COLLY IS A OOOD TRAVELER.
sso erf Cart mm rmk tHM
' ta Mall Car.
7bsi Uncle Barn's "mill freaks' are
abject to combat In the hustling strife
af competition, and according to the
latest development In thU carious line
t ebjects that And their origin in the
extensive mail service of oar land. It
leaks very much aa though the veteran
"Owney" would have to take a back
Mt for an energetic and extremely
popular competitor. The new hero (or
rather heroine) in the field arrived at
Superintendent O'Keefe'a office at 4
'dock in the afternoon of Kept. 19,
and haa tine been the object of eon
aklerable comment and admiration
With the employes of the office.
The object in question la a small black
robber doll, some six inches in height,
that bean the title of the "Nw Wom
an." This remarkable little woman
la attired In the np-to-date bloomer cos
tume and has a most pleasant coun
tenance. Like the brave Loehinvar,
ha has come out of the West, stopping
at every postoffiee en route, and intends
to see considerable more of the world
before returning to her original start
lag point Her costume Is a bright red
and consists of a cutaway coat without
sleeves, and long, graceful, flowing
bloomers that reach Just the curve of
bar graceful (rubber) ankle. Her coat,
which la open, shows a white linen vest,
and her pretty head surmounted by a
curly mass of black (rubber) hair, is
given a most Jaunty appearance by the
Urge white polka dot bow at her throat.
Around her neck is fastened a straight
piece of cord, and attached to this Is a
thick bunch of tags, some fifty or more
In number. But in spite of the uncom
fortable weight of her passport that en
circles her pretty ebony throat, and the
hardships and bumps of her long, tedi
ous travels, she ajpears as fresh as a
daisy. Only once did her soft, pliable
body meet with accident, and on that
occasion she received a long, triangular
cot in her rubber cranium.
On the first tag Is the inscription, "A
good thing. Push It along and return
to Assistant Postmaster, Miles City,
Montana." This is where the pert little
"new woman" started ber strange jour
ney, and a stamp on the lower corner
of the tag fixed the date as Sept 4,
1805. She has traveled over the entire
West and will probably be started
South by Superintendent O'Keefe In a
few days. As she arrived at each post
office the postmaster of the same would
attach a new tag.stamp on the name of
his station and send ber off to the next
point East In this manner the bunch
ef tags grew larger rapidly and the
epitaphs on many show that poets can
be found even among the army of Un
cle Sam's mail clerks. On the face of
one tag was written in bold handwrit
ing the following:
This darky has started out for a trip
Which is likely to be lonely and long;
(5o let everyone deliver a friendly flip.
Or help her along with a song.
On another was written:
,"" Bloomers are her costume,
' . Trilby is her name;
k ff' She's a child of fortune,
Out to win her fame.
This tag bore the signatures of two
young ladies in the money order bureau
at Bozeman, Mont. So on all through
the thick bunch of tags were written
funny and poetical Inscriptions, each
office vying with the other to invent
the brightest verse or Idea. Boston
Journal.
An Enterprising Cndertaker.
' Albert B. Thompson of Ranaomvllle,
X. , is a hustler and deserves suc
cess. Mr. Thompson is in the under
taking business. He has some pretty
harp competition, but Is determined to
hold his own. Here is a copy of a print
ed circular which Mr. Thompson has
ent out to all the physicians resident
in Bansomvllle and the adjacent terri
tory: Dear Sir I desire to say to my old
friends and all others who may be In
terested that I have purchased a thousand-dollar
hearse, robes, tassels for
the horses and everything necessary
for a first-class funeral. Cannot be
beat in the county, and I will give a
free funeral to the first one who wlli
patronize me from Wilson, l'oung
stown, Pekiu. Lewlston and Ransom
rllle. Also am prepared to give funer
als 50 per cent cheaper than anyone
else in the county. I will give you 13
for every funeral you will get me.
Loose Confinement.
