FASHIONS FOR SUMMER.
the Waj In Which Thin flown Will Re
TrlmmedMllllnery Stylet.
It Is the early shopper who catches
dm best of summer fashions for,
strange as It may seem, after April
the prettiest things me gone. Then
sunimer fabrics are cheaper now than
they will be later on, which Is a point
above all others to hasten the laggard.
Prime favorites of the new season
will be certain embroidered Swisses,
wboco designs nre ns delicate as If
stamped, and which are In the faint
hues of organdie. One seen a soft
maize with turquoise blue and blnclc
leaves had been made up with blue
ribbon borders to the flounces and a
, narrow block velvet sash.
Black Is to trim everything, nnd
black nnd white will be considered a
more than ever Ideal combination.
t French organdies nud Chantllly lace
nro the materials of an effective gown
whose foundation Is of simple lawn.
The skirt shows the hip trimming
which has been found so becoming to
slight figures, and the arrangement of
the kilted frills and lace bands below
suggest tho lines of the old graduated
flounce. On the round bodice the lace
outlines, In rows, a little bolero effect,
which Is topped by a shirred yoke,
edged with a double kilted frill. The
close lower portion of the puffed sleeves
are only basted in that the sleeves may
lie -worn elbow length when desired.
Elbow sleeves nre seen on most of
the airy gowns. Deep flounces narrow
ing at the Inner arm In the quaint old
way finish them all, nnd there are
many narrow ribbon sashes.
The parasol that accompanies this
particularly charming gown Is of white
chiffon, with close quillings of black
lace heading several rows of tucks.
The English walking bat Is of black
and white straw, trimmed evenly with
wings In the same combination, nnd
black tulle and velvet.
Tho spoils of Bacchus are seen In the
new millinery, In neck fixings and on
dance gowns. Grapes! grapes! every
where says fashion, and she hands us
Jthe fruit, as If covered with a deli
neate frost. In purple and white and sil
Iver and In huge Punches. Sometimes
the great balls are glued over with a
fine tarleton for grapes are easily
broken, and when the fruit Is white,
with the deep green leaves of the
natural vine, the effect Is exquisite.
Few walking hats aro seen, hats
which sit on the head rather flatly
and are pushed over the face, without
N a seductive fall of some sort at the
rear. Sometimes of lace, sometimes of
ribbon, flowers or fruit, tho dangling
tall is always an aid to looks so It Is
not surprising that It Is to bo contin
ued. This began last summer, but
whether It Is to increase In length, re
mains to be seen. In such a tentative
manner started the "streamers" of
the long ago. A black and white braid
hat gives the present length for the
rear falls, which In this Instance is of
the thin white lace which 'fills In the
underside brims. Three of the popular
pearl ornaments, and a crown wreath
of pale pink roses are the other trim'
mings, and with It a black and white
collet of spotted net; velvet and lace
Is a suitable neck finish.
The new wash bodices are as simple
them are made of dimity, In pale col
ors and white, tacked all over nnd
showing lace insertions In straight and
undulating bonds. The popular sleeve
for them Is elbow length. The neck Is
finished with an unlined stock In the
waist materials, and the gnrment fas
tens nt the back with small pearl or
linen buttons.
With three skirts and six of these
' waists In white and colors, the most
modest person may go triumphantly
through the summer. As to the ma
tcrials of the skirts, let them be of
white duck, black sergo and brown
linen. New York Sun.
lnanarlaar a HnaTnaniL
Thor In & nnsitlVA oxhllnrjitlon in hp
derived from bringing all one's efforts
to bear upon a husband whose bus!
ness worries have pursued him from
the office. There is a genuine delight
to fight with the unknown anxieties
which his love will not permit him to
nnburden at home. It brings ont all
the tact and patience and diplomacy,
all the charms and graces, of a wom
an s character to transform a cross,
tired, worn-out husband Into a new
man just by a good dinner and a little
tact.
