NEWS FOR THE PAIR SEX
NOTES OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS
FEMININE TOPICS.
French Daintiness Lace Edged Ruffles
Return of the Undersieeves The Cor
rect Mourning ~ Two Novel Frocks New
Zealand Amazons—Ete., Etc.
French Daintiness.
A Frenchwoman makes her toilet at
night as carefully as if she were going
to a reception instead of to bed. Wheth-
er she be old voung, a well-bred
daughter of France brushes
ranges her hair, cleans her teeth, 1
her mouth with some pleasant ani
tic wash. dons a beribboned and lace-
frilled nightdress and prepares herself
for sleep with the care and deliberation
of a girl attiring herself for her first
badl.
or
and
LISS
=e.
Lace Edged Ruffles,
Ruffles, lace edged, plainly hemmed
or finished with fancy ruchings, are the
preferred garnitures for summer gar
ments for street, garden-party, or house
wear. These appesr in varied depths.
A favorite method is to have them cut
in shallow form that the
necessary gathering 1s slight. A pretty
: mull
ruffles,
sO
circular
French model shows a shirred
skirt finished
each edged with a fine guipure lace
headed
The
with pointed
he group being by an inser
tion of
pale blue taffeta, with a yoke of tuck
muslin,
bodice is of
the same.
ed white
Return of the Undersieeves.
The
of apprehension
turn of
many years
able, and the probable reason
they are so ungraceful aod
unbecoming.
“lingerie” sleeves, and where
sleeves reach a little
short lingerie sleeves, extending
wrist and terminating in a
ruffle, have been Introduced.
ultra fashionable woman is
the threatened
at
“undersleeves.” It is many,
gince they were fashion
Now they ar
» (ress
below » elbow
band
it
open sleeves are adopted,
dersieeve is a thing assured
dreaded.
The Correct Mourning.
is a
There large selection of mate
and crepe,
which drear stiff and
somber in
most ostracised, n to
popularity—but in It
seems to be perfectiy rejuvenated and
Where
it was once clumsy and unmanageable
it is now soft and obedient and is used
fn the most charming sand graceful
ways for soft folds, draperies and even
tucking on frills. And this js not all
it is now a water proofed fabric. A
light weight of drap d'Alma Clarette,
and a fabric called Ophelia crepe are
for All
costumes for the summer without
Was once so
wis al
appearance, that
has returned aga
Ww
srijige ”
HES UISe J
gas
changed by its period of rest
correct summer wear, white
a ray
of color or even a bit of black are
sidered to be In
ing. but there must
embroidery on these
Con-
the depths of mourn
be no lace or open
gowns, simply
blind embroidery or ruchings, pleatings
and insertions of white
Black and
reserved
blonde » or
white
fat
footing
for a
is light
tions are
when wourning
Two Novel Frocks.
Aun airy frock for a young girl has a
skirt of
cream embroidered tulle, on
flounces of pale green de
composed of three flounces
resting
mousseline
sole. edged with a very narrow flounce
of tae same material.
a bolero of the same tulle, embroidered
over a pale green transparency, and
opens over a frill composed of creamy
lace and white muslin. The arrange
ment of this simple, Aufly frock is suit.
skirts; the color Is fresh
and suggestive of youth
time,
and delicate
and spring.
you blue and white foulard gown has
a scarf of emerald velvet draped grace.
fully on the The bolero Is
striped vertically with bands of navy
blue satin cut on the bias and stitched.
