M3 Pin tht She Bows. When trying ribbon bows on the Insteps of your low shoes secure them by slipping a small safety pin under the bow alter It in tied, catching the two loops and two ends close to the middle knot and there fastening It. Otte may walk the day long with such a fastening and never feel the least Insecurity about her ribbons. The Craze for Beads. The bead rraze has resulted In so many atrocities in the way of belt and chains that one hesitates to rec ommend any further use Cor the fascinating bits of glass. Still there Is no reason why the pretty ltltle bead candle shades that fetch such good prices In the shops Should not be made at home. As most of them are In solid colors there is not much chance for bad arrangements of hues. The brass shades are not expensive, and the beads are merely strung In even fringes around the edge. There Is an opal shaded bead that is especial ly good for fringes. Pale red, yellow and faint blue are also good. A Bachelor Girl Reflects. One of the things that a woman with brains never gets quite used to Is the ease with which the woman without them commonly gets along. A good complexion Indicates a sound digestion, but you can never make a man believe that It is not n sign of a pure heart as well. All women are made of glass to the very young man. An excellent way to get over a love affair is to marry the man. Marriage hns some resemblance to cards. Hearts and diamonds are both Involved, clubs sometimes come into the game, and unless the divorce court Intervenes, spades are trumps at last. A woman has always one standing grievance against a man. When she wants a good cry she has to olt down to It, while he can swear In any posi tion. New York Herald. Do Away With Trailing 8klrts. A skirt of instep length may now be worn anywhere by a fashionable woman, and the trains should be done away with by the clean, refined, sensi ble women of the country. Trains are graceful enough Indoors If one Is willing to put up with the bother. In no spot are they more of a nuisance than in a church or a theatre. Wom en ought to ridicule the trailing skirts upon the streets because of the con tagious disease germs these sweeping garments gather and spread Into homes all over the city. When a woman comes along the street who pretends to hold her skirt partly up. Imagine the results. In every case It dip down here and there, gathering In Its cloth the deadly pneumonia or grip germs. By the time she reaches home she has scattered germs of fatal and disgusting diseases enough to In fect a whole city. She has upon her feet and ankles more dirt than would And lodgment upon a clean woman's body In a whole years. A Field For Good Work. When one hears the annual report of the standing committee of the Mas achusetts State Federation of Wom en's clubs astonishment Is felt at learning that there are so many dif ferent directions In which organiza tions of women may and do work for the public good, unless one has al ready made acquaintance with these committees and their activities. And after astonishment there comes ad' miration at seeing how businesslike are the methods of these committees and how they are systematized in or der that one body shall not work in the field of another, thereby wasting valuable energy. . Listening recently to such reports given at a federa tlon's meeting held at Wakefield, It all seemed very wonderful that women can and do undertake the solution of such big problems. And they sue ceeded In solving them, too. But ev en then they do not proclaim their victories from the housetops. They tell of them only when In their own assemblies it is necessary that every right hand should know what the left Is doing, that a healthful encourage ment and Inspiration to further ef forts may be shared by every member, -Boston Transcript . i '", Can You 8wlm? 1 Since women have taking to sailing catboata and schooner yachts, running motor launches, and talking learnedly about booms and sails and ropes and machinery, swimming teachers have had more to do. For these women as an ordinary precaution learned to swim, and other women follow their example. Like other forms of sport, however, swimming may be overdone. "How far may a woman swim with safety" a swimming teacher was asked. ' "Anything over a mile Is apt to b a strain to even an accomplished worn an swimmer who has been In training several years," ha answered. "In the case of the average woman, no mat ter how welt she sw4ms, a halt of a mile Is plenty far enough, and begin ners that Is women In their first season of swimming ought not to swim farther at a stretch wan iuu , feet A woman with a weak heart should never make any attempt whatever to swim a specified distance or enter