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Edgefield Advertiser Published Weekly. EDGEFIELD. 8. C. NEWS QFTHEWEEK IN EPITOMIZED FORM THE LATEST HAPPENINGS OF llSfc PORTANCE TERSELY TOLD. EVENTS THROUGHOUT WORLD Mews of Greatest Interest From All Parta of the World Related In Paragraphe, Southern. Plans have been formulated to con duct an agricultural train through the sixteen states comprised in the ter ritory of th6 South, according to an announcement made by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, commissioner of the bureau Of agriculture of the congress. The railroads of the South and the United States department of agriculture will co-operate in the efforL It is sought by this enterprise to interpret the agricultural resources of the Southern states through papers prepared by ex perts and to exploit ihe pre-?minence of tha section. Approximately twenty million. gal Ions of liquors annually are shipped by express, principally from mail order houses, direct to consumers in pro hibition states. This startling fact .was developed in an inquiry conduct ed by the interstate commerce com mission into the proposed chances in express classifications, which remited in an advance of rates on packages containing liquors. The commission held that the express requirement that liquor containers should be packed in corrugated paper cartons was reason able; but that the charge for trans portation based upon arbitrary weights -eighteen pounds for a gallon of -whisky packed-was unreasonable and that the discrimination against stone jugs also was unreasonable. At Port Arthur, Texas, two lives were lost, half a dozen or more men ?were injured, some seriously, three oil barges and one tug burned to the wa ter's edge, about ten thousand barrels ?rf oil destroyed and two large ware houses and over five hundred feet of wharves burned in an explosion fol lowed by a disastrous fire in the Port Arthur harbor and water front. The loss Is estimated at about $300,000. Capt Frank Weber and a man who is as yet unidentified lost their lives Sn the explosion. General. Announcement in the newspapers that four prominent planters of Pulas ki county who were recently acquit pSr leo?--?3f-#eon%ge in the Unite.! States court in Macon, Ga., were to celebrate their acquittal on July fcurth with a big barbecue and that an invitation had been extended to the twelve ju rors to be the guests of honor, has provoked from Judge Emory Speer of the United States court a warning to the jurors not to attend. The judge takes the position that it is against the law to tamper with a jury. Albert Steele Dockery, a leading at torney of Rockingham, N. C., died af ter an illness of three weeks. Mr. Dockery was 35 years old, a young man of more than usual prominence, having represented his county m both houses of the state legislature He was attorney for several large corpo rations. Three weeks ago Mr. Dock ery was stricken with typhoid fever. This week pneumonia and jaundice de veloped and death resulted. He was the son of Gen. and Mrs. H. C. Dock ery of Rockingham. Rudolph Hering of New York, one of the speakers at the meeting of the American Medical association, said we have advanced to a point where the spreading of disease by sewage oin be prevented. "To accomplish this," he said, "we must first secure a substan tial separation of the solids from the liquids; secondly, secure construction that will remove the sewage complete ly; thirdly, we must secure a removal as rapidly as possible, and fourthly, treat each part with intelligent care.' The association is in session ai. Los angeles, Cal. John M. Whitman, vice president in charge of construction of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad and ono of the oldest railway officials in the coun try, is to retire from the service, so it has been announced in Chicago. Mr. Whitman is 74 years of age, and has been engaged in railroading and engi neering work continuously for 55 years of which the last 31 years have been devoted entirely to the service of the Northwestern. Mr. Whitman said he had no definite plans except to enjoy himself from now on. Porto Ricans in New York number ing more than three thousand have or ganized a club of their own, modeled after the social organizations of for mer residents of other states. It is called the. Porto Rico Aliance. The United States government will, 'issue its one-millionth patent for an invention on August 1 next Major Henry C. Davis of the United States marine corps and Mrs. Vestra Sherridge Braguire , San Francisco, were married in Wilmington, Del. Ma jor Davis and Mrs. Davis returned