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In the Old Mill
By DONALD ALLEN
Copjrrif hi, 1910, by Attbciated Ulararr Praia
On entering the village postofllce
that afternoon Miss Kitty Havens be
laid a stranger. Bhe knew It was a
atranger because he didn't look a bit
like Deacon Thompson or Elder Steb
Uni. Bhe Judged his. age to be twenty-five.
She judged he was five-feet-looiethlng
tall. She was going to
Judge whether he was good looking or
pot when he turned his back to her
md walked out.
"An ill bred man!" said Miss Kitty
to herself.
The next thing was a conversation
between two small boys. They spoke
of the ice going out of the river, and
one of them asserted that the suck
ers were running "to beat the band."
Any one could catch a barrel of them
In half an hour. Miss Kitty decided
to go fishing the very next afternoon.
Down by the old sawmill was the
place, and she wouldn't have to take
nr boy with her to bnlt her hook.
Miss Kitty Havens was hii orphan
who had been "brought up' by her
Uncle Elijah and Aunt Mary. Nine
teen years old, fair looking, and most
of the villagers would look after her
11 she walked along the streets and
lay something about somebody being
iraarter'n a whip." That was the
klgheBt of praise. They couldn't have
got off anything better after thinking
orer It for a week.
"Undo 'Llje, the suckers are run
ting," announced the girl when she
reached home.
"Well, let 'em run," was the quaint
reply.
"But I'm going fishing tomorrow."
"Well, don't fall in and get
drownded."
"But there's a stranger In town.
I taw him at the postof&ce."
"Ye-es. I heard be was down at
the old mill fishing. He's stopping
tt the tavern, and he won't tell Mr.
Stevens where he comes from or any
thing about himself. He Just said
bed take the best room in the house
tnd didn't care for expense. I bear
that Constable Iiaker thinks he's a
suspicious character."
"He must be," said Aunt Mary. "A
man who won't answer questions Is
bound to be a pirate in disguise.
NEWEST WEAPON FOR WAR IN THE AIR
Mm Kitty Walked Right Up to the
Stranger.
Elijah, you want to see that the kitch
en door is fastened every night until
Be leaves town."
"Well, I know one thing," added
MIbs Kitty, in a very determined way,
"There's only one good placo at the
old mill to sit and fifth. I'm going to
.'iave that place. If this person gets
there first he's lust got to take him
elf off. Strangers mustn't think they
tan come here and crowd girls out of
Ihelr ashing places."
Uncle 'Llje bunted up pole and line
tnd dug bait, and next afternoon at
two o'clock Miss Kitty waa at the
mill. On the way down she passed a
oy with a string of fourteen suck
ers, and he halted long enough to say:
"They are thicker than fleas down
there, and you orter see that. fellow
Hullo' them out! He don't even have
to spit on his bait!" .
"What fellow?" was asked.
"Why, the feller who's stoppln' at
the tavern. He's got the best place,
tnd he's hangln' right to It like a
hog!"
80 the stranger was there, was be?
And he's got the best place and waa
ticking to It? Well, be would get a
Jar. she wouldn't speak to him, of
course, but there are other ways of
Jarring a man. A fixed look and a
toss of the head has done it times out
of mind.
Yea; he was there. ' He sat on the
team, and he was using patent pole
and reel. That alone will provoke Ire
in any villager's breast. The way to
haul up a fish Is to haul htm, Instead
of turning the handle of a coffee mill
for fifteen minutes.
Miss Kitty walked right up to the
stranger. He didn't even turn his
head. On the contrary, he caught an
other sucker. She coughed lightly.
