JOHN BURTlSJTSSSI
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CHAPTER XVI.—Continued.
John heartily congratulated Blake
on his masterly generalship.
“We will talk business to-morrow,
Jim,” he said. “I am more anxious
to hear of other matters. Now, tell
me the news. Did you hear of Miss
Carden? Is my grandfather alive?”
“Peter Burt is alive and well,” said
Blake, glad to bring some good tid
ings.
“Alive and well,” repeated John
Burt. “May God bless him! That is
good news. Go on, Jim.”
“Arthur Morris is alive,” said Blake,
without lifting his eyes.
“The local papers contained that
news,' observed John, carelessly.
“What’s the matter, old man? You’re
pale. Are you ill?”
‘ I’ve bad news for you, John,” he
said, desperately. “I may as well tell
you and be over with it. Miss Car
den’s engaged to be married!”
John’s lip tightened and a red spot
burned on his cheek.
“To whom?”
“To Arthur Morris, John.”
John Burt sprang to his feet, hurl
ing the chair backward with a crash.
He strode forward, his eyes blazing
with fury and his features convulsed
with passion.
“It’s a lie, Blake—it’s a lie, and you
know it’s a lie!”
He towered above his astonished
friend. His fingers were clenched and
his lips twitched. Turning abruptly,
he walked across the room with his
hands pressed over his forehead. For
a moment he stood silent, then abrupt
ly turned to Blake with his hands
outstretched.
“I beg your pardon, Jim! Forgive
me, old man! I didn’t know what I
was saying. Forgive me, Jim, will
you?”
“Certainly, John, but there’s noth
ing to forgive,” replied Blake heart
ily as he grasped his friends hands.
again!’” Had he fallen seven times?
From the hour he left the old man’s
side until that night, no shade of dis
appointment had come into his life.
Success had followed success and tri
umph had succeeded triumph. Every
prophecy made by Peter Burt had
been more than fulfilled.
As he recalled the past he remem
bered with keen joy the parting words
of the old man:1 “You have the love
of a woman I respect. She will wait
for you. Do not let the impatience of
your love imperil your chances."
The sense of coming victory stole
over him as he stood before the por
trait and repeated the words: “She
will wait for you; she will wait for
you.” That which is not menaced;
that which does not demand the dan
ger and turmoil of a battle, is not
worth struggling for.
* * * • *
Four weeks later John Burt stood
on a ferry boat and gazed for the first
time on the matchless wrater front
and the ragged but impressive sky
line of New York city.
Blake had preceded him, and had
installed the permanent headquarters
of James Blake & Company. He met
John as he stepped from the train.
The twm old friends greeted each
other with unfeigned cordiality. Blake
was in high spirits.
‘fm glad you're here, John,” he
said, as they were seated in a car
riage. “I’ve been in an awful fix for
a week or more. What in thunder is
my opinion on the new currency bill,
John? Ten reporters and a hundred
financiers have asked me that ques
tion, and I have refused to commit
myself. What shall I tell them,
John?”
“We’ll discuss that over dinner,”
laughed John. He gazed at Blake
earnestly, and asked: “Do you know
if Miss Carden has returned?”
“I have been unable to ascertain
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John.”
For moments no word was tpoken.
John Burt stood by an opened win
dow, .with his back to his friend, and
gazed out into the darkness.
“Tell me about it, Jim,” he said,
breaking the silence.
Blake related the details of his in
troduction to Arthur Morris and told
of the night spent in the latter’s apart
ment. He repeated the conversation
as nearly as he could recall it.
John abruptly changed the subject
and questioned Blake about his inter
view with Peter Burt, and smiled
quietly wnen he related his experi
ence with the old man. He was not
displeased that Blake had been forced
to reveal his secret.
"I have anticipated his advice about
going to New York,” said John. “My
plans are made, and if you are will
ing, we will make New York the fu
ture headquarters of James Blake &
Company, with the San Francisco es
tablishment a branch house. Think it
over, Jim, and let me know your de
cision as soon as possible.”
“I’ve thought it over,” said Blake.
“I’m ready to go to New York the
minute you say so.”
“Very well, we’ll go this month,”
said John Burt.
It was long past midnight when
Blake drove away and left John Burt
to the harrowing society of his
thoughts. For hours he sat before the
portrait of Jessie Carden. He recalled
the day when she had laughingly
placed the cherished tintype in his
hand. And now she was in Paris, by
the grace and under the bounty of
Arthur Morris—the one man in all
the world he hated.
