THE HlTi
Now York City. The comfortable,
yet tasteful morning Jacket in essential
to every complete wardrobe nml am
ply repays both the troubl- -f making
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M0HN1S0 JACKET.
and the cost of material. Tlie really
charming May Munton nioilel llltis
trateil combines many desirable feat
ures, anil In well milled to washable
fabrics as well as to challie. cashmere,
albatross, I-'reurh and Scotch tlaunel
nud the like. The original Is made
from linen Batiste with trimming of
needle work Insertion hiuI edging, the
fronts being cut away to form tiie
square neck and the standing collar
omitted. The fronts can be finished
to the neck, as shown In small
sketches, and either gathered or tucked
to yoke depth, the sailor foliar being
used or not as preferred.
The backs are simply but correctly
fitted with curved centre and side
buck seams, the wide underarm gores
connecting it smoothly with the shape
ly fronts. Each side of the opening
In centre the fronts are laid In small
tucks, which run to yoke depth and
provide graceful fulness below. The
sailor collar Is Joined to the back and
rolled over Its edge, meeting the out
aide tuck, and the trimming Is ex-
FANCY
tended to the lower edge, giving a vest
effect to the full fronts. When the
Jacket Is made high the neck may be
gathered, simply finished with the
standing collar and buttoned down the
front. The sleeves may be llnished
with the trimming in bell shape or
gathered into the straight cuff bands
In bishop style.
To cut this Jacket foe a woman of
medium size three and u hair yards of
material twenty-seven indies wide,
three and a quarter'yards thirty-two
inches wide or two and a half yards
forty-four inches wide will bo re
quired. To trim as represented will
require two and a half yards of Inser
tion one and a half inches wide and
four yards of edging two Inches wide.
Woman' Fancy Vult.
The waist with a shawl collar makes
n marked feature of il:e season's styles
while tucking in some form is al
most universally used. The very
harming .May Manton waist shown in
l ue large drawing combines Ihe two
in a most attractive manner, ami is
singularly well adapted both to entire
cu.siiiiiies and odd waists. The model
is of white Liberty satin with trim
ming of bice, anil is made over tile
tilted lining, but while and colored
Batiste, organdy mull, Swiss miisiiu
and nil tho similar materials offered
us well as soft silks and wool fabrics
are admirably adapted to the style
when the lining may be omitted.
The lining is simply shaped with
fronts and backs, only over it tint
(.uiiiless bul k of the waist proper is
;uiatiged Willi the fulness drawn
ilowu in gather nt the waist line. The
piastroii made of inserted t Hiking Is
M'Wed to the right front lining and
hooked onto the left, under the edge
of the fronts, which nre plain nt the
shoulders and gathered nt the waist
line. The shawl collar Is lucked in
groups, as iiidlcaled, tinished and nt
taclied lo the neck and fronts. The
sleeves are 111 bishop stylo with the
fulness iiiTituged in tucks that fall
free to form puffs at the waists. When
the waist In made iiulined the plastorn
! mltehed to the right front and
Looked or btttioncd over onto the left
beneath the collar. The standing col
dr Is joined to the neck of back and
I ax: rou and closes at the left side.
To cut this waist for a woman of
i.iediutn size live utul p quarter yards
of material tn-euty-ous inches wide.
)ve yards twenty seveu inches wide,
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throe yards thirly-two Inches wide or
two and a half yards forty-four inches
wide will be required with three quar
ter yard in any width (or piasuon
and stock collar.
f'Allry llnlern of KrnMillnU.
A beautiful example of a gray bolero
in broadtail the very darkest gray
is worn over a severely plain skirt of
panue of the same shade. The front
shows a waistband of the latter ma
terial decorated with tiny gold braided
buttons and n chemisette of black and
white chiffon crossed with gold and sil
ver braid. The Inner sleeves, which
appear from under the bell shaped fur
ones, are of the goffered chiffon in a
tiny band of black panne at the
wrists, adorned with ihe gold buttons.
To give a ridiculous touch of summer
to this cozy lold-wcnther costume
there Is a large toque composed of four
or five shades of blue tulle and some
wonderful lace, with 11 gold wrought
dagger stuck in nt the si.Ie.
New Ht.Tle Itrirretten.
