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8 FASHIONS FOR NEW YEAR. flit AND riUTMKAA HUE FORM -14) % I IHM AUIU( K. IlNMinra. or Wilait W lihnnt Tull* 4rr Fur 11-hlct<l (hr Dtylf nail II !• Qnitr I'oMtlilr to Add *1 Ml I* • l4ia| War 'i 'lamniitic Novrltlfi In Hosier? and Dauring *ll||rra U ra|i* Tbnl %ti y < lrrr Woman I an Makr nt Monte. N*w Y>rk -1 --Cork plume*. thouf’i pr.mr* fAvont* * of the hour, hove no ei clutlve tlaim in the matter of decoration lor owl. irull dove. ;mlr#a fowl. guinea Four), white jeooae, ii*eon and turkey feather* ar* all prenMd Into aervlre Two > jy haiulxome fowl aiut fur aeta ara 11* luHrai*l the nek One It built chiefly of rc‘ fox irarni-he*! with owl plum- On the left breaat of the eapt'a front h email owl turnd U tn Hint ml, uni •i dupl. ate of thla twin b* *meiy ornameota trie muff Another eplendld example of thi* happy cocnhmaUon 1 a white aa t rah nan wrap with pmetfully mount e ) a ilia on both muff awl neck piece Into the heads of these fashionable birds gleam.n£ jewel eyes are mi And the Mir t! An Artrakan Cape Trimmed With Guile beak* are often nle of gun metai. tipped with gold or ailver. €ilories of the l.nng Uoak. From short ai*l sweet neck comforters to long and clinging evening and Kmplr* p l*aeee la the natural trenwHton when dliicuasing winter wraps. Verily the glory of the long coat is more genuine ami dtxxllng than ever lefure. and It Is a f*- soil known that many women who at tend afternoon entertainments refuse to take ofT their gorgeous circulars or v#*l vet cloak- at all. Slnea the whole rtch li s* of their costumes He* In these outer sheathings of chiffon, fur, spungles. tar* and flower* Two typl iilly fine wr.ipa are sketched as a sort of euhatantlatlon of this asser tion The tirst, to which the reader s at tentlon is directed, is a mt grey pant'* carriage coat, dged all about with ar. Snrh wile h.ni of Hudson Bay Sable Over lh*‘ shoulders turtle a collar of gold tissue on w hi- h bla< k silk guipure Is laid, and upon she guipure wee black and silver f(Kinglea are applied. In front, over the bust only, is this wrap fastened and two Jeweled buckles serve as la tehee The under sleeves are of the thinnest, softest cream white silk muslin, frilled upon straight ine.de cuffs of gold tlssu* and the wrist bands and muff are of the soft brown sable In Interest.ng contrast is the Rejane epe-ra coal, cut from ritn ophelta red / J 'll*| mi > # 1 H Gray Fox Garnished With Owl Plumage. \ elver. Its broad and edging hand# are of emit.© and it has numlerlesj* plerrot frills of stiver chiffon, anew gnodi*. h> tiie way. of which any isiry quae® might rrssottaliljr w.eh to have a <wn. Chiffon given both body and brlßlanca by the insertion of sliver woof, is the nsorest xidarusnon that words can give of Its quality and beauty. Here ftat It be said that never before has chiffon prevailed to the extent notice able this ataaoti. It Is the foundation not only for the lace gowns, but of the lace coats iid evening cape* os well, ('oats there ara tndaed of solid lace, Hussion, renabiotw e. guipure, mahese and Arabian t at fall to the heels, and accordion ideat ed chiffon Is the sole oul*r and Interlin ing for these It form#* as well ail the ft iff hi A full news of t\> dear little capes, tluat have shoulder piecw and tall cottar* of gntd thread stiffen'd la *e that look so smart Srxi can be so readily put together at home. SMow the shaped !ac collarette, h .waver. •* an accompanying illustra tion fbuws, and eighteen Incii ruche edged fount* of chiffon must fail, showing, in tt* aloud like mass**. tints of vkr that awoord aymnatbeMoaHy with iha panna or satin that under lbs the laca encrusts uotis of the collar proper Ms*qif Tull* kre lih p*-rallve. One can hardly call the l >ig basque tail an old farnii r fare, and vet we have been Intimately uicernwd with It before Hardly ten years the waist of every gown displayed a *jII tha: a . .ivalry horse might envy and brsldel afsl buttoned gaily as one tnavn now only th* women who get their gowns from th< Rue de la Patx. before the luring thpal* in* taken out. are displaying tal *d basque* as yet. hut these are straws enough to show wh.cn say the trade wtnd* of fashion are Mowing It is the very, vary modish thing to wear a loth skirt with a basque of velvet of th* .