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The (ecg ne ja(fa z i ryp p)a
f"
Tho Tired Business Man
Trlls V'rlottrl AVIfr ANnit
Couldn't Be Hurried
Inviting Mskcrs of Time
to Iw'rno.
BY WAI.TFU A. 8IN1M.AIK.
TIIK HKF: OMAHA. HMDAV. N'OVKMP.FK LV.. imo.
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He wa a masterful prn. and when he
tav nil n-der there wa Hint In hi voice
il shewed that he means, to bo obeyed.
le was i hi of 'he old rjrlmn, mnrl con
veniently h- knew exactly how to trat a
nlegor, fact "f which Samt.o and lunah
and the r nt nf 'he help at tlie little way-
'Ida inn took notice the minute hh motor- j
-ar stopped hefnri- Its doors ard lie benan j
to ror out hi command.
'Porter sounds like de ole days Is cine
In." said Sambo, Ms broud smile pread
ug over his etiony countenance like the
buckwheat batter on a. hut griddle.
nf onuim, the condition of the roads
n.ighL hava had something to do with thU
oumtTfuli impression made upon the ser
vitors of the Inn a the colonel descended
from his- rtvr. Certainly the condition of
the car, bespattered as It a with mud,
and It wheals almost oompletely clog-red
with onae and clav, showed that the new
sriival had passed over very few well-
ordered boulevards that day, and the storm
i lat km certainly impending gave little
l-romlse of better thlnps on the morrow.
I'nder amrh condition aurely the colonel
a no p.cson to trifle with, and feet
Hiepp'd lively that evmtlJiK that had not
U'ion haste for many a unary moon.
Nevertheless, there were no violent ebulli
tion frhm the colonel, other than a short,
harp decisive maiintr of making his
Wishes 'Known that nljtht. The servant
tenved ftbrcit alertly and yet as gingerly
itt thoiirti trmullng on ks, but when morn
!nf came and the rain was pouring down In
Virrenre. the violent Jlnnllng of the bell
connected by wire with the colonel's room
icave notice that his humor was none of the
best. Samlii responded to Its summons
with a trembling alciity.
"Yneriib. 'colonel? Atiyting T can do fo'
', suh" he said, poking his head cau
tionsly In at the doer.
" I want my breakfast, you black raacal,"
replied the colonel. "Three boiled etcas and
a cup of coffee, and, mind you. I want the
Sg fresh. Do you understand?"
"Yassuh, colonel." snld Fambo, meekly.
' To' want em frexh, suh."
That's It fresh."- returned the colonel.
' 1' yhit bring me any of your old cold
toi Be eggs I'll ram 'em down your throat,
ihells and all. I'ndei stand?"
"Yassuh, colonel," suld Sambo. "It dry
Find Babies Driven to
- Under
.V .c,iti '.-.? ' younirster thinks bim-
clt lti'o'd upon when he or she has to
lo un thing outside of school hours, but
'lie chtldien of Omaha do not know Just
'iow much fun they get out of life com
pared with the children of other localities.
This l shown In the report now being
prepared by the officials of the national
hllil luhoi i ciiaiiuutee which has been ln
.estlgutlniil 'the Venditions 10 southern
I tela ware. lit. that Htuie It was found that
i youngster Af U' was considered an old
trot espvclenced worker, while In one cast;
fue iani(4 1 nuppcft- .Tlle cdiniiilttee is
workiifg In' conjunction wltli the child
labor coinmittee of Ielaware and the so
(ial service .committee of the Episcopal
diocese, of Jelaware, of which the llev.
Hubert V. Wells it St. Andrew's church
In Wilmington Is chairman.
The cniet or uib inveigaioi i'i
national child labor committee of this city
was Kdward F. Urown, who was aided
hi hla work- by l. W. Hlno. Ever since
early In the spring the two investigators
hava been living In the berry country' of
Delaware studying conditions and getting
data.
"Our Investigation' Is not complete as
at," declared Mr. Urown, "as we only
bad tiro to go over Kent and Sussex
oounttea. 1 We found enough material there,
however; to have a bill prepared which
will be Intfoduoed In the legislature of
Dataware which we hope will put ar end
t thla disgraceful employment of children.
