I 1 THE LOTTERY TICKET. tO, AMES I.ANMXU was n f mechanic, n young, honest O I O mull, wIid:.; highest nmbl t )R tlun was to gain a com- "MOW fortuble home for himself ntxl wife, mill t be thought well of by his neighbors. II had built biuuielf a house, niul there still remained upon It u mortgage of fZH); but t U If sum he hoped to pny In a few-flrs, If lie only had bis lionlth. He bad ciilrulati'd exactly how lung It would tiik liltu to clear off this In cumbrance, and he went to work with Lis eyes open. Due evening James came homo to his supper more thoughtful tli:m usual. His young wife noticvd his manner, tid she Inquired Its cause. 'What Is It, James'.'" she kindly asked. "Why, I never saw you look so sober before." "Well, I'll tell you, Hannah," re turned the young man, with n slight hesitation In his manner. "I have Just lieen thinking that I would buy a lot tery tieket." Hannah I.nnning did not answer im mediately. She looked down and smoothed the silken hair of her babe, which was chirping like a little rohlti In her arms, mid the shades of her .handsome features showed that she was taking time to think. 'How nnieh will It cost?" she asked, at length, looking half timidly up Into her husband's fare. "Twenty dollars," returned .lames, trying to assume a confidence which he di!l not feel. "And have you made up your mind to buy It?" 'Well, I think I shall. What do you think about It?" "If ynu should ask n:y advice, I Should say do not buy It." "Hut why so?" For many r as mi-," returned h's "Wife, In a trembling tune. She would twt offend her husband, and she shrar-k fr-m giving him ad vice whi. h In' niliht nit follow. "In the tirst place," she said, "I thick the whole science of lotteries is a bud one; and then you have no money to risk." "But just look at the prizes," said James, drawing a "scheme" from his pocket. "Here Is one prize of .Ji),'KX, another of ?1o,(mh, another ."iisiii. and so on. Something tells me that if I buy a ticket I shall draw a large prize. And then just think. Hannah, how eas ily I could pay all u; for my hous-, and perhaps have n pood handsome sum left." The young man spoke with much earnestness and assurance, but he saw that there was a cloud upon his wile's brow. "It seems to me that the chance of drawing a prize is very doubtful," said Hannah, as she took the scheme. "Here are many thousand tickets to be sold." The bah" trliM hard to snatch the paper, nnd Hannah laid it aside. "I think I shall run the risk," re sumed James, glancing once more over the paper, and resting with a nervous longing upon the figures which repre sented the higher prizes. "There's Barney; he drew about $SiK a year ago." "Yes, I know It," said Hannah, with more warmth than she had before manifested, "and wh-it has become of the money? You know be. has squandered it nil away. Ah, James, money Is of no use unless we come honestly by It. "Honestly?" repeated the young man. "Surely, there Is nothli-g dishonest In drawing a prize In n lottery." "I think there Is," kindly, but cm Tdiatlcally, replied the wife. "All (Mines of hazard, where money is at stake, are dishonest. Were you to draw a prlz" of ?ji,'ms. you would rob n thousand ni"ii of f each: or at least, you would take from tlnm money for which you returned them no equivalent. Is It I. if gambling in every sense of the word?" "Oh, no! Yon look upon the matter In too strong a light." "I'erhap I do; but yet so It looks to me. What yon may draw some one else must lose; and perhaps It may be some one who can afford the loss no tietter than you ran. I wouldn't buy 1he ticket, James. I.et us live on the products of our hon -st gains, ami we shall be happier." James Limning was uneasy. He had no answer for his wife's arguments; at least, no answer that could spring from his moral convictions, and he let the matter drop, nut the young man H)uld not drop the siren from his heart. All the next dny his head was full of "prizes." and while he was at his work he kept muttering to himself, "Twenty thousand dollars," "Ten thou sand dollars," "Five thousand dollars," sod so on. When he went home the next n'ght he was almost unhappy with the ner vous anxiety Into which be had thrown himself. The tempter had grasped him firmly, and whenever he thought of the lottery, he saw nothing but piles of gold and silver. In short, James fanning had made up hi mind that he would buy the ticket. He went to the little bos where he bad already l-0 laid up toward paying off the mort gage from bis bouse. The lock clicked with) a startling sound, and when he threw back the cover he hesitated. He looked at his wife, and be saw that she wss sad. "Oh, I'm sure I shall draw a prlzeP' tie said .with a faint, fading smile. . lie took four half-eagles from the to, and put them In bis pocket. His wire said nothing. She played with her baby to hide her sadness, for she did v not wish to say more on the subject. (Ibe bad seen that little pile of gold gradually accumulating, and both she and her husband had been happy In an ticipating the day when tbe pretty cottage would bo all their own. But When she saw those four pieces of gold takes away from tbe store, sue felt "3-" $: basks .oi .