-<*me *oftor *s the petticoats. and with the tails of that basque cut apoon-fhap* and ami falling to the kne© It I- .!** smart to hav* the back of the basque cut in two A Hat Orey Panne Parriage Coat, Kdged With II u< Is on li.y Seal. short square t ill?* and weighted with gold t*rwd and g H but ton- None of the tnll- are box pleated nr frilled In th* least him! white (ho velvet waist and cloth - #cirt display great enter prise and inspiration they are no more admirable than the contrary combination •if a silk velours or Knglish corduroy "kirt with a wa -t of cloth Artistic Imrnllnno. While the question of novelties ■ up we may a well mention painted chiffon and Jeweled sllpp**ts ainorqf the Inventions of artistic minds The dressing for dam y feet in tin* evening grows every year more luxurious, but n debut inte, who would rather dance than cat and who had a pair of ridiculously small feet to bo shod for the waltz, can expend ten dollars on each foot and yet not touch the highest |>dnt of exfnivagaiice. Th‘- )itghest po.ist is reached with i*lr of hose mado solidly of Chantilly or Hiwnish ® . J&fi '4* m <1 v /^|f A Rcjane Opera Wrap. thread lace. Only the toe* find soles, and heels and ba k upper halve- of these stockings are made of spun silk, all the remainder Is la* r. pure costly black lace Is the most delicate fern or trefoil put ter a arranged In a det.un that contributes greatly to the slender .peet of foot and ankle I’pon the feet that w**r such hose must be drawn a pir of very high heeled paient leather slipi*ers |*w-ier<l at Intervals with minute or turquoise that ate set deep in the leather; and at the |iuint where satin or lace bows would lie fastened ,* sumll bow ol A Ball and Opera Cnpe of Chiffon. rhinestones is see In th* leather to twinkle like dew drops at every motion of the foot. Dean. The Yellow Yam. Prom Ihe Home lu.| Tribune. How dear to our hearts Is the yellow yam late* as thought* of winter come hack to our mind; the yellow yam later. Use sugar coated,b;*kcr. the gravy sopped taler und the. old fax tlo* -d kite! There’s the goose that swim* In the smokehouse, the 'possum so fat anil line, the ten and dumplings and flapjack*, and the k<-ir "I home-made win*-. Hut Ihe taler comes flrat in our memory: wr think of It every pop; the yellow yam tester, the sugar coated tak#r with ila brown pork SOP, THE MOHNING KEWS: SEN DAY. DECEMBER 2T,. 1900. GRAPPLING WITH THE MOTHER-IN-LAW GRIEVANCE. No. Mrs Bliss aluminum kttchan furniture, hardwood floors, gas l.qr* in every r• om and an upstairs girl sre very nfee tn housekecidng as far as they go, but they evidently don t make married happiness, that is. Where you ha*.• a husband as selffah. straight through to hl very boot heel*, a* Thomas Honey moun." and Miss Fknily Lonely’* eye glasses emitted q-arks of generous indig nation. I tear me Ml** Emily, what has that much married young man been doing now inquiTi-d the hostess of the o-ca doo. cheerfully brewing t*a before a large open Are. beside* which her guest sat tos* ir>g her common sense short toes "Ikrtnf*" repltefi Miss Emiiy wraih fully, "ton't you all <u indelicate and inconsiderate of him *o f(%t i aenwnt on his wife's little Eden, a d<imlne*-r --ing, elderly serient. who arrives with three trunks, an obese looking satchel and a receipt b*-*ok. to stop for goodness knows how long in that pretty (Msceful little Mime Thomas Honeymoon's mother has already taken firm root In the best front bedroom. crKtctaes the household! ■" OBEETINO HKII MOTIIEB IN-I.AW management, questl*>n ar.