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Garland Vindication Unused
attorney General Prepared Statement
Defending Hit Connection With
Telephone Co., but Cleveland
Did Not Give It Out.
Tho greatest embarrassment and
the chief annoyaiico to which Mr.
Cleveland was compelled to submit
after ha becamo president in 1885
were duo to tho very vigorous and ap
parently plausible attempt to Involve
His attorney general, Augustus H.
Garland of Arkansas, In some kind of
pecuniary scandal In connection with
n attempt to organize an Independent
telephone company based upon de
vice! said to have buuu lavenled by
another than I'rof. Alexandor Graham
DelL
There was no man In the cabinet
for whose Integrity and ability Mr.
Cleveland had a higher regard. There
wero three men whom Cleveland took
from tho United States sennto to
ierv in his first cabinet Thomas P.
Bayard, as secretary of stato; L. Q.
0. Lamar as secretary of the Interior,
and Senator Garland, as attorney gen
eral. Like Senator Vest of Missouri,
Senator Garland had served in tho
Confederate upper houso beforo he
was elected to the. United States sen
nto. Mr. Cleveland was vory fond of
listening to certain of Mr. Garland's
recollections of tho dayB when ho was
a member of the Confederate sennto.
Ho did not know Mr. Garland socially
at tho time ho asked htm to enter his
cabinet, yet, within a few weeks after
they first met at tho cabinet tablo,
the president gave to his attorney
general as largo a measure of his con
fidence as ho ever gave to any man,
with perhaps one or two exceptions.
Then of a sudden was exploded tho
icandal so-called of tho telephone
company, Involving, apparently, tho
ittornoy general. Mr. Cleveland was
greatly distressed. His confidence In
t Benator Garland wa not shaken, buj
be felt as If there ought to bo a com
plete denial and one which could not
be questioned, since It waa essential
that his administration should begin
without b taint of nny scandal.
The matter was discussed at sev
eral cabinet meetings, Mr. Garland In
sisting that his connection with tho
company, such aa It was, was abso
lutely defensible, that there waa no
taint attached to It
Was Ordered
Robert J. Wynne's Little Experience
With Official Documents on the
i Day When t-)e Became Pott-
master General.
Mai Charles Do Lano Hlno of Vir
ginia, organization expert, a grnduato
of West Point, nn officer In ono of tho
regiments sorvlng In tho Spanish wnr,
and Inter prominently associated with
Vlco-Prosldent Julius Kruttschnltt of
tho Union Pacific Railroad uystom,
was called to Washington somo months
ago to work out a plan for tho reor
ganization of the various departments
upon a symmetrical and economic
basis. Major Hlno was assigned a
room In tho Whlto House and after a
thorough study of tho matter ho pro
pared bin report, which haa not yet
boon acted upon.
One of tho evils in tho departments
of Washington is tho custom of long
standing and far reaching practice
whjeh permits chiof clerks, or oven
subordinate clorks, to sign documents
or communications purporting to havo
been read and approved by superior
officers, oven onbinot members. It
waa Major Who's purpose completely
to eliminate this method and to per
fect aa organization which would
muko It possible, or, in fact, Inevitublo,
that every superior officer should
know tho contents of any paper re
quiring his approval and should sign
bis own namo to it
' When Robert J. Wynne of Pennsyl
vania was postmaster general. In
President Roosevelt's first administra
tion, ho hnd nn experience of which ho
was very forcibly reminded whon ho
hoard what Major Hlno's intentions
wero. For many yonra Mr. Wynne
wns q newspaper correspondent at
Washington. Ho know Washington
life, political and public, as thorough
ly ns It Is poaslblo for any mnn to
know IL He gnlned a very high renu
tntion for Integrity nnd for soundness
of Judgment Theso woro tho qualifi
cations which Justified bin appoint
ment as prlvato secrotary to Charles
Fostor, secretary of tho treasury In
Something Overlooked
Ho was a man traveling for a hand
fire extinguisher concern and so It
was natural that one of the gaoup talk
ing with him should ndvert to the flro
that destroyed j portion of tho Now
York state capltol.
"Yes, a bad fire," replied tho agent
"And the stub of a cigar did it"
"So I havo read."
"And when tho flames woro first dis
covered a quart of water would have
quenched them."
"Yes."
"llut there was no quart of water."
"No."
