~>v !
Peggy—Didn’t the lawyer know yon
were an actress?
Kitty—Gracious, no! He offered to
get my divorce without any pub*
Hatty.
Sincere Prayer.
Teacher—Now. Tommy, suppose a
man gave you ?100 to keep for lilm
and then died, what would you do?
Would you pray for him?
Tommy—No, sir; but I would pray
for another like him.- The United
Presbyterian.
The husband of a nagging woman
Is' apt to furnish most of the be
cause.
It's difficult for people to general*
advice that ia foolproof.
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Th© Ra!n.
Tt was f?o wot up In th’ sky,
Th' rain came clown where it was dry,—
vtr ’cause he was all dripping wet
<• went a-huntm’ ’round to get
rne place to stay in—k v/'y, I s'pose,
< Hk*‘d our Katie’s clean white clo’oa,
u.;t she Jus’ jerked ’em off th’ line,
Cause Katie ain't a-goin’ to min”
,jf all his feelfn’r does get hurt.—
N’en he jus’ tumbled in th’ dirt,
.fclme-hy he saw th’ folks a-siUtn'
(On our piazza—Gramma' knit tin’.
But ::c»on as he climbed up th’ stairs
fW'y evei’body pulled their chairs
Away back in. “Oh-ho"’ says he.
They’re 'fraid to 'sedate with me!"
So he went off an’ had some fun
A-makin all th’ chickens run.
But he'll get In, in spites of that,
'Cause here comer. Grampa an’ ids fcatV
Tii’ Ole Kaln rode 'long on th* brim,
An’ w’en my Giarnpa Ik* saw him
He slapped bin Jiank’chuf, so’s he’ll get
The worsted whippln' he's had yet!
—Harper’s* Weekly.
VEIL MAY BE USED
WITH SIMPLE GOWN
White Serge Suits Are Popular
for the Bride’s Traveling
Costume.
No matter how simple a wedding
town the June bride selects—even if
she Is married In white "tub” frock, she
may wear the symbolic bridal veil. Just
now lace veils are very fashionable,
and. of course, the Ideal nice veil Is a
helfloom ulTalr which has graced ger,-1
ern’tlons of happy brides. But very;
pretty Imitation lace veils may be had'
for $10 or $1">, and these veils,
shirred over a wire at one end so that
the lace border forms a little cap frill'
bn tho nail-, are charming. The tulle
Veil is even less expensive and is easier
to arrange gracefully. The veil should’
be thrown over the head so that It falls
below the waist in frrint, and It should
be lightly tacked to a circle of ribbon
wound wire which rests on the head.
After the wedding gown is donned,
the last thing before the ceremony, the
[Veil may be pulled out over the skirt;
and train and dipped around the hot-,
tom to conform with tin lines of the,
gown. It should then be lightly pinned
or "tacked" to the edge of the train to;
keep II In place.
Next In importance to the wedding
igowti Is the “going away" costume.
(While tailored suits are extremely1
(fushionabie this spring, many brides
are wearing smart while suits of serge:
[or- a lustrous wool and mohair mixed
(weave trimmed with white braid, but-i
tons, cord and satin facings. There is
something particularly smart and also:
[Particularly • bride-like" about these
Mlainty while suits, and when necom-,
(printed by a pretty hat and parasol In.
(color, they are exceedingly attractive.'
(A rose crowned hat and a. rase col-|
On d parasol, or a violet toque with'
(violet parasol, are charming with a
(white costume of this sort. |
i The more youthful a bride, the more
eager Is she to take advantage of her
new prerogative the trained gown. Al
imost all ceremonious costumes arc long
[now, and dinner gowns and tea gowns,
(have decided trains. Sometimes the
[train is at one side of the skirt—a cer
jtuin Paris couturier has brought out a
-lovely gown with draperies trailing
[backward at both sides of the skirt, i
-Daiu-lng gownS, to be wor.il first at
(dinner, have the train so arranged that
:lt may be caught up over the arm dur
‘ing the dance.
■.. -«o» • 1" -— —
The Biggest Job in the World.
Frank Bavile, an English writer,
[takes off bis hut to the great Amerl
joan nation in Sunset Magazine for
[June. “People of tho United States,’'
,he says, "I have to offer you—along
With my felicitations—my apologies. So
often do you wash your political dirty
linen In public, no loudly do you fie-;
Iploro your inability to copo with the
task, that one takes you at your word
—in great questions one doubts your’
skill. Now. if you will pardon the
continued use of tho simile, I have
[seen your national sanitary steamt
laundry turning out the very llnest
Work without a stain or r. smear, and
-doing it with a speed and an intelli
gent energy which lias not yet been
equalled since the beginning of things.
