American Women's Jewelry.
American women as a rule wear
very little Jewelry, and It Iff ratlier the
tad of women with beautiful figures,
hands and feet not to wear any orna
ment at all not even the smallest
brooch, or a single ring, or the small
est bangle. Ono evening the Sherry's
4 looked around and saw quite a
dozen women beautifully and most ex
pensively gowned, -with not a single
Jewel. One woman wore a pale gray
crepe do china 'trimmed in rare old
Italian fifteenth century lace, with
elbow-sleeves and n graceful skirt. It
moulded her figure like a corset. Her
fair hair was crowned by a black pic
ture hat of good definite lines, and
she wore no ornaments or Jewels of
any kind, either on arms or hands or
neck, and she looked most beautiful
and distinguished M. A. P.
Making Old Clothes New.
In many cases light summer dresses
which have not been much worn, may
be turned to advantage for winter
renings. A delicate organdy may be
eut low with a decolletage of appll
ejued lace a bit of dnehesse or point
that has been tucked away in the
piece box. The skirt may be length
ened to a round-train length (if the
foods can- be matched, or there was
some left) by two or three rows of
small, fluffy ruffles.
A most valuable suggestion for
covering a multitude of sins is a lace
oat, made preferably with a long
tail. Some of the wide- laces are
julte inexpensive, and when the edges
f the Jacket are taught down close
pon the dress and the waist is snug
lf fitted and held firmly in place by
four or five inches of velvet ribbon
lacing, a practically new dress "Is the
result, at comparatively little cobt.
The lace coat, if the material is care
fully selected and well fitted, makes
very handsome evening dress, eith
er low or high neck.
! ; Fault Finding.
Fault-finding is one of the common
est vices even of the virtuous. We
re all Infested more or less with it,
and the great charm of it is that it
baa a curious way of raising" us in our
own good opinions, and making us
feel superior to the rest of the world,
ays McCall's 'Magazine. We cannot
lament (the virtuous fault-finder al
ways laments never exults) over
the shortcomings or vices of our
eighbors, without being conscious of
a little glow of satisfaction over our
own immaculate reputation, and our
known virtues. We despise the gos
sip and the busybody from the bot
tom of our hearts, but this does not
prevent our telling our friend Mrs.
Brown, "what a horrible man that vul
Kur Mr." Jones Is," and that "it is a
well known thing that he spends all
Ms time and energy in betting and
gambling." Then comes a little qualm
of conscience, for we know we .have
been guilty of evil speaking, so we
add hastily: "Of course, it does not
natter to us. it is not our affair, but
we do feel so for his poor wife!" And
so we find fault without the last good
pnrpose, and on some pretext or oth
er we make excuse for our hateful
pleasure, and continue as self-satisfied
as ever.
It would be well for fault-finders to
remember 'that their conversation
may be amusing to a certain class of
people, but 'that ' they are perfectly
sure to win for themselves dislike and
contempt. A love of fault-finding is a
repulsive characteristic to a right
minded person, and it has a most de
teriorating effect on the character of
those who Indulge It. A person who
Is always on the qui vlve to detect
what Is bad or unlovely in people and
things around her must become like
that which she Is always contempla
ting. . A morbid taste for the ugly side
of life destroys our powers of appre
ciation of that which is good and
beautiful, and makes us like unto hu
man birds of prey, who have culti
vated in themselves a love of carrion
till they no longer posses appetites
for that which is good and whole
some. Intellect and Speech.
That mental aptitude and ability to
talk are very closely related, bo that
not only is defective speech usually
an indication of inferior intellect, btit
also that the latter may be raised in
grade by training the former, is as
serted by Dr. O. Hudson Makuen of
Philadelphia in a paper recently read
before the Association of Medical O Al
ters of American Institutions for Idi
otic and Feeble Minded Persons.
Says Dr. Makuen.
