind of America's struggle for fair piny, while the 'wyk' is Dutch. And there can bo no better combination than American and Dutch!" One of the first people to get In Tea wyk on tne morning of July 4tb, 1777, was Hans Pynrout, the orphan grand son of the Patroon. Before the sun had risen he was up and dressed: he had Important plans for the day. Only stopping to get a bite of some thing to eat. he went outdoors and along the village street till he came to the home of his friend, Ephrnim Kid der. There he stopped and threw , Y bag mm 11 I The Old StateWuse fMWyj' Built In 1713. The rampant Hon and unicorn of England still adorn the gable overhead. some pebbles up at a bedroom win dow. "Dress and come down," he said, when Ephraim came to the wlrdow. "Last night grandfather gave me a whole pound, twenty silver shillings, to spend to-dny; nnd I want to go over lo Pcughkecpsie to buy some powder; I've thought of something to do. Y'ou know it's Jiut a year ago since the In dependence was declared; and grand father says that to-day we ought to show our Joy." Iu a few minutes Ephraim was ready and had Joined Hans. "We can take the path through the woods to Ponglikeopsle," he said; "that way It's only four miles." As they went on through the village they picked up some other boys; there vtre Anthony Ilnunlacr and Caleb Holt, and several more. In a little while they left the road, and turned Into the woods, following an old path, Hans unfolded his plans. "I think it would be a good Idea to have a sham battle," he suld. "I've seen the soldiers do that in New York. Weil have a fight between the Ameri cans nnd the English. Weil get what muskets we can in the village, and load them with the powder we going for now I've got plenty of money to buy it with. In the battle I'll be Gen eral Washington." Just then tba boys were startled by i loud noise that resounded through UJe woods. It was cot far away. They moved stealthily nearer, and :hls is what they saw: a boy beating i drum was sitting on the branch of in everereen about eight feet from the ground; at the foot of tho tree was an old bear with two cubs. As a rule bears with cubs are quick-tera-jered toward intruders; 'ut this one teemed so amazed at the sound of the Irum that she hesitated about cllmb aig the evergreen. The boy was evl leutly greatly frlghteued, and pound d on the drum with desperate vigor; he waa dressed In the uniform of a Hessian grenadier. While the American boys crouched Jiere, peering through the bushes, one f them snapped a twig nnder bis foot liie old bear tamed and saw them; fearing mischief to the cubs, she gave I peculiar whine, and to tne boa re- TaurlfiT Mr i. v.;,i erne Palmer. lief, trotted off, tne Tittle ones toiiow Ing. Hans and the others stepped from the bushes anil walked up to the evergreen. It was clear that the Hessian lad was relieved at see ing the bear go; but ho seemed to dis trust the new nrrivnis. "Come down from that tree!" com manded Hans, speaking In a severe voice. Wlien the boy stood on the ground, they saw he was pale and thin in spite of his brave, wrrllke clothes. "Who are you? and what are you doing here?" Hans went on. "1 am Fritz S.iiion. I'm lost, and I want to get to Now York. That bear came toward me, and I climbed a tree: I thought he was coming up after me." "Are you a deserter, or are you a spy?" asked Hans, sternly. "I'm not either." said Frits Schlon, with spirit. "There was a skirmish, and I was left behind: that's how I tappen to be lost." He spoke fairly rood English, but with a German ac cent. "Well, you're our prisoner now," snld Hans. "Come with us." They went back to the path and kept on toward I'oughkeepsle. "He'll do splendidly In the sham battle," whispered Hans to Ephraim. "Now, we'll have real Hes sian music." As they were marching along. Fritz abruptly halted, planted himself on the path as If he meant to go no fur hter. "What are you stopping for?" asked Hans "I won't go with you." said Fritz. "You may kill me first." "Why won't you gc?" said Anthony Haanlnor. "We're not going to do any thing terrible to you. Fritz looked at the boys' faces and evidently took heart to speak out "I'll tell you why," ho said, after a moment "Because my father is back there in the woods at a little camp we made. Four days ago he and I and other soldiers were sent up the river in boat! to f irage. When we landed there was a skirmish, and my father was shot in the foot. It was In the woods, and while I was bandaging his wound, the other soldiers w?nt off and left us. Since then wj vc been hiding. All we've had to eat Is a rabbit he shut; and now he's weak for wai of food, ns Well as wounded." "Here's a bun that I had in my pock et; take It and eat It" said Anthcuiy, who was a fat boy with a constant d-nd of being hungiy. The others felt the same sympathy which Anthony had expressed in such a practical way. Hans voiced the gen eral feeling when he said, "Take us to where you left your father. Weil help him back to Teawyk, where he'll be properly cared for." Fritz saw that this was the only thing for him to do. "Very well," lie said; "we surrender to you as prisoners