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While Hat ir.uu are" more tashion
able I ban the round variety t"-e differ
ence i nut ovvn.g aliocoiher to a I-ief- (
.ercuc. for Hip '-lat. a" 'I'1 short-haired ,
furs arc made tip in the first form. ,
vHle the k.g kaii,d are made into,
large invnS muff?. i
Manv ol tka flat muffs acinic a
. i,..t ....ti.iw. n-- oven a tendency
to a poi'U a: the kw r part while ibe
tops are narrower and are often
curved r indented.
Main- ot the sea -mi's muff and nee;
pieces" are cv-igned for special cos
tumes aad not for general wear. In
muffs fancy runs not: on seme cf tlic
fanciful ones to go with certain cos
tumes. Not only is lace used, hnt pas
sementeries, hands of embroidery, and
contrasting lrs pre upI to make
them mote elaborate, il Ies beautiful
?in! artistic, than though the Tar itseif
wore all.
Furs are even djed to match gown
materials, and browns and grays :n
many different .shades are s-l.own.
Autumn Calling Costume.
Ileie is an attractive calling sovr.
simple and in good taste. The rufllcs
nre nnislind at the bottom with folds.
The bands an of hand embroidered
strips of tin hroadelot'i of which the
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tr-slcncs are of tuel eu liberty mi!;. .
The hat. with a soft udl and knot of i
vehet. i.s tolr. both ehet and hat be- '
in? ul the new cuque 'o roche tbudes I
New Us- for Lace Collar.
One of the hm-.t ideas lor the use
4f the alread he.iil burdened lace
"i-ollar to make it. like harity, cover
a multitude of sins in a loote negli
; se xown. For urii't lounging pnr-:-ojes
no one tares fur a mas- of ft ills
:.ud emhrowhries and lace streamers,
but 'often one isho-. to tee an inti
mate friend without taking the trouble
to chang.' from a plain litile neglige
io one more elaborate. In such ease
be provided v. ith a large, cape-shape
laco collar, ready to be slipped quicklx
on. and the transformation is com
plete. -A beautiful liit'e house gown may
Je fashioned from figuied taffeta, with
-a- pale green ground, libeially be
jprinkled with small, su garlands or
--pink rosebuds. jut such a silk as
one's grandmother may have worn.
The bodice is made with a neck cut
modestly round and with rather tight
ly fitting backs and fronts. At the waist
the bodice is sharply pointed before
and behind, and is piped in every con
ceivable seam with pale green velvet.
The skirt is ver full and ery lorg.
and about twelve inches above the
hem has a quaint arrangement of vel
vet bows and ruchings that might well
have been copied from some old por
trait or dagueneotype. The sleeves
furnish the finishing touch to the
quaint effect, buttoning along the outer
eam from the elbow down over green
velvet buttons.
Opera Glass Bags.
Heavy open laces are made over
satin linings into opera glass bags
this year. They are white, as a rule,
but can be made in colors, lining and
iace to match. A plain square bag is
drawn up at the neck with ribbons
carried through embroidered rings, set
on the inside, the throat of the bag
finished with a deep niching of chif
fon. A larger bag for carrying more
of milady's trinkets is similarly made
and set here and thcte on the outside
with silver paillettes. So are other of
the orera glass bags, which are drawn
up at the mouth a er two ball-finished
bars of silver or gold. These bags are
rounded at the lover corners, finished
at the sides with dainty ribbon ros
ettes, and the ribbon handles are
knotted. There may be paillette span
gles or not, and of stiver or gold.
Black Taffeta Popular.
Black taffeta gowns are ha ing a big
vogue among women who make it a
rule never to be without a black gown
of some sort, even If they wear it but
seldom. Black velvet is oftenest em
ployed for trimming in cases where I
elaborateness is desired. One beauti
ful model recently shown had the en
tire lower portion of the skirt consist
of a very full-flaring, fitted flounce of
velvet In other cases simple stitch
ing is resorted to.
