' Wearing Soiled Veils, Apropos of the complexion problem, which seems, Judging from the craze for "treatments," to be one of the most absorbing cares of the modern woman, many difficulties arise from the too frequent habit of wearing soiled veils against the face, so that it Is well for those who wear veils to see that they are constantly renewed, for In town the amount of soot and smoke which is absorbed by such materials Is enormous and certainly threatens to complicate the question of how to preserve a good complexion. Wedding Gowns. The princess model Is always a fa vorite one to choose, and, now that It Is in fashion to have the front of the waist draped, it is far more be coming. No trimming is necessary on either, silk or satin that is, on the skirt while a lace yoke and dainty, cobwebby lace ruffles on the sleeves are all-sufficient. If a more elaborate effect is desired, then an embroidered design worked out in silk with seed pearls or rhinestones Is effective on a wide band arouml the hem of the skirt, but somehow the plain, rattier severe style that relies only upon the beauty of the material and the grace ful folds seems smarter and more at tractive. Pleated white chiffon wedding gowns are charmingly soft in effect, and for a mid-summer wedding there can be nothing daintier, while the same gown covered with flounces of ' lace is ex qu4sltely soft in effect and finish. Sheer white organdie and silk mull are used also for summer wedding gowns with most satisfactory results. In fact, almost any white material Is thought possible. Harper's Bazaar. . Pipings and Trimmings. One can do so very much with pip ings this season. Indeed, the full story of pipings has never been told. It 1 best appreciated by the French modistes who get their effects with narrow lines of this color or that. And It is appreciated by those who make elegant evening gowns, for very often the entire effect Is obtained by a thread line of pale blue or white running through a handsome trim ming. When trimmings are being consid ered one must not neglect to mention the grapevine trimmings which, in stead of becoming old and stale as the seasons go on. become more and more the vogue. There is now a fan cy for large life-like bunch of grapes in Irish lace. These bunches are embroi dered in the natural colors of the grapes, with the embroidery slightly raised to make It seem more real. The handsomest pieces of Irish crochet lace are selected for this purpose and the embroidery is skilfully carried out. A grapevine trimming adorns street dresses and house dresses, and one "may encounter It upon coats and neck trimmings. . A pretty departure in the silk line Is the chameleon silk which shows a variety of color aJl combined In one soft glitter of silk. The silk is deli cate, feminine, lustrous, and suitable to almost any -occasion. It comes at prices which are very reasonable. About Aprons, A good supply of aprons Is needed by all housekeepers, both white and y . work varieties. For the plain white ones, for every day, the five or six cent bleached muslin, not too heavy, Is most satisfactory. These wash eas ily and take the starch readily. Make them full and long, with deep hems and strings. A gingham apron to slip over a nice dress is a great conven ience, especially on Sunday, when you do not wish to change your dress while getting tea. Get three and a quarter yards of pretty blue and white check; take off a quarter of a yard and cut the rest in two. Tear one of these breadths in two, lengthwise. Run up the seams, with the full piece in the middle, but stop when you get a quarter of a yard from the top on each seam. Trim this opening slant wise, to answer lor an arm-size. Hem the bottom of the pinafore, and gath er the tops of front and back for the yoke, or bauds, which should be an Inch wide. Make the other two bands a quarter of a yard In length, and , doubled to' make an inch In width, and sew the ends to the bands that form the yoke, for the top of the armhole. Finish with a button and button-hole. Put a good-sized pocket on the right hand side of the centre breadth, and you have an apron at once pretty and most convenient, easy to get on and quick to slip off. Other aprons that . are serviceable are those made of table oilcloth, for washing or other loppy work. These are not very large, and are bound with braid, ma chine stitched. Clothespin aprons are made of ticking, with the bottom turn , ed up into a wide hem, that answers (or a bag to hold the pins, while bang ing out the clothes, are also a great convenience. Fashionable Footwear, Color is tQ run riot this season in feminine