“It’s a lie—an infamous, damnable
lie!” he repeated as he paced up and
down the room. “It is not so—it shall
not be so!”
But the black clouds of doubt again
obscured the rift made by vehement
hope. What reason had he to doubt
the statement made by Morris? Had
not Morris wealth, influence, social
standing? Was not Jessie under obli
gations to him?
And what of Jessie? What valid,
lasting claim had he on Jessie Car
den? A few words spoken under the
stress of great excitement, a promise
of her friendship and of her prayers—
nothing more.
No word from him had come to her
during long years. For all she knew
he was dead. What right had he to
expect that she should play tne part
of Penelope to a silent, untrothed
Ulysses who refused to return from
exile?
This suggested a train of bitter con
jecture. Why had he not been con
tent with a modest fortune? Why
had he devoted years to the amass
ing of wealth which now mocked his
love? Why had he despised the pre
tensions of Arthur Morris? Why had
he failed to take steps to positively
ascertain the result of Morris’s
wound?
The words of Peter Burt came back
to him: “It is written in God’s word:
*If tfibu faint in the day of adversity
thy strength is small; for a just man
fslleth seven times and risetfa up
- I
that,” said Blake. "I haven’t seen—
anybody—anybody who would know.
I’ve been awfully busy, John.”
‘ I know you have,” returned John
in his old, cordial manner. “Have
you secured a hut for me, Jim?”
“I have fitted up a dream of an
apartment for you, and have ordered
your favorite dinner.”
The following day John Burt began
his New York career.
CHAPTER XVII.
A Foreign Mission.
Before Morris had recovered from
his wound Jessie Carden had left for
Europe. During his convalescence he
whs consumed by two passions: First
to arrest and punish John Burt, and
second to see or hear from Jessie Car
den. Yielding to his demands, the
elder Morris spent thousands of dol
lars in a fruitless attempt to locate
John Burt.
Morris had no difficulty in obtaining
from General Carden the continental
address of his daughter. She was
studying in Berlin, and Arthur Morris
wrote a long letter informing her of
his complete recovery. He calmly
ignored the events which led to the
shooting, and seemed to have forgot
ten the rebuff he had received at her
hands. The letter read as if their last
meeting had been under the shadow
of the maples on the Bishop lawn.
Morris waited a month for an an
swer to this letter and then wrote a
second one, which was returned un
opened. In a towering passion he
w’ent to his father and unbosomed the
story of his treatment.
“You told me once that old Carden
would go broke on L. & O.,” he de
clared, pacing up and down the room.
“I didn’t pay much attentiom to wh;il
you said at the time, but I know all
about it now. I’ve been looking over
your books, governor. You’ve got him
long on a rotten stock. Go ahead
and squeeze him! You can do it. Put
the screws to him! Then when he
comes whining around for mercy we’ll
see what Miss Independence Jessie
will do! I’ll bet she’ll answer my let
ters then! I’ll make her pay for this
some day. You’ve got to do some
thing, governor!’
“If you think I’m going to run my
banking and Wall Street business so
as to promote your ct^Prespondence
with a doll-faced girl, you-”
“She’s not a doll-faced girl!” declar
ed Morris, turning fiercely on his
father.
“Well, she’s a girl, and they’re all
alike,” growled Randolph Morris. “The
prettier they are the more trouble
they raise. I thought you told me
you wasn’t going to marry her. You’re
an ass.”
The old banker lay back wearily in
his chair and regarded his son and
heir with an expression of deep dis
gust.
“I’ll marry her If I want to,” said
Morris, doggedly. "I suppose I’ve got
to marry somebody and she’s as good
as any pne. What the devil has old
Carden’s money got to do about it?
When he loses it you get it, and when
you die I get it, and if she marries me
she «uits even. It’s the only chance {
she’s got Go akead and squeeze him.
governor!”
“You talk like a fool,” said the fond
parent. “You know a lot about stocks,
don’t you? I couldn’t bear L. & O.
now if I tried, and wouldn’t if I could.
I’m interested in other stocks besides,
L. & O. If you’re bound to marryy,
why don’t you marry Thompson’s
daughter. He’ll die in a year and
leave her four millions.”
