Chance for All. Thsre is no woman, no matter how plain, who cannot he greatly Improved by beautifying, by setting some good, hard common sense ideas in her head arc! living up to them. Beauty should not bo the exception; it should bo tho rule. If some other woman can be clover, lovely, charming and sought af ter, so can you. tiod gave us all the same minds and hearts and what one tan do another can accomplish. Good ness, cheerfulness, love, sympathy, en thusiasm, an weave halos for woman and make her lovely to those who know her. A great love for humanity, a powerful realization of tho magnifi cence of life ar.d the world and all there is in it will make the most sim ple person of dazzling loveliness. Philadelphia Inquirer. i Signs of Long Life. The woman who desires long life must have eyes round and wide, rath er than long and narrow, and If they are brown or hazel life will be longer than if they be black or violet The brow must be ample and slope back slightly from an absolute per pendicular. Tho head must be wide behind and over the eats. The brow must be wide and full and well set and the chin square and firm. The nose must be wide and full through its whole length, and have open, easy, dilating nostrils. This In dicates a good heart and good lungs. If the orifice of the ear is low, in dicating a deeply seated brain, there Is a better chance of long life. The woman who appears taller in proportion when sitting down than when standing has a good chance to live long. If the body is long in pro portion to the limbs, the heart, lungs and digestive organs are largo. Chi cago News. The Debutante's Gown. It must he becoming. It must be youthful. Chiffon is soft and becoming, but perishable. Brussels net is more durable and as attractive. Net needs a quantity of lace trim ming. Crepe de chine is unequalled for real Bervlceablencss. It cleans very well and can be dyed for a second year. Satin-finished crepe Is as soft and pretty as the new crepes and less ex pensive. , White liberty satin Is extremely ef fective and youthful looking fabric. Liberty silk is pretty, but a poor In vestment where economy is a factor. Peau de sole in white may be worn, but the colored silk is too old. A white cloth costume will be useful for many occasions later, and may be draped softly, so as not to appear stiff. Fashion snd Odd Moments. There is abroad a false impression that all women of fashion are but flut tering butterflies. If the truth were known we should find that these but terflies do more good hard work than we give them credit for. Here is an instance of the diligence of one society woman. On the tattle of her living room stands a large closed work basket. In this basket are always kept a thimble, a needle, thread and an unfinished bit of lin gerie. This woman, always elegantly gowned, apparently thoughtless and superficial, makes for herself and friends the most exquisite lingerie. It Is all accomplished at odd moments, too. Those moments ore the moments which most of us waste hopelessly. When she waits for the carriage, when she waits for her guests, when she Is a moment earl;' for dinner or lunch eon, out comes the needle, the thim ble and the cambric. How many or ua do as much with the spare moments? Wedding Customs. Wedding customs are as subject to change as those of fashion, and wtth the first batch of the season's wed dings there have been Inaugurated any numbor of new fads and original Ideas. First of all. It is no longer popular to have a larse number of bridesmaids, one reason beins that such a long train of attendants detracts attention from tho bride. Four may bo the limit, and several winter brides ex pect to have none but a maid of honor. Again, house receptions, even when thera is a crush at the church cere mony, are often most informal. The custom of paying one's social indebted cess, by asking every one to the church, reserving the reception -for only intimate friends, is growing In favor. There Is something particular ly appropriate in a bride surrounding herself with only her close friends up on such an occasion, and that this custom will be followed largely this winter, even when there are ample ac commodations for a crowd is already evident. The Idea of having the presents on view the night of the wedding has fal len Into disuse nowadays. Instead for a couple of days before the cere mony they are spread out at the bride's homo for her intimate friends to see. Cards, however, are always removed. There is a growing tendency to sim plicity in the decoration of both church and house at weddings. Green, either of palms, smilax or asparagus