AT THE SICN OF THE APPLE. I halted at a pleasant inn As I my way was wending A rosy apple waa the sin, From knotty bough depending Mine hot it waa an apple troo 80 smilingly received me, 'And spread his choice and sweetest faca Xo strengthen and refresh me. Full many a gayly fenthered truest Came thro' the brunches apnuuing; They lightly flew from bouh to bough, Their merry carola ainging. Beneath the shade I laid me down And slumber awect possessed ie; The south wind sighing through the lea re With touches soft caressed me; And when I roae and would have paid My host so open hearted. Be only shook his lofty head I thanked him and departed. "" Helen Walters Averv. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOO : DAVENPORT'S STORY I o By L, M, Montgomery. $5 n soooooooococoooooaoooooco IT was a rainy nfteruoon, nnd we had been passing the tiiui by toll lug ghost stories. That Is a very good sort of thine for a ruiny of tcrnooD; aud it Is a much bettor time than after night If you tell ghost stories after dark they are apt to make you nervous, whether you own tip to It or not, and you sneak home aud dodge up-stalrs in mortal terror, and undress with your back to the wall, so that you can't fauey there Is any thing behind you. We had each told a story, aud had liad the usual assortment of myster ious noises and death warnings mid sheeted spectres aud so on, dowu through the whole catalogue of hor rorsenough to satisfy auy reason able ghost taster. Hut Jack, as usual, was dissatisfied. lie said our stories were all secondhand stuff. There wasn't a mau In the crowd who bud ever seen or heard a ghost; all our so-called authentic stories had beeu told us by persons who had the story from other persons who saw the ghosts. "One doesn't get any information from that," said Jack. "I never expect to get so far along as to see a real ghost myself, but I would like to see aud talk to one who had." 1 Some persons appear to have the knack of getting their wishes granted. Jack Is one of that ilk. Just as he made the remark Davenport sauntered In, and, finding out what was going on, volunteered to tell a ghest story himself something that had happened to his grandmother or maybe It was Ills great aunt; I forget which. It was very good ghost story as ghost stories go, and Davenport told It well. Even Jack admitted that, but he said: "It's only second-hand, too. Did you ever have a ghostly experience yourself, old man?" Davenport put his finger tips critic ally together. v "JYPM'd T0U believe me If I said I tad?" he asked. "No," said Jack, unblushing!?. "Then there would be no use in my saying it." "But you don't mean that you ever really had, of course?" "I don't know. Something queer happened once. I've never been able to explain it from a practical point of view, that is. Want to hear about It?" Of course we did. This was excit ing. Nobody , would ever have sus pected Davenport of seeing ghosts. "It's conventional enough," he be gan. "Ghosts don't seem to have much originality. But it's first-hand. Jack. If that's what you want. I don't sup pose any of you have ever heard 1110 speak of my brother, Charles. He was my senior by two years, and was a quiet, reserved sort of fellow not at all demonstrative, but with very strong and deep affections. "When he left college he became en gaged to Dorothy Chester. She was Tery beautiful and my brother idol ised her. She died a short time before the date set for their marriage, and Charles never recovered from the Wow. "I married Dorothy's sister, Virginia. Virginia did not In the least resemble her sister, but our eldest daughter was strikingly like her dead aunt. We called her Dorothy and Charles was devoted to her. Dolly, as we called her, was always "Uncle Charley's girl.' "When Dolly was twelve years old Charles went to New Orleans on busl ness, and while there took yellow fever and died. He was burled there, and Dolly half broke her childish heart over his death. "One day five years later, when Doliy was seventeen, I was writing letters in my library. That very morning my wife and Do'.ly bad gone to New Yolk en route for Europe. Dolly was going to school In Paris for n year. Business prevented my accompanying them even as far as New York, but Gilbert Ches ter, my wife's brother, was going with them. They were to sail ou the Ara gon the next morning. "I had written Bteadily for about an hour. At last, growing tired, I threw down my pen, and, leaning back in my chair, was on the point of lighting a cigar when an unaccountable Im pulse made me turn round. I dropped my cigar and sprang to my feet in amazement. There was ouly one door In the room and I had all along been facing It I could have sworn nobody had entered, yet there, standing be tween me and the bookcase, was a man and that man was my brother Charles! "There was no mistaking him; I saw him as plainly as I see you. He was a laU, rather stout man, with curly hair and fair, close-clipped beard. He wore the same light gray suit which he bad worn when bidding us good-by on the morning of his departure for New Orleans. He bad no hat on, but wore spectacles, and was standing In his old favorite attitude, with bis hands behind him. "I waut you to understand that at this precise moment, although I waa surprised beyond measure, I was not la the least frightened, because I did not for a moment suppose that what ' J saw was well, a ghost or apparition of any sort. The thought that flashed across my bewllJered brain was ' "ly that there had beeu some ab 'slake somewhere, and that my here nllve and well. I look a hasty step toward him. ' 'Good heavens, old fellow ! I ex claimed. 