Smart Frilfs of Fashion
For the Little" Folks
FARMS FOR WORKING WOMEN.
A group of enterprising Chicago
eamstreises, calling themselves "the
Halls Guild,'' have bought a fruit
farm of one hundred acres In that
Btate. There they will make a com
mon home and win their livelihood
from the soil and the weather. This
Is not an isolated sign of the turn of
the tide from the city back to the
farm. It has found almost duplica
tion in New York, where a number
of working women, for the sake of
ummer vacations, began by leasing
a farm in New England on shares,
and found their experiment so sue-
. cessful and profitable, In both health
and money, that they finally bought
the jropeity and went there to live.
Of course, there was a mortgage In
volved, but the profits were enough
both for their livelihood and for in
terest and a sinking fund.
There la mere in these recorded
undertakings than the mere desire for
a change. It indicates that the form
er tmbltion of women and girls to
earn what seemed to them high
wages 'in factories or in shops has
betn diverted In a-more wholesome
and natural direction. The hlstorr
of Industrial conditions In such man
ufacturing centers as Lowell affords
an Illustration. There the daughters
. of New England farmers were the
first operatives, making their homes
In -boarding houses that were under
more or less austere supervision. But
hiimigraticn and the tremendous de
velopment of the cotton industry
have made that experience a tradi
tion, There may be something In
this movement toward rural life cf
Interest to women's trade unions.
Bitch organizations might And it
wcrth while to look Into the possi
bilities of feminine co-operative farm
ing, not as a substitute for wage
earning in citie3, but as a desirable
outlet for those workers who are
fond of life In the country. Was a
Isgton Herald.
HIOTORY IN WOMAN'S GARB.
Never before probably were so
many varieties of feminine historical
costumes seen, as were represented In
the History Pageant recently In Bath,
England. ' The founding of that fa
mous watering place antedates trie
Roman invasion of ancient Britain,
and every fashion In woman's dress
used by the people of Bath since the
days of the Plots and Scots, and of
the wall separating southern Britain
from the savage tribes of the north,
was shown by participants In the
pageant. There were the flowing, fur
lined heavy robes of the Saxons the
light, graceful draperies brought In
by the Roman invaders; the flower
ed and embroidered gowns of Nor
man women, who were up to date in
all the mode, coming as tbey did
from France; the rude dresses of
wild beasts' skins In which were clad
the helpmeets of the Danes and Vik
ings who swept through the country
long before the Normans came, and
every style of frock which garbed
Englishwomen from the time of King
Arthur and the Round Table to the
present reign of King Edward. Each
of more than 200 women wore a dif
ferent costume illustrative of a dis
tinct period In British history. New
York 'Press.
RECIPROCITY.
Reciprocity counts for much In
iriendshlps, hut there are In every
one's .circles friends so ' thoughtful
and overwhelmingly kind that one
can never "get square" with them.
Under these circumstances the recipi
ent of the most favors can only lie
In wait for an opportunity to render
service. Kindness extended to guests
of a household, relieving the hostess
from thoughts of pleasure-planning
or o-dering elaborate dinners for ev
ery night. Is one resort open to coun
try friends, and when an entire neigh
borhood Is 'bound In a kindred spirit,
that guest has a truly thrilling vis
it. Motors, launches, horses ' at com
mand and the spare hours of daytime
claimed 'by friends of the family
mean that the few days' stay will
ver stand out as "red letter" days
of a lifetime. This and much more
happens daily In every well ordered
colony In summer time, and goes to
show that the old world is not so
selfish after all. New York Tribune.
MANUAL TRAINING NEEDED. '
At the recent meeting of the Na
tional Educational Association in Den
ver Mt8. Ellen H. Richards of the
Massachusetts Institute of Techno
logy declared that girls needed man
ual training as much as boys. "For
the well-being of her family she
should be taught the machinery of
her home and how to care for it as
well as the boy who is trained to
'be an engineer or for some Indus
trial enterprise knows his plant," de
clared Mrs. Richards. "The family,
the house, its furnishings, Its man
agement, its dally rare, its needs in
mechan.ral appliances, its ethical
standards and the share of the in
come needed to carry it on under
twentieth century conditions should
be taught every girl. She must be
taught that a home cannot be main
tained without labor. She must be
made to feel the Eense of power over
things and conditions In hsr realm."
