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Police Constable C 49 paced slowly
np Wapptng' High street in the cool
of the evening. The warehouses were
closed and the street almost denuded
of traffic. He addressed a short and
stern warning to a couple of youths
struggling on the narrow pavement
and pointed out with the toe of his
boot the undersirability of the curb
stone as a seat to a small maiden of
five. With his white gloves in his
hand he swung slowly along, monarch
of all he surveyed.
His complacency and the air with
which he stroked his red mustache
and side-whiskers were insufferable.
Mr. Charles Pinner, ship's fireman,
whose bosom friend C 49 had pinched,
to use Mr. Pinner's own expressive
phrase, a week before for causing a
crowd to collect, eyed the exhibition
with sneering wrath. The injustice
of locking up Mr. Johnson, because a
crowd of people whom he didn't know
from Adam persisted in obstructing
the pathway had reduced Mr. Pinner
to the verge of madness. For a time
he kept behind C 49 and contented
himself with insulting but inaudible
remarks upon the color of his
whiskers.
The constable turned up a little alley-way
between two small pieces of
waste ground, concerning the desir
ability and value of which as building
sites a notice board was lurid with
adjectives. Mr. Pinner was still be
hind; he was a man who believed in
taking what life could offer him at the
moment, and something whispered to
him that if he lived a hundred years
he would never have such another
chance of bonneting that red-whiskered
policeman. There were two or
three small houses at the end of the
alley, but the only other living person
In it was a boy of ten. He looked to
be the sort of boy who might be
trusted to smile approval on Mr. Pin
ner's contemplated performance.
C 49's first thought was that a chim
ney had fallen, and his one idea was
to catch it in the act He made a
desperate grab even before pushing
bis helmet up, and caught Mr. Pinner
by the arm.
"Leggo," said that gentleman, strug
gling. "Ho," said C 49. crimson with wrath,
as he pushed his helmet up. "Now
you come along o me, my lad."
Mr. Pinner, regretting the natural
Impulse which had led to his undoing,
wrcched himself free and staggered
against the fence which surrounded
the waste ground. Then he ducked
6ideways. and as C 49 renewed his in
vitation, coupled with a warning con
cerning the futility of resistance,
struck him full and square on the
temple.
He reached his home, a small house
In a narrow turning off Cable street,
Believed in Talcing What Life Could
Offer Him.
safely, amd, throwing himself Into a
Chair, breathed heavily, while his wife,
whose curiosity at seeing him home
at that early hour would not be denied,
plied bim with Questions.
Mr. Planer, still Intent on footsteps,
Crumbled something beneath his
reath.and the baby beiag awakened
at of its first sleep 'and brought down
stairs, they contemplated each other
far assae time with offensive curiosity.
Uatn next-mbralag Mr. Plnaer odd
for his presence sufficed, but
-fee sat still after breakfast and
ahowed clearly his Intention to re
amala. his wife insisted upon others
Jan laaaltlag to her Intelligence. Mr.
Pinner, prefacing his remarks with
a allusion to a life-long abhorrence
RELIEF FOR UNFORTUNATE
Where the United States Is Behind
European Countries.
The ptaa for establishing a state
labor colony incidentally calls atten
tion to the backwardness of the new
world ia two important matters, the
relief of hoaest mea out of employ
seat and the suppression of vagrants.
Save for the work dose chiefly by pri
vate organizations, in a few large
cf red whiskers, made a clean nreast
of it.
"It served him right," .said his wife.
judicially, "but it'll be six months for
you if they nab you, Charlie. 'You'll
'avc to make up your mind to a quiet
spell indoors with me and baby till
the ship sails."
She picked up a paper again, and
regarded him furtively. Then she bent
over it, and slowly scanned the pages,
until a sudden horrified gasp drove 'the
roses from Mr. Pinner's cheek and
prepared him "for the worst.
"Wot is it?" he stammered.
