The Faulkland quiz., June 25, 1892, Image 2

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8 M j f K|fWM^^ r ~ ln these days so
and so hard to get rid
I^^Wuld have preferred the more
Orthodox seclusion of a ohurch. But
there is no accounting for tastes, >. (
the old woman said when ahe kissed
h<£r cow. J
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When one reads of the terribly
severe and successive droughts that
have occurred in some parts of Bus-'
sia; the diseases induced bv the un
natural and Insufficient food con- ;
sumed by starving millions; and of,
the countless hordes of field rats which
overrun and devoured everything!
eatable, and then contemplates the
fearful outrages practiced by the Csc i
and his satellites upon the .lews, the
whole Is strongly suggestive of the
plagues which befell Egypt In the
time of Pharaoh In retaliation for hia
persecution of the children of Israel.
p D „ wm , Ä „ * ». « ^
The late Mr. William Astor, in and
jy his last will, made charitable be
quests amounting to about *200,000,1
aud yet some people complain that
fliisuni is ins lgnl flrnnt. We - ffililk
Mr. Astor must he deWTeiTthe
judge. The objects of his bounty I
appear to have boen Judiciously cho
Among them are the Home for
Respectable Aged and Indigent Fe
York I
CJ5.000; to the Astor Library, #50,
000; and to Wie Women's Hospital,
$10,000. It is pretty safe to assume
that about half the reported value of
his estate Is nearer its real value than '
the amount reported, and it Is quite
' certain that he took nothing away
with him. i
_ _
Du. Rainsford thinks "the work
has as mnch—yes, more—right 1
to the saloon than the clubman haa
to his club." The preacher starts on
untenable ground It may be true
the clubman has less need for the
Club, In one sense, than the workman
has for the saloon, because the for
Diei-h aa an elegant home. But the 1
in ton w«ll informal
i , *u m * d
lieve that, therefore, there is an ex
of right lri either case. Both
stand upon an exact equality. The
workman has as ^undoubted a right to
£ enter ^ TV*?* ^ ^
to enter either his home or his club,
argument based upon a con
trary assumption Is worthy a reply,
If Mv. Bainsford would apply the
light he haa to the subject he would
dkcover a better work for the church
the oatabllshment of saloons
d of the
mules In the city of N
■ ;
.
I
Curiosity to see the Queen, who L
now often to be seen In public,
might excuse some American women
or the tdiotic8elf-abasement involved
p accepting the cheap and vulgar
irivilege of being presented at a
T ,
ham palace. The scene In London
recently when a number of supposed
democrats of the female
"drawing-room" so-called in Bucking
belong
ing to this republic made themselves
objects of curiosity to curbstone
. .. .. , , . , ,
cockncys was not one calculated to
Inspire respect for American lnstltu
tions. lt was known In advance that
the Queen would not be present. Her
place was taken by the Princess
, .. , . „ , . _ .
Christian, the least aristocratic of
the royal set. Notwithstanding this,
Americans in London resorted as
. usual to petty Intriguing that at
taches to the favor of the chamber
others in colors, took their places in
the waiting herd and were permitted,
after hours of delay that they would ,
, . . . , . , .,
be very reluctpnt to spead In a better
cause, to approach for an Instant the
person of the princeling. Such per
fonnauces, If they have any value
whatever to those who engage in
thorn, may well make the people ol
the Uuited States wonder whethei
lain and some of them, in hypocritical
black for the mourning of the court,
American women of this generation
escendants of those
who sustained hus
,_ „ _, . .. .
eiuous Vr?L uT^ast oir the
ry ot a social system to whoso ?
democratic toadies are so
A New York lady, Mrs. Sire b> '
name, has been giving the Britishers
a taste of American dash and spirit
that they will not soon forget. Un
accompanied by a male escort, sh,
started out to do London town, and
incidentally took in a fashionable
restaurant and a swell ball. Several
wort
n
tuxious to pay homage.
sprigs ot nobility, not posted on the
Amorican woman's ability to take
care of hcrsolf undor any and all cir
cumstances, followod her homo and
broke opon the door which she
slammed in their faces. Mrs. Sira
opened lire
volver, and
severely Injured. In this adventure
Mrs. Sire did not cover herself with
glory exactly, for she should not have
been out alone In London without an
escort; besides, as she only hit ono of
her pursuers, she did no credit to the
American woman's reputation with
tho revolver.
