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TnUM ni IDT Bj, FREDERICK O Uni^ UPHAM ADAMS Author of “Tho Kidnapped Millionaires.” “Colonel Monroe s Doctrine.” Etc. Copyright, 1908, bt I All rights Coptright, 1903. by Frrmbick Upham Adams | reserved A. J. Duiiil Bisdli CHAPTER XXI—Continued. General Carden applauded vigor ously and demanded an encore. The trio sang several songs, and the old soldier lay back in his arm-chair and let his mind drift back to the hours when the one of whom Jessie was the Image lifted her sweet voice in the ballads he loved to hear. At his re quest they sang “Douglas, Tender and True,” “Robin Adair.” “The Blue Bells of Scotland,” “Annie Laurie,” and several old war songs. Then Jessie proposed a rubber of whist, and in the cut she became the partner of James Blake. Jessie played well and they defeated the general and Edith. "You don't know what a victory we have won!” declared Jessie, her eyes sparkling with pleasure. “Papa and Edith think themselves invincible, and this is their first defeat. Let's go to the conservatory. I want to show Mr. Blake those lovely bulbs I sent you from Holland,” and leaving Edith and the general to follow, she escorted Blake to the great glass house, with its arched roof and wilder ness of palms, ferns and flowers. “I know this is not much of a treat to you,” ventured Jessie. “I had for gotten that you have spent all of your life in California.” “But I have spent all of my life in California.” Blake said. "I lived in Califo’r: - only seven or eight years and had little chance to study flowers. What little knowledge I have of flowers dates back to my boyhood days in New England.” “New England? What part of New England. Mr. Blake?” “Massachusetts,” he answered proudly. “I was born in Boston, less than half a iirfie from where the tea was thrown overboard. My mother’s name was Smith, so I’m a Yankee all over.” “So am I,” laughed Jessie. “John Hancock once lived in the house where 1 was born, and Samuel Adams was there many, many times. I’m as much of a Hancock as Edith, though she won’t admit it. Don’t you like Boston better than San Francisco, Mr. Blake?” “Really, I remember very little of Boston." replied Blake. “When I was a small boy we moved to Quincy, and from there to a farm near Hingham. That part of my New England life most vivid in my memory clusters round the old farm in Rocky Woods.” “Did you live in Rocky Woods?” The dark eyes opened wide and Jes with the fact that their guest was formerly from Rocky Woods, Blake excused himself. He accepted an in vitation to call again. “Then we will continue our recol lections of Rocky Woods, Miss Car den,” he said on leaving. Instructing his coachman to drive to his apartments, James Blake closed his eyes and attempted to calmly re view what had happened. He found it impossible. One emotion held mas tery over him—he was in love, madly and defiantly in lave with Jessie Car i den. He thought of Arthur Morns and hated him. He thought of John Burt and pitied him. Neither should stand his way. Could she be engaged to Arthur Morris? Now that he had met Jessie Carden he found himself unconscious ly repeating John Burt's indignant declaration: “It is a lie: an infamous lie!" If an engagement did exist, it should be as a barrier of mist to his ardent progress. Eut she did not, she could not love Arthur Morris. Did John Burt love her? Did she love John Burt? These were the stinging, burning questions which seared his brain, but the clamor of his conscience was drowned in the louder din of his pas sion. He had not yet reached a point where, w ith calm selfishness he could voice the brutal aphorism of moral and physical desperadoes: “All is fair in love and war.” He was eager to clear himself of self-accused dis loyalty to John Burt, and he clutched at any defense which would serve as possible justification or extenuation. John Burt was his friend, the found er of his fortunes: the loyal, trustful comrade to whom he owed all he was or could hope to be. Blake knew this, and yet. with the truth confronting him and pleading for justice, the so phistic arguments and evasions of a vaulting passion came readily to his lips. “How do I know John loves her?” i he pleaded. “He has not told me so. He has sent her no word. He could | have done so easy enough. She does j not know if he.be dead or alive. Is j that the way for a lover to act? If | John has lost her it is his own fault. Perhaps he gave her up long ago. Honestly, I believe his hate for Mor ris is more to him than his affection 1 for Jessie Carden.” Thus quibbled James Blake. Awak- I ered love loosens a million eloquent tongues to plead for self, and palsies I the voice which should speak for otn —--l - ■ a PynTf <2LD zXfiOCZ JHSM77y' I C^VTV J&zssyzzz) jStsizz: t ' I sie looked wonderingly into Blake’s face. “Why, yes. I lived there for several years. Do you mean to tell me that you ever heard of that desolate patch oi. rocks, pines, stone fences, huckle berry swamps and cranberry marshes?’’ “Certainly I have. Uncle Tom— Mr. Bishop—lived there for a genera tion. and spends the summers there now. I have often been there. Isn’t it strange. Mr. Blake, that both of us are familiar with that out-of-the-way country? Where wa| your father's farm ?” “It was then known as the old Leon ard farm. Do you know where Peter Burt lived—Peter Burt, the old crazy man who used to pray at night from the top of the big rock?” “Yes,” said Jessie softly, with a lit tle catch at her breath as the blood mounted to her cheeks. James Blake watched her face in tently. Both were thinking of John Burt, but with what different emo tions! Since the sun had set. a gulf had opened between John Burt and ^ James Blake. And Jessie Carden? Intuitively she ' felt that James Biake knew John j Burt. In a flash it occurred to her j that Blake's business with her father j was a subterfuge. Was he the bear er of tidings from John Burt? Per haps John was dead? If alive, why did he not come himself? “And you knew John Burt! I re member now that he often spoke of you. He always called you ‘Jim.’ and i rarely mentioned your last name. And j you ran away from home. Did you ' ever meet John Burt in California. I Mr. Blake?” James Blake was not deceived by ! tne careless tone in which she asked ; this question. With grim joy he re- | fleeted that John's injunction for se- ! crecy was still in force. He must j either mislead Jessie Carden or prove false to his friend; but for the first time the deceit was his own and not j a sacrifice for another. “Of course I knew John Burt.’’ said Blake reflectively. “Dear old John; I owe him thirty-five dollars. "When I ran away from home he gave me every dollar he had, and I’ve not seen him since. Did you say he had gone to California? Is that so? No, I never saw him there. And you knew him? Really, Miss Carden, I almost feel as if we were old acquaintances. Ah, here comes Mr. and Mrs. Bishop! I had no idea it was so late.” Mr. Thomas Bishop was introduced, and after a brief conversation, in jrhlch Jessie acquainted her uncle | ers. The love of a man for a woman is the ;-ublimaticn of his egoism; his unconscious exaltation of desire CHAPTER XXII. Unreasoning Passion. In all the vast world only two per sons knew that such a man as John Burt lived—James Blake and Peter Burt. John Burt owned stock in thou sands of miles of railroads. He was an investor in other great enterprises and activities. An army of men worked under his direction, and the stock market rose and fell at the pres sure of his unseen hand. For years he had rebelled at the fate which had made him a recluse, which denied him the fellowship and confidence of his peers. He felt a keen joy over the knowledge that the day was ap proaching when he could assume his true place in the world of vast affairs. But of earth's countless millions there was one above all others to whom he wished to tell his secret. He impatiently awaited the time when he could look into Jessie Carden’s race and read the verdict in her eyes. Wore years of patient waiting and working to be rewarded or unrequit ed? Blake arrived at his office at an un usually early hour on the morning following his introduction to Jessie Carden. He .had spent a miserable night. No sleep came to his blood shot eyes, and for hours he restlessly paced the door. “I love her; my God, how I love her. but 1 also love John!” he ex claimed again and again, as the night hours crawled slowly away. “What shall I do; what can I do? I cannot give her up. By God. I'll not give her up for any man; not even for John Burt! Would John surrender the woman he loved for me? What am I to do? I must decide before 1 him. If I tell John she is in New York he will see her inside of twenty tour hours. That will be the end of my hopes. She shall love me! She must love me! I cannot live without her! Oh, why did I ever see her!” In this unequal contest between loyalty and passion in a weak and self-indulgent nature, passion won the battle, but at a frightful sacrifice. His judgment warned him that he was doomed to defeat, but with the frenzied desperation of a gambler he staked everything—honor, friendship, loyalty, his business career—all on the tuna of a card, and dared to meet ^1^— John Burt with treachery in hia heart and a lie on his lips. Blake knew that John Burt was in his private office, but for the first time in his life he hesitated to enter it. Prosperity had erected no wall of formality between these two. From the day they fought their boy ish battle, on the edge of the fishing pool, they had called each other "John’’ and “Jim.” In tacitly accept ing John Burt’s leadership. Blake rec ognized in his