-The prejudices which your own pons,
bred in my soul I forthwith tear out,
ds effectively ns In Cutebrn cut a hun-,
|drod steam navies tear nut their thou
sands of cubic yards of “dirt” day after
jtlay. Hero on this jungle-spread isth
mus, across a belt of country -10 miles
(long by 10 wide, you have gathered to
[the shepherding of 40,000 laborers, 5,-.
POO keen and healthy men whose keen
jness and healthiness probably cannot
lie matched In any other continent on:
!thc habitable globe. And this on tile
We of the ‘white man’s gravel’”
An Offensive Story.
From ilie Washington Star.
“f never saw Mr. Roosevelt riled but,
oner," siiid ;t Now York banker. "It was
lover a twin story. Mr. Itoosevelt, you'
[know, regards twins, triplets, and even
;quadruplets, as great end unmixed bless-,
dogs, and lie wen t let any one poke ftinj
':tt them.
! "A schoolmaster told tho twin story In,
Ithe smoking room of a hotel out west
without intending any uffenae to Mr.l
(Roosevelt.
I "lie said that a pupil of his turned up
[at school one morning nearly an hour
llate. !
J " 'Tommy,' the seboohraster demanded]
'what Is the meaning ot thisl’
" 'We got company at our house,’ Tom
my replied.
" 'Wliut'.” raid Hie schoolmaster.
" 'Two's company. ain't it?' said Tom
my. 'Well. Its two little sisters. They
come early this morning with Dr. Smith,'
ami pop looks awful worried.' " ,
The hanker smiled and shook ills head.
“But you should have heard." he sutd.i
"the lecture that Mr. Roosevelt read that
schoolmaster or. raeo suicide.'’
A Reminiscence.
From the Washington Shir.
Booth Tarltlngton was talking in In
dianapolis about tho stage.
"There were two actresses tr. an early
play of ruine," ho said, "both very
(pettiiUful: but the loading actress was
(thin. She qimrrelail one day at re
hearsal with the other lady, and she
ended the quarrel by Buying, haughtily".
" Remember, pi cane. •that 1 am tho
Him-.' "
•'Yes, 1 know you're tho star,' the.
Other retorted, eyeing with an amused
snitln tho leading actiesa'. long, slitn
figure, but you'd look better, uiy dear,
if you were a little meteor.' "
Ths Discharge. •
From Harper's Weekly.
"What's the matter. UUiilns? 'Xou
look discouraged," said Slithers.
• ••! uni,” said Hilkins. "I had to dig.,
charge the cook tills morning. She was
on the rampage all night."
"Fine!" laughed S'1 them. "What Old
you sn; b• her?"
"1 told her to leave the house." said
IBilklns.
;\tifl did askou Slithers.
! 'She did," sighsd Eilkitis, "hut voq
,wouldn't know it tor *i'.o same nouse
after slic'd left tt. •
[
V -
______ /. _____
Half a Rogue j
By HAROLD MAC GRATH I
Author of The Man on the Box, The Puppet Crown, Hearts and Masks, Etc. j
Copyright Bobbu-Merrlll Co., Indianapolis
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CHAPTER XVI—(Continued)
"The fellow you nearly throttled the
jther night," explained Warrington.
"He looked pretty well battered up. 1
never saw you lose your temper so
quickly before."
"He struck me without provocation, at
the wrong moment. Who is going to
speak tonight?"
"Donnelly and Rudolph."
“What do you think? Donnelly called
me up by phone this afternoon. Wants
to know If 1 really intend to tear down
the shops. I told him I had nothing
to say on the subject.”
“Tear them down. I should. You're
a rich man. And you could have the
fun of lighting to build up the trade
your father left. You were talking once
of rebuilding entirely.
"Not a bad Idea, Dick. Only, I feel
r.orry for the mod. Let’s change the
subject, Dick."
"John, you're the head of the fam
ily. I love Patty better than anything
else on God's earth. Do you mind?”
Warrington uttered these words
swiftly, before Ills courage, which he
had suddenly urged to Its highest,
dropped back.
John swung round abruptly.
“Is that true, Dick?"
