The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, January 28, 1902, PAGES 3 TO 6., Image 5
TH4E POET AND FATE IN COLLOQUY
Fate:
Singers who charmtd the earth are dead;
Why singest thou t>-day?
The Poet:
Bec;..jse the lauzhin; rose is red
And white the scented may,
And new-born gp.In light is shed
On silver ram and bay.
T.te:
Thou dr'.iteit mid i heedlec -ace:
They vorship :aught but gold.
The Poet:
Yet will I lift a tca:-ress face
Towards beauty, as of old.
'er boons of love, 'er gifts of grace,
Are won but-by tae bold.
ate:
Sheller is dead. ani Keats is gone,
And who will lift the lute?
The Poet:
Though these be lead, the same srong
sun
St in chames flor:er to fruit:
The birds' hearts waken, one by one;
So why should I be mute?
-George Barrow.
ASPAR MIERLE was a car
penter by trade and an idler
by preference. He came to
Old Town in the boom days
of mining determ'ued to strike it rich,
and after fifteen years of desultory
prospecting, intermittent carpentering
and rather steady loafing around the
Gem saloon he now fornd himself the
more or less happy possessor of seven
children, a scolding wife, a tumble
down shop and a general reputation
for all-round worthlessness.
Fifteen years of incessant drudgery
Is calculated to sour the sweetest ten
per, but Mrs. Miehle might have toiled
on in weary contentment if her oldest
son had shown any signs of being a
comfort or a help. But he didn't. He
"took after" his father, and even Im
proved on the latter's constitutional
aversion fcr work. The boy's name
was Jake, and from the time he
learned to walk until he was fourteen
years old his reputation was "ornery."
For six months after he had achieved
the art of walking he refused to take
a step. When he had mastered the al
phabet and learned to read his primer
be began to play hookey, spending
school hours fishing In the creek and
lagging homeward only In time to sit
at the evening meal.
The boy was sturdy of frame, mild
of man:Ier and quiet as an Indian.
When other boys ran he walked; when
they laughed, he smiled; when they
talked, he listened. The quality of
,.--"psew as all over him. He was as
stubborn as a burro, and shared with
that singular beast the characteris
S tics that ade toil.edmtt-ad
enterprise abhorrent to them both.
Fishing was his chief occupation till
he was thirteen. Then he developed a
THE ON"I'EcHDHG ~v
THE E BEE ING PECEN10N.AOV
hereditary passion for prospecting, and
passed half his days roaming slowly
over the foothills and up the silent ca
nons, filling his ragged pockets with
worthless bits of quartz, crystals that
sparkled in vain and agates that he
could barter for fishing tackle among
the small boys of the town.
When he was fourteen he came
across a pocket in the hills, from
which he scraped and gathered a scorej
of bright red pebbles. That evening!
he wandered stealthily into the village
jewelry store and spread out his "find."
"What they wvuth?" he muttered to
the proprietor.
The old man weighed them, washed
them and held thcm to the lamp.
"Tiffany'll give you fifty cents an
ounce, Jake. Thcn is Rlocky Mountain
rubies."
The jeweler sent the stones to New
York. and In two weeks Jake got his
half-dollar. This incident proved to
be the turning point in Jake's life.
First he divided the money between
his five little brothers and sisters, andj
then he bought a rubber rattle for thel
baby. That proved his possession of
the rare and incomparable quality of
unselfishness. Second he got an un
merciful "lamming" from his mother,
because she was sure he had stolen
A the money, and he wouldn't explain
matters. This clinched his reputationa
.for stubborness and taciturnity, but it
also had the effcct of driving him into
mute and deep-schemed rebellion. For
days thereafter he moped about tihe
town or sat on his father's dust covered
beneb, dangling his legs and whistling
softly to himself. If he felt any re
sentment against his mother he dlidn't
show it by word or look, lHe watched
her bending over the washtub and
tiipped gravel at the drying garments
In the back yard till she gave him a
cuff on the ear. But he was back to
Ain nd at annnor devoured more.
bacon and beans than all the othe
children together. Then he slun)
down the main street with his brow,
hands deep in his poecets and his en
pullp( over his eyes.
