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utterly Without fear
SESSEO OF THE FRENZY 0
DARING.
Romantic
Htruseln to Free Them»elTe«
From Spanluh Op|>re»»l<>«»—On Their
Hinooth, Round Ann* They Bear the
lll•urcellt•’ V Brand.
The women of the Philippine Isl
ands, like those of Cuba, are taking
an active part in the revolution
against the Spaniards. Indeed, it in
largely on account of the women that
the revolution exists, the indignities
offered them by the Spanish being the
Iasi drop which filled the cup of in
dignation to overflow. It is the old
story of cruelty and oppression which
has been repeated in each and every
one of the Spanish colonies since the
days of Christopher Columbus.
The population of the Philippines
is a mixed one. First, there are sev
eral native tribes, chief among which
are the Negritos, or African people,
as the Spanish call them. Those,
downtrodden for centuries, have re
treated to the wilderness, and play
small part in the revolt, except by
their readiness to give aid and odkn*
fort to the insurgents. There are
many Chinese, a number of Japanese,
and between 10,000 and 20,000 ~
peans—Dutch chiefly, English
10,000 and 20,000 Enro
i chiefly, English next,
with a sprinkling of all other nation
alities. The principal element in the
popnlation is, however, the Malay, a
a race of peculiar interest to the eth
nologist. Brave to recklessness, vin
dictive and revengeful, the Malay is
not unlike our own American Indian
at his best. He is hard to attach, bnt
when once won he is faithful unto
death. Passionately fond of his wife
ihlrow h 0 idolizes the woman
Hie Kegiment.” «er mother died
during her infancy,Tfcd the little girl
was adopted by Mr!\nd Mrs. Tauff-
Rei", of Manila, who reaped and edu
cated her. She becainb engaged to
Dr. Rizai, the Philippine hero, and
married him only a few days before be
was shot. The Spaniards forced her
to witness his execution, and she
vowed vengeance—a vow she has well
kept. Mme. Rizai declares that her
hnsband took no active part in the in-
snrrection, that his only offense was
sympathy /rith his people, and de
clares also that his execution was an
unprovoked and cofo-blooded murder.
The insurgents retaliate to the ut- i
most extent of their power for the bar- ,
baritien practised upon them by the j
Spanish soldiery. Each execution of
rebels by the Spanish has been fol
lowed by one of captives in insurgent
strongholds, a policy to which, prob
ably, is due the recent change on the
, part of the Spanish troops toward the
captive insurgents.
Meanwhile the insurgents, women
as well as men, are bound by a solemn
oath to “fight to the death for the
treedom of the Philippines; to show
no mercy to Spanish man or woman,
to count neither life nor property, nor
family ties, in the battle for national
liberty and the expulsion of the Span
iards.” The smooth, round
thesd women arc marked
NO COMPASS NEEDED.
Many XV ay* in Which the CarAlhfcl
Point* May Bo Fixed.
The many different methods to de
terminate the cardinal points while
tin* mount .in- i- ^ -
—
— — — - —» jh/vMUl*il WDllC OlV
the mountains, in both heavy timber
and small brush or upon the feature
less expanse of a great marsh, are
exceedingly numerous and reliable
enough for all practical pnrposes dur
ing an every-day life in the bush, un
less a very long journey is to be made,
which would make it necessary to hold
on a very fine point while making a
long distance.
VVe will first take notes
*— -
ferous
on the coni-
ous trees—pines, firs, spruce, ced-
, hemlocks, etc. The bark of these
is always lighter in color, harder
dryer on *''■* “
the south side of the tree,
while it is in color much darker, it is
also damnar *>-' J
and
also damper and often
mold ami moss
The
and
gnm
that
on
and children, .
whom he loves.
Travelers describe
handsome, vigorous
with large black
the women as
and intelligent,
eyes, clear olive
complexions, perfect teeth and satiny
black hair, of which they take excel
lent care. Daintily neat
persons, the daily bath
tion. They revel in ueiicate per-
fnmes, extracted from the flowers of
the islands, and tjieir sense of smell is
as acute as that of a slenthhound.