fern, is without doubt tho most effec tive background, and for a flower dec oration, nothing quite equals the rag ged yellow chrysanthemums. Ameri can beauty roses are effective for house decoration, but other varieties lack character. As to tho marking of the trousseau, practically the same style prevails here as formerly, that is, the marking of the garments and linen with the bride's name, -though in England to day the custom of using the husband's names is becoming auito common. Long ago ft was deemed highly un lucky, indeed, almost improper, to em broider or 'mark the bride's married namo uson her trousseau linen and upon that of the household, which, of course, she supplied. Some people even went so far as to declare that the wedding would never come off if the clothes were so narked. Then com mon (sense stepped in and presented the problem in a different light, point ing out how very absurd it was for a wife to retain upon her clothing her maiden name, instead of that which she bore as a married woman. The very universal plan of sending the linen to a laundry instead of hav ing It washed and got up at home, as was the general custom formerly, made the change inevitable and now all the laundry and house linen Is marked with the husband's name. This custom, universal in England though It is, is not observed throughout Ameri ca, where the old-fashioned plan of marking the linen with tho maiden name prevails. The Dressing Table. A visit to any drug store or depart ment store will prove that the femin ine world in America has gone beauty mad. Counters are loaded with trifles which will make a woman more attrac tive if not more beautiful, and groom ing is the craze of tho hour. Among the complexion novelties of fered this season is a vacuum mas sage brush. This is built of rubber with indentations the size of a hat pin. It Is pressed against the face, and as it is withdrawn, the suction fairly lifts the flesh and stimulates the skin. This is supposed to be helpful to the woman who cannot afford the profes sional masseur. Rubber wash cloths, in the same shape as the ordinary Turkish article, have numberless little teeth scattered over them, guaranteed to open the pores of the face In the most approved fashion. A trifle more compact are the rubber wash cloths the size of a hand, with straps across the back which slip over the lower part of the fingers, just as a curry-comb is used by a horseman. Jhe woman who washes to stimu late ber hair buys a scalp sprayer. This looks very much like a curry comb with halt a dozen or more teeth in highly polished nickel, attached to a rubber bulb, such as Is seen on an atomizer. Tho teeth are hollow and are filled with hair tonic by compress ing the bulb and then suddenly allow ing it to expand. When the patient is ready to spray her scalp, she runs this comb through her hair, close to tho skull, and presses on the bulb, thus forcing the fluid straight into the pores of the head. It is a much sim pler process than rubbing tonic In with the fingers, a brush or a sponge. Another little beauty trinket which will appeal to the tidy woman is a comb cleaner which shows a pin and a comb combined. After the shampoo the hair will take on a much more pleasant odor if r.prayed with a delicate toilet water. Tho newest atomizer for this purpose has a cylindrical bottle with a screw top head in gold, silver or nickel. By pressing the centre of this top, a cir cular piece the size of a nickel, springs up. This connects with a concealed rubber bulb, and by raising or lower ing this central button, the fluid is sont spraying out through a tiny hole in the side or the top. The modern toilet table is equipped with many brushes, and these have brought into favor dainty racks in nickel, silver and decorated china. One rack will bold the tooth and nail brushes, a tiny brush for rubbing vas eline Into the eyebrows at night, and another for shaping them each time tho toilet is made. It will r.lso hold on one arm the silver spool of dental floss for cleaning the teeth. Every well-groomed woman takes pleasure in running wash ribbons through her underwear. The ribbon should be purchased in several sizes, as it does not look pretty if used in a width too large for slipping easily through the beadinz. To avoid curl . lng or turning the ribbon, the shopper can now buy a fiat bodkin with tine teeth which catch the ribbon at either edge and run It flatly through Un , beadlaf. K 1 Pit Tie . Number Cake. Cream one-half cup of butter, add two cups of sugar, one cup of milk, threo cups of (lour sifted with four level teaspoons of baking powder