To endeavor to profit by a punish
ment justly Incurred is commendable,
but few prisoners bare the opportunity
f combining punishment and profit
so neatly and comfortably as did Mr.
H., who lived in a country town In
. Maine. The town had very poor jail
accommodations. Indeed, a prisoner
eould easily make his escape by raising
window, or even by a strong push
against the outer door.. Dangerous
criminals were taken to a neighboring
town for safe keeping, but occasionally
the old county jail was used for a pris
oner whose offense was slight and
who could In a measure be trusted.
Old Mr. H. had been arrested sev
eral times for selling liquor, and final
ly, when a fine no longer seemed a suf
ficient punishment, he was sentenced
t three months' Imprisonment.
The jailer heard the sentence with
more concern' than the prisoner, and
remarked to a neighbor that "It was
aaeadfol trying to have to 'tend to Mr.
8. Joat at planting time."
V - IIWlr tit hn n Mmn tHtfVtt
t there wlA him," remarked the
2ar. "It doea seem as If 'twas time
b aad a Jail that could be lock-d up
Ct toft Aa things be, I calculate I
' "!sWB aty salary for a spell."
' CZt Itr ackai hla companion.
Si;, 19a rfct la Mm yard, so to
; I alias i cast BMnage to aaep
7taiatasa lessew, coaturoea caa
ft X2 tttvfaS acUta
t fc7 twa af Moo
E3a
1 1 rtj Ct Sar u aa
ed ta the garden, and to wish he
oat there with him. Hie wtafc did not
go unexpressed, and within a wek he
waa helping to plant potatoes, and
caaloually waa seen on the Tillage
streets. Finally someone asked the
Jailer about his prisoner.
"Isn't Mr. II. In jail oowT
Tea, sir, I s'poae I can say be is.
Aad he acts sensible, too. Bays he, I
don't want to be a-wastln' my time this
way,' says he; 'an' if you'll agree te
pay me fifty cents a day, I'D take right
hold and help you with your planting,'
ays he.
"Well, I thought It over, and I ar
gued it this way: If he'd work for fifty
cents a day, I could afford to feed him,
and that would be a saving to the coun
ty, and I couldn't find no law agin it
So says I, 'Mr. IL, you take right hold.'
And he has so. But I'm firm aa a rock
'boot bis being in the jail nights. He
understands that and he goes to bed
prompt by 7 o'clock. I won't have no
foolishlng about that
"I calculate it's a sight better for
him to be busy than 'twould be to be
Just sitting 'round, and I think the bet
ter of him for thinking of If '
fees Otter.
The dexterity of sea otters In turning
and doubling upon their pursuers Is
due to the strength of their hind paws,
which have five webbed fingers or toes,
the center one being shortest, like those
of a seal. Their tails are used ae rud
ders, but are not so long as those of
the common orter. Their lore of life,
their harmleasnese, their innocence,
their beauty and their tender, tireless
care of their babies also, ebould make
man their friend and admirer. Perhaps
ne would be if love of money were not
his supreme passion.
Common otters have short, webbed
front paws, that are used aa deftly as
hands by men, fins by fish, or feet by
land quadrupeds; their hind legs are
short, and are set well back for pad
dling swiftly. Their muscular tails
serve as tillers, and are important
parts of a machinery that overcomes
distance with Incredible rapidity. They
are able to make abrupt turns and a
thousand swift and graceful maneuvres
when seeking their finny food or escap
ing from their natural enemies. They
are said to be so untiring In the sea
that fish never escape them. Of course,
it Is only In zoological gardens that the
shy and crafty habits of otters can be
closely studied. In tanks of water Uiey
sometimes deftly catch and hold sev
eral fish at once, and often kill many
more thau they can eat as If the mere
occupation of fishing were a distinct
pleusure and the destruction of their
prey a keen satisfaction; so that their
sportsmanlike tastes are near akin to
those of men.
