THE MOON Wnndrom moon of nwoa Moon "f roue red Watch o'er mv lailv Till muht lias tied. Tender moon of i ).-. Moon ol rose white Cilfiiin on her purely With thy pale light. THE MANKILLER. . mjruTJTJTjrTJTJTj-uariJxiTj 40X IIF.ItK was little wonder j( . ( that lllack Peter disposi O 1 O tiou win tind. for his motli X or wa a peevish. Irritable, TOW vicious mare. Sam For kill", who owned lior, bought tier rhini: she was only n mongrel, any how, iiinl Iit intolerable temper tiuulf luT still less V;!;i:llh'. "Hut she'll do to raise a colt from." observed Sam, ;i remark profoundly foolish, lint by no means original, us Is evident to any horseman who litis wit nessed tho occasional stock breeding performance In those districts where few horse lire raised. Peter's fiither win a thoroughbred, and from him Peter inherited iiiiiny noble qualities. There w:is not nnother horse in all Perkins' Neck who could show such clean, Hat limbs as I'eter. or who could travel so f:r without weariness, or win was so f. arloss of Cbjeels along th oails. Nor had I'eter any bad habits .o harness. Hut over all this the bad disposition hung like a cloud, It manifested itself in a thousand Jiurly looks and impatient ways, and in a disposition to hurt all people who came near him. This inclination seemed. Irresistible nt times, at others held painfully in cheek. It was as If two spirits were struggling for the mastery in the black horse. He bit or kicked every farm-hand, tintll none would consent to take care of him. I'pon fain, who was thus constrained to the disagr-cable duty, hp left so many marks that one day. In slevr exasperation, Sam tied the horse to a tree, and witli a nicely trimmed birch sapling gave him a thrashing. "He. ain't wuth his barn room an' keep." Mid Sam. This seiitimmt was echoed by every person oti the farm except llutb. Sam's sixteen-year-old daughter. For Ituth. Alone of tlic in all, understood, and when the others abused him she said, ""Poor fellow!" And did Peter nevir injure Until? Yes, once. On her white shoulder there is still the mark of his t-"th. But that was before he learned all the sympathy there was In that kind little heart. Life Is no brighter for a surly horse than for a surly man oi woman, and when Iluth visited the stable. Pet. r would lay his cheek wearily, against hers, and a sad look ropl.ioePf the an gry slitter in his eyes, as if he were saying, "Oh, why am I in this wretch ed world at all I who by evry law of humanity anil common sense ought never to have been bred, never to have been born'." One day it was shortly after the thrashing Sam essayed to enter Pe ter's stall, although a peculiarly wicked look in the horse' eyes might have warned him to take special enre. Out flew the iron-shod h-e's, and Pani reeeiv d an Injury to his re'gh flint kept him confined to the heue for n week. It was then i""id d that If any one was fool enough to buy him Peter should be sold. A customer soon appear' d In the person of a big. redheaded Irishman, named Patrick finfferty. "Sure, it's mesilf can break nn.v horse In the wurruld nv his vies." said Pat. On arriving home with his t:ew pur chase, he discovi-red promptly that h" had some vhs to lif-fl;. Tor alter j leading Peter into a stall :v:d tying I hail, tlie Irish ma u found no way .f getting out. If he tried to romp r.nt a he went In, the horse v. as ready v -'l1 a pair of very wicked heels; and if lii'.iileal ign'miuiouiy forward ihr.r-.gh til niag.T. a tro;.g sot of i. e,. was in wailing to haras him. A i'.o7 n tl:u s did he bad; t.'le horse out. kirk I savagely In Ihe belly with his .iwi:.' boots, aad I li ii lead him I !';: cad renew' the a t rp ,j it . but to t'.o oil'." Pat was pnxled as will as I'n-'on sly nntrry. lie had "l.rok.V" a i ::!.: ..f tnoiiveis, but 1"' n r w.-s La':"!:: .r.n-wii. bred- a vrry , Pat ! ad 1 laying down a in fact. I.:,.! rxeellei.t re,i it. Hat li p menu on the was too slintd r. lit lire so. n i is. IT n op.