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SYNOPSIS.
A detachment of the Eighteenth in
fantry from Fort Bethune trapped by
Indians in a narrow gorge. Among them
i' a stranger who introduces himself by
tlie name of Hampton, also Gillis the
post trader, and his daughter. Gillis and
a majority of the soldieis are killed dur
ing a three days' siege. Hampton and
•he girl only eseap- from the Indians.
They fail exhausted on the plains. A
company of the Seventh fravalry. l-ieut.
Brant in command, find them. Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners' Home in
Glencaid. Mrs. Duffy, proprietress Hamp
ton talks the future over with Miss Gil
lis—the Kid. She shows him her moth
er's picture and tells lum what she can
of her parentage and life. They decide
she shall live with Mrs. Herndon. Xaida
the Kid—runs-away from Mrs. Herndon's
and rejoins Hampton. He induces her to
go back, and to have nothing more to do
with him. Hampton plays his last game
of cards He announces to Red Slavin
that he has quit, and then leaves Glen
< aid. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives in
Glencaid to teach its first school. Miss
Spencer meets N'aula. Rev. Wynkoop,
etc. She boards at Mrs. Herndon's.
CHAPTER XI.—Continued.
“Oh. you ought to; he is so intense
ly original, and his face is full of char
acter. He reminds me of some old
paladin of the Middle Ages. You would
he interested in him at once. He is
the foreman of the 'Bar V' ranch,
somewhere near here."
“Do you mean Billy McNeil, over on
Sinsiniwa creek?" broke in Herndon.
“I think quite likely, uncle; wouldn't
lie make a splendid addition to Mr.
Wynkoop's church?"
Herndon choked, his entire body
shaking with ill-suppressed enjoy
ment. "1 should imagine yes.” he ad
mitted finally. "Billy McNeil—oh.
Ixird! There's certainly a fine open
ing for you to do some missionary
work. Phcebe.”
eu. ana 1 m going to, unnouneeu
the young lady, firmly, "1 guess I can
read men's characters, and I know all
Mr. McNeil needs is to have some
one show an interest in him. Have
you a large church. Mr. Wynkoop?"
"Not large if judged from an east
ern standpoint," he confessed, with
some regret. “Our presents member
ship is composed of eight women and
three men, but the congregational at
tendance is quite good, and constantly
increasing."
"Only eight women and three men!"
breathlessly. “And you have been la
boring upon this field for five years!
How could it be so small?"
Wynkoop pushed back his chair,
anxious to redeem himself in the esti
mation of this fair stranger.
"Miss Spencer,” he explained, "my
parish comprises this entire mining
region, and I am upon horseback
among the foothills and up in the
ranges for fully a third of my time.
The spirit of the mining population,
as well as of the cattlemen, while not
actually hostile, is one of indifference
to religious thought. For three long
years I worked here without even a
church organization or a building; and
apparently without the faintest en
couragement. Now that we have a
nucleus gathered, a comfortable build
ing erected and paid for. with an in
creasing congregation. I begin to feel
that those seemingly barren five years
were not without spiritual value.”
She quickly extended her hands.
“Oh, it is so heroic, so self-sacrificing!
I am going to help you. Mr. Wynkoop.
in every way I possible can—I shall
certainly speak to both Mr. Moffat and
Mr. McNeil the very first opportunity.
I feel almost sure that they will join.”
The unavoidable exigencies of a
choir practice compelled Mr. Wynkoop
to retire early, nor was it yet late
when the family circle also dissolved,
and the two girls were themselves
alone.
The light wa; finally extinguished;
the silvery moonlight streamed across
the foot of the bed; and the regular
breathing of the girls evidenced slum
ber.
CHAPTER XII.
Under Orders.
It was no pleasant assignment to
duty which greeted First Lieut. Don
aid Brant, commanding Troop N, Sev
enth cavalry, when that regiment
came once more within the environs
of civilization, from its summer ex
' ercises in tha field. Bethitne had de
veloped into a somewhat important
post, socially as well as from a strict
ly military standpoint, and numerous,
indeed, were the attractions offered
there to any young officer whose duty
called him to serve the colors on those
bleak Dakota prairies. Brant frowned
at the innocent words, reading them
over again with gloomy eyes and an
exclamation of unmitigated disgust,
yet there was no escaping their plain
meaning. Trouble was undoubtedly
brewing among the Sioux, trouble in
which the Cheyennes, and probably
others also, were becoming involved
Every soldier patroling that long
northern border recognized the ap
proach of some dire development,
some early coup of savagery.
