THE SONGS OF THE FOUR WINDS.
The South Wind.
Uently stirring fern and palm-tree.
Softly, slow;
Stealing sweets from roue and cereus,
Whiap'ring low;
Throuiih a world of fragrant wildneaa
To the old North bringing mildness.
With the breath of spice and orchid
Do I blow.
The Bast Wind.
Damp and raw from the world of wave.
Through canvas and rigging I madly beat:
With the stringing tang of the ocean's salt
I lash the crews of the flying fleet;
And fishwives weep when they near my long:
Tangle of froth and aullcn roar;
Bodies uptossed on frozen shore.
The IVnt Wind.
The dtutt of the desert, the grass of the prairie,
The rush of wild horses, the rustle of grain,
I weave into rhythmic accord with the odom
Of pine of the mountain and aage of the plain.
The song that 1 sing is the song of the open
The crashing of comets through infinite space.
The earth's deep he:irt throbbing', the murmur of rivers
All sorrows and joy in its measure find place.
The North Wind.
From the frosted hnrp of the (!od of Ice
f strike chill chords as sing to men
Of blistering cold and blinding snow.
Of froren specters, of living woe,
Of dim caverns and splintered air,
Of diizliiig stretches of gUouil glare.
Of nnics upon miles of flccklev.s white;
And. over it all
The cniin.il! and goid of the Northern Light!
Hook lovers' Magazine.
The Fox Drive at .
. Pleasant Ridge
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BY EMMA SEEVERS JONES.
;m VKK i-nr Llje Patton'sbull-
fiddle nlayd?" naked Me-
El Peak, the singing school
I niastor.
fj "Naw," said Tobias
strong, taK;ng carerui aim
at a box of ashs already well saturat
ed with a fertilizing solution of nico
tine, "what's a bull-tlddle?"
"It's a contraption calctirlated to
make you wish you wore In the here
after or hadn't b ft the heretofore."
said MePeak.
"What's It fur?" nsUed Tobias.,
"Fox-drivers, bel'ings and things
generally whore a noise is wanted."
said MePeak.
"Wher.-'d I.ljo v'it it V" nl:ed Tobias,
squinting his (ye at the box of ashes
for a more sure Kin;.
"Made it." said MePeak.
"Made if:" queried Llje.
"Yes," said M'-IVhI;. "I.ije ran do
anything from knitting n tart.".' to
sawing i'i:s. Never saw but one thing
In my life that I.lje couldn't do If he
set out to."
"What's that?" asked Tobias, with
interest.
"Git away from the Widow Marker,
lie tried It. bjt couldn't make It,"
said McPenU, with n mournful shake
of the h'-ad, "'twas a great loss to the
country when I.IJe got married."
"Where'd lie go to?" asked Tobias.
"O. he's living over on Pleasant
Ridge, but don't n mount to nnwthltig,"
responded MePeak.
"Sho, MePeak." remonstrated Den eon
rinnkett. "I.!J 's al! right. Rein's
you've r.e". er married you've no right
to Jedge !n such matters. I.ijc's settled
down like a man or!o when he's mar
ried." "O yes, he's settled down." admitted
MePeak. sarcastically, "he's settled
so hard that he never cracks a smile
unless the baby cuts a tooth or some
fool thing like that. Lije usd to be a
Kre.it on,'." h.- add d regretfully, "be
fore the Widow Marker pit bold of
him."
"Ah. well, MePeak, everybody lies
lo be a fooi sometime," drawled Tobias,
still eyeing the ash-box. "Where's th'
bull-fiddle?"
"Yes. wboro is it?" echoed MePeak.
"That's what I'd like to know. No
body knows excepting the Widow
Marker, and I gv.oss she'd die before
she'd tell."
"What's she
Tobies.
rot agin It?" asked
"O, what's nny woman
anything?" re-por.ded M
znt against
Peak, "ps-
peci.il'.y widow women?"
"Now. MePeak." again interposed
Deacon Plunkeit. "you know that the
Widow Parker nor no other woman
ever liked to bear that buil-fiddle
played. Th'-y hain't one of Vm thet
ever beard It but would a busted it if
she could."
"Must be a queer soundin' thing,"
comment, d Tobias, "fvhut's It made
u v ?'
"It's jest a old powder keg with one
end open and u dram-head stretched
over the other end. and a leather shoe
string drawee through the middle of it
Into tbi' fees." explained Deacon
I'lllllkett.
