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FASHIONABLE SHOE FOR WOMEN.
Styles in footwear for women this
season are very becoming. A notice
able fact is that the heel for street
use i 8 not so high as it has Dbeen.
Wiomen perhaps have awakened to the
fact that the very high heel is ex
tremely injurious to the health, and
they are seemingly content to wear
the Du Barry heel, as it is called, for
evening purposes only. The shoes
with the patent vamp and calfskin
top i one of the most popular models.
So is the soft kid shoe suitable for the
women with tender feet. The tops
of the shoes this seazon are Vvery
high. This is a good point, as they
are very much more warmer and the
cold weather often results in much ill
ness occasioned from the feet. The
laced shoes is as ever a favorite
Many women who have always worn
the buttened shoe have changed for
the laced and are praising its results.
A new point in fashion is the lacing
of black shoes with white. It is a
most attractive fad for women with
small feet, but for those who are not
blessed it is best to retain the black
ones. The Cuban heel is rather low
this year, and the shoes which have
the French heel are often spoiled by
its being too low. The shoes minus
the tips are always liked by women
with delicate tastes, but it is a sur
prising fact that they are not made to
any great extent. The smart set have
launched a fashion of wearing shoes
with colored heels to match the color
of the gown worn, and it is to be sure
a decided relief and a very pretty fol
ly. The horse show made a very good
display of footgear, and never before
have the feet been 'well shod as
now. IFor evening v the slipper
should be made of velvet, and many
are spangled, while others are lavish
ly trimmed with jet. The black slip
per with the gold heel is a rage at
present, and it looks indeed fascinat
ing when worn with an all-black gown.
Straps are a universal favorite, and
when the hose are strikingly beautiful
it makes a pretty effect. Notwith
standing the fact that gowns are not
so long for ¢vening wear as they have
been, the shoes are taking a turn to
show low heels. Many handsome
models are displayed with a rather
low he>l, which in some cases spoils
the effect—Newark Advertiser,
WHERE TO PUT THE PIANO.
The ordinary upright piano, with
or without its “mechanical player”
attachment, may be a joy forever to
the music lovers of a home, but it is
never a thing of beauty. In many an
otherwise artistic setting every pros
pect may please, and this very neces
sary instrument be the only object
of drawing.
Since a piano most of us must have,
and as in many instances it needs
must turn its back to the company,
and do so with the rest of the com
promising severity of most backs that
are turned to the rest of the world,
the tactful softening of its angular
ities remains among the difficult
smoothings away, both actual and
metaphorical, which fall to the lot of
the mistress of a house.
The vexed question of what to do
decoratively with the upright piano
has been answered better rather from
a negative than a positive viewpoint.
Moxrt of us have satisfactorily decided
what not to do with it in the way of
draping it with art fubrics and deco
rating it with Japanese fans or a col
lection of jangling china, but really
good effects with the reach of the
average pulse are not so ready to pre
sent themselves.
The happiest and most artistic way
of dealing with the obstinate square
ness is to treat it as you would any
other case of obstinacy—simply make
it of as little importance as possible.
In other words, merge the fractious
piece of furniture into the general
scheme of the apartment not as one
important detail, but as one that may
be turned to account in breaking up
the floor space and doing duty as a
acreen.
OLD-TIME “FACE CULTURE.”
No one had ever heard of “face cul
ture” or “beauty promotion” in those
happy old days, but women 20 years
ago and longer triea to look their
best, as they do now. Rice powder
and milk of oranges were deemed emi
nently successful. The latter was
guite easily made by mixing enough
benzoin with orange-flower water to
render the mixture milky. They tint
ed their checks, those young and mid
dle-aged beauties of fong ago, with
cream of strawberries that gave a
pink glow to the skin. It was only
a mixture of almond oil and strawber
ry juice heated, with a lump of sheep’s
fat dissolves in it. It was poured into
a jar and all the molsture rémoved.
Sheep’s fat figures also in the mint
cream, so us2ful for sunburns and the
hands. An ounce, with a little mint
and sweei oil poured hot into a jar
and kept handy, did wonders toward
the culture of Liearty. Fat and oil anl
camphor made what is known as cam
phor ice. Scented baths were prepar
ed with bath vinegar and milk of cu
cumbers in the water, and the fair
women of that period took good care
to insure ‘the necessary amount of
exercise, with dancing and horse-rid
ing. We are not restful enough now
to congiggr poses as they did then,
when pelg ladies =at with a dainty
finger resting on the left chin or a
dimple in the cheeks. Let automobil
ists of today remember that cold
cream is a wonderful preserver of the
gkin, to be washed off carefully when
the journey is over.—The Queecn,
BOLERO STILL IN FAVOR.
