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by Mary Bevereux WTH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DOM C. WILSON rUA m-T-r- M ■ • w-rv A. .fAJig?tlhad passed- a«d the Island °- - Iarticique lay drowsing In the sleepiness of midday. In Fort Royal bay, before the sleepy town, lay three b .ips at anchor. The one nearest shore was a brigantine, beautiful in model and French in build; she car V,. a long eighteen-pounder amid s ups, and her bulwarks were pierced Jr. i^bter guns. This was the “Black e rel, and she displayed the Ameri can ensign, now hanging limp in the motionless air, as were the like colors sho\\ n by the “Condor,” rocking near by in the lazy tide. Down in the luxuriously furnished cabin of the brigantine. Laro and La fltte, seated, and in earnest conver sation, paused ocasionally to scruti nize this craft. Perhaps she means no mischief,” muttered the former; “but the very flag she flies, and the red showing on her decks aie enough to set my teeth on edge.” ^ ou say you heard ashore last evening, as did I, that she stopped only to fill her water butts, and is bound farther south.” Lafitte laid down the glass, and laughed a little bitterly; but he made neither reply nor comment. “Did old De Cazeceau seem inclin ed to treat his granddaughter with kindness?” Laro inquired, after a short silence, and as if considering it wise to change the subject. “Yes, for all I could see; and he Is likely to do so while she makes no demand upon his gold.” Laro uttered an oath and drained his glass. ‘ That man has been growing more and more miserly ever since his pretty daughter ran away with that cursed Englishman, and I have often thought it might have been money in my pocket if I had let Stanley’s blood out of his veins the night of the gover heard between Governor Claiborne himself and two gentlemen with him, when one of their coach horses cast a shoe, and they were delayed at the smithy while our men remedied the accident.” “Oh, I say, as seems to me I am always saying nowadays, that your idea is the right one,” was the surly answer. “We’ll up sail at midnight, when we can reckon upon slipping away from under the nose of that in fernal Britisher out there, and make for our own snuggery, where Lazalie has, no doubt, been wondering at my being so long away. Once in the channel that brings us to the Barra de Hierro, and anchored before it, all the craft England can send would have hard work to get at us. We will take the niggers there for awhile, and turn them out on the island, to work our crops, until Claiborne takes an other nap and forgets all about the recent agitation.” He had, while speaking, again pick ed up the spyglass, and focussed it i upon the man-of-war, where nothing | was changed among the red-coated ! loungers. I “Have you anything more to say to Jude?” inquired Lafitte, after a few moments' silence upon his part, while I.aro was swearing at the enemy he was scanning. “No,” replied the latter, without tak ing the glass from his eye; “for, be fogged as you thought me, I gave him his orders this morning, before I came aboard this craft.” “Very well,” said Lafitte, paying no attention to Laro’s covert defense of himself. “Then nothing remains to be done until night.” “Nothing,” the other man assented; and Lafitte left him. The “Black Petrel's” gunner, Lopez, an old fellow of Laro’s, leaned against the taffrail. smoking, while he looked scowlingly at the English vessel. Near Lopez lounged Garonne, mate of the i fear Garonne make harm for all.” cor s ball before he levanted with the girl.” Jean let this pass without remark; but, as Laro replenished his glass, the young man said, “If you are not care ful you will get your brains as be * fogged as they were when I tried to talk with you this morning.” ••Befogged, was I, my son? Yet not so much but that I recall every word you told me of what has happened since yon left I.azalie and me on the Barra de Hierro, and went to play gen tleman awhile in New Orleans. By the way, Jean,” he added, as from an after thought, “that was an odd thing for you to do—go off on a wild goose chase to the Florida wilds to bring D© Cazeneau’s brat away from the Choctaws.” There was a smouldering anger in Lafitte’s eyes as he turned them upon I.aro’s mocking tace. “I told you that the Indian runner, Bird-Wing, came from his tribe to Count de Cazcneau, bringing a letter from