FOR THE LADIES, LINEN SKIRT LINING, Unless one can afford a good quality of lining silk the best skirt lining is of linen. It is substantial enough to cause the dress to hang properly. It wears well and slips on Bad ofl easily, Linen dress foundations in all shades may be had, and the silk dust ruffle may be added to give the desirable rustle — {New York World. SILK HOMESPUN, A new material, and one that has every indication of lasting popularity, is called silk homespun, It is made of wire sik, carded and spun into threads, t makes a rather rough-surfaced fabric of great strength and durability, is indigo-dyed and is warranted to stand sun, storm, salt water and the hardships for which navy serge has been recom mended. sive—sixty cents per yard for twenty. seven inches—and a very general demand for it is predicted. A QUEEN 8&8 ROBES, 3 ui tistie affects are achieved with a mini mum expenditure of time and money, te majority of skirts are plain on the edge, finished with deep Re, and all are fuller than they have been, For children under five they are two inches shorter than those recently worn, Jacket and blouse effects are very popular, and these are simulated on even the two-year-old dresses, Guimpe dresses will still remain in. favor for children under ten; and little Empire gowns, with rounded yokes of puffs or tucks and em- broidery, to which the full skirts are fastened, will be very popular, Some of these have wide sashes of the dress material, fastened in the underarm seams, which tie behind, —! Demorest, FASHION XOTES, Purple and violet gauze veils are the A jewel fastened on the forehead dy a BO ety sold or given away, despite the energetic gowns, which the wearer has probably forgotten that she ever possessed. what will become of the robes, bridal gowns, ments of stately fete and royal ceremo- nial, worn in the old days before the magnificence of queenliness was forgotten in the sorrow of widowhood. Days, THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON, Silver candles with pale green shades and gold candles with white silk shades are some of the new waxlizght effects, Girls who dress thoughtfully as well as elaborately are apt nowadays to put rak ish or flamboyant hats under taboo for church. as fashionable as ever,and of all kinds of materials — wool, silk, velvet, brocade, embroidery and lace, Corslets are A charming gown, recently imported, was a rather large patterned broche, a dull shade of vieil-or or dark maize, such as one sees in old pictures, A novelty in fire screens is painted on : I ricksburg, Va. mother, says: mitted to her were allowed to go to waste, There still lives in Fredericks about Washington's down the street upon household errands she always, that she might waste no time, carried her apron full of cotton, picked it as she walked. Moreover, one is likely to forget that when Lafayette came to pay her his respects he found her harl at work raking up with her own hands the dry weeds and leaves { Atlanta Constitution, HANDSOME GARNITURES, M:iany showy little jackets are shown of jet, of silk passementeric, and of tivest fancy mohair braids, wrought in artistic patterns. In silk jackets there is a variety of colors, as tan, navy blue, brown, and stone-color; but black is the best choice, as it ean be worn with different gowns. The highest novelty for the corsage is the Josephine collar; it has a wide band crossing the bust, and the back between the shoulders, defining a low square neck, and passes over the shoulders in wide flaring epaulets. [It very clegant garniture, and especially adapted, as its name implies, to the Empire though it will form a su nptuous garni ture for any corsage. These are shown in brilliantly cut jet, in the fascinating «1 Bis0 is na gown, precious stones, in steel, passemcnterie.—{ Demorest, and in silk WOMEN'S WAGES, ultimate intention to marry the Forum. She enters any vocation half-heartedly, not as a life career, but as a temporary stop-gap. her trade for marriage, years afterwards, perhaps, she returns to it an invalid and with dependents, her hand robbed of its at the bottom of the ladder. cally indeed Economi- she is yet an industrial A quaint little Henri black velvet, II. cape is of very prettily trimmed with folds of black satin, and an elaborate embroidery of jet passemen terie A rich garniture for a low bodice is formed of four bands of jewel trimming extending arovnd the Empire style, and clasped at the front with a jewel clasp, al ante aiteraate waist, Collarettes to be worn with wraps or waist are made of Some of these extend 2 to the waist line, wi being oliiers A gracefal shoulder cape of tan smartly trimmed with multi passementerie, and arranged in front with a pleated fichu and bows of corduroy velvet in a darker shade of tan. is Parasol covers are being made as part f a with buat frame, one