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Garden
The Pannier Effect
Borne noticeable frocks with pannier
effect of a modest type have been In
evidence and the earlier attempt to
launch panniers, which met with fall
Ore, is apparently being revived In
ome Influential quarters. However,
the general tendency Is toward the
clinging hip lines, many of the newest
skirts being sheathlike around the
kips, while spreading to billowing full
ness at the bottom.
Wearers of Weeds as Social Rulers.
"Widows rule London," said a so
ciety man, and there seems to be truth
In the assertion. There are two roy
al widows, the Duchess of Albany and
Princess Honry of Battenberg; eleven
ducal widows, two widowed marchion
esses and a score or more countesses.
Borne of them have youth and beauty.
American widows are in the forefront,
loo the list Including Mrs. Mackay,
Mrs. Chauncey and Mrs. Adair.
Belts of Dresden Ribbon.
Very pretty belts of Dresden ribbon
are In evidence, for which two widths
ribbon are required. The wider rib
bon, measuring about three Inches, Is
used for the foundation, while quilled
ribbon of the same pattern, but cly
one inch wide. Is sewed along the top
and bottom. The belt is boned In the
back to give the girdle effect, and is
broaght around in soft folds to the
front, where it is fastened with a fan
cy buckle. For thin white gowns
these Dresden belts are unusually pret
ty. To Walk Gracefully.
It never occurs to some women to
ascertain whether they look graceful
or the reverse when they walk until
perhaps they catch a glimpse of them
selves In passing a shop with a mir
ror in the window, and when they are
probably surprised, agreeably or oth
erwise. To walk gracefully, the body
must be held erect, with the shoulders
thrown back and tins chest expanded;
the head should be slightly raised and
the knees should be slightly raised
and the legs moved from the hips.
Any rolling movement of the body
should be carefully guarded against,
stiffness must be avoided and an erect
and yet easy attitude cultivated.
Cut-Glass Bathtub.
A woman, not an actress nor Mrs.
"Stuyve" Fish, danced Into a glass and
china house In Barclay street the oth
er day and astounded the manager by
ordering a cut-glass bathtub 7 feet
long, 2 1-2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.
"I fear it is impossible, madame," he
said. "I never heard of anything so
large in cut-glass. I doubt if anybody
In the world could turn out such a
thing. Besides, the cost would be im
mense." "You need not worry about
the cost, sir; I shall take care of that.
The question is can you make the
tub?" He said he would let her know
within a week. To" his head salesman
be said that such a tub could not be
made for less than $50,000. Victor
Smith in "Tip of the Tongue."
Her Idea of Muffs.
Muffs, which will play an Important
part in winter fashions this year, have
reached the limit of expenslvenesa,
ot to say usefulness. It seems to be
a law although an unwritten one
that muff linings shall be white or ex
actly matching the fur. . Mrs. Harry
Lehr, who will get no fatal case of
Chills for lack of costly furs, in speak
ing of them recently, said she pro
posed to have movable muff linings of
pale tones, Just to be slipped in to
serve the color purpose. The perma
nent lining, of course, is not Interfered
with. One of the costumes which has
been sent here from Paris for the fall
Is of smoke-gray cloth, a hat with pink
.plumes and a chinchilla muff fluffed at
each end with the pale frills of a pale
pink satin lining. It Is likely to have
a most depressing influence on those
who vie with Mrs. Lehr as lavish dress
ers. New York Press.
A Wonderful Woman.
"Lady Warwick' is a wonderful wo
man," says a correspondent of "Town
And Country." "She ought to have
peen a man, because she does a man's
work, and more without achieving the
results which most men with but a
little of ber energies and talents
have flung at them. She Is a born
leader. She 'runs' the greater portion
of the great county of Essex as it it
were her own personal property, and
the people are glad to own her as
their ruler. Only last week, In a
ypeech at ber agricultural school, near
Dunmow, at which great county mag
nates and men famous all over tne
country were present, she made a
speech on the miserable Inadequacy of
the railway service. 'If you people
will only buck np,' she shouted, 'the
Great Eastern Railway Company will
soon be brought to its knees and if
70a will follow me to London, to their
general office, I will lead you In raiding
tne place.' That Is the sort of spirit
which rural England lores, and the
countess, who Is a born agitator,
knows exactly how to play on the sym
pathies and feelings of her audiences.
