ORs, AIR PARENTS AT FAULT. "It's the parents who make their children naughty," declared a young woman positively the other day. "I take sides with the children against their parents. Parents are continu ally doing the very same things they punish their children for. A little girl who had been having a stormy scene with her mother got up and rang the bell. "Did you ring, ma'am?" asked the maid when she appeared. "No, I did!" said the child, with dignity. "Please, take mamma away. She's very naughty and cross and I want you to lock her up till she's good.' The little girl had had this said about her self and didn't see why under similar conditions it was not applicable to her mother."—New York Tribune. COLOR DRESS SCHEMES. Delicate blue, with white lace. Gray, with shades of sage green. Steel gray, with Paris ecru lace. Mixed gray, with black or white. Mixed brown, with golden brown. Gray, with shades of burnt orange. Mixed red, with deep shade of red. Light and dark shades of moss green. Clan plaid, with dark silk or velvet. Brown, with shades of burnt orange. Mixed green, with dark shade of green. Moss green, with black lace medal lions. Two-toned blue and silver, with plain blue. Black, with white lace; facings of delicate blue. Royal blue, with black lace and steel. Delicate violet, with white and - deeper shade of violet. Gray, with cream lace, showing deli cate pink underneath. Black, combined with black and white shepherd's check. White over pink, with a touch of black to give character. Royal blue, combined with blue and white shepherd's check. Bright Roman plaid, with red or blue surah to give character. Pearl gray, combined with darker shades of gray panne velvet. White cloth, with antique lace and turquoise-blue panne velvet. Black, with steel-gray panne velvet and cut-steel buckles and buttons. White cloth, with ecru lace and pipings of the medium shade of burnt orange. V THE RIGnT KIND OF EXERCISE. The Woman who has "no time for re laxation and systematic exercise" is precisely the woman who most needs to take it. Rest, exercise, diet, amuse ment and work nre of equal impor tance in the vast scheme of living if one would live sanely—that is, health fully. The old saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," Is perfectly true, and that all play nnd no work has the same effect is equally correct. It is the wise adjustment of the proportion of each that makes for health. "I get ail the exercise I need In going about my household duties," many women assert, but that is the greatest mistake possible. Under ordinary circumstances a few sets of muscles nre called into activity, and the mind at the same time is fully occupied. For physical exercise to be helpful the inlnd should be at rest. A walk of twenty minutes' duration in the open air is an nbsolute daily neces sity, and should be at a reasonably brisk pace. Deep breathing should be practiced on these walks until it becomes a fixed habit. A good plan is to inhale slowly while taking seven steps, then exhale during seven. The mental application soon ceases to be necessary, nnd the walker almost unconsciously brenthes in this way. Deep breathing is helpful in cases of insomnia also. The average woman takes too little care of her health until she loses it, and then she takes too much care of it with tonics and nostrums. She drinks two or three eupfuls of strong coffee for breakfast, eats meat three times a day, takes cakes and ices ad Infinitum, nnd by the time she is thirty, or ear lier, has established a chronic dyspep sia that is guaranteed to last until her death. There are many more Illnesses from overeating than from overworking, and far greater danger to beauty.—New York News. THE ROUND ARM. From an artistic standpoint, fat arms nre not pretty. But there are other standpoints. It may be that the Venus do Medici and her sisters had arms that were made of skin and bone, nnd it may be that the artists of tlin't time, and later, admired such arms and thought them the most beautiful of all feminine en dowments. When it comes to plain, matter-of fact everyday life, it is the plump arm which is considered the most beautiful. When you come to put on the elbow sleeve you want a nice, round' arm be low It. With the exception of the neck, which is very easily made fat, there is no part of the body that can be as quickly developed as the arm. There Is certainly no excuse for having thin arms, because you can Just as well have fat ones, and the process is one that can be carried out in a very short time. It Is noted that women who do house work generally have nice white arms, especially if the work be of the kind which requires the hands Jo be in water. Dish-washing, floor scrubbing, window cleaning and all such feminine pastimes are certain to develop the arms. True, they develop the hands at the same time, but one can always take care of the hands and keep them white and soft. There appeared not long ago at the door of a woman whose business was the developing of beauty, a girl. Said she, "I am a debutante in my first