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.
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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
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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.
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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