Ill HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS tlTTLK DEEDS OK KINDNKSS.J The little things which yon mny do r those about you will fall back i i'n your heart as the summer dews I .!' upon vlneyaris. What if !t Is i filing but a kind wor to a school l .'.v crying in the street? It dries his itjurs, and the aching heart grows light and glad again. Who knows What a cloud of darkness one kind .word may dispel? Wear a smile and taakes others happy. There is no Joy 80 great as that which springs from a kind act or a pleasant deed. Wom an's Life. ' THE REAL "NEW WOMAN." ' Women of the tuture may outdis tance men in many of the activities of life. As woman becomes better edu cated, that is, secures a better all round development, she improves both mind and body. She acquires natural and normal views, in contradistinction to the emptiness and folly of fashion that now possesses so many women. 6 he will enjoy better health than the average man, she '.v III be more careful about the kind of husband she selects, eo that succeeding generations will bo more virile ;n every respect. Add to all this, woman's superiority over man in her powers of intuition, and this type of "new woman" will be in deed a power in the land. More than ever will she be wife, mother, housekeeper feminine in the , best sense, yet with broadened views and enlarged capacities. U00C House keeping. WOMEN WHO TELL THEIR AGE. In Japan no woman is ashamed of tier age, but the tells it out in the ar rangement of her hair, so that all the world may know it. Between the ages of nine and liftecn girls wear their lialr interlaced with red crepe In a semicircle round the head, the forehead being left free, with a curl at each side. From fifteen till thirty the hair is worn high on the forehead, and gathered at the back in to a butterfly or fan shape, and is decorated at the back with silver cord and, perhaps, with colored balls. After the age of thirty women wear their tresses round a tortoise shell pin. Different styles of bairdressing, says Woman's Life, are affected by maidens, wives and widows, and a .glance will tell whether a widow in tends to remain faithful to the memory of her dead husband or whether she would like to marry again. THE MODERN SLEEVES. And now some feminine genius has seen the possibilities o'.' present-day sleeves. She has produced an inno vation which will app ?nl to every jwoman with Ideas. This is nothing less than an ad justable sleeve. The bodice is made sleeveless, finished on the shoulder With a baud or a frill, -nder which the separate sleeve, which full length, is fastened. It nred not be of the gown stuff, but must blend in color. Any light, flimsy fabric is accounted dressy, and some bodices have two or three sets of different style , sleeves made to wear with them. As everybody rfnows the sleeves make the dress, and by tlilo method a gown cannot only ije matte to appear several gowns, but it has its life pro longed indefinitely, for new sleeves, following the ever changing modes, can be made to bring it right up to date. Newark Advertiser. TITLED DECORATORS. As seems natural, many members of my sex are possessed of wonderful ca pacity when floral decoration Is con cerned and several hostesses of the day take pride and personal Interest in the adornment of their dinner and luncheon tables. And some of the most artistic results are often achieved at least cost, as, for instance, autumn foliage, heather,- red berries, and var iegated Ivy are ,not to be surpassed .where beauty is concerned, says Wom an's Life. Lady Brougham, a votary of red in house, dress and floral effects, often r.uperlntends the decora tion of her dinner table, and her color schemes, from rose Tlnk to deepest crimson, are simply admirable. The Duchess of Fife, whose love of the country Is proverbial, nnd only arranges the flowers add leaves on her tables, but with lier two little daugh ters gathers them iierself during coun try rambles In Scotland. Another well known hostess favors wild flowfcrs, and a color scheme of yellows and browns, with candle shades ranging from palest yellow to deepest orange. One wel comes the simpler ideas as opposed to the costly outlay followed by some people who adorn their t"blo with orchids at fabulous prices. CHILDREN'S FASHIONS, ".'he writers for the fashion inaga es telfs us thnt "the very best of , . clothes now being shown for the :all girls are