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F" TA COUNTY HERALD. t Historical Societ Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is New. VOL. 23. DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1914. NO. 17: 7,500 FRENCH TAKEN ZEPPELIN KILLS 90 DEAL COST $12,000,000 FILE WATER POWER REPORT ' Caps for the Antoist in Winter DAI ROMSWNINGREASE h i FIVE PER CENT ADVANCE GRANT ED EXCEPT ON SOME COMMODITIES. AMOUNTS TO $30,000,000 Consequences of the War Held by Commerce Commission to Give Ground for Raising Income of Lines Between Atlantic and Mississippi. Washington, Dec. 21. Increases in freight rates approximating five per cr-nt en 123 railroads, comprising all the lines between the Atlantic sea board and the Mississippi, north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, wero grant ' d by the interstate commerce commls ti'ii in a divided opinion, excepting on certain heavy commodities, which comprise a largo hulk of the truffle. 1 lie increases will further apply to the r.illroads west of Buffalo and Pitts li r?h, which were granted partial ad 'ami!, 'ii the decision of last August, v hit h denied them altogether to tho I'd- cast of those points It is estimated tho advanced rates ill iru'ease the annual income of tho ri,ad. about $30,000,000. "It commission made its decision ; c flip showing of the railroads that i 'dltio.i to conditions from which i' ' i,reiously asked relief they now . t i Jiifronted with an emergency be- vi - cf the war in Europe. V or further consideration the com t ft .on poimlts advances to be mado i r on cement, starch, brick, tile, iO and plaster. On these commodi i. " "" advances were permitted by '.i f'tcifclun of August 1. The commission War. divided on tho QUfttion of granting tho railroads' ap rial Commissioners Clements and rlar. dl-sented. from the oplplon of the majority The decision, in part, "waf as follows: "In vlow of tho tendency toward a diminishing net operating income, as fchown by the facts described, wo are of the opinion that the net operating income of tho railroads in offlcial classification territory, taken as a whole, is smaller than Is demanded In the interests of the general public and the railroads, and it is our duty and cur purpose to aid so far as we legally may. In the solution of tho problem as to the course that the carriers may purbue to meet the situation." The commission did not acquiesce in the carriers' proposal of a general increase, as indicated In tho tariff filed by them, but suggested various methods by which they might properly conserve their revenues. "For various reasons we shall except from tho proposed increase tho fol lowing rates: ' "1. Rail-lakc-and-rail. lake-and-rnll and rall-and-lake rates. It is shown on the record that since the rail carriers ac quired ownership and control of the lako lines successive Increases have been made in tho rates via lako tend ing to 'essen the differences between them and tho all-rail rates. "2 Rates on bituminous coal and coke. Not long since these rates were investigated and maximum rates were prescribed by tho commission The key rates upon bituminous coal the rate from the Pittsburgh district to Youngstown. and the rate on lako car go coal to Ashtabula, have been fixed In the light of the various factors which entered into the transportation of such coal. The prevailing rates are remunerative, and the financial condition of tho principal bituminous coal carriers Is in marked contrast with that of many other carriers in official classification territory. "3. Rates on nnthraclto coal and Iron ore, largely because they aro be fore us In review In other proceedings 4 Hates held by unexpired orders of the commission." NAME NEW SULTAN IN EGYPT Great Britain Appoints Prince Mussel.) Kemal to the Po3t With New Title. London, Dec. 21. It is officially an nounced that Prlnco Hussein Kemal lias been appointed to succeed the khedlve of Egypt, Abbas Hllml. Prince Hussein Kemal will take tho titlo of RUltan The new sultan is an uncle of Abbas I III mi and Is a son of Ismael Pasha, who was khedlve from 1805 to 1879 Factories Are to Resume. Peoria, 111.. Doc. 22.