Nebraska Newspapers

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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
The Last Sb
BY
FREDERICK
(Copyright. 19U, by
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CHAPTER XXII Continued.
"I think wo havo practically agreed
that the- two Individuals who wero In
valuable tc our cause wero Partow and
Miss Qalland," Lanstron romarked ten
tatively. Ho waited for a reply. It
was apparent that ho was laying a
foundation before ho wont any fur
ther. "Certainly!" said tho vice-chief.
"And you!" put In another officer,
which brought a chorue of assent.
"No, not I only theso two!" Lan
stron replied. "Or, I, too, If you pre
fer. It llttlo matters. Tho thing Is
that I am under a promlso to both,
which I shall respect. Ho organized
and labored for the same purpoBo that
sho played tho spy. When wo sent
tho troops forward In a counter-attack
and pursuit to clear our soil of tho
Grays; when I stopped them at tho
frontier both wero according to Par
tow's plan. Ho had a plan and a
dream, this wonderful old man who
made us all soom primary pupils In
tho art of war.'.'
Could It bo that terrible Partow, a
stroke of whoso pencil had made tho
Gallund house an Inferno? Marta
wondered as Lanstron rend his mes
sage tho messago out of tho real
heart of tho man, throbbing with tho
power of his gront brain. His plan
was to hold tho Grays to stalemate:
to forco. thorn to desist after they had
battered their battalions to pieces
against the Brown fortifications. His
dream was tho thing that had hap
penedthat an opportunity would
coma to pursuo a broken machine In
a bold stroko of the offensive.
"I would want to bo a hero of our
people for only one aim, to bo able
to stop our army at tho frontier," ho
had written. "Thon they might drive
mo forth heaped with obloquy, If they
chose. I should like to sco tho Grays
demoralized, beaten, ready to suo for
peace, tho bettor to prove my point
that wo should ask only for what Is
ours and that our strength was only
for tho purpose ot holding what Is
oure. Then wo should lay up no leg
acy of rovengo in their hearts. They
could never have causo to attack
again. Civilization would havo ad
vanced another stop."
Lanstron continued to read to tho
amazed Btaff, for Partow's messago
had looked far into tho future. Thon
thero was a P. S., written after tho
war had begun, on tho ovoning of tho
day that Marta had gono from tea on
tho veranda with Westorllng to tho
telephone, In tho impulso of her new
purpose.
"I begin to believo in that dream,"
ho wrote. "I begin to believo that the
chanco for tho offonslvo will como,
now that my colleague, Miss Gnlland,
in tho name of poaco fias turned prac
tical. There is nothing liko mixing a
little practice in your dreams whllo
tho world i still well this sldo of
Utopia, as tho head on my old bono
tooth of a body well knows. Sho had
iha right Idea with her school. Th
Jtath so completely expressed my
i)deas tho result of all my thinking
ithat I had a twinge of literary Joal
jptisy. My boy, if you do reach the
(jtrontler, in pursuit of a broken array,
'ands you do not keep faith with my
dream and with her ideals, then you
will got a lesson that will last you for
ever at tho fool of tho "Grr.y range.
But I do not think so badly ab that of
you or of my Judgment of men."
''Lanny J Lanny!"
Tho dignity of n staff council could
not restrain Marta. Her emotion must
havo action. Sho sprang to his sldo
and seized his hand, her exultation
mixed with penitence over tho wuy
sho had wronged him and Partow.
Their self-contained purffbso had been
the same as hers and they had worked
with a soldier's fortitude, while sho
had worked with whims and impulses.
Sho bont over him with gratltudo and
pralso and a plea for forgiveness in
her eyes, submerging tho thing which
ho eought in them. He flushed boy
ishly in happy embarrassment, inca
pable of words for an Instant; and
silently tho staff looked on,
"And I ngreo with Partow," Lanstron
went on, "that wo cannot tako tho
range. Tho Grays still havo numbers
equal to ours. It is they, now, who
will bo singing 'God with uh!' with
their backs against tho wall. With
Partow's goes my own appoal to tho
army and tho nation; and I shall keop
raun wuii I'artow, with Miss Qalland,
and with my own Ideas, if tho govern
ment orders tho army to advance, by
resigning as chief of staff my work
finished."
Westerling and his aldo and valet,
Inquiring their way as strangers, found
tho now staff headquarters of tho
Grays established In an army building,
whero Bouchard had been assigned to
trivial duties, back of tho Gray range.
