THE TEMPTED.
Pleasure cried: "Come hither, pray!"
"Stay," said Spotless Duty, "stay!"
Pleasure cried: "I may uot wait,
Follow now or never;
Ouce I beckon, once I smile,
And I pass forever."
Duty watched him as he fled
Down the way where Pleasure led—
Watcned ind sighed and said: "I'll
wait.
Pleasure is but fleeting.
7 air. constant—l will smile
When he comes retreating."
Pleasure left him on a day—
Fled, and hid herself away:
Then he gravely said: "I'll turn
Back again to I>uty"—
But a wrinkled hag stood where
Ono« was maiden beauty.
—S. E. Kiser.
|i TciTi 1
i: "SCATTER-BRAINS." I
!
J J BY MAROAHKT 1.. KNAPP. J
"The trouble with Billy is he's scat
ter-brained."
As Mr. Lemmon said this he filled a
flipper at the pump and approached the
teakettle. The tin lid was upside down
and very hot. He gave it a hasty flip
which landed it in the midst of the ap
ple sauce simmering close by, and
poured in the water triumphantly.
"Like to got scalded that time," he
Mid, fishing out the teakettle lid. "It
won't hurt the sauce, will it?"
"I don't believe it will. The dip
per'll melt, Nathan, if you leave it on
the stove empty."
"That's so." Mr. Lemmon rescued
the dipper and made a fresh onslaught
on the pump.
"Billy means well, if he would only
keep his mind on the main thing," he
went on. "He's anxious to help. I
haven't told you what he did yester
day. I sent him to the toolbox for
more nails. There was plenty of 'em
there, but he took a notion that it
would be a good thing if he was to
sort over the whole box, and emptied
everything out on the ground. I come
to see what he was doing to keep him
so long, and there he was, swimmin'
in tacks. Much as ever I can get
things straightened out again."
Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed
easily. She was distinctly a genial
person.
"I can't think where he get 3 It from,"
added Mr. Lemmon.
"He gets it froift his father," ■ an
swered Mrs. Lemmon unexpectedly.
"Why, you don't say—" Mr. Lem- j
mon turned around to see what she
meant.
"Certain I do. You're filling the ket
tle too full. Nathan; it's spUling o ver,
tea, you're boin absent-minded. He
<tan't get over it all in a minute. We
mist guide him some. Now, if you'll
\ring the horse around, I'll be ready
\ go as soon as the apple sauce is off
S stove."
'Dear me, they're as helpless as klt
'ftfls about some things," she thought
affectionately, tying the strings of her ;
Sunday bonnet in a firm, square bow.
She looked out of the window at Bil
ly, a freckled-faced boy of 10, who was
tramping up and down beside the old
horse. Mrs. was Billy's step
mother, and he had decided opinions j
about her.
"She takes my part," Billy said. "She
takes pa's part, too. I don't know
who's side she's on—everybody's, I
Kuess. She's great!"
"Ma. say, can I drive?" he asked, as
jhe came out.
"Course I expect you to drive. When
A young man takes me to town, he
has to do the driving."
Billy clambered into the wagon with
tn important air. Mrs. Lesauion stood
waiting.
"There's another thing a young
fian's got to de that ta"*.es me to ride," :
elie said, after a minute.
"What?"
"Turn the wheel out so I can get in." |
"I forgot," Billy turned out sharply. !
"Take care —take care! You'll be
pver on the other side the road!" cau
tioned his father, coming up to the
fence, anxiously. It was not the gen
eral custom to see one's wife off every
time she went to the village. Mr.
Lemmon did not know why he did it.
It was because she brought an ele
ment of fun into the business. He
felt excited, like Billy.
"No, we're all right. Well, goodby!" j
Mr. Lemmon looked after his wife's
trect, comely figure. "I guess they'll
get where they say they will as long
as she's in the wagon," he thought.
"He was dreadful pleased to have the
reins. She understands boys."
