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f [a bride p c BY ELLA MI DDL Author of "Xtie Smugjltr,' C ALL RIGHTS c ? Copyright, 13C9, by J. P. LIPPINCC ik CHAPTER I. 3 Continued. On returning to our rooms we found Ferguesson exhausted but triumphant, the completed verses in one hand and a ham sandwich in the other. Between bites he read it to lis: "My lady hath a charming face. Mv lady's form is full of fcTace, My lady's eyes are bright; At every note of her sweet voice The feathered songsters all rejoice And carol with delight. "She's kind to everything but me? The little birds on every tree, ( The bees that hum above her: To me she's fair and cold, like snow; I wonder if she treats me so Because she knows I love her." "I don't blame her," Casey spoke warmly. "Bees humming around her head and a whole aviary of birds ' piping up whenever she opens her mouth. You'd better drop it, Randy. Things like that are cruelty to animals." "What's the matter with it?" in quired Randy. "I'm sure it is very complimentary, and it rhymes perfectly. Perhaps you dcn't catch the idea. Now listen." At the fourth line I interrupted. "To tell the truth, Randy," I said, "we saw Mildred to-night, and she doesn't look like a girl who could appreciate poetry." . "Who said she could? I saw at a glance she was not the one for Casey. All she wants is candy and flowers ' try flirt- with. I don't , auu BUtLIU VUV wvr ? ? ? ?y?f- ? care for the type." "Then who?"?I indicated the sonnet. "If not Mildred, who?" "Her cousin Julie, of course. I met her the other night. Now, there's a girl for yoti. Dignified, calm, intellectual, with repose of manner and lots of savoir faire. No little sim pering idiot of a doll to dress up and _ play with." "Well, Casey," I said, "whatof Lady Clara Vere de Vers? Does she describe well?" "I will have a look and consider her," he replied. ? Whereat Randy glared fiercely and we all went to bed. , ^ CHAPTER n. It was decided in solemn conclave that the best way to Introduce Casey and make a good impression was for Starr to give a dinner and invite Mil dred and Cousin Julie, with the Well Fed Cow as chaperon. Incidentally, we had learned th*'- the Crow was known to society aj >rrs. J. SchuylerSmythe, but as the other title seemed ' appropriate we clung to it when alone. The dinner was to be at Sher, ry's, for, as.Casey said, If the thing .was done at all it must be done right. ; ? We all contributed, "but as one of us was plainly superfluous I suggested that Ferguesson and I draw lots to settle who should stay at home. Randy said he had no objection whatever to drawing lots, but he proposed going to the dinner under any circumstances. And go he did. This explains why I found myself walking the streets at midnight with a girl I had never seen before. It happened this way: I had tried to write and could not, so decided to take a walk, hoping to gather some material for the next chapter of my /serial that would perhaps lend a little much needed spice to the story. At least, I could fill in the time until the others returned and described the success of the entertainment. I passed Sherry's and thought ruefully of the good cheer within and my consequently impecunious condition. Getting Casey married had proved to be expensive business, but he made notes of everything (to be repaid with interest), so we looked upon it in the light of an investment * ?Anis<Vklv oHvlcorl no to Hn ? ?a O UC OCUOIUIJ uunuvu WW I stopped in at a few haunts of Bo-> hernia, but there seemed to be nothing doing anywhere that could be of the least use to the literary aspirant. Therefore, much disgusted and somewhat depressed, I started for home. Before I realized what had happened I found myself in the midst of an excited crowd, with two or three fire engines in the centre and others tearing around all visible corners. An alarm of fire had been sounded in one of the theatres, I was told, and a panic had ensued; only some scenery had bu.-ned, but there bad been much smoke and some people injured, therefore ambulances were in evidence and policemen waved their billies impressively but without apparent result. I was just getting interested and preparing to enjoy myself when 1 was conscious of a little tug at my arm; I also noticed a faint perfume tilcil X was SU1C UIU liUv cmauaic iiulu the Bowery ladies who helped form the crowd. I investigated, and noticed that two little white gloved hands were clasped around my arm as though they never meant to release it, and a voice, tremulous, frightened, but wholly delightful, addressed me confidentially. "Oh, dear! Isn't it dreadful?" I agreed, since it seemed to be expected of me, but I doubt if she heard me. for she only clung more closely and spoke again. "What are we waiting for? I'm so tired I don't know what to do. Where is Aunt Josephine? Please take me home." I did not know what we were waiting for, so I said nothing. "I think you're Very unkind," the voice shook suspiciously. "I want to go home. Please come, Harold; how could you let me get lost this way?" I thought