and last four eggs beaten well. Bake In a large lonf and ice with white icing. Silver Cake. Cream one-half cup of butter, add one cup of fiigar, two-thirds cup of milk, one nnd three-quarters cup of. flour silted with three level teaspoons of baking powder, and last the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs. Bake In one loaf. Scalloped Onions. Cook half a dozen onions of medium size in salted water until tender. Drain and lay in a buttered baking dish without breaking. Pour on half a cup of thin cream, sprinkle with snlt and pepper and cover tho top with finely rolled cracker crumbs. Put bits of butter over the top and set in the oven to heat and brown the crumbs. Sauce for Halibut Steak. A good sauce for halibut stenk Is made by rubbing one-half of a cup of butter to a cream, add the yolks of two eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Stir in tho juice of half a lemon, one salt spoonful of salt, a pinch of cay enne pepper. When ready to serve add one-half cup of boiling water; place the bowl In a pan of boiling wat er or in top of the tea kettle and cook thick as custard, stirring constantly. Baked Potato Salad. Tut a layer of sliced, pared, raw potatoes in a buttered linking dish. Sprinkle over a thin layer of chopped onion, season with salt and pepper and dredge lightly with a little flour. Repeat the layer and seasonings until tho dish is almost full; pour In milk to cover the potato, sprinkle fine bread crumbs over the top and add a few bits of butter. Cover and bake slow ly until nearly done, then uncover and finish, allowing the top to brown nice ly. Stuffed Cabbage. Scald the cabbage until the bones lose their crispness. Open the heat to the very centre. Have nearly a cupful of chopped meat, anil season with salt and pepper. Put a teaspoon ful of this mixture in the centre of the cabbage; fold over the first little leaves, then add another layer of the mixture and fold over the second leaves, and so on. Tie in a piece of cheesecloth and throw in boiling wat er (with a little salt), simmer gently one hour, remove the cheesecloth, drain dish and pour over a pint of cream sauce or drain butter 3auce. Household Hints. Always road the label on a bottle before giving medicine. Copperas dissolved in water is one of the most valuable of disinfectants. Do not put salt into soup until you dre done skimming it, as salt will stop the rising of the scum. Boston baked beans can be greatly Improved by adding a cup of sweet cream the last hour of baking. Vinegar added to sour milk for grid dle cakes, etc., will cause it to foam lighter in connection with the soda. Furs that become greasy In wear can be rubbed with turpentine pre vious to cleaning them with warm bran. Copper and brass may be quickly cleaned by dipping half a lemon in fine salt and then rubbing over stain ed objects. The color of canned fruit Is quick ly injured by action of light No mat ter if it is kept in a dark closet, ev ery jar should be wrapped in paper. Carpets can bo both cleaned and freshened by going over them once a week with a broom dipped in hot water that has a little turpentine in it A delicious warmed-over dish may be made by mincing the cold remnants of the call's head and heating them in a sauce made with the liquor in which tho meat cooked. It is well to know that if salt fish is wanted quickly the fi.sh is freshened much sooner of soaked in milk, milk that is turned being' as good for tho purpose as the fresh milk. For earache, Told a thick towel around the neck and then with a tea spoon fdl the ear with warm water. Continue this for 13 or 2tf minutes, then let the water run out and plug the ear with cotton dipped in warm glycerine. Here is a wrinkle, says a late English magazine, for cleaning lace3 at home. You must often have dis palrcd of getting your lace that do lightfully dingy yet clean color which yon see in the shops. Make some very weak tea and add a few drops of India Ink (the best) to the tea. Dip in your lace. An excellent preventive of influenza is said to be found in adding a few drops of eucalyptus oil to every pall of hot water used in cleaning the woodwork of a house and to the wat er in which the broom is frequently dipped when sweeping carpets. Tur pentine may be used if preferred In place of eucalyptus. The whole house In this way becomes disinfected. WEJp Pit jsill New York City. Whatever styles may come nnd go, the coat that com bines n fitted back, with double breast ed box fronts Is always iu style, si- DOUULK UUEASTED COAT. ways in demand. This one Is finished at the neek in regulation "opt style, nnd Includes