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of the Washington
tET no man fancy bo knows
: sport." says Moucure D. Con
way, "unless he has fam-
llv-trpd nil nnppKtnr nf
fefcViJ George Washington."
Washington himself knew little about
bis ancestors; and the controversy over
them all has been since his death.
Nevertheless, after the disappoint
ments and disillusions which cool the
ardor and silence the tongue of the
relic searcher lu America, it Is a hap
piness to the soul to gather a series of
pictures of tho English home ot George
Washington's ancestors.
In England, when you go ancestor
and relic hunting, you find no clatter
ing fuetory erected in n hallowed door
yard; you find no honored tree cut
down to straighten a trolley rond; you
seldom find an old church pulled down
to be replaced with an over-smart and
uupald-for new one;, jou find no an
cient rooms with electric lights glaring
In the low celling, with single sheets of
plate glass making blank, staring faces
In every low, latticed window, with old
chimneys and fireplaces torn out to
make room for steam heaters and gas
logs.
All these have I found In America In
searches for memorials of my own an
cestcrs and those of our great patriots,
but lu the English homes ot the Wash
ington, you see the bouse in Little
Brlngton which they built In HKM. and
even the Sulgrave Manor in which they
lived In l.fcW, unchanged and "unim
proved." The trees are older, and some
are gone, but never cut wantonly or
heedlessly; there are no electric lights
and no disfiguring electric poles. The
furnishings have vanished, and the
rooms are bare, but the houses are the
same, and the village surrounding are
the same.
The Washington came to Sulgrave
Manor in much dignily, for the manor
was granted to Laurence Washington
for bis services to his country and
State. Here ho lived with four sons
and seven daughters till his death in
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lu 100C, after reverses In fortune,
Itobert . Washington, son of Laurence,
left Sulgrnve with his two sous. Hob
ert. Sr., with his eldest son Laurence,
took possession of an unpretentious
cottage at Little Hrlngton, where they
resided until the (leatli ot Laurence in
1010. This cottage still statnls, and Is
known as the Washington House.
Upon the death of Laurence, Itobert
Washington left Little Hrlngton and
went to London, accompanied by his
son's widow and her eldest child Lau
rence, which always has been a family
name In America as well as in Eng
land. Tho house then was occupied by
Itobert Washington. Jr. (brother of the
deceased Laurence) und his wife Eliz
abeth. Eor the past ten years they had re
elded In a small cottage on the out
skirts of Hit. village where he Dad
erected a windmill and followed the
calling of a miller. In this Washing
ton house they resided from HUH until
March, 102, when they died within
nine days of each other, and were bur
led at St. Mary's Church, Great Hrlng
ton. Over the doorway of the cottage
still Is to be seen u large, square block
of stotie bearing the following appro
priate Inscription: "The Lord glveth;
the Lord taketh away; blessed be Hie
name ot the Lord. Construct.! KiOO."
It Is a disputed question whether
this Inscription alludes to the compul
sory relinquishment of Sulgrave Manor
for this humble bouse, or whether it re
fers to the death of Laurence and Mar
garet Washington's second son, Greg
ory, which occurred shortly aJter Ids
baptism and their removal from Hul
grare to Brlngton. Terhups both
events helped to the frame ot mind
which made so sad a choice of mottoes.
Ilobert'f wife Elizabeth whs nursed
by the widow of Laurence Washing
ton, who, upon the death of her father-in-law,
Itobert, Hr., In lulit. bad re
turned from London to Little Brlngton.
When Robert and Elizabeth died this
Widow of Laurence again lived- la the
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Washington house, where she was
joined by her son. the l!ev. Laurence
Washington, lu 104:.. lu that year he
vacated the "living" of Purlelgb, In
Essex, which had been granted to him
In 1U32. In lii."0 mother and son both
died, and were buried in the family
vault at nrington. The two sons of
the Hev. Laurence (named John and
Laurence) emigrated with their sister
.Martha to Virginia, and John's great
grandson was George Washington.
