EAULY one thousand Sun
day-school teachers have
gone from America to Jeru
salem to attend the Intornu
tlonnl convention nt Easter.
Wlmt are the scones wlilcll
they nre witnessing at this bright and
beautiful den son V
J'lie spring brings happiness to the
Holy Laud. During the winter the
earth Is wet and cold, the low houses
are damp, and the people mirier lie
cause tliey liii ve almost nothing to
burn. But as soon as tlie spring comes
the brown fields become bright with
the white and red cyclamens, the wild
gladioli, the orchids, the yellow chyrs
nifthomuuis, the scarlet popples, the
high and the low purple hollyhocks.
The people begin moving toward .leru.
solera, to lie there at the time of the
great festival.
Most of the people In l'alcstlne are
very poor, and have to walk, each vil
lage forming one group, I'erhaps the
chief of n villogo rides a donkey. Some
times the pilgrims carry a banner, and
generally a drum or tambourine.
At Jerusalem tor several days the
citizens are waiting about the gates
to welcome the visitors, whom they
lead Into the city to places of rest. Of
course tlie narrow si reels soon become
crowded.
J he bazaars do a brisk business;
many soldiers are on duty to keep
order. Travelers from ninny countries
pour In to swell the crowds. Every
body Is excited mid Joyful.
Not all the people keep Knster, ror
not all are Christians; but they ull
keep some festival in the spring. .
The Jews keep the I'assover in mem
ory of their escape from Egypt. They
JEWS' WAILING WALL, City
meet in their houses, with everything
done up as if fot u Journey, and with
the lamb and the bread and the bitter
herbs to remind them or that event.
The bread is not raised, but Is made of
flour and water, und is linked In tliln
sheets. It is used for seven days.
The Jews nre not very happy lu Pal
estine, and have orten been attacked
nt the I'assover time, when they could
not defend themselves. Hut they are
not afraid of Americans, who have
never harmed them.
Onee, In Jerusalem, 1 was taken to
a Hebrew house to see how such a
family kept the feast. They lived a
little wuy from the wall, in a small
stone house of one story. We could
see that a small, lilgli window was
lighted, but no answer was made to
our knock. We waited a little, and
knocked again.
This time we got an answer, but tlie
door was not opened, and a voice
Inside only sld:
"tJo away and do not trouble us."
A new thought now came to us, and
so we knocked again, mid this time we
culled out:
"American!:"
As soon as they heard that word they
set up a Joyrul shout and threw the
door wide open, with cries of "Wel
come, welcome, American!:"
The room Into which we now entered
was nearly square. There was a low
sent, or divan, alonr; two sides, and on
one side we were given a place. The
family were across t: e room, all ex
cepting a little ooy, who was in the
middle.
"UNTIL 1 CAN COUNT SIX STAUS."
We observed that the father had a
Jargo bundle In his right hand and an
other In his left, and we understood
that &o he carried out the idea of hav
ing everything mude retdy to leuve,
as his ancestors had left Egypt by
night Immediately i.fter eating the
I'assover. 1'resently the boy said,
"What Is the meaning of this service V"
and then tho futuer, as the Scriptures
require, told ull about trie first 1'uss
over, how the Jews were oppressed in
Egypt, and were set free, and were
tfomniu ided co keep this feast every
year nfterwaru.
We spent a long evening, listening
to him and tasting of the feast and
having everything explained. We In
vited our host to come and eat some
or our rood at the eud or the days.
He came and was requested to take
bis place at the table, but he shook his
head. We walled awhile and then
asked him to be seated, but he still
shook his bend.
"Cau you not come at all?" we asked.
"Yes, 1 cau coino. but the day are
not over uutil 1 can count six stars."
So he stood by the window, and at
last ho turned round wltli a bright face
and said. "Now 1 can eat with you."
H certulnly had uot lost bis appetite
while waiting.
I Naturally the Jews keep iliclr lestt-
val the most quietly, but they are very
earnest about It, especially those in
Palestine, who have gone there In or
der to live ns nearly as possible like
their ancestors of thirty centuries ago.
They nre poor, lint very religions,
and every Friday the year round they
meet In a place behind the wall of the
Temple, and shed tears over their mis
fortunes, and pray tU.it they may have
their city again.
