R TARE
Lapies:
A HINT TO MOTHERS.
Inexpensive and durable picture
books for the little ones may be made
from paper cambric in bright colors.
One-half yard will make a book with
eight good sized leaves. Pink the
with ribbon. The colored plates
fashion magazines,
etc, will furnish very
attractive pic-
the cambric leaves, The making of the
books will be an agresable pastime for
the older children Good Kk
ing.
THE PICTURE HAT.
picture ha. has
beautiful than it is today.
The
more Yet
that it £0
Wrong
for the simple reason is
often donned by the
There is a terrible type of would-be
artistic lady who imagines that she
possesses all the qualifications neces-
sary for the successful wearing of the
picture hat by reason her
edge of art But unfortunately
lady has no knowledge whatever
dress, and she to be above
the vanities of this world, apart from
art. The always 3
as can easily
at a studio.
of knowl
this
of
profe IS
result is
be proved by a’
Washington Star
THIN BLOUSES.
No self-respecting nowadays
woman
attempts to w thin blouses without
a silk or
Shirts and
avoided by
ar
1 mwrsaliy inside x atx Ih
nusiin underneats
slip
always be
¥
ne oO
P :
blouses should
vy the untidy ty woman
To look well they m be beautifully
put on and properly arranged at the
neck and
Practical
a higt
noon
ust
waist,
made with
while after
transparent
the neck line beautiful lace
lars. Except the hottest of
mer days, a transparent neck worn in
the morning with a tailor-made
and skirt appear incongruous
against the laws pf good dressing
shirts
and
are now
collar
1 stock,
blou
1 ft
with
ses are
to
' ol
on sum-
coat
and
COLORED MATERIALS FAVORED
As for the
prevail; gray, beige,
which
hold
colors, pale, soft .ints
cream a aeep-
might be described as
the field, d for these
the ideal trimming | lace or em-
broidered lawn, an
easily i to the
A dress of deep apr
and
er tone,
apricot,
suited
a scroll design and strappings on
} says the Delineator,
a glace coat «
Irish lace
apricot silk
prominent artist
poses to ot
Tuscan
of black
of lace
chiffon.
SKirt,
with
coat
completes
of
of the
own
straw |
rush an
mounted
AN APPEAL TO WOMEN
Lady Florence Dixie makes a strong
appeal in the Independent to the
men not to wear birds in their hats,
the killing of which, she a
barbarous as is wearing
She contends that the turning of hats
into bird coffins does not even
the appearance of the wearer, and that
if men were asked to give a frank
opinion they will the question
ers that woman's hat is disgraced and
disfigured, not adorned, when it be
comes the receptacle of extinct bird
life. In her opinion “the hat of many
feathers” which women of fashion
wear {8s as grotesque and unsightly as
the fantastic headgear of the wild
savage.
“I appeal to
WoO
argues, is
custom, the
improve
assure
women.” continues
Lady Florence, “to let this custom
come an obsolete and teach
rising generation to regard it as
barie
to buy a hat loaded with the remnants
of extinct bird life the purveyors
would cease to send forth the order to
the bird butchers to provide them with
the thousands and tens of thousands
of feathered ‘dreams of beauty’ which
are annually sacrificed on the altars
of fashion. Be merciful, my
est prayer. Without it, true
gress is possible”
Lady Florence Dixie 1s the wife of
Sir Alexander Dixie and daughter of
the seventh Marquis
Lady Florence is a keen champion of
he.
one
bar
is
no pro-
theory into practice by acting as war
correspondent to the Morning Post
during the Boer war of 1881.
a keen advocate of the
for women and is herself as much at
home on a barebacked horse as in the
saddle,
ning and
Chamberiainesque, “Quod
said.”)
SHIRT-WAIST BOXES.
The shirt-waist, that has become the
one permanent feature of feminine ap-
parel, though it has modifications from
season to season in cut and trimming,
has developed a need for a convenient
place where they may be laid when
brought home from the laundry.
To stretch out three shirt-waists,
properly laundered, will take up the
whole space of a bureau drawer, and
& good deep one at that.
