Jhe debts that stand. Often I think that the world ii cold And tht men nre unkind, unfair; Often I nmurn and fret and scold And coddle my own despair, And often I think mankind mint he Cn league for the shame of defeating me. Vet, railing at men, I ought to know That I sin when my plaints are made, For there' many, oh, many, a debt 1 owe That never can be repaid. What if deep in my heart they could sometime see The kind ones who have befriended me! S. K. Kiser. SANS MEULLER used to toot a trumpet In the Third Cav alry. Hans wan more or loss a butt for the jokes of the men of his troop. He took oil kinds of Jibes with a good nature tlint was as perfect as It wits stolid. The trump eter knew more about music thau be did ruuskets. When for a while be tried what the other men culled straight soldiering, be was coutlniinlly getting tangled up with Ills equip ments, nnd on several occasions at skir mish drill be came within an ace of shooting himself. Ilk comrades told Hans that as long as he confined his efforts to killing himself they would offer uo strenuous objection, but that if he got careless nnd shut the head off of some one else be must look out for trouble. As a matter of fact lie did one clay come pretty close to putting n. bullet through the heart of Sergeant Pater Nelson, who forthwith thrashed Hans lu an approved style. Captain 2f, --57 f. V. 'i'm going aftkis Roberts called Hans gross," and said that he must stick to his trumpet. The edict of his chief made Hans feel badly. He blew the whole scale of calls, from reveille through fatigue, recall and drill to taps, but his soul wasn't lu his music. Down deep In Hans' soul there came the thought that somehow ho was uut like other men. The smartness if appearance which characterlz d Sergeant Nelson. Corporal Brady and a score of privates he knew could never be his. There was Inching in his makeup that something which gives dash to a soldier. Hans used to rail over his fed lu a most unmuuaiy way, and his hands were never iu the proper places. There was cue thing, however, that could be said of him, he always tried to obey orders Implic itly, lie gem-rally blundered a num ber of times while making the attempt, but the Intent was right, and that cov ers a multitude of sins much more serious in nature than mere blunders. The Third Cavalry was iu the Wyom ing country iu the Eikhoru Creek re gion. There had been a good deal of trouble with the Nt z I'erces and L Troop had been kept on the jump must of the time for a month. L Troop was Hans' outtit. There bad been one con stant succession of (.comings. It had been necessary to send small squads in half a dozen different directions at one nnd the same time. The trump eter had been forced to slay with I he main body, which was not a very big body at that, at all times. He hail been In everything In which the whole troop was engaged, but the Idea of sending Hans out on u rocouiioisance where coolness and the subtlety of the devil were necessary for safety, was the last thing that had entered the bend of the commander. One day, however, one of the colib-st days of the second winter month, It be came necessary to send a scouting party to Investigate the rumor of the approach of n band of savages. Now It happened that the whole command was fagged out, and this lu a nutshell Is the reason why llan.s Meuller found himself for tiie tirst time in his life In n position of acute responsibility. Ho was ordered by Captain Huberts to proceed with Sergeant Nelson and two privates northwest uniil something was "felt," or until the Sergeant was satisfied that a wrong report had been turned into the camp. When the little body set out the fa tigue of the individual n embers of the troop showed that It was not. so to speak, strong enough to keep tue.-o same individuals from giving Hans a send-off. Haus had a carbine and a revolver. His trumpet was hanging up ou a peg. One of the bystanders said to the Sergeant in command, "Look out or Haus if you happen to get into a scrimmage. The tirst thing you know he'll forget himself and he'll try to blow 'retreat' ou his curblue. You may lose one man if Haus puts his mouth to the wrong end of the barrel." Then they said a few other things to Hans. He was told to be sure not to get his canteen mixed up with Ids cartridge belt, and to make sure that he took uote of the landmarks ou the way out, so he could get back to camp In a hurry If he happened to bear an Indian shoot off a gun. Hans took all this well enough, because the thought of actually going out on a scout wus sufficient to knock all other things out of his head, resentment along with them. They had left the camp fur behind them. Sergeant Nelson, who was an old and tried campaigner. turned to his nieu and said: "We are getting near the place where we may expect to see something." Then be spoke seriously to Hans: "Meuller," he said, "you're not half as bad, per haps, as the troop makes out, but I tell you honestly that I'm kind of afraid of you when it comea to a pinch. Do the best yon can and dan't run. 