The railway service Is a nightmare to
the people In her district."
Expensive "Shaving" of Rugs.
"You never can guess what Is In
that box," said the major-domo ol one
of the great homes In upper Fifth ave
nue yesterday, pointing to a packing
case about 16 feet long and three feet
wide. "That is our hall rug, which
was sent over to Paris last summer to
get shaved."
"Shaved! "said his astonished hear
er, questioning her ears.
"Yes, shaved. That sounds queer,
doesn't it, but it is true. You see, the
nap was very long and constant use
for several years matted It down. To
counteract this the rug was sent over
to Paris to be cleaned and have Just a
shave taken off It, so this would not
happen again. Expensive? Well, I
should say so. The carpet cost a
small fortune in the first place, to say
nothing of the duty. Now a second
duty had to be paid, and then, of
course, there Is the shaving in addi
tion to all this."
"Could it not have been 'barbered' in
this country?" asked his listener.
"I Imagine not; for an expert was
called In from one of the largest car
pet houses in town and he advised
sending it abroad. The wooden box
in which it traveled cost $16 alone. A
pretty expensive shave, wasn't It?"
New York Press.
Wltte's Wife a Jewess.
Mrs. Wltte, wife of the eminent Rus
sian statesman, Is a Jewess. Those
who recall the treatment of the He
brew race In Russia by court, govern
ment, and people will be able to ap
preciate the extent to which this un
ion has handicapped Wltte, the situa
tion being made more difficult by the
fact that Mrs. Wltte, besides being of
humble birth, was formerly the wife
of a very obscure ofllclal subordinate
of Wltte, to wed whom she obtained
a dissolution of her first marriage,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
It is true that she Is a very clever
woman, that her second marriage was
a love match, and that she and her
husband are a devoted couple. More
over, her salons at St Petersburg are
frequented by "la haute finance," both
Russian and foreign, which has led on
more than one occasion to totally un
founded and scandalous rumors, cir
culated by her husband's political foes,
to the effecUthat the habitues of her
salon used them to hatch "coups de
bourse" on the money markets, both
at home and abroad, with ofllclal In
formation " and secrets obtained
through her (from her husband. On
one occasion the charges of this kind
took such a pronounced form that
Wltte demanded of the czar an Inde
pendent inquiry Into their foundation
which resulted In the establishment of
the groundlessness of the accusations.
With all that, however, Mrs. Wltte
has until now not been received at
court, and the great world at St. Pe
tersburg has followed suit that is to
say, the feminine portion thereof.
Fashion Notes.
New sweaters have collars and cuffs
ot knitted platd.
Young girls 'are wearing the dain
tiest of soft white mull frocks, simply
tucked and capped by white mull hats.
Brown has had a strenuous run in
milinery and will not play a large
part in the composition of the autumn
hat.
Yellow linens have a little vogue,
but the color Is too trying to take well,
and is not nearly so popular as pink or
blue.
Hunt up all your odds and ends of
velvet for this material Is to be more
extensively used than ever in adorn
ing the winter gown.
A good many women now wear all
white Instead of black for mourning
and long, heavy veils are slowly but
surely being abandoned.
A blouse should never look like the
top of a gown worn with a stray skirt,
and tht Is exactly what the surplice
separate waist looks like, and why it
dots not "take."
One of the prettiest flower fans con
tains an oval mirror on the reverse
side, while attached to Its ribbon loops
are three tiny bags holding sachet
puff, and powder. .
The open-work stocking is numerous
and various, but fashion agrees that
there Is nothing really daintier than
the plain silk hose molding the In
step to perfect curves.
Skirts haven't made up their minds
whether to sweep the ground or dis
port themselves airily aloft, but the
chances are a sensible length will be
a la mode for walking.
Sleeves hestltate to declare them
selves openly, but it is at least or
dained that all fullness must be above
the elbow, and It Is apparent that there
need not be quite so muck fullness as
we bad at first thought
A Daisy Scheme.
