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TNI ?MI.AD OP THE POET; biGa to di tk* world ?u gar la tU mmHi off AadtZi wind ia the woods ytapai t . . Mipar'l tone, l? tkt port eowtnetod thia mrkkiH hp 01 a mo aad * maid ud ? MM| Hp wn Mil mist ?u all ? ?ad the maid was a raaa al Ha aalactad the maUowaat words Bat. For ha had a book fall of A eonl-alance mate, aad a UMm lata. In a boaky dell, trfftkJwkSU Ba fait ha waa aiilii a regular beaut, ? poam that ana aaaaVr aprtaia to aaQ. With a mnaniag pine aad Mantine, Aad lowiag km aad ColumKne.' Aad blood-red viaa, incarnadine? A thin* ha waold sell for a dollar a line. Bat the poet's ideaa got tied in a knot, Aad the rhjraaa came wrong aad went to the bad; The whole thing sounded like infamous rot. And the poet knew well he waa going mad. For the lingering lights lay long o'er the lea, And the mate, wild moon waa made Queen o' the May, And the soft, sad sobs sang sweet from the sea To the dismal dusk of the dim, dark The sky-lark kissed the melodious herds. While the musing mermaids were shyly revealed? ? And the poet, he died ia a spasm of words. And they buried him out m the Potters Field. ?William A. Dyer, in Leslie's Monthly Magazine. THe Light of His Cyes. T was on a June Friday af ternoon, and the band of 1 the Garde Kepabllcaine 1 bad Just finished playing one of the popular marches, which set the toes of all the | little models sitting under the trees In the Luxembourg Gardens tnpplng sympathetically upon the gravel. Out on the broad walk near the pond passed to and fro the ceaseless stream of "types" which one meets With only In the Quarter, and very frequently even there Only on Friday afternoons. Above the palace flut tered flocks of pigeons which have made the gables and tlulals their home for years. "Truly, the palace would not be the same without pigeons," remarked a little model to her ami as she tripped gayly down the steps and passed across the sun-bathed path on their way to a shady corner on the further aide of the garden. But neither' bonnes, with fluttering ribbons and immense white aprons, nor overdressed nor uuderdressed chil dren bowling hoops and crowing, nor fluttering balloons on the end of the strings, nor artists, nor students, nor ?van the old soldiers with grissled mustaches and shuflllng footsteps, at tracted half so much attention as the blind younft man sitting beneath the ahade of one of the chestnuts, with the lovely, quietly dressed girl'at his side. "Ah!" said Dufayel, as he saw our glances rest questionably on these two, "there Is a sad history attached to him and to her, and yet why should 1 call It sad, for they love each other?" And Dufayel shrugged his shoul ders and smiled In a cynical way with (which, good-hearted chip tbat be was, he tried to deceive bis oest friends Into thinking him a misogynist. "That," he continued, "Is Andre De lorme, and sbe?once Suzanne, the pretty model at Colorossl'H?Is his (Wife. Yes, he is blind, aud that is the sadness of their history. Three years ago Andre was one of the most prom ising of the younger painters; every one thought that he was sure of a 'Bronze.' He worked hard and stud led hard, and except that be admired guzanne no one could accuse him of having any interests outside the pic ture he was painting. "One day?you will remember read ing about It?a great Are broke out at the back of the studios not far from the Gare do Mont Parnr.sse. We heard nothing of It at the studio until tho noise of the engines thundering by at the bottom of the street and the shouting and the blowing of horns told us that a Are was In progress. "Andre and half a dozcrt others has tily threw down their pnllets, put on their coats, dashed down the steep staircase out into the street, and then rushed away along the Boulevard to the place where the lire was. Before they could make their way through the crowd which thronged the end of the street, like a flash it came to sev* sral of us at onco that Suzanne on Tuesdays-It was s Tuesday-always sat to Jules Bonnard. "No one liked Jules?somehow we could not trust him?And therefore we were not much surprised fo gather from one of the crowd that Jules had made his escape from the studio at the first alarm of Are without giving much thought to Suzanne. "Soon there was a great outcry as the roof of one of the studios fell In .with a crash, and plumes of sparks snd smoke and flames darted sky ward. Not long, and snother shout, for Bonnard had sufficiently recov ered his nerve to say tbat there was a girl In his studio, thfe end of which was slready on lire. Andre dashed at him and shouted close to his face: " 'Is It 8ussnne?Is It Suzanne? Tell ms or I'll kill your "And thsn, Just as he was about to ?slss him by the throat, Bonnard ??sped out: ? 'Yes, it is 8uzanne.' "Andre Urged without a word, and tried la nto-l dowa tla auttw puM|? which to ??