"Speech bears somewhat the same
relation to the mind that the hammer
and saw bear to the carpenter. It is
the mind's most effective and Im
portant tool. It Is not only the ve
hicle in which the products of the
mind are transferred and delivered, but
It is essential also to the creation of
these products, to their crystallration.
collection find classification. Thought,
in its highest sense, therefore, cannot
exist independently of speech. Hence
It is If you train and perfect his
speech you deprive him at the same
time of development, and It also fol
lows that if you train and perfect his
speech you must greatly improve his
mentality. In the normal child men
tal development and speech develop
ment progress simultaneously.
Neither can be said to precede the
other. The child thinks and speaks.
If he does not speak when ho thinks
we at once suspect that there is
something wrong with the organs of
speech, and if he also falls to make
use of the other forms of expression,
such as gesture and pantomime, we
even doubt his ability to think."
"If there is no outward mechanical
obstruction to speech, and If the
hearing is intact," Dr. Makuen says,
"the character of the speech is our
best index to the operations of the
mind, and the response to training
shown by the speech will be in direct
proportion to that of the mind. Thus
the study of the speech of the feeble
minded becomes valuable and in ..ie
diagnosis and pronosis of their con
dition. Defective speech is both a
physical and mental sign of feeble
mindedness, though it may be a cause
nnd not a result of the latter." To
quote further:
"A child's educabllily depends
more than anything else upon his do
sire to be educated. The desire to
speak is inherent in every normal
person, and if this desire is not
gratified, the desire to bo educated
will be diminished or blunted. What
Is the use of knowing things if you
cannot comniunicat them? The
child who will not be educated will
retrograde and become feeble-minded.
Being out of harmony with his en
vironments, his normal nature will
become perverted. lie will grow
destructive and show other signs of
degeneracy and imbecility. He does
tnis because ho does not understand
his surroundings, and he Is not him
self understood by those about him.
Ho elicits the sympathy of the house
hold, and his every wish Is anticipat
ed and granted without even the ask
ing. Under these circumstances, of
course, education becomes an Im
possibility. There is no necessity
for the child to talk, and there is no
Inducement for him to learn to know
things. He is what we call a spoiled
child, and he differs but little in his
actions from the imbecile.
"Our whole system of education,
beginning at the cradle, has been
developed to meet the requirements
of the normal mind, and is wholly
inadequate to the requirements of the
abnormal' or feeble mind. It must
be remembered also that the mind is
the product of a complex physical or
ganism, nnd that speech Itself is, in
part at least, a product of this same
organism. Even the so-called periph
eral mechanisms of speech, In the de
velopment period, are under direct
control of the cerebral mechanisms,
and the muscles employed In the ar
ticulation of speech sounds have been
called the mental muscles. As Max
Muller has said, 'To think Is to
speak low and to speak is to think
aloud.' It follows, therefore, that
the tralnins of speech should occupy
an important place in the curriculum
of schools for the feeble minded."
In the course of his paper Dr. Ma
kuen described several cases in
which he had successfully treated
Imbecile children by training them
to speak clearly. Improvement in
quality of thought and Intellect ran
parallel to Improvement In language.
Literary Digest.
Fashion Notes. '
The newest sailor suit for boys nnd
girls has a blouse which draws over
the head instead of closing with but
tons. In Paris there la a fad for the old
fashioned Spanish lace, black and
white, but very little of It Is seen
here.
Children's fashions are said to be
growing more simple, while those of
their ciders are becoming more elab
orate. A most beautiful hand-made blouse
of ivory white sntin was an unusual
combination of lace, embroidery and
crocheted silk floss.
Some lovely princess gowns in
Irish crochet, Brussels, and Cluny
lace have been seen lately. The
gowns are made up over several in
terlinings of chiffon, the upper one
acordlon plaited.
A pale blue taffeta waist was made
very simply with tucks on the shoul
ders and the neck cut in a deep
square with rounded corners. Below
were three little black velvet bows
fastenede with tiny gilt buttons.
If something would happen to Im
prove the quality of linen sold in the
shops one could become reconciled
to paying a little higher price for it
Good materials are difficult to find
says the New York Evening Post.
a 1-3,
OB 1QC
Fire for the Invalid.
