THE STONE'S JOKE. n Gnernney't Island, huge, alone, Before cavern lay a stone, Upon its surface, curved, a screed la antique letters none could re.vl. At length a stranger Honied the c'.'fi, In ogham, rune, and heiroRlypli Well schooled. He bent hix learned had Above the atone, and thin he read' "To him who turns me o'er, 1 aay His tod ahall not be thrown away." They came with lever, jack and chain. 'i'hpy heaved and hauled with, might and main, IN RHODA'S ROOM. By Charlotte 8SfcS&8 JIIAN'T I help you, d-ar? David ouuie lmlf nn hour ago." Mrs. Cox stopped on the threshold In dismay. "O, Khoda, what u dread ful room!" The girl at thedrtssing-table laughed. "Isn't it? Another good room gone wrong! But come In, mommy, coine In. I guess you can make It, some liow. Jump! I'd liko you to tie my Rash, If you will, please." Mrs. Cox's deft fingers fashioned the broad red ribbon Into n graceful bow, its fringed ends falling to the hem of Khoda's white iroek. Khoda, with tier bead over liei shonkler. studied the effect in the glass. "You do tie Just tbe stun ningest bow, mommy!" she commend ed, "la my hair nil right?" "It looks very well," the moth r de rided. "Hut, deary, why don't you liavp a place for everything, arid " "OU. I have!" Khoda Insisted, with n sweeping gesture of hotli bands. "This dn-sslng-tahlc's it. I think you'll tiud everything here, unbss it's my other flipper." She thrust out a foot clad only In a red silk stocking. "Von don't happen to see that other slipper any where, do you, Mrs. Cox?" "Where do you usually keep your slippers?" that lady ask d. "Oh, I don't kei p tliem anywheie!" Itlioda walled. "Tln-y won't stay. They're what do you oallit? immadie. I found this one under the bed." Mrs. Cox knelt ami peered under the bed. "No, it isn't here." she said; "but hi re Is your blu- veil, Klioda. " "Mean thing!" Itboda scolded. "It just wriggles under tli.it bed every chance it g is. I suppose I'll have to wear my blin k slippers." Her mother was searching the shoe bag ou the closet donr. 'See!" she boasted, holding up a red shoe with a tiig, shining buckle. "Hut you really onaht to bp nshnmod, ii nr." "I nm," aald Iihoda. looking crushed. "To think of n shoe of mine being found in a shoe-bag! It humiliates me. Rut don't look so solemn, mommy, please! I'm going to reform. I am. To-morrow. You'll see!" "Hello!" shouted a voice nt the foot of the stairs. "Von w. ren't going to n party to-night. wer yon?" ,JlYes, David, In one minute!" Iihoda culled. "Now I wonder where my red fan is. Could It be in the shoe-bug, do you think, Mrs. Cox':" , "Or under the bed?" LaMommy, I'm surprised! You're pos itively ninlieiotis," pnach'-sl Khoda. who was plowing through her dressing table dr.iwer.nnd tossing the contents In all directions. "Where can the mis erable thing In ?" " 'Good-by, Dolly. I must leave you'.' " sang the voice below, threat-ning'y. Iihoda caught up a palm-loaf fan from the window-seat. ' I'll take this." 8he said. She gave her mother a quick little hug and kiss, and run down the stairs. "Ob. good evening, David!" she said. soron-Iy. "Have you been waiting? I'm so sorry!" "Only a little matter of an hour or two," said I'nvid. pidit-ly. "I'.ut It was worth it," he added, taking her wrap and fan, "and if we run 1 guess maybe we can get there. In time for the last lance." Khoda laughed, "flood night, moth er!" she cried. "Now please don't do anything to. that room. Just turn the. liulits out, and it won't show. And I'm going to reform- to-morrow!" "That nee m a to have n sweet, fa mil'ur sound," inused Mrs. Cox, who was standing at tin- head cf the stairs. "I wonder where I could have heard It before, flood night, my children! Have the very best time you ever bad In your lives again." And she turned hack Into the riotous room, where, finking into the least engaged eh.iir, which a tennis skirt and a lace petti coat hospitably shared with l.er, she considered the condition which con trolled In r. When should she b( gin? The stately old mahogany chest ap peared to be suffering the most. One "f its tall glass eniiill-stb'ks was sportively Haunting a crimson cap, the other Lore aloft a l,g white hat wr. ntbed with yellow ros-s: on Its lin n cover the emit-ms of a broken -amly-box were hobnobbing with the spools of an overturned worl;-baket, while letters, gloves, books, tenuls-hnll and withered flowers added to th" rococo effect. Every one of its draw ers was open and overllowiug with tumbled heaps of cambric, lace ami embroidery. "You poor old ihing!" Mrs. Cox spoke Blond in her amusement, as she hurried to