comfortably full and i -asantly ' plain, combined with a i.jAsr conception of the best lines of the childish figure." Fine soft flannels, charmingly colored and patterned. with checks very much in the lead as a favorite, aud tne brighter and gayer colors are used, the checks being iiulte small, many of the colors being merely thread lines. Blouse ' suits, the vaists of which Mouse tr.it slightly, but ciuifortably full, with the skirts shirred or pleated full Into the band, are favorites this year, and these may or mny not be of the guimpe order, or Its moditication, the suspender dress with Its broad shoulder-straps worn over a white waist. The sailor tuit is still favored by many. Hair ribbons may be very wide for tying the lock on the forehead, and show up nicely under the hat-brim. Quaint little poke bon.iets are again in favor for the small miss.v In everything comfort is aimed at SYMPATHY. IN WOMEX I have never found a woman battling her way in the world who has not grown more sympathetic with human suffering, more patient with the little trials of lite, more lenient and forgiv ing with the errring, and more appre ciative of home and family ties, writes Emma Leonldus Kelly, in the Wom an's Home Companion. Independence, self-reliance, and th- adoption of honor able business methods need not .de stroy the inherent gentleness of woman's nntufe, unfitting her for the exalted station of nn affectionate wife and tender mother. Airt as the les sons of the practical realities of life must come sooner or Intev, must be learned in early womanhood, the dream life displaced by the real life, no "rude awakening" to the world as it is awaits the woman. When ac quainted with bo trials and disap pointment that confront business and professional men the wife can more fully appreciate the wear upon the nervous system due to the constant grind of daily enres. Knowing the real work of life, she becomes u compan ion, fully appreciating thi-j"ys of suc cess and the disappointments of fail ure, sharing in both alike with her husband and when thus appreciating the fIing of nervom exhaustion and irntableness she quietly passes over these manifestations, which to the in experienced woman often prove the beginning of estrangement, as be tween such and a dejected husband there can be but little real companion ship and sympathy. FOR HOME WEAR. For practical morning wear, cotton poplin and cheviot blouses, smartly tailor-made, will te Ton during the season, says the Philadelphia Tele graph. In these wash poplins, those of white with white crubroide-ed dots are perhaps the safest investment. In colored cheviots, plaids are brought out in very attractive Scotch and othet weaves. Negligees should always bo made ot fabrics easily cleansed, for certainly In this garment, above ail others, its charm lies in its freshness. Albatross and challie are two wash-wool mater ials which make most graceful bath and lounging gowns, when cut kimona style with several rows of shirring forming the fulness from the shoul der. A long rose-j ink kimona of soft albatross was finished with a two inch band border ot Dresden warp silk of a tiny rose pattern, and a white ground challie was scattered with blue morning glories. Pongee is anothet wash material that is good for negli gees. Nothing in the way ot silk petticoats tits so well as those made with silk- jersey tops. Rutiles on these are ot taffeta silk, very deep, and trimmed with as many as six narrow pinked ruches of the silk. All the necessary fulness is at the bottom, with the top fitting like a glove. As silk-jersey is of extremely light weight, short white albatross and French flannel petti coats are worn underneath to give the proper warmth. These also fit very snugly around the hips, and with their dainty band-embroidered borders and scalloped squares in flowered and old English designs they are a charming and necessary adjunct to the wardrobe. HINTS OF FASHION. Light-weight broadcloths are greatly used for making handsome sowns. A fashionable waist Is made in the new Dlrectoire style with a laco vest and jabot of the new sprigged lace. The present stocks arc made with a tiny frill of chiffon at the bottom, which spreads out on the waist like a tiny dainty yoke. A charming model costume was made of nickel-colored broadcloth with trimmings cf black satin ana passe menterie ornaments. Ruchings are fo'lowins th full stock idea, some heir-;;, made