Management of Steep Slopes.
Some very good land is located, on
rather steep slopes, but gots as pasture
because the owner fears to break it up
. and run the chance of serious injury
I by washing. Such fields, when culti
' vated, should be covered with some
thing all the time. Rye sown early in
fall will do much to hold the soil dur
ing the season of heavy rain. The land
Should be kept in sod much of the time
to supply vegetable matter, which
makes the soil like a sponge to take
up and hold the water. Clover is a
grand crop to follow a hoed crop and
rye on these steep fields.
Thorough Work for Lice.
Keep your fowls free' from vermin.
Provide a dust bath; paint the drop
ping boards at least twice a year with
some good liquid lice killer; whitewash
the house twice a year, spring and fall.
If mitts ever get in the house, take
everything out, for in a well-regulated
poultry house, everything is movable.
"* Spray it well with kerosene emulsion
' made as follows: One pound of soap
well shaved in ono gallon of water.
BFing to a sufficient heat to dissolve
the soap. Remove (fom the fire and add
one gallon of kerosene. Agitate thor
oughly until of the constituency of
cream. A spray pump is an excellent
agitator. You can now add ten or
twelve gallons of water. Use this mix
ture to spray luruse and everything
thoroughly. P.epeat in ten days to get
the nits. —The Cultivator,
Eirds That Heip.
Recent careful study with reference
to the food habits of hawks and owls
carried on by the United States depart
ment of agriculture goes to show that
these birds, with but few exceptions
are the farmer's friends rather than his
enemies. It appears that the good
m which they accomplish in the way of
destroying mice, gophers, rabbits and
other small mammals, along with great
quantities of noxious insects, far ex
ceeds the possible harm they do by
the occasional destruction of poultry
and other birds. A critical examination
of the actual contents of about 2700
stomachs of th" e bird 3 showed that
only six of the seventy three species
found in the United States are injuri
ous. Three of these are so rare that
they need not i> considered. Of the
remaining three, the hsli hawk is only
indirectly injurious; hence but two re
main to be considered, viz., the sharp
shinned and Cooper's hawks. Omitting
the six species that feed largely on
poultry and game, 2212 stomachs were
examined, of which fifty-six percent
contained mice and other small mam
mals, twenty-seven percent insects and
lonly 3 1-2 percent poultry and game
birds.
Distributing Manure.
The efficacy of manure applied to
tthe land depends very much on the
minute distribution of it. As thrown
from a common wagon in forkfuls on
a field, I have found by measurement
that not more than one-fourth of the
surface of the land had been covered.
This rather rough spreading was In
creased In its negative effect by the
plowing leaving a large part of it un
covered. Manure which has laid iu the
heap during the winter and has he
come hard packed, cannot be spread
evenly. The unbroken lumps which
might suffice for a square yard of
ground are confined to a square foot,
or little more. My. experience has
shown that five loads of good manure
of ordinary quality may he made to do
Vas much good service by close and fine
I spreading as three times as much
spread loosely in lumps.
There are several ways of avoiding
this waste; one is by making composts
of the manure, and even distributing
fertillztirs In the mass. Tq avoid this
waste and loss, the manure should he
fine and evenly scattered. Every pos
sible effort should be made to secure
this condition both in the even quality
and distribution. Thousands of dollars
are wasted In this way. Not for a mo
ment would I think of deprecating the
use of commercial fertilizers. This
should be made use of to the fullest ex
tent, but the other should not. be Ig
nored or wasted. —Henry Stewart, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Fertilizing the Peach Orchard.
I believe the old plan of using hard
wood ashes Is the best peach tree fer-
V tilizer known for most soils, and that
-j' we can afford to pay a fall - price for
* them. They should be cultivated in
June, so that the plant food can bo
carried down by the rains and render
ed soluble, to be taken up by the
root feeders. They should not be
dumped around the body or root of the
tree, but scattered in a circle out as
far as the roots may extend. It should
be put out early so that the new growth
which of course produces the bud for
the next year's peacli, can receive the
benefit of it.