-rProsent Indi cations are that the local factories which have been closed for several . j- weeks will open in full swing on Janu I t nry 1 The Avery company, employ ing upwards of twelve hundred men nd which has been running with only n part of tho full quota, will reopen their foundry and other departments. The Acme Harvester company is pro larlng to reopen aftor'the first of the eir They employ approximately i.ROO men. With few exceptions local men will fill tho positions thus thrown pen Airmen In Daring Raids. London Dec. "22. Daring raids by Fiench aviators Into Alsace nnd Lor raine are demonstrating that the con fide, ico as to tho efficiency of the al lies aerial forces has not been mis placed A dlpatch racelvcd from Berlin says that aeroplanes flying ovor Saar t jrg, a Lorraine town, bombarded tho jiace wltji bombs, Killing two German roldlTR and causing heavy damage The same aviators, b.is the Berlin dis patch dropped bomh3 upon tho Rie , diner ailroad station. BERLIN SAYS GERMANS WON IN THE ARGONNE. Allies Say Teutons Are Being Forced Back All Along Finn , ders Front. London, Dec. 21. A Times corre spondent in northern Fiance snyt).' "The allies have advanced. Tfir troops nro reported to have passed Mlddelkerko and to have broken through the Germnn lino just below Dixmude." Berlin (by wirelesB), Dec. 21. Tho following official statement wns re ceived by wireless from Berlin: "The righting at Nleuport continues favorable, hut no decision )ct has been leafched. The French attacks between La Bassee and Arras and on both sldea of tho Itlvur Somuio have rosultcd in failure, with fiovcro losses to tho enemy. On tho Sommo tho French lost 1,200 men In prisoners and at least 1,800 In dead; our own losses wero under 200. "In tho Argonne forest our success ful attack resulted in tho capture o! somo 7,1100 prisoners in addition to war material. There have been no important developments elsewhere on tho western front." London, Dec. 21. The allies' ad vance in Belgium is fast gaining mo mentum. Tho Germans are being forced back all along tho Flanders front with great losses in killed, wounded, prisoners and war mate rial, according to teports reaching hero. NARROW ESCAPE FOR NURSE In Desperate Struggle With Insane Patient Three Stories Above Ground In Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pa., Doc. 31. Swaying In tho nlr three stories abovo the ground in her struggle to prevent a demented patient from throwing him self to tho ground below, Miss Hazel Smith, a nurse at St. John's hospital, managed to save her life only b grasping the rail of a fire escape and clinging there as GuBtavo Rhodes plunged over. Rhodes died of his In juries five hours later. Tho nurse waa seized by tho man during her efforts to prevent his gettiug on the fire es cape, bat was not fitrong enough to control tho raving patient. Rhodes was admitted to tho hospital last Wednesday for treatment for alcohol. Ism. WRECK CLAIMS TWO LIVES Fifteen Persons Are Seriously Injured in Railroad Accident Near Cartersville, Ga. Cartersvllle, Ga., Dec. 21. Two wero killed, 15 seriously and about forty more or less injured when train No. 93, on tho Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway, south bound, wns wrecked near here, Tho dead: Engineer Gus Manning Atlanta. Fireman F. W. Bell, Atlanta. Tho baggageman and express mess enger wero badly Injured, Thp engine and Ilvo cars rolled over and down a 73-foot' embankment, leaving two Pullmans on tfio track. Fifteen of the injured wero brought to a hospital at Cartersville. 3 BRITISH SHIPS BLOWN UP Mine Sweep.er and Two Other Vessels Destroycd-Near Scene of German Raid. London, Dec. 21. Lloyd's agent at Scarborough sends word that a mine sweeper which, with Beveral others, was engaged in sweeping for mines $$-c miles southeast of Scarborough, was blown up. Ono man was rescued, but the rest of tho crew are missing. It Is reported that two other ves sels have been blown up in tho region visited by the German squadron, which raided the eastern coast. WOMAN NAMED AS JUDGE Governor Major Sets Precedent in Court In Clay County, Mo. Ap pointee Succeeds Father. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 21. A woman was appointed probate judge by Gov. Elliott W. Major, an act with out precedent In the memory of state officials. She is Mlso Frances Hopkins and will preside over the Clay county probate court, succeeding her father, Judge Lowis G. Hopkins, who died. Upholds Raid on Britain. New York, Dec. 19. That Hartle pool. Sciuboiough and Whitby, tho three English towns bombarded by Gorman warships nro defended places J and that tho Germans therefore wore ! juttllW In spoiling them, is tho sub- btanco of a statement given out hero , by Captain Franz von Papen, military attache of tho German embassy. Storms Causa Damage. Los Angeles, Cal., Dee. 19, Heavy damage along tho coast Is reported as the result of winds nnd rainstorms which havo been raging for tho last 24 hours Damago from high tides total $50,000 at Long Beach alone. Four Firemen Injured. Sandusky, O., Dec. 19. Pour flromen wore Injured by falling timbers In a $100,000 flro In tho business district here. Tho injured: Captain McLaugh lin. Captain Curtis, Fireman Charles Gcorgen, Engtnemcn DIskam. GERMANS MAKE RAID ON WAR SAWMANY PERSONS SLAIN BY SHELLS. BATTLE FOR CAPITAL IS ON Kaiser's Forces Within Fifteen Miles of City Russians Annihilate Two Detachments Who Pursued Them Over a Burning Bridge. London, Dee. 22.