But to manage a husband when there
are so many . kinds of husbands re
quires, more than any other one thing,
a thorough study of your subject To
"meet yonr husband with a smile,"
which is the old-fashioned rule for
an Ills, is enough to moke a nervous,
Irritable man frantic. Look him over
before yon even smile. You ought to
know how to treat him. Don't sing or
bum If he baa a headache, or begin to
tell him the newa before you have fed
Jnlm. If there la one rule to lay down
which there la not or if I were glr
' lng automatic advice which I am not
I should say that most men come
borne like hungry animals, and require
first of all to be fed. Lilian Bell, In
cur jict m
ratketU Ola Wnam.
One of the moat pathetic sight In
Washington la that of the old women
who are struggling to keep their positions
la tbe QoYeraatnt department. Boat
of them are feoblo through ngc, many
are semi Invalids and almost all of
them have persons dependent upon
them. They have obtained their places
through tho Influence of relatives, and
their tenure of office frequently de
pends upon tho contlnunneo In power
or authority of these relatives. Not a
few of them nre woefully Inefficient,
but they struggle with woman's per
sistency to do their best, whatever
that may be. A whltchalred woman
who died the other day dragged her
self out, day by day, for months, when
elm should have berti dying In A com
fortable bed. Another who Is lanio
risks her life by going out In bnd
weather over slippery pavements.
These women wear themselves out In
the effort to hold on to what they
have, haunted by the fenr that they
may lose It at any moment through the
disappearance from public life nnd po
litical activity of their Kcnator cou
sins or Congressional nephews. Mew
York Press.
The Flrat Woman Ever rtn toenphrrt.
Nowadays, when the principal busi
ness of photographers Is making por
traits of women, and when being pho
tographed Is one of a woman's chief
pleasures, it Is Interesting to know
that tho first woman who ever sat be
fore n camera died nt Hastings last
month. This lady was Dorothy Cath
erine' Draper. In 1830, shortly nfter
Dnguerre's announcement of his dis
covery of the fiction of sunlight on
silver, her brother, tho distinguished
John W. Draper, nfterwod President
of New York University's medical col
lege, made somo experiments with a
camera with his sister for a subject.
In order that the Impression might be
clearer, her face was dusted with a
fino white powder. This picture, the
result of the first experiment, is still
In existence, and Is owned by Lord
Herschel's heirs in England. Mnny
other men have alleged that they
were first in applying Dnguerre's dis
covery, but these claims nre not well
founded. Miss Draper's likeness nnd
the date It bears have been accepted
as final proof that to her brother be
longs the honor of being the first mnn
to photograph a woman, nnd to her the
distinction of being the first woman
ever photographed. Woman's Homo
Companion.
The Flower Girdle.
The flower girdle gives the latest
smart touch to a simple evening gown.
It Is seen at Its prettiest made of pink
ribbons nnd roses. At the back It Is
shaped like a high girdle. Ribbons are
used to get this effect. They start from
the waist-line, and above it from un
der the arm, and cross In the ccutre
of the back, one above tho other, each
more pointed than the one below It,
and each fastening with a pink rose.
In the front tho ribbons nre arranged
so as to produce the fashionable dip
effect, which Is further emphasized by
a pointed buckle made of featherbone
covered with pink satin ribbon, the out
line of tho buckle defined with tiny
pink roses. From this buckle a mass of
pink ribbon-ends dangle. They vary
in length, and each end Is finished with
a pink rose. Woman's IIouic Com
panion.
Square Caps.
Square velvet sleeve caps nppear on
tho shoulders of afternoon gowns and
evening home dress. Tho caps are set
In at tho shoulder seam of the sleeve,
or slightly above that point buouUI
the gown prove long on the shoulders.
Tho square "caps" aro not very large,
and should never be of such propor
tions as to look awkward. A belt,
girdle or bolero or yoke or simple ap
plication of tabs of the same velvet
would look well. One must be careful,
however, to avoid "spotty" effects by
applying too numerous small bits of
velvet upon a gown.
NEWEST
FASHIONS.
Trlmmlugs como in complete sets this
year. In embroideries there nre the
all-overs, the edgings, tho Insertions,
and the galoous in matched designs.