“I don’t want her,” said Morris loft-;
ily. “You need not worry about my
matrimonial alliances. Let me have
five thousand dollars. I’m going to;
Europe.”
Randolph Morris stormed and fumed
and then wrote a check for the\
amount demanded.
Six weeks later Arthur Morris was
in Berlin. He had perfected his plans;
and after securing apartments in,
Leipziger Strasse set about their exe
cution.
He was to shrewd to announce his
arrival by a letter to Jessie, having
good reason to suspect that it would
meet the same reception as had the
others. He retained a capable valet
and commissioned him to obtain in
formation concerning Miss Carden’s
daily and weekly routine.
It rained the following day,and Mor
ris’ valet brought word that Miss Car
den would not venture out in the
storm. His master was pleased toi
learn that Miss Carden was in the.
habit of going out alone, and that if
the weather permitted, she proposed
to visit Count Raczynski’s gallery on
the morrow.
The famous Raczynski gallery is on
the Exercierplatz, outside the Braden
burg gate, and contains a splendid col
lection of modern German paintings.
The day dawned bright and warm
after the storm, and Morris was in
fine spirits when he stepped into his
carriage and rode down the avenue.
He entered the gallery and roamed
through the halls to make sure Jessie
had not arrived. He then stood near
the entrance and waited.
His patience was rewarded. He
recognized Jessie as she crossed the
street. She was alone, and Morris
stepped into the dark of the vestibule
and followed when she entered the
main hall. Jessie carried a sketch
book under her arm, and took a seat
• opposite one of Schinkel’s master
works. Opening the book, she pro
ceeded to work on an unfinished
sketch.
(To be continued.)
OFFICE BOY WENT TOO FAR
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Why Ex-Secretary Root Felt Called
on to Make Change.
Elihu Root, who has returned to the
practice of law in New York city, has
engaged a new office boy. Said Mr.
Root: “Who carried off my paper
basket?” “It was Mr. Reilly ” paid the
boy. “Who Is Mr. Reilly?” asked Mr.
Root. “The janitor, sir.” An hour
later Mr. Root asked: “Jimmie, who
opened that window?” “Mr. Lantz,
sir.” “And who is Mr. Lantz?” “The
window cleaner, sir.” Mr. Root wheel
ed about and looked at the boy. “See
here, James,” said he, “we call men
by their first names here. W’e don’t
‘mister’ them in this office. Do yon
understand?” “Yes, sir.” In ten
minutes the door opened and a small,
shrill voice said: “There’s a man
here as wants to see you, Elihu.”
Carlyle’s Sarcasm.
Carlyle once wrote to a neighbor of
his in London: “We have the misfor
tune to be people of weak health in
this house; bad sleepers in particu
lar, and exceedingly sensible in the
night hours to disturbances from
sound. On your premises for some
time past there is a cock, by no
means particularly loud or discordant,
whose crowing would of course be in
different or insignificant to persons of
sound health and nerves; but, alas, it
often enough keeps us unwillingly
awake here, and on the whole gives a
degree of annoyance which, except to
the unhealthy, is not easily conceiv
able. If you would have the goodness
to remove that small animal or in any
way render him inaudible from mid
night to breakfast time such charity
would work a notable relief to certain
persons here and be thankfully ac
knowledged by them as an act of good
neighborship.”
Razors as Social Adjuncts.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis claims
to have been witness to a scene in a
cutlery establishment that gave him
a new view as to some social accesso
ries.
“A colored man came up to the
counter,” he says, “and asked to see
some razors. Finally the dark cus
tomer selected a very large tonsorial
blade and said:
“ ‘Ah think, suh, dat dis heah one
will be ‘bout de ‘tensil what I needs.’
“ ‘Yes,’ said the dealer, ‘you can
shave yourself all right with that.’
“ ‘Laws bress yo’ life! Ah doan
want hit to shave wid,’ said the pur
chaser.
“ ‘What do you want it for?’ he was
asked.
“ ‘W’y, suh, I wants it fur social
pupposes. Dey is monst’ous fash
'nable, suh, in owah set.’ ”
Hard to Answer.
Prof. George Herbert Palmer of
Harvard college says that the mascu
line habit of rigid, logical reasoning
is contracted very early, and in illus
tration he tells the following story:
“A little boy and girl of my ac
quaintance were tucked up snug in
bed when their mother heard them
talking. ‘I wonder what we’re here
for?’ asked the little boy.
