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Woolen Garments.
Children need woolen garments next
the skin all the year round. Neither
silk nor eotton is good. Wool sounds
hotter than it is. but the fact remains
that It is warm for winter and cool for
summer wear, and children who wear
it all the year round are far less liable
to contract colds and chills than those
who wear any other material.
Dressing Jackets.
Negliges and tea gowns are, if possi
ble, more luxurious than ever, and at
the present moment nothing is more
comfortable than a quilted silk dress
ing gown. It looks handsome, also,
trimmed with good lace or rich em
broideries. and, with care, it will last
longer than other dressing gowns.
For young people, however, a soft
cream-colored costume is preferable.
It may be trimmed with yak lace run
through with narrow black velvet or
tiny gold braid.
For tea gowns white china silk still
holds its own and is trimmed with soft,
delicate lace and pretty satin ribbons.
They are made in empire style, accor
dion pleated, the yoke being of beauti
ful Persian embroidery. The sleeves
are once more made in bishop's shape
for negliges.
Sleeves.
The sleeves of their gowns are justly
made the subject of special thought by
many women, and those who cultivate
a pretty fancy in that way have plenty
of choice at present upon which to
form models. Simple little baby-girl
sleeves, shaped exactly to the arms, six
inches in depth, of lace and muslin,
are given to an Empire gown of clear
white muslin sprayed with golden but
tercups and heavily bullioned up the
centre breadth, while particularly
charming ones are of tucked chiffon
and lace, closely fitted to the upper
arms, then left to flow out into a loose
cloud of chiffon, anon to be brought to
gether again with tucks and lace
bands. The fuller and more gauze-like
the sleeves above the wrist the tighter
the wrist band must be. Redingotes
are, however, more often given bell
sleeves, with inner ones of fur or silk,
while Russian coats have wristlets
fastened over with jade, malachite, or
agate buttons.
I A Clover Idea.
A “pincushion tea” was the form an
entertainment to raise some church
funds took recently. It was held at a
private house, though the church par
lors .should be equally available, and
all ladies invited were requested to
send or bring a pincushion, and every-
Iwdy in attendance was asked to buy
one. Nearly 200 cushions were dis
played of all sizes, material and de
signs, from the tiny vest pocket pin
holder to the dressing-table roll a yard
long and gorgeous with lace and em
broidery. Prizes were offered for the
best cushion shown, and also for those
of the most original design. The first
prize was won by a cushion mounted
ns a frame to a mirror and made of
padded pale green velvet. The most
original design award was given to a
cart and horse and neatly dressed driv
er, the cart piled with war supplies for
South Africa. A gondola cushion and
one illustrating the “old woman who
lived in her shoe” also attracted atten-
The idea Is a development from
the apron and handkerchief sales, and
was attractive and profitable from its
novelty.
A Small Waist Beautiful.
Now of course I am expected to say
Him. a small waist Is ugly, but on the
contrary I think that a small waist is
beautiful, writes Ethelwyn Wetherald,
in Good Housekeeping. Not unnatur
.il’y small, not grotesquely and ridicu
lously small, as those of fashion plates
always are, but with the natural small
m cl on erect, liAilHiy, fuil-chested
woum.". T<> attain a beautiful, natural
tdeuJeim ts one needs not 10 ' onipn
th" waist, but to develop the shoulders
.•■rd fWst. and to restrain and dir n et
.i o r.r-v-im. ;o that the stomach is not
tilled with indigestible food which
bloais .end distends the waist. A littli
'•1 of bones?’ with n twenty-inch
wai-- 1* a revolting spectacle; the same
lar. • . bones flattened out into tic
similitude of a bed slat is only a little
b - ; .epellant; a huge woman who can
with dnii' uiiy achieve any waist at all
is rc attractive, hut the Arna-fleshed
girl with strong arms, solid shoulders,
full chest and a iwenty-six-lnch waist
has a masnitieent figure admired by
iron and women. If she marries she
will have healthy children; if she re
mains unmarried cho is abundantly
able to take care of herself. Iler motto
is not ••Health before beauty,” but
‘■Health and beauty before /•ainom
fashions.”