"Don't sound s all-flreil bad," wild
Toblii.-.
"I guess ynuM think it sounded pretty
nll-flreil something If you took a hand
ful of rosin end pulled along that
shoestring,' said MePeak. "It made
an eiul of Mj,, anyhow. The Widow
Marker novcr'd got hohl of him !f It
hnilei't been for thut hull-fiddle and
tbe l'leusant Ridge fox-drive."
"Tell us about it, MePeak," came
from the crowd of men that always
was gathered In I'ncle Jake's grocery
at Cedar Narrows.
"Well." i aid MePeak," 'twas one sun
shiny mort.iuc In spring when the
ground bounces to your feet and the
air feels like (leorgy and you can't keep
from whistling any more than the
Inmbs run keep from kicking up their
heels on the hillside. It's too early to
plow and the wood-pile hain't all
denned out yet; and the women folks
don't want you around because the
house Is nil littered up with old pant
and petticoats that lies to be cut up
Into quilt pieces and got out of the
way for spring cleaning. You're tired
of the grocery and feel like you'd hev
to whoop and yell cr something would
bust, so you get up a fox-drive.
"Llje nnd another fellow started out
by daylight wit hli bull-fiddle. They
knew -where there wag a fox den over
on the bill, back of where old Ab
Loo nils' lives. They calcurlated to run
tbe fox hid there out Into the drive
which didn't reach that far.
"On their -way over there Lije and
the other fellow took turns In scraping
teat bull-fiddle. I.lje bed a pocket full
of roKutn and they tried to see which
could get the worst noises out of that
old powder keg. When they passed Ab
Loomls' barnyard old Mrs. I.oomis was
out doing the morning's milking. When
the old red cow heard the noise made
by Llje and the other fellow she give
one jump with her tall in the air and
upset old Mrs. I.oomis with the milk
ing stool and three buckets of milk.
The rest of the cattle stood around
and snorti d, while old Mrs. I.oomis
got up mid began to yell bloody murder.
"Old Abe and hls,tlve sons sprung up
from tbe breakfast table and I.lje .ind
the other fellow saw them making
towards the barn and they thought It
was time for them to skeedaddle.
"They didn't play another tune tin
til they got Into tlir- woods tn-ar where
the fox den was. The old fox lietln't
been back long from a visit to Ab
Loomls hen roost and was settled
down with his nose between bis paws
for a good long snooze.
"Hut Ll.le's bull-fiddle spoiled his nap.
At first Mr. Fox didn't think much
nlKwt it and went on with his dreams.
but us the noise, tbe like of which he
hed never heard before, swum all
around him he bopped to his feet and
shot out of the bushes like the cork out
of a bntile of elderberry wine.
'L!j f.HW the red whisk of his tall
through the trees and shouted, 'There
he goes!' and him nnd the other fel
low started after, yelling and scraping
on that bull-Jlddle.
'They chased around In the woods
awhile and then come out Into the
road leading towards Ab Loomls.
" 'Jiminy whlzl said the fellow with
I.lje, 'hero comes old Ab Loomls with
three of his boys a horseback a carry
ing irnns, nnd grabbing the bull-flddle
he darted behind a tree, leaving Llje
to face the music alone. 'They expected
a fuss was brewing on account of old
Mrs. Loomls and the milking.
" 'Hear enny strange noise around
here lately ?' asked old Ab of Llje.
' 'Well, no,' said Llje, taking off his
hat ami scratching his head, 'can't snv
that I hev.'
' 'Funny,' said one of the boys, 'we
tracked th' noise up this way.'
" "What was It like?' asked Llje as
innocent as a cat that feeds on cream.
" 'Can't tell ye what it was like,'
said old Ab, "never heard nawthln" of
th' kind before.'
"Lije was beginning to enjoy him
self und said as be climbed to the top
rail of the fence:
" 'What'd ye think It might be?'
" 'A tiger,' said one of the boyg.
" 'Tig -r?' said I.lje, surprlstd.
"Ye see,' said old Ab, "Marlar's
brother cme on u visit last week an'
he said that Dan Mice's show passed
down through Olive ireen on the way
to Tennessee und one of the wagons
upset and bit th' aniniuls out. They
ketehed 'em ull but one an' It took to
th' woods. Muriar's brother waru't
sure whether it was a lion or a tiger.'
"It went past the burn this inornlu'
when Maw was nillkln',' said one 6f
the boys, 'an' it Just erbout scared her
an' th" critters to d- utb.