As their former chief entered a room
In tho disorder of maps and packing
cases, tho staff-ofllcors roso from tholr
work to stand at saluto like stono Im
ages, in respect to a field marshal's
rank. Thero was no word ot gieetlng
but a tolling sllenco bofore Turcos
spoke. His voice had lost its parch
ment orinkto and becomo natural. Tho
blue veins on his bulging temples wero
a little more pronounced, his thin fea
tures a llttlo more pinched, but other
wise ho was unchanged nnd ho seemed
equal to another strain as heavy as
the ono ho had undergone.
"We have a now government, a now
IH-emler," ho said. "Tho old premier
was killed by a shot from a crowd that
lie was addressing from tho balcony of
the palaco. After IIiIb, tho capital bo
came quieter. As wo get in touch with
the divisions, wo And tho army In bet
ter sbapo than we had ieared It would
fo. There Is a recovery "of spirit,
owlngkto our being on our own soil."
"Yes," replied Webtorllng, drowning
oi
PALMER
Chailes Scribncr'e Sou)
In their stares and grasping at a straw.
"Only a panic, as I said. If" his
volco rising hoareoly and catching In
rage.
"Wo havo a now government, a now
premier!" Turcas ropcatod, with firm,
methodical politeness. Westorling
looking from ono fact to anothor with
filmy oyes, lowered them beforo Bou
chard. "Thorn's a room ready for
Your Excellency upstairs," Turcas con
tinued. "Tho orderly will show you
tho way."
Now Westorling grasped the fact
that ho was no longer chief of staff.
Ho drew himself up in a desperate
attempt at dignity; tho staff saluted
again, and, uncertainly, ho followed
tho orderly, with tho aide aud valet
still in loyal attendance.
Two figures wero in tho doorway:
a heavy-set market woman with a
frlngo of down on her Up and a cadav
erous, tidily dressed old man, who
might havo boon a superannuated
schoolmaster, with a bronzo cross won
In tho war of forty years ago on his
breast and his oyes burning with tho
youthful flro of Grandfather Fraglnl's.
"Thoy got tho premier In tho capi
tal. Wo'vo como for Westorling! Wo
want to know what ho did with our
sons! Wo want to know why ho was
beaten!" cried tho market woman.
"Yes," said tho veteran. "Wo wnnt
him to explain his lies. Why did ho
keep tho truth from us? Wo wore
roady to fight, but not to bo treated
uko nabios. This Is tho twentieth 1
century!"
"Wo want Westorling! Tell Wes
torling to como out!" roso Impatient
shouts bohlnd tho two figures In tho
doorway.
"You aro suro that ho has one?"
whispered Turcas to Wostorllng's aldo.
"Yes," was tho choking answer
"yes. It Is bettor than that" with a
glanco toward tho mob. "I left my
own on tho tnblo."
"Wo can't save him! We shall havo
to let them"
TurcaB'a volco was drowned by a
groat roar of cries, with no word ox
cept "Wosterllng" distinguishable,
that pierced every crack of tho house.
A wave of movement starting from
the rear -drovo tho veteran and tho
market woman nnd dozen others
through tho doorway toward tho
"We've Como for Westerling"
stairs. Then tho sound ot a shot was
hoard ovorhead.
"Tho man you seek Is dead!" said
Turcas, stopping In front of the crowd,
his features unrelenting in nuthorlty.
"Now, go back to your work and loavo
us to ours."
"I understand, sir," said tho veteran
"Wo'vo no argument with you."
"YeB!" ngrood the market woman.
"But If you over leave this vango nllvo
wo shall havo ono. So, you slay!"
Looking at tho bronzo cross on tho
votoran's faded coat, tho staff saluted;
for tho cross, though It wore hung on
rags, whorovor It went was ontltled
by custom to tho snluto of ofTlcors and
"present armB" by sentries.
.
After Lanstron's announcement to
tho Brown staff of his decision not to
cross tho frontier, thero was a rest
less movomont In the chairs around
tho tnblo, nnd tho grimaces on most
ot tho faces woro those with which n
practical man regards a Utopian pro
posal. Tho vico-chlof was drumming
on tho tablo edgo and looking steadily
at a point In front of his lingers. It
Lanstron resigned he bocamo chief.
