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9 Evening Wraps a La Kimono. Kimono styles have invaded the realm of evening wraps in the shape of an interesting coat made of satin, the fronts rolling back and the cuffs turned back in typical kimono fash ion. Both fronts and cuffs are trimmed with embroidery of the Jap anese type, done in the color of the wrap. another wrap, cut in some way w'.ich makes it drape from the shoul ders, has a pointed fold falling from the middle of the back down almost to the waist, like a mock hood. If a bordered material is used, the point is edged both’ sides with the border, which runs down both fronts as well. Or. sometimes, bands of Oriental em broidery make the trimming, the point further emphasized by a tassel of silk, which dangles from the very tip. A Smart Cloth Gown. The old-fashioned idea that the best gown was the silk gown has long since been forgotten, and now we see gowns of much more style and cost liness developed in cloth. The shops are full of exquisite textures and the woman of fashion will select mono tones of becoming shades for her new frocks. The gown shown is one of rare good style and suitable to devel opment in French cashmere, drap d’ete, Henrietta or lady’s cloth. The model might serve as a reception gown in one of the light pastel shades of cloth or silk. The skirt is the new thirteen-gored one, with plaits stitch ed in tuck effects. It fits smoothly over the hips and flares with infinite grace at the bottom. The deep col lar, continued by trimming straps to the waist-line, is very stunning. The yoke may be made of Italian lace, and the cufTs of a deeper tone of velvet to match the girdle. A frill of lace may finish the sleeves or a deep tight cuff of the yoke material. Large cut steel or silver filigree buttons or me dallions of lace may adorn the trim ming straps. Needlework on Summer Gowns. Summer gowns show some needle work effects, especially the shirt waists, which are trimmed with em broidered bands. Linen huck is be ing utilized for bands, lending itself readily to flat darning In a variety of patterns. On plain materials a new idea in darning, which does not re quire a pattern, is being shown, and this promises to be popular, not only on wash goods, but on heavier mate rials, and even on silks and satins. New designs are being shown in the canvas and etamine darning, and some handsome summer shirt waists will have insertions and edgings of a new variety of crochet, the founda tion of which is done on a wide wood en needle like a hairpin, and is really no more than our old hairpin work, and the finish a fine crochet done on very thin thread in a simple, but most becoming design. These trim mings are not difficult to make and launder beautifully. Tatting in wheels and edges will be used more or less, and all of this work is of the kind that can be picked up and work ed on in odd moments, so that it i3 not difficult of accomplisment. Bancroft Pudding. Cream 4 tablespoons of butter arid 1 cup of sugar, add 1 well-beaten egg. Sitt 1V4 cups flour, with t4 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add % cup of flour to the first mix ture and beat thoroughly, then add the rest of the flour and 14 cup of milk, alternately. Finally beat 14 of a square of chocolate, which has been melted, with the batter, and bake 30 minutes. Sauce—Beat two eggs until very light, then add 1 cup of confectiorers’ sugar and one cup of thick cream. Beat all together until the consistency of whipped cream. Pretty Dinner Gown. The princess gown has found espe cial favor with the fair debutante this season and some exquisite frocks (built on these lines have been seen on youthful and at tractive wearers. Our sketch sug gests this type of gown in white crepe radium, the skirt finished at foot with three deep tucks. The decollete neck Is fll}ed In at bust with white lace me dallions laid over gold, and narrow lace similarly treated outlines the neek all around, as well as the lower part of bodice and short sleeves, the latter filled in with a double trl*l of white lace run with gold threads. Leather Ruffles a Novelty. A nouveaute from Paris are ruf fles made of leather, which are sewed around the bottom of the skirt to pro ^the dust and dirt «f the streets. The ruffles are made of leather of moderate weight, dyed to match the color of the gown. They are fulled on to a leather band which Is attached by