The Moslems, the followers or Mo
hammed, would not i.e likely to have
any part lu the Easter festival, but
they do have a grrat celebration nt that
time, mid their large milliners make It
very Imposing. Their renst Is called
Neby Mousa. that Is. the prophet
.Moses. The :tiblo says that Moses died
and was buried over tho .'ordan, In
Mo.ib, but the Moslems say that Ills
tomb is down In the wilderness of
.ludea. I'ossihly the place to which
they go Is where funeral ceremonies
were held for Jacob, ns is told In the
Inst.clinpter ' Genesis.
For days the Moslems nre gathering
at Jerusalem, the rich otlicials, the mer
chants and farmers, and the wild He
douiiis, who are not very religious.
The .Moslems bold he place where
the Temple wns, and they have two
mosques, Omar and EI-Aksa, In what
was the enclosure of t'.:e Temple. They
have also many other mosques in the
city.
lu all these they spend much time In
preparation, and thi on the appointed
day they takeout witlrmueh ceremony
their green banners mid form n pro
cession through the eastern gate.
Some high ottlcers start who do not
go all the way. They ride white
horses with red bridles and saddles.
The people wear bright turbans. The
soldiers curry guns, but the desert peo
pie huve spears.
l or an hour they all come streaming
out or the city, going down the bill to
the valley of the Keitron, and so over
the Mount or Olives and uu. or sight.
And they are gone for a week. Then
they come back and return to their
homes.
Christians are not allowed to go, but
a Moslem rriend has told inn that they
hold tunny services, and have some
thing like what Is called by us a "re
vival." o one who hns heard the music or
the Turkish military banns will tor
get tlie plaintive nirs which they al
ways play, as if the life of the people
was a sad one; as If tlie soldiers
longed for their homes, and as If their
raith did not make Moslems happy.
It is lu a minor key, also, that men
call out from the minarets of the
mosques live times a day the call to
prayer: "Cod 1 great: Cod is great:
Come to prayer:"
Jews and Moslems are not nt strife
among themselves, but it is very un
fortunate that Christians of different
sects ure at odds In 1'ulcMinc. first
are the Creeks, as they are called, who
come from Greece and Kussia, and
other countries which belonged to the
eastern part of the Itoinan Empire,
with Its capital nt Constantinople.
Then there ure Latins, who are or all
nations that look to Home as their
centre.
The Latins do not acknowledge the
patriarch, and the Greeks do not ac
knowledge tho l'ope. They do not
keep the same days for Christmas and
Easter, because the Eust was not will
ing to follow the West In the ndoptlon
of the Gregorian calendar. There are
now thirteen days between their dnt
Ings, and the difference increases by
one day every century. The Lutiu
Kaster comes Brst.
WHEUE THE TOMB WAN.
There are also the Armenians, who
claim to be the oldest of all notions,
the Copts, who come from Egypt, and
he i'rotestants, who come from Europe
atid America.
The Protestants nro not all agreed on
the place where our Lord's tomb was.
Some think that the place of the cross
Is a little hill shaped like a skull
Golgothu or Calvary means place ot a
skull north ot the city. The Moslems
have a graveyard on this bill, and have
lately fenced it to prevent Christians
from holding services there, as they
have sometimes done.
The famous General Gordon thought
that he bad round the right tomb near
this bill, and some people bought It
for $20,000 and are taking care of It
We only know that the tomb was In
a garden, that It belonged to a rich
man, and that It was new at that time.
It was common lu those days lor
wealthy families to linve tombs made
in their own gardens. There are many
such on all sides of Jerusalem, and
sometimes poor people live In them.
All the Christians except the 1'rot
estants celebrate Kaster In the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher, which tins two
great domes, one of the Greeks, tlie
other of the Latins. This church was
llrst built round the sepulcher about
auo years after our Lord's death; wben
It bad stood about three centuries It
was destroyed by the Persians. It was
rebuilt In three parts, and afterward
enla rged.
That edifice also suffered Injury, and
the Crusaders built this one obout HUU
years ngo. Additions have since been
made to it. In Its last form It is about
Kin years old.
There are some forty parts of the
building, chapels and altars and the
like, but the chief part Is, of course,
the sepulcher.
This Is entered by steps downward,
and Is a room about six feet square,
rit'teen silver lamps hang from Uie
low celling. Of these tlie Creeks own
live, tlie Latins live, the Armenians
lour and the Copts one. Masses are
said here at short Intervals. The
priests nt tlie different altars almost
elbow one another. The sounds make
a babel.
THE SOU It Y I'AltT Ol' IT.
