OLD-TIME FAVORITES. AUF WIEDERSEHEN t t B Jamai Kaeaell Law-all. The name of thi poem is German, and mean the im at the French "Au revoir-' (till i aee you attain), a parting phrase devoid ot the aolemmty of the h.nglisn word "farewell,'' and not quite equivalent to tlie once, anil sometime even now ao'em-i good bye." It n pronounced approximately "Owf vce-dcr-sain. The little gale wax readied at last, Half hid in lilaca down the June; She pushed it wide, and, a she pint, A wistful look ha backward cut, And said ''Auf wiedernthen!" The lamp's clear gleam flits up the stair; 1 linger in delicious pAtn; Ah, in th.it chamlier. w hoe rirh air To breathe in thoujiht I sciioe'.y dale. Thinks ihe "Auf tviederselieu!" Sweet piece of bahfill maiden art! The Kniilisli word had seemed too fain. Hut lues they di-v us heurt to heart. Vet held in tenderly apart; . She said "Am wii-derseheii'." IN THE TRACK By Albert - 1AM what uiauy people would call a "crank" about the suit water. Anions the pleasautest hours of uty life are those I pass aloue lu uiy little rowbout ou Long Island Sound. Nothing gives me greater delight than to paddle out u mile or so from shore, anil there lie on my oars dream lug, marking the play of sun ami wind ou the water, a ml watching the vessels and steamers glide by. Iu July ami August. lSltS. I passed a few weeks In a Connecticut shore town not many miles east of New Haven. To this city ttiy skiff had been sent down by steamer from New York, and I had rowed her from New IIuvcu harbor to the moot-lug lu a cove near my boarding place. The joy of that afternoon iu the free nir and sunlight cau be appreciated ouly by a man who, like myself, hail been noting over ledger columns in a back office for eight hours a day for ten months. A crescent of big blisters adorned each of my palms at the eud of the trip, but my nerves were tranquil and I slept like a log that night. The next day the thermometer regis tered between ninety and lou degrees, and up to 1 o'clock In the afternoon It was too warm to do anything but drowse iu a hammock under the apple trees behind the house. I got au early supper, and Just before sunset pulled out Into the sound. Soou I was beyond the tree-tops set up to maik the boun daries of tlie oyster bed.-. The water was unrullled. East and west down either shore to the horizon moved a long, broken procession of tugs and steamers, staining the cloud less sky with their black smoke. The few suiting craft in sight were motion less, thnir sails hanging idly iu tbe still air. Farther and farther out I paddled, the soft dip of the oars sounding pleas antly iu my ears. The sun dropped below the horizon; the red ot the west darkened aud disappeared, and 11 was Bight, with myriads of stars retlected on the glossy blackness of the sound. Lamps began to sparkle along the shore, while masthead lanterns aud red uud green running lights told the position of moving steamers whose hulls had become invisible In the gloom. I stopped rowing and established myself comfortably ou my back in the bottom of tlie boat, pillowing my head ou the bow. The cool durkness, the salty fragrance of the ocean air, the gentle motion of my skiff, and the dis tant sound of bells and whistles from passing steamers and the land all In duced a peaceful drowsiness, which soon lapsed gradually aud Iinpurceptl bly Into a dreamless sleep. I must have been unconscious for two or three hours when the rocking of the boat awoke me. Cramped and stiff from my slumber in the night air on the uucushloued boards, I start ed up to liuil myself enveloped by a thick mist, which covered tbe sound like a blanket. It was not very deep, for the stars shoue faintly through it, but all other objects were cut off from my view. There was no wind, but an ocean swell, rolling iu from the east, was stirring up quite a sea. Although without a watch, I knew that It must be well ou toward mid night. It dawned on me that I had beeu and still was lu a very danger oils position., not because I expected uuy trouble lu tluding the land, but because 1 was iu the track of tug and steamers. I shivered ul the thought of the peril to which 1 had been exposed while asleep. lieuenth that shroud of mist my skiff was invisible to a look out, und might hsve beeu crushed like au egg shell by some steamer's prow without u soul ou board being tbe wiser for It. Shipping my oars, I listened to the whistles speaking to oue another through tho fog. The general course of nil the vessels was east and west. If, without endungeriug myself, I could approach a tow of hurges uear enough to see which way they were heading, I could then determine the quarters of the compass; for If the boats were loaded I knew that they would be going cast; Jf light, then west, on their way back to New York. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh! The Increas ing loudness of a whistle to my left told that a tug was swiftly approach ing. Lying on my oars, I waited, pre pared to row forward quickly or back water, as might ba uecessary. Nearer and nearer came the tooting, and I could hear the rush of water beneath the unseen prow, aud the puff, puff of team. Suddenly, twenty feet away, appeared a black stem, nosing rapidly through the fog. It was a little too close for comfort. As the tug swept by I caught a glimpse of a tow-rope dragging over the stern, and judged from ber size that she probably bad two coul laden barges behind Iter. I could hear the voice of tbe men ou board growing fainter lu the dis tance. Another black phantom passed; It ; -was the first barge, loaded low lu the water; fter fate at an Interval came another. As they were loaded I knew bat they were heading .. eust, aod that the shore therefore lay lu front ot me. I settled myself on the thwart and braced my feet for the row lu. So luierested bad I beeu In toy cal- With hand on latch, a vision white Lingered reluctant, and again Half doubting ii (he did origin, t-at t as tlie dews that tell that night, She said--"Auf wu.'dersehen!" 'Tis thirteen years; on. e more I proil The turf that silences the lanu; J hear the rustle of her drees, 1 smell the lilacs, and -ah, )fs, I hear "Auf wiedcrselmu' ' OF THE TOW. W. Tolman. 3K dilations that I bad barely noticed n confusion of whistles that occurred shortly after the passage of the tow. Hence I was altogether unprepared, after my third stroke, to hear another boat approaching through the fog from the opposite direction. 1 backed water vigorously, Just In time to escape be ing riiu down by a tug that was mak ing the water Uy as she dashed west ward. I caught the splash of a rope, nnd waited. Soou came the huge bulk of an empty barge, rising high above the water. Ic passed so near that I backed another stroke to Ue out of the way of the oue which 1 felt sure was follow ing It. Soon I heard another tow-rope whipping tho surface, aud a second barge the sl.e of the first swept by. 1 listened for several seconds, but hear ing no further sound, I bent to my ours aguiu, fecliug sure that there were no more barges. I had goue perhaps thirty feet when something struck the bottom of my skltf. A large cable rose squarely beneath the boat, snapping it Into the ulr. As my boat dropped buck It fell stern Hist and capsized, throw lug me out. When I went under I lost my grip of the oars, aud on coming to the surface again I moved my hands fruutlcully about in the hope of find ing them. Two or three luches above the water my tlugers encountered something rouud und wet, utul closed about It like a vise. It was the cable which had capsized me. A third barge hud beeu towiug after the other two, aud its hawser bad provi! the cause of the disaster. Higher uud higher It rose, lifting me above water until I was ouly waist deep. The waves rippled against my body as I was dragged along. I caught u last glimpse ot my ours aud water logged bout drifting nwuy In the fog Then they were swallowed up and I was left dinging to the sod leu rope I dM not dure let go of It to attempt to regain my skiff. Indeed, so con fused was I that tlie Idea did not enter my head uutll the chauce was goue. The hawser begau to sink again Lower aud lower It fell uutll I was submerged to the neck. Deeper it weur, and deeper still. 1 had no choice but to let go. unless I wished to be drugged under. I released my hold aud was left struggllug In the waves, paddling to keep afloat. Should I abandon the cable and strike out for shore? I was not a strong swimmer, aud the land wus a mile or two distant. To start for It in that fog would be suicide, as I should soou lose all scuse of direction aud circle aimlessly about uutll I sunk. My only salvation was to keep near the rope, so that 1 might grasp it when It rose. Once let me lose lltai. and I should drown or be run dowu by some passing boat, lp came the biiwcr egnia with a snap, catchlug me violently across t lift chest. Regaining my hold with diffl culty, I was lilted up. up, until ouly my leg-; dragged iu the water. Then down I sank again, till the rope passed below my reach lu a Hue of phosphor escent bubbles. Th.s could not last forever. If, alter the caVn; hud sunk, the barges should make a luru and pull It from beneath me so that I could not regain my hold wlnu ii ro-c my posi tion would lie seriui.s !udf"d. Every time I let go those twisted strands my life hung in 1hc balance. I saw thai the only thing for lue to do was to make my way at mice to out of the barges before my striuglh be- came exhausted. The boat behind was of course the easier to reach, for she approached me a Hi tie every time I let go the rope. Splash