-shadowing of cvii. She iiiUht have spoken again against the movement, but she saw that her husi and was sorely tender upon the subject, an I she let the aflair go to the hands o-' fate. A week elapsed from the time that James bought his ticket to the draw ing of the lottery, and during that tune the young man had luu a moment of real enjoyment. He was alternating between hope and fear, and therefore his mind was constantly on the stretch. At length the day arrived. James went to the of!lc and found that the drawing had taken place, nnd that the list of prizes had been made out. lie seized the list and turned away. So that those who s;u .! around should not see his face. lie read the list through, but he searched for his num ber In vain! It was not there. He had drawn a blankl He left the office an unhappy man. Those twenty dollars which lie had lost had been the sav ings of two months of hard labor, and he felt their loss most keenly. When he returned home that nlirht he told his wife that he had lost. She found no fault with him. She only kissed him and told hltn that the lesson was a good one, even though It had been dearly bought. Hut James Lnnning was not satisfied. He brooded over his loss with a bitter spirit, and at length the tic. tight came to him that he minlit yet draw a prime. Hi. wished (hut he had not bought the first ticket, and If he could only get back his .-!) ho would buy no more; but he would not rest under his loss, lie was determined to make one more trial, and he did so. This time he pur chased the ticket with ml his wile's knowledge. The rest:!: was the same as before. He tliv.v . blank! "Forty dollars"' was a sentence that dwelt fearfully u;i .i the mechanic's lips. "Oh. I must draw n prize:" he said to himself. "I must mak" up what I have lost. I.et me once do that, and I'll buy no more tickets." Another S'jo was taken from the Utile bank, another ticket was bought, an other blank was drawn. At the end of three months the little bank was empty, nnd James I.annlng had the last ticket In his pocket. Ah, how earnestly he prayed that that last ticket might draw a prize! He had become pale and careworn, ami his wife poor, con fiding soul! thought he only repined because be had lost $J. When she would try and cheer him, he would hniL'li, and try to make the matter light. "James," said his wife to him one day It was the day before that on which the lottery was to be drawn In which he had the sixth ticket ".Mr. Itowse has been here to-day after the semi-annual interest. I told him that you would see him to-morrow." "Yes, I will," said James. In n faint voice. "Yes, to-morrow I shall g;e him." Young I.annlng thought of the lottery and of the prize. This was his sixth trial, and he felt sure that he should ur.iw. The morrow came, and when James I.annlng returned to his home at night he was penniless: All his golden vis ions had faded away, and he was left In darkness and misery. "James, have you paid Mr. Itowse his Interest et?" asked Hannah. The young man leaned his head upon his hands and groaned aloud. "For heaven's sr.ke, James, what has happened?" cried the startled wife, springing to the side of her husband, and twining her arm about his neck,. The young man looked up with a wild, haggard expression. His lips were bloodless, and his features were all stricken with a death-hue. "What Is It? Oh, what?" murmured the wife. "f'o look In our box our litt'e bank!" groaned the poor man. Hannah hastened uway, nnd when she returned, she borj mi empty box In her hand. "KoblM'd"' she gasped, and she sank tremblingly down beside her husband's side. "Yes, Hannah," whispered the hus band, "I have robbed you." The stricken wife gazed upon her husband with a vacant look, for at first she did not comprehend; but she re membered his behavior for weeks buck: she remembered how he had murmured In his sleep of lotteries and tickets, of blanks and prizes, and grad ually the truth broke lu upon her. "I have