per advo
3
CARMEN SYLVA AS A CHILD.
Knnm.nln't Story-Trlllim Jiiern Wa
IhixkIiikIItii utiil 1H or I nrrKj.
The surroundings, work nml person
allfy of Klizabcth, Queen of Houmii
nla known td the world of letter as
Carmen Sylva ure the' subject mut
ter of nn article lu the Woman's Home
Companion entitled "The Queen Who
Writes Fairy Tales." The author,
George T. II. Davis, thus writes of
the childhood of the queen-otfthor:
"Her father was a limn of deep
learning, author of a notable philoso
phical work, nnd entertained the lend
ing scholars of his time it his cnstlo
on the Ithlne. Here she was' horn, lu
1843, ou the 2!)th of December, missing
by only four duys being a 'Christmas
child.' As a ehlld Klimibelh was a
prodigy, at least In the great Imagina
tlon nnd overflowing energy she pos
sessed. Mich a bundle of nervous en
ergy was she that when, nt the ago of
five, her portrait was being painted It
was almost Impossible to make her sit
quietly. Pleading and threats were
alike unavailing. . Finally the child
herself made up her mind to sit per
fectly 'still. Mhe succeeded for two or
three minutes, but the strain upon her
nervous system was too groat and she
fell fainting from her stool.
"Once she was taken with her moth
er to visit the tier-man Empress. The
child -wandered about the room, fond
ling cushions, sofa pillows and bols
ters, pretending they were her chil
dren, and finally went up to the Em
press, took hold of her feet, which
were resting on a footstool, placed
them roughly on the floor, clasped the
tool to her breast, and exclaimed,
'Ifou must not stand on my i''Mr'
"At nine years of ac- Elizabeth
wrote verses: at twelve she attempted
to write a novel; ,u. fourteen she ar
ranged dreams ami tragedies iu her
imagination; at., fifteen she studied
three newspapers dally, and took n
keen Interest In politics. During her
youth her chief pleasures were roam
ing alone through the great forest sur
rounding the ancestral castleand sto
ries are still told of her daring deeds
In those earlier days ou the Ithlne
and listening to fairy tales; or, as she
grew older, weaving the tales from her
own rich Imagination and relating
them, with eyes ull aglow, to eager
troupes of children."
Concerning the Hair.
Keep It clean with soup and warm
water, clean towels und quick drying,
every two weeks.
Singe U every two months; It Is far
better than cutting. The women In
the Indies hnve superb hulr, nnd singe
It often.
Hair Is a living plant, and dirt is nol
Its proper soil.
It needs good blood way beneath the
growth. A good tonic is orten needed
or quinine and will stimulate the
growth. Scalp diseases are more com
mon than people know. The hair hides
many impleading proofs of this truth.
Therefore. It is very unadvisable for
evcrul persons to use the same brush.
Never use dyes. If' your hair has
been "touched up" until, the texture of
the hair Is like raveled rope, do not
repeat the odious peroxide wash, but
have It shampooed with good olive oil
oap. ..
' Brushing makes the hair shine, and
borax baths make It Huiry. Do not use
borax too often or It will bleach nnd
rot the hair. '
Warm towels will expedite home
hampoolug. It will take several dur
ing the process.
Care of brushes Is not considered of
as much Importance us It should be.
Dirty brushes with silver backs cuti be
found lu very fine houses. Every few
days a brush that is Uuily in use
should be cleansed
Falling hair Is very common.. Mas
sage twlc a week und vaseline well
worked In will often stop it falling out.
Kludnrifsrten Method for Motlim.
We must choose the Influences of
Ight and sound which are to be for
our children tho menus of growth.
And In order that we may choose In
telligently In order, too, that these
means of growth may advance by
gradual und continuous stages corre
sponding to til!- development of the
children themselves, we must study
the needs of cuildlr.jod at each stage
of Its development. Viiee needs may
bo revealed to us In various ways. I!y
watching children nt play we discover
what nature impels tliem to do and to
enjtry. F.y recalling our own hildhond
we realize by what Instincts we wee
'governed at corresponding periods of
growth. Hy studying the hii-lory of
i'. -lankiud .ve barn lu what o-der ills
ylses were manifested and by wimt
A corn.1'"'5, 1"''"""' ,u" steppinssioncs
T , ,-er tonus or activity.