sleeves of the very latest cut with roll over cuffs. As illus trated the material is black cheviot A Late Design stitched with corticelli silk and finished with a collar of black velvet, but any cloaking material Is appropriate and when liked the coat can be made long er, as shown in the small cut. The coat Is made with fronts, backs, side backs nnd under arm gores, the fronts being faced to form the lapels. Tho sleeves are full nt the shoulders, narrower at the wrists, where they are finished with cuffs. The quantity of materia! required for the medium size Is live.yards twenty-seven, two nnd three-quarter yards forty-four or two nnd live eight yards fifty-two Inches wide, with three-eighth yards of velvet. A '.limn Wiilnt. If they were not actually embroid ered in Japtand, these 'mum waists look to have been. The characteristic rich, flat, heavy style of embroidery distinguishes them. One may have them made up or In a box ready to make up. A mammoth 'mum is em broidered on the oue-picee waist front. Done all in white on white It is rich est. Some, however, will prefer it in all white ou a light biife, apricot or pastel rose ground. In some few In stances the embroidery is in shaded colors, mostly delicate ones shading to white. Tho giant chrysanthemum grows ou a long, foliage-decked bleni, which starts at the waist line, curves Fllns or lllllowy SkliU. The billovy evening gown is an ex travagant garment and always more or less of an anxiety, entailing repair of some kind if not the actual replacing of frilla, nfter each time of wear. This fact, together with a desire for change, Is beginning to tell upon the popularity of the billowy variety of frock, nnd fashion is seriously considering the adoption of more solid and lasting ma terials for evening wear. These are not difficult to uud, and in the soft to the right and ends iu u great flower of a rather loose type up uudor Ihe chin. Each petal Is n work of nrt The wristband and the neckband are embroidered in something the same fashion. Now Nnpntonn Flats. A fashionable milliner in the Itne de la Palx hits introduced a new Napoleon hat. 'Ihls, worn with n single lock of hair on the forehead, accompanying n long redlngote, is now fashionable and most becoming for women with high foreheads. An exquisitely pretty coif fure, replacing the theatre hat, Is formed of three classic bnnds encir cling the hair, with one erect ostrich plume. ltlttiue WRiHt. Waists that are shirred over the shoulders are among the latest and most novel shown and nre singularly attractive In such materials as chif fon veiling, chiffon taffeta and the like. This one Is made in shirt wnlst stylo, with a box pleat at the centre front, the material being taffeta In one of the new reseda greens. The sleeves are shirred to form cuffs In harmony with the, yoke of the waist, nnd are finished with pointed turn overs that match the stock. The waist consists of the fitted lin ing, fronts nnd back. The shlrrlngs over the shoulders nre In tuck style, so providing becoming fullness below, and the closing Is made at the centre front through the box pleat The by May Maitfon. "mm sleeves are made in one piece each, with the shirred cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four one one quarter yards twenty-one, threo nnd three-quarter yards twenty-seven, or two tind one-quarter yards forly-four Inches wide. Oriental satins and taffetas, In the new brocades and chiffon velvets, which are light in actual weight though rich and dignified In appearance, the foamy and flimsy fabrics of the last few sea sons will find formidable rivals. New York Tribune. Fur Manila on Sklrta. A band of fur Is around the foot of some of the handsomest skirts. These skirts trull and are not far the promenade. . SIIII.IIBD WAIST. Guessing Songs. v I. Sty house upon my hnrk I henr, And hi), however far I run iu, By dimhtni; backward up ui.v Ntalr In half a minute l'ui at home. I trnvel slow, lint never spent; : 1'vo horns tint never try to shove, Because my bonis are Bolt nnd weak, I.Ike lliiL-era ot au empty Klovc. (What 1b lt7 J II. Two servnntH listen, two look out, Two reirh nml carry for their share. And two nru sturdy knaves nnd stout, Well used their master's welnht to bear. And may I not be proud and hold, With o',gtt such servnnlH, tried nnd true. Thin never v.nll until they're told, Hut know IheniKelvcs what they've to do7 (What ure. theyV) ilinry Juhmlmic, In Bt. Kkhotat Doll's Trousseau. A doll's trousseau recently made Is a marvel of beauty. It contains a bridal outfit, from the wedding gown down to the "trotting" suit of black and white