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SUNDAY MORNING.
LIVE NOT IN VAIN.
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If 1 can ease one life.the aching.
Or cool one pain.
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
|The Bank Robbery
, £ ¥ T'S an awful sum of money to
• I lose—or gain. Seventy-five
I thousand dollars." So said
Charlie Morton to himself, as
he rode into town in the traincur.
It was the morning after the discov
ery of an enormous shortage in the
accounts of the cashier of the United
National Ilauk, and everybody was
talking about the groat "robbery." and
wondering whether the defaulter
would get away or not. Charlie was
particularly interested in the matter
tor he was himself cashier in a bank
—the Imperial.
"Now, it seems. to me." he solilo
quized, as he gazed abruptly out of the
opposite window at the passing shop
fronts, "it seems to me that if a chap
was only smart enough he could do
It. Why, it would be almost the eas
iest thing out if he and tile teller—the
receiving—could go it hand-aud-glove
together. But they are always caught
sooner or later: the chaps that try it
aren't smart enough by half."
And liis thoughts came hack to the
case in hand. He soon found himself
wondering which direction the runa
way had taken, and speculating upon
the quickest and safest route to for
eign territory. It is an exciting filing,
a race against time, telegraph and the
officers of the law. The manner and
means of it are fascinating topics for
thought, especially for bauk cashiers.
Charlie was still musing upon the thing
as he alighted from the train and en
tered the bank.
A few moments afterward Fred
Allen, the receiving teller, came in, and
laying Upon a chair the "bank robbery"
extra, which he had been reading,
went to his desk. Charlie opened tin'
safe, arranged his cash, and the busi
ness of tlie day began.
It was a weary day for every one in
the bank. There was not much busi
ness, and things were slow, without
any chance of relief by conversation.
Alone, practically, with little to do and
no one to talk to. Charlie thought often
of the defalcation at the National
Bank. He pictured to himself ali the
fine things that, could lie done with
$75.00d. There were a carriage and
horses, the opera, the theatre, fine
clothes, higii living—and no work. De
cidedly a tine prospect for any reason
able being. Charlie amplified the idea,
divided it, and Imagined eaeli part to
himself in detail. It was as pleasant
a way as any of passing the time
which hung with unusual heaviness
upon him. And surely there could not
be the slightest harm in thinking.
When lie grew tired of this, which
was not soon, he looked at the money
around him, and at the various em
ployes of the bank. Wre they holi
est? Could they all be trusted? He
rati over the whole list in his mind,
weighing carefully in each case the
evidence pro and con, till he came to
Fred Allen. At the thought of him
his mind reverted to his idea of the
early morning. It would tie so easy
for a receiving teller and n cashier
working together to "do" the bank.
He smiled and laughed softly to him
self he carried the thing out men
tally. ,
Ati impatient customer rapped sharp
ly upon the glass before tlie desk.
Charlie started violently, recovered
\mself and attended to tlie customer's
'ijnsiness. After that calls were more
‘frequent and things went along more
briskly.
At last banking hours drew to a
close, the books were settled for the
day. tlie safes were securely locked,
and Charlie and his companions were
free until to-morrow morning.
As soon as duties were over Charlie
joined Fred Allen on the pavement.
It was their dally custom to walk for
a few minutes in the park before going
home. This evening they walked along
for some time in silence;neither seemed
to know just how to broach the sub
ject which was uppermost in their
minds—fer they both were thinking
about the same thing. The chance
remark of a passerby which reached
their ears got them started, however,
and soon they were fairly launched
In the discussion.
"It is a sure thing: no one ever
could discover it," said Charlie.
“True.” returned Allen, "tha way
you put it, it does seem pretty safe.
But if we fail?"
The cashier shrugged his shoulders
ar.<l coughed slightly.
"If we could do it and succeed,
though." continued Allen, "it would
be great, simply great." His eyes
shone bright with the idea. “Besides,”
lie went on, with a change of tone,
"It's only a couple of days since Millie
was complaining again about our being
poor. Poor girl! I know it must be
hard on her, living like we do after
what she was used to once. More
money would make things easier for
her. Perhaps your scheme is worth
trying after all. Charlie."
"Anil in ease we find ourselves in
danger of discovery, why, there is
flight. 1 have it all planned out.”
Sitting down on one of The benches,
they talked it over. When they arose
evening had already come, and it was
growing dark rapidly.
"So late already.” exclaimed Aljen,
looking around, "I must hurry or Millie
will think something has happened
do me.”
