W'C SHALL VOT
RlW AAU'CK.
The game is treed, the
Commoner
PAR KICK NOT AVAILABLE.
Mr. Cleveland's nomination Is out of
the question, although he Is the first
i twice of the plutocratic, element In the
i! mo it. tie party. Mr. Olney ha3 re
moed' himself by his advocacy of Mr.
Cleveland's nomination, and Mr. Gor
man's chances teem reduced to a
minus quantity by his failure to secure
the co-operation of the democratic
senators In his position on the Panama
question. Mr. Hill is not a possibility,
hut he has taken up the candidacy of
Judge Parker in the hope of making
himself the "power behind the throne."
As gome of the democrats arc consid
ering Judge Parker as a "harmony"
candidate, It. is Important that the real
nature of his candidacy should be ex
amined. He Is first of all Mr. HIIPh
candidate, and' that in itself would be
sufficient to raise a suspicion In regard
to his position on public questions. The
Hon. David 15. has a legislative, record
that enables u to easily ascertain his
position on public questions a record
so antagonistic to the democratic party
that he refused to give any cp?n sup
port to the ticket in 1890, and did not
even disclose, until some two years
after the election, how ho voted. In a
letter written shortly befors the elec
tion he told' a New York republican
that he had not decided what he would
do, concluding with the statement, "I
am a democrat still very still."
Mr. Hill has mads himself the cham
pion of Mr. Parker in New York, and
it Is not likely that he would do this
without having an understanding with
Mr. Parker as to his own position with
the administration. It can be safely
taken for granted that in case of Judgo
Parker's nomination and election Mr.
Hill would be the controlling figure
in the administration, and that would
mean that those who attempted to
reach the White house would have to
wade through peanut shells knee deep.
Mr. Hill stands for everything bad
that Mr. Cleveland Ftand3 for and lacks
the brutal frankness that has given
Mr. Cleveland most of his popularity.
Hut Mr. Hill's support, dangerous as it
in. Is not so detrimental to Judge
Parker as the corporate support, which
Is gradually gathering about him.
There Is no doubt that the corporate
Inttrests have an tinders landing with
Jude Parker, for without such an un
derstanding they would not think of
supporting him. The decision In the
merger case shows how Important it is
that the president should lx In sym
pathy with the people rather than in
sympathy with the corporations. The
three Judges appointed by Mr. Cleve
land dissented from the opinion of the
court, and as Judge Holmes stood with
tr'm. It would only require one more
Judge to change tho decision, even If
Judge Brewer's separate opinion does
not already indicate the probability of
an adverse decision in another ease.
If Judge Parker were nominated by
tin- influences of the corporations anil
di'i ted with the aid of their contribu
tions, is ther? any doubt that his ap
1'iiutoca would ho corporation men?
Can the democratic party afford to
1 T.d Itself to a movement to fo make
u'i ihe supieme court as to nullify the
forts of the penple at reform? To
Mviir remedial legislation the people
must have not only the house, the sen
atc, the president, but the supreme
'M'.rt also, and as the membprs of the
Mipicwe court hold office for life, that
department of the government Is hard
i I to change. As president, Judge
Parker might appoint one, two. or even
t'.io supreme Judges, and his appolnt-
iu ;:!. mlcht Inr the way to relief for
t"ii or fifteen y-ars. Can Ihe party
;iffi- to take such a chance? Judge
Parker has been before the country
The merger de-.-lslon of tho Btiprenir
Mirt was such nn awful blow to the
Northern rui Itl-s company that its
:!.!; rose ten points within twenty
i :r hours after the division was nn
1 M i lift (t. .
i'r
to date no rcorgati.er who op
the icnfllrnvitlon or me icn
Citv ulatfoim has undertaken the
of willing a better one.