'Where on earth have you come from? Why, we nil thought you were dead'.' "I was quite close to him when 1 stopped abruptly. Somehow I couldn't move another step. He made no mo tion, but his eyes looked straight into mlue. " 'Do not let Dolly sail on the Ara gon to-morrow." he said lu slow, cleaf tones that I heard distinctly. "And then he was gone yes, Jack', I kuow It Is a very conventional way of ending up A ghost story but I have to tell you Just what occurred, or nt least what I thought occurred. One moment he wns there and the next moment he wasn't. He did not pnsst me or go out of the door. "For n few moments I felt dazed. I was wide awake and lu my right and proper senses so far as I could Judge, and yet the whole thing seemed incredible. Scared? No, I wasn't conscious of being scared. I was simply bewildered. "In my mental confusion one though! stood out sharply Dolly was In dan ger of some kind, and if the warnlug was really from n supernatural source it must not be disregarded. I rushed to the station, and, having first wired to my wife not to sail ou the Aragou, 1 found that I could connect with the tivo-rtftoen trnlu for New York, I took It with thu comfortable consciousness that my friends would certainly thluk I had gone out of my mind. "I arrived In New York nt 8 o'clock the next morning, nnd nt once drove to the hotel where my wife, daughter nnd brother-in-law were staying. I found them greatly mystified by my telegram. I suppose my explanation was n very lame one. I know I felt decidedly like a fool. Gilbert laughed nt me and snld I had dreamed the whole thing. Virginia was perplexed, but Dolly accepted the warning un hesitatingly. " 'Of course It was fncle Charley,' she said confidently. 'We will not sail on the Aragou now." "Gilbert bad to give In to this de. clslon with a very bad grace, nnd tho Aragon sailed that day minus of threo of her Intended passengers. "Well, you've all heard of the his. toric collision between the Aragon and the Astarte lu a fog. and the fearful loss of life It Involved. Gilbert didu't laugh when the news came, I assure you. Virginia and Dolly, sailed n month later on the Marseilles, and reached the other side in safety. That's all the story, boys the only expert, ence of the kind I ever had," concluded Davenport. We had many' questions to ask and several theories to advance. Jack said Davenport had dreamed it and that the collision of the Aragon and the Astarte was simply a striking coinci dence. But Davenport merely smiled at all our suggestions; and as it cleared up just about 3, we told no more ghost stories. Waverley Magazine. The Evolution of the Soda Fountain The rapid Increase In the trade en Joyed by the proprietors of soda foun tains in the leading cities of the Uni ted States has led to the Installation of many very elaborate and costly outfits. Most of the finer ones are made of Mexican onyx and cost in some instances as high as $13,000 or $20,000. A llo.OOO soda fountain would be made of the finest material and would be of great size. It might have thirty draft tubes and 100 syrup cans. Very beautiful onyx fountains of the dimensions more commonly used, say with ten syrups aud three draft tubes, can be bought for from $350 to $1200. lu fact, a handsome onyx fountain can be bought for $000. But not every body wants on onyx fountain. There are yet purchasers who prefer one of marble. A marble fountain with onyx trimmings could be had at, say, $450. An old-style marble fountain might be had for $K0. Fifty years ago or thereabouts soda water was drawn from a silver tube rising out of the couuter. Then came the first visible soda fountains, small marble boxes, placed on the counter. From these developed the elaborate .iud often costly fountains of marble that preceded the ouyx fountain of the present. Beautiful and costly marblo was brought from all parts of the earth to be used lu the construction of soda fountains, but now the fashion is onyx, with a canopy or superstructure of wood. Along with Its great develop ment in beauty has come a correspond ing improvement In the soda foun tain's working parts. Tho modern fountain is far more convenient nnd efficient In operation than Its ofC-tlme predecessors. American Exporter. She Forthwith Obeyed. A story is going the rounds wherein figure two well-known Columbus ladies and a parrot. Mrs. A paid a speciul call at the home