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The lummer U with u attain ami
tho water U ready for bathing. In
aplte of th wind thut aometlme blow
cold th hardiest of the young women
are already dancing In the surf and
othera are getting their water gowna
ready.
The old atnnd-by aerge U coming
rapidly to the for ah the bent mate
rial Tor bathing dresses, flergn comes
In forest green and all the new rolura
which make It so admirable; then, too,
It doea not hug the (Inure aa dourly aa
- flannel,
Kureat green la an admirable polar
for tha water, especially combined with
geranium. It la to extremely sensitive
to tha raya of tha aim, tha leant
iparkla of sunshine tending It forth In
brilliancy,
All tha new ahadei of red ara worn,
en to Havoy, that color aomethlng
Ilka beet, though mora Intense, which
la dying out of favor. It la becoming
only to auch faultleaa complexion.
Mohair la a aurf favortt In tha light
er grade. Thera come a mohair aa
soft aa allk, yet much mora durable,
and tlila la mad up Into tha moat
charming bathing sulta.
A blouse of gray mohair waa em
broidered In a darker ahada of gray.
Tbo embroidery waa done by hand and
waa of a core but very effective kind,
Embroidery la largely ud upon water
aulta aa It la not heavy, and la war
ranted to keep It ahapo.
llraldlng la alao een. A ault of Scot,
tlsh check, worn by one of tha flrat
bather of tha season, waa trimmed
with very narrow band of musketeer
braid. Care muat be taken that the
braid la waterproof, warranted not to
run. Thla run only be ascertained by
aewlng a aample of the braid upon the
gooda and aoiiklng both In a baaln of
salt water. If It aland the tent aiter
being dried In the aun, then It ia a good
bathing material.
China and India rllke, the matcrlale
which were worn so much laat year for
bathing aulta, are not popular, 'luey
rllng to the figure, but they make ad
mirable beach aulta. Many bather line
to don a beach ault and alt In the annd
for a aun bath for an hour a day. For
thrm there la nothing aa good aa India
allk, for It la light and allows the aun
and air to play upon the body. In the
water It la too clinging.
The device for making tho aklrt of
bathing aulta atand out are many; one
of the lutrit being a atlffened llnlnc
A aerge ault of light weight wa lined
with a light weight buckram, both ma
ted..: being by nature atlff. The aklrt
waa laid In plalta, few In front but
numcrou at the back, and waa hung
precisely aa accurately aa though It
were to be wore In the atreet. And tha i
reanlt, when worn the flrat bathing
nay, waa delightful. It slood out even
when dripping with water and tne
young women, all of whom were dla
porting In the waves with lined aklrt
were proud f their couturier.
The bathing corset la a "Zaxa." It
consist of a band of ribbon stiffened
with a whulhone at front, aide an
back, tlx bonea are sewed at ench side
and two In front where the "corset" lit
hooked. It reach llttlo above the
walct line and la a support for the
skirt, without which aupport many
women are uncomfortable.
There la another bathing cornet
which can also be made very pretty
It akcleton I made of four Inch of
bone In front and four Inchea at the
lmck, with a aide measure of three
Inch. Klbbona are carried from
front to aide and to the back until
lattice work la formed of r 1 1) bona. Thl
cornet la strong and wear well. The
ribbon should be waah ribbon. Tho
ordinary taffeta ribbon la aald to be a
waah ribbon. Hut It la better to try It
It I the fashionable thing In France
to have a gown made for wearing to
the bnth bonne, It may be of foulard
In simple design m aranged that It la
eaally taken off. One of thcae la but
toned atralght down the front under
neath a fichu of white mull. It can be
allpped off and the bathing dress put on.
Any of the bath houaea are very bare
and devoid of mlrrora; but with a drcs
of thl kind a woman can make her
aelf preaentable without the aid of a
pier glass. The very fashionable bath
er ara carried to the urf In what
look to u Ilka a tiny bath houae, the
maid following after with a robe. That
la the way the millionaires of Tarl
enter the aurf.
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to, th nllv Ih am lhln f-tf 'r ar
iCVrr hrr It forml wuhia
Hie rhe When f 'he g in
a iim-harg, a lhl k a Im1 f am ke
h. mit and hung nr lh la.
making an Ideal target. aM In half
a minute every Hpanl.h gun and rlDe
within rane wa directed at the par
ticular M thu indicated; th ronae
quenc waa that after a more or l
lenathy atand th gun waa allenred
or driven off. W got no appreciable
help from our guna on July 1. Our
men were quick to wall th defect
of our artillery, but they were entire
ly phlloaophlr about It. not ahuwing
th lea! concern at H fal'.ur. On the
contrary, whenever they heard our ar
tillery open they would grin aa they
looked at each o'.her. and remark:
There so the guna agfiln; womler
how aotin they'll be ahnt up." and ahut
up they were aure to be. The light bat
tery of Hotchklaa one-poundera. under
Lieut. J. D. Hughe of me ienm cav-
airy, wa handled wun conapicuoui
gallautry.
JTioao Who WiitilJ 8ov Great Qneition
Muit Tim Aqnlre Information.
iS AN IDICATIONU tNU UPRISE
Ileal (Ireater Amerlra l:i)H.ltinn Offera
a MjOrnillil tpHtrtnnlty to Html Our
Colonial I'nitiiliiMHImilia, July 1
loNonibr I, I HDD,
Aa t'nnaninl llent.
From the London Dally Newa:
Among the melancholy application for
leave to preaume death" In the Btena
dlnaatcr wa one touching In It revela
tion of a deed of herolam. Tle appli
cant wa a Mla Maker, whoae father, a
major, had gone down with the veaael.
