"I'M COINC
When you've set your head to do it,
When your jmlirmrnt ssy you're richt,
When your conscience kivcs it sanction,
Then pitch in with all your might.
Don't let anything prevent you.
Though the otUU ecem big and strong;
Every obstacle must vanish
As the swift days roll along
i If you set your jaw ami say:
' "Well, I'm going to, anyway!"
What's this life that we are living,
Cut a mighty hurdle race?
Every obstacle encountered
Makes you quicken up your pace
Till, with mighty bound triumphant,
You eome safely to the goal
You had toiled for, you had longed f
In the centre of your soul.
When you set your jaw to say:
' "Well, I'm going to, anyway!'
A HEROINE
How She Entertained
E
rWAItn LESLIE klsiiod his
wife fondly when she ran to
Xthe door to welcome him home
reached their cozy kitchen he dropped
wearily Into tho easy chair by the lire
nnd rested his head upon hi? hand, lie
was tlmd after a long day's work, with
nothing but a couple of buns to stay
the Inner man tired nmlv.-orrled. They
had been marrted now nearly twelve
months, and they found housekeeping
more expensive than they had antici
pated, and the better times they had
hoped for seemed ns fur off as ever. It
was nearly the nd of the month, too,
and the rent would soon be due. The
coal, also, had yet to be paid for, and
then there was the Interest on some
"tickets" which must be paid, or his
little wife would lose the little Jewelry
she treasured so, but which she gave
up so willingly to help the man she
loved In the hard struggle to get their
little home together.
"Dinner Is nearly rendy, dearest,"
she snld as she stroked his hair back
from his forehead. "And yon are hun
gry nnd tired, dear, and worried."
Presently the postman's sharp rap
caused him to spring up and run to the
door. He came back more slowly.
"It's from Uncle Mac," he said.
"Well. I am surprised. He arrived In
England yesterday morning, and oh,
good heavens! we must put him off.
We can't do it."
Mrs. Leslie took the letter.
"My Dear Godson Ted I hare come
bark to England after fifteen years In
Australia. As things are not too well
with me, I propose to come and stay n
few months with you. I suppose since
you are married fortune Is smiling
upon you, and they say throe can be
kept as cheaply as one. Expect me to
night about 0. All news then. Your
affectionate uncle, MAC."
"Why, I always thought your Vncle
Mac was doing so well, Ted," she said,
slowly, as she finished.
"So did I," said her husband. "But,
then, everyone abroad Is always doing
well. I must write at once nnd put
him off."
"No, Ted, dear," his little wife said,
bravely. "Because you are married I
don't want him to think we are quite
so poor. Wc will manage somehow."
But she sighed a little as she thought
how quickly, even now, the weekly pay
dwindled to a shilling or two before
Friday night.
Barely an hour later Uncle Mae an
nounced his arrival with a performance
on the little brass knocker which start
led several of Mr. Leslie's quiet neigh
bors. "Glad to see you, me boy. Glad to
see you. Nice little place you got, but
awkward to And. Took the wrong train
at Broad street, so had to come up on
the tram. And I say, Ted, my boy,
why on earth don't they put the pave
ment all the way along the street?
Half way down I got mixed up in a
mountain of mortar, quite lost my
temper, and nearly my umbrella. As
I sahl to a man who came down with
me, 'That's an infernally ugly looking
thing Your wife, eh. Ted?" broke
off Uncle Mac. ns he caught sight of
Nellie in the hall. "Glad to make your
acquaintance. Mrs. Ted," he said, walk
lng Into Nellie's dainty little drawing
room the pride of her Hie bringing
with him sufficient of the much-sized
mortar on his boots to build a small
sized villa. "Come over to the light
and let me look nt you."
"Nice face, but tired," he said, quite
audibly, although Intended only for
himself. "Smart girl, hut no strength
or backbone. Novel and the sofa and
pretty fal-dal-lals. Wonder why he
married her?"
"Because he loved me and I loved
him," said Nellie, proudly.
"I beg your pardon," suld Uncle Mac,
hurriedly. "Silly habit, speaking your
thoughts aloud. Learnt It in the lone
ly bush. No offense. Hope you're
happy and your love will lust, but they
do suy when poverty comes In at the
what's-its-nnme love skoots out of the
thingummy."
