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olur Dresses for Girls (! x i ' &s&ru .. ntf em', ww set its v&sv vi v T OWr.Virii m a n y diamonds t h lady of wealth i-ay ; obsess to deck hr lingers, ears ..tl n.-ck. the is always el rorsed to covet- j 1 j ousness by tlio 22SSJ TUre is some t h i n g alluring In the tight of a rare or a collar of pearls around a white neck, anil they are to most women the most desirable jewel or all But they muit be large or in quantity and they are. if seed, rosily in the extreme. The sn.all penrls one sees seed pearls are cheap, but still -; about a large diamond in a ring they m e:n to improve the diamond, and at the same time t erive some of its virtue fioia their neiphbnrhond. The pearl is all the more Fought after because, unlike other pre :lous .-tones, no amount of artifi cial treatment, such as cutting or polishta:;. can enhance it.s beau ties. Nature's workmanship must be perfect and untouched and the pearl ro?r.es to you exactly as it emerges from the cyster On the other hand, it has this disadvan tage It is liable to discoloration and the only wry is to give it a rest from too much contact with the skin Still that is not the only stone which suffers discoloration Was it not the famous necklace of Marie Antoinette. proscned in a guarded case in a museum, which ufter years of nonute began to Jose color" and had to bc worn -it intervals in order to give it Hi pristine beauty? The laiue of tho pearl is on-parab!..- v.-jt that of the most co-t ly gems. Its pri-e vanes with its e'n-i. form and general hnnntv of appearance a pearl of the "( r.-r water im-:t have tymi-eiiieil form, a smooth surface, be f r, e from all b!eiiisl-s or fracture , . tniiiRliiront. and have a line white color and a perfe-t luster; and it so happens that it is laic to get his combination The ,-f... shape is spherical, eyg vhaped or l-car shaped. The perfect color i, - , ... I.,,. -,.. .. " u mi very iuiik ii tllfiv c&zmzsb&cP' phenson. gives some interesting "R ures about the number of nurses and doctors in the Orient. "There are probably." he says, "not more than 100 nurses in the entire missionary world and there 80.000.000 people in nun-Christian lands who have no med ical aid except missionary psysiclans. All C hristendom has sent out only GS9 medical missionaries, male or fe male, and this body maintains 34S hospitals 97 leper asylums and 21 classes fi:r native women. "One physician who had no nurse to help him treated 1S.0CO cases in a year. So you tee that the supply of trained medical assistance is wofully inadequate. "In Calcutta, which has the best facilities In the Orient, three-fifths of the population die without any doctor or other trained medical assistance in their final illness. In China there I : f "... " -v I li , - Z i - s . - . - III Iff v Ah - m m - m mim Hi i jf - U fr. I I'J UK f.rst is in finely checked tweed. bodice arranged to match; both bacte u.i.j is trimmed from shoulders and front are alike: while the pret tily shaped yoke is of the material, embroidered with a simple conven tional design. The sleeve Is a small tc hem in front by a shaped strap of plain Material, a yoke is formed by it at the back. Two plaits are made WELL KIDNEYS KEEP THE BODY WELL. When the kidneys da their duty, the blood Is filtered clear of uric acid and other waste. Weak kidneys do not fil ter oft all the bad matter. This is the cause of rheumatic pains, backache and urinary disorders. Doan's Kidney Pills cure weak kidneys. Rev. A b r a m Weaver, George town, Tex., former editor Baptist Her ald, says: "At a Baptist conference at Jackson, Tex.. I fell from a platform and hurt my back. I was soon over the injury, hut tlio kid neys were badly dis ordered, passages painful and often bloody. Doan's Kidney Pills cured this trouble completely." Remember the name Doan's. Sold by all dealers. Fostcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. CO cents a box. THEIR STATUS. on eKJ.vr side of strap in front and J bishop, set to an embroidered cuff. one at the bark; they are not stitched down, but are slightly drawn in at the waist by a band of plain material, pointed at the ends, and caught down by buttons. The cuffs and collar are of plain cloth stitched at the edge, a little slik bow adds a finish at the front. Materials required: Three and one- Materials required: Four yards. 