LOST IN THE NUBIAN DESERT.
AN ADVENTURE J AFRICA.
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Colonel Damrell, the clubman and
traveler, has Just returned from the
Boudan, etc. Society Journal.
Seeing the above 16 a metropolitan
weekly and being desirous of renewing
acquaintance with an Interiwtlng old
friend, for he always had a tww ex
perience of thrilling Interest to exploit,
1 hastened up to his favorite club, and,
between puffs of Havana perfeotos, I
obtained the following account of a
wetttf predicament, which I give as
nfearly verbatim as my memory allows
me:
"The desert!" exclaimed the colonel,
rapturously. "Ah, my boy. standing
on the brink of the great Nubian sand
seas, one is transfixed. The sun' iwas
just peeping over the barren cliffs
beyond the Nile, tipping them with a
dull fire, when the order came to start
My heart leaped. I forgot all dangers,
and thought only of adventure, of new
sensations. The chief guide gave the
word, and we mounted, giving civiliza
tion, home, the very world itself, it
seemed, a single backward glance.
"There were five of us, with guides
and men; and it was the third day of
last March that we started over the
difficult trail from Korosko, taking
the southward trail toward Absoh,
leading through the very bowels of the
Nubian sands. Our objects were di
verse. My own was to discover some
rare antiquities of which I had heard
rumors, but the principal interest on
the part of the others was to rediscover
the abandoned gold mines of Absoh.
Knowing that the Nubians are con
firmed In their indolence and utterly
unacquainted with the modern methods
of prospecting, the two experts of the
party one a Callfomlaa and the other
an Australian both thoroughly famil
iar with gold-bearing regions, felt con
vinced that with patient effort, there
was a possibility of unearthing a for
tune, and the exciting experiment was
at least worth the trial.
"For four days ' our little caravan
mailed along the barren sands, pass
ing EI Murrah, or springs of bitter
water, and all went well. Then the
Journey, which for the first day or two
was full of varied novelties, began to
grow painfully monotonous. To make
matters worse, the geerbah skins,
which were used to carry fresh water
from the Nile, were daily growing flat
ter. The wells of El Murrah were sa
line and heavy with brackish sediment,
and, though the camels drank of the
water without suffering ill effects, the
men who Indulged freely were seized
with intense griptngs. Two days south
ward from the wells a strange Incident
occurred.
"Our way led over the beaten camel
trail, centuries old, and yet every
month the tract was obliterated by the
drifting sands. Now and then we
scarcely knew our way save that the
route was pointed out to us by the
wreckage of former caravans which
had shed the sick and exhausted by
the wayside, both man and beast, leav
ing them to the merciless sun and the
prowling jackals till death relieved
them. There Is no place on the face
of the globe where the survival of the
fittest means so much as here on the
Nubian desert, where the caravan nev
er stops; and if the poor native cannot
plod on, no halt Is made for his recov
ery. The consequence is, that the far
ther one progresses, the more skeletons
of men and beasts point the uncertain
way through the drifting sands, and
the sight Is surely most depressing.
"My camel was not a particularly
tast one. He had a habit of lagging
behind, so that once or twice a day
the caravan was compelled to halt and
wait for me to come up, line a lost
vertebra of a skeleton reptile. On
this occasion, while somewhat behind
the . party, a fine young gazelle
crossed my path not a dozen rods
ahead, dashing with sudden fright
Into a little ravine which appeared
to be closed at the farther end, so
that apparently he was made a prison
er. Rlile in hand, I leaped from my
camel. Eagerly I made my way
through the hot, ankle-deep sand to
the little ravine, following it up some
distance, ready to bring down my
game. To my surprise however, I
found that there were several turns
beyond, and soon saw that my chass
was bootless. Dejectedly I made my
way back to my camel, which had not
stirred, and seemed only too glad for
the little respite from the racking
toll of the march. Taking a good
draught from my geerbah of water, and
also filling my canteen, I- drew the
beast to his knees, as is customary
When mounting, so that by placing
my foot upon his neck, by his up
ward movement of the head be would
raise me, enabling me to step into the
cushioned seat 'between the humps. As
I was fixing my foot on the camel's
necR, however, the sudden raising of
bis bead caused a knife to slip from my
belt in such a way that it grazed the
beast's flanks, giving him a slight but
stinging flesh -wound. Up he started,
and so suddenly, with that quick up
ward throw of the body, that I was
pitched cloan over his humps, and fell
aidforemost in the sands. Then, to
my consternation, with a queer snort
of rage, the camel made a little circle,
and with his bead thrown up like an
ostrich pursued by a hunter, he bump
ed along at a rapid paco over the trail
In the direction- of the caravan.
