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The Elements of Su&cess Concentration and an Optimistic Tempera > tfient are Afecessary. By Sir Jilfrmd Harnuworth. LL tknagk the world today there are mililonsoC jovas M? wondcrlsg how they in lo obtain ituten. la mm measure good fortune^is. o t course, possible to ?T*7 ?n who reads mjr words and is blessed with health. ?11 cannot be equally prosperous in their attain;, but every one can naahe some kind of mark. But not alone the old roads. Education all over the world ? I do not say the boot adu? cation, but the kind that maker mousy.? -la Increasing. .... . Am a mult brains work mora rapidly, though perhaps not as thoroughly as QMr did In tbs past. Altlvs minds ars breaking away from tradltkm and mak tag f octanes. In many cases, by an actual rerersal of the policy of their fore It is not* in my opinion ? and I base my statement on knowledge of suo* MHful men* In many lands ? the young man who seeks an appointment In an old-fashioned store and settles down to the humdrum work of doing hie duty MM neoeeearlly makes a fortune. Hmts are thousands of men In this and every other city who are trying to make fortunes that way and never will. It is the man who goes Into the store ?ad teaches his employer to sell new kinds of goods In new kinds of ways who eventually beoom^e strong enough to enforce his demands to a share of that ?hop or some other shop. Bat he must be well all the time In body, so that his mind may devote It ?elf to the great secret of succees ? concentration. fortunes may come to great gamblers now and then, and such disastrous examples do, 1 know, disturb the minds of young men. And every venture In life Is, I admit, a little of a gamble. But after all It la concentration of pur pose that Is the backbone of nil success in the world, whether it be that of the poet or the pork packer. The man who has cultivated the habit of concentra tion looks around every propoeltion so thoroughly that he Is n6t, ss a rule, giv en to buying gold bricks. The gambler not only buys thsm, but seeks them. Witness the disastrous itwy of the combine of the shipbuilding yards of this country. We have plenty at gamblers on our aide of the Atlantic, but we do not as a rule, as yet, ?amble In industries, and I hope we never shall. After concentration has brought about the Initial success, optimism of temperament Is necessary. It does much to carry with It those who are ?round one and brings with It that leadership which then becomes essential. When Ferdinand do Lesseps began to talk of cutting the Suez Canal no ??e believed him, and as a matter of fact, aa he himself confessed, he was on the wrong *vack at first But gradually his forceful optimism persuaded Indi vidual after Individual, and then nation after nation, that the thing could and ?hould be done, and It wns done, deeplte the belief of great engineers that the task was Impossible. Hie career is an Ideal one to study from the point of view of one seeking success. He did n new thing In a new way, and he con centrated his whole existence on It Itls the- study of that kind of life that I suggest to those who are looking lor fortunes. Get rich quick Is more dangerous even than idle pipe dreaming. Concentration and new methods are winners every time.* Apparitions After Death By Jindrew Lang. OW are we to explain apparitions of the dead? The evidence for these was much less copious, and, necessarily, much less satisfactory. No coincident crisis in the affairs of the dead could, of course, be detected, as in the case of the living, ?sain, even If we grant that telepathy between the living is a fact In nature, a ghost of the dead can hardly hope to prove his Identity. ^ t?ltt a cam: A young American commercial traveler ?lone in his room at a hotel, suddenly saw hi* dead sister ?caaaiag DMU6 Mm. H? roM to embrace her, but she fled like the shsdo ot ?he mother of Odjuwa 1b Homer. He went to hts distant home, and told his OiMta, ad dim* that on the cheek of his sister there was a scrstch which he had not seen In her lifetime. The mother explained that in arranging, when akme, flower* around the dead body of the sister In the colfln. she had accl dentally scratched the face, but ooncealed the mark with powder. Now, If telepathy exists, the mother, brooding over the memory of the daughter, might transmit the whole vision of the dead, scratch and all, to the mind of her distant son. ? Harper's Magazine. The Voice As a Source of Revenue By Ella Morris Kr*tschmar. NLT recently from a handsome and well-educated chorus girl I learned