r D E THAYED'BY'A'P UM PK1N 1 NEVER see a bnrrel of spples I opened, with tho carefully selected J "facer" placed stem up In concern trie circles just beneath the head, -without thinking with somewhat bit ter amusement of the two seasons, nearly a score of years ngo, when Cousin Henry Reynolds nnd I worked Grandfather Putnam's farm on shares. We had been graduated from the rarkerstown High School the preced ing June; ami while we looked for ward to a professional career, both of is wove short of money. As so ninny other? have done In similar circum stances, we taught school the first winter. Henry In District No. 11, Sprlucbrook. and I In the adjoining township of Hickory nidge. He boarded with Deacon Salnthlcl Put nam, our maternal grandfather. The old gentleman had leased his farm for a number of years to a man named Moses Lynch, a plausible fel low, but one of questionable honesty. Grandfather had determined to get rid of him, and when he learned bow eager Henry and I were to earn money with which to complete our education. be offered us the rental of his farm for two seasons. Ho agreed to furnish everything stock, tools and seed and we were to do the work for two fifths of the gross receipts. All our friends advised us to accept the offer, as the terms were more lib eral than those accorded most farm tenants unprovided with an outfit. The old farm comprised one hundred and five acres, of which not quite one half was under the plow. There was a large pasture, ten acres of forest, a two-acre sugar-bush of huge hard maple trees, a chestnut grove on the hillside overlooking Spring Brook, from which the township takes Its name, and four and a half acres cov ered with apple and peach orchards. The soil was a deep clay loam, fertile but hilly, and hard to cultivate. The two orchards were esteemed more valuable than the plow land of ten times their area. The old orchard consisted of trees my great-grandfather had set out. the seeds having been brought rom Con necticut In a packet at the 'w-'tom of great-grandmother's handbag. She had carefully sowed them in a little nursery bed, from which the tender apple seedlings had been transplanted far and wide. Half of the original orchards In tbe county trace their de scent from that hand bag, which thus became a sort of fairy godmother to what Is now the greatest apple-producing region of its area in tbe State. Of course these seedlings, not being budded, bore natural fruit of ho par ticular variety, and most ' of tne ap ples were unfit for sale. Five years before we took the farm grandfather had had all except a half dozen of the trees grafted with Greenings, Baldwins, Northern TSpys, Pippins and Tompkins County Kings. This new wood was just beginning to bear, and in May the young orchard, with the Bhorter lived peach trees mid way between the rows, was covered with a wealth of pinky white blossoms. We hoped to net at least $000 from the apples. Soon it was apparent that we should need to have an abundant harvest If we were to receive a suitable reward for our hard labor, for 111 luck pursued us almost from the beginning. Per haps III luck is hardly the name for our misfortunes, for the baud of a human enemy was plainly apparent in every disaster of which we were the victims. Early in April the mold boards, points nnd land sides of two of our plows, left in the furrow over night, were found smashed the following morning. The bead of an axe or a sledge bn miner had been used upon them. It cost us $12 to replace the broken parts, and we fWt morally bound to repair any damage done to using tbem. Eight weeks later two of the best milch cows in our herd sickened and died, a loss of $7.. Arsenic was found in their stomachs, but bow adminis tered we could not discover. We took extraordinary precautions thereafter to house all stock and ma chinery, and to keep our outbuildings locked at night, but when our wheat was ripe and we drew out the reaper grandfather bad bought the year before we found It practically ruined. Many of the smaller working parts were missing and the driving chain had been filed nearly in two In several places. So far as we knew the machine had been under lock and key ever since we took the place. The cost of repairing It would exceed $100, and the grain could not wait. Grandfather Insisted npoi assuming the whole of this loss, while we hired a neighbor to cut our grain. "Boys." the old gentleman said, his volte trembling and his