J V 1 HEART Woo. I you (time me nod, my brother. As you journey along Jite's road? It would waken anew uiy courage And lighten my weary loud. Won't you Rive me a mile, my brother? Juat the gleam of a kindly eye? It would mike me forget mv weakness And brighten my leaden sky. t f 1 T'S a lonj tramp. Jack." I "Yes), but the trust's hard aud I can do It easily." "You've done most a good flay's work besides." "Never mind that." Jack gave a proud little jerk of his bead as he looked up from the gun be was care fully cleauing. "I'm most as big as a man and full as strong." "You don't expect to do much hunt ing by the way, do you!" "Only to keep a lookout." The short winter day was closing lu as Jack set out on his Ions walk a walk under conditions not often ex perienced in these days, but not un usual twenty-five years ago in North ern Wisconsin. Forest In almost unbroken stretches for miles on miles. A heavy snowfall had rejoiced the hearts of the lumber men lu the camps scattered at far distances from each other. Logging had been pushed on with energy un til the cold weather had been inter rupted by a day's rain, which had spread dismay among those depending on solidly packed roads. But nature bad been kind to the hard workers, for the softness bad been followed by a period of cold al most unprecedented. For two weeks the temperature would have read far below zero had any of the forest la borers seen a thermometer to read. "THE WOLVES WF.R The decliuiug rays of the reddening aunset lent a sparkle to the snow as Jack briskly set out on bis long walk. Aa the luminary took its lust glance at the bleak world the moon arose, smiling over a qold appalling to any less sturdy than the forest laborers who knew no other climate, and re joiced In conditions favorable to their work. It was a great occasion which de manded Jack's presence at home no less a one than the marriage of bis oldest sister. The father was dead, and Jack, in his faithfully sustained position as man of the house, was al- ready taking on a weight of care , ' beyond bis years, j His home lay ten miles distant from i the lumber camp lu which bo did, as was bis proud declaration, almost a ' man's work. In the other direction was the nearest small town, which Jack bad taken occasion to visit a few days before on an errand ot Import ance. When fully out of sight of the camp and beyond all possible observation from any of its occupants be paused to unfasten his tightly buttoned coat. The warmth at his honest heart kept him from feeling the bitterness of the cold on his bauds drawn from the clumsy mltteus. A suiall parcel taken from his breast pocket aud the radiance of the sunset had nothing to do with the glow which lightened his face as be carefully loos ened the wrappings to gaze on an or nament of colored glaus set lu bruss, designed for the adornment of the bride. "It's fine. nd Abby'lt think no end of It. There isn't a girl in the settle ment that's got oue like it" "But." with a more sober face, aa, after looking at the sun's rays as they shone through tbo gluss and were re flected from the metal, be returned the dewel to bis pocket, "it ain't up really to what I'd ought to do for Abby. and sin; v'ottiu' married. Fatber'd 'a' given her somethin' of a tettln'-out. All 'winter I've been watcbln' for a bear. If I could 'a' cot ono and sold the akin, I'd 'a' been able to do real well by Abby." His mind waa full of what this do lus would have been had be possessed tho means to carry out his loving de sires. The log. cabin which waa to be bis sister's homo, would, he well knew, be destitute of all bat tho barest con venleiicov. Deep la bis heart lay the fosd wish to distinguish It by tome special luxury. "fiaps I'll have luck yet before the winter's over." he soliloquized. The sharp nip of the cold sent blm cn with brisk footsteps!. lie passed the ludt suttler' cablu on his way, CRAVINCS. Won't you give me a word, my brother? lust a whwiier within my ear? It would kindle anew my purpose Would ono little word ot cheer. Won't you give me your hand, my brother? Let me ciasp it before we part? It would lighten my load of sorrow And brighten my heavy heart. Columbus (Ohio) State Journal, Dffff- Li turned his back on Jhe rough clear ings and struck into a lumber road ' which penetrated Into the heart of the dense woods. But as he continued Ills walk bis quick step was suddenly arrested. The voice of the wind, even in Its angriest lashing of the forest, never made a sound like that low-pitched, long-drawu-out howl. Two or three times before in his life Jack had heard the dismal yell, but always under cir cumstances including no danger. How the meu in the