Here are two beautiful costumes. The first is of coft mauve batiste with embroideries of white floss silk wrought into a design whose Oriental decora tiverees is in piquant contrast with the eminently Parisian contour of the •J«'esE. The skirt points the way to an entirely new treatment of soft draper ies, opening in front ever a panel of the embroidery falling almost to the hem at the sides, and then curving high up at the back. There is no suggeston cf fullness over the hips, whose outline is followed with glove-like closeness, this faithful moulding being continued above the waist-line and dispensing ’(together with the conventional belt, while then on the ccrsage the embroid ery figures effectively once more, and chemisette and undersleeves are cf white embroidered muslin, tucked net and lace. The highest possible form of *ne fashionable high collartard is a:scr.Lusted by a little tulle ruffling which touches the ear. The other dress is cf blue satin, the todice showing a most original ar - .ngemer.t of filet lace and tucked chiffon, with a glint of gold in the chemis t’te, while then there comes a waistcoat effect of blue chiffon, where tiny outtors cluster, the soft folds of satin—which are, apparently held in place at the sides by other and larger buttons—being in their turn eventually caught in by 3 deep waist-bard of black satin, embroidered just in front with Jriental blendings of gold and emerald green and rose. For the making of the skirt the softly clinging satin would seem to have been just folded round the perfect figure, the black falling in slightly draped handkerchief points a little to one side. EVENING FROCKS. •'Evening frocks are growing very gorgeous, although at present there is scant opportunity for their wear. .A'ouderful embroideries are being .prepared to do them honor, and the <ng, loose coats are made with three collars and hold revere, such as -wo- see In norland’s pictures. ttodioe pieces for square or round sroke* are of ruby or green satin >'evened with shaded and mixed silk embroideries. Colored gaiters are worn, and col ored tope to the boots. * Walking skirts' must just clear the ground. Evening skirts are rather long all round and particularly long in front Thick makes of Tussore silk will be worn throughout the winter for din ner and evening gowns. They look well in pale pink, mauve, gray or Nat tier blue. In fancy tartans they are most effective, and make charming children’s dresses. The newest fur tie which is trying to oust the boa is a straigtatjmnd of fur bordered on either side with a quiliing of satin ribbon, and tied on i the left into a double bow with one end. Extremely smart it looks worn on the slim throat, but since for its best exploitation it must be worn fastened, it is apt to increase the outline rather and should not be attempted by any one on the road to the doable Embroideries appear on cloth and on velveteen and on crepe de chine gowns, mostly in bold Egyptian de signs, in colors of red aad -blue and gold, cotton and silk hieing alike used to form these embroideries, while tin sel serves with discretion to further embellish them. By Rml to . Havana- * An eeean journey by rail! Who ever heard of such a thing? Great heavy en gines pulling long trains of heavy Pull man coaches along the surface of the water with the limitless expanse of blue ocean stretching out on either hand. Incredible as it may seem this very thing will be possible by the first cf next year; for the road being built along the coral reefs of southern Florida is nearing completion, and when finished will enable one to get within 115 miles of Havana by train, and the rest of the distance to the Cuban capital can bo covered by fast steamer in six hours’ time. From a comfortable seat in a parlor cm- the traveler will be able to look cut on one side across the rolling billows of the Atlantic and on the other side over the bluer waters of the Gulf of Florida, the two commingling directly beneatli the tracks which support his train. The tracks themselves will be invisible, of course, so he can enjoy the novel sensation of going to sea by train. Here and there the voyager by ! ocean railway will cross diminutive coral keys and at intervals he will i traverse larger islets through groves , of tangled palms. He will be set down j at length on Knight's Key, the south- j ernmost point in the United States, j reached by rail, and the temporary j terminus of the only seafaring rail road ever built. There he may step aboard a fast steamer and in six hours land in Havana, having traveled all but 115 miles of the distance from his starting point by train. The effect, so far as the traveler is concerned, will be the same as if a ' wonder-working genii should pick up ! ihe Pearl cf the Antilles and move it t a hundred miles or more nearer to the I United States. The journey to Cuba j from New York or Chicago, or any point in the eastern half of the coun try, will be shortened in point of time nearly one-third. Leaving New York jn any wintry evening, the traveler will be able on the second afternoon to step ashore in the Cuban capital, j having made the entire trip in