The rudium cure for tin loudllng
! has not yet been announced. The
P'-- ag.-nvts of radium seem to
' rl KiUing a few thing.
be
TIimo is mi evident deposition on
lie part of a number of distinguished
r;ir.;Ui tiolltlclans to make a punch
lug lug ou of ho K'Kbt Honorable
Mr. Arthur Halfonr.
Mr. James J. Hill might try Induc
ing Homo court to compel him to sell
Ins merger to another of like nature,
liiat s tho way the sugar trust made
Its Ix'st move.
Perhaps Rutwla and Japan are wait
ing for bid from tho moving pic
ture symlliates.
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1 Jr .
SMS
gun is loaded, but the mighty Nimrod slumbers on.
Courtesy of The Commoner.
Comment-
as a candidate for a year, and in all
that time he lias never expressed him
self upon a single public question or
Indicated his views on a single issue.
Can wo afford' to nominate a question
mark? If so, we need not be sur
prised if the voters indulge In excla
mations. Democracy's contest with plutocracy
Is not a sham battle or a make-believe
fight. It Is a terribly earnest struggle,
and the decision In the merger case
has pointed out with great distinctness
the possible result of a mistake in the
selection of a candidate. There are
hundreds of democrats whose sympa
thles are with the masses of tho people
and whose opinions are known men
who have had more experience In po
litical life than Judge Parker, and who
would poll more votes on election day.
Some of these men have been men
tioned; others have not. Surely
among those who have been proposed
or might be proposed It is possible to
find someone who will give voice to
the democratic conscience, and lead a
charge against the cohorts of organized
and predatory wealth.
The republican party Is controlled by
the corporations; it Is dominated by
the trust magnates and financiers. The
president has signally failed to en
force the rrtmVal section of the antl
trust law1, and his attorney general
hastens to allay any fears that ths
merger decision might have excited.
The president will have the support of
Wall street unless the democratic
party nominates a man nearer to the
corporations than he Is. Could the
democratic party afford to get between
the republican party and1 th? trusts
even If It were possible to do so? If
Mr. Parker were a man with a record
If his convictions were known and his
position on public Issues clearly de
fined, Mr. Hill's championship of his
cause might not be sufficient to en.
tircly destroy his availability, but with
his opinions unknown and his aspira
tions in the hands or Mr. Hill, it Is
not unfair to regard Mr. Hill as the
keeper of his conscience, and who Is
so poorly qualified to keep any one's
conscience?
The fact that Mr. Parker Is an cnlg
ma ought to remove him from consid
r -ation, ami me siuiaiiou is uiMiie sun
worse by the blight of Mr. Hill's sup
port. When to this Is added ths over
shadowing danger which the merge
decision has pointed out. is It not time
that the honest, earnest, loyal demo
crats awake from their lethargy, lay
aside the thought of compromise, and
begin an aggressive campaign to save
the democratic party from the menace
of corporate control?
If Mr. Parker is nominated it must
not bo as a "harmony candidate" it
must be with the knowledge that he
represents the 6amo element, the ram
Influence and the same methods which
during Mr. Clevnlar.d's second admin
Istratlon led the democratic party
through "the valley of the shadow of
diath."
SERMONS ON BURTON.
Wrltins for tho Chicago Tribune
William Allen White, the well-know
newspaper man of Kansas, deliver
an Interesting sermon with Senator
Burton's unhappy experience as th
text.
Mr. White, like Senator Burton, is
republican, but he says that the con
vlction of Mr. Burton will surprise no
one In Kansas. According to Mr
White, this Is true be cans a "Burton''
character lias been known in Kansa
for twenty jfars."
Referring to Mr. Burton, Mr. White
nays:
"For a d'.i.cn years before he wen
"What el:"s Chicago want?" queiirs
the esteemed Tribune. Why should
the Tribune I'uta Its qnri'tlr n In s;u
difficult foim: "What r.3;s Clilrag
not want." would be an easy one.