a contest of any kind. It is much easier to swim In deep water than in a shallow stream, nevertheless novices, evon after they have learned all the necessary strokes, ought never to strike out In water below the'.r depth. "The best way to practice is to wade out from shore until the water covers the shoulders, then swim In. To attempt to swim out or away from shore at first Is a big mistake." Woman at Golf. A golf enclosure is the one place in the world where the clothes that a woman wears will not be responsible for her appearance. There have been women who on muddy links on a loudy day, have appeared In an old badly hanging short skirt, with double- soled, hob-roiled clioes. and have play ed a game of such snap and vigor and unequalcd grace, and have sent the ball far ahead with such beautiful swinging strokes that the name ot the tailor who made the skirt was forgotten. And never so nattily dres sed a player has over and over again made exhibitions of correct playing that were yet graceless and dead. Women on the links are superior to their costumes. But that Is no reason for being careless, for all that, and It will be some time before American women golfers wll forget the criticism of Miss R lion a Adnir, the English and Irish champion, cn nor recent visit to America. While American women, she said, pay rather more attention to their cloth on fine days than do the women across the sea, in unpleas ant weather she found that they do not care what they wear. "In England," Miss Adair said. 'dowdy and careless in dress as we are supposed to be, I have never seen women in such unbecoming and care less and rough golf costumes as I have seen here." The matter of sleeves rolled up, or not; ot hats on, or off, are alike un til por tan t. But the matter ot shoes is very Important, since In shoes that slip no woman enn be a graceful player. For all weathers and on all courses the consensus of opinion seems to be In favor of the heavy soled shoes, with hobs. Whether they are low or high depends on the Indi vidual ankles to be supported or left free. There Is, however, no denying that the grace of a woman at golf Is as Indefinable a thing as Is her charm. Blie can never acquire them, though she may add to what she already has by her manner and her courtesy; and there are pessimists who declare that a woman simply plays golt gracefully, or she does not, and she can never very much change her way. nut this Is not reasonable. It stands to reason that a woman of 30, Just beginning to learn to dance and so using muscles not often used and not trained, will be a more graceful dancer if she tries to learn how to be graceful, than It she lust dances to got over the floor. Caroline F. Maulce In Outing. Fashion Notes. Blouses of dotted swlss present cool and pretty possibilities. A broad fob with gold seal attached Is a feature ot Dlrectolre modes. Shelf toques have one side ot the brim turning completely over the crown. Sets of silver swallows or enamel led bluebirds make pretty blouse fastenings. No daintier trimming than valen clennes la possible tor the sheer white frocks. Mousquetalre or shirred sleeves fit closely the lower part of the arm oh many gowns. It Is a mistake to pleat the skirt which must make frequent Journeys to the laundry. Turn-down collars and cuffs ot knife-pleated muslin come in the less expensive neckwear. A simple white neck band with frill of lace around the top la the accepted blouse finish. Duck egg blue Is one of the mod iBh colors In linen frocks, whereof all accompaniments must match. . Belts of white linen richly embrold ered in flower and fruit designs In gold and colors, are very smart. A turn-down collar ot soft madras with foun in hand of self fabric attach ed Is one of the neatest stocks. Brod holland trimmed with white braid and worn with white belt, white tie and white shoes, makes a fetch' Ins ensemble. mm A Standard Preparation. A standard preparation for removing Ink or almost any other obstinate stain Is made from oxalic acid and lemon lulce. Dissolve a tablespoonful of each In a pint of rain or soft water and keep on hand In a bottle. Rub the italn with this mixture, but the mo ment that It disappears wash the fab ric where It was used very thoroughly In clear cold water. Emergency Bag. An "emergency bag" is in reality a tollectlon of compartments which the mother of a young family will do well to keep where It can be get at readily. In one all the soft worn-out linen handkerchiefs should be tucked. An- sther may contain absorbant cotton. Cord of varying thickness Is neatly rolled up In balls In another, and one tiny pocket contains court plaster, as well as sharp little round-bladed scls lors to cut with. A rolled bandage