lRM and garden
Dlacstnr for 1Mb Fooil.
An Bffiicnltiirnl paper suggest the
following as niiln to digostion for the
pigpen:
Flint: A mixture of nix pound of
salt, to ft bushel of wood ashen.
Second: To Mix bushels of charcoal
broken line ndd nix pounds of unit,
one bushel wheat nlmrtK mid 1 1-t
pound of copperas dissolved in a
pnil of water.
Third: One bushel of wood ashes,
four pound flf ehnreonl.nix pounds of
unit and 1 1-4 pound of copperas dis
solved in i pnil of water.
One or the other of these should be
kept in an open box but protected
from the weather in every pig peu
and where the nnimnls mm help them
selves. New York Weekly Witues.
Manuring Fruit Trees In Winter.
Manures applied to tree when their
buds are dormant, a in w inter, are
sins to largely increase wood growth
the foUowiiigyeni'.eHpeeially on young,
vigorous trees. F.ven when exam illa
tion of the buds show that the tire
will blosiom freely next spi ing.it is not
safe to apply now much rich manure,
a it will make so much sap that the
blossom w ill be drowned out mid nut
set it fruit. This is often the reason
why fruit fails to set where there nre
plenty of blossoms. Only old trees
ran be thus innnured with certainty
that the manure will help the fruit
yield. And even when manuring old
trehs, potash and phosphate in avail
able form nre better than stable man
ure or other fertilizers rich iu nitro
Rou. 1
Heifers fining Urv Ton Lung.
If thoro is nnv carelessness in milk
ing it in apt to oi'.-nr when lieilers are
milked after their llrst calf. Their
teat are small, and it is slow, hard
work to draw the last drop from the
udder, as should always bo done.
Besides, the heifer thilt calved last
spring probubly gives only a small
mem at the best, and there is (treat
, temptation to dry her olV, n the milk
she gives scarcely pays the troublo of
milking, lint that is. not the main
point. Keeping the heifer up to her
usual flow of milk is all important for
her own future value as a cow. When
a heifer i allowed to go dry two,
three or four months, the cow is after
wards extremely liable to stop further
milk production at about the same
time.
The rmiirof Mnltlril llntter.
The prime cause of mottle is the
fine of too cold water in washing the
butter and the manner in which it is
introduced into tho churn. Ily using
too cold water the outside of the but
ter granules becomes crusted or hard
ened like 'the shell of an egg, while
the inside is soft, Now, when this
mass is worked together these little
shells remain iu tho same condition,
aud lio amount of working or temper
ing salt, or even distribution of salt
when added, will ch-inge the condi
tions. They do not work up, conse
quently do not take salt, hence the
tine, threadlike streaks in tho butter.
The manner in which the water is
introduced into the churn is respon
sible for the large mottlos or seeming
lumps of white butter throughout the
mass. In the majority of creameries
throughout the country tho water is
pumped directly into tho churn, either
through a hose or a pipe. Now, w hen
the water strikes the butter these
. granule become hnrd and solid a in
the first ense, only that thine hard
granules are not broken down nt all,
and tho largo mottles are the result.
,Tfhe waah water should be tempered
to within two or three degrees of tho
churn temperature.
Krrplnv tMlhn Open.
One of tho most important winter
works ort.tlio farm is to open the paths
after enck snowfall. Whora.the path
ltenvov places that usually drift
full of-Htutw mu eh of the work of
' keeping lue path open limy heavoided
by removing tho obstruction to tho
Wind irHsoh causes tho drift. Most
generally drifting snow remain
several days, so that the path will
drift f M avery night, even though no
fresh suaw has .fallen. Iu opening
roads a team of steady, stout oxen
hitched to a sleigh, or sometimes to a
Stone bled, will make a broad path bet
ter than horses could do it. We have
often seen, when a boy, most of the
cuttle in the neighborhood brought
out to follow after au ox team and
sled. By the time those had been
driven twice over the road, it was con
sidered sufe for sleigh vehicles drawn
by horses. A flock of nboop driven
after nil else will compact the snow
best of all. But if snow drift into
the trucks thus made, it will often be
piled nearly us high as the loose snow
on either side. It may be all right so
long as the cold weather lasts, but let
a thaw come, aud this solid snow must
. be abandoned, mid a new track made
in the loose snow on one side of what
has been used duriug tho winter.
A
tllllllllf, Farm Mnnnres.