“I am dining in the West End to
night and going to the theatre after,”
said Morton. "To celebrate.” be added,
with a torced laugh.
Laughing harshly in return and nod.
ding. Allen went away.
Having dined. Charlie strolled aim
lessly up and .down one street after
another, for he felt most strangely un
like celebrating. Somehow it was dif
ferent from what he had thought it
would be, this having determined to
be dishonest. He felt restless and un
comfortable and weak,
"I need a bracer,” he muttered, and,
suiting the action to the word, he
crossed the street and entered a saloon
at the opposite corner. Strange to
say, for the time and place, the room
was empty save for one other cus
tomer.
"Whisky.” said Charlie to the liar
tender who came forward to receive
his order. It was placed before him,
and the man watched him as he sliak
ingly poured some water into the glass,
"Fine weather," said tile bar attend
ant, trying to open conversation.
"Yes: a trifle chilly.” replied Charlie.
“Everybody now is talking about
the bank robbery.”
Charlie made no answer.
“It is a tremendous lot of money to
lose, isn't it— $75,000?”
It struck Charlie rather unpleasantly
that this had been a reflection of his
own. Why should everybody talk of
this bank robbery, especially to-night?
He hastily swallowed the rest if ilia
drink, said lie was in a hurry, and
went out into the street again.
Charlie stood for some tyne in deep
thought upon the curb. Then he
turned suddenly, hailed a passiug cab,
and bidding the driver hasten he drove
rapidly into the suburbs.
He alighted before a large gray stone
mansion.
"Is Mr. Wentworth in?” lie asked
of the footman. Mr. Wentworth was
president of the Imperial Bank.
"1 beg you to pardon me for disturb
ing yon at this time. Mr. Wentworth,”
said Charlie when Mr. Wentworth met
him in the library; "lint I felt that I
could not rest until I had seen you.”
"What is it?" asked Mr. Wentworth,
a trifle alarmed. "Has anything gone
wtong?”
"No, sir. nothing lias gone wrong
yet.” replied the cashier. And then he
hesitated, wondering how he eoulil go
on. "You see.” he finally broke out,
"I was scared when I read the papers
this morning. There have been so
many defaulters lately, and the Im
perial might lie the next to suffer.
You can't tell whom to trust.” The
words almost burned Ids mouth as he
said them. "So after hours to-day I
I made a little experiment. I suggest
ed to the receiving teller that lie anil
1 should take—take -money from our
bank. And lie agreed to. We’ve made
a lot of plans already. Of course, it
was purely an—an experiment on my
part.” lie added with a nervous little
laugh.
The president looked grave.
"You say lie Is willing to do it? T
had a better opinion than that of
Allen."
"Well, we can't take any action on
what you have told me,” said Mr.
Wentworth, after a considerable si
lence. "All \ ■# can do at present is to
watch closely. I depend upon your
vigilance. Mr. Morton. I thank you
for telling me, and will see that your
attention to duty is not overlooked.”
He bowed the cashier graciously out
of tli* room.
Scarcely half an hour after Charley's
departure .Fred Allen was shown into
tin; library.
“Mr. Wentworth.” he said. “I have
come to tell you something terrible
that happened Ibis afternoon. The
cashier at our bank. Charlie Morton,
proposed to me that we' rob tlie bank.
Of course, 1 didn't scare liim by re
fusing, but accepted bis proposal to
draw him out and tell you, so that
you could protect yourself.” Anil he
laughed a nervous little laugh.
"You astonish me,” said Mr. Y.’ent*
worth. "1 believed Morton fully trust
worthy.”
“VVe have been friends a long time,
and 1 never suspected him capable of
such a thing until to-day.”
“Well,” said Mr. Wentworth, sup
pressing a smile as lie repeated him
self, “we can't very well do anything
about the matter as it stands now.
About all that we can do is to watch
carefully. I depend upon you to draw
Morton out and to report any new de
velopments to me. Be assured that
your fidelity will not be allowed to go
unrewarded.”
When he was alone again Mr. Went
worth leaned back in his chair and
laughed heartily.
* * . • * *
At the directors’ meeting next day all
wore anxious faces, except the presi
dciij- All were considerably fright*
eneirty the United National embezzle
ment, the third in the city within six
months. The president listened with
a smile to the expression of their fears
Then he told them of the two who
had called on him the evening before.
