T Tue 7 Garden ' Expensive Miniatures. Fashionable New York women are having their portraits painted by one of the most successful miniaturists of England Lady Maitland, wife of Fred erick Colin, Viscount Maltlnnd. who after his father will become the four teenth Earl of Lauderdale. Lady Malt land, who Is the descendant of one of the most ancient families In Wales, takes the same pleasure In her work and Its artistic success as it she were a plain little American artist with no future beyond the studio and although he might be feted and made much of by New York society, she Is living quietly, devoting herself to her com missions. She nsks $1000 for one of her miniatures and is said to have orders raining on her. The Woman In White. Vagaries of taste, the errors of the color blind, are rendered nil by the choice of white or black. It was Mr. Gladstone who used to say that a wo man, however old, always looked her bst In White satin, and, though the gvand old man was the last one to be a Judge of the chic, he had a great eye for the beautiful and a decided weakness for the fair sex. Oulda al so maintains that women should wear w6lte and has always gowned her he roines In white and gray velvets with out regard to cast; but then, Oulda Is Ihe most extravagant clotheshorse nov elist of her day. Court ladles of St. Petersburg are said to buy white sat in as other women buy white cotton, by the piece, and rarely appear In any c-ther color or material at the dazzling functions of the caar's court. As a foundation for rare laces and magnlfl cent Jewels white satin has the pas. It is a fabric with royal associations. Boston Herald. Wasteful Savings. Do not try to save money by: Doing without your luncheon. Even If only for once, this will Injure your health. - Walking home after a day's shop ping. You can get more money, but you cannot get a new constitution after yours has been undermined. Sewing in the twilight. Gas Is cheaper than oculists' bills. Wearing thin clothing. Flannel Is cheaper than druggists' prices. Using cheap soap. It will cost you something in cold creams and suffer ing to remedy the harm It does. Going about In thin shoes. Leather Is cheaper than quinine and porous plasters; also than a case of pneumo nia. Trying to do the work of the uphol Iterer and the carpet layers. You hay never feel like doing any work Igaln. Overworking. Nobody will thank Jou. You will be so cross that the very people for whom you are saving yie money will hate you and your hus Aand will wish he had married a spendthrift. Fall Tones. Colors which come in hafs with the iprlng season are generally carried over or have great influence on the (ones for the fall and winter season, 6ut none of the new gowns made of voile of gauze have been "on the tcene," and as to whether or not the Jhades they employ will bo successful there has been no opportunity to Judge. Shades of red have been well to the fore recently, and sorae of the au thorities whose predictions have been true In the past are firm in the belief that the soft tones gooseberry. Capu chin and scarlet will enjoy first pref erence, says the New York Sun. Saxe blue has been much worn In millinery, but few examples of It have been seen In spring and summer goods and blue except navy or electric Is not an appropriate shade for the win ter. Purple or prune has been done to death in the capital of the French the past year and a half so that tone Will be voted a siesta. The shades of dahlia were greatly in deir.and for spring, and will bo seen to some ex tent next fall, but dahlia will not be a leading color. There la no question of green, so the choice lies between red and brown, early spring, and it Kay Influence colors to some extent. Fashion Hints. Black velvet ribbon is used with ef fect on many of the coats. An expensive fashion which Is not ttkely to be widely Imitated Is that of She three-quarters lace coat Plain silk stockings are not prohi bitive in price. Often they can be picked up at quite low prices. A tailor gown was of a lovely shade of gray cloth, with a tiny line of white ajnning through it. The kimono model is increasing pop Jar for evening wraps. Some of the taffeta wrajs are ex jilslte creations, almost Impossible to describe. This rear the favorite gown is the princess dress of sheer white materl- The lace coats are of all shades of white, cream, and buff, and are al most always of Empire design. Very Intricately controved short wraps of taffeta and lace, of fine cloth and guipure, and of other fine mate rials vary the monotony of the lace coat. Embroidered stockings ore such a feature of this season's fashions that the economical