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STETOOO'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE. nThe ?."?'r1nf th Hon. Adlal E. Stevenson, delivered at Indnanapolls, August 8th, In accepting the democratic nomination for vice president: I am profoundly grateful for the hon or conferred upon me by my aelectlon by the national democratic convention as Ita candidate for the high office of vice president of the United States. For the complimentary manner In which such selection has been officially made known to me, I express to you, Mr. Chairman, and to your honored asso ciates of the committee, my sincere thanks. Deeply Impressed with a sense of the responsibility assumed by such candi dacy, I accept the nomination so gen erously tendered me. Should th action of the convention men with the appro val of the people In November, It will be my earnest endeavor to discharge with fidelity the duties of the great office. A WISE PROVISION. It Is wisely provided in the constitu tion that at stated times political pow er shall return to the hands of the peo ple. The struggle for political suprem acy, upon which we are now entering. Is one of deep moment to the American people. Its supreme Importance to all conditions of our countrymen cannot be measured by words. The Ills result ing from unjust legislation and from unwise administration of the govern ment must find their remedy In the all potent ballot. To It we now make our solemn appeal. The chief purpose of the great conven tion whose representatives are now be fore me was redress fur existing wrongs and security against jerilg yet greater which menace popular government. Your convention, In language clear and unmistakable, hag presented the vital Issues upon which the pending contest Is to be determined. To Its platform I give tny earnest assent. SYMPATHY FOR SISTER REPUB LICS. Clearly and unequivocally the demo cratic convention has expressed its sympathy with the burghers of the South African republics in their heroic attempt to maintain fret; government. In this the convention not only voiced the sentiments of American democrats, but of liberty-loving men everywhere. It Is not strange that those who have kept the political faith of the author of the declaration of Independence should express their abhorrence at the effort of a great European power to subjugate a people whose only crime Is a death struggle to maintain their liberties. The earnest utterances of the conven tion, that our sympathies are with the Boers In their unequal struggle, meets a hearty response from alt who vener ate the principles of our fathers. Is It not true that In all the pant, a be lief in the Inalienable rights of all peo ples has been with us a living faith? That our sympathy haw ever been with the oppressed; that with those who were struggling for a larger measure of freedom for self-government? For this reason, our government was among the first to extend recognition to the re publics of France and of Mexico; and prompt to extend our sympathy as well as official recognition, to the little South American states on their escape from the despotism of Spain, and upon their efforts to establish for themselves rep resentative government fashioned after our own. History has but repeated it self and the struggle to maintain free government a century and a quarter after the promulgation of thW.eclara tlon of Independence has bWn trans ferred from the new world to the old. Is It to be wondered then that the po litical disciples of Jefferson should ex press their sympathy for the oppresses republics or South Africa? Only who believe that our own country has out grown the doctrines of the fathers are In sympathy with England's attempt to establish monarchy upon the ruins of republics. WAK TAXES AND EXPENSES. Tri lavish qpin-oprtatVms, by the present republican congress, should challenge the attention of all thought ful men. Subsidy bllis and all unnec essary taxes are condemned by our Dlatform. The accumulation of surplus revenues Is too often the pretext for wasteful appropriations or the public money. The millions of surplus now ac. cumulating the treasury should remain In the pockets of the people. To this end the democratic party demands a reduction of war taxes to the actual needs of the government, and a return to the policy of strict economy In all governmental expenditures. LAWS TO CURB MONOPOLIES. In apt words the Dlngley tariff law Is condemned. It is tersely character ized as leKislatlon skillfully devised In the Interest of a class, and to Impose upon the many burdens which they should not bear. Adhering to the time honored doctrine of the democratic par ty, we oppose all tariff legislation, the necesfary consequence or wmrn is ai the expense of the consumer, to secure unjust advantage to the favored few. Experience has demonstrated that un just tariff laws have deprived the gov ernment of needed revenues, secured to favored beneficiaries colossal for tunes, and largely Increased to the peo ple the cost of the necessaries of life. The baleful but logical result of the tariff law condemned by out platform la seen In the sudden growth of giant mo nopolies, combinations In restraint of lawful trade and "trusts" more threat ening than foreign foe to the existence of popular government. Believing that "wherever there Is a wrong