ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI NINE TOPICS, The Chantilly Lace Shaw!-The Sailer Blouse Pique Shirts--Etc., Etc. THE CHANTILLY LACE SHAWL. It you have inherited a quaint old Chantilly lace shawl from your moth er get it out and put it on your back, as it is becoming the fashion. Drape it over a lining of burnt orange silk, over which a facing of chiffon before the lace applied. Don’t cut the shawl, but it in its natural fold from your for t ZOOS is drape shoulders back, he shall shape is followed slavishly in the cutting of all the new shoulder draperies, BLOUSE WAIST. fous developments of LADIES’ Among the the blouse lar than complished var there are none more popu vhose fashions are ne an easy graceful « in those with re lessness, such os suggested our il lustration. It is developed In the pap- ular noveity of the season, bayadere poplin of dun e¢nlor, with double revers faced with satin of the same color on which dare delicate incrustatiot® of lace apd the same decoration on the cost d lining w 18 usual = ns ind op $s and ISO ! niel I'he st mt n Ha | 1 4 i a ie side, while th ontsicle 1 “ % in pl by Jeans { battons oh ted Dy 1 da 1a i ck ) A IZ id very ii He 1 3 My ton. TI 4le $n yue-seamed and 40 1 small puff ft folds at tbh shoulde MILITARY BELTS NOT POPULAR Leath ! « ided with asso ed brass ns iY not proved i? 1a Hen CX0oeD as boudoir decoration hey appar ently add two o hres in 8 to © size of the wails Military jewel s about th 3115 il ¥ ier : dress left fro: thie outburst awhile ago, which thrs ned speedily to have us dressed Iargely ua fl shield and firearms 'HE S Mt BLOUSE Notwit i } i 5 tiie contrary, 4 mins, It is no longer Russia: ut the simple sailor blouse, with b ied alla 1nd As the predominating feature Season's costun the blouse ie and fortabl It is usnally made of a dark, solid dor to contrast with a skirt of some light shade. Both wools and cottons are made up in this pretty fashion, as the ole inpts it geif to all fabrics A PRETTY STYLE IN HEADWEAR, of calfskin, which comes In the form ties especially, and sells like tha traditional hot cakes. White and tan of course, dominate the season of of hot weather, exquisite little extremities wear white satin ties, strapped and trimmed with { | i i { white kid. They fasten the White laces | on the lastep with clasps of cut-steel or wee buckles of brilliants, LINEN AND PIQUE SKIRTS Nothing is more comfortable, and certainly nothing looks neater and cooler when perfectly fresh, than a The linen skirts arent so but they are more practical for every day purposes in a city, Last year’ skirts were plain fivé or seven gored affairs. Not so this year, The white ones are built quite tight about the hips, hugging the figure closely to the i knees, where, by means of a plain circular flounce, they are made to flare around the feet. Those of linen or crash are tucked or corded In var- fous ways. It does not pay to buy a cheap wash skirt, no matter how tempting 1« may look. Such skirts will shrink on one side and sag down on the other wi.a the first doing up in the most exasperating fashion. There are plenty of tailors who will make to order a pique or duck skirt of shrunk en material for a reasonable sum, and is better economy to have two of these than ten of the others. They fit better, wash better, and, indeed, save no end of time and temper TWO MEALS FOR STOUT WOMEN “At twelve o'clock sharp. writes Mrs. 8. T. Ror 1 the Ladies’ Home Journal, directing the stout woman how to cure her obesity, “the first meal f the day should be taken: Two well brofled chops Or Sw stbrends Or eggs in any form, one slice of well-baked whole wheat bread buttered and and one green { thoroughly masticated, vegetable, Eat enough to satisfy ger, but of the more nitrogenous ’ pound. For dessert a cup custard, or fruit—grapes, peaches oranges Oo | baked apple | “pe i ight 1 | ive A ols 4 meat-—-in fact, an ent Ded veal-n su i v + spinach, cooked celery a new peas, string beans a Is 1 thbage or well i oan r Add pent ust be b i istad or bolled-not fried \ i pd of meal may be enten nat % i Ap £ f we is \ shea n sl without but i f well-ripened od ' “cup ‘ ir coff iny fo hy ort I'he st ens of § treat lies i gE W ut | i 18 i patient may eat ifficient to sa hun ft no 1 i PFs $ vill find that 463 u ! is it the pit of i in than a week she will « 'y the t als a da we first at noos ind tl 4 t f sr glx o'cl bett than sh ax r enjoy ! th meals.” LADIES AZER One of the newest styles of the pop ular reef at Is here shown in ) b y brown neatly finished with ma ne g. Th onts are deepls eed and y se] to form long