"That's wrong, my dear,, isn't It?"
said Edward, slipping his arm round
ber waist. "Poverty only make our
love the brighter. But come. Uncle
Mac, my, little girl has gome real old
Irish stew for supper, and I'm sure
you're hungry."
"You're right, Ted, my boy." cried
Uncle Mac. "I'm absolutely raven
ous." "You won't mind the kitchen, will
you, Mr. er ?" Nellie began.
"Mac, my dear, plain Mac; that Is,
of course, Uncle Mac, to you." be re-
im.uu. x-ersonatjy i prefer the
ucuen."
During supper he kept tbra all
merry with stories of his life In Aus
tralia, but Nollle's eyes noted with ap
prehension that bis appetite was likely
to bo a gerious strain on her limited
larder.
"Good tack, this." he ,aia presently,
with appreciation. "Knocks billy and
damper hollow. But you're not eating
much!" "Oh. I've pleoty, thank you." the
stammered, but Uncle Mac silently
noted that tu meat bad been served
to Ted and himself, while her plate
made a brave show with little else than
pouto.
Nearly a week passed and one day
u wa Just wonuVrUig whether aba
TO. ANYWAY."
While the whole world loves a lover,
Yet it loves a winner beM;
Loves the man who, till he conquer,
Stops not e'en for sleep or rest.
Pit he may be worn and haggard.
Often he may weary he;
Vet the lion heart within him
lias been firm as rock since he
Set his quiet jaw to say:
"Well, I'm going to, anyway!"
O the loose-hung jaws encountered
In the course of but a dayt
0 the lives devoid of purpose,
That we find along the way!
Thev the weaklings are, who know not
What strong faith and will may do;
Know not that the world's a servant
To the man who's game and true (
An 1 who sets his jaw to say:
"Well, I'm going to, anyway!"
S. W. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
OF HOME
on Angel Unawares.
would have nn egg or her lunch now,
or wait till 0, when a ring came to the
door, and she ran up to And Undo
Mae!
"Bit surprised to see me so soon, ah,
my dear?" he says cheerfully, "but the
fact Is, I've run out of cash, so I
thought I would drop down earlier nnd
have a bit of lunch with yon."
"Have lunch with me!" cried Nellie
In a horror-stricken voice. "I'm afraid
I have nothing in the house. Uncle
Mac."
"Oh. anything will do," he replied,
carelessly, "and If you have nothing in
the place, give me two bob, nnd I'll ruu
down to the butcher round the corner
nnd get a bit of steak, eh?"
"I'm sorry. Uncle Mac, but but Ted
die went off In a hurry this morning,
and and he took my purse away In
his pocket."
"Silly boy! Silly boy! And yet he
doesn't know it," replied Uncle Mac
ruefully. "For when I called nt his
oflice to borrow five shillings off him
he said he had left all his money at
home. But there," he added cheerfully,
"I have a sovereign, nnd we must
spend that. My lucky sov. must go."
"Your lucky sovereign?" queried Nel
lie. "Well, I call It my lucky sovereign,"
said Uncle Mao, "because It was the
first sovereign I ever earned, nnd it
happened to have the date on of the
very year I started to work ns n boy
of fourteen. I've kept it all these
years."
"Oh, you mustn't spend that." cried
Nellie. "To-night Ted will be paid nnd
we shall be nil right again. Come
down stnlrs nnd have some more ba
con." Uncle Mao snld be bad never enjoyed
any meal so much ns he did that bacon,
nnd after ho had finished he proposed
that they should go for a walk to
gether. "As we can't afford a tram ride," he
said, laughingly, "we will Just walk
round and think we are millionaires.
Nothing like building castles In the
nlr, my dear, when you are down In
the dumps. If yon can't actually en
Joy the things wealth would bring you
can look round the shops nnd see all
the pretty things, and then by a little
Imagination Just consider they nre
your own. Now, ns money's no object,
where shall we say we live?"
"Oh, nt Hlghgnte," cried Nellie.