Mrs. Pinner folded the paper back
and, motioning him to silence, read as
follows:
"A violent assault was committed
last night on a policeman down at
Wapping. who was knocked down by
seafaring man until he got concussion
of the brain. The injured constable
states that he can identify the man
that attacked him, and has given a full
description of him at the police sta-
"Dead!" Repeated Her Husband.
tion, where search is now being made
for him. The public houses are being
watched."
"You'll be quite safe indoors," said
ills wife, whose plan was now per
fected. "The only thing is, people '11
wonder what you're staying indoors
all day for."
Mr. Pinner took his pipe out of his
mouth and rtared at her blankly.
"Whitewash the kitchen ceiling,"
she said, suddenly.
"'Off long would that take?" de
manded her lord, who was not fond of
whitewashing.
"Then you could put a bit of paper
In this room," continued Mrs. Pinner,
"and put them shelves In the corner
what ycu said you'd do. That would
take some time."
"It would," agreed Mr. Pinner, eying
her disagreeably.
"And I was thinking," said his wire,
"if I got a sugar box from the grocer's
and two pairs o' wheels you could
make the baby a nice little peram
bulator." "Seems to me " began the aston
ished Mr. Pinner.
"While you're doing those things I'll
try and think of some more," inter
rupted his wife.
The baby was crying, the breakfast
things were not washed, and there
were several other hindrances to
journalistic work.
Mr. Pinner said that all wall papers
were alike to him, and indulged in
dreary speculations as to where the
money was to come from. Mrs. Pin
ner, who knew that they were saving
fast owing to his enforced seclusion,
smiled at his misgivings.
He papered the room that day after
a few choice observations on the price
of wall paper, and expressed his opin
ion that in a properly governed coun
try the birth of red-whiskered police
men would be rendered an Impos
sibility. To the compliments of his
workmanship bestowed by the gratified
Mrs. Pinner he turned a deaf ear.
There was nothing in the paper next
morning, Mrs. Pinner's invention be
ing somewhat fatigued, but she
promptly quelled her husband's joy by
suggesting that the police authorities
were lying low in the hope of lulling
him into a sense of false security.
"Wait till I've seen the paper," she
pretested.
"Wot' the good of seeing the pa
per?" replied Mr. Pinner. "We know
as 'e's in bed, and it seems to me
while 'e's in bed ib my time to be out.
I shall keep a look-out. Besides, I've
just 'ad an Idea; I'm going to shave
my -mustache off. I ought to ha'
thought of It before."
He went upstairs, leaving his wife
wringing her hands below. So far
from the red policeman being in bed,
she was only too well aware that he
was on duty in the district, with every
faculty strained to the utmost to
avenge the outrage of which he had
been the victim. It became necessary
to save her husband at all costs, and
while he was busy upstairs with a
TaxoT, -she slipped out and bought a
paper. -
He had just come down by the time
she returned, and turned to confront
her with a conscious grin; but at the
sight of her face the smils vanished
from his own. and he stood waiting
nervously for ill news.
"Oh. dear." moaned his wife..
I cities, there would be absolutely noth
ing in ue uniiea auues wuicu m
Swiss, German or Dutch charity work
er might compare to the. labor colonies
of bis native -land. Even a French
men. whose country is overrun by
vagabonds, can point with pride to
relief measures which have already
done much to reduce the suffering
due to the enforced continuous idle
ness of from 6.5 per cent, to seven
per cent of all worUngmea. The
"What's the matter?" said Mr. Pla
ner, anxiously.
Mrs. Pinner supported herself by
the table and shook her head despond
ently. "'Ave they found me out?" de
manded Mr. Plner.
Dead!" repeated her husband,
starting violently.
"Mrs. Pinner, with a little sniff, took
up the paper and read slowly. Inter
rupted only by the broken ejacula
tions of her husband. She read:
"The unfortunate policeman who
was assaulted the other 'day down at
Wapping passed away peacefully yes
terday evening In the arms of his
wife and family. The ruffian Is be
lieved to be at sea."
"I wish e was," said Mr. Pinner,
mournfully. "I wish 'e was anywhere
but 'ere. The idea o' making a deliklt
man like that a policeman. Why, I
'ardly touched 'im."
"Promise me you won't go out,"
L said his wife, tearfully.