"Wasn't It singular that they didn't
havo extinguishers ou band?"
"Yea. In a way."
"How do you mean in n way?"
"Why, by providing $ 26,000 worth of
exttajrulshers somo ono could have
Hade $13,000 In graft, and wby this op
portunity was overlooked will always
remain a great mystery to me."
, Value of Good Maxims.
h Good maxims are germs of all good;
Hrrnly Impressed on the memory, they
' ouHib (be will. Joubert
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"But," said tho president, "there
should bo somo statement coming
from you which may put an end to
theso scandals. Will you prepare a
statement of that kind?"
"I shall bo very glad to do It," Mr.
Garland replied.
In somo way It leaked out that tho
attorney general wub lo prepare uuu
mnko' public n statement completely
vindicating himself. Tho days passed
and there appeared no statement from
Mr. Garland, Splendid sllenco was
maintained, and ninny persons won
dered If Mr. Garland was unablo to
mnko a reply. Tho scandal was a
mattor of public discussion for some
mouths, but at last it died out
"Now, I am able to tell you what
tho climax, or tho sequel, of that mat
ter was," Mr. George F. Parker, Mr.
Cleveland's intimato friend and bio
grapher, told mo recently. "After Mr.
Cleveland's first term was ended, ho
bad all of his documents and papers
sent to a houso ho had taken In Now
York. Tho 'rubbish,' no he cnllcd it,
Waa deposited In an unused upper
room. Thoro it lay for soveral years.
Then, as Mr. Cleveland was to movo
Into another houso, it seemed to him
best that this mass of documents
should bo sorted and most of thom
burned or sold for wnsto paper after
having been torn up. Wo shut our
VWMy
Put Friend on
Voorhees, When Member of tho Upper
House, Obtained Position for Ac
quaintance That Literally Made
Him Put on Harness.
Whon Danlol W. Voorhees, tho "Tall
Sycamoro of tho Wabash," entered tho
federal sennto In 1877 as tho successor
of Oliver P. Morton, tho great wnr gov
ernor of Indiana, ho wns probably tho
most wldoly known Democrat In Indi
ana, and certainly tho most popular
member of his party In dm! stAto.
Ho was especially familiar In Wash
ington, for ho bad already served 12
years as mombor of tho lower house
of congross. Ho was ono of tho con
spicuous figures In tho sennto from
tho day ho took his neat there until
to "Sign Thar'
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Harrison's administration, and later
as postmaster general.
"Towards tho closo of ofllco hours
of tho day after I qualified for and re
ceived my commission as postmaster
goncral," snld Mr. Wynno, "n clerk
camo Into my olllco with a mass of
documents about n foot thick. I should
think, nnd put them upon the desk
boforo me. I took up tho first paper,
ran my eyo over It, put it to ono aldo
nnd Bald I would look It ovor later
In the day, or somo tlmo tho next
day. Thon I took up tho second
document and did tho snino thlnK
with It
"At last It struck mo that hero was
an appalling maBB of documents each
ono of which I wna expected to exam
ine and then sign. I reallzod that It
would take mo prnctlcnlly nn entire
InmlncsB dny perhaps longer to do
that ono thing, and I also renllzcd
that thoro wna something wrong with
tho system thnt mado tliln necoHsary
"As I snt pondorlng tho mattor
over, wondering what I Rhould do
about It, tho clerk advanced to tho
desk, took a pen, dipped It Into tho
Ink. and thon, having unfolded tho
first document nnd bo arranged It thnt
the Inst pngo was boforo mo, he hand
ed mo the pen. at tho snmn Mnu nut
ting his finger upon n blnnlc space nt
the bottom or tho docuniont Then ho
looked nt mo stornly, as ono having
authority, and ejaculated:
"'Sign thnrl'
"Mechanically I digued 'thar," nnd
thon ho unfolded another document,
wont through tho snmo motions, looked
at mc nnaln with authority and said
once nioro:
'"Sign thnrl'
"I did bo; nnd In thnt automatic
mnnnor I, tho now postmaBtor general,
signed thar' my namo to thirty or
forty documents or tho contents of
wlch I had not tho slightest Idea.
"Later I was nblo to ImprovlBo a
method by which I hud nn abstract of
tho documents I waa exported to sign
placed boforo mo, so that I could got
somo Idea of what (ho documents con
tained." (Copyright, 1911, by K. J. Kdwntds. All
Wi.'liU Reserved.)