"Why Hlghgate?" asked Uncle Mac
seriously.
"Because there's Buch a lovely house
there to be let. It stands in its own
ground, and I've often looked nt It,
long before we were married even. I
thluk I told you nbout It one day."
Finding the gate of the house open
they ventured to look over it. Nellie
waxed quite enthusiastic, nnd as they
went from room to room she furnshcil
them sumptuously in her Imagination.
The drawing room would be in gold
and white with, Louis XIV. style fur
niture. "Never heard of him." said Uncle
Mao, with conviction. "You must
show me some of that on the way
home."
Nellie replied with a laugh that she
would show him the very thing she
meant In Dormnns & Brown's Empo
rium, and on the way back she pointed
out many things she would like and
have, "if only they had plenty of
money,"
When they got back Ted was waiting
for his dinner, and while the chops
were grilling Nellie told him the ad
ventures of the day. During dinner
Uncle Mac, amid many burRts of laugh
ter, described the wonderful home In
which Nellio would ,in imagination,
live.
Uncle Mac started oft early next
morning to get work, or, ns lie suld,
"die In the attempt." Toward the end
of the second week Uncle Mac ob
tained a "Job." "Of course, it isn't ex
aetly the thing I wanted," he ex
plained, "but then, beggars can't be
choosers. I'm to get thirty-five shil
lings a week, so I thought, Nellie, I
could pay you a pound every Wednes
day toward the housekeeping ex
penses." Matters were so arranged, nnd Nellie
begun to feel quite rich. It was sur
prising how much help that extra sov
erelgn was, and Nellie's nightmare of
the end of the week begun to vanish.
Uucle Mao continued to come down
at 5, and Nellio and be still amused
themselves by "building castles In the
nlr" and with looking In the shops.
At last, when everything seemed so
happy, Edward came down one night
with a hard, drawa look upon his face.
He kissed bis wife with great tender
ness at the door, and, with a shake in
his voice said: "Come into the kitchen,
Nellie."
"What la It. Ted?" she asked aur
iously. "I've got the sack. Nell!" be said,
with a sob.
For some moments they stood In gl
leuee. then he sank on a chair and
burled his face In his hands.
"Well, my little love birds." cried
Uncle Mac, entering from the garden.
"Why. whafa the luutterV"
In a few broken words Nell told him
of this last and greatest trouble.
"Well, well," said Uucla Mac. when
she bad ended, "keep a brave heart,
my dear, and things may be all well
yet. I think Ted and I will take a lit
tle walk up the street and tulk matters
oveA- ... ,
When they came back she wns lying
on the bed, where she had beeu crying
bitterly, but she tried to meet them
with n smile.
After dinner Uncle Mac produced a
bottle of Australian wine from his bag,
nnd they each had a glass, but it
seemed to make her tired nnd henvjv
and she felt ns though she must go to
sleep. Presently her bend nodded, nnd
as she lost consciousness she thought
she hear Uncle Mac say: "Carry ber
to something." Presently, In her sleep
she had a beautiful dream. She
thought thnt she woke up nnd found
herself in the house at Hlghgnte, fur
nished Just as Hho always pictured It,
nnd Uncle Mac nnd Ted were there,
nnd they were talking nnd laughing
Joyfully.
"Isn't It a lovely dream?" she snld,
turning to Uncle Mac.
"It Is not a dream, my dear," he snld,
softly. "I am not poor, as you thluk.
I am very rich. I have bought yon this
house nnd furnished it as you de
scribed, nnd we brought you hero In
your sleep. We shall all live here now
that Is, if you will tolerate your old
uncle nnd to-morrow Tod will come
up with me ns manager to my business
In the city."
"Is It true, then, Uncle Mac?" sho
cried.
"It is nil true, little woman, nnd you
must forgive nn old mnn's deceit, but
I wanted to see the metal my boy's
wife was made of, and and that riches
would not turn her head. But I know
now, my dear, that ns wealth has come
In nt the thingummy, love will not fly
out of the what's-lts-name." New York
News.
Mnslo In Sickness.