The b.irrcites worn at the back of
the coiffure to keep tidy the short loose
hair are growing more valuable in
trinsically. The preferred metal is
sterling gold. The new model is :i
handsome ovoid shape, with a substi
tute for the little round pin which
formerly fastened the barret te. Our
new beauty it: t a broad oar-blade
plate ot gold, almost as wide as the
outside frame of the burrette. This
diminishes to n tongue narrow enough
to tit into the fastening clasp. The
new model is far more conspicuous
than the first t.-p of round barrette.
Mraw anil (Sold.
Tan straw braided with gold forms
an extremely pretty spring hat. The
crown is Mat and the brim raised from
the hair nt the' front and one sitle to
admit a facing of velvet leaves in 'ove
ly soft shades of brown, cream and
green.
Traveling Cape.
Traveling and country copes are of
three-quarter length, the shoulders
WAIST.
covered with triple capes, shaped
bertha arrangements or a species of
broad hood, which is, however, pure
ly of the ornamental type, 'i he storm
collar was at Its best, but an ugly and
awkward accessory, und the new col
lars, all hough still high, are half
turned over to form a frame tor the
neck, iustciid of holding li like 11 vise.
Til Simple Wedding Ghwu.
There has bei u a noticeable return
to such fa luics as line Swiss, I'lvuch
nainsook. Talis muslin, and the uow
wash chifl'ou lor wedding gowns.
Ctrl' .tucket.
No wise mother permits her children
to be without general utility jackets
iiiat can be worn over any gowo. The
attractive little garment shown is en
tirely practical, at the same t.mc that
It is essentially smart, yet is not ilitlt
cult to make. The original, designed
by May .Manton. Is made oj casiur col
ored smooth faced cloth, but mixtures
are admirable and tan is always in
s.yle, while dark blue Is always good,
and cheviots as well us cloths are
worn. Tlie hacks are made Willi u
curved seam that renders the til excel
lent, and is found in all the lates! mod
els. The fronts are loose lilting, lap
slightly in iloulilebreiited style to
dose with buttons and buitoiiholis
worked In a fly, or through the fronts
1 so preferred. The neck Is tinislied
with the regulation coat collar and
lapels that tire formed by facing and
rolling back the fronts, and pockets
are Inserted with tailor-stitched laps.
The sleeves are bell-shaped at the
wrisis and can be illpped on and off
wiih ease.
To cut this jacket for a girl of eight
years of age omt and threoelglMb,
yards of material forty-four lucha
w'de or one and a quarter yards lit;
Inches wido will be required.
oiul's jaokbt.
THE COLOR OF DRESS.
A Woman's (His Hrein to Vary With Iter
I'oatutne' Hue.
That the color of a woman's dress
can make her look larger or smaller
Is a fact that ninny professional dress
makers now take Into consideration.
Dressed In block and dark hues,
stout women look smaller both In the
street nnd when out walklug, nud by
a use of the same hues the dimensions
of small people are so decreased that
they appear like dwarfs.
The optical effect of white and light
colors Is to enlarge all objects, nnd
make the stout woman who wears
them nliuost mouutuiuoim In her np
IH'arnhce. She need not, however,
look dingy nnd dull, for the rich, dark
hues offered to her for selection are
varied ami numberless. Crocus nnd
blues. In their various shades, are bet
ter than feds, giving uu effect of re
pose and distance.
All light-colored materials should be
nvolded for the waist. During the
awkward age of girls, between the age
of twelve nnd fourteen, dark blue or
plain red cashmere or serge is found
to be productive of the best results.
Iu choosing colors for dresses the
complexion must, of course, be token
Into account. Those with sallow, dark
faces should select clear tints, and
scrupulously avoid glaring bright nud
decided hues. Those who possess clear
skins ami pale faces may wear nil
shades of rose, primrose, buff, light
green, lilac, brown nud violet.
Florid persons should wenr the tints
that subdue color and give the effect
of distance, such os blue and green
The most lucky of all girls nre those
with fair complexions nnd a color. To
them few shades will be unbecoming.
Those with pale complexions sbo'lld
wear only fresh colors, such ns cherry
and pink.