done It all, Hannah," hoarse ly whispered tbe condemned man, when he saw that his wife had guessed the truth. "All, nil has gone for lot tery tickets. The demon tempter lured me: he held up glittering gold ia-til hand, but he gave me noi-.o of It. Oh, do not chide me! You know not what I have suffered what hours of agony I have passed and you know how cold my heart Is now. Oh, lay wife, would to I Sod I had listened to you!" "Ah"' ealm'y whispered the faithful wife, as she drew her hand Herons her husband's heat'd brow. "Mourn not for what Is lost. I will not chide ynu. It Is hard thus for you to lose your scanty earnings, i,ut there might be many worse calamities than that, four age, James; we will soon forg-t It." "And Mr. Itowse will foreclose the mortgage. You will be honvle-" murmured young Lunnlng In broken accents. "No; I will see that all Is safe tq that quarter," added Hannah. At that moment tbe baby awoke, and the gentle mother was called to csre for It. On the next day, at noon, Han nab Lannlng gave her husband a re ceipt for f 10 from Mr. Itowse. "Here." said she, "Interest Is paid. Now let us forget all that has passed, and commence again." "But bow-wbat has paid this?" asced James, gasiog Orst upon tbe re ceipt sod then upon bis wife. "Never mind." "Ah, but I must lulinl. Tel! me. Han bah." "Well, I have sold my gold watch." "Sold it!" "But I can buy It hack ngnln. The man will not part with It, If I want It. But I don't want It, James, till we are able. lVvhaps I shall never want It. You must not chide me, for never did I derive one lota of the pleasure fro.n Its pn i-Iini that I now feel in the result of its disposal." J.-.i. ;es I.iiniioii clasped hl wife to his ho- in. n:v he murmured rt prayer, and lu 11 at prayer there w.is a pledge. Tv.'o years pissed away, pud during that time James I.aiiuiag hist no! a sili cic i.ay fnvii l. is work. He was as liir.iciua! as the sun, and the result was as sure. It was late on Saturday evenieij when he came home. After supper, he drew n paper from his pocket, and laid It upon the table. "There. Hannah," said while n noble pride beamed ill every feat lire, "there Is my mortgage. I've paid It every cent. This house is ours; It ! vir own house. I've bought It with ' -liars, every one of which has been ho-.-estly earned by the sweat of Uiy brow. I am happy now." Hannah Lnnning saw that her h--band had niencil his anus, and sh" sat down upon his knee and laid her bead upon his shoulder. "Oh. blessed moment!" she mill' mured. "Yes. I? Is a hV'ssod moment," re sponded 1 r husband. ' I to you remem ber. Hannah, the hour of bitterness that we s,-:v two years ago?" The wife shuddered, but made no reply. "Ah." continued the your? mm, "I have never forgotten that bMt. lesson; and even now I tremble wh"ti I th'uk how fatally I was deceived by the tcmnter that has lured so many thou sail Is to destruction." "But Its horror is lost in this happy moment." said Hannah, looking up with a sm!I". 'its terror may be lost." resumed James, "but Its lesson must n ver be forgotten. Ah. th-' luring lo-tery ticket has a dark side a side whl. h few see until they feel It." "Are not all Its sides dark?" softly asked the wife. "If there Is any bright ness about It, it Is only the glare of the fatal ignis fatnns. which can only lead the wayward traveler Into danger and disquiet." "You are right, my dear wife. You were right at tlrst. Ah." he continued, as he drew the faithful being more closely to his bosom, "If husbands would oftener obey the tender dictates of the loving wife, there would be far less misery In the world than there Is now." Waverley Magazine. Arc Americans Vopulnr In Knclnnl? As a matter of fact, no F.nglisb poli tician ever thinks of mentioning the United States in the speech without some complimentary adjective, and the British public, which has long ceased to be the most stolid public lu Kurope, and become instead, thanks to cheap reading, one of the most hysterical and sentimental, always cheers heartily any allusion to "our cousins beyond the seu," and agrees rapturously with the speaker that "blood Is thicker than water." An American who tries to persuade himself that his country has a political foe in England had better stay in America If he wants to keep his faith whole. It would hardly sur vive a fortnight in England itseif. Englishmen bear no grudges. They are as proud of Washington as Amer icans themselves; most of them are not even aware that there was such a thing as the War of 1812; while they quite cheerfully admit that all through the Civil War and the Alabama busi ness they were in the wrong, and were rightly made to pay for It. In the vis itors' room at the Beform Ciub o:i Bull Mall you will Und over the mantle piece u facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, and above it mednlliou.