In Swiss muslins there are headings
and hemstitched edgings, and thero aro
pretty embroideries In 'hat daintiest
of materials for many things, nainsook,
In ribbon insertions and hemstitched
edgings.
Handles of natural wood are smart
They axe often decorated with a bow
or rosette of silk, or chiffon in a har
monious shade, and end in a small ball
or curve. Bird's head handles are also
fashionable and for these Jade or ivory
is employed with good effect
There are new wash silks on the
market this year, which are quite dif
ferent in appearance from the silks us
ually found under this bead. They are
heavy silks, which come in plain colors
and in stripes, in plain woven silk, and
in twilled. They are warranted to
wash without fading.
Stylish waisting for present wear is
in granite cloth, with fine all over
tucking. Then against every fifth tuck
a very fine black and white cord gives
a pretty effect of light and shade. In
other patterns a mercerized Persian
stripe alternates with three or five of
the narrow lengthwise tucking.
Muslin and silk corset covers, to be
worn with separate blouse and waists
of filmy texture, are as elaborately
trimmed and frequently a expensive
aa the waist Some of these are made
entirely of beading, through wliteh
white, pink or blue baby ribbon I
drawn. Others have applied design!
of layer' knot la Uce,
mats?
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Paper T peal r lea.
While fashion sanctions tapestry
papers ns being excellent Imitations of
the genuine antique tapestries, yet
they should be used with the greatest
enre. As they absorb light ravenously
they should only be used In a very
light room. They are a very undesir
able background for pictures also, but
where very few pictures are usl, and
lf. Is desired to tone down the light
ing of a room, they are quite useful
and attractive.
The Trifling Annoyancea.
It Is the little things of life often
that prove the most trying. Bureau
drawers that stick are sometimes more
difficult to endure than a serious
trouble. It Is worth whllo to stop anj
remember that to rub the offending
edges with a cake of hard soap, a bit
of stove-blacking, or even a soft lcaj
pencil wll make life worth living
again. If the window of our poorly
built houses rattle at night aggravat
Ingly in these spring winds, a few
slips of folded newspaper will stop
the noise and bring peace and slum
ber. Ts Aimon Ink Stain.
I had the misfortune to spill Ink on
the front of a handsome double-faced
walking skirt. I sponged the spots lm.
mediately with cold water, then with
sweet milk, changing the milk and
the rag used In sponging as often as
they became discolered, and kept this
up until the rag showed no. further
discoloration. As soon" as the skirt
was dry I sponged It thoroughly with
gasoline, and not a vestige or the ink
remained. Soak the worst soiled
sponge In sweet milk and It will com
out sweet and clean. I usually rinse
mine afterward In water containing
a few drops of carbolic acid. GooJ
Housekeeping.
Sea-rlathlna; at Home.
There are few people who do not
find the dally sea bath an agreeable
tonic; yet there are multitudes who
hesitate to continue such baths in
their own homes after they have left
the seashore. The truth Is that daily
bathing In any water Is in Itself re
ft eshlng and ugreeable, so long as the
individual Is in health, and It Is just
the tonic that weak, nervous women
need.
The best time to bathe Is usually
early In the morning, and the best
temperature for the person In health
is about 70 degrees, or the tempera
ture of the room In which the bath is
taken. Such a morning dip should
not be continued longer than from
three to five minutes, and should be
instantly followed by brisk rubbing
with friction towels In order to put
the skin In a glow.
The best authorities seem to agree
that all the advantages that come
from a sea bath can be secured in
from five to eight minutes. It is also
desirable to keep up brisk exercise
In sea bathing in order to gain the
greatest benefit from It
All these rules apply with double
force to a bath at home, which lacks
the tonic effect of salt water. A great
many persons always add a cup of
rock salt dissolved In a little warm
water to their dally bath. It tends to
prevent a chill. A little perfumed al
cohol Is also used for the same reason.
A bag of bran and orris root, soaked
In the water, gives the bather the
faint, fresh fragrance of violets,
though It has no special hygenlc value.