Perhaps nine out of ten of the street
or walking suits one sees nowadays
have the long-fitted or sem-fitted coat.
But this does not mean the demise of
th= bolero. This charming and char
itable little shape is seen in many of
the dressier cloth costumes. The
wide girdle in its natural accompani
ment in many cases the gird'e and bo
lero being built on one lining, this
being the method usually followed by
Paris makers.
The distinctive note in the boleros
this season is the postillion or tabbed
back. These ar2 seen in both the fur
and cloth models, and have certainly
an honest right to the favor they are
enjoying, since they are so generally
becoming. They are irrestistibly
smart on the slender, trim girl and
are certainly charitable to that much
to-be-pitied woman who possesses an
ugly back and hip line. And, by the
way, it is worth noting that the wom
an who lacks symmetry in this par
ticular—and she is very many in num
bers, sad to say—had best set down
in her book of sartorial “don’ts”:
Don't wear a costume with plain, snug
back lines. “Do hide definciencies be
neath the Kkinc'y grace of tabs o
sashes or full flowing draperies.”—
Rochester Post-Express.
A BUSY WOMAN.
The Woman's Journal reports Mrs.
Mary Ranlett of Rockland, Me., as en
gaged in the coastwise shipping busi
ness. The work came to Mrs. Ran
lett; she did not choose it. Some 33
years ago she married John S. Ran
lett, who keeps a sailors’ boarding
house and shipping office, and who
was shipping commissioner for five
years. Then he became unable to act
as commissioner, and his wife tcok
the work upon herself. This .office
was called upon to furnish sailors for
Rockland, Rockport, Thomaston and
all along the Kennebec, and Mrs. Ran
lett has supplied the trade at Rock
land with as many as 3,000 in one
year. Not only that, but she has often
conveyed ships’ crews to Boston,
reaching there with the entire “out
fit” on schedule time. Mrs. Ranlett
has not only proved herself a good
business woman, but able to cope
with difficulties and command the re
spect of saflors. Besides all lrer legi
timate duties, she has for the last 20
years bred and sold Angora cats, hav
ing sold thousands of them for fancy
prices. She now ‘raises, exhibits and
sells fancy dogs.
JEWELS AND THE WEATHER.
The up-to-date girl no longer wears
fher rings to match her costumes, but
to match the weather.
During the hot summer she discard
ed her diamons and@ rubies for topazes,
moonstones and turquolses. She de
clared the more ardent stones made
her feel warmer than the weather,
With the nippy fall days she puts
on ‘her emeralds and sapphires. On
a bright, sunny day she wears pearls,
but never on a gloomy day. for she
says pearls are nothing but tears any
way, and the combination of pearls
and clouds would be too depressing to
endure. b
On rainy days she wears opals be
cause they promise brightness and
clear days to come. Her rubies, gar
nets and diamonds she saves for win
ter wear.
The diamond is a good cold weather
stone, even if it is somewhat state
ly, because it i 3 constantly giving out
flashes of brilliant co’or. Amethysts
are always suggestive of thick clothes,
and should be worn just as summer is
changing into fall.
FUR TRIMMED HATS.
Fur trimmed hats are legion. A
very beautiful mole turban was seen
lately. The fur was fulled in the
crown and put on smoothly over the
rolling brim. On one side, for sole
trimming, was a bunch of red ostrich
tips, the color shading from a pale red
to a very deep wine.
A chinchilla turban hae a crown of
the fur, and a brim made of silver
spangles and spangled ornaments.
The trimming was one fancy feather,
ostrich, and a thin, filmy feather-like
aigrette, pale blue in color. :
Ermine and tulle were combined in
a third hat. The brim and the top of
the crown were of the tulle, which
was folded intricately to suggest
braiding, while the ermine appeared
as a band about the hign crown. A
most luxurious paradise plume in pale
vellow tones comp'eted the hat. The
touch of yellow in the fur was brought
out by the feather, and the effect
was becautifully harmonious.—Roches.
ter Post-Express.
: HAT FASHIONS.
