LACE AND HOSIERY
fancy in the hosiery world, and, lack:
ing an alliance of silk, the very filmi-
est lisle thread is requisitioned
be-
a
to a lace itself, and frequently
tween the Inserted lnes of lace
hand-embroidery of spots is
duced.
- oe
NEW FADS IN CHAINS.
A pretty fancy for the summer girl
is to have her chain match in design
the fan attached to it. For the daisy
fan there is a long chain made of
small white enamelled daisies,
the Woman's Home Companion.
daisies look as if strung on
stems.
are made of little blue forget-me-nots,
tiny pink button roses in delicately
tinted enamel, and wee pansies ex-
quisitely shaded.
WOMEN VOTERS OF
An Australian newspaper tells of
some curious results of the new elec
toral rolls of South Australia. The
number of men on the rolls has
shrunk, in a little over three years,
from 83.640 to 76,767. On the other
hand, women voters have
during the mame period from 68,375 to
71,682.
tan districts the men voters
dwindled in number from 35587
30.484, a reduction of nearly 16 per
cent.: women voters in the same dis
tricts have slightly increased their
numbers, and now count no less than
32.801. The women voters in the
chief city constituencies thus actually
outnumber the men, and if—under any
caprice or wave of feeling—they
a8 a sex, they would beat their hus
bands completely!
The
have
vote
TAFFETA PETTICOATS
Tafteta almost en-
the white
petticoats have
tirely taken the place of
cambric and embroidery underskirts
The evening petticoats are most eladb
orate, some being made of peau
sole trimmed with lace and insertions,
while the cut is quite as important
as that of the outer skirt. The taffeta
petticoat is an expensive luxury, es
pecially for the evening, when we can
wear pale shades many times without
their getting soiled. They save the
hem of our frocks as well as the laun-
dress’'s bill, for & muslin pedicoat can
seldom be worn more than twice with-
out a visit to the washtub and if it
be cut after the fashion of the hour,
it must necessarily be expensive ow.
ing to the multiplicity of frills which
are an absolute necessity on the prop
erly shaped underskirt of today.—
New York Journal.
AT A SUMMER RESORT.
At a summer resort [ saw novel
hanging baskets, made by children’s
deft fingers out of a small hemlock
tree, moss, ferns, vines and tiny
de
to the ground, the upprr twigs re
moved and the lower ones tied to the
stem to make the basket.
sun and alr. Hung on a cottage piaz-
za these baskets make a novel and
lsating several weeks.
pisce a table in the hotel was decorat-
partridge vines and tiny ferns were
ing added from day to day. This bit
of green made a pleasing oasis in the
desert of white tablecloth and was
much admired.-—Annabel Lee, in Good
Housekeeping.
THE EVIL OF HEAVY HATS.
When traveling in countries where
the great majority of the people habit
ually walk bareheaded, as is the case
in many parts of Italy, for instance,
says the Youth's Companion, one can
hardly help noticing the great num-
ber of handsome heads of hair seen on
the streets. This fact must be accept:
ed as one of the strongest proofs that
the hat is the most fruitful cause of
baldness. It is certain that there are
more bald men than bald women in
the world, although If women were
condemned to wear heavy, unylelding
felt and silk hats, as men are, they
would probably suffer as much.
The headgear to which men are
condemned for the greater part of the
year has several qualities inseparable
from it which tend to lower tue
health of the scalp and injure or en
tirely destroy the hair, and in a less
or degree women's hats may come
under the same consideration. These
qualities are weight, lack of ventila-
tion and tightness. Any hat which
causes a sense of oppression and
heaviness across the brow will injure
the growth of the hair.
Let any woman who has worn for
months or years small, light bon.
nets set back from the face put on a
gtiff hat that rests upon the vrow, and
she will soon realize how vigorously
her whole head resents the unwonted
tyranny. She will find herself con-
stantly lifting the weight to gain a
woment’s relief and fresh air for the
ti
imprisoned and rebelling nerves and
veins. If she persists in wearing the
hat in a short time the danger signals
cease, Her brow becomes apparently
indifferent to the insult it has given
its warning--its danger signals of
pain and discomfort—and now adapts
itself to the new burden. But the
harm goes on, nevertheless, The
scalp suffers from overwork, overheat
nerveless hair will tell the tale.