InlCglVeH tbcxu we 111UHt U,j Ki-ot.itcl'M
Wl'ite a principle of seir-netivity, of
fj.jymj.eedont under law." Having diseov
. 'cd the needs of our children and the
t,loroean of urulifylng them, and havlug
After jpplled these means In the envlrnu
aud hll!nt ' borne or school, we must still
body, mind and toul free to do
own m-nwlii'jr. lnii.fttli.iit
Will bo BU i 0f faculties which seem to us
., j tke'lr uufoldlug, no arbitrary
Tho most ' our l)'r,i""u' convictions
'ds which must opeu to the
is made aer ow wnVi mit patient
ly Hitters. t maintaining of the great
tit's Drue SJ!lL' ,)f rliiil Hvlng-idiysi-j
morn 1 until yie'lllUe
,tingina drai2-",m" '''
it's moat Of tU.;ru,,u",11,, U,t
ttlk:'U). ..
.'' ( . udded with the
, , tvou UiiUiiotiJa
threaded through gold are used fot
carrying a hunch of keys, and onyx
or opal beads Inserted in the centre
with a band of brilliants connected by
gold chains serve to carry a gold Los
charged with a powder puff!
Ilarbailc weis, as they are called,
to translate flic tern, chips of tur
quoise, ruby, emerald and ofh T pre
cious stones, make very fascinating
chains, and nre strung at Intervals
upon gold, steel or Hide silver bend
chains. They can easily be Imitated.
Hough Oriental pearls can also be
pressed into tlie service, and Indeed
there Is scarcely any cud to the list.
Strange as It may sound, dried apple
pips sirtitig closely together with long
shaped pearls between, composed n
girl's chain which was much admired.
The . baubles commonly worn are not
worth even SJ.1. though many cost
more, for fashion Is lenient now nnd
permits a piece of mock Jewelry to be
worn, so long as It is good of its kind
nnd Is sported Just In the correct way
and at the proper time.
For shirt waists studs of enmecs and
turquoise knobs are now sold which
give an air to even tho least expensive
of shirts. Of courKc the best tie to
wear for ordinary occasions Is the
narrow black satin one Willi tagged
ends or gold algulllettes.
With these fancy studs a tie of black
satin with ends tagged Willi Jewels Is
appropriate. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Women Who Study I tin Slum.
At the present day there ure many
women devoted to the study of astron
omy. Among observers of variable
stars may be mentioned Mine. Ctraskl,
wife of the well known astronomer;
Miss Hose O'llalloran, In California,
and Miss M. A. Orr, in England. In
the study of sun spots and the physi
cal constitution of the sun, Mrs. Itus
sell Maunder, Mine. Janssen, wife of
tin.' famous French astronomer, nnd
Miss Elizabeth I'.rown, whose death
has been recently deplored. In spec
trum analysis applied to astronomical
research excellent work has been doDe
by I.ndy Iluggins, wire of the famous
astronomer, Sir William Htt'.rgins, K.
C. I!., nnd by Mrs. Fleming ami the
Misses Maury, Wells and I.eland, at
the Harvard Observatory, United
States of America.
Among French women who assist
their husbands In astronomical work
we may mention Mme. Faye and Mme.
Flnmmarioii.
In the province of astronomical
teaching Miss Mary Proctor, daughter
of the famous astronomical writer, tho
late .Mr. It. A. Proctor, has -like her
father made a name as n lecturer on
astronomy. As historian of the science
nnd writer on" astronomy special men
tion should be made of Miss Agnes
Clarke, who, In her "History of As
tronomy in the Nineteenth Century,"
has given us a lucid and charming ac
count of the progress of astronomy In
the last hundred year?. The Humani
tarian. ,
Women at Insurance I'lhkt.
Jr. M. D.'nfoiili says that the investi
gation of statistics made Ly 15. Hiug
stou Fox showed that as a rale the
female risks, If as carefully selected,
would be even preferable to male ap
plicants. As to the duugera lucldent
to the child-bearing period, they are
far less Important as affecting the in
surance risk than are those conditions
of meutal strain and worry incident to
business, or tho e::nctions of alcoholic
excesses nud dissipations so much
more common iu the male applicant.
It has been stated that women are
more apt than men to conceal impor
tant fact?, but this the author denies,
saying that not a few of the In test
writers ou the subject assert that
women nre more likely than iik'u to
give a truthful answer to vital ques
tions. The so-called "moral hazard"
of female insurance is a much over
rated, If indeed not a purely imagin
ary, objection, unwarranted by the ex
perience of Insurance companies In
general. Medical Examiner and Prac
titioner. Countrlo Whore Women Vole,
At the last election women cist their
votes for Presidential elector In four
States; in Colorado, Utah and Wyom
ing for the second time, in Idaho for
the first time. These nre the only
States where women have full politi
cal privileges, but In two-thirds of the
States they posses.- ome form of suf
frage. In Europe every nation allows wom
en n vote, except Greece, Spain, Por
tugal, Holland nnd some German
States. On the Continent this suf
frage is limited, but it Is also limited
for men. In Great Britain women
vote on all questions except the elec
tion of members to Parliament.