there must be a remedy," the democratic party will favor such legislation as will curb the spirit of monopoly and place an effective barrier against the unlawful combinations of capital which now prove an Insuperable obstacle to le gitimate enterprises and Investment. The deadly power of the trust Is felt In all chanels of trade. This Is but the beginning. Is It too much to say that unless restrained by wholesome laws, wisely and efficiently administered, the danger becomes appalling? Fostered by the Dlngley tariff law, the trusts, dur ing the present republican admlnlstra Itlonv hsjve enormously Increased In number and In power. A determined effort for their suppression must now be made. Delay would still further en danger every lawful business Interest of the country. The imperative neces sity for a remedy being conceded, the question arises: Into whose hands shall tie ccmmlled the work of formulating laws looking to the suppression of the trusts? To whom shall be Intrusted the execution of such laws? Shall It be to the victims or to the beneficiaries of ths overshadowing evil? If to the latter, then further lease of power to the present administration Is all that Is needed. TRUST BVIL NOT BBLff-CTRINO. Can any mm man believe that the trust evil Is otto that will cure Itself, or that Ita destruction will be encompassed toy those t whom It has brought prince. If fortune T If to, tot Urn petal to ft Ingle honest attempt of republican of ficials to enforce the laws now upon our statute books against the most stupendous commercial evil known to any period of our history. The demo cratic party stands pledged to an un ceasing; warfare against private mo nopoly In every form. It demands the enforcement of existing laws against trusts and the enactment of laws yet more stringent. It wisely demands pub licity as to the affairs of corporations engaged in Interstate commerce. As one mtans to the Important end of cur tailing the power of trusts, we favor such amendment of our tariff laws as will place the product of trusts upon the free list, and thereby prevent mo nopoly under the plea of protection. During almost four years of republican control of all departments of the gov ernment, the trust evil has grown to Ita present overshadowing proportions. What finger has been lifted for Its sup pression? With Its friends again In trenched in power, what hope I held out for the future? RAILROAD DISCRIMINATION. At this hour I can but allude In brief words to other needed reforms to which the attention of the country Is called by the democratic platform. Prominent among these. Is such enlargement ol the scope of Interstate commerce law as will protect the public from unjust transportation rates, and Individuals from unfair discrimination. As Is well known this law has failed to effect the wise purpose for which it was enacted. In fact, It Is now little- more than a dead letter upon the statute books. Un der .well-considered amendments the commission shouUl be vested with am ple power to prevent Injustice to Indi viduals and to the public, LABOR AND PENSIONS. Our platform favors the creation of a department of labor, whose chief officer shall take rank with othe'r constltulon advisers of the president. This is in the Intereyt of Justice and will prove an Important step looking to the proper recognition and encouragement cf tn(. producers of wealth. In explicit terms in favors liberal pensions to our soldiers and sailors and to those dependent upon. them. With equal Justice 11 reiterates the demands of a former democratic plat for for bimetallism; the restoration of silver to its proper function in our mon etary system. For the protection of the home laborer It demands the enforcement of the Chi nese exclusion act. FAVORS NIGARAC-UAN CANAL. And In the interest of an enlarged commerce It favjrs the Imm-idlate con struction of the Nlcaraguan canal. This, however, with the provision that it shall remain forever under the exclu si e ownership and oontrol of the Unit ed States. The pending Hay-Paune-fote treaty is condemned as a surren der of American rights, not to be tol erated by the American people. In the construction and control of this great work there can be no concession of right to any European power. Com mercial Interest and national safety in time of war. alike demand its perma nent ownership by our government. THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. A question la yet to be discussed, to which all of these are of secondary Im jortanee. It is solemnly declared by our platform to be the paramount Is sue. Questions of domestic policy, how ever Important, may be but questions of the hour that of Imperialism is for time. In the presence of this stupen dous Issue, others seem but as the dust In the balance. In no sense paltering with words, It is the supreme question of republic or empire. The words of the eminent republican senator, Mr. Hoar, challenge attention: "I believe that perseverance In this policy will be the abandonment of the principles uiwi which our government Is founded; that it will change our government Into an empire; that our methods of legislation, of diplomacy, of administration, must hereafter be those which belong to em pires, and not those which belong to republics." Upon every phase of our foreign pol icy, the language of the democratic platform