lapels it mest the ing colla } notehes Ihe Are (sua w 1 apen, n a be closed at the bust If so desired Fhe back tits smooth, side. back and Among the novel styles of headwear this season is a variety of what Is called “the ere basket,” which is made of and sometimes of finely gilded or silvered wire, but whose chief feature is a profusion of loose Howers apparently falling over one another in every direction All sorts of flowers can be used, so that there is no limit to the possible var ety in color and contras THE FASHION IN BUCKLES it seems likely that long, oval shaped buckles, witn a rounded frame | of gold, silver or even gunmetal, will ! be the smartest ones worn with shirt. waists this season, in spite of the fan tastc and whimsical filigree, cameo | and paste and steer slides shown in the shops. Of course, any amount of adornment may make these buckles expensive and unique. One has dia monds set in bars across the frame- work. another has a spray of ivy up one side, the veins done in Some odd modeling is being done in enamels for men's and new womosn's cufflinks. One of these odd shows on one side a perfectly modelled duck and on the other a bunch green peas. Then there was a peatly tied up bunch of asparagus and other vegetable notions of the same kind. DAINTY DRESS SLIPPERS. The official full-dress slipper for the season Is white satin or white kid, worked In silver beads. Of course there are one dozen, at least, accepta- ble variations from this standard. It must be remarked in passing, how ever, that all the new white-kid shoes and slippers are mats of a skin that is so exquisitely dressed it admits of washing with soap and water. The law of new footgear seems to be that everything must be made cool and easy. There is even a new patent leather on the market that neither draws nor heats the feet, while a underarm gores with a curved cen Sam securing a trim adjustiuen Plaits are laid underueath below th waist line in back to form a slight full sleeves have f ue upper and under portions, the slight fullness at tne top being collected in gathers, Coats of this description are suitable for traveling, shopping, eyeling. cor general utility wear, and can be sue i cessfully dev eloped in any one gof the general seasonable fabrics, AME A PHY i {the Woman's College io the first course she began to praetic Kho gradunted in the second course in 1808. She has now begun to enjoy a i good vractice. Mrs, Fransis has de fF monstrated that a8 woman who ean fearry the keys of a large establish | ment, overlook servants, keep track of table and bed lnen can also wield a | surgeon's knife, Chicago Times. | her earnings of $600 a year she has saved enough to pay for two courses in medicine, After leaving the hotel she became a nurse fo the insane ward at the poorhouse, After graduating at NOTES, Persinn popular and is trimmed with lace edgings, FASHION lnwn is this year An old favorite that is being revived is the white grenadine with fancy | dots of white chenille White mousseline de sole Is still na favorite and will be for some time 10 come, judging from recent sales Young women wishing a little heav fer material than gauze will find white batiste satisfactory Albatross still will be worn this sey son, although not so much as former ly. Dotted swisses are most fashionable at the present time, They are made with many Ilace-edged ruffles and bows of ribbon A new fabric is th ied t"" drap de sole, This is Leave gz material well adapted to the present NOTES AND COMMENTS. ingredient of Spain's mysterious explosive is be. be printer's ink. The principal | New and Heved to The first vices as n wus Ong Q. Chinaman to offer his ser soldier In the present war Tow, a wealthy merchant {of Santa Ana, California. It seems almost too bad, but young {Alfonso XIII probably will have to (learn his geography lessons over Under international law warships in for lack of coal may purchase ‘mough at a neutral port to carry them mek the of their own rountry, lstross to nearest port per capita is about $M Mulhall, a few years ago, estimated the wealth of Spain at about $455 per enpi; per | haps by this time it could .» placed at £400, The per capita debt of the Bpanish government therefore 8 more | than twenty per cent, of the per capita | The lack of cheap coal is a serious impediment to Mexiean progress, as! | with the extension of rallroads and the [| development of manufactures the de mand Is Increasing rapidly. At Newton, Kansas, the other day, the First National lank made out {82,820 In drafts to send for the pur Tage of war bonds, Of this sum £2,300 | was supplied by farmers and only $20 {came from a business map Little Uruguay produced about 10 D000 pushels of wheat last year, having a considerable surplus for ex {port. It is reported that neither quan [tity nor quality have ever been surpas sed In tha country Tl emperor has for a pum i ought to convey the im +11 iy v 5 clinging pres he was seeking trouble A rather startling novelty Is ess | The experience of Spain should warn fuze trimn veel vel- him where not to look, suggests tu ny ruffles of d green | Wa Hgton Star } A soldier's epitaph was uttered by witicoats to be Orn {.. 