Mrs. Stanley, imploring his for giveness, as she was dying, and be seeching his protection for the daugh ter she must leave among the Indians. He ashed for my services, and I gave ' them gladly, for his daughter’s sake.” Lafitte looked steadily at Laro. who, In a mocking tone, asked, “Did you find her still such a charming demoi selle? I dare swear you did not, if there be truth in the reports that the j Englishman left her long ago—left j , her to wear out her life among their red neighbors. ’ Lafitte rose and went over to the port-hole, turning his back as he an swered, “I found her dead, with the i Indians mourning for her as for one j well loved. Her child, with her maid. Barbe, a French woman, I brought to j the count.” “What is the child called, and how I old said you she was?” Laro inquired, now in a more serious tone. “She is fourteen, but such a pale little slip that she neither looks nor seems her age. She bears the same • given name as her mother—Roselle; but the Indians called her ‘Island Rose.’ Their cabin was on a small island, and, in spite of their rude sur roundings, the mother seems to have reared the child most carefully. The count has formally adopted her, and she Is now known as Roselle de Caze neau.” Lafitte said this with a dignified coldness, and as if wishing, bya full explanation, to dismiss the sul^fect. Laro did not answer, and Lafitte •continued: “I am reminded to ask yo* again if you will take my advice as to this present cargo of slaves. I tell you that the governor'* recent proclama tion will cause trouble, if you attempt to bring them to New Orleans at pres ent. Pierre told me, only the day be ll fere I sailed- of some talk he over ‘v <2^ AT- ... Jy . _ “Black Petrel,” a heavily built, brutal faced Portuguese, as swarthy as his companion. Some distance forward, leaning against the bulwark, his arms folded, and his stolid face turned toward the sinking sun, was the statuesque form of Ehewah, the only Indian aboard— a young sub-chief of the Muyscas tribe, inhabiting an island of the southern seas. “I have been watching him, and I tell you the dog is not to be trusted,” the gunner was saying. “Laro seems nowadays to have no cye3 save for his rum; and this, if he has not a care, will lead us all into some infernal trap, where we may feel the rope around our necks.” “Have a care, Lopez,” said his com panion sternly, “that you get not the taste of another rope first, upon your bare back, for showing disrespect to your captain.” “You have been over-free with that sort of rope already; and this lies at the bottom of what I thought it my duty to warn you against,” was the surly retort. “An Indian never for gets the hurt he never forgives; and forgiving is something an Indian would scorn as we would scorn cow ardice.” Garonne, with an oath, asked what he meant. “I will stake all the silver and gold that fell to my share from the fight three weeks ago with the Spanish brig, that Ehewah will never forget the splicing to the main mast you gave him for stealing your ruby Every blow7 of the rope's end awe we a dozen devils in his heart; and these will, sooner or later, make a merry hell for you, and perhaps for all of us.” Garonne, whose look of scowling anger had changed to one of sneering scorn, uttered a burst of vile profan ity, and striking the taffrail with a broad fist, brown as mahogany, ex claimed roughly, “i«t me hear no more such talk from you, Lopez; old messmates as we are, you are going a bit too far. You prate like some old housewife in her dotage.” Lopez, with an angry snarl, straight ened himself, and turning away, saw Lafitte coming toward him. Garonne also saw the latter, and, advanctng said, “No sign yet, captain, of a visit ing beat from over there," indicating with his thumb the man-of-war. Lafitte nodded a careless recogni tion of the mate’s remark and passed on to Lopez. “I had thought that when the cool came the Englishman might have iiied to board us for an interview,” the young man remarked in the kind ly tone his men knew as well as they did the coldly imperious one that nev er failed to hold in check the most lawless amongst them. “Much better they keep away,’* said Lopez slowly, in the English tongue— one he spoke but Imperfectly. Much better, sir; but to me it the surer shows that we are watched." “Well,” said Lafitte, still looking at the vessel, “let them watch their fill, while the daylight