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Mr. Barnes,
American
By
Archibald Clavering Gunter
A Sequel to
Mr. Barnes of New York
&
Autkor of “Mr. Buno. of Now York,"
“Mr. Poller of Trill,"
"Thot Frinckman," Etc.
CopTright, WOT. Dodd Mood A Oo.. N. T.
8YNOP8I8.
Burton H. Barnpn, a wealthy American
tdurlnu Corsica, rescues the youna Ens
llsh lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth
er, and his Corsican bride, Marina,
daughter of the Paolls, from the mur
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward Is to he the hand of the girl ho
loves, Enid Anstruther, sister of the Eng
lish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac
cio to Marseilles on board the French
steamer Constantino. Tho vendetta pur
sues and ns tho quartet are about to
hoard tho train for at Marseilles.
Marina is handed n mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi
tates a postponement of tho Journey.
Barnes gets part of the mysterious noto
and receives letters which Inform him
that he is marked by the vendetta. Ha
employs an American detective nnd plans
to beat the vendetta at their own game.
For the purpose of securing the safety
of the women Barnes arranges to have
f.rely Charirls lease a secluded villa at
Nice to which the party Is to be taken
In a yacht. Barnes and Enid make
arrangements for their marriage. Tho
net tightens about Banres. Tie re
ceives n noto from T>a Belle Blackwood,
the American adventuress. Barnes hears
that Elijah Emory, Ills detective, has
been murdered by tho Corsicans. He
learns that the man supposed to be Cor
roglo. who followed the party on their
way to the bont, was Saliceti, a nephew
of the count, nnd that Count Correglo
had been In Nice for some time prior to
tho party's arrival. The count warns
Barnes not to marry' Enid unless ho
would have her also Involved In tho mur
derous feud. Barnes and Enhl nre mar
ried. Boon after their wedding Barnes’
bride disappears. Barnes discovers she
has been kidnaped nnd taken to Corsica.
The groom secures a fishing vessel and
Is about to start In pursuit of his bride's
captors when he hears a scream from
the villa and rushes back to hear that
Anstruther’s wife. Marina, Is also mlRS-
Ing. Barnes Is compelled to depart for
Corsica without delay, nnd so he leaves
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be
fore Barnes' bont lands on Corsica's
shore Marina Is discovered hiding In a
corner of the vessel. She explains her
action by saying she has come to help
Barnes rescue his wife from tho Corsi
cans. When Barnes and Marina arrive
in Corsica he is given a note written by
Enid Informing him that the kidnaping
Is for the purpose of entrapping Barnes,
so the vendetta may' kill him. Barnes
and Marina have unusual adventures In
their search for Enid. They come in I
sight of her nnd her captors In the Cor
sican mountain wlhls Just as night ap
proaches. In seeking shelter from ft
storm tho couple enter a hermitage and
thero to their amazement they discover
Tomasso, the foster father of Marina,
who was supposed to have been killed by
De Belloc's soldiers, nnd for whose death
Barnes had been vendettaed. Tomasso
learns that Marina’s husband did not
kill her brother.
CHAPTER XIII.—Continued.
Here, as they warm themselves be
fore the fire, 4 Tomasso remarks: "I
have little to offer you, dear mistress,
but some dried sheep’s flesh.”
“Pish! hunger Is nothing. You
are alive, dear old Tomasso,” re
peats the gir!, as he again
mumbles her hand. Still the
young lady’s eyes seem happier
when Barnes, opening his haversack,
throws out cans of preserved meats,
potted chicken and tinned biscuits;
also tea and coffee and tin cups and
plates. These being followed by a box
of cigars, the American emits a snor
of Joy, and remarks: "Little Leboet
Is a genius.”
Immediately all together they go to
work to make a mountain supper.
Soon after, as they eat, Barnes re
marks: “This Is a mighty curious co
incidence. Do you know, old Tomasso,
that Saliceti, the young politician
here, the one who is to marry your
daughter, Etheria, has sworn a ven
detta against me for putting tho troops
on your track and getting you shot to
death?”
“A vendetta against you? Well, It
was his duty, seeing he is to marry my
daughter, had your soldiers killed me,"
returns the old Corsican, In his simple
way.
A moment after, however, he chuck
les to himself: “Per Dio, that was
what Rochlni and Romano wanted me
to do to-day—I was to kill you.”