of war." They turned and went back some distance on the path; than Fritz led them into the thick woods. Suddenly a man started up from the bushes in front of them. He held a gun In his hands, and called out to the boys to surrender or he would shoot Ills un iform and stern looks and threatening words made hlra seem a formidable person to the boys, and they halted, not knowing what to say. Fritz came to the rescue. "Walt, father," he said. "I've al ready surrendered for both of us." Tho Hessian dropped the stock of his musket to the ground. "Well, Fritz is in command, now that I'm on the sick list; and if he has surrendered, why, we're prisoners that's all. Here are our arms," and he offered the gun to linns. When he move! they saw that he limped badly, and that one foot was done up In a rough bandage. The boys held a consultation, and It was decided to return at once to Tea wyk. The grenadier put one hand on Fritz's shoulder and one on Ephraim's, and so got along pretty well aa they walked back to the Tillage. Going to the Pynrout house, they found the old Patroon at breakfag. Be cam ot and talked with the wott;;ded man, who snld he was Karl Schlon, a sergeant of Hessian grenadiers. The prisoners were taken int the house to have something to eat, and Hans went with them. He premised to meet tin? other boys after brenkfnst and go for the powder and arrange about tin? sham battle. It was now so Into that the battle could not eoine off before after noon. At first Fritz was too i..:ngry to find time for .words, but after a few minutes he talked with Hans, who hnd taken a seat beside him at the table. "I'm tired of being a soldier here In America where I don't care who wins," "Leave the army and settle In Tea wyk, and be Americans." snld Hans. "That's Impossible. We are soldiers my father and I and we won't de sert If we could pay our colonel he might discharge us; but we have no money." "How much would you need?" "Much more than we have; one saves nothing from the pay, It's so small. Yet, after all, we would not n:ed so very much; for father's wound Is so bad that I do not think he could ever be a soldier again, and I am only a drummer. I believe the colonel would discharge us If ho was paid twenty-five thalors thnt's about four pounds, English monov." "Are you sure your father and mother would like to settle here la America ?" "Quite sure." answered Fritz. Soon afterward Hans met L'phralm Kidder and the other- as he had prom ised. He told them of bis talk with Fritz Sehlon. "I spoke to grandfather and told him I would like to raise that money, and that I know you boys would help. You know what trouble he bns with the farm work, now that so mnny men are going ofT to Join the nrmy. Well, Le said there Is a lot of hay out In the fields, and he's afraid It will be dam aged by rain; and he offered If we boys will go to work and put that hay Into stacks, to pny us three pounds. Of course, that's t.ore than he would give if he didD't know what we were going to do with the -loney." Anthony and some of the others could not help looking sorry when thej heard that the sham battle was given up. But that did not last long, and they soon hurried off to get as many recruits as possible to help In the now .-'heme. By ten o'clock twenty boys wero at work in the hayfleld. It seemed more liko play than work, for they had made themselves into a company of soldiers for the day, with Hans Pynrout as captain, and with two lieutenants They marched against the windrows of bay as if they wero ranks of hos tile troops, and captured them nnd tossed them upon the stacks as If each stack was a prison. In tho meantime, Fritz who did not look strong enough to take a more active part was perch ed on top of a haystack, pounding on his drum to encourage these soldiers that were striving for his and his father's liberty. The mothers nnd sisters of the boyi came and looked on, and at noon, that there might be no delay, they brought baskets of lunch and cool drinks tor the workers. Some of the men, who had intended to take a holiday, got so Interested that they turned in and helped, and really a great deal of work was done, Claus Pynrout the old Pa troon, who was there looking on, wear ing his best gold-laced cocked hat in honor of the day, declared that he was contributing nothing, since more than three pounds' worth of work was be ing done. Altogether It was an occa sion long to be remembered in Tea wyk. Tho next day Carl Sehlor. was given the four pounds with which to buy his and Fritz's discharge, and his wound having been carefully dressed by the village surgeon, he was sent down the Hudson IUver In a sailboat to New York. A few days later he returned, his mission accomplished. With hlra was a smiling woman, who wept with Joy as she saw Fritz come running to the bank to meet her. The Inde pendent Washington's account rendered to Congress of hit expenses as Commander-in-Chief waa about 174,480. H declined to receive any compensation for hi service. i lnuntyWhlte Cnnti. Jaunty little coats of white serge and of white Panama, made in reefei, sack or close-fitting form and strictly tail