Sugar.
Medical men say that sugar has a
remedial value never appreciated until
now. As a tonic and Invlgorator Its
value has been. In experimental cases.
extremely satisfactory. The case is
cited of a person who was subject to
the most violent headaches from hun
ger or lack of food. After a certain
period, a peculiar pressure or congest
ed feeling was noticed lu the head, In
variably followed by acute pain, some
times by severe nausea. One day the
individual in question tried the experi
ment of taking sugar and water, this
being the only available article of food
at the time. Several blocks of .cut
sugar were dipped Into water and eaten
very slowly, with frequent dippings
so that the sugar was almost entirely
dissolved. When the operation began,
the pressure In the head was already
very marked, and the headache was
coming on. Strange to say, the un
pleasant symptoms almost Immediately
left, and there was no return of them.
Repeated trials had the same effect,
and It seemed to lie a foregone conclu
sion that with this patient at least the
sugar application was a success. Fur
ther experiments are being made, with
a view to demonstrate the value of cut
sugar as a luncheon where other food
Is not to be had.
A Grewsome Drain a.
A rather grewsome play achieved
sensational success at Turin, Italy. It
is entitled "The Corpse of the River
Po." In the first act a supposed corpse
Is dragged from a tank representing
the river, with all the realism that can
lie put Into such a scene. The second
net plays In the morgue, six bodies on
slabs furnishing the realistic decoration
to the place; but the climax occurs lu
the fifth act, where the hearse upon
which twelve coffins are being con
veyed to the potter's field. Is drawn
over the scene and iqmet In sight of
the public, the coffins tumbling over.
One of them, containing the murdered
body of a woman, opens, and the dead
victim rolls at the feet of the heavy
villain, her murderer.' This Is realism
with a vengeance! And this play is
given night after night In a civilized
country, and hundreds are turned away
from the doors of the playhouse!
Describing Things Unseen.
The best description of mountain
scenery was written by a man who had
never climbed a mountain and Miss
Nora Hopper, the moat distinctively
Celtic of the new Irish school of writ
ers, haa never so much as set font Is
the green Isle In ber life.
Girts to British Heroes.
Stratbfleldsaye. the seat of the Duke
of Buckingham; Blenheim, that of the
Duke of Marlborough, and Trafalgar
Park, the seat of Karl Nelson, were
gifts from the country for military and
naval services.
Lssaae of tf0 PI) iag fish.
Firing flan are to be constantly met
with ta certain latitudes. The flying
lab rises tan or tfteea feat out of rat
water aad kaapa la ta air for 100
raraa, whoa it Is obliged to wet Ms tat
ay dipping.
THE BETTER CHOICE.
Toe little do w gas nature's fi
Too much have dwelt la coUegas astd
towns.
Where man pursues the miarrabla race
Of weal A sod mere book Warning. The
muss frowns
Oa him whose footsteps o'er the breezy
downs
Seldom have pressed; oar need is solitude,
For the harsh dissonance of the city
drowns
Those dreams of virtue, loveliness and
good.
Which in the breast of youth, however
stilled, brood.
Lt us arise and shake swsy the dust
Of brick sad psremeut from our flying
feet
AH former visions from remembrance
thrust
Aad even forget that once we trod the
street.
Up in the mountains haply we may
meet
Those glorious fancies that still shun the
throng;
The rill's wild music, tremulous and
sweet.
Will leud a softer cadence to our song.
The cataract's curtiiess strength may
teach us to be strong.
And flowers snd perfumes and untainted
air
And forests green with dark cathedral
gloom a.
And the fleet birds, whoe mission is to
bear
Nature's true music on their outspread
plumes.
And mossy banks and overhanging
blooms
Of trailing honeysuckle these shall tesch
Our tongues to breathe the passion that
consumes
The Inmost spirit, and we shall learn a
speech
Wide-general enough all human hearts to'
reach.
Sports Afield.