The place looked lonely to Mr. Lem
mon as he went back to the chicken
coop he was making. It was a good
sized coop, with a door in the front
for the hens togo in and out. He had
laid the floor and nailed on three sides
the day before, and he regarded it
with satisfaction. "She'll say it's a
good job." he thought.
"Queer how she come to say what
Bhe did about Billy," he continued.
'l've told him, I don't know how many
times, to just put his mind right on
it—nail it right in. That's what Billy
needs —"
And then for a time there were no
sounds about the place but the sharp
tap! tap! of the hammer.
It was dark when Mrs. Lemmon and
Billy drove into the yard. Mr. Lem
mon did not come out to take the
horse.
"Pa said he might have togo down
to the meadow before we got back,"
said Billy.
"You and I wHI have to unharness.
then. Quick, now! I'm going to make
yos some waffles for supper."
"Can I grate some maple sugar to
eat on 'em, ma?"
"Certainly. No, Billy, you don't
want to undo all the straps, only just
what's necessary."
"I get mixed up, ma."
"Well, get unmixed, then," said his
stepmother, good-naturedly.
It was strange that Mr. Lemmnn
should leave the door wide open if he
was going down to the meadow. She
shut it, and laid her bundles on the
table. Just then they heard a peculiar
sound: Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!
"What was that?" she exclaimed.
She and Billy looked at each other,
startled.
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!
Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar
door. "Nathan, are you there?" she
called.
"Ma-a!" came a feeble voice from the
distance.
"It's outside," said Mrs. Lemmon.
"I'm afraid he's hurt. Take this can
dle, Billy, and run on ahead."
Billy loped across the yard. She fol
lowed with the lamp. "What's the
matter?" she called,, alarmed, for Billy
was capering up and down beside some
whitish object, the candle lighting tip
his round face like a hobgoblin's.
"Ma! Pa's in the chicken-coop!"
There could be no manner of doubt
of it His hammer resounded on the
walls, and his muffled voice called
crossly: "Let me out! let me out!"
Billy got on the ground and looked
through the door. "I see him!" he
cried, excited.
"Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come
you there?" cried his wife.
"I should think you could see for
yourself!"
She had seen in a flash, and leaning
against the partition, she laughed till
the tears came.
"You've been —you've been —oh, oh!
—you've been and nailed that front
on from the inside, and then—you
couldn't get out through the door un
less you was a chicken, which you're
not —oh, my! my, my!"
"He! he!" snickered Billy.
"But why don't you knock in a board
and get out?"
"Went the wrong way. Couldn't get
any purchase," said the muffled voice.
"O Nathan, I shall give up!"
"Well, when you get through laugh
ing, maybe you'll do something. I've
been hollerin' here mtfst all the after
noon."
"You poor man, you! Really, I feel
weak! There, Billy, you stop! Run
and bring the hatchet. Don't cut your
self."
It took but a few well tftrgcted blows
with the back ofJkß"&atche£~ta loosen
a couple of, boards. Through the fiar
row opening Mr. Lemmon squeezed
ou t. He was one of the mildest of
men, but when you have been shut up
all the afternoon in a hen-ooop of your
own making, you may be forgiven for
being a little provoked.
It was a grand supper Mrs. Lemmon
gave them, half an hour later, a sup
per fit for the minister, and no allu
sions made to late unpleasant experi
ences. Right in the midst of it, all
three happened to look up at once; and
then there was a fresh explosion. Mr.
Lemmon helped himself to the last
waffle. "Well, 'twas rather funny
when you come to think of It,"he as
sented, with a laugh.
That was all; only nowadays, when
he worries over Billy's scatter-brains,
his wife says, soothingly:
"Now, pa, you remember that chick
en-coop."—Youth's Companion.
NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION.
Will the Pipe Line Be Used for Other I'ur
p«i>e* Than Oil I)l«tributinn?
One of the developments of the com
ing century, worthy of at least passing
thought, is the extent to which pneu
matic tube principle will be employed
to expedite transportation which is
now entirely dependent on steam loco
motives.
