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r X THE HOME DEPARTMENT. X KITCHEN HELPS. Dear E4Hor I send an article for publication in the Household depart ment. Otver your kitchen she lve with -clean papers and change them fre quently. The kitchen table should be . covered with zinc or tin. It Is easy to -clean, wears for years and Is not In jured tor Jetting hot kettles or cutting bread wt it. It costs more than oil cloth but Is so much better In every way that it Is moro economical. VSK FOR LARD CANS. The empty lard cans that sell at the tore from 16 to 20 cents may be used for meal and graham or buckwheat flour. They are nice for keeping bread and cake In and as they have closely fitting lida their contents are kept clean. An earthen jar with a cover is good to keep salt In. Tin canisters should be used for tea and coffee. WAftHINO MILK VESSELS. If yea hve a number of tin cans or -other mflk vessels to wash, rinse them lth cold water flrst to remove the particles of milk that adhere to them, then wash them in hot water contain ing enough pearllne to make a good , Suds. It thoroughly defenses and sweetens - them without injuring the tin as lye or salsoda are sure to do. Wipe them dry and keep them on a shelf where there Is no dampness to cause them to rust. TLAN TO SAVE STKP3. Whc you have kettles In which oat meal or other cereals have b-en cooked, It Is not necessary to fill them full of water to soak. Wei the Inside of the kettle with water and turn It upside down on the table until you are ready to wash It. This plan saves carrying the water to fill it and having to throw it out again. Have a place for every thing sad have everything In Its place, an old rule, but a good and a strict dherance to It will save a great mauy steps. E. J. C. (Your aseful hints and suggestions are very welcome. Come again. Kd.) TO SEASON 8A USA OK. The farmer's wife Is always pus sled in butchering time to know Just how much seasoning to put In sausage. When one guesses the amount the re sult is ot always satisfactory. One rounding tablespoonful of each salt and pepper and one teaspoonful of lage to each gallon of meat makes it just right for us. If the weather is warm after butchering, the sausage may be kept fresh longer It pressed down tightly In crocks and jars and the too covered with fresh lard. This excludes the air and prevents the sau sage getting strong for several weeks. j TO CAN SAUSAGE. Afier the meat is ground and sea soned fry the cakes and pack in tin cans and run over lard. Some seal the can afterward, but I never have any trouble in keeping It, as above. I think the trouble was they did not cook it thoroughly. We have sliced fresh hams uni beef and kept them in the same war, when too late In the spring to cure. Sausage In this way is per fection and a luxury In July and Au-gust.-M. J. M. CREAM COOKIfcS. These cookies are very ciisp and delicate. 1 cup of sour cream. 1 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablcspoonfuls of butter or lard, V4' teaspoonful soda, flour to roll out. Bake In quirk oven. l. i. HOME MADK TAFFY. One cupful of syrup we use corn syrup 1 cupful sugar, one teaspoonful butter, a pinch of soda. I.et It cook until It hardens In cold water, then pout Into a buttered platter and place where it will cool quickly, stirring as it cools. When cold pull till white, then cut in squares with the shears. Jt will be found line. Mary. TO SMOKE HAMS, Smoke a barrel in which the hams are to be qlckled by Inverting it over a, kettle containing a slow Are of hard wood for eight days, keeping water on the head! to prevent shrinking. In this barrel pack the hams and pour over iters ? It has cooled a brine made , in tho proportion of 4 gallons of water, pounds of salt, S pints of molasses and 4 ounces of saltpeter, boiled and skimmed In the 'usual manner. In ten day they will be cured nicely and may be kept In this pickle for a year of de sired A. B. A. HEAD CHEESE. I will send you my way of making head cheese and mince meat. I like the home made mince meat so much "better than the condensed. Split the head In two down the face, remove skin, ears, eyes and brain. Cut oft the snout. Wash and put In cold salt water for. twelve hours, change the . water and soak twelve hours longer. Then put over In cold water to cook, skim, and when sufficiently cooked to come off the bones, remove to a pan, take out every bit of bone and gristle and chop fine. For t pounds meat al low I tables poonfula of powdered sage. Mtlr this well Into