'Tain't no use bela' so plaguet
hard on Jake, mammy." said Caspa
to his wife as ho filled his pipe.
"I s'pose you want me to raise up
fambly o' jail birds." snappeid th
weary woman. "Lord knows tha
there lad is sp'iled now. an' the fus
thing we know he'll be robbin'
bank."
"But he never robbed nothin
He--"
"Whar'd he git them nickels he'
been squanderin', then? Him lashin
money round like it growe'd on bushes
an' me slavin' an' slavin' to save
penny. It'. a outrage, it-"
Here the poor winan burst int<
tears: all the children, as usual, joine<
in the doleful chorus, and Caspir, al
ways evasive of trouble. took his ha
and stroll - over to the Gem to wate.
a game of stud poker. It wans mid
night when he -ot into his room an'
found that Jake wasn't in bed.
"Mammy," he bawled, "Jake'
gone:"
"Let him go," piped the wife fron
the next room; "he'll git hongry 'for,
he goes fur."
The boy didn't come home to break
fast, however. Noon passed without:
word of him, and by dark the fretfu
but affectionate Mrs. Miehle was wor
ried. Caspar started out to look fo
his son, and he did make a few inquir
les en route to the Gemi, but there h
lingered till the game got "warm" an
so forgot poor Jake. Meanwhile th
boy's mother had scoured the town fo
him. She bad found out about the ru
bies, and remorse for the unmerite<
trouncing she had given him intensi
fled her grief over his departure. Sh<
could hardly wait for the sleeples:
night to pass, the second of his ah
sence, and then she went to the mar
shal and enlisted his services. On Sat
urday the Clarion had in it "a piece
about the disappearance of Jak,
Mieble, and half the townsfolk spen
Sunday in the hills looking for him
On Monday the 'Mayor offered a re
ward of S50 for intormation "leadin
to the safe return," etc.. and Tuesda:
morning a party of searchers, headei
by the carpenter and equipped witi
provisions for a week, set forth int<
mountains to look for Jake.
Seven miles as the crow flies fron
Old Town and twenty by the trail tha
scars the mountain sides, they sa
Jake perched high above the beetlin;
canon on a narrow shelf of red an(
yellow rock. From their 'station be
low the searchers roared his aame, bu
the chorus of their voices did not movi
*ome down here t'yer daddy, yol
young Imp!" shrieked Caspar, but thi
little brown head did not move, an<
the men with Caspar held him bacd
as he started to scale the rock.
'Let the marshal git him," they sug
gested, and the looks they cast upoI
the father were all pity.
Jake's dizzy aerie. The little fe'llo'r
was sitting in a crevice In the rock!
with his back against the trunk of
rub oak tree. The greasy cap was
ydiIed over his face, blackberry stain:
were on his sunken cheeks, and his
ragged shirt and overalls hung in rib
bons to his emaciated body. His
skinny, brown fists were clinched an<
crossed ou nis lat and his body was ai
motionless as the rock upon which hi
sat.
The marshal tenderly lifted away thi
cap and gently shook the bony shoul
der.
"Come, Jakey, are you alive?"
The sunken eyes slowly opened, an<
the boy stared weakly round. Then he
looked down at his hands and un
clinched them. In each lay a nugge
as big as a walnut, and when he lookei
back at the marshal he smiled feebl;
and said:
"Free gold, ain't it?"
*In a delirium of joy the big office:
howled like a Comanche at his comn
rades. They literally "fell up" the face
of the rock.
"Why W'ln't you come home?" roare<
Caspar, laughing and crying by turrns
'Tried It, daddy, but I was skeere<
I'd lose the mine," said the lad."
f mund them nuggets in this hole, and:
thought I'd better set here till yoi
cone."
