LIGHTS HIDDEN FROM SIGHT
Hints For Hostess
mm ml
BETTER THAN TABLE CANDLES
Prettily Arranged Device for Holding
Electric Liflhti Also Serve as
' Flower Vase.
Every woman has realized for some
time past that the use of the candle as
a table decoration was attended by
danger and other shortcomings, and a
substitute has been eagerly fought.
The solution of the problem has not
been found In electricity for the rea
son that lamps of this charncter lack
ed the feature of portalllity and their
use also required the presence of wires
piercing the cloths and tables. A New
York man has recently designed a
7lece of table decoration which takes
ihe place of candies on the dining
1
Globes so Arranged Thst One May Get
Rid of Direct Glare Two
Methods Shown.
The old mUitf" about not biding one'i
light under a bushel seems to be set
at naught by the developments of re
cent years, for a large variety of In
teriors are nowadays lit by lamps
which themselves are hidden from
view, says Popular Mechanics. By
.projecting the light to the ceiling and
letting that diffuse the light, we get
rid of the direct glare of the lamps
so we are practically getting our Ulu
m
Displaces Table Candelabra.
room table In the home as well as the
hotel and cafe.
The device Is a pretty design em
bracing a silver receptacle capable of
holding a single storage cell. The
battery stores sufficient energy to
keep the lamp aglow for 14 hours and
the illumination emanates from three
tungsten lamps supplied with switch
for controlling them. Fitting neatly
over the stand is a shallow glass dish
containing cut flowers and water.
The former are supported by a cut
glass disk, with numerous holes lnta
which the flower stems, etc., project.
The lamp thus serves as a flower vase
as well, and the effect of the light
passing through the glass and water
and placing around the flowers and
leaves is very pretty Indeed.
Hiding the Lamps.
minntlon from lumps hid under t
bushel.
Where such a method of lighting If
applicable, the present problem nar
rows itself down practically to a
choice of the reflecting and conceal
ing fixture, which may be highly ar
tlstlc or decidedly homespun. For in
stance, two such Indirect lighting fix
tures were recently advertised in tht
same month's issue of a European and
an American technical Journal. Both
designs are here reproduced, leaving
each reader to make his own com
ments.
SEARCHLIGHTS ON THE SUE7
Every Warship of Any Descriptor
Compelled to Carry Light of
Special Pattern.
Of
Story of United States Bank
SUPPORT FOR HEATED IRONS
Electrical Device so Arranged That
Current Is Turned on When
Object Is In Holder.
A novel support has recently been
Invented for electrically heated flat
irons, says Scientific American. It Is
so arranged that the current is turn
ed on only when the iron is on the
support. The support consists of a
metallic base provided with legs of
Insulating material and upon which
Is mounted, in inclined position, a
plate of slate. On this the flutlron is
adapted to be supported, so that the
tiead of the flatlron will slide down
and bear against a block of insulating
Support for Heated Flatlront.
material at the rear of the base. In
tills block are two sockets, provided
.with metallic clips forming the ter
hmlnals of an electric current. The
flatlron. which is provided with the
Wsual heating colls, has two terminal
Bins near the heel. These are adapte
to engage the clips when the Iron
Is in position on the slate. This com
pletes the circuit through the colls
and serves to heat the iron. As soon
as the iron is removed from the stove
the circuit is broken, and there is no
waste of current or dangerous over
heating liable to cause a fire.
iTO REPLACE SURGEON'S SAW
Every war vessel carries from one
to twenty searchlights, and every ves
sel of any description whatever pass
ing through the Suez Canal has to
carry one of special pattern. A search
light consists essentially of an arc
lamp of special form, a parabolic mir
ror and a case to hold the lot; tne
caae being mounted so as to be cap
able of movement In two directions,
viz., vertically and horizontally. The
hood, as this case Is called, is made
of sheet steel about three-thirty-seconds
of an Inch thick, says Cassier's
Mngazlne. The turntable, trunnions,
etc., are cast in gun metal, the arms
which support the hood are of cast
steol. The lamp box is formed as part
of the hood. The mirror Is carried on
springs In the back cover and at the
front of the hood Is a "front glass"
mounted in a gun metal ring, and the
dispersion lens, when carried. Is hing
ed on in front of this. Training is
carried out by means of a worm and
wonnwheel or by a rack and pinion.