I shall not give the genealogical
table of the family it had a ques
tioned link for, some years but the
finding of several wills, among them
those of the three emigrant to Amer
ica, has given proof to every link In
the chain.
Washington house now Is occupied
by plain folks, laborers. Its internal
structure has not been changed the
quaint old staircase of oak lead to the
bedroom where llobert and Elizabeth
died so closely In time to each other.
There are new windows, but not of
plate glass. In the buck yard an an
cient pump appears which is as old as
tile house. Another and most pictur
esque pump stands on the green. With
Its thatched roof, overhung by a great
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C.rv.d . T.mb .1 Cf, nnngiQrtj
tree, it forms a charming feature in the
picture In which tho row of ancient
almshouses, the village blacksmith's
shop, and the inn. "Ye Old Saracen's
Head," make a quaint and serene
beauty. You can lind In all England
scarcely a more typical scene ot old
time village life than In Little Brlng
ton. Leaning against the pump may he
seen a stone disc siMt-eu inches in di
ameter, which to the practiced eye at
once denotes a sun-dial. I-'or forty
years the existence of this carved cir
cular slab was known, but it did not
awaken sulllcierit curiosity to excite In
vestigation. At last A. L. Y. Morley,
the estate agent for Earl Spencer, ex
amined the old slab and turned It face
upward. He found that Its curving
was not only the lines and figures of u
sun-dial face, but It also bore the
Washington arms, which are: Argent
two bars, und In chief three mullets
(gules). It also showed the Initials It.
W., and the date KilO.
This photograph here shown Is the
first photograph ever taken of It and
tho first sent to America. It seemed
like a message from the ancient fum
ily, nay. the whole past, to the new na
tion which a Washington helped so
largely to establish. The letters It. W.,
I feci confident, stand for Itobert
Washington. Tho coat-of arms, it gen
erally Is believed, suggested to Wash
ington our Stars und Stripes.
There Is In this cradle of the Wash
ington unother shield of the Wash
ington family. It Is in the church of
St. Mary the Virgin at Great Hrlngton,
the church which the W ashingtons at
tended and where they were buried.
Along the pleasantest of English lanes
they walked the half-milo each Sun
day to this church.
Everything In the vicinity of this
Washington house Is of Interest to the
American, and nothing more so than
the old cross which stands Just outside
the church door, under a superb elm
tree. Many of these market crosses
bore dial which have disappeared.
CEOR.CC AND
There Is no dial on It noif, though the
square dial block wa standing In 1842.
This cross has stood since the four
teenth or fifteenth century, and the an
cestors of Washington passed under Its
shadow and perhaps halted by its steps
whenever they went to the church 300
years oro. The base, oMto call It cor
rectly) the cnlvary, consists of three
octagonal steps, much worn. The shaft
Is square 'below, worked to an octagon.
It Is In two pieces, the lower set with
lead.
This church of St. Mary the Virgin
Is one of the most Interesting lu Eng
land. I shell give only a few particu
lars of its contents which seem of spe
cial Interest to America, telling first of
the Washington tomb. It Is under the
chancel floor. Its place Is marked by
stone slab with ft long Inscription,
which Is almost unworn. For many
years It has been protected carefully
bv a wooden covet. It bears an lu-
any i m.iwan
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HERE LfETH -THE-BODi OFLAVRENCE
WASHINGTON SONNE ft HEtRE OF t
ROBKRT-WASHINGTON OF SOVLGRAS
lN-THE COVNTIE OF NORTHAMPTON
F.SQVlER WHO MARIED MARGARET
THE- ELDEST DAVGHTER OF WlLLtAM
DVTLKR OF TEES - IN THE COVNTlE.
OF SVSSEXF. -ESQVIER-WHO HADlSSvl
BV-HER 8 SONNS & Q DAVGHTERS
WHiCH LAVRENCE-DECESSED THE IJ
OF DECEMBER A : DNI : 1616
Thovthat bychanceorchoyck;
of-th!s hast-sioht .