something about the voice as a source of revenue in a city. The requirements of choir positions arc first, a voice of superior quality and volume; second, training, and third, ability to read at sight Qualified, for a choir position, the chances for securing one are forlornly remote, there be ing dozens of applicants for every possible place., -^ferlor engagements fall to the lot of only a rare few, .wfclle concert engagements are, of course, out of the Question for All but vmcen or extraordinary quality. For a girl with a voice of really excellent quality and fair training, the only opening seems to be the chorus of light and grand opera. For the latter, voice Is the chief essential, but for. the former, a good figure, grace of move ment and aptitude for learning gestures, difficult evolutions and dances are further requirements. Also, the ability to look happy is necessary, as the pen alty for appearing serious, troubled or unhappy while on the stage Is dismissal. The salary of the chorus girl range* from twelve to twenty dollars per week, from vrfhlch she must pay her board while on the road and lay up something against months of summer Idleness. The work of the chorus girl is very tax ing, there being always one and sometimes two rehearsals a day, lasting two or three hours, and sometimes when new pieces are being put on, or revised and perfected while running. It Is necessary to rehearse all night after a per formance. ? Good House Keeping. " The Elegant Slaughter " By Egerton Castle. EST authorities show that although the Germans were always redoubtable at the rougher games of swordsmanship. It la In Italy that wo And the first development of that nim bler, more regulated, more cunning, better controlled play which we have learned to associate with the term "fencing." It la from Italy that fencing, as a refined art, first spread over Europe; not from Spain, us it has been asserted by many writer*. It ia In the Italian rapier play of the late alxteenth century that we find the foundations of fencing in in* moaern sense or.tue word. The Italians? if we take their early books as evidence, and the fact that their phraseology of fence was adopted by all ?a rope ? were the first to perceive (as soon as the problem of armor breaking ceased to be the most Important one In a fight) (he superior capabilities for elegant slaughter possessed by the point m compared with the edge. They accordingly reduced the breadth of their sword, modlfled the hilt portion there of to admit of a readier thrust action, and relegated the cut to quite a second ary position la their system.' With this lighter weapon they devised in courso of time that brilliant, cunning, catlike play known as rapier fence. The rapier waa ultimately adopted everywhere by men of courtly habit; bot In Bngland at least. It was not accepted without murmur and vitupera tion from the older* fighting clsss of swordsmen. ?harp* and Plata. Within a few days thero will bo wireless communication between tbo Farallon Inlands, which are 30 miles off tho cntrnnco of 8an Francisco Hay, and tho navy yard at Mare Island. Th? town of Castlcwea, County Ros common, Ireland, In to ho sold to the tenants as tho result of negotiations between the landlord, the estates com missioners and tho Town Tenants' League, under the land act of last jrcar. Odd* and Ends. The new California gem, kunrlte. In on show In a Bond street Jewelry store, London, and Is attracting mueh attention, particularly on account of Its quality of fluorescence. The Princess Therosc, of Davnrla, daughter of the Prlnco Urgent, urea the namo of Theodore von Ilayer as a pseudonym. She Is a Ph\ I)., honoris causa. nnri hna written several books, the best known of which nro throe volumes of travels, containing liie re sults of her original investigations. J IN THE" AIR CHAWPteft. ? ?V tTBMIIH MAIUETT. /? )HN BLaTCHFOBD, cItII engineer. sat oat in tbe open, with his eyes resting reflectively on s round in strument, with figures en circling it, ana a needle. It resembled an. aneroid barometer, but It was not. It was a peculiar air gauge, a Scottish invention, and Blatcbrord had not seen one of tbe kind since be bad belned build tbe great bridge at Chepultepec. in Mexico. Tben be was a subordin ate assistant; now, at elghty-and twenty, be was engineer of tbe liar* bury Tunnel, under tbe river of that Mine. Just outside tbe Important manufacturing town of Belcbester. Blatcbford's rccollectklns of tropical Chepultepec, although doubtless exalt ing, were, however, suddenly Interrupt ed by the advent of a young girl, whose