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Wilbur Chap- man has never delivered a more eloquent and convincing message than is contained in the following sermon, entitled, “The Secret of His Presence.” It was preached drom the text: “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide ander the shadow of the Almighty.” salm’ xi: 1. ! T'o me this is one of the most beautiful expressions in all the Bible; beautiful be- ‘cause it is poetic, but more than that for tthe reason that it holds up before us one of the greatest privileges that can come &o the children of . There is a difference of opinion as to who the author of the Psalms may be. iWe get into the way of thinking that David wrote everything in the Psalter, but Moses is the author here. The Tal- mud ascribes not only this one to him but the nine preceding as well. The rule is that all the Psalms without a name in the title are to be ascribed to the poet avhose name is given in the nearest preced- ing title. but this rule will not always hold good. This is the Psalm quoted by the idevil when he was tempting Christ upon ithe mountain, and it has ever been throb- ‘bing with comfort for every troubled soul. Whoever wrote it, it is beautiful, and all will agree that the lesson taught is one touching our communion with God and our fellowship with Jesus Christ. + It is very true thav all Christians do not occupy the same position world. = All are saved, and it is by the same “precious blood of Christ.” But there is so much more to the Christian life than simply being saved; that is only the beginning. The blessings here offered are given in a very general way. God is no respecter of persons, and so it is as if He had said, any one who will fulfill fthe conditions. may have the blessing; and as there is only the one condition, namely, that we shall dwell in the “secret place of the Most High,” you would think that ull would accept, for the promise is that ave “shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” The blessings here promised are not for =all believers, but only for ‘those who live in close fellowship, with God. Every child of God looks toward the inner sanctuary and the mercy seat, but all do not dwell there. They Tun to it at times and enjoy occasional glimpses of the face of Him who is there to be seen: but they do not continually abide in the mysterious presence, and this is possible for every one. \ . It is with the desire that I might learn the lesson myself as well as bring it to you, and with the almost unutterable longing that we might know how to abide in the “secret of His presence” that I have brought you the subject. May the Tord help us every one! I have been on the mountair tops of Christian experi- ence. when I have. seemed to see the face of Him who loved me and gave Himself for me, and I am sure that you can say the same; but the text says that we may abide there in our thoughts while we may be all the time in the very thickest of the fight for Ged. - : 1 like the verse. Every word is sweeter than honey in the honeycomb. It is so restful to know that there is any place in the world where we may abide.” There is also something very winning to me in the fact that it is a secret place, for that surely means that God has something that is just intended for me, and for me alone. When I am there, I am away from the It is the place Mrs. Brown dis- covered when she wrote the beautiful hymn, ’ “I Jove in solitude to shed “The penitential tear; ° "And all His promises to plead : ‘When none but God can hear.” , There is something about the word shadow’ that always interests, for there never has been a shadow without the light; thus the “secret place” must be a place of brightness. It is a place where God is, for the nearest of all things to me as I journey in the sunlight is my shadow, and he who walks in my shadow or rests in it must be very near to me; so that svhen I am in the shadow of God, I can reach forth my hand and touch Him; I can lift up mine eyes and see Him face to face. I know there is a sense in which God is always near us. He is in all things, and He is everywhere. But there is some- thing about the “secret of His presence” to which every one is a stranger until he has dwelt there. In the 119th Psalm the psalmist seems in the first part to be writing of the presence of God in a general sort of way. As another has said. “He had been beat- ing out the golden ore of thought through successive paragraphs of marvelous power and beauty, when suddenly in the fifty- first verse he seems to have become con- scious that He of whom he had been speak:ng had drawn near andi was bending over him. ‘the sense of the presence of God was borne in upon his inner con- sciousness, and lifting up a face on which reverence and ecstacy met and mingled, ne cried: ‘Thou art near, O Lord!” If we could only attain unto this how strong, how happy, how useful we should be. It is possible as well for those of us who are in the very midst of perplexing cares as for the priest or the saint; for since the Master bids us all to abide in Him, and does not limit either His meaning or the number of people who may obey, I am absolutely certain that it rests with me and with you to determine whether we shall take advantage of our high privil- ege. i in this ¥, The typical reference must he to the holy place of the tabernacle, which the