L0ST1D.
I frel so fnr from anywheres!
1'erlmps my family
Has got so innny other cnres
They've n!l fowttm ine.
I s'pose I'll Mtiirvo to Hkln an' bona
U I tuny lostcd ncie uiunu.
By WILLIAM
The dusk was just falling when Col
bridge alighted from Ills cab and
mounted the steps which led to lila
friend's offices. He found the number
and knocked, a llttlo doubtful, for Jim
my Sullivan was not an ordinary busi
ness man. A deep voice shouted "Come
in!" and he entered forthwith.
A short and stout gentleman who was
writing furiously at a paper littered
table sprang to his feet as Colbrldge
came forward.
"Good Lord It's Dick! Come in,
man. I'd no idea that you would be
back so soon.
"Sit down. There's a siphon on your
left and a box of smokes behind you."
.Dick dropped into the sent and
stretched his long legs luxuriously.
"Jim, you're an oasis In the . desert.
How's the Missis likewise the kiddy?
By the way, I've a cabby waiting be
low with my boxes."
"Splendid, thanks. I'll tell Jenkins
to have your things brought up."
Sullivan scribbled a note and touched
ft bell. A youth appeared from an in
ner room, received It with murmured
Instructions, and vanished. Five min
utes later Dick's possessions were be
fore him, and the man had departed
, with .the fare.
"I say, don't let me interrupt you,"
protested the visitor, with the venera
tion due to a man who could earn
nine hundred a year by writing frothy
little articles and play cricket like a
professional.
"It's all right," his host assured him
comfortably. "The stuff needn't be
banded In before 7 to-night. "Some
Curious Attempts at Perpetual Mo
tion.' Your own case ought to be in
cluded, my son though it Isn't."
"It isn't," said Dick, "because the ex
periment was a dead failure from the
first I can't stand everlasting hotels
and all the other delights of traveling
Bouls. Young Myles Is a decent chap,
but ho was only with mo for a day or
two. And I'm hanged If I can find an
other pal."
"How about female society? A wife
is occasionally the lesser of two
evils."
"Really?" Dick pitched the remain
der of his cigar into the fire and flushed
oddly. "For a man married a couple of
years, you're an obstinate old optimist,
Him." He paused remlnlscently. "There
was a woman on the Ostend boat with
a face like a buffalo. She found out
in some miraculous way that I had a
banking account and was unattached.
...It was horrible!"
"Poor, unprotected male! I'm afraid
you've returned to even greater dan
gers. You'll stay with us for the
night?"
"Well I thought of putting up at Ker
rldge's." "My good man, you'll do nothing of
the port. Rose would never forgive
me."
.. "But are you sure "
"Shouldn't Invite you otherwise. It
Isn't from entirely unselfish motives,
either. If the extraordinary scarcity of
dancing men continues (see press no
tices), it will end in our borrowing the
fiances of the cook and the housemaid
for tonight. Oh, forget I hadn't told
you. We've a little dance on quite
a small affair. Don't go pale It's
nothing agonizing."
"It's awfully good of you, Jimmy, but
there are half a dozen people I must
. see, and"
"Who are they?"
"My lawyers, and a man about a pat
ent ventilator."
Sullivan grinned unsympathetically.
"The lawyers and the ventilator man
won't want you at 10 o'clock at night.
No good, old man you're booked. And
I'll see you don't run into danger. As
a matter of fact, you know a good many
of the people who are coming already.
The Russells will be there, and some
people named North, who own a big
factory at Walsall"
"I know a Miss North, of Walsall,"
aid Dick with a little start.
"Possibly the same one. Meet her
ftbroad?"
"Yes, in Belgium."
"That's the girl. She's about the
most dangerous young person in Eu
rope. Travels a lot with her cousin
and an old governess, and has dark
eyes of the unfathomable type. I know
about fifteen sane and healthy young
men who at one time or another have
offered to die for her. She makes hay
while the sun shines, and then laughs
lit 'em. Then there are the Westons,
those Jenkins women, and a heap more
of your old pals. We'll give you a
treat me bhoy."