the crowd with a re
young lord was
»
I
known
The wlBe man has bis follies no left
than the fool; but herein lies the differ
ence: The follies of th-* fo l
Id, but
to the
hidden from him*
self; the follies of the wise are known
to himself, but are hidden from the
HÉM9É*
burst forth,
Ohio continued to
«n?A^StV le8 w e p,0 , ked 1D
pudding? Hannah says
el
t
U8
I They looked wretched enough for
* much worse news than this, with their
mouths all drawn at the oorners; and
so mamma could not help smiling as she
replied to the forlorn deputation:
* "Why, of course not, any one wüo
tned '« w . oalJ I» perfeotly drenched in
>. ( Terry "pSdSmg.teadüy" 1orl\eA,
and I am snre that yon can do very
J well without it for one day. So get
I out your Battle of Waterloo, like good
boys, aud try to put your minds on
that. **
tt>® wonderful toy which papa
had la *ely given them, and which re
; ä"'l 6d „ half an dour or e " *° * et in
of, Sno^ha^fmÏL^do.^uf'Â 6 ^
ants just then.
Meanwhile, however, though the rain
seemed to be coming down in small
i waterfalls \the internal skies at least
from school for tho summer vaoation,
was having it out with cook
ver 7 80010 subject,
L "No"-, Hannah, how could you sot
those infants off in that way? Yon
^ oouldn't have the heart not to give
cherry pudding to-day when oherry
time will soon be over?"
"Indeed, then, 1 ooulill" replied
H"»ueh, with emphasis. "I ain't one
to "» k « Paddiu's without straw. "
1 ' hiDk/ '
I "Nobody oan't get at ohorrios in this
rain"-Hannah's grammar was not.above
reproach—"and I'm just tired of
maklB ' the "l 1 " 6 everlnsting podding'
I BVei ^ d °y- , Ifc 8 °Herry forever."
Wynne, very sweetly ; "and when you
make suoh extra nice cherry pudding,
what can you expeot? Don't bo hard
ke r J,r^ ed> Hannah."
' f°S?
gniling ways"; but prMent'v'Thâppÿ
thought struck her ns she replied:
i "Very well, sir. If you'll
sherries, l'il make the puddin.' Tliat's
% fair bargain. "
1 And with the comfortable fee ing
B * 10 waa now «afely intrenohed in
bor oa !î !e > Honnah , bustled about
walked away so quietly that iu her
»eoret heart she feared that he was "up
lo something. "
1 H ® r P artoe >; went up stairs into a side
P antF y* and looked out of the small
window that °P ened on a 8heJ -
just as lie had thought, that tree of
black ox-hearts reared its stately pro
oortions within a reasonable distance;
î nd 8eizin g a brand-new broom that
«ed b "n ly ;,m M hÄ 'SSTI
or ook at the end of tho handle last to
it, und his fruit-gatherer was complete,
by thrusting this apparatus out cf the
® iBd °w, a cherry-laden branch ' was
|nts V trM S Wn *' itlU " re " Ch strip!,ed
_^„é"y"îmimog toreverl" abonted
the
Mr.
the
the
all
the
it
It was
s
sul
the
-, with a laughing
. _
I kitofien table. An& Hai»unh declared
ttjat , ,le bud given her "suoh a turn?"
KjrrTT^JZVZrlJy^^
The small boys were delighted both with
die pudding and with brother Wynne's
prowess iu cherry-hunting; and mamma
proceeding to eat a generous
«hoe from the inviting roll, said that
»be thought it was "cherry pudding
forever."— Harper's Young People.
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A SUMMER RESTING PLACE.
Dwellers in the city who have no
fard for flowers may receive a sugges
don f r0 m the itom below from Success
With Flowers :
Happy is she that has a baok pooh
Jn *h 0 shady side of the houae and
-»rKo encsgl 1 for her rocking chair on
aot afternoons. I have two long boxes
,j 08e j 0 the edge on mine, and have
ailed them with drooping plants.
There is an Ivy-leaved Gerauium, Mme.
Thibaut, and this bus very rioh
stored flowers until frost; Nasturti
lms, too, are in the box, and the deli
sate scent of the flowers is wafted
or read; Oxalis,
co, and Wandering Jew make u
pleasing show. My porch is not
, f 0 . d * t ^ erG ia a ra »Bng around, and
itnngs aro fastened to this and
lown K to tlie gr0 nnd, tied to «harp
aointod sticks. On tbe strings run
Sforning Glories and Balloon Vines,
^ a8t 18 a ver y graceful climber, and
K e bght-greeu, puffed-out seed ves
"rett^ïh! ihildreu^hike"
item, and after they
»wards
I
and
was
In
our
way
best
our
S.
