TIKE FOOLSH RABBIT. Th nli1it i a enl Hiirr, His mien i ncvt-r Irutnd, Ilia linhita are retime. To him jicu e is I'l'lighti'tit. lie ncvpr sallies f.irlh IJ fiuJ What' k-oI emd i:imo it I'nlesa the prize tint l . in siht llav bp (e uro I without a lijlit Don't be n r dibit. TIip rabbit i l synonym Tor cowpr'liip ami mcekneisr TIip world h t ill";) contempt lor htm It jpt about hi welkin". The rabbit crm to think 'tin cause Kor iilad tlurikjivi!iit. If lie rn iv hit a quiet III?. Jf he may k nviv from strife, And earn lua hvinti. IT was a bleak, blustering evening in December. A lino snow had been sifting down steadily nil day, nnd, llijll as night came on. the i. imwng risen to a gale, sent It ubirling ft tin- eaves, iirnund the "arl. 1JI1 all objects were? obscured by the great snow-clouds which went li.v Ig past. It whisked Into every crevice about the house, making inini.itiiri' drills n.i window-sill nnd door-sill, and bade fair Iiefore morning to mak the lem-, Udd fiishhmc l dwelling itself cine enor mons snowdrift. Now it weathered clapboards rat "llt'd, r.inl Its .xhuters cieaUel and Linined as the furious blasts swept on, while mor, than i:h-i loosened brick were dislodged from the top of he bilge clrmney. fell down mi the reof, and went humping and rumbling over the long caves. Hut there was one corner in the old lionsp which was always cozy, let the. wind blow high or low the southwest room. In bright weather the sun lay on it trails and .fellow-paint"! floor all day long, and In tuo evening Its dark cor ner were enlivened by ruddy Barnes from nil enormous fireplace. To-night there was nn unusually large lire In its depths, darting nnd Jcsiliim lllih. while the winil rncireil In It capacious., soot-covered throat, and sometime whirled little scuds, of snow hisslng down lnt the flames. Their flickering liuht danced fantastically jrr i lie wruiKieu race anil wiutc naif if UTAiidmothi-r Williams, slttini; on n hish-ltficked roc ker. Joicinir hack and TorUi, rnne in lin ii'l. and meditatively tapping t'.ie too of her list shoe, while nrery now and then her whispered thoughts showed that her mind was rovhii? In the vlviillv r:Miiemf icrpil cenea of younger days. "Now, my dears,-- said tie old lady, ns several ur.ii.d' hildren came Into the room and huddle I close about the "c r cners," "are the lire s all sale for niht' 'Von know your lather and mother are not here to look oat for them, ni:d it would he n sore niht to be turned nut of doors for youm: tilings like you. let ninn old lam? tones like your jjrnnd ma'n." "Tliore isn't i.r.te of da:iRr. unless lhe wind blows t'.ie house down," said l-:ien, who felt tin- importance of li vim left iiiniiavi'.M'-iis-chief durluii the ah. sence of Ills parents, who had ono on business into an adjoinini; county. "And the ashes, too." (ontinu'd sranclnia. "If juii'vc taken up any 3tely, do he careful and have them jiut Into Mometliiii.; Iron, with a cover to It, so they can't K''t nut and set thlnifs afire. Tiny are treacherous tilings, children, ashes are, and will nmll nnd tnttil for days, if there's nny tire In them wli .n they were taken u;. "Tbat'a thi way our (Irst house sol turned down nigh upon sixtyllvi! year nso." "Tell us nbo'it if. grandma," said little Kitty, swingiui; herself on grand DDother's armchair. "Tea, t "II us." r,h en r"t In, Rettlluc himseir comfortably in a corner by the wood-box, tongs in hand, ready to "poke" the fire duriru the recital. "Yon must knew-, my dears." began srnisdiiin, "when father I mean your sr.indfuther -an 1 I first came up here to live, this whole town was nothing lint a wilderness. We had only one little In- :im tf go into, with oiled paper pasted Into square holes cut In lhe logs for window, nnd n great tnne chimney, with a fireplace, over which I did all my work. I'.ut life wan j oun with us then, nnd we wc r-" Ixith stroii;. and worked hard, early and late, and were happy. "However, there was one thing I crould not niitj get over nt first, and Ihat wan tin. I mi of Sabbath day meetings. It-it after a while, as other neighbor moved Inti th neighbor hood, we t.