"Out?" said Mr. Pinner, energetical
ly; "out? D'ye think I'm mad, or
wot? I'm going to stay 'ere till the
ship sails, then I'm going down in a
cab. Wot d'ye think I want to go out
for?"
"It's the drink as made you do it,"
said his wife.
"I'll never touch a drop agin," af
firmed Mr. Pinner, shivering.
Slowly the days passed until at
length there were only two left, and
he was In such a nervous and over
wrought state that Mrs. Pinner was
almost as anxious as he was for tha
date of departure.. To comfort him
she read a paragraph from the paper
to the effect that the police had given
up the search ia despair. Mr. Pinner
shook his head at this, and said it was
a trap to get him out. He also, with a
view of defeating the ends of justice,
set to work upon a hood for the per
ambulator. He was employed on this when his
wife went out to do a little shopping.
The house when she returned was
quiet, and there were no signs of any
thing unusual having occurred; but
when she entered the room she started
back with a cry at the sight which
met her eyes. Mr. Pinner was in a
crouching attitude on the sofa, his
face buried in the cushion, while one
leg waved spasmodically in the air.
"Charlie," she cried; "Charlie."
There was a hollow groan from the
cushion in reply.
"What's the matter?" she cried, In
alarm. "What's the matter?"
"I've seen it," said Mr. Pinner, in
trembling tones. 'Tve seen a ghost.
I was just peeping out of the winder
behind the blind when it went by."
"Nonsense," said his wife.
"His ghost," said Mr. Pinner, re
gaining a more natural attitude and
shivering violently, "red whiskerj,
white gloves and all. It's doing a beat
up and down this street. I shall go
mad. It's been by twice."
" 'Magination," said his wife, aghast
at this state of affairs.
"I'm afraid of its coming for me,"
said Mr. Pinner, staring wildly. "Every
minnit 1 expect to see it with Its white
face stuck up agin the winder-pane
staring in at me."
"You mustn't ce such fancies,"
said his wife.
"I see it a- plain as I see you," per
sisted the trembling fireman. "It was
prancing up and down in just the same
stuck-up way as it did when it was
alive."
"I'll draw the blind down," said his
wife.
She crossed over to the window, and
was about to lower the blind when she
suddenly drew back with an involun
tary exclamation.
"Can you see it?" cried her husband.
"No," said Mrs. Pinner, recovering
horself. "Shut your eyes."
The fireman sprang to his feet.
"Keep back," said his wife, "don't
look."
"I must," said the fireman.
His wife threw herself upon aim,
but he pushed her out of the way and
rushed to the window. Then his jaw
dropped and he murmured incoherent
ly, for the ghost of the red policeman
was plainly visible. Its lofty carriage
of the head and pendulum-like swing
of the arms were gone, and it was
struggling in a most fleshly manner to
lead a recalcitrant ccstermonger to the
station. In the intervals of the wres
tling bout it blew loudly upon a
whistle.
"Wonderful," said Mrs. Pinner,
nervously. "Lifelike, I call it."
The fireman watched the crowd pass
up the road, and then he turned and
regarded her.
"Would you like to hear what I call
it?" he thundered.
"Not before the baby, Charlie,"
quavered Mrs. Pinner, drawing back.
The fireman regarded her silently,
and his demeanor was so alarming
that she grabbed Charles Augustus
Pinner suddenly from his cradle and
held him in front of her.
"You've kep me here," said Mr. Pin
ner, in a voice which trembled with self
pity, "for near three week. For three
weeks I've wasted my time, my little
spare time, and my money in making
perambulators and whitewashing and
papering, and all sorts of thls. I've
been the larfing stock o' thnhouse,
and I've 'been worked like a convict
Wot 'ave you got to say for yourself."
"Wot do you mean?" Inquired Mrs.
Pinner, recovering herself. "I ain't
to blame for what's in the paper, am
I? How was I to know that the po
liceman as died wasn't your police
man?" Mr. Pinner eyed her closely, but she
met his gaze with eyes honest and
'clear as those of a child. Then, real
izing that be was wasting precious
time, he picked up his cap, and as
C 49 turned the corner with his prize,
set off in the opposite direction to
spend in the usual manner the brief
remnant of the leave which remained
to him.