priests were privileged to enter; but Peter assures as that we have become in this new dispensation ‘a -holy priesthood,” £0 that 1t is possible for us to enter on that ground. If this interpretation is al- lowed, then it is something, too won- derful almost to describe, to which we are bidden, for in the tabernacle just be- yond the veil was the glory cloud, and ail the magnificence that could be wrought in gold and silver, purple and fine linen. ut I am persuaded that even that was as nothing when compared to that which awaits us when we enter the secret place of God. The writer to the Hebrews tells us just how we may enter. ‘Having, therefcre, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He hath conse- crated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh,” how easy it all seems when we look at it in this way! Christian is all wrong according to the text if he thinks that all the life here be- low must be turmoil and strife, for there is an abiding even here, and a sweet, , undisturbed communion even in the midst of the tempest. A dwelling place is a home, not a temporary shelter to which run for momentary relief, as the birds to the boughs of the trees in the midst of the storm and then leave again when the storm has passed. It is the idea of a home. What can be more restful and comfortable? The Hebrew for the expression ‘shall abide” is “shall pass the night” Js it not a won- derful thing that the experiences that have seemed to us to be Heaven, be- gun below, but have been as fleatitke as the shadows sweeping the hillside, may be with us all the time? What place is so restful as your home? I know there is a rest that comes to one the moment he accepts the pardon that is offered by the Redeemer and the burden of sin is gone. “Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.” biz is His promise, and He neyer has failed; but immediately following that ex- pression is this: “Take My yoke. upon vou, and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” I suppose one might secure the former and never come to the latter. Is not that the rest that comes to us when we are near enough to learn of. Him, which is only another way of speaking of the “se- cret place?” What place is so comfortable as the home? There we are free from the an- noyances of the world; there we have that which seems to soothe and to quiet. Could there be anything more expressive than the words we find in the fourth verse of the 91st Psalm: “He shall cover thee with His feathers.” It would be al- most a sacrilege for one to use the words if they were not in the Bible; but it is the picture of the mother bird shielding the little ones. What so warm, so com- fortable, as the mother’s wings, or the nest that love has made? But listen to place,” you shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty: and as if that would not be tender enough to woo us, we are told again, “He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings thou shalt trust.” Home is the place for explanations. There we tell our secrets. If the people of the world do not understand us, our loved ones in our homes do. , nt pm seme It would be impossible for one fo read the verses immediately following the text without being impressed with the fact that the most remarkable results will follow our abiding and dwelling in the “secret place.” In order that the subject may be the more practical and helpful I desire to sug- gest some things which will surely be ours when we fulfill the conditions. . In the “secret place” there is peace. “In the world ve shall have tribulation,” our Master said. “but in Me ye shall have peace.” I have read that a certain insect has the power to surround itself with a film of air, encompassed in which it drops into the midst of muddy, stag- nant pools, and remains unhurt. And the believer may be thus surrounded by the atmosphere of God. and while he is in the midst of the turmoils of the world he may be filled to overflowing with the peace of God, because God is with him. This is true whatever your occupation, if it is ever so menial. The Rev. F. B. Meyer tells us of Tawrence. the simple- minded cook, who said that “for more than sixty years he never lost the sense of the presence of God, but was as conscious of it while performing the duties of his humble office as when partaking of the Lord’s Supper.” What peace he must have had! * If you are constantly engaged so that you have said it was impossible for you to enjoy your religion very much because you were so busy, still you may have this peace, because you are in the “‘secret place.” I know that it is impossible for one to keep two thoughts in the mind at the same time and do them both. justice; but there is the heart as well as the mind, and while the mind is busy the heart may be rejoicing in all the fullness of God. The orator is conscious of the presence of his audience, and his heart is touched by their appreciation while his mind is busy in presenting the thoughts that move them. You may have all your mind taken up_ with the book vou are reading or studying, but your heart is conscious of the presence of the one you love and who sits by your side. The mother may be very busy in one part of the house; her mind may be greatly engaged, but her heart is conscious of the fact that her little babe is in another part of the house, and the least cry will draw