gives them the chance. At midnight the wind will be of a sort the ‘Black Petrel’ needs, and we will give them a cleared patch of the sea to watch when the light comes again.” Then he asked, “What were yon and Garonne quarrelling over as I came up?” Lopez glanced about and saw that Garonne and the Indian had disap peared. Then, turning his eyes to La fitte, he answered in a lowered voice “Do not think I am becoming soft hearted, my captain, that I have tc say I fear Garonne make harm for all, by bastinadoing a Muycas like white man sailor. This I was telling him.” The “Black Petrel” had—as Lafitte knew’ already from Laro—some three w’eeks before encountered a richlj laden Spanish brig, bound for a West Indian port. A fierce fight had ended in victory for the brigantine, aftei which the prize was burned, and the survivors of its crew set adrift in open boats. There were twenty slaves aboard, together with a rich cargo, and in the latter were found a number of uncut gems, from w’hicli the Indian had been suspected of stealing a large ruby, awarded to Garonne as part of his share of the plunder. Ehewah, upon being accused, refused to admit or deny the theft, and Laro, contrary tc his usual custom, had left the Indian i to be dealt with as his accuser saw 1 fit. Garonne, whose natural brutality had been increased by generous im bibings of spirits taken from the des polled vessel, was not content with in dieting ordinary punishment for such an offense, but had for several days in succession, caused the Indian to be stripped, tied to the mast and floggei unmercifully, after which he wa* treated with unsparing severity bj the mate. ’’Ehewah’s back bears scars that only revenge will heal,” declared Lo pez in conclusion, and now speaking in his own tongue. ‘‘He has beer changed ever since. No man evei had a kinder care or softer touch foi a mate who was sick or hurt, as have to remember from the time, twe years ago, when I wrns laid up witl a cracked head, at Tobagga. But now he glares like a wild cat when onf of us crosses his way, and he has not spoken ten words since he was bas tinadoed.” Lafitte’s only comment was to bit Lopez keep silence upon the subject and to have a watchful eye upon Ehe wah. (To be continued.) EARLY CARRYING OF MAILS. In 1747 Newspaper Changed Day o Issue to Suit the Carrier. The New York postoffice is the larg est supporter of the postal depart ment, to which it returns $6,000,000 01 more clear profit. This is some ad vance on the good old times, as may be seen from Bradford’s New York Ga zette of Dec. 6. 1747: “Cornelius var Denburgh as Albany Post designs tr set out for the first time this winter on Thursday next. ‘All letters to gc by’ him are desired to be sent to the postoffice or to his house near the Spring Garden.” During the Hudson river navigation the Albany mail was transmitted by sloops, but in the winter a messenger as above mentioned was required, and it is probable that he traveled on foot The winter average of the eastern anc southern mails is given in the sam« paper and same date as follows: “On Tuesday the Tenth Instant at 9 o’clock in the Forenoon the Boston and Philadelphia Posts set out from New York to perform their stages once a Fort'nite during the Winter months and are to set out at 9 o’clock i Tuesday mornirg. Gentlemen and ! Merchants are desired to bring their Letters in time. N. B. This Gazette will also come forth on Tuesday Morn ings during that time.” It is evident that the Gazette, which was a weekly published on Wednes day, changed its day to accommodate the mail3.—Troy Times. Sweet Nothings. “Has Miss Wealthy at last consent ed to listen to him?” “Yes. He told me that he found hei very interesting. Of course that musi be a figure of speech. Everybody knows that courtship is made up of sweet nothings. By the way, I wonder what ‘sweet nothings’ are?” “The case you have just mentioned gives a very clear example.” “I don't quite se^ how.” “Have you a pencil and a piece of paper?” “Yes.” “Well, set down the figures ‘Jl.OOO. 000.’ ” “There you have it.” “First you have the dollar mark.” “Certainly.” “Next comes the figure one.” “Yes.” “Well, what follows are the sweet nothings.” Her Defective Memory. Mrs. Ferguson had just returned from an entertainment, and was in ecstasies over a young woman elocu tionist who had taken part in it. “She bad on a trained gown of dark purple velvet,” she said, “with bodice trimmed in deep collar of real Irish lace and lace cuffs. She wore her hair pompadour and had a diamond cluster at her throat. "What did she recite?” asked Mr Ferguson. “Something about a little girl whose mother lost her in the park, or some where. I've forgotten the name of it You know well enough what a wretch ed memory I have. But it was awfully pathetic. What are you grinning about, I’d like to know?" An Oriental Answer. It was in a Maine Sunday school says Lippincott’s Magazine, that a teacher recently asked a Chinese pu pil If he understood the meaning of tho words “an old cow." "Been cow a long time," was the prompt answer. . s I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.—Adam CiorV#* RESULT OF SEEING “DOUBLE." Convivial Gentleman Feared He Had Committed Bigamy. “It is remarkable how the after effect of too much strong drink will influence different men,” said Corne lius Gardiner. “Usually when a man drinks so much that he sees double the remembrance of that fact does not worry him the next day. He con siders it as a sort of joke, and is in clined to boast of it. I met a man to-day, though, on whom it had a most remarkable effect. He is an actor whom I have known for some time and who a few months ago married a very pretty girl, to whom he is ab solutely devoted. Never was a man more in love than he is with his wif®. His only fault is that once in a while he stays out with the boys and takes a little more than is good for him. “When I met him this morning he looked very worried, almost distracted. It was also evident that he had a lit tle 'hang over’ from last- night. I ask ed what the matter was. “ ‘Trouble at home, I’m afraid,’ he answered. “ ‘Did your wife give you a curtain lecture?’ “ ‘I wasn’t in any shape to know what was said or happened, but I’m afraid Lilly will get a df -orce.’ “ ‘Why?’ “ ‘I don’t know how, bi t I'll bet I’ve committed bigamy. I can take my oath there were two wives there. No more of the hard stuff for me if l get out of this!’ ”—New York Herald. TOO MUCH BOTHER TO TRADE. Storekeeper Was More Philosopher Than Business Man. ‘•When I was staying up in a little place in Maine last summer, where I frequently go for a few weeks’ rest, said Capt. Clarence True, of the Sev enty-first regiment, N. G. N. Y., “I made the acquaintance of *Cy’ Still man, who kept the store. ‘Cy’ was a unique character. He was fat, sloven ly and supremely lazy, but he was also the local philosopher and highly respected. “We had a ‘spell of wet weather’ and I needed a pair of rubbers, so I went down to ‘Cy’s’ store to get them. ‘Cy’ was in his old wooden armchair, with his feet up on the counter, puff ing on a corncob pipe. “ ‘Cy, I want a pair of your rub bers. Number eights.’ I said. ‘Sorry I can't oblige ye, Cap.’ he replied, after puffing awhile in silence and without making a move. ‘I’m all out of rubbers, but I can let you have some tenpenny nails.’ “ ‘"What are you talking about, Cy. I saw a whole box full of rubbers be hind the counter only yesterday.’ “‘Oh, did ye? Well, I guess they’re still there, but, dumb it. I don’t want to bother to sell ’em. What’s the use? I’d only have to go and buy a lot more to stock up with ag’in. No, I'm sorry, but I’m all out of rubbers.’ “And he wouldn’t sell me a pair. That's the queerest storekeeping J ever found.” Honors Were Even. It was at the Republican State con vention in Trenton, New Jersey, that several of the delegates became inter ested in a discussion on the ethics of bill-collecting in the professions of law and medicine. “Let’s see,” said a prominent law yer to a well known physician, “are you not the medicine man who is so particular about his fee that he al ways inquires whether or not a patient carries life insurance before accepting the case?” “Yes, I’m the man,” replied the dis ciple of Hippocrates with a genial, smile, “and unless I'm mistaken you are the lawyer that told a young fel low, who asked you if he might sue for the hand of your daughter, that he could if he'd permit you to draw up the papers in the case and give you a retainer of twenty-five dollars.” The others in the crowd agreed that honors were even.—Chicago Record Herald. A Budding Diplomat. She was exceedingly pretty, with soft blue eyes, a scarlet mouth and little wisps of geld blowing around her brow, for all the world like tendrils. 