to Philadelphia and will later go to New York. President Fallieres asked Joseph Caillaux, the minister of finance in the Monis ministry, that retired re cently, to form a new cabinet. M. Calliaux said he would give a definite response later. Lorado Taft's colossal statue of an indian, which stands on a bluff above Rock river near Oregon, UL, has been completed and will be unveiled. Mr. Taft has been at work on the statue JOT the last three years. Its facial lineaments are those of Black Hawk, chief of the Iroquois, but it was the sculptor's idea to make the statue typ ical o? the North American Indians. Lawyers for the lumber con which are opposing the state's suit in allegations of being a u-oss-examlned John B. White < t-sas City, the trial of which h I begun in Jefferson City, Mo. was president of the Southen ( ber Manufacturers' asociation, j was changed to the Yellow Pin ufacturers' association, a d?fera the state's suit. W. K. Smith Louis, secretary of the Yellow Manufacturers' association, ape? the hearing under orders of S Commissioner Robert M. Re; with his records and correspoE by which Assistant Attorney G Akins expects to prove the I output was curtailed by a meet : the manufacturers in 1909. In spite of the threatening Harvard yard, at Cambridge, was alive with seniors in caj; gown, faculty members in their colored doctors' hoods and alua varying ages, who had return Cambridge to participate in the cises connected with the 275th o commencement. The commenci exercises began at 10:15 a. m. 'i ders' theater. #he comment speakers included Takiashl Koi of Monmouth, 111., candidate fo degree of master of arts. Realizing that the boll weevil menace that threatens the financi terests of the entire state, and ? ing that all business classes s. unite to counteract its encroach; members of the\Merchants and I facturers' association of Atlanta their endorsement to the corn plan. Two negroes were lynched in ion county, Georgia, as the resu the fury of crowds of Walton citi who sought to avenge the crimins saulting of a prominent white wc in this county some time ago. Allen, who was directly charged having committed the assault, hanged three miles out from S Circle, Ga. Later a crowd stormec Walton county jail at Monroe an< cured a negro named Joe Watts, cl ed with having acted suspicious a the home of Mr. Bud Haw, who ! in Blasingame's district, this coi Benjamin Appecillo, a blind bo; the leader of his class of more 1 ninety pupils in public school No. New York City, with an averag< 97 per cent, in all his studies, will enter DeWitt Clinton high sc next fall. The boy's ambition to become a >awyer. Since he been in No. 110 he has been the siding justice of the boys' repul He has heard the testimony and tenced the culprits for their den tion of duty and infraction of n of the republic. Washington. Irving C. Hart, formerly connec with the Charleston, S. C., postofl has been transferred to the Atla postoffice by Postmaster Gem Hitchcock, according to reports Washington from sources which believed to be authentic. He will ? ceed R. E. Barry of Atlanta, who n holds the ^position of superintend of mails at the Atlanta office, accc ing^?o/this story, and Mr. Barry i .Tie" given other work to do, the mat] of which has not yet been specifi A party traveling in a special < over the Southern railway left Wa ington for Atlanta and its destinati was the United States penitentia There were eight men in the pai convicted and sentenced for varie crimes against the government, left charge of Warden McKee and sevei guards. No sentence among the eig was for over two years, and nearly ? the sentences were around one ye and one day. With a continuation of the deba on the Canadian reciprocity bLl, t speech of Senator Cummins of lo\ was the fixed event of the senai Senator Borah of Idaho, whose spee< was interrupted by the storm th swept over the capitol, caused a qui? adjournment of the senate because tl proceedings could not be heard, e pected to continue his remarks if Cui mins yielded the floor. The sessic was figured as an anti-reciprocity dc from the Republican Insurgent stan point In a few days the screws will I applied to the senate Insurgent*; wt are preventing a vote on Cauadia reciprocity and they will be fore* to talk or vote. It has been decidr to hold early sessions and sit up lat? which program will keep La?ollett and his small but noisy band tolerabl busy. "I don't see any sense m le ting matters drift along as they ar now going,'' declared Senator Joh Sharp Williams. "The senate has a antiquated piece of machinery tha pays too much deference to senatoria courtesy. I