-l r*r*lers th* -erv.ints. follows h< r i|aiixht*r-ln-l *• to market and creates wholesale wretched ness where honeymoon happiness used lo reign " "Molhers-ln-law always iks," smlle*l Mrs. Bliss, "miles#—" "If you will excuse me. I don't see any thing to laugh at." sternly rebuked Miss Kmtlv. "I regard Ihe slumtha* as IHtlo sliort of tragb' Women'* heart* have broken for less " "Th*-r*-. there. Miss Krnlly. yovi mustn't think nio hnit.il, Just h**aiise I was about to remark that mothers-ln-law will l>e tnothers-ln-1 1* Th*- tlrst year of martied life Is always fraught with small tragedn . slait don't believe I am not sorry for our little bride neighbor. Do you suppose 1 haven't seen what ts going on at the Honeymoon's? Why, the poor llttle girl has taken to wearing . brown chirr-*' veil to hill* her tear pink Ibis I -an tell you. she didn't look pbsssant either last Hunday night when her hus - MOTHER'S GRAND Ot.p HIBCITT. bund gave his arm down the street to h.s mother, h'ruled the eld lady right In to hls wife's own snug corner scat In the pe ts* nisi held the hymn Ixvok for her. He hunted up all the elder Mis Honey moon's places in the Bibb- ami otherwise Innocently allow**! poor Mary to tighten her lips, screw hack th*- tears and feel like a back nuniler, a deposed queen, a valued employe out of a Job. t-'U t her - more. Miss Krnlly. I'll wager that that well meaning and obtuse Thomas Honey moon doesn't m the lerast understand why Mary's pretty velvet paws have sud denly developed nasty, sharp claws; he Is amazed at the vinegar In her speech, 'he Ire In her eye. and the sulky droop of her mouth. He throws her Into silent rag.- h> asking her If she Isn't well, by a-xuiing hls mother that the housekeep ing IS telling on hi* little wife, and by logging the old lady to leave them a lew of her flrte old receipt* and domestic xw “Remember, h-s I* all speculation on my part, but It's wife to may that feel ing iHThape dear Mary Isn't equal to Ihe Sirutn of entertaining, he <-om* * home extra *rarl> from the office to take Mother driving and walking. Tnen when he vn-l Mary or* tete-a-tete he tells her wlrat a wonderful woman mother Is. and how he utz everything h Ua* to Ute wonderful upbrxtti e h him Mn-ltk- he doenn't ,< tho. th‘* oourw i* to roek- !*.*■ wl.-et mother rather kttt nant n.t po*e-ive with ‘my h-.tr boy' and fort.-. : nil :rw*t h l no <>n.T her . t,ut M..r> while Mary tlsttrtra wttU !'|y ji, i-> and woun.lxl bti-V All h ran tin- v nr-- 1 uir .M-y mattse I. tha. M.ry a> Mother, th. 1.0 ilvire*t aroenen 1,, the world, don t hit it off to ther ri artly, and that inoe Mary ta the vounar , ■ M I ■ thlaka tha' m ,ht rite way and tre.il hta mother wild tn.ee daughterly aff.rUots. and ao ahe nuxlit -lluh' anopted Mtaa Ixmely. atttinc down her tea -up de< lalvely. "th.il a a!- wai* the way the wife mull make the aa. • and pn> ket h-r pride! Mra. lit:,,. I am aatOOUhet at you'' "N-IW. nt here. M * I am * daughter-In-law myetf I've trr.t!>pied with ill*- ni.' her-ln iaw jtTievan.. in,! I am wiillna to a.iy. riht here, amt now. that any w.anai who handle, that try nut but otn|.:*-x situation with taot, .ol nature and daeh of humor, nan hold the ar il .ferny to Iter marrtue liapfd n,„ m the h dlow of her hand The little bride acror- the wav l bthavlnr Juat aa foollehly nnklrelly and w llfully a* r.tneiv l, ne out of every hundred women elect to he Irate In the tSreumaUuteea. The re ault la. that -tie hurla her hueband'a tendered felin*i'. Inaptree a hearty dta- Ilke In the boe<an rtf hla mother, amt then meanly retallat. - hy perauadlnar her own mamma that she has been abused. Mary’s mother will be asked to visit them next, and pocr Thvma- llofievmoon will- l>e nteely ground tv-tween the Upper and aether m.i .-rnal mlllatone*. "The reason I *.in't s>-mi*athlxe with the wife Is l iii-e 1 married the young -st son of hls navther aicl she was a widow My Jolm was hls mother's | irl of xr<‘*t price, lie stave*l with her for thirty-five v.urs, made her entirely happy by lot ting her coddle nn-l cosset ami spoil him. and then flew right off nt a tangent and marr ed me-OM Mrs Bliss didn't give him up gracefully' either, but came to the wedding looKtnv atvout as cheerful as a rail bearer, told me I was pro foundly to lie congratulated on ryarrylitx st- sufe-rior a person as her son. gave too a very m.duty little w**l l:--x gift and She recelp- for John's favorite rough