means of buttons and buttonholes to the bottom of the gown. In this way these ruffles need only to be worn In the street and can be taken eft and brushed and cleaned. They protect the gown better than one can imagine as well as giving the required stiffness to hold out a skirt well around the bottom. WltlLB THB 7ba Dim It is said that white will prevail In millinery this spring. Both big and little hats are seen, but none of medium size. A turban of crimson chiffon has a wreath of poppies around it. Tiny gold roses are seen on some of the smartest of the dark, rich hats. Empire models in tea gowns are first favorites among the graceful gar ments. Black velvet trimming Is to play quite an important part on spring dresses. An exaggerated long waist and blouse front is no longer considered good style. Graduated bands of velvet on silk gowns is an old-time feature of pres ent modes. Tips are absent from most of the new shoes. There’s a very pretty bit of style in the long, unbroken vamp. Tailored Shirt Waists. Tailored shirt waists are never en tirely abandoned by the fashionable women and hold their place in sport ing attire. The new models are much like those with which we are familiar, plaited at the shoulders and with a shirt cuff rather than a long fitted cuff, the most authoritative makers having apparently decided that since the more elaborate blouse has set aside the shirt waist, save for very tailorlike costume, the waist may well be as mannish and severe as possible. There are, however, some heavy waists of tailor style not so conven tional. One has the familiar plaited body, but a rolling low collar and el bow sleeves with turnback cuffs. This Is shown in linen, and a number of severe linen models have the short sleeves with plain turnback cuff. Empire Gowns Gain Favor. Empire gowns are slowly but surely gaining in favor among the smartest dressed women. When properly made they are truly graceful and pictur esque. The soft diaphanous materials are preferred and the majority employ short little boleros of lace or embroid ery. An effective suggestion is pale green mousseline de soie over self tone tafTeta, with bolero of green silk eyelet embroidery. A fichu arrange ment of the mousseline finishes the decollete waist and two black velvet bows In front give a pretty finishing touch. A vanilla bean kept in a box of sugar will impart a delicate flavor to the sugar. A ruffle on the bottom of a work apron well starched will prevent spots on the skirt below. No excuse for fragments to lodge in corners and crevices of the refrig erator when skewers will dislodge them so quickly. An authority on fine laundering says that hot water should not be used in washing fine table linen or embroider ed doilies. Cold water, white soap and borax, If not a borax soap, should be used instead. 'To clean a whitewashed celling mix starch and water into a paste and apply it to the ceiling with a piece of soft flannel. Leave it to dry and then brush it ofT lightly with a brush. The blackness will come* off with the starch and the ceiling will be most satisfactorily clean. ■ Ribbon Embroideries. Ribbon embroideries for dress gar niture are an example of old things masquerading in new uses. We have long been familiar with this pretty style of work on all sorts of fancy articles for milady’s use, but in the new ornamentation of dress acces sories these appear altogether differ ent. Many an otherwise quite ordi nary gown owes its air of distinction to a little of this decoration on vest and cuff, bodice or belt. Given the materials—and the right sort of rib bon can now be had at almost any embroidery or department store—the work goes easily and quickly, and al most any woman who can use a needle at all can get satisfactory dec orative effects with these French em broidery ribbons. Small floral pat terns are the prettiest, and one stitch makes a petal, while touches of gold thread and spangles or beads can be introduced with the happiest results. Done on lace in scattered sprays or little wreaths the ribbon work is par ticularly effective and, entre nous, is a great stunt for refurbishing and freshening a gown that needs the touch. Velvet Waist. Blouse of violet velvet slightly draped at the bottom and ornamented witn Duttons. A shaped band of the velvet bordered with a plaiting of taffeta to match, forms the collar, over which is a turn-over of em-1 broidery in deli cate colors. The