#t of tbo studioe from pMpU ?Nt throw! ag frultMt i to All oat light wo tfm one of tbo ponplm. It tilt to dMbod into tbo ?ti0o. #i rd*i now bandog forced bio any op tbo row itatrrarf In ^Ito of'the volume of moke which poorod doom It lalto tbo itodio bo mugtd to crawl, tboogb bo mooot woo tbo door opt* than flames roibcd ot blxn llko II?fy >pmpout^ **? "4<Mt Inside be itumbled upon Iftoat. wbo hod baldly thrown on tblogo In in endeavor to oocopo. aid tbo smoke. Ho bod daahed apotalro oo rapidly that tbo pomplori acnrcety realised what bo was doing until bo dlilppotred; bat they arrived in time to cotcb blm as bo ataggerod blindly oat of tbo stndlo, which to ? few min ute* bad become llko a flery furnace, holding Susanne In hli arms. "Except for imoke and- fright she was little the worae. But Andre! He. poor fellow, wai terribly burned?no doubt hl? face and bnmli had been licked by the flameo ere he discovered Suzanne. The doctor at the hoepttal garo little hope at flrat of hla recov ery. and ft usanne.waited anxiously day after day for any news that was good newi of him. And then when at length, one aunny day In the iprlng. he emerged from the hospital portal, with 8usanne lending him. and the kindly inrgson accompanying tbem to .the fiacre, we wbo waited to welcome blm back to the Quarter knew that be waa blind. MNo more would Andre Delorme be able to paint pictures, for alas!-a man cannot pslnt by touch aloce. But In the tenlerness of little Sussnne. whq works for both of them, and who econ omises with such cleverness ss to mske her friends marvel. It Is possible tbst Andre bas fourd something to compensate him. "Andre and Susanne may be aeen every Friday In fine weather sitting under the trees of the Luxembourg Gardena listening to the mualc. He with closed eyea and she with eyes that see for him all the brightness of the life around. She chattera and tells him wbo passes and who la talking to whom, and then she will read to him. and then, perhaps, she will walk up and down while telling him of the ap proach of this or that acquaintance. ."As one sees tbem together it is al most Impossible to realize, from An dre's face and expression, and Su zanne's gentle care, that the painter who was to have bad the 'Bronze' is blind. "But such," as Dufayal says, "is life in the Quarter." And Andre Is not to be pitied so much after all, for wtth little Susanne by bis side be has both the angel of their little apartment and "The Light of His Eyes."?CUve Holland. In Illus trated Bits. Two of m Klad. "People who lived In Providence. R. I., about forty years ago," aald Clar ence P. Alcoon, a white haired lawyer at the Oalt House laat night, "will re member an exemplary but somewhat eccentric grocer whose advertisements In the public journals were frequently of the most amusing character. I re member well that many of these ads were copied all over the country and excited a great deal of merriment. The grocer's nnme wns Jerry Dawkins. i "It chanced that'this same trades man frequently exhorted at public prayer meetings, and one evening he thus expressed bis belief in some doc trinal position he was assuming: " *1 am just as confident, brethren, that this is true as I njn that there Is flour In Alexandria?and that I know for certain, for I yesterday received from there a lot of 300 barrels of fresh superfine flour, w hich I will dispose of as low as any person In town.' Thin always reminds me of the In script ion I once saw on a tombstone near Paris. It r?ad: " 'Here rests the body of Antolne , aged. etc. His disconsolate wid ow still keeps the shop, No. 10 Rue Vive, where may be found a large and select assortment of gloves and hos iery.' "?Louisville Herald. Proof of Eirth'i Curvature. Although It was demonstrated more than 2000 years ago that the ^arth Is globular In form, there arc certain per sons who maintain that It Is flat. About thirty years ago a controversy on the subject waxed so hot that it was determined to put the matter tc direct experiment In order to settle the question once for all. The place chosen was near Bedford, England, where there is a straight six-mile stretch of water. At both ends and in the middle of this water post? were erected, each of the same definite height above the water level. Upon looking with a telescope along the tops of these posts It was clearly seen that the cr.ilre one overtopped the others by about feet, owing to the cur vature of t:.' surface of the earth. These expc-lments were recently re peated in it more scientific manner by H. Yule Oldham, who read a paper on the subject before the Glasgow meet ing of the British Association. The same result was obtained, with the Im portant difference that by the employ ment of a tele-photographic lens and camera the six-foot prominence of the middle post was recorded in an unmis takable manner. Saxonjr Trade Hrhonla. There are seven spcciul industrial schools In Raxony which have been founded for the sole purpose of train ing young men to become competent and skilful locksmiths and black