Early to Bed. Put clullrtron to bed early. If you have to look nftor your children your elf, don't lot them sit up late, as a rule, on any term. You nead and ought to have some time to yourself for rest and recreation, and It will be bad for the children as well as for you K you don't get It. The Important thins Is to got your thoughts directed Into fresh channels, or In time you will find It difficult to talk or think of anything except the house and the children. A, Velvet Skirt. A new model of blue and white doited velvet has the box-platted skirt mounted, on a hip yoke. Between the plaits at the bottom of the skirt aro ' pointed motifs of black passemcrterle. The eorsnpe Is platted and ornament ed with applique to match the nklrt. The bodice opens at the nock to dis play a collar and emplecement of guipure. The sleeves are plaited to the wrist. A cuff of passementerie finishes the whole. The hat to go with It is of white felt trimmed with blue velvet and a white bird. The Granny Muff. A great furrier having declared that this should 1)0 a season of large muffs, the granny muff Immediately became tho fashion. Some fortunate women promptly visited their attics and un earthed the muffs carried by their grannies many years ago. Dame Fashion, who will always pause in her rapid flight long enough to pick up a forgotten style, saw that the granny muff was worth cultivating, and the result is that every women has one genuine or otherwise. Some of the handsomest muffs are of sable, 30 Inches round and half a yard wide. Others are melon shaped, and again another style is heart staped. There are wome lovely combinations of vel vet and fur. Nothing is prettier than a muff of the same material as the gown worn; say a sapphire blue vel vet is trimmed with sable and has the mat and muff to match, Pretty Neckwear. Everywhere smart neck ruffs and dress accessories are shown, and the girl that cannot afford to buy them can at least purchase the materials at the shop counters and construct them. Collars of all the popular laces are shown In abundance, and sets for wraps and gowns are of rare beauty. Thero tfre many new arrangements of Ilk In taffeta, shirred,, appllqued and braided. The collarette and neck boa has become a. shoulder cape and has atxullly lengthened, so that before long it will develop into a garment that will roach to the elbow and af ford a degree of comfort not hither to produced. The present period of dress Is one In which light and, deli "Tate materials are very much used. There is a great amount of handwork and openwork effect, crochet, entre deux, hemstitching, drawnwork and very possible method of leaving an aperture In the construction of a gar ment. Woman's Own Fault To apeak frankly I believe every dif ficulty In household management Is primarily due to mlsmangament of my good bfcly on the start, writes Deshler Welch, in Good Housekeeping. I mean away bnck in the early periphery of things: Lack of system, lack of de termination and studied purpose, and, finally, lack of knowledge. I abso lutely believe that now, where you find a good cook you'll find a good wife. Tho ' palpable remedy for the present cook evil, ac I have said else where, Is a housekeepers' trust a big one. maklnt- a chain of cities mak. tag it positively necessary when a ser vant wishes to obtain a position that Bhe boar a card from the head office of tho trust certifying that her charac ter is entirely commendable as testi fied to by her former employer, a mem ber of the trust, and that her accom plishment as a chef de cuisine is of the class set forth on the card. By card rating her salary lg governed. It sooms to me that in time the young women thus seeking employment would strive hard to obtain as high a "commission" as possible from the trust. Moat dlnstlnctly would this prove a great advantage to both mis tress and servant. The Root of Wedded Bliss. Mrs. Clenunle Ellis, a Chicago club woman, has mnde the startling dis covery that the gentle art of dishwash ing lies at the root of wedded bliss. Teach your boy to wash dishes and marriage will not be a failure. The young man who includes dishwashing among his accomplishments will make a good husband and "how to be happy thongh married" will no longer be a theme of posslmlstlo debate or light persiflage. Mrs. Ellis's underlying Ideas in all this veem to be that the young man whose brilliant intellect