REVERIE. , JTer hnir win the yellow of biirro'iihed poM ami lier eve were ns d.nUy blue As tho velvet hrnvcns on m'-vonloss luirlm, when on'y tlin st.ir. nre trim I To their tryt with gloom; and her lips wero full mi l curved in n Cupid's bow That shot my hr.irt with in arrows Into iirh, and Iht voire was sweet end low J As the notes of the trouo.i Jour's guitar, aid her sou mm as pure n;ij white I As the snow that falls and falls and falis through tho lnijth of the winter night j Kre touc hed with the taint, of a mtlilrs dawn, and her heart was full oi song j Ilut, Ah! it was years and years sgo. So long! so long! so long! Ah! what of the sivher. emel. Rrirn, who Wats in the cops? aid bush N. To spare in his preying flight the hawk a:td slay hut the tuneful thrush! ! And who has heard in ti sombre wood, where the fri7htencd shadows wait At the empty nest the erv and call of the thruih'a wondering mate That wheels and wheels like a frenzied thinfl: but the mournful ery is vain, Kor somewhere far is a milled heap and a leaf with a bloody stain Where the cruel archer Hew his shaft; but an interrupted so" Half whispers yet on the dreamy air so lonj! so long! so lo-.i JTark! And was that a wedding chime Op was it a bind! o-.itflur.J From a soulless bell with a hollow heart and the clan? of a brazen tongue? Or was it the thrush's mournful ery, when tho frightened shadows wait In the sombre wood the thrush's cry. outpoured for bis stricken mate? Oh, tho hearts that grieve like tho thrush bereft, nnd the cries that ere all In Vttn, Since somewhere far is a turfy mound, and th.; leaves, nnd tho sodden rain That beats and brals rcmorsely, while at interrupted sons Half whispers yet on the dreamy air so ling! so long! so lung! J. W. Foley, in tha New York Times. V V Vt i . x fx. TURNING l S By Susie Bouchelle Wight. V V Vt Vi KM 'i A y j t, t ,A J40M OOr gracious. Nora! Moro Jj money? This Is the third O I y o time this week thnt you $ have asked mc for It. You must tlilnk I ntu made of money!" James Kit mi looked up from his paper, his handsome face disag Ured with nn unpleasant scowl. "If you made me an allowance I Would not need to annoy you so of ten," retorted his wife. She forced Iht voice nnd face Into calmness, but in spite of her a hurt look crept into her eyes. "If I made more. Nora, you would be welcome to it you know that." he resumed. "But my salary is so small that it does seem to me you could be more careful. There is no prospect of my making more and you ought to be trying to gave up for a rainy day." lie pushed n dingy jo bill toward her. "What are you groins to buy with that? More foolishness for the house nnd garden?" At that, she flashed back, angrily: "I am going to buy the first pair of gloves I have had for four years. I am also going to invest In a decent pair of shoes something my feet have been .strangers to since the children came." Noticing the temper In hor voice he got up suddenly, took his hat ami coat and went on down tho street. It was not often that Nora flared out, nnd when she did he got rid of the unpleas antness by flight. She watched him out of sight, then busied herself with getting the two children off to school, and when she was alone In the house she gave way to n tempest of rebel lious emotions. She had given up her position as rou ble, teacher nnd Its emolument, which was greater than her husband had ever been able to command. In order to marry and make a bonis for the man sho loved. Ilut when bo grumbled and retted she often felt her position to be Almost intolerable. It had never seemed so much so as on this morning. It brought matters to a crisis, and a plan that had been appealing to her persistently was finally determined upon. Shc bought the new gloves, made herself as attractive as possible and then went to the dry. When she came back the uaggurdr.es? had disap peared from her cheek and the shall ows from her ejvs. and she actually fang as she was setting ilie supper table. "That sounds good, Nora." said her husband as he came Into the hall. "I love to hear you sing. A clijcrful wife Is indeed a treasure, and of late you have been so gloomy." He did not un derstand the queer smile with which sho received these words, but she chatted brightly nil through the pleas ant nienl. After the little ones were in bed she sat down close Inside hhu and slipped her hand Into bis. "I hav something to say to you," sho began, "and this time It Is not to ask for money." "What is mine Is yon:-., my dear," he said, hustily. "If I appear niggard ly at times It is only because I know how hard money Is to luaUu and Low very easy it is to spend." "Yes. I think I quite understand. But I have something to propose that I want you to think over. You said this morning that there was no prospect of a raise in your salary. It 1s hard for people reared ns we have been to live with any comfort and bring up our children as we would upon S'.i'j a month. Nov.