'As a matter of fact, I think Jim Croi by was plpe-dreamlng when he brought the rumor of reds in this vicinity into camp, but you may have n chance to see trouble, nnd if you do, please stick." That was a pretty tough thing to have to sny to a soldier with Vnele Sam's uniform on his back. Stick! Meuller's face went almost white tin der realization that the true signifi cance of that admonition was that the Sergeant had n pretty strong fear In his heart that bis trumpet tooter was a coward. Stick! He would show them If lie was only given a chance. Sergeant rotor Nelson was an old and tried campaigner. Indeed, but that day he made a mistake. He led his" three men straight Into an ambush. There was a score of ralnted Nt Forces straight across their track. The Indians had very little cover, but they used it so artfully that the old soldier Sergeant had actually thought that the bit of embankment and the few scat tered bowlders did not offer cove enough to conceal a jack rabbit. The tirst Intimation of the Indians' presence was a volley. Sergeant Nel son wont to the ground with a wound In his side. Cue of the privates, sliot ( through the shoulder and leg, fell with him. Tiie two men crawled behind a couple of rocks and secured temporary shelter. At the savage volley Ilaus Meuller's heart went to bis throat. With the oilier private, who, like Hans, was unliit, he fell back about forty yards and behind an adequate cover. There for live minutes they exchanged shots with the reds, who, lu accord ance with Indian custom, would not charge across the open, but depended rather upon being able to pick oil the soldiers and then go forward without danger aud take the scalps. Haus Meidh-r found that ho could use bis carbine. His heart went down out or his throat. He looked around him and saw that there was some chance of holding the savages off for hours. Out beyond he saw his two stricken com rades. They were not dead, lie knew that because bo saw them move nnd occasionally weakly raise themselves and send a shot in the direction of the red foes. Hans said to himself: "Those men must be brdtight back here." Then he handed bis carbine to his comrade and with it his belt and ainmuuilioil. "You may need these," he said, "If those fellows bit me." Then he Jumped over the rock iu front of him, and with his long, shambling, ungainly stride he made for the side of Sergeant Nelson. The Indians pumped at him. The balls whizzed by his head, cut his clothes in three places and spat spitefully Into the dust at his feet. Telling Nelson to grab his carbine, Meuller raised the Sergeant in his arms aud made lack for cover, his track all the way -marked out for him by the shots of ihe savages. He dropped the Sergeant under the shadow of the rock and theu stood on bis feet. "Where are you going, Meuller:" said Nelsou, feebly. "I'm going alter Didds," said Meul ler, and he chared the. little rock to the front once more. "Cod bless you, Meuller," was what be beard above the cracking of the rilies to bis front. He reached the side of tiie wounded Doods, raised him and swifted back with him across the strip of hell. Twice he staggered, as volleys rang out, but he reached the sides of his comrades, and placed Dodds be tween Nelsou and the uuwounded trap per. Then Ilaus Meuller fell dead. Relief came to t lie ihree surviving cavalrymen. The two wounded lived, lu the little cemetery at a post lu the far Northwest there Is u headstone which is inscribed thus: HANS MKl'I.l.Ki:. TRUMPETER AND SOLDIER. HIS COL-HACK WAS LILLET I'ROOF. -Edward 15. Clark, Record-Herald. In the Chicago Itcil Hiiiitlnic Coal. The origin of the red coat Is a nvs tery. There Is a story told "that one of the curly Henrys wus so enamored with the sport of fox hunting as to or dain It to be a royal sport, aud the