can have as many parasols as Out of tt has of giv “ambreila costume, Thus, one OWNS the fad Preseuts, 118 scheme grown ng sets” ns The newest forks and SPOONS are of g id with Dresden china handles, s0 pretty that the { finds an excuse for i hey are wimiring housewife 3 placing odd ones upon her table in addition to putting onc at t pi Rid every fashionable when made up of the Many of the new : ' thing” for puffs, plaid, brocsde or ang modish novelty goods are the arled bretelles ti ‘ silks jst CAM and tiny raffles on z : Dinek or Dre for a busy woman is framed in gold with a il suspended to it This hangs be » her dressing case and upon it each nite slate morning she writes what she expects to ut half his pay. Agsin, being uized, women cannot fight. unions as dare form are, for want of leadership, scotched by hard-hitting manufacturers at one blow, few associa. tions surviving one formal complaint or strike. Shoe and obtained substantial results in shorteniayg hours and raising pay, unorgs AN INEXPENSIVE TABLE DECORATION, a very for her dinner iable, Brown. writes Kmma A high backed, hair, and the gilded throne scarlet brocade ia The high. import { moment dealers cannot the “roc's egg’ © orac advance of the supply. A favorite trimming for toilets of finely watered moire Francais, These trimmings consist of a single extra wide band or several narrow bands around the bottom of the skirt, with the addition of full sleeves, cuffs, plastron and empire girdle, Quite the latest mode from Paris is a Iaosely fitting coat of bLiack and wiolet brilliancy of the glass. Thea she bought at the florist’s a gracefully shaped fern for table decoration, the one Known as “‘Adinptum Farleyeuse.”" Before trans. planting it she put into the bottom of the glass dish a few bits of broken crockery to help the drainage. Ocea- the soil in good sondition, and when not needing the plant for table decoration, she puts it on the window shelf, where it can have more light. By this means she keeps her dainty fernery fresh and thriving all winter, and she says that *‘green’ is sure to hw monize with every- thing on the table, which is not always the case with a flower, —8t. Louis Re- public. CARE OF THE HANDS, Keepiig the corners of the finger nails well trinned and oval has much to do with thy shape of finger tips. If the nail spresds at the top the must so. Keep the nail cut narrow as possi ble, and wind a linen tape round the fings1s Li-ex the tip to the second joint at nighs «x any time convenient, Secure the sndg'cs the ape to 8 band about the wris i, wear the compress as as Also in ovoid with straps and rosettes of black satin ribbon, The sleeves are exceptionally Inrge, avd are made of velvet in a lovely shuscle of purple shot with gold, A novel coat of pale tan cloth is made in a double-breasted shepe, and fastened with large buttons of mother of pearl The very full sleeves are of Lincoln green cloth, so closely piped that they ave the appearance of being very finely tucked. The pieated shoulder cape, which is of Lincoln green cloth, isa distinguishing feature of this strikingly Many of the new pocket-books are made large enough to hold a handker- chief, as well as a few cards and money, The most favored are the morocco books of all tints, from cream and pearl white, gray and tan to match the gown, Russian lue, dark blue and very brilliant red. Card cases come to match the portmon- naie, yet it is a convenience to have both in one, a AUB NA SAAN 535 Traveling at Night in China, jn traveling at night in China every. one =a3s a torch or lantern, Ordinare bracirsss men use a small glass and 17% affair which they swing as they wal| The wall-to«do and the mandarios em ploy th, globes already described. Two of them are nsually fastened to the back of the (yaveller’s sedan chair as a part of its furr@ure, At night they are carried by a sent who goes in advance, Asa the hi a man’s social standin wh lanterns. If he has a title BODY AID ITS HEALTH. Causes or CoNsusMpPIIoN, —A medical suthority states that consumption is de- pendent upon three factors: First, de creased vitality, antagonizing powers, or what you will. This is well known, as well as in what manner it is induced or transmitted, Becond, an sctive inflamma- tory condition. This may be pneumoni: , bronchitis, laryngitis or the like, Third the presence of the bacillus tuberculosis. Without these three there can be no con- sumption. It is the usual thing in the examination in the deadhouse to find evidences in the lungs that the sub- ject had at some time a commencing consumption, but the vitality had been so great that nature had encapsulated the infected part with tissue of high vitality and the condition became innoc uous, The fatality from tuberculosis, then, is dependent on & decreased vital ity, and we must look te a proper kind of diet and a