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Teddy bear and the toy dog of the
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marvels. The "Rover" dog that the
little boy get will be lire slxe. He
will prance about on his four fmrry
legs aad lie down and roll orer at
the bidding of his master.
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will be the changed methods in
our daily life. The housekeeping
arrangements oi that time would
seem .Incomprehensible to the wo
man ct to-day if she could picture
them in her mind. The lack of com-
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hearts of men as it
aiaeteen hundred
Tears ago. Everybody
give everybody
k present but the
will be differ-
Ltttle Johnny will
covet a railroad
Real cars on a
track, pulled by a
locomotive that
smoke will not
a wonderful thing
to him, as it does to the little Johnny of to-day.
of the next century will want a model
latest airship in his Christmas stocking. He
expect a working model, too one that will
through the flat like a live bird, and perhaps
own weight
Within the last hundred years steam and elec
,sclcltj have been developed and it is entirely rea-
i to imagine wac wiinin ine coming ceniury
will travel through the air as commonly as
travel over the land. The automobile.
i trolley car, the railroad train, and the horse as
jb. draft animal all will be gone. Men will use
xflke earth, as the birds do, for a resting place for
homes and the principal source of food Sup
hwt when they want to move from one place
another, they will mount into the ether, even
the birds do, and flay swiftly and safely to
destination.
Utile jprobable that there will not be a wheeled
of any kind on the streets of a great city
day, in the year 2009. Our tunnel
will have developed until the vast subter
atet work of bores, chutes and pneumatic
wfli carry on the heavy traffic of the city
noise or confusion. The, streets will be
p to pedestrians to those who walk for
or wish to travel short distances. The
its it is now will be no more, but the en-
of the street will be given up to foot
There will be neither car tracks ndr
vehicles to annoy.
She suburbanite who does not fly to work in
win "be shot through a pneumatic tube, trav-
the five, ten, or fifty miles of distance in a
! tfane that may be only a few seconds, and
carCafcity cannot be more than a few minutes. It
ay texthat few people will walk anywhere in
XbB year 2009. When man learns to fly he will
walking as too slow a means of progress.
great-great-grandchildren, who no
wfB live in immense apartment buildings
a half mile from the ground, may go
at, a time without setting foot to the
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the passing of the Christmas sleigh there
i aw longer any need for reindeers for Santa
t He, too, will travel by airship, and while
all flanta Claus will be a myth, the new Santa
win be as real as the bewhiskered and be-
who now entertain the children in the
it stores.
met hard to imagine that the big stores
the Santa Claus idea to the point that
purchases will be delivered on Christ-
by an airship driver made up to imper-
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sonate Santa Claus. A hun
dred years from now, if
you want to avoid the
rush and do your Christ
mas shopping in your own
apartments, the scientists
probably will have provided for you a combina
tion of telescope and moving picture machine by
means of which you can connect your room with
the toy department and see the display by wire
or perhaps by wireless and at the same time you
get prices and leave your order with the clerk by
telephone.
But perhaps the woman of 2009 will enjoy the
mad rush of the shops as much as she does to
day during the holiday season, and then she will
go to the big store and order her toys and pres
ents. The store could deliver them through the
pneumatic package tubes which will go to all
parts of the city, but it will be more poetic to
have them delivered by Santa Claus.
Christmas eve a score or a hundred Santa
Clauses will set out from the various shops with
their airships, laden with Christmas gifts to be de
livered at the various addresses. It will no longer
be necessary to "deliver all goods in therear" of
the big apartment building, but whether you live
on the twentieth or two hundred and twentieth
story of the big .house you will have your own
private airship landing, and while the family is
gathered at the door to receive Santa Claus the
airship will settle on the landing and the cheerful
"Merry Christmas" of the aeronaut will greet you
as he hands in the packages.
The Christmas tree of a hundred years from
now will be an electrical marvel. Festoons and
wreaths of rainbow colored lights and "chasers"
will scintillate from its green branches. But the
presents that hang on it will be even more won
derful. There will be dolls as large as the little girls
who will receive them. There will be dolls that
can walk and with the improved phonographic ar
rangements of another century there -will be dolls
that can talk and "others that can sing beautiful ,
songs., Some .of them, no doubt, will be able to v
dance gracefully and to do tricks that would seem "
miraculous if performed by an automaton to-day.
The mechanical toys of 2009 will be marvels of "
perfection. The most Imaginative man cannot
possibly conceive of the new 'things that will be
invented in the way of machinery, but it is safe
to assume that the wireless transmission of power'
will be perfected. Wheels will spin without any
visible motive power. Power may.be taken, from
the sun's rays or wireless power stations may-be
operated by the waves, -the waterfalls, or even the
winds. Before the coal supply is exhausted the
need for coal, either for warmth or power; will
have passed away.
And whatever triumphs men make in the in
dustrial world they impart to their games and
forts and the inconvenience of life in
a cottage, it is possible, will drive
most of the city dwellers into the
apartment buildings, which will grow
bigger and taller as the years pass un-
til they will be literally "skyscrapers" within a cen
tury. In one of these big buildings, while the machin
ery will be out of sight, domestic affairs will be so
mechanical, even automatic, that you can get al
most anything the family needs simply by turning
on a switch or pressing a button.