myself that Harold might have been something of a chump, but that he would probably OR CASEY.1 ETON TYBOUT, "Poketown People," Etc. > RESERVED. ) >TT COMPANY, Philadelphia, Ta? J have troubles of his own when he attempted to explain. "Well, are you going to take me home, or aren't you?" There was a decidedly peremptory note in the voice, and I knew it was up to me to say something, especially I as the engines -were going away and the crowd thinning out a bit. "I shall be very glad to take you I home," I said, "if you'll kindly tell me where to go." My arm was released suddenly and I heard a horrified ejaculation. I "I beg your pardon. I thought you I were my cousin. I don't know what you must think of me. You see, I'm lost. I got separated from my party! in the theatre. It was dreadful"? she shuddered involuntarily. "They called 'Fire!' and women screamed and there was smoke and an awful crush. I thought I was killed. The j next thing I knew, I was out here and I I thought I saw Harold, my cousin, so I caught hold of him. But I wasn't catching hold of him after all; I was catching hold of you. a strange man!" "Poor but honest," I murmured, as she paused. "Cb," she reassured me kindly, "I know you're honest. Besides, I have nothing to take. My aunt does not approve of girls wearing jewelry, and of course I have no money." Neither had I, but I did not think it necessary to say so. "It will give me great pleasure to see that you get safely home," I said, adopting Starr's best society manner. "What is the number?" "Why," she said slowly, "I'm afraid I don't know." "You don't know?" "I came only last night, and I'm sure I wish I had never come at all. I hate New York. I suppose Aunt Josephine has a number; i'm sure she has if*she ought to have one. She always has things she ought to have.'* T ? " ? ~ ? T- J ?v> Koro tvara />ii g_ I rtLLdX 2V U (JL Lilac uumuci o n V/i V ^v?wtomary and sometimes useful, and suggested that Aunt Josephine's surname might help some. "Oh, of course," she said. "How stupid in me! Her name is Robinson ?Mrs. Joseph Robinson." I thought with dismay of the columns of Joseph Robinsons probably in the directory, and suggested the telephone. "My aunt has a private wire," she returned. "I heard her say to-night she couldn't be bothered with being called up all the time, so very few people know what it is. I'm not one of them." The situation was becoming interesting, and I pondered anxiously as to what could be done. "Well," said my unsought charge, "am I to stand here all night in thin slippers?" "Certainly not," I replied. "We will?er?stroll around and decide what can be done." So we strolled aimlessly, my companion shivering in her white opera cloak and casting wistful glances at passing cab3, which, as circumstances prevented my paying for them, I could not with dignity notice. Conlancin'oho^ a nH T APPllrnprt > tl OatiUU IttU^UiOUUM, ??u myself with wondering why Aunt Josephine and Harold had not returned to the theatre to look up their missing relative. I also wondered what the girl at my side was thinking, when she suddenly spoke and thereby enlightened me. "Well," she said, "aren't you ever going to do anything? I should think a man?" She left the sentence unfinished, but at that moment I silently anathematized Casey and all the dinner party and consigned them to a retreat much warmer than the streets of New York at midnight. "Couldn't you take me home to your wife? Or your mother?" There was now a hint of tears in the voice, and I felt very guilty at not being able to produce a wife or a mother at an instant's notice. I suddenly remembered that I had fifty cents left after the last call for funds to finance the dinner; at least, that would give us a right to light and warmth for a while, and some hot chocolate; so we went into a little restaurant, much frequented by the impecunious genius who finds it impossible to live on fame alone. It was there I discovered that 1 had been unappreciatiyely and stolidly walking about with the very prettiest girl I had ever seen in my life, and I was not without experience. I'm not going to describe her. I will ;>ay only that against the general dinginess of thj cafe and the men and women scattered about it, this girl in her dainty, spotless toilet and radiant youth made a picture long to be remembered, and I noticed with resentment that I was not the only one who knew it. She had cast aside her clcak and was plainly enjoying nerself. its an adventure, sne saia gany, "and I've always been so well chaperoned! Suppose we tell our names; we can forget them later if necessary. I'm Nancy Welles, with an e. I'm from Philadelphia, on a visit, and enjoying myself for the first time. And you?" I told her my name was Y/illiam Leigh, and she knit her brows thoughtfully. "It sounds familiar.' "You may have seen it," I tried to speak with due modesty. "I write for the magazines." "Ah, yes," said Miss Xancy Welles; "little stories." Alas, for fame!' The chocolate came, and she sipped it appreciatiyely, glancing at me now and then through her long lashes