-i of Washington, Lincoln and tirant There Is something rather line In a peo ple that can thus candidly publish aiid acknowledge two of the greatest l.luu ders In their history. But the British have grow n Into a big habit of always exempting American from the. ordi nary divisions ot nationality. Cecil Rhodes was far from being the only Englishman whose patriotism went be y nuil the empire, and included tl'.o race. The least imaginative Londoner feels himself and his country in a very special degree milled to America. If is tiie nation of all others he wou'.d most like his own to be on friendly and even Intimate terms with. Sydney Brooks, in Harper's Weekly. Telephone Truuliles In AtiymiliilH, - Ill Abyssinia there are at the present time tSUO miles of telephone wires al ready erected, and about looo miles lu course of construction. The contractor has had almost every lim.glnable trou ble to contend with. Tri.Miicndo.iis rainfalls were the first source of dam age, washing out miles ot pole line. Scarcely had this damage been undo good when the poles again began to fail. This tlmo the cause was ter mites, or white ants. The destruction was stopped by erecting Iron poles, but the latter proved very attractive to the natives, who toro thou out r.nj converted them Into tools. This has ben stopped by royal decree, -iiid the principal trouble 0ii''O'nit rHd now arj elephants, who use the telephone poles as scrubbing pnr'.s, thus knxUi'jg them down, aid monkfys, w'.io tint the wires delightful swiuf;. The ra.ii.l growth of the Ju-.gle als giv?s snr?) tro'.tble, and mak.1 It necessary t) keep a party of run consUitl? em ployed cutting away tlrj you..2 growth. Canada Cus'tlng l-'nr Unklneif. The Canadluu Oovoraine it, says the Westminster Caxette, has had built la Glasgow a traveling "stand," suc'j as Is commonly used at exhibitions, for the purpose of touring tbe country, sdvertlsng tbe advantages of life la tbe Dominion, The wagon Is now la Edinburgh. From there It Is to travel through a large part of Scotland. Tbe exterior of the wagon is painted bright vermilion, with appropriate mottoes, and when it comes to a standstill tbe sides and ends throw up, converting it into a stand, on which are shown specimens of the products pf tbe col ony. By means ot tbe stand It la hoped to reach remote and otherwise Inaccessible parts of the country. Abant firrrt Turn. If sweet corn Is grown, It will be good plan to save a few of the ear liest and best ears for seed. By care ful selection every year the corn will be earlier each succeeding spring, and If quality, size nnd plumpness of grain are also considered, great laiprove luent In the sweet corn ran be made. The Hnrrn's Fond. It Is claimed that two per cent, of a horse's weight of good, nourishing food Is all that he should be fed a dav. Bv this rule a horse weighing 1300 pounds suould receive thirty pounds of food, but It must be considered that some thing depends upon the nmount of lalior performed, as well as the dlges tive capacity and npp'.Uio ,,le an! iua I, " A Hatter Mint. Farmers who receive circulars con- Willing offers of lit'cscl-vntiven nt mllL- and cream, or of methods of doubling me amount or butter from the milk, should consider such nronosttlnm von carefully. Butter Is made from the cream jiuy, ana the nronort on nf but. ter obtained d-'liends unon ttin nmintnt S,f 1. ,,.. .. I.. 41. 111. .. i v.. uutit-i nil in lue aunt nip mt neing In the cream. It Is Impossible to get something for nothing, and any product ueviseu ny tiie use of special agents Is simply not butter, but coagulated milk, the price of which in market will ' " less than that of pure milk Celery In Your Back Yard. Vacant ground about the garden or back yard of the home may be utilized profitably in this way, with but little labor. Croiiml tluit Ima i...,, uuieMi.