“So we have twoAonest men watch
ing each other and every one else like
hawks. Why,” he said, laughing, “it's
safer than any patent lock ever i_V
vented."
The others joined in his laugh; but
their faces became grave again about
a month later, when the Imperial
Bank suddenly found itself poorer by
one cashier, one receiving teller and
nearly sixty thousand dollars.—New
York News.
Saying and Writing.
If you feel that yon must, say some
thing unpleasant, SAY it; if you would
say something pleasant, WRITE it.
Nothing i3 so mean as a mean letter,
because it gives your opponent no
chance for defense at the only time
defense is a satisfaction—at once.
Girls are gradually becoming esn
vinced that it is easier to lore a rich
man tlwn a poo one.—
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
Chapters of Life’s OddiLies.
STRANGE STORIES CARNERED FROM
DIVERSE SOURCES.
Build Cigar Shaped Neats.
Among beetles there are, says a nat
uralist who has recently been studying
them, a few families which spend
much of their lime iu constructing
novel nurseries for their little ones. A
nursery of this kind looks at a distance
like a cigar hanging from a tree, bui
it Is really a number of leaves which
have been roiled by a beetle into the
shape of a cigar.
Iu doing tiiis work the little insect
displays remarkable intelligence, for
each loaf is rolled deftly and carefully,
and nowhere in the hollow interior is
there even a tiny hole to lie seen. There
is not a bird's nest to be found that
is more carefully constructed than one
of these beetle's nests.
The so-called birch tree beetles excel
at work of this kind. Beetles which in
fest vineyards also roll leaves iu like
manner, but, owing to the size and
shape of the leaves of the vine, rarely
succeed in doing very artistic work.
Moreover, they do not join the leaves
together by a sort of glue, as is the
custom of the birch tree beetles, but
use instead a cotton fibre, which they
gather from the buds on (lie vines.
Other beetles closely akin to these do
not roll leaves in this manner, and, on
Uie other hand, there are beetles of
quite different families which frequent
ly make such nests. An example of
the former kind is the sloe tree beetle,
which lays its eggs on tlie fruit of this
tree, and an example of the latter kind
is tlie nut tree beetle, which also rolls
eaves into the shape of a cigar, but not:
iti quite the same manner as the birch
tree beetle.
The reason why it works differently
is because it is differently constructed.
Avery curious insect it is, with a red
body, a very long neck and a head
which is so small that it is almost in
visible. Under these conditions It Is
naturally difficult for it to grasp a leaf
and roll it iulo a circular form, as Hie
bireli tree beetle does. Still, it does
file work after its own fashion, and
though hardly as faultless a structure
as tlie bireli tree beetle’s, a very neat
piece of work it is.—New York Herald.
Burial I'lhch of Orinoco.
The Uuarauno Indians, who live on
the Upper Orinoco, have a curious and
novel method of disposing of their
dead, says the Wide World Magazine,
They neither cremate the bodies nor
bury them, but Incase them in a species
of basket, which is tightly wrapped
CURIOUS BURIAL PLACES.
in palm fronds and bound with strong,
supple grasses.
When thus prepared the baskets are
deposited in some lonely spot at least
si. couple of miles away from the settle
ment.
There is something very poetic about
this manner of disposing of the dead,
and the Indians, who are of a highly
imaginative and poetic temperament,
are thoroughly alive to tiiis.
The accompanying photograph was
taken by stealth, at great risk, as the
Gunrauuos jealously guard their dead
from tile profane eyes of the stranger.
Kissing Hand* Revived.
Readers of the Pall Mall Gazette
have already been informed of the re
vival in England of that, charming and
old world custom of kissing hands.
Positively, a league lias now been
started to give form and substance to
the revival. The fair members of the
league—for, as it is only fit and proper,
it is exclusively a woman’s league—
have decreed that their masculine sub
jects, admitted to the charmed circle
of their salons, shall thereby bind
themselves to render this delicate and
graceful homage. There is a world of
significance in hand kissing. One al
most wants a guide to it. For instance,
when the admirer delicately salutes
the finger tips of the lady fair he is
merely on the footing of an acquaint
ance. Should he kiss' the palm, that
would signify a certain degree of in
timacy, and the wrist even more so.
The hand is thus the barometer of the
affections. The custom is certainly
more picturesque than the handshake,
which is an abomination, save as a
sign of masculine regard. But it re
quires a degree o. grace not attain
able by all men—even Frenchmen.
