THE PHONOGRAPH NEXT DOOR. Ily JOHN I. I'D LOW, We thought onr fortitude trie I. th.it bad so well withstood The cacophonous on!iiimht.s ol' our mu-ocnl neighborhood The, wailing tlute and imnilu. Ihos uniuking violin. The coucei 1111:1 9 hideous b!nf of mluiriiHiiiimis din, The husky basso's fStuiday-nmlit o-itcrous rhapsodies; Hut tht-e cre sweet n w.utiiiiu si''"e aid brooks tluit tinkling flow Compared with hut our tortured ears now bravely undergo, Since Abner Hopkins sold his hous" iml left us to deplore The day the Browns moved in and IimukIiI their phonograph, next door. The quiet porch o (nothing once to thi home-loving heart Now rumbles nightlv with the noise of "Paddy Duffy' tart;" The horny-handed "'farriers" "drill'' and undermine onr walls; 'The Suwunee Kiver" overflow and inundates the halls: "Mi t'hiskey Throws Hun Down" w ith vim, and makes the tumult spread; Tranquility lie mangled 'nrath "The Itnggiitfe. Car Ahead." On "Nancy I,ee" and "Sweet Marie" we slain the indignant blind. And shut the window with a bung upon "The Man Behind;" Hat scornfully the Parthian shot is sped liv Neighbor iirown: "Say Au Kevoir, Hut Not Good Bye," "Go 'Way Hack and Sit Down!" Soon a the sacred Sabbath d.tr with restful silence falls, "Hedelia." "Down Where the Hum burner Flows" to "Mr. Doolev" bawl. We have our coffee and our rolin liiuh "I'p in a Cocoanut Tree," Our dinner "Under the Anhemer liusrh.' and "Down on the Farm' our tea. Meanwhile the galloping r.ig tune booms "On a Sunday Afternoon," And "Ail Aboard for Dreamland" breaks uiv sweet ieta's boon. And when we ope the hoiy Hook wherein the prophets tell About the land of pure deoaht where saints immortal dwell. And muse on them whom we shall meet in that supernal clime, lis "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis," "In the (loud Old Summer-Time. Tn vain our place is billed for sale: the applicants all say: "We like the house, but could not stand that phonograph. Good-day! lint 1 shall spring a cunning mine wherein relief tippears. And "Home, Sweet Home's" derisive strains shall cease to taunt our eaM. Five lustv boys has Neighbor Drown; when Christina comes, the same Shall each receive a box of tool without the donor's name. And some day when their trustful ma is on her shopping route Shall Nemesis beguile those kids to get their hammer out, And set to work ith curious zeal its mysteries to explore, And liu-li forever ual a djv that phonograph next door. Sunday Magazine. f 1 A TALE FROM INDIA, 1 f II . if lUtl y JAMES JOHNSTON. ft M DOOM In India iu the Madras Presidency, to be A I exact. Unmistakably a I bachelor's room, and I" It S 1 a tall, goodlooking young N"H 1 ftinw In tli net of fllllnir liis pipe from a bag ou the- table. "Stop that, I say," a voice rang out ternly, Imperiously, "Leave that to bacco alone!" Iiallton raised blmselt from his stoop ing posture over the table aud turned towards the doorway. "O, I say, Martyn, I'd smoked all mine, and thought you'd not, mind my lielping myself," be said, half stiffly, talf apologetically. "I've been waiting for you for the last hour or more." Martyn walked into the room, a gen lal smile ou his usually rather stern (ace. "My dear old chap!" he exclaimed, you're welcome to all the contents. If you wish them, of the 'baccy tin over there on the shelf, but the tobacco in this Jar Is mixed with cobra poison, and I had to speak pretty sharply to pre sent you touching It. I was only Just la time, for you've no plaster on that cut you gave yourself the other day, and I've no fancy for your sudden death to be laid on my account."' "Cobra poison!" ejaculated Uailton, askance. "Why the dickens do you mix tobacco with it?" "Well," replied the elder num. slow ly, "it's the other way about. I mix my tobacco with cobra poison. To tell you the truth, ever since I came out liere I've been possessed with the Idea perhaps it's a presentment that some Jay I'll be bitten by oue of those hid eous brutes, and a few months -ago my punkah-wallah rather an intelligent chap he is told, me that If you smoke tobacco mixed "With cobra poison you will soon be perfectly immune from their sting. At least, that's what he assured me was the case. The result Is, I've beeu smoking It ever since." ".lolly good thing for you if he's right and you ever do pet bitten," Uailton remarked. "Hut I shouldn't care to try the dodge myself. I say," he added, "I came round with a message from Mrs. Murray jut beeu there, you know. She wants us both to dine there to-night. I accepted for you as well 08 for myself, as L knew you'd nothing on. I thought you wouldn't mind." "Well, of all the " "Of course, you'll go," the young fid low rattled on, in no way belying