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For tEae Chat on' Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by a Recognized Authority New Year's Greeting. : Even now, following fast upon the heels of the merry Christmas tide, we can hear the rustling of the little New Year's wings as he presses hard upon old Father Time, bent with the weight of many centuries. Take it all in all, it has been a good year as we look back at the rapid procession of days, some gray, some dark, but many radiant with dazzling sunlight. Mme. Merri wishes to take this op portunity to thank all readers of the department for their many kind let ters expressing in highest terms their appreciation of the column. As a personal favor she begs that no one ask a reply to queries in "next Sunday's paper, as it is utterly impossible to comply. Questions that vni benefit many, it is well to answer In the paper, but private answers are willingly sent if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is inclosed. Let ters are filed and answered personal ly or through the paper just as fast as it is possible to handle them. Orig inal suggestions of interest to all are welcome contributions, as we aim to make the department a clearing house for the hostess of all successful enter tainment schemes. May the coming year be laden with blessings, may we all be fitted to take each day as it comes, remembering that "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world." A happy New Year to you every one. A New Year's Dinner. Gift making at New Year's is not so prevalent in this country as it is over the water, where it is the day par excellence for exchanging pres ents. Christmas is a royal festival time for the children there, and the first day of the year is a time thor oughly enjoyed by the grown-ups. There are balls, calls, receptions ga lore, with elaborate gifts in fact, it is one grand, merry holiday, while with us, especially of late years, it has been rather a state day, with lit tle doing save in Washington, where the president holds a reception. It is the day for a family dinner, and, by the way, I must describe this very beautiful dinner which is to be given on the first. The New Year's bell is the keynote for decoration, and the color is red with plenty of holly and mistletoe. Red bells will hang everywhere; the candle shades are to be red bells and the centerpiece a big red bell-shaped "Jack Horner" pie, with red ribbons going to each plate. Bven the nut and bonbon holders are to be bell shaped, the ices are to be frozen in bell molds to le eaten with bell shaped "cookies. Bridge is to be the after dinner pastime, the score to be kept with gold and silver costume bells slipped onto silver key rings, which the guests will have for favors. The wee bells bought by the hundred Em h ro I I ERY smart are the stiff linen collars with flannel or cotton waists, 1 and a soft, daintily embroidered necktie is both pretty and becom W tag with them. V Shadow embroidery will appeal to the girl whose time for ew- y ing is limited, for it Is quickly and easily done. A very sheer linen or lawn should be chosen because the embroidery Is done cn the wrong side and should show through. Lay the material over the design and hold In place with thumb tacks. Draw all around the design with a sharp pencil making the stems darker than the flower and leaf outlines because the stems will be worked in outline stitch on the right Bide of the stitch. The scallops also are done - on the right side and worked in buttonhole stitch. . Use a medium size white embroidery cot ton and begin the leaves and petals at the point nearest the stem. - With a fine needle, take' up a little of the material about - three threads toeing enough on the outside edge of the petal, right on the pencil line and cross horizontally to the pencil line on the other edge and take np a few threads: then back to the other side, crossing back and forth until the space is filled. When the. tip of the leaf is reached, work the thread tack to the Btarting point with darning stitch, and begin the next nearest leaf or petal- The stitches should be placed near enough together to nearly touch. " This design Is especially suited to shadsw embroidery, as the leave and flowers are slender. When the embroidery , is all finished, cut oit the scallops and bem the long edges. r Hostess are not expensive. Following are some of the quotations which will be written on cards cut in shape of bells: God bless the master of this jttouse. Likewise the mistress, too. And all the little children To whom the day is new. Welcome be ye that are here. Welcome all and make good cheer. Welcome all another year. Under mistletoe and holly A party gay and jolly In games will pass the hours away Of this our festive New Tear's day. Here's to the old year, drink, boys, drink. Mere's to the days that have fled. Old friends, old wine, oid memories, Orink to the joys that are dead. Ring out the old. ring in the new. Ring happy bells across tha snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. May every Joy attend you. And heaven daily send you. Blessings in heart and home. A resolution let us make. On this bright Xew Tear's day, Throughout the year we'll "wear a smile. And fret dull care away. Come, let's join the merry throng. Upon the coach of life we'll ride. Speeding the coming year along Happy we'll be what'er betide. MADAME MERRI. Make Your