MILLIONS OF BOOKS.
STATISTICS OF AMERICA'S LARG
EST LIBRARIES.
Rapid Iicrcuc of Hooka la Secant
Yean-The Iaeatiaaable Service Bn
dered to the Canae of Education
Interest la KaniaUy Growing.
For the Book-Worm.
Collection of books called libraries are
rapidly increasing In size aud number,
and they furnish evidence of an ad
vanced stage of civiliauition. We need
not here trace their history from the
clay-leaved books of Babylon, or from
the catalogued collections of Sardana
palus at Nineveh, and snail only speak
briefly of the libraries of our own coun
try. In the curly years of this century,
the anuual report of the Harvard Col
lege library, consisted almost wholly of
a record of the acquisition by gift and
by purchase of a few dozen books. That
liljrary now adds from 10.0UO to 20,000
volumes a year to Its collections. Sixty
years ago publishing books in this coun
try was scarcely looked upon as legiti
mate business, and publishers did not
rank with grocers and dry goods mer
chants as business men, but there are
to-day several publishing houses, every
one of which has several millions of dol
lars Invested, and the publishing busi
ness now holds first rank in the com
mercial world. About 5,0"0 new books
and reprints of old books are now is
sued annually by the printing houses
of the United States, and about the
same number in Great Britain. All
this is done notwithstanding the fact
that thousands of periodicals and mag
azines are also published. The diffu
sion of so much information by means
of papers aud magazines seems not to
interfere with nor diminish the num
ber of books asked for. In the ten
years from 18.S3 to 1893 the number of
periodicals devoted mainly to literature
Increased from 423 to 1,051, a gain of
(J23, and the number now is 1,100. Of
the "trade" class, or periodicals devoted
to special departments of Industrial ac
tivity, or to special callings, we have an
increase during the same period from
14H to 611. The papers and magazines
treating of agriculture and related sub
jects alone number 400. It is safe to
say that the most useful and most call
ed for literary contributions upon near
ly all subjects are now found In current
periodicals. A book Is soon out of date
and needs revision, while the most re
cent knowledge and best of latest opin
ions find their way into the magazines
and reviews. Rufus Choate once re
marked. "The only immortality Is a
book;" but books were not so numerous
in his lime as now. Only a score of
those printed in the eighteenth century
survive to be much read." One century
does not seem to demand many books
from the preceding one.
The Number of Booka.
The question is often asked, "How
many different books or works have
been Issued since the Invention of print
ing?" Any answer to such a question
can only be a guess, and involves an ac
curnte definition of a book. The world
is full of "books which are not books."
Many books privately printed, dime
1"ov1h, directories, business catalogues,
alii1 naes, bucolic poetry privately
printed for relatives and friends who
do not like to refuse it, and certain lo
cal public reports and documents can
hardly be classed as books. Then vast
numbers of books (probably as many as
have survived,), have perished in fires
or have been destroyed by mice, mold
and insects, or have gone to pieces ow
ing to worthless pa XT and binding. The
only estimate yet tnnde by competent
authority of the number of books issued
since the invention of printing, but not
Inclusive of such as above mentioned,
is 12,0ij0.00), and this assumes an av
erage of three volumes for each work.
It may be "the irony of fate," or what
Aaron Burr styled "the unrelenting mal
ice of destiny," which causes the vol
umes of 409 writers out of every 500
to slumber in oblivion on library
shelves. Only a few authors even es
cape the sad fate of surviving their own
literary reputation. The quickness and
cheapness with which books can now be
printed must greatly increase thelrnum
ber in the near future, and John Fiske
may have been a prophet when he sur
mised that "two hundred years hence
the catalogues of existing books will
occupy as much space as our entire li
braries do to-day."
Poor Book Paper.
In the material world there is nothing
permanent but change, and the modern
paper maker has
"Bullded wiser than he knew,"
and thus constituted himself a destruc
tive literary censor. Book writers will
no doubt regard his criticism as severe,
though they canuot question Its efficacy.
Wood pulp, generally loaded with talc
and other available impurities, makes a
paper that la worthless for permanent
records, though it serves an ephemeral
purpose for newspapers and periodicals,
and for the cheap books which swarm
like bacilli from printing houses. This
paper quickly rots and crumbles. When
exposed to the air it seems to undergo
a slow process of burning, and turns to
a reddish yellow. The writer has sam
ples of It In papers which are only ten
years old, but which even now are as
brittle ns though they had beeD charred.