render llrst aid to the injured chest. The frivolous ill tie new dressing fable came next, then the desk, then the room at large. The onslaught was quick, practiced, thorough. Before It hoe retired to the sltoe-bag, soiled clothing to the elothi s-liamper, dresses to the closet books-, flip while parasol and the tennis-racket got oft the bed; the sprawling bath-gown came down from the screen. "When at last the room loooked fresh nd restful In Its perfect orihr, its good genius drew a long breath and paused a moment, with hum! raised, to turn Oct the gas. She extinguished one Jet nnd ilowly lowered the other to a dim point, only to bring It flaring back affuiu at full bead. Tor a moment longer she hesitated, wrinkling her smooth foruheud In coubt; then, with a queer little smile a her lip and th light of resolution Ira 77 Tliev plied the atone with rone and crow To find the hoard concealed below. At last it turned. The mottled, pied And anil-discolored underside Another ancient legend bore; And thus the scholar read once more: "Kind friends, attend! Through year and year On one poor aide I've languished here And bezgcd the boon for which I yearned That Home one turn me. Thanks. I'm turned Arthur Guiterman, in tbe New York limes. Sedgwick. in her eyes, she set about undoing her careful work. And when she had tin Islnd, the lust state of that room was as bad as the first. She was trying to balance the big bat on Its candlestick again, as the final touch, when her husband, who had been standing unobserved In the doorway, spoke: "Might a poor, be fogged mortal Inquire the meaning of these awful orgies? I shall till Khoda Want come help? I could break the crockery, you know, and paw up the rugs, and er things." "No, it's just as Khoda left It. 1 think. Isn't It disgraceful?" she added. Mr. Cox looked about. "Pretty bad," he agreed. "Does she always leave" it like this?" "Nearly always. The Instinct of order doesn't seem to be in her. As a child she never picked up her toys, and she nevi r learned to put anything In Its place. When I had this room fitted lip for her this spring, I thought that per haps she would improve, have some pride about It. She did for a week!" Mr. Cox reflet-tod, "I seem to ro tn mbi-r that you never really gave her a chance to phi; ap her own play things." be said. "And when she haves her room in this state you al ways lix It up for her." "Nearly always." Mrs. Cox repeated, wearily. "I did to-night. And then it suddenly occurred tit me that might be just the trouble--that I'd been prem-hing order to her all her life, nnd -and " "And practicing it for her, too," bp supplied. "Kxaetly. Might us well swing her Indian clubs for her, and preach her muscles strong! You just give your bump of order a much needed n st for a while, and let Khoda's have a chance. My, but It's warm. Come down on the porch and coed otT. Joe's asleep in the hammock. Hard work, fishing!" Tbe night was sultry, oppressive; suffering humanity gasped nnd fanned. I'.ut relief was coming. There was a long prelude of fitful wind and mutter ing thunder, and then, fo a crashing accompaniment, the rain it me. Mr. Cox shook the hammock, "foe! Oct up. It s in o'clock. You won't get to IiihI in time to get up to go fishing." Joe struggbd to his feet. "o fUbing if this storm goes and muddles everything all up." he yawned. "Ilhoifa got an umbrella?' "1'H take her pne If thin doesn't let up." Ms father said. "Yoo needn't you go to bed." It fid not let np, and nt II o'l-foik Mi. Cox snlllo.f forth to the party, lad-n with raincoats, overshoes) and umbrellas. "Ynn're going to have company." bo nnnomieed. cheerfully, on Ms return. "Margery limes is coining to s1;ty all night with Khoda. She and her brother drove over for-the party, and of course they can't go back in this storm; so Jolm is going home with Imvtd, and Margie is coming In re." .Mrs. Cox had started np ttm stairs. Her husband mad a dash and planted himself on the step above her. "Over my dead body!" he threatened. "You arc not going to chng that room." "Hut. Howard, I must!" she pleaded. "The guest room Isn't aired, nnd I simply can't let .Margery Inness see Khoda's room as it looks now. Urit I uon i Know .nrs. unless, no. I n-r repu tation as a housekeeper is something appalling." "It is that!" Mr. Cox agi d. "That reputation Is twenty-four miles square, if it's an inch. Tin y do say," he added, darkly, "that she makes Inness fold np Ms m-wspapirs and lay them on the table think of that! And I've heard that " Howard!" bis wife rebuked, laugh ing. "Well, let's just leave that room as it