“The little girl remembered the les
sons that had been taught her and re
plied sweetly, ‘We are her to help
others.’
“The little boy snifTed, ‘Then, wha*
are the c#ers here for?’ he asked.”—
New York Times.
.
May Tunnel the Channel.
One of the results of the recent
Anglo-French agreement is a renewa
al of the scheme for tunnelling the
channel between France and Eng
land. The London and Paris cham
I bers of commerce are leading in the
matter. It is nearly fifty years since
the tunnel project was first put upon
a practical basis of experiment, but
since then the original estimate of
cost has been reduced from $50,000,
000 to $20,090,000.
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An Englishman’s Invention.
What can make a building look
more unsightly than a lot of faded,
torn and ragged awnings, flapping in
the wind and adjusted at every angle
from vertical to horizontal? Those
half or wholly raised form pockets
for the lodgment of snow or rain,
with which to deluge some unsuspect
ing passerby the next time the shade
is lowered, and even when folded as
closely as possible against the win
dow frame they present a rumpled
and unpleasing appearance. Of course,
while the awnings are new, they add
much to the appearance of the build
ing during the few hours they are in
actual use, but they cannot be main
tained in that position, as the occu
pants of the rooms cannot do without
the light the shades prevent from en
tering. It has taken an English in
ventor to supply an improvement over
the old form of awning, as shown in
the illustration. Instead of attaching
the upper edge of the awning to the
window casing by tacks or otherwise,
this awning is mounted on a spring
roller, which lies back of the face
board of the frame in a horizontal
recess or pocket formed for the pur
pose. It will be noticed that the face
board of the pocket is secured to the
outer end of the awning and to the
swinging rods which maintain the
awning at an angle with the window
frame. When the awning is in use
as a protection from the sun’s rays,
the face board is lowered with it, and
the canvas unrolls from the roller in
Rolls Into the Window Casing.
the pocket; but upon returning the
awning to its pocket, the facing fol
lows and closes the opening in 6nch
a manner as to completely hide the
shade from view. The improved ap
pearance of a building thus equipped
1b at once obvious.
The inventor is Stephen Prebble of
Brixton, England.
The Power of Science.
In the Popular Science Monthly
President Jordan of Stanford univer
sity says: “In mechanics we know
that the force of a moving body Is not
measured by the substance. Its mo
mentum or effective power is found
in its weight multiplied by its speed.
This illustration has been used in
praise of American science. The
power of science lies not in individual
erudition. It lies in its striking power.
American science is dynamic; it is al
ways under way. In every branch of
science the best American workers
have been those most strenuous in
their personal efforts, most eager to
make their own work useful to the
world at large. In almost every
branch of utilitarian science America
already stands in the lead. This fact
England has already recognized with
dignified dismay. We hear much of it.
now; we shall hear more of it still
later, for quite as remarkable as the
growth of American science is the ad
vance of American schools. Whenever I
visit a department of applied science in
America I see that it has doubled its
power, its staff and its equipments
since the time of my last visit. My
visits are not very frequent, perhaps
once in five or ten years, let us say,
but what will be the end of it? To
double once in fifty years is a rare
thing in the universities of the old
world, but even that in a few centuries
would accomplish wonders.”
Height of Waves.
It has been decided that the aver
age height of all the waves running
in a gale in open sea are about twenty
feet. But the height of Individual
waves varies considerably. Vauchan
Cornish reports to the Royal Geo
graphical society: “During a strong
gale in the north Atlantic, with a
heavy sea of more than ordinary reg
ularity, I have observed in the course
of a morning numerous waves from
thirty feet up to a measured height
of not less than forty feet, when the
average of all the waves was perhaps
twenty-five feet. It is, I think, clear
that in any statement we may make as
to the size of the waves in a gale at
sea, we ought not to neglect the men
tion of the larger waves which occur
at fairly frequent Intervals. These,
which I term the ordinary mgEimnm
waves, are, I think, what seamen real
ly refer to when they state t§fc size
of the waves met with during a
storm at sea. ‘About forty feet* is
a common estimate of the height of
the larger waves in a severe gale in
the north Atlantic, and this estimate
is not really incompatible with the re
corded average of little more than
twenty feet.”
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New and Valuable Potato.