Is tun clear to admit of mis construction. It favors trade expansion by all peaceful and lawful means. CONSTITUTION FOLLOWS FLAO. We believe that liberty, as well as the constitution, follows the flag. Dem ocrats In common with many republic ans, oppose the Porto Rlcan law as a violation of the constitution, and a fla grant breach of good faith toward a dependent people It Is impoelng gov ernment without the consent of the gov erned. It Is In conflict with that pro vision of the constitution which de clares that "Duties, Imports and exclset sholl be uniform throughout the United States." Relieving that this constltu tlonal provision applies to every part of the United Statea,we condemn thf tariff taxation Imposed by a republican congress upon the helpless and distress ed people of Porto Rico. Such legis lationinspired solely by greed Is In deed the harbinger of evil to the re public The attempt to collect taxes with one hand, and with the other to return them in part to a plundered people. Is utterly without constitution al warrant or Justification. We give our earnest assent to the declaration: "Our plain duty Is to abolish all cus toms tariffs between the United States and Porto Rico, and give her products access to our markets." No party exi gency or pressure could Justify a de parture by the president from the plain pathway of duty he had here so clear ly Indicated. The law Imposing tariff duties upon the people of Porto Rico is In palpable violation of the constitu tion, and a flagrant breach of the pledged faith of the nation. DEPLORES SPIRIT OF EMPIRE. The democratic platform condemns the policy pursued by the present ad ministration toward the Philippine Isl ands. This policy Insured by the greedy spirit of commercialism has embroiled our government In an unnec essary war, sacrificed valuable liven, and placed the American republic In deadly antagonism to our former allies In their effort v'o secure their liberties. For the first time in our history we ar boldly confronted with the question of "Imperialism the spirit of empire." This Is, Indeed, the supreme question to which all others are of secondary Im portance. Before w break Irrevocably with the past and abandon ths doc trines of the fathers! It s, well that we deliberate upon th consequences of a permanent departure from the settled governmental policy of mors than a csntury. The success of the Imperial istic policy foreshadows ths empire, Shall the closing hours of the csntury witness ths American people abandon ing the sur pathway In which past fenerations have found prosperity and happiness, and embarking upon that of sggrssslon nod conquest, against which we ar warned bjr the wrecks that lis Jen las satin oataway oj history? Standing rat against ths new policy of conquest, with all that It Involves of European complication, are the warn ings of the founders of the republic. Out of fashion, ss it may appear, 1 quota the last words of Washington to the oncoming generations of his coun trymen: "The great rule of oonc' jct for us In regard to foreign nations Is, In extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political con nection as possible." It was the author of the Declaration of Independence who said: "Our first and fundamental max im should be never to entangle our selves In the broils of Europe." Is It not well to ponder these warnlgs be fore permanently tmbarklng upon an untried pathway beset with foreign Jealousies, complications and antag onism? JEFFBR80NIAN EXPANSION. The democratic pa;ty has ever been the advocate of wise territorial expan sion. It waa In control of the govern ment during forty years of the first half of the present century. During that period new states were admitted into the federal union, and our western border extended beyond the Mississippi. Out of the Louisiana country acquired under the first democratic administra tion have been carved fourteen mag nificent states. Under a later demo cratic administration and as a result of the treaty which terminated our war with Mexico we acquired California and neighboring states and territories, thus bringing under our flag, to remain forever, the vast expanse stretching to the Pacific. The policy of aggressive expansion of subjugation of distant lands pur sued by the present administration, finds no precedent In the peaceable ces sion of the Louisiana country by Napo leoh, that of Florida by Spain, nor that yet later, of the vast western area of Mexico. The territory acquired under democratic administrations was, with favorable climatic conditions, the fit abode for men of our own race. At the time of annexation it passed under the rule of the Anglo-Saxon, who carried with him our language and our laws. It was territory contiguous to our own, and acquired with the declared inten tion when conditions and population would Justify of carving It Into states. The result: Millions of American homes, our national wealth increased beyond the dream of avarice, and the United States chief among the nations of the earth. . Can It be that the new policy of forcible annexation of distant island? finds precedent in the historic events 1 haVe mentioned? The answer Is found In the bare statement of facts. The territory acquired under democratic administration is contiguous the Phil ippine islands 8,000 miles distant. The wqulsltion of