Slewing is effected by means of a pin
Ion which gears Into a crown wheel
on the underside of the turntable, or
else it Is done directly by hand. The
8uez Canal regulations require that
the projector shall be capable of giv
ing the light required under two dif
ferent conditions in the first case a
broBd, fiat beam of light illuminating
both banks and the canal uninterrupt
edly, this being used when no other
ship is approaching; in the other case
they require n beam having the samo
angle of divergence and consequently
the same width as the first, but di
vided Into two portions, with a dark
interval between, thus giving light at
both sides but not directly In front
and so not interfering with the naviga
tion of the approaching vessel.
How Head of the Savannah Branch
Forced Stranger to Carry Away
$200,000 In 8llver and
( Checked Plot.
The most famous president of the
CJnltod States bank, which President
Jackson forced out of business, was
Nicholas Piddle of Philadelphia, who
after being a director of the bank for
a mailer oi lour yeais, uw."i
president In 1823 and remained in that
post until the bank went out of busi
ness In 1836.
"Nick" Diddle, as he was known to
his associates both In finance and so
ciety he was a member of Philadel
phia's exclusive set kept a firm grip
upon the affairs of all the branches of
the United States bank from his desk
In the bank's headquarters In Phila
delphia. He vas very careful to get
reports from the branches regularly
and as speedily as the mall facilities
of the time could deliver them to
him, and he studltd these reports with
minute care.
Oc3 Jay ne hotued that a report
from the Savannah branch did not
show the average redemption of bank
notes, and each subsequent report
showed a constant falling off In re
demptions, so that Mr. Piddle became
very much disturbed. At last he said
to himself: "There's golnr to be trou
ble of some kind at that branch.
Somebody Is collecting Savannah
branch bank notes and they may of
fer them all of a sudden for redemp
tion. I3ut I will see to that." There
upon he caused a large amount of sll
ver money to be collected and shipped
to Savannah. Then he waited.
A few weeks after the silver had
reached the Savannah branch a
stranger called at It and stated that
he had some bank notes which 'he
would like to have redeemed at once
In silver. He was asked what was
the value of the notes. "Two hundred
thousand dollars," he replied.
"Very well," said the official of the
bank, who was acting under Instruc
tions from President Riddle, "bring
your bills here so that we can count
them." Whereupon, the stranger pro
tested at the delay. "What," exclaimed
the bank official, "yon surely do not
think we are going to redeem notes
until we have counted them and seen
that the amount you give us Is right?"
So the stranger went away, returning
speedily with a hand barrow filled
with notes, and all the rest of the day
the bank force was occupied in count
ing them.
That task over at last, the manager
of the branch turned to the stranger.
"The amount you stated Is correct.
sir," and your silver Is ready. Can
we help you In sending It anywhere?"
"You've got the silver here?" gasp
ed the stranger. "You're going to pay
roe In silver on the spot?"
Certainly," said the bank manager.
"Isn't that what you asked for?"
Put " began the stranger.
"Yes," smiled the other, "two hun
dred thousand dollars in silver does
make a very bulky parcel. I suppose
you will take It to a vessel V
The stranger hesitated, doubtless re
flecting that If he took the sliver it
would cost him a pretty penny for In
surance and another for freight At
last he said: "Well, I think I will take
drafts on New Orleans. On the whole,
they will do Just as good."
This time a grim smile came to the
banker's lips. "You will not take
drafts on New Orleans," he said. "You
will take the sliver, and you'll take it
at once."
There was no other way around It;
the stranger had to lug off his two
hundred thousand dollars In sliver,
and pay Insurance and freight charges
on It to Its destination in the north.