of Mrs. B the other day and was ushered luto the living room by the maid of all work to await the appearance of Mrs. B. Mrs. B had come Into the possession of a parrot ouly a short time before and had been keeping the bird iu the living room. "Polly has a very good command of English, anil appears to know when to use it. Mrs. A sat down with her back to the bird without no ticing it, and us Polly made no sound she remained in ignorance of Its pres ence. Observing a beautiful vase on the mantel, Mrs. A arose from her seat and, crossing the floor, took down the dainty piece of bric-a-brac to examine it. She gazed on it rapturously, com pletely absorbed by its elegant deco rations, when suddenly from Just be hind her came the shrill aud stern command: "Drop It! Drop it!" Airs, a otteyea and turned with a scream to face the Imperturable gazo of Polly, who sat in her cage with her green bead slyly perked to oue side, On the floor lay the beautiful vase. smashed to bits. At this most em barrasslng moment Mrs. B entered the room. Before Mrs. A could explain the situation Polly shook It out its feathers and remarked. "You're it! You're It! You're it!" Ohio State Journal. Th Maw Mao. The diffidence and nervousness which attend a mart in a new position pass away the moment h discover thut his employer doesn't know any uiiirj.!iriQ.he.il'n'sN'.iW j o,-k Press. FARM AUD GARDEN. Setting a Hea. I begin with a box, putting earth Into It, then straw, then a handful of wood ashes scattered over all. I try the hen A day or two on the nest egg, aud If she means business I take that away and give her a full setting. If the eggs have been traveling, let them stand in a snfe warm place for twenty four hours to put the germs In right position when set. If you give them to the hen Just after the Journey, you will probably have spoiled eggs In stead of chicks. Sprinkle the eggs two or three times n week to give them necessary moisture. Feed the hen every day, and see that she returns to her nest and Is not disturbed. Mrs. E. Schoenboru, In the Epltonilst Cleanliness In Uulrylng. The dairy business Is one that Is open to any enterprising farmer who will make It a point to deviate from the methods now practiced on some farms. A visit to many dairy farms tvill disclose the fact that but little re gard Is given to matters that are essen tlal to securing high prices. Cleanli ness In the stable Is more Important than In the dairy. Cows are frequent ly milked with their bodies plairtered with manure, and even the teats and udders are often filthy. Milking Is iow In a hurry, nnd It goes to market ?cntalnlng filth in ,1 soluble form which (he strainer cannot remove. All dairy farms are not conducted In such a slov- ?uly manner, but there are hundreds t dairy farms upon which thorough cleanliness Is lacking. Ench cow should be kept clean, her hide brushed, udder tvashed and the stalls made clean. There should be no filth In the stable, and the bauds of the milkers should be washed clean before beginning the work of milking. Crowing; Peas For the Cannery, rens for the cannery require a good, strong soli and plenty of cultivation to got the best results. They should be sowed very early to avoid the possibil ity of being destroyed by the green fly, an Insects so disastrous to the pea crop In muuy sections. Some years the pea crop Is a profitable one to grow, while other seasons It is almost a total failure, farmers often not get ting their seed in return. This is very discouraging when seed nt present prices ranges from $5 to $t) per bushel. We find that any good corn soil is best suited to peas for canning pur poses. The land should be prepared In the best possible condition before the seeds are put In the ground. We use from 200 to 400 pounds per acre of any good standard fertilizer. In our experience we have obtained the best results where they are planted In nrllls and thoroughly cultivated. We usuully plant them In rows thirty Inches apart, using three bushels seed per acre. We drill the fertilizer in at the same time. In this section we pay f 1.75 per 100 pounds shelled peas at the tannery. Farmers who expect to suc ceed with this crop should give It the sauie careful attention as for corn. F. P. Hubbard, In New England Home itead. Patting Butter on the Market. Where butter Is to be delivered to the consumer direct, it Is desirable to have fresher butter, If they will accept It When salted one-half ounce to the pouud, the butter will have a flavor peculiar to Itself, and the consumer oon comes to recognize nnd desire It. He will probably not be able to secure In the open markets similarly salted butter, aud by three months' use he will become so accustomed to It he will be satisfied with no other, and you will have secured a permanent customer, provided your butter be prime In all other respects. The secret of success In delivering to special customers is to have a class sf goods that has an individuality pe cullar to Itself, and that will attract the customer to it. If