JOHN MUNCY ON AMERICAN SCENERY. BY GEO. V. H03ART, (“HUGH M’HUGH”) Dear Bunch: Yours from Nice re ceived; a!so Alice’s letter to Peaches. I’m wise to the good time you're hav ing, old pal, and, believe me, I wish we were with you. It must be aces to travel through the Riviera and pipe the forget-me nots and the magnolia blossoms bloom ing all over the place, while the air is laden with the scent of roses and the song of the nightingale makes mu sic for the midnight lunch—what! Not bad on the poesy li-ing this morn, eh, Bunch? Holy mackerel! I’d like to see you travel over this part of the universe and get a peep at any forget-me-nits or maggieolas. Nothing doing. Over here. Bunch, the wild eyed ad vertiser is abroad in the land, and his “Took Another Look.” advertisements are stuck, like a lot of second-hand court plaster, all over the face of Nature. I love to read the advertisements in the newspapers and the magazines, but I also love to be permitted to stop reading them when the dinner bell rings, which is an impossibility if you're traveling on the railroads in our dear land of liberty—God bless it! In these days, Bunch, you’ll find that the something which once was a beau tiful landscape is covered with a board fence wlierecn it says: EAT BATEM'S EATABILITY EASILY THE MOST EATABLE EATING EVER EATEN. I thin’.; the idea of changing a green hillside into a treatise on indigestion, and in * ig all the pretty trees along the roadside pcint their branches in the direction of a drug store is wrong, but maybe I’ve too much poetry in my veins afid not enough business. I took a little trip from New York to Philly last week, and it was then that the foregoing thought hit nte a i bolt in the thinker. It’s only a question of a short time. Hunch, when our American scenery will be changed to pill news. I looked cut tlie car window with the laudable intention of admiring all the geography as it rushed by. but be fore I could enthuse over two spruce trees and 18 h ades of grass, a large sign shut off my view and caused me ! to see this: SAWDUST FRITTERS The New Breakfast Food Once Swallowed Never Forgotten I winked my eyes once or twice and took another look, and there, spread carefully over the map of New Jersey, was a sign which said: Blonde Pills for Brainy People Try One Box And You'll Never Try Another. I dodged back into my chair and closed my lamps for a moment. Then I said to myself: “I’ll try the other “The Wildeyed Advertiser Is Abroad.” side of the car where, no doubt. I'll see a mountain or a country fair or some thing human in the distance, “but all 1 saw was 97 feet of board fence, which was yelling out these words: DRINK BINGLEBAUER'S WHISKEY All Judges Say It Makes Trade Lively Especially the Police Judges For ten minutes I sat there, Bunch, with my eyes shut, and when finally I took a little peep out the window it resulted in this: SMOKE YELLOWFINGER'S CIGAROOTS And Die Lingering, But Dopey Then I tried to figure the thing out, and presently came to the conclusion . ; *0 In heart of civilization, and that after we reached the real country the land- \ scape would assert its rights and be gin to happen. In about 20 minutes I glanced care lessly out the window, and I’ll be dog goned if I didn't see another board fence with this on it: Be a Good Chooser and Chew CHEWINGTON’S CHOO CHOO The Gum That Don't Come Off. Now I leave it to you, Bunch, if it isn’t discouraging. Can you beat it in Europe? Can you get close enough to it to tie it? Then I looked up and out and saw— yes, Bunch, another mile of fence, some of which bore this legend: Children, dear, in any case Don't drive nails in Mother’s face; If you do and she should scream Try Mike Smith’s Complexion Cream! Speaking of scenery reminds me that Peaches and I took a flying trip to Niagara Falls not long ago. I’m not out to describe the Falls, Bunch, so don’t throw this letter down and scream for help. When we stepped off the cars we found, stretching out as far as the “Took a Flying Trip to Niagara.” pocketbook could reach, a line of hacks, river-going hacks which had [ been standing so long in the shadow ! of the falling water that they seemed to be giving each other the Minne haha. (Indian joke.) Eighty-seven hack drivers with tears in their eyes and beer in their voices, when possible, coaxed Peaches and me to jump on board their cata marans and be concussioned over to the Falls, but after a long and bit ter fight our consciences won the vic tory, and we walked. Like all great things in this world, Hunch, the Falls of Niagara started out from a very small beginning and gradually workc-d itself up to fame | and fortune. When it staited out away back in the woods the Niagara river had no thought of getting itself in the school books and becoming a national