"In vain I shouted, in vain I shriek
ed ail the Arab coaxings and impreca
liona that I knew. The, o,ulte sxhaust-
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ed, I squat ted In the sands, alone, pant
ing, enraged and desolate, watching
my mount fade to a speck on the horl
in. I grew resigned, however, feeling
that within three or four hours at
most my comrades would be returning
for me.
I shall never forget the first sick
ening sense of loneliness that op
pressed nie there in the great desert,
apparently abandoned of heaven and
earth. I had no food and only a little
water. I knew that it was days and
days by camel journey from any
succoring hand, ana that I was now
completely at the mercy of the noma
dic bands ct robbers which Invest the
rocky ravines, and would, moreover,
be beset by the jackals and vultures
the moment I showed signs of faint
ing under the scourging sun. The
strain grew maddening. For a long
time I bore it; and then, no longer
able to fight with the demon of si
lence, and haunted more than ever
now by the presence of human and ani
mal skeletons half burled in the drift
ing sands, I arose and plodded on. But
little did I dream that there was yet
a more dreaded enemy than vultures,
leopards, or even the predatory rob
bers soon to encompass me.
"The first warning that I had of Its
terrible approach was the soft ob
scuration of the sun, which stood so
straight overhead that it cast my
form in a circling shadow about me
just to the tips of my toes. A sort of
silken mist floated before the coppery
sky. Then this thin cloudiness swmed
to descend, the wind arose, and the
sirocco grew heavier and more op
pressive. I bowed my head, pressing
forward with increasing difficulty now.
Up from the limitless southwest the
dreaded scourge was closing down
upon me. 'My God!' I mummured at
last, losing courage at the sound of
my own voice, 'It is a simoon!'
"The wind was rising In a gale. I
heard the roar of the sand blast from
afar. These gusts of hot, white atom
grew sharper and fiercer now; and it
I hod worn a King Arthur coat of
mall, I scarcely think it would have
been proof against that volley of dead
ly dust. It penetrated my clothing till
I felt the layer of It chafing the flesh
at every movement. My nostrils were
clogged so that breathing became more
labored and painful. My ears were
stuffed up so that It deadened the in
creasing whistle and roar; and though
my eye were almost closed, the aw
ful volley seemed to penetrate the
very lids. Then I finally succumbed,
falling to my knees, and at last prone
upon my face, covering my head with
the ample folds of my burnouse.
"For a long time I lay there In the
thick, drifting mounds, the monoto
nous shriek of the simoon lulling me
to sleep. It was not a refreshing re
pose, but one filled with frightful
nightmares and monitions of evil.
Once In a while the shrill cry of a
lost jackal or a desert bird broke the
abhorrent spell, but the sound brought
no cheer. After what seemed to be a
dangerously long time, I awoke, recov
ering from this sort of daze rather
than sleep, and looked vaguely about
me. Shaking the sand from my bur
nouse, I took my watch. It bad stopped,
the dust having penetrated it and
clogged its delicate machinery. I stood
up, and brushing the sand from my
eyes, peered over the trackless plain.
Nothing but a dead grim waste of
whiteness; but, thank Heaven, the
storm was abating. I vaguely remem
bered the direction of my course, al
though the trail was now wholly ob
literated, and started bravely on. But
so chafed and faint was I that I soon
found all effort torture, and at lost
sank in my tracks with a moan.
"For a long time I lay in a sort of
stupor. Then I heard a voice. It was
more human than any I bad heard in
the loneliness of the desert, although
it was a moan of anguish rather than
a call of rescue. I rose and turned
sharply in the direction of the sound,
and soon perceived a kneeling, sway
ing figure at some distance. The
thought of a human belug, let him
prove whatever he might bo, made my
poor heart leap. I came closer, and
was amazed to discover that the sway
ing figure was that of a half naked
and more than half-blind slave boy.