He was sit~ng in a true fissure tha
proved the opening of the best mine Ii
Routt Coupty, and the Miehles hav<
never done a day's hard work since.
John H. Raftery, in the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
A Defenise of the Flirt.
Ruskin advised every girl to havy
six sweethearts coincidently. It wa:
excellent advice. That misjudge<
person, the flirt, Is most frequentl:
a woman whose heart aches fo:
friendship , but who keeps the rich
est store hidden for her king when h<
shall come. Those who were neve:
her king, who never could be he:
king, call her names by way of re
joinder. They overlook the salien
fact that all she gave them was friend
ly interest, and that was all she pre
tended to give 'them, for a conscion:
flirt-that is, a woman who conspicu
ously pretends to love-is as impos
sible as a .conscious hypocrite. II
fact, the fiirt is the only remaininm
artist in friendship, and a worl<
which knows not what friendship i
makes the deficiency by mnalignin;
her.-Macmiians Magazine.
The sleep of Lions and Tigers.
There is nothing odd or peculla:
about the sleep of the lions and tigers
In captivity they show the same in
difference to danger that they mani
fest in the jungle, and by day o.
night will slumber through an un
usual tumult, unmindful or uncon
scious of the noise. Their sleep I:
oinmmonly heavy and nrnceful.
- A Handy Ua Holder.
A great deal of time is lost in fill
ig rain b.ag , unless some device Is
usd by which the bag enI bL kevp
olen and the one filliung it have the
us Cof mh hIovis. The upright board
(1) .is imade of inch stuff, two feet
long4 and cloven inchies wid,?. The1
armns (3 which support the hopper are
held by two triangular boards (2),
-
which are nailed to these arms, and
to the upright board (1), as shown in
the- illustration. '!he arms shown at
3 are each ten inches long, two Inches 1
wide and an inch thick, and the ends
are screwed to the side of the spout I
as showi. The spout is made nine
ilches square. and both this and the
hopper should be made of boards
eight inches wide. At 4 a row of wire
nails is shown, by which the bag Is 1
hld in place at the bottom of the hop
per. By boring a number of holes in
the back board (1) at intervals of an
inch apart, and hanging the device to
a heavy wire nail or a heavy screw
- put in the wall, the bag holder may
be raised or lowered to a convenient
height..
A Cheap Little Greenhouse.
The greenliouse,. pure and simple
t is pssible only in exceptionally fa
vored localities, where the soil is so
- Weil drained that water does not
rise ia excavations and the winters
are so mild that sun heat under pro
teeting glass is all that tenderest
plants demand. Whoever in such a
location has a stretch of sunny outer
wall, with a few feet of spare space
along it, may have loads of flowers
the winter through at a very slight
expense either in money or trouble,
and all the more if a drum with heat
ed air from a furnace flue is set up
just outside the wall.
For such a greenhouse dig down be
side the house wall to a depth of three
feet and a breadth of six, all along
the available stretch. Put down a
concrete floor, six inches thick, and
I wall up to a foot above ground with
either stone, brick or concrete. Upon
top of this wall, set a wooden framp.:.
two by four scantling are stout enoiggh
tfor It. Board up the frame ft~nd
withu to high iht inches.
Aove that have glassi running on
to a glass roof. The root Is a lean
to stayed against the ht:ise wall. Have
a door In the end, wi . s'jps down to
it. If possible also have a door from
the house-thus in sharp weather one
can go In and ou~t without letting In
- the et. lair.
Fifty dlollars should build and equip
such a greenhouse. Seventy-five is a
liberal estimate. Fit It inside with
slat walk walys, laid upon the con
crete fioor, a bench of earth all along
the side, its top level with the glass,
-and racks rising like steps against
the house-wall space. Also have
strong hooi:s overhead to hold swing
ing baskets andl pots,
Plant in each outer corner a strong
- root of some climbing rose. Dig
through the concrete floor and make
a rich bed for the rose roots. Let
thema stay there constantly. Have
the roof movable so it can he raised
in summer, or taken wholly away.