His
lock
the
by
the
very
with
hang a
muoh over a picture frame. I do not
five up the place underneath the porch
io old ' in can?, broken gloss and stray
ml8. 1 put neh leaf mold and meadow
,oil on - " nd «"'"f <;0 "' " d shady,ferns
? B ro "a dty home "nh *
,mall back porch, much may be
lone with boxes and pot plants.
'Jnly remember these dry out very
last, and you must water every day,
' nd twice " d "J' is botler if tha weather
" Tery warm '
A Havre (France) jew, tier, who has
in alternating current transformer in
the basement beneath his store,
placed
io play
iod 1 h
Mohammed
born at Mecca about
57«».
has
iron gntlng over it,
d iu
wa y warms Hia piace at tha elee
tr,c excuse,
"A four-renDj doss" makes us ac
juaiuted with strange bed-fellows,
W1 bout money it would be hard for
>ne 111011 another how mean he
At Williamston, Mich., a well went
dry and the owner made
tion. The well
strange as it may seem, the cause of
Its failing was that a willow trpe had
sent ita roots to tbe bottom and sucked
it dry.
lnve8tiga
24 leet deep, and.
that
to
way
There are some pfople who oan see
more with
» telescope.
eye than others can with
I Wisdom Is to Ihe soul what health is
•o the body.
No one can ever tell what, a woman
will do n«xt. Ir anyone did tell, she
rould be sure to go and do something
ilx
y is tbo struggle and not the attain
V-J m asures th® character
first
wilh the cares
afford to hire
the last because she
as a pet. Among the grand*
est equipages that sweep through the
streets of Heaven will be those occu
pied by sisters who sacrificed fticm
to selves for brothers. They will have
the flnoat Of Apocalyptic white horses,
and many who
upon them will have to turn out
let them pass,
the thought:
grudge the time and care bestowed
a brother. It Is hard to believe
that any boy you know so well as you
do your brother can ever turn out any
thing very useful Well, he may not
be a Moses. There Is only one of that
kind needed for 0,000 years. But
tell you what your brother will he
el ther a blessing or a curse to society,
and a candidate for happiness
wretchedness. He will, like Moses,
have the choice between rubles and
living coals, and vour influence will
have much to do with his decision.
Why II« Nev
Not long ago a mature spinster
called upon the famous after-dinner
speaker, Mr. Depew, and asked him
to give her some information about
EîiSltaL™ 8ai ?' h0r0 , Wer t ° tw
things he knew nothing about, and
wer , e womei ? and real estate.
t his reply amused her, and she asked
him a number of questions about peo
pie whom they knew in common.
After she propounded the following
questions about a stammering bach
elor she asked no more, but went her
way.
"Where is Mr. Blank, Mr. Depew?"
"He Is in the city," repled the only
C'hauucey- 3
"Does he stammer as much as
U8 ™"' t v. ,
"Oh, yes; worse,I believe," said the
orator.
"Strange he never married."
"No, It was not strange, dear lady.
Blank courted a lovely girl. He told
about his courtship several years
after it occurred. He proposed in
this way:
"'H-d-d-d-deara-a-angel, 11-1-1-love
earth looked down
And this leads me
Let sisters not be
youl'
" 'You need not proceed further
I do not care to be
Mr. Blank,
wooed on the Installment plan,' said
the proud beauty." — Washington
Post.
tu
Proptiat—FIc*.
It used to be jestingly said that the
name of Mohammed was invoked for
all purposes, evendown to the itin
erant fruit-seller, whose cry was "In
the name of the Prophet—figs. " But
it appears to be the practice for en
terprising and pushing British man
ufacturers to have recourse to the
alliance of piety with profits.
British exporters to Morocco, it
seems, have been accustomed to
place Arabic Inscriptions on their
wares, such
s
calicoes, candles,
matches, etc According to the Con
sul at Magador, the Sultan has lately
Issued the following warning through
the customs administration: "Having
learned that certain goods Imported,
Including calicoes, matches, etc., havo
been Imported, bearing in Arabic
characters the name of Mohomraed,
samp by Moslem, and beurlng other
writing not suitable to be on such
articles, I order you to give notice to
the merchants to advise the correspon
dents in other countries to discon
tinue the sending of goods so marked.
A reasonable time will be allowed for
this notice to reach them. Any such
goods imported after due notice has
been given will be seized by the gov
ernment aud treated as contraband.
Should the Importer lie a Moslem, he
will be punished in addition to the
forfeiture."
It is evident, the Consul adds, that
the pracOce of inscribed goods des
tined for Mohammedan countries with
the name of the Prophet and other
holy names and sacred allusions,
doubtless Intended by the manufac
turer to be flattering and pleasing to
his Mohammedan customer, may have
quite the contrary effect upon the
orthodox, and should be avoided ao
'xirdlnatlv.—Leisure Hour.