"Partow might have tills dream bo
foro ho won-, but would ho now?"
naked tho vlco-chlnf. "No. Ho would
go on I"
"Yes," said another oificer. "The
world will ridicule tho suggestion; our
peoplo will ovorwholm us with tholr
anger. Tho Grays will tako It for a
sign ot weakness."
"Not If wo put tho situation rightly
to them," nnsworcd Lanstron. "Not
If wo go to thom ns bravo adversary
to brave adversary, In a fair spirit."
"Wo can wo shall tako tho rongo!"
tho vlco-cblot went on In a burst of
rigid conviction when ho saw that
opinion was with him. "Nothing can
stop this army now!" Ho struck tho
tablo odgo with his fist, his shoulders
stiffening.
"Please pleaso, don't!" Implored
Marta softly. "It sounds so Uko Wes
terling!" Tho vico-chlof started as It ho had
received a sharp pln-prlclt. His shout
dors unconsciously relaxed. Ho began
a fresh study ot n certain point on tho
tablo top. Lanstron, looking first at
ono and thon at anothor, ipoko ngnln,
his words ns measured as they over
hud boon In military discussion aud
eloquont. Ho began outlining his own
UH'SEab'Q which would go with Pai tow's
to tho premlor, to tho nation, to ovory
regiment of tho Browns, to tho Grays,
to tho world. Ho set forth why tho
Browns, nfter tasting tho courage of
tho Grays, should realize that thoy
could not tako thoir rongo. Pnrtow
had not taught him to put himself In
other men's places In vain. Thoboy
who had kept up his friendship with
onglno drivers nfter ho was an officer
know how to sink tho plummet into
human emotions. Ho reminded the
Brown soldiers that thero had been n
providential nnswer to tho call of
"God w'ith us!" ho reminded tho peo-
nlo of tlin llvnn tlint wmilri lin lout In
no ond but to ongonder hatred; ho
begged tho army and tho peoplo not
to break faith with that principle of
"Not for theirs, but for ours," which
had been their strength.
"I should Uko you all to sign It to
mnko It simply tho old form of 'tho
staff has tho honor to report " he said
finally.
Thoro was a huBl as he finished
the hush of a deep Impression when
ono man waits for anothor to speak
All woro looking at him except thr
vice-chief, who wns still staring at tho
tnblo as If ho had heard nothing. Yet
every word was etched on his mind
Tho man whoso namo was the symbol
of victory to tho soldiers, who would
bo more than over a hero as the nowa
of his chargo with tho African Braves
traveled along tho lines, would go on
record to his soldiers ns saying that
they could not tako tho Gray range.
This was a handicap that tho vice
chief did not caro to accept; and ho
know how to turn a phrase as well as
to mako a soldierly decision. Ho
looked up smilingly to Marta.
"I havo decided that I had rather
not bo a Westorling, Miss Galland."
he said. "Wo'll make it unanimous..
And you," ho burst out to Lnnstron-
you legateo of old Partow; I've al
ways said that ho was tho biggest man
of our tlmo. Ho has proved It by
catching tho spirit of our tlmo and In
carnating it."
Vaguely, in the whirl of her Joy,
Marta heard tho chorus of assent as
tho officers sprang to their feet in tho
elation of being at one with tholr r.hlnf
again. Lanstron caught her arm, fear
ing mat Bho was going to fall, but a
burning question roeo in her mind to
steady her.
"Then my shame my sending men
to slaughter my sacrlflco was not In
vain?" sho oxclnlmod.
Tho sea of people packed in the
great square of tho Brown capital
made a roar like tho thunder of waves
against a breakwater at sight of a
white spot on a background of gray
stone, which wnB tho head of an emi
nent statesman.
"It looks ns If our government
would Inst tho week out," tho premlor
chuckled as he turned to his colleagues
at tho cabinet table.
As yet only the brief bulletins whose
publication In the nowspapers had
aroused the public to a frenzy had
beon received. The cabinet, as eager
for details as tho press, had remained
up, awaiting a fuller official account.
"We havo a long communication In
preparation," the staff had telegraphed.
"Meanwhile, the following Is submit
ted.' "Good heavens! It's not from tho
army! It'B from tho gravo!" ex
claimed the premlor as he read the
first paragraphs of Partow's messago.