footsteps he had not liesrd, and who now stood timidly before blm. The young engluecr was ou his feet In nn instant. lie had n very gallant bearing with women? irrespective of clas#~but he was particularly, atten tive If ti?y happened to be pretty wo ineu. "Did you wisu to see me?' he asked szMHng. . ' ?Oh, r.o, sir!" faltered the girl; "I thought-that is ? I came with u mes sage to " "One of tbe men, perhaps?" "Yes." N "\ou have a brother working down In the nir chamber?" The girl blushed. "Not a brother-n friend." "Ab! Well, the men will bo up short ly for dinner. You had better wait. You see, we are rather short-handed at present, and I am obliged to tend tbe gauge myself. Sit here and wait." She seated herself, -looking very pretty, Blatchford thought, with her neat, simple attire and thick auburn tresses; and the very first thing that caught her eye was tbe clock-faced ob ject which Blatchford bad callcd the gauge. ' He saw her glance riveted upon it. and good-naturedly undertook lo explain that It registered the amount and pressure of air iu the working chumber far beueath the river, where, at that moment, seven stalwart men tolled at tbe tunnel. ?'Is It very dangerous?" she asked. ' What? tbe work? Well, tbat de pends. You see, air seems innocent enough, but It is a power not to be trifled with. Every man down at tbe bottom of this shaft is working at a pressure of tbirty-flve pounds to every square Inch of him. It is almost like being bugged by a bear. When I press this lever? this way? more air is foroed down." He touched one of tbe levers Just below tbe gauge and pointed to *'TLere' you Bee? " 1? now !i i ! s x, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine pouuds to ttie square Inch and by a mere toucfi, of my finger it could be forced higher? even up -o sixty-five. This is almost atrong enough to crush a man." "How wonderful that mere air should be so strong!" exclaimed tbe air*'" * But wliat ,B the use of It? this "Use? Why, we harness it and make it work. It helps us dig our tuuael uuder tbe river, by forcing out tbe water and mud. Then, besides, it is for the workmen to breathe. But, hello, why are you so pale?" Kate Maxwell smiled nervously, die Playing twin rows of perfect teeth "Ob. nothing. Only I was thinking it must be very terrible to work down there. Suppose something was to go1 wrong: with tbe air-pipes, and they were to get too much or too little air?" Blatchford, who, young as be was was familiar with death and danger' shrugged his shoulders. "We must take risks in every trade. If the men got too little air, the rlver or part of it? would pour in nod drown them; If they got too much ami there was no way forjt to escape, it would crush them. But. a'rtcr all, it is little likely that either of these terrible things could happen, because, you see it is so carefully regulated and the gauge is so accurate and reliable. Anyone of intelligence could keep the supply at tbirty-flve pounds, which is as much as a man ought to stand." He pulled out his watch and looked ?t the time. "Hello!" he ejaculated, in surprise, | the men are late in coming up to flfiy. The girl shuddered at his words and cast an ominous glance at the great iron door which barred (be entrance to the air lock and led to the working chamber, as it was called, uuder Jbe river. **ItolM?rt!" formed Itsel! involuntar ily on her lip*. Although none knew it, Ivnte Max well's unaceountable misgiving* were not without justification. Even an the pair had been talking, seventy feet be low where they stood, a terrible scene wax being enacted. It had bc?n a struggle for life in the darkness and oppressed atmosphere of the subter ranean air chamber, and her lover, Robert Leslie, was one of the actors. A feud had for s?nie time existed be tween young Leslie and another of the pressure-workers, Kr.ward Hart, and this feud, of which Kate Maxwell was the hapless origin, bad of late, for some cause or other. Increased, at least on Dart's side, to great Intensity. Dart had always borne a good repu tation in Belchcster. and was the sole nupport of a widowed mother; but his temper, was none of the best, and it was known that he could be vindic tive. It was rumored that his atten tions to Kate had eite.'jded over a couple of years, and had never been discouraged until the tluxcn-hulred Leslie appeared on the scene. At first the fend took the form of sarcasm, but this <julck1y developed Into great bitterness of language, llurly ,11m Hums, the foreman of the gang, was obliged to act the part of peacemaker a doxen times a day, when, as he put