The growing custom for women of
removing the hat in public places, to
gether with the extreme lightness of
the structures demanded by fashion
for the greater portion of the year,
ment in this respect, for with the hair,
TREASURES OF SWISS WOMEN.
The people in Switzeriand are not
the name of Swiss mountaineers. Very
wis the site of this cha-
being well up the mountain side
and having a sloping roof, which, pro-
jecting over the front supported by
arched beams, gave shade to a small
balcony above. The house was
by narrow, small-paned win-
dows. The only entrance to be seen
was frort a rude veranda on one side.
the
door.
upon
door-stone, we knocked at the
A woman came to the door, and
being told that an American
would like to visit her, we
first room to
On one side was the only
and ranged along the sides
sheives with racks to hold the
bowls, plates, cups and saucers, which
comprised the family tableware. These
were in pink and blue, and although
porcelain, were really very
pretty, and spotlessly clean, says a
‘riter In Leslie's Weekly.
On the wal! at the head of the bed
were the family portraits, old-fashion-
ed daguerreotypes and some poor pho-
tographs, as greatly loved and admlir-
ed by their owner, however, as if
they were portraits by great artists
in the halls of stately castles or
princely palaces. We gave them their
full meed of praise, as well as to the
sampler, which hung in a place of
honor, just such as our great-grand-
mothers were taught to embroider as
an important part of their education.
This, told by our hostess,
was worked by her daughter, a gig! of
nineteen, who had dicd eleven years
in a corner was a small spin
ning wheel, her only means of liveli-
hood being spinning wool and knitting
stockings
which was the
be entered
window,
were
we Ww
re
ago
She told us her simple story—of the
loss of her only boy when but a child,
then of her daughter, & good and beau
tifui girl of teen, the only hope
and joy of her mother's heart then
took up to a table on which was a
large wooden box, and lovingly re
moving some white linen towels, we
looked in, as one looks into the casket
upon the loved dead, and caw a wreath
of white artificial roses and liles. To
each flower was attached a white pa
per, cut heartshape, upon which were
written tender verses 1n memory of
the dead girl by the givers of the
wreath.
As we looked and read,
ning
sorrow and
tery in the wrinkled face of the
mother. Although not an old woman,
as we count age in America, sorrow,
poverty and ceaseless toll had graven
asked her of her husband, and with
pathetic dignity she said: “He has
gone away, and [ know not where”
We left our little old woman just
outside the door and came down the
mountain side musing, with Gray, or
“The short and simple annals of tl
FASHION NOTES.
Some of the newest hats are trim-
Lace gowns, black or white or biack
and white, are as fash.onable as ever.
The latest use for a miniature watch
is to have it set iu a tiny gold basket
for a wristbag of gray
suede
A coarse linen crash coat is trim-
med with stitched bands of cloth,
matching as nearly as possible the
color of the crash. The deep collar is
of the stitched cloth, with filet lace
get in, and more of the lace.
With white frocks children’s belts
come in black patent leather. They
are worn frequently with black hats
and patent leather shoes and white
stockings.
An applique design of cherries and
leaves in the natural colors is the
novel decoration of the linen collar
and cuffs of a walking costume of
shepherd's plaid.
large white felt hats for women
have broad bands of ribbon velvet
drawn into folds around the crown,
with one long loop and an end of the
same length hanging at the back.
For muslin gowns the latest folible
is black lace, the muslin or lace ruf-
fles being edged with a tiny width of
black lace.
White buckskin shoes are consid.
ered the proper finish to a white sum.
mer costume, and pipeclay will keep
them in their pristine freshness.