or two of sterilized gauze, and then she Is ready for any of the cuts and bruises which come Into the dally experience of romping, healthy youngsters. Javelle Water. Javelle water Is also an excellent laundry standby, especially for the lummer, when things get yellowed by perspiration and stained with fruit, but it should be used with discretion, la beled with skull and rrossbones, and kept high enough so that children can- act get to it. While It ran be bought at the druggists' It can bo made at ome at half the cost. Dissolve four pounds of washing soda In four quarts of soft water, boll 10 minutes, take from the fire, and add one pound of hlorldb of lime. Cool quickly, bottle and keep tightly corked. This Is very strong and must be handled with care. When using it In summer to whiten pillow coses, handkerchiefs and body linen yellowed by perspiration allow a half teacupful to a tub of clear cold water. Soak the clothes 20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly. Veranda Flower Baskets. Considering the charm ot successful hanging baskets, and the fact that they can be cultivated In a space where Other forms of gardening are Impossi ble, It Is surprising that one sees so tew of them. A good plant for a hardy hanging basket, which can expect only ordina ry care, is the antherlcuni, plain or variegated. Some of the loveliest hanging baskets contain ferns. Nothing In these Is more exquisite than the adlantum, which Is, however, far too tender for most of us who have only "the prentice nan' " with which to minister, says the Philadelphia North Air rlcan. It It is not so imposing, the aspara gus sprengerl is quite as dainty. It will grow Into a great feathery ball with "trailers" a yard or more In length. The pretty Japanese fernball Is In a class by Itself, and is not there- tore here taken into account. Those who object to hanging bas kets because they leak should consld er the parrot's feather, which Is known to botanists as myrlophyllum proser pinacoldes. It requires a water-tight receptacle with plenty of water In It, and in a thrifty condition forms charming little bundle of drooping, curling plumes, each clothed In a for est of infinitesimal greenery. Baskets containing vines as well as plants are often very beautiful. One should guard against filling them so full that some plants must perish .from starvation. A dainty little palm Is usually best for the centre plant Around It should be sot a fringe of some pretty vine. The MaroJIa vine, the English lvy the vinca or periwinkle and what Is commonly called Jclnt vine are all beautiful and graceful. Some charm ing effects are gained with oxalls, which is as pretty as it Is cheap, two Items in Its favor which muBt not be Ignored. Receipts. Pcpovers One cup flour, one cup milk, one egg and a lltlo salt (no bak Ing powder). They are to be mixed up togother, egg and all. Have the gem pans hot, and only fill them half full, Bake 25 minutes. Lemon Sherbet One quart milk, two cups surgar, Juice 3 lemons, turn lntc freezer and fill up two-thirds full with milk; when nearly frozen add white ot one egg beaten stiff; It milk separate It will freeze smoothly. Asparagus Salad Boll two bunches of asparagus in a quart of water and one tablespoonful ot salt for 20 mln utes. Tali o up and drain on a sieve, When cold, cut off the tender points and arrange them on a dish. Pour on the salad dressing. Cafe Mousse One pint of thick cream whipped, add two-thirds cup very strong coffee and one cup sugar whip again; pack In mould, In Ice foi three hours; use for packing a little more salt than Is used for Ice cream The Juices ot any fruit may be use Instead ot the coffee. Graham Qems Two cupfula of gra bam flour, two eggs, one cupful of milk one teaspoonful ot salt, one cupful ol ater, onetablespoonful ot sugar. Mix dry Ingredients togother; beat the eggs separately. Mix the milk with the salt and sugar; add the water, then the Hour, and lastly, fold in the whipped whites, and put at once Into very hot greased genipans, filling them half full. Bake In a hot oven 30 minutes.. New York City. Box coats of linen, taffeta and pongee make the smartest of all the season's wraps and are as comfortable as they are fashionable. BOX COAT. This one Is made of natural colored linen with pipings of red nml matches the skirt, but white nml nil colors are used and silk and veiling nre greatly A LATE DESIGN In vogue for old wraps as well as for costumes. When liked the collur cun be omitted and the neck finished with a facing only. The coat Is mode with fronts and backs and is fitted by means of shoul der, under-arui and centre back seams. The sleeves ore In regulation coat style with roll-over cuffs and a pocket Is Inserted