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ELECTRIC STORMS.
Hen's Ilulr Stands on End and 6tonf
Crao lilo Under Their l-'eot.
••Perhaps the most peculiar oi. the
mountain phenomena are the so-called
electric storms. There is no precip
itation, no lightning, no thunder, and
usually no wind. Nothing to be hea*d
and nothing to be seen except the gath
ering clouds, llut much may bo felt.
Everything is charged with the elec
tric iluid; the earth, the air, the very
stones and trees, and even human be
ings are full of it A mining engineer.
Visiting a tunnel located on a moun
tain side at an elevation of 13,200 foot,
describes his sensations during one of
these storms. All alone he was climb
ing up the trail to the tunnel, where
he wished to examine a vein of ore.
Great black clouds began to gather on
the 'horizon, and were soon rolling
about the mountain side below him. A
calm prevailed, then an unnatural
stillness seemed to be in tho air.
Steadily the clouds rolled up the
mountain side like a llood of black
water. The stones, as he stepped on
them, began to crackle and snap, like
dry wood in a lire. Realizing these un
usual conditions, he hurried to tho
sheltering tunnel above him. His hair
felt as if a swarm of ilies bod settled
in it. When he tried to brush them
away with his hand, he found each
hair standing almost straight. Tho
stroking of his hair increased the pe
culiar sensations he experienced, and,
tingling from head to foot, tho now
thoroughly frightened man ran into
the tunnel. No sooner had he passed
the entrance than tho peculiar sensa
tions ceased. After resting awhile, he
went to the opening and discovered
himself entirely surrounded by clouds
BO black and dense that he could
scarcely see five feet away, although
the .hour was not far from noon. Step
ping outside to investigate, he received
a shock that sent him reeling back in
to the tunnel, where he remained for
over aq hour before the storm passed.
Such electrical storms seem to be
formed in strata. If a human being
should make such connection as to
draw the charge from one of the lay
ers, he would instantly be incinerated.
Tfns accident, however, has never been
known to occur. Electrical storms pre
vail throughout the mountain region,
but the severest storms of this nature
are met only at the great altitudes.
With all the severity of electrical
storms, and thunder showers, it Is a
fact that human beings are seldom
struck by lightning in the mountains.
Death from that cause is much more
frequent on the plains bordering the
ranges than in the mountains them
selves.—Ainslee's Magazine.
BIR: Mining Contract.
The largest contract ever let by 0
mining company in the state of Colo
rado for the delivery cf ore to reduc
tion works or smelters was made last
week when Dudley M. Gray of Crip
ple Creek closed a contract with tho
Independence mine management for
the delivery of 200 tons of ore per day
from that mine continuously for a pe
riod of five years. The work of break
ing ore at the mine for transfer under
the terms of the contract agreement
with the reduction firm has been be
gun. Outside of the immense magni
tude of the contract in tho matter of
tho ore tonnage which it involves for
the whole period stated, it also repre
sents the greatest amount of value in
ore production for any line period of
tme which has ever been made from
any exclusively gold-producing claim
containing the same amount of pro
ductive territory within its prescribed
limits.
All Should Swim.
The remarkable number of deaths
by drowning proves that too many per
rons venture Into waters without
knowing how to swim. About SO per
cent of those drowned so far this ram
mer did not have that knowledge. This
Is al? the more wonderful when knowl
edge of swimming may so oasily b
had. A person of average physique
should be able to swim several hun
dred feet after a dozen lessons. Even
weaklings may be taught to swim 25
feet or more without exhausting them
selves. There are dangerous places on
the ocean beach, where the sea pull or
undertow will sometimes overpower
the strongest swimmer. Even on the
beaches of the great lakes there Is at
times a strong and dangerous under
tow, but a knowledge of swimming li
within the reach of all.
There were 197 wolves killed In
France last year and the bounties
eaualed 13.0T5 francs, or £523.
If ..A PAIR OF PLOTTERS..
1111
"For tile best o£ all the miracles the
summertime can work us.
13 the canvas-tented, sawdust-scented,
much-frequented circus!"
"A circus! Comin' to town!" Old
Marth Stebblns, pressing out her
youngest grandchild's Sunday gown,
paused with iron suspended. "For the
land's suite, Billie! Do tell! Are you
sure?"
Billie was thrilled by the interest
which his news had awakened. There
fore. he looked as imperturbable as
possible. He hoisted himself up on the
table, and sat there picking sandburs
off his sleeves, and stringing his bare
legs.