4S inches wide. For the third, almost any dress ma terial, including velveteen may by used. The bodice has a tuck each side: the tucked vest fastens on the shoulder, the material in front The skirt has only slight fullness at waist, it has a tuck each side front and back half yards of tweed 48 inches wide. ! to appear as a continuation of those on bodice. Materials required: Three and one half yards. 14 inches wide, one-half one yard plain cloth, two buttons. Cashmere veiling would make up wc-ll for the second. It is a simple little dress with a plaited skirt anl yard tucked silk. FIXING OVER THE PARASOL i?5- sirr7rTxjzsis , -r Fix up last season's parasol in ad vance, and listen now to a note of the season belore you venture on this timely renovation. Fringe to match or to harmonize is the fresh touch to be added in imita tion of the newest. It is the quaintest-looking twisted silk fringe, ranging In width from one to three and a half inches and having a fussy little gimp border, which , there is no effort to conceal. I After the parasol has been cleaned I with a soft brush or sponge dipped in gasoline (do it in the open air) and al- lowed to dry, still wide open, the fringe is hasted upon the edge and sewed by hand with silk to match. j AH of the work is done upon the 1 open parasol. ! Some slight embroidery, like a row of polka dots, may he done where fringe joins the parasol. They are put on in the flat .Japanese stitch. ' and if of a contrasting color there ' should rot he chosen a note that is too stiikingly different. The conspicuous parasol is not nec essarily the most beautiful. HAT STAND EASY TO MAKE white are ei:Mu-!.-i . . . teemed in India and n.m., Csr are,p(n,istv1ocr,ra,,y ","""" ,OWt'Vpr- ha' '" nn mi? 7,0r :m "". bronze, garnet red. ro.-e red. pa o b!ue Creeiii:!i wiiii.. violet and pur-, Ilt InoM , 'lack pe:.,I. v,hi,h on account of i,s hardnej s uniform V U ' "f uS a, I uniform color and of a perfect m, m. it is worth i.mojK JS muoh as pearls of the purest white riiu price r a siting ,f perfectly matched pearls ,s much mote in propoiticn than that of IZr FC:!.M- fr " Ia:,y ,ak( -rs to set to wilier a coil-rt.-on of pearls ulucli are alike m size. Miape and quality A string of yellowish In dian pearls costs Jl'O.noo. of white 5lT,.ooo of black I'aeiiie pearls $3i.ono. and even then u 'ould not tl-ink that your strin.7 was anvwav unique. To seek a unique pearl one niu?t go to the Hope co lection, whore theie is one nlmn as larue as a hen s egg. almost but not quite faultless, which Is valued at 5Tf..o-a pc-arl of 4r,4 carats Again there is a miuh smaller one of 21 f,-ic carats anions the Kienrl, crown jewels wtlcli is valued at StO.f.Oo. f There are other pear!?, however, of distorted shape, called baroque pearls, and of these the most famous is the great Scuthern Cross, which is formed of i.-ne beautiful pure white lustrous pearls, naturally formed in the hhape of a cross one inch in length, for which your offer would .start at fiC.OflO if you wished to buy it. To supply the world of women with pearls, the Ceylon guvernirent administration yearly pro claims a ' fishery." determining whether or not It should he held oy examination and a sample catch from the go eminent banks Then if the marine biologi.-t who is in charge declares that the number of oysters warrants a fishery, the news Mies like lightning through the east and the army of pearl divers, coolies, merchants, pearl buyers and t-pecuiators move as fast as they can to the Gulf of Manar-the ornate and oriental "Sea Abounding in Pearls." Almost as if by magic a town of 40.000 inhabitants arises out of the sand. There is no magic about it. for the houses 4il the town are easily ouilL A rough framework or tree branches is formed and over It as roof and walls are put the mats known as cad jan formed of the woven leaves of the cocoa uut or date palm. But there are also more pre tentious buildings erected for the use of the gov ernment ofiicials. residency, pustofflce. hospital, court house, while there are streets, lanes, street lamps, all the conveniences of a proper town. The aristocrats of the town, outside of the officials, are the divers, and they disdain to do anything but die. having