the meat, put Into a perforated; mould, put a heavy weight upon It and let stand till cold. ' , MINCEMEAT. Tiro quarts of tart apples, chopped ' rltta, 1 pound of beef kidney suet, frosd from strings and crumbled, half pound of ralsons, stoned, half a pound . M cltrou shredded, one cup of molasses, 1 pound of sugar, i scant tablespoon' rots smeh of salt, cinnamon and mace. 1 tsa poonfula of cloves, 1 nutmegs, grated, 1 pound of lean beef boiled and chapped. m oup of sherry and one pM at brandy. Mix all well together and let stand a week before using. Effte Knapp. (Many housekeepers prefer the home made mincemeat. We appreciate yaur recipes. Kd.) . HOW TO CARE FOR CARPETS. Dear Sisters Sweeping carpets on the floor and not taking them up so often Is best. Yo say it tires you to sweep? Having learned a new method from a friend, I will tell you her way. It-saves jtrengtJi &nA Jteej?gdustout of the lungs. Se sweeps ber bedroom carpet once a week this way, and It looks like a new one, is bright, clean and sweet smelling. Kill a pall nearly full of warm water, dissolve two heap ing spoonfuls of pearllne in it, Btir, and dip your broom in it; have the broom perfectly clean and sweep one width at a time until It seems per fectly clean. It freshens the colors and they look new and the carpet will not fade a particle. Ail the dust is taken out and the next time you sweep there will be very little dust. If the broom looks black throw the water out amj prepare fresh exactly as the first.- This way of sweeping does away with the necessity of taking up your carpets la the spring S. H. H. PROTKCT1NG APPLES. Spraying Is expensive and its ben efits have never been proven. I am convinced of the advantage of the method of catching the parent Insect by means of what is railed the Ha zeltlne moth catcher. It Is superior to the old method of spraying by use of poisons. I tried this method last sea son and Jt destroyed thousands of the parent moths which lay eggs to pro duce the worms which destroy our ap ples and I am well satisfied with the results of my experience. My apple crop this year where I had used the Hazeltlne Moth Catcher was very su perior to the crop my neighbor had in the adjoining orchard which was sprayed twice. Where the moth catch ers are In use, I would recommend two to the acre In bearing orchards, and the expense Is very little compared with the old method of spraying and the advantage over the old method of spraying Is very apparent and I take this means of telling practical horti culturists through the columns of your valuable paper the results of my ex perience with pests. W. Ixmegau. Florence, Neb. TO PREVENT ODOR FROM LAMPS To prevent a lamp from smelling of fensively and from leaking over, trim the wick and clean the burner thor oughly each day. Do not have the reservoir quite full. Always turn down the wick Into the wick tube before blowing out. After the lamp Is trim med In the morning, turn the wick well down Into the tube. Wash the burners In soap and water once a week. The offensive odor comes from the charred wick which remain in the burners and the leakage conies from having the lamp too full or from having the wick come to the top of the tube. If these directions are followed with all kinds of lamps there need be no trouble as to odor or leakage. I duplex lamps, with extlngulHhers, open the extin guisher after putting out the lamp. This is the best practical method we know of where only ordinary means are available. Cu t Into four or six parts a moderately sized loaf of bread that Is two days old ii muBt neither be new or stale. With one of these pieces after having- blow oft all the dust from the paper to be cleaned with a gooil pair of bellows, begin at the top of the room, holding the crust In the hand and wlsping lightly down ward with the crumb, and half a yard at each stroke, till the upper part of the hangings are completely cleaned all around. Then go around again with light sweeping strokes downward and always commencing each successive course a little higher than the upper stroke had extended, until the bottom Is finished. - HOW TO PAPER CElUNti. Will someone tell me how to paper i cciiing which has been nwlsoralned? Mrs. Andrews. USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. A teasDoon of salt seasons one quart of soup, sauce, vegetables, meat, etc. One cup of sugar seasons one quart of anything to be served Icy cold or frozen. Three tablespoonfuls of oil, a salt spoon of salt and from two three table spoons