4 . ' . ’ ra» he gallant Captain Capron as he fell w iin dresses are made of lig . ‘ . y : mortally wounded “Don't mind me colored batiste with emb fered : 8 ’ eas . : ys: go on and fight That is i flounces hese and w «} « will Spirit tha 4 “ n army to win n take the 6 > ¢ +} ‘ i b AK Like HACe OF The wilK we i : : A wi A very handsome La & of bla : 6 " haz } vy gr I P 'h " i sii v turned 1 I Ey f i Wl } % I a bunch of i RE) IAND } y prosecute t hie { T1 4 v var I'l ‘ T3411 11S in interest charge 1 § 1 XG (Hu iM) ao year i mere bag i 41 i $ ih i | fo a n Mi so Tr 3 this rv 5 nih % This i V Drs ‘ ’ « f Httle girls A new Indging ¥ ‘ t« of bread ti irt pia with fis thie ithern ports of $ be tnd straps ov 1 5, | United States th Manufactu & i % 5 W n with i WW i it i f Bal ¥ “% itisfied] 1 i - Him i : 1 g with hye if 1 3 § % t« has a Gry } J i © Be Nn # y ' i 3 g ' ’ ie H | : & 1 ing : i Ait f 4 spa min : of y iwering or it bars ih TY $810 i 8 governimen 1 f ¥ ’ side of 34 i i i . ' naininin t% position i'l ning, which extends t ‘ t . in i bi } i is Ih 1 i= i “+ . . “ “ it Spa g i Desay nti * . i } tha % 1 posith i ¥ ta gi 8 r sing 3 w ’ PRS Lid Ea 4 IK ‘ So Add ai I» & EN 3 (3 t 4 { 1 wit ‘ na n ‘ e | i P { F lie 4 foun {f a witrasting i t State 5 i woandened f soft w te Of i in 500] They not wanted anywhere ¥ ¥ JOS § I wa i . 0 g : y ' . : : and { fr nd § ) } he , % nN »~ ‘ bra 1 I'h 1 “ rd i ws en S A iw L In late year re and more atten $1} ii ' i 1 i } W we {saa i to the condition f itn or ish an 1 silk | 12 { ot of wlidates for life neu sting i {ance and now the report of the des La flounces are aga s considered of proportional popular They vary in ith Ww that of the physician in det ntly nan ported va ning the value of the “lif ing a : ‘ Ai ; . At "} Fast 5 3 : ni 2 4 [eam “ 3 3 i £8 3 i" 3 $1 3 . . £ an oO BENS rig an Ble } fullnes ‘ “ . 1 ¥ = 5 vi i raistently \ addin rf beaded gall 3 A B enti yopelessly palrion d na an a priate nis 4 . : , refrievably committed to the doctrine iat his country has a igsion to Iw aw i . . Eagincer Brown's Problem loyally and courageously (ulfilled. Th 8 Nn nant siOry 3 aaveral \ h B . 1 1 The conditions under which ritish yapters being carried on pear the 4 yd ms und h lait . : . re are far More . A a . sailors and soldiers live ard Ar more pain i of ie Santa I " een | SANOT ! 1d . : wil 1 sanitary ow than in the past, n I'opeka and Emporia, and if al je | SARIATY ROY n me] t 8 more the eleven deaths occurred facts were known some peoj vould | 1865 more than el n den I wv ¥ aflnat we » tor » Ww : ter be surprised There's a rtain en. | In every 1.000 men afloat, w hile ten 3 yy 1 4 . w i sal 3s . | years later the number fell to G8 In gineer whom we will call Brown Jor ap ; . will | \ «| 1885 to 5.4, and in 1800 to 4.4. In tin convenience HE engin Wil vy, 43 i 5 Ir: the figures were not quite go i for the same purpos Brown yg | ATF the Lgl : $ f ’ 1 . 1 Rifcio t been in the ha £ kita a ¥ t when he stopped to sth for a cer The United States practically mon- itain railroad crossing He would | opolizes the trade of Hawall, receiving stop, pull the whistle, jump to th in 1805 0.04 per cent of its exports ground and a romantic your girl and sending it 70.04 per cent. of its would appear from the shadow of t ports, The total exports were nearly tree and allow herself to be ga ed | 810.000.0600 in 18M, and the imports n her fi agile! were more than £5.000,000 Most of 1 show ed | the trade is carried in United % ion r 1H | vessels 1 2 ¥ 1 i . . * . the n Hd} Some of the primary schools in Ger ris) . Hn AG | many have own physician. He null out i b rh o 13 : aa i watches over ClaABR Tou 8 and i= I ! § y ¥ 3 Foye . > . 