CHILDREN'S WEAR.
PRKTTY COSTIMKS MITATJLU
vou sri;i.u and ui'mmki:.
Snggcattons YnltmWe to Mothers
Materials nnil Stylos Thnt Will
lie In Vogue Some Stylish
Neck (inrnlturca.
"V IU)WX-UP members of the
I . community do not entirely
jT monopolize tho pretty things
of the season. Never were
the little ones more gracefully or ar
tistically clad. The blouse waist is
een cvorywhore, developed in nil
Sorts And varieties of material, and for
tots whose bros ran Re from two to
eight years skirts barely reach to the
bend of the knee. Slteves ere large
puffed, shirred and resetted quite
ts elaborately as those worn by the
mammas and big sinters.
In hats tho Kato (treenaway styles
are still in favor. They are always
gathered on to wires and trimmed
with lace-edged frills or bows of rib
tons. Black and red combined are popular
for little- girls, and solid colors have
almost driven the "mixed effects"
from the Hold.
Girls of three years attest their ad
vance from babyhood by wearing
much shorter dresses of nainsook,
with others of chambray, tine ging
hams, and dimitios. The little mimes
of this tender age ore so attractive in
themselves that they are superior to
dress, and it is the wise mother who
makes the little frocks of very simple do
esign for general wear. If the small
gingham and cambrio morning dresses
are made open in the back, to be but
toned to the hem, their laundering will
be much simplified, a point worth con
sidering when a half day's wear, some
times loss, sends each to the tubs. For
the pique, chambray, and nainsook
frocks pretty models are shown this
spring, which give to Miss Baby a
touch of her mother's breadth of
shoulder. These are little yoke or
guimpe dresses, with a wide, pointed
cape collar of the mateiial, edged
with embroidery from two to three
inches deep, put on just full enough
to keep from puckering ; this is fin
ished round the neck with a plain
FASHIONS
cord, and is hooked or buttoned with
a Btngle button beneath the neok fin
ish of dress or guimpe, as the case
may be.
Older girls who are well dressed are
imply dressed. So long as short
dresses are worn, there is not enough
of plain fabric shown to make a back
ground for elaborate trimmings, and
mnoh ornamentation of these small
dresses violates the canons of taste in
dress as well as gives undue
prominence to a subject of minor im
portance to a child. Especially doos
the average Amerioan mother err in
this respect in preparing the ward
robe for her little girls for their sum
mer vacation. Then, if ever, should
they have simple and serviceable
frocks ; instead then, more than ever,
for materials are cheap and long days
give time for sewing, are they apt to
be over-dressed.
There are, of course, many pretty
modola in tasteful designs for those
who do not care to confine the dresses
to severe simplicity. One illustrated
in the large out is of printed duck,
white, with a pin-dot of light blue ;
the long, full sleeves are finished with
caffs of blue dnck, pin-dotted with I
white, and folds of the same material
atart from the armholes and are caught
down in the front of the bodioe by
' two rows of round pearl buttons.
Another model illustrated is of pale-
pick pique, the chemisette trimmed
with rows of narrow feather-stitch
braid, white, and a wide ruffle ol em
broidery, double-pointed revers of
the pique forming a sort of color,
whioh is tied in front with a bow of
white lawn.
A model for a cashmere or crepon
dress has the skirt trimmed with long
lines of baby velvet ribbon of har
monizing or contrasting oolor ; these
outline the seams of the gored skirt
nd radiate from the neckband in a
circular yoke effect ou the round
bodioe, each line on waist The
lneves and collar band are similarly
finished, and frills of laoe drape the
ahoulders.
STYLISH KECK OABNITTBBS.
There seems to be no abatement to
the fanoy for showy vest fronts and
decorative eollara. .Probably beoanse
it is so easy to. put on your bust bib
and tucker over a last season' gown,
and feel quite satisiled with your ap
pearance. Cuffs, collars and vesta of lawn and
laoe will be so ubiquitous through the
iPring and summer that tho many
fingers are already busy over their
preparation.
Very pretty and generally becoming
are the lawn collars whb;h turn over
A anocr of fashionable collar.
at the throat, an! cuffs to match
which turn back at the wrist. For a
slender throat the three-cornered
pieces which turn over beneath the
ears are the most becoming.