it, "the youngsters' tongues got a-wagglnV "Let him alone, Ned," ho would say to Dart; "what d'ye want to be al ways worrying I V?b for';" Or it would iie, "Drop It, I Job. or I'll set old Widow Dart on ye. She'll make It lively for ye. 1 reckon." On this particular juno day, the al tercatlon be(wimi4fb? pair began on their w ay to tha taud; ud Kate,' who had heard oC tha angry dispose, experienced a drta d ot open trouble between them whlfk greatly affected her spirits all that HMrning. Tha flash of gibe snd repartee continued as the two rivals descended the narrow tube at the base ot tha shaft Into the boVrela of the earth; and so far from bettering the situation* Leslie's self* satisfied sir and affected carelessness only made matters .worse. For he was not without reason, for satisfaction, al though the truth was known to only one otter man la Belchester. Kate Maxwell had promised, on the previous evening, to be his wife. ' And Edward Dart, the rejected suitor, knew this? knew It from Kate's own lips. This fatal knowledge, fatal to all his hopes and dreams, entered the fcoul of Ed ward Dart like a bar of red-hot iron. He was a bigger and stronger man than Leslie, and would relish nothing better than to carry the quarrel to blows. There was something grim, uncanny, in the idea of these'two mor tal rivals being shut up together in a narrow, dimly lighted box, seventy feet underground, for hours at a stretch. Ouce Inside the air chamber, they worked for several hours silently. Then; just about noon, Leslie's pick ac cidentally struck upot. Dart's foot. There was on oath, a shuffle, and, like a mastiff, Dart was at Leslie's throst. In this small space? hardly bigger than a ship's cabin? five men flattened themselves against the sides while Dart and Leslie fought like demons In the darkness, for In the struggle the lamp had 'been extinguished. Then there was a picrcing cry? Dart had got his hands on a pick; he was seeming ly about to wield It. But too late! his antagonist forced him backward; he fell with a crash upon a heap of tools, and Dart's arm and ankle were broken, ^snapping like faggots. For many weeks there bad been peace between the successful and the unsuccessful suitor for the hand of Kate Maxwell. The affair in the air chamber, which had deprived the tun nel of Dart's services, was put down to an accident. Mr. Blatcbford never heard of the battle between the two men. I*oslie made a point of looking In at the Dart cottage on his way home from work to see how- the man with whom he had so long been at en mity, and with whom he had so lately come to blows, progressed toward re covery. Dart had been rather -a fa vorite of Mr. Blatcbford, and was not unpopular among ths men, so that there was general regret at the Injury he had sustalqcd. When the news came, therefore, that the engineer of the works had of fered the convalescent man the not very arduous post of lock-tender, Les lie was one of the first to congratulate Dart. But In her timorous, Illogical, wo manly fashion, Kate, remembering the conversation she had had with Mr. Blatchford, was not much pleased at the news, though she brought herself at length to latigb at her fears. There was safety In numbers, and after all, it was not likely thnt even one ten times more vindictive than the man she had rejected as a lover, would Injure seven men in order to gratify u grudge to a single one. Besides, did Dart still cherish a grudge? Is so, It was so well concealed that nobody noticed it. not even Kate Maxwell. But one day, coining across the fields, she observed a smpll launch in the river just over where the tunnel lay. making rapidly for the other shore, where similar works were also in progress and iind been to? months. On it she recognized the forms of Burns, Tyler, Pocock, and several of the workmen employed In the tunnel. As the gang were usually at work on the north side of the river at this hour, she stopped an acquaintance, In the vi cinity of the tunnel, now approaching completion, and asked him what it meant. "Oh," said the man, "they're gone over with Mr. Blatcbford to work at the other end of the tunnel." Kate closely scanned the occupants of the boat, and even took out her handkerchief and fluttered It In hope of a reply from her lover. There was no response. Perhaps he was there and did no; see her. Disappointed, she turned away, but wended her way to the bead of the north tuunel shaft, thinking l.u might have been left be hind. As she <Irew near, the sight thnt met her gaze sent a chill of apprehension through her, sh? scarce dared tell her-' self