Birds as Pest
Farmers Convinced That Pheasants
Will Prove Valuable as Grass
hopper Exterminators.
Roland C. Voddard Is In Dolso, after
a trip through the southern part of
tho Btato, whero ho haB been placing
orders for hundreds of pheasants
nmong the farmers, who hnvo been
persuaded that tho birds will provo
vuluablo nr. grasshopper extermina
tors. "I hnvo placed these birds In Wyo
ming and Utah," Mr. Voddard saJd,
"and everywhere I havo been most
successful. Tho birds apparently hnvo
an unlimited capacity for grasshop
pers. Tho old-fashioned Idea of using
Paris greon nnd other poisons to rid
any country of tho peBts Is rapidly
giving away. Tho oxporlment hns beon
tried successfully In Utah and othor
western stntes. If turkoys aro al
lowed to fun In tho fields the benefits
aro gront, for tho big blrdB can live
for a long tlmo on diet of grnsshop-
jy TE. ftmtikn J
selves up In that room for nearly a
week, only leaving it to got our meals
and seek our beds. Mr. Cloveland
ruthlessly destroyed a lot of docu
ments that I was suro had historic
valuo, but ho thought not
"At last he discovered In a largo
envclopo some manuscript. Taking It
therefrom, ho told me that hero wna
the statement prepared by Attorney
General Garland In vindication of him
self In the scandal matter, and an
other statement on tho case which
Mr. Cleveland himself had prepared.
Ho looked curiously and retrospective
ly at theso manuscripts. Ho said that
ho had not liked tho statement Mr.
Garland had prepared, or rather tha
manner In which be had prepared It,
so bo himself took tho statement,
analyzed It, saw that It contained a
perfect vindication and thon spent tho
greater part of tho night writing out
n stntement of bis own. There were
18 foolscap pages of mnnuscrlpt In
theso statements.
" 'Tear them up,' said Mr. Clove
land, 'they were never published and
there is no reason for keeping them.'
" 'Hut,' snld I, 'they have very great
historic value.'
'"No; silence and public opinion
perfectly vindicated tho attorney gen
eral. It was tho wiser part not to
publish these statements. If they are
destroyed, that ends tho Incident'
"And with rcluctnnco I tore the
manuscript Into bits."
(Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edward. AH
Hlghta rteserved.)
His Feet Again
the last day of his third and last term.
Voorhees waB a man of massivo fig
uro, vory broad-Bhouldored, tho tallest
member of the senate, with u very
largo head sot firmly.
In tho sennto, Voorhees was care
ful not to Indulgo In humor of any
kind. Ho could bo sarcastic, but
never humorous; he nlwayB rosontod,
although not publicly, tho statement
that his full namo waa Danlol Webster
Voorhees, wheroaB his mlddlo namo
was Woolsoy. Howovor, In private
conversation with friends, and often
with bis Itopubllcan associates In tho
senate, ho frequently Indulged in hu
mor that had moro or less biting sar
casm In It
Of such humor was an tncldont
which occurred In the trensury de
partment Thoro lived In Indianapolis
at tho time Voorhees was United
Stntes dlatrlct attorney or Indiana. In
tho Buchanan administration, a lawyer
who was thought by many porsons to
givo promlso or a vory brilliant ca
reer. Ho wns a friend of Voorhees.
Voorhees used to say or him, howovor,
that ho was ono of tho men who
Btriko twelve tho first time nnd then
run down. Whon bo waa completely
on his uppers, as tho term Is, bo
Bought Voorhees, who was a man ol
very tender heart, saying:
"Dan, 1 wish you would got mo a
position In Washington. I am flat on
my back. I haven't a ponny In Iho
world, nnd no prospocta "
"Well," replied tho senator, "1 will
do what I can on ono condition, and
thnt 1b that you put yoursoir Into hnr-
nosB at Inst Tho troublo with you hag
been that yon wore nvnr willing lo
put on tho harness. Evory man who
Bets along In the world has to do that
I mean, put yourself under discipline.
Quit being happy-go-lucky. Put an end
to your philosophy of lotting tho mor
row tnko enro of Itself."
Tho friend did not tnko this ndvlco
In bad part, but promised to put on
harness, nnd Senator Voorhees got
him n placo In the treasury depart
ment that cnrrlod a Fnlary of $1,400 a
year.