the nickname of "Chatterbox," by which he wa known among hU intimates. "And, I say, Martyn, Murray's young est sister und a friend arrived yester day. She's an awfully pretty girl the sister, I mean golden hair and big blue eyed, and all that sort of thing, don't you know. Would never l ave guessed an ugly chap like Murray would have a pretty sister, would you 7 And the friend Is not bad looking, either; now, 1 come to think of IC'he c. utinued, "in tie dark, stately style, don't you know. Her husband's Major Scott, of the Thir-ty-Urst, and was orJered to the front last month lucky beggar. Funuy thing, rather, for her to have come out here Just uow, don't you th;nk'f Would have thought she'd have gone to the Cape If she'd beeu so eager for u trip. She won't get the news halt so regu larly OS If she'd reuiuilied in London. Wonder if tuey're on good terms " "There, Chatterbox, do shut up." cried Martyn, good humorudly. "If you don't look out, old mau, you'll end by developing into a regulation garrison scandalmonger." Harry Uailton flushed hotly. (Juy Martyn leisurely dressed him self, and before long was being Intro duced by his fair hostess to a fair vis ion of white !u muslin, the while he mentally Indorsed Hurry tUiltou's re marks upon the surprising beauty of Mis Murray, whose golden hair aud blue eyes formed a quite startling con trast to the saturnine plainness of her ugly but good-hearted brother, the pop ular surgeon of the Twenty-second. "A new version of 'Beauty aud the Beast,'" Guy said to himself, and then tie straightway forgot their existence, forgot everything; all faded before him, as a alight tlgure In black, gauzy drup trles, stepped Into the room from the shadow of the veranda, and a pair of wonderful hazel eyes met his gaze toft, steadfast eyes, that bespoke a steadfast, unchangeable nature, look ing out from a pale oval face, shad owed by waves of brown Unit turned simply back from a low, white fore head aud knotted! loosely at the nape Of the neck. It all happened iu the space of a few seconds. The deep set gray eyes and the beautiful hazel ones met, aud the meeting came with the force of au lettrlc shorn to Guy Martyn, and for hliu that momentury, soul-revealing glance was almost sutllclent to obliter ate once and for all the bitterness of the past. Th spell was broken and Mrs. Mur ray was heard saying: "O, there you are, Winifred. I was looking for you a minute ngo." "Yes," replied a sweet, vibrating voice, "I was on the veranda." And then the form of introduction was gone through, which told Guy Martyn that the woman with those wondrous eyes and haunting face was Mrs. Scott, whose husband, Uailton hud told him, was at the front in South Africa. Later that evening, when Mrs. Scott was at the piano playing accompani ments for Una Murray's flue soprano, Guy Martyn faced the position with his usual dogged promptness aud then and there fought the sharp, decisive battle between love'nnd common sense. In which the latter got sadly worsted. "She shall never know, never guess my feelings," he said to himself. "But I must 1 shall enjoy as much of her society as possible," and his face took on that unbending look which caused the natives to remark at times: "The Sahib Martyn is not to be ar gued with." Lute one blazing afternoon Guy Mar tyn sauntered Into the club grounds, where the last mutch of the tennis sea son was In full swing; It was to finish up with a dance, so Una Martyn in formed hlni, as he stopped for a mo ment to greet her. "Such a pity, Winifred had too bad a headache to come," the girl went on. "I left her In the side veranda with the blinds drawn down." Ten minutes later saw Guy walking round to a side veranda of Dr. Mur ray's bungalow. He turned the corner of the bungalow with some hesitation, but was rewarded with the sight of partially drawn blinds, and within, seated in a low chair, Wiufred Scott, busily scribbling letters on a writing board. She lilted her head at the sound of his footsteps, a glad light leaping into her eyes. "Why, Mr. Martyn, why Is it you are not doing duty at the club':" she asked gayly, leaning back and looking lip tit hlm as lie approached. "T heard you had a headache." he re sponded, vnther lamely, "and I was wondering If it were better." "Then you have seen I'na? Thank ou." she smiled, "the headache is nearly a thing of the past, and I've Just been trying to make up for lost time," glancing at the half-writtiu pages on her lap. "It Is mail day, to-morr v. an. I 1 must finish my African letter to-night, us we are going to ride early In the morning, you know." A change passed over his face as he leaned against the shining white "chn- ininr pillar of the veranda, looking down at