A group of fashionable collars is
pictured, the upper one beiug mado
of ganzo muslin in a pointed yoke
outlined with nn insertion of silk em
broidery, from which fulls a flounce
to correspond. Tho yoke of the sea
oud collar is of flue muslin laid over
a colorod silk foundation, nnd bor
dered with a band and frill of stiletto
embroidery. The third collar of the
group is an old-time shape, made of
grass cloth, ornamented with self
colored embroidery and feather stitch
ing. All of these collars may close at
the back with satiu ribbon bows.
KOVELTIES IX HEADGEAR.
Art, as far as millinery is con
cerned, is in advance, far in advance,
of nature this season. Not a bud, nor
blade of grass, nor the faintest allur
ing suggestion of spring is out-of-doors,
und indoors in fashionable
shops a perfect riot of blossoms in
FOR MISSES.
rinmphant profusion proolaims the
news that spring millinery has arrived
from Paris and Vienna. What elegant
perversions of last year's modes daz
zle one. Last year's small, unimport
ant flowers are magnified into large
editions in strange colors. Already a
clever observer has discovered that
everything in the millinery line runs
in a trio this season. Of course a
chord of three notes is necessary for
harmony in musio, and in red, yellow
and blue makes a perfect chord in
eolor and certainly in the qneer twists
and shapes and oddly interwoven
straws, and the variety of materials
that are conspicuous features of head
gear now, there should be harmoniz
ing element. Three is the magie num
ber that preserves aooord in what at
first glanoe appears startling discord.
Feathers come in bunohes of three ;
oolors are masiied in triple shades,
flowers are arranged in threes and the
brims of hats form three distinct
pleats or three terraced effects like
that shown in the illustration. It js a
most springlike combination, being of
STRAW WITH CERISE RED HOSES.
coarse pleated straw, greeu as tender
young grass. Cerise red roses and
oyolameu form the decoration either
side, aud rising like ribbon grass
from the flowers are three loops of
glaoe ribbon of a very pale shade of
green. This is jauntily tipped np iu
the back, the flutes in the straw being
ornamented with green bows.
An old Colorado woman who plays
hand organ on Denver's streets ha
been found to be worth over $100,000,
ad to earu as high as f 25 a day.
II l '& I 'M'
I MODEL $1000 Sl'BTJBUAH HOJIE.
Plans for Its Erection, Interior Ar
rangements anil Materials Used.
(Copyright 1995.)
Wiso men who look to the future
ire gradually availing thamsolves of
;he present conditions. The near-by
niburbs of all cities are being built
ip with inexpensive houses,' and the
sffett will soon be felt in the problem
f municipal reform. The assertion
loes not need proof that the house
holder is a better citizen, in thnt he
la more keenly alive to the adminis-
fl B 1R
fe ; is&sr4
tration of affairs, thn the dweller in a
rented house. He feels that it is not
a mere privilege, but a duty as well,
to exercise tho franchise and to give
keen scrutiny to the acts of the pub
lic servants. He has a personal inter
est in the affairs of State he is a
householder aud a taxpayer. When
he speaks of "home a veritabe
homo" as distinguished from the rent
ed bouse in his eye ho has pictured
a pretty cottage something like the
one herewith illustrated.
To build this house would cost
about $10')0.
General dimensions: Width through
dining room and kitchen, 23 feet 0 in
ches; depth, including veranda, 33
feet 6 inches.
Heights of stories : Cellar, 0 feet 0
13V
Parlor.
I 2' k 12V
fc' wide
Urst rioor
inches; first story, 8 feet 6 inches!
second story, 8 ieet.
Exterior materials: 'Foundation,
stone and brick ; first and second
stories, gables and roofs, shingles.
Interior finish : Two coats plaster;
soft wood flooring, trim aud stairs,
Interior woodwork painted colors to
suit owner.
Colors : Body, all shingles dipped
and brush coated iu oil. Trim paiuted
white. Boot shingles dipped and
brush coated red. Sashes paiuted
Rof.
Bed R.
Bed R.
oVioVh
cioTSP--
lnM ci01Tc17
Bed R.
ioV 12'
Roof.