For he was an agent of a group of
state bankers In the north who had
combined to break the credit of the
United States bank. If possible. They
hit upon the plan of getting together
a lot of the bank notes of the Savan
nah branch and suddenly presenting
them in a lump for redemption, feeling
reasonably certain that the bank
would not have on hand sufficient sil
ver with which to redeem at once.
word would go throughout the coun
try that the United States bank at
Savannah had failed, and the other
branches and the headquarters itself
would, be Imperiled, if not ruined. But
In building their beautiful scheme the
Jealous state bankers failed to take
Into consideration President Blddle's
painstaking study of the reports of
his bank's branches, and so they were
confounded, and not he.
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.)
He Posed as Prince of Wales
How Col. George Bliss Was Mistaken
for Edward by the Enthuslastlo
People of Poughkeep- "
ele, N. Y.
This story of the late King Edward,
when, as the prince of Wales, he
traveled In this country, was told to
me several years ago by the late Col.
George Bliss, who at one time was
United States district attorney for
the southern district of New York,
and whose "Bliss's Digest" is one of
the standard legal works throughout
the United States.
"At the time that the prince was
here I was serving upon the military
staff of Governor E. D. Morgan of
New York." said Colonel Bliss, "and
I was detailed to represent the gover
nor in certain ceremonies, and partlc
ularly upon the occasion of the trip
of the prince of Wales up the Hudson
river to West Point and Albany.
"I remember vividly how interest
ed the prince was In the scenery that
How "Gilded Age" Was Done
Mark Twain and Warner Wrote It to
Show Their Joking Wives Just
What They Cduld Do When
They Tried.
Felling Trees by Electricity.
According to a statement Issued by
the Slemens-Sehuckert company of
Berlin, Germany, the felling of trees
by menns of wires heated by electric
currents, which has been described in
various newspapers, cannot be accom
plished in a practical and economical
manner, for the following reasons:
The wire, to cut effectively, must be
very tightly stretched and la there
fore very liable to rupture, In conse
quence of its high temperature.
The radiant wire carbonizes the
wood, and the charcoal. If allowed to
accumulate, protects the Interior
parts from the heat of the wire. In
order to remove the. charcoal, the
wire must be roughened and moved
to and fro lengthwise, so that the op
eration Is still a sort of sawing, and
the motion and roughening Increase
the liability to rupture.
Electric Steering Device.
A Scottish mariner claims to have
invented an automatic steering device,
operated by electricity from a com
pass, but permitting the helm to be
moved In the ordlnury way when nec
essary.
French Scientist Discovers Method to
Revolutionize Surgery by Use
p of Electricity.
. A revolution In surgery Is impend
ing, according to a report made to the
Paris Academy of Sciences by Prof.
UL IfArsonval, whose researches are
well known throughout the world.
Twenty years hence, It Is prophesied,
strong electrical current will have
replaced the surgeon's knife and saw,
possibly even the forceps. French
laclentlsU are excited over the results
of their colleague's rxperlmenU, for
tfectrical amputations are now said
nto be the safest and surest oi any yet
ilrled.
"With a powerful apparatus," said
jjt. D"AreonvaL "we have been able to
vtaaa through certain animals electrical
'currents which raised their bodies to
tilgn temperature without affecting
(either the sensitiveness or me muscu
Bar contraction, the auluitl not sevin
iu to feel the beat In general. The
Uwtrical currents, however, literally
,kd the posterior limbs, w hither
-t directed. Still, the
tn each case showed no suf-
ml some days later the limbs
fcv.,.t m dronred off. leaTlnf the
wtwjnd perfectly cicatrized."
ELECTRICAL NOTES.
At Cleveland there Is a complete
p'unt fjr curing meats by electric
processes.
The National Electric Light associa
tion has attained a membership of
nearly 4,000.
There are more than 400 wireless
stations on the coast of the maritime
nations.