red coat was worn in consequence." This, however, has been pointed at as ab surd, as in those days scarlet was not a royal livery at nil. One thing there can be no doubt about, and that Is that the scarlet coat Is very popular for those who hunt regularly. Aud It must be confessed that It adds pictur- sqiieness to the scene. The question of color seems to be very much a mat ter of taste; It is looked upon as an In dication of social position. In the ,ib- struct any one can don the pink, If so desired, but it Is considered out of taste for any one to adopt that color If he does not liberally subscribe tj ihe hunt fund. The black coat Is con- s',i"ieq to come next in socuu position. ml the ordinary mufti gariue.it for those whose subscription Is very small indeed. Tailor and Cutler. Tto New Frem-li Caves, Two remarkable cases have been dis covered. In France by Messrs. Capital and Rreiiil, In which the walls are cov ered with drawn and painted figure a of the paleolithic epoch. These ure mostly figures of animals, and some of them have been drawn with strik ing correctness. In the first cave, ill Combarelles IDordogne), the figure! are drawn with a deeply engraved Hue and are vigorous lu execution. They Include the mammoth reindeer aud other animals extinct In Frunce. In the second cave, at Fout-de-(!aume, not far distant from the former, black Hues are used, and sometimes th whole iinirual is painted bluck, form lug a sllhoutte. Red oeher is also usee In the figures, which are sometime! four feet long. Many of the flgurei are covered with a stalagmite deposit which often reaches an Inch In thick ness. Scientific American. Easy. The girls o? Smith College at North ampton, Mass., are Indignant at a new set of rules, one of which forbids an) one of them taking a carriage rld with any students of Amherst Collegt unless engaged to be married to him There must always be two girls, but there may also be two men, provided they are all In the same vehicle. An uouncements of many engagements art expected. Philadelphia Times. i GOTHAM'S BIG GARDEN IT REACHES NOW TO FLORIDA AND THE PACIFIC. Some Veirelebles and Krnlts It Supplies Nearly All the Tear 'Bound Seasons l'i-r th Others Greatly I: sir mleil The Trices of These Laxurlos Lower, Too. "Lima beans," said a man acquainted with the green vegetable trade, "wore received lu this city ou December ' from Florida, and on December 11 from California, There are. In fact, comparatively few green vegetables that cannot now be had the year 'round, growu in the open air, some where within the borders of our own country. "When this all-the-year-trnde In green vegetables began to assume considera ble proportions, fifteen or twenty years or so ngo, green pens were the great early vegetable luxury, but now we have beans and squash and so on, Just the same In midwinter n In midsum mer. If one wants to pay for them. As to the cost of these things, It is now only about half what It once was, and the consumption of them has enor mously Increased. "Things that were once considered high luxuries and were consumed by comparatively few, are now eaten by many people. The greatly Increased lemand resulted years ago la enor mously Increased production, and that lit vastly improved facilities for trans portation. And the methods lu ship ping have lu recent years been very greatly Improved, though hero there, is room for great improvement yet. "Florida Is the most advanced among the Knsteru seaboard Siutos In this respect. She sends stuff iu such eon dllion and In such packages that It conies In good order nnd can nil be sold after it gels here; no waste. There's money In this way of doing business. Of course there are shippers In other States as well, that send their stuff to market In perfect shape, bill yet Florida is on the whole now the most advanced iu the art of shipping. "A comprehensively novel thing In this business consists In the practice, which has sprung up within six or eight years, of working the latitudes both ways. Formerly when we bail bail the last of n tbiuir. arrown at the Vnrlh 111 fhr o-ii-lv niilnoin v;i 1 1 nil I with n blank space Intervening, for the next of this to come from the far South, In the winter. But now after finishing at the North, we begin again nt Norfolk, where the temperature conditions still permit, with crops planted Just to meet this requirement. "These fall crops from this mid-region help us through