Another favorite trimming for taf
fetas is mousseline. for an indisput
able charm exists in the combination
of opaque materials with gauzes, chif
fons and laces and it finds its perfec
tion in their combination, which is. of
course, intended only, for dressy
gowns. ,
One of the new sleeves is made up
of taffeta puffs and cross folds of the
silk an inch wide, having plaited ruf
fles on tho edge;.. Tho effect is very
full and the sleeve from the elbow
down is completed by a long gauntlet
of brocade, draped on the bias and
trimmed at the wrist with several
.quillings of Mechlin lace.
Utilizing Otd Lace.
A rapid and easy way of embroider
ing and one which enables a woman
to use tip odds and ends of old 'rnd
new lace, especially ia floral design,
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is :o cut tre leaver from the net foun
nation and apply on a cotton, v.co!
or silk sown. Work over the deign.
coverinsr the figures v. ell. with ex
broidered silk or mercerized cotto:i.
Tie result is exc!ient. The em- I
broidery stands out and the lace pat
tern answers the same purpose as a
stamped design and in most cases is
more attractive than the conventional
patterns found in the shops.
A pla:n biown or green wallpaper
makes an iceal l.aclgronnd for pic
tures, and the absvr.ee of pattern on
walls add" iirnunstly to the apparent
size of the room.
Convei'itn'lj near the ran;o in the
kitchen should be place 1 tl e sink and
the dresser, not too far from the table
and range. You have tlun the prin
cipal articles so placed that the laLor
will be much lightened.
To save the kn-es of boys' ribbed
stockings one nioth'T re-enforces them
by sewing a piece of strong black
cloth behind them before they are
worn at all. It is remarkable how
much longer stockings wear when
treated in this way.
Polished iron work can be preserved
from rust by an inexpensive mixture
made of copal varnih mixed with as
much olive oil as will give it a degree
of greasiness. and afterward adding
to this mixture as much spirit of tur
pentine as of varnish.
Plaited Skirt in Style.
The plaited skirt is one of the set
tled fashions for the coming season.
Skirts must be full, but they must not
be bulky about the hips. By plaited
skirts is meant the several varieties
that are used for the lighter fabrics.
The most graceful skirt for walking
just clears the ground. Drop sk'irts
are still worn, although a few frocks
are made up with the lined breadths.
Accordion and sun plaitii g lose none
of their popularity and skirts made
of black voile crepe de chine, gauzes
and nets will be much worn with the
f.tnev l.oui silk and velvet coats. A
dainty model of black crepe de chine
!- ho worn with a black velvet coat
and an embroidered waistcoat is plait
id in uores. the plaited gores aber
rating with others pltin to the knee,
I whtie 'luy fall into plaiiings.
New Fur Garment.
One f the newest lur garments is
more like a ficlr: than anything else
attached to a velvet belt. The sleeves
are smooth over the should r. extend
ing to considerable width below the
elbow. One of the latest furs is white
atiachan dyed brown. Tins is made
into ic;?ts, but :nor oltea into neck
I'irris ar.-S muffs. Tin re is the ame
infinite arn ty in neck pieces and
everything is found mi tin in from huge
stoles v Inch envt'ope the shoulders to
pi- res of fur that are a little larger
than a four-in hand tie. The sto'.e will
reign supreme, however. Quite a inini
h r of the smaKor fur garments while
shaped are slightly draped about the
shoulders and tl.ey lasten on the bust
with an ornamental clasp. The ends
may be Jong or short.
Odd and Frstty Work Basket.
A eornhtisk and linen work basket
i-; by no means so unat tractive as it
-omuls. Hraid the hu-k-; and join the
braids, shaping into a wide basket.
.Main- a cover and join it to the basket
h a knot of bu-ks. Line the ii side
with coarse cotton pad- for both the
bottom and side-, of the brsket.
O'er tl is place a simpiy embroider
ed linen lining, carefully fitted, sup
plied with pocke's, and caught to the
basket so tint it can be removed to
be luundcrc.l. Into the buttom sot a
heavy pin and needle cushion, also
oooiod with a washable linen cover.
The basket, odd anil so easily kept
clean, will be a boon to any hotisewile.
Tea &iks
Fluffy tailored skirts are the most
striking departures.
Pale colored gloves are worn as
frequently as white ones.
For the knockabout suit there is
nothing like good corduroy.
Long gloves with wrinkled tops are
worn with the elbow sleevis.