waistcoat is composed of over lapping pieces of the velvet, ornamented with little but tons. It is finished with little lace ruffles. The chemisette is also of lace, and the girdle is of the velvet. The full sleeves are finished with cuffs made like the waistcoat, and also with prettily draped lace ruffles. Girl Can Make Fluffy Boa. One of the prettiest ideas in neck ruffles is the feathery ribbon affair, which can easily be made at home. It simply consist of a rose quilling of eight-inch ribbon, fastened upon a two inch or three-inch foundation of can vas. with about an inch of the entire edge of the ribbon, both sides frayed to make a soft, silky fringe. To each end of the ruff are attached two little tails made in the same pattern, though without the canvas founda and of four-inch ribbon. Plain satin ribbon is the best for this, for it is firm and holds its folds out well. New Ripple from Paris. Dainty evening wrist bags, which cry “Paris” from every fold of the silk of which they are composed, are among the new novelties. They are quaint little brocaded affairs, with jeweled clasps. Each contains a lit tle mirror, a powder puff, and a touch of the bloom of youth. Dainty Baby Pincushions. Baby pincushions are tiny heart shaped ones embroidered to match the pillow, and they always have “baby” embroidered across the top. Handkerchief cushions, which come in the bureau set, are made from a single small mouchoir of sheerest linen edged with insertion and a frill of lace. STREET COSTUMES FROM PARIS. - The costume at the left Is of violet cloth. The bell skirt is finished with a deep flounce headed and trimmed with braid. The short bolero is trim med with braid and buttons. The waistcoat and collar are of velvet em broidered with gold. The girdle is composed of bands of braid finished in front with knots and buckles. The sleeves are plaited into the armhole, then finished just below the elbow with cuffs of the braid and also cuffs of the embroidered velvet. The other costume is of checked wool. The bell skirt is made with a plaited front, which is cut in one piece with the flounce. The latter is headed by u shaped band of the material finished at the ends with crossed straps and buttons. The blouse is plaited to a round yoke, from which escape two straps crossed in front. The collar, buttons and girdle are of velvet, the first ornamented with embroidery. The sleeves are trimmed to corre SDond. ALL TELL UNTRUTHS LYING NECESSARY AS BREATH ING, SAYS WRITER. Impossible for a Man Consistently to Cling to Facts and Retain Either Friends or Business—But There Are Varieties of Lies. Everybody lies. And almost everybody lies about It. There are only a few of us who re alize that lying is as natural and as necessary as breathing. Whoever at tempted to pass through the world with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth on his lips must be an unmitigated fool. It is much worse to be a fool than to be a knave. Those lies are evil which produce evil results. Truths which do the same thing are equally evil. The end and not the means is deplorable. Which would you respect more, the man who told a sensitive but weather beaten spinster that she looked every day of her age, or the man who in sisted that she never had been pret tier? No person who clings to facts per sistently can be kind or generous or loving. Such a maniac would not be tolerated in good society for an hour, and his business, if he embarked up on one, would bankrupt him. How long could a doctor or a lawyer or a clergyman exist if he never, never, never told a falsehood? Then why pretend that it is wrong to lie and that you yourself wouldn’t think of Isuch a thing? Mark Twain confesses that his first lapse from the path of veracity might have been recorded when he was two days old. At the age of twenty-four hours somebody stuck a pin into him, he cried, and was petted into quiet comfort. There being neither pin nor comfort the next afternoon, he cried again, thus not only perpetrating a falsehood, but getting a petting under false pretenses. Books written by sensible men glor ify the art of prevarication. Tallyrand said: “Speech was invented to conceal thought.” Voltaire remarked: “We must lie to live.” A clever American wrote a story entitled “Who Lies?” simply to show the absurdity of truth telling. There are three kinds of liars—good liars, bad liars and malicious liars. The first two