" ';e-riindygutl' suid Lije, 'ye don't
think It's around here, do ye?"
" 'Shouldn't wonder but what It ,'
said old Ab, 'they's a rewwrd o' fifty
dollars oiTtred for it an' we thought
we'd see If we could track It down.'
" Tritty resky business I sh'd think,'
said Ltjrf.
"'Yes, but fifty dollars Is a pile of
money an' we thought we'd try fer it,'
said old Ab us him and the boys rode
on.
"Llje and the other fellow rolled on
the grouud a while laughing tit to kill
themselves ami then give another
scrape to that bull-tlddle. old Ab and
his sons turned buck, but just then
I.ljo sighted the fox and he und the
other fellow took down over old Ab's
pasture Held und forgot all about the
tiger, being anxious to get the fox out
into the drive.
"There ware about forty men and
boys with drums and fifes, old tin
pans und conch horns, nawoaw whls
ties and firecrackers, stretched out into
u live mile circle ready to close in on
any fox that huppened around."
uru i there euny guns an' dawgs?"
asked Toblua, who, finding' the excite-liu-iit
too much for his ulni was now
standing uirettly over tbe ash-box.
"No," said Mcl'eak, "no dogs nor
guua allowed on a fox-drive. Home of
the men ware horseback, but most of
them ware a foot The ouea that didn't
uev anytiiiug to play on were whoop
ing aim yeuing like all get out.
"Along In the afternoon they began
to close In on two foxes, one of them
being the one Llje and tbe other fellow
hed chased out and tbe other one waa
tbe one that bed give them the slip tbe
year u (ft ore.
"The meet happened to atrlk In
, Widow Barker'a appi orchard and the
foxes chased from one place to an
other trying to get away.
"Llje kept the bull fiddle going and
tbe clrclp kept getting smaller nnd
smaller till there waron't ten yards
between the men and the two foxes.
The poor little brutes kept running
from one side to the other and the
men kept sawing away nt the noise
till flnnlly when they got tip close to
gether nnd Llje give an unusual out
landish scrape to that bull-flddle tbe
fox that he and the olhef fellow hed
chased out of the woods laid down nnd
panted a little and then toppled over
dead."
"What ailed It?" asked Tobias.
"It was Just naturally seared to
denth." said MePeak. "it lied run all
the forenoon from the sound of that
bull-flddle and when the tarnal noise
come right on top of It that fox felt
over as dead n a door nail."
"An' th' othr fox?" asked Tobias.
"The other fox." said MePeak, "got
away like It bad the year before. SI
Slocum got so excited over the dead
fox that he let the live one out be
tween his legs. Tbe men and boys
went, some mad and hungry, all but
Llje, nnd If he'il known what was
good for him he'd hev went with the
rest."
"What'd be do?" asked Tobias.
"O, he Just throwed bis bnll-Cddle
down tinder an apple tree and took
after that fox, him nnd the other fel
low. They wnre pretty near onto It
once, but It got away nt lust. Llje
was so excited he'd done with tlie bull
flddle. One of the Marker children
found It nnd nearly drove Ills mother
crazy with It until she laid bnnds on It
nnd nobody lies even seen It from that
time to this."
"Didn't Llje git It agin?" asked To
bias disappointedly.
"No." said McPenk. "he didn't.. lie
went over one day nbotit dinner time
lo get it, but the Widow Barker asked
hlra to set down and oat. Llje being
hungry didn't know any "setter than
to do It. She hed spare-ribs nnd hot
biscuit and maple molasses nnd she
finished Llje up then and there.
"When I saw how things ware going
I tried to reason -with Lije.
" 'J.lje Patton.' I says, pointing to
the riensnnt Ridge burying ground,
'what do yon see over there?'
"'Nawthln' but tomb-stones," said
Llje. as cnreles-s ns you please.
" 'Well.' I says, 'do you see th.it tall
square one with the picture of a pigeon
on top of it?"
" 'I reckon,' said Llje, beginning to
stand on one foot.
"'How many, nnmes air on It?' I
asked.
" 'About two. I guess,' said I.lje,
shifting to the other foot.
" 'Whse was put on It last? I nsked.
'".lonnthnn Barker's, I reckon,' said
Llje, looking hot nnd uneasy.
"'Whose do yon suppose will be. the
next one?' I nsked. solemnly.