The late Stephen A. Hubbard, who
was for many years the managing
editor and one of the owners of the
Hartford (Conn.) Courant when Jo
seph R. Hawley was editor and
Charles Dudley Warner, the author
and humorist, co-editor, told me this,
the real story of the manner In which
Mark Twain and Mr. Warner came to
write "The Gilded Age," which was
published in 1873.
"After Mark Twain came to Hart
ford to live," said Mr. Hubbard, "he
early made the acquaintance of Mr.
Warner, being especially attracted to
him because of the success of the de
llclously humorous book, 'My Summer
In a Garden.' which gained Mr. War
ner national fame, and which was the
first of his separate writings. The
acquaintance ripened into Intimacy,
and the families of the two men were
frequently together.
"It happened that one evening,
when the Twalns bad the Warners at
a family dinner, something was said
about the success of 'Innocents
Abroad.' Thereupon both Mrs. Clem
ens and Mrs. Warner began to twit
Mark Twain; they made all manner
of good-natured fun of his book, called
it an accidental hit, and finally ended
up by defying him to 'write another
work like It.
"In high humor Mark Twain turned
to Mr. Warner. 'You and 1 will show
these ladles that their laughter Is un
seemly and "a cracking of thorns un
der a pot,"' he cdled. 'We'll -get to
gether and write a story, chapter by
chapter every morning, and we will
so Interweave our work that these
wives of ours will not bo able to say
uhl,.h baa hopn tt'l'tMan hv MftrV
Twain and which by Charles D. 'ar
ner; for once a week we will gather In
my library and read the story to them
as It has progressed under our pens.'
"What was spoken In Jest was acted
upon In the spirit of Jest, Mr. Warner
agreeing to meet Mark Twain every
morning for an hour or two so that
together they could write a new story
somewhat on the lines of 'Innocents
Abroad.' After they had been at work
on their llttlo Joke for a little while
they became thoroughly Interested In
It, and then, when Mark Twain pro
posed to Introduce the character of
Colonel Sellers In the story, both he
and Mr. Warner grew actually en
thusiastic over it, and their wives con
fessed their deep interest in It as It
was read to them as the w.lting progressed.
"So the Jest was carried on until
the story was about half finished, if
I remember correctly, whan It sudden
ly occurred to Mark Twain that it
might be worth publishing; if it in
terested the wives of the authors, it
ought to Interest the public. ' There
fore, Twain approached his publish
ers and told them that he and Mr.
Warner were Jointly writing a book,
and he wondered whether he could
make arrangements with them to pub
lish It. They Jumped at the proposi
tion. The book was published under
the title of 'The Gilded Age,' It sold
beyond all expectation for a while, and
then, suddenly, the sales stopped. It
is the ONe dead failure among Mark
Twain's works. Yet a sufficiently
lurge number of copies were sold by
subscription to repay the cost of man
ufacture and return some profit to the
Joint authors and the publishers.
"Later, however," continued Mr.
Hubbard, "Mark Twain made a tidy
sum out of the dramatic rights of the
book. About the time that the book
was to be published he suggested to
Mr. Warner that he would buy what
ever dramatic rights that Warner
might have In the work. The Idea ap
pealed to Mr. Warner, and I have al
ways understood that Mark Twain
paid hlra $8,000 or thereabouts for bis
ci,nreof f'e drarrntic rights and with
that n.oi.ej ir. WanacT was""ablo to
make a long winter tour through
Egypt. As for Mark Twain, he made
thousands In royalties out of the play
based on his utterly dead book."
(Copyright, 1910. by E. J. EJwarJs.)
stretched before him on both sides
of the noble river, and I have only
to shut idy eyes to see In fancy the
shores dotted here and there with
large and small groups of people,
anxious to get a glimpse of the fu
ture ruler of England. Through It all
the prince was very affable and ac
commodating; he was always ready
to step to some conspicuous place
upon the upper deck of the steam
boat and courteously acknowledge
the salutes and cheers which came
to hlra from the shores.