territory upon our own continent added little to the national expense to maintain permanent sov ereignty over the distant Islands neces sitates immense expenditures upon our army and navy. More than that, it contemplates methods of administra tion that pertain, not to the republic, but to the empire. Can it be doubted that the attempt to stifle the spirit of liberty abroad will Imperil popular gov ernment at home? POLICY ANALYZED. What la proposed by the party I n power for the government of these isl ands? if It be Intended to establish there our political institutions, what then becomes of the Monroe doctrine? This vital International polio", an nounced by the president of the United States seventy-seven years ago, was: "We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing be tween the United States and those pow ers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of thlt hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." This was supplemented by a disclaimer, In substance, upon our part, of any intention to force our in stitutions upon the nations of Europe or their dependencies. , MONROE DOCTRINE- ENDURING. The Monroe doctrine is wholesome and enduring. It Is the faith of Amer icans of every creed and party is of the very warp and Woof of our polit ical being. It was promulgated at the critical moment when the "holy alli ance" was attempting to stifle the re publican spirit and re-establish the des potism of Spain upon her revolted col onies in South America and Mexico. The essejice of the dex trine as then understood by the world was, while we forbid the establishment of despotic governments upon the American conti nent, we recognize the corresponding obligation to refrain from any attempt to force our political system upon any part of the old world. This has been our settled rule of faith and practice for more than three-quarters of a cen tury. Its promulgation defeated the purpose of the "holy alliance" and de stroyed forever the power at Spain upon this continent. Under it Louis Napoleon, a third of a century ago, was compelled to with draw the French army from Mexico and leave the Ill-starred Maximilian to his fate. Under it the empire established by foreign bayonets disappeared and the republic was restored. Are we now to say we still recognize the binding force of this doctrine upon other na tions, but not upon our own? OOVERNMBNT BY FORCE A DES- I-OTI8M. If Ultimate statehood for thene re mote Islands and others yet to oe con quered be disclaimed, how, then, are they to be held and governed? The only alternative is by force by the power of army and navy, and this not for a day. or for a year, but for all time. What, then, becomes of the bed rock principle that "governments de rive their Just powers from the consent of the governed?" If they are to be held permanently as conquered prov inces, It will be not only outside of the constitution, but in direct antagonism to the letter and spirit of the Declara tion of Independence. It Is no less true now than fn the days of our revolution that "governmtnt by arbitrary power Is still despotism." The attempt, then, either to give these people American citizenship or to hold them as subjects. Is alike fraught with peril. Should there not be an Immediate declaration by our government of Its purpose to ward them? They should be given un mlstnkable assurance of Independence. Protection by our government should not be withheld against outside Inter ference. The same protection should be theirs heretofore extended to the little states of Ctntral and South America, lrnder existing conditions there should be no hesltstlon upon our part In giv ing them protection against the cupid ity or aggressive spirit of other na tions. All this, not to the end of sub jugation or of conquest upon our part, but to that of the full enjoyment by thtro of liberty and of the ultimate es tablishment of stable government fur nished by their own hands. Against this policy stands Imperialism. In American politics the . word is new fortunate the policy Is new, We are dally becoming familiar with Its mean ings, with Its forebodings and the end Is not yet. It mesns a permanent de parture from all the traditions of the past; from the high Ideals of the found ers of ths republic. It abrogates the holding of our great court that the De claration of Independence Is the spirit of th government the constitution but Ita form and latter. Imperialism knows nothing of, limitations ol powar. ita nils is aatslde ths - titutlon. It means th adoption by the American republic of the colonial methods of Eu ropean monarchies. It means the right to bold alien peoples as subjects. It enthrones force as the controlling agency in government. It means the empire. MILITARISM A COROLLARY TO IMPERIALISM. As a necessary corollary to imperial ism will come the Immense standing army. The dread "hand of militarism will be felt In the new world as It Is It. the old. The strong army of power will be substituted for the peaceable agen cies which for more than a century have made our people contented and happy. It was Jefferson who said, "A well disciplined militia our best reli ance In peace, and for the first mo ments of war." True, at the beginning of the century, with a few millions of population; no less true at the close, as we stand In the forefront of the na