Colbrldge gave a short laugh.
"Same old Jimmy! All right; I
surrender." -
"Good! Now, if you'll wait another
ten minutes we shall be able to get
away."
He flung himself to his work again,
and Dick waited, motionless and pre
occupied, until it was finished. Jimmy
thrust the manuscript Into an en
velope, hailed a cab and drove furious
ly to a newspaper office, where they
seemed extremely glad to see him.
Emerging he gave the man an extra
halt cro-n to catch the C o'clock train
home.
Dick abandoned himself amiably
enough to being alternately questioned
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1U1IJIJ ilUlLIllU J11U1U11I1U11 1.
My little doa:, he founded me,
An' whek his toll an' whined.
Hilt he can't luinl mo home, for ha
In tmiKlit to walk hehlml.
And so I'm rryl yet, hacul
I'm Just as lostod as 1 was.
nurses Johnson, In Harper's Magazine.
FREEMAN.
and hustled, nnd yielded still more will
ingly to the almost muternal welcome
of Mrs. Sullivan. She had laughed
away his apologies, introduced him to
the baby and showed him his room al
most before he had had time to realize
the signs of increased prosperity ou
every side that marked the rising
man. Truly the star of Jimmy Sulli
van was in the ascendant.
It was during the long gap that
separated dinner from the arrival of
the first guests that Colbrldge experi
enced a wave of something akin to
loneliness and self-pity. Independence
of action and absence of worries seem
ed an inadequate compensation for the
things ho had missed. It dawned up
on hlra that the servant question,
smolty chimneys and sticky fingered
children were not the only nnd inevit
able sequels to the honeymoon. His
thoughts wandered persistently to days
spent In Belgium when a woman's com
panionship had filled a gap in his life
so naturally and completely that she
had seemed but the embodiment of an
other side of his own nature. And, in
his ignorance, he had had visions of
a vaguely beautiful possibility becom
ing a certainty, which the telegram
that had called her away had not de
stroyed. The prospect of remaining abroad
grew suddenly Intolerable, nnd he had
left for England within a fortnight of
her departure.
And now he knew the truth. Idly
nnd without compunction the woman
had played with his heart. So be it.
If it were broken she should never
know the result of the game.
Colbrldge watched the dancers drift
Into the brilliantly lighted room with
almost pitiful anxiety. His dread of an
encounter was blended with a sharp,
reckless longing. In nny case, he would
be almost certain to see her, but le
feared an actual meeting before his
nerve3 were steady enough to bear the
strain of light talk and laughter.
Fate ordained that he should be call
ed away when at last she arrived, and
it was nearly an hour inter before
they came face to face In a set of the
lancers.
Miss North was obviously astonish
ed. Colbrldge thanked Heaven for -the
music nnd the quick movement thnt
had helped him to recover his shaken
self-control. Each reve.lation of her
delicate beauty seemed to smite him
like a physical blow. Her bright little
no.d of recognition carried him straight
back to those days in Belgium when
he had drifted so near to the rapids
of utter self-abandonment, to
"To making a fool of himself for
her amusement," added Reason.
The dance ended in the usual laugh
ter and flurry. He piloted his partner
'a voluble lady of forty back to her
seat, and stood talking aimlessly until
Jimmy, who had been lurking l.n the
distance, swooped down as the music
struck up a waltz and freed him.
"Look here, old man, you said you
knew the Norths of Walsall. Well, why
on earth don't you come and speak to
the girl over there the one In the
white dress, I mean, sitting in pensive
melancholy? Probably her partner's
forgotten her! If as I fancy he is
young Dowson ploughing his way along
with that Freeman girl, she's had a
lucky escape."
He caught Dick by the sleeve, and
the latter, raising his eyes, could see
the girl was watching them with
amusement Since there was no es
cape he crossed to where she was seat
ed alone among half a dozen empty
chairs.