their own servants, who attend to the ropes and keep an eye on the oysters brought up. Each morning the fishing fieet sets out. some 300 odd vessels, some of them carrying as many us 30 divers, their servants, sailors and hangers on. When the lishing ground is reached the diver takes his basket, draws a long breath, steps on lo the heavy stone hung by a rope, and is plunged by Lis attendant to the bottom, seven or eight fathoms beiow. Filling his basket rapidly, he is drawn up and repeats the operation as often a.s I e can. About two in the afternoon the government gunboat fires a gun and the fleet sets sail back. As there are no wharves, the oysters are carried on shore and deposited in the "kottu" by the strong porters As soon as the shells are depos ited they are counted, two-thirds going to the government as their share, the other one-third going to the boat which brings them in. At sun tet the shells are auctioned by the thousand, and there is fierce competition, for who knows what the lottery of chance may bring them in pearls. The oysters brought are then removed apart by each buyer and placed in his compound, where they are carefully guarded till the sun beats upon them, putrefaction sets in and the oyster begins to disgorge its treasure. Then the malodorous contents of the shell are washed in vats and the residue yields my iady's pearls. -A-fl-g-&-fl-vro"3'o a a a a a a a'a'a'&'a'aa a a ca'a'o a a a a a - ... .. t - oi is rrobably one American or European trained doc tor to every million and a half of people. In the United States there are ICO.OOO physicians and 2J, 000 nurses, an average of one physician to every 550 people." "Of course we do a great deal of actual nurs- J ing and that is most important," Dr. Stephenson says, "but another thing, which is even bigger, is j this: We show women who have thought them- j selves wholly unloved that some one cares for them. They know that there is a very small i money consideration given us and that what we do is done for love. So they love us. "When I see woman physicians stiuggling for a living heie and know what a field there is in India. 1 feel as though they must be told. "The kind of work I have been doing Is a ter rific appeal to the sympathies. We have to respect caste, which makes nearly all of our cases long standing. One woman whom I treated came to me with her entire arm in a gangrenous condition Contrivance That Will Add Much to Comfort of Life in the Summer Cottage. For the summer cottage 'there are many new contrivances to make liv ing more comfortable. Among thera Is a long rod on a stand and, with a soft cushion on the top, intended as a resting place for a big straw hat. These new hat stands are not at all the kind one sees at the milliners. Far from it. They are really quite or nate in their way. bound with soft cretonne or printed sateen, whichever best goes with the hangings of the room, while the cushions at the top are covered and edged with lace ruirtes. Sometimes the whole stand Is cov Bobby Say, pop, what does blood relations iuear? Papa It means near relations. Bobby Then mom an you must be the bloodiest relations I've got. NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT My little son. a boy of five, broke out with an itching rash. Three doc tors proscribed forhim, -but he kept getting worse until we could not dress him any more. They finally advised me to try a certain medical college, but its treatment did no good. At the time I was induced to try Cuti rura he was so bad that I had to cut his hair off and put the Cuticura Oint ment on him on bandages, as it was impossible to touch him with the baro band. There was not one square inch of skin on his whole body that was not affetted. He was cne mass of sores. The' bandages used to stick to l tl?C clr?T flTliI rnmnt-ini lrkrr If iihai) ered with brocaded satin, trimmed ; . ,. ,hr ..,.; ,. ...7,u ,i , ...... ... . . .... to take th6 skm off with them, and with gold lace and hung with those , smma r fl ,..,. French ribbon flowers. Or again, white linen Is used and the cushion top is embroidered. Like everything else, they may be as costly as one could wish and they add greatly tj 'Jia femininity of the dress closet. BLOUSE FOR EVENTS. Hens appear everywhere and on everything that has a waistline. A