The tin t h.w or.e ly when the dem
erratic party v. ill niccpt n camlldnt
whoso side recommendation Is tha
nobody knows where he stands on the
leading IhSf.es.
Republican Colorado Is having n
hard time of It. The Colorado voters
who thought with their stomachs will
know trUer next time.
Panama has sold her two gunboats.
But she (Mdn't gt nearly so much out
of their sale ns she did out of the gold
brick she engineered on your Uncle
Sam.
Somehow or other the eminent re
organizers who so love o quote the
flection returns of Pitt2 and l.SSii never
think of the general election returns
of 1894.
Doubtless Mr. Hill haa long since
had his attention called to the h.orrl
blo fate whlchj befell the beef trust
w - .-r r
to Washington as a senator from Kan
sas he was a profejslonal candidate for
senatorial honors. He bad served a
erm or two In the lower house of the
tate legislature, where he openly solic
ited bribes, and was charged dozens of
times in the newspapers- of the state
with being a beiodler without the
slightest resentment on Burton's part.
Time antl again perfee-tly reputable
and financially responsible newspapers
have charged Burton with violating
every obligation of life, serial, moral.
political and financial, and he made no
attempt to bring these newspapers to
the bar of justice."
Mr. Burton's election Is explained
by Mr. White In this way:
"Ills' election was date to tho influ
ence of railroads In state politics.
Svery local attorney for the Hock Isl
and, tho Missouri Pacific, the Santa
Fe, and the Union Pacific who had any
nliuence was at Topeka working for
Burton. Peremptory orders came out
of Chicago and St. Louis In the cam
palgn which ended with Burton's
election demanding that local Kansas
railroad lawyers support Burton or
lose their places.
Then Mr. White Eays that Mr. Bur
ton "has furnished a horrible exam
ple to young men who would go Into
politics as a means of profit," and he
preaches a very eloquent sermon upon
the value of honesty.
This Is all very true; and yet, one
can not avoid the reflection that Bur
ton's present day condition speaks for
Itself and sermonizes accordingly. Mr
White would' do better to address his
sermons to the republican party. How-
did it happen that a man whose char
acter, it was well understood in Kan
sas for twenty years, was a bad one.
could be electee! to represent that state
In the senate? How did it happen that
the republicans of Kansas chose for
United States senator a man who dared
not resent the cherge that he had open
ly solicited bribes, that he was a bood
ler, and that he had violated every ob
ligation' of life? How did it happen
that the allied railroads. were able to
elect this man to the senate?
The railroads did not provide the
election machinery. The republican
members of the Kansas legislature did
tho choosing. Would it not lie well
then, for Mr. White to address some
of his sermons to the republican lead'
ers of Kansas; and not only to the re.
publicans of Kansas, but to the repub
licans of other states who have sub
mitted to railroad domination, Just as
tamely as the republicans of Kansas
have done?
While Mr. White Is engaged In the
delivery of sermons, would it not be
well for him to take as a text some
of the other members- of the United
States senate? It Is not necessary that
he take those who have been engaged
In small transactions, and, largely be
cause of the smallness of the schrme
have been brought to punishment
There sits In the United States senate
today a man who Is notoriously the
representative of th? greatest of all
trusts. In the discharge of his senat
otial duties he shows no concern what
ever for public Interests. His hus'in?R3
is to protect the In'ererJs of the great
trusts"; every other consideration is ig
nored In consideration for i. e trust,
F.very public Interest must bend to the
prince Interests of tha multi-million
alreo represented by this parucuia
senator.
Burtcn did wrong and undoubtedly
deserves punlrhment; but I? It not ar
ter all. a mockery for newspaper writ
era to prate about the cheap wicked
nrss of the Bur'.ors, whlla closing tnei
eye J to the iniquity on a much larger
scale of otlv?r ruunc men wno nav
not been called to account, but who In
gplte of the notoriety of the fact thnt
thev nre rcnre?r:itauvee oi special in
terestp, y:t retain places of honor In
tho republican organization?