-, I cannot' quite make up my mind to send them to a 'home' or to leave them to tho tender mercies of servants. Y'ou have often said lately that you r.eedet! rest. If you will re main In the homo for one year's time, rest nnd recreate, I will go out and inaku' twice ns much ns you ar,? mak ing now. This morning I went to IIol leywnrth College nnd found they are us anxious ns ever to give me tho de partment of music. And you know Dr. Dovine's offer Is still open for me as lending soprano nt St. Luke's. Now will you agree to this and agree to fctkk it out for a wholo year? 11 'mem ber How much you ne;d the rest!" He wns almost rvndi-red speechless by bis nm.'ixetnent. She never before had offered to help bl.n by taking up lier old work, because she insisted that fihe could do no justice to both home nnd outsldi Work at once, and her household work was dearer to her. "Ileinemb.'r, James," she proceeded, "we would not need to be pinched its we now are, nnd there would be some thing to lay aside for the rainy duy." "I don't like the plan," he said, slow ly. "Why cannot you take n pupil or two and perhaps sing In tt church find still k?cp track of a (Talis at home? With my salary we would then be very comfortable." 1 "I must do one thins or the oth:r I rsnnot Dil.t matters," she insisted very ;iileily. "If I give up my place at the bank some one else would get It, and when I got reudy to go bark to work there would be no opening for m." "If I could make o much more why should you go back tt work at nil?" "Because I have some pride! I will not have it said that I am mollycoddla enough to let luy wli support mo!" "Very well, then," she said with a sigh. "I suppose ws simply will have Ui go on us we ar, with you frettlittf over every dollar I a-jeuil und ui mls- v,i N' w v v ,v m ?x st :k ?x M rfc THE TABLES r; erable over having to ask you 'for money." He hesitated before replying. The thought of comparative ease from money worries and the assurance thnt she could make it so easily was ap pealing to hhu stronirly. At length, he said, with the air of one making up his mind to a doubtful experiment, that he would try the plan if she Insisted upon It. "Well, then, I will sign the contracts to-morrow," she answered, briskly. "You must give warning nt the bank, and we will begin the new arrange ment with the opening of the fall term at Holley worth." The new plan was entered into nt once. There was almost no balance at the bank in Klton's favor, so his wife's salary was In demand from tho start. .She was perfectly good natured about It all, but Insisted upon knowing how every dollar was spent. There was a visible increase in the bills, but ns sho had promised there should be no scrimping, she mftde no remark about this. .Mr. Klton at first was delighted. His nerves were on edge from long confinement from laborious desk work, and although be missed bis wife's presence all through the day he kept busy at one thing and another. Sometimes Nora would come in nt night tired and exhausted and there would be a wistful l.Hik In her eyes, but she wore a stately air of determin ation that her husband could not un derstand. Matters went on very smoothly until late spring. Mr. Klton had about worn his wardrobe down to the frazzle edge and she saw that lie was golng actually shabby. lie would ostentatiously trim down the edges of collars nnd cuffs in her presence nnd complain about the shine and thread bareness of his suits. It was a tempta tion to hand over tho money for this emergency as she had for nil other ne.nls, cheerfully nnd without lcniur, but she wanted him to learn to look nt family finances from the standpoint he had compelled her to have, and so she would look lndif!'er?nt!y away nnd fall to take any hints. One morning he came in from the lawn with a great crack in ill? side of his shoe. "Just look nt this!" he paid, indig nantly. "If I don't get some shoes soon, I will be barefooted." "Oh, my dear!" replied his wife. 'To you need shoos? Why didn't you call it to n:y attention before this':" She Crew h"r purs; from lier pocket and laid a live-dollar bill before him. "Call your attention! I wonder what else 1 have been doing for sis weeks past! I have scarcely a decent par nu'tit to my back, and no matter how much I say about them, you seem too much taken up with your own con cerns to pay any heed at nil!" "Why, James," came the reproachful answer. "I would willingly have given yir.i the money nny day." "Y'ou SLe;n to think it Is a small mat ter for a niau to have to ask his wife for things! I haven't had n smoke sines you began work, simply because I wouldn't nsl: you for cigar money." "Oh, I am sorry!" she said, with a well-feigned absence of mind. "You ought to have spoken. I don't suppose your cigar money would amount to more than my ow n pot Indulgence