New York City.—~Blous vith
NHttie capes of various sorts are among
the and
features of advanced styles,
1
MISSES’ BLOUSE JACKET.
h May Manton
is suited alike
giris. The
example illustrate
the general wrap and the fostume, |
as shown, is of viot i
thone blue ch
makes part of a suit
bands of the same mat
wit
points with
The
back.
cular the shoulders and extended
at tl leg, at the bag
corticelli
blouse
/ADIER FANCY
to give a V effed
tillion. It ean be
make t
and
t and to
omitted
» pos
the
the lower edge are attacked th
portions. The
tucked the elbows
to form puffs below. At
plain straight cuffs simply stitched
T quired for
is two
full
allowed
gleeves are
3 4 '
above ana
the
he quantity of material r
the medium size (eleven years)
and a quarter yards forty-four inches
wide or two yards fifty-two inches
wide,
Hints For the Summer Wardrobe,
What pretty fashions we are given
thiz year. We never feel quite sure of
styles until the exciusive places show
the very latest things Paris has put
out, hecause the best last, But
this great event has come off and wom
ankind ean settle down to dream over
and plan her summer wardrobe, sure
ghe © on the right track.
Quite a noticeadle feature 1s the nse
of the fine, thin laces, frequently the
old-fashioned silk we have not
seven for so long There hag been such
a hue and cry about
heavy
of these
much a= n
Come
laces
the vogue of
Incey
They
fragile, delicate
surprise,
CONES
are used,
handkerchief
sHiNmer gowns
organdies apd fin
that build the
ins,
Hos
heavy lHpens and the volles and eta-
mines. But on the fine sheer fabrics
the silk crepes, the French mousselines,
the filmy pricted organdies—this finer
lace is used, It ix a nice, discriminat-
Ing touch, and it takes the best of taste
and judgment just when to use it and
when to leave it alone,
Another point to be noticed Is the lin
gerie effect fn the gowns, Of course
the abundance of handiwork used could
not but make a trend this way. It is
all very dainty and sweet and simply
idyllic for the summer girl,
Handkerchief points are much no.
ticed. Some of the daintiest trimming
the points of {ine
had been taker
and applied to the gown in all manne:
ways, In one of the
shown in a recent
fine crepe de cheng
embroidered
Val lace
bolero effect
handkerchief
angel-
pleturesque
mm gowns looks as if
handkerchiefs
ace
of dainty fact,
ROWS
Bqgquares
by dainty
little
gracefully drooping
and the long
'e is entirely of
and neld together
The
are
fronts of the
almost
this
handizerchief point effect,
Skirts, many of them, show the thre
here are three rufl
but the skirt is shirred
bands, each than the
heading, s«
ruffies
sleey
not
rule
fulier
other, and each baving a
limost it as if the
Philadelphia Telegrap
Te Short Four.in-Hand,
ied cravat ends mark the
Four-in-Hand”
blouse
wart
man}
which is
AS 50
ined with pendant col
ft, long, flat streamers of
wotld be decidedly toc
thing to have elongate
cravat ends also fluttering down to thx
Tl are
coking “shorts
made of co or Oxford cloths
with a
Gull whit
ripe of white upon &
and clusters of light
sprinkle
ground
blue dots or pen rings
shiy upon the shining stripes
Neckwenr For Young Girls,
] f neckwear in
, prote tio
wn" “ —————————
Woman's Shirt Wailat,
Plain shirt waists are always Ir
The very desirable May Man
includes just the
the neck which renders if
becoming to all figures and is made
with wide centre pleat. The
original is made of white dotted batiste
with large pearl buttons, but all waist
ings are equally appropriate. The tie
can either be made of the same or of
contrasting material as preferred,
The walst consists of frouts and back
only and is fitted by means of shoulde;
The fronts are
the neck edges and agaip
mt the back is plain
snugly at the belt
widen as they approach
hich are straight and cap
buttons or links
vogue
fon one illustrated
fulness at
the new
gathered at
at the waist line,
aud drawn
The sleeves
the cuffs, w
be held by means of
as preferred
The quantity of u
the medium size
down
terial required for
four and a half
A PLAIN SHIRT WAIST,
yards twenty-one inches wide, four
yards twenty-seven inches wide, three
yards thiriy-two inches wide or two
and a quarter yards forty-four luches
wide,
Wider Monroe Doctrine.