The flat dweller of that distant day will not be
bothered with servants or the servant problem. By
pressing a button the Christmas dinner will come
up noiselessly from the kitchen on the mechanical
waiter or perhaps in a pneumatic tube.
After your Christmas dinner is over the dishes
will disappear as -silently and swiftly as you could
wish. Some sort of mechanical dish washer in the
kitchen will take care of them or, what is more
likely, they will be made of a cheap composition
and will be destroyed by burning after they are
used-once. The antiseptic precautions of the mod
ern surgeon will be common to the kitchens of the
next century and hygiene will be a real science.
When you have eaten your Christmas dinner, if
you want to go out for the evening you can press
a button and an aerocab will come to the landing at
your door. Or, if you prefer it, you may drop down
the pneumatic elevator to some point 50 or 100 feet
below the surface of the earth and be whirled
through the pneumatic subway at a dizzy rate of
speed to your destination. Only thespeed will not
make you dizzy. You will not be able to feel it
You may sit in your cushioned car, well lighted and
warmed and ventilated by some process yet to be
discovered, and before you realize it the miles will
speed away and you step out to the opera or the
play.
If you prefer to remain at your apartments the
telautoscope attached to your telephone may be
connected to any theater you desire, and you can
' sit in your easy chair and smoke while you see the
. play projected on the wall like the most perfect
moving, picture. All the stage settings will be there
to make the play seem real, and the improved tele
phone NwUl bring every shade and subtle inflection
- hi the actor's voice to your ear.
' It seems certain that this telautoscope arrange
ment the exact word to describe It will be coined
after the process Is discovered will be one of the
triumphs of the-comlng century. It will enable you
to see the person you are talking to over a tele
phone. The flight of the coming airship probably will be
so rapid that the business man and even the sal
aried worker, if he loves the country, can have a
villa or a cottage at.a great distance from the city
and go to work-in his own airship at slight cost
Onx Christmas day in the. good. century to come
this flight in the air will be the means of many
family reunions that are Impossible now. A few
hours will take one to the most distant part of the
country, and the practical cessation of business
during the holiday week will leave all free to fore
gather with the loved ones and pay deferred visits.
Utilizing His Spare Moments
Occupation far Hubby Just
Before the Opera.
f who Is coins: to the onera
wife) There! I took time by
to-night Here i am. an
with my evening
sal on and 'everything ready.
Vm go down stairs and have a
aaaoke while, yon .get ready.
- Wr1ini1
Wife Oh! darllngT can yon ever for
give me?
"What's the matter nowr
"Why. the cook telle me the faraace
fire went out this afternoon, as the
furnace man failed to come. The baby
has a cold, yon know. Would yon
mind going down fat the cellar' and
making it over? You've just got tfane,
love."
Plenty Good Eneugh.
Aunt Chloe was burdened with the.
support of a worthless husband, who
beat her when he was 'sober, aad
whom she dutifully nursed and tended
when he came home bruised, and bat
tered front n Ighting spree.
One Monday morning she appeared
at the drag store andaskedthe clerk
for "a right poWfal llnfanent fob ach
in' In de bones."
"Yen might try some of this ft
Peter's Prescription; aunty; Ifs aa old
aad nannlsr remedyj ares cuta, bruis
es, aches and spralnB. One dollar the
bottle. Good for man aad beast"
Aunt Chloe looked at the dollar bot
tle and then dubiously at her lat
purse. "Ain't yo' got some fen .if
cenur she ventured. "Some foh Jes
on'y beasts. Ah want it foh ma oT
man." Llppincott's.
Real Assistance.
The only sound and healthy descrip
tion of asatttlng Is that which teaches
Independents sari star-exertion. Gladstone.
For the Hostess
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A Merry Christmas.
What better wish can be sent forth
to all the department readers than'
this one made by Charles Dickens so
many years ago?
"Many merry Christmases, many
happy New Years, unbroken friend
ships, great accumulations of cheer
ful recollections, affection on earth
and heaven at last for all of us."
There it is all in a nutshell, just the
wish Mme. Merri extends to every one
on the day of the Christchild's birth,
when the joy bells are echoing their
message of peace round this great
world. But to insure "accumulations
of cheerful recollections" we must be
gin this very minute to lay up our
treasures by thinking of the next one
who may need our ministrations, rich
as well as poor.
I was especially touched last week
when I saw a deeply veiled woman,
whom sorrow has touched with a
heavy hand, having lost every mem
ber of her own family within a very
short time, leaving her absolutely
alone, making purchases of dainty
trifles for children, for servants and
friends on both sides of the continent
It took a stout heart to join with the
merry throng and it was to me true
bravery to even attempt to get away
from what I knew her true feelings
to be. As I grow older I think the
greatest art In the world is that of
self-forgetfulne8s. We are so apt to
think that we may be excused if we
personally do not feel like rising to an
occasion or entering into the spirit of
this blessed holiday time. There is a
college girl who has had heavy finan
cial losses, making her usual gifts
impossible, but to assure her friends
that she does not forget she is writing
me aearest notes on scarlet paper with
gold ink, sealing the envelopes with a
Christmas emblem. I think even the
overburdened postman will smile
when he delivers these bright mis
sives. By the way. how many of us
ever think of the postman or ask if
he has children to whom we could, at
least send a Christmas postcard?
