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A MAGIC LILY,
Here is a trick which you will find
very interesting: Make a lily of col-
ored tissue paper about a central stem
consisting of a very thin metal tube,
wound about with green tissue paper,
one of whose ends should project a
little beyond the petals of the flower,
while the other end is to be held in the
operator’s mouth about a foot from
the lily.
Next get a little ball of elder pith,
or cork, run a very thin, flexible wire
through its centre and attach two very
small artificial butterflies of bright tis.
sue paper to the ends of the wire. Place
the ball directly over the tip of the
BUTTERFLIES IN FLIGHT.
metallic stem and blow a long, steady
blast through the tube. If your pith
ball is well centred over the air cur-
rent a very surprising thing will hap-
pen. The ball will remain suspended
an inch above the lily, while the but-
terflies dancing about it look exactly
as if alive and just about to alight
+ upon the iily.
If you construct the flower as ex-
ture might be able to pull a plow.”
Bobby thought for a moment; then,
“But, Mr. Smith, could a horse you
paid seven dollars for have a colt?”
“Possibly,” said Mr. Smith gravely.
“I have seven dollars In the bank,”
continued Bobby; “I guess I'll get a
horse. For if a seven dollar horse
could have a colt, and that colt have
a colt, and that colt have a—-"
Bobby’s mother and father and Mr.
Smith became seriously interested in
the salad; the youthful Henry began
to fidget; the embryo stock farm con-
tinued to grow—‘and that colt have a
colt, and that colt have a colt, and
that colt—"
Henry could stand it no longer.
Turning to Bobby, he remarked in a
tone of impatience, “Say, as soon as
you think you have the worth of your
money would you mind passing the
bread ?”’—Lippincott’s.
INVISIBLE INK.
Boys and girls who like to play clever
tricks should learn how to make invisi-
ble ink, as it is very useful in many
tricks.
This ink can be prepared in several
ways, one of the best being as follows:
Obtain two bottles, each of which will
contain abount one ounce. Label these
1 and 2, respectively, so that there can
be no mistake. No. 1 contains a solu-
tion of iron sulphate, and No. 2 a solu-
tion of gallic acid. Now, No. 1 is the
ink and No. 2 the developer. Take a
clean pen, preferably a quill, and dip it
into ‘the bottle labeled No. 1, and write
or draw on a piece of white paper al-
lowing this to dry. The writing or
drawing will be quite invisible, but as
soon as it is sponged over with the
solution in the bottle labeled No. 2, the
writing or drawing will appear in deep,
black character, or outline, as the case
may be.
Another form of invisible ink, which
PICTURE PUZZLE.
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THE WISHING GIFT.
‘A young man was apprenticed to a
Joiner, and after serving his time the
master joiner gave him a wishing gift.
It was a table which -wvould spread
itself at command. The young man
stopped at an inn and the innkeeper
became very much interested in the
table, and his wife thought of how use-
ful such a table would be to an inn-
keeper. That night the innkeeper ex-
changed the table for another one, and
the joiner departed, not knowing the
deception until later,
Where is the innkeeper?
—From the Brooklyn Eagle.
plained above and learn how to blow
steadily so that the butterflies will
show to their best advantage, you will
find the magic lily will afford you a
great deal of amusement in the mysti-
fication of your friends.
. BOBBY’S BARGAIN,
Henry and Bobby, ages eight and
ten respectively, were little boys who
thought and had tendencies. In conse-
quence of which, at times, they were
a source of great embarrassment to
their mother. Bobby, in particular,
had the money-making propensity. He
saved his pennies religiously, and his
eye was keen for a bargain.
One evening at dinner their father
had as a guest a gentleman who was a
great horseman. The boys listened at-
tentively to the conversation for
awhile, then Bobby opened fire with:
“Say, Mr. Smith, can you buy a
horse for a hundred dollars?”
“yes, Bobby,” said Mr. Smith, “you
can.” .
“Can you get one for fifty dollars?”
$Yos.”
