I -The
,lAIR
CARS OF THE NAILS.
' Instead of scrubbing the nails with a 1
brush to remove the dirt keep half a <
lemon on your washstand and dig your
lingers in this after washing till all
dirt is removed. This treatment also
helps to make the nails of a good color.
j-' DAINTY FACE MASKS.
The best veils are of fine mesh with
chenille dots of various sizes thereon.
The large disfiguring spots are seen no
more. It was but a passing fancy
bound to be of short duration. One
was sure to get the veil on wrong and
, have a spot over one's eyes or nose.
In veils, as in other things, the best
fashions are never extremes.
jr FASHIONS IN UNDERWEAR,
Dainty underwear is absolutely es
sential to the woman of refinement.
This does not necessarily mean costly
French lingerie smothered in lace and
displaying much fine and intricate
handiwork. Underwear may be dainty
nnd yet inexpensive, but to have it so
Is a matter of good taste rather than
the mere spending of money. Use
good material, line in texture, to begin
with, even if this meaus that the gar
ments can be but sparingly trimmed.
The fashions in underwear this sea
son are designed along the line of com
fort quite as much as beauty. The
models invariably show the low neck
and the elbow-sleeve, and voluminous
fulness is everywhere omitted. The
corset-cover, the skirt and even the
chemise, are carefully fitted. —Woman's
Home Companion.
y WOMEN AS AGRICULTURISTS.
American women pride themselves
on the advantages they possess in the
multiplicity of business opportunities
open to them; but, despite America's
broadmlndedness in this, Russia has
had the courage to go a step further
and establish an Agricultural High
School for Women. Here opportunity
will he given for general courses In ag
riculture or specialized training, as
dairy farming, gardening, bee culture,
poultry keeping, cattle nnd sheep rais
ing, etc. The course of instruction
will occupy three years, and an equiv
alent grammar school education will
be required as an entrance qualifica
tion. The women who pass through
tlio sciiool successfully will he eligible
for filling various poets under the Min
istry of Agriculture, and will be further
. entitled to hold the positions of ad
#"-fHinlstrators of the Crown domain nnd
of teachers in the intermediate agri
cultural schools.
DRESSMAKERS' SUPERSTITIONS.
There seems to bo a rooted convlc
■ tion among dressmakers that if a dress
is sent home with even one basting
thread left In it by mistake It will
surely be returned for alterations. In
some establishments it is also believed
that putting a black pin instead of a
white one In a dress will surely cause
its return. If the maker of a wedding
dress pricks her finger, so as to draw
blood while sewing on It, It is a bad
omen for the bride.
Such superstitions die hard and are
akin to the saying that If the petticoat
comes below the - dress the wearer
loves her father better than her moth
er, and If an undergarment Is Inad
vertently put on wrong side out
I nnd worn so through the day It will
*E briug good luck to the wearer. One
' may not really believe such things, but
still their repetition keeps them alive
nnd passes them on to the younger
generation. —American Queen.
i ' REST THE HAIR
The deplorable manner in which
women are losing their hair calls for
some remedy. It has been suggestod
that one reason why women lose their
hair is that they wear it done up in
the same fashion for years. Hair, as
well as any other thing, gets tired
nnd needs change and rest. If there
is only one becoming way for a woman
to dress her hair, she will, of course,
have to wear 1t thnt way most of the
time. But she can give it rest when
alone, by letting it hang or coiling it
loosely in a different way from which
she ordinarily wears it
One woman who takes great care of
/ her hair dresses it in three different
ways during the twenty-four hours.
A In the morning she does it in a coll at
the back of her head, and when she
goes out wears a hat which fits snug
ly with this style of coiffure.
In the evening she wears it high on
top of her head, and when she goes to
bed slie parts it from brow to neck and
does it in two plaits. This gives her
hair a complete change and also rests
-the head.
SOCIETY WOMAN'S °ENDURANCE.
I often think that the "society wom
an" is the strongest of all creatures
God has made, writes Ella Morris
Ivretschmar, in Good Housekeeping.