Tha children - for- the greater part are
drawn from the foreign quarters of Phila
delphia and . Baltimore and other nearby
dtlea, and tha life they lead Is beyond
dasorlpUon.
"It Is not only In the berry fields, but lu
the canning factories nearby aud In, the
hulling factory where the berries are pre
pared for the northern bakers that they
work. The greater part of the trouble Is
that they are victims of the padrone sya
tem, Mid not one child. Jn a hundred ever
seea a penny of the money they earn, as
the check! for their labors are turned over
, te, their parents.
"The work In the berry fields begins
several, weeks or,, perhaps, a month before
school stops. Long before this the padrone
lias been busy arranging for his workers.
aud when the call comes from the farms
ha taiiee them to the districts he Is sup
plying with help, always charging them
treat five to eight times the actual cost of
transportation.
"The padrone has the oomniisaaiy privi
lege In the berry fields and can charge
what he wanta for food supplies. Men and
women without children are not wanted,
aad the larger the family la the better the
Card Parties
J
' Pear Mlsa Sehuvler: I would like to cele
brate my second wedding anniversary
with an afternoon affair for my family
friends. Will you suggest favors. Invita
tions and decorations, and what would be
lorrect to serve a refreshments? H. K.
New York City, j .'."''
Why not have a card party? Most
vyunien enjoy an afternoon of bridge and
euchre, and the games furnish entertain
ment. . ' . 1 '
The Invitation muse-go out a Informal
iotee, which should read:
My Dear Airs. Howard: I Intend to
lelehrate the second anniversary of my
wedding on Friday, November 2, by hav
;rg some fiitnde in to play bridge, and I
hope you will be among them
We shall begin to play at S o'clock.
Cordially. MAUY ELl.tN JACKSON.
.Such notes require Immediate replies of
acceptance or regrets.
The hostess may wear white, her wed
ding drees If 'she like. Decorate the
rooms with white flower In vases and
Sara that will give a bridal effect.
Card used for place names at tha bridge
labia may be heart shaped
For the first prise a silver heart shaped
box would be pretty. For the aeoond
prise little silver or satin shoe pin
cushion would appropriate.
These silver pieces khould be placed In
boxea and tied with whit ribbon, sugges
tive of a wedding.
Thla uecesfon being a special on elabo
rate refreshment ahould be provided. A
round wedding cake In the tenter uf the
sin t fresh I gotter eat de shells."
"Have 'era ready at o'cloi k shai p." con
tinued the colonel. "If you're late I II"
"Yassuh. colonel." said Sambo, without
wait ins: for the colonel to finish, fully
a v. are of the threat of broken bones In
the balance of the formula.
At 9 o'clock the coffee and one em were
lld,frnmptly before the masterful one. He
(tlnnced at the latter, and then he turned
and fixed Sambo with a steely and ominous
alare.
"Mdn't 1 t"ll you t wanted three earns.
you son of a thunder storm?" he said,
Icily.
y-Y-Y-Yassulv colonel," shivered Sam
bo, edging off toward the door. "le-de.le
odder two aigs la a comin' suh. Yassuh,
Ucy's a-cnmln' right along, suh."
The masterful one, with a warning; shake
of his head, turned to the iule e and
nte It. Then he waited. He waited five
minute. The five minutes spread out to
ten, and still he waited. Finally, twenty
minutes having parcel, the volcano began
to rumble.
'.la ti i hn ' ' ' i.e. i-imrnfl. - I
"V- V-Yassuh, -olonel?" came the trem
bling; voice from without.
"Where are those other two ergs?" de
manded the colonel. tapplne; his foot oini
noukly on the floor
"Dey's a-comliY, Mini Colonel. Yassuh,
dey's a-comln'." quavered ainbu.
"Well, why In the natun of the black
abyss from whence you sprang aren't they
here now? lnes It take six davs to boll
an egg two minutes in this town'." cried
the colonel.
"Why, colonel.'' said Sambo, with an
Ingratiating smile, as l. entered the door
and sidled up to the colonel, taking mighty
good care to keep not less than two tables
between them, "yo' done tolevtne de algs
must be fresh, suh, an' we-we-we kaln't
hurry dnt ole hen, colonel. "Phe's so sot in
her ways"
"Old hen?" roared the colonel, thoroughly
aroused. "What old hen? What !n thun
deration has the old hen got to do with
It?"