"As I stand here. Oh. I know, I'm
not good enough for Patty. 1 haven't
lived as decently as 1 might. I haevn't
gone through life as circumspectly as
you have. 1 drank: success made me
dizzy. But I love Patty—God bless her!
—ns I never hoped or dreamed of lov
ing any woman. What do you say,
John?"
"Say? Why, you are good enough
for any woman alive. I am very glad,
Dick. Patty married to you! You old
farmer," affectionately, "I’ve always
been mentally pairing off you two!
Come on; let's hour what the political
windmill has to say. They're burning
rod fire In front of the hall."
But. a moment gone their feet had
dragged with each step; now there
was u lightness that was dancing.
John knew that It was all a lie; and
his heart was as light as Ills feet.
Kate, dear Kate! He was a wretch! He
slapped Warrington on the shoulder.
“To think of your marrying Patty,
the lltllo sister!"
“Don’t go too fast, John,” said War
rington with less enthusiasm. “I
haven't said a word to Patty yet; and
if she’s a sensible young woman, she'll
glev me my Congo first-off."
“By George, women are strange
creatures. It’s the truth, Dick; you
can't tell which way they’ll go. But
Patty's no fool.” John hadn’t felt so
good In many hours.
“But I love her and God knows I
shall try to bo worthy of her, oven if
I lose her. . . . Sky-rockets!" with
an upward glance. "That’s tho signal
for Rudolph's arrival at the hall."
"Coma on, then!”
Rudolph was the great Jeffersonian
Democrat, not by excellence, rather by
newspaper courtesy, and that, to be
specific, by his own newspaper. He had
come up from New York that day to
deliver Ids already famous speech. Ho
was one of the many possibilities in
tho political arena for the governor
ship. And as he was a' multimillion
aire, he was sure of a great crowd.
The police cleared a pathway for the
great man, and he hurried up the steps.
"They'd be doing all this to you some
day," John declared, ns he and War
rington elbowed through the crowd, tho
.dog between their legs.
"How d’ y' do, Mr. Warrington?”
A hand touched the prospective
candidate on the arm. Warrington saw
Osborne’s rubicund nose.
".So you’re out, too, Mr. Osborne?”
■1 never let meetings go by, Richard.
Good evening, Mr. Bennington. A man
with ten millions doesn't look anv dif
ferent from ordinary mortals, does he?
But he Is different, or he wouldn't have
that barrel. A million Is like a light
house: It attracts all sorts of birds."
"We'll stand at the left,” said John;
’’it's nearer the exits.”
“Just as you say. I wish I’d left the
dog at home. He's a nuisance in a
crowd like this.”
They presently stood with their backs
to the wall anti looked toward the
stage. Donnelly was already speaking
about the man who was that night to
address them. t
Onee Warrington caught a glimpse of
a battered face in tho crowd, but it
disappeared quickly. However, be said
nothing to Bennington. Again, he saw
McQuade moving about, within fifty
feet. From time to time McQuade
stooped, and Warrington know that the
white dog was present.
"Gentlemen," concluded Donnelly,
with a flourish, "William Henry Ru
dolph. of New York, our next gov
ernor."
Mr. Redo!nh rose majestically and
smiled and bowed
He began calmly. Mr. Rudolph
paused in the midfile of a metaphor.
There was a sudden commotion in the
rear of the hall. Men were surging to
and fro.
“Stand back!" cried a firm, resonant
voice, full of anger.
The uproar Increased. Those In the
forward chairs craned their necks,
“Put hint out!”
“A fight!”
Blue helmets moved toward tin scene
of action slowly.
Two bulldogs, one tan, the other
white, were fighting desperately, near
the exits. In between Innnfni legs, un
der chairs, this way and that, snarling,
snapping, dragging.
It was Warrington who had cried
out. He had been listening to the ora
tor; and Jove, smelling Ills enemy from
afar, slyly crept out of his master's
reach. The white dog lmd also been on
the wateli. In the drop of an eyelid
tlie battle was on. Warrington in
stantly comprehended the situation,
when lie saw McQuade, who had every
confidence in his flog, clear a circle. He
pushed his way through tho swaying
wall of men and commanded those in
front to stand back. He was furious.
He had no objections to human beings
fighting, but ho detested these bloody
conflicts between dumb brutes.
McQuade lost bis temper and his di
eretlon. He kicked Jove cruelly In the
side, at the very moment when War
rington had succeeded In breaking the
grip. Bennington thrust McQuade
back violently.
