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QUEEN OLGA AN ADMIRAL.
: Queen Olga of Greece is the only.
Woman admiral in the world. She is
officially the commander of the sec-
ond squadron of the Russian fleet,
and her flagship is the cruiser Ad-
miral Makaroff. Queen: Olga was
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinova of
Russia. She was married to Prince
William of Denmark, who, when eigh-
teen years old, was elected King of
the Hellenes and assumed the title
of George I. Before the wedding
Alexander III, then Czar of the Rus-
sias, appointed Olga an admiral in
the Russian -navy.—New York Press.
“ON” AND “OFF.”
Mrs. Siddons was, on and off the
stage, two different persons. On the
stage she was a pythoness, nighti~
hypnotized into passionate emotions
by the sight of the drop curtain and
the boards. At her home she was, at
all events to the casual observer, more
than a. thought too much a mere
mother and British matron, loving to
be seemly and of good report, shut in
the tower of an unimaginative nature.
Had she not been an actress, she
would have made (such an observer
might have said) an ideal bishop’s
lady. Barchester would have been
glad of her.—Home Notes.
A SMART LOOKING COAT.
A smart looking coat for a girl of
fourteen seen recently in a shop was
made in moyen age style, of navy
heavyweight cheviot.
The fronts were cut in panel effect,
which started at the armhole seams
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“It’s very simple,” I told him, “yet
very efficacious. I presume that
some light from the street lamp or
the moon usually gets into your bed-
room? Well, where it strikes the
wall you will be pretty sure to find
spots that stand out vividly from the
dark background. Select one of these
patches of brightness, one preferably
not much larger than a silver dollar.
Settle down comfortably in such a
way that it will be within easy range
of your vision without. straining to
see it. Then gaze at it steadily.
“Do not, however, try to stare it
out of countenance, so to speak. In-
stead, let the muscles of your eyes
relax until the spot appears to have
a confused outline. At the same time,
if possible, think of nothing but the
one idea: ‘I am going to sleep!’
“Before long, your eyes will begin
to feel tired, and they will gradually
close. Open them, and once more
gaze at the spot on the wall. Again
they will close. Again open them.
Presently you will find it im ossible
to open them, and the next instant
you will be asleep.”
Recently I again met him, and
found him full of énthusiasm.
“That was a splendid scheme,” he
said. “I sleep like a top nowadays—
am asleep almost as soon as I touch
the pillow. But I can’t for the life of
me understand why that should have
worked when everything else failed.”
It “worked” for the reason that I
had succeeded in lodging in his mind
the idea that it would work. Chronic
insomnia, such as my friend suffered
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in the front instead of on the shoul-
ders. Below the waist line at back
and sides the material was pleated
and headed by a strapped band, which
- Was buttoned to the panel.
The closing was double-breasted,
with a rever that could be turned
back or over. There was a high turn-
over collar trimmed with black braid,
and deep, turnover cuffs finished the
coat sleeves.
. THOSE BIG HATS AGAIN.
Huge hats worn by women are still
causing difficulties in theatres. In
London and in New York City women
are wearing hats that are almost a
Yard wide. Their appearance in play-
houses have led to more than one
legal controversy. One of the latest
has arisen in London, where two
women wearing especially large hats
entered a theatre. Because a man
shouted to them, “Remove those
ridiculous hats!” they refused to take
them off, as they had planned to do,
and were barred from the playhouse.
They have preferred a charge of as-
sault against the manager, and the
decision of the court is expected to
have an interesting bearing on big
hats.—New York Press,
ESCORTS FOR NEWLY WEDS.
Though it has been sald the wed-
ding tour is hopelessly out of date
and that one has to read Howells to
know that there ever was one, this
isn’t such a prosy old world after all,
for an observer of the ways of the
elect says the latest idea is for the
best man to provide tickets for the
entire bridal party to accompany the
happy pair on the first stages of the
wedding trip. The maid of honor has
her share of the work, for it is “up
to” her to fill the car with flowers
until it looks like a traveling con-
servatory. As one bride expressed
it, “The best of it is, the flowers are
sometimes fruit.” When Miss Aspin-
wall, of Washington, became the
bride of Lieutenant Comly, of the
artillery, a dozen or more warriors
escorted her to the bridal train,
where her maids were awaiting her
with offerings. This sounds agree-
able, but it takes a best man with a
well-filled purse. “What do you ex-
pect? Again we see the pleasant
things are all for the rich,” said a
pessimistic young man, who had to
decline the honor of being best man
atthe wedding of a friend last week.
—New York Press.
ABOUT INSOMNIA.
Some months ago a friend in-
formed me that he was a great suf-
ferer from sleeplessness. He had ex-
perimented with all manner of reme-
dies—baths, drugs, exercise, dieting
—but could find no relief.
“How about the ‘spot on the wall’
cure?” I asked him,
from, is in many cases nothing more
‘than a habit, and may accurately be
described as the result of a frame of
mind. It is distinctly a psychical
rather than a physical malady.—H,
Addington Bruce, in the Delineator.
The ‘“‘slip-on” glove is one of the
most popular kid gloves of to-day.
Gold and silver tissue embroider-
ies and foundations are to be pop-
ular. ;
- Even mosaic buckles appear on the
shoes, to match the buttons on the
chic French gowns.
Irish laces, or any of the heavy
laces, are not as suitable for very
young girls’ frocks as are the lighter,
finer laces. .
Grown-ups are to wear the poke
bonnets of lingerie as well as straw.
These quaint bonnets are to be worn
with “my lady’s’” fluffy afternoon
frocks.
Many of the old colors have rhp-
peared, but with a new face—an inde-
scribable bloom or ashen tint. Such
effects are seen best in the rich silks
and velvets.
