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The record of the progress and history
©f the race from its lowest beginnings
to its highest attainments is to be
found in human nature. Every human
being carries within himself, in his
active powers and impulses, every pro
pensity which has ever furnished the
energy to maintain progress*
The way a state university can do
good work for others than its regular
students is illustrated by the Uni
versity of Minnesota, which recently
closed its ninth annual summer school,
at which 1032 teachers were enrolled.
Last year there were 3200 regular
students enrolled. The state Legisla
ture provides generously for this insti
tution.
A paper by the Hon. Eugene Smith
of New York City on "The Cost of
Crime," which was read at the recent
session of the National Prison asso
ciation at Cleveland, was an attempt to
complete the a proximate cost of crime
in the United States. Owing to the
absence of reliable statistics only a
relative estimate could be made. Hut
the speaker thought lie was within
moderate bounds in estimating the
cost of crime, including the expense
of its prosecution and punishment, as
not less than $(>00,000,000.
According to a Belgian officer who
has just returned from the Congo
Free State, the river Uelle there is
full of a species of octopus, called by
the natives "miga." This creature is
in the liabit, it is said, of attacking
native canoes, capsizing them, drag
ging its victims to its cave and mak
ing a meal of them. The Belgian tells
some strange stories of the perform
ances of those creatures which he pro
fesses to have witnessed. These
stories strain one's credulity and read
like a page from llider Haggard's
novels.
Mr. Thomas Moran, the celebrated
American painter, speaking for the ex
cellence of American art, declares that
when the rich American gets over his
desire for foreign paintings, the future
of American art is assured; for when
worthy work is in demand at home
our art will develop itself to the re
quirements. There is not a line of en
deavor in which we have not at homo
better talent than is to be found in
any part of Europe. This is a fact
which will make itself felt sooner or
later, when the new-rich will become
more conservative and not go oil in a
mad race after foreign rainbows.
The recent report of the department
of agriculture, calling attention to the
rapid destruction of the groves of
great trees which have been one of the
glories of California, points to the
need of checking the activities of the
relentless woodman and his ax. In
spite of legislation, little enough has
been done for the preservation of
American forests, and in the case of
the big trees of California there is
absolutely nothing to prevent the
thrifty wood cutter from enriching
himself by the felling of trees which
in their age and magnificence are not
equalled anywhere in the world. That
a tree should grow for many cen
turies, a living evidence of the great
ness of the vital forces in nature,
to be hacked down by the first thrifty
person who may want to gather in
a few dollars, seems a pity. If the
destruction is objectionable for senti
mental reasons, it is equally objection
able as depriving future generations of
n feature of natural beauty. It would
seem tlmt tho federal government and
the state authorities of California with
propriety might take joint action in
this matter to save at least the great
est of these natural curiosities.
! THE HALL OF WASTED THINGS.
At tho Castlo of Men's Sorrows, in the
Hall of Wasted Things,
Are broken old betrothals, and old be
trothal rings,
And long-forgotten kisses, and old letters
never sent.
And heartstrings of young lovers that
faithless ones have rent.
And long-since burnt-out passions, and
the lires of wasted loves,
And cast-off maiden's ringlets, and pairs
of maiden's gloves.
And smiles that men have treasured, and
sweet glanees gone astray,
And broken words of lovers, and hours of
many a day.
Now with these I'd fain deposit some few
things of my own—
Some paltry, wasted trifles that some one
has outgrown:
This tiny, battered locket, and this bit of
geni-set gold,
And tne love I've left unspoken, and the
love I may have told;
May they lie and be forgotten, where the
gray-robed angel sings—
The Angel of Oblivion, in the Ilall of
Wasted Things.
—Eugene Herbert Mac Lean, in Life.
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THE mother was a widow, an
industrious woman, who
worked late and early In
order to support her child,
a little girl between four and five years
old, pretty as a fairy, full of fun, af
fectionate and coaxing as any happy
child could be.
On the oposite side of the landing of
the fifth floor on which Mme. Etienne
and her daughter Llllie lived was the
door of the apartments inhabited by
two brothers —cabinetmakers by trade,
and bachelors either by choice or
chance, no one knew.