African Fygmle*,’
Male members of the Akkas, a tribe
of pygmies in Africa, never exceed
four and a half feet in height. These
iitti# men live chiefly by the chase,
using bows, arrows and lances with
great dexterity and slaying such large
animals as elephants, buffaloes and
chimpanzees with comparative ease.
They are much esteemed as. soldiers'
by the negro tribes among whom they
dwell and whom they frequently serve
as mercenaries. They are in the habit
of exchanging the products of the
eliase with their negro neighbors for
arrows and lances, but use no other
implements, a sharp arrow fulfilling
the purpose of a knife. They possess
no vessels of any description, drinking
water from the streams in the hollow
of (lie hand. Although they will eat
almost any animal substance, inclu
sive of locusts and white ants, they
have the saving virtue that they are
not cannibals, and they never use
salt. Their only method of capturing
fish is by damming off some portion
of a stream or pool and then labor
iously balling out the water until the
fish are left in tlie mild.
Where Fruyer Never Ceases.
There is one spot in the United -States
where the voice of prayer is never still,
says the Methodist Magazine. For
more than twenty months the “turret
of prayer” that surrounds tlie Temple
of Truth, near Lisbon Falls, Me., has
never for an instant been without the
sound of a human voice in supplication.
It is tlie intention of tlie people who
attend to this remarkable form of wor
ship that prayer in the turret shall
never cease so long as the building
shall stand. Those who take part In
the service compose the Holy Ghost
and Us Society. The society affiliates
with no denomination and tries to
conform strictly to the teachings of
the Bible. Starting without a penny,
it lias in a few years achieved such
success that it has built four buildings,
the Temple of Truth among them,
which form a rectangle capable of seat
ing ”0,000 people.
Nov?l Robbery in India.
A most llmfl Is .•(‘ported on
oue of the railways in Burma. The
Burmese head-covering, it must he un
derstood, is a silk kerchief, often of
considerable value, called "gjiung
baung.” Sonic young daredevils at
tach prlelcly bushes to long bamboo
•poles, ami when the mail train passes
they yell out. which causes the native
passengers to stick their heads out
of the carriage windows. The train
is then raked from end to end by
means of the scrubby poles, with the
result: that the Barman male passen
gers are deprived of their gauug
bnungs. Some twenty-seven silk head
dresses were tlius acquired by the
young scamps in one night.
Freak Uinenpple iu Itarket.
A freak pineapple, which is said to
be a record-breaker of its kind, was
received recently from Florida by 11.
I". Stanley & Cos., of South Water
street, commission merchants. On the
stalk ten little pines are growing,
while a normal stalk produces only
one. The freaks arc perfect in form
and color, out not much larger Ilian
goose eggs. Former Mayor Smith,
who owns a fruit farm in Florida, ex
amined the odd growth and pronounced
it the most interesting freak he had
ever seen. On his own farm he once
had a stalk with seven pines, but the
latest specimen breaks the record so
far as is known.—Chicago Tribune.
Novel Type of Ship.
A novel vessel has just been launched
at the Crescent Shipyards, at Kliza
cbth, N. .1. She is known as the
Ant ice, and is intended for handling
fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico.
The vessel will meet the fishing ves
sels, relieve them of their catches,
store the fish in a refrigerated hold
and carry them to Galveston. The
Ant ice is fitted with large ice machines
and provided with high-power engines,
wfiieh make her capable of obtaining
high speed. She is built of mild steel
of the highest tensile strength, and
will use oil for fuel, her bunker carry
ing oil iu bulk.
I'i*tol and Lantern.
A recent, novelty in invention is a
combination revolver and dark lantern.
Its distinguishing feature lies in the
small incandescent lamp situated in a
reflecting tube placed immediately be
low the revolver barrel, a battery jn
the handle of the revolver may fie elec
trically connected with the lamp by a
slight pressure of Hie trigger. Thus
should a man suspect a burglar in the
house he can use his revolver as a
dark lantern to find his man and in
sure good aim before firing.
I'ompeli.
At the present ratio of progress sev
enty years will elapse before Pompeii
is entirely uncovered. It is thought
that as much of treasure remains as
has been exhumed.
Real trouble is seldom as bard to bear
as a fancied wrong.
MAKING MONEY AT HOME.
flow Some AVosnon Manage to E!l Out
Mender Income*.
As there are a great inati.v women
who, while not actually obliged to go
suit into the world as bread-winners,
find it necessary to supplement a scant
income by turning to practical ac
count such skill as they may possess,
these are always gltid of suggestions
that will make it possible at home, and
not. indeed, for mere pin money.