Idea of allotting small gardens to men
put of work was conceived and put
into practice by Gen. van den Bosch In
Holland as far back as 1818; to-day
more than 2,000 poor families are thus
supported in the little kingdom. The
environs of Paris are dotted with some
7.000 plots assigned by the Workmen's
Garden Society to the unemployed,
either gratis or at a nominal coat.
Sting in Smooth Tongue.
Seldom is a smooth tongue without
a sting behind it Irish Proverb.
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Thicker cream, quicker butter.
Now I the time to separate the
feeding from the breeding stock.
Careless methods lose many a farm
er a competence.
Poor, musty hay or grain should
never be fed to the horses.
Shelter in the pasture for the sheep.
Essential to successful, sheep raising.
Much depends upon the method of
ripening tne cream as to the quality
of butter produced.
Use water, clean and cold, in work
ing the butter. Worked dry you are
almost sure to overwork.
The use of wide tires will prevent
to large extent the rutting of the
road.
Between four and one-half and five
months is the right time to take the
angora kids from the mothers.
The horse that spends the night in
discomfort is in no condition for a
good day's work, any more than you
would be under similar conditions.
On the trip to town buy a little
knick-knack for the children and don't
forget the wife. A very little spent
brings back the sunshine and the
gladness.
A Cornell professor after tests, has
found that milk can be produced for
65 cents per hundredweight and but-,
ter fat for 16 cents per pound where
the herd is fairly good and the feed
ing and milking are carefully handled.
Connecticut has a wonderful cow as
is shown by an advertisement in one
of her country newspapers as fol
lows: "Full-blooded cow for sale, giv
ing milk, three tons of hay, a lot of
chickens and several stoves."
Save the saplings of hard wood
when clearing up land, as they come
handy for handles to the various tools
used on the farm. To make them is
only a little work and you save
money.
Spend a few days in tha orchard
this fall cleaning up" the grounds and
the trees. The most neglected spot
on some farms is the orchard, and
it is right there that the best profit
might be realized if the right care
was given the trees.
Give the chickens a good airy place
to roost at night. For the growing
stock all that is required until cold
weather comes is a shelter from sun
and rain. Have the shelter so con
structed that you can move it about
from place to place.
Lumpy jaw in cattle is of- parasitic
character and treatment is advisable
only where the disease is local and su
perficial. The diseased masses are
cleaned from their cavities and the
places filled with iodized carbolic acid.
It is a disease that man is suscepti
ble to and great care must be exer
cised. In most cases it were better to
destroy the animal.
It is a common belief that spring
calves will do better if kept up in the
bam and fed hay and grain together
with skim milk rather than being
turned out loose in the pastures to ex
ist on grass which is a non-suitable
feed for young calves. There is little
question but what a young calf should
be kept up, especially the skim milk
calf and should be fed good, whole
some hay and a small amount of grain
for which he will give good returns.
However, this does not mean that
the young calves should all be huddled
together in some dark stall where the
conditions under foot soon become
unspeakably filthy and where the
flies pester them all day long.
American poultrymen will be inter
ested in the great egg record made In
the South Australian egg-laying com
petition during the 12 months ending
March 31, 1908. There were 78 pens
of six fowls each that took part in the
competition. The leading pen, which
was White Leghorns, laid 1,531 eggs
during the 12 month, an average of
better than 255 eggs each. The second
pen was only three eggs behind. An
other pen of the same variety laid only
850 eggs, which shows that It is more
the strain than the breed that deter
mines the egg yield. Of the 20 leading
pens, all of which laid above 1.180
-eggs, 14 were White Leghorns, three'
Block Orpingtons, two Silver Wyan
dotte and one of White Wyandottes.