"Gimme a coolcy, an' I'll tell you all
about It."
There was no compromising with
Billie. He was a young man of his
word. Of this his grandmother was
aware. She looked at him hard a mo
ment. Then she set the iron down,
and went into the pantry. She came
back with two cookies.
"There!" she said; "now go on!"
"After I'd been to Bill I went up
town. There was two men puttin' pic
tures on the blank wall near the livery
stable. They'd got 'em up already by
the lumber yard. Another feller was
goln' into the shops, and gettin' signs
put in the windows. And, I say,
grandma, you just want to see them
pictures. They're—they're jiuiming
gee."
Grandma Ironed on, but less ener
getically than before the return of Bil
lie. "Go on an' tell me about them
pictures," she urged, "i used to like
awful well to go to circuses when I was
young. Seems like I went to every one
that come to our town. One ain't been
near this place since I come hero to
live with your ma. That was when
Emily Louise was born—lifteen years
ago."
Blltto went on to tell her of the glor
ies of the posters. Ho gallantly gave
ladles the preference in his descrip
tion. He first told her about the bare
armed female, standing in the Roman
chariot, driving the plunging steeds;
about the little girl, standing on a
white Shetland pony; about the ra
diant damsel in tile abbreviated skirt,
who made flying leaps through paper
hoops; about the muscular sisters who
swung from trapezes. Then the men
came in for their share of admiring re
marks. He was half-way from the
ringmaster to tho clown, and grandma
was listening with breathless delight,
when a stop was heard in the hall.
Qrandma guiltily picked up her cold
iron and pattered across the kitchen to
the stove for a hot une.
"Mother! Vou got that ironln' most
done?"
Tho voice suited the face, a hard,
intolerant face, with dull eyes and con-
Verging lines around the mouth.
"Mostly, Belinda!" cried back the old
lady with nervous cheerfulness. "Ain't
moru'n half a dozen more pieces. Billie
here's got back from mill."
She moistened tho tips of her fin
gers with her tongue, and spatted away
on the iron to test its temperature.
"I can see that," tartly. '"Billie, your
father git off with that stock? That's
good. Now, I don't want you settin'
round lilto this when there's his chores
to be done well's your own. You hear?"
"Yes'm."
There was a brief silence when she
hpd gon'a. Martha Stebbins seemed to
see through a mist the garments she
was ironing. Suddenly the kitchen
seemed smaller and hotter than it had
five minutes ago. All at once, too, the
lovely ladles, and dashing men, and
wonderful animals of the circus seemed
more distant, inapproachable.
"Are—you thiukin' you'll he let go
Billie?"
"Dunno." He lifted his foot and
looked pensively at the stonebruise on
tho toe. "Will If I can. I'll see if I
rant get a job carryin' water for the
elephant. Lot's of boys got in that
Ivay."
"The elephant!" She looked across
Jt him with brightening eyes. "Have
they got real elephant along? I ain't
neon elephant I don't know when."
Something wistful in her tone
struck Billie. He was not a particular
ly bright boy, but he was affectionate
in a dumb and clumsy way. Ho hud
never known the joy of self-expression,
but 110 and grandma had had some se
crets of their own. These secrets, in
volving as they frequently did her con
nivance and her silence, were neces
sary to his humanity and protection.
Now ho wished—he hardly knew what
he wished.
"Say, grandma, I kinder think you'd
like to go to the circus yourself!"
"Me!" she shrilled. "O, dear, no!
Whatever put such an idea in your
head Me —I'm that old! And besides
—gracious, if I ain't gone and scorched
that shirt! I hope your ma won't no
tice it, but I got that flustered —to
think of such a thing!"
BilUe looked puzzled. "Well, some
how," he persisted, stubbornly, "I do
think so, gramma. And," he added
boldly, "I don't see why yen shouldn't,
cither, If you got a mind to —there!"
"Why, Billie!" she cried, weakly,
kait there was a yielding tremor In lior
voice. She put down the iron, glanc
ing furtively at the door a3 she did so.
She went over to the table, and stood
next tho audacious young fellow.
i "Your ma would never hear to such a
thing. Besides, we ain't got tho
I money."
"0, we couldn't get a cent from
her!" Involuntarily he lowered his
Voice, as was his habit when a fish
ing-trip was projected, and the ques
tion of secretly securing provender
therefor, confidently discussed. I can
work enough to pay for myself sure.