Of course, the home industries that
must first be studied and practiced un
der trained teachers, such as the beau
tiful new basket work, the Abnakee
rug weaving and the like, commend
themselves because of the excellent
remuneration: but there are many
handicrafts that woy -n learn from
each other quickly, not requiring to
attend ..classes for instruction, and
among the most profitable is lace
making.
A friend may spend an hour with
another friend and learn from her liow
to make a table centre of Battenberg,
Renaissance, Venetian, Point, Honitou
or some other of the prevailing braid
laces, and by skill and industry may
make one in the spare hours of a couple
of weeks or so that will bring from
s'• to sls, according to size, workman
ship and quality of materials used.
Table centres of drawn work bring
from $5 to $25, drawn work pin cush
ions from $1 to $5, and ones in Bat
ten berg only a little less.
These squares and round pieces are
used especially on handsome bare
tables between meals, even more now
than during the repast, and have come
to almost supersede the embroidered
ones, also the doylies.
But table embroideries have not
“gone out” by any means—it is one
of the very oldest arts, this, and only
changes iu its expression. These will
always repay the worker whose actual
livelihood does not depend upon it,
especially if by showing a sample of
her work al the exchanges slio can
secure orders for them.
Not every one can do nice hemstitch
ing. and those who can may also get
orders for hemstitching tablecloths,
napkins, tray cloths, sideboard scarfs,
towels, sheets and pillows.
But most frequently the gentle
woman who seeks to add to a very
restricted income by home industries
wishes to do only such work as may
lie executed and sent to the place of
sale In an unnoticed way. and this is
easily done by making all sorts of
those small, dainty articles that mod
ern living lias evolved as necessities,
and confining herself to those which
sell quickest and most profitably.
Some women make the same sort of
bags, pin cushions or little sacques
over and over again till a staple de
mand is made for their specialty, find
ing that it pays better 1o make the
tame article in large numbers, after
tlie demand is made, than taking
chances on a varied assortment.
One girl wlm used her brush with
water colors remarkably well made a
fine little income doing dinner cards,
copying Gibson girls with the consent
of the artist, until the publishers issued
a ban on all reproductions.
A clever girl can decorate tally cards
profitably—there are such stacks of
them used-making sketchy heads in
various studies of Hie "whist woman.”
Concerning “ Make-Ups.**
What n pity it is that women now
adays make up to the extent they do!
What is the use? For surely the pretty
woman does not need “make-up,” ar.d
the plain one only draws attention to
nature's harsh dealings by having re
course to it.
And how few made-up women one
sees who are anything but ill-painted!
Infeed, in this matter the old proverb,
“lAractice makes perfect,” gets con
stant: contradiction, for it is noticeable
that the longer a face lias been "beau
tiful,” the less well it is done, a want
of care in dealing with the delicacies
of the art causing a general over
aeccutuation culminating iu a tout en
semble, which is to the beholder jiotli
ing short of revolting.
Before th!ng had reached such a
pitch ns at present, when quite young
girls have recourse to the rouge pot,
says Home Chat, it was only those
wlio knew that their good looks were
on the wane who called in such spuri
ous. aids.
Tiic chief effect of ibis indiscriminate
touching up is that “most women arc
not so young as they are painted”—or
one doubts it of them, which comes
to the same thing; for seeing the dan
ger signals so glaringly displayed, one
jumps to the conclusion that charms
which require so much emphasis must
of a surety be almost lost.
Why not remember (hat no oue but
yourselves is deeeiveij by your fraudu
lent endeavors? In these days of sham,
the practice of honesty in appearance
has become so rare as to give to it
almost anew kind of attractiveness.
To Belt Mi** Slender.
Very slender girls make a mistake
In wearing the too tight belt. Some
times tlie effect is positively unpleas
ant. That pulled-in look is especially
ugly at the front, and reminiscent of
the days when a small waist measure
was desired at any expense of com
fort. looks or aborted anatomy.
It is easy to avoid this ugly look by
building one’s belts with double front*.
This applies particularly to draped
SEPTEMBER 28
belts, though It may he used with ajy
belt that bcastst a lining.
All there’s to do is to make the lining
double at the fronts, the back and
Mies being made in the ordinary vay.
The linings must be kept separate at
the front, the one next the outer
drapery continuing as a foundation for
it—tlie inner one serving to fasten
tightly around the waist to hold the
back and sides firmly in place.