-sed to have preaching In the barn In the summer time. "Well, we lived In thla log rabln nlni year. That last winter graml father got a chance to work in the logging nwuinp up on tu Androneog ln Ulver, at eleven dollar a month, n found, and earned hard upon seven ty dollars. I iitayed alone here nnd sflld the chorea and took care of the children; there were nix of them then. "With the logging money, and what we bad taved before, grandfather built new hotia the next year; and a tilep tonne it wa for thone day -the cell lnn nnd floor all of broad, yellow pi lie (ward, that I uaed to keep aooured white and clean enough to eat off from. "It wa In Decemlxr. the third win ter after we moved Into It. and Inat bout aucli a night oa thla, only colder, tf anything. Grandfather was away logging flsalii', li used to go .every winter, for your Uncle Jerry had got old enough to help me about the chorea good deal then. ""Jt wi Sunday night, I reraenilier. nd I had gone to bed In pretty good eaaon, for I alway got up before daylight to fo M waahlng. Along mLsnt elvea o'clock I waked, with my eyea auiartlng aod feeling all choked up, , "I tell you, cUillren, It dVu't take i Grandmother's Story. By MRS. CHRISTINE STEPHENS. - rfl 73 3 I ri i it 1 In; rabbit, being poor and small, Tret nut at bin condition; III- llorMtl't eetl to tv:uit it all, lie h n mi proud ambition. Krmtixh if all ho takes, the rest Is fur his brothers: It doesn't em to make him fret That w hen he h n nil lie may gt, J here's more for others. The rabbit is n aenriifu! thin?. lie shrinks in dread from dancer, To nil the hopes nnr lotniing bring The rabbit is n wtraicer. II.- never kill for seih di gain. It is hia habit To shrink from war nml hunt f.ir tieac?, To take enniiKli nnd then to ee.ne Don't he a rabbit. ( ' h iea jo I! eon n 1 1 1 e ral d. long to maUe up my mind what was the mutter, and I sprang out of bed and ran from room to room to find w here the lire ,ns, with the baby un der w.y arm. "Mu opening the door into lhe kit iliea. I saw that the partition next lhe shed was nil ablaze and ready to droi. The stairway leading to the chamber where the children slept ran u;i out of lhe kitchen, and the lire had crept round nearly to It." "i'.ut what made you think that the ashes set the tire 7" interrupted Kben. "la'caiise I'd taken them up Sunday morning and set them just outside in the open shed In an Iron kettle I hadn't calculated on the wind's blow ing so hard-ami forgot them, and Unit's where the lire caught. So you sec It was the ashes fast enough. "Shaking and dragging the children out of bed, I got on to them, somehow, what clolhes 1 could lay my hands on. and. throwing blankets over their heads, told them to run downstairs and nut of t'.oors as fast a a they were ready; but being waked tj sudden and the fear of the tire fairly dazed them. "Your Aunt Ann. next older than the baby, was the last one, and some how I was so Mustered I couldn't find anything to put onto her. for now the fire was roaring down in the kitchen even above the roar of the wind, and I was afraid it would cut me off en tirely. "At last I fedt out a coaf that be longed to one of the boys, and I had scarcely buttoned her ir.to it when a sudden light burst Into the dark cham ber. ".My heart leaped Into my throat ns I thought of the great bunches of tow and linen-yarn- more than two hun dred skeins, which I had Just llnlshed spinning hanging round the sides of the stairway. They had taken lire." "Hut you didn't go down through that, grandma 7" cried JCcll. "There was no other way, my dear. Ami there were the babies in my arms, beside thoe who had gone down be fore. "Hut I couldn't stop long to con sider. On the beds were big woolen coverlets, and, throwing one of these over my head. I dashed down the stair, with Ann under one arm and the baby under the other, for I hadn't pot the little thing down once, for tear she would crawl away In the con fusion and darkness, and I should never fend her again. "The hoi names burned my hands and feet as I went through them. The way was completely cut off nut of doors, as I had feared, except through a north window, and the smoke in the kitchen was so thick that it uhnost sloppi-d my breath, "I can't remember how I got across lhe room to that window. Hut I found myself before it, and trying In vain to open it, for it had ben fastened down securely to keep the snow and wind from driving in. A light slaud stood near, ami with that I broke tho win dow through, sash and all, and leaped out!" And, In her oarnes:ness, the old lady half rose from her chair and thrust energetically with her cane at an Im aginary window In .he bright depth of the big fireplace. "Aim say I fell down, and perhaps I did; I don't remember," she added, subsiding Into her chair and rocking gently. "After a little spell," continued grandma. "I got breath enough to wallow through the snow around the house, but I couldn't find one of the children. I wa about to give up In despair, thinking 