It." he coaxed. "Why, don't you sis-? The vi ry weather Is playing your game, sending Margery here. She has never stayed with Khoda before, has she.' Well, Khoda will be terribly .".shr.nifd, nnd sln-'ll n form nnd be a model of orderlin-ss foreve nnoro. This is the tide in the affairs of men vou mustn't let It pass." He had been gradually backing up stairs, adroitly blocking Mrs. Cox In her attempts to pass Mm. At the door of Klicda's dimly lighted room he stopped. "That's really (he worst-looking room I ever saw," be said, Joyfully, with the air of a connoisseur. "Mrs. Inness will wash Margery's f s out with soup and wat- r; and ol ' ye she'll never let In r play wit;, . i again. I shouldn't, In her place." "Hut, Howard." Mrs. Cox began. "I iiliand me, woman!" he thundered, imprisoning her with a sweep of his ai in. "Vou are not going In. As a hor rible example this room Is n wonder, and I shall keep you from Ktwilllng It If it takis nil night. Will you come away peaceably, or shall I carry you, madam?" "Oh, I'll come," she surrendered, laughing. She was still awake when the girls came home. She heard them telling the boys th-lr merry good nights on the steps; she heard them chattering ovr their wraps In the hall; and she heard them feeling their way slowly up the stairs In the dark. "You've never seen my room, have you?" Khoda's clear, happy voice reached her. "It's tbe very prettiest one In the bouse, I think. I just went over Into it this spring, you know, and It was done all over for me. Now, you stand here, while I turn up the fins, or you'll .'all over some furniture." There was a minute's silence, nnd then a breadth of light fell along the hall floor. Mrs. Cox held her breath. "O-o-h!" Khoda's voice was full of chagrin. "O Margie, Isn't It Just nw ful? I didn't remember that It looked so bad. I was In such n hurry! And mother usually looks nfter It. Haven't 1 been a little pig to let her?" Tbe voice was remorseful now. "And ! rememberI told her not to, to-night. Hut I thought well. I salU I was going to rnform to-morrow, hut I reckon It will have to be to-night. If we want a place to sleep. How do you like my room. Miss Inness? Oh, sit down! There's n spot ou the floor that Isn't occupied." The breadth of light suddenly nar rowed and vanished, and peals of girl ish laughter came faintly down the h.TII. In the morning M. Cox was the last one to leave bis room. At Khoda's door he paused an Instant, nodded, anil run down-stairs, singing, with feeling: "My object all sublime. T shall achieve in time; To k-t the punishment fit the crime, Tbe punislanent " "What's that you're singing?" de manded Khoila. as he appeared on the veranda. "Oh ah-lt's merely a little ditty I learned once." he explained. "How do yon do, Margery? Yon didn't have the nightmare, or anythltg?" Khoda was watching him. "I believe you put hrr tip to it" she said. "To the nightmare? Miss Inness, I protest!" he crli-d." Khoda slipped her hand through his arm. "When you look so Innocent-llkel have my doubts," she laughed. "Didn't you put mother np to " "I?" Mr. Cox looked grieved. "Never! It was original sin yon ask her. Thought It was a shabby trick, myself! For our wife and mother, Khoda. that little lady over there In the white dress does show surprising lack of feeling sometimes surprising! lint I say. Khoda. I noticed something a little well, queer about your room as I came by. Do you think its order liness is an ncute attack, or " "Chronic," pronounced Khoda. stand ing on tiptoe to kiss' him. Youth's Companion. rennaytTwnla's '.erg-eat Oak. Dr. V. ,s. O. Kieber Is the owner of the largest white oak tree In Pennsyl vania. This beautiful specimen of a tree stands almost In the centre of a large Held in Maxatnwny township, about one mile nnd a half from Kutsj town. The circumference of this giant at the level of the ground Is thirty-bne feet: circumference four feet from the ground, nineteen feet ten Inches: cir cumference six feet from the ground, ghteen feet four Inches; greatest spread of branches fund trunk). 104 feet: height of tree (estimated), seventy-time- feet eight Inches. Its small height as compared with its great spread of branches might indicate that It always has been a field tree and that It either stood in nn opening before tile white oaks took possession of the soil or that it started since tbe civilized settlers cleared the rround. ThniiL'li. the trunk is hollow nnd there is an opening- into it on the northern side near the ground, there appears to be no reason why this giant oak might not, with proper can-, fast for centuries. Considering the vast spread of its branches tin re is no other Pennsyl vania free approaching It in size which is n : once so symmetrical and so beo-n-tiful.