mix ture. "1 suppose She p-vor 01-l lady did fei-l awfully lonely, and as she ha-l tw*v older , sons already married, she had learned the truth of tho couplet that— "My son Is my son, till he get* him a wife; My daughter Is my daughter all the day* of her life." For theta Is no denying that when a daughter weds, tier mother still remains to her th*- dearest woman In the world, her nearest triend, her roost trusted eon lahnit; while the on who marries, rele gate hls mother to the second place in hts hrt amt at hi* hearthstone, and no woman ever yet accepted with prompt resignation a back seat in the affect loos of the man *he loves, nor can she wet come the Intruder who lake* her place. "1 never thought of all this when Mrs. Bits*. *r.. and 1 exchanged a few arctic clvllHle* on my brld.-t! day. nrol I w*s foolishly glad that John ami I were not going to live In her town I.uxtitlosing In my Itrst home, after a whole summer of Itooeyipoon, 1 was fluttering about hanging love-tn-a-cottae curtains of doi ted Hwlss. when Ihe Anger of Fate uncurl cl. Just as 1 * preparing to write my own <l*r i a rent to * -*m-* to m* for a long visit that cowardly John Oils* taking advantage of the presence of a few friends In to ten. announced with a j. ,-vr assumption of gay conUdcnco that i for HURRY-UP COOKING is there anything to equal LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OP BEtF. CHORUS or HOUSEWIVES ANSWERS hi* mother hid i-rottilwd to >|vt)4 the text two week* with ua. "The newa u alwatt ae welcome a a billiard In h,.rlr.x 1 would then and there have liked to treat thy huehnnd to a fine die play of ronluatal flreworka, which he teemed tw> imttitv tlvely to ex pect, bait 1 'leelMed. Inetea I. I told a rfal useful flb and aatd. 'How lovely! and remarked. 'Juat what I wn* thinking mywelf. dear.' for bleae you. Mtaa Krnlly, wluat la the uae of -til rhla vaunted f.fnt nin nwc.-tn.-aa ami ltttuKUm and dlplo m-icy of our a unteaa we ue It In the houra of darkeat nee.l "I don’t aee how you did It, Mra Bllaa!" ejaculated Mtaa Hmfly. 'Naturally, John could hardly believe hi* ear*, hut when mother-ln-lvw arrived my plot wrae fully matured She c-imr, wteh elumay old-faahlon.d trunka that choked up my second atory hall, with a canary bird which owned a voice like a prnny whlatle. with b.aa and band boxes aalore. and I jtavt- her a rou-mx welcome I could see that her manner rather like that of a man-of-w ir a lien the decks are clear**! for action, amt she was wall in* for my first broadside before she tired. She had been visit Inw Fred and Henry, with whose wive* she Iras never got a10e.,?, and ahe felt tiers. If In the pink of tilthtlira condition I simply beam ed. J had tha heat front bedroom ready, the mslo*s merrily blaalnir. nd the maid's -apron strltuts stood out like a jouple of comet tails, ao lively did I make her step around In my quest's behalf "I Initiated on hanylnr Tdcky-lard in the parlor's bay window, and I made John hand his mother In on his arm to the dinner table, where her place was tet on his rt*l>t. Hsvlnr heard of me as a four-ln-hand drivln*. (roltlna ttlddv girl before ntv marrl.tge she was plainly prepared for me to smoke e xareties, talk shin*, feed the dog at the table, give my huabtuid sloppy coffee and other wise afford her a w-hle held for I'ex port une commiseration of the Injured John, with much m -directed reformatory work In my behalf "I set her righteous fe.vrs and ripe experience at naught hy whisking down to early breakfast without a cur! irais-r. by sturdily trimming my hats and darn ing my stocking*, while I l-xge,| to li-sr of John's baby 'lays or extolled hls mani fold virtues 1 learned her crochet stitch, was careful to have nil the messy odious food she liked, and asked her advice slvout everything I prals-d her pickle receipt: I never quoted my own mother once, arsl I was all printed ami waiting when she and John ts-gaiv recalling the dear dead day* when hot biscuit Were biscuit and well worth the butter ami maple syrup ts thrown away on lumps of dough that masquerade as the rrol thing "1 tell you. Miss