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Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield. As Told by an Old Salt ^ By Mrs. Sch uyler- Cramninshield ^ How a United States Captain Tried to Steal a Confederate Gen eral—An Interesting Event of 1864 When Lieut. Cushing was Commanding the Monticeilo. a Plucky Little Craft with a Plucky Young Captain—The Wife of a Rear Admiral Tells the Story. V- * v (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) (Mrs. Schuyler Crown inshield, wife of Rear Admiral Crowninshield. by reason of her talents, is quite as well known to the public as is the distinguished naval officer whose name she bears. Following the succesB of her earlier books Mrs. <'rowninshieid has won still wider recog nition in the literary field by her “.The Archbishop and the Lady,” and its at tractive sequel, “Valencia's Garden. ’) ‘ When you said, ‘Sir, you'd like to have me spin ye a yarn,’ I really couldn't believe my ears. That any one should want to hear the maun derings of an old salt like me would never have entered into my calcula tions. “You asked me what heroic deeds I'd done, and if I couldn’t tell you some of ’em, an’ I’ve been layin’ awake nights since that and ponderin’ and ruminatin’ in the daytime as I smoked my pipe, and wonderin’ what I could tell you, but Lord bless your soul! I never did a heroic deed in my whole life! As I was tryin’ to think up somethin', just to show you that I would like to please you, it suddenly came to my mind that I could tell you of a heroic deeo of somebody elses. and that would be much better worth hearin' about than anythin’ I ever done. And if you’ll listen, sir, I guess when I get through you'll say that nothin’ that I could tell would prove more for man’s clash, courage or love of adventure. * “The man I speak of was Lieut. Wil liam Cushing. God forgive me for calling him just a man. A gentle man. every inch of him! An officer, every inch of him! And a daredevil, flesh, blood, mind, heart and soul! Now, I happened to be shipmates with Lieut. Cushing when he commanded the Monticello in 1864. Shipmates? You think he wouldn't like me saying *o? Bless your soul! An officer and a gentleman’s never too high and mighty to speak to an old sailor who's weathered danger with him, nor to •call him ’old shipmate’ when he meets him ashore after a cruise is up. "At sea it’s a different matter; dis cipline muse be maintained, and I'd know better than even to hint that an •officer should treat me familiarly, while we were actin' in our relative ixjsitions of officer and man. Why, 1 met the lieutenant after the last light we was in together and he patted me on the back as friendly as" you please, and he handed me the loan I asked of him, just as if he ■owed it to me, though, God forgive me, the debt was on the other side of the pair of us. “Well, sir, to get down to my story, Lieut. Cushing was commanding the Monticello in February, ’64, and, of course, he was her cap'n. I won’t go into the hackneyed talk of ‘how we all loved him.’ Do you know how old he was? Just 24, as I'm a livin' sinner. “For some time we hadn't found anything to do, and the days had hung rather heavy on our hands. We was always ■ lookin’ out Tor somethin' to turn up, but though we were under way and at anchor, going in close and drawing off again, dodging around < ^ Frying Pan shoals and steaming up and down off Fort Fisher and New, inlet, those wretched blockade run ners would douse the glim and slip by us in the night, over and over. The Monticello was not a very big boat, but she was plucky, and her; ■commander was a match for her. One day I noticed there seemed to be something going on. Preparations seemed to be making for a landing First we saw the old man get in | the gig and pull over to the flag- j ship, askin' permission, maybe, and ! then, along about night, I saw’ that there seemed to be some’ sort of con sultation and talk among the officers. I asked the signal quartermaster what was up, and he answered me politely that I could go and ask the cap’n. Then I asked the orderly who was round the cabin door to run errands and messages. He told me to go right in the cabin and ask the cap'n, and probably he'd tell me all about it. Then I asked an afterguard-sweeper what all the rumpus was, and he said he was darned if he knew, but he thought they was gettin’ ready to go a-fishin'. Well, I felt pretty well snubbed, and by an afterguard-sweep er, too! “So I watched and waited and pre tended I had w’ork to do around the cabin. I went aft and bung around the port. I heard Cap’n Cushing talk ing with some of his officers, and I found that they were goin' somewhere, but from their talk I judged that if they were goin’ a-fishin' it must be for something as big as a whaie or a sea. serpent. One of the officers said: “ ‘Cap'n, I wish you'd let me take charge of the expedition.' “ ‘Who would look out for the ship?’ asked the old man. “ ‘Why, pardon me, cap'n, I could go in your place.’ “Then I heard Cap’n Cushing laugh —the sort of laugh that says: ‘I guess you don't know me.' “ ‘No, no,' said the cap'n. ‘You have your work to do here. It's a great deal harder to stay behind, and that's why I choose you to do it I know I’m selfish, but I always was in a case like this, and you'll just have to put up with it. Orderly!’ “I heard the orderly come running aft. '■ ‘Tell Acting Ensign Jones that I wish to speak with him, and ask Acting Master’s Mate Howorth to come into the cabin.’ “Then I knew that he was in for something desperate, for those were two as plucky officers as we had on board the old Monticello. I couldn’t really say with justice that they were the most plucky, for there wasn’t a pin’s point, it seemed to me. to choose between any of ’em. “Well. I stood and listened. Of course I knew it, wasn’t right, but I was bound to And out what they were up to. I heard the officer who had been urgin’ that he might go along rise and sigh and go out of the door. Later, when I crept back- to my sta tion, I saw him walkin''up and down, up and down and lookin’ oh the deck and shakin’ his head, and I heard him say: ‘Just my luck! Just my luck!’ From this you can see how many skeery ones there was in the ship, “In a moment Acting Ensign Jones was in the cabin, and shortly after Mr. Howorth followed him. The en sign was oat of breath. “ ‘O, cap’n,’ he said, T hope you’re going to take me.’ “ ‘Take you where?’ asked the old man. I could hear the smile in his voice. ' “ ‘Wherever you’re going, cap n. I know something's up, sir. I can’t say what—I’ll—do, but. I’ll—I'll—• “There was silence. I peeked in through the port. There was Mr. Howorth stand In', his mouth working sideways like a dingey in the trough of the sea. and actually, if you'il-be lieve me, his eyes were full of tears. He might have known he was goin', and cryin’. Dang me, if I didn't be lieve I should boo-hoo over the rail, too, if somehow or other I didn’t get onto that boat. " ‘Of course, you’re going.’ said the cap’a, ‘and now whom shall we take along?’ “The mesa’s names were discussed. There’s so and so, and there's so and so. Finally they mentioned me. My heart actually stopped heating. r ‘Well, they’re all good fellows,' said the old man. *•'Suppose we call for volunteers,’ ■aid one of the officers. 51 ■ ■;-J' - ipr ,'v ■ ■ - ^ I sliali have to select some. The trou ble is that those on board will feel it a personal matter if they are left behind.’ ‘1 nearly put my bead into the port and shouted: ‘Take me!’ but I knew that such a breach of discipline would land me in the brig, with no going ashore for a week, perhaps, so I crept back to the fo’c’sle and waited. “By and by I saw the bos'n’s mate come aft and call a man from below. Then he called another and another. Bnt I didn’t hear my name. As each man’s name was spoken the rest looked down-hearted enough, but kept their eyes fixed On the bos'n’s mate, hoping their’s would be the next name. At last all were called. Then the bos'n's mate began to walk away, the men following him. “•Oh!’ 1 said, ‘is that all?’ “ ‘That's all, my lad,’ said the mas ter-at-arms. “1 tailed on to the line and walked up with the others.' That’s where 1 considered myself just a leetie smart er than the rest of ’em. The men were marched up to the mast, where the cap'n and the first lieutenant stood. “ ‘My men,’ said the cap’n., ‘I'm go ing ashore on a rather dangerous ex pedition to-night. Do you want to go?’ “ ‘Aye, aye, sir,’ said every man, and I among them. “ ‘Who told you to come, young ster?’ said the bos’n’s mate to me. “‘Don't send me back,’ said I. ‘If you won’t. I’ll give you all my to bacco for months to come.’ “ ‘You can't bribe me,’ said the bos'n'6 mate. ‘You haven’t got your eyes open yet. Go back to your quar ters.’ “ ‘What is that, bos'n's mate?’ said the old man. “ ‘I’m only telling him that he isn’t needed, sir,’ said he. ‘We have all that you called for. I’ve chosen the biggest and oldest and those who have had the most experience.’ “ ‘May I speak to the cap’n?’ said I. “ ‘No; get back to your—’ “ ‘What is it, my lad?’ asked the cap'n. “I just gave one glance at the bos’n's mate. Now, wasn’t that like him—our cap’n, I mean? I can see him now, hardly more than a lad, looking at me as if he was 50. “ ‘Let me go! Oh, do please, sir, let me. Oh, do! Oh, do! Oh, sir, please, cap’n, cir!’ “The cap'n laughed. ‘The spirit of the ship!’ he said. “If it was the spirit of the ship, I knew who put it there. " 'Have we room for one more,, bos'n?’ asked the cap’n, turning to where the bos’n was ordering the boats lowered. “ 'Yes. sir,’ said the bos’n, “if he’ll stow himself in the bows.’ “ ‘Very well, then, my man,* said! the cap’n. “While the boats were being low ered I ran below just to tell my gun’s crew and crow over the rest of ’em, and was on deA again quicker than you could say Jack Robinson. “We got over the side and stowed ourselves away. There were two boats, three officers and 20 men, and perhaps because I was so young the cap'n ordered me to get into his boat. We none of us knew what the old man was up to, but we had heard the word Smithville, and we knew that Gen. Herbert’s headquarters were there, and the report said that there was about a thousand men under arms in the barracks. Wre didn’t right understand it, but we knew it was all right if Cap’n Cushing said it was. “I can tell you we were as quiet as mice as we passed the forts at the mouth of the river and rowed quiet ly up to the town. As we passed the forts a steamer was coming down the river. Her lights were extinguished, but we heard her paddle wheels and the throb of^er engines, and pres ently the black mass loomed up just ahead of us* I felt the boat give a sudden lurch, as the cap’n ported his helm to get out of the way of the great thing which would have run us down as easily as I could crush a fly. .When we had steered clear of her I heard the old man say: ‘That was the Scotia. I meant to try her first if she had been at the wharf, but it would have been foolhardy while she was under way, and per haps would" hare separated us from the other boat. I should like very much to call upon the captain of the Scotia. I shall try it, I think, when she returns.’ "The Scotia was a blockade run ner which we had often hoped to catch and bum. And now that she was out of the way, I wondered what plan oar commanding officer had in liis head. As we pulled ashore I saw a big building looming np, which some one said was the hotel. There were one or two lights In it, and I wondered if it was full of confederate officers and soldiers, and if our cap tain expected to capture ’em with two officers and 20 men, all. told. “We got out of the boats, and the cap’n ordered the men to hide them selves under the bank. Some of us he ordered to come with him, and you. may be sure I didn’t .stay behind. If there was going to be fun, I was go ing in for it. The fifst thing we did was to capture some negroes who were at the salt works. "I heard the cap’n ask: "Where is Gen. Herbert?* to which the men re plied: ‘Right tip dah, sah, In de ho tel. sah!* “Cap'n Cushing then left some of our men to guard the boats. "He said:: I don’t want tc» many. They would hinder me. I’ll take you with me. Jones, and you, Howorth, and one sea man.’ He chose, of course, a brawny old fellow who had been with him in various expeditions, but though I was not asked to accompany ’em, I crept along after, for I meant to be in it now, as I told you, if there was to be any fun.. The others walked quietly up through the garden, and I followed. The first thing I heard' wits i window being pushed up gently. 1 stepped upon the piazza and looked into the room. Cap’n Cushing was al ready in the Ann and so were Mir. lanes and Mr. Howorth- There wni i lamp burning low. ▲ figure rate up In the bed.' " -Who’s there?* said a vale*. ’ “Gen. Herbert, you may au mud get tip and come with ns,' said Cap*n Cushing. “T am not Gen. Herbert,’ said the man in the bed. “ ’Not Gen. Herbert? Who are you, then?’ said the old man, and pretty sharply, too. Perhaps you can imag ine the tone in which Cap’n Cush ing said this. I never heard a voice so full of disappointment in all my life. “ ‘I am the chief of the engineer forces here.’ " ‘Where is Gen. Herbert?’ “ ‘He has gone to Wilmington,’ said the engineer. “ ‘Clone to Wilmington! ’ echoed Capn Cushing. Well, if we can’t find the principal we will have to take one of his accessories. What is your name, sir?’ “ ‘Capt. ReiTly, at your service.’ “ ‘Very well, captain. Get up. if you please, and dress, for you must go with us.’ L “Just here there was a rush of some one down the stairs outside the door. There was a dash at the win dow and a quiet scuffle began and a general set-io, and then I saw some , one jump off the end of the veranda ! and run out into the garden. I thought it might be the general, and 1 sprang I out after the fleeing figure, but I ! looked in vain. I could see no one, the night was so dark. I heard only a rustling among the trees and shrubs and then the person dashed away into the woods near the house. I thought of pursuing him, but 1 now heard the rest of my party passing through the garden and out of the gate, and, thinking that anything else that I could do would only annoy and delay ’em, and that the person who had dashed out of the window had gone to give the alarm and turn out the whole thousand soldiers upon us, I decided to follow the old man and the officers. I found out afterward that the per son who had run away was the adju tant general, and he was so flabber gasted at being waked up with the noise that he really took to the woods and forgot to give the alarm. “But, now, just think of a young ster like Cap'n Cushing starting on an expedition with only two boats and 20 men, rowing in past the forts, landing, capturing prisoners and go ing into the stronghold of the en emy with the purpose of capturing the general commanding. I thought of it as I walked down to the boats and I could hardly believe that had been the cause of our expedition. We went back to the boats and got silently in. The prisoner was, you may be sure, well guarded, with a pistol at hiB head. Had he cried out it might have been bad for us, but worse for him, for he would have dropped dead in his tracks before we took to our boats. "When it comes to deliberately sac rificing your life for your country where nothing much is to be gained, a man hesitates. The prisoner hes itated and was saved. The sentry on the wharf was not 50 yards away from us, and we were about 50 yards from the Smithville fort They were brave men, of course. No one ever belittled our enemy of the confede rate army, and it was only that it never occurred to them what dar ing and dash Cu3hing possessed that the place was not better guarded. We got silently into our boats and float ed down the river. The men all pulled quietly and steadily. Not a word was spoken, but suddenly a light flashed out from Fort Caswell. A signal light! Ah, then they had discovered us? They had at least ‘discovered that strange boats were in the harbor, and their shots rang out, but wide of the mark. We heard ’em splashing in the dis tance, but not one came near us. I heard the cap’n say that the papers he captured were not important, but he had the engineer officer in safe keeping enough, and he sent him on the first opportunity to Acting Rear Admiral Lee, at Hampton Roads, Vir ginia. "Now, it happened that a short time after this some prisoners were to be exchanged. I was on deck, snoopin' 'round as usual, as the boat pushed off. I didn't ask to go in that boat. Exchangin’ prisoners was dull work, for you are protected by a flag of truce all the way to the shore and all the way back again. I noticed, few volunteers there were, and just those men were sent whom the first lieutenant picked out and ordered to go. AAuone of the officers waB going over the side with the last instructions Cap’n Cushing called out: " ‘Oh, by the way. will yon be kind enough to hand Gen. Herbert my card?’ The officer seemed surprised, but of course he turned round, sa luted, and said: ‘Yes, sir,’ waiting while the old man fumbled in his pocket for a card. At last he found it. Then he felt for a pencil, and I had the bad manners to cast my eye over his shoulder as he wrote. The card looked like this: •.LIEUT.' W.'‘b.’' CUBHINg].: United States Navy, ; : Commanding U. S. S. Monticello. : ‘Then I saw him scribble over the top of his name ‘Compliments of,’ and underneath the words ‘U. S. Navy* 1 saw that he wrote the words: “ ‘Very sorry you were not at home when t called. Hope for better luck next time.’ “Now think of that from a lad of 24 to a general commanding a gar rison! “Yon see. sir, 1 told yon the truth. 1 bad no heroic deeds to relate of my self, for I only looked on and followed wh ere .a youngster led the way.” The Victoria Cross. The British Victoria cross carries a pension of about $50 a year for privates and noncommissioned of fleers. The cross is worn on the .left breast, suspended by a red ribbon for the army, a blue for the navy. To Forget. To forget la the great secret of. strong and creative natures—to for get after the manner of Nature her self, who knows no pgst. who begins afresh at every hour the*mysteries of her an warranted travail.