-A Central Nows dispatch from Homo on Sunday states that, according to a report from Wur saw, that city was bombarded by a Zeppelin. Kighlecn bombs wore dropped, demolishing two houses and killing 90 persons, Including a number of women nnd children. Later six bombs also wero dropped from a Gor man aeroplane, hut Hninll damago was done in this supplementary bombard ment. A heavy mist was hanging over tho city when the Zeppelin approached. Owing to tho hazy atmosphoro the presence of tho giant airship was not detected until It was about a mllo from tho ctty. of the railway station. A minute after the Zcppolln was sighted no less than forty high-angle guns mounted on housetops and at street corners wero raining a fusil lade of shells about tho flyer, but the raider seemed to bear a charmed life. It swooped across the city, letting go highly explosive projectiles as It passed on an unswerving course After completing a circuit above the city tho airship turned leisurely In the direction of tho German lines and, np parently unhindered by tho terrific fire Of tho Russian guns, disappeared In the mist. Field Marshal von Hhidenburg's army, which is advancing on Warsaw over a wide front between tho Vistula and the Pilica rivers and which on Friday occupied Lowlcz, reached tho new Russian positions along the Bzura river and southward to Rawa and an other big battle Is In pVogress. The Russians retreated across the Bzura river, destroying the bridges be hind them. Two German detachments, which followed over a partly burned bridge, were attacked and are said to havo been annihilated, fifty survivors being taken prisoners. This is only tho beginning of tho great battle for Warsaw, from which tho Germans aro now only 30 miles or less. Stern re sistance Is expected from the Russians who hnve been heavily re-enforced. Tho Russians are continuing their op erations against East Prussia. A.i Austrian sortlo in foico from Prze mysl failed and ninny prisoners and guns were taken. FORMER RAIL HEAD IS DEAD Eugene Zimmerman, Former Head of C, H. & D. Ry., Expires Suddenly at Club In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Dec, 22. Eugeno Zim merman, former president of the Cin cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad and millionaire of this city, died sud denly at Ills club here on Sunday from hemorrhage ot tho lungs. The death of Mr. Zimmerman was unexpected, although his health had not been of the best for the last few weeks. When he wub seized by the fatal attack ho was engaged In study ing records of the Cincinnati, Hamil ton & Dayton railroad, preparatory, it is believed, to testifying before Com missioner Hall of tho interstate com merce commission, who Ib conducting an investigation of the sale of that road and tho Pero Marquette to J. P. Morgan & Co, His only child, Helena, married the duko of Manchester in 1900, after which Mr. Zimmerman spent much of his time in Europe and Now York. Eugene Zimmerman was born in Vlcksburg, Miss., December 17, 1815. Ko was educated at Farmers' college, College IIlll, O., and at Gambrler, O., but left school at tho outbreak of tin Civil war and entered tho United States navy. III? roooul was a notable ono. The most moniorablo opisode In his career, however, was his connec tion with tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. As n director lie was active In the reorganization' of tho system, wns olected vice-president in 1892 and becamo president in 1904, BRITISH DREADNAUGHTSUNK? Chlcagoan, Back From Europe, Says British Warship Thunderer Was Destroyed by a Mine. Now York, Dec 22, A report that tho British dreadnaught Thunderer wns sunk In the North sea on Novem ber 7 by a mine or a torpedo was brought hero on Sunday by George Rottwoilor of Chicago, a passongor on the steamship St Louis from Liver pool German Steamer Is 3unk, London, Dec. 22. An admiralty statement says tho cruiser Askol. porta that whllo reconnolterlng tho coast of Syria slio captured the Ger man steamer Haifa. Near Beirut tho Askold sank a Turkish steamer. British Ship Is Exonerated. Washington, Dec. 22. Colonel Goe thais says tho British collier which was thought to have violated tho neu trality of Panama Cannl Zone waters by sending a wlreleps message, actual ly had no wireless equipment. J. P. MORGAN & CO. LOST IN ROAD TRANSACTION. New York Broker Testifies Before Interstate Commerce Commission Regarding C, H, t D. Purchase. Washington, Dec, 2.1. Financial af fairs of the Cincinnati, Hamilton H. Dayton railroad, now In tho hands of n receiver for tho second tlmo sinco 1905, wero