companion those traits which attract allegiance, and which hold it by unseen but powerful bands. By a display of tact which amounted to genius. John Burt had aided James uiake without patronizing him, and had forgiven his repeated mistakes without offending him. Blake strolled slowly through the connecting offices and entered the large room reserved for customers. Those who knew the famous oper ator bow’ed respectfully. Blake gazed absent-mindedly at a bulletin board containing the early London and Paris quotations. He read them, but they had no meaning. He was thoroughly, abjectly miserable. "Who is that gentleman?” asked a smooth-cheeked and dapper young man, who had embarked on his first speculative venture by risking the major part of his quarterly allow ance. "Why, don’t you know?” exclaimed his companion. "I should have intro duced you. That's James Blake—the famous and only James Blake. Five years ago he didn’t have a dollar. Twenty millions in five years is his record? And it hasn’t enlarged his hat in the least. He tells a good story, sings a good song, and no man in the club can drink him under the table.” (To be continued.) NEVER SEE HEARSE AT NIGHT. New York Undertaker Explains Why They Are Not Sent Out. “Nobody gives us fellows credit for having a large bump of sensitiveness,” said a west side undertaker, “but the fact is, we go to a good deal of trou ble to safeguard the feelings of the general public. For one thing, we try never to keep our hearses in the street after dark. “Of course, in the case of afternoon funerals and long distances wre can not avoid getting home late, but, even so. we make it a point to get under cover as soon as possible after night fall. And we do that absolutely out of consideration for the public. By nine people out of ten the sight of a hearse on the street at night is taken as a sure sign of impending death and disaster. “Even in the daytime a hearse is a gloomy affair, but to run up against one at night is pretty sure to give the most jovial fellow alive a depressing turn. I know how it is myself. Ac customed as I am to handling hearses. I don't like to bump into one unex pectedly at a dark corner. “Most men in the business feel the same way, therefore we strive to be considerate. That we succeed re markably well is apparent to anybody who will take the trouble to count the hearses he has seen out at night. These are so few that I’ll wager the most confirmed gadabout cannot re call more than throe or four of them.'1 —New Yoik Times. DIDN'T WANT TO MISS IT. Was His First Chance of Seeing a Boiler Explode They had been talking about Eng lishmen of title who took up useful work. Somebody mentioned Lord Ross, who is a good practical engi neer, and then somebody else told this story: Lord Ross having once—unknown to the employes—entered the engine room of a large manufactury, the en gineer's attention was attracted to by his odd behavior. “Well, what’s up now?” he growled at the peer. “What are you shaking your head and pulling out your watch for? What have you got to find fault with, anyhow?” “Oh!” replied Lord Ross, “it is all the same to me. I have got no fault to find. I am just waiting till the boiler explodes.” “The boiler explodes? "Why, you are crazy, man,” exclaimed the en gineer. angrily, preparing to turn the peer out as a dangerous crank. “Well,” retorted the Earl, “if you work ten minutes longer with that, loose screw there the boiler will cer tainly explode.” The engineer, gazing in the direc tion indicated by Lord Ross, paled and jumped to stop the engine. “Why didn't you say so sooner?” he blurted out. “Why should I?” answered the peer. “I never yet have had an opportunity of seeing a boiler explode.”—Louis ville Courier-Journal. John Wesley’s Ideas on “Ailing.” It is pretty generally known that John Wesley, during his unparalleled apostolate of half a century, traveled 250.000 miles and preached 40,000 ser mons, but comparatively few are aware of the prodigious amount of lit erary work he managed to accomplish. His most curious and eccentric book was entitled “Primitive Physic; or. An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases.” It was published in London by Barr & Co. in the year 1743. The preface is characteristic of the author. “When man came first out of the hands of the Creator there was no place for physic or the art of heal ing. But when man rebelled against the Sovereign of heaven and earth the incorruptible frame put on corruption, and the immortal put on immortality.” Fashionable Shoes. Pale grey or fawn suede shoes will be much worn this season, both by women and men. They are very light, cool and pliable, and look remark ably smart. Although they soi* eas ily, they are readily cleaned with grey or fawn pipe-clap. Turks Tax the Greeks. The Porte having issued order* for the collection of