footgear. Shapes, too, are fanciful, suggesting the capricious designs of medieval shoes. Foremost in shoe fashions as a nov elty Is the strap-front effect, assuming a hundred variations of open work, through which the hosiery shows. Some of the instep designs are really gorgeous in their appliques of beaded patterns. The trap-fronts are mostly In kids tan, deep red and black, and the beading is either cut steel, Jet or glass of different colors. Gold beads are particularly smart. A very stylish open-Instep shoe for evening or afternoon wear during the summer will bo patent leather slashed across the front with severely plain openings, bar-shnped. It fastens with two straps and buttons. Among the oddities is a low tie shoe of Batin, eyeleted over the entire front toe and instep. Eyelets are all the rage at the present time. They are an English ad, and, although pretty in shoes, may be looked upon as a trifle bizarre. Suede and kid in many shapes are admittedly the shoes for swell occa sions. Either finish may be had in the Oxford or extremely low cut. For afternoon porch wear nothing can ex cel in nattiness the white snede or buckskin with a Cuban heel. Green buckskin is eminently the thing for the lawn. There Is evidence in footwear fash ion that the exaggerated high heel will meet with little favor this sum mer. Naturally exceptions are to be met with, but these are the shoes of folly, which will be worn by few. Sufficiently attractive are the low russets In common Bense cuts, among the number being the "college" Ox ford, substantial, semi-mascullne, but withal fetching on a pretty woman's foot. For dressier wear there are tans without number, daintily conspic uous for their fancy tips. It Is said that the most popular shoe of the year will be the "Melba." Last season we had but a glimpse of it, and now it comes back to us as an accepted fash ion. The "Melba" is cut low almost like a pump and is identified by the perfectly flat, square tie on the front. A new feature is the concealed elastic under the bow, which allows freedom when the shoe is drawn on and at the same time holds It snugly to the low er part of the Instep. Slippers, taken collectively, form a perfect galaxy. For the boudoir the latest pattern is the so-called "mule" slipper, fashioned all of brocade and edged with lace. Slippers to be worn at evening functions are not less ele gant or tasteful. Many of these, the pliable kids, represent the tanner's highest art, so subtle ave the colors pqrple, pale mauve, biscuit tone, champagne, garnet and bronze. The beaded work in many of the exclusive models is applied in the shape of fan ciful medallions, wrought to a pre designed motif. "I don't know what to trim my new dress with," is the perpetual query of feminity. Next In order: "How shall I trim my ehbes?" Fashion Notes. The milliners are apparently mak ing an effort to force the tiny turban on American women. ' Very smart was a red and white checked voille, the entire waist of which was shirred over heavy cords. Voille, while not as durable as mo hair, is far from being a fragile ma terial, and in the heavier varieties wears very well, Indeed. For the black hat, which is an in dispensable part of the wardrobe to many women, nothing is more satis factory than fine horsehair braid. Crossbar and checked silks are pop ular. The rough weaves for silk, known as Burllngham, Rajah, etc., as well as the smoother pongees, come in a variety of colors cross hatched with contrasting colors or black. None of the new dress fabrics have made more of an impression than the checked aad figured voilles. These benutiful fabrics are belhg made up into street and house gowns id all kinds of simple and elaborate models. A black and white checked voile for a young girl had a deep hip yoke scal loped irregularly at the foot, below which the skirt was plaited in groups of three. The waist had the upper part plaited to match the skirt, while a sort of a culras formed the lower half. A lovely model in a black hat was rf this transparent and pliable braid. It was a big, sweeping shape, the trim turned up slightly on one side und dipping a little in the front. It had a drapery of tulle and lace around the crown, and a large bird of para dise in gray, brown and pale yellow shades. The bird was placed almost In the front of the hat, and its long tail extended to the back, where 11 drooped over the brim. Cheese Charlottes. Mash smooth half a cream-cheese with one tablespoonful of Roquefort crumbs, using enough sweet cream to make it soft. Add one cupful of sweet cream, two tablespoonfuls of dissolved gelatine, and salt and cayenne to taste. Fill