Second Hoor
bronze green ; blinds Colonial yellow.
Veranda and porch floors and ceilings,
oiled.
The principal rooms and their sizes
closets, etc, are shown by the floor
plans. Collar under parlor and hall,
Loft floored for storage. Open fire
place in the dining room. Double
folding doors connect parlor with hall
and dining room. Alcove off front
bedroom serves as a dressing room.
This design is subject to many feasi
ble mouitications. bailing doors may
connect hall, parlor and dicing room.
Another chimney mar be introduced
in the parlor. Aloove off the front
bedroom may be partitioned off for a
hall bedroom, with entrance direolly
from the hall. Bathroom with a full
or partial set of plumbing may be in
troduood into teoond story.
The price (61050) is based on New
York prices for materials and labor.
and in many sections of the country
the cost should be less. Mantels ranges
and beaters are not included in the
estimate, being left for the individual
builder to seleot.
An Oild Gold Nugget.
There is on exhibition in Lumpkin
County, Ueorgia, a large and beauti
ful pieoe of gold in the shape of a leg'
less duck. It was purchased from a
man who fomud it a few years ago
while mining, on the Chostatee Hirer,
near Dahlouega. Chicago Times
tteruia.
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fc'wide. I
THE TURNING POINT.
BATTLE OF EZRA CHURCH.
Asked a Favor of Grant Death of
Oenoral Badeau,
The tattle of Ezra Church was a turning
point In the Atlanta campaign. Hood was
very naturally sore after bis three torrlflo
though InDtTnctlve blowsi the Drst delivered
at Penchtree Creek, the second strains! Mc
pherson tbe 22d ol July, and the third at
Ezra Church ths ifltb. These were ao dis
astrous that he determined, for a season at
least, to keep bis inula body on tbe defens
ive.
Sherman, too, though comparatively suc
cessful In the Issue ol these eugagements,ws
mini') morn cautious by considerable losses
nod Hood's boldness, Kenesaw had taught
Its dreadful lesson, and Sherman had become
unttlllins to attack thoroughly-prepared lines
ot Intn uclia.ent. He bad by experience
lesrnelhow to Interpret Jon Johnston, but
be felt reinurknbly uueertnln as to wbattbe
)cetill:ir Hood would undertake next,
When my command,, the Army ol the Ten
nevsre, moved around to the west ot Atlanta
ltn a view of getting possession ol tliose
MHrr-ad lending out of the city southward.
our Oeuiiritl bad in his mind a conjoint action
of his cuvulry, which Indeed ought to have
Leen more successful. He tbea led three
cavalry divisions of considerable strength-
Ed. Jli't ook's. 3. Cm) erTectlves. at tbe time at
Turner's Ferry, when tbe Chattahoochee was
brlilgoil; rttoneman . 2,500, and Hnrrard s,
1,0'nt, at or near Decatur, on bis right.
Here Is what was In Hberiaan s mind prior
to Ezra Church, expressed In bis own words.
''My Inn of action wns to move to the Army
of tho Tennessee to the right rapidly aud
boldly nualnst tbe railroad below Atlanta,
and at the same time to send all the cnralry
nronn l by tbe right and left to make a lodg
ment on the Macon Itallroad about Jones
boro." We have seen how the array of ths Tenn-
e;sen marched nnd fougbt at Ezra Church
without reaching tbe silicon linllroad. Ths
cavalry, except onrrard's, had received Its
oniers, ana set lortn to carrytnem out. uner
Hhermnn now (or three or fourdnys strength
ened bis right Hank by putting two Infantry
dlvls'ons ol Thomas's i linlrd's and Davis's,
ol ralmer'sCsrps,) in rear ol my right flank
for a restrve. Perhaps he hoped Hood would
come ou agalu and attack us; but Sherman
whs ma nly waiting lor "the etlect of this
cnvalrv movement against the railroad about
Jones Doro.
The llrst resort (hat came to him. Aug. 1.
to tbe effect that Ed. Mot'ook's Division had
been defuted and captured, hi) stoutly dis
credited and disbelieved; yet he took prompt
action In view of the hosslblllty of such a ill
aster. 114 put all tbe garrisons guarding
our depots and eommunleatiena on the qui
vive, brought Behoileld's troops around tc
and beyond my rlubt, and had Thomas send
there also tbe whole ol Palmer's Fourteenth
Corps, Oarrard doing what be could with ti la
small cavalry lores to tike care ol Thomas't
leit near Atlanta.