Brant was not blind to all this, nor
to the necessity of having in readiness
selected bodies of seasoned troops, yet
it was not in soldier nature to refrain
from grumbling when the earliest de
tail chanced to fall to him. But or
ders were orders in that country, and
although he crushed the innocent pa
per passionately beneath his heel, five
hours later he was in saddle, riding
steadily westward, his depleted troop
of horsemen clattering at his heels.
Up the valley of the Bear Water,
slightly above Glencaid,—far enough
beyond the saloon radius to protect
his men from possible corruption, yet
within easy reach of the iniLtary tele
*traph,—they made camp in the early
morning upon a wooded terrace over
looking the stage road, and settled
quietly down as one of those numer
ous posts with which the army chiefs
sought to hem in the dissatisfied red
men, and learn early the extent of i
their hostile plans.
Brant was now in a humor ccnsid-!
erablv happier than when he first rode j
forth from Bethune. He watched the I
men of his troop while with qu.p and :
song they made comfortable camp, i
and then strolled slowly up the valley. !
his own affairs soon completely for
gotten in the beauty of near-by hills
beneath the golden g*ory of the morn
ing sun. Once he paused and looked
back upon ugly Glencaid, dingy and
forlorn even at that distance; then he’
crossed the narrow’ stream by means
of a convenient log, and clambered up
the somewhat steep bank. A heavy
fringe of low bushes clung close along
the.edge of the summit, but a plainly
defined path led among their intri
cacies. He pressed his way through,
coming into a glade where sunshine
flickered through the overarching
branches of great trees, and the grass
was green and short, like that of a
well-kept law’n.
As Brant emerged from the under
brush he suddenly beheld a fair vision
of young womanhood resting on the
grassy bank just before him. She was
partially reclining, as if startled by
his unannounced approach, her face
turned toward him, one hand grasping
an open book, the other shading her
eyes from the glare of the sun. Some
thing in the graceful poise, the piquant,
uplifted face, the dark gloss of heavy
hair, and the unfrightened gaze held
him speechless until the picture had
been impressed forever upon his mem
ory. He beheld a girl on the verge of
womanhood, fair of skin, the red glow
of health flushing her cheeks, the lips
parted in surprise, the sleevfc fallen
"You Must Be ar. Odd Sort of a Girl,” He Commented, Soberly.
back from one white, rounded arm,
the eyes honest, sincere, mysterious.
She recognized him with a glance, and
her lips closed as she remembered
how and when they had met before.
But there was no answering recollec
tion within his eyes, only admiration
—nothing clung about this Xaida to
remind him of a neglected waif of
the garrison. She read all this in his
face, and the lines about her mouth
changed quickly into a slightly quiz
zical smile, her eyes brightening.
"You should at least have knocked,
sir,” she ventured, sitting up on the
grassy bank, the better to confront
him, "before intruding thus unin
vited."
He lifted his somewhat ding}' scout
ing hat and bowed humbly.
"I perceived no door giving warning
that 1 approached such presence, and
the first shock of surprise was per
haps as great to me as to you. Yet,
now that I have blundered thus far. I
beseech that I be permitted to venture
upon yet another step.”
She sat looking at him. a trim, sol- j
dierly figure, his face young and pleas
ant to gaze upon, and her dark eyes
sensibly softened.
"What step?”
"To tarry for a moment beside the !
divinity of this wilderness.”
She laughed with open frankness,
her white teeth sparkling behind the j
red. parted lips.
"Perhaps you may, if you will first
consent to be sensible, she said, with j
returning gravity; "and I reserve the
right to turn you away whenever you
begin to taik or act foolish. If you
accept these conditions, you may sit
down.”
He seated himself upon the soft
grass ledge, retaining the hat in his
hands. "You must be an odd sort of a
girl,” he commented, soberly, "not to
welcome an honest expression of ad
miration.”