—Balsac. Very Likely. Answer to n correspondent—A cro quette, we believe, to s . TO RENOVATE THE CARPET. Treatment That Will Make It Almost Like New. Many a perfectly good carpet be comes shabby and worn-looking with out being actually old. The figures lose their brightness and the grain is rough and unkempt looking. Here is a simple process by which the carpet or rug will once more look present able, and as good as new. It is vouch ed for by a contemporary. Cut an ounce of yellow soap into j squares, and with them make a lather ! with a pint of clear boiling water. Add to this lather a quart of hot water and an ounce of borax. Place the mixture on the range, and bring the entire preparation to a boil. Remove it, set it to cool, and when quite cold add one ounce each of alcohol and ammonia and half an ounce of glycerin. Wipe over only a small portion of the carpet at a time, and rub vigor- I ously with a clean flannel (which should be repeatedly turned as it be comes soiled) dipped into the mix ture, until finally all the spots are re movA and the color revived." The result will be surprising, for the change and improvement are re markable. SALSIFY FRITTERS^ARE GOOD.' Will Prove Excellent Substitute for Fried Oysters. Scrape and slice a quart of salsify roots and simmer in boiling salted water until tender. If they are to be used for dinner at night they should be put to cook early in the afternoon. Let the water boil off instead of drain ing. in order to preserve the line oy ster flavor of the plant. Press through a colander. Sift into a bowl a pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow der and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Beat two eggs thoroughly and add to them enough sweet milk to make a good muffin batter when added to the dry ingredients. Drop in the salsify, season with pepper and more salt if necessary. Have ready a frying pan in which is a tablespoonful of good pork drjppings or olive oil, and when smoking hot drop in the fritters from the point of a spoon. When brown on one side, turn with a perforated ladle, rest for a moment on soft paper to absorb all grease, and serve hot. These are almost as good as' fried oysters. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Hang a child's blackboard in the kitchen with a piece of chalk at tached. It is more convenient than pencil and paper and not so easily lost. It will be economy to finish youi sheets with the same width hem at each end. By so doing they can be used either side up, and gain much wear. Cold water, a* tablespoonful of am monia and soap will remove machine grease when other means would not answer on account of colors running If a few drops of glycerin be added to the starch for linens, it will be found that the iron will not stick and that the linens will have a beautiful gloss after they are ironed. Use a clean brick to stand the iron on when ironing instead of the usual ironing stand. It has no holes under neath to admit the .air and the irons will retain their heat much longer. New shoes often do not take a good polish. They will do so if they ai" rubbed over with a cut lemon before they are blacked. A cut raw potatc may be used instead of the lemon if the latter is not to be had. ------ White Cream Pie. Prepare a crust as for lemon pie. One .cup of milk, one tablespoonful of flour, half scant cup of granulated sugar, one teaspoonful vaniila extract, whites of three eggs. Add to the flour about one-fourth of the milk, or enough to mix it thoroughly. Put the sugar into the remainder of the milk, place on the fire, and when it boils add the flour. Let this boil about a minute, or until the flour is thoroughly cooked, stirring it the while. Remove from the fire and add the vanilla. Have ready the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Pour over them the hot boiled milk and flour and stir all well together. Then pour this into the pie crust, which has previous ly been baked. Place in the oven un til the top is a nice brown. To Caramel a Mold. Put in a. mold six tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar with enough wa ter to moisten it. Set the mold on the stove; the sugar will melt and •brown. Meanwhile, with a fork or a spoon, keep constantly stirring. When it becomes a golden brown keep on the fire and* turn the mold over on all its sides, allowing the sugar to spread and even helping it with'the fork or spoon. When the mold is well covered with the car amel then pour in the mixture. Nut Loaf Substitute for Meat. To one pint dry crumbs add one teaspoon of parsley, 'half teaspoonful sage, one cupful finely chopped celery, one-half sour apple, one heaping tea spoonful finely minced onion fried to a golden brown in two tablespoonfuls. b itter, one and' one-half cups milk, two eggs, and one cup chopped nuts. Form into a long loaf and bake for one hour in baking pan, basting it frequently. Cucumber Catsup. After