The French National Society of
Agriculture has recently had its atten
tion called to a new potato, which
some French journals say will supplant
the Irish potato. The technical name
of the new vegetable is solanum com
mersonil, but It is now beginning to
be called the Uruguay Irish potato, as
It comes from the banks of the Mer
cedes river, in Uruguay. The yield is
said to be enormous, and it appears
to he immune from any disease. This
potato is cultivated like the common
potato.
Bridge Over the Zambesi.
A huge one-span arched steel bridge
which is to carry the Cape to Cairo
railroad across the watera of the Zam
bezi river, just below the Victoria
falls, will shortly be swum into posi
tion. This bridge will be the highest
in the world, with a main span of 500
feet. The materials us?»i la the con
struction of the bridge are to be
transported from one bank to the
other across the gorge by an electric
cableway.
plan for wooden barn.
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Mow, Driveway and Cow Stalls All on
The Same Floor.
W. H. B.—Please publish particu
lars of a barn 40x60 feet, with cow
stalls on the same floor as the mow
and driveway. I have plenty of tam
arack, elm and pines and shall build
entirely of wood.
The plan shown provides an 18-foot
mow, a driveway of 12 feet and two
bents of 15 feet each, in all 60 feet.
The 15-foot bent comes directly over
the passage behind the cattle. In
order to avoid placing posts in its
passage way, they are placed on the
side of each gutter opposite each
other, and a 12x12 in timber, spans
from one to the other and the sill
rests on it. The dimensions of the
stable and stalls are given in the
plan. The 18-foot mow can be con
verted into a horse stable and gran
ary, if. desired.
If you have plenty of timber on
your farm, why not frame your posts
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Ground Floor Plan of Barn.
24 or 26 feet long and make a base
ment of eight feet under the barn?
This will give you a more handy
barn, with more room. All the extra
cost would be the extra length of
posts, weather boards, girts and floor,
and the same roof answers for both.
To have the stables warm, there
should be either a stone or concrete
wall one foot above ground.
Oats as a Cover Crop.
S. W. S.—I wish to sow oats in my
orchard following a hoed crop. Would
such a crop be injurious to young
trees?
I do not think that the oat plant
makes an ideal orchard cover crop.
Nevertheless, it is very much bettei
than no cover crop. The fact that
you are to grow a hoed crop in your
orchard during the fore part of the
season increases the possiblitiy of in
jury from the using of oats in the lat
ter part. If you can get a good catch
of crimson clover and can sow this be
tween the rows of your hoed crop, ’ I
should use it in preference to oats.;
If this is not feasible, then sow oats
and peas, but I would take care lo use
a fertilizer with the spring crop
■While it is true that the oat crop will
not be harvested, yet the cereals draw
so heavily on the moisture of the sof
that, should the season be dry, 1*
might prove a dangerous competitoi
for the young fruit trees. This is s
system of double cropping and shoul*
be conducted with caution.—J. C.
Alfalfa With Timothy.
R. A.—In seeding down a piece oi
land for hay how would it answer tc
add a little alfalfa to the timothy anc
red clover mixture?
Alfalfa is not well suited to con
ditions and treatment suitable foi
timothy and red clover. By the tim*
alfalfa is ready to cut for hay, timothj
and red clover are not sufficiently ad
vanced for a full yield, and if the al
falfa is allowed to stand until thr
other crops are ready for cutting th«
alfalfa stalks ■will have become tough
woody and indigestible and will have
lost many of their leaves which an
the best part of the fodder. Again, al
falfa should be cut three or lour times
in a year, while timothy and rer
clover will produce only two crops ai
most. Some farmers mix in a littl*
alfalfa seed with permanent pastur*
mixtures, but for hay this plant doe*
not go well with red clover and tim
othy.
Potato Scab.
A. 8.—What will prevent acab 01
potatoes?
There are two more or less stand
ard remedies for the prevention of po
tato scab: (1) Soak uncut seed pota
toes in a solution of one ounce of cor
rosive sublimate in eight gallons d
water; (2) soak cut or uncut seed po
tatoes in a solution of one pound of
formalin in fifteen gallons of water
These solutions are about equally ef
fective, and one’s choice will depend
upon the ease with which they car
be procured. Formalin has the ad
vantage of not being violent poison
like the corrosive sublimate.
Plant Lice on Oxalis.
