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' "o . * ' THE COUHTY BECBOrT l*n'i.? I Every Thursday -AT" b KINGS? REE, SOUTH CAROLINA. u LOUIS J. BUISTOW, Editor and Proprietor. ^ - w St. Louis, Mo., has issued iustruc- w tions through superintendents to the b principals and teachers that there is to be uo more home work that shall iniuvolve the study of text-books. w li In an article in the Revue des Deux *] Mondes M. Fouille declares thut, ^ while the modern Greeks arc not de- n scenued wholly from Slavs, as some s lia\e maintained, they- certainly are ^ not lineal descendants of the great ? peoples who made Greece famous. g t Apropos of the anti-vaccination s crusade going ou in London, it is in- 8 teresting to note that in Norway and ^ Swe leu aud Denmark vaccination is enforced in a novel war. People can* \ not be married without each producing their certificate of vaccination, r Without this the minister cannot per- f form the ceremony. 1 Professor Mommsen's complacent * prophecy that the British empire will soon disintegrate, and that in the process France will get Egypt, Russia will t.' ke India, and Germany will appropriate South Africa, is redolent of the perfume of the cloister. He seems to forget that across the northern frontier of India nature has stretched almost impregnable fortifications in the steep mountain range that guards the border; that Egypt will be quite as difficult to take and keep today as when Napoleon tried ^ the experiment, and that Germany in | South Africa is helpless against British sea power. St. Petersburg dispatches indicate that Russia may again require Ameri% can wheat and corn to eke out her needs. In many provinces, contrary to expectations, the crops have proved a total failure, aud famine is impending. This will tend to arrest decline of prices for wheat and other cereals consequent npon the heavy crops in the United States, for the Russian government is already taking steps to purchase large quantities of these staples abroau. American farmers should not forget that it is chance and not their own foresight in this instance that will have enabled them to realize fair prices for their products. A pathetic commentary on the esteem in which the world holds ] the memory of Prince Bismarck 1 is to be seen in the fact that ' hardly a word in the vast flood of mes- ' sages of condolence that flowed upon ] Friedriehsruhe' spoke of human pity < or human love for the dead, observes * the Christiau Register. It seemed J that even Germany had ceased tore- } member that Otto von Bismarck was ^ at a ly time a man, but regarded him < as a fallen political colossus whose im- j passive brow had reached far above , the lightning and the clouds; a sort of ] modern Zeus, at whose imperious nod united Germany had arisen out of n 1;uaur , <i ui > ? w n*~ll lhhuuu mau^ai* ty might ami did roach, but who was . > beyond the love of niau. Germany laid her legendary hero into the grave with vaunting upon her lips, but the scalding tears that were shed by the world when Gladstone was committed to earth were wanting at the cold and iormal obsequies of Prince Bismarck. i . An interesting example of bow nature accommodates herself to circumstances, is related by a resident of the arid section in?the western part of Texas. It was in connection with an experiment in coaxing plum trees to grow. In a portion of this arid region near Alpine, a stream of water runs from thirty to forty feet below j % the surface, too far for the roots of trees to reach it, ami the country, ' , therefore, was treeless. Eut an ewi. f | grant from Ohio thought out a way to force a tree to bore for water. Ho j selected a hardy plum, cut off tho 1 small roots, leaving only the tap root, and planted it deep. He fed the j root with water daily, through a hole in the ground, and by cutting off the ( sprouts as they appeared, he concentrated the growth of the tree on the tap-root. He proved his theory. In tiine.that tap-root reached the underground water supply, and no further care of the tree was necessary. Other trees were treated in like manner, and the result is a tunny orcnaru in a region where rain seldom falls. Another unique development is that trees grown from the seed of the Ohio man's stock need no education. They bore for water as soon as they are set out, and there is little or no growth above ground until the water is reached. % HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. I CaringFor Silverware. Tn making bugs or cases for silverare, au uubleacheil material should e employed. Sulphur is generally sed in the bleaching processes, and tends to blacken and tarnish silver, ubber in any form is another thing mt should never be kept near silverare. Silver is best wrapped in blue, kite or pink soft tissue paper and unleackeu cotton-flannel bags. Home Surgery. A bit of home surgery practised lieu a spnmer 10 utucu liifcu < .. and particularly deep is its extracion by steam. A bottle with a sufciently wide mouth is filled twohirds with very hot water, aud the routh is placed under the injured pot. The suction draws the tlesh own when a little pressure is used, nd the steam, in a moment or two, exracts inflammation and splinter toether. This is very efficacious when he offending substance has been in for everal hours, long enough to have tarted up some of its evil consequences. ? Washing: Made Easy. Have water scalding hot in the rasher. ) * "? 