OLD DAYS AND BYWAYS. 0, the old day and the byway when th world wm fair and youngj Ami the wandering thro' highway with th sorrow atitl uniung! The dear dare, now the dead day, and th aweetneas of the land, When, together, we trod love'a way, bloMom-bordered, band in hand. O, the dead daya and the by wave, Loat in throbling, reatleaa highway How the heart goe back in day dreama how It trie to nnderatandf Then you came with roaea, bluahing, and your eyea looked into mine. And your lipa were rrimaon, tin-lung, and their nectar like old wine! lui the aonga of youth, they laated till the eorrowe came to blight When the hope of year waa blaatcd and the pathway grew aa night 0, the old daya and the hoping, Loat forever in the groping How tho yeara grow briefer, fleeting, and th dreama are loat in flight. , the alienee and dreaming dreama that faded like the miat That rolla landward from the ocean, by th glory aunbeama kiaaed Dreama that died like tender hlnuom that in yonder garden grew. When the faring North wind chilled them every bloaaom that you knew! O, the old daya and the bywaya, Bring them hack! For I woufd my way Might be waya, dear heart, to guide me aafely back to home and you. -Will F. Griffin, in Milwaukee Sentinel. J Capt. Jimmy A True Story for Boys. j During the vacation days several of tho boys of Llnvllle, a small country village, decided upon spending a week or ten dayB on the banks of a beauti ful river a mile distant from their homes. The place chosen for their outing was within a short walk of a big flour mills and was on a rocky cliff overhanging tho bank of the river. Piercing this cliff were numer ous cavelike tunnels, scarce large enough to admit of a small ground animal. But the boys who had come there to "camp out" Imagined that within the cliff at a certain distance from the small entrance! they might find a large cave or inner cavern where might be found relics of a past age. "I tell you, kids," declared Hank Jones, leader of the band, "that we'll find something worth our while if we'll dig Into this cliff. All we've got to do Is to enlargo one of these tun nels and then we can walk right into a cave that may outdo the Mammoth Cave of somewhere I don't Just know the place." "Pennsylvania, ain't It?" asked Bert Jackson, meaning the noted cave In question. "Ho-ho-ho!" laughed Andy Thomas at Bert's expense. "Pennsylvania? Well I guess not. The Mammoth Cave Is In old Kantuck, or so the geography sayB. You'd better find out omethlng about caves before you talk about them." "Well, I don't know as it's of any importance the Mammoth Cave," said Hank Jones. "The question Just now before the public Is: 'Shall we oeganlze a cave diggers' union and go to work at once?' " "Yep," cried half a dozen voices, and not one said "no." ''."Well, we'll have to go up to the mill and borrow some digging Imple ments," said Hank. "It's too far to go home for 'em. I know old Mr. Perkins, the miller, and he'll lend us eomo spades and picks. He trades at my father's store, and he'll remem ber me all right, all right." So it was agreed that Hank and Bert should go to the mill Just around the bend la the river ando.sk to borrow some digging Implements with which to gain an entrance to the imagined cave. But upon reaching the mill the boys were told by the head miller that Mr. PerklnB had gone to town, and that he would not take the liberty of lending anything from tho machine shop of the mill. Filled with disappointment Hank and Bert started to return to their camp ground when they saw a little chap busy about the mill. He was what Is commonly called a "small hand," and was performing small chores. At the moment that Hank and Bert beheld him he was cleaning dried dirt from a large spade, while nearby lay an other implement waiting for cleaning. "Say, they're the very things we want," declared Hank, pointing to the spades. "But I'll bet we'll have a time getting them from that kid. He's old Perkins' , favorite 'rousty,' and Is an orphan that he got from omewhere I forget where. But, Bay, Jet's ask him for the spades, any way. He can't do anything but re fuse. " So saying, Hank approached the boy whose name was Jimmy Malone anu Baia: "ay, Jim, don t you know me? I'm Mr. Jones' kid. Pa has the grocery store up town the one by the postoffice, you know." "Oh, yes," said Jimmy, putting down the spade to chat with the boys. "Yes, I know your pa. I often go there on errands for Mrs. Perkins." "Well, ub kids a lot of us are down here on the river camping," explained Hank. "And we've decided to do some cave digging, if we can get the Implements to dig with. Now, we want to borrow those spades you have there, if Mr. Perkins waa here he'd let us take 'em right off. " Jimmy looked undecided. "I don't know about that," he aald, beginning to clean the spade. "Mr. Perkins 1b awful particular about his machinery end tools. He gives orders that noth ln' in the tool shop be loaned. " - "Oh, he'd not refuse me, kid," de clared Hank, determined now -upon Setting possession of the desired spades. "Come, let me take them. I'll give you my word that they'll both he returned to you early this even ing." , "But I mustn't let anything go out of the mill -while Mr. Perkins Is away," insisted Jimmy. And there upon he took the spades and put them in the Implement shop which was at tached to the mill. Hank and Bert turned away; but as they did so Hank called out to Jimmy, "We'U get even with you yet, kid, for your smartness. 