"Why, colonel," said Sambo, "we's Jes'
awaitin' fo' de ole hen to lay dem algs,
suh, an' as I done tole yuh, she comes o'
too ole. family to be hurried." Harper's
Weekly.
Work
Delaware Padrone Plan
padrone likes It. Once at the berry section
the families are housed In shacks. Here
from twenty to thirty men, women and
children live for a couple of months, sleep
ing In rough bunks, three and four to a
tier, and with absolutely no privacy. There
Is no sanitation, and while there Is a shed
In which to do the cooking, the families
must either eat In the bunk house or In
the open. In one place In Heaford, Dela
ware, I found seventeen children and five
adults living in what was formerly a
chicken house. The bijnk house Is Iso the
storeroom of the family, and their, sup
plies are kept In It.
"No child Is too young, according to the
padrone, to aid. We found one little girl
of 2, still too small to walk o the berry
patch, stemming strawberries'' with her
mother, and there were hundreds of chil
dren under 7 years of age working from
fourteen to sixteen hours a day for a wage
of less than 13 or $4 dollars a week. The
pickers get 1 cent a quart for pick
ing the berries and the same or a little
less for hulling them. When the berries
are picked they have to tie carried from 100
yards to a quarter of a mile to the pack
ing houfce, where the children get credited
for their work, bat their checks are saved
until their parents arrive.
"Not only In the strawberry field are
there babies at work, but In the pea can
ning factories In the same district we
fuuud children of less than ( working from
tl o clock In the morning until 7 at night.
and sometimes, during the busy season.
until 10.
"One Utile girl of 8 had been working
for three years In one of the pea factories
In charge of the capping machine. She
worked at a machine that even adults con
sldered a dangerous one, and at her elbow
worked a man with a furnace and solder
ing apparatus, which forced the child to
Inhale the fumes of charcoal and lead all
day long. A short dlatanoa from her cap
ping machine was a large 'placard read
ing: "All playing, wrestling, acuf fling or
Indulging In any kind of pla In any part
of this building Is prohibited." Another
placard warned the little girls that It waa
against tha rules for them to wear rib
bons, apron or their hair la braids, as It
might get caught In the machinery, which
had to be massed together to save space.
"The Delaware child labor law exempts
the canning aud berry field employers un
der the clause of 'agricultural employment,'
but we are trying to have thla exemption
eliminated and force the farmera and can
ning factory owners to allow the children
to remain at school and live children's
lives until they are 14 at least, no matter
bow much cheaper the padrone system may
malt It."
dining table would be effective.
White flower and asparagus vine or
snUlax on the table will make It look like
a wedding breakfast White candle shade
may b used.
At such a function seats at the table are
nit provided for guests, a none but th
two friend selected for pouring tea and
chocolate occupy chair.
For refreshments a salad, sandwiches,
cakes and fancy Icea -will be enough, and
at the conclusion each guest should be
given a piece of wedding cake, which th
hostess should rut.
ROdANNA 8CHUTLKR.
liars Hyperbole.
"To horse' To horse!" the public cried,
And the smart set said: "W 11 go.
We ll prove there's something else beside
The horse ran make a show.
We've curbed our feelings long enough;
Weil check them now no more.
Though 'tis the twentieth century.
Our century is four.
"Weil go In teams. In fours, in pairs.
In furbelow end frills. -
Forgetting maxima, for who care
If 'Us the pace that kills?
We'll say that we prefer the ateed
To any kind of wheels.
Then ride away cvntrariwlse
In our automobile." T. K. M.
Pt.
"You Americana," aalr tha London man,
"are vern fond of what you ceil pie. But
properly speaking a pi bo old hav meat
In It."
"Perhaps. But the beef packer com
pel us to economise. Washington Star.