woman has been obliged to turn her industrious hours toward evolving from comparatively Inexpensive materials elaborate exam' pies of needlework. The Domineering Girl. She is always talking in an impera tive tone, regardless of the conversa tion of others. Her favorite position Is in the center of the room, where nothing which might need her supervi sion will escape her notice. She usu ally illustrates her conversation with commanding gestures and a toss of the head, meant to imply that her ex ecutive ability is not to be questioned. Sho overrules everyone's suggestions nnd supplants them with her own bril liantly conceived ideas. She is not popular, but she is In evidence every where by her own persistence is the domineering girl. In the family circle she monopolizes the conversation at the table and nev er waits for her mother to direct the maid. She tells her small brother what ho must nnd must not do, and de mands obedience of her younger sis ter. She runs her mother's social af fairs, and is continually adjusting the domestic arrangements to suit her fancy, thereby meriting the dislike of the servants. The domineering girl always wants to be chairman of every committee in her class at school, and her one sor row is that she cannot be president of the athletic association and the Y. M. C. A., and captain of the football eleven. She could run thenf to much better advantage than the acting heads. She manages everyone's affairs, and Is offended, if an engagement in her set is announced before sho has had time to engineer it. The domineering girl seldom asks a question, and she never seeks advice. Instead of suggesting that the Wednes day Afternoon club have a dance and invite the men. she announces that it will have such an entertainment, and proceeds to make arrangements and tell the members what Is expected of them. Yet she is tactful. In her own wuy, or she could not retain her post at the head of things. At a dance she is continually walk ing across the floor with a hurry-up air, introducing persons Indiscrimin ately, feeling that upon her depends the success of the evening. She drags a man by the arm and Introduces him to some girl or other with a "Now, Mr. Robinson is a splendid dancer. I'm sure you'll enjoy u two-step with him." So what can tho poor man do but ask the girl to dance? He writes his name on the card with a mental prayer that ho bo delivered further from tho hand3 of the girl who runs his dance orders for him. It Is seldom that she can And a chum. No girl likes to bo continually with a person who demands that she lose her identity and walk along a path laid down for her, whether she will or not. And there Is no other alternative for the girl who chums with the domineering girl; she will op erate their partnership and will brook no Interference. Men do not like the domineering girl, cither as a friend or a sweetheart. As a friend she wants to manage their business and map out their social cam paigns; she wants to choose their girls and dictate their movements. As a sweetheart, she wants to do the courting. She is the one to say whera they will go on Tuesday, and when they will call on so-an-so. She tells the conductor they want transfers and opens tho restaurant door. Sho sim ply has to be first and foremost in everything, nnd she feels that noth ing is properly done unless she her self is doing it or superintending It. If the domineering girl goes to a chafing dish supper she is continually suggesting that tho rarebit needs more cayenne or that they had better put the cap over the alcohol burner. She passes things about before the hos tess is ready, and tells a man to crack some nuts because she is very fond of them. She is not happy unless some one Is doing her bidding. The advice to the domineering girl is to remember that the other people have Ideas of their own and that their suggestions may be as good as, or bet ter than her own. She should not for get that the sound of ber voice and the continual commands she is put ting forth become tiresome. If she wants to be popular, a girl must not be domineering; let others have some say-so In the social game. Washing ton Times. Oregon apples have been sold In England as high as $6.50 a bushel. The Servant Problem. H Is sometimes asserted that be cause a servant girl is a human be ing there should be pictures, etc., in the kitchen, a nice rug on the floor nnd a screen before the stove or sink. Any experienced housekeeper knows, however, that this not practical, and no sensible servant will be bothered with things purely ornamental, al ways In the way and always collect ing dust or grease. A kitchen Is mere ly a