smiths, With the exception of the school at Rossweln, these Institutions were all founded by the black smith and locksmith guilds In each town. Only hpprentlces who have passed through the public schools aro admitted. Karljr Kipotltlnni. The first exposition wss In Paris In 1798; the arst In England In 1928. and In America In New York In 1853. These were not International like the world's fair. The first of these was la London In 1861, , New York City.?Box pirated effects ere exceedingly fashionable and any *omblnation of tboee of full length irtth ahdrter tncka la aure to make a BL.OU8K OB BHIBT WAIhT. ?atlsfactory waist. The full length pleats give the long lines that always are desirable, while the shorter tucks provide becoming fulness. This very excellent model Is adapted to n wide range of materials, but 1s shown In white mercerized madras, the collar and cuffs being of the material, fin ished with fancy stitches. The back as broad soft rlbbee around the .high crown and i hip broad bow tcroaa the front A few WNrcn take kindly to string* of black velvet tied In a chic way under the left ear. but moat of ' poke* are stringtess. Summer suitings. which are to be come tailor Mde costumes. arc trimmed at present In many cases very Inexpensively with?Shantung silks. In contrasting colore. Dark blues and greens look,as smart aa poaslble upon both mixed and simple colored mate rials and npon shepherd plalda. In black and white. By trimming is meant a silk collar emplacement, poesl bly the fronts also of bolero or bodice, the cuff of the sleeves or s mere tab. It is by these color touches that many suits get their smartness. Flak Is la Agala. The household which hss cherished grandmother's old pinking iron may now bring forth the treasure and put It to good use. For all the ruchlngs employed so largely this sesson s pinked edge Is most effective, snd the Irons can be bought In scallops of vari ous sixes. Point d'esprlt frocks have ruchlngs of ribbons or pinked taffetas, hats are trimmed with pinked ruch ings and all the smartest petticoat* have pinked ruchlngs set on the flounces. la Black and WhIU. The vogue for blsck and white Is on* to encourage, when it can be carried out regardless of expense, for it cer A LATE DELTIQM BY MAY MflNTON. Jlustrated Is bloused slightly over the belt, but can be drawu down snugly whenever preferred. The waist consists of the fitted'lin ing, fronts aud back and Is fitted by means of shoulder and nnder-nrm ?earns. The effect of the box pleats is obtained by wide tucks which are turned one outward and one Inward in each group and the closing Is made in visibly at the centre front. The sleeves ire wide and full below the elbows, but tucked to fit snugly above, and are finished with straight cuffs. Tbc novel ?tock is a feature and Is adapted not to this waist alone but also to the sep arate ones which are always in de mand. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is fire and one-lialf yards twenty-one inches wltle, four yards twenty-seven inches wide, or three and one-eightli yards forty-four Inches wide. still In Favor, Black taffeta costumes, it was said in the early spring, and It was thought by the best authorities, would not be fashionable during the summer, as they were to be l>onght ready made at so many of the large department shops. Yet there hair been a succession of th* most charming designs furnished for black taffeta gowns.-and these have been made up in large numbers for women who know how to dress well. The skirts are trimmed with tucks or folds of the taffeta, with bands of embroidery or lace meltings. The waists are tuckcd or pleated, and have white lace yokes sml bands overlaid with embroidery or lace. Chirrings and cordlngs, such as were the delight of olden times, are most fashionable, says Harper's Bazar. Fok?* Bonnet* Again. The latest somersault of fashion Is to turn frout the lingerie hat, with Ita flopping brim of lace or fine embroid ery, to the old fashioned poke bonnet. A well dressed woman must have at least one poke In her hat box to wear with gowns having a downward droop from the shoulders, after the style seen in old daguerrotypes. This new poke, however, is modified and altogether charming. Very smnrt milliners did their host to Introduce the real 1H30 poke of Flor antlne straw with orchard truck orna mentation, but It was no go, an# In fltead woman has accepted a bonnet ?f band made satiny straw braid trimmed simply with a baud of very talnly wants doing well, or should not be done at all. Black Brussels lace posed upon white chiffon makes a de lightfully dalntj evening dress. N?