“Oh, was that it? Then I duly bow
my acknowledgment. I took your
words for one of those silly compli
ments by which men believe they
honor women. I am not a taby, nor
am I se -r*--- aatusement.*’
He glanced curiously at her book.
"And yet you condescend to read love
stories,” he said, smiling. “I expected
to discover a treatise on philosophy.”
"I read whatever I chance to get my
hands on, here in Glencaid,” she re
torted, "just as I converse with who
ever comes along. 1 am hopeful of
some day discovering a rare gem hid-1
den in the midst of the trash. I am
yet young.”
"You are indeed young." he said,
quietly, "and with seme of life's les
sons still to learn. One is that frank- !
ness is not necessarily flippancy, nor
honesty harshness. However, if you
will offer me a topic worthy the occa
sion. in either philosophy, science, or
literature, 1 will endeavor to feed your
mind.”
She uplifted her innocent eyes de
murely to his face. “You are so kind.
I am deeply interested just now in the
Japanese conception of the transmi
gration of souls.”
"How extremely fortunate! It
chances to be my favorite theme, but
my mental processes are peculiar, and
you must permit me to work up to
ward it somewhat gradually. For in
stance, as a question leading that way,
how, in the incarnation of this world,
do you manage to exist in such a
hole of a place?—that is, provided you
really reside here."
"Why, I consider this a most de
lightful nook.”
“My reference was to Glencaid.”
*'0h! Why, I live from within, not
without. Mind and heart, not environ
ment, make life, and my time is occu
pied most congenially. I am being
faithfully nutured on the Presbyterian
catechism, and also trained in the
graces of earthly society. These alter
nate, thus preparing me for whatever
may happen in this world or the next.”
His face pictured bewilderment, but
also a determination to persevere. “An
interesting combination, I admit. But
from your appearance this cannot al
ways have been your home?”
“Oh, thank you. I believe not al
ways: but: I wonder at your being able
to discern, my superiority to these sur
roundings. And do you know your
questioning is becoming quite per
sonal? Does that yield me an equal
privilege?”
He bowed, perhaps relieved at thus
permitting her to assume the initia
tive, and rested lazily back upon the
grass, his eyes intently studying her
face.
“I suppose from your clothes you
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must be a soldier. What is that figure
7 on your hat for?"
"The number of my regiment, the
Seventh cavalry."
Her glance was a bit disdainful as
she coolly surveyed him from head to
foot. "I should imagine that a strong,
capable appearing fellow like ' you
might do much better than that. There
is so much work in the world worth
doing, and so much better pay."
"What, do you mean: Isn't a sol
dier's iife a worthy one?"
"Oh, yes, of course, in a way. We
have to have soldiers, I suppose; but
if I were a man I'd hate to waste all
my life tramping around at $16 a
month.”
He smothered what sounded like a
rough ejaculation, gazing into her de
mure eyes as if he strongly suspected
a joke hid in their depths. “Do—do
•
you mistake me for an enlisted man?”
“Oh, I didn't know; you said you
were a soldier, and that's what I al
ways heard they got. I am so glad if
they give you more. I was only going
to say that I believed I could get you
a good place in McCarthy’s store if
you wanted it. He pays $G5 and hi3
clerk has just left.”
Brant stared at her with open
mouth, totally unable for the moment
to decide whether or not that inno
cent, sympathetic face masked mis
chief. Before he succeeded in regain
ing confidence and speech, she had
riitn to her feet, holding back her
skirt with one hand.
■'Reaily. I must go." she announced
calmly, drawing back toward the slight
opening between the bushes. “X'o
doubt you have done fully as well as
' you could, considering your position
in life: but this has proved another
disappointment. You have fallen, far,
very far, below my ideal. Good-by.”
He sprang instantly erect, his cheeks
flushed. "Please don't go without a
further word. We seem predestined
to misunderstand. I am even willing
to confess myself a fool in the hope
of some time being able to convince
you otherwise. You have not even
told me that you live here; nor do I
know your name."
She shook her head positively, re
pressed merriment darkening her eyes
and wrinkling the corners of her
mouth. x“It would be highly improper
to introduce myself to a stranger—
we Presbyterians never do that.”
