RAISED ABOVE SUSPICION.
Sir Hesketh Bell, the Governor of Uganda, recently: wrote an interests | :
fog report of his tour through the eastern districts of that part of Africa.
‘He gave'an amusing account of the careful precautions taken by the elders:
‘of the Baked! in dealing with the youths and bachelors of the tribe:
‘though the majority of the Bakedi go about in a state of absolute nudity, a
‘desire for clothing is steadily growing among them,’ he says.
tunately, more clothes means less ‘morals.’
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The Baganda, who have always
been greatly addicted to wearing apparel, are of notoriously lax habits, while
‘among the Kavirondo, the Bakedi and -all the unclothed Nilotic tribes a
notable degree of morality is found to exist.
REMOVING THE LADDERS FROM
A sharp eye is kept on the
THE BAKEDI BACHELORS HUTS
AT NIGHTFALL.
bachelors. The Northern Bakedi take amusing precautions with regard to
the latter.
eonstructed huts raised high up on posts.
All the young unmarried men are made to sleep in specially
‘The doors of these huts are so
small that the occupants have to wriggle in on their stomachs. Access is
gained only by a ladder, which is carefully removed as soon as the young
men have been safely disposed of for the night.
I was told that among some
of the tribes fine ashes are strewn under these human pigeon cotes so that
tell-tale footprints would indicate any attempt at a nocturnal excursion.”
It will be noted in our drawing that one of the Bakedi elders is engaged in
strewing the ashes underneath the hut.—The Illustrated London News.
All-Metal Washboard.
An all-metal washboard of an im-
proved design has recently been in-
vented by a New York man. The
two primary advantages of the hoard
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are that it is very durable and that
it has no cracks or corners where
dirt may lodge.
The device is made of one piece of
metal bent around a rod which forms
sides, top and legs. The scrub sur-
faces are formed by raising the metal
in a series of corrugations, as shown
in the illustration. Being all one
piece of metal it will be readily un-
derstood that the durability of such
a board would be great. ' There is
nothing to be loosened or torn up,
and the chances are that the utensil
will last longer than the lifetime of
those who use it. Another advantage
of this metal washboard is the ab-
sence of rough corners or sharp
edges, such as sometimes occur on
the old-style boards, and on which it
is easy to tear a garment if the great-
est care is not exercised in rubbing
over them.—Boston Post. :
Herbert Spencer's Deity.
This passage is from Mr. Spencer’s
“First Principles: ‘The conscious-
ness of an Inscrutable Power, mani-
fested to us through all phenomena,
has been growing ever clearer, and
must ultimately be freed from its
imperfections. The certainty ‘that on
the one hand such a power exists,
while on the other hand its nature
transcends intuition and is beyond
imagination, is the certainty toward
which: intelligence has from the first
been progressing. To this conclusion
science inevitably arrives as itireaches
its confines; while to this conclusion
religion is irresistibly driven by ecriti-
e¢ism.” Teen Ae TY
The Japan Magazine.
The initial number of the Japan
English text, for the purpose of re-
flecting the life, art and literature of
Japan, not as a fantastic comic opera
land, but as a real country and peo-
ple, contains much of interest to the
American reader, compares favorably
with our own magazines, and the
daintiness of the numerous illustra-
tions by native artists is in itself a
revelation.
A Gate For Beds.
No cribs are required in households
which are equipped with one of the
bed-gates recently invented by two
Connecticut men. Nor need adults
worry about tumbling out on the floor
during nightmares. The gate is of
metal and is composed of crossbars:
pivoted at their points of intersection
so that the whole can be stretched out
to the length of a bed or folded up
in a small compass at the head or
foot. In the centre is a vertical bar
to hold the gate against outward
movement. Parents who have small
children sleeping with them will find
the contrivance a great convenience.
This device means a considerable sav-
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‘No Cribs Are ‘Needed.
ing in money to families who do not
have enough little members to make
a crib a paying and more or less per-
manent investment. A crib is of no:
sleep “without accident, and the gate
‘here described solves the problem
Star.
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Magazine, published at Tokio with
use after a child is old enough to{
of how to get along without them—
without eribs, that is.—Washington:
New York City.—Morning jackets
that are made with peplums are fav-
orites, for they mean snugness and
becoming flare as well as comfort.
