OLD TIM& LONGING. lit JAMI'i llUSSULt. LOVtKLt. Of nil the myrind moods of mini!, Tlct through (lie soul came thronging. Which wns c'or so denr, so kind, So beautiful ns lonRina? The thiiii? we long for that we nro For one transcendent moment, Before the present poor and bure Can make its sneering comment. Still, through our paltry stir and ntrifo (tlnn-n down the wished ideal. And longing mold in clay what life Curves' in the marble real. To let the new life in, we know, Desire must ope the portnl; Perhaps the longing to be so Helps make the soul immortal. r THE HERMIT OF THE FLATS. TIT HERE he lived nmld the teem I , ing humaulty of the front nnd populous city, with the noise "J" nnd bustle of traffic nnd hum of human voice!) always buzzing through his solitude, yet always alone and lonely, n hermit of the flats. The men of his acquaintance spoke to him or nodded cheerily across the res taurant tables, but ho wns conscious of divergent Interests, so he never encouraged their friendly advances, but went his own way In moody silence. Of women, he never thought since the death of his hopes peven years before, when the girl of his choice had rejected him for a luckier man. Gradually his solitude hardened him, and the hardening process crept Into his stories, which took a pessimistic turn. The editors complained because his otherwise strong, virile work, was too sombre; others said it lacked natur alness and humnnlty, but whatever the fault was, Haswell began to realize that something was seriously amiss. "Go out among the people and get freshened up," said his friend Boyuton, who had always liked Haswell's style of work, "and let yourself live. Then write what you havo learned from them." But Ilaswrll declined to take his ad vice, saying that the vulgar horde re pelled him, and he preferred to write In his own way or not at all, so his stories grew less and less successful, nnd Has well's temper soured proportionately. It was a bitter midwinter night. The 1cy wind whistled shrilly through the alleys nnd filtered In between the chinks of Haswcll's windows, rattling the casements unpleasantly. Haswell was out of temper with his work and the exacting editors, who had returned a batch of his stories without so much as a rejection slip. He rone, plugged the casements, and drew his machine closer to the glowing hearth, and be gan to revise the rejected copy, when a timid knock at his door interrupted his thoughts. A gust of chilly nlr rushed up from the open vestibule below as he threw back the hall door, revealing the pres ence of a stranger with an awkwardly wrapped parcel In his arms. A thin fall of snow hid the threadbarcnoss c-' his ill-fitting coat, and the drooping rim of his battered hat obscured bis face, which was very ydung and dark and unnaturally thin. "What do you want here''" Haswell demanded sharply. "Do Mr. Sever.mo live here?" asked a very soft, childlike voice. "No, he doesn't," Haswell answered lirusquely. "Th?re are no Italians In this apartment bouse. You had better get out before you're put out." "He told my friend he live here," tho boy said, apologetically. "He have promised to let me pipy for him. I need work very bad. Mister." "Oh, I daro say! Some begging game, of course. Well, yon won't make any thing here, I can tell you." Then for the first time ho saw the violin under the boy's rugged arm. "Do you play that thing?" he asked curiously. ''You're not move than a child!" "I am sixteen. Mister," the soft, op pealing voice answered. "Well, you're man's not here," Has well retorted briefly, closing the door and going back tq his cheerful hearth. But that last glimpse of the pathetic little face made him uncomfortable. He. opened the door once wore, ar.d leaning vcr the banisters, called down to him: "Come up." he snld rather grudgingly, "i mny bo able to help you find your friend." The boy pattered softly tip the steps. Ouce within the brlshtlv llahted room his poverty and weariness became pain fully apparent; his trousers nnd coat were frayed and ragged, and kls big, loose shoes were full of csdIIii holes. Haswell took the old violin from h:s numb grasp and bade him throw off his coat, which he did fumblngly, for bis hands were stiff and blue with fold. His trousers were wet to the knees, and the molting snow oozed steadily from tho broken toes of bis "hoes. Haswell stared at his sad figure