The bitterness In the hearts of the
rival sects hns so often caused quarrels
ami murders in tills church that the
Turkish soldiers, who are Moslems,
are always present near the door,
lounging, drinking coffee and chatting,
yet ready at any sign of conllict to ar
rest the antagonists. The bells lu the
two great domes are Creek In one
and I .a tin In the other, and they are
always rung In discord, so that the
Moslems all over the city nre disturbed
by them, and speak in contempt of ti)e
Christians.
Tlie court before the church Is a
very busy place nt Easter, for pilgrims
are buying candles to place on the nl
tars and relics to take home, and there
of Jerusalem.
seems to be no other place in thu world
where so many nations meet.
The Latins, the Armenians and the
Egyptians do not have any .services
very different from those held at their
homes.
The Greelc Christians have a strange
rite, called the "Holy Fire." Their
Easter comes later, as I have already
explained, and this Is rortuuate, Tor
they crowd tho church to suffocation,
and stay ull night In It. The reason
for this Is that, when the lire comes,
It will be made to light torches, and
these will be carried by runners to all
the villages; the one who comes llrst
to his village will have a prize. Thus
It Is a contest of athletes to get nearest
and start tirst. There are chanting
and yelling and pushing and falling
and r.ilntlng and every kind of vio
lence. CAltKYlXG THE "HOLY IT UK."
At one point stands a priest to catch
tho tire through au opening rrom the
tomb. Hundreds or bare arms thrust
forward candles. At lust a flame ap
pears inside the hole; soon It spreads
lrom hand to hand, and all rush, shout
ing, to get uwuy. Another custom and
it repeats au act done at the Urst Lord's
Supper is the washing of feet. A row
of persons representing the disciples Is
formed, and one by one they seat them
selves In a chair, and hold their feet
over a large silver Jar filled with water
sprinkled with rose leaves. The of
ficiating primate kneels lu rront upon
a red velvet cushion, washes the feet,
dries them with a towel and kisses
them.
Whether or not this church stands on
tlie spot or our Lord's burial depends
on Its position as to the old city wall,
ir It was outside it may be the true
place, which wus "wlthou1: the gate."
Some bits or wall huve been uncovered,
but not enough to mnke the lino plain.
The church Is In a crowded part of
the city, and uo extended digging
would be allowed there. The excava
tions which are carried on are mostly
In the country. No doubt we shall
know niucn more In due time than we
do now.
First Chick "She, too. Is lucky."
Second Chick "How so?"
First Chlck-"Vhy, isn't she being
bom with an Easter bnt on her bead J"
-Lire.
Easter Instructs us to live for the
spirit. The imperishable element in
man Is the spiritual. Jesus nourished
Ills dally life wltb prayer. He lived
for the spiritual side of life? for mln
lstry, duty, love: for the thtni th.t
never die.
I Uj J21&JL HI 11 V
VhIiio of Wprtivlnr.
One of the best proofs of sprayng
was given us recently by V. II. La
fuse, or Union County. In Ills orchnrd
lie lias a Tow genet In trees that have
borne fruit for twenty-two years, but
the apples linve always till now been
Inferior and poor kecjiors. Last year
lie sprayed them thoronglitly two
times, nnd tlie result Is that lie lias
nn abundant crop of sound fruit, that
Is keeping perfectly Indiana Farmer.
Lawn or (iHfttitti Itollrr.
For the simplest form, saw the roll
er from a hardwood log, ns nearly
round ns uiny lir. Lay out the centres;
nnd bore straight tlve or six Inches
deep. The frame is two-by-two-lnch
hardwood, nnd may be mortised or
halved together and fastened up by
one-fourth-inch bolts. Handle bar Is
bolted In the same milliner, and
seveii-clglitlis-inen hole bored near
the end to receive n round hurdwood
stlc!;. Diagonal braces need not be
more llinn one-half Inch thick, of bard
wood, boiled to bar and front cross
piece. Through holes bored In the
side pieces are passed three-fourths-
lncli log screws, which are screwed
into tho roller; straight Iron pins may
be used.
A cement roller would be heavier
nnd more durable. Iron pins, flattened
on one end tofceep them from turning
nro embedded in the cement. Use n
frame similar to the above. The form
Is n sheet Iron tube of the desired
length and diameter. If more than one
roller Is wanted, three sheet iron
hoops can be slipped over the tube
to keep It from spreading.
A piece of three-inch plank larger
than the diameter of the tube, with
one side planed, Is centred, and a
circle, slightly larger than the tube,
marked out with dividers. Uorc a bole
In the centre, Insert the pin, place the
Khect Iron tube over it even with the
circle and pour in tlie cement made
of one part of best cement to two parts
sharp sand.-W. G. Iiodgcrs, in Farm
nud Home.