"In God Wo TruR,"
The motto "In God Wc Trust, *
which is now stamped upon all gold
and silver coins of the United States,
was suggested by an old farmer living
In Maryland. This conscientious
Christian gentleman thought that
our currency should Indicate in some
way the Christian character of oui
nation, which, he argued, could be
best done by putting a motto upon
our coins expressing a national reli
ance on divine support In govern
mental affaira It was in 1801, when
S. P. Chase wa9 Secretary of the
Treasury, that this man wrote tc
Washington respecting his pet idea.
His letter was referred to Mint Di
rector Pollock, who discussed the
question In hi9 report of 1862. Pol
lock and Chase were In favor of in
troducing the motto • at once, but
Congress gave the suggestion no at
tention whatever. In his next an
nual report Director Pollock again re
ferred to the matter, this time in
firm theological argument, saying
"The motto suggested, 'God Oui
Trust,' is taken from our National
hymn, 'The Star-Spangled Banner;'
the sentiment is familiar to every
citizen of our country; the time is
propitious; 'tis an hour of National
peril. Let us reverently acknowl
edge His sovereignty and let oui
coinage declare our trust in God." A
2-cent bronze piece was authorized
by Congress to be coined the following
year, and April 22, 1804, the first
United States coin was stamped with
the legend "In God We Trust"—St
Louis Republic.
—Recent investigation lias shown
that the amount of tannin, which is the
noxious element in tea. Is from three
to five times as great in the B ngal end
Ceylon leaf as iu the Chinese. The
attention of the medical proleasion in
America Is called to this fact.
—Thirteen girl graduates from Mount
Auburn, Ohio, Young Ladies'iLStitute
banqueted defying in every possible
way the omens of evil. They walked
under a ladder, broke a miiror, raised
umbrellas, had thirteen waiters aud
caused ihe orchestra to play thirteen
pie.es.
^■PRecuted
ynyd that tho
_ excel"
ont Her design,
cottons.
||||||lflB*isü to »race thisSnovel
^^■uaery to its original source, we
. must go east and south of tho Dunube,
for
be
cares
hire
she Is
grand*
the
occu
fticm- ;
have
horses, 1
out to
bestowed
believe
you
any
not
that
But 1
he
society,
or
Moses, I
and I
will |
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spinster ' fl m8lte toate and a luxurious wejjJth of
ÜP 0 * 0Xero,8Gd in their needlework,
him 1 A" 6 oolorin K 18 8 ® good, the patterns
about •?' ÏJÎÎ5ÎS»?®«.!? a . r * if,tl ° lt .
tw " been &Ä mere b T ° t ÏCse who nave
and BGen jt, ft8 it j s one of the newest cm
estate. | broideries and we feel sure that our
asked readers will be glad to try their skill
peo- apon it. .jf
! Bedspreads, table covers, aide-board
| oloths, apron r , oishions, eta, can all
bach- j be worked in th s mannt r, and the
her B r0flt oharm of it is that it is quite iu
j expensive. Balgarian work is costly,
i *? do , nc on ™ lv:i a ® d »ad
only 1 5? d thr - ead are L u8ed ;. Bnt for the true
3 Hungarian work nothing is needed but
as [inen-the c°<
cottons.
the
lady. US
told
years ä
in %
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down
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•l_Wi r aJlA. Bl
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ÿi ö7j7=THTTufTöi«Hoix sti :fä>
lolhecairco tnere ere
fellow and gray, the former being tho
of thirst th °^ h COftrrte il fi bould be
of the best quality. t
The cotton used is the reprise cotton
marked with tho initials D. M. Vf.
which is aoM in little hall». A «»all
cloth about twenty-eight inches sq Are
would require about six balls. fhi 8
cotton is iu strands, like filoselle siSw
several threads l.exig wound togetbeiimey
In work,ng cutoff Ieugth reqnir J.ltod
keep the outline true, also that
. m I I 1
the Btitches aro the whole work is '
ipoiled if they are carelessly taken, f
»nd the beginner must exercise a great
deal of patience.
lhestitobes can be easily learned
rrom samples here given, and with a
piece oommenced no fear of faihfre
aoed be anticipated by any one who
does embroidery fairly well.
There is very little variation in tbe
lesigns. They aro usually bold and
large, small patterns not lending tUem.r
»elves so effectively to this kind of
work. In the work still done in liun
merely variations of
the same leading idea, and the same
DESIGN FOB A TABT.K CLOT«» ^
and thore among the uncultured peas
ants we are sure to find the most
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three oolors are always used—red,
blue, and yellow.
