How to Relect a Ilat. " Tlie first essential thing in selecting a hat is to know what is becoming to the wearer. Not only should one look directly in the glass, but take a hand glass and get a view of all sides, particularly the back. A hat will sometimes look very well on the face and bo thoroughly unbecoming to the profile, and what can be more disenchanting to the observer. Some hats look well only on certain types of faces, and fortunate is the Woman who knows just what style of hat suits her face. Chiffon picture hats are universal favorites, and one that attracted atten tion was of white pleated chiffon, with lace medallions of a pale shade of ecru around the rim. The crown, which k was perfectly flat, consisted of a French pink rose about six inches in . diameter. f A bow of black ribbon velvet, with long ends and loops, finished the hat ut the back.—New York Journal. A Keav. titter of Complexion. "Have you noticed," said a lady to a friend, "how pretty Annie Holt has grown lately? She used to wear such a sad, woe-begoue expression that it always gave me a fit of the blues to look at licr. She may have had those fine dark eyes, and that sweet rosy mouth always, but, somehow, 1 never noticed them until recently." "Yes, I have remarked the improvement in Annie's looks," replied the other, "and I know tlie secret of the change." "What is it?" queried the first speaker eagerly. "Well, Annie was convinced that her life was particularly nnrrow and devoid of brightness, and she was i growing morose and bitter about It. f A friend who had tried the plan her self, persuaded her to keep a diary, and to put down faithfully each day every little pleasure that came to her. and also every opportunity that offered to brighten tlie day for others. In a abort time she was surprised to find how many records of tlds kind her diary contained. By taking note of tlie pleasant things, she gradually formed a habit of looking for them Instead of the gloomy ones, and—well, you see the result." "Who would have thought that it would have made such a difference In her appearance!" ex claimed the other. "Now I think I un derstand what Emerson meant when he said, 'There is no beautifier of com plexion or form or behavior like the wish to scatter joy and not pain.' Success. French Autumn Hntfi. V Among the hats prepared for the au tumn there are a great many plateaux which lend themselves to a variety of arrangements. Some are left almost flat, resting in front on a crown of flowers or a torsade of velvet. Others bend down front and back and have trimming underneath, above or be hind the ears. Others, again, have the brim rolled up so as to form a mar quis, or are rolled at the sides, amazon style. The latter sometimes have a triangular piece cut out of them at the back or just behind the ear, where the trimming—amazon feather or lace scarf—passes through this opening to bang down over the shoulders. A beart-sliaped plateau that has not long been in tlie market promises to become very popular for the fall. It is com posed of coarse straw braids of two colors or shades, and simply trimmed with a low torsade of the same straw, Vjfrlaccd close to tlie Indent (which is (Tanged to come rather far back on the left side), giving something of the effect of an oyster on its shell. Toques are also built up of small, slightly concave plateaux, tlie edges of which test on a folded brim—an arrangement that will be carried out later in felt and velvet. Besides these there are plateaux slightly convex in the centre. A new idea is to surround this apology for a crown by a piece of ribbon vel vet, folded double and set upon end. Sometimes a muiiin-shaped piece or a square of velvet is placed in the cen tre of a flat plateau, bordered rather deeply with the same material.—The Millinery Trade Review. Woman's Mont Attractive Aire. At the age of twenty-two or twenty three the majority of women are un doubtedly more attractive as regards personal beauty than at any other time J't their lives. But while they have JKiUt buoyancy and youth which capti vate and make men so susceptible to their charms for the time being, yet a deeper study of their powers of fas cination will quickly show that their attractiveness is very shallow as com pared with that of an older woman, declares a writer in the Baltimore H ernld. A pretty face constitutes only one of the characteristics which go toward making a woman attractive, nnd it is absurd to suppose that her charms decrease as time adds a wrinkle to her face.' As a matter of fact, many women are far more attractive be tween the ages of thirty and thirty five than those who are ten years younger. j Although the attractiveness of a between thirty nnd thirty-five years of age may not be so apparent at first sight, it is really far greater than, that of a younger woman. Her character has been formed, and, well knowing that she can no longer be regarded ns a young woman, she makes the most of the good qualities she possesses, aud tries to please the man whose favor she seeks, as well as those people with whom she comes in con tact. A pair of sympathetic eyes, a low, sweet voice, and an equanimity