pet, like a prize fighter. On the contrary. Bunch, it started out to be just a plain, ordinary river rolling gently on its rocky mattress, but one dark night it suddenly fell out of bed and created such a sensation that it has kept right on falling out of bed ever since. This is the only record in history where a reputation has been made by falling out of bed. Peaches and I walked down to the edge of the Falls, and for eight min utes we 3tood there without speaking a word. Peaches afterward acknowledged that the Falls had a wonderful in fluence over her, because that wa3 the first time in her life she ever went eight minutes without saying some thing. To stand there. Bunch, and watch those thousands and thousands of gal lons of water pushing each other over the edge of that precipice and then falling with a roar into the depths be low makes all the poetry in one’s sys tem come to the surface and beg to be let out. Yours for better scenery, JOHN. (Cops'right, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham Co.) Pity and the Picturesque. There was a widow (her husband had been dead for a fortnight) whc lived in a humble and honest way. and who achieved triplets at a stroke. Two newspapers, touched, and rightly, by her indigence, decided that a candy shop would be a pleasant thing for her. They ran a human story that fairly dripped mercy and loving kind ness, telling of the tenement home, the bereavement, and the scheme for ready bargains in caramels and choco late kisses. The public, which is everything rather than stony-hearted sent back $1,000 and the widow was able not only to start her shop, but tc include a soda fountain. This is th« same public that throws newspaper* ' and banana peels into the hospitable gutter, and thereby cuts off the ap propriations for tenement house in spection; spits on the sidewalks and in public buildings, and thereby mul tiplies disease. The average persor responds to obvious signs of sympathy rather than to bigger and more distant good.—Collier’s Weekly. Venerable Clergyman Dead. Rev. Angus Bethune, vicar of Sea. ham, England, who has died at tha age of 97, discharged his clerical du ties to the last. He was 67 years a clergyman in the diocese of Durham and 49 years an incumbent of one parish, and had served under seven hi~V./■. munnunmer Diresse For the costume pictured on the left figured delaine would be very suit able. The skirt is gathered into the waist with a little fulness; it has a piece of filet insertion put down the center of front, and taken all the way round the skirt. Below the insertion are tw'o tucks about two inches deep. The bodice is tucked down the center of front; below tucks is a piece of insertion put on in a V shape; on either side of that is another piece of insertion taken to waist; the shoulders are tucked, and insertion is put round the armhole. The puffed sleeve is gathered into an insertion-band at the elbow. Straw hat, trimmed with a big wreath of roses. Materials required: Twelve yards 30 inches wide, about lO1,^ yards insertion. The second costume is made in striped zephyr. The skirt is a circular shape, and is cut so that the stripes meet in points down center of front and back. The bodice has epaulettes and shoulder-straps of material; the straps are cut on the cross, and the epaulettes on the straight; it is worn over a spotted muslin underslip made finite simply; it has a plain yoke trimmed with insertion to which the material is gathered. Materials required; Eight yards 30 inches wide, 2yards muslin, three yards insertion. The third illustration shows a useful style for tennis or other outdoor games. The skirt is a five-gore shape in cream serge; it has a three-inch hem, and is machine-stitched three times above it. Any simple blouse can, of course, be worn with it. The one illustrated here, is in cotton voile patterned with pink; on each shoulder are four tucks in groups of twos, at the end of each buttons and cord are sewn; it has a box-plait down center of front, and a frill of soft lace sewn on the left edge; the back is set into a shaped yoke; the material is gathered to it in the center; the sleeve is set into a turn back cuff just below the elbow. Materials required: Four yards serge 48 inches wide, three yards cotton delaine 28 inches wide, one yard lace, two dozen buttons. TO BE WORN IN AUTUMN. Locking a Little Ahead for the De crees of Fashion. The prevalence of glossy-faced ma terials, w ith satins in the it ad for elaborate occasions and satin-faced wools for day-time use. is assured for fall wear. It is evident that very supple but firm weaves, such as the broadcloths, Venetian cloths, prunellas and serges, are to be in great request. The vogue for separate coats will have a salutary influence on the vel vets for