"Behold a distressed damsel," Bhe
said, gayly, as Dick dropped Into the
seat beside her," "deserted by both
chaperone and partner. Put not your
trust in gentlemen , who won't write
plainly on their programs."
"A young man of the name of Dow
son is the criminal, Isn't he?" said Col
brldge. "In which case his present
partner Is paying pretty heavily for an
honor unto which she was not born. . . .
How lorn? have you been staying in
London, Miss North?"
"Only a week or so, with friends. It
is odd we should meet again so soon.
You have just arrived from the Con
tinent, have you not?"
"Crossed yesterday by the night boat.
Jimmy Sullivan ' is hospitality incar
nate, or I should still be languishing
in a hotel. And It's something to share
the-blessings of the table d'hote la Its
literal sense again.
Miss North laughed.
That is so. I remember my first
English dinner after returning from
Ostend. My aunt, to honor the occa
sion, made a feature of veal. I sup
pose she thought it appropriate. And
we had had it for three days running
at the hotel?"
"You are exceedingly greedy peoj!e,"
said a voice from behind them. "You
think of nothing but eating and drink
ing." Dick turned as Mrs. Sullivan, looking
very girlish in a wonderful yellow
gown, slipped into t.he seat beside his
companion.
"And. talking of food," she contin
ued, "I m going to treat you abomin
ably, my dear. It's only permissible
because you're such an old friend. Jim
is your next partner, isn't he, and again
later on? Will you forgive me" if I bor
row him to help me at the refreshment
buffet? One of the waiters appears to
be ill Jim says the verdict would be
'Drunk from natural causes' and I'm
short-handed. No, Mr. Colbrldge," as
Dick rose, "I'm not going to allow you
to do butler's work. For one thing, I
don't believe your program Is liult full.
Let me see."
He surrendered it meekly. .
"No not nearly. Your duty lies be
fore you. And mine is among the eat
ables, so goodby."
With a wave of her hand, she rose
and departed. Dick dropped into his
sent again nnd for some moments sat
watching the dancers with absent,
moody lntentness. He formulated and
abandoned half a dozen excuses for es
caping. With Jimmy's warning ringing
In his ears he had no excuse fdr run
ning Into danger, but there Bhould be
no difficulty In keeping tho conversa
tion in safe and easy channels.
And so, indeed, he found it, as the
old charm of her personality asserted
Itself. Mrs. Sullivan, watching unseen
from afar, smiled the smile of the suc
cessful conspirator at ach ripple of
laughter from the distant scat. Paris
they discussed, Rome and Naples
the reminiscences of two months' trav
el along the regular tourist routes, ho
tel life and Continent amusements.
Only he made no allusion to Bruges
nnd the little Belgian villages where
her holiday and his dream had ended.
Once or twice she wandered on danger
ous ground, but Dick set his teeth, and
found a glim satisfaction in baflllng
her every reference to those last days.
He watched her with hungry, furtive
eyes, unwilling to admit tho pure de
light that her mere presence gave him.
Her program slipped to the floor, and
as he stooped to recover it he saw that
the space between Jimmy's initials
was vacant, and was ashamed, and
then angered at his own relief.
A fool and his folly! How many men
had she sacrificed to her idle amuse
ment? And even now she triumphed in
the conquest of a fresh victim.
He was swept by a revulsion of feel
ing. Her voice at his side precipitat
ed a sudden resolution.
"Have you heard from your friend
Mr. Myles, lately, Mr. Colbrldge the
one who stayed at Bruges for a day
or two? We saw in the papers how
splendidly he had done at Oxford."
"Dennis Myles? Yes, I had a letter
from him a few days ago. Ho has left
the college, given up his career, and
gone to India."
"Given It up!" echoed the girl in
astonishment. "I thought he was going
to do Buch splendid things."