THANKFUL TILDY.
H E storekeeper's
horse had compli
mented his oats by
running away. He
had scattered his
load over several
rods of highway,
and reduced the
wagon to kindling
wood; but he had
also demolished a
fence with which
a "cottager" bad
undertaken to close a path that bad
been free for a generation, and the old
settlers who met at the store to talk It
over were not so sympathetic as they
might have been.
"Aaiu't nothin' so bad, but It could
be wus, Isaac," asserted Cap'n Pouter
oy, who was deaf and dogmatic "The
hoss might a' missed that air fence,"
be argued, with the confidence of one
who is seldom contradicted. "He might
'a' slewed Into the main road 'n' tramg
ed on a young one, whereas, you beiu'
selec'man, he's wived you 'n' Pilsbury
the Job of bavin' the fence took down,
consequently!"
"That don't pay me for ten bushel o'
corn," the storekeeper ventured to sug
gest "Heyr
"Ten bushel o' corn!" the storekeeper
repeated. Then, as Cap'n Pomeroy
snarled disapproval, and the others
seemed equally ready to question his
public spirit he hastened to add: "Oh,
I'm glad 's you be that the fence Is
down; I don't begredge the corn, not
any to speak of. 1 ain't a-goin' to say
I'm glad I lost It, though; can't expect
me tew, can yeV"
"HeyT
"'Tildy Peters would hev." another
speaker put In. lie had entered so
quietly that the storekeeper Jiwi'd
aside, surprised, and thereby gave him
an opening to the most coveted corner,
close to the cracker-barrel. It was a
place that the storekeeper found It
safer to reserve for a toothless pa
triarch, but since the thing wus done he
made the best of it.
"What's that about 'Tildy, Lucie
Aaron?" he inquired.
"Oh, th' ain't no great of a story
about her. It wuz her gin'ral dlsMd
tlon, 's ye might say. that made me
sieak up. Thankful 'Tildy,' everybody
called her."
"She 'n' her man lived over on the old
Bascom place. Lived there till some
where 'bout '60, 'n' then they moved
out West, 'n' last I heard of 'em Him
found a gold mine 'n' they wax big us
any toads In the puddle. I s'plclon gold
mines must lay on top o' the ground
out in that country, Sim never would 'a'
dug fer one not in his right mind, he
wouldn't
"liazler V Sain Hill, he wuz, al'ays
plannln' out ways to save work, 'n
let tin' things go while he flggered on
'em. Didn't hev no downright bad
habits, ye know. Jest plain lazy wuz
what ailed htm. His part o' the place
looked like Poorhouse Corner.- Hers
wuz different tulnd ye, 'n' so was she.
Never no hens roosted on ber while
she wuz inventlu' a alg gatherer, I bate
,e!
"i'ou'd V thought she'd worried
about Sim's beiu' so easy goln'; but ye
can't tell nothin' about women-folks.
For all she wuz so spry, nobody ever
heerd her find fault It wuz all t'other
way. If he did omethln' or didn't do
somethln' that stirred up a muss, she
al'ays fished 'round till she found a
blessln' In It '
"I r'colleet her proceeding one time,
V I guess 't wus the only time, that
Slin did omethln' like work. Twist
one thing 'n' another, he kep' It up for
nigh a fortnlt Fust It wut to git rid ef
a woodchurk that had growed op fond
o' garden sass. Sim didn't have UQ
state fair c'lectlon o' v eg' tables whea
the woodchnck sot lu.-but putty soon
they begun to look like the fag-end o
desolation. The critter wouldn't touch
anything with p'laon In It 81m tried
htm, faithful. Looked as though th
only thing to do aroa to dig aim eat
"1 d'know whether f on ever started
to on earth a woodchurk? I bar; It's
raster talked about tkaa done. A food
mart woodchnck d' burrer to Chlny,
if yon cooid head him straight down,
Sim followed this one's trail 'boat thirty
foot, 'n' then he didn't 'pear to be any
nearer the woodchock's bedroom 'n' h
wus at first When Sim quit dtggin',
'count o' takln' a crick In his back, I fr
one didn't feel to blame him.