does my lyoeum tickets. Of course, what Is yours Is miiie, and what Is mine is yours. Y'ou really ousht to have spoken." A vague recollection of past sparring over lyceum tickets seemed to trouble Klton's mind for n moment, but it quickly passed, for she had brought out pencil and paper nnd was Insisting that be should make a catalog of bis sartorial ncids at once. Ho compiled with a very bad grace, nnd then she wrotr out a check of generous dimen sions. "Now, dear," she said, sweetly, "I thjnlt this will cover all of It, nnd you n ay Just hand me n:iy Ifttlaneo that Is left over. Of course, I would Uko to see th bill " "The dickens, you would!" he explod ed angrily. She looked at him in pained surprise, nnd seeing that be wns about to ease bis mind, she hurriedly gath ered up her outdoor things nnd music roll, nnd with a murmured excuse about Ij:1 rijEr bit", sho left him. One evening the postman brought a letter to Mr. Klton, postmarked at his boyhood's home. He read it over gloomily, ami contrary to his usual custom, folded it up nnd placed it in Ills pocket, without showing It to his wife. She looked surprlsid, but said nothing. In a few days another litter came, nnd still another, from the same place. At last she spoke. "What In tho world Is lid jar writing so often to you about?" she asked, ns sho handed blm tho fourth. Without a word ho gave her the unopened letter. She broke tin seal and read aloud: "Pear Jlm-Thls 1j tho fourth time I have written to you, and I cannot un derstand your silence. Suruly you wish to help the other children In making tho golden wedding of our parents an occasion they will remember with a glow tbe rest of their lives short as thnt time must be. None of us are rich, nnd so we cannot get tbe golden remembrance w have agreed upon without your $23. Bend it If possible, oluj boy, roa It you bar to retrench somewhere In order to do It, or at least writo and tell us that yon cannot, so that we may change the plan. Your brother, KLH'iAIt KLTON." "James," said his wife, gravely, "I hope yen are not getting to hs par simonious. You ought to bnvo written at once that you would send tho money. I noticed thnt our own anniversary passed by nnd that you did not give me even the smallest remembrance. Y'ou surely are not going to slight your denr old parents?" "Confound It! What have I to give with? Is not all the money yours? Do you not dole It out to me ns If I were an idiot or a spendthrift? Do you sup pose I cared to buy you a trinket' with your own, or that I would think of sending your money to my people?" "How often have I told you that what Is mine Is yours? Have I ever grumbled?" While she was speaking she was counting out ?2.". She laid the amount before him nnd hastened away to her room. "Why Is It, Nora," be asked of her a few days Inter, "that when I begin to say anything at all nbout tho unpleas antness of my position you always find business to take you suddenly away?" She dropped her eyes, to b!de tho quick gleam that sprang Into them. "Why is it, Nora?" he insisted. "P.ecause that Is the easiest way of disposing of a fuss," she replied simply. "I learned it from yon. As matters have been before this year I could not esenpe dlsngreeableness, because I wns tied down here in the home." He colored angrily. 'Tor all that, Norn, I may ns well tell you at once that I shall stick out this year, as I promised, but no more. Mr. Holcombe has sent me word that my place will be ready for me when I come back, and I certainly shall not continue in nny such arrangement as this not if you mnde thousands a month. Instead of two hundred. I am tired of it dis gusted " "Nine o'clock!" she Interrupted, hastily, shutting her watch with a snap. "I really must hurry!" She was gone before he could remonstrate. Ho sat still for a few moments, his brow black with wrath, but after a while a slow smile upon his mouth widened into a grin, and all alone though he was, he leaned back In his chair and laughed long nnd loud. "It wns n clever trick!" said he to himself, "nnd she certainly has carried It out well!" Then he fell to thinking, nnd although some of his reflections were anything but pleasant, he cour ageously faced them out, until day light seemed to dawn all through his consciousness. When she came in that evening, more tired than usual, and with lines of worry about her lips, he drew her within doors and clasped her closely in his arms. "Norn, darling," he whispered, with his lips on hers, "I nm very slow of comprehension, but If sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, I've had plenty." "Oh!" she tried to speak, but the words trailed off into sobs, nnd she cried happy tears on his bosom. It was like the old days, to hear that note of playful seriousness In his voice. He soothed and petted her In tho way she had hungered for, nnd when she sat beside h!m, calm once more, he