Color In dress not only exerts an In
fluence over the beauty of the wearer.
but also over her health. Dark colors
nre found to absorb nnd give out
smells of all kinds to a far greater
extent than the light, and It Is for this
reason that professional nurses are not
allowed to wenr black dresses, If. Is
said that for nurses black cotton Is
bad, black wool worse and black ,sllk
the most injurious of all. Some doc
tors refrain from wearing black clothes
when visiting patients for the same
reason. . .
The warmth and comfort of the body
also nre affected by the color of the
clothes which cover It, white aud light
colored fabrics reflecting the heat and
black aud dark ones absorbing it.
Black, however, throws heat off soon
er, and white clothing retains the nat
ural heat of the body longer than
black. Philadelphia Record.
Fashion in Jewelry.
Ornaments grow more and more bar
baric In design and splendor. Uncut
gems nre the craze of the wluter, nud
setni-precious stones mounted In Orien
tal style nre seen ns ofteu as dia
monds. Itrooches of rough gold have
unpolished gems set ou them In mdst
unconventional fashion, nnd It is quite
the thing to wear a chain strung with
imilar stones.
Penrls in natural shapes lire worn
ns pendants on n line gold neck chain,
or are mounted on stick pins nud
brooches. The purity of the pearl Is
apparent, but these gems nre certainly
moie beautiful In their polished state.
The uncut turquoise Is about the
prettiest gem of the new fnshlou.
Long chains of gold are studded with
these bits of blue and are worn to hold
muff, lorgnette or fun. A gold bead
chain may be set with these rough tur
quoise as well.
Sapphires of white, pink and the
more familiar blue are worn, ofteu the
three colors together. A showy gold
bracelet Is set with three large stones
iu a row, pink and blue sapphires und
topaz.
Plus for watches ore very elaborate
nud of Increased variety. For gold or
jewel-studded wutches there are pins
In the shape of arrows, crowns, birds,
various animals nnd flowers. The fa
vorite tleiir-de lis still holds Its own,
but the English fashion of wearing uu
linol shapes is growing here.
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Several of the new diamond tiaras
are set In silver ami so are diamond
dog collars and corsage ornauieats, tho
while metal best displaying the white
gems.
The nouveau art Jewelry llmls much
favor; it Is unique, sulking and sutll
clcnrly rich to appeal lo nil lovers of
the artistic unusual, Brooches, cor
sage ornaments, belt buckle, clasps
nud even tiaras nre made of it.
Buckles, by the way, nre still fash
ionable, though there are nil sorts of
substitutes. The up-to-date girl wears
one on the back of her bolero coat.
Cut steel and turquoise look well to
gether, so do gnu metal and emerald
or gun metal ami ruby. The gold
buckles 'are nearly nil iu antique tlulsh.
Celebration of Wedding Anniversaries,
It is now the custom, csechilly
anting young couples, to observe all
wedding nunlversurles, and such cele
brations ura generally the occasion of
happy reminiscences ami renewals of
pledges of friendship aud love.
The 1st anniversary, cotton wedding.
" -d " paper.
" .'hi " leather.
" filh " woollen.
" "lb " woollen.
" loth tin.
" 12th - silk nnd tine lln
ens.
" loth " jtIuks or cryslnl.
" 201 u " chlnn.
" 2.-.in " itllver.
fiotb " golden.
" 7.1th " diamond.
To these anniversary celebrations
Invitations are usually sent, ami the
Invitations lire, ns far as possible,
tainted or written on material emble
matic of the occasion. Invitations t
the first anniversary nre written on
muslin; to the second, on paper; to tho
third, on leather: following with wood,
tinfoil, silk, glass, silver and gold
paper.
It Is customary for those who ac
cept such an invitation to contribute
some little gift appropriate to tho oc
casion and anniversary, unless espe
cially requested not to, nnd this re
quest is very ofteu made. American
Queen. ,
A Frli-nrt of Ihe Indians,
Tlccnnsp of her friendship with the
Ynqtil Indians the Mexican Govern
ment lias banished Simla Teresn Ur
men. who. with her father, lived on n
great rant'h In Western Mexico.