that season un til we begin to get things from the far South, which we now get earlier than ever, and thus the gap Is closed nnd there is no season iu which wo do not get open-air-grown green vegetables of tunic kinds. "All this is true of many green fruits ns well, which we now get the yeat 'round or In greatly extended seasons. These fruits come. It may be, from California, or from the various States along the Atlantic e-iast. On mis sea board the Florida fruit Is llrst, and fruit ripens with the advancing sun lu one State after another, further and farther North until, with the summer sun falling here, we get them from our old-time aud once virtually exclu sive local uud neighboring sources of supply. "These early fruits, like the early vegetablea, are now cheaper than they once were, and for the same reasons, and yet some of them, as for example, January strawberries, are still beyond slender purses. Ou the other hand, some of them have now been brought within the reach of all; as for exam ple, the noble peaches that lu good years we get In auch splendid prolus ion from Georgia, weeks, If not months, before wa had even begun to dreau of peaches 111 the old days, and this Hue and beautiful fruit is so plen tiful that It is sold for little If anything above ordinary prices. And nil this Georgia peach business has come about practically with half a dozen years. "Coming baclt to green vegetables for just a minute, one among thdse not now supplied the year around is that decided luxury, green corn; though the period through which this may be bad is steadily lengthening, and it ex tends now, lu fact, from February to frost. Corn will no doubt be, iu time, Included among the vegetnbzles to be bud the year around. The February green com that we get, which Is not much yet, comes from Florida. "Then iu May we begin to get corn In some quantities, comparatively speak ing, from North Carolina, this being something new. Then, early In June we begin to get South Jersey corn, aud theu It keeps coming to us farther aud farther north till we begin to get It from our own actual latitude, from I.oug Island aud from North Jersey, mid New York State, up the North River, ami from various regions as far north ns the State of Ualne. "So, you see, counting the present green com season, not as from Febru ary to frost, for we get. as yet, but little corn frum Florida, it is practical ly from May to frost; six months, or thereubouts." New York Sun. American Fox. The recurrence of a foggy season directs attention ugaln to a serious municipal problem. It causes us to wonder whether the heaviness of the utmosphere of Philadelphia is due most to the. dampness or to the soot and gas which are emitted from every Hue aud chimney pot, and are unable to ascend during these periods of me teorologlcul depression. It is a well known fact that a London "particular" is little more than the smoke of the great metropolis, which for the time being refuses to rise and overwhelms man and beast. The heavy atmosphere of I'ittsburg, Cincinnati and Ovelund bungs over those cities like a pall, and wbeu dampness accompanies the ha bitual condition of smokluess the evil Is aggravated, becoming at times In tolerable to people who have ever known a clearer aud happier clime. Philadelphia Times. Money Changes. The man who starts Into active busi ness with a beautiful nature and conies out with great wealth seldom brings the same nature with him. Indianapo lis News. THE SCRAPBOOK HABIT, Many I'hases That the Fancy of Collect or Take. With all the other epidemics present nnd threatening, there runs along thnt of keeping a- serupbook. Almost ev ery man, woman and child has it In bouio stage or other, for there are ninny stages. Some never get beyond the first thnt of buying the best book to be found and stowing nway loosely lu It a bundle of clippings to be pasted In nt the first opportunity. The op portunity never conies, really, but Just threatens to set In every time one who has passed through a succeeding singe tells of his experience. Some persons again let their scraps accum ulate and have one happy season of pasting, while others paste from day to day, almost from hour to hour, the subjects suitable for the preserva tion process. There Is no cud to the variety of things that may compose a scrnpbook. It may be h collection of one's own effusions published or refused such honor, or It may bo simply newspaper