classifications are in tended to separate the artist who knows how to falsify from the tyro who doesn’t. A clever liar must have ingenuity, imagination, memory, cour age, presence of mind and great his trionic ability. A truth teller need not even possess brains. Cameras and phonographs tell the truth. Women are born liars. Men acquire the knack. Most fanatics on this subject split hairs to make watch chains for their consciences. They feel honest if they abide by the letter of the law. To them a lie must be oral or it isn’t a lie. It doesn’t occur to them that any thing which creates a false impression is a falsehood, even if it be silence. The worst liar I know of is deaf and dumb. He solicits alms and has a bank account. Malicious Lies are wrong. So are malicious truths. The jealous rival who spreads a report of my failure is equally a skunk whether I have failed or not. The majority of falsehoods injure no one and serve an extremely useful purpose. Whoever urges the contrary helps to make sneaks. Sneak ing is the meanest of sins. Let us not sneak. Let us come out in the open and lie squarely, looking into the eyes of the man opposite and prevaricating decently, kindly. courteousTy and sen sibly. That’s honest.—Channing Pol lock, in The Show. The Miser. There once was a miser of laughter and smiles. Who hoarded those treasures In fast mounting piles. He kept them all sealed in an ivory box. And nothing that happened unfastened the locks. At last, growing aged, from business adrift. He planned to enjoy the results of his thrift. The best of his store he discovered, with tea rs Was stolen away by the slow thieving years. The moth on the smiles had been feast ing betimes. And rust had corroded the silvery chimes. Too late for the miser of laughter and smiles He wrested the secret of saving and wiles— To scatter those riches abroad In the air. For inoth. rust nor robber can pilfer them there. —McLandburgh Wilson In New York Sun. Test Mal-de-Mer Remedies. On the occasion of a medical con gress to be held at Lisbon in April, the League Against Sea-sickness will charter a steamship, which will start from Hamburg and call at Antwerp, Dover, Cherbourg and Pauillac, on her way to Portugal, for the purpose of testing the hundred-odd methods of overcoming sea-sickness which have been submitted to the notice of the league. .American Imports. The American financial condition was so easy in 1905 that we were able to import $648,000,00 worth of dutiable foreign goods, an excess over 1904 of $103,000,000, and over 1903 of $98,000, 000 ; at the same time our Imports of free goods amounted to $530,000,000, an excess over 1904 of $40,000,000 and over 1903 of $93,000,000. Together, those increases in 1905 over 1904 amuunted to $143,000,000. Turkey’s Record “Lay.” A turkey owned by Mr. Essam, a farmer of Fleckney, Leicestershire, England, has laid forty-nine eggs in fifty-four days during this winter. This is said to beat all records, as the “lay” of the turkey very strangely exceeds twenty eggs. Value of Little Things. If two kernels were added to each ear of corn grown in Missouri last year, $200,000 would be added to the ▼alne of the Missouri corn crop. This statement was made recently by George B. Ellis, secretary of the state board of agriculture. QMBGDBE) SH0QJ35 Extremes Meeting. “Poor Jack! he goes ahead so fast he always says something ridiculous. We are going to have the celling of our clubhouse repainted and how do you think he put the matter before the house committee in its confer ence?” “How?” "He said: ‘Gentlemen, the decora tion of the celling is now on the car pet.” Hoped So. Rivers—“Suppose there is anything in that report about the Ipdykes get ting ready to go to Paris in order to keep their daughter from marrying young Hlghmus?” Brooks (writing away for dear life) —“If the city editor takes the same view of it that I do, old chap, there's a four column first page story in it." Very Dry. Jones—We shall have a dry spell now that the rain is over. Bones—I had a dry spell before the rain was over; the storm kept me in the house and I couldn’t get out to get a drink. He Promised. Mamma—"Now. Jimmy, you must promise me not to steal any more of those preserves.” Jimmy—"All right, mamma. I'll promise, honest Injun, cross my heart.” Mamma—"Why are you so willing? That looks suspicious.” Jimmy—"I’ve et all there was there.” Sufficient Reason. Hoogley—“Yeh, I’m