Ed. McCook bad done well at the first onset
He struck the railroad and did much damage,
and finding no co-operation from Stonemau,
drifted back with over 400 prisoners to New
nun. Thence Confederate Wheeler's dis
patch, doubtless undertheexclteinentellghtly
exaggerated, tells tbe story of MaCook's de
tent, it reads:
We have lust completed the killing, cap
turing and breaking up ol the entire raiding
parly under Uen. McCook; some 930 pris
oners, two pieces of artilery and 1,200 hor
ses nnd equipments captured,"
McCook here lost his captured Confeder
ates, but reported from Turner's Ferry to
enermnn a loss to nimseii ci nut euu.
Oen, Htoneman (or some unaccountablt
reason, did not tarry out Hherman'a Instruc
tions us tbey were gives. Coming from De
catur, he did not meet McCook near Jones
boro. Instead ot that, he passed oil behind
ths Ocmulgee nnd went down on the eastern
bank.
Another recorded Confederate dlsnatsh
from Macon shows tbe result of this raid:
"Uen. Htoueman, after bsvlug bis (ores
routed, yesterday surrendered with 000 men;
tbe rest ot bis meu are scattered aud flying
toward Eatonton. Many have been already
Kinea anu capturea.
loi. Adams ltn but small loss came back
to us (rom Btuneman, but Col. ('apron's
lirlgade suffered more, was scattered, aud re
turned to Hherman In fragments. Hood was
not long In repairing the damage done by
our cavalry. (lenerul Howard Iu National
iriDune.
DEVTBJ Or OSX. AD4M SADEAV.
TJrlg.-Oen. Adam Badeau exnlred auddenlv
on 3iarcn iu. at lliiigewooa. n. J., ol apo
plexy. He was a native of the City of New
lork, uavlug been born December 29. ltal.
His education was reoelved tiirough private
Instruction, and at a boarding sohool at Tar-
ryton, N. 1. He volunteered In tbe military
service In 1862. and was appoluted on tbe
staff of llrlg.-Gen. Tboma W. Sherman.
ills relation with Uen. Urant began In May,
1801 On ths 5th ol that month. Immediately
after crossing tbe Mississippi river In the
Vlcksburg campaign, Uen. Urant asked to
nave iiauesu omenta to auty on dis staa,
its Dad not tben seen Badeau, wbo was a
Captain serving on tbe staff ol Uen Bberman,
and Urant's application was made on the re
eonimendatlon of Uen. J. H. Wilson, bis Inspector-General.
Badeau'a orders did not
reaob him until tbe 27th of May, Just as the
assault, on Pqrt Hudson was beginning. Us
was wounded la mat assault, ana was unanle
to report to Uen. Ursnt In person ontll reb
ruary, 1884, and accordingly first met Uen.
Urant at Nashville, where ho had established
bis Headquarters after ths battle of Cbattv
nooga.
He was appointed Minister to Eugland by
President Urant In 1H87. nnd was afterward
made Consul to London. Under President
Arthur be wus Consul at Havana. In bla
later years he came conspicuously before tb
public In bis suit agaluit Col. Fred Urant
over toe urant Memoirs.
Punished for Cariosity.
It Is dungcroUH to gratify curiosity or
to violate precedent at tho Chlueso Iui
porinl Court. Tho Kuipress Dowager Is
a grent stickler for etiquette. Recently
she required tho services of Doctor LI
To-ch'ang, vice-president of the Inipo-
rlnl Academy of Physicians at Peking,
for one of the members of her suite at
Kho .Vark Tolaee. The learned doctor
bad never been lnsldo these famous
palace grounds, and his curiosity was
fired to seo the many curious objects of
which he had heard wonderful talcs.
Bo he bribed a palace eunuch to show
hi in around the grounds.