Mr James J. Hill Is not grumbling
All he will have to do will be to do It
some other way, aril thru wait until
the supremo court decides that it, too,
I wrong.
Perhaps tlmse congressmen would
lie willing to stand Investigation were
It. not ul.oiit Hum for ttirm to r.uir
mid bivln nailing up thii
fcmvH.
Mr.-Knox gives us the a.suranc
thnt the administration "will not ru
nmurk." And h? glvc.1 It Wltliou
cracking a smile.
SVnnlor IV.irt oil's attorneys will now
have to get busy and find the prope
technicality.
A girl hns an Idea that a man's sus
renders go all the way down to hi
socks, and that his trousers stay
with a button.
It Inkes a rollpge profe'ssor on
small salary to educate the people ho
to deal with great financial problems
Some girls are so modest that they
would blush to see the salad dressing.
FALSE AIUiUMKNT
AMERICAN ECONOMIST ATTEMPTS
TO DECEIVE FARMERS.
Avowed Organ of the Trutts Goes Far
in Its Fight Against Revision of the
Tariff How the Agriculturist Is
Badly Treated.
Some Republicans in Minnesota
and etlier states bordering on Canada
are very anxious for reciprocity with
Canada, but the American Economist
denounces this reciprocity as "a
means of adding to the profits of the
millers, tho Jobbers and the rail
roads, and a selfish, senseless
scheme of cheapening the domestic
market for farm products." The
Economist also claims, "It would
break down the price of wheat tit Min
neapolis and for precisely that effe-ct,
and for that reason the Minneapolis
Milling corporations and the Twin
City daily newspapers are urging reci
procity with all their might and
main." As every farmer knows, this
rude reasoning is based on the sup
position that the price of wheat is
fixed in Minneapolis according to the
mount of wheat received there. But
the facts are that the price of wheat
controlled by the combined crops of
the world and the demand for the
surplus, after our own and other
homo markets nro supplied. Those
countries, like England, which do not
raise enough wheat to supply their
own pooplo buy what they need from
tho United States, India, Argentina,
Russia or any other country that has
surplus to sell. The demand for
that surplus fixes the prico of wheat
all over the world nnd the Canadian
wheat as but a slight Influence, to raise
or lower It. If the Canadian wheat
oes not come through Minneapolis,
here most of It would be ground Into
flour In American mills, It would be
shipped to Eastern Canada and either
mnde Into flour there or shipped di
rect to England. In any event the
most of It reaches England and com'
petes In regulating the price that is
paid tho world over.
The American farmer has been
badly treated by the protectionists.
He has to pay high tariff prices for
all he buys and has but little protec
tion on what he raises. The Econo
mist knows this and must bolster up
Its protection fallacies by Its pretend
ed anxiety for the American farmer.
Tho Protective Tariff league, which
supplies tho money to publish the
Economist, Is composed of Eastern
manufacturers, most of whom are now
organized Into trusts and combines
who are bleeding the farmer at every
pore, and their anxiety expressed
through their organ, the Economist,
for the protection of tho farmer is
like tho love of the liein for the lamb
to make a good meal of.
This contention amongst the Re
publican protectionists on the virtue
of reciprocity, which by the way waB
favored by Blaine and urged by Mc-
Kinley, and was part of the political
creed of President Roosevelt until the
'stand patters" forced him to yield to
their "do nothing" policy, is favored
by many Republicans, who see that
protection cannot long exist unless
some of its barriers to trado are low
ered. Tho Democrats may accept rec'
lprocity as a means to break down
protection, but it Is not the Demo
cratic way of curing the evil of mo
nopoly. When tho farmers are re
lieved from trust exactions by the tar
iff being reformed so that the trusts
can no longer charge them much high
er prices here than the same trust
productions are sold for abroad the
wheat, problem will bo settled at the
same time. All the farmer wants is
to be allowed to buy In the cheapest
market aud sell In tho best market
that the world affords. The farmer.
with the trusts removed from his
back, which are now riding him to his
undoing, will then have equal rights
with the monopolists who are now
enjoying special privileges at his ex.
pense.