80 long!" "That's all right," laughed Jimmy. Then, whistling merrily, he wont about his work. ' A tew dava later Mr Parlrl Ilk ui.r-.t Jimmy on an errand to a farm a mile Uiatant from tho mill. Jimmy, In making a "short-cut" to the farm, was ' obliged to pass the town boys' camp, ituated, aa I have aald, Just round tot tond In the river from th mm As he was passing the camp he heard 1 lamillar voice callim mil m Mm- Hello, there. Stuart Alee! .W.ut to get acquainted with us? We're the cave diggers, and we know how to seek revenge on a chap like you." Then, before Jimmy had a chance to say a word, half a dozen boys sur rounded him and began to torment him by calling him ugly names, and to strike him pretty sound blows. Jimmy, seeing that he had only the sixth part of a chance, decided not to light, but to use calm reason. "Now, will you tell me, boys, what this all means?" he asked, trying to dodge the slaps from the various hands that swung about him. "I ask you to please allow me to go on my way. Mr. Perkins has sent me on an errand, and I muBtn't be delayed." "Mustn't Is a pretty strong word to use In your present condition," boldly laughed Hank, giving Jimmy a cuff on the ear which made It tingle and tingle. "Now, take that and that for your kindness In lending us the spades the other day." And Hank gave Jimmy several other keen slaps across the cheek and ears. "I guess you'll not refuse to lend spades to us again If we ask for 'em, will you?" "You bet I will," replied Jimmy, with determination. "When I'm In charge of another person's property I'll protect It. If you want anything from Mr. Perkins you'll have to go to him for it." "Oh, thanks for the Information," sneered Hank. "But we got spades and picks, all that we wanted. And if their lungs with fresh air. Oee, I thought our time had come! de clared Hank, spitting uome dirt from hie mouth. "But say who " And then his eyes fell on Jimmy, who was resting on the handle of a spade, perspiration streaming from bis face. "Say, did you yon get us out?" Hank asked of Jimmy, his face flaming with a blush of shame. "Well, I helped," replied Jimmy. "I got Dan Smith out, and together we did the rest. But that's nothing." "Nothing!" and Hank's voice quav ered. "No, and It was nothing for ma coward that I was to slap your face a little while ago, and nothing for you to turn round and rescue us all alx cowards from death, for ai sure as we are standing here we'd have died In there If it hadn't been for you, Jimmy. And for one I'm ready to say that you're a hero and that I'm a blamed roward or was a coward. But right here I want to say that your conduct to-day has made me ashamed of myself, and that aftet thlB minute I'll try to act In every waj as I think you Jimmy would act. You're a brick, you are, and don't any of you boys here forgst it." "He's all right," said Bert, batting his eyes to keep back tears of emo tion, as ha grasped Jimmy's shoulder and pressed It In a boyish way, trying to show his gratitude. "And, like Captain Hank of the Cave Diggers, X feel so ashamed of myself that I could hide my hend In a hole and not look anybody in tho face for a month." "Well, you've had about all the hiding in a hole you ought to want for a lifetime," laughed Jimmy, too kind hearted and forgiving to entertain re sentment against the boys who had been so unknld to hlni a short time bofore. "And now I must be off to attend to my errand. I'll get a good scolding for havin? been so long about It, too, If I don't look out." "..o, you won't get a scolding, Jimmy, for I mean for us boys to go in a body to the mill and report to Mr. Perkins your heroic conduct. And, what's more, I mean to make a clean breast of the way wo treated you a few minutes before the cave-In of the tunnel. And I'll also tell him how we wanted you to lend us the spades and picks belonging to the mill. Oh, I shan't keep back a thing, even if the truth and tho whole trutb does put me in a bad light." "And we're with you, Captain Hank," cried five voices, and the cave diggers meant every word of what they said. That day on Jimmy's return to the mill, be found the "cave diggers" as sembled in Mr. Perkins' private ofilce, on tho top floor of the mill. And from CtjWg ISlMTERTOEiNj I I mm Advertising the Mightiest Factor "By TRUMAN A. DeWEESE. Advertising is to-day the mightiest factor in the busi ness world, it is an evolution of modem industrial com petition. It is a business builder, with a potency that goes beyond human