single polnettia or a huge rose, more often than not artificial, is pinned on milady's muff. It gives a pkasir.g touch of color. Gold and silver, colored and jeweled slippers are high in fashion's favor, yet many of the most careful dressers cling to the blacks. The guiinpe of plain sheer tulle or net Is more frequently used than that of tucks. The yoke .Is extremely shal low, and flesh tint is the usual color. Tan footwear is promised the great- She had pricked her finger seven months before.' ! est vosl,e tnat lt h;,s ever had' a,,d !t at the time of her husband's death. On account will, of course, come in some startling I WUt U HINDU J WUMilN C ol .vggppgpppoopooooooooooooofro 9 g 99999 When a Buddhist prays he implores his god that when he dies he shall not be cursed by be ii.g born again as a woman or as vermin. That is the attitude of the native men of India toward women and against which the missionaries in the Orient are directing all their energy. Dr. Kleanor Stephenson, a Brooklyn woman vho has Leen practicing medicine in India for three years and who will return to her work there soon, makes an appeal to American women to go out there, the New York Evening Telegram tays. "I want the women here to realize what It mean to be born in America." she said recently. "To be born where a woman Is the backbone of the man. his strength and help in every way! Why. out in Ahmednagar. where my work Is. a woman is no more than an animal. She Is for the purpose of raising children and that is all. A man thinks more of his tow If he is lucky enough to have one than he does of his wife. "A Hindoo husband will let bis wife die before he will call in a man to give her medical or sur gical treatment. That shows the need for women physicians In the Orient." In Ahmednagar. which is an inland plateau about a hundred miles from Bombay, there are two physicians. Dr. Ruth Hume and Dr. Stephen son, and one American trained nurse. Miss John son. Under Miss Johnson there are 14 native women who have had some slight training and these help with the nursing. In the mission hos pital which this handful of women run lf.,000 people were treated last year, an average of 41 a day. These folk have come from a radius of about 50 miles, though some special cases have come as far as 200 miles. The Rev. Alden H. Clark, who fs an educa tional missionary at the same place as Dr. Ste- of her caste she could not so much as leave the new snaue:i- a lUL a ,rom cu:ini- r ,t. .l .,.. ...... njifrnf. fn nohr house for the seven months, during which time septicemia set In and went up as far as her shoul- The Russian coat Is trying to the der I told her that her arm would have to he am- i av-'raS-' fiure aml the w;lse woman putated. She refused absolutely to part with it. and died as a result. will have her general utility coat se vere and conventional with the mate- (,,nl.. ..., i u i i .... a ' r'als and some little details to stamp Another woman burned her knee and turned . . . , up at the hospital five months later with that part : l "Us season ssuc of her leg in terrible condition. The leg was cut . e cx;,lli3,,tu "-'"'broidery nds. off and the woman made a perfect recovery. "I went many miles into the interior to see an injured woman. She had fallen down a well and was fearfully bruised all over. 1 found her lying on the floor grinding corn, every turn of her arm causing the most intense agony. She couldn't bear to have me even touch her. she was suffering so. I told her husband she had to be taken to the hospital or she would die and he asked who would cook the bread if she were gone. He refused to allow her to go. All I could do was to leave a little medicine." Dr. Stephenson finds that the natives in-ariably prefer using ointments to clean dressings. Women come in large numbers to get ointments for raw sores where their husbands have beaten and cut them and they are full of gratitude to the doctor She finds that those of high class are just as bru tally treated and just as grateful as the lowest. "Transmigration is one of the strongest beliefs in India," she says, "and on that account the people will not kill any animal, not even a flea. As a result the poor homes are overrun with bedbugs and other vermin, which spread all sorts of fevers and diseases. "And another