Small buttons of green velvet adorn
the front, arranged In groups of three,
The front opens to show a
row wialsteoat of white
round which is girt a ceinture of
emerald velvet, The skirt Is set In
shirt-pleats round the waist and orna-
bodice,
very
fritlled lawn,
blue satin, which give an exquisite ef.
fect to the dress,
New Zealand Amazons.
tical, ready-to-fight regiment. They
have named their corps the “Lady
Douglas Irresistiples.,” in which socal
rank does not seem to have dictated
regimental rank. Miss Edwin Is the
captain, while Miss Seddon, the daugh-
ter of the Premier of the colony, Is
only a sergeant-major, and the daugh-
ter of Sir Arthur Douglas, the Under
Secretary for the Defeace of the Col
ony, is a mere lieutenant,
Women have always played an im-
pottant part in stimulating a nation to
great and heroic deeds, and it Is found
exemplified in all the wars of history,
It is a well known fact that women
have fought, and can fight, but It Is
doubtful If the ability of modern wo-
men, enervated by an artificial elviliza.
manded of soldiers during a campaign,
There Is,
{ men should not shoot accurately
and rapidly as men, once they have un-
dergone the necessary training, but
| thelr presence in the battletield would
{ be a reproach while there was a sin
New
however, no reason why wo-
as
gle man left capable of fighting.
York Tribune,
A Household Organizer.
It is easy to see that the positions of
world cannot be well filled by one
individual at one and the same time,
One or the other will be sadly neglect
i ed, and we need not say which one will
suffer through being slighted,
natural result, the services
man who is both able and willing to as
of a
sume the superintendence of the estab
lishment become a necessity, She as
with the
Her
soclates intimately neither
family nor with the
meals are handsomely =e
servants,
ved to
alone, whenever and wherever she
pleases to take them, unless, as may
sometimes be the case, she, by agree
| ment, presides at the family table
the of the parents, where
there are growing children the
customary age for going to the dinuer
their
in
ahsence or
under
table she may then preside at
evening meal. ‘This repast is sowme-
thing between a dinner and a high
People of great wealth are
and more that a large
more
needs
quite
bousehold
servants
and superintendent
any business
Cie:
ti
Keeping
her own
cares an
Where a
education
woman
superintend
advising for a few mi
ng with the
yield to her au
mistress
thor!
ty
mur, oi
pays th
after their
In harm
She rules,
Rines and Their Meaning.
ful whethe
is an ancient on
Regarding the
wedding ring on the most nsels ung
t
of left
explanation
hand
the
has been n that the
Messness of that finger Is a protec
the weakest
as on
finger it | sryed from ro
Another
third finger
reason given Is that
2 vein leading fron
there is
the beart, bence the same excuse
that given for
left hand,
In ol
fen t
nes
authority wore
at ind
Moses
symbols
image t
time of
as
Museun
i
Ue DOO
seen
Among t!
portant factor
ony. ara fee
and wife exchange wedd
husband is expected to
riage ring
would he
continuously.
a difficult
to re-establish harmony
he have
the symbol of marriage from Lis finger,
i the Inference being that he had wen
| trying to conceal the fact of his
riage,
Rings have fashioned
every material of sufficient strength to
be put to such use, including gold, sil
ver, brass, iron, bronze,
jet, earthenware and wire
| Curious
where makeshift
conventional wedding ring
utilized during the marriage ceremony
One such instance occurred some time
ago in a nearby town, whea the ring
was missing. Nothing being
avallable as a substitute, a curtain ring
| was used, and on still another ocea-
sion the ring handle of the church Key
was utilized. A in this state
| used in such an emeérgeny a ring form-
ed from the outer edge of a coin, and
which had been carried by some one
| present as a curiosity,
| A gallant “best man” came to the
rescue at a recent wedding, when the
matier
as
wered to removed
were dis
ar
been from
steel, ivory,
cited
the
been
for
have
instances have
substitutes
been
better
couple
| time. He drew from his tie the slender
stickpin that had been adorning It,
| handed the Improvised wedding ring to
{ the distracted groom.
{ A horseshoe nail bent to the shape
of a ring Is sald to bring a great deal
of luck to the owner, and the lead
eramp ring worn six centuries ago has
given place to various rings now worn
to prevent and cure rheumatism,
Teeth were at one time fashionable
for adorning rings, but such grewsome
ornaments are no longer sought after,
The fashionable women of today pre.
| fer the more costly jewels,
Seen In the Shops.