Thomas Urruen frequently employed
the Vaqul Indians, nnd when quite a
young girl Snntn Teresn used to sym
pathize with them and declare that
they wore oppressed by the Mexican
flovernmeut. Tne Indians returned
her affection, and she used to be
known by them ns the "Queen of the
Yaqtlls." The Mexienn Government
heard of this, nnd decided that she
was the cause of the Indians' hostili
ties, nnd took steps to capture or drive
her from the country. The .Indians,
henrlug of this, feared for her safety,
nnd Insisted upon escorting her, with
her father, to the borders of the Uni
ted States. Father and daughter have
taken up their home nt Clifton, Ariz.,
although Santa Teresa is preparing
for a tour of Europe, nt the end of
which she hopes to be able to return
to tier Mexican home.
Queens Favorite Perfumes.
Thanks to an assiduous French jour
nalist, the world now knows the per
fumes which the queens and em
presses of Europe prefer.
Young Qtieeu Wilhelmina of Hol
land uses nothing but enti de cologne
and F.nglisli soap of white heliotrope.
The Empress of Russia hns on her
dressing table only the following
French essences: Jonquil, Jasmine,
franjlpani, violet, cretue duchesse nud
lavender water.
The Empress of Oermnny prefers
the perfume of new mown hay to any
other.
The Dowager Queen of Italy shows
her patriotism by Invariably using Pa
lermo soap and IComan cream.
Queen Alexandra of England Is
more eclectic. Not a perfume, crenm.
dentifrice or toilet water Is put ou tho
market which Is not carefully exam
ined for her by a specialist. Other
wise she has no preference, but, like
the bee, fills from flower to flower.
Fashion For Jioys,
For renlly little boys nothing Is bet
ter than the sailor or Itusslan-blouse
suits. They rise superior to the flight
of time, with Its ever-chuuglng fash
ions Iu clothes for meu, women and
girls. Tne small boy in his middy
suit, with the loug, fluriug trousers or
knee-breeches. Is always In fashion,
nnd always attractive to look at. These
Russian suits have been n fad for
months past, nnd nre certainly pictur
esque for the small hoy from three to
eight year of age. They will still be
worn this next summer. They, with
the middy suits ns well, are very prac
tical for mothers who, from choice or
because of living far from shopping
facilities, muke their children's clothes
themselves. They are easily inndo
nnd enslly laundered two great ad
vantages In boys' clothing. Harper's
Bazar.
Cultivate ltopnse.
Sarah Bernhardt says that v. i uci
on beauty often try lo Impress upon
their renders that neither joy nor
lief, neither laughter nor tours should
be permitted to mar the smoothness
of the skin or the soilness of the
mouth's curves. They should hnve
the face look like u wax mask. There
Is, however, a happy uied.iim between
the expressionless doll's utiwrluklcd
face nnd the face which Is full of
character, but wrinkled by uncon
trolled temper and uugoveriied moods.
We should never try to feel, but culti
vate repose, says the divine Sarah, If
we desire to renialu young and beauti
ful. O0-
Some sleeves button down the out
side.
t'udersleeves nre surely growing
tighter.
Any number of shades of blue aro
modish.
One all-black rig appeals to the nv-
erage woman.
Lots of little rulllcs finish off sum
mer dress skirts.
Sensible women weur their hair as It
best becomes them.
For evening dresses nccordloned
frills are substituted.
Emboldered inousseline Is lovely for
evening dresses and bodices.
Black satiny foliage figures exten
sively iu mourning millinery.
All-over puffed skirts nre likely to
degeuerate Into saggy horrors.
Folds of chiffon form dainty .hats,
and chiffon is always becoming.
Black und dull gold unite with fiuo
effect iu niiiny it fetching evening
d resk.
Black gloves nud shoulder sua pi;
make many a white evening dress
catchy.
One spring hat Is formed of rows of
fancy si raw alternating willj a fold ui
chiffon.
Massive, but picturesque, wired
bows top off some modish headgear
for bridesmaids.
White satlu applique irpon while
Brussels net Is beaut ll'ul lor yokes ns
well us whole bodices.
For a summer frock It's n good Idea
to hare the front gore of the skirt cut
in one with the skirt yoke.
If one's back be much curved, fitting
the poNllllion back which is minus a
middle back scam will be found next
to Impossible.
Klohorutc braiding, with a spare de
sign of chenille worked in. or even
narrow velvet ribbon, is a pretty fea
ture in trimmings.