of vinegar to one pint of solid muterlals. One teaspoon of extract flavor one quart of custard, pudding, etc., served unfrozen. On tablespoonful of extract flavoro one ounrt if Berved frozen. One tablespoon of liquid Is allowed for each egg lu making an omelet. Four eggs to one quart of milk are med for an ordinary custard. Six or seven eggs are required for one quart milk if the custard is to be turned from a mould Into a solid shape. Illce absorbs three times Us bulk in water and more of milk or stock. One ounce of butter (two tablespoons) and hnlf an ounce of flour (two table spoons) are used to thicken one cup of liquid or sauce, One teaspoon of baking powder to a cup of flour. In making bread, two and one-half to three measures of flour to one meas ure of liquid. It Is said that If a small sack of salt Is kept near fish and other fragrant articles of food their unpleasant odori wll not penetraU Ota house. Baxkaaf Middle Ago Woavca. I bad the surprise of bearing on a recent Sunday u young- minuter who was supplying a pulpit speak of "the monotonous lives of niiklle aged wo men," and I woixfc-red what be knew about (hem. As a class they are the busiest, women in the world, and dhey neglect themselves while pursuing philanthropic or charitable work in their tunny directions. For instance, the back of their dress waists are al ways broad, unsympathetic slights of the dressmaker, who relies on impair ed vision, or invert-! attention to con ceal her bad work. .Now, I want all rnv middle aged .readers to take ac count of their back, to Kit straight and curve in at the waist line, and when lieing titled (o assist on a nar row 'pack. It was Miidjrf Mrs. Lang try when she ww here that herbaclj itas a dream of beauty. Hut the average back conies Bearer being a nightmare. Notice the pad of fat (hat comes wilh the years and seta itself like a fixture on the back of the neck below the nape. It can be messaged away instead of making a permanent huoip. So wilh the well defined , shoulder blades which give such character to a good hack, they put on a coating of fat that obliter ates all shape and gives one the ap pearance of being stuffed. Keep that flesh down by careful diet, baths and massage. Tliere was once a young woman who went to Europe and was presented at the Queen of England's drawing room. Her whole, family coached her as to her departure from the royal presence, impressing it on her mind that she must face her maj esty until she had bowed herself out bf the room. What was their horror to see their flippant young relative deliberately turn her back on the queen and walk out of the room, breaking all the codes of court eti quette. When they had breath they demanded the reason of such a slight to the royal presence. And that au dacious American girl said that she had noticed the horrible backs of aii the English Indies-jn-waiting and she wanted to show the queen a good back. "And I am certain," said this origi nal and daring girl, "that her majesty had never seen a back like mine in her life. H must have done ber a world of good." In carrying yourselves straight you give denial to the approach of ag Besides physical ere.ctness it is said to be indicative of moral rectitude and it, adds greatly to the beauty of en semble, Chicago Chronicle. Priuliac Without Ink. The "English trade papers have with in the pant six months devoted con siderable niac to the disciiHKiori of printing without ink, a subject which has considerable interest to all who are engaged in making books whether they re paper makers, printers or publishers. The basis of this scheme is an invention for printing by an electrical process, the patents cover ing which have been acquired by an English corporation. From what can be gathered from the various printed nce.onnts the printing by this method is effected without the use of ink in any form by simply bringing the plate in eon tact with chemically damped paper, linen, silk, wood or other material, the result being a good, clear impression, the density of which can be varied as desired. The print obtained by this process resembles in clearness a cop per plate or litho-engravhig, and is otitnined in a more simple manner than by letter-press printing. The or dinary" printers' type blocks, forms, stereotypes or electrotypes, constitute in themselves a suitable printing sur face, and may be used in a similar way, merely coming into contact with the damped paper to form the print.. The chemical addition to the paper Wiiii h rr.;;!:es it