|llRM With Bond Yoke. Tasteful negligees are among the de sirable things of life of which no wom an ever yet had too many. This ons Ih graceful, becoming and simple, with al, and can be made from a variety of materials. The round yoke, extended well over the shoulders, gives the broad line of fashion and the pointed sleeves take the long lines and folds that always are desirable. The model is made of white batiste, with the yoke of all over Valenciennes lace, banded with narrow folds of the mate rial and the sleeves edged with lace In sertion. but the design will be found admirable for soft silks and wool fab ric* as well as for washable ones. The negligee Is nmde with full fronts aiul back, that arc Joined to the yoke wide, full sleeves. As illustrated, If is closed by menus of ties of rlMmn, but buttons and buttonholes van be substituted if preferred. The quantity of material required foi the medium size is four and three fourth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three and three-eighth yards thlrty-twc inches wide, or two ami one-half yards NKOLIOKR WITH ROOMD TOKK. forty-four IiicIiom wide, with one-half yard of all-over lace and two and one* half yarda of Inaertlon to ?? il lustrated. WOMANlS REALM Lug* whit* picture hats, inset with lice and adorned with one large oe rrlch feather, are among the season's novelties. Melon pink la a new shade which ihonld be Intense enough to salt eren the present liking for vivid effects. It ts found In the cotton voiles, silks, ttc. A Vnr Hair ONontloa. an entirely new decoration for the hair consists of a couple of large flow ers on a narrow fillet. These are In tended to come on cach side of the hair In front. They are In brllllsnts. and the effect of the shsdows In the blos soms Is given by an lnlaj of cut rubles. "Mesdsmes," declared the political orator vehemently, "you cannot log ically, reasonably or consistently vote for Timothy J. Dunn for the office to which he saplres!** Which was all that was necessary to Insure Mr. Dunn's receiving an over whelming majority of the female vote at the regular election. Which also proves that a politician will resort to any means to secure votes for his candidate. A Owtm on BMaty, it Is the duty of every woman to make the best of herself. Certain de fects of complexion snd figure can easily be remedied. Physical exercise, frtsh sir snd good diet will work won ders with these, snd by the addition of a smart dressmaker, milliner and clever hair dresser many a plain girl has been transformed Into a pretty one. If a woman's nose is Inclined to ab sorb too much color and her cheeks too little no doubt a few Judicious dabs.of powder and rouge in the right places may be excusable. ^ H?r Brother's Of?NNl One of the smartest and'newest rain coats bears a striking likeness to a man's spring overcoat, with wide back and straight loose sleeves, put in with out any fulness. In tact. It might be mistaken for that garment, but for the fact that It has a belt across the back snd reaches to within ten Inches of the skirt edge. This Is the most recently ordained length for raincoats, it being found to draggle teas and keep the skirt quite as dry as the older full length sort Severe to mannlshnesa la the new raincoat. Mothers' Vocal DutlM. Mothers and those who have the education of children in their hands, ssys the London World, are chiefly re sponsible for our abuse of the English language and our elocutionary short comings. A mother should make it a special duty to correct every mistake in the sound of her child's voice and in Its choice of words; and If voice pro duction, the right pronunciation of words and distinct reading aloud were made part of a child's training we should soon become an Intelligible and musically voiced people. Unchecked, we shall ultimately bark. For Tlrad Feet. Many women suffer terribly from sensitive feet these hot days. Massage Is very soothing, and most chiropodists give it nowadays. The process is sim ple. The feet are first bathed in warm water, strongly impregnated with sea salt. Five to ten minutes of this, fol lowed by a dash of cold water, takes all the soreness out. The chiropodist then rubs In a pink paste, which looks very much like the paste used for facial massage in barber shops, aiul which consists principally of mutton tallow. Every l>one In the foot, from the lit tle toe to the an&le bone, Is squeezed, rubbed and patted. Persons who have tried the foot massage say It makes their shocB feel several sizes too small for them for twelve or fifteen hours afterward. H?r Afternoon Hut In tho afternoon the girl who Ik not athletic nnd sailor-hatted dons a hat of chip or leghorn. Such a hat it* one of the faintest tone of cinnamon, with a widely spreading brim and a very tall crown, draped round with scarfs of soft pale pink and blue satin, fin ished at the sides with roses, pink, blue and cream. To wear with a white embroidered muslin frock is another hat of the same type, built of lemon colored leghorn, the crown of which Is draped with pearl-strewn li re gauze, while at one side plumes of lilac uad lemon ostrich decorate the brim. Quite an appeclable number of hals are given gauze strings, such append ages finding their best place upon those hats that are very abruptly turned up ward