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M ADAIR GOES
KIMONOS OF SILK
AND SOFT WOOLENS
NOW VERY POPULAR
HINTS TOWARD THE HOME BEAUTIFUL
ITAUTOMOBIIM
INSTRAMECAR
lets Her First Glimpse
'the .Conviviality df a
'ayside Inn, and' Meets a
eculiar Couple.
EVENING LEDGER-PHIEADELPHIA FRIDAY,
XVII.
Tn all my life I shall nover forget the
entftil evening upon which If learnt the
Itact significance bf the phrase, ,',tp so
lit on a psrtyl" . .
fl had spent ft long and trying day In
fho oUVce. and when evening came I felt
only wanted peace arid" solitude, But
uch were not for mo that night.
True to his word, nt 8 o'clock my escort
did arrive. Ills coming was hei aided by
"strange noises, and a loud, rattllng bump
ing sound oer the uneven paving of the
slrMt. The music or a rogiiorli suen as
1 the White Star llnor carried broke the
I Quiet atlllnoss of the eveltlrc air. I hnve
I never heal-d a more appalling melody!
Behind my v.inuoWji me I saw a curious
I sight. A. large and undent motorcar, which
had a battered, 'Jet withal a strangely
rakish air. war making ddd endeavors
I to halL outsldu' the lodging house door.
'inis vernnoie -Noans anc gave rortn a
5ud. rmm gasping sound the while It
turned and twisted. Around
children Qf tho street wcro con-
instantancously
fie driver pull up sharp, and mop
'anxious forehead. "Thank cood-
i old tub and I aia hero nulto safe!"
rd him murmur fervently. At first
did not recognize this strange chauffeur.
Then he dismounted, and I saw my friend!
nut what a change was there! Gone
was the quiet demeanor, gone the unob
trusive air! He and his curious chariot
shared the s.-imo odd Jaunty look. Per
haps 1 have misjudged him, but It struck
me that his clothes wcro of a loud and
noisy cut The oddest little hat that I
have ever seen was perched at a strange
angle on his head. Beneath it beamed n
very Kindly face, its true perhaps I urn I
too sensitive- to outward looks, but oh! I
thought the enormous rose ho sported In
his buttonhole was ill-advised.
I slowly came down to the entrance-
hall and met him there. He seized my
hand In genuine glee. "Why, Miss Adair,"
cried ho, "you do look fine tonight! My
car is waiting, eO please step right In.
L "Where would you care to dine tonlght7"
The landlady was eyeing him in undls-
Igulaed amazement. I saw her peeping
I from the kitchen door, a look or wonder
on her rosy countenance. Wc must have
looked an Ill-assorted couple, he and I!
felt my checks grdw hot beneath her
r"e- . . .
Pleaso take me anywher , only let us
(off as quickly as possible," I nnswered
eoualy.
No millionaire with a $10,000 car was
per prouder than my friend of his ma
rine!
"A most reliable car," said Iip, as he
landed me in, "not of the latest pattern.
is true, but then these latest cars nave
lo stability Glue ir.e this one for style
Ind Htaying power!"
Thev sav that truth lurks In tne
rstrangest sayings, and his last words did
.come true not In the sense that he in
tended It!
THE STAItT.
The cranking of the car took quite an
ige the comments of the children in tho
street were dreadful, and my cheeks did
not cool off until we started.
Wo set off with a sudden, violent JcrK
that flung mo forward unexpectedly. I
felt moat oddly disconcerted at the start!
The children in tho street cheered most
vociferously.
"I see you are not accustomed to auto
moblllng." remarked my companion air
ily, "before the evening's over, you will
feel quite at home Inside a motorcar!"
I felt that I most certainly should not!
T ln noticed that, for tho professed
owner of a car, this gay young man tils-
played a strange ignorance or tno very
elements of Its mechanism. We swayed
long In most uncertain fashion t
thought the steering gear was not quite
right. , ,
"Will we not hit the sidewalk?" I cried
i, "Oh, please be carerul, we just
nd that trolley car by half-an-lnch!"
fever shall forget that dreadful ride. I
convinced that this strange cnaurreur
Id never driven a car In all his life he
re!