You
take off your pattern with
oarbonized paper, or else, after priok
ing it, nounoe it and then draw it with
a pencil or oil paint. The methods of
putting on patterns ere many, and
most persons know how to do* them
The ootton falls softly and
tbe stitches employed
satin, button-hole, aud stum atitoh; tho
small cross bars, seen in many parts of
tbe pattern
ly, and
French knot,
done with one long
Btltoh. The scalloped edge is done in
bntton-hole stitob, not in satin stitch.
In Fig. 1,'the bntton-hole stitch is
pimple enough
made however to the usual method of
working, as it is not padded.
In Fig 2, which is satin stitob,
padding is used. The stitches do not
go straight over the leaves bnt oblique
ly, and eaoh stitch lies closely to
the other. Whore satin or button-hole
one exception being
the Kgl
three |||
end ||s
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Pf which is oi^
■KTh. If you user
j^^ork you can makt
lerial itself.
will bo seeu is very
further recom
wl »y* ^ ,ie pat
give for a cloth would adapt
ry well to a bedspread, and ht
Adsome if nsed for that pur
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Borders for Russian Cross-Stitoh.
—Cross-stitch ombroidery, with the
influx from Paris of all things Russian,
has become a popular decoration foi
blouses, vests, eto. It is worked iD
silk or cotton, in rather large stitohes,
the usual colors being shades of blue,
terra-cotta, red, olive greens, and dull
yellow. The work is facilitated by |
basting bands of Berlin canvas on the
material, to guide the maker in plnoiug
the stitches, und then drawing away iu
threads I
The papers have boen discussing •
lately the question whether the sauoy
little English sparrow which was
brought to this country os a supposed
benefactor, has not rather proved him- j
splf a nuisance from tho injury which
he dofc* to growing crops. Already s
eet upon his head by the I
pl^M^of many of the (States and many
^WJ^ow hunter accumulates quite a
little income from the receipts of the j
sparrow bounty. It is a matter which '
should be Investigated for if the gay !
little fellow is not the nuisance his j
enemies make him out to be, he should
be left to live his bustling chattering
little life without fenr of deadly airgun ,
»nd slings. Home writers in the
American Gardener thus express 1
themselves pro and eon upon this sab- j
jeet: J
The English sparrow is noi
without redeeming qualit és. In j
the time of oat harvest, near |
city, they ooino in vast
numbers and are destruolive. They
eat some fruit, and early in the sum
I have known them to visit the j
nest of tho goldfinch and feed
upon their callow broods. They are
vigilant, and have driven away the
bluebirds and tho purple martins, but
naüU * Ul ! S ood . terms with all the rest of
our native birds. They have their
awd lives Th.-v *
mented, yet cheerful at nil seasons]
t , ven j n the streets and gutters. They
eut with tho hnirn «Tnd
cT.oW anduet
"e Sslîry of martWs anrl
they ore endowed with wonderful forth
tude 'ihev nri>, 1 ,\
i.. bo lovîd TVhatKd (l^Ä?
destroy worms k^^grasshoimers
motha F^ a nXlie? of Äns
nflaMÉÉM|Mf«*^ W Q r e noK'vSäj&y,
_l I to
fTO them trom Altogether
f think the spariows deserve bettor
treatment than they are Âow receiving,
The truth wus told ) by a little
girl in her school '.composition,
"Murder is a bad habit.7—-W. R. Par
faoN3, Franklin Co ., O. S
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
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THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
One ol your correspondents speaks
of the English sparrow
little scavenger, endeavoring to p ; k
np and consume the accumulated fi. h
d gutters." Is this
bird really a scavenger, a remover of
filth? It is true he is active in pick
ing the undigested grains and partio'es
3f food from the horse-droppings of
our streets, but instead of removing
filth he actually spread it, and dis
tributes it over a greater surface. It
teems to me he might better be called
a distributer and depositor of filth. I
know of no active bird that deposits so
uch filth about our dwellings and on
our sidewalks.
■I think the English Sparrow has been
basely slandered. I have watohed him
a number of years and fonnd his winter
impudence and chat 1 er rather enjoy,
able. In the spring he retires to the
woods, and then our trees
with robins, so that
by the score_ on the lawns in front ot
house. I cannot
a "happy
si n ets
cherry pudding.