“But do you feel no curiosity as to
who I may be?”
“Why, not in the least; the thought
is ridiculous. How very conceited you
must be to imagine such a thing!"
He was not a man easily daunted,
nor did he recall any previous em
barrassment in the presence of a
young woman. But now he confronted
something utterly unique; those quiet
eyes seemed to look straight through
him. His voice faltered sadly, yet
succeeded in asking: “Are we, then,
never to meet again? Am I to under
stand this to be your wish?”
She laughed. "Really, sir. I am ot
aware that I have the slightest desire
in the matter. I have given it no
thought, but I presume the possibility
of our meeting again depends largely
upon yourself, and the sort of society
you keep Surely you cannot expect
that I would seek suc& an opportu
nity?”
He bowed humbly. “You mistake
my purpose. I merejy meant to ask
if there was not some possibility of
our again coming together socially—in
the presence of mutual friends.”
' Oh, I scarcely think so: I do not re
member ever having met any soldiers
at the social functions here—except
ing officers. We are extremely ex
clusive in Gleneaid," she dropped him
a mocking courtesy, "and I have al
ways moved in the most exclusive
set.”
Piqued by her tantalizing manner,
he asked, “What particular social
functions are about to occur that may
possibly open a passage into your
guarded presence?”
She seemed immersed in thought,
her face turned partially aside. “Un
fortunately, I have not my list of en
gagements here," and she glanced
about at him shyly. “I can recall only
one at present, and I am not even cer
tain—that is, I do not promise—to at
tend that. However. I may do so.
The Miners’ Bachelor club gives a re
ception and ball to-morrow evening in
honor of the new schoolmistress.”
“What is her name?” with respon
sive eagerness.
She hesitated, as if doubtful of the
strict propriety of mentioning it to, a
stranger.
“Miss Phoebe Spencer,” she said,
her eyes- cast demurely down.
“Ah!” he exclaimed, in open tri
umph; “and have I, then, at last made
fair capture of your secret? You are
Miss Phoebe Spencer.”
She drew back still farther within
the recesses of the bushes, at his sin
gle victorious step forward.
“I? Why certainly not. I am mere
ly Miss Spencer's ‘star’ pupil, so you
may easily judge something of what
her superior attainments must neces
sarily be. But I am really going now
and I sincerely trust you will be able
to secure a ticket for to-morrow night:
for if you once meet this Miss Spencer
you will never yield another single
thought to me, Mr.—Mr.—” her eyes
dancing with laughter—“First Lieut
Donald Brant.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Term* of Latin Origin.
In a legal sense an “innuendo" was
originally an averment made by the
plaintiff in a libel action, putting into
plain words the injurious sense he de
tected in an insinuation published by
the defendant. It is the ablative case
of a Latin gerund that has become a
common English noun substantive
Another Latin ablative with a similar
modern history is “folio,” which lit
erally means “on page” so-and-so. The
English language absorbs all cases in
this fashion at its pleasure. There
is “quorum” (genitive plural and
“omnibus” (dative plural), with “ig
noramus” as an English noun that
was once a Latin verb in the first
person plural.
A Fashion From War.
How Flat Watches Took Place of the
Old-Time “Turnips.”
When the neat man takes unto him
self a watch as thin as parchment he
little thinks that that thin watch re
sults from army regulations. Up to
the time of the Allies taking Paris
the ordinary watch was convex in
shape and called from its outline a
“turnip.-’ The officers of the Russian
and other armies objected to this be
cause its bulbous form made the uni
form of a man on parade look untidy,
whether it were carried in the coat or
the fob. Here in Paris, however, they
found that the watchmakers of the
Palais Royal had contrived a chro
nometer which got over the diffi
culty. Flat watches were the fashion
in Paris. The English when they ap
peared in the streets of the French
capital marched in not in gala dress
such as the others wore, but in the
raiment which they bad worn on cam
paign. Great was the impression
which their habiliments created. But
they at once adopted the smart flat
watch and brought it back to England
for our own manufacturers to copy.—
London Standard.
The (average man is really ashamed
to admit that he's never sowed his
wild oats in his youth.
NEW WAYS OF COOKING FISH.