It is generally understood that all
fertilizing elements must dissolve be
fore they becomo plant food. Hence
the more thoroughly decomposed they
become in the compost heap, the more
quickly rains and dews will dissolve
them after they are applied to the
oil. My plan of caring for farm
manures is to make three bins by
p'.aVug (.onts eight fet opart and aid
' nig up with boards. The size of those
bina will be determined by the amount
of waste to be converted, into fertilizer.
Board np the- first aud second bins
three feet high. The third bin I make
larger than the others, as it must bold
the entire output of compost nutil it is
distiibutad.
IFOR FARM AND GARDEN.
To prevent waste of the liquid
manures by leaching, spread A thick
layer of dry muck, peat or innrsh sod
over the bottom of the bins. This will
act a an absorbent. If this i too
much trouble put iu a layer of coarse
gins or straw instead. Blu No. 1 i
to receive nil fresh manures, night
slop from the house, nshe,dropping
from poultry house and pig pens, old
shoes, bones and trash of nil kind.
Make bin No. t a general dumping
ground for everything that nil possibly
be utilized, such as dish water and
wash wnter, unless you have hog nnd
prefer to give this lust to I hem. See
that the stable manure and rubbish
are thoroughly mixed iu bin No. 1.
Ity thus incorporating nil the trash
with the stable manure you prevent
its heating too rapidly, or burning.
Sprinkle limn, or better, sulphnta of
potash over all. This will haston de
composition. Keep nil the bins that
contain anything covered with straw,
earth or coarse grass to prevent the
uinmoiiia escaping.
Fork over content of bin No. 1 a
little every three or four days 'to
thoroughly mix conrsa wit h flue and
iu three or four day after bin No. 1
is full fork it nil over into bin No. '2,
then proceed to till bin No. 1 aitnin.
When bin No. is full thin time,
empty bin No. 2 into bin No. It, nnd
repeat the process with bin No. 1.
Fvery plant that grow iu garden or
Held has a tasle for food peculiar to
itself. The old shoes, bone nnd
even the dead cat thrown into bin
No. 1 and mixed with the other com
post will llnd it Way into the little
rootlets of some plant.
While this method does not make a
complete fertilizer for any special
plant, it makes a most excellent gen
oral fertilizer. We are much too apt
to think of worn out articles ns dead
or worthless matter. Aa article serves
a:' long and well ns it can iu one form
and then disintegrates only to allow
the individual particles to come . to
gether in some new and often higher
lonu. ('. M. Drake in New Kuglaud
Homestead,
I'nilerilt-iiliiliiv Mnrk Hwnttir.
There Ls a far better way to make
use of a swamp of rich black muck
than to draw it out, season it a year or
two by exposure to freezing, and then
spread it on uplands. No doubt there
are places where this plan may pay,
li.it it is not economy. The black
muck is probably not nearly so rich
iu fertilizing material ns i supposed,
mid so much handling of it as is re
quired to draw it iu its raw state, Ben
son it and then handle it ngain to ap
ply it, very rarely pays. The better
way is to make iinderdraiu through
the swamp, possibly if thoro i a great
doal of water leading nil these drains
into nu open ditch, which should hnvo
a growth of and on it sides as early us
possible. In two or three years frost
will peuetrato to the depth of two
feet or more iu the pliable muck, nnd
the surface if left bare through the
n inter can easily be cultivated until
it is u mellow ns nu nsh heap.
Usually those muck swamp nre
underlaid w ith n clny subsoil. That
is a good sign, for it mean that less
of the fertility ha been washed away
nnd lost, in nil case the drains
should bo put down drop enough to
reach the clay, nnd some gravel should
be put over the joints of tho tile.so n
to not only keep the clay from stop
ping the water from entering, but also
to prevent the tine black mould from
above from sifting into the tile.
Sometimes when we get down to the
clny springs of water w ill burst forth.
Where n spring is found, much care
will bo required in laying the tile, us
there will be n great deal of sand
brought up by the water, nnd thin is
likely to get into and choke, the tilo.
Tho best way probably is to leave nu
opening here iu the drain nnd make a
small pond thoro w ith the spring of
water in tht contre. It is slow, dirty
work dredging out such n pond so a
to havo thu water rise up fritiu a lowor
depth than the drnin. It will require
attention every year to keep this bole
from filling up. lint snch a spring
once found will furnish wutev at nny
time, through the open Attch into
which the tile carrre it.
