7
HIS LETTERS,
Thalf glorious dream wn at an end
They parted at tbe gatoi
B might have pressed her to bis heart,
'Twas now, alas, too late I
Bla love wan with her where she sat
Alone that cheorlnea night,
Hut In hit breast was stubborn pride
A, trudging to and (ro, outslds.
He watched her glimmering light.
Ah, aha wan fairer than the rose
And often hail he pressed
Bin Hps to her glad lips and felt
Hor fluttering on hla breast,
An1 he had heard her sigh for him
But that wns past for aye
A jent, a taunting word or two,
And luve tkiit had been sweet and true,
Wo lightly thrown away I
At Inst, In bitterness, ho turned
And left her tlicrn nlone,
Still hoping she might enll him back
To claim her as his own
Bow excellent to hold her then,
Close, close to him and hcnr
Hor sob and sigh and, trembling, any
Bo softly, In the sweet old wtiyi
"I lovo I love you, donr."
LOVE AND FICKLE FORTUNE.
A STUDY IN SHADOW AND SUNSHtNG.
The girl was very pretty and dain
tily dressed. Jnck Grainger, sitting
beside her In the park, had every
Facility for studying her closely. He
was puzzled by the snd, hnrassed look
on her face, which ho thought had no
business to be there at all. It was a
lovely June evening, but the park was
rapidly thinning, for the Inevitable din
ner hour claimed society for its own.
So absorbed was Grainger In con
templative study that, mlrabile dlctu,
he had forgotten about that all im
portant function.
Presently the chair ticket man came
Jong and stopped before the girl.
'Have you paid yet, m'm?"
"No," she answered.
"One penny, please."
She fumbled In her pocket, but no
purse made Its appearance.
"I'm afraid I I haven't I've left
'i
"Allow me," put In Jack, seizing; the
welcome opportunity. "Most awk
ward, of course," he went on, not
noticing her deprecating gesture. "I
really see no other way out of the diffi
culty," and he settled the matter by
paying for them both, while the ticket
man walked on, bis face wreathed In
Inscrutable smiles.
"An old trick, mat," he thought, as
he strolled along, though there's
many a marriage the outcome of It an'
the likes."
"It Is really good of you," said the
girl at last, "but rather than be under
any obligation to you I would have
much preferred to pay another dny."
"A pleasure at any time to help a
lady out of difficulties, answered
Grainger, delighted that the Ice was
broken. "It's so easy to forget your
purse, too. I never bother myself with
such Impediments. Much safer to
carry your money loose in your
pocket; don't you think so?"
"If you have any yes," replied the
girl, smiling in spite of herself and
tracing little patterns in the grass with
her parasol.
"Rather an odd remark," thought
Grainger.
"Er er, perhaps your pocket has
been picked?" he ventured at last.
"No."
"Lost your purse?"
She shook her head.
"Forgot it?"
"Oh, how dense you are," she ex
claimed, almost petulantly, "you men
never seem able to realize that we
women can be 'hard up' although we
present a fairly respectable appear
ance. Now, does not another possible
contingency occur to you other than
what you have guessed?" ,
Jack thought for a long while, but
hla brain could not rise to the solving
of such a riddle. Impecunios.y was
s foreign to him as are the tropica to
tbe polar bear.
'Then you must shame me to an ad
mittance," she answered.
"Oh!" put In Jack, at last begin
nlng to realize the truth, "you don't
mean, you can't mean that you havn't
got "
f "Yes," she whispered, and ber eyes
filled with tears as she gulped down
m sob, 'in spite of all all this," and
she made a pretty gesture, indicating
her dainty clothes.
"Wheugh," whistled Jack softly,
"well, I'm ;" he didn't say what he
wan, but whistled again.
She hardly realized why she had
taken this man, a total stranger, even
thus far Into her confidence. But there
was something so kind, so sympa
thetic in bis lace something different
Irom other men,
I "Have you no friends, no relatives
In town?" asked Grainger at last.
' "I know no one."