When one 'eels chilly after bathing
It Is a sure Indication that there has
been no reaction of the skin, and that
It Is not safe to Indulge in so cold a
bath. Such peoples hould take baths
at night at a tepid temperature. And
if a morning bath is alao dcslrahlo, it
should be at least slightly warmed, of
short duration and a brltik rubbing.
Baked Bananas Remove the skin
from six medium bananas, lay in gran
ite baking pan, sprinkle with one
tablespoon of sugar and pour over ono
cup of hot water. Bake in a good brisk
oven 20 minutes; serve with or with
out cream. Very wholesome.
Stuffed Prunes Soak California
prunes In water until soft enough to
pit, then fill each prune with one tea
spoon powdered sugar, one-half tea
sponful chopped English walnuts and
one-half date. Shape the prunes. Heap
them in a glass dish and sprinkle with
powjored sugar.
Horseradish Sauce Scrape clean
and grate one stick of horseradish.
Add one gill whipped cream, one des
sertspoon of made mustard, one des
sertspoon of powdered sugar, ono tea
spoonful salt a generous Jash of pep
per and a tablespoon of vinegar. Mix
well and cook for five minutes. Serve
cold.
Kidney Oralotte Chop cold boiled
kidney quite fine; make an omlet with
three beaten eggs, three tablepsoon
fula of milk, a pinch of salt and a little
pepper. Put one teaspoon of butter In
a frying pan; when melted turn In tho
mixture; let cook slowly until a crust
forms on the bottom. In the mean
time sprinkle over the omlet the
I chopped kidney and a little chopped
parsley. Fold in half, turn out on a
hot plaher and spread with butter and
garnish with parsley.
Mi
GKANDEH WASHINGTON.
CAPITAL TO BECOME THE WORLD'S
MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY.
The Attainment or the Ideal of the
founder at I.aat In Mailt I'rnjnct
for the IYelnpinet of JKvrrr That
or the federal Capital's F.qnlpment.
When a little less than a year ago
the senate directed Its district com
mittee to consider tho question of de
veloping the park system of the cap
It nl tho hope was born In the breasts
of progressive WaBhlngtonlans who
had labored for years for the attain
ment of tho Meals of tho founders if
the Federal city that at last achieve
ment was within sight. As the scope
of te work undertaken by the commit
tee and tho personnel of tho commis
sion of experts It created - became
Unowri this hope was brightened Into
a belief.
Now that the commission has fin
ished its task and Its report has been
laid before tho senate with the warm
approval of the committee Itself there
Is no longer reason to fear that tho
old hap--haznrd, hlt-or-mlsa methods
of capital making will be followed.
These reports, though not yet adopted
by congress, or, given form in legis
lation even In part, may bo regarded
as the new foundation stones of tho
Washington that Is to become the
world's most beautiful city.
Broad nnd comprehensive, respect
ful of tho principles underlying the
original plans of tho founders yet dar
ing In the proposal of new projects In
harmony with the old, regardful of
only the single precept to make the
most of Washington's opportunities
for beauty and Impresslveness, the
plans contemplate a treatment of
parks, buildings, driveways, memori
als, water front and lakes whlca can
not be duplicated elsewhere in tho
world with the same splendid effect.
They recognize the exceptional facili
ties for adornment afforded by the
site of the capUal flanked by two large
streams and buttressed by noble hills.
The marvel Is that the progressive,
patriotic men who have been coming
to the halls of congress for the past
century have not more clearly recog
nized the possibilities lying In the way
of the capital makers, have not turned
their energies resolutely to the task
of utilizing them to the full, have not
rescured the grand original plan from
Its repressive, Inharmonious setting
which the negligence and Indifferent
"practicality" of generations has pro
duced. But many great questions have
demanded solution during the trying
deoades of national building and pres
ervation and expansion, and the capi
tal, regarded as the mere house ac
commodating the developing machin
ery of the government, has had to
grow haphazard, caring for Itself In
infancy and in youth and middle age.
Now the Washington of ripe years
Is to be at last recognized by the na
tion. Its character as the centre of
national activity, tho expression of
national thought and. Ideals, Is to be
established. It must bo granj and
beautiful, else It will fall short of the
American standards. Where now it
Is tawdry and shows tho signs of the
make-shift expediency of the past, it
must be given artistic strength. Where
neglect has permitted Incongruities to
crowd the very shadows of the great
structures of governmental need, it
must be made harmoniously true lu
every detail and In all places.