-.sed a t original la 1 tr oil" . i- W!,e, tl,o,I. e to and hua suit h's be pro. pasture but Pat id Mike, his son, sugg. prie'.v of repairing to where the ground was ,f d the soft. laughed him to scorn. "An' make it nisy for him lie hollowed. bs face crimsi Tage. "It's here on the cobl I'll throw !rm. for It nin't m with llestolies for his pbasure I'm tl.rowiu' him!" With Mike's asi-Uianc- Peter's off forefoot was now strapped up. a sur cingle bin i;lcd round hint, and a pie -e of clothes !iue run through it and fast ened to hi near forefoot. A push sidewise. a jerk on the line, nnd the game was on. Pet. r leaped Into the nir like a tiger When lie found Ids two fore legs tied up. so high, Indeed, that Pat was con strained to let go the bridle-rein, but he kept hla hold oil the clothes-line. Then down Peter came upon the cob blestone pavement, crushing his beau tifully formed knees nearly to the bone. I'p once more, a wild spring into Ihe air, and again the crushed and blood ing knees were brought down with terrible force upon the pavement. T his lime Put succoe,lil In catching the rein, and tho horse went over on his side. "And now, Mike," shrieked Pat, "hand me that cart-stakel" Of the heart-sickening puulshiueut thut followed I need only say that it is as cowardly to strike a horse when he is down as it Is to strike a man when he is down. Moreover, had Put been more of a horseman, be would have known that he had no hands spare for vrleldiug a club: both were needed to handle the rein and line. Aud bow the hone did aouieUiing OF HOSES Lovely moon of roen Moon of nwi red -ttwde her through dreamland, tiii.url ihou her bed. :slt ed moon of ro4 Moon of mp wlnts Whisper. "I litvf her.' All Uitoimh tin' night. Anno 1. 1, Field, in tin Century. By David BurTum. which Pat had never experienced before- he roared: not an ordinary neili, but a roar, such as horses rarely plve, but which, when they do cive It. is so awful a to strike terror into braver men than Pat. A Pat valued his lire, this was the time to hold the line strongly; but he leaped back, dropplnx It In his excitement. M ke ran, terror stricken to the house, and in a moment Peter was up! His off forefoot. It Is true, was still strapped up. but he could handle him self on three s. With another roar he reared anil struck tletvely at his tor mentor with his free forefoot. The blow struck him fairly and squarely on the head- and Patrick's career as n horse-trainer was permanently closed. Peter was now that most shunned and dreaded thin anions horses a mankillet. There Is little doubt that he rialized fully what he had done, but if he had any thoimhts on the sub ject they were probabiy those of satis faction. Put ho was too sore, too Inme to think of much besides his own suft'er Ihk. He wandered aimlessly about the yard, and as his excitement grad ually left him, became desperately thirsty and longed greatly for some soft ground, where he might lie down. After a long time for help had to be summoned from a neighboring farm-people came and removed Pat rick's body; but except for "standing him off" with whips and clubs, no one paid any attention to Peter. Two days later, Unidget Pat's wid ow, came into the yard. The horse b ang now too exhausted and lame to cause her any fear, she out loose the strap that confined his forefoot, re moved the bridle and surcingle, ami turned him into an adjoining pasture, where was a brook of running water. Here Peter ran for many weeks, and fully recovered from his injuries, al though the ugly scars on his knees of course remained, as well as some of the marks left by the cart-stake. On the side of the pasture mxt the highway was a white board, hearing the notice. "I'or sale, sound young horse, warranted kind in harness." People looked at-the sign and smiled derisively as they drove by. Prom time to time, however, the more curious stopped and looked over tic fence, it was not every day one could .see a real matikiller. Put they always gave the horse a wide berth. At last, one day, came Ituth; and Peter, .although with some hesitation, walked slowly up to the fence where sin stood. lluth had not Intended to speak to him or caress him this uiankiliing was too horribb but when she saw his broken kneis and. all over his body, the scars Id't by the heavy cart-stake, she relented. "Poor Peter!" she said. "Poor, poor fellow I" Then Iluth fell to musing on the pos sibilities for good ami . vil that oft-ti xNt in the same Individual, and the kind of discipline needed to hold the ovii impulse in check. 'Whatever the right discipline Is, Pe-t-T lias never had it," sh,- said. She was a wie little horsewoman, was Kutli. Put a purehasi r had been found for Peter before, and a purchaser was again forthcoming. This time it was II v: bbs. who ran the coal and wood vanl in the village, and he wanted the iiors . to put in his tread-power. He had always used cheap horse for this purpose, and here was a chance to ob tain for a small sum a good young horse, who would last for a long time. P-'tcr gave a snort of relief when he was taken f;-,,iu t 'if lonely pasture. ': for many week he had had ' . : ; r iii.nr nor !',i!:a,i "i:'i!'an:o'i than this wa far bitter ola lion. a!T,.,,t ph t rs TIoM.s i li. i- and 1 OUt of : bellied Ills tllill m blood .1 .1 ! id,.. I Vie lO hi w :ug i. Half III!'