consequent increase in the general actagonizing power of the body for the remedy. CoxTacroussess or Prrmisrs, The discussion which has been going on for some time past as to the contagious character of phthisis has been empha that at the famous Brompton a single authenticated case originating within its walls among some two hundred and eighty physicians, residents and nurses. Equally remarkable are the sta Berlin, which show that out of nine hun dred and eighty-nine physicians nurses only ten became tubercular, of whom three showed evidence of the dis ease before entering the hospital, Again, Dr. Brehmer states that at Gorbersdorf, the Inst twenty Years more tl=a thousand phthisical patients resified in the hospital, who walked the streets of the town and commingled with its in habitants, and who therefore apparently crowded the air with tubercle bacilli, yet the mortality is 50 per cent. les: among before the establishinent of the hospital, record of eight hundred sand forty cases of phthisis among married people three hundred and sixty-seven the wife only, while in thirty-two both hasband and wife were affected, showing that in was not the least proof of contagion Eixcrricrry 1x Mepicixe A interesting and instructive v delivered recently by George G. Hop. kins, M. D., in Brooklyn, on the subject of “Electricity in Medicine During the lecture the doctor exhibited and explained the various clectrical na chines and appliances used in medical practice. In treating the subject Dr Hopkins spoke of the numerous uscs to which electricity is to-day put, and cited three different kinds of currents which are known and used for scientific and practical purposes to-day. The doctor intimated that at the present day the real advancement in electrical Knowledge was in the application and improved and superior and plic aiion, wis fecture was machines for and i 1 true in the medical use tricity There hea been =» era in medical electricity within the past twenty vears owing this fact. He cited a8 case which had ocourred i practice during the past twenty years of a girl of 16 years who was helpless, un- able to walk or to speak words of more than one syllable, but was naturally of a bright disposition and good family, who 1s 51 he yr this of Lid Lie esc i% new to in his treated by electricity, and who finally received the of her limbs and the physical portion of her body, but was still unable to utilize her vrain powers, A 20-cell bicromate battery was each day for six months, the current be ing applied * cure effected. The lady is alive to-day, and, although not in vigorous health, enjoys much that would have been im possible for her without the use of th elecric fluid. Electricity is many contrary conditions, so as to pro- duce a contraction, or again a relaxation of the muscular tissues. The galvanic is used ms 8 tonic, and Lise ised used current Dr. Hopkins assured his hearers there was none better known, espeeoislly for hysterics, goitre, swellings and tumors; also for cramps, nervous diseases and neuralgia. Many very interesting instru- ments were shown, among others a eataleptic instrument, in which the by means of the electric current driven through the skin, There were various needles used for canterizing and dis integrating purposes, The subject of resistence was touched upon and elec. trocution mentioned. Dr. Hopkins was most emphatic in declaring his repug. nance to this form of capital punishment, preferring hanging and shooting as be ing, to his mind, more humane, as, al though the actual execution of application of strong alternating eleetric certain to produce instant death, the mental suffering was much more in- tense and awful than in any other form of death. Dr. Hutchinson differed with Dr. Hopkins as regards the methods of capital punishment, and believed electrocution to be absolute: ly the most humane, neat and scientific manner of inflicting the death penalty, Many interesting stories and scientific facts of research and observation were related, and questions were solicited on any point not perfectly understood. Among the instruments exhibite! was one for throwing light into the stomach by means of a small electric light within a silver tube, through which any surgi. cal instument might be inserted, and the difficulty removed, was most interesting; also a powerful incandescent light which threw light throt the hands and Hb, and was ey to be erful enough to throw light through the neck, t to light up the imterior portion of the larynx and throat, mxking exam. inations of those organs comparatively y . w “The small ‘dead losses’ in a motel Toot velopes and paper. There are tno hotels in Washington that use over 200,000 sheets of paper and 125,000 envelopes a year, and the paper is of the best quality. Much of itis used by outsiders. We don't mind giving paper to a