The park commission has wisely
conceived its mission one of more than
mere landscape gardening. It has
propoWvJd projects for the develop
ment of every phase of the capital's
equipment. The mall Is to be cleared
of Its Incumbrances and given new
and beautiful features of artistic
adornment. A great memorial to Lin
coln Is to stand at an axial point, com
manding the approaches to the me
morial bridge. Potomac Park and a
great park driveway leading into the
Rock Creek valley. This valley Is to
be reclaimed from its deplorable state,
to become a beauty spot and a means
of access to the two great parks above.
Series of driveways wll permit con
tinuous communication between a
chain of large public reservations,
along scenes of artistic landscape gar
dening and passing handsome public
structures. Tho miasmatic Anncostin
is to becomo a water and land park,
affording pleasure and recreation tothe
people where now it poisons them. Po
tomac park is to blossom Into a place
of beauty and public enjoyment. The
river front, now disgracefully shabby,
wll become neat and attractive. Tho
city will be girdled by drives anl
parks which cannot be elsewhere ap
proached for extent or' utility, or beau
ty, or accessibility. At the very doors
of all the people will lie expanses ct
space filled with trees and flowers and
lawns to' delight the eye and refresh
the soul and body.
On this great system of parks a
comprehensive scheme of public build
ings will be based, permitting practi
cally endless extension and unlimited
development as the government's
needs increase. The capltol grounds
are to be flanked only by public build
ings, while around Lafayette square
will arise a great series 'of beautiful
structures, giving in themselves a dis
tinctive character to Washiugton as a
centre of American art and architec
ture. The great triangle between
Pennsylvania avenue and the mall
will bo eventually ocupled In part by
buildings of national and municipal
uses, surrounded by park approaches
and giving a new character to the
southern side of the capital' grandest
Street and great historic parade
ground. Recreation grounds nre -to he
provided near the water, where mod'
ern public bathing facilities will be
afforded. Places are designated for
structures of memorial art which pos
terity may plan as occasions arlso, the
general scheme to be harmonious and
effective.
Two chief points are to be borne In
mind In appraising the work of the
park commission. It was instrumen
tal In securing an Ideal solution of the
railroad problem to give Washington
a monumental union station In a place
where It will blend with tho other
great, public Improvements, and it ha
established the principle of meantalu
lng artistic as well as a practical rela
tionship between the architectural and
the Inndscape features of the capital.
The new plan, modernizing and sun
plemcnting the original project of
L'Enfant, wil become the guide to all
future Improvements. By adopting
this scheme now, leaving Its compo
nents to be worked out In detail ns
necessities and opportunities arise,
congress will demonstrate Its foresight
and Its -wisdom ns well as Its Intelli
gent pride In the national capital.-
Washington Evening Star.
THE TINT OF THE PEARL,
now the Venetian lnt It Upon the
(Jliia flrntl The Make.
"You would hardly think," said a
dealer In fancy goods as he held up a
string of glass beads, each as big as a
cherry, made In imitation pearls, says
the New York Times, "that to put the
pearl tint and luster on each one of
these little globes the lives of at least
15 beautiful fish had to be sacrificed,
would you? But such is the fact, and
although the beads are made In Ven
ice and this string of them represents
a catch of at least 600 of these fish and
the exhaustion of a good many cubic
feet of glass blowers' breath, I can sell
It to you for 25 cents and make a
fair profit.
"They have been turning out beads
such as these In Venice for nearly two
centuries and a half. In the Adriatic
lives a fish called the bleak, but why
they named It bleak I can't see, for
there Is certainly nothing bleak about
its appearance.
"It la a graceful fish, probably of
the carp family, and has a glistening
armor of silver scales. The fish are
more prolific than the herring, which
has been a good thing for them. One
day In 16C6 an observant citizen of
Venice, with a turn for Investigating
things, his name Salvador -Jacquln,
placed a number of bleak In an acqua
rlum that he might take note of their
habits. After they had been in the ac
quarlum some time he saw that the
water took on a pearly hue.