!). way to i n Me baited t II .111. hi n i! l, p-.ir- tclid- rO,.sO Jilid tllO Us' ( v hi. i I to nit tln hor-. Iluth looked agha-t. tread power? Why. he "P tor half thi ougiibi ed!" ho exclaimed. "So nru h the more reason wh stand up :o that bard work,' he'll said Hobbs. "I ain't much of a hossman, but iiecoidin' to what I'm told, thor oughbred don't quit." "No. and I'll guarantee Peter not to quit." sai.J lluth. with a little ring of pride in her voice, "but that kind of work Is too far removed from what nature, intended him for. It'll break hi heart." Hobbs shrugged his shoulders. ".Mayoe," he said. "Put If lie docs his wank I ain't frettin" .about his heart." And he drove on. Peter had a good supper and a due lied that night, for Hobbs, although bo worked hi horses hard, fed and stabled them. well. In the morning Peter was led out to the tread power, and it was evident to him that lie was expected to enter It It wa a strange-looking thing, but i'eter bad never yet shown fear. He entered It at once, and stood perfectly still while the cross-bar was put across behind linn and hi head tied firmly down, so that he could not Jump out Then the brake was taken off and the floor began to slide backward tinder him. Peter gave a spring forward, but fast as lie went, the door moved back ward with equal speed. He was for ever going up a very short hill, but never reaching the top. Nothing could possibly be more discouraging or more destructive to a horse's ambition. At last he gave up the struggle nnd settled down to a nervous, iilck stride a half-wild aud hunted expression in his eyes. All the forenoon he climbed j"lt Interminable hill; thou, after an hour's rest, he was again put In, and climbed till night. In n week he w a greatly changed horse. It was not the severity of his work, hard ns It was, that done It, for those deep lungs of his. that short, strong hack and those clean, flat, sinewy limbs would have carried hlni tri umphantly through still harder tasks, It was the absolute hopelessness of it, the traveling for ever nnd never get ting anywhere, the Ignominy, the shame, the mockery of the whole thing. Put although the horse showed less disposition titan formerly to tilte and kick, his subjection had not been of the right kind, and his mind did not run in a healthy, normal channel. As the phrase aptly expresses It, his heart was broken. Tor three months Peter worked In the tread-power and no horse had ever stood the work so well before. Hut he was no longer a horse; lie was a ma chine, an automaton, a part of the mechanism ho was running. Then Hobbs was taken sick, and af ter a short Illness, died, and soon af terward all of his effects. Including Peter, were advertised to he sold nt auction, Peter stood listlessly In the yard on the day of the sale, and his dull eyes looked over the assembled throng with out any sign of Interest. No one would bid much for the inankiller. nnd It made little difference to him now who owned him. Hut suddenly his eyes grew a shade brighter, and he gave a faint whinny, for over in the corner of the yard he saw Ruth. She came up to him nnd took his head between her two little hands. "I haven't much money. Peter," she snld. making sure he understood her, "but you won't bring much, poor fel low, and I'm going to buy you If I can." And if you had watched closely you might have seen In Peter's eyes a tracejust a trace, mind you, for he had little feeling left of the sad, sympathy-craving expression with which he used to lay his cheek against hers in the old day at Sam Perkins' farm. Meanwhile the sale was going on, and at last came the time for putting up the horses. Presently came the turn of "Itlnek Peter, half-thoroughbred, seven years old, sound and with no blemish except scars on his knees and body." He was sold to Ituth Perkins for the sum of sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. Ituth took the halter-rope herself and led the horse home. She was not afraid of him, and both she and he knew that she had no reason to be. There is but little more to tell. Kuth still keeps Peter for her riding and driving horse. I'nder hpr treatment, his temper has so far Improved that, although It frequently shows Itself, he is no longer dangerous. I wish that I could conclude by say ing that his old spirit and ambition had returned, but that is not to be. Ilreak n horse's heart, nnd his am bition is gone forever. Peter does cheerfully whatever his little mis tress requires of him, and he Is as sound as ever in wind nnd limb; but he no longer looks eagerly for the further end of a long road or exhibits that keen satisfaction In surmounting ob stacle