One pint ot milk, one pint of flour,
tfour eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, a
onè tablespounfai of salt, and one pint
of cherries stoned. Beat the eggs
thoroughly and add to them the milk,
then turn a part of it upon the flour
and beat to a smooth batter. Add the
remainder of the milk aud eggs, and
the salt. Stir in Cho frnit and pour
the mixture iuto a buttered baking is
dish. Bake half an hour and serve hot
with a sanoo madeof one cup of butter, I
two caps of sugar, tbe whites of two
eggs, three tablespoonsfnl of brandy I
•nd a fonrth of a o-ip of hot water. »
Beat together the bntW and suD-ar and
add tbe whiter of the egwe one by o^e
without beati g, th«.n the b-itiy.
Wht*n soiooti ndd the wat^ a li tin -I to
a tiu e; place the bowl in a brain of fco<.
water and stir till smooth ary* fxe^T.
filled
count them
that the spar
has interfered with them in any
way.
If allowed to breed and multiply in
any place, the sparrows soon reward
for their kindness by stripping every
thing in the shape of grnia from the
haulms for a rod
fences or hedges They
through a small hole into the granary
the farm, and help themselves to
the grain and l-uild tl
next to the
gel
sts in every
corner, leaving their droppings
everything. For n change of diet I
have seen them light
bushes near spring and pick off the
fruit buds.
the currant
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let ' OL £i-, UM 1 FASHIONS'
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The question of suitable clothing for
children is one which engages the chief
attention of anxious mothers, and it
must be confessed that, as a rule, it is
far more easy to provide pretty and
inexpensive garments for girla than for
hoys. Two ways for dressing small
boys are now in vogue. One plun
Idopfed by mauy mothers is that of
keeping their liitlo boys in dresses
ht until they are three years old, then
having them w< ar kilts with jackets
: until they are flvo or six years of ago.
in The other plan—which is in much
I greater favor with the boys
kilts earlier, aud pnt little fellows of
three
Both kilts aud first tro
made of tun and gray Bedford cord. In
the latter ease there is a cutaway
jaoket, vont aud knee trousers fitting
very tightly. As a kilt the short jaoket
and skirt have a blouse of cambric,
, the turned back cuffs
is to
four years into trousers.
suits
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I being generally trimmed with handsome
embroidery. For country wear this
summer, blouses of flannel' or cheviot
will be worn. The flannel ones
pecially cool, and ns there
rions fanoy styles aud beautiful oolors
they are very desirable.
I The
|nndijnodt highly favorod garments for
boys of three to ten years. They aro
j made with sailor blouse and long
short trousers. The long trousers
worn from three to eighty ears of age, and
those reaching the knees from three to
eleven years. They
best wear and also for every day.
Flannel, serge, linen duck, and heavy
cottons like Bedford cording
this style. Ti e tronsers ofteD
have a row of braid down the outside
and three buttons at the bottom.
White bailor suits and those of pnle
for dress in sum
Buch
suits are the newest
need for the
made
up
blue wool
and. winter alike.
j For rough and tumble wear noth ng
takes the place of l he sailor suit, as it
1 '.ffords freedom of motion and. is
thoroughly adapted to out-of-door
sports. These suits are muoh prettier
than formerly, with great variety iu the
s ripod Bhirts and collars worn under
the blouses to relievo them,
| For boys of eight years and over,
the Eton suit of black worsted is the
accepted dress sn.it This lias a short
Eton jacket with low rolled collar, silk
I faced to within an inch of the edge,
und a low vest. Long tronsers should
be worn with this suit but many motli
brs prefer short knee-breeches. A linen
• turned over oollar is worn with a Teck
scarf. Boys of twelve wear shirls like
those worn by men, and when they
are thirteen or fourteen, long panta
j loons are pnton. With these are worn
sack coats and a vest of blaok diatr
onal.
I Buttoned gaiters and laced shoes are
equally fashionable, also black
row-striped brown, tan or gray shoes,
j Black, brown and datk bine soft felt
' and Derby hats are worn, also English
! tan doeskin gloves,
j Two button tan gloves are w rn by
small boys and black hose, blaok shoes
for best, patent leather for dressy
, house wear, and russet shoes for gen
oral wenr Huede and ooze oalf caps,
1 cloth, plain and mixed straw sailor aud
j Tam O'Hhanter hats. Hats of two
J oolors are quite common and very
small boys wear streamers of inch nb
bon falling over Jhe left shoulder,
From tho Root and Shoe Weekly
we uull the following points regarding
the styles of shoes aud hosiery: Tho
prevailing style of ladies' fashionable
slippers or boots is for the tip to run
out to a decided sharp point. One
but wonder if the women of to-day
bave really five toes on each foot, rml
if they have, how they <
dispose of them in the
possibly
narrow spaoe
fashion allows in the itylish footwear
for full dress. Whether tbe sli
in suede, patent leather, cloth,
satin, Ihis sharp point is not omitted.