'that, In their be wilderment, they might have got Into the tire, when I heard shout from the hog-house out by the barn. They had driven the pigs up and had all hud dled together In their warm bed. "Well, I knew we couldn't stay there all night, for the children wasn't half dressed, and none of ua had on any shoea, nnd It waa bitter cold! It seemed a a thocgh we had caeaped from the tire only to be frozen." And n tear stood on grandma's withered cheek ft the remembrance of that uight'a grief and suffering. "Hut I couldn't bear to hear the littl. thing cry nnd ee them freeze by Inches," she went mi, after a time; o spurring up courage, I wrapped the coverlet about me dm well iih I could, and went out on the hill away back of of the barn, through the blinding snow to about for help. "Grandfather's bref.ier, your Great uncle Daniel, iuiu then moved Into the neighborhood, and Ilia house wasn't more than a mile off by toe road and much nearer across lots, lint the wind came from that quarter, uud uiy voice didn't reach three rod. "Old Brludle, their dog, however, act to howling most uolcfully at alght of the fire, I suppose and he kept It up so long it woke I'ucle Daniel at lu.t and. after a while, I saw a lanlen. coming through the field. We hud a road across lu the wluter. "Then I knew that help was at hand. and begau making my way back to the children. "There win't much of the house left standing uow but '.he big (blwuey, atl I expected to see that go dowu with every gust. "After what' .reined to me hours, t'ncle Daniel hove in night, and, nr soon as he was near enough, he called: "roily! roily:' "That wa me, you know-; nnd 1 shouled back, to let him know where we was. "(Hi, Polly! thi la terrible-. . ain't It?' he said. 'Are yon all alive?' "'Yes. Danlcd, we are, but we shan't be much longer If there ain't some thing done, and that cpilck. too!' re plied I, for the children was crying pitiful to hear. "'What can b? done, Tolly?' he asked, hopelessly '"You must go right back and get your oxen and sled, nnd take us over to your house." I told him. " 'It can't be done. Tolly, nohow Why. there's drifts ten foot deep, and you'll all perish on the way" "'Yes, It can be done!' nnld I, resolute-like, for he was a faint-hearted kind of man not a bit like your grand father 'and It must be done, nnd bfc spry about it, or I enn't swear for these babies'.' " 'Well, we'll try, Tolly,' says he, and set off again. 'I gathered the children togelhcl around me in a pile the babies hud died in my anus an 1 covered them Willi the blankets that had been brought from tho house, and then waited. "I think It must have been hard upon an hour before I heard I'ncle Daniel's voice above the wind urging his team through the snow. He brought a lot of bcdcill;s and one 'buffalo,' nnd with these we wrapped the children. "It was no wonder that Tm le Daniel had fedt faint-hearted at starting, fot such drifts, it seemed to me. I lievet saw before nor I've never seen such wallowing almost out of sicht. while) the air was thick with driving snow. 'Sometimes I felt afraid we never should get through, nnd was sorry we had left the hog-house. "Hut through the mercy of God, we weathered it. Iillcl I never felt SO happy a moment as when we were all In I'ncle Daniel's kitchen before a roaring fire, the children n good deal frost-bitten but all safe. 'My own feet and hands were sc. burned and fevered that they didn't even chill, and it was n good niiinj weeks before they were healed eu tlrely. 'Ah, my dears." concluded the old lady, ns was her wont after glvinif them reminiscences of her life experl ence. "your grandmother has had hard Journey ard a rough path In lift but I'm almost through the woods!" Golden Days. Making ItadJuin. Although nobody can really answet the question "What is radium?" tb process of its manufacture or separa tlon I by no means a complicated ot mysterlHus one. Hadium exists In combination witt lead, chalk, silica, Iron and other thing which must be eliminated. Tor dayi a ton or so of uranite powder, whicb I obtained mostly from pitch-blende simmers over a slow lire with watet and soda. This mixture Is then put Into big barrels, where a sediment I. deposited, and pnt on the fire to slue nier again . with carbonate of soda Then follow more sedimentation anc! washing, after which the residue l treated with hydrochloric acid. col oiless liquid results, containing small quantities of radium. The chemist's object 1 now to Sep arate these sum II quantities, and till! he does by a series of reactions