told how it had never occurred to him that n woman like herself who had been so perfectly Independent before marriage could not be satisaed with depeudesee afterward. "There you are wrong, James," she Interrupted him. "If I had cared great ly In that way I never would have mar ried you. It is sweet to mo to bo de pendent upon you only It used to gull me to Lave it constantly forced upon mo tnat I, who had ns great earning power as has tho average man, could not he trusted with an allowance." "Will you just try it again?" he asked gently. "I think I will understand bet ter this time, although I hate to ask yon to give up your work." he con cluded a little anxiously. She smiled up nt him through the tears that were standing In her eyes. "I've already given it up," sho re plied. "I have told Dr. Devlne that I could not keep tho class another year. l win still sing lu the church, however, but that will not interfere." "The year lias been a trial." he said, with a sigh of relief, "but I guess it Is not wasted. I am stronger physi cally from my rest from the books, and there has been another story added to my intelligence. But, my dear, how could you so iers!stently stick to your point all this time?" "It neurly killed me," she answered, with a happy little laugh. "But I couldn't afford to let go. You see. James, I used to have dreams nnd dreams and dreams though they were t'loy were my most precious posses sions, nnd I could not see any way to make them come true to make us see things alike except this way. If you can forgive me " "It is no mattvr of forgiving you," he Interrupted her. "I am the one to ask that." "You needn't, then! We'll just call It squarp, and begin over again with a bettor understanding of each other and each other's ambitions." "Mamma papa," camo a childish treble nt the door, to nn accompani ment of pounding knocks. The two smiled nt each other. "There are our aiablrlons out there," ho whispered, and sh; nodded assent. Farm and Home. The Vulre From thm Hack Itow, Senator Dolliver wns making a speech duriug the campaign in West Virginia near tho place where ho was boru and raised. Ha waxed sentimen tal. "Dear old country," ha said, "I love every foot of It. I know it a well ns I do my adopted State. Why, right over there Is a farm whero I have spent many happy hours. I gathered and carried away more than. fifty bush els of chestnuts that grew on that farm." "Yes," came from a seat la the rear, Vand you have ben peddling them out ever sluco." Kansas City Star. titusilng the llnot. The teacher of English was hopeful, although bo bad met with disappoint ments at every turn. "Now, here is an lnt resting situa tion," be suld, eagerly. "Let n aiialyze It. Just what is the meaning of tbe lino, 'Doth not Brutus boot ss kneel? - "Why, I take it to meo'., hat Brutus, being lu a hurry, had corn") off without his boots, sir," said the buplL with hi usual from ptoses. I jmmimmt mi It t III I I II !' Difference In Holla, The greatest differences existing niong soils and those most easily rec ognized nre the differences of their pbyslcal properties. Every soil con sists of! a mass of loosely aggregated grains of mineral matter Interspersed with a little organic matter. The mineral grains vary in size from large bowlders of several feet In diameter or flat shale and rounded cobbles through the Intermediate . grades of gravel and- sand down to the finest particles, called silt anil clay. ftpread the Manure. The method, so customary among a great many farmers, of dumping tbe niaiinre on the field in heaps, and leav ing It there until they are about to plow the field, Is certainly a very bad practice nnd one from which hardly nny good enn possibly coma. The solu ble matter In the manure so bandied Is washed into the ground under the heaps, nnd when this happens it cannot be evenly distributed by rain about tho field and It results In fertilised spots. On a great many farms all this Is tho cause of those uneven crops that we sometimes hear certain farmers com plain so much about. Test Your Mreita. After going to the expense and trou ble of preparing valuable ground for a crop It is false economy to plant cheap seed. The best Is none too good. Send to a reliable seed house and get your garden seeds early and test them. A tood way to test seeds Is to lay n sheet of wadding In a plate. Place the seeds to be tested on It and cover with nnother sheet of same material, after which sprinkle with tepid water, but not In excess of what the wadding will absorb. Sprinkle often enough to keep the whole moderately damp and keep in a light, warm room, nnd all seeds with any vitality will sprout. In order to make the record vrlunble count the number of seeds tested and date the time when they were put in and when sprouts appeared. One hundred seeds Is a very conven ient number to try, as the per cent, method may bo used to