to the right! Splash to the left! The hawser was rising again. Once more Ii lifted uie Into the air. Before it sank I bail worked myself some feet toward the barge. After It was gone I puddled lu the same dire tlou. Again and again I did this. Au easterly wind was rising and the wuter was growing rougher. The fog still clung to tin? surface. Far up and down the sound the whistles blew con tinually, some l'uilit and distant, others louuer ana nearer. My lingers were numb fruiu clutching the course strands. At last I kuew thul I was drawing neur tho barge. The cable no longer sank beneath my reach. I could bear the rush of wuter before tlie prow. Aud now the rope was above tho sur face altogether. High lu the air above me a blunt stem loomed through the mist. It was the barge ut last, with the cable rising at a sharp angle and disappearing over Its bow. Wearied by my efforts I felt that ! could never climb that steep slope without help. I shouted, but my voice could uot be heard above the rushing foam. Despairing at lust of attracting the atteutiou of anyone on board, 1 buw that my only chance waa to as cend the hawser. I wus fairly strong lu the arms, and had It not been for my previous slrgvgle the feut would have beeu un tuiy oue. ' In my present state it seemed a tremendous tusk; but I bad tio choice hi the matter. My life bung on my power to lift myself bund OTer bund. If I let go. tbu burga would rid ever iuk lik a marine cur ot Juggernaut, drowning me at one. I began the ascent. The rope tightened, lifting me io thai my toes barely touched tlie water. Again it fcrew loose, and I was sub merged to the waist. I was now fnlrly In the spume la frnut of the boat. Inch by Inch I drew nearer. One more the hawser tightened, nud I rump suspeuded over the surge boiling be fore tbe prow. It slackened, and ) w us thrown against the stem. This continual motion wu my worst trouble. Had the rope been perfectly still I could have climbed much mort easily; but It was a dead lift, and every Inch cost me untold ngouy. Ovet find over ngaln I gnvo up till hope ol being saved. Then I would resolutely put out of my mlud the thought of tbe entire distance, aud focus my wtiob nttenik.il ou the handhold Iinincdiutcl.t before me. When by u heart-hrcnklnii effort I bud gained that, I fixed mj aim ou the next, and so on. Thus 1 it 11 by little I progressed, crawling upwurt,' with snail-like slowness. At lust I was almost up to thf "chocks" through which the hawsei ran; but my strength was utterly ex hausled, and I kuew that I could nevci clamber ou board. With one supremt effort I raised myself so that my heat" came for nn Instant above the bul warks, aud looked luto the eyes of deck-hand who was not mole tbar three feet away. The coustei nation and terror on tin man's face would have been liullcroti' under any other circumstances. Foi a moment we remained staring at each other. I was too weak to speak, mid he wits too frightened. Theu I begnu to slip back, still clinging desperately to the hawser. The end of a boathook reached cau tiously out over thi bow aud moved down toward me. It caught the back of my shirt find I did not mlud that It pierced through und drew blood. In deed, I did not know It, for at thnt iu staut my lingers relaxed their hold, and I lost consciousness. I afterward learned that my preserver would have beeu unable to get me ou board but. for the opportune assistance of auolher bargeman. I speut the greater part of the next day iu a bunk ou board the barge at a coal dock lu Hobokeu. Hut the follow ing morning found me little the worse for my adventure, uud I went back to Connecticut that forenoon for the remainder or my vacation. Yoitth'j Couipunlou. Kmlnbow Colored Uniforms. From all account), the recent experiments- made nt Aldershot for couceul lug the positions of gums iu the Held, by pnlutiug them with daubs of thf primary colors, red, blue and yellow, seem to hnve met with extraordinary success. Six guns so' bedizened were placed on the Fox Hills, and at 3CHK1 yards, although the direction lu which they lay was known, it was found Im possible to locate them all, even with Held glasses. Some horse artillery sent forward to engage them were unable to tlud them until they hud advanced to within 1000 yards, by which time. In uctuul warfare, the gaily covered guus would huve prob ably made short work of them. The streaks of color are splashed on, rainbow-fashion, aud the result Is to cause the guns to appear as part and parcel of the landscape, even at a short dis tance. Once this principle has been adopted for artillery, whut reason Is there to suppose that It cannot be applied to the uniform of men lu the fields Per haps we shall be shortly returning to the gorgeous costumes of former (lays. Khaki and heather tweed may even