“For twenty-five dollars?”
~$Yog
“For ten dollars?”
“Yes.”
“For seven dollars?” ;
“Perhaps.”
“Seven dollars, really?’ said Bobby
wonderingly. “Would the horse be
awfully fast?”
“Well,” said Mr. Smith, smiling,
“you would not be likely to get a Lou
Dillon or a Dan Pateh, but the crea-
requires a different treatment for de-
veloping, is a solution of very dilute
sulphuric acid. ITeat is necessary in
this case to render the writing visible,
and, consequently, it is more difficult
to introduce it into a conjuring trick.
THE WORLD'S UMBRELLA.
Little Elizabeth is so queer, oe
She thinks that when it’s raining here
’Tis raining all the world about,
And no little children can go out.
And when I tell her the earth is round,
She says that then all this our ground
Is just a great umbrella wide,
Which keeps the drops from the other
side. .
C. D. Stone, in St. Nicholas.
An Illuminating Crab.
One of the marine curiosities fished
some time ago from the bottom of the
Indian Ocean was a mammoth sea
crab which continually emitted a
bright white light, similar to that seen
in the spasmodic flashes of phosphor-
escent luminosity emitted by the com-
mon glow worm. The crab was cap-
tured in the daytime and placed in a
large tank containing specimens of
fish, nothing peculiar except its im-
mense size being noticeable in the
broad glare of the tropical sun. At
night, however, when all was pitchy
darkness, the crab lit up the tank so
that the other creatures in it could be
plainly seén.
A quantity of bullion has just been
recovered from the sunken Rio de
Janeiro, which was wrecked outside
Queenstown Harbor three years ago.
4
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
RL IFE’S ASSETS.”
The Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Goodenough
Talks Instructively on the Infinite
Possibilities That Are in Man—What
We Need to Know.
Bristor, CoNxN.—The Rev. Dr. Arthur
. Goodenough preached Sunday morning
on “Life’s Assets.” The text was from 1
Corinthians 1ii:21, 22, 23: For all things
are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or
Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come; all are
yours, and ye are Christ’s and Christ is
God’s.” Dr. Goodenough said:
Man aspires. His eye is on the sky.
Man was made to walk erect. His impulse
is to climb. This fact indicates his des-
tiny. The earth beneath us and the world
about us contribute to our flight, but they
offer us no home. The world, so near to
us and so essential to our present life, has
its limitations and fetters. Man is impa-
tient of limitations; he aspires to the in-
finite and the infinite is always above us.
The nobler man’s nature the more rest-
less and determined is he to ascend. No
philosophy of .life is true that fails to rec-
ognize this instinct of the soul. Man de-
sires more room, more room is above, and
above .is something that attracts and
draws. That fact is man’s salvation. .
It is generally believed that man had his
origin in God. God is the root from
which all men have sprung. It is equally
true that God is the complement of man
and his goal. How noble is man. What
infinite possibilities are in him. Man is not
a waif, aimlessly wandering through a
trackless wilderness, nor an orphan minus
a parent’s guifing hand and tender voice.
Man’s origin and destiny are one. It is
God. If your five-year-old boy is in need
he instinctively cries, “My father.” If he is
in trouble "he as naturally cries, “My
mother.” Instantly the complement of his
needy nature is at hand.
mother are to him all that he reeds. We
are only larger children, With larger and
more imperative needs. Is therg any help
for us? We have outgrown the ability
of our earthly parents to help us. What
shall we do? As the thirsty ox turns to
the babbling brook, we turn our eyes to
the heavens and say, “My Father—God,
help me.” And quicker than thought the
help comes. Here we have the philosophy
of happiness and the secret of success. As
witnesses to this fact we call to the stand
Augustine, Bernard, John Howe, Isaac
Watts and Charles Wesley. The upward
look wins. The man who aspires to God,
and holiness, and immortality is the one
to whom this text is spoken. “All things
are yours; for’ ye are Christ’s and Christ
is God’s.” . ’
The thing that wise men are thinking
about is life. Bread and acres and dollars
are only incidental. God made the acres.