-i, run; iuuiiocs, euriy Deans or some such crop may tie planted to cel ery late in the season, If good, strong plants are used. Clear the ground, plow or dig as deeply as possible and pulverize well. Mark out deen'v In j rows three and one-half feet apart, i Fill half full of well rotted fertilizer, nnd harrow until the ground Is almost ! level. Set the plants In this furrow, using a line to get the rows straight. ! Indianapolis Sun. Losing Animals, No animal can remain at a standstill without loss to its owner. If an animal Is not gaining, then the food and labor are thrown away. If an animal loses only a pound in weight, then the farmer not only suffers a loss of that which he once had. but must incur ad ditional expense to regain that one pound; but the time lost cannot he re covered. These facts show the im portance of keeping the stork in good condition, and having each animal make an Increase daily. When there Is a falling off In the weight or the yield of milk Is reduced the cause should be sought, and if an error has occurred, or there Is fault in the man agement, a change should be made for the better without delay. For Goml Hbt. The mowing of the meadow for hay deprives the soil of the elements of fertility, and the same occurs when the cattle are allowed to graze on it. Every pound of meat and milk sent to market carries in its composition the riches of the meadow, and though the process may be a slow one,' yet a time is sure to come when the grass will be less nutritious and the growth less tapld. Then will the cattle use only that which is the most succulent and nourishing, leaving the more unde sirable grasses to take possi ssion, along with weeds, until finally the meadow must be plowed and seeded down, in order to change the variety of food produced by It. It then fails to produce sufficient green food and It yields sparingly of buy. Keep CM flu firowlng-. Wiiether the chickens are bMng raised for the market or for winter lay ers, it is essential that they make the best possible growth from birth to jroltig into winter quarters or to the market. The range, to a large extent, solves the question of food and of healthy growth, but It Is necessary that the chicks have some other food than that picked up on the range, or they will wear themselves out trying to get enough to eat. ) Then, if they roost under cover fit night, and ih-y should by all means do this, there Is th question of lice w hich i "t he given proper consideration, for a few lice will cause the chick to lose more weight in a month than can be made good by two months of feeding. Everyihing possible must be done to keep the chicks growing during the summer: Keep tliem making a strong, j steady gain, and then they will be 1'ioniiime, ana not otherwise. Ily-Vrnilurts For Klnrlc. It Is assumed that the rofulei fa nnr the kind of a fanner w ho sells all of I tll( produce on the farm and uses the I unsalable portion on his own table. I People who do this n re ,mt ir,t,iti, I from farm life what they should. There is no good reason why the farmer's table should not contain the best his farm produces. He Is entitled to It, and so is his family. On every farm there Is a quantity of green vegetables which are too often thrown on the re fuse bean when ther should be fed tn . the sto k. Fowls or swine that are , confined will welcome the green tops of j vegetables, and some kinds of vegeta bles may be fed tops and all. r Then In the fall the potato grower has more or less unsalable tubers which might be fed to cows to advan- tage If fed in connection with oil meat ) or olupr nitrogenous food. The wheat grower has an opportunity to obtain an abundance of wheat screenings which could be fed to young pigs If tirst ground, to their advuutaae. Learn in use the wast products of the farm ln-J it-iMH'-iiujr nun jruii win ub surprisea to see what you can aecouip.Ush. with them. Fred (Tlileiit Sklro Milk. Time was when a separator was con sidered a luxury not to be thought of unless one had a large herd of cows. Now a good separator can be bad as low as s.V). and It will pay for Itself In many ways. It will enable one to obtain a greater amount of butter fat i from the milk than by the old methods H uauu sauumiug, aua wui give on n supply of fresh skim milk which may be used to advantage for feeding pur poses. During the winter we use skltr milk In abundance for the laying hens, but when we have several hundred chicks In the spring, as Is frequently the case, the skim milk goes largely te them. Our plan Is to give the chicks a very light feeding of grain early in the mofnlng before they are allowed to go the range; at noon they are given nil the skim milk they will drink, and then, after an afternoon on the range, they have quire a heavy grain feed to go to bed on. Ve find they grow quick ly under this treatment and are rarely troubled with any bowel difficulty. The skim milk can be fed to calves to advantage If It Is not desired to feed it to chicks, and If the milk is clean and fresh they will thrive on It. esneclaily If some bran is mixed with it. Selecting- h Cowl. The ability to Utilize food nnd eon. vert it profitably Into milk and butter Is a quality of cows that varies with Individuals. Among both onlinnrv dairy cows and cows of pure breeds ine variation in this respect is quite remarkable, as Illustrated to a marked degree In the study of the herd naned by the Connecticut Agricultural Col lege, that was made (luring the vear ISPS. According to this study, the cow with the best record produced during tue year iiji pounds of butter, at a profit of J42.8L'; while during the same time the cow with the noorest record produced 17a pounds of butter, at a loss of ?.)