One of those days when the intense
heat necessitates the door being left
open in order to get a current of air,
the prettiness of Lillie attracted the at
tention of tho two brothers, who were
already past their first youth, and
adored children in their quality of ap
proaching old bachelorhood. From that
a sort of intimacy sprang up between
tho widow and her neighbors. Little
reciprocal services passed between
them; they sometimes made a party
of pleasure 011 the Sunday; 30 well did
they get on, indeed, that one day the
elder of the two brothers said to the
other:
"That child would want a father
badly."
"That is my opinion also."
"Would you have any objection to
my asking the mother to marry me?"
"Why should I? In fact, I was think
ing of doing the same myself; but since
you have spoken first, follow the no
tion up—hut on the condition that you
will let me see little Lillie as often as
1 tike. I love that child as much as if
she were my own."
"Forsooth! You will live with us."
The question agreed upon, the two
brothers, dressed in their best, went to
call on Mme. Etienne, whom, however,
they found confined to bed. The even
ing before she had walked very rap
idly, in order to take some work hack
to the shop in time; 011 returning, she
had caught a chill, passed a feverish
night, and was not able to rise in the
morning. She begged her neighbors
to go for a doctor; it was no time to
speak of marriage.
Inflammation of the lungs carried
away the poor woman in ten days.
Thanks to the two brothers, she had
not to go to the hospital; and until the
last she was able to see her little Lillie,
whom she earnestly recommended to
them. They swore never to abandon
the child.
The funeral over, they took charge
of the little one, kissing her. They
said to one another, at the same time:
"If you wish, we will never get mar
ried now."
They went to live at Vincennes, so
that Lillie might have plenty of good
air and take walks in the wood. They
were very proud of their adopted
daughter. When people stopped to look
at them, and asked in a casual way
which of them was her father, they
replied: "Both of us."
Lillie seemed to like one as well as
the other, and called them Uncle John
and Uncle James.
When she grew a little older they put
her to school —to a young ladies'
school, he it understood—taking hef
there every morning and calling for
her in the evening; so Lillie grew up
between these two affections without
ever feeling the waul of father or
mother.
She cost the brothers a great deal of
money; hut, bah! they went no longer
lo the cafe, and worked a little more
than formerly. These supplementary
hours were devoted to the pleasure and
toilet of mademoiselle.
When she was fifteen years of age
she was the first to suggest that she
should stay at home for the future, at
which, of course, the brothers wore
enchanted. What a charming little
housekeeper they had then, and with
what joyful tenderness she greeted
their return every evening! To say
that the spoiled child never abused
their goodness would be saying too
much; hut at least she seized every
available opportunity of pleasing them.
Two years passed over so quickly for
all of them, that on the day the two
men brought a calte and bouquet to
celebrate Lillie's birthday, they ex
claimed:
"Seventeen years old! Is It possible?"
But, yes, it was possible. And James
and John thought so much about it
that it made them anxious and un
happy.
It was the younger who said one
evening to the other;
"Do you know that Lillie is getting
more beautiful every day?"
"Eh! Yes. I know it well. And
others know it, too. There must be
a good many admirers prowling about
here after her."
"And it is certain one of them will
take her away from us before very
long."
"Poor little thing!"
"Ye 3, if she were to get a bad hus
band."
"Oh, I should kill any man wbc
would treat her badly."
"There is only one way of escaping
that."
"Ah!" said the elder brother, with
out making any addition to the excla
mation.
"And then," continued the other,
"think how sad it would be for us to
part from Lillie. Never again to see
her trotting about the house, never to
hear her mery voice singing after we
return from work of an evening."
"I have been thinking of all that for
a long time, my dear John."
"It must be put an end to."
"And your plan?"
"It is very simple, if it pleases yoa
I shall marry her before she gets fond
of any one else."
"Zounds!"
The elder brother stood up, almost
threateningly.
"Well, what is the matter?"
"I also have thought of that plan.
I was often going to sneak about it, but
always held bad
"Why?"
"Because l wanted to marry Lillie
myself."
The two brothers looked at each
other far from amiably; then the
younger said:
"This is the same as with the mother
formerly. Do you remember, James? 1
gave her up to you. It is your turn,
now, to give Lillie up to me. You are
three years older than I."
"Which, nevertheless, does not make
you very young."
A song was heard ascending from be
low stairs. Lillie was coming back
from her daily shopping.
"Listen," said John, rapidly. "The
child who has made our happiness up
to this must not be a cause of disunion
between us. Let her choose which one
she likes best.*'
"All right," said the other, "that is
quite fair.