"Of all tho concealed dynamite ever!"
ho gasped as he grasped tho full mean
ing of tho . document, that pleco of
news, as staggering as tho victory it
self, that had lain In tho staff vaults
for years. "Well, we needn't give it
out to tho press; at least, not until
after maturo consideration," he de
clared when thoy had reached tho end
of Partow's nppeal. "Now we'll hear
what tho staff has to say for Itself
after gratifying tho wish of a dead
man," ho added as a messenger gave
him another sheet.
"Tho staff, In loyalty to Its dead
leader who made victory possible, and
In loyalty to the principles of defense
for which tho army fought, begs to
say to tho nation "
It was four o'clock In tho morning
when thiB dispatch concluded with
"Wo heartily agreo with tho forego
ing," and tho cabinet read tho names
of all tho general staff and tho corps
and division commanders. Coursing
crowds in tho streets wero still shout
ing hoarsely and sometimes drunken
ly: "On to tho Gray capital! Noth
ing can stop us now!" Tho premier
tried to Imaglno what a sea of faces
In tho great squaro would look like
In a rago. Ho was botween the peo
plo In a paBflon for retribution nnd a
headless army that was supposed to
chargo across tho frontier at dawn.
"Tho thing is sheer madness!" ho
cried. "It's insubordination! I'll havo
It suppressed! Tho army must go on
to gratify public domand. I'll show
tho staff that thoy aro not In the
saddle They'll oboy orders!"
Ho tried to got Lanstron on the long
distance.
"Sorry, but tho chiof has retired,"
answered tho officer on duty sleepily.
"In fact, all the rest of tho staff havo,
with ordors that thoy aro not to bo
disturbed before ten."
"Toll thom that tho promior, tho
head of tho government, tholr com-
mnnder, is speaking!"
"Yes, sir. Tho ordors not to disturb
them nro qulto positive, and us a Ju
nior I could not do so except by their
ordors as superiors. Tho chief, before
rotlrlng, howovbr, repeated to mo, in
caso any Inquiry camo from you, sir,
that thero was nothing ho could add
to tho staff's messago to tho nation
and tho army. It Is to bo given to tho
soldiers tho first thing In tho morn
ing, nnd ho will lot you know how thoy
regard it."
"Confound theso raachtno minds that
spring tholr surprises ns fully execut
ed pluiiBl" exclaimed tho promler.
"It'a truo Partow und tho staff have
covered everything mot every argu
ment. Thoro Is nothlug mora for
them to say," said tho forolgn mlutstor.
"But what about tho Indemnity?"
domanded tho finance minister. Ho
was thinking of victory In tho form
ot piles ot gold In tho treasury.
This question, too, waa answered.
"War has nevor brought prosperity,"
Partow had written, "its purposo Is
to destroy, and destruction can nevor
bo construction. Tho conclusion of a
war has often assured a period of
peaco; and poaco gave tho impetus ot
prosperity attributed to war. A man
Is strong in what ho achieves, not
through tho gifts ho receives or tho
goods ho steals, lndomnlty will not
rnlsa another blada ot wheat in our
land. To tnko it from a beaten man
will fostor in him tho deslro to bent
his adversary in turn and recover tho
amount nnd more. Thon wo shall havo
tho npprohenslon of war always In tho
air, and soon another war and moro
destruction. Ilomovo tho danger of a
European cataclysm, and any sum ex
torted from the Grays becomes paltry
beside tho wealth that peaco will cro
ate. An Indemnity makes tho purpose
ot tho courago of tho Grays in tholr
assaults and of the Browns In their ro
slstnnco that of tho burglar and tho
lootor. Thoro Is no monoy vnluo to a
human llfo when It Is your own; and
our soldlerB guvo their lives. Do not
cheapen their service."
"Considering the part that we played
ut Tho Hague" obsorved tho foreign
Wasm
liSil
IPl
"Good Heavens! It's Not From the
Army. It's From the Gravo!"
minister, "It would be rather Incon
sistent for us not to "
"Thoro is only ono thing to do. Lan
stron has got us!" replied the premier.
"Wo must Jump In at tho head of tho
procession and receive tho mud or tho
bouquets, ns It happens."
With Partow's and tho staff's ap
peals went an equally earnest ono
from tho premier and his cabinet. Nat
urally, the noisy element of the cities
was tho first to find words. It
shouted in rising nngor that Lanstron
had betrayed tho nation. Army offi
cers whom Partow lmd retired for leis
urely habits said that he and Lanstron
had struck at their own calling. But
tho average man and woman, in a
daze from tho shock of the appeals
after a night's celebration, wero read
ing and wondering and asking tholr
neighbors' opinions. If not In Par
tow's then In the staff's message they
found tho mirror that sot their own
ethical professions staring at them.
