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THE GREBE OH, down in de gahden in de coho iWheh de honey-bees am drouin' ii Den's a luscious watehmelon ob a Oh, det melon! Det sinful Et tempt me in de mawnin' when Ee tempt me in de noon-time' whe Et tempt me in de twilight when < On, det melon! Det sinful rAh dream about det melon 'mos' Ah sees his green back ehinin' en "Ah, Remus, Tm dess luscious-eui Oh, det melon! Det sinful De Pawson say. when Satan tempi But Satan run in front ob me by < Ah pray en turn mah back on mn On, det melon! Det sinful Las' week de good ol' pawBon u? f En while he was a-sleepin' soun h Bnt he says we ain't responsible f (Oh, det melon! Det sinful So sum night when Ah'm sleepin' En sneak off to de ganden en det ; Kase yo' know yo' ain't responsib] Ob", det melon! Det sinful ?j The Majo Perhaps it wk? partly her fault or maybe it was all .her fault. Anyway, they.had Just had a quarrel-one of those unpleasant little affairs lu which neither one nor the other will give in or acknowledge being'in the wrong, but thinks it the duty of the j other-equally blameless participant, of course-to first say: "I am sorry." And it was their first quarrel, too. Then he falls back upon that re sort, and says: "I am going to* the club." He gets his hat and coat and ls about to open the door, when she half repents and asks him not to go, but to stay at home with her, at least one evening In the week." But he is either obstinate to her appeal or does not hear her, for he closes the door with a bang and leaves her alone, to return,-perhaps, at mid night, perhaps at dawn. Then she takes the usual course-throws her self onto a lounge and cries. Ke goes directly to the club. There he meets a few of his friends, and they sit down for a smoke prepara tory to the night's excitement at the whist table. Thus they sit for per haps half an hour when the entrance of a rather stout individual seems to create quite a commotion among the smokers. He is besieged on the right and left to come join them in their smoke, and Robert Langdon wonders who this, rather stout individual who en joys stym popularity can be. "Majdr Hunt, one of the most cap ital story. teHers we haye had for some time,"* answers one of tho friends in reply to a, laughing query from Langdon.- "Waituntil you hear one of his stories, and you will think so, too." "Major, this Is my. - friend, Lang don." The Major has hardly made him self comfortable before he is asked to "te?ho^? of his stories, and after a while yields to the entreaties of the crowd, and begins: "There is not an army post In In ,4!a, Ji'oc in. the world, which has not some little romanea interwoven with its history. But one which I espe cially remember is one in which the faithfulness of -woman, as 1 will call it, p'ft ed such an important part as to fix the story jn my mind forever. "It was about five years ago, at an Indian fort, that this incident oc curred. We. had there >a^ young private. 1 never did find out exactly where he came from, and I have even forgotten his name now. He seemed to be an indifferent sort of fellow, rarely joining the rest of the men In their larks, and keeping pretty much to himself. Ke was a-handsome young man, too, nearly six feet tall, if I re , member correctly. It was his mys terious manners which made us won der what he did with himself during his spare moments-that ls, when his time was not required by the govern ment. "We tried in vain to find out. All that we could ever learn of him was that he was always fn his mass-room during these Intervals, and his com F an ion soldier? there said; 'He reads and reads all tho time,' that's all. Army life did not-seem to agree with him very much, and wa could not see Why he ever entered into it, Still, there was no one with nervd enough to ask the question we were anxious to baye answered. He was the one mystery of the fort. "Perhaps you will wonder why we officers should take any interest In a common private, but before I have finished you will see why that was. "What was also a mystery to us was how he had managed to become well enough acquainted with the quartermaster's daughter to be teen occasionally out walking with her. Her name, you must remember dis tinctly, is Genevieve Nutle. She ls the belle of the fort. I believe there was hardly a man in that fort at the time who would not have stoo'd atty torture if she had so wished-mt don't be alarmed, gentlemen. No such thought would have entered that girl's mind. "And then she was very beautliul. Perhaps this had something to do - with it. Those among us who had been Ul had special reasons for feel lng grateful to her, for as soon as she heard of a case of illness she seemed to be on pins and needles until she received consent from her father to nurse the