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 <obd
BR he nonpiprbsaty
Luck doesn't come to the man Who |
depends absolutely upon ix
winter fare:
vw many degen tails and dan®
How many beads wit toothiul awe?
he frowns. Sf igh T'd leon alive
Five hundred years ago
When life war nit x dreadful drive, :
But stately, swient and siow.
The women of that duy wire blests
It did not matter how they dressed
AR! the, if yoo sould bebold
Those » s days of yore,
You'd Rnd ¢ is fuet (that was of old
TL vege
! 1s Istest st
Protesting it ail the while
Like you, the prehistoric maid
Who cansed Ber rivals grief
By coming from Bey cave, srrayasd
none move shell, or bai
yo paused an. fashions giddy brink,
To wish fhe 4 nid 5 Mising Link!
MatGwason, in Pack.
aed GARR be FR
Sills — wo man is too old to
learn” Cynictoe-"And no man is 0
young to think he's too old to learn”
Tommy (ooking up from his book)
“Say. what's ‘above par’ anyway?
Elste — “Why, ma, of course. She's
. bosn.™
Bilobbs ~ “You cam esy what you
please about Miss Antique, but she |
has 5 fine set of teeth ™ Rlobos—"In
ber comb?”
“When a nan reaches the door of
adversity,” says the Manayunk Phile
sopher, “soma kind friend is always
ready to do the kpoeking.”
Rymer-~1 believe be said he never
read verses like mine: they were ‘so
Boapid.'” Clymer—"That's sot It ex-
actly. He sald they “Hmped sa”
1 wrote a PEEPS AED,
Its mean ng is ohsenre.
It isn't interesting,
I poem it's Hterature.
~ Washington Star,
“Thia” sab] Miss Ritchenold, “is a
portrait of me palntin! when [ was a
Httle girl” “My? exclaimed Miss
Kostiqoe, “and were you painted even
then 7
Nell-“Maunde has married an oce
11st.” Belle-“Yes nud they went to
Niagara Falls on thelr wedding trip
in order that he ualght gxamine the eat
araet”
((hollie—=1 told her T would die for
hor, don’t you kasow." Wille~"What
AK| she say. old chap? Chollie~"8be
sad she had foo many dead odes on
her string. already.”
Mr. Newlywed--"Ian't there any lee
witter. dear™ Mri Newlywed —~ 1
keen 10s 2ills of me, George, but you
knot the danger there 6 I gern so
1 got enok to boil ths foe ™
“Poor Muchmore is loaking sad these
days” “Yes-the poor oil chump”
“Well. no winder his sad. I's pretty
totgh to lode one's wife” “0! that
is't it: Be's marries] another one”
Behold the litt busy bee;
Note well sod ponder on it.
He's not so buy oy he's free
As when he's in a bonnet.
—~ Plaladelphia Record.
“Truthfully speaking, sir," begun the |
poor young man, “1 think your daagh-
fr is whhout a peer” “So do L”
supped the multimillionaire, “and I
shall find one for her at once. You
Diy go, sir”
The clock struck milnight. *'Tis
now the witching hour when chore
yards yawn" queted Mr. Staylate
“Can you blame them?” murmured
Miss Caustique behtod ber fan. He
tok the hint :
Merchant Have you bad any expe
rience in chinaware? Applicant-
“Years of it, sir.” Merchant—-"What
do you do when you bresk a valuable
piece? Applicant ~ “Well—er—1 usy-
ally put it together again, and place it
where some customer will koock i
over.” Merchant —"You'll do.”
Historte Mirvor.
The Clerk of the Senate Committee
on the District of Columbia, Charles
Moore, has resurrected from the lum-
ber room: of the Cupitol a mirror that
every View President of the United
States ts suid to have looked into. It |
is a small doe in a gilt frame, and was
bought by John Adam for use in the |
‘Vice-President's room. He paid $40
‘for it. and there was a long debate In
the Senate as to whether the sum
should be allowed. but the bl was
finally paki The mirror was handed
| along from View President to Vice
"President antl [tt oreached Garret Al
Hotart. After Mr Hobart's death
the mirror was tiken to the iomber
room of the Capitol, This last sume
wer. after Mr. Roosevelt hed left
i Washington. and before le came back
as President. My. Moors got eat the
vee and bad it regilded, ntesding
to give it to Mr Roosevelt
New Mamasath Cave.
A dispatels from: Butte, Alant., says
Jefferson, shout fifty miles cast of
Butte, An espbitation party spent
several days in the eave, Suing aver an
ares of ten miles and to a depth of
a ealaracy of alwast dy fet was o%
bet.