A few drops of oil of lavender In a
diver bowl or ornamental dish of some
kind, half filled with very hot water
and Bet In the dining room Just before
dinner is served glveB a delightful and
intangible freshness to the atmosphere
af the apartment. HostesseB often put
a sniajl vessel in the parlor and dressing-rooms
when they arrange the
bouse for a festivity. The suggestion
Is especlarty valuable to the hostess
in a small apartment, which sometimes
In the bustle of preparation becomes
stuffy.
A New Use for Chalk,
A friend, who Is her own mald-of-all-work,
has found a way to make her
table cloth do service for a little
longer time, even after numerous spots
disfigure Its snowy whiteness. She
rubs a piece of chalk over the spots as
they uppear. This has a magical effect
and completely conceals them from
view. If the spots are of grease, the
chalk has a tendency to absorb It, In
stead of simply concealing It, so that
when the cloth goes to the wash tub,
it Is often Impossible to find the spot,
the chalk having entirely effaced it.
Brass Knocker in Fashion.
The brass knocker is again coming
Into fashion and a decorator says of it:
"The electric bell Is all very well in
its way, but It is not in It for artistic
beauty with the Imported knocker.
Every body raves over the spread eagle
tiusslan knocker, which comes in beau
tiful hammered brass, and everybody
likes the beautiful cherubs which lie
prone against the white woodwork of
the doorway, with the knocker part
suspended beneath. Since the era of
apartment living w,e have repeated
orders for knockers. The doorway of
a pretty, artistic apartment house is
Just about complete when a knocker
Is hung on the door. I never met the
person yet, especially the woman, who
did not like the knocker."
Progressive Pickling.
I know you will say Just the same
thing that I said when the cucumbers
for pickling came in at the rate of
three, four, or perhaps a dozen a day.
"What, stop my work and pickle those
few paltry things each day? Never!
The game Is not worth the candle."
But try it and see. It Is done a little
at a time; thus it is hardly appreciat
ed. Take a stone crock, cover the
bottom with cucumbers and cover these
with one quarter of an inch of coarse
salt; then put in another layer of cu
cumbers, another of Bait, and so until
the cucumbers are used up. On top
place a round board, Just a trifle
smaller than the crock, and a good
sized stone to hold It down snugly.
The next pickles that came to the
house were added to the Jar. By the
time the crock was full a little water
was poured In if the brine did not
cover the cucumbers. A cloth was laid
aver the top, the board replaced with
Its weight, and the outfit stored away
until a convenient time for pickling
tame. A few horseradish leaves placed
jnder the cloth prevented molding, and
the pickles would keep thus tor
months, even for years.
When the psychological moment ar
rives you may pickle all your hoard
of cucumbers, or only part of them,
as you wish. Garden Magazine.
Recipes.
Tomato Soup: Reduce It by adding
one quart of water, and in this put
sne quart of canned tomatoes; boil
half an hour; strain and mash the
tomatoes through a coarse sieve, one
anion and a pinch of cloves; boil to
gether aa hour. A large tablespoonful
of tapioca or rice may be added; also
the yolk of a hard boiled egg, rubbed
Sne.
Oil Pickles: Slice, without peeling,
enough medium sized cucumbers to
All a gallon Jar; pack In the Jar, In
layers, with two-thirds of a cupful of
salt; let the cucumbers stand three
hours, then drain carefully; pack In
layers again with two ounces white
mustard seed, one ounce celery seed,
two large onions chopped fine and one
half pint olive oil: when the cucum
bers are all in, cover with good cold
vinegar.
For Sweet Apple Pickles: In the
sauce-kettle make a syrup of three
pounds of sugar to one quart of vine
gar; Into this put a cloth bag contain
ing one teaspoonful each of ground
tinnnmon, alspice and cloves. When
the syrup is boiling hard, drop into
It seven pounds of nicely pared, cored
tnd quartered sweet apples. Stir oc
taslonally, using great care not to
Bash the pieces; cook until they can
be easily pierced with a fork; turn out
Into pickle Jar, cover closely and set
away. This Is said to keep the year
round.
