Tatches In Fashion.
Patches are said to be coming back
'into fashion. Their precursor are the
veils with one little mouche only,
which the wise woman makes to settle
on the side of her cheek, and In Paris
they are selling the mouches ready to
put on with names borrowed from the
long ago when they were the mode.
A Now Sklu Beaatlfler.
The girls of the South are claiming
the credit of introducing a new skin
beautifier—strawberry juice. They add
tt to their face creams or use it in a
natural state to give color to the
L cheeks. They use the fresh fruit in
f* season and the preserved berries, in
which no sugar was used, when the
fresh crop fails. The acid of the berry
bleaches the skin and refines It as well.
The lack of pin money has driven
many an ingenious woman to find sub
stitutes for the toilet articles they
could not afford, and in this case the
makeshift expedient has proved better
than the best product of the chemist's
art.
Her Market Diagram.
"I always thought that the funny
stories one reads about Mrs. Younglius*
band and her housekeeping and mar
keting troubles were all nonsense,"
said a young married woman recently,
"until I tried it for myself. I don't
know, of course, whether New York is
a particularly hard place for the
L housekeeper or not, but my own expe
-2 cience would seem to teadh me that it is.
\ "Now, for instance, I thought I knew
a good deal about meat, and so I've
done my own marketing for some time.
And, if you'll believe me, we've had
the worst meat I ever ate in my life.
Whj', Mac said the other night if we
< ver had such chops for dinner again
that he would cat down town at the
club.
"Well, that settled it. I swallowed
my pride and wrote home to mother.
And what do you think the dear thing
did? She sent me a little diagram of a
cow with the parts that were good for
roasts and all the other things nicely
marked, so that the butchers can't de
ceive me any more.
"So, now when I go marketing I take
my little diagram along and order from
that. And I look so wise that they
don't dare to give me a shoulder when
ask for a rib. But I don't know what
j In the world I should do without it."
Little Hair Noreltles.
And this is what the French sny will
be worn this winter.
The shoulder curl.
The high round pompadour.
Corkscrew curls upon the temples.
A very low knot In the back of the
■neck, set in curls.
Or a very high colffuro threatening
to come foi-Ward Into the pompadour.
Qrnamcnts of all kinds, from dla
dertis to waxen fruit.
Ribbons in knots and windmills and
flowers.
Autumn leaves arranged to make
wreaths.
Golden rod in little sprays.
Thoy also say that the feathery
algret will be seen and the ornament
that combines jewels and fluff In one
of those strange creations that top the
\ffoiffure of the women who attend court
I balls.
' The three feather coiffure is one that
(s worn only for a special occasion, as
It is too distinctively a court headdress
to he worn generally.
Then, besides these styles, which are
the conventional ones, there are numer
ous coiffures that are worn at the head
dress dinners, and when it comes to
these fancy runs riot and there are as
many different designs as there are
heads to wenr them. For the head
dross dinner there Is only one rule,
namely, that the style selected be ad
hered to and that the headdress be
what is known as "faithful."
The Eliznbcthnn roll would not do at
all with tlie modernized Victorian bang
nor would ihe parted hair of the Pris
cllla days be in accord with the Janice
Meredith curl. One must he consistent
throughout, or the headdress will not
a success from the historical point
of view.
Th Kmprn.H Iowacor of China.
The hand shaking of the Empress
was not a perfunctory function, for she
shook Ihe hand of each person and
looked keenly into her eyes, and dis
tinctly separated her from her kind.
She has that rare possession of so much
charm in woman, a soft, caressing
voice, supplemented by an engaging
smile, an eager, observing alertness of
expression and a noticeably gentle
touch.
This formality over, she left the
throne and all its formal greatness,
and came down among the children of
men with a true housewifely interest
in the comfort and pleasure of her
guests. Of course chief favors were
- shown the wives of the Ministers as
JI the first ranking ladles present, but she
\lid not forget those of lesser fame, and
was particularly attentive to children.
Her first duty was to see that we
were served tea In a little drawing
room leading off from the throne room.
She was attended by about twenty-five
princesses, and, from the Empress
Dowager down, it was a beautiful pic
ture of Oriental splendor and beauty.