Now Deltr.
The variety of new belts ulmorl
bewildering.
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A very slight, scarcely perceptible,
clongntlcn ir ce rigucur in belts or gir
dies this season.
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One desirable style for wear with
fancier summer gowns and waists is of
tucked white satin, with a rich bur
nished gold buckle in Fart nouveau de
sign of dahlias. Down its centre Is a
row of white shell braid, the shells
separated by steel beads.
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A serpentine chain belt over black
velvet, with front buckle, back orna
ment and side slides in gun metal, is
among the novelties, but scarcely to be
favored by conservative women.
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A < on casting centre strip is a notice
able feature of many of the latest
belts. Oue in tucked black satin has a
white corded velvet centre.
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A series of artistic metal ornaments
in. high relief, connected by festoons
of linked chain over a groundwork of
velvet, is another recently introduced
idea in the belt world.
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The inch-and-a-half-wlde satin strap
like belt, with pointed ends and cov
ered with many rows of machine
stitching, will still be the favorite with
short-waisted women as being most be
coming. It or a narrow black patent
leather belt will be most used with
walking skirts also.
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For young girls, especially with the
puffed waists—so becoming and now
so fashionable for them—a soft silk or
sat n girdle in empire style, but drawn
down Into almost nothingness just in
front, are much liked. — Philadelphia
Record.
Bovdofr
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Mme. Lili Lehmann is a vegetarian.
Queen Alexandra is of rather supe
rior accomplishment with the knitting
needles.
Every young woman in the East is
supposed to turn her head away when
meeting, on the street, the man to
whom she is betrothed.
Elizabeth Patterson has supplement
ed her recent gifts to the Lafayette
Art Gallery at Indianapolis with a col
lection of autograph letters written by
men of world wide reputation.
The Dames of 1846, organized recent
ly in Texas, is the latest patriotic so
ciety. It: was formed in honor of the
soldiers of the war with Mexico. Miss
Lucretia Hart Clay, of Lexington, Ky
is historian.
Statistics show that every decade
gives woman a longer time in which to
receive offers of marriage. Our grand
mothers were often deemed old maids
at twenty-one, while now a girl may
often near forty without incurring the
title.
Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, sculptor of
the Lincoln statue which stands in the
Capitol at Washington, and the first
woman sculptor to receive an order
from the Government, is about to
move, with her husband, from Wash
ington to St. Paul, Minn.
Miss Mary Stewart, of Gobshealach,
Ardnainurchan, has just died at the
age of 100 years. She managed to live
in the reigns of George HL, George
IV., William IV., Victoria and Edward
VII. without learning the English lan
guage, for she spoke only Gaelic.
A pretty little cashmere gown has
-he skirt in box pleats.
Stocks made of tucked lawn are
bound nt the top with color and have
tics witii edges also bound.
For travelers there are now to lie
found complete sets of underwear In
pongee silk simply trimmed with lace
<»." I he same color -pale yellow.
A veil is covered wit I) a series of twn
dots, but these set a little apart and
running across the veiling, which also
has a wide jjiesh. One of die dots is of
black and the other of pale blue che
nille. «
In ninny of the spring s^its ?he black
and white effect, which hijs come to bo
known as "qitei.ifs mourning,” Is oh
served. This tendency is also dis
played in the spring coats and other
outer garments.
For bud weather, the .simplest of
tailor hats are worn whh the raincoat.;
and heavy, hroad-vnmjn d siioes, which
may im waterproof, for walkin';. Fell
hats of light weight are good at ail sea
sons of ilie year for this p<npone.
Spring and summer gowns are to lie
c-t off with broad collars cither in imp,
linen or Oriental embroideries. The
collar is usually square in shape, and if
of linen or lawn is decorated with em
broidery of white or color. Pique is
also used for thesfe collars, some of
v. id- b have applique of coarse 1: co.