Kmliy. It cut deep to hear my biscuits Impugned. Never theless. I afraloglied humbly for tho fl,.ky. feathery, snowy puffs, with gold en brown tops, that appeared on my t ible, and on the manufacture of which I pride mvself: and right here began a hit of stratogem 1 flatter myself was worthy of Fete Fronje-I subtly begged that my mother-in-law would render ■tear John ha|*p.v hy making some of the Incomporahle Idscutts of hallow**! memory " She was plainly flattered, nrol he was pleased, so the next morning John guessed That he would not have any of hls favorite egg <tt*h, nor chops and tracon. but devoted the whole vigor of hls manly appclße to ttie thorough appreciation of at least four of mother* grand old bis cuit It seems that he had always eaten four every morning in hls bachelor 'lavs. "I've never utter**! a word of criticism of those biscuits, ami 1 am not going to pick them to pieces now; because I am under Immediate obligations to them for having effectually silenced all Insidious comparisons of my cookery, with the pies, waffles, sauce*, etc., of my husband s youth. The biscuit Incident is elos*sl and is never referred to In our family. I lined ,ntv say that my inother-ln-law hod evl ■b iftly n<vt been practically Interest**! In .■nokerv for a numlrar of years: she for got that her hand h* 1 l*wt som- of its . ulining, nnd slie looked very humble while John, after struggling dutifully with one of the massive creations, sur mlx. | It was lale and hurrlcl away for business. I might a*ld that my poor man cam*- home early 1n the aftemoon from hts office and secretly Implored some [Otent draught from my medicine cabi net. to allay a large burning lump in hls cheat. "After the biscuit episode my mother in-law broke right down and began to PICTURES OF PAINT-BOX TOWN. p ,v!3lbdSEpa © i.l. U I II 7 •/C'iMiMill 'A P T I 1"k m TEXT'S 1 ! m®iwrr s T*: z ijjt l ft A, 4 / ' ) J } TT'O/X <y( /)-' 1 AF 1 - If' Mi.'lt U XJ J -Jrr ■ y - I HANGING THEIR BTOCKINOB. Cut out the above picture and paste It with flour past* on curd hoard. After having palmed Ihe picture according to the rhym**t directions given below, pre serve the finished work, doing this each week until vou have a complete set of picture* setting forth the doings of | wro th* Brown. Finally.' bind them all to ge'her and you will have a pretty picture l*ook. an*! doubly attractive because you have .lone all the coloring vour*elf. CM R I STM A B KVK AT GRANDMA 8 tYheo If* eight o’clock and Christmas Ilka me. and from that moment, an honest, genuine friendship grew up be tween us I found her a truly sweet. nice old lady, and I've never seen any reason to change my opinion since She found that I was taking the heist care of her son. and was perfectly ready for him to love and honor her. while 1 discovered that ahe had certainly been a very de voted parent, whom he ought to chertsn to hla dying day. When the first visit was at an end. she called me dear daughter And John! Well. John paid me a h.ind some compliment lie came back from seeing hi* mother off with u haystack of roses, and after telling me how proud arsl happy he felt, said, "Dear. .lon t you think we ought to hove your mot her rlth us next month"" "My mother came, and John was a perfect darling to her. so kind and sc thoughtful that she had not a criticism to make of him. because, you so*. Miss Emily. I found out early In my married life, what Mrs Thomas Honevmcon win learn In hers, that It always pays lo make the rtrst little sacrlfl.a-s Always keep your ni in In debt f° r ihe amiability you show in 3*-s flirr" and he will rarely or never fail to pay you back with Interest when the need arts**.” Emily Holt. iMtm fash nt tm Fon mb*. The French I apltal Now cla Ihe Styles In the Minor Details. New York. Dec. 21 -Parts has this year become the mentor of the minor fash.on* for men. to a greater extent than ever before. The slighter details of dr* ss, which come under the business head of "men's furnishings." are taken from the smart Pari* shops, and the American wlm to day keeps at the top of the fashion In this respect