peeling large, ripe cucumbers remove the seeds. Mince up fine and place in colander to drain for 15 min utes. To ever}- quart of pulp add two tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish, one teaspoon of salt, one-half pint of vinegar and one-half saltspoon of pep ,per. Mix thoroughly and fill small bottles. This is fine with fish or game. Keeping Goat in Stable. There is an old fashioned precau tion of keeping a goat in a stable. Supposing always that the animals are loose, the goat will leave the stable on the outbreak of fire, and the horses will follow the goat when no amount of persuasion from man will get. the terrified creatures to budge. This Country's Women Workers. *j The United States baa a greater pro portion of working women than any otter country la th# world. , What It Costs to Dress Stylishly A woman who wishes the name of being well dressed, as fashion knows 1 the term, must have at least five or six imported costumes; also an equal number of domestic afternoon and evening dresses and of tailor-made gowns. There must be an appropriate hat for every out-of-door gown; and these cost anywhere from $50 to $100 or $200 apiece. In summer a fashionable woman must have -40 or 50 lingerie gowns, ranging from the cobweb of lace to the simple mull, costing not more than $150. She must have morn ing gowns—she will pay $125 for a simple muslin with perhaps two yards of inexpensive 1 action it. Half a dozen evening coats for'winter; and an equal number of lace or" silk for summer, are a matter of course. When the Irish lace crochet coats first became popular, one New York shop sold 450 in a month, no one of them priced less than $200. And the accessories, are in proportionate extravagance; for lingerie, handkerchiefs, scarfs and fans $5,000 or $6,000 a year is a con servative estimate. A pair of gloves is worn but once; and delicate shoes, made of imported leather to match the tint of a fabric, j suffer a similar eclipse after a debut in a ballroom. For many women pride themselves on never wearing a cleaned garment. After a couple of wearings they will send an imported gown to a second-hand dealer, receiving a $100 bill for the creation that may have cost $S00. The dealer sells it to an actress starting on her tour, to the society leader of a small town, or to a member of the demi-monde. On the other hand, the woman who patronizes the cleaning establishments spends there from $1,500 to $1.S00 a year. For when one pays $20 to have a lace gown cleaned after a single wearing; when gloves by the hun dred and blouses 50 at a time are sent to be renovated, it does not take long to reach a sum that parallels the sal ary on which many a man supports a family.—Gertrude Lynch in Every body’s. FOR THE AFTERNOON. f Tan Crepe de Chine With Japanese Embroidery. The New Miliinery. In the matter of millinery the small hat or toque, simple in its outlines and decoration, will be the proper thing for the severely tailored costumes, but even with these costumes hats of me dium size, compared with some of the huge plateaus offered, will be worn if simply trimmed. The very large hat, however, will have its inning. Hold Waist in Place. Sew on the wrong side of waist, at the waist line, a double strip of the same material four inches long and two inches wide, stitching on upper side only. Before putting on your skirt pin this flap securely with safe ty pins to corset and your waist never will wrinkle in the back. How to Provide • - y .vv.iudiMM Fun for Guests Shakespeare Whist Party. The invitations were the most un usual thing about this party. They were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith send greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Topp, November Twenty-ninth Eight O’clock. “land thy serious hearing to what I shall unfold.’’—(Hamlet./ "Sir (and lady), you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words. Therefore, 1 scant this breathing cour iesy.’’-^folerchant of Venice.) “Say, what abridgement Have you for this evening?”—Midsum mer (-Night’s Dream.) “Whist will be the pastime—passing ex ‘{cellent.”—(Taming of the Shrew.) “If your love do not persuade you t* <i:ome, V Let not my letter.”—(Merchant of Venice.) The prizes) all savored of the great bard—his photograph rained, a stein picturing Falstaft with a cup of sack, etchings of Romeo and Juliet and a book of Shakepeare’s quotations. A Musical Entertainment. To each guest the hostess handed a card which was cut out in the shape of a man's head. It was immediately recognized as "Mozart.” At the top of each card was the words "Who—What,” fallowed by fig ures with spaces for answers. The piano was concealed by a screen so that the performer and the music wore both hidden from view.