you can do this you will soon have a trade you can command, instead of its commanding you. Salting to special flavor will se cure this in butter better than any other oue thing. Uniformity in color Is also Important Of course, you must cater to different tastes and suit all, If some customers desire more salt you must have one churning for each delivery suited to meet that kind of customers, and have It alike every time. Prime and uniform flavor, color nnd quality are the sine qua uou of the farm dairyman. Make frequent in quiry among your customers us to any changes they desire, nnd let them know you desire to suit them. If you do this you will find there will not be enough others doing the same thing to form a dangerous competition. New York Tribune Farmer. Principles of Ourdenlng. The phrase "landscape gardening' frighteus many people unnecessarily says the Pilgrim. The idea Is abroad that landscape gardening Is ouly for the rich, and that it requires more land than plain folks have. The trouble with this statement Is that it contains a nine per cent, alloy of truth." As a matter of fact, garden Ing Is ofteu really expensive business. Of course, the large, open country-like view, which is tho glory of our large parks, requires more space than a city lot; and if one does not love gardening nnd hires everything done, the work 1 very costly. Ou the other band, It is woudeiful to see what can be accoiu pllshed In a small city lot by a business man who likes to work an hour or two a day lu the garden. Those who live in or near the country are to be en vied. They can bring home the plant; they like, and it need not cost them anything lu cash outlay, The flora of the United States Is oue of the richest to the world, and some of the happiest and prettiest homes in America are surrounded by trees aud shrubs pro cured from the Immediate neighbor hood. The truth Is thut the principles of landscape gardening are entirely applicable to city lots, suburban yards aud farm homes as well as to publl parks and Newport cottages. The principles of landscape garden lug are three: First, preserve an open, central luwn, Second, plant iu masses at the sides. Third, avoid straight lines. Tlie central lawu flnnkd by thruh SI lag. Iu making nature-like picture with plants, the lawn Is the funda mental being. The lawn Is compara ble to the painter's ennvas, while side planting is the frame of the picture. The sprinkling of the front yard with trees and fiower beds Is a common mistake. Philadelphia Record. Breading For the Future. The expense of starting a good dairy must necessarily be quite considerable, but if one understands his business well he can keep up the standard of the herd, nnd Increase It, at a very nominal cost. On the other hand, If one does not look forward constantly to the future he will soon find that the cost of kceplug up the work will be so great as to eat up the profits. Tho successful dairyman must consequent ly be somewhat of a breeder himself. He must raise stock for the future, and do It in such a way that the best results are obtained. A great ninny can stnrt well with a good dairy herd, aud they can feed and care for the stock all right, but they fall to look far enough ahead tp keep down ex penses. In other words, every few yenrs they find it necessary to buy blooded stock of a breeder at a cost that takes down the average of profits. Their theory Is that It Is necessary to purchase such blgb-prlced animals to prevent the herd from running down. A good sensible method of breeding at home for the dairy would prevent any such necessity. With good stock to begin with. It is not so difficult to maintain the standard of the animals, especially if new blood Is Introduced from outside sources occasionally. To accomplish this, however. It will be necessary to keep the choice heifers of the best cows, and sire them to pure bred bulls. It is largely a matter of Intelligent selection. The cows and heifers selected for breeding should be chosen for those special points which are needed In the dairy business. It must be remembered that these ani mals are raised for their practical value nnd not for exhibition, nor even to estubllsh some record for a high yield. The dairyman requires good, strong, healthy cows, which will aver age the year around plenty of rich milk aud cream. Form has nothing to do with the matter beyond that which Is necessary to preserve the type of the breed. The milking quali ties are the first essential, aud also the endurance of the animal under or dinary conditions. The very high strung duiry anlmnr which has no hardihood whatever may do for ex hibit, but not for practical dairying. Moreover, we need dairy animals which are gentle and docile. A high strung animal which refuses to be milked without creating a disturb ance, or a vicious brute, should find no place on the practical dairy farm no mutter bow much milk she gives. The trouble and uncertainty of milking would make the animal unprofitable. A bard milker Is also to some