This one includes a square yoke, pep-
lum and trimming of embroidery, but
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while such treatment means a charm-
ing effect with very little labor it is
not necessary, for the entire jacket
could be made of plain material and
trimmed or finished in any way to
suit the fancy. It is eminently sim-
ple and especially well adapted to
washable materials, although it can
be utilized for the challis, albatross
and cashmere that many women like
at all seasons of the year.
The jacket is made with the yoke,
fronts and back. It can be either
tucked or gathered at the upper edge
and it is finished with a belt at the
waist line and with a peplum below,
and this peplum forms a pretty and
becoming point’ at the back. The
gathered into bands. When high neck
is desired a standing collar or trim-
ming can finish the neck edge.
for the medium size is two and a
quarter yards twenty-two or twenty-
seven, two and one-eighth yards thir-
ty-two or one and a quarter yards for-
ty-four inches wide, with five yards of
embroidery eight and a half inches
wide, two and a quarter yards of
beading to make as illustrated; three
and. three-quarter yards twenty-four
or twenty-seven, two and three-quar-
eighth yards forty-four inches wide if
material is used throughout.
A Touch of Blue.
The black dress of the moment is
in charmeuse, and it is long and
swathed softly to the figure, the drap-
eries of the skirt being caught up in
looped effects at the sides or back.
Sometimes the charmeuse is veiled
with silk voile, the veiling being made
to droop over the upper part of the
hem, which is encircled with a fairly
tight band of blue satin covered with
the voile.
sleeves are made in one piece each
The quantity of material required
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Eccentric Jabots.
The jabots of the hour are eccen-
tric. Most of them are attached to
band colors of considerable depth,
made of a combination of whatever
materials are used for the waist and
surmounted by narrow frills of a tina {
sel cord.
Brooch or Pin.
The flat collar, which is fast gain-
ing popular favor, demands a brooch
or pin to finish it off where it meets
in front. For this purpose the cam-
eos of bygone days have returned.
Every grandmother who owns one
must bring it out from its hiding
place for her granddaughter, and the
older and quainter it is the more
highly will it be valued.
Corset Covers.
The well fitting corset cover con-
tributes largely to the success of the
blouse or the gown. Here are two,
both of which are desirable. The
tucked one will appeal to the women
who like perfect smoothness above
the waist line, while the gathered one
is desirable for those of more slender
figure. The tucked cover includes
shield sleeves, and is made with
‘round neck, while the gathered cover
is sleeveless and made with a square
neck. All the materials that are used
for garments of the sort are appro-
priate. As illustrated, however, the
tucked corset cover is made of batiste
embroidered in French style, while
the gathered corset cover is made of
lawn trimmed with embroidery and
narrow frills. Dotted and cross-
barred muslins are used as well as
the plain cnes, and some women like
Habutal silk for the purpose. :
Both corset covers are made with
fronts and back, but the tucked cor-
set cover is lengthened over the
shoulder to form the shield sleeves.
The fronts are laid in tucks at the
lower edges that are stitched flat. The
gathered corset cover is simply full,
regulated bymeansof beading thread- |
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ed with ribbon. Either one can be
finished with a peplum or a belt as
preferred.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is for either cor-
set cover two yards twenty-four, one
and a quarter yards thirty-six, seven-
eighth yard forty-four inches wide
with three yards of beading, three
and a half yards of edging for the:
gathered corset cover,
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Senator Hale, of Maine, announced
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“Henry Rogers left an estate val-
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas Robinson,
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audience by the Emperor at Tokio.
Monsignor Brann returned from
Europe and denied criticising Mz.
Roosevelt's course in the Vatican epi-
sode.
Prince Iyesato at the luncheon of
the Japan Society, in New York City,
spoke of the eternal friendship of his
country for the United States.
Governor Fort refused to cdll upor
the Governor of Illinois for the extra~
dition of J. Ogden Armour, indicted
with other packers in New Jersey.
Secretary Ballinger, under cross-
Louis D. Brandeis,
announced his intention to “kill a¥i
the snakes” in the Interior Depari-
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“Oh, my word!” exclaimed Lor#
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