SSA EA en hE A sige, ip Thoin of aniforn ariety in size relieves the om looking as if it issued from rerie, where dots of exact be imitated from African {su 1 Faakions For Chidren. Skirts with guimpes are preferred to = all in one piece with a , the material is a washa- some light wool, the guimpe | ways of Isce and tucked muslin. child is delicate and has to wear , Jong sleeves and high | guimpe is symetimes made of satin, but this ix not ty as when the lace and ‘is need. It is pow a fad re small chlidren wear socks all a child tan stand the ex- EA Ts with a low peck and short | days. However, fashion for been wise, and insists that It that ave been considered 80 very | ph few Joars, ars, it B manner, a fashion all too prev. lent last season. The straight cor- , ‘which is now universally worn, is in measure largely responsible for ‘much of the grucefulness of the mod- ri woman, for it not only teaclies ber to stand correctly, but it allows of eer breathing. It is safe to say that { the new corset has not only increased | the girth of every woman's walst from two to four inches, but it has inoreased ! her chest measure, enabling her to in | hale more oxygen. which means health, G | American women bave not, as a rule, the strength of thelr own convictions, in matters of dress as have their French cousins. This defect arises largely from the fact that they do not stody thelr own style, and conse quently depend too largely upon the suggestions of their dressmakers, wear ing frequently clothes that are in no particular suitable fo them. There are few modistes who have the aldlity to at & casual glance determine the proper mode for the customer in band, Buch & talent i a ¢hance of birth, not of edo: cation or coltivation. It is the daty of every woman to study her own style and lines, and determine what general mode of dress is becoming, not, bow. ever, to the extent of adhering to & style until it is conspicuously passe; and it 1s the duty of an artistic dress maker to adapt the current node to each individual customer by either modifying them or exaggerating thew, as the case may be, to sult the contour {of the woman under consideration. 1 “Know thyself” should be observed in the selection of clothes as weil as in the more Hmponan functions of life, A apanese sniversity for wonien Is soon to be opened at Toklo. The women of Japan are now largely "| employed in telephone and postoffices. | and they are sald to be excellent book- keepers. Lady Halle is sald to possess the most valuable violin in the world It 1s a Stradivarius, which formerly belonged to Ernst, and is valued af | | $10,000. M. Astraknoff, a rich merchant of Moscow, Russia, has given an endow: ment of about $8,000,000 to a university for women, to be opened at Moscow | this year, According to the report of ‘the Col: { legiate Alumnae Association the num- | ter of college women, graduates of | the big women's or co-educational eol- s | leges tn the country is now 4000; 1400 0 live been added to the list within the | {last year. i Obs of the most Interesting figures | 1 at the coming coronation will be that | i of a ‘woman of whom most of the | { world has mever beard. That is Miss I Knudson, of Copenhagen. who taught Queen Alexandra the English language back in the good old homely Danish ; court days of which we have ull read. ot Sree 1 core to England fo the = The Queen herself invited ber old gov- mation. | chiffon bat was trimmed with red and yellow chrysanthemums, and sbe car-| : ried Eled 8 yellow SlryMEtheEE in her eat he fie of their gowns for tiractive appearance. Again, if omen that appear the best are : : y it will be discovered lies in thels con- ow! A : 8 a a wi ver and black enamel buttons. Belts of a dozen, even ten or eight - | inches, fitted. are becoming. It is the | unhappy mediom which the sborter | waisted peed to avoid New white silk boas decorated with INE | rencents of black velvet in gradunted * | sizes are finished with many long trail "| ing ribbons of black and white. A beautiful crystal ball for an um- : brella handle shows in its depths the bright colors of an autotnobile and & gayly dressed party of pope Slling lie “Velveteen is favorite material for _ | afternoon gowns, trimmed with rich {lace and fur. Dealgns sre also em- | broidered upon the goods in cut steel or jet. : Open-work stitches in heavy twist attach the flounces and seams of I camel's hair gowns, the sane garniture being also elaborately used upon the 1 bodice, Red cloth costumes are trimmed with applique of black and white, or again | decorated with overlapping créscents of red velvet stitched with a lighter shade of the red. Spangled embroklery appears upon both heavy and thin fabrics Butter | Jom and birds are a fashionable de i Rhinestones and pearls are also