KNOW LlFE TO DEATH RESlCNES
AS DAYE TO NIGHT
B VT AS TH F. SVN HS RETORNE
REVIVES THE1 DA YK
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THOVOH TVRNDE TO DVST4-CLAV
scription telling that "Laurence Wash
lngton lies here."
He and his wife Margaret had eight
sons and nine daughters. On a brass
plate at the head of the stone Is tin
following:
"Here lies Interred ye bodies ol
Ellzab Washington Widdowe wild
changed This Life for Imuiortalltte Y
19 of March 1G22 As Also ye body ol
Kobert Washington Gent her I.sU
Husband Second Sonne of Robert
Washington of Solgrave in ye County
of North: Esqr who Dept'd This Lift
ye 10 of March 1022 After They Lived
Lovingly Together In this rarish."
It rouses a tender Interest to read ol
the twain that they lived lovingly, and
in death were not divided.
The will of this Elizabeth Washing
ton shows that this Little Brlngton
home was well furnlslied. She hud am
ple linen, tablecloths, napkins, side
board and cupboard cloths, towels,
sheets and "pillow beers." She hud
silver spoons and salt cellars, "a nut
to drink In trimmed with silver" (this
was a mounted cocoanut), silver bowls
and beakers. There are many pewter
plates and chargers and platters; and
irons, shovels nnd tongs, and, like
Shakespeare, a best and second-best
bed. with "Turkey-work qulshlons."
She had "a pled cow. a pled colt and a
young bullock," and she bequeathed
considerable sums of money.
The Washington arms Impaling the
Butler aro cleanly cut, showing plainly
both stars and stripes. This tomb Is a
simple one, but the tombs of the Spen
cers In this chapel form one of the
most magnificent series of family mem
orials In England. Each arch Is tilled
with a great ultar-tomb. it has been
the burial place of the Spencers since
the time of Henry VII. These tombs
ure In entire perfection of preservation.
Some have not a scratch on the marble,
and the most modern, curved over two
centuries ago, Is as clean cut as If from
the chisel yesterday. The efllgles of
these good knights and their wives
form a line record of costume they
are grim fashion plates.
Other objects ot Interest In this One,
old church are the wonderful font. In
which infunt Wasblugtons of the sev
enteenth century were christened; a
curious alms-box und an alms-chest in
which valuables often were stored.
There also Is one at Sulgrave Church,
the oldest In England. The church
seats are unusual, being not pews but
ancient benches. Each bench end Is
carved In whut Is called a "poppy
bead." It Is a great, ornamental de
sign; one contains the eont-of-orms of
a couutry family, the Greys; another
has the chalice nnd wafer; another the
emblem of "Tho Passion;" another1 has
two crests; nuother sounj slgultlcuut
foliage; another a bunch of grapes.
They are most Interesting, and give an
air ot much distinction to the church
"ulleys." Sunday Magazine.
The largest Bible class in Great
Britain Is at All Saints' Church, Shef
field. The average attendance is
1,600.
HIS HATCHET.
fllinrp Hints.
cheep will not thrive on nil kinds of
oils. Some breeds are very active and
thrive only In large flocks, but the large
mnllo'.i breeds require good pasturage
and will not give sotlsfuctury results
if compelled to work over a large area
for all they get. All sheep should have
dry soils. Eoot rot will occur In n flock
that Is.kept constantly on wet land.
Rowing; Tan l)rp.
As a rule, the majority of ihe farmers
sow seeds too deep. Small seeds need
just enough covering to give them
moisture and darkness. Th.' soil shouM
be pressed on line seeds only so ns to
exclude the light. Especially should
this be done very carefully and slightly
Just before a rain. Many of the seeds
are lost, and the reputation of some
pood, holiest seedsman ruined, In the
estimation of Individuals, because fine
seeds are sow n too ui-ep, and the soil
Is pressed down lo.i hard upon fhem.
