LITTLE M TIB Utl SEOKKTABf JOH HaT. I don't go much on religion, I never ain't had no snow; lint I Rot a midillin' tixlit grip, air, On the lia nil lul o' things I know. I don't pan out on the prophet Anil freewill, and tiut mitt ( thin;- Hut 1 believe in (ioil ami the ange'a Ever aince one night last spring. I come into town with acme turnips. Anil my little finbe mm aloi j -fc'o four year-old in the county Could hf.it Inm fur pretty and strong. l.irt ami chipper ami sassy, Always ready to swear ami fight Anil I'd learnt nun to chaw terbacker Jest to keep In milk teeth wlntt. Xno aiiow come down like a blanket As I paei! hv Tsititart's storv; 1 went in tor a juu, ui molasses And left the tram at the dir. They wared at something and stalled I heard one little siiieal, And hell-to-split over the prnirie Went team, Little Breeches and all. lfcll to split over the prune; I was almost trim' with sleer, lint we rousted up some torches. And ai'iuvlted tor 'em bir and near. At liint we struck hosses and w.inn, f AN UNWORTHY SUITOR. By Ella R tCJ. OOlMiY." said Kva June. i( V gayly. and her cotupa riloli O I j- 2 "ft,',l "' ll!,t in courtly. 51 K ilidHimilr fnshloii. WOW "Until to-morrow,' said, softly, with a tender filtiicc that made tlio cheeks turn to i. deeper pink. lie tl ('!), Birr Ia closed the gate, and walked briskly to the Jteps of the old fash ioned mansion that stoixl in the Wldst of spacious, well-kept ground. Once the June estate und been well In the suburbs, but now the growth of the town hail almost overtaken it. From the wide balcony one could sec rows of dwellings, and nt the comer an enterprising builder was erecting n large block of flats; but the old house and grounds remained as they had been for many years. As Eva stepped across the threshold Of her home, an elderly man advanced from an adjacent room. "Was that Lon -itli you," he nsked. "No, papa." replbnl Eva, turning toward the stairs. "Wait u minute," said ber father, with a show of irritation. "Who was It?" Eva looked down as she answered. "Mr. Lang, lie met me in the city." Mr. June's brow cloudi-d. "I do not like that Wilfred Lang. I wish you to have nothing to do with him." he said. "I don't like that smooth, hypocritical way of his: lie doesn't appear to me like a gentle man." "Oh, papa, how can you say so':" protested Eva. "Ills maimers nre ir reproachable." "Ob, I know he's handsome and dresses well." said the other; "but I don't like him that's enough. He will trever be welcome in my house, re niotnber that." As Evn descended the stairs. her eyes U1U.J with tears at her father's un usual barshi.oss. "Such Injustice!" she thought. "Hut It is partly Lou's fault; he has preju diced pupa. I shall li;iti him if he continues to Interfere with me. 1 wisli he were not coming to-night." Nevertheless, she arrayed herself that evening In n must becoming cos tume of rose and black, and fastened a spray of-(lowers eoquettishly In her dark hair; then, to prove her complete Indifference to her expected caller, she seated herself at the piano and began Hinging a popular song, nil hough she beard his footsteps along the hall. Lort Swarton appro.-! died, but Evil, with persistency, kept on singing verse after verso, till at last be bent Over her mid laid his hands UMU the little lingers touching the keys. "Oh, is it you':" she said, airily, wheeling about. "How mean of you to interrupt me." "How long would you wait?" asked her visitor, bear you sing. Eva. but I have me "I like 10 wanted at least to be made welcome." I.on Swarton was tail, dark ami dig titled; his serious face nml quiet man lier were a decided culitra.st to the bloud, effeminate beauty and dashing ways of Wilfred Lang. He never lilted to litnl Eva in this teasing, rebellious .mood; lie was no trlller himself, and lately he had begun to fear that the girl he loved was drifting away from him. "I don't know whether yon are wel come or not," said Eva. with a little toss of her dainty head. "I am vexed With you, Lou. You have known nie a lon;, time, and I dare say feel much in terested In tny welfare, but you pre. Ruuir too much on our friendship when you try to prejudice my father agalnsi my friends." "What are you talking about V" asked her companion, quietly. "About Wilfred Lang. I'apn has for bidden hitn the Imiiie, n nil it Is your fault." replied Eva. "He believes everything yuu nay, and when you tell him that Wilfred Lang is not a gentle inun, or fit company for his daughter, of course he take your word for it." "Evn. you are nn.ic.st," said Lon. "I admit tl.nt I do not like Wlirred Lang. He Is a man of whom we know