her, aud it was with au effort he remarked presently: "This must be a time of great anx iety to you, Mrs. Scott. Tlie reports from the front are not cheerful." Winifred's face looked sad and wist ful as she answered. "Yes, It is a terribly anxious time. O. I don't know what would happen if Jack were to fall." "I wonder you didn't go out to the Cape with your husband," (In;- blirted out, almost roughly. "With my husband?" Winifred queried, blankly, sitting up and staring at him. "Yes, why not?" "But Mr. Marty n don't you know 'is it possible thut you imagine Jack Is my n u s nil nil : It was Guy's turn to sure 'in blank amazement. "Isn't Major Scott your husbaud, Mrs. Scott?" he -demanded, hoarsely "Major Leslie Scott was my hus band' Winifred replied, t. jletlv. "He was Major Jack Scott's elder brother, und -and he died three years ago, two years after our marriage. Jack Scott Is engaged to my sister." There was a long pause. "May I come into the veranda?" Guy asked at length, In a low, te:ie voice. Winifred looked up at hi white, ugl tated face. "Yes, do come In," she said gen'ly "Bring that chulr from '.ho other end of the veranda and sit tiere beside me." Ills brain in a whirl at the sudden ness of his surprising discovery, which might have beeu revealed to him weeks before by the "Chutterbox" but for those chance few words of advice anent scandal - uiongerlug, and com pletely absorbed by the one Idea, that uftor all he was free to tell Winifred Scott of his love, Guy walked rapidly to the further end of the veranda, and laid eager hands on the chair sh bad Indicated. A hiss an exclamation from Guy a ' dexterous ami well-aimed blow from the light walking stick still in his hand, and with n low cry of horror Winifred sprang to her feet as she saw the evil head of a cobra de capelo sink to the ground. "Did It-did it sting you?" she gasped. "Speak to me, Guy, speak to inc." and she held out both hands ap peallngly, as he still remained silent. Then he qulclly nodded his head lU the ntllrmatlve and pointed to his wrist. Wlnfred swayed and caught nt the open window of the drawing room, as Guy sprang forward aud took her iu his arms, "Winifred, my love?" he cried pas sionately. The clock within chimed the hour, and she turned n white face In the di rection of the sound. ' "Listen!" she whispered, with white lips. "By the time It strikes the quar-. ter you will have to leave me forever." "Winifred, my dear love," he cried, triumphantly, "look at me, don't be afraid. Cobra polsou cannot affect me. Thanks to my punkah-wallah, I've In oculated myself against It. My life Is all before me. Tell me that you will make It worth living thnt you love me." The sun was setting In a flood of golden light, the cloudless sky full of a glory that seemed to be reflected la the faces of the two lovers as they stood together on the shaded veranda, supremely happy Iu each other; silent at first with the shadow of the terrible "might have been" hovering over them. "Are yon quite sure you are safe, Guy?" Winifred had asked, tremulous ly, fearfully, when he had explained how he had become inoculated to the poison. "Dr. Murray was telling me only last night that there Is practically no hope of saving life after a cobra stin g." "The best proof Is that I am alive now," he laughed, "and never felt bet ter In my life." But It was only after the clock within had chimed forth the quarter that she felt she might indeed lay hold of her new found happiness with both hands and that it would not slip from her grasp. The clock chimed the hour once more. As the last stroke died away, a dull look suddenly crept Into Guy's keen, gray eyes. "I feel rather tired, dearest," he said, as he sank down in the low chair In which she had been writing her Cape letters was It weeks ago? "It has been a foretaste of heaven," he muttered. "Too good to last the cobra punkah-wallah wrong." and his words died away In a whisper as the numbness of death enveloped hlni. When the others returned from the club later on, the evil-looking cobra, with Its neck broken, the dead man lying back in the low chair, the girl kneeling nt his feet, fallen forward In a merciful unconsciousness all told their own tragic tale. St. Louis Star. Traveling Man and Tabasco. Hay Clark, who sells saddlery all over the West, was eating Blue I'oiuts with a couple of friends at the Coates House one night recently. While deeply lu terested iu tlie conversation he put a goodly supply of tobnsco sauce on each bivalve, thinking it was catsup. His friends noticed his mistake, but de cided to keep quiet and have' a little fun. The traveling mau nlso saw what h" had done before he began eating, but lie noticed his friends nudging