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AN EXHORTATION.
Than vemifvinn sweetest dona or ballad.
ror man, r.m win, m aire a Hungry "inner,
Devoid of aentiment 'til after dinner.
if the way you d find into Ina heart,
ay not vcrae, but culinary nrt.
iyouiae Ianer.
Fairy Tales. jj
Paul sat on a low stool facing the
Are, his breakfast spread on a great
armchair beside htm. Beside the egg
nd the toast and the glass ot milk
there was The Book, with Us cover
wondrously decorated In red and
gold, popped open at the picture of
the princess. As he finished the last
morsel of buttered toast and began
quite slowly on the egg one kept the
egg always for the last be turned
bis eyes meditatively on the nurse.
"What could one do to grow large
as large as you large enough to
1111 this big chair?" he wondered,
thoughtfully.
Mary was pinning on her cap at
the mirror. She spoke with difficulty,
her attention on her task.
"Oh, ent much and Bleep much and
be very good and obedient."
"Eat and sleep and bo good,"
Paul summed up concisely. "Does It
.take long?"
Mary turned her laughing eyes on
lilm, curiously. "Not very long," said
he. "Why does he want to bo big,
I wonder?" He reached gravely for
The Book and opened It quite slowly
to the place.
"I should like," said Paul, "to eat
downstairs, where Simpson waits,
and to go places with with her, and
to see what happens after she kisses
me good night."
"Oh!" said the girl, in an odd '.lt'.le
voice.
He thumbed the pages wistfully.
"I suppose It rather surprised her
having a little son," said he. "The
princes in this are all big, and I sup
pose she wouldn't know quite what
to do with me if 1 went down now
I wouldn't fit in. But I don't seem
to belong to her up here, somehow."
Mary dropped upon her knees and
patted his legs comfortingly. They
were rather fine little legs, straight
and shapely, and rosy-brown above
the socks.
"Don't you now?" said she. Her
eyes grew very narrow and bright as
they always did when she was
thoughtful or cross.
"I tell you! Let's have a sur
prise?" she proposed brightly.
"A sur-prlse! "
"Something nice when she won't
expect," explained tho girl. "Shall
we have it?"
"Yes, let's!" cried Paul eagerly.
"Is It. Hnmpthlnc 'iIhhii i,, ,i
r uiiib uuu
eating downstairs and being with
with her? What is It?"
Mary hugged him tenderly. "It's
sleeping in her very own bed with
her!" she said impressively. "Would
you like it just for once! And when
she wakes up she will find you!"
Paul put his arms around her hap
pily. "When when will it be bed
time, please?" said he.
The boy opened his eyes on a
strange world. Before him stretched
a wonderful view, waving, fluttering
billows of soft blue silk. His little
body was almost burled in downy
sheer pillows He had never been in
this place before, but somehow it re
minded him of her, perhaps because
the faint, very faint blossomy smell
that she had was here, too. Suddenly
he remembered. He breathed a
quaint little sigh of content; then he
opened his eyes again, amazed. Soft
strains of music were floating In to
him. Very cautiously he pushed back
the curtains and peeped out.
The room was as dainty and blue
as the bed, and was dimly lighted by
a pale blue lamp in the alcove. He
crept out of the bed scarcely breath
ing, and, half-awed, approached the
window. It avas black outside, and
the familiar sky was strangely lit
with many twinkling lights. He was
Ave years old. and he had never seen
the stars! He dropped down on his
knees and gazed at them estatically.
"How pretty how pretty!" he
murmured softly, and then, remem
bering, he drew a sharp little breath
and added, "How very clever, too!"
Outside the music was running on
dreamily. He scratched his head an
Instant, reflecting, and started slowly
lor the half-open door in his bare feet
and pajamas. And so, lo his journey
of inspection and exploration, he
came, unheard, upon tha two upon
the stairs a pale, slim, little face, all
eyes and tiny, quivering Hps.
"If only you were not unhappy,"
said the man slowly, "I why I
could bear It then; that would be
enough for me; but "
"I am happy," said the Princess
tremulously. She raised her roses to
ner Upb to hide their piteous trem
bling, and dropped her eyes.