There was a moveless shape half
burled in the drifting mound before
him. I uncovered it, amazed to find
that it was a Nubian sheik lylug upon
his face, quite dead.
"When the slave realized the pres
ence of another human being, be fell
groveling at my feet as if I had been
an angel come from heaven. His mouth
and tongue were swollen with fever,
and I pressed the canteen to bis Hps,
but he could not drink. He was chat
tering wildly in a language I did not un
derstand, raving, and more than half de
mented. The sheik had been robbed of
everything worth carrying away, the
scoundrels leaving him only his bur
nouse and a small skin of water, which
was already flat and dried into a chip.
The poor traveler must have died from
exhaustion, for there were no wounds
upon his person save a few scratches
on the wrist where the slave boy had
tried to suck a drop of blood from his
dead master to keep himself from
perishing. At the slave was more used
to the tortures of the desert, naturally
the sheik had succumbed first.
"Meeting with such companions In
misery, tor a little time I almost for
got my own perils anj suffering. Slow
ly ths slave lad revived under my
simple ministrations. Than I got some
what of his story. The sheik's caravan
had successfully resisted attack upon
the march, but the two had become
separated from the company, and be
ing overtaken were robbed and left
to die. All this had taken place more
than three days since; and the slave
had kept up the lonely and maddening
vigil by his dead master with almost
sublime heroism. Knowing that my
comrades would soon be retreating to
recover me dead or alive, as soon as
the slave was able to walk we took the
burnoiiRe from the dead sheik and
started back toward the trail. The way
was very difficult and slow, and I was
compelled almost to carry the ema
ciated lad bodily. On we plodded till
the darkness settled about us, and then
making ourselves as comfortable as
possible, we lay down side by side and
watched out the night,
"The next morning, although the
slave boy was In much better physi
cal condition, I felt that I myself was
fast succumbing. I arose once or twice
and tried to make a little circle over
the sand mounds to get my bearings,
but soon gave up the enigma. I figured
matters out with the calculation of a
physician. I had water enough .to last
us another day or, for myself alone,
two days. I almost wished I had not
happened upon the slave now, for It
might be that my own life would be
sacrificed In this deed of charity. Then
I drove the selfish thought from my
heart. If one perished, we should both
perish. He had been a godsend, giving
me companionship, and bow did I not
know that he had not saved me from
something worse than death from
madness. With brotherly care I divided
the water drop by drop water more
precious than blood. The slave was
grateful pitifully so at what he per
ceived to be my sacrifice. When he
saw that I was going to pieces, how
ever, he not only refused to lap up
three precious drops of salvation, but
actually thrust out his arms to me
with the offer of his own blood to
fave me. This touched me very deep
ly. I had opened my canteen and saved
his life for a little while, and now he
was ready to open his veins to save
mine!
"On the morning of the second day
I gave up hope, and began a rambling
letter to my friends in caso they should
ever And me. Even this little exertion
overcame me; and after a few scrawls
I gave up the task. Hours of complete
unconsciousness In the broil of the
sun came oftener now. Again the
slave lad's long suffering on the desert
served him well. I realized that he
would survive me by a day, or perhaps
more. I gave him my effects, weapons
and all, making him understand that
In case my friends came my belongings
were to be turned over to them, and
that the slave himself should be re
warded. Then I sank In my dust bed
falling Into a sort of coma.
"I was aroused by the crack of a
rifle. The lad had used my weapon
well, bringing down a small antelope
with a single shot. Too weak to rise, I
turned my head and watched the boy
crawl over to bis prize. After what
seemed to be the struggle of his life,
he dragged the deer toward me. Then
I closed my eyes with a prayer of
thankfulness, and soon folt the warm
blood of the gazelle, dropping from
the bullet wound on its breast, bathing
my swollen Hps. The effect was magi
cal, I revived I lived again! The slave
was now saving my life even as I had
saved his. The gratitude he showed
gave me renewed courage.