Lillie entered, took the two men by
the neck, kissed them, and, drawing a
chair between them, said:
"I wish to speak to you seriously."
The face of the young girl looked
quite joyous .
"I wish to get married."
"John and I were just speaking about
it."
"But you have not found me a hus
baid."
"As a matter of fact, we have. You
love us very much, you say?"
"Like father and mother at once."
"That is why we wish to propose to
you to choose between us."
"Why choose?"
"Which of us you will marry."
The young girl burst into a fit of
laughter so joyous, so prolonged, that
the two brothers remained quite dum
founded. Then brushing the tears
from her eyelashes:
"No nonsense, my uncles. I said I
wanted to speak to you seriously. You
mustn't joke. I have a sweetheart."
Neither replied.
"Now, you must not be angry, I am
so fond of him; and he is coming to
morrow to see you."
"Like that —all at once! And us,
Lillie?"
"You will always bo my two fathers."
—New York Weekly.
Terrified the Bride.
He v,-ns six feet tall if he was an
inch, and the shoulders of the girl at
his side were on a level with his owu.
It was plain that they didn't belong to
Kansas Cily, mid ns they came into
the county court house in an awkward,
hesitating way, with many glances at
the lofty ceilings and broad staircases,
the loungers in the corridor put them
down for Pike County. They bad just
been married; that much was learned
later, and tlicy were taking In the
sights of the city before returning to
(be country. After satisfying their
curiosity regarding the first iloor of
tlie court house the pair decided to risk
a ride in the elevator. Approaching
(lie cage, they scrutinized every part
of It carefully and, entering the car,
I lie man said to Andy O'Hare, the con
ductor, "When d'ye start?"
O'Hare nearly fell off his stool with
surprise, hut said, as he sized up the
visitors: "We start now," and slam
ming the door of the elevator he pulled
over the lever and the car shot upward
with twice its usual speed. In fact,
so quickly did (lie car ascend that the
bride fell to the floor, and clasping the
ltuccs of her husband, cried loudly: "I
ain't ready yet! I ain't ready!"
They were the most surprised bridal
couple that ever came up the road, and
when they had reached the fourth floor
the groom turned to O'Hnre and in
quired, "How much do I owe you?"
They walked down stairs.—Kansas
City Star.
AVomen V.nle In Mnniln.
Manila is not a place in which to
grow beautiful, it seems. A naval offi
cer who lias spent much time there
says the women, and even young girls,
seem to grow old and faded from day
to day from the effects of the climate.
In tlie northern part of the Philippines
lie found it very comfortable, but he
had nothing to say of the advantages
of living in Manila, and was constantly
glad that ills wife and family were nfit
there to suffer from the ill effects.—
New York Times.
"Women Livn Longer Tlian Men.
Statistics of the various countries are
remarkable on this point. In Ger
many only 113 out of 1000 males reach
the age of fifty, while more than 500 of
1000 females reach that age. In the
United States there arc 2583 female to
1308 male centenanians. In France of
ten centenarians seven are women and
only three men. In the rest of Europe
of twenty-oui centenarians sixteen are
1 women.
SWISS ARE EXPERT MARKSMEN.
KIHo Clulis Aro Popular anil Well Sup.
ported Among the Alps.
Some of the clubs are rich and well
supported and have funds invested,
and the ranges, with their pavilions,
rows of disappearing targets, electric
bells, telephones and all modern im
provements and appliances, leave noth
ing to the most fastidious to desire.
In some places the shield protected
ranges are, I believe, in use, but these
have not been visited by me. The
town of Zurich has recently spent, as
mentioned in Colonel Ivinden's recent
paper, 750,000 francs, or £30,000, in
providing a range of 400 yards with
ninety-six six-foot targets nntl 288
figure targets. This is used by the
clubs, and also by the troops, but is
over and above the extensive military
ranges to be found at headquarters of
divisions. At Zurich there is yet a sec
ond range of 400 meters, which, with
every convenience for practice, and a
large pavilion for functions at the an
nual fetes, has cost £32,000. In the
smaller towns, as at Lenzburg, within
three miles of the old castle from
which this is written, one well-ap
pointed range serves several clubs, the
days and hours for the practice or
prize shooting of each being arranged
by the committees in communication.