Before the uikMle of the next century,
books made of such paper, no matter
bow carefully kept or handled, will go
to piece. In order to have books last a
'.housaud years, they should be print
ed upon linen rag paper. But there will
manifestly be a great gain to the public
In printing ninety five out of a hundred
of all new books upon wood pulp pa
per, so that physical laws may qnletly
consign them to material oblivion,
though probably no sooner than the
world win hare forgotten tbn.
Klada of Hooka Needed.
Books are made for readers, and not
the render for tha booka, ajid any intel
ligent peraun has a right to Inveigh
agaLnat the uiaaaea of uugrauituatlcal
Uubwclllty which, la uuilk and watery
flood,. deluge, book more and libraries.
One day when leaving the Boa ton Pub
lic Library, Kmerson observed. "I have
ooples of all those books which ar of
real value upon the four walls of my
own little study." With the rapid in
crease of books It would seem that a
marked change must soon take place In
the book-making world, especially In
the preparation of booka relating to hu
man knowledge. For genius, of course,
no rules can be prescribed. The man
who can create a Tain O'Shanter, a Da
vid Copperfleld, a Becky Sharp, a Don
Juan, or a Baby Bell, will always be
welcome. But In the specialization of
knowledge we need monographs which
will clearly 'show all that Is known to
day upon the topics treated. Exhaustive
or even thorough treatises upon such
topics as Gold, Glaciers, Silver, Alumi
num, Locomotives, Brickwakiug, Wheat,
Tramps, and thousands of other sub
jects would be most welcome. A book
of this class prepared by one entirely fa
miliar with his theme would give Its
readers valuable Information gleaned
possibly from a thousand authorities
consulted by the author. The day has
passed when even a Humboldt can find
time to make himself familiar with
more than a single branch of science,
and no one but a specialist can find the
time even to glance at the chemical and
other scientific rubbish put upon paper
by even so great a man as Swedenborg.
What we need is the actual knowledge
that the race possesses to-day upon
topics of great Interest and that In clear
ly written and compactly printed mono
graphs. The Library an Educator.
Man possesses a three-fold nature.
physical, intellectual and moral, and in
his proper education these elements of
his being all require attention and Judi
cious training. As an art teaching In
volves a wis selection of the means
used in Imparting Instruction and cul
ture. In early childhood the Individual
acquires knowledge and some discip
line by the active and constant use of
his senses. The school supplements this
exercise of his faculties of observa
tion by aiding hlrn to master the print
ed page, and to acquire the elements of
certain knowledge common to the race
as language, arithmetic. geog
raphy and history, knowledge which Is
absolutely necessary in all the practical
relations of life. The use of the prinKjd
page which is emphasised in our schools,
opens to the student In libraries and
reading rooms, and In papers and mag
azines, the recorded observations of all
mankind, and a record of the splrltna.1
life of the race. The chief value of a
college course of study Is Its guidance to
a wise use of a library, and the "hlgner
education" Is largely continued after
school days by communing with the
master spirits of all time who have left
us their best thoughts In books. The
most priceless legacy of any nation is
its literature, for In it alone do we find
a revelation of life in its actions and
hopes. The earlier universities were
simply assemblages of learned men
about libraries, and students were then,
owing to a scarcity of books, obliged to
attend such schools. In a broad sense,
the newspaper and magazine, together
with the 5,000 public libraries and the
innumerable private ones, may now be
said to bring the university to our
homes and firesides. Better than ever
before are we able to keep in touch with
the thoughts and activities of all races
end all peoples. As our lives become
more cosmopolitan we necessarily rise
to higher levels. Our libraries and cur
rent publications are our most Import
ant educational factors, and the colleges
do their best work when they tench the
student to be self-directive and self re
liant In using books, for that assures his
continued progress.
Large Caera of Booka.
In the high schools, seminaries, col
leges, universities, normal schools, agri
cultural and business colleges, law,
theological and medical schools, there
are-now about 000,000 smliats, and 2U,
000 teachers and professors, and the
public and private schools of the coun
try employed during last year about
450,000 persons as teachers. In adltion
to the above, there are 350,000 clergy
men, lawyers and physicians, editors,
and other professional people, and easi
ly 200,000 persons who have education
and leisure, making In all a million and
a half of persons who have some books
of their own, and who use books. In
5,000 public libraries of the country
there are now not far from 25,000,000
of bound volumes.
The Great Librariea of Chicago.