' "Then what are you going to do?"
"I don't know." She began to cry.
. "Come,", said Jack cheerily, "there
la always a silver lining to every
cloud. Perhaps I can help you. Tell
me all about It."
"My father and mother died a year
ago, leaving me with scarcely any
money," began the girl, "and until a
month ago I remained In my, Devon-
ealre borne. My slender resources be
an to eke out, ao I came to London
to see if I could get employment as
governess. Luck has been against
cne and I have now come to the end
-f my resources. That's all the
whole thing In a nutshell," she con
clnded bitterly. "I need not go into
details. You will understand what I
ttave gone through.
. The girl flushed scarlet with shame
iat such an exposure. Her pride and
elf-esteem were wounded, too.
1 The irony of It struck him forcibly.
"I'm I'm awfully sorry' he aald at
But nay t Alas, the did not eall !
Thrice day had dawned and yet
Be waited to receiTe her Word
Of candor and regrett
And then. In pride he wrote to her
To bring her to her knees
Re aorlbbled but a line or two,
Vet that was plenty, as he knewt
"Return my letters, please I"
Be waited proudly ah, at last!
A dainty letter cnmei
Love tunned the embers In his breast
And set them all adame.
"She yields !" he proudly cried, and then
He sat with drooping bead:
"Your loiters cannot be returned,"
She wrote, "because I always burned
Them a tier they were road."
Still, still her laugh Is sweet to hear,
And still her face Is fnlri
Her footstep still are quick and light,
Btlll prldu Is In her air
And yesterday he delved among
Her choicest treasures oh,
Bis henrt leaped when he ehnneed to tee,
Berlhlmw-tt there, those letters she
Had burned up long ago.
8. E. Klser.
Inst, awkwardly enough. "It's fear
fully hard."
Their eyes met. Her face wns still
flushed, and there were tears in her
vcice and eyes as she smiled and said:
"Thank you for saying that. You are
so sympathetic."
Tho words though slight in them
selves and bo simply uttered, carried
a world of meaning.
Grainger stared vacantly across tho
road again.
What a sweet face she had. Why
M-ould fate be so cruel to one with
whom Nature had dealt so generously.
w no, to look at her, would have
thought such cruel poverty was hers?
Daintily, charmingly dressed not a
penny In tho world:
Well, he couldn't leave her without
doing something.
"Look here," he said at last, "here
is my card." He handed It to her, at
the same time steadily avoiding her
glance. "If at any time you should
be In difficulties, er well, er come
and look me up. And er , or hang
It," he exclaimed. "It's no use mv beat
ing about the bush, I'm going to lend
you five pounds."
The girl crimsoned, but shook her
head. "Impossible I don t know when
I could repay you."
"Then may I ask what you Intend
doing and how you are to pass tho
night?"
"1 dn't know," she murmured.
"Nor do I, unless you accept my
loan. I must Insist," he said earnest
ly, "Pardon my saying so, but I think
it Is folly to refuse. Consider it a
lonn that you can return at any dis
tant date you like."
She had taken the card and placed
It In her pocket.
"We are all, some time or other,
victims of circumstances," he-began
again; "consider that your time has
now come," he concluded banterlngly.
You you are very good," she whis
pered. "Why! how do you know that
my tale Is true, or that "
"You are unkind," he put It quickly.'
'Must I tell you what I see in your
face and eyes. They spell "
She motioned htm to deBlst. "Tell
me another time If we ever meet
again. Since necessity demands that
I must submit to, I I "
"Thrn you will accept the amount?"
"Necessity says ye"," s';e answered,
softly.
They strolled to the corner in all-
lence.
"Don't forget when you are In trou
ble," he began, "to "
'I shall always remember. No
words of mine can thank you. Please
don't follow me to see where I go.
Premise me."
"Yes, I promise," he said, raising
his hat. "Good night"
'Good night." He watched her walk
quickly down Grosvenor place, then
went to his club.
He knew he had fallen In love at
first light.