that was once a part of his nature. "There Is no help for it now," says little Huth, ns she- rubs down his glossy black coat. "It is too late, nnd I'm glad that he is at least as happy ns a horse of his temperament could be, and that he is being treated properly nt last. Put the saddest part of it all to me is that the dreadful experiences h went through were unnecessary, and that hi whole career, up to the tim? I bought him, was a chapter of human mistakes and wroiv." Youth's Companion. Italian Noble an I'srinorn. nui.e. Italy. Among the Unman no bility there is a tradition that they are necessarily at one nnd the hum Hoia cat .aristocrats and passionate agri ulturists. The three Princes Colonim. who are brothers, the eldest of whom is Assistant to the Poiitilical Throne, the second Senator of the kingdom, und the last, until a few months ago. .Mayor of lioiiie. never lot a week pass with out spending some davs on their ea. itcs to direct and personally super intend the agricultural work. Iluke eta ni and bis sons haul every year for some time the life of the bniteel iwlioy. of the Campngua ltomamu. Idle Prince Uosplgliosl t,. e,,nv y,,ars ver missed n day in looking after his late. like a real farmer. Duke I.en ililo Torionia. who was removed from 'he iosilio!i of Syndic of Unmo by Crispi, when, on the occasion of the jubilee' of I.oo XIII.. he olliciallv sent the greetings of tho city to the Pontiff. docs not remain behind the others. He has just started, in the very heart of the Cumpngna Itoiuana. a tobacco intation. with the view of gradually freeing Italy from foreign imnortation. Tl.e peninsula Is dependent on Amer ica for cigar and pipe tobaccos, and on Turkey and Kgypt, for cigarette tobac co, consuming on the whole 11,1I0,(MM) pounds yearly, with a tendency to In crease, as the average augmentation amounts to HUii.OlM) pounds a year. The voluntary tax on smoking tobacco, being a Government monopoly, repre sents one of the chief Incomes of tho State, but the larger part of it has now to be paid abroad for the purchase of the tobacco, while if home production could be substituted the gain would all remain in Italy. London Pall Mall tiazette. CrUp Definitions, It is ihe boys who furnish the crisp definitions: "Irony is small articles made out of Iron," "Anticlimax Is a brand of chewing tobacco." "Facile, a little face.'' "An autograph Js a money grubbing scheme set on foot by one man." "Antifat and antitoxin are those ni'Vf, cheap breakfast fimds." "A bliz zard U something inside of a hen." "Our nucestors are our back rein t lout." "An octagon is an eight-sided devil fish." Plant Oil., A chemist In India has produced oils from fifty -sis kinds of common plants, such as the cucumber, tapioca plant, etc. .Most of these oils have never been put to use, even if tbeiir properties are known, aud it Is suggested that a wide field fur developing new Indus tries 1 here open. Fencing. Fencing was novel more In favor than now as a woman's sport. It makes for grace, style and command of oneself. So, behold the fair fencer In her smart white butcher's linen skirt and her white lawn shirt-waist, which is partly lost to sight under her qnlltPil leather waistcoat with Its rod. red hart challenging her opponent! A gauntleted hand holds the foil. Peauty in a mask is always fascina ting: beauty in the mask of a face and ear guard is not less so. Cir of Kerns. Women who take pride In thrlr fern dishes should hood the advice of n florist: "Onof let n fern becoin" really dry nnd thirsty It is ruined forever," snys lie.. "You may sit up nights with It afterward, but no amount of care find nttenilon will ever restore It to its for mer healthy condition. "It may not die nt once, or the lonvos may not drop off immediately because of the neglect, but you can't bring It back to its primr beauty. "Palms should bt watered every oth ei day thoroughly. Tho earth must be wet at the bottom of the jar. but not to sin h an extent that water stands In the Jardiniere, ns this favors mould." To Attalu (Irucei of Flsnr. Young women can attain grace of fig ure and prevent a superabundance of flesh by the.following exercises: Stand on tip-toe. with both iiruis hands llrni Iv clasped extended over the head. This will reduce the flesh below the waist, cultivate beautiful curves In the nrms, help to till out the chest and will Increase the height if the exerdso Is practiced with persistency. Try to stand In this position ns long ns possible. Another exercise which will give roiso Is to stand solidly on one foot, extending foot and arm outward, and stretch the arms nt the same time. When the loft foot is stretched