Doth were about to perlnh, when the
father made a plteou appeal to a boat
load of naaaengera who were leaving
the aide to And room for hi daughter.
One man, of whoae Identity mere i a
roliitely no trace, Inatantly atepped
back to the hlp and allowed the lady
to take hi place. A the boat cleared
the ilde the veaael went down, carrying
with It the glrl'a father and her un
known reacuer. How beautiful! How
unutterably aad! HI anonymity aeem
omehow to enhance the heroic gran
deur of hla death. Nothing would have
been gained by knowing hla name. A
man capable of auch deed want no
mortuary honor nor the local habita
tion of a monument. He belong to the
nflnlte of greatne, and bla fitting
rave la the ia.
The domlnnnt purpoao of the Great
er America Kxpoaltlon irojeet la to
bring tho American people Into netual
contact with reprcaentatlve type of
the natlvee of the Philippine Inland,
aa wp a thoae of Cuba, I'orto Itleo
and Hawaii; and the product and re
aource of their soil and Induatnea;
point out tho commercial po!bllltlee
of a cloanr union, and afford the wldoat
poaalble Information on every phaae of
the pending queotlon of expansion,
Thl It la proponed to do by compre
hennlve exhibit, not only from the
Philippine Inland, but from the other
lalunda named.
The flrat acqulaltlon of colonial ter
ritory by th t'nlted Htatea waa of nuch
recent occurrence that thU flrat formal
munlfeatation of the chief characterla
llca of these acquired land la fraught
na. who are eipialty eirneal In com
bining or upholding, with undoubted
patriotic leal, th cihtem,tlated nation
al policy 't expansion. A a mattr of
fact, few adhrnta of cither aid of
tli la great rontroveray ar adequntely
pqulpMd with the knowledge beat cal
culnted to lead them to a rlae aolutlort
of the problem. While Americana are
heatedly dlacusalng the capacity or th
Filipino for aelf government, or hi
adaptability to enlightened rltlzenwhlp.
none of lie. with the exception of the
few returning and heroic promotera of
American arm and valor on far aborea
have ever n a Filipino. Fourteen
month ago moat of ui had never
beard te name. Thoae who recalled
their childhood lenaon knew that
there waa aomewiicr), few knew ;uat
where, a group of aea-glrt landa known
aa the Philippine lalanda; but It wa
the reverberating echoes of the valiant
Dewey a unerring guna that fixed In
the American vocabulary the word
Filipino.
Aalde from thla pre-eminently ln-
terentlng and novel pbaao of the Great
er America Expoaltlon project, 11 I
propoaed to preaent the moat compre
henalve and lnatructlve exhibition of
American Ingenuity, and Induatrlal
handicraft, ever attempted. The won
derful perfection and economy of
American manufacturing uiduatry will
be ahown na never before, and In a
charmingly Interesting and lnatructlve
way, by meana chiefly of live exhibit,
or model factories In actual operation
and turning out their flneat product,
with every period of their myaterioua
How it rit,
Philadelphia Record: "That wa a
narrow ecape, old man," remarked
Clnchly a he picked up the fellow who
ad been at ruck by a trolley, "How do
you feel?"' 'Well, I'll acknowledge that
feel a trifle run down," chuckled the
other, a be lelaurely betook hlmaelf
way.
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ARCH OF THE STATES,
with an Importance not readily ton
eel ved, but which muat commend thl
enterprlae to all thoughtful citizen
who are patriotically bent on ao wtlv
Ing every great national nueatlon At to
beat Inaure the progrea and perpetuity
of tho republic.
Never before did an rreat expoiil-
tlon project contemplate tlio enlighten
ment of tbo people of the cmintry upon
a qneatlon that ao thoroughly occu
pied and perplexed the public mind a
lo the qneatlon of national territo
rial expnnalon. I'pon th-i wiadon of
the abaorptlon by this lepubllc of the
fertile tropical land wrr.ated from
Hpaln by the recent war, the greatest
mind are divided, and their cm neat
contention find It reflection In the
apprehenalona, perplcxirlea, aaplra
tlona and hopea of tho humbleat tltl-
proceaaea vlalble to tho cyt of th ob
server. The Greater America project Is
unique also In that It 1 the flrat of It
kind ever projected and carried to a
conclusion without having first rrade
heavy draft upon publle treasuries,
and exacted large an ma of tha money
of taxpayer without their Individual
sanction. It ha asked no appropria
tion from state or national govern
ments, but It purpose have so com
mended themanlve that veral of the
department of the national govern
ment have voluntarily offered the man
agement such aid a wa found piwal
ble In the collection anl transporta
tion and transportation of the propos
ed Insular exhibits which has material
ly advanced the plans of tho management,
prf;.ss duilding.
AMERICA '3 SEA C0N0UER0R9 OF 183D.
The Old Plantation at the Greater
America Expoaltlon at Omaha this
jummer will be a reproduction only In
name of the a me feature at the Trana
Mlaalsalppl Exposition. The collection
of darkeya will be larger and mor
representative of plantation life, and
the habitation will be more pletun
eaqua and (table. It will be practically
l new amusement feature.
The cylorama at the Greater Amerlcn
Exposition, beginning July 1 In Omaha,
kill present a splendid scenic repro
luvtion or the great battle of Mission
irf Uldge.
The floral adornments. In keeplnf
with the colonial features of the expo
sition, will be distinctively tropical,
and thousands of the rareat treasures
of the tropica have been and are being
brought from afar to grace their sym
metrical and scenic lawns, and parks,
and buildings.
There will be an elaborate and com
prehensive representation of a Colo
rado gold mine at the Greater America
Exposition In Omaha this summer. It
will be modeled In proportion never
before attempted outside of the actual
work of mining.
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