is capable of mastering dishwashing will go on to master a lot more things, itch as cooking, sweeping, bedmak ing, etc., and that the sum total of these acquisitions, with the meek and lowly frame of mind they beget, will make a man a desirable helpmeet for any woman. If Mrs. Ellis Is right ttlsh washing will effect a reform in the soul of man which It hasn't been able to work yet in the breast of wom an. Moat women have to wash dishes more or less at some period of their lives, and women as a class have washed dishes for centuries, but it would take more than a Chicago club woman to discover that the occupa tion of dlRhwashtng has brought eith er sweetness or light into the feniln lue character. New York Tribune. Handiwork of Long Ago. Chenlllo embroidery is being re vived along with the knitting needle and the crochet hoolc. There was a time in the days of our great-great-aramlmammns and grand-aunts when this was tho popular fancy work. It Is most effective when cnrefully wrought, and, ns It is not an expensive handi work, It is likely to be taken up, at least for a time, by the maids who like to try everything. Chenille .can be applied to a can vas or felt ground, nnd quite lovely articles can be contrived with both. Man, chair backs, cushion covers and sachets can often be picked up for a mere triflo at the bargain day sale of some art needlework depot and transformed by chenille embroidery Into important looking fancy work. Chenlllo can be uned with a chen lllo needle as a working thread, but it is better to catch It down with couching in finer silk, for other wise tho desired curve will be diffi cult to obtain. This applies to the thick chenille; the very thin kind can, of course, bo used as thread. A lovely idea in chenille embroid ery was worked out by a girl, who ap plied it to the sash ends of one of her evening gowns. The gown was blue and the sash oyster white satir. Up on the ends was wrought a true lov ers' knot design. This was carried out In actual blue satin ribbon with a bordering of bluo chenille. From the sides where the ribbon termin ated was a sort of pendant of conven tional flowers carried out in two shades of blue chenille, and from the flowers foil showers of sliver se quins. New York American. Beads by the Quart. No Indian squaw could prize her beaded ornaments more highly than does tho modern English or American girl. Our fair cousins oversea push bead-wearing to the extremity. They go to church with chains of beads of different kinds around the throat, and in tho Hyde Park "church parade" you see the fair dames sauntering along with many beaded chains swinging from their shoulders. If you are In mourning you wear a cable chain of black Irish bogwood beads, a very handsomo ornament. If you are "in colors," and sometimes if you are not, you mount your beaded necklace or long chait. In Venice one's attention is distract ed from a proper appreciation of the carpacelos by thoughts of the iride scent Venetian glass beads to be pur chased in shops or the manufactories. An American girl who Visited the glass works at Venice a few weeks ago was curiously questions as to where he had procured a narrow girdle of embroidered Indian bead work. Much surprised, she replied she had bought it In the city of Mex ico, explaining that this waa oversea on the American continent. The offi cial who made the inquiry then in formed the Americans that their wholesale trade in beads was largely with the North American Indians and the Chinese! You can buy your Venetian beads by the "hank," if they are already strung on threads, or by the quart if they are looso in the deep bowls or trays. Neapolitan coral is very lovely, and some of it of a wonderfully pure col or. It seems cheap to the average snopper, until you consider the duty on coral Jewelry makes up the differ ence in cost It is just about the vame thing, then, and as you can buy all the coral you want in Philadelphia or Now York, you may as well save your moncy for the charming little bronzes for which Naples Is famous and which copy the wonderful classi cal model now collected in the Na tinola museum. Coral beads never go out of fashion, and little girls ad mire them more than amber beads. Philadelphia Record. Fashion Notes. Bunchy or fluffy neckwear la quite paste; flatness alone prevails. The really smart tailor walking skirt has never a circular flounce as a foot