For example, the long lines of load
ed coal cars go from the mines to
the seaboard, and come back empty
to the mines. If the weight of a car
is 25 percent of the gross load, there
is in this instance more than 50 per
cent loss or non-paying freight, the
empty train requiring about as much
power to haul it up into the interior as
was expended in taking it to the ship
ping port.
It does not seem altogether unrea
sonable. therefore, to think that just
as the miles of tank cars loaded with
oil, which Vere seen in former years,
have disappeared, and that commodity
is now sent hundreds of miles through
pipe lines, so may coal, grain, an
ore be sent speeding through tubes to
central depots for local distribution.
In the matter of coal transportation,
in fact, just such pipe line conveni
ence was tried experimentally some
thing like 10 to 12 years ago by the
late W. C. Andrews of New York, the
coal for that, purpose being ground
into powder, mixed with water in suffi
ciently largo proportion, and carried
through the pipes in semi-liquid form.
At the delivery end of the pipe lino
there were to be settling chambers for
the mixture, enabVng the water to be
drained off and t/ e coal paste, if we
may so term it, to be pressed into
cakes and driol for consumption.
The project, however, did not extend
beyond a brief experimental career.
In woolen mills, on the other hand,
it is a common thing to b!ow wool
from one building to another through
pipes by means of fans, and in pot
terias, too, clay paste is frequently
carried from one poit.t to another
through pipes. There is, thus, a fair,
ly good beginning pipe-line engl
neering with solids.—Cassier's Maga
zine.
THE TINFOIL INDUSTRY.
IT IS PURELY OF AMERICAN ORIGIN
AND GROWTH.
The First Tinfoil Rolling Mill Was Ks
tabllithed in New York City About Fif
ty Years Ago—Most Prepared Foods Are
Wrapped in It—Millions of Founds Used
Recent ornamental novelties made
of pure tinfoil, lacquered with gold
and embossed in various forms, man
ufactured for the drug, confection
ers' and tobacconists' trades, serve to
call attention to an Invention and in
dustry that are purely of American
origin and growth. Before the inven
tor of tinfoil hit upon the idea of
rolling tin upon sheets of lead, the
two metals being previously welded
together, the only tinfoil known to
the world was that of pure tin beaten
by a process similar to that followed
by gold-laaf beaters. This beaten
tin was made in England, and only
small quantities were imported into
this country. Its use was limited be
cause of its expense and its liability
to tear.
The first tinfoil rolling mill was
established in New York City half a
century ago, and it was started on
such a modest scale that the rollers
were obtained as second-hand iron.
The English-beaten tinfoil was found
to be so expensive in this country
that a cheaper method of making it
was tried, and proved successful. The
business of this early, but not ex
tinct, tinfoil factory was thus an
nounced: "Foil Rolling Mill and Me
tallic Cap Works; tobacconists' foil,
plain or embossed, tin sheet-foil for
druggists and bottlers, superior to the
imported article."
In the half century which has fol
lowed this modest beginning of an
industry great strides have been made
in manufacturing tinfoil and in apply
ing it to manifold commercial uses.
New machines have beon made to
work it up into handsome ornamen
tal forms, and considerable capital ha 3
been invested to extend its useful
ness. There is very little export
trade in tinfoil, as the foil is also
made extensively in England, France
and Germany, but the home trade is
adequately supplied by the four tin
foil factories in this country—two in
New York, one in Philadelphia, and
another in St. Louis. After the ex
piration of the original patents these
four factories started almost simulta
neously, and they have controlled the
output of the material ever since.
New machinery and processes for
improving the tinfoil are being invent
ed nearly every year, and the qual
ity of the material produced today
is infinitely better than that of a
doses years ago. A good deal of the
new machinery Is made to enhance
the ornamental effects of the foil, but
not a little of It is inade tp Increase
the strength and wearing quality of
the material. In the druggist and
confectonery trades the demand for
very highly ornamental tinfoil effects
is especially urgent, and artists of
considerable ability are engaged to
produce fancy patterns. The silvery
surface of the tinfoil is made more
effective by fancy patterns of stars,
figures and fine lines, which are
stamped or embossed in the sheets
by special machinery. Recently ma
chinery was made to print the pat
terns on the sheets of foil in colors.