Colored liats are the proper thing
at present.
Hats and bonnets with strings will
be attempted.
Ribbons are more popular now than
for some time past. .
Boa effects, consisting of a circulor
trimming of feathers, are the latest
for crdinary sailor hats.
Pink roses shading to white, on tri
cornes of black beaver, make a very
swagger combination.
Tulle is newer than ribbon for the
ruched trimming for evening hats,
White beaver marquise shapes are
very smart for dress wear for young
women.
The continental, envelope, turban
and the poke are most in demand in
the fashionable long-haired beaver
hats.
A few hats are seen trimmed with
grapes and medium-sized fruits, but
their extended vogue of several years
ago is over.
The brilliant orange, known as coq
de roche, having grown tiresomely
popular, is on the wane,
DOG KIDNAPPED PUPS. ;
Carried Them From One Man’s House
to the Houses of fwo Others,
Robberies and hold-ups of various
kinds have puzzled the policeé depart
ment for some days past, an investis
gation may prove that a thief recently
discoverad by J. M, Marriotg, the well
known merchant, is responsible for
more than the two offenses witn
w.ich he is charged by Mr. Marriot,
says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Some tims ago Mr. Marriot pur
chased two St. Charles spaniels der
his little children. The dooBs were
tiny pups and ncw when curled up are
scarcely larger than a man’s hand.
Late Monday afternoon, while the
children were outside playing with
{ae pups, one of them mysteriously
disappeared. On the fouowing even
ing, or afternoon, the second pup dis
appearad in like manner, and Mr. Mar
riott was preparing to report the mat
ter to rolice headguarters on Wed
i¥sday, when he discovered one of the
pups following a neighbor who lives
just east of him on First sireet. .
Mutual explanations followed, and
the woman’s version of how the dog
came Inio 'aer possessicn is the curi
cus part of the story. Late Monday
afterncon, she said, she was standing
on her front porch wnen a spleadid
leoking shepherd dog jumped OVET the
fence, walked straight to the front
porch, dropped a small ¢og at her fcet
and bounded back cver vae fence, run
ning on in the direction from which
he came.
Later in the day Mr. Marriott’s chil
dren were tzlling the story of the dis
appearance and recovery of one of
their pets, when a playmate spoke up
and said he knew where the other pup
| was, indicating a house on Secend
street, a biock or more from Mr. Mar
riott’s residence. The little boy went
with all haste to the housz2 pointed
out, and sure enough, thsre was the
other pup.
When he asked the lady of the
house for the dog and told her how it
had b2en stolen from them on Tues
day afternoon, the wonder of the chil
dren grew, for, according to her story,
the same thief was accountable for
the disappearance of bota puppies.
The lady in whose possession the
second pup was found told practically
the same story as that told by the
first, except the occurrence was on
Tuzsday, instead of Monday after
noon. But the strange part of it all
is that the shepherd dog belonged to
neitaer of the women, and why he
should take the pup? from Mr. Mar
riott’s where neither he nor the pups
belonged, is a quostion which is stiil
\ puzzling all who have heard the very
unusual stery.
Double-Barrelled. :
Tha following excellent itustrations
‘of Irish readiness was furnished to
|the writer by an engincer belonging
' to a large Atlantic cattle steamer.
‘ Bzfore sailing, the v:ssel is always
carefully searched for stowaways. If
| any are discovered they are immedi
ately,- and not very gently, put
! ashor2. Novertheless, as-soon as the
- veszel passes Immiscrahull—the last
' place at which they can be landed—
. two or three, at lkas!, of these unin
lvited guests oftcn contrive to make
! their appearance. How they are able
[ to conceal themselves is always a pro
lfo‘mdAmyst‘:‘rY; but there they are,
ragged and famished
| Of course, the} cannot be allowed
to starve. Bu.“they are not fed
sumptuously, weak, zkilly, ‘hardtack,
and thin soup forming the staple of
their diet, especially if they are num
erous.
One day as the first mate, for whom
the captain ..ad been calling for some
time, passed along the deck an Irish
St_cwaway, who was vainly fishing in
his bowl of soup for bexf which was
Tlot there, looked up and, with a com
lcal grin on his face, said: :
“Tuzzle—find the mate.”
'l:he captain overheard the remark
and o'rdereld the Irishman a substan
tial dinner in payment of his double
barrelled pun,—New York Times.