of temperament, more than counterbal ance any lack of youthful beauty aud vivacity, nud It is when a woman strives to please a man that her powers of fascination Increase. She learns to take an interest in his daily pursuits, be they business or pleasure, and noth ing appeals to the masculine heart more than the thought that one of the opposite sex Is ready to praise when he triumphs and sympathize with him in his trials. Many young women, of course, pos sess these characteristics, and, besides being pretty, have a truly lovable and sympathetic nature, which makes them doubly attractive in the eyes of a man. Most men have a habit of comparing one woman with another, aud it is not long before they begin to perceive that beauty is only skin deep, as the saying goes, and that although a woman oi from thirty to thirty-ilve is not sc pretty as those with whom he is ac quainted, who are some years younger, yet the former is brighter in disposition and more interesting aud sympathetic in character than the latter. This is because the older woman has had more experience of the world. Her character has developed, and she real izes that a woman needs more than a personal beauty to win and retain a man's love. KTRGOVDOIV CHAP The German Empress is "patroness" of no fewer than thirty-four churches. The only mistress of the hounds in the United Kingdom is Mrs. Richard Stncpoole, a woman of Irish birth. Woman in Spain has had no part in the emancipation of the sex that has taken place in most European countries in the last century. In Portugal, if the wife publishes literary works without the husband's consent, the law frees him at once from all his matrimonial obligations. Women teachers in the schools of Prussia get, besides free dwelling, only $175 a year to begin with. This is raised to $390 after thirty-one years of service. The widow of the late Senator Cush man K. Davis has started a new fad— that of wearing around her left arm a deep band of black crepe, attached to which is a miniature of her late husband. A Philadelphia woman has Invented a bread-making machine, which she claims will produce a superior quality of bread by a new and simple process. Believing that the kneading of flour is not desirable, this process is done away with by the machine. At a congress of mothers in Wash ington, D. C., the unmarried women seemed to be full of advice regarding the rearing and training of children, while the mothers stared thoughtfully aud wondered how the inexperienced maidens learned all they pretended to know. When the Town Council of Liens was requested recently to prohibit women wearing long trailing dresses in the streets, one of the councilors suggested that the best means of en forcing tile order would be to keep the thoroughfares well Hooded with water. A Ufty-apre farm in Indiana nas for the past ten years been successfully conducted by Miss Abbie I'effer, a niece of former Senator W. A. Peffer, of Kansas. Miss Peffer was for some years a teacher in the public schools. She has a thorough knowledge of agri cultural pursuits and all the work in ilelds, gurden, orchard and stables is done by hdr own hand. yy/ear Moire will be one of the fashionable silks of the fall. Irish crochet lace of line quality makes a dainty but expensive separate waist. Panne retains its supremacy and is artistically combined in the trimming of voile and canvas gowns. Beautiful things In embroidered boxes show morning glories in the natural colors upon a black satin ground. Linen gowns in the pretty new shades of green, blue, pink and gray are made with Gibson waists stitched with white. Ribbons embroidered with raised flowers in delicate colorings on white or light tinted ground are used to a considerable extent for vests, belts and trimmings. With the low coiffure an empire wreath or a row of diamonds or en ameled leaves is worn, while diamond studded combs and flower wreaths are the ornaments when the hair is dressed high. Heavy embroideries and laces are used as trimmings on the lighter fab rics. They do not add much weight to the gown nud give It a very lacey appeurance when applied in clusters of ornaments. Soft ribbons about the waist can be drawn in a manner that is singularly becoming to a dainty waist. They should have a deep whalebone at the centre of the back so that the ribbon is there seen at its widest. It can taper as much as it pleases in the front. Tbe Fun of'-Holng Wronjf. Half the fun of doing wrong is the juggling vlth it to make it seem right. —New ijrk Press. AFFAIRS The Bathroom Chair. The bathroom chair should be low, softly cushioned and finished in white enamel. The cabinet for the various toilet articles, liquids and salves that are liked should be white, and may conveniently have a door of mirror glass to serve the double purpose of cabinet and looking-glass. The Sick-room Screen. A screen of some kind is invaluable In a sick room, especially one of the lighter kind that can ensily be moved about the room. Should there be no suitable screen In the house, it is very nsy to manufacture one from a rlotheshorse, with a few yards of art muslin or cheesecloth sewed neatly over it. Washing