ker to the child. So the mind may be occupied to the very fullest extent, and even be disturbed by the things about us. while the heart may be abiding in sweet communion and fellowship with Him be- cause we are dwelling in the “secret place.” Those were comforting words of the Master’s when He said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto vou, not as the world giveth. give I unto you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” So that I may have eace even when trial comes. David found this to be true, for in that beautiful Psalm, the 27th. he says: “In the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion; in the secret of His tabernacle will He hide me.” The pavilion was a great tent in the very centre of the camp. and when he was there nothing could harm him: he could be at peace even if he should hear the sounds of his cnemies. But the expression is even stronger than that, for David says that if it were necessary God would even put him in the “secret of His tabernacle; that is the same as the Holy of Holies; and who would not have been safe there? Here is our ‘secret place” again, and this is just where God has given us the privilege of going. Why should we be disturbed if troubles are about us and our enemies rise up to do us harm? - 2. In the “secret place” there is purity. If our surroundings were only better in this world, our lives would be purer. It is very easy to be good in the company of some people we know; they seem to draw out all the good in us. To be surrounded by certain kinds of scenery is to be lifted near Heaven; to touch a little child pure as the angels of God is to receive a bene- diction. What could not the presence of od do for us if only we were all the time conscious of it? This is just what I may have, did I but dwell in the ‘secret place.” One of the reasons which David gives for desiring to dwell in the house of the Lord was that “he might behold the beauty of the Lord.” I wish that it might be possible for me to make plain to you as I might derstand it nfyself all the beauty that waits us in the ‘‘secret, place.” . Think of the gorgeousness of the Holy of Holics in the ancient tabernacle, which is a type of this! The wonderful curtains and hangings of the place, its blue and purple. its fine twined linen and threads of gold. Think of the beautiful veil with the cherubim, with the embroidery so fine that angel fingers must have wrought them. the: table of pure gold holding the bread, and the seven-branched candle- stick? Who from the outside looking upon how ‘glorious it was within? So I do not think it would be: possible to make plain to you all that awaits you in the ‘secret place.” He who has dwelt there with God could not tell his joy if he had an angel's speech; but this I know, that if you will but enter in and dwell. there, the very beauty of the place will make you pure, and you ‘remember that it is only unto “the pure in heart” that the ‘vision of God is promised. I suppose we might have been with Jacob when in his dream he saw the heavens opened and beheld the angels going up and coming down and heard the voice of God, and we only should have seen the dreary mountains round about. I doubt mot by’ that we might have been with Paul when he was caught up to the third heaven, and we should have seen nothing but the humble surroundings of his tent. And I doubt not but that if Paul were here to-day he would see God here this morning, and he would have walked on the street with Him yesterday. Is not the trouble with ourselves instead of our surroundings or our times? Every permitted sin encrusts ,the windows of the soul and blinds our vision; and every victory over evil clears the vision of the soul, and we can see Him a little plainer. 5 The unholy man could not see God if he were set down in the midst of Heaven; but men and women whose hearts are pure see Him in the very commonest walks of life. And there is not a place in the world if it is right that we should have been there. but after we_ have passed by we may =ay, “Behold, God was in this this: if you will only dwell in the “secret | reven while you wait it may Swing noise- un- | the badger-skin tent would have imagined |- place, and I knew it not.” And if we can not. say it, it is wrong for us to go. 3. In the “secret place” there is power., Oh! that we might all of us possess real power! This is our- ery -by div and by night, and ‘yet there ‘is nothing Femay have easier. There is no promise with which I am familiar that tells us that we” may have power of intellect or of human might... But there is a promise that. we shall have power after that the Holy Ghost shall come upon us, and in the olden times He literally filled to overflow- ing the Holy of Holies, so that at one time it was almost impossible for one to enter. This will. come to us likewise when we dwell in the *‘secret place.” In I. Chronicles we read, in the fourth chapter and twenty-third verse, of certain men who “dwelt. with the king for his work.” There can be no effective service that is not the outcome of communion. Our Lord’s day [recedes the week of work, and this'is always the plan of God. - That wonderful fifteenth chapter of John is founded on that idea. We must abide first, and after that we can not help but bear fruit. Oh! that we might be so near to Him that .we should be magnet- ized and charged with a spiritual force that the ar could neither gainsay nor resist! 