Her sister who tills the field, or nibs
at the washboard, cannot compare
/ with her in "tensile" strength. What
r is normal, muscular fatigue tlint a
night's rest will cure, compared to en
durance, that fine endurance that taxes
the brain in all its subtle windings, the
emotions in every tone of their gamut,
and finally the body at every point
where a rule of health may bo defied?
It would be interesting to know how
university crew or football team would
look In the spring, after a winter of
Wearing heavy Velvets and furs over
chests ard arms through the days, and
gauze or bu:-o lieeU and arms of even-
ings; of alternating between thick
walking boots and satin slippers, of
eating perhaps one rational meal a
clay, ami for the rest "nibbling"—at
fancy. Possibly they might harden
themselves to every change of bodily
temperature, but they would never,
nover rise superior to the pitfalls and
consequences of a season of afternoon
teas and receptions.
Nor in strictest reality do women—
that is, "in the long run;" for at last
the line substance breaks, or at least
shows such wear that it needs all sorts
of artificial props and embellish
ments to give it an "appearance." It
is really a pity that women do not real
ize what a part in the loss of youthful
looks the afternoon tea and reception
menu plays. Of course the truly clever
woman, or Blie who lias learned the
fine art of dining, evades those menus,
with Inconspicuous tact, and so does
no damage to good looks or appetite
by her afternoon dissipations.
If HEARTH and J|\
Women are entrusted with the sole
charge of many railway stations in
Australia.
The new civil code drafted for Switz
erland allows a woman to dispose as
she pleases of the fruits of her work.
Miss Estolle Ileed, Federal Superin
tendent of Indian schools, has prob
ably the most important and highest
salaried oiiice of any woman in the
employ of the Government.
Mmo. Mclba possesses a collection
of pearls which she values so much
that she lias a private detective to ac
company her constantly while she is
wenring them and guard the precious
gems.
Mrs. Vlnnie Ream Hoxie, of St.
Paul, is to make a life-size statue of
Ezra Cornell for Cornell University,
but she will accept 110 pay for it. Mrs.
Iloxle is sculptor of the marble Lin
coln now in the rotunda of the Na
tional Capitol.
At the annual meeting of the asso
ciation for the promotion of the Inter
national Institute for Girls in Spain,
held in Boston t lie other day, it was
announced that SIB,OOO of the 500,000
for the purpose of erecting a new
building has been contributed.
Ilagerstown, Ino., nasa cemetery en
tirely managed by women. Twelve
years ago this cemetery was a weed
patch, and was so neglected by the
town as to be a disgrace to it. The
women then took a hand, and by the
aid of spades, hoes, scythes, axes and
rakes have transformed it into a place
] of beauty, and that without the assist
' ance of man.
Mmo. Florence Rogers Hartwig, one
of the Indies in waiting to the Queen
of Roumania (Carmen Sylvtt), is a New
Englander and was born in Vermont.
When she was a child her parents
1 moved to Germany and she was mar
| rled in that country to Ellas Ilartwig.
Business interests afterward caused
1 the removal of Mme. Hartwig and her
1 husband to Buchnrest. Mme. Hartwig
1 possesses a fine voice nnd she first at
\ traded the attention of the Roumanian
I Queen by her singing.
! A#"*! s&BS-
Oriental Jewelry is still in the lead,
t Large barred effects arc very smart,
1 Deep antique laco is very smart on a
! white coat.
' Maltese lace is ono of the lovely and
! modish sorts.
r Bell sleeves in coats may or may
not have cuffs.
Sashes of black ribbon velvet ars
j much in favor.
r Pleats of all sizes vie with each other
1 for supremacy.
r The Greek stripe in colored fabrics
1 Is very modish.
® Despite the alarmists the grape has
not entirely disappeared.
J In colored linen frocks many novel
trimmings will be introduced.