of their ideas is that we don't know anything about raising babies. Hindoo mothers, without exceptiou. give opium to their babies to make them sleep while they work in the ir.otifs and allovers on gowns now to r.e secured make it possible to attain ravely and elaborate results without rhe use of much tedious handwork, tkhough even here you find it neces mry to apply the trimmings and make the tiny tucks by hand If the frock Is to be truly chic and dainty. iff I 4 I the screams from the pcor child were heartbreaking. I began to think that he would never get well, but after the second application of Cutitura Oint ment I began to see signs of improve ment, and with the third and fourth applications the sores commenced to dry up. His skin peeled off twenty times, but it finally yielded to the treatment. Now I can say that he is entirely cured, and a stronger and healthier boy you never saw than he I Is to-day, twelve years or more since I the cure was effected. Robert Wattam. ! ii to rn.t aii.k o ri.:.. in Oct. 9. 1909." The Bavarian Girdle. One of the belts of the season Is the folded girdle of panne velvet which is boned to an excessively long, sharp point in front. The dressma kers have given it the name of the Bavarian girdle or the girdle of Ven ice. It will be worn on dressy afternoon and evening frocks, and will not be S'jrarate. but a part of the gown. W WXSNSWNVrf'NNNNXN CHANGE IN SLEEVE STYLES Blouse of white lace with corslet Of gold guipure forming points. The gui pure borders the low neck and forma the cuffs. The bretelles and sleeves are of mousseline de sole. Marriage. A game of chance in which the chances are about even. The man leads t.t first, but after leaving the altar he usually follows breathlessly In his wI.Vs trail. The rules are very j confusing. If a masked player hold3 you up some night at the end of a ( long gun, it is called "robbery" and . entitles you to telephone the police; ; but if your wife holds you up for a much larger amount the next morn- Ing at the end of a long hug. it Is I termed "diplomacy" and counts in her favor. In this, as In other sanies of life, wives are usually allowed more privileges than other outlaws. Judge. Undesirable Acquisition. A scientist who lost his pet dog put a little notice in the paper head ed, "Warning." which charitably de scribed the animal as having "strayed," and added: "It is of no value, not even" lo the owner; but, having been experimented upon for scientific purposes with many virulent poisons, a lick from its tongue and it Is very affectionate would probably prove fatal." The dog came back next day. i . I Dyes in Brown. It Is highly probable that soft dyes In brown will be modish this spring. A few tans and russets shown ar j Important to Mothers. adorable. Thty are so soft, so attrac- Examine carefully every bottlo of tive. and there are a hundred different ' CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for nuances. All tan or all fawn colored infants and children, and see that It gowns were modish many years age. Bears the 0 and lovely they were. It has been ,.,.,,, n. fT' sjJS--f-ages since we had a visitation of tarn I SISaature of UuxZZZZUV. and deep creams, and the public Is ' In Use For ver Years. ready for their reception. The golden browns worn this winter have been among the few pretty colors. Ar Distinctly Shorter, and the Pos sessors of Pretty Arms Accord ingly Pleased. After the long sleeves of other days, it is to be hailed with joy by the possessors of pretty arms that short of the work among the natives is surgical and the obstetric cases are the most interesting. This is because the natives have medicines of their own. but know nothing of the use of the knife." ...a . . ... -.. a .a ..... ...V.VWV.!A:!3SV.VA Able to Foresee Events events catt their; That "comin; shadows Lelore" or that there is such j believer in it. I have just reasons for a thing as intuitive knowledge that believing that there are those who something serious is aLout to happen have an intuition of what is cominc. I Is the belief or many people, and one j anticipated things on more than one of these is Harry Wo!t. former lieu-J occasion, when I was in command of ten seconds when there was a rumble and roar in the direction of the Wayne street bridge that crosses the