in a manner that made me thoroughly uncomfortable. I resented her evident summing up of my character, yet was constantly afraid she .would stOD L . i f i H) ' ' t ifiWfc looking at me before I determines whether her eyes were blue or gray. I found out later that they were hazel and changed with her mocds. But this Is a digression. The chocolate finished, Miss Welles rested her elbows on the table and stared thoughtfully at me, her chin in her hands. "I'm wondering," she said, "wheth- j er the cold gray dawn of the morning , after will find us wandering about the streets together. Perhaps Aunt Josephine win advertise in the morning j papers; or I- might put in a 'personal' myself. She could say, 'Come home; ' all is forgiven'; I might bay?but \ what could I say?" But I had arrived at a conclusion. I I should take her heme with me and | cast myself upon the mere;- of Mrs. | Stubbs. I shuddered to think of my interview with that eminently respec- j table matron roused from her virtu- J ous slumbers and confronted with j the world, the flesh, and the devil as | typified by Miss Welles, myself, and ! our predicament. Nevertheless, I j should do it, because there was obviously nothing else to be done. I explained my plan and she at once agreed, remarking that she had ! thought of suggesting a hotel, but she j doubted if she would be received any- 1 where. As I had not the price of ad- j mission, I encouraged the doubt and j we again sallied fortn. i Just as we turned the corner I no- j ticed a brougham moving slowly down the street, and as the full strength of the arc lamp fell upon j it Miss Nancy Welles gave a hurried i exclamation and pushed me forward. 1 "Hurry!" she exclaimed. "Run! j Catch it. It's William and the carriage. Don't let it get away. W-i-I- j 1-i-a-a-m! Oh, please run!" I did run, and collided violently j with a female rushing in the oppo- I site direction. "Miss Nancy!" she gasped. "Oh, j I Mis9 Nancy! What a turn you've I give us, miss! Thank Heaven you're I safe!" "Of course I'm safe, Perkins. Don'l | be ridiculous. And'I must say I| think you have been a very long time i coming to look for me. I don't understand it at all. What did you mean by leaving me alone all this time? I might have been killed if it hadn't been for this gentleman. I 1 ?J-T'w fn inmo cerifcLiiii/ iuiua ? ixi culiucu i-w jw4"V consideration; here I've been waiting and simply freezing to death." Thus did Miss Welles carry war into the enemy's country and avoid inconvenient questions. She paid scant attention to the maid's protests that Bhe and William had been patrolling the streets in one direction ' while Mr. Robinson went in another, including the station house, the hospitals, and the morgue, and that they j had returned often and without avail ; to the theatre; also that Mrs. Robinson was at home in hysterics. "Well, all I know is that you must have been very careless not to see me," she said severely. . "I had to j scream myself hoarse to attract your attention at last. And so I shall tell Mrs. Robinson. You might as well get on the box with William, Perkins; i this gentleman will come inside with | me. He takes much better care of ; me than you do." And Perkins, disapproving but | helpless, obeyed. Our drive was very silent, but as J we drew up before a large stone ; house Miss Welles spoke suddenly. j "I'm not the kind of girl that likes I to talk to strange men, you know." "I understand," I said. "To-night shall be forgotten as far as I am con- i cerned. I will not presume." "Don't," she spoke quickly; "don't spoil it. It has been so nice?I mean the last part. And I'm going to know you quite properly. I will tell Aunt ; Josephine that you rescued me most I heroically from the flames, and she will send you a card to her at-home. She'll love to do it, because you're literary, and literature is her latest fad. Mostly the women are frumps j and the men have queer-looking hair, j so I escape when I can. But next i week I'll be on hand, and?you'll j come, won't you?" I said I would. Perkins had opened the carriage door and now stood be side it in an attitude of long suffering, but still Nancy lingered. Suddenly the corners of her mouth curved mutinously, and she dimpled adorably. ^ 1 To be Continued. There Was No Answer. At an important State function in London blue tickets were issued to persons of high rank, admitting them to that part of the hail reserved for mbmbers of the royal family. Less distinguished guests received white tickets. Through some mistake an important public man received a blue card, while his wife received a white one. When the couple reached the audience chamber there began to be trouble, inasmuch as the lady firmly declined to be separated from her husband. An aide endeavored to reason with her, pointing out the dreadful consequences that would follow a mingling of blue and white. "How absurd!" exclaimed the lady. "What do you take us for?a seidlitz powder?" She was permitted to enter with j her husband.?Everybody;s Magazine, j A Mnine Hunter. With forty-five notches in his