The town population groups itself into
clubs according to the means of the
members, the less well-to-do using
their military rifles and contenting
themselves with a few off days when
when the obligatory course has been
completed. The richer clubs meet reg
ularly once a week, sometimes oftener,
during the season, extending from the
Ist of May to the Ist of October.
Match rifles with hair triggers are
common, and excellent results are
shown at thirty yards on the popular
six-foot target divided into fifty rings,
each ring hnving its value according
to its proximity to the bull's-eye. The
Swiss clvb shooting is, as a rule, save
in the military exercises, limited to
300 yards. And nearly all shots are
made standing. It is held that if a
man can in this position steadily hit
a small mark at this distance he will
do decently at longer ranges, and that
this practice Is quite sufficient to keep
the eye and hand in training and to in
sure acquaintance with and confidence
in one's weapon. The range is gener
ally given up on Sundays to the work
ingmen's clubs, and the chief club in
Lenzburg meets on a Monday. In the
villages, Sunday, for obvious reasons,
is the day for practice and matches.
It is not advanced that this arrange
ment would, as matters now stand, be
suited to the conditions and prejudices
of our own country, but It exactly fits
in with the views and feelings of the
population of even this strongly Prot
estant quarter of Switzerland. In
these villages on Sundays there is no
afternoon service, but nearly every one
without exception attends divine serv
ice in the morning, generally at 9.30
o'clock. After service the day is given
up to rational amusement, in which
rifle practice is included.—Nineteenth
Century.
The Murder of Sleep.
The question of city noises has come
to the front of late and an endeavor
has been made to restrain and regulate
them in some degree, but there has
been a good deal of straining at the
gnat and swallowing the camel in the
matter. Organ-grinders and street
hawkers are doubtless a nuisance
sometimes, but their operations are a
mere trifle compared with other noises
that we have to endure, and, moreover,
the disturbance they make is usually
confined to the hours of daylight.
When preventable noises invade the
hours of sleep, the matter becomes
more serious; for, in this busy, harass
ing life, sound rest at night is an es
sential to the maintenance of the
working powers.
One of the most alarming concomi
tants of modern civilization is the in
creasing prevalence of lunacy and
other nervous diseases. The cause is
doubtless to be found in the hurried,
anxious lives that we lead, in the in
tensity of our studies, the fierce com
petition in business, and the general
difficulties of life witli most of us.
How many breadwinners, whether
professional men, business men, arti
sans or factory girls, return to their
homes day after day utterly exhausted
by their continuous labors! To such,
undisturbed sleep is the best of all
tonics, but this is often difficult to ob
tain, and its deficiency means impaired
health, or even complete breakdown.
The contrast between the health and
development of the agricultural labor
er and tnat of the average Industrial
operative is due, not alone to the out
of-door life and healthy occupation of
the former, but in no small degree to
early hours of retiring andquietnights,
—Westminster Review.
An Klufllve Puzzle.
De Wet, tlie elusive Boer command
er, lias got to the penny-puzzle stage
of popularity in England. Says an
American, who purchased one of those
"puzzle" cards from an itinerant ven
dor: "On it was an outline of the ter
ritory lately ruled by Mr. Kruger, with
the wording: 'This is the Transvaal;
find De Wet.' I turned the card about
but could discover no outline sugges
tive of the eel-like Boer general. With
a grin he answered: 'Yer ea't And De
Wet, guv'nor? No more can anybody
else And 'im! 'E ain't there; 'e's sloped,
as per usual. Now, ain't the sell worth
a bloom in' penny?"— Argonaut.
Women anil W(Hiding; Days.
Even if it woman hasn't any super
stitions about ladders mid cats she has
about wedding days.—New York Press.
Paper shingles are used in Japan,
and they are said to be as satisfactory
as wooden oues and much cheaper.
They are simply slips of tarred paste
board.
WoMiEbf
A Veteran Nurse.
Mrs. Emily E. Woodley, of Philadel
phia, is said to be with one exception
I the oldest surviving nurse of the Civil
War. She was four years with the
Army of the Potomac, and has a num
ber of medals given to her for distin
guished services.
Mrs. Woodley has contributed a plot
of ground for a monument to the
nurses in the Civil War, that it is her
strongest hope to see erected before she
dies.