More Pcstoffice Grafting.
The refusal of tho Republicans In
Congress to allow an Investigation of
tho whole Postofflce department p.
demanded by the IYmocrats shows
that the party In power fears the
further exposure of the general rot
tenness said to prevail under the pres
ent management. The investigation
of tho office of the First Assistant
Postmaster General which has result-
sd in the publication of the Brlstow
report, has proven that tho claim of
the Democrats wns fully justified
Even more serious charges have been
made against the office of the Second
Assistant Postmaster General under
which the railroads are charged with
obtaining vast sums for carrying tho
mails. Tho latest evidence of rotten
ness In this department comes from
some of the constituents of the Hon.
Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin, who
lately tried to defeat him for renom
inatlon, charging him with padding
the malls In the Interests f tho rail
roads. The sworn evidence of this
was produced by Hon. Robert Baker
of Brooklyn in a speech In Congress
which can be found In tho Congres
sional Record of March 18 on pages
3r03-f. That speech so stirred up the
Republican grafters that by a party
voto all the Republicans present
voted In favor of the previous qnea
tion. so thnt Mr. Baker and the iH'm
ocrats could not reply to the partisan
speech of Mr. Hepburn, who demand
ed that the Baker speech be expunged
from the Record. The proceedings
can bo found In the Congressional
Recotd of March 21 on pages HtilO-3.
The Republicans thus go en record
ngnlnst exposing the rottenness
charged to prevail In the department
of the Second Assistant Poslmnstor
Cctieral and Instead of ordering an In
vestigation they expunge the charges
from the Record. Nor did Mr. Bab
cock ask for an Investigation, though
he mnde a lame attempt to show his
Innocence. Theso charges of corrup
tion were made by Republicans. They
are not Democratic Inventions, but
when Hon. Robert Baker brought
them to the ottentb n of Congress the
Republicans nil Joined In suppressing
the scandal. The pooplo of tho Unit
ed States, and especially Democrats,
are under obligations to Mr. Baker for
his courage and persistence in trying
to bncover official corruption. Tho
Republican majority In Congress dread
bis honest efforts for reform apd aro
now trying to rurt him by r fuslr.p.
whenever possible, tn give hint a
chance to expose their alliance with
the railroads ami corixiratlons.
The Deniociatlc leaders, however,
are standing by Mr. Itaker anil time
will he piven him before Congress ad
journs in spite of the Republicans to
further show up the Kraft of the rail
mad and the complicity of the Re
publican leaders.
REPUBLICANS IN HARD LUCK.
They Are Anxious to Adjourn Con
gress, but Events Are Working
Against Them.
The program of the Republican lend
ers, which is backed by President
Roosevelt, for an early adjournment
of Congress has met with an unex
pected obstacle In the probable Im
peachment of Judge Swayne of Flor
ida. If the House eif Representatives
follows the recommendation of the
judiciary committee, this United
States judge will be impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors. That
will entail that Congress shall remain
In session some months longer than
tho Republican leaders hoped or in
tended. In the meantime the various
committees are prolonging tho hear
ings on the bills that the Republicans
do not wish to go on record, so that
If a report Is finally aureed upon, It
Is intended to be too late for final
action. In that way the Republican
patriots hope that they will not bo
called upon to vote for or against
these debatable questions. Amongst
these are the bills demanded by the
labor organizations, for shorter hours,
anti-injunction nnd arbitration. For
reciprocity and tariff reform; for free
trade with the Philippines, recom
mended by Gov. Tnft; the service pen
slon bill; the bills for statehood for
the territories, which were promised
n the last Republican platform; the
ship subsidy bill; the pure food bill;
tho bill to Increase the power of tho
Interstate commerce commission to
regulate railroad rates, and the Smoot
anti-polygamy case In tho Senate. All
theso, and some others, the Republi
can managers do not want the party
to pass upon before the election, as
a record voto on any of them might be
disastrous in many states and perhaps
change the result of the national elec
Hon.