The library of the University of Chi
cago Is a general one and will grow in
the direction of the needs of that insti
tution. It already contains 300,000 vol
umes. The City Public Library Is large
ly a circulating one, and will always be
rich in recent popular books and In cur
rent periodicals. As a library for gen
eral readers, It Is already one of the
greatest in the country, numbering over
200,000 volumes, and Its handsome iu;w
library building Is nearlng completion.
The Newberry Library on the North
Side Is a reference one, Is well endow
ed, and will no dobubt become one of
the greatest, book depositories of the
world, especially for rare and valuable
works which constitute original sources
of Information upon art, science, ai'd
history. It already has ovev 100,000
volumes. The Crerar Reference Libra
ry, which is to be located on the South
Side, Is munificently endowed, and will
soon begin a growth which will be
watched with deep Interest by the
. W 1 1 t ... .. i i
WnOIC WOI1U-. i u wnuaKriR, iu tuuflUJ
tatlon with the trustees of the City LI
brary, and of the Newberry Library,
may decide to make It largely scientific
In character, and especially rich aud
complete In recent works upon erery
department of science. An opinion
seems to be quite general that these
three great public libraries t will ar
range lo occupy somewhat different
fields. Should such an understanding
be reached, tbeae combined collections
of books, in a future by no means dis
tant, will only l equalled by the great
collection of Paris and London.
DI ANE DOTY.
AN IRONCLAD CANALBOAT.
The Quaint and Ualqoe Warahip
Found in the Navy of Holland.
One of the oldest war vesels In the
orld belongs to Holland. It is a canal
boat Ironclad, a perfect and completely
equipped war ship In miniature. To
come upon It suddenly as It lies along
side the big barracks In one of the
canal streets of Rotterdam, tied up at
a quay on which strut half a dozen little
Dutch soldiers almost as toy-like as
the war ship, produces the impression
of looking Into the window of a toy
store set out with Christmas gifts for
children.
fbe is about forty fe t long and fifteen
broad, and her upper deck is between
three and four feet above the water
line. Her general appearance Is some
thing like that of a Hudson river light
er. But though she looks so much like
a toy at first glance, a close Insiwction
shows that she was built for business,
and there Is a grim look about the black
muzzel of guns peeping out of her little
turrets and the machine guns in her
tops that commands one's respect
Her sides and deck seem heavily ar
mored and there is nothing showing
on ber deck but the two little turrets,
one fore and one aft She has two tiny
masts, about twelve feet high, and a
smokestack between them. Her bul
warks are not more than a foot and a
half high, but as she is not likely to en
counter any heavy, rolling seas, and as
any of her crew who might fall over
board could easily walk ashore, any
how, this seeming luck of usual safe
guards doesn't matter. In everything
visible about her she is as spick and
span as a Une-of-battle ship, nod the
marine who paces magnificently four
steps and a turn alnjut her din ks is as
martial as though he trod the deck of
the New York. The sailors about her
decks have many rows of bright brass
buttons on the lapels, sleeves, and
front of their jackets, which add to the
toy-like appearance of the whole out
fit says the New York Sun.
A canal-boat Ironclad Is a valuable
part of the defensive armament of Hol
land, and would be very effective In
some emergencies. The whole country
la criss-crossed with canals only a few
hundred yards apart and about every
street of every town, except Utrecht,
has a canal running through the mid
dle of It The canals In the country are
everywhere several feet higher than
the surrounding land, and a war ship
lu the canal or a regiment on the tow
path would have a strong vantage
point It would be a great sight to see
the canal boat in action, but she would
probably give a good account of her
self. Of course, Holland's navy is by no
means confined lo canal boats. She has
about 150 men-of-war, of which about
twenty-five are Ironclads, and some of
them rank with the vessels of other
navies. Americans are Interested at
seeing displayed In the most conspicu
ous place In the naval department of
the famous Iiljks museum, in Amster
dam, the handsome piece of plate pre
sented by the people of New York to
the Dutch war ship Van Speljk when
that vessel lay In the Hudson at the
time of the Columbian celebration, and
anyone who might be disposed to smile
at the little country and ber canal-boat
war ships has only to spend an hour In
that museum viewing the spoils of war
taken by Dutch sailors from the Brit
ish, the Spanish, and other nations, to
have his opinions toned tip to a degree
of great respect
o Kuctifw",
A Prussian princess, having married
the Duke of York of course not the
present Duke resided In England,
where she attracted much attention
ob account of her original way of doln
things.