helplessly. "Where do you live?" ho demauded auruptly. "In Greenwich street. Mister." "Down town, I presume. Must you " nome to-night?" The boy shrugged his shoulders with a gently depreciating smile, "Nobody uou i care It I don't." be nnawered "Then you had better atnv here You an sleep on the couch, yonder, when you're all cleaned up. You are wring ing wet and cold as Ice. Tell you what, I'll run a tubful of warm water, nnd you can take your bath whllo I hunt tip nome dry things. After that you can tell me about yourself " When tho strange little figure merged from the bathroom arrayed In Haswell's spacious pajamas, with his iuc. siik-en thatch washed and curl lag crisply all around his pale face, Haswell noticed that hi. rtn,..f M. fined beauty was quit extraordinary and altogether Irreconcilable with bis rugs and misery, Haswell nnd the coffee be bad steeped over bis oicuiku lamp, and set befora hi. plate of crackers and cheese wblch wl ulm eat. while be finished Ms vork. but although the host made areUltable feint of writing, be aid let FAVOMTES Longing is Clod's fre'i lieavenward will . ill) our poor earthward striving; Vc quench it that we mny be still Content with merely living, Kilt, would wo learn that heart's full scope Which we ore hourly wronging. Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Ah. let us hope that to our praise Good (iod not only reckons. The moments when 'we tread His tray. But when the spirit beckons. That, some slight good is also wrought Heyjnd self-satisfaction. When we are simply good in thought Howe'er we fail in action. for an Instant take his eyes from the beautiful, pallid face which the mel low firelight threw Into sharp relief. Why did that stranger child interest him so overwhelmingly? ho asked hlin self grimly; was It because of the pos slble story It held, or bnd he touched the glossed-over springs of huiiinn sympathy which had lain dormant so long under the stolid Indifference that elonked the hermit of the flats? It was a pathetic little story that the ad had to tell, and he told It In falter- ng Englbh. with now nnd then n word of his Servian mother tongue to offset Its pathos; of his Immigrant father, n musician In the old country, who had been obliged to take work iu a factory to avert starvation, whose death oc curred shortly after through on explo sion of the factory works; of the suhse quent wanderings In a strange city. His only friends had lately been en gaged to travel with a concert band, nnd he was trying to find a country man who had promised him nn Insig nificant part with his wandering band. He was quite alone in the world, with out kindred or friends or money. His only hope was to obtain work enough to pay his return passage to Servla. Ilnswoll asked many questions, but the lad's story never devlnted except to arid some pathetic detail which showed how much toll nnd privation his young life had known. "I used to tnke a great deal of pleas- ure In music." said Haswell, when the child had finished his story and drawn his chair closer to tho blazing hearth. "Suppose you play something for mo If you are warm enough to handle your violin. I want to know what you cun do." Ithnel tucked his old violin under his chin and tightened the slack strings, then he dried bis bow carefully and began to play, very sofUy nnd deli cately, a weird little melody uullko anything Haswell had ever beard, more sad, more beautiful, and infinitely sweeter. There wns a lack -of tech nique and deflnltencss in his touch which would bar a successful hearing with the coldly critical public, but to Haswell, whose bouI was stirred to Us Inmost depths by the spirit of pure melody. It seemed inexpressibly lovely. It brought new pictures to his mind. of unsuspected beauty, of lives shad owed by want and poverty, tollers In the dark whom such as he, to whom much had been given, should minister comfort nnd cheer. He seated himself before his desk nnd began to write, without conscious effort or weariness, the story that the child's music In spired. The boy played on unceasing ly, glancing nw and then nt the hand hurrying across the paper, until at last Haswell lifted his head nnd smiled. "lou are tired, I'm sure," he said In a voice of singular gentleness. "Put away your violin and go to bed In my room, yonder; I want to finish iny work hero beside the fire." A week later, when