susceptible to the electric, current are to be added to the pulp, and are said to be so cheap as to cause no appreciable increase in cost. The. paper docs not depreciate Uv keeping in stock, and can be sup plied to the printer in the. usual form of flat reams and in reels. It is the intention of the patentees to grant licenses on moderate terms to paper makers, so that there will be no ne cessity for ehnnging the usual source of supply. The saving to those who adopt electrical printing will be, pri marily, in the cost of the ink and in time and labor. It is clnimed that all printing presses now in use can be adapted, at a small cost, for plectrical inkless printing. The only change will be to leave off the inking arrangements, fit a ihin il.f et of fine rolled y.inc around the cylinder as a conductor, connect the negative and positive poles from the electrical supply of the press, and it Is ready to print. The same, electric motor that drives the printing press will also supply the current for print ing. Publishers' Weekly. The Obeliak llUlntegrnllng. Twenty years ago an obelisk was placed in Central park, New York. It is a relic of Thotmcs III. and Kamcsea II. and In its native Egypt had been preserved 3,000 years. During the score, of years in New York it has suf fered more disintegration than during the 3,000 yenrs previous, and at pres ent the world deplores the fact that if Is rnpidly crumbling to stoma, There is not a building in the great metropolis that offers sufficient ac commodations to the gift of the khe ilive of Egypt to America. A glass case built over it would not preserve it, but lately it. has been suggested that it lie. placed in the east wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, now in process of construction. This la the only solution of the problem as to how this wonderful relic may be pre served to posterity. William II. Van derlillt spent $100,000 in getting this granite Mock to the new world. At the present time New York is greatly bestirring herself In the Interest of the perpetuation of this great gift. An expedition consisting entirely of women has been formed In Australia to explore the Solomon Islands, the boms of the fiercest cannibals known. A IStW SI A Kit TWAIN lORY. Which AcriHiili Far Uia NaB-rabllestim f ( ursfulljr t'rcp.iraa ili lew. There is a certain editor In New York with whom the power of the Saily press is such a hobby that he raised the salary of a sub-editor who Buggeted a "Sunday special" on Famous Graduates of the Reporters' Room, and at once assigned his best dressed reporter to interview leading authors along this line. It happened that Mark Twain was in New York, and the editor counted on bim as a striking example of the literary value of newspaper training. The reporter was ordered to sparp no space for the interview. Yet when thearti:laj)r)farvd Mr. Clproen's name was conspicuously absent, ir was tbis way: Mr. Clemens received the reporter with his customary urbanity, though he shrugged bis shoulders when he learned what paper the young man represented, ak usual Mr. Clemens was a most elusive man to pin down in an interview, but at last the re porter gathered his wits and asked the question which he meant should point his article. "Mr. Twain." he asked, "to what one thing most of all do you owe your marvelous success in literature?" He had counted on "ray newspaper train ing" as the answer. The famous numorist half shut bis eyes, thought a few moments In sil ence, and then said decisively: "To the fact that when I was young and very ambitious 1 lost iriy job. "May I ask what was your job, Mr. Twain?' exclaimed the puzzled reporter. "Certainly, sir; certainly," replied Mr.' Clemens, with freat suavity. "I was a reporter." Saturday Evening Post. SNA K IS AtiO HKASTS OK IMUt, In Tlir Killed Wore Tkan 117 OOO 1'irioiii and IOO Cutilc. The home department of the govern ment of India has one sphere of activ ity to which nothing analogous can lie found in this country namely, the destruction of wild hearts and poison ous snakes. Imring 1899 the number of deaths among human beings attri buted to wild animals was 2,966. For tunately, however, the number is be low the average of the last four years and much lower than the number (4,283) reported in 1837. In 1899 tigers caused the death of 899, wolves of 3'.!8 and leopards of 237 human beings, while bears, elephants, hyenas, jack as and crocodiles were accountable for a large proportion of the remainder, says the London Times. The tiger Is