desire. It is something more than a "drum mer" knockiug at the door of the consumer something more than mere salesmanship-on-paper. Advertising Is a posltlvo creative force In business. It builds factories, skyscrapers and railroads. It makes two blades of grass grow In the business world where only one grew before. It multiplies human wants and Intensifies desires. Before advertising was developed Into a fine art, and before It became a factor in the commercial world, the business of the manufacturer and merchant was to supply the normal needs and desires of the human family. Mer chandising was bound by man's necessities and by his meager knowledge of the luxuries which he deemed within hlB reach. System. you'll turn around you'll see our cave one as fine as you'd find anywhere. And If you'd have behaved In a friendly way toward us cave diggers we'd have invited you to go into it and explore it. But you're a little Smart Alec, and we don't want to have anything to do with you. So get along, and don't come back this way, either." So saying, Hank gave Jimmy a shove by way of emphasizing his words. Then, with a loud whoop, the boys ran to the mouth of the cave and crawled In, one at a time. But Just as the last boy was half way Into the cave Jimmy heard a smothered scream and, turning round, beheld that the dirt was crumbling from the mouth of the recently dug cave. He ran back with all possible speed and saw, to his horror, that the earth about the little cave's entrance had fallen Into the cavity, and the feet and legs of the last boy entering were Btlll protruding. Without a moment's delay Jimmy grabbed up a spade that lay near and began digging for dear life. Soon ho had the boy oxtrlcated, and when be pulled him from the debris the poor, half-smothered fel low could scarcely speak, so exhausted were his lungs for want of air. "All the breath I could get was from the cave Inside," he gasped. "But the other kids I'm afraid they'll smoth er." "We've got to get 'em out," de clared Jimmy. "Here, gst to work with me; there's no time for fooling." Then came a faint wall from the Interior of the cave, which was a chamber of name six feet square, and which the "cave diggers" had found on enlarging one of the little tunnels running into It from the outside. But bo much dirt had crumbled Into the entrance tunnel, which was about four feet in length and eighteen Inches In height, that Jimmy and the reacuad boy (by name, Dan Smith) had some difficulty In reaching the tmprlsoned boys. But Jimmy felt sure that enough air entered through the loose soil to keep the boys Inside the cave alive for some time, and their crlos for help assured him in this supposition, for every minute he could herr them yelling at the top of their voices: "We're alive! Some body dig ub out of here! Help! Help!" And Jimmy would call back to them: "Be patient. We'll soon show you daylight. Help la coming! " And all the time that he encouraged them ho worked like a trooper, digging with a fury that astonlnhed the less vigorous Dan Smith. After about ten minutes' of work Jimmy, with some aid from Dan, bad a hole large enough for the boya to crawl out through. And a badly acarod lot of half-suffocated fellows came Into daylights heaving to fill the way Mr. Perkins greeted Jimmy he knew the "cat was out of the bag," as he expressed It afterward. And so It was, and Mr. Perkins was so pleased with his little "rousty" that ho gave him tho afternoon off to go merry-making with the "cavo dig gers," and slipped a dollar bill Into his hands besides. "That's to buy you any little glmcracks In town that you might want," he explained". "And now, remember, you nre to have a day off each week and a dollar bill with which to celebrate the holiday. When I get hold of an honest, brave and In dustrious boy I mean to make it worth his while to stav with me. And now get you off, young fellows, and put In tho remainder of the day above ground. Let caves and cave digging alone." "Yes, air; than you," said Hank, bowing to Mr. PerklnB. 1 "And we're going to make Jimmy our cap:aln. I resign in his favor. A captain should be bravo, and to-day I proved my unworthlnesa to the office." And amidst a cheer from the six throats Jimmy was led from the mill and was called "Captain Jimmy tha Brave." Washington Star. Social Distinctions. At noontime when the twenty add men employed on the excavations for a new building ntopped work for lun cheon a man who had been Interested in their progress noticed that they separated Into little groups. Upon inquiry ho found that the reason for this clannlshness was a class distinc tion as rigidly observed as tn "socie ty" itself. Driver fraternized with, driver, engineer with engineer, shov eler with shoveler. "You fell' iv. don't seem to be very good mixers," the man remarked. "No," said tho operator of a Bteam drill. "We don't mix while on a Job, ' at any rate. Somehow each fellow (naturally falls In with other men In I his own line. We