The peculiar fact is being brought
to light by horticultural experimenters
that the long-keeping apple Is pro
duced generally on a tree that Is not
very hardy. The reason for this Is
that the long-keeping apple. Is prch
duced on a tree that requires a very
long time in which to ripen its wood
and also a long time In which to ripen
its fruit It is the slowness of the
process of ripening in the apple that
makes it keep for a long time in win
ter. When a fruit becomes fully ripe,
the next process begins, which is one
of decay. The tree that takes a long
time to ripen its fruit also takes a
long time in which to ripen its wood,
and so Is, caught by the early winter,
in localities where the seasons are
short.
Pet good and give good Is a good
rule.
A small farm well-kept is bettei
than the big farm indifferently run.
More sheep well-handled will mean
a more fertile farm and more money
for you next year.
Know your cows and do not board
through the winter the cows that do
not pay their way.
The butter flavor can be improved
by adding a tablespoonful of granu
lated sugar to ten pounds of butter.
It Is a good plan to put finely cut
hay with the grain to compel the
horses to masticate their feed prop
erly. Make up for the scantiness of the
pasturage at this time of year Is made
up with corn stalks or other succulent
feed.
Make your farm a veritable gold
mine by careful managing so that
everything that is raised Is turned
into gold.
Spray the stables occasionally to
drive out the flies. A good fly spray
is a good disinfectant, and will purify
the air of the stable.
Molting is bard on the poultry.
Feed well at this time so that they
may come through the period strong
and ready for the winter laying sea
son. Sort the chickens at this time and
dispose of all the superfluous ones.
Don't winter over the old hens, except
such of the trusty ones as you want
to keep for setting next spring.
A poultry keeper of New Jersey has
found a new use for the box kites.
He flies them over his henneries and
says they scare the hawks away.
Worth trying.
It is the gentle, steady rainfall as
well as the even-tempered man which
does the most good. Violent thunder
storms and violent tempers do lots of
damage.
Mange is a germ disease. Hogs
thus alnicted should be washed clean
and then dipped. Any dip sold by re-
I liable firms for the purpose will do.
More than one application may be
necessary.
Keep a level head when the work is
crowding. Think quick and do the
most important thing first, then the
next. Don't get rattled, but do one
thing at a time.
Liquid manure is the most valuable
part, often containing as much as 60
to 75 per cent, of fertility. Plenty
of bedding will help to save it. if you
have not a cistern into which the
liquid manure is drained.
No two horses any more than two
people require the same amount of
feed to keep them in condition. You
must study your animals and feed
with judgment to secure the best re
sults. Do you know how to ground your
fence wires to prevent lightning do
ing damage to stock? Simply thrust
a length of heavy wire several feet
into the ground down the side of oc
casional posts, and staple to the fence
wires where they cross.
Boys should learn how to sharpen
their own knives, hang up their caps,
hunt up things that are lost, be faith
ful to a trust, brave in the face of
danger, plucky when a pain or hurt
would make them cry. helpful to every
body human, and kind to beast and
bird.
It does not pay to let the cows get
down in their milk because pasturage
is short. If you want them to go
through the winter with a good milk
flow, keep them well fed, for it is al
most impossible to bring the cow up
to full flow when once shrinkage has
taken place.
Tent caterpillars are becoming more
numerous every year. There ought
to be laws enacted in every state for
their extermination. If every farmer
would see to it that his own premises
are kept free from them it would be
the means of much benefit to fruit
trees, young and old.
Decayed and ulcerated teeth or teeth
which have worn uneven will put a
horse out of condition quickly, for the
animal cannot chew his food properly
and indigestion follows. Look to the
horse's teeth, doctor the sore gums,
draw out the decayed teeth, even up
the good ones, and you will put your
horse into the way of returning health.
The worst thing you can do to the
horse that refuses to pull is to beat
him. Be kind to him, caress him,
allay his excitement by speaking and
stroking his neck, and leave the team
alone for 10 or 15 minutes. Then urge
them on again, turning the horses a
little to the right and left, so as to get
them in motion, before they feel the
presence of the load behind them.
Drive about 20 paces and stop again,
before the balky horse stops on bis
own account. Then caress and start
again.