am.' crystallizations. At each operation the crystal become progressively rlchei In radium and smaller In bulk, until after six week manipulation, scum twenty-live grammes of white crystal remain. The radium contained In these Is ol low radio activity, and the greater pari of their bulk I rcilned away. At the end there are left only a few ceuti. grammes, n much a would cover tin point of a knife blade, to show for a ton or so of uraulte powder and montht' of work. Answer. , Tim Dag nnd lite Baby. At Edgbastou, Hiruilughaui, thert was a dog in a family where for a time it had all its own way. Hut In course of time a baby was added tc the domestic circle, and the dog's nose required a bouesetter. It was noticed that the baby, when left alone, fre quently Indulged lu fretful cries, but the caus was not apparent until the mistress watched the conduct of the dog through the keyhole. Now, this story come from Hlrmliigham, but It is nevertheless said to bo true. The mistress war the dog get up from tho hearth, proceed to the cradle and rub its cold nose against the child's cheek until the little one began to cry; then, wagging Its tall the dog walked de murely back to the fireplace, and was found to be asleep when ih door opened. London News. tn Tvpe of i'nitliie. From Germany comes news of n lo comotive worked by steam nnd yet In dependent of tire of Its own. The en gine bus Just been completed at tho llohenzollern works nt Dusseldorf and is of a type designed for shunt ing In explosive factories. Instead of carrying fire in Its own boiler It Is tilled with steam from stationary boilers, and when so charged Is capable of several hours' work. The first warm ing up occupies half an hour, and sub sequent recharging can be done In a quarter of au hour. The apparatus la so simple that an unskilled workman i nblu to look after It. The ubsence of lire in a place -.vliere dynamite or gunpowder Is being handled Is the res. Hon for the Invention of this type of engine. - 'I mi to Orowa A strange incident is reported on a certain railway, which we will not mention by name, and the lawyers are set at a pretty riddle tn eolvc. When the passengers ulighted from en after noon train nt I) . the ticket collect at the gate atopped a lady, who was passing through with a hobble-de boy sou, by the remark, "That boy of youra is too big for a 'alt ticket, mum." "Well, maybe be Is," replied the lady, with touch of sarcasm in her tone, "but ho was uot wueu we left to wo; he's a growing lad, and he's bad plenty of liuie since ilea!" Golden Teuny. Olrls Mioulil tie Dljninpcl. Not long ngo something was said on the woman's page of the Hoston Her ald concerning the behavior of girls, and the frequent cause of compinlnt Dgainst them for bad manners. There Is still something to be said, but on quite on another side of the matter, and that Is the need that girls should be exacting In the manners of the young men who ure their companions, ns well ns they should be careful of their own. Quite how far girl are responsible for the behavior of the men with whom they associate one cannot say, but it Is In n much larger degree than Is generally supposed, ami it is not too much to say that girls cannot be too strict In their demand. I.lltle lapses of manner should not go nnrebuked. els? larger ones may follow. Of course It is conceded that the girl requires a little courage some times, and the young woman dreads to give offence or have herself dubbed haughty and disagreeable, but this should not for n moment deter her from holding her nssoelnte.a of the other sex to the standard of manners which she should set high. Some young men hp.ve an abominable practice of touching n young w.oman unwarrantably; they will take hold of her arm on the street to help her over a glitter or up a stair when there Is not the slightest need for as-dstance. It Is only exceptionally expected now adays that a man should offer his arm to a lady vi;h whom he is walking at night. At n dance not long ago a young girl seated herself, following a waltz, In n large arm chair, whereupon her partner perched himself opon the arm. Instantly the girl arose and. not daring to say anything, rebuked the offender by a look. The young man also rose up quickly nnd begged her pardon. It is quite safe to say that his manner will never be lax In the presence of that girl again. Another girl was seen nt the same dance permitting her partner to fan her with her fan, which was attached to her belt by a rather short ribbon. She should have detached the fan and handed It to him outright. The