extent an unprofitable animal. Time Is money on the dairy, especially at milk ing time, and anything that tends to consume It increases tho cost of the business. C. S. Waters, In American Cultivator. The Cars of Falma. A very successful amateur gardener gives the following advice on the care of palms: Well grown palms nre, of course, more or less expensive, depend ing lu some degree on the variety; economy sometimes compels tho pur chase of smuller plants than we could wish for. But a larger plant at a high er price pays lu the long run, no mat ter how cheaply small palms may be had. Palms at their best are slow growers, and it takes years to grow fine specimen plants. For the same reuson It would prove a useless waste of time for an amateur, even with greenhouse facilities, to try to raise them from seed. Always buy as large a plant as you possibly can. If not in a pot when re ceived put It up at once as follows: Select a pot large enough to comfort- ably contain the ball of roots with a little space all around. As the roots of palms generally strike downward, depth In a pot Is more desirable than width. . Scrub the pot clean, put In about an Inch of draluage material, and then an Inch or so of soil. On this set the bull of roots. Just us received; keep the plant in the centre; fill in a handful of dirt, firm it around the ball with the fingers or with a snlull stick, and continue this until there is about an Inch of space from the top of tho sod to the rim of the pot. Do not set the plant deeper than ludlcated by the old mark on the stalk, showing how deeply if was planted before. Care fully avoid the breaking or bruising of any of the roots; should it occur, cut away the Injured purt cleanly with a sharp knife.- A good soil for palms is composed of two parts of sandy soil and oue part of good, rich loam. Do not use leaf mold, . Palms are Impatient of fre quent repotting, and this can be de ferred by simply replacing the top soil with fresh, rich dirt, without disturb ing the roots and by giving occasional ly doses of liquid manure. A good sub stitute for this latter is soot or the ashes from a wood fire. Both of these must be used sparingly, for they uro apt to burn the plants if too freely ap plied. For "a medium-sized pot work ubout two teaspooufuls Into the soli not oftc-ner than twice a month. Keep the plants In strong light In winter a sunny window Is the best place for them. Apply tepid water when watering becomes necessary, and give enough to soak the whole bull of soil. Shower or sponge the foliage with lukewarm water once a week or so, keep free from dust and watch for Insects. See that no water is allowed to stand on the leaves where the sun Is apt to strike It, as it may burn and discolor them. Give fresh air ou wunu days by slightly lowering a near-by window or opening a door for a short time. In the summer the pots may be plunged to the rim in the' garden. Se lect a place facing the east, so they will have only the morning sun, arid see that it is so sheltered thut high winds will not break the stalks or tear the leaves. Putting a handful of (vial ushes under the pot will prevent worms from working up through the drainage hole. During, this season frequent watering will be necessary -1 much more so than In the winter. New York Commercial Advertiser, bery Is the secret of landscape garden OirFIClLTr WITH VERBS. Troubles That Children Hare In Learn ing to Talk. It has been truthfully said that chil dren lenrn more during tbetr first six yenrs of life than during the eight years speut In the ward schools. Dur ing this period the child shows remark ablo precocity in learning the mother tongue, and appears to learn two lan guages ns easily as one. He will learn a foreign language, If thrown among foreigners, better during these first six years, tbau he can In a complete courss In school. This is proved by the thou sands of six-year olds In this city who speak good English, while their par ents cannot speak English at all. Tho strenuous effort of these littl ones to acquire a medium for the ex pression of their quaint Ideas, as well as their own desire to speak correctly, was shown the other day In a conver sation between a little student and bet mamma.'. The child had experienced much dlfllculty In mustering the vari ous forms of the verb "to be," and had been corrected times without nnmbet by the mother, who believes that the time to teach correct Kuglish Is during the first stages of progress. The child persisted In mixing her "nms," "weres" and "beens" to an alarming degree, and had been corrected, until the mother had lost all patience, and at last told the child that in the future she would not answer questions not properly framed, thinking this plan would make the child more careful in the selection of words. Tho other day the mother wns sitting crocheting n Jacket for the baby, nnd Lucille stood near, wondering what her mamma was doiug. Finally her curios ity became so strong that she said: "Mamma, what Is that going to