They allow the thnmbnail to grow very
long, which assists in playing on the
guitar, an accomplishment in which
in their
is an institn-
delicate
arms of
_ v HklKL iVVJXl by the V
brand of the halo—the mark of the in
surgents—and to the full, as forceful
the men, they are determined to
die rather than be slaves to the Span-
ish - 1
~ A
isn oppressors, under whose yoke they
and their foremothers have bowed so
long. Education has brought forth
the new woman in the Philippines as
elsewhere, and once more “Old Glory”
heralds freedom to the slave.
covered with
the north side,
oozes oat from the
wounds, knotholes, etc., is usually
hard and often of beautiful amber
color on the south side, while on the
I northern side it remains sticky longer)
I and gets covered with insects nn<
dirt, seldom drying ont to more tb
a dirty gray in color.
On large trees that have rongi
bark, especially during the fall an
winter months, the net and webs o;
insects spiders, etc., will always b
found in the crevice on the soul
side. A preponderance of the lar
will also be found
the River ot
“Assouan is
Nile.
We came to it
they excel.
When the
Spanish
4 * i rt H discovered the
islands they found them in the pos
session of Malays who had conquered
the Negritos, driving them back into
the wilderness, where they still live.
Many Chinese dwelt -
there
Kirypt.
the southern frontier
of Egypt, the teminus of the lower
' T â–  , And it looks like a terminus.
ou a lazy afternoon,”
writes G. W. Stevens, the well-known
African explorer, “too late for coffee,
too early for tea. The Nile, which
had been lazy, too, began to
signs of a current. We tied u}
bank of yellow sand; in front of us, to
the left, was a long line of palms with
white houses peeping from behind
them—Assouan. Beyond it a lofty
rise of rock—at least, it looks lofty in
Egypt—met the elevation of a rocky,
tree-grown island—Elephantine. Be
tween the two came down the
still fretting from the
show
up by a
branches ue round on tl
warmest or southern side of the treei
Also, the needles of all the abovi'
| mentioned trees are shorter, dryer a
' of a yellowish green on the southi
side, while they will be found long'
more slender and pliable, damper
the touch and darker green in co
on the north side. The
hemlocks, as if trying to ontdo
others, always bend their
tops of new growth toward • sov
eru sky.
The hardwood trees are eqnall
communicative, and have all the cl
acteristics, as far as regards t
trunks, of the coniferous trees, ex'
the absence of gums, but thi:
more than made up by the
growth of mold and mosses
very noticeable on the north
these trees.
| The edges of rocks, which ma t
I part of stupendous mountains,
| merely onnnaiv.— 1
“hands np.” Instead
11 grabbed my rifle and
hot at the crowd. One of
iers dropped, and I rushed
door daring the excitement
into the street. The soldiers
â– a*, shooting all the i me.
np the long street toward
je which leads across the
to the country. The soldiers
me, shooting as they ran.
nllets flew wild and did not
e, bat one poor old woman
led by a shot which was in
fer me. The soldiers who had
ttempted to capture me were
by reinforcements until there
t least 200 after me. When I
the bridge I turned and sent -a
of shots at the crowd, and
tarted across the bridge, which
g and narrow. Several times I
d around and fired at the sol <
who had attempted to follow mu
s the bridge, and I rather think
ed a few of them, for I saw some
I finally got np into the hills,
e I hid behind rocks and took a
more shots at the Spaniards,
n they gave up the chase, and I
t back to my men. I got my
rettes all right, but I am sorry
t the poor, innocent old woman
killed.”
mong the official Spanish reports
Madrid this adventure of the man
o wanted something to smoke is
ronicled as a great event of the
rly part of the war. According to
e Spanish historians, a large body
. insurgents entered the town of
uantanamo and, after a fierce fight
ith 200 soldiers, were driven back
to the hills.—New York Sun.
THE^REALM OF FASHION.
•HPl
Striking Outing Costume.
French plaid in tohes of blue, yel
low and creme and blaet cashmere is
here handsomely.‘combined by May
Manton, a soft quilling of mixed taffeta
•THE POWDER FOR WARSHIPS.
MISSES’ BLOUSE WAISi'.
was
China and
dwelt among them, and
a steady trade between
the Philippines in sugar,
tobacco and hemp. The Spanish took
possession, as was their way, and for
300 years have oppressed and mal
treated the unlucky mestizos, as they
called them. But the oenturies have
brought with them a large admixtare
of European blood, principally Span- - - iBPf ^
ish, into the Malay strain, increasing diWpjttp
their pride and revengeJalness, More- |
ove% thewitwestizos l> , —
river,
Cataract. It
narrowed between the two elbows of
rock, and turned a corner, so that it
looked as if Assouan were not only the
end of Egypt, bnt the end of the Nile.