Many sorts of white dots will be sec.,
on the newest veilings, unless all signs
fail. One veil with a large square
mesh is covert d with a serli s of double
dot;., set at wide intervals ail over it.
The.-e dots are o’ chenille, are black
and white, each of them nbout th:- size
of a snowflake, and are run together
pcrpcuuiculariy.
|,ll<c unit I'nlike.
.. icv -ay. from rising of the sun
Lntil’thiy light the lamps,
A woman’s work is never done —
But neither is a tramp's.
l.uhoiie Standard and Times.
Watte hit,
“I wonder why fat men arc so sel
dom stingy?”
"Because, by nature, they run large
ly to walstf-New York World.
Old rhriMo Kever»e<l.
“F.ut, dear, niy salary is as good as
the average young man’s."
“1 know; but it Isn't the kind father
used to make."—New York World.
Hin Shrinkage.
“And you love your husband as much
as you did at first?"
“Oli, yes. indeed, more, but ho doesn’t
seem so godlike as he did." —Brooklyn
Life.
The Forget ul Man.
“I once started to take lessons in
memory training."
“What made you give it up?”
“Couldn’t remember to attend the
lesser..'."—Washington Star
IHh Custom.
Facie Boh “Say. does the baby al
ways holler like that till he gets what
he wants?”
Tapa "Yes, and then he generally
hollers for somethin"' else.”—Brooklyn
Life.
Indolence.
“Cholly Chubbs is raising a mus
tache." said one young woman.
"I hadn't observed it,” said the other.
“Probably not. He's raising it on
his valet. Not nearly so much trouble
and he can watch it grow.”—Washing
ton Star.
How He Won Iler.
Cari—“l am going to buy a delight
ful wedding present for you.”
Clara—“ But I've not made up my
mind to get married.”
Carl—“ Well, isn’t it about time that
you did?"—Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette.
An Annoying Question.
Teddy — “Mamma, Tommy knocked
me down cm the way home from school
to-tie,". (After a pause.) But I gave
him a bat Ip the eyei"
Jtenis "Before he knocked you
down. Temty. or afterward?" Yomer
ville (.'lass.) Journal.
V Alli el 111
A Oc£P IMPRESSION
TO TBOSS El NtrTUNß’a BIALM,
H^JZJOIiS A WL AI.D JOU. 7 ROUMDEH
•r > rs wao xjve on uoTßrn eakte-
—New York Life.
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Not Inspiring.
‘■Join),” said the practical little wife
to the poet, “couldn’t yon manage to
dash off enough love songs between
now and breagfa o to get us a couple
of sucks oi' flour?"
And then he glared at her. and said
Im wasn't hungry, and didn’t like
Hour, anyhow. Atlanta Constitution.
Diibi'l Seed 'Em.
“I should like,” sold the num, ‘‘to
got a position proofreader."
'^Mrry,” said die publisher.' ‘'but
we’ve paid off ail our proofreaders;
don't need 'em.”
“Volt don't?”
“No. We're publishing nothing but
dialect stories now." • I’idirdclpbiu
Press.
Candor.
‘'Why do yon put so many Latin
quotations in your speeches?” asked
the friend. ‘‘l’m ure most of us don't
understand' them.”
•‘That's.just tlie [>olnt. Misery loves
company. I want io be sure there is
some one besides myself who doe.n't
know precisely what I am talking
about."—Washington Star
ErplalOßd.
“There Is a very intimate nervous
conduction hetwe n the brain and the
stomach,” said the scieutific man.
“That explains it,” answered the
humble person who is willing to learn.
“What?"
“Thu reason why nearly every big
political alliance or fmanclal deal has
to be discussed at a bauquei."—Wnyh
in-pon Star.
HORTICULTURE?
Plioapliorlc Achi For Plant..