After theswnmn in drained, U should
be cultivated with ordinnry farm crops,
but reserved for thoau which require
mucky noil to do thoir best. If grain
in sown it will probably make a rank
grow th of straw, which, lacking minorul
fertility, will not be able to sustain it
own weight. The grain orop will
probably rust, aud both that and the
straw will prove a failure. ' Hut a
drained muck bad fertilized with pot
nsh and phosphate makes a first into
place for celery, for cablings aud for
corn. These can be better grown ou
the drained muck bed than on upland
fertilized with the swamp muck spread
over them. Aliiio-t all mucky soils
are deficient in potash. Thoy are the
remains of vegetation that has very
little mineral mutter in it. A drossing
of phosphato aud potash applied to
mucky soil makes them almost as
rich a fermented cow manure. In
time the muck bed will wnste away by
exposure to the air,nnd for this reason
it should every few years grow a crop
of clover to renew the vegetable mat
ter it has lost. It may seem needless
w here the soil is still black with the
remains of old vegotation to plow
under a clover growth, but the clover
is far more nitrogenous than auy veg
etable mattor this Boil ever produced
before, and it also contains a greater
amount of minorul fertility. ' Bo there
is probably no way of making clflver
produce a better effect than by grow
ing it on soil which is apparently al
ready full of vegetable matter, Amer
ican Cultivator.
An "ice-oreeper," for wearing on
the shoes in slippery streets, has been
invented by a Missouri lady. It has
mall steel teeth to pierce the ice as
the wearer walks and can be applied
I to ma sola in iu seconds.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN, j
Ten l.lttlo Sprvnnls.
Ten little servants Johnny lias,
That know lint to ohey.
Ami In his Hlltitt beck anil call
They never answer nay.
Ami never argun or reply,
Nor vexlnir questions ask,
lint Willi n Komi mi'l hearty will
Jio their nji)iiiliitet taik.
Of illlTerent size ami illfTerent strength,
Yet wlllliut all nml true.
Ami ciwl t ulve earn ottier ntd
In every! IiIiik they tin.
l ive on his rlyht, live en his left,
Anil each miu hns tils pair.
Which nistehi s 111 in In size anil form
Kxiictly to it kalr!
In every ilnty of the day
l-'.neh iiolily lieiirs his part.
At school or Inline, no matter where,
In htlior or In art.
Ami .lohiiny never nak his wish,
He only neils to think,
A Mil straight these servant lo his will,
As quick ns yon coulit wink!
Ami sltotilil theao hiisy brothers work
A simile ileeil of shame.
Not theirs the fault you may bo sura
That Johnny is to hlamei
Ami so are you In the same ensn,
All ehililren nml all men
I-'or who has HiiKers strnnir nml well
( an iTount his servants ten!
Youth's Companion.
The f'nmel's Helens.
The camel 1 stupid save when
nngry, and then seems become sud
denly possessed with au intelligence
almost preternatural in carrying out
it vengeful designs. l'algrave re
late the following story of n camel's
revenge, w hich nerves to illustrate this
point:
A lad of fourteen had conducted n
largo camel, laden w ith wool, from
one village to nnother,nt a half hour's
distance. A the animal loitered, or
turned out of its wnv, its conductor
struck it repeatedly, and hinder Ihnn
it seemcil to hnvo thought he hail a
right to do. Hut not finding the oc
casion favorable for taking immediate.
quits, it "bode it time.
That time wn not long in coming.
A few days later the same lad had to
reconduct the beast, but unladen, to
his own village. When they were
about half way on the road, nnd nt.
some distance from any habitation,
the camel suddenly stopped, looked
deliberately round in every direction
to assure itself that no one was within
night, nnd, finding the road far nnd
near clear of passers-by, made a step
forward, seized the unlucky boy head
in it monstrous mouth and, lifting
him up iu the air, flung him down
again on theearth with the upper part
of hi skull completely torn otT mid
his brains scattered on the ground.
Having thu satisfied it revenge,
the brute quiotly resumed it pace to
ward tho village a though nothing
wore the matter, till some men, who
had observed tho whole, though un
fortunately nt too great a distance to
be able to a fiord timely help, came up
nnd killed it. Ht. Paul's.
A Lesson In Content ttiMit,
Long, long ngu a robin and butter
llv talked over their trouble one dnv.
"How much nicor it would be to
live in a house, ns men do!'' said the
robin.
Mis Butterfly was quick-witted.