from the brow In a far away Imi tation of the early Victorian bonnet. Boadolr Chat. Figured cotton damask Is the latest and smartest thing for slip cover*. The ground is light gray, with a nar row-twilled white Rtrlpc and a design of floral stripes of various colors. An American lady just back from Tokla has shown her admiration for tho Empire of the Rising Sun In calling ? little daughter barn there Japonlca. At ? dinner party the daughters of the host and hostess are taken in after all the other lady guests, the host lilm solf going In first with the principal lady guest, and the hostess last, ex cept when there are more gentlemen than lady guests; then they go Into the dining room Immediately behind the hostess. The recent occurrence of a fresh birthday for the Princess of Wales has I brought oat some gossip la England of the difference between the part played by the present Princess and that which fell to her predecessor. Queen Alexandra, when Princess, had to aupplement the activities of Queen Victoria. She was. In a manner. Vlce Queeo. In the new reign the Princess' role Is more like that of an understudy. Very few women can have any amount of self-respect if they can't work themselves up to the belief that they might have married somebody it they wanted to. comments an Eastern paper. The man who talks learnedly about the bad Industrisl conditions that force a woman to go ont and work for a salary thinks it is all right when she works much harder at home for him for a miserable pittance that be chooses to give her. Dissension in fsmllles often arises from a lack of mutual consideration among the members of the family. The "soft answer that turneth away wrath" la forgotten for the hasty reply, the unkind retort, that kindles the ire of lll-feellng, saya the Brooklyn Times. It la not the extreme type that in terests. It Is the blending of the Ideal and the practical. Give us the woman who, when necessity demands, can go ahead and work like a steam engine at any task that hsppens to be at hand and who, when time for dress ing comes can build ideals and sweet hopes and dig up tender memories as well as the next one. She's the right sort! Hats are either very large or exceed ingly small. Chameleon and opal colorings are favored in the taffeta silks. It seems to be a serious mistake not to invest in a silk waist suit The fichu may be made of the gown material and edged with lace. A collar band of real lace is the ap proved finish for thin blouses. The Monte Carlo toque is pointed, fruit trimmed and hung with lace. The sweet summer parasol must be made of the same stuff as your gown. A. little cape which forms a sleeve drapery marks the most distinctive gowns. Sleeves may be one large puff or a succession of puffs, only so they achieve largeness. Fine lace dyed to match the gown or coat in color Is the latest develop ment in sleeve frills. Have the soiled white lace waist dyed in gray or brown and get a veil ing skirt to match it. The tendency in light colors is to ward gray, heliotrope, almond green and pale golden yellow. !? asbion doth make piano lamp shades of us all, with her mandates of ruffles and again ruffles. Shoulder capes are numerous and ore novel in outline, giving excellent excuses for ornate effects. Linen laces In antique patterns, ma* crame and heavy Venise will be used for trimming linen costumes. Beautiful bags *nd purses come in white calfskin, with a monkey skin finish, which Is new this year. Old-fashioned net is revived "foi neckties. little scarfs and undersleevet with the prettiest possible results. Small white and colored roses, and laco, too, will be used for bows and other trimmings on straw und tuilo hats. Those long tics of white not which wind arouiul the neck and tie in a sofl bow In front launder well and ure be coming. Very striking are the new Colonial ties, high of tongue and heel, and dyoo green, purple or red, to uiatcb lbs frock. Ilound Dutch necks and shorl sleeves will distinguish the suinmet frock of tbe girl whose throat and arms are pretty. Checked silk shirt waist suits are trimmed with plain color silk pipings and cords. Just like those our grand mothers used. I'or applique lace the pine branefc with cone an J leaves has been adopted as a model and this pattern is much favored Ly the rarisian modiste. Sleeves of the coat order are retained for the severely plain Jackets, the fancy and p'eat<>d models being almost entirely confined to the dressy Etous. Milking Cow* by Electricity. In the newly invented German ap paratus for milking cows by electricity rubber hoods are attaehed to the ud der of the cow. These hoods are con nected with a vessel for receiving the milk by means of a rubber tube, froir which the air Is exhausted by meunr of the clectrieal device. It is claimed that the suction thus secured resem bles very closely the sucking of a calf and for this reason the row "lets down" her milk more freely than when milked by hand. It