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New York City.—Waists that include
sharply-pointed revers suit many
figures better than other styles. The
smart May Manton blouse illustrated
BLOUSE WAIST.
•has the additional merit of including
the latest sleeves and of suiting odd
waists and entire costumes equally
well. As shown, the material is crepe
do Chine in pale blue, with dotted
panne satin In the same shade mak
ing the revers and vest, white mousse
line the chemisette and plain blue
satin the bands, but all the season's
materials are appropriate and number
less combinations can be made.
The lining fits to a nicety and closes
at the centre front. The back proper
is smooth across the shoulders and
drawn down in gathers at the waist
line, the tipper portion being of con
trasting material to form the yoke.
The fronts are laid in groups of five
tucks, stitched with silk, and are ex
tended to form the revers, which are
faced and rolled back. At each edge,
forming a narrow vest, are strips of
the revering which are joined to the
waist beneath the tucks. The chemi
sette is cut from all-over tucking, and
Is finished with a regulation stock of
the same. The sleeves are slightly
full at the shoulders, and are laid in
horizontal tucks above the cuffs that
MISSES' BLOUSE ETON.
•fall free and form puffs at the outer
portion. The cuffs are deep and point
ed over the hands.
To cut this waist in the medium size
thi'ee and three-quarters yards of ma
terial twenty-one Indies wide, three
and a half yards twenty-seven inches
wide, two and three-quarter yards
thirty-two inches wide, or two yards
forty-four inches wide will be required,
with one and a half yards twenty-one
inches wide for vest rovers and cuffs
and one-half yard for chemisette.
Mlßnes' Blouse Kton Jacket.
Blouse Etons are always becoming
to young girls, and are in the height of
both present and coming styles. The
excellent May Manton model illus
trated in the large drawing shows
the latest designs executed in tan
colored broadcloth, but all suiting ma
terials are equally appropriate, and
cloth, cheviot and taffeta are suitable
for separate wraps. In the case of the
original the collar and belt aro of vel
vet and all edges are stitched with self
colored corticelli silk, but the collar
can be of the material if preferred.
The blouse is smooth and without ful
ness at the .ba<jk, but is arranged in
gathers at the fronf, where it blouses
slightly over the belt. Joining the
fronts and backs are under-arm gores
that insure a satisfactory fit. The
fronts are faced and turned back to
form lapels and a regulation collar
that meets them and rolls over with
them Is attached to the neck. The
sleeves are in coat stylo, slightly bell
shaped, and loft open for a short dis
tance at the outer seams. When do
sired the circular basque extension can
•be joined to the lower edge, the seam
being concealed by the belt.
To cut this blouse for a girl of four
teen years of age four yards of mate
rial twenty-one inches wide, one and a
half yards forty-four inches wide, or
cn-> .ud three-eighth yards fifty inches
vido will be required.
Now It'n tl»e Neck.
Last rummer nearly every girl who
boasted arms anything short ot verit
able horrors wore her sleeves at half
mast. This year, if she accepts the
most swagger advance models from
Paris, clie will expose her neck as wcli.
The new afternoon gowns of batiste,
anil other lace-trlmmed fabrics, will
reach just to the base of the neck.
This leaves the neck delightfully free,
making those of us who have always
enjoyed this top finish to house dresses
wonder how we ever consented
to swathe our unoffending throats out
of-doors.
Taking on Breadth.
If oroad shoulders have no. been
thrust upon one they must be acquired.
If this be out of the question there are
several ways of assuming this virtue,
though we have it not. First is the
side pleat in the bodice extending out
over the sleeve; the two form a broad
box-pleat effect. Then there's the nar
row collar, the revers separating the
pretty yoke from the rest of the waist.
Well cut, it gives breadth. And then
there's the elongated shoulder, which
is made to extend a bit over the top of
the sleeve. Oh, it's easy!
Double Ruffle*.
There's a noticeable tendency toward
double ruffles. Farasol ruffles of chif
fon, instead of being hemmed, are
made double. Even when a lace ruffle
falls over the one of chiffon it is still
made double. This same double ruffle
appears, too, on dresses, elbow sleeves
often being finished with three double
ruffles of varying widths. They are
pretty as a setting for lace flounces on
any part of the dress.
Cuban Cords.
Some of these body bats have a colot
woven in.and some have a small cord,
called Cuban for some reason or other.
A pearly braid, sheer and exquisite,
forms the greater part of these softly
pretty hats. For children the wire
frame is unnecessary, also for young
girls, in which case the droopy affair
is in reality a shepherdess shape.
liody Huts.
Soft and willowj in the extreme nrfe
the new body hats. Why "body hats"
there's no learning; perhaps because
they've no body at all. So pliable are
they that they may be turned inside
out "without exertion or damage, and
tliey have to be strengthened by a wire
frame in order to be at all manageable.
Knickerbocker Suit in Norfolk Style.
Little boys are always charming
dressed in knickerbockers and rathei
long Russian coats. Their own manly
ambition is gratified by the trousers
and the absolutely short legs are hid
den from view. This pretty little suit
is shown in cream serge banded with
cream braid and worn with a white
leather belt, but blue and brpwn serge,
velvet, velveteen, corduroy, cloth and
all the heavier washable fabrics,pique,
duck linen and the like are equally ap
propriate.
The knickerbockers lit smoothly
about the waist and hips, but are full
at the knees below which they are
drawn up by means of elastic inserted
in the hems. The coat is laid in two
box pleats at the back, two at the front
and laps over to close in double-breast
ed style, with handsome pearl buttons
and buttonholes. At the open neck is
a big square sailor collar, and idling
the opening is the smooth shield. The
sleeves are in regulation style, the ful
ness at the wrists laid in stitched
tucks.