spends m astonishing amount of money on details for which the aver age citizen s expenditure Is Inconsidera ble. In linen the French capital has long set the fashions. The American men who hove brought hack from the exposi tion the latest French Ideas in the matter of shirts, wear pirated troia -. eight pleats on each side, for both .lay and evening wear The pleats an- longitudinal and are not unlike those worn by th dandies of IHO and the succeeding years Two atuds are worn, gold or pearlst the latger the belter. In the case of the pearls, which must be perfectly matched , The evening shirt Is. of course, white and is all linen of line hendcrchlef P-x- j ture. It fits in close to the llgurc, s.. thit the coat is enabled lo'follow th lines of the farm without the distortion of the rigid starched bosom. These shirts are marked with u monogram on the Sleeve. The cuffs are narrow; about two Inches—and these nssllsh garments cost apiece. For day w.-ar they are made after the sane pattern In solid colors, pink. blue, yellow, and varkrae shades of buff These shirts are of Under liber, and loud have lieen the lamentations or those who have received them track from tho violent hands of tho American laun dry man. rt..- Pari* li.in-lkcr.hlef. carried with evening dies*. I* hlmv affair, of tie finest white llm n To roene up to tin standard It shculd Is* susceptible of iw**- lt.g fieciv through an ordinary ring The monogram is raubrol-lered In white r.il*.*l work. In one corner This Utile suuar* of cloth costs f. For *lay us.- th*- |>rop*-r handkerchief Ir of rmaslrarred white linen, th* barring being white raised work The monogram is embroidered In colors, each letter being of . different hue. In the case of the polysyllabic Herman and liu>- rian men of f*shion who *pent the sum mer In Purls, the lettered corner of th* handkerchief looked like an Impression ! isi pvilntlng. Pa-huma'de hosiery this year comc*blg!i in price Silk is the material and no man I who encases ids feet in any boxer wrote Itr in lb*- running With evening dres* i >he ok* ara black, embroidered with ' taised w*ak, also in black silk. Home of the socks worn In the dtiyttm*- are brll hi.nt affairs of black silk w-tth riotous stripes of many hu- s Among tha atrioter I *k-vote*-s of fashion, however, the hosiery ; that Is black throughout 1* consider**l th* I-*-*! form, whether for morning, ufterturan or evening. These footings cost on the average, |*> a dosett. The neckwear there Is. as always, a wide latitude The how m bin. k or dark colors hohls its own. and the narrow four-ln-hand in soll l hues is poiwil.tr. Tile most elegant ft* to wear with a frock ctsil Is a br*md bund of black silk network over watered silk, w hich Is made t.p into a puff These cost from SH to s!'* apiece. They are plnmst with either a distorted [- url. from the slxc of one's j lltle fingertratl up, or with a |Xn of carved | gold. I-.tl.uu*- has started and now con trols a fashion of plain carved gold for lra-n'a Jewelry, whether in scar (pins, sleeve links or rings Precious ston*-s have been driven out of the mark<-t, for men. The latlh|u< scurfplns represent a Greek mask,*a dragon, a gargoyle, or a tigure of the an* lent Roman art model In some case* the tb-a-i gold in relieved by one or two tiny Jewels; usually rubles The pins are heavy and very deep carved. Sleeve links are on the same order, as are also Ihe seal rings. As Is usually the ease when one man Is the vogue In any line of trade, these bits of gold are ex With the stocking hung, how you hate to leave, To gto bill for a woo*., you Know. When you'd rather, fur, stay down lie low. Rut Saint Nick always keep* away TUI you're (mat aeleep. ao the old folk* ■ay. On l*hrlttnaa Eve In Palm Box Town Hear Mr* Brown with Mr. Brown. And iMtrothy and lleggie go Ka.-h year ino fiat ter how much anew) To Grandma's, where fat Santa Claus •lust love* to vtait—why? Because The hearth U broad; the chimney flue la hl|t enough to let him tlirough, AuU then the young folk* hang about I The Ho£ I and the Lilly | llluarrate the dllTerenog El between lard and I WESSON ODORLESS I COOKING j OIL 5 A Pt'RELY VEGETABLE PRODI’CT ■ Afilmi! far mav - 1--V disease w *h it tß d be ■ unclean and very indigestible. E Wesson's Odorless Cooking Oil is (sit, 9 T~t and * lean It never becomes rancid 9 It qocs twice as far as lard or butter! 