<‘Iu a quarter of an hour I was in *
I V
_ away
dahabeah.
s v* t»*i uuur x was iii a-
boat, amid my packages, pulling
up stream for my friend’s
Lucky are the friends of my friend,
and Uis welcome always gives yon to
bel-eva he came to this particular cor-
B i£ to meet you. Now I was
f nights aboard his
|i '^Sfleen the sort of
** ^jends you up the
for the luxury
d to be*-’--" * ■
... - . . - — true
their conyiotioui jn whatever de-
Jb»e found,
one of
m
it
ye
m
to Europe**”
in, and still they havi
years patiently endurini;
heavy yoke. The oppression in Cuba
has been as nothing to that in the
Philippines. Everything is taxed to
the almost, and the slightest excuse
has sufficed for confiscating the entire
property of any man not under the
protection of a foreign government.
The native subject of Spain has abso
lutely no rights under the law, and
no matter what outrages he may suf
fer no mestizo can sue a Spaniard or
obtain legal redress. In Manila the
• poorer natives are employed as serv
ants, and to punish them for slight
offenses they are often tortured, some
times to death. Worst of all, if a
worthless Spaniard looks with covet-
* ous eyes ou the daughter of a mes-
d tizo the woman is at his mercy, and
‘ the father is powerless to protect her
and prevent a distasteful marriage.
It was this last outrage which pro
voked the revolt, and the women are
â– aid to have incited the men to this
step. Many of them are in the rebel
ranks fighting side by side with their
husbands and fathers, and it is said
that in a recent attack Innis, the
stronghold of the rebels, where two
Spanish colonels were among the
killed, one of them fell by the hand of
a woman—not by a rifle shot, but in
a hand-to-hand conflict, in which the
Amazon used the native weapon, the
polo.
These women have been described
as utterly without fear—possessed,
indeed, of the frenzy of daring told
of by travelers, as shown in the Ma
lay custom of “running amok.”
Reports all agree that the Amazon
leaders in the Philippine army are
rarely killed, their very recklessness
serving to protect them by striking
terror into the hearts of the Spaniards,
who regard them as possessed by some
uncanny sprite. On the other hand,
their daring inspires the insurgents
with confidence and they fight like
demons. 1
Mme. Rizai, who is prominent
among the rebel leaders, is believed by
the insnrgeuts to bear a charmed life.
8he herself, according to all accounts,
appears to be utterly devoid of fear,
not only risking her life readily in
battle, but when arrested and in peril
of speedy execution defying the Span
ish authorities to do their worst. This
last piece of daring is probably due to
the fact that she claims to be a Brit-
ish subject, and as snob dares the
Spaniards to touch her. Few women
have had so eventful and romantic a
career as this young widow, who is
still under thirty years of age.
Mme. Rizai was the daughter of
Dish parents. Her father was James
n, a sergeant in the British
She was born in the Victoria
ks at Hong Kong, and chris-
aocordingly “the Daughter of
deleterious
purely vegetabli
do uot weaken It
but by giving ton^FA
bowels greatly in^ at ~ t 7
rowloeks,
oars took
leather-skinned,
ihe bows, suddenly
I knew it at once
g; but to my horror the
whole cr^ joined in full-throated.
For half a dozen strokes they howled,
and then set lip one strident staccato
‘a-a-ah!’ which\is the cry they use in
this country to remind shirking camels
and donkeys of tyieir duty. Then for
another six strokes they howled; then
a-a-ah-d again to keep themselves np
to their work. ”—London Mail.
occasional cropping out
and there in the woods, or, per
some great bowlder alone by ih
silent witness of the glacial p
all alike testify to the effect o:
light and shade. The sanny sid
unusually be bare, or, at most,
of a h ii growth of harsh, dry
of mosses and that will grow
having the light, while the no:
side will be found damp and
and often covered with a lnx«
growth of soft, damp mosses tha
the shade, while ev
bear aloft beautifuj F and gn
waving ferns.
The forest floor
of hills, ridges, cln
big rocks, etc., is,
the footfall than o:
laces.
the sunnylide
ps of trees, Iwies
more noisy «der
the northeiyi^* 5
SmokelrM Fowtler Proven to Be the Bet
ter In Recent Conflict—How It I* Made.
