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SUNDAY MORNING. A !)rM N><‘* I ty. Shirt waists of some sort have b<>- mme one of the necessities of dress and their popularity has brought forth the shirt waist suit. The shirt waist suit is made of foulard, madras, mer cerized cheviots, surahs and taffetas, but the simple figured foulards and the plain surahs are the most fash ionable. They are made with either plaited or box plaited skirts and blouses without linings, and girdles or belts of the same material, and with them is worn dainty turnover collars and cuffs. A charming com bination is that of nun’s veiling and taffeta. A model of dark blue veiling Is combined with a green and blue shot taffeta. The blouse of the veil ing has a little jacket of the silk, with short sleeves slashed over the undensleeves of veiling and ecrue lace. The skirt is laid in tucks. A French I*r**ll Paris critics are now enthusiastic over a 16-year old girl whose marvel ous singing and acting seem to prom ise for her a great future. Her name is Marthe Pierat, and she made her debut at the Odeon. On the day after her first appearance the Paris jour nals eulogized her voice, her acting and her beauty, until the name "Sec ond Bernhardt” has come to be quite commonly applied to her. It is stated she takes her triumph calmly and al together as a matter of course, but her friends say that she is In no danger of being spoiled by early ad miration. She is a conscientious artist, with ambition, energy and ten acity. Her beauty is said to be fas cinating, and the Simplicity and nat uralness of her manners would have made her famous even had she not. been blessed with the additional gifts of musical and histrionic ability. Tl Cmrm of tho Nall*. A young woman who has been liv ing in Paris for a year says that no French manicure who treated her hands used a cuticle knife about her nails or a steel nail-cleaner. The littie orange-wood sticks sharpened to a broad poiui were used to push back the encroaching cuticle, and to dean ttfc nails after each washing of (he hands. In this way the delicate en amel of the nail is not injured, and the under surface of the nail point is kept smooth. The French manicures, too, polish more often with a bit of chamois rather than a roguiar pol isher, and cut the nails with a clipper instead of curved scissors. These clip pers come in pairs, one for cutting the nails of each hand. Emery boards or a velvet file is recommended for the little filing needed to shape tiie nails. Never cut the cuticle around the nail, hut press back Sightly with the orange wood stick. Daily brief care when the nail is soft from the use of soap and water is all that is needed to keep the hands in good condition with a weekly manic-tiring. Use lemon juice instead of any other acid to remove stains. —Harper’s Bazar. “ flmtlffin Olrl** In Town. “The dean of Chicago university has pronounced against the 'hatiess girl,’ ” said a woman at the seashore. “It is exceedingly difficult to see just where the summer maiden vexes pro priety by her pleasant habit of going hatless on a warm evening, or why, when she carries a parasol, or travels along country lanes or village streets in a coveted phaeton on a summer’s day, it is also necessary to burden her head with a hat. Custom is a curious thing. A woman is urgently besought to remove her hat in the theatre, and reviled for not doing so; and she may go to balls with a wisp of laee over her coiffure, or sit hatless in her own yard. But the air of the street sud denly renders the hatiess girl improp er. No women in the world have been so chained to the hat as those of America. Women of the southern races have always, been independent of a head covering when they chose, and summer heat throughout the United States, though not as long con tinued, is as torrid as in countries nearer the equator. Furthermore, no hat is prettier than a pretty head of hair, and nothing improves the latter more than sun and air.—New York Tribune. Garland* for tlio Hair. The hair is still raised in front ala Pompadour, slightly waved, and if the forehead be very high, it may be re vived by a few curls on the brow; while on the back of the head the re mainder of the hair is massed loosely in a light chignon or turned up iu a eatogan, in that careless manner that is. after all, the most difficult to achieve without untidiness. Wreaths of real flowers were much worn in the hair in Paris during the last clays of the season. Of course, the idea of a wreath of uatural blos soms is old enough, but it is long since It has been used. However, the fluffy looseness of the hair dressed a: the back of the head, not too low down, with the high pompadour in front, seems exactly made for the floral wreath to come between. Natural leaves have been chosen in many cases; they are carefully wired in order that they may take the prop er garland shape, surrounding the loose coils at the back and rising well on the top of the head. Ulies-of-tbe •ralley, tvlth their long leaves, make a most successful wreath arranged round the loose chignon in this