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THERE Is no service of the year
more beautiful than that annual
Sunday in June dedicated to the
children; when the little ones of
the congregation and Sunday-school
11 over the land are gathered Into our
churches for exercises of their very
own.
Whence or how It came, this habit
of observing Children's Day, we know
not; suffice It to say there Is scarcely
a denomination today but holds It one
of the greatest occasions of the church
. year.
From early times .certain ministers
have devoted special days to the chil
dren of their flock. Then after Sunday
schools became general the little peo
ple grew Into still greater promi
nence on anniversary occasions, but
It has only been In the last twenty
five years that Children's Day has be
come one of the regular features of
church work. The Methodists were
probably the first denomination to
give such a day the sanction of their
General Conference. In ISKt the Pres
byterians appointed the second Sun
day In June as a festival day for the
children. Since then Its observance
has become almost universal.
It Is none too soon to begin prep
arations for this happy event. Teach
ers and church officers should aim to
make It a really golden day In the
lives of the children a day the mem
ory of which will linger through life.
Kvrythlng should be bright and sun
shiny, to Impress the Joyfulr.oss of re
ligion upon -plastic minds. This should
be the main Idea In arranging a pro
gramme. MmsIc, recitations and ad
dresses should not hive a hint of gloom
or depression, and there should be flow
ers, flowers, flowers everywhere. It was
a happy thought to have Children's Day
In the "Month of Hoses," with Its wealth
of bloom to add beauty to the service.
Make Music a Special Feature.
Nat, 'rally, each church has It partic
ular method of observance. In some the
morning service Is devoted to the pri
mary sehclars and the evening to the .
older children. Again, thero may be a
special meeting for the afternoon; usu
ally, though, all the children of the
ciurcr assemble at the regulur morning
service.
Children are much more Impressed
that Children's Day Is really their own
If th?y bear a prominent part In tho ex
ercises. Many Interesting cantatas, or
printed forms, may be bought for ucii
an occasion; but, as a rule, programmes
are prepared by a committee or by the
superintendent cf the primary Sunday
school.
In making the selections, both to sing
and re lie. chocte whiw Is within Ihe
comprehension of the children, but let it
be really good. It is a treat mistake to
think that the young can only it at
' traded by literary or musical trash. In
hymns, especially, thero are now beauti
ful ones composed for Just such a day,
so that the music can be made a special
feature.
In addition to drilling the school In
several general hymns and. by the way,
t-urU, apical dull in music and verse
and recitation Is necessary if the serv
ice Is not to be a failure It Is well to
iraiiye for a little special music. A
child with a sweet voice might hi given
a sclo, or there might be iciiiKt by a
choir of boys and another by the little
girls.
Then, by all means have a proces
sional. The children love It, snd so do
their parents and Ihe grown-up part of
the congregation. There Is something
very Inspiring In seeing long lines of
white-robed boys and girls the almost
babes of the infant depaitment leading
marching with rapt. Intent fares Into a
church, caroling as they go, "Onward,
Christian Soldiers." or some other stir
ring hymn.
FLOWER-DECKED BANNERS
The effect of this processional Is much
heightened If the different classes carry
flower-decked banners bearing some
motto. At all events, each little march
er should have his posy or bunch of
turners
r'ew children come to a Children's Day
service without ai least a rose or a
bunch ot daisies, but leal there are
Ui" ho loigii or sre uh poor It i
well for the commutes to provide extra
flowers to make up the lack, that no
child be diKapimiiiitsd or feel diderent
Iron) the others.
'1 lie decoialions should be lust ss pro
fuse and beaut it ul us Msible. Fortu
nately, this Is eaay to urianae. with Ihe
moodr and gardens full of lovely bloom.
Let the windows be banked with (lower,
gallery, pillars, choir rails twined with
oak tnoiyh" or daisy chains, ami chancel
or pulpit turned to a bower of color. A
background vt palms uthls much to the
eflccl
csuch decorations mean hard work for
the committee, but it pays in the 'lelitht
of young and old. Sometimes the chil
dren themselves are allowed to help
trim, or at least bring In Mowers Olten
different classed each take a window to
Iliads with tluweia If the seaaon per
mits, tunning makes a more striking
decoration than to use hundreds uf pink
and white peonies.
tine church has a large vlne-dt'aed
frame set In front i,f Ihe pulpit, in
whi h ea'h child, as he marches rsat,
plai-es his oouquel. In another, every
hi 11 receives a youm; chrysanthemum
plant, winch , he is supposed to raise
until November, when a flower show Is
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held for the benefit of the poor of the
church.