bleak North country bated fhe sneaking creature which prej-ed on the few flocks of sheep, would attack children or even a man when enough of them came together. Many a wolf story had Jack listened to beside the camptire. The animals were getting scarcer as the country gradually became more settled, but he had heard of cases in which the severity ot the seasou had brought the ugly things In packs frightfully near the scattered homes. He listened with every sense on keen edge. No, it was not the wind. Even In the short moment in which he stood still he could fancy that It grew louder, that snarling howl, broken by barks and yells. lie looked carefully at the condition of his gun. "I'm all right as long as I have yon," he said, giving It a pat as he hurried on. "But if that really Is a wolf or It might be two or three of 'em by the noise the sooner I can get to the Holcomb ciearln' the better I'll like It." He Increased his speed to a run, but the shortness of breath induced by the extreme cold soon brought him to a halt. And in the dead hush of the for est the appalling notes came with a distinctness which brought to Jack the first thought of peril. E CLOSE BEHIND." Not one wolf, or two or three, but a pack, driven by starvation. Oh, the horror of that ceaseless yell! With all his strength the boy pressed on, terror adding speed to his limbs. It was for life, this race he knew It well now. No gunshot would . avail with that pack of yelling demons. The patches of moonlight were few and far between in the dense shadows of the trees, und with straining eyes be watched for the curve in the road which would bring blm to Holcouib's clearing. But as the quick breaths of the pursuing enemy became distin guishable amid their barks and howls. Jack realized that he had no hope of makiug It. Nearer, close by the road side, he remembered, an old log cabin, long since disused as a dwelling, but occasionally temporarily occupied by settlers making their way farther on. How far he might find safety here he could only conjecture, but it was something In the way of a shelter. The wolves were close behind as he dashed Into the cablu, giving the door a deHperato shove after him. No time to fasten it, for the yelps came lu too. But there were friendly rafters above, and with one leup Jack was among them. With his head reeling, breath com ing in heavy pants and a falntness In realizing the horror of his situation, Jack grasped the timbers. They were old; be could almost fancy they shook and swayed under him. He did not trust himself, to look below until be felt blmself securely poised. It made him dizzier when at length he ventured a glance. There they were, the hungry demons, leaping, suapplng, enraged that their prey, so near, should yet be beyond their reach. Jack did not tuke a second look. With returning breath and steadier bead ho brought bis strong common sense to the con sidering of the situation. "Howl away, you brutes. You think you're going to get me sooner or later, don't you? Not If I'm a woods boy." How many of them were there? Would they never quit crowding lu at that door? A few moments later be beard a dull slarn through the din of snarling voices and looked for the cause. The door bad at length been pushed shut, and In one of the frantic leaps its heavy old wooden latch bad fallen Into place. "Ah, here I am locked . In. Now, what next? I wonder which of us would starve to death first," he mut tered. "You, may be," with another glance at his fes, "for you're hungry to begin with, aud I'm not. Only I'm not so Uaed to being hungry as you are." ' Regaining bis nerve end self-posses sion, he rxaiulued his surroundings with anxious eyes. He saw that so long as he looked well to his hold among the rafters be was in no pres ent danger. But how was he to get out? The cabin was built of logs. He might work for days without making any impression ou its solid sides. But above him, within easy reach of his hands, wns the roof, through which came small twinkles of blessed moonlight. He soon found that It whs made of saplings laid close to gether, then finished with a thick cov ering of brush. To his great Joy be found that decay had begun Its work and the smaller saplings were ready to crumble under a vigorous touch. But others were strong. They would yield only to slow cutting with his knife. His footing was precarious; with ono hand be must continuously support himself. He never could have told of bow many hours of frightfully exhaustive labor followed his conviction that through that roof lay the only hope of saving his young Lfe. Once be stopped, almost lu despair. "Must be about that weddln' time now," he groaned, his