God’s sunshine and showers grew the grain
from which -the bread is made. God fur-
nished the material to make the dollar.
Therefore, acres and bread and dollars are
good because God had something to do
with producing them. These are valuable
contributions to life, some of our life
values. Life itself 1s worth more than all
of them put together. The man who cul-
tivates your farm is worth more than the
farm. The man who builds your home is
worth more than the house. We are not
paupers. No man, woman or child in this
world need be poor. There are other values
beside dollars. We are heirs to untold
riches. Our heavenly Father, the unseen
capitalist, has invested largely in us, and
He is no spendthrift. He has put the
value where it may multiply. Life is a
feeble thing at the beginning; so is the
acorn, but in the acorn is the massive
oak; so ig the bulb, but the bulb contains
the tint and perfume of the lily. So life
as we see it in the babe, it contains a
Kepler, a Newton, a Gladstone, a Mec-
Kinley. :
Characte. is a result, a product. Charac-
ter tells the story of our conduct and in-
dustry. Character is the fruitage of our
thinking, our willing, our loving, our doing.
And character is the man. Character de-
termines one’s value to himself and to so-
ciety. This is what makes biography the
popular literature of our day. People in-
terest people. Biography is death to pes-
simism. “Thousands of men and women
have succeeded in life. They have feasted
on the universe and enjoyed the infinite,
and the books tell us how they did it.
My young friends, the one thing:-in this
world for you to do, i to follow their
example. You may. Character is no ready
made thing; it is made to.order. If méans
plan and purpose and persistence. You
do not have to make the machinery nor
the material; these are furnished. The se-
lection of the web, the feeding of the loom,
thas weaving of the cloth is ours. The re-
sult is character, and character is destiny.
This is the work of life. Human chances
are not equal. Circumstances favor some
more than others. No doubt of it. But
then every man has a chance, aye, more,
every man has a probability of success.
There are possibilities of failure, and many
seem to fail, but there is no excuse for
failure. Oh, horrible, heartbreaking word
is failure. May none of you ever know
what it means. There is a way of escape
from it. Make a right, not to say, best,
use of what is in you, wisely appropriate
what is about you, give reason the rein.
Enthrone conscience. Be religious. And
every step will be an ascent, every act the
advance of the soul, and the enrichment
of being. All things are yours to do with.
It was never easier to be good than
now. Perhaps it is never easy to be good.
What makes it easier to be good to-day
than it was yesterday? The multiplicity of
helps at hand. To read some newspapers
and to hear some speakers, one would
suppose that nobody was good. The fact is,
the world is full of good people. What is
goodness? Not the muttering of a creed
nor the repeating of a prayer; not the
Jeading of the Bible nor going to church.
Good people do these things, but these
things are not essentially goodness. Bad
people may do them, too. Goodness is
consideration for the other fellow, sweet-
ness of temper, gentleness of conduct, noble-
ness of purpose, love to God and man. It
is to live kindly and truly and well. It is
like the Christ doing good every day and
everywhere. "his 1s the goodness that
counts in our day. And we rejoice to be-
lieve that it is constantly on the increase.
Goodness is true religion, and true religion
is goodness. The two are inseparable. It
is a culturing, refining, elevating process.
It is ever making for the best 1 life is
capable of. What God wants ior His chil-
dren is cue best. The desire of God is
human hanninecss. To this end He is pa-
tient and indulgent. He is prodigal in
gifts. He is ever lavishing His love upon
us. God is neither mean nor little. He is
the great Father, giving Himself for the
salvation, the enrichment, the perfect hap-
piness of His children. God is not the au-
thor of pain. He takes no delight in
tears. The blessed Saviour ceases not in
His age-long effort to make the sons of
earth happy. The law of the universe, the
design of everything is happiness. Happi-
ness is everywhere. Wander in the woods,
walk in the meadow, meander by the
stream, rest in the valley and climb to the
hilitop, and in everything and everywhere
you will find happiness. It springs up like
a well of life, filling the air with its
music, flooding the earth with its joys.