workshop. After working hours are over the average servant would rather sit or rest elsewhere, and some place ought to be provided for her. Where there are several servants they can visit In a "servants' dining-room," and they should have the pleasure ol making that as cozy as they wish. The Milk Supply. A distinguished Danish scientist, In a recent exhaustive discussion of a pure milk Biipply, insists that the milk supply of a modern city Is al most, If not quite, as Important a fac tor as the water supply, and argues that the ratio of deaths among in- fants lias been in direct proportion to the ease or difficulty with which' a supply of fresh milk is obtainable. He presents many Interesting facts in connection with the abuse of milk. Adulteration of milk is prevented as far as possible, but the fact that so much milk Is required, and that it is transported over considerable dis tances, makes regulation difficult. He also furnishes the interesting Informa tion that, from contagious diseases mainly spread by milk, the well-to-do suffer most, since they are the great est consumers of milk. Consumers who get their milk day by day from rightly conducted dairies are practi cally proof against contagion. Flies are the real carriers of contagion, and from contact with these, milk should always be carefully protected. Boston Globe. Scrim Laundry Bag. No one can know the comfort that is to be found in the laundry bag un til she tries one. As soon as a ker chief or a collar Is soiled, Into the bag It goes, and when wash-day comes there Is no skurrylng about for the soiled clothing. The best and the cheapest bag Is the one that can Itself be laundered. Take two lengths of linen scrim, what ever length the bag Is to be, and sew them together at the bottom and al most to the top. Wind with white tape two embroidery hoops. Over these hoops hem the upper ends of tho bag. Line the scrim with a wash able color or with plain white. If rib bon is used for winding the hoops mntch it to the color of the lining and make four tiny bows to ornament the top. When the rings are separated the bag should open wide enough to take In a good-sized garnont. It is an easy matter to close the bag by hanging the rings over a hook. The bags lined with color are par ticularly pretty for the baby's cloth Ins. Recipes. Oatmeal Cakes One and one-half cups granulated sugar, two-thirds cup butter, salt, 2 eggs, 7 tahlespoonfuls sweet milk, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 cup seeded and chopped rnlslns, 2 cups oatmeal and white flour to make a SUIT dough; drop In s.T.r.H spoonf.'.la In dripping pan, two inches apart; bnke in a hot oven. Squash One good squnsh, stewed and well bruised ; 6 large apples stew ed tender; mix them well together; add 7 spoonfuls of bread crumbs, 1-2 pint of milk, 2 spoonfuls of rosewater, G eggs, 1 grated nutmeg; salt and sugar to taste; beat all together until smooth, and put In a dish lined with puff paste; bnke three-quarters of an hour. Cream Salad Dressing Yolks of 3 eggs, well beaten; 3 tahlespoonfuls ol vinegar, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 tea spoonful of mustard, 1-2 teaspoonful of pepper, butter size of walnut; pour the vinegar, after scalding, on the well-beaten yolks; havo the condi ments rubbed smoothly together; stir all the Ingredients (except the butter) together; put tho mixture over the fire and stir until it thickens, then remove and add butter. Let dressing cool before using. This dressing will keep for days in a cool place. When wanted for use, add 1 pint whipped cream. Caramel Cake Beat one-half cup butter to a cream; add gradually 1 1-2 cups Biigar, yolks of 2 eggs, 1 cup water, 2 cups flour, and beat continu ously for about five minutes; add 3 teaspoonfuls caramel, 1 teaspoonful vanilla and another 1-2 cup flour; beat again thoroughly and stir in carefully 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder and the well-beaten whit03 of the eggs; bake In three layers in moderately quick oven. Caramel Syrup for Caramel Cake. Put 1-2 cup sugar granulat ed) in an iron or granite saucepan, and stir continuotiFly over the fire un til the sugar first softens, then melts and finally becomes liquid and throws off an Intense smoke it really must burn. Have ready one-half cup of boiling water; remove the saucepan a moment from the fire, throw in the .water, stir rapidly and allow to boll until yon have molasses, like syrup. Bottle and put awav for use. New York Cl:j. The fitted coat tuakes the veiy lii decree of fash Ion, and will be u pronounced favorite of the autumn. Here Is one of the slin- III ill plest and best that can be made in (fither three-quarter or half-length and tlmt is ndnpted to nil suitings. It is severe, but In its severity is found smartness, while the simplicity of Its cut renders It less difficult to make than are the more elaborate ones. As shown the material. Is chiffon broad cloth ctllnw gray in color stitched with holding silk, while the buttons are of crocheted silk lu matching color, Ihe shade being a new and most desirable one, while the material is always hand some nnd peculiarly well adapted to early fall. But the suitings of cool weather nre ninny and om and all can be utilized for the design. The coat Is made with fronts, backs, side-backs and under-nrm gores and is finished with regulation collar and lap els. The sleeves are In the preferred coat style, with all-over puffs at the wrists. When liked the coat can be made shorter to half length. The quantity of material required for the medium size is six yards twenty seven, three and three-eighth yards forty-four or two and three-quarter yards fifty-two inches wide for three quarter length; five and three-quarter yards twenty-seven, two and seven eighth yards forty-four or two and five eighth yards fifty-two Inches for half length. An Klnhnrote Gown. One fashionable gown was a mauve satin cloth, and was meant for cere monious day wear. It had a shirred skirt with two wide folds simulating tucks, and was uutrimmed save for these folds. There was a delightful little Dircctoire Jacket, sharply pointed In front, and fastened with a double row of enameled buttons with gilt edges. Hhe Jacket had a yoke or nn derbody of heavy Irish crochet and The Urapufwaltt The draped waist Is promised. This waist bad some vogue last spring, and it was seen In many of the handsome gowns of mid-summer. The drapery Is on Dlrectolre lines, while the surplice and the fichu are also prominent. The Vail Important. The veil plays a most Important part fn fall millinery. One sees all sorts of handsome veils attached to hats nnd apparently forming a part of the color scheme. A LATS PSSIGH BY WAY MAKTOH. ) :: pointed collar nnd lapels of a deeper shade of mauve velvet. The sleeves were short puffs of the cloth shirred at the bottom. The lower two-thirds of the sleeve were tight-fitting, and draped in the seams. A I'retty font. A pretty coat In dark blue rnjah silk was made with the waist line high under the nrms and dipping slightly in front. The waist had a little vest of velvet, and was outlined on either side of the vest and around the waist with a flat bins baud of the silk sewed on by hand. Neellcee JnrKot. Negligees are among the desirable possessions of which no woman ever yet had too many. This one is exeep tlonnlly graceful and becoming at the same time that it is essentially com fortable nnd satisfactory to the wearer while it can be made from a generous variety of materials. In this instance batiste Is combined with Valenciennes lace and fancy stitching, but while many women prefer washable negli gees to all others for all seasons of the year there are others who find the warmth of light weight wool accept able In cooler weather, nnd for these last ehallllp, allmtross nnd the like will be found in every way desirnble for the coming season. Trimming Is al ways a matter of taste, banding, lace, embroidery nnd almost everything that may be preferred being equally correct. The slightly open neck and elbow sleeves are always pretty as well as hygienic, for we long ago learned that beautiful throat and beautiful arms are to be obtained only by perfect free dom, nnd whatever contributes to that end Is much to be desired. Tlie jacket Is made with fronts and back that are tucked at their upper edges nnd Joined to the square yoke. The sleeves nre generously wide, the fulness being arranged- In tucks at their upper edges. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four yards twenty seven, three .".art one-half yards thirty- two or two and five-eighth yards forty four inches wide with three yards of insertlouand four and one-half yards of edging to trim as illustrated. White Hull NimiroM AH white hats are numerous, the exquisite soft felts In white being es pecially admired. Many blue hats are displayed, peacock and kingfisher blues shading Into green vicing with the clear porcelain blues so becoming to brunette women. Peradln Tnlla. Paradise tails are again in request, but only those with the largest feathers are chosen, and these are usually curved at their extremities. Seeding Down with Corn. We raise corn, using machinery which makes it easy We plow, put on dressing with a spreader, harrow it in with a cutaway, put the corn in with a corn planter, go