"'By gum! MePeak,' said Llje. 'it
won't be mine If I can help It.'
"And he never went near the Widow
Bnrker's for three weeks. Not till the
Widow Barker sent for him to come
up nnd she'd give him his bull-flddle.
He went up about supper time and
they were married In less than a
month.
"I tell you," concluded MoPeak, "If
ever a widow woman gets after me
I'll pack up my duds and leave."
Farm and Ranch.
Nature as a t'liyatclan.
There Is probably no other branch of
human knowledge about which the
popular conception Is so vague as the
science of medicine. In theory peo
ple no longer look upon the physician
as a man endowed with supernatural
Insight and power; but. In fact, they
still regard hlra In thnt light. They
call him to attend n case and expect
him to see nt a glance the nature of
the disense, its cause and lis remedy.
They confidently trust to him to pre
pare some mysterious compound that
shall by magic work the desired trans
formation in the weak and ailing body.
When he fails, they blame him; .when
he succeeds, they extol him.
All this Is merely childish credulity.
Man Is powerless to effect a cure. He
can no more change the tissue of the
human body than he can add a cubit to
his stature. Only nature cures. Tho
utmost the wisest physician can do
Is to secure to his patients such phys
ical conditions as favor nature's restor
ative processes.
A Frajik Psrastoor,
A frank demeanor, tbe open look nnd
the genial manner are excellent quali
fications, but a wise man confronts us
with this subtle soliloquy:
"Tbe thief's ability to look you in the
eye while he makes plausible state
ments is part of his stock In trade."
Notwithstanding the apparent truth
of the utterance quoted there is a well-
marked "ne between sincerity end dis
sembling and It requires no great stu
dent of human nature to divine It.
Therefore, It can only be said that a
good thing, ns frankness of manner un
doubtedly Is, need not be thrown away
as valueless because it Is used as a
clotik for evil by the unworthy. The
unrighteous often use the "livery of
heaven to serve the devil In." The boy
beginning life should cultlvato frank
ness, truthfulness and fearlessness and
not be deceived by any suspicious
sophistry about dissembling. New
York Commercial.
Gothic Trpa Again.
According to the Berliner Tagebiatt
the short-slghtednesa of recruits Is be
ginning to cause grave unxlety to the
Oerman War Offbre. "Bismarck him
self," comments the London Chronicle,
"who had to take to glasses long be
fore he was out of office, was strongly
of this opinion, though, from motives
of patriotism, he would not hear of the
abolition of the Gothic type, and Inva
riubly refused the gift of any book
printed In Roman characters. But tho
antl-Oothlc party is now gaining
ground, and several newspapers and
numerous scientific works are printed
in Roman type, which the Emperor
himself Is said to favor."
Mlxod His tor r.
Around tbe great striking figures of
history the small boy weaves curious
answers. "Moses' mother pitched bis
little cradle within and without with
pitch and left blm there in tho pool of
Hlloam. But wheu the daughter of
Holomon got tfle green leaf from the
dore sbo hastened and brought food
convenient for blm, and the ban
crowed thrice and grew up ia her
court." Ceuturj,
mmyhQh
French flirt's Llngcrl.
I.lko her mother, tho little French
girl has an Inborn, love of pretty lin
gerie, but the luxury of her underwear
Is limited strictly to the quality of tho
material and the beauty of tbe hand
stitching. No luce trims the dainty
garments unless It be very narrow
Valenciennes, edging a little frill on
which three tiny tucks have been run
by hand. Any embroidery thnt may
find a place on the lingerie Is worked
directly on the nnlnsook or broadcloth,
In button-hole stitched little genilops.
Washington Times.
Pcek-n-Bno Shoes.
Peek-a-boo shoes are pretty things
nmiong the most fanciful footwear. The
peek-n-boo part Is- made by cutting the
leather In simple designs on th toe nnd
the low uppers on elthrr side of the
opening. The shoes nre of kid with
high heels, and are to bo found In
every color nnd shade imaginable. One
of the prettiest is in bronze, but with
light gowns those of different colors,
pastel shades to deep tones In green,
blue, lavender pink, nnd oyster and
white nre pretty. The shoes are laced
with ribbons to match, and worn with
silk stockings of the same shade, which
are visible through the cut (Openings.
They are pretty and dainty worn with
frocks of the same color.
Aa to the Use or l'nrfutna.