Angel Custards: These delicacies
are made by pouring on the stiffly
beaten whites of two eggs a generous
half pint of scalding hot cream, and
without beating, stir in a heaping ta
blespoonful of powdered sugar and a
few drops of orange Juice. To beat the
mixture after the eggs are added would
destroy the delicious consistency of
the custards. Pour at once Into orna
mental little souffle dishes and bake,
standing In a pan of hot water In a
moderate oven until the custards are
Arm. Serve In the dishes at about
blood heat on a pretty saucer resting
on a lace paper dolly, accompanied by
imall squares of sunshine cake.
New York City. No negligee 1ms ever
become quite so popular as the kimono.
While Its accepted form Ik far from
being a replica of the one worn by our
Japanese cousins, it owes its sugges
tion to them and suits our Western
Ideas better than the original model,
this one is made of Oriental crepe with
banding of plain colored China silk and
Is exceedingly attractive, but there are
many other materials equally appropri
ate. While there Is a certain suitabil
ity and charm found In the Oriental
crepes and the like, cashmere, henrletta
and fine flannel are all in use, as well
as a variety of washable materials.
The kimono Is quite simple, made
with the yoke and the full portion, and
can be cut off In sncque length if better
liked. The sleeves are in Sowing style,
gathered at the shoulders, and are
finished with bands to match those at
the front and yoke.
The qnantlty of material required for
the medium size is seven aud three
fourth yards twenty-seven or thirty
two, five and one-fourth yards forty
four inches wide, with one and seven
eighth yards of contrasting material
or five and one-fourth yards of ribbon
for the bands for full length, four yards
twenty-seven, three and one-half yards
thirty-two or two yards forty-four
Inches wide for shorter length.
Ovaraklrt Kffpt.
A lovely evening dress is of white
Irish crochet, and is composed of a
bolero and a broadly Vandyked skirt
Party Aoccaaorlct.
All party accessories accord In a
small get up, with shoes, stockings,
and petticoats of the daintiest Jew
elry In the way of little short coral
chains with gold lockets Is considered
permissible as a part of a small girl's
party attire. The "coiffure" of a small
maid's party outfit Is also Important,
for the bow, which matches her dress
or sash, If correctly manipulated,
stands up like a broad butterfly.
ft LATS PSSIGK BY WAY MAKTOH.
reaching to the knees, which gives an
oversklrt effect. Flounces of Pompa
dour lace All out the lower part of the
skirt. The whole Is over palest-pink
silk and chiffon. The Jacket Is held on
by a silver braid a half Inch in width.
The effect Is very rich.
Hair Ribbon.
Oolf and the outdoor sports brought
the hair ribbon back Into favor. Now
many a maiden who desu't know any
thing about any sport ludulges In a
hair ribbon. One inch is the proper
width, and any color may be chosen,
though black white or light blue is
most seen. The ribbon Is brought
around the Pompadour and tied flat
at the top of the bead, or the bow may
be a trifle at the left.
M !' Cost Sleeve.
The sleeve marks the garment as no
other detail ever can or docs. If It be
correct and up-to-date the garment has
a smart effect. If It be out of style the
reverse Is the result. In the Illustra
tion are shown some exceedingly de
sirable models which will be fouud ad
mirable for the remodeling which is so
apt to be necessary at this season, as
well as for the new coats. They are all
new, all In the height of style and all
desirable, while all are suited to the
entire range of seasonable materials.
No. 1 Is full at both shoulders and
wrists and is finished with the roll-over
flare cuff that Is very generally becom
ing. No. 2 Is full at the shoulders, but
tucked at the wrists, where It Is fin
ished with a straight cuff. No. 8 Is In
regulation coat style stitched to simu
late a cuff, but generously full at the
shoulders.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size (fourteen years) is for
full sleeves one and three-fourth yards
twenty-seven or seven-eighth yard for
ty-four or fifty-two inches wide; for
plain sleeves one and one-half yards
twenty-seven, three-fourth yard forty'
four or fifty-two inches wide.
Frontlets Hat.
A crowning piquancy in the finest
French felt, of a snowy white, is minus
a brim at the front! This hat Is turned
up at the back, and curves downward
at the sides. At the front the brim
disappears, being cut up at the sides
to the very root of the crown, leaving
a space bare to the width of four
Inches. This gives the front hair a
fine show. A twist of gold ribbon and
a magenta rose conlpletoa the trim
ming. -
Paint aa Often as Needed.