over It with a crusher to make the land smooth, then use the harrow the last time, going over it seeding the land down. The grass is good, and wo now have ten acres of corn seeded down. Onr corn is harvested for the silo with a cutter and binder. It keeps well and handles well. A bundle weighs fifteen pounds. Each cow has two bundles a day. It keeps well, and this is the best and the easiest way to handle the crop. Charles Patterson, in American Cultivator. A Farmer's Vacation. After haying is a good time for far mers to take a short vacation. Aftei the labor of getting In the hay crop a little recreation will do them good. There is no better way to enjoy one's self than by driving through the coun try and noting the condition of grow ing crops and of farms in general. Stop and see different dairies and young stock, note the difference in breeds and the various ways of man agement, compare the results and learn a profitable lesson, thus combin ing business with pleasure. Two or three days or even a week spent in this way will not be very ex pensive and a vast amount of valua ble information may be gained, and you will return home invigorated for the continuance of your work, and in formed as to the best method of doing It. E. M. Pike, in Massachusetts Ploughman. Alfalfa vs. Clover. Alfalfa Is ready for cutting a full month before red clover. There Is a strong advantage In dairy farming, since green crops are needed at the earliest possible moment In the spring. After cutting, alfafa springs into growth more promptly than clover and a second crop Is produced with in six to eight weeks. Clover lasts two years arid alfalfa ten to thirty year3. In New Jersey the averag9 yield of green forage an acre was 3C.540 pounds for alfalfa and 14,000 pounds for red clover. The weights of dry hay wore 8258 pounds and 4 088 pounds, and of proteine, 2214 pounds and 616 pounds an acre, re spectively. In the same state alfalfa was found to contain 1809 pounds of dry matter and 265 pounds of proteine a ton, as compared with 1694 pounds and 24R pounds for clover. In other words, alfalfa not only yields two and one-half times as much as red clover, but its feeding value Is much greater pound for pound. Country Life in America. "Mutton Chops." Teach the ram to lead. Woven wire makes the most reliable sheep fence. Bright eyes are the best indication of good health. Ruminating animals should not be dosed with salts. A few bells will enable the strays to locate tho main flock. One ounce of linseed oil will relieve a case of "stretches." The sheep that was "shaved" will produce a mighty short staple at next, shearing. In selecting a ram take the bold, "no scare" type he will help defend the flock. Quarantine each sheep you buy un til you are sure It Is free from scab. Keep the fleece free from burrs it pays to care for wool these times. Don't lnbreed. Sheep show the sad effect of close mating at the first cross. Vinegar applied to the udder will do much to dry off a ewe, In case she has lost her lamb. Harry H. Wheel er. Selection for Seed. The majority of people depend on seedsmen for their garden seeds, rath 3r than take the extra pains and labor necessary for saving them at home. In most respects this Is to be recom mended. The seeds which are saved for the purpose by men In the work as a business are more likely to be satis factory than those saved by the aver age owner of a small garden. The selection, cultivation nnd curing are all done by experts with the different crops, who can make use of an amount of knowledge not possessed by oth ers. But one often likes to save some seeds of his own. He has favorites among the plants In his garden and finds pleasure Jn propagating them. The products of such will yield a sat isfaction not ofherwise to he ob tained. A row of lettuce or a hill of corn can never mean as much to the man who merely plants the seed he las bought as it does to the one who has been acquainted with the ances tors of these plants for generations back. National Fruit Grower. Fitting the Collar of Horses. Sore shoulders on horses are often caused by poorly fitting, collars and a lack of proper treatment of the neck and shoulders during and after work hours. Dr. Currier in his Horse Sense gives some good ideas in reference to fitting the collar for horses. He says: "The horse collar is made over a form and suits the taste of the maker, and while thoroughly wet. Then why not make the collar fit the form of the neck that is to wear It? To do this, select a collar that will fit as nearly as possible the horse it is Intended for. On an evening thoroughly wet cloths enough to wrap them in that