man ner; the foliage is the most important portion of the adornment, a few white bells just giving a suggestion of color. Real violets and leaves can also be favorably used, and pink or scarlet geraniums with variegated foliage come out pleasingly. A Woman Hon Dccomtnr. A clever New ’York woman, who has succeeded as a house decorator, is now developing a novel adjunct to her business, which is finding hearty co-operation from the real estate dealers. To sell or lease a house or apartment, agents have discovered that interior appearance at the time of inspection greatly facilitates. There is more money to be made in proportion out of a rental of a fur nished house or apartment than from those unfurnished. Pecpie who go to New York merely for a season or two desire artistic settings which are out of their roach save at large expendi ture. This clever woman has accu mulated large assortments of antique furniture, picked up at auction for a song, and she is an acknowledged con noisseur. This furniture she leases to guaranteed parties. She co-operates with a firm of women real estate deal ers. The latter, for example, have an apartment which rents unfurnished for SSO; the decorator fits it up with her antiques, which give the appear ance of wealth, and the rent rises to say SIOO. Fifty dollars monthly soon pays the decorator for the outlay, and once the furniture is paid for, repairs excepted, it may he rented repeatedly at clear profit, lit Is stated that the two apartments fitted up in this man ner paid for the furniture in lefcs than three months and increased th business of the agents to such an ex tent that they are unable to meet the demands for such apartments. How I'Mhinnt Art* Beyond peradventure fashion rules; but who rules fashion? This question Nancy M. W. Woodrow seeks to an swer in the Cosmopolitan. She ex plains that in England Queen Alexan dra is leader of the mode. When the Queen, then Princess, donned a high jeweled eollar to hide a disfigurement of the neck, almost every English woman of fashion "fitted her neck to the yoke like an obedient ox.” "On this side of the water we have no official arbiter of modes, no courts or royalties to determine the disputed Issues of fashion. Nevertheless, there is in this country a standard as fixed as that of England or France, In each of our iurge cities one or more women are recognized as social leaders, whose fiat on questions of etiquette and pre cedence is all-supreme; but it is to a little coterie in the metropolis, whose wealth, position, beauty and taste render them independent of cavil or criticism, that we look for guidance in the matters of fashion. “As much at home on one side of the Atlantic as on the other, these women arc entirely free from the dif fidence of provincialism; and, gifted with unerring discrimination, they in variably select what best accords with their own preferences, serenely re gardless of how the rest of the world may look upon the innovation. Asa matter bf fact, the rest of the world usually tumbles over itself in its haste to follow in their footsteps. "These are the women who form the oligarchy of fashion in America, the supreme council before whose bar the conceptions of tailor and milliner and bootmaker must stc\d, to he cither adjudged worthy or ruthlessly condemned and cast into outer dark ness." Fo a A linen crash gown is trimmed with large French knots. Shepherd check mohairs are includ ed in (he season's collection of fash ionable fabrics. Gray silk hosiery is very dainty with the open work fronts dotted with little clusters of steel beads. Oriental embroideries for collars, cuffs and revers oil canvas gowns have a most striking effect, Sheeriness of fabric is the special feature of the season’s lingerie. There are some pretty petticoats of china silk, lace trimmed. Night robes are mostly in the Empire style. Bands of fine linen, either white or colored, joined with a fancy stitch or a band of lace insertion and inset di rectly in front with a lace medallion, are among the pretty things for dress ing the nock. Since the contrasting shades of lin ing have come in again grass lawns have blossomed out anew. They come in wide variety, some embroidered in different colored dots, others have vel vet dots woven in. Many of the waists blouse in the back as well as in front. Of course, the fulness is by no means as much as it is in front, and it never appears except in very thin, soft fabrics. The belt to be worn with such a waist is of medium width. Stones have been set in about every thing, it would seem. At present there are some very lovely single spoons of gold in the top of which are cut arethystß The newest veil is of chif fon spotted with black velvet, iu which the entire head may be tied up as in a bag. Checked silks in black and white, brown and white and blue and white, made very simply, are used extensive ly for morning gowns. They have en tirely superseded the dark foulards, and some are trimmed very prettily with ribbon velvet or bands of plain taffeta. THE (BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. I*i 