Another sucker. She got ready her
pole and line. A third sucker 1 She
felt like striking the man over the
shoulders with the pole, but walked
off up stream. He had the deep hole,
and there was no use fishing In the
ripples;
"If I can't fish, then he shan't!"
was the determination arrived at, and
presently a log came drifting down
to spin around In an eddy. Then
came a board, a beam and a slab. He
knew the girl was throwing them in
from the other end of the mill, but
he didn't look her way. He simply
suspended his fishing and sat looking
over the river. Nothing could be done
with a man like that, and after an
hour Miss Kitty went- home. When
she had told her Btory, which she did
almost with tears lu her eyes, Uncle
Klijah drawled:
"Well, thar's folks as is nigh-sight-ed,
and thar's folks as is deaf. Mebbe
he didn't see rior hear you."
"Didn't see nor hear a girl!"
"And a girl like her!" added Aunt
Mary.
"I'll make him see and bear tomor
row If I have to hit him with a club!
If he's In my place again I'll throw
all the old mill Into the water to both
er him!"
The morrow came and the stranger
was there. The girl had come half
an hour earlier, but so had he. He
was pulling out the suckers the same
old way. No wooden Indian could
have been more heedless of her pres
ence. She walked to the far end of
the mill, gathered all the drift wood In
sight and heaved it Into the water.
The deep hole soon became unreli
able. She was rejoicing when there
came a flash of lightning and a rum
ble of thunder. A sudden spring
storm was at hand. Almost before she
oould seek the shelter of the mill It
grew dark and the rain began to fall
heavily. A thunder storm was the
one thing Miss Kitty Havens was
afraid of. She sat down on a beam
and cowered. It seemed as if night
had set In for good. The lightning
was fierce and the thunder awesome.
- "I Bhall surely be struck dead!"
moaned the girl, "and I know I
shouldn't have been so mean to that
man. He didn't know that he bad my
place. He ought to have seen a girl
when she stood so near him, but per
haps he's almost blind." ,
A tree on the other side of the river
was struck by a thunderbolt, and tht
old mill shook and trembled.
The girl screamed out, and the next
moment she felt a hand on hers. It
must be the stranger's.
"Say, it was mean of me!" she said
as the thunder died away.
No answer, but be held the band
with firmer pressure.
"You had my fishing place, you
know, and I was mad about it. Girls
do get mad sometimes, you know.
That Is, I do. I stood and stood and
stood, and you wouldn't notice me.
Hadn't I a right to be mad?"
No answer.
"But. I'm going to be killed, and I
don't want anybody to be glad of it.
I threw all that stuff into the river,
to spite you. I just hated you. If
you were a girl would you do like
rhat?"
"H'm! H'ni!" was the reply.
"What? Can t you talk?"
"I guess so, if I try."
"And can you see and hear?"
"Both."
"Will will (he lightning hit the
mill?"
"I don't think so. The worst seems
to bo over. Yes, I can see clear sky."
"Then, sir," said Miss Kitty, as she
pulled hep band away and reached her
leet, "If I am not to be struck and
killed I want to know why you didn't
speak to me?"
"Ob, I saw at once that you were
snippy and conceited and needed tak
ing down a peg. I am Mr. Charles
Harle, of Boston, and I believe you
are Miss Kitty Havens."
' "No, sir, I am Miss Snippy Havens,
and you please to remember It I You
can return to your .fishing!"
"But, Miss Havens "
"Aud I, sir, am going home!" ;
"But during the storm ' .
"But the storm has passed and I
am snippy! Fish, sir fish!"
And two years later, when they
finally became engaged, the snippy
girl said to the artist:
"If you hadn't tried to take me down
a peg we might have been married a
whole year ago. That Is, we might
it there bad been a thunder storm and
a preacher together!"
BERLIN. The great Krupp gun fac
tory has just turned out an im
proved pattern , of the airship and
aeroplane gun, mounted on a fust,
high-power motor car to follow bal
loons and other airships at a high
speed. In trials that have been made,
the gun was fired at dummy balloons
and nearly every shell hit and ex
ploded the balloon. The shell used
contains a substance which leaves a
trail In the air, showing the course
it has taken.
OLD NE W YORK DO WN TO WN.