As if to aooentuute it, tbe jewelers and
fanoy goods merchants
id gold and silver tips, into winch
these snarp pointed slippers
and fastened.
Many mannfacturers'of ladies' fanoy
footwear will use 'oloth of gold'
{ >laoe of gold kid which had suoh a
ast year. It is cl. m ul that "oloth of
gold" does not tarnish, wears better
and is less expensive than tbe leather.
Homo dainty Summer shoes
milite eaode, tips and heels of white
patent leather., dray Buede will be
mnoh worn: ttrfe Snmcscr,—*vit)h trim
mings of gray or blaok patent
n
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d or
offering sol
of
leather,
preferred. Tho
or perfectly plain,
Queen Anne shoo with the long instep
flap and glittering buckle, is a very
fashionable model designed to be worn
with tea-gowns and other dressy home
toilettes. However, the low cut shoos
and sandals of plain black undressed
kid, simply wrought with jet beads,
much more graceful and bocom
tog.
A walking shoo that wdl with many
ladies supplant the walking boot dur
ing the Bummer, comes in dressed lad,
also in pntent leather. For country
and seaside wear this shoe is also mndo
in nut-brown calf. Walking boots
comes with lacings nnd with tintions.
Black ovening shoos have stars of stool
beads studded oil
them. Black
and bronze leather ones aro out in
open pattern
gold
evening full dross shoes
or silk.
Russet and patonr leathers will be
the most sought after this Summor and
the too, nnd show
Bilver leather beneath. Most
of brocade
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has become quito popular.
Shoes und stockings mnst match this
year. Blaok i-tf'ckiugs aro, of course,
always in good taste, but even dressers
who aro not extreme, carry their tan
and gray suede low shoos 'with thorn
when they go to buy s'ockings. There
is a great variety of shades ?n browns
and tans, in silk, fine cot-on and lisle, I
fo that every iniHifiunblo color in shoes !
may be matched The insteps and |
ankle« are embroidered n «tripes and
small figures, and among these, how i
knots aro pop» lur. Prussian blue I
Blockings in Ihieo t-r four tones, »re I
also to bo na«l w th shoos iiud slippers I
to match. Fiu« ly strii cd Blockings in !
black and tan, ( ten violet aud palo
lilac, white and roi»e color, cream and
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gray, pale ecru and terra-ootta, e'c.,
are designed to be worn with low house
shoes, but preference lies decidedly on
the side of the colors in monoohrome,
blaok.
ever, taking the lead.
Blaok silk boots with fanoy uppers
onstant demand. Handsome
pure onyx
f the finest
ndressed kid, with soft French kid
of the most ele
are in
dress shoes, worn with
black silk hose, are made o
vamps. This is
gant and lady-like styles of footwear.
Ruth Cutler.
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Lawn Tennis Costumes.— No. 1691.
The model r.fc the left consists of a
skirt of blue serge, the folds at the
right side, at the top, being laced one
third of the way down with gold cord.
Embroidered in gold thread on the left
side are the emblems of lawn tennis
and oroquet.
The blouse of white flannel is but
toned half way down the front, con
fined at the waist by an elastic drawing
string, and finished at the neok with a
sailor collar of b ue embroidered in
the baok with emblems to match those
the skirt; the collar is closed in
front with loops of gold cord. Fall
Bleeves terminating in elbow cuffs of
blue and laced on the upper side with
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No. 1592. Tbe central figure shows
a dress of pink and while strip
nis flannel; the short skirt is ti
with a lengthwise band of the goods,
the Russian blouse is confined at the
waist by a tan-oolored leather belt,
and the sleeves made crosswise of the
goods are surmounted by deep caps.
No. 1693. The costume for tne lit
tle girl has a skirt of red cashmere
trimmed with a band of white cash
mere dotted with red.
'1 he blouse of tbe same material has
a sailor collar of red fastered with a
bow of red ribbon, and full sleeves
with elbow cuffs striped with red.
Blaok stockings with «uecJe-eoloied
slippers complete the costume.