While the two were walking about
and enjoying themselves, the empress
spied them. She at ouco dlsputched
servants to punish their effrontery. The
eunuch was seized, thrown on his face,
ami accommodated with fifty blows
from the bamboo on the calves of bis
legs. The doctor was docked three
months' pay and received a severe rep
rlmaud, while his assistant was ordered
never to venture again Into the oui
press' presence.
The affair created a sensation, bo-
cause of the high position of the physi
cian and of the humiliating punish
ment dealt nut to blin.
Happiness la never found by those
Who seek It on the run. ,
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Important Measures Considered by Out
Lawmakers.
Mosdav. The Legislature ts ones more la
full blast. The Bonnto resumed to-night
alter a week's rest. A number of bills were
firmed on second reading. Senator Penrose
ntroduoed a bill to prohibit prize lighting
and to regulate boxing contests. Ths penalty
is a line of tl.OOO aud three months to Jnll,
A prize fight la defined as a puglllatlo contest
oontest upon tbe result ot which any money,
Crlze or valuable thing Is wagerod. Alsoauy
oxlng contest which is over six rounds Iu
length, or In wbicb the nakod lists or gloves
oflesstbsn six ounces In weight sre used,
All speculators and those not present lay
ing bets on such fight may In the discretion
of tte Conrt be punished In like measure.
Tt;tsot The bill amending the Tlrooks
high license law, wbicb was prepared by the
Beaato commission appoluted to Investigate
the operations of the llrooks set contains two
measures, covering tbe wholesale aud retail
trade. Tbe retail bill llxes the license tee at
tHOO for llrst aud second class cities, MOO (or
those resident in all other cities, (160 lor
boroughs and (75 fo township.
Places where grog Is sold In violation ot
the law shall be declared a nuisance and
treated as disorderly bouses, and shall be
abated by suit at law or equity Instituted by
the Commonwealth or a citizen. All persons
found drlnglng In such places will be eonsld-
erea uisoruesiy. All Hats must beeloseabe
twoea midnight and a o'clock in tbe morn-
lug. It Is unlawful to lurnlsh musleor tree
lunch in any licensed plnce. Wholesalers,
rectifiers, etc., shall cay lor each senerate
store sad agency an annual license as follows
vi.uuu in llrst ana second class cities,
tSOO la third class cities, (300
in all other elites, (200 la boroughs, (luj In
tonnshlps.
No bottler's license shall hereafter be Issued
but any wholesale dealer or brewer may sell
liquors iu bottles by wholesale. Distillers
aud brewers are permitted to deliver tbolr
firoduct In wagons In tbe couuty wbere the
icense Is granted, The name and number ot
the license must be printed on the wagons In
letters and figures not less than lour Inches
In length. Money loaned by wholesalers to
establish retailors cannot be recovered, and
any such Judgment secured will be stricken
from ibe record. It Is unlawful tor whole
salers to sell to unlicensed persons or Incor
porated or unincorporated associations to b
sold at retail.
TlirtnsDAT. Dills on second renillnir helnir
ihe order of the duy, Mr. Clarency, ol Pblla
lelphla, called up the bill amending tbe act
3l 1HU3, relating to building and loan associat
ions, tie stated that Ibe bill as now ameuded
received the indorsements of all tbe building
and loan associations in the state. It passed
lecond reading. Ou motion of Mr. Phillips,
it Chester, tbe bill relutlng to Imitation but
ter was recommitted to the committee on
agriculture.
A bill under tbe cbarge of Mr. Jenn nirs. of
Sullivan, separating tbe olllces of brotbouo-
tary and register iu counties wbere they are
now comnineo, was inueiiaueiy postponed.
Tbe Cotton bill, providing lor electrocu
tion as the method ot executing tbe death
sentence, was voted down on second reading,
but was reconsidered wbeu Mr. Cotton mov
ed to postpoue (or tbe present. Mr. Fow, ol
Philadelphia, moved to make it Indefinitely.
Tbia was voted down, and tbe motion to
postpone tor ine present prevailed.
Mr. Nichols' Joint resolution, amending tbe
constitution so as to abolish aprlng elections,
was called up (or flnul passage ou special or
der at 11:15. Tbe resolution was defeated by
a vote ol US noes to S3 ayes.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
Kaiser Wllhelm's latest fad Is agriculture.