I Lily of the valley, flowers and foliage,
! forms one of the loveliest evening hats,
t A pretty shirt waist is of white
1 barred muslin with deep tucks in waist
and sleeves,
f Little wreaths of pink chiffon cn ap
' plique adorn one of the newest and
• loveliest evening robes.
' Smart little turnover collars are
1 made of white linen embroidered with
Japanese letters in black,
j The garniture of artificial flowers on
j evening gowns was never more beautl
] ful. There are passion flowers, violets,
r irlß, heartsease and roses, nnd several
5 tones of one flower are used on one
dress.
Chiffon velvet is one of the new
. waist materials, and its general use
in Paris certainly commends it here.
s The fabric resembles panne, and is
s said to be Impossible of imitation in
cheaper grades,
s Skirts are growing wider and wider,
> and nearly all of them are pleated or
t shirred at the waist, but with the in
-1 crease in width there is corresponding
- decrease of ornamentation. The new
i est models have no trimming on the
• skirts.
, Cameos are coming into fashion
I again, nnd some fifty-year-old Jewelry
! is being brought out. The most offect
> ive use to which some splendid old
I carbuncles are put is to set them in a
1 ring of gold for the top of an umbrella
• handle.
tf HINTS ABOUT |
J HOUSEKEEPING I
COLORED GLASS INJURIOUS.
Experiments with glass of various
colors In greenhouses, as reported by
a French experimenter, Indicate that
nothing Is bettor than plain uneolorcd
glass. With violet-colored glass tlio
size of fruit was decreased, the qual
ity injured nnd the earllness retarded,
nlthough the number of fruit was
greater. Other colors were injurious
In every way.
IRONING LACE.
Always lays a piece of muslin over
fine lace when ironing; It should never
come In direct contact with the iron.
Crochet, tatting, guipure and Irish
laces should never be ironed at nil, but
plnced on a board covered with flannel,
pulled into shape, every point carefully
pinned down and left till thoroughly
dry. Full It gently with the fingers If
It seems still when dry.
A WALL FINISH.
Wooden eorn-ices of a wood to match
the baseboard are the latest finish tn
the side walls of n room. Sometimes
It Is In L shape, put In at the angle
of the wall nnd celling, one part on
each. This wooden corulce, It is as
serted, is the most artistic wall finish.
A wall should have a crown as well as
a foot, nnd It Is best thnt this cornice
or crown should agree In material nnd
color with the foot.
TO CLEANSE STRAW MATTING.
Straw matting should never he
washed with soap. A large coarse
cloth should bo dipped In salt, and then
rubbed the way of the straw. The mat
should theu he thoroughly dried, nnd
If treated In Gils fashion will not turn
yellow. Papler-mnche articles, too,
must not he treated to soap. They
should bo lightly sponged with cold
water, then dredged with fine flour,
and finally polished with a soft flannel.
A NOVEL KITCHEN CARPET.
Take any old carpet thnt Is whole,
but too shabby for use, clean thor
oughly, and tack It down smoothly on
the kitchen floor. Then make a good,
thick boiled starch of flour and water.
Rub a coat of this starch into the ear
pet with a whitewash brush, nnd in
about twenty-four hours, or when the
starch Is thoroughly dry, give It a
coat of paint—any color desired. Dark
red Is a desirable color for a kitchen.
When the paint is dry, give a second
coat, and you will have n cheap nnd
durable floor-covering, equal to lino
leum, at about one-fourth the cost. By
giving it a coat of paint onee a year
it will Inst for yeax-s. One great thing
to recommend this carpet Is that it Is
so easily kept clean.—Woman's Homo
Companion. ~, , j
Chesee sfrflfrs—Mix link a cupful of
flour, thi;e'o tablespoontujs of grated
American cheese, half a tablespoonful
of Parmesan cheese, a pinch of salt
and one beaten egg; work to a "smooth
paste; roll out on a floured board to a
thin sheet; cut in strips one-fourth of
an Inch wide and four Inches long;
place In a buttered pan and bake ten
minutes. -< • • - -
Spiced Pudding—Soak one cupful of
broxvn crusts of bread In one pint of
scalding milk until soft; then add half
a cupful of molasses, one-fourth level
teaspoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon
each of cinnamon, allspice, cloves and
nutmeg, and half a cupful of seedc-d
or seedless raisins; stir occasionally
at first and bake In a moderate oven
about one hour.