Haswell took his story down to Boynton's office, the lat ter glanced It over skeptically, read a few lines of the last page, then began nt the start and went through it, word ror word, with eager attention. When he had finished he looked up at Has- well'wlth a queer, unaccustomed smile. If you can do a thing like that once," he said, "you can do it again. That's the sort of stuff we want. I'll give you $50 for every story of that kind you send me." Haswell went back to his hermit flat In qn exultant frame of mind. He found his little guest crouching before the fire with bis curly head bowed over the violin. "Rhuel," be began ab ruptly, "you have given me a great deal of pleasure with your music, and to show you I appreciate the kinduess I have decided to seud you home. .A week from to day you shall have your passago ticket." The boy looked up with a start, and his face grew, if possible, paler. He rose, laid down his violin, and took a step toward his benefactor, then paused and looked at him with glow ing eyes. "Are you very glad?" Haswell asked, smiling whimsically. "Yes, Mister, an no, too. I love my country but I haf no relative " Terhaps you would rather have the money?" Haswell suggested rather coldly. Khuel shook his head. Suddenly he put out ono thlu hand and touched HasweU's shoulder with an appealing gesture that thrilled the older man strangely. "Mister, I rader stay wid you," be faltered. "If you let me, 1 jus' love to stay." "Stay with me!" Haswell echoed In adequately. Then be laughed and caught the tbln little band In bis bit warm grasp. ' "I really believe we'd hit It off fine, little lad." be said gayly. "I'm not quite suited with this beruilt life, upon my word I'm not. Suppose we try doubling up for a time? When you grow tired, you can say so, you know." "No, Mister," the boy contradicted eagerly, "I never grow tired. I lovt to stay always!" "Stay, then," snld Haswell. And he did. New York Times. Many a life has been wrecked oy disregarding the danger slguala, Chapters of STRANGE STORIES CATHERED FROM MANYWHERES. WINDMILL ON A LOCOMOTIVE, A novel wny to got electricity for lighting a railway train Is described by Cassier's Magazine. The favorite method nowadays Is to provide each car with a small dynamo, which Is driven by the nxle. Tho current Is Urst led to a storage battery composed of only ten colls, so as to have n sup ply of electricity when the train Is standing still. A less satisfactory plan Is to put the dynunio on the locomotive Bid drive It with steam from the boiler. The scheme which Cassier's reports Is a variation of this latter one. It includes a dynamo that is located on the engine, perhaps under the pilot, but the power for It Is derived from a rotary fan or windmill Immediately above, under the headlight. As the locomotive travels at the rate of twen ty, thirty or even forty miles an hour, a breeze of corresponding velocity Is developed. The current is conveyed to small accumulators under each car of the train. It may be nssumed that when these are fully charged the cur rent is automatically cut off. Tests are said to have been made with an outfit of this kind, and the results are laid also to have been encouraging, contrary to what one might be led to expect. TDK SMALLEST BOBS IS lit TBS WORLD. What Is said to be the smallest horse In the world has Just been brought to Tamplco, Mexico, by Tablato Espo slto and sold to A. J. Morrison, of Los Angeles, Cal., for a large price. This SMALLEST Tom Thumb of cquincs, which is ap propriately named"LIHIpiitIan," stands just high enough to reach to his own r's knees, and weighs only seventy three pounds, though fat and plump, The pony is seven years old nnd Is :wenty-two nnd one-half inches five ind a half bands tall. Lilliputian has a history that is al most as remarkable as his diminutive ilze. The Mexican who disposed of b!m claims be stole the animal, and ns le immediately disappeared there teems to bo uo reason for doubting the assertion. The wily senor, it ap pears, got Lilliputian from nn Island 9fl the coast of South America, be tween Guatemala and Samoa. The na tives th?re worship pretty littlo horses and keep them constantly guarded on a high cliff. Exposlto took this and another dwarf tho two smallest he could find and made away with them by lowering them from the cliff with a rope. He was hotly pursued. Before reaching