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
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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?
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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.
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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.”
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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.