A chiffonier drawer is so shallow
that a well-stiffen waist scarcely
finds room there, neither may one
hang up a waist and expect to keep
it in shape.
To overcome this difficalty the shirt
waist box has come into existence to
gnswer the proverbial “long felt want,”
and while they are offered by manufac.
turers, upholstered professionally in
erstonnes and other printed cottons,
the average woman is clever enough
.
gelf.
Get a clean wooden box from
grocer, one about 32
high, or larger {f more
waists are to be kept in it,
Get a box in which canned goods
have been packed or somes other per
fectly odorless staple, and take care
that you do not get a soap or a shoe
box.
Line it with paper, plain or fancy:
put the lid on hinges, and then cover
outside with cretonne in box plaits,
making a eushion for the top that
may be stuffed with excelsior or fibre.
For shirt-waist suits a much longer
box is required, the length of the skirt
fact, and this fixed up as a box
with plenty of pillows on fit,
the appearance of the room;
than six
adds to
in
one,
a room
receptacle is not a little surely.
a long, narrow collar holder made of
little protection collars nicely
This box for the shirt-walist
also room for the
skirts.—Philadeiphta Record.
suits
gives best white
THE AILMENTS OF CHILDREN.
That ted
with the
ghould be affli
and
and
paren
children
headaches
shotild be
applied
is unnat
cause investigated
at once if
the
remedy
would
0
preserve hegith and live
children
first
i
their
One of the causes of heada«
is too often growth
ody keep chil
feed
and
Plenty
them
firtla
ILLITE
x { imprope Or overes
Regular hours and suitable diet
only remedy.
have a
the
Headaches frequently
in which case
by
warm
ous origin
should be kept
and the
baths; also massage
back and give
Sometimes
and
jo “
them]
cool Oia
tions feat by
the limbs an
atha
av . 3314
are aeraai-
may
rn
the blood
from
ary.
bein
other
the
and let them
hours of the day
and nothi
a rule rigidly
the children’s bed
wall at night
There should be a
of air all around if you
them to up healthy and
The window should never
and a wide open one, even in the
eX
have
Meals
ng be-
kept
be
regular intervals
Id be
pushed against the or
back in an
free current
alcove
want
strong
shut,
depth of winter
once they grow a
that their eyes are sheltered from the
iight A strong light falling on the
eves when any one is asleep weakens
them, and the sleep is not so refresh-
ing. Washington Star.
grow
he
ustomed to it See
FASHION NOTES
Toques and hats of corn color
foe tinted straw are much
Paris
Suede belts are beautifully
in gold and silver thread
A new chain bracelet is
chrysoprase at regular
has a chrysoprase heart at the central
Ow
favored in
wy bye d
embroid-
ered
with
set
An
black
effective
taffeta,
is
tucked
in black
part
bodice
the
lower
black lace In large designs, making it
very open
Belt buckles of copper, either with
or without combinations of silver, are
worn. They do not look well on black
or upon a color which presents too
strong a contrast.
Stick-pins are in the devices of golf
sticks, ping-pong racquets, crops, stir-
rups and bits,
Dark blue and vivid green is a col
or combination introduced by a Pari.
The lighter tones of suede are be
ing much used for the more severe
styles of slippers. Silver grays, fawns,
delicate tans and a putty tist being
included. in the ist,
A big bow of white ribbon striped
with black and having something of a
gray effect trims a deep straw-<colored
hat, which is finished around the edge
or the rim with small black berries
and narrow gray-green leaves.
in Paris jot buckles are taking the
place of circlets and buckles of bril-
liants, '
One of the pretty chiffon ruffs has
around the neck innumerable little
white ostrich tips with the chiffon
folds. The ends are of the chiffon
alone.
Pretty barette pins to be seen in the
best jewelers’ are in shell, with a de
sign in gold wire upon them set with
pearis. Shell is one of the most satis
factory ornaments for the hair, .
In tha State of Sergipe, Brazil, thers
are 671 sugar factories.
b
"Household Column.
x.
CRACKERS.