"So he might have done" Dick's
voice was cold nnd even "if a woman
had not broken his heart and ruined
his life.",
She gazed at him curiously.
"How dreadful. Tell, me about it."
"There isn't much to tell. He m'et
her and fell utterly and hopelessly in
love. She, liking admiration, probably
lured him on. And then he learned
that she was a woman who played with
men's hearts for amusement The story
is as old as Cleopatra's."
"Was she beautiful?"
"Beautiful."
At the passion in his voice the girl
stole a quick glance at his bowed
head.
"Then you met her?" she said, a new
softness in her voice,
"I did."
"I remember Mr. Myles well. He
was a handsome boy. Tell me what
she was like."
"The woman who ruined him was
lovely enough to turn the head of any
man," he said slowly. "And she was
young nnd clever, and " '
"Tell mo what she Jooked like," In
sisted the girl.
"Lokked like? I am a poor hand at
descriptions, but"
Colbrldge broke off abruptly, and
then continued, almost under his
breath
"Her face was a soft oval, pale and
clear, and the curve of her cheek
would have sent a painter crazy. Her
eyes were dark, and set rather wide
apart, and her nose was straight, and
as dainty as her whole figure. . .
These trivial things cannot interest
you."
"They are not trivial to a woman
Mr. Colbrldge."
He lifted his head, and saw that
her cheeks were flushed and her eyes
very bright.
"Then forgive me if I talk like a
penny novelette, for I knew the girl
rather well. I think her mouth was
his Dennis's final undoing. You see
he knew next to nothing about wom
en, and she was like on other on
earth. Her hair was dark though
not darker than her eyes and she
wore it gathered in a shlmmery coll
on her white neck. And she was
clear-brained and well read, and yet
utterly feminine. So Dennis came a
cropper and I have no doubt she
laughed at him. That Is all.
"And this happened in Belgium?"
"In Belgium," repeated Colbrldge,
steadily.
The girl watched the dancers whirl
by them in Bllence, ber face hidden
by a big white fan.
"Did did you like her too?"
The unexpectedness of the question
held him mute. She misunderstood
bis silence.
- "Forgive me I have been imperti
nent. But I thought I might know
her."
"Ycu do. 1
Colbrldge would deal out his punish
ment to the bitter end, though it tore
his heart to pieces.
"And you are quite right," he added,
"I did care."
Miss North rose and moved toward
a curtained doorway that led to tho
deserted conservatory.
"The heat here is stifling," she said.
"I am glad you told me. Perhaps I
can help you."
"I think not," said Colbrldge. Tho
distress in her face was pitiful.
"Have I made a mistake?. .Were
you not speaking of"
Colbrldge played his last card with
a sick fueling of cruelty.
"I referred to Miss North," he said,
and turned nwny.
He felt her light touch on his arm.
"I I thought bo, though I had for
gotten you met-her. Is it possible to
smooth matters over? I slmll bo see
ing my cousin tomorrow."
"Your cousin!"
"My coiiHln, Dorothy North. Shu
was to have come this evening. We
have been a good deal together, and
they say we are somewhnt alike. She
Is thoughtless, I know; but if"
"I have never met or heard of her,"
said Colbrldge.
The girl stared at htm, pale, un
comprehending. Then Biiddenly a
wave of color spread over her face and
throat. Colbrldge faced her with
clenched hands, like a man in physical
agony.
"Do you understand," he said. "I
have been a fool, a presumptuous fool.
I tried to punish a woman. And I lied
also. Dennis Myles never met your
cousin he only saw you for one dny;
and he left Oxford to become a mis
sionary. And I had never heard of
her existence until" Light Broke
upon htm suddenly, blinding and stun
ning. - "I am afraid we have been talking
at cross purposes," said the girl, and
her voice was cold and steady. "And
now if you will take me to Mrs. Sul
livan" '
Colbrldge's face was set in an ex
tremity of shame nnd longing.
"Won't you allow me to explain?"
"I cannot see that that anything
would be gained."