finish. Madam la Mode prophesies most confidently that the full skirt Is the coming model. The low coiffure is the smartest for the street, to accommodate the flat, drooping hats so popular now. While zlbellne is very fashionable this winter, smartly gowned women do not use the exaggeratedly long haired kind. Picturesque effects, with any quan tity of lace and embroidery, are most prominent among the fashionable tea gowns and negligees. The mid-season bata, especially de signed for wear at social functions, show some fairly ravishing color tone most artistically blendod. An exceedingly dainty pendant is In pansy form, cut out of ono piece of opal, with a diamond centre and sus pended from a platinum chain. Collars are omitted on many gowns and wraps to suit the prevailing craze for flat neck effects, narrow bands of embroidery being substituted. A lacing of black bebe ribbon was the novel trimming effect Joining the upper and lower part of a fur collar that came from a very smart furrier. The newest hatpin holder is a long bottle covered with a lace edged silk handkerchief In some delicate shade, to four corners drawn tightly togeth er at the top, making a pretty ftolsh. of ocay New York City. Box pleats unques tionably make the most marked nnd Individual feature of the season. This stylish blouse combines them with the BOX PLBATSD BLOCSB. fashionable big collar and loose sleeves and Is essentially chic. As shown It Is made of white pongee with collar shield and cuffs of twine colored lace over silk veiled with chiffon, and is daintily charming, but all silks, soft wools, fine linen and cotton fabrics are appropriate and the design suits both the odd v nlst and the costume. The foundation is a smoothly fitted lining that closes at the centre front. On it are arranged the plain back, the shield and the box pleated fronts. The back ta smooth across the shoulders and drawn down in gathers at the waist line, but the fronts are gathered and droop slightly and becomingly over the belt The sleeves are box pleated from the shoulders to slightly below the elbows, then fall In soft puffs and are gathi red into deep cuffs. The clos- lng 1 effected Invisibly beneath the central pleat. To cut this waist In the medium slxe four yard of material twenty-one Inches wide, three and one-half yards twenty-seven inches wide, three and one-half yard thirty-two iuche wide, or two yard forty-four Inches wide will be required, with one and three fourth yards of all-over lace for collar, shield and cuffs. Woman's Homo Jacket. Dainty bouse Jackets are essential to comfort and to making that best ap pearance under all conditions which it is every woman's duty to cultivate. The very pretty May Manton example shown iu the large drawing is abso lutely simple, and at the same time i attractive and becoming. Tbe original Is made of white lawn, with trimming of Valenciennes lace, but all washable fabric are suitable as well as light weight wools and simple silks. The Jacket consists of fronts, back Snd side backs, with bell sleeves. Both the fronts and the back are tucked, tbe former to the yoke depth, the lntter to tbe waist Hue, but fall in soft folds below the tucks. The sleeves are slightly flowing, but cun be gathered into bands in bishop stylo, as shown lu the small cut. At tho neck Is a stand ing collar with a turn-over portion of lace. ' . To cut this jacket In the medium size, four yards of material twenty-seven Inches wide, three and one-fourth yards thirty-two inches wide, or two and one-fourth yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with three yards of insertion to trim as illustrated. Bluo and Silver Honse Oown. A charming afternoon or reception gown 1 of pale blue loulslne. The skirt Is laid In rather loose accordion pleat and sweeps the ground on all sides. The waist Is also accordion pleated and draped with blue chiffon palllotted in sliver. Tbe pointed .neck yoke is of Venetian lace. Tbe loose sleeve la a combination of loulslne, chiffon and lace. The narrow girdle 1 ' SERVICEABLE HOUSE JAC of blue velvet dotted with French knots in black. A few of the knot appear on the waist, giving it that nec essary contrast which Is the keynote to artistic dressing. The Flounces Growing: la Importance. Flounces are growing In fusslnesa and importance day by day, especially where evening exigencies are con ccrned. A charming creation suitable to