XaBt week yesterday, perhaps I
might have thought otherwise, but to
night to-night, I know that 1 have
everything overythiug my heart de
Blres "
Everything.'"
She nodded, her face turned away
to escape the pain In his eyes; her
wn were very bo ft and dark and
'tying in the half light, and a little
wistful.
806 repeated, "everything."
I he man fastened his glove Intent
' and looked off somewhere into
pace.
"I believe," he said, grimly, "that
fti are breaking your heart."
am 1" " 8ne crlei- 'tly, "but I
m breaking yours again. Oh, If I
"Kht make you happy If i might!"
"Why?" nt?" h Mked ea"etly.
She leaned over thoughtfully, her
. on the p80ule belt" them.
au . woul,n,t understand," she
anrt Ut 8ne half clo"B( her eyes
wail Tmed about t0 ou. ao he
wlted quietly.
"When i married," she said alow
lav 0""J"'U know the story. Wa
it wV"'n wnat wished and so
ever,1, "?l l0Ve' you iee- We dldll't
"ve Pretend that it was love."
K"''iei and set.'
love,!""? you-" Bh0 went " calmly,
Oo you see, but, you didn't
ask me then, and Terrlnint did. Af
terwards you told me afterwards,
and ao I had that comfort to begin
on. Then and then my child was a
boy. I didn't want a boy. I know
nothing whatever about boys, nnd I
was very young, and so but, mean
while, I have come to know Tcrrlnlnl,
and " i
She raised her eyes to his curious
ly, and he winced.
"He's brave and big and true,"
she went or evenly, "and my boy is
growing up. Some day he'll be a
man. I don't want the love In his
eyes to change. I want him always
to look at me as he does now. I"
There was the sllKMest rustle on
the Btalrs behind them, and a very
forced cough. They turned their
heads curiously at the sound.
"I beg pardon," said Prince Paul,
gravely, one hand on the balustrade,
the other nursing a bare foot. "I
think I must have wakened by mis
take. "
The Princess caught her breath
sharply and held out her arms to him.
"Is It Fairyland?" he asked seri
ously, coming down to them. "I have
never seen things like this before."
"It is," said the man, "and how,
will you tell me, did you get here?"
"I don't know. I really shouldn't
have come, I suppose, I'm so little,
and little people don't belong to
stories, but I wanted to be near
you," he finished sweetly In her ear.
She clasped her white afms around
him, and let her head fall down on
the soft, silvery folds of her gown.
"Boy boy," she murmured un
steadily. It was a confession of love and a
prayer In one.
The man reached over and caught
the child's hand. "And now that
you've come what?" said he curi
ously. Paul sat thoughtfully pondering
the question.
"It is only for a visit, I guess," he
sighed. "There Is no place, you
know, for for Just children. They
don't count in things at all they
don't "
I The man pressed the hand he held
tenderly. "They just do," he Insist
ed. "Fairyland Is Chlldland. Don't
you know? Fairyland Is only for
you "
"And mother," said Paul. "For
princesses, too. Your picture Is in
my book," he confided to her In a
whisper. "I recognized you. That's
how I knew you are a princess, and
Mary says It's true. Princess Terrl-nin-i."
Then he turned politely to the man
and added:
"I expect you didn't want your pic
ture in? Or maybe you aren't a
prince?"
"No," said the man. "I am not a
prince; I'm afraid I'm not much good,
you know. I'm I'm there, though.
Perhaps you didn't recognize me.
I'm the Wicked One."
"Why, no!" cried the boy, wide
eyed. "Are you the ono who kept
the princess in the tower and made
her old and unhappy and ?"
"No," said the man gently. "I
couldn't. The little prince won her
away from me; got into her heart and
held It against me, and then and
then even captured mine!"
Paul wrinkled his forehead,
puzzled.
"I don't quite remember that
story," said he.
He lay back comfortably in the
Princess' arms nnd closed his eyes
to shut out the glittering lights. Over
his slim white form the man stretched
out his hand and caught the Prin
cess'. "Good-bye," he whispered. "I'm
off again. You are happy, I see, hap
pier than I could ever make you. I
I'm glad."
Then she smiled at him. Tears for
him were In her eyes.
But Prince Paul sat up, as he had
turned to go, and held out his hand
to the Wicked One, who arose from
his stair seat.