little, but I never tried to Influence your father. But what In Wilfred Lang to you?" The deepening .1uu on the girl's cheeks, the downcast eyes, the silence that followed his question all served to rouse the Jealous passion in the man's heart. "You have seen him lately; yon wish to see him again!" he said, fiercely, "Eva, Is It possible you really care for that man's society? Do not trllle with me! Have you promised to ace hint agulu?" "You have no right to ask." answered Eva, creating her head "1 have a right," be said. "More than that I orbld It!" Kva faced hi to In sudden, girlish pni- 81011. "I deny that you have a right to die tate to uie, I ahull di Just as please!" lAn Swarton rose, pals and deter mined; the affair was beginning to as mme a serious aspect. He felt that be yrn Injiiret', dened. and that un oilier man had usurped. Li place la . Eva t uoarr. BREECHES. Snowed under a oft, white mound, I'psot di ad beat lint of little tiaua No hide not hair was found And here nil hope soured on me Of mv tellow critters' aid. A jest lloptipd down on my marrowbone, Crotch deep in the snow, and prayed. s ' liy this, the torches was played out, And me nml Isrul Parr Went otl 1'or some wood to a sheepfuij '1 hut be said was soinewhar tbar. We Inund it at last, and a little shed Where thev shut up the lambs at niitht, We looked in and seen them huddled tliar, So warm and s!eep and white; And th.il sot Little Hieeches und chirped, As peart as ever you see, "I want a chaw of turlmcker. And that' what the matter of m?. " How did he git th.ir? Angel, lie could never have walked in that storm; 'J'liey jest scooped down and toted him To wh.ir it was sate und warm. And I think that saunn a little child, And t'olclunu him to his own. Is n denied sight better business Than lo.iling aioiind the throne. VC 1A. ML Pearce. "Vou deny that I have a right'" ho repeated. ! you mean, then, that I ntu nothing p, ,-on? t)mt t))U MmM)tM. tongued fishlon phile has come be tween us?" "Oh, abuse him!" cried Evn. with a ijMencni time laugh. ".Mr. Lang "Linn never be as rude to me as von are now- he Is n gentleman." "And you love him:" said Lon, now at white heat. "Very well. I relin quish u II claims In his favor. Cood bye." The next instant he was gone, and the front door closed with a clang. Eva leaned her head ,,oii her hands and broke into bitter weeping; then she rose, with Hushing eyes and glow ing cheeks. "Well, let him go," she thought. "He is u tyrant; he Inid no right to treat me so." In this same iiukmI she met Wilfred Lang the next day, and his gallant, flattering manner did much to soothe her and make her resent her old lover's harshness more than ever. Lou Swarton did not return to the June house. Some one said he had gone away. Mr. June was not aware oi me quarrel, nor did he know that nis (laughter was daily man he disliked. meeting the Eva felt her lover's desertion very keenly, but she tried to persuade her self that it was for the best. The glamour of fascination was upon her. Never had Wilfred Lang been more devoted, more entertaining; final ly he told her of his love, and won her consent to a marriage. "My father. Wilfred, bad other plans for me, you know, and I do not dare tell him now. I tvisi, you could gain his favor." "So I u Hi. but at present I am not in a position for that," replied Lang. "It would be easier If we were married, Eva; he would soon forgive us then." "I)o you think so':" she asked. "I know so. We must get married at once. Let us make a ronia of it, dear. It will not di, to have him know lor a while. You must meet me some where, where we will not be seen, and we will be uiurrii-d. and start off on a little trip. That, will give your father time to consider, and when we return everything will be satisfactory." Eva was very childish In her trust, and the romance of the plan pleased her. It was s.-lthd that .she was to steal away from the holts., at night nml meet her lover at the comer beyond the es tate. Wilfred arranged everything for her. Just as the clock in the library was chiming Hie hour of 8 that night Eva entered the room. She bad been obliged to turn ofr the ,iie-,io,.r con nection with the burglar alarm, and the heavy door swung back noiselessly and let her out Into the garden. 'Tapa would not rest if he knew Unit this door was unsecured," she thought, as she closed It after her. -lint there cannot be any danger. Ob, dear, I wi.-h I had not promised; but I ninst go. Will red is my only friend now." "e ni'teii across the garden like a i luiaiiioin, unit a tew minutes !; I siainiiiig in the shallow of h er was ii in '(Mii- pleled block of tints. The night was cd in her light billy, and Eva uv, jacket. 