Train the roses upon wires just un
-,derneath tile roof.
Passion flowers may well be set In
a decep box of the richest earth against
some part of the house wall and
-trainedl to cover it with p~urlie bloom.
I If the greenhouse stands outside a
[plor, b~y making the walls high
[enough to let the roof reach the tolps
of the windows, the glass of them may
have traceries of living bloom.
tPlnt seed and root cuttings in the
1 bench, prieking them out, as they
Sgrow, into little pots, and shifting
-from the little to big ones. Plant
- bulbs also in the bench; hyacinths
and tulirs for Christmas blossom
about the first of August, and later
ones in succession. Plant also a few
bulbs in pots. Set thema In the shade
under the bench for six weeks, until
they have struck strong roots, then
set in the light and water freely while
they are growing. After the bulbs
are well set, take the pots into the
house-seventy degrees wvill not hurt
them, though the greenhouse tempera
ture will run between fifty and sixty.
Crocuses will bloom In it, and many,
many other things. Almost any
flower will bud, In fact, though for
perfect blossom a little more warmth
Is needed.-Washington Star.
A Fruit Storage House.
IMy house for storing fruit Is one
that was on the premises and not
A CONVENIENT FRU1T HOUSE.
.built for the purpose. But I find it
, quite convenient. It is a stone build
ig twenty-six by thirty-four feet,
with good walls two feet thick, vel
laid in mortar, as shown in the illus
tration. To make it so I could hcld
fruit through the winter, I lind it :n
Side with matched lumber. making an
air spaep of about ten inches 1sween
the wall 'and lining. It is a two-story
hous'. I protect from cold by putting
sKraw on upper :IIUl) aildut fe! .1
ti'iek when settld. It K i:-r H fruit
0,' four' tilimS thuWh the w 'niI, o1
accouit of extrelne cold.
I could, with1 but little expeniso.
ake it good fo:- cold storage by pu
,iIg (ight or tea twelve-nh gal';an
!z'l iron pipes tiirughl te ulpr
dloor, letting them dovn thcee of four
feet, ::u nd tilling from a bove Wit h
Lrushed ice and cheap fertilizer sair.
I have used it as It is, opening t:e
:loors nihts to cool off and e ping
it clostcd during the day. except w:n
puttinl in 1110o fruit. I ick and put
in barrels in the orchard and stlre
Lhen open. In rainy ve:ther I -e:m
zort and pick for imiarket. I uutially
ll to b ,yers. so they are off my
l:nds a:nd1 in marite or cold or:: ge,
near mlarket. by Novembiher .1. I ha ve
eldo-m kept a crop over.-H. It. Hill,
a New England Honestead.
Seventeen-Year Locusts Again Due.
Next season the seventeen-year 10
austs will be due, and some instrue
ions regarding the course to pursuae
ivill now be timely. The Pennsylva
lia State College issued a report re
arding these lceusts, in J$SS, while
New:.~ersey and Ohio have also issued
'le tins. The Pennsylvania State
"ollege has also issued a recent butlle
in, which is sent free to all upon up
)lication. According to information
ent out fromi the college the brood
>f locusts of 185 will be Cue next
eason in the counties of Bedford,
Fulto Huntingdon. Mifilin, Juniata,
Plerry ranklin, Adams, Cumberland,
-o-k, auphin, Lebanon, Lancaster,
terks, Chester, De4 are. Bucks,
M1ontg ery, Lhigh and Northamp
ton. e cicadas or seventeen-ycar
oCUtst ay not appear over the whole
)f the ctikn mentioned, but nav be
:;pect wherever thle! conalitions
iercto' have been favorable for
:jteir beding and development. The
>esc brgeding places are the brush
overe( 'nd woody pasture iands. In
tsmuchias seventeen years is liable
:o make a good deal of difference in
he utilitation of land, it is quit( prob
ible that in some places lands which
eventeen years ago were not in culti
'ation, and were good breeding
rounds of cicadas, are now cultivated,
d upon them and In their neighbor
ood the Insects, true to their nature,
nay be expected to appear, and per
laps In dangerously large numbers.