2Z ® Cushion®, Now. The latest cushion in the Gibson g 1 series shows her seated iu a drawing room. A young man near by is bit ing his lips by way of fortifying his courage, whiie the rest of the com pany is socializing on the other side of a large screen. Under this picture we are admonished in the plainest of lettering to find the girl who is going to be kissed within ten minutes. The best, part of this puzzle picture is that you don’t have to stand on your head to solve it. furthermore, the char acters are of norma! size, which is more than can be said of the mix-up of Liilputians and Brohdignagians in most puzzle pictures. Hartnon.v in the Kitchen. What bride a few years ago would have thought to harmonize the hues of her kitchen walls with the color of her cooking utensils? Yet that is what a young bride has been able to do in furnishing the Mtitle kitchen of her snug flat. The wails of the kitchen had been painted light blue, and enameled ware of the selfsame hue was bought. The effect is charming, for frying pans, mixing spoon, basins, stewpans and all, with their dainty white linings, are disposed about the apartment to the best advantage.— Philadelphia Record. The KUctrlc I.ainp. The electric lamp has kept pace with the development along artistic lines that is apparent in all branches of household fitments. The incandes cent lamp is now admitted to the din ing table, although until recently the incandescent burner was thought to shed too pitiless a glare to be desir able for dining table illumination. The glare lias been ingeniously softened, and at. a recent dinner the electric lamp, which occupied the centre of the table was the most effective decor ation that could be imagined. The pedestal and supporting column were ot silver gilt, around which were grouped charming female figures in Flench bisque. The Incandescent burners were shaded by glass globes in soft hue of rose; these in turn were veiled with numberless strings o? pearls in rose-white tint, and the 1 igrlit shone through with a softened glow that was delightful.—Brooklyn Eagle. for the Thl>!*. Nowadays the fashion is to serve a different type of glass with each course at dinner, and thereby display the varying beauties of shape, coloring and engraving of one's lavish store. Some hostesses, who do not go quite to these lengths, have adopted differ ent sets of glass to match their various sets of china, and anew and fashion able painted glass lor dinner parties has come recently into use. The crystal is very bright and thin, end adorned with a green, red or blue band at the edge ot the bowl and on (he edge of the foot, and the owner's initial and some heraldic device are painted on the side of every piece. This is highly ornamented, but care must be taken not to use red-banded glass with a blue china service, else there will be anarchy in the carefully elaborated decoration of the table. Furthermore, it is not considered tasteful, to say the least, to use one set of glass straight through a meal. —Philadelphia Inquirer. rw\ H£C/p£S ■ * -• o -• German Crisps—Cream one cupful of butter; add gradually two cupfuls of sugar, three eggs beaten until thick, the grated rind and juice of one lemon and flour to make a dough to roll out; roll out on a floured board, roll quite thin; cut in squares or oblong shape; brush with white of egg beaten; sprinkle with granulated sugar; chopped or shredded nuts or candied lemon peel; bake in a moderate oven a delicate brown. Chicken ala Maryland—Singe, drain and wash quickly one or two chickens; split them down the back; springle with salt and pepper; dip each half in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs; put them in a buttered dripping pan ar.d pour over a little melted butter; place in the oven and roast for 20 minutes: remove to a hot platter and pour over one cupful of cream sauce made with one tablespoon of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one cupful of milk, salt and pepper; serve small corn fritters. Currant Flummery—This is nice for breakfast on a hot morning, as it is just tart enough to give the zest one desires. Add two cups of granulated sugar to the strained juice of two quarts of mashed red currants Stir until sugar is dissolved. Take one pint of this juice and pour over a pint of ground rice and blend until per fectly smooth. Boil the remainder of the juice in the cereal kettle, and into this stir carefully the thickened juice. Cook until thick and then poor into molds large or small and set on the ice to stiffen. On® Rom® for Manr Year®. Mrs. Belinda Bell Adams of War renaville, Ohio, born in 1811. is still living in the house to which she went as a bride in 1829.