The powder which propels the pro
jectiles is of two kinds—the smoke
less and the ordinary old-fashioued
powder. This country is just begin
ning to make the smokeless powder.
Most of the powder which it had on
hand when the war with Spain began
was of the old style, and Admirals
Dewey and Sampson have been using
it up gradnally in their work. At the
bombardment of San Juan in Porto
Rico and Santiago in Cuba the re
ports made distinct mention of the
fact that soon after the firing began
the ships were enveloped in clouds of
smoke which interfered materially
with the accnracy of aim and the rapid
ity of fire. The cruiser New Orleans,
however, had smokeless powder for
her projectiles, and special mention
was made in* all the reports of the
bombardment of Santiago that on
this account she was enabled to do
work that was almost as destructive
as that of a battleship.
Of course the old-time powder is
made of the usual ingredients, salt
petre, sulphur and charcoal, the char
coal being made of the choicest part
of willows. The product is mixed and
ground np and packed in the usual
way, and there is no secret as to its
preparation. The manufacture of
iW(ler ti which is ff 0 .VS | l
n harmonizing shades finishing the
idges of the revers, collar, neck and
vrista. An exceptionally pretty waist
ian be made from plain and plaid
gingham, with embroidery or lace
’rills for decoration, and if a loose or
sooler effect is desired the fitted lining
;an be omitted. The blonse is ar
ranged over a lining fitted with single-
anst darts, the other necessary seams
dosing in center-front. The vest has
leep tack# across the front, the top
being cut square and finished with
i band of plaid edged at the top with
ihe ribbon quilling.
The sailor color of plaid finishes the
■ \ O VV ’
i/i/ < * •
called forth thanks from Presid
Lincoln. Now that she is no Ion
able to practice her profession, it i
deemed proper to insure her rea»
able support for the remainder of 1
life.
A Sty pah Fancy WaUt.
A new fancy waist is of pearl taffe
Bands of velvet ribbon in deep ru
cross the front diagonally from shoulc
to waist line in oae direction. Fn
the other side of the waist correspoi
ing bands, which are of gold-embro
. ered galloon, cross the front. Tht
ruby and gold straps form diamom
The effect is somewhat startling, fc
. the result is an exceedingly handsoi
j garment. The sleeve puffs are trimm
with diamonds of the same garnitui
A Useful Cape.
While short capes are popular f
dressy wear, a great many long on
are worn—those that extend down tl
skirt to a point abont where the fing
tips would reach if the arms f<
straight at the sides. These, howere
are more useful capes. They a
much liked by ladies who go out
dressy waists and wish to avoid tl
conspicnonsness that attends the wea
ing of fanciful costumes on the etree
Authority on Cat I.ore,
Mrs. Lelami Morton is president i
the Chicago Cat Club. She is a w<
man of culture and is aa authority c
cat lore, and her cat parties are tb
marvel of the metropolis of the Wes
A woman of wealth, Mrs. Morton owd
prize cats valned as high as $2000.
A Brave Woman’* Reward.
Miss Ada Stark, a milkmaid of Next
m.
Flenty to Do.
“I thought you told me,
Wilaon,
that you intended to do business just
the same after you had moved into the
snburbs. I know you have plenty,
hut I always thought you one of those
men who insist upon dying in the
harness.” - * i
“You were right about it, my old
friend. I believed that it would be
impossible for me to avoid spending
®t least two or three tours a day on
change, but my time is completely
taken up and I haven’t looked at a
market report for a month. ”
“Wouldn’t believe it if any one else
told me. HoW; do you exist?”
“I am having young Dees set ont,
getting a garden ready, saperintend-
of a barn, watching
treet and having a
with the assessors,
that my property is
r it.”
all that off yonr
ing the bnildinV
them pave the
ooutinued kick l
who seem to this
worth all I paid L
“You’ll soon hi
hands. I was
left us permaneul
“Oh, I’ve only!
a Jersey cow, ape
two Berkshire pig
sides "
“Never mind,
and the kodak arel
tell the boys that
trade with you il
have three fads tl
busier than a coonk
Detroit Free Pressl
The Earth'* Lai
A curious and sll
the tautawa, a nine-1
home is in New Ze«
imitation saurian hi
of being tbe
created. He
ing to rocks or logs!
si rivers and laken
known to remain in <1
leotly motionlesa foil
How the creature man
s myoiery.