gentleman in fact, it is kept in abundances in our writing room-=but we draw the line at the beat and hotel loafer. So when he asks for stationery we hand him a single sheet and an envelope, look him squarely in the eye and ask in our most polite and icy tones, ‘Anything else, sir This fetches some of ‘em even when their gall is as thick as molasses, “Then the soap bill is enormous, a new caice to every guest, The annual cost of so trifling an article as toothpicks would surprise you, while the items for matches, pens and penholders count at the end of the year. These are articles handed over the coanter alone and there is no equiva. lent unless the advertising resulting from the circulation of the stationrey may considered of value too Star, many to enumerate, —{ Washington THE HOUSEKEEPER'S ALPHA. BET. Housewives, Apples, Keep ina dry plece as €30l as possible without freezing Brooms. Hang in the celar-way keep soft and pliant, Cranberries. Keep under in water Dish o! aot water set in from scorching health ne. er beg, Keep cool, dry U¥en preveats ote... Economize i vou will i Flour covered time, and means, and securely Clean with a quart of water mised with a tablespoonici of amuio nin Herbs beginning to blossom, and Keep in paper sacks. Ink stains. Wet with spirits of tur pentine ; after three hours Jars, ‘T'o prevent get scribe {or the home paper i Crinns, . 2% : Lsather when =ih well husband to sub Keep am account of ail supplies, with cost and date when 3 chased, Love lightens labor Money. Count carefully when you re ceive « hange. Nutmegs., Prick with a pin, and if good oil will run out. Urange and lemon peel. Dry, pound Parsnips, spin Keep in the ground until 10 Qui ksilver strovs bed bugs Rice. Select large, with a fresh, clear look ; old rice may have insects Sugar. For general use, granulated is the best Tea. Equal parts of Japan and green are as good as English breakfast Use a coment of ashes, salt and water for cracks in stoves sil fiir of ¥ OF oo and white of an egg de Variety is the culinary spice Watch your back yard; Keep it from dirt and booes Xantippe was a scold her. Zinc-lined sinks are bet ‘ear Don't imitate ti rihan woods i Ones Philadelphia Times, Some By Q A LOGICAL BMALL BOY “You behaving very weld “Po you know little bow aren't what 1 would do if like you?” “Yeth, grandpa,” said Tommy, “you'd thame ath [ do, cauthe if you didn’t you wouldn't be a little boy like — Harper's Bazar, were a CORBKECT DIAGROSIS Shrewd Doctor--1 see what's the mat ter. It's mental strain—too much worry, Business Man-— What do you “Change of scene.” addy LT Ed country = treaty. - HANGED MIND — i I $N nn The Shopping Woman his silk a yard? { . madam Woman—Then le Chicago HRIT Dis. TWO BETTER THAN just 1 to forgive the | but when did ¥ Bo: only so he'd have = (Good News » who despiteli v Muges hit liim back © but something to forgive too KEEP Rich Youth —1 should not object to the work of carning my own living if 1 wd to, but what | should ha : officio and petty } the RUDETION iid hate to BOIL s would be 161 PRS I BG to the whims of bit better than myself, Poor Youth—-That's easily avoided ¢ Yike I am. Employees AIFS Over me how starch out of ‘em wealth I know “Excuse danghis r at GREAT Dora-Is that nes ino made a creation Cora—Yes tress of the hous ER hat's “Its dreadfall cream on it.” “Arfter you've lived in ity 3 while, Mum,” said the milkman encour “yo ad rit TOOra Bg Chicago Tribune wWron agingly, o over them dees 0° yourn, THE PRIMITIVE WHISTLE Walter, “1 w= like Georgie's “Papa,” said buy me a whistl “What kind is that, Walter? “It's with pothing but whistle makes an O of his mouth and the through iL.” —{ Harper's Bazar, ix one to it He blows whistle A Man's Weight After Dinner. | Whydoesnot a man weigh a pound more immediately after eating a pound {of food? A little reflection wiil readily | explain this apparent mystery. During | the process of mastication, deglutition, 'ete., certain muscles are brought inte active play, and the exercise of any | muscles necessitates a temporary waste | of its tissues, and a certain amount of | carbon is eliminated and passed off duing the course of the meal. This loss, how. ever, is trifliog as compared with thak | of respiration and perspiration, both of | which are increased during the various operations of making a meal, The length of time one may take te { consume a pound of food makes but | little difference to these losses, for if | bf respiration or perspiration, whereas { if itis hurried through both are sbnor Hence by the time acid, —! Loudon Million. Smokeless Powder, Another wonder of future wars will be smokeless gunpowder, ‘ordnance bureau of the navy hae been devoting much attention lately to the manufacture of a preparation of this kind for Uncle Ban's we, Man such powders have n produced vera. ar The honie of tam all %