Tim (lid Hens.
On ninny farms at this time of the
year there are found quite a number
of surplus males and females thut pos
sess pure blood but which cannot be
sold to fanciers, for various reasons.
These may have been prize winners
at an early period In life, but, on ac
count of approaching end and conse
quent fading beauty, they have lost
out and linve become the victims of
the Intense commercialism wltb which
this age Is charged. These birds And
their way into the huckster wagon
nt commercial rates and n day or two
later they "hiuy be found in the midst
or a struggling, surging muss of every
thing that the feathered vocabulary
lias a name for. About thut time some
farmer, und, so far as that is con
cerned, once In while a fancier, will
happen that way when his eyes will
be caught instnnter by the appearance
of any specimens. He becomes in
terested right away und goes after
such specimens as pleases bis fancy,
nnd one by one examines every sec
tion of the bird, ending by purchasing
of said huckster the blooded bird ut
the commonest kind of a price he can
beat the huckster down to. Then he
takes the bird home, waits until it
moults nnd Uses It up for sule for
four or tlve times the price ho gave for
It, declaring that nobody has been
harmed, for the bird was thorough
bred. Inland Poultry Journal.
Advantage of Jlutter.
T'resli butter of high grade in ninny
places commanded forty cents u pound
during December. January and Febru
ary. Very dubious butter from the
West, suspicious lu appearance, ran
cid, mottled, shaded, sU-lix'd nnd lu
general repulsive lu appearance, sold
in Eastern markets ut thirty-four to
thirty-seven cents a pound. I'roduceis
of milk testing four to six per cent,
of butter fat should study what these
prices might mean to them In case
they made their line milk Into high
grade butter, instead of wasting it on
the profitless liquid nnd condensory
lines. A hundredweight of six per
cent, fut milk will produce about sev
en pounds of butter. If the butter
were high grade butter it would have
sold for forty cents a pound during
the past three months, which Is equiv
alent to ?2.S0 per hundredweight for
the milk. The skim milk or butter
milk fed back to the farm stock
would meau twenty cents more In re
turns, or a total of f3 per hundred
weight. That is equivalent to $2.58
per forty quart can of milk, or tf.45
cents a quurt for the milk. Producers
of Just such milk sold It to the con
densers for 3.44 cents to 3.54 cents
a quart in December nnd January,
and for 3.225 cents to 3.333 cents a
quart In February. Co-operative "but
ter factories would enable the produc
ers to net 0.45 cents a quart for their
fine winter milk, while they net only
3.225 to 3.54 cents for it Trom the
condensers, nnd the condensers sell It
at eight- to fifteen cents a quart to the
city consumers. Of course some pro
ducers will Insist that "dairy farming
does not pay." It would be remark
able if it did pay so long as the dairy
farmers refuse even to try to better
their condition. N, y. Fanner,
Oxen on tlie Farm.
As good horses have become sewee
and high in price, it would seem that
oxen might again be profitably em
ployed to do some work of the farm.
It is bard for the people of the pres
ent day to rcallso that until a compar
atively recent date the ox was the
ahlef draft animal of the world. Even
now in some countries oxen are used
quite extensively.
It seems that with the draft horse
and improved machinery the ox sud
denly went out of use ns n work ani
mal In this country, yet even now on
many farms an ox team would lie a
good Investment.
One reason why they nre not used
more is that it take.') so long to get
them thoroughly broken, nnd the av
erage farmer does not relish the idea
of having to walk by their side all
the time, or If perchance he gets on
the wagon to ride have them take ad
vantage of him and rtu away. A few
years ngo I broke n pair of steers, and
after working them in the usual way
for over n year anil having a good
deal of trouble to keep them from
running nwny when they hnd n chance
I concluded to try putting bridles nud
lines on them. I got two bridle lilts
a half dozen snaps nnd fifty feet ot
hnlf Inch rope and made bridles nnd
lines, putting four rings on top of the
yoke to hold the checks In place. The
whole outlit, yoke nnd nil, cost me
less than one uollar. After they got
"brldlewlse" they worked nil right.
My nephew, ti boy too small to lw en
trusted with a team of horses, drove
them easily, doing nil my harrowing
and dragging while I kept the horses
to the plow, lie can plow three or
four acres with them for beans while
I was cutting wheat.
Oxen have a very steady, even mo
tion to the plow, unlike the unsteady, j
uneven motion of horses, that Is wear
ing on the nerves.