A correspondence has been proceed
ing in a contemporary on the interest
ing subject of music ns a therapeutic
agent. It is clnimed, as ft was afore
time, that music hath charms charms
other than those which enthusiastic
people seek even during midsummer
heat In concert-hall nnd drawing room.
One of the correspondents declares
that a beautiful air, even when plnyed
on a barrel organ, will frequently suf
fice to mitigate or charm away pain.
Then there nre cases quoted of rabid
fever cured by use of a violin, nnd Sir
Andrew Clark and Sir Richard Quain
are mentioned ns supporters of the
Guild of St. Cecilia. All this may help
to persuade the professional unbeliev
er that there is possibly "something In
It," but we do not ourselves quite see
what example? are needed to prove
that distracted nerves nnd feverish
blood must Inevitably by soothed by
gentle strains of music. It Is a fact
self-evident. If music can charm nway
worry nnd nnxlety In the enso of
healthy people, how much move, should
it soothe the sufferer on a bed of sick
ness. If this fact were more generally
believed, we have no doubt thnt many
n sick-bed would be rendered less in
tolerable to the sick person. London
Globe.
Fourteen Grent Mistakes.
Somebody has condensed the mis
takes of life and arrived at the conclu
sion that there nre fourteen of them.
Most people would say, snys Womnn's
Life, If they told the truth, that there
was no limit to the mistakes of life;
that they were like the drops in the
ocean or the sands on the seashore In
number, but it Is well to be accurate.
Here, then, are fourteen great mis
takes: "It is a great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and wrong
nnd Judge people accordingly; to meas
ure the enjoyment of others by our
own; to expect uniformity of opinion
In the world; to look for Judgment and
experience In youth; to endeavor to
mould all dispositions alike; to yield to
Immaterial trifles; to look for perfec
tion in our own actions; to worry our
selves and others with what cannot bo
remedied; not to alleviate all that needs
alleviation so fur as lies in our power;
not to make allowances for the infirm
ities of others; to consider everything
impossible that we cannot perform;
to believe only what our finite minds
can grasp; to expect to bo able to un
derstand everything."
Knowledge.
nave you ever thought how little
besides kuowledge passes from gener
ation to generation? Of those things
absolutely necessary to life and to
comfort very little beyond the needs
of the immediate present accumulates.
Of food, most necessary of nil, strive
all we can, the limit of accumulation
is but a few months. And of those
things which give purely physical com
fortclothing, fuel, ghelter with ull
our modern mechanisms nnd methods
of preservation, we little more than
kei'p abreast of dally demands. In art
and literature only do we produce
tangible things that survive for the
bene lit of the future.
But there is one thing that we do
gain and glvo and accumulate from
generation to generation a thing more
lasting than any Work of art or of lit
erature more lusting than eveu the
ruins of the greatest monuments, and
of more value than nil tho products
of niuu combined the one thing that
no tire, no flood, no drouth, no disease,
uo famine, no convulsion of nature can
ever destroy knowledge. New York
New.
Haw Man Drowns.
Few popular fallacies are of scch
wide extent as the belief that a person
must rise to tho surface threo times,
no more and no less, before be can pos
sibly drown. There is little ground
for this supposition, although It has
been almost universally believed In for
gwieratlons. The truth Is that a
drowning person may sink the first
time never to rise again, or he may, as
he indeed does, in the majority of
cases, rise three times before be sinks
forever. It all depends upon the quan
tity of water that he swallows when he
sinks and the size of his lungs. The
human body in life nuturally floats
while the luags aro Inflated. As long
as one keeps his head above the surface
of the water be can float, face up,
without having to move hand or foot.
But as soon as be ginks be gulps and
Imbibes a quantity of water. If, after
be has swallowed water, he has any
air left In his lungs, he will undoubt
edly rise again, and will continue to
sink and rise alternately, until all the
air Is expelled from his lungs, when
he will drown. Detroit Free Pre,
WOMAN'S
REALM.
NEW OCCUPATION FOR WOMAN.
The Complicated Bnt Keniuneratlvo Mntl
ness of Home-Making.