A great many farmers air- lu too great
n hurry to sow seri'.s rr.rly; thoy do not
wait for thi ground t i set sufllcleiitly
dry and warm. It is hard t.) give gen
eral directions that will apply In nil
ca.cs.- but. as a rule, the smaller the
seed the lighter si -iv.'.J be Ilia sjII lu
which tliiv .".:v f.)v:'..
ConvcnLi.t ling Tionlt,
Make a cummon Y-sh::;.vd IrotiMi of
heavy solid lumber. Make a swing
gale of 2x4 timber and one-Inch boards.
Take 2'j-lnch boards 12 Inches wide
by 4 feet long nnd bor.- 2-tiich holes
three Inches from ends. Hang the gale
by nailing boards to each end of trough.
Attach a latch so thai the gate can be
held on either side of trough, l'lace
the trough in hog !ut fence. When you
go to feed push the gate from you and
latch It. Cli-an out the trough and put
In the feed. Now pull the gate to you
so hogs can eat. This arrangement Is
bandy, for the trough can be cleaned
or feed mixed without hogs Interfering.
- C. '.. Uobinso:!. In The E-iltomlst.
Keep Acmulit ni th On)).
The farmer should keep some account
of his crops, his profits ami losses, and
be able at flip end of the year to give
an In'elligent Idea of what he Is doing,
and then should give thought and study
to efforts to improve. This Improve
ment may refer to the maintaining of
fertility, and this opens up a wide Held
of study ns to maintain fertility de
pends on ihe wise use of commercial
fertilizers and saving of home-made
manure, the rotaiiou of crops, ami nil
that will aid in keeping tip tho maxi
mum fertility. It also will involve n
careful study of such crops ns you are
producing. There are crops much more
liable to failure than others. There are
localities where wheat Is a verv un
certain crop, and yet farmers continue
growing It from year to year, where
'very third or fourth crop Is short as
to leave little or no profit. Other crops
may be substituted: In some localities
rye Is veiy profitable, lu others oats,
barley or einnier can be substituted,
lint the cases are rare where you can
afford to leave small grain out of your
list of .crops, as it gives Ih.i best oppor
tunity of getting a stand of clover to
maintain fertility. Home and Enrm.
Prnpor Mlltlon fHftll.
A dull, stupid sheep will not lay on
fat as rapidly as one of a nervous tem
perament. This Is contrary to the gen
eral belief, but experience has proved
lliat it Is true, say n sheep writer.
The bright, clear eye Indicates a good
doer. The neck should be compact,
?hort and thick, and Is Indicative of the
ronfornmtion of the rest of the body,
ft Is also the cheapest part of the car
cass, and we ".o not want too much of
It. The neck should Indicate strength
nnd character, and this applies also to
the junction of the neck to the body.
The body should be strong ,'hrough the
shoulders and along the tip. There
should be n good length rib, or well
overed with a thick layer of muscle.
The closeness of the lib also Indicates
the value of the sheen ns u meat pro
ducer. When the ribs are close to
gether there will be a better layer of
meat on tho outside. The whole back
should be well covered, with great
width over the loins, as from the quar
ter to the first rib are th? parts that
sell for the highest price in the mar
kets. The quarter should be well de
veloped on top and back over file pin
points, and It should also be well tilled
up. We must have good depth of body
not that It gives expensive meat, but
It Indicates the strength nud develop
ment of the whole animal. If we have
a good, long ril. we have P good de
velopment of the upper oi valuable
part.
The ewe should be more loosely built
ond not so closely coupled. Tje neck
should be longer than the rani's, and
Ihe head should be clear-cut. And the
eye bright, denoting nervous energy.
Th Mr.
A Missouri correspondent slates that
he has a draft-bred fonl to winter. He
says he has mixed buy and stover nnd
some corn but no oats. He wants to
know If he can make the colt grow
properly on such n bill of fare. We do
not think he can do the young animal
any sort of Justice on such foodstuffs.