Somo months after tho friend, wont
to work VoorhocB visited tho dopnrt.
raent upon some business ono dny,
and whllo wnndorlng through tho low.
or corridor ho saw n mnn drawing a
Uttlo truck, upon which wero loaded
canvass bags, ovldotrtly containing
specie. To aid tho employe In this
work, a eorics of Btraps that went
over tho nock like a horse's collar
nnd that Imd traces encircled the
shouldors nnd body or tho man. Aa
Voorhees pnsscd by and glanced, casu
ally nt tho human beast of burden, bo
discovered that tho man wns none
other than tho trlond lor whom ho
hnd got an nppolntmont In tho treas
ury department and. Voorhees
slopped a moment nnd, nrter greeting
his friend, snld:
"Well, I goo that you hnvo oboyed
tho letter of my Injunction you have
actually put on tho hnrnosB. Now, If
you will harness your mind equally
well, you can get bnck on your feet"
"l nm going to," snld the triond.
And ho did.
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
"Bin ueerved.)
Destroyers
pers. Tho amount or tho posts which
tho pheasant will consurao will bo
nearly twice as much.
"The Idea or plaolng pheasants on
rarmlng tracts tor the purposo or do
ing away with tho graashopporB was
startod years ago In Kansas, when
farmors of thnt state ran out of pnrls
greon nnd had to find somo now
Bchemo of ridding their country of
grasshoppers."
8ome Landmark, Delleve Us.
"Iowa, I understand," said the pas
seugor with tho translucent board
"hna a generally levol surfnee. with
no distinguishing features In Its land
scape." "From which lf"lufer," tho pasongor
with tho skull cap observed, "that you
novor havo heard or the Orand Kenyon
of the Dcs Moines,"
And when lovo speaks, tho vole
or all tho gods makes heaven drowsy
with tho harmony. Shakespeare.
NAME TAG FOR AN UMBRELLA
New York Man Endeavors to Help Es
tablish Ownership of This Elusive
Piece of Property.
Nobody has satisfactorily explained
why an umbrella should bo generally
regarded as "findings keepings," aa
tho chlldron say. A Now York man
has endeavored to help establish tho
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An Umbrella Name Tag.
ownership of this elusive piece or
property by designing n namo tag
which can bo adjusted Just below the
handle and which can bear, In addi
tion to tho owner's namo, his address
or anything else he cares to Inscribe
A small cylinder that fits around the
rod holds tho namo slip, which has a
spring attachment so thnt after It is
pulled out It rolls up quickly when re
leased, like a tapo measure. As tho
cylinder la Just at tho point where tho
catch that opens tho umbrella Is lo
cated, it .is bound to bo seen and thoro
is no excuso for any other person tak
ing the rain protector under the Im
pression thnt It is his own.
SMALL VACUUM ICE MACHINE
Water Can Be Frozen In V2 Minutes
Good for Hardening Butter
and Cooling Wines.
A Uttlo hand-worked Ice machine,
embodying tho vacuum process of ice
making, is now being placed on tho
market Brlofly, the machine consists
of a tested-glass sulphuric acid con
tainer In connection wtth an air pump,
and a tubo for Insertion Into the mouth
of a decanter or other vessel, says the
Popular Mechanics. Tho air pump 1b
connected with a goared flywheel,
hand-driven. The acid container Is
fitted with an enameled iron cover,
Making Ico In V2 Minutes.
and the decanter 1b plnced on a rock
ing holder.
About four turns of the handle or
tho air pump Is sufficient to give a
suction thnt will lift tho water bot
tle. A chargo of 1V4 gallons of sul
phuric acid will provldo for about 100
operations. Ice Is formed in a half
filled docanter In 1 minutes after
the handle Is set in motion.
Asido from making ico, tho machine
can bo used Tor tho making or ico
cream, for hardening butter, cooling
wines, etc.
BIG TELESCOPE AT HARVARD
Floats In Tank of Water Instead of
Being Mounted on Solid Pier
Largest In World.
A telescopo that floats In a tank or
water Infitecd of being mounted on n
solid pier has Just been installed at
the Hurvurd observatory. Tho In
strument 1b of tho reflecting typo and
l tho largest of Its kind In tho world,
tho object mirror being Hvo feet
ncross.