" T wus Jest about the time he quit
that a story got 'round consamln' old
THE OLD SETTLE BS WHO MET AT THE
STOKE.
Cap'n Bascom. Some says It started
with a shipmate o' bis, that knowed
certain, that the Cap'n brung home a
good deal o' money from bis last cruise.
He had money, wasn't no doubt o' that
but when he died the only vallyblee
that wut found on him wuz a silver
thre'pence 'n' a snuffbox. Jim Bascom,
that was his brother, lived 'n' died
without any clew to any more. But
this 'ere story had It that the Cap'n had
a belt full when he left Portland to
come borne, the last time, 'n' must 'a'
brought It to the Island.
"So whilst the crick wuz glttln' out
of his back, Sim he pupssed to do
some profitable medltatln'. Didn't
seem to him the Cap'n would 'a' hid
his money in the house, fr Aunt Polly
would hev found It (she was a master
band for findln' out things that didn't
belong to ber. Aunt Polly was). Over
'n' above that Sim concluded the Cap'n
wouldn't take It to the barn. That had
been burnt down since the Bascoms'
time, anyhow; seemed 's If an old sailor
'd ruther bev his belongln's outdoors,
where the' was landmarks, as It ware,
'n' when Sim got It narrered down to
this, be 'lowed he could sKt the place.
"That wuz a big boulder, right anlgb
the stone wall where Sim had beeu
fl-dlgglu' for woodchuck. It weighed
three ton, nieblie. No llvln' man could
'a' gt under It to hide anythlu! But
Slnt wouldn't let that stump him, a'ter
he made up his mind. He dug round
the aldges a little, 'n' found some angle
worms 'n' saw-bugs, V made a big
hole down in the lower no'thenst corner
o' the rock.
" 'Tildy didn't say nothin' ag'ln his
foolishness. Pact is, I cal'late, she didn't
know the whole of It Prob'ly Sim
didn't tell her he wuz aimin' to oncover
the unlvarse, their part of It to find
burled treasures. I know he didn't
give ber no wamln' when he touched
the tiling off, fr he told me so. She
wuz In the butt'ry, gittln' ready to
churn, when be lighted his fuse and
laid down In-hind the stone wall.
"Well, sir! Sim done a k1 enough
Job, that time. That air boulder weut
off like the crack o' dioiii V busted
Into more 'n forty million pieces. Sim
could hear "era a-rlppln' an' a-tearin'
for an hour, seemed to him, 'u' he didn't
hardly dast to git up 'n' find out what
he hud done. When he did wipe the
dust out of his eyes 'n' peek over the
wall, he see that one piece o' rock had
knocked down the chitnbly, 'n another
had sailed clean through the butt'ry
winder 'n' he wuz jest nnrvln' himself
to go In V pick up his wife when, lo
V behold! she stuck her head out
"She looked kind o' onsettled, what
with a cut on her forehead 'n' the skltn
milk runnlu' out of her hair, 'n' I guess
fur a minute Sim thought he wuz goln'
to git his come-uppanee. But she wuz
starln' every which way n' didn't seem
to see him. Sim thought she wuz gone
looney. He wuz glttln' ready to ask
her. when all of a sudden she p'lnts
him to a streak of somethln" that wuz
llcketty-spllttln' out o' sight
"'Ain't that nice, Sim! she says.
'You've broke up that old woodchuck,
ain't yer
"No!" Pncle Aaron added crustily, a
moment later (one of the small boys
bud asked a question and sillcd his
climax). "No, consarn ye! Tae' wa'n't
nothin' under the boulder." Detroit
Free Press.
Mllllons In It.