face twitching with grief nnd :in;er, until this sea son I did not believe that I had uu en emy ou earth; at least, not one with such bitter hatred iu his heart as this work shows. The thought of that hurts me worse than the liuuntlitl loss." "It must be our enemy, sir. not yours " I said, trying to soothe the old man's grief. "Such things never hup. pened to von t!Il we came." "It's net ttumity at all, in the ordi nary sense," said Henry, emphatically. "It is deliberate, malignant injury, daae simply to ruin and drive us away. Now who would profit by our being f areed to leave the farm''" "Why, oa one; no one, at all, iny boy." "Yes. perhaps; bat who thinks be might be the gainer by our going away?" "Why why," said grandfather, deep ly pained and obviously hesitating, "I know of no one, unites It might be M -i He itopped short and shook bis head. "Cules it might be Mose Lynch," aid Heury, bluntly, completing the sentence. "He's over on the old Spen cer farm, across the brook, where tbe picking is mighty slim compared with what be Lad here, especially as Uncle Hiram watches hlui as a cat would a niocse." ''It doesn't seem possible; Indeed, it doe not!" said grandfather, under his breath, walking away with bowed head. He would not accuse another without proof, even In thought. "Really, Henry, It Is hard to believe," I remarked, "especially as we never have laid a straw In bis way, and grandfather has befriended him a score of times." "Who Is it. If he Isn't the innn?" my cousin demanded. "Don't yon remem ber how be delayed leaving the place, and hindered our spring's work by clut tering up the barns as long as he could? That wns rttre malice, for all bis soft, oily words and bis smoothing his whis kers between words. I tell you, .lack, lie's a scoundrel, and If we don't trip him up somehow he'll make a good deal more trouble for us." "But grandfather wouldn't tako blm back under any conditions; he'd let the farm stand Idle first." "That's nil very true, but Lynch doesn't know It. Grandfather Is so careful not to hurt people's feelings that be never has told the man frankly what he thinks of blm. I'll guarantee Mose feels sure he could come back If we were out of the way, and that tbe only reason he was forced to leave was because we wanted to work the farm." We said nothing of our losses except to Mr. Stone, our grandfather's lawyer, who advised us to keep our mouths shut and our eyes and ears open, for, as he explained, we were helpless with out positive legal proof. Our amateur d-teetlve work resulted In nothing except M make us so alert and cautious that possibly we prevent- ed other attempts. At all events we were undisturbed for several months, until we bad grown comparatively careless again. Our yield of grain was below tbe av erage, and the drought also reduced our receipts from milk delivered at the cheese factory, but tbe Putnam or chards were heavily laden for on off year, when many of our neighbors had not enough apples for their own use. The quality of the fruit was excellent, and the price promised to be high. Instead of 200 barrels of apples, as as we had estimated, we found late in October, when tbe last tree had been picked, that we bad 428 barrels. These we picked with great care. We rejected all Inferior fruit, and sold It at a neighboring evaporator for six ty cents a hundred pounds. While we were at work grandfath er's old friend and fellow citizen, Mor ris Howe, one of the Spriugbrook pro duce dealers, drove to the farm, saw us put up a few barrels, and bought the entire crop for $3 02Vi a bnrrel, delivered at bis warehouse. We hud uiude a good sale, but we felt the ap ples were worth the price offered. The following week we were com pelled to go to Arden to attend the an nual teachers' institute, as both Henry and I bad secured schools for the com ing winter. Grandfather promised to keep a sharp eye on tbe barreled np ples, which were piled under the trees where they had been packed. I'pon our return we found their num ber undiminished, and as soon as pos sible we drew them to the warehouse lu Spriugbrook village. When I ar rived with the last load I found Mr. Howe talking with Moses Lynch, who was delivering bis apples ut the same time. With a wholly gratuitous show of virtue Moses removed the head from one of his barrels and very ostenta tiously emptied its 'contents on the floor. The apples were Baldwins of large sste and well colured. "They's nut luauy care ter