euch other and decided to cat those oyster anyway. This feat he accomplished without a grimace. "Hay," said one of the other men, "how can you eat tobaseo sauce like that?" "I'm very fond of it," replied Clark, although his throat felt as though it was burned raw. The traveling man left his com panions, as soon us he could, and, going to his room, gargled ice water for an hour. Next morning he arose early to get out of town and In front of the ho- lei desk he met one of his friends. Where are you going. Hay?" nsked the man. Clark shook his head. "I say, where are you going?" said the other fellow. Clark took out his pencil and wrote on a piece of paper: "I'm going over In Kansas and give exhibi tions as a tire enter." He couldn't speak above u whisper. Kansas City Times. , i Mag-net Namls. There is a flat strip of land less than a mile long on the southwestern coast of Norway which has long been noto rious for the number or shipwrecks which occur there each year. There seems to be nothing in the shape of the coast, no dangerous rocks, no mysteri ous currents lu short, nothing to ac count for the fatalities to vessels which occur there, tjulte recently n scientist bus found that the sand along this strip of li nd is strongly magnetic owing to the admixture of magnetic iron ore. At a distance of three miles from the shore the ship's compuss siiowed a deviation of u whole degree from Its true position. The cause for the fiequency of shipwrecks Is most obvious In the light of this discovery. New York Herald. "'Why''' I asked, for I knew that something funny was coming from Ade. " 'Well,' lie replied, 'he doesn't ask a man to do a day's work In ten hours he gives him sixteen.' "As a boy we didn't suppose that Ade would amount to tntch." continued the Judge, "though his drollery was always u musing." Success. Oil on the Coffee. The cup of bluck coffee had on its surface a little oil. This oil shim mered, It gave forth delicate, changing colors, like oil on water. The mun who was about to drink this coffee gazed at It wllh delight. "The oil." he said, "tells me all I want to know about the cohee. Now, without tasting it, 1 am sure It U superb. "The whole secret of making coffee," he went on, "lies In extracting and retaining this oil. This oil it is which gives coffee its aromatic nnd delicious taste. This oil It Is also which stimu lates you, which makes you feel, ifter you have drunk, strong and gay. " "Good coffee the kind with oil afloat on it can only be made by excellent cooks. In millionaires' houses, or la hotels where they employ French chefs, you are likely lo get it. But the aver age American housewife does Mot know how to make this oily kind (t coffee nt ft'l'-rhiladelphia Bulletiti I'lolltalile Hug Fee. Una-. More and more are we realizing the fact that profitable hog feeding must come from a lesser use of corn and a greater one of grass and legume. Corn is already on expensive feed and with Increasing values for nil corn lauds there will never again be an era of cheap corn. However,' no great amount Is necessary, since the great est prollt comes from growth rathef than fattening; from a variety of foods of n succulent nature, rather than an exclusive grain ration. Our Canadian neighbors who grow no corn, produce with peas and other legumes, supplemented with a light amount of grain, pork of a high qual ity, that outsells our own In the Eng lish markets. The past season the writer marketed doO hogs In a finished condition. These hogs had at all times plenty of grass, consumed ripened rye in the field, oats with clover range, fed corn on clover and had access to rape patch. These hogs were sold before the decline nnd paid a good return for everything con sumed. They were-fed on fields to be turned for corn next year, hence the cobs nnd manure form a considerable factor of the profits. J. B. Burrls, in Indiana Farmer. Cream a a Farm Specialty In producing a high-grade cream, tne cows must be watched carefully that there be no taint of disease. A dally milk record is kept and a sudden drop ping In the flow of milk is considered an indication that something is wrong with the cow that needs attention. Stables are kept free from dust and strong odors. We use covered palls which are not opened until the milk is strained at the dairy house. The dairy room must be kept free from germs and bad odors. The sep arator and all utensils should be washed with care, and the Jars not washed and rinsed, but scalded each tiiie before filling. As a result of, care we have never had a case of poor cream returned to us from our ship ments to. Boston, although 't Is often held there for more than a week before use. The cream from four of my cows sold for