To begin with, oats and bran form the
best feed for growing colls. Corn,
while better than no grain nt nil, has
not In it the muscle and boue-formlng
elements that are required to make
the frame of the horse. Protein nnd
the necessary mineral elements ure sup
plied by the outs and bran, whereas
In the mixed liny, the stovir and the
corn the carbohydrates or starchy mat
ters are far too much in evidence. If
there Is other M ay, some of the corn
should be sold and oats bought with
the money received for It. We believe
Hint the only proper way to rear draft
bred colts Is to give them ;n their flrst
winter about alt the nuts and brail tbey
will eat up clean three times a day.
They should have the very best and
brightest of the hay and whatever
stover they choosa to pick out of the
rack, but stover Is not good food for
weanling horses. It Is too course and
does uot carry enough nourishment to
the square Inch. It some of the bajr
has more clover In It than the rest th
eolt should have that, providing that It
Is bright, well cured and not moldy. If
there Is no help for It give the colt the
corn and he will do better fhnn he will
with no grain nt nil, but If he Is worth
wintering nt nil he Is worth treating
right, and the way to do that Is to get
li 1 m at Teast some oats. Breeder's Ga
zette. , '
Row to Ilroy Field Mice.
A serious problem on many farms
is created by the presence of tlestruer
tlve mice, and n new method devls.nl
by a 1'iirlslaii scientist for their de
struction may serve us as well ns It
appears to be doing thoso who manage
the farms of France.
The mice bad be?o:ne n source of
great loss In certain distrlcis over
there. As we well know the powers
of destruction of these diminutive
creatures have been found to be enor
mous. They not only ruin ln::ne"...e
quantities of livlug vegetables In seek
ing food, but lay nwny ample stocks
for winter provender. Scientlsls have
calculated that each mouse destroys
from t weiity-i'otir in thirty-six pounds
of plants every year; and aw un
happy farmer reported that there were
ovrr ."00 mice per acre on his bind. To
five themselves of this plague, the
people resbrted to asphyxiation, by
filling the burrows with smoke, or to
drowning by pouring water Into them,
or to sprinkling poison about the liehls
the lutter method, however, proving
most dangerous to domesticated
unimals. Finally, the French Parlia
ment, moved by the appeals of the
sufferers from the Gnrgiinaunn ap
petites of these tiny prsts. appropri
ated ?.,IMH)( to old them, and the
latest pet of science the microbe was
resorted to. Dr. Datiysz, of the Pas
teur Institute, bnd observed that large
numbers of mice died from a certain
disease. He collected virus from sick
animals, made cultures and found that
these cultures, when nbsorbed with
the nourishment, produced the disease
In healthy rats and mice. This method
of destruction has been recently car
ried out on nn area of 2S00 acres, nnd
has proved most effective. One great
advantage Is that the chickens nnd
other animals ,i the farm appear to
be Immune to the disease, having bee.)
In no instance affected during the ex
periments. The gov rnment appro
priation has been d .-voted to the pur
chase of virus, which Is sent free ot
charge to nil region', affected. The
virus is mixed with salted water and
crushed oats are soaked In the liquid.
The oats are then scattered near thff
burrows. Ten days afterwards, what
Is estimated at ninety-live per cent, ot
the mice have been found dead iu the
llelds. .National Fruit Grower.
rhyplrol Vnliie of Ksmynrd Mnnn-'. p
For a long time our cultivators failed
to get sight ot the mechanical value ot
barnyard manure. They found that
barnyard manure gave better results In
some way than did chemical inniiurer,
but could not llgure out the cause.
Now, however, we have learned that In
various ways the structure of the noil
Is affected by (lie presence of the barn
yard manure more than by tile chemi
cal manure. On heavy soils the ad
vantage of barnyard manure over some
other manures Is very apparent. We
h':vo mentioned In n previous nrlicle
the adding of humus to the soil ns one
very important way In which the barn
yard manure aids the soil. There lire
others. One of these Is to lighten up
the soil and let in the air, which will
be followed by the growth of rootlets
to still further.make the soil porous.