A new occupation hns been added to
nn nlrendy extensive list of what Is
politely termed womnn's work. It Is
the complicated but remunerative busl
ness of home-making. None of the
sentimental domestic train your chil
dren nnd the hired girl ns they should
go business, but a combination of the
talents of interior decorator, nrt col
lector, nnd past mistress in the roflue
Incuts of housekeeping. The Idea, like
Inventions, began with the mother of
necessity. A woman who was known
among her friends ns having "such a
knack" In arranging her little home
was forced by Ill-fortune to give It up.
She lived, not In a shoe, but In a Hat
of minute dimensions, and It was the
most fascinating spot in the big, over
powering city which must here be
nameless. Whoever saw the flat wns
enrnptured with It. But Its occupant
had to give It up and store or sell all
flie treasures, nnd dissipate the evi
dences of tnste which made it home In
the best sense of that abused word.
Friends said, "Let the place fur
nished," but one day somebody came
along aud said, "Sell it out to me. I'll
pay you what you nsk nnd take the
l"ase. Everything here suits me down
to the ground!" This transaction gave
birth to the "Idea." Another Individual,
who wanted to set up a cosey little
apartment, hearing of this clever labor.
Buvlng scheme, nlso engaged the
woman to seek out another flat nnd to
furnish It precisely "to suit herself."
No suggestions were offered, but a suit
able sum fixed on, with tho request
that the place might be ready for the
new owner's occupancy on such nnd
such a date. From this tiny commis
sion others followed, nnd now this
home-maker declares she is in her ele
ment, nnd only one pnrt of her-business
distresses her. For, as soon ns the
home is exactly ns she wants it, with
all tho dainty touches laid on to her
satisfaction, she must abandon it, and
her client steps in nnd reaps all the
benefits. Surely an original means of
earning a livelihood. Boston Herald.
Reir-Defemo For Women.
A Pennsylvania girl of nineteen re
cently gave n tramp n lesson which Is
likely to last him for some time. He
attempted to rob her while sho was en
joying a rest by tho roadside after a
ride on her wheel, nnd sho told him
to depart. He treated the proposal
with scorn and started to seize her,
when she caught his hand and gave
it a twist that enlightened him. She
then delivered a blow on the point of
the chin which landed him on the
grass, and he was enly too glad to get
away.
It is an unfortunate fact that most
couatry places nre not as safe for
lone women as they were a generation
ngo, nnd for many of these it Is some
thing of a problem to know what to do
about It.
This particular girl bnd taken lessons
In boxing from her brother, nnd stud
ied the science of self-defense. Such
knowledge is a fairly good substitute
for strength when one Is obliged to
enter into n physical argument with
an antagonist who has only brute force
and no brains behind It. Of course,
the experience of this girl might have
had a very different termination had
she encountered a rnl'.iun with both
science and strength, but as it was
she gave her assailant the surprise of
his life, and undoubtedly saved herself
from an attack which would have been
Intensely disagreeable.
It Is not likely that any woman will
rashly take such risks, but It might be
a good thing if more of them wera pre
pared to defend themselves. Ia such
cases tho surprise is half tho battle.
Stray scoundrels do not expect a
woman to understand boxing, though
they are not wholly unprepared to see
her pull out a pistol, one woman en
gaged ia philanthropic work, which
tcok her into somo dangerous places,
carried a pnper of red pepper in her
pocket, and on cue occasion flung it In
the face of an asrallant. Before he
could recover frou bis surprise she
had escaped. New Ycrk News.
Tho Average Mother la Cinlflih,'
Whilo It Is a common theory that, no
matter what the father and husband
may be, tho mother nnd wife must r'.so
superior to her environments, the fact
remains thnt tho home is as much the
man's as the woman's, and he is re
lieved of none of his responsibilities
because society assigns it t3 her as
her special province. No nun has a
right to shirk his duty to his children
because, perchance, he has a good wife
and they have a good mother. Tho
wife and mother rules by love, If she
rulo at all; the father and husband
may rulo by authority as well as love.
The wife and mother who finds that
her love Is losing Its Influence ov- her
children requires, but is too often de
nied, tho disciplinary authority of the
husband and father. The wrecks of
children may be traced oftener to the
failure of the husband to como to tho
assistance of the wife than to any fault
of the latter.