A pretty fancy, where Powers bear a
part In the exercises. Is to have a shield
made of thin wood, set with holes to
form a great cross, with other holes for
a background. This is vine-draped, and
Intf It a child at a time mav place a
white blossom, reciting a verse on faith.
Later, others fill the cross with red
flowers, with verses about the cross of
Christ and His love for men. Or a dozen
little girls, each holding a different flow
er, could recite a short, appropriate
poem as she held her bouuuet aloft.
Sometimes children send their flowers
after the service to the hospitals or to
the sick of the congregation. In one
church they have the pretty custom of
taking them to decorate the graves of
dead scholars.
As for the service themselves, they
must never be allowed to drag rhort
undresses and recitations and. if the
church choir takes part, bright, short
onthems. If golden texts or chapters
from the Bible are recited, have It done
in concert and quickly.
Sometimes the idea of patriotism Is
emphasised and flags form part of the
decorations. Again, a special missionary
offering Is taken up to help other less
fortunate children.
This might be made an effective part
of the service. Distribute mite boxes
among the children as soon as prepara
tion for Children's Day begins, and tell
the children to save as many pennies
as they can before that time.
In the course of the service have a
number of tiny children, dresKed to rcp
roseaU their little heathen kinsnven of
different lands, make a plea for help
from their young Christian (rtenus.
Then have two very little Rirls collect
tho mite boxes tmu pour the contents
into the outstretched hands of those
rt presenting the mission fields.
However 6ne may vary ihe form of
service, remember always to make It a
dav that will dnw the children Into tho
church as to a place whore they hive a
part to fill even in their youth
A Help to the
HKt'KNT Invention that should
prove a boon to the women who
do liaht laundry woik iii their
own touins is a simple arrange
ment for washing clothes without rub
hina all the akin from one's knuckles.
This new washer Is nothing more nor
less than a tinted rolling pin pierced by
many hole. II is used on a wushhoaid
with slight piojectioiis over the surface,
bat the ordinary washboard answers the
same purpose.
These tollers come In all sizes, from
the liny ones like a child s toy just the
thing to wash out stocks, handkerchiefs
( hoosing a Suitable
Trousseau
SELECTING a trousseau Is always
a weighty i attar, but at no sea
son Is it so necessary to give it
serious consideration la by the
June bride.
Life for a young woman who la to
be married In the autumn Is always
more or less cut and dried; she usually
lives In the conventional manner of the
city or town In which fate places her,
and her requirements as to clothes will
be governed more or less by Its social
demands.
In summer It Is quite otherwise; one
may live In a half dosen different ways,
and a trousseau should be selected ac
cordingly. For Instance, If a girl Is o spend her
summer In a seashore or mountain re
sort, or In the suburbs of a big city,
where there Is apt to be much gayety,
she will need a variety of gowns for all
occasions dresses, linens and shirt
waist sulfa for morning, a good-looking
cloth coat and short skirt, simple silks
for Informal occasions, more elaborate
costumes for afternoon wear, and at
least two evening gowns. She should
also have a big supply of lingerie
waists for laundresses are proverbially
disappointing and three or four thin
white dresses made to touch.
IF SHE IS OOINO TO ROUGH.
Hats for all occasions, a couple of
loose coats for driving and to throw on
In the evening over decollete gowns,
shoes and slippers galore, with stock
ings to match, ribbons, parasols, gloves
long and short there Is no end to the
requirements of the bride who expects
to keep up her social duties.
But how foolish for the young woman
who Is to rough It this summer to sup
ply herself with any such extensive out
fit. If she feels her dignity requires a
handsome trousseau, let her put the
money aside and buy her frills and fur
belows fresh In the fall, only choosing
for the present such things as are really
necessary.
