r murrca. . U1 Wilbur n NfEut I JEGKC4RIAN MIIXINEK Spring; bonnets will bo trimmed with vegetables and frttltB. Fashion Note Put asldo tho muslin daisies and tho pur ple velvet rose And tho cotton-batting buds that nodded lightly, For the milliner hereafter will say when she bows sho sows, And will cultivate your tasto with bon nets slightly. For tho gay, fllrtallous lady there'll bo bonnets full of eyes In tho cluster of potatoes In tho trim ming, 1 And a bathing bonnet, also, will bo fash ioned In tho gulso Of a watermelon to be worn while swimming. Qreen cucumbers and red peppers for the woman who lo sour Will accentuate her disposition acid, And n pumpkin shell effect may bo de vised In half an hour. For a woman who Is comfortably placid. And tho lady who Is verging on a dim, uncertain uge "Will bo fitted with a dream In cldorber rlcs, "Whllo a- milkweed hat will bo for thoso who cam their dally wuge In tho light nnd eusy labor of tho dairies. Bo we hall the change of fashion with a tribute of the pen And wo look for bushel measures In a bonnet But alas, wo fenr that many of tho gruff and grouchy men Will doclare each hat has got a lemon on It. ' That Man Yet. Tho man with the iridescent whisk, era and tho emotional adams applo wafts Into the omco, smiles kindly at tho copy boy, and takeB his regular position at tho desk of the poor but proud plodder who is Bharponing a thick-pencil as a prollminnry to writ ing 8omo early spring rhymes. "I've got rather n clover ono for you, If you want to mako use of it," says tho visitor. "What is tho differ ence between a popular actor who has climbed tho ladder of fame round by round and is now playing a ro mantic part calling for a waving curl across his brow, and who sends tho call boy to borrow somo pasto from tho property man with which to afflx tho curl to his wig what Is tho differ ence between him nnd a young fellow whose girl has eloped mysteriously and who Is attempting to bo a detec tive and discover her whereabouts, but thus far has mot with no success?" "What is the actor in musical com edy?" "That has nothing to. do with tho" "But it has. In that caso ho didn't climb tho laddor of fame; ho took an elevator." "That is inconsequential. Tho ques tion is" , "Don't repeat It. And why does tho young follow pursuo tho fair young gyurrl?" "It irti't necessary to analyzo the" "There must be a reason for all this. If sho spurned him, why did ho persist. Had sho been writing moan notes to tho actor?" "You don't grasp the" "Did tho actor pad, also?" "How do I know?" "Don't bo testy nbout it. Tho caso Is really Interesting. Do you think tho girl went to St. Joe? You said wo didn't need to analyzo It, but this may bo an Eliza crossing tho ice." Replacing tho thick cigar with the gold band in his pockot, tho visitor repressed tho harsh words that como to" his Hps, and says: "Ono wants somo gluo for his curl and the other wnnts somo cluo to his girl, but I shall give U1I3 joko to somo ono more deserving, sir." "Somo ono moro deserving of such a fate?" Inquires tho pale but proud plodder. But there came no word out of tho echolcss sllonco, which fell upon tho bleak and barren meadowlands with a gloomy Intensity which boded ill to the wayfarers. And U10 pitiloss stars dripped their cold light into tho abyss of night. That Was Awful. "Have you hoard tho awful scandal about Mr. Hidupus?" "Mercy, no! , What is it?" . "They won't toll." "Isn't that awful." 8ho Liked the Place, "My mistress has such good tasto," said tho ladysmaid. "She always se lects gowns and ribbons that ure so becoming to me." HAS NOT SLEPT SINGE LIGHTNING STRUCK HIM NEW JER8EY POLICE CHIEF; CLAIMS HE HAS NOT SLUM BERED IN TWENTY YEARS. Hnckcttstown, N. J. 