Phosphoric acid, to give good results,
should be available for plants, hence
soluble phosphoric acid is the propor
tion that the rains will dissolve, which
may be from ten to fifteen per cent, of
the phosphate, according to its qual
ity, as there is in some phosphate rock
less phosphate of lime than in others.
rW””” Object in Pruning Grapes.'
The object in pruning grapes is to
got a well formed vine and large yield
of fruit. Two-thirds of the year’s
growth should be cut away, for if not
severely pruned more fruit will be
grown than can be matured. Grapes
grow upon the new wood, and this
year’s branel.es will perform service
next year. The winter season is the time
to prune grapes. If deferred until
spring the vines may be Injured.
Grapes require both manure and fer
tilizer, and should be sprayed with
Bordeaux mixture as a preventive of
disease.
Gooseberries Are Profitable.
Gooseberries are profitable and can
be grown on a more extended scale
if given as much care as Is bestowed
upon other fruits. The plants are pro
pagated to some extent by cuttings, but
generally by layers. The earth is
heaped in a mound around the bushes,
and Ihe young branches will strike
root. They can be planted four feet
apart each way, and the soil should be
rich. The plants should be well culti
vated and heavily pruned. The fruit
grows on the buds formed on two-year
old wood and on spurs and buds of
older growth. Pruning should be done
by cutting out extra shoots and also
cutting back the new growth.
Sottlnir Out Young Fruit Treen.
The planting of fruit trees in spring
should be done with care, and labor
should not be spared in the effort to do
what is proper, ag a good beginning is
everything with a tree. Order the
trees now, to be sent at a certain time,
and insist that only the varieties or
dered be sent. The ground should be
prepared as soon as It can be done,
the stakes made ready, and the trees
set out ns soon ns they arrive. One of
the points to observe Is not to allow
the roots to become dry. Gut away all
broken or Injured roots, and leave as
little top as possible, as the more top
the greater the work on the roots.
The peach trees may be trimmed off
like elean sticks, and no trees should
have too many branches. Cut off th"
young shoots if they are too thick, so
ns to first secure good root growth be
forc allowing a heavy top.
A Novel liarrcl.
The Scientific American Illustrates a
novel method of enabling a fanner
to inspect the contents of his fruit
barrels with little trouble. Instead of
removing a head, which is a laborious
nnd time consuming operation, he
merely raises cue hoop a little, and
thus liberates the upper end of a
longue which has previously been cut
in one stave. Ordinarily the hoop
comes down over the tongue and holds
it s cutely in place. The drawhi-.. L dis
the story no well that no cumn i"
ueedi d.
riiiuitog cmitog .
When putting cullings in the grov.nl
leave as few buds as possible above
tiie ground. When the rootlets are
thrown out. below the suri'a <• of the
ground they Legin to supply food to
the buds above, ami the more buds the
greater the work placed on the root-
In many case.-; the cuttings dying
beenuse the buds cannot be nourished.
The entire effort of the roots should
be cone*, nirated upon one Lu L or not
over two. The soil should also lie ml
low. as the sticking of a cutting into
bard and compact : oil is to rob the
roots of food ami moisture. Plant the
cuttings deep in fine, rich soil, and
should it be necessary water them un
til th-y are well started in growth
The cullings of some plants can be
had almost for nothing, as they art
somcdn.es thrown away, and when
planting cuttings it would be well t.
us-, a large number, so as to allow foi
failure to root of some of them, ano
airo that only strong and vigorcut
plants may be selected from ataoui
those ruoicu.
FYS CIEN TIFI uQ
The Government of the Malay Pen
insula is planting guttapercha trees on
a large scale, and it will not be neces
sary to cut them down, as guttapercha
can now be extracted from the Daves
and twigs without injury to the trees.
The most recent application of the
electric current is that of taking the
place of the old-time bed warmer.
The modern implement consists of a
coil of wire covered with asbestos, and
the electric current passing through
the wires heats up the material.