most destructive in Ben gal, about half of the whole number of victims of this animal being re ported from that province. Maneat ers have especially troubled certain districts, and libera.! rewards have been offered for their destruction. In the Bhamo district of Upper Burtnah a single man-eating tiger killed about, twenty persons. A ' special reward of 100 roupees was paid for its destruc tion. More than half of the deaths from leopards occurred in Bengal, while more than three-fourths of those from wolves occurred in the northwestern provinces and Oudh. Special measures were taken to hunt dmwn a particularly destructive pack near Cawnpur. High rewards wer offered and hunting parties organized, but without much success. The loss of human life from snakes reached the high total of 24,621, a greater mortality than in any one of the four preceding years. Nearly haif the deaths occurred In Bengal. whPe the northwestern provinces and Oudh came next with nearly one-fourth of the total. In Bengal the relatively high mortality is attributed to floods, which drove the snakes to the high lands on which village homesteads are built As will be observed, snakes are more destructive of human ii;e than arc the wild animals, but the re verse is true of the destruction of cattle. In 1899 no frrwer than 89.238 cattle were destroyed by wild animals, and 9.449 by snakes. Of the former, S7.986 foil victims to leopards, and 84,321 to tigers. The leopard is eve.n moro destructive to cattle than thq tiger In Bengal. This province is the greatest st.lTerer from the ravages of wild animals and snakes. Its loss be Ini; 30.539 cattle. Assam lost 17.000, Madras 15,592. Burmah 11.016, and the central provinces 11.6S9. The number of wild animals de stroyed was 18,887, and the amount peid for their destruction was 107.476 rupees. The number of snakcR killed was 94.548, and the rewards paid for this service amounted to 4.151 rupees. To flnvc Hint to Hold, "Miss Johns-ton," authoress of "To Have and to Hold," aays a reader of this column, who knows her person ally, "is the frailest, daintiest little ladv imaginable. Far from being the dashing creature one would think rrom reading ber novel, she looks as if she had not strength or energy enough to put her thoughts on paper. She told me that hor methnds of work are somewhat peculiar. She prefers to begin to write (it 1 o'clock In the evening, when everything about her is still and tliere are no discondar.t. noises to distract her attention. She writes only In the South, and, as far as possible, on ni(xnlight nights, seated at a window, through which the monnlfeht. Is streaming." Phila delphia Telegraph. i In Australia the mn predominate. The census shows 85 women for every 100 men. When 1.000 feet above the ocean surface one can, on a clear day, hoi p. ship at a dlHtance of forty-two m!l"R. In China the Chinese smoke opium. They are guiltless of the sin of eating It. The "Mellean man" dots the eating. Tho official report., just Issued, stows that during 1900 the number of pilgrims to Lourdes was 008,000. among whom were four Cardinals nnd thirty Archbishops and niehops. of water from the grotto 105 000 bottles were despatched to all quartan of the glob. v : " , ' NEBRASKA CORN IMPROVERS' ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED. A meeting was held on March 15 at the Linden Hotel, Lincoln, Neb., to or ganize a Corn Improvers' Association. There were thirty-five persons from various parts of the state who were instrumental in bringing about this meeting and who wished to become members of an organization having for its object improved methods of corn culture. A temporary organization be ing effected, with Lee Smith, the well known seed corn raised of Pesoto, Washington county, in the chair, and T. L. Lyon, professor of agriculture in the State University aXsecTetaryrsteps were taken to frame a suitable consti tution and by-laws for the association, which resulted as follows: CONSTITUTION. Article 1. This organization shall be known as The Nebraska Corn Improv ers' Association. Art. 2. The object of this association shall be to promote the growing of corn in Nebraska, by improvement in seed, methods of tillage, and by such other means as the association shall adopt from time to time. Art. S. The membership in this as sociation shall be open to all persons engaged In growing corn and who may desire to contribute U or co-operate in the improvement of this cereal. Article 4. The officers of this asso ciation shall be a