“I'll remember that kick. Mr. c
Quade," said Warrington, white the
face.
“I don't think you'll bo mayor of
Herculaneum, Mr. Warrington." re
plied McQuade, glaring venomously at
the man who had brushed him aside so
easily. •
Warrington took Jove under his arm
and pressed toward the door, followed
by Bennington.
CHAPTER XVII. ’
The republican caucus or convention
ass uneventful. Warrington was nomi
nated for mayor of Hercuulcaneum
with little or no opposition.
The young candidate’s speech accept
I ins the nomination was reproduced in
full in all the newspapers, whose edi
torial writers frankly admitted that the
speech was one of the best heard in
Herculeaneum in years. »
On the other side the democrats per
functorily nominated Donnelly. It was
the best they could do, and Donnelly
had nothing to learn. And so the
fight was on.
At the shops the men had placed the
usual sentinels around the limits, ready
to repel the expected army of non
union workmen. But a dar passed,
two, three, four; a week, then 10 days;
a month. Not a single strange man
approached the gates. Not one man
among them had any information
whatever as to the movements of their
whilom employer. Scab labor never
showed Its head above the horizon. The
men began to wonder; they began to
grow restless. But Morrissy always
pacified them with the word “wait.”
‘Vigilance, boys; that’s the word,”
said the leader. “The moment we go
s*eeP he’ll have his men inside.”
One day a cry went up.
“Here’s the scabs! Here they come.”
\Vord was sent immediately to the
union’s headquarters.
A body of 20 odd men, carrying
sho\ els and pickaxes and dinner pails,
moved toward the gates. At their head
\vas Bennington himself. Bennington
was last. He turned for a moment and
gazed calmly at the threatening faces
of the strikers.
“Men.” he said, “up to 1 o’clock this
noon these gates will be open to you.
1 his is the last chance. Later you will
you have been betrayed.”
How about Chittenden?”
"f'hitt?nden will return at the same
time you do.”
“Let him show his British face here,
and we 11 change it so his mother won't
know’ it.”
•oBes nlngt°n Went inside ®nd Shut the
ow* afternoon all the strikers were out
1 hey congregated in groups
nniLV? a6d an8Tily- Two policemen
patrolled up and down. Bennington
had had some difficulty In securing
even these. In the afternoon there ap
peared some ,50 more strange men.
These carried toolbars. They were
challenged.
"What are you going to do in there?"
demanded Morrissy.
of your business, for one
, ,5’ answered the burly spokesman
/ »he laterIopers. "I'll add this much,
it it will ease your minds; Nobody's
going to step Into your Jobs; when you
went out you left your jobs behind.”
So you fellows are what they call
strike-breakers, are you?” asked Mor
rissy wrathfully.
, ,9h' we aren't going to break your
str ke, my friend. You can call this a
stilke as long as you plea3e, so far as
we re concerned."
"Are you union men?"
reply°* S° you d notlce It,” was the cool
"All right. Y'ou fellows won’t be here
long. ’
"Let ’em by, men," cried Morrissy.
Don t touch ’em yet. You just leave
it to me."
Morrissy directed his steps to Mc
Quade'a office and together they paid a
visit to the mayor.
‘Took here, Donnelly, did you permit
Bennington to swear in deputy police"”
asked McQuadc.
"Deputy police? Bennington has no
deputy police from this place ” an
swered Donnelly hotly.
"Well, all we know is that he has
them, snipped Morrissy.
“Then he has gone directly to the
governor*"
"The governor?”
McQuadc and Morrissy looked at
each other blankly.
"Ho has the prerogative,” said Don
nelly.
"But he wouldn't dare!"
"Oh, yes, he would. It's his last term
ite is without further political ambi
tion. hi? can act as he pleases, in the
face of public condemnation. There’s
one thing left, though."
“What?"
“Injunction,” said Donnelly tersely.
"With republican Judges on the
benches ?" replied McQuade Ironically.
"And you can’t enjoin private prop
erly," added Morlssy.
“I’ll send for Bennington.” Donnelly
volunteered. "Perhaps I can talk him
into reason."
"It's up to you to block this move
somehow," said McQuade. "It means
the labor vote. And we've got to have
that."
"I’ll do the best I can. I can stop
his permit to tear down the building
If he really intends to do that."
"It will bo a good day's work for
you."
"I'll ac t this very afternoon."