am in favor of sittin? early and late and compelling sens tors to either talk or vote. The t>enat wants to pass the reciprocity bill with out amendment, and ought to Le pei mitted to do so. According to the census bureau'! forthcoming bulletin, 111, on cottoi production for 1910, the world's ero] last year was short of the quantity needed for the annual consumption. Justice Daniel T. Wright of the dis trict supreme court issued a ruh against Samuel Gompers, Frank Mor rison and John Mitschell, the laboi leaders, requiring them to show cause on July 17 why they should not be judged guilty of contempt of court This action followed the filing of the report of the special committee of at torneys appointed by Justice Wright to inquire into the matter of contempt proceedings in the Buck Stove and Range boycott case. Mr. Gompers ls president, Mr. Morrison secretary and Mr. Mitchell a vice president of the American Federation of Labor. A wave of economy is sweeping the country, according to figures of the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor, which disclose the fact that the Americana cut their imported champagne bill in two and adorned themselves with $7.? 000,000 worth of diamonds fewer dur ing the last eleven months than in tho sur^e period last >ear. At the same time the United States managed to increase its imports over the corre sponding period of 1910 by more than $145,000.000. NO CRUISE FOR 1 Nilli in COMMANDER MAKES STATEMENT -COMPLICATIONS RECENTLY AROSE. PLANNED EXTENDED CRUISE Government Declines to Pay Expenses to Where Embarkation Will Take Place So Militiamen Decide to .Stay Home. Columbia.-According to a state ment made by Lieut Commander DuBos, of the South Carolina Naval Militia, the members of the ?aval militia in this state will not make an annual cruise this season owing to complications which have arisen dur ing the recent past. It had been the intention of the members of this di vision of Uncle Sam's reserve army to make an extended cruise this year, but their hopes have been blasted through an order of the navy depart i ment ordering them to embark on board the cruising vessel to which they had been assigned at Norfolk, instead of Charleston. As the Gov ernment refused to pay the expense of the sailors to and from Norfolk, the South Carolina Naval Militia boys decided that they would ?o without the annual cruise this year. Graduation of Blind and Deaf Pupils. Between 4,000 and 5,000 visitors went to Cedar Springs for the com mencement exercises at the Institute for the Deaf and Blind. They went in automobiles, buggies and wagons, coming from all parts of this county, from Un'jr. and Laurens. Seven pu pils were graduated, two blind girls, three blind boys, and two deaf mute boys. They were: Miss Maude Teresa Bledsoe of Saluda county, Miss Mary Teresa Lee of Union county, Lewis Read Gregory of Hampton, Bemos Solomon Jones of Greenwood county, Sar-.uel Henry Norton of Williams burg county, Olen Clark Edwards of Saluda county, and John Boyd James of Union county. Will Start on Drainage Work. According to an announcement made at Columbia by Mr. Reed Whit ford, engineer of the county drain age and sanitary commission, a work ing party will soon be placed in the field, whose duty will be confined strictly to drainage propositions. This party will first start operations in St. Andrew's Parish, where the canals and ditches previously excavated will be thoroughly cleaned out in order that the summer rains may be drain ed off as rapidly as possible. In this way stagnation of water will be pre vented as. well as the spread of the mosquito and malaria fever. The diainage work will be carried on where most needed continuously dur ing the seasons best suited for field operations of this character. Municipal Ownership is Discussed. One of the most enthusiastic mass i meetings ever held in Kershaw coun ty was held in Camden at the court house, and the subject of municipal ownership discussed. Between 200 and 300 of Camden's business men were present. W. Bratton De Loach of the local bar was elected chair man. Mr. De Loach introduced A. J. Sproles of Greenwood, who is con sidered an authority on the subject of municipal ownership of water and light plants. Mr. Sproles told of the success that the Greenwood plant had met with and said that Camden could be as successful. The following citi zens made short talks, all of them favoring the city owning its plant: David Wolfe, W. J. Dunn, Mr. Ed wards, Robin Zemp. Those speaking against it were: Mr. Brasington, J. J. Cogdale, I. C. Hough, F. M. Zemp and L. A. Wittikowsky, city attorney. W. j