You've got that 15 cents Mis' Murray
give you for niakln' her check-row
siinbunnlt. I can sell Tom Cass my
pigeon-house. He'll let mo have a
dime for It. The only trouble Is the
gettiu' there. It's a good four-mile to
town. Ma wouldn't hear to us takin'
the horse out after sundown, and you
never could "
"I could—O, I could, Billie!" she
broke in excitedly. Her wrinkled old
face was radiant —hor knotty old hands
were trembling. " 'Twouldn't be enny
harder than bein' on my feet from 5
in the mornin' till after supper like I
am. I could walk every step of It,
but " the enthusiasm began to fade
out of her face. She drew a long sigh
—a sigh of bitter renunciation, "Be
linda "
"Gramma!" Ho leaned forward,
whispering as he did when he was ask
ing her to leave the back buttery win
dow open when he was to be out after
hours. "Ma don't need—to know—a
single—thing about it!"
He unlimbered himself from the
table. "I'll manago it!" he avowed
confidently.
The week that followed was one of
the most intense, the most absorbing
anticipation Martha Stebbins had
known in many a year. She went about
the drudgery of her daily tasks on
winged feet. She laughed at the jokes
of the hired man. She brushed and
cleaned Billie's best clothes until they
did not look within a year of their
age. She put a new band on his hat.
*=) I { i^k.
She fixed over her own ancient black
bonnet during the temporary absence
of her daughter. She smiled to her
self when she was alone. Once, in
deed, they even heard her singing.
'That don't sound like a hymn tune,
mother!" remarked Mis. Malone, sus
piciously.
"It's 'The Bunks and Braes o' Bon
nie Doon," said the old lady softly.
O, the myriad fluttering moments
and apprehensive instants which led
up to that night! Tho temerity of un
dertaking a flight so unwonted, the
danger of discovery, of recapture—
these but euhanced tho ecstacy of It
all!
They made their escape while the
youngest scion of the house of Malone
was being put to bed upstairs. Down
through the dusk, between the rows of
straggling gooseberry bushes that
caught at her gown, out into the path
around tho wheat field skirting the
corn, grandma skurried like a little
gray rabbit. And there, on the high
road was Billie waiting for her —Billie,
kindJy, encouraging, swelling with the
importance of the adventure. How ho
did strive to restralu hor Impetuosity.
How he did explain that they had lots
of time, that the seats were already
secured, that she would be tired out
before she got there. But neither
speech nor movement was to bo regard
ed in the exhilaration of that delicious
experience. How sweet the ?reen things
smollcd with the dew on them!
Ah, never would the memory of that
night fade —that "witching, wonderful
night!" The entrance into the lively
town, the sight of the domed canvas
tent, the hurrying crowds of pleasure
seekers, the lighted shops, the smell of
the sawdust, tho glimpse of tired faces,
tho torches, the music—best of all, 0,
incomparably Itest of all—the circus it
self! Never did so stately a ringmas
ter stride Into tho arena. Never did
A &t
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* in China \h Expense of
Tfij ) Foreigners. C&
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A curious Instance of the exploits
of the Chinese secret societies Is fur
nished by a European who is familiar
with tho country. China, he says, is
honeycombed with secret societies. It
is practically the exception for a
Chinaman not to belong to one of
these associations, not' &U of which,
however, aire intended to serve such
mischievous ends as those aimed at by
the Boxers. Many of the societies aro
comparatively harmless, and much re
semble the guilds of mediaeval Eu
rope. Almost every trade and calling
has its Beprct society. The occult
power wielded by these bodies is ex
perienced by residents in China in
connection with their domestic serv
ants. The beplgtalled cooks and
butlers are adepts In .the art of lining
their pockets at their masters' ex
pense, their favorite practice being to
overcharge their employers in con
nivance with the tradesmen. The trou
so witty a clown break his hones on
collapsable barrels, and set the benches
in a roar! No such agile acrobats ever
balanced ladders and dangled from tra
pezes. No such lovely ladies over
poised and pirouetted on bareback
horses. No such stately Amazon ever
lashed her steeds to victory. And all
the rest merged for Billle into one ex
quisite glow that was almost pain—
pain and rapture—when he beheld:
Upon a milk-white pony.
Fit for a fairy queen,
The loveliest little damsel
His eyes had ever seen!
It was over. They had enjoyed it all.
They had seen the animals —every one.