over $S00 the past year. Thirty-two out of thirty-four cows average over $l."iO each in cream value. These cows, without doubt, would have made a better record had we fed more grain. We gave them in winter thirty pounds ensilage and two quarts of cottonseed In two feeds. After the ensilage was gone they had, beside the cottonseed, two quarts of bran and one pint of corn meal. This grain ration was given only to the cows in full milk, and was decreased for cows partly dry. C. S. Pope, In the Massa chusetts I'loughman. Model Chicken Itoon, There are all sorts of roosts con structed In poultry houses and most of them far from desirable. While the Idea of a' folding roost is not especially new, the following plan of construc tion is on better lines than most of these roosts are built. Take two strips of two by two material each six feet long and make two legs for each, strip not over three feet high. The end which comes next to the side of the building may be nailed to It. A bet ter plan Is to place the legs at oue end only of the strips hinging the other ends, with strap hinges, to the side Of the building. Then select the ma terial for the roust poles and fasten the strips to the frame already made, hav ing the strip nearett tlie front a ll'tle wider than the rest. In the front edge of this strip put n srrew eye, aud to It fasten a rope the size of n clothes line. Then arrange a pulley ou the side wall In the customary way and you have the folding most. When It Is not In use during the da, pull it up by means of the pulley and ropes so that it lays flat against the Bide of the house out of the way. This plan of a roost enables one to get at the dropping board uuderucatli without trouble, gives the fowls more room In the house during the day, und nlso gives one a1 chance to thoroughly cK'iin the roost at nny and all times, and there are no crevices Into which vermin can get. Indianapolis News. Rtalila For Throa florae. The average stable in which farm horses are kept is uot the most com fortable place for the animals, but the plan here described gives an abund ance of room, ventilation, and general comfort. The stalls should be built of the desired width and of a length nccording to the animals kept In them. Usually a length of eight to ten feet Is ubout right. It Is Important that the horse face a window rather than that the window lie placed in his rear, for this plan gives liliu amplo oppor tunity for air In the summer and the window can be so covered that draughts of cold air will not disturb the horse In winter. Between each horse should be placed ' i' ; I s I w i n :ii'tir!oii, und this should be com poi.'.l of boards to the height of about four and one-half feet and hbove that Iron rods should be placed about four Inches njiarr. This nrrniigciiient in s:nes perfect ventilation, mid yet pre vents the uuiin.ils from nnnojiiig each other. Ample, space in h rear of the horses should be provided for a wulk way. Th illustration shows the ar r.'Uement rs (Inscribed. S S S, shows the Individual wlalls with the window In front of each; y indicates tho vuUi way in ih" tvar: in tlie luwr.' part Cl the liiawlji- C indJcat'.'S the board partition,' showing the Iron bars rn ftp perilled. India mi polls News. Growing Mushrooms. It Is desirable to have a tolerably dry foundation for a mushroom bed. The conditions of n cellar can be made suitable for mushroom growing, es pecially for amateurs who wish, to go into the business on a small scale. By partitioning off n portion of the cellar and closing up the windows, more con stant and uniform conditions can be obtained. Space under greenhouse benches can be made especially suited to mushroom culture, and many grow ers take advantage of this space for their propagation. The most suitable soil conditions for mushroom culture consist In supplying beds with plenty of good horse manure, mixed with loam or decomposed sod, mixing about one-fourth or one-fifth loam or decomposed sod with manure. Either fresh or partly rotted manure can be used, and this should repeatedly be well worked over, composted nnd watered frequently, taking care that it does not burn. After it has been well worked over and composted 'various times and the heat Is not likely to rise above 130 degrees Fahrenheit, It should be thoroughly Incorporated with one fourth to one-fifth decomposed loam or sod. It can remain In this condition until ready for use. The beds are usually made up ten to fourteen Inches deep, nnd in these are placed the soli and manure for grow ing them. The bottom of the bed shonld be supplied with six Inches of fresh manure, well tamped down. It should be covered with the prepared manure and loam mentioned above, adding