-
orr.s Streets and Alleys Are 80 Nir-
row That Two Teams Cannot ,
Pass Each Other.
In old New York down town there
re some short streets and lanes and
lle;s io narrow that two teams can't
ws In them. Every driver familiar
ii n the region when he ooiues to one
these s'.rets that he wants to go
""rough always looks -down before
turning lu to tee if there Is already
omebody in it coming toward him or
somebody halted there wltn ' truck
wading or unloading. But occasional
t a man forgets and fails to look as,
' Instance, a driver did the other
ho started to turn from South
street up Qouverneur lane, this being
t one of the narrowest of these Ut
streets, but one narrow enough, ex
tending two blocks, from South street
'0 Water street, with Sidewalks a foot
half or maybe two Uat wide
having t) roadway lu which two
"He trucks might pass, but not two
double trucks, and in which when a
truck was backed up the way would be
completely blocked.
Up Gouverneur lane- from South
street this driver turned or started to
turn and then he looked up and
stopped. Half a block up the lane was
a double truck backed up with Its tail
covering the sidewalk on one side up
against warehouse door, while the
truck's body stretched clear across the
lane to the other side, the team being
slewed around of course at light an-,
gles with the truck, the only way it
could stand there with the truck as
it was. -
The lane was blocked, that's all, and
blocked as completely by that one
truck as It would have been by half
a doten or dosen, and so the driver
who bad started to turn. In simply
topped and backed off and drove on.
III.
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SNAKES KILL MANY
it-
Reptiles in India Cause More
Deaths Than Any Animal.
Tigers Claim 909 Victims, Leopards
and Wolves Slay 671 ; Other Anl
male 686 Ravages of Plague
Are Checked.
Calcutta. Over 21,000 lives that's
the toll of the Jungle and forest in
India for a single year.
These figures of sudden death are
set out coldly in tabular form, in the
Blue Book Just Issued which deals with
the statistics of the Indian empire, un
der the' heading, "Number of Persons
and Cattle Killed in British India by
Wild Animals and Snakes."
The list goes into details. Thus we
learn that In the year under review,
1908, no fewer than 909 people fell vic
tims to tigers, 302 to leopards, while
wolves claimed 269 as their prey.
"Other animals" killed 6S6.
But the ravages of the man eater
were as nothing compared to those of
the snake, for the poisoned fangs of
the latter put an end to 19.738 lives.
To cattle, leopards were by far the
most destructive. Their kill was 42,427
head of a total of 98,:!07. Tigers
claimed as their quarry 28,258, and
wolves about 10,000.
Snakes, it would seem, are far less
fatal to cattle than to humankind, for
during the year tney only killed 10,000,
a small proportion of the total.
But the war was not ode-sided.
Seventeen thousand, nine hundred and
twenty-six of the denizens of the Jun
gle fell before the rifle and gun, and
70,498 snakes roughly, four for every
person killed were destroyed. Boun
ties for their destruction amounted to
$50,000.
The total population Is nearly 300,
000,000 294,301,056, according to the
1901 census and they inhabit 05,841,
315 houses. Two-thirds of the inhab
itants are Hindus. 62.000,000 Mohani
edans, and but 3,000,000 Christians.
The average Indian does not indulge
in overmuch letter-writing. Altogether
the post office dealt with 875.205,833
letters, post cards and parcels an av-
MARKING OFF NEW COUNTRY
Survey Expedition, Drawing Boundary
Line Between Canada and Alas
ka, at Dawson.
. Daw?on, Y. T. The International
boundary survey expedition. Including
70 men and 65 horses, which has been
running a line between Canada and
Alaska north of the Yukon river this
season, has arrived here en route for
Puget Sound in charge of Thomas
Rtggs, representing America, and J. 1).
Craig, representing Canada.
An extremely rough country between
the Yukon and the Porcupine livers
was traversed. A third of the horses
taken in last spring died on unblazed
trails and morasses.