[n many places the older residents
ire able to locate such grounds.
If young fruit trees or shrubs are
)> land subject to the appearance of
he sthere will be liablIt next
falf of
aythhe
)f the c
:o make jsuitable places for Its eggs.
[hose 4o contemplate setting out
roung tre s should, therefore, be care
ul to learn if they are on or near
lcust ground" of seventeen years
ugo, and If they find that there is risk
~hould defer planting until the danger
as passed.
The cicada lays its eggs durng
fune. but may begin to lay a little
'arlier in the Southern counties than
n the Northern tier; hence by July 1,
it the latest the egg-laying wvill have
een completed and all injury accom
lihed. Should it be considered not
oo great a risk to set out trees it
would be wvell not to prune the trees
losely on setting, postponing such
york until July. The pruning may
hen be done, and the twigs burned
bat are removed, so as to destroy the
ggs. As the cicada puts in Its ap
pear~ce at regular seasons all prep
irations to meet it can be made in
idvance. The insects may appear in,
educed numbers, or may have been
xtrminatedl In some localities, but
hould it fail nextt year g will be the
irst time in 187 years.
There is also a thirteen-year locust,
ut it is a different insect in character
sties from the other, appearing most
v in the South. The eggs of the
evnteen-year locusts are deposited
a grooves of the twigs and hatch in
bout six weeks. After being hatched
ronm the eggs the young locusts fall
: the ground and burrow In the earth,
oing down to from three to twenty
Teet, where they remain and feed upon
he roots of trees or plants,
While In the earth they shed their
~kins several times, and at the proper
ine tunnel upward, ascend the trees,
gain shed their skins, and are then
eady for the work of propagation.
'hey begin to ascend about June 1,
t little earlier sometimes, and after
mnset. They do not cause as much
laage as may be supposed, consid
bring their great number, but, naver
heless, do sufficient injury to cause
:hem to be unwelcome visitors. Any
~ffort at destruction of the insects
ivould be almost of no avail, as such
work would be laborious. The best
~ourse to pursue is to endeavor to
ivoid thenm as much as possible by
efraining from setting out young
trees, as stated, and leaving the prun
ing of any trees that may already have
been set out until the 1st of July. As
they wvill not again appear until 1919,
they are not really as harmful as some
of the more injurious pests that an
nually Inflict farmers and fruit grow
ers.-Philadephia Record.
In a recent trial of the French sub
narine boat Marvel it 'went 350 miles
ander water, but the close confinement
mnd want of fresh air completely un
1erved the men.
The dignity of labor is not always
,.emrecntmi in' the man who -dis.
TYPES OF ENCL'SH WOMEN.
Fragile Creatures Who Defy the Inclem.
ency of the Elements.
A thing one notices in England about
the women is that they seem impervi
ous to changes of temperature. says
Geraldine Bonner i. a London letter
to the San Francisco Argonaut. It
was exeetd("ingly cold whin we arrived
-damp. raw ani ilil. We Americans
pml Cu our woo,l1 d1s'eS and con
suilled ,s to the wisdomn of taking
jackers when wte went abroad. The
sun was hidden, there were occ.-s.onal
spirinkles of rain, coldl airs cauant you
spitcrfily at stes corners. It was
wretched wvather. Yet the Eiglish
women-thin, fragile and delicate
were tlh:ir nuslin drr:sses with calm
and r:mcIoved fortitude. A favorite
fashion of theirs is a transparent yoke
of lace with the bare neck visible
through it. In this semi-clad state
they walk or drive about. apparently
perfectly comfortable, while the per
ishiug American is seriously consider
ing the wisdom of g-oing to the bottom
of her triunk for her fur jacket.