pictures or monograms, or hotel letter beads, or souvenir postal cards, or dance orders, or menus, or dramatic criticisms, or baok reviews, or rise to the dlgulty of a collection of opin ions on the Chinese situation or the constitutional convention. Some are capable of keeping ns many scrap books as there ore subjects for them, and thereby become the possessor of a serupbook library, to be consulted once In n decade on rainy days by the compiler, aud to bo thrown Into the dust heap when the compiler's heirs ami assigns are faced with the ques tion of what they shall do with it. I'erhaps one heir and assign In n million will have nmcng his emotional assets a fondness and respect for tiny thing which is evidence of the de ceased compiler's handiwork, and so cherish the colletlon; but the percent age of folk so line grained is not larger than this. As this rare person Is not of the kind I live long, prjl.-ably bis in '.r will be sure to regard the whilom treasure as rubbish. This sad fact of ihe American nvcrag? Is rather worth thinking on by all the scrap lKKik makers ns they M-t about a task that they fondly mid foolishly tell fancy will bo a light and a joy down to the third and fourth generation. Huston Transcript. When Ihn Anton lass. "No, grandfather, we must not cvc:. the highway just yet." "And why not, child';" "llecause, grandfather, the safely gates have been raised at the turn a half-mile away, and the red ball is up on the signal station on the hill." "Yes, I bee. Hut what does it mean':" "It means that r.u autonu'oile is duo nnd coming." "Uut can't we get across before It gets hero?" "Not ou your life, grandfather. The last iiiiin who tried ll was thrown clear across yonder meadow and into a greehouse. Lock! There it goes." "I saw nothing but a whirl of yel low dust." "That was It. Come now. No, we must wait again. The yellow Hag Is up in the other direction. That means a race. There they go! See thetnK" "I saw nothing but more dust." "They wore too quick for you. That was u bunch of millionaires. They get dreadfully reckless. Only yester day we picked up what was left of one of them In our front yard, and there wasn't enough of him to fill u peck measure." "Can't we cross now?" "Dear, no! All the yellow Cags are up aud all the red balls are up, aud all the signal Men are signaling. They nre coining from both ways. If we have real good luck wo may see a col lision. We get a commission at our house every tlm? we report a collision to the coroner." "Hut how will we get across?" "I guess we will have to walk up to the covered bridge at the corner of the next block." Cleveland l'liiln Dealer. Utile ofKiiRllsh Court Life. There are numerous rules of court life in England which would be Irk some to the average American sojourn lug there, yet they must be conformed to. Iu addressing the royul personage "Sir" and "Your Majesty" must bo used. When the opportunity for con versation with royalty arises, royalty takes the initiative. When passing a member of the royal family at a social function a courtesy and bow is ex pected. When an Englishman enter tains the sovereign the house becomes for the time being his property. His meals nre served separately ,ond the host and hostess can only eat with him at his Invitation. A piece of paper on which a letter Is written to the sover eign must never bo folded, but must be Inclosed In an envelope large enough to hold it without folding. At a ball n subject, however h'gh bis rank, may not ask n princess for a dance. If n princess wishes to dance wbli any man present the proposition muse come from her. She signifies her wish to the equerry in attendance, who at ouco conducts the favored one to her. The obligation to comply with the request is Imperative, and a man must even leave a lady whose escort ho Is in order to obey the wish of tha prlncei-s. Chicago Record-Herald. Increase of Cheap Telephones In Chlooeo. It is only a year ago that tlie nlckel-In-the-slot telephone was Introduced In Chicago. Now the demand for this class of Instruments Is enormous, us they ail a place hitherto unprovided for lu the telephone service of that city. Two clusses of ulekel-ln-the-slot muehlnes are used oue on a two-party und the other ten-party line service. The rate at which these Instruments ore put in Is limited only by the rapid ity with which they can be turned out from the fuctory, aud the necessary wires run and provisions made on the