ored, are valuable additions to the girl's wardrobe, and a tailored linen coat of the same description is a desir able thing with thin morning frocks. The fnsiilotmble tailored coat has a coat sleeve of only moderate fulness and with no extreme features, but the dressy wraps show large picturesque draped sleeves, in most Instances vary ing but little from last season, or, ns Is the case with a majority of the full lit tle wraps, failing in with the body ful ness so ns to he hardly separable from the body of the coat. Newark Adver tiser. Foulards Again to Irore Foulards will be much worn Ttits year not the cheap grades which did much to kill the popularity of these silks last season, but an expensive and wholly charming quality called ra dium. It is difficult to distinguish this much-taiked-of radium silk from the old foulards, except in the matter of designs nnd n certain ppalescenr qual ity There Is no sign in the new silks of the old conventional scroll patterns always associated with this material. These have been superseded by tiny checks and pin line stripes, the latter scarcely more than their own width apart, so that the general appearance Is that of a solid color. All the best couturiers are making up their foulards and radiums very simply and softly. The skirts on the dressy gowns are in many attractive Instances laid In tiny stitched tucks, while at the bein a favorite ornamentation is waved Valenciennes frills set on with uarrow strappings of the silk. In dellca col orings, several of these radium frocks are serviceable additions to the sum mer trousseau. Indianapolis News. Lingerie WnUts. A waist "pattern" that is, the mntp rial in its proper sections, Is a very simple matter, though thoe who know nothing of the dressmaking may be at a loss to portion out the linen. The following wry elementary suggestions will make It possible for a novice to prepnre the pattern for the dressmak er. The waist requires three yards of linen one yard wide. Cut twenty-nine Inches for the front, twenty-two for the back breadths (one width makes the two backs), twenty-two inches for each sleeve. This leaves a piece from which can be cut a three-inch strip for the collar and two pieces nine by eleven nnd one-half inches for the deep cuffs. Care should be taken not to set the design on the front too high up; one docs not realize how much goes Into tho shoulder or how deep the nock must be cut out; an ample allowance must be made. On a hand-embroidered waist the tucking should be done by hand. A combination of machine tucks and hand embroidery Is never happy. Hemstitched tucks are pretty, as In our examples of the coarser linen waist, and the one with the peacock design. Harper's Weekly. KtiKllah Wedding Veils. The English have much sentiment about wedding veils, and that worn by Lady Shrewsbury, who at thirty-six was a grandmother, was also worn by her three daughters, Muriel Lady Helmsley, Lady Gwendolen Little and Lady Londonderry, and by two grand daughters, Mrs. Gervase Beckett and Lady Helen Satordale. The latter bride also had In her wedding boquet a bit of myrtle grown from a slip that in 1875 had formed a part of Lady Londonderry's bridal boquet, and which was planted Immediately after ward. Lady Lou-Helen was married In 1902, or twenty-seven years from the date of the planting of the original sprig. Tho Jerseys have an exquisite lace veil worn by the celebrated Surah Lady Jersey in 1804, and this. Just 100 years Inter, in 1904, adorned Lady Du sany, daughter of the present Lord and Lady Jersey. Tho Hon. Mrs. Benja min Bathurst wore a wedding veil that had also been worn by her grandmoth er, Lady Northwick, and her mother, ! Lady Edward Churchill. Miss Olive Van der Meulen, now Mrs. Thorold, wore at her wedding a lace veil for merly the property of former Queen Isabella of Spain. New York Times. The American Olrl. Marie Corelll has made another at tack upon the vulgarity of wealth and society In a series of essays Just print ed, which she calls "Fret Thoughts." She also has a few observations to make on the American woman. Miss Conill does not altogether admire the American women, but she holds that they are popular In England because they make themselves popular. Miss Corelll says: ' "As to the American girl, she Is 'all there.' She can take the measure of a i man in atxut ten minutes, and classify I him as though ho were a botanical specimen, Sho realizes all his limita tions, his fads and she has the uncom monly good sense not to expect much of him. She would not 'take any' on th Illy maid of Astolat, the Fair Elaine, who spent her time in polishing the shield of Lancelot, and who finally died ot love for thut most immoral but fnsclnntins knight of the round table. No, sho wouldn't polish a shield, you bet. She would make Lancelot polish it himself for all he was worth, and polish her own dear little boots and shoes for her Into the bargain. That is one of the secrets masterfulness or, let us say, queenllness, which sound better. Tho lord of creation can do nothing lu the way of ordering her nbout, because, as the lady of creation, she expects to order him