witu a straight band of lace with'au edging at the top and a deep frill at the bottom. Lingerie blouses are growing still more popular. They are, if anything, becoming more fine and sheer and have a greater amount cf trimming. Changeable effects have reached crepe de chine and are exceptionally lovely lu it. The crepe wpave adds a little misty look to the chaugiug colors. Expensive simplicity is now at the height o". its reign. Wealthy women are not over dressing themselves, nor are they trying, to see who cau wear the most at the same time. It Is said by the Country Gentleman that a porter In Dublin walked up and down in front of a train that was to run straight through to Cork, crying: "This train doesn't stop anywhere!" CORNSTARCH PUFFS. Bub one cup of sugar nnd half a tupt'ul of butter to a cream; add the beaten yolks of four eggs and a cupful of cornstarch alternately with the stltlly beaten whites; stir in two tea spoonfuls baking powder nnd one of vanilla extract; bake In woll-greased, heated gem pans, In a quick oveh: ice with a boiled icing. This recipe makes twenty puffs, aud they last fresh tor several days. PUMPKIN PIE. stew nnmnklns till no water is left in them, mash very tine and let stand where all water will dry away. Do not let scorch. For ench pie take one well beaten eirc. half cup of sugar, two teaspoonfuls pumpkin more, if liked half pint of rich mills, a little salt; sur well together and season with cinna mon, ginger or nutmeg, as liked; bake n an undercrust in a hot oven, steamea nimnkiiis. instead of boiled, is much nicer, and no risk of scorching. FINEATPLE CAKE. A ninenmole lover cake is prepared In several ways. A good tilling nnd icing ror this cake is the following: Boil together for six minutes a cup of jranulated sugar, one-quarter 01 a cup f pineapple Juice and a teaspoonful of emon Juice. Then beat a white of ea tn a stiff froth nnd add the syrup slowly, stirring well for five minutes longer, and Ice the cake, 'ine lower in vara nf the enke can be spread with finely chopped pineapple before cover ing then with the icing, a ueuuuiu white layer cake is best for this pur pose. KIDNEY STEW. Prepare the kidneys by cutting out nil the centres of white fat and veins. Put tim nient Into a skillet with a large tablespoouful of butter, hot, one of tnolv minced on on and salt anu pepper m t.iste. Add a tablespoouful of flour and let all brown nicely; stir la half 1 t pint of stock, and when all is smoom ami thick add a tablespoon! ul of to- mato catsup, a drop of tobasco, or a tablespoonful. of table sauce, as pre-fen-Pil. Serve on a hot dish, garnished with crisp points or cubes of toast and a little minced parsley sprliiKiea over. a vprv rich eravy results from using stock and boiling water may ba eubsti- tuted. RHUBARB SPONGE. r.nt. nhont a dozen stalks ot pink rhubarb Into Inch length pieces and stew them with about onc-hnlf pound of crushed loaf sugar, suce up tour penny sponge cakes and line a small pudding basin with them, making then hi- tn ns well as nossible. Now put a layer of rhubarb over and arrange the remainder of the cakes In layers with ni rhubarb. Cover with a saucer and small weight and place iu a cool place till next day. Then tura out onto the dish it is to be served in. Beat the whites of two eggs on a plate to a arm froth and mix with it two tauie snnnnfnla of castor suuar. Spread thickly all over the sponge, sprinkle well with fine sugar and oaue in a ccoi jveu long enough to set the merhigue. ABOUT THE HOUSE. A weak solution of alum or soda will revive the colors in a dusty carpet. Coffee roasted on aa iron plate la a sick room is an excellent deorodizcr. Nails driven first Into a bar of soap will not split furuKui-e or delicate woodwork. Clean plaster ornaments by dipping In cold starch, brushing Uo powder eft lightly when dry. Cut round nnd ror.ncl and round lata one long strip, old stockir.es can be utilized for carpet rags. When the chimney takes fire, throw on a handful of sulphur, or, lacking that, several handfuls of salt. Equal parts of sklmraed milk and water, warmed, will remove fly specks from varnished woodwork or furniture. Have labor saving appliances. Be up to date. But do not have all the Improvements outdoors; have soma for the good wife. Hoarseness may be removed by tak ing a teaspoonful of the following mix ture every hour: The white of one egg, one tablespoonful of lemon Juice