compute re sults. Care of Hrooil Mares. An experienced man In handling horses nnd breeding, in tbe Farmers' Advocate of Canada, says that mares in foal require more food nnd more careful feeding thnn other horses, ns tbe coming foal ns well as the mare Is to be sustained; that the food should be tbe very best quality. Any food in which there is any danger of must or decay, such as poorly saved hay, straw or hay that has been exposed to dampness, cornstalks, etc., should not be given on nny account. Grain that is must' or in which there may be ergot, as rye or barley, should be avoid ed. In fact, the grain ration should consist of onts, rolbil oats' being pref erable to whole; the quantity should be regulated by the size of the mnre and the amount of work she is doing. A few roots, as a carrot or two, or a tur nip, daily, and also a feed of bran, cither damp or dry, should be given two or three times weekly. To sum up in a few words, give food nnd water of first class quality, the former in quantities In proportion to the siz-. of the mare and labor performed, the latter aft lib. Avoid excessive muscu lar or respiratory exertion; avoid, as far as possible, excitement, foul odors, operations, and the administration of medicines. Give regular and gentle exercise, nnd keep this up until very near parturition, unless tho weather Is such that she can be turned out to gass. Indiana Farmer. Nolea Vriim Many Snurrrs. Poultry cannot be kept healthy If they are filthy. Mud and dirt breed vermin nnd produco skin diseases In the hog. In many cases it will pay to buy hay and stuff to feed to the pigs. When you commence to fatten poul try do so rapidly and as systemati cally as possible. When there are too many animals on the farm they cannot bo kept in a merchantable condition. One meal a day of soft food is suffi cient for the poultry, and it should be given early In tho morning warm. Tho escaping ammonia from tbe ma nure, unless nil stables are kept clean, often causes sore eyes and lung troubles. Those cracks in the stable floor and under the doors cause your cows greut suffering during the cold weather. Note the shrinkage In tbe milk pall, as well ns the creamery check. The cold penetrating winds nre in jurious to young calves. Provide a clean, dry, warm place for them. Feed them milk nt o temperature of ninety to 100 degrees In proper quantities, nnd avoid tho calf scours thnt nre usually prevalent during the colder months. .Mineral fertilizer Increased the yields of cow-peas and soy beans at n Southern experimental station. Ni trogenous fertilizers did not have much effect, nnd tho Connecticut station claims thnt It does not pay to use them for these crops. ftapna In I'oultrr. This Is one of the strangest of ani mal diseases. It is caused by a double worm, or what may be called a double worm, finding a lodgment In the wind pipe of the young chick. When wo say it Is a double worm, we mean thut It Is always found In pairs, thtblng Itself seeming to be a single worm divided Into two unequal purts, the shorter part being the wale and the longer part tbe female. The female is always full of very minute eggs. The worm is provided with a dislike heud with which it adheres to tbe walls of the -windpipe ou the plan of a sucker, and Is very difficult to dis lodge. The symptoms, tbe constant gaping of the Infected chick, ure too well known to need any reference. Being located In the windpipe, the worm Is very tlltUcult to reach with remedies, and prevention must be the thing aimed at. As we have said, tbe female part of the worm Is full of eggs. When one of these Is dislodged by the constant gaping and sneezing of tbe fowl, which sometimes happens, or when a chick dies and Is permitted to ' remain la the poultry yard, these egg iiilTTl ii ii I become mixed with the surface ground where tho chicks are fed, or adhere to grass blades or other vegetation, or arc consumed by earthworms or other Insects, which nre afterwards eaten by tbe chicks now matter how the eggs find lodgment In nnother chick, nnother case of gapes Is sure. The treatment Is to try to clear the premises of the Infection. All chicks that die of gapes should be burned, or taken entirely out of reach of tho poultry, and tho run thoroughly treat ed with lime. It Is well to keep lime scattered nbout the run throughout tho season, especially very early before the gapes appear. The 11 est Veal Calms. The best veal calves always will be those grown in the natural way, or, at best, with additional food given only In cases of extremely lnrge calves or with dams giving Insufficient milk or milk of poor quality. In such cases it often is best to take tbe calf nwny from its dam nnd feed by hand. In this wny the nutriment given may be mode standard In rlchness..