They had eaten popcorn, and drank
lemonade, and munched peanuts. And
now they were plodding back to the
farm along the road that stretched
ahead lik a ribbon of amber velvet
Neither spoke. Their hearts were toe
full —hers with memories, his with im
aginings. They were as Daudet repre
sents Parisians after the Salon: "Sa
tiated, but not weary, still thrilled by
that air charged with artistic elec
tricity." They made no mention oi
the morrow. Not even reproach then
could wrest this experience from them.
"Are you tired, grandma? Rest on
me—lean hard."
"O, I ain't tired, Billle! I couldn't
be tired tonight I've had a beau-ti
ful time!"
The night was magical. The sleep
ing world was sweet. The hour was
the full-blown rose of—
The peace of out-lived bliss!
—Chicago Tribune.
A TRACEDY RECALLED.
Twenty-One Yearn Ago the Prince Im
perial WHS Slain by Zulus. 3
It is 21 years ago that General Dul
ler, then a colonel commanding a
detachment of the Frontier Light
Horse, saw one day, as ho was stroll
ing leisurely near his camp in Zulu
land, four men galloping wildly to
ward him. The foremost horseman
was Lieutenant Carey, the three oth
ers his escort. They brought the
news that prince Imperial of France
had been killed by the Zulus. Buller
eent the cavalry brigade at daylight
the next morning to recover the body.
When they came to the place where
Carey and his men had been sur
prised by the natives they found the
horribly mutilated body of a aead
trooper, and a few yards further on
the body of the' prince. He had the
marks of many spear thrusts in his
body, but was not mutilated in any
way. Round his neck was a thin gold
chain, and slung upon it was a minia
ture of his mother, ex-Empress Eu
genie, and a tiny gold reliquary con
taining a fragment of the true cross.
The relic was given by Pope Leo 111
to Charlemagne on the day when he
crowned the great Prankish lord em
peror of the west. Since then dynasty
after dynasty of French monarchs
had worn that scrap of gold and wood
as a talisman. And as a talisman the
Zulus regarded it, and they stayed
their savage hands abovo the poor
slain lad.—Utica Globe.
Furniture for Hoy's Room.
Of course, John's room does not
want a tea-table, but he does want a
desk an<J a lounge as badly as his sis
ter. Not a lounge with an elegant,
dainty cover, ruffled pillows, etc., but
a leather couch or a rattan divan, with
cushions which have plenty of feath
ers, but no ruffles. This couch
would, I fancy, have many a
tale to tell in after years were
it permitted to relate the number of
air castles built, surrounded by its
eosy pillows, of what is to be done
"when I am a man," for a boy has
just as many dreams as a girl; they
differ from each other in quality ra
ther than quantity. Tho desk,
too, should be there —and there
is no reason why it should not,
for the very thing he wants can be
bought for $5 or slo—for then there
will bo a place for him to wrestle with
the "composition fiend," and a place
to keep Ills school notes and party in
vitations.
Grouno Reported Plentiful.
The game department of Ontario re
ports that the grouse will be very
plentiful in western Ontario this year.
In the neighborhood of Sarnia they
will be particularly plentiful. The
season has been particularly favorable
to the breeding of game birds, none ol
the young having been drowned out
by rains.
ble ia that there Is nothing tor It but
to pay this tax with resignation. It
is useless to discharge a servant who
habitually makes you pay more than
the market price tor your meat, vege
tables and other supplies. His secret
society knows to a cent the amount
of the "squeeze" in which you have
been mulcted—"squeeze" being the
suggestive pigeon-English expression
for the illegitimate profits In question.
The new servant 13 informed by the
society of the "squeeze" extracted by
his predecessor, and with impertur
bable impudence he will continue to
levy precisely the same toll. In the
unlikely event of his having leanings
toward honesty, the servant's secret
society would wreak dire vengeance
on him for his treachery to his order.
The amount of the "squeeze" varies
with each employer. It Is regulated
in the main by the extortion submitted
to by the resident on his arrival in
the country.
Danlßh Women In tlie Pilot Service.
There are several women in Den
mark who are employed in the pilot
service as State officials. It is their
business to meet Incoming steamers
far out at sea and steer them into
their respective harbors. In Scanda
navian countries women engage in
fishing on equal terms with the men,
and are frequently expert sailors.
Two Twists of Taffeta.