Once outside the mayor’s office, Mc
Quadc turned to Morrissy.
“Where's that receipt you promised
on oath?"
"Haven’t you got it?" asked Morrissy,
feigning surprise.
"No. and doubt you sent it. But
I want it at once, and no more mon
geying."
"Well. I sent it. T mailed it to your
office. You’ve overlooked it."
"Come over to my office now and
make It out,” McQuadc insisted.
"You’ve got plenty of grips on me
without that," protested Morrissy re
proachfully.
"But I want this one, and I'm going
to have it."
The two went to McQuadc’s office.
"All I've got to say Is that I mailed
you a receipt. What do you want it
for?" with a final protest.
“I’ve got an idea in my head, Mor
rissy. I want that receipt. Some dav
you may take it Into your head to testi’
fy that I offered you a thousand to
bring on the strike at Bennington’s.
That would put me In and let you out,
because 1 can’t prove that I gave the
cash to you. Business is business.”
"Hell! Anyone would think, to hear
you talk, that I had threatened to be
tray."
"Every man to his own skin." replied
McQuade philosophically. He then sat
down before the typewriter. There 'were
two blank sheets in the roller, with a
carbon between. McQuade picked out
ills sentence laboriously.
"There, sign that."
The paper read:
"I, James Morrissy, the undersigned,
do hereby declare that I have received
*1.000, in two sums of *300 each from
Duniol McQuade, these sums being
payment agreed upon for my bringing
about the strike at the Bennington
shops."
Morrissy looked at the boss In
credulously.
“I say, Mac, have you gone crazy?"
he cried. "Do you want evidence like
this lying around in your safe? It's
the penitentiary for both of us If any
one finds that."
“I know what I am doing." McQuade
responded quietly, as Indeed he did.
"But look; you've got the strike and
I’ve got the cash; that makes us quits.”
"Sign it," was all McQuadc replied
to this argument.
“All right. What’s bad for me Is bad
for you." and without further ado Mor
rissy affixed hls fist to the sheet.
“Here’s the duplicate for you.’’
Morrissy lighted a match and set fire
to the sheet; he stamned on the ashes
with grim satisfaction. .
“Not' for mine,” with a laugh.
“You’re welcome to yours.”
McQuade folded his deliberately and
put it away in the safe. The sheet of
carbon paper he crumpled into a ball
and tossed into the waste basket. We
. all commit blunders at one time or an
other, and McQuade had just commit
ted his.
“That’s all, Morrissy. I think I can
trust you fully. I mean no harm, boy;
’tis only self-preservation."
“Oh, so long as your name's on It
there’s no kick coming from me; only
I never saw you do such a fool thing
before. Anything else today?"
"No. You might keep tab on that
fool Bolles. He’s been drunk ever since
he came back from New York. And he
doesn’t know how to keep his mouth
shut.”
“I’ll keep an eye on him.”
"He’s the only man we have who
can handle the dagos. I’ll see you up
at Dutch hall tonight. Donnelly is
making a speech there, and we’ll open
a few kegs of beer for.the boys.”
When Morrissy was gone McQuade
laughed softly and went to the safe
again. He proceeded to do to his re
ceipt exactly what Morrissy had done
to hls—burn it. So long as Morrissy
believed that MrQuade held his signa
ture. so long might Morrissy be trusted.
It was only an idea, but it proved that
the boss knew his lieutenants tolerably
well.
“The blackleg would sell the tomb'
off his fathers grave,” he mused,
brushing the ashes from hls clothes.
Let Bennington rip up hls shops; all
the better for Donnelly’s chances of re
election. The laboring party would be
sure to desert Warrington’s standard,
since he was a personal and Intimate
friend of Bennington the oppressor. He
laughed again sinisterly. Presently
he would have them nil by the throats.
He would watch them squirm, too.
This young fool Warrington; he was
t*e first real obstacle he (McQuade)
had encountered In his checkered ca
reer. Threats could not move him. Ho
had believed at the start that he could
scare him away from the convention;
but the fool wouldn’t be scared. And
hls damned dog!
‘‘He’ll never reach the city hall, not
while I live, damn his Impudence!
That woman, though, is no fool. She’s
kept her mouth shut. They don’t al
ways do that. Well, I can write more
than receipts on the machine. I’ll ruin
them both if I can. Ordered me out of
the house, and I honestly liked the
woman! But I’ll square accounts pres
ently.”
