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The relatives of Lafayette residing
In Paris, France, who are understood
to be in need of money, are seeking
to find in this country a purchaser of
his famous collection of relics and sou
venirs. They place its value at SIOO,- (
000. The collection includes the great
rose vase presented to Lafayette by *
the French Republic and many gifts '
from friends in this country, including
Washington, Franklin, Monroe, John *
Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson. *
]
The evils of indiscriminate street
almsgiving are shown in the recent \
exposure of a school for teaching boys 5
to beg in New York City. The head <
of this new educational scheme was 1
making out of it an income of about *
$23 a day, besides the greater cost of }
the demoralization of the boys he In- j
strueted. So many of these schemes t
have come to light that it is a matter 1
of wonder that even the average easy
going benevolence will give unhesita- {
tingly at any kind of an appeal a j
clever rogue may make. 1
—
A woman in Pennsylvania worked '
for weeks in a coal breaker, dressed '
as a boy, to support her children and ,
her sick husband. She worked nine
hours a day for sixty-five cents. Ilcr
fingers were cut and bruised by the
tumbling coal, hut she kept on until
she was found out and discharged.
On the same day on which this discov
ery was made a woman in Bridgeport
died two hours before her daughter,
for whose sake she had worked herself
to death. AY lien you read about idle
women in society, remember that
there are also women who do things
like these.
The development of electric trolley
systems throughout the country is sure
to mark the immediate future, says
the New York Independent. In some
of the Western States these are al
ready creeping out into the farming
districts. These cars can be made to !
serve to a great exfent as mall car
riers. St. Louis was the first city to
use her street ears for carrying the
mail. The system is now very per
fect. Communication along routes is
almost as speedy as by telegraph
possibly more so. A letter can he
mailed and an answer received within
a few hours. Some letters never see a
post office. They are taken up by the
carrier, put on a mail car, and handed
by the car to another carrier, who de
livers them to the person addressed.
The Consreßfiiiiiui Went to Sleep.
0110 of the most absent-minded men
In the House of Representatives is Mr.
Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the com
mittee 011 rivers and harbors. The
other day Mr. Burton having charge
of the appropriation hill, forgot that
for the time being he was boss of the
House and that it was ids duty to say
when the weary lawmakers should
quit work. When that time came Bur
ton forgot all about it. The speaker
looked hard at him, but Burton did not
come out of his trance. Finally Gen
eral Henderson's patience gave out.
"The gentleman from Ohio," lie shout
ed, just as if Mr. Burton had been
asking for recognition. The Ohioau
jumped up. looked bewildered and fin
ally blurted out: "Eh, eh, Mr. Speak
er," he stuttered. "I move the House
do now adjourn." "Well, he's awake
finally," muttered Speaker Henderson,
sotto voce, "but some people do need
a lot of sleep."—Chicago Chronicle.
The Belgian Chamber has resolved
that every M. P. shall be a total ab
stainer at least during the hours
when he .s officiating as a legislator.
Philadelphia makes ninety per cent.
01 cur ingrain carpet.
—Of the world's rubber supply of
57.300 tons, 23. 000 eonie from the
Amazon basin. 3,500 tons from other
pans of South America and 21,Ut)0
from tropical Africa.
-Sixty-two per cent of tin* adults
in the kingdom of Great Britian.
Scotland and Ireland, are able to read
and write. In 1801 only 22 per cent
could read and write.
n A Sang in Winter. 1
A robin sings on the leafless spray,
Hey, lio, winter will go!
Sunlight shines on the desolate way,
And under my feet
I feel the beat
Of the world s heart that never is still,
Never is still,
Whatever may stay.
Life out of death, as day out of night,
Iley, ho, winter will go!
In the dark hedge shall glimmer a light,
A delicate sheen
Of budding green,
Then, silent, the dawn o' summer breaks,
As morning breaks.
O'er valley and hight.
The tide ebbs out, and the tide flows
back;
Hey, ho. winter will go!
Though hca. vii be screened by stormy
rack,
It rains, and the blue
Comes laughing through;
And cloud-like, winter goes from the
earth,
Ooes from the earth
That flowers in ills track.
Sing, robin, sing on your leafless spray,
Hey, ho, winter will go!