The men are In good health.' The
party plana to return early next season
prepared to send tne two succeeding
winters In the arctic.
erage of about three per head of the
population; but this seems less curious
when It is remembered that all but
15,600,000 of India's 300,000,000 people
are described as Illiterate. These lat
ter figures explain, too, how letter wri
ting may be a lucratlvo emplojment.
Very interesting, in the light of re
cent sedition trails, are some of the
crime statistics. Thus 12,411 offenses
against the state and public tranquil
lity were reported, and 4,797 convic
tions; while dacoltles, political and
others, numbered 2,984, with 659 con
victions. As might perhaps be expected in a
land so densely populated as India,
physical and mental Infirmity Is by no
means rare, and altogether the total
population afflicted Is 584,498.
Leners, male and female, numbered
107,340, blind over 350,000 and deaf
mutes about 150,000. The Insane pop
ulation was about 65,000.
One of the greatest campaigns en
gaged in India is that against plague,
but, despite vaccination and all the re
sources of modern knowledge, the mor
tality remains terribly heavy.
Thus in 1909 plague claimed 174.874
victims, a high figure, but one that
pales into Insignificance before the
total of 1,315,892 In 1907. The death
roll for the last 11 years was 6,364,212.
Some remarkable figures occur under
the heading "Principal Specified Occupations."
Thus we find that 1,023,932 persons
were engaged In "burbertng" and
shampooing the others, while clothes
were washed by 600,000 men and about
500,000 women.
Nor are tba Indian masses left un
amused. Actors, singers, dancers,
bandmasters, players, etc., numbered
268,000 about one for every thousand
rour 01 mese are men lor every
woman.
Priests and others engaged in relig
ion numbered l,lu0,52u, and sweet
meat makers and sellers 284,421.
But perhaps the most amazing en
try under this head of "Occupations"
1b "Mendicants (nonrellglous)." The
begging profession had 2,433,1X5 expo
nents, and the total supported by beg
ging (nonreliglouH) was over 4.000,000.
TO REGISTER APPLE TREES
Farrher Has Plan of Growing Orchard
of Pedigreed Stock Produce
Prize Winners.
Spokane, Wash. Growing thorough
bred apple trees, to be registered the
same as live stock with pedigrees, is
au Innovation In eastern Washington.
H. M. Llchty, an orchardist In the
Yaklma-Sunnyslde district, west ol
Spokane, has perfected a plan to
place the science of growing commer
cial fruit of the highest quality and
color and uniform size upon a prac
tical basis.
Explaining his plan, Mr. Llchty said
that In every thoroughly cultivated
apple orchard thero are trees which
stand out for yielding most of the
prize winners at national and state
shows. Scions are taken from these
and transferred to other trees by
budding and grafting, thus raUing the
quality. The trees are recorded upon
an orchard plat, then registered and a
pedigree Is isBued to the grower.
"I do not claim that all trees so
grown will produce premium winning
fruit," ho added, "as that cannot be
said of pedigreed live stock; but the
experience of the foremost growers
lu the northwest and other parts of
the United States and Canada will
show that a greater percentage of
high grade trees Is raised by following
a common sense system than by or
charding In the old haphazard way.
My own experiments prove these are
superior strains of the several varie
ties of standard apple trees."
Prof. W. S. Thornber, head of the
horticultural department at the state
of Washington college. Pullman, and
growers In the apple bolts In eastern
Washington and elsewhere, approve
the Llchty plan, the former saying
that the products of healthy trees may
be Improved by budding and grafting
from superior stock. Ho added there
Is Just as much difference In apple
trees of the same variety as there Is
In horsRB of the same breed. The
plan of registering trees and keeping
a record of yielding performances Is
also indorsed.
Hints For Hostess
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
1 issjIH Bf 1 m sj n tj
for Those Planning Seasonable
Entertainments
Letter Seven Years in Transit.
London. A letter posted from
Slreathum on July 31, 1903, has Just
been delivered at l'rlollay, France.