White jet is used with beautiful ef
fect on some of the white gowns.
With the silk dressy gown a cock
ade of silk to match is worn in the
hair.
Velvet flowers in lovely shaded
colors are used on some of the best
hats.
Shoulders are spreading out to a
prodigious and most unlovely width.
Xew ostrich plumes show the light
color at the stem, deepening toward
the tip.
One plaited length cf riblion looks
like a cross between a cockade and a
pompon.
Colors in English Velveteen.
Lovelier than ever in coloring, and
of superlative quality. English velve-
een appears among winter fabrics. It
is shown in Malmaison red. mignon-
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otto green, and in clematis and a pur
ple plum. There is a doves win?
fawn and a realistic mushroom, a .la
panose bine that we should call,
green and gray and white and cream
Apple Pudding.
B.itter a deep pudding dish and
sprinkle with bread crumbs; line the'
sides of a dish with a rich pie crust '
and put a nirrow strip around the bot
tom, so as to leave the center of the
bottom uncoverel; next till the msn
with Prely cut apples with some sugar
sprinkled between them; add a very
little nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon
and a little butter in small pieces;
cover with the same crust and bake
one hour; when done turn iho pudding
out on to a dish and serve with hard J
sauce.
Raspberry Eav3rian Crsam.
Soften a quarter of a package ol
gelatine in half a cup of raspberry
juice; dissolve over hot water; add
the juice of half a lemon, a cupful of
raspberry juice and half a cup ol
sugar; stir over ice water, and when
it begins to "set" fold in a cupful
and a half of double cream beaten
solid. Pour ii to a mold. When cold
serve surrounded with the froth from
whipped cream.
Pale Green Cloth Waist.
Blouse of pale green cloth, trimmed
with straps of white cloth, which are
themselves trimmed with rows of pale
green soutache and with motifs of sou
tache and blue velvet. The waistcoat
is of white cloth, ornamented with
little gold buttons.
The full sleeves are finished with
hands of white cloth, trimmed with
motifs of the soutache and velvet
which form loo.-e cuffs over tight
under cuffs of white cloth, ornamented
with gold buttons. The tucked collar
is of white, with a turn-over of blue
velvet.
Voile Over White Silk.
One ot the prettiest white dresses-5'.,-u
recent 1 w .! i f 1 osely vov :i
voile ir.ountcit owr white silk. Tne
fkirt had a straight front apron bor
ders 1 by a iv p turn in plait, as it is
hung I'iniii the wai.t about the hips
tr.il in the back small knife plaits
stitched i.own for a few inches. Bor
dering the pron and continuing about
the hem of the gown is a zigzi'g block
pattern done in white mohair braid
about a third ot an inch wide. The
blouse bolero has the same trimming
about the shoulders and down the
sides. The bolero opens in front to
show a blouse of Japanese lien em
broidery in blue. The rovers are
edged with rulllt s of vaieuejennos
lace, the sleeves are slightly short and
finished with a cuff of th embroidery
and from it falls a full tall of lace.
Ornaments fcr the Hair.
Ornaments for the hair are so varied
as to be wcrth a volume or descrip
tion. One very pretty hair decoration con
sisted of two while tips, tied together
with a big bow of white tulle, upon
which were sewed til' smallest of j
beads in gold and steel. The whole i
was fastened upon a hairpin so that
it could be stuck into the hair.
A still prettier ornament being
more effective, was a feather of pink.
It was an ostrich ftather. about eight
inches long, very thick and curled at
the tip to make a heavy head. At
the base of this feather there was a
pink bow ot chiffon studded with
pearl beads. The feather was fas
enpd upon a long hairpin, which was
designed to sink low into the hair.
Shading in Colors.
Beautiful ostrich feather sets, muff
and long round boa, appear this -ear
in the shaded effects which are to be
tound in so many things. There is
the popular heliotrope, shading to pal
est lavender, and to go with another
popular shade of the season brown
the feathers graduate from a rich dark
tone to a delicate cream. They arc
charming.
Batter for Pineapple Fritters.
Beat one egg without separating the
white and yolk. Add half a cup of
flour and one-fourth of a teaspoon of
salt, and beat with a spoon until per
fectly smooth. Then beat in one-fourth
of a cup of milk.