why. It was only the lock-tender Dart, with his arm still In a sling, studying the Indicator. One hand was on t lie lever. It was the expres sion of bis face which repelled Kate. "If there is no one down in the air chamber.'' she thought to herself, "why is lie here?" Quite <?: >ae she came, without Dart's perceiving her proximity. Ills whole mind was Intent 011 the gauge, bis lips were slightly parted in a most tjiiplcas* ant smile, mid he muttered phrases to hlmseir as he scanned the motion of the needle. The young woman was about to accost him, but before a syllabic had left her lips, her eye fell on the figure to which (be fatal needle pointed. The ? iuge registered already fifty seven i mnds of air to the Inch, and was y ...g higher. In other words, that powerful, relentless, modern force, compressed air, was flowing fiercely, yet silently Into the chamber far beneath the river, which, did It possess an occupant, would prove per haps n chamber of death. "Edward Dart!" crlcl Kate passion ately, pointing to the gouge, "what does that mean?" Tiie man's hand sprang back from the lever, as to wrench t lie latter in its socket. "What are you doing here?** he askod roughly. "Tell me? is any one inside the lock V" "Tell yon? What for?" "Because I must? I will know. Be cause Mr. Bin tcli ford explained to me the working of this lock, aud I know , ttat tiM himiw iilMgmw. I! cannot Jroet >?#." Then .she added, trembling IUn a W, "Wktn la Bobart ? Robert EMltoT* "How do I know?" bo utmd, al thonsb bcida of aweat atood oat on hip brow. Hla band waa back on the ateel rod. "Than lake your band off tbat lever, b tell yov? reduce that pressure of atrr % Dart made no movement. Tbe needle now pointed to sixty-four. In, her frensy for tbe anpposed safety of her k>rer, Kit# sought to drag Dart away from hla peat. He seised her in stantly with both hands, thus show ing that hla broken llaab bad entirely healed, although he had aeen lit' to bide tbe cure, for purposes of bis own. "Help! Help!** she screamed. A piece of Iron lay near by. She seized It and atruck him a blow full on the temples, and the fellow collapsed like an emptied sack. v . Then ahe Instantly clutched the right lever and lowered it, gasping nnd choking In her excliemeut. Blie ex pected It to turn the opposite direc tion, but to her terror, it continued to revolve aa before. Sixty-live? sixty -six? sixty-seven Merciful heavens, whst should she do? Instantly she grasped the other lever and exerted ail her strength. Every second of suspense seemed an eternity. Kate Maxwell was now firmly con vinced that her lover, Robert Leslie, was in the trir chsmbcr at the bottom of the shaft. How could she save him? She pictured him fallen upon the slime of the river bed, with the terrible compressed air, gripping his body and slowly crushing it, as a boa constrictor would crush a houud. To reduce the volume of air would bring relief at once? perhaps save his life. Her lips formed a silent prayer, and as If In answer to that supplication, the needle of the gauge at last wav ered in the balance, then began to slowly move in the opposite direction. When it got to thirty-five she would depress tbe lever and stay Its (the needle's) course. Fifty? forty-fl ve? forty? figure by figure it turned slow ly. Thank God, the danger was past! If Robert were indeed in the air ciium. bcr and lived, his rescue had come in the very nick of time. But horrors? what was this! Al though she pressed with nil her might, the needle continued to turn, after thirty-five was passed. She sprang at the other lever; she gripped it with both hands; she shrieked for help. ? If It reached a certain point, the water would be unchecked, and It would flow into the air-chuuiber, and Leslie would be drowned like a rat in a trap. Thirty ? twenty-five ? twenty-four? twenty-three? twenty-two! Could noth ing be done! Twenty-one? twenty? nineteen? eigh teen. In vain the young girl put forth her full remaining strength. Dart's fall must have destroyed the nice mechanism of the Instrument, nnd Kate had thus become, unwittingly, an accessory to her lover's murder. The needle pointed to nine and was stni descending wheu she fainted at the dooc of the lock. A few moments later, John Blatch ford, engineer of the Marbury Tunnel, at last completed sfter many months of labor, came up tbe shaft, smiling, followed by his little gang of faithful workmen. At the spectacle which met. their ?pes, they stopped short, aud Robert Leslie, as pale as death, flung him self beside the recumbent fqrm of his sweetheart, who lay white and