'Wilfred ought t.i be here." she thought. I'm afraid I have 1 n fool ish. I Wish 1 were home iientn " I-'ifteen minutes passed, and still Eva waited; she was becoming nerv ous and uncomfortable. Act! tlfteen minutes, and no one con,,, 'rn.. wretched girl was afraid to stay long er; there were tears in ber eves nml she was trembling violently. "Something must have happened," she thought; -but what shall I do? I cannot get Into the house without a key, and I cannot stay here." Slowly she retraced her steps at last, reeling more secure In the shadow of her home. At the side door she pit used and sat down on tile broad upper Men; leaning backward she was surprised to feel her support giving way, and then the door swung slowly Inward. 1 milking that she had neglected to close It Hrmly Evu slipped Into the house, thankful for the opportunity and was soon In her own room, deter mined never to repeat her folly. On the morrow there was consteniu- tlou lu the June household. A fearful discovery had been liuid( the library had been entered and the safe rifled of Its valuable contenU inoney, Jewelry, silver, all hud van iMicn, nun uie Olirglars llllU lift 110 clew. Mr. June was frantic over his loss; he could not imagine how his carefully secured house hud been entered. Eva wus heartbroken, for she felt that her carelessness had led to Ihe crime; she knew that It had been committed dur ing (he time she hud waited fur Wil fred Lang. 8h did not heur from her lover, either, and la thu midst of the commo tion Lou Hwurton arrived and took the matter in baud. Through hi shrewdness and perse- veruiicc'the criminal were truced One day a terrible revelation was made to Evn. A clever thief was In the hands of the police, and be was proved guilty of the June robbery. Ills name wus John Prentiss, alia Hollo Western, alias Wilfred Lang! Eva fainted when she henrd the news, nnd for days ofterwnrd she was quite HI. Much of the stolen property was re covered, nnd after a time the nffalf was generally forgotten. Hut lu Eva June a great change bail taken place. She was no longer a wil ful, capricious girl: she reunited lief own folly, and wondered that she had so long deceived herself. ."he was so subdued, so earnest, so penitent that Lon Swnrtou's heart was) touched, and once mere he became her accepted lover. "I want to tell you that I never cnrcil for that other man," murmured Eva, In his arms. "I loved yon always, Lon." hut she did not tell him of her night escapade. They are tnnrrled now, and Lon Swarton is n prosperous business man, while their home Is onn of the hand somest in the city. Eva Is the happiest of wives, and nIio lias only one secret from her de voted husband, the secret of that hour, during which she acted ns an Innocent accomplice with an unworthy suitor. New York Weekly. Hunting In the lllmnlavas, "I went down Ihe valley through foe. ests of juniper and cedar, nnd then, turning up to the right, crossed a high, bare puss leading to the (Jasho Valley, from which the Klnechuch ridge could be attacked. It looked formidable. A high, black, razor-edge of slate, bare of all vegetation for a couple of thou sand feet above our heads. In length thref: miles or more. Emm the side we were to nt tack It. which was the reverse of that the ibex were on, the ridge looked very steep and rather awesome, but on essaying It next morn ing we found it easier than It appeared, and a couple of hours' scramble over sharp Jutting angles of Rlute, forming easy but treacherous footing, and loose Jangling debris of the same, we get to the top. Here quite n different kind of ground nwnlted us. The drop down the opposite side was almost fdieer, being parallel with the dip In the slate, and gave no foothold of any kind. The precipice fell straight down for WH) to Son feet or so, and then the naked rock was buried tinder a less steep slope of old avalanche snow. Below this came Alpine pastures faUlng away down into pine forests 21)00 or :!0(K) feet below us. Sharp ridges ran down nt frequent Intervals Into the pastures, forming n series of corrles altogether an Ideal haunt for the Ibex." Captain Kennlon, In Tall Mall Magazine." How lnventlona Ars Made. The great majority of practicnl In. ventions ure made by n group of men of whom the public never hears. These men are members of one of the most complicated nnd highly organized of j the modern professions. Every great j manufacturing concern maintains, un der one name or another, an "Inven- tlons department," employing men who 1 are paid various salaries simply to j