out the right nrm should be extended, nnd vice versa, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Vln!ilneM I have been trying to figure out a gen eral condition of happiness, nnd I reach the conclusion that It consists mainly In the ability to march with one's own generation, neither deploring the progress the generation makes, nor grumbling because it doesn't make more. We can understand best the men and women of our own age, or near it. Dr. Osier, spoke truth when he said that most men coase to be recplive to new ideas after forty; hence our elders in the fifties nnd six ties nnd seventies, say. who have nbly guided the affairs of the world during the decades Immediately ahead of us, will often seem to us to move less rapidly than we think they should toward new Industrial conditions. And the generation immediately behind us the restless chaps in their twenties- are putting more pressure upon us from the rear than wo are nblo to be lieve Is wholly justified. Frank Put nam, in National .Magazine. i lie Forgetful of Faults. If you would increase your happiness nnd prolong your life, forget your neighbors faults. Forget nil the shin dors you have ever heard. Forget the temptations. Forget the fault-llndlng and give little thought to the cause ! which provoked it. Forget the peon I llarltii-s of your friends and only re- I member the good points which make you fond of them. Forget nil personal quarrel or histories you may have j heard by accident, nnd which, If ro- pea ted, would seem a thousand times j worse than they are. Plot out, as far i as possible, all the (rlsagreeabloness of I life: they will come, but they will only ; grow larger when you remember them and the constant thought of the nets of nioanness, or, worse still, malice. , would only tend to make you more i familiar with them. Obliterate ovcrv- ; thing disagreeable from yesterday ' start out with n clean sheet for to 1 (lay. and write upon it for sweet mem ory's sakt only those things which nre lovely and lovable. Fapliloin In KMiln. Chatting about the skirt of the mo ; ment in New York City styles, n well ran iiisinon niilliority touches on i the short skirt so popular nt present I among womin of the metropolis for j walking. She says: I "Perhaps the dltllculty of lifting the I full pleated skirt when one encounters I real mud or wet pavements has had something to do with the sliorteniiu of the skirt, but whatever the cause ; the result Is hero. .Many women have their skirts cut barely to clear, but the most fashionable women, unless ! their figure absolutely forbid It; are I wtnrlng their short skirts really short I enough, to be practical. The mode i not becoming to all and not iniporatlv I but there is much to be said In favor i of its good setiF-e and there is certainly nothing more hopelessly ugly and wk ward than n so-called short skirt held i up ns the skirt that Just clears must be held tip In case of really bad pave i mollis." In the matter of designs for shapes ! nnd trimming of skirts, this fashion j observer remark thai there are many phases In the just-now skirt, but what ' may be exprctod for fall nobody can (li llnltely say. "The resurrection of the old-time bell and umbroHu skirts, with slight modi llca lions, is a striking phenouieiiou In the sphere of the walking skirt and is hailed witli pleasure; for the skirt, close over the hips and rippling at bottom Into graceful though extreme fullness, Is the most attractive walking skirt model that has ever bet'n devised. ' Tunic skirt effects are having n pro nounced vogue, although, so far, only the famous French makers have ex ploited them vigorously and tiiey huve not become common. The bell-shaped tunic, shortest at the sides nnd fall ing over an underskirt of a deep flounce st-t on a skirt foundation, Is the model must often tueu In broadcloth and other wools, and variation upon tills Idea, with trimming of luce, are used for the sheer materials. All of the various skirt innovations. suggestive of panniers have met with Indifference or disapproval at the hands of womankind, although some of the great Parisian dressmakers have been Insistent In exploiting the tentative hip (lraperlps, and a few fashionable women have accepted the idea. Pan niers may come, but evidently their day Is not yet. and, despite the full ness of skirt bottoms we seem to be In no real danger of hookskirts, though fashion alarmists till space In fashion journals with discussion of the threat ened crinoline. The encroachment of the trained skirt upon the province of the round skirt is more and more perceptible, and it is fairly safe to assume that by the init