Sunlight and song shall shorten the way,
And under my feet
I feel the beat
Of the world's heart that never Is still,
Never is still.
Whatever may stay.
—A. St. John Adcock.
In Far Succonotchie.
BY DABNEY MARSHALL.
(Copyright, 11)01, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
To say that Succonotchie was as
tonished when the new school teach
er arrived expresses it too mildly.
They couldn't have been "no stonish
eder," said Si Hardsock. if one of the
amen elders had taken to being hon
est in a horse trade, or one of the
populites had foresworn whiskers and
whiskey. The Succonotchie boys and
girls, young men and young maidens,
were a rather urgentle set, and the
Succonotchie mothers, when the sa
cred persons of their offspring bad
been invaded by a hickory or their
feelings hurt, were—weil, the less said
of them the safer. Between them they
made the life of the teachers so vivid
and spicy that witn one exception
they ail resigned before the end of the
term. The exception did not resign.
Ho died at the end of the third week.
Finally local talent ceased to apply,
and the trustees were compelled to re
sort to a city educational bureau. It
agreed to furnish upon the pay of its
fee and one month's salary, a suitable
teacher, and °ent one Franco* Irving.
Failing to observe that the "Frances"
was spelled with an "c" and not with
an "i" they rashly concluded they
were to have a male instructor.
Imagine their consternation when
jut of the hack 3tepped neither a man
nor a woman, but a delicious and dain
ty combination of pink and white,
just seventeen years of age, and pretty
enough to have been picked for a
beauty in Paradise.
"The lawd can't have made that
gal outen the dust like the rest of us,"
said Si; "but he must have took dog
wood blossom and sunshine and dew
drops and wild roses."
She teach? Impossible. And yet,
as they had paid out the state's money
they must try her a month anyway.
Monday morning found her duly en
throned upon the teacher's platform
and the schoolroom full of dazed pu
pils. At first out of sheer amazement
the assembly kept quiet, and things
went along smoothly. She mapped out
lessons, divided the pupils off into
classes, and now anil tiien interjected
little homilies about making the Suc
(Pi. | ■ *
"Here, Miss Irving, whahe the lift out
of him."
conotchie school the pride of the
state. Her manner was so winning
and appealing that it went straight to
the hearts of the elder boys and girls.
However, their curiosity goon palled.
A little breeze of whispering fluttered
through the room, but it was not long
before it had swelled to a perfect tor
nado of talk. The teacher had not
noticed the whispering, but could not
pass over the tornado. In vain she
rapped for order. In vain she told
them they could not learn this way,
and were throwing away the best
years of their iives. With this state
ment they radically disagreed. Who
ever heard of bullying a teacher called
"throwing away one's life."
By and by the boys began to wad
up paper and throw it at each other.
The school divided into armies, Brit
ishers and Boers, and the wads llew
thick as bullets at Modder river.
Among the non-combatants was Hal
| Baker, a young fellow about twenty
oue year 3 old—heretofore a ring lead
er—the son of the richest man in the
settlement and immensely popular
witli all classes. During the course of
the fight he had gradually edged closer
and closer to the teacher's platform,
and when a bullet aimed at the head
of the "Lord Kitchener" had, owing to
the expert dodging of that wily mill
tary genius, missed Its aim and im
pinged directly upon the teacher's
forehead, he strode over to the marks
man. and in the twinkling of an eye
lifted that young man squarely off his
feet and dragged him to the platform,
and blurted out:
"Here, Miss Irving, whale the life
out of him, and keep whaling till he
remembers he is a gentleman." Miss
Irving reached a trifle viciously for
the hickory, but dropped it, saying,
"I can't do it, Mr. Baker." (Hal
blushed at the Mister.) "He did not
intend to strike me."
Then the storm of her tears broke,
and she sobbed aloud, openly and
audibly, where all the school could
hear.
An awful hush fell upon the room.
Threats, resistance, blows they were
prepared for and could parry, but
tears —that was taking an unfair ad
vantage.
Finally Hal said: "Look here, the
next chap that bothers that girl will
have me to reckon with."
The next day Hal's desk was near
the teacher's platform, and order,
while not perfect, was miraculous con
sidering. A few boys were kept in
during recess. At the close of school
she proposed to keep in a few others,
but Hal said to her: "No you don't,
you go home; you need rest." Then
he whispered, embarrasedly, "They
won't bother you tomorrow."