Mexico the other horse, less hardy than that here pictured, died. "skowid" klectbicitt. Storms of colored rain and snow which havo occurred In foreign lauds from time to time should give rise to far less wonder than a storm which occurred la the United States not long ago, ami which may well be called a storm of "electric light." Lieutenant John P. Flnley, Ninth United States Kegular Infantry, n meteorologist, well kuown In this coun try, was a witness of the phcnomeuo-.i, which occurred while be was making in ascent of Pike's Peak, Colorado. To him the storm seemed like a thower of "cold fire." This curious tppearance was due to the fact that every flake was charged with electric ity to such an extent,'' Indeed, tbnt when It came In contact with the hair of the mule on which the lieutenant was rldlng.lt discharged electric sparks with slight detonations. When the storm Increased In fury and the flakes came down thicker and faster, each flake emitting a spark of electric light, the sight was truly mag nificent After the flukes reached the ground or other rest lug place the elec tric display ceased, until the snow was again put In motion, when the dis charges were repeated. By shaking bis Buyer tips, beard or Life's Oddities. nose or eirs the lieutenant wns obl to produce n iihower of electric sparks, while n wave of his arm produced an effect like the sweep of n flaming sword blado through the nlr, cvt.y flake of snow touched giving out Its little spark of light and the consequent slight ex plosion. STCRS OK ITS WIK09. Ono of the most remarkable cr.rtosl ties In the world, probably, in the bird line, Is the kamlchl, the wing of which Is armed with spurs. This odd creature is found in Brazil, Gulna and Colombia, and Inhabits the deepest forests along the water courses. This large black bird is very remark, able for the strength of Its voice, which hns powerful and peculiar guttural notes. It benrs on each wing two powerful spurs, and on Its bend a point ed horu, three or four Inches long. The two spurs on each wing are di rected forward when the wing Is folded. These spurs are the outgrowth of the metacarpal bone, nnd arise from the anterior part of the two extremities ot this bone. The upper spur Is larger and Is triangular, about two Inches long nnd slightly curved at the end. A party of explorers and naturalises captured one recently, which Is now In the London Zoological Garden. It Is very tame in Its demeanor toward hu man beings, but puts Itself on the de fensive as soon as it sees a dog. It knows how to make such good use of its spurs that It can put the enemy to flight by a single stroke. Besides these weapons on Its wings the kamlchl has a very strong beak and bard and re sistant claws. CCBX0U8 OLD BOAT, A very curious old boat arrived nt Whitehaven the other day from Strang, ford Lough, says the London Graphic. She bad, a local paper declares, an extraordinary history. At one time, a hundred years ago, the vessel sailed regularly from Portaferry to White haven, and was then called the Porta ferry frigate, and afterward the name of the Three Sisters was bestowed upon her. But, most extraordinary of all. It is solemnly alleged that she was used in 1689, at the siege of Lon donderry, to carry provisions up the famous Loch Foylo In those stirring times. If this be so, the Three Sisters is the oldest vessel in actual use. It I further alleged that a curious privi lege was given to her more than a hundred years ago. She is permitted to come into Liverpool port, to use nil OK HORSES. tho "wharfings and piers," without the payment of any quay or pier dues, ANOEB COKES DEAFNESS. Here is a novel cure for deafness. According to several Dutch papers a deaf woman, who resides at Kroin menle, bad a quarrel a few weeks ago with some of her neighbors, and as a result got into a violent passion. As she Is seventy years old ber friends feared that this sudden and terrible outburst of anger would In jure her, but Instead it completely, cured her of ber deafness. what is IT? This Is not a puzzle, picture nor a strange monster, but the model for a bonnet Intended for wear In an auto mobile, as pictured by L'lllustrutlon. Viatel and laterwtlDg. Tbe readers of newspapers have rea son to feel much gratified by the im provement which bag taken place In tbe business and art of advertising. More and more the advertising col umns of a paper of high class have become both useful and Interesting. Its advertising is now an Important feature of the chronicles of tbe day, a valuable directory, which Is tending to' grow still more attractive as reading.