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? * TMK U1T Ptm. It the iMt MM? at the ead? TwtiiTjSSty^s. If "he" haa " W ia hie arm*. Ite wa Mart to ictdvaua; CkwUi at t he Imtoi ?om, 'At his atra^iw all is van; Im amrfaom . ?g?iSl^ * , | And tlw villain? all hie fat .. 1 ** Would be rendered flat aad spoiled; All hie nfcfM. ao well bMML ~~ Weald be very tiailyfaP If he knew the eocre*, tes Knew the trath Ue Wart to da ant; Often whan the here aaeeaa Jaat akoat to leave the race? Tkiaka Ua kopee are idle dree an. And the odde too great to lace; Or the heroine, when ehe Waadera 'roand. fall of deepeir. We torn to the end. afd aee How it winds up aa^py there.^ , Father'* rage or toother's acorn; Scheming, shrewd adrenturees; Hake the hero, all forlorn. And it's ticklish, you'll confess. Bat we inwsrdly advise: % "Cheer up! This will soon be past,** ? For the last page makes us wise ? There ha murmurs: "Mine at last I" ?Chicago Tribune. A TAILOR-MADE S (J I T. A 8 the suit bad to be selected inatanter I waa lata to buai neaa. Persia spread all tbe pieces out over the couch by the window. "XSow. which do jou think Is the fcest?" she queried, excitedly. I took a mental survey of Persia' type of beauty. "This," I asserted, picking it up. I pride myself upon being a quick and accurate judge of harmony lu colora tion. "Do you?" commented Persia, doubt, tully. "How about this?" aud she held mother against her throat. "Pretty good, too," I agreed. I liked It better than mine. "Or this? here's a perfect dream!" 80 It was. I admitted (to myself) that Persia' taste was, after all. the superior. "Any of the three will do," I sug (ested. "But which ia the most becoming?" the persisted. "The last? yes, I should say the last," ( hazarded, critically. "It's $3.50 a yard? the most expen ?ivp In the whole lot," she announced, triumphantly. I might hare foreseen that Such Would be the case. "The one you chose? the first one, I . mean? Is only $3," she added. I inspected the tags and made a dis covery. "But the S3 one ia only forty eight Inches wide and the $3.50 one Is fifty two Inches!" I exclaimed. "How many yards less of the flfty-two-lnch stuff would you have to get than of the forty -eight-inch ?" "It is such a little difference that I'd have to order Just the same of either," ?he avowed. "Six yards." "Of course not; then what's the sense lu having different widths?" I correct ed, out of my masculine practicalness. "Let's see." I demonstrated upon paper for a moment. "Six yards forty eight Inches wide would be 288 Inches if width for $18: six yards of the flfty two-lnch stuff, at $3.80, would be 312 Inches for 931, Here's twenty-four ex tra inches for which you're paying at the rate of $3.50 a yard. Five and a half yards of the flfty-two-inch stuff make 280 inches of width, and the dif ference between this and aix yards of the forty-eight-inch stuff is only two Inches I Those two inches could easily be saved, somehow, and you therefore *auld be paying $19.25 for a suit pat tern of the 93.50 cloth, whereas you .would have to pay only $1.25 less for a suit of the $3 cloth ! See?" Persia looked . pusaled even bewil dered. She Is not a good hand at rapid figuring. "But? but a few Inches of width don't count in a suit pattern," she responded. "The length is what we go by." "Then you say that just as many ?trips forty -eight inches wide are used bf the tailor as llfty-two inches wide?" I questioned, aghast. . "Certainly," she replied. ' I reflected that among a woman's <CUrvy and baggy effects when attired for Inspection twenty-four inches might, after all, be very handily ex panded. "You know the cloth has to be out Into and gorod ao, to lit the form Where " attempted Persls, further. "But I thought you were going to have pleats," I interrupted, spying a flaw in her garment. "Of course, if you're to have the gored suit, then I understand. I figured with au eye to pleats." "80 I am going to have the pleats? but the cloth has to be gored, hasn't I went to business. Women arc funny creatures. When I came home at noon, appar tolly Persia was atlll Just as I had left her, rapturously gloating over the ar *ay of samples, but in the intervsl of ?oy absence she had