less | than 48 hours. This will be made possible by the | npening to traffic of a section of the •railroad at sea" that has been push ing out over land and water along the thickly dotted line of coral islands that curves from the Florida mainland southwest to Key West. When work was begun, about two years ago, ft was announced that trains would be running in three years, but so rapidly has construction gone forward that already more than two-thirds of the distance has been covered, and the line is almost ready to be opened for more than 100 of the 154 miles of Its projected length. The building of this remarkable ocean highway is regarded by Mr. Flagler as the crowning achievement of the great development that he has been carrying on In Florida. Though he has been engaged in other indus trial enterprises, Mr. Flagler’s real work—or, at least, that in which he takes the keenest interest—has been transforming the eastern half of Flor ida from a barren waste of sand into a thriving industrial section and the winter playground of the country. Though sometimes spoken of as a hobby, his development of Ponce de Leon’s land of perpetual youth has been conducted as a business enter prise pure and Bimple. The building of the ocean railway was undertaken with an eye to the growth in import ance of Key West that is certain to follow the completion of the Panama canal, and to the steadily increasing trafjic between the United States and Cuba. At the same time the man who is responsible for these great enter prises. has devoted to them all the en thusiasm that some men give to golf or yachting or raising thoroughbreds. According to Mr. Flagler himself, the scheme of carrying his railroad lino out across the coral Islands to Key West and of conveying his trains from there by rapid car ferries direct ly to the Cuban capital first tool: tan gible shape in his mind during the Spanish-American w$u\ At that time the certainty of closer political and trade relations between this country and Cuba became evident, as did the commercial and strategic importance of some means of quickly reaching the island republic from the United States. The dream grew in Mr. Flagler’s mina, and he directed that a survey be made by engineers to determine whether such a road as he imagined could be constructed. When the voluminous re ports, estimates, drawings and blue prints of the engineers were sub mitted. Mr. Flagler glanced at them hastily and turning to Mr. J. It. Par rott. vice-president of his railway and his right-hand man in all his Florida undertakings, said: "All I want to know is whether the road can be built.” "Yes, it can,” replied Mr. Parrott. “Then go ahead and build it,” Mr. Flagler directed. That was in 1905. Since then the dirt has been flying ceaselessly. Im mense pile-drivers have been sinking foundations, huge dredges have been sucking up sand from the bottom of the sea to construct a roadbed, and an army of between 3,000 and 4,000 men has been pushing its way stead ily southward from Miami out over the waves and the tiny islands toward Key West. There was no precedent in the his tory of railway construction for the building of this sort of a road. Con sequently the difficulties were many and the problems to be solved un usual. In the first place, it was nec essary to assemble a veritable navy, including steamboats, tugs, lighters, hundreds of barges and bateaux, launches, floating derricks, pumps, pile drivers and repair shops, for since this was to lie a railroad at sea, seacraft had to be utilized chiefly in its construction. The Florida key3 traversed by the line are mostly un inhabited, and afforded neither shelter nor support for the army of men em ployed. ft was necessary to establish camps, transport supplies, build hos pitals for the sick and to establish reading and club rooms in v*.iich the workers could find relaxation from the monotony of their isolated lives. In some cases big houseboats or floating dormitories were anchored in pro tected spots to serve as living quar ters. Even the drinking water must be transported In huge tanks on barges a distance of a hundred miles or more. At the northern end of the line the route for a number of miles is on the mainland and extends through the borders of the Everglades. Here it was impossible to use ordinary means of land construction and barges were employed. The water was so shallow, however, that the heavy boats could not be floated and canals had first to be made for them. These canals ex tend along either side of the railroad, and through them the barges worked their way, digging their own channels as they moved along and throwing up at one side the earth taken out, so a3 to form the roadbed. Further down, where the railw-ay crosses to Key Largo and begins its real career as an ocean-going line, problems of another sort presented themselves for solu tion. Although the road, from the nature of its construction, is one of the most expensive ever undertaken, costing approximately $100,00(1 per mile, the task of financing it is being borne en tirely by the man who planned and is building it. It represents an expendi ture of between $15,000,000 and $20. 