It is becoming more and more the
custom for the newly married to get out
Into the woods and hills In the sum
mer, to llv a healthful, simple life,
hunting, sailing, fishing and tramping.
Or. If but a short time can be spent
on the honeymoon, a farmhouse or
bungalow Is often rented In the heart
of the country, and the young husband
turns commuter.
What folly would many gowns be un
der such conditions even though the
bride-to-be can amply afford them.
Instead, lot her get plenty of simple
shirtwaist suits, shorter than those for
town wear. If laundering does not pre
sent a problem, most of these may be
white though several dark ones are In
dispensable. A corduroy skirt and jacket of the
lightest weight should also be provided.
It ran be worn all summer on tramps
or Ashing excursions and Is much bet
terand no warmer for walking
through the woods than a woolen ma
terial. A atormcoat, sweater and rub
ber boots are likewise needful.
FOB DRESSY CLOTHES
A few dainty white gowns for even
ingeven In the country one should not
rough It all the time a handsome suit
for occasions where the bride absolute
ly must pay calls, and possibly one fair
ly pretentious house gown, with another
for any stray dinner or dance that may
turn up. are all that are necessary.
Indeed, one "dressy" drees may be made
to do double duty by means ot two
wrists.
Shoes must be of the sensible kinds.
High ones with low heels and thick
soles should oy all means be included;
and even for evening wear one
should be chary of stirring off the
porch on to country roads In high
heeled pumpa.
Three hats will be sufficient, and one
of them should be broad enough to
shade the face from the hot sun.
The satisfaction of such a trousseau
is twofold. In summer the bride is
not bothered with the care of an ex
tensive outfit sue nas just the clothes
she most heeds and no more; while In
the fall, that uncomfortable season
when clothes, even bridal clothes, feel
seedy, she csn purchase new ones
that will keep her well gowned all
winter Instead of wearing out her
trousseau, as U the lot of many June
brides.
Home Laundress
and Blockings in a basin or stationary
waahsland to those for a full family
w ash.
The process is very simple. Soak the
clothes over night, then put a piece at
a time, folded in several thicknesses, on
the board. Soap It well, and run the
toller over it In shuit, quick strokes, as
if making pastry. The dirt Is quickly
removed, wilfstut half the wear and
tear of Ilia ordinary rtibbiug.
No boiling la necessary. Merely rinse
through several waters, the final slightly
blued, and the clothes are ready for the
line.
THE WOMAN
WHO SEWS ALONE
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iHE woman who sews alone has a
I hard time of It when It comes to
I fitting shoulder seams or adjust
ing a belt or hanging a skirt
properly. These parts of home dressmak
ing seem, by rights, to need an extra
person, some one who can change the
set of a pin and then stand off and get
a good look at the result; or who can
raise her arms without an ominous
sound of ripping telling the tale of the
under-arm seam s giving way under the
strain, or a sudden shower of pins be
traying the melancholy fact that part of
yout work must be done over again.
Though not new, waist and skirt forms
of papier mache and wires are simply
Indispensable, especially In this season
of princess gowns, when long-continued
fittings are necessary.
These forms are much Improved from
the crude shapeless ones first Introduced.
Now they are adjustable not In one
place, but In man) .
A separate waist form can be adjusted
In four places at neck, bust, waist
and hips and comes in four dilteruiil
slies.
More convenient yet, because wider
in US rangu of usefulness, is a comoina
tion waist and skirt form, adjustable
111 so many ways and to men nnuu
shapes that it might almost be dubbed a
family friend.
ily Separate adjustments for Dual,
buck and under arm th bust may be
enlarged without chant,. ng the waist,
the back adapted to the toad shoulders
of the athletic maiden or the stoop i of
U,o student, the front lengthened and
the chest lade foil, and the under
arm increased or shortened, alt without
thuuge to any othtr part.
untie the newest features of these
tonus is the pusmuulty of hanging 'he
skirt wires for short or trained di esses
and widening thtm below the knees, so
Hie circular skins now so Bopular can
be eusily burg. ...
Of course, thfy csnrot be expected to
take the place of toe human model;
they never have an I doubtless never
will do that even when lded out with
tissue paper (s Is frequertly necessary)
to Bupply di rtclen.-.es tut they save
much weartniss to the woman to be
Btted, even If she can afford to have her
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clothes made, while for the girl who
does her own sewing her tauK is easeu
fourfold.