-Phlladelphlu Press. "Too Much Rush." Years ago, when the West was voimg and unthreaded bv milrouds and the great lakes, with their steamboats, af forded the only means of communica tion with the East, a Western inacii-fa- turer was coming np the lakes late in the fall with Ms winter's stock of en! and iron. In the Straits of Mack inaw, when? a northwest gale was tearing down and putting white- raps on the waves, be saw coming down on the gale whut appeared to be a tree torn from its rooting, but which as It came nearer proved to be a large bush in the prow of a canoe in the stern of which sat an Indian, nble only to guide his fro!! craft, but unable to get for ward mid take down his Kail. As the cun-vp flew past the steamer the Indian, pointing forward, yelled out: "Too much bush; too much hush." The story aptly tits the cases of men wlio put overweening confidence, in ihi-lr business capacity and embark In enterprises too large for their owd msuas to carry. St. Paul Dispatch. Mnllara Under Nemesis. nenceforwnrd even the commemora tion tablet cannot be accepted us ,on elusive evidence of the fuct which It records. The discovery has just been made that there are two houses In Paris marked with tablets relating that "in this house Moliere was born." tlU worse, they Introduce confusion as to the date of that event, one of them stating It to have taken place in ln:!ii and the other in lti'ja. One of these houses Is at the Kue dtl Pont Neuf and the other at a corner of the. Kins St. Honore and Suuval. Moliere seems to have uncommon Ill-luck with his iluti-s. It Is not long since two houses In the Kue Klclielleu claimed to have been thut in which he died, and the dispute was only settled after dif ficult negotiation. There Is a dramatic nemesis about the Idea of the father of French comedy himself becoming a comedy of errors. London Olobe. Mysterious Jones. Who is the Man with the Cigar? Ills Name Is Jones. Is he a (Jood Mun? Yes; but be bus one Bad Fault. What is the Fault? Uo Beefs about the Beauty of the Town lie Came From. U saya it is a Little Town, but the People are Honest and do not try to Skin You. When they Taka You by the Hand they Phake It Heartily and you Know they Mean It. Is he Going Back there to Live? Ob, not He may Oo Rack on a Short Visit, but you could not Keep Him There with a Gating Gun, Why does he Talk Ou Way and Act Another? ! Yon may Search Li, Child. Detroit Tribune. f Faint) Tors. Do not buy painted wooden toys for the bairns, says an authority. During our early years of life we closely re semble the lower animals In bringing everything to the test of taste. Some toy manufacturers state that the col ors they use are harmless, but with out questioning their veracity tne may say that the inside of little children can very well dispense with paint. Meaolnf of Ir!na;. To be well dressed does not necessi tate an abundance of clothing. It rather means a few things carefully chosen and treated with close atten tion. One well-fitting gown Is worth more than half a dozen different ones, no matter what their material. But with It there must be plenty of the little but necessary things that distin guish the well-groomed woman from the frump. It is the old story of the small details of which every depart ment of life Is built np the absence of good results when they are neglected and the transformation caused by brushing them up. .Tap-ioesM flarilen. What to Eat describes a miniature Japanese garden which has been ar ranged with fine effect in the how win dow of a New York City dining room. The garden Is built on n foundation consisting of a tiled receptacle about four Inches high. "On one side Is a pebbly beach with two toy Junk boats drawn up high on the beach. Through the centre of the box Is nn elevation of earth, planted with delicate moss, min iature trees and ferns. A tiny, carved Japanese house, Ivory storks, men, women and Images, nre nrrauged about amid the green. This Is protected by a larjje lantern of fantastic design hung with tassels, which hangs above the garden, and through which the elec tric light gives a soft glow." Collars anil Cnffs. It Is a great collar and cnfT day. Sleeves fitted to the elbow have wid ened the cuffs so Hint the little turn over, quite out of the swim, has given plare to the wide one ornate? with needlework of embroidery or lace silk, or with lwvth combined. The wide turn over collar of linen, silk or leather