head dropped upon hia free band. "Aud If they knew mother and all of 'em !" At it again. As at length be could put his head out a new fear was growing. What if more of big pursuers were on the outside? Then there was no help for him. Shelterless, he would surely freeze to death before the cruel night would be over. Better that than the other. With bleeding hands, whirling brain, every muscle on a strain with the last effort. Jack pulled blmself upon the roof and peered over its edge. No, there were no more. The glaring eyes, the gnashing teeth, the howls, the pandemonium all shut In. With renewed strength, born of blessed certainty, Jack sped back to the camp for help. It was a frolic such as woodsmen love; such as rarely comes to their monotonous lives the shout, the exhil arating rush over the frozen auow, the keen relish for the hunt. "Seems hardly fair, though, poor brutes like takin' advantage ot 'em, shut In so," said one. But sentiment did not prevail, as one after another of the snarling voices was hushed. "Seventeen ot 'em, as I'm a Uvln' man. Jack, my boy, you'll be rich on your bounty." Bounty! Jack bad not bad time to think of that of the five good dollars paid by the State for each one of the ugly scalps. And to think of all the good things he could do for Abby and the others! "But," be began, "it belongs to all of you you all helped." "Not a bit of It, boy. Every cent of it goes to you. You 'most earned It with your life." "The weddin's all over, of course," said Jack, to blmself, as late in the night, be drew near borne. But no wedding bad taken place. Mother and Abby, with anxious faces, were sitting over the fire, and be was received with a rush of open arms. "Where's Hiram?" was Jack's first Inquiry. "Hiram's gone back he can only get away once a week, you know " Gone! And without you?" "And do you think there'd be any weddln' here without you, Jacky? And we not knowln' what might 'a' become o' you? The weddin's put off till next week!" There was little delay In securing the bounty at the nearest county town. And Abby rejoiced In such a "settln' out" as few of the bardy young home makers had ever known. Sidney Dayre, In the Chicago Record-Herald. The Carnation. The National flower controversy la likely to be revived. Some years ago it was apparently settled, after a long Btruggle between the daisy, the rose and the golden rod. In favor of the last named. But there was much dissent from this decision, which lacked for mal authority, and to-day the question is practically as open as ever. The ar gument against the daisy. It will be re membered, was that that flower Is in reality a weed, dreaded by farmers, aud too common to be set up In the high place of National preference. Those who opposed the golden rod In sisted that It was not a flower, but a collection of minute blooms, and that it lacked Individual form. Some peo ple were so indifferent to the questions of art and patriotism Involved aa to condemn the graceful yellow plume a.i a breeder of hay fever. The rose was not generally favored, Inasmuch as It Is the floral symbol of England. Now, after a lapse of years, with golden rod ruuulug tirst aud daisy second in the race, comes a new candidate for pub lic favor, the carnation, Its claims be ing Indorsed by the State of Indiana, now holding their annual show at Indianapolis. It was the favorite flow er of the late President McKlnley, and tlie tribute to his memory involved in its adoption as the National emblem is proposed as within the reach of the people without difficulty or expense. Washington Star. A Traitor of the Veldt. When I'aardeburg had been fought ami Cronje was captured, his faithful dog fell into the bands of the British. The dug had followed the "desert Na poleon" through all bis campaign, faithful and stanch in bis devotion. Now, a traitor dog, be Is Just as de voted to the British camp at Ureeu Point, Cape Town, as ever be was to the burghers. He Is a long-legged retriever with a love for fights. His battered sides bear witness to the fact that be nearly always gets the worst of it When a company leaves camp the dog follows them to the train and then comes back In dejection. He is sullen and fierce, except to the Tommies. Squirrels Meeting la a Chereh Chlaaaey. Sexton Davis, of the Congregational Church, met with an unexpected diffi culty when be made the first fire (if the season In the church. The chim ney would not "draw," and the cause was found to be a large squirrel's nest, or a series of nests, In the top of the structure. The opening was found completely closed with squirrel nest material to the depth of four feet from the top. Florida Times-Union