moved, for she iiad employed a tailor. He was the first oae whom she had interviewed upon her previous rounds. ?ay* that I havo a fine figure for the new-style coats, and that? because of that, you know-he will charge me *?t $2? Instead of $30, for he expects that I'll be a good advertisement for Very few women, he says, csn fia I In the latest exclusive , bragged Persls, flustrated. M batter order the 18.60 puc I IHIIH, MMMC twa, a* the S* ffc? MM*. do rM 2Lkt3R*i? b? r Olk> 4nr! U ?m th? aaihplis al ow |pht^A?l wbea Anally the Um package he baagtd It dews as though to Say: "Thttk hnrear P ersls >r?Uy bore It to the tailor's, ui started forthwith the coatiauoua t?Hl of "Persia and the Taller.** aad the coatlnuoua tragedy of "Persia aad *?" llsy bo I was unreasonable. I had had Perala a year aad a haff all to By: ' ?elf. aad aaay be It waa aetflah la aw to begrudge her to the tailor. Neverthe lees. about that ts Hot's operation* was a systematic singleness of purpose that I ground npoa me mightily. I never could get ahead of him. Al though 1 telephoned (ever so unexpect edly. 1 thought, to all save myself) and broached to Perals a drive right away, she always answered sweetly, but an no jed: "That would be lovely, dear? but I hare to go to the tailor's." Or else she Already wss there, aad f rang her up la rain. That tailor seemed to know! . When I arrived for lunch and found no Persls, 'twas a foregone conclusion where she was, and I needed not her breathless Information when later she came hurrying In that the tailor had "kept her." The tailor cut into our evenings, for Persls went early to bed. and I sat melancholy and alone. "Oh, It's such a Job to be fitted!" complslned Persls. yet I could see that she was glorifying In the program. "I shall he so glad when I'm done with the tailor !" protested Persls; yet not for worlds would sh'e have cur tsiled his sttentions. Persls was au angel, but sbc also was a woman. Did she grow impatient with the tall or because he kept her waiting. he dwelt upon the exquisite success that be was ensbled to mske of the suit, owing solely to her peculiarly artistic proportions? snd she went away in spired! "It's going to be a dream!" slie as sured me. radiant. "The style in the dlrectolre, and I look stunning! He says that not many women can wear the dlrectoirea!" "When la it to be finished?" I in quired. "To-morrow!" answered Persis. 'They'll send it up in the morning. I've bad my last fitting. Ob, Dick, it's a dream!" "Persis," I addressed her as moder ately as I could under the stress of the great news. "I aiu glad. I have calcu luted," and I -pulled out my memoran dum book. "that, including to-day's trip, you have tyadc eighteen visits to the tailor, averaging a mile and a half each, horizontally, and about sixty feet, vertically. That is to say. your trips laid end to end, would reach from here twenty-seven miles into the coun try, and up into the air almost a quar ter of a mile. You have been with the tailor thirty-six hours aud thinking of him two weeks, and it's time you gave your husband another inniug. Wel come back, darling." "How do you like it?" bubbled Per sia. meeting me at the door the suc ceeding noon. I gazed at the trim, rnstly, stately little figure, whose eyes aud. smile aud blushes were of old, but whose garb was u new acquaintance. "How do you like It?" laughed Per. sis. strutting like a pouter pigeon. "I do!'' I declared. "Doesn't It fit, though!" exulted Per sls. turning for me to see. "It certainly does? at last." I ad mitted. "Have you come to stay V" "My! But the womeu will be green with envy!" said Persis. "Ho will the men!" said I.? Edwin r. Sabin, In What-to-Eat. Printing Wlthoat Type?. There are three companies In New York and Brooklyn that are about to put on the market devices for printing without types. One is capitalized at $10,000,000. * The process is as simple fcs a-b-c. To begin with, a typewriter with the standard keyboard is used to "set up" the copy, not in letters, but in perforations iu an endless strip of paper. The completed tape looks some what like the music used In automa tons that play the piano. The strip of paper is passed through a machine which prints, with justification, sheet after sheet of matter of the required size? a book page or a newspaper. Im pressions of this printed stuff are then made upon aluminium or zinc plates as thin as ordinary sheet iron, which are placed with equal facility upon both the bed-and-platen aud the cylinder presses. One of these typeless machines is called the "planograph" and another the "lithotype." 