develop Inventions. They nre supplied i with every mechanical appliance to ! facilitate their work; the bills are paid I y the company, and every invention tiny make is assigned to the company I in consideration of salary and one J dollar." The llenerul Ebctrlc Com pany, nt Schenectady, N. Y., for ex ample, employs about SIX) men who de vote much of their time to developing new ideas. It spends S'J.oiKMMH) a year In this devi lopmont work. The West inglioiise companies do the same thing; so does every progressive manufactur ing concern of any consequence in the United States. Ajid It is these un known men, grappling with the every day, practical problems of great manu factories, who make most of the In ventions of Immediate coninn rclnl value. World's Work. The Missing Milk, Professor Dr. Uhlciihuth, an eminent I army doctor at Iterlin, definitely claims j to have discovered the "missing link" i by n long aeries of Investigations, hav ing established the similarity in every respect of the blood or the higher apes i and human beings. If the blood serum of one animal be mixed with that of 1 iniv (h r (lie mixture remains clear; , If, howi ver, blood be taken from an , ape and injected Into the vein of a I rabbit, the blood subsequently taken from the rabbit becomes troubled when I mixed with more ape's blood. , similar result is obtained if human blood be iujei'ted into the veins of u , rabbit, anil the experiment Is often re. lied upon to prove If blood found on : the clothes of a suspected murderer I human. The higher the ape In the I scale of development the more pro- i iioiuiced is thu reaction. Loudon ' Paper. j Five Kinds or Gripe. What in Intluon.a? Is the question lately propounded by I)r. It. llernard to a recent meeting of the Soclete j Medlcule des Hopltoux de Paris. Ac- curding to him, there are at leant rive kinds, of which he distinguishes the I grippe pneiimoeocclque, the grippe j Htrcptococcliie and the grippe a bacilli j do Pfelffer, all named after the spcelul bacilli at Inched to them. Hekldes these, he distinguishes severul 'grippes" caused by microbes the nature of which Is not yet perfectly ascertained, among which that of rrledlander Is the most recognizable. As for the reul "grippe Influenza," he declares that It must have n special germ, although he Is unable to Identify It. The Athenaeum. Cow Bensa. "I used to think," said a clly man, "that the cow was an animal of a very low order of Intelligence, one that, so to speak, wouldn't know enongh to go In when It rained; but now I think differently, "Coming from Boston last week, on one of those melting hot days, I tow from the cur window, In a pasture field, four cows standing under four trees, The treei were all very" small, none of them casting a shadow much bigger than a cow, which those cows apparently had the ense to know; for tbey bad not all tried to crowd under aue tree, but each cow had taken lone ot the little treea." New York Bun. Ttianka to "Tha Biriari." The smart woman, bitterly vlllilled as she Is, always has been anil always will be, Is the biggest of blessings In one way, and that Is her encourage ment of trade. The tjueeli. Head Work Hmh In Ks-lilenne, I.eiiil work of nil sorts come up sur prisingly this season. They nml their cousins, the spangUs, are used In pro fusion for nil sorts of purposes. In millinery hats are edged with bends both In jet nnd colors, and festoons of beads tiro mingled with Ihe lace which Is Si much employed for brims and edgings. Jtrnd embroideries done on Velvet, silk or cloth are very smart for till sorts of dress mil inllllmM-y pur poses, while the short bead collar pieces nnd long brad lorgnette chains nre very much worn by smart wiucii here. The chains, of course, are not at till the hideous things one sees on bar gain counters, but line, artistic com binations spi chilly deslgaed. Aprons, Make n square of Persian lawn, twenty-four Inches when finished, trimmed with tucks and lace around the (dges. I'rom Ihe middle of each side make a diamond square of bead ing; cut six yards of ribbon Into four lengths, and run them through the beading, leaving It very loose on three sides and drawing It quite tight on thi fuurth, to give a little fulness at the waist line of the apron. Make hard kinds at all four corners, and then tie double bowkuois. I'.y lifting these hows you can draw it up Into a bag. But If you untie the bows, not the bard bows, at the ends of the shirred side, you have four long ribbons to tla about the waist. While sewing you have on what appears to lie an ordinary apron with a pointed bib. When you stop you pile all your