'Alonzo Wlro of, this placo, 12 years head 'of tho pollco department, snys that for tho last 20. years ho has not closed his eyes in sloop. Ho camo near it, ho says, sev eral times recently, when ho found himself getting drowsy in front of n hot flro, but when ho would attempt to tako advantago of It nnd Ho down to compooo himself for tho long-sought' nap, sloop wouW flit away and ho would pass tho night, as ho passed bo many others, in wide-eyed wakeful ness. Ho docs not go to bed now, but ro cllncs on a couch In tho front room it his homo, whoro In tho darkness ho The Bolt Made Him Deaf for a Time. allows his thoughts to 'wander and confuso thomsolvcs as they will in tho nearest somblanco to Bleep of which he is capable Neither Wlro nor tho physicians who havo studied his caso aro able to as sign a causo for tho condition, nor can ithey explain why it Is that ho has retained a stato of rubust health for .all theso years of insomnia. Ho has even dono hard manual work In tho open air at frequent Intervals without being ablo to woo tho coy goddess of sleep. Tho only result nt all noticeable from his long-continued wakefulness 'has boon a loss of weight in the past score of years, amounting to between 76 nnd 80 pounds. Ho used to weigh nearly 280 pounds, and now ho tips tho scalo at barely 200. Wlro says ho bellovcs that a stroko of lightning ho received 30 years ago might have something to do with bis peculiarity, though It happened years boforo ho first suffered with Insomnia. Tho bolt mado him deaf for a time. Ho was driving n team of horses Into a barn nt tho approach of a thunder (storm. Tho horses woro knocked down and other men wero stunned. ' For somo years whllo suffering from Insomnia Wlro had a job as night watchman for tho Lackawanna rail road, but ho novor slept during tho days. Mrs. Waro bears him out In that statement. Ho Is tho alarm clock for tho family. No mattor what timo ono of thorn wants to get up in tho morn ing, Fathor Wiro is thoro to rouso him. Ho llstons all through tho night to the Btrlklng of tho town clock. Wlro says ho suffers from moro or less restlessnoss nt times, but tho strango malady has not Impaired his health or strength to any degree. His physician, who Bays that Wire's ago, 03, is such now that ho ought to havo regular and amplo rost, has been treat ing him with a vlow to Inducing drow siness, but thus far without result. Real Boy. An Illustration of a bellof she has that tho klndorgarten Is qulto as pro ductive of mirth as it Is bf other things, Mrs. Josephine Daskam Bacon, In her now Harper book, Tho Biogra phy of a Boy, relates what happened to Blnks when at tho klndorgarten ho was set to making lemon-colored, glazed-paper chains. Blnks objected to forging them, expressed aversion to theni when finished, and then sudden ly recoiled upon himself, producing them nt a truly prolific rato. Tho teacher hoped that his Industry had not been accompanied with smearing of pasto upon his person. " 'No, thoro Isn't too much pasto on 'em,' ho assured hor affably; 'there isn't nono at all. I mado 'em without.' " 'Listen, children, whllo clover lit tle Martin tolls us how ho mado tho ends of his Btrlps hold together with out using paste,' orled Mrs. Trayner, trustfully. " 'I spit on 'em,' said Blnks briefly." Black Canary and White Sparrows. Yesterday tho flfty-llrst nnnual na tional cngo bird show, promoted by tho London and Provincial Ornitho logical socloty, was oponed at the Crystal Palaco. Tho total entry Is about 3,000. Ono class was a collection of cur iosities. A whlto Jackdaw, two white sparrows, a whlto "blackbird" and a clear yellow yellowhammor were benched. A Hunstoln bird of paradise, valued at 1,500, and a black canary attracted a great deal of attention. Loudon Dally News. 1 womm GOOD BOOK COVER PERHAPS THE MOST PRACTICAL OF ALL METHODS. Thoroughly Protects the Binding With out In the Least Detracting from the Appearance of the Volume. Our illustration shows ono of tho most practical methods of covering n book. It is specially to bo recom mended for school books; it is ad vlsablo to havo tho samo color for each of n set of books; linen, of which thoro aro many pretty dark colors to bo bought, is sultablo for tho purposo; so also is casement cloth. The cover must, of course, bo mado specially to lit tho book it is intended for, nnd then sown on over tho sides. Tho diagram clearly