Is also claimed that abso lute cleanliness of milking of the milk may be secured when this method h employed. A UpUmt Rnnatnrlnm. The advantages of a far northern j climate In the treatment of coiisump i tlon having been established, It Is pro-! posed to establish a sanitarium at th* i farthest extremity of the Ofote Hall road In Lapland. This Is the mogf! northern Hue in the world. OUw PMd Olives and little sour picklee dry and cut in slices make food wiches. The bread li spread witfc butter mixed with anchovy pasta. Whites of four eggs; one cup three-quarters of a cup of batter; cup of sweet milk; three caps of stftatf floor:' one tea spoonful of baking paw der; flavoring to suit the taste. " %t\ Chocolate JrakaC Melted chocolate can be added to milk used to make Janket. then ceedlng as with plain Junket This deiicloua served with whipped cr< and the most delicate chocolate cua? tard than can be made. Three egg yolk* beaten, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon d? namon. flour. Make thick enough witV flour to roll very thin; cut in long, nar row strips, fry in hot fat; when dons dust with powdered sugar. TrlMl Brood. Cat slices of bread one-third inch thick; dip each slice into milk, then dip in beaten egg and fry in the frying pan In half butter and half dripping, turning as each slice browns; sprinkla with powdered sugar and serve hot. Wbtto Oooklee. Two-thirds cupful of melted butter, one and one-half cupfuls of sour cream, two cupfuls of sugar, soda and enough flour to roll out evenly. Have the materials cold and mis quickly, handling as little as possible. Flavor os desired. Babbit Flo. Skin and wash the rabbit and cut at Joints . nd place in a deep dish; take four slices mixed pork and one small onion, pepper and salt and one cup of water and sprinkle vith flour; make a crust and cover the dish over and bake in a moderate oven until done. Pickled Peon. Ten pounds pears, three pounds light brown sugar, one quart vinegar, one ounce cinnamon, one ounce ground cloves, one-quarter pound citron. Put all in together and boil until the pears are tender; strain the pears out and let the syrup boil hslf an hour longer. Apple Creotn. Peel and core tart apples, slice and weigh them, and to three pounds add one cupful of sugar; put these In a granite kettle with the grated rlnd and Juice of one lemon, two cloves and an inch piece of stick cinnamon; simmer slowly until the apples are tender; then run tbein through at strainer; scald one pint of fresh cream, mix with it the apple pulp and serve cold. Dot* Gems. Separate two eggs; sdd to the beaten yolks one cupful of milk; pour this over one and one-half cupfuls of en tire wheat flour and one tablespoonful of melted butter; beat well; then add one cupful of chopped dates, two tea spoonfuls of baking powder; stir lis half a cupful of bolted rice and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth; bake In greased geui puns half an hour. Beef Loaf, Have three pounds of round of beef chopped fine, add half n cupful of cracker crumbs, two egs beaten, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of salt, one-half teaspoon ful pepper, n little sigc and nutmeg If liked; mix well, pour into a lonf Ilk* bread,?sprinkle It with cracker crumby put bit* of butter over It, and put It In n Mouble baking pan and bake on? and one-quarter hours in a quick oven. .Aprl?-ot Compote. Take n doxen I'ne apricots, hnlv? them, remove tiie stones, crack them a lid blanch the kernels l>y pouring boiling water over them. Put three quarters of n pound of sugar Into a saucepan with r. pint and a half of water, and when it boils skim, lay i? the apricots and simmer gently for a few moments until the apricots ar? clear. Take the fruit out with a sklm< mer and arrange on a dish. When th? syrup Is cold pour over tlio fruit and put half a kernel upon each piece of apricot. Where the dried apricots ar? used an nlmotul blanched tnay be sub? stituted for the apricot pit and a tea* spoonful cf extract of almond added to the syrup. To remove grease spot* from wlilt* wash kooUs dampen with house am monia (full strength), cover with clean white blotting pnper ond Iron lightly. For (-loaning windows, mirror* nn<f nil Kins* articles nothing equals paste mnde of ntnmonla nnd whiting. Polish with crumpled elenn tissue pnper. Cheesecloth strips n yard wldo sewed over tho edge of the blanket and changed with the lied linen Insure cleanliness to the user und the blanket In hemming new tnhle linen If the edge Is slightly dampened with soapy water nfter the hem Is turned, the cloth when dry will be like soft linen to work on. The dellcnte housewife will And a bnmboo handled broom very comfort able to use since It is so light In weight. They cost no more than the heavy handled brooms. Tea, coffee or fruit stains can be eas ily removed from cotton or linen fabrlci? If butter Is thoroughly rubbed through the stain before the cloth Is put lata hot soapsuds.