'You do not sound your horn at all?
said Inquiringly.
"The horn got damaged when 1
'eranked the car. It will not sound."
aid he, sepulehrally, as on we rushed.
The prospect did not sound encourag
ing. At almost every corner we ran up on
the pavement, and only by most violent
Jerklngs of the wheel was final equili
brium restored. It was a dreadful,
dreadful time!
At length we reached a roadside Inn,
and there we paused. In spite of a
strange shaking of the knees, I scrambled
out with all celerity.
The place was lit up garishly, and at
the little tables everywhere I saw an
odd variety of people sitting. In one
corner, a piano was thumping out a
popular air, while a strange young man
gamboled playfully around the room,
assuring vry one In a high falsetto
thut "ttie high cost of loving" was
"keeplnr him broke," that "the high cost
f living" was "only a Joke" that he
"borrowed from mother, from sister and
brother, to try to keep up with the
tyW but that apparently all these
strenuous efforts were of no avail, for
he'd "have to stop loving Awhile."
My companion and I satSiown at the
nearest table, and the first thing he
ordered struck me as rather peculiar
It was two "Breaths of Spring." I had
never heard of anything so strange!
"Please bring a Bronx along, too," he
called out after the waiter.
THE DIZZY BLONDE.
I looked around the crowded room, and
great gaiety everywhere. Right at
a table opposite were the oddest couple.
A very large, very stout lady of uncer
tain years was flirting desperately with
very small, very timid-looking little
man. He giggled wildly at her poorest
Joke, yet looked aa if he really were
afraid of her. He had a timid, de
precating air
The lady'a coiffure was a dizzy shade
ef sold. Her gown was a bright blue,
and, like herself, a good long way from
it first youthful freshness. Yet she had
a truly artless and a kittenish air, and
every now and then would playfully tap
her little partner opposite with a large
and heavy hand I noticed that he
started nervously at each approaching
symptom of such playfulness' Surely
the punctuation of her Jokes did not re
quire, such Spartan methods)
A curious thing ocourred Just at this
moment My escort turned and saw this
oddly aliened couple. With a loud shout
of glee, he whisked across the room, and
seized the large hands of the dizzy
blonde I heard him address her in
rapturous tones as "Klddo1" Wlij she
looked over forty If a da Just for cue
KAaentl thought that this in ist he
finMrVUl joxe mat r: was playing
f! ! He addressed tw3 arrar'ng
she were a l'-ng-lcst, raver-
itched w.tb las-ioated
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COOL WEATHER NEGLIGEE OF PALE BLUE ALBATROSS
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vie tho whole proceeding. He dragged
hoi- and her odd companion right across
the room, presented them to me with a
proud air. and they sat down beside ua
nt our table.
"Here, waltnr." called my host, "brlns
two mine 'Breaths of Spring" along right
hero!"
The worst was et to come I never
shall forget that dreadful party!
RECIPES FOR
THE HOUSEWIFE
DAINTY DISHES POR INVALIDS
MUTTON AND A'HAl, TEA. A pleas
ant change for a felck permu fium lii-t-i toa
Is broth made from mutton nnd veal
mixed, the scrag end of a neck of mutton
and about one-half pound of tho sinewy
part of the leg of vcnl chopped up nna
boiled for at least four hours.
TOAST WATEB Cut three slices of
bread each one-third of an Inch thick and
toast them slowly until they are very
brown nnd dry throughout ; break them
Into bniall pieces, put them into a lmfeln
with one pint of cold water nnd set It
nslde to soak for nn hour. At the end of
that time turn It Into a btialtir ur napkin
nnd squeeze out the liquid with the baclc
of a spoon. To the water thus obtained
add a little cream nnd sugur, and serve It
cold In a tumbler. It may also be served
without the cream.
APRnior JAM.
This Is dellclaus when made from the
well-known dried apricots. Buy thrco
pounds of apricots. Wash them well, cut
up each apricot Into four, and put to steep
all night in three pints of water. Mea.
sure out ten hreakfaotcupfuls of water,
and Into them squeeze tho Jutco of three
lemons, and add a pound of cooking
appler cut up small.