I think the yoke make oxen slower
than they would otherwise be. They
generally use more strength pulling
out from one another than In going
ahead.
If 1 were brenking another team I
would teach them to work in harness
ns well as In the yoke, using tlie yoke
for heavy work where speed was not
nn object, and using harness to tlie
wagon nnd other work where I want
ed them to walk faster.
It is said thai the Devons mnke the
best oxen. The Herefords ure also
recommended. I think the Holsteins
would be good as they .are large and
docile and ought to be as active as
any. We bad some of them a few
years ago that could Jump most uny
fence on the place, and "out run a
horse." 15. S. C, In Indiana Furnier.
The Water of the Soli.
soil may have In it too much wat
er, or it may have too little water, or
it may have Just the right amount of
water for the best germination of
seeds and the best growth of plants.
To discuss the management of soils
so that they shall hold the most nearly
proper amounts of moisture for crop
production and at tho same time re
tain these amounts ns far ns possible
from unnecessary losses Is the object
of this bulletin.
When water stands upon the surface
face during tho growing season, the
land should be drained preferably
tile drained. When soils take on the
appearance nnd feel of dryness al
though they may still contain n mens
uruble amount of moisture, they have
reached a point where the.v will in.
longer yield moisture to the growing
crop.
Capillary moisture is the visible
moisture which clings to the walls of
the soil grains or remains suspended
In the smaller openings between the
grains. Capillary moisture does not
occupy nil the pore spuce of a normal
soil, and, therefore, leaves room for
the entrance of nir Into the soil. But
there may be too much capillary mois
ture in a soil or too little for tho best
growing of crops.
Tiie plant obtains nil of Its food.
excepting carbon, from tho soil or
through it. In nature nil these ex
cepting a part of the nitrogen are de
lved from the soil materials, both
mineral nnd organic, of which they
form n part. These foods are dissolved
In the soil water and the water with
its dissolved materials is taken in
through the roots of the plant and
thence conveyed to the leaves where
the food materials nre reconstructed
and much of the water thrown off Into
the air. From the leaves tho remain
ing water with the reconstructed food,
moves out through the plant to the
growing parts where the food is trans
formed Into plant tissue or is stored
for future use.
But the food materials in the soil
before they can be dissolved by the
water must undergo n change by
which they are made soluble. What-
ver this change mny be. water is ono
of the ugents by which It Is produced.
Water then Is Important: J. In the
changing of plant food into soluble
form. 2. To dissolve and convey plant
rood to and Into the roots of tho plant
3. To convey plant foods from the
roots to the leaves for elaboration. 4.
To convey the elaborated foods from
the leaves to other purts of the piunts
ror use. Bulletin 210, Michigan Ag
ricultural Experiment Station.
Camplnc Out In the ltoeklet.
About dusk ycu straggle in with
trout or game. Tho game-keeper lays
aside his mending or his repairing or
his note-book, and stirs up the cooking
fire. The smell or brolllngand frying and
boiling arises in the air. By the danc
ing flame of the camp-fire you eat your
third dinner for the day In the moun
tains all meals are dinners, and are
formlduuio ones at that. The curtain
of blackness drawn down close.
Through it sl.iues stars, looms moun
tains cold aud mistake in the moon.
You tell stories. You smoke pipes.
After a time the pleasant chill creeps
down from the eternal snows. Some
one throws another handful of pine
cones on the fire. Sleepily you prepare
for bed. The pine cones flare up,
throwing their light in your eyes. You
turn over and wrap the soft woolen
blanket close about your chin. You
wink drowsily and at oneo you are
asleep. Late in the night you awaken
to find your nose as cold as a dog's.
Y'ou open one eye. A few coals murk
where the fire has been. The mist
mountains have drawn nearer, they
seem to 'tend over you in silent con
templation. The moon Is sailing high
In the heavens. With a sigh you draw
the canvas tarpaulin over your bend,
Instantly It is morning. Mountutti.
by E. 8. White. 1
washio
New Tork City. Blouse waists worn
with chemisettes, niak- pronounced
favorites, nnd will extend their vogue
for many mouths to come. This one Is
charmingly graceful und simple, and in
cludes sleeves of the latest fcort that are
shirred to form puffs above the elbows,
so reducing the apparent brendth. In
the case of the model the material Is
almond green chiffon tuffetn, the chem
isette and cuffs being of the material,
bunded with tiny braid, and the belt
of chiffon velvet. The tucks nt the
back give the effect of broad shoulders
with a small waist, while those at the
front provide becoming fulness.