tions with a population of eighty mil lions. The result of our recent conflict with Spain gives emphasis to the pro phetic words of Jefferson. Existing conditions in continental Europe en tailing taxation and misery to the verge of human endurance illustrate by sad object lesson the Inevitable result of large standing armies In time of peace. Shall we still give heed to the warning of the great sage of the revolution, or enter upon new century with European monarchies as our model? Without a large standing army, but relying upon the patriotism and courage of American manhood, we were victorious in the sec ond war with Great Britain, with Mex ico, In the great civil strife, and with Spain. In the light of history, can it be possible that the American people will consent to the permanent estab lishment of a large standing army and Its consequent continuing and ever-increasing burdens of taxation? REPUBLIC ALWAYS A WORLD POWER. We are told that our republic Is now to become a "world power." In the highest sense with the Declaration of Independence as its corner stone it has been in all lis paRt a world power. It has been the lofty ideal to all liberty loving people; the model for all build ers of republics for more than a cen tury. In the sense used by the imper ialists the expression Is one of terrible Significance. It necessitates the meth ods and equipments of monarchies. It means the creation of and maintenance by our republic of standing armies equal to those of the world powers of Europe. At no leas cost can we hold place as a world power. Study existing conditions In European . nations, and know what this all means to us. It means taxation to the verge of despair. It means, as has been truly said, that "every laborer must carry an .armed soldier upon his back as he goes to his daily toil." All history teaches that the corner stone of imperialism is the force of the standing army. We stand 100 years from the hour when the political forces were gather ing which were to result in the elec tion of the first democratic president. The anniversary of the masterful day In our history was wisely chosen for the assembling in convention of the rep resentatives of the historic party whose founder was Jefferson and whose plat form Is the Declaration of Independ ence. In the great struggle now upon us we Invoke the co-operation of all who revere the memory of our fathers, and to whom this declaration Is not un meaning parchment but the enduring chart of our liberties. Upon the su preme issue now in the forefront and to the end that republican government be perpetuated we appeal to the sober judgment and patriotism of the Amer ican people. GIGANTIC TRUST FIGURES, In a general review of the trust ques tion In Its relation to the presidential campaign, a number of Interesting facts and figures are of interest. According to the only semi-official statement the trusts formed in this country In re cent years have capitalizations that produced the almost incredible total of over 7,000,000,000. The Saturday Even ing Post gives a list of thirty combina tions, each of which has a capitalization Of over M, 000,000. It says; "These thirty combinations are cred ited with capital amounting to $2,333, 000,000. The entire general stock of the money of all kinds in the United States, gold, silver, notes and certificates, only amounts to about J2,700,000,000. So that If all the 400 combines In the list should try to turn their capitalizations Into cash they would use up every penny of the nation's money and then have only about 40 per cent of their de mands. Indeed, the thirty corporations mentioned would use up nearly all our cash. Of course, we know that busi ness h transacted mostly on credit, and this gives an entirely different view of the case, but the comparisons show the real financial hugeness of the modern combinations. "Congress and twenty-nine of the states have passed laws expressly de signed and constituted to prohibit the trusts, and yet the trusts have in creased more rapidly since these laws were passed and have grown more In capitalization than ever before In the WOULD TAME SENATORS. A close friend of the rearing, tear ing, pitching rough rider relates a characteristic story about that strange and uncurbabie statesman. At a din ner In Albany last winter the 'rough rider was warned that If he didn't look out he would be nominated for vice president, regardless of his wishes In the matter. He flouted the Idea. "Why," said, "they won't dare nominate me for vice president because they' know I don't want it, and they also know that they couldn't control me. The Job Is wholly out of my line, and a sorry spec tacle would I make In the presiding of ficer's chair of the frigid old senate, "I verily believe that If I had to sit there day after day and listen to those long, wearisome and dull debates I would lose my temper and play the devil. For Instance, If old man Allen should get up before me and start out on one of his famous long-distance talks I sm afraid I would hurl the gavel at him at about the end of the second lap. And then If Tillman should Jump up, red in the face, and begin to abuse republicans, I suspect that I would call him down too hard to com port with the dignity and the prece dents of the senate. "I don't know that I could even stand old man Hoar's harangues or the sta