"Believing that this was communi
cated by washings from the scales of
the fish, the Venetian observer experi
mented. He found that water could
be so densely charged with the tint
from the fish scales that glass, when
dipped Into It and allowed to dry, had
ail the outward hues of a pearl. He
coated glass beads with the substance,
and the counterfeits were readily ac
cepted as genuine pearls.
"The coating of these beads. It was
found, though, had but slight resist
ance to friction and soon disappeared
from the surface of the beads. As
sured that a large and profitable de
mand for them would result lf he could
fix the pearly lustre on the beads so It
would defy friction, Jacqutn conceived
the Idea of having the globes blown
hollow and then .attaching the flsh
scale solution to the Inner surface.
This was a success from the start, and
the glass pearl business got its first
boom.
"It requires the scales of 4000 bleak
to make half a pint of the liquid pearl.
The fish are more easily caught than
our menhaden. The scales are re
moved and soaked In tepid water.
"The utility of the liquid was Im
proved some years ago by the addition
of a small quantity of sal ammonlao
and iBlngless to it. These gave it a
closer and firmer Bet to the glass and
Increased the lustre. The liquid Is
Introduced Inside the hollow glass
bead by means of a email tube, and
when It Is dry a coating of transpar
ent wax is run over It
"Fortunately for the race of bleaks,
the trade In these beads,, pretty and
cheap as they are. Is not so alarmingly
large that extinction of the ylelders of
the pearl tint Is imminent. ' There are
apparently Just aa many bleak In the
Adriatic now as there were two cen
turies and a half ago, and more than
likely there will be JuBt as many two
centuries hence as now."
Overeat Ilia; and Morality.
At a recent purity congress held In
Chicago a vegetarian delegate read a
curious paper on diet- He stated tnat
much of tae immorality In the world
was due to the eating of animal food.
"The cook," he said, "often leads to
more drunkenness and excess tnan the
saloon keeper. Highly seasoned, rich
animal foods lead to indigestion and
ill health. Ill health weakens the
will, and a weak will breaks down the
moral character. Total oepravily is
often nothing but total Indigestion."
ThlB reasoning reminds one of the
old conundrum, "Why is home like a
baby?" the answer being, "Because
borne is where thj heart Is; the heart
is In the chest; a chest is a box, box
Is a small shrub, a sraan snrub ts a
growing plant, a growing plant la a
beautiful thing, a beautirut thing Is a
primrose, a primrose N a pronounced
'yeller,' and a pronounced 'yeller' la a
baby."
The nlsheat 1'oint of the World,
The highest point in the world that
la to say, the highest mountain top
ever reached by a human being rests
now upon the writing desk of the King
of England. It I a letter weight,
made of a piece of atone taken from
the summit of Mr, GaurUankar, the
highest mountain on the globe. It was
presented to his majesty by a British
efflctr.
II ft I uu
mm
New York City. Novelty waists nre
In demand for nil ocrnslons, nnd some
of the latest designs nre buttoned at
one side. This way of fastening is said
to admit of a great variety of rich
embroidery nnd other effects acrcss
the front. .White satin, taffeta nnd
novelty silks and light shades of pluk,
bluo or gray are among the materials
used for waists to be worn with black
taffeta silk or velvet skirts. The chiffon
separate waist has also come to stay,
despite the efforts of fashionable dress
makers to discountenance It. A Paris
Importation In this line wns mnde with
the groundwork of pink satin, veiled
first with blue and then heliotrope
chiffon, and trimmed with ecru lace
and touches of silver.
Woman's Five-Gored Skirt.
No skirt is more generally satisfac
tory than the one cut Jn five gores.
A FANCY WAIST.