1 have forgotteu the name of the third. The principle of printing from plates as Bmootb as glass Is this? water and grease won't mix. The text is put on In ink. the basis of which is grease. Enormous pressure Is used, the typewritten piece of paper being laid flat upon the zinc plate and placed under heavy rollers. In print the Ink rollers pass over the entire pi.ite, but leave Ink only upon the luUed impression, for the rest of the plate? all the spaces between the let ters?Is covered with water from a water roller, which abhors ink. As many as 104,000 Impressions have been taken from one plate. Even the finest hair line* in illustration seem not to wear out.? Victor Smith, iu the New York Press. J?P?ncit Po?tl? Inatlnct*. The poetic Instincts of the native Japanese are very strong, and this fact is well eiempllfled by the many poetic names which be gives to his father land. Just as we speak of Britain as the "Land of the Free," the "Home land," the "Mother Country." so do the Japanese apply a poetic nomenclature to their Island empire. Such titles as "Country of the Bun." "Nest of the Sun," "Between Heaven aud Earth," "Southern Country of Brave Warriors." "Country of Peaceful Shores," "Caun try Btiled by the Slender Sirord." "Princesses' Country," "Land of Great Gentlemen," "Honorable Country." and others, are well known in Japanese lit erary circles.- London St James' Ga zette, Knr York City.? The demand for fancy waists seem* erer to Increase. This one. designed by May Manton. Is eqnally well adapted to the odd bodice PAKCT WAIST. and to the entire gown and to a varie ty of materials, but lu the case of the model makes part of a costume of vio let crepe de Chine, with a tucked joke, full front and cuffs of chiffon in a lighter shade and trimming of ecru lace. The shirring* of waist and sleeves are arranged on contihnOus lines that give the fashionable breadth of figure and the garniture over the shoulders provides the drooping line without which no waist is quite up to date. The waist Is made over n fitted lin ing on which the yoke and front and various parts of the waist are ar ranged. The waist proper and the aleeves are shirred and the closing is made invisibly at the left shoulder seam and beneath the left front. The sleeves are wide and full above the sprlnc frocks. as well u rtrioua em broideries. 1 good amny graduated bands oT taffeta, latin and velvet will alao be Mil la aoa|e caaes these bands art *?T M?rt bat oa tbe other band thsy ajresgt to accafctnatfaay tendency t$ stemtaess. These bands of aatia rlbboa ara most assfa! wbsre rwcfiUias aro concerned; for la* stance, la order to lengthen a frock, a new doaace my be sddad beneath a band, and all of us who rpatronias tbe c leaner no it? that some thing* must shrink a ittiif The newest materials for stocks ar? rross-stltched canvas. mummy canrai and coarse llssa, with Booslan and Hungarian embroidery effects In th? vivid national colors. A la T Ml. I-a*t year one couldn't get lace* coarse enough. The thing was perhaps overdone, which accounts for tbe rev olution in favor of more dainty, fra |lle triuiiningr. A ChyriM of NthlM. Only a gathered cap In lieu of a sleeve is another of fashion's caprices for summer dress gowns, reviving an old-time erode. A U?l?