To make this suit for a boy of three
years of age four and three-eighth
yards of material twenty-seven Inches
KNICKERBOCKER SUIT.
wide, four yards thirty-two incites
wide, two and three-eighth yards forty
four inches wide, or two j*r. da iiTty
inches will will be requireJ.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
True boldness never blusters.
The wrost getting is that which
hinders giving.
Most men may be known by the way
they use money.
Fleeing from responsibility is hid
ing from reward.
Comon sense is often but common
sympathy with all.
Suffering fails when it does not
teach us long-suffering.
To get accustomed to evil is to be
come assimilated to it.
Crystalized virtues are apt to bo
cuting rather than kind.
The frivolity of fashion is the soil
in which corruption flourishes.
When a man wears his success with
pride it is often made of paste.
When prosperity falls oil the evil
heart it but nourishes its weeds.
Time will not make the great man,
but he cannot be made without it.
You may know a man's principles
by the things he has an interest in.
Not pain but right pleasures is the
best cure for the love of wrong ones.
Put your stumbling block where It
belongs and it will become a stepping
stone.
When your kindness is only intend
ed for coals of flre it will certainly
burn your own fingers.—Ram's Horn.
Japanese I'aitit lSruslie*.
The Japanese artist has made a most
careful study of how to convey truths
in the most pleasurable way; how to
make his lines most beautiful, ay
though a speaker would use but worls
of most exquisite sound. To do this
he has cultivated his "touch" until it
is but mockery to compare with that
of his European brother. He hn.s
learned to hundle his brush with a di
rectness and precision which is
a thing of wonder, and he has
studied with a patience be
yond compare the possibilities
of each particular kind of brush. He
knows, for instance, that one kind of
brush may be used to express a bam
boo stem and that another brush will
be less efficacious. He knows how to
fill each particular part of that brush
with a certain amount of color or of
water, so that a single movement of
the hand over the paper will paint the
stem, its light and shade, its peculiar
characteristics, complete. And to the
perfecting of that single movement of
the hand over the paper he and his an
cestors have given years of study.
Listen to a description by a Japan
ese. He is not an artist himself, but
is explaining how artists use a certain
brush:
"The brush with color is passed over
a piece of paper with a heavy stroke
that spreads the bristles of the brush,
at the same time bending them at the
tip. The brush is then turned so that
the bristles curve toward the artist,
and a light stroke will produce the
hair like lines. This is one of the
ways of painting the hair or fur of
animals."—The Independent.
ItiißAian Method*.
Persistance may be a good quality,
but judgment is a better one,
and the young American in me follow
ing story, told by Frederick Palmer,
evidently became convinced of it:
An American drummer, fresh from
our direct methods of business, called
on Monsieur do Witte, tho Russian
minister of finance, to get certain in
formation necessary for the sale of
his goods. The minister refused it.
The young man persisted. The minis
ter still refused. Then the young
man declared:
"You are the only man that can give
me what I want. I'm not going back
to my folks and tell them that I
couldn't do any business. I've got to
know. I could get the same thing in
two minutes in America, and I'm not
going to leave the room until —"
The minister pressed an electric but
ton. In walked two guards. The min
ister spoke to them in Russian, and
directly the young man found himself
walking down the Neve-sky Prospect
with an uncongenial escort.
As he thought the mater over in jail,
he concluded that his hand was not
strong enough, as he put it, to bluff the
whole Russian empire. Within an
hour he was led back into the presence
of De Witte, who told him that a de
cent apology would save further trou
ble. After the young man made it, De
Witte gave him the information, and
with it a reminder that it was not wise
to be rude, even to ministers of state
Mill AYliirttlca Uselesa.
The largest whistle in the state, h
is said, is to be placed in an Indian
apolis manufactory. It is to be so big
as to be easily heard all over the city,
a three-inch steam pipe furnishing the
noise making power. Why? Why
should it all be so? Why should there
be a whistle of this size or any size in
this factory or in any other? There was
a time when whistles were as nec
essary as a bell on the farm is today.
Hut today it is a poor man indeed that
has not some sort of timepiece. Theie
are a dozen ways in which the sup
posed need of a whistle in an indus
trial establishment can be supplied.
Simple gongs in every department, tc
be touched by electricity, would sup
ply the place. Whistling by railroad
locomotives is forbidden in the city.
Whistling by factories ought likewise
to be forbidden. —Indianapolis News.
They Mutt lie Fancy Free.
An Atchison business man refuses
to keep an engaged girl in his employ;
as soon an she begins to display en
gagement symptoms by doing care
less, absent-minded work, ho gives net
a wedding present and pays her off.—
Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
A Cheap Adornment.
Vanity Is the chief adornment of
■witless minds.—New York Press.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
London School Hoard children used over
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year.
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In Germany the yearly number of di
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The fellow who has dyspepsia usually
makes other people suffer for it.
Many School Children Are Sickly.
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The hotel man has to be inn keeping
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Even the musical woman may harp too
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There is no fluctuation in the price of
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Each package of PFTNAII FADELESS DYE
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I'la-inum is worth a great deal more than
gold.
The ltnileni',, of George.
"George ean be very rude at times.
He interrupted me just as I was going
to speak last evening."
"How did it happen?"
"Why, he asked me if he couldn't
kiss tne, and just as I was about to
remonstrate, he stopped me."
"How did he stop you?"
"The usual way."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
France has 170 schoolchildren per
1000 of her population, Germany 145,
Switzerland lilO. The United King
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