It Is poor policy to be afraid of using
paint on the farm-house. Paint not
only preserves a building but it gen
erally denotes prosperity. If you use
only good paint It will be money well
spent every time you paint the farm
house. Remedy for Weevil.
It Is claimed that the weevil can be
kept out of seed beans by first drying
the beans, then storing in bags with
a liberal allowance of ashes. The rem
edy is simply enough, but it would
hardly seem sufficient to kill tne insect
already in the bean. A more satisfac
tory remedy is to put the seed in a
tight box, pour on a little bl-sulphlde
of carbon, cover closely and leave for
two days. An ounce of the liquid Is
sufficient to treat three or four
bushels. '
Phosphate for Turnips.
If turnips are sown too early they
are quite apt to become tough and
stringy. One of the causes Is the pre
mature ripening, the result of a de
ficiency of phosphoric acid in the soil.
An application of this fertilizer In
some available form will assist to cor
rect the defect. A good form of it Is
dissolved phosphate rock, which can
be used at the rate of two or three
pounds to the square rod. It Is of most
value upon seed bearing plants, but has
Its uses elsewhere. It tends to pre
vent a too rapid growth and early rip
ening of vegetation. N. F. O.
Flea Beetle In Gardens.
The turnip receives the attention ot
the flea beetle in the fall. Earlier in
the season the Insect was looking af
ter the cabbage, radish, mustard and
the cruslferous plants generally. It
Is small, about one-tenth of an Inch
long, but its appetite Is large enough.
It eats holes in the leaves and does a
reasonable amount of damage in this,
way. Not content with that, however,
it lays Its eggs about the roots of the
plants upon which It feeds. The lar
vae which soon hatch live upon the
roots and do considerable Injury when
numerous. Tobacco powder or tea
will keep the bugs away. Ashes, lime
r plaster will drive them away and
is sufficient in seasons when they are
not too plentiful. Not. F. O.
Gathering Onions.
Onions should not be gathered till
ripe, or till the tops have dried down
and the bulbs become firm. Then they
should be stored In a cool, dry place.
It does not matter how cold a place is,
the colder the better, so long as the
onions do not freeze. However, If
frozen, they should not be moved, but
covered up and left to thaw out grad
ually. It Is not the freezing that does
the damage, but the disturbing of the
roots while In this condition. A good1
way to store them for the winter is to
put them Into crates and keep In a
room having a tight floor. Place the
crates on scantlings and far enough
from the wall to admit of a free cir
culation of the atmosphere. Wheu
cold weather approaches cover suf
ficiently to keep out the frost. Handle
carefully so as not bruise the bulbs.
Destroying Bag Worms.
It is a sad sight to see so many
arbor vltae and other nice trees de
stroyed by the bag worm, which gets
its name from the woven bag In which
it lives and carries about with It. Even
In some of the public parks hedges of
arbor vltae are sometimes seen entirely
stripped of leaves, those in charge ap
pearing not to know what it is that
Is destroying the trees, says Practical
Farmer. The worm Is In the bag, and
Is not visible from a casual look. Many
and many a worker among trees takes
the bags to be some cocoon, and has
no idea that they contain at the time
the living cause of all their trouble.
But if looked at closely the head of
the worm will be seen protruding, and
probably voraciously eating the fol
iage of the trees. Of all the trees it
likes Its preference is for the native
arbor vltae, Thuja occldentalis, but It
will take other evergreens, as well as
some deciduous trees. As the worm
can be pulled off of the twigs by tak
ing hold of the bags It can often be
better gotten rid of In this way than
any other, but a dose of Paris green
will fix them, as they are voracious
feeders, and are not long reaching the
poisoned foliage. Their chief feeding
months are those of June, July and
August. When the bags are found
hanging to the trees later In the season
they should be pulled off, as some ot
them contain eggs for the next year's
brood.
Dairy Advice.
Salting butter by guess and by golly
brings Just the result that might be
expected butter which nobody wants
and which nobody will have when he
finds out how it was made.
Most folks have scales in their
houses, but somehow they never seem
to think it necessary to use them, save
now and then when the baby is to be
weighed or something like that. Scales
were made to weigh anything and
everything. Think of this when salting
butter. Find out how much the fresh
butter weighs, then salt accordingly.