"Those awful monsters,” shudders
Marina.
“What makes you think that, Mon
aldl?” asks Barnes, surprise upon his
face.
“Well, this Rochlni, and his mate,
have been run out of Rotondo, the
farmers there having got tired of their
sheep disappearing too rapidly, and
have come over to this mountain. To
day these two approached me some
four hours ago and said: ‘Brother
bandit out of a job, join us. A mes
senger has been sent ahead and we
are going down to help Saliceti make
votes for himself by killing the Amer
icano down in the vale toward Gu
agno.’ ”
“Hum! then you did not accept,” re
marks Barnes, lighting his cigar.
“I am not quite bandit enough to
shoot a man I have never heard of be
fore,” answers old Monaldl proudly,
“so I said: ‘No.’ ‘Ah, but he will have
gold with him,’ cried Rochinl. ‘For
eigners always have gold,’ said Roma
no, and the two went on their way.
They are down the valley now.”
“That is not all of It,” says Barnes
sarnestly. "Your loved mistress —her
4fe is in danger, too.”
“Not by those or any other men
while I, Tomasso, am alive,” answers
the old man savagely.
“No, but by Ciprlano Danella, Mus
ho's brother, and the scar-eyed young
man, Musso’s nephew.”
“Oh, yes; I know them both. They
—they threaten her?” The old Cor
sican gazes with love and reverence
upon the being he adores. “Threaten
her—these people?” he exclaims vin
dictively.
“Yes, because your stiletto killed
Mußbo, they say she plotted with you
for his murder, so as to save her hus
band,” remarks Barnes, puffing his
cigar.
“What, when she shrieked to me
not to strike through the curtain. Ah,
but I have something to say to Mus
so’s relatives. And my friend, Sallcetl,
whom I once voted for, who is to
marry my Etherla —If he Is with
them, I will have a word with Sallcetl,
and should he not prove pliable Ethe
rla must get another for husband.
Girls should not marry corpses, and
Sallcetl will be dead.” As if the mat
ter Is ended, old Monaldl fills a bat
tered cherry wood pipe with the strong,
bitter, native tobacco of the Island,
lights It and goes to puffing content
edly.
"Neither of the Danellas Is In Cor
sica." remarks Barnes. “The danger
will come to your mistress when she
returns to her husband on the French
mainland. But Sallcetl has abducted
my wife and brought her here—so that
I, following him, shall come to my
death in Bocognano.”
"Pah, nothing will come to your wife
to-night,” says old Monaldl. "Girls
picking wild strawberries were talk
ing that the day after to-inorrow the
people vote. They have a meeting this
evening In Bocognano. I listened from
behind a rock and heard them.”
But Barnes is not so easy about his
captured bride; ho steps out of the
cabin and finds the wind has died
away, the mist has cleared with the
rapidity usual to mountain storms.
He steps In and says anxiously to
Marina: "The ovening is very clear.
Certainly 1 Am Refreshed, Another
Cup of Tea and I Will Go with You.
You know my anguish—do you think
you have strength to venture down the
heights, assisted by Tomasso and me,
and enter your own village?"
“Certainly, lam refreshed. Another
cup of tea and I will go with you,”
cries the girl so eagerly that Barnes
puts grateful eyes upon her, for he
knows It is her spirit more than her
strength that produces her assent to
further Journey.
They are making hurried prepara
tions to leave the cabin. Barnes is
bending over the fire, brewing Ma
rina's tea —their guns, and even the
American's revolvers are lying In their
belt on the pile of boughs near the en
trance. Tomasso is saying: “Will 1
not astonish the men who swore a
vendetta against you for my death! I
who am alive and —and—" when sud
denly Tomasso stops. There Is a rat
tle In his throat that causes Barnes to
look hurriedly up. Mariua has retreat
ed to the corner of the cabin and Mon
aldl’s eyes are full of horror.
Just across the fire from him stand
two dark mountaineers. Rough, un
dressed sheepskins cover their brawny
shoulders; long guns are In their
hands and stilettos in their belts. One
Is a big, powerful looking ruffian; the
other slighter, but his brown limbs
lithe and sinewy. The eyes of both
are shining malevolently In the blaze.
“Corp dl diavolo, thiH is a rare catch
you have made, hermit bandit, whose
name we do not know,” chuckles the
bigger of the two men; “this Ameri
cano whose pockets Sallcetl declared
were lined with gold, he whom we
waited for and missed in the vale be
low.”