about two Inches at a time, aud compacting the same. If It shows a tendency to heat too much, Incorporate a little loam to It. One or two layers, two Inches deep, of the prepared loam and manure can be put on each day until the required depth Is obtained. Straw or some mulching material Is then put over the top of the bed until ready to spawn. After the temperature of the beds has reached about ninety to ninety five degrees Fahrenheit, the straw should be removed and the bed spawns, although some growers prefer a tem perature of about eighty degrees Fnh renhelt. This Is accomplished by breaking the bricks into pieces and planting the pieces Jn rows ,.in tin bed. The rows should be about oik foot npart, nnd the pieces of soawt. inserted every six or eight Inches and covered up superficially with the soil. ucn spawning is completed, com pact the surface of the bed all over After this Is accomplished the bed can again be covered with straw, and lu the course of eight or nine days thf straw is removed, not exceeding eighty degrees Fahrenheit nfter covering, i,i lu thn case one Is likely to lose tht crop. Trofesscr G. E. Stone, in Mirroi and Farmer. lMnwlng- Wet Ground. I will begin with the last question. It Is too wet when it will not bear iht weight of the horses. That Is, If thi hoofs of the horses sink as much as ai. Inch, the soil should neither be plowed nor trumped. It is too wet, if clay, when the plow leaves on the upturned furrow a shiny and continuous sur face. It Is too wet when water seeps Into the empty furrow and becomes visible iu little puddles. There are two serious objections to. plowingVla.v soils too wet. The first Is that the feet of team and man will produce clods at every point of contact with the ground. Second, the knead ing of clay Is the first step of the pot ter and brick or tile maker, In the transformation of clay Into artificial stone. Tho German word for brick Is backlcu, stein aud that means baked stone. The kneaded clay is this stone, all but the baking. The plow seems to net upon the wet soil in a way to change its nature, if undisturbed, it will jjivp off its satura tion In such a way as to leave Its parti cles free to crumble and fall apart; but when disturbed In a saturated condi tion, the particles are made to adhere, aud drying only Increases their tenac ity. So, plowing, when the clay Is wet, is a fruitful cause of cloddlness. I am careful, all along, to speak of clay. Our best nnd most substantial soil is day soil. Black soil is rich iu vegetable mold, r.nd Is good for u quick, rank growth: but It Is light and unsubstantial, and It wants the staunch qualities apt to be present in good cluy. It does n:t seriously injure binck soil to plow ft even in a state of satura tion. Aud soddy soil may be plowed wet, even whn It Is pure clay. This is because the ground is tilled with root fibres, and the plow do.'s not operate as a kneading paddle. White clay, commonly called "craw fish land," is difficult to manage. It Is nearly always flat, and Its position U l apt to be unfavorable to drulre'.Te. When an outlet can be found, draining will greatly Improve It. But care will always be necessary to avoid the sat uration period, and to plow !t only when lu proper condition. One feature of this question does not appear, as the theme is stated. How may we free the soil of saturation for early breaking? Tills is importan., for two reasons we neither wish to miss the proper seusou for planting, nor desire to wrestle all summer with clods. Saturation leaves the soil in two ways, by evaporation and by perco!u Con. Evaporation Is a cooling pro cess, and, when ull the moisture passes off thut way, the soil vurius all too slowly. In fact, tho deputure of th water Is slow. And when manures cover the ground nil winter evaporation will not answer at all. It l far better to keep the manure In the heap until the surface Is firm enough to bear the wheel of the wagon und the hoofs of the horses Theu haul and scatter, and plow at once. I'ercolatlon is the process of pussln downward to the ditches. This is a warming proc-ss, and ail the plow land is Improved by itnderdriiinljig. Even thi white clay will get warmer beii lelleved of Its moisture that way. V.: 3. S.. la Ludiauit iwoier." New York City.