sick one, whether bo was an officer or private. In truth, her kindness and charitableness to nil made adorers out of half the men in ' the fort, and the other half were dead in love with her. "Now to get down to the story One day there came the announce ment that the natives In our district contemplated a rising, and that the men should be got In readiness to leave at almost any moment. One morning the command came, and a troop ol cavalry was detailed to go out and, if possible, bring them In. "The matter had now taken a se rious tuc, f?r the few who had started the depredations on a small scale had been joined by the others, until several hundreds of them had gone into camp. It happened that the 'mysterious private's' troop was ie one detailed to-go out first on a sort of reconnoitering trip, and If on ? TEMPTE?t. iah ob de fence. i de honeysuckle deise, size det's dess immense watehmelon! de sun am new en red, n de sun am overhead : ie sun h ab gone to bea; watehmelon! . twenty times a day, to me he seem to say: n, man, take me awny! " watehmelon ! i L, tell Satan git behiit', det melon vine: , t i, but de melon'8 in mah min'- . watehmelon! * um his bed did leap, e preached a sermon deep, oh deeds done in our sleep watehmelon!) in dem'quilts Ahll sho'ly shake, melon-Ah will take, le foh deeds 'less yo' 's awake watehmelon! -Victor A. Herman, in Tuck. )???S9?099SS?<D9t?0?a?99?t se T'S investigation lt was thought neces sary to send out more men, they were to return at once tor reinforcements. "It was a busy scene at the fort that morning. Soon the bugle sound ed, the men leaped into their saddles and moved up to the gate of the fort. It was a proud moment for the sol diers who composed that troop, for it was their first actual expedition after an enemy. Then came the sound of the bugle again, and the men were off, with, the cheers of their comrades ringing in their ears. "We in the fort Md many an anx ious hour that day and night, though we little thought that there would be any serious results. They would probably return, we thought, with the whole band as prisoners. "During that night a terrible storm set in, however, and we kept watch to see if they would give up the chase on this account "and return to the fort. But no. The night passed away, and dawn still showed no trace of the men. - The storm stemed to become more furious with the advent of the day. "Then misgivings regarding the safety of the men beran to take form. We had now almost forgotten about the natives, and ou: only thoughts were of the men and how they would manage to return to the fort in this terrible storm. About noon there was a lull in the wiud, and couriers were sent out to see if any traces of the troop could be found. They might be wandering a few miles outside the fort, we thought, unable to find their way in. The searchers returned, however, after a fruitless search, say ing that it was impossible to find any trace of them. "About 3 o'clock In the afternoon, however, we were rewarded in our watch by seeing a dark mass to the West, and as it drew nearer a shout wenjLfin^rom the watchers as we rec og? ag: is tei ca Un na th> rn: Story, if thav with blood. They had not been out of the fort five hours, they said, when they were attacked most unexpected ly, for they had no Idea the natives were so near the fort. They seemed to have been walting for them, for their retreat was cut ofs' by half the band, while the rest kepr. up a fire on them from ambush. "They managed to get out of it without the loss of any man, however. A hot fire had been kepi; up on both sides while the retreat lasted, and several of our m?n had been wound ed. The . natives gave up the chase when the .storm ?et'in. The myste-| rlous private was missed when the troops emerged from a strip of woods about twenty miles from the fort, He was wounded during the fight, and evidently dropped fron the ranks through exhaustion, While the men were telling this we stood about the poor fellow; who had now undoubted ly passed into another world. "The storm had again oommenced with seemingly added fury, and we realized what a dangerous, undertak ing it would be for any one to set Out with the intention of finding the poor fellow's body. We retired to our quarters, after hearing no ?nd of nar row escape stories from some'of the privates, to await orders from the commandant as to the next move. "We had all given np the idea of going after the body by nightfall that is, all but one. "Before the time for TlBlng the next morning there came to my ears the loudest cheering, mixed with shouts, that I have ever heard in my lifetime. I hastily put on my clothes and ran out to see what was up. Near the gate I found almost "-he entire population of the fort, so lt seemed to me, most of them engaged in cheering and shouting over some I A MODER* And the Minister ] eloquent aboui all the G and Inspirations of God Parables and drew Arg tural World. Re sang ii nitude of the Stars and fections of the Flower, gregation heartily said, And, Beheld! A L Test the Truth, to Real Then Humanity passed has a Bug House; then Head; he Delves in Thi even the Minister passe "Why, you Thought I . Said!"