( Clhrt. Many evenlnga gowns have bor rowed that quaint old fashion of open ing over a gay petticoat in front. Ctmlar Skirt. Full skirts, that are confined over the hips, yet take soft and graceful folds below, make the latest shown. This May Manton one is circular and is arranged in small tucks at the up fl LATE bCJIQH BT MAT fMNTOH. deep cuffs but shirred to fit tlie upper arm snugly. The quantity of material required for the medium si/.e is three and seven eighth yards twenty-one inches wide, three yards twenty-seven inches wide, or one and three-qunrter yards forty four Indies wide, with one yard of chiffon, one-half ynrd of nil-over lace and four and one-quarter yards of ap plique to mukc as illustrated. flblrt W?Uta HUH Worn. As is customary nt the beginning of every season, the positive announce ment Is made tliut shirt waists nre no longer fashionable, and that every skirt uiust have u waist to match: yet. strange to say. the shops are full of the most fascinating designs for shirt waists, and seamstresses and dressmakers alike nre busy making blouses. The truth of the matter is that the shirt waist fs nn absolutely essential garment, and can no more be dispensed with than a coat or skirt. In a handsome costume it is not ho fashionable to have a waist of different material from the s!;lrt, but. none the less, with the coat and skirt there are many occasions when n cloth waist, in fact, one of un.v material excepting lace or linen, silk or satin, is most un comfortable to wear under the coat and when t fie smart separate wrist is the only correct style.? Harper's liazar. Fancy Trimmings. Fancy trimmings, as well as but tons, will be a feature of the early per portion that give a joke effect, but In left plain at the front, so avoid ing unbecoming fullness. The model i* made of tan-colored foulard fig ured with brown and white and Is trimmed with folds of the materia) Htib'hed with silk, but all the fash ionable clinging materials are admir able and trimming can be applique of uny sort. Both skirt and foldn are circular and the latter are rhaped to fit smoothly over the foundation, which can be tucked at the upper edge as lllustrat- | ed or arranged in gathers as preferred. The quantity of material required VIA nfU.Al: SKIRT. for tlio nm!Mi;n size l? ten yards twen. ty-om? incliOM r/JUo. cljlit yard* twen tj-'scvon wl<!o, or Eve and one liult yards forty-four lochoi wide. IN WOMAN'S REALM ' FACED CLOTHS A NOVELTY.1 iMMtklag Maw la Tmh F?r Tallin* ???M ?>!!? Arm C? HMtlf. Faced cloth, as the tiHc would Indi cate la differently tinted at the two aides, and the (owns fashioned In such textures are made In a way to' a how both orchid violet? a new and delicate shade? with the under side in mushroom white, is the color scheme of one charming gown In French cloth. A novel shoulder cape displays the two aides of the cloth, the panels of the narrowly gored skirt turning back at the bottom for the same purpose. Silk and chenille passementeries aud a vel vet silk braid are effective trimmings with this highly decorative trestment. For spring wear nothing more ef fective or auitable could be found than any of these textures. But If furs give the gowns a timely air, the straw hats worn with them are decidedly springlike, and for quite three wceka straw hata have beeu seen. Those accompauying the tailored gowns In wool textures, however, con form to the requirements of the mo ment, In that their straw weaves are soberly hued and often braided with velvet. Odd turbans with the* brim widest at the sides aud tying over the top of the crown are shown in mixed and aolid colors. Tiny steel buckles and narrow velvet ribbons. In loose atraps and flat rosettes, trim many of these jauntily, and the shapes of other atraw toques are so elaborate. in them selves as to need scarcely any trim ming. Many charming simple points dis tinguish the imported liats. For one thing, several of the black or white hats are relieved by a single bit of color, which literally meets the eye like a flash. A turban of cafe au lait straw and lace was wreathed with scarlet fuschians. A draped toque of black net was eveu madder, for loose ly scattered over it were embroideries of peacock feathers in natural blues and greens. Tlie slender head cf the bird ornamented the headpiece. A swagger kink with u cloth gown that anybody might copy to their spring advantage was a scarlet pique vest. This was made exactly as a man's waistcoat is made, with the ex ception of the close lit, and when the I little black jacket was buttoned over It the effect was gay. Fronts and en- ( tire waistcoats of washable vestlngs are said to be quite the thing for the moment across the water, though they are confined to gowna for prucUcal wear. Belts, growing every day wider and every