muke way for combinations of color thut will throw luto the shude all thf brilliant uniforms of the past. At first sight this uiuy seem a frivolous Ideu, but once it has been established that men garbed lu rainbow hues will emu- lute the properties of Mr. Wells' In visible man, we shall be obliged to onsider the advisability of reforming uniform lu this direction. The appear nuce of the soldier will be crude, bar baric aud singular, but we doubt not that It will have considerable effect upon the recruiting iiroblem, aud per haps go some way to solve It, Lou- dou Hrnad Arrow. Not Far Wrong. The story Is well known of F.l'.ot' IruuslaUoii iulo the Indian latigtiugt of.i he passage from the Uible, "Tin mother of Slsira looked out at the window ami ci-P-il through the lattice.' Not kuowlug the Indian word for iattlic." he tried to get the Indian to help him out, and described a wicker framework. The Indians ihoiighr they reeognixed his meaning, and gave 111 in the word. Afterward Mliot found that he had made the mother of Siseia cry though the eel-pot. A similar diffi culty lu couxiug u iletiullloil from tbe untutored was met by a school-teacher. She was trying to make the children define the Word "bovine." "It upplies io a u animal." she said. "Can any one tell me what animal?" There was the silence of confessed Iguoranee. The teacher begun to throw out leading hints. "The animal that gives us meat." Still silence. "Aud shoes," she added. No light broke on the twenty puzzled eoiiutenunces. "And the straps ihut you carry your books In." "(lit, I know," cried a young voice, with explosive eagerness." "Well, James, what uuliiml U It!" 'Father!" A rinxer Uow I Leg-end, To be denied the use of a finger bowl at meals Is oue of the penalties people have to pay for tbe privilege of being luvlted to meet English royalty. It Is a piece of autlqnurluu lore ami dutes back to the time of the preteudcr. Theu the Jacobites used to raise their glass over the finger bowl In order to drink to the king. The reference was obvious, for tbey meant to "the king over the water," although they did not dare say so. - Borne people have declared that the Jacobite used to drink from the Uuger bowl themselves to "t'hurlle across tbe water," but this Is a needless as persion on the followers ot .Tunics II. Hood men and true, they were no more In th habit of drinking water than tbe rest of the people of the time, and the drinking vessels lu those days wore sufficiently largo to obviate the use of finger bowls as we understand them to-day, . Chapters of Life's Oddities. NEW 100P.THE.100P IDEA. Indiana Youth Ho pel to Outdo All "Pre vious Performance!. Harry King, a young trick bicyclist, at Lafayette, Intl., has undertaken to go ltlavolo, the "loop-the-loop" per former, one better, and with that end In view hag arranged to have con structed na apparatus on which he hopes to perform the most dnrlng bi cycle feat ever attempted. His scheme Is a double loop, which he expects to traverse ou a wheel. King, who Is twenty years old, son of W. B. King, former asslsluut post- UOCBLI I.OOP-Tai-LOOP AfPARATCfl. master and uow proprietor of a bicycle and sewing machine store, has beeu an adept on the bicycle since childhood. He Is during and persevering. King's Idea of constructing a double loop orig inated In his own mind. He has beeu considering the subject for several months uud his father, who has great faith lu his sou's ability, has eticour- uged him. The design of the structure differs from that of Dlnvolo's. It is to be twenty feet higher thuu the circus per former's at the top of the Incline, and tho first lucllue of the double loop is to be louger and steeper. King Intends to start at un elevation of ulxty feet, dowu a forty-five degree Incline five feet wide aud strike the beginning of the first loop sixty feet from the start. This loop la to be twenty feet iu diam eter. and thirty-five feet above ground. Circling this loop at terrific speed King will descend another Incline to the sec ond loop, twenty-two feet In diameter and slightly above the grouud, Chi cago Chronicle. A WAX SOSH, Dr. A. J. Martlneaii, assistant sur geon to the Throat and Ear Hospital at Brighton (England) recently per formed au unusual, but successful op eration, for the straightening of a de formed nose. A man aged twenty years, who gave the following history, was the putlent: When fourteen years old his uose hod beeu Injured: on ab scess resulted, aud when this was heuled the bony ridge along the centre of the uose was found to have settled dowu or beeu eaten away in the centre, so thut the bridge of the nose bud as sumed a hollow enp-shnped appear ance, and the boy had grown up with what is technically known as a saddle nose. Dr. Mnrtlneau thought the case a favorable one for treatment by