"I'm sorry you are the Bad Man,"
he said. "I I rather like you. I I
suppose, though, you have to be.
They wrote you that way. And I'm
sorry I couldn't rem-remember the
the story. I'll look It up to
morrow," then he turned and smiled
up Into the Princess' soft blue eyes.
"Would you put me in bed?," he
asked timidly, "and kiss me good
night again If the others could get
on without you, I mean?"
"They must," whispered the Prin
cess happily. "They must, for I am
never coming back to them. I am
going to stay always with you."
He blinked his eyes sleepily and
pressed his warm little lips tenderly
against hers.
"To-morrow and to-morrow and
to-morrow?" he asked doubtfully.
"For always," she promised.
He close 1 his eyes sighing, and
smiled . . .' and so, in her arniB,
she carried him back to the blossomy
bed. Fred Jackson, In Black and
White.
Invents New Auto Wheel.
Marlon Black, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
has Just invented what he calls an
"emergency wheel," Intended to make
more simple the modern methods of
transportation. It is a very clever
device for the temporary repairing
of a punctured auto or buggy tire,
and consists of a steel rlra, upon
which is mouuted a complete pneu
matic tire, with four projecting hooks
which slip over the rim of the punc
tured wheel. It can be carried na an
extra tire Is now and can be slipped
on when the machine Is going through
soft, muddy places, thereby givtng a
double surface, and prevents the mir
ing or me wneel. it Is to be manu
factured by the Black Manufacturing
Company, composed of local capital
ists. Indianapolis News.
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And She an Old Maid.
"I sat in the front seat of the car
with nine men," said the old maid,
"four In the same seat, five facing me.
I paid my fare with a dime and the
conductor said, 'Two?' I wonder
which of those men he thought I was
going to pay for." New York Press.
Owners ot even the, smallest toy
manufacturing establishments In the
Nuremburg district, Oermany, cater
for the foreign trade. Factories em
ploying from six to twenty people, j
uo do exception.
Always Fresh Allurements.
Tt all the discords in the ragtime
of time could be gathered up and
strung Into one long soul-racking
core wouldn't tt look something like
a dress parade of the freakish forms
and fashions along our public thor
oughfares? declares The Argonaut.
The freaklshness refers, of course,
to the female discords thaHead off
In this grand orchestral orgy; the
men being merely the plain, common
place, uninteresting roBts and bars
necessary only to accentuate the
crashing crescendo of color nnd con
tour. The London Mali, reviewing a
treatise on "English costumes," says:
"Woman, whatever she wears. Is
always charming. I bow. But what
woman wears Is often the reverse of
charming. The world Is forever be
ing surprised by Its women. They
are Classic one day and Pompadour
the next; after that, who knows?
Nobody.
"At the present moment we are no
ticing an extraordinary person at
restaurants, at tho theatres, In the
streets. She has sprung up In the
night. Her waist has vanished, her
hair is not as it was, her hat has out
matlneed matinee hats. The Dlrec
tolre lady has uppeared. There Is
scarcely a woms.n In England who Is
not aware of the fact. There Is
scarcely a woman who Is not looking
mentally at her wardrobe and won
dering how to model last year's
dress to meet the fashion, for fashion
Js o sovereign power, and I will bet
tnat even the lady, I rorget her name,
who rings a bell nt political meetings,
Is thinking about her hats.
"This is woman's strength, that
she is always coming out In some
freBh allurement like children who
make surprising remarks and draw
all attention."
Value of Money Inmlrntrtl.
I determined to teach my children
early to learn just what money would
I buy, and how far It would go, says
a writer In Harper s Bazar. For five
years my two boys of sixteen and
fourteen have had $4 a month as an
allowance. Sine.: entering tho high
school two years ago, the older one
Is allowed $5. Our of this they must
buy all their cloches, and, If any
thing can be saved from It, they may
use their judgmen . :is to how It shall
be spent. We always talk over the
expenditures In advance, and I ac-
There Is little doubt that when
American women of to-day excel the
women of all other nations In physical
grace and beauty they owe It to a very
large extent to the teachings of Del-sarte.
Curious Old Legend.