"I have lost what I coveted most In
the world through my own madness.
Is not thnt sufficient punishment?"
Her eyes met his pitilessly for on in
stant, and then fell.
"I came home solely to see you
again, nnd to" tell you that you were
dearer than anything on earth to mo.
And then Sulllvnn spoke of your
cousin and, thinking he referred to
you, I Jumped at a false conclusion.
. , . God knows I am paying the pen
alty. . . Now let me take you to Mrs.
Sullivan."
"Thank you," said the girl, quietly,
and slipped her arm In his.
Colbrldge looked down at the white
hand shining on his black sleeve, at
the graceful hen so near his own
shoulder. Through the curtained
curtained doorway came a sudden
burst of music. It was the "El Dora
do" waltz. They had danced it togeth
er nt the hotel ball on the evening be
fore she had left for England.
He made no movement. The girl
lifted her eyes slowly to his.
"Is there no hope?" he said, hoarse
ly. "You were cruel."
"Is there no hope?" he repeated.
Her answer was a little soft, sobbing
cry, as he caught her in his arms in
a passion of remorse and tenderness.
"Oh, my dearest to think that you
cared, after nil! And I hurt you so!"
She smiled up at him.
"It Isn't too late to make amends,"
she whispered. The Sketch.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Ono physlclnn advocates hot appll.
cations and another ice-cold baths for
pneumonia.
A contractor in South Africa threw
up his job on the ground that the
Hons were so numerous and aggres
sive that the men would not work.
It is proposed to substitute solitary
confinement during six years for the
death penalty in France. The denth
sentence has not been carried out for
some time.
Oliver Cromwell is tho name of the
Incoming tenant of the Red Lion Ho
tel, High Wycombe, England, and It
is said that he claims the Protector
as an ancestor.
In Germany It Is still customary to
plant fruit trees along highways. In
the province of Hanover there are
197G miles of such roads, along which
there are 175,784 fruit trees.
A lucrative business, it seems, Is
done in Japan in the exportation of
frogskins for purses. The works con
trolled by a Toklo merchant have
exported as many as 130,000 skins in
less than a year.
The most torrid section in the world
Is the Great African desert, where, in
the hottest days of summer, the mer
cury rises to 150 degrees F." Yet a
day when the thermometer has re
corded such a feat is often followed
by a night that is uncomfortably
cool.
The books In the hotel and boarding
house libraries of Florence and Ven
ice are the books of the first CO years
of the last century. Bulwer, Dickens,
Thackeray, George Eliot and 0. P. R.
James rule the shelves all in early
editions. Longfellow is plentiful In
Florence.
There was a time when dogs did
tho roasting at least they kept the
meat turning, so it would not burn.
"Spit dogs" they were called, and we
call their descendants "spitz" to this
day. Spit dogs were trained to turn
the spits on which roasted chickens,
beef, ducks and turkeys. Tho lit tie
fellows did their work well. They
were never known to let a fowl burn
or to snatch a mouthful or two from
it. As late as 181C spit dogs were em
ployed.
Two Sides of the Case.
When I urge our women readers to
acquaint themselves with the ques
tions of tho day in government ul as
well as in other affairs, I appeal as a
last resource to their self-interest
that it would be to their personal ad
vantage to "read, mark, learn and in
wardly digest" tho news of the times
and form and express opinions there
on. And then I point to the, selfish
ness of people in general and appeal
against it.
No selfish life, no- thoughtless life,
no idle life can be honest. All those
who are making no return to the coun
try for the benefits received protec
tion, education, opportunity are de
frauding the land.
As to Proper Breathing.
If you want to be fully developed,
with an easy grace of motion that
tells of tho perfect control of every
muscle, then take to rhythmic breath
ing. It will 'make a new woman of
you. The hohows in your cheeks and
your neck will fill up as If by magic.
The increasing heaviness of your
walk will disappear. You will acquire
a complete command of your body.