"Why not go to live in that house
now? Tho window's open." And
she flew in nt once. The robin was
more cautious. Ho alighted on the
window sill and peeked around. "I
don't nee nny place for a nest."
'"i'shnwl You don't need a nest in
n homo," said bis guy littlo friend.
Ho Muster liubin flew in nnd perched
on tho first thing he found, which wn
n book; but bo looked homesick. Mis
Butterfly fluttered to a quill pen and
made bnliavo it was a flower.
I'rotty soon there were sounds, mid
robin listened a bard ns he could.
"Oh, pirp!!" n child's video aiuii".
"Iiook t.herol What n beautiful
butterfly for yonr collection! And,
pf, mnyri't I have the bird in a
Ciig? I'd like a robin with my
canary."
A mart's voice answered low: "Bun
around outside, then, deary, nnd close
the window softly so they can't get
out."
Master Robin's brains -were wide
awake uow. Ho spoko quickly,
"That man's nn en ento well, I
can't sny it; but he's crazy on insects
and he'll stick a pin through you, my
lady. And that girl thinks she'll put
meiuacago! I guess not! Let's
fly!"
Out they flew, just ns the little
maid's hand touched tho sash. They
heard her cry of disappointment, as
they dashed by her.
"Oh, pnpo! they just went ont like
flash and they're both gone!"
But Master Hohin and Miss Butter
fly laughed, heartily to be out agaiu in
the free air. The black cloud was
gone and the warm spring sun was
shining on the garden beds of crocus
and hyacinth. How beautiful it was
out of doorsj Living iu a house was
not to be compared to it.
"Better be content where our Maker
meant ns to livo," said Miss Butter
fly. A wise afterthought of the
highty-tighty little creature! Sun
bonm. XV hen Npaln Clulmml Illinois:
The boys and girls may be interested
to learn how neutly a claim of Spanish
conquest over what is now Illinois
and adjoining states w as met at Paris
by the American peace delegates 105
years ago. Here is the story:
When Great Britain nnd the thir
teen states were discussing the pre
liminaries of the treaty of Paris and
Versailles in 1783 Spain surprised the
commissioners of both by presenting a
claim to the ownership of the "Illinois
oouutry'' the vast territory which had
been organized several years before
under the direction of Patrick Henry,
governor of Virginia. This territory
had been transferred, in 1777, from
British to American rule by tho dash
ing conquest of Col. Oeorgo linger
Clarke; but the wily Hpnninrd al
leged A later conquest. in support
of their claim the Kpnuisti diplomat
urged (he following incident from the
history of the yenr 17H1 :
Don Fugenin I'onrre, a Spanish
rnplain.with n force of 2(15 Spaniards,
Franco-Amerieiins nnd Indinnn, gath
ered from St. Louis, then tho capital
of New Spain, nnd from t'aliokla, near
by, Hindu n raid across what I now
the state of Illinois, and rounding
Lake Michigan, captured Fort St.
Joseph, nn old French fort i (lent ion
which had degenerated into n British
trading post. The Spanish flag wn
raised over St. Joe's log fort, some
guns wero fired iu honor of "bin most
catholic majesty" aud then Hon Kit
penio and hi bnnd, loaded with furs
nnd skins, hurried southward, to give
no further thought to their "con
quest." But two years lator the
Spaniard of Madrid bethought them
selves of the incident nnd warmly
supported by France, based npiui it a
claim to the "Illinois country."
Tho American commissioners, led
by Benjamin Franklin nnd John Jny,
admitted the fact of the raid, but
denied the claim of conquest since
thero had been no permanent occupa
tion mi absolute requirement of con
quest. This reasoning not proving
effective, thu Anieiieann then resorted
to geography. Kven if the Spanish
claim were just which they were
careful not to allow they showed by
a mini which could not be questioned
that the alleged conquest could have
no bearing upon the territory in de
mand, as St. Joseph wn not, nnd
never had been, a pnrt of tho ll.inois
country. Chicago llecord.
l.nriilliiM Net n f.lntlmi.
K II. House is writing n series of
papers for St. Nicholas on "Bright
Sides of History." The author says:
One of tho (trnek historians says
that the regular price of n meal at a
l'liimiiii hotel was about one quarter
of n cent. That was a littlo before tho
time of tho emperors; but we know
that in Triijnn'H reigu.two cents a dny
w ere considered nmple for the support
and od iu tit inn of n boy. Ou this basis,
nt a rough calculation, the money paid
for Caligula's supper might have sup
plied a dinner for one hundred mid
fifty millions of people, if so isany
could have been brought together.