do that, Mr. Howe." he drawled, with a telf-satislii-d air. "They don't cai'late on showiu' what's iu th' middle, but I put 'cm up all alike clean through." "Oh, I fancy nil honest men do the sume, Mr, Lynch," sulJ the dealer, pleasantly. "Oh, yas, yas, hones' men do; but they're kinder skase, kinder skase, Mr. Howe." "1 haven't fuuud it so," was the re ply. "Here's Jack Morton, for in stance Deacon I'utuam's grandson. I saw him packiug apples last month, and I'm sure he wouldn't be afraid to dump them anywhere." "That I would not, Mr. Howe," I said, eagerly, for I was nettled at what I fancied was a bidden taunt in Lynch's remarks. "Here is a barrel of Long Island Greculugs; let us see If tbey wou't match Mr. Lynch's Bald wlna." Hastily drawing up the hoops till I could pry out the head, I disclosed the golden-green beauties beneath it, and then poured them out upon the floor. A I tossed tbe empty barrel to one side my eyes fell upon an object that completely unnerved me for au instant. From the center of the burrel bad rolled a twenty-pound pumpkin, sur rounded by about a peck of tbe guarlieat, smallest cide-applet I ever saw. "WaL wal!" Moses drawled, smiling quoerly. "Picked the wrong bar!, ft W "PICKED THE WRONG BAR'L, DIDN'T YE. TOUXG FELLER?" didn't ye, young feller? But I'm In truding this ain't none o' my busi ness," and with the last word the mac fomigcd out of tbe Untitling, still sniil lug. My first Impulse was to spring aftet him, shouting accusations and threats, for I was convinced that be was t lie author of this fresh misfortune, more galling and unbearable than ail thai had gone lvfore; but the shame of mj false position held me back till be hud disappeared, and afterward I was glnd that I had kept silent. "What do.'s this mean, Jack?" Mr, Howe asked, lu a kindly tone. In reply I told blm nil that bad 00 curred, stating my belief thnt Mcsef Lynch bad In some manner cont.'lvct) to place the pumpkin nnd worthiest npples In the barrel during our ab sence at the lustliute. To my great relief, the denier showed plainly thai ho believed me. He advised extrcmt caution lu speak lug of the matter till we were In possession of some tangiblt evidence, which be said he felt sure would be obtatlued sooner or later It was arranged that we should reas sort all our apples at his warehouse, a locked room being set apart for the purpose. Henry was almost speechless with rnge and shame, and granufather 'vol greatly disturbed wfira I told tbem the miserable story that night. Lott feared Lynch would spread It broad cast, but I suspected that ho meant Instead to hold It as a club over out heads. It took us several days to Inspect the barrels, although in the end we found only twenty-four had been tam pered with. From them we took no equal number of pumpkins and be tween four and five bushels of cider- apples. Tbe net loss to us was seven barrels, besides our time and labor. We piled tbe pumpkins in a cornet and placed tbe rejected apples in sacks. Just as we were finishing out unpleasant task Henry happened to glance at tbe heap of pumpkins, uuou which a strong light fell from an ad jacent wiudow. With a muttered ex clamution he hastily crossed the room and picked up one. "What does this mean. Jack?" he asked, excitedly. "See! 'T. E. L.' " Dimly outlined on the surface of the vegetable were the three letters. They were between green and brown in color, and were seamed with tiny wrinkles, while all about them the skin was smooth oud yellow. "That's a Hallowe'en pumpkin," I said, after a moment's thought. "Some child has pasted bis Initials cut from paper on the upper side while it was still green. And say, Henry, 'L.' stands for 'Lynch'!" "And 'T. E." Tor 'Thomas Ellsworth,' eh. Jack? We must let Mr. Howe see this at once." Thomas Lynch was Moses' only son, n lad about eleven years of age, who bad been one of Henry's pupils during tbe preceding winter. The practice of marking apples and pumpkins in this way was a very com mon one. The space covered by the pasted paper of course did not take the ripened color of the rest of tbe fruit, aud the initials or other design would stand out very prominently when the paper was removed. Our Hallowe'en Jack-o'-lanterns were al most always marked in this way. We talked the matter over with Mr. Howe, and afterward waited lu bis office, for Lynch then was delivering uats at the warehouse. His team soon arrived, and to our joy Thomas was the driver and