shows tho shape In which tho material should bo cut out, and tho portion Indicated by "C" should be exactly the size of ono sldo of tho book. "B" represents tho back, and thoro aro small tabs of material at tho top and bottom which must bo folded ovor nnd sown down boforo tho covor Is attached to tho book. "D" indicates ono of tho tabs, and "A" sIiowb tho other sown down in its place. Tho lower skotch with tho book open shows how tho covor should bo sewn together at tho corners, and a few stitches of strong thread drawn through tho upper and lower tabs serve to tighten tho cover on to tho Practical Covering for a Book. finding and keep It In Its placo. A cover of this kind, mado of good Btrong material, will thoroughly pro tect tho binding of tho book nnd last an almost unlimited time. HAVE CHARM OF SIMPLICITY Evening Frocks, Although Elaborate and Expensive, All Made to Convey This Suggestion. It is a relief to find that among tho now evening frocks there Is a sugges tion of simplicity, Of course, tho elo ganco of tho elabornto embroideries and combinations of materials Is tempting, but Invariably oxponslvo, nnd thoreforo boyond tho reach of thoso who must consider the question of wayB and moans. Soft satin scorns to bo an Ideal ma: terlal for slmplo evening gowns. Ono beautifully designed model relics al most entirely upon folds to gain a charming effect. Tho bodice Is, of courso, low-necked, but it is pointed In cut, this shapo being secured by the crossed folds, Tho sleeves nro of draped folds of silk. Just to relieve any emphasis on this Idea, wldo brotelloa of satin, braided with narrow soutacho In a largo, effective design, pass from tho Irregular walBt lino ovor tho shoul ders. Tho waist lino Is secured by a pointed skirt lino nt tho top, which Is ornamented with n running deslgu of braid, and gives Just tho right amount of docorntlon for this frock. Simplicity Is certainly n safo sldo on which to err. Thoro Is alwayB a qulot satisfaction in tho recognition that a slmplo gown worn with graco and "an air" is approprJato on nny occasion, whereas ovorornamontatlon frequently means discomfort on tho part of tho wearor. Good Skin Lotion. A home-mado lotion that Is excel lent for skins and will prevent pro maturo wrinkles is mado by boiling 12 tablcspoonfuls of pearl barloy in a quart of water until tho gluten is ex tracted. Strain through a fine Hnon and add to tho liquid a tcaspoonful of tincture of benzoin, u o SILKEN CUSHION FOR PINS Ornamental Trifle That Fits Well with Other Accessories of the Dress ing Room. Very handy is this llttlo cushion for hanging on tho looking glnsB, or any convenient plnco near a dressing tnble. Two ploccs of silk nro cut in rounds nbout flvo Inches in dlnmotor. They aro each worked with design shown, with ribbon. If pnlo green is used for tho silk, tho ribbon might bo in soft shades of pink, bluo and darker groon, tho pink being used for tho flowers, and tho bluo for tho hows at tho top. Theso circles of silk nro stretched over cardboard that has llrst a thin layer of wadding over It. A strip of not about an inch In width is sewn be tween tho two circles to Join them to gether; Btuff tho lnsldo with pieces of wool cut up flnoly; tho edgo all round Is finished with flno cord arranged In loops on edgo of each clrclo, bows of ribbon trim each sldo, and nttached to them aro tho ends of tho ribbon that forms tho loop for hanging up by. REASON FOR ITS POPULARITY Handsome and Convenient Mattress Pincushion Never Seems to t Lose Its Favor. Whntovor stylo of pincushion comes or goos with tho passing hour, tho mattress form Booms to bo perennial. Tho renson of this Is not hard to guess when ono has over beon owned. Whothcr on ono's drosslng tnble or In travollng nothing qulto takes Its placo for convenience as well as good looks. This stylo of cushion may bo mado in nil sizes, from thoso ten fnchos long by eight inchos wldo, In which can bo stuck safety pins of all kinds, ns woll as n full assortment of ordi nary pins, to tho tiny ones four Inchos long by two