When a fire has to be kept up all
night in the room for an lnvnlld. an
old, loose glove should be kept handy
with a long wooden stick. With the
glove on, a piece of coal can be picked
up with the fingers and put on the fire
without making a sound, while
when the fire requires poking this can
be done with the slick with far less
noise than with an ordinary poker.
Handy Clothespin Bag.
The best clothespin bag is a bed
ticking apron with a large pocket
across the bottom. The worker can
then fasten the apron about her waist
and fill the pocket with the clothes
pins Just before going out of doors to
hang the clothes up. This apron will
save her much trouble as the usual
basket of clothes will, In Itself, be
enough to carry. Clothespins should
not be left exposed to the air where
they can collect dust, but should be
kept very clean nnd dry. New York
Tribune.
. Importance of Kitchen.. '
The Importance of the kitchen in
the house plan is being more, and
more recognized every day. Two
widely different causes have brought
this about. A more intelligent appre
ciation of the house plan, a keeuer
realization of the necessity of having
only good rooms,' no matter what their
uses might be; a knowledge that
any badly lit, badly placed, badly
ventilated room means a bad spot in
the house, has helped mightily In the
advancement of the kitchen. And
the cook herself has been an enorm
ous agent for reform. Her Importance
far transceifds that of any mere room.
As her personal estimation of her val
ue has grown, her demands for ac
commodations have increased in pro
portion. The good cook now flatly
declines to work in any but a good
kitchen, and the helpless housekeeper
often knows that cooks of a very In
ferior quality will take the same high
minded position. So the kitchen has
been Improved in many ways to meet
these modern conditions, neither of
which are concerned with the pos
sibility of doing good work in a good
room, but both of which unquestion
ably lead fo that result. American
Homes and Gardens.
Recipes.
Virgina Waffles. Heat three eggs
to a stiff froth and add, little by little,
one cupful of sifted flour; beat again,
then odd four teaspoonfuls of melted
butter; one cupful of sweet milk, a
little salt, and lastly two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder dissolved in a little
water. Cook on well buttered waffle
irons.
Fruit Cottage Pudding Make a bat
ter of one-third of a cupful of butter,
one cupful of sugar, two eggs, one
half cup of milk, two cupfuls of flour
and two level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, riake as ordinary cottage
pudding, cut in squares and servo
with fruit preserves poured over It
and whipped cream around it.
Ilakod Apple, Cuban Style. Select
firm, tart apples, pare, core, and dip
in cold water. Steam till tender, but
keep firm; remove to a well-buttered
pan; fill the cavities with cocoanut,
stick the apples full of blanched al
monds and baste frequently with a
thick Bjrup. Just before serving
place a spoonful of Jelly in the cavi
ties on top of the cocoanut.
Chestnut Custard. Have a cupful
of boiled and mashed chestnuts, three
eggs and a cup of rich milk. Beat the
whites and the yolks of the eggs and
mix tho yolks and- one white Into the
chestnut pulp, proceeding gradually.
Add the milk, sugar to make the cus
tard sweet enough,' and enough van
illa to flavor delicately, and bake in a
buttered mold. Of the two whites
of eggs left, ninke a meringue and
spread over the custard, browning
lightly.
Hash in Baked Potatoes. A small
quantity of almost any kind of meat
is required for this dish. Choose half
a dof.en round potatoes of equal size,
wash them perfectly clean, and bake.
Out each ono in two, scoop out the in
terior, heat it until smooth and light,
with salt, pepper, once ounce of but
ter, and the yolk of an egg to every
three potatoes. Put a spoonful of the
prepared potato Into each half skin,
then a spoonful of the finely minced
and seasoned meat, and pile up with
tho potato. Put In the oven, pile up
until the tops are brown, and bake
quickly.
Gingered Pears. These are a
delicious sweetmeat. For this ' pur
pose the harder varieties of pears are
best. Peel, core and cut in very thin
slices. For eight pounds fruit
measured after slicing allow an equal
weight of sugar, a pint of water, the
Juice of four lemons, with the yellow
rinds cut into long thin strips, and half
a pound of ginger root, also sliced
thin. Put all together In a preserving
kettle and simmer gently for an hour,
or until the pears are tender, then put
Into Jelly glasses or cans. Be sure
your lemons are not bitter and that
none of the white skin goes in.