According to a curious old legend,
the ruby first became known to mor
tals as the result of an act of kind
ness shown by a poor woman to an
Injured stork. Phllostratus, one of
the old Greek writers, tells us that
this gem was originally placed by tho
stork In the fabric of her nest as a
charm against serpents, nnd Aeolean,
In his eighth "Book of Animals," en
larging upon this fancy, thus relates
the episode:
"A certain widow, Hcraclea by
name, had tended a young stork that,
having fallen out of the nest before
tt was' fully fledged, had broken its
leg. Thereupon the grateful bird,
upon returning from tho nnnual mi
gration of Its kind, dropped Into her
lap as she sat at her door a precious
stone, which, on her awakening at
night, she found to her astonishment
had lighted up her chamber like a
glowing torch. Upon examination
this stone proved to bo a matchless
ruby. "
There are In reality two kinds of
rubles; the true or Oriental ruby, and
the spinel ruby. The former Is a
red vnrlety of the precious corundum,
of great variety and value; while the
latter Is an alumlnate of magnesium.
By ancient writers a still wider
range under the common name of
the "earbunr.ulus" of Pliny, or tho
"anthrax" ("glowing coal") of Greek
writers Included also garnets nnd
other inferior atones of fiery color.
Rubles vary In color from pale
rose-red through deep cochineal to
red-purple, tho latter being the most
valued tint, known as the "pigeon's
blood" color.
Ceylon and parts of Tartary furnish
very good spinels; these exhibit the
color of crimson poppies, while the
Balass specimens reBemble pale roses.
Tho true rubles are obtained from
the mines, the spinels usually from
the beds of torrents.
By some of the ancient writers the
ruby was said to preserve from all
harm, and by others to glow and
deepen In color when danger ap
proached the wearer, and to turn pale
and lusterless when brought Into con-
wow ork City. Such a pretty
toat as this one cannot fall to find lta
welcome. It Is Jaunty and chic yet
ibsolutely simple withal, and In
rolves no difficulties In tho making
'.t la cut with sleeves and coat por
;lons In one, but In the later manner,
rhlch means snug fit under the rnis.
It can be finished with ornamental
laps at the darts or with genuine
pockets as liked and Is adapted to all
lultlng materials, while also It makes
in excellent model for the light
Embroidery For Lingerie.
Tho dainty colored embroideries
are being used for lingerie hats to ac
company frocks In which the tamo
embroideries appear.
V
Hats That Are IJecomiiiff.
The hat to get Is straw of a becom
ing shape. Tho big natural rough
straw sailors rolled up at one side
are tho best.although black and white
chip are both chosen.
Wee Carriage Hlinde.
Memories of long past days sur
round the tiny parasols that are car
ried In the automobile and horse car
riage alike, edged with fringe that
flutters In the breeze. Men who were
young dandles In the fifties of last
century will recollect them, and tho
airs and graces they enabled a pretty
woman to roveal, for In truth they
are as useful as a fan in tho hands of
a coquette.
Household Matters.
Polish New Fnrnltnre.
Always polish new furniture If yo
ffant It to look and keep really nice,
rhe polish helps to keep smoke andj
rime from getting Into the varnish.
New furniture that Is not well
rubbed over with furniture polish
while It is new Is apt to get cloudy
looking and be very difficult. Indeed,
to polish when one at last tries to do
o. Home Chat.
r$nrlecuc on a Small Scale.
A barbecue on a small scale la a
good camp dish. Lay the ribs ot a
iheep on a grill, brush over, using a
iwab of clean cloth tied on the end
if a stick, with a mixture of melted
butter and vinegar, whipping a hall
cup softened butter with a quarter
sup vinegar until frothy like salad
dressing. Season well with salt, pep
per and mustard. As the meat broil
hi the gridiron or grill keep saturat
Ing with the dressing. When done It
will be dellclously seasoned. New
York Telegram.
Bolero Will Not Down.
For morning wear we see the
short, pleated skirt and a short coat,
all In tussore, with perhaps a piping
in striped or spotted fabrics. These
are smart and neat, and will be seen
later on abroad, Invariably accompan
ied by a hat trimmed with wide
wings, which still continues the rage
In the world of millinery. We note,
too, that some of the short corselet
skirts show the bolero.
Seven Gored Skirt.
