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wear, making one in use, one in the
laundry, and one for an emergency
.Knit underwear is good, but the light
weight fleeced cotton-is preferable to
wool, remembering. the laundry, a
child's warmth should come largely
from exercise, good food, and good
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She sits alone, with her
clasped on hor
tear-drops
forehead
bowed,
. And her hands
knee:
"With the great, round
' glittering
And falling steadily.
O, y6 who deem that the niinstrel
: seeks
But the plaudits of the throng,
Come stand in the shadow here with
: f'.-mo,1
And. list to this Marah's song:
-Would you love me, love, if the
world had rayed
An aureole round my name?
Would that name grow musical to
you
In the trumpet-blast of fame?
Should the wreath of fadeless bays
be mine,
Through pencil chisel pen
And I ranked with sucoessful'Ones,
Beloved, would you love me. then?
Or., if beauty's blessed dower were
i mine
The fair and winsome face,
The wave-like flowing of tresses
bright,
, The step of winsome grace
Would you, then by the brightness
of ' brow and eye,
By. more than pity moved,
Give the priceless boon that the heart
still craves
"Would you love me then,Beloved?
TheVdearest offering I have to give
My., all that is fair and sweet
These poor, pale thought-flowers of
the heart
Are lying at your feet. s
And even a dark soul may grow
. - bright - '
If fostered by love's warm ray:
Then love me a little, O, Beloved,
That'll may be fair, some day."
-Galesburg (111.) Free Press.
Full Sowing
K, Everything about us suggests the
i.comingjOf cool weather, and the nec-
eBsary attention to the family ward-
roue, uivory paper or magazine is
full, from cover to cover, of talks
about fall goods, fall fashions, fall
fabrics, the choosing, buyinn cutting,
mung anu putting together of the
various materials now being put upon
uie Bnoives ana in tne snow windows
of tho stores. The chilly mornings
and evenings are sending our
thoughts, if not our bodies, in search
of the garments stored last spring,
and the heads of the household are
busy apportioning their surplus mon
eys to meet tho necessary fall ex
penditures. Before buying the new, it would
bo well to overhaul the old, and see
how much can be suitably made over
or renovated, by using new trim
mings, linings, combinations, and
cutting down, after ripping apart,
washing or sponging, dyeing and
pressing. With the proper care,
many dollars may be saved toward
the purchase of better materials for
the now. It costs money to throw
away garments "as good as now" and
buy the new styles outright, and
many a soiled, sun-streaked or faded,
or partly-worn garment can, with a
little time, patient planning and a
few packages of some good ten cent
dyes, be made fresh and bright look
ing, and, in tho case of good material,
"like new." For many garments. th
ripping apart is not necessary, but'
care should-be taken with the dyeing
of these, that all the seams and folds
are reached by the dye.
Many garments will only require
a thorough cleaning, and the remov
ing of grease spots, stains, etc., with
a good pressing, making little re
pairs, and, in some cases, longthing
or shortening in order to adjust them
to the uses to which they are to be
put. It always pays to do over good
materials, and many garments can
bo passed down the line, saving many
dollars, and at the same time giving
good service, if little details are at
tended to. Be careful in the clean
ing, sponging, dyeing, pressing, and
see that you have a pattern suitable
to the pieces you are to make over.
Fall Shopping
In many homes, these early aut
umn days, the sewing machine holds
the place of honor, and there is in
evitably more or less shopping to
be done, according to the size of
the family, age and sex. In order
to .get the worth of one's money,
there should be some knowledge of
the materials entering into the va
rious fabrics, and a knowledge of
methods of satisfactorily testing the
proportions of each. For winter
wear, there are many cotton and wool
mixtures, and some of them are so
cunningly woven that even an ex
pert may be deceived. Foi some
purposes, a cotton and wool mixture
is better than an all-wool, as it wears
bettor; but for holding its shape and
lappearance under even hard usage,
nouiing equais pure sneep's wool. A
great deal of the stuff sold for all
wool is a mixture of cotton and shod
dy, and shoddy is made from rags
ground up, with no long threads to
hold it together, and the cotton
threads are used to keep it from fall
ing to pieces which it does on being
given much service.
Cloth commercially known as "all
wool," is generally shoddy and cot
ton; the cotton is carded to give it
strength, and the shoddy gives it the
wool appearance. Cotton will not
hold color, and the shoddy dropping
out, loaves It thread-bare. In buy
ing, bo sure to buy the wool of the
sheep; wool is an animal nroduct.
and cotton is a vegetable; .wool, if
boiled in a solution of caustic potash
will dissolve the potash will eat it
up. Cotton will not dissolve. For
testing woolens: Take the bolt of
goods at the cut end, and examine
closely the cross-thread, slowly pull
ing apart; if It breaks almost evenly
and comes apart slowly, then one
may conclude it to be all-wool. If
it breaks in short, uneven strands and
falls apart easily, do not buy it, for
it is unmistakably cotton, and you
would do better to get either pure
woolen, or all-cotton goods.
An all-wool fabric 4s usually much
more expensive than the wool and
cotton mixture, but it Is cheaper in
the long run, as It gives better ser
vice, and keeps a better appearance.
are offered at the special sales at
the close of the season at a somewhat
reduced price, but you rarely find
such in the "bargain counter" heap.
You can not get something for noth
ing, even in special sales, and the
sensible thing to do is to spend the
sum at your disposal on the cloth,
rather than on a cheap, inferior
fabric covered with elaborate trim
ming which is used to cover the de
fects of the material.