A Change From the Universal Frying,
Boiling and Baking.
There are many dainty ways of
cooking fish besides frying, boiling and
baking. Som“ of these are quite as
easy of achievement and as inexpen
sive as the foregoing modes, more
over, nicer. Fish with a cheese sauce
is very good. Almost any white fish
can be cooked in this way.
Take from one pound to two pounds
of fish, wash it well and dry it care
fully. Then place it in a clean enam
eled stewpan. add three gills of milk,
salt, an onion, notched in order that
the juice may escape, a blade of mace
and a good sized sprig of parsley.
Simmer gently until the fish is
cooked, but do not allow the milk to
reduce. Dish it up hot and add from
two ounces to four ounces, according
to taste, of grated cheddar or Dutch
cheese. Stir until the cheese has thor
oughly melted, pour it over and around
the fish and serve at once.
Here is a simpler and quicker way
of cooking a small piece of white fish.
Wash and dry, place in a well-greased
fireproof china dish, sprinkle thickly
with fried bread crumbs, minced par
sley, and if possible some minced
mushrooms, about two ounces. Place
a bit of butter here and there and
pour over the whole half a small bot
tle of tomato catsup; sprinkle more
bread crumbs on top and bake in a
moderate oven for from 20 minutes to
half an hour, according to the size and
kind.
FOOD FOR THE INVALID.
Dainty Fare and Attractive Serving
Are Both Essential.
Feeding the invalid is an art, and
in some cases a lost art. A tray with
legs six or seven inches high is the
most comfortable way of serving food,
still the effort may be too great and
a glass tube be better. Always have
the nourishment attractively served,
for a dainty doily under the bowl of
broth may attract the wavering appe
tite. Do not bring a_large quantity of
food to a convalescent, as it often
defeats its purpose.
Here are two simple recipes which
are very acceptable to most patients:
Moisten a teaspoonful of real Bermuda
arrowroot with water, rub smooth
with a spoon, pour on half a pint of
boiling water and season with wine
and nutmeg. In cooking arrowroot it
is wise to make it thick, afterward
thinning with milk.
Panada is als» grateful. Put a few
crackers or cruSts of dry bread in
a saucepan with cold water arid a few
raisins. After it has boiled half an
hour, flavor with wine if the patient
has no fever. If properly made the
mixture will be quite smooth and of
moderate thickness. Serve on a dain
ty tray covered with an immaculately
clean cloth. A tiny bunch of flowers
tucked on the tray does not render
the arrowroot or panada any the less
appetizing, and do not forget a well
browned strip of toast or a rusk as
an accompaniment to the repast.
Cheese Crisps.
One cupful of grated cheese, two
thirds of a cupful of cracker' dust, a
half teaspoonful of salt, the same of
mustard, two tablespoonfuls of but
ter, one cupful of milk and a dash of
paprika. Set the dish holding the
above ingredients into pan of hot wa
ter and cook until the cheese is melted
and the mixture becomes smooth and
thick. Remove from the fire and beat
in the yolks of two eggs and the well
whipped white of one, turn into a but
tered dish, having the mixture not
quite an inch in depth, and bake in a
moderate oven until firm. When cold,
cut in thin strips, dip in beaten egg,
then crumbs, and fry to a delicate
crispness in olive oil or fresh butter.
Serve hot.
Make Curtains Harmonize.
Now that the color scheme is all the
rage, take your old curtains, cut off
the torn parts, mend neatly any holes
with the part you cut off. Take thin
cheesecloth, bind all around the cur
tain, then take ochre, any color you
desire. Buy it in a paint store. It
is a powder and cheap. Take a large
dishpan of warm water and put as
much of the ocher in according as you
wish it light or dark. Stir it thorough
ly with a large spoon. Gather the
curtains sideways in folds, then dip
them in the sutstAnce, wring them as
dry as possible, then shake them,
starch, and iron when dry.
v,araDoara Lignt snaae.
Take a sheet of cardboard 14 Inches
square, mark out a maltese cross, cut
ting with knife on the lines, then cut
out each panel, leaving about one-half
to three-quarters of an inch margin;
punch holes in this, say, five on each
side; mark on the top of center a
two-inch square, which must be cut
just slightly to allow for folding. Bend
each side down, lace together with
trimming cord, cnt a circle in the cen
ter to fit the electric light and fill in
the panels with small pieces of china
silk glued to the cardboard. This
makes an attractive light shade.