It may be this weakening exposure
to the incelemency of a damp and try
ing climate which makes the English
woman so delicate in appearance. Ono
seldom sees those buxom, rosy beau
ties in London that we have always
supposed were the British type. Au
contraire. the type is tall, small-boned
and exceedingly thin. The English
woman of fashion that one sees in the
London of to-day has that kind of fig
ure that the novelists call "willowy"
long In all the lines, very slightly
rounded, with the smallest of waists,
no hips at all and an Inclination to
stoop in the shoulders. With this they
wear very clinging dresses, long trains,
aInd, In the evening, very ('-collete
bodiees. The general effect is of some
:hing incredibly slim, serpentine and
delicate. The latter suggestion comes
not only from the peculiarly slender
and undeveloped figures, but from the
universal tendency to the droop in the
shoulders that I have just mentioned.
One sees very few women who stand
upright. All have an air of fragility,
ennui and languor that strggests cer
tain paintings of Burne-Jones and Ros
setti.
If, however, one sees few fine fig
ures, one sees many handsome faces
among these ethereal ladies. Beauty,
like any other good thing in England,
seems to belong to the dominating, ar
Istocratic clasS. One seldom sees a
eianle all their
own. The type Is unmistakably and
peculiarly English. The face Is oval,
small and sometimes thin, the features
are cut with the cold, precise regular
ity of a cameo, the nose.and chin gen
erally prominent. *There are calm,
clear eyes under arched brows, which
in turn are nearly hidden l"v the curled
and crimpled "fringe" that a still worn
In this country. It is a type that
speaks of high breeding, absence of vi
vacity and physical delicacy. Comn
pared to it our American woman are
Amazonian in their robustness, weight
and general suggestion of vitality.
Some Pet Extravagances.
Wemen are excellent financiers, bt
they have certain little ways of their
own which are a standing wonder to
their masculine critics. For Instance,
manny women will deny the'r selves a
sufficiency of the necessaries of life
for weeks in order to be able to pur
chase somethming which seems of very
trivial importance to their husbands
or brothers.
"Will muy means cover the expense?2
she echoes, when you mildly suggest
the doubt. Then she sets to with pen
cil and paper, and, aftcr making elabo
rate calculations, comes to the humili
ating cenclusion that a month at the
place which she has set her heart on
going to would Involve the expendi
ture of the family income for the next
three months. It is a decided blow,
but she has recovered from similar
blows on previous summners. so she
bears It philosophically, and finally.
by dint of more calculations, she de
cides on a place wvhich is financially
within her reach.
The one extravagance of an other
wise exceedingly sensible young lady
of very limited means is a weakne!.
for the finest of stockings and hand
kerchiefs. Her attire generally Is re*
markable for nothing except plain
ness and sometimes shabbiness, but
very few of her expensively dressed
friends can rival her in the matter of
dainty handkerchiefs and stockings.
Other women spend a large portion
of their income in paste jewelry. A
brooch of Imitation pearls and dia
monds and a bracelet of moonstones
look very much like the real thing to
the casual observer, and are to he had
"for a mere song"; but the setting of
this jewelry is seldom strong, and the
stones soon drop out, leaving the
brooch, br-acelet or chain anything
rather than an ornanment and their
owner mourning her folly.
Many women confess that their pet
vanity is in dainty stationery, while
others spend "every penny they car
scrape together" in amateur photog
rapiy or perhaps even In having theil
own photographs taken.-Home Notes.
The Season's Trimminxgs.
The predomintiing note in garnitur4
will be the continuance of velvet rib
bn, which Is so effectively used or
bodice and skirt. combined with other
harmonizing decorations. Another
attractive item will be the extensive
use of black chenille, often combined
with white lace. Cords of chenille.
also. are introduced into guipure. Ci
tonne tlcwer vpilique remains :n
vogue. as well as velvet designs in
leaf or :lower appliqued- and pleated
on silk. Chiffon :ad mncusseline are
treated in the s:ne n::muer, with the
addition of an outline (; tine chenille.