I am aware that this ash crop is
limited, hut with its potash, lime and
phosphoric acid it is nearly perfect,
and if so, let us seek to duplicate it. I
do not think we ciught to use muriate
of potash, but the sulphate of potash,
v A being cooler and less liable to work in
{ jury if applied too strongly. Nor do I
believe it best to put a large quantity
of potash or any fertilizer when plant
ing the tree. A little then can be made
soluble and at once taken up, but not
by any means a large quantity to be
come encysted about the root, as I have
seen it, and to become a detriment in
stead of a valuable assistant
I have seea orchards where too
much nitrogen has been applied, and
tne immense amount ot brush i 3 simply
a load, and should be trimmed down to
modest proportions. Thorough til
lage from early spring till August tor
young trees, and until fruit in the way
of older trees, ground plowed last
plowing for young trees so as not to
wash. Fertilizer as near the wood ash
as possible, spread over the ground and
tilled in, a little fine ground bonewlien
tree is planted. Every season better the
fertilizer and apply early, and the lar
ger the fruit crop will be. Remember,
potash is one of the main ingredients
needed. —J. C. Wade, in American Agri
culturist.
Success with the Dahlias,
The dahlia is a great favorite with
us among the bulbous flowers and al
though we have in some seasons been
quite disappointed in results obtained,
yet, taken all-in-all in the twenty-five
or thirty years since we first began
their culture, no other variety of flow
ers, has, I think, given us more pleas
ure and satisfaction in the aggregate.
And having during that time been con
stantly on the alert for any improve
ments in methods of treatment, either
in care of the bulbs or of their culture,
I may be able to make some sugges
tions that Will be useful at least to
the beginner in dahlia culture.
Our greatest disappointment or lack
of success with these flowers has come
from the ravages of the dahlia fly, an
insect that by stinging them causes the
buds to fall before they begin to open,
or about that time. We have tried to
find a remedy for this trouble, but can
not say that we have been entirely
successful in doing to. Still, we have
found this, and by following along the
line suggested in its application, are
satisfied that we have gained consider
ably. We have observed that when
ever the dahlias were planted near
the door or walk where we were con
tinually passing close to them, they
were more exempt from the attacks of
these insects and blossomed much more
freely than when grown in more se
cluded places. Hencei we have adopted
the practice latterly so far as possible,
of planting our dahlias near the walks
that are most used, and we think we
gain a decided advantage by so doing.
Moreover we find, when planted close
to the side of tire house, that there
seems to be lcs3 destruction of the
buds, or at least they have bloomed
more freely, the partial shade, if on
the north or west side, in the heat of
the day, being an advantage to their
flowering qualities.
Now as to treatment of the bulbs
during winter. We formerly had con
siderable trouble, particularly with the
more choice sorts, in keeping them
through the whiter, as from some cause
or other, when put away in the cellar
without extra care, they would either
wither and shrivel up, or else mold and
decay, so that a large proportion of the
more valuable varieties failed to win
ter over alive. After considerable ex
perimenting along this line, we have
found that by taking up the bulbs as
soon as killed down by frost (if left
to stand in the ground after stalks are
killed down they are apt to sprout up
again from the roots, which weakens
the plants and injures their keeping
qualities), and allowing them to dry in
the sun and wind a few hours, packing
them in boxes of dry earth or sand, and
placing in an upper room where there
is no danger of frost in winter, they
will come through in almost perfect
• condition.
In the preparation of land in spring
for planting out our dahlias, we add a
generous supply of fertilizing material
in the form of well-decayed compost,
or something of that nature, and if the
soil is heavy, add also to it a goodly
proportion of sand to lighten it up,
spading deep and pulverizing finely.
We usually start the plants by setting
the bulbs in shallow ooxes, filled with
earth to cover well the crown of plants,
about April 1, and setting in a moder
ately warm place, but not sufficiently
so to force them rapidly.
When danger from frost is past
(which here in Delaware county, N. Y.,
is usually near the end of May or about
June Ist) divide and plant out, leaving
only one or two strong sprouts to each,
and afterward give throughout the sea
son a bountiful supply of water, as the
dahlia is a plant requiring a great deal
of moisture for best results in flower
ing.
Some support will be required to
prevent the plants being broken oil
by the strong winds usually prevalent
in summer in our climate, for while the
dahlia stalks are quite large and ap
parently quite strong, they are very
brittle, and break down easily; so it
will be found necessary to set stalks, to
which they may be tied from time to
time, as they increase in growth. As
the taller-growing sorts often reach a
height of six or seven feet, or more
these stakes should be of considerable
length and quite strong.—E. J. Brown
ell, in The Country Gentleman.
Large Exports of American Cheese.
"America is said to be the largest
cheese producing country in the world,
and despite the fact that cheese is said
to he more nutritious than meat, less
of the cheese is consumed in the en
tire United States than in England,"
said T. D. Machen at the New Willard.