In order to do this the sheets of foil
are put through regular printing cy
linder presses, which not only color
the patterns but stamp in the "dead"
effects of various figures and lines.
The machinery required for this deli
cate work is quite elaborate and rep
resents part of the invested capital
of the plant.
The tinfoil Is also lacquered hand
somely with gold, which, in connec
tion with the embossing and print
ing in colors, produces remarkably
artistic effects. Many large firms em
ploy these fancy effects as trade
marks which are stamped or printed
on all the foil they use as wrapping
for their articles. Tinfoil is growing
rapidly In use for wrapping purposes
where food and other articles must
be kept from the air as much as
possible. Its first use was for to
bacco wrapping, and the demand in
this trade stands first today. Fine ci
gars, plug tobacco and cigarettes
have the fine aroma of the tobacco
and the natural moisture retained in
definitely by this process. Most pre
pared foods are wrapped in tinfoil,
and now that the manufacture of
these has grown tremendously the
demand for tinfoil has increased al
so to remarkable proportions. Cheese,
yeast cakes, and other products of
the delicatessen order require an
nually tons of pure tinfoil. Confec
fectioners also have resorted to
the use of tinfoil for wrnp
ping their choice candies in prefer
ence to tissue paper. The drug trade
has found infinite uses for the foil be
cause of its air-tight qualities, which
keep the goods from direct contact
with the atmosphere.
Perishable goods shipped to warm,
tropical countries are frequently
wrapped In tinfoil to exclude the air
and to retain the natural moisture.
A combination of thin paper and tin
foil is considered better for food pro
ducts than the foil alone. It was con
sidered better not to have the foil
come in direct contact with the food,
and consequently a machine was made
by which the sheets of tinfoil and
paper wore firmly adhered together.
These double sheets are used so that
the paper alone comes in contact with
the food, while the tin serves all the
purposes of excluding the air. There
is considerable labor of folding saved
by this process, and only one Instead
of two foldings is required for each
separate article.
Bottle caps are manufactured large
ly out of tinfoil, but they are of a
different quality and manufacture
from that of the ordinary foil. The
sheets for this work are spun on a
lathe from a mixture of lead and
tin. There Is more l?ad In this foil
than in the finer quality for general
use. The foil is thicker and coarser,
and as It never comes in contact with
the contents of the bottle the amount
of lead in it is immaterial from ths
consumer's point of view. The thick
ness of the tinfoil in common use runs
from one-half of one-thousandth of
an Inch up to almost any thickness
required by special trades. The thin
ner the foil is rolled or spun the more
expensive it is. The foil is rolled
usually in sheets 50 feet in length
and In varying widths. Some ma
chines are made to roll it 12 inches
wide, but most of them have only
half this width, as trade demands
favor he narrower widths. Afte* the
sheets are rolled they are stamped,
printed, and embossed in suitable
sizes and patterns, and then cut up
In lengths desired. Millions of
pounds are required for the trado in
this country, and the market price
runs from 75 cents per pound for the
handsome embossed and lacquered
foil down to a few cents a pound for
the cheaper grades.—G. E. W., in the
Scientific American.
THE HOME OF WOODEN TOYS.
A District In tlie Tyrol Which In Wholly
Given Over to Wood Carving.
Two English girls have been telling
rather an interesting story of life in
the Gordner valley in the Tyrol, which
is the home of wooden toys and is lit
erally given over to wood carving.
"Baedeker" says that St. Ulrich, the
capital of the district, has 2300 wood
carvers and a gool hotel. The Eng
lish girls corroborate the statement
and add that the place is well worth
a visit, although, in order to enjoy it,
one must stay there long enough to
tramp up and down hill, and make
acquaintances in the little chalets
where everyone, old and young, is
busy with some sort of wood carving
or toy making.
One lives in good society in St.