Sweet Potatoes, Virginia Style.
Boil the potatoes until tender, peel
and mash. Add butter generously, also
cream, salt, white pepper and a dash
of nutmeg. Whip in egg3, beaten very
lightly, allowing one for each two
cupfuls of potato. Pile in the baking
dish and send to the oven until a light
brown.
To Smooth Broken Tumblers.
Emery paper, if tacked upon a
board, is useful for smoothing slightly
broken edges of thin tumblers. By
carefully rubbing the glasses back
and forth, a smooth surface is ob
tained, but not if a glass i3 cracked
badly.
To Sugar Doughnuts.
Place a cupful or sugar in a paper
bag. Put four or five doughnuts In the
bag at one time and shake. You will
find the doughnnts evenly and thor
oughly coated without any waste of
sugar.
Velvet Sponge Cake.
Beat four eggs and two cupfuls of
sugar well together; add two cupfuls
of flour, two teaspoonfuls of h»«ng
powder and lemon flavoring; finish
with two-thirds of a capful of boiling
water Just as it ia ready for the oven.
■Bressnmig ©on Pines
/*\ore HoIMay PireeHs for Little Q!rlj
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(Copyright. 1907. by the Delineator. N. T.)
Ecru embroidered swiss was used
for the model frock of ten-year size
illustrated in figure 1. These swiss
materials are really smart despite
their low cost, and are practical also.
. since they stand laundering very well.
Handwork or lace, or’ motifs of lin
gerie constructed of stary bits of lace
and scraps of tucked lawn, cut in
crescent or lozenge shape may be used
on the deep bertha. These motifs rep
resent practically no outlay, and used
singly, or joined in a set design, they
are very effective. Equally inexpensive
trimming, and quite as appropriate
in frocks of this order, are motifs and
narrow .strips made of white or ecru
mull, swiss. or brussels net, pintucked
in ladder effect, and used like rows of,
~4ace insertion. Brier-stitched borders !
along the edges where it joins the ma
terial give a dajnty finish well worth
the trouble of working them.
A positive gain in individuality as |
well as in dimes is made by subsstitu
ting bits of home-made trimming j
(such as drawn and crochet work,
darned net, etc.) for some of the lace
used to trim the models reproduced
here.
The skirt, as seen in the model, with
its double ruffle, is particularly prac
tical for growing girls, since it per
mits the placing of a “growing” tuck
r^jove the lower ruffle. There is little
need to suggest to sensible mothecs
the value of this device. I would,
however, advise them to put it in by
hand, or with a single-thread machine,
in order to facilitate the ripping which
later will be necessary. The frock
closes in the back with rust-proof
hooks sewed to a fly and metal loops.
Better, however, than loops, are eye
lets worked directly into the under
lapped back. Punched with a stHleto
just large enough to admit the point
of the hook, each hole, if firmly but
tonholed all round, will serve its pur
pose admirably until the end of the
chapter.
For dressy purposes the short
puffed sleeve is prettiest, finished
with lace, and tied with ribbon. The
frock can, however, J>e made sleeve
less and worn with an elbow-esti
mate for this little sleeved guimpe.
The frock, as copied from our work
room accounts as'follows:
S yards of Swiss at 12ti cents .$1.00
3t4 yards of val. edging at 6 cents.21
5 yards of val. insertion at 6 cents.30
Hooks and eyes .-..03
Sewing cotton <2-3 of a spool) .04
Pattern (9913) . .15
Total . $1.73
The estimate as given may be fur
ther reduced by substituting for the
' lace insertion tiny motifs and curved
i traceries of crochet-work of the simpl
I est sort, consisting of rows of chain
stitched loops of thread, each loop be
ing caught in the usual fashion into
the loop below it on the preceding
row.
A frdck for the norminally built
girl of fourteen must avoid long lines
as far as possible, since the little
j lady’s figure is apt to possess these in
| abundance. It must convey the im
pression of youthfulness, and should
be soft and graceful rather than crisp
j and fluffy, characteristics more be
j fitting the dresses of very little girls.