Is popular, and at Its best is often em broidered In eyelet sprigs or other open patterns. Hitrdangcr work, with some change, continues prevalent. The new collars, cuffs, belts, bands for trim ming, waists and gowns, have a lieavy lacework Introduced with the coarse patterns characteristic of the Scandi navian stitch. A host of women? are tolling at this needlework, making for themselves llnery that, in the stores, would be prohibitive In price. Newark Advertiser. rashraalte Gowns. Among the- new colors are tt lime green and a softened strawberry tone, the latter making an Ideal cloak when trimmed with silken braids to match and having a rest of satin, traced' with gild and' shaded pinks. One can pic ture it over white evening dress, nnd over a chiffon to mutch Its suwess would be assured. Chiffon dresses for evening continue pre-eminently attractive wIipii trimmed with rlbbonn or tucks or Hornr gar lands, but the more economical will consider favorably evening dresses niade of pompadour taffeta with luce berthas and high belts of mine plain color. Skirts arr still gathered round the hips. Nearly all the skirts are- cut on the cross,, and there Is no- doubt that cashmere-fs among the matoriaU trying for a top- place. A Marriace In Clrlna. A Chinese marriage Is a solemn cere mony uo talk, ni levity, and much crying. After the exchange of presents the bride Is dressed with much care In brocade or silk, hf r eyelashes are paint ed in deep black, and she wears a heavy red veil attae-hed to a scarlet headdress, from which imltatjo.'i pearls hang over her fore-head. .V feast Is spread upon a tabl to which the blush ing bride is led by live of iier friends. They are seated at the table, but no one eats. When the mothee starts cry ing the maids follow, and the bride Joins iu the (.-horns. The bridegroom now enters with four friends. They pick up the throne t u whlcti the bride sits, and, preceded by the bridegroom, forri a procession am! walk around the room or into an adjoining room, signi fying that he Is carrying her away to Ills own home. The guests, then throw rice at the happy couple, a custom we have borrowed from them. lrt In To jell. I fet In touch with the joy centre of I your being which is as real and boun tiful as a well of sparkling spring I water, and which will refresh yoAl com pletely If you only give It the chance. Joy Is one of the greatest germ-kill er in existence. It is a positive radi ant force. Irresistible and compelling before which nil discouragements and ills go down In utter defeat. A good dose of Joy, will do more for you than any tonic or medicine you can name Joy! Sing It und say It! Think it and pray it! 'And, above all things, srnile! Smile though you cannot see any cause for smiling. Smile, though a burden of sorrow seems crushing you to the earth. Smile, though grief tugs at your heartstrings. If your days are gray and your tasks humdrum smile! Smile until you awukeu that Joy cen tre which lives at the core of you. And after you have once awakened It keep ou stimulating It dally with your persistent practice of Joy. - , r Infanta' Fashions. infanta' fashions change Just a often as do those of older people, and they are quite a important, says the New ark Advertiser. The baby who atarts lu to have thing nlc and neat can bot help to have the habit thrust upon tt In after days. lufuiits' wearing ai parel aul It accessoriaa are, perhayt two of the most interesting subjects which a woman could pursue. The dnlnty bttle dressing table articles are generally preferred on Ivory, celluloid, or bone, as silver and gold trimmed ones nre more In use for the grown ups. While all the appointments should be daintiness Itself they should have a decided air of simplicity rather than fusslness. There nre so many things which a baby requires, and there are so many things which are said that bt!pn;r to It but which, if looked nt rightly, nre simply foolish ness on the part of tbe giver. Wealthy children ore more often burdened with these elegant accessories, and it seems that they are not nearly so happy as the less fortunate ones who have "Just enough." The toilet basket, the hamper, the bassinet, stand for the bath, carriage and dress apparel, all should sp'ak of careful and refined care, but not of loudness, which comes very near to vulgarism. Kverythlng about the baby should be white as far as possible, and then the most delicate shade of blue or pink is nil the color that Is required for Its outfit. Pillows may nve a great deal of hand work attached, but one can keep It down to such ah ex tent that It