things Into your lap, untie the ribbons about your waist, retle the bowknots, take hold of all four hows and drag it up into a bug. boston Traveler. Kookblndlnc as Women's Work, ! Since the lirst woman took It np, i bookbinding has received a curious lm i petiis. Each year sees a few more dev- otees of the art among women, who j are peculiarly adapted for the work I by their delicacy of touch. It takes n strong wrist and n steady hand for some of the liner tooling In fact, for j most of the work but when a woman's hand and wrist become trained she be 1 comes more adept, as a rule, than a j man. Nobody quite equals, lifter nil, that great master bookbinder, Cobden Sanderson, who refuses all but a talent ed few of the many who apply to him for lessons. His pupils must agree to slay with him the iength of time he dictates, or he will have none of them. There's n limited Held for bookbinding, ns there must always be with any art that takes great refinement and an almost scholarly taste to appreciate. Y'et the women who have mai!e a suc cess of It, above all, those who are able to make their own designs for covers ns well ns execute them, have us much ns they can comfortably do. And the wo-rk pays well. Chicago News. The Dinner Conr. There Is more than a Utile to say In J favor of Iho dinner coat, which lias added Itsel.' to the long list of separate garments of the pri sent day wardrobe. I The dinner coat is essentially a varla- tion or play on the Louis XVI, coat I adapted to indoor usages. It is nt Its best, in fact, it Is only consistently ; made, of brocaded sill:. I The long, tall, big revers, and courtly ! looking cult's tiarlng upward from the elbow are salient characteristics. The tails are narrow enough to just escape j being seen Irom the front. Th".v lull nearly or quite to the hem of the gown, j nnd are, perhaps, smartest whin they , are roundid nt the cuds Into what has been described us n spoon shape. The . sennliness of the sleeves It offset by the llariug elbow cuff anil the wide revers. Old silver or paste bill tons j ure essential. I The woman with a brocaded silk gown folded away for many a day wl!l tlud urn; for It now in these scpuratt; Jackets, which ure of divers shapes and kinds. With sleeves of different material from the bodice possible short lengths come Into excellent employ ment. A dinner cont designed to accompany two skirts, one of plain amethyst vel vet, the other of palest mauve chiffon very fully pleated, Is uiude of pule amethyst silk, brocaded with roses In a deeper shadi. of amethyst und bright ened by the Intt-r-weuvlug of tine silver threads. The coat has a bertha of point de Venlse lace, laid over ame thyst velvet. The waistcoat is of silver tissue, trimmed with Hut buttons of amethyst crystal, covered with silver filagree. The cout Is perfectly suited to the matron who wears It. It Is being copied in white satin, brocaded with a pompadour design of pink roses for n debutante, who will wear It. over a white point d'esprlt skirt and a white chiffon skirt. Philadelphia Telegraph. Who nets the Fashiona? "Whnt Is the use in our waiting around the anterooms of the great dressmakers to see whether this or that fabric, and bow much of It, Is to be worn? Money can do anything. Let us show a proper sum to two or three of these satraps of the mode, tell them that we will 'stand In' with them, and publish to the world that certain fab rics our fabrics are to be fashion able; that skirts are to be longer, that hat are to be more flamboyant, that trimmings are to be more abundant, that ribbon must be cnntliitiod In favor; and that theso llttl canons huve come to stuy. Is not business the heart of the world and is It not a fact that the more ot our commodities, there are nsed the better will be our busi ness? Let u bribe a few of the lead ing actresses and singers, also and otnera who arj considered mirrors of tanlilon-aud thou our position U a- Mired. Prosperity uiuglc word sbtll wait upon our footsteps nnd right mer rily our spindles shall whirl. Let the women groan under their ninsres of drapery. Let their husbands scold at the bills. Whnt does that mutter? We hold the wliip-haiid. nnj whither we drive, the Hock must go." How long are women, the sensible and the Intellectual as well as the silly and frivolous, to endure this sort of tyranny, who can tell? There is a sort of a law, unwritten but binding, that the woman who does not follow the fashion Is "unwomanly." that she shall walk In Ihe valley of humiliation and rat the bread of sorrow. She may re fuse to don tin ile.