In Asia, women In. Itritlsii India
have similar privileges.
Iu New Zealand and some portions
of Australia women enjoy full politi
cal equality wiili men. Current Liter
ature. .
That Until Hritilnil Viih.v.
Don't worry the bald-hcmied baby
with ail sorts of devices for making
Hie linlr grow, says the Mothers' Jour
nal. The Utile round, smooth heads
are quiie ns "cine" urH quite us at
tiaclve us many of the small heads
that show null ltr.uricnt growth of
hair, an'd the iiio-d pronounced case of
baldness In an Uifan; should not cause
uuxlet.y -the bnlr will grow in lime.
If. however, It seems to need a little
coaxing as tlie baby grows older try
rubbing tlie bead wiiii,a latin vaseline
every other night. Till:, sofrcii the
scalp when dry o1' har-di. and the gen
tle' rnieilng stimulates the roots of the
hair. As vaseline opens the pores,
cure should be taken llinl the child is
not exposed to draughts )f cold air nf
ter the brad hag been vrunsid.
.
VI'liii.. (iiiivre ' iVlnirr,
U Is ovidiii ':,at fvhlle kiill'"d.
(.-! en (if wool to to li(v;nj hy our
ladle f fashion 'when tho weal her )
'cold. This is hj fas'io.ti copied from
the tfiiK'lisli, nt.ii si teral ' New York
diiitis f fnsijli' i I
yi-at', anii'i.g ih'-u
I i.ol'll (hem this
JivC, Miss May
Meiici.v. Mrs. hiii;. t. ,mh 1-isii anil
Miss Greia l-'n iit-riij-. 'The,- are only
worn in the inornii'g end they Uuii
if at :iud seusii Ic nut uu cud oiufort
nli'ii ' I'
EGO BUSINESS ODDITIES
THE SORTINC AND CLASSIFYING A
COMPLICATED PERFORMANCE.
Involution In tlm t un Itu.lm i More
r r I'fiinliiea-dieilr. of I'siin May He
Kipt I.iiiik In Cold Ntirivn Tempta
tion of l-'ai mi.
A cackle of relief and conscious vir
tue is going up from conscientious
hens, nil over the country. Their busy
season Is practically ended and they
have beaten all previous records.
The American hen Isn't properly ap
preciated by her average fellow coun
tryman. Ho Insists upon regarding
her as an Individual, nnd doesn't real
ize what a power of organised labor
rhe represents. At n rough estimate,
there are about ."oO.iMllMXH) chickens In
the United States. They produce each
year something like M.(Hn,(HKl,0(Mi
cirgs, which represent $17r.HH),KH). He
sides. ifltin.ooo.niJO worth of poultry Is
eaten in the country during a year, and
the value of the living hens, nt thir
ty cents apiece, is figured at $1..(MMJ.
(SKl. So the hen stands for about $1.V,
(HX).Oon In the yearly economics of tho
United States, and It keeps her hust
ling to live up to her reputation. It
is enough to daunt even n Itlack Min
orca to reflect when the spring day?
come that she and her fellows must
stnrt iu and outdo the Iron Industry,
the coal industry, the wheat crops and
the corn crop, Incidentally soaring
more 'than l,(HMi,otK) ahead of lie
total value of the cows of the country
nnd their produce.
However, she sees her duty nnd she
does It. The bulk of her work, so far
as the eggs are concerned, is done 'n
the spring and early summer, thimgn
the hens keep up a fairly good pace
until November, and nre not. actually
daunted until the severe cold weather
and storms arrive. The supply and the
price of eggs depend entirely upon that
unknown quantity, the weather. Sud
an episode as the egg famine of earli
er times Is never known in this day
of cold stoiage and refrigerating fa
cilities, but a long winter means n de
cided scarcity of fresh eggs and n
Jump In the prices of stored eggs.
Tlie egg business has been revolu
tionized lu very recent years nnd Its
development has been marvellous. A
comparatively short lime ago, the mar
ket depended Upon local farmers and
upon Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and
Iown for lis egg supply, and the great
Southwest hnd no linger In thu pie; lint
the Improvements In railroad facilities
and refrigeration have changed nil
that, and now Kansas, Nebraska nnd
Missouri nre sending out enormous
quantities of eggs. The South, too,
has tukeu up the Industry. Iowa is
still, perhnps, the heaviest producer,
but Michigan eggs are said by experts
to have the finest flavor, the difference
being, doubtless, the effect of the sand
and lime in the soil.