exchange switchboard; in fact, the company Is overwhelmed with new business and Is even going to the ex tent of letting out different portions of IU work of placing Instruments, running wires and building pole lines to various contractors. The number of live-cent telephones put In since this service was started about a year ago Is la the neighborhood of 7000, which means an enormous additional load on th cempao't exchange LAKE STURGEON DYINC OUT. i - i Rpeeles I Almost Kxtlndt and Catlnr I 1 8orce, The sturgeon family of fish Is prac tically extinct so fnr as the lakes of North America are concerned, and I makers of caviar nre wondering what will fill their cans lu the future. With the passing away of the sturgeon comes the announcement that none but "cultivated" lobsters now exist. When fish merchants took stock with the closing of the season for the Ureal Lakes they discovered thut one of tlie former substitutes for whlteflsh nnd trout during the mouths of No vember, when none of these varieties of the finny tribe Is allowed to be taken from the lakes, was missing. There Is no fresh sturgeon to be had. The public Is already provided with n substitute for smoked sturgeon In the meat of the Mississippi River cat fish. True, the flesh of the catfish is about us tenacious as rubber hose, but it looks good. Then many persons prefer the smoked halibut of the l'u cillc Ocean. The history of the discovery, lu troduetiou Into the market and ex tinction of sturgeon In American lakes dates back twenty-five years. Then the sturgeon was llrst placed on tho maiket, though few persons lite them. The flush wus not considered very dainty. The big Hsu could bo taken from Lake Erie by the wagon load nnd sold at a low price. lu fact, the price wan so low that few persons eugaged iu catching the Hsh. Then some one discovered that the fish was more salable wheu smoked. Thousands of the lish were smoked nnd palmed off on the credu lous public as smoked halibut, which was quite expensive. Tho increase iu supply of halibut cut off th? price of sturgeon to such an extent that the fishermen who had been dealing lu sturgeon were threatened with bank ruptcy. It was about this time that caviar became very popular with Auierb .ins. Caviar is made from the roe, or i ggs, of sturgeon, but it bad been supposed until some fifteen years ago that the roe of the sturgeon frc.n Rut dun seas was the only kind for envie-. Some one discovered that the rcj of America u sturgeon made quite ns good caviar as did the Russiau Isli. Thut wus the beginning of the en. I of the sturgeon tribe. The great llsli were hauled in by tho boat load, and ninety-live per ceut. of those t.ikou were females full of roe. Cavla. be came cheaper nnd sturgeon be; line dearer. From a fraction of a ci .it a pound the fish advanced to twenty-two cents a pound. Even at the price the Great Lukes failed to pro duce the coveted tl.-di. Then recourse was bad to the lakes of Manitoba, Canada. Now the sturgeon have been anni hilated almost entirely. As the sup ply of this family became scarcer some oue started to substitute Mississippi River catfish. Wheu this rubbery lish Is dressed and smoked It looks exact ly like smoked sturgeon. Chicago Chronicle. A Mills Dealer's Lament. The milk dealer, who also sells meat aud other necessaries of life, sighed as a customer went out indignant because the dealer Insisted upon his having a receptacle for his intended purchase of milk. "They come hero," said ihe dealer, "and expect me to furnish them with mi.lk, bottles and nil. But I've gotten tired of that sort of game. Those bot tles cost us quite u sum, nnd In nlno cases out of ten where we let them go out we never see them again, notwith standing tho promises of customers to return them. Then, of course, we have to buy more bottles. I was 'easy money' so long that the milk depart ment of tho store was cutting into the profits. "What do they do with the bottles? Why, they use them to put up catsup nnd fruit, I got ufter one woman that had been working mo for bottles for some time and a search warrant showed thirty-live of my bottles on her preserves' shelves." Detroit Free Tress. Bunnite and Shllte Hair Growth. The Mahometan religion Is divided into two principal sects, the Sunnltes and the Shlites. The members of these sects can be readily discriminated by the fashion la which the hair grows on their arms, for while on those of the Sunnltes