license taxes from Greeks in the Turkish dominions, it is feared at Athens that there will be fresh trouble, especially at Smyrna. Irish Parliamentary Fund. The Irish parliamentary fund for the year 1904 amounted to |63,04? j I Machine That “Magnifies" Time. Although the stroboscope i8 not a new device, it has keen applied re cently to some interesting investiga tions Into the nature of certain rapid motions. Briefly, tho device mechan ically reproduces at moderate speed successive views of an object moving so rapidly that it cannot be seen by the unaided vision. In a rapidly re volving wheel, for instance, the spokes are apparent as a mere blur, or else are quite invisible to the eye. By the stroboscope, a movement which takes place in a hundredth part of a second may be seen drawn out to a quarter of a second, or even more; ! the time of its movement, is, as it were, magnified almost any number of j times. Like many wonderful results, this is achieved simply enough. By means of electric sparks fired at rapidly re curring intervals, or a revolving disk with slits passed in front of a lan tern, the moving object is illuminated in a succession of flashes. If the flashes are repeated precisely as rap idly as the machine moves, they will show it always in one position, and it will seem to be at rest. But, if they move less rapidly, the machine under observation will seem to move slowly, because at each revolution it will be seen at a slightly later stage. Thus the formation of a stitch In a sewing machine may be watched, or any other of the thousands of ma chine movements where it may be important to see what is completed at almost lightning speed. This new use of the stroboscope Is important because it permits the microscopic study of a machine work ing at its highest speed, and the noting of strains and vibrations at all Joints, the imperfections and the pos ; Sibilities of improvement in its ar rangement of parts and their relation to one another. - ■' " ' —'— Automatic Coupling. There Is probably no other occupa tion for men which shows such a large list of accidents and deaths in com parison with the number of employes as railroading and if there is one branch of this business which is more dangerous than another it is the : coupling of cars in the yards at the terminals and freight sidings. Of | course, the introduction of the auto matic couplers has reduced greatly the number of accidents from this source, but it is still necessary for an ' employe to station himself at each junction of the cars, to manipulate the coupler head by means of the lever on either car and in this there is chance of a mishap unless he is cautious. Perhaps the largest number of couplings is made between the switch ing engine and cars it is to draw and for this work there has just been in troduced an automatic arrangement w hich enables the engineer to connect or disconnect the engine and cars ; without leaving his cab. Witbir easy reach of his hand, as shown here, Operated from the Cab. there are levers which connect direct ly with the couplers at the front and rear of the engine and as the engine ! approaches or recedes from a ear a movement of the proper lever will set the coupler to engage or release the corresponding coupler on the car. The inventor is Augustus C. Hone of Louisville, Ky. Kitchen Utensil Handle. There are innumerable disadvan tages in having to handle pans of va rious kinds which are provided with permanently attached handles. Burnt fingers frequently result and when cloths are used to lift the pans the j acme of cleanliness is not always per ; missible. Then, too, there are pans which are not, in the nature of things, provided with handles, and the house wife is left to her own devices to find means of lifting these from the stove. A Pennsylvania man, inspired prob ably by the admonitions of his wife, has devised a detachable handle that will meet the requirements of the situation. It can be used in lifting any pan. can be attached in an instant and will hold the pan as securely as if it was soldered directly to the side of the utensil. It is removable as easily as it is attached and one of these handles will serve for as many of the cooking utensils as the stove will hold. Utility of Sun Spots. Sir Norman Lockyer, the British as tronomer, has advanced a remarkable new theory concerning the utility of sun spots. Sir Norman contends that the discovery and understanding of these phenomena will prove one of the most beneficial additions to the world in general. He believes that such knowledge may enable astrono mers to convert the sun into an agent to enable the nations to cope with droughts and famines. The spots on the sun may render it possible to pre dict with practical certainty the com ing of famine and the exact part of j the world where it will take place. Mirror as