checked taffeta. The lin gerie follows the latest Parisian Ideas and is trimmed with filmy lace and neatly berlbboned in the most ap proved style. Machine stitching Is al most entirely eliminated from a fash ionable doll's outfit, and in its place la used the finest kind of handsewlng, which will not draw. Doll's trunks have every convenience, and usually contain several trays In order that the dainty dresses will not be crushed in packing. Indlanpolis News. Flreproofing Material. You have probably heard the word "asbestos" used In connection with theatre curtnlns, and with various methods of rendering a theatre or other building fireproof. Asbestos is a fibrous mineral that cannot be burned. Chemically, it is a silicate of lime and magnesium. When torn to pieces In machines made for that pur pose, it looks like a mass of cotton, and these fibres can be Spun Into threads or strings, and then woven Into fabrics useful for various purposes.- The Welshach mantles of our gaslights are tied to a supporting wire by a piece of asbestos string. -From' Nature and Science in St. Nicholas. The Smart Twins. "Well, there's one good thing about Lyal having a black eye and Earl a scratched nose," said the boys' Aunt Jo to their Uncle Frank. "I'll be able to tell them apart for a few days, un til the result of their last battle wears off." "Whnt did they quarrel about thi3 time?" inquired Uncle Frank, who took a lively interest in the little twin nephews who were visiting nt tho farm. "Lyal wanted to go fishing In the brook, but Earl Insisted It was more fun to fish in the pond, so they used their fists In settling the matter." "Those boys fight altogether too often." Uncle Frank had a worried look on his benign face. ""I believe I'll give them something to do, for work's an excellent thing to keep folks out of mischief, and I'll make tho pun ishment fit the offense. I'm not going to allow either of them to go fishing again until they pick up all those loose stones In the road, and put them In a pile in the pasture." When Earl and Lyal heard the de cree their spirits fell. They obediently put the fishing rods away and began to pick up the stones from the road, put them In to the spot In tho pasture designated by their uncle. Before they had worked long their legs and backs began to ache, and the twins sat down on a bank to rest. "I don't think It's polite of Uncle Frank to make us work when we're visiting him," said Lyal, with a pout. "Maybe It wasn't polite of us to fight," remarked Earl, pulling a field daisy to pieces. "I've thought. of something!" screamed the brother, dancing up and down In the middle of the road. "We'll put up a target by the stone pile, and throw the stones at It In stead of carrying them. Won't It be fun?" The other twin ar,s?nted eagerly, and soon the stones were flying through the air toward tho target at a lively rate. "This Is mora fun than tie? bean bags at Eag'ss Mere!" panted Lyal. Hearing the shouts of laughter, a boy who was visiting at the next farm camn over to join in tho fun, then another come, and soon every boy In the neighborhood was Jhrowlng stones at tho target, and tho highway was soon cleared of all stones. Uncle Frank and Aunt Jo were djs cussing the stono-throwirg frolic in the farmhouse, nnd Uncle Frank said with a resounding slap on his knee, "Well, those twins are even smartor than i thought they were! The have every child in the neighborhood helping them and thinking It's a privi lege to clear tho road of stones. Bovs who can turn work into play this way will get through the world all right; but at thla rate It will keep mo busy to find work to keop them out of mis cnlcf." A. E. Myrlck in the Youth's Companion. ' He Pays the Penalty. One little, two little, three little in vallds. Four little, live little, six little Invalids, Seven little, eight little, nine little In valids. Nine 1 ttle Invalid boys. That Is the way nine happy little aortal ia the children's ward of the hospital sang the rhyme. Happy? Why, yes. Of course, they were inva lids and unfortunate. They were all sufferers, and all belonged out in the green fields, free and active as the birds, but their lot had turned out tlfferently, and they were Iu the white ward of the hospital Instead. StUl It might have been worse. Their uiue was sunshine, the doctirs were cheerful, and sometimes friends wot'ilc" bring a treat' or a surprise that would make their aches and pains easier to bear. But what these nine little Invalids wanted now was a tenth one, bo that they could sing the song as it should hi sung. He soon came In the person of Nathaniel