It doeen't take money to make fools of
som fallow, but at the same Uoi it
b)pa a lot.
fftfTTDio "not ") (TbNW"5Tif )f rHowM i a ny" (qn Oac y
1KN0W YOU SMOKE q lAHFR EATING A 1 K-ti, SMOKE IN A PAY THAU
: 6E 5M0KIMG 1 CN'-Y SMOKE GOING TO SMOKf UM HUHJ
j -r'tHC "y (AfTK EATINlGjJ IjHE WHOLE PACICJ V-y-
Y
OKE BUT M'ftt?,0 plNG TO WALK W,DD 1YMIK. WITH l-ENCE" D0i
Cwr much.' ml fooNT get jlTf Nor- saT.kid: cone) IfrSHTocAk.'. i wish i T
t30 1 NC TO WALK PEylSHl WALK WITH BACK HERE!, HADNT EATEN THAT
ALONE; HUH! LgONT OOl ) (jFORElT flRE (wHyEYOU 60INCJ PARE B'T -f
JSfeDIAEy y D0LLIE
1 "I1 "
TUESDAY' If Mollie Turner was in
Hades, but waa allowed to occupy a box,
and caught sight of Mrs. Deeiing, who
wasn't, and knew Mrs. Deerlng saw her,
he would be perfectly comfortable. She
went to the opera with her once and sat
in an orchestra seat.
Bhe suffered. I knew It, though she was
awfully nice about It, and tried to pretend
she was enjoying herself. Not on account
of the music. Mollis couldn't convey the
Impression that she ever thought much
about that. In fact, I don't think It ever
occurred to her for a moment to try to,
although she adores the opera. Once when
somebody was singing, and It was too won
derful for words, and I had closed my
eyes and waa Imagining the Romeo waa
thin, Molly whispered hoarsely: "My dear,
Mrs. Splasher has Mrs. Van Ass In her
box at last!"
It broke the spell completely, and It
wouldn't have Interested me in the least If
Mr. Bplaaher was entertaining the Sultan
of TUnbuctoo. It Just shows that Mollie
la cut out fur society. Instead of trying
to forget that people like Mrs. Splasher
exist, when she could forget It In listening
to such singing, she has to even be Infer
eated In her diamonds and her clothes.
Just as I had lost myself on a tune, and
had my eyes shut again and waa Imagining
SAW MRS. THATCHER STARING
STEADILY AT HIM."
that Juliet was thin, and It was so won
derful little chills were going up and down
my back, I heard Mollie voice saying.
PROOF POSITIVE.
I.
NDut did she Accept jeasJ -pn
-"Not exactly, but it tuuit have
pacts-srd be for hc Just Uufhcw
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.BY TV T.
asrmttn. 1814 tr tw ks reft tram
"My dear, there s no use. Jirs. Splasher's
gown Is a dream. Where did she find that
color?" ;
Tom waa there that night, and though
II fl 'I
"SUPPOSED TO BE A PERFBCT
GENUS."
Imust confess he doesn't seem to care
a great deal for music, or get very much
wrapt up In It, he seem to understand
that other people might. I don't mind
hla not being crazy about music a bit,
a the men I have met who have been
musicians I never could Imagine caring
Very much about, aomehow.
Paul Templeton waa supposed to . be a
perfect genius, and played the piano and
violin marvellously, and , lot of girls were
In love with him, but I didn't care for him
at all.
He was very delicate looking, and though
he didn't let his hair grow long or any
thing like that. It used to look aa though
It needed cutting, and he always wore
the wrong kind of collars' and tie and had
his nails manicured. He had such small
hands, too. It used to be a erreat relief
to me when Tom would come In when he
was' there and look awkward and Tery
large and not know exactly what to say to
him.
Tom' mother would compress her Ui
and wince visibly when Tom would try
to tiptoe lightly across the room while
Paul was rendering a Chopin nocturne.
After knocking over a bookcase or two, he
would reach my side, and overturning a
chair, would finally sit down beside me.
Once, not thinking he would be observed,
he got a newspaper out of his pocket wlth-
LATEST CUT.
Mow about your fUvurce Stat
I expect It boa frota th
OaOMMMJCb Ml
out a Blngle crackle, though It took hira
ten minutes to do It, and was busily read
ing the stock quotations when he looked
up nnd saw Mr. Thatcher staring steadily
at Tilm through her lorgnette.