Poultry farmers to-day nre showing
n tendency to confine themselves to
some one breed of hens, but the merit
of this measure lies not In superior
flavor Lut in the uniform size and color
of the eggs. Those questions of size
nnd color cut an important figure In
the egg trade, nnd though the dealers
iny scornfully that their concessions to
public Idiosyncrasies nre all foolish
ness, they make the concessions Just
the same. The ordinary buyer abso
lutely refuses to put aside n prc,ud!e.
In favor of eggs uniform in size and
color. The grocer cannot sell mixed
eggs, however fresh they .may be, at
u fancy price, so the wholesale dealers
sort out the eggs, tuck nn extra ivv?
to those that tii'e uniform, and every
body Is happy. There are local preju
dices in this regard as well as univer
sal ones. Every dealer the country
over knows that fancy sorted eggs,
to find favor in P-nstoiu must be of n
warm brown color, and ho knows well
that New Yorkers will not pay a fancy
price for browu eggs, but demand as
sorted whites.
This sorting and clasifytng of eggs is
n complicated performance. Sometimes
it is done before shipping. More oftcu
It Is done iu the wholesale houses or
storage warehouses. First the eggi.
nre candled nnd sorted according to
their degree of frcshuess. In the old
days this was done by passing the eggs
before a caudle flame In a dark room;
but candling is now u misnomer, for
the eggs are held before a powerful
electric light hooded In tin, so that
the light escapee only through one
small aperture. An expert candler
needs long training, and the work is
tedious und trying, though old cand-
lers who have been ut tlie trade for
ninny years pooh-pooh the Idea tlu.t
the work is disastrous to tlie eyes. Th?
candling room is a picturesque phice
with its inky gloom, Its high lights on
ihe faces of the workers und t'e glow
ing little ovals of worm color that nro
swiftly passed before tho ray of light
and laid aside. The Incidental smells
are more than picturesque, but a disin
fectant thrown In the air quickiy klll.i
the odor of the bad eggs, uud the work
ers says that they ure so used to tin
odor that they really do not mind II.
The caudlers In one of New; York
largest wholesale egg houses get Si 1
a week the year round, nu liieir work
Is .comparatively light (lining llu
spring and early summer months
when nearly ull eggs ure Iresb. It is
during the hot weather that their trou
bles begin. That season eggs must be
handled quickly und a large perccii'
uge of them are not strictly fresh. The
candler must be able to grade iii"
varying degrees of slnleness unerring
ly, separating blood eggs, spotted eggs
heated eggs and thoroughly bad eggs
Into classes. After they leave the trund
ling room, they ure ugniii sorted, tuW
time with reference to color and size.
The strlclly fresh eggs, all of one size
and co)urt are packed for fuuey trade;
mixed fresh eggs go together; eggs of
varying degrees of stuleuess are dl
vkhjif Into elusses. The cracked eggf
und dirty ttggs ore put aside,
Not u egg of any sort Is wasted
The bupcliSsly bad eggs, not. bought
up for eumpulgulug purposes, are sold
tor use la tanning processes. The dir
ties undine cracked eggs go to tin
taker nt do many of the stule eggs,
'.li i vand stule eggs ure also sold 'tc
the inall dealers In the poor quarters
of idt city, where the trade can not uf
foi'tl li'gh prices, The heal retail deal,
ers nt tlie city buy only the best tie-
lecu V mlxrtl eggs. One New York
ji ; iriu n;. uuunia fio.wi nui . w
,rruuu cuts this month ant'
doesn't consider It n big moinh cither I
Tlie country is practically cleared
of fresh eggs now; nnd the supply will
be small from this time until Mandi
or April, but millions of eggs .are
packed away In the storage houses,
and It would be Indeed n long winter
that could exhaust the supply. Of
course, nn egg docs lose Its flavor with
storage, but It doesn t spoil. In the or
dinary acceptance of that word, nnd
eggs are frequently kept ten months
without being unfit for use. At the
time of New York's last blizzard, when
entrance to the city wns absolutely
blocked, the storage egg supply wni
fairly cleaned out, and ten-month-old
eggs sold for a price higher thou that
ordinarily brought by fancy fresh
eggs.
It Is an established fact that storage
houses for eggs should be away from
the salt air, as the salt seems to af
fect the eggs unfavorably. Nothing, lr
fact, is more easily tainted than nn
cirg, though one might suppose that
Its shell would protect It. A Ptiffalr
dealer last season stored 2000 case
of eggs, IliiO In n case, In the saint?
house with a consignment of pears
and the eggs took on such a distinct
pear flavor that they were sold for f
very small price In the New York
market,
There Is money In the egg business
even for farmers who go Into It In n
smnll way; nnd almost every first
class city grocery hits on Its books
few local farmers who furnish small
supplies of eggs superior In appearand
nnd stamped strictly fresh. Very often
these eggs are nil the buyer's fancy
paints them. Sometimes tliey are fake
pure nnd simple. The wholesale deal
ers all know one small downtown firm
Hint buys ordinary eggs of them nt u
fair prlca, stamps each one with r.