(litis iu modish lints of castor color
wouldn't have to change their head-'
gear if dressing up us a mushroom, so
tint are many chupeuux.
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SUICIDES OF CHILDREN
LARCE NUMBER OF VICTIMS
! Niqurn PV -rue einre
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I'll if ul Cam of Mtlle New ITorlc Olrl
Who Was Wear With tha Burden
of Premature Womanhood A Lack of
Knduranre and Fortitude.
One lustnnee after another of self
Inflicted death of children hnve caused
a slowly Increasing Interest to trace
the cause and find a remedy, nnd at
last awakened a sense of duty con
cerning the Incredible state of mind
and morals which these young suicides
demonstrate as existing In our day
ana generation, writes a correspond
ent of the New York Post.
There Is something go at variance
with human nature, as well as so ab
horrent to all sane thought, In the will
IngucRs of a child to kill itself, that
the natural Impulse of tho hearer Is to
disbelieve tho fact. The almost Irre
sistible desire to make some effort to
remove tho conditions which move
such tender creatures to destroy them
selves, might have better hope of good
result, had records been kept nnd the
subject been approached more scten
tiflcnlly, withdata, parentage, race and
nil the testamentary statistics which
could help theory nnd suggest reme
dies. Unfortunntely none of these
have been retained.
Cities unquestionably provide the
larger number of these victims, but In
the majority of Instances noted the
circumstances have not been those of
either extreme want or misery. Many
of the enses which hnve been reported
hnve been pupils of the public schools,
and there hns been a questioning
thought in this connection: "Could the
schools help?" The Idea is not that
the schools nre in fault, but that their
large congregations of children, com
ing out of sordid unenlightened homes,
might afford the most vital opportu
nity to plant new Ideas of what It
means to live and die and what should
blud a child to Its home.
Perhaps the Instance which flnnlly
forced the writer to make this appeal
was this:
A child, a little girl, one of those pa
thetic creatures whom we know as
"Little Mothers," was, nt eleven years
of age, quite creditably heading the
household of her widowed father.
There were three younger children;
they nre reported as having been
clean and watched over with that ex
traordinary combination of vigilance
nnd good sense which is common to
these premature guardians of their
brothers and sisters. She is not spoken
of as morbid or abnormal In any way.
She appeared to be bearing her burdeu
after the wonderful manner ot her
kind. One day she asked her father
If he would please come home early;
"by 3 o'clock," she said.
Three o'clock was Impossible to him,
but he came as soon as be could, and
when the door opened to his band,
there lay the "Little Mother" dead
upon the floor. The bit of paper left
for him said iu purport unfortunate
ly the words are not preserved "I
cannot bear the responsibility of car
lug for the children. I cannot bear to
go on any longer, so I am going to kill
myself."
She was tired of living, weary with
tho burdens of prumature womanhood,
and unquestionably poisoned In
thought and judgment by reading, so
easily ncesslble, of how tired men and
women took ilielr Impious ways out of
this world. It would be Impossible to
express tho vivid clearness of the pic
ture left upon tho mind by the brief
paragraph printed In the medley of
the day's "news." Poor little tired
girl, lying dead In her clean print
gown; brave euough to kill herself,
aud wholly Ignorant of the majesty of
life or the enormity of death.
Her Innocence, her good record of
duty done, her stricken father, till
have kept her apart from the rest:
from the girl who threw her life away
because she could not go to a pnrty;
or her who drowned herself because
she had beejiaproperly reproved; or the
lad who hanged himself in hW father's
barn apparently in a spirit of retalia
tion to some wound to his pride.
We hear of frightful endings to the
lives of young men and women of at
ltsst American birth, If not of Ameri
can parentage, but there Is almost in
variably an attendant revelation of tho
breaking of the moral law which has
rendered the conditions of life abnor
mal. Willi these this appeal has no
direct connection, though they prima
rily have been educated where Influ
ences could have been brought to benr
on mind and cons.ioncu und heart,
which would have gone before, nnd
closed the gutes against evil passion
ncd disgrace.