keeps its simplicity. Baby clotlns should be baby clothes, and not a small reproduction of mother's even ing gowns. In fact, the Utile darling needs simple carefulness, and it will be a happy, healthy baby. Pointers on Dyeing. "What would I suggest your doing with your gray cloth dress? Have It dyed, of course," said the fluffy little woman, as she sipped her tea. "Kut do you think it would be satis factory?" "Wi ll. I should say so. My dyer ran work wonders. You know that brown dress yonr sister raved over so? That was a dyed dress, and so was that blue one. He does Just tine work. But let tne tell you a trick about the business something that I found out myself by experience. It'll save you money and much trouble. No, yori don't have tr rip up your dress It holds together bet ter, that fs, holds Its' shape better, If It Is not BIT loose-. But that wasn't what I bad in mind. It's thlR. Get an extra yard or more of new goods and have It dyed at the same time, and then you will have enough goods for alterations. If you can't get the- same material, get something like It, or get silk. Y'ou have no Idea liow much easb r It Is to make over a dress that has been dyed when you hnve some- extra material: of the same shade."' Fatllerf line- Xot a Tyrant. It was probably while we were em ployed with our creams and cosmetic "before retiring" last night that we thought about "keening young" or growing old. Just because old time- Is still a-flying, we are not obliged to grow older. Just because the years are passing we need not h ave youth behind. Just because onr birthdays nre ac cumulating we- are not duty bound tone-cumulate gray-bended hearts. For, after all, the stream of time can- wuft us to the-lovely land of youth and Its flower time as well as to the vale of years with Its sere anil yellow leaf. We can choose our own port and go. In either direction. We can grow old or young ns we will. We can have less care at Dfty-ona- than children at fifteen. We- can have less care nt fifty-one- than at twenty. We can have less anxiety at fiftv- tw than at twenty-five. We can Imve less worry a-nd more bnoyancy at slxty-sU than at six teen. We can- have lighter hearts at sirty- one than at thirty-one. We can have fresher hopes, snnnler faith, calmer peace, warmer, ruddier, redder hve in our sixties and seventies than In onr teens and twenties. Old Father Time is supposed to have a trick of giving out worries and cares. and responsibilities, and gray hairs, and tfonblPd over backs and doubled under hearts. Hp has a reputation for trampling on our lovely hopes, and blighting our am bitions, and freezing out our airy ardors. Don't you believe It? A black and white dotted Swiss mane n pretty owning or dinner gown. A linen Inwn gown, clear green and white, with a smull figure, was almost very simple. Flower hats are not very good bar gains ordinarily, as th flowers are too perishable to last long. Boom gowns or negligets, which have entirely superseded the floppy wrapper of undent days, ure a necessity. Among a number of white linen gowns was one of plain white, co:n hlnrd with linen embroidered In large dofs, The silk and fabric gloves sold this year are much bi-.tter in tho quality of the silk used as well as in shape and fit than ever before. A dimity gown was palest blue, nnd was almost entirely handmade. The gown was a princess, full shlrrlngs securing It at the waist line. Very dainty was a dimity gown with small sprigs of rosebuds, on a clear white ground. The skirt was tucked except In front In groups of three. Very attractive was a New York City window full of Porto It lean hats for women. They were all In outing shapes, and many were qulto un trimmed. ( ' i j A recent census of the homeless poor of London showed that 11HM) tnea and 812 weoiva were lit the ttrevts. New York City. As has been truly sahl the chemisette model has become such a favorite that It outnumbers almost every other sort nt any gather- big of fashionable women. Here Is u most attractive wulst Unit can bo mude high or low neck us occasion de mands and with elbow tr full length sleeves, being quite charming in both forms lu tlie illustration. The mater ials nre pale blue chiffon loiiisine with chemisette nnd cuffs of sheer white batiste Inset with Valenciennes band ing and flounced sleeves of the lace over batiste foundations; but the mode Is one that Is adapted to all the fash ionable silk and wool materials and also to the handsome muslins nm! the like which nre made with equal eluli oration. The chemisette illustrated Is botli smart and dainty, but any all