-Uh-denliiiR corse!, and give her digest ion nnd her clnii. latiou a fair chnuce to do their work, but she must not tell In print bow much better than other women's Is her he-ilth In consequenci for commerce slamis waiting to punish her fust around the corner. Iniring much of the time though now for a little she has n respite she must give up the use of one hand, In order that she may carry this mass of drapery which the iniinii facturer has forced her to buy. If sh does not hold It up It drags through the mire. The microbes thus accumu lated, so the doctors tell us. have caused epidemics of grip nnd tubercu losisbut what matter? The great fashion trust must prosper, and as for the ri st of us, n few of us more or less Is Immaterial (which word might lead to a pun by one of a jocular turn of mind, who was not smarting under the extortions of the trust). Kate L'psou Clark, In Leslie's Weekly. lteatrlctlns Wotnena Cloltiea, The opera management at Covent Cardeti regulates the dress of lis male patrons. When Is It going to do the same to the women? On Saturday night I went to the op era. I wore the costume Imposed on me by the regulations of the house. I fully rcoguize the advantage of those regulations. Evening dress Is cheap, simple, durable, prevents riv alry and extravagance on the part of male leaders of fashion, annihilates class distinctions, and gives men who nre poor nnd doubt ful of their social position (that is, the great majority of men) a sense of securily and satisfac tion that no clothes of their ow n choos ing could confer, besides saving a whole sex Uie trouble of considering what they should wear on state oc casions. Hut I submit that what Is sauce for the gambr is sauce for the goose. Every argument that applies, to the regulation of the man's dr.'ss app les cqnully to the regulation of the wom an's. At !t o'clock a lady en nie in tinil sat down very conspicuously !:i my line of sight. She remained there un til the beginning or the last act. I do not complain of her coming late am', going early; on the contrary, I wish shr had come later and gone iiirllc-.-. 1'or this lady, who bad very, black hair, had stuck over her right ear th" pitiable corpse of a large white bird,, which looked exactly as If hw one had killed It by stamping on Its breast, and then nulled It to th lady's temple, which was presumably of snlllcn-nt solidity lo bear the operation. I inn r.ot, 1 hope, a morbidly squeamish person; but the spectacle slckemd me. I presume that if I had presented my self at the doors with a dead snake round my neck, tt collection of black beetles pinned to my shirt front end a grouse In my hair, I should have been refused admission. Why, th"n. Is a woman to be allowed to commit such a public outrage? Had the lady been refused admission, as she should have been, she would have soundly raved the trad stiiaii who Imposed lhy dis gusting headdress ou her under the, false pretense that "the best people" wear such things, and withdrawn her custom from him; and thus the root of the evil would be struck at: for your fashlonabb woman gi nerally allows herself to be dressed according to Via taste of n person whom she would not let sit down in her presence. I suggest to the Covent -Harden au thorities that If tiny fiel bound to pro tect their subscribers itgnlnst the dan ger of my shocking them with a blue tie, they ure at least equally bound to protect me against the danger of a woman shocking me with a dead bird. (!. IS; rnurd Shuw, In London Tiims. Drtss stuffs, organdies, and ilitullles nnd Swisses nre sidling. A parasol of blue sill; a strong shade of Lilue linn a handle of blue-enameled wood. Hand-pulMed parasols ure K'.iinnlng, but the embroidered ones ure still i.iore popular. 1 Japanese styles are less good In them selves, (though they're stuiuijiigi thuu as Inspiration for oilier parasols. 1'or "dress-up" gloves everything mousquctairc is liked suede mousipiu tulre being the newest of nil. Nowadays the riding skirt ranches burely to the Instep, und Is lighter In weight than the average walking skirt. All the talk about returning to bus tles and crinolines becomes nonsense when the Increasing rationality of fash ion Is observed. Several narrow silk rullles Mltched and corded In the hem huve been found to fulfill the function of holding out the skirt quite successfully. Such good looking outing hats as Ihe milliners are turning out! They're soft felt huts with soft wings ull pulu gray or all white or gray and white to gether. The honse lu which Uurrlet Beecher Stowa lived tor a number of year la Hartford la now being torn down to make room tor tbe advunciug factories). T T2! : r? s A. New