sea son and iim compelled to wear short sleeved dresses constantly. I am told that you of all others can develop my arms." The beauty doctor laughed. "This is a very simple matter," said she, "and especially for you who have such plump cheeks. You are of a disposi tion which will put on flesh very rap idly. It is a great pity that you have allowed your arms to become so ema ciated." She then rang for a basin of water, which her assistant brought. Placing it upon a gas stove, she advised the young wpman to bathe her arms in it. "This," said she, "is the first part of the fattening process. When you go home, you must give your arms their bath, in warm oil of almonds. Do not wash oft until it is thoroughly rubbed in, and then take care, of course, that all trace of grease is removed. Do this daily until your arms are fat."—New York Commercial Advertiser. gPTTgJovdolV CHAT: The favorite recreation of the Queen of Greece is yachting. Queen Helene of Italy is a fine shot. She is also an expert in driving a mo tor car, and she also writes verses. Miss Estell Reed is Federal Superin tendent of Indian Schools, and has probably the most important and the highest salaried otHce of any woman in the Government employ. Skating and riding are favorite forms of recreation and amusement for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. She is very fond of animals, and will not sanction any sport connected with the royal preserves which calls for the slaughter of animals. Mrs. Ida Belmer Camp, of Caro, Mich., does a profitable business in cac tus growing. She has at her green bouses at Caro the largest collection of cacti in the country. She employs collectors in regions where the cactus grows wild to secure rare specimens for propagation. Mrs. Albert Burns, of Laurens, S. C. t has had a very busy life. In twenty two years she has raised thirteen chil dren. In addition to this she has started and run a saw mill, run a gin nery, which in the busy season she feeds herself; does general teaming, her own housework and takes in sew ing. Mrs. Frank Le Grande, wife of an engine wiper employed by the South ern Pacific Company, has, it is said, received information confirming her right, to a one-fifth interest in an es tate worth 520.000.000. This vast for tune was left by Mrs. Le Grande's grandmother, who lived in Holland, where her estates are located. Mine. Brassard, the proprietor of a snsnil shop at Lyons, France, has ac complished some remarkable feats in Alpine climbing. She makes her liv ing by following the French Alpine troops during their maneuvers in the Alps in order to sell the cocoa which she carries on her trips, and she fs credited with having taken part in some difficult marches. Embroidery is very prominent in all fashions. Tea gowns show the sleeve cut In one with the shoulder. The prettiest designs in neckwear are all adorned with French knots. Fine cloth and serge dresses are being trimmed with broad lines of braid. The career of the tassel continues un checked, and is worn on hat and gown alike. Undressed kid is seen on some ultra fashionable frocks as a stitched trim ming. The drop shoulder effect is a distin guishing feature of many of the new est bodices. Dark green plaid for street wear is decidedly popular for maids and youthful matrons. Dressy Oxford ties for house wear show vamps striped with alternate bands of black and gold. Louisine silk is much used for blouses, though the woolen one holds its own for morning wear. Ribbons that shade from a bright green to deep blue make up admirably into rosettes that may be used for the ornamentation of dark toned'gowns or hats. Ituchings of taffeta are an old-time revival, and box pleatings, fringed frills and quiltings of black and col ored taffeta adorn hats, boas, fichus, pelerines and gowns. Gowns of chenille draped over black chiffon and fine black lace are among the original models of the season. As accompaniments are wraps composed entirely of chenille frlngs. In the newest of embroidered hose the flowers are not distributed care lessly over the surface, but forni some particular design such as bow-knot, heart or monogram, placed over the in ; step. SWEET POTATO TRUFFLES. Take half a cup of well-boiled and mashed sweet potatoes and mix them to a smooth hatter; mix with a table spooufnl each of butter and sugar, and four tablespoonfuls of flour, a salt spoonful of salt and a pint of milk. Bake at once In a hot, well-greased waffle Iron or hot griddle. CARE OF WINDOW SHADES. During the day window shades are usually kept rolled up half way. Dust accumulates on the top of the roll, and when drawn In the evening light col ored shades show a dark streak across the middle. ■ Although dusted fre quently, in a short time the streak persistently adheres. I have used a fine white scouring soap with excellent results. Take a clean white cloth, rub on the dry soap and then on the shade, a small part at a time, always using a clean place in the cloth as soon as a sign of soil makes its appearance. Use no moisture.