"Wisconsin and New York are the
largest cheese making states in the
Union. In each of those states there
are more than a thousand dairies pro
ducing cheese. A gallon of milk will
make a pound of cheese, which is
said to contain fat equal to three
pounds of beef. Over a million and
a half pounds of cheese was made in
the United States last year, and near
ly half of it was shipped out of the
country."—Washington Star.
The Pot of Parsley.
Every kitchen ought to have its pot
of growing parsley. The pretty and
most useful herb is easily grown, and
the advantage of having fresh leaves
on hand whenever they are wanted is
plain. Buy a 5-cent package of seed
and sow on top of the soil in a 5-inch
pot. Water well and set the pot in a
light window. In a short time the pot
will be a mass of green. Weed out the
weak plants.
Cleaning Delicate Silk.
I watched a professional cleaner
make a spot on a delicate silk disap
pear. Instead of attacking the ugly
mark at once, lie began about 10 inches
from it. He stretched a scrap of thin
whito broadcloth on the end of his
finger, dipped it lightly in gasoline and
worked quickly around the spot in
wheel-like sweeps, getting nearer and
nearer the stain, which yielded in a
few minutes to gentle but steady rub
bing. The gradual approach to clean
ing the stain, he explained, did away
with all danger of leaving the halo one
often has to sponge out after a stain
disappears.—Good Housekeeping.
Brushes.
Use a iong-handled brush, to dust
pictures aud high places, a stiff paint
brush for dusting carved furniture, and
a small round paint brush for greasing
bread and cake tins. A now tooth
brush is fine for cleaning strainers and
celery. A scrubbing brush with rather
stiff bristles may bo used to clean
pressed and cut glass dishes and to
wash all seamed tinware. A fibre
brush will clean the lemon and horse,
radish graters and remove the skin
from new potatoes. Another useful
article is a cheap whisk broom, bought
for the sol.e purpose of furnishing
splints for trying l cakes. It should
be kept in a paper bag, will last for
years, and has the virtue of cleanli
ness.—Woman's Home Companion.
Proper Care of Mirrors.
In the first place it is well to know
a good cleaner. This can be made by
adding to whiting enough cold tea to
make a thin paste. Remove the fly
specks with warm tea and dry the mir
ror. Then smear some of the paste on
the glass and rub with a dry cloth.
A good way to polish the mirror is
with a soft cloth and a few drops of
aqua ammonia. Cieaning with paper
is not effective unless the best quality
of rag paper i 3 used.
To scour mirrors make a paste of
whiting and water. Smear the surface
with it and let it dry on the glass. Then
rub it off with tissue paper or with a
soft newspaper. Rub gently, for tho
particles of grit in the paper may
scratch the glass.
The following is a good way to fill in
the scratches that often appear on tho
backs of mirrors: Scratch away the
mercury for about a quarter of an inch
around the scratch and wet the place
with a clean rag dipped in alcohol.
Take a broken piece of mirror and
mark out a piece of silvering larger
than the place on the mirror. Place a
small drop of mercury on the centre
of this silvering allowing it to remain
a few minutes. Clean away the silver
from around the patch and slip it from
the broken glass to the place to he
mended, pressing it into pl.ee with a
small piece of cotton hatting. —Ameri-
can Queen.
Recipes.
Apples with Whipped Cream —Pare,
core and cut in quarters tart apples;
put one pint of water and half a cup
of sugar over the fire; -addi the apples;
when they are tender lift them to a
glass dish; boil the syrup until reduced
to one cup; pour this over the apples;
when cold spread over the apples any
fruit juice or lemon jelly; over this
spread whipped cream.
Salad Dressing Without Oil—Boil ,
two eggs 20 minutes, put them into
cold water for two minutes, then take
off the shell, cut the eggs in halves, i
take out the yoll,-. and rub them |
through a sieve, all one-fourth tea
spoonful eacfe of salt, sugar, and mus
tard; bet four tablespoonfuls of cream
stiff, add to the other ingredients, mix
carefully, add a dash of cayenne pep
per and vinegar until the consistency
of thick cream.
Veal Croquettes—Mix two cupfuls of
chopped cold cooked veal, half a tea
spoonful of salt, a little white and cay
enne pepper, yolk of one egg, a few
drops of onion juice and one cup of
thick white sauce; stir over the fire;
spread on a platter; cool, divide into ;
as many portions as are wanted; roll
in bread crumbs; then in beaten egg,
then in crumbs; put several in the
frying basket; fry in smoking hot
deep fat; arrange on a platter; garnish 1
with parsley; these may be served with
tomato sauce.