Long Island address and date and sell.i
them nt a fancy price as strictly fresn
Long Island eggs.
Even the farmers themselves occa
sionally yield to temptation. When
mnn Is accustomed to providing sixty
dozen eggs a week at n big price for
New Y'ork dealer and. on account of
cold weather or natural cusseduess
his hens fail him for n week or two
and furnish him only ten dozen n
week, his Integrity Is sadly strained.
It would be so exceedingly easy to run
up to New York, buy fifty dozen fresh
eggs at a fair price, stump them with
his stump and send them off. Mo one
would be hurt, the eggs would be good
and his profits would bo Intact. Pie-
sumably the ordinary farmer groant
"Hetro Sathanns" and stands his loss
but there nre others. That Is why
wholesale dealers grin Jovially when
one asks tliem about "strictly fres.i
eggs."
The United States export large quan
tities of eggs to the West Indies and
South America, and even send them
as far afield as South Africa, brt
France, Russia, Belgium and Den
mark practically supply the European
market. England, oddly enough, pro
duces few eggs and Imports yearly
more than l,Kno,000,(MMl from the Colli
tlnent. New Y'ork Sun.
CURIOUS FACTS.
A man In Atlantic City, N. J has
made himself famous. Iu a whole
year he kept a quarter of a dollar In
his mouth, uud thus won u wuger of
$10.
An ostrlct seldom Jumps over nn ob
struction of Kpmo height, as u well or
mound -perhaps fearing for Its frail
bones the usual way of clearing the
obstacle being to breust the wall or
mound, and then to full over It some
how. In ruling pnper the worker, using
quill and ruler, seventy years ago, tool;
iS(M) hours to do work now done by
machine in two and three-quartet
hours. The old-time worker got ?1 i
day; now the two men employed earn
!57 a day between them.
Cantoji, China, possesses the queer,
est street In the world. It Is roofed
with glazed paper fastened on bum
boo, and contains more signboards to
the square foot than nny street In any
oilier country. It contains no other
shops but those of apothecaries uud
dentists.
In 10.11 the Massachusetts Court ex
pressed Its "utter detestation 1 hat men
and women of meune condition, edu
cation, und calling, should take upon
tl.ein the garbe of gentlemen by wear
ing of gold or silver lace, or buttons or
poyuts ut their knees, or wulke in
great boots, or women of the same
raiike to wcor alike or tiffany hoods or
scarfs."
Kavnrla hns the most curious of all
claims to notoriety, which is that 't
possesses the longest lightning con'
ductor In the world. It rises some
yards above the top of the nieteoro
logical station on the Ztigspiize, t tic
highest point In the Gefmnii Empire,
and runs down the side of the moun
tain to the bottom of the Hollentlial.
where there Is running water all tlie
year round. The length of the rod
Is five nnd a half kilometres ucnrly
three und a half tulles.
Iimuranee AifiiliiBt Htrlke..
An Insurance ngniii'-t ..dikes is Ihe
latest idea in Austria. A number of
manufacturers have udoptcd the plan
of paying a .certain percentage upon
their respective payrolls Into a com
mon fund. Iu I lie event of a strik"
occurring I" tlie wotks -f one of them
an Investigation is made by a commit
tee representing the association, uud
If it Is decided that the strike was de
clared unjustly thu Idle factory is In
demnified from the fund. On the obher
baud. If tho committee finds the cause
of tlie strikers Just there Is no Indem
nity. Searching For Uyron'i llrl.
The Church of St. Splrldlon, iu Ills
solonghl, In which wus deposited the
urn containing the heart of Lord Hy
rou, Ut about to be rebuilt, says an
Athens correspondent of the Loudon
Express.
When the town of Miufcolongjil was
taken by the Turks In 1823 this church
was destroyed and the uru burled un
der ilfe ruins. Every effort, is low
being lumlei to dlseov'vr the priceless
relic, 'u ordVa- t'u place it Lu a proiul
ueul pvsIUoAlu the new bullillQjC.
j THEv REALM
New Y'ork City. The long coat that
means warmth to the entire body Is n
necessity for the young child. The
very charming little May Manton do-
sign Illustrated Is admirable for the
tot who has Just been promoted to
short clothes, as well us for children
of four and six years of age. s
shown the material is Russian blue
broadcloth, with trimming of soft gray
chinchilla: but younger children wear
white hcngalinc penit de sole, drop do
ete nnd velvet. Corduroy or velveteen
can be substituted for the cloth when
the child hns reached the mature age
of four years. Fur Is much used as
trimming, but narrow frills of ribbon
nnd stitched bands are entirely cor
rect. The skirt portion Is laid in box
pleuts, two at the front and two at the
back, nnd Is nttuched to a short fitted
body. The double capes full over the
shoulders, the upper one being cut In
points nt the frout, which gives nn
exceptionally smart effect. At the
neck Is n turn-over collar. The sleeves
ore full. In bishop style, nnd are fin
ished with straight bands or cuffs nt
the wrist. The coat closes at the
centre front, where It Is supplied with
ornamental buttons nnd buttonholes.