Avernge Ill-tS
The average amount
Wmani lile
lazieJ
is nsi
id you might have
immenced. I have
|ter pup, a tandem,
nd a kodak, be- ,
cow, the pnp
lough. I’ll jnst
all off so far as
inoernod. You
will keep yon
bee Dee.”—
1 Creature.
•h creature is
lizard, whose
The little
reputation
reatnre ever
found cling-
the shores
has been
isition per-
»y months.
, to exist is
Jwr.
18 nine di
sickness in
lut of the
re tU*n i^laces e
to the light of thd snn.
In an open comttry nearly
timber, clamps of VnsB bashes I
ing summer will furdish all the'
ditions found to ex^st among]
leaves of the trees, being
sensitive to light and shade
the monarchs of the wtpds. The 1
scape, green with moving grasses,!
beautiful to the eye, which feast< <
the countless number of wild ftowir
representing every form and
knoWn in the flowery kingdom,!
furnishes a reliable guide for 1c
the cardinal points, as most wild
ers, especially the long-stemj*
eties, hide their faces from
and, like the sunflower, tarn
southern sky.
FOUGHT 200 MEN FOR CIGARETf
Cuban Officer Went to a Town Filled
SpatiUh Soldier* to Oeta New bu|
During the early part of the Cuian
rebellion an officer in the patriot Mfy,
who is now in New York, want4 *
few packages of cigarettes, and
tain them wont openly into
held by the Spanish soldiers,
chased what he desired and safe
treated, holding at bay, single-ha
200 Spanish soldier* who at
to capture him.
This officer is Major Hen
Brooks, who recently came t
York from Jamaica, where he
recover from wounds recei’
battle. /
Major Brooks, whowas boi»n in tie
Province of Santiago de CubaUf Enp
lish parents, was among the first b
engage in the insurrection again*
Spain. When in command m tin
Caban forces around Guantanamo
which is abont fifty miles east d
Santiago de Cuba, be ran out <j
cigarettes, so he left his command it
charge of the next officer in rank ano
started for Guantanamo to get them.
He crossed the long bridge leading
into the city and proceeded to a cigar
store, which he knew. He had with
him his repeating rifle, his revolver
and the always present machete.
There were several hundred Spanish
soldiers quartered in the town, and
they had often attempted to capture
Brooks, but had always failed. In
telling of his adventure in Gnanta-
narno Major Brooks, when seen at the
offices of the Cuban delegation, said:
“Yes, I did have a little fun there.
You see I wanted some cigarettes and
decided to go after them. I got into
the town all right and entered the
cigar store. I placed my rifle on the
counter where it was handy and bought
what I wanted. Just after I had
placed the cigarettes in my pocket I
happened to look toward the door,
, there I saw a party of Spanish sol J
drawn up in line. They had t
I guns pointed at me, and their officer
1 said m Spanish the words which in
done secretly, altVouglT Ts' is
known generally how this kind of ex
plosive is made. Probably the best
known of the smokeless powders is
cordite. It is composed of nitro
glycerine, 58 per cent.; guncotton, 37
per cent.; vaseline, 5 per cent. The
nitro-glycerine is poni ed over the gun
cotton, and the two are kneaded into
a stiff paste; the vaseline is then added
to this compound and mixed with it.
The resultant is then pressed and
dried and cut into lengths,after which
it is called vordite. It is known as a
slow-burning powder, which means
that the full power of the charge of
powder is used upon the projectile be
fore it escapes from the gun. More
over, it is very economical as to
space. A full charge of ordinary pow
der in a 12-inch gun is about 300
pounds, while a cordite charge for the
same efficiency is about 170 pounds.
WAIST WITH BOLERO FRONTS.
Boll Fiflhtera Next to Royalty.
A nation, therefore, whose great
aport is ball fighting must be said to
linger still in remote and cruel times.
And ^pain is such a nation. Notwith
standing the great drain of the Caban
war, her people find plenty of means
to support this amusement. Nobody
in the nation commands such an in
come from his daily effort as a popular
bull slayer. Mazzantini, one of the
ost famous of these, earned 396,000
pesetas last year, it is said, or over
$78,000. He participated in sixty-six
fights and killed 163 bulls. Another
popular torfcero, Beverte, took part in
seventy-one fights during the year,
killed 100 bulls and earned 276,000
pesetas, or $55,200. These men stand
next to royalty itself in the popular
mind. No‘great singer, actor or ora
tor approaches th*m. They amuse the
pe vple with spectacles of blood.