The Empress Dowager was dressed in
the national costume, consisting of a
long, loose, sack-like garment reaching
from the neck to within about three
inches of the floor, over which is worn
a short sleeveless jacket. They were
made of blue satin exquisitely embroid
ered all over in figures of butterflies,
bats, characters in gold denoting long
life, and flowers, all In harmonizing
colors. Her hair was dressed in the
Manchttrian extension fashion, and
adorned with dozens of pearls of vary
ing sizes, from a penny down to a pin
head. Her feet were prettily dressed
in the embroidered Manchurian shoes
perched on brackets so that she seemed
taller than she really was, for she can
not be quite live feet tall. None of the
ladies had small feet. The younger la
dles wore differently colored gowns of
the same style as the Empress's, with
large clusters of brightly colored flow
ers in their hair, and, with only a few
exceptions in the case of widows their
faces were most artistically painted, a
study in pink and white, with a single
red spot on the lower lip. The effect of
this kaleidoscopic coloring can better
lie Imagined than described. Belle
Vinnedge Drake, in the Century.
ff—fSovdor
Chat
Queen Alexandra is an expert dress
maker. As a girl she was obliged to do
much of her own sewing.
Women's clubs from Saltillo, Mexico,
and Shanghai, China, have applied for
membership in the General Federation
of Women's Clubs.
Sarah Bernhardt is fifty-eight years
old and does not sidestep when asked
her age. Her chief hope is to live to
be a grent-grundmotlier.
Dr. Illna Mnstio has been elected pro
fessor of anatomy at the University of
Milan, the first Italian school to ap
point a woman to a professorship.
Eight young Chinese women of the
highest circles in Klangsu have been
sent to Japan for a three-years' educa
tion. It is the first known oase of the
kind.
JHs. Mary L. Morrow, who recently
died in Morrlstown, N. J., at the age of
ninety, was the last survivor of the
fifty flower girls who took part in the
reception to General Lafayette at Mor
rlstown, in 1825.
Mrs. Stanley Spencer, of England, is
the first woman to navigate an airship.
She sailed one successfully around a
London polo ground the other day and
was warmly congratulated by Conan
Doyle and other famous men who wit
nessed the feat.
Mrs. lborg, an energetic St. Louis
woman, headed a band of ladies re
cently In the tnsk of sweeping a certain
street there. This they did as a lesson
to the Street Commissioners. The lat
ter, however, may prefer to regard it
merely as a precedent,
Bfi)(£LEAN!NGS
Clk. -v from TdE.-
g^SiSriops
Ornate sleeves will be the rule.
Skirts are to cling to the knees.
All coats and blouses boast basques.
Fichu effects continue good for a low
neck finish.
There seems to be no end to the
strapping designs.
Wide sleeves are on everything from
cloaks to negliges.
Turban shapes in many variations
figure in the new hats.
As usual, fancy colors distinguish the
fall and winter corsets.
Emerald green and golf green are
very fashionable shades.
Most Bkirts are finished with from
one to three flared flounces.
Black roses play an important role
in the early autumn millinery
When showy effects are desired em
broidery is brought into play.
So far the new corsets are long cn
the hips, to give a slender effect.
Black liberty silk roses veiled with
tulle make a lovely facing for a hat
brim.
Flat hip trimmings are continued
down to the knees. These usually dip
at the from.
Series of folds, either double, like a
tuck, or with a stitched lower edge, are
much liked.
Many of the prettiest hats are made
of alternating folds of silk and net of
silk and chiffon.
The vogue of things that crawl is
shown by such names as serpent green
and the snake curl.
Close-fltting one-piece skirts may
serve well when the part below the
knees Is added in a flare.
Most sleeves show some flat trim
ming nt the top and the baggy part
usually ends above a cuff.
White china silk makes a lovely tea
gown. In a quality that will wash
well it gives splendid service
White Irish crochet lace with black
velvet baby ribbon and embroidery
added is noted on a new dress.
HINTS ABOUT
HOUSEKEEPING'
Home-Ma<le Shoe l'oll.lior.
If you have any bits of velveteen,
make up into bags about four Inches
wide, and seven or eight inches long.
Stuff with rags or wadding, and the
bags make a splendid polisher for glace
kid boots or shoes, etc.
How to Keep Ice.
To keep ice, put it in a deep dish
or jug, cover it with a plate and place
the vessel on a pillow stuffed with
feathers and cover the top with another
pillow, by this means excluding the
external air. Feathers are well known
bad conductors of heat, and in couse
quence the ice Is preserved from melt
ing. Ice may be so preserved for six or
eight days. The plan Is simple and
within the reach of every household.