Bratton De Loach made an excellent i speech, showing the feasibility of municipal ownership. Capt. M. L. Smith followed Mr. De Loach, and told of the stumbling blocks that the city would have to overcome in get ting control of the stuatiou. Sudden Death of Judge Townsend. Judge D. A. Townsend died sud denly in Union, 'udge Townsend has been in declining health for a year or two. Recently he retired from bus iness and for the last few days has been confined to his room, but his friends were not prepared for his death, and the new3 came as a shock to the community in which he was universally regarded as distinctly a man of high character. Since his re tirement from the bench about four years ago, Judge Townsend has un til a few weeks ago practiced law. Inspects South Carolina Reserves. Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore, of Colum bia, was in the city for the purpose of inspecting the first division of South Carolina Naval Reserves, the inspection taking place in the Lafay ette Artillery Hall, on King street. The naval militia companies, about fifty strong, were thoroughly inspect ed by Gen. Moore for the first time In a number of years. Gen. Moore in spected the Mount Pleasant division of reserves and the Georgetown di vision. The Beaufort division will be Inspected Monday, July 3. Before Ways and Means. The proposition to acquire a large part of the Cooper River water front for the City of Charleston took a new turn when Mayor Rhett reported to the joint committee of ways and means and port and harbor improve ment that he had held a conference with officials of the Clyde Line in New York, and that the line had come forward with a definite offer to pur chase either from the city or from the Charleston Terminal Company the .water front property, which it now holds under lease. FORESTS TO BE REPLANTED Government Foresters Are Making a Careful Study With View to Re placing Cut-Over Woodlands. Charleston.-Dr. Johannes Zon, of tlie forestry department In Washing ton, and Prof. H. W. Varre, in charge of the forestry work at Clemson Col lege, two experts with a wide r?sil iation, have been in Charleston and its vicinity during the past few days for the purpose of conducting experi ments and making observations with regard to the replanting of so-called cut-over land with trees of every de scription. The experts left the city for their respective homes, and will later sub mit a report of their investigations to the forestry department in Washing ton. They expressed themselves as highly satisfied with the result of the visit here. The two visitors were shown over some of the reclaimed land areas in the section of country north of the city by Engineer Reid Whitford and Capt. S. G. Stoney, of the county drainage and sanitary com mission. Dr. Zon and Prof. Varre spent one day at the Government experimental station at Summerville, where they arranged for the maintenance of a small area on which will be planted pine saplings of every description. These young trees will be carefully studied from time to time. Their growth and general progress will be noted with a view of ascertaining just how loDg it will take to resupply any cut-over area with timber. The situ ation was studied carefully by the two experts. Plans are also under way for the establishment of a similar station on Capt Stoney's plantation near Goose Creek. Commission Orders Better Service. An order issued by the railroad commission of South Carolina re quires the Northwestern railroad of South Carolina to make general im provements along its line. The com plaint in the case was filed by the chamber of commerce of Camden and several hearings were held. The or der of the commission requires the road to install a telegraph or tele phone system along its line. The following is the order of the commission: "On April 22, 1911, the citizens of Camden filed a complaint with the railroad commission against the Northwestern railroad of South Car olina, charging insufficient service and praying for relief. A date was appointed for a hearing upon this matter at Camden, and on May 20, 1911, all parties Interested were heard by the commission, and the evidence taken stenographically and is upon file in the commission's office. After the taking of the evidence a date for the hearing of arguments by plaintiffs' and defendants' attorneys was postponed until June 22, 1911, and upon that date L. A. Wittkow sky, for the citizens of Camden, and J. B. S. Lyles, for ib^Nprthwestern railroad of South t^HSlina, were heard. After herrrinjJPW^^lyi con sidering the evidence ano^Pe argu ments submitted in this case, it is