Luc. Hnndkerclilcf., Lace handkerchiefs should be washed in worm water in which there are a few drops of ammonia, and castile soap only should be used. Washed in this way they will look like neW. They should not be ironed, but should be spread out smoothly on mnrble or glass fly pulling out the edges gently to give them their original shape. Just before thoroughly dry fold evenly and smoothly and place under a heavy weight of some kind Handkerchiefs laundered in this way will last a long time. How to Clean Carpet*. Carpets with a nap. after being freed from dust, should be laid out on tlie floor smoothly. The day before boll, for a oxl2 rug, 1% cakes of soap, which can be bought nt ten to twelve cents a cake. It is made purposely for car pet cleaning. Get also a "scraper" for ten cents. Boil the soap according to directions on wrapper. Let It stand until the next day to congeal. Take the soap In a bucket and another bucket with clear, lukewarm water and a lnrge sponge, the scraper in a big pan. Now put both hands together and dip out what soap you can hold In them nt once; spread out with a stiff scrubbing brush that will cover about two feet square, and scrub It lightly and quickly. When gone over thor oughly take the scraper and scrape tile soap from the edge toward you into a pool; dip up Willi the scraper and put Into the pan. When the soap is all off, wipe over with the sponge, having pressed the water out with the hands, and the first piece is cleaned. Then proceed in tlie same way with the rest. When the whole rug is done, let It lie on the floor to dry, or take It out into the shade, hanging it 011 a line so as it won't lose its shape. A very heavy rug might take more soap, but the results are so tine a housewife will not mind it. This is the method I have seen a professional carpet cleaner use, hut no novice in housework should at tempt It, as it requires a deft pair of hands to make it a success. Even a rug whose colors will turn can be suc cessfully cleaned in tills way, if done quickly, and just a little pieee at the time, providing proper kind of soap li used.—New York Journal. JpouTeHo^, RECIPES!'_J[ Scrambled Eggs and Tomatoes—Peel and cut up a pint of ripe tomatoes; put them into a saucepan or your chafing dish pan and cook until they are soft. Add a tablcspoonful of butter and salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. Add two beaten eggs and stir and cook un til the eggs are the consistency of scrambled eggs. Have hot toast slices ready and Berve at once before it separates. Vienna Cream—Soak two tablespoon fuls of gelatine In one-fourth cup of cold water half an hour, add one-fourth cup of boiling water; stir until dis solved; add the yolks of four eggs, one cup of orange juice, three oranges, juice of one lemon and three-fourths cup of sugar; let cool when as thick as honey; add the well-beaten whites of the eggs, mix well and turn into a mould; let stand one hour. Cheese Custards—Grate Bix table spoonfuls of cheese. Put a cup of milk in double boiler and when • scalded thicken with a level tablcspoonful of corn starch dissolved in a little cold milk. Pour this over four eggs, beaten light. While still warm add two table spoonfuls of butter, the grated cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Pour llie mixture into buttered custard cups and bake for fifteen minutes in a quick oven until brown; serve very hot. Gooseberry Catsup—For this the gooseberries should be almost ripe. Wash and put them in a porcelain kettle, scale, mash and rub them through a coarse seive, and to eight pounds of berries allow four pounds of brown sugar and four ounces of cin namon, two ounces of cloves tied in a small muslin bag. Boil throe hours before adding the spices. Cook with spices in a pint of vinegar until well flavored, and bottle and seal at once. Spice Gems—Cream half a cup of butter, odd one cup of sugar; beat three eggs until quite thick; add to them half a cupful of milk, one tea spoon of cinnamon and one teaspoon of vanila; add this to the butter and sugar, alternating with one and one half cupfuls of flour; bout well, add three level teaspoonfuls of baking pow der; fill greased gem pans two-thirds full and bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. WASTEFULNESS IN MEAT. Weight For Weight Vegetable! More Ntr tritlou* Than Fleeh. Of the many arguments put forth In favor of a vegetation diet, especially in warm weather and in seasons when the Beef Trust is in the ascendant, none is more effective than that of economy. Nor Is the economy under stood at first glance. If it is true that, weight for weight, cereals and vege tables, eggs and cheese are more nu tritious than meat, it is still to be con sidered how little meat one has for his money. The person who buys a pound of mutton chops at twenty-four cents a pound, or a pound of beef for roasting at thirty cents does not buy pure nourishment, by any means. Un less he can eat fat, which not many people relish, he will not extract from Ills pound of chops more than a third of a pound of meat. This brings his crop up to a rate of seventy-two cents a pound. The beef is perfiaps more