still, scarce two feet from the great iron door which barred the way into the tunnel. Several of his comrades turned their attention to Dart, who was subsequently borne, home, suffer ing from shock. When Kate Mnxwell recovered con sciousness, she clasped her lover close ly. "The gauge," she murmured, stretching out her finger. "I thought you were dead down there. And the levers would not work." Mr. Blatchford exumined the Indica tor and levers while she spoke. Then he gave a low whistle. "By Jupfter!" he said quietly, "you turned on less air at the right moment, Mistress Kate. I was out six feet In my reokonlng, and the two eiulc of the tunnel met sooner than I expected. But if we had met, with the pressure here at sixty-five, whether there had been an explosion or not, it , would have been rather rough on Leslie. He would have been pnralyzcd for life. That's tbe worst of putting a sick man on duty: there's always the risk of a relapse at the wrong moment." Ivnte Maxwell, looking up into her lover's face, was silent.? New York Weekly. Keep the Month Khut. Keep the mouth shut. Till* perempt ory command Is to Insure proper breathing; that in, breathing through the nose. One should never, unless absolutely necessary, breathe through the niopth. It is the duty of the nose, and it was made for that express pur pose and Is specially constructed to aid correct breathing, says Farmer's (] tilde. In the tlrst place, It is pro vided tvith tiny hairs that trap dust and Impurities that may be In the air and prevent their invnding the system. The nose has also what are known lis turbinated bones. Those act as warn lug plates to temper the air as It Is in haled. It is further provided with an apparatus for furnishing moisture to the air. All these processes are qnife essential before the air Is drawn Into the lungs, and If the breath is drawn through the mouth many of these essentials are lost. It Is an ex cellent plan to take a good brisk walk every morning and to compel oneself to breathe through the nose all the time. This is a llrst-rate hygienic prac tice. At first It may be difficult to do so, but It is worth persisting lu, and "practice makes perfect." Widowhood In Chlnn, According to the laws of good socie ty In Chlnn, young widows should not remarry. Widowhood Is therefore held In highest esteem, and the older the widow grows the more agreeable her position comes. Hhould she reach 11 ft y years, she may, by applying to the Kniperor, get a sum of money with which to buy a tablet, on which her virtues are Inscribed. The tablet ia then placed over the dootf at the prin cipal entrance to her house.? Now York News. ^ Haw Rha Kovpi She eats three warm uieals at regu lar hours. She sleeps eight hours, and as often as iKhsslble two of them before rnld uljght. She takes fifteen quiet minutes in a darkened room after luncheon. She begins each day with a cold bath, followed by a glass of cold or hot water. She Is careful to spend at least a half hour every day In the open air. She never rides where she can walk the distance comfortably. She doesn't waste her vitality in su perfluous and energetic talking. She is neither self-centred nor family centred, but lias a few fresh outaidc interests to keep bor live and thought ful. She never lets herself moan over the past, uor worry about the future, but makes the best of the present and keeps sweet and cheerful.? Philadel phia Bulletin. The Women Who Loth Flower*. For ti cheery home look ou cold tiny* nud for a maximum of bloom for a minimum of care no other plant can equal the gcrauium. A plant should be selected that has not bloomed through the summer. Then give It the care it naturally calls for, and It will do the rest. As to Jardinieres for the window gar. den. choose the ones that are suited to the room which they are to occupy. Brass, copper and unglazed potteries are the tirst choice for most places. There are iiniwttions of bark-covered logs In pots and hanging vases which are effective in the right surround ings. The dwarf evergreens growing In tiny Oriental pots and the lillputian cacti make up charming little window boxes I hat imitate miniature gardens. A square or oblong shallow dish will serve the purpose of garden. This is Ihe ideal garden l'or the woman whose plants are apt to display characteristics that recall Paddy's pig? "a strake of fat for the days the pig got fed and a strake of lane for the days Paddy for got him." The little cacti are all lean, so to speak, so the neglect of such a little matter as a week or so will not count. Two or three cocus palms in one pot make