These are sometimes known as chip
ped pears, an old colonial sweetmeat
greatly prized by our grandmothers
New York Cily. The vogue of the
short coat is a thoroughly, established
one, nnd almost every costume of the
dressier sort shows one variation or
another. Illustrated is n model which
gives all the jauntiness and style es
sential to fashion at the same time
that it means actual warmth, a fact
which should commend it to all sensi
ble folk. There is a genuine blouse,
jvhlch Is attached to the fitted belt, nnd
aver this Is the little tucked Ktoii, so
Ihnt protection against .tack I'rost is
amply provided. The sleeves are in
full length, but finished in quite novel
fashion at the wrists, where they are
tucked nnd trimmed with buttons. The
material from which the model was
made Is chiffon velvet with trimming
of handsome Oriental applique and
;arvcd gold buttons, but all suiting ma
terials are appropriate. Again, if liked,
the blouse can be silk fared with ma
terial to mutch the Ktoii from t lu
front and lower edges, so makiujr a
wrap of lighter weight that becomes
available for the heavier materials.
The blouse consists of the fronts nnd
the back and Is arraugeil over the
waist, while the sleeves are full shirred
at their upper edges and seamed to
the two together, so making one gar
ment of the whole.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is five and three
fourth yards twenty-one, four and one
fourth yards twenty-seven or two and
three-fourth yards forty-four inches
wide, with four and three-fourth yards
of applique to trim as illustrated.
X With a Corselet Skirt. -
One gown had a corselet skirt, the
upper part draped slightly. The upper
part of the corselet was cut heart
shape, back and front, and was trimmed
with chenille and tinsel embroid
ery In tones of pink, green and mauve.
Covered With Mlrolr Velvet.
A large hnt with wide, low, square
crown, and brim widened, cleft lapped
over, and turned up at the left side has
the briin covered with mlrolr velvet in
silver gray, the facing shirred, and
binding on the edge one inch wide; and
the crown covered with gold tissue.
In Jecqaemlnot Red.
A remarkable hat, of medium-large
size, constructed Of mlrolr velvet in
the dark Jacquemlnot-red of the sea
The skirt was uuliiiumed. save for two
wide simulated tucks at the hem. The
gown wus closed Invisibly in the back.
Itun nn simple Waists,
There Is a great rim on simple crepe
do clilue waists, although one can bqy
simple ones only at very high prices.
The cheaper waists are very much
trimmed.
HlomMt Wnint Willi rheinlnetre.
The waist made with n simple chemi
sette is a well deserved favorite of -.lie
present and promises to extend its
vogue Indellnltely. This one is eut on
most becoming nnd satisfactory lines,
and will be found equally well adapted
to the gown iinil to the sep.ir.it? waist.
In the Illustration it Is made of taffeta
ami lace, with trimming of narrow
silk braid, but all seasonable materials
are equally eoneel. The combination
of box pleats with tucks Is a novel
and attractive one, and renders Iho
model well adapted to all the soft ma.
terlals that are In vogue. The box
pleats at lite back give the tapering
effect to the figure Hint always Is be
coming, while the tucks at the fro'.it
provide graceful nnd attractive 'ill
ness. Also Hie waist has the advan
tage of closing at the left of t lie front.
The waist Is made with the fitted
lining, which is closed at the ceiitr.',
and consists of the fronts, centre front,
chemisette and back. The chemisette
and centre front are Joined one to tho
other, and are stitched to the right
side, booked over under the left. The
sleeves are full nnd also are arranged
over fitted foundations.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four and one-half
yards twenty-one, four yards twenty-
seven or two and seven-eighth yards
forty-four inches wide, with one-half
yard of all-over lace and seven yards
of braid to trim as Illustrated.
son's syndicate card, has the brim faced
with the velvet tucked around, and Its
low wide crown draped with the velvet
over at the left side after the fashion
of the crown given the Phrygian cap.
Millinery Trade Review.
Cere In Buying.