Jellied Prunes—Pick over and wash '
half a pound of prunes and soak sev
eral hours in two cupfuls of cold wa
ter. then cook in the same water until
soft, remove the prune stones and
cut in quarters; to prune juice add
enough boiling water to make two cup
fuls; soak half a box of gelatine in half |
a cup of cold water, stir over the fire
until dissolved); add one cup of sugar
and one-quarter cup of lemon juice;
turn into a mould and stir two or three
times to prevent sinking; serve with
sugar and cream.
JUSTICE IN CHINA.
Pooh-Bahs Who are Able to Save
SIO,OOO Out of SSOO a Year.
"Nobody dreams of going to law in
China for the purpose of obtaining jus
tice," writes the Rev. W. H. Sears of
Pingtu, Baptist missionary, in a letter
to a friend. "No Chinaman is safe
from the entanglement of a lawsuit no
matter how high a degree of rectitude
characterizes his life.
"The local magistrate is at once the
civil and criminal judge; also the sher
iff, the commissioner for large and
populous districts. Manifold as his
dignities are he gets less than SSOO
per year for his work.
"This is scarcely sufficient for one
day's expense with hi 3 large follow
ing of secretaries and other subordi
nates. But he don't worry. He even
saves money out of his job.
"The Pingtu official handles yearly
about SOO,OOO that he receives from
land taxes alone. It is a very unthrifty
official that does not clear SIO,OOO a
year out of his office.
"His secretaries and higher subor
dinates receive salaries. His consta
bles, deputies and runners of this class
get no salary, yet such positions never
go begging. The chief revenues como
from lawsuits.
"When a man is arrested the first
thing he has to do is to pay the con
stables a nice little sum for the trou
ble they have put themselves to in
coming after him. If he does not put
up the tribute at once he is bound and
tortured until he is convinced of his
duty.
"The prisoner is brought into the
city where he is handed over to a
grade higher set of underlings and the
money-extorting process is repeated
on a very extended scale. He finds
that money is the only salve that will
help his condition and make life en
durable. Remember, during all this
he may be as innocent as an angel.
"There are three sots of these small
fry officials whose clutches are fast
ened on the victim. He is passed from
one to the other, each sucking blood
from him at every stage of the game.
"The magistrate is expected to know
nothing of the arrest until the under
lings have squeezed every possible cent
out of the prisoner, who is then
brought before the chief dignitary for
trial. Reversing the American maxim,
every man is supposed to be guilty
until proven innocent. A man may bo
falsely accused; he will be treated as
though guilty just the same and his
road to liberty will" be laid with thorns.
"If a man has the money to spend
and will fee the constables liberally
they will return to their chief and re
port that he has run away and cannot
be found. It is a part of their busi
ness to bo secretive on such occasions.
"The district magistrate like all Chi
nese officials is supposed to have a
thorough acquaintance with everything
on earth, underneath the sea and in
the heavens above. Hence it would bo
a violent insult to his Excellency to
suggest a jury to aid in deciding a
case.
"Witnesses by the score are pro
duced, but none of them is expected to
tell the truth. Of course, with such
wholesale lying going on it is impos
sible for the judge to decide as to the
truo merits of the case. When the
controversy is finally closed ana pass
ed up to him for decision he will
smother his decree in a lot of high
sounding, meaningless word;* and it
costs so much to get a new hearing
that there is seldom an appeal from
the most absurd decision.
"Some days the magistrate will set
tle a dozen or more knotty cases. At
other times, when it suits his pleas
ure, he will permit suits to drag along
for years, even thought it may mean
ruin to the litigants.
"It is nothing uncommon for a law
suit to start over a quarrel among
children and continue until both par
ties to the controversy have got along
in years # and made paupers of them
selves." —New York Sun.
Across Eurasia by Rail.
Professor Lacey Sites, an American,
has recently made the trip across the
Eurasian continent by the Siberian
railway, and gives $185.40 as the cost.
The road is rough and the accommoda
tion not exactly up to the Pullman
standard. The author says long stops
and plenty to eat, of fair quality but
poor variety, inay be looked for along
the whole route east of Irkutsk, ex
cepting one or two stretches of desert.
However, everybody will find comfort
in carrying a basket with an auxiliary
supply. Fruit and butter are almost
unknown in Siberia and Manchuria,
and a tea kettle is an essential. Every
body needs it to draw boiling water
from the vat which is in every station.