fan ning was perfectly admlssnble, but the too apparent famillurlty wus un pleasant In this case. Girls 'should not only hp dignified In their own behavior, but command dig nity from those by whom they nre surrounded. Besides, young men really often err through ignorance, nnd if they are of the right Rtuff, and are worth making friends of, they will be grateful for little lessons given with a courtesy that is yet absolutely unmis takable. :;: Kqnal Partner". When the descendant of a man who received n title of nobility for his achievements a century or more ago marries the daughter or granddaugh ter of an American who lias "done thing," the disinterestedness of the foreigner's affection for his wife Is often questioned. The doubt Implies that no foreigner of rank would marry an American wife except for her money. This theory Is not complimentary to American girls. Englishmen, with and without titles, ere practically iinanl ixous in confessing the charm of th girls brought up In the American at mosphere of freedom and taught to believe in the eonnllty of sexes. They do say, occasionally, that women here have too many privileges, and that their wishes are deferred to more fre quently than Is wise; but they all admit that the American system, in stead of destroying the feminine charm, makes it Irresistible. It Is this attractiveness of American girls that leads young Englishmen to seek them as wives. The wealth of the bride has little to do with the case; many girls who are not rich have mar ried into titled families abroad. The title Itself is an accident. The possessor of it Is usually several gen erations removed from the man who earned the honor; whereas, in the Tnlted States, it has frequently hap pened that the bride of the foreigner Is the daughter of a man who. If titles of nobility were conferred by the American Government, would have been made a duke, a niurquis or n knight because of his statesmanship, his success in wnr, his Inventive gen ius, or because he conquered the wild erness by building railroads through It. The American bride Is every time nearer that her husband to the foun tain head of the kind of greatness which I decorated with titles lit Eu rope. Youth's Companion. Improving Hollow Cheek. There nre manifold reusous for hol low cheeks. Tho main ones nre. a natural disposition toward bodily thin lies i which manifests Itself plulnly in tho face. Weak, undeveloped muscles due to defective nutrition, as the result of Impaired circulation and general physical weakness. Iick of teeth, which takes away the natural support and allow the cheeks to sink Inward, even though tbey be qui'e fleshy. In such vases the missing cheeks should be replaced. If possible, for the sake of proper mastication as well as for good appearance; then the labor of restor ing the contour of the face will be quite easy, provMed, of course, the health Is good. To Impart firmness, facial gymnastics and massage, ac companied by a good prepared sklu food or cocoa butter, will prove bene ficial. The skin food Is to be applied Just before retiring and the exercise to be Indulged In both night and morn ing for about ten minutes. To exer cise the muscles, first compress the lips, fill the cheek with air and werk the Jawa lu a chewing movement, putting the cheeks outward as much as possible and keeping the mouth closed, Dei ore applying the skin food pre pare the face to receive It by a tho rough washing In warm soapy water, followed by n cold rime. Dry. nnd with tbr tip of Qngvrt stroke the muscles of the cheeks upward nnd backward with gentle pressure, nfter placing the thumbs nt the base of lhe ears. Anoint the hollows with the cocon butter nnd execute n rotary movement, beginning by placing the linger tips nt the corner of the month and following the Jaw bone to the temple. Start again nt the corner of the mouth and work upward through middle of cheek to outer corner of the eye. Repeat each movement ten times, keeping the pressure firm but gentle. Marlon A loot t Prentice, In Mirror and Tanner. Walt rapur I'leliirp Main. The new picture-framing Idea Is the use of wall paper for mats Not only dark green, gray, blue and red cartridge paper are used for mat, but the figured wall papers ns well, One of the prettiest landscape pic tures recently shown iu an exhibit had for a mat n cream satin wall paper marked with gauzy spider wpb connected by a silken spider thread. In the upper left hand corner of the picture was a spider weaving a web about a huge crimson rose The effect was exquisite, combining r