Breaks and Trains Wild Horses.
i Mrs. Ada Barcelonx, of Denver, Col.,
breaks and trains wild horses. She
owns two powerful black horses which
she makes lie down, roll over, play
dead, and do a "cakewalk." She is
quoted as saying: "I think I always
had a natural power over horses, and
they seem to know what I want them
to do. I never had a horse act really
mean to me in all my life."
When Mrs. Barcelonx was thirteen
years old she won a prize for being the
best girl rider in the State of Califor
nia.
A Woman's Fortitude In War.
Lady Hodgson, wife of the Governor
of tho Gold Coast, is the first English
woman who ever entered Coomassie,
and who went through the terrible
siege there with calmness and forti
tude. Sir Frederick Hodgson found his
wife an immense help to him in keep
ing up the spirits of the men and wom
en during the siege, and quotes the
words that Sir Owen Lanyon uttered at
tho close of the siege of Pretoria as be
ing applicable to Lady Hodgson:
"There are women whose conduct in a
time of great difficulty and danger one
cannot honor too much."
A Bcmurkable Old Lady.
The Duchess of Cleveland, mother of
Lord Rosebery, is one of the most re
markable octogenarians in English so
ciety. She can remember every inci
dent of the Queen's wedding, where
she officiated as bridesmaid and her
memoirs, should they ever be pub
lished, ought to prove one of the most
fascinating books concerning the social
and political life of the Victoria era.
As is natural in the mistress of Battle
Abbey, she has loug been a leading au
thority ou the battle of Hastings, and
some years ago she published a volum
inous work dealing with all those fami
lies who can trace their descent from
William the Conqueror's knights.
Tlio Empire Touch of Gold.
More fashionable than taffeta or vel
vet Just now is the fine flannel shirt
waist. The empire touch of gold is
desirable in small quantities, but the
difficulty is not to overdo it. A little
goes a great way. One is surprised by
the variety of weaves and colorings and
widths in gold tissue.
One gold tissue band is patterned at
intervals with a very small polka dot
at black velvet. Another piece of gold
shows the little Louis Quinze bow-knot
in black velvet. A fleur de lys, also in
black velvet, studs the surface of gold
ribbon at intervals. Only one figure is
used in a row, no matter how wide the
gold ribbon may be. This looks better
than if the entire surface was spotted
into patterns.
A Chliiamnn on Luring.
Here is what one Chinaman says in
the North China Daily News about
"Corsets Against Small Shoes":
"What is the use of binding the feet?
It is of the same use as tightening the
waist among you Europeans. Do you
tighten the waist for comfort? No. Is
it to make you look taller or shorter?
No. Then what is it for? It is for
beauty. It is to catch the eyes of men.
So is foot binding. They are both for
the benefit of men. Foot binding does
not do as much harm as waist tight
ening.
"When so many of your men have
written against the harm of waist
tightening and not succeeded, how can
a few of your women think to put a
stop to our ancient custom? You have
many medical women. Why do they
not loosen their waists before they ask
our women to loosen their feet? Your
enlightened Christian women should
begin at home by forming an anti-waist
tightening society; then we Chinese
may follow your example."
The Athletic Girl's lilvul.
A certain type of women will be glad
to hear that the "girly" girl appears
to be coming again to the fore, and
that there is quite a demand for the
old article, the organdie-gowned, co
quettish beauty who does not golf, or
play tennis, or shoot, or sail a boat,
who wears beautiful clothes all
flounced and frilled even in the day
time, and curls, and all that kind of
thing. She sits on the veranda look
ing too pretty for anything, her one
form of exercise being to take a ride
every day on a showy but gentle hack,
clad in a perfectly fitting London habit,
although it would seem more appro
priate to her style to wear the flowing
6kirt and plumed hat of her prototype
of fifty years ago. It is very obvious
that the men quite like this sort of girl,
that they feel it a pleasant change
after the good comradeship that has for
the last dozen years marked their in
tercourse with the fair sex. They like
the soft beauty's exactions, her little
ways and pretty tyrannies; they enjoy
feeling, oh, so strong, beside her
avowed weakness; they like to listen to
her artless flatteries and bask in her
admiration of their prowess. With
such a one they feel that they have re
gained their ascendancy, that they
once more are lords of creation. What
wonder, Buch being the case, that cer
tain clever young women havo found
this out, and that they have been the
first to profit by this possible change in
the trend of masculine taste.
".Why la Br-" askod aD anxious
mother of her daughter quite recently,
"that Molly B. seems to have all the
young men?"