about and she does." London Correspondence Globe-Democrat. Well I)Md Woman. f ockets being as lunccetwible as ever, every well dressed woman carries a baud bag a reticule, or, as It is here called, a ridicule, These useful little articles are to be bad In all kinds of material, frjm gold and silver to leather or silk. Some quaint hand baft are made in cut steel or Jet, nnd In va rious brocades, the pattern Irting darned into the material with gold or sliver thread, nnd set with stones. The reticule has a long ancestry, being do scended from the little net carried by Kotnan ladies and called reticulum. .Mittens are to be much worn this year, and now that long sleeves have been ousted by long gloves, mittens will be acceptable. To many, and more especially to the possessors of pretty hands and costly rings, the mitten will be welcome, indeed. Few realize what a delicate ant) difficult task Is the con struction of the mitten, the fit of a mit ten being so Important, far more im portant even than the fit of a glove. Mittens will be made of the finest Ince, the costliest specimens being chosen. Imitations In every shape or form will be rigorously tabooed. In Jewelry tho most unlikely stones nre now used In conjunction. It is quite usual to see a sapphire framed lu rubles or evea a combination In ru bies nnd emeralds. In fact, stones of every possible color are now blended, and it is not an uncommon sight to see as many as four or five different stones in a single setting und with eharnilu" results. Children Should II are loon Clnthea. Children should never wear tight shoes, bnnds, collnrs, gnrters or gloves. Tight clothing Injures any part of the bod), but most especially the chest It prevents the proper expansion of the lungs and, while there are millions of air cells in our lungs, we need the use of every one of them to keep the blood pure. Pressure on muscles cripples or prevents their action and unused mus cles grow weak and atrophy, so that the act of respiration, which Is carried on by the chest muscles, grows more and more shallow. Tight clothing may cause compression of the ' soft bony chest wall of the child, thus mechan ically preventing the air from entering the lungs. The larger our lungs and the more we breathe, other things be ing equal, the longer we will live and the more power nnd vigor we will have. When we remember how the breathing affects the whole life It Is easy to understand how constriction of the chest always brings ill health. Constriction of the chest also Inter feres with the action of the stomach, heart and liver. A baby's waistband may be so tight that It cannot retain sufficient food on its stomach, and the mother wonders why It grows thinner and thinner. Tight clothes interfere with the cir culation of the blood, and equilibrium of the circulation is necessary to the proper development of the child. With reference to the equilibrium of the cir culation, the distribution of the cloth lug on the body is very important As a usual thing the parts of the body tho extremities needing tho most pro tection, receive the least, and the parts containing the vital organs, where the circulation is always active, are too heavily clothed. Babies especially are often found clothed In this manner. By using the one-piece garment, tho body can be more evenly clothed. The child's head should be protected from cold in winter and from the hot sun In summer, but children take cold easily if the head is kept too warm. Boston Trawller. Serge seems to be the favorite mate rial for tailor suits. Pink and blue combinations are rem iniscent of Watteau. Soft, supple cloth is in great favor for reception dresses. Shaded roses and shaded straw everything shaded, except feathers, is good. Short coats are being worn by all the smartest women, as a relief from the long Jacket. Brussels collar and cuff sets are com peting with Irish crochet they're about the same prices. Chemisettes are very popular with almost every sort of dress. The pret tiest are made of embroidered muslins. There Is quite a decided fancy at present for the princess gown, both, for afternoon gowns and for some of tho loveliest of the evening gowns. Hats nre all more or leas tip-tilted, and are perched on the head with on effect at coquetry that the flat hats of last summer could never achieve. For theatre wear, laco bodices and coats, and even dresses, are wonder fully popular. Irish point combined with sheer embroidery and with Va lenciennes lace, is made up over silk of the softest, palest shades. A new shado of green Is being re ceived enthusiastically by the Purl slennes called almond green. It 1 seen In a number of tints, from a very pale one to a dtep, rich shade, which comes out beautifully in cloth. Collar and cuff sets get more fascina ting and deeper every day. Blind and open embroidery, heavy und light laees, all play important parts In tholr making, and bits of exquisite Japan ese drawn work are introduced in sop of the prettiest. The Judgment of the Lord, Therfi is no end to the stories of Lor4 Young. A decision of jhe venerable judgo bad found its way on appeal to the House of