To Remove Stains From Linen.
Tar may be removed from linen by
rubbing the stain with butter and then
washing it out with warm water and
turpentine. Paint and varnish come
out with turpentine. Ink and almost
any stain that will not come out by
the methods given may be removed by
weak oxalic acid and lemon juice. Dis
solve a tablespoonful of oxalic acid and
one of lemon juice in a pint of rain
water and keep it on baud in a bottle.
As soon as the spots are removed,
wash out the stain mixture in clear
cold water.
System In Housework.
The good housewife makes plans
over night for the work which must be
done the following day Probably a
considerable share of it falls to a spe
cial day in each week, but there will be
a number of things to do which are out
of the regular routine, and for these
she must plan so that she will not have
them all crowding upon her at once
and cither being neglected because
they are so many or taken in hand and
carried through at the cost of health
and spirits.
A desire for economy sometimes will
incite a woman to a most foolish ex
penditure of energy, which is really a
very bad kind of extravagance. For
instance, she has been particularly
busy all day and is feeling tired, when
in comes a neighbor who tells her of
the great flannel sale. In a moment
she thinks of little Popsy's flannel pet
ticoats—the child really must have new
ones—and oil she rashes to secure the
material and returns, delighted to have
got it nt a few pennies under the
usual price. As a matter of fact, that
flannel was a dear purchase. It was
like the proverbial straw which broke
the camel's back, for the next day the
housewife is either moping about, feel
ing incapable of work, or she Is pros
trated with a severe headache. Plan
ning would save this kind of thing,
and prevent the crowding into one day
the work of two.
In planning and estimating a day's
work some allowance should always
bo made for interruptions and for the
work taking longer than was nntiei
patcd. With too many "Irons In the
fire" such hindrances as a visitor or
having to console a crying child in
some little trouble make it difficult
to keep that calm, sweet temper-whlch
is necessary to the woman who is not
merely the mainspring of the machin
ery of the household, but its good an
gel, who makes it home indeed to all
who dwell there.—Washington Star.
FGJFR RECIPES : |
Rico With Cbeese—Stenm ®r boll one
cupful of rice until tender; cover the
bottom of a buttered pudding dish
with the cooked rice, sprinkle dots of
butter over; sprinkle with grated
cheese; add a dnsh or two of cayenne
pepper; alternate these layers until the
rice is used and about one-quarter
pound of cheese; pour over one and a
half cups of milk and spread over the
top buttered bread crumbs; put In a
quick oven and bake until crumbs are
brown.
Spanish Pickles—Slice thinly one
peck of tomatoes, also slice four onions;
sprinkle one cupful of salt over these
alternate layers anil let stand over
night; in the morning drain and put
in a preserving kettle; add one table
spoon of cloves, one ounce of allspice
berries, half an ounce of pepper corns,
one-half cup of brown mustard seed,
one pound of brown sugar, four green
peppers finely chopped; and vinegar
enough to cover; bring slowly to the
boiling point and boil thirty minutes;
fill jars.
Beef Boll—To two pounds of chopped
beef from the top or under round add
one teaspoon of salt, a little pepper,
one tablespoon of lemon juice, a little
lemon rind, one tablespoon of chopped
parsley; beat two eggs a little; add
them to the meat, shape in a roll ten
inches long; lay the meat on a buttered
paper; put this in a pan and bake forty
five minutes in a moderate oven; baste
several times with a little melted but
ter and dripping mixed; savory, thyme
and onion juice may be used for a
change instead of lemon juice and rind.
jcieMMS
A cotton company of Philadelphia
has acquired a tract of land In the
Transvaal. It is said that experiments
have shown that cotton can be grown
much cheaper in South Africa than
In this country.
A trade paper says, in answer to •
correspondent, that the felt cloth of
which hats are made is composed
chiefly of the hair of rabbits, hares or
goats, mixed with wool. These sub
stances are thoroughly mixed together,
and are then pressed and beaten until
they adhere and form a compact, but
flexible, material.
The trade between Jerusalem and
Kerak has greatly increased, and the
number of tourists also. So the monks
have organized a company, and the
first motor-boat is soon to move over
the waters of the Dead Sea, which
have not been used for transit for
centuries. The boat lias the suggestive
name of Prodromos, "The Fore
runner."