One of the features of the summer
season is the revival of low-cut walsts,
and the wearing of flat fichus, lace
berries, ete, with this collarless bod
ice,
Floral forms are numerous in heads
of hatpins, but the better ones are
jewelled. A silver snake with emer
ald eyes form the head to one pin. A
gold bulidog's head is seen in another
instance, while of violets, marguerites,
pansy and fleurdelis hatpins there
is no end. \
———— A ————
For the Household.
To clean mirrors and window-panes
mix some powdered whiting to a thin
paste, and rub this over the surface.
Wipe with a dry cloth, and polish with
ohamois leather. Clean only a small
portion of glass at a time, as whiting
ts difficult to remove if allowed to dry.
Be careful not to touch the gilt frames
of your mirror with the mixture.
LINEN TEA COVERS
Our delicate embroidered cosies can
be kept in their original freshness for
a long time when covered with a de
tachable linen cover, white or colored,
embroidered in linen thread and edged
with a gathered linen frill, says Home
Notes. This cover can be easily re
moved when required to be washed
and replaced by another linen one, and
a linen cover will be found invaluable
also for hiding outside defects in
old cosy which for associations of the
giver, or through being not worn
enough, we hesitate to throw away
AN EARLY CUP OF COFFEE
A nervous Invalid or a person
dering on a state
bor
of semi-invalidism
should never be awakened suddenly
and with a start. No matter how re-
freshing the sleep may have been, such
an awakening gives a shock to the
nervous system, and much of the bene
fit gained by night's rest ia lost
Carry a of hot coffee to an in
valid's room, awake her gently and
glve her the stimulating drink at once
If the doctor objects—as doctors fre
quently do—to a nervous invalid's hav
ing coffee, then substitute for it a cup
of hot cocoa or chocolate
the
cup
fO IMPROVE SMALL ROOMS
The apparent size of a smal] apart.
ment may be considerably increased by
removing the chandelier and introduc
ing side-lights. In a narrow parlor,
for example, a six-arm chandelier, set
in its plaster medallion, the arrange
ment repeated, perhaps in a mirror
over the mantiepiece, adds very per
ceptibly to the furnishing of the room
Take it away, make the
that cannot be roalized till the experi.
ment tried Sidelights are
stood now to be much more artistic
lighting in any but
lofty apartments, as we
venient A pair may
piano, another over a
against a
the light
under
in
is
very large
a8 more
near
corner-seat,
bookcase and so on, to
where specially needed
be the
give
HELPS IN EMERGENCIES
None of
enough about
treatment in
one has
they
afterwards
f us perhaps think
the best methods
case of acl
A scare in
are pretty apt
The
lents
ever
homes
fortified
their
io
in emergencies
medi
belled
For
One should have
ine chest, and keep all such
a
external {auch
son oak) all plant poisons,
strong soiution of borax water
bathe the afflicted parts in, then apply
a poultice made of tansy
Moisten with sweet cream
For poisons from mushroom,
or from alkalies, use vinegar
freely so as to eject the poison from
the stomach
little soda in it is also excellent
poisons as
or
as witch hazel,
tard [saves
arnica, balsam, mus
camphor, paregoric, bo
racic acid, pulverized borax,
oil, a bottle of lime water,
sticking plaster, soft cotton and oid
linen rags
Linseed oil and lime water mixed
together with a feather till it looks
like cream is an excellent remody for
burns and scalds. Arnica is also good
for bruises.
RECIPES.
Frozen Bananas Peel ten bananas;
cut them in slices with a silver knife;
then rub them through a strainer; put
two cupfuls of water and two cupfuls
of sugar over the fire; let boil for five
minutes; strain, and when cold add
tite juice of one orange and juice of
one lemon and turn the handle slowly
until frozen; remove the dasher and
stir on one cupful of cream whipped;
pack down and let stand one hour.
Beet and Celery Salad--New beets
should be used for this salad when
obtainable, but the canned small ones
do very nicely and are to be preferred
to old ones, which may be stringy.