8ut as she looked up from her desk ind saw the troublesome boy whisper ing behind his book, her eyes dilated and two perpendicular lines between her eyebrows were plainly visible. “Tommy! Tommy Taite!” she called sharply, with a tone of com mand in her silvery yoice. “You are whispering again.” But Tommy was not only trouble some; he was clever as well. “Please, ma’am,” he said, putting down his book and looking at the young teacher sweetly. “I was just tellin’ Billy Brown what nice things all the gentlemen say about you when you walk along the street.” On Lone Tree Hill. On Lone Tree hill, in grip of death. Ten thousand soldiers lie. And groans and shrieks of agony Assail the leaden sky. War’s dreadful scenes of carnage grim. Dismembered limb and staring eye. Wild calls for help and prayers to Him Who “heeds the raven's cry.” To Him whose ways were peace and lov*.. Who died fotgiving all. Who taught the brotherhood of man. Who "sees each sparrow fall." His tender heart mi st heed such moan. Such anguish and such woe; He sends hie angel Aziael, Bl^t ru* *sens:tf belrw. ^ Peace va.’ ily prays ana veils her eyes; Ah! no alone she s<es These sip'its and sounds of misery. But ove' lands and seas Are home • bereft and orphans left. And w> low’s anguished cry; And ohl 'en thousam. mothers' hearts. That b'eak but cannot die. —Chicago Inter Ocean. Boy Fought With Deer. Willie Stevens, 17 years old, saw’ a deer come out of a swamp near Sus quehanna, Pa., the other day. He .crouched down in a quiet corner with a stone in his hand, and as the deer passed hurled the stone and struck the animal, crippling it. The deer tried to escape, but the boy overtook it and struck the beast in the head with another stone. The deer turned at bay and rushed at the boy. The latter dodged and caught the animaj by one of its hind legs. Both went down together and rolled over and over in the struggle. Stevens finally managed to get a grip on the deer’s neck and with an old pocket knife cut its throat, thus ending the struggle. Fanciful ideas in Muffs. While flat muffs are more fashion* ible than the round variety the differ ence is not owing altogether tff a pref erence for the fiat, as the short-haired furs are made up in the first form, while the long haired are made into large round muffs. Many of the flat muffs assume a rounded outline or even a tendency to a point at the lower part while the tops are narrower and are often curved or indented. Many of the season’s muffs and neck pieces are designed fcr special cos tumes and not for general wear. In muffs fancy runs riot; on seme cf the fanciful ones to go with certain cos tumes. Not only is lace used, but pas sementeries, bands of embroidery, and contrasting furs are used to make them more elaborate, if less beautiful and artistic, than though the fur itself were all. Furs are even dyed to match gown materials, and browns and grays in | many different shades are shown. Autumn Calling Costume. Here is an attractive calling gown, simple and in good taste. The ruffles j are finished at the bottom with folds. ' The bands are of hand embroidered I strips of the broadcloth of which the gown is made. The vest-yoke and low er sleeves are of tucked liberty silk. The hat, with a soft roll aud knot of velvet, is felt, both velvet and hat be ing of the new eoque de roche shades. New Use for Lace Collar. One of the latest ideas for the use i of the already heav jlv burdened lace collar is to make it, like charity, cover a multitude of sins in a loose negli gee -gown. For strict lounging pur poses no one cares for a mass of frills and embroideries and lace streamers, but often one wishes to see an inti mate friend without taking the trouble to change from a plain little negligee to one more elaborate. In such case be provided with a large, cape-shape lace collar, ready to be slipped quickly on, and the transformation is con. nlete. A beautiful little bouse gown may j be fashioned from figured taffeta, with a pale green ground, liberally be- ; sprinkled with small, set garlands or | pink rosebuds, just such a silk as j one's grandmother may have worn. The bodice is made with a neck cut modestly round and with rather tight ly fitting backs and fronts. At the waist the bodice is sharply pointed before and behind, and is piped in every con ceivable seam with pale green velvet. The skirt is very full and very long, and about twelve inches above the hem has a quaint arrangement