A German who had vainly tried to
make a fortune In many ways at last
fell ill. But on what the doctor declared
to be his deathbed an Idee, with millions
In It struck him. He sent for a lawyer
and dictated a will, In which be be
queathed vast siitna of money to his
wife, hi family, and various charitable
Institutions. The lawyer, a notorious
talker, spread the tidings, and great
was the chagrin of numerous acquaint
ances to think bow they had neglected
to pay court to the dying millionaire.
Our strategist waa not so 111 as the doc
tor supposed, and presently he recov
ered. Then It waa that fortune-hunters
begged him to Invest their money,
urged him to accept loans, and gave
him a credit second to none In the city.
At first be coyly refused theea flatter
ing testimonials, but was gradually
forced to relent and, having lived In
clover for a considerable time, has just
failed for an enormous sum.
No More Keen pee.
After filling the post of prison warden
for ten years Broacblnl adopted the
profession of grave digger.
"What lad oil to change your occu
pation T tnqnlred a friend.
"The circumstance that la my new
employ meat I hava ao escape to fear."
-II PaaagBllo.
WHAT WOMEN WEAR.
STYLES FOR TH08E WHO WANT
TO LOOK PRETTY.
fa Coat Bodice and Trlssssed Bkirt
Give Frosnlee of Many More Forma
aad Elaborations-Laces sod Bibbons
lor Trissssiage-Fsahioa's Fancies.
Bt) lea at the Season.
Mso Tori corraaooodeses:
HE coat bodice
and the trimmed
skirt are surely
making their way
Into accepted
popularity. In
deed, dressmak
ers already claim
that It Is down
right foolish to
cut new goods In
to any but coat
bodices. With
them, to say coat
means coat; that
la. It means skirts
and a front open
partly or all the
way to the waist
to display either
a vest more or
less elaborate, or a stomacher which Is
a flat panel-like piece extending from
the throat or more correctly from the
bust line, to little below the waist
When the stomacher Is adopted the
klrt can properly display a corre
sponding pointed panel, which (should
tart at the tip of the stomacher In a
point and widen to a whole width at
the foot of the skirt As the coat styles
are wonderfully varied it is not posl
ble to lay down many set rules for
them. As compared with the fancy
waist they give promise of many more
form and elaborations, and when one
considers how numerous those waists
were, the range of the coat bodice
seems practically Infinite. Variety
comes In It not alone from cut but from
the materials thnt may be used . All
sorts of fabrics are cut Into coats, but
rich brocades matched to perfection arc
among the handsomest effects, If not
the very latest Iho very latest Is
smooth cloth, of a singled color, the elab
orate color effwt of the coat being se
cured by the elegance of the stomacher
or vest and by the facing of revers
and lining of coat With a garment of
this description a skirt of brocade is
worn, or at any rate, a skirt that Is all
ver wreaths, flowers and spangled
design. The plan is to have a distinct
change from the many colored bodice
and the plain skirt
These descriptions bIiow to what ex
iremes these styles are coming, to Judge
by the present appearances, but the
present Indications are distinct,
thus coat effects arc more plentiful
ihan coat bodices; even slightly trim
med skirts are not so plentiful as plain
Hies of wonderfully accurate pleats;
md while brocades are worn a gd
leal, they are still lu much greater pro
portion In the store windows than on
the women who gaze at them therein.
Of the cont-llke bodices one Is pictured
here, the effects coming from Its coat
Ihaped back and from the slightly rip
bled back. Designed as a theater or
Sonecrt dress, Its bodice Is gray faille
Hnbroldered with black soutache braid,
a narrow edging of the same appcar-
WnlTE SATIS ASU SOLTACHE ADDED
IIKBK.
Ing on the basque. A short drapery of
cloth cornea la front, the plain stock
collar la of gray faille, and the eery
foil sleeve are of gray cloth. With
thla la worn a aklrt of black, aaUn-fln-lahed
cloth, the hem baring a stiffen
ing wire.