There seems to exist n fundamental
lnck of endurance and fortitude; de
sire, however trivial, must be gratified
or the young spirit rebels to the ex
tent of taking iiself out of the atmos
phere of discipline. Out of certainly
ten cases which have been noted to
be conservative in the absence of
dula, we will say within n year with
the exception of the "Utile mother,"
ihe Causes were the nr.-rest trifles r.f-
feetlug comparatively comfortable
lives. The main reasons have been
linger nt a sharp reproof", or the denial
of a coveted pleasure. There were
two schoolgirls in :t rural district who
agreed to drown themselves together
for no cause. Terror overcame them
when den ih approached, and the
stronger strove to rem-ue her compan
ion, but failed, and when rescued was
on the verge of filial collapse herself.
The gli In whom 1 was most inter-,
ested had only money enough to curry
her lo her bourne, nml was devoid of
other resource. nnd without expe
pciience. Ye. she went without lies!
tallou. af.er skillfully managing to nu
Hiract a few garmi ins from her home,
and regardless of fa. her or uioiher, or
any tie of love or duty.
Tin- iniii her was nearly crazed with
gricr and apprehension, nud the fam
ily, all hard-working people, expended
fliKKi of l heir savings in ilielr heart
breaking search, before a di ver di tec
live discovered her in a Boston street
coiniiiit from work.
Her only aud to her owu mind en
tirely unhide ut apology was: "I could
not stand being liiiigli-i at." She was
wholly devoid of all realization of ob
ligation to her home and entirely obliv
ious renardlng the relations of parent
und chilil. '
Kndurar.c? Is an unknown duty to
these children's midinciplined minds.
"1 can I stund it," or "I will have It,"
we the imperative rulers of their
llrrs. Only to-day a little boy of six
In an "east aide" tenement told hi
mother that be would not live at home
If she required of him some nmnll do
mestic aerylce. "I'll quit yer and tnko
enre of meself," he said, and the de
fiance was so fearless and positive that
tho poor mother trembled with fenr
n small boy Is so easily lost In a great
city and her heart ached with dread
of what he would threaten when his
curly pnto would reach to her shoul
der. Our quick-eyed, quick-cared chil
dren, who read with eager haste the
newspapers so easily obtained, know
well who nre greatest and best among
our men and women. Might there not
be hope of lusting benefit from the
words of eloquent and tact Jul people?
Could not the authorities who so wise
ly provide profitable nnd instructive
lectures on nrt, history nnd science,
free to the people of every district In
our city, find n wny to break Into the
class routine of the schools, nnd try
what could be done to build up char
acter and open the eyes of the chil
dren? Front time to time might not
magnetic, earnest men make the at
tempt to tell them what it means to
be responsible for life?
CURI0U3 FACTS
In Japan there nre various iron
coins in circulation; while most of
the coins of Slum nre of porcelain.
Among Its many curious products
South Africa Includes the "sneeze
wood" tree, which lakes its iritne
from the fact, that one cannot cut It
with a saw without sneezing, ns the
fine dust has exactly the effect of
snuff.
One of the strangest of (he recent
developments of fashion is in the di
rection of hnnd-paiiited gioves. The
pattern oil the glove Is generally nr
rnnged to match that of the dress and
to carry the scheme of the decoration
ou from the shoulders to the hands.
While engaged In fishing off Lowe
stoft recently a fisherman landed in
his net a unique piece of amber. It re
sembled a huge pebble, was oblong in
shape, weighed eleven pounds four
teen ounces, and Is tho finest specimen
of amber that h s I. ;en discovered on
the English coast for several years.
It realized $137.50.
The grei t trees of California. It bus
been said, began life before the ear
liest daw:- ot Chinese history, nml at
the time of the deluge were older than
the nrt of printing from type Is to
day. Professor Charles E. Bessey.
however, contends that even 2000
years is a great over estimate, actual
ring count of a tree twenty-live feet
In diameter having Indicated but 1147
years.
Near Pcre Marquette., Wis., an old
man who formerly earned his living
as a cabinet maker, has resided for
several years In tho stump of a tree.
The tree was a great linden, but was
snwed off about fifteen feet from the
ground, and the old man hns used the
skill of his craft to make the interior
of his strange abode comfortable and
even luxurious. The stump has both
door and window.