Tho Instrument proper Is mounted
on a water-tight cylindrical steel float,
which is buoyed up by water in a con
crete tank only slightly larger than
tho cylinder and shaped to fit it Tho
cylinder Is Inclined and serves ns tho
polar axis of tho telescope.
It does not float fsroly In tho tank,
but hns a dcllcato pivot nt each end
to hold nnd guldo It Tho water, how
ever, bears all tho weight, so that
none or It rests on tho pivots. AH
movements of the telescopes are regu
lated by electric motors. Tho great
glass mirror 1b bo nrranged that It
can easily be removed nnd resllvorod
whenever It grows dim, although Its
weight Is about two tons.
Tho whole Instrument Is mounted
In tho open air, but tho Imngo Is re
flected In nn eye piece In nn adjoining
building, whero tho observer sits. Tho
tolescopo 1b expected to reveal stars
ot tho seventeenth nnd eighteenth
magnitude possibly tvon rnlntor ones
nnd work may thus bo done with It
that would bo Impossible with any
other Instrument
Beans for Making Rubber.
It has taken tho Germans to use
beans for making rubber. Tho proc
ess haa Just been patented. It con
sists in extracting a thick oil from tho
soya bean, treating this with nitric
acid, and then hoatlng tho material to
a given temperature, whereupon it be
comes viscid and tough liko crude
rubber It can then be vulcanized by
tho addition ot sulphur tho same as
vegetable rubber, and used for the
same purposes.
TALK ON PERPETUAL MOTION
Inventor Describes 8cheme and Asko
for Critical Opinions on Its
Practicability.
It Is easy to say that perpetual mo
tion Is Impossible, but not always bo
easy to tell why. A correspondent oi
Power describes a scheme of his own
devising and nsks for critical opinions
upon it, telling why It "wlll.not work."
Ho says:
In tho sketch shown two grooved
pulleys are attached to tho standard
nnd carry tho rubber tubo, at equal
points on which aro attached cylinders
which contain heavy plungers; theso
plungers slide In and out ot the cylin
ders ns they pass tho top and bottom
centers, the plungers bolng heavy
enough to slldo out by their own
weight at tho bottom against tho pres
sure of tho wntor.
Tho connections from the tubo tc
tho cylinders allow the air to pass
freely from ono of tho cylinders to
tho othor when tho plungers are slid
ing into one and out of the othor.
Tho air In the tubo Is supposed to bs
nt atmospheric pressure at all times,
and tho tube to bo stiff enough to
withstand tho water pressuro without
collapsing.
As shown In tho sketch, the three
cylinders on tho left-hand sldo which
are going up ore open, while the three
on tho opposite sldo which aro going
down nre closed. Tho other two aro
passing the centers, and as all of the
cylinders aro of tho some weight, It
will bo seen that as thoro aro always
an equal number on each sldo the
weight is practically balanced at all
times, and during n portion of tho
tlmo there will bo four on one sldo
open, nnd n like number on tho othor
sldo closed; tho plunger of tho cylin
der that Is passing the top center will
close nbout when it hns reached the
Perpetual Motion Perhaps.
point shown by the dotted line A, nnd
tho ono passing tho bottom center
will open when It has reached tho
point as shown by line D.
Now supposing that each of tho
cylinders when closed has a displace
ment of five pounds of water, nnd
when opon has a displacement or nine
pounds, this will mnko a total dla
placement ot the threo going down
equal to 15 pounds, whllo tho total
displacement or tho threo going up on
tho opposlto sldo will bo 27 pounds.
As tho two which nre passing the cen
ters nre practically balanced, thoro
will bo n buoyancy equivalent to 12
pounds In favor of tho ones which aro
open and going up; this should keep'
things moving, and tho question is will
It do so, and If not, why not?
Parachute for Airship.
An airship containing a dummy
figure was recently lnunched from tho
top or tho ElfTol tower for the purposo
of making a test of a safety dovlco
ror aeronauts, In tho shapo or a fold
lng parachute. When there Is no Im
mediate demand for its services it oc
cupies a place to tho rear of tho avia
tor, nd as soon as tho machlno starts
on a plungo to tho earth, tho para
chute Is oponcd and tho aviator la
lifted from his Boat and gently car
rlod to tho earth, while his machlno
Is allowed to take Its own course, and
generally, being relloved of tho
weight ot the operator, It makes Its
descent saroly also. Tho test rererred
to wns entirely successful.