and Cit izen. i TRIALS FOR FIELD-GUNS RICOROUS TEST THEY UNDERGO BEFORE ACCEPTANCE. Service Conditions Imitated Excessive Powder Charges Fired Ammunition Immersed In Water and Then Fired Fifty Shots to Test the Gun's Accuracy. The Ingenuity inventors have dis played In simplifying and perfecting the fleldplece, the long, slender weapon of that dashing service, light, flying artillery, has remarkable parallel In the methods devised by ordnance ex perts to detect the slightest fault of design or construction in these pieces. If the inventor bag lain awake o' nights over hia gun, so, apparently, bas the ordnance expert It Js skill against skill; not that the designer or builder bas the remotest idea of Im posing an Inferior weapon upon the Inventor (he could not do that If he tried), because the gun Is of - Uncle Sam's own make. The aim of the expert Is to aid In Improving the weapon, destructive as bis method may seem to be. He feels It Is bis duty to submit the gun to a series of tests, which, although based upon service conditions that is, upon the baps and mishaps it would encounter In the field ore of magnified severity. This means that when the fleldplece shall have withstood the trial It may rest assured in its own inner conscious ness that It Is a very fine gun indeed, and that It Is extremely unlikely, even In the trying time of warfare, to have to bear up under such burdens. These elaborate and exhaustive tests are now being made at the Govern ment proving ground at Sandy Hook. Experiments this would seem to be a better word than "tests" are being tried with field pieces of four models, two of them of foreign de sign, the others American, one being the Government piece. The ability to fling its small, swift missile at an enemy Is only part of what Is demanded of the light artil lery weapon. Warfare Imposes real hardships upon it from the moment it Is ordered to the front. It must with stand the stress of weather, the jolt ing and Jarriug of rough roads; It must stand a wetting, even be effective when unavoidable rust bas occurred; It must be able to do Its duty with defective ammunition, although this is primarily a test of ammunition Itself, and. do its work willingly, cheerfully, If you will, as if it had been reared under a glass case. For such a demonstration of service ability the War Department, through Its Ordnance Bureau, lays down rigid rules covering a wide range. They begin with the requirement that the gun shall fire at least two rounds with excessive powder charge to develop the enormous chamber pressure of 44, 000 pounds twenty-two tons to the square inch, and end with a practice march of 150 miles over country roads. Even then the Board of Ordance and Fortification may not be satisfied, so It leaves the door open by saying that any other tests seeming necessary will be conducted. While the fleldplece Is a comparative ly small weapon, it weighs, behind horses, in the neighborhood of 4000 pounds. The shell used in It weighs fifteen pounds, and it leaves the piece at a muzzle velocity of 1700 foot-seconds. When the fleldplece Is ready for test, the experts devote themselves first to Its mechanism, scrutinizing It as the horse In the show ring Is scrutinized, with a critical eye to its simplicity of action, its certainty, and how readily injured parts may be removed and new parts substituted. Then it must under go the dust trial, In which sand and dust are blown Into the gun, Into all parts of the mechanism, and the rust test, to determine whether It is ef fective when water, bas been allowed to cover the piece. Fifty shots are fired to teBt the ac curacy of the gun, the target being 2500 yards distant. When it comes to rapidity, the piece Is fired ten times without aim from a loam platform; then ten shell and ten shrapnel are fired for both rapidity and accuracy, from a clay platform. To determine the maintained rapidity forty-five shots are fired. The behavior of the. gun, the recoil and the Jump, which Is the de parture from the line of fire, aro care fully noted. In one test the trail of the gun, that part which rests upon the ground In the rear of the piece, is braced against a stake. The gun Is elevated and depressed to its extremes and then fired, and it Is even wheeled upon rocks and discharged, and then moved to plowed ground and dis charged again, in order that service conditions may be counterfeited. The ammunition Is dealt with quite as severely. Metallic ammunition is Immersed for Ave minutes in water and then made to stand for twenty four hours before being fired. The humidity test Is at 100 degrees F with a humidity of ninety-five degrees. This 1b maintained for thirty