Before they had mado up their
minds the correspondents at the front
had set tho wires singing to tho even
ing editions; for Lanstron had direct
ed that thoy bo given tho run of the
army's lines at daybreak. They told
of soldlors awakening after the de
bauch of yesterday's fighting, normal
and rested, glowing with tho security
of possession of tho frontier and re
sponding to their lenders' sentiment;
of officers ot tho type favored by Par
tow who would bring tho industry that
commands respect to nny cnlllng, tak
ing Lanstron's views as worthy of
their profession; of that Irrepressi
ble poet laureato of tho soldiers, Cap
tain Stransky, I. C. (iron cross), break
ing forth in a new song to an old
tune, expressing his brotherhood Ideas
In a "We - havo - ours - lot- them keep
theirs" chorus that was spreading from
regiment to regiment.
This left tho retired officers to grum
hlo In their corners that war was no
longer a gentleman's vocation, and si
lenced tho protests of their natural ul
ly In tho business of making war.
tho noisy element, which promptly
adapted Itself to a new fashion in tho
relation of nations. Again tho great
squaro was packed and again a wave-
GOOD FOR LONG WARM SPELL
Widow Teeter's Opinion of Her De-
parted Husband Evidently Was
Not an Exalted One.
Tho Widow Teeter's husband had
been dead only a few weeks wl.en
thoro woro surfaco Indications t'aat
sho wns about to marry again.
Tho Into Mr. Teeter had not been
exactly a modol husband, nnd It was
tho general opinion that his death was
a stroko ot good fortuno for Mrs.
Teeter, but still tho relntlvos of tho
deceased thought that his memory re
quired a widowhood of ot least a year.
When tho indications of tho approach
ing marrlago becamo apparent, some
of her Into husband's friends waited
on Mrs. Teeter, and one of thom snld:
"Wo hear that you aro about to
marry again, Lucy Ann?"
"Woll, I don't know that It Is any
of your business," replied Lucy Ann,
"but It It will glvo you any satisfac
tion to know tho facts, I don't mind
tolling you that I shall bo a married
woman again In about two wooks."
"But Tom has been dead less than
threo months," protostod another.
"Well, I suppose he's dead as ho
ever will be, Isn't ho?"
"nut," said a third, "you ought In
common decency to wait until ho Is
cold."
"Walt until Tom Tqcter Is cold!"
Uko roar of cheers greeted tho white
spock ot an eminent statesman's head.
All tho ideas that had been fomenting
In tho minds of a people for a genera
tion becamo a living forco ot action to
break through tho precedents born
of provincial passion with a now pre
cedent; for the powor of public opin
ion can bo as swift In Its revolutions
as decisive victories nt arms. Tho
world nt large, after rubbing Its fore
head nnd readjusting Us oyc-glnsses
und clearing Its thront, exclaimed:
"Why not! Isn't that what wo havo
all beon thinking and desiring? Only
nobody know how or whero to be
gin." Tho promior of tho Browns found
himself talking over tho long distance
to tho premier of tho Grays in ns
neighborly' a fashion as if they had
adjoining estates and wero arranging
a matter of community Interest.
"You havo been so fine In waiving
an Indemnity," said tho premier of thq
Grays, "that Turcas suggests we pay
for all the damago dono to property
on your side by our invasion. I'm
sure our peoplo will rlso to tho sug
gestion. Tholr mood has overwhelmed
ovory preconceived notion of mlno. In
place of the old suspicion that a
Brown could do nothing oxcept with
a selfish motive is tho desire to bo as
fair as tho Browns. And tho practi
cal way the peoplo look at It makes
mo think that It will bo enduring.
"I think so, for the same renson,"
responded tho premier of the Browns.
"They say It is good business. It means
prosperity and progress for both
countries."
"After nil, a soldier comes out the
hero of the groat peaco movomont,"
concluded tho premier of tho Grays.
"A soldier took tho tricks with our
own cards. Old Partow was tho great
est statesman of us nil."
"No doubt of that!" agreed tho
premier of tho Browns. "It's a senti
ment to which every premier of ours
who over tried to down him would
have readily subscribed!"
Tho overy-day statesman smiles
when ho sees tho peoplo smile and
grows nngry when they grow angry,
Now and then appears an lnscrutablo
genius who finds out what is brewing
in their brains nnd brings it to a head.