what Is known as the purutlln method. The man wus chloroformed, although local anaesthesia (cocoalne) could have been used, and halt a drachm of hot steril ized paraffiu was Injected through tbe sklu of the uose over the depression on the bridge, by means of an ordinary antitoxiu syringe. The paraffin had a carefully determined melting polut of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (considerably above the body temperature). The nose was molded into shape as the paraffin cooled. There was considerable sore ness and swelling ot the uose for the first three or four days, but these soon subsided and the man was left with a good looking, serviceable aud to all out ward appearances, entirely uatural nose. Two pictures of the man's face, one made before and one after the op eration, -which are published In the Lancet for August 0, show lu a strik ing way the wonderfully good cos metic result of the operation. The op eration Is not a new one, having ap parently originated In Frauce, but the larliy of its use gives the above sue cessful case speclul Interest. UKZfOAX SN'AEtS THAT T.AY nEOCLARLT. The last two seasons the principal bird and unlmal dealers of Washlug ton, D. C' have carried us part of their stock lu trade Mexican bullsnukes, which have become quite popular with a number of Wushlugtou families us mousers, tuklug the place of cuts around aud about their stables uud out buildings. Thus fur the dealers aud those who have purchased reptiles of this variety have found them quite hardy and vigorous, but great was the surprise of a dealer who found that his snakes had laid four eggs, fully as large as those of a lieu. Siuce theu the females of his Jlexhau bullsnukes have laid lu ull eighteen or twenty eggs. The dealer was at first at a loss to know what to do with the eggs, until some oue advised him to cover them up In siiijd In a large bo:: and set them out Iu t ie suu to butch. This he did with the first one dozen, which proved a failure, owing no doubt to tbe fact that they became chilled by u chuuj In the weather during the night. He Is now collecting a second "setting" of snake eggs. In the meantime the rep tiles continue laying every day. The eggs are perfectly white, and to one not previously Informed could hardly be distinguished from ordinary hen eggs. They differ from the latter, however, In having, instead of a hard' brittle shell, an elastic, leathery cover Ing, soft and velvety to the touch and exceedingly tough. St. Louis Repub -TBI KEWK4T HORSB SHOW FEATURE. Chicago wa In green and white th Horse Show colors during the week of November 3-tt. Tho most novel feature this year was au exhibition by F. Hpoerhase, who drove bunk ward, against time, with his traluof pacer. -How Mr. Hpoerbase can ice out of the tack ofbls heud U twiuetulug of mystery, graph. The sketch Is from a pholo- TOIIBTS OF AXTS. A naturalist bus been making obser vations on the toilets of certain ants, nud has discovered each Insect goes through most elaborate ablutions, says the London Express. They are not only performed by her self, but by another, who nets for the time as ludy's maid. The assistant starts by washing the face of her com panion, and then goes over the whole body. -"Mr Wtll The attitude of tbe nut that Is being washed Is one of intense satisfaction. She lies down with ull her limbs stretched loosely out; she rolls over on her side, even her buck, a perfect pic lure of ease. The pleasure the Hide Insect evinces while being thus combed and sponged Is really enjoyable to the observer. HOW TO HAVE ONLX TWO OP.AXDPARKXTS A strange case has presented Itself hereabouts of a muu who hud only two grandparents Instead of four. A wid ower and a widow were married, aud their children by their first marriage were In time united. Their children's children had one comTuou grandfather and one common graudmolher.- Huston l-lveuing Record, A DOUBLE-HANDLED HAMMER. In contrast to some of the modern pig iron casting machines lu use lu Inrge Iron works in this country Is the unique method of breaking up pig Irou employed at the present time In some German establishments Illustrated herewith. The molten Iron Is run from the blast furnace luto molds, where It solidifies In long burs. Wheu set these bars are broken up luto suitable leugtbs by hand lubor lu the manner shown. A heavy eighty-pound maul, with double bundles. Is raised high in tbe air over the heuds of the sturdy luborers re quired to wield It. and then brought down with powerful force upon the burs, breaking them up Into commer cial size pigs. It Is alleged, d single blow Is usually sufficient to break th heaviest bars. LOW-DOWN JOURNALISM. A Xwi paper That la Prlntad tSeventr-il Fact llalow Sea Love). So far us Is known there Is but oue newspaper lu the world printed below the