days, and after that the ammunition Is expected to be unharmed, From the gun and the ammunition the experts turn to the limber dud limber chests. There the chests, be ing filled with ammunition, are placed upon a vibrating table which resem bles In action a miniature earthquake, and kept there for forty-eight hours. After all this jarring and Jolting the ammunition must be fired and found perfect. Limber chests also are sub Jected to the vagaries of the weather for at least a week, so that the experts may feel sure that any aminu nltion placed in them will survive. Taking all things into consideration, it is certainly fair to say that the gun which comes satisfactorily through the examination of the ex perts deserves to be accepted. New sura rum. i-v Bigg-eat Oak la Kaglaad. The Cowthorpe oak la the largest In England. It Is reported to be over 1000 years old, and its branches cover half an acre. At the close of the sev enteenth century, according to Eve lyn's "Sylva," It was seventy-eighth feet In circumference at the base of the trunk. Since then a quantity of earth bas been placed around it as a support It Is estimated to contain at the present time seventy-three tons of timber. ... RURAL MEXICAN INNS. Some of Their Little Pecullai Itles Leek of Public Accommodation. There are many sorts of Inns In rural and interior Mexico. One finds by the roadside the "venln," where a most exiguous lot of refreshments may be bought, but It Is hardly an Inn as Its namesake was, and Is, In Spain. Then there Is the "posada." classic name! still surviving In country towns. The"posada" Is quite like unto the "meson," which Is without any pre tence, merely a lodging plnce for man and beast, and where In old times the traveler put up with bis beaBt, and sent his servant out to find something to cook for his supper or dinner, as the case might be. The "meson" Is frank ly a humble Inn, and If. by a miracle, somebody blessed with an Idea of cleanliness presides over its admin istration. It may surpass the gran hotel de Pekln" on the next street. To see the "ranchero" on bis travels, go to the "meson." It Is a plnce where spurs jingle, horses neigh and stamp, and the bed Is rude, aud sleep cotneth only to him who Is most healthily tired, for "quien duermo blen no 1e plcan las pulgas" the sound sleeper Is not bitten by fleas! Iu many towns the hotels are merely slightly better grade "posadas" and one goes out for a meal to a "fonda," which In Mexico Is not a hotel as In Spain, but a humle restaurant. The word "fonda" bas a pleasant sugges tion, coming as It does from the Vene tian "fondacco," in which were to be found many luxuries. But imagine no vain thing of the rural "fonda." You will be served with eggs forever and a day, and with chicken, a fowl that never falls for perennial Is the "polio" of the Interior towns. Beans you may have and often very good bread, and there Is some attempt, at times, to provide a decent course dinner. Nap kins are also provided, though etiquette does not prevent your using the mar gin of the tablecloth. The separate hotel and restaurant system has this advantage, that one may, without of fense to bis Innkeeper, dine all over town. Most everywhere the service Is prim itive; often small boys with slow work ing brains make a pretence of waiting on table, and stare and grimace at the guest A neat-handed Indi.'.n "muchacha" Is better, but a grown lad is a terror in bis phenomenal stupid! y. In some pretentious hotels in the in terior the waiters rush about maiuy, fnlrly skating across the floor, vainly Imagining that this Is the style of Mie metropolis. They do not succeed In making one fancy that he must bolt his food or lose some Imaginary train. and so they promote dyspepsia. When a fiddler or harper Is introduced to en liven the meal so gallantly served one feels as If music was no possible aid to mastication. Many of the really better class ho tels of the interior show a marked lack of the woman housekeeper. If she exists, she bas delegated her du ties to shambling, ill-shod and un batbed chambermen, who slouch through one's apartment, making a pretence of cleaning up, but leaving everything worse than before! Heaven which keeps a register of human folly, knows that the gentleman chamber maid Is a delusion. The looking glass has the grime of ages, and futile Is its attempt to mirror forth your counte nance. To make Its desperate effort the more evidently ridiculous, It la placed in the darkest part of the room. Often the intelligent caretaker does not change sheets and pillow cases for a new guest. He trusts to luck that the tired traveler will not discern their crumpled condition. We