twelve Swedish tlmbale-cases with this mixture. Sprinkle over with Par mesan, and put in a cold place. Cheese Canapes. Cut a stale loaf into slices about a quarter of an inch thick. Divide those into pieces about two Inches long and one inch wide, and fry them In hot butter or oil till they are a bright golden color. Spread a little thin mustard on each of these pieces, lay over that some good cheese, and put them in a quick oven till the cheese is dissolved. Serve as hot as possible. Time, altogether, about half an hour. Eggs a la Creme. Hard-boil twelve eggs; slice them thin in rings. In the bottom of a large baking-dish place a layer of grated bread crumbs, then one of the eggs; cover with bits of butter, and sprinkle with pepper and salt. Continue thus to blend these ingredients until the dish is full; be sure, though, that the crumbs cover the eggs upon top. Over the whole pour a large teacupful of sweet cream, and brown nicely in a moderately heated oven. Apple Trifle. Pare, core,' and stew with sugar and lemon peel two pounds of apples, and cook till quite soft. Cut some sponge cake in slices and arrange them in a pie dish. Then spread a layer of the apple mixture, more sponge cake, and so on till all is used up. Make a pint of thick custard and pour over the trifle. Beat up the white of an egg till stiff, and pile on to the custard, and lightly brown in the oven. Place a pie collar round the dish when serv ing. This sweet is equally good, hot or cold. Alexandra Pudding, Take three large apples, a little lem on peel, four ounces of sultanas, a little candied peel, one ounce of su gar, light suet crust. First peel, core and slice the apples, put them in a saucepan with a little nutmeg, grated lemon rind and sugar. Stew till the apples are soft, then add the chopped candled peel. Roll out the suet pas try, then spread the apples, etc., on It. Scatter the sultanas on it, make into a roly-poly, wet the ends and squeeze together. Boil for two hours and a half in a floured cloth. Turn out to serve and sift sugar over. Orange and Rhubarb Marmalade, Wash three pounds of tender pink skinned rhubarb and cut in pieces two Inches in length. Put three pounds of oranges in the preserving kettle with plenty of cold water to cover, and simmer three hours. Drain and cut in four pieces. Put six pounds of granulated sugar In the kettle with Just encugh water to prevent sticking.' and stir until dissolved and boiling. Add the oranges and rhubarb, stir un til boiling, then move to the edge of the fire and cook gently fifteen or twenty minutes. Turn into glasses, but do not cover until cold. While the food value of these sweets is not spe cially high, they satisfy the natural craving, while at the same time their Judicious use may be made to help out the butter supply which, next to moat, is the greatest expense for the family of limited means. All Through the House. Wet .cooking soda, spread upon a thin cloth and bound over a corn, will remove It. . , , A glass of water drunk half an hour before each meal and Just before re tiring will frequently regulate the di gestion. A paste made of equal parts of brimstone, saltpetre and lard, if bound about a felon will cure it. Renew as soon as it gets dry. Don't use borax and rosewater tc remove tan and freckles without put ting on a little cold cream afterwards, for borax makes the skin dry. Camphor Is very useful to freshen the air of a sick room. Put a piece on an old saucer, and on it lay the point of a red-hot poker, when it fumes will quickly fill the room. When asparagus Is to be served cold as a salad or a la vinaigrette, boil and drain as usual, and after draining let cold water run gently over the stalks to keep them firm and fresh looking. A preparation of one ounce of flour of sulphur and one quart of soft wa ter, If applied thoroughly to the scalp, night and morning, will remove every trace of dandruff and render the hair rich and glossy. A mint cherry, rich green In color and piquant to the taste, is added to vanilla Ice cream, greatly improving that simple Ice. Mint cherries are becoming even more popular than marashlno fruit. To remove old putty and paint, make a paste with soft soap and a solution of caustic soda, or with slaked lime and pearlash. Lay it on with a piece of rag or a brush, and leave it for sev eral hours, when it will be found that the paint or putty mty be easily removed. Now York City. The loose coat has certain advantages over every other sort nntl is greatly in vogue at the IJ7S B ' '. .Jl tf'. i moment, both for the separate wrap and for the costume. This one Is de signed for young gli'ls and Is adapted