Ho Is tho epoch maker. Such an ono
was that little Corslcan, who gave a
stagnant pool tho storm It needed, un
til ho became overfed and mistook his
ambition for a continuation of his
youthful prescience.
'
Marta had yet to bear the shock of
Wostorllng's death. After learning tho
manner of It sho went to her room,
where sho spent a haunted, sleepless
night. Tho morning found her still
tortured by her visualization of tho
picture of him, irresolute as tho mob
pressed around tho Gray headquar
ters. "It Is as If I had murdered him!"
she said. "I let him mako lovo to mo
I let my hand remain in his once
but that was all, Lanny. I I couldn't
havo borne any more. Yet that was
enough enough!"
"But wo know now, Marta," Lan
stron pleaded, "that the premier of
the Grays held Westerling to a com
pact that ho should not return nllvo
if ho lost. Ho could not havo won,
oven though you had not helped us
against him. Ho would only havo lost
moro lives and brought still greater
indignation on his head. His fate was
inevitable and he was a soldier."
But his reasoning 'only racked her
with a shudder.
"If ho had only died fighting!" Mar
tar replied. "Ho died like a rat In a
trap and I I set the trap!"
"No, destiny set It!" put In Mrs.
Galland.
Lanstron dropped down beside ,Mar.
ta's chair.
"Yes, destiny set It," ho said, Im
ploringly. "Just as it Bet your part for you.
And, Marta," Mrs. Galland went on
gently, with what Marta had once
called tho wisdom of mothers, "Lanny
lives and lives for you. Your destiny
Is life and to mako the most of life, as
you always have. Isn't It, Marta?"
"Yes," sho. breathed after a pause,
in conviction, as sho prossed her moth
er's hands. "Yes, you havo a gift of
making things simple and clear."
Then she looked up to Lanstron and
tho flame in her eyes, whoso leaping,
spontaneous passion ho already knew,
hold something of the eternal, as her
arms crept around his neck.
"You aro life. Lanny! You are tho
destiny of today and tomorrow!"
(THE END.)
repeated the widow, with flro in her
eye. "If your theological belief Is or
thodox, you must know that Tom Too
ter haBn't a ghost of a show of over
getting cold."
Then tho objecting' friends filed out
and Mrs. TeetT resumed tho work
ot preparing1 her trousseau.
Activities of Women.
Charwomen In England number 12C,
0G1. In some German towns women nre
acting as scavengers.
Thero nro over BOO woman doctors
In, England and Wales.
England now has a. million and a
half surplus women.
Maori Women, formerly cannibals,,
now voto In Now Zdnland.
Tho German textllo Industries em
ploy moro women than men.
Femalo laundry workers In Topokn,
Kan., havo formed a union and havo
already mado an agreement with the
laundries for a 54-hour week and a
minimum wage of ?7 per week.
Tho Women's Tax Resistance league
of London, composed mainly ot suf
fragettes and whoso motto Is "No
votos no tax," has decided to pay taxes
this year on account of tho war.
To induce American womon to wea
cotton clothing a numbor of Washing
ton society womon have arranged to
hold n national cottou fashton show In
tho capital city this month.
Among Requirements of the Baby Girl
Bm- v - Jm
ALTHOUGH tho baby girl disports
herself nearly all the time in plain
llttlo slips of various sheer materials
sho requires occasionally finery of tho
finest kind. Weo tucks and narrow
Valenciennes laces, hand embroidery
(sparingly used and in tho daintiest of
patterns), aro relied upon for tho little
decorative finishings to her frocks for
dally wear. And no matter how per
sistently repeated, theso things never
grow tiresome. Every mother de
lights In small garments finished with
flno hand work. The painstaking care
with which every stitch Is set in place
bears witness to the mother's care,
whether the stitching Is dono by her
own or other's hands.
Altliough tho baby will look as
sweet In th plainest of slips as in
anything else, there are times when
she requires extra finery to suitably
honor a special occasion. Then tho
wits must be set to work to use tho
means at hand to mako her real
"dress-up" clothes. Sheer, fine fabrics
in cotton or linen, dainty hand em
broidery and narrow Valenciennes
laces continue to provido tho mate
rials. But a little oddity of cut, a llt
tlo extravagance in embroidery, the
introduction of a bit of gay ribbon, and
the employment of the finest fabrics
give tho holiday air that make her
dress for state occasions.