tistical dtiness of Allison and Cockrell. I am certain I would be In hot water all th tint If I should be elected to pre sft over th senate, and thus do my party mor harm than good. There for. It If foolish to talk about nominat ing dm (or rtc president" . LADIES' COLUMN. TAKE BACK YOUR LOVE. Take back the love that thrilled my being. Take back your presents, one and all: My lonely heart ie plainly seeing Your base deceit, love's cruel fall! I trusted once, I loved you dearly. My heart had never loved before; But now I see my error clearly, Aud we must part, to meet no more. With cruel voras you nave deceived me, And bitter grief is In my heart; But, I must own, the thought has grieved me, That we, alas! so soon must part; Now our brief dream of love is clouded, Our lonely hearts are filled with pain, But we must keep our sorrows shroud ed, It will not do to meet again. Take back your love, so sweet, eo cheerful. Take back your presents, one and all; I am not weak, If I am tearful Tears answer love's unceasing caJU But we must part for aye, forever, Our dreams of happiness hall cease; This precious friendship we must sever, And my lone heart will be at peace. Theo. D. C. Miller, M. D. DISHWASHING. "Few women have the courage after dinner, when the day Is done, to wash dishes. That is drudgery. It means putting the cups and saucers, plates, platters and vegetable dishes into a big pan of hot suds, rubbing them wth a dish cloth, setting them to drain, and wiping each piece with a towel. Noah's wife's dishes were cleaned in the same way, and very probably No ah's wife lamented her reddened and roughened hands as the wives of less distinguished men have done ever since. Probably, too, she found that her best pieces of tableware got scratch ed in the process or slipped out of her soapy hands and smashed to bits. It is not likely, though, that she bothered her head much about the condition of the dish-cloth or the drying towels. Liv ing as she did in th!t menagerie, she could hardly be blamed for not keep ing everything sweet. If any of her daughters have bothered their heads much either it has ben to mighty lit tle purpose, seeing that they have not greatly improved th process. Men that keep hotels, though, being able to get only the lowest class of help to wash dishes what a comment that is upon us men who expect the wives of our bosom to do such work found that the bill for broktn china was ruin ous. Guests insisted upon being served upon fine porcelain, and refused to eat from slabs of ironstone, so some way out had to be found. A machine was invented, capable of being operated by anybody, and that could be trusted to wash delicate ware without chippage or breakage, all at the rate of 6,000 pieces an hour. Think what an army of dish washers such a machine must displace, and what an economy it must be! For not only Is the hotel-keeper rid of the necessity of giving standing room and subsistence to that army, but of pro viding captains and gen;rals for it, and of enduring the damage that it must lnfloict upon friend ana foe alike, after the fashion of all armies. "The dishes are collected and scraped and then dropped into wire baskets with wooden interiors so arranged that the dishes stand on edge without touch ing each other. Pitchers, cups, bowls and the like go into the center. The basket is lowered into the washing tank, where hot suds, mixed with air, so as to present thousands of sharp cutting edges, are driven against the dishes with tremendous rapidity " and force. They are washed in twenty sec onds. A trolley carries the basket to the rinsing tank, where two souses take off the soapsuds. They drain and dry from the heat they have absorbed from the rinsing water. China and silver ware thus treated always look brighter and newer than if washed by hand." Frederic J. Nash in Ainslee's. Fruits In Various Dishes. Huckleberry Gingerbread. One cup ful of sour milk, one cupful of mo lasses, one cupful of berries, a teaspoon, ful of soda, a little salt and a 'little ginger. Huckleberry Cake. One egg, one cup ful of sugar, one-half cupful cream, one-half cupful sour milk, one cupful o! berries, one teaspoonful soda, a lit tle salt. (Flour enough in each for a medium batter.) Shortcake. Two mixing spoonfuls of cream, one mixing spoonful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda and a little salt; flour enough to roll. Bake on a griddle on top of the stove. Split, butter'well and cover with strawberries, raspberries, stewed apples, etc., which have been well sugared. Cover the whole with rich, sweet cream. This is light and appetizing even when cold. "Ai pie Slump." Put s. few sweet ap ples in a kettle after they have been pared and quartered, add a quantity of sour apples (sliced), a little salt and a little nutmeg, and cover with a crust. Cook or steam until the apples are soft and the crust well done. Serve with cream and sugar. Fill a deep dish with rhubarb, cover with sugar and set In a slow oven until It Is cooked soft. Ladles' World. There are now Lyons woven poplins that look like elamlne, a new silky Eng lish fabric called Liberty serge, a new crepe de Chine with an underweave of pale pink, mauve, etc., and another fig ured In quaint oriental designs; also a novel weave of French taffeta soyeuse called moussellne de taffeta, which Is used oa French millinery