Almond Fingers—Cut stale bread
Into pieces four Inches long, one Inch
wide, and half an Inch thick; dip them
In orange juice, then Into minced al
monds, then in beaten egg, then in
bread crumbs; lay several of these
strips In the frying basket and fry In
smoking hot deep fat a good brown;
remove, drain on paper, arrange on a
folded napkin; sift over powdered
sugar and serve hot.
Jellied Salad—One cupful of clilckcn
or any kind of cold meat or fisli, one
tablespoon of gelatine soaked In a
little cold water; stir over the Are,
stliTlng until gelatine is dissolved;
when cool add one tablespoon of lemon
Juice and a little pepper; when thick
ened, add the cupful of meat; mix
thoroughly; when quite stiff put a little
mayonnaise on the bottom of small
moulds, and All with the mixture; place
on lee until stiffened.
Toast for Luncheon—Cut slices of
bread one-third of an inch thick, fry
them In a frying pan in a little butter;
for five or six slices of toast mix to
gether two tablespoonfuls of minced
lxam, three tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese, two eggs well beaten and four
tablespoonfuls of milk; season with
salt nnd pepper; turn It into a buttered
frying pan; stir over the fire until it
Is creamy; serve this on the toast and
arrange on a hot platter.
COURSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI..
<rh Would Huvo llpen i( It Hail Mowed
North.
The Khine Is less than 000 miles
long, and the Danube less than 2000.
The length of the longest river in India
la 2300 miles, and the longest in Asia
Is 3320. The Nile is 4002; it affords,
however, only 730 miles of continuous
navigation from its mouth. You may
take a steamboat from the mouth cf
the Mississippi and pass up 3000 miles
from the Gulf—as far as from New
York across the Atlantic to the Strait
of Gibraltar, across the Mediterranean
and the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor, and
up the Dardanelles to Constnntinople,
and then you will have to disembark
and walk 400 miles if yon wish to
equal the distance that would have to
be traveled to reach the head waters of
the river.
What if this "Father of Waters," like
the Nile, had flowed north instead of
south, and like the Red River of the
North had emptied into the Arctic
Ocean instead of the Gulf? asks JosiaU
Strong, in Success. Commercially
speaking, it would have cut off this
great Tiver system from the world,
would have made the Isthmian Canal
useless to the Mississippi Valley, and
would have spread annual devastation
throughout its course, because the
floods of spring from the southern por
tion of the river would have poured
ddwn upon the northern while the lat
ter was still ice-bound. Tilting the ba
sin of the Mississippi only a few hun
dred feet would have made all thl3 vast
difference.
WISE WORDS.
Contentment gives a crown, where
fortune hath denied it.—Ford.
Constancy is the complement of all
other human virtues.—Mazzini.
He who will not take advice gets
knowledge when trouble overtakes
him.—Kaffir.
The more one speaks of himself the
less he likes to hear another talked
of.—Lavater.
The readiest and surest way to get
rid of censure is to correct ourselves.—
Demosthenes.
'Tis not your posterity, but your ac
tions, that will perpetuate your mem
ory.— Hutchinson.
Character and personal force are
the only investments that are worth
anything.—Whitman.
Calumny would soon starve and die
of itself if nobody took it in and gave
it a lodging.—Leighton.
Civility is a charm that attracts the
love of all men; and too much is better
than to show too little.—Bishop Ilorne.
Luck In the Number Nine.
