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.
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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.