to ail the fashionable suitings, Sicilian, silk, veiling and linen, but as illus trated is made of dark blue mohair, with the collar of silk, and is simply stitched with cortlcelll silk, the skirt being made to match. The tint collar makes a most satisfactory finish for the neck and the double breasted clos ing allows of using the handsome but tons, which arc so much in vogue and which always add to the effect, while the pockets made with flaps nre among the smnrtest of nS smart things. The back can be either plain or seamed at the centre as best suits the Individual Hgure. The coat is made vlth fronts and back and includes the regulation sleeves that are full at the suould'rs and which ore stitched to simulate cuffs. The quantity of mnterial required for the medium size Is three and seven eighth yards twenty-seven, two and one-eighth yards forty-four or one and three-fourth yards fifty-two inches wide. Eiiiurulilmed Wmif, ' Women who nre skilled In embroid ery ore employing their talent for the decoration of shirt waists and tussore silk is a most effective medium. One such waist recently embroidered by a clever artist Is a pale blue green in tone and sea weed is the decorative motif, being carried out in rhades of L'liv oi Veil. Veils match, as a matter of course. It takes a very pretty woman to look well under a mauve gr a green gauze, but veils must match hats. A few white lace veils are sefii, nnd many luce edged net and guuze veils. Tall Hats. Very dashing are the black and col ored tulle hats on braid foundation. Tbc shapes approximate to the small, short-back sailor, and the tulle Is put on lu huge ruches and rosette. Mmm vt T-JVW-' t iilft. IMS Alt 'ft ft 1 ttk i '.'I' U 1 'II u i in iVW son green nml pale pinkish brown. The waist buttons iu the back and the front, full's and collar are embroidered In the sen weed design. Fancy Blouse Waist. The wnlst that has chemisette ef fect makes one of the smartest and best liked of the season, and renders possible many attractive combinations. This one is adapted to almost all sea sonable materials and would be equally effective in soft silk and soft wool, with the chemisette either of lace or of embroidered inuslln, but, In the illus tration, shows pale green messallnc satin combined with ecru lace over chiffon only, and trimmed with bands of taffeta. The long lines given by the box pleats at the front mean a slender effect to the figure, while the shirring at the shoulders provide fnslilonnble folds. The sleeves are among the very latest and are so shirred as to avoid excessive breadth of figure. The waist Is made over n smoothly fitted foundation, which can be cut away beneath the chemisette and cuffs when n transparent effect Is desired. The closing Is made invisibly nt the left of tlie front, and there Is a softly draped belt which also Is closed at the left side. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and one-fourth yards twenty-one, throe and one-half yards twenty-seven or two and one- eighth, yards forty-four Inches wide, with three-eighth yard of silk for belt, one yard of all-over lace nnd two und one-half yards of lace for frills. A I'ncKet t-'Ml. A pocket evening fun Is among the practical Innovations. The fan is of the folding order, with a hinge cleverly Introduced nt the top of ench stick, sc that it not only closes from side to side, but vertically. Matching Fail. The matching fad has been extend ed to gloves. The latest glove is lined at the top with colored kid, in all shades. This gauntlet is supposed to be turned buck over the wrist The Methodical Fish. The sunniest flub that ever could be Lived down In the depths of a very deep sea. He knitted hi brows and he scratched bis old head, And after retlectlnn he soberly said, "I've Riven the subject much serious thought. And ten chances to one, I shall some day be caught ! Now, If that comes to pass, I trust that I may Ite caught In an orderly. business-like way. No one In his Helixes can ever deny A hook Is intended to go In an eye. Yet many a llsh la so careless he will Take a hook In bis muutb, or perhaps la his gill. Hut I'm more methodical, so I shall try To Join In true union the hook and the eye." Well, this orderly tish went bis orderly ways. He kept his eyes open, with wide, thought ful gaze. And whenever he saw a well-balted hook. He rolled up bis eye with contemplative look. And then Hwntn away with a satisfied wink, Kaylng, "Thnt's not the hook to tit my eye, I think !" So he kept his eyes open (as every one ought), And somehow, the wise old fish never was enught ! Carolyn Wells, in Youth's Companion. Unwieldy Hippopotamus. "In