3 IIT. I have left to the very last the most ractical question of all, and that is: ow may I enter into this “secret place?” Cannot something be said that will make the way plain? ft may all be summed up in this answer. None can Father but the Son. and he to thom the Son will reveal Him.” It is impos- sible for any one to enter into the. “secret lace” of the Most High except through esus Christ. He said. “I am the way, I am _the door, by Me, if any man will, he shall enter in.” It is just what Paul meant when he said, “But now in Christ Jesus ye who some- times were afar off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” There are some places in the Bible where the way seems plain. “He that eateti My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me, and I in him.” And whatever else is meant by this feeding on Christ, this certainly is true— we are to set apart daily periods of time when we may have communion with the Sa- viour. Is it not because we are too hurried that our vision of Christ is blurred and indistinct? It is only when the water is still that you can see the pebbly beach below. ou could not go alone with Christ half an hour each day, or even » less time, and sitting still, look up into His face, by faith talk to Him and let Him talk to you, without feeling that for a little part of the day you had been in heaven, when in fact it was only the ‘“sgeret place” of the Most High. Christ would be in you and you would be in Christ, even as in the southern sea the sponges may be seen beneath the waves, the sponge in the sea and the sea in the sponge. Then we could say with Paul: “I live. and vet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Again I have read in the Bible these words: “He that keepth His com- mandments dwelleth in Him. and He in him.” I have found that I have only to go the way I think Christ wants me to go and to do the things I think He wants me to do to be able to stand on the very mountain top of Christian ex- perience; and that is only another way of speaking of the “secret place.” You could not go where Christ has bidden you without’ meeting Him, and you could not meet Him without a blessing coming with the meeting. . After all this has been known, I have been told that the vision still tarries. Sometimes that is to try our faith; but e will come if you wait, for He has promised. If, however, after long waiting still He should tarry, take up this old Book, turn its pages with a prayer that God might open vour eves so that you might see Him. This is the garden where He walks; press on. yon will meet Him face to face. This is the temple where He dwells; stand: knocking at ‘the door, “know the lessly on its hinges, and He will lead you Himself into the “secret place.” How a’ Business Man Was Saved. ‘An incident is relate® which occurred during Mr. Finnev's meetings in New York City and which well illustrates the value of a little tact in the great strucgle for ‘souls. The big cutlerv firm of Shef- field. Encland, had a branch house in New York. The manager was a partner of the firm, and very worldly. One of his clerks, who had been converted in the meetings, invited his employer to attend. One eve- ning Le was there, and sat just. across the aisle from Mr. Arthur Tappan. He av- neared affected during the sermon. and Mr. Tappan kept his eve on him. After the ismissal, Mr. Tappan .stepned quickly ross the aisle, introduced himself, and invited him to stav to the after-service. The gentleman tried to excuse himself and get away, but Mr. Tappan caucht hold of the button on his coat and said, “Now, do stay; I know vou will enjoy it;’”” and he was so kind and gentlemanly that the cut- lerv man could not well refuse. He stayed, and was converted. Afterwards he said, “An ounce of weight upon my coat-button saved my soul.” ac [ae Two Pictures. > It is related that two painters eac painted a picture to illustrate his concep- tion of rest. The first chose for his scene a still, lone lake among the far-off moun- tains. The second threw on his canvas a thundering waterfall, with a fragile birch tree bending over the foam. At the fork of the branch almost wet with the catar- act’s sprav, a robin sat on its nest. Henry Drummond, referring to the two paintings, so unlike in their make-up, id: “The first was only ‘stagnation;’ the last was ‘rest.’ Christ’s life was outwardly one of the most troubled lives that was ever lived; tempest and tumult, tumult . and tempest, the waves breaking over it all the time, till the worn body was laid in the grave. “But the inner life was a sea The great calm was always there. moment you might have gone to Him and found rest. And even whén His ene- mies. were dogging Him: in the streets of Jerusalem He turned to His disciples and offered.them. as a last legacy, ‘My peace.’ of glass. At any | Work, Our Highest Privilege. Whoever attempts to escape work avoids his best friend. We read the story of man’s fall in the light’ of subsequent revelation, only to find that work is not a curse, but our highest privilege. The fact ‘that. the. seasons end urges-us on to do our best. An endless probation is simply. none at all. There is no more pathetic lamentation in all literature than this. The summer is ended and we are not saved. Probation is over. The Judge en- ters the field and counts the sheaves. The summer cver reproduces itself. They come in their annual succession, but each holds its own place. This summer will be this but once. Another will come, but it won’t be this. Nothing is ever repeated. The second resembles the first, but is not to be identified with it. The sun never greets the earth twice the same. Probation is Briton everywhere. — Presbyterian Jour- nal. Man’s Influence; The ouly responsibility that a man can- not évade in this life is the one he thinks of least—his personal influence. Man's conscious influence, when he is on dress parade, when he is posing to impress those around him—is wofully small. But his un- conscious influence, the silent, subtle ra- diation of his personality, the effect of his words and acts, the trifles he never con- siders—is tremendous. Every moment of life he is changing to a degree the life of the whole world. Every man has an at- mosphere which is affecting every other. So silently and uncensciously is this in- fluence working that man may forget that - it exists.—\W. G. Jordan. ¥uttons Are in Vogue, Every bit of raiment that milady - puts on nowadays buttons. Hooks and eyes seem to be a thing of yesterday. Fur coats button up snugly for frosty days, while dainty frocks are but- toned down the back like the wee schoolgirl’s. The fashion began in the summer when skirts appeared but- toned all the way down the back. Now more intricate effects are indulged in, and only in a very few cases do the buttons really button. Very small gilt buttons, or buttons of crochet, enamel or of shaded velvet or silk serve admirably, catching to- gether in the most approved fashion tabs of cloth, braid or any suitable material or trimming. There’s no limit to what one may do, providing the lines show an acquaintance with the rules of fashion and the effect is good. ' ) A Strapped Costume. Some of the most effective tailor- made gowns exhibit elaborate strap- pings as the sole trimming, usually of cloth of slightly different tint. and texture from that of which the gown is fashioned. For instance, tweed or zibline costumes are strapped with plain cloth matching the prevailing powder blue fine tweed flecked with a lighter shade and strapped with plain powder blue face cloth. The vertical strapping on the skirt is particularly becoming to a short figure, as it in- creases the apparent height, and the smart little coat has quite short fronts and small semi-circular basques at sides and back, produced by clev- erly arranged strapping. The sleeves are strapped in corresponding fashion and are short enough to display the full puffed sleeves. of the silk blouse slip worn under the coat. When Baby Learns to Walk. Babies must not be encouraged to stand upon their feet until nature prompts them to do so, for if trained to walk at too early a stage the weight of the fat little bodies upon legs whose bones are yet comparatively plastic and inefficient in endurance, will have a very ugly and unhealthy result. {While the bones are tender and im- pressionable, it is highly important that no bad habits should be allowed which’ are likely to affect the figure afterward. A cot that is too short will induce. a. child to draw up its legs and maintain its knees in a bent atti- tude that is afterward hard to over- come. One of.the most important glm- nastics taught by. all teachers of calis- ‘theniecs is that. which has for its ob- ject the straightening of the knees. It is a well known gymnastic, the body being bent forward from the waist while the finger tips endeavor to touch the ground; the knees remaining rigid. Straight knees help to an erect car- riage and to affording the figure the full value of its inches. In the matter of education, the phy- sical as well as the intellectual pur- suits should be considered essential, and they should receive special care; but no gymnastics should be taught until the child is five years old. Ba- bies, however, should be allowed to perform any gymnastics that inspire them while lying in their cots, for the more they exercise their little limbs the better, and their beauty in after life is due in a measure to the care they receive during the days of in- fancy.—American Queen. : Winter Hats. Picturesque in the extreme are the advance styles of * winter hats. The only danger is that too much of the picturesque in any fashion may do away with what is really suitable and becoming. Among the new hats it is noticeable that while the favorite style is the shape that is worn down over the face, the hat that shows the hair is becoming more and more in demand all the time, and even the perfectly flat-crowned hats or the hats . with very small crowns, which in the hand look quite shapeless, have -in- side bands that lift them up a little from the head so that the front and side hair ‘is shown. Large hats are still! much more fashionable than small onts, so that it is really a diffi- cult niatter ‘to get a pretty small hat any more, ‘while the . smart little French bonnet, which some women wear almost invariably, now, has to be made to order. Every season the fashions show more and more that individual tastes and individual looks are to be con- sulted in head-gear. One shape may be becoming to the majority of faces, and is consequently dubbed the leading style, and is of course copied in va- rious modified designs, all built on the same principles; but each hat is al- tered to suit each wearer. Those wom- en to whom the large flat hat is becom- ing have a wide choice this year in felt, velvet, and shaggy beavers, trimmed with rosettes of velvet or sat- in and ostrich feathers, for ostrich: feathers are just as much in favor as ever. The different shades of brown trimmed with dark brown velvet or satin, and brown feathers, are more fashionable than the gray, but the gray is worn also; while for extreme style at the present moment may be no- ticed the white felt or beaver hats trimmed all in white, thus repeating the craze for white that has prevailed all summer.