It did the cream and gray tones with the red of the rose Another wall paper idea was a water-color sketch of a child, which was framed Willi n mat made of violet wall paper. Tho frame Itself wa of violet passepar tout, which made It a fitting object to hang on the boudoir walls of the elder ly woman for whom it was intended. A dainty Title country landscape hud for fls setting n mat mnde of wild rose crepe paper. The f-ame was of pink ribbon pasted on the glass thu same as in r assepntiouting. This picture, too was for a boudoir. Tos sibllities lie dormant even In n crepe paper napkin. A pansy one, for in stance, with its fioral sentiment. Is beautiful for a photograph frame which is to be presented as n gift. It Is easily made by cutting an oval ot square In the centre, padding with cotton, (scenting with sachet and nsins a pasteboard packing. Pittsburg IV pa tcli. The Proper Hat. Don't forget that If the hat is suited to the wearer all else i forgotten and forgiven. Don't hide a small face under a pic ture hat of the Gainsborough type Choose a style less pronounced in size. Don't wear a lint turning back from the face if you are n long, oval-faced beauty. It makes the face look longer. Don't wear a bat that I bent down directly in the middle if you possess a nose that slightly turn up for It will look as though It were trying to meet the hat. A hat that flares at the sidci is becoming, as is also a toque or a turban. ' Don't indulge In very mnny flowers, feathers and flares If you possess much height, weight and colo:- Don't wear a hat that very closely follows the outline of the face if thj face is plump. The Latet Trimming. Hand trimming will be the height of vogue and the Oriental coloring In their embroidery will be daintier than ever. Iu the new Paris band thi colorings and designs are quite char acteristic. One costly one has a cherry design worked In peculiar colorings ot blue nnd purplisU red. White nnd champagne vie with each other for supremacy r.s a background for these. Paris bauds. Trlmoiln- Lacea. As exaggerated lace sleeve rufilen are one of the season's distinctive stylu features, much Interest centres in th new trimming laces. Itepousse, pouse, VIrre, Val and any net-top lace will be used for these sleeve ruffles, ' and luce flounces for skirts ars to be re vived. r. v Illuminated linens are new. Panne velvet is used for evening wraps. Velvet bracelets with Jeweled clasps have been revived. Tongee are to be cearser and heav ier than Inst season. White duck shoes with trimmings of sh.f.y black leather are a promised vogue. The surplice idea with a guimpe.of lace I introduced upon gowns of all materials. Nothing so choice comes later In the season as these first rhowii.gs of sum mer fabrl. . Very smart Is a black velveteen gown trimmed with white satin where oil Is braided silver cord. Very new evening hats are embroid ered with straw or have a fringe of straw balls uround the rim. I'lideralip of silk or fine cambrics are necessary for tie lingerie and thin silk blouses so much worn this win ter. , As far as one may phophecy nt this euriy date, bo fabric will equal ilbellne in popularity for street gowus and conts. Creamy pinks and plain golden yel lows are delectable shades In the soft clinging liberty statu used for girlish evening frocks. A white Paris muslin evening gown baa an enormous shoulder cape of white silk, bordered with Tom Thumb fringe ot white silk, set here and there with pearled pendants. A young girl wears an evening gown of white satin-striped albatross, with rows of white satin ribbon stitched to the alilrt in a alrectlon exactly op posite to that to which the stripes run oa the ggwa. .. .- New Yotk City. Short conts nre tho favorites of the season for handsome ults and promise to still further In crease their vogue. This May Manton Bt.OCSE KTON, ne Is peculiarly smart and Includes both n novel yoke collar and wide ilee'es finished with flare cult's und' Tails of lace. The model Is uiade of mixed gray cheviot, with tnrcads of white nml of blue, and is trimmed with white; cloth i.nd blue velvet to jive an exceedingly hnndsome ns well is novel eflVct. but nil suiting mnterl lis are appropriate mid trimming can 'jc varied again and again, lira Id of ill sorts is in style nnd numberless handing are shown. The flat neck is specially desirable and the box pleat ffect at the bnck, produced by the Mongatcd yoke. Is as becoming rs It '.a new. Inasmuch ns it dies nway with the broad back apt to result from 9 plaiu blouse. The Eton Is made with fronts nnd back