Evening gowns are plainer than
heretofore, in the sense of being with-
out ruffles and frills and pleats, which
are not essential to the beauty of the
directoire models.
Among dress hats the picture
shapes are supreme, and the Gains-
borough and all the wide-brimmed
models of its sort, with plumage as
rich if not richer than ever; are con-
spicuous. :
The new ribbons are most allur-
ing. - A very wide ribbon, probably
intended primarily for sashes, comes
with a fancy edge suggestive of a pi-
cot edge of a generation ago. The
range of colors is unusually large.
Pumps have at last been super-
seded by the much more artistic and
comfortable ‘‘sailor ties.” These are
similar to the pumps, but have one
large eyelet, through which ig tied a
loose, flapping bow of wide grosgrain
ribbon.
A novel form of trimming allowed
on even the plainest of the separate
coats takes the form of long rouleaux
of cloth which are arranged in
straight lines, alternated here and
there with a series of curve-like
scrolls. \
The new skirts recently imported
from Paris show the modern version
of the pull-back. The simplest mod-
el in this style is gored to fit the fig=
ure in the centre front only; the ful-
ness being gathered to the belt line
across the sides and back,
New York City.—Thesimple blouse
coat that can be belted or left loose
as preferred is a smart and practical
one that is to be much worn through-
out the spring and summer. This
model allows a choice of full sleeves
gathered into cuffs or of plain ones
of the two-piece sort, and these latter
can be either cut tofull or three-quar-
ter length as preferred. Pongee is
the material illustrated, and the coat
matches tae skirt, but it will be found
available for all suiting and all cloak-
Ing materials. Chanticleer red and
royal blue serge are much liked for
the separate wraps of mountain and
seashore use, and the model suits
such treatment as well as it does the
costume and more prosaic coats of
street wear. Any contrasticg mate-
rial can be used for collar and cuffs,
but this coat is finished with messa-
line in matching color. Natural col-
ored pongee with revers and cuffs of
bowered cretonne would make an at-
tractive summer coat. Small women
will find the model an excellent one.
The coat is made with fronts and
back. ‘It can be cut off and made
somewhat shorter if preferred. The
full sleeves are made in one piece
each, gathered at upper and lower
edges, but the plain sleeves are cut
with upper and under portions. The
collar is seamed to the neck edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (sixteen years)
is five and a half yards twenty-seven,
three and three-eighth yards forty-
four or three yards fifty-two inches
wide with three-quarter yard twenty-
one for collar and cuffs.
Hair Goods Prevail.
Hair goods of all kinds prevail,
some single and of considerable width
and some double, like the Greek filet.
| muslins
Peplum. :
The straight classic gown known
as the ‘“peplum’” has. brought into
the shops for its use foulards in
gown lengths which have two kinds
of ‘material, one polka dotted and
the other plain. The polka dots are
sprinkled over the ground of the dot-
ted silk and make a border all
around it. The silk comes in street
tones,
Tucked Blouse.
The simple tucked blouse is always
a dainty and attractive one. This
model can be made from any mate-
rial that is adapted to lingerie treat-
ment, and that means the thin silks
and light weight wools as well as
muslins. It can be made with high or
square neck, and the square neck can
be finished with banding or with a
frill or in any way to suit the fancy.
Mercerized batiste with banding of
lace is the material illustrated, but
include embroidered and
openwork sorts and all kinds of fancy
effects, while silks that are adapted |
to such a model mean foulards, India
silk and a variety of silk and cotton
mixtures. The blouse suits the odd
waist and the gown equally well.
~ The waist is made with front and
backs. It is tucked to form a yoke
and closed invisibly at the back. The
sleeves are in one piece each gathered
into cuffs, and these cuffs can be
made deeper or shorter according to
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the length of sleeves desired. When
high neck is used a stock collar is at-
tached to the edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and an
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty-
four, two and three-eighth yards thir-
ty-two or two and a quarter yards
forty-four inches wide with three
yards of insertion.
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One-piece work apron garments
are a fancy of the present season and
are much liked made in this way.
- This model is simplicity itself,
House gown or wrapper to be made
with or without stock collar, with
three-quarter
sleeves.
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Microbe of Lockjaw.
Lockjaw, known to medical men as
tetanus, is one of those terrible mala-
dies which occasion great suffering
and baffle the best attempts of the pro-
fession to successfully treat them.
Commencing with stiffness of the jaw
muscles, tetanus quickly goes on to
produce violent convulsions, which ut-
terly exhaust its victim’s strength,
preventing him from taking food, ow-
ing to his being unable to open his
mouth; hence its more popular desig-
nation of “lockjaw.” Investigations
have shown that this dreadful dis-
ease is due to a microbe which com-
monly exists in ordinary soil and the
surface mud of the streets, which hab-
itat explains the reason why tetanus
frequently attacks persons who have
been injured in street accidents and
had their wounds contaminated with
refuse and dust from the roadway.
Although no certain cure for tetanus
is yet known, progress is being made
of ‘‘anti-tetanic se-
rum.”—London Telegraph.
Limit of Vision.
‘What is the farthest limit to which
the human vision can reach? Power,
in his book, “The Eye and Sight,”
gives the ability to see the star Alcor,
situated at the tail of the Great Bear,
as the test. Indeed, the Arabs call it
the test star. It is most exceptional
to be able to see Jupiter's satillites
with the naked eye though one or two
cases are recorded, the third satellite
being the most distinct.—Strand Mag-
azine.
Henri Rochefort seems to regard
many of the “old masters” bought by
rich Americans as being quite as
worthless as some of the sprigs of no-
bility bought by the daughters of rich
Americans.—Louisville Courier-Jour-
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