Substitute for Radium.
A cheap substltuto ror radium, said
to bo Just as good ror medical pur,
poses, hns been discovered. It 13
called mcBOthorlum nnd la mndo from
thorium, a heavy metallic Iron-gray
powder extracted from thorite, n min
eral found principally In Norway.
NOTES OF
SCIENCE
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INVENTION
Man's kinship with tho npo has been
proved by tho blood test.
Gout nnd rheumatism are said to
yield to radium treatment
A man generally reaches his heav
iest weight at forty years.
Nino millions per year are spent
on tho maintenance of roads In Eng
land. In six out of tho laBt 19 years tho
deaths In Franco havo exceeded the
births.
Tho children of Jnpan nre taught
to mnko use ot both hands Indiscrim
inately. A Wench economist writes to a
Paris Journal that America has no
renl monoy.
Ot nil tho publications In tho world,
GS out of 100 aro printed In tho Eng
lish langungo.
The value of phonograph rocordx
sent abroad during 1910 was $2,700?
959, more than doublo that of the
previous year.
The working beo Uvea six months,
the drone four months and the queen
beo tour years.
Tho Islands of tho world have a to
tal length ot moro than seventcea
tlmos tho circumference of the earth
at tho equator.
For the
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A Porch Party Entertainment.
Every girl loves a pretty blouse,
and I want to tell you or six good
chums who meet onco in two weeks
and bring their needlework, which by
common consent la to bo a lingorle
blouse all to bo mado by hand. Each
ono Is pledged to watch for now Ideas.
Light refreshments are served, and
occasionally the hostess has somo
amusement not to Inst over20 min
utes or half an hour. At a recent
meeting they had this "Romanco of a
Shirtwaist" Years ago I put It In
tho department, but It will bo now
now to many, nnd I hope will answer
tho request for contests suitable for
porch parties and afternoon affairs
"Just for girls:"
Romanco of a Shirtwaist Her
lover has persuaded her to be his, and
they were about to slip Into the matri
monial . One day ho reproached
her for her coldness to him, and she
roplled, "I cannot wear my heart on
my always," and while her gol
den head rested on his manly he
forgavo hor, and presented her with
a pretty for her dainty . Llfo
Is not always what It , for aUer
ho became a golfer her waa on tho
most of tho time, and she began
to fear that she could never win him
to his former devotion. Indeed,
she often felt she would llko to
him, but she decided to him In
stead, so sho put on a bold and
told him sho would break the .
He began to nnd haw, and in
vited hor to go to a concert
Then she knew that Bho could
him. Although there 1b much red
about such mattor, ono Is apt to get
the cold Instead of two loving
arms about one's . They went to
the concert and came to tho conclu
sion that tholr promises were still
. Each had been on tho , but
now they aro married and are
for life, whllo tho playB on.
Key Yoke, sleeve, bosom, belt
waist, seema (seams), links, bnck,
cuff, collar, front, tio, hem, band, but
tonhole, tape, shoulder, neck, binding,
wrong side, bound, band.
Iced drinks, sherbets and other fro
zen things aro much in favor, served
'with a variety of small cakes, wafers
and crackers, or biscuit, as wo aro be
ginning to call them, same as they do
In England.
A Progressive Needle Party.
This affair was the amusement ot
tered by a hostess at a linen shower
'given ror a recent brido: Thoro were
twelve guests and rour tables. At each
tablo there was a bowl containing fifty
needles of all sizes, and thrend; the
game was to seo which couple could
.thread the most needles In three mln-
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TUNIC suits socm to be the most
populnr for little boys' Ilr6t
manly garb. Tho ono at the left
Is vory plain nnd can bo made of navy
blue serge, cloth or wash material.
The Uttlo trousers nro ornamented at
tho bottom with buttons, and larger
ones fasten the tunic nt tho right sldo.
Tho belt Is worn low nnd the collar is
of whlto linen finished with a frill of
tho same.
The other suit, at the right, Is mado
on tho snmo lines, but is rather moro
dressy and can be made ot cream
cashmere or even of bengallno silk for
weddings, parties, etc. It Is trimmed
SOME POINTS AS TO CURTAINS
Economical Methods of Producing Ar
tistic Effects How Life May
Bo Prolonged.