Meanwhile Donnelly set the wires
humming. He finally got Bennington
at the shops.
‘ This is Mr. Bennington. Who is It
and what is wanted?"
“This Is the mayor talking.”
“Oh! Well, what is it, Mr. Donnelly?"
“I must see you at once In iny office.
This is an urgent request. I can’t ex
plain the matter over the wire. But
you’ll do yourself and me a great favor
if you’ll come into town at once."
“Very Important?”
“Extremely so.”
“I shall be there at 5 o'clock.”
“Thanks. I shall await you.” Don
nelly hung up the receiver, very well
satisfied.
Bennington understood. Polities was
going to take a hand in the game.
After all, it was best to take the bull
by the horns at once and have It over
with. He knew how well he had forti
fied himself against any political ma
chinery. So, promptly at a quarter of
5, ho departed, leaving explicit orders 1
with hls subordinates. The strikers
moved aside for him, muttering and
grumbling, hut they made no effort to
Impede his progress. There were
groans and catcalls, but that was all.
He looked neither to the right nor to
the left, but presented hls back to them
fearlessly. Chittenden, upon Benning
ton's advice, had gone to New York.
The strikers would have used him
roughly, could they have laid hands on
him.
Arriving In town. Bennington went
at once to the city hall and straight to
the mayor's private office.
“Well, Mr. Donnelly?” he began, his
hat on his handsome head and his cane
behind his back, neither offensive nor
defensive.
Donnelly closed the door leading to
the clerk’s office and came back to his
desk. He waved his hand toward a
chair. If he could bend this young
hot-head it would be a victory worth
while, politically.
“In the first place. Mr. Bennington,
aren't you going a little too hard on
the men?”
"That was their lookout; they had
every chance to think the matter over,
to examine all sides of the question.”
“You went personally to the governor
for deputy police. Why didn’t you
come to me?"
"The governor is a personal friend of
mine."
"I don’t believe that I have been
found lacking in justice," said Donnelly
thoughtfully.
"I can’t say that you have. But I
was in a hurry, and could not wait for
the local machinery to move."
"You have placed armed men in your
shops without a justifiable cause."
(Continued Next Week.)
Leaving Him at Sea.
From Ideas.
"Could you do something for a poor
old sailor?” asked the seedy-looking
wanderer at the gate.
"Poor old. sailor?” echoed the lady at
work at the tub.
"Yes’m. I fullered the wotter for six
teen years.”
"Well,” said the woman, after a crit
ical look, “you certainly don't look as
If you ever caught up with it."
Then she resumed her labors.
Envelopes were introduced in 1839.
r ’ \
A HELP TO HIM.
The Bookkeeper—The fact that Tour
grandfather has married again eeema
to please you. Willie.
Office Bow—I guess so. Ain't I got an
other grandmother ter die now when 1
want ter go to the ball game?
i SUMMER CARE OF
THE HOUSE PLANTS
; Should Be Grown in Open Air
During Season—Set Some
in Borders.
_
It takes a hardy plant to stand the
dry atmosphere, vari tlons in tempera
ture and lack of oxygen, which almost
every house plant has to struggle
against during even the most favorable
winter In the house. When summer
comes, therefore, many a plant will be
found to have l^en weakened some
what by this difficult season, through
which it has cheered and lent beauty to
the house. At the end of the season
each plant should bo Inspected with a
careful eye and provision made for its
summer rest and recuperation.
In every case where it is possible, the
house plant should be allowed to grow
In the open air during the warm
months. Cut flowers take their place
Indoors so that they can be spared and
out of doors, while growing strong for
next season. They add a touch of
tropical beauty to the grounds or
veranda. Except in the case of the
largest, palms and rubber plants it is
well to set the palm or fern which has
been cramped into a pot for so long,
directly into the open soil. To do
this, the plant should be held iirmly
inverted and turned out of the pot. The
old, used up soil should be shaken out
from the roots, and it should be set
firmly in a hole made to receive it.
Ferns should be set In a partly shaded
situation and given plenty of water.
Palms and rubber plants can stand
more sun. Begonias do well set out in
th.e open border as do cacti and cen
tury plants. Should the cheerful gera
nium be numbered among the house
plants, It may bo bedded out or set
in the veranda boxes. Plants too largo
for this treatment will send out fresh
leaves and thrive set out in their usual
pots or tubs In favorable positions.