"But, strange as it may seem, the
happy Incident of the shooting of the
young deer exercised rather a depres
sing than a hopeful influence upon the
spirits of my staunch champion. The
poor little lad refused to partake of
the saving grace which he had vouch
safed me. Hourly he grew weaker. De
lirium followed, and I was compelled
to use my poor strength to force the
raw food into bis mouth, and all to no
purpose. Can any one realize how my
heart was now pricked by a conscious
ness of the heroism of this Nubian
slave during these terrible hours? Ah,
the vigil was long and bitter through
torrid days, and nights black as only
Nubia knows them, with death and
desolation encompassing us on every
hand, the prowling jackals and the
starving tigers calling fiercely to one
another at the smell of blood, only
awaiting my sinking into sleep to
plunge into the carnival which should
end all for me. In order to rob the
night of Us terrors and the day of its
madness, I strove with my poor pa
tient, who was fast ebbing into the
last slumber, with none to Buccor, none
to restore. I felt that with him gone
I should lose ell hope, all wish to live.
We seemed like .the last two surviving
human beings of earth, and I chose
that he, the child of Nubian darkness,
and I, the son of Western day, might
go hand In hand together.
"On that last day of my desolate
watch the sun was sinking over the
limitless sand ocean, and I thought
to see it no more. I tried to pray. Ah,
what had all these bitter days been
but one living, blood sweating prayer
one cry borne tip as from the pits of
deepest Topbet into the responseless
heaven! I became prophetic now. The
past seemed to become clear and un
clouded, the future transparent and
Mind with loveliest visions. I knew
this to be the beginning of the end,
and so sank back resignedly, even
welcoming now the cup 1 had so long
shrank from with weak and waning
terror the blessed hemlock of obliv
ion. "Suddenly, along the borders of ths
afterglow on the horizon, I saw a
dark object stealing up like a phan
tom, bathed In the glory of celestial
twilight. The sight was so supernatural
that it stirred ma strangely; but I
soon perceived that it was no phantom
of my wasting mind, but a reality a
blessed truth. Soon that moving ob
ject took the proportions of a serpent
moving toward me on, on, slowly,
solemnly like penitent's procession
toward a pagan temple; and then real
izing at lant, I moaned aloud, 'It Is ths
caravan! Thank God, It Is the cara
van! ' and so sank back unconscious.
"When I revived long after, there
was the cool mouth of a flask pressed
to my Hps and strong, tender arms
were about me. I opened my eyes,
'Comrades' was all I could murmur;
but they heard It and there was a
shout of triumph.
"'My God! We thought you dead
long, long ago,' I hnard them crj
brokenly. 'What could have saved bin
till nowT It Is a miracle a miracle!'
"I tried to speak, but there was V
breath within to give my heart uttet
anoa. I turned and drew the burnou
from the brow of the still figure at.,
my side. 'Save htm!' I cried, though,
my voice fell In a whisper. 'Save him;
for It was he who saved me!'
"But they only shook their heads.
One glance told the tduth. My poor
slave lad, my rescuer, my solace, my
one joy In darkness and sorrow bad
moved out on that long, bleak pilgri
mage through the Unknown Desert
that knows no return path, yet with
the glory of departing day wreathed
about the still ssben forehead the
saintly halo of a hero and a brother."
New York News.
TOLD BY 8HAPE OF FACE.
Ths Oblong snd ths Round ss Indica
tions of Character.
The physiognomist divides the faces
Into three so-called grand classes
the oblong face, the round face, and
the pyrlform or pear-shaped face. The
oblong face Is one which would fit
more readily Into an oval than a round
or ppar-Bhaped diagram. For mere phy
sical beauty the oblong or oval face
has the highest standing, and the ar
tints who paint youthful beauty en
deavor to get what Is called the pure
oval to the face. Individuals with an
oblong or oval face are naturally of
a strong and active nature, with keen
powers of perception and much Imag
ination. They are self-reliant and per
severing. They are not, strictly speak
ing, highly Intellectual, although they
are often talented. They are constant
In friendship, and strong In their affec
tions. The round face belongs usually to a
subject whose neck Is short, should
ers broad and round, chest full, and In
whom a tendency to stoutness In mid
dle life Is Indicated by the plumpness
of youth.
The round-faced woman very often
has small feet and hands. In character
the round-faced subject Is lively, amia
ble, impulsive, and frequently fickle.
She lacks persistence, and she loves
ease too much to do any serious and
patient plodding, which we all know
Is necessary to attain good results.