W. J. B.—An oxalis is infested with
small, green insects; please tell me
what to do for it
Your oxali3 is infested with aphis
or plant lice. These may be destroyed
by sprinkling the plant with tobacco
dust or by fumigating the riant with
tobacco smoke. If the insects are not
very numerous you may wash them
off, use soap suds first and then wash
with clear water. Oxalis grows very
rapidly and it might be well for you
to cut off all infested leaves and
stems, allowing the plant to make a
new, clean growth.
Oil Cake for Horses.
D. R.—Is a handful of oil cake meal
three times a day too much, for a
horse?
A handful is a very indefinite quan
tity. A horse weighing 1,200 pounds
may safely be given one pint of oil
meal daily mixed With grain or chop
in one, two or three feeds. If this
quantity induces purging the amount
fed should be reduced.
Every town ip full of lovable, pretty
women; and yet they expect a map to
confine his admiration to one!
Popularity of Voiles and Veilings.
The voiles and veilings have now
been in extensive use for several
years, but increase, if possible, in
popularity, and are worn on every oc
casion. There are instep-length cos
tumes for the street, trailing recep
tion gowns and beautiful evening
gowns in white and the pastel tints,
trimmed with expensive laces. They
come in shepherd plaid as well as plain
colors, are light, cool and have great
durability, while their prices range
from low to comparatively high fig
ures, according to their quality. No
one, whatever her circumstances, can
make a mistake In having p voile cos
tume.
In the worsted suitings the new
Scotch varieties are made of crisp,
hard-twisted threads, that give a light
and smooth rather than a rough
or ragged effect, and the weight of the
material is reduced.
The light crispness of many of the
voiles shows that mohair is used in
their construction, which adsd to their
durability and resistance to wrinkling.
Voile crepons are semi-diaphanous,
and close upon crepe, and make effec
tive evening frocks.
Pretty Pongee Coloring.
The shantung and pongee silks have
appeared in champagne, ciel blue, re
seda, green, pale pink and othe deli
cate or unusual shades, and are being
made up into effective shirtwaist cos
tumes.
One of the delicate grayish blue
pongees rejoices in the name of Par
sifal. A bright blue is called Madonna
and a rather bright yellow Is termed
Yeddo.
The rough, unevenly woven pongee
is the genuine eastern product, and is
the most fashionable, as it is also the
most lasting. These silks come as
wide as thirty-eight inches, and, while
more expensive than the other varie
ties, are really cheaper, as they wear
forever and clean and wash beauti
fully.
There are any number of pongees,
and of course the dark colors—cardi
nal, navy blue—are shown and used
in quantities.
To Clean White Velvet.
It is almost impossible to clean
white velvet in a perfectly satisfac
tory manner. However, it may be
greatly freshened by an application of
chloroform. First brush and beat the
velvet free of all dust. Pin the velvet
smoothly on an ironing board, or it
may be stretchel in an embroidery
hoop, and have plenty of clean white
cloths at hand. Dip a cloth in chloro
form, rub lightly over the spot until
it disappears, then, with a clean cloth,
rub over the entire surface of the vel
vet to remove all soil on the nap. Do
the work very rapidly and finish by
rubbing with another clean white
cloth. Haste is absolutely essential
because of the volatile nature of the
cleaning fluid and also to avoid a
stain.
Waist With Pointed Yoke Collar.
Nothing could be prettier for after
noon wear than this dainty waist of
sheer white muslin combined with a
yoke collar made of lace, embroidered
insertion, and frills of fine embroidery.
Its deep, printed yoke gives the nec
essary droop to the shoulders and the
gathered portion below is softly full
and blouses over the crushed belt
most becomingly. The model is un
lined and so become washable, but
the many thin silk and wool fabrics
of the season are equally well adapt
ed to the style and can be made over
the fitted foundation and with frills of
lace in place of needlework, while the
yoke can be lace or any fancy mate
rial preferred, and can be made quite
transparent or lined with chiffon when
ever such effect is desired.
The waist consists of the lining,
front, backs and yoke collar with full
sleeves, and is closed invisibly at the
center back. The soft belt is cut bias
and is gathered to form tuck shirrings
at the ends.
The quantity of material required
for the medium- size is 3% yards 21
inches wide, 3 yards 27 Inches wide,
or 1% yards 44 inches wide, with 9
yards of Insertion, 3^4 yards of wide
embroidery and 2 yards of narrow to
make as illustrated.