Hatpins. For your dressy hat, why not make your own hatpins of lace? An old form can be covered with a crocheted medallion or lace flower. The stitches must necessarily be close in order to cover the foundation, but when ' an Irish lace daisy curls its petals over a hatpin you will pierce your crown with joy In the knowledge of having something home-made but new. Fashion is trying to drive out the button from the full-dress scheme, as far as it is possible to do.' Many of the prettiest serge yacht ing suits, instead of being all white, have black moire collar and cuffs. Collars and buttons made from black satin are considered smart on linen coats of both white and colors. Corset covers and chemises fit al most straight across the front, there being little or no fullness at the tdp. The restaurant coat of supple, cloth, with its flowing Spanish or Japanese lines, Is superseded by the Jetted coat. ;. i' ' - Since tan is only suitable, f r morn ing and the country, bronzefcl Igj the nicest non-black shoes for wear with colors. j Jet buttons are used even on linen suits, and jetted chains and flexible brooches and bracelets are among the many forms that appear. ide ry. POCKET LIFE SAVER Clarence ' Hall Invents a Device for Miners. Believes His Oxygen Apparatus Would Have Prevented the Deaths of 300 Men in the ' Cherry Mine. Washington. Clarence Hall, explo sives expert for the government, has just announced the invention of a safe ty device which, had it been in use November 13 might have saved 300 lives at the mine of the St. Paul Com at Cherry, 111. The device is an appli ance generating sufficient oxygen to to sustain life for a half -hour or so under any conditions of atmosphere. Had the miners trapped in the St. Paul mine been supplied with this apparatus, the densest of smoke or an atmospheric condition entirely devoid of oxygen would not have killed them for a reasonable time. If the ambitions of the men of the technologic branch of the geological survey are realized, a time will soon come when every miner working un derground will carry in his pocket the newly invented oxygen generator and through it be guaranteed a lease of life for a time ranging from half an hour to an hour while he is fighting his way to the open air or waiting the coming of rescuers. The invention was made by Mr. Hall while in the government service, and his chief, Dr. J. A. Holmes, insists that the patent rights on the invention shall not be enforced, but any man who wants it may make it and use it at will. This Inventor and His Device. will enable mine owners and miners to obtain this safeguard against the deadly gases and the smoke of mine fires that kill thousands of men each year. Further, it is stated, the device may be readily manufactured and sold at a price not above. 50 cents. The manner in which the inventor hit upon the idea of supplying oxygen to the entombed miner was common place in the extreme. Mr. Hall was lighting the lamp of an automobile when the thought occur red to him of generating oxygen as the gases of the lamp were generated, and supplying that oxygen to miners to breathe when the air of the mine had become contaminated with poison ous gases and smoke as to mean im mediate death. He made a device, which consists of a water chamber and below it a com partment filled with sodium peroxide. In an emergency a stop-cock is touch ed and the water comes in contact with the chemical. The oxygen Is generated. This is passed through the water which cools it and then it goes to the mouth and nose by means of a hood, such as . is fitted to the face when gas is administered. Thus may oxygen be supplied that will keep a man going for half an hour while he fights his way out of a mine that has been filled with gas or smoke by rea son of an explosion or otherwise. Mr. Hall, as a representative of the government, has visited many of the great disasters in mines that have oc curred in recent years. At Mononga, where more than 300 men lost their lives in December, 1907, he found that the vast majority of the men had died by slow suffocation long after th? ex plosion. Many of these had crawled for great distances on their hands and knees, for the miner knows that the best air is near the ground. If these men, and It is fair to as sume the same in the case of ' the Cherry horror, had some means of get ting air to breathe they would have lived. The figures show that of ali men who die in mines 90 per cent, meet death through t suSocatios 1 . FOR THE PUBLIC New Formula Cures Coughs, Cold. Bronchitis and Hoarseness -in Five Hours. Much fn being done In these days to 8 top the ravages of consumption, but probably nothing has been bo effective as teaching the public how to break up a cold and cure coughs, bronchitis, tonsilitis, etc., with simple home-mixed medicine. A laxative cough syrup, free from whiskey Is the prime need. A . cough indicates in flammation and congestion and these in turn are due to an excess of waste and poisons in the system. A tonic laxative cough syrup rids the system of congestion, while relieving the painful coughing. Get the following and mix at home: One-half ounce fluid wild cherry bark, one ounce com pound essence cardiol and three ounces syrup white pine compound. Shake the bottle and take twenty drops every half hour for four hours. Then one half to one teaspoonful three or four times daily. 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