“Ah, you are Rochlni and Romano, 1
believe from your speech, gentlemen,"
says Barnes quietly.
"Aye, that we are. And who is this
woman of the beautiful eyes? Hand
thy captives over to us, hermit bandit.
Divide your spoils with us and we will
save you the trouble of cutting the
man’s throat,” jeers the slighter mis
creant.
“As for the woman, the fire tells me
Bhe is very lovely both as to limbs and
face, and I have a better use for her,”
guffaws the bigger man.
And never was Marina more beauti
ful. She confronts the ruffians with
undaunted mien, and says comraand
ingly: "Fellows, dare to lay your
hands on me and the whole of Bocog
nano will hunt you down. The Bella
coscla will destroy you. I am Marina
Paoli.”
"Oh, she is merry with us, this girl
who runs after foreign gentlemen.
Now we will show her that Corsican
kisses are as good as those of this
Americano ”
Brutally they draw near to her. As
the girl draws back from the contam
inating clasp of the monsters, Tomas
so, with a savage cry, and uplifted
stiletto, stands between.
In a second the old man will be dead
under their knives and the brave girl
their prey. Marina’s undaunted eyes,
turning in appeal to the American, see
with astonishment that he makes no
move to aid her, but is abjectly squirm
ing toward the cabin door. Suddemy
she utters a gasp of despair and a sigh
of contempt; this great pistol shot Is
running timidly away, flying out of the
cabin, though as he passes the pile of
boughs he seizes the belt holding his
two revolvers.
“He has the gold! After him!” cries
Rochlni.
“We’ll knife him in a minute!” yells
Romano, and the two. cocking their
guns, fly after the dastard American.
But as they reach the door, the mo- j
ment their athletic forms are outlined j
by the blaze of the fire, two quick,
sharp pistol reports come from the
outside, and Rochlni and Romano, ■
without even a cry, fall to the earth, ;
Inert and dead.
The smoke of Barnes' revolvers is
sues from them as he quietly re-ent3rs j
and says apologetically: "I know I
wouldn’t have time to grab my guns \
and shoot before they’d knife me, so I ;
imitated the trick of Jerry, the Dc:i- j
ver barkeeper, and ran away till 1
could get my weapons ready.”
A moment later he says: “Come!" |
and taking Marina carefully In his I
arms, whispers: "Turn your face from ;
them,” and steps over the dead men [
lying In the entrance of the cabin.
Behind him, Tomasso, following, car
rying the American’s rifle, is saying: !
"Oh, you will be worshiped in this J
commune for this. So many poor men
have been butchered, so many poor !
women have been carried away to the
mountains by these dead devils.”
But the reports have drawn others
to the spot. As Barnes steps over the
dead men lying in the entrance of the
cabin, he suddenly says: "By heaven,
here are more of them!” puts Marina
down and would draw his revolvers
were he not seized by three athletic
young fellows who rise silently from
the shadows about them.
A clear, commanding voice remarks:
“No more of Rochlni and hlg fellows.
You have saved us the trouble of their
killing. We are the Bellacoscia. Your
pistols, stranger, have relieved us of
the execution of these ruffians we were
pursuing, who have brought discredit
on the honored name of bandit.”
And Tomasso is crying, "Antonio
Bonelll,” to a man of noble bearing,
who, carbine in hand, comes into the
cabin followed by eight stalwart young
men, all armed as he is.
But the young men fear the super
natural and stand back, their eyes
gleaming, and one shudders: ” ’Tis
the ghost of old Monaldl, killed by De
Belloc's troopers two weeks ago." For
a moment they would retreat, but their
leader laughs at them: “'Tls flesh
and blood that is kissing my hand."
And old Tomasso says: "You know
how well the troopers shoot. Do you
think they’d hit a man at 200 yards
hiding behind a rock in the gloom of
the morning?”
But the flashing-eyed man orders:
“Stand back, while I question this
stranger who has done Bocognano a
service to-night.”
Marina has risen, murmuring: “An
tonio Bonelll!”
“Gran Dio! Mademoiselle Paoli,”
says the man, and gallantly sinks upon
his knee and kisseo devotedly the fair
hand the girl extends to him. After
a moment he continues most emphati
cally: "It was with sorrow that Cor
sica heard that you had forgotten the
oath of the vendetta In the arms of
the English officer who killed your
brother.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CHANGE IN SCHOOL METHODS.