A few grticles of slune wad conper
utensils wud sone bons, believed wo
be human, also were found fo one of
inhabited. The stalactites add Other
natural decorations throughout the
cave are beautiful
| reasoning power and moral Sense sense of
cation of the X-ray han been #
the Postoies authorities at
Ayres. They bave turned it
Government detective, and 8 v4
one 8 nakes too i
“Tt ts kguinet the Taw In the J re
tine Repubile to open registerad
ave taken advantage of the feet to
smuggle jewels into the country
registered letters and packeges - -
large cule. :
“The authorities knew that the
smuggling wis being done, but
seemed absolutely po way of
| it shart of repaiing the law
ing rigistersd mail, and that
‘have boon difficult
“When they were at thelr Wits ends
| one day somebody thought of 1
foray. An experimental appara was
installed in short order and, Jus
was eapectad, revealed
chin, vings, gems and ail sorte
jewelry In registered mail In Ao ,
ng quantita :
“Sweh evidence was of course,
ficient for a court order to pH
oe fat wueks. thot the PS
tried more than $20.000 worth of
erty was confiscated.
“An X-ray machine Ix now a fentore
of every postoffice in the country
receives foreign mail, snd regi
Tord Avebury, the well Known ate:
mologist and zoologist. bas de ,
bis bellef. after thirty years’ study of
thas question, that Insects possess :
Hoence and reascniog faculties.
gays thelr mental processes differ
curs not so much in kind as in
and cites a pomber of curious §
which bear upon the mental hows
counting, be says that the the female of
A certain species of solitary wasps al
wayy supplies the cells of her youn
with a given quantity of food The
cells of the male wasp hables are sup
plied with viethns (n the shape of §
f small caterpillars, while the f
grabs are fed with twenty cate
daily, This difference is due
fact that the fosnale grubs are
than the male ones, and therefore
quire tore nourishment, bot the
number of caterpillars never varies.
Again, with régand to morsl sem
communities of nuta though in
bers nearly as large as the popula
of New York. never quarsd orf
family jars smong themselves.
are pot very ready te help one
aut individual sets of Kindness ave
be perceived. One justapee came
der Bis notice where & crippled ant
way supported by his rolatives
three months. Many eminent
gists aud entomologists have heen
the opinion that insects are absoh
gutomats: that they weave thelr Bu
and spin thelr webs as sute on
as (hey digest their food; but this ~
ory in strongly combatted by Lord
Avebury.
Soens in» Manchurian villas.
A typical seene In a Manchurian
lagy in thus described by ® corres
ent of the London News: “"Obe
coun we pulled op near three
on 8 woodside, and 8 wang of C
If dogs growling over
where a botler, made by a B :
and tell.
cracked Hikes 4 not. He gave a u
amd died.
accident were affected. The
langhed. He lay for an bear 1
sun. until I undid his sleeplog |
ami spread it over his face
soan forgotten. A Chinese throw som
bot water over a growling dog
made ft howl At thin there
shirleks of mirth. The engine
and groaned and jerked the x
nto progress. The last 1 saw of %
spat was two Chinmnen pitching
at thy same dog to keep It from |
at the body of the dead”
Is Memory of the Moscow Retrasts
At the village of Studianka. om
River Beresina, the historic spot
Nupoleon's grand army crossed |
the retreat from Moscow in 18
Luad owner named Kolodeieft has
a Cottmemarative monmment ¢
Bis own expense, The monument
grednilion portraits of the two B
ors, Napoleon the First and Ade
the First, crowned with laurels,
bears the following inscription in
isan and Freeh: Here the
Nipoleon and bis grand army «
the Bervsina on the 20th, 20th and
of November, IS18" The ceremony of
unveiling the ROnUment Was SE
by the Governor of the provinee, the
primeipal elvil and military officials and
several military deputatdons
ha se A NH
Witty Irish Members
Elehiy yours or #0 ago &
guished Irish wember of the
Parliament, named Dogherty, who subs
| sequently became Chief Justice of
Lagd, asked Canning what be
of his maiden speech. “The only fa
I can find with 11,” said Canning,
15a you calls] the speaker ‘sie’
often.” “My sear friend,” said gh
erty, “If you kaew the mental state
was in while speaking you would not.
wonder It I bad called him ma'am
Whiteside, another Irish member, wi
als ¥oacame Chief Justice of Irslm
used to relate that when during
pigiden speech he saw the
wig surrounded by blue dames
koew it was time w sit down,