Now, What Did He Mean?
"It's terribly slow here." wrote tht
war correspondent io his wife; "I
haven't actually seen any fighting
since I left home."
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Are Wearing.
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Item: It was shortly before li in the
morning. Fifth aenue was compara
tively deserted for throe reasons,
namely, it was Sabbath day. it was
too eariy by some bonis tor an ease
and liiMirj -loving lesidential section
to bt.- visibly astir, and it was raining
raining as when gray and ragged
skies are being steadily unraveled up
on an outwardly deserted city.
branding had there been any sun
in the shalov of the modest Filth
Awr.ue Ihtptist church spire in West
Forty-sixth .-trtci. just off the man
sloned aenue, an observer migi.t have
counted some hundred and fifty excep
ts us to the pievailing rule of metio
politan desertion. An observer also
might have notictd a modest coupe,
devoid of any crest or family insignia,
ju-t as the river was minus a cock
ace and livery, draw up at the church
entrance and'eposit a young man and
a young woman upon the pavement.
Stepping first from the vehicle and
raising his umbrella with such agility
as an experienced teller may some
times exhibit in handling specie, the
young man escorted his companion to
a small side entrance of the church
and with her disappeared into the
plain brick and stone edifice.
Had it not been raining, the couple
the young man and his wife would
have walked from their handsome
Fifth avenue residence te the West
Forty-sixth street church, instead ot
riding even in such an nni retentions
conveyance as they used em this occa
sion. For the young John D. Rocke
feller is endeavoring to live a he
preaches to his remarkable Bible class
in the Fifth Avenue IJaptist church
Use simple life.
As founder, patron and leader of
what has come to be known generally
is the Rockefeller Bible class, which,
incidentally, is of more numerical im
portance than the entire remaining
Fifth Avenue Baptist Sabbath school,
.he younger Rockefeller occupies a
position at eince commanding and
.mique in the public gaze. Stray and
striking passages trom his weekly ad
Jresses to his class addresses that
ire half-confidential discussions and
talf-sermons wander regularly into
print. But the manner in which he
conducts his class, this young heir to
Hie five hundred or more Rockefeller
millions, of its personnel and attitude
ov.ard him. comparatively few
glimpses have been obtained.
Having accompanied his wife, a
iaughter of Senator Nelson W. Aid
rich of Rhode Island to the small wait
.ng room adjoining the church proper,
he young multi-millionaire leader,
having been delayed a few minutes on
account of the rain, hurried into the
main body of the church, where some
lundred and fifty class members and
visitors were congregated.
Evidently the leader and the led
were thoroughly en rapport. For his
genial smile of greeting was vividly
-effected upon nearly every face pres
ent. His smile had in it a searching
warmth and cordiality that had the
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Her Way of Dodging Duns.
The tenants of an uptown flat house
lad been greatly annoyed by persons
who rang their bells and 3'et never
ante upstairs. Usually after a period
)f waiting it would be decided that
the postman had called and there
would follow a fruitless trip down
stairs.
The annoyance was finally traced
to an apartment two flights up, the
callers invariably going to that door,
md a little quiet detective work dis
posed that the woman living there
never answered a ring at her own bell.
Later it developed that she was
neavily in debt. Those persons she
wanted to see rang her bell and some
one else's. The first brought the wom
an to the door; the second gave the
caller admittance. If they rapped on
the door the woman admitted them.
If there was a ring at her upstairs bell
she knew it was a bill collector, and
let him ring on until he concluded
that she was not in. Collectors ring
ing only her bell usually did not gain
admittance unless the doer were un
locked. Not until the other tenants, in re-
A Rainy Sunday Morning at the Bible Class of the Heir of Richest Man in
the World Character Study of the Leader and His Methods An Hon
est, Impartial, Uncolored Account of Just What Happened During an
Hour of Bible Study with Young Mr. Rockefeller at the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church, New York.
same thawing effect upon the bene
ficiaries as might a toucn of sunlight
upon the outside world. As a facial
expression it was in many respects re
markable, beginning at the corners of
the mouth, gradually taking m the
whole mouth in its progress, extending
to the shorn upper lip. and ..ion swift
I enveloping the entire lower portion
of tho face.