Simmer this for ten minutes, nnd then
measure the pulp, and for each breakfast,
cupful allow three-quarters of a pound of
preserving sugar. Put this Into the pan.
nnd sdd an extra four pounds of sugar.
Cook again for a few minutes, then stir in
the apricots and the water thoy have
bi-en soaking in, and conk until the Jam
gpts thick nhubarb can be used when
In season Instead of apples.
CLASSES IN SIGHT SINGING
OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC
One Advanced and Soveu Elementary
Divisions Will Begin Work.
Sight singing clasi.es for the public,
under the general direction of Anne Mc
Donough of the People's Choral Union,
will begin next week with even ele
mentary clastea meeting in different
parts of the city and an udvanced class
at the Wldener Free Library, Broad
street and Glrard avenue.
A ft of ten cents u lesun pas the
running expenses of the union There
are no other costs. The- director, teach
e. and uummlltves work uithuut com
penjatlun No contributions from the
public or individual are solicit.
A thorough training in fundamental
music is given at th varlouu Uuaswj,
thereby raising the miuflcal standard and
laying the foundation for high education
In music. Following the meeting of the
advanced clans next ThuratUy night, the
rharal of tb 1'vuplv's Choral Linton
will Ui held. The udaucU cluu l luado
up of singers with at le.it one gear's
lr.stiUt.tion In sight k i n : u
Tl., cft?du c for th iliin.it-ir; iinseg
f"U ws Lelugh Avt hi. Tie Li'-ary
Wrt, rhiad''. . a I"r r- I. '-rs
Jti'-rimnn'l Tf L,v-r Tru- 'iv,
fgs, (''giir'ii! - " t 6, TM
tury fi! '3, noiusy evens?.
Octoher 5; South Philadelphia Passyunk
Library, Tuesday evenings, beginning
October 6; Vernon Park Library, German
ton n. Wednesday evenings, beginning
October 7: Falls of Schuylkill Free
Library, Thursday evenings, beginning
October 15.
OPTIMISM
Complications are bound to arise
where a (leaf man Is concerned. The one
In this story was being married, and tho
parson asked the usual question, "Do
you take this woman for your lawful
wife?"
"Eh?" said the deaf man.
"Do you take this woman for your
lawful wife?" This time a bit louder.
The groom seemed to get angry.
"Oh, I don't know," he said; "she ain't
so awful. I'vo seen wus than her that
didn't have ns much money."
SCRATCHES.
I PULLED AT THE TAIL OF THE BIG PUSSY CAT;
IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
AND I NEVER WILL PLAY ANY MORE WITH OLD PETE,
FOR HE HAS SHARP NEEDLES ALL OVER HIS FEET.
BEFORE THE SANDMAN COMES
THE nine little butterflies, with
the sunbeam fairies on their
backs, started out for a frolic.
First they went to a splashing,
tumbling fountain. There the sun
beam fairies jumped off the butterflies'
backs and played for a while on the
water.
"This is such funl" cried a sun
beam fairy as he jumped from one
splash of water to another. "Don't
you want to come in and play with
us?"
"No, thank you," replied the nine
little butterflies with fluttering po
liteness water always seems ratner
up o us. We d prefer to play
una in tne sunsnine, it you picase
o tre sunDeam tairies spiasnea ui ,
water ana tne uuueniies nutterea
Remnants Procurable at
Sales That Easily Can Be
Made Into Attractive
Dressing Gowns.
The kimono, tho dressing-gown and the
other negligees present a very attractive
front to tho world at tho present writing.
Tho soft Bilks and soft woolens In tho
delicate shades nro fashioned on slightly
different lines, or on tho same lines with
novelty touches, or occasionally thoro la
real originality.
At almost nny scneon of tho yenr rem
nants of silk are to bo purchased for
something very close to tho proverbial
song; lengths of good silk that will meas
ure Just about enough for a dressing
gown. Soft woolens, such as chnllls nnd nlba
tross, nro to be found among the bar
gains, too, so that a woman eve,, of tho
most limited means usually finds It p.ssl
blo to own fit least ono of these pretty
nnd becoming garments.