Roskey. He wasn't e actly an Invalid until the doctors made him one, and he wasn't so very unfor tunate. Ho had been born with a pe culiar lip, like a rabbit's. You know they call it a hare lip. It did give him a deformed and unattractive ap pearance, but what cared Nathaniel for that? Ho could have Just as much fun; he could laugh and talk and run and eat. Besides, he had a comfort able homo. The idea of being shut up for weeks in a hospital to have his lip made over! Ho rebelled against it; but he was only nine. His mother wished hlra to look well, and she know that In a few years her boy would care very much how he looked. There fore her wish was carried out. The doetors performed a slight operation while Nathaniel was drowsy; and when he became wide awake he found his face all bandaged up so that he could scarcely open his mouth at all. He couldn't laugh, he couldn't whistle, and ho did not sec how he was going to eat. It was supper time and Nathaniel thought everybody better off than himself. What vas a broken leg or curvature of tho spine compared with having your mouth bound, almost shut, with court-plaster and bandages? At first ho refused to taste the gruel that was offered to him with a small, spoon. But he was hungry and there seemed to be no escape. After supper when the nurse3 were out for a few minutes, the ward song was started up, and a lusty emphasis put upon the last line." "Ten little invalid boys." "What's your name?" asked the In valid in the cot next to Nathaniel's. Now Nathaniel was not proud of his name. It was too long to suit him, and he would have found It difficult jst then to pronounce anyway. Be sides that, he was not in his pleasant est humor and had not yet decided whether ho wished to be neighborly or not. Again the song was Bung, with emphasis on the ten as before. "He will not tell his name!" shouted a boy across the room. "Call him 'No. 10' " another pro posed". Some way Nathaniel disliked that. He tried to make a grimace at tho boy who proposed it, but as that was impossible, ho muttered "Nat" -as well ts he could with a tied jaw. "Hurrah!" came the greeting In chorus, and because Nat could do no better, he just kicked up his legs and swung his arms. Onco more the song was sung, and the nurse came in a Bignal for quiet. The second day after this was Sun day, and a friend of the hospital sont the ward a five-pound box of choco lates. The box was passed around twite, so that each invalid had two, and then It was put on top of a cup board In one corner of the room. There all could see it and long for the time v. hen It would come around again. If there was one thing Nat loved more than another It was chocolate creams. He had never had all that he wanted. He would have traded his chance of a new lip for what was loft in the box. Of course, he had to press them out flat in his fingers before ho could push them Into his mouth, but they melted just as dollclously after they got there. Late in the afternoon when the ward was very quiet, the nurse tiptoed out of the room.- Some of the boys were sleeping, but there was one who was very wide awake and wishing for just that kind of a chance. Quick as a wink ho slipped out of his cot, ran to the cupboard, climbed a chair, reached the box and srarapred back to bed. Ho was scarcely under the cover when he had crushed one of the sweet mor.sels and pushed It between his lips another 0. how good they were! Tho other invalids siw them dis appear, and at once Logan pleading In low tones: "Give us one!" "Pans it around!" "Don't he a pig!" "Oh, ray!" Nat was more nr less of a pig, yet he had some little fellow-feellns for his nine comrades In misfortune; so he made a flying tour of tho room, giving fach feilow just two lumps. Then hurrying ba-.k ho dived under the covers, box ar.d all. And the way he placed himself outside of that randy was little short of magic. The nurse came back and caught him in the act. The box was nearly empty. Nathaniel was nearly choked. Hi3 hand? and his face were smeared. Worst of all the bandages and some of the plaster were so loosened that the doetors had to commence all over again. The timo he would have to stay In the hospital was just that much longer, and that was the price Nat paid for his chocolate creams. Indianapolis News. Flirtatious to the Last "It's bad enough to have him exe cuted," sobbed Mrs. Gobbler. "But oh, did you see what ho did a, whole minute after his head was off?" "No," replied Miss Turk, sympathet ically. "What?" "He winked his eye at that hussy. Miss Guinea Hen." Puck. A L i
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