in each front. As Illus trated the closing is made invisibly by means of buttons and buttonholes worked In on a tly. The quantity of material required for the medium slzo Is tlireo and three quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and a half yards forty-four Inches wide or two yards fifty-two Inches wide. Rlilrt-WnUt Suit. The shirt-waist suit, first so called because of Its simplicity, Is uim-h more elaborato in design than lust year. It Is, however, on exscntlul part of every complete outfit, und Is made in wash muterlal, silk of every descrip tion, and even in a light-weight cloth. The skirt with bows of shirring and flounces Is newer thun pleated or tucked ouos, and Is not dltllcult for berae dressmakers, provided s good pattern is cIiospii. Skirts and wulsta are both unllned, but there 'must be a drep-sklrt, not a petticoat, and the waist will wear better and fit better If there Is a lining across the shoul ders and In the upper parts of the sleeves. In these days of long shoul der seams and the consequent tendency of the sleeve to slip below the top of the arm, this lining is necessary to give a really trim, neat appearance to the gown. The fancy braids now so fashionable are a great help in mak ing over last year's gowns, and also lu trimming the Inexpensive materials. Not tor a moment Is It Intended to couvey the idea that to buy a cheap material and load It'down with trim ming is advisable, but, for instance, with as Inexpensive costume, a skirt and short cout of black, and white shepherd's plaid or check, a trimming of black and white braid gives a charming finish and makes the gown appear much more expensive. Har per's Bazar. A Dainty Wrap. Quite the most fascinating little wrap Is nothing more than a scarf a length of chiffon, measuring almost three yards. The one seen was of pastel pink, edged all the way around with half-open pink roses. These roses were exquisite little n flairs, and not suffi ciently even In size to appear monot onous. The whole thing looked as If It had drifted down from Fairyland onto the shoulders of Its pretty wearer. Whit Hack IlnMPor Children. Sensible women will provide their children with white duck hats, such as can be obtained at all the stores for a trifling price. These mean com fort and s fety to the little ones while playltig In the hot sunlight Girl's Blante CoHtume. No style of frock suits little girls better than this simple one, which consists of blouse and box pleated skirt. The model Is mnde of white linen trimmed with banding of blue and' white and Is charmingly dainty and ottrnctlve; but natural colored linen and all the simpler, washable BY MAY MANTON. fubrics of the season are equally ap propriate for Immediate wear and flunuel and serge for the cooler days. The costume consist of the skirt, body lining und blouse. The skirt Is box pleated, each plent being stitched at Its edges to yoke depth, and is Joined 1o the body lining, the two being closed at Uie centre buck. The blouse is made with fronts nd buck and Is finished with a box pleat at the centre front beneath which the closing is made. At the neck Is n big sailor col lur and the sleeves are full, laid in box pleats above tlio elbows and forming puffs below. The quantity of material required for tlio medium size (ten years) is eight yards twenty-seven inches wide, six a lid three-quarter yards thirty-two girl's blousb costume. Inches wide or four and seven-eighth vards forty-four Inches wide, with two and thrce-quartur yards ot band' lug to trim as Illustrated. CANAL A GIGANTIC TASK SURVEY OF WORK TO BE DONE IN PANAMA. Views of Dr. C. A. Stephens, Who Has Recently Made a Trip of Observa tion to the Isthmus. The Culebra Cut the Biggest Work of the Kind Ever Undertaken, Dr. C. A. Stephens, who has been well known for a generation as a Writer of stories of adventure for boys, has recently visited Panama, where he has had excellent opportunities for ob lervlng the great project tlio nation has undertaken there, writes the Washington correspondent of the New fork Post. Americans apeak glibly of the possi bility of a tide-level canal at Panama. Of this Dr. Stephens says: "It Is not an easy matter to estimate the exact mount of earth which would have to be removed to get a clear channel across the Isthmus, 35 feet below tide at Colon and at La Boca on the Bay ot Panama. But computing It at the va rious levels, step by step up to the Culebra, through this vast cut and be- beyond, deducing what the French ap pear to have done, we obtain 446,000,- 000 cubic yards, as a very conserva tive estimate of what remains to be removed In order to have an open ditch from ocean to ocean, 150 feet wide at the bottom ' with 85 feet ot standing water