Ulrich, so it seems. Saints and he
roes of assorted sizes are ranged com
fortably outside of the chalets and in
the gardens, drying their halos and
robes. St. Peter, St. Paul, the Virgin
and Andreas Hofer, the Tyrolean hero,
hobnob on one corner; while St. An
thony of Padua, repeated five times,
dozes on a bench against the wall,
and St. Florian, eight feet high, smiles
from the steps at St. Sebastian, trun
dled by in a barrow.
Rows of fresh and shining angels
are on every hand and look with be
nign interest at whole squadrons of
splendid rocking horses that go romp
ing around the grounds, and hundreds
of staring wooden dolls sit stiffly upon
sunny shelves and envy the angels.
Crucifixes are scattered everywhere.
Noah's Ark animals stare, panic
stricken, at piles of wooden skulls.
Everywhere there is sawing, ham
mering, chipping, painting. At the age
of six the children begin to learn the
carving trade, and they stick at it un
til they die. The most famous wom
an carver in the district carves noth
ing but crucifixes and has done noth
ing else for 20 years. All of her work
is ordered long in advance, and as
her prices, though low, are better than
those of most of the carvers she makes
a fair living.
She uses no model. That is true of
almost all of the workmen who have
learned their craft through long years
of experience. When a carver has
evolved 500 St. Anthonys all of a pat
tern, from tree trunks, he learns to
know his saint and hats no need of a
model. Very often a worker sticks
to some one figure and attempts noth
ing else, a method which opens up
awful vistas of monotony.
One family turns out brindled cows
by the gross. Another has for years
carved nothing but skulls and cross
bones. The English chronicler doesn't
tell what effect the gruesome monot
ony has had upon the members of
the family, but the situation sounds
Maeterlinckian.
One woman makes tiny woolen
dolls and each of her children, even
the five-year-old. has some part In the
work. One shapes the legs, another
paints the faces, another fits the parts
together. Six hundred dozen of the
dolls were stacked up against the wall
when the English visitors called; and.
for making the lot. the workers ex
pected to receive about $3.
In another cottage three genera
tions of a family were busy painting
wooden horses, and said proudly that
they could turn out 20 dozen a day.
None of the toys is sold at retail, all
being intended for the big wholesale
depots at St. Ulrich.
On Saturday every mountain path
is crowded with men, women and
children carrying the wares to the
depots. A flood of saints, angels,
crucifixes and toys pours into the de
pots all day long; and, in the evening,
the peasants turn homeward, ready
for another wholesale creation week.
—New York Sun.
Dog« in Knrope.
France is reported to hold the Eu
ropean record for dogs. It is stated
that it contains no less than 2,864,000
dogs that are registered. Not only
are there more dogs in France than in
any other country in Europe, but there
is also a greater number per thou
sand inhabitants than in any other
European country. France has 75
dogs to every thousand of its inhabit
ants. Then follow Ireland with 73,
England with 38, Germany with 31,
«nd Sweden with 11. It is very satis
factory to find that societies for the
protection of dogs are on the increase.
Such societies do a noble work, and
they are deserving of every encourage
ment. —Paris Messenger.
tJAJLKS-i^
Mow to Buy Hosiery.
Vests and stockings, the latter of
which are stern necessities, can be
purchased at various prices, but in
this regard no stinting is advisable,
especially in the matter of the "bas
de" cashmere.
Four pairs for day wear and two
of silk or openwork lisle thread for
evening are necessary. At the least
suspicion of a hole waste not a min
ute ere proceeding to darn it, for in
no instance more than in stockings
is the truth of the old proverb that
"a stitch in time saves nine."
The Alw»y*-Wiih-U* YVnUt.
Soft, full blouses in all shades of
Oriental satin, very much tucked and
with lace insertions, are the ideal
underbodice for wear with the trim
tailor suit. A pretty blouse or odd
waist of white China silk with many
tucks has a large collar edged with
exquisite Maltese lace. The cufTs are
novel and fall over the hands in four
points, each edged with the Maltese
lace. A strikingly odd shirt of coarse
linen is inserted generously with
Irish crochet and has a yoke and
strappings of artistically colored and
worked embroidery—new and very
stylish.