A writer in the Century Magazine
on "The Future Wheat Supply of the
United States," declares that "wheat
fanning in a majority of the wheat
producing regions of the United States
is still carried on in a slothful and
careless manner," continuous wheat
cropping destroying the soil produc
tivity. "It is to be hoped," continues
the writer, "that the present wheat
lands of the United States can be
utilized for wheat production for many
generations to come; but this can be
done only by making wheat alternate
with other field crops In the scheme
of cropping. Instead of growing the
crop continuously until the land must
undergo a period of renovation before
It is again productive. If systems of
agriculture could be Instituted on all
the soils of the United States In which
the grain, grass and cultivated crops
were alternated, the fertility of our
soils cuttfd be indefinitely maintained."
DATNTY linen table accessories
are given more thought than
usual since handsome pieces
have been imported from Italy
and elsewhere, tempting women to
open wide their purse strings, and
also since it has grown fashionable
to serve breakfast and luncheon on a
polished table with only doilies to
protect the wood finish from being
marred by the dishes.
Lace trimmed centerpieces are in
great demand and are really oftener
seen on the well-appointed table than
.embroidery or drawn work, though
squares and long runners with this
Mexican work in solid borders or
medallions are too beautiful to be
entirely ousted by the lace decorations
which have cast a spell over the
wealthy and the moderately well-off
housewife alike.
Cluny lace seems to be the most
popular for table use, though it may
not be the most fashionable since the
filet fad was launched during the sea
son just past. Florentine lace is ef
fective and very dainty on a table.
Both the filet lace and the filet em
broidery or darned work are liked for
handsome table centerpieces and
doilies. These are made of fine linen,
not a sheer mesh, but a fine firm
weave, and the design of the drawn
work or embroidery is confined to
squares which may border the center
piece or may be worked in medallion
effect throughout the entire space.
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WORK APRON OF WHITE LINEN.
Dainty Garment for the Presiding
Genius of the Chafing Dish.
A novel work apron with bretelles.
one that can be worn when embroid
ering or presiding over a chafing dish,
is made of white linen having a dainti
ly worked scalloped pattern all around
the edge. The apron part is rounded
at the bottom corners and is narrowed
at the waist, having a few tiny plaits
'where it joins the belt. On the under
side of the apron, starting at the belt,
is sewn a narrow strip of linen, fol
lowing the outline of the apron and
continuing on up the other side of the
belt. In the center at the bottom two
buttonholes are worked and then rib
bon is run in this casing, the upper
ends being well fastened at the waist,
while the other ends come through
the buttonholes to the outside, where
they are tied in a bow.
When the apron is worn plain with
out the pocket effect the bow remains
in this position, but when the use of
the pocket is desired the knot is lifted
up to the waist line, thus gathering
the apron so that it forms a pocket,
and the bow is then hooked to an in
visible eye in the center of the belt in
front.
The belt Itself is fashioned of rib
bon and the bretelles made of shaped
pieces of the embroidered material
have bands of ribbon running from
each side of the front to the shoulders,
where they terminate in smart little
bows with an end of each returning
down the front to the bust, making the
two ribbons to join and form another
bow.
Wearing Green Tulle.
There is going to be a good deal of
tulle worn this winter. Its new heavy
weave makes it available as a serv
iceable accessory.
Bright blue will be more favored
than light blue, but parrot and apple
green are to be in the lead.
Bows of this will be worn at the
neck on an evening bodice, in front
of the hat and to tie flowers.
PreMty
ALTHOUGH this is quite a simple bonnet, it is very pretty when worn by
a little girl with curly hair. It may be made of silk, velvet, or material
to match the coat, and consists of two pieces, which must be tacked over
white French canvas. Join the curved-out edges together with a piping of
velvet between, then pipe all round the edge.
The lower piece, which is slightly curved in, Is the back, the straight edge
the front Line with soft silk. A full rosette is fixed to each end. and from
under rosettes come long strings for tying in a bow at side of chin.