No. 1594. Btreet
ktte. —Gray Cheviot is used for this
costume which is composed of a plain
bell skirt, worn with a shirt waist of
surah, flannel or cotton, and supple
ment« d for tbo street by a medium
long jacket ot the skirt material, with
a si Ik faced, notched, coat collar and
fnll sleeves that
pleats at the lower end to form
o u ffs.
n 0 1690. Lace Mantle.— This gar
ment consists of a jacket of blaok
Chantilly lace draped under a sash of
moi-c ribbon which is fastened in tho
centre with long loops and ends. A
circular cape of the same laoe, is
mounted on the shoulders in pleats
forming wing sleeves at the sides. The
yoke is of jet passementerie and the
flaring collar is edged with blaok out
rich feathers
No. 1597. Party Dress for a Girl
Twelve Ydahs Old.— This stylish lit
tie dress is made of rose-colored snrah
trimmed with white lace, blaok ve'vet
«nd robc-colorod ribbon. The loind
skirt bus a deep horn outlined by a ®
narrow piping of velvet The full
corsogo is cut dccollelc t and closed in
tlio back, while the neck and full F
Bleeves are tiimnicd with a frill of laoo
headod by a ruche of blaok velvet, A
ed ten
rimmed
House toil
stitched in flat
1692.
No. 1693.
on
! sasb oi rose-colored ribbon, with long
oops and ends, surronnds the waist
ud is knotted at the left side.
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TRAILING SKIRTS.
1 wonder, says a writer m Harper '>
Bazaar , if there
who is oliged to walk about in wel
weather who in her secret heart doet
not rebel against the damp aud mud
bedraggled skirts that she is forced to
carry around with her.
Wo have observed all sorts of odd
designs and models for "improved'
garments. The id« a and intention oi
most of these is excellent, bat the re
sult is not exaody successful. They
usually undeniably ugly, und th«
nothing to d<j
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woman
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average wo
wUb tlinm. But »«.ther^Aiot something
that w e can do? W hoXg glorious thing
it would be if wô nil would
for n little while to tho days when oui
skirts reached only to our boot-tops,
and remembering tbe freedom and
ease of movement then possible, and
how prisoned und confined
oar first long frocks,
look back
felt in
!d cause rack
ing our brains and straining our fan
cies in designing long, hideous, flap
ping "trou8erettes'' or "divided
skirts," simply sit down instead, cut off
a few superfluous inches from the bot
tom of our skirts, put on a pair of leg
gings or high boots, and bo happy.
It our modern dress reformers were
wise in their generation, they would
make a friend and ally of Dame hasb
adversary not to bo
despised, and they should propitiate
her in every possible and reasonable
way. There are many useful lessons
that they might leurn of her as to the
manner in which it is possible to bring
about successfully any contemplated
change in dress. One of the most
importunt of these lessons is that oi
the way in which sbe gradually famil
iarizes the eyes of her followers with
her varions extremes, instead of trying
to force them upon her votaries at
once, and in their entirety. Why can
not we get short skirts in that way?
Some years ngo Lady Florence Dixie
proposed a costume desirable, not only
on account of its comfort and grace and
picturesque beauty, which aro among
its possibilities, bat because it is so
easily attainable; the battle in its favor
is already half won,and,quite recently,
Miss Mary F. Seymour lias been advo- f
catiDg a very similar stvle of dross.
The principal feature of both of these
reform gowns is the short skirt. Lady
Florence Dixie's ideal dress consists of
a flannel shirt, knickerbockers, kilt,
and loose jacket; the skirt of Miss
Seymour is plain or kilted
fers, and the waist is made in any Btyle
that is comfortable nnd boooming, and
is supplied with plenty of pookets;
with both, long leggin s are- toJMj
worn. Already such a " jrstume is won!
as a mountain dress tmd by many wo
men who fiHlror bunt, and a few bolder
spirits are trying to bring it into the
cities as a rainy-day dress all the
round. The boating dross, tbe bathing
drees, the tennis tires«, tho bicycle
dress, the gymnasium dress are oll de- «
partures from the every-day standard
in this direction. All practical and ac
cepted efforts toward the freedom to
be obtained by the wearing of less
hampering garments seem to tendij^H
way. The shirt waist and the
jaoket, in the form of a
blazer, aro already "good
street or trave ling gown, althoug
short skirts that accompany thei
the oountry havo not yet venturer
town. Comfort can be had w^
sacrificing either modesty or grac
ion. She i
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Chill is about completing tho highest
"J 0 world. This is the
Transan dean Rahway, which arofpçç
th® Andes at Curnbre Fass, where
m .* 1 00 ° ta ?u » a , Ue .. t
1 b length at an elevation or 10,
,*, e . et *bove 8 £ a E*® 8
its®" 18 nearly 3,0 H) eet higher And ifl
® ltna «®" *°ur miles and a half south oi
Aconcagua. It is expected that .in
P 01 "! 0 ! engineering sk 11 awi perfect
F oad vr ec i * ,e * ^ ra08aodt ' a " Railwyqr will
be the finest road in the world. It
runs from " uenoB Ayres to Valparaiso. » -
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