Much has been said of tho vulgarity
of scent. Well, of course, there are
vulgar perfumes, Just as there nre low
music iiid art. The real reason of the
tirade against the vulgnrlty of per
fumes no doubt lies In the fact that the
scent bottle Is made too evident. A
woman of laste, In whatever class of
life, will not pour In the eau de cologne
by the pint. It Is something far more"
delicate thut she requires. It Is not a
rapid evaporation of strong scent that
she delights in, but a very faint, cling
ing fresh violets In her linen cupboard
or hanging her dress In a wardrobe
where n scent bottle Is left to evapor
ate slowly. It takes a long time for
the subtlest part of the scent to get
into every fibre of tho texture, but
when she wears that dress there is no
vulgarity about It. Sho brings a kind
of fragrant presence with her Info the
room, and it accompanies her wherever
she goes, reminding men of summer
evenings In pleasant gardens where
the lilies blow. Modern Society.
Mistress Whom a Servant Kespecta,
A woman should Insist upon being
mistress of her own kitchen, but unless
she posse ses self-control, patience and
tact she is really just as unlit to man
age her servants as a child. It is a
very true saying that a mnn or woman
who has not learned to control self is
not fit to control others. If a woman
cannot go into her kitchen without
losing her pntlence or losing her tem
per she would do better to stay out of
it. Fnult must be found, but with
servants, as with children, It should be
In a quiet, "dignified way, nnd a proper
time should be chosen for it. A woman
who does not know any better than
to take a- time when a servant is par
ticularly busy or has somo special
piece of work she Is trying to get
through, such ns washing, Ironing or
getting dinner, will never be likely to
have good service. If she scolds or
nags she at once lowers herself to the
level of her servant nnd loses the re
spect which every mistress of n house
should strive to dessrve from those
about her. Woman's Life.
Now the Fling Cont.
Very smart aro the littlo fling coats
Some of these abbreviated wraps reach
but to the top of the girdle, and yet
others come to the hips. A few end
nt tho waist line.
A white chiffon voile with emerald
green discs embroidered nt lntervnls
on the blouse and the foot of the
skirt, amid other trimmings, Is fitted
out with the cleverest fling coat, which
has thus been christened Cor obvious
reasons. Not so long since ;i garment
of similar usefulness was called the
coffee cont.
This particular example is of emer
ald green taffeta. It Is pleated and
short-sleeved and adorned with em
broidery and touches of luce at the
neck nnd front. It provide.? Just the
necessary warmth with the sheer
blotiso and may eerve for a theatre or
restnurnnt coat.
One In white taffeta shows nn Eton
as a foundation. Over this falls a blp
length pleating, the sleeves being on
corresponding lines.
These small coats may be had alono
or as a part of a three-piece costume.
Women and Laughter.
A Parisian physician bns started a
school of laughter. This Is surely an
innovation. We are accustomed to
heur that wo may "laugh and grow
fat," but whether the threat conveyed
is such that the average woman is
afraid of increasing her avoirdupois or
wuctner sue is too lazy to uo more
than smile occasionally Is not known,
but It is a fact that women do not
often laugh. They smile, and alas!
too often giggle, but a heurty laugh Is
becoming a rare thing. Some people
ciaini mat the childhood training, fore
Ing girls to be less boisterous and re
strain tlielr hilarity, hni resulted in
the absence of laughter among women,
and surely nn unmusical roar Is any
thing but pleasing, but let us try to
cultivate tne "musical tinkle ,' tbe "sll
very laugh" so much vaunted by the
novelist, and in return we are prom
ised that not only shall we be more
attractive, but entirely free from dys
pepsia tbe latter it a prosaic but
comforting reason, although If a wom
an suffers from that complaint It Is
difficult to understand Just how she
will feel well enough to laugh, and
o euro ber own Illness. Indianapolis
News.
atltrelee.
The rarW of tieneficial mctious that
may be had in husrular exerclso Is
almost unlimited. It Ik Interesting to
notice that children, when free to play
i X St
an
as they choose, Instinctively mnke so
many different motions that tbey seem
to use all their muscles. When peo
ple's ideas of propriety shall have be
come what they should be grown peo
ple can exercise like children, without
being considered daft or silly. Mnify
of the performances of children seem
to older persons purposeless and nse
less. There Is such a state of Ignorance
and prejudice that many people of
considerable education lack very much
of having a proper conception of the
relation of exercise to life and health.