Port Richmond branch of the Phila- trol was awav in a iiffv. and a-hon i tenant ot the Lehigh avenue police the Twenty-second police district. I reached that point it was soon found station, according to the I'niiadelphia was seated in the office of the sta- i Press, "it is a pecaliar creed the forme who is one of the guards on the maiu ! currence about to take place and I re tloor of the Louise, "but I am a firm auetrd the iergeant to order out the said ' t:on on one occasion when the Idea lieutenant the other day. J -adzed me that there was a seiious oc- that one of the new kind of camel- fields. As a result a lame nionortion of the little Hindoo babies die before they are a year old. .Most ' "os are here- Thc-V extend to the ' elbow, or halfway between elbow and I wrist, but the stamp of this season is in the length. j TIitc is, of course, the long sleeve ! for those who insist upon a certain t Individuality in costume; but this style In not the long unbroken line to which we have been accustomed. There must be a suggestion of the short length given by bands across the arm. or by deep cuffs anJ puffs. Trimming can be used in plaques or horizontal lines to cut the long arm line Into the divisions that are em- phasized In the spring fashions. I Ruffles of pleating and lace are used Cleaning Handbags. The handbag or satchel of undressed kid. when soiled by usage, need not ! The Kind You Have Always Bought An Absolute Necessity. Wifey You told, me the other day we must avoid all luxuries and con fine ourselves to absolute necessities only. Hubby That's -so, my dear. n-:r.... ,- ... necessarily be turned over to the pro-1 , ""YVVL"' ,ast msul you came , , . , .,. . ! home in a cab. fesslonal cleaner. The secret of restor ation is a piece of sandpaper rubbed over the surface. A very fine grade of sandpaper Is required. When thl3 is used with care the effect is magical and no Injury to the material accrues. Many kinds of leathers without pol Hubby Yes, but that was an abso lute necessity. Distemper la all its forms, among all ages of hones and dojjs, cured and others in the same table prevented from having the disease patrol. It was ready in a few mln-1 that people get an Idea of what's com utes and was only in waiting about i Ing Is this: Everytihng was quiet in the district for weeks during one period, and the patrolmen were long ing for a run. I said keep still, you will toon have one. In a little while delphia & Reading railway. The pa-! all hands were greeted by the sound of an explosion. A L!g boiler on the second floor of Mercer's mill on Broad street, atove Lehigh avenue, exploded I- i with Spohn's Distemper Cure. Kverv Im.- ished surfaces for example, suede, t,e guaranteed. Over r00,ooo bottles wild undressed and ooze calfskin can be ' 'aHt year. $.50 arid 51.00. Good drug;wt-, cleaned thus. , ZlS "u!!rcrl: Ant" W?1- . iui "; -ju.. ciionn Alien. L.. cptc. Contagious Diseases, Goaiien, Ind. Preserving Youth. To preserve a youthful appearance let the diet be nourishing and dlges- baek engines on the Philadelphia & and blew the structure to pieces. I Reading railroad had exploded and ' could recite other instances when I killed toar of the trainmen. Another thought w- were to have more thac incident that strengthens my belief : the routine work and we had it." cream, much butter, all pastry and rich foods must be excluded. Those subject to flushing or the face should not drink hot liquids, only warm ones 1 to edge the short sleeves in fact, the j Pale people should eat underdone fulness that is evidenced in other meat, lightly cooked eggs, oysters and lines of dress is felt in the sleeve con- plain milk puddings, and drink hot structioa miik f reef Sometimes. Miss Blithely (interested in science) -..lnn Ana err. n n.,.u r-.n.n .1.- ..-.!-. .,.;.!. .!..-,. ,.r h. ...tn. ' "" "- -- -uu-:u. tiuiu a. leie- 11 11 it-, .-. I-.V..-J ui uwi mim ana , phone' miik cocoa. A greasy skin requires I -r,o o--..-..-.-. -p, . -.tilct attention to diet, from which I d Jr vn.i h , h f", my ,. , .. dear joung lady, on who is talkln-r at the other end. M. A. P. The rich, as we reckon them, and among them the very rich, in a true scale would be found very indigent and needy. Emerson. Vanity is due to a leak in one's wis dom tank. i A 1 V. I) Jl- ti j) 4