"I call it wickedness," said Amy,
"downright wicki dness. "
"That wn the opinion of quite a
number, even then, my dear. Lucnl
1 us was often taken to task for his
prodigality, and several year later
a great writer named Juvenal spoke
hi mind freely enough on the sub
ject. He gave dinners, too; but from
one of his bills of faro, drawn up with
his own hand, we can llnd w hat he
considered ampin for himself nnd
friend. Miu principal dish was a young
kid, after which ho offered chickens,
new-laid e;;gs nnd vegetables; and for
desert, grapes, pears and apple."
"Ho wn no glutton," said Percy
approvingly.
"No; no'.' wasLiicullus, in the lowest
sense, though he seemed determined
to make himself out worso than he.
really was. Ho always pretended that
be gave his huge ban plots for a purely
so! fish purpose. He invited a party
of (ireel; traveler so often, mid nt. snch
reckless expense, that they finally
protested and declared themselves un
willing to accept any more; but ho told
them they should not set it nil down
to their account, for, though a part of
the display was for thoir sake, mora of
it was for his own.
"Don't you think," nsked Terry,
"that ho said that in kindness1, to
make them feel nt ease?"
"I like to think it, nnd am glad
when other persons do tho mime; for
I have n fondness for Lucnllus, in
spitoofhi faults, a you will havo
when you come to know ull about him.
Thsre is nn reason for classing him
with tho vrtlgar gormandizers of hi
aga, like VitelHnsnf Cmnfuodus, or, I
Disy say, tho majority of the emperors,
most of whom took to ore pleasure in
managing kitchens than in ruling
kingdoms, llomitian, the Inst of the
twelve Cicsnrs, considered problem
of cookery so far above questions of
state that on one occasion ho called
the l'oman senate together to consult
with him ns to how a tin hot should be
prepared for the table. He looked
upon the Senator Montanus as a
miracle of wisdom, for no better rea
son, apparently, than that this culti
vated epicure could tell, by the first
bite he gnve an oynter, whether it
enme from Knglnnd or from the Medi
terranean. It is Juvenal, again, who
tells us of the delicate taste for which
Montanus was renowned. I think,
however, that the faculty of distin
guishing British oysters does not
count for much. A good mnny Amer
icans could do that quickly enough
with their eyes shut; though not, per
haps, if theoystorn had sugar on them,
which was one of the ways they were
eaten iu ancient Itoino."
A Itegnliir 1'otyatot.
A gentleman in a rural district
drew down upon his head a storm of
adverse criticism by marrying a sec
ond wife shortly after the demise of
his first. Two of those good ladies
who look generally upon the surface of
things and who mo ever rendy with
condemnation, were disoussiug the
disgraceful arl'uir.
"Why, my dear, there's bis poor
wife hardly cold iu hor grave and he
goes and marries another."
"Dreadful!" doolared the other, "I
never heard of such a thing."
"I should think not, indeed." went
on number one, angrily. "Marrying
wife after wife that why, the man's
a regular polyglot!" Coruhill Magazine.
NEW YORK
i THE LATEST DPSrr.NS
tvt " ' I'L. 1 II 1.LII i
O SONS COSTUMES.
Nbw Yonic Citt (Specinl). Posit
ions corns and fashion go, but the
shirt waist stnyn with womankind. It
is well that this is so, for man nnys
thnt nino women ont of ten look bet-
ter in a nhirt waist than any other
stylo of bodico.
A simple but decidedly rich efloct
i here gained by the association of
golden brown velvet and seeded
crepon in the same shade, the tii tu
rning being open-meshed black silk
brnid.
The stylish arrangement i made
over glove-fittings that close in centre-front,
the smooth vest of velvet
m mm-
1 BtCII EFFECT IW WAIST.
A SMART BASQUE JACKET.
being included in the right-shoulder
seam aud hooked over with the smooth
collar at tho left.
A short yoke is applied on the back
thnt forms iu its ontlino a continua
tion of the scalloped edges of front.
Each front is shaped in four rounded
scallops that form graeefnl outlines,
siugle side plaits nt the shoulders af
fording dosirable fulness over the
bust while backward turning plait at
the waist give a very moderate but
stylish blouse.
The whole back is smoothly drawn
iu at the waist with overlapping
plaits at the centre.