Aa early Indication of women's de
alree or It may be more correct to aay
tba dreaa maker's wish of baring
r. .-"
I.ACES ASD RIHIIO.SS FOR TKIMUIKO.
skirts triniuiod. lie in the hip pleeea
of varit'US designs tbst sre now often
seen. As yrt tliey sre rarely very elab
orate, frequently coming as pari of
some scheme of strap snd button gar
niture, but It is the folks who wear the
dresses on which they appear, more
than the number of such rigs that
make them truly prophetic. For know
all ye women of light purse-strings and
copying proclivities, that It Is the gen
uine fsshionables who do this, and for
whom such gowua as the second pic
tured one are put together. Here the
rich cream colored lace upon the skirt
eems to le a continuation of the fc
bodice's trimming, the bodice being en
tirely covered with lace at the bark,
except for a narrow V below the neck.
Short lace tabs, too, fall over the skirt
BUTTONS BT THE IMiZEH ASD STRAPS A
FEW.
at the hack. The dress material Is a
handsome prune-colored velvet and
aliove the collar of this stuff comes a
wired lace Medici collar.
The suggestion of skirt trimming on
the next picture Is even more timor
ous, for the pieces at the front are not
attached to the skirt, but are contin
ued from the Imdlce and are drawn
through the Isdt Additional trimming
on the skirt appears, however. In the
piping of white satin at Its hem. Plum
colored velvet Is the material, which Is
gathered a trifle at the neck and waist
and Is trimmed with very deep epau
lettes of the white satin embroidered
with soutache. The same is used for
the collar, but the Is-lt and the large
rosettes in front are of a darker sbado
of velvet.
Alas! there's no longer any fun In
"Button, button, who's got Uic button?"
because everylssly has 'em. Never was
the button so Important a factor In the
general effect of a gown. The trouble
is that women will put elegant buttons
on street and cloth gowns, Instead of
realizing that the dainty painted and
jeweled disks are suited only to the
accompaniment of silks and brocades.
This uiitttake Is often made, and might
threaten the button's reign as a dress
ncccKsory, were It not that It Is now so
secure. in favor, that It must before
months die out of Its own too great pop
ularity. Just now It Is having a fine
time of It, and the present time might
properly be characterized In a fashion
HI'TTOKS AM lilt A III lIKIif.oX.
history as the reign of Queens Buttons
and Strap. Take a hk at the next
woman the artist present. Three
months ago you would have said, "Did
you ever see the like'" Now you will
recall seeing It recently, yesterday, or
such a costume may be In your own
wardrobe. If so you may be serene,
for such are stumped "O. K." by the
best dressed women. This sample of
the button-and-strup era Is In old blue
cloth. Its blouse waist has fitted lin
ing and shows three nx pleats lu front
which are trimmed with chamois col
ored cloth straps at the top, and are
divided at the waist by similar tabs,
all showing rows of closely set cloth
buttons. The standing collar Is made
to match, IsMiig topis-d with darker
blue velvet and the sleeves with the
row of buttons along the outside are
entirely of the chamois colored stuff.
Buttons need not have straps as ac
cessories In schemes of trimming, for
they can go It alone, though when prop
erly used that is, lu small and not
too fanciful sorts for outdoor dresses
they often share the honors with straps.
On the novel and tasteful tailor dress
of the concluding sketch they are not so
plentiful as In the last described ex
ample, and the only suggestion of strap
ping Is In the yoke tab that fastens In
at the waist This yoke and the skirt
re of light gray cloth, the latter bar
Ing Inserted panels of dark gray stuff,
which also gives the remainder of the
waist Including the sleeves. Tba edge
of the light stuff In aklrt and yoke ai
finished with dark gray mohair galooa,
and a pnfflng of light gray Is taeerted
la each cuff. This coraMnaMoa of two
shades, coupled with the anowal cat,
takes ao stress!' attractlrs model
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