and n half Inches wide, so convenient to keep In a traveling bng ready stocked. Tho amount of material needed for such a cushion is cnslly gauged. Buy ribbon tho exact width of tho cushion to be mado and twice tho length, with enough over to turn in a narrow scam nt each end. Thcro should nlso bo enough inch-wldo ribbon, tho same shade, to go around tho four sides. If doslrod, thcro can bo an extra strip of this ribbon to sow to ono end ns a hanger. Overcast tho narrow ribbon to top and bottom, leaving tho upper end open to slip In tho filling. This may oltlior bo bran or wool wadding, enough to make a thick, full cushion. Overcast tho end and tuft with em broidery silk or gilt thrend, using a long needle. USES FOR THE DARNING EGG Well Described as Household Friend Many Ways In Which It Can Be Employed, A darning egg may bo a household friend, at loaBt to tho mending mom bors of tho household. Dnrns In alcoves can bo much moro neatly ropalrcd if tho break la stretchod over a small black darning egg. Tho egg can Hkowlso bo slipped In to trouser pockets that havo torn and mako their mending much simpler. A torn placo In tho crown of a lint or In n portion of tho trimming can also bo ropalrcd quickly by using n darn ing egg. When tho darning egg cannot bo found for mending purposes tho break can bo stretched over tho top of n small egg cup. Thus held taut It can bo neatly darnod. This Is particularly good for holes In laco, which must bo ropalrcd by working no nearly as may bo in tho mesh stitches. New Hat Bands, Whlto hats aro at tho top of fash ion. Girls nro woarlng mushroom sailors of whlto bcavor and folt trimmed only with a black and white or a colored band such as aro sold for boys' hata. It is finished with n flat pump bow at tho side. Tills is a novelty that ovory girl will llko. Tho whlto beaver cleans easily with yellow cornmcal or Fronch chalk. ls-jr 'dLvP'' fff LIBRARY IS COSTLY More Than Million Spent Yearly on Washington Institution. Collections During 1010 Included Over 200,000 Books, Pamphlets and Manu scriptsSome Purchased While Others Were Presented. Tho Congressional library, a nation al Institution, in which tho people of tho country nro displaying mcro prldo us thoyenrs 1 lin N'mnkfl. num. phlcts and manu scripts to Its col lection during tho last year. Tho year. Tho most lmportcnt gift of printed mnterial was from tho Chlncso government, a set of tho great Chinese encyclopedia, comprising over 0,000 (In ChlncBO) volumes. This was brought to Wash ington by tho special ambassador charged with tho acknowledgments of Chlnn to tho United States for tho romlssion of tho "boxer indemnity." Herbert Putnam, librarian, Bays that tho term "encyclopedia" expresses very imporfectly tho scopo of this work. Ho points out thnt Chlnn nlono tho government Itself of China has attempted to embody In this literary record the entire knowledge of an epoch. Among tho gifts of individual mate rial having special interest woro moro than a hundred printed volumes from tho library of George Bancroft, pre sented by Mrs. J. C. Bancroft Davis. Theso include an extra Illustrated copy of Bancroft's own history nnd n unlquo copy of tho plates Illustrat ing tho stnlncd glass In SL John's church in Washington. Tho collection of mnnuscrlpts was enriched during tho year by savcral notablo gifts, among which may bo mentioned thnt of J. P. MacLean of Franklin, O., of n largo number or pnpors Illustrating the progress of tho Shaker movement in Ohio, comprising letters from nnd to tho community nt Union villngo, records of tho villngo, biographical notebooks, music, prayers and Jour nals, tho whole forming a valuable record of tho rlso of Shakcrlsm in tho middle west Tho Burton Harrison collection, which enmo In during tho year, is also highly prized. It consists of let ters to ills fnthqr, Burton N. Harrison, his grnndfnthqr, Jesso Burton Harri son, nnd his fereat-grandfnthor, Sam uel Jordan Harrison, from Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clny, It. It. Gurloy, N. P. Trist, Jefferson Dnvls nnd