the winter season comes the trained skirt will have regained much of the vogue it has lost during the last year. The very full skirt full at the waist nnd adorned with much hori zontal trimming, was irreconcilable with tlie train, but the later models bore no such handicap, and women love the trailing skirt because It gives grace nnd length to the figure. Horizontal trimmings, flatly applied or In the slinpe of flouncing, nre still used, but, save In the ense of lace or embroidery flotinclmr these horizontal trimmings are very likely to be In self- material or In something affording a little contrast. Tailors accomplish ex- ellont results In making the check cos tumes by using bias bands of the checked stuff for strapping and trim ming, nnd often not only in checked goods, but in other materlnls as well. self bands or bands of the same color is the frock, but of contrasting mate rial are inset instead of being applied, the edges of the frock material being stitched down smoothly to the band. Velvet Is effective when let into broadcloth in this fashion and cloth is used In this way with silk, or silk with cloth. Bands of very fine trans verse tucking in the same material as that used for the frock are seen upon some very successful woolen and. silk costumes." For ltrighlenlnq; Up Honneiu The House Beautiful gives some good Ideas for brightening up the home rooms and hiding nt the same time worn and faded chair covers. "Iu many households it is the custom to cover a dozen or so of the chairs in attractive chintzes nnd to distribute them through the house a small rock er with n Scotch rose cover in one bedroom, n big wing chair with gor geous hollyhocks in another, ti lounge with green oak leaves in nnother, and a sewing chair with narrow flower stripes in the sewing-room. The de signs nre chosen to harmonize with the walls nnd add a touch of freshness and newness to rooms used nil the year. With this plan remnants may be util ized, nnd a variety of designs selected. Nothing brightens up a room more suc cessfully, and nothing ndds a crisper, Ireshet touch than the transformed rocker, armchair or couch. Under the now cover may bo faded rep or even plush, but It is hidden from sight and thankfully forgotten. The making of the covers requires cares. Tin old way' of piping the seams with a plain color Is not now in vogue. Seams are hidden nnd careful fitting is necessary. When well made, the covers last for several seasons, and are really an econ omy, for they save three or four months of hard went:. But that Is not their greatest recommendation. We tire of our furniture ns we do of our clothes. If chintz nnd cretonne ndd n little variety to the summer life, they nre worth the consideration of every housekeeper. Rlack taffeta Is n modish material for little wraps. Tho dnuau'd for lace on gowns und wraps Is unabated. The little; shoulder cape is a whim of fashion, nnd It Is particularly smart in linen. Haby ribbon, braid nnd fancy stitch ing are the three favorite trimmings of the season. Faggoting In nil colors conies in the local shops, aud In white it Is espe cially pretty. Almost any dress thnt has a sufTi dent amount of material in It aud enough puffs nnd shirrs, is In keeping with the demand. . Some of tho costumes which nre con sidered de trop have really no begin ning or end. They are simply frou frou looking nnd extremely feminine. Ratistes, plain and fancy, nre em ployed to a groat extent for the elabor ate summer frocks, and it makes up quite the prettiest of any material ou the market. Irish and Val. laces nre used separ ately In combination. The handsomest Irish lace shows heavy raised flowers. These odd lo Its richness and beauty nnd Incidentally quadruple tho cost. ' Cooler thau the long gloves, nnd lK'iice quickly launched Into popularity, are tho adjustable cud's of lingerie, or of lace, reaching from tho wrist to the elbow, and reudy to be basted into place at u uiomenpg notice. The prevalence of simple outlines and the Increased liking for the plain gored skirt has surprised quite a number of fashionable modlsts, as they were more than sure that these old-fashioned Ideas had entirety left the minds of smart women. One of the newest and most fashion able silks Is called radium, aud as Its name implies, I' Is soft, lilmy and has a wonderful sheen. All colors are shown, and in the very fine checks or stripes it is extremely smart. One of Us Quest feutum Is Us extra width. Now York 'City. There is no costume that suits the active young girl bettor thau this one tnnde In tho favorite 'Teter Thompson" or regulation stylo. It is martin effect, girlish nnd very genernlly