How much more does our heavenly Father
desire you, His children, to be happy. The
only condition of happiness is to be good.
“Blessed are the poor in heart, for they
ghall see God.” Holiness of life maketh
rich and tendeth not to poverty.
To the untutored, this looks like an im-
possible thing, and many ask:
Father and the beautiful.
"I do this?’ Easy enough. .All that is
needed is the dispositien, and the effort.
Eirst of all, look at-yeur bank account.
Did you know you had a bank account?
Well, you have. - See, please, what stands
to your credit, the gift of another. These
assets are ours because we live in the
twentieth century, and because we are
Anglo-Saxons. “All things are yours.
Whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, or
the world, or things present, or things to
come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's
and Christ is God’s.” That is a wonder-
ful statement. It places us under tremen-
dous obligation. What an incentive to
attempt something, what an inspiration to
noble achievement. The great personalities
of history—Paul, Cephas, Anollos. Past,
present, future. The world, God and
Christ, all yours, to make the goal and
win. Then there can be no excuse for
failure.
A practical question. which meets us is,
“How may I utilize these many gifts of
God for my own advancement and better-
ment?’ The answer is, “By right appro-
priation.” Just as the parched earth
drinks in the gentle rain drops, making the
grass to grow; just as the bee sips the
honey from tne fragrant flower, so we must
learn to appropriate the good in every-
thing, to our own growth and refinement.
Life everywhere is sustained by appropriat-
ing the outward to itself. The great in-
onan which teach and bless the world
to-day are great.and capable because of this
appropriation of knowledge. To the good
one the best of two worlds. It was
once thought that the Christian’s world
was exceedingly limited. The Bible,
hymnal, a long sermon and a dreary prayer
meeting were all that the Christian had
any right to. Anything else would chill
his fervor and narrow his vision and
tarnish his soul. Thank God, that day is
so far behind us. To-day we know that
everything within reach and everything
within sight is ours, if we love God, to be
used in the advancement and enrichment
of our lives. :
Look at it a moment. Take an inventory.
Try to itemize the blessings of the good
God. Explore the world of art, the product
of the centuries, it is ours, for God made
‘What. a store house of les-
“sons and inspirations and soul delights are
the "art galleries of the world! The ‘win-
dows in’ cathedrals and churches have for
ages been telling the story of Christ. “The
Nativity,” by Burne-Jones, is the pride of
England; “The Transfiguration,” by Raph-
ael, the glory of Italy. These are but sam-
ples of the beautiful in art, which are ours
for the delight and culture of the soul.
All sciences and literatures belong to us,
for God is the Author of all truth. Shakes
peare and Booth and De Reszke, these
and the host of éthers like them; are ours
to charm away our cares and rest:of mind.
The marketplace crowded with.the yield of
the field, the wealth of the mine, the prod-
uct of the factory, is ours, for God is immi-
nent in nature and industry and human
skill. The advance in surgery and medi-
cine, the limitless pleasures in travel—all
this is ours, available and usable assets
to make life rich and happy and good.
All this is the product of the past, the
gift of the good &od. Its presence should
shame badness out of existence. How can
people be bad when they think: of the
goodness of God? What are we doing with
Life’s assets? They are the raw materials
out of which we may weave the soul’s ser-
aphic robe; they are the steps by which
we ascend to the home of perfect day.
They are to our spirits what air and dew
and sunlight are to the seed. Plants
grow by appropriating things ab extra to
their use; souls grow by doing the same
way. The business of life is to convert
all these forces and gifts into life and
character. The soul: must drink in its
full of God and rise to the perfect life in
the endless day beyond the stars.