The Japanese, when thoy make
kimonos, run them up by hand with great
long stitches, so that they can bo ripped
easily beforo they arc laundered.
While It Is not necessary to gallop along
n seam as they do, It Is a. mistake to
think the firmness of machine stitching
Is essential, or of very close hand sowing.
Tho effoct is Just ns artistic without
tho fine sewing, and perhaps even more
so. For In sowing, If the Inspiration
flags, ono has an Incompleted garment on
one's hands, or one that has been fin
ished with so much labor that It Is n re
minder of tired nerves, rathor than some
thing that suggests relaxation and rest.
And uo, when there Is so llttlo exponse
and need bo so little labor Involved, there
remains only tho model to bo selected.
The Illustrations shown today offer one
that would bo vory easily copied. It la
cut on tho kimono lines so far as the
sleeves nro concerned nnd as far down
ns the waist line. Thero n full skirt Is
attached that could be cut either with
gored sldo seams or straight according
to the fllmstncss or weight of the ma
terial used.
The skirt is shirred with a heading
which Is held in place by a cord with a
twisted covering of tho material, which
ends In a bow in front.
An omhrolilered Hnnllon pdirprt sIpavm
nnd fron. The embroidery Is dono with
heavy silk nnd tho simplest stitches.
In plnie of tho dainty collar of linen or
la,wn, hemstitched or embroidery that has
been worn with negligees nnd kimonos, a
bit of fine Valenciennes lace Is used. It
is mitred nt tho corners, which makes It
of a shape with tho rolling collars that
are used for blouses and coats.
SANTA CLAUS HEARS CLAMOR
FOR TOY GERMAN SOLDIERS
London Laddies Win All Battles in
Militant Game.
LONDON, Oct. 2. German soldiers are
popular in London of a certain sort. Ac
cording to a toy merchant patriotism
militates against the sale of all German
made toys, except German toy soldiers,
and so great Is tho demand for these that
by Christmas Santa Claus will need tho
aid of British artisans to manufacture
more of these toy Germans, for no more
are being Imported. The toyman ex
plained the demand for German soldiers
by tho fact that the English youngstdrs
nre anxious to pit them against British
toy soldiers, the latter army, of course,
always winning. He said:
"No lad with any patriotism would
call any of his British soldiers Germans,
nnd as It Is necessary to have nn army
of the enemy they are buying German
soldiers."
Of course, the sale of British soldiers
Is much greater, for the youthful Britons
believe In preponderating numbers to
smash tho enemy. There is a big move
ment on foot to have all German-made
toys boycotted.
A CLEAB-SEEINQ EYE
"I love you for all I'm worth," pro
tested the man.
"I rather think It's for all I'm worth,"
replied the girl.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
if
in, the sunshine for a while. Then
pretty soon the fairies mounted the
butterflies' backs again and away they
flew in search of more fun.
"Where shall we take you?" asked
the leader butterfly after they had
drifted about for a while.
"I should like to go to a flower gar
den," said the leader fairy. "I should
like to play among the flowers."
"All right I" replied the leader but
terfly happily, "I like flowers, too;
and the garden is the very place wc
love to go."
So they flew over and into the big
garden. But what do you suppose
they found there? Flowers? Not a
single onel Not a red flower I Not
a white flower I Not a flower of any
kind or color I Two nearly dead sun
O
DELIGHTS OF OPEN FIRE
ON CHILL AUTUMN NIGHT
Blazing Logs Give Cheerful Sensa
tion at tho Close of Day.
The open fire! What a cheerful thought
for theso chilly autumn nights, and what
a delight to sit besldo the blazing logs
at the closo of the day, to watch the
glowing embers take on a thousand
weird shapes! The owner of the fireplace
hero pictured knows nil of this Joy, and
knows, too, that In order to seo theso
fire pictures there must bo a good bed
of ashes In tho fireplace.
Mrs. Fireplace-owner Is usually In de
Bpalr, for even with tho grcntest care
the ashes spill over on the hearth, and
are certainly untidy In tho cold light of
day and right hero a good suggestion Is
ottered In the picture of an iron strip,
which holds tho offending ashes in placo.