a Decoration. A mirror is a very useful article when it comes to house decorations, and one the properties of which every home decorator should understand. A well-placed mirror has the effect of a pool of water in a garden, ft makes reflections, and a pleasant spot upon which tlje eyes may rest. In a dark corner a mirror is nearly equal to a window—provided it re flects a bright portion of the room. Caught on the Rebound. Wife—John, did you mail that let ter I gave you this morning? Husband—Of course I did. Wife—How provoking! I wanted to add a posttcript. Husband (producing the letter)— Well, here it is. Why didn't you tell me that in the first place? CHEAP GATE FOR FARM. Easy to Make and Satisfactory ir Every Way. I send you a drawing of a cheap farm gate I find to be easily made and satisfactory in every way. I have several such gates oh my farm and have used one for eight years. The frame is made of 2 by 4 inch scant lings, morticed together. The brace is of the same material. My gates are strung with barbed wire, but woven wire could be used equally Veil. I make my own gates. The usual length is 14 feet. A gate of this length costs $1.50, including the hinges, besides the making. Gate posts will not heave or tip if set four feet in the ground A Farm Gate. and a piece of plank is spiked on each side as shown in the drawing. I always set gate posts and end fence posts in this way. J. H. Ox-Eye Daisy. F. C.—I have a pasture Infested with Ox-Eye Daisy, and I am now mowing them all down before they ripen. Do you think this will eradi cate the pest? The Ox-Eye Daisy is not a native here, but has come, I •ira informed, from manure from cat tle fed upon imported haj. Mowing the Ox-Eye Daisy before the seeds are ripened will prevent the crop of seedlings for that year, but the plant is a perennial and the roots will produce new plants and new flowers another year. However, it does not root deeply. The best plan for clearing Infested land Is to break it up and seed down to clover. In this way the old plants are de stroyed and any young plants from seed which should flower the second year, will be cut with both the first and second crops of clover before the seeds are ripe. Then, when the clo ver sod is plowed down, the Ox-Eye Daisy plants will be killed and the land be clean. Ants In a House. M. L. A. would like to know what is good to prevent ants staying around the place. When ants appear in a house, the first effort should be made to dis cover where their nest is generally inside a wall or beneath a floor or some object close outside the build ing. If the nest can be found, it should be drenched with boiling wa ter ; out of doors bisulphide of carbon has been used with success, a spoon ful being thrown into the hole which is then plugged with a little clod of earth. If the nest cannot be located, as many insects as possible should bo destroyed. For this, small pieces of sponge are moistened with water containing some sugar and a little vinegar or borax and placed in the spots frequented by the ants. The ants will collect on the sponges, which should be collected several times a day and dropped into scalding water. Coal Ashes for Grass Land. J. V. B.—Are hard or soft coal ashes a proper fertilizer for grass lands? Wood ashes are frequently used by farmers, but no coal ashes are used. Ashes from either hard or soft coal are of little or no value to grass land. Unleached wood ashes are highly useful on grass land and may be applied at the rate of from forty to eighty bushels per acre. Leached ashes contain very little fertilizing in gredlents. Thunder and Incubation. R. E. S.—I had a poor hatch from my incubator, getting only a 40 per cent, hatch. A great many chicks died in the shell after the eggs were chipped. We had a severe thunder storm on the twentieth day. Was that the cause? / Unless lightning struck very near |!be eggs the thunder storm was not likely to cause the trouble. Gal It on Plum Leaves. A Sufferer—The long red objects on your plum leaves- are galls made by a very small kind of mite of the same genus. Phytoptus, as the insect which causes the Pear-leaf Blistergall. The occurrence of this mite in large numbers naturally does a considerable amount of harm, and it is most prob able that the failure of the fruit on your plum tree to develop promptly is indirectly due to it. I am afraid it is too late now for you to make any application which will save your fruit this season, but next winter and just at the time when the buds are burst ing in spring, if the trees are sprayed thoroughly with the lime and sulphur mixture they will be free of these in sects next year. A simple formula for making this wash in small quanti ties is one pound of lime and half a pound of sulphur, boiled for two hours in one and a half gallons of water. When all the sulphur is dissolved