Several times the smile was repeat
ed, each time with the same revivify
ing effect upon the recipients, as iho
leader made his way to his appointed
place' in front of the congregated
ciass. But it never quite reached nor
j included the steel gray eyes which
I possessed the extraordinary charac
teristic of never blinking, so tar as
could be casually observed.
Smiling his sixth, or ma: be his sev
enth, consecutive smile, the young
leader reached and ascended t':e
slightly elevated platform. Although
in .doing so. he had bus back to :i.e
aud'iene-y for a fraction of a minute
he come'ved a curious impression of
urn having taken his e;. es from the
assemblage. Choo: ing an ample chair
of Titian p!uh the joung man sat
down, fo'ded his arms, and calmly pro
ceeded to survey the faces turned
toward him with their varying degrees
of ago-aud experience. Simultaneous
ly with this movement, and as sud
denly as the genial expression had
appeared in his face on his entrance',
it was eclipsed as though by a tran
sitory cloud of some impenetrable tex
tuie. Something about the silent, thought
ful figure on the platform bespoke the
leader. His dominauoy over the class
was never for a moment weakened or
lost. Did any one present permit his
voice to touch an upper tegister or
bis foot to fall with a disturbing echo,
the transgressor immediately directed
an apologetic glrnce toward the plat
form as though to o.cue the derelic
tion. Yet there was a homelike qual
ity in the atmosphere which even the
bleak arcl bare interior could not
quite dispel.
Glancing at his watch and noting
that it was lime to begin, young
Rockefeller arose and announced the
processional hymn. Everybody stood
up. and. Ied by a male quartet of ex
ceptionally good voices recruited from
the class members, joined in the song.
Vocally the leader could be distin
guished by his manner of prolonging
the final notes after the other voices
were lowered or hushed.
With the; conclusion of the proces
sional he remained standing while the
class was seated. There was no sug
gestion of a smile now. as. locking his
hinds behind him and squarely facins
his auditor.', while he swept them with
his eyes, he announced that the text
for the les:;on would be the parable of
the hidden treasure.
Whether it was a coincidence or
whether the Rockefeller Bible class
has a weakness for texts dealing with
strictly material subjects remained
unexplained. In a conversational tone
young Rockefeller added that the text
for the following week would be based
upon the parable of the pearl. On the
preceding Sunday, as he said, the par
ables o'" the mustard seed and the
leaven had been respectively under
consideration.
Raising his voice so as to reach
every corner of the audience room
and with a clear-cut. incisive tone,
he repeated Matthew, xiv., 44: "Again,
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venge, tipped off the collectors did
the annoyance cease. New York
Press.
Gold Collects Microbes.
"The poor man," said the scientist,
"hasn't everything against him. It has
bceu discovered that gold collects dis
ease germs to a greater extent than
either silver or copper.
"Thus the poor man. with only
quarters and dimes and pennies to
handle, is safer than the rich man.
with his eagles and double eagles. And
the poor man, with his silver watch
cfin ascertain the time without half
the risk that the gold-watched rich
man run;.
"Seriously," said the scientist, "it
has been proved that gold has a great
er attraction for disease germs than
any other metal. Microbes crowd a
piece of gold as commuters crowd the
trains in the ni;h hours. Silver and
copper, however, the poor man's
metals, are not so overrun with mi
crobes. On pennies or dimes there is
always room for iho little creatures to
stretch their less and move about a
bit."
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the kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field: the whieh
when a man hath found, he hideth,
and for joy thereof goeth and selletn
ail that he hath, and buyeth that
field."
His discourse was full of interest
and apparently much enjoyed by the
class. At its close a general discus
sion of the subject took place. Then
.Mr. Rockefeller again addressed the
class briefly.
'Now let us sin.g." lie conclut'e'd
somewhat abruj t'y.
Signaling to the quartet in the choir
loft with one hand and reaching foi
a hymnal with the oilier, the class
leader joined in the hearty response
j that folio we'd. As the final notes ot
the deep-toned organ concluded a
trailing offertory, the young mult:
millionaire e'la'-s leader pronounced a
brief benediction.