"Another season come and gone,
Jack," said his uncle, a folicltcr of
the old school, "and you not found an
heiress. I still stick to my bargain.
The day you marry a girl with ten
thousand pounds I leave all to you."
"Well, who knows what may hap
pen?" answered Jack, pointing to the
personal column of the Dally Argus.
" see you've got that In again. He In
dicated the following:
"If Mies Marjorie O. Blakeley will
rail on Messrs. Jollup and Grainger,
Solicitors, 53 Gray's Inn, she will bear
of something to her advantage."
"Yes," answered bis uncle, "I
thought I'd have another try. . It's
been In nine times. Say, the girl's an
heiress to something like fifty thous
and pounds, and she may be starving
for all we know. Jack, I expect great
things if she calls," concluded Graing
er's uncle as he left the office for
lunch, leaving his nephew in their
private sanctum.
Jack often wondered what had be
come of his forlorn little friend he had
met In the park. He had tried every
possible means of finding her where
abouts, but was unsuccessful. He bad
constantly hung about the park, but
had never seen ber. She bad never
been to see bins, but be was not very
surprised at this.', He knew she was
tbe soul of honor, and tbat the loan of
five pounda would be returned at the
earliest opportunity. His thoughts
were suddenly interrupted by the ab
rupt entrance of the office boy, "A
lady to see Mr. Jollup, sir."
y uncle a out," answered Jack,
"bul show ber In to me." "
In another moment the girl whom
be had befriended entered.
"You can go," said Grainger to the
office Imp, who was grinning at his
look of astonishment. The boy van
ished. For a few moments neither
spoke.
"Yes," began Jack at last rather
awkwardly, "can I do anything for
you?"
She unfolded the Dally Argus, and
Indicating the paragraph, quietly in
formed him that she was Marjorie G.
Blakeley.
' "Why," gasped jack 1ft astonish
ment, "wo have been trying to find
you for three months. Did you know
that your uncle who lived In Australia,
for whom we are acting, died four
months ago, and left you all his
money?"
She shook her head.
"It It Is true, then?" she askeJ
tremulously.
"True! I should think It is. The
advertisement has been in the Dally
Argus nine times. Have you only Just
seen it?"
She nodded; then said, "I have been
111 In hospital for six weeks. What I
went through before I root you told
on me at last, and I bad to give In."
"At the very time I met you In the
park," went on Jnck, "you were enti
tled to fifty thousand pounds. The
Irony of it."
"You were very, very good to me,"
she said simply, her eyes filling with
tiars. "I have not forgotten about the
loan."
"Oh, bother the loan!" exclaimed
Jnck.
She smiled, and then Uncle Jollup
came In and spoilt It by Insisting on
overhauling all the necessary papers
then and there.
e
"And so. Jack, you are going to
marry an heiress after all," said Un
cle Jollup. In huge delight some
months after, when he was entertain
ing Marjorie nlnkeley and Jack to din
ner at. his bouse. "Well, my boy, I
congratulate you. Now I leave all to
- oil. A bargain's n bargain.
Sweet Marjorie blushed and looked
shyly at Jack, who rose and bent over
'icr. "I haVe been more than repaid."
he whispered, "for 1 have won the
heart and love of the sweetest girl
on earth." New Y'ork News.
GUAINT AND CURIOUS,
According to tho Newcastle Chron
icle the ghost whose mysterious con
duct at Glyncorrwg colltery, Glamor
gan, Wales, frightened SWs workmen
from the pit, has turned out to be a
Ft ray pony-, turned loose by some prac
tical Joker.
The so-called Iron crown of Lorn
bnrdy, which is the moBt treasured na
tional posseRsVo.i of the Italln king
dom, preserves the ancient form more
than any other now worn. It Is of
golden ."plaques," or low panels,
which do not rise above the top of tbe
head.
One of the most remarkable archi
tectural structures In existence la the-left-handed
spiral staircase In the
Chateau de Bols, Touralne, built dur
ing the sixteenth century. The de
sign of the staircase corresponds so
exactly with the spirals of the cord
mon Mediterranean shell known as
the Voluta vespertlllo that there is lit
tle doubt where the designer got his
model.