Put a few dried figs in a very little
water and simmer soften. Drain
{ and chop fine, making a paste with a
{ little whipped cream. Spread between
| wafers and two together,
FIG
to
press
WATERCRESS SALAD.
Steep in cold water some watercress;
when to serve pour over a
French dressing made with one table
spoon of vinegar, three tablespoonsful
of salad oil, one tablespoon of scraped
onion and salt and pepper; mix well
and pour over the cress; cold boiled
| beets may be cut in dice and mixed
garnish with olives.
adv
reaqy
with the
Cress
MILK SHERBET.
het
A milk sher is something of a
{ novelty in the list of cold things. Add
ithe juice of three lemons and of one
to and a half cupfuls of
together till the two
then begin and pour
If
mixt
in three parts of
of — Har
one
sugar Work
| seem half melted,
in upfuls of milk.
milk is add rapidly, the
may Freezs
{ ice mixed
pers
orange
alowly four the
: ire
curdle
th one part salt
Bazar
HARICOT LOAF
of
BEAN
beans
OOK Unt
Y SHORTCAKE
one
STRAWBERR
Mix together
half of a teaspooniy
spoonful of
teaspoonful of
4
WO nful
this three tablespoon
add suffi
iouUgn
niece
pif
and SW oR
ito a
each
thick
fent
Divide
out two-thir
Lay on grefsed
in a hot it wl
oven
Foxes
wnfial of
ipiul of
a3 possid
A pastry
pans covered
powdered sugar and bake
in a moderate oven for about ten
Lutes
POTATOES
perry
BCR LE
8
A Southern the followin
rule for
her handing
taste and odor
dish, and yet i
its composition Take one large 4
spoonful of lard and and jet
| heat in a stewpan or kettle
When hot stir in one large tablespoon
of flour. Stir until smooth, then add
one medium-sized onion cut small
Cook for one minute or until
i then stir in one guart of potato dice
previously prepared Add suff
them, a t
and a dash of peper
the and let wi k
until! the potatoes are done through
i and the water has boiled quite away
| This dish is not difficult to
{ and may cooked in about
| minutes
DOK Eave
and unde
was a dist
kan about
entered
stewed
there
potatoes
of chi
no icken
butter
small
brown
boiling water fo
spoonful
| Put a lid
aver
of zal
Kettle
prepare
be twenty
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
To tall good eggs put them in water;
i if the large end turns up they are not
{ fresh
By dipping fish for an instant
{ boiling water much of the
{ in removing the scales will
come
Lard for pastry should be used as
hard as it can De cut with a knife
It should be cut through the flour, not
rubbed.
Unbleached muslin covers slipped
over piliows before the real cases are
put on will lengthen the existence ot
the outer case
A good cook says her test of when
bread is ready to go in the oven is
to try it with her finger. If the dough
springs right up and leaves no dent
of the finger it ought to be baked im-
mediately.”
If there are badly discolored spots
on silver which nothing in the way of
a silver polish will remove, try fine
salt. By the way, an excellent home
made silver polish is made from pow
dered chalk mixed in a thick paste
with water and a teaspoonful of am-
monia.
it is at the top that comfortables
and quilts wear out and soll soonest.
Prevent this by sewing at the top of
these a strip of cotton, doubled in the
middie, half being on the inside and
half on the outside of th: comfortable.
This strip can easily be removed and
washed when soiled.
To remove the odor of onions from
the hands rinse them well under the
cold water tap and them rub them
with a plece of celery or soma parsley,
in
difficulty
be over
(HIVES' CORRESPONDENCE
MUNICATE IN STRAIGHT
FORWARD WAY,
ngenious Ruse to Inform a Man
Too Elaborate or Audacious.