In his nervousness, he made an awful
crackle that attracted a great deal of at
tention. After Paul and every one naa
rone he woujd say sadly to Amy: "Do
sit down and play something, Amy," and
she would sing very loudly, and as fast as
possible. "Blnghamton Bessie, My Love
You Can GuesBle," and he would brighten
up Immediately. BtlU, he Is awfully nice
and well behaved at the opera, although
he has such a sense of humor about the
heroes and heroines sometimes that I get
sort of hysterical Inside.
Mollle's mother goes from a sens of
duty, and Just sita through It with her
hands folded. Bhe Is yary dear, and 1 sup
pose It must seem like a pantomlne to her.
Mollle's father, who 1 an awfully nlc old
man, but who makes the most fearfully
personal remarks to me about Tom or
anything that comes into his head, goes
ound asleep in the back of the box. When
he wakea up occasionally he say some
thing atlll more personal, being hardly
awake, and then goes to sleep again.
If Mollie ha some man to whom sh can
talk In a low, rapid voice most of th
"WAS IMAGINING TUB ROMEO WAS
THIN."
Mm aha doesn't become restive, if fiam
Turner is seeing a musical show nearby
tie drops in Deiween ine acts, oui Disap
pears the instant tue curiam rises.
TIES LIMIT.
j3i
Aren't you ever rcnnj to (jet
rslac?'
Why we're an the top toot
oowt"
' I eie that the 8wlss will Invite all na
tions to Heme to confer about reforming
the calendar." observed Friend Wife, In
thoughtful mood.
"Ah; have time to Berne! foo-koo!"
warbled the Tired Huslneea Man. "Watch
Klgln and Waltham watch this Swiss move
ment with alarm and suspicion. They'll
probably get the customs people to watch
closely, too, because If this Is a s n of In
ternational truce, a aeoond Hag-. . or 1
might sv. a wcond. minute, hou day.
week, month and year Hague, why shouldn't
they fear It will become a '.wli time
peace? Of course, they'll warn the cus
tom. O the timepieces: O the customs!
Owe the tailor!
"They'll have to call In some eminent
surgeons, methlnks. for from the prospectus
1 Infer that they are going to cut one day
off the regular year and just entirely Ig
nore the JtWh day in Ieap Tear. Will the
suffraitettes opp we this as one man? Y'ou
bet! They can see In It a man-made schame
to do away with Ieap Year and take away
the only chance of millions of deserving, if
homely, girls.
"The advance notices say this Interna
ional commerce will try to have the year
llvlded Into exactly days, or fifty-two
weeks. That Is going to bo an awful blow
to us fellows who look forward eagerly to
three months which have five pay days.
They talk as though they were considering
cutting up a pie into ,W4 slshs where It has
been SfiS or 3J6 slices previously. How ore
they going to get Old Mother F.arth to take
a day rff everv year? 1 don't know. Y'ou
notice this comes right after a democratic
election. That's what always happens when
the democrats get In. The republicans
would see to It that we had a full year
calendsr. Of course, you might expect the
prohlhltlorlHtg to oppose a 'full' year.
"New Year's day Is to lie an 'extra day.'
Strikes me the day after New Year's ought
to be the extra day, judging from the ap
pearance of home of my acquaintances
when they come to work on January 2.
According to the Information I have about
the new scheme, Sunday will bear no date.
Styles of Kimono Sleeves that
Give Smartness to Old Waists
Women are I'cinnms to complain of the
monotony of the kimono sleeve, but really
there I no necessity for monotony, because
there are dozens of variations of this popu
lar model.
The conventional kimono sleeve Is, of
course, cut In one with the waist, the whole
being known aa the peasant blouse. In
sheer or medium weight fabrics, such as
nets, silks, etc., the material Is usually
tucked before being cut, whllo In heavier
goods, such aa velvet, velveteen, corduroy
and cloth, there 1 no attempt at fullness.
It la a mistake to believe that these two
styles only are de mode. The fussy kimono
sleeve la as fashionable as the plain style,
and -so Individual taste In the selection of
a sleeve pattern for a new waist may be
exercised so an old fashioned f cuse will
pass as one of the latest models.