Some folks fall to strike a good re
liable market among private customers
because they do not take pains to salt
their butter as the people who buy like
It. Let the question every time yon
take an order be: "How do you like
your butter salted?" Then act accord
ingly; It will be dollars In your pock
et to do It.
Lots of butter floats out of the churn
with the buttermilk If It is not caught
on the way. How? There are little
b trainers on purpose for hanging over
the hole when drawing off the butter
milk. Perhaps we lose enough at
every churning to pay for one of them.
How Is it at your house?
Did you scald the buter bowl when
you put It away last time? Sensible.
But it needs it again now that you
are about to use it. You washed your
face last week, but that will not an
swer for today.
Does your churn smell as sweet as
the new mown hay after you have
made it ready to set away after using?
Don't be satisfied to let It go if It docs
not. Nice butter depends on Just such
little things as this.
Milking Dual Cows.
In buying dual purpose cows the
fact should not be overlooked that it
possible they should come from herds
that are and have been regularly
milked for a number of years. To call
a herd of Shorthorns dual purpose that
regularly suckle their calves is to im
pose upon the credulity of the public.
The same Is true of Red Polls or ot
any dual purpose breed.
Anything and everything will not
suffice to make a dual purpose animal.
Here Is where the opponents of the
Idea have got their strength. They
have called no purpose cattle dual pur
pose and have held them up to ridicule.
Dual cows of the correct type are large,
deep bodied animals. They are mel
low fleshed. They have a nice hand
ling skin. They have more or less re
finement of form. They have good
large glandular udders and well de
veloped milk veins. They are animals
that fill the eye. They are noble ani
mals, when properly bred. They will
enrich any country that has them In
large numbers. There Is a fine open
ing for the breeding of such cattle.
Those who breed up large herds will
be sure of a rich reward. We know of
no better work in which young men
can engage than in this work of breed
ing high class dual cows.
The breeder, however, must under
stand his work. He must know what
the dual cow Is. He must try to get
her. Unless he understands her form
he will be considerably at sea to what
to do. Let him retain milking quali
ties largely through the dams. Easy
keeping qualities will come largely
through the males selected accordingly,
but If possible, they should be de
scended from a good milking ancestry.
Build up such herds. They are good
property. The want of skilled and
trusty milkers Is an obstacle In the
way of breeding dairy cattle of any
kind. Some of our people must milk
cows, however, whether they want to
or not. Wages will not always be so
high as at present nor will work be
so plentiful.
Farm Notes.
Let cows eat pumpkins but not the
seeds.
To obtain full value for the wool It
must be sent to market In the best pos
sible condition.
It is impossible to raise big mut
ton sheep on short pasture and with
out grain and roots.
Rye chaff will cause the milk to dry
up and is said to be responsible for
cows losing their calves.
It takes blood to feed sheep ticks,
and blood is too costly to be used in
this way; get rid of them.
Pay attention to the food given cows.
It must be of good quality, as dirty or
musty food is very Injurious.
For poor lands and short pasture
sheep are better adapted than cattle
and should be kept in preference.
A sheep that will not yield a profit
no matter how well bred It may be,
should have no place on the farm.
, Six weeks before killing time, a diet
of corn and cold water has been found
to give good results with ground bar
ley a close second.
On the cool nights put in the barn
the horses that are out ot pasture. Be
gin putting a little grain in the feed
of the grass-fed horse, gradually in
creasing it.
In buying food for your poultry it
will not cost any more to get a varie
ty than all of one kind, and it will be
to your interest. It you want eggs, to
furnish the hens with a variety.
Have a nice pen of fowls yarded near
a much traveled street or highway and
note the Interest the passersby take in
them. It is one of the most effective
ways there are of advertising your
stock around home.
Celery should receive intensive cul
ture, plenty of water (manure water at
intervals), the earth being drawn
about them in an upright position. Do
this very carefully by hand. Early cel
ery is ready to bank or board up to
blanch.
One ounce of meat per hen three
times a week is about right. During
the moulting season a little more meat
may be given to advantage. Never
feed the meat mixed In a mast, as the
hens are likely to get more than they
require,, which will result In digestive
troubles.