What we need to know to-day is the
proper use of things. That means study,
the exercise of the mind. thers have
studied and thought for us. The result is
the locomotive, carrying us sixty miles an
hour; the electric wire, by which we talk
to a friend 1000 miles away. If wealth
is to benefit the owner of it, he must use
it and use it wisely. So, if we are to feel
the stimulus and reap the benefit of the
accumulations of the ages, as life's assets;
if these are to answer their need, in the
making of a man—we must study and
think and pray. In the right use of these
is. the making of a holy character. :
All that has been said is, we believe,
true. But it is not the whole truth. We
must>go a step further.” Man has’ heart
conditions and soul needs, which neither
nature, nor science, nor Scripture, can
meet. Man needs a°God. God is .every-
where. God. is in the sunlight: which
bathes us every day with its warmth and
glory. He is in the bread which we eat;
He is in the music which comes floating
through the air, making the heart to dance
for joy. But this Ged is too vague, too
vast, too -imperscnal. Can this God.:be
personalized? It is God's eternal purpose
to adapt Himself to the limitations and
needs of His children. We do not think
of God merely as Power, or Majesty, or
Holiness. God is Love. Love is the win-
ning thing. Love conquers. Love is bent
on drawing home to the Father’s heart all
His wayward and lost ones. The human
heart cries for God. What kind of a God?
Not the God of the atheist, not the God of
the Deist, not the God. of the narrow
theologian, but the Eternal God. And
Jesus Christ has revealed Him to the
world. This Jesus Christ and this God
are ours. lhis completes the list. There
is nothing more that can be added. Flow-
ers, pictures, music, ships, railroads, tele-
phones, philosophy, science, religion, hu-
man fellowships, friendships, loves, plus
God and Christ. All are yours. Don’t
complain of poverty any more; never be
afraid of failure; never again say “I can’t.”
Goodness does not mean exemption from
the common ills of life. Every life has its
burdens, every heart has its own secret
sorrow. We would not minimize the cares
which are inevitable. They are not joy-
ous, but grievous. Many tears are shed in
the private chamber. Many feet are tread-
ing lonely paths. And blessed be God, our
heavenly Father knows it all. The Christ,
the Saviour of Men, is touched with the
feelings of our infirmities. All the love of
the Deity, all the power of the Almighty,
all the compassion of the Lover of Souls,
is for us. Look up, then. Be of good
cheer. ’Tis better further on. In com-
pany with the Saviour, nothing can harm
us. The path of the good is as the shining
light, shining more and more unto the
perfect day.
“Loose me from earth’s enclosure, from the
sun’s ®
Contracted circle sef my heart at large;
Eliminate my spirit, give it range
Through provinces of thought yet unex-
plored;
Teach me, by this stupendous scaffolding,
Creation’s golden steps, to climb to Thee.”
No Triumphal Entry.
It is ‘the irony of history that Christ's
entry into Palestine is so often misinter-
preted. To me there is hardly more bit-
ter irony in the life of Jesus than to speak
of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
The multitude came out to meet Him,
threw their sarments and palm branches
in front of Him, and the people sang. But
what of the central figure? He saw the
great city, and wept over it. Whaat a con-
trast was that with the triumphal march
of a conqueror.—Rev. Dr. A. A. Berle,
Salem, Mass.
The Only Standard.
Our_churchman’s life has paganism i=
it. Nowadays many men are
a pagan is honest, pure
should he need religion?
Christian hfe there is no
Ayn
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Christ is the only s
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tsances.
1
Society women who until recently
did not take an active interest in the
showing of dogs in the ring have now
fairly caught the craze. The two most
important factors in creating this fem-
inine interest have been the Ladies’
Kennel Association of America and the
Ladies” Kennel Association of Massa-
chusetts. The former holds a yearly
spring show at Hempstead, L. I., and
last autumn it had the courage to hold
an indoor show at Madison Square
Garden. The Ladies’ Kennel Associa-
tion of Massachusetts, although long-
er in existence than its sister club in
New York, has never held a show of
its own, but it will inaugurate a dis-
tinctively woman’s show, to be man-
aged entirely by members, next June
at the Brookdale Farm, Braintree,
Mass., the home of the New England
Kennel Club.—Illustrated Sporting
News.