Pigskin belts with gilt or silver trace
buckles,
St. (all embroidered batistes in rich
3
| due k in tam, yachting and golf shapes.
| Kbeep white petticoats trimmed with
| entredeux appliques and tiny lace frill
Ings.
and negligees in cholee color combina
l tions,
and
Swiss nsinsook
India linen all
Lovers with hemstitehlog or fancy open
I SIripes,
Black
lace fens with exquisitely carved ivory
| sticks,
Broad of fabric
white and staple shades,
or white spangled or
displays gloves in
finished with
clasps or buttons,
Prominent displays of lace mitts,
{chamols and fabric gloves In windows
and departments,
Taffeta, silk and sede gloves in tan,
white and
buttons or
gray shades fastened with
patent clasps,
Derby bro
two-toned reps and effective ar
mures for
Allover
nets and
tapestries, mercerized
cades,
summer furnishings
novelty tuckings, applique
vast assortments spangled
gols with 1Hoons
to
ricl and g
match,
Natty sailor
duck or perros
toget!
boys, £
washable
Unlined
NEW ANIMAL FOR CHILDREN.
The Poom Am lateresting Little Pet of the
Lal Species.
It never dreams
offered to it.
up in a din
ing that is not
You may shut the poom
ng root where the fable is spread
v kind of delicacy and
Just
You
will be quite safe as the late
George Washington found that
i tell a lie,
to
his efforts he could not
finds
is physiological:
of a
the
steal
poom that it is unable
it
something in its constitution
keeps it off the idge unless
it is expressly invited to partake It
even suffer from temptation
But if the food is offered, that makes
all the difference, If, for instance, its
young master or mistress pours a little
there
that
cold part:
does not
oxalic or sulphuric acid into a saucer
and invites the poom to go out and see
a map, as the saying is, the poom laps
{it all up at with every sign of
| pleasure, Anything else would drop
dead, but the i= not a slave to
popular prejudices about poison,
| And it may be added here that
{apparatus for expressing delight
singularly full and rich in the poom.
When pleased it wags its tall, purrs
{and smiles considerably Also with
| the poom there are no mean limits as
| to the amount. The child who is for.
| hidden to give the pony more than six
lumps of sugar has much the same
| feelings as the artist who is compelled
| to produce scamped and hurried work.
| He, or she, feels that the thing has
| not been done thoroughly, But the
| poom will go on eating until the child
wanls another kind of game. Mark
| my words, when nature makes an ani
| mal exclusively for the use of chil
idren, It will devote special attentior
| to the question of diet.
f f — -
once
Poon
the
is
| A Massachusetts man Is credited
| with keeping the streets of his native
| town clean from a sense of conscience,
| No quarantine will be established
{against a plague of consciences of that
“
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We now have seventy new ships of
war built or building.
The bee industry
and the
about $20,000,000 a year,
employs 300,000
from it
persons, revenue is
{to
getting
them
used be a
now
which
Australia, are
that it
The kangaroos,
plague in
80 BCurce pays to raise
in herds.
The wheat crop this year of one state
of the union, Kansas, was worth more
than all the gold product of South Af
rica for twelve months.
The Boers, began
preparing for war sey
Chinese, like the
eral years before
fa
acted upan a
maxim,
began it oth
well
they
miliar and established
The last
el
sheep and mutton, than all the rest of
United States
more
year export
meat products, leaving out
the world combined, The amount was
pearly £200,000,000, and the
of Indian corn are the
the
great prod
uets foundation
of trade,
Women delegates appear
time in both nation
iis vear, Is this a case where
century event
these pala
Hert
nn at
wis sled
Mar
diana
heutu
over Gala ule
ia i& pow to have the honor of
the
he new
tana
+ » foe ft 3 3
possessing longest bridge span in
bridge i% 10 Cross
it
and not
the world
St. Lawrence at Quebe will
the
be of the cantilever type the
suspension. The central span w ill be 1,
ROO feet, as opposed to the 1.600 of the
feet of
The
is an
Brooklyn bridge and the 1.7
the Forth bridge, in Scotland.