The hard clay soil Is not easily per
meated by the roots of plants, even
when It has a good deal of plant food
lu It. Tho texture of the soil is ro
close that the nlr cannot get In between
the particles, ami the plants that try
to grow on such a soil make but n
sickly development. Now put on somo
hnrnynrd manure either green or partly
rotted. If If Is thoroughly worked Inlo
tlie soli It quickly begins to disinte
grate, and n thousand minute paths are
made In the soil where tin vegetable
matter Ik present, and the nlr llmls n
ready admittance. The rootlets nf the
plants penetrate these layers nnd find
plant food abundant. They send u;
the supplies fo the plants, und the
leaves of the plant develop greatly and
send back material to strengthen '.he
roots. It was not before a matter ro
much of luck of plant food nn texture
of the soil permitting- tho pl.ints to
utilize that plant food.
It Is n mlstakp to suppose fiat the
viune of barnyard manure can be told
by the chemist, or that even when wo
huve added the water-holdlnr power
of the humus we have found Its f nil
value. The mechanical edn-t is very
great, how great will depend on the
kind of soil into which the barnyard
manure Is plowed or burrowed.
On sandy hind the effect Is not tho
snr.ie, but It Is. however, beneficial. If
the land Is inclined to be leachy, burn
yard manure Is the best kind ot manure
lo apply, us It does not permit the fer
tility mixed with It to be washed out
and drained off. The manure holds
moisture, and this 1s n help to the soil
in dry weather. It also decays slowly,
nnd the fertility Is thus released a little
nt a time. During the time this Is
going on the crops that have been
planted on tho boII are growing, nnd a
million little root hairs ure permeating
tho soil ready to take the fertility as
fast us It Is released- by the decaying
fibres, It Is thus caught before It has
time to souk down beyond the reach of
plants. '
No class of fertilizers will ever be
able o take the place of barnyard ma
nure, and the more of It made on the
farm the better for the land. Farmer's
Itevlew,
Aracka t Hmv a Dally Paper.
Atlantis, the first newspaper pub
lished In Greek lu the United States
and founded lu New York City twelve
years ago by Solon J. Vlusto as a week
ly, lias become a dally paper. The
editor explains that this la owing to
the Increase of the Greek population
here, there being now nearly 150,000
(reeks In this country.
The twenty-fifth auuiversary of the
Introduction of electric traction Into
Germiiiiy will noun be ce vtriUd, in
Bcillu.
New York ,Clty. Waistcoats, tioth
-nl and simulated, make a featureof
lie latest styles and ore to be noted
in many of the advance models. The
rery uttrnctlve waist Illustrated Is In
Eton style nnd allows of many effect
,ve combinations. As shown It is made
f shepherd's "heck trimmed with
jluck velvet and combined with a
waistcoat and' cuffs ' of white pique
which are made detachable, the waist
at extending under the fronts only,
but .silk us well ns cotton muteriuls
.an be used and the vest and cuffs
nude permanent parts of the waist
whenever preferred. The little chem
isette makes u notable feature ond can
he of luce, ns Illustrated, or in lingerie
itvle as may be liked. At the waist
!s a crushed belt which pusses over tin
back and fronts, under the revers nnd
jver the vest to be closed nt the centre
front. The sleeves are the new ones
which ure leathered to form two puffs
and are liiiished with flare cuffs above
the plain ones.
The Eton is made with n fitted found
9tion, which Is faced to form the vest,
A LATE DESIGN
over which the pleuted fronts and
buck are arranged. The chemisette Is
sepiirule und closed ut the buck while
the wuist Itself closes at the front.
The sleeves ure In one piece, arranged
ovur fitted foundations 'to which the
straight cull's are uttnehed, the circular
ones finishing the lower edges.