—Baltimore Ameri can. IMPROVED VEGETABLES. MARVELOUS GROWTHS MADE TO ORDER BY GARDENERS. SfrdlftM TomHtuM, C’llmblncr fnfiimberi, tqiiatting I.iniH and <):h®r Wnr ▼ TT hopping Big biran berrie® The Humble Onion Mmle Frond. Never in the history of market gar dening have such fine fruits and vege tables been seen in the local markers as now, and all because the man with the hoe—at least he who helps to supply the big cities with their daily supply of fresh garden truck —Is more wide-awake to the demands of the hour than his city brother gives him credit for being, says the New York Mail and Express. If one were to compare the flavor, substance, appearance and genera! good qualities of the vegetables sold here 10 years ago wita what are of fered in the markets today, tue differ ence would be striking, even to those who know little of such matters. Probably no more striking example of the progress made in the time mentioned can be found than is fur nished by the tomato. Here is an humble product of the garden, be loved by all men who have a proper fondness for good things, that has been so changed and improved of late as hardly to know itself. And it is strange, yet? true, that the improve ment in the tomato has been due large ly to the discovery of that popular ail ment, appendicitis. When the surgeons first established the fact that appendicitis and colic were not one and the same thing, and began to operate for the relief and cure of appendicitis, there was much discussion as to the cause of the then dread affliction. The conviction soon became general (hat it was due to the presence of foreign bodies in the ap pendix, such as fruit and vegetable seeds, and. thereupon, the doom of the tomato was sounded because of the many seeds contained in it. There were large and small and highly-col ored tomatoes in the market, but all were futl of seeds. Here tnen. was a serious situation confronting the big tomato growers, as well as gardeners generally. There were then and there are still men who make a specialty of tomato growing, and who originate ali the new varieties that are offered to the growers. These did not despair, hut said if lhe public wouldn’t eat a to mato with seeds in it they’d grow a tomato without seeds. And they did. Not entirely without seeds, to be sure, but with so few seeds in them as to justify the assertion of the originators that they had produced a seedless to mato; whereupon the tomato was re stored to popular favor. But that was not the only change made in the tomato. Without the great number of ■seeds they were found to be far sweeter in flavor. This flavor was retained while (he size and solidity were increased, un til today there are tomatoes running up to six inches in diameter, from two to four pounds each in weight, that are as solid as a piece of meat, defy ali sorts of weather, that last from the first picking until the com ing of frost and of which as high as 26 torn nave been taken from a single acre. The tomato specialists are just ly proud of their accomplishment. But improvement in other directions has been just as great and often with out such good reason. Many gardeners objected to the old way of growing Lima beans. They didn't want to go to the expense of cutting poles and sticking them in the ground for the beans to run upon, and it took the beans a long while to mature, anyway; so they turned out a bush Lima bean, which grows only two feet high, needs no support and upon which the beans mature quickly and in great quanti ties. While they were at it they origi nated anew lot of string beans which were ready for the market all of two weeks earlier than the usual kinds, which were really stringless and so tender they snapped when not picked carefully. That wan p.nouier big stride. Then the men who know more about strawberries than most folks could dream of thought they'd see what they could do. First, they increased the size of the berries until they had shown specimens almost as big as one’s fist, with whole fields averaging a dozen to a full quart measure. Then they improved the flavor of the big berries until they were as sweet as the wild berry. After that varieties were introduced that were earlier than others, which extended the season for this fruit. Not satisfied with that, a progressive Frenchman brought forth a strawberry that is a marvel in its way, for it produces three crops in a year and is practically ever-bearing until killed by frost. These berries can be picked in the spring, in the summer and again in the autumn. France was so proud of inis achieve ment that the originator received c certificate from one of the big socie ties. In the meantime the fellow whose hobby is a perfect cucumber was not idle. Someone objected to the irregu lar shape of the cucumber, and so the cucumber sharp grew a strain of cu cumbers that were of a uniformly per fect shape and (Jeep green in color and seemed about perfect until another grower thought there were too many protuberances—-warts, the growers call them —on these latest ones. So he went to work and grew them so there were very few warts on them, and the spines, or ribs, were all even and at regular distances apart. Another cucumber man thought they were mighty fine on the outside, but ought to have fewer seeds, and so he grew them with fewer seeds. It seems that Bottling more eouid be done when an enterprising “Jap," probably disliking to see cucumbers spoiled by lying on the ground, placed before the world a climbing variety that