—Harper's Bazar. Women Succeed as Farmers. It is an axiom that in America noth- lug is sacred to man, and especially is | this true in the industrial world. The restless energy of the women hag in- vaded every field of labor; even that monarch of independence, the Ameri- can farmer, wiil no more hold undis- puted sway :in his dominions. The woman as a farmer began, says the secretary of the national convention of farmers, which has just been held in Georgia, with the athletic girl. And while it is not just the thing any more to be big and husky and brown, to be strong and strenuous is ‘still au fait, and if the lady who runs a farm be- comes the fashion, men may look for- ward to a race of modern Atalantas. Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, professor of home economics of the Minnesota School of Agriculture, who has been an active farmer for 20 years, regards the future of the American woman farmer as a brilliant one, and says that a glance at the census statistics al- ready shows hundreds of women listed as farmers. ; “The work is ideal, and contrary to the opinion of the uninitiated majority, eminently feminine,” says Mrs. Mere- dith. “Why feminine? Because farm- ing means infinite detail, and every woman, however unintelligent other- wise, possesses a genius for detail. Then it gives her a home, a thing al- most impossible to secure in the very start, at least, in most fields of femin- ine labor, and most important of all, she meets not with opposition, but with chivalrous co-operation from the men in, the business. Sir Charles Dud- ley, an eminent Englishman, writing of the American, says that the dis- tinguishing thing about the farmers is their respect for women. We women who have made farming our business can gladly vouch for that. “Another idea, now nearly exploded, however, is that a woman would find it difficult, if not impossible, to get men to work for her. For my part, I who am both housekeeper and farm- er, could sooner and more easily hire 20 farm hands than one servant girl. I think this due partly to the fact that men who work on farms know that they receive better treatment as a rule when in the employ of women. “As regards the profits in the busi- ness, both my friends and myself, can testify that farming pays. Other wom- en I know are doing just as well Some of them are married women, who, having inherited farms, are run- ning them successfully, and without any aid from their husbands, either. Miss Gertrude Norrish, of Hastings, Minn., a cultivated and highly edu- cated woman whom I know, is making a brilliant success as a farmer. Other young women are running farms in partnership with their fathers; and do their advertising under the heading of Mr. and Mrs. Blank. “The girls here while they are not taking full courses in the agricul- tural department, are many of them taking courses in dairying and the feeding of cattle, enough to illumine the business of farming at least. “Of the hundreds of women now working in cities from whom I receive letters asking for information on farm- ing and the kind of farming that pays best, I invariably advise stock farm- ing. Tt is the most profitable, as well as the highest kind of farming, and women, most of whom possess a germ of the maternal instinct, are especially fitted for it.”—Minneapolis Journal. TR oITEeRa LFASHIoN ® > AAT Air NOTES Al Ro] A (lf 2 NE, “Dene | (li j {af = mews Long drop earrings are in vogue again. . Picot-edged ribbon is once again the vogue. Ribbon flowers decorate Both hair and bodice this ‘season. Perpendicular strappings full over the tucked circular fiounce of one pretty chameleon taffeta petticoat. Fur-lined garments of all kinds are { smart, and the light cloth coats lined with fur year. Brocaded silk mixed with gold threads is used for incrustations on velvet gowns and finished around with the silk cord, which is very often pure white. are to be fashionable this Dark chiffons are being used for eve- ning dresses made up over light or brocaded silks. The effect is unusual, but pretty, where harmonious colors are chosen. A jeweled girdle is now part of ev- ery well-appointed tea gown, and this is fastened well below the waist, so as to given a most exaggerated long- waisted appearance. : The velvet tailor gown, fashioned from plain or dotted material in black, Czarina blue, moss green or brown, is hy far the most attractive street cos- tume of the season. White broadcloth and white home- spun are both made up into the most attractive gowns for theatre wear, and much or little colored embroidery is one of the modes of decoration. French knots are quite as popular as ever and they appear in a variety of sizes, one of which is a loose, long knot which is made by putting the thread around