New York Sun.
"WOMEN IN POSTAL SERVICE.
The distinction of first appointing
a woman portmaster dees not belong
to America, nor is the employment
of women In the postal service a nev
Idea. As early as 1548 a woman post
master was appointed to" look after
the malls of Bralne le Comte, an Im
portant town of France. In tb try
ing times of the Thirty Years' War
the principal office In the poBtnl
service of Europe was held by
woman, Alexandrine de Rue. From
1023 to 1646 she was In charge of
the malls of the German Empire, the
Netherlands, Burgundy and Lor
raine. She was known as a master
general of the malls. .. In America,
Elizabeth Harvey , was the first to
hold a place In the postal department.
She had charge of the letters la
Portsmouth, N. H In the beginning
of the seventeenth century. A half
century afterward Lydla Hill was
placed In charge of the post office
In Salem, Mass. 'New York Press.
TALENTED WOMEN IN WASHING
TON. Some of the prominent young wom
en In Washington do not devote all
their time to. the whirl of society.
Many are talented in various lines
and have ambition to do something
useful In the world. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, daughter cf former Presi
dent Roosevelt, has acquired a repu
tation as a hat designer. She has
fashioned many hats that her friends
know of and admire. Mrs. James
Cecil Hooe, daughter of former Rep
resentative Dlngley of Maine, is an
expert accountant, Mrs. Herbert
Parsons la a close student of socio
logical subjects. Her book, "The
Family," attracted much attention.
Miss Elanor Terry, daughter of Ad
miral Terry, lias received much, praise
for her voice and has refused sev
eral offers to sign contracts for the
operatic stage. Other young wonion
prominent in Washington have proved
themselves clever designers of gloves,
hats and other articles of feminine
attire. 'New York Press.
EX-EIMPRESS EUGF.NIE'3 BIRTH.
Apropos of ex-Empress Eugenie's
projected visit to Ireland a London
paper remarks that she is thus vis
iting the home of her ancestors, she
"being a descendant of an Irish gen
tleman." There is reason to believe that her
Majesty has Irish blood in her veins,
but on the female side she Is of
Scottish, not Irish, descent, her
grandfather having been a member ot
the ancient and distinguished family
of Kirkipatrick of Closeburn. Henri
de Grlvegno of Liege, by his wife,
Anton la Gallegos, had two daughters,
of whom the elder married the Comte
de Lesseps and became the mother of
Ferdinand de Lesseps of Suez Canal
fame, while the younger married Mr.
Klrkpatrick, who was then United
States Consul at (Malaga. The daugh
ter of Mr. Klrt patrlck, Donna Maria
Manuela, married Don Ciprlano de
Guzman y Portocarrero, Conde de
Montljo, and Duque de Penavand'a,
and was the mother of the ex-Empress
Eugenie. The Portocarrero
family Is now represented by the
Duke of Berwick and of Alba, whose
grandfather married Donna (Maria
Franclsea de Sales, the elder sister
of the Empress, .who died in I860,
and the titles of Montljo and Penav
anda are borne by the Duke's younger
brother.
AN OLD-FASHIONED ACTRESS.
Charlottee Crabtree, otherwise
"Lotta" (ask your father If he ever
saw her on the stage) has just won
litigation which will bring her prop
erty valued at $100,000. She Is
worth, it Is said, about $1,000,000,
made iby investing her stage earning
In real estate in large cities. She
was never counted a beauty, she did
not encourage the "Johnnies," did
not figure in the divorce court m
any capacity and she quit playing
before the publlo got tired of her.
No benefit performances had to be
given for her after her retirement.
She was altogether respectable and
she paid her own bills. Quite nn
old style actress. Chicago Tribune.
AMERICAN WOMEN CHEATED.