Consolidated Temples of Learning la
Now the Order.
“The old country schoolhouse of not
so long ago will soon be a relic of the
past,” said James Tighe of Altoona,
Pa., according to the Washington Post.
“Although one traveling through the
country sees many of these old fash
ioned structures, he does not realize
that they are rapidly being deserted
and that a consolidated schoolhouse
will be met with farther up the road.
These new buildings are graded, and
many have several high school
courses, so that one teacher now
teaches only one class, whereas in
the old days the pedagogue taught
everything from the alphabet to Latin.
Of course, the consolidated school
house is not so convenient to all the
children, as they have to go a greater
distance, but all of them ride to school
nowadays. The consolidated school
is much cheaper to the community,
and what the farmer saves in taxes he
puts in sleighs and wagons, so that
his children may ride. Pupils can
also remain at their home Bchool
much longer than they formerly
could, and this also Is a great saving.
We may expect great results from
this change, for the farmers with their
poor schools havp turned out some
wonderful men, and they should do
even better under the new condi
tions.
Quinine In Sunflower.
An eminent Spanish scientist has
made the recent discovery that the
sunflower yields a splendid febrifuge
that can be used as a substitute for
quinine. More than ten years ago Mon
corvo reported to the Therapeutical
Society of Paris with relation to the
same BubjecL Accordingly the sunflow
er should not only by its growing ex
ert great fever-dispelling effect, bnt
also yield a product which is used ad
vantageously In all fevers.
CALLED KING OF SOUPS,
Beef Bone end Vegetables Make an
Ideal Combination.
After thoroughly washing in tepid
water a 15-cent beef shank soup bone,
place It In an eight-quart kettle and
cover with cold water, and when slow
ly boiling remove all scum. Add a cup
of cold water, which will cause more
scum to arise, and when clear cover
closely and allow to boll slowly two
hours, adding water occasionally.
Then add salt to taste, a large onion
cut in two, two large carrots cut
lengthwise In about six pieces each,
and a large cupful of beßt tomatoes—
use the tomatoes as they come from
the can, the thick part as well as the
Juice —and boil the whole until the
carrots aro well done, when add a half
teaspoonful of celery salt, and boll a
few minutes longer, then strain and
serve hot. A strip or two of the car
rot can be served In each bowl if de
sired, they being palatable so cooked
and great complexion beautiflers. This
soup will be found most excellent for
a weak stomach, or found most excel
lent for anyone recovering from slok
headache.
BUCKWHEAT CAKES FOR TWO.
By Leaving a Starter, They Can Be
Kept Going for Several Weeks.
One quart lukewarm water, one
tablespoonful cornmeal, one teaspoon
ful sugar, one-half cake of compressed
yeast, one cupful buckwheat flour, one
cupful white flour; let rise over night;
in morning add one teaspoonful salt
Leave two-thlrd3 cupful of batter for
starter, and put In cool place until fol
lowing night, when you repeat as be
fore, with the exception of the yeast
(which you do not need again), and
the sugar. The second morning turn
out the batter you want to use In an- !
other dish and add the salt and sugar j
and a pinch of soda. If any of this j
batter is left do not put back with the !
starter, as It Is not good to keep after
the soda Is In it.
By leaving a starter each time and i
doing as directed, these cakes can be i
kept going for several weeks, but be i
sure and not put in salt until Just be
fore baking, and they will always be
light.
This recipe is sufficient for two peo
ple.
Chocolate Pie.
Bake a crust the same as for a co
coanut pie, then fill with this mix
ture; Put one cup of milk with a
pinch of salt and a square and a half
of grated chocolate Into the double
boiler. When hot stir In two level
tablespoonfuls of flour moistened to a
paste with a little cold milk. Cook, I
stirring constantly until smooth and
thickened, then cook just ten minutes
longer. Mix the yolks of two eggs
with five tablespoonfuls sugar, and
pour the hot mixture over them, stir
ring well. Return to the double boiler
and cook two minutes, stirring con
stantly. Cool, flavor with vanilla and
cinnamon, put into the crust, bake ten
minutes, then, after cooling slightly,
cover with a meringue made from the
whites of the eggs whipped stiff with
two tablespoonfuls sugar. Set In a
cool oven to puff and color.