The belt of velvet is shaped to curve
low in front according to the latest
faucy. The two-seamed sleeves are
very slightly full at the top, the cap
of velvet being applied over the top.
The wrists are finished with a
rounded cuff of velvet to match the
other decorative features of this hand
some waist.
Very many stylish combinations in
plain, plaid, figured or striped silk,
tucked or corded taffetas with plain
or figured effects in tilk, wool or
mixed fabrics and decorations of pas
sementerie, irregular insertion, gimp
or braid may be nsed appropriately.
To make this waist in the medium
size will reqniro one and three-fourths
yards cf forty-four-inch material.
A Sletween-Seasons' Costume.
The model depicted in the large en
graving shows an extremely smart and
effective design that is particularly
well adapted to wear between seasons.
The material is steel-gray broadcloth
and the fronts are closed with small,
round crystal bnttons. A tailor finish
of machine stitching completes the
edges, and the spotless linen chemis
ette and collar worn at the neck are
accompanied by a small tie-bow of
Cuban red satiu. Hat of crushed
steel-gray velvet, with wings and satin
ohoa in a lighter shade. The basque
of fashionable length is trimly adjust
ed to the figure by the usual seams
and double bust darts. Above the
closing the fronts are reversed to form
pointed lapels that meet the rolling
collar in notches.
Laps and pleats are formed below
the waist line in back that are pressed
fiat, According to the present style,
the sides fitting smoothly over the
hips. The fashionable two-seamed
sleeve have very slight fnlnesi col
lected iu gathers at the top, the wrists
FASHIONS.
rrm nrTiirru.i.P
being plainly completed with machine
stunning. i.asqiie in tin style are
usually made to matnh the skirt in
tweed, serge, camel's hair, Cheviot or
other close-woven wool fabric. Vel
vet or poplin make tip fcmnrtly by the
mode, and both are much in vogue to
wenr with different skirt.
To mnke the basque in the medium
size will require two yards of forty-four-inch
material.
T Clowns Cut l.nw.
For evening wear many tea gowns
are cut low, with elbow sleeves. Long
laoe scarf are desirable adjuncts to
wind about the figure. For snch gar
ment blue and cerine is a new com
bination. A pale-blue libnrtT silk
neglige is cut with a polonaise and
suapeii nonnce, tins heing eugod with
creamy lace and oerise rilibon put on
enrland fashion. The full front U f
lace falling from a butterfly bow at
me necK anil caugut here and there
with cerine ribbonn. The nleeves are
of 'accordion-plaited lane, hmnrinu in
straight ruffles to the elbows. ,
Artlflral Flower In FaTor.
Artificial flowers are very ran oh in
evidence with evening gowns, and
even with street gowns a small bnnoh
of artificial violets may be worn, a
filmy lace handkerchief being used as
a background, or the flowers msy be
tied into a loose end of the lace scarf.
Needless to say, they should not be
of the regulnr kind used by milliners
for trimming, but flowers of nltra fine
quality made especially for the wear
described and delicatoly perfumed.
For Torine In Vog ns.
Fur toqnes, which are so much in
vogue, have the rims and sides of fur,
the soft crown in many showing so
little that it in hardly noticeable.
Their only decoration is stiff wings or
breasts. Many of the jo woled bonnets
are exquisite. A charming model of
jet and rhinestone is ornamented
with a large white tulle bow fastened
with two largo jet ball pins.
A Irsiy and Cninfortithlft Jacket.
This comfortable and rather dressy
jacket of fine French flannel in bebe
blue Las small pal It a dots in white
silk embroidered all over it surface.
A deep lace frill surrounds the fancy
pointed collar, the trimming of irregu
lar insertion being applied on collar,
yoke and cuffs. A semi-girdle of pale
blue satin ribbon is gracefully bowed
yi front. The pointed collar may be
omitted if a plainer effect i desired.
The modified bishop sleeves are
shaped with inside seams aud gathered
at upper and lower edges, the wrists
being finished with straight bands that
roll back in prettily pointed onlfs.
Pretty jackets in thin style can be
made from cashmere, challie, camel's
hair, French or outing flnnnel and
other soft woolen fabrics that wilt
soon be made up for next season's
wear by provident women.
Lace insertion, "frizzed" ribbon,
WOMAN S H0UiS JACKET.
narrow braid and etnbruidoiy all furn
ish suitable decoration. '
To make this jacket for a woman of
medium size will require four yards of
material twenty-seven inehes wide.
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