of vel vet bows and ruchings that might well have been copied from some old por trait or daguerreotype. The sleeves furnish the finishing touch to the quaint-effdfct, buttoning along the outer seam from the elbow down over green velvet buttons. Opera Glass Bags. Heavy open laces are made over satin linings into opera glass bags this year. They are white, as a rule, but can be made in colors, lining and lace to match. A plain square bag is drawn up at the neck with ribbons carried through embroidered rings, set on the inside, the throat of the bag finished with a deep niching of chif fon. *A larger bag for carrying more of milady’s trinkets is similarly made and set here and there on the outside with silver paillettes. So are other of the opera glass bags, which are drawn up at the mouth over two ball-finished bars of silver or gold. These bags are rounded at the lower corners, finished at the sides wtth dainty ribbon ros ettes, and the ribbon handles are knotted. There may be paillette span gles or not, and of silver or gold. Utilizing Ord Lace. A rapid and easy way of embroider ing and one which enables a wo^an to nae op odds and ends of old and new lace, especially in floral oeswgn, is to cut the leaves from the net foun dation and apply on a cotton, wool or silk gown. Work over the design, covering the figures well, with em broidered silk or mercerized cotton. The result is excellent. The em broidery stands out and the lace pat tern answers the same purpose as a stamped design and in most cases is more attractive than the conventional patterns found in the shops. Odd and Pretty Work Basket. ▲ cornhusk and linen work basket is bv no means so unattractive as it sounds. Braid the husks and join the braids, shaping into a wide basket. Make a cover and join it to the basket by a knot of husks. Line the inside with coarse cotton pads for both the bottom and sides of the basket. Over this place a simply embroider ed linen lining, carefully fitted, sup plied with pockets, and caught to the basket so that it can be removed to be laundered. Into the bottom set a heavy pin and needle cushion, also covered with a washable linen cover. The basket, odd and so easily kept clean, will be a boon to any housewife. A plain brown or green wallpaper makes an ideal background for pic tures, and the absence of pattern on walls adds immensely to the apparent size of the room. Conveniently near the range in the j kitchen should be placed the sink and j the dresser, not too far from the table j and range. You have then the prin cipal articles so placed that the labor j will be much lightened. To save the knees of boys’ ribbed stockings one mother re-enforces them by sewing a piece of strong black cloth behind them before they are worn at all. It is remarkable how much longer stockings wear when treated in this way. Polished iron work can be preserved from rust by an inexpensive mixture made of copal varnish mixed with as much olive oil as will give it a degree of greasiness, and afterward adding to this mixture as much spirit of tur pentine as of varnish. Plaited Skirt in Style. The plaited skirt is one of the set tled fashions for the coming season. Skirts must be full, but they must not be bulky about the hips. By plaited skirts is meant the several varieties that are used for the lighter fabrics. The most graceful skirt for walking just clears the ground. Drop skirts are still worn, although a few frocks are made up with the lined breadths. Accordion and sun plaiting lose none of their popularity and skirts made of black voile crepe de chine, gauzes and nets will be much worn with the fancy Louis silk and velvet coats. A dainty model of black crepe de chine to be worn with a black velvet coat and an embroidered waistcoat is plait ed in gores, the plaited gores alter nating with others plain to the knee, where they fall into plaitings. New Fur Garment. One of the newest fur garments is more Hke a fichu than anything else attached to a velvet belt. The sleeves are smooth over the shoulder, extend ing to consider able width below the elbow'. One of the latest furs is white astrachan dyed brown. This is made into coats, but more often into neck pieces and muffs. There is the same infinite variety in neck pieces and everything is found in them from huge stoles which envelope the shoulders to pieces of fur that are a little larger than a four-in-hand tie. The