TaiLZas and satin rib'.us are cruna
incated or fastened wi:h suiall buck
les or slides of gold. pearl, steel or
-gun metal. Flowered ribbons, metal
and goldtlireaded gallonis and silk
ruchii:g are used effectively on cloth
go wns.
Laces of every sort nre universally
popular. ineindin-g real lace. which is
used in large qunitiis <a imndsome
toiiettes. Wooien lacs in the new
coloring are emoiloyed with the winteir
fal.rics. Lace iaedallious, tambur.
hand-emboid)i&-red tulle. point d'esprit.
ilsets of yellow Russ:an lace are al1
used with elzaborate effect. Black lace
entre deux, stutdded with coral, trnr
quois and pearl, embellish gowns of
black net overlinings, matching in
color the jewels combined. Enamel
and gold buttons form a fitting acecmi
paniment to the Louis coats of silk or
velvet.-American Queen.
Praise For the American Woman.
This is the compiimentary opinion
of the American woman by no less
authority than Felix, the well-known
Parisian dressmaker.
"From every point of view the
American is the most satisfactory of
any of the many nationalities with
whom I have had to deal. She has
natural beauty and grace, to v'hich
she adds chic and judgment. What
more ideal combination could a dress
maker require? The tendency of the
American women is, perhaps, a trifle
toward the effective. not to say slight
ly showy, in dress, but she never over- -
steps the bounds of good taste. She'
studies herself well, and knows what
suits her, and wears it. This perfect
sense of the fitness of things places
the well dressed woman of the United
States head and shoulders above her
sisters of Mexico or the South Ameri
can countries Nothing could be worse
than the average garb of the Spanish
American woman. She has no taste
whatever, and will wear anything ter
dressmaker may choose to put on her
back. As a rule the color is vivid and
the fashion outre. Not so with th
woman of the States. She does not
propose to be dictated to in matters of
dress. Sae is very glad to take sug- 9
gestions from her dressmaker, but she
has ideas of her own." '
Styles In 3fournIng Costumes.
Some mourning costumes this sea
son are made of crape with the skirts
finished with circular floun
folds, belt and collar bf the crape, the
crape being cut straight to inake the
Indentions run bias, and bias if t'hey
are preferred straight as m. trimmang.
Glossy broadcloth is not orn in een
mourning; dull-finishes c oths are.
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Daglans For Stormy Weather.
For stormy weather there are rag
lans of waterproof cloths. They conie
in diiferent colors, browns and greens
among them, and show an invisible
plaid of red.
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A handsome large bag of bli a
beads has a baroque pearl set in tire
top of each of the balls which twt
to form the cliasp. These, like :t&
frame of the bag, are in gun mem!.
as so many things for mourning use
are.
There are delightful buttons. of sil
ver', either Mexican or Indian, hanm
mered out of silver coins frequently.
though there is nothing to show t'is
in the finished button, which may 'e
crude, but has a certain style as w 1
as historical value.
Here is a necklace a little differm.u
from those ordinarily to be found. I
is of coral beads, the beads are not
round, but long, oval, slender and
pretty. This is an old-timie treasure,
and may cost more than 'something
new, but then it is pretty in color aind
style. .
The boa pin-the handsomer the bet
ter-Is an essential possession of the
woman who would keep in touch with
fashion's whims. Some of the designs
in these fasteners are particularly.
handsome, one In silver set with rhine
stones and black pearls being an ex
ample.
There are new things In the long,
gauzy scarfs, pretty material in the
latest ones, a raised pattern upon
gauze, woven into the material, and
having the effect, to some extent, of
the old-fashioned darned face. The
color Is on the ends, in most of the
scarfs, in Oriental shades. They are
called Persian zearfs.
White tlannel sktrts which are ser
viceable and pretty have a broad in
sertion of torchon edging and a ruffle
of the lace a little deeper below. The
insertion has two rows of narrow
Hamburg, something like beading. on,
either side, which gives a firm edge
wheres It is sewed to the skirt above,
and where the rutil Is attached to it
below.
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