Too much, we believe, is said of the
shortcomings of women in these days.
Those mothers and wives who are neg
lectful of their homes constitute the
minority. The average American
mother is serious, unselfish and loving.
If this were not the case we should not
have, as we have to-diiy, a higher aver
age of young nionbood than any other
country on earth. The assumption
that wives and mothers are mainly t
blukne for the waywardness of children
is neither reasonable nor fair. It is
due usually to a few exceptional cases
which, because of their exceptional
character, deeply Impress the observ
er. In general woman's devotion and
love do cot change as the child grows
old, save for the better-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Children Bad Kissing.
Children should be carefully Instruct
ed and have It early Impressed upon
their minds to give and receive kisses
only to and from those they love and
who love them. Even then gome re
straint 1 obligatory upon adults who
arc not perfectly well nnd In the case
o a man who uses tobacco.
Children nnd ndults nre nllke subject
to contagious nnd Infectious diseases
from kissing, nnd this possibility
should !)? a caution ngalnt the fashion
of promiscuous klsslug. Several cuses
of smallpox resulted from this- indis
criminate kissing of a lady who was
thought to be only slightly ailing.
Do not express your sympathy for
tho sick by kissing. Parents should
never allow their children to be kissed
by strangers, and children should be
prohibited from kissing each other.
Influenza or tho epidemic form of
catarrhal fever Is undoubtedly trans
ferred from one child to nnother often
times by tho contact of kissing. Scar
let fever, measles, chlckenpox, whoop
ing cough, mumps and diphtheria are
often communicated in this way.
Children's Hat Elastics.
Now that the season Is here when
lints are ngaln an Important feature of
the wardrobe, it behooves mnninins to
give a thought to the method of hold
ing them on. Unless one knows and Is
thoughtful, one naturally chooses the
way that gives the most pleasing re
sult. Looks count.
But looks are not all Important. In
the place of hat elastics they should
be given second place. An elastic hid
den behind the little onrs undoubtedly
looks neater, but It puts a pressure on
the optic nerve which Is very harmful
to that most sensitive organ, the eye.
So if there must bo an elestlc, put it in
front of the ears.
This may encourage thnt pretty fash
ion of tying on a lint with a ribbon,
the bow coming under the chin or to
oue side. It would hold the ears down,
too. Instead of propping them out, ns
do so many mammas with too tight
elastics or other bands.
Squares and Diamonds.
While discs nnd medallions will un
doubtedly hold good, they will find
strong rivals in the newer squares and
diamonds. These will be in .cloth,
heavy net and velvet, adorned with
braid, embroidery, appliques or stitch
ing. They are set on tight together or
in designs in which only the corners
meet.
A lovely new dress of green cloth
shows them in white cloth, edged Id
black cross stitch scrolls and a dainty
sprlukllug of French dots.
One in mode more on suit lines, uaz a
row of velvet diamonds two sHades
deeper. One of these serves to catch
each pleat of the skirt at nbout the
knees.
They may figure very well on fragile,
costumes. As seen in a frame of ap
plique they nre decidedly graceful.
Simulated squares and diamonds will
be seen, too. A collar of velvet Is
marked off in these shapes by neaus
of strapping or braid.
Chains of Ssa Shells,
Fnr Western women hnve ndoptcd a
new fashion the wenrlug of shell
necklaces and chains. The shells are
tiny and iridescent, and come from the
South Sea Islands. The Sau Francisco
Jewelers, who are directly responsible
for the fad, say that the delicately
formed shells suitable for my lady's
neck are extremely rare, nnd that na
tives grovel in the sands for days to
obtain a small handful. In California
nnd tho arid States the shell chains
have become popular Instantly, oven
without the approval of New York
fashionables, and they may reach here
by autumn. New York Press.
Tli
A Dainty Stock.
A certain pretty girl has made for
herself one of the prettiest stock col
lars! And It Is one which any girl who
is nt nil clever with her needle can
copy. The material used was white
liberty satin. Around the top were
two rows of French dots in black, then
a rcw of baby ribbon, of a dainty pink,
edged with black. Just below these
are two more rows of dots, then nn
other double row of dots, mnklng threo
double rows of dots nnd two of ribbon.