hud tome alonj. "Ever see this before, Tommle?" Mr. Howe asked, calling him lusidii and pointing at the pumpkin. iu.v, nai-nj, yes. me Doy ex claimed, grinning broadly. "I lettered mat uowu in pas back cornfield. He said be must 'a' fed it to the cows by mistake. How d It git up here':" We evaded his question, aud carried the telltale pumpkin In triumph to cur lawyer. Not much more remains to be told. Within a week Mr. Stone found a man who bad seen Lynch at work lu the back part of our orchard ou tbe Sunday afternoon following our de parture for the Institute. As be knew grandfather well, he bad wondered iuui ueacon i'utuam should permit laiior on the Sabbath, but bad said nothing about It till tbe lawyer ques- iioneu mm. In company with this man. and with our proof well In baud, we called on l lie vindictive fellow. Mr. Stone bad advised us to collect Just what bit evil work had cost us. and to make further condition that he leave the country at once, or we would prose cute. iou probably could get heavier damages In money alone," the lawyer said, "but you aud your property never wouia be safe if be were near." ii -.. . i . . luuuweu uu auvice. ana after a stormy Interview, in which Lynch dropped bis mask of smooth beuevy, icnce, we lorced tbe rascal to con our terms. IU paid us 2T0, and In a month left for the West, who still Uvea for aught we anow.-Yif L i j Companion. 6AJ FARM MATTERS. The Farm Manure Piles, Farmers are coming to agreement as to the best way to apply manures. It should be previously composted nnd thoroughly decomposed. Compost piles should be established lu different parts of the grounds, and Into them be cast all sorts of refuse nnd waste material, sod, leaves, weeds, and a large percent age of coul ashes, with wood ashes If possible. Leave the pile during the summer, thoroughly comminute It dur ing the fall, and apply to meadows or gardens. It Is probable, however, thnt we are to sec a great change lu the use Mint will be mnde of our manure henps nnd garbage piles. In England experiments .have been entirely suc cessful In the way of using such ma terial for lighting aud beating farm houses. In France experiments have been made in the same direction, with no other mnterlnl than the composted manure pile which Is In every man's barnyard. The gas collected proves to bo nn excellent llluminaut. New York Tribune. . A Complete Self-Feeilei. An Illlonols correspondent has sent to the Iowa Homestead a sketch of a self-feeder which hp built. Above tho triangular hopper Is a floor with traps In it running the en tire length of the building, and the hopper can be replenished from time to time as occasion requires. Feed can be stored here for bad weather. A door shown In the illustration Is where the self-feeder is replenished from the wagon when the weather is line. According to the correspondent, the projecting roof Is all thnt Is needed for fattening cattle in his locality. The Hone In Demand. If the market is any criterion no mis take is mode In breeding for heavy horses. That class of horses Is In ac tive demand, and tbe heavy draughter, well proportioned, of good action ami lively of spirit, as though aching for a big load to haul, not only tops the mar ket, but la among the first to be picked up. , Of course there Is a fine demand for the really good driving horse, but that demand could be filled while there would still be an aching void that it would take multitudes of draughters to fill though there is not likely to be too many market topping drivers. But the draughter Is the class that the mass of farmers should breed for. It Is easier to get a desirable draugh ter than roadster, as strength aud vigor are easier to get than size, style, action and speed, required by the roadster. But to get the draughter of desired type is not easy. Intelli gent mating of harmonious types Is necessary. The heavy, blocky, mus cular native mare is tho fit mate for the pure bred draught sire. Such parents will beget the desired progeny; while the mare of a type as widely different from the sire as can well be Imagined will result lu a badly propor tioned colt that Is now the dull and unsought for laggard iu tho horse mar ketsbecause there are too many' of him. Farm, Stock and Home. Setting Turkeya. One of the most practical ways of providing nesting place for the tur keys is to furnish barrels for them; but as a rule after the units are fixed there are from oue to three turkeys that