The pyrlform face Indicates the in
tellectual type. The woman with the
pear shaped face has a high, broad
forehead. Her features are generally
delicate and finely modeled. Her neck
Is Blender; she Is tall rather than
short; her chest Is not broad fre
quently, on the contrary, it Is narrow.
She has intelligent eyes, and she nev
er appears to have great physical en
durance. Philadelphia Inquirer.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Australia could do with 300,000 Brit
ish wives, Canada with 90,000 and the
Cape with 80,000. There are said to
bo nearly 1.000.000 too many women
in the British isles.
A bacteriologist recently made mic
rofcoplcal examination of washings
from a woman's train worn on the
streets of London, and found it to
contain 110,672,000 microbes of dis
ease. .
Lord Amherst of London collects
crowns, and has a cabinet with a
number of fine specimens of discarded
skypleccs, including the crown worn
by Charles II at bis coronation, the
crown worn by George IV, and the one
niad-o for Queen Adelaide.
A man arrested for theft in Lyons,
France, was found to be tattooed In
the most extraordinary way. He had
a perfect picture of the assassination
of Honry III., by Jacque Clement,
on bis chest, and an equally good one
of the death of Carnot on his back.
The value of the coal mined In Jipnn
is almost equal to that of all otbermln
eruls combined. It varies from the
hardiest anthracite to peat, but the
quality Is usually Inferior to that of
American coal. Modern machinery
aud methods have been Introduced In
the operation of many mines.
A musician at the Cambridge City
hospital recently succeeded In calling
two cows from the far end ct a Meld
simply by producing a peculiar note
on to strings of a violin. They first
stopped grazing and lonkod toward
him; then came to the fence and put
their heads over It, and finally an
swer e J the note of music by short
lowing, accompanied by uneasy e tamp
ing of their feet.
The mango, which is now being cul
tivated in Florida, Is said to have orig
inated in southern Asia and the Malay
Archipelago; it is now found wild in
the forests of Ceylon and In regions
at the base of the Himalayas. It was
Introduced first In Brazil, on this con
tinent, and thence was taken to ths
Barbados In 1742, At the present
time It Is common throughout the
tropics all around ths world, but Is
finest In India. There are over SOU
varieties.
, Tennessee has a larger debt Uiaa
any other state f 16,200,000.
OF THE
CITIES-
DEAD IN
Burial Near Populous Town Should
Be Prohjblted.
Our barbarous custom of burial was
Initiated by the belief In the resurrec
tion of the living body. The conse
quent, natural desire to save It from
destruction was strengthened by a
prejudice of early Christians against
the Roman pyre. But even the won
derful Ingenuity and lavish expendi
ture of the Egyptians have boen un
availing to preserve mummies eternal
ly, and if we could. It Is questionable
whether we would make the dross ws
leave behind after a slow death the
permanent habitation of our Immortal
souls. The prospect of remaining In a
body tortured by disease or decrepit
with senility Is not alluring.
Yet we set aside valuable tracts of
land for the stowage of such bodies;
until, regardless of the sacred promise
of their perpetual "rest" and Inviola
bility, municipalities seize the room
when needed and fling the remains up
on a dung neap. Almost every page
of the records of London and Paris
contains examples of the desecration
of abandoned graveyards, and there Is
hardly a city in the old world that
has not disturbed at least one of tlieso
resting places of their whilom Inhabi
tants. In our towns of rapid growth
the cemetery of today becomes the
heart of a metropolis tomorrow; the
demolition of graveyards In Now York
snd BoBton has been a Trequent occur
rence until It falls to attract attention.
When the Colon cemetery of Havana
became overcrowded, tho Cubans
found It necessary to clear It of skulls
and promiscuously shoveled them Into
a common boneyard. It presented an
aspect so ghastly that General Wood
concluded to cover the pit and to re
open It only for the next overflow of
skeletons, expected In about five) years.
In cortaln cemeteries In London
corpses are burled In standing pos
ture because no room Is left to lay
them down. Bodies of the poor gen
erally are packed over each other In
tiers, and the trench Is kept open un
til filled. In the poverty corner of
Calvary cemetery this has been the"
customary treatment of the remains
of paupers. Newtown, where Cal
vary Is sl.ua ted, harbors 80 corpses
to every living Inhabitant. The con
venient villages of Corona, Elmhurst
aud Wocdslde, once parts of Newtown,
which now are annexed to New York,
and constitute the geographical centre
of the enlaigcd city, might Increase In
population If it were not for the prox
imity of vast and dreary charnel fields.