Take old not curtains (fishnet will
do) and dip thom In a tubful of soapy
water, thon In n tub containing a so
lution of ten cents' worth of copperas.
Repeat and hang up to dry. Tho re
sult will bo a beautiful deep burnt
orango color, which gives a sunset
effect In tho darkest room.
Cut out tho floral and basket de
signs from madras muBlIn and tack
thom on to a material to harmonize
with your curtains oven unbleached
calico. Work them ovor with floss silk
and apply them as borders to the cur
tains. Bits of silk or satin might be
tacked on to the madras petals In
stead and buttonholed around the
edges. The baaketa might bavo a lat
ticework ac4 handles of fine straw or
raffia.
Make your curtains with hems of
equal width at top and bottom. After
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utes, the contest beginning nnd end
ing with the tap of a bell. The two
having the largest scoro progressed
to the next table, each player having
a dainty pincushion In which pins
wero stuck to mark tho progressions.
Theso pins had colored heads. A
daintily equipped cowing bag was tha
head prizo and a Uttlo work basket of
odd design was the second; embroid
ery nrlKKorn In a cb mndo an ac
ceptable consolntlon prize. Every
one hnd tho Jollloat kind of a tlmo
and it wag a most easy party to pre
pare. A Unique Gingham Apron Shower.
A girl who had lived in her home
town all of her life and consequently
had .many friends, was tho recipient
of this acceptable and enjoyable
shower. Tho girls (six In number)
were nsked to bring a gingham apron.
They consulted, so thoro would be no
two alike. Of, the material each girt
mado a nocktlo which was plaood In.
an envelope Tho aprontf wco all
finished except tho hems, which fur
nished needle work for an hour. At
six o'clock a man for each girl ap
peared, the envelopes wero passed,
and the mon found their supper part
aers by matching the neckties with
tho aprons, each girl putting on ono
and the boys wearing tho tie that
matched. At the closo ot the repast
the aprons wero all tied about the Ut
tlo bride-elect It was a merry tlmo
and twice as nice because tho poor,
neglected bridegroom and ushers were
lncludod In tho fun.
MADAME MBRIU.
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Lace, combined with net, Is much
used.
Everywhere we see a bit of black
satin.
Feathers ore slowly coming back
to the coiffure.
"Natural" linens are in greater de
mand than colors.
Still veiled are the various parts
of milady's costume.
Many little evening froeks ar
trimmed with cords of precious stones
or bends to imitate them. Coral on
black and whlto striped moussellno is
stunning.
Patent leather belts In black, blue,
red or white are to bo a stylish finish
for linen frocks.
Many of the Eton Jackets have large
rovers. They are either the supple,
folded satin shapes or the straight flat
ones. They can bo of contrasting col
or, embroidered and beaded.
around tho neck, down one side of
the tunic and on tho sleeves and bolt
with embroidery or braiding, as mar
bo preferred.
Tho pretty dress on tho Uttlo girl
in the mlddlo of tho group Is of pnlo
blue and whlto striped cotton voile.
Tho skirt Is plaited all round; the
blouse is also plaited and ornamented
with black satin buttons nnd loops.
The collar and sufta are of white
lawn trimmed with palo bluo feather
stitching and edged with lace. The
Uttlo cravat Is of black satin, tho ends
finished with balls of tho same, and
tho belt Is of patent leather.
washing them, hang them upsido
down, slipping the rod through what
was beforo the bottom hem. This
equalizos wear and tear and prolongs
tholr life. De caroful not to mnko
such curtains of a materlnl whoso fig
ures are not rovorslblo In position.
That Trouser Skirt.
Wo have until now omitted any men
tion of tho divided or harem skirt, be
cause this fastidious innovation
sceraod so altogether impossible. Dut,
because of the notoriety which It has
had through tho riots aroused by Its
appearanco In Paris and olsowhero, it
seems best to describe It It is a
scant skirt which, at about the knees,
divides to form full trousers such as
aro worn by tho Turkjsh women. So
far only professional modols, em
ployed by tho dressmakers who aro
trying to lntroduoo this absurb fashion,
bavo been Been wearing the trouBor
skirt, or Jupe-culotte, as it is called In
France. That it will be adopted by
women ot good taste and refinement
seems quite impossible. Harper's
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