used with jet and silver. The separate waist is just as much worn as ever and the skill of the dress. maker is concentrated op new ways of trimming this most useful of gar ments. The newest sleeve tntight-gt- ting from elbow to waist, The princi | pal effect sought afier in both day and the | evening dresses Is to lncrease the width alot the shoulders, Crops Grown Trder Shelter. Tobacco, oranges and ploeapples are ter. and those who have ventured into such work find that the method pays. More capital must be Invested, but 8 farm of two acres under glass will give a larger profit than an infinary farm of 100 acres or more. Om the ‘small area only the crops that well at the highest prices are grown, and, while greater expense is incurred, yet the erops pay. Garden erops are aio receiving attention, snd the future will witness hundreds of covered small farms Start Plants Early. In Germany tha seeds of peas, beand, ecurumbers. ete, are started in a frame, and when a little grown are fifted, the roots being dipped in a mixtare of clay, chopped moss, water and loam. snd on withdrawal are sprinkled with dry earth. A plece of moss is then fiat. toned ito the form of a plate and a Hit tle earth sprinkled on it. Toe pre pared plants are then placed on this plate, the moss folded over the roots, season for removing to the open alr arrives, when they are planted, ball and all, which gives them an early start. The balls most be kept slightly moist, Irrigation a Great Advaninge. close anid a heavy application of fertilh zor and water given the entime piece. Thres applications of water wei given during the summer and fail, anid {t woe wonderful to see the growth of the bot weather, lots of sunshine and plenty of water. 1 believe Wwe have gained a perfection of leaf growth and good development not otherwise at tainable under the dry weather condi has all it can do to live it cannot make many strong buds for the next season. Walter F. Taber, in New England Homestead, A Piast For Improving the Soll, {ean farmers aa a stock fool nnd as a plant for improving soil. Like all other legutaes it has the power of vollecting the nitrogen of the alr. which It holds in its roots, leaves and stems. In the products made from it are so largely consumed that it Is perhaps the most fmportant food plant mext to vice. It ia often boiled like other beans, but in China and Japan it is made into a va Fricty of products. The plant, under fa. yorable conditions, may reach a height of four feet or more, and bears a heavy crop of both beans and foliage. The {lustration shows the typical plant, as covirad with stiff reddish Dbalrs- - American Agriculturise, Successful Fruit Growers, IF there is anything that modern agriculture teaches It is that more quired tn successful fruit growing than almost any other branch of farming There are more failures with fruit farms than any other. There is conse. qoently heard the ery In nearly every State that there is no money in fruits, and farmers are tarning thelr atten. tion to other lines of farm work. -Yet in spite of this the last census shows to prove that fruit growing when prop- erly conducted is the most profitable of farm specialties. Compared with other farm prodocts the best frait farms of specially favored locations yielded twenty-five per cent. on the capital employed, against pineteen per cent. in general farming and seventeen per cent. on grain and hay, Oaly the pursery business and flower and pland growing exceed fruit ralsing, and these latter were possible only where the soll and climate were very favorable Toe olaim that frult growing suseess. fully requires experis is absolutely trae. Almost any one can rise pigs poultry and general crops, and can make a moderate ving. Bat few can produce fine fruits. A great many start in with the idea that ther ean. and then after falllng ax a result of thelr izuerance they condemn the whale business. It fx pot unuatucal that they should influence others to be lieve that there is no money in raising truits.—American Cultivaton now being grown under glass of shel | tied on In the form of a ball and set | away on boards or shelves until the Irrigation fs a great advantage to { the strawberry grower after the crop is taken off. The vines are moHWH off plants under the favoring condition of tions which existed, Where a plant Orfent, this bean and the various food | well as some of the pods, which are | skill, knowledge and experience are re some interesting figures, which goes spol. Fill pastry shell (made UF hak- | ing crust over individual waitin. os | wus made of two | whites beaten stiff with two table } spoontuls of powdered sugar Press : | the largest apsriments of thar Cave, sind brown lightly In moderate oven i There were oLaer evidences that in | some prebdstoric