oth ers, nil, especially tho Jofforson Davis lettors, throwing importnnt light on historical ovonts. Mrs. William Reed of Bnltlmoro added to tho collection of tho year tho privato diary kept by William B. Itced during his mission to China In 1857-1859. Dr. Stuyvesant Fish Morris placed in tho collection tho certificates of election ns presi dent nnd vlco-prcaldcnt of tlto United States of Androw Jnckson nnd Mnrtin Van Buron, In 1833, nnd tho certlflcnto of election bh president of Mnrtin 'nn Buron in 1837. Tho transfer of mnnuscrlpts hero toforo prosorved In othor government offices to tho division of manuscripts in tho llbrnry brought somo Important accessions during tho yenr. Tho stato department transferred nil tho appli cations for olllco during tho adminis tration of George Washington and tho Journal and minutes of tho electoral college of 1877; tho treasury depart ment, tho original vouchors and ac counts of Georgo Washington's ex penses during tho wholo period of Mb command of tho army during tho rev olution; tho Interior department tho rich collection of hlatorlcal documonts filed In connection with tho revolu tionary pension claims, and pnpora pertaining to tho alavo trado and ne gro colonization in 1802-1872; tho postofflco department, certain miscel laneous papors, being drafts of lot tors, opinions of assistant attorneys gcnornl and applications for ofllco from 1825 to 1A75. This work df rescuing from tho va rious dopartmontB of tho government papers and documonts having n his torical value is to go on. Tho moro Important purchnsos of tho library during tho year includo tho letters and log books of Admiral Sir Georgo Cockbum (1772-1853), in G4 volumes, embrnclng a nnrratlvo of tho proceedings of Lord Nelson's squadron In tho cruise from Gibraltar and tho bnttlo of tho Nile; Cockburn's mission from Spnin to hor American colonies In 1811; tho orders and movements of tho British squadron In American wntorB In 1814 and tho voy ngo to St, Helena, whither ho carried Napoleon In 1315. Tho Bosnian pa pers woro ahio purchased during tho yenr, John Leods Bosnian was a his torian of Maryland who from 1757 to 1823 lived on tho enstorn shoro of Chesapeako bay, whoro ho conducted a largo cstato nnd pursued the Hfo of an antiquarian and historian. Ho left his library and pnpors to his nephew, John Leeds Kerr, who waB a represen tative in congress from 1825 to 1829 and from 1831 to 1833. This collec tion of manuscripts, which is now re garded as having great value, was purohased from tho descendants of John Lccda Kerr, During tho year tho Jofforson and Hamilton collections wero ndded to by tho purchaso of additional letters, and nn Interesting contribution to the history of South Carolina fedorallom was obtained in a numbor of lettors from Hamilton, Timothy Pickering nnd John Qulncy Adnms to William I.ouvhton Smith, u representative from South Carolina In tho First con gress. Tho trduscrlpt of historical documents rotating to American colo nial nffnlrs in tho public record ofllco nnd British museum in London and tho Bodleian library nt Oxford aro now reaching tho llbrnry. Theso rec ords, as far ns transcribed, nggregato about 07,500 folios of foolscap size. The copyright business of tho llbrn ry continues to expand. Tho gross re ceipts in tho ofllco of the register of copyrights during tho last year were $87,08G.53. Tho entries of titles for tho year numbered 120,131. Of thoso cntrlos 108,281 woro titles of tho pro ductions of citizens or residents of tho United States and 11,850 woro titles of works by forolgnors. Tho congrcssionil library Is now costing tho peoplo of tho country npproxl matoly $1,000,000 n year. Moro than 1,000,000 tourists visited tho library' (luring tho last year. It Is tnuch moro thnn n show place and students from ovnry section of tho United States como hero to pursuo research work within its walls. Thoso persons who havo charge of tho library, through correspondence with scholnrs and stu dents throughout tho country, ns woll as with correspondence with other libraries, aro