be?" The mother, busy counting stitches, failed to hear the question, and con tinued her count without answering. The child, thinking she hnd not nn swered because she had made another horrible blunder, thought a while and at last said: "Mamma, what is that going to arc?" This the mother heard, and simul taneously recalled the first question of the child. Wondering what would come next, she maintained silence, and the little one stood In perplexity, first on one foot, then on the other. After some weighty thinking, she said: "Mamma, what are that going to Is?" No answer, and another period of silence, then: "Mamma, what am that going to were?" Still no answer, and tears filled the blue eyes, and the red lips became pursed with perplexity. The eyes filled and ran over, and still the mother sat unmoved, with a mischievous smile lurking In her eyes, waiting for further results, and determined to make up for all of this anguish by a bountiful supply of hugs and kisses. In one supreme effort, as though real izing that this was her last chance, Lucille burst Into a mighty sob, and breaking the bonds of self-restraint with which she bad bound herself, screamed out: "Mamma! What was -that n'goln' to was?" Milwaukee Sentinel. A Moonlit Garden. The following bit of description is from "Confessions of a Wife," by "Mary Adams," a new novel dealing with marriage, In the Century. It is a young woman who Is speaking, and Job Is her dog: "For Job and I went out into the garden, and the world was as white as death, and as warm as life, and we pluugeu into the night as it we plunged into a bath of warmth and whiteness and I ran faster than Job. The yellow June llllles are out, and the purple fleurs-de-lis; the white climber Is in blossom on the tree-houst?, and the other roses oh, the roses! There was such a scent of everything in one a lily-honey-lrls-rose perfume that I felt drowned In it, as if I had one flower trying to become another, or doomed to become others still. It was as quiet as paradise. I ran up the steps to Ararat, and Job stayed be low to paw a toad. The little white rose followed me all over the lattice, and seemed to creep after me; It has a golden heart, and such a scene as I cannot describe; It Is the kind of sweet ness that makes you not want to talk about It. The electric light In the street was out, for this suburb, being of an economical turn of mind, never competes with the moon. There was moon enough oh, there was enough, I thluk, for the whole world! For, when that happened which did happen, It seemed to me as If the whole world were looking at me." Old American Bottles. In early American glassware the his tory of our natlouul art progress has been written. Choice and precious indeed are the crude blue-green and brown amber bottles made early in the nineteenth ceutury the portrait bottles bearing busts of Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, De Witt Clinton, Zaehnry Taylor, Kossuth and Jenny LInd. Local decorative subjects on many lines of idea were treated by the first American bottle-makers; and the most exquisite Venetian bottle cannot outrank in value, to a nntrtntin Am. erican collector, tho primitive old flasks ornamented with Indians, Ma sonic emblems, tho eagle, stars, flags, log cabins, cunuou and steamships, or such outdoor themes as the seasons, birds, fruits, trees, sheaves of wheat, the flshermun, deer, the gunner ond his hounds, and the first bicycle. The earliest American railway, with a car drawn by a horse, Is historically cele brated on a glass flusk, as well as the bold Pike's Peak pilgrim, with hi staff and bundle. The Century. A Zoological Stamp Album. The latest novelty in postage stamps, says Golden Penny, Is made to look something like a tuenogerle, each page being covered with bars. The only stamps admitted are those which beat a design of an animal and there ar more of these than one would imagine at first sight. From the United State come a pony and a buffalo, from La buun a stag and a crocodile, Liberia has a hippopotamus and an elephant, Newfoundland has a dog, a codfish and a seal, nnd West Austrolla re joices In a swan. The book is made doubly Interesting if it Is illnstrnteii with pictures of the trees aud foliage belonging to each place. .. I i Mi WmlM t.-ii" ".r.-vr--- r.