However anomalous the idea of flow
ering animals may appear. It is not
more so than is that of plants that set
traps and devour the prey taken by
them. : lesh-euting plants seem to
violate tiie rules . of nature, yet the
violation Is apparent rather than real,
for many plants absorb aniiu.il matter
as part of their food. In general this
is taken In only after decomposition
hns rendered the tissues soluble, but
there are some liloodthlrsty plants that
kill nud eat small nulmnls as ruthless
ly as do beasts of prey.
Kueepikln Waistcoat.
It may be that the coachman sitting
tranquilly on the box, apparently com
fortable, though the wiutry blasts do
blow, him got on a garment more or
less worn at this season by meu much
outdoor!. These men include coach
men, trucknieu, motornien and others.
The garment Is a sheepskin waistcoat.
This Is a waistcoat made of sheep
skin with the wool on, and worn with
tho wooly side In. The skin Is tauned
to a tan color. The waistcoat Is cut
high Iu front aud Is provided with
pockets. It Is worn sometimes In
place of n coat that would otherwise
be used, or perhaps with a lighter
weight coat than the wearer would put
on without It. The overcoat Is, of
course, worn over all, ns usual.
Some shoeptkln waistcoats are made
to button together at the front as any
waistcoat would. Others nre made to
fasten together iu front with straps
and buckles.
There's a high degree of warmth
In a sheepskin waisicont, hue the price
is not very high. They cost about
5.50.' New York Sun.
The Knd of the Zoai C'oiiiiniinflj-.
The very last act completing the dis
solution of the Society of Communists
at tb historical vlllnge of Zonr, Ohio,
which disintegration wa.-i begun over
two years ago, was completed when
the last Kurve.viug and apportionments:
were made. Not only the buildings iu
.oar, but also the 7000 acres of land,
have beeu apportioned. The valua
tion of the properties received by each
member averages about $5000. For the
first time since the arrival, almost a
century ago, of John Btiumelcr, the
Zoiuiie leluler, and his baud of C!er
man followers, the community ,1s now
governed like oilier towns. A mayor
and coitmilincii have beeu elected uud
have already 'entered upon their uew
duties. Cincinnati Enquirer.
A I'erfeet I-ady.
It was ou a cable car, and two young
women woro talking nt a lively rate,
Ono of them said: "I never had a
more pleasant evening. I liked Mrs.
Blank so much. Indeed, I enjoyed her
company very much. Slje Is a perfect
lady, and knows what Is dun lo her.
She never took the trouble, like others,
lo set out a table with a lot of stuff o
II, but she just had a tray aud glasses
and a pitcher, and the gi utlemen of
the company took- the pitcher in turn
aud hud it tilled. Oh, she 18 a perfect
lady and knows what Is herdue. When
I have a homo of tuy own 1 am going
lo do jutt the same. I like to seo peo
ple know what Is duo to them," New
York Herald.
CftANDMA.
When grandma puts her glasses on
And lookt'st me junt o
If I live done a naughty thing
She's sure, somehow, to know.
How is it sh can alwav tell
So very, Tery, very well
Sh sys to me: "Yes, little on.
'Tis written in your eve!"
And if I look the other'way.
And turn, and seem to trv
To hunt for lomething on tho floor,
She's aura to know it all tho more.
If I should put the glnw on
And look in grand ma's eve.
Do you uppoe that I should be
So very, verr wise?
Now, what if I should find it. truo
That grandma has been naughty, too'
But, ah! what am I thinking of.
To dream that grandma rotild
Be anything in all her life
But sweet and kind and good?
I'd better try myself to be
So good that when she looks at me
With eyes so loving all the day
1 11 never want to run away.
Sunshine.
PITH AND POINT.
"Do yon mean to Insinuate that I
can t tell the truth?" "By no raenn
It Is Impossible to say what n man can
do until he tries." Chicago Post.
The man who never slops to think
Through haste is oft bereft.
The man who atona to think too long
Stunda round till he gela left.
Washington Star.
"My wife," bonated the happy young
ueneincK, "is an open book to . me."
"Mine, too," declared the old married
man; "I can't shut her up." Phlladel
phla Press.
Muriel "Your brother proposed to
me during the service In church last
Sunday." Zoe "You mustn't mind
him. He often talks In his sleep."
Smart Set.
Lens "I don't know what to make
of Harry Harmless." Alma "Well.