over material may be used, or muslin embroidered by hand, which is, per haps, the best of nil. The waist is made over n fitted lin ing and is closed nt the centre front. On this lining nre arranged the chem isette and the waist portions, the closing of the chemisette being made at the left shoulder of the waist, in- A LATS PSSIGK visibly beneath the edge of the right front. The sleeves consist of frills of luce iirrangisl over foundations with tbe slnslnsl over jMirtioiiH over them and the long cuffs, which are faced on to the titled lining. At the waist Is worn a full belt thut is shaped to form the girdle. The quantity of material required for the -medium size Is two and three quarter yards twenty-one, two and one quarter yards twenty-seven or -one and three-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, with two yards twenty-seven inches wide for chemisette nnd sleeve foundations, nine yards of luce, nine yard- of insertion and tlve-clghtb yards of silk for the belt to make as illustrated In the medium sl.e. A Touch of Perelitn. One can do wonders with Persian, embroidery this year. It comes lu all colors and It Is any width one pleases.- For the trimming of u smart Jacket -file three-Inch width Is good. It should be used to border tlie sleeves, bo tiny small (it tlie cuff or -wide, and it should lie used around the collar and down the front; and, perhaps, If It be becoming, all the way around tlie back. One can do such a very great deal with n wide baud of Pu'aiun. Daintiness Her.iilrtil. The tia-gown must be daintiness It self, whether it be of sluiplo dimity cut lu round length for comfort or of exquisite lingerie. Tho newest tea. gosvu Is very full ami shows a rippling flounce frilled nt th.f foot. A new Idea Is the rainbow effect Introduced lit the foot of an ull-whlte tea-gown. To obtain It, add a detachable flounce formed of three laytrs of chiffon or of inoiissellne of different colors. Artificial Flowers. Shall we also see the artificial flowers which are so greatly admired for dre and coiffure garnitures abroad? We rend: "Flowers roses In particular are affected ns clusters, wreaths nnd semi-wreaths, a novel ornament being a large ring of shaded pink roses laid Hat upon the crown of the head, the coiffure also being quite flat, without a suggestion of a topknot, while In front of the wreath the hair Is pushed well forward over the forehead." A llole-o Suit. Among the linen gowns orTereJ for very moderate prices was n liolero suit of oyster white linen elnmlne. The short skirt was seven-gorpd, n very late model, and was tlgbt-flttlng over the hips, flaring very wide nt the hem. All the gores were stitched with three rows of stitching nnd the deep hem was sim ilarly treated. Tlie f.eadlns: Color. The leading color is white. In various shades pure white or chalk, sand, twine, and so forth; then comes blue, In numerous gradations from the palest flax flowers to the bright bluebell. Pale pink Is in great favor, and always gives a refined aspect. A Wearable flown, A gown of heavy butcher's linen In a creamy shade had a skirt embroidered in long, slender lozenges of broderle Anglaise. The Hhlrt waist blouse was likewise embroidered. Fancy Pleated Kton. The fancy Kton is one of those at tractive little wraps which gain added favor with each week of the season. It is so dainty, generally becoming and attractive, find tills so- evident a need that it can be relied upon to be worn not alone during the present season, but for the earlier weeks of the autumn. Here Is one that Is quite novel, and Is finished with a big collar which can be of the material, of the favorite embroidered muslin, of lin en or of pique. The pleated portions provide becoming fulness, while the loose sleeves do away with all possi ble anxiety to the fate of those worn beneath. In this Instance the coat Is made of sage green taffeta, simply BY AVAY ttAKTON. stitched with behimg silk, while the little collar Is of sheerest linen luwn Mulshed witli banding of combined em broidery, but nil similar silks, the fav orite voll nnd linen and lace are equally appropriate. The cont Is made with the pleated fronts and buck portions and yoke nnd sleeves which are cut In one. The big collar Is separate and seamed to the neck. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and seven-eighth yards twenty-one, three 1 "V.-. - ran yard twenty-seven or two and, ona eighth yards forty-four Inches wtfs. with on-buif yard twenty-seven Inchef wldo for the collar and one and on quarter yards of banding.
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