An experiment that may result in a
permanent lowering of the price of
meat is now making in northern
Florida. The waste lands that extend
around the gulf to the Teche country
of Louisiana are being utilized for
cattle-raising. Summer droughts and
winter blizzards make the western
country an expensive and often doubt
ful field for this Industry. The present
high price of meat is in part, to
the drought of a year ago, in which
whole herds perished. On the Gulf
lands there would be no such hazard
ous conditions.
A schooner has just returned to San
Francisco after a six months' voyage
to the coast of South America, bring
ing news of the discovery of a gold
mine that will rival the famous Tread
well mine of Alaska. It is on an Island
off the coast, but the discoverers will
not tell Its exact situation, because
they have not yet secured a conces
sion to work It. The ore in the mine,
of which the schooner brought nearly
a ton In specimens. Is of fair grade,
and It is snid that there Is nu immense
quantity of It. The mine is so easily
reached from the const that it will bo
simply a proposition of quarrying it
out.
The appearance of a new star In the
constellation Perseus, and its rapid ex
pansion into a nebula, which has been
going on for some time past, have
revived among astronomers the theory
that some nebulae may be formed by
explosion. About 1870, Professor
Blckerton', of Canterbury College, New
Zealand, showed thnt, if two stars
should graze one another, the abraded
parts, If relatively small, would liavo
so high a temperature thnt they would
at once become nebulous, and that the
nebula so formed would, under certalu
conditions, continue to expand until
dissipated In space. The present ex
panding nebula has been growing at
the extraordinary rate of several thou
sand miles a second, and is in many
ways, one of the greatest celestial
wonders of the time.
The only place In the world where
that form of carhon known as the
black diamond, or bort, is found in
innrketablo quantities is in Bahia, in
South America. The substance is used
for points for stone drills and saws,
nnd Is powdered and used to polish
diamonds and other precious stones.
There Is a wide and growing demand
for It. The black dinmond Is found
with the ordinary diamonds in the
Bahia fields, nnd brings about ten
dollars a carat. The largest carbon
ever found weighed 3150; it was
bought from the miner for ¥10,000;
wns afterwards purchased for $23,000;
and was sent to Paris, where It was
broken up and sold to the trade. The
average size is about six carats. The
annual output Is decreasing as the de
mand grows lnrger, and the price Is
mounting. It is probably only a ques
tion of time when a black diamond
combination will be formed to work
the small area with modern machinery.
The present methods are very primi
tive.
The Abbey'. Funeral Roll.
Some notable names have been added
to the roll call of the Abbey under
Dean Bradley. Charles Darwin, Arch
bishop French—himself once Dean of
Westminster—ltoberi Browning, Alfred
Tennyson nnd William Ewart Glad
stone are among the names that have
been added to the burial roll of tho Ab
bey under Dean Bradley's supervision,
and nobody will quarrel with them.
It will surprise many people, perhaps,
to know that oidy ten persons have
been burled in the Abbey in the last
twenty years, and that only two of
these were women—Lady Louisa Per
cy and Mrs. Gladstone. Those, with
two poets, two architects, an arch
bishop, a scientist, a queen's printer
and a statesman, complete the roll of
the great dead who have been buried
in Westminster Abbey since Dr. Brad
ley became Dean.—SL James' Gazette.
Som# Good Advice.
The country editor should not fail
to realize the influence he may exer
cise in the shaping of public affairs,
says the Spirit Lake (Iowa) Beacon.
He should counsel wisely, read care
fully, thin-k deliberately and express
himself in no haphazard fashion. The
editor of a country paper who delivers
half-baked opinions and slashes around
simply to attract attention, Is account
able for a serious waste, of oppor
tunity.
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New York City.—Monte Carlo coats
are in the height of style and are emi
nently comfortable as well as smnrt.
This excellent model is adapted to taf-
MONTE CARLO COAT.
feta, pongee, etamine, linen and all
the season's fabrics, but as shown is
of black taffeta with a collar of heavy
twine colored lace over one of silk and
a finish of straps stitched with corti
celli silk.
The coat is semi-fitted and includes
shoulder, nnder-arm and centre back
seams that give a curve which is ex
ceedingly becoming. The sleeves are
in bell shape and are opened at the
back for a few inches from the edge.