—W. K., in New England Homestead. QUINCETSPONGE. Bake a round spongecake, and when cold hollow out the centre, leaving the bottom and sides an inch thick; soften one-fourth box of gelatin in the same amount of cold water; pare, quarter and core four large, ripe quinces; boil paring 3 and cores until soft, and strain; simmer fruit in same liquor until soft and press through a wire sieve; add enough water to liquor to make one pint, also two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, and bring to a boil; add gelatin and one tablespoon of lemon juice; stir until the former is dissolved; strain through cheesecloth and set aside to cool; beat the fruit light, add gelatin, whip five minutes, pour into the cake shell and set in a cool place; when ready to serve cover top roughly with stiffly beaten cream to which one tablespoonful of pow dered sugar and the stiffly beaten white of one egg have been added. Tbls sponge is just as good made of canned quinces. COOKING EGGPLANT. The most satisfactory way of serv ing eggplant is to cut it in slices about half an Inch thick; rub the slices with an abundance of salt, and let them rest in water enough to cover, for sev eral hours. After this, drain them, dip the slices In egg and breadcrumbs, fry them for five minutes on each side, or until they are a golden brown aiul well done. Servo with a little salt sprinkled over them. To broil them slice and prepare the same way as mentioned above in salt and water. Then drain and wipe them dry, rub a little sweet oil over the surface and broil for five minutes on each side. Serve them with butter mixed with a few drops of lemon juice. The French are fond of serving egg plant "stuffed." They cut a good-sized plant Into six pieces, leaving the skin on one side of each piece. These pieces they cook in salt and water a few hours, then they make an incision in each piece and fry all in boiling hot fat Finally they scoop out the fleshy part-of the eggplant, stuffing the pieces with forcemeat. Sausage is good as forcemeat for this purpose. Sprinkle soft breadcrumbs and bits of butter over the stuffing in the eggplant and set the pieces in a hot oven to become very brown. Servo them, seasoning well With pepper and salt [HQ VS E HoLDjlggSp^ Turplntlne will remove tar from cloth. A little box of lime placed in the pantry will keep the air pure and dry. A solution of bichloride of copper makes a brown spot on alloy, but pro duces no effect on a gold surface. A little washing soda mixdd in the blacklead will remove all grease and give grates and stoves an excellent polish. Individual soup spoons and. a ladle in colonial design are likely to appeal to the housewife who dotes on colonial furnishings. Some housekeepers claim that baked potatoes are never so delicious as when they are boiled half done before going into the oven. The taste of castor oil may be de stroyed by beating It with the white of an egg, or better still, by dropping it into enough lemon juice to float It. In studying to obtain tne effect of space in small rooms it is a good plan to cover the walls of two rooms to match. This gives a greater feeling of space. Stains oil brass will soon disappear If rubbed with a cut lemou dipped ID salt. When clean, wash in hot water, dry with a cloth and polish with a wash leather. Make the covers of couch cushions rather smaller than the pillows them selves, and they will not flatten out and look thin as pillows usually do after being used for a few weeks. Camphor is an excellent barometer. If when the camphor is exposed to the air the gum remains dry the weather will be fresh and dry, but if the gum absorbs the moisture and seems damp it Is an Indication of rain. To remove salt-water stains dip a piece of the stained material into vine gar and rub until the stain disappears. For grease stains rub with benzine, lay between two pieces of blotting pa per and iron with a moderately hot iron. PRINTED IN REAL BLOOD. A Sioux City Llternr, I'rndtil-tlon With "Shiver." In It. Periodicals of the sanguinary class, says the London Press-News, are not solely confined to pirates aud highway men; tne most violent effort yet made to attract attention to a new magazine is the device of prinfitfg it in real blood. The magazine is called the Knockers. It is written and published by men en gaged in tlie packing industry at Sioux City, lowa, and the use of blood sym bolizes the avocation of the staff.. "A fuzzy bunch of packing-house rhymes" is the way the preface reads, "printed "printed on Ipskl Bo paper, hound in Zulu lavender, decorated with real blood." Editors with bloody fingers handle the books, leaving smeary Anger-marks here and there. The books are tied in bundles and placed in the smokehouse, where they are subjected to the "cur ing" process. This leaves them in a fine brown state, aud with a very ancient, and smoky scent. When they emerge from this room they have very much the color and scent of fine bologna sau sages. The production is illustrated with blue-print photographs pasted in, and the first person to be immortalized is one David Mann, the fellow who with his big hammer knocks the fat steers on the head and sends them where the beef trust gets its clutches upon them. WISE WORDS The way to have a friend is to be one.