While not adding to one’s apparent
size, ibis gives a look of case and
grace impossible to tlie fair one who is
in a stiff, harness-like arrangement.
The Sweater fllrl.
Tlie sweater girl is out relucing her
weight, for she must get lean by win
ter. and she knows that she must do
as the boys do when in training. Per
haps the sweater girl wears the
garment because it is becoming. It
opens nowhere and is easy to put on.
being pulls bio over the head, and re
quiring only a smoothing down.
For the girl who dresses in this
way there are not many garments re
quired. Next the skiu there is a silk
combination; then comes her shoes
and stockings and an outing corset.
Oi/ of regard for feminine fancy she
cau wear a trifle in lingerie, if she so
desires; and then comes her outing
skirt and precious sweater, not forget
ting that wonderful Panama hat,
which is her special pride, with its
dark binding and its flaunting quill,
says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The outing girl does not remain
afield all the time, and for the hours
when she is under the trees she has
pretty gowns in linen, with blue linen
leading in point of favor. There are
tlie most charming dresses In blue,
trimmed with white satin wash rib*
bon. put on in Grecian design, and
warranted to wash every time.
Widow* and Mourning.
The mourning of fashionable widows
does not extend over as long a period
nowadays as heretofore. Indeed, her
seclusion from general society is prac
tically over at the expiration of two
months.
Instead of being covered with crepe,
she is now permitted to wear as little
crepe as she pleases during the first
twelve months, and after that she may
discard crepe altogether if she Is so
inclined, instead of wearing it nine
months longer.
Then, again, she may wear a cap or
not, just as she pleases, and her veil,
instead of being crepe, may l>e of chif
fon or crepe lisse from the commence
ment of her mourning.
After the first twelve months she
gradually lightens her mourning to
second mourning, instead of wearing
deep mourning for two years, as has
been tlie custom in the past. ,
Sweeping For Exercise.
Physicians recommend sweeping as
being one of ilie most beneficial means
of strengthening muscles' and giving
tone to the entire system, as It brings
into action all of the important muscles
of the body.
In sweeping the swaying. Delsarte
exercise can be put into practical use,
as moving from left to right advance
left leg, bearing weight on hall of foot,
incline head toward it and torso slight
ly backward, white inclination hollows
the bad: at the waist line and raises
the chest. As the right leg follows
and bears the weight, the head in
dines backward 4 and torso forward,
and there will be easy play of the
ankles. Reverse the motion and sweep
to the right. The strength used on the
broom must come from the arms.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
J r or Women Without Taste.
Black is safe for the woman without
taste—since all her accessories match
despite her careless way of arranging
her toilette.
('million NoJv.
Plain dust coats in pale gray and
fawn are very smart.
Black voile skirts to wear with shirt
waists are a useful investment.
Parasols of cheue silk trimmed with
lace and chiffon are very pretty.
Long coals of Irish point lace are
very smart, as are also the bolero and
Eton jackets of the same.
Flowered lawn gowns with stitched
bands of plain color as trimming, are
very pretty and cool looking.
Hats of coarse straw, trimmed with
folds of soft silk and a few quills, are
very siiitahl-- and convenient for trav
eling.
One accordion pleated Empire gown
is held in at (lie waist by a pointed
belt of pink taffeta trimmed with real
silver lace.
Cream renaissance over lettuce green
changeable taffeta makes a very effect
ive gown, (towns of accordion pleated
crepe or chiffon are very much worn.
Traveling coats of pongee, taffeta or
mohair are made in loose flowing lines,
with the half fitted hack, and some of
them are belted in at the waist with
straps of tlie goods.
Avery pretty garden party costume
is made of accordion pleated green
chiffon trimmed with ecru guipure.
There is a yoke of ecru chiffon and a
ruche of the same at the bottom of
tlie skirt.
A pretty gown for a brunette Is buff
batiste embroidered in white dots.
Silk embroidery in dull shades of
green and red is used as a garniture.
Black velvet .tabs adorn the waist and
sleeves.
One of tlie new autumn street gowns
is of mixed cheviot, with a pleated
bodice and vest of dull red brown
peau de sole. Little smoked pearl but
tons are set along the edge of tlie
vest, and two large buttons trim each
side of the collar. The skirt has seven
gores and is cut with a pronounced
flare at the bottom and has each seam
piped with the brown peau Ue sole.