in it As to the length of time required, we have to guide us only what the new French company have done. It Is agreed on all hands, however, that they have worked with a fair degree of Intelligence and with honesty. "During their most successful year, 1897, the new company employed 3000 men and removed, mainly In the Cule bra cut, 960,000 cubic metres, chiefly earth. This was by far the best ever done by the French. Adding 40 per cent to this 900,000 metres, for better American methods and better ma chines, and assuming that the United States will employ 20,000 laborers In place of 3600, we find that to remove the 841,600,000 cubic metres forty-six years and nine days will be required. or until 1951. By, employing 30,000 la borers the work might be done !n about thirty-one years. -More than 80,000 men could not be advantageous ly worked there. At best, therefore. allowing nothing for contingencies or accidents, a tide-water canal at Pana ma could not be completed before 1936 so that few of the present gen eration would see it. Immense Cost of Tidewater Canal. "As to the cost of a tidewater canal at Panama, reckoning laborers' wages at only a dollar a day, and the salaries of engineers, foremen, etc., at equally reasonable rates; adding present cost, figures for machinery, tools, explo sives, transportation, hospital equip ment and maintenance, with the thou sand other minor expenses, and to this the intere.it on the money as used for thirty years, at 3 percent; I am un able to find the amount called for to construct a tidewater canal at less than $570,000,000, or, adding the price of the canal from the French company, 1610000,000." Magnitude of the Project. Dr. Stephens In other ways makes more distinct than do the formal re ports the size of the project In which we are already committed. The Cule bra cut he describes as the greatest thing of its kind ever undertaken by man. When complete It will be three- fifths of a mile wide at the top, falling oft to a width of 150 feet at the bot tom, into which the great lake made by the dam at Bohlo will flow back, filling It to a depth of 35 feet. From the top of the Culebra on the north side of the cut the depth will be near ly or quite 400 feet. These figures, he says, convejr little Idea of the tremendous quantity of earth and rock which must be re' moved. It Is not until one descends Into this vast trench and marks how tiny the locomotives and great steam excavators look when seen In the pro digious depth and breadth of the ex cavation that a conception of the her culean labor dawns on the mind. It Is like Niagara, and must be contenv plated for awhile. At first sight It might be thought that a thousand men operating 90 or 100 ot these steam ex cavators, would dig It out In a year; but by the time the visitor has walked and climbed about the cut for an hour or two, he can readily believe that the task may occupy 5000 men, with ma chines, for ten years. The temperature in the cut he de scribes as Intense. The lofty, bare sides of the excavation accumulate beat like the walls of an oven. The seething steam boilers add to the col orific glow. It makes the eyeballs ache and the lungs feel dry and hot. "It is no place," says Dr. Stephens, "for a white man's unprotected head. A cork hemlet, or a green umbrella, or both, are necessary to his safety. It makes me shudder to think of the human suffering Implied by ten years of labor here on the part of 6000 men. But only at the price ot all this toil can stately vessels steam throsgh the Culebra." The French Canal company has re moved much earth here, but vastly more remains to be taken out. With aro lights strung along the cutting, the men of the night shift would have by far the easier day's work; for then the terrible sun rays would be absent, and the cooler night wind would be blowing through the trench. Indeed, It but one shift of men were employed, he thinks It would be bettor, after the light plant was Installed, to work them only by night and have them sleep in day time. The 8anltary Problem. His account of the sanitary problem Is even more Impressive: "The Frenoa exercised little or no sanitary control over their canal laborers. They built little villages of wood and galvanised Iron for the men to live in, but. In most cases provided neither water nor drains. If they fell 111 In camp and did not die at once, they were trans ported after a day or two to the hos pitals at Colon or Panama. That was about as far as the French medical , care or control extended from 1880 on ward. As a result they lost a great number of employees some say 60, 000. The construction gangs were of ten crippled and Ineffective. Excava tors, locomotives and other machines stood Idle