The impeachment of Judge Swayne
would compel the House of Represen
tatives to remain in session, unless
tho Senate agreed that the lowet
house could adjourn after the ap
pointment of the managers of the
Impeachment on the part of the
House. The few precedents seem to
be against such an agreement. With
the House of Representatives In ses
sion until well into the summer, there
would be constant opportunity for the
Democrats to exploit the numerous
mistakes of the party In power. There
is also a dread on the part of the Re
publicans that President Roosevelt
will suddenly do something that the
country will not endorse and with
Congress in session it would be em
phaslzed by the Democratic leaders
So it will be seen that tho Repuhll
can leaders are in a peck of trouble
and will not be relieved in their minds
until Congress has adjourned.
Senator Aldrlch Refuted.
Senator Aldrlch, in a speech at
Providence, R. I., on March 23, said:
"We believe that theso duties thus
levied do not encourage or create
monopolies or trusts or combinations,
which are an incident of our industrial
development, and In no wise affected
by the Imposition of tariff duties."
Commenting upon this foolish and
absurd statement of Senator Aldrlch,
"Savoyard" says in the Washington
Post of March 20:
."What Is tho tariff for, If it be not
to curtail or destroy competition? Can
a trust exist as long as there Is com
petition? What Is a trust but the ab
sence of competition? 1 believe that
a reasonable tariff on trust made
goods, or free trade in them, would do
more to beneficiently compose the
trust issue than all the demagogues In
the union will ever do, or all the Sher
man laws you could write on a scroll
as vast as the sky.
"Here is the steel trust, that will
sell the Canadian Pacific railroad, a
foreign corporation, steel rails cheap
er than it will sell them to the North
ern Pacific railroad, a elomestic cor
poration. That may be expansion of
foreign trade, but It Is restraint of do
mestic trade. If there ever was an
occasion for an attorney general to
run amuck, here It is, but it seems
that tho present attorney general re
serves his muck-running for beneficent
trusts that expand trade and cheapen
rates, and has nothing but encourage
ment for vicious trusts that sell to
American consumers at monopoly
prices and foreign consumers at com
petition prices. For example, a rail
road corporation In the state of Wash
ington wanted some steel rails. In
stead of ordering them directly from
the trusts, It ran amuck and got a firm
In Vancouver to order them, and there
by saved a lot of money. All this hap
pened under the eyes of tho attorney
general and Senator Aldrlch. Free
trade In Iron and steel would not de
stroy the steel trust and, Indeed, It
Is not desirable to destroy It out It
would change the nature of the thing
nnd after the surplus water shall havo
been squeezed out of its stock it would
make a respectable and a beneficent
trust of It."
Will Take No Chances Now.
Thnt the steel trust Is well In
trenched behind spuinl representa
lives Is well evidenced by the fate of
Senator Patterson's amendment to the
r.aval bill. Senator Patterson's
amendment sought to establish a gov
(rnment armor plate plant In case It
was found that the price of the plate
was fixed too high by tho trust that
controls production i f armor plate for
American battleships. The Repuhll
can majority lost no time In voting
down the promised amendment. Tho
time Is near at hand when tho steel
plate trust nnd others will be called
upon to make large contributions to
the Republican campaign fund, nnd
the Republican managers are taking
no chances.
Our Changoable President.
"Courtesy, moderation and self-ro-stralnt
should mark International no
less than private Interconse," says ttan
President. This Is an improvement
on "the speak cBsy and carry a big
gun Idea.
Dainty Decoration for Dinner Table.