Take tha passe full puff elbow sleeve,
for Instance. There are a dosen ways In
which this may be altered and at the same
time be up to date.
On suggestion 1 to slash the sleeves
their entire length down th upper Part of
the arms, taking out a strip. This must b
filled In with a strip of velvet, silk or any
contrasting material cut in one. with a
hallow round yoke shaped to fit the shoul
der. At th lower edge the sleeves should
be finished with deep cuffs.
Th slashed edges of the sleeves should
be shirred down to the material Inserted,
after turning them under to form headings,
and th top of the blouse must meet the
shallow yoke In the same way. This model
is equally attractive for a new or a reno
vated waist.
Another variation also working both way
Is to tuck thd- sleeve to fit the arm and
then add th contrasting material as before
suggested, holding down all edges with
row of tiny buttons.
A neat tailor stitching is the best finish
for th edgea.
Adding a tiny bolero la another way of
varying th plain waist. The body of the
coat may be little more than a shallow
yoke Just taking In th armhole and cut
In one with short closely fitting sleeves,
kimono length. Handsome effects should
be used for this style, such as tha fabric
braided or embroidered or a striking piece
of contrasting goods as jew ked net, ( th
r
Practical Home Helps
J
Fortunately for horn dyers there Is a
dy on the market that can be used for all
fabrics that Is, silk, wool and cotton may
all ba dyed with thla dye so If a woman
1 uncertain aa to whether a material I a
mixture of silk and wool, cotton and silk.
all silk or all wool, it makes do difference
with this dy.
If you buy this dy It I necessary that
th garment to be recolored shall be
cleaned before being put Into th dy.
Th garment to b dyed must be washed
In hot water with plenty of soup and am
monia. A thorough rinsing I necessary, because
If any soap remains It will interfere with
th dy.
in dyeing, the direction coming on th
package must be strictly followed. These
are usually sufficient for success, but there
may be one or two points which may hav
been forgotten. For Instance, dyes "set"
lowly In cotton and mixed gooda, there
fore, these fabrics should be allowed to
cool In the dy bath.
Woolen fabrics should not be subjected
to such violent dyeing as Is essential for
silk or linen, for th reason that th
smooth surfaces and too violent boiling Is
apt to Injur th weave.
Closely woven fabrics require longer
boiling In th dy pot than loosely woven
ones, because the dye penetrate mori
lowly.
In rinsing, garments should be only
lightly wrung. To wring too light or too
hard Is likely to produce a streaked ap
pearance. On th contrary, If garment
ar hung up wet they are apt to be darker
at th lower edge on account of slow dry
ing. in the case of pressing anything a sub
stantial aa melton I should think it would
be a better plan to let th coat dry thor
oughly, then pre It on th wrong aid,
first laying a cloth wrung out of warm
water between tha coat and th Iron.
Bigger, Better, Busier Tnat I what ad
vertising In Tba Bee will do for yout
buclne.
Y'nong and flirtatious persons In the habit
of having dates on Sunday will oppose this.
"The prospectus hImo announces that the
four quarters of the yeara though a year
could have more or le than four quarters!
will he exactly the same length the
months thirty und thirty-one days succes
sively. Thus the thirty-first day of March,
June. September and December would nl
ways fall on Sunday. !n you get that
It means that the glum lnslnes of paying;
the month's rent will be added regularly to
the usual Monday morning grouchology.
As for those unfmtunntes who pay rent
by the year, they'll be done out of a day's
rent every year, or a month's rent every
thirty years!
"We never expected to see the thli ty-f ivst.
of Juno or of September did we? Why,
where will that good old rhynm about
'thirty days hath September. April, June
and November' go to? That's not the worst.
It says that eveiy leap senr will bsve an
off day that will neither be counted nor
dated and will be Inserted between June
;:i ami July 1. Will they do like landlord
with a thirteenth floor, label It X or will
they- oh. horrors! Call it June SiM or
maybe July 1-mlnus? That would be one
tine day to make a date you didn't Intend
to keep.
"ltelng Interested 1 looked up the sub
ject and found calendar was from the an
cient Greek meaning 1 call.' heme there
ought to be a showdown. The lat time
they changed the calendar the KngHsh ob
jectors claimed they had been robbed of
eleven days, which was tough on those
who puid rent In advance or life insurance.