The quantity of material required for
tho medium size Is live und one-eighth
yards twenty-one inches wide, four uud
three-quarter yards twenty -seven
Inches wide or two und a quarter yards
forly-four Inches wide, tlve-eiglith
yards twenty-seven Inches wide for
wulstcout and cuffs and oue yard of
velvet, and live-eighth yards of ull-over
lace for chemisette to muke as Illus
trated. I)rapfl Hotlti Hacoluet Alt.
The draped bodice Is undoubtedly
"the thing." It Is us becoming to the
too full us well ns to the too thin
figure, it brings out the wulst line,
and Its folds a cross the bust may easily
be arranged so us greatly to lncreuse
the upparent size of the flat figure,
while by using little material und
drawing It close the exuberant figure
can be held down firmly nud appear
of the perfect middle slxe. The aver
nge American figures lack both bust
and hips, but the fashions' of to-day
are kind towurd those deficiencies, uud
the pleuted, shirred und yoked skirts
can easily be made to render the figure
apparently fuller ut the hips, uud these,
together with the draped bodices, ure
vustly Improving tho oppek-rance of
many women.
Fullnaaa In Cuts.
There are various uiodes of Intro
ducing fullness In skirts. One plan
comprehends the scheme ot having
? skirt made with alternate panels
plain unl pleated. The pleuts are ar
ranged lu groups of four or five and
ETON WAIiT WITH vs. sr.
finished at the line of the knees with
a little strap nnd buckle across encli
group. Below the strap the released,
fullness expands to widen the skirt
St the hem. This model Is beautiful
iu golden brown camel s hull' serge.
The strop Is of the velvet to match
and the tiny buckles are of French
gilt. The collarless Jacket Is trimmed
with bunds of velvet to match.
Daylight Hlu.
A lovely street shade of rich dark
blue, much used for visiting dress and
church toilets. Is Introduced- by tho
happy name ot "dayllkht blue." It Is
quite removed from the Indigo dyes
of navy blue and bus no purplish tones
whatever. There are some women
who make a practice of wearing blue
and blue alone. The new winter silks
in "daylight blue" ure un added oppor
tunity to such a woman.
The Fituhlnnnlile Flnunim.
Flounces, on skirts are no longer
plain. One broadcloth skirt with a
flared flounce shows it . box-pleat set
lu with a godet effect at Intervals'.
A Wrlnklo Ani-nl C Conts.
I'nless one be willing to have the
Hue ot the back obliterated entirely,
the cape of it coat shouhl stop short
at the side back seams. ' '
Itouml Yok Waist.
Waists made full below round yokes
that ure finished with circular berthas
are among the notnble features of the
season and are always graceful and
generally becoming. This one Is adapt
ed to all the fashionable soft materials
nud can be combined with luce ns Illus
trated, with embroidery or with any
contrasting material that may be pre
ferred. In the cuse of the model, how
ever, the yoke, berthn. cuffs and collur
ure of lace and the waist of pale green
crepe de Chine, the combination of
materials being n peculiarly satisfac
tory one. When liked the lining can
be omitted nud the blouse attached
to the yoke only, but where silk or
wool Is used the fitted foundation nl
ways means, n better fit. The applied
box pleat at the front Is somewhat un-
I usual and gives the long lines that suit
BY MAY MANTON.
the greater number of figures admir
ably .veil.
The wulst consists of the fitted fonnd
utlon, which can be used or omitted us
preferred, the yoke und the blouse.
The blouse is full ut both back uud
front uud outlining the yoke is a cir
cular bertha. To the front edge is at
tached the box pleat and Jieueuth that
the closing Is made. The sleeves are
generously full above cults which are
finished with frills of net top luce.
The quantity of materia! required for
the medium size Is Uvo yards twenty
ouo Inches wide, four yards twenty-
seven inches wide or two and five
eighth yards forty-four Inches wide.
bound vokb waist wira ;oLiB3.
with one and three-eighth yards eighteen
Inches wide for yoke, bertha aud cuff
and two and one-quarter yards of lac
tor frills. -
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