A very neat finish Is the result, making
tho wonderful glow that Is only pos&lblo
with ashes a pleasure, with a clean
hearth.
One can see that the owner of this
cheerful fireplace also knows the com
fort of tho wood box full of logs near at
hand. The tongs, brushes, etc., nre ar
ranged for use, while the nlco old
shovels look ns If they had done service
for said owner's grandfather.
You know, of course, that tho glowing
embers carefully covered with ashes, aft
er many hours can be uncovered, a llttlo
fresh wood thrown on, and with a fow
puffs of the generous bellows near at
hand tho fire Is blazing. Tho broad lines
of this chimney and paneling are particu
larly good and show that tho owner not
only knows how to make a fire, but how
to build the fireplace. v
THE EAGLE EYE
"How is It," Inquired a yrning bride of
an older married friend, "thnt you al
ways manage to have such delicious
beef?"
"It's very simple," said the older wom
an. "I first select a good, honest butcher,
and then I stand by him."
"Tou mean that you give him all of
your trade?"
"No; I mean that I stand by him while
he Is cutting the meat."
A CUBE FOB HOABSENESS
To restore a voice rendered hoarso hy
much speaking, eat n pleco of anchovy.
If there Is no cold or fatigue the effect Is
almost instantaneous.
flowers and some half scattered seed
pods were all that were left of the
once fragrant garden.
"What in the world can be the mat
ter?" exclaimed the butterflies in dis
tress. "Something dreadful has happened,"
cried the sunbeam fairies.
"Can't we find some one who can
tell us where the flowers are?" asked
the butterflies.
"Wait a minute," cried a sunbeam
fairy, "let me jump down and find the
Garden Toad. He lives here and he
is wise above all creatures he will
tell us what has happened."
So the sunbeam fairy jumped down
from the butterfly's back nnd hunted
among the golden glow roots for the
old Garden Toad. Finally she found
him. half asleep, under some wilted
leaves.
"Tell me what has happened," she
cried, "tell me quickly."
"What has happened?" asked the
Toad, blinking, "happened where?"
"Happened here in the garden," she
cried.
"Nothing has happened," replied
the Toad calmly.
"Cut where are all the flowers?" in
sisted the fairy, "all the flowers I
love so well?"
"Oh, those," said the Toad kindly,
"the flowers are gone. Winter is com
ing. There will be no more flowers
till spring."
"But the sun is warm and I want
some flowers," said the fairy.
"All right, I'll give you some," said
a new voice, the voice of the fairy
queen of the garden, who happened
just then to pass by. And she wavec1
her wand and chansred the nine little
butterflies to nine white blossoms an
a bush close by.
"It's too late for butterflies any
way," she said and she strolled away.
And the sunbeam fairies? They
Elayed and laughed. And the nine
utterfly blossoms? They were hap
py; for if you're happy, it makes no
difference what you are I
If ever you see a white bloom in an
autumn garden, look closely maybe
it, too, is a butterfly!
Copyright, 19H, Clara Ingram Judson.
Tomorrow Hmmy South Urea Hakes
a Storm,
A CHEERFUL CORNER THESE AUTUMN
LAMB AND MUTTON
CHEAPER, BUT BEEF
AT GREAT ALTITUDE
Vegetables and Fruits Plenti
ful in Household Market
and Prices Not Prohibitive.
Dairy Products Costly.
Every provider for tho family table Is
Interested in the announcement that lamb
and mutton at the present time are the
cheapest meats obtainable. Coupled with
this comes the welcome news that vege
tables are plentiful nnd as a general thing
their prices not prohibitive.
Coming ns it docs when householders
are groping their way through a laby
rinth of high prices, and nro menaced on
nil sides by a continual advanco In the
cost of llfo's absolute necessities, which
one must possess in order to nourish mind
and body, tho Itnowlcdgo thnt lamb, mut
ton nnd vegetables are htlll within tho
reach of tho average man's pocketbook is
welcome.