Once, to commemorate the Duke's
birthday, she gave a ball at bis country
house, and Invited his London trades
men to come to It sending them two
guineas apiece to pay carriage hire.
A company of strolling actors begged
the Duchess to bo present at their per
formance In a barn. She attended find
carried all her servants, who were Ger
mans. The next day an itinerant Method!!
was to preach a charity sermon In the
same barn. She was asked to attend,
and consented. Her servants, on re
ceiving orders to be present excused
themselves ou the ground of not under
standing English.
"Oh," replied the Duchess, "but you
went to the comedy, and you shall go
to the sermon."
His Field of Practice,
The late David Dunn, the former pa
triarch of'the Androscoggin Democra
cy, who practiced law at 80, and In ex
treme old age loved to linger about
courts, was In attendant, a few
months before his death, at the session
of the Supreme Court and an old friend
asked: "Dp you practice much now, Air.
Dunn?" "Yes, sir, a great deal," replied
Mr. Dunn. The questioner looked a
trifle surprised, and Mr. Dunn quietly
added: "Most of the Christian virtues,
however."
The Law and Enaageinent Itlng-a.
An Important decision has just been
pronounced In Vermont as to engage
ment rings. A young man sued to re
cover one that he had giveu to a young
woman who, after accepting the ring,
repudiated the engagement Tit-6ise
decided that It must be returned or else
that the recipient must fulfill the condi
tions under which It was presented. The
English courts some years ago decided
that an engagement ring Is not recover
able under any circumstances,
OIL FOR STEAMSHIP FUEL.
A Prod art Which la Bald to He Un
affected by Heat or Cold.
A form of petroleum fuel which will
not be affected by high temperature,
and neither in a coal bunker nor In
store In hot climate will there be any
tendency to liquify or give off vapor, is
said to be now obtained by a process
of manufacturing according to Mr.
Weygang'g patent of 1894; Indeed, emi
nent authorities report very favorably
on the record already achieved by It.
The lereentage of petroleum in the fuel
can be, it is claimed, regulated to a
point Cost would mainly depend upon
tt local price for petroleum. Until
testa upon a fairly large scale have
been made the matter of cost In com
parison with coal cannot be definitely
fixed, but it may be assumed that rela
tively there would be a considerable
advantage in the price on the side of
the petroleum fuel, and there would
also be the more Important factors
viz., lessening space and leaser quanti
ty to handle advantages which naval
authorities and steamship owners fully
apprclate. The importance of the
fact is emphasized that this prct8 for
fuel making Is of the simplest charac
ter, and requires neither beating nor
boiling, and can, therefore be carried
out economically on a very large scale
with little labor. The uses for so ser
vlceable an article at every coaling
port in the world must be enormous
It will be especially acceptable to the
Iudiau railways, where native coal for
mixing purposes Is equally as good as
the l't steam coal, aud In many other
economic ways the fuel will Ik- suits
ble, considering the long distances and
the huge quantity of the coal that has
to be handled and stored, and particu
larly so doing away, to a very great de
gree, wlih the smoke nulsanH, which
makes railway traveling In ludia most
disagreeable. Invention.
DEFENDING A GUILTY MAN.
How Far a Lawyer May Properly Go
in Dcfenae of a Client.
"The mutter of confidences between
counsel and client is one of great inter
est and Importance," said a well-known
jurist aud ex-Judge the other day.
"As to the duty of a lawyer on the
trial of a case where he has been In
formed by his client that be Is guilty,
the best and most controlling example
is that of Charles James Phillips, the
eminent British barrister, who in many
directions was rated in his time as sec
ond only to Lord Erskine.
"He was defending Courvolsler, who
was Indict ad for the murder of.Lord
Russell. During the trial, on the exam
ination of a very Important witness for
the people, the accused was much over
come, and In the Intensity of his emo
tion communicated either to Mr. Phil
lips or his solicitor the fact that, he was
guilty of the crime.
"Mr. Phillips Immediately asked for
an adjournment of the case, and for a
consultation with the judges. The con
sultation was granted, and Mr. Phillips
stated to the bench that the accused
had confessed his guilt and requested
that the judges point out to him his
path of duty. The Judges, after delib
eration, stated that he would have a
perfect right to make such legal and
logical deductions from the evidence as
he thought tended to the exculpation of
the accused, but It would be unprofes
sional to state to the Jury any personal
liellef of his Innocence.