get along better that way." New York Press. New York City. Long sleeves un questionably make one of the latest iecrees of fashion and art to be noted on a great many of the newer Olouses. This one can be made with lb deep cuffs or those in shirt waist Jtylo and is well adapted to all sea sonable materials. In the illustration Whlto lawn 1b finished with simple embroidery between the groups of tucks, but In addition to the pretty washable waletlngs those of silk and A Cheerful Color. It is the dull rose pink that Is beHt liked of this cheerful color this sea on. One of the prettiest of effects Is Been In a Bheer white batiste blouse embroidered not too heavily with it. Modish Girdles. Wide girdles are to bo shunned by full walsted women, but they are vory attractive upon Bllm onea. They seem to supply the missing note to the em pire, the dlrectolrn and the prli modea. The wider the girdle tho better. Attractive CoidTm. New back combB are Bhown, the top decorated with cut Jet In many beautiful designs and shapes, whllo for mourning wear tho Jet Is of the dull variety, cut to resemble crepe. Other combs are made of blondo tor toise shell, flnlBhed with huge cut bows or thickly studded with semi precious stones. Fifteen Gored Skirt. The many gored skirt, that glveg long lines and the effect of Blender ness, is the one greatly In demand Just now, and which promlsos to in crease in favor. This one Ib trimmed In a novel fashion and made with a pleated front goro which relieves the severity and allows effectlvo use of trimming. In the Illustration the material Is Copenhagen blue pongeo with bands of black and white Bilk used as trimming, but braid could be substituted for this last and the skirt la appropriate for almost every Bklrt- mm EE Where l'aper Flowers Dloom. "Broadway and Fifth avenue may look askance at paper flowers," said the Southern woman, "but they are in groat demand on the East Side. There isn't u pushcart market In that part of town that hasn't half a doz en paper flower hoys and girls, they are in the greatest dema id at wed dings, there are shops where the manufacturing of them goes on all the time, and only the other day as I was coming up from down town on the Second Avenue "L" I saw a sad boy In black carrying a large crosa of bright red paper flowers tied with a large black bow which was evi dently on Us way to a funeral." New York Press. Privilege, of Voting. Miss Grace H. Ballantyne, of Dee Vioines, Iowa, Is being congratulated y the women of her State on her tuccesa In securing a decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa establishing -he right of women to vote at any !lty, town or school election on the luestlon of lneulng bonds for munici pal or school purposes or borrowing noney or Increasing the tax levy. Cheerful Ignornnee. "You'd be surprised," said the woman who Is supposed to be wise, 'how many people are perfectly lg lorant of the correct way to write ac teptsnces and regrets when they are iBked to entertainments. It would jay some enterprising woman to go tround writing them for those who lon't know how. You'd be ashamed a see the people who come to me to isk how It Is done or to get me to vrlte them. And," she admitted, "If .he truth must be told, I don't know 10 awfully much about It myself. " S'ew York Press. satin. Lady Camden was also seen in a pink robe having the diamond meshed net, and In each case two large diamond tassels and diamond set cords fastened tho Jeweled drapery at the back. The Inverted tiara Is another little fad in Jewels. This is a straight band from which Jeweled Joints descend, disappearing In the coiffure. Mrs. Waldorf Astor wore one of these Inverted diadems the same evening that the diamond studded corsage draperies were seen. The Ducheag of Rutland also won a new pattern In diadems; tn this Instanco It was a pointed crown of wheat earB meeting in the front, and Queen Alexandra wore a similar coif, fure ornament, but Instead of wheat ears a diamond thlBtle rose from the centre. New York Times. A Russian Beauty Farm. A wealthy Russian noticed that nany of the recruits In the Russo Turklsh War were Inferior In phy llque. He accordingly established what really Is a beauty farm. He tmploys on his estate only the hand le m est and healthiest villagers. These he encourages to enter upon natrlmony by freo grants of land, payment of all marriage fees and an innutty of fifty rubles a year for rvery child born. Since the Institu tion of this farm forty model mar riages have taken place and more han 100 children have been born. A'oman's Life. Not Merely Fattening. A noted skin specialist has declared .hat chocolate and potatoes are the ,wo worst things a woman can eat vho has regard to her complexion. Df these the former is much the more njurlous. It used, to be that we shunned these rtaples of diet only when we dreaded :oo much flesh; then wo learned that ihe potato was bad for the digestion; low that our skins suffer as well It ft'ould seem as If their doom were tealed. But with the soda water fountains ,0 tempt, and the greatest potato eat jrs In the world, thr Irish lassies, 'amed for their exquisite skins, there s still a probability that neither :hocolate or the "praty" will be ta oooed Immediately. New York Press. 