The decorntion comes a little below
the middle of the stock. It U both
dressy, becoming nnd dainty.
A Novel Costume.
A suit of scarlet mohair Is stitched
with white. Tho skirt flares In front
and is laid In flat pleats. It is fast
ened with scarlet buttons. A scarlet
and white Tnm o' Shanter, red hosiery
and whlto shoes complete this cos
tume. Pretty Things to Wear.
All the correct walking skirts nro
now made after kilt models.
Semi-blind embroideries have super
seded all other kinds in favor.
Filet lace, both black and white, Is
the populur fancy of the hour.
Stock collars with a decided down
ward point in front are very popular.
Veil beads of Jet sewed cn bias folds
of black satin niuko very effective gar
nlture. Henry VII. and Mary Tudor nre two
of the comlug shapes in cool weather
hendgear.
A Hue of braid an inch wide at each
seam cf the skirt is quite fashionable
at present.
White cotton fringe is the extremely
novel yet chic trimming used on the
side of a beige linen blouse.
Taffeta costumes aro favorites for
autumn and are made comfortable by
a cloth or kultted waistcoat.
Hats of soft white felt trimmed In
wings and scarfs in black and white
are to bo the popular autumn head
gear. Garlands of small artificial flower
held together with bebo velvet ribbon
effectively trici moussellue evening
gowns.
The double Tell effect that Is two
veils In one oue to wear over the face
and one over the hat, bag only had very
moderate success.
The effect of slendernesg that Is
rather counteracted by the universal
basque is given to the autumn Jackets
by strappiug the seams In the back
with bias bands of the material.
The exceedingly loose coats, a sort of
combination of cloak and coat, that
were considered too extreme In the
spring are now ia high favor, since
Milady bag become more accustomed
to them. '
New York City. Monte Cnrlo conts
are In the height of style nnd are emi
nently comfortable as well ns smart.
This excellent model Is adapted to taf-
MONTE CARLO COAT.
feta, pongee, etnmlne, linen nnd nil
the season's fabrics, but ns showu is
of black taffeta with n collnr of heavy
twine colored lnce over one of silk nnd
a finish of straps stitched with corti
eel 1 1 silk.
The coot is semi-fitted nnd Includes
shoulder, uuder-arm nnd centre bnck
seams thnt give n curve which is ex
ceedingly becoming. The sleeves nre
in bell shape nnd nre opened nt the
hack for a few inches from the edge.
The neck is iluished with a narrow
shaped collar that crosses at the centre
front, and to which nre nttached the
double flat cape collars thnt flnre apart
at the centre back. Over the seams
and edges are applied straps of the
material and the coat is closed by
means of buttons nnd loops, bnt the
straps can bo omitted aud the edges
simply stitched and the closing enn be
mude Invisibly by menus of a fly if
preferred.
To cut this coat In the medium size
six nnd three-quarter yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, six nnd a
qunrter yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, two and three-quarter yards forty-four
Inches wide or two nnd five
eighth yards fifty inches wide will be
required.
LOUNGING KOBE.
Woman's Lounging Kobe.
Pretty and attractive negligees be
long In every woman's wardrobe aud
are economical as well as useful aud
comfortable, inasmuch ns notuiug is
more extravagant than louugiug in a
gown designed for other use Tho
stylish model shown in the largo draw
lug is admirable In many ways and is
suited to a variety of materials, lawu
dimity and the like, chnllie, albatross
veiling aul similar light weight wools;
but as shown is of pale blue lawn with
trimming of white embroidery and
blue louisiuc ribbons.
The robe is simply made with n
smooth fitting yoke, that can be cut
high or square neck, to which the full
front and the Watteau-llke back are
attached. The back is gathered nnd
hangs loose nnd the under-iirm gores
curve gracefully to tho figure. The
front is gathered to the yoke and
closes invisibly at the left side. The
elbow sleeves nre gnthered at the lower
edges aud aro finished with graduated
frills, but tho Ions sleeves are in
bishop style with straight narrow
cuffs.