the liquid will be of a bright amber color, and the quantity above mentioned must be filled up to three gallons with hot water at the time of using. This will leave a deposit on the trees, which can be plainly seen and which will destroy many kinds of insects. Home-Grown Product. Hix—“Do you eat pie with a knife?” Dix—“I did before I was married.” Hix—“Am I to infer that your wife broke yon of the habit?” Dix—“Well, she didn’t exactly break me of the habit, but her pies did. In stead of a knife I use an ax now.” True Meaning. “Papa." said the romantic girl, “Percy Pink placed the stamp in the lower left corner of fhe envelope. Does that mean anything?” “Sure.” grunted her practical pa. “What does it mean?” “Silliness.” r g4ZA3 T The Up-to-Date bathing Costume. The bathing costume has in these days of extravagance achieved rare attractiveness. It is no longer the un sightly garment of heavy blue flannel with several rows of white braid as its only trimming, but is fashioned from mohair that is almost as lustrous and fine as silk, or of fine serge and cheviot. Even the bathing costume of silk or satin is no longer a novelty. These silky bathing dresses with braid trimmings or bands of contrasting color, are very attractive, and points in their favor are that they readily shed the water and dry quickly. Black or dark blue is the choice of ;he conservative taste, but brown and dark red are seen, and the white bath ing costume, trimmed with either white or a color is fashionable. Bath ing shoes and stockings, the latter matching the color of the costume, are included in the outfit, and the oil silk cap, with its covering of bright-hued silk, or even a cotton bandana, is not only an attractive conceit, but a thor oughly practical one as well.—From in article on Outing Styles in the July Delineator. Girl’s Suspender Costume. That the simpler the frock the more smartly the child is dressed has become an established fact, but no one of the many charming designs its recognition has called forth is mwe attractive than this suspender model worn with a spencer waist. A» illustrated the dress is made of checked linen, blue and white, with trimming of cotton braid and the waist of white batiste, the collar and cuffs embroidered by hand, but there are many other materials equally suitable. For play time washable fabrics are best of all, but for occa sions of less danger to the dress pongee, challie and the like are much used. The costume consists of waist and dress. The waist is made with front and backs and is simply full with wide bishop sleeves. The dress com bines 'a straight gathered skirt with snaped suspenders both being at tached to a shaped belt. The quantity of material required for the medium size (10 years) is 3 yards 21 inches wide, 2^ yards 32 inches wide or 1% yards 44 inches wide, with l7^ yards 36 inches wide for guimpe and 16 yards of braid to trim as illustrated. Effective White Costume. Nothing after all looks so pretty and fresh on a young girl as a white frock, even though white is not favor ed by Dame Fashion for grown-ups. White belongs to youth and sets it off as no color can. The simple little frock in our sketch is of dotted ij'^iss, trimmed with Val enciennes insertion and lace. A deep flounce with a heading an inch and a naif deep finishes the skirt, and a similar rnfflc encircles the blouse waist, forming a bertha. Alternate rows of gathering and in sertion fit the shoulders snugly, giving the long shouldered effect so much used nowadays. Figured lawn is prettily made up into a gown for the little girl of 5 or 6 years. Hemstitched white linen is used for the deap collar, cuffs and belt. A Hint for the Hemmer. Someone has made such a clever little discovery anent that trouble some work of hemming table linen! Hand-hemmed it must be, of course, but, thanks to this bright idea, the machine can still be made to do the greater part of the work. Here is the suggestion: Have your tablecloth ready as If to sew by machine, and turn the hem all along with the hemmer, but with out threading the needle. This turn ing in of the hem is. every one know’s, the most laborious part of the task. With this accomplished, it is a com paratively easy matter to complete the sewing by hand. My Lady’s China. In Holland the good old custom still obtains among housewives of wash ing the china and silver after break fast and tea with their own fair hands. This they do In the presence of the family and any guests who may be there, and the fashion has lately been revived in some American houses, partly because it gives a touch of homely simplicity and partly because a lady’s gentle handling is needed if the delicate china and glass are to be preserved for any length of time. New Pique and Linen Collar. The gir’ who clings to tailored ef fects even In summer will be pleased with some