Gifts of home-made cakes, fine mar
malades, mince pies and cookies are
acceptable to young housekeepers,
bachelors and college folk who may
be unable: to participate In the fes
tivities at their own homes. Speak
ing of things to eat ns nearly every
one dines sumptuously In the middle
of the day on Christmas, this sup
per was planned to satisfy but not'
overwork the inner man, who is gener
ally taxed to the uttermost on feast
days. First, there was an appetizing
combination of fruits served in orange
cuss resting on a doily made of
holly leaves. The mixture consisted
of oranges, grape fruit, bananas,
grated pineapple, lemon juice and
sherry, with sugar to sweeten. It was
chilled and seemed to be just the ap
petizer necessary. Then came fried
oysters, old-fashioned cold slaw, hot
biscuit potato chips, individual molds
of cranberry jelly, shrimp salad, toast
ed crackers, coffee, cheese, -nuts and
white grapes. The salted nuts were
in little sled-shaped boxes and the
name cards were tied to small Christ
mas tree boxes, which were filled
with bonbons wrapped in gilt paper.
MADAME MKRRL
Stenciled Table Covers.
The arts and crafts are showing
handsome table covers made up in
dark, intense tones of burlap With a
heavy design stenciled over the sur
face in an opposing tone. 'These are
excellent for the library and the sit
ting room.
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NOWADAYS the nursery of each house is not an extra room into which
the cast-off furniture from other rooms and the left-over rugs and draper
ies are thrown. Parents recognize the value of environment when their
children's lives are in the impressionable stage of development, and playrooms
are furnished with a view to giving beauty plus comfort for the little ones.
Screens are necessary to protect children from draughts, for they are on
the floors, or very low down, in their play hours. These pieces of furniture
are now decorated with pictures of animals, flowers and figures that bring
back to us our story-book days, and are a joy to childish eyes. They are ex
pensive if bought in the stores. Why not decorate your own nursery screens?
You know the special liking of your children, and can buy plain forms, upon
which pictures can be pasted or painted.
Denim is procurable in all staple shades. Screens in two or three sec
tions and of different heights are easily bought and the pictures you will sup
ply yourself.
Animals are always Interesting to little tots. A clever older person ought
to be able to draw on white muslin an elephant The lines must be simple.
for children are pleased with drawings which seem almost crude to us. It is
an easy matter to cut other elephants from the first pattern, and when you
have supplied the eyes, ears and a few flesh wrinkles, paste the forms In a
straight border at the top of your screen. They will never be anything but
pleasure-giving white elephants to you and your children.
Then there is the daisy top. Huge white flowers with yellow centers and
green leaves look very well on a blue background. Yellow petals are effect
ive on brown denim or a wooden panel at the top. They should be arranged In
a posteresque fashion, with the flowers grouped at one side.
The possibilities are legion. On plain screens which carry out the color
ing of the nursery let pictures, made at home, shine out in inexpensive glory.
You have no idea how well worth your efforts these simply decorated screens
can be made. They are scrapbooks on a large scale and give correspondingly
proportionate pleasure to little boys and girls.
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A Monkey Aigrette.
Pur Is more and more employed for
bats as the season advances. Skunk,
sable, fox, ermine chinchilla and opos
sum are all equally favored at times
as a trimming, and also as entire tur
bans, toques or caps. There is still
another fur much used for its long
silky hairs and which forms the most
effective of aigrettes. I am alluding
to the skin of the monkey that most
of the Paris furriers are supplying to
our leading milliners. An aigrette en
singe, as it is called here, is one of the
smartest innovations of the hour.
The Gentlewoman.
Long sashes are
coat suits.
Fur neckpieces are very wide ana
muffs are huge.
Some of the dainty new silk stock
ings have lace Insteps.
' Red Is a brilliant exception to the
rule that makes for dull-hued colors.
nvw mats with the extra deep open
ing either one or three buttons Is the
proper number.
The use of panne Is a millinery fea
ture, especially for ihQ purpose of
fashioning turbans.
Sunerb embroidery trimming
ckenMB in color show touches of jet
tatroduced into the designs.
Even in children's clothes the ever
present note of black Is found, either
Is piping, revers or trimming of some
iHghtUnd.
Corded suss ox tae ottoman type
are in great demand for evening
wraps, and the moire velours nave
sever been so effective.
Elastic in Gloves.
Some of the chamois gloves are
provided with a small piece of elastic
set in the wrist to make the glove fit
snugly.
In view of the fact that these gloves
require frequent laundering, the elas
tic put in it is washable.
Travel hats are already here and
are of the lightest possible make of
felt Some of them are turned up at
one side the so-called "left-side tilf
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