The seven gored skirt is always n
graceful and attractive one, and this
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Applcdore Soup. Cook three medium-sized potatoes in
boiling salted water, and when soft, drain and rub through
a puree strainer. Scald four cupfuls of milk with two
slices of onion; remove onion, nnd add milk Blowly to
potato. Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add two table
spoonfuls of flour and stir until well blended, then pour
on g, .'.dually, while stirring constantly, tho hot liquid.
Bring to tho boiling point and add one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of salt, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of celery salt,
one-eighth of a teaspoonful of pepper and a few grains of
cayenne. Strain, and Just before serving add three table
spoonfuls of tomato catchup. Ladles' World.
company the boys when they buy
their suits and overcoats; but they
have learned for themselves how to
purchase shoes, shirts, collars and
neckties.
They have learned to watch for
mark-downs, and to buy out of sea
son on occasion, so that they may
have more money left for Christmas
gifts or personal pleasures. In these
years I have contributed to their
wardrobe only pajamas and bath
robes, which I made myself, and one
pair of expensive stockings for danc
fllct with poisons. A ruby ring would,
therefore, have been a very desirable
possession for any guest who died at
the table of the Infamous Borglas,
since Caesar Borgia, it Is related, had
little hesitation in dropping poison
into the wine goblets of his guests!
One of the most interesting "his
toric" rubles Is that which adorns the
centre of the diamond Maltese cross
In the imperial State crown of Eng
land. Originally the property of Don
Pedro, King of Castile, it was pre
sented by him to Edward the Black
ing school. Other relatives gave them Prince, after the battle of Najara
a tew necKiies at unristmas. near Vlttorla, A. D. 1307. Afterward
The boys have learned proportion it was worn by Henry V. in his hel
ln spending. They have experienced j met on the occasiou of tho battle of
that It Ib sometimes wise to buy the Aglncourt, 1415, and no doubt the
more expensive shoes or coats, If they j brilliant victory was in no small de
have the money in band. Otherwise, gree attributed to the glowing gem.
they have learned to be satisfied with I Perfect rubies are enormously vain
the less costly article. They have able, so we can estimate the worth of
occasionally earned a little money by a good woman and of wisdom when
working for a neighbor, but in all we find they excel In valua these
tnis time tney nave never naa any rarest stones. New Haven Hecister
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lrum lueir pureuis wuisiue nit; uuuw-
ance. It has taught them both In
dependence and restraint, They
have never asked us for money for
this thing or for that. Instead, we
plan with them how It may be saved
rrepnredness Worth Cultivation.
I know of but one young woman
whose wardrobe Is always ready for
the demands of any occasion. I do
Wild Duck.
All wild duck of whatsoever kind
ihould be served rare, so that the
blood will follow the knife. Few of
them roqulre stuffing or much season
ing. The redhead Is best, stuffed w ith
celery to bring out Its flavor; tha
mallard also needs celery and Just a
suspicion of onions, while any duck
having a strong, fishy odor should
be parboiled before roasting, then
have an onion or two roasted In It to
help In removing the odor. Canvas
backs should neither be washed nor
stuffed. Wipe with a damp cloth,
lust lightly with salt and pepper, In
lido and out, and spread thickly out
ddo with olive oil or melted butter.
Dust the surface lightly with flour,
and put Into an Intensely hot oven.
Eighteen or twenty minutes at the
most suffices for their roasting.
Smaller duck, like teal, pigeon, etc.,
will be sufficiently cooked in fjfteen
minutes. Toasted hominy and black
:urrant Jelly are the proper concom
itants of wild duck. Washington
3tar.