1 -1 - i.1 I If the water is naru ana ciouiea nucli soiled, use one pint of washing luid; soap enough to make a good ather. Put in as many of the least-soiled lieces as the washer will hold, and vork well. Put in all light ginghams, calicoes, awns or percales, as this mixture docs lot fade them, and is also excellent for voolens. When all white and light articles lave been put through,strain the water hrough a thin cloth, a flour sack bong most convenient. Then use the suds for dark clothng, which would show lint if not strained. For the second suds, have the water vith less of the fluid and as much joap as necessary. A teacupful of the ormer is often enough. With soft ivater, much less can be used satisfac-orily. Binse well and hang out. This fluid leither fades nor rots the clothes, as ;he ammonia brightens the colors. It is essential to rinse well. This loes away with boiling, which is of:en a task in the winter, but in the summer one sudsing will do,with boil ng. Care of Lamps. The light oil lamps is so much softer and less injurious for the eyes than flickering gas, or even electricity, that it really should bo used instead of these in all nurseries and children's rooms, and the only drawback about lamps is that they require such care " ' - e till tending TO K.eep mem iu u amc auu bright condition. Bat given a conscientious nurse, or a mistress who undertakes their management herself, all will be well. One very necessary thing in lamps is that the oil reservoir be kept scrupulously cleaa inside; no oil is so pure that it does not leave a sedment,and,if this sediment be allowed to accumulate, the succeeding oil fail3 to burn as brightly as it otherwise would. Lamp reservoirs should be washed out ance a week with hot water and pearlish and be allowed to thoroughly drain and dry before new oil be added. The burner should also be frequently cleaned?once a day, in fact?and avery orifice should be thoroughly cleaned out; the wick should be wiped at the top with a piece of soft rag to 'omnvfi t.hft charred edces. and if the trick should be found to burn rather cloudily, it may be neoessary to remove it the next morning aud soak it 'or an hour or two in .vinegar and tvater. It should be quite dry before oeing again placed in the burner. Recipes. Laplands Beat separately one dozen jggs, mix into the yokes one quart of lour, one quart of cream, one teajpoonful of salt, the whites beaten to i stiff froth. Put into small moulds, well floured before being greased, aud sake in a very hot oven. Plain Cocoanut Pudding Pour one md one-half pints of boiling milk over me pint of bread crumbs and one cup )f desiccated coooanut mixed, and a :iny pinch of salt, or sprinkle of nutmeg, and three tablespoonfulsof sugar, sake and serve either warm or cold. Open Peach Pie Line a pan with aice crust, put a quarter inch layer of peach marmalade over smooth, then a layer of fine, sweet peaches; cut in half after peeling. Add a dust of 3our and a cup of sugar. Bake at first with pan over, then, as the peaches are hot, remove. When serving add whipped cream. Onion Pickles reel small onions of uniform size and let them lie in salted water twenty-four hours. A teacup cf salt in a gallon of water. Rinse in clean water two or three times, letting them stand in the last water half an hour; then drain an hour and paek in jars with spices, mace, red pepper pods and whole cloves. Cover with hot vinegar and seal. Pressed Chicken Stew slowly two chickens, cut up small until meat drops from bones; take out and chop Cue; let liquor boil down to cupful; add to it butter size of an egg, teaspoon pepper, little allspice and a beaten egg; stir through the meat; slice hard boiled eggs, lay in mold and press with your meat. Snrve very coid, garnished with a little parsley. ? Charlotte of Green GooseberriesCook one quart of gooseberries with 6ugar to make quite sweet and a gill of water; pulp through a sieve that will exclude the seeds. Butter a pudding mold and arrange a star with lady fingers in the centre, and also a linine on the side. Whip half pint 1; - cream until thick, add to the pulp, then add half ounce gelatine dissolved in a little milk. Pour careful.'j into the mold and set ou ice. HhLl)S U* ADVEiNTUKJb] THRILLINC INCIDENTS AND DAR1NC DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. A riiargc of Sen Lions An Exciting Epi sode In a Submarine Cave OQ the Coas of California Captured and Over turned a Uoatlond of Explorers. Ill the long string of islands up V 1 A--*- ilvoi 11116(1 Hiouuiaiil iuu^cs, iuuw c.\iuu> along the coast of Southern Califor nia, there is one named Santa Cru that if thoroughly known might be a famous as Capri. It lies nearly a Santa Barbara, it3 shores, abrup rocky cliffs, often vising directly fron the sea, presenting a bold and forbid ding front. This shore line is per forated with wonderful caves, some o which reach in to a great distanc and have assumed the dimensions c largo halls through which the se washes with a reverberating roar ap palling in its deep-toned intensity. Many of the caves are entirely cov ered at high tide, and at half tide con stitute orifices from which air am water is blown with great violence The largest cave opens in a