The neck is finished with a narrow
shaped collar that crosses at the centre
front and to which are attached the
double flat cape collars that flare apart
G KOBE.
at the centre hack. Over the seams
and edges are applied straps of the
material and the coat is closed by
means of buttons and loops, but the
straps can be omitted and the edges
simply stitched and the closing can be
made invisibly by means of a fiy if
preferred.
To cut this coat in the medium size
six and three-quarter yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, six and a
quarter yards twenty-seven inches
wide, two nnd three-quarter yards for
ty-four inches wide or two and five
eighth yards fifty inches wide will be
required.
Womun'fl Lounging Hob*.
Pretty and attractive negligees bo
long in every woman's wardrobe and
are economical as well as useful and
comfortable, inasmuch as nothing is
more extravagant than lounging in a
gown designed for other uses. The
stylish model shown in the large draw
ing is admirable iu many ways and Is
suited to a variety of materials, lawn
dimity and tho like, challie, albatross
veiling and similar light weight wools;
but as shown is of pale blue lawn with
trimming of white embroidery and
blue louisiue ribbons.
The robe is simply made with a
smooth fitting yoke, that can he cut
high or square neck, to which tho full
front and the Watteau-like back are
attached. The back is gathered and
hangs loose and tho under-arm gores
curve gracefully to the figure. The
front is gathered to the yoke and
closes invisibly at the left side. The
elbow sleeves are gathered at the lower
edges nnd are finished with graduated
frills, but the long sleeves are In
bishop style witli straight narrow
cuffs.
To out this robe in the medium size
ten nnd a half yards of material
twenty-seven inches wide, ten yards
thirty-two inches wide or five and a
half yards forty-four 'vohes wide will
be required, with foui and a half yards
of embroidery and one nnd a half
yards of insertion and two and a half
yards of narrow edging to trim as il
lustrated; or half yard of tucking, two
and a half yards of embroidery nnd
three and a quarter yards of insertion
when large high neek aud long sleeves
are clesircd.
Autumn Hate.
The most fashionable liatterß ar#
showing the latest shapes of felt hats,
all trimmed with rich, heavy Roman
sill; scarfs, wide, and in Persian tints
as well as Roman stripes in many
tints. These are wound around the
erown and caught into a large, artistic
rosette near the front, a little to one
side or the other, through which Is
thrust an ornamental quill. These
lints are in white and all the mode
tints, and are extremely smart.
Pliable Corsets;
All the materials used in corset mat
ing are of the softest, most supple
character, those hard, highly dressed
coutils being things of the far past.
A very popular fancy is a pin line
colored stripe on a white ground, or
black on a white ground is accounted
essentially smart.
Summer Clothes In Winter.
The fashion of wearing thin summer
clothes in the house iu midwinter that
came in last year will still obtain, so
that many elaborately beautiful uew
effects in embroidered and appliqued
muslins and batistes are now being
offered for autumn use.
Seen on Waists.
Pin tucks are seen on many waist#
and some of them are entirely tucked,
oven the collar and cuffs.'
Veil of Distinction.
In these days of fancy bordered veil#
there are none that have quite the
distinction of the chiffon veil with the
simple hemstitched border.
Woman's lSox Pleated Slilrt.
Box pleats appear to gain in fa voir
week by week and are seen in the
latest and best designs. This stylish
waist shows them to advantage and is
suited to all waisting materials, cotton,
linen, silk and wool, but as illustrated
is of white butcher's linen and is worn
with a tie and belt of black Liberty
satin. The original is unlined, but the
fitted foundation is an improvement ta
wools and silks.
The lining is smoothly fitted by
means of single darts, shoulder, under
arm and centre back seams, and ex
tends to the waist line only. The waist
proper consists of fronts and back and
is fitted by means of shoulder and un
der-nrm seams. The back is plain and
is drawn down in gathers at the waist
line: but the fronts are laid in box
pleats, that are stitched flat to yoke
depth, and can he gathered at the waist
line or left free to be adjusted to the
figure as preferred* The sleeves are
in regulation style with straight square
cuffs and at the neck is a stock collar.
The closing is effected by means of but
tons and buttonholes worked in the
centre box pleat.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is three and three
quarter yards twenty-one inches wide,
„UX I UKATJZD SKIRT WAIST.
three and five-eighth yards twenty
seven inches wide, three yards thirty
two 'inches wide or two yards forty*
four inches wide.