by economy of expenditure in other not know how she manages, although
ways. 1 1 have an intimate acquaintance with
I her, for she never seems to be busy
Why American Women Arc Beautiful, over It as are scores of other woman
The interest In the physical wen whom I see at all seasons, and she
being of women, which Is of compara- j has not tho privilege of unlimited
tlvely receut origin with us, has ox- credit. She has an allowance from
lBted for years among all classes in an Indulgent father, but his business
America. When the women of Amer- j Ideas have to be respected, and
lea first began to take up physical j monthly bills are scrutinized before
culture they did not do bo from any j payment Is made, says a writer In ths
desire of promoting their health and Philadelphia Bulletin,
strength, but simply because they j For one thing, she takes the best of
wanted to become more beautiful by ( care of everything, and I venture to
systematic exercises, says Dr. Adal- say that if you went through her
bert Von Tobold, of Berlin. closets and bureau drawers you would
They wanted to develop tho grace , not find so much as a button missing,
and beauty of their movements and j Small repairs are made when they are
body to perfection, and they wanted ; discovered. Again, she is wise in
to appear graceful and pretty even selecting her fashions as she plans to
when nature had denied them these wear her robe, reasoning that by.fre
qualltles. quent changeB of gowns and ac'ces-
The Initiative of thlB desire came Borles she can make a better appear
originally from a Frenchman, Kran- ' ance, and also make the public forset
cols Delsarte, who had taught singing that some of them are not as fresh '
and acting in Paris for forty years, as they look. She has a posltlvo gen
and who had devoted a great deal of , ius for' combinations, and the casual
his time to the Btudy of living beauty observer would probably set her down
and how to promote and preserve It. as a wildly extravagent young person.
His writings on this subject after , She is very prudent, although she
his death fell Into the bauds of two Is sure to display the latest' little
of his pupils, Steele Mackaye and j touches of fashion about her costume.
Uenevleve Stebblns, who became the I bolieve she 1b the only woman I
enthusiastic promoters of Delsarte's know who pais the same close atten
teachlngs In Ainerloa. I tlon to her morning toilet as to the
Amerlcau women of to-day owe dressing for afternoon or social tunc
much to Genevieve Stebblns, who tlons. At a time when the average
combined the methods of Delsarte , woman Is hurrying into a temporary
with the best of Swedish gy nuustics, frock or a skirt and dressing sack,
and who on her own body proved the she is calmly but swiftly preparing
usefulness ot systematic physical ex- for breakfast in a dainty white waist
erclse. .. land a tr'.m skirt, attire fit to be seen
The results which ahe and her on the street, If she chooses, or quite
pupilB reached aroused a storm of on suitable for the reception of callers.
thusiasin in America. Women of all
weight separate wrap. In the Illus
tration light bron serge is trimmed
with foulard and bands of taffeta,
such combinations being greatly In
vogue Just now, but almost any con
trasting material can be used for col
lar and cuffs, and braid nnd bunding
of the material are equally correct ns
a finish. Two big buttons at the front
make a feature and are exceedingly
handsome.
The coat Is made with fronts, back,
side-bucks and under-arm gores. The
under-arm gores are extended to
form the under portions of the
sleeves, so allowing graceful lines
and doing away with fulness at that
point. Roll-over cuffs finish the
sleeve edges and a roll-over collar
completes the neck.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is four yards
twenty-seven, two yards forty-four or
ono and seven-ejshth yards fifty-two
Inches wide, with one-half yard twenty-seven
Inches Wide for collar nnd
cuffs, seven and one-half yi.rds of
banding.
model has the advantage of Including
the very latest features of the seu
son. It Is laid In two pleats at each
seam, which provide Just sufficient
fulness for grace, and It can bo closed
either at tho left of the front with or
namutal buttons or Invisibly at the
back as liked. It Is adapted to linen,
to serge, to mohair, to all skirting
nnd to all suiting materials, but ns Il
lustrated Is made of Panama cloth
finished with tailor stitching.
The skirt la cut In seven gores. The
pleats effectually conceal the seams
and are stitched flat well below the
t hips. It can be made either in walk
I Ing length, adapted to tho street, oi
In the graceful round one that Is so
well liked for Indoor wear.
The quantity of material required
Sunday Night Snlad.
A tasty Sunday night salad was
Improvised the other day when un
expected guests dropped in and the
larder was not exactly bare, but
lomewhat depleted. The knuckle
end of a boiled ham Berved as a
foundation. After the meat was cnt
Into dice, an equal quantity of cold
boiled potatoes was sliced and added,
together with three deviled eggs left
from Saturday's supper. A suspicion
it onion was scraped nnd added to
the contents of the salad bowl, to
gether with a sprinkling of salt, pep
per and lemon Juice. Mayonnaise
dressing was hastily whisked togeth
Br and incorporated with the salad
by lightly tossing with a silver fork.