stole will reign supreme, however. Quite a num ber of the smaller fur garments while shaped are slightly draped about the shoulders and they fasten on the bust with an ornamental clasp. The ends may be Jong or short. WHIL& thb Tea ^ie«s Fluffy tailored skirts are the most striking departures. Pale colored gloves are worn as frequently as white ones. For the knockabout suit there is nothing like good corduroy. Long gloves with wrinkled tops are worn with the elbow sleeves. White jet is used with beautiful ef fect on some of the white gowns. With the silk dressy gown a cock ade of silk to match is worn in the hair. Velvet flowers in lovely shaded colors are used on some of the best hats. Shoulders are spreading out to a prodigious and most unlovely width. New ostrich plumes show the light color at the stem, deepening toward the tip. One plaited length of ribbon looks like a cross between a cockade and a pompon. Colors in English Velveteen. Lovelier than ever in coloring, and of superlative quality, English velve een appears among winter fabrics. It is shown in Malmaison red, mignon* ette green, and in clematis and a pun pie plum. There is a doves wing fawn and a realistic mushroom, a Ja panese blue—that we should call green—and gray and white and cream. Black Taffeta Popular. Black taffeta gowns are having a big vogue among women who make it a rule never to be without a black gown of some sort, even if they wear it but seldom. Black velvet is oftenest em ployed for trimming in cases where elaborateness is desired. One beauti ful model recently shown had the en tire lower portion of the skirt consist of a very full-flaring, fitted flounce of velvet. In other cases simple stitch ing is resorted to. Another favorite trimming for taf fetas is mousseline, for an indisput able charm exists in the combination of opaque materials with gauzes, chif fons and laces and it finds its perfec tion in their combination, which is, of course, iLtended only for dressy gowns. One of the new sleeves is made up of taffeta puffs and cross folds of the silk an inch wide, having plaited ruf fles on the edges. The effect is very full and the sleeve from the elbow down is completed by a long gauntlet of brocade, draped on the bias and trimmed at the wrist with several quillings of Mechlin lace. Pale Green Cloth Waist. Blouse of pale green cloth, trimmed with straps of white cloth, which are themselves trimmed with rows of pale green soutache and with motifs of sou tacbe and blue velvet. The waistcoat is of white cloth, ornamented with little gold buttons. The full sleeves are finished with barfds of white cloth, trimmed with motifs of the soutache and velvet, which form loose cuffs over tight under cuffs of white cloth, ornamented with gold buttons. The tucked collar is of white, with a turnover of biuf velvet. Apple Pudding. Butter a deep pudding dish anc sprinkle with bread crumbs; line the sides of a dish with a rich pie crust and put a narrow strip around the bot tom, so as to leave the center of the bottom uncovered; next fill the dish with finely cut apples with some sugar sprinkled between them; add a very little nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon and a little butter in small pieces; cover with the same crust and bake one hour; when done turn the pudding out on to a dish and serve with hard sauce. Raspberry Bavarian Cream. Soften a quarter of a package of gelatine in half a cup of raspberry juice; dissolve over hot water; add the juice of half a lemon, & cupful of raspberry juice and half a cup of sugar; stir over ice water, and when it begins to “set” fold in a cupful and a half of double cream beaten solid. Pour into a mold. When cold serve surrounded with the froth from whipped cream. Shading in Colors. Beautiful ostrich feather sets, mull and long round boa, appear this year in the shaded effects which are to be found in so many things. There is the popular heliotrope, shading to pal est lavender, and to go with another popular shade of the season—brown— the feathers graduate from a rich dark tone to a delicate cream. They are charming. Batter for Pineapple Fritters. Boat one egg w ithout separating the white and yolk. Add half a cup of flour and one-fourth of a teaspoon of salt, and beat with a spoon until per fectly smooth. Then beat In one-fourth of a cup of milk. . What New^York Leaders of Fashiony , 7\jire Wearing. -rrss&iEtfx