related at length before Commissioner llnll of tho" Interstate commerce commission by Frederick Stevens, formerly an official of thnt lino and tho Poro Marquette, whoso affairs nro Interwoven with thoso of the former system. -Mr. Slovens appoared us an asso ciate of J. P. Morgan & Co. The bur don of his testimony was a statement that when tho lnt .1. P. Morgan I bought tho controlling interest of tho J Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dnyton for tile isrio In 1905, he had no knowledge of tho financial results of tho preced ing year to the rpftd. During that year, Mr. Stovons snltl, under the ad ministration of Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, n syndicate controlled tho road and contracted dobts of nearly $25,000,000. The net result to Mr. Morgan in tho entire transaction, the witness do clared, wns nn expenditure of more than $12,000,000, Tor which tho linn now had to show 110,000 shares of tho Pero Marquette, "of doubtful, If any, value and a loss of $G2,t2l on a por tion of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day ton bond Issue purchased In 190G, V&VltWWrtWlWWlVWA I IMPORTANT NEWS I ITEMS JrtWWHMMttWMvWtMViHMVi Paris, Dec. 21. Lieutenant Grugere and Major Destouche, military avia tors, met deatli during a flight from Issy, a suburb of Paris. As they wero flying ovor tho neighboring town of Vaugirard, their biplane was caught by a gust of wind. It became unmanageable and dashed downward, crashing Into a cattle shed. The aeroplane caught lire and tho two aviators wore incinerated. Washington, Dec. 21. No official confirmation wnH obtained hero of the repou from MnnHa thnt two com panies of Philippine sconts on Corregl dor Island havo been disarmed while American soldiers havo been supplied with full ammunition because of a re port of a plot to free prisoners and start an uprising. Washington, Dec. 21. After elimi nating tho $2,000,000 item for an agri cultural cenrus In 1915, tho house on Friday passed tho legislative appro atlon bill carrying approximately $30, 500.000. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 21. American made heavy artillery will be tried out by the Russian aimy In Poland next month. The Russian steamship Nov gorod, now on tho ocean bound to Vladivostok, Is carrying 1C5 carloads ot war supplies, mostly siege, guns and projectiles. The guns, made in Penn sylvania, weighed 105 tons each. Oili er trainloads of American big guns nnd shells which will arrive at Van couver December 31 will he londed on the Russian liner Tambov. The Rus sians now aro using French slego guns. KING GEORGE'S CLOSE CALL Germans Fired Two Torpedoes at His Ship on JouVney Across the Channel, London, Dec. 21. Although tho facts havo not become public, it 13 known In certain official circles that King George narrowly escaped disaster from a German torpedo on his Journey acro&s tho English channel to tho front recently. The trip was mado at night so as to minimize the risk of attacks from Ger man submarines, but in spite of all precautions an attack was made. - Two torpedoes woro fliod by the German cruft, believed here to have beon tho famous U 9, which sunk tho British cruisers Abouklr, Crcssy and Hoguo. j Owing to the heavy seas, however, nnd the harassing luetics ot the de stroyers, the aim of tho Germans was bud, nnd tho submarine disappoarer. without accomplishing Its mission. GERMAN SHIP IS CAPTURED Dutch Monitor Halts Teuton Vessel Aecuccd of Attempting to Violate Nation's Neutrality. Amsterdam, Dec 21. Official an nouncement was mado hero that n Dutch monitor captured a C,000ton German steamer that was trying to violato the neutrality of Hollands waters by sailing from Antwerp. The vossel put out with all her lights ex tingulshod. Sho was halted by allots fired acioBs her bow by the monitor and brought buck to Holland. Accident Costs Bank $100,000. New York. Dec. 21. Tho Emigrant Industrial Havings bank wub ordered by a jury in tho supremo court to pay $100,000 dnmagos for tho death of Justice Henry BiBchofr, who was killed by falling Into nn elevator shaft. Czar Returns to Capital. Petrograd, Dec. 21. Emperor Nlcho las returned from Transcaucasia and Immediately called a meeting of the imperial coumll at Tsarko-Selo pal nco. Tho BosBion wns attended by Mlnlstnr of War Soukhomllnoff Commission Created By Last Leglsla- ture Advise Conservation of State's Resources. Tho water power commission cre ated by tho last legislature to look Into the proposition of conservation of state water, has mado this report to tho governor: "That the constitu tion of the state bo amended so that natural Btreams of tho state may bo used by tho people for tho develop ment ot power for tho use of tho state nnd the