One may learn and practice with bene
ft a system of exercises, as many do,
without having the acquaintance with
tho principles Involved that makes pos
sible the greatest benefit nnd interest
and enjoy ine nt. There Is an Important
advantage In knowing the reasons for
tho various movements, nnd what mus
cles mnke each movement, and how
nif.scles use bones as levers.
Fashion to lie Motherly,
Some cynics say It is merely one of
tho poses of the fashlonnblo mother
when sho lets herself be seen In public
with her children nround her. But
some stout defenders of Mrs. Fifth
Avenue say she really feels the spirit
of that Roman mother who said of her
offspring, "These are my Jewels." Mrs.
S. Barton French rarely goes for a
drive In the afternoon without at least
one of iier children In her victoria,
and Mrs. Oliver (iould Jennings nid
Mrs. Francis I). Be.ird seldom nre seen
without one or more of their hopes
with them when walking or driving.
Usually the children are dressed in
such n fashion that the mother's beauty
Is set off. Henry T. Sloane preserves
this tradition of family affection, nnd
always tnkes one of his younger daugh
ters with hlru when he goes for his
afternoon drive. A development of this
Idea Is the current fad of mothers hav
Ing their photographs taken with their
children grouped around them. Yet It
was only a few years ago when such
"family pictures" were thought to be
long exclusively to Coney Island. Posi
tively that man Roosevelt Is' getting a
following. Newark Advertiser.
Care In Dressing,
The well-dressed woman Is always a
woman of keen Intelligence and brain
power. No senseless doll knows how
to dress. She may don gaudy raiment,
spend a fortune on a gown so utterly
Inappropriate to the occasion that one
can only feel an Intense pity for her;
but no one would ever dream of lay
ing the burden of her sin against good
form nnd good taste at the door of
the whole of her sex, says the Wash
ing Times.
The woman who dresses well, In
conformity with her age, her work,
nnd her position In society, choosing
neither extreme of the prevailing
modes, but striking a happy medium,
Is the woman who has brains and
uses them to make good selection
from the fashions of the day. It is
the well-groomed, suitably gowned
womnu who attains success, whether
In business or social life.
The age of the blue stockiug has
passed, nnd nowadays the woman who
dresses unbecomingly through choice
and not for the sake of economy is re
garded as either mentally wenk or as
seeking some eccentric form of self
advertisement, which is but another
phase of unpardonable vanity. In the
commercial world the dowdy, Insignifi
cant woman, even if she has mental
ability, is at a discount when com
pared with the well-dressed woman,
confident and smiling, with bright ca
pacity written all over her comely per
son. The latter bns lea: nod an essential
fact that confidence is born of good
clothes; and therefore, with genuine
brain power, reasons the necessity of
making tho most of all ber good
points. By doing tills sho engenders
the feeling that her dress adds to her
appearance, she knows that it is fin
ished In every detail, and thus as
sured, her business assumes first Im
portance and success is gained by the
forgetfulness of self.
The woman orator, the actress, the
singer, tho musician, all understand
the philosophy of clothes" as a power
ful adjunct to their personality. And
this personality is to them of as para
mount Importance as their own individ
ual gifts.
Tho pleated skirts are popular and
pretty.
White linen coat suits tailored and
heavily embroidered are shown.
Linen holds Its own, especially In the
long cont suits, which are practical and
becoming.
Most of the separate couts nro In
plain tnllored styles, with colored vel
vet collnrs.
All sorts of efforts have been mndo
to introduce the wearing of artificial
flowers as corsage ornaments, but ko
far the American woman will have
none of It.
Skirts grow wider and wider. Even
tbe moderate ones are now at least
five yards around the hem, while eight
arc not too many to be considered for
skirts of thin material.
There are methods of laundering and
cleaning which are sferets to the world
In general, but which make It possible
and even practical to make wash fab
rics Into such dainty creations.
Tbe possibilities of the silk coat on
basqued bodice, with a sheer aklrt have
not been exhnusted, and the dressmak
ers are vying with one another In
ringing cburmlng variations upon this
idea.
The seral-tallored gown Is tho latest
outgrowth. The skirts of those gowns
are as correct In line and finish as tbe
tailor's art can make tbem, while tbe
Jackets or coats are exquisitely made,
awd art mora or less elaborate.
New York City. The blouse that
closes at the back Is a favorite for the
Oner, daintier materials and unques
tionably allows of greater variety of
treatment than Is possible for those
that are closed at the front. This one
Is made of white lawn with trimming
f Vnlenclennes lace Insertion, and Is
In every way attractive nnd desirable.