mighty glad I ain’t got no children.” Pepprey—“It’s Just as well.” Hoogley—"Sure it is.” Pepprey—“Yes, for in these days of free education they wouldn’t be able to escape some knowledge of gram mar, and they’d be forever correcting you.” A Question. Boggs—That man who shot himself had been drinking. Foggs—Then it wasn’t the pistol that killed him. but the drink. Boggs—Would you arrest man who had a bottle in his pocket for carry ing concealed weapons? Given Out at Last. “General,” said the shade of Em erson, "I should like to know the truo story of the cherry tree episode.” “Well, it was this way,” replied tho shade of General Washington. “Papa said to me: ‘George, did you cut down that prunus seratina?’ ‘No, papa,’ said I, ‘I can not tell a lie. I did not.’ And there the incident closed. You see, the tree was not a prunus seratina at all, but a prunus cerasus.” Already Engaged, Perhaps. “Yes, I love you, George," said the beautiful young heiress, “but I'll have to speak to mamma.” “You mean I’ll have to speak to her.” “No, I will. You see, she’s home ward bound from Europe, where she’s been for the last three months, and she may have engaged me to some nobeman while 6he was there.” At the Opera. The manager and critic stood gazing down on the wealth and fashion in the boxes. “Ah,” whispered the critic, “that is what I call money.” “Yes,” replied the manager, as the buzz of conversation floated up, “and now I know what they mean when they say 'money talks.”' Unsatisfactory. “It took me some time to under stand your amendment to that bill,” said the admiring friend. “Do you think you understand it now?” asked Senator Sorghum anx iously. “Perfectly.” “Then I’ll have to do it over. That amendment wasn't intended to be un derstood.” The Odd Part. “Yes,” said the Chicagoan, “he’s got the queerest way o’ drinkin' his cof fee.” UP TO MARIE Doctor—Is the cough any easier, madam? Patient—I think not. Marie, cough for the doctor as you heard me this morning.—Philadelphia Bulletin. An End to Romance. The groom had asked his rich bride for a million. “Not on your blessed life,” she re sponded blithely, as though this did not mean the sundering of sacred ties, “but if carfare will do you any good I’ll stake you to a nice, long ride." Thus they parted, and the public press, issued for the uplifting of the masses, made appropriate chronicle. Real Stage Tragedy. “You think you could play Hamlet! Go to.” "S'death!” hissed the tragedian; "you sordid managers do but envy me me fame. Then, forsooth, swallowing me just rancor and proper pride, may I bespeak a minor part?” “Too bad," said the manager; "you haven’t enough brains for Hamlet and have too much for the skull.” Glad of It. “Dar aln’ gwinter be no whlppin’ pos'," said Mrs. Thisbe Brown. "No,” answered Mrs. Sophronia Jackson, ‘‘an’ I mils' say I’s glad of it. Dis idea of havin’ ’em walk into yoh house an’ boss yoh own husban’ aroun’' looks too much like govern’ ment ownership to suit me.”—Wash ington Star. Shun the Light. Miss Knox—“Miss Passay likes to give the impression that she's quite brave.” Miss Pepprey—"How?” Miss Knox—"She says she's not afraid of the dark-” Miss Pepprey—"I don’t wonder. If 1 had her complexion I'd prefer the dark.” Auto Talk. “I thought you said Prof. Blank is a linguist.” "He speaks seven different tongues. Isn't that enough?” “I should say not. Doesn’t do him a particle of good. I took him to the auto show last night and he couldn't understand anything that was said.” Circumstantial Evidence. “My neighbor blames me for every thing that happens to his place; he says my dog does all the mischief.” “I noticed he was very angry at the disappearance this morning of his rubber mat.” “Yes, he even laid that at my door.” —Baltimore American. As It May Be. “Now, tell me,” said Mrs. Hiram OfTen, “why did you leave your last place?” “Well,” replied the new cook-lady, “me an’ the woman couldn't git along. My automobile an’ hers was different makes an’ we was always discussin' about ’em.” Different Kind of Strength. Sillimug — "There Is. as much strength in an egg as in a pound of meat.” Gotabug—“I should say so. I’ve smelt eggs that had more strength than a hundred pounds of beef!” A Little Game. “I made my first dollar picking up chips,” said the self-made man. “And who staked you to the stack you started In on?” was the Inter viewer’s absentminded question. Motors to Match Smart girl (to keen motorist)—My sister has bought a beautiful motor car. Keen motorist—Really! What kind? Smart girl—Oh, a lovely sage green, to go with her frocks. Looked Like IL Yeast—“I see a man went up from West Point, the other day, in a bal loon, and was up four hours.” Crimsonbeak—“Indeed! Were they hazing him?”