a fair debutante was arranged In delicate pink chiffon, its trained skirt decked with three frou frou flounce, each one whereof was stitched with narrow ribbon and lace. The bebe bodice was finished by a pointed peler ine of the chiffon, dotted with dimante and hemmed lace, and bore elbow sleeves, with handkerchief wing frill at their base. The Mew Whtown. The bishop nightgown Is among the newest things lu lingerie. It has an elnborato lace yoke, alike back and front. The gown slips over the bead and is drawn up with ribbons. I. are Shoes. Shoes and slippers of all-over lac are much worn. The delicate white lace is laid over satin of a pale tint Rlnck lace over white or colored satin is also seen. Leather Fobs. Leather fobs of black or brown take tho place of tassels on the newest um brellas. They are very smart. Woman's Hungarian Dihi Bleeve. That the sleeve makes or mars the gown admits of no argument It li the feature of features and more surely than any other determines style and date. The excellent model illustrated Is up to date, correct and smart and ulted alike to the making of new gown and to remodeling. The full length or Hungarian sleeve I shown with upper portion and puff of one ma terlal and tbe cuff of lace, the three quarter sleeve ha a cap of lace and the short sleeve 1 tucked; but the plain cap can be used with tbe full length sleeve or for the short one whenever preferred and combination and material can be varied again and again. ' The foundation I a fitted lining. On It are arranged tbe puff of the full length model, and it is cut off to give tbe required length for the, deep elbow and short sleeves. The cap for-the full length sleeve Is tucked and the puff Is gauiered at both edges. When elbow length is desired, the pull 1 fluUhed to droop becomingly over tbe lower edge. The quantity of material required for tbe medium size is: For full length, two and flve-elghth yard twen ty-one inches wide, two and one-eighth yard twenty-seven Inches wide, or one and flve-elghth yards forty-four Inches wide, with one-half yard of ail' over lace for cuffs; for three-quarter length, one and five-eighth yards tweu ty-one Inches wide, one and flvo-elghtb yards twenty-seven luohes wide, or one and one-eighth yards forty-four lncbe wide, wlfh ono-balf yard of all-over lace for capes; for short sleeves, one yard twenty-one Inches wide, one yard twenty-seven inches wide, or one-half yard forty-four Inches wide. woman's dbkss slbivb. Perurm is recommended by fifty members' of i Congress, by Governors, Consuls,., Generals, Majors, Captains, Admirals, Eminent Physicians, Clergymen, many Hospitals' and public) institu tions, and thousands upon thousands of Jhosejn the humbler jwalks'of life.' ji Iron Production. The American Iron and Steel Associ ation has Juet Issued It circular of annual statistics regarding production in the Iron trade. It gives the output of pig Iron for 1902 aa 17,821,300 gross tons, which agrees substantially with the estimate recently published by the Iron Age, and can safely be regarded as an accurate figure. .. As compared with 1901, last year's m;asr,of iron in creased 1,92,900 tonr.or lZ&'-per cent., while the second half of 1902 showed an Increase of 204,200 tons over the flrat half. Yet H will be remembered that owing to the scarcity of fuel oc casioned by the eoal atrlke a large number of blast furnaces were com pelled to shut down, and that it was not really until July and the succeed ing months that this began to affect the outrun of iron. The conclusion naturally follows that had It not been for certain powerful obstacle one of which was the strike of the anthracite miners and another the congestion of freight traffic growing out of an Insuf ficient equipment on the railroads the expansion of our Iron product in stead of pursuing a normal rate ' of growth during the last 12 months, would have been enormous and might have been excessive. As It 1 now, production not only In pig iron but in all other branche of the iron and steel industry is still held safely within the limits of consumption. Annual Sprat Banquet. The annual sprat banquet was held at Yarmouth, England, recently, when a select company sat down to a meal consisting of a score of courses. The banquet opened with sprats in aspic, and In quick succession came sprat soup, sprats; grilled and deviled, sprats kippered, sprats soused and sprats