level of the sea. That paper is the Indlo Submarlue, or, as It is now known, the Couchella Submarine. The paper Is n little four-page weekly which does not present a remarkably prepos sessing appearance, but It serves the re quirements of the community lu which It circulates. Tbe desert does not present too abundant facilities for Journalism, as one or two extracts from the paper Itself will suggest, aud tbe Submarine Is situated lu the midst of the must formidable of the deserts of California tbe Colorado desert of this county. Regarding the paper's recent move from Indlo to Coachella, the editor of the paper says: "Inducements of a fluttering charac ter having been offered the publisher lu the way of a bonus, we huve re moved our printing office from Iudlo to Coachella, u distance of three aod one half miles, ' We have dropped from twenty-two feet below sea level to seventy-six feet below sea level. "We hit Coachella with a dull yet raucous thud. The low rumbling noise you heard last Tuesday was caused by our printing office making the drop. It may be truiy suld that the Subma rine Is the lowest-down or the low dowuest or the most low-down news paper ou earth. As nearly as we can compute the distance, Hades is about 212 feet Just below our new office. The paper will continue to advocate the Interest of all the country below the sea-level, aud we Want you to lire in all the uews you know." A short time ago the Submarine failed to appear for two consecutive weeks, uud the editor made the follow ing apology und explanation: "Having business to transact lu Itlv erside, Iu Los Angeles and lu Ventura Couuly, the editor left Indlo ou Sep tember 8 and wus goue un even two weeks. Before leaving he printed one half of the Submarine for the uext week. At Los Angeles he gave a printer lu as expeuse money and a key to the office to come down and get out tbe rest of the paper for the 13th, as well as the following issue. Cure free, he sped away to Ventura County, and after transacting the 'business In hand set out for a good time, aud he hud It, too. 'Ttelurulng to Log Angeles be read a Riverside dispatch to the Los Augeles papers to the effect that fears were entertained that he had met with foul play, as the paper ot the l.'ith had uot made Its appearance aud tbe editor had not been heard of lu two weeks. That brought us home iu a hurry. . - "The ouly foul pluy wa met with out side of a baseball game was tbe fullura of the printer to come down end gut out our paper during our absence. "When we discovered that the puper hadn't been Issued we Immediately re turned and took up our work where we had left off, and that' why, gentle reader, the lust isrue you received bore two dutes one sheet that of September III and the other that of September 27. The Issue of the 20ih? We. were obliged to cut that outi'VC'klcago Chronicle, A man Is sometimes known by th things he leaves undoue. New York City, Theatre or Informal evening waists find n place In every wardrobe, and nre offered lu a variety of styles. This smart und attractive THKATIIK WAIST. May M antou model suits both the odd bodice and the entire gown, and In cludes some of the best features of the season, the soft full sleeves under snug upper ones, the pointed cuffs and col lar, with au entirely novel bolero. Tho orlglual Is made of white crepe do chlno with Venetian luce, and Is wprn with garniture find belt of pale green velvet, but combinations without num ber might be suggested. Chiffon Is al ways lovely for the waists, as are crepe, uluou, lotilslne and all Roft silks and wools, while the Jacket cau be lace of any sort or one of the pretty flow ered silks. The foundation lining fits snugly and closes at the ceutre front. On It ore ar ranged the front and back of the waist, which are tucked to yoke depth, and the bolero, both, of which close at the centre front, the waist invisibly be ueath the ceutrul tuck und in the folds. The sleeves nre urrnnged over fitted linings thnt ure faced to form the cuffs and which hold the fulness In place. The neck is finished with the slock, which closes at the buck. The quantity of nmterliil required for the medium size Is four uud a quarter yards twenty-one Inches wide, three yurds twenty-seven Inches wide or two aud a half yards forty-four Inches MAID'S wide, with two and five-eighth yards of all-over bice for bolero, collar anil cuffs. Sfalira Apron. Maid's aprons require to be ample before all else. To be correct the skirt must be long and full, the bib of gen erous size. The most excellent May Muntou model, shown in the large drawing, Includes both features nnd Is tasteful and becoming at the same time. As shown it Is made of cambric with trimming of embroidery, but fine muslin, long cloth, nainsook uud lawn are ull suitable. The skirt portion Is straight, gath ered ut the upper edge nnd JolnciMo a belt. As shown the lower edge Is finished with n wide hem having six tiny tucks above, but may be made plain If so desired. The bb Is rounded ut the top und the rounded laperln 're vets are, with It joined to straps which puss over the shoulders, cross at the back and lire attached to the belt. The bib and re vers are joined to the front of the belt and sash euds nre attached to the cuds to tie lu the centre back. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and three quarter yards thirty-six luches wide, with two yurds of embroidery uud two yurds of iuserllou. ltaw-Kilseil Mui'hea. Raw edged ruches are qullc-lbe lat est way of making a soft finish .to a silk kklrt. They culinot be used on a moire or ou any ribbed silk woven like a poplin cord. Hut for loulsine or taffeta or faille there Is nothing better or more modish. Think whut a saving or labor the raw-edged ruche affords to the dressmaker. It Is a boou, dolug away with tbe hour of work once be stowed on lurulug, basting the narrow bem, and of the ''mile run" ou the sewing machine necessary to stitch the flounce. A silk like a loulsine or taffeta cun bo Biifely pinked or left raw to be used cither gathered or rosc qullled, without fear of the edges fray ing out, - A Cbarmlna down For Walklus. A gown, lately designed for winter weur Is In soft tweed In the fashiona ble mixture of blue nnd green. The bodice Is made with Kussluu blouse LATEST fronts nnd a pretty waistband consist ing or plain dark blue cloth with small applique points of plain dark green cloth braided In black and gold. Be low this linnd there are curved basque cut In quite a novel fashion, while both skirt nud bodice nre trimmed ef fectively with straps of green cloth held In place by small green buttons. The sleeves arc made in a wide bell shape, the fulness of the material being caught In with n strap of green cloth and fastened with gold buttons. The As; or Valla. In this veil age when even the very young girl -has taken to shielding her pretty fnce with cither net, chiffon ot lace, considerable attention should le given to the means of kecpiug u veil upon the hat. 11ns for this purpose come la great variety. There lire cnsty ones nnd In expensive ones, simple ones and showy ones, niul so on, according to the taste and purse of the wearer. , A Skirt Supporter, A new skirt and blouse grip enables one to fusren the skirt niul blouse In such a way thnt there Is no fear of either getting out of place. You buckle the waistband over your blouse, taking care that the small claws are placed Inward. The skirt bund Is then brought over the grip, 1 when both skirt and blouse are fixed In a perfect position. The Stole Voke. The new stole yoke reaches two thirds of the distance from chin ti waist. It is open and double; tbe two long fronts book together. It is made of gold-colored gauze over orange silk, and It fills the cut-out front of a black silk princesse gown. A Noleworthr New lliacrtet. A bracelet that strikes au uncommon note shows yellow gold In tresses woven together us women pleat thtii locks of hair, nt both ends of which are burs which clasp together. l.nee llleinoiols. It Is not so easy to obtain the diamond-shaped lace medallions. Square and round and oblong sIiiihs predom inate, either alternately or en suite. APRON. Cant With Stale Cape nnd Tunic. Blouse coats with skirts or tunics are exceedingly smart and nre much worn both with skirts to match nnd as separ ate wraps. Tim aduilrablo May Mho ton model shown is of dark gray r.ebe Hue, stitched with cortlcelll Bilk, witb the yoke stole and cuffs of n smooth broad cloth In pule gray finished with black and white fa my braid, and makes part of a costume, but nil suit ing and coat materials are appropriate. The stole cape Is a speclul feature, and adds inateiiully to the warmth nt the same time thnt It Is eminently stylise and cau be worn separately when de sired. The blouse coat Includes front, back und under-iirui gores und clones in ceu tre front. The upper portion of the stole forms u yoke that tils smoothly over the shoulders and Is extended at the fronts, and to Us edge Is attached the circular portion that forms the cape. The tunic Is scltmeil to tlie lower edge, the scum being hidden by the belt. The sleeves are loose and ample uiul are finished with oddly shaped stylish cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is six nud one-eightli yurds twenty-one Inches wide, two and seveu-elghth yards forty-four Inches wide or two und one-half yards fifty- ULOUSI COAT WITH STOLB CAI'H. , two Inches wide, with mio uud a, qiuw ter ynrds tweuty-oue Inches wide c three-quarter yards tlfly-two Inches wide for Btolo collar, stock und cuffs.
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