438 uas “Oh Zoig on 9 “ome ] to show hat questions of warm #5 savin 4 thn Brain | Bris ita es Gi . . . iia : ha me, and the fireman has become so ing, ventilation. lighting and cleaning g it i 1 % $¢ ach i : 4 t accustomed to it that he wonld rea 3! have entered into the kingdom of sci RICIAN Mrs, Elizabeth Fransis of St. Louis, | Mo., wished to be a physician. She | did not have money enough, however, | witch Mrs. Fransis She Is a typical woman, She be it, nineteenth century gan life with few cares and many comforts, but one day she was con- fronted by the problem of breadwin- ning. Rhe considered Lier capabilities, and found that her education provided her with little that could be turned to advantage unless it was her domestic training. She knew such occupation would shock the members of the po. lite circle in which she had moved, but the necessity of earning money made her seek work, In 1808 she was employed as housekeeper in one of the large hotels. Bhe has supported her- self, educated her daughter and pro- a open the throttle and get the en ver, at { ence whereof he is king. Once in ev gine started as the engineer would | apy fortnight he ix to give instruction climb back upon the seat in the cab.| i, avery class in school, and the text One night Engineer Brown was ab |e preaches from is “Sanitas, sanita- sent from the run amd another en ium omnia sanitas” In shert, he is gineer took his place. When the |e health officer of the whole estab. crossing was reached the new engin: | ahment, the priest of Hygeia, and the | eer stopped and whistled and saw a woman emerge {rom shadow {ree “What's that?” man. “Why. it's Brown's girl be kissed,” replied the he explained to the engineer it. “Well,” run, the the he asked the fire waiting to fireman and all about the man on the can her as well and he climbed down ont of the cab, and after the fireman had heard several loud explosions fram the outside the engineer came clambering back into the cab, chuckling to him self, Engineer Brown was absent {rom the run for several days, and when the girl asked him how it came that he had a mustache one night and none the next night and then a mustache again, the story came out, and now kngmeer Brown is trying to figure out how many of the engineers on the line have been kissing his sweethefirt, Liverpool, England. has set ashi $20,000,000 for eulargement of Me docks. said “I guess | new kiss i | i and the taught. The experiment was first made at Wiesbaden, and has been Barcelona. Spain, is riotous and vio lent in its demand for peace, leing a geaconst town, open to bombardment, it does not encourage all the pervad ing Spanish {ilusions about the Yan. kees, Jt may deem them pigs, but knows that they can shoot straight, and admits it.— . a 3 . ‘ . : there ix only my husband and myself in fan Francisco Chronicle, oh : ] on the family, 1 think you ought to be will ing to come for less than you ask Remunerative Chimney Sweeping. A new tenant, designing to fire his chimney and save the expense of a sweep, hoisted a bundle of burning straw at the end of a pole. A moment {later he was startled by a golden tinkling, and glancing down, saw tha! with gold pieces. Further tion revealed the charred fragments of a leathern bag suspend a hook in the chimney, while windfall ftself totalled up Tit-Bits, A Chance for Maids. Wives are wanted in Rhodesia. Tue British South African Company is anxious for active colonization. For many years the Chartered Company had discountenanced marriage among the mounted police, civil servants and other employes. But this policy has been entirely reversed, and an edict has gone forth among the Chartered Company's officials promising that preference will be given *» married men. covered a —— One of the hospitals in Maacow, Russia, is large enough to sccommy There are only two persons to cook for Domestic—But, mum, when I'm wid you there'll be three. “Habberiohn doesn’t seem to have a very lovable nature” “Well, no, If Habberjohin were at a banguet and some one should discover that there were thirteen at the table all eyes would Ipstinctively turn toward Hab berjohn as the one to go.'-lndianapo lis Journal. Clara-—-Well, aunt, have your photo graphscome from Mr. Snappeschotte’s? Miss Maydeval (angrily)—Yes, and they went back, too, with a note expressing my opinion of his impudence. Clara Gracious! What was it? Miss Mayde val— Why, on the back of every plcture were these words: “The original of this is carefully preserved.” A clergyman new to a living in the west of England was told that an old man in his parish was of an exceeding ly crusty disposition, so he determined to make friends with him the first op portunity he had. Overtaking him in the village one day, be said: “This is cold weather, John” Receiving no re. ply, he tried again: “1 said this is cold weather, John” Turning angrily around, the old man replied: “Well, who sald It warn't? D'ye wan to argy the VintT—Anwers, .