- New York Sun. On tbe railroads In Canada It is nec essary to keep over 000 snow plows la operation winter. SWISS RAILROADS. Central Beaton Tickets Include All Swit zerland. I do not know tint the railroads of Switzerland could be acquired by nny trust, but they nre certainly profitable, says a correspondent of the Memphis Commerclal-Appenl. In jOOO they paid a net profit of over mil 000,000, and their travel Is Increasing every year. Only four years ngo the Government decided to buy them, nnd the trnnsfet of the lines from private parties to tbe State Is r.ow under wny. The roads, Including the tramways, bnve a length of about 2,"00 miles, nnd there nre so many track nnd cable lines running up the sides of the mountains '.o give access to tho beautiful views, that Mark Twain says, "Every Alp now has n ladder up Its back like a pair of sus penders." One of the nicest things of the Gov ernment railway system Is Its general Benson tickets or passes, which Include all Switzerland. The railroad com panies will sell you a ticket for two weeks, a month, a quarter or n year, which you can use for that time on all the railroads and steamboats of Switzerland. These tickets nre sold at fixed prices, nnd they have to be ordered at least two hours before lea v. Ing time. You must furnish an un mounted photograph of yourself, whlcb Is pasted on the ticket. A two weeks' ticket over all the Swiss roads costs, according to class, from $7.r0 to $12, nnd a monthly ticket from $10 to $20. If you travel third class tho price Is $10; second class, $14, or first class, $20. For three months the rates are $24. $34 nnd SIS, and for the year, $00, $84 and $120. That means that for $120 you could start In on January 1 nnd keep traveling day nnd night on Swiss trains nnd steam boats, with the very best accommoda tions, until Decemlier 31. without extra charge. Such tickets are sold to any one who asks for them. The cars are about the same ns onrs. There is a passageway through the centre, with doors nt each end. The seats of the second class are uphol stered in velvet; they are clean and comfortable. The windows are in brass frames, and they can be dropped out of sight when you wish to look out. The express trains have dining cars, called "wagon restaurants," nnd the dining car porter comes through nnd calls out that dinner is ready. In French, English and German. The Swiss roads are well ballasted and well kept. The tracks are watched for avalanches and landslides, nnd nt ev ery crossing stands 'a bareheaded girl, with n red flag, to warn all that the train Is coming. At every station you find from a dozen to a score of hotel porters In livery, each bearing the name of his hotel on bis cap. Round-Head People Most Content. "Do you know," said a man to a Journal reporter, "that of the men who have left Spartanburg and settled In other plnces nearly every one was an oblong-headed man?" This state ment may seem strange, but it is true that it Is the oblong-beaded people who are generally not content to take things as they happen and make the most of their position in a philosophi cal spirit. This condition is not pe culiar to Spartanburg. It is the case everywhere. I recall many years ago that I was told that the oblong-headed people were more restless than the round-headed, and some cause wns ad vanced for it which I do not now re member. I doubted the story, but since then I have given attention to the matter, and in most cases of de parture from the several communities In which I have resided from time to time I have found that it Is the oblong-beaded people who change their places of vocation. I am oblong-headed myself, and I have lived in New York, Jacksonville, Greenville and now I am In Spartanburg. In every one of these cities friends and acquaintances with the round heads have remained In the communities, seemingly satis fled or rather averse to moving, while my oblong-beaded friends have pulled out and settled elsewhere, affirming the rule which I heard when I was a yoang man." Spartanburg (8. C.) Journal. Almost Lived There. During a recent burglary epidemic In the country an Inspector of the po lice