Twenty lives Ilo between the Emperor of
Germany and the British throne.
I.I Hung Chang's name Is really lust LI.
All the rest ot it is a title of honor.
Krupp. the Oerman gun manufacturer.
has a fortune estimated nt (2,000,000.
Queen Victoria Is sulTerlng greatly (rom
rheumatism, which renders her almost help
less. Secretary Oresham Is the oldest member of
the cabinet. lie was sixty-three on bt. Pat
rick's day.
The Marnnlsof Downshlre Is the wealthiest
Irish peer. His estate in thnt country total
114.821 acres, with a revenue ot (480,000. His
English estates add (25,000 to this amount.
Justin McCarthy, the Irish Parliamen
tarian whose novels have been so widely
rend In this country, Is In his sixty-second
year; but even nt this age. It is no unusual
thins; (or him to sit up all night Aver his
typewriter.
Maturln M. Tlallou, who published Dallou s
Magazine, the first Illustrated weekly, and
was an original proprietor of the lloston
Ulotie, died, a (ew days ago, at Cairo, Egypt,
aged seventy-iour.
Prinoe Bismarck recently said to a visitor
that he had only one serious complaint to
make against old age, that was that be had
been obliged ot late to abstain almost entire
ly from tobacco.
Theodore Thomas, the orchestra director.
will celebrate his golden Jubilee In July. Ha
was born In Hanover sixty years ago and
came to America a lad of ten. He played In
New York while a youngster as a kind of Ju
venile prodigy.
Should tbe present Duke of Baxe-Coburff
abdicate on the score of III health, as It la as
serted hs Is on the point of doing, the Prinoe
of Wales will be uncle and mentor to four
monarobs ol Europe, namely, the Emperor of
Kussla, tne Emperor ol uermany, tne urana
Dujce of Hesse and tbe Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Ootha.
Ths physician of Harriet Beeoher Stowe an
nounces to the publio thnt Mrs. Stowe Is Is;
hotter health tbsn usual, and that she de
votes considerable time out ot doors, visiting
(reely ner inenas ana neignDors.
Csar Nicholas, of Russia, boa mode reduc
tions In the establishment ot the polios
charged with the safe custody ot his person,
but has not, as recently reported, decided to
entirely auousn tne secret ponce..
H. Caslmlr-Perler Intends to publish In tho
near future a sensational brochure entitled
"Six Mouths of the Presidency." In It the
Journal soys ths ex-President will relate the
ilstory of his captivity at the Elyse. the
role ot victim to which be found himself
condemned, tbe conflicts ol each day ana
the snares into whioh be narrowly escaped
(ailing.
Prince William, of Hesse, Is said to have
gallantly rescued a woman from drowning
aftur she had attempted to commit suicide by
throwing herself Into the river Woog re
cently. Ths Prinoe had great difficulty In
swimming ashore.
The Archduchess Maria Theresa Is the only
daughter of the late Archduke Albrecht, of
Austria, and Inherits personal property
valued at nearly (50,000,000. She was born
In 1845, and was married thirty years ago to
Duke Pblllppe, ol w urtemoerg.
' Napoleon Sarony, the New York artist, la
the son of a Prussian officer of hussars, who
fought against the first Napoleon atLeipslo,
but named bis child after blm. Young Baro
ny cams to New York when ten years old
ana maae nis nrst iitnograpa two yea raier,
Tbs Martin County Uazette says that Union
ehurcb, about lour miles from Paintavllle,
la tbe oldest Baptist church In Eastern Ken.
tucky. It was organized In 1810, and lor
many years naa a large memuersnip, but at
present it corulsts of only tweuty-elgbt per-
vuua.
States Attorney Duucou, of Baltimore, baa
fouud criminal iuloruiuiiuu itgulust Ueorga
Hrouck fur i-ruel.y to uuiuiuia by shooting a
pigeou iroiu a in.n.
South Cumlerlsnd, Md., Steel workers
nave siruca.