Heat the beets and dash through a
colander; cool on ice; chop the tender
pleces of the celery not used in the
ple; put with the mashed beets, and
add a dressing made of one-half cup of
good vinegar, one-half tablespoon of
salad oli, one-half teaspoon of salt and
one-fourth teaspoon of pepper and
mustard each. Select firm, cuplike
leaves of head lettuce and place some
of the mixture in each.
Green Gooseberry ' Jelly-—-Put one
and one-half cups of water to each
pint of berries and heat until they are
broken; then turn into a jelly bag and
jet drain over night. In the morning
measure the juice and boil rapidly for
ten minutes; then add a pound of
granulated sugar to every pint of juice
and boil steadily for ten minutes long-
er. Skim while boiling and when
done pour into heated glasses, filling
to overflowing; a bit of the thin yel-
low peel of lemon may be placed in
each glass before the jelly is poured
in.
=ngland’'s Climate Getting Warmer,
The average temperature of Great
firitain has risen nearly one and one
third degrees within the past half cen.
try. January is now nearly three de
grees warmer than it was,
By REBECCA
HARDING DAVIS,
The Disease of Money Getting,
vee WONDER if the younger generation of Americans are conscious
1 ® of how rapidly becoming that dominates
» 2 3
® wealth !s
{1 - 1 3
a our horizon? The greed for money has been developed among us
» one object
@PPO®®® gince the Clvil War with the force and swiftness of an epidemic.
that war there were very few fortunes in this country. The
Before large
awe as a Croesus. We had no huge, splendid cities then, hotbeds of luxury,
The Western, the Middle States were sparsely settled; the majority
of our people lived in villages of little towns, where the conditions of life
were simple and inexpensive,
even
The great man of the town probably lived in 2
pillared wooden mansion on an income of two or three thousand per annum,
The American has now grown used to look upon gigantic accumulations of
wealth, and it may well be that his eyesight is a little impaired by their
petual glitter. Dwellers under the luster of Mt. Blane, it is said,
things but dully and no longer can measure distances justly.
per
gee
More can be bought with money now in the United States, perhaps, than
anywhere else, Luxury, political ~all
Haman occasionally
power, a certain socia] position
their price. may be
Mordecai sitting at the gate, who watches his noisy pomp with a quiet,
smile. And yet the poor gentleman Mordecai has common sense. He
that with a little account in he his
boy to Florida or the Adirondacks, and that without it he must die
is not a slave to Mammon, but he {% human, and he, too, joins the multitude iv
heavier bank could send
the frantic struggle of money-getting.
Who can live outside of it?
OVERCONFIDENCE
i
fore Jack in the old fairy Behind its dors walt wonders
which his grandfather kpew nothing, the triumphs of art and science, the joys
story. closed
of travel, of power, of soclety, of luxury
golden keys, How
known climes, or build
without a great fortune, can he sail his yacht to un
liltmore, or buy Titlans, or endow col
enter 1t
in
a castle like
of all,
The huge accumulations of wealth in the last
individuals and
1eges, or, most covered joy he smart set of his native city
by the trusts seem have
tion just as a noxious disease infects a body.
to maddened the brain of the
the
Our recent writers on sociology recognize
which we set upon the things of life
imitated,
the recent change in
Our old idea of a higher clags to be
men and women of honest of gentle breeding and high
is, we now hear, stale
faith of the old-time
parentage
purposes, and fantastic
The American in the as the one land on
earth where all men are free—where government exists only by the consent
of the governed—is jeered at and “Neither the
nor the old prejudices in favor of por the dead hand of Washing
ton,” we are told, “shall be allowed to interfere with the gigantic in
terests of the
Under this
The
ress of which we
art,
simply commercial
“Get money.”
Treat yoursel
days of Augustus
republic
thrust aside
liberty,
business
country.”
ruling the
man
even meaning of words has
man
changed lately for
Americans successful is merely the rich
DOKL 80
¢ loavrnin 3 " §1ie vo :
in or learning, or in the nobility or distinction of individual life, but
progress
shouts the modern teacher t
it
il
y our boys
life as did the
Rem it is
wild rush to the
facts,
“Why
young Roman in
the only
shou
you
sh
wai
starve? ves to the best
Get money good!"