This done, the secretary mrde a
number of annoiim ements as to 0 c
urogram for the coming week, ami the
elr.ss adjourned, as customary, to U
adjoinirg reception room, where men'
hers and visitors alike were to meet
and converse personally with the,
young magnate.
His hand clasp was no less cordial!
than his smile on me ting a pre-?
representative until an interview wa?
broached. His hands swiftly vanished
behind his back. He glanced quickl
about. et the smile ivma;ued as he
said quietly: "I would prefer not t
discuss the class work. We are always
glad to welcome visitor.-, and to show
by our actions just what we are doing
But it is a family tradition that we-'
permit our actions to do our talking'
"You do not regard it as a sacrifice
to deote so much of your time to tl. ir
work?" was suggested.
Again the mouth smiled while the
iron-gray eye's remained immovable t
"In :y talk this morning." he icp'.ied
"1 said something about the necessit
of considering such things as a pleas
are rather than as a sacrifice." New
York Times.
What Is a Typical American?
Every nation, or rather every his
toric race, has certain attributes in
addition to the great and more obvious ,
virtues it believes to be peculiarly its
own, and in which it takes an especial
pride, writes Henry Cabot Lodge in
McClure's. We r the United States
like to think of the typical American
as a brave man and an honest man.
very human, with no vain pretense to
infallibility. We would have him sim
ple in his home life, democratic in his
ways, with the highest education that
the world can give, kind to the weak,
tender and loyal and true', never quar
relsome, but never afraid to fight, with
a strong, sane sense of humor, and
with a strain of adventure in his bicod.
which we shall never cease to love
until those ancestors of ours who con
quered a continent have drifted a good
deal farther into the past than is the
ease to-day. i nose are me quaimes ,
which all men admire and respect and
which thus combined we like to think
peculiarly American.
Water Power in America.
About CO.000 water wheels are used
for manufacturing in the United
Slates, yielding l."tjO.')o()-horse power
or one-quarter to one-third of the
whole power used. Of this total 2.0.-000-horse
power is used by the 2,000
mills in New England.
Speculating on Noah's Ark.
The Danes have been modeling a
vessel on the exact lines of Noah's
ark as described in Genesis. The mod
el is 30 feet long. 5 feet wide and 3
feet high one-tenth of Noah's meas
urements. It was floated on Oct. 30
with a party of engineers and profess
ors on hoard and proved to be an ad
mirable sea boat.
The event confirms the theory that
the Babylonians had at an early peri
od a sea-borne commerce, and that
Noah's ship was driven by a severe
storm into the Euphrates and high
and dry ip into the mountains.
The remembrance of this great
storm, which destroyed whole citiPS.
grew into the account of the flood as
we have it. savs the learned pro
fessors, but as their speculations are
only suggestions, we know just as
much about it as before, and no more
To Study Land Cuestion.
It is stated that Sir (Jilbert Parker,
author of "A Ladder of Swords," has
gone to South Africa to make a spe
cial study of the land question there
for his government.
The Tactile Sense.
In a series of experiments on the
topography of the tactile sensibility,
made on children and adults. M. N.
Vaschide has been able to show clear
ly the relation which exists between
the circulation of the blood and the
tactile sense, reports Cosmos. From
these experiments it appears that there
exists a close relation between the de
termination of the measure of the
sense of touch and blood circulation.
Tactile sensibility varies under the
influence of a decreasing Hood pres
sure, caused by compression or
change of position, or of congestion,
the delicacy or torpidity of the tactile
sense being immediately dependent on
the circulation. Between the varia
tions of the normal state which repre
sents the conditions of habitual deter
minations, and the different states of
the circulation there seems to he a
strict relation, these states ranging t
from an extreme delicacy whoa the
blood circulates freely and constantly
to a condition of hyperexeitability ia
states bordering on congestion.
Novel Fire Escape.
Everybody is more or less familiar
with fire escapes and their uses, but it
has been demonstrated that fire es
capes are absolutely useless in case of
panic. Tower fireproof fire escapes
are- supposed to be entirely safe, but
when a crowd striving to get out of a
burring building lose their heads, a
panic follows and many lives ar1 lost
by persons being knocked down and
trampled on. Rope and chain fire es
capes are useful to a certain extent
as are also outside frame steps.