'Young Girl Renounces Sex. "From woman," said Miss Mattle Currio, an attractive young woman, it Hamlin, W. Va., "I wish to be itnown as a man." Dressed In male The Cleveland Romance Holds'. The romance of President Cleve land's marriage wns one of the most Interesting in our Presidential his tory, relates the Kansas City Time. It was the first marriage of a Presi dent of the United States while in office. Mrs. Cleveland's father had been a law partner of the President, and when he died his daughter, then a young girl, became Mr. Cleveland'! ward. At the time of the marriage the President was forfy-nlne and his bride only twenty-two. Such a dis parity In years is ordinarily frowned upon, but the circumstances of this match were extraordinary. Mrs. Cleveland became one of the most charming mistresses the White House has ever had. She bore her self with great dignity, reserve and distinction, yet was quite as demo cratic as her station would Justify her in being. Her attitude toward her husband was at all times wholly exemplary. She exalted him, bnt without ostentation and without in tho least belittling herself. In pri vate life Bhe maintained the reserve, even the seclusion, that her distin guished husband sought. Through out Mr. Cleveland's Illness, in their common Joys and sorrows. In her hus band's long period of suffering, and now in her own bereavement, she has set an admirable example of wifely devotion, patience and dignity. The Queen's Own Fashions. Queen Alexandra does not follow tho fashion either of long silhouettted figure or of wide and high crowned headgear. There is a style of dress in England which the Queen hai made her own, which the Princess of Wales follows closely and which is in favor with every member of the royal family. This has gradually become dis tinctively their own. "I want a royal toque" Is a request understood by any milliner, as Is a "Queen's sleeve" or a "Queen's skirt by a dressmaker. as as Hand Tarts. Beat half a pound of butter to a cream and half a pound of granulated sugar; then add the yolks of three eggs and the whites of two, beaten together; add a teaspoonful of vanilla and Just a little grated nutmeg. Mix tn sufficient flour to make a dough. Dust your baking board thickly with granulated sugar. Take out a piece of dough, roll It Into a thin sheet, cut with round cutters, and bake In a moderate oven until a light brown. Dust the top of the sheet with sugar Instead of flour, to prevent the roller from sticking. By adding half a pound of cleaned currants to the above recipe you will nave Shrewsbury currant cakes. Washington Star. wool are appropriate, and, with late lummor outings in prospect, blouses made from pongeo and wash flannels re certain to be In demand. This blouse has the merit of closing at the left of tho front, and Is altogether at tractive both for the separate waist ind for the gown. The waist Is made with a fitted lin ing which can be used or not as occa sion .quires, and consists of the fronts and buck. The fronts nre In it! in groups of narrow tucks with wldo ones between, while the back is laid in wide tucks that give a tnpcriug ef fect to the figure Tho sleeves nre moderately full and are gathered at tbelr lower edges whether the deep "ufl , or the narrower ones are used. There Is a neckband finishing tho neck and over it Is worn a high roll over collar. Tho qunnstty of material required for tho medium slzo Is four and seven-eighth yards twenty-one or twen-ty-tpur, three and one-half yards thirty-two or two and flvu-elghth yards forty-four Inches wide. New Veils. A new veil Is circular In form, Is made of brussels, and chantllly lace forms the borders, though they are Bomctlnios of embroidery or rlbbon trlmniod plentlngs. These veils are about a yurd and a half In diameter, and are adjusted by placing the cen tre of the veil at the centre of tho hat crown and draping back the sides nni clasping them against the coif fure with one of the fancy hatplus that come for this purpose. lng material. It can be made from the thinner, lighter ones and from the washable materials of the prosetit, while It also will be found admirable for the advance models of the coming season. The skirt Is made In fifteen gores. The one nt tho centre front and the one at each side thereof are pleated, but the remaining gores are plain. The closing can be made Invisibly at the back or at the left of the front ns liked. The circular folds are ar ranged over the plain gores and pret tily shuped trimming strap finish their front edges. The quantity of material required for tho medium size Is twelve yards of material twenty-one or twenty four, nine yards thirty-two or bIi and three-quarter yards