A froak of nature is to be seen In a
tree now growing and in full foliage In
the garden lot attached to the engine
house In Haddington, at Sixty-first and
Thompson streets, Philadelphia. The
tree has thre distinct stems or trunks,
which join and form one trunk. The
top foliage would be much larger, but
the tree is kept pruned, to prevent
overtaxing of the roots and stems.
The stems were planted each sperate
ly, and when they took root grafted
Into each other at the top. They grew
rapidly and each stem of itBelf Is a
perfect support to the Joined head.
In connection with the anniversary
of the Bethel Primitive Mejhodlst
chancl, Burnley, England, a souvenir
handbook containing copies of old rec
ords has been issued. A minute
pcs&ed in 1S34 reads: "That we do
not allow young men and young wo
men of our society to court with each
other on Sunday; neither do we allow
our single men and women to walk
In the street together arm in arm at
any time; neither do we allow them
to stand at street corners chating to
gether." By another resolution the
chapel authorities forbade girl choris
ters wearing bows in their bonnets.
C. P. Sllnter Is quoted by Dr. R.
Horst of the Leyden museum as au
thority for the statement that crabs
do climb trees. Mr. Sllnter posesses
near Bntavta some captive specimens
cf the cocoanut crab and
lias teen them climb to the
top of mangrove trees and
palms fully 60 feet in height. What
they did at the top he was unable to
ascertain, but he considers It probable
that they were engaged in opening
young cocoanuta and devouring their
contents. Whether they have the
power of opening ripe cocoanuta could
not be determined, the specimens un
der observation merely fumbling such
as were given them without attempt
ing to penetrate the shell.
Historic
Percy Rodgers, of Bardstown, Ky.t
haa in his possession the bugle that
called the Continental army to battle
in many of the principal engagements
for American Independence.
Beellee.
Beetles In the East and West Indies
are ao brilliant in coloring tbat they
are beautiful as gems.
(foVSFNQLD HINTS
Cleaning liellrale I. aces.
Here Is a reiipe for cleansing deli
cate laces which an old lace-maker
who has woven many a gossamer web
for the great connoisseur and lover of
laces, Madame Modjeska, gavo to her
pupil and patron: Spread the lace out
on paper, cover with calcined mag
nesia, place another paper over It, and
put It away between the leaves of a
book for two or thre days. Then all
that It needs Is a skillful little shake
to scatter the powder, and lis delicate
threads are as fresh and dean as when
first woven. This being a lace season,
"he who runs may read." Good
Housekeeping.
A rractlrnl Snggestlnn.
A suggestion to prevent the slipping
of rugs on polished floors Is worth
passing on, as this Is often a sourco
not only ot annoyance, .uit of positive
danger by causing falls. A man who
sells rugs at one of the large shops In
New York says that If a rug is thor
oughly wet on the wrong side and put
face downward until dry, it will not
rllp. The explanation is that the wet
ting moistens usefully the slightly
gummy substance with which the
wrong side of the rug Is dressed, and
which, becoming dry, causes It to slip.
Obviously this suggestion Is only of
value in case of rugs that have a
wrong side. Harper's B&zar.
Vp-tn. Date lleds and lleddlng.
The selection of beds and the detail
of their equipment, says The Deline
ator, Is one of the most Important
Items of modern house furnishing.
The provision for comfort In sleeping
rooms would perhaps receive more at
tention If one realized that fully one
third of a life-time Is spent there. In
the course of three score years fully
twenty, even with only moderate sleep
ing, are passed in bed. White Iron
bedsteads are so generally used now
that they may be found even In the
tenement districts, where their neat,
durable and simple construction means
even more than In the homes of more
pretension and wealth. While the
adornment of the bed Is of moment,
the foundations of comfort depend on
the choice of mattresses and sprlngB.