A flno dress of sheer batiste for
the llttlo lady is shown in the picture.
It is simply cut, having tho bottom
edge trimmed into points, the elbow
sleeves flaring, and also finished with
shallow prints. All raw edges aro cut
into small scallops. These have first
been stamped and buttonholo stitched
with faultless exactness of needlework.
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TWO odd and attractive hats aro
shown here, ono of thom In two
views. Now that spring is near
these are about tho last winter de
signs, and the pretty baretta finished
with a tassel at tho sldo cannot be
said to belong to ono season moro
than another, for It Is mado of silk In
twine color piped with black and hnv
ing tho oddest ot tassels ot silk fiber
which looks much like spun glass.
Many Blmllar hats, including those
called "Tlpperary" hats, aro mado ot
silk. They aro tho smallest of tur
bans, with vory scant, soft crowns,
narrow ribbon sashes with hanging
ends and decorations of small flowers
and fruits made of silk. These, worn
with short godet veils, In coarse net
bound with ribbon, aro harbingers of
spring which appear beforo the ear
liest robin.
Tim second turban shown Is made
ot panno velvet over a round frame.
Tho velvet Is managed so that one
Wool on Gingham.
Word comes from Paris that many of
tho newest hats aro trimmed with em
broidery dono In worsteds. This news
gives added value to soma attractive
toilet boxos which aro sold In some
of tho shops. Thoy aro made theso
boxes for handkerchiefs, gloves, veils
nnd other knlcknacks of black and
white plaid gingham, and around tho
edge ot each box thero is a band ot
embroidery In worsted. Thoy cannot
be bought unmade, stamped roady for
working, but tho lugonlouj 'woman
At the front a pointed panel at tho
bottom and top Is outlined by tho om- 4
broldered scallops, and tho two panels
nro Joined by a doublo lino ot scallops.
In theso panels beautifully made
French knots are set close together in
narrow rows. A small panel of tho
same kind adorns the top of each
sleeve.
At intervals of about four inches
about the skirt near tho bottom
slashes are cut in the batiste and their
edgcB buttonhole stitched. Through
theso a sash of wide soft ribbon, in
light blue or pink, Is threaded and tied
In tho back In the simplest and limp
est of bows. A narrow edging of fine
Valenciennes lace outlines the neck
and all edges of thedress. II Is set In
a ruflle back of the scallops, with flno
hand sowing.
Worn under this fluffy frock Is a
petticoat having a niffio at the bottom
mado of alternating rows of Valen
ciennes and narrow bands of batiste
decorated with a row of French knots.
Tho bottom is finished with the nar
rowest of edgings of Valenciennes
lace.
In such a frock tho little wearer Is
as splendidly arrayed as It is possible
Tor her to be. Even so, this finery la
within reach of any mother who
knows how to do fine needlowork.
Very little material is required, and
this Is not expensive. It is tho ex
quisite, hand-wrought decoratiofy that
makes these little dresses valuable. If
such a dress must bo bought ready
made It will mean a considerable out
lay ot monoy; If made at homo It
means an outlay of tlmo which no
one begrudges the baby.
piece forms both tho hat covering and
tho long, projecting loop at tho back.
Tho sovcro outline of tho frame is
softened by a wldo, rich plumo of os
trich at tho left side. It is posed al
most flat against the body of the hat,
displaying its unusual width of dun
to tho very best advantage.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Keeping Collars Clean.
Every woman knows how hard it is
to keep a laco collar clean" while
wearing fur noxt to It. Get three
fourths yard lace five Inches deep
Shir this ono Inch from edges onto
a tape as large around as tho top ol
your fur collar or fur piece. Sew
flno snap fasteners on tapj and the
other part ot fasteners on Inside of
fur piece, so when snapped together
tho lace stands np liko a niching
around tho neck. It Is Just a fow mo
ments' work to take It out and wast
It and It keeps your collars clean.
could easily cover boxes for horselt
In that way with a pretty plaid
gingham of black and white worked
with a band of green and red and bluo
wool, in dark shades, all around tho
edgo of tho covers.
We Conquered Nature. "f.
"Yes, gontlemen," said tho geolo
gUt, "tho ground we wnlk on was
onco under water." "Well," replied
tho patriotic young man of tho party,
'it slmnlv ,.TrH tn nlinw tlint ivna?
, can't hold this country down."
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