By Charles Emory Smith.
8 a result of the war with Spain our Republic is now the world's
peacemaker, England, France, Germany and Russia were the
four great powers, because their arms extended over the conti-
nents and the When the United States reached across the
scae it became the fifth great power.
AIR hy We were the world's peacemaker in China. In spite of the
. o horrid outbreak at Peking, our Government insisted that there was
not a state of war. It localized, the difficulty. Who doubts that if the United
States had no’ taken this position those powers of Europe would have seized
the opportunity to make a division of China? Thi the nations from 2
stupendous and doubtful izssue among themselves,
The United States is the world's peacemaker in the Western hemisphere,
This truth was recently emphasized when we practically enforced peace between
Venezuela aud her European assailants It is certain that the great powers of
Europe would have stretched their arms to South America if the position of
the United Stales had not prevented it. The Monroe Doctrine is a peacemaker
The Monroe Doctrine as our Government applied it did not prevent coer.
measure: against Venezuela, but it did prevent the development of those
measures into invasion, oppression or conquest. The time seems to be approach.
ing when we must consider whether the Monroe Doctrine shall not have a
broader application and whether it shall not be made a still higher degree
the peacemaker of the Western Hemisp here. Shall it broadened to protect
this continent against forcible methods of collecting « which are not ad
mitted among nations of equal standing elsewhere? Sha be extended to sig
nify that, while it does not prohibit the world’s accepted methods to secure
reparation for undisputed wrongs or the redress of undeniable grievances. it
may prohibit the employment of force to back mere voluntary and adventurous
enterprise, where all the conditions were understood, where all th hazards
were known and where all the risks were discounted in excessive ?
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The Perfect Woman.
By Mrs. Helme.
T is that more
is able to walk, stand, sit, breathe
I mean normally, for whatever
WAYS correct What is normal
: poise, a poise of strength and
ringe of the body over a strong base
strong should be alway
of one or both feet, as the case may be
Look at a child, a young child, before it
squeezed out of ts normal state. It does not
abdomen Lent knee
Look ai the average
from one foot to the other
on a look almost of h
legs become trembity
natural for tha heavier part to seek
such is natural for the vital part
body with sufficient strength to
weak person, therefore, cannot be well
From the air we breathe, from the food
from the exercise
possible only thro
KEpL ni
must not be squeeis
one upon another
BOASK
AT
saved
cive
Hargs
cafe to say
perforn
Normal
confidence; ai
base or centre
has
have
and
woman; if compelled to
compel
that It
do our 1}
take t
that we
igh the mediur
d out of place, neither
The Pilgrim
A Man’s Ideal of Work.
By William Garrott
organs bo wavs in
Brown.
THINK that as a matter
breast as Burke's ideal
There
life, which | : 3
onetant, but grows and changes;
two human beings. There
and sense of hi If in the mi
of his single energy transformi
of that he The ideal of life is
of life as he sees it The idea of work
Neitner is ult of conscious reasonis
deeps the
mounted
life;
gg
ihe |
reason never sounded; they summe
1e¢ ideal of work
» cases, it will not be straightened
tunat 1
tions of one's strength, or correspond af
ments It will seldom ny case fall
Quite probably. it has taken its shape from the a
first curiosity concerning life, or from the figures of men
inexperience, which chance
and color of it may be t
it will have a general ch
preponderan f-}
el
he should
course, incon
ahor t
idental di
however
ia! law against ¢
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unmitigated kno
When we meet for pleas
manizing ground of not
conversation as an authoritative
outside of bus
ure
knowing. Nothing is so fatal to
utierance. When a man who is capable of giving it
“All talk dies as in a grove BODE
Beneath the shadow of a bird of prey
Conversation about the weather would lose all its easy charm in the presence
of the chief of th weather bureau
It ix possible that the fear of exhibiting unusual information in
company may be a survival of primitive conditions. Just as the
dog will torn around on the rug before lying down, for hereditary
which I de not remember, 80 it Is with civilized man. Once ignorance
versal and enforced by penalties. In the progress of the race the environment
has been modified, but so strong iz the influence of heredi that the Man wha
Know: no sooner enters the drawing-room than he is seized by guilty fears. His
ancestors for having exhibited a moiety of his intelligence were executed ae
wizards. But perhaps the ordinary wor king of natural selection may account
for the facts. The law of the survival of the fittest admits of no exceptions, and
the fittest to give us pleasure in conversation is the sympathetic person who
appears to know very littie more than we do.--The Atlantic
enters
8 mixed
ated
reasons
was uni
domesti
————
The Girless Telephone.