To cut this coat for a child of four
years of uge five yurds of materia!
'Jib
child's lono coat.
A POPULAR TUCKED DLOU.SE.
twenty-one inches wide, four and one
eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide,
two and live-eighth yards forty-four
or two yards fifty Inches wide, will be
required.
Woman's Tucked Klouee.
The simple blouse of finely tucked
material is a prime favorite of the
season, ami is charming for wear with
odd skirts as well as for costumes of
toft, clinging stuffs. As illustrated in
the large engraving It is designed by
May Manton for the former use and is
of sntlu Alglon In pasiel blue with
cuffs of panne lu a deeper shade and
Is worn with tie and belt that match
the velvet; but both silk and wool
crepe aro admirable, euft-llnlshcd taf
feta nnd satin regonce nre much liked.
us ure all the softer silks, while motts-
fcellue and Liberty ure always lovely.
The foundation for the waist Is a
lining fitted with single darts, under
arm, back and shoulder seams. The
waist proper Is laid in fine, evenly
spaced tut'ks, nnd Is arranged over the
lining with slight, easy fulness at
neck ami rliouldcis lu frc.it, closing
at the centre front, where the tucks
conceal the fact. The sleeves are
modeled after the latest style, and are
arranged over a smooth lilted lining.
The outer portions aro tutktd (o n few
Inches above the wrists, where they
lull free and form pull's tiuit are
tacked to the lining which ensures ti
perfect adjustment. At tilt: wrists ire
bauds finished vtilh pointed emh that
lap over and hook ioto place.
To, cut this blouse for n woman of
medium size four ami seven-elghVh
yards of material twenty-one incites
wide, two and a quarter yards forty
four indies wide, or two and one
eighth yards forty-eight Indies wide,
will be rcquiied.
II iKh-('ltt Jewelry.
A gem iu rt nouvenu line Is u
smallish brooch, consisting of n pink
enamel iily, in shades ranging froui
pastel old rose to a purplish tint; this
Illy1 rests ou a curved bur of rose gold
set with rearls, while from this bun a
baroque pearl (the Rented sort that
gets slightly dented lu tlie hinge piwt
of the oyster) is pendant.
This charinlJig novelty hns bn
brought out by exclusive firms' te
meet the demands of the femi'ulue'dlu-ner-glver
uud diner-out, who. perforee,
is ungloved during most of the enter-
In incut.
Though suggestive of tho marquise
ring at first look, one at length per
ceives that there are trlungulur cxteii
slone down each side, also set with
Kuis. This addition naturally makes
OF FASHION.
It n desirable ring for the little fingi;?,
Fairly suggestive of Cleopatra is a
scambeus of diamonds. This beetle,
which seems to dominate Egyptian de
sign, ban Its brood, gem-set wings out
spread. A ruby Is set in his body,
while a pearl takes the place of his
head.
But lie Is not the only Insect on the
Irny. There are, great, magnified fllec:
one sparkling fellow hns a magnificent
pearl by way of a body. Philadelphia
Ilecord.
New This Seennn.
Those who are wise In such matters
hove discovered that gun-metal orna
ments can be worn with mourning.
Dull or bright Jet, pearls and oxidized
sliver or black onyx have hitherto
been the resort of women In mourning,
but to hnve something else available
which shall be both fashionable and
desirable sleeve links, lace pins, bat
pins nnd chains of gun metnl are used.
The latest exhibit of it Is In the link
purse nnd chatelaine bag, which ure
new this season.
A rnpulnr Flnl.li.
Slik or Velvet lacing cord with sharp
ly tagged ends lace up the divisions of
sleeves on winter bodices. I.ooknround
you nt a tea and note how I his mode
prevails. Perhaps It Is the upper
third, where a sleeve Is laced up from
the fchouid.'r almost .o the elbow. Per
haps the lacing Is for the lower part
of the Klocve, or It may be laced up
continuously from shoulder to wrist.
It is a thoroughly popular fashion.
The While tiarilenlil.
White gardenias nre very popular
for hat. trimming, perhaps more so
than the roses, yet nothing In the way j
of artificial flowers can be much more
beautiful than the rose productions of
this season. Roses of gold gauze are
a'so very much used, and with good of
feet on the cream luce hats so much
worn.