the growth turns down ward from shoulder to wrist on the interior side and upward from wrist to shoulder posteriorly, the hair ou the Shlite urms presents the contrary np pearauce ou both sides of tho arms. This slngulur divergence Is produced by tho manner of washing their urms ns prescribed by the tenets of the sects respectively, for while Sunnltes hold It orthodox to stroke their arms, after washing them, from shoulder to wrist on front und from wrist to shoulder ou tho back, tho Shlites abhor this prac tice and stroke their arms in the oppo site ways, aud hence the two directions In which tho hair is seen to prow ou the arms of the two sects. The Lan cet. The Chinese Junk. Another meritorious, so-culled mod ern Invention, the water-tight bulk head, Is now attributed to Chinese ex perience, as John Chinaman rarely adopts un Innovation unless ho hap pens to discover It by accident. In a paper presented to the Institute of Ma rine Engineers the use of the bulkhead principle ou Chinese Junks from time Immemorial was pointed out. There Is generally one bulkhead forward and one aft, but occasionally the cargo hutch is also subdivided. The proto type of the modern turret ships also is to be found In certain Chinese junks on the West River, which are said to bear a remarkable resemblance to modern civilized productions, The Ma rine Review. Our Conversation. No observer of modern life couli pretend that English Is now spoken well; polished phrases are found tire some, if not vulgur; the slang of the music hulls aud sporting papers give weight to any expression of emotion or opinion which, told In pure lan guage, would not be respected. A killing anxiety Is, thus, rather a bore, a culuinlty Is hard luck; our best friend Js not a bad sort John Oliver Hobbes, In Onlooker, New York City. Fancy waists of nil sorts are much in vogue. But no style Is more populur or more generally becoming than the one which Included the yoke effect, with round open collar. The smart May M anion model shows one of the very latest styles, and is adapted alike to the odd waist, and tlie entire costume. As shown It is made of wool crepe de chine, in pastel pink, with yoke and front of white Liberty satin, nnd trimming of black velvet ribbon, with tiny Jewel buttons, nnd Is worn with a skirt of the same; but all waist ing silks nnd wool ma terials are equally appropriate. The filled lining closes at the centre front; on It ai? arranged the tucked yoke and front, which closes nt the left shoulder, and the portions of the waist proper. The back is plain across the shoulders, and drawn down In gathers at the waist line, but tin- fronts are tucked and open to reveal the full narrow vest. Finishing the low neck of (he waist Is a simple round bertha collar, and at the neck Is Ihe regula tion slock. The sleeves nre In bishop style, but with the new deep cuffs that give n novel effect. To cut lids waist for a woman of medium size, four yards of material twenty-ono inches wide, three yards twenty-seven inches wide, or two yards forty-four Inches, and two yards of black vidvet ribbon to trim ns illus trated. A Fanes- rtloiKc. The blouse Hint closes at tho back is a favorite of fashion, and allows woman's iaxov waist. kinm A FAVORITE BLOUSI specially effective trimming. Tho smart May Mantou' model Illustrated Is iidapted to many materials,- both silk aud wool, but us showu is made of white satin Sapho with trimming of l'cisian bunds. The foundation or fitted lining closes ut the centre back, together vfllh the material. The wulst proper is tucked at the back lu groups which extend from the shoulders to tho waist aud produce a tapering effect. The front Is novel and gives the square effect now so fashionable. The tucks ut the centre extend to yoke depth only, then fall free to form soft folds, but t'uose ut the shoulders are extended to the wulst Hue, the trimming being applied between to form the square neck. Tho sleeves are In bishop style, j with velvet and Persian banded cuffs, I uud ut the neck is u rcguhriluu stock I of velvet over which tho trimming Is applied. I To cut this waist for a womau of medium size, four yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three yurds twenty-seven Inches wide, or four yards forty-four inches wldu will be required, with two and one-half yards of embroidered bunds to trim ns II lustruted. Kew and Stjllsh Kecklels. A new and very fashionable stylo of bracelet