work will cost $4.500,000, and it
other triumph for American engineer
that contract has
American concern
ing enterprise the
been let to an
The literacy of Russia exceeds that
of any other country claiming to have
a civilized government. In 10.000 vil
jages of the vast empire there is not
and it is estimated that not
twenty per cent
the empire has acquired even the radi
would disband 100,000 men of the vast
army be would thereby save money
these villages,
The comment of the experts in the
regarding the
it lacks
pointed
verdict is that
Eye witnesses
vorable winds and conditions, to re
turn to the starting point, The ex-
perts noted the fact that, even under
the fevorable conditions under which
the experiment was effected, the alr
ship was damaged considerably.
According to a late consular report
Siberia now has a population of RK.
O00.000 and can support SO.000,000 up-
on the baxis of the present density of
of population in European Russia, The
axons of births over dosths io Hneals
i= being colonized in Siberia largely at
expense for traunsporia
The output of gold from Blberia
one-tenth of the world's out
and coal measures CBO.
The average freight rate on the
talroad abynt
ton
tion,
put, the are
Mous,
Transsiberian
half cent
is oue-
per per mile,
the whole canine race
puppy. He
He is a cow-
with
One glanders
in calling the masher a
hasn't
ard of the first
af the
a manly instinet
waiter, such ideas
of
hood as would disgrace a brute
neither
dignity and honor wolnan-
He bas
brains nor consclanee, nor
to 80
little
being
Noth
ing short of the fist of a maniy man or
sense of propriety. He 8 a foe
conceited, lusufferable
st, that is
ciety, a
really dignified by
a horsewhip,
vigorously asoulied, Is
really adequate to his case ‘nhapplly
these are forbidden by the and
masher takes pains to ply
law,
besides, the
his avocation when no men are
that of
n sight,
%0» pecessit ony remedy
pains him ix the detective,
a
the New
York
vernment hi
News
exclu
The
ns
rermnan go
repaired
i*= a large
Bilckes on
hing a
has
8 Year
in somewhat less
he ten years pre.
year
juring one )
HaGen
£5. One wealthy stu-
one Year Of the
shovelling
typewrit-
publica-
isements,
ring is
Th
he average age
aging eating Tis
=~
1 js something over twenty:
¢ 1 ia
Of The Cass
United States Life.
in a wonderful
and death
The report of the
Rervice shows
way, that suffering, danger,
are not considered by ordinary men as
disadvantages to be regarded when the
they are called is an
honorable one, For two dollars a day,
men will take any risk to save life,
The medals awarded show, also, that
service to which
there is a real occasion.
suggest the idea that
digplay courage, per-
other heroic qualities
rity, when
records
wonld
and
sf the destroying of it. That which
makes war the great rival of peace is
chance it offers to exercise the
manly qualities, observes the Chris
the
Sms
Chicago is to have a parental school
of truant boys
It is to be
reformation
with some novel features,
cottage plan, with twenty-five boys in
each cottage, under the constant super-
vision of a teacher. While life in the
parental school is to be made reason.
ably pleasant for the boys, the cond.
tions are to be such that they will be
glad to go home. They are to be wopt
busy from the time they get up until
they go to bed, with practically po
time that they can call their own, They
will be required to work in the garden,
make beds, wash dishes, sweep floors,
and do a hundred and one things. The
boys will not like such a life, and if
they promise to go to school and do bet.
ter they will be allowed to go home,
but upon parole, Monthly reports will
be received concerning their conduct.
If the reports are not encouraging the
boys will be brought back.
KEYSTONE STATE.
LATEST NEWS GLEANKED FROM VARI.
OUS PARTS, :
BOLT DISABLED FAMILY.
Girl Killed, Sister Blinded and Mrothas
Radly Injured by Lightning Bevere
Storm wnt Hanover Parn Destroyed,
Bridges Swept Away usd Eallroad
Tracks Submerged - Other Live News.