~Guide to Naturi ? r~ thing. Before I reacsA^the orowd lt parted, and two personsr&a^tbward me-the mysterious private amroen evieve Nutle. As she passed me, standing almost rooted to tho spot with surprise, she called out, 'Pleas* ant morning, M?jor,' just as though she had come in from a morning's pleasure ride. "Genevieve had actually ridden out' of the fort at dawn to find the young Scamp, who did not neem to be hurt at all, save for a few scratches such as the rest of the troop received. She had met him, fortunately, ridirg to ward the fort, or God knows w'.iiat might have become of that brave girl. It surprised me a little perhaps to see her so happy after such a danger?" ous undertaking. But that was, of course, natural then, as I did not know what passed between them dur ing the ride. "During the absence of the young fellow one of his comrades had cheek enough to examine his effects to find out who he was and notify his rela tives of his death, as he said, but as I believe to see what it was that kept him so busy during the evenings. But the stories the man expected to tell of what he found are still unfold, for there were only a lot of books, newspapers, clippings of testimony lin trials and a lot of other useless trash, as he expressed himself. What the fellow was doing with these was more than, he could Imagine. "Well, as you have perhaps already guessed, they both left a few months later. I think he was pretty well tired of military life. He went to England, I believe, taking the belle of the fort with him. ? have strong reasons to believe that this was set* tied during that ride into camp again. I heard of him once then. One of his friends at the fort said he had quite a big practice." "What's the matteo Langdon? Not going already, are you? The story did not affect you so seriously, did it? Why, man, I actually believe ti are tears in your eyes." "Well, no-but-I really have go now. I have an appointment ai home, and must go now, or I shall ?e late." - Whether Robert Langdon had ?.n appointment at home or not does not matter much. Sufficient to say that he did go home, where he found his wife on the lounge, just where she had thrown herself as he left her to go to the club! A ob greeted him as he approached her. "Genevieve, can you forgive me? It. was all my fault, and if you'll for give me I'll never do it again." She turned up her tear-stained face to him, and he bent over her and kissed her, wondering how lt eve:.* entered into him to be so cruel. "No, lt was not your fault; it wan mine. I actually drove you to that; horrid club, when I know you don't; care to go there." "Well, we will not fight that out just now. Do you remember Major Hunt ai -he fort? I heard him tell a story at the club to-night-a story of ; hnw a voun* Kiri, a few years ago. After a seven-year fight, which has eos t over $25,000, the bark beetle, the chief foe of South Dakota tim ber, has been driven from that State. A motor-driven sleigh, developed during the past winter, was pro? pelled by a pair of legs resembling in their operation those of s grass* hopper, The Government tests at Washing? ton of samples of the chain to be used on the gear of the Panama Cana), locks withstood tensile tests of 15 3, 000 pounds to the square Inch before the metal parted. Because of the position of the Isle of Wight, the English port of South ampton has the advantage of four high tides each twenty-four hours, which gives lt extraordinary facilities for vessels entering Its docks. The largest known volcano In the world ls extinct Mount Elgon, near where former President Roosevelt ls hunting In Africa. Its base covers an area about the size of Switzer land, and its crater ls thirty miles across. To time automobile speeders two Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy professors have invented a cam era which exposes two plates with any desired interval of time between, photographing a stop watch at each exposure. J FABLE. preached and became lories, Manifestations .'s Universe. He told uments from the Na 1 Stanzas of the Mag. of the Exquisite Per And the Entire Con "Amen!" /istener went forth to ize all these Sa3Tings. along and said, "He ? are Wheels in his ngs Uncanny." And (d by and remarked, Actually Meant All I j^WO^ER-H?ART, ?? irish t knew," said Wonder-Heart, . "If leaves begin to whisper < Fro;n\tre'e to tree, when suddenly -;. The eununer