A novel method of fastening an
"open jacket" across the breast is to
tether it with two twists of black taf
feta silk with machine-stitched edges,
each fastened on the left side with a
small "chou" or bow of the same silk.
It does not seem to matter whether
the jacket Is of camel's-liair cloth,
serge or only of pique or linen duck.
It brings the "fronts" together over
the soft blouse front of pale pink silk
or ljiauve batiste, and the fluffiness
stands out between the taffeta twists.
Black taffeta is used.
Wide Knds to Oitf Long Snthes.
Have you noticed how long and also
how wide are the ends of the sash rib
bons when worn at the back? The
ends reach almost to the hem of the
skirt. When made of ribbon, of course,
the width is the same at the top, mid
dle or at the end. But where the sash
is made of silk or liberty satin or other
shining material, it often happens that
the ends are decidedly wider and more
important than above. This is a mil
liner's achievement, to make tlie sash
look the same length, for at the foot
of the skirt, being further away, it
would otherwise look narrower than
above.
French Fancies,
French people have one or two ideas
that Americans would do well to fol
low. They do not make over their
clothes so often, follow every little
change in the fashion, nor do they
make so much difference in materials
they wear in winter or summer. If a
gown is becoming, well made, and
satisfactory (and you may bo sure that
it is, or a Frenchwoman would not ac
cept it from her dressmaker), she will
wear that gown for winter aud sum
mer both, and again another year if it
is not literally woi'n out. The idea is
a good one for Americans to adopt.
They should be sure, of course, that
their gowns look right—that is to say,
that they are sufficiently up to date,
and then, especially in the case of the
silk gowri, they can wear that gown
without any regard to whether it is
hot or cold weather.—Harper's Bazar.
For Stout Women.
Another effect giveu by trimming
that is decidedly novel Is the way the
stole pieces are put down In front of
the gown. They are on tlie flap of
tlie fichu that starts from the shoulder
or that goes around tlie shoulder and
crosses at the bust, and then falls un
broken to the hem of the skirt. This
is attractive, and adds height, and
makes an old gown look like new, but
it is too old a fashion for any young
girl to attempt It is an exceedingly
becoming and smart one for any one
who is at all inclined to be stout.
A gown for evening, made on these
lines, that is most attractive, is of
black crepe de Chine trimmed with
yellow guipure lace. The lines of lace
on the under skirt mid those on the
waist are the same; that is, they start
high aud come down to a point. The
waist looks very broad over tlie shoul
ders, aud quite small at the waist
line. The gown itself is made with
a train, and is exceedingly graceful
in design.—Harper's Bazar.
Long Sleeves of Shirred Chiffon.
The girl witli thin arms will rejoice
In the gown which has long sleeves of
shirred chiffon. They are Btylish,
pretty in every detail and immensely
becoming to a slender arm, while,
alas, they must be abjured by the
woman of embonpoint, as they make
her arms look altogether too muscular.
Crepon of fine weave can be sliirred
almost as well as chiffon or sheer silken
tissues. A slender young girl Ims tho
upper part of her skirt shirred tight
down to tho lining. This is really a
deep yoke over tlie hips, and tlie ful
ness is all below the yoke. This looks
very stylish with the long sleeves of
sliirred chiffon or crepon. This model
is recommended for an evening dress
for early September or October. We
have enjoyed wearing our elbow
sleeved bodice in tho hot, hot summer
months, but tlie cooler evenings are at
hand. A long-sleeved gown is espe
cially useful at a hotel at summer re
sort. If your sleevs are long yon can
step out of the corridor or off the
.inarch and enjoy tlie evening air, even
if it he rather fresh, or salt. With el
how sleeves you would probably re
quire a wrap which would hide the ef
fective bodice.
Two Chinese Women Doctor*.
Of the four University of Michigan
graduates now at the city of Kiu Ivi
ang, China, where rioting is reported
to have broken out and where several
missionaries have already been killed,
two are native Chinese girls. They
are Mary Stone and Ida Kahn, whose
medical diplomas bear the date of
June 25, 18'Jti. Both girls were adopt
ed while children by an American
missionary, Sllss Gertrude Howe, and
sent to Ann Arbor to scliool. Miss
St&ie, or Melyii Shle, her Chinese
name, has the distinction of being the
first native girl iu the entire valley
of the Yangtse Kiang to grow up to
womanhood without having iter feet
crushed into fashionable shape. Hu
mor that her feet were not to be
bound raised a storm of opposition,
almost a riot. Miss Kahn was saved
by Miss Howe from being drowned
as a "useless child with an evil fu
ture," so the fortune teller told It.