a charming house decoration. These delicate plants will thrive with very little care so long as that care suits their demands. They should never be watered nntil the earth on the top of the pot Is dry. Then they should be thoroughly sprinkled, so that both upper and under sides of their foliage shall be cleansed from dust. The earth In the pot should at the same time be saturated. The fronds should never for an Instant be allowed to touch anythiug near whirti they are stand ing? this is one great secret of suc cess with ferns as well as palms. ? Newark Advertiser. I Ntw Brooclieft Ar+ Ocltl. It is not enough for tl?e American woman to have a dainty Mttle brooch of pearls or diamond*, which she wears with her best frocks and her real laces, but she must have some odd pieces of jewelry, inexpensive, yet character istic of herself and harmonizing with the rest of her costume. This year she will wear large gun metal beetles, heads of the quadrupeds carved in gold. Kgypti.ni wings, crystals, and dragons in every imaginable con;or tion, and all these set off by rliiue stones. imitation opals, and amethysts, catV eyes, the Scotch pebble in its reds and purples, and last, but decidedly not least, the all-pervading peacbck eye. Belt pins, made splendidly strong, and about four inches long, show one huge dragon fly, a darning needle or a pair of Egyptian wings. The bodies of the flies are of rhinestones or opalft, with perhaps a tiny pearl In the wings. In one exclusive sliop the bodies are of Scotch pebble, which polishes Into the prettiest kind of a brick-red stone with stripes of white, or a deep purple stone with sparkles of gold. The Egyptian wings are attached to a long opal, below which on one side to a row of rbiflestones. The latter are espe cially brilliant against the gun metal. Oriental gold filagi'ce is sffriuklcd with tiny stones iu different pale shades which arc focused in one bril liant stone. This same filagree with vivid stones in greens and blues and reds Is made into the old-fashioned long brooch with a flower in ihe cen tre. and in known as Egyptian Jewelry. To fasten t lie dainty laces and rob bons for the neck. ?. wallows small and In flight and various forms of flies ami butterflies are used. The shallows have wings of imitation opal In blue and the body is in white. The butter flies' wings are in variegated enamel or opalescent porcelain with rhincstnuc bodies. One peacock feather In green and blue has a peacock eye among the fronds at tin* tip. A single peacock eye the size of a quarter, and the same size in cut amethyst or crystal, have gold snakes coiled around them. To With a radical change in nil sleeve styles staring us in the face, It's n com fort to realize that Inst yenr's sleeves can be "adapted" to this year's fash ions in comparatively easy ways. Hip your sleeves out (and the end's olT> and turn them upside down, letting the fulness that came down about the wrist lost year go up to the shoulder. Depcer cuffs are worn than last year, so if your cuffs can be length ened It will make all the difference in the world 'n your waist. Or, if your sleeve Is full enough at the top and too full at the wrist, lay the wrist ful ness Into little box pleat*, or tucks, and stitch them down tint, from three to five inches. That will give your sleeve the close, deep cnfT effect, and yet give you the necessary fulness about the elbow. If your sleeves nre a bit soiled? and those hntfe pouches we wore last year were always dipping into undesirable, placcs? cut off a little- about an iuch j will get rid of the worit-set your caS in again, and lengthen by Retting in a deep, tight pleating of soft batiste or lace, with a band of tbe same ma* terial as your waist or its trimming stitched down on it about half an Inch from tbe cuff proper. The rest of the pleating will broaden out prettily into a frill about your nand. But if you do this, touch up your collar to match. Very likely it will show signs of wear, too. Cut the top half off, and finish it off with n little batiste pleating, boning or stiffening it to keep it from slinking dowu around your throat in ugly creases. If you've a bodice with uniformly large sleeves, shirr them in bunches of three or four rows at interval*, so as to make a series of puffs, something like a "Shakespeare sleeve." And theu. If you've* ribbon trimming on your bodice, tie it around the rows of shir ring, letting the bows come on the out side of the sleeve. Or sleeves with that wrist fulness van be turned upside down, and shirred Into puffs whlcli will end at the elbow, and there be met by a ioug euff of the materlul or of some soft, thin stuff. Or, shirr the fulness straight down through the middle, and turn the sleeve upside down, and the top will pull out on each side of the shirring like those odd butterfly sleeves.? Indiauapolis News. r?? and Lar??. A combination of fur ami laee if rightly handled, is tlio most effective lorni of drossy street costume. But to be really artistic an.