A law relating to public health pro
vided 40 years ago that no grave be
dug or opened south of 8Cth street,
and that no cemetery be opened In
any part of the city and county of New
York. This law should be enforced
and applied, not to greater. New York
alone, but to the territory within a ra
dius of one hundred miles around
every populous town. People who In
Blst on their Inanimate bodies remain
ing Inviolate should have thorn car
ried to a distance where they can
neither Inconvenience nor Injure the
living, who need the room and are nat
ural heirs of the departed. Famous
lntermural cemeteries, like Mount Au
burn, Boston; Greenwood, New York,
and Laurel Mill, Philadelphia, could bo
transformed Into admlrablo parks.
Monuments of architectural beauty
might remain undisturbed. Others
might be replaced by trees, with suit
able tablets to mark the spot of thoso
upon whose dust they grow. Tho
Turks, loth to desecrate the grave of a
Mussulman, havo. adopted a similar
cuBtom, and thereby havo made tbo
cemeteries of Constantinople attrac
tive to strangers. Two hundred city
lots are now required to bury in the
old-fashioned way the seventy thou
sand persons that annually dlo In
greater New York. We probably could
save more than a hundred and fifty
of these precious lots If ashes of the
seventy thousand were placed in urn
cemeteries, preserved In niches of a
Columborlum, or strewn on the waves
of a river. As cemetorles are exempt
from taxation, the municipality would
derive an income from the lots, which
the living then would use, and from
the Improvements they would make
upon them.
Another Important advantage would
accrue to every needy mourner, in
saving him from useless extravagance.
He Incurs at present the expense of
$50 at least for a plain funoral; land
values in the suburbs of cities preclude
a reduction in the cost of burial. The
expense of cremation Is only $25, and
could be largely reduced If the cus
tom became more general.
Lot our intelligent population
set the example, as It does
In San Francisco, where al
most a thousand bodies are annually
cremated, and the ignorant masses
will be euro to follow. Considering
the marvolous progress we havo made
In every otner direction. It is strange
that we have failed to adopt the most
rational means for the disposition of
dead bodlos. We hardly are abreast
of Homer's contemporaries, who real
ized that, however well a cemetery
may be managed, corpses can do harm,
but ashes never can. True religion
does not and never can teach that it
is godly to injure those we leave be
hind when we die. Municipal Affairs.
A Blow at Duelling,
A student named Ruff has just been
sentenced to three aud a half years'
confinement In a fortress for shooting
and killing a fellow student in Carls
rulie. It was proved against the con
victed man that he deliberately picked
S man of another student corps, who
was very young and bad bad no expe
rience with a pistol. The conviction
Is generally approved, although some
of ths German papers complain that it
Is not severe enough. The majority
of them are willing to accept It as a
CI8P08AL
nor la ths right direction,
ml JL
New York City. Long shouldered ef
fects are among the distinctive nnd
notable features of the pennon nnd ore
found In ninny of the new shirt waists
Alt ELABOBATB MODEL.
s well as In the more elaborate mod
els. The very smart May Mnnton
waist Illustrated hns a novel yoke or
shoulder strap effect, that Is cut In
one with the tucked fronts and can
either be made to extend over the
shoulders or be cut off at the seams
as shown lu the back view, and exem
plifies both the drooping shoulders and
one of the ninny forms of the bishop
stock. The orlglriul Is made of French
flannel In crtftun white stitched with
pale blue cortlcelll silk, but alt the
BLOUSE
season's waist materlnls are appro
priate. The foundation lining Is snugly fitted
aud Is In every way desirable where
wool or silk Is used, but can bo omitted
whenever it Is not desired. The fronts
of tho waist proiier are tucked for tlielr
entire leugtb aud are extended to form
the yoke or BUouldcr straps and are
joined to side portions that are tucked
for a few Inches ouly below their upper
edge. The buck, however, Is simply
pluln, nnd the closing Is effected
through a regulation box pleat at the
centre front. The sleeves are In shirt
stylo with the straight narrow cufTs
closing at the outside Unit ure the
favorites of tho senson. At the neck
is a stock elongated at the front to give
a bishop suggestion.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is four and live-eighth
yards tweuty-ouo lucbes wide, four ami
one-fourth yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, three and one-eighth yards thirty-two
Inches wide, or two uud live
eighth yurds forty-four Inches wide.