Cheese Pudding.
uiiccoc ruuumy.
A delicious cheese pudding is made
from one flve-cent loaf of baker’s
bread with a half pound of good
cheese about the strength of that
used in making Welsh rarebit. Cut off
the hard crusts of the bread, slice and
butter, laying slices loosely In the bak
ing dish with alternate layers of
cheese, cut In thin slices. Beat one
egg and add a quart, of milk with a
pinch of salt.
Pour this mixture over bread and
cheese and let It soak until every slice
is moistened. Bake 35 to 45 minutes
until brown on top as In bread pud
ding. Serve on hot plates and quick
ly. The hotter the better.
Baked Bean Rarebit.
A novelty in the shape of a bean
rarebit is recommended in the Wom
an’s Home Companion as a good way
of using up the left-over baked beans.
The recipe is as follows:
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter,
add one teaspoonful of salt, one
eighth of a teaspoonful of paprika,
one-half cupful of milk and one cupful
of cold mashed baked beans. Stir un
til thoroughly heated and add one-half
cupful of grated soft, mild cheese.
As soon as the cheese has melted
serve on small circular pieces of toast
ed bread or zephyrettes. The recipe
is admirably adapted for chpflng dish
use.
Dandelion Wine.
- One gallon dandelion blossoms
picked when the sun is shining. Put
In stone crock; pour over them one
gallon of boiling water. Let stand in
a cool place for three days; then put
in a porcelain-lined kettle, with the
rind of three oranges and one lemon
cut up fine. Boil 15 minutes, strain,
add three pounds of sugar and the
pulp and juice of the oranges and
lemon. When lukewarm add half of a
yeast cake. Stand one week In a
warm place. Strain again; let stand
until It stops working, then bottle.
Glazed Carrots.
Wash and scrape the carrots and
cook in boiling salted water until
tender. Drain; slice and place in a
buttered baking pan. Sprinkle spar
ingly with sugar, salt and pepper, and
dot over with butter. Add a half cup
of water and bake In a hot oven until
brown.
To Cool a Bed.
Try slipping a newspaper under the
back to absorb the perspiration.
When one paper becomes saturated re
place It with another cool and dry-
FEMININITY
PLAIN SHIRT WAIST
HAS TAKEN PLACE OF SOFT LIN
GERIE BLOU8E.
Fine Linens, Lawns and Sheer Col
ored Materials Are the Most Popu
lar In Making Up This
Attractive Garment.
To tho delight of the woman who is
fond of trim, tailor effects the practi
cal shirt waist is again to the fore tc
be worn with short skirt suits. Per
haps the revival of the linen collar
lias induced the adoption of the plain
Fashionable Waist Model.
shirt waist, or it may be that it is
high time for a decided change from
the soft lingerie blouse which has
had such a long period of popularity.
Whatever is the cause, the plain shirt
waists Is here, and it promises to rival
the lace trimmed ones In Its dainti
ness of coloring and materials.
Many or the newest tailor shirt
waists are made of heavy materials.
IDEAS IN TABLE DECORATION.
' Bowls and Round Baskets Just Now
fn Great Favor.
Table decorations offer a most
charming opportunity to the house
keeper to exercise her sense of beau
ty, her taste, her love of harmony and
even her sentiment, for the poetry of
one’s nature can hardly be better ex
pressed than In a floral arrangement,
and to a woman of romantic tempera
ment the possibility of expressing
herself In flowers is infinitely more
attractive than that of displaying her
ability In the arrangement of a menu.
Consequently the subject of table
decorations *to a woman who enter
tains at all always appeals more or
less happily.
There Is quite a fashion this season
for using bowls and round baskets
In the shape of bowls In connection
with table decorations. In a recent
very happy decoration of this sort
seven bowls were used, six being of
one size and the seventh, meant for
the center, much larger. The bowls
were porcelain, with pink and green
decorations, the designs all being
alike. In each bowl was set a pink
begonia In full bloom, with Its heavy
and beautiful leaves setting off the clear
pink of the blossoms. The largest bowl
was placed In the center. A short dis
tance from this center bowl, toward
the head and foot of the table, two
bowls were placed on either side of
It. Then at other equal distances and
still further toward the head and foot
of the table another bowl was placed
on each end. Ivy vine was laid flat
on the table in graceful, careless
sprays that In away connected the
design formed by the bowls and com
pleted It.