At the same time tables were provided for
movable tenuis, but now they have lunch
wagons and dining cars.
"Kxcavutors found cslendnrs In the ruins
of rompell, probably recording fie last
days of Pompeii. These calendars endured
because they were cut on blocks of solid
marble-ft good thing to rememter."
"Why?" asked Friend Wife.
"In case the conference delegates want to
mnke up the calendar right out of their
own heads." said the Tired ltuslness Man.
(Copyright. 1!H, by the X. Y. Herald Co.)
rholce, of course, depending upon the kind
of material with which It Is to be used In
combination.
Heavy black etamlnn gauze covered with
the small milky white beads Is charming as
a trimming to a velvet blouse.
Another Idea Is to cut away both waist
and sleeve from the shoulders to lower
edge of sleeves, leaving little more than
the under portions of sleeves, and then
finish all edges with a strapping, connect
ing them also with a fctnapplng or short
lengths of some fancy decoration. The
material showing under the straps may be
of the same goods as the waist and tucked
a relief, or it could, of course, be of some
contrasting fabric.
On of the simpler modifications of tiie
kimono sleeve It to cut It long tor In the
case of remodeling the tucked sleev to
release tho tucks), . and then shirr the
leeves lengthwise and cover the thread
with a piece of trimming. The shirring
should continue on the waist to the point
where the yoke meets It.
When desired to make a long sleeve in
kimono effect, bring the tucking down the
sleeve to cap depth and shirr to the elbow.
Then add long, deep cuffs; cut In one with
long, tab-like straps that run up over the
shirred thread as far as the tucks. Th
tab should be finished In a round point and
piped. When the waist la plain a little
coat effect will be pretty.
If chiffon Is used for development
either black, a contrasting color or th
shade of the goods should be chosen. This
material 1 gathered around a small yoke
and again just below the bust and Is drawn
tightly.
A flat trimming Khould be the finish on
the edges.
A lingerie waist made with tucked kimono
sleeves could be improved by tha addition
of strips of valenclennea Insertion run from
the neckband, or rather small yoke, down
the fntlre length of the sleeve, the ma
terial cut' away underneath and the edges
of the lac finely feather stitched.
This bit of handiwork would Increase th
beauty of the blouse.
Feather stitching or any similar fancy
stitching applied tj the top of th tuck
(covering the stitches) or placed In row
between them I another means of varying
kimono leeves. ELIZABETH LEB.
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What do You Call a Day? II
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What I a day? In the aens In which th
word la commonly used "day" Includes the
period of light as distinguished from that
of darkness. This period of light to people
In th middle states mean merely a cer
tain number of hours out of the twenty
four, but It may mean any length of Unit
under six months, according to the latitude
of th observer and the season of th year.
Another popular meaning la th space
of twenty-four hours. Including a period
of light and a period of darkneas. This,
again, Is not the same all th world over,
aa the time of the commencement and
tetmlnatlon vary in different countries.
Some reckon from sunset to sunset, some
from dawn to dawn, while modern civil
ized nations count from midnight to mid
night. Astronomers also have their various
days; the absolute solar day, ranging from
about half a minute under the same
amount over twenty-four hours at differ
ent times of the year; th mean solar
day being our common day of twenty-four
hours; the lunar day of uearly twenty-flv
hours, and th sidereal day of about four
seconds short of twenty-four hours.
The succession of day and night de
pends on the rotation of the earth on Its
axis, and since the earth Is of a globular
shape, it la evident that the whole of It
surface cannot be turned toward th sun
at on aud the same moment. In other
words, It cannot be noon all over th earth
at precisely the same time. A Utile
tbought will show that whenever it I
noon at any on plao it la midnight 0"
the opposite side of the earth, and at tha
different point between all the times of
day are at on and the same moment to
b found-"rfew York World.
Th days are getting chill
And winter's on the way,
Myrtilla wiil be dressed to kill
When she 1 dreeaed to sleigh.
For summer clothes are lovely bis.
But somehow, don't you know,
The girl who haa a boa Is
Most sure to ba a beau.