The salad bowl was lined with curly
leaves of celery that had been saved
from dinner for use In the stock pot.
The salad was lightly piled In the
centre and a row of overlapping
illced pickled beets made a veritable
poem in leftovers. . The salad was
voted a great success and notes for
Its making were taken by every
housekeeper present. Washington
Star.
'HOUSEHOLD
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HINT'S
classes and ages bogun to take vp the
The number ot books exported frora
course, and as soon as the methods Germany by German publishers last
bad proved beneficial to adults they year exceeded 42.000 nnn ih
were Introduced in the various edu- 42.100.900 pounds, and were valued
,atlonal Institutions. k 115.000,000.
Hushes.
Sashes are used effectively on the
now gowns. They serve the purpose
of girdles, hip yokes and shoulder
ettes. A wide, handsomely embroid
ered scarf of old pink chiffon ribbon
was worn one day around the shoul
ders in dlrectolre fashion; the next
tlmo It made Its appearance it was a
hip scarf, knotted a little at one side
to fall In Ion;; and limp lines to the
very horn of the gown, while on an
other occasion It was worn around
tho waist as a high and much folded
girdle, with two loops and ends fall
ing in the back.
Ijorgnet t el Cha I ns.
The new fun or lorgnette chains
are exceedingly pretty, and one de
Ign In French gilt, set with groups
uf atones, or mock Jewels, such as
toral, jade, topaz and lapis lasull is
particularly effective. At. the same
price there are long, slender chains
9f gilt aud gun metal ornamented
with rhlnestones set so that they look
tike a string ot dewdrops.
for the medium size Is nine and
mreo-quartcr yards tweutv-foxir or
twenty-seven, five aud one-half yardi
lorty-tour or fifty-two Inches wide.
tJirdlcn.
Hand embroidered linen gl-dles,
with the work all done In soft pale
colors, are seen. They are fastened
Invisibly with hooks and eyes, mak
ing the girdle appear as though it
had no oponlug. This gives th
waist a round and youthful effect.
Salt on the fingers when cleaning
fowl or meat will prevent slipping.
Plums, peaches and fruit of small
kind keep better done up in papers.
To "fluff" a pillow catch It by one
corner and drop It down hard upon
the other.
Never throw away pea pods; they
give a delicious flavor to the puree
for tbe next day.
To bring the white of an egg up
quickly to a froth add two or three
drops of lemon Juice.
White paint, when dirty. If washed
with skim milk will be easily cleaned;
use cold tea for colored paint.
Wipe off screens with a duster
I each morning and beat with a soft
brush. This beating should be done
lightly or tne wire may oe Duigea.
To remove grass stains from chil
dren's clothes rub the spots thor
oughly with a little fresh lard a short
time before washing and the spots
will come out.
When cleaning stained knives take
a piece of new potato, dip it into
brick dust and scour tbe knives; In
this way the most obstinate stains
will be removed.
To try If eggs are fresh place them
In a basin of water: If fresh they will
sink, but If not so fresh they become
more or less sunken; If stale they will -float
upon the top.
The soiling of walls caused by per
sons leaning their heuds against the
wall may be almost entirely removed
by laying a sheet of blotting paper
on the spot and ironing over It with
a hot Iron.
I If kerosene Is spilled on carpets,
books or manuscripts, try removing
It by Bprinkllng cornmeal thickly
over the article Immediately. Renew
frequently until the oil has been com
pletely absorbed.
To remove frnit stains put two
ounces of alcohol Into a bottle with .
two tablespoonfuls of gum camphor.
Shake well before using. Apply free
ly to the stained part. Hartshorn
will also remove fruit stains,
A creamy coffee custard can be
made by stirring a pint of hot, strong
black coffee Into a quart of custard
while Btlll warm. Beat bard and
serv. In glasses with or without
whipped cream on top. Coo) ths cus;
tards on Ice.
Green vegetables should bo put In
a cool place as soon as they come
from the market. Lettuce, celary,
radishes, tomatoes und cucumbers
should be put Immediately Into the
refrigerator. Cucumbers, however, -must
be placed In a separate com
partment from the one in which milk
and butter are kept. Some house
keepers first wrap lettuce and cslery
In a damp cloth.