.Duties of a Woman Colonel.
The southern girl. Miss Mamie Ger
trude Morris, who has been appointed
colonel of the military staff of Gov.
Allen D. Chandler of Georgia, finds
her position a most enviable onev
Her duties thus far have been chielly
confined to reviewing regiments, at
tending public functions and making
speeches, and she is everywhere
hailed with enthusiasm by the regi
ments. Colonel Morris, who is a resi
dent of Chattanooga, Tenn., but a na
tive of Georgia, received the honor
that has been conferred upon her in
recognition of services rendered in
entertaining Gov. Candler, and his
staff on the occasion of their visit to
Chattanooga for the dedication of the
Georgia monument in Chickamauga
park. She is said to appear to utmost
advantage in her uniform with sword
and other regalia.
Rrims for Summer Mat*.
For the summer a taste for very
wide brims has been revived, but
more as the tfiai the rule.
Several af the hats
are signed,Carller. They are trimmed
low, generally with a wreath of
flowers running right around, and
have very low crowns. One in fancy
white straw is encircled by a wreath
of large white poppies, slightly shot
with gray and green; a second, in
cerise chip, is wreathed with white
cherry blossoms; a third, in palest
mauve straw, is trimmed with pink
roses; a fourth, in manila straw, has
a garland of cherries; a fifth, in white
straw, is surrounded by a full quilling
of black tulle, relieved by a windmill
bow of cerise velvet on the left side;
a sixth, in rose-pink straw, has two
large rosettes of pink tulle on the
right side, and on the left several
large white roses. In all cases foliage
is mixed with the flowers or fruit;
there is often also a small cluster of
flowers under the brim on the left,
either squeezed in between the brim
and the hair or placed on a small
band that tilts the hat very slightly
on one side.—Millinery Trade Re
view.
Rest for Working Women.
Since Princess Charles of Denmark
expressed her practical sympathy
with Mr. Holmes' scheme for a home
of rest for London's working women,
the scheme has advanced rapidly to
ward realization. Thomas Holmes is
the North London police court mis
sionary, whose recent book. "Pictures
and Problems from London's Police
Courts," has attracted so much atten
tion. He tells this story of the incep
tion and progress of his scheme:
"For a long time," he said, "per
haps a dozen years. I have wanted to
do some such thing for these poor
people—the women who made ladies'
skirts, blouses and oth°r garments In
their own homes. They are far more
helpless than those who work in fac
tories; they cannot organize, and
people outside know but little about
them.
"I could take you to soe women who
work 15 hours a day, sometimes more,
fui seven days a week, stooping all
the time over their machines, in a
foul atmosphere. For this a woman
will get perhaps Is. 6d. for sewing a
dozen skirts, and have to find her own
machine and thread. Sometimes the
pay is as low as 10d. a dozen.
"Our home at Walton-on-ths-Naze
is to give 100 women a month's rest
every year—some have not had a hall
day for 15 years. We have been of
fered the lease cf a furnished house
right on the beach, and as soon as the
public give us £2OO for the furniture,
etc., we shall start. We have about
half the money already and all the
women, and we must set the home
going soon after Whitsuntide."—Lon
don Daily Mail.
What Colors to Wear.
In the art of selecting the colors of
a dress from artistic points of view
that is, to say, in such a manner that
the dress, hat and set of ornaments,
etc.. not only correspond, but harmon
ize with the person—the French wom
en are said to lead the world. The
smart Paris set really study chromat
ics as carefully as the best French
painters, who have to weteh each tooe
and its probable effect, and in many
instances the magazines of fashion
give many valuable hints in this direc
tion. It was not only ecently that
the Moniteur de la Mode contained
several columns giving pointers about
the choice of colors.