force one night made a tour through the burglarized district. Con siderably after midnight he saw a young man emerge noiselessly from a substantial homestead, and made after biro. "Did you just come out of that cor ner house?" the inspector asked, over hauling him. The young man, while of respectable appearance, was plainly III at ease and confused. "I did," be said. "Do you live there?" demanded the Inspector. "Well, almost," wns the embarrassed answer. "But I can't see that It's any of your business, as long as her father doesn't object" Tlt-Blts. A Tows Without a Cravrrard. According to the Oklahomnn, Asher is probably tho only town In the Terri tory of Its size and age that has no graveyard. Asher Is a year old and has a population of over 1000 people, and the place Is built up with substantial business blocks and modern residences, but baa no burial place. The few peo plo that have died in the section have been burled at other point. Owing to Its high location, fine drainage and abundance of artesian water, Asher Is said to be ono of If not tho healthiest locations iu the Territories. A local doctor recently made the remark that if it had not been the obstetrical cases at this point, Asher, ha would have starved to death. Oil-Time Journalism. Herbert Asqulth paid a pretty com pliment to the press at the London Newspaper Society's dinner in regard to Its rapid collection of news. Nowa days the editorial task Is winnowing rather than gathering. It was other wise In tbe eighteenth century, when the Leicester Journal, for Instance, bad to lend all Ita copy by coach to London for printing, so that Its news wis at least a week late when it ap peared. It was sometimes later. For In ono dry season tbe editor was re duced to printing tbe Bible at a serial and bad reached the tenth chapter of Exodus before any news more reoont .than tho Pentateuch bad reached (! office. ArWllllu New York City. Long shouldered ef fects are among the distinctive nnd soluble features of tbe season nnd nre found In many of the new shirt waists AH ELABORATE MODEL. is well ns In the more elaborate mod els. The very smart M;iy Manton tvnlst Illustrated has a novel yoke or Shoulder strap effect, that is cut in ane with the tucked fronts nnd enn either be made to extend over the shoulders or bo cut off nt the seams ns shown In tbe back view, and exem plifies both the drooping shoulders and one of the many forms of the bishop stock. The original Is made of French flannel Iu cream white stitched with pale blue cortlcolll silk, but nil the season's waist materials are appro priate. The foundation lining is snugly fitted nnd Is In every way desirable where wool or silk Is used, but can be omitted whenever It Is not desired. Tbe fronts of the waist proper nre tucked for their entire length and arc extended to form the yoke or shoulder straps and nre Joined to side portions that nro tucked for a few Inches only below their upper edge. The back, however, is simply plain, nnd the closing is effected through n regulation box pleat nt the centre front. The sleeves nre In shirt style with the strarbt sinrrow cuffs closing at tht outs'uM that arc the favorites of the season. At the neck BI.OUSU Is a stock elongated at tho front to give a bishop suggest Ion, The quantity of material required for the medium size is four mid nre-eiglith rards twenty-one Inches wide, four and one-fourth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three and one-eighth yards thirty-two Inches wide, or two and live eighth yards forty-.fojir inches wide. Woman's Hlouse Jacket. Blouse Jackets make the favorite wraps for general wear and ure seen In all the latest models both for suits and separate couts. The very stylish May Mantuu model Illustrated In the huge drawing shows tbe new flat collar nnd trimming, but can bo left phi hi and without the basques ns shown In tbe small sketch when preferred. The orig inal Is made of flecked cheviot In gray nnd white, stitched with cortlcelll silk nnd trimmed with pipings of dark gray and drop ornaments and makes part of a costume, but till suitings and Jacket materials are appropriate. The Jacket consists of fronts and back and Is fitted by means of shoulder and umlcr-arin seams. The back Is plain, but the fronts nre gathered nnd blouse slightly and becomingly. The llllle capes lire attached to the stiap trimming nnd nre arranged