a la corporation a clever ar rangement of filleted sole wound round the boy of each little sprat. Another quaint dish was sprats on horseback the fish being served on tiny mounds of bacon. The more lordly herring bad Its turn. There were sides of silver herring, smoked herrings, Yarmouth bloaters and kippered herrings. There are now at work In tha rivers of the middle island of New Zealand about 240 dredges, each costing from $25,000 to $70,000, with the object of ex tracting gold from the deposits In the beds of. the streams. WltH tho old auraiy. Si Jacobs Oil to curs) Lumbago and Sciatica Titer la no stasia woral m Novel Test for Office. Persons aspiring to become bailiffs at Alnwick, In Northumberland, Eng land, have to go througn a curious and somewhat unpleasant ordeal. Before the election the various candidates ride up In a body to a horse pond,, and there, dismounting from their steeds, plunge tato the water and struggle aa best they may to the other side. The music "of a brass band cheers them during their struggles In the dirty water. This ancient custom dates from the reign of King John, who once paid a visit to the town In 1210 and found no fitting welcome prepared for him. The blame of this state of unprepared ness was fastened on the luckless bail iffs, who were promptly thrown into the horse pond by royal command. It Is proposed to cut a railroad tun nel through the mountain known aa the Faucllle, In the Jura Alps, and so shorten the Journey between Paris and Switzerland by two and a half hours. Kissing a woman's lips is considered a great Insult In Finland. PROVE' DOAN'S FREE HELP. Those who doubt, who think because other Kidney Remedies do them' .no good, who feel discouraged, they profit most by the Free Trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. The wondrous results stamp Doaa merit." Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and I loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish. "V They correct urine with brick dust sedi ment, high colored, excessive, pain in pass ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita tion, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness. Salem, I.nd., Feb. S, 1903." I received the trial packsgo of Doan's Kidney .Pills and I must confess they did me wonderful good. It seems strango to say that I had tried several kinds of kidney medicines without doing me any good. I had back ache, pain in my bladder and scalding urine, and tho samplo package sent me stopped it all in a fow days, and with the puckago I am now using from our drug store I export to be cured permanently. It is wonderful, but sure and certain the med icine does its work. I was In constant misery until I commenced the use of Doan's Kidney. Pills." Ciias. R. Coox, P. O. Box 90, Salem, Washington Co., 111. fait. frlMi 5 JO. I 1 mvvriv" SELTZER CVMS AXX, Headaches 10 CSm..EVUlYVYHUUt steasae. CCC lever soU hi ka lewsrs sf the ssalsr whs tries to "watting Jest as gees." nDirnnovf MniaMwn s SEEDS a.S.S.1 -tar . South Bartowvuab., III. FebT t. 1903. "I received the trial package of Doan's Kidney's Pills and have bought several boxes of my druggist . They have done me much good. I was hardly able) to do any work until 1 Degan taking tnem; now I can work all day and my back does not get the least bit tired.' Biud Orat. mit TO MAKI YOU A rMIEMD.. roora-UlLMrmif Co., Buffalo, M. T., Fteasa sond mo by mail, without ebon, trial bos Doan's Kldoajr 1111. a V"-t Poet-office BUlo ICUI out eoepoa oa doMad Unas 'and mall to ruotar-auiMuo uajxalo, ft. T-) Madlcai Advlca Frae Strictly itlilMUaZ I BUY BRAINS ! Agent! wantad for "Tha New York Kvantiit Nawe," Jtia Uiillar-A-YMr Dally. kaay to gal mbaor.utloue. tfut 4i wyaalf in It luinntea. Kaappoatadl l.atat Snirkm. tatliioiia, storloa. politic, alo. Joaava) on.rj. Jr., tha uloit fauiouf Nawauarar man n I A nitric, wrtltl arluil i ua iu Bow York. ''Howard'a Column" aloua fil worta nvra than tha) cntlra vrtca of tha !air. Only ona dullar imit rat e Lx a. MotroixiHUn Dally Jiawauaiwr. AdJraa. WtTtR SOOTT, Bdltxa and Vk wUtui, & Vulfe Svvulng tiawa, l Broadway, naw York. , arun STIIIn net Mil dnaurtplloa OCilU .IDMri and prlo of ntly o aRMri and prloa of Btty choice iTiihii Farma In Aahtahula County: boat tiount In Uhlo. 11. N. BANCBOFT, JaOaraoa, Asutn. tula Couutr, Ohio. P. N. U. 9, '03. fib
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