grows on poies and which, like the Frenchman’s strawberries, bears continually untii killed by frost. The struggle for supremacy in the various lines continued, and slowly, like the tortoise, the humble onion pressed forward for recognition. Spain produced a large onion that was fine grained, of mild flavor, and almost white. The native onion growers thought it was fine and that they could turn out something just as good, if not better. They tried and succeeded, and during the proper season the fine, big white onior.s on sale in all the fancy fruit stores, whiefl the deal ers call Spanish onions, are the re sult of that effort. They are Spanish onions only to the uninitiated buyer, for they have been no nearer Spain than Long Island or New Jersey, where they are grown. Despite the fact that these onions are often 15 inches around, and grow so freely that close to 2000 bushels of them, have been taken from a sin gle acre, they are so mild and tender that any one can eat them without ill-effect. Physicians regard them with much favor, because they induce a natural sleep, and patients who could by no means eat. the ordinary, strong onion can partake of them freely. As it is, the home-grown product today excels ail the onions brought from abroad, not excepting the far-famed onions of Bermuda. What has been told here simply furnishes an idea of the great prog ress made in this humble line of in dustry, Every vegetable on the mar ket has been improved so greatly that the consumers would make a great fuss were they compelled to go back to what they thought was so fine 10 years ago, It is clear that the “brother of the ox” is doing his part, even if he does it. quietly. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The village church at Uplcatliam, North Yorkshire, is claimed to be the smallest in England. The church dates back to 900 years. Some of the tombstones in the graveyard are dated 1650. If all the land planted in corn in the United States this year were massed, the area would exceed the British Isles, Holland and Belgium combined, or four-fifths of the area of France or Germany. The authorities of Lisbon recently took a strange step to relieve the Port uguese capital of loafers and. beggars. These children of leisure were gath ered together, dumped into a steamer and deported to the Portuguese col onies in Africa. The mayor of Steubenville. Ohio, has adopted a unique method of settling what hr calls "petty clothesline” quar rels between women. He has estab lished a “fighting room.” in which he locks the women w?o quarrel over back 'yard fences. After an hour's abuse of each other they run down. Then they invariably become recon ciled. It is claimed that the largest chains ever made in the United States for se curing ship's anchors were made in four sections, or “shots," each com prising 900 feet, so tlint the total length of the combined chains is neat ly 1000 feet. Each link averages not less than 165 pounds weight, an aver age of about 100 pounds to the running foot, making the total weight of each anchor section near.v 50 t ns. When the chains were tcsled. the testing ma chines broke at a strain of 500,000 pounds, but none of the links were affected. When the inhabitants of Sidestrand, near Cromer. Eng., awoke one morning a few weeks ago they were surprised to find that a large portion of a cliff on the seashore had sunk into the sea. Thirty thousand tons of earth had fallen and with it. the wall and a portion of the gravey'ard of old St. Michael's church. The ancient church tower itself is now in jeopardy, for during the day following the slip a further portion of the cliff crumbled away, leaving only a few feet be tween the tower and its ediges. A grewsnme feature of tile slide was the unearthing of many long buried coffins and the scattering of human remains far and wide. Wlllirlmlna** The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. who is the next heir to Queen Wii hrlmina. is a wealthy young prince. He is twenty-six years of age and unmar ried. In Germany, it is said, be has a reputation for "bulls” worthy of an irishman. Once while visiting a pub lic school he noticed two boys of strik ing similarity in appearance. "Why, what a remarkable like ness!’ he exclaimed. "Those lads must be twins!” "Yes, your Royal Highness,” re marked the principal. and beckon ed the two youngsters to him. "Ah. my son.” said the Prince, plac ing his hand on the head of one of them, “what is your name?” "Heinrich.’ "And how old are you?” "Six.” “And you?” he said, turning to the other boy. On another occasion his kind heart took pity on a murderer sentenced to imprisonment for life, and he proposed to remit the “last three years of the sentence.” —Tit-Bits The butterfly invariable goes to sleep head-downward on a stem of grass, with its wings tightly folded. SEPTEMBER 14. STONY POINT HISTORY. Sketch of Gon. Warne’i Exploit Which. Mad® the Spot Famous. The surprise and capture of Stony Point by "Mad" Anthony Wayne on the night of July 15-16, 1779, was de scribed by Gen. Charles Lee in a let ter to General Wayne as "not only the most brilliant, in my opinion, through out the whole course of the war on cither side, but that it is the most brilliant I am acquainted with in his tory. The assault of Schweidnitz ! jw Marshal I think inferior to it.” When the British were driven out of Boston on March 17, 1776, it became apparent that they would turn their at tention to the conquest of New York, hut General Washington anticipated this by sending five regiments and some artillery to Manhattan Island and going there himself afterward. In spection of the approaches to New York demonstrated the advisability of possessing Stony Point, but such a movement was not at once undertaken. On June 21, 1779, General Washing ton gave General Wayne command of thp light infantry posted near Fort Montgomery, and wrote him a letter in which he urged the possession of Verplanck’B and Stony Points. Gener al Wayne reconnoitred Stony Point on July 2, afterward telling Genera! Washington that while siege or storm would be impracticable a surprise might succeed. General 'Washington then went in person to inspect the desired position, and in a long letter advised the plan of surprise, suggest ing a very dark or rainy night a? most propitious for the strategy. Without acquainting his troops with the work he bad in store for them. General Wayne held a review of his force at noon on July 15 at Sandy Beach, 14 miles north of Stony Point. They were freshly shaved, well pow dered an.i fully equipped and ra tioned. Instead of dismissing them at: the close of inspection. General Wayne started them marching southward. They halted' about 8 o’clock In tin evening at Springsteel'e farm, a mile and a half west of Stony Point, and there the order of battle, the first in timation they had o: a contemplate.! assault, was read to them. Pieces or white paper were fixed on their hats to distinguish them from the enemy in the confusion of conflict, and in two columns aggregating 1150 men the troops started for the assault. While the Americans advanced the British garrison, numbering 700 men, slept with 15 pieces of artillery about them. The American troops had consider able difficulty in gaining the peninsula, having to wade marshes and toil up the slopes. Only one detachment, the one in the centre, was permitted to load its guns, and tliis. as soon as the British discovered the approach, be gan a noisy demonstration to make the British think that this was the main attacking force. The right and the left columns advanced cautiously, and soon t he British were amazed to find them at the threshold of the works. They poured down a terrific fire upon the Americans, but Wayne’s men were not to be deterred. They pressed on. tore their way through the lines of abattis, gained the breastworks, and after mounting the parapet entered the fort at the bayonet’s point, shou - ing: “The fort's our own!” the pre atranged watchword. The left column entered at once from the other side. am'. :>e triumph was complete. During the assault, Wayne was wounded in the head, but strug gling to his knees, cried out; ' March on. Carry me into the fort. Let me die at the head of my column.” Wayne's wound, however, proved to be a slight one. Th§ total loss of the Americans was 15 killed and 83 wounded. The Brit ish placed their losses at 20 killed and 132 wounded and missing. Wayne, however, reported that he had killed 63. wounded 61 and captured 575 prisoners. Only one of the British garrison escaped. Upon securing possession of the fort, the Americans turned the guns on Verplanck's Point, but without ef fect. The British ships slipped their cables and dropped down stream. OM-Tlwe Many of the games which diverted our forefathers have fallen not only in to desuetmto, but into a state of obliv ion. People have vague ideas about bull-baiting and cock-fighting, but they know little of the many other sports which entertained their ances tors. and which by reason of their in humanity are not now countenanced by sportsmen. A writer in "Bainley’s Magazine" re vives the memory of some of these games. He quotes an advertisement which appeared in 1682, announcing that, “at the King's bear garden at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, will be a horse baited to death of a most vast strength and bigness, being between 18 and 19 hands high.” Then we are told of "goose riding." a sport in which a live goose was tied by the feet to a high rope stretched across the court, where men rode at a gallop striving to pull on the? head of the goose as they raced underneath it Pig hunting consisted in turning loose a pig with tail cut short and well soaped, and then giving chase, the winner being that man who could lay firm hold of the difficult tail and keep the pig prisoner. Cock throwing was a game where the unfortunate rooster, tethered by one leg to rhe ground, was made the target tor broomsticks thrown from a distance of twenty-two yards. The article give3 other instances, and it should be read by humanitarians as a pleasant testi mony to the steady civilization of our popular English pastimes.—-London Globe.