"Some mllea before the boat reached
Poughkeepsie there was brought
aboard It by special messenger
pouch of mall for the prince. He had
not heard from home for some time
and he was anxious to read the let
ters; you must remember that the At
lantic cable, though laid, was not
working at the time. So, taking the
heavy mall with him, the prince went
into the pilot house and soon was
deeply Immersed in bl letters. He
was still reading when we arrived at
Poughkeepsie, where it seemed as
though the entire city and all the peo
ple for miles around about had turned
out to greet him.
"Hastily, word was carried to the
prince that an enormous crowd, cov
ering the steamboat dock and stretch
Ing away back to the foot of the hill
was anxious to give him the tribute ol
their good wishes. But, as luck would
have It, ho was In the midst of peru
sing an especially Important letter and
was not willing to be disturbed
Therefore, I stepped to the railing oi
the boat upon the upper deck, to give
Borao intimation to the crowd that th
prince was in retirement, when, of a
sudden, I discovered that the people
below me had taken me for our dis
tinguished guest. They set up a great
cheering, bats were thrown In tho air,
women clapped their hands and waved
their handkerchiefs every eye was
fastened upon me.
"What could I do? I could not tell
them that I was not the Prince ol
Wales, Dut only a member of the gov
ernor's staff; I could not have made
myself heard three feet away In all
that welcoming uproar. So, almost in
voluntarily, I bowed and made a mill
tary salute-
"For perhaps a minute I received
the enthusiastic greeting of a city;
then the boat started and all Pough
keepsie returned home, satisfied that
It had seen the prince. In fact, yeart
later I heard residents of that town
telling with not a little pride how
they had been bowed to and saluted
by the prince. They never knew ol
the mistake.
"But as soon as the prince had fin
lshed with his mall and returned tc
the deck, I related to him how I had
been mistaken for him. And the
story amused him greatly not In the
sense that It was an absurdity that 1
should bo taken for him, which II
was, nevertheless, but because he
seemed to see In his mind's eye a
vivid picture of that great throng hail
ing a plain citizen of the United
States as the prince of Wales."
(Copyright, 1810, by E. J. Edwards.)
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
for Those Planning Seasonable
Entertainments
A Charming Porch Party.
This delightful affair was given on
the porch of a lovely country home,
but It may be Just as successfully car
ried out Indoors and at any season of
the year. There were about 20 guests,
each asked to bring her work. The
porch was decorated entirely with gar
den flowers that are so plentiful and
brilliant at this time. After an hour
of lively chatter, with needle and
thread, crochet hook and knitting, the
hostess appeared and announced a
"so-ln" contest. Slips of paper and
small green pencils were passed with
the explanation that each answer be
gan "So" as the first letters. The
luestions and answers follow:
A wise man of ancient times Solomon.
That which one voire sings Solo.
A necessary kitchen compound Soap.
What the twentieth century flying ma
:hlne should do Soar.
To steep In liquid Soak.
Be rious Sober.
A nicknameSobriquet.
Church members enjoy this sociable
communism Socialism.
A mixture and an explanation Solu
'lon. Popular with the summer girl Soda.
A church society Sodality.
A seat built for two or more Sofa.
To dwell for a time Sojourn.
A note In music Sol.
A name for the sun Sol.
Pertaining to a light giver Solar.
What an article always Is, If bought
Bold.
Metallic cement Polder.
A man of war Soldier.
Nearest the door Sole.
Incorrectness of language Solecism.
Alone In the world Sole.
A flat fish Sole.
What a tramp does at the door So
licits.
A tune for an Instrument Sonata. .
(Jiving forth sound Sonorous.
Painful Sore.
Species, kind Sort.
Seed-sprinkler Sower.
After 20 minutes the "key was
read; then' the hostess said: "Having
finished 'Soing,' there would be a
Garden competition," and she passed
another set of papers, with these ques
tlons:
1. We are a practical family, neither
sad nor sentimental, yet we never fall to
make everyone shed tears.