A novel improvement in fire es
capes, the invention of a South Dako
ta man, is shown here. It comprises
a car in the form of a veranda, which
is held normally in a position to be
entered from a window of a building.
This car slides on uprights, so that
when a sufficient weight is placed on
the car it descends, being operated
When Loaded Descends to the Gr:und.
by counterbalance weights attached
on a sprocket chain. The weigiits can
be so made as to rot only overbal
ance the car or balcony, but also the
weight of a man thereon, so that
when the car ;s in a Iowere'd position
a fireman may enter it and when te
leased it will ascend with a s:ngle
passenger. When two or more pas
sengers are on the car it will descend
and after its load lias been removed
it will asce-r-d again. By the introduc
tion of a brake mechanism the car
can be arrested at any point.
Silas J. Cilmore and William S. Ter
ry of Buckmoie, S. D.. are the pat
entees. Cloth with Fur.
Combining cloth with fcr the same
color was a fashionable tad of last
winter that has been revived again
this season. Terhaps the most attrac
tivo combinations are the brown cloth
with sable, gray uith chinchilla and
moleskin colored clith with the mole
skin fiir. It is a fail this year also
to have the squirrel tur clipped short,
ard tiiat makes it a darker gray,
which is effective on cloth ot the same
shade'. The fur is use.I in trimming as
edging or in bauds, but .smartest of
all styles is the cue that has the
jacket for the costume ot the fur am!
'hen one oi two bands on the skirt,
edged either with bright crimso.-j or
orange braid or velvet.
When a chinchilla jacket is made to
wear with cloth skirl the favorite 'e
simi is the tight-fitted short coat or
the perfectly-shapeless loose one. On
the tight-fitting design the favorite
trimming is the passementerie frogs
or braiding: on the loose style Irish
lace and velvet are used and there is.
as a rule, a velvet waistcoat of some
contrast!ng color, braided most elab
orately. The gowns and ball gowns trimmed
with fur are always effective, and this
season it is decidedly the fashion to
have an edging of Tur around the hem
of a tea gown or outlining the shoul
ders of a ball gown, an extremely odd
ball gown of tulle with bands of sable
caught with bunches of pink moss
loscbuds being one of the litest
models.
Science Finds New Animal.
A beastie novel to zoologists and all
other scientific "ists" is a cross be
tween a dog and a raccoon ami has
lately made a trip from northern Ja
pan. Us fatherland, to the New York
zoological gardens. The Japanese call
it a white fox and the American sci
entists say that it probably resem
bles a white Arctic fox more than any
other creature, but they nre christen
ing it a raccoon dog. The director of
the New York zoological park finds a
puzzle in its habits, for all allied spe
cies of animals are inclined to hibcr-
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bedrooms wherever found for their i
winter's nap. and when they do not
find a bedroom at hand they are fully
able to dig a burrow of their own. The
little alien from Japan, however, des
pite severest winter's cold, is up and
about with no drowsiness and has
such small, short and weak feet, with
feeble claws, that it is not fitted to
dig burrows. It is in general poorly
equipped for self-preservation, has
small, weak teeth, and reeds a home
whose population includes no bears,
wolves or foxes.
Production of Steel.
It has been computed that for every
I0' tons of pig iron consumed for all
rnirnoscs the quantity of steel pro
duccil is approximately in Great Brit- j
ain C3 tons; in Germany. 75 tons; j. '
America, SO tons.
Done Up.
Tourist "Anything doing round
here?"
Rriri-Kvoil Farmer "Nope; not at
present. Everybody's been done." I
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New Slip Covers.
The slip covers so popular ia tho
reign of Louis XIV are being more snl.
more used in these days of soft coal "
and dirt: and the beautifully uphol
stered furniture, covered with its tuft
ed damasks and brocatelles. is general
ly covered with "house-frocks" except
on special occaoioas. The old-fash-
iened idea of leaving tlie summer slips
of striped linen or appalling cretonnes ,.
on has passed. The cretonnes used
are selected with care and suitability
to the other decorations of the apart-.
meat. Some people make the great
mistake of choosing large tlowered de- '
sigrs for the furniture wlion the car
pet and paper are also figured. One of -the
three at least, either the wall pa-
per, the carpet or the furniture cow
ers, should be a plain color if the be
holder does not wish to grow dizzy
from too much pattern!