To cut this robe In tho medium size
ten and a half yards of material
twenty-seven inches wide, ten yards
thirty-two iuches wide or five and a
hulf yards forty-four Inches wide will
be required, with four nnd a half yards
of embroidery and one and a half
yards of insertion and two nnd a half
yards of narrow edgiug to trim as Il
lustrated; or half yard' of tucking, two
and a half yards of embroidery and
three and a quarter yards of Insertion
when lurge high neck and long sleeves
aro desired.
Belts Neoeuity.
While belts may be a necessity it is
In their guise as ornaments that most
of us have the opportunity to observe
them. Practically every dress bos a
belt! Draped belts of soft rich fabrics
will figure on handsome costumes.
Belts are also an important part of
street suits. Most of them arc straight
along the lower edge nr.d pointed at
tho upper edge in the centro back. In
ease of long Vlctorlno fronts to tho
coat or blouse tho belt disappears un
der them at the front. While some
dresses on tho right persons, notably
prlueess dresses, ara splendid without
baits, it U safe to gay that they iu-
prove tho nppenrnnce of the nverarj
dresser, being snug, strong and n,t
easily gotten out of place.
Antnmn Hats.
The most fashionable hatters arc
showing the latest shapes of felt hats,
all trimmed with rich, heavy Itoman
silk scarfs, wide, anil In Terslnn tints
ns well ns Itoman stripes In ninnj
tints. These aro wound around tb
crown nnd caught Into a large, artlstt
rosette nenr the front, n little to one
side or the other, through which u
thrust nn ornamental quill. These
hats are In white nnd nil the mole
tints, nnd nre extremely smart.
Perfect In Cut nnd Htyle.
A blnck suit recently seen Is perfect
In cut and style. The material is btiifc
serge, 'rimmed with white dotteu i;ik.
The skirt opens at the side mid (,
strapped with the silk. A white vn
nnd wide white collnr. wttli firing
sash, give individuality to whttt weuid
otherwise be the conventional suit a?e&
on the majority of bathers. The hicj.
kerchief worn with this is black anil
white.
Pllnnle Cnrsets;
AU the materials used In corset mak
ing nre of tho softest, most supplt
character, those bard, highly dressed
contlls being things of the far past
A very popular fnucj is n pin line
colored stripe on a white ground, or
blnck on a white ground is accounted
essentially smnrt.
Summer Clothes In Winter.
The fashion of wearing thin summer
clothes in the house In midwinter that
came In last year will still obtain, so
that many elaborately beautiful new
effects in embroidered and nppliqued
muslins and batistes are now belug
offered for autumn use.
Seen on Waists.
Pin tucks nre seen on many waists
nnd some of them nre entirely tucked,
eveu the collnr nnd cuffs.
Veil or Distinction.
In these days of fancy bordered veils
there nre none thnt have quite tho
distinction of the chiffon veil with the
simple hemstitched border.
Woman's Box Pleated Shirt.
Box pleats appear to gain in favor
week by week, and aro seen in the
latest nnd best designs. This stylisli
waist show the nt to advantage and is
suited to ull wnistlng materials, cotton,
lineui silk and wool, but as illustrated
Is of whilo butcher's linen nnd Is worn
with n tie and belt of black Liberty
satlu. The original is uullned, but the
fitted foundation Is an improvement to
wools nnd silks.
Tho lining Is smoothly fitted bj
means of single darts, shoulder, under
arm and centre back seams, and ex
tends to the waist lino only. The waist
proper consists of fronts aud back and
is fitted by means of shoulder and nn-dor-arm
seams. The back is plain and
Is drawn down in gathers at the waist
line: but the fronts nre laid in box
pleats, that nro stitched flat to yoke
depth, and can be gathered at the waist
line or left free to be adjusted to the
ilgure ns. preferred. v The sleeves are
in regulation style with straight squaro
cuffs aud at the neck is a stock collar.
Tho closing Is effected by means of but
tons and buttonholes worked in the
centre box pleat.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is three and three
quarter yards twenty-one inches wide,
iSOX VLEATRP SH1BT WAIST.
tbrro aud five-eighth yards twenty
seven Inches wide, tui-uo yards thirty
two Inches wide or two yards forty
four Inches wld. . . , ,