..liiKcrln Must lie White.
Tl:s edict has gone forth that lin
gerie must be white. Mack and col
ored underclothing Is no longer In
good iaste.
(lolil TbhspU.
Little tassels of gold bullion swing
from the petulant ens of a dark blue
silk cravat. This is worn In front
ovtr n lace front which lightens up a
costume of dark blue lady's cloth. The
sparing us ) of gold is rather more ef
fective than the profuse exhibitions of
gold braiding, tags, buckles, ferrets
und spikes we see on some gorgeous
costumes. Gold tassels swing from
the ends of a narrow black satin cra
vat. Womitn'e Five CJorml Tuckeil Skirt.
The skirt tucked lu perpendicular
lines Is becoming to almost all Ilgtnes
and is one of the latest developments
of the senson's styles. The May Man
ton design Illustrated is essentially
smnrj nnd Is simple at the same time.
The groups of tucks, three ench, ure
arranged at the front and side seams
with pointed straps bet wet n producing
a panel effect. As shown the skirt
Is made of mode colored Venetian
cloth, with the straps In a darker
shade, but velvet, silk or braid can
be used iu contrast with a cloth foun
dation, and the color can be the same
or a harmonizing one, as preferred.
The skirt Is cut lu five gores. The
tucks are allowed at the tdge of the
front and back gores, those nt the
front turning backward, those at the
back turning forward, and are stitched
to the point indicated, 1m low which
they fall free to Intensify the flare. The
straps are arranged as Indicated a I'd
stitched Into place. The skirt fits
snugly at the upper portion and In
cludes short hip darts In (lie sldt' por
tions. Tlie fulness at the back Is laid
in im Inverted pleat.
- A XVUKUD RKIKT.
To cut this skirt for n woman of me-jltiin-size
six and tlirce-elbth yards of
material forty-four inches wide, o4
four und seven-eighth yurds fifty
mob ea wide, will bo required.
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I THE ANIMAL SHowf"""
When hni man-In f,i ,. ,
And I 'a is the little rlij, ' "mr.
And he comes homo f,' ,.
town . 'Ml Wfitl,
When the' sun goes ,lt .
comes down. 1 ,h l,n
And supper ia Hone nml t, t,m , ,
And I urn not sleepy U. i,,,,, )' 'it,
Ma says we drive ,w re u i"" '
With our UrnyZZXC.
My Ta is the Wr.-Of m,lr , '
1st down on his hnn s-nti'. , i linOT
And I nm the rich old ;,-"''.'' "
And he is the tanner from ll, i"'' .
A hump-lx.ek c.tnie ; ni,, i ,
Of the thin he i-, v h, n v' 'V H
In our Gre,a-an'.,,,,ly An ,n,tl Vh,,wV
Onco, when I's n nmn-ln ,,1.,.. . ,
And l'a was the little c-l.iWl ' 5'U Ur
And we had our show, Il!V i, ,
"ou two is enoiurli t ,, , ""'I
Wlmt you s'pose ihe 1, 'J'
When they hear sm-h r" T. ."
You'd better be a Im,?. ?,v""'
With your Great-un'-only An-un',',,,,,,,,
Pa Initnlied like a l-iv - t.. r '
Am then l.im-V-m,. mi '' "l;r"
And saw in the reals, a, V (. ,,i n
Pv the open Krate. in .l ,
The soldiers in battle and lh,., , '!''
'Til I fidt. .1 . plav
Though truly' I think S,''
With -r(:rea,an'.n,,,;;t''li
-MMwnrth hell..,. j
PITH AND POINT.
P.lobb. - "Young spend,,!! ,,,
1!. t. -m 1. 1 . ..
Lr Ur 'inei,M
u.m- , ny, nils lie ii,.v ,() l)n
Nell "Mm i,,!,,'., (I ,.
Jtelle "In wlmt u..iuv v.., ... f
says he has never told her i)W
thy he Is of her love."
Kentuckian-"Ile culled m- n i
sir." New Yorker -"And ,.,f ,
,, .1..0H T..... ... ..i.,
v..,, i-ki-iiHicuillll-I w,.,t l0 ,
runorni. Detroit Free I'ims.
T.mlir (,,.,...
......j v (.isiiis n new roi;l;i "A
j.jo nine you noil I Keep eoinpiiny w
a policeman?" "Yes, I ,1,,. ,,,-; ,
he's n very small cater."-Tit r,ii.
Out of barrel and out of
Out of closet chest and p.nk '
llurglnrs take tliiiw now nml t!,Pn,
lor burglai are au-, tularin m-n.
Cllirni(ii N'i-iv.