If fancy covers are chosen they
should correspond as exactly as possl
hie with the figure and colors in tho
wall paper. This effect is very pleas
ing in the boudoir or bedroom, provid
ed that the carpet is plain or has a
plain ground with sparsely scattered
sprays or flowered border.
But not only chintzes or cretonnes
are used as slip covers, but taffeta is
much in demand. Not too cheap a
quality, but one that will stand the
wear and tetr usually given to fitrnl
Mire, and not fade or look shit". Don.
b!e width is the best for tli.; purpose
Of cheaper materials, denim, gingham,
linen, chintz and cretonnes are all
good. A large monogram is sometime.'
embroidered on the- back of a plaia
cover. Montreal Herald.
San Jose Scale.
A. B. Is there r.ny cure for the San
Jose scale?
Kytonsive experiment made by onto
noloists and fruit growers during the
last two years have shown conclusive
ly that thero is a practictl remedy for
the San .!o.-e seal in the lime and
.-uJp'Mir wash which has for many .
v-ars been used in California and Ore- ' -
:on. This ronsi.ts of one pound of " ".
lime and half a pound of sulphi r in . .
each gallon of water, boiled together '
for two hours until the sulphur is- .."
thoroughly combined with the 1im'. .' ,r.
new method of preparing the lime ,.
and sulphur wa-.li with greater e.isc J'- .
iiii without tl e long boiling i now ! .?. '
n: experimented with. The mmMna- a
lion of the sulphur with the lime in
this new method depends upon the
neat generated by mixing the lime'
md .-ulphur together and then slaking .
the lime with a strong solution of Ive
ird water. Tho proportions used are
! pounds ol" Iime. ' pounds of sul- '
rVir. T. rounds concentrated lye. 'i . -gallons
of water. A more recent for
:i:':i substitutes washing soda for cor.- -rentnte'd
lye. which is another name
for caustic soda. :.
The Mission of the Vine.
There is so much in modern life
that conduce? to ugliness in our surrounding.-.!
If you don't believe, think
of tho way in which we depend upon
the telephone in very department of
life. The lnisines-. the household,
even the social machinery must use
the telephone and then think of the
ps!es! There must be stables to house
.the horses and the carriages ot the
well-to-do, yet every architect knows
that it is a ditlictilt matter to place
artistic and appropriate outbuildings
on the same grounds with the palatial
residence, and not have them seem -obtrusive,
says a well-known archi
tect. In the small city home, the back
fence and the sheds of our neighbors
are often a serious blot on the land
scape, and the sensitive eye is offend
ed dally by some bleak, bare, "neces
sary evil" in our surroundings, be
eiuse of somebody's convenience being
dependent thereon. I am often do
lighted to see how some simple quick
growing vice Is used to screen oft" such
disagreeable obje'ets. and only wonder
that moie home-makers, about Los An
g'cs and vicinity do not try to cover
up more of the ugliness about them ia
this way.
. For Prospective Builders.
The best house for the least practi-'
cable cost cau only be obtained by
building the same on paper first, the
price paid for a full set of plans, speci
licat'ou and details will be money wefl
spent, and instead of the owner find
ing himself with an unsatisfactory
house, he will have a home with each
detail worked out.
One important feature whtch Is too
often overlooked is the size of win
dows. Windows should be wide, not
only from the advantage In the outside
appearance over narrow openings, but
from the point of view of the Inside.
A sash in a two-light window. that ia
wider than high always renders moro
pleasing- results than where- reverse
conditions obtain.
Size of Water Pips.
J. L. S Would a three-quarter-inch
pipe be large enough to carry water r-
JCO feet with 10 feet of a fall?
, mt
A thrce-quarter-incb pipe would-'be'"
large enough, provided the water is-,
clean and pipe kept clear. If the pipe.
; i .inning with a ten-foot- head, it will- '
deliver about three thousand g'allons
of water per day.'
Flowers Rented in New. York."
Flowers are- rented, m New .YorK.
and the same bouquet may serve at al
succession cf -marriages. ...
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