The Marquise de Castellane, moth
er of BonI the discarded husband of
the former Anna Gould, says that
American women are imposed upon
by French shopkeepers. She says
that they are made the prey cf
"sharks" when they go shopping la
Paris, and that it is only rarely prices
are not marked up against them. The
Marquise says it actually Is discour
aging the way American women re
main blind to the sharp practices "f
the Parisian shopkeepers. Maybo
there will be a change when Ameri
can women realize that the original
and most artistic ideas in dress are
expressed in New York. As return
ing travelers testify, many of the
current fashions ot Paris originat.'d
here and were warn a year ago.
New York Press.
GOLD COVERS FOR EARRINGS.
An invention which will be wel
come to many women is a hollow gold
bell , to snap over a diamond or pearl
earring. They are designed, of course,
for traveling,' 'but they will be of use
at other times as well. The tiny
globes are ornamental and are easily
detached. They are made to fit
gems of various sizes.
New York City. Such a waist as
this one serves an Indefinite number
of uses. It Is equally well adapted to
the entire gown and to wear with the
odd skirt; It can be made from linen,
madras and materials of the sort, or
It can be made from the pongee that
promises tc be such a favorite for the
odd blouse of the incoming season,
and it is admirably well adapted to
cashmere, henrietta cloth and simple
silk and to various other materials
ot a similar sort It allows effective
nse ot buttons, it has a tailored effect,
yet it is simple withal. There are
epaulette-like portions which extend
over the shoulders, giving becoming
breadth, and the sleeves are simple
and effective, yet relieved of all over
severity. In the illustration cash
mere is trimmed with satin covered
buttons in matching color.
The waist consists ot the fitted
lining, which Includes plain sleeves,
the fronts, back trimming and sleeve
portions ot the waist proper. The
waist is tucked in groups and Is fin
ished with the trimming portions,
which are arranged over it and
stitched to position. The closing of
the lining is made at the centre front
of the waist, slightly to the left The
sleeves are made in sections, the cen
tre portions being tucked, while the
outer portions overlap them. The col
lar is a novel one, made in two por
tions, one overlapping the other, and
is closed Invisibly at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size, is five and five
eighth yards twenty-four, three and
one-half yards thirty-two or two and
three-fourth yards forty-four Inches
wide.
Rronze Shoes.
The bronze shoe, for street wear,
has not gained the great vogue that
was predicted for it.
Tinted Laces.
Have you marked the trend toward
tinted laces for the lingerie waists of
pure white materials? Those who
have always clung to these laces be
cause of their becoming softness will
not be In the lead of the fashion.
Bishop Sleeves With Cups.
Bishop sleeves make a of the
very latest developmeni , of fashion
and those illustrated with separate
caps, are exceedingly smart as well
as practical. The lower portion of
each Is designed f .r thinner material,
whilo the cap Is supposed to match
the blouse, and it will be seen at a
glance that they are admirably well
adapted to remodeling as well as for
new material. The sleeves can be
made in long, three-quarter or elbow
length. In the illustration the full
length sleeve Is made with a cuff of
fancy material, the three-quarter
sleeve Is made with a cuff which
matches the cap, and the elbow sleeve
Is made with the under portion of
dotted Swiss and the over portion
embroidered in a simple but effective
design. The caps can be embroidered,
trimmed with banding or with ap
pllque or treated In any way that
fancy may suggest
All the sleeves are designed to be
made over a fitted foundation. The
full, or bishop portion, Is made in one
piece and gathered at upper and lower
edges and the cap is made in one piece
finished separately. The full length
sleeve is finished with a shaped cuff,
the three-quarter sleeve is finished
with a rolled-over cuff Joined to its
lower edge and the elbow sleeve is
finished with a band that is edged
with a frill. The cap in each Instance
is arranged over both foundation and
bishop sleeve.
The quanUty ot material required
the medium size is, for any caps,
three-fourth yard twenty-one or twenty-four,
three-eighth yard thirty-two
or forty-four inches wide; for any
puffs, one yard twenty-one, twenty
four or thirty-two, one-half yard forty-four,
with one-four yard eighteen
for deep cuffs, four yards of banding
to trim the sleeves with rolled-over
cuffs.
Samn--" Went Out to Tea.
He b''. liked a lot of Jam,
He. didn't mind it sticking 1
He fancied, too, a slice of ham, ,
Ho said he liked a lot of Jam.