"In his argument to the Jury Mr.
Phillips, carried away by his emotions
and Imagination, did state to the Jury
his own personal belief In the Inno
cence of his client and this statement
of his occasioned much criticism after
ward." A Plain Case of Not In.
The office Ikiv with his legs wrapped
around the legs of the chnlr. was tilted
back In the corner reading a soiled
copy of "Stump Fingered Dick: the
Dandy of the Plains," when a visitor
entered. The boy had heard bis step
through the hall and was calmly ex
pecting him when the door opened.
"Is the boss In?" Inquired the visitor.
The boy looked at him with nlmostn
contemptuous expression and was slow
to reply.
"I said." snapped the visitor, " is th.
bos In?"
"I heard you," said the boy with a
half sneer.
"Well, I want to know If the boss is
In."
"That's a purty question to be askln'
me, ain't it? Don't you know he ain't?"
"How should I know?" inquired the
astonished caller.
"By lookln' at me. .Tou reckon I'd be
balled up here readln' this took IT tl
old man was !n? Well, I guesifiiot
hardly. Come around to-morrer." And
the boy once more plunged Into tin
amazing adventures of his hero.
Probably.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath,"
and sometimes It brings a smile to lake
the place of the vanished anger.
"Where Is this box to lie sent, sir?"
Inquired the long-suffering clerk in a
confectioner's shop of the somewhat
Irascible proprietor.
"Dear me, Is there no one In this place
capable of attending to anything but
myself?" retorted the gentleman Ad
dressed. In a tone of great Irritation,
"Where have you put that slip of paper?
Oh, here It Is. Mark the Ihjx for Mr.
James Brown, ' Orayslde, Mass., an l
mark It distinctly."
"Yes, sir," replied the clerk; "and
what sort of candy Is "
"Mark It 'Mixed!'" shouted the pro
prietor. Interrupted again In the writ
ing he had hastily resumed. "Mixed
M4 x e-d."
"Yes, sir," said the clerk, pleasantlv,
"I thluk I should have spelled It thxt
way myself." .
Then the confectioner laughed, and
silence reigned one more.
GOWNS AND GOWNING.
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Oaaatn fraaa Oay Gethaan.
Smm lark eorrcapondenea:
ENDF.RINQ onto
the godet skirt that
which Is Its due. Is
but confessing tht
it is the only skirt
really worth hav
ing. But Just as
women generally
are rejoicing over
1 1 beauty, along
comes a terrifying
monster to Inter
rupt and end the
rejoicings. This
dreadful creature
Is nothing else thsn
sn embodiment of the fact that It takes
about as much outlay to properly line
and stiffen a dress that Includes a godet
skirt, as It does to furnish the gown It
self. But one experience with such
wholesale use of haircloth as these
handsome pleats necessitate Is required
to convince as to this point but this
very fact Is almost sure to give to the
style a longer life. It offers to women
a chance for a new employment for It
seeing possible for some enterprising
woman to secure the assistance of a
dosen or so dressmakers and keep post
ed as to the women who have lately
had godet skirts made. She might then
follow them up and for a small compen
sation teach them how to sit down
gracefully. The management of these
Rklrts Is soon learned, but at first they
give the same trouble that the variety
show comedian reported of the water
melon. "You can't" said that Joker,
"reasonably expect to sit on a slice of
a ripe watermelon and have it resume
Its former shape." It's Just so with
godets, If they're not managed right
There is nothing that approaches the
set of these skirts, according to cur-
A GODET IS VELVET AND Ft'K TRIMMED.
rent standards, and they are found In
all sorts of materials. In the Jaunty
dress beside the Initial it Is a tan-colored
cloth that Is combined with nut
brown velvet The skirt is of the form
er, trimmed with braid, and the velvet
gives bodice and sleeves. A Jacket
effect is produced on the bodice by a
trimming of wide black satin ribbon,
which Is extended to form the belt
tying behind In a large bow. To show
how generally this shape Is applied,
the next pictured dress, though of the
same general cut of skirt Is composed
of admiral blue velvet made princess
and trimmed with fur. It fastens at
the Bide and the left Jacket front laps
over. The Jacket fronts, epaulettes and
the bands on either side of the skirt
are of silver-gray cloth set off by sou
tacha braiding.
Very brilliant red Is to be a popular
color for the coming season, though It
does not seem In as good taste for warm
weather, blue sky and green trees, as
for the grays, whites and cold of win
ter, but what cares fashion for that!