Buyers should carefully examine
waists before accepting them, for
otherwise one may have the experience
of seeing an elaborate waist so to
pieces sfter the first tubbing.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
. "He only possesses time who profit
ably -uses it."
To spot another man's raults and
not detect your own is a kind of color
blindness. Jones. '
How much the sum of human hap
piness In the world Is due to this one
feeling sympathy.
For love reveals, love sees, love
breaks the bars, love reads the se
crets both of man and God. O. IL
Morrison.
We shall one day forget all about
duly, and do everything from the lovs
of the loveliness of it, the satisfaction
of tho Tightness of It. George McDon
ald. The man, or woman, who believes
well, is apt to work well; and faith it
as much the key to happiness here
as It Is tho key to happiness hereafter.
Donald G. Mitchell.
There are natures In which, if they
love us, we are conscious of having
a sort of baptism and consecration.
They bind us over to rectitude and
purity by their pure belief about us,
nnd our sins become the worst kind
of sacrilege, which tears down tho in
visible ultar of trust George Eliot.
DOGLESS SLEDS.
An Ice Automobile for Travel in Win
ter Over Land and Sea.
A combination of the bicycle and
sled lias been proposed. The vehicle
would go on runners, and progress
would be affected by having also a
spiked wheel that would take hold ol
tho Ice. The wheel would be driven,
of course, by pedals. A modification
of tho idea Is described In tho Techni
cal Magazine. A light automobile
might be equipped with adjustable
runners, one under each wheel, and
also with a sail. When no wind was
available for navigation, movement
would be secured by a device called
an aeropinlon, which looks like an
auerg, comes down on the ice and Is
rotated by a gasoline engine. Aero
car, pneumosllte and Ice automobile
are some of the names applied to the
vehicle itself.
According to the periodical Just re
ferred to, the hope Is entertained that
this sled could be used for travel In
the frozen parts of the world. It may
mean the discarding of the sled pulling
dog and the reindeer as beasts of bur
den, and may make traffic in the far
north much more speedy and secure
than ever before.
Traffic on the ice was the primary
object for which the aeropinlon and
pneumosllte were designed; but the
strange power the device has display
ed has led Its Inventor to anticipate
a wider field for it. Including traffic
on land and water and even the navi
gation of the air.
In fact, If the enthusiastic inventor's
claims are borne out, this wonderful
device may soon become a combina
tion automobile, ice sled, motor boat
and airship, all in one. From his
statements it might be Inferred that
the aeropinlon is an appliance design
ed to make traffic possible without
the interruption by ordinary obstacles,
such as earth, air and water afford.
For instance, such a machine as an
automobile, equipped with an aero
pinlon, might start out for a cross
country trip in tho Middle West. If
the chauffeur, In the course of his
Journey, should encounter I.ake Michi
gan and find it to be partially covered
with Ice, he would merely have to at
tach big ice skates to the tires, and
his machine now transformed into a
pneumoslit would go on faster than
ever.
Folly of the Consumptive.
Twenty thousand new cases of con
sumption come to the great south
west every year. From all parts of
the north, tho east nnd the middle
west they begin, as soon as the mild
days of autumn give place to frost
and snow, to flock hitherward in the
belief that tho disease from which
they suffer will yield, speedily or
slowly, but surely, to the milder cli
mate which they know awaits them
here I asked a thoughtful,
conscientious man whether any of
these consumptives died. "Die! did
you say? They used to get well when
they came In time, but now over 60
percent of them die sooner or later.
They don't take care of themselves;
they won't let us. take care of them
very long, and they are a burden to
us, a barm to the community and of
ten a discredit to the doctors who
sent them here and who should have
known better."
"They are fools, fools," said anoth
er doctor of high standing and large
experience. "Fools and crazy," he
added. . Then he walked the floor In
his anger at the folly and Ignorance
of many of those who come, as well
as of those who sent them. "Why do
they leave home? Don't they know
any better? Do they think that cli
mate will cure everything, or that
we have nothing to do but to look
after them, give them advice which
they will not follow, pay their bills
when they have no money and bury
them when they are dead? Yet they
still come, and we can do nothing for
most of them except to help them
die." The Reader.