the decision of the commission that the charges preferred by the petitioners in this case have been largely sus? fained. Are to Try Out Service. Local business men have brought about a long wished for improvement and one that benefits not only Sum ter but all the central portion of the state adjacent to the Atlantic Coast Line from Charleston through Colum bia to Greenville. Vice President Kenly announc?s that he will oper ate Pullman cars with buffet service cn the Charleston-Sumter-Columbia Greenville train. After the train leaves Columbia going north it is no longer cn Atlantic Coast Line tracks, but goes over the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens. It is not doubted, how ever, that this line will continue the Pullman from Columbia to Greenville. The chief need of this car is that the train leaves Charleston too early in the morning for breakfast and re turning reaches there too late at night for supper, so that travelers are in commoded. Between Columbia and Greenville the dinner hour is passed, so that again travelers must go hun gry. Efforts have been made once or twice before to secure this car but without result. The service Is or dered as a trial till January. Marine Officer Back at Navy Yard. Lieut Col. Ben Heband Fuller, United States marine corps, bas re turned to the Charleston Navy Yard from duty in the Gulf of Mexico and has once more resumed command of the marine barracks at this post. It was feared for a time that Col. Fuller might be absent from Charleston three months, thus becoming auto matically detached from service here, but he has returned from Guanta namo well within the three months. Ke left here about the same time as the body of marines did. Meeting of Cotton Seed Crushers. The general condition of the cotton seed industry in this state was dis cussed at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Cotton seed Crushers' association. A large number of cot ton seed men were present. An ex ecutive session was held at which time reports were made by the vari ous officials. At an executive session committees were named to attend to various matters in connection with the association. The members of the association were given a barbecue which was greatly enjoyed. County Club Held Meeting. At a special meeting of the mem bers of Ridgewood Country club, the bond issue of $30,000, authorized at the meeting on May 15, was duly rat ified and the president and secretary treasurer were authorized to prepare and deliver the bonds. In order that the club may own its club house /?nd grounds the members recently de termined to purchase, through Edwin W. Robertson of the Public Service corporation, the present club house ard 171-2 acres of land, embracing five golf greens. ALFALFA IN SOUTH MANY FARMERS HAVE BEEN MAKING PLANTINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS Difficulties of the First Year Are De scribed in a Letter to A. G. Smith of the United States Department of Agriculture. Columbia.-There are possibilities with alfalfa in South Carolina. Many farmers have been making plantings in the last three or four years, and some have obtained satisfactory re sults. Many who have made failures have done so because they have not known how to plant the crop prop erly. It is not yet fully determined whether alfalfa will be an economic success in this state, but in view of the importation of hay and the wonderful results that have been ob tained in Western States, it is well worth a trial by any careful farmer. A. G. Smith, scientific assistant of the United States department of agricul ture, has been doing work- with al falfa, and where his directions for planting have been carefully fol lowed, good results have uniformly been obtained. Any one desiring specific directions for planting alfalfa can obtain them by writing bim at Columbia. Aiding Southern Commercial Congress Washington, D. C., June.-Under the direction of the Southern Com mercial Congress, a "Greater Prince George League" was organized in Di9 putanta, Prince George County, Vir ginia. The purposes of the new lea gue are to unite the progressive forces of the county for local development Bohemian and German immigration are to be encouraged, and committees of the league will immediately begin to push forward road improvements, and attempt to center public atten tion on the agricultural, school, trans portation and sanitary needs of the county. The league is affiliated with the Southern Commercial Congress, nnd will do for Prince George County what the Congress, as a national movement, is doing for the whole South. The "Greater Prince George League" is the first of its kind to be organized in Virginia, and owes its success to the County Board of Supervisors, through which the pre liminaries were conducted with the Southern Commercial Congress, and the Prince George Business Men's Association.