That the sensibilities of such a peo
ple should be dulled to human as well
as brnte suffering can hardly be ques
tioned. The bull fight, like the gladi
atorial fight, cultivate* the brutal in
stincts, del r* hde* the value of human
life and m/. ; ;es men comparatively
crnel and i .Hnsible to misery in
others. We may thus turn to con
template the aDocions policy of exter
mination by slow starvation adopted
by the Spanish government in Cuba
under the guise of a war measure with
little wonder. It has been made tol
erable to the nation through the long
subjection of ball fighting. Such a
civilization belongs far in the past and
must crumble away—Springfield
[(Mass.) Republican.
Potatoes on the Cob.
R. L. Hudson of Delaware, Ohio,
discovered a curiosity on his farm in
.he shape of a potato vine which had
grown np through the centre of an
vld corncob. The vine had blossomed
at the upper *nd,—Cincinnati En
quirer.
neck and rolls back from the fronts in
prettily shaped lapels. The waist can
be finished with high neck and stand
ing collar, the pattern providing for
low square neck by perforated outline.
The two-seamed sleeves are of the
latest cut and size, the wrists being
banded with the plaid, and a halt of
the plaid is worn around the waist.
SDiking combinations of material and
color can be developed by this mode,
which is as suitable for wash fabrics
as fur wool or silk.
To make this waist for a girl of four
teen years one aud three-quarters
yards of material forty-four inches
wide will be required.
A Style That I* Generally Becoming.
Few styles are more generally be
coming, writes May Manton, than the
bolero fronts with fitted back. The
model shown in the large illnsDation
combines the two with a shirred front
and shallow yoke back, and can safely
be commended as to style and general
usefulness, in addition to which it
lends itself to economical catting and
remaking, as do all patterns which al
low of two or more materials. Innum
erable combinations of wool with silk,
and silk With chiffon or moasseline,
might be devised, bnt the illustration
ihown is of flowered chaltie, with fall
portion of liberty silk and ruching of
ribbon.
The foundation is a fitted lining
bat closes at the centre-front. On it
\re arranged the yoke and full front,
u which shirring are allowed,and over
hem the seamless back and jacket
:ronts. The shirred front is held in
place by the three bands, and closes
invisibly at the left shoulder and un-
ler-arm seam. At the neck is a high
itauding collar, also shirred. The
ileeves are two-seamed and snug-fit- j
ting to the shoulders, where there is j
* slight fulness which serves to sup- i
port the epaulets.
To cut this waist for a woman of
medium size five yards of material
twenty-two inches wide will be re
quired.
Dr. M:iry Walker’s Pension.
A bill has been passed by the House
sf Representatives ’ to increase Dr,
Mary Walker’s pension Dorn $12 to
$20 per month. This was done in con-
uderation of her advanced age and the
valuable service she rendered during
the last war, when she was not only a
lurae, but a skilled surgeon. She
went upon the battlefields and into
the hospitals, where her efficient work
port, England, recently received a re
ward of $15 for capturing a conviol
who was escaping from prison.
One of the Latest Skirt*.
The round waist with Dimmed front
and fancy sleeves makes a favorite
model for summer gowns. The cos
tume shown in the illustration combines
it with one of the latest skirts and ia
at once novel and chic. While the style
is in every way suited to challie and
light weight silks, as well as to wash
able staffs, it is here shown in figured
organdy made over a colored slip.
The foundation for the waist is •
fitted lining. On it are arranged the
seamless back, tbe fall fronts and the
shirred vest, the closing being effected
invisibly at the cenDe front beneath a
strip of laoe insertion. Bands of in
sertion trim both the front and back and
narrow frills finish all free edges. The
sleeves are two-seamed and are shirred
along the line of perforations shown in
the pattern then mounted upon fitted
linings. At the shoulders are laced
edged frills forming opsulettea.
The skirt is cat in five gores and fits
smoothly across the front and over the
hips with fulness at the back laid in
deep plaits. The flounce is circular in
shape and graduated in depth aud is in
cluded in the two front seams, so leav
ing the front plain. At the edge of the
skirt are two narrow ruffles. Bands of
LADIES SKIBT.
insertion finish the upper edge of the
flounce and run perpendicularly up
the front breadth.
To cut the skirt six yards of ma
terial thirty inches wide will be re-
quired.
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