—Emerson. Take-It-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.—German proverb. The linppincss of lite depends very much on little things.—L. M. Alcott. Man is unjust, but God Is just; and finally justice triumphs.-^-Longfellow. One never renlizes his mortality as long as his mother lives—Bishop Spalding. Unhappy is the man for whom his own mother lias not made all mothers venerable.—Ricliter. To be and remain true to one's self and others is to possess the noblest at tribute of the greatest talents.—Goethe. Our oDly victory over temptations is through persisting courage and an in domitable cheerfulness.—Frederick W. Faber. There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are move com mon still. The blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.—E. B. Browning. To rob the public it is necessary to deceive them. To deceive them, it is necessary to persuade them that they are robbed for their own advantage.— M. Bastiat. We are to be rewarded, not only for work done, but for burdens borne, and I am not sure but that the brightest rewards will be for those who have borne burdens without murmuring.— Andrew Bonar. Careleftg Corronpondence. A gentleman and lils wife had been Invited to an evening party. lie wanted to go, but his wife declared that she had no gown suitable for the occasion, and asked him to send "regrets" to their hostess. Thereupon the man, while at his. office, penned this face tious note; "We regret that your kind invita tion must be declined for all the eon ventloifal reasons, but the real reason Is that half the family has nothing to wear. My wife's latest dress is over three weeks old, and her hat is twelve hours out of date. You will appreciate the hopelessness of the occasion and excuse us." He thought this so good that he went further, and determined to be smartly sarcastic at the expense of his wife. He wrote a note to her explaining that he would not be at home for an early dinner, as she had asked him. The note ran: "I cannot accept your Invitation be cause I am going out to an evening party whore the guests are not expect ed to wear anything of importance. Sorry I won't be there to kiss you good-niglit." Unfortunately lie was careless; the notes went into the wrong envelopes, and the lady who had invited the couple was somewhat surprised at the man's audacity. A Koynl Entertainment. To find a parallel for the sumptuous entertainment of the German Emperor by the Earl of Lonsdale and of King Edward by other British peers and commoners, one must go back to the palmy days of the French monarchy. To entertain a queen for a week the Comte d'Artois rebuilt, rearranged and refurnished his castle from threshold to turret, einploj'lng 000 workmen day and night. The Marshal de Soubise received Louis XV. as his guest for a day and night at a cost of £BO,OOO. 4 T hear," said His Majesty to the Mar shal, who owed millions, "that you are in debt." "I will inquire of my stew ard and inform your Majesty," replied the host, hiding a yawn behind his hand. —London Chronicle. London Americanizing Semntfl. Some years ago the Lontlon County Council began experiments with the Massachusetts system of treating sew age in cokebeds, anil now after further experiments Dr. Clowes, chief chemist to the Council, recommends that the system be extended until the whole of the sewage of London is dealt with on this plan. First of all the sewage is screened as it passeS from tile mains to settling innks. In the tanks the sludge settles and fifty per cent, of it disappears by bacterial action. Then the sewage goes into immense beds of coke six feet deep, and the water that is drained off after two hours is pure enougS to support fish life. New York City.—Blouse jackets made with small capes are much liked and will be much worn during the season to come, both by young girls aiul ma- MISSES' BLOUSE JACKET. ture women. The very stylish May Manton model given is adapted to all suiting and Jacket" materials, but, as shown, is of canvas cheviot in tan color and is tailor stitched with eorti celli silk. The capes and the revers are exceedingly smart, but the former can be omitted and the jacket can be buttoned over snugly, as shown in the small cut, whenever preferred. The blouse consists of the fronts and back, and Is fitted by means of shoul der and under-arm seam. The fronts are deeply faced and rolled back to form the revers and are gathered at the lower edge to blouse slightly over the belt. The capes are arranged over the shoulders and the neck is finished with a turn-over collar. To the lower edge is attached a circular basque por tion which can be omitted if a plain blouse is desired. The sleeves are in bishop style with cuffs cut after the latest model. The quantity of material required for medium size (fourteen years) is two and a half yards forty-four inches wide TUCKED BLOUSE