sretly
slaborate a scheme of rascality or
send a warning of imminent danger
‘rom the police. Nobody knows bet-
ter than he, however, that by avail
mg himself of the orthodox channels
ae runs the risk of discovery. Hence
t is becoming a common practice for
slever rogues never to communicate
n a straightforward way if they can
avold it, but, to set up aud
ase peculiar postoffices, which are es-
sentially their own
A typical case was that of a man
who was “wanted” connection with
certain notorious turf frauds. When
warrant ued he sought
shelter in shabby lodgings in a back
not five miles from the Bank
f England He had friends who
rongly objected his capture
the
instead
in
if
th wan |
Hoe Was 188
treet
1
tn
mainly becaus drance in
loc) ould hav led unpleasant
But they
another of the ¢
that
bereavs
the
The
grief
wire RCC
80 far as
ympan ied
maney order
yf London
2 dozen black tie
rit hout del
2
gesirs
stranger
transfer to
ho was to surreptitiou
his passage
taken
iim a store of money
which ha
ecounterfolls been
name
Lon
under a false
Nothing
genjously audacic playing
a game the loss of which means penal
y them. In a Midland town
style and the odor of
is borate or in.
is to men
sorvyit ide
d in
outward
strongly
with a
coiners-
respectability a who
suspected of
gang of “smashers”—
that is, who also disposed of
sham foreign notes and did quite a
brisk business in worthless securities
There was no doubt that
person
bein in
was
jeague
by a master mind, whom the author
ities had no moral doubt was identi
cal with the aforementioned gentle
was never to be seen in dubious com-
pany. and the postman never brought
him a letter which he was not willing
to affably show to anybody
For months there came to Smith's
house morning a young milk.
man. with a placid smile and a shiny
innocence. He had set him
he explained to his custom
with a legacy left to
and every mornin
he handed a quart can of milk in at
Smith's area-door—and every
ing Smith's {llegal correspondence
was lying at the bottom of that guart
can in a metal box, and the
avery
brow oi
self up,
ors generally,
him by his uncle
the most cool and daring of all
Smith's tools, while the milkman was
another. The “smashers” had
him up in business simply and solely
dress to which to send the missives
it was his duty to deliver. —Cassell's
Saturday Journal.’
Subduing a Bully.
The Siberian railroad traverses the
greatest wilderness that steam has
ever been set to conquer. The tam-
ing of our Western prairies and moun.
tains was a small task compared to
this subjection of the Siberian wastes.
An experience on a train, related by a
writer in a Viadivostok paper, re
minds one of the early stagecoach
days beyond the Mississippl, and
seems even more violent because the
participants in the adventure were
not rough plainsmen and mountain:
eers, but a lady and a nobleman.
When the train pulled up at Teitsi.
kar in Manchuria, & Manchu noble,
who had bullied all his fellow passen-
gers, alighted at the station restau.
rant, after warning them that he
would decapitate any of them who
took his seat. During his absence a
smartly dressed young Russian lady
entered the car, and despite the alarm-
ed expostulations of Ite occupants,
calmly appropriated the seat.
When the noble returned he flew
into a passion snd advanced tSreat.
eningly with hiv curved saber drawn.
But the young woman | coely covered
3
shining revolver,
us for a pack of cows
she exclaimed, and
a
“Do you ta
then,
“Hers
The
at her
ntis ghe remalk-
is my hero’
hu nobl=s surrendered, and
feet for the rest of the
Wn
pes ig 1o her
place
Mane
ROCHAMBEAU'S SBERVICES.
Some Historical Facts Not Generally
Known,
There are some historical facts in
America not generally
America
repre
which are
It is customary
upon Lafayette
of
the United States during
daye of the revolution.
in
as the
ance
the eritical
to look
France's assist
apd among Frenchmen, while there is
tiie fullest admiration for the gal
lantry of Lafayette, it is a recognized
fact that Rochambesau was the repre
sentative of the French
America at that
marshal in the
vice, and as such was offici
with the of
French
strength
time
was a field "
trusted
leadership
contingent which
to the side of
the
gave
American
Lafayette
the
At
irSUINE 8
game time,
somewhat 1n«
to Americ
on from the French
French
A
pendent
stead of coming a
first
Yorktown
th Admiral
Washington
of France
CHEE at
w
in 1807 in
i . military
the gravity of
his
CA
character
iis remarkable reticence impress
t on his officers and held his
troops in perfect control, and
he was a rigid disciplinarian he en-
deared himself his his
fatherly and watchful their
srsonal comfort. The
men him and
was maintained through
Washington's
acity
ed re 8 ed
though
to troops by
care
close
for
attach
Washington
correspond
death
between
ence until
1793,
WILD DUCKS,
They Change Their Flight to Avoid
Danger Points.