And they didn't, and between Miss
Irving and Hal things went along so
smoothly and the children learned so
rapidly, that Succonotchie speaks of
it to this dav.
Under such circumstances teaching
would to the average instructor have
been past time, but it. was telling on
Miss Irving. Her little hands had be-
I
He clasped her to him.
come pale and filmy.
One Saturday Hal brought a pony
over for Miss Irving to ride, saying
she needed the exercise. She replied:
"Why, Hal, I ean't ride."
"But you can learn," he answered.
"That's what you tell me when I get
tangled up in my algebra."
He led the pony at first, but finally
throwing the reins over its neck, he
mounted his own horse, and rode slow
ly by her side. He swung himself
into the saddle with such grace, and
looked so manly, that ho attracted her
admiration. Heretofore she had
thought of him as kind. Now it oc
curred to her she had never seen a
handsomer young man.
One Saturday when the March sun
shine was flinging through every in
terstice in the pine boughs little fluffy
golden plumes of light, and the air
was breathing balm, he took her fish
ing down on the Piuoshoolt.
The girl was too busy with the flow
ers to do much fishing, and Hal—ho
was too busy watching her to do much
more. And they could not keep from
laughing and talking and being noisy
and happy. They were both aston
ished that the noon came so soon and
their string of fish was so small, and
they were a little confused, too, when
Hal's mother commented on their non
success.
A few days before the school was
to close, Miss Irving received a letter
from her mother telling her some rail
road stock which her father had owned
had unexpectedly risen in value, and
she would not be compelled to teach
any more. A sudden joy flooded her
heart at this prospect. Then she be
gan to think how pleasantly the time
had passed in Succonotchie; how kind
all the people had been, and was there
ever such a young man as Hal? She
had never seen a stronger and finer
young man. Was it possible all these
people were going to drift out of her
life? Would sho never see Hal any
more?
For some reason, she did not tell
the people Bhe was not coming back
to Succonotchie, bat Hal and the oth
ers knew of course she would go homo
on a long vacation. ' During the last
few days of school his eyes actually
dogged her, and they had such a long
ing appeal In them she hated worse
than ever to think of not coming
back. Sho wished he would not look
at her so. She was a trifle afraid of
him. She had never failed to do what
ever he had told her to do. True, he
always used his power for her com
fort, but suppose he should ask some
thing for himself? What then?
She wished the old railroad stocks,
as far as she was concerned, had not
risen in value. She ought to teach.
A woman should do something in the
world. She had been told Hal had
never studied, had never cared for
anything, until she came to Succo
notchie. She knew since her coming
he applied himself strenuously, and
she felt with the proper teaching and
encouragement he would make a great
man. She had even dreamed of see
ing him governor. But without hor
would he apply himself?
Hal drove her to the station at the
close of the school. They passed over
the road where they had often ridden.
How pleasant those rides had been!
Hal said nothing, but his eyes were
eloquent with appeal. At last they
crossed the creek where that March
morning they had gathered flowers,
and fished, and dreamed. Had sho
ever been so happy? To stop the de
bate in her heart she said impulsively:
"Hal, I am not coming back to Suc
conotchie to teach any more."
At first he was silent as if not com
prehending her. She saw his eyes
dim, but suddenly they flashed up
with the same light of determination
that had gleamed from them the day
he had dragged the boy to the plat
form.
"Not coming back to Succonotchie?
Well, you've got to come back. I want
you, Miss Frances, for my teacher for
the rest of my life!"
Then with a boldness he never aft
erwards understood, he clasped her to
him, kissed her, and said: "You need
somebody to take care of you. You
struggle for a living? I just can't hear
it. You've got to come back."
She was silent and breathless in his
clasp. He did not know how fiercely
he held her. He continued: "You've
got to come. Won't you come back?"
"No, Hal, she said, "I won't come
back." Then, as he unclasped her and
turned a deadly white under his tan,
she hung her head and whispered:
"I won't come back, but—but. Hal, you
cau bring me back, if you want to."
VANDAL ARMIES.
What Soldiers of CUiilzatlon Did la the
Chinese Empire.
"The sacking of the imperial palac
es at Pekin," writes a military writer
in a Bavarian paper, "was thorough
and complete. The walls, even when
the Germans arrived, were nearly bare.