and a tablespoonful cf granulated sugar. Try to sympathize with girlish flights of fancy even If they do seem absurd to you. By so doing you can retain "your influence over your daughters and not teach them to seek sympathy else where. Never use the first water drawn from either faucet or pump, if lead pipes are used. Water that has stood all night In them will contain enough lead to seriously affect the health, if much la used. Some men do not hesitate a moment to ask their wives to nelp them in the field, but when these husbands are asked to bring in an armful of wood, or a bucket of coal, they think that is woman's work. Fresh air may be admitted without hr.ria to even the most delicate invalid Jf a window be opened at the top and a wooden frame, ove which a piece of flannel is stretched, be placed at the opening. The air strained through the woolen material can not harm, it may be screened from falling directly on the bed. j. The Crystal. Palace accommodates more people than any other building lu the world. It will hold 100,000. I - New York City. Waistcoats, Doth real and simulated, make a feature of the latest styles and are to be noted on many of the advance models. The ETON WAI5T WITH VEST. very attractive waist Illustrated Is In Eton style and allows of many effect ive combinations. As shown It Is made of shepherd's check trimmed with black velvet and combined with a waistcoat and cuffs of white pique which are made detachable, the waist coat extending under the fronts only, but silk as well as cotton materials can be used and the vest and cuffs made permanent parts of the waist whenever preferred. The little chem isette makes a notable feature and can be of lace, as illustrated, or In lingerie style as may be liked. At the waist s a crushed belt which passes over the back and fronts, under the revers and over the vest to be closed at the centre front. The sleeves are the new ones Which are gathered" to form two puffs and are finished with flare cuffs above the plain ones. The Eton is made with a fitted found ation, which is faced to form the vest, tovcr which the pleated fronts aud back are arranged. The chemisette is separate and closed at the back while the ' waist itself closes at the front. The sleeves nre in one piece, arranged over fitted foundations "to which the straight cuffs are attached, the circular ones finishing the lower edges. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is five and one-Ighth yards twenty-one Inches wide, four and three-qunrter yards twenty-seven Inches wide or two and n quarter yards forty-four Inches wide, five-eighth yards twenty-seven Inches wide for waistcoat and cuffs and one yard of velvet, and five-eighth yards of all-over lace for chemisette to make as Illus trated. As to Fanela. Panels are seen in many gnises. The figure is the shape of a waistcoat, and they nre in the form of the entire front gore of a skirt On a lovely princess dress there's the pnnel effect from top to toe. A Wrinkle Anent Capa Coata. . Unless one be willing to have the line of the back obliterated entirely, the cape of a coat should stop short t the side back seams. A LATE DESIGN BY MAY MANTON. The Faahlonnhla Flounca. v. Flounces on skirts nre no longer plain. One broadcloth skirt with a flared flounce shows a box-pleat set in with a godot effect at intervals. Hound Yoke Wulnt. Waists made full lielow round yokes that are finished with circular berthas are among the notable features of the season and are always graceful and generally becoming. This one is adapt ed to all the fashionable soft materials and enn be combined with lace as Illus trated, with embroidery or with any contrastlng"matevlal that may be pre ferred. Iu the case of the model, how ever, the yoke, bertha, cuffs and collar are oflnce and the waist of pale green crepe de Chine. . the combination of materials being a peculiarly satisfac tory one. When liked the lining can be omitted and the blouse attached to the yoke only1, but where silk or wool is used the fitted foundation al ways menus a better fit. The applied box pleat at the front Is somewhat un usual nnd gives the long lines that suit the greater number ot tlgflres admir ably well. The waist consists of the fitted found ation, which' can be used or omitted as preferred, the yoke and the blouse. The blouse is full at both back and front ami outlining the yoke Is a cir cular bertha. To the front edge Is at tached the box pleat and beneath that the closing Is made. The sleeves are generously full above cuffs which are finished with frills of net top luce. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is five yards twenty one Inches wide, four yards twenty seven Inches wide or two and five eighth yards forty-four Inches wide. BOCND SOKE WAIST WITH COLLARS, with one and three-eighth; rnrds eighteen Inches wide for yoke, bertha aud cuffs and two and one-quarter yards of lace for frills. Umbrella Novolllea. The fashion of putting a hole through the parasol handle through which a ribbon Is run and tied over the arm, will be transferred to the small um brella, for autumn and winter con venience. Novelty In Fur Coata. In fur coats there is n novelty called reindeer. It Is a nut brown, very use ful, with fashionable shades, as well as pretty. U0UR.G1RLS THE RACE OF THE DICTIONARIES. There are hurdle races, trotting races, auto ra'ces, bicycle races, and a score of other races, but who ever heard of a dictionary race? " Most simple thing In the world! By looking at the picture you will get on Idea of how this very singular race is conducted. The contestants take the position shown, each with his diction ary "Jockey" astraddle him, and at the THE DICTIONARY "JOCKEYS word "go" move themselves feet first toward the goal line, which they may Bee by looking between their knees over the dictionary. The one who reaches the line first and Is still mounted by his learned "jockey", wins the race. This !s no easy matter, for the motion a boy creates while in this strange po sition keeps his stomach working up and down, and the faster he goes the more apt he is to slide the dictionary "Jockey" off it, which instantly puts him out of the race. IX BED. BY EDITS T. AMES. Sometimes 1 like to have a cold. For then I Jtay in bed, And have my paints and all my toys Arranged upon the spread. And I can have the button-box That lives on mother's shelf. Of course, when I am well, no ons Can touch it but herself. I do not have to eat the things That come on other days, But orannes and jelly, too, To tempt me, mother says. Oh, every one is good and kind, And thinks it very sad. But mother knows I like the fun Unless the pain is bad. Youth's Companion. now MANY CAN YOU GUESS? What is the dlirerence netween the Prince of Wales, an orphan, a bald headed man and the gorilla? The first Is an heir apparent, the second has ne'er a parent, the third has no hair apparent, and the fourth has a hniry parent. Why is the letter "A" the best rem edy for a deaf woman? Because it makes her hear. Why is bread like the sun? Because when it rises it :s llgnt. Which was the largest Island before Australia was discovered? Australia. What trade shoiiUl be recommended o a short poison? Grocer (grow, sir). When is money wet? When it is due (dew) In the morning and missed (mist) la tao evening. What is larger for being cut at both ends? A ditch. Wh7 is a watch-Cog bigger by night tbaa by Cay? Because he is let cut ot night and taken la la the morning. Under what conditions might hand tcrchicfa be r.scd in building a wall? If they became brick (be cumbric). ESKIMO CANDY. It Is not very pleasant to hear tal low or tha niarro-.v of the reindeer called candy, yet such they may be considered, because they delight the cbildrea of the cold as much as you are dcilglitcd with a box of choco lates. Ia Eskimo lanO. there is a kind of water fowl called dovekie. They are about tho size of a duck, they are quite alack, with webbed feet of a brilliunt red color. When the men have killed the dovekles the women cut oil their bright red feet and draw out the bones; then b7 blowing Into the skins they distend them as much a'i possible to f o:-m pouches. When these arc thor oughly dri?d they are filled with rein deer tallow and; the bright red pack ages are regarded by the Eskimo chil drea as their jreatest treat. Another kind of candy Is the mar row from tho shin bone of the rein deer, of which the Eskimo is very fond. When tho meat is stripped from the bones of the reindeer's legs, these bones are placed on tho floor and cracked with a hatchet until the marrow is ex posed. The bones are then forced apart and the marrow dug out with a long, sharp spoon made from the tusk of the walrus. When this tidbit i is frozen and cooked it is said by people who have tasted it, to be very pala table. FLIES BRUSH THEIR COATS. Willie, flushed and happy, had Just come In from the barn, where he had been playing hide-and-seek. "I guess my little noy needs to find a brush," said mother, looking up from her work. For there were cliuglng to his pretty sailor suit bits ot dry grass and seeds from the mows, and some were playing peek-a-boo in the little tellow's hair. JW B0T3 School dictionaries are plenty large enough; indeed. It would be next to im possible for the average boy to ride under such a heavywelghter as the tin abridged. But you need not confine the race to dictionaries alone. Think of the other books! For instance, -.