day more decided ns to contrast and elaborateness beguy the other sorts, dressy gowns of veiling, crepe and cloth. For example, a creation iu bride cloth, a shade scarcely hued. is girdled with scarlet crepe. A black cloth costume has a peacock green kid belt and n white pique dress a girdle iu shaded violet silk. ^ " Th? Chicago Olrl Who Kale* ludla." To the imagination it is a far step from the shores of Luke Michigan to the tributaries of the sacred lianges. but Lady Curzon has made it; and to those who know her it does not seem extraordinary. As everybody knows. Chicago girls are always clever, and very often beuutiful. Mary Victoria Letter happens to be both, and to have a rich father besides. This Is u com bination which certainly makes for i success. Though Chicago was her birthplace, it had no great hand in her education. When she -was thirteen yeara old her parents moved to Well ington, and there she attended a pri vate school. But most of Iter instruc tion was given at home by private teachers. Many of her holidays when she was little were spent at the Lett ers' summer home on Lake (lenevn. She loved music, and at one time in her girlhood lived In New York and worked with music masters, besides going a good deal into New York so ciety. Her chief society experience was in Washington. During the two Cleveland administrations she was very popular there. With all this very cosmopolitan train ing behind her, with a thor n. gh knowledge of French and Ocimaii. and with exceptional beauty. It is easy fo understand that she made a sensa tion when she was first presented at the Court of St. Jaiues in ISfM. During that season she met a young man named (Jeorge Nathaniel Ctirr.ou. He was a member of Parliament, u man of talent, of position, of wealth and of great ambition. lie promptly fell In love with Miss Letter, and In 1M!K? they were married. Before their honeymoon was over there was a general election in JStig land. In that country the wives of politicians take as great a hand in the campaigns of their husbands ns the men themselves. They attend hust ings, they make house-to-house can vasses. Although it was new, Mrs. Curzon set out to be a help to her hus band. and he was reelected to Par liament. 1'iuler J,ord Salisbury he took a seat In the Cabinet: In 1S1>8 he was offered the (lovernor-detieralshlp of India, and u month following Ins appointment lie was raised to the peer age, and became Boron Curzon of Ko dleston. Disgruntled Liberals said j that his rise was due more to Mrs. Cur zon than to himself; but if a man has sense enough to choose a clever wo man for a wife, that does not seem to be a reason for pointing the finger of scorn at him.- Woman's llouie Com- j pattlon. i Bnnly Hints. No'.hinv Is better for the complexion ! than a glass of hot water taken before! Iiroaidiast every morning. It ctoaus ; the- lining of the stomach and helps to bring life Into the tiasues. After the hot water la taken fin orange, or even half of one, la an excellent thing fot the complexion, and when followed by a dish of some wholesome cereal and a cup of colfee an ideal breakfast 1? realised. For the skin which Is Inclined to be rough and full of pimples, sulphui salve la the I est enre which could b? had. This should be applied nt night after the face has received .1 good hot bath and allowed to remain during the night. In the morning it is necessary to uac hot water to rente re the salve and then coid water is ur.ed on the face. lu time this treatment. If used correctly, will beautify the complexion and make It soft am* velvety, cud will remove the pimples. For the expansion of the chest noth ing better could be offered than the breathing exercise, which liould be douo regularly overy night l>efore re tiriug. Open the window from the top three or four iuches. then stand against the wall and breathe deeply and regularly twenty -Ave times. It will be notice.l in a short time the neck will begin to fill out and the bones which have l?een the cause of much discomfort will disappear. Although the old-fashioned people say that eating before going to bed If one of the worst habita which could be indulged in. it is not quite wise tr retire If one is really hungry. A