Rothschild Gives Museum Present.
London. An almost complete series
of seventeenth century Huntington
tradesmen's tokens has been present
ed to Peterborough museum by the
Hon. N. C. Rothschild.
HUMOR IN DOCTOR'S HASTE
"Peg-Legger" Bragged to Hospital for
Operation Nesded Carpenter,
" Not Surgeon.
Phoenlxvllle. Pa. When William
Springer, a resident or Koyersford, was
found lying alongside the Reading rail
way near that town he told the men
who found him that his foot had been
cut off by a passing freight train.. A
stretcher was hurriedly brought,
Springer was quickly placed on board
an express train, which had been
fiaKged for the purpose, and was ta
ken to Phoenlxvllle. A telegraph mes
sage to the station summoned the am
bulance of the Phoenlxvllle hospital
and the hospital authorities. Informed
by telephone of the nature of Spring
er's Injury, routed the house surgeons
from bed end made the operating
room ready for an amputation.
Springer, from undor the stretcher
cover, protested against being taken
to the hospital and said be wanted to
go home. His protestations were Ig
nored peremptorily, but kindly, with
the admonitions of those about him
that he lie perfectly still anj not to
worry.
Upon his nrrlvnl here he was at
once louded into the ambulance aud u
record trip made to (he hospital, llcic
he was lolled Into the operutiug-ruoiu
and placed cn the table.
Tho sight of the white-gowned sur
geons and nurses and the array of
surgical Instruments caused the con
fused Springer to scream, but the ab
sence of any evidence of bleeding from
the mangled limb led the doctors
quickly to the discovery that, while
Springer bad indeed lost a root, he
was In greater need or a carpenter
than a surgeon. For the foot that he
had lost was bis wodden one. Springer
fald ho would have told them that If
they hadn't refused to hear bis pro
tests. 1
The doctors 'trimmed oil the splin
tered leg and nailed a block of wood
on the remnant to temporarily fill the
need of the lost foot. Springer then
sot out for home. .
An oyster Is not fit ta b eaten untl.
four years old.
BREED MICROBES AS REMEDY
To have what we want Is riches;
but to be able to do without is power.
-George- Macdooald.
London Doctors are Nursing Along
400,000,000 Germs All for
One Patient. '
London. According to tnodlcai
cerrespoudent 400,000,000 microbes ar
being carefully nursed aud guarded in
the laboratory at St Bartholomew's
hospital until they can be used as
cure for a patient In the Institution.
The patient is suffering from chronic
empyemas, which resulted in the tor
nation of abscesses somewhere be
tween the lungs and encircling ilbs
The disease Drst appeared seven
yean ago and apparently was cured
by an operation, Since then, however,
three fresh outbreaks have occurred
In the same region, showing that the
causative germs never bad been thor
ough driven out of the system.
The microbes under cultivation are
direct descendants of germs collected
from tung secretion. . The part they
will play In effecting a permanent
cure of the patient was exilalned by
one of the bacteriologists at the labro
atory thus:
. "We found that three micro-organisms
scientifically known, as first
streptococci, second staphylococci and
third pneumococcl were present In
about equal quantities in the dis
charge from the lungs.
"These germs, therefore were cul
tivated, and when we have grown
three kinds to practically the same
mlorobe strength the microbes will be
killed by beating solutions and dose
of dead microbes. 10,000,000 or each
variety, will be Injected into the tis
sues under the skin of the patient's
arm. ,
' "These dead microbes In the pa
tient's body will load to the formation
of substances which will attack and
kill tbe three varieties of live mi
crobes causing trouble In tbe lungs.
"At Intervals larger doses will be
given, until Qnal'.y .109.000.009. germs
can be Injected.
. The maximum docs, it Is expected,
t
will complete the rout of the destruc
tive microbes In the patleut s lungs
and make the cure 'permanent."
Bolt Makes Tree Torch.