__The hostess explained that there would be several bars of music played and when the melody was recognized it was to be written down, with the composer’s name, if possible. The first tune was “Yankee Doodle," then Schubert's "Serenade,” the “Dox ology,” Chopin's “Funeral March,” the "Shepherd Boy,” “Maiden’s Pray er,’’ "Last Rose of Summer,” Mendels sohn's "Wedding March,” “Ben Bolt,” etc. In all there were 35 pieces. Suit able prizes were awarded for having the most selections correct and to the person who had the moA composers. Ice cream was served in shape of musical instruments and the quota tions were on musical subjects. They were written in fancy letters on man dolin-shaped cards. Every one pro nounced the affair a decided success. A hostess may use her own preference in selecting the music to be rendered and may combine both instrumental and vocal with good results. . Giving a Tennis Party. A coterie of eight who have played tennis all summer wound up the sea son with this pretty party. The invi tations were written on cards deco rated with water-color racquets and nets. The rooms were made attrac tive with nets on the wail and a net stretched across the room. In this were pasteboard racquets, each at tached to several yards of ribbon of many colors. The contest was to wind up this ribbon on the recquets and see who could get the most. (I think 1 saw minature racquets at the favor counter that would have been better, even than the ones of pasteboard). Racquets were crossed and hung be tween doors, also from the overhead lights. Partners were found by match ing racquets that had beeh cut in half and on which quotations had been written. The four men acted as waiters, serving the refreshments on tennis racquets in lieu of trays. Sum mer costumes were worn and the affair was delightfully informal. • *'■ MADAME MEItr.1 Device ill Knitting. In knitting it will be found much easier when casting on stitches if using very large needles, to introduce an ordinary steel* needle in place of the large one held in the right hand. Use the steel needle for knitting the stitch and pass it over the large needle. This is to be done only when casting on stitches. T<o> Mate ffer BalW The illustrations show two new and pretty things for the baby. ITie little cap is hand embroidered and made in a new style. The bib is of nain sook with a pattern of hand embroidery, finished with lace frills. The baby carriage cover of pique, embroidered and scalloped in wash cotton. Ribbons for Hats ana Jackets. Speaking of the trimming of the1 new hat, which is paramount to any consideration for the benefit of one’s neighbors and is growing so huge in size that there is no getting round it, ribbon will be used extensively this fall. Ribbons have fallen a little into neglect the last few years, but this season many of the most fashionable hats are decorated with large bows as well as with imitation flowers and plumes fashioned from ribbon blouses, tea jackets, tea gowns and evening wraps will be made of ribbon joined together in various ways, either by lace insertions and narrow embroider ies, or where striped or figured rib bon is used, by braids of silk to match the leading color. This is also used in the lining. Long scarfs for evening wear will also be made of ribbons, these being invariably linked together by lace and qur being finished at the ends by a laee #jjU. * OH lor Oil Stones. There are dMtaent grades of oil atones, hard and soft The beat oil to use cm an oil atone is parafln; wat er is better «n a hard stone. ' • fc "i * Foxtail Feathers. Millinery is a point that confronts us in an auiumn outfit, and here, in deed, the difficulty is where to choose from among what is practically a very “embarras de richesses.” Never were there more styles to choose from and greater variety in trimmings, and the season gives a fresh impetus to those delightful fruit garnitures which were rampant on our earlier season's hats. But if the trimmings vary, the shapes^ of the summer still hold their own. Brims continue to droop more than ever, and we are all in danger of being extinguished by the too pronounced ‘cloche.” Evening Hoods. Young girls have taken up the mat ter of evening hoods with enthusiasm, and the best shops are showing a be wildering variety-of those effective lit tle possessions in countless materials and designs. --- World’s Cable Lines. About 250,000 miles of cable repose at the bottom of the sea, repsenling 9280,000,000. This works oat at alcot 81,000 a mile to make aad lay. 55 ■ •> *'• 5555/ - 5