nnd is fitted by means of shoul ler and underarm seams. Over it Is irrnnged the yoke collar, which droops ivef the shouldi-rs, nnd both neck aud front edges nre finished with n shaped onnd overlaid with pointed tabs. The belt Is full and arranged ovrr the low- A Late Design sr edge, closing with the coat at the !ront. The sleeves ure made iu one piece each, are tucked above the wrists ind are held by the cuffs, the pointed bands concealing the seams. The quantity of material reepilred for '.he medium size Is four and one-half rards twenty-one inches wide, three nd seven-eight yards tweuty-seven inches wide, or two and ono-elghtU yards forty-four inches wide. The Kail Kor l.act. The fad for gold luce Is shown In many of the trimmings, A wide gold ribbon has a band- In tho centre of iolid embroidery In pastel green. The ame with violet, blue, red, etc, is also shown. An elghteen-lnch Imita tion crochet lace, for yokes, or other trimming for waists. Is Inset over Its iurface wlth-opeii medallions worked with color! silks, showy, but beauti ful. Hands to match are to be had. A kind of Spanish luce flouncing Is very effective, the white flounce being appllqued apparently with large gar lands und knots of flue black lace. As matter of fact, the white und black ore woven together. Bomalhlng Kmm In Aprona, Pretty things In the way of aprons are to be seen in the shjps. One of them is made of wide sash ribbons in pretty flower designs. Joined by Inser tions of laoe, and with a lace edging across tho bottom to match. There In A little round bib, tr'nmed will, the 'ace and wide rlbbot. to match the foior of,tha Hewer In the ribbon, to fas'eit around the waist. Inrpnita Trimming. A new and most Inexpensive as well is affective way of trimming under wrtnenta, shirt waists, an fa pillows irtd children's clothing I the brier ttUi-hltig. which can be eusiiy nccotn- .t a Idlshed by tho woman who tins deft fingers. Tho garment should first have h pattern traced lightly on It with n pencil, then t.ie worker may proceed to fenther stitch with lustre floss or nny of the wash silks. Feminine. Walntronts. Crossed walstcoi fronts of ermine represent a novelty which Is wlnulng a good deal of favor nt present. The bodice Is cut nway to show the whole front, the fur being confined to the waistcoat alone, nnd it is a polut to be noted thnt this particular style of garment Is in the form of a complete dress and not a removable cont and waistcoat. A dnrk blue velvet gown with white spots was treated In thla fashion, the sleeves being finished with shirred frills of batiste edged with Valenciennes. Wft'.lmlilo CJtovea. Ill the matter of small but Import ant accessories of dress, the new washable gloves are cordially In dorsed. . Mohair Klilrt WaUta Mohair makes up well In shirt waists. This in ilerial has almost tak en the place of the flannel waist r' long a favorite. Crepe Oowncl, Crepe gowns nre considered Tory smart for Indoor purposes wheu trimmed with deep silk fringe. Mlasea' Military Coat. All things that suggest the military ure dear to the girl's heart and certain to find favor In her sight. This smart ' little coat, designed by May Manton, includes a novel cape, that is laid In pleats over the shoulders, and the se vere standing collar thnt Is character istic of the style. As shown it is made of military blue cheviot, with bonds ot black braid and gold button, and la single breasted with full siecves, but various cloaking materials are appro priate and the cape can be omitted la favor of shoulder straps, nnd the coat by May Manton. ctiu bo made double breasted with plain sleeves substituted for tho full ones when desirable. The coat is made with front and backs and la fitted by nieau ot shoul der, underarm and ceutre back seams, the underarm seams being left open for u short distance at the lower edge to provide flare. The capo Is circular aud Is rendered specially graceful by the pleats which are stitched for a part of their length only. The full sleeves are made lu one piece each, gathered nnd held by the cuffs, but the plain ones nre made la regulation coat style. The quantity of material required for the medium nlzo Is four yards twenty-seveu Inches wide, two and seven-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, or two nnd one-half yard fifty two Inches wide when cape Is used; M1SKKH HiUTAKT COAT. three yards twqnty-soven, two ' aud ouo-elghth jarJs forty-foin or cue uud three-quarter yards fifty-two " iucUatt wide wbcu cape U omitted. ,"
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