becoming, while at the same time ft allows perfect freedom nnd ac tivity. In the Illustration the dress Is made of dark blue serge with the col lar nnd shield of white and bunding of black over white, but the model Is a favorite one for linen and similar washable materials ns well ns for sorgo, flannel and the like, und it Is cor rect In white as well as 1n color, so ( LfllE DEJIQt that many varieties 'an bo made. White ilaniiT-! ami white pique are pe culiarly charming for the real warm weather, and while they have the disadvantage of soiling readily, also can be cleansed easily and success fully. The dr.ss consists of the blous- and the skirt. The blouse Is drawn on over the head, there being only n slight opening at the front, nnd Is finished with a big sailor collar, beneath which the shield is attached. It can be faced to form the yoke or left plain as pre ferred. The sleeves are the favorite ones that are gathered at the shoulders and tucked at the wrists, The skirt is cut In seven gores and is laid in n pleat at each seam, which is stitched for a portion of its length, pressed into position below.- Ftr a girl of fourteen years will be required eight yards of material twenty-seven, six and one-eighth, yards tlilrty-two or four and a half yard forty-four inches wide with seven eighth ytird twenty-seven Inches wide for collar and fchleld. , A mlinplitr. A little simpler was u white linen gown with Irish lace. The skirt had pin tucks over the hips und' was tight Itttlng. Just above the knees were three hemstitched tucks, und below was a broad stripe of lace quite twelve Inchon deep. This was not an Insertion but a wide lace with nu edge. Holow It wore two hemstitched tucks and hemstitched hem, giving the effect of three tucks. The shout bolero jacket wns pructlcnlly a cupe of lace. Be neath was a blouse of sheerest Persian lawn, trimmed with flue tucks and Va lenciennes insertion, , x A Fraiiuh Touch, There are French touches which give a great deal of tyle to one's evening gown. One of these Is the tiny hand kerchief with n flower embroidered lu til - - corner In color. The bit of linen should be very hue and not much larg- er thnn a woman's hand. In the corner there should be n blue flower, h pink of a green to match one's evening gown. I.lnrn M Worn. Linen will probably b. more worn during the coming season than It was lit t year oven, although then It seemed n If the apex .of popularity had been attained. A great many dainty new coats are already out, made of the va rious tints of white linen In very open patterns and lined with thin colored silks, which set off the designs. The New larnel. Anything more luxurious than tho now parasols It Is Impossible to desire. A .wealth of linaglttiifioii ha been lav ished on their designing, and of coursn they are the perfeetloti of style ami ( structlon. A very pretty conceit Is carried o'.it In a white taffeta parasol trimmed with u deep border of roses in ribbon work nod embroidery. For Trimming. VnleneNennes lace I used to trim the new organdies, which are very sheer lu texture nnd exquisite In design. The lace is dyed to match tho domin ant color of the floral pattern. Itlbbon of a contrasting line Is combined with the Val for trimming. Tucked lllnna or Shirt Walat. "The fancy shirt waist, or the waist that t.ikes an Intermediate place be tween the severely plain model nnd. the elaborate one, is always in de mand. It Is useful for many occasions. .It Is dainty and attractive without over fuss, nnd makes nu altogether desir able addition to the wardrobe. Illus trated is a most charming one that Is BY HAY HINYON. tucked In groups and -trimmed with bands of Insertion that are applied be tween and which gives a dressy effect, while in reality it Is so slmpic that it can quite easily be made. In the case of the model the material Is white lawn, but there are innumerable oth ers which nre appropriate, thin sliks and light-weight wools being made of fer the same manner ns are the wash able fabrics. The waist consists of fronts nnd buck. There Is a regulation shirt waiHt pleat at the, front edge beneath which tho closing Is made, and the narrow tucks are stitched in graduated lengths nt the front, from shoulders to belt nt back. The sleeves are the accepted ones that consist of fitted cuffs and with full portions above. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four aud a quarter yards twenty-one, three nnd five-eighth yards twenty-seven or two yards forty- four Inches wide, with five and three eighth yards of Insertion to trim as 11- i lustra ted in the medium size. I
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