My particular Idiosyncrasy is in
favor of odd numbers. How I ac
quired the harmless passion happened
in this way: Among my school fel
lows was a Turkish lad, who was the
first to point out to me a curious law
of numbers. We would take a string
of figures at random, which we added
up in line until they totted to a re
sultant number nine or not If they
"showed" up nine we declared them
lucky; if not, not For example, take
numbers 1-8, 7-2, 4-3 equal !). So in
grained is this meaningless habit that
I never buy a railroad ticket without
submitting its number to this ridicu
lous scrutiny. Many a time I have
puzzled myself as to the origin of this
silly habit, yet it would appear that
the affection for number nine displayed
by the lad reached Turkey byway of
Arabia.
According to the anonymous author
of Table Talk, published in 830 by
Charles Knight, long residence in Cairo
by the famous traveler, J. L. Burek
hardt, had also rendered him suscepti
ble tQ the strange fascination of odd
numbers. He spent many years in
collecting a storehouse of Arabian say.
ings illustrative of tire manners and
customs of this enlightened people, but,
strange to say, he stopped short at 909,
"a notion prevalent among the Arabs
that even numbers are unlucky and
that anything perfect in its quantity
is particularly affected by the evil
eye." Whereupon the writer proceeds
I to give an instance that came under his
' own notice. At that time there lived
in Islington a wealthy cowkeepei
| named Rhodes, who made many futile
attempts to keep 1000 cows on his
premises in a thriving condition at one
time, but was invariably baffled. He
could, however, keep 009 without ex
periencing any loss of stock.—Notes
and Queries.
Great Katerc, These.
A whale's appetite is phenomenal.
His chief diet consists of jellyfish. He
has simply to open his mouth and pad
dle along leisurely in order to take in
Jellyfish by- the wagonload. Such is the
method adopted by tlio whalebone
whale. The sperm whale, on the con
trary, captures huge squids weighing
often several tons. Like his brother,
the whalebone whale, he must he con
stantly on the lookout for food, other
wise he would starve. As many as
fourteen seals have been taken from a
thirty-foot "killer." Other fishes of
enormous appetites are not uncommon.
The blueflsb, for example, thrives on
sardines and other small fish. Assum
ing that one blneflsh eats ten small fish
a day. It ins been figured that It re
quires 10,000,000,000 sardines to feed
the 1,000,000,000 blucfish on our coasts
every summer. Most curious of all
eaters is the hydra, a strange creature
that can be turned inside out without
impairing its appetite or its power to
eat.
naninlimrint For Gnmhlin;*.
For playing "heads and tails" for
stakes of a farthing, an apprentice
named Paul Itiedel lias been sentenced
to banishment from Austria. Accord
ing to the Austrian criminal law the
uniform punishment for all games of
chance, including the game '"heads and
-talis," is banishment.
"WRK. V^sHS^Ns''
New York City.—l-ong shouldered ef
fects are among the distinctive and
notable features of the season nnd are
found in many of the new shirt waists
AN ELABORATE MODEL.
as well as in the more elaborate mod
els. The very smart May Manton
waist illustrated has a novel yoke or
shoulder strap effect, that is cut in
one with the tucked fronts and can
either be made to extend over the
shoulders or be cut off at the seams
as shown in the back view, and exem
plifies both the drooping shoulders and
one of the many forms of the bishop
stock. The original is made of French
flannel In cream white stitched with
pale blue cortlcelli silk, but all the
C R'h
BLOUSE JACKET.
season's waist materials are appro
priate.
The foundation lining Is snugly fitted
and is in every way desirable where
wool or silk Is used, but can be omitted
whenever It Is not desired. The fronts
of the waist proper are tucked for their
entire length and are extended to form
the yoke or shoulder straps and are
joined to side portions that are tucked
for a few inches only below their upper
edge. The hack, however, is simply
plain, and the closing Is effected
through a regulation box pleat at the
centra front. The sleeves are in shirt
style with the straight narrow cuffs
closing at the outside that are the
favorites of the season. At the neck
Is a stock elongated at the front to give
a bishop sxtggestion.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four anil five-eighth
ynrds twenty-one inches wide, four nnd
one-fourth ynrds twenty-seven inches
wide, three and one-eighth yards' thir
ty-two Inches wide, or two and five
eighth ynrds forty-four Inches wide.