thlrty-slx Inches wide If material haB figure or nup; attire she visited a barber shop and had her golden curls shorn, and In sisted that the barber go over her face with a razor. Miss Currle Is a leader of the younger social sot at Hamlin, near Huntington, and Is well known In that city. She rode Into town shortly before noon astride of a spirited horse. "I Intend to open a general store at Dingess. Mingo County, In u few days," she said. "I will go Into the settlement as a man and I wish to be recognized as such. In the future I wish to be known as Matthew in stead of Mattle." Pond I. ili"- aa Ti-liiiinlug. A toque of pleated tulle Ib trimmed .with largo poud lilies, which twine around the brim, tbo stems entwined In graceful Hues and the leaves half hidden In folds of tulle. It Is a graceful and original Idea, but as the lilies must, of necessity, be white, the hai Itself must be of aouie color that Is not too great a tout 1 ant In color. Woman's Claim On Glacier. Mrs. Mary E. Hart, formerly of Lob Angoles, who has Just returned to Seattle after visiting Alaska, has the I distinction of being the first person to Btake out a mining claim n a glacier while It was still In action. Sidney Molse, with the local archi tect firm of Hunt & Gray, was on board tho Seattle, which has Just re turned from a trip to the Klondike, and he stateB that for the first time in nine years passengers were able to make a landing at Mulr Glacier, near Skagway. The glacier is considered far from safe, but Mrs. Hart, Ith natural love of adventure, stepped triumphantly ashore and was followed by others eager for the experience of landing upon the forbidding Ice field. It was found that the moraine, a deposit freighted with precious ore, which Is always carried with the Ice In this section, had already become quite solid, and Mrs. Hart forthwith staked out a claim. Ms. Hart baa passed a number of years In Alaska and is conversant with the mining situation there, hav ing owned and superintended the work in several claims In order to gain experience she at one time worked with a pick In her own mlna. Los Angeles Examiner. On the opening day at Ascot the Queen wore a dress of delicate orchid mauve marquisette, lace Inserted and embroidered, and a toque made of tulle and fiowerB the same shade. The Princess of Wales was gowned in soft rose pink chiffon, lavishly em broidered In the same shade, and wore a cream colored toque TVlth oft trlch feathers. Another day, according to tin Ladles' Pictorial, tho Queen wore t lovely dress of French gray silk voile, a mass of very beautiful embroidery in the same color. The Queen's toque waa of crinoline straw and tulle of tbt same delicate shade, and was trimmed with an aigrette of heliotrope and crimson damask roses. eleven yards twenty-one or twenty four, seven and a halt yards cblrty two or five and three-quarter yards forty-four Inches wide If material has neither figure nor nap, one yard of silk or seven and one-halt yards of braid for bands. New Jewels. One of the latest Parisian fancies in Jewels to be taken up by smart London women Is a corsage garniture of a fishnet drapery set with dia monds, the whole forming a hrlllluut sciutillatlng drapery. The fisher net is filet work of ex ceedingly fine gold threads, the meshes formed of diamonds. The drapery covers the shoulder and droops several Inches, and Is made entirely by hand. Mrs. Cavendtsh-Bentlnck, a sister of Mrs. Ogden Mills, wore this sort of diamond meshwork on the corsage of a royal blue robe, and Mrs. Edward Ward, a recent bride, wore a similar net of diamonds over a clinging butk A novelty on bats is whlto mar abou. The shades of red are so dyed a to be softening and seductive. Flowers and foliage of colored ba tiste trim hats of pure white straw. The hat is not huge, but Just big enough to be a pretty frame -for the face. Hats are made of tulle and lace and trimmed with black velvet and roses. A sash accompanies many tallot gowns, either inside or outside the coat. The very dressy robes for afternoon or evening wear are now composed of marquisette. Shoulders are made exceedingly narrow, and there is no curve In at the back of the waist. Belt, tie and ahoes match In color where colored shoes are worn wttb a white or neutral tone gown. Soutache Is about the only garni ture put upon these cotton frocks, which are, of course, tailor made. Big buttons of passementerie fin ished with silken cords are used, un less one selects white or black peart Drapers declared that goods were to have more body a year or two ago, but heavy goods have not yet made an appearance. An engagement ring brought from Europe by the wearer is of the finest platinum set with tiny diamonds, and Inside there Is a space for name, date, and even a motto. Plain taffetas make up Into practi cal and pretty skirt and coat talis, while, If one can wear the hindered oode, there la nothing smarter tee afternoon frocks,
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