over the neck. The sleeves aro full nnd Mulshed with becoming cuffs, nut the straight. narrow ones can be substituted If de sired. Tho basquo portions nnd triple postillion nre Joined to the lower ed ,'(. Tho qunutity of material required for the medium slzo Is six yards twenty one Inches wide, two nnd three-fourth yards forty-four Inches wide, or two ami one-fourth yard llfty-two Indies wide. Apron to the Front. Apron effects nre very modish and qulto usually becoming. Though they have tho look of an oversklrt they ure In reality tbe skirt profier, being eked out with graduating flounces. As often ns not the apron Is of some strong inn terlnl. while tbe flounce, which la pulled ou as well as flared, Is of n light and airy-fairy texture. When it U LATEST ; NEW YORK. FSSWrW' heavy the fabric inufi bp of the rich est a trimming of itself. If It be plaint It may be adorned with nppliques Dot too far apart. A very pretty one, how ever, Is entirely of black net. I nth wide rows of black gros-grain ribbon follow the shnpc of the apron, pointing downward nt the front. Five row are at the foot of the very full Honsce. ltows of ribbon nre ou the full blonaet and tho sleeve ru files, the blouse hing further enhanced vlth an applique oC yellow lace. This is an nttrnctlv model, too, for a shirred dress. Adorned by Handwork. Handwork Is nlwnys a feature. Josfc now It Is more than ever so. Wblb the choicest embroideries fairly cover some robes, there nre others, delight fully attractive, which nre nlire with French knots nnd faggoting, tbe two friends that nre still with us, despite Iconoclasts who have declared them rinnn for fthic Kiiine months French knots nro charmingly attractive. whether they emphasize other designs nr mo Ktrewn liv the hundred In massed groups. As for faggoting, it and nny sort or njour stiiciiuig is vrry much tho thing. Da'n-jr Jnrkrta. Charming things in fichus and llttU? Jackets nro to be seen In point and duchesse lace. The former ore made with a rather deep cape over the shoul ders and nre carried down the front la two long ends, forming a slender point well below the waist line. In some of tbe Jackets there Is a tiny collar rising at the back. A Pretty Prlneasse Qowa. One of the prettiest princessc gowna seen this season was of white mousaa line de sole, accordion pleated, having n front nnd back panel of pofnt Ct Venlse lace; the corsage was cut en liolero. and the only touch of color was! introduced In the yoke of orange velve embroidered In white silk and aee4 pearls. Color Mndr. Color study is brought to a fine art these days, and many new and charm ing shades nnd tones nro the result An attractive new shade Is n blending of gray nnd green, that shows to lovely effect when made tip In combination with crenra guipure lace, nnd a touch of black velvet here nnd there 1x5 nc Illhboii Satliet, A pretty Idea is to wear brond and lony ribbon snt-hes with evening tolleta. Some of these are tucked and the ends nre frlngjd. The sash mny botba color of tho gown or of contrasting color, as preferred, pud still be modish. JACKET. but tho silk lining of tho gowu must ba the same shade as that of the sash and whatever tlower Is chosen to be woca ou tho corsage or lu tho hair. A Deserted Fad. The fad th..t prevailed so long of wearing a black bat with a white or s liUt gown no longer flourishes. MlpsAt TItree-Ploce Skirt. Flounced skirts are much in vogu fur young girls as well ns for tbeur elders and always are graceful and comfortable, as tbe ample flaro pew vlded at the lower edge means freedom of movement. The very stylish May Mauton model illustrated Is shown la nut brown etamlne, trimmed with band of ttntlu faced cloth stitched with cortlcelll silk, but nil rultlng nnd skirt iiiaterli'.U nre appropriate. Tbe skirt Is cut III three pieces, mid Is fitted at the upper cd.o by menus of hip dart and laid l;i luvcited pleats nt the centre back. To the lower odjje Is attached the circular flounce, the seam being covered by the stitched band. The up per edge can be finished with a brlt or cut lu dip outline and undcrfaced or bound. The quantity of material required for medium bis? (fourteen years) la uisiua Tunns-rtBca uin, fire and cue-half yards twenty-s Inches wide, three aud one half yard foity-four Inches wMo, or three jarda fifty-two Inches wtdo
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