for garnitures on vnlg dresses and (or toilets ntlra. TALK ABOUT WOMEN. The American stags now Herbert Standing, a Will Rising, a WD I lam Going, Cuma Running and Charles Rldeln. The l-year-oid daughter of Eleonora Dune is not intended to follow la her mother's footsteps. Instead she will be come a school teacher, and is now studying to that end In Munich. Russian women in reduced circum stances have reason to bless the caar lna, who has organized an association of such persons. They are almost con stantly employed in making embroluery for court dresses or for ecclesiastic aj purpose. Amelia E. Barr, who has been th mothr of fourteen children, has writ ten thirty-two books, prepared a pro fessor for Princeton college, and at three score years of age Is a superb picture of vitality as fresh and sweet of heart as a young girl. Miso Jane Ward, a young Denver girt . of 16, is probably the youngest person In the employ of the United States at the Paris exposition, where she Is offi cial interpreter for her father, William S. Ward, assistant director of mining and metallurgy to the United Slates commission at the exposition. Panne velvet is the milliner's decree to be the most popular material for au tumn and winter hats, and French makers are showing wonderfully beau tiful velvet flowers, as a bint of what is to be expected later. A model hat sent home by a Fifth avenue milliner is ot panne velvet in Jacqueminot color, trimmed with renaissance lace and a mass of velvet roses, shading from the darkest Jacqueminot to La France pink. Seven young women students of the Massachusetts State Normal school of North Adams have gone to work as servants in a big hotel at Patchogue. Their reasons for the step, as given to a reporter, are as follows: "Sea and air," Miss Wood; "exercise," Miss Southworth; "travel," Miss Haddow; "society," Miss Conlon; "woman's rights," Miss Case, and "need of mon ey," Miss Young. At first the young women were not charmed with their work, but now they are used to it and say they are having a "perfectly glo rious time." Mrs. Hetty Green, who appears to love money and make money as well as Jay Gould ever did, lives in a small flat in a brick block in Hobo ken, partly for the sake of prlvixy, and partly, It would seem, from economy, for what person, except for some such reason. would brave the smells ana mosquitoes of Hoboken? Yes, she saves taxes, as Jay Gould used to. More easily to es cape notice, her modest doorplate bears the name of "C. Dewey," her pet dog. She leaves Hoboken for New York to begin her business day bright a nd early at 7 o'clock. A very popular woman in Chicago is Mrs. Hannah Solomon, who has lately been elected president of the National Council of Jewish Women for the third time. This council is the outgrowth of the congress of Jewish women at the Columbian exposition, when Mrs. Solo mon was chosen chairman. The council now numbers forty-nine sections in va rious parts of the country, with a mem bership of 5,000, the chief interests of which are religious and benevolent work among their own people. Mrs. Solomon Is well known in the Associated Chari ties also. Attention was particularly attracted toward her as a speaker on the occasion of her being invited to take the rabbi's place In a synagogue of Chicago on a Sunday morning, whet she gave a fine discourse. FRILLS OF FASHION. Tabller effects will appear among au tumn styles. Young girls make a distinction in their dress for little dinners by wearing lace or chiffon sleeves with their low necked gowns. ' V A fine black silk stocking Is the de light of the bathingglrls and joy is hers if it fit perfectly and If she have the feet of a Trilby. Black satin stocks are fashionable for tailor costumes. They stand high on either side in front of the ears and have a tie of a contrasting color knot ted at their base. A foulard, viewed by the hot weather standard, is a practical gown and as such demands less elaboration than th dressy creations made of this silk dur ing the spring. The popularity of the half-sleeves on both Jackets and dress waists, neglige and summer tea gowns is constantly In creasing. They are given different ti tles by various designers without any marked divergence of style. Holland costumes are much worn for traveling, golf and morning gowns gen. erally. Many different grades of the linen are used and the most dressy models have the flounced skirt trimmed with a fancy arrangement of linen in sertion. The tight sleeve has had but a brief existence in its last revival. All ru mors hint that larger sleeves are on the way, and already there is a distinct ful ness at the shoulder. The elbow sleeve flare more and more and are in man cases slashed almost to the shouldei on the outer side, over a full soft un dersleev. The elbow sleeve with turn-back cuffr and gathered undersleeve will consti tute one of the retained fashions on many of next season's jackets, waists and tea gowns. Advance styles will show the use of either two contrasting rabrlcs or colors, or one material In different shades or contrasting colors to be used for tabller linings, gulrapes, or vests, and full undersleeves. A union of Havana clgarmakers has ben organised in New Tork. The member ar Cubans and Spaniard) who work exclusively on hand-mad Havana cigar. 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