!). The variations In the amount of butter and milk produced by individual cows In this herd are not exceptional. The records of station herds and of hundredsof private herds where Individual records have been kept show variations fully as great as these. It Is plainly evident that success tn dairying depends very much upon the prouuetive capacity of the individual cows that make up the herd. A very practicable way to Improve the herd and Increase the average productive capacity is to dispense with all the cows which the scales and the Babcock test together prove to be unprofitable. it would be pretty safe to assert that twenty cows selected in tills way for their high nnd economical nrndnetlva capacity, would be more profitable than twenty-five, and possibly even thirty cows, selected In the ordlnarv random method of making up a herd. .Massuciiusetts Flo'ighmau. Oooielierriri a Faring- Crop. The gooseberry Is a good seller. It Is tough, hardy and goes In most any market. I raised two hundred bush els hist year; eighteen quarts growing on one hush, und they brought from ten to fourteen cents per quart. If going to take up one branch of small fruit culture I should recommend gooseberries. They are easy to pick: one woman picked 101 quarts In seven hours. lot picking I pay one cent per quart for gooseberries, while for raspberries I double it and offer as an inducement to remain with me for the season a quarter qf a cent extra, which almost always keeps them. l or gooseberry worms London pur ple Is most efficacious. IMace one pound in a gallon Jug, pour on two c-arts of boiling water, stir and fill with cold water. Tlace In a tin corn can about one Inch of this mixture, add to it three und a half gallons of water and spray for worms of which there are two crops during the season. When you see the first hole eaten in a leaf apply the spray. The lust brood will not be very numerous. Gooseberries and currants should be set deep to grow good roots and bear well, ew roots are white. Currants will grow from cuttings, but goose berries must b laid down and rooted Both should be pruned every year, the old wood being cut out; tbe n6w Is bright and should remain. The best time to prune Is In the fall, after which the bushes should be tied up. Spray ing with bordeaux, mixture will pre vent rust, which sometimes affects the gooseberry. The best variety Is the Downing. J'he Boston currant market demands Fry's I'rollllc, a red variety; while the New York prefers the white which la the sweeter. Currants thoroughly mashed and mixed with sugar, pound for pound, sealed up cold and uncooked, will keep until needed for the table. Curruuts are a fruit much wanted at the sea shore. A. A. Eastman, In the Amer ican Cultivator, Farm No il, Close Inbreeding Is a short cut to tem porary success. A poor appetite in an animal sug- gestssome weakness. All things considered, early plowing is best for fall wheat. Hogs may be fed corn as soon as tbe grain begins to burden. All animals require a variety In their food lu order to make the best gains. A fattened old cow has a larger pro portion of waste than a young animal. Set the milk as quickly as possible after milking to get perfect rising of the cream. When fed dry shelled corn Is more economical than corn meal to feed to fattening bogs. To obtain tbe best results tbe farm work must be done In tbe best manner and at tbe proper time. In growing fruit for market, It Is of great advantage to have varieties of fruit that will keep long and bear transportation well. In a horse the shoulder should suit tbe purpose for which it la Intended. If for speed, It should be flat If for draft, It should be upright. With all flowers, If the seeds are not wanted especially, It Is an excellent rule to remove tbe see a vessels as soon as the bloom begins to fade, or else gather tbe flowers for decoration uses when IB their prime. FotaroM as M adMlna, Tbe good