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Return to Olden Styles.
Early summer styles indicate a re
turn to the charming old fantasies of
our great grandmothers, brought to
up-to-date requirements by the mod
ern loom.
These are flowered organdies, old
time grenadines in plaids or besprin
kled with sprigs of flowers, Tellings of
•very variety, mounting in the scale
from simple voiles to crepe voiles and
voile chitons.
Colors can only be described as in
describable. Every possible gradation
of shade and light Is extraoted from
a primary color. In fact, the new
school is a wonderful school in color
training. One no longer hears of bril
liant orange as a touch of color. It
is the fashion to deal in tawny yellow,
dregs of champagne, banana tints and
almond leaf greens.
Child’s Pinafore Frock.
Frocks made in pinafore style and
worn over guimpes with full sleeves
are exceedingly charming and attrac
tive and so eminently simple that
they suit the small folk to perfection.
This one is made of sheer nainsook
with trimming of embroidery, but all
the white materials used for purposes
of the sort and pretty colored ging
hams, chambrays and the like are
equally suitable and the latter are
even preferable for the hour* of play.
To make the dress for a child of 4
m
Design by May Manton.
years of age will be required 2%
yards 27 or 2 yards 36 inches wide
with 5% yards of embroidery.
Sicilienne Promenade Costume.
All of the sheer and lightweight
fabrics are highly favored of fashion,
and none more so than the siciliennes,
with their silky surface and dust-re
pelling qualities. A safe-au-lait tint
in sicilienne has much shirring and
depends upon fancy gold braids for
decoration. The blouse coat has a
chasuble yoke defined with braids,
the shoulder being extended down
over the arm, and shirrings appear
on each side of the chasuble to af
ford the fullness which is pleated Into
the deep featherboned girdle. The
skirt is shirred around the hips, and a
shirred flounce is applied beneath a
band of fancy gold braid. The shir
ring is executed with the oscillating
stitch of the sewing machine with all
the efTect of hand work. A velveteen
binding of the same tint matching the
sicilienne finishes the hem.
Fruits Out of Season.
The wife of a wealthy fruitgrower
surprised her friends during the holi
days by serving watermelons, musk
melons, plums and grapes as fresh
as when they were gathered. Asked
to tell the secret, she replied: “It is
the simplest thing in the world; any
one can preserve fresh fruits in the
same way. The melons I first dip in
a wax preparation and coat the stems
with sealing wax. After this I coat
them with a thick coat of shellac and
bury them in a box of sawdust to
keep them from rubbing together and
from freezing. The plums are coated
in the wax only, but the plums and
other fruits are coated with the wax
and then with the shellac. All are
carefully packed In sawdust.’*
The Smartest of Shirtwaist Hats.
A broad satin straw braid in a
champagne tint has tiny gold braids
interwoven to form a plaid pattern in
this exceedingly smart hat destined
for shirtwaist and other informal
wear. The crown is low and broad
and the brim is bent into fascinating
curves, eminently becoming, above
the face. The large rosette of black
velvet ribbon at the side is centered
with a huge gold cabcchon, decorated
with cut steel work, and this catches
the ©ingle white quill. A long strand
of the velvet ribbon is threaded
through the brim, to fall in loops and
ends on the hair in the back.
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Case for White CoUw».
A dainty device fo» keeping the
twentieth century.is white stocks
and starched-'' .ars immaculate when
not enqi**^' .g her fair throat is made
of r ' ..ud basket. Line with silk of
.oate hue, with an interlining of
wadding, sprinkled with satchet pow
der. A circular piece of pasteboard
covered and wadded serves for a lid
and also as a convenient resting place
for the fancy pins worn at the front
and back of the stock collars.
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Women and Their Shoes.
Women are paying more and more
attention to the shoes worn with all
costumes. Fashionable women are
wearing bronze shoes with their gol
den-brown costumes, grey suede ties
and pumps with their grey costumes,
oyBter-colored suede with a costume
of that shade, and so through the end
less gamut of fashionable colors.
Light Colored Evening Wraps.
To b© fashionable eveaing wraps
must be light, not in weight, but In
color. Almost every material, from
lace to "marabout ropes,” will serve
for their making, but they must never
be black or red or brown, and even
dark gray hi a little under the ban.