If you were to do as a good many of
the girls have done, you'd make a fool
of him." Philadelphia Bulletin.
"What's new?" asked Borem, then to
make
Himself at home commenced.
The patient man replied: "That paint
You're leaning up against."
Philadelphia Presa.
"I understand," snld the neighbor,
"that your busbaud Is a dramatic
critic." "No." replied the little wom
an, bitterly, "he is even worse than
that. Ho is a household critic." Chi
cago Post.
Tramp "Madam, have you an axe?"
Lady of the House "No." Tramp
''Have you a saw?" Lady of theHousw
"No, I have no saw." Tramp "Thel
give me something to ea,t, please."
Harlem Life.
"What do you think, Clarice went
out and sang at an entertainment in a
private Insane asylum." "Did she
say whether they showed their Insan
ity much?" "Oh, yes; they encored
Her three times." Philadelphia Bulle
tin. "Aha'." exclaimed the policeman,
''reading a paper, are you? I thought
you claimed to be a blind man." "So
l am." replied the beggar, who had
been taken off his guard; "my trade Is
putting blinds on windows." Philadel
phia Press.
Manager "What do you mean by
using such language? Are you the
mnnngor here, or nm I?" Employe
"I know I'm not the manager." Man
ager "Very well, then; If you'ro not
the manager, why do you talk like an
ldot?"-Tlt-B!ts.
"Your' daughter's voice," said the
professor, after the first lesson, "renlly
has n fine timbre." "There," said Mrs.
Rocksley, "I always knew it. I've told
my husband ever since the duyAdelino
was born that she took after him. He
was in the lumber business when wa
iot uinriied." Chicago Times-Herald.
An Instrument Ityade in Washington.
"Washington may not be a great
uiauufnctuifng city," sold a dentist,
"but there la one little Instrument that
Is made here that goes all over the
world. It is an indispensable article
in the deutal Vuulness, aud one that Is
familiar to thousands of people, proba
bly millions. It Is the Instrument
with which the dentists remove tho
nerve of a tooth after the nerve has
been killed. Tho purpose of killing
flie nerve Is to till the cavity that ex
ists and that hns exposed the nerve to
air, causing pnin aud trouble. After
the dentist has treated the nerve some
time and believes It Is dead, he takes
one of these instruments, pushes it
down into the cavity, turns It around
a few minutes and pulls out the dead
nerve a ong, string-like thing. The
eud of the little instrument is made
rough, having tiny teeth. When these
come in contact with the dead nerve
they catch it on the little prongs nud
the dentist takes it out without any
trouble. It is culled 'a canal cleanser.
In technical terms. The Instruments
lire made in Washington, und are dis
tributed throughout the world by
menus of a New York firm that has
tho sole agency. The owuer of tho pat
ent bus probably made a fori line."
Washington Stnr.
Itneiitgoii l:y For Kwldnes.
At a meeting of the Vienna Society
of Physicians Ir. Kienbock iutro
luced a mail, twenty-six yeurs of age,
whose hair had been pnrtlully restored
by the application of the Roentgen
rays. He bud been buhl for some
years. The cure wus effected in the
following way: A round patch on the
scalp was subjected six times to the
Influence of the rays for fifteen min
utes, and dining the two months tho
treatment lasted tho man regained his
old thick, dark-colored hair on the
parts exposed to the action. The parts
not yet treuted remain as before.
During the discussion which fol
lowed several meiubi'rs expressed
doubts as to whether Ir. Kienbock
has really found a remedy for bald
ness, but ho was encouraged to con
tinue his experiments, aud Invited to
report on them to the society ut a
later date. Loudou Standard.
England's Largest Landowner
The largest landowner In England
proper is the Duke of Northumber
land, who possesses lHH.OOO acres,'
mainly, et course, In tho county from
which he takes his title, uud he is the
only one of these elght-and twenty
grent lords who bus not an acre either
In rlcotliiud or Ireland. The largest
landlord In Ireland hi the Marquis
Couynglmm, who owns 150,000 acres;
in Wales, "The Prluco of Wules," Sir
Wutkiu Williams Wyun, whoso acres
amount to 145,000 is the only posses
sor of mors than 100,000 acres who Is
not a puur. London Chronicle,