Here the quality should be of the best
that can be afforded. A first expense
In good materials Is likely to be tbe
last.
Too Mvrh Fnrnltnre.
"Have nothing In your house that
you do not know to be useful and be
lieve to be beautiful," was one of the
sane precepts of William Morris. Have
you applied It to your own house? If
not, begin with the sitting room and
carefully consider each article. How
few things here are really useful?
We need enough comfortable chairs,
and each one should be a thing ot
beauty not necessarily expensive, but
well made, of good proportion, and
with no sham carving. Each should
be a self-respecting object, proud to
show Itself; not the berlbboned, be
tldied, nondescript article which some
times takes its place.
Many a room suffers from a super
abundance of tables which Invite all
Linda of ornamental nothings to come
and repose on their tops. Indeed, It
often requires skilful navigation to
sail about this archipelago of furniture
In such a manner as to avoid catas
trophe. What have you on the mantelpiece?
Are the things there from choice or
habit? It Is better to have nothing
than nothing beautiful. New York
News.
Tea Frappe Put one tesii-.ioofl of tea
into one quart of milk and boll up
once; stand aside for five minutes and
strain; sweeten to taste; when cold
put in the freezer; do not freeze quite
to a mush; serve with whipped cream.
Spaghetti with Tomatoes Put In a
saucepan one pint of white broth and
one pint of tomato sauce; let thesn
simmer for ten minutes; add to this
two cupfuls of cooked spaghetti cut
In Inch pieces; cook for five minutes;
serve very hot.
Frozen Peach Pudding Chop all
peaches very fine; beat one pint ot
cream stiff; then add one cup of sifted
powdered sugar, then the chopped
peaches; mix carefully and thoroughly
and turn into a melon mould; pack la
ice and salt, and let stand for four
hours.
Potato Salad One pint of cold boil
ed dried potatoes, or potatoes cut In
fain slices; season with salt and pep
per; sprinkle over tbe top a coat of
cold boiled beeits; cut in cubes the yolk
of one hard boiled egg rubbed through
a atrainer; add one tablespoon ot
chopped parsley; pour over a French
dressing. .
Cold Huckleberry Pudding Cut
slices ot bread one-third of an Inch
thick, and enougb to fill the dish or
bowl it Is to be served In; butter the
Slices of bread; steam enough huckle
berries to fill tbe bowl; put a layer ot
bread In tbe dish, then pour over soma
huckleberries, then another layer of
bread and berries; have the top layer
berries, and pour the remaining juice
over all; make tbe berries quite aweet,
and serve with sweetened whipped
cream.
SHADOWED A BANK TELUR.
the tlrattrvlns Itesnll of a Slentli's !
vcettg-Mtton ot (jneer Dolnts.
"I have had all sorts of expert
mces," said a detective, "but last night
I had an entirely new one. Two days
igo the president of a banking house
lent for me and said that he feared
:tiere was something wrong with
lis assistant teller, who appeared to
De laboring under some excitement,
in.l who showed signs of late hours
tnd dissipation. I was asked to shad
w him. and to look out for evidence
)f Irregularities.
"It wns then noon, and I started at
nco by following my man to a cheap
restaurant. I supposed that he was
going for his luncheon, but he went
Into a telephone booth and closed the
ioor. It wns Impossible for me to
hear with whom he was talking, so I
went to the proprietor of the place
and made some inquiries, and learned
that my man telephoned every day at
that time, and seldom bought more
than a sandwich.
"That dny he paid th telephone
loll, but bought nothing. As I followed
hint Into the street I made tip my
mind he was In communication with
a stock broker, and thnt financial trou
ble was the cause of his strange ac
tions. That was nothing new In my
experience.
"When he left the bank that after
noon he was In a great hurry, and I
followed him toward his home In the
car behind the one he was In; but by
some means he gave mo the slip, for
he didn't get off nt the corner nearest
his home or several blocks afterward,
as far ns I saw. I went to his apart
ment to wait for him, and. meeting a
liltlo girl Just entering the street
door, I Inquired If she knew him.