York, Pa. Lightning convened a
giant tree on the farm or L. e. Ole
wller, at Kant Prospect, Into a torch,
which burned for 24 hours and at night
threw a glare whlco could be seen for
miles. The tree was hol!ow, and ovt
denly flUod with loaves and an open
ing at the lot 10m provided a draft for
a fierce blaze when j bo't hit the land
mark. Still Lively iTt02.
New York. Aunt Jane Ueam, the
oldest woman In Paterson, N. J., and
probnb'y In all New Jersey, held an
nnlver.ary of her oue hundred and
second birthday.
' Aunt Jaue" Is in possession of all
her facu.tles. She can take :ou back
to the days when there were no rail
roads and expreas"companlos and when
the population of tbe 1,'nitad States
was only 7.000,000
A Boating Dinner.
This dinner was given by a coterie
of four couples who had passed a greut
part of the summer together yachting
on the great lakes. The occasion was
in the nature of a little farewell to the
one they called "commodore." The
table was lovely and bad for the cen
ter a lake made first by the tinsmith,
who concocted a circle about three
feet In circumference, which was sur
rounded with a border of ferns, vines
and pond lilies. In the water two
sail boats and a toy launch floated as
natural as life, munned by cute doll
sailors. To add to the festive appear
ance there was a huge Japanese um
brella over the table, from which
small lanterns hung from every rib;
they were lighted by electric lamps.
At each place there was a tiny runoe,
with a very small Jnp lantern at the
bow. The name of the guest was let
tered on the side. Wee paddles paint
ed white were Blacked bayonet fashion
at each place and held a small pail of
bon-bons. The name flag of the boats
were around the room with the Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes. The
guests were asked to come In flannels
and It was Just the Jolliest kind of a
time. The menu waa as nautical as the
market could afford, beginning with
oysters, fish, lobster salad, etc.
A Wild Aster Luncheon,
The lovely wild aster furnished the
key note to one of the prettiest lunch
eons I ever attended. This dainty
flower is very common, and really It
is very beautiful. With It always
comes the golden rod, as they grow
usually In close proximity. For a table
centerpiece there was a low green
pottery bowl .containing a flower hold
er, so that the blossoms branched out
in a charming manner. The dollies
were white, with finger bowl and tum
bler dollies having embroidered de
signs In lavender. First we had Iced
grape Juice in tall glasses resting on
doilies of grape leaves. Then there
was the usual luncheon menu with a
delicious grape Juice sherbet for des
sert, decorated with candled violet
leaves, the plates set In a wreath of
asters. The rooms were lavishly dec
orated with golden rod, and the com
bination of lavender asters and the
brilliant yellow was very effective.
A Pillow Shower.
This was not given for a bride, but
for two girls who were going away
to school. To furnish their Joint Bit
ting room was the Idea of the home
Kills who gave It. Tbe result was a
fine collection of useful and ornamen
tal pillows or cushions, from those for
the couch to dainty confections of dot
ted swIhh and ribbon for the dressing
table. There were also cushions filled
with pins of all sizes and with needles.
There were denim cushions large
enough to sit on when placed on tho
floor, and what girl does not adore sit
ting on the floor in front of the Are
am! dream long, hnppy dreams of tho
days that aro yet to come? A brlde
elcct who heard of the affair said she
thought such a downpour would bo
very acceptable, so the readers who
have been asking for something new
in the way of showers may adapt this
to thi'ir needs.
A Novel Amusement for Children,
At a recent party for youngsters
from "nine to eleven" they had a soap
bubble contest. First the hostess gave
each child a sheet of colored crepe pa
per and a needle and thread. A
grown-up look each pipe and quickly
drew a lace on the back of the bowl
and the children were told to make
dolls of them. A couple of prlzeB were
offered and It was surprising what at
tractive creations were turned out.
The boys did Just about as well as the
girls. The pipe babies were taken
home as souvenirs. There were favors
for the soap bubble contest, too.