Woman'* liloune Jacket.
Blouse jnckets make the favorite
wraps for general wear and are seen in
all the latest models both for suits and
separate coats. The very stylish May
Mauton model illustrated In the huge
drawing shows the new flat collar anil
ti'immlug, but can be left plain and
without the basques as shown in the
small sketch when preferred. The orig
inal Is made of flecked cheviot In
gray and white, stitched with cortlcelli
silk and trimmed with pipings of dark
gray nnd drop ornaments and makes
part of a costume, but all suitings and
jacket materials are appropriate.
The jacket consists of fronts and
back and is titled by means of shoulder
nnd umler-nrm seams. The back is
plain, but the fronts are gathered and
blouse slightly and becomingly. The
little capes are attached to the strap
trimming and are arranged over the
neck. The sleeves ni'e full and finished
with becoming cuffs, out the straight,
narrow ones can he substituted if de
sired. The basque portions and triple
postillion are joined to the lower edge.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is six yards tweuty
one inches wide, two and three-fourth
yards forty-four inches wide, or two
and one-fourth yard fifty-two inches
wide.
Apron to the Front.
Apron effects are very modish and
quite usually becoming. Though they
have the look of an overskirt they are
in reality the skirt proper, being eked
out with graduating flounces. As often
as not the apron is of some strong ma
terial, while the flounce, which is
pulled on as well as flared, is of a light
and airy-fairy texture. When it is
heavy the fabric must be of the rich
est—a trimming of itself. If it be plain
it may be adorned with appliques not
too far apart. A very pretty one, how
ever, is entirely of black net. Inch
wide rows of black gros-grain ribbon
follow the shape of the apron, pointing
downward at the front. Five rows
are at the foot of the very full flounce.
Rows of ribbon are on the full blouse
and the sleeve ruffles, the blouse being
further enhanced with an applique of
yellow lace. This is an attractive
model, too, for a shirred dress.
Adorned by Handwork.
Handwork is always a feature. -lust
now it Is more than ever so. While
the choicest embroideries fairly cover
some robes, there are others, delight
fully attractive, which are alive with
French knots and faggoting, the two
friends that are still with us, despite
Iconoclasts who have declared them
done for since some months. French
knots are charmingly attractive,
whether they emphasize other designs
or are strewn by the hundred In
massed groups. As for faggoting, It
and any sort of ajour stitching is very
much the thing.
I<ong Hibbon Siwhoa.
A pretty idea Is to wear broad and
long ribbon sashes with evening toilets.
Some of these are tucked and the
ends are fringed. The sash may be the
I color of the gown or of contrasting
color, as preferred, and still be modish,
but the silk lining of the gown must be
the same shade as that of the sash and
whatever flower is chosen to be worn
on the corsage or in the hair.
A Deserted Fad.
The fad that prevailed so long of
wearing a black hat with a white or a
light gown no longer flourishes.
Misses' Tliroe-l'lece Skirt.
Flounced skirts are much in vogue
for young girls as well as for their
elders and always are graceful nnd
comfortable, as the ample flare pro
vided at the lower edge means freedom
of movement. The very stylish May
Manton model Illustrated Is shown In
nut brown eta mine, trimmed with a
hand of satin faced cloth stitched with
corticelli silk, hut all suiting and skirt
materials are appropriate. The skirt
Is cut In three pieces, and Is fltted at
the upper edge by means of hip darts
and laid In inverted pleats at the centre
back. To the lower edge Is attached
the circular flounce, the seam being
covered by the stitched band. The up
per edge can he finished with a belt
or cut in dip outline and uuderfaeed or
bound.
The quantity of material required
for medium size (fourteeu years) Is
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MISSES' THHBE-PIECB SKIBT.
five aud oue-half yards tweuty-soven
inches wide, three and oue-half yards
forty-four inches wide, or three yards
tltty-two inches wide.