have seen modern hotel furniture with much beveled glass Inserted, electric lights, and unchanged bed clothing. They did better than that In the old days when the General Diligence Company bad Its hotel In every city aud Import ant town. But we bad no Intention of making a catalogue of complaints. The cry ing needs of the rural Inn are evident enough. Once In a great while one comes upon a little hotel where clean liness rules and the goddess Hygeia bas her home. A heaven-bora hotel keeper rules over the establishment, and If there is a restaurant connected with the place, the cook Is good, and ber "seasoning" delightful to the pal ate. Thus one comes to feel that there Is hope of reform, and that, some day, this charming land will have all over its vast extent hotels as good as those of the Switzerland, or of the Berkshire hills In Massachusetts, not to speak of Inns in other and happy regions where hotel keeping la a much re spected business. The need of this country Is a system of good hotels In the smaller places, towns and cities of from 10,000 to 30.000 inhabitants. It would not be a too tremendous task to provide, even as eating houses along a railway are systematically controlled. Mexican Herald. The Home of the Horned Horse Recent excavations in Greece have resulted In the finding of the heads ot several horned horses and the shin bones of rhlnucerl. Greece seems to have been the land where the prehis toric horned horse most flourished. Out of six places in the world where the remains ot the horned horse have beeu found three are In Greece and one in Samos, In the Grecian archipel ago. The portions of horned horses recently unearthed were found In Eu boea, where Professor Woodward bas been making experimental excavations looking for palaeontologlcal remains. He has been excavating also at Piker man, near the plain of Marathon, for some time, " Street Sweeper's Luck. A street sweeper, occupying a garret in the Rue des Saints Peres, returned to And that he bad been burned out. His lamentatlous regarding the loss of bis savings seemed exaggerated to bis neighbors, who were accustomed to regard him as living from baud to mouth. The police, however, banded him a pocketbook which a fireman found be tween mattresses, containing $8000 In bonds, and an Iron saucepan with $1000 In cash. The street sweeper has one year more to work, and he Is entitled to a pension when he retires. Paris Corre soonilence Nw York Herald. w New York City. Smart blouse waists are much In demand to wear with 1 jacket suits aud the very necessary separate skirts that have come to A FANCY BLOUSE. stay. The simple style Illustrated ex emplifies the fuct that tucking Is not indispensable to the realization of a fashionable waist. Ivory white peau de sole of good quality Is here charm ingly combined with Irish crochet lace over corn colored satin and trimmed with Bhaped bands of the silk piped with black panne velvet and stitched on each edge, tassel ornaments finish ing the pointed ends. Velvet belt closed with fancy clasp. The lining is fitted with single bust darts centre back, under-arm and shoulder seams and closes In frout under the plastron that is Included In the right shoulder seam and hooks over ou the left. The blouse proper lias single pleats laid at the end of each shoulder seam and !s cut away at the neck and fronts to disclose the plastron and yoke of lnce. The sleeves iu bishop style are arranged on fitted linings which are faced at the lower edges to form cuffs, shaped straps being added to match the waist trim ming. Shapely epaulettes of the lace give length to the shoulders, but these j may be omitted If not desired. I . To cut this waist In the medium size three and three-quarter yards of mate rial twenty-one Inches wide, two and three-quarters yards twenty-seven Inches wide, or two and five-eighth yards thirty-two Inches wide or oue and seven-eighth yards forty-four A SMART Inches wide will be required, with one and one-eighth yards of lace and four and a half yards of piping to trim as ''lustrated. Woman's Kton Blouse Jacket. In spite of the tendcucy toward losg aud three-quarter coats the smart blouse Eton has renewed Its hold ou the popular fancy and is more lu de mand than ever for suits as well as for separate wraps. The added basque gives a more seasonable effect, but none of Its smartness Is lost when that portion Is omitted. As represented in the large drawing by May Manton It forms part of a ztbellne costume in rich dark red and the lapels are faced with fancy velvet in black and white, the edges being simply tailored with double rows of machine stitching. .The garment Is simply fitted with wide