One of the newest patent applica
tions of electricity is in making a more
convenient faucet than that ordinarily
used. 'Two pairs of electromagnets are
suspended froir the walls, each pair
being mounted in such away as to
drive a piston up or down, according
to which button is pressed. In tills
manner the listen opens or closes
either the hot or cold valves and allows
the water to How into the bowl.
The fuel value (that is, the working
power, considering the body as a ma
chine to be stoked) of a pound of cab
bage is estimated at 14<> calories. This '
is greater than the cucumber, which
is only TO; asparagus, 105; turnips, 130;
egg plant, 130; spinach, 120; tomatoes,
115. Potatoes, onions, squash, cauli-
Hower, green peas, beans, corn and
beets possess more nourishment Ilian
the cabbage, beans holding the first
rank and sweet potatoes second.
One of the most interesting results
of practical geology in our time is the
discovery of rich supplies of subter
ranean water under many of the dry (
and desert, regions of the earth. At
tention lias frequently been called to
the utilization of these discoveries in
the western and southwestern parts of
the United States, and it appears that
other lauds are equally favored with
hidden treasures of life-giving water.
The Geological Survey of Queensland.
Australia, reports that south of the
Gulf of Carpentaria waterbearing
strata occur at depths of 2001) and
3000 feet, from which artesian wells
draw supplies varying from 100,000
to 1,000,000 gallons a day.
A new analysis of the water of the
famous lake, supposed to cover the site
of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
has recently been made by C. Ains
worth Mitchell in England. He finds
that the amount of saline matter in
solution In the water, instead of being
more than 40 per cent, us estimated by
Lavoisier, is only between 24 and 25
per cem. The percentage of common
salt is 5.52, ns against 2.8 in ordinary
sea-water. While in ocean water there
is seven Limes as much common salt
as magnesium chloride, in Dead Sea
water they are about equal in quati
llty. A gallon of distilled water weighs
IO pounds, a gallon of ocean waler 10(4
pounds, and a gallon of Dead Sea wa
ter 12 pounds.
vlnpaiime Food llabltM.
Tim Japanese <lo not use milk, cows
being almost unknown In Japan. Milk,
an animal product, falls under the con
drinnntlon which excludes everything
that bus pertained to life from the
list of articles used for food. Animals
taken In the chase sire excepted, .is are
fish. The Japanese mother nurses her
own child, continuing sometimes up to
the sixth year, though other food is
given in addition after the first or sec
ond year. The main food of the Jap
anese mother consists of rice, fish.
:di< llflsh and seaweed. Midbal m-m
think that the large use of the prod
nets of the sea is the reason why rack
Ills is unknown. Os cours", the Japan
e-e know nothing about butter, cream,
ch< < se, etc., but they make an excellent
substitute from a Iran, rich not only lit
oil. But also in nitrogenous elements.
Yet consumpiion is < ommon among the
uppi r .•buses in Japan. Mount lineers,
are, however, exempt from tubercu-
Ins' ;. Yet Japanese are a small [iconic,
a mnllmss with them being a race char
arturistic. The Medical Itecord.
I'ceiHng Kngla»id*« I.'ijiHlrtow.
The kitchen staff at the House of
Commons Is anxiously awnhbig the
proposals of the < .'overnmem with re
•rard to proc.-dlire, because it is obvious
I hat If the House is to adjourn for two
hours every night most members will
prefe • to dine somewhere else. Last
osslon. up to the <-nd of July, them
were 33,235 dinners serve. . ..riared
with 21,115 luncheons, 10 ■ lens, 753
suppers and <l2lO meals at bars, mak
ing a grand total of 107,703. If tln^e
dinners, or the bulk of them, tire not
c:Hen, twice the number of teas will
s -iriady compensate the caterers for
the loss of custom. The House, of
eourw, now enters for Itself, anil gets a
<• »m- ideraide grant from the treasury—
ii u/od to be SSOOO, and is now consid
cr.-tidy more In aid of its finances.
Th. re seems to be every chauce that
the kitchen committee will have se
riously to consider its position when
ti.e new rule comes in force.—London
C *?. oulcie.