QUAINT LITTLE MANTLES.
A quaint fashion which is being at-
tempted is that of little mantles of the
gown material to wear with street
and carriage dresses. One sees a few
at every opening. Many taffeta gowns
are made with mantles, this material
seeming to be especially appropriate
for them. They are trimmed with ruch-
ings and pleated frills, and some, in
voile or similar materials, are quite
elaborately decorated with lace and
embroidery. Scarfs of one kind or an-
other are in the greatest favor. Stoles
of chiffon, made in elaborate shirrings
and quillings, and trimmed with chif-
fon shower bouquets—there does not
seem to be any better way to describe
then? — are seen everywhere. In all
the ‘Paris fashion plates the models
are wearing lace and chiffon scarfs
with evening and house gowns, while
mantles and scarfs accompany most of
the street gowns. All this goes with
the long shoulders and full skirts of
the 60s. No one would be surprised
if shawls came back.
MAKE HOME ATTRACTIVE.
Why do boys and girls go away trom
home for their amusement? The truth
is, if a boy or girl goes away from
home six or seven nights in a week
somebody is to blame. Some place is
more attractive than home.
If the children enjoy home they will
wish to stay there. Perhaps father
wants to read the paper and won't en-
dure the games and laughter. Is the
paper of more:*consequence than his
children’s safety? Then let him not
complain if he finds his sons in work-
houses. Are mother’s nerves so un-
strung by household cares that a sud-
den bump “sets her on edge?’ Can she
not teach herself endurance? Then she
must. not mourn if she drives her
daughters to the streets.
.It,is only in the evening that the
family circle can be complete and
when every one is at home, home
should. be an, immense playground.
No father can hold his son’s regard
unless to share in his sports. No
mother can be her daughter’s confi-
dant unless she listens eagerly to the
tales of mischief and romance. It is
such an easy thing to lose the confi-
dence of the growing child; there are
So many curious ears among the
friends and playmates longing to lis-
ten.
Keep the boys and girls at home.
Give them a good time there. Hold
them close to the heart of the family
circle. Give of the best that life af-
fords to the home gatherings. Give
your smiles and sympathy and try to
charm and entertain them.—Buffalo
Evening eNews.
A COUNTESS’ ROMANCE.
London Truth tells how the Countess
of Waldersee first met her first hus-
band, Prince Frederick of Schleswig-
Holstein-Augustenburg and so forth,
in 1864, at one of those amusing dances
of the Empress Eugenie. The Empress
got them up to be able to invite Seces-
sionist beauties, who at them would be
in no danger of running against North-
erners. She and the Slidellis, Masons,
and McGruders found a society god-
mother in a New Orleans lady of con-
siderable standing at Court, the Mar-
quise de Chasseloup - Laubat, whose
husband held the Marine Portfolio.
Prince Irederick, who had come to
Paris to explain to the Emperor the
Schleswig-Holstein tangle, received an
invitation to one of the dances, and
felt so dazzled at the show of youth,
beauty, innocence, and free yet mai-
denly manners that he forgot all about
his mission. He at first fell in love
with all the Southern belles, but as
France is not Turkey, he had to make
a choice, and he chose Miss Esther Lee,
as, it seemed to him, the flower of the
bevy, proposed to her, and had the hap-
piness after some delay to be accept-
ed. She had attained the “sensible”
age of twenty-seven. Prince Freder-
ick laid his case of a love-stricken el-
derly Prince before the Emperor Franz
Joseph, and stated that his Imperial
Majesty would greatly facilitate his
suit if he promised to confer with Miss
Lee, in the event of her accepting him,
the title of Princess of Noer, Noer be-
ing a village in Schleswig. Francis
Joseph sympathized with Frederick, as
he has since done with divers members
of his own family under like circum-
The courtship began in the
early spring of 1864, and the wedding
Prince Frederick died
at Baireuth in 1865, and the widow,
still beautiful and interesting, married
Count Waldersee at Leutenbach, in
Wurtemberg, on April 14, 1874, -
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Queen Victoria
the same year.