2. We are noted for our heads; If one
of our family fails to have one of good
shape he 'Is regarded as of little worth
3. We are great travelers; we wear a
green uniform und our flesh Is cool and
rrisp.
4. Our dress is pink, but later we
wear brown. i
6. We wear purple dresses above the
ground and while below.
6. Our leaves are crisp and curled, but
our heartB are creamy gold.
7. Sometimes large, sometimes small, a
gold heart with a rough exte rior.
8. 1 am snow white and when good tc
eat don a silken plume.
9. I have many little round companions
In our narrow green house.
10. I Mush red because my name Is a
term of reproach.
11. We are famed for our heads, but
they must be snow white.
12. Of shades of red and yellow; once
thought poisonous, now thought mellow,
13. Thick Is our stalk but tender our
crop.
14. Our family name Is of the past
tense, yet we are on every table of to
day.
15. Sturdy are we, yet not allowed to
live In the sunlight.
lit. Some of us are crooked all around.
others only In the neck.
17. We live In bright red houses and
have hot tempers.
THE KET.
1. Onion. 10. Beet.
Cabbage. 11. Cauliflower.
3. Cucumber. 12. Tomatoes.
Potato. 13. Asparagus.
B. Turnip. 14. Pean.
lettuce. 15. Celery.
7. Pumpkin. 16. Squash.
8. Corn. 17. Pepper.
9. I'eas.
The prizes were the most realistic
vegetables cabbage, corn and Irish
potatoes, which were candy boxes
filled with bon-bons In shape of corn
kernels, wee carrots, etc. The re
freshments consisted of delicious salad
In green pepper cases, cucumber sand
wiches, olives and salted nuts with
coffee.
MADAME MERItl.
Many three-quarter sleeves, built en
tirely of puffs, are seen In out-of-door
gowns.
Fl'ne clolhs in dull blue and rose
tints are in demand for dressy after
noon frocks.
Turbans are rising in height and
also showing the narrow effect at the
crown apex.
Narrow ostrich bands edge many of
the new wraps and add an extremely
smart touch.
Beaver is to have a great season in
millinery, if early Importations count
for anything.'
There are some uncertain predic
tions that the short waistline will
come in again.
The correct and suitable shoe for a
black satin tailor made is the black
suede or undressed kid.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
A Story of General Grant
How the Famous Soldier-President
Responded to a Distracted
Woman's Plea.
-
Mrs. Louisa Bogcs. an elshty-slx-
Nearly all of the finest automobile year-old resident of St. Louis, tells"
the following story of uen. u. b.
Urant, who wus her cousin and whose
memory she lovingly cherishes The
machines are driven by direct counec
ed electric motors.
A cast iron electro mugnet, If of
good qua'.lty, can bo wound to as to
carry 60 pounds for every square Inch
of Its cross section.
Weighing less than .50 pounds, an
electrically driven machine has been
Invented for scrubbing floors.
Plans are unur -y for placing all
trank telephone lines between Boa-
ton, New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington under ground.
The city cf Hamilton. O., proposes
to coTitr part of its uu.ln street with
a glass canopy and illuminate the In
terior with powerful eltciric lights.
Metal holders for tumblers by which
water may be heated to a desired de
gree by electricity, have been Invent
ed for the vu of (kr.LU and bar
Lerr ..
itory Is being passed around In Wash
lugtan. Julia Dent, the general's wife, was
a southern girl, you know. Her fam
ily lived just west of Jefferson Bar
racks, south of St. lxuts, and while
stationed there Lieuteuaut Grant met
and fell In love with her. Julia had
a girlhood friend whom I will call
Mlttte. They grew up together, warm
hearted and loving. Their tastes, ac
complishments and ambitions were
much alike. Both married soldiers.