-.v-.1:ifT ' New Tork City. Jaunty Jackets of taffeta and peau de sole have been worn for several seasons, and are still fashionable, but the latest thing In LADIES COLLARLESS ETON. Etons is black moire. Some lovely watered effects are shown In this rich fabric, and the linings are usually of Ivory satin. As Illustrated the garment Is shaped With Bhoulder and underarm seams, a perfect adjustment being maintained In the back. The fronts nre fitted with single bust Barts and cut awny slightly nt the neck. The Eton terminates at the waist line in the back and bus a styl- SHIRT WAIST COSTUME. lsh dip In front. It may be fastened with invisible hooks and eyes, but Is usually worn open. The regulation two-piece coat sleeves have slight fulness on the shoulders, fit the arms closely and flare In bell ef fect at the wrists. Mucbine stitching ou the edges and seams form a smart finish. Some of the collurloss Etons this season are strapped with bands of the moire, and others have black broadcloth figures appllqued on the back and sleeves. To make the Jacket In the medium size will require two aud one-half yards of twenty-two Incb material. " Shirt Waist Costumes the vogu. Shirt waist costumes will enjoy an extended vogue during the coming sea son, and inuny charming effects are produced in these stylish toilets. The largo Illustration shows one of the most popular modes developed In blotting-paper blue Hutu, with ecru lace trimmings. The blouse has for Its fouudutlon a glove-fitted lining that closes iu the centre frout This may, however, be omitted, and the adjustment made with shoulder and underarm seams. It preferred. Tho back is plain across the shoul ders, and bas slight fuluess at the waist arranged lu small pleats. The fronts fasten with buttons aud button holes worked through the centre pleat. A rolling collar completes the neck and forms revers lu front that are drawn together beneath a jaunty tie. It Is trimmed with bands of ecru lace. The shield and sailor collar are of dark blue ljuen, embroidered In light blue dots. Tbese are adjustable, and a pleasing variety may be bad by mak ing several shields of embroidery, tucking or lace to wear with eacb blouse. The regulation shirt waist sleeves have slight fulness on the shoulders and nt tne arms Closely. They are completed with straight cuffs and laps at tho opening in the back. The skirt Is shaped with seven gores, fitted smoothly around the waist and over the hips. The closing is made in visibly at the back under two inverted pleats that are flatly pressed. Clusters of three forward turning tucks are arranged at tho front or straight edge of the side aud back gores, the first tucks being adjusted to cover the seams. The skirt Is cut off around the bottom and the flounce applied to form its lower portion. Three tucks at the top of the hem form a stylish finish to the flounce, which Is very full and flares gracefully at the floor. ' 1 . A baud of lace Is applied at the top ft nr . . of the flounce. Tho mode may be de veloped in batiste, pique, mercerized cotton or duck, trimmed with lace, em broidery or stitched bands. It is also appropriate for serge. cheY lot, wool canvas or challie, which may, be worn for yachting and outing par ties of nil kinds. To make the waist In the niedli'-n slzo will require two and one-quarter yards of thlrty-slx-lnch material. To make the skirt In the medium size will re quire six yards of thlrty-slx-lnch ma terial. Cray Pongee. Did you know you could buy gray pongee this summer? You can If you ask for it. and this gives another wel come change to the girl who Is coming slowly out of mourulng and wishes to add a blouse durable and vnluable as pongee Is, nnd gray, an available color, to her nil -black ond black-and-white wardrobe. Hitherto our pongees have been of nn ecru or yellowish tinge, but the coming of gray Is a decided advan tage. Shirt Waist Seta. Shirt waist sets Include not only col lars ond cuffs, but also bands or a plas tron to ornament the waist front. From the first simple beginnings of hemstitched sets they have developed Into numerous other effects. The ma terials used are as numerous ns the de signs. A Bes.utlful Parasol. A pretty parasol has the lower part of the cover of bright red tucked In plncb tucks, and above that the top of plain white silk embroidered at Inter vals with small palm leaves in red, out lined with black. A Handsome Lorgnette. ' A very handsome lorgnette shows a heuvy raised design In brilliants on a ground of soft green enamel. A Smart Waist. The smart waist Illustrated is made of china blue and black polka-dot per cale, with pale blue trimmings. The back is plain across the shoul ders and drawn down close to the belt, where the fulness is arranged lu small pleats. It Is faced with percale to a pointed yoke depth. The waist closes with pearl buttons and buttonholes worked through the centre pleat. There is slight fulness at the neck and the lower portion forms a stylish blouse over the narrow satin belt. A plain collar completes the neck. It Is partially covered with a jaunty satin stock and tie: the bishop sleeves are shaped with Inside seams, and have comfortable fulness on the shoulders. They are gathered at the lower edges aud arranged on cuffs that are pointed In front and shallow at the back. The mode may be developed In pique., madras, linen, lawn or any wash fab ric. It is also appropriate for taffeta, peau de sole, albatross, Henrietta and French flannel. The cuffs, collar and pleat may be of contrasting material or machine stitched. To make the waist for a miss of four- MISSES 8HTBT WAIST. teen years will requlro one aud three quarter yards of thirty-six-iucb mate l'luL . -
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