results of administering potatoes In certain forms of diabetes are affirmed by a French pbyslciaa. Dr. Mosse, wbo states that be baa ef fected cures by. this means, f . TRirry v$ iMy' viti e. a New York City. Eton Jackets ore jecnllarly well adapted to young girls M.BSi',8' fc.o.. JnET. nnd are In the height o' present styles. This one can be us?d with or without the collar and made with either the plain or full sleeves and Is adapted to all the season's fabrics. It Is shown, however. In bluette cheviot with trim ming of fancy black and white braid nnd handsome gold buttons. The nar row vest Is n peculiarly attractive fea ture, nnd can be made from a variety A Late Design of muterhils. The cape collar, adds largely to the effect and gives the fashionable droop to the shoulders, but can be omitted if a plaluer garment is preferred. The Eton Is made with fronts 'and buck and is fitted by means of shoul der and under arm seams and single darts. The narrow vest Is applied over the front edges and the cape col lar stitched with corticelll silk is ar ranged over the whole, its Inner edge serving to outline the vest. The full sleeves are wide und ample, finished with shaped chffs. nnd tun be made either with fitted linings or loose us may be preferred. The coat sleeves are made lu regulation style and cut lu two pieces euch, being simply stitched to form cuffs. The quantity of material required for tiie medium size is three and one half yards twenty-one Inches wide, three and one-eight yards twenty-seven Inches wide,- or one and one-half yards forty-four Inches wide, with two and one-half yards of braid to trim as Illustrated. A Stylish Onwn. A simple gown of champagne col ored net was made with a skirt laid In small pleats. In fact, almost every skirt Is pleated. This skirt hud a front panel and twer encircling bands of gold color silk lace, bordered on either aide with a narrow stripe of ' gold tinsel braid. Tbe flare of tbe skirt was sup plied by a wide Toot ruftl'j, shirred and finished with small circular tucks. Tbo waist bad a yoke and collar of shir rings, and bad two rows of tbe gold bordered lace running across It. These were trimmed with a little frlngo made of strips of the net stitched nnd finished at tbo ends with tinsel balls. Tbe girdle svas of champagne colored I Orchid Shades. the new purple used for even- 5 L Ing frocks, Is an exquisite blending of the tints of passion Mowers, lilacs, vio lets and roses, and hears Intensifying with embroideries of orange blossoms, the shining, deep green leaves nnd golden fruit making an admirable con trast. An evening wrap designed to be worn with a gown of this kind Is lined with gold sntln nnd bordered with a garland of sprays of flowers nnd leaves lu gold tissue, appllqued on orchid tinted chiffon. Thrta-Qnarter CV?ata. Three-quarter loose coats made of a silky finished linen canvas In light blue, old rose and mauve ore smart looking trimmed with a wide band of white silk Hercules braid. For fore noon driving with a pretty straw hat they Will be quite Irresistible, met on country roadways. Short coats when more than half of heavy white laces, announces Vogue, promise to be much worn, both In white canvas and light weight yachting serges. MUlture Shirt Waist. The love of the military, said to be Inherent In feminine human nature, Is making itself apparent In prevailing styles and appears In the waists as well as in the outer garments. The by May Manton. very stylish model Illustrated showt the characteristic epaulettes and is a: proprlute to the whole range of waist Ing muterhils. The model, however, is mude of white vesting simply stitched nhd trimmed with pearl but tons. To facilitate the laundering tht epaulettes are finished at the trout edges and buttoned Into place. The waist consists of the fronts, buck, epaulettes and sleeves. The buck Is tucked to give the effect of a single box pleat nt the centre nnd tbe fronts to form wide box pleats that extend from the shoulders, while nt the centre Ik a regulation box pleat through which the closing Is made. The epaulettes can be finished separately nt the front, as in the case of the model, or stitched to position as preferred. The sleeves are the favorite ones of the season that form wide puffs below the elbows and ar finished with shaped flared cuffs. The quantity of material required if Mir,IVae.1t 8M1BT WiHI, for the medium sice Is four yards twenty-sevon Inches tvlde, three and one-hulf yards thirty-two inches wide, or two yards forty-four Inches wide.
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