Belt Adjustment
A touch to be observed in wearing
forenoon linens, etc. is this: If the
costume is a short-walsted affair,
whether In white or In colors, the
smart belt to be worn Is an all-white
.one, but if it is Jong-waisted, a color
is to be chosea for the belt
Shaded or omber moussellnes and
voiles, linen, etc, are frequently worn,
and look very lovely as seen at New
port, for Instance. In the afternoon
drive green hedges and big trees fur
nishing a delicious background. Omber
wood colors gray-greens and hor-
tensla shades are charming. There
are no showy trimmings used, of
course, but plain chiffon or mousseline
Is selected In one particular shade for
each gown. It gives the best results
upon parts of bodice, and for the en
tire sleeves as welL Feathers, ostrich
chiefly down and marabout, In boas
of various lengths and widths, are se
cured, by the dozen, it would seem, so
much are they worn to match hats or
gowns during driving hours. Vogue.
Wear Plain School Dresses.
Children of the new rich may wear
elaborate frocks, but the child to the
Sometimes filet lace squares are
inset Instead of having the work done
In the linen itself. This is an attrac
tive way to accomplish a good effect,
and the work can be dope at home.
Medallion pieces of almost any shape,
size and pattern can be found In the
shops ready to use. Very often the
prettiest are picked up in the furnish
ing department where materials for
lace curtains and di aperies are kept.
Odds and ends of lace found In this
department will often work In well for
table pieces or for dining-room fur
nishings. It Is sometimes possible to
gather together enough medallions
'and strips of lace to fashion a table
runner or a sideboard cover that ia
really handsome and far from costly.
All lace pieces are frequently seen
and are attractive when used on a pol
ished mahogany table with the gleam
of the wood showing through. Just
under the center of the' decoration
where the bowl of flowers rests a pad
can be placed to keep the table from
being marred or stained.
Circular pieces with radiating lines
of darning or drawn work are quickly
made and are useful for ordinary pur
poses. Fine white linen runners or scarfs
for buffet and sideboard, with a band of
Cluny insertion and a wider edging to
match, are decorative and have quite
an elaborate air, yet they can be made
a third the price of circular pieces
which have the lace insets designed to
suit the piece.
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Wool cheviot waists in soft check
effects with stripes in a decided color
are smart
Tucked net is popular for guimpes.
Some nets are so woven as to simu
late hand tucking.
The rhinestone horseshoe brooch is
being supplemented with those of
coral, turquoise and jet.
Opera hoods are shown in Paris
made of ribbon. Clever fingers will
soon be fashioning them here.
Long coats in the directoire modes
with the empire waist effects have
been chosen for the fastidious woman
of good style.
Crewel embroidery is being used in
Paris by the artists of dress for giving
distinguished trimming touches to
handsome costumes.
Ribbon ornaments for the hair are
becoming a necessity. Match your
gown with the rosette and band -or
braid of ribbon to be twisted through
the locks.
Linen Napkin Rings.
Napkin rings of linen are preferable
to silver ones for every day use, for
they can be kept sweet and dainty. A
piece of linen should be folded double,
making a width of about three inches
the piece to be as long as is neces
sary to fasten around the napkin. The
linen should be fine and white. Em
broider a monogram on the linen.
Work a button-hole in one end, which
should be pointed, and sew a pretty
pearl button on the other. The edges
may be bound or merely turned ia and
stitched on the machine, or they may
be basted and then feather-stitched.
The work is prettier when done in
white and the monogram should be
padded well.
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manor born will go to school this
year in the simplest sort of gown.
Little princess dresses are the most
popular, but no jewelry and little trim
ming will adorn the. frock of the girl
from the home ruled over by a well
bred mother. The desire Is so great,
to accentuate the simplicity of dress
that the small girl may not be as
happy as she would be with a few
gewgaws, but these she may have at
home.
Utes for Sand Bags.
A convenient addition to a sewing
table are some small sand cushions.
Make them three or four inches
square, but do not fill them too full.
Cover them with scraps of bright silk,
ribbon or velvet When cutting out
garments It will be found that they
will save much time and bother, be
cause Instead of having to pin the pat
tern to the cloth these handy little
bags may be used as weights, and the
garment is not marred by pinholes
when this plan la used. These hags
will also keep the work from slipping
away and from blowing about.
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