" 'He Is my papa,' "she answered,
'nnd will be home In a few minutes.
He always stops to seo tho doctor after
he leaves the bank, because mamma
Is very 111, and we are afraid she will
die. The doctor comes every noon
and telephones to papa and then he
stops there on his way home. If you
will come In you won't have long to
wait, or you can call again, for he
never leaves mamma after he comes
home, and sits up all night with her.'
"I said that I might call again, but
Inntead I went to the home of the
bunk president and made my report.
This morning that teller got a letter
from the bank granting him two
weeks' vacation nnd telling him that
his salary was Increased $20 a month."
St. Louis Republic.
t'sury.
During the active days at the great
Muscle Shoals Improvement conditions
prevailed somewhat similar to those of
ten found in new mining districts;
nothing akin to calm.
A fellow who had occasion ta take
a long ride In a great hurry, "borrow
ed" a native's horse without stopping
to sp?ak to the owner about It.
But In the course of a few days ho re
turned the animal.
Tbe native did not take a kindly
view of the situation, but concluded to
be content with legal redress. He an
nounced his intention of having the
offender arrested.
"What'U you have him arrested for?"
was asked.
"For horse stealln', of course."
"How can you make horse stealing
out of it, when he returned the horse?"
"Ain't It stealln' If he brought 'Ira
back?"
"I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see
how it could be."
"All right, then; I'll have 'lm arrest
ed for UBiiry." , .
"I don't see how you can make us
ury out of It, either."
"W'y, it all! he used 'lm, didn't
he? Yes, Sir, he used 'lm three or four
days, and used 'lm mlgnty hard, too,
by the looks of im."
Of coureo a thoughtful person would
have seen at once that e-lope-ment
was the crime committed. New York
Times.
' Mr. (llaflatnne'a Catch.
"How many members of this house,"
asked Mr. Gladstone once in the course
of a debate on electorial qualifications,
"can divide 1330 17s. by 213.
Sd?"
"Six hundred and fifty-eight!" shout
ed one member.
"The thing cannot be done!" ex
claimed another.
"A roar of laughter greeted the last
remark. But It was true, neverthe
less, says the Pittsburg Gazette, You
cannot multiply or divide money by
money. You may repeat a smaller
aura of money as many times as It
Is contained in a larger sum of money,
but that is a very different thing. If
you repeat five shillings as many times
as there are balra In a horse's tall,
you do not multiply five shillings by
a horse's tail. Perhaps you did not
know this before. Never mind; you
need not be ashamed of your Ignor
ance, for It was shared, as has been
demonstrated, by the entire House of
Commons (bar one member), Includ
ing the then chancellor of the excheq
uer. Workman Wins a Fortune.
According to the Francais, the win
ner of the chief prize 10,000 In the
Consumptive Children's Lottery, fn
France, is a workman named Duthell.
He was repairing a slate root when
be beard the newsboys calling out the
result He bought a paper and found
that be bad won. He had not a penny
in his pocket at the time.
So overjoyed was he that he ran a
way from bis work and danced like a
lunatic. He has a wife and three
chldren.
Height of English mew.
In 50 years the average height of
British men baa risen an Inch. The
present average height for a man of
80 of the upper classea 'in Britain Is
S feet I 1-2 inches.
New York CHy. Rough-finished
cloths nre used for promenade cos
tumes this senson, nnd arc very appro
priate for cold weather. A smart blnrk
LADIES' STREET 8CIT.
nml gray boinexpun Ik shown here de
veloped In strictly tiiilur-nimlc style.
The blouse Is shaped with shoulder
and tuulcriirm senilis only. The back
Is plain nml the garment smoothly
adjusted under the units.
Two backward turning pleats on the
shoulders nre stitched down a short
distance, provhllui; becoming fulness
over the litist that forms n Mouse (it
the waist. The jacket Is completed
LADIES' OUTDOOR COSTUME.
With n narrow velvet belt that fastens
with a cut steel buckle.