the needle more times than is usual, and taking the second stitch a little way from the first one so the shape of the knot when finished, is very much like the loop made for heoks. The triple skirt shows itself more frequently as the season advances. An- other skirt considered very smart is made in six sections, each one cut cir- cular and widening to a generous flare in the lower portion, which, with the top one, is richest of all, the four re- maining ones being graduated in width. The edges are finished with a stitched band. A Beautiful fecreen. A beautiful and not especially ex- pensive screen is one of the attractions in a woman's studio. The frame is plain, dark wood, with a dull finish. The filling is made of India print cur- tains, stretched plainly, with almost no fullness. The curtains are cut out to fit the spaces, no attention being raid to the patterns, which adds to the quaintness of the effect. An Attractive Jdea. ° An attractive and utilitarian idea that is a decided addition, besides a saving to any chamber where there isn’t a stationary washstand, is a wide banner splasher mounted behind tha washstand. These are of sheer white muslin or madras that may be laun- dered often and easily, shirred on a brass rod, the rod suspended by a rib- bon to match the color scheme of the room. It should be sufliciently wide to cover the wall behind both stand and jar and extend fully 18 inches above the stand, falling to the top of the baseboard. The effect of this ample, voluminous drapery is airy and graceful. Arrangement of the Parlor. The arrangement of a parlor has al- ways seemed to me to involve ques- tions having a certain ethical value since, if a parlor means anything, it means a place in which man’s rela- tions with his fellows may he carried on—those relations in which all sug- gestions of business or of a profes- sional character are for the time be- ing dropped. Thus you not only want to provide a seat for your neighbor who drops in to see you, but you want tc make that seat comfortable. You also want to refresh his eye with agreeable objects as he sits there, shielding it from the glaring lights and So arranging your other belongings that his vision, tempted to roam while he waits, does not come plump upon some ugly ob- ject in another room. You must never, by the way, forget the end of the visual line, as it were. Landscape artists and architects study it, and the misteress of the household never loses sight of it. Chairs and sofas and tables should be pulled about, tried in one place and another until an effect is reached. As your possessions increase, too, you must be ready to move things again, even those which until that mo- ment have always. seemed to you “ex- actly right.” . The coming of a new picture into an apartment sometimes means the entire arrangment of all the rooms, since everything else may be thrown out of key. But if your picture be worth anything it is certainly worth the trouble you may take in brineing the rest of your belongings into right relations with it. No one, however, who loves good pictures is unwilling to do this.—Inew York News. ARGO SEND LD Ba RETPES Pumpkin Pudding—Stew ‘the pump- kin till tender and quite dry. Rub it perfectly smocth. To cone quart of pumpkin add one pound of sugar, a lump of butter, one quart of milk, the beaten yolk of three eggs and cinna- mon to flavor. Beat all together thor- oughly; line a pudding dish with a rich crust, pour in the pumpkin and bake in a moderately hot oven. Scones—Mix and sift together two cupfuls of sifted flour; level teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt, rub in the flour with the tips of : the fingers four level tablespoonfuls of butter, then add two beaten eggs and one-third cup of cream; toss on a floured board; roll three-fourths of an inch thick, cut in squares, brush with white of egg; sprinkle with sugar and bake in a hot oven. 15 minutes. Chocolate Cookies—One cup of su- gar, one-half cup of melted butter, three-fourths cup of sweei miik, two two cups flour, one cup raisins, one cup chopped nuts, one egg and one yolk. Put one-half teaspoon of cream of tartar in the flour, and -ene-quarter teaspoon of scda in the milk. Melt two squares of unsweetened chocolate and put in last. Flavor with vaniila. Drop on pan and bake in moderate oven. Rice Fritters—Wash one cup of rice in several waters and boil 15 minutes in plenty cf water; pour off the water, add one pint of milk and one table- spoon of salt, cook until the rice is tender, turn it into a bowl and when ccld add three tablespoonfuls of su- gar, yolks of three ggs, five table- spoonfuls of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, then the whites of the eggs well beaien; drop by the spoon- ful into hot fat and fry a gocd brown, pile on a platter and serve with vanil- la sauce. Apple and Nut Salad— Chop sepa- rately and mix together one cupful each of tart, rich-flavored apples and English walnut meats. Serve with a dressing made as follows: Rub twa slightly rounded tablespoonfuls of nut butter smooth with two-thirds of a cupful of cold water, and add half a teaspoonful of salt. Let all beil to- gether for a moment; then remove from the fire, and add two tablespoon- fuls of lemon juice. Set on ice to got very cold, then pour over the salad. Garnish with celery. egos
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