York City. The blouse that Is full below some prettily shaped yoke Is a pronounced favorite of the sea son and has the merit of Bulling almost nil women admirably well. Tills one Is In lingerie style, made of sheer ba tiste, Willi trimming of lace insertion, iid is lu reality exceedingly simple, although it is so designed that .t gives n notably dressy i fi'ect. The batiste is always pretty nnd launders satis factorily, and there are many oilier materials which might be suggested for the white wa'.st, but .he design also suits the wash silks of the sea sou and figured and flowered mater ials as well us while. The waist consists of the yoke and the blouse portions, the latter being tucked nt their upper edg-'.s ami joined to the yok". and the -eam Icing concealed by the little 'rill. Yhe clos- A LATS P3S1GK Ing Is made Invlslb'.y nt the buck nnd there Is a regulation stock collar Unfil ing the neck. The sleeves nee model' utely full. In conformity with the lat est style, nnd are gatherid into deep, shaped cuffs. Tlr quantity of material required for the medium size is five .. ards twenty-one, four und three-eighth yards twenty-seven or two and one-quarter yards forty-four Inches wide with seven und one-half yards of lace Inser tion, Whlla l.lnen lllouse. Stilt. A pretty new blouse suit of white linen Is blonsed over II deep crush girdle of soft red silk. The waist Is of heavy lace medallions, 'strung to gether lu n rich Insirtlon. The sleeve Is new, full nnd shirred lit the elbow, ending with a full of lace. The skirt Is very full, trimmed with deep lucks about four Inches apart, A very smart ni'iiphar pink Milt bus a touch of black In the blouse, In the shape of a four-in-hand, held In place with stitched straps, The fitted blouse Is drawn III wide girdle of silk. The full, short Kleevea end with an embroidered cuff tui'iii d back over the ideeve. The skirt la .full circular, made with four deep tucks. A Handsome Olr-lle. One very handsome girdle closely re t einblc u silk corselet, for it la tilted to thf belt und hips and h:gh up the waist. Its muterlul Is white India silk ar.d its trimmings are pink and gold. 'JTti-re l a deal of gold cording, whlla the girdle Is laced up the front with pink ribbons which nre tb-d lu many little knots nt each side, a most elab orate Inclng being effectfd. Tha Popular Model, Among hats, the most popular model Is the small plateau boldly tilted over the face and profusely trimmed under the brim with choux of tulle and velvet bows, and adorned on top with beauti ful natural uppeorlug flowers. The re cent fashion of hold coiffures and auda ciously tilted hats cleared the way to ward the acceptance of hats with larger crowns, nnd some Interesting models are sepn with crowns four, even six Inches. Frlnoesa Blip. rrlncesso slips of soft silk can novf be obtained ready made, which is a great boon to those who like to wenr different colored linings under their summer muslins. They are well made, nml can be altered to any II guru with, very little trouble. tiemily of th Waist Line. There can be no doubt that the ten dency of the current fashions Is to en hance the beauty of the waist line. This brings us back to more close-fitting busts and hips nnd to wider skirts. Girl's Yokea. Y'okes and sleeves are alwi.ys In de mand for girls' dresses, for they have the faculty of wearing out long before the frock proper has done Its duty. Illustrated nr some most acceptable models, which can be utilized for re pairing, remodeling ami for the new dresses equally well, and which allow a choice of various )lyies. The square yoke with bishop' sleeves Includes a roll over collar, while the round and pointed yokes are mad.- with standing BY ttANTOK. collars, and nguln the sleeves with the fiiiuure yoke show straight cuffs, while the one with the pointed yoke showa pointed cuffs, so that almost all tastes can be suited. As a matter of course ' the "leg-o'-muttoii" sleeves can be used with either the square or pointed yoke If preferred, or the full sleeves with the round yoke and also the collar) are lntcrchangcn"ble. - Each yoke Is made in two pieces nnd It finished nt the neck with the collar. Both tlio bishop und "leg-o'-muttoa" sleeves ure cut In one piece each, but tho b'abop sleeves are gathered and Joined to the cuffs, while the "leg-o'-mutton" sleeves ure finished with sim ple stitching ut the wrists. The quantity of uiuterlal required for thu medium size (eight years) ii for auy style one and luree-quar ter yards twenty-seven or thirty-two soven-clgbtn yard forty-four inchei wide.
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