During a storm Miss Dalsy Swartz.
baugh, the 17-vear-old daughter of »
farmer living on the outskirts of the
town of Hanover, was struck by light
ning and instantly killed
The bolt came down the
and, besides killing the girl
senseless the entire family, who were
all gathered in one room. An S-year
old boy was seriously injured, and an
11-year-old girl was stricken blind.
A large barn on the Hershey farm
near this town, was set on fire by a
bolt of lightning and burned to the
ground, together with bushels of
wheat and thirty tons of hay.
Seven houses in the city were struck
and damaged The at-
nosphere was so heavily charged with
that the light com-
was compelled to shut down its
for
chimney
knocke
500
more or less
electricity electric
pany
pi !
three hours
Porters, a junction the
Maryland tailroad the
were entirely covered by water
nea a mile, and
with difficulty. BSevy-
the
of
: point on
Western
ACKSR
distance of
away in
ast
swept
village
Sunbonnet Saved Many Live.
Mrs. John Cs Mrs
were
near Dushore
down
Jacob
picking s in the
huge
near-
which
on a
Val-
could
: direc-
nwell and
aw
ted
by
Whirled About Whee.
William Roe, of
cattle
Ber was
year-old
of the
ii foot to
spokes with
the foot
Was
His
which
War
lad
and
Oo tap the
knew it
wheel
he
the vel
horse
the
the wheel
limb was
A physician amputated the
i member, but the shock and in
were great that the boy died
luring the night
boy
The
torn
80
Child Mitten by Rattlesnake
le playing in the yard in the rear
West Market
3-year-old son of
d Hennigan was
His condition
snake got in the
» it came frou are mys-
home, at 1317
wranton
Mrs. Edwar
& rattiesnake
How the
the
Shot Man Instead of € ar,
Martin Moleski, of Hazleton.
i upon to cat that
ing his young chickens
xcitement of moment
gun fired while
was
has
and
took
James
in front of him.
in the face
shoot a
charge
taht
BRA
Havore by Lightning.
the recent
end of
During thunderstorm in
the Dauphin county the
barn on Etter's Island, in the Susque
hanna River, owned by Dr. George F.
Mish, of Middletown, was struck by
lightning and destroyed. A man
named George Brown, residing near
High Spire, was struck by lightning
and badly injured.
lower
Made Insane he the Heat,
Joseph Saltess, a Hungarian laborer,
of Lebanon, became violently insane
and was Jocked up in the county jail
Saltess was employed by the Lacka-
wanna Iron and Steel Company, and
the physicians say he was driven in-
sane by the heat
Woman Lost on Mountain,
The residents of the little town of
Taylor are trying to locate Mrs. John
P. Williams, who is supposed to be
lost in the mountains west of the town.
Mrs. Williams Is about 45 years of age,
and went out on the mountains to pick
huckleberries, but fafled to return.
Car Wheel Plant Sold.
The Hamlin Car Wheel and Mane
facturing Company's plant at Catawis-
sa has been purchased by John K.
Lockard, of Bloomsburg, representing
a company of capitalists, who will at
once erect the necessary additional
buildings and install the new machin.
ery required in the construction of
cars. The plant will begin operations
with a force of 100 men.
The State In Reler
Lightning struck a large frame barn
on the farm of Henry Flory, in Raphe
township, and it was completely de-
stroyed by fire,
The collieries in Pottsville and vi
cinity are beginning to feel the effects
of the continued drought, and unless
a coplous rain Is soon forthcoming
they will all be obliged to shut down,
During a heavy thunderstorm that
passed over Gettysburg the barn of
Frank Hartlaub was destroyed by
lightning, together with Qis entire
crops and farming macinery,
Samuel Eroh, u farmer living nine
miles north of Hasleton, was driving
a harvester over bis hay field when the
horses ran away. Eroh was throws
under the harvester and the knives ous
him in a horrible manner,
a