people. That tho con stitution should bo changed so as to give tlio state monopoly of tho func tions of geuorntlng and selling hydro electric energy, and tho right to Is sue bonds for that purpose Thnt cities be given tho right to generate power for the industries therein with out tho consent ot Ule owner and to acquire power that belongs to prlvnto individuals." There are forty ono rec nnumuulntlons In all, covering the right of the state or villages or cttlca to acquire water rights and to carry on a power business nnd vote bonds for tho snnie. The Btate board of control has filed an estimate with tho state auditor oi the expenses necessary to run flfteon Btate institutions under its control for tho next two years. Tho board cut off $853,720 of the estlnmtes filed by Buperintondonts of state Institu tions and finally agreed to reduco Its estlmnte $312,195 below tho appro priations of two years ago. The hoard therefore asks for $2,304,470 for the institutions under its control for tho next two years. The state railway commission has completed n hearing in tho Sterling telephone case which involves tho right of tho commission to prevont the building of a second telophono ex change at that town. Tho Lincoln Telephone company, which filed a re monstrance against the building ot nnother exchange is required to fllo a brief by Jpuuary 1 and the newly organized company Is to file a reply brief within ten dnys thereafter. Hearings by the Railway commis sion will be had this month n fol lows: Hooper Telephono company asks for a revision ot ralps, tho hear ing to be iu Lincoln, .Tuesday, Decem ber 29, nt 2 p. m. Complaint of A. F. Johnson against tho Lincoln Tele phono company, involving continuous service at Gresham exchange, will bo heard at York In tho district court room at 9 a. ni., December U0. The state railway commission will hold two hearings at Hastings on De cember 23, both on application of tho Lincoln Telephone company. Tho company desires to discontinue tho exchange at Inlaml and also to install metal circuits at Saionville at a small increase in rates, making the same charge as at Harvard, where the samo service is given. Engineer Forbes of tho stuto rail way commission who has chargo of the enforcement of tho Nebraska "blue sky" lav has informed the Great Western Timber Syndicate of Springfield, III., that it has not com piled with tho law of tills stato and If It desires to do so tho company must apply to tho railway commission for a permit to do business. State Flro Commissioner Ridgell has issued a bulletin warning pcoplo of tho danger or fires from Christmas trees in churches, schools and homes and from displays in show windows. During tho holiday season fires are particularly provalent, owing to the extra hazard created on account of extra Illumination. A hearing has been Bet boforo tho Stato Hallway commission Involving freight rates on steel culverts shipped from Wnhoo. Tho complainant Is Son at,or E. K. Placok of Wnhoo, who owns n steel culvert plant In that city and figures that tho freight rates nro more than he can stand. A call has been mado by Stato Tronsuror Georgo for registered 'war rant In tho amount of $130,000, This covers nil warranto up to No. 33,294, and up to and lucludlng Sept. 8. Tho call has boon made for Dec. 17. Tho Farmers State bank of Papil lion has filed articles or Incorporation with the Stnto Banking board. The bank will have a capital of $20,000, and the incorporators aro T. J. Shaw ahan and F. B Boll. According to nn estlmnto mado by Deputy Stnte Auditor Minor, the stato will receive during tho next blenntum $11,051,350.07 from all sources for tho running of the stute. Announcement of the release of llvo stock saltary ordors pertalulng to tho disinfection of stork cars and quaran tine agaiiibt cattle brought In from Illinois was mado by Stato Veteri narian Kigln. Tho test caao of tho Missouri Pa cifio Railroad company to try tho right of tho stnto railway commission to increase puBBonger rates will prob ably be heard by tho state supremo court tho second sitting ot the court In January, FURS and plushes and other warmth ('(I11S(M' lllf r.llirlpa lmln (r. innlin II possiblo for tho devotco of tho touring car to fnco ordinary winter weather and keep comfortable. Coats with broad collars of fur that can bo fas tened up close nbout tho neck, cans that stick to tho head and aro Boft, Biinped to piotect tho eyes and not to catch tho wind, with veils that ennnot come off all have been planned for uer. I'ur-lined gloves for tho maid that likes to drive, and tho coziest of overshoes, encourage her to defy the weather. Hero are two caps that aro thor oughly practical and at the same tlmo havo the conipolllng vlrtuo of being