—Washington Star. Usual Outcome. “I feel awful sorry for young Jen kins and Miss Jones. You know they have been going together for nearly three years and now they have final ly decided they are not good enough for each other.” ‘‘What caused it?” “Their parents got together and talked it over.” For Economic Reasons. Throggins—I thought you swore off smoking Jan. 1. Plunkett—I was going to do it, but my wife called my attention to the fact that she needed 467 more cigars coupons before she could get the chafing dish she had set her heart on having, and I’ve got to keep it up awhile longer. Little Things. “That woman is very strict in her moral ideas, isn't she?” “Strict! I should say so. She won't let her son have any other kind of dog than a St. Bernard, nor her her daughter play anything but an upright piano.” All He Gets Now. “Yes, we gave our president a vote of increased confidence.” “I thought you always voted him an increased salary?” "That was before the investigation epidemic.” Brainy Mary. "Mary makes good hash, doesn’t she? And she hasn’t any recipe, either.” "What does she make it out of?” “Out of her own head.” Utilizing His Curves. “George left the infantry company.” "Why?” “They told him his legs had the proper curve for the cavalry.” “Out of his saucer, I suppose,’ re marked PeDn. “Of course, but I say he does it in a queer way. He holds his thumb un derneath and his four fingers on top of the rim.” Midnight Supper. Gunner—“So the famous baseball player ate a welsh rarebit before re tiring and had some wonderful dreams? Were his dreams character istic of his profession?” Guyer—“I should say so. Why, he was pitching and tossing all night.” After the Investigation. “Why is it that some of the bright boys who know everything the teach er asks do not turn out to be great business men?” “Perhaps,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax, “it’s because they get into the habit of answering questions.” Encouraging. Dick—"Suppose I should steal a 1 kiss?” Dolly—“I defy you.” Dick—“And suppose I should steal two or three?” Dolly—“I would never give up. I should keep on defying you.” No Poetry There. “You know,” remarked Mr. Kulm sey, "they say dancing is the poetry of motion.” “Huh!” snorted Miss Grace, just recovering from a waltz with him, “but when the feet get twisted it's mere doggerel.” A Mortal Blow. Dorcas—“The operation was suc cessful, but the patient couldn’t sur vive the shock.” Mrs. Dorcas—“Gracious! How careless to let a poor man in his con dition find out what the operation cost.”—Puck. WISE FATHER. “Want my daughter, eh? What are your prospects?” "Well, I own a gold mine.” “Working it?” “No; working the public with it.” “Take her and be happy.”—Scraps. New Movement. “Senator, are you in favor of gov emment ownership?” “I have opposed it hitherto, sir, but I believe I am in favor now of the government owning and operating the maple groves and sausage factories.” How It Is Done in High Life. Knicker—What will become of their children? Bocker—They will be taken from the servants of the father and brought up by the servants of the mother. Not in the Habit. “Smile and the world smiles with you,” said Rounder, who was a little mixed in his quotation. “Not with me,” chuckled Bender, who believed in Dutch treats. "When t ‘smile’ I smiie alone.” Curiosity. Mr. Dovey—And what is this, pet? Mrs. Dovey—That is angel cake, love. Mr. Dovey—And what did my sweetheart start out to make? Blocked. Mr. Borem—Could I see Miss Fibbs? Maid—Faix. that’s wat she was wonderin’ as ye came acrost the street. Mr. Borem—Ah! Then she's not in. Maid—Yes, but she’s not at home. Queer Politics. Wyld—Some queer things in poll tics. Ryer—For instance? Wyld—A fellow has to set up liquids to make himself solid.—Judg™ Last Words. King Bowlemover—Before I knock your block off, is there anything you wish to say? Missionary-Yes, you may tell my interior » dTrt6d f°r the African interior.—New York Telegram. Practiced What He,Preached. t Hills—Gruet says that he believes me^eePlnS iD t0UCh Wtth his fellow/" Mills Well, there aren’t manv of » 1 them that he hasn’t touched.