In table setting there ll always
something new. At a recent dinner
the hostess surprised her ituests by
decorating the center f her table
with a cloth of pure gold thread, sol
idly worked, the border a lace design
of white silk and flue gold mesh t
diamond shape stitc hes. The green
for the table was small ferns, set in
an oval dish of dark blue china, wlta
figures In relief representing peasants
In holiday costume. At each corner
of this gold center was a candlestick
In dull silver of colonial design, fur
nished with a shade of Iridescent
glass, which graduated from tones of
light yellow to dark orange, and then
to red.
Eton Collars for Spring.
Tho Eton collar Is noticed on some
spring suits, it is a welcome chauge
from the collarless effects of former
seasons. It gives a girlish, not to say
boyish, look to the wearer. It has
already been seen on tho English ten
nis suits of white duck and sea green
linen In Florida courts, and now It
comes along ns a top dressing of tho
bolero or jacket-shaped bodices of
spring suits.
It Is of linen usually, but Is mnde
more becoming and softly feminine by
a frilling of soft Valenciennes lace
sewed nil the way around. Tho open
space between the collar points is
thus filled In and finished with a bow.
Menu Card Ideas.
Nothing is prettier for a dainty
luncheon than the rlbben menu. This
consists of a nine-inch length of
broad satin ribbon, with a floral em
blem and the word "Menu" painted
on It.
Another Idea Is the swan menu,
which is cut out of deckled cardboard.
The tall feathers are first cut, and the
word "Menu" printed at tho top with
the bill of fare underneath. The head
and wings of tho bird are then cut
separately, and a piece of baby ribbem
In the shape of a loop attached to the
head and over tho tail feathers to keep
the different parts of the anatomy to
gether. A French Salad.
Take one cup of lima beans, one
cup of celery, cut in small pieces; one
cup of peas, one cup of brussels
sprouts, one-half of a cauliflower,
three medium-sized potatoes, two
small carrots and one chopped onion.
Boil all these separately. When cold,
mix in a salad bowl and season with
salt nnd pepper. Break into small
pieces the center of one head of let
tuce and mix with the salad. lx?t all
stand until ready to serve, then mix
through It a mayonnaise sauce.
Eton Jacket.
Eton jackets aro to be noted among
tho most fashionable coats and are
jaunty, becoming and generally at
tractive. This one includes the tiny
vest effect that marks the latest de
signs with full sleeves and the drop
shoulders that give the broad line of
fashion. As shown it Is made of wood
brown broadcloth with trimming of
brown and white braid, the vest being
white cloth braided with brown and
tan, but all suiting materials aro ap
proprlate and the vest can bo one of
many things. Oriental embroidery Is
much liked, brocades and laco are
seen and wide brand is used.
The jacket is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means of single
darts, shoulder and under-arm seams
Tho little vest can be applied over the
edgo and finished with the braid, or
tho Jackot can bo cut away and the
edge of tho vest arranged under It,
then stitched to position. The sleeves
are gathered and are joined to the
4686 Eton Jackot, 32 to 40 butt
Irop shoulders, the Reams being con
cealed by the hrnld and are finished
at the wrists with flare cuffs.
Tho quantity of material required
for tho medium size Is 4 yards 21
Inches wide, 3 yards 27 Inches wide or
2 yards 44 inches wide with yard
of vesting, 5 yards of braid and 3
yards of laco to trim as Illustrated
The pattern 4CSS is cut In sizes for
a 32, 41, 3(S. 3S and 40 Inch bust meas
ure,
Potato Salad.
wgiu cold Dolled potatoes, on
bunch of celery, two white nr.lons
olio bend of lettuce. Slice the potn
toes, cut the celery flr.e anil slice th
onions very thin; take oft the give
leaves of the lettuce, wash carefull
and drain nnd lino your salad how
.with them; break up the renter
the lettuce and mix with the salad
When ready to serve mix the ma.von
nnlse throurh before putting In you
salad bowl. Garnish with olives an
Sard boiled egs.