JACKET, WITH NINE GORED SKIRT. or one and three-quarter yards fifty two inches wide. Very Generally Becoming. Blouse jackets are always jaunty, al ways smart aud very generally becom ing. The excellent model illustrated in the large drawing is of zibellne, in brown with threads of tan color, collar and cuffs of brown velvet edged with bands of tan eloth, stitched with cortl eelli silk, and makes part of a costume, but the design suits the odd wrap equally well and is adapted to all the season's materials. The collar Is a spe cial feature and is both novel and styl ish. The Jacket is made with fronts and back and is smoothly fitted at the back but blouses slightly over the belt at tlie front. Fronts, back and sleeves are laid in tucks, in groups of three each, and are finished with machine stitched edges in tailor style. The right front laps over the left and the closing is effected by buttons nnd* but tonholes in double-breasted style. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty one inches wide, two and an eighth yards forty-four inches wide or one nnd seven-eighth yards fifty-two inches wide, with seven-eighth yards of vel vet for collar, cuffs aud belt. Skirts laid lit generous pleats that conceal the senilis and are stitched flat at their upper portions, are among the latest shown and are eminently grace ful and effective. Tlie smart model in the large drawing is shaped with nine gores that allow only narrow spaces between the pleats which provide ful ness nnd. willi tlie flare on each gore, give a stylish flounce effect where they fall free. As shown the material is ecru etamlue, stitched with corticeili silk, but all the seasonable pliable ma terials are appropriate, foulnrd, taffeta and liberty silks, pongee, veiling, alba tross nnd the like, with the lovely soft finished linen and cotton fabrics. Tile skirt is cut in nine gores that widen perceptibly as tbey approach the lower edge and are specially adapted to narrow goods. To cut this skirt in the medium size ten and five-eighth yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, seven and a quarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, seven and a quarter yards thirty two inches wide or four and three quarter yards forty-four inches wide will be required. Laco on Spring fiownn. Leading modistes say that in the spring and summer gowns much "dead white" and "blue white" lace will be used, but as the cream and ecru shades are so much more becoming and richer looking it is doubtful if the new fad will become popular. But the faintest yellow shades of lace are effective on the gowDs in "dead white" materials. liiicn Collar* Popular. Lace collars of all sizes and shapes are in great demand (and there are many bargains offered), for there seems to be no sort of gown or wrap, coat or negligee with which they can not be worn. The lace collar reaching to the shoulder is the favorite for gowns for house wear, especially morning robes. Even 011 the street gowns lace collars are on all the silk and fancy waists, especially on after noon gowns of cloth velvet and the heavier silks. lending Spring Fabrics. Etamines nnd veilings nre the leaders In spring fabrics. In the former fancy effects and noticeably an openwork weave resembling a check are expected to be more in demand than the plain materials. Plaided Button*. Plaided buttons nre one of Dami Fashion's latest freaks. They are small nnd flat nnd nre with shepherd's plaid, black, white and gray check. (tlrl'a Ureal. Simple little frocks made with gath ered skirts nre always charming upon little girls, and have the great merit of being peculiarly well adapted to wash able fabrics. This very pretty May Mantou model is shown in pale blue challie dotted with black, with collar and cuffs of cream colored lace banded with black velvet, but Is suited to all simple wools and to the cotton and lin en fabrics of warm weather wear. The original Is made with the full front arranged over the lining and plain backs, but the front also can be made plain, and plain sleeves can be substituted for those of bishop style whenever preferred. The lower edge of the skirt is simply hemmed and stitched with cortlcelll silk. The dress consists of plain front and backs of waist, upper and under of plain sleeves, full front, bishop sleeves and skirt. When the full front is used it can bo arranged over the plain one which acts as foundation or be left un llned if washable fabrics are used. The bishop sleeves also can be made over plain lining sleeves, which are covered at their lower edges to form cuffs, or unlined and Joined to the cuffs. The skirt is straight, gathered at the upper edge and joined to the waist. At the neck is a straight standing collar. The quantity of material required for medium size (eight years) is four yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three yards GIRL'S DRESS. thirty-two inches wide or two and a half yards forty-four inches wide, with three-eighth yards of nil-over lace for collar and cuffs.
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