--Whatever styles may come nnd go, the coat thnt com Mires a fitted back, with double breast ed box fronts is always In style, al- DOUBLE IIKEAHTBD COAT. ways lu demand. This one Is finished at the neck in regulation "opt style, and Includes sleeves of the very latest cut with roll over cuffs. As illus trated the material Is blr.ck cheviot stitched with cortlcelll silk and finished with a collar of black velvet, but auy cloaking materlul is appropriate and when liked the coat can be made long er, as shown in the small cut. The coat Is made with fronts, backs, side backs and under arm gores, the fronts being faced to form tlie lapels, The sleeves are full nt the shoulders, narrower at the wrists, where they are finished with cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium Rlze Is five yards twenty-seven, two and three-quarter A Late Design yards forty-four or two and five eight yards fifty-two Inches wide, with three-eighth yards of velvet. A 'Mum Waist. If they were not actually embroid ered in Japlaud, these 'mum waists look to have been. The characteristic rich, flat, heavy style of embroidery distinguishes them. Oue may have them mude up or in a box ready to make up. A inummoth. 'mum Is em broidered ou the one-piece waist front. Done ull lu white on white It Is rich est. Home, however, will prefer It in all white ou u light blue, apricot or pastel rose ground. In some fe in stances the embroidery Is lu shaded colors, mostly delicate ones shading to white. The glaut chrysanthemum grows ou a long, foliage-decked stem, which starts ut the waist line, curves to the .right and ends lu a great flower of a rather loose type up under the chin. Each petal Is a work of art. The wristband and the neckband are embroidered In something the same fashion. Passing of Hlllowr Skirts. The billowy evening gown la un ex travagant garment und always more or less of an anxiety, entailing repair of some kind if not the actual replacing of frills, after each time of wear. This fact, together with a desire (or change. Is beginning to tell upon the popularity of the billowy variety of frock, and fashion Is seriously considering the adoption of more solid and lasting ma terials for evening wear. These are uot difficult to find, and In the soft Oriental satins and taffetas, In the new brocades and chiffon velvets, which are OH in actual weight though rich nnd dtfrdfied In appearance, the foamy tnd b'nisy fabrics of the last few sea sons will find formidable rivals. New XCTk Tribune. Lingerie ttlctusa. Lingerie blouses ure to. be worn with tailored coats aud skirts. They are really Indispensable, for they are thin, taking up no room, mid when mussed water nnd hot Iron restore them to un Immaculate condition. They are, how ever, ns expensive ns Hi.? more elab orate silk and crepe bodices, as s greater number of them nro required; but they are always fresh nnd spot less, and thus delight the dainty woman. In cut they are almost fac similes of those worn during the sum mer, save the heavier laces nre used. cluny, guipure nnd the lately revived crepon being favorites. These laces are used as Insertions n.tber than In ap pllques, and in many of these blousei the lace Is also elaborately embroidered In floral designs in pliimetls stitch. One such blouse has Its crepon lac embroidered across the front lu chry.s antuemums. New Napoleon Hata. A fashionable milliner lu the Rue de la Falx has Introduced n new Napoleon hat. This, worn with a single iock or hair on the forehead, accompanying 8 long redlngote, Is now fashionable and most becoming for women with high foreheads. An exquisitely pretty coif fure, replacing the theatre hat, I formed of three classic bands encir cling the hair, with one erect ostrich plume. Gray lllbbail. A gray ribbed velvet gown has a cob lar and gulmpe of cream lace. The bo dice Is curiously built, the draped front of velvet being a sort of a cuirass buttoned on the shoulders with three large velvet buttons. Fur Manila on .Skirt. A band of fur Is around the foot ot some of the handsomest skirts. These skirts trull and are not for the prom enade. Blouse Waist. Wulsts that are shirred over th shoulders are among the latest and most novel shown and are singularly by May Manton. attractive lu such materials us chif fon veiling, chiffon taffeta and the like This one is made in shirt waist style, with a box pleat at the centre front, the materlul being tnffeta In one of the new reseda greens. The sleeves are shirred to form cuffs In harmony with the yoke of tlie waist, and are Mulshed with pointed turn overs that match the stock. , Tlie waist consists of the fitted lin ing, fronts aud back. The shirring over the shoulders nre lu tuck style, so providing becoming fullness below, nnd the closing is made at the centre front through the box nleat. The sleeves nre made in one piece each,' with the shirred cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four ane one- quarter yards twenty -que, three and thrce-qiiarte,' yards tweuly-seveu, ot j two mid one-quarter yard forty-foul 1 Uifhes wide. ttlllliltttK WAlS'f,
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