way, leaving the collar in that condition all night. It need not be a new one, an old one may bo treated the same way. In the morning, and while wet and soft, put the collar on the horse, adjust it properly, also the hames and hame tugs, and work the horse mod erately through the day, when the collar will be dry and adjusted ex actly to the form of the neck of the horse whose collar It must be right along. If by getting fatter or leaner the shape of the neck is changed, a re-shaping of the collar may be ad visable, which can be done as In the first place." Each horse should have his own col. lar every day. Our readers should not forget this point. If attended to in the start and then looked after there is little danger of sore shoulders. Keep the collar clean as well as the neck and shoulders. It is advisable to remove the harness and collars dur ing the mid-day meal. At night bathe the neck and shoulders wjth salt and water and wipe dry. When a period of rest is taken during the working hours, push the collar forward and al low the nir to circulate freely about the neck and shoulders. Put the col lars in place again before starting the team up. The man who neglects to provide against the possibility of mak ing galls on his horse should not have one. How I Ventilated My Dairy. Some years ago when I got posses sion of the farm I found a dairy house built four feet deep and eight feet square with brick floor, which I thought would be a good place for milk. It was cleaned out nicely and the milk was placed in it, but. with all my care the milk would soon be clabber, and was often sour by dinner time, while my farmer's share of the milk would be sweet all day in a safe which was kept under a shady tree, although the thermometer showed the dairy was several degrees cooler. I concluded the trouble was owing to want of ventilation In the pit to rid it of any acid vapor which must be the cause of the change mentioned, the acid neutralizing the soda or al kali that holds the casein In solution. To get rid of the acid vapor was the question to solve, as there was no ventilation around tho milk. Because of the mobile nature of air I knew the slightest variation of temperature would create a circulation. To get this I built alongside of the old dairy a new one, with two four-inch walls about six inches apart giving a space around the building leaving an open outlet into the brick trough connect ing the two, built on the floor, the out let being half a brick space every few inches along the "bottom of the trough. A thermometer indicated that the air was two degrees cooler than the air in the trough, which difference kept i!P the circulation right and day, dis placing the air In the trough. During my residence on tho farm till about the first, of October, we had no trouble with milk turning to clabber, and oft en missed the cottage cheese for sup per, as there was no clabber to make it, even for breakfast, but plenty of sweet milk. Visiting the farm in November I found the milk all in my kitchen. On speaking to my overseer's wife about it, she Informed me she had to move it, as it was all ice in the morning. I thought it was impossible, as we had no freezing weather. So I had the night's milk put In the dairy with the thermometer at about, twenty-eight de grees. To my surprise the milk was all Ice In the morning and the secret was out. The cold air circulating around the can soon extracted all the heat and the Iced milk was the result, while in tho kitchen, with the ther mometer lower,, there was no trouble, the kitchen not being used in the winter, but kept closed. For twenty years we had no trouble from the middle of May until freezing weath er. At the present time we have no trouble winter or summer, as the water from an artesian well, temper ature fifty-eight degrees flows through the dairy and in the drain pipe to the bay. My tenant Informs me it keeps his milk, melons and cold meat. In good order without ice. The well flows thousands of gallons in the twenty-four hours, discharging the water two feet above the surface. The layer of sand from which the water comes is 350 feet from the surface. A. P. Sharp, In American Cultivator. Japanese Tooth Brushes. The tooth brush of the Japanese, whether at home, in the hotel or in the field, Is a piece of wood about the size of a common lead pencil, frayed to a tufty brush of fibre at one end. In hotels a fresh, one is furnished every morning free to each guest This brush has been used all over the south for centuries, usually made of dogwood. The dentifrice of the poor Is powdered charcoal or snuff. (
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