Any flabblness or angularity comes
from breathing with only the upper
part of one's lungs. Double chins and
other deformities are- due to the same
causes.
A clever lady doctor advocates the
corset, though she deprecates tight
lacing, says Woman's Life. She be
lieves the support helps to educate
the muscles. Support where it Is
Deeded, no constriction, good food,
plenty of fresh air and a complete un
derstanding of how to breathe prop
erly would result In something very
nearly approaching absolute physical
perfection.
What Parents Should Guard Against.
Love, faith and confidence should
be developed and made permanent in
every home. It Is a sad day when a
child loses faith and confidence In
father or mother, and when he can
point to the tlmo when he was disap
pointed and deceived by those in
whom, above all others, he trusted.
Children naturally believe that what
father and mother say and do are
right and true, nnd no parent can af-
ford to forfeit such implicit trust
Parents should zealously guard their
words and actions In this respect, and
by so doing they will be able to exert
a healthy moral Influence which will
be to their children In after years a
safeguard against Impending disaster,
says an exchange.
As early as a child can understand
anything, his first Impressions of his
parents should be a trustful confi
dence. This is the secret of his fu
ture self-control and the power by
which parents can exert an Influence
which shall determine very largely the
physical, mental, moral and spiritual
character of their child. Indianapolis
News.
Blue Tulle Screens Beauty's Face.
Veils are in a transition state, cer
tain hues rapidly going under the
ban, while others are coming into fa
vor. Of one thing be certain black
is doomed. So are white and rose
color. Beauty is studying lights and
shades more assiduously than ever.
Paris, as usual, is In the lead, and all
good New Yorkers who hope to go to
Paris when they die ore following it
closely. The dames of the gay cap
ital wear In veiling hardly anything
save pale blue tulle, and French wom
en living here are paying the new
Idea the slncerest compliment. Mad
ame Jusserand, for example, wears
tulle of that hue entirely, and one of
her veils Is a work of art. It is cut In
circular fashion, with a frill of the
same shade, giving that bunchy effect
so much desired. Over the whole a
golden spider web has been woven so
delicately as to look more a shadow
than a reality. Other veils of the
witty French woman's show sliver
threads and are fully as effective.
The shaded red veil and the hideous
greens and purples are making way
for the daintiest fashion in blue, at
least among the wearers of Imported
goods. New York Press.
To Read Aloud Easily.
The demands on the mother in the
way of reading aloud to the children
often become quite a serious tax on
the strength, and specially If she has
not learned the methods that best
economize effort In this direction. Yet
It Is possible, with a little care, to
minimize the effort of reading, so that
the entertainer can proceed for a long
time witnout weariness.
The public singers, speakers and
actors have, for self-protection, to
understand and practice the art of us
ing their powers with the least wear
and tear; otherwise their work would
be impossible. Those who are expert
in their line utilize every artifice for
their labors. For this reason they
can endure public entertaining that
would speedily weaken or kill those
who are untrained In the methods of
saving themselves.
The first thing to recognize In pre
paring to read aloud, for prolonged
periods, is the necessity of breathing
correctly and easily. This means
deep breathing, so-called; that is.
from the diaphragm. It is well to
practice this for a few moments dally
In pure air, either sitting or standing.
One should persevero until conscious
of usln? tho whole lung3. By correct
and ?ep breathing, the strain of
reading aloud for long periods will be
graatly reduced. The voice should be
placed against tho roof of the mouth,
which Is the natural sounding board
New Haven Register.
Woman Jury Quits.