He asked for -custard, too, did Sam,
. His chubby fingers licking,
He said he liked a lot of jam,
Ho didn't mind it sticking!
He pleaded for a lump ot cake,
With heaps and heaps ot icing!
A pasty, too, he wished to take.
He pleaded for a lump of cake,
His hostess soon began to quake,
.As she continued slicing!
He pleaded for a lump of cake.
With heaps and heaps of icing!
E. C. O., In the (Brooklyn Eagle.
CONUNDRUMS.
What is that which makes every
one sick except those who swallow
it? Ans. Flattery.
What is the greatest surgical opera
tion ever .performer? Ans. Lansing
Michigan.
What kind of wild animals are al
lowed to go free in the public parks?
Ans. Dandelions dandy Hons.
When are books and houses alike?
Ans, When they have stories in them.
Washington Star.
The Village Catcher,
Behind the erstwhile willow tree
The village catcher squats.
A cross and hostile man is he
With fingers tied in knots
Festooned about two mammoth palms
As big as corner lots.
His neck is short and thick and red;
His face is black with tan.
He tears his muzzle from his head
And kicks whene'er he can
And shakes his fist at all the world
For he fears not any man.
The merchant kings with eager
grins '
Come flocking by the score
To see him rake the wlde'ones in
And wave his arms and roar,
And hear his pungent chaff which
files
Like sparks from the furnace door.
He goes on Sunday to the park
And sits among the boys
Upon the bench with visage dark
And loud. Infernal noise.
And when the umpire dodges rocks
It makes his heart rejoice.
Broiling, rejoicing, thundering.
On through the game he goes.
Each Inning sees same reason new
To rise upon his toes
And put it o'er the other crew
By means each player knows.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy
friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught
Turn loose your tongue to Join the
strife
When battles must be fought
Hot air will do as much in life
As muscle, nerve or thought.
Omaha World-Herald.
POLLY-BILLY.
Polly's real name was Billy; but,
as Billy was a handsome green par
rot, people would call him 'roiiy.
Mrs. Hatch, his mistress, used to call
him "Polly-Billy." Mrs. Hatch had
rheumatism so that It was hard for
her to walk miKh. She taught Billy
a eood many words.
When Maggie, the maid, was In the
kitchen, she would sometimes fall to
hear the door-bell In' the front hall
when It rang. Then Mrs. Hatch,
from the sunnv sitting-room, would
call out, "There's the 'bell, Maggie!"
And Billy would call after her,
"There's the bell, Maggie!"
'Maggie was careless and often
used to dron things. Mrs. Hatch
would hear the crash, and, wondering
what favorite dish had been broken,
would call out, "What's happened
now, Maggie?"
This was repeated so many times
that Polly-Billy learned to say these
words, too. Once, when some boys
In the street were playing ball, and
the ball cama through the sitting
room window with a great crash of
glass, 'Polly-Billy was frlgutened and
shrieked out at once: "What hap
pened now, Maggie? What's hap
pened now, Maggie?"
When Blllv was about five years
old. he oauEht cold, lost his appe
tite, and became so sick that Mrs.
Hatch was very much worried. She
wanted hhn to get well as soon as
possible, and eo she had him taken
j a bird-store In Boston, as the man
ho kept tie store knew a great deal
about birds. He promised to take
irreat. care of Billy, and to do every
thing that a good bird-doctor could
i help him get well.
Billv hardly knew at first wheth-
pr ha liked the store or not. Ha
was too sick to care much anyway.
But In ft few days he began to feel
very much better. He missed Mrs.
Hatch and 'Maggie. But, when the
man put him out in the big front
room, where there were half a dozen
parrots, green and gray, and' cocka
toos and paroquets, and little and big
canaries and finches and queer little-
foreign birds, wihen PollyiBilly
found a great deal to Interest mm.
When customers came In the store,
they (sometimes talked to him; but
every one called him "Polly," and uo
one eald "Billy" at all, or even "Polly
Billy."
Tnen one night something happen
ed. The lights were all out the win
dow shod down, and it was very
dark; and almost every bird, big or
little, had his head tucked snugly be
neath bis wing.