under-arm gores and shoulder seams. The fronts lap In double brensted style when closed, but may gracefully be worn open as Illustrated. The neck Is finished with a double collar that rolls over at the seam. The basque por tions fit smoothly over the hips, meet ing closely at tho buck and flaring slightly apart at the frout. It Is seamed to the lower edgo and the belt conceals the Joining. The coat sleeves fiure stylishly over the bauds and the garment Is warmly interlined and lined with white satin. Velvet, cordu roy, kersey, 'broadcloth, cheviot' and nil heavy wool Butting will develop sat isfactorily by the mode. To cut this Jacket lu the medium size four yards of material tweuty-pne inches wide, three and three-quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, two yards forty-four inches wide or oue and three-quarter yards fifty-four Inches wide will be required, with five eighth yards of facing eighteen Inches wide to make as Illustrated. Colonial Shoes. The Colonial Is a favorite model for a house shoe. It Is guiltless of French heels, and has a sufficiently broad sole, with extensions running all around. Its distinguishing feature Is the liload, high-reaching tongue, with central point aud border stitching. Colonial shoes Invariable have a buckle of con slderable size, Usually It Is square, and always is at leant as'broad as long, uever round or Ions or ova!. For ordinary use there Is a Colonial shoe In dull Oxford kid; for smart afternoon wear or evenings you have the Colonial of patent leather, with sliver, gilt, nickel or origin silver metal. In Russian Style. "A handsome costume, lutended to be worn at debutantes' receptions this season, is an excellent typo ot visit ing dress in its latest evolution. For a wonder It lias not the popular stand ing collar. Instead, It Is an example of the new cape collar of fur. This model Is strictly new, la supposed to come from St. Petersburg, und goes with the new Russian i.leeven. Al though It Is a turn-over collar, It comes high nt tho back and sides of the neck, being tho new turn-over, and ris ing at least four Inches high at the back. The cape collar 's of chin chilla. ltlack Lace and Sliver Leaves. A graceful evening, gown of black silk net Is of cobwebby texture as soft as n veil. It Is mode up over white satin veiled with black chlffou. The edge of the skirt, with Its long, bil lowy train. Is serrated and delicately embroidered with silver. The full bodice Is ornamented with sprays of silver leaves and flowers; tho elbow sleeves finished with a band of silver leaves and a frill of lace. Its belt Is of silver tissue, and a butterfly of black and silver Is woven In the hair. The Season's Favored Colors. Black, black and white, and some very delicate and beautiful shades of gray and brown are the favored colors this season for full, fluffy ostrich plumes on visiting and promenade hats, with matching feather boas el suite. Handsome Velveteen Costumes. Louis coats ot velvet and separate waists of velvet will be much worn; also shirt waists of velveteen In dark shades are relieved of their plainness by a vest of bright color or white ma terial, giving a. sharp outline to the coat. Olrl's Lone 'Coat. The comfortable long coat that closes to the neck Is a favorable style for cold weather. The stylish example here Il lustrated by May Manton combines ETON BLOUSE. with this feature the triple capes and may be varied by the omission of one, two or all three. Dark red kersey cloth Is the material chosen, the edges being smartly tailored with machine stitching In black and smoked pearl buttons close to the double breasted fronts. Hat of black beaver trimmed with soft loops of red Liberty satin ribbon and blnck tips. The fronts are stylishly loose In box style and Join to the backs by under-arm seams that with the centre back curves becoming ly to the figure, wide revers roll back above the closing and the neck is finished with a turn-over collar that closes Invisibly In centre. The sleeves are In regulation coat style finished at the wrist with rounded cuffs. The copes fit smoothly over the shoulders, and may be Included In the ueck seam or finished separately aud hooked on under the collar. Coats in this style may be made from any suitable wool fabric, velvet, corduroy or cheviot all being fashionable. To cut this coat for n glri of eight years five yards of material twenty, one Inches wide, four and a quarter coaT'Vok A ami.. yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two aud three-quarter yards forty four Inches wide, or two and a half yards fifty-two luetics wide will be required. 'tlf
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