A small lamp will also be found ser
viceable. The train in the eastern
parts is illuminated only with candles,
and these are often distant and dim
The traveler must provide his own
bedding.
Australia's Miniature Volcanoes.
A curious fdhture of the break up of
the protracted and devastating drought
in Australia was the number of minia
ture volcanic explosions in various
parts of the commonwealth. The
ground had become so parched and
try that it cracked, and the fissures
thus formed became the receptacles
of heated air. When the long-prayed
for downpour of rain came at last the
water met the hot air in these fissures,
and little geysers and volcanoes were
manufactured in a moment. Many
farmers hearing the explosions and
seeing columns of steamy stuff arising
from the earth, wondered what new
plague had come to afflict them, and
whether they wore out of the frying
pan into the fire.
Inside Wrist Bags.
All manner and kind of convenient
contrivances are now on the inside of
the necessary wrist bags. Within the
most complete of these are snugly
packed away a coin purse, made from
the same skin as the hag, and a card
case also fashioned from it. Small bot
tles containing smelling salts are
thought'to he necessary, to say nothing
of a powder puff, a small comb, wee
mirror and a case for pins and hair
pins.
Shirring on Wash Dresses.
Shirring and gauzing is the fanciful
trimming that is appearing upon the
frocks and gowns that are being made
up for wear during the summer days.
This ornamentation is especially effec
tive upon foulard, muslin, canvas or
linen gowns. White tucks, tiny and
wide, still continue. It appears on wash
dresses. The shirring is much newer.
The wiser woman will, of course, con
sult her Dguro before adopting this
mode.
The Under Petticoat.
The under petticoat is no longer the
clumsy garment it used to be, but it is
a dainty trifle which fully merits de
scription. It is fitted to the waist,
ths hips, and even to the knees —in
fact, there is just room to take a long
step in it. Around the foot it is treat
ed in various ways, the newest being
the Van Dyke of lace. Insertion is
sewed in the skirt in points, and round
the bottom of the skirt are ruffles of
lace put on in Van Dyke fashion, so
that they fall in irregular points. For
an outer garment, this treatment would
be impossible, but for the foot of the
under petticoat it is extremely dainty.
The Season's Fashions.
The eollarless jacket cut a trifle low
in the neck is the mode. The blouse is
still with us. The long, three quarter
length Russian blouse coat is good
style, as is also tile short blouse which
ends with a belt at the waist-line. But
to emphasize the fact that variety rules
there are Eton jackets equally fashion
able which are short enough to show
the waist-line all the way around, ex
cept in the front, where they are made
with long stole ends.
Sleeves continue to display their full
ness below the elbow, and are much
trimmed. Cuffs are more fanciful than
ever, and tab effects in cloth, velvet
and silk are frequently introduced not
only as a trimming for jackets, but for
skirts.
It is to be a season of trimmings.
Pendant ideas are among the newest
fancies. Tassels, silk braids, and pas
sementeries with little drops dangling
from them, are considered modish.
A very new idea in planning an elab
orate gown of sheer, soft material is to
trim it with bands of transparent voile
or even mousseline, decorated with a
design worked out in very narrow silk
braid. A gown of this sort is made
over a changeable taffeta lining, and
a very pretty effect is obtained by the
lrridescent effect of the silk showing
through the transparent bands. —Wom-
an's Home Companion.
Home Hospitality.
Hospitality in the home possesses
such a charm when dispensed in tho
right spirit that it becomes easily one
of the chief features of home life. To
keep always in the mood for meeting
cheerfully any guest who may drop
In unexpectedly as well as to receive
those specially invited, this is the se
cret of hospitality. It is simple enough
to extend the hand of welcome when
every guest has been arranged for,
when the house is in perfect order and
tho menu prepared ready to serve. But
it is when the friend uninvited for a
special occasion happens in at meal
time, more than likely some one the
good man of the house brings home to
dinner without consulting his wife as
to the convenience of the act, that the
real spirit of the mistress of the house
is put to the test.