The Moniteur pointed out that
bright colors, such as red and gold
yellow, are not well suited for bru
nettes, as is often supposed. For bru
nettes with delicate oomplexions and
velvet-like eyeu the Moniteur recom
mends pale blue, Chinese rose and
bieu pervenche. The delicate, soft
tone of these colors harmonizes won
derfully with the complexlsn and
forms a "splendid all-over tone, re
minding one of the effects of a pas
tel."
For gold and red blonde ladies the
Moniteur recommends "medium col
ors." such as pensee, emerald, rublne
red or violet. The complexion is usu
ally so fresh that in connection with
these opposite colors a most effective
contrast is attained. Ladies with les3
and more delicate blonde complexion
should beet select cherry red or cur
rant red; all blue colors from marine
blue up to pale blue are also prefer
able and effective. A similar happy
effect can be attained by the delicate
rose color of the hydrangea or by one
of the so-called ophelia and peach
color.
All blondes are earnestly warned by
the Moniteur against any yellow tones
which might in the least resemble
the hair; if theße blondes insist never
theless upon yellow tones, the Paris
paper continues, they should by all
means try to make a good combina
tion with other bright colors.
A brighter chestnut brown of the
hair demands the same tones as does
blonde hair. The belles with chestnut
brown hair of darker complexion and
the brunettes should select maize
colors and dark blue. Ashy blonde
women with delicate complexion in
crease the elegance of their appear
ance by the choice of covered color 3,
such as gray, beige and pale blue.
In connection with these hints the
Moniteur de la Mode treats the sym
bolic importance of colors. We are
reminded that in the Orient in China,
white is the mourning color, probably
because the contrast of this color and
the dark complexion of the peoples of
those countries creates a certain rigor
and cruelty of tones.
The same may be said about the
black mourning color of the Occident,
which shows the same contrast for
the white people of these countries.
Besides this sad signification, black
and white have as yet another. Black
without connection of other colors sig
nifies pride and distinction, while
white is the symbol of purity and in
nocence.
v*"* red color Is the most ostenta
tious anu nopular. !t animates
and embellishes e We find
it throughout nature, witir iu.
the flowers, the clouds and at the bot
tom of the ocean. Red signifies mag
nitude and dignity, for it attracts at
tention.
Blue, like white, is the symbol of
purity, goodness and clemency. Yel
low is the favored color of all the
people of the far East. The Chinese
call it "divine color," resembling the
sun.
Green is the color of the spring and
hope. The Persians, the Arabs, the
Turks and all Mohammedans have
selected it as their nattona.l color, for
the reason that it was the favorite
color of the prophet.
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One can find cotton crepe parasols
to carry with cotton crepe gowns.
Linen parasols are good form. With
linen gowns hats trimmed with bright
colors are in evidence.
Get any tartan you need in your
neck scarf. It may not be beautiful,
but it means something.
Black silk or satin with colored
broche or embroidered flowers makes
handsome tea gowns, tea jackets and
petticoats.
What makes a pretty waist Is
black taffeta stitched with white, hav
ing a yoke of white set with French
knots in black.
A deep shoulder collar of lace,
which falls from the throat well over
the shoulders, is a feature of many of
the dainty summer dresses.
A pretty little blue frock which has
a vest and stock of the finest Hamburg
"all-over" had a broad collar or revors
of cream lace, which makes a pretty
contrast.
The "lingerie" for boys is gorgeous
in colors. Small shirts have striped
wristbands and shirt fronts on plain
bodies of the predominating color in
the stripe.
A parasol which is good style has
black figures upon the red and some
thing of a bandanna effect. The black
figures are outlined with a fine line
of embroidery in v;mte.
A pretty material which has been
used for bridesmaids' gowns is white
silk, with small flowers upon it. a
pretty design being in rosebuds. That
rosebud design on white is a revival
of an old fashion, and Is to be seen
in piques, which are charming for
children.
The cross stitch Russian embroi
dery is stylish and fashionable this
year in handwork as well as the ma/
chine imitations of it. A pretty fea
ture of a little outer linen blouse
which is trimmed with the embroidery
is a pocket upon which Is worked in
the cross stitch the monogram of the
wearer.