want to lay In the same place, and they consequently set there when they become broody. It is often quite dif ficult to change a turkey's nest when one becomes broody, but It is none the less necessary. Two turkeys cannot sit together successfully. It U a very poor plan to attempt to allow them to do so, as the majority of tbe eggs are sure to be broken, besides two turkeys will not cover as many eggs as the same two will if set lu different nests. I have found the best plan to single off the hens is to provide barrels, nnd if two or three insist ou laying to gether to allow them to do so until one becomes broody. After oue Is sup plied with a clutch, set a wide board up In front of tbe barrel end lightly so thnt tbe inclosed hen will have no trouble in crowding out and thereby pushing the board over so that she can come back without difficulty. As soon as she has returned to the nest nil will bo right when tbe board is placed lu position agaiu. Thus pro tected the ben is safe from being bothered by other b'.'iis, but cau' easily leave the nest wheuever clcejrable. Care should be observed that the' board leans lightly against the barrel end, otherwise the lien will cot be liable to push it over easily. C. I Reynolds, in Amerlc-uu Agriculturalist. I'nsparlBr Cuttle rer Market. Feeding cattle for market Is a pleas nut occupation If oue is so situated as to have tbe light kind otstoek and the right kind of feed. I hardly know 1 which Is the most essential, the kind of stock or the feeding lot. Oue thing I do know, and that Is it is very Im portant that tbe stock should be kept quiet; that the feed lot be off from the rood, be well drained and well sheltered, so that the cattle may have a good, warm place to go Into in stormy weather, and these shelters should always bo provided with beds of nice clean straw. Hogs should have their bedrooms In a separate cor ner, for the steers are apt to step on and Injure tbem. The cattle should be fed regularly, rain r shine. It is better not to feed mt" too early in the morning, as ken nlyr"i them of their rest, nor fie robbers. evening. Never feed tie will eat "p clean o the fee4 tsougs) free from all cobs, etc., which might be left In them. If ear corn Is fed, 1 would break It as often as possible, for tbe smaller the better for rough ness. In ray opinion, nothing I better tbnn corn fodder, with the corn la'f. Water Is a most Important considera tion. The tank should be In a nice, warm corner nnd furnish an abun dance of clean, fresh water. A filthy tank, with muddy water, Is not a fit place for a nice, clean steer to drink from. T. F. Finch, In Prairie Farmer. Root Or ft I tiff nnd Top drafting. A matter Is beginning to call special attention among our fruit growers. We find In our orchards many trees which do not prove to be hardy. Among these are old varleltes of np ples, which have eudured the hardest winters for a century. For a time the dllllculty has beeu solved by tho reply that "varieties run out." This Is not true, for old Spllzenburg Is giving us Just as good crops as ever, when prop erly treated. The fact Is that most of these old standard varieties were grafted In the tops of seedling trees. They have never until recently been tested as to their ability to resist se vere winters. But now we are buying the same sorts, root grafted in the nursery. Tbe Spltttenburg Is a good Instance of an apple that will wluter kill nil tip nnd down the body of tho trees and tbe larger limbs; but If grafted In the tops of trees, will show no signs of damage. Wo have come around, then, to a time when we must begin once more either to grow our own fruit trees or to demand that tbey be grafted five or six feet from the ground on hardy seedlings. Sow n small nursery of apple seeds, and select tbe smoothest, cleanest, hardiest stock for your or chard use. During the first four or five years nature will have killed out the least hardy stock, and you will have left the very best to be grafted. When these are about ten feet high, graft tbem nt the height of six feet, or seven, and you will have once more the old fashioned, long lived and en during orchards. E. P. P., In New York Tribune Farmer. A New Style of Brooder. The out shows a departure from tbe usual style of brooder, this being built out-of-doors aud two stories high. Tbe upper part has three compartments. One Is for the hover, where the great est heat will be had. Tbe lamp, or brooder stove, is located