good-looking. They nro modoled after the jaunty Joekey-cap type, but have full, soft crowns and can bo pulled down ovor the ears. 1 In ench of thorn tho veil is hold In place by narrow straps made or tho samo material bb the cap. These straps aro sowed at ono end to tho cap and fasten at tho other with snap fasteners. This allows tho veil to bo brought down over tho fnco and wound about the throat, or' to ho fas tened up ofT tho faco or wholly de tached. The rap at tho loft has a stlfT visor covered with cloth and lined with silk. Dainty Dress EVERY woman likes to possess pret ty and dainty accessories ot dree, no matter how fragile and short-lived their glory and freshness may he Hero nro three of the now things thai havo considerable durability to their credit and nro lndlsputnhly attractive, and therefore popular. At tho left Is a corset cover ot pale pink crepe do chine and shadow lace with ahoulder straps and decorative fiowerB of satin ribbon. The same mod el may bo bought In any of the light shades and In white, at bo modest a price uini inmost anyone uiuy ui.ii.iijr a taste for "Just pretty things" by buying It. A llttlo can bo saved by making It at home, when tho prlco will bo Bomothlng less than n dollar for tho material. I In making such small ganncutft there Is a saving usually iu making two at ono tlmo. Tho width or the Bilk and lace Is sufficient when this length required Ib purchased to make two corset covers llko that buowh hero. A straight strip of tho crepa d chlno Ib decorated with threo groups of tiny hand-run tucks and hemmed up along ono edgo. Tho other edge fs stitched by hand, if possible to a strip of shadow Iaco of the samo length as tho silk. Tho upper edgo or the laco Ib bound with satin ribbon, and shoulder straps of tho samo rib bon aro sowed to place, Threo small ribbon daisies or Oat roses with palo yellow centers are sowed to tho front, and baby ribbon Is run through tho binding at tho top nnd tho hem at the bottom, In order to adjust tho garmeut to tho figure. At tho right s a neckband ot vehc ribbon bordered with knitc-plalted laco ind fastened with hook and eye or j Caps of this kind aro often mado of tho samo material as the' coat The cap at, tho right Is mado of mottled plush with a narrow, flexible brim that takes tho placo of n visor. In It tho crown is not 'quito so full as in tho cloth cap, hecauso the fabrio Is lieavlor and looks much llko fur. Tho floating veil is long or short, of moro or loss heavy chiffon lit ni washablo quality nnd color. Caps of this typo are inexpensive nnd nlto gcthcr dependable. A Test for Linen. Everything that's labeled llnon Isn't linen. It may bo part cotton and part linen, and It may bo mercerized cotton with a very amnll portion of linen In IL To lost tho material you buy for linen, drop water on tho goods. If it Is all linen tho molBturo spreads rap Idly and dries quickly. On cotton the rabric will remain moist for some time. Glycerin is considered ajhptter test than wator. It causes llnonfta appear transparent Another tcBt for linen Is by break ing tho yarn. If cotton tho ends1 will curl up, if puro linen the ends remain smootli. ! Accessories der a. ribbon roso set In millinery foil jie. This may bo worn with tho Eucho upstanding nnd Is a very slmplo affair to mako at homo, as the Iaco pfoIUng comes ready made. Tho llttlo bow iftado of wiro covered with, narrow velvet ribbon that 13 mund ovor it, finishes a neckband or velvet which fastens at the hack. Thesa bowB, unattached to tho band, aro worn over standing ruches to sup port tho laco or roalino of which they are mado. ' JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Lace Novelties. Wlda flouncing, with a very narrow lealgn. along tho edge, Is ono of the peculiarities of this yoar's laces. This Is new and can bo used In tho gowns' whexo the skirt is a scries of over lapping silk and laco flounces. Among ouch, designs Is tho "Boulo de jie)ge." The narrow border which outlines the deep Acallop Is a vino dotted by little round ball3 of tho thread. Another novelty, fur laco, has so thick a che nillu design that it look like fur. A deep flouncing with a doublo rqw ot Hcallopa with this extremely narrow banter la for tho foundation skirt, that Is unlfned and covored to just about tho ankles with Batln or velvqt over tonic. Tho ankles show through this Iaco flouncing. Mats for tho Table. Very useful, inexpensive table mats may bo mado from thick brown cor tUKated packing panor. Cut out siza and shapo required, and uso two UUc&ncs&es, placing tho smooth sur-fko-s hack to back. Sew them firmly together at tho edges, and cover them. wfck muslin or any other washing Jfcbric The covers may bo removed immI washed when thoy becomt soiled. .1 an i.