- After a conference be tween the Southern Commercial Con gress and the Board of Supervisors late in April, a joint meeting of the Board of Supervisors, with a select committee composed of two citizens from each of the five county districts, the Prince George Business Man's As sociation and the Southern 'Commer cial Congress was arranged for Juiie 23d in Disputanta. At this meeting, the Southern Commercial Congress was represented by LeRoy Hodges, Commissioner of Immigration, who outlined the new work of the league, and discussed the labor and immigra tion needs of the county. Mr. Thomas Temple, a proimnent attorney of the county, was elected President of the League; Mr. R. B. Batte, a member of the Board of Supervisors, vice president, and Mr. John Kolar, a lead ing business man, Secretary and Treasurer. An executive committee was elected competed of the officers, with the president as Chairman, and three men from each county districts. A mass meeting of the citizens of Prince George is to be called later in the year to perfect a permanent or ganization, at which time a number of prominent men will speak, includ ing the Governor of Virginia, officials of the Southern Commercial Congress and Government officials. Maysville.-Crop conditions in this section are reported to be very en couraging and better than several sea sons past in. many instances. The re cent rains are keeping the farmers busy with the grass in some places, but the crops are growing rapidly, and every condition points to a good harvest year. Col. Dickinson's Bodyguard. Camden.-James Lang, an aged ne gro, died here after a long illness. Lang was well known and respected by everybody in Camden, white and colored. He was well known from the fact that he was Col. James Polk, : Dickenson's body servant, during the Mexican war. When Col. Dickenson died it was Lang who brought back the body to Camden, the home of J Col. Dickenson. Lang played an im portant part in the unveiling of the Dickenson monument here some years ago. Hotel Company Es Organized. Sumter.-At a meeting of those sub scribing stock to the proposed hotel held in the office of Mr. L. D. Jen nings, the chairman of the committee appointed from the Chamber of Com merce to secure a hotel for Sumter, the stockholders elected a board of directors for the corporation and se lected a site for the hotel. The lot selected as the site of the hotel is on the corner of Liberty and Sumter streets, and the hot il will face Liberty street. The lot sold for $140 a front foot, making a total cost of $lb,600. A Terrific Storm in This Section. Florence.-This city and section was visited by a very severe storm and for a time put the telephones, telegraph and electric light people out of business. The storm broke over the city shortly after the noon hour, and the rain and wind continued until after 5 o'clock, almost incess. ?tly. The lightning was fearfully vivid, zig zag and blinding, and the thunder was the heaviest that we have experienced for months. The growing crops were badly blown about. For the I THE little miss has a much wider choice in hcts than she had a few years ago. Since it becane the fashion to copy shares made for grown-ups, in small sizes, for young heads, children's millinery has become much more interesting to the pur chaser and much less taxing in ita demands on the milliner. The variety in shapes makes it possible, also, to suit the child's individual style. Two good designs are shown here, suitable for girls from about 8 to 16 years old. They are made on the familiar bell and helmet shapes and only differ from these shapes made for grown people, in the matter of size. The bell-shaped hat appears to be covered with silk, but would be just as effective In a braid. It is cov ered with rows of fine-meshed lace, alternating with motifs -In flower forms made of braid. The petals of each motif is filled with a figured net < A wreath of small ribbon roses, set in millinery foliage and showing more buds than blossoms, is divided and placed part on the upper right brim and the under left brim. The design is particularly good for girls who wear curie White is the color chosen In this model, but any pale tint is pretty. GRACEFUL GOWN. This ls of soft satin draped w<th Ninon-de-soie of the same color, and trimmed with lace and satin bands. Tho hat ls of tegal straw trimmed with roses. Smart Little