the channels which traverse the marshes of certain districts in Central Africa," writes a traveler, "hippopo tami in Incredible numbers are met with sometimes in herds of CO and 70. Wherever the channel widens out Into a reedy lake rows of grotesque looking heads, with ears erect, appear above the water surface, their owners studying the extraordinary apparition produced by the steamer. On ap proaching the spot these heads disap pear one after the other under water, and a series of waves and large rip ples Indicate the passage of the mon ster lorms below the surface. After a few minutes' time the same huge heads appear, generally downstream of the boat. They have another stare and again disappear, with a snort and the expulsion of a small volume of water from the nostrils. Net infre quently a severe bump is felt in the steamer, making the hull quiver, as the back of a hippopotamus seeking to escape has touched it. "If the water should happen to be shallow the attempts of these animals to hide themselves are ludicrous, as their movements are clumsy and their anger and fear evident. In such cases their heads and the foreparts of their bodies are under water ,and nothing is seen but the huge pink hindquarters, struggling, kicking and churning up the water In the effort to get cut of sight. Although their uncouth antics may be safely watched from a steamer, It is a very different matter If the observer is In a canoe, or a small boat. Then his position is one of consider able danger, as he stands a very good chance of being upset. "As the water of all these channels swarms with crocodiles such a ccn tingency Is not pleasant to contem plate. The natives are fully alive to this risk, and never venture in their dugout canoes into the broad streams infested with hippopotami, but invari ably keep to tho shallow and narrow branches on either side of the main river." Chicago News. The Great Horned Owl. Work had been going on all day In the sugar bush; the sap had been gathered and drawn to the boiling place, until there remained but a few scattering trees to be visited near the swamp. The boy was softly whistling to himself, when a rabbit with easy, graceful bounds crossed the road but a few paces ahead of him and stopped by the side of a birch bush to nibble the tender bud3. Just then a start ling sound came from the swamp. Why did the rabbit pause In his dainty meal and squat in his very tracks until his form more nearly re sembled a footprint in the snow than a living mammal? The chattering red squirrel dropped Into the crotch of a tree and ceased to chatter, as the ominous and almost supernatural "Whoo-hoo-hoo-wo-hoo" sounded through the dismal swamp and echced through the maple grove. This was the hunting call of the great horned owl. The actions of the rabbit and squirrel did not surprise the boy, who had always heard that this owl was a veritable Nero among the feathered race. As yet he had never discovered the nest of the great horned owl. Of late he had heard the weird call fre queutly from the swamp, causing him to believe the birds were nesting there, and he fully determined to make a search for that nest. The next day was spent in a fruit less seail'h, and it perplexed the boy, for often he had- located the nests of the bobolink and meadow lark nests that are not easily found. But the second day'3 search ended, about noon, in rather an Interesting manner. The boy stopped for lunch ecti and a little rest under a hemlock that he knew well, for, the spring be fore, a pair of crows had a nest in the tree. The old nest was still there, and. Just to see what condition it was in after the storms of the winter, he as cended the tree. The nest was be tween 50 and 60 feet from the ground. Just imagine the boy's surprise when about 30 feot from the nest to see a great horned owl silently glide off ind wing Its way through the treetops. It was a revelation, upon reaching it, to find that the great horned owl had really used the old crow's nest, which had the- appearance of being slightly remodelled and was sparsely lined with evergreen leaves and feathers. In the nest were three white eggs, about the bIzo of a bantam's. The boy after ward learned that the usual number ot eggs deposited by the great horned owl Is two, and that sometimes the bird constructs a nest for itself in a hollow tree or an evergreen. On the first day of April there were two little owls In the nest, and a day later a third appeared. They were queer looking little birds, seeming to be neadiy all hear and eyes, and their bodies were covered with the softest o. down. The young birds grew very slowly although