generous, yet when the tendon, the fat and the bone, for which he has paid full price, have been extracted, the edible portion of his purchnse has prob ably lost a half; hence he has paid for j beef nt the rate of sixty cents a pound. Vegetables are almost wholly food. The skin of the potato Is nothing to Its substance; there is 110 waste to the turnip, beet, radish, parsnip, carrot, dandelion, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, egg plant, cucumber, tomato, onion, cauliflower, at least none that amounts to nnytlilng; peas and beans lose their shell and corn Its cob, yet the waste is less than in meat; there is not as much sutstance in asparagus and artichoke, hence they may be regarded more as luxuries; but in nearly all fruits, nuts and grains we have nutriment in a con centrated form. The amount of water is hardly to be considered as waste, or, if it is, meat is equally a waste for the same reason.—Brooklyn Eagle Flwli Character. "Fish are a good deal like people," said Superintendent Spencer, of the Aquarium. "You can't always tell by their countenance what to expect of them. Look at that fellow there, now!" He pointed to a tiger fish which was butting Its nose against the glass of its tank. No more villainous face of the pugnacious sort could be found in a day's search in the haunts of third rate pugilists. > "Looks as if he would tight at the wriggle of a fin, doesn't he?" the super intendent continued. "See those jaws! Bad eye, too. Well, sir, that is the most gentle fish in the Aquarium—one of the clinging kind, tlint seeks affec tion and kindness. Now over there is n lady fish. Just observe those bril liant colors, and that dear, innocent face; and notice the coaxing, graceful movements of its tail. You'd think it would eat out of your hand, and droop if you scolded it. "On the contrary; it's the most un ladylike fish in this collection; its temper is shrewish and its habits are bad; and if you gave it a chance it would bite you like a savage bull pup. It's a vicious fisli, and doesn't deserve all those fine airs it lias." Mr. Spencer put Ills hand near the glass front of the tank. There was an instant, commotion; the insinuating tall lashed the water; and that angelic mouth bumped sharply against the barrier in a swift effort to nip the tip of the superintendent's finger. "Would you ever think it?" said Mr. Spencer. "Lady fish, indeed!"— New York Mall and Express. Period* of Growth. Children born between September and February are, some authorities state, not so tall as those born in the summer and spring months, and the growth of children Is much more rapid from March till August. The extremities grow rapidly up to the sixteenth year, then there Is a slow growth till the thirtieth year. The legs chiefly grow between the tenth and seventeenth years. Comparing the general results, it ap pears that there are six periods of growth. The first extends up to the sixth or eighth year, and is one of very rapid growth; the second period, from eleven to fourteen years, growth Is slow; the third period, from sixteen to seventeen; the fourth period shows a slow growth up to the age of thirty for height, up to fifty for chest girth; the fifth period is one of rest, from 'thirty to fifty; the sixth period is char acterised by a decrease in all dimen sions of tile body.—Fenny Pictorial. How Serpent* Glide. All the pictures that I have seen of sea serpents represent the terrible mon sters advancing with bend erected and the body in immense folds placed in a vertical plane This is entirely con trary to the actual method of locomo tion among serpents on land as well as those in water. A snake is able to advance only by lateral undulations of Its body in a horizontal plane. It can not move as does a worm, which forms an arch as it walks. A snake "walks" with its ribs, but its motion is so rapid that the body never rises from the ground even the fraction of an inch. This is evident when you examine the 'trail of one 111 the sand or dust. Ail water snakes swim after the manner of eels, with lateral undulations. Now change the style of your sea serpents, boys!— New York Press. The I.one I .ml >, A fisherman noticed a lonely lady sitting on a rock, at North Berwick, knitting, and remarked to Ids com panion, "That's a lonesome-look in' wummati. She sits 011 that rock a' day aye knittin', she never speaks to a Uvin' sowl, an alild maid, 1 suppose." "Auld maid," replied the other. "No her; I ken her tine. Her man's a gow | fer!"—EdJaburg Dispatch. Jl[lHildKcn'P!