Woman's lllou.e Juckul.
Blouse Jackets make tlio favorite
wraps for general wear and are seen lu
all tho lutest models both for suits aud
separate couts. The very stylish May
Muntou model Illustrated lu the huge
drawing shows tho new Hat collar and
trimming, but can be left plain uud
without the busques as shown iu the
small sketch when preferred. The orig
inal is made of flecked cheviot In
grnjf and white, stitched with cortlcelll
silk and trimmed with pipings of dark
gray and drop oruameiits nnd makes
part of a costume, but all suitings aud
jucket materials are appropriate.
The Jacket consists of fronts nnd
back and Is fitted by means of shoulder
and uuder-arin seuuis. The buck Is
plain, but the fronts are gathered and
blouse Bllgutly aud becomingly. The
little capes are attached to the strap
trimming and ure arranged over the
neck. The sleeves are full nud finished
with becoming cuffs, out the straight,
narrow ones can be substituted If de
sired. The basque perilous and triple
postillion are Joined to the lower edge.
Tb quantity of materlul required for
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the medium slse Is sit yards twenty
one Inches wide, two and three-fourth
yards forty-four Inches wide, or two
snd one-fourth yard fifty-two Inches
wide.
Apron la the front.
Apron effects are very modish and
quite usually becoming. Though they
have the look of an oversktrt they are
In reality the skirt proper, being eked
out with graduating flounces. As often
as not the apron Is of some strong ma
terial, while the flounce, which Is
pulled on as well as fin red, Is of ft light
and olry-fnlry texture. When It Is
heavy the fabric must be of the rich
est a trimming of Itself. If It be plain
It may be adorned with appliques not
too far apart. A very pretty one, how
ever, Is entirely of black net. Inch
wide rows of black gros-graln ribbon
follow the shape of the apron, pointing
downwnrd at the front. Five rows
are at the foot of tho very full flounce.
Rows of ribbon are on the full blouse
and the Sleeve milieu, the blouse being
further eiiliimced with an applique of
yellow lace. This Is nn attractive
model, too, for a shirred dress.
Adorned by Handwork.
Handwork Is always a fenture. Just
now It Is more thnn ever so. While
the choicest embroideries fnlrly cover
some robes, there are others, delight
fully attractive, which aro nllvo with
French knots and faggoting, the two
friends that are still with us, despite
Iconoclasts who have declared them
done for since some months. French
knots are charmingly attractive,
whether they emphasize other designs
or are strewn by the hundred In
massed groups. As for fuggotlng. It
and any sort of ajour stitching Is very
much the thing.
Long Illubon Saaha.
A pretty Idea Is to wear broad nnd
long ribbon snsbes with evening toilets.
Some of these are tucked and the
ends are fringed. The sash may be the
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color of the gown or of contrasting
color, us preferred, and still be modish,
but the silk lining of the gown must bo
the same shade as that of tho sush and
whatever flower Is chosen to be worn
on the corsage or In the hair.
AUenarted Fad.
The fad that prevailed so long of
wearing a black hat with a white or a
light gown no longer flourishes.
M Threa-Plaoa Skirt.
Flounced skirts are much in vogue
for young girls as well as for their
elders aud always are graceful and
comfortable, as the ample flare pro
vided at thu lower edge means freedom
of movement. The very stylish May
Muuton model Illustrated Is shown In
nut brown etauilue, trimmed with a
baud of satin faced cloth stitched with
cortlcelll silk, but all ultlug nnd skirt
materials ore appropriate. The skirt
is cut in three pieces, und is titted at
tho upper edge by means of hip darts
and luld In Inverted pleats at the centre
buck. To the lower edge Is attached
tho circular llouuco, tho seam belug
covered by the stitched band. The up
per edge can be finished with a belt
or cut lu dip outline and uuderfaced or
bound.
Tho quantity of material required
for medium slip (fourteen years) Is
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Ave' and one-half yards twenty-seven
Inches wide, three and one-halt yards
forty-four lucbes wide, or three yards
titty-two inches wide.
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