qulto ilrmly convinced thnt tho peoplo of tho United Stntos wish to bco tho library supported in llrst-class stylo. ADMIRAL EVANS'. RETIREMENT "Fighting Bob" Is Now Really Out of the Service After Honorable Career. "Fighting Bob" Evans, Bcadog and diplomat, !b nfv out of tho navy. Ho has been on detached duty upon tho gcnornl naval board, but has sovorcd his connection with that body and will now pursuo his military work. Hear Admiral Ilobley D. Evans 1b ono of tho most plcturcsquo characters iu tho oyoB of tho world to-day. Ho entered tho naval nendemy GO ycara ago, and was a good deal of a kid yot when ho catered service during tho war of tho robolllon. From that day CO yoara ago up to Wednesday, January 2C, thoro has not been n day that ho has not boon upon actlvo duty. Ho Is now 04 years old. Ho will soon print tho story of his Hfo under tho tltlo "Tho American Admiral's Log." Ho is ono of tho most popular men In public Hfo, nnd It is n popularity that has not been evanescent. Ho lias rotalucd his hold upon tho hearts of tho public through ull theso tumbling yenra of activity, and is loved by ovory man asoa or ashoro as "Fighting Bob," and yot ho is in no senso of tho word a bolllgorent, being n man only of keen Judgment and ftrmnoBs of pur pose. When ho mado up his mind that an attack should bo mado ho mado It, and this dotermlncd purposo of his Is ono of tho things that has ondenrcd him to tho bluo-Jackota. Ad miral Evans had first command of tho 18 battleships which mado tho year's trip uround tho world, and ho roraom bors with n thrill of prldo his en trance into San Frnnclsco with thoso 18 great battleships in May, 1908, after the cruiso around tho Horn. Ho was detached threo dnys after landing, nnd retired tho following August Ho was promptly assigned to duty in connec tion with tho genornl board, from which ho was recontly detached. Hear Admiral Evans' enroor haa been singu larly happy and woll roundod, nnd ho enters privato Hfo with all tho ac companiments of love, honor and troops of friends. Desire for Elklns Dough. Fow men In America and nono In ofllclnl life recolvo such a varied as sortment of mall as docs Senator El klns nnd his family. Tho notoriety tho Elklns family gained when thcro was so much discussion nbout tho duke of tho Abruzzl and tho pnsslblo marrlago of Miss Kathorlno Elklns to thnt scion of tho Hnllan royal family causod tho iiaino of Elklns to bo known In ovory part of tho world. As a result every mall ' brings hundreds of letters from all parts of this coun try and from ovory civilized nook and corner of tho world, Including Islands thnt aro not placed in somo of tho older geographies. Tho writers of theso letters aasumo that tho El klns' wealth is equal to all tho fabu lous fortunoa of fiction nnd history. They ask for all sorts of things In fact everything tho human mind can conceive that monoy can buy. Bartholdt His Own Chauffeur. CongreBsmnn Bartholdt of St. Loula is tho proprietor, or rather owner, of n brand n6w nutomobllo. Having a tnsto for mechanics nnd knowing how to turn a Btcoring wheel, shift a fow lovers and press a few buttons, tho Missouri congressman tins determined to bo his own chauffeur nnd Is taking rides about Washington. So far ho has not been nblo to Induco many of his friends to go with him, for, though they know ho is a grcnt peaco advo cate, and would not havo bloodshed under any circumstances, they fear that even In tho peaceful pursuit of running an nutomobllo ho might bo dangerous until ho becomes a trlllo moro expert. Coudroy Taxlcabs. Congressman Coudrey would regit late taxlcab charges In tho Dlurlct of Columbia and has introduced n bill to that ond. A man, speaking of this bill tho other day, said It Is nil right for a member of congress to glvo at tention to everything in tho District of Columbia, but In vlow of tho ovor chargo of tho St. Louis cabman for convoying Senator Stono lo tho sta tion, he thought Missouri congressmen wero nfforded nmplo opportunity to glvo sumo attention to cab fares in their own cities. 1