"Why, because she wants them, 1
suppose," answered her up-to-date
daughter, with provoking indifference.
"When she comes up to the club with
her picture hat and pretty, fresh mus
lin frocks she makes us all look like
frights, and the men evidently think
so."—New York Tribune.
Jj®[jWEN MD S
The face on the silver dollar is that
of Miss Anna W. Williams, a Philadel
phia school teacher.
A home for women students at Ber
lin University will be erected, following
the general plan of college dormitories
in the United States.
It is stated that Miss Caddick, the
author and traveler, contemplates tak
ing up the late Miss Mary Kingsley's
work in West Africa.
The El Paso School Board has or
dered the young women under its Juris
diction to wear short skirts while on
duty "as a sanitary measure."
Mrs. Garth, widow of the late Col.
John H. Garth, of Hannibal, Mo., has
given $25,000 to that city for the erec
tion of a public library building, to be
a memorial to her husband.
Mrs. Melvil Dewey, of Albany, N. Y.
is endeavoring to establish, through
the agency of farmers' institutes,
courses of lectures to farmers' wives
on household economics and similar
subjects.
Isabella, the former Queen of
who has for years been living in Parl%
is now making efforts to be allowed tt
return to her native country, froa
which sho was banished twenty-thres
years ago.
Three women, the wives of famous
husbands, • have been accorded the
honor of burial in Westminster Abbey.
They aro Lady Palmerston, Lady Au
gusta Stanley, wife of Dean Stanley,
and Mrs. Gladstone.
Lavender cultivation Is becoming a
popular industry with women in Eng
land. The English variety Is the sweet
est in the world and always in great
demand. The plant is hardy and needs
little cultivation. To prepare the young
plants and lay out an acre costs about
S2OO, but it should yield $250 a season.
Deep, sandy loam overlaying chalk is
the best soil for lavender.
New Orleans has an order of colored
nuns founded many years since. It
was instituted for the special purpose
of giving education and moral train
ing to young colored girls and to care
for orphans and aged, infirm persons of
their race. In Its orphan asylum are
children of all ages up to fourteen. The
convent Is a stately building more than
a century old, in the old French quar
ter of New Orleans, and once was an
opera house.
O&LEAHINQS''
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Guy gray is the newest color. ""
Sealion-skin purses and pocketbooks.
Very large gilt buckles for millinery
purposes.
Neck boas of liberty silk edged with
chenille down the front.
Sash and tie clasps in finely cut steel
and gilt; also in old metals.
Taffeta-silk petticoats, with frou
frou effects on double flounce.
Umbrellas in plain taffeta silks, with
mother-of-pearl handles trimmed with
silver.
Peacock's breasts on hats, and silk
velvet flowers on the more elaborate
toques.
Buttons in gilt metal and imitation
jewels made in star and diamond
shapes.
Walking gloves of very heavy white
glace kid and having a very mannish
appearance.
Children's coats made of smooth
faced goods with three small capes and
Pingat sleeve.
Hats of black felt, with white cloth
edged with black velvet covering the
hat in a flower-like effect.
Belt buckles of fine gilt metal, with
raised figures of eagles on each side
and the bust of Napoleon in the centre.
Felt hats with a band of gold braid
around the crown, braid of same width
edging the flaring velvet bows placed
in front.
Robes of broadcloth, Reinassance nel
and lace, appliqued with fine silk cord
hand embroidered, with bolero to cor
respond.
Ladies' hosiery in fine lisle thread,
embroidered on tho instep with bou
quet of red carnations tied with blue
love knots.
Nightdress with elbow sleeves in
flowing lines and low in the neck;
others with sleeve made tight to the el
bow by being gathered with baby rib
bon.
Black taffeta skirts with circular
flounce of accordion plaiting and
crinkle, which gives it the appearance
of being composed of the old-fashioneu
piping.
Flannel Waists with applied velvel
and tucked sleeves to the elbow. The
applied velvet is one inch in width and
looks like stamped-out leather. It—
the velvet —is laid on in bands on the
collar and cuffs, with three rows down
the front.
Shaped belts of black velvet covered
with three rows of one-quarter-incb
very heavy gold braid. On the braio
are placed eight metal beetles with
turquoise bodies, a large turquoise
clasp completing the belt.—Dry Goods
Economist.