Chrlstlnnla newspapers are muchl
excited over the recent strike ofi
three women jurors, for in Norway,!
it seems, women are admitted to aJ
most all nubile offices. At the bcein-N
ning of the proceedings one day these
women surprised the presiding Judge
with the declaration that under no cir
cumstances could they take part fn
tho examination of the witnesses, al
leging as a reason that among the
cases on the calendar was one calcu
lated to offend their modesty. After
conferring with the public prosecutor
the Judge adjourned the session and
ordered that tho three vacant seats be
filled by men. Tho daily press has
severely criticised this method of
settlement, on the ground that the
judge had no right to exempt froml
duty regularly elected members otJ
the jury because of any such reasons!
as those alleged, and it Is further not-l
ed that at the time the question of ad J
ntlttlno wmnnn tn tha tnrllnlnrv arnga 1
the leaders of the woman movement
laid particular stress on the advan
tage to the female judge or Juror of
her feminine dallcacy In moral ques
tions. The organs of femlnlnlsm do not
admit the soundness of this reasoning.
They say that the sensational strike
of the three Jury women was due sole
ly' to the ungentlemanly conduct of
their male colleagues, and that, In
stead of filling their places with men,
the Judge should have discharged the
men and filled their places with worn- 7
en. They even go further and say J
that the Judge and public prosecutor
should have declared themselves In-l
competent and transferred the case to J
a court composed exclusively of worn- I
en. New York Tribune.
Mayor Weaver's Secretary,
A precedent in the history of Phil
adelphia has been created by Mayor
Weaver in appointing Miss Margaret
Forderer to be his private secretary
at a salary of $3000 a year. Miss For
derer had been Mr. Weaver's stenog
rapher for six years, and her familiar
ity with the work of his office led to
her appointment upon the resignation
of George A. Welsh, who gave up the
secretaryship to become assistant dis
trict attorney.
Although Miss Forderer has held
her present position for only a few
days, she has already, it is said,
proved her entire fitness for it, - Sh&J
Knows just now to sooine me rumea
feelings of the fuming, fretting citi
zens who have to await their turn to
see the chief executive and how to
lighten their regret if they fail to see
him.
"You see," she said, in an inter
view, "I feel quite familiar with my
new duties because I have known Mr.
Weaver so long and have been in the
office here since the beginning of his
administration. I know pretty nearly
everybody here, and I can tell In
stinctively Just who should be per
mitted to see the mayor and 'others
who could come just as well some
other day. So many who call really
have no need to see him at all, and I
can readily direct them properly. I
appreciate the responsibilities of the
position, and I shall try ' to fill it ac
ceptably to tlw mayor and to all oth
ers." Miss Forderer is said to be only
22 years old. She is an attractive
young woman, with golden brown
hair and gray eyes, and on her first
day In office she .wore a blue ' broad
cloth skirt with a short sleeved white
shirtwaist.
Fashion Notes.
- Black and white is as charming a
combination for winter as for sum
mer wear.
Dressy bodices are made almost In-
variably with very full elbow or three
quarter sleeves.
The chemisette Is now a necessary
part of tho hand-embroidered set ot
accessories for the colored waist.
The fluffy arrangement of the hair
about the .brow now in vogue is 'much
prettier than the stiff high pompa
dour of a few seasons ago.
' Most delightful combinations for
long coats for daytime wear are those
of dark cloth, green, blue or brown,
with linings of soft, dn-k fur.
The novelty above all ethers mod
ish, are the ribbon bands for wear
about the top of the collar, studded in
rhlnestone designs, set In silver.
Groups of embrridered grapes,
leaves and tendrils, highly convention
alized, form tho heading for a deep
graduated flounce upon a dainty gown.
A narrow graduate ruffle attached
to the bodice at the line made by the
edge of the square chemisette is a
new note on some of the late bodices.
Slender girls welcome the dainty
plisse bod let s, for they are extremely
becoming and develop beautifully in
the soft thin materials now so much
in vogue. ,
Nothing more charming can" be)
Imagined for th9 decoration of -a sup
ple cloth gown than an arrangement
of spangles or paillettes above a vel
vet hem.
Turbans trimmed so lavishly with
ri'jfcon a3 to appear like animated
plaid bows when a side view of tho
wearer's heal if obtained, ape amomi
the most stylish as well as approprV
ate haU fcr tailored costume
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