crack, er or something light should be flnelj chewed and this will relieve the storo ach and allow the person to sleep well Gaeat'i Dutv to H?r HoilrM. If you are a guest at your friend'i home do not be a burden, but acquiesce cheerfully and readily iu the plans of your host. Remember, you are only one of the many charges in the house and the regular machinery of the household may be thrown out of bal ante by your failure to be 011 time ot by your insisting etl making the ar rangements of the day. Lighten tlit burden of your hostess by complying with her wishes and you will be re warded by 1:1 invitation to come again I?o not criticise your friend's house hold nor suggest changes in her man agemeut. Remember she is furnish lug you the best she lias. (Jive liet some time to herself, for she cannot discharge her dutie* properly wilt you following her everywhere. Choost a corner of the porch, or walk in the shrubbery when you know that father and children are wanting a talk w1t> mother. Contribute to the pleasure of each member of the family. When any little surprise iv. prepare;? for you enjoy it openly and heartily. Let the hostess know her thought ful ness and labor 011 your behalf are ap predated. Your good-b.v. If you have been a pleasure to the family, will al< ways be accompanied by a hearty iu vitatiou to call rsaiu. fff/LL% . FA&HloM Fine colored laces will bo among the novelties of the 8mnmer A button novelty is of tinted suede ornamented with cut steel designs. Veils are nil worn loose from the face, hauging straight from the hat briiu. One can now get separate skirts of white lawu to match the lawn girdles to match. At last the big bow at the back of the neck appears again on a gown fresh from Paris. Kverythlng pertaining to the Diree. tolre is being devised aud thought out In wcarng apparel. Sash ribbons of figured linen canvas bordered with Mtin the color of tlio figure, are attractive. Shades of onion skin appear in fein Inene fripperies? only Paris knows the colors by other names. Net embroidered with straw in tar tan and pencock colors figures auiong the new uillliiiary modes. Some of the smartest French sailor? have for trimming a linen scarf pat terned in dull Oriental colors. It is a good idea to make elalmrat* summer dresses with adjustable gulin. pes and long cud's of lace, which may be removed for evening dress. Veils of shaded eh i (Ton are worn by a few women, mauve shading to pur pie heing the favorite, as it enhances the rose hue of a perfect complexion. Hough materials prevail for the mo* ment. For the utility walking gowns for street wear, zlbeline, camel's hair, and rough finished cheviots are i#ios| stylish. Very charming designs come In tli9 new cape collar*, which run to elabor ate stole, tab and bertha cited*, a no always Increases shoulder length and breadth. The walking length skirt is one uni versally recognized for street wear. ?ind most broadcloth or zibcline gowns are made with two skills? one long and one short. The smartest street gown of the hour (silicotic of black, dark Mile, or brown velvet elaborately braided and em broidered and worn with handsome fnrs. The very fa>hionab|e liuht doll, .gown of last season has iluw been lei c^itc J to sccoua place. I'uraMllty of Sycnraore. The do,a;,ili.y of .fyjfftiM? rvood I* vouched .or b> ?!*.?npenKua?.< t. n Cairo ?nuscufti* ? S j t.neacJy C(K)o ftrs ol,N ?ud It In perfect ccondKiou. MfawA MmI an?a?tl. Mince cold roast beef very One. add 0 It one tablespoon fat of chopped paw ey. half a tea spoonful of salt, a little >epper. one teaspoonfol of minced mlon. one cupfnl of (rated stale bread. 