Contrivance. One of the best dressed women in New York has just returned from Paris with a smart little contrivance to wear inside the coats that are lined with a color or with black, so that the somber effect will be relieved for warm days and pretty lingerie waists will not be stained. The contrivance is a little batiste bolero, with elbow sleeves finished all around with a row of lace slightly frilled on the edge of an inserting of the same kind of lace. This is tacked iu lightly gt neck edge and armholes, and a shield may be put in the coat armholes before it ls adjusted, as the material is not ex tremely sheer. Other Velvet Accessories. Velvet ornaments summer raiment In the way of Swiss embroidered or openworked linen, muslin or cambric dresses, more often than not charm ingly worked In floral sprays and de signs, with mercerized cotton, that looks remarkably like silk. A velvet sash and groups of small velvet but tons make an effective trimming, and complete a summer frock most daintily. little Miss A light blue braid of straw covers the helmet shape, chown in the second picture. A band of rose petals, made of ribbon In a slightly darker shade of blue, is laid about the base of the crown, finished with a fiat rosette at the front, made of the same petals. A short, fluffy, "made" quill in dark and Iridescent feathers ls posed at the left front of the hat, and may be dispensed with when the hat ls made for a very young girl. The same de sign is pretty with small flowers set in the ribbon band at intervals or with, four rosettes like that at the front, dividing the band into four lengths. These little 3hapes stay on well and provide some shade for the eyes. Wide-brimmed Leghorns and other straws are never out of fashion and probably never will be. Lace bonnets with simple outlines and fluffy lace hats are worn every year. The lingerie hats made cf embroideries and of flowered fabrics like dimity and cre tonne are ideal for. misses, made In simple, yquthful fashion. The time has gone by when it was hard to choose a hat for the little girl or young miss. She is sure to be pleased among the many styles that the de signers of millinery have this season made for her. GOWNS FOR THE SUMMER Wide Choice of Colors Is Allowed for the Costumes of the Pre- ' vailing Season. Gowns of liberty satin are practical as well as effective, and quite as many colored as black ones are made, while the same can be said of the soft-flnlshed taffeta silks. Many of these gowns have jackets to match, but there is always a waist to match the skirt, fashioned in such manner that the appearance is given of a one-piece gown. This style is per fectly possible on warm days as well, as cool, for yoke and sleeves may be of transparent material. Extremely practical, also, are the coat-and-skirt costumes for cool days. In plain color, with trimmings of striped black and white, there is quite a new model with which is worn a' lace waist of white over the color of the gown. It ls of filet and Irish lace combined. It is not necessary that real lace be used to carry out tho model satisfactorily, for there never was a time when so many effective' imitation laces could be bought at such low prices.-Harper's Bazar. Restoring Faded Flowers. One may freshen faded artificial flowers by retlnting them with water colors. After they are tinted, curl the petals again with the blunt side of a case knife. Notice how the petals curl back be fore tinting them and then curl in a similar manner and do not apply the paints too wet or it will be impossible to obtain good results. This is the best home method of restoring flowera that have become faded. Summer Town Gowns. Gauze, marquisette, gingham, and, in fact, every fashionable weave, is considered smarter this year in stripes than figured, dotted, or any fancy de signs. Unquestionably stripes give slender lines, but they must be used with judgment and the width must be governed primarily by the height of the wearer. A short woman should never adopt a wide stripe pattern, and a young girl must remember that a gown with wide stripes will add many years to her appearance.-Harper's Bazar. Rice Fritters. Beat two eggs until thoroughly broken, then add one pint of milk, one fourth teaspoon salt, one tablespoonful melted butter, two level teaspoonful? of baking powder, one pint cooked rice, grated rind ax i juice of half a lemon, and flour enough to hold the mixture into a deep batter. Drop by dessert spoonfuls into smoking hot fat, and when the fritters float and are deli cately browned remove to a brown, plain paper; dust with pulverised sug ar when ready to serve.