There was hardly enough furniture
left to fit out hr dwelling of the staff.
Only very heavy things, such as big
looking glasses and screens were
there. Beds and bedding had to be
procured from elsewhere— not without
difficulty. Cupboards, boxes, drawers
were pulled open, broken and ransack
ed. Barbarian work. Bronze statues
were thrown down to find the gold in
the interior. Sometimes it was found,
sometimes not. Very often, in order to
simplify the work, the statues were
smashed. Objects too heavy to be car
ried away were broken and only the
valuable parts were carried off. The
Chinese are very fond of clocks and
watches ingeniously constructed so as j
to make music. Some are heavily gild-1
ed. In the imperial summer palace
were two big clocks (under glass) in j
the apartments of the empress. The
figures were on a big sun, whose rays
were made of the best and heaviest
gold. Sun and clocks are still there,
but the golden rays were taken away.
Near the lotos lake of the imperial
palace in Pekin stands a small house |
with a sort of belfry, with clocks of
various dimensions. They were struck
by a hammer and produced a most
harmonious concert. The big clocks
are still there, but the smaller ones are j
all taken off. On the other shore ol
the lotos lake was the private mansion
of the emperor, since the empress dow
ager kept him prisoned. The emper
or's apartments consisted of three
rooms —reception room, bedroom and
library—full of costly hooks bound in
the precious yellow silk, the privilege
of the imperial family. The emperor's
bed was here not a bench, as usual in
China, . but a real sleeping sofa, a
couch covered with dark brown, heavy |
silk, which was torn •off to the edge
of the couch. Everything pillaged! !
Chairs, tables, benches were made of a 1
very hard, Valuable dark brown wood,
adorned by wonderful carvings. They
were broken, knocked about by hun
dreds. The work of barbarians! By
which nation was it done? It is im
possible now to say."
HOLES IN COINS.
Throe-Cent Pieces Will linve a Mark ot
Indicate Their Value.
Tile United States is about to begin
the coinage of a 3-cent piece for use
particularly in the west and southwest.
It will be of nickel, about the size of
a 5-cent piece, but in the center of it
will be a hole about a quarter of an
inch in diameteT. This will enable one
to distinguish it by the feel even in
the dark. As is well known, only the
gold coins are made on a basis of
value equal to their denominations.
The cent, for instance, is not worth,
as metal, a fraction of that amount..
The nickel is not either. All are
stamped from blanks which the gov
ernment buys by contract. Silver
coins were originally of the same value
as the metals, but silver has dropped
so that a "cart wheel" dollar is only
worth about 50 cents. Gold is worth
cent for cent. With the beginning of
the new year a new series of coinage
began. All the old dies with 1000 on
them were destroyed—that is, the face
was. On New Year's day more than
1,200 of the dies were made useless;
the faces were ground off them with
an emery wheel. Ever since then
brand-new dies have been used. These
old dies were from all the various
mints and the work of destroying their
faces and reworking new ones was
done at the Philadelphia mint.
A Portrait of (ien. Kitchener.
He was tall, about six feet two or
three; his figure ungainly, and his
shoulders sloped; he slouched in his
gait, as ho walked in long, kuce-bond
ing strides. He was a much older man
than his pictures made him appear to
be. His face —it may have been the
Egyptian sun —was brick red. It was
full of little lines and his prominent
steel-gray eyes had a peculiar expres
sion; one of them—l have forgoit a
whether it was the left or the right
had a habit of roving by itself, while
the other transfixed you with a cold
and piercing glare. To a certain ex
tent the eyes are characteristic of the
man, for Kitchener is known to bf
ablo to see things near by and things
far off at the same time.—James
Barnes in the World's Work.
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Advice Upon Money Mattel'..
Always keep a supply of change on
i hand—half-dollars, quarters, dunes
, and nickels. This will obviate keep
ing people waiting for change and
wasting your time or the time of
! others waiting till change be made,
j It will also help you to save many
I cents in the course of a week, cspeeial-
I ly if everything that comes to your
I homo is paid for in cash. Many house
j wives ohlect to this method of keep
, ing change handy, because as Boon as
1 a hill is "broken" it goes without
I their knowing how or whore. Tills is
| rather the fault of mismanagement
than tho consequence of keeping
change. If money passes through
other hands than your own before It
is finally paid it Is time and trouble
saved to have the exact change to
hand out.—American Queen.