000,000 for the realization of an idea— the linking together of Cuba and the United States by the peaceful but effective bond of the steel highway. FIRE-PROOFED BY- WATER "Did you ever see wood that wouldn’t burn?” said the sailor. “Oh, yes. There’s briar, pipe briar, you know; and there’s ironwood, and there's—” But the sailor interrupted impa tiently. “No, no,” he said. “I mean ordi nary wood, pine, this here.” And. he drew from his pocket a piece of ancient-looking pine. He ap plied several matches to it, and, as he predicted, the flame would not consume, but only blackened it a lit tle. “This piece of pine,” he said, “has a strang story. It was fireproofed by water. It was part of a whaleboat in the late '60s, and wunst, when a har poon was stuck into a big whale, the line fouled, the men all jumped for their.lives, and the whale made a mad plunge downwards, dreggin’ the boat dawn behind it. Down, down’ it weal; they thought it would never come up again. It made u lot of these terrible plunges and dives, then It dashed off faster’n three Lusltanias; but it died lu the end, and the whal er's men got it, and they got back their boat, too. “The wood of the boat was all like this here, bard as Iron. What had hardened it was the pressure of the water. Scientific codgers said the whale must have carried the boat down half a mile or more to change the fiber of the wood like that.” King Under Assumed Name. Officers who at one time were in close touch with King George of Greece say that he used to compete at Greek amateur athletic sports under the assumed name of “George Papadoulos,” and was always so suc cessful that spectators and partici pants began to suspect a masquerad ing professional. The feeling once be came so strong that an attempt was mad* to mob the athletic monarch, who, rendered helpless by numbers, was obliged to reveal his identity to the police and treat them to smuggle LACE FOR WINDOW CNE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE OF DRAPERIES. Filet Fanels Are the Latest, and Are Very Popular—Other Materials Liked by Up-to-Oate House keepers. Nothing in household decoration has changed more during the past few years than window draperies. For simple rooms two hangings are enough —the long, ihin curtains which hang from the top of the casing to the bot tom of the sash, and the heavy cur tains which are hung over the thin ones and drop just below the window sill. For bedrooms, sash curtains are sometimes necessary, and these are fastened tightly against the window from the middle to the bottom. Drap eries that reach to the floor soon soil and gather much dust. Just at present there is nothing prettier than filet lace panels for the windows in the front of the house. It Is also seen in some of the expensive hotels. There is a delicacy about this Italian lace that appeals to one at first sight. In decorating a window one must bear in mind that it is seen from the street as well as from the room. There are several ways of using this Ctlrtaln. It may be stretched upon a separate frame and set in the window sash directly against the glass, or it may be attached to a small brass rod fastened to the top of the window and allowed to har.g in straight lines just below the window sill. In a house whose windows are properly decorat ed, the curtains of each floor should have a resemblance. Real lace can be used on the lower floor, and imitation on the others. If, how'ever, panels are used on the parlor floor, they should also be at the other front windows. Curtains need renewing oftener than wall papers and much thought is need ed in huyitag wisely. If sash curtains last two or three years, they have done good service. Buy material that will launder well and that Is firmly woven, as it will not shrink as much as flimsy fabrics. Scrim is still popu lar. and among other white material are dimity, dotted swiss, net, madras, and various other weaves. Among the nets colonial and fish are attrac tive. For heavy aud simple curtains figured materials may be had In cre tonnes, chintzes, linen, taffetas, Java prints and Japanese cottons, making a varied stock to choose from. For a blue and white room Japanese cottons are durable. India and Java prints also hold their color. Figured cre tonnes and chintzes are attractive, with plain or striped paper, but where the walls are covered with figured pa per, plain denims, or linen taffetas are best. China and raw silk also make pretty curtains, especially yellow. There are many valuable uses for soda. Dampen soda and apply it to a bite or sting of an insect. Flowers will keep fresh longer if a pinch of soda is put in the water. A weak so lution of soda will revive the color in a dusty carpet. A large teasi>oonful of sal-soda will bleach a kettleful of white clothes. Sal-soda is also good for the sink if dissolved in boiling water. When using old glass fruit jars wash they with soda wrater and rinse well In order to sweeten them. A teaspoonful of soda added to the water in which silver is washed will help to brighten it. Chopped pecan nuts, almonds and pine nuts may be sprinkled over let tuce for a dinner salad. Lemon