1 little lemon Juice and one copfnl of "?took or pary; put this over the fire, hen put it in a buttered baking dish; spread orer buttered crumbs and pot u the oven amt when brown ream ind serve with tomato puree. CotMBtl Fan. t he whites of three ens beaten eery Ight. a small teaspoonful of fine white tugar. one teaspoonful of corn door. tYhen these Ingredients are mixed, pot he mixture into a custard saucepan* ?r a jug wt iu a pan of boiling water, ?ud stir constantly for twenty minute^ hen take it off the stove and add a luarter of a pound of desiccated o? prated cocoa nut. When well mixed, Irop iu teaspooufnls on buttered pa* >er. Bake in a very alow oven, aa they nust not brown at all. Grahatm OHMU Cake*. Scald three cupfuls of milk, let tf itand until cool; sift in two aud two hlrds cupfuls of graham flour; beat he mixture until smooth; add two ta? ilespooufuls of butter melted, one ta? ilespoonfui of salt and half a com iressed yeast cake dissolved in *a lib le water; hent again and let stand ?ver night in a warm place or until the olxture is very light; beat yolks of wo eggs; add them and then the well* icateu whites; let stand ten minutes; >ake on a hot griddle. These are a Ittle more elaborate than some grid Uc cakes and also very good. * Rice Bavarian Cream. Put three cupfuls of uiilk in a dou* ?Ie boiler and a little grated letnog ?ind; wash half a cupful of rice io teveral waters and add it to the milk n the double boiler; cook until the rlre a very tender; add to it half a cupful tf granulated sugar and one-fourth box if gelatine that lias been soaking In ?ne-fourth cup of cold water two lours; when the gelatine Is well mixed 11 the rice turn it luto a pan. aud vhen cold add two tahlespoonfuls raeli of maraschino and sherry wine, ir use all sherry; when it begins to itiffeu add carefully one cupful of whipped cream; turn iuto a mold and lut into a cool plnce; serve with orange rouipote or whipped creaiu sweet " >a. Brows or White Sandwich**. Any kind of tinely chopped nuts, leaten to a paste with a small quanti fy of mayonnaise. will make a dclic ous filling for either brown or white iread sandwiches. Waldorf sandwiches ire made of white bread and butter ipread with a mixture of equal part* if sliced apple and celery, a sprink ingof sliced walnuts, all moistened jrell* with mayonnaise. Chlckeu sand wiches are made in the same way."1 j minting the nuts and apple. The ripe >llvc sandwich was very popular l??t season for afternoon .teas. For on? I joaf of gluten bread use a pint of ripe* >lives, one breakfast cheese, one ta blespoonful of mayonnaise dressing tnd one tablespoonful of cream; stone tnd mince the olives; cream the chcese, idding first the cream aud then the Jressiug, and. lastly, the minced ol tves. Stir to a smooth paste ami spread >n thin dices of buttered bread. swsr A simple dessert Is whipped cream. Rweetened slightly nntl flavored with plstacbe. Serve the cream in shallow bowls, and in the centre of each drop a very fresh meringue kiss, one of the targe round ones preferably. It Is the pn*ent theory that one should eat a great variety of food. This floes not mean that many different kinds of food must be taken at om? men I. but rather that one's diet should be initde up of many different whole wmi> things. Moreover, a wholesome Jlot should not be permanently reject ed simply because It Is not liked at lirst. It Is frequently the case that by siting Hitch an article a few times one acquires a relish for It. In table setting there is always some thing new. At a recent dinner the hos tess surprised her guests by decorat ing the centre of her table with a cloth ?jf pure gold thread solidly worked, the border a lace design of white silk and tine gold mesh In diamord-shape stitches. The green for the table was small ferns, .set in an oval dish of dark blue china, with figures in relief rep resenting peasants in holiday costume. At each corner of this gold centre win n candlestick in dull silver of Colonial design, furnished with a shade of Iri descent glass, which graduated from tones of light yellow to dark orange, and then to red. In the lighting of houses plenty of liuht judiciously shaded is what l?est suits the majority. The Idea in nrti tb-ial limiting is to suggest the bright ness and warmth of sunlight within the house walls. The only renl sun light color being pale yellow, tlds should be used In*, gely. ?' * .1 fnr more comfortable and more economical to have the liuht down low. surrounding and warniinu t li?? occupants of the room, and to have it standing out cold and chill fi?ui the dManco. The wax candle Is untidy, and Its li^lit is not practicable for reading purposes, but for general purposes there Is no pur er or softer light. Many women pre fer to have their drawing-roams uu derl'shied.