The pointed yoke is a novel feature,
nnd the tucks nre arranged in groups
thnt alternately nre full length and
part length nt the front, so giving a
quite novel effect. The lawn and lace
make a combination that are both fash
ionable and desirable, but there are
countless others which might be sug
gested. Anything that Is soft nnd fine
enough to tuck Is appropriate for the
blouse Itself, while the yoke nnd cuTs
A LATE DESIGN
mm
can be made from any banding tliut
may be liked.
Tho waist consists of the front, the
backs and the yoke, which Is cut In
one piece and Joined to them, while tbe
neck Is finished with a standing collar.
The sleevej combine full puff with
pointed cuffs, the seams being con
cealed by the trimming.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four and u quarter
yards twenty-one, three and five
eighth yards twenty-seven or two
yards forty-four inches wide, with four
and a quarter yards of luce Insertion
to trim as Illustrated for the medium
size.
Among the Hevlmla.
Ruffles and puffs are u.uoiig the re.
vlvals. and many dainty muslins show
these two decorations. One mull gown
In a lovely shade of cream white had a
skirt trimmed with six hemstitched
rullles. A trout panel of finest etu
broidery trimmed the skirt, which was
five gored und almost plain at the
waist line. The bodice hud a yoke of
fine tucks. und stripes of embroidery,
which were edged with a narrow lace
frill. A rullle fell below this yoke,
which was square In shape.
lloniespnn Nulla, '
Many of the homespun suits nre
trimmed with leather ntrap, collars,
cuffs, revers and belts, or theso ad
juncts are edged with the leather.
Leather caps give a fitting finish to
such toilets. The Russian blouse, for
sporting purposes, has the advantage
of secreting roomy jKxkets under Its
box pleats. Yoke tubs ul the front are
sometimes the couceulers of pockets,
iid pockets ure even Introduced into
sleeve cuffs.
Moll Is Altractlre.
Mull is a while material which will
bear all kinds of manipulation, and Is
actually more attractive wheu nn
trimmed. A charming model was iuad
,
of the finest and softest white mull.
The skirt wns shlrrpd in groups of
three around the hips, each line of
shirring catching the mull in A tiny
tuck. Five rows of shirred tucks hend
ed tbe full flounce which finished tbe
skirt.
Muslin Gowns the Vogne.
Muslin gowns nre extremely fashion
Able this senson white and colored,
plain and figured, and there are many
new designs that nre effective and
smart. Both lace and embroidery are
fashionable trimmings, and are often
combined on the same gown, while rib
bons of nil descriptions play a most im
portant part. Harper's Bazar.
A Fashlnnahln (town,
An old pink chiffon cloth gown had ft
skirt with a centre seam, on either
side of which wns an inverted pleat.
There was a double Inverted pleat in
the buck, nnd the rest of the skirt wns
plain and tight fitting. Two "flares."
or shaped flounces, attached without
any fullness, trimmed the foot of the
skirt.
ISIotise With Cllrille anil Snspemlers.
Suspend"is and suspender effects ap
pear to have tiiKen the feminine world
by storm nnd Increase In popularity as
tbe season advances. Illustrated Is
one of the most desirable of nil waists
of the sort that Includes a fitted girdle
to which the bretelles are attached.
In the illustration the material Is white
linen with trimming of embroidery,
the suspenders nnd belt being piped
with blue, but tbe design enn be util
ized for almost nil seasonable materials
nnd trimming can be banding of nny
sort of embroidery worked onto the
material, or ngilin the suspender and
belt can be simply lined, piped with
BY MAY MANTON.
contrasting color, as In the case of the
model or finished with some little braid
or trimming.
The waist is mudo with fronts and
back, the fronts being tucked to form
the yoke, and the backs for their entire
length, so giving a tapering effect to
the figure. At the centro front is a
wide box pleat, which can be covered
with embroidery ns In the cuse of the
model or finished plain in shirt waist
style as preferred. Tho belt is mude
In sections, and is fitted to the figure
and closed In double breasted style,
while the suspenders, In two portions
each, are Jointed to it by means of but
tons. The sleeves are becomingly full,
with the deep cuffs that mark the sea
son. The quantity o material required for
the medium size Is five yards twenty
one, four and a quarter yards twenty-
seven or two und a quarter yards forty-four
Inches wide, with two and a
quurtor yards of banding to trim at .
iustratod.