new pique and linen turn over collars fresh from English shops. Thcr are as deep as the ordinary lin en collar and open'in front. At in tervals, around the entire collar and about midway between its two edges, are slits or broad eyelets, finished in buttonhole stitching. Through these slits a Windsor tie to match the cos tume. or for wear with white linen gowns a black or red tie is run and fastened in a big bow in the front. Shirtwaist Hats, A favorite millinery shape for shirt waist wear is still the big circular hat, somewhat on the exaggcr-red sailor shape, with flat brim and round crown of average height. For wear with the shirtwaist suit of tafTeta a hat of this shape in fine white chip braid, with a broad ruche or box plait ing of taffeta to match the gown around the crown, is distinctly mod ish. Indeed, no matter what the dress, a pleated ruche of its fabric makes the smartest adornment just now for the shirtwaist hat. Fashionable Collars. The very newest turnover collar shows the tenendcy of all things in dress to be dainty and femin’-- this season. In place of a linen turnover the bewitching summer girl wears a turn-over collar of accordion-plaited white mull edged with a narrow band of butter-color lace. Narrow accord ion-plaited cuffs of the same material give the finishing soft touch to the sleeves of her frock. The frills turn back over the sleeve, not falling over the band.—July Woman's Home Com panion. Coffee Ice Cream. A novel coffee cream is much enjoy ed by those who like the flavor. To make it. scald one cup of strong cof fee with one and one-half cups of sugar. Add the beaten yolks of four eggs, and when slightly thickened, remove from the fire and cool. Add one pint of cream, one-half teaspoon ful of vanilla, and freeze. Serve with an orange syrup for a sauce, with can died orange peel shredded in it. The orange syrup may be procured at a good soda fountain. Fried Cucumbers. Peel three good-sized cucumbers, slice them half an inch thick and lay I in cold salted water for an hour, then remove and dry on a towel. Place a large frying pan containing lard drippings half an inch deep over the fire. When the fat begins to smoke put in the cucumber slices—just enough of them to cover the bottom of the pan, dust with pepper and fry quickly on both sides. Serve when quite hot. These are delicious with toast. Modifying Electric Light Glare. The old objection to electric lights in the living room, because of their injury to the eyesight, has been en tirely removed by the invention of a peculiar opaque shade, which throws the light down, instead of radiating it in every direction. These electroliers for reading purposes come in a va riety of shapes, and are especially pretty when finished with bead or glass fringe. Ingenious Luncheon Place Cards. Some place cards at a recent lunch eon contained each a conundrum and a small pen-and-ink sketch. The pic ture gave a bint of the answer to the conundrum. One card, for instance had on it the picture of a cake and the question “Why is the letter K like flour?" The answer was “Because you cannot make cake without it.” Any riddle book will furnish the ques tions, and a little thinking will suggest subjects for the sketches. Black and White Combinations. Among the smartest suits worn by boys at the shore this summer are the striking black and white combina tions. The popular suit is of severely plain white pique in “Buster Brown" shape, with a belt and small sailor hat of black patent leather, and a Windsor tie of black taffeta. Short wTiite stockings and black patent leather slippers complete the suit. Shirt Waist Sleeves. Shirt waist sleeves vary from sea son to season as do those of waists of more elaborate sorts, and often, if they can be made up to date the en tire waist seems new and fresh. These very excellent models include the two favorite ones of the season, the bishop with full puffs at the wrists and the plain one in shirt style. Both are finished with straight cuffs and both sleeves are opened at the back. Each sleeve is made in one piece and each is gathered at both upper and lower edges. The opening in the bishop model is simply under faced but that in the short sleeve ia finished with an overlap in regulation style. * The quantity of material required for the medium size is for bishop sleeves, 1% yards 21 or 36 inches wide or % yards 44 inches wide; for plain sleeves, yards 21 inches wide, % yards 36 inches wide or % yards 44 inches wide. Glass Knobs in Vogue Again. Glass knobs are coming into vogue, and are seen not only on reproduc tions of old-fashioned furniture, but also on doors. A summer home re cently thrown open for inspection was finished in Colonial style, with white wood and massive glass door knobs. Glass knobs on mahogany furniture, particularly chests of drawers, are quaint and effective.