Lords, aud was there up held. A fellow-bencher of the Middle Temple remarked to Lord Young: "I see thut Judgment of yours" (naming the case) "ha been affirmed by the House of Lords." "It may bo rlcht, for a' that," dryly replted the Judge, In hi broadest Doris. Westminster Gazette. The French Government employs 17,. US neoule lu its itute tobacco. actorlM il f3S M - -1 I :7 '":.;ii-- ?'' New York City. The fancy blonsetsal WnyiitMlemmul nnd each new one Is cer tain to find tt place. Illustrated below is n exceedingly attractive model, which is adapted both to the costume and to the odd waist and which is susceptible of variations, which make it practical ly two In one. As illustrated It Is made high at the nock, with long sleeves, but It can be made with slightly open square neck and elbow sleeves, as shown In the small view, so becoming adapted to evening wear. All tho pretty soft muslins of the season that shirr with such success are appropri ate, the design being suited to silk, to light weight wool, to net nnd to lace, but In the ense of the illustration It is made of fancy loulslne, trimmed with A LATE DESIGN tucking of plain silk nM banding of lace edged with narrower bands of silk and held by ornameutul buttons. Tho waist Is made over u smoothly fitted foundation, which serves to keep the shlrrlngs in place and Itsolf con sists of fronts and back. The lining Is closed at the centre front, tho waist In visibly at the left, the closing being effectually concealed by the fulness. Tho lines of the back are peculiarly desirable, the tucks being stitched with cortlcclll silk, from shoulder to waist line, so giving tapering lines to the figure, while the front )a soft and full, blouslng becomingly owr the wldo belt. The sleeves nre among the very latest and are shirred lengthwise at the cen tre, from the shoulders to tho upper edges, of tho cuffs, and are cut off at that point aud finished with the frills when made short. The quantity of material required for the. medium slzo is four and three fourth yards twenty-one, four nnd one half yards twenty-seven or three and one-eighth yards forty fo.ur Inches wldo, with even-eighth yard eighteen Inches wide, to trim as Illustrated. " The Shoee. About the only part of the costume that does not liavo to match is the shoes. Colored kid is not yet fashion able, although the colored put Is an old story. The new models iu shoes nre rather odd, and women with extra high insteps will find some difficulty iu being suited. The vamps of the new shoes seem to bo extraordinarily long. Extension soles are scon on many walk ing shoes, Qiid the swing sole, which came in a year ago, is on hand again, very much exaggerated. The Sailor H.t. The fashionable sailor has 4 flat brim and a wide crown. In oijle ni)d l the ribbon which enclrc.ieg the crown catche up with th4 im on 16). Vf the back, nnd is continued In a series of loops and bows In the under brim. Other models have the back brim cov ered with roses or other blossoms. Wreaths or rather collars of massed roses are used to trim the snilovs. One of this type was In natural straw, and had n collar of tiny yellow roses shad ing to pink. There was no foliage, but a green taffeta ribbon was wound In nnd out of the garland or roses. The same ribbon trimmed the tilted back brim in a series of bows. Tli In llntld. Fine, thin braids ure a marked char ncterlstlc of the season. The braids are made of horshalr or straw. Some time the two nre combined. For the benefit of women with lust year's hats of Tuscan braid, which can be re sewed, let It be said that that braid makes up some of the handsomest now models. Fine chip and Milan braid are also much used, aud coarse satin straws. Making Skirts. Several hints regarding the making of skirts wore announced by a com petent authority at a recent dressmnk ers' convention. This nuthorlty gives the following ndvlce: "Make your skirt of nnythlng, no mntter what. Cut it off so that It clears the street but don't make It too short. Now trim It with ruffles to make It look dressy. You will have a handsome skirt no matter what your material may be, taffeta, foulard, Japanese silk, voile or canvas." Shirt Wlt Cnl1et "Boater Brown," The blouse that can be worn either over or under the skirt mnkes one of the latest decrees of fashion and Is BY MAY MANTON. adapted to manj uses. This one in cludes wide tucks at the shoulders, and allows a choice of the rolled over or plain collar aud cuffs. I the case of tho model the material is white Madras, but all those that are in vogue for separate waists and shirt waist dresses are correct. Tho double box pleat effect at the front, given by the narrow tucks, is a feature, and the lines produced by tho wide tucks are pecullurlly desirable. ' The waist is made with fronts and back and Includes sleeves that are full nt both shoulders and wrists. At the waist is a shaped belt with pointed ends. The quantity ot material required for tho medium size is fout yards twenty one, three and one-hnlf yards twenty- seven or two and one-eighth ; ty-four Inches wide. yard for-
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