Dealers say at tho present time tho
supply of sheep is moro than enough to
satisfy demands for mutton nnd lamb.
Some of tho finest hlndquartuls of it
lamb can bo purchased in tho best mar
kets of tho city at ftom -0 to -2 cents a
pound. Foicrjuruters nro 15 and 111 cents,
while tho other prices range shoulders,
10 cents; necks, 12 cents; breasts, 8 cents,
and chops, -5 to .10 cents a pound.
A leg of mutton costs 13 cents a pound.
Shoulders nro from 10 to 12 cents; breasts,
6 cents, nnd chop3 23 to 30 cents a pound.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Almost any vegetables to cook with
lamb or mutton nro obtainable at fair
prices. Fruits are also plentiful nnd tho
prices not exorbitant. Vailous canning
fruits nre not entirely out of season, and
some of the late fall commodities, llko
cranberries, ate now coming In.
The prevailing fruit and vegetable prices
are:
vnaF.T.nt.r:s
Oabbase fl Tarsnlpi (peck).... (.0
Spinach (peck). ... H) String beans (la-Pk) ::0
Potatoes (basket). SO-tfl Tumutms (peek)... .1.'
New peas ('-pl.) . 20 Corn (Uosj.) 2,1-80
Kala (icl() 20
PJtUITS
Apploa (W-pk.)...-15 1'cacliu 35-50
Oranges 30-71) Cantaloupes (doz.). 70
Plums (basket).. . H) Raspberries 10
llananas (Joi.).. .12-ir.
BEEF AND DA1UV PRODUCTS HIGH.
Comparing other meats with Jamb and
mutton, butchers say beef la still a lux
ury as far as tha ordinary tablo is con
cerned. Thero is apparently no pros
pect of its price decreeing. Veal and
pork prices aro stationary.
Tho prevailing prlcea of beef are: Round
steak, 25 cents a pound; rump, 30; rib
roast, 2S; chuck roast, 20, nnd stowing
meat, 10 cents. Veal chops co3t 55 cents;
loins 20 to 22 cents a pound, whilo shoul
ders sell nt 18 cents. Pork chops are 2G
cents; pleco bacon, 22 cents, and lard,
14 cents a pound. ,
Butter U mill expenslvo. Tub butter
sells for prices ranging front 32 to 36
cents a pound, whilo butter In prints
ranges from 40 to 42 cents.
At tho present tlmo chickens are molt
ing. This makos oggs scarce, and conse
quently little hope Is held out for tho
present at least of a reduction In price,
frrosh eggs are hard to buy for loss than
40 cents a dozen, whilo on the other hand
at some stalls eggs can be bought for 3G
cents. Broiling chickens sell for 23 cents,
and stewers aro bought at 22
Fish prices two not changed to any
appreciable extent, cither up or down.
Tho prevailing retail prices are:
Illueflsh IS HocktIh 26
Salmon 35-40 Snapper Is
Hutlbut 3fl lUwfon taMoflk.... JO
"o.lnh H riwniWr la
Pan rook SO
SYMPATHY
Tha landlady was in a sentimental
mood. 'This Is the anniversary of tha
death of my poor dear uncle," she
sighed. "He was a sea captain, and
went down Willi nw snip mm ny nve-and-thlrty
years ago. I was only a chiM
when he wnt away, but I remember he
gave me a pet lamb as a parting gift."
The star border picked up a piece of
mutton on his fork and regarded it with
mournful interest.
"Poor, dear lamb!" ho murmured, re
proachfully. "And you've killed It at
last!"
Correspondence of oeneral Interest
to women readers will be printed on
this page. Such correspondence should
be addressed to the Woman's Editor,
Evening Ledger.
MORNINGS
ACROSS THE COtJNTER
To go to a good shop, to closely observe
a good hat from overy angle of vision
and then to reproduce It at half or oven
a third of tho price U not now a difficult
font.
Thero aro hats In velvet and plush or.
when the voguo demands It, in silk, of
exactly tho same shape as the trimmed
hats.