Tho day may have been a particular
ly harassing one; things may have
"gone wrong" every hour, as they
sometimes seem to do—wherever the
fault may lie need not here ha con
jectured—the dinner may be practically
a failure, tho fire in the furnace low,
the cook cross, and things at sixes and
sevens generally. If under Buch circum
stances the wife rises to the occasion,
or above it rather, and meets and
greets the guest with a hearty welcome,
laughs away any seeming inconven
ience, and places before him such as
she has without elaborate and embar
rassing apologies, she has the true hos
pitable spirit, which is a quality as
rare as it is delightful, and one well
worth cultivating. It is not the spotless
damask, the shining glass and stiver,
the hand-painted china, nor the seven
course dinner, which puts the guest
at ease; it is the cordial welcome and
the faculty of making him feel that ho
is not causing any trouble or extra pre
paration with which to elaborately en
tertain him. This is home hospitality.
—Detroit News-Tribune.
How to Become Self-Reliant.
It may be a surprise to many of you
to discover that over sensitiveness is
really to a great extent selfishness and
undue self-importance. If we did not
consider ourselves first, we should not
expect so much attention and deference
from others.
Sensitivenees is a misery to the per
sons afflicted with it. Offense is taken
when it is not intended and you are
apt to imagine yourself neglected or
abused when there is no cause what
ever for such uncomfortableness.
It is all very well to have a delicacy
of feeling; but it should not be foster
ed and pampered until you begin to
consider yourself really superior and
afraid of contamination with the world.
Ask yourself if the offense and morti
fication felt are not really within your
own breast, rather than in the actions
of others. It is not possible that you
can never be mistaken, and that the
world has conspired to make and keep
you miserable, you must realize this.
If you have taken offense once with
out cause, does it not follow that you
may do it again and again? When you
find yourself once mistaken, remember
the experience and profit by It in fut
ure.
Try hard to overcome the constitu
tional self-consciousness that is at the
bottom of it all. Do not demand of
others more than you give. For in
stance, two girls are dear friends. We
shall call them Julia and Annie. Now
Julia is the sensitive one and she real
ly makes Annie unhappy by imposing
in so many ways upon her affection. If
she has a new hat Annie must prompt
ly notice and admire it. If Annie makes
a new friend Julia is jealous and weeps
because she considers herself supplant
ed in the affections of her dearest
friend. And so it goes from one griev
ance to another until one is always "on
pins and needles" for fear of offending,
and the other is always suffering from
imaginary slights. It can be readily
seen that such friendship lacks in the
one essential —confidence —without
which true friendship is really im
possible.
If you will adopt the simple remedy
of thinking more of the comfort and
happiness of your friend, you will be
very much surprised at the results.
Try it and see for yourself.
Remember that your are not infalli
ble, and even if you should entertain
such an impression you cannot expect
others to share your opinion. It is an
undeniable fact that the person who
demands so much deference is the very
one who does not show it. She does not
because she is self-centered and fails
to realize that other people may be
quite as important as herself. Forget
yourself, take things more lightly and
be self-reliant and self-respecting.—
American Queen.
Fashion Notes,
Broche patterns are the most strik
ing among the recent importations.
Boleros are decidedly in evidence up
on Parisian and Viennese costumes.
Jewelled linlc buttons to join the
openings in turnover collars are new.
A bunch of white violets at the side
adds a very smart finish to the blue
violet hat.
It is predicted that black straw hats
will be worn extensively entirely super
seding white.
Mexican drawn work is quite the at
tractive) feature for the adornment of
dressy blouses.
Very wide at the back and very nar
row in the front is the style of many
of the prettiest belts.
The up-to-date belle now wears a
small sachet of the appropriate scent
in the lining of her floral hat.
An eton opening over a cloth vest,
with basque skirts attached, is the
jacket shown on several smart spring
costumes.
Old fashioned "hair-line" and "pin
striped" tafeta silks in blacli and white
are to be fashionable this summer, and
nothing can be prettier or more stylish.
White waists are to be the favorites
in mercerized cottons and linens of all
kinds, but the newest material is call
ed sheers. It is a cotton fabric with
a linen finish.
There are most beautiful new color
ings and effects shown in Olga crepe,
cropo de chine and crepe meteore. All
such materials are lined with the soft
est, thinnest silk, that no stiffness may
mar the clinging quality sought for.
Wide, rolled brim Manila hats are
trimmed with twists of taffeta ribbon
of peacock blue, shading into green,
with sprays of thistledown balls in the
same "changeable" shades and
mounted so as to away with every
movement.
Quite plain and bare of trimming are
the most stylish suits. Made of the
spring weight cloths, cheviots and the
pretty leather mixtures, they are fin
ished with bias bands and straps of
the same goods, machine stitched, and
ornamented with some one style of the
fashionable buttons.