MADAME MERIII.
II 'mmsmr
The low lying effect In hats still
prevails.
Kverythlng tends to smaller coif
fures. Shawl collars are still a feature of
coats.
Fgyptlan embroideries are In high
favor.
New handbags are perfectly square.
The banded-ln effects are even seen
in coats.
The badger aigrette is in high favor
and is beautiful.
Beaver hats with enormous rosettes
of tulle ore worn.
Some of the richest opera cloaks
have kimono sleeves.
Metallic, beaded and Persian effects
are popular in lacedom.
I,arge wings are In demand for tail
ored and semi-dress hats.
The chenille dot Is going to have
another Inning in veilings.
Useful Writing Table
r
The handwritten letter la a rarltjt
In the business wcrld of tbe present
AVKRY good scheme for construct
ing a rough but useful kiud of
writing table for tbe room, per
baps, that Is set aside for carpentering
and other amusements Is thown In
our sketch. It may be quickly ar
ranged and catlly taken down again,
when not required, and It can be
made ut a very small cost.
It consists of two strong wooden
boxes or packing cases placed on
either side of one end of a table. Thu
lids have been re.noved and curtains
hung In their placas. fastened un to
tho upper edges or tho boxes with
ornamental bmld and small brass
headed rails. Tbe two boxes are
finished off ot the top with four lit tic
brass ball, screwed Into tho corners,
Lace Watch Fob.
They are very dainty.
They are alro new and a charming
adjunct to the light frock.
The girl who is deft with her fingers
nb6u!d be able to make one ea3il at
home. .
For this remnants of Irish or Cluny
Insertion may be utilized.
Tho strips of Insertion are folded
over tba gold or brass catch, which
may to bought for fobs and the end is
lolntod aud finished with a white silk
tassel.
The girl with a military friend from
whom she may beg souvenirs might
substitute for the white tassel one of
good strands such as 1 worn on a
word.
Thin lact fobs are lined with white
or colored ribbon.
and the exterior of the cuses can be
either painted or stained.
The pigeon-boles in the center con
sist of nine cigar boxes. One end of
each has been removed, and they
ore fitted together in the manner
shown. Small labels can be affixed
at the center of the upper edge of
t-Mch box to indicate its contents.
There is a narrow c'oth arranged
across the front part of tbe table,
und hero a blotting pud. pens. Ink.
etc., may find a place. . On the top of
tbe pigeonholes u fern in a pot, with
perhaps pbo'egraphs or vases of
flowers oh either side, would add
greatly to the appearance of this
roui,h but convenient piece of furniture
ihinestones or fresh water pearls. Kn
tire strings of umethyst, topax, amber
or carved sanda'.wcod beads are pret
ty for p H'-hcol girl. IT tbe throat Is
rather long end Jui-t a bit too slender
1 bo may ndnpt a r"kband of black
velvet ribbon lth silver, gold, rhlne
ctones or "Jowiled" slides and c'aaps.
For Low Cut Frocks. '
Jewelry simple enough for a younj:
girl to wear with her Dutch or square
necked frocks Is in the shape ot la
Valllere chains of platinum or ster
ling silver. They have rr,dants era.
belllshcd with rerovsie design, a
cbrsod pattora or tn Incrustation of
Lco:e Shoes.
Quite as bad as too tight sboen,
rgalnst which we are always warned.
nre too loose oncj; they eauso corns
and bunions aid often produce flat
tening of the arches. The woman with
the peculiarly shaped foot, who can
not get shoos exactly to fit ner ex
rept when made to order, should get
them a little too long rather than
little too wide; It Is the '.csser of two
vlls. -
A Veiled Gown. ,,
rtathrr. effective and equally unusual
U the gown of two-tond silk veiled
with cb'ffon or other shlumetlng tnttr
rial. The combination Is intensiae4
U the under drss la Itse'.f trimmed
with hand-work cr done to tho PerUasj
colors or metallic throads.