In a compart ment directly beneath this. The next TWO-BTOBT ODTDOOB BROODER. compartment, opening out of the first, is a sunny scratching room, the front being a glass door. The next in order is an apartment with wire netting only In front, where the chicks cau get their first taste of outdoor air. As tbe chicks get older they can be allowed to go down to tbe ground be ueath 'by an Inclined run. With such nu urrungemect the chicks can reach any kinds of temperature desired, so they need not be overheated, nor un derheated. Such a brooder, being up from tbe ground, is much easier to care for than the ordinary kind. To build It, four corner posts can be driven Into the ground, or It can be made with a frame, so as to be moved about from place to place. An excel lent size Is nine feet loug and three feet wide. Webb Donnell, In New England Homestead. Whv Keep Poor Cowa? Ouly tbe rich can afford to keep poor cows, and they don't, and the poorer a man is the better his few cows should be if he Is to make a liv ing. To see a poor man keeping poor cows is a sight to make one sigh at the short-sightedness of muu. A poor liinn cannot afford to waste his money on poor cows, but a rich oue can. Usually we hear it said that tbe poor man cannot afford to own good cows. This is contrary to all experience. If be cau afford to own any, be can af ford to own the best. Tbe poor man who refuses to spend the money necessary to purchase a good cow, and finds enough to get hold of a second-grade one, must work dou ble time to get any profit, aud wait years before he cau breed it up to a higher standard. It Is better to re alize this at the beginning, that the poor man better put all his money lu half a dozen good cows than in a dozen or two inferior ones. In the end be will masa n:ore uiouey. The profits of dairying depend entirely upon tbe cows and the system of rais ing feed aud giving it to the unimals. There is nothing else to decide tbe matter oue way or the other. At tbe Pan-American model dairy there "were good, but uot fancy-bred cows, which made forty dollars profit per year for their owners, after the cost of feed had beeu deducted, which, by the way, was bought lu the market and not raised on the borne farm. If one good cow will make that profit a herd of ten or twenty should net one a pretty fair income. This can be done in al most any region where the grass is good and where good methods of farm lug and dairying are observed. More cau be accomplished, but this is enough to show what some dairies can and are doing. It matters not so much what kind of breed you bare, so loug as the ani mals are adapted to dulrying. and they are good representatives of their race. Each animal must be judged on Its individual merits, and If not up to tbe standard it should be discarded. Price does not always measure the value of a serviceable cow. Sometimes high prices are tacked on for certain struc tural forms aud breed characteristics which would not be of any use to tbe ordinary dairyman. Dr. A. T. Worse, lu American Cultivator. Am Interacting Fact. "Little l.'ed Riding Hood" was writ ten by Charles Perrault, a French author, who published it In 101)7. Ladles' Home Journal . 9 . i'tl ew York City. Green and black polka dot challle la used for this stylish waist, with saffron lace for collar and wristbands. The smart stock and tie, also the narrow belt, are of black satin. Tbe waist is mounted on a glove fitted, featherboned lining that closes In the back. Tbe challle Is drawn ' smoothly across the lining In the back ' and under the arms. The closing Is made with cut jet buttons. I Two deep pleats extend from shoul der to waist In front, giving a Gibson effect that is very becoming to slender girlish figures. i The fronts are tucked at tbe neck .with six forward turning tucks that are stitched down to simulate a pointed yoke. Tbe fulness provided by tbe tucks forma a blouse over the belt that fastens with a gold buckle. A plain, transparent lace collar com pletes the neck. The bishop sleeves are shaped with Inside seams only, have comfortable fulness on tbe shoulder and are arranged on deep lace wrist- STI&ISB TCOKBD BLOOSB. FANCY WAIST AND LADIES' SKIRT. bands, over which they drop styllbhly. To make the blouse for a miss four teen years will require one and three quarter yards of thlrty-slx-Inch ma terial. Fancy Walit and Tacked Skirt. Owlug to the extended vogue of Pom padour styles this seasou, silks