9 Wesson's Salad Oil is far better valie than 9 the nnevf ...Itr ml and ha* the tame flarot 9 Ask your friendly grocer for it. pensive. a small searfpln coating XX and u taitr of links Mo to toil. Th* French fashion In colling cards slktvvs a diminishing tendency. When M , yiar'a car*ls came out so amalt the ex. peris prellctc*l a revolution that should bring very lurg* pis'.eboania Into vag>■ but Instead tho man's carte de vtatte hn* shrunk und Is now aU.ut 2’* Inches , and 1 Inch broad The proper tint Is pear ly and tho letter.ng Is In Roman charac ters and small. Altoim the only new Parisian fad shat Is not expensive Is In the nutter of cane., and tt IS now- being reflected In Oil country. Man can not properly cxt ta Part* without u square bamboo atlck For. square bamboo, grows aoltd. Instead of hollow. Is susceptible of a high pod h and is found to *mly one. place in the w.rrld. an Inland province of China TANARUS) nwet the *bxnatid the Ingenious Chine*** arc now training the ordinary bamboo to grow square, by subjecting tt to pr*-s --sure, but the natural growth van be . isdly distinguished from the forced. Ths Square bumbara calk- Is small and light and is ornamented wifi* a little, v< > small gold work, with the owner's in tUI* In s*iurtr gold letters on the aide. It h<s no ferrtHe Tile cost Is from Pi tog?, a cording b> the gold trimmings. ••tours Slsieerely.” lin- day with you—'twas Paradise, Cm** night—how fleet those Joyous hours A thousand vows you trade me prls*. And kisses, sweet as summer flowers. Then absence for a little day. And now. so soon, a note that merely Home formal phrases does convey. A note signed "Yours sinccialy." "Sincerely!" Why. you laugti at nra "Sincerely.” d*ar. mans somctMng more Than you can know— fbr fast and free Y'ou made me vows, that day of yore Aid now to ease this heart of mice A heart that loves you still. anl -le.trly, You send I hi* cold, unfeeling line. And end It all with "Yours sincerely." It may b that I ask too much And have no tight to tenderness; To gentle, loving words and such I>* ar vows as you did once profess: Yet still, my dear. I'm more than tur* That now you do not treat me fairly: At l*a*t I should have someth tor tror* Than this brief note, signed "You.-j sin cerely." Words are’but weak and feeble thing Sometimes 'tls hard to know their mean ing. And vow* unto themselves take wing’ And love has many an errant leaning i Yet I like not the words you wrot. Y'ou know how you can gUd me ran <v*mo. sweet. Ind:te another note And do not sign It "Yours sincerely " E C H A unique spplleation of electricity tv cattle herding is lo be made on a large .. :i l vv • ' '.i '.it- i i.r.i 'll- Wit • This Will be the placing of sev.-ral r-tar lights <m tliu mountains overlooking th roneh. thus re phi-Ing the old system of night riding to prevent thieving. Th re, hr of each light will be armed wnh " . - w *'- vbleai with a signal code bv which he *'*a flush Information to the other light ten d'-rs and any or.c who may be out ani*vm the cattle. Each light ti-islcr will also have nt han*l a telephone connected with the mum ranch, the pushing of the but ton ringing an alarm bell AU parts of the ranch will be provided with t<-lephon statlotis and an electric light plant will be installed at the ranch, all of Ihe build logs being Illuminated with electricity. T'ntll the loga are welMnimeA out And every spark rXylngtfisbed. lest The smoke should choke the Coming Guest, I Hull vermllllon point the bricks And black to gray the burning slicks; Green for the "greens'' a-hanging down; The mantel face print walnut brown. The flames bright red, the smoke light gray. Andirons black; an.l 1 should say A light blue gown for Dorothy. Dark brown for Reggie, seems In ha A likely color; for the rest You aurety cun decide what'a beat. Douglas <6. Do'jr.