and necklet Is composed of pearls aud enamel "bugles" to use I the old-fashioned word for' those long, nurrow-tube beads, which uro ngalu in evidence. The bngles ure . black, white or colored. Black studded with white pearls, und with a black and white enamel shamrock pendant, are churmlug for mourning. White beads, with the faintest pluk pearls, aud little , rose pendant, or green bugles punctu- : uted, us It were, with smoked pearls and with ivy-leuf pendants, are one and ull extremely iwetty. Turquoises are well used with white or cruv en- umel beads uud forget-me-uot pend i ants, nnd any artistic Jeweler could evolve a dozen different and equally attractive modus of blendlug the slen der tubes and round pearls. The White Foe's Tall. There are white fox tails which dan glo lu a row from the ends of your new ermine pelerlno or stole. Er mine tails would be' rldlcuously In souaeuuent If attempted, but the auowj fur of the white fox is conspicuous In benuty and softness, and so Is appro priate to be used in connection with other white furs. A fox tall hns some thing very handsome In Its proportions. It is especially notlcenble this season in fine neck furs. The tall is not' needed on the muff, but It gives appro priate finish to a stole, boa or pelerine, continuing the length of the garment, and preserving the long lines now so much admired In winter furs. Worn Well Forward. In dressing the hair for nn evening, whether It be spent at homo or abroad, be sure that you pin your pompon or aigrette very well forward. Even If you arrange your coiffure low nt the back of the neck. The bowKiiot dees well In the street, and Is gaining slow ly Indoors, but most of us comb the hair up ou the head. The "forward wnvo" is so becoming to n youthful profile, and it sets off a profusion of natural tresses. The Suiiiiner Girl is Cnintn;. Lest we shouldn't take the pace with proper spirit, Dame Fashion digs In her spurs viciously with a showing of wash materials fit for midsummer meanderings. And we are prodded on to Investing lu dimities, ducks nnd the ' rest. A very pretty fabric is n mer cerized organdie narrowly striped with n heavy weave. Though of the same color the difference iu texture gives tho two-toned effect. The lteveallnft Itrdlnvnle. For full two years femininity has struggled to persuade herself that the utter swagneruess of the long, loose, shapeless English box coat atoned for lis concealment of the human form. Hut It was not a go, nnd now she is wearing a rakish r.iglau or a redlngote equally long, which reveals ns well ns conceals by means of a number of cleverly curved seams. Uniitne Umbrella Ifnndle. A beautiful crystal ball for nn um brella handle shows In its depths the bright colors Of nn automobile nnd a gnyly dressed party of people filling it. Spider Web Trlminlns;. A cheerful looking blouse of crimson flannel Is ornamented half-way be tween under arms aud the waist line with n broad, horizontal bnnd of trim ming. This consists of a series of pastelles of black taffeta silk, cut out like spider webs, but having all the Hues radiating from a common centre. The rim of the pastilles Is deep enough to ncceut the circular shape. This is u stylish and effective little blouse. Child's Frenuh 1n.-ai. No style of dress suits the childish figure more perfectly than the long walsted one. The very pretty May Muutou model shown Is adapted to muny materials, but in the original Is made of pale blue cashmere, with collar of blue silk and trimming of blncdi velvet ribbon. The waist portion Is laid in box plea Is and Is arranged over a body lining. The skirt also is luld In box pleats, but wider than those of the wulst, and Is joined to the lower edge of the body portion, the seam being concealed by the susb. At the neck Is a becoming pointed wllnr thnt flares apart ut both front avl back. The sleeVes ure short uud form full puffs that are gathered Into bauds. Tho closing Is effected Invisibly beneath the centre box pleat at tho buck. When desired tho frock can bo w rn over a gulmpo, thus muklng the high neck with loug sleeves. To cut this dress for child of si; yeai i of age, six yards of material twenty one Inches wide, four aud one half yards twenty-seven Inches wide, A PBKTTT CBILD'S DltEHS. or two and one-half yards forty tout Inches wide will be required, with one half yard twe-nty-oiie Inches wide for collar.
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