The waist consists of the fitted lining,
which closes nt tho centre front, fronts
and back. The chemisette Is separate
nnd arranged under tho fronts, nnd
the shirred sleeves nro arranged over
foundations which ore faced to form
cuffs.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is five nnd one-half
ynrds twenty-one, four und three-fourth
yards twenty-seven, or two nnd three-
i
A LfllE DEJIQN
fourth yards forty-four Inches wide,
with five-eighth yards twenty-one
inches wide for belt.
Skirts In round length that touch, or
just a little more than touch the floor,
make one of tho most fashionable of
nil models for all Indoor occasions and
for the handsome street costumes. This
one Is exceedingly-graceful at the same
time that it is simple in the extreme
and Is adapted to all inuterials that
are soft enough to take graceful folds,
but Is shown In raspberry red chiffon
broadcloth stitched with cortlcelli silk.
The skirt Is cut In five gores and Is
laid lu three tucks of generous width.
The upper edge is shirred to give the
effect of a shallow yoke, nud the ful
ness Is so distributed as to give less at
front, more at the sides and buck. .
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is nine yards twenty
one, seven and one-hulf yards twenty
seven, or four and one-half yards forty
four Inches wide.
In I.tlau Linen.
A charmingly novel lilac linen rig
suitable for most sorts of day weur
shows one of the deep yokes fairly a
cape effect of thotllneu. It Is edged
With au cmplocvmcnt of linen in the
some quality and of an amethyst color.
The combination Is exquisite. A cor
responding emplecenient of the ame
thyst colored llneu forms tlie lower
part of the mandolin shaped sleeves.
Very many small buttons form the
finish in every possible place, and
these buttons are of amethyst color
and are put on In clusters of three,
Tho House buttons down the back,
UTiOUHK waist and tucked BKIRT,
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Simplicity mnrks the skirt. It Is plain
the trout gore being In the form of a
double box pleat. Tills Idea could be
carried out in two tones of any color,
and In many It would be as pretty ns
It Is In this. It might be done entire
ly, too, In white with pearl buttons.
For the far South such a dress Is de
rlgueur right now.
A Henrlng flown.
Any youthful dancing gown is ap
propriate for a girl enjoying her first
gay season. The flowered chiffons In
hydrangea tints nre usually lovely and
nre wonderfully popular. They nre
made very simply, with wide tucks
nnd high girdles of silk or liberty
satin. With high bodices the chiffons
are charming for theatre wear or for
restaurant dinners.
A fulfill Hint.
The bertha lu some form, or else
n llehu, Is present on most of the sen
son's low necked gowns. The sim
plest gowns worn by young girls do
not follow tills rule, however. Neither
do they follow any extreme tendency
to decollette. ' A girl's dancing gowns
are usually the simplest, us far us dec
orations nre concerned, In her entire
wa rdrobe.
In Mnnlln 8trnw.
A hat of Manila straw was trimmed
with black velvet ribbon nnd block
wings. The brim was wide nud flexi
ble, and was turned up irregulurly on
one side. There was a rouche of vel
vet ribbon extending around the
crown, a fancy buckle In front holding
two long black swallows' wings, which
were brought around to the side ou the
brim of the hat.
Cloth Nklrt.
Cloth skirts nre this season worn
with velvet Jackets. This Is a new Idea
nnd one which bids fair to be decidedly
popular. This Jacket, however, to be
In good stylo, must be ono cut with
basques nnd to be uite elaborately
trimmed. The skirt is of broadcloth,
matching exactly the color of the
Jacket.
Walking Skirt With Flounce.
Flounce skirts of nil sorts mnke nota
ble features of the latest styles, and are
much liked for the soft silks nnd wools
ns well os for the mony dainty cotton
materials. This ono Is exceptionally
dainty nnd shirred nt the upper edge,
the flounce being Joined to the lower,
BY HAT M1NT0N.
su providing more perfect finro than is
possible when It is applied over the
skirt. As Illustrated tho material is
foulard, peach pink in color, but the
available ones are almost without num
ber. The skirt proper is cut In five gores,
which are shirred and nrranged over a
shallow foundation yoke, then Joined to
tho belt. Tho flounce is straight at .
its lower edge, turned indervto form a
heading and shirred In successive rows,
then arranged over the lower edge of
the skirt, -which serves ns a stay.
Tne quantity of material required for
the medium size Is ten yards twenty-
one, nine yards twenty-seven, or tlvs
and one-fourth yards fortv.four iuchee
wide