winter, and it is said that enormous orders for velvets are put ting the velvet manufacturers through their paces. From some samples which repre sented a part of a buyer's output for the coming season it is prophesied that checks, plaids and stripes will bo in great demand. This style is being fostered by the vogue of plain skirts and plaid, striped or checked skirts or the reverse. With the sheath skirt, which is likely to be modified, one may rest as sured that the tight-fitting French coats with scanty peplums will come out in velvet for cloth skirts as soon as the weather permits. Whatever the weave in silk or wool, there is one quality which is common to all—suppleness and a tendency to close texture. This bodes well for the permanence of the tight skirt, since a firm material is needed to keep it in shape. That the petticoat will continue to feel the change of style is certain, but that it will be actually banished is improbable. CLOVER FOR THE SACHET. How Fragrant Plant Should Be Gath ered and Preserved. When going on a clover-gathering expedition the morning may be taken for cutting down the stalks and laying them together in a pile. Then after lunch the stalks can be stripped, dropping the leaves and flowers into the receptacles previously made ready for them. After the clover is gathered it is dried thoroughly by spreading it out thinly over newspapers, and putting it in the sun, but care must be taken that it is not in the wind where it might be blown away. Several days are required for the drying and the leaves will break to powder when all the juice is sapped out. When the leaves and bloom are ready for cases, any material that is desired may be chosen for making sachet holders. It must be thin, of course, and no cotton is put in for pad ding. The bag does not need to be entirely tilled, for a thin layer spread over the surface when the case is laid down flat is quite sufficient. Cases may be made just the size of bureau draw ers, and small ones are nice, too, for slipping into trunks. Among house linen the sweet clover cases are de licious. OF THE LATEST STYLE. The most conspicuous of the late millinery models, because the most at tractive, are the draped and frilled bonnets of net, tulle or lace, recalling vaguely the much-abused bebe hat of other years and built up on much the same lines as the Charlotte Corday. The new shapes are very high of crown, too. The brims vary in width, but in all cases droop sharply, and since the bonnets sit low upon the head, as do all the hats of the season, the plaited frills of these brims fall softly around the face and over the low chignon at the back. They seem to belong by right to pretty faces, or at least to piquant faces; but where they are becoming they are as delect able as anything ever devised for wear with sheer summer frocks. The above illustration gives an idea of the models. Keep Drawstring in Place. When you wish a drawstring in a garment put in string as long as the hem, or facing, tie a small rice button to each end, and sew up, allowing only the string or tape to pass through. You never will be troubled with your drawstrings pulling in or out. Sleeves to Be Longer. The vexed question as to the cor rect sleeve length has been answered at last with no uncertain voice. Sleeves are to he long, so long that not only are the elbows covered and reach the wrists, but the point must fall over the knuckles, and in some instances there are actually concealed thumb holes in the cuffs, through which the thumbs may be passed in order that they may help to keep the sleeve down to their fullest extent. This particular vogue adds not a little to the studious suppression of all efforts after display that character izes the modes of the season. Yet, curiously enough, the exceedingly quiet aim that is sought for in the smartest of smart toilets is not achieved at the cost of any loss of elaborate detail. On the contrary, It is because each item of the sartor'al scheme is mosaic-like in its pres ision that the whole effect is so subdued. Fringe on Black Hats. The fringe hats with a ct bV situated somewhere nerr the head have been a day, but a pretty variation of the accepted style was seen on an all black bat. Here the bow was of the usual shape, of soft black taffeta, but the two ends were quite long and finished with a deep black silk fringe. It was pretty and, as the fringe hung over the brim of the hat, it was grace ful. Such a style is very appropriate to a woman who is nearing middle age, for somehow or other the f:i i ■ seems to add dignity to the otherwise extremely flippant chapeau. Summer Weddings in Rural i t ■ Summer time v, rural sections o' many amusing a wedding c ■ s a~tled he riving rone CLEANLINESS IN MILK AND CUTTER A NECESSITY Bar the Un’»'TioIe