When fitting shoulder and under
arm seams, pin or buste the seams
upon the right side. Or. If you are
making a blouse or waist by a new
pattern, pin the front and backs In
place by sticking Pins through ma
terial and all well Into the foi in. and
smooth the lines Into place, pinning
the seams with the greatest care.
Then take from the form, baste where
your pins were, turn wron side out.
and try it on the form again.
If It Is all right (and It should be),
stitch the width of a seam away from
the bast nas between Dealings
and
Remember the
SOMEHOW one does not associate
boys and graduating presents.
Vet why not? The boy never
lived that did not like a gift
every bit as well as a girl; and many
a mother, sister, or sweetheart would
be only too glad to gratify this In
stinct if only they knew what to give.
It's so difficult to choose things for
a boy, you say? Well, perhaps it la,
when you consider variety; bat there
are certain stock articles that every
son of Adam, be he taking a Th. D. or
a simple high school diploma, would
be pleased to receive.
Remember, in choosing a watch,
whether gold, sliver or nickel, that
the open-faced type is more convenient
and more popular. Cases ate plum,
with large monograms.
If your boy owns a watch, get him
a new fob for It. There are many
from which to select. Probably the
first choice, as In best taste, would bu
one of black ribbon with gold mount
ings and a seal on the end, or. which
may be engraved monogram or crest-
A good-looking fob of this type has
a gold seal in the shape of an invert
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raw edge, of course; trim the seam.
anu turn iu inaive t& r ii-uvii kbih, , ci
ting your second row of stitching
come where tho basting threads did.
To fit a collar, put the blouse on the
form, and gather what fulness there
may be In trout Into place, distribut
ing it so that it Is easec intu the
baud instead of making a pucker at
tlie side or front.
tur getting the skirt turned up even
ly all the way round conies a little
contrivance which holds a bit of
chalk, and which can be regulated to
mark any distance from the ground.
And by the way, unless there s a no
ticeable difference In the size of your
hips, try lilting a skirt on the wrong
Instead of tho right side. There a all
the difference In the world In the mat
ter of simplifying the work.
Tutting a bell on a blouse Is an
easy matter when the belt Is set on
top Instead of under the gathers, for
then the belt is simply drawn on at
the right place, the fulness arranged,
and wllh a few pins your trouble 1
over In a Jiffy. Pinning to an Inside
belt Is a little more trouble, but for
certain sorts of blouses or waists is
enough better to warrant the extra
but her.
One of the greatest difficulties for
the woman who makes , her own
clothes is to properly trim or drape
a sleeve on herself.
Hitherto It has meant turning or
twisting, pressing some unwilling
friend Into service as a model, or
else badly hung sleeves. Now, how
ever, a sleeve form has been Invent
ed that does away with all such diffi
culties and makes trimming an easy
matter.
These forms are sometimes of wire,
adjustable to different sizes and
lengths of arms, but more often are
made of papier mache, covered wltn
black or gray Jersey cloth, with the
added advantage of coming Is
"rights" anil "lefts."
An Iron stand is made so that the
arm can lie detached at will. All
sizes of arms are made to fit the same
stand. They can be held on It in four
different positions.
Boy Graduate
ed pagoda, in the end of which le let
a bloodstone carved with a monogram.
Fobs of gold llnVs or those of gold
and platinum woven as If In a flat
braid are always handsome; while those
of leather or rlbbor, finished with seals
and mountings in school or college
rrest and colors, will surely find favor
with any boy.
The compass charms for a watch
chain have much to recommend them
beside their beauty. They may prove a
friend In need to any a graduate who
is an engineer or expects to spend his
vacation in the woods.
Plain gold lockets with a monogram
are liked even by men who scorn Jewel
ry lu other tonus.
No one can go amiss In selecting a
siarfpln. Very populur at present are
those set with fancy stones aqua-marines,
amethyst, tourmaline, garnet,
rhrysoprase and the greenish yellow
peridot.
Then there are military brushes in
ebony, silver or even with the fine
wooden back. Extra luxurious aie
those In torlolscsheli or ivory.
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