Away at the back: end of the
store there was a place where ths
blrd-eeed and cuttle fishbone and
empty cages and boxes were kept
And there in one corner was a pile ot
oily cotton waste. Somehow, nobody
ever know Just how, this cotton
waste began to smoulder just a fev
tiny sparks then a little creeping
flume. Soon the wooden boxes be
gan to get charred and black. Then
there were little flames going mer
rily In some places. The smoke be
came thicker and blaoker.
After a while the smoke began to
curl through the doorway into the
big front room where the birds were,
tlhen more and more smoke, until
some of the little Japanese birds
woke up and began to choke and
cough. And at last the room was so
filled with smoke that it was hard
for the birds to breathe.
Outside, in the alky at the -back
of the store, a man going by saw
the blaze and emoke through the
windows. He pulled in a fire alarm,
and soon after the big fire englna
came rushing up to the corner, the
gong going, dang, clang, clang! The
firemen Jumped down and broke !n
me door to the back room.
Polly-Billy was awake by 4hls time,
and he was coughing and clicking
like the other birds. The smoke made
his eyes ache, and It was hard work
for him to breathe. He stretched
bis head, and climbed about his
cage, and felt very queer and uncom
fortable. In a very few minutes the firemen
had the fire in the back room put
out. There was still plenty of smoke
however, In where the birds were;
but their room was dark, and, as
the firemen were very sure there was
no more fire, they all started to go
away.
When they had first broken in the
door, Billy had said: "Oh; my!
What's that!" as Mrs. Hatch did
sometimes; but no one heard him.
Just as the firemen started to leave,
one of them stumbled over a box,
which fell down with a loud noise.
This frightened Polly-Billy, and he
screamed out: "What's happened
now, Maggie? What's happened now,
Maggie? What's happened now?"
How the firemen Jumped! They did
not know who was calling, for they
had never thought of the birds in
the big front room.
Billy kept on crying, "What's hap
pened now, Maggie?" So the flrem
looked Into the big bird-room. It
was dark, but they got a lantern,
and then they saw Billy and all the
other parrots and canaries and lit
tle birds. Some of them were near
ly dead from the smoke. The fire
men rushed to open the windows and
let In fresh air. They fanned out'
the emoke.
And all the little birds were saved
saved because Polly-BIlly had made
tlhe firemen come back to help them!
Ida Kennlston, In Little Folks.
POISONED BLOOD.
"You smoke thirty cigarettes a
day?"
"Yes, on the average."
"You don't blame them for your
rundown condition?"
"Not in the least. I blame my
hard work."
The physician shook his head. He
smiled In a vexed way. Then he took
a leech out of a glass Jar.
"Let me show you something," he
said. ''Bare your arm."
The cigarette fiend bared his pale
arm, and the other laid the lean,
black leech upon it. The leech fell
to work busily. Its body began to
swell. Then all of a sudden, a kind
of shudder convulsed It, and It fell
to the floor, dead.
'fTihat Is what your blood did to
the leech," said the physician. He
took up the little corpse between his
finger and thumb. "Look at it," he
said. "Quite dead, you see. You
poisoned it."
"I guess it wasn't a healthy leech,"
said the cigarette smoker, sullenl?.
"Wasn't healthy, eh? Well, we'll
try again."
And the physician clapped two
leeches on the young mans thin
arm.
"If they both die," said the pa
tient; "I'll swear off or at least I'll
cut down my daily allowance from
thirty cigarettes to ten."
Even as he spoke the smaller
leech shivered and dropped on his
knee, dead, and a moment later the
larger one fell beside It.
"This Is ghastly," said the young
man; "I am worse than the pestilence
to these leeches." '
'It Is the empyreumatic oil In
your blood," said the medical man.
"All cigarette fiends have It."
'Doc," said the ' young man, re
garding tha three leeches thought
fully, "I half believe you're right."
Montana True Witness.
Prepared.
The man at the tabla In the dining
car had long hair, high cheek bones,
a turndown collar and a frock coat
The colored waiter observed him
carefully.
'ISmall glass of whiskey, large glass
of water," said the man.
Then the waiter shifted his razor
to his jacket pocket and the meal
quietly proceeded. Cleveland , Plain
Dealer.
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