| becom ing, there must bo some little thought put Into the arrangement. Delicate laee must not be combined witli coarse long-nap fur nor pure white km,. with black fur, nor small patches of |;?e on long coats and deep capes. * And the use of lace at all should be restricted to furs to be worn for pav ing calls, for theatre, tor afternoon receptions and teas. For morning wear, for church, for shopping the plainer the furs are the better stjic The prettiest dressy furs, and fairly durable If treated with proper respect and kindness, are ermine, chinchilla Japanese mink, line baby lamb, soft dressed broadtail and babv calf dved black; and all these furs are really much more beautiful with the addition of creamy lace to neck, sleeves ,n ? m some beautifully designed applique form. To actually trim furs with laee. that Is, to put ruffles or insertion or laee flat on the fur Is ineffective and inartis tic. To get a good effect, the lace must be used merely as a finish. A Cavalier frill for the sleeves, knotted about the neck with ends the full length of .-oat or stole, a Colonial jabot at tin- front of an Eton, with rich appliques em broidered on in elaborate Oriental col ors?these are the smart effects shown for this season In the uses of lace car ulture. With long nap furs like sable, bear, deer, mink and squirrel, the most fash ionable laces are the Irish wool crochet point d' Arabe. silk cluny. guipure, and imitation old Italian designs. With the most delicate I'urs like em mine. caracul, baby calf .?:? chinchilla, the liner point laces art' useil, and if you have a tine real Spanish laee, creamy with age, or a Ilnnitoii necktie or even a bit of Duchess in ivory lint, you will need no other garniture to make the simplest fur coat very mm h grande mode. And fur bats to match coal or tippet are more fashionable than ever. The most popular shapes are the Virot nnd torpedo turban; the Virot round and flat, and the torpedo. one might suppose, with a sharp, aggressive peak at the front and decidedly rarrow sides. There are three ways of Iriie.mng these fur turbans? with a single spray of flowers, with a fuelling of malum, or with a lace scarf knotted at the back in two Ik>ws and short ends. The lace decoration is the riclmsi ami mo*t dressy, the tulle the newest .iimI (lowers the most practicable. If a fur hat Is carefully selected as to its becominguesK to hair and com plexion and few women realize tho importance of trying on fur -ami in adorned with the shade of lace or Hie tone of flowers that suit the wearer, there is really no millinery creation that can compare with it for richness and artistic effect. The fur some way seems to tit the hair as no other tex ture possibly can. It has no aiigic?. no sharp edges, but is whit the French call "earrcssing." Pure white lace Is not used at ill' on black fur or with ermine. With white hair-fur or fox or chinchilla it is not Ineffective, but for all fur decoration Ihe Ivory or cream ton?s in lac are preferred. On the other hand, old laee If ac tually soiled Is very bad form indeed. And it is a bit of a puzzle to some ? omen, who have not profcoionaf clea iters convenient, to know just what to do with their beautiful laces that are streaked or browned. Ordinary washing with soap and water is of no avail. Kuhhing is out of the question and real laces should never be boiled. The best and simplest plan, and the least expensive been use if cannot in jure the lace, is to use warm borax water. First soak your laces for au hour in a bowl of warm water softened l\v a teaspoonful of borax. Then transfer them to a bowl of water that l>as Just boiled Willi the same amount of borax and a little shaved eastlle ??ap, rub them very lightly in the hands, squeeze them up ami down in the suds, rinse in clear warm wafer, and then In clear cold water made Ivory color with coffee. Squeeze the lace as dry as nossiblo and then roll on a curl. tin pole or broom stick, pulling the bice out into perfect shape as you roll. When dry, It will look as though it had been in a cabinet all Its life. The Boston man who married hi* brother s divorced wife probably want cd to keep the skeleton in the fauiil/.