FIVE-GORED SKIRT. -
The admirable May Mnnton model,
shown In the large drawing. Includes
an upper portion so shaped and a grad
uated circular flounce seamed to the
lower edge and Is shaped to fit with
perfect snugness at tho upper portion,
While It flares at the lower, and the
flounce falls In graceful folds aud rip
ples. The original is made of sage
green veiling, with trimming of bias
folds headed with black aud white
fancy silk braid that are arranged at
the foot in the centre aud over the
seaming of the flounco and skirt; but
all dress materials are suitable, and
tailor stitching, with cortlcelli silk, can
be substituted for the bands when pre
ferred. Both front and side gores are
narrow lu conformity with the Intest
style, and the fitting Is accomplished
without hip darts. The fulness at the
back is laid in Inverted pleats that are
pressed quite flat. The flounce Is
carved to give the fashionable fulness,
and Is seamed to the lower edge.
To cut this skirt In the medium size
nine and three-fourth yards of matertul
twenty-one Inches wide, eight and one
eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide,
seven and one-half yards thirty-two
inches wide, four and one-fourth yard3
forty-four inches wide, or four and
one-fourth yards fifty Inches wide will
be required. ,,
All-Overs m Trimming.
Dressmukers have discovered that
the lace all-overs are possessed of even
greater possibilities thaa the narrow
appliques. Hence we see them used
for everything from whole dresses to
the tiniest appliques some one figure,
a leaf or a flower, being chosen for the
latter. Then, too, these cut up into
big bands, some of them a dozen inches
In width. These are usually edged
with the narrowest sort of a scroll ap-
pUque In tbe same Uce. A band set en.
the skirt In apron oversltlrt effect
serves admirably to hend a flared or a
pleated flounce. For these dresses silky
voile and crepe de chlno are Ideal fab
rics, and white Is first choice.
New Work For Chiffon Itoiet,
Chiffon roses nre no longer "lilies of
the Held." They must now toll, being
useful ns well ns ornamental. Their
especial labor Is to hold down the ends
of black velvet ribbon trapping. A
charmingly rtulnty dress lu white chif
fon with Chantllly appliques has the
bodice' ns well ns the skirt given dis
tinction by a number of full-length
strr.pplngs. A pink chiffon rose, ex
quisitely made In different shades,
catches the end of each strap. Lest it
prove not trustworthy, the strsp Is als
held some inches above by a glittering
rhlnestone buckle.
Work For tho Rammer Olrt(
Summer-glrls-to-be with leisure nnd
skill may make for themselves very
pretty belts, which will look especially
well with their white waists or whole
dresses. Rows of ribbon arranged gir
dle fashion are feather-stitched to
gether with white silk. A few whale
bones covered with white may be
necessary to keep the belt In shape.
A flaion Decree Asatnt Coraat.
The Minister of Educntlon in Saxony
has Issued a decree that no girl attend
ing the public schools and colleges
may wear n corset. lie maintains that
tight lacing Is as deadly a foe to In
tellectual effort as the cigarette, there
fore as legitimate an object for educa
tional legislation. Woman's Tribune.
Woman's Three-Place Skirt.
Skirts with flounces, that produce
ample flare at the feet, and that fit
with snugness about the hips are In
the height of stylo and appear to gain
In favor uonth by mc-ith. This grace
ful model Is adapted to all coft ma
terlals, whether wool, silk or cchou,
but as shown is made of foulard, in
pastel tan color with figures In white,
nnd is singularly effective and stylish.
The flounces curve In a way to give
the best results and run up Just suf
ficiently at the back to give a smart
effect, their edges being finished with
stitching la self colored cortlcelli silk.
The skirt Is cut In three pieces, fitted
at the waist with short hip darts, and
tbe fulness at the back may be gath
ered or laid in inverted pleats, that are
flat for a few inches below the belt,
then form soft folds nnd fall in rip
ples to the floor. The flounces aro
circular, curved to give the f ulneus
desired by fashion, and are arranged
over the foundation. One, two or three
can be used as may be preferred.
To cut this skirt In the medium size,
fifteen and one-eighth yards of mate
rial twenty-one Inches wide, ten and
THBBH -PIKCS 8K1BX.
one-eighth yards twenty-seven iuche
wide, ten yards thirty-two Inches wide,
or seven and five-eighth yards forty
four Inches wide will be required.