The shapes that predominate this sea
son, such ns the cannotler, the Scotch
bonnet, the turban, tho trlcornc and tho
hat turned up on four sides, are nil to
be bought at a reasonable figure
In plush the canontler la sold In blue,
brown, giecn and prune color for $2.7j
In black velvet the cannotler costs $2 23, .
J2.73 and J3.30.
A turban with a flaring brim of irregu
lar shapo Is sold In black velvet and!
black plush for 52. ,5.
In black, tho hat turned up like
trlcornc, only that It has four sides In
stead of three, costs M.C0.
Tho top Is made of silk nnd a fine qualj
ity ot civct races tho brim
A Jaunty Scotch turban of a very coo
quality of plush Is sold at tho price oj
J2.75.
Turbans of black velvet and black plusl
covering quite n range of shapes anj
sizes can bo bought for $2 nnd 2 25
Thoy nre carefully mndo and of gooR
material, quite worthy to compete wltf
tho trimmed hats In theso respects.
lints of the shapes that are non in
voguo ought not to bo hard to trim when
there Is so much in tho ivaj of co kades
nnd rosettes, (lowers and feathers and
metallic braids and ornaments rendj to
adjust.
A little daring nnd some discretion nro
needed to givo tho hat tho dashing air .
"I'alr mllltnlre," perhaps that tho small
hat demands without running tho risk) of
making It too striking or too conspU uous.
A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT
Tho American writer, Booth Tarkmgton,
llko many of his craft, writes a wiothed
hand. Once, whilo on a voyage to Naples,
ho sat In his deckchalr with p.ul 'and
fountain pen, nt work on a short stor.
A young American who was prumcnad
Ing tho dock, stopped boforp him
"By gosh," ho said, "I wish I could
write as woll ns you do." Tho author
smiled, and tho man resumed his prom
enade Tho nest tlmo he passed ho said again:
"Geo, what a hand. If I could nnl u '-Ita
llko that!"
Again Tnrklngton smiled and iV pas
senger made another round of tht e.-k.
Then ho said a third time- If if I
could only wrlto n hand llko ours""
Nettled a llttlo by the third Interrup
tion, the author said: "Woll, nnd what
would you do if you could'' '
"Go to China." replied tho .-nmcr man,
"and wrlto lnhols for tea-hot. -
THE WEAKER SEX "1
Among thoso who rocentlv h ipoared
beforo tho magistrate was a to,: power
ful Irish woman, who pr-fori . .1 against
her husband a charge of ns-iult and
battery. The accused was o ueak that
he could hardly stand. It was there
fore, with tome doubt that the magis
trate surveyed the couple
"Do you moan to tell me."' h- demand
ed, "that this man beat you"
"Ho did not but he knocked mo down "
"What! Tou were knocked down by
this physical wreak'"
"ExcuBe me, your hcor." said tha
woman, "but It's only since he struck
me that ho's been a physical wreck "
THE REASON WnY
The landlady was entertaining sr. r,9
week-end guests not long an nhen td y
were startled by a comim- iin don-
"Mercy! What's that awful profanity
downstairs?" whispered one f the guests
In a frightened tone.
"Don't be nlarmed. my dear," replied
the liontess. "It's my husband He's
come in lato and fallen ovvr the new
Terslan prnyer rug "
A CYNICAL SAYING
nf,
The more rings a woman has on her
fingers ilia oftener her back hair needs
adjusting.
OLD MOTHERS
I love aid mothers mothers with -white
hair,
And kindly eye, and Ups grown softly
swet
With murmured blessings over altering
babes.
There Is something In their q to grace
That speaks tha calm of Sabbaih after
noons; A knowledge In their quiet unfaUerfsg
yes
That far outreaokes all philosophy
Time, with caressing touch, about tr-n
weaves
The- silver-threaded fairy shawl of age,
While all tha echoes of forgotten tongs
Seiu Joined to lend ft sweetness to their
Old mothers! as they pass with e'ew
tlmetl stee.
i Their trembling hands cling gently to
outh's strength.
Sweet motheis' as they pass, ppi c"l
again
"11 gai dm walks "Id r.'--'". a"i r'J
luYi 3
I Tau aalirday Jou-n;,