period the cave was A milliner's trick is to fasten a SCTAD of velvet over the first finger of the jeft hand, nap up, while hemming or otherwise at work on the wrong side of the velvet. The two naps are shed together and there is no danger of matting or dampening, or soliing the most delicate stades Good House keeping. Becret of Well. Kept Clothes, The point to remember, When one wishes to dress well on a swall ine come, is that frequent pressings and spongings are the secret of well-kept clothes. An onilinary Saviron may bo used, but it Ix nowhere near so effien. | plans #8 the tailors goose. The goose | is not expensive, dnd with i a coat, skirt and suit ean be so well presssl | is 10 seem like pow. Ju is therefore it | very desirable article of forniture Worm. Exten Faursiture. Carbolic oil is the best thing to apply | to worm-eaten furtiture. Rab it nto the holes as much as possible, and ape ply two or three days in succession, then again after a few diiys interval. Rome people ase turpentine instead of ofl. but In any chase it Is no good to fancy the worms are going 1 be Ga stroyed all at once They sre very dificult things to oust once iley have shigined a footing, so the oly plan is 0 persevere. Aphides an Hones Flants, During the winter aphides un bone plants cause much annoyance, but wilh care and attention they way be de stroyed. Make a solation of an ounce | of soap io » pint apd a bail of water, adding a tenspoonful of ammonia water. Bottle and keep ready for use, Mix a gill of the mixture with (wo gilis of warm water and syringe the | plants, agin syringing with fread warty water an bour after, in onder to rigse the plants. De this twice 8 week until the aplides are destroyed. How to Clean Polished Farniture. Wash the furniture with a fanvel cloth wrung out in cold of tepld water in which & little yellow soap bas ben dissolved. Brosh the carved work | with & soft hairbrosh such ns is osed : . . when cleaning silver when powder is The Soy bean Glycerine blspila, fs winning its way inte favor with Amey: | used. Wash off the scapy water with 4 soft Boen dtster, rinsed out of 8 soo ond pall of cold water. When the fir niture f& dry. rub and polish it well with 8 fine leather or dusier. No polishing mixtare should be used far | furniture that is French poised, When the Propel polish wears off a polisher should cotee two the house to renew ft The Omniture and paint eagliont the hotime should be washed once & year. The furniture (iat is polished with turpeantioe and been wax is washed as alove, Delors apply ing the polishing mixture, which an te ade at hase as follows Cut one-quarter of a puntal of lwes- was into fine shreds, put it into a Dot 1 te add one and one-half pints of tur 1 pentine, and Jet it stand for 8 day or { two, when the turpentine will have dis. solved the wax; or warm it by fhe fire for a short time. American Queen. Banbury Tarts—Chop a cupful of seeded raisins and two oulices of cit | rou peel. Add a cupful of sugar the grated rind and juice of a lemon, a pinch of salt and a beated exR. Place on rounds of pastry. Brush half the edge with cold water, bring the ober halt over the mixtare ami preas the dges together with the tUnes of a fark dipped In four. Bake in a usod- erate over, Whole Wheat Gems with Dates—Sep | arate two eggs: add to the yolks one half pint of milk and one cup of cold boiled rice; beat thoroughly; then add one-half cupful chopped dates, aid a cup and a balf of whole wheat four. Beat for about two minutes Add a rounding teaspoonful of baking pow: der: mix and fold in the wellbeaten whites of the eggs Bake In greased | ges tins for thirty minutes in & quick | gved. Nut Patties—Line patty tins with a rich ple dough and bake Fill then with the following nut Gling: One plot of milk, two eggs. Ole cunte of tour, three ounces of sugar, vhe Cup of finely chopped nuts. Beat the egEs well and add to the milk. CS Maisten the four tu a litle cold milk, add it with the sugar to the mixture. Cook until it thickens, then add the chopped puis. Fill the patty shales, cover each with | a mertngue. Brown lightly in the! oven. This is sufiiciens for twelve | {A wonderiul paturad eave, belleved to Pineapple Meringue—lieat cde can { be ope of the largest known, has just grated pineapple, onehalt cup of | been discuvered fa the Uanyon of the sugar, snd when bolilbg thicken with | about two tablespoonfils ecorustarch | dissolved in one-fourth cup of water | {the amount of cornstarch depending | | pearly 1000 feer A targe river, with patios, ob the dryness of the fruits Boil three nilntites, add the feive of a mol and | plored for a dist ance of several wiles, . | without diseoving is source or outs two beaten eg yolks Remove and and cover with men through tube or shape with wet oid. Herve very