Impassioned Fiction. ,
A reader for a prominent magazine
recently received a manuscript which
contained an exquisite bit of emotion
al writing.
The young writer thus described
how a beautiful young woman refused
the band of a despicable wretch re
sponsible for the ruin of her father:
"Scornfully and spurnlngly she re
fused the cad and slapped bis face!"
EX-MAYOR CRUMBO
RECOMMENDS PE-RU-NA.
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WJ4K
"My endorsement of Pe-ru-na is
Based On Its Merits."
Ed. Crumbo.
I7D. CKUM1M), px-Mnyor of W Al
ii bany, ind., writes from 511 K. Oak
street:
"My endorsement of Per una is based
cn its merits.
"If a man is sick he looks anxiously
for something which will cure him,
and Pernna will do the work.
"I know that it will cure catarrh of
the head or stomach, indigestion,
headache and any weary or sick leel
Ing. "It is bound to help anyone, if used
according to directions. .
"I also know dozens of men who sneak
in the highest terms of I'eruna nnd have
yet to hear of any one being disappointed
in it."
Mr. Crumbo, in a later letter, dated
Aug. 25. im, says:
"My health is good, at present, but if 1
should have to take any more mediciae 1
will fall back on i'eruna."
Quito Among the Peaks.
There are no fewer than 20 lofty
volcanic peaks clustered about the
city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
One of these, Catopaxi, fs the highest
active volcano in the world.
Ilow'a This?
.i-.We offer Oue Hundred Dollars Ileward for
any nase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
hail's Catarrh Cure.
f. J. Ohenut A Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, hav4 known F. J.
Cheney for the last 13 years, and believe htm
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and Unaneiatly able to carry out any
obligations m ado by their firm.
West Jk Tbcai, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O.
Waldixo, Kixxa Martin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, sat
Ingdireetlyuponthe blood sod muououa sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 70c. pr bottle. Hold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Creek's Medicine Man.
The medicine man of the Creeks
will not eat anything scorched in
cooking; in treating a gun or arrow"
shot wound he as well as the patient
will. fust four days, only drinking a
little gruel.
He will not allow a woman to look
at Is patient until he is well or dead.
If his patient dies, the medicine man
takes a lot of medicine himself in
order to cleanse himself of the fumes
or odor of tho dead. The pall-bearers,
as we might call those assisting
fn the burial, also take the same
cleansing process. .
And ngain, when an Indian com
mitted murder, even In self-defense,
he went to the medicine man and
took the cleansing remedy, claiming
the remedy appeased the crime and
the trouble to his mind. The medi
cine man has a horror of women,
keeping out of their company as much
as possible. At the full of each
moon It was the sustom of the bucks
to drink medicine made by the medi
cine man to cleanse their system. In
camp the Indian killed nothing which
was not eatable. Indian Journal.
Wages and Cost of Living.
The bureau of labor has issued a
bulletin on the cost of living of work
Ingmen's families, showing that of
2,567 families in 33 -states, from
whom data was obtained, the average
Income per family was 1827.16; aver
age expenditure for all purposes.
17G8.54; average expenditure per
family for food, 1326.90, and the aver
age size of family 5.31 persons.
A BOY'S BREAKFAST
There's a Natural rood That Makes It'
Own Way.
There's a boy up in Hoosick Kails, V.
T., who is growing Into sturdy man
hood on Grape-Xuts breakfasts. It
might have been different with him, as
his mother explains:
"My eleven-year-old boy Is large, well
developed and active, and has been
made so by bis fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At Ave years be was a very
nervous child and was subject to fre
quent attacks of Indigestion, which
used to rob him of his strength and
were very troublesome to deal with.
He never seemed to care for anything;
for his breakfast until I tried Grape
Nuts, and I have never had to change
from that He makes his entire break
fast of Grape-Nnts food. It Is always
relished by him and he says that it
satisfies him better than the ordinary
kind of a meal.
"Better than all he Is no longer
troubled with Indigestion or nervous
ness, and has got to be a splendidly
developed fellow since he began to use
Grape-Nnts food." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason. Bead the little
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