A at raw is seen that seems to suggest
that the wind la going to blow the way
of scarlet skirts as a correct wear with
bodices of any color. At every turn of
fashion It will be noticed that some
one color Is accorded a freedom of wesr
with all other shades. Homo years ago
old gold, and, later, bright butter yel
low had this vogue. Bright yellow kid
jfloves were once the thing with any
shade or kind of dress, then at one
STIKncNKO ISTO IM(i;M)KI PLEATS.
time cardinal red was the general
favorite, and no matter what was worn
a rad ribbon, slippers or hat could b
added and b all right Uint season
turquoise blue seemed the shade that
appeared with all gawr by Its pres
Mat Glaaaaa a Vnneaas Fimlahn. jme
laaa, -) T ana Vat 0er4 In tne
tea tant law aaaaaa; Stay a
JJkaatM sa Waarlai WiaiUSt
ence giving a touch of atyls to thm
whole. This winter lut chiefly la
the little flower itself. Is the color that
by common cooaeut Is admitted to com
panionship with all other colors, wbetb
es the effect Is bsruionious or not
For the present reds are scarce snd
browns abundant Costume number
three is oak brown. In woolen suiting,
Iu skirt trimmed s round the bottom
with brown silk passementerie. Organ
pip folds take up the sklrfa fulin
behind, the whole being stiffened.
Heavy brown silk lines the fitted
bodice, which books on the side snd is
trimmed In front with two boxplests of
the goods coming over a psssementeria
yoke. On the sides are two Figaro
fronts made of Jet beads and the plain
belt Is adorned with two rosette and
two embroidered tabs.
The godet In all the glory of fine fab
rics is shown In the fonrth picture,
where it comes from moire brocaded
with chrysanthemums and richly em
broidered with Jet In front Two black
velvet tabs hang from the belt Tb
!
OKAXDKt B ATTAIVr It.
bodice has fitted lining, which Is
draped with accordion-pleated old-rose
chlffou, and Is richly garnished with
Jet points and a passementerie of the
same. The very full elbow sleeve
are of velvet and show a trimming of
pleated old rose chiffon, headed by
black velvet bands. Before dismissing
this dress, a trick resorted to by the
wearers of rich costumes may be men
tioned. Their opportunity vsme vhen
aklrts became wide about the knees,
and when dressmakers finally refused
to put In pockets. They then resorted
to the old fsshlon of a bag swung
under the outer skirt. It bangs a little
below the knee and is big enough lo
hold handkerchief, pocketbook, pow
der puff, etc. To reach It the outer
akirt I lifted, and the swagger dame
doe not mind this because she wears
a petticoat that she Is glad to show.
The operation of reaching the bag Is a
little startling to those about ber, but
performed confidently It will end lu
securing their admiration, at. least for
the petticoat,
The final costume that the artist con
tributes Is made from heliotrope vel
ours garnished with spangled dahlia
velours. Its Bklrt Is laid In three
organ-pipe folds In back and Is quite
plain. The waist has fitted lining
find fastens at the side, the front hav
ing no darts and hanging over the belt
of spangled velours, which Is trimmed
AXOTIISH EXAMPLE IS OttOAS Pll'14 roLb
with bows at the sides. The draped,
square yoke is of spangled velours
and straps of the plain velvet tome
over the shoulders Sleeves of spangled
velours have double epaulettes, one
plain, one spangled. Such sleeves hs
these show that though sleeves hn.
being draped more and m ire elaborate
ly, their balloon effect Is being dimin
ished. While now as many as six
yards can be gotten Into a pair of
sleeves, the sleeves resulting really
seem smaller than the pnff-axUndel
oues of last year.
A good many girls Just fold the full
ness of their sleeves over their chests
when they put on a coat Of course
the sleeve simply cannot go Into any
cout sleeve, but It crushes thein less
to fold them flat to the front aud then
button them down under the coat Be
sides, a little extra fullness over the
chest does not really matter, so many
a girl who would have fits right out
If any one suggested padding to her
lays over her sleeves with much com
placency and rejoices In the gain of
roundness that allows when the outsr
coat buttons up.
Opyrlght, lKtft.
Mrs. Charity Gnn celebrated her
103d birthday In the Horn for A ,
Colored Women at Boston ibe other
day.
The number of unmarried women In
England aud Wales exceeds the nun,
ler of unmarried men by a majority 'f
nearly asj.000. "JWity .1