A more elaborate decoration is made
of white friesla, smilax and palms in
gold wicker baskets. Graceful bunch
es of the flowers and the long blades
which are their foliage rise from small
beds of moss and smilax. Four of
these beds are arranged In a graceful
shape, resembling a diamond on either
end of the central decoration. The
beds are not yet placed close together,
but at some distance apart on the
cloth. In the center of each of these
groups of graceful blossoms is placed
a vound gilt basket, containing a
small palm, which towers quite a little
above the flowers.
THE THREE-PIECE SUIT.
With This Woman Is Fitly Gowned
for Any Occasion.
The three-piece afternoon suit
I counts in making the girl or woman
who owns a really smart one ready
to appear fitly gowned at almost any
function. For the young girl not yet
through school the range of suitable
styles is quite limited. For her this
suit should consist of a coat and skirt
of cloth, velveteen or corduroy In a
plain, becoming color. If velveteen
or ths corded velvet is selected a skirt
of semicircular style or plaited In
groups Is preferable to other models.
The coat may be tailored with the
rounded corners that are the reigning
linens and washable silks of a rough
weave, but these do not look as .
smart as the shirt waists of thinner
fabrics—fine linens, lawns and sheer
colored materials. A favorite model
for a sheer shirt waist, shown in the #
Illustration, is made with a yoke com
ing rather deep over the shoulders In
front and with the fronts slightly
fulled to this. There is a wide plait
down the front, and the sleeves are In ,
regulation shirt waist style, finished
with small, stiff cuffs cut In a point
on the upper side.
White or colored stiff collars are
suitable with these shirt waists, and
if the material is heavy then a trim
short bow is appropriate. With the
sheer lawn and lineir waists fancy
lace and lawn bows look charming.
Lace and Outline.
Most of the dresses at this mo
ment are relieved with lace, some
blouses being entirely made of lace,
while lace as yokes and trimmings,
vests and the like, on elaborate
bodices, is prominent, lace sleeves
come often to the wrist.
! The colors of the latest cloth
dresses are so delicate and a new pur
ple *1.3 perhaps one of the best worn
shades of the year. The empire effect
at the back is altogether charming^
The empire coat is delightful, witfc
its straight front faced with velvet
worn over a brocaded waistcoat, a
pretty lace hunting stock and jabot
finishing the throat. We J»re prefer
ring light shades to wh»!V and cream
this year, and lace accords well with
these. Brunettes are favoring a new
yellow tone, trimmed with ecru lace;
this in fine cloth Is well worn for re- 4
ception dresses.
Whatever the trimming or the cut
the one aim of the best dressmakers
is to keep the outline clear.
Serge and Silk.
Little morning frocks of coarse yet
supple serge in "the dark colors” are
extremely useful, and when trimmed
with strappings of the same material
emcroidered in thick silk matching in
color (one Bhade only, and that an
exact match, or a tea-gowny effect will
be produced) are very nice.
style or one of the newer kimono mod
els. Immature figures frequently look
better in the fuller, more blouse-like
models, while the tailor-made type of
girl looks her best In the severe lines
of the strictly tailored cut and finished
costume. If the color is becoming and
the suit Is made upon proper lines. ♦
even the plainest style will be be
coming this season, especially when
the atiantic, Copenhagen and other
bright light blues and the rose and
coral shades are so much worn by the
younger set.
Velveteen and corduroys wear
cellently, and are particularly pretty *
in browns, sapphire blues, dark greens
or reds. The very fine cords are reck
oned smartest this year, and either
of these velvets will be suitable for
school use another season. Ai
STAND FOR DRIED FLOWERS.
Ornament Easily Made from a Tube
of Cardboard.
A very effective stand for flowers
that do not require water may be
made from a tube of cardboard, the
size of which must be regulated by
the flowers it Is intended to hold. The
ends of the card must be sewn to-
gether, then the outside covered
- with a pretty piece of floral bro
-5 cade. For the base a circle of card,
• standing out two inches wider each f
: way, is covered with velvet or silk,
1 ornamented with gold braid, or cord
i put on In waves. The tube must be
L fixed on the stand by sewing, or by
i a few drops of mucilage. Everlasting
flowers, cape gooseberries, berries and
; grasses, prettily arranged, may bo
; then placed In the tube.