and, transparent fabrics are produced In an Immense variety of large flower de signs that are striking in appearance and very effective when used for sum mer toilets. The costume Illustrated In the large cut is made of white organdie, figured with pink roses and trailing vines. The decoration consists of neck, waist and sleeve bands of pink panne and broad lace insertion. Tbe waist is mounted on a glove fitted liuing that closes in the back. The front Is tucked at the neck and the tucks stitched down a short dis tance, providing a becoming fulness over tbe bust. A broad band of lace Is applied across the front. Tbe back is plain and a perfect ad justment is maintained under tbe arms. The closing Is made with fancy pearl buttons having coral centres. Tbe neck is cut slightly low and finished with velvet ribbon that ties In rosettes at the shoulders. Tbe sleeves are shaped with Inside scams only, and tucked to fit the up per arm closely. Tbe tucks terminate above the elbow and tbe puff is ar ranged on a narrow arm band of velvet tbat Is finished with rosette at the elbow. The skirt Is mads ever a circular foundation of pink taffeta to which the lower .flounces of organdl are applied. Tbe upper skirt Is tucked at each side of the front to form a panel. The tucks are stitched from waist to knees and end several Inches above the edge of the upper skirt The ful ness of the centre back Is arranged lii a colter of tucks that are stitched down a short distance, the skirt falling In soft, graceful folds below the tucks' Tbe lower edges of the flounces are trimmed with broad bands of lace to match that used on tbe waist. The skirt touches In front and on tho aides with a stylish sweep at the back, and has a modish flare around the bottom. To make the waist In the medium sle will require one and three-eighth yards of forty-four Inch material. To make the skirt in the medium size will require four and one-half yards of forty-four Inch material. Cobweb Shirring, For one of the very modish crepe de chine dresses there's nothing lovelier than tbe cobweb shirring, and, one may well add, there are few things more difficult to accomplish. These sblrrlngs are done on flue cords nnd are so shaped that even that wonder worker, the spider, might well be de ceived at a little distance Into recog nizing the finished web as her own labor. These shirtings are used In con Junction with other trimmings, espe cially appliques of lace; each web Is six or eight Inches long and eight or ten are necessary, while two dozens are used with good effect. Such shirred dret's is only possible In crepe, voile, tolle and like materials. A Balaty Block. Dainty and cool Is a stock of white, with a point of white dotted pink mus lin In tbe front, and more of the muslin finishing tbe tie ends. A Charming I,ace. Filet lace Is charming, used in bands set Into grass linen frocks. Ladles' Box Pleated Jacket. Some of tbe season's smart suits con sist of three pieces to match waist, skirt and a box-plented coat, like the one Illustrated. Garments in this style are also made of silk, satin or moire, and worn aa separate Jackets with any costume. Pale gray taffeta Is used for this stylish coat, which is lined throughout with soft liberty satin of tho same shade. The bow at the neck of gray chiffon embroidered In black chenille dots. Tbe coat Is adjusted with shoulder and under-arm seams only. The ful ness on the shoulders Is arranged In deep box pleats back and front. These are flatly pressed, but hang loosely and flare at tbe lower edge. Ths fast ening la made invisibly In tho centre front A fancy sailor collar completes tbe neck. It Is square in the back nnd round In front, the edges being ma chine stitched. The one-piece sleeves have a box pleat on top, also a deep backward turning pleat at the side, to provide additional fulness at tbe wrist The pleats are arranged so the sleeve fits the arm well from tbe shoulder to el bow and hangs loosely from that point to the lower edge, where machine stitching is used for a finish. Some of these Jackets have wide lace collars iu place of tbe sailor collar shown here. Others are trimmed with lace or bands of ribbon connected with fancy stitches. In moire the garment box niiTiD hcui; Is very effective, with lines of feather stitching shown here. To make the jacket In the medium s!se will require three aud a half yards of twenty -two-lucb nittUrlaL - -
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