When Miss Stonp was eighteen years
old and Miss Ivalin nineteen they en
tered the University of Michigan med
ical department as students. Both
soon became known as hard students,
with an endurance ajnl quickness
of perception that was surprising.
-Tliey took an active part in class or
ganization, social and religious life,
frequently appearing before their
friends clothed in the loose, flowing
black and white silken robes of their
native land and writing and talking
of conditions there with a wisdom far
beyond their years. Miss Stone was
secretary of her class during her last
year in college. At graduation both
girls wore their native costumes at
the request of their classmates. Since
returning to China the two girls have
labored incessantly for thoir country
men. In one year, it is said, over
0000 patients were treated by them.
They have the confidence of the Chi
nese to an unusual extent. Their
friends hero greatly fear that thoir
lives have already paid the penalty
of their zeal.
Mmvmm _anv g
I'atti, it is rumored, will visit Amer
ica unprofesslonally this winter.
More than one-third of all manu
factured goods are in France maie
by women.
Miss Grace C. Strnehan is the first
woman elected associate superintend
ent of the Brooklyn Department of
Education. ,
Mrs. Davis, John Brown's only sis
ter, the youngest of the family of six
teen children, is now sixty-eight years
of age and lives in St John, Mich.
Miss Helen Gould is a collector of
crystals and possesses one unusually
large and free from blemishes, which
is kept in a darkened room lighted
from overhead. ..
Mrt. FL L. Greenwald, president of
the National Science Club, of Wash
ington, is considered one of the best
meteorologists in the country and is
a volunteer observer of the United
States Observatory at York, Fenn.
Princess Victoria of Wales, who is
thirty-two years old, is one of the few
royal old maids in existence. She has
had opportunities of marriage, but
her devotion to her parents and tend
ency to follow artistic fads have kept
her single at an age when most prin
cesses have long been wives.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, of Wash
ington, is among the most enlightened
colored women of the United States.
She is a graduate of Oberlin and is a
trustee of the public schools of Wash
ington. She lias studied abroad in
Paris, Berlin and Lausanne and was
once offered a position in Oberlin Col
lege.
The burial of Mrs. Gladstone in
Westminster Abbey recalls the fact
that this national distinction has been
granted to only two others of her
sex—Lady Palmerston in 1809 and
Lady Augusta Stanley in 1870. Both
these women, like Mrs. Gladstone,
were Ideal helpmates of their hus
bands.
A stock company has been formed
by California women to develop West
ern oil fields. The officers of tlie
company are nil women, save the con
sulting engineer. None of the officials
are salaried, the management decid
ing to devote its time gratuitously to
advancing the interests of the com
pany, applying all funds received
from sales of stock directly to devel
opment
Mrs. Pak, a Korean woman, was
graduated recently from a medical
| school in Baltimore. She is the iirst
woman of her nation to receive a
full medical education. Although in
the latter part of her course her stud
ies were interrupted by caring for her
husband, sick with consumption, she
graduated with honors. Her. husband
lias since diod, and she will return
home to engage in missionary work.
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Laces are going to be used on every
thing this fall, from chiffon to fur.
Tucks, shirtings, fine pleatings and
folds are the fancy of the moment
in neckwear, and are remarkably
cheap.
The foreign arbiter of fashion indi
cates tlie double-breasted, tightly-fit
ting waistcoat as a coming favorite.
It will he trimmed liberally with hand
some buttons.
A novelty is the panne metallique.
A special process gives a metallic
sheen to the panne and It is highly
effective. Changeable, striped and
broeho panne is also showb.
A novelty to be introduced the com
ing season is phosphorized silk, so
called because the surface has a phos
pimroscent effect, intended to suggest
tlie glimmer on the sea.
Delicate organdies that are crushed
but not soiled may be freshened by
sprinkling with water in which a little
gum arable lias been dissolved ami
Ironing carefully. They will look as
well as new if properly dbne.
The Persian dressmakers ore en
deavoring to force the Directoire coat
upon the world of fashion. It is cut
to the waistline in front and lias short
coat tails in the back. It is tightly
fitting and closed by large buttons.
A revival of tlie old-time postilion
back is predicted, with vest fronts of
every description. There will be triple
waistcoat effects, triple jackets, long
stole ends and many other fanciful
ideas for those who wish to adopt
them.