Louisville's O, A. B, Committee will buy
21,000 cot
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
rrow to iTANtt tvp.r rr.oTttp.i
It is not every tnnM who tinder
stands the best way of hanging clothe
on tho lino to dry, nnd there are many
housekeepers who do not rcr llzo that
most articles need to be dri ul quick
ly, if tho best results are to be ob
tained in laundering. Thin is necos
snry for stnrchod clothes, in Meier to
retain stiffness, and for flannels, to
prevent shrinkage. Before hanging
thorn, wipe the clothesline with a piece
of old cloth kept for that purpose,
turn thorn on the wrong side and
shnko them well. Hang articles- of
the name kind together, fastening- two
pieces with one clothespin, and placing
whatever needs to bo dried quickly iu
tho stiuuicst part of tho clothes yard,
and where the most air will reach
them. Double the shoots and tablo
cloths, taking caro thnt tho sclvngo
edges are even, and hang thctn by tho
fold. Hang pillow slips by the closud
end. (rood Housekeeping
ACCESSORIES ron TftP. I.AfSDBt.
I hare a clothespin bag that seems
to mo to be a littlo better than tho
ordinnry kind of bng or apron used
for thoso necessary utensils, writes
Itoso Seelyo Miller, iu Farm, Field
and Fireside. My bag is mado to sus
pend around the neck and has a cord
or baud going over the hend aud this
is brought around to tbe under arm,
thus bringing the pins into handy
position for use and in no way weigh
ing heavily anywhere. I mado a num
ber of these bags before the holidays
and others seeing mino wcro con
strained to go and do likewise. I used
heavy ttubloached tnualin, but duck or
denim, gray linen or whatover you
prefer may be used for the purpose.
Let us suppose tho material is houvy
cream-colored muslin, a yard wide.
Cut a yard in two in the middle length
wise. Now fold V tho middle- cross
wise of tho cloth. Take a breakfast
pinto, aud lay upon one side, and cut
out less than half a circle. I drew my
own patterns for decoration and you
can do the same likely. On one I
made some tubs, a washboard and
clothespin galoro scattered about.
These I drew with a pencil. With
Asiatic twisted embroidery silk follow
the outlines of the figures with out
line stitch. It will be quick worn and
tho silk will wash as well as tho cotton
from which tho bag is made. Above
this design, I lettered the words,
"Cleanliness is next to godliness," on
one; ou another I made a clothesline,
and some pieces on the Hue and a wo
man still at work hanging tip the
clothes. This was lettered differently,
"lloug it all" expressed the sentiment
chosen for this, the Asiatic twisted
embroidery silk being used for the
embroidery. One had two mammoth
clothespins crossing each other, and
the words "This is the kind of hair
pin I urn." There were others too,
but this will suflloe to give an idea for
tho work. After tho decoration was
done, tho bag was bound with white
tnpe around the half circular opening,
and this then feather-stitched with
Asiatio twisted embroidery silk. A
band of wide tape is stitched into a
casing across the top, after tho sides
of tho bag are seamed up and a oord
is run through this oasing. You may
make a baud of the muslin, and feather-stitch
it with the silk, or a piece of
the tape may be med it it is wide and
strong, or a piece of fancy oord sub
stituted. I had a lot of fancy p io
ta re oord which had gone out of style.
This gave quite a fancy look to the
bag, aud as they were and are very
useful you may be sure they found a
welcome.
A good bag for holding soiled
clothes is mado from two and a half
yards of unbleached muslin, or fancy
cretonne. Bow the two ends together,
then leave a space perhaps eighteen
inches or more iu the middle of the
strip on both sides, unsowed, and seam
up the rent ; this will leave a double
bag with an opening iu the centre on
both sidos. Bind the edge of these
opening-) with tape if muslin is used
and feather-stitch the tape with Asiatio
twisted embroidery silk. Tie a strong
ribbon around tbe centre of the bag
at the oentro of the opening and you
have a double bag, with a place on
both sides of both bags into which
you can slip the soiled clothing.
If the material used is plain it will
need some embellishing with Asiatio
silks. These wash and wear so well it
pays to use them for all such purposes.
The expense is trifliug, and a common
plain thing may be mado very pretty
by their use. For solid work Itoman
floss fills in very rapidly and is a very
useful and handsome silk.
Tbe latest boy preacher who is spo
ken of as a wonder is seventeen vaara
i old, Mark Sexton, of ilu.ouxi,