Mlttie's husband cast his fortunes
with the south and rose to the rank
of general. When the southern cross
legan to go down before the far-
reaching sweep of trie northern
armies, Mlttle received the news that
her husband had been wounded. She
wus wild to go to him, but the cordon
was drawn tight around Dixieland; It
was hard to get through. Learning
that Mrs. Grant was at our house in
St. louts, the" wife of the southern
fohllcr hastened there to Implore her
girlhood friend to do what she could
to get her through.
The wife of a soldier herself, Mrs.
Grant understood to the depth of her
sympathetic soul the terrible anxiety
of ber friend, but even she was un
ablo to find the way. By rare good
fortune, however. General Grant came
to St. IxmU about that time. He
listened quietly while the distraught
young woman told of her message
from the south, she should reach her
husband's side at once, be the dan
ger what It may.
"You ran imagine what such a plea
Concentration.
Concentration is the secret o:
strength in politics, In war. In trade
In short. In all management of hu
man affairs. Emerson.
was as a srlnt, as replendent as an
angel. His eyes glistened as be sat
down at a table and picked up a pen.
He wrote her an order that would
carry her through the lines with as
great deference as would have been
shown the president. Not only that,
but he gave her a great roll of Con
federate money tho sort used In the
south.
"'Take this.' he said, briefly: ,'I
hope you'll find getting along
all right.' and then ho loft the room."
Even the Chair Groaned.
Young Rector (In evident embarrass
ment) My dear Miss Clara. I trying
to leae the chair I believe I have
formed an attachment and
Miss Clara (blushing furiously) Oh.
Arthur I mean. Mr. Greene-thls Is
so sudden! 1 must-
Young Rector (frantically) Beg
pardon. Miss Clara, but I was about to
say that I have formed an attachment
to this chair, due to the presence of
a bit of cobbler's wax placed here by
that unregecerate young brother ol
meant to a soldier like urant. To yours
him the woman In the hospital, on And even the chair groaned In sym
the field where the battle had been, patby
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ITTLE girl's pvty frock of
white batlstn with hand
run tucks and Valen
ciennes lace. Sash and hair
bow of light blue satin rJb-
mon. and slippers to match. Lingerie
coat of sheer white handkerchief linen
and fine English embroidery over a
slip of pink China silk. Hat of linen,
lace, blue ribbon and wee pink rose
buds completes costume small girl will
be proud of.
THE MANIA FOR STORING
Many Women Keep for Years Things
That Are of Absolutely No Use
Whateevr.
Why, oh. why, will women keep for
years Impossible things, that no one
will ever want and that do nothing
but accumulate dust and microbes, for
the sheer Joy of keeping them?
Old Magazines and newspapers, brie
a brae, deservedly obsolete "orna
ments," clothes and parte of clothes
they all He together In some obscure
storeroom or closet or box, with no
purpose In life except to make still
heavier the twice-yeafly bouseclean
Ing. One wonders sometimes If the own
ers are simply too stingy to give away
the glvable things and throw the reet
Into the dust heap. But no; they are
only the victims of that procrastination
that cannot bear to do the most neces
sary thing now and lets maters slide
for years and years Instead.
Storerooms were made to store pos
sessions for a eeason; closets to hold
clothing, boxes to contain the tempo
rary and the useful. By all means, If
you are one of these unfortunate slaves
to the "keeping" habit, get rid of the
trash you have been saving and start
life aagln with a clean record and a
lightened heart.
For you will find that your rellefa nd
freedom from cars will mean really
that to you.
Hints for Old Ladles.
For actual street wear some very
pretty bonnet forms are coming In, but
the preferred head covering continues
to be a close fitting toque or turban
of conservative height and trimming.
At the same time the darker Persian
silks and lawns are drawn upon for
many quaint shapes, over which the
figured material is draped, shirred or
molded. Hats of this sort and those
of dark shot tulle constitute the larger
part of the carriage and garden hata
which city milliners are sending to
the fashionable watering places. Usu
ally they are self-trimmed. Harper'i
Bazar.
There Is a noticeable tendency tc
get away from the kimono sleeves and
to substitute puffed sleeve