Drops. These are made of granulated sug ar, finest quality. Put three and one half ounces sugar and a teaspoonful water in a small saucepan, add one half teaspoonful acetic acid and stand over the fire. When the mixture be gins to meK stir two or three minutes with a.wooden paddle, then take from the fire. Have ready oiled paper, take the saucepan in the left hand and pour the candy out in drops about the size of large peas on to the paper. When the drops are firm and cold moisten a paste brush in warm water and brush the under side of the paper. This loosens the drops so that they can be removed with a limber knife. When quite dry put into glass bottles to keep them from attracting moist ure. Pear Conserve. V ' -. One-fourth peck green pears, two large oranges, three lemons, four pounds sugar, two ounces green ginger root, one-fourth cup water. Peel, quarter, and core one-fourth peck hard green pears, dropping same in cold water as prepared in order to prevent turning color. Drain and put through food chopper. Cook till ten der in one-fourth cup water the grated rind (the yellow only) of three lemons. Serape the gray coating from two ounces green ginger root and cut up the root in food chopper. Combine all with four pounds granulated sugar, the juice of two oranges and three lemons, and cook for two and one-half hours. This quantity wilt fill 12 jelly glasses. Cream Cheese Combinations. Other favorite combinations with cream cheese are caraway, minced olives, chives and pepper, or cream cheese mixed with cream, molded in small cups turned on a lettuce leaf with a spoonful of Bar-le-duc or goose berry jam, laid in a depression at the top. Another nutritious and tasty salad is made from two cupfuls cot tage cheese mixed with two dozeu chopped stuffed olives and moistened with enough boiled dressing to permit of its being molded. Make Into balls with butter paddles and serve on let tuce leaves. Hose Supporters. Cut off the legs of stockings that the feet are past doing anything with, measure stockings you are wearing from waist down to top of stocking. Split cutoff leg down, sew it firmly to top of stocking, by machine is best, then fasten about the waist with safe ty pins back and front. They are comfortable and no coming down or getting out of order. Cocoa Pie*. i. By adding a teaspoonful of cocoa to your ptuhpkin pies you wflf-flnd them \ greatly improved. “Eternal vigilance is the price of perennial bloom,” declares the April grandmother, whose abundant tresses, smooth skin and graceful figure are the envy of her contemporaries. “All beauty is fleeting, but the hair, wom an’s crowning glory, is as easy to kill as a reputation, and, once lost, as rare ly recovered. At least once a month the hair should be thoroughly sham pooed with castile soap and daily brushed patiently, but not so roughly as to tear the scalp, and ventilated by taking out the hairpins, shaking and running the fingers through the locks. This will be a good opportunity to massage as well as loosen the scalp skin by imparting circulation to it, for lack of circulation is one of the chief causes of hair falling and turning gray. About the brow, behind the ears and at the nape of the neck, where the hair has been scorched with curl ing irons or tortured with 'waving kids' lose no time in treating its roots with olive oil or red vaseline applied with a fine brush, and before many weeks a downy bang will begin to sprout along the hair line. “Roughing the hair is positively j criminal and doing it up tightly at night most injurious, for that irri-j iates the scalp, causing the hairs to crinkle and finally fall. The better way is to loosely tic the hair back from the face with a wide ribbon so 'hat if may then grow in the natural lirection. “No matter how sincerely a girl I may admire the blonde, auburn or chestnut locks of some schoolmate, ; she would better not be tempted into experimenting with ammonia, henna ir wmlnut dye, for the coloring matter ; if the hair is affected differently in in- ! lividual cases. Even the so-called harmless' peroxide has been known to urn brown hair white instead of the mticipated golden. Moreover, the color of a girl's hair usually accords perfectly with her complexion. Nature rarely blunders in tint blending. “Because your eyebrows ofTend you io not pluck them out with tweezers. I'hat method will quicken the circu ation of the cuticle beneath the hairs ind make them grow thicker. Instead, irain them to look less heavy by irushing them as nearly together as lossiblo. If they are scant treat them lightly with red vaseline and brush ;hem as regularly as you do your lair. “Regard the loss of a tooth as a dire calamity, especially a wisdom molar, for they hold up the jaws and preserve the contour of the face, which, once lost, can never be per fectly restored by either dentistry or massage. If one tooth be lacking that side of the face will have a twisted appearance, so, whether or not a tooth grumbles warning of aches to come, visit a first class dentist regularly at least si5 times a year and beg him to search for hidden cavities. Brushing the teeth should be considered the first duty of the morning, the last one at night, and immediately after every meal, if possible, and every day dental floss should be worked between them. Use only the best pastes and powders to whiten the teeth, and turn a deaf ear to those people who chant the praises of powdered pumice and lemon juice. Both will make the teeth glis ten, but they will also destroy tho c-namel. “A golden complexion rule for the young girl is 'Avoid all cosmetics.’ Re member also that ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’ and that if the face be kppt perfectly clean* blackheads will never disfigure it. They are merely infinitesimal dust particles, and by . daily lathering the features with pure soap upon a camel's hair scrubbing brush or a towel no foreign matter can obtain lodgment in the skin. To keep the cuticle soft, fine and white, mb it with white commeal directly after bathing. This is the cheapest and most efficient ounce of prevention known to southern women, famous for their smooth faces, for it costs only four cents a pound. “Candy and soda water ruin the stomach, and when the stomach is diseased tho complexion is wrecked. It is not necessary to feed upon grass, as did Nebuchadnezzar, nor upon busks, in imitation of the Prodigal Sen, but eat something green daily, such as lettuce, spinach and celery. Drink water whenever you are athirst and before noon coffee and tea un mixed with milk, but carefully avoid all beverages that make you wakeful, for wakefulness is beauty's chief enemy. But whether or not you sleep soundly at night, preserve your pink cheeks and lips by rising early and taking a brisk walk or ride before breakfast, even if a light rain be fall ing, for dampness is nature’s com plexion cosmetic.—X. Y. Herald. Modish Costumes for the Street and Home The first figure shows a very grace ful walking costume of nut-brown face cloth. The slightly-trained skirt is trimmed with a fold of velvet below a deep fold of the cloth. The full ness at the upper part is arranged in flat pleats that are stitched at the waist only, then pressed and left to hang loose. The jaqket lias two deep tucks carried over the shoulder to the waist hack and front. The kimono sleeves are composed of folds of mate rial, and are attached to large arm holes. A little pleated basque Is add ed at the waist. Collar and waistband of velvet. Hat of burnt straw, trimmed with large bows of brown silk. Materials required: 8 yards 46 inches wide, 2 yards velvet 22 Inches wide, 3 yards silk for lining jacket. Nankeen blue cashmere Is used for the home dress illustrated. The skirt touches the ground all round, andl Is trimmed six inches from the edge with a band of blue and white silk galloon. The bodice is made like a blouse without lining. It has a small yoke of piece lace, and tucks in the material on tho shoulders. Straps of galloon form the trimming of bod ice. also edge the collar and the bands of the elbow sleeves. The tight-fitting undersleeves are of lace. Materials required for the dress: 7 yards 46 inche.s wide, 8 yards galloon, 1 yard lace 18 inches wide. Thief Plays. Whence the erase for thief plays? Is it a morbid kind of curiosity, or tho result of our eccentric civilization, with its strange and violent contrasts? —Lady Violet Greville, in London Ga zette. Demi-Empire Skirts. So many smart skirts continue to show demi-empire lines that one can not dispel the thought that these early period modes are here to stay tor the winter at least. Quite charming is a custome in coral face cloth with a plain skirt of demi-empire form, fin ished at the treat with four rows of stitching. All the seams of the coat and around the edge are 1. d with fancy silk braid. But the chic of the costume, as is often the case, resides in the waistcoat, which is of fine white cloth, striped with pale pink, black and mauve to form little diamond shaped designs. The Trained Skirt. While the short skirt Is holding sway in suitdom, the long trained model returns again to the ranks of dressy costumes. French models are, of course, always long, regard less of fashions in America or any where in the world, .or that matter. At last our own designers have brand ed the,walking length skirt in coe tamc: as demode this winter.- » Lavender Sachets. The new lavender sachets, which serve not only to diffuse perfume but are also preventive of moths, are in the form df small cushions, inclosed in sateen or quilted satin covers, and are made in several sizes. Each size is inclosed in a tinfoil envelope, so that they may travel any distance and re main in a perfectly fresh condition. They are further packed in neat card board boxes or in leatherette or wood en cases, with spare spaces for hand kerchiefs. For the School Girl. Indistinct plaids and soft-toned worsteds are much in demand for trig little suits for school. For school wear there could lie nothing more attractive. The separate guimpe being changed as frequently as desired keeps til® frock looking fresh. If a Woman Has Brains. If a woman’s got brains a man is no astonished that he forgets to find out if sho ttks good looks.—Dolores Bacon “la High Pisces.” % * vi;.V ... i;