An invention which promises to do
much profanity--express
sd or implied—and any quantity of
vexation is now being tried on a large
geale in Chicago. It is already satis.
torily at work in a dozen cities with a
{ millions of dollars in the building of
tunnels for its wires, and will have 10;
000 telephones in operation within the
next two or three months. Harper’
Weekly.
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Big Alligator in Lake Michigan.
The old tale of a Muskegon lake
sea serpent has at last been substan
It is the
“secret service, girless
By means of the automa.
tic switchboard the telephone girls at
the central stations are absolutely
When a number is
”
monster it is a huge alligator,
several years past at frequent inter
vals persons have sworn they
geen a strangeJdooking reptile in
kegon lake.
by the reporting of the finding of a
live ten foot alligator in the open wa
ter at the foot oi the outlet pipe op
posite the traction and lighting com
pany’'s plant,
Mus
like that which operates the combina-
Then you press
sther telephone, and the connection is
complete. The whole operation {8 au-
tomatic and almost instantafeous; no
one can break in and interrupt or over
hear a conversation; and a person
speaking cannot be cut off before he
has finished. Though more than one
telephone company in a city is a nul.
or five feet from the reptile it sank te
the bottom and buriod itself in the
mud, It soon came to the surface
again, In the meantime the news
spread about the city, and within an
hour hundreds of people lined the
banks. The water in the vicinity is
kept warm by a waste pipe which is
connected with the power plant, and
switchboard would certainly go far the alligator makes its home in the
towards remedying most of the faults | mud at the bottom. An attempt will
of the present system. The Chicago | be made to capture it.—Detroit Free
company has already spent several Proaa,
a
£
Miss Agnes Mil ago, speaks
to young women about dangers of the
Menstrual Period — how to avoid pain and
suffering and remove the cause by using
’ # +
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable ompound.
“To Youvsa Wo 1 for six wears with dy or
rhea (painful periods s+ 50 much so that res v 1 :
knew it meant three or f
this was due to an infil;
by repeated and ne
“If young girls
this critical time, much sufie;
for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, that ne only
medicine which helpad me any Within three weeks after I started to
take it, I notieed a marked improvement in my general health and at
the time of my next monthly period the pain had diminished consider.
ably. I kept up the treatment, and was cured a month later. Iam like
another person since. I am in perfect health. my eves are brighter, I have
added 12 pounds to my weight, my eolor is good, and I feel light and
happy.” — Miss Acxzs Mirren, 25 Potomac Ave., Chicago, IL
The monthly sickness reflects the condition of a woman's
health. Anything unusual at that time should have prompt
and proper attention. Fifty thousand letters from women prove
that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound regulates mene
struation and makes those periods painless.
READ WHAT MISS LINDBECK SAYS:
“Dear Mrs. Prxxnasm:— Lydia E.
ham’s Vegetable ( ompound has greatly
fitted me 11 tell vou how I suffi red
trouble ful menstruation. 1 felt
that I was getting worse.
lown pains
RI1Y
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205
MEN: —] suffered f
i
ng would be spared
Pink-
Ie.
My
as each
I had
in my back and abdo-
nd advised me to try Mrs. Pinkbham’s
did so and am now free from all
ring my periods.” — Jessie C. Lixpeeck,
6th Street, Rockford, IilL
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.
temember, every woman is cordially
Vinvited to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there
is anvthing about her symptoms she does
not understand. Mrs. Pinkham’s address is
Lynn, Mass., her advice is free and cheerfully given to every ail-
ing woman who asks for it. Her advice has restored to health
more than one hundred thousand women. Why don’t you try
it, my sick sisters? : : >
FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith nradacs the or ginal letters and signatures of
above testimonials, wh » prove the!s ahwsl
i Hinkham
te pe
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
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