The fronts close In double-breasted
style, with two rows nf steel buttons
thnt are the only trimming used on the
suit. The neck Is finished nt the col
lar line with machine siltchlug nnd the
collar Is omitted.
The sleeve Is shaped with nu inside
seam, lias slight fulness on the shoul
ders (i lid is gathered nt the wrist. The
sleeve Is urrangod on a wristband, with
the anthers at the bnck, where It
droops stylishly.
The skirt Is made with ten evenly
proportioned gores fitted smoothly
around the wnlst. It closes invisibly
at tbe centre bnck sea in In habit effect.
A narrow tuck is stitched at each
side of the gores and flatly pressed,
producing whnt is called the "slot"
seam.
To make the Eton In the medium
size will require one and one-half yards
of forty-four-lncb material.
To 'make the skirt In the medium
size will require live nnd one-half yards
of forty-four-inch material.
A Smart Costaina.
Very light shades of gvny, tan and
green are to be worn this full, with
velvet trimmings to give them a heavy
apppearunce. A smart costume is
shown in the large drawing, developed
lu Enu de Nil wool canvas, having
white lace and dark green velvet for
trimming.
The waist Is made over a glove-fitted
feathorboued lining that closes In tbe
centre front. The back Is plalu across
the shoulders and drawn down close
to the belt, where tho fulness is ar
tuuged In tiny pleats.
The plastron and full vest are permo.
nently attached to the right lining
front and close Invisibly on the left
A band ot lace Is applied at tbe top of
the vest to cover tbe joining.
A tiny rever and shoulder trimming
of velvet finish tbe edges of the front
above the vest, tne latter extending
over the ahoulder to tbe back. A trans
parent lace collar completes tbe neck.
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and Is edged top nnd bottom with vel
vet ribbon.
The sleeves nre shaped with the regu
lation Insldo seams, and also have
senilis on the top. They fit the upper
nrin closely. Material added nt eneh
side of the top seam Is gathered nnd
fastened nt the elbow, fulling In a loose
puff to the wrist, where It Is finished
with n velvet bund. Illbbon covers
tno seam from shoulder to elbow.
The skirt Is made with five well-proportioned
pores, narrow front, nnd
sides with wide bncks, fitted snmoihly
nrntitid the waist and hips without
darts. The fulness In the centre bnck
Is arranged In nn underlying plent nt
eneh side of the closing. These pleats
nre flatly pressed and present a per
fectly plain appearance.
The skirt Is ahrntli fitting from waist
to knee. Tbe flounces nre narrow In
front nnd graduate In depth toward
I be bnck. They are of circular shap
ing and flare stylishly nt tbe lower
edge-, where the lienis are finished with
linichliie stitching.
To make tbe skirt in the medium size
will require seven yards of forty-four-Inch
material.
Itccnmlng to Youthful Wearers.
Effective combinations of black nnd
white nre seen In children's garments
.is well ns those Intended for grown
folks this season, and It must be ad
mitted tbat they nre very becoming to
youth ful wearer.
The cont shown here Is made of
white satln-faeed cloth with black sntln
trimming's. The front shield Is braided
in black ribbons. It Is narrow at tbe
neck, broadens considerably toward
the lower edge nml Is completed with a
black collar, both dosing at the centre
bnck.
The cont Is shaped with shoulder and
underarm seams, fits well on the shoul
ders and flares In box effect at tho
lower edge, falling In soft graceful
folds. Triple shoulder capes of black
satin are edged with bands of white.
They give a becoming breadth to tbe
figure.
The coot is fastened invisibly from
the fieck to the point of the capes. Be
low that the closing is made with black
Kilt I u buttons and buttonholes worked
In the edges of the fronts.
The sleeves nre regulation coat
sleeves, shaped with upper and under
portions. They hnve slight fulness on
the shoulders and nre finished with
flaring cuffs of satin.
To make the coat for a child of two
COAT FOB A CHILD.
years will require three yards of twenty-two-inch
material, with one yard of
velvet trimming.
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