seems almost
that the
of Sight,
certain
their line
gome <==tent the lines
where danger is greatest. It is
certain, for that Canada has
ghooting than Michigan in the
St. C district, for the rea
ducks change
avoiding to
their
instance,
better
Lal air
protecti and the ducks are
frightened away by an early bombard
consequence, the kill in
has declined, while that
on
Michigan
ax
Akewise, | know one section of Wis
consin
that
the country round
fered corespondingly. Here,
Sandusky shooting grounds
example. Formerly the law
permitted duck shooting as early as
September 1. A number of the clubs
of the
Ottawa Club and
declined to shoot
now has scarcely a duck.
one or two
others until later
geason’'s close, ducks were growing
scarce on neighboring preserves the
Ottawa men had the best of shooting.
This was not only # =ood instance of
virtue proving her own reward, but
goes to show how local conditions
may alter materially the kill of ducks.
«From “Problems in Ohio Sport,” in
Outing.
A Story of Holland House.
The place now belongs to the fifth
Barl of lichester, a lineal descendant
of the famous politician Fox, after.
ward Lord Holland, the Lord liches
ter, who owns over thirtytwo thou.
sand acres in other parts of the coun
try, has ample means for “keeping
up” Holland House. Holland House,
too, bas its ghost story. The beau
tiful Lady Diana Rich, daughter of
the #arl of Holland from whom the
house took its name. was once walk:
ing in the garden before dinner, when
she met har own apparation, “as if in
a looking glase.” A month later this
lady succumbed to smallpox, and her
sister, also, it is said, saw an appari.
tion just before her death Cassell a
Magazine,
An iron jaw is no match fer an
fronical ifaw. :
#
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
From All Sources.
juest merry
Pittsburg, mat
tee] Ding
Clark
He 3 Isaa
frie ied a device
Irgit picking « {
flat iron handl
Gwyn, Delmont,
Pittsburg,
7 1
Hor ee
bottie
SICKNESS,
y the res:-
Walling-
Lacka
Berwick
ned. At
he station of the 1
anna & Western Ra
was struck by lightning and |
the time
many passengers
waitin the cl
variou
A horse, carriage &
were stolen from the
g room and all
omMmces, but no
One was
wet h
stable of Frank
ingdale Valley
eft of ti
ty within a short
t is supposed that a gang of
thieves has its headquarters on
warp or Locust Mountains
All financial records were broken at
the State Treasury in the month just
closed. when an inventory of the cash in
the general fund on June 30 showed the
amount of $1042482172 on hand
Among the new depositories of State
money is the Colonial Trust Company,
of Pittsburg, which has $050,000 on de-
posit. It is said that Chas. M. Schwab
and ex-Senator Flinn are directly con-
cerned in the management of the Colo
nial,
Notices have been sent to the mem
bers of the new Capitol Commission
that a meeting will be held this week
for the purpose of inspecting thé plans
as completed by Architect Huston, of
Philadelphia. The plans were approved
some time ago and have been worked
sut by Mr. Huston in order that the bid:
ders for the work may get a complete
idea what is to be done. It has been
practically agreed to let the entire con-
tract to one bidder and not divide the
work.
Attorney P. W. McKeown, for the
past two years has held the office of jus-
tice of the peace in Plymouth Township,
has sent his resignation to Governor
Stone. He has sent only one man to
jail and sent no cases to court. He
thoroughly investigated every case be-
fore issuing a warrant or commencing
proceedings against any one, and no
one could be arraigned before kim for
revenge. He resigned on account of
change of residence.
The Duncannon Iron Company has
advanced the wages of puddlers in its
employ from $4.25 to $4.50 per ton,
har
His
oy