The toys
when a child are on exhibition at the
World's Fair at St. Louis.
used by
Any one can add strength and weight
to his body by rubbing well with olive
oil after a warm bath. Oil baths are
particularly beneficial to delicate chil-
dren. .
At a recent fashionable wedding in
London the hats of the bridesmaids
were trimmed with’ natural flowers,
and it is predicted that the style will
be popular next summer.
In. Dutch Guina the women carry
upon their persons all their family
savings in the shape of heavy brace-
lets, anklets, necklaces and even
crowns of gold and silver. :
The Japanese woman does not
blacken her teéth under any mistaken
idea that it makes her attractive. She
does it to make herself. unattractive.
Her husband is supposed to know her
value. .
Recenqtly an old woman at Clinchy,
France, was told that she had won
$20,000 in a Spanish lottery. Later she
found that she had been hoaxed, and
the shock of the disappointment killed
her instantly. .
The oldest love-letter in the world is
in the British Museum. It is a proposal
of marriage for the hand of an Egyp-
tian princess and it was made 3500
years ago. It is in the form of an in-
scribed. brick. ‘
A piece of lard the size of an egz
reamed with sugar and divided into
three parts and taken at intervals of
twenty minutes will relieve any at-
tack of cramps that has not progressed
to the fatal point. :
The headdress and coral jewelry of a
Dutch woman are usually heirlooms
and vary greatlyy according to the
riches of the family. The gold fasten-
ing of the coral necklace also may be,
anything from a very small plain clasp
to one the size of a brooch covered with
expensive filigree work, and when it is
large enough to satisfy the pride of
the owner it is always worn in front.
One or all of these pieces of jewelry
form a part of every girl's dot, while
the remainder of it among the farming
people of the north consists of cows
and sheep. It is most amusing to hear
it said of a young woman who is about
to marry: ' “She-has an excellent dot;
fifty cows and sheep, a good-headband
and ornaments and such beautiful coral
necklace and earrings.”
The pelerine collar of the summer is
to, be slightly draped in front.
Dark muslins will be worn more this
summer than in many seasons past.
Narrow flat gold braid run through
beading is an effective trimming to
brighten a dark frock.
Shepherd's plaid checks in voile are
among the smartest materials for the
morning frock of wool.
Crush belts of Japanese embroidered
silk, with borders, straps and buckles
of kid, are among the novelties.
Small taffeta leaves applique in gar-
lands form the only trimming for an
imported blouse of dyed Chantilly lace.
The faded roses, which are a late
Paris fad, are shown upon the imported
millinery, but have not yet had enthu-
siastic acceptance here.
tadium has appeared among the col-
ors. Radium *silk is a gleaming iri-
descent stuff, running through the
shadings of opal, palest pink and
mauve and white.
Blue roses in an odd faded hue
which, in the hands of an artist com-
bine effectively with certain American
Beauty and pink shadings, are another
abnormal notion having the stamp of
Parisian approval.
Round flat ornaments made by run-
ning narrow soutache braid round and
round in snail shell fashion are much
in evidence. Frequently gold braid is
used for the centre of the ornament,
but the outer circles match the frock
material.
Chiffon is now tucked and pleated in
a manner that suggests the old-fash-
ioned plaid muslins that we wore for
aprons as little girls. The stripes of
the muslin are replaced in the more
costly fabric by veritable tuckings and
pleatings, but the quaint cross-bar ef-
fect is the same. Built up over white
or colored slip, this goods makes an
exquisite and unusual frock.
The hand-embroidered linen turn-
overs are the most attractive and the
ones most worn on dress occasions.
They are not stiff, as one might imag-
ine ,the embroidery being an openwork,
spiderlike web attachment—usually in
some handsome point design—to the
finest sheer linen heading. These sheer
linen and mull turnovers, richly dec-
orated in hand-made designs, are in
many cases quite expensive and ap-
took place in Paris on November 3 of | propriate for any occasion.