president, six vice presidents, one of whom shall be from each congressional district; a secretary and treasurer, both of which offices may be held by the same person, and an executive committee, which shall consist of the president, vice presidents and secretary and treasurer. The offi cers shall perform, respectively, the duties attaching to their offices. Art. 5. The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting and shall as sume their offices at the close of the meeting at which they are elected. They shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected and installed. Art. .6. In connection with the an nual meeting of tbis association there shall be held a corn exhibit, judging school and Institute, for which suitable rules and arrangements shall be pro vided by the executive committee. Art. 7. Special meetings of the ex ecutive committee of the association may be called by the president, the oc casion of the meeting being stated in the call; and upon request of six mem bers of the association, made in writ ing to the president, he shall call a meeting for a specific purpose. Art. 8. Five members of this asso ciation shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Art. 9. A majority vote shall govern In all transactions of the association. BY-LAWS. Section 1. The meeting of the Ne braska Corn Improvers' Association shall be held In Lincoln at the time of the annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. Sec. 2. A membership fee of $1.00 shall be charged each member on his admission to the association, and an nual dues of $1.00 each year thereafter. The fund so raised shall be used In defraying expenses of the annual meet ing of the association; but no member of the association shall receive com pensation for services or personal ex penses In connection with the annual meeting. Sec. 3. In judging all exhibits made by the association, the score card sys tem shall be adopted, and the exec utive committee shall provide cards adapted to the various corn growing districts of the state. Sec. 4. Each ofllcer of the associa tion, upon being superseded in office, shall turn over to his successor all books, papers and properties of the as sociation which may be in his posses sion. Sec. 6. The executive committee shall have power to fill vacancies occurring In any of the offices, and shall con duct all the business affairs of the as sociation not taken cognizance of at the annual meeting. The following officers were elected: President, Lee Smith, Desoto, Wash ington county. Vice presidents First district, Wm. Ernst, Graf, Johnson county; Second district, D. F. Stouffcr; Bellevue, Sarpy county; Third district, Jos. Hail, Tekamah, Burt county; Fourth district, H. J. McLaughlin, Doniphan, Hall county; Fifth district, Y. S. Cobeldirk, Alma. Harlan county; Sixth dlstlct, T. W. D? Long, Alns worth, Brown county. Secretary-treasurer, T. L. Lyon, Lincoln, Lancaster county. The president and secretary were authorized to plan a set of experi ments ot be carried out by members of the association in co-operation with the Experiment Station. It Is probable thut this will consist In tests by various members of the association In different ports of the state of a number of va rleties of corn, tho purpose being to find the type of corn bust adapted to each part of the state. Persons Inter ested In the association and Its work are Invited to communicate with the secretary and treasurer, Prof. T. L. Lyon, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Wedding Decorations. Winter brides, cling to yellow and White crysanlhcmumH, as summer brides always decide on rosea, fpr their wedding decorations. The crys anthemums are showy and decorative and give the occasion an air of snowy elegance. Clusters of crysanthemums now mark ore me pews ior me tlvee at the church, instead of the time-honored white ribbons. At one pretty home wedding the wed ding ring was placed In the heart of a caila lily, and wai carried In by a three vear old ring bearer. W hen children carry the ring It is best t Me It with tiny white ribbon and pin It by a small loop to the cushion or flower, aa UtU hands grow nervous and may drop It. A pretty background Is secured hy covering the surface of a pler-gtaas with strands of fine smilax dotted with pink roses,; making a curtain. A new idea in staircase- decoration Is a series of green wreaths outside the balustrade with white satin bowt and loops in a green and white gar land. An immense cornucopia fastened hi rbm p -and-fHled- w ith- loose -Cryaattr themums or roses makes a pretty cor ner decoration for a wedding party re ception. When floor space is limited a beau tiful decorative effect may be secured by French baskets tied with pink or white ribbons, - filled with flowers of corresponding colors, and hung In the doorways and arches, and flat wall pockets filled wth flowers suspended from the frieze of the rooms. Orchids and lillies of the valley are the most popular flowers for the bride's bouquet, which is smaller than that of last year, the shower bouquet being entirely out. Most brides prefer car rying a white kid or satin-bound prayer book instead of a bouquet. At the wedding supper a wedding bell of ice cream is brought in on a salver for-the bride to cut, or small wedding-bells and brides' roses are served at the bride's table. Ices served from hats and baskets of spun sugar is a popular style for weddings. A matron of honor gives dignity to a bridal procession, and is very pop ular, and married friends of the groon serve as ushers. TheCapitol is Moving. A series of scientific experiments, made in the capitol in Washington for the purpose of showing the physical properties of the pendulum, have brought out some queer facts in regard to the actual movement of the capitol itself. The big dome moves about six inches daily in an elliptical track. Tbis movement is due to the Influ ence of heat and cold, producing ex pansion and contraction. A wire bung from the top of the dome to the floor below and on the end of it was a spe cially prepared plumb-bob with a lead pencil inserted in its lowest point. The point of the pencil just touched the floor on which there was a paper. The pencil point marked on the paper the exact movement of the top of the dome during a period of twenty-four hours, and showed it to be an elliptical track averaging six inches in length. The dome starts moving In the morning just as son as the sun's rays strike it, and the pencil draws its cur ved track until sundown, when a reac tion takes place, and it moves back to its starting place, but not over the same tracK, lor me cooi air oi me night, makes the dome contract, so that the pencil draws the other half of the ellipse. The Washington Monument, like the Capitol, is influenced to move daily, by the heat from the sun. Govern ment engineers at Washington have rigged up a permanent device there to show just how much it may be out of plumb at any time. The Statute of Lfberty, In New York Harbor, literally waves a welcome and farewell to the vessels that ply up and down the bay, the tall office buildings bend their heads and the Brooklyn Bridge rises and falls every day, hav ing a special device to compensate Its motion. i i j fcfcy i iiuigtf . . w .M Cntir. c-t r--i it- la ni-iw m tl,. In Rurh hats of it have the appearance of being i formed of the finest satin ribbon. Large oval pieces of polished mother . ( of pearl from the center of many de-. . signs worked in pearls on fancy gold , lace and straw crowns. The lightest effects in hair decora tions are the butterfly bows, sprinkled ' with finely cut rhlnestones or the smallest spangles. . "Veiled" roses are among the softest , effects In millinery. The blossoms an- of the "crushed" variety, and over eacb . colored petal rests another petal of mousseline de sole In white or a lighter . shade of the color of rose. The latest thing In white evening shoulder wraps Is made of fancy chlf- . fon or crepe, half a yard wide and , nearly two yards long, and bordered all the way round with a puffy edgw , of white marlbou. A new muff chain and souvenir In. , one Is made of ten-cent pieces. Each bears on one smoothly polished side the Initial of the giver, and a con tinuous chain of ten-cent pieces Is formed by Joining each coin to the neS with silver links. , A Toreador turban has a crown t violets, and high brim covered with , violet tulle, over which good laC is draped. The left front has a cabo'ihort of white pears and white elgretts. Among the floral novelties In th-i line of hnli- ornaments is a large, delicately tinted orchid, sprinkled with cut rh' stonos to represent devvdrops, Sal flthe old armehnlr: "I may see" to have It easy, but 1 feci rocky." Sometimes the leading lady can heal the scene painter making a scene. The dispenser of "smiles" Is not al; ways a man with a cheerful disposi tion, t The National Association of Mann-' facturers will hold Its next convention In Indianapolis, Ind., beginning Apr IS and luting thr Oars. !" '