tho remains of fish, mice, squirrels, rabbits and birds cf various kinds furnished abundant evidence that the old birds were lavish In sup plying food. They remained la the nest for about eleven weeks, which is long compared with most of our birds many young birds leaving the nest In from 12 to 15 days, and the wood cock, bob-white and ruffled grouse In about as many hours. St NlchcJas. Pranks of Johnny Bear. If any boy or girl reader should hap pen to go to Yellowstone National park this summer ho or she would cer tainly see little Johnnie Bear there. Johnnie Bear Is the baby cub whose acquaintance Ernest Thompson Seton made while visiting the park, which, by the way, contains the finest pre serve of wild animals in the country. Johnnie was caught by some of the pecple at the hotel, which was not so difficult, as Johnnlo had been lame from his birth. Mr. Seton recently told his young friends a lot of new stories about Johnnlo. "Johnnie Is Immortal," he said, "Yel lowstone park Is never without its Johnnie; sometimes there are two of him and I keep hearing new stories abcut him. "The hotel cat and the hotel poodle were sworn enemies even before John nie arrived on the scene, and he made matters worse. Then it became a triangular duel. Johnnie liked noth ing better than to get In a safe place and watch the others fight." Here Mr. Seton threw a picture on the screen showing the poodle and the cat locked In a death grip, while Jchn nle, sitting like a soft little wad ot fur on the top of a cask out of danger watched them with glee. "But Johnnie Bear was a bad, lit tle, mischievous bear. There was nothing he loved better than to tease the old mother cat's kittens. So one day he chased one of the kits till it ran up a tree. "That is always a silly thing for a kitten to do, because it is sure to lose its head when It gets up a little way. Johnnie, who was an adept at tree climbing, was up and after It like a flash. But he didn't see the old cat, who could climb a tree. every bit as well as he could, and who rushed out of the house and up after Johnnie be fore he knew what was coming. "But when the old cat got up to where the tree divided she was in a quandary. On one branch was her baby, hanging on for dear life; on the otner was Johnnie Bear, looking at her maliciously out of his little bright eyes. If she punished Johnnie she left her kitten to suffer, and perhaps break Its back falling off. If she help ed her kitten and left that wretch of a Johnnie Bear to get down in safety "The kitten settled it by giving a pleading meow-meow. Its mother no longer hesjtated, but, taking it by the scruff of the neck, crawled down the tree, leaving Johnnie triumphantly perched on his hough, chuckling over the trouble he had made." And there was Johnnie on the screen, a quaint, comical little figure, balancing himself cn his bough like a boy sitting on a swing, while the re treating figure of mother cat, with her darling in her mouth, could be seen in the distance. "Johnnie was as fond of honey as any boy or girl. When he found a wild bee's nest he would sit down be side It and kill off all i.ie bees, bring ing down his fist upon them as ac curately as a boy captures a butter fly in his hat. The bees all dead, he would put In his paw and bring out the honey, and when the noney was ai. gone he wouiu clean up any drops that might have fallen around, devour the wax and wind up by eating the dead bees. "But once some of the men played' a mean, mean trick on Johnnie. Having found a wasp's nest in a tree, they 'sie'd' Johnnie on to it. '"Oh. Johnnie! heney, honey, John nie!" they called. Johnnie looked at the nest and was skeptical. He had never seen honey Just look like that before. "'Honey, Johnnie. Nice honey!' they called to him and at last, ap proaching very shyly, he timidly reached out a paw and touched the queer thing.' ,The next thing anyone knew Johnnie had the nest firmly gripped between his front paws and was making for the river like mad. In he leaped, swimming like a fish till he reached the opposite side. Then, the wasps having all fallen off or been" drowned, Johnnie sat down on the grass, pulled bis nest apart, and though surprised to find no honey in side, ate all the contents, several nice, fat grubs. "Then he wound up by stuffing down the nest Itself. When he got through he looked Just the shape of the nest And why shouldn't he? . He had it all Inside him." New Ycrk Tribune. The famous Ferris wheel, which has done duty at two expositions as an at traction, la to be wrecked with dyna mite, thus closing Its history. r i X
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