-.nd In quan tity sufficient for the calf's needs. But it often happens that the milk of tbe cow Is needed lu the house or dairy and the fine cnlf would nlso be a desir able addition to the herd, and it be comes necessary to feed the cnlf by band and largely upon some substitute for lis dam's milk. This Is readily done If sklmmllk can be had. A llttlo whole milk for n week or ten dnys is desirable, nlthough It may bo dispensed with. The skimmed milk, warmed to tbe temperature of new drawn milk nnd enriched with n good calf meal in liquid form, enn be given three or four times dally. I have fed calves twice dally, but find It pays to feed oftener and less nt a time. It pays to make the feed as sweet ns good whole milk, and when eggs nre not too valuable I give each calf nbout two eggs a day beaten up and stirred In the food. I have found that the most trouble In teaching n cnlf to feed from a bucket Is caused by letting calves be with their dams too long. Usually n cnlf only two or three days old will learn to eat quickly. But calves will learn at any ng? If they nre permitted to get pretty hungry nnd If one uses n little pntlence with them. Never beat or knock about the calves even If they do persist In trying to starve themselves to death. They will soon learn to cat nnd then the trouble will be over. If the calves eat out of ordlnnry buck ets, drinking down their food quickly. It Is usually a good plan to let them lick the bucket ns long ns they will; this not only cleans up the food well nnd prevents souring, but serves a far better end In having the proper amount of saliva enter their stomachs to nld degestlon. It is needless to say thnt nothing like sour or poor food should over enter a young calf's stomach. Much enre should bo taken thnt the food mixture should be uniform in quality, of even tempernture, and In gradually Increased amount, for the best results. Even tho despised little Jerseys have been made into fair veals at five or six weeks when properly fed, and some of them have welshed BOO or 000 ns yearlings, while the beef breeds have been pushed much a bnvo these weights. Writer, In Tribune-Farmer. Ten Trump Cnnls. A writer in Journal of Agriculture gives ten special Items necessary tt successful farming In this present day of sharp competition. All are import ant and should be carefully studied and kept In mind: In no other calling on earth' Is there so much skill nnd forethought and prudence required to Insure success as in farming. Every resource and avenue of gain must be made to con tribute its little here, or the whole will fall short of the total required. The farmer must play his cards well, In order to come off a winner in the gnme which he has undertaken, and not one of them can 'be afford to carelessly throw aside. Here are ten trump plays worth considering: 1. Keep accounts of everything thnt goes on on the farm. Know where you nre making and losing. Call your year's labor to account, nnd make It give a full report of itBelf. 2. Let economy bo the watchword in everything. Treat your farm as though it was your debtor, owing you so much each yenr, which it is bound to pay. Do not let It "sponge" on you. a. increase the extent of your culti vated hind each year. Your profits de pend not so much on the amount of land you own or control, as on tho nmonnt which yields you a profitable return. 4. Provide a clean water supply for the stock. This means a clfan return In profits, from their better condition and productiveness In consetquence. D. bee. to It that the manure is shel tered from the weather. The best product from muny n farm flows down the highway lu a constant stream, all the spring. Some can afford to throw away their substance, but not tho farmer. 0. Keep well posted ns to tho latest nnd most improved methods through the agricultural press of the day, aud discussion with your fellow associates In tho cultivation of the soil. Any thing that is worth knowing about these methods is as valuable to you as to anyone else. 7. Offer your products for snlo In neat, presentable shape. Appearances count for a great deal. Tbe best must look its quality to be recognized. 8. Follow the lead of your own suc cess, and branch out each year in the directions which you find aro yielding you the largest and most satisfactory returns. - 0. Do not be afraid to attempt new ventures.' All that has been accom plished by the race thus far has come about largely In this way. The old rut must be abandoned when It becomes worn to rock bottom. 10. Keep a brave heart and an In. vincible determination. Large results do not come but with large endeavor. To balk at the first discouragement is cowardly. Only those succeed who are determined to win. Silver money 250 years old Is still In circulation In aome parts of Spain. llii fll IIS? s:t'r ti"r New York City. The shirred kimono always Is a favorite, and Is exceedingly becoming to young girls, This one Is eminently simple and Is available for countless mnterlals, but as Illustrated Is made of pale blue challle figured with black and white, the bands being of silk. Kibbon, however, is much liked for trimming and always makes an easier finish. The kimono consists r.f fronts nnd back, which are shirred at the shoul ders, r.nd arranged over a plain yoke A LATE DEJIQN and- finished with the band which is rolled over and for.ns a' collar nt tbe back. The sleeves are one piece each, gathered at their upper edges. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is eight yards twenty one, six and one-half yards twenty seven, or four and three-eighth ynlds forty-four inches wide, with one nnd tlve-elghtli yards of silk or four and one-half yards of ribbon four inches wide 'for bands. Itlrh Krenln K fronts. Brilliancy Is the keynote. Should tbe same color pace that has recently pre vailed continue, we shall outshine the tropical birds In a short time. At the balls thnt have been given since tho holidays, dresses of fnlrly barbaric gor geoiiHiieHs have dazzled the eyes of the old-fashioned contingent who best like soft pule grays, when they depart from white. Though often more becoming, all this more or less neutral dressing does not lend beauty to a ball room scene. There must be contrasts If tbe scene Is to be brilliant. And not merely contrasts! Black nnd white contrast. Yet a black-and-white ball would be a mourning bull.. There must be con trasts of brilliant colors. Washington Times. flt lrlrat Lower. Hats nre 'reduced to very low prices, aud even lu the best New York, shops beautiful models nre sold at the cus tomer's price. ( For $10 the handsomest hnts are purchasable. Five ilojlnrs and even three buys pretty toques and tur Imus for which 1S and $20 were for merly asked. These hat sales are rec ommended, for tbe materials alone are often worth tho price, and many of the models may be worn fur Jnto , the spring, and even another season. Coiffure OriiNinenU. Coiffure ornaments are numerous, und a a rule rather expensive. Wreaths are very becoming to women wluMe feutures ure classic. .The red gold type looks especially well lu dark gn-en leuves. There nre many Jeweled combs and plus, rcul Jewels being often used. The Imitations are elever und as they aw skilfully set their effect Is ull thut could be desired. .iTi: A Italny 1T Accessory. A rainy doy accessory worth owning Is an umbrella to put In a dress suit case. The handle nnd the top piece are both hinged, and tbe umbrella folds into a remarkably siiiall spnee. Every womnn knows what a nuisance an um brella Is when traveling. The suit case Is heavy, one's skirts or bat often demand the other band, nnd the um brella Is usually the Inst straw that makes a Journey a burden to the flesh. Costs and Wa.latroa.ts. In streef costumes the coat with a vest Is the newest, nnd smartest; even the blouse coats are showing vests. In separate Jackets the covert cloth is the smartest for this season of the year, and these nre longer than here tofore, their length varying from thir ty to thirty-four inches, depending on tbe height of tho wearer. V'nfor tunntely, these have muny cheap imi tations. Tip-Tilled Huts. An example In these tlp-tllted hnts was a charming little sailor In a rough violet colored straw. A thick twist of ribbon In a paler shade of violet en circled the crown, which was dented In sharply where It met the narrow brim. A little to the left of the tiaek appeared a mass of violets in several shades of color. Talneit Skirts Again. For the spring suits we will have tno glgot sleeve, tbe trained skirt aud shir ring. Every skirt bus a train except the plainest of ralnyday suits. Hlnuae Waist With HhleM Collar. Blouse waists made full below BY HAY fllNYON. smoothly fitted yokes are among the novelties of the season nnd aro prom ised extended vogue. This one is ex ceptionally attractive and is made slightly 'open at tbe throat over the shield collar, but this last can be omit ted whenever desirable nnd tbe wnlst left open nt tho front, forming a tiny V. In the case of the model the ma terial Is changeable blue nnd green chiffon taffeta, simply stitched with cortlcelll silk, but all those that aro soft enough to render the fulness be coming are equally correct. The waist consists of the fitted lin ing, which can be used or omitted, as desired, fronts, back and yoke. The waist Is gathered at both upper and lower edges and can bo made to blouse at both back and front or nt front only, as may be preferred. The chemi sette und collar'ure arrauged under it, closing at the back. The sleeves con sist of tbe full portions, gathered at both upper and lower edges, and tbe deep gauntlet cuffs. At the wulst U a shaped belt. The quuntlty of material required fot the medium size is four yards twenty one, four yards twenty-seven, or twe and three-eighth yurds forty-fom Inches wide.
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