winds blow crisper; . If these-'sigh low, We're-growing old!' If those say soft, We're gathering gold, Our lap? axe full as they will hold, And now end then a lisper Calla g?d?fully from overhead, 'Oui petticoats are turning red!' "I want to know," said Wonder-Heart, "If the first snowflakes shiver A little bit before they flit Out of their sky forever.; .. If some look down and abb, Too deepl While others laugh and take the leap, T?l alLcome flocking, white as sheep, On mountain, field and river. How do they feel when first they start? I wish I knew," said Wonder-Heart. -Youth's Companion. MUST. EAT ONE FIRST. Little Doris could not count beyond four. One day, when she was show ing me /five "berries that she had picked, 1 asked, "How many have you, Doris?" Her brows puckered a moment, : then/dimpling with smiles, she an- - swerqd, "Wait till I eat one-then i I'll tell you! "-Woman's Home Com panion .'X i -DOROTHY'S DREAM. Once upon a time there was a little < girl named;.Dorothy. One night as she was lying dreamily in her bed she 1 was surprised to hear a soft squeak. ! Looking upiquickly she saw a small brown Teddy bear. "I have come to 1 take you;' to Teddy Rear Land," squeak?d/th? little bear, After that she went to Teddy Bear T-?--* . : larly OJ^C^JS^1-- i .OT/.-* ?lg dd ,flrirflai _. She ? sorro-R . was not : nice'as Teddy Bear Land; ' so o ?V- Law.to lt that the ugly dwarf did noe come again.-Macon Miller, m the Brooklyn Eagle. A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP. One of thr mwt remarkable friend ships arnon t .: niais is that which exists hetwt . % ont in the elephant house at th; /colbgical Gardens in 1 London, ani-^i large two-horned , African ,ri?n "cvr">s which is kept . there. ; \ It is ^ even- tn- strange than ' Aesop's fable o tai. incuse and the ] Hon, for the Uti ki- eek mouse was J able to ba'of-grea!. se vi-ie to the lion in nibbling the nosl ? :i of his net; ? but the huga" rhin ?cd' ?in scarcely believe that pussy Is, ault to set him . free; yet, that a grfi:-t aft ction exists ' betweejn the two.*L certain. They may be or en S ^J: together, ! puss toying with t. s fpn.ikiable head : of the monster, WL o appears to lay ' aside his s? snath, and ls as gentle . FED BY THE BOTTLE. About three months ago I was much surprised on coming home from school to find that I was the possessor of four puppies. I was to be disap pointed, however, for next mornini I was informed that during the night the mother dog had died. Who should, take care of the or phans? They were only a day old too young to take care of themselves. lt wa3 then that j thought of raising i;hem by the '? bottle, I bought some bottles, filled, them with warm milk {?.nd put them in a convenient position in the puppies' box, They began to sneeze and to sputter in a very queer end discouraging manner, But one adventurous little puppy soon dlscovr ered that the milk was worth taking, and his three brothers were soon pf the same opinion, - You can be Eiure that they did not hive to starve, for a few yelps always b -ought a half dozen people to them, and the puppies would ba over whelmed with milk. Three months later there were four frisky little puppies running about and chasing one another on the lawn. These were not everyday puppies, but pt pples brought up by the bottle.- | M:\lton Schreyer, ia the New York Tiibune. MAKING PAPER ROSES. Some of the ladies in our church Intend to hold a fair, and about ten Ju alor Endeavor girls will help to! make it a success. We decided to make a rose garden of paper roses, and at the end of each rose attach an article which is to bs sold for five cents. I purchased some tissue paper and wire, asked the girls to bring their I scissors and come to my home on.j Thursday afternoon, which they promptly did. We sat on the floor, Indian fashion, and worked real hard, but the wire soon disappeared, and after a little difficulty we found some picture wire, which after being untwisted served the purpose very well. The position in which we were sit-) ting Boon made our feet "go to sleep,'' so some of tho girls proposed a game of tag. While this waB in full sway my chum and I went to the kltclien, where some fudge and lemonade were waiting to bs served. This proved very refreshing, and the girls went! back to the parlor, where they sang) and played on the piano for a willie befora going to work again. A heavy shower was gathering and the room became so dark we had to light the lamp. Even though the girls aad stated with one accord that they were willing to get wet for the 3ake of a rain, they never dreamed that it would come that afternoon. They began to wonder how they would get home, for the roads were I real muddy and o? course none wore) S / overshoes. Just about the tims they were most anxious s man came along with a large wagon and consented to take them all home. They secured a big blanket, which they placed in the bottom of the wagon, where they were all packed in like sardines. They went away gayly singing after completing nearly two hundred roses. I took my own money to buy ar ticles to complete the roses and make them prettier.