Summer Sngge.tiona.
Tucks will bo übiquitous.
Undersleeves will hold their own.
Plaids, as a rule, are things to shun.
Heavy stitchings in many instances
look like tucks at a short distance.
Jabots will help out shirtwaists
with more or less open jabots.
Shaped taffeta strappings will finish
cal loped edges.
Battlements will be a feature of
sartorial architecture.
Bodices buttoned or hooked up the
back are gaining favor.
Breadth of the shoulders- Is being
more accented.
Nun's veiling, cashmere, foulard and
crepe are talked of for occasions upon
which wash dresses would he too
light.
Elbow puffs may make a sylph out
of one girl, and a balloon of another.
Pompadour silk Is nearly always a
lovely evening dress.
A cording of black will set off many
a dashing dress cf light foulard.—
Philadelphia Record.
Well.brougltt.up rrinee.se..
The Queen of England, so long and
lovingly known as tho Princess of
Wales, or the "princess," has been
yery particular in bringing up her
daughters, bo as to secure for them
good physical health. She made the
most of the time spent l>y the royal
household in the highlands of Scot
land. Here the young princesses were
kept out of doors as much as possible,
enjoying the fresh air In fair weather
or in cloudy. A great part of the day
was spent by them in loose-fitting
dresses, with unstiffened bodices,
adapted for hill climbing.
Tho princesses dressed for dinner
in conventional evening dress, worn
over the whalehoned corselet which
some women wear day In and day out,
but these evening hours of tight-fitting
clothing came at the end of a day
spent in loose garments, which did
not impede the breathing or the cir
culation. This sensible regime of
educating daughters with as much
chance of fresh air exercise as would
be given boys was insisted upon by
Alexandria, now Queen of England.
A Novel Ton fiown.
A becoming tea gown, in which one
can lounge in luxurious armchairs
after a day's sport or touring, is a
most desirable addition to the ward
robe, and an extremely pretty gown
suitable for this purpose is made of
soft broche silk in pale turquoise blue
and biscuit color, and it is mounted
on a lining of soft china silk or nun's
veiling, which fits into the figure at
the back, but has no darts in front, so
the fullness is caught together by a
lace belt. The yoke, which is trans
parent and extends over the shoulders,
is of biscuit colored tucked chiffon, with
bands of ecru guipure lace insertion
in between, and the collar and bands
on the sleeves are of laic insertion,
with frills ®f soft lace edging of the
same becoming tint gathered into
them. From the bottom of the yoke
all around the shoulders hangs a frill
of lace, and this is not carried quite
to the centre of the front, but the
ends are gathered and arranged in
waterfall frills, which taper off and
end about 10 inches below the waist.
If desired, the yoke could be lined
with pale blue china silk to make it a
little firmer, or a lining of cream or
fiesh colored silk might he used, if the
contrast with tho rest of the gown
were desired without tho transparency.
The sleeves have close fitting linings
of thin silk or nun's veiling to hold
the f'.hl puff in position.
Hint, on Mourning Cimin.
I Mourning costumes of today are less
exacting than formerly. The time war,
I when a widow who wore a touch of
I white within a year of her adoption
of black would have been regarded as
unfit for social recognition. Now it !.-.
not unusual to see a touch of white
chiffon at the throat, even in the
earliest days of widowhood, and some
times a whole vest of white chiffon is
worn before the close of the first year.
jl'be materials i hoscn for mourning
are more varied than has been cus
tomery heretofore. Rough and
smooth serges, vicunas, cashmeres,
henriettas, crepons and nun's veilings
all are correct and durable, and can
bo roado available for general uso
after the period of conventional
mourning fs ended.
The princess is a favorite mode of
making gowns of this character for
women of svelte and youthful figure,
while the recently revived postilion
basque Is occasionally seen on women
of more portly type.
Dull finished ribbons are worn ae
sashes, and give a touch of the mourn
ing aspect to any black gown. A ros
ette with lons ends attached to tii*
corsage on the left, near the shoulder,
is a pretty addition to an otherwise
simple costume.