Wigwng-"Vhat excuse do you m
ally give your wife when you siy
lute?" Gotrox - "Oh, a dinn;i,d r.
or a sealskin coat, or siimeiliiui: 11
that."
Hoax-'The bride and groom In
look rather pale," Jnax-"Yes, I
pose they couldn't forget that n,
were being made wan."-1 li ilaJflj .j
' -A
Tt
k
fir
Mi
It.
Kecord.
We believe It was a Cliieaju 1
that hud spent, coiisidemhle t
around n stable, who referred to
-tr
l!a
parents ns a "spunking pair." Yf
l
kers Statesman.
Bricklayer (who has fallen three
fer.
rtes without injury) ".lust mt hi
I pnld for my accident hisnrnniv
yesterday and now I ain't hurt a IJ
Lustlge Hluetter.
Nell "That girl Is getting so iiij
ins
she doesn't recognize her old frit
any more." Itellc "Yes; I've li.
she doesn't even know her own m:i
Philadelphia Ilecord.
"It is pretty hard to deieriniiio, "
marked the observer of events
,1T
'-in
Sp
n't
A
things, "which is the most ihun'ci
a woman's smile or her first but
biscuit," Yonkers Statesman
,tro
The biggest boom don't ahi.ty hi
1 lie very tnggest gains;
The littlest baliy sometimes li;i
The very biggest pain.
IX' trail Ki'i l'i
Lady "If my poor inntlier hail
been nllve I should have pine Im
her long ago." The Ilriiie-'Wu m
plows your mother's untimely i
more than I du, my dear."-I'M
Up.
:ou
l
lu
:l-U
(ill
Uri
TVn.,.lrrnl Temii-IIV ,if Mtl
The tenacity of germ life in ml
Sect
ing exposure to great cxiiviikk "i
peruture is often quoted as a l'i'!
iililu i.viinhlii ,r I tie l. iiaeilv of
Wi
Kuii
...... .(.,,. j... ... .
Miiiiw.lliltifi' minnllnL'. If not I'M
CO:
tills riheiiomeuoll. Is credited t
albatross. According to Xaluri',
botross captured on a steiuiierw.
parent ly strangled hy tylnc a
tlelitlv ni'oiiiid its neck and all"
U
to remain there, closing tin' l'llk
fastening the legs iieivsn i'"""l
tall. The bird was thru wral'
a cloth und put hi a refrlui'mHT. '
it was subjected to a tcmpii
vnrylug from naught to sewntw
grees Fahrenheit, for ten ilu)
llw, uM,.,,,.u,ll .lend llll'li WU.1
out of the lee chest, altlioui.li tbJ
... r i... i,..,it, ii-ns frozen, 'I
VI JL Ul nn uiv
still able to emit feeble w0'l
open and close Us eyes, and m
ullve for several hours. f.
A in ( line liird wun liuna "P
beak, after uppureiilly lifini: s"
to deuth. In a rclrlgi'imur
temperature was not ovit ru
(trees, and kept there ron
when (iilri.n nut It Wl IIM
Mother Nature certainly I""1
markiible powers of t-iiniii -
of her feutlurcd pregeuj
to enable them to iicivim"'"'11 '
selves to the extreme of the 1 '
Tired of ll''l" 1,1 ,,r""'
"Mr. Smithers," said In"
remember rightly. )'' 1 '
... ., . ... i ... lee II M1"
''t'V
t nait you uisiiM-n
stanllv uettilig her'" '.,.1
..r 7. ...i.i hers. I""1'"
X (IU, mini , .,,,
"You coi.sider.sl It im""""
Indelicate, I believe.'
cry. , . .
.Aim uu . ...
could allow his wife lo .!'"
the kind:"
"Yes,
I Ullllli S" """ . ,
. ... ...,ll
"Well. Mr
o.nliliei'S, '
" .' . I feel
the facts lu
tlie i'i" ,. .i
. . .. ni'lV sn "
In iisklug you i"i
lis!
PILLS-'.
i..y,' ,
vUlm
new so , , ,.,,,,1'k
..hi. . 1 1-, .(..
"Yes;
for l ue ia" ' - fu,i
... I.. ..I ii L' II J '
fpul
nothing bet"''' """mm
calico,
and i "'" . ,.rii!
I'm
Hits
i ., it in; au" ' i
turn ui
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2T
ch
is t
The corners!!'"" .j
hool bulldlin; l ,":kt, A
il.tUMl 111 I
vi"'ii
uoinir w" llllVi
freight s.atleu was ,
lays ago. 'i l ot ,i
icllvered to u com'
r ... .... 11 lieu
lodge of Mason . ' uu(l
from among V" V '
,1'bo box Iiud iJd'U "".
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