-here's the "Three R's Handicap." The participators in this race are those well known i studies, Readin' (represented by the school " RIDING THEIR HORSES, reader), 'Ritln' (represented by a copy book) and 'Rlthuietic (represented by an arithmetic. And it is a real handi cap race because the reader aud the arithmetic are so much harder to keep in position than the light, flexible copy book. Besides being very funny, these unique races prove something else, too, in a way, for by ibeni you nnd your friends can literally see ".low fast you get on with your book!" New Yoru Evening Mail. ' "O, mother, can't 1 wait? I'm ton tired now." "If flies had been playing hide-and-seek, they wouldn't .-ilo-.v a speck of dust to stay on their heads. They'd brush it off," casually remarked Aunt Nan. "Flies!" exclaimed Willie, Incredu lously. "Whcrd they get their brushes, I'd like to know';" "Oh, they have th?m, and use them," laughed Aunt Nail. "Hair brushes" questioned Willie; and his face took a perplexed look. "Yes, nnd with them they always keep themselves very clean. Have you never seen a fly rub his delicate front legs over his head?" "Lots and lots of times," replied Willie, quickly. "Well," resumed Aunr Nan, "there' are a great many hairs on the under side of a fly's feet and legs, arid these form tiny hair-brushes. When any dust gets on a fly's head, ho brushes it off at once, and then he rubs his legs together, as you have probably no ticed. This is so that no dust may cling to the little brushes." "Hurrah, Mr. Fly!" exclaimed.Wlllie. "I guess you needn't think you're the only one who can use a brush, even If tho other fellow doesn't carry his brushes around on his feet!" Away he ran; nnd, when he came back, mother said her little boy '"-'-d neat enough to be kissed. THE WAY TO INDEPENDENCE. "Come, Charlie, I want you to drivs a few nails in the shed for me," said Nettle to her brother the othe:' day. Charlie was splitting wood at the time,' and her father, overhearing the request of his daughter, said: "Why not drive thea yourself" "Because I can't," she replied. "Because you can't!" he responded. "Why McCarthy says there is no such word In the book. Come here and I'll show you how to drive nails." With hammet in ono band and nails in the other he went Into the shed, drove a few nails into tho door, and then gave the remainder to Nettle. She found it an easy thing to drive the nails, and felt quite proud of her achievement in the .mechanical art. She having completed the work, her father said: "Now, my girl, that lesson makes you independent. Some of these days I'll tench you how to drive a horse, sharpen a knife, and whittle,' too, with out cutting your fingers. Don't let the doors creak on their hinges for want of an oiled feather; or tho little chil dren's shoes, or your own shoes, get hard in the winter time for the want of a little grease. "And as for you, my boys," said the father, turning to Charlie, and his little seven-year-old brother, "you ought to learn how to make a bed, sweep a room, or sew on .-. button. A little cooking will not hurt yo-!. Many a beefsteak and fish have I cookea in my day, aud my mother told me when I was a boy that 1 conlu. beat any boy making, a pot of coffee. There is no tolling what your lot may b , or where you will be cas'; some time during life. The most helpless people I have ever met with were those who could do only one kind of work. All boys and girls should learn some one thing very wed, aud make that your depen dence for a living; add to it as much skill as you -can, and it enables you to pave your way .o lndiuitndjuco." Maine Farmer. During last year sixty -six of the mu nicipal bodies lu the British isle which supply electricity showed a de ficit totaling 70,201.
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