for weeks, because the men or the foremen were lit or dead. The losses of time and money from this cause were enormous. Work was stopped from time to time, and often did not begin again for a month, pay being drawn all the while for the en tire gang. The direct loss from this cause alone Is believed to have ex ceeded seventy million francs. The indirect loss from delay and demoral ization can never be determined. "The French Canal company Is now paying Its laborers 81.08 a day, Colom bian sliver, worth about 44 cents in United States currency." Dr. Stephens says that it is an error to speak of any locality as In itself "unhealthful." If disease Is present it has been brought there by men or ani mals which have become Infected else where. No locality breeds new disease. He wants the government to establish a School of Tropical Diseases at Co lon. The greatest variety of clinical material would be abundant. Canal laborers arriving from various points In the tropics will afford excellent mate rial for study, with the added advan tages of observing the course of the diseases In a tropical climate. Dr. Stephens also favors a camp of detention and observation for Incom ing laborers. In no other way can dis ease be prevented from gaining access to tho labor camps along the line of the canal. Nor when forwarded from the camp of observation to the labor camps should the executive guardian ship over the laborer cease or be relax ed for a moment. A single hole In one's mosquito net lets In the mos quito that will Inoculate him with yel low fever or malaria; so with a sys tem of health protection for 20,000 la borers. At a single weak point ot the system an epidemic may enter; the system must be precise, efficient at all points and constantly' operative. If the best economic results are to be ob tained, the labor camps must be en closed, policed and regulated as if un der military discipline. He thinks it would be found expedient to have a canteen at every camp. THE MUSIC CURE. Papa Had No Headache After Plenty of "Bedella." An Interesting experiment was re cently conducted In an uptown apart ment house by a young woman with a taste for scientific research. She had heard of tho so-called "music cure," as tried In Boston, and she de termined to Investigate It A few af ternoons ago her father, an exemplary citizen in every way, came home with a violent headache. The young wom an persuaded him to recline In an easy chair and placed his mind In a quiescent state. Then she went around Into the next suite of apart ments and persuaded her dearest friend, a young woman with some knowledge of the piano, to play that Instrument close to the partition that divided the two suites. The young woman said she'd play until her friends rapped on the wall and asked her to stop. Whereupon she commenced with "Bedella," while the other young woman with watch In band stood close to the sitting room door and watched the result. Not only did she watch It, but she took notes of it as follows: , "Four twenty-five. Papa is softly groaning In his chair. His head must hurt him dreadfully. There, I hoar Laura playing 'Bedella,' Papa hears It, too. He Is looking around. "Four twenty-eight Papa has lift ed his bead a little. 'Bedella' still goes on. Papa Is frowning and biting his Hps. There, he Is staring at the wall behind which Laura is busy. I think he begins to feel the Influence. ' Yes, it is contracting bis muscles. He Is shaking his fist His lips move. He is saying things. "Four thirty-two. Papa has slipped from his chair. His eyes are gleam ing, his fists are clenched. 'Bedella' still goes on. "Four thirty-five. Papa Is saying things at the wall. I'm afraid Laura will hear some of them. She Is play ing much louder. It Is still 'Bedella.' Papa is getting red in the face. He If tearing his hair. I wish he wouldn't do that. He hasn't any to spare. "Four thirty-seven. Papa has tipped over the chair and Is hopping around like a demented Pawnee. And, oh, the language he uses Is something aw ful! Bang! I think Laura has just fallen off the music stool. Anyway, 'Bedella' has ceased. "When I rushed, a moment later, papa had fallen back on the couch and was gasping feebly. 'Papa,' I cried, 'how's the headache?' He made an unrepeatable remark about the head ache that at once assured me be was cured. "And it was the music that cured him!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. The First Essential. Betty So Maud Is engaged? Well, I'm sorry for the man. She doesn't know the first thing about keeping house. Bessie Ob, yes, she does. Betty I'd like to know what? Bessie The first thing Is to get man to keen house for. Harper's Bazar.
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