A handsome gown, made recently
for a mourning wardrobe was cut with
the new princess shirt reaching to the
bust line, aud had a blouse of dull
black taffeta. The coat was a bolero
with stitched edges, and tho fronts
were elongated to permit cf their being
drawn through a jet. buckle and hang
ing like sash ends nearly to the hem
of the skirt.
Another oontume was of zlbeiine,
with the princess skirt, black crepe do
chine pleated blouse and a bolero of
j Persian lamb. Tho toque was of
black chiffon, with large rosettes. A
black fox boa and muff were the furs
ordered, and neck ruchings of black
silk edged with chenille were Included.
While black fox is regarded as espe
cially appropriate to deep mourning,
broadtail and caracul also are used.
When the mourning period lias
reached a term that admits of the ac
ceptance of informal invitations for
evening, black net is peculiarly fitting,
and may he accompanied by either
chiffon or ribbon for sash and cor
sage bows. Made high over a low lin
ing, with unlined sleeves, the effect
is quietly elegant.
Mr*. McKlnley**
ft must bo pleasant to be a lady of
the White House as spring approaches,,
for she can look forward to the en
jojiment of one of the earliest and
most beautiful gardens in the country.
Mrs. McKinley's posy bcd 3 will then
tak6 on delicate hues cf green and
rose mauve and misty yellow; then
the cciors will deepen and the beds
be jewelled with wide-operted blos
soms, and by the middle of April the
White Houee gardens will be brilliant
and full of color as a Diaz picture.
This effect in brought about by sys
tem and order and foresight. In Oc
tober tiie hya tulips, crocuses
and narcissus bulbs are placed in
the ground. Forget-me-nots, pansies,
field daises and many other plants are
"st out." Thc-r:e remain in the beds
all winter, and flower from tho nr bile
of March to tho middle of May. Late
in April tho summer planting com
mences, and continues until the close
of May, by which time the car.nas
and geraniums and endless other va
rieties of newcomers are installed in
their summer heme. During the fall
planting ut the White House there are
placed in tho ground more than 5(1.000
bulbs and fully 5000 plants, whereas
in the spring 35,000 plants, embracing
150 varieties, are set out. Surrounding
tho executive mansion are 55 flower
beds of various sizes, and aggregat
ing in area several acres. All of tho
beds must be shielded in winter by
elaborate blanketings of protective ma
terial, and in the case of many of tho
beds precaution must always he taken
lest they he washed out by the heavy
ralnfull. It takes care and caution to
make a president's garden.
The work of peopling the half a
hundred flower beds with their richly
arrayed inhabitants is of itself a gi
gantic task. All cf the plants come
from the great White House conserva
tories. and at planting-time a dozen
men arc busy for a month or more
setting them cut. There are placed
in tho ground each year more than
GOOO tulips, embracing not less than
half a hundred soecies, 2500 pansy
plant: - . 2000 field daises, from 600) to
8000 ivmilium:; and other flowers in
proportion. As an example of the in
tricate planting introduced it may be
stated that there are on tho grounds
two fancy flower brds, neither of them
very large, in each cf which there are
more than 5000 small plants.
No wonder Mrs. McKinlev has n
lovely view f-nm her window.—New-
York Commercial Advertiser.
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Hats r.till jmrch at a dizzy angle.
Mouses are to be prime favorites.
Short boleros top off the princess
dress.
In striped materials the sleeves are
often made crosswise.
Skirt flounces are often tucked down
a part cf th ir depth.
Elbow sleeves arc bits of beauty
which vil} be retained.
Velvet ribbon put on in strap effect
ornnment3 some cala frowns.
Cham bray will figure for shirtwaist
suit:*. So will zephyr ginghams.
Aguilettes now tag strappings am
wd! as the ends of ribbon bows.
Some fabrics seem built for the sole
purpose cf running ribbons through.
I ancy lace yokes often havo an ef
fort ivo elongation in vest effect at
tli -• front.
Clusters of tucks, three say, add
much to the effectiveness of many a
blouse, especially if they go 'round
and 'round.
Whether the undersleeve is a mero
puff at the wrist or shows all the
way to the elbow is a mere matter
of preference.
One of the simplest yet most
tiV'. I'immbigs Is a row of narrow
sfr'ped silk set in with tucks or braid.
The strlpeß go crosswise.