¥e vr ssmivarasl 5 sa
jut in our universal, f the golden calf, can we not
The Wall
His millions or his aching jaw,
Do the millions
hold
~the independ
£0 back for a moment to to plain non sense? ruler of
street-—what the
his drunken son—the
actually buy him re
the world
are realities of fe y him
tr
WO in
woman whom he loved, who is
Do they
dead?
give h
ut a doliar
st, comfort, happiness? m any upon
ns upo
into which he soon must go and go with ’
ent,
STASI
an -
of Arizona the
plexion of the Arab
OISTURE is responsible for race
! differentiation
for
~gtatures, tempera
menta, and Molsture
in the
the
with
ets much of our physical comfort
aur is
stature and bulk of the Welshman, and the resident
lank proportions, high cheek bones and leathery com
Electricity has no part stimulating the
The readings of the thermometer are meaningless without the records of the
hygrometer as to moisture. No living should be
grees or fall below 40 per cent. of moisture
Whatever the temperance advocates may
in
room heated above 70 de.
hold,
is a dryer.
spare, the effect of drink is scarcely noticeable
Florida intoxicated
other atmospheric extreme, liquor produces something like madness.
Many a woman from her drawing room has envied the complexion of her
Why?
happy for a time
lights are brilliant and
the bells are all achime-—
comes
this life seems very rough,
And then he envies simple folk whe
never make a bluff .
Washington Siar.
EXTRAVAGANT
“He's such a speudthrift”™
“Dreadful Why, he even goes to A
lawn party and Eols awry
being called stingy.”-—Phila-
deiphia Bulletin.
»”
DOMESTIC LINE DRAWN
You
dear
Benham
Benham
member,
Mrs.
and 1 are one, re
Yes, but dop’t you
am
away. —New York Press
on
p——
UP-TO-DATE
“They call themselves bide and
“What
“Bride
§ por
Le
was |
and chauffeur ”—New York
SUBTLE FLATTERY
Elderly Lady-—I goods
am afraid tha color
is only suitable for young ladies
Gallant Assistant-—-Why, madam,
151
like these
'
Bits,
GOOD REASON
Wife—Well, the cook has gona, and
Husband-—Mine! Why?
Wife—She said you didn’t treat her
any better than you treated me —New
ork Sun
A DIPLOMATIC ANSWER
‘Aln’t 1 just a litle bow
“Bow-legged? The idea Why, it
was only yesterday, sir, I was telling
the head cutter that your lower ilmbs,
gir, were absolutely without a parallel
agreed with me, too."--The
Automobile Magazine
egred T°
he
UNWISE.
“There is nothing more unwise’
said the friend, “than a 3e-iless and
ostentatious display of wealth”
“That's right.” answered Mr. Grip
per Sorghum; “there are enough peo
ple trying get it away from ycu
without issuing any challenges.” —
v
to
ONE BEAUTY OF JOLZ.
May Putter—Everybody is talking
about the way you let Jack Huggard
kiss you on the links yesterday.
Belle Hazard—Well, I fust couldn't
I was teeing off when he ask-
ties, while the mistress has been undergoing the kilndrying process of the
pariors.
The remedy is to be had in steam. With a room temperature at 65 de-
grees a half-pint of evaporated water will bring the air up to fifty per cent. of
saturation.
from any point of view. You cannot warm dry air
15 or 20 per cent. of moisture in suspension, necessarily will be cold.
When some one has gives us an instrument for making a quick and accu-
rate gauge of the moisture in a room, and when a machine has been perfected
that will afford a quick and accurate adjustment of the atmosphere to any
degree of saturatio ., it looks to me as if one of the problems of the consump
tive's climate might be solved.