Every plant needs repotting or a new
supply of soil of some sort in the
spring, or once a year. The nutritive
elements of the soil must be renewed
from time to time. For general use In
repotting good loam dug from the gar
den, mixed with well rotted barnyard
manure, will furnish the necessary ele
ments for growth. If it is possible, go
into the woods and bring home a sup
ply of rich, dark leaf mold from under
the trees. The rotted leaves of which
It is made will make it rich in humus
and an ideal soil. The soil well mixed,
and stray earthworms Carefully ex
tracted. the plants may be turned out
and repotted In new soil. A crock may
be placed over the hole in the bottom
to Insure good drainage, and the earth
packed so tightly that the whole may
be turned out and put back without
breaking the mold of oarlh. Three
quarters of an inch should be left at
the top of the pot for water.
It is often desirable to reduce or
keep the size of the plant the same.
If so. the plant must be carefully cut
back. Two or three main stems should
be retained and the rest cut out with
a sharp knife. The largest roots should
at the same time he cut out. The rest
Should be approximately the same size
as the top of the plant, so that root
and branch must bo cut to correspond.
From the shoots lopped off in the case
of geraniums, begonias and the like,
cuttings can be‘made and the supply
of plants increased by this method. '
The possibility of growing valuable
plants from the stock already on hand
Is worth attention. There is no more
attractive present for a friend than
a well grown plant and old plants die
and need their places filled. To make
either a green or a hardwood cutting a
healthy bit should be chosen. Then,
with a sharp knife, a clean cut should
be made close below a node, that is, be
low one of the small ridged places
which divide the stem off into sections.
Begonias will root from cuttings made
of one leaf nr a section of It. The cut
ting should be planted in small parts
In a soil mixed of sand with a little
loam, with a layer of sand at the top
and of peat at the bottom of the pot.
Five Inches is a good length for a cut
ting. The leaves should be cut small to
lessen transpiration. After a few weeks
during which the cuttings will have
rooted, they should be shifted into
larger pots, with stronger soil.
Ferns can not bo grown from cut
tings, but by simply dividing the root
and plant, two ferns can be grown from
one. Palms, rubber plants and cacti
can not be propagated outside the
greenhouse, but by beginning with
small, cheap plants, large and expen
sive ones can be developed.
Often at the end of the season rubber
plants will have lost the leaves from
the lower part, and with only a tuft
of leaves at the end, present a forlorn
and scraggy appearance. A leggy rub
ber plant can be cured by making, at
a suitable distance from the leaves, to
make a symmetrical plant, a sharp cut
Into the stem below a node. Around
the stem at. the place where the cut Is
made should be bound a damp sphagum
moss. At the end of a few weeks the
plant will have sent out roots from
the cut place. Then the top of the
plant should be completely severed
from the old stock and potted. The
result will be two rubber plants from
one unsightly one, for the old plant
after this treatment is likely to put
out new leaves.
BLACK AND WHITE FANS.
For the bride, the sweet girl grad
uate or-the pretty miss whose birthday
falls on these spring days there is no
daintier or more appropriate gift than
one of the many lovely fans that are
now seen on every side.
The vogue for wearing long Jeweled
chains has brought out quaint little
fans like butterflies of very small bird
feathers., with jeweled handles for the
evenings, and also tiny folding fans
with vanity boxes set in the end.
larger and more effective ore the
new blank and white fans of bespan
gled net with delicate traceries of sil
ver thread forming orchid designs upon
them, or the new fans of bluck luce
beaded In white and lacelike patterns.
There are, too. big ostrich feather
fans, delicate hand-painted chiffon
ones, fans of silver net and so many
others that the eye is, bewildered by
the beautiful array in many of tho
■shops.
For fans are to be fashionable again
i this year. For two summers we have
S sweltered on the porch or at dances be
cause fans were not in vogue, but this
year one may carry a. big or small one
with every frock and keep cool and
comfortable, no matter what the ther
mometer says.
TO WATER PLANTS.
A cording to an ingenious Scotch de
vice. house plants can be kept well wa- '
tered during a week's absence of thv it.
housekeeper. Set a bowl of water
above til- plant to bn watered hyWjglt
means of a box or si pile of books^^^H
■Twist several strands of darning woolgHBrn
together or' braid them to form a longjM f
wick and soak them In water. If onsf|
end of the wlek reaches to the bottom JBHs
of the plant bowl and the ether hangs I
over the plants a steady drip win con- : t : t
tinue until the bowl is emptied.