| 'JSC*-- * <£> - J The Busy Ree. How doth the little busy bee Employ cuc-h shilling second? At school he is most punctual And time has closely reckonea How doth the little busy bee Employ each shining minute? By tending to his lesson book And knowing all that's in it. How doth the little busy bee Employ each shining hour? By doing all for others That he finds within his power. How doth the little busy bee Employ each shining day? He perseveres, my child, until His will has found away. How doth the little busy bee Employ each shining week? He learns just what is right to do And how he ought to speak. The Tumbling Clown. To make the clown cut out of card board and paint in gay colors the four pieces you see represented In the ac companying illustration, only there must be two of each, excepting the part that represents tlie head and trunk of Wi the clown. That will give you seven pieces—one body, two of trousers, two legs and two arms. Now fasten the pieces together with thread or twine, after having placed them In position; that is, put an arm on each side of the body at the shoulder. Then slip a A HISTORICAL PUZZLE PICTURE When the seizure of the Virginia Records was ordered. Governor Berke ley and Lord Culpepper were present. Find them. threaded needle through the three pieces of cardboard. Draw the thread through and cut it off so that two inches of thread remain on each side. Knot the thread close to the arms on each side. Carry out the same plan with the trousers. Next fasten the legs to the trousers separately in the same manner. Make holes in the hands large enough to permit you tightly to insert a match, By twirling the match you can make the clown go through many interesting "monkey shines." The clown may be made of any size you desire. But if it is several inches high thin pieces of board should be used and stiff wire iustend of thread. The Singing Doll. The experiment shown in the illus tration is bound to find favor with grown up people as well as with young folks. All you have to do is to paint THE SINGING DOI.L, two eyes, and underneath them a nose, on the knuckles of your index and third finger, as shown in the lower part of the illustration. The thumb pressed against the index finger and moved up and down will represent a toothless mouth. The knuckle of the index finger forms the nose, above it are the eyes. By draping the face with a towel we have the feature of nn old woman, especially effective I when the light is not very bright. Af ter a little practice you will succeed 111 moving the thumb (representing the lower lip and chin) up anil down while you sing a song in a nasal voice or carry on a conversation with the au dience in the voice of an old woman. To make the audience laugh Heartily, let the old woman cough and sneeze, and open her mouth wide while she is laughing. To make the deception complete it is advisable to stand behind a sheet drawn across the room and let the doll perform a la Punch and Judy.—New York Tribune. Clever KgR Trick. With a large decanter and a hard boiled egg a novel trick can be per tet gg\ formed. The decanter, however, must be quite dry and the egg must be shelled. First drop into the decanter a piece of lighted paper, and as the (lame dies out put one end of the egg into the neck of the decanter after the manner of a stopper. In a few minutes the air will cool in the de canter and coutraet in volume, when tile superior pressure of the atmos phere will force the egg through the neek down into the decanter without breaking. How They Helped Mother. Teddy and Freddy thought it a shame that mother should have all the house cleaning to do, and after talking the matter over they decided to help her. Being two very little boys, they didn't know much about it, but they hud seen a deal of scrubbing and washing going on, niul tliey thought It must be great fun, too. * "Time for my boys to take their nap," called mother, and she settled them both comfortably in her spick and span, freshly cleaned room. They pretended to he sleepy, but no sooner had mother disappeared than Teddy bounced up, followed quickly by Freddy. "Now, we'll have It all nice and cleau when muvver comes back," said they. Teddy got a cake of soap and a very wet washrag, and, climbing a chair, mounted to the bureau, and made the most beautiful clean white lather on the looking glass, while the water and soapsuds drip-drip-dripped down to the freshly starched anil ruffled cover. Freddy had his mother's toothbrush and another cake of soap and was hard at work on his knees, scrubbing the hearth and freshly oiled floor. It was just at this time that their mother found she had forgotten her glasses, and came softly bnck to the room, tiptoeing, so as not to disturb her sleep ing boys. Perhaps you can Imagine her delight at Teddy's and Freddy's help!— New York Tribune. Tlih Outer Part. In the development of the fraction "one-tliird" in a primary class, Imag inary pies, bread and cake galore had been divided into thirds, and the teach er gave the following problem: "If Mary found a nest with six eggs in it anil 011 the way to the house broke two of them, what part of her eggs would she break?" The owner of a sparkling pair of eyes and fluttering hand was given permis sion to speak, and said: "The shells would be broken." The merry ripple that ran around the class showed appreciation of the point. Insured Against AKKHSBinatloii. Prince Ilenry of Prussia is probably the only person lu the world who is insured against assassination solely, lie Is insured for SOOO,OOO, not payable unless lie be assassinated. He took out this singular policy when he stilled for the East to take over the command 01' the German fleet lu Chinese waters a few years ago.
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