j trusty gun as reminders of his skill t in bringing down deer, "West" Ad- i ams, of Miles' Notch, up in Oxford j County, is a typical hunter. He has shot twenty-two bears in his life, and , he has no mean helper in the person j of his good wife, who assists in set- ! ting traps and can shoot, too. Both, are ardent naturalists and understand | wood lore thoroughly. A son of four- j teen years has never seen an electric : car or steam engine, but he can shoot, , and both he and his mother know j where the fishing is best in the moun- | tain streams near their cosey cabin in the ravine.?Kennebec Journal. Oyster production in Canadian waters is steadily decreasing. The yield fell from 35,757 barrels in 1 b03 to 27,297 barrels in 1907. Canada imported $271,700 worth of American oysters in 19OS out of a total export of $053,S32 worth. On the Bowery a dope gun Is called a sewing machine. HEARST ON THE DUTIES OF JOURNALISM At a dinner given recently in New York at which were present many prominent business men and financiers, including Cornelius Vanderbilt, Paul Morton, Edwin C. Hawley, P. P. Crazier, Frank Underwood, Robert Mather, Frank A. Vanderlip, H. P. Davison, Harry S. Black, William E. Corey, Theodore P. Shonts, Judge Gerard, Judge McLean and William M. Ivin9, William Randolph Hearst was asked to speak on "Journalism." Mr. Hearst said: "It appears to me that Mr. Shonts has assembled this many of his friends with the benevolent purpose, fiTat nf nrnvine: to vou that I am not as black as I am painted, and, second, of proving to me that you are not a;3 black as you arc printed. "I am perfectly willing to concede both of these propositions without argument, is far as we in our private capacities are concerned. "I will proceed at once, therefore, to the discussion of our public capacities. "I am here aB a newspaper man. I have been asked in this symposium of varied Interests to speak on any subject as long as It is associated with journalism. "I am glad to find Mr. Shonts In the .broad and liberal frame of mind of the young lady who liked any color as long as it was red, and I am glad and grateful also to have as signed to me a subject of journalism rather than of politics. ' "I know something about journalism, and I have a high opinion of my profession. "I regard a newspaper publisher as an attorney retained by the people to protect their rights and their interests. "I believe it to be as much the duty of a newspaper publisher to place the Interests of the people above all questions of personal friendship or personal advantage as it is the duty of an honorable attorney to place the interests of his clients above all such considerations. "If journalism is sometimes found in active and critical oppostlon to certain business interests, it is merely because these business interests have come Into direct conflict with the rights of the public, which it Is the main duty of journalism to defend. "If journalism maintains an attitude of greater approval toward other business interests, it is because of the disposition of the business men in control of these interests to entertain a broader and higher conception of their duties and responsibilities to the public. , "I believe thrt there is an evergrowing tendency among the most thoughtful and the most progressive and the most influential American business men to consider themselves merely as trustees or power ana wealth which It Is their duty to employ In the interest of the public. "It is but natural that the American business man should develop this higher conception of the duty of wealth, for the American business man does not accumulate wealth for the luxury it affords, but for the power and the distinction it confers. "Wealth, by whatever methods accumulated, may confer power, but wealth accumulated by unjust methods certainly should not, and does not, in this day confer distinction. "There are two ways in which a man of wealth may gain the esteem of the community. "One is the way in which he spends his money, and the other is the way in which he makes his money. "There is little to be criticised in the way in which American business men spend their money. "They spend so little upon themselves that they may often, be recognized by the plainness of their ap ??# ? Va oir?nllnUv nf J jaici auu oiujpiAwwj vr*. pleasures. "They spend some part v.pon their families, as they should, but they almost universally spend the greater part of their income in the creation of new enterprises or in the endowment of charitable or educational institutions. "There is no proper criticism of wealth expended in so worthy a manner. "Nor is any proper criticism of wealth acquired through service rendered the community. 'But there is proper criticism and ever increasing condemnation of wealth acquired through extortion and destructive speculation. "Money made in proportion to service rendered is a badge of honor. "The greater the compensation the greater must have been the service. "But money acquired through extortion is merely a measure of disgrace, and journalism when it inveighs against such business methods but registers the rising tide of popular resentment. "The American people will no longer tolerate business methods which are essentially unjust and un fair. "There are certain diseases which are cured by the toxin which they themselves create. "There are certain evils that are remedied by thoir own excesses. "And extortion in business has so aroused popular indignation that it will soon accomplish its own undoing, t "The castles on the Rhine are monnments to the lawlessness and greed of the robber barons of the Middle Ages; but they are more. "In their ruined condition they are monuments to the retribution which i overtook the robber barons. "They are monuments to the aroused sentiment among the people, | among the plundered merchants, I among the legitimate business interj ests of that day, which finally impelled the Emperor Otto to invade the Rhenish territory and raze these robber strongholds to the ground. "The robber barons of the Rhine who plundered the merchants in their passing ships and oppressed the people are not so widely different from a certain '*-ss of unscrupulous bus!- | ness men of to-day who abuse the power of combination to extort a tribute which they do not earn. "I do not oppose combination, but the abuse of it. The evil of monopoly even lies in the misuse of it. "Intelligent and legitimate combi? nation in business is merely a phase of higher organization and invariably results in greater economy and greater efficiency. "Such combination is therefore beneficial, and will benefit not only the business creators of the combination, but the public generally whenever the public is allowed to participate in the advantages. "To my mind, therefore, it is the duty of government not to prevent the combination which is beneficial, but to insure public participation in the benefits. "To my mind it is the duty of government to prevent overcapitalization and tp control business of a public or semi-public character where it reaches the point where it is independent of competition. "Government ownership is a remedy for the abuses of some monopolies, but government ownership has its limitations. "It is obviously impossible for the Government to own all businesses of an exclusive character. "The creation of competition, on the other hand, is generally a step backward and frequently wholly fails I of its main object. "In St. Louis, for example, there are three competing telephone lines, and the sole result of that competition is that the subscriber is compelled to pay for three telephones instead of one. "Obviously a monopoly of the service would improve that situation, and if the monopoly were abused the service could be either taken over by the Government or regulated by a Government commission. "I have not time in a brief afterdinner talk to discuss these important questions in sufficient detail. "I hope, however, that I have made i clear the point which I have in mind,/ namely, that it is the province of journalism not only to protect the ihterests of the people, but to do so W ILIA 1U LCIli&cuic; auu j a* v. "It is the difficult duty of journalism to distinguish between what is good and what is bad, not only in business methods, but in all other matters which vitally affect the interests of the people. . "It is the serious task of journalism to distinguish, too, between what ia good and what is bad in the remedies proposed for every evil, and, as in the instance I have cited, to advise the people not to be diverted into an attack upon combination in business, which is in itself beneficial, but "to carry on a war of extermination against the abuse of the power of combination in the hands of men who are selfish and unscrupulous to the point of criminality. . "In these complex and difficult situations I feel that the conscientious publisher should have the support of the people and also of that higher element in the business world which recognizes its own duties and obligations to the people." "Double Fruits." From "Nature and Science," in St. Nicholas. Double fruits may originate in either of two ways. Sometimes, when the fruits are very young, they may become accidentally pressed together so tightly that they crush together, as it were, and may then, as they become older, grow into one mass at this junction. This is a kind of grafting. This, however, is not the common origin of double struc- | tures. All fruits, like buds and the ' beginnings of leaves, originate in a j mass of very soft cells which are ! easily affected by mechanical influences. If one of these soft young structures, which tends to grow as a unit, becomes injured at its very tip, which is the place of most active growth, the growth ceases at that point, but continues to grow without making an effort to reunite the two parts. The injury may be caused by the bite of an insect, or by some other external cause; or it may be some one of the various influences we call "internal," although there is probably no real difference between external injuries and Internal influ-' ences. In this way originate not only double fruits, but double leaves. TTow the Boy Was Caught. Jerome S. McWade said of the management of children In a recent Sunday-school address: "Diplomacy succeeds best with the little ones. A lad of nine came all puffing and rosy in out of the cold the other night and said: " 'Pa, I'm tired. I've sawed enough wood for this evening, ain't I? I'm awful tired.' " 'Tired?' cried the father, looking up from his paper with an air of surprise and disappointment. 'Why, I bet your mother a quarter you'd have the whole pile done before supper.' " 'Did you?' shouted the boy, taking up his hat and mittens again. 'Well, you'll win your money if the saw holds out. Nobody ever bet on I 1 > LUt' itUU 1U31. "And he rushed back to his hard task again, his eyes flaming with enthusiasm." The Newspaper is Proof. A newspaper can never very creditably represent a town whose business men do not advertise. He may howl himself hoarse bragging about the vim and energy a.nd enterprise of his town, but if his declarations are not backed up by a liberal amount of advertising by the business men of the town, readers will be slow to take his statements as true. It takes more than the unsupported testimony of the local newspaper man to prove to the world that his town is the financial centre, the business centre, the best market and the best place on earth to buy goods; his evidence needs corroboration. The University of Calcutta is probably the largest educational institution in the world. It has about ten thousand students. t T ; 7^wJtWn^g New York City. ? Tucked waists are always smart and always needed. Nothing else is quite so practical for general wear. This season they are made from pongees, from washable silks as well as from linen and cotton materials, and a great many women like the thinner lawns treated in this w&y quite as well as the heavier lin ens, madras and the like. This model suits all the materials available for waists of the sort, and can be utilized with equal success for the gown and for the odd waist. It is finished in a distinctly novel manner at the front edge. There are three tiny tucks with a deep inturn, which allows of making the buttorholes as illustrated and the finish is an eminently attractive one. The wide tucks at the shoulders give the fashionable broad effect, and the lines are altogether satisfactory. The sleeves are in shirt waist style, but finished with straight facings in place of over-laps. The jabot is a pretty and simple one that can be embroidered as illustrated or i ,n ??? that- mav be liked. iU auj ??** J wuv%v ? The waist is made with fronts and back. The sleeves are in one piece each and are finished with openings and straight cuffs. The neck is finished with a neck-band, over which cin be adjusted the high turned-over collar or any fancy one. The jabot is made in one piece, pleated on indicated lines. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and seven-eighth yards twenty-one or twenty-four, three and a half yards twenty-seven or one and seven-eighth yards forty-four inches wide, with one yard of edging for the jabot. The Down Quilt/ Two shades of plain silk for two sides of a down quilt is the harmonious cover demanded by the expert decorator for use in a bed-r^vjin already rich in blossoms. When the wallpaper is gaudy or even ordinarily figured in design, these plain colors | will be a welcome relief to the eye. j Pretty Grenadine. Some of the prettiest of the Frencli grenadines come in white with ribbon stripes of colorB. Transparent Effects. The transparent effects are in full sway among the silks, gray over natw tier blue, green or black over Sevref blue being lovely. . One Bntton Coat. The one-button coat is very effect*, ive, and though one covered with n coat material might be used, the jet button is more striking. Velvet House Gowns. Velvet house gowns of the most delicate soauea auu quae nevermj tailored have a touch of gilt to give them a distinct military finish. White Capes. The best feature about a-^whiti cape is that it may be worn over an evening gown of any color. One sees many ruinous color combinations in colored capes and frocks. The lining either of the corduroy or cloth cape "should be satin in pastel hue, unless one prefers a lining of white. No Changes in Gloves. Gloves are not expected to sho* any startling changes. White has become the accepted fashion for light or dressy gowns, and the good wash chamois holdd its own bravely. White , pique gloves are so universally wo<|i in the street, as well as for more formal occasions, that one requires dozens of them. There is the single stitching, giving the effect of a raised cord, which is so trig to wear with the tailored costume. . ; ,rm \ : , ' . \ --tt . ' i. '' ' 'V . ? . - u : y ' The fashion of very sheer overdresses or tunics, combined "with . heavier materials, is exceedingly pret- , ty, if used in good taste. The sketch shows a rose foulard, polka-dotted in black, and having a tunic of black chiffon, the hem being embroidered in rose, as is also the vest.