-Florence E. Knox, in the New York Tribune. THE HEART OF LITTLE BOB. It was late one summer afternoon, but the sun was shining golden after two days of clouds. For a day and night the rain bad fallen in torrents, the creek near the Carter home was nearly over its banks, and the roads were very muddy. Nevertheless little Bob Carter had to go on an errand for his mother, nearly two miles down the pike road to his aunt's. They always went the short-cut through the meadows, and that way it was less than a mile; but on account of the recent rains Bob must take the pike this time. Now, about a mile from bis home, and just off tbe pike a little ways lived an old woman all alone in a tiny cottage on the banks of the creek. She was always cross, Bob thought, for when he came near her she would 3hake her cane; and he would hurry past. When he and his sister Nell went to school, they would always run past her house very quickly, for they were afraid of her. Now, little Bob didn't even know ber name, for his father had moved to-this farm only a short time before from another State. Her house was the only one be- ? tween his own home and his aunt's, ' and this afternoon when little Bob came in sight of it, he saw her a long way off waving her cane in the air. He started to turn and run back home, for he was very much fright ened. Then he remembered mother ' wanted that cough syrup for Baby Ruth, so he said to himself, "Robert Carter, you're ten years old, and you ought to be ashamed to be a frald cat." I So he marched bravely on, and as he got nearer he could hear the old lady"screaming and saw her cane wav ing in the air. He was more scared than ever, but he went on. Then lie saw that the waters of the creek had got up within a few inches of her loor, and she was calling: "Bobby Carter, Bobby Carter, run and tell pour uncle to come, or I shall be irowned." Now the heart of little Bob was good, and he was a bright child, so lie called back: "Don't be afraid; I'll run quick and tell him." I Then he ran as fast as his legs A **1.A Ulm nn/1 ennn Vii a llflflfl nvutei' murri?; mm ii buts natl ueeu In it she would have been drowned. She said that Bobby Carter saved her life. Mother Morris was a very fine old lady, but a little queer because she liked to live alone, and always shook lier cane at people when she wanted to talk with them and be friendly. She had a son, who was a rich farm er, and when he came to take her to ils beautiful home, he gave little Bob i handsome pony all for his very own. Everybody said that the heart of ittle Bob was good and kind, and :hat he was a brave boy.-Jeanette, n the Indiana Farmer, The Kind He Needed. Aunt Chloe was burdened with the lupport of a worthless husband, who beat her when he was sober and > vhom she dutifully nursed and tendr id when he came home bruised and >attered from a fighting spree. >. One Monday morning she appeared Lt the drug store and asked the clerk 'or a "right pow'ful liniment foh ichin' in de bones." "You might try some of this St, Peter's prescription, aunty, It's an I )ld and popular remedy. Cures cuts, ? jrulses, aches and sprains. One dol ar the bottle, Good for man and )east." t Aunt Chloe looked at the dollar , )ottle and then dubiously at her flat jurse. "Ain't yo' got some foh fifty ?ents?" she ventured-"some foh jes' >n'l beasts? Ah want it foh mah ol' nen."-United Presbyterian. Morals, Etc. A moral problem may sometimes >e got around by calling lt something ilse. With the tariff, for instance, ee have no serious difficulty, whore ve Insist on calling it an economic ?roblem merely. Many a man whose hand the tar if puts in his neighbor's pocket couldn't do anything immoral for he world; and when, by a judicious .nd timely confusion of terms, we nable such a man to stay in the ;ame and do his share for progress .nd prosperity, we achieve resulta f the most solidly profitable char cter. : The bane of the business, is of . ourse, those politicians, who are . horoughly selfish and who talk too , auch besides.-Puck. , Why Shirts Wear Out. It cannot be said that the use of lachinery in laundries has been re- t arded by the general public as an t nmixed blessing. We believe, how- { ver, that very much of the ill-feel- ] lg that exists should not be charged j 3 thc machinery, but to the careless i se of it, and probably also very j irgely to the use of the strong chem- 1 ?als which made their appearance e bout the same time as laundry ma- 1 hinery.