Small Mutton Piet.
Pour enough boiling water upon half
l pound of clarified beef d.lpplug o
upon the same quantity f cleaned
and crumbled suet to melt it to th
consistency of lard.
Make a hollow In two pounds o
sifted flour to which you have added
little salt, and pour la tho melted
j dripping, adding more water if r
quired. Work with the hand until It
is a smooth paste, and then roll out.
Line small tins with the paste, put In
the meat, cut small and parboiled;
place a "lid" of paste on the top, press
the sides and top together, cut a small
hole in the top aud bake In a Quick
oven.
Seven Gored Skirt.
Full skirts are rapidly becoming
general and some fresh variations are
shown each week. This one Is emi
nently graceful and suits tho season's
fabrics admirably well. As shown It
Is made of novelty sage green voile
w ith trimming of ecru luce, but there
are numberless other materials that
suit It equally well. The combined
plaits and tucks are notably smart
but when liked shirrings can be sub
stituted for t'ie latter. In either ease
4687 Huven Oorml Skirt,
22 to 30 lt.
the lines aro good and tho skirt falh
n becoming folds below tho stitching!
which confine tho fulness over th
ips. '
The skirt Is cut In seven gores,
here being a box plait at the back
dge of each with tucks between that
are stitched with cortlcelll silk. The
plaits in tho center back meet and be
neath them the invisible closing Is
made1.
Tho quantity of material required
for medium size is 9 yards 21
inches wide, 9V4 yards 27 Inches wide
or 5!4yards 44 inches wido with O'i
yards of lace applique.
The pattern 4687 Is cut In sizes for
22, 24, 2G, 28 and 30 Inch waist
measure.
The Coal Scuttle Bonnet.
The quaintest of all chapeaux for
little people Is a coal scuttlo bonnet
n white satin trimmed with roses aud
other whlto flowers. The sides of this
bonnet nro sometimes folded over
after the manner of Breton caps. For
tho littlo fancy coat and wrap, white
cloth is the general favorite. There
are many different designs for these
garments, but tho Gretchen shape,
which is simplicity itself, seems to be
the most popular.
One Style of Sailor Hat.
A hat on the tlretonne sailor order
that is selling well In London has the
brim mado of green yedda and the
crown of a green and white plaid silk
braid, pleated and standing on edge.
A band of emerald green velvet rib
bon around the crown Is ornamented
at each sido with steel buckles.
These buckles hold pairs of dainty
small wlugs, shaded from green to
white.
Nail Heads Used for Decoration.
Tiny brass "nail heads," so called,
are much employed for decorative
purposes in connection with leather
appliques. A handsome, round table
cover recently seen was of dark terra
cotta velours. Around the edge was
an interlacing border of light leather
bands studded with brass nail heads.
Here and there In tho border medal
lions of ivory silk are let in.
The Latest Kind of Tea Cozy.
The latest thing In tea coles Is
composed of an Oriental cotton stuff
dyed In a vivid scarlet and heavily
wrought in raised gold thread em
broidery. Half a yard of scarlet silk,
some quilted scarlet satin and three
yards of henvy scarlet silk cord will
servo to make up this brilliant tea
cozy.
An Oyster Shell Hat.
A novel toque of mauve yedda has
its coronet brim made of straw, sewn
in the shape of oyster shells, with
tiny tufts of forget-me-nots and grass
In each "shell." The brim, which is
qut at the bark, falls deeper on the
left side, and tiny roses In pink and
white trim the edges.
The Summer Sleeve. '
Sleeves are still full and voluminous
below, the elbow, but In the summer
dresses they will be hnlf length, and
some will fall In fan pleats from tho
elbow.
New Fabric for Spring.
A new voile, something of a cross
between cloth and crepe de chine. Is
among the latest fabrics for spring
costumes.
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