Many expensive-looking suits will
not bear wear because of poor lin
ings. Examine the collar, belt and
seams; look at the finish of the but
ton holes, the quality of the button;
notice how the skirt gores are cut
with regard to the "thread" of the
cloth, and learn to distinguish be
tween lining materials and also be
tween cheap and inferior fabrics got
ten up to sell, and the really .good
fabric designed for wear. Get the
best of its kind, whatever the kind
may be. A really good gingham is
far more satisfactory when made up
than an inferior piece of sijk. In
buying, the question should be, not
how well the garment will look when
finished,, but how long it will look
well after being worn.
True economy is on the side of
the really good cloth, even at a few
cents more a yard; the best work
manship or style will not give satis
factory results unless, the best ma
terial is used. The garment that
hangs in the show window is there
for sale, The garment you want to
buy should be for- wear.
Fall Underwear
Roftdy-to-Wcar Suits
A bargain in any kind of merchan
dise Is not generally found at the
"marked-down" sales, though one
sometimes finds a marked-down art
icle that is a bargain. Do not look
for "bargains" on the counter on
which is dumped a collection of
goods thrown out of every depart
ment; the real bargains will be
found in, the section Where the art
icle is regularly on sale. Many gar
ments which are of good -material,
well made, and In the prevailing
style, of- a cloth that is a standard,
Among the best materials for ser
viceable t underwear may be counted
the outing flannels of a good grade.
It may be had either in white or in
colors, and while it is warm and soft,
will bear repeated washings 'and, con
stant wear. The cheap, thin, grade
is not so economical, as the "nap"
wears away, leaving, only the threads;
but one garment of the better qual
ity is better than a half dozen of
poorer ones. For gowns, skirts, an,d
drawers, both for children and adults
it is better than woolen wear, as all
underwear should go regularly and'
often to the laundry for cleanliness'
sake, and much washing, -if at all'
careless, soon ruins wool flannels.
Petticoats of fast-colored ginghams
with several narrow ruffles arouftd
the bottom, are both neat and ser
viceable, while for dressy wear, these
skirts may be trimmed with heavy
white or colored laces,' either on the
ruffles, or without them. These un
dergarments will serve as lessons in
sewing for the small girls, just learn
ing to sew. Never mind the hh-Ia
faults in the sewing, as time and ex
perience will remedy all this" Let
the lassies "do their own things," as
much as possible. The knowledge
will do them good.
One of the things that should be
provided for the girl or boy but es
pecially for the girl is the change of
comfortable leggings; one pair is not
enough, for the single pair is not al
ways available, especially in bad
weather. Do not send the little girl
out into tho cold with no protection
for the thin little limbs other than
the single thickness of a cotton stock
ing, or even thestocking drawn over
the underwear reaching to the feet
Protect the children's feet and legs
Do not. get too many, articles, but
spend the money in hand for that
which will give serviceable wear and
bear much tubbing. For each child
there should be three suits of under-
Fashioii Notes
The fashions, as well as the ma
terials, this season, lend themselves
admirably to the remodeling of gar
ments laid by.
A band of ribbon velvet or soft
silk, drawn closely about the throat
and fastened in the back with a clasp
and hook, is much worn with tho
high-necked blouses or low-cut
gowns.
A belt or a girdle of a totally dif
ferent color to that of the costume is
in bad taste.
The belt to wear with a tailor
made suit should be of kid or leather,
plain, rather wide, and in keeping
with the cuffs and collar; the fast
ening should be a plain buckle of
brass or dull silver.
A girdle or belt to wear with
dressy blouses should be made of
soft silk, matching the color of tho
costume, or the trimmings of the
cuff and collar, fastened 'with loops
and ends at the side front or back."
An economical use for the out
grown summer dresses is to rip tho
seams, removing the best of the
trimmings 'and the good portions of
the garment, and make them up into
guimpes or little aprons. The
guimpes to be worn with the jumper
dresses for the fall.
The thin, ungraceful girl of twelve
or thirteen should have the length
of her skirt broken' with two or three
tucks or applied folds that simulate
tucks. Subdued colors may be
brightened, by piping- the edges of
tucks or folds with some bright color,
or with some distinct marking of
plaid- goods, either in colors, or
black and white, as indicated by the
color of the garment.
Where much laundering is not ob
jected to, cotton prints, or other light
colored goods, make pretty aprons
for the little school girl, and patterns
showing a small dot or figure should
be chosen for these. With a touch
of white added to them by edgeings,
bandings, braids, tapes, or heavy
white feather-stitching or cross
stitch designs, the chambrays, and
plain ginghams of light colors make
becoming aprons.
The Schools
It is not enough that our children
are clothed and sent regularly to the
school house, or that w.e try to give
them time for study at home, yet
many parents especially fathers
regard this as the extent of their
duty to their children. There are
many things about the liouse and the
grounds demanding though seldom
receiving the attention of the par
ent, and without which attention, the
children suffer more or less in many
ways. Few men would entrust a val
uable animal a horse, or dog to
strange "hands without looking after
the conditions to which it would be
consigned. There would always be
solicitude for its welfare, and very
often personal supervision, no matter
how busy the men were. But the
children! The little, dependent, hu
man animals that is another story.
In large cities, great attention is
being bestowed upon the condition of
the buildings and grounds with re
gard to sanitation and the welfare
and comfort of the young people.
Ventilation, the proper size of the
dqsks, the arrangement of the light,
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Mns. "WiNsrxw's Soothing SYiropforctui'
dren teething should always be used for oau
dren -while teotbJnir. Itsof tens the Rums, oaJj
all paln.cures wind colic and is the best renaeoj
for diarrheas. Twenty-five ceato a bottl.
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