If the wearer be tall the skirt should
end half-way between the knee and
shoe top. Otherwise it may be a bit
shorter, but under no circumstances
should it be allowed to reveal the
bend of the knee. The belt should oc
cupy its natural position. The girl
of fourteen is too old for the long.
French-waist effect, and a bit young
for the short-waisted Empire.
Seeking material in low-priced
goods which should be at once soft,
refined-looking, and dressy, our buyer
found a lot of flowered mulls being
closed out at reduced price to make
room for winter goods. They were
fine and sheer, printed in artistic col
orings, and mercerized; indeed, one
had to look closely to be sure they
were not silk mousseline.
Figure 2 shows, as far as camera
limitations permit, how prettily this
goods made up. its white ground was
strewn wdth beautiful blue flowers
softened by stems of a pale and ten
der green.
in planning tne waist decorations,
features likely to please the taste of
the wearer are considered. At four
teen one has one's own ideas, and so
long as they are simple and whole
some why not gratify them?
First of all, it was 'concluded, the
square-necked yoke was to be trans
parent; but it must not have the mo
notonous bands of insertion used to
fill in every other square neck. Lace
edging was therefore used instead,
sewed in perfectly flat and neatly
mitered at the corners. This was, in
turn, finished with the prettiest little
frills, projecting from under the lace,
of blue ribbon, half an inch wide and
matching the flowers in the mull per
fectly. It was sewed beneath the out
er edge of the lace, and followed the
line of the latter exactly around the
neck opening, and also along the low
er edge of the yoke. The graceful
bertha and the sleeves were trimmed
to correspond, and a shaped belt
edged with the frilled ribbon complet
ed the scheme. The cost:
9 yards of mercerized mull at 11c_$ .99
4 yards of lace edging at 6 cents.24
IS yards of ribbon at 5 cents .90
Hooks and eyes .05
Pattern (No. 1287) .15
Thread .05
Total .$2.38
Effective Border Trimming.
The new coats show most effective
trimming; the narrow bands of a con
trasting material embroidered and
braided alternate with the border
stitchery that forms really deep bands
and designs with irregular edges upon
the material Itself. What may also
be described as an imitation of the
old world flat plaited niching is
formed of a zigzag pattern of narrow
braid disposed closely along a hem
of cloth or velvet. Bands of satin
cut out in swiss embroidery style
heavily worked with silk look ex
tremely well, and so do others with
appliques of a different stuff.
Corded silk with applications of
cloth makes a lovely trimming, and
velvet is also treated in the same
style. One coat has a border of true
lovers' knots and looped ribbons be
tween running all the length, for all
the world like the border or frieze of
a wall paper.
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Paris says hats should contrast.
The double skirt is with us once
more.
Black kid gloves, lined with purple,
are new.
Stunning are the velvet hats, heaped
with orchids.
A new feature of evening gowns is
the long tulle sleeve, close fitting all
the way.
Emerald green appears in the new
est ties, in hose and in glove linings
to match.
The evening scarf is more popular
than ever. It has come oat in perfor
ated chamois, beautifully embroid
ered.
Hats with wreaths of white or shad
ed purple and mauve velvet and taf
feta convolvuli are much to the fore,
while hats loosely draped with chiffon
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or plaited gauze scarfs are very promi
nent
Some of the glittering evening
gowns look as if my lady were about
to set off to war in shining armor.
So far feathers have been most seen
in boas, ostrich naturally standing
first.
Big and bold are the cut out designs
for the jumper waist. Silk pieces out
lined with final braid compose most
of the designs.
Panels of very deep tucks are in
serted at the bottom of evening gowns.
The plain portion between the tucks
shows embroidery Resigns.
Two blues are combined in perhaps
the most popular style of millinery.
Dark blue chirked up with some light
er. brighter shade of blue is nearly
the most ubiquitous hat one sees.
Black broadcloth suits with smart
Louis coats finished with big side
pockets and waistcoats of colored bro
cade are in high favor for afternoon
visiting toilettes.
One of the moat soothing applica
tions for a fire bum is a raw potato
scraped or grated and bound like %
poultice on the Injured surface.