T
3 | property in the United States is valued at $900,000,000, much of
which, according to this author, “is represented in splendid and
costly edifices, idle and empty monuments, cold, stately, and magnificent—but
nothing more.” He suggests that the work of the church would be more
thoroughly done if some of this money “wore turned into channels of mis-
sionary enterprise or into the funds for reaching and evangelizing the un
churched masses in our great cities and neglected country districts.”
The New York Tribune admits that “here and there too much is spent on
the ornamentation of churches, and in some cases the useful may be sacrificed
to the artistic and aesthetic sentiment of the people, otherwise nobody to speak
of would go to church. Great stress is laid on the splendor and costliness of
church buildings, and, as we know, the assertion is frequently made that poor
people no longer care to go to church because modern churches are so luxurious
and magnificent. But, like many another popular assumption, this assertion
{s not founded on fact. Years ago, perhaps, the church buildings, and private
residences our churches—even the best of them-—were relatively cheap affairs.
In many cases, too, instead of repelling by their magnificence, their dinginess
and faded furnishings are the things that most strongly impress the beholder.
There are conspicuous exceptions, of course; but the average church building
in the large cities seems to be overwhelmed by the onward march of modern
civilization.”
is the opinion of a writer in the Christian Work that churches
are spending too much money in useless show. The church
AKI is the best material yet found for army uniforms. It is very
serviceable. 1 predict that the time will come when civilians
will wear it as commonly as they do woollens. Khaki is made
of canvas, crossed with wool. The English manufacturers have
had longer experience than our dealers, because khaki has been used for years
fn Indian regiments. Kbakl is just heavy enough to meet all the requirements
for war in tropical countries. It is of a dead grass color, and so reduces to a
notable degree the liability of a man being shot in battle. Of course, the
general use of this material will take away from the army its spectacular side,
a change which our women will hardly welcome. But war at best Is a hard
trade, and our men, dressed for hard work. will be Wble to prosecute it with
more success by being sensibly clothed. The day of the helmet has passed.
The brown slouch hat has proven itseif the most serviceable for army head
dross. One can sicep in a slouch hat, which means much to the comfort of a
soldier. Such a bat keeps the mosquitoes away from onu's neck. The slouch
bat may not add to the soldier's appearance, but its utility is beyond dispute.
I A HI IRI RI RN,
The Japan current is about 500 miles
wide off Japan. When it passes San
Francisco is has widened 1,000 miles.
They Never Eat Sait,
The Darnaras a tribe of Southwost
Africa, never eat salt.
I yelled “fore” and he took them.—
New York Press
AN UNKIND CUT.
“Ah!” sighed Miss Searen Yeliow,
“1 dread to think of the time when I
too, stall be old!"
“Never mind, dear,” sail the sym-
pathetic gusher at her pide. It
should be a great consolation to kacw
that you won't be kept much longer in
suspense.” —Baltimore News.
UNCONCERNED.
“What's the matter with the traios
on this road?” asked the impatient
traveler on a small line
“Nothing,” answered the conductor.
“But you aren't anywhere near om
tmwe”
“No. 1 s'pose not. But we dida’t
make the time table.” Washington
Star.
ADDITIONAL LICHT.
“No,” said Mr. Bickers to Mr. Gaz
gam, who had resumed a subject dis
cussed the day before, “on that point
you are decidedly wrong.”
“But you thought I was quite right
yesterday,” persisted Gazzam.
“true, but I've talked the matter
with my wife since.”—Detroit Free
Press.
FILLED LONG-FELT WANT.
“Rirst.” eaid the merchant to the
youthful! applicant, “we'll Lave to test
your ability as a whistler. Suppose
you try.”
“I'm sorry, sir, but I can’t whistle
at all.”
“Hang up your hat” said the mer
shant with prompt enthusiasm. “You're
the boy we've been looking for.”--New
York Press,
A BOURCE OF SATISFACTION.
“Does money bring happiness? in
quired the person with a penchant for
the abstruse.
_ “Well,” answered Mr. Cumrox,
“gometimes there's a heap of satis