-Engineering. \ 'J MISS EASTMAN, COMMISSIONER. Miss Chrystal Eastman, who has been appointed by Governor Hughes on the commission to inquire into the question of the employers' liability and the causes and effects of unem ployment, ls the only woman on f e commission. She is the daughter of the Rev. S. E. and the Rev. Annie S. Eastman, joint pastors ot Park Church,. Elmira, N. Y. She is a Vas sar graduate of the class of 1903 and later graduated from the New York Law School. Instead of taking up the practice of iaw on her graduation Miss Eastman began investigations for the Russell Sage Foundation. New York Press. CHANGE IN WOMEN'S DRESS. ' Now that the custom has become at least prevalent, if not yet popular In this country, of the restaurant, dinner and theatre gown being worn low, quite a marked change has taken place In woman's dress. The elabo rate high gown is now not nearly so smart as the gown cut V shape or square lu the neck and made with elbow sleeves. Many years ago the same style was called the correct dinner gown. Cut square or V shape, but never reall/ low, elbow sleeves, close fitting, were then the fashion also. Of late years the dinner gown has meant a gown cut on the same lines as a ball gown, and Indeed lt has been a difficult task to tell which it was. These same gowns are often to be seen in public restaurants and at the theatre, but conservative taste con tends thatv.they are inappropriate ana that the dinner gcwn of to-day ap parently more simple, but every bit as expensive, If lt is desired to have lt BO, ls far smarter and, if worn with a hat, Is much more becoming. It must surely be conceded, even by the lovers of the picturesque in dress, that a ball gown and a picture hat are so Incongruous as to produce a most unfavorable Impression. A square cut or V shape cut waist is, on the contrary, becoming, and the hat worn with it does not seem in appropriate, in truth. If the hat be well chosen this style of dress ls be comrag to almost any woman.-New Haven Register. Tapioca Pndding.-Ol cup of granulated sugar s will do), add grated nutn gether in a baking pan I: four hours, stirring frequ taking from the oven. Tl rice pudding made the sai SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. " le r We are mg ere Jet laces at the ?s where you have always been kindly treated. Great flaming posters catch the eyes of the unwary. Don't be "taken in" where things are being "just given away." Firms must meet expenses, pay rents and make a living. A good deal of shoe leather ls worn out hunting 99-cent stores. Cheap things are worth what you pay for them and no more. Don't be beguiled into the purchase of low priced granite ware for the range. It ls not well finished and those little lumps at the bottom soon make leaks and the vessel is done. If I were able I should always buy the best. I am however obliged to take a me dium grade, for I will not use the poorest, I am now wearing a rich, Justro-.i satin dress that I inherited, It was my mother's and has been in con Btant wear just-=-twenty-four years, It cost two dollars and a quarter a yard. It was money well Invested, for lt neither cracks nor grows "shiny" with uce,-Lillie Rice Stahl, In the Indiana Farmer, j SEVENTEENTH DYNASTY BELLE. The beauty secrets of an Egyptian belle buried 3650 years ago have been brought to light by Prof. Flin ders Petrie. He has been at work among the ruins of Memphis and Thebes for six months, one of his greatest achievements being the partial exploration of the Temple of Hathor, whose fame has been mod ernized in "The World's Desire," by Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang. The secrets of the Egyptian toilet are part of the spoils of time he has unearthed. Among the articles burled with this beauty of bygone centuries is ? i pot of pomatum which still retains its perfume. There are other arti lles whose use will be understood by :he well groomed woman of to-day. rh?re is jewelry in abundance, and ! ay the aid of imagim. ion Messrs. ; Flaggard and Lang would have less ; lifflculty to-day in painting female : oveliness of the time of Helen of : rroy than they had in their attempt :o recall the vision of beauty to which ;he Temple of Hathor was due. Chemists will analyze the pomatum; he toilet articles will be catalogued Dy etperts and in time will attract a jasslng lance from the visitor to the i 3rltlsh Museum. We read In the news of the day ;hat China in 1908 sent one hundred ;ons of human hair to the United States, which helps to explain the i uxurlance of tresses, switches, curls ind puffs on the heads of charming gromen and the demands that vanity still makes for the adornment of Deauty. The Egyptian belle of the ?evententh dynasty had so many traits in common with the women of to-day that the centuries that inter rene may almost be disregarded.-^ New York World. ALMOST STRAIGHT JJ AIR. It ls Interesting to watch the grad ual return to the simple coiffure. The! mass of puffs, the ornamental pompa-l dour and the wide bandeaux over the ears have modified In an' agreeable | manner. Many of the most fashionable i women constantly appear with their hair most simply dressed. The tight Marcel wave ls entirely out of fash ion. - The woman who cares about proper hair dresslns wears only two heavy, deep waves around the entire head. The pompadour has been flat for some time, but now lt is well lifted off the forehead. The fashion of J bringing the hair down to the eye brows ls considered in poor taste. The hair is brushed back from ears and temples. When one has an extra high forehead a little fringe ls worn, or the centre hair ls brought down to a slight point across the forehead. The immense rat worn around the back of the head and ears ls not In fashion br in good taste, although it is still worn by extremists. A small rat bas to be worn on many head?-' or the hat would slip down over the face. This is put across the back an inch or two up from the nape of the neck in order that lt may. support the loose Psychic knot. Wherever women are foregathered socially the best dressed ones adopt the simple coiffure. The hair shines with a soft lustre, the ondule is deep and natural looking, the temples are exposed and the Psyche knot is small. ? Those who can stand the coiffure parted In the centre with hair drawn back to a single knot, a la Langtry, should adopt lt.--Philadelphia Led* ger. . ^ FASHION NOTES. Sequins play a large part in fan decorations^ i Many coats are being lined with shantung. ? Military straps are among popular; sleeve trimmings. *~ The overskirt effect is seen mora and more as the season advances. - ? ae-half cup of pearl tapioca, one 7 ind two quarts of milk (skim milk / ?eg or vanilla to taste. Put all to- i a the oven. Gook slowly three or J ently. Let it brown nicely before als is even more delicious than the { ne way. Pongee hats matching pongee cos tumes are the proper thing for brlde=?' Some fancy sleeves have lacings and buttons carried up the entire length. Hats will not be so large later in the season, as a consequence of the change In method of hair dressing. Wide Hace is again used to Encircle" the armholes of a dress, often extend ing far enough into the dress to shape a lace bolero. . ; Lingerie waists made after the pretty Dutch neck model of wide bands of embroidery are among the newest models of the season. I A new correspondence paper haa white or colored hemstitched borders, like handkerchief hems, and the paper Is cross-barred like linen. Bags ot Irish linen are to be found everywhere, big enough to hold a handkerchief, a tiny bit of fancy; work or whatever milady desires to carry. ^ Old blue is a color In high favor, and beautiful effects may be obtained by blending two or three different shades with discreet introductions o? black. Gloves of silk and lisle open mesh" are both modish and comfortable. They are offered in black, white and colors, and are much cooler than the ordinary fabric kind. I Natural colored pongee makes BO me of the smartest hats to match; costumes of the material, the crown and part of the brim being embroid ered in the same color. I There is. a rage of shantungs and tussores in Paris, these materials be ing chosen" for gowns, coat suits, wraps, separate blouses, hat trim? mings and even handbags'. v > >; Resting, Not Sleeping^ "? took my pastels with me," said the artist who spent a week end with a frittnd in the country, "and did a paste! of the old negro who had been in the family for ages. Every time I got him to posing just right he went fast asleep. Then when I'd remon strate with a gentle poke he would rouse so polite, so courteous, bow and say: , " 'Yes, sah! Yes, sab! I's awake. I wa'n't asleep. I wus jes' a restin* mah eyes!' ? "Then he'd go fast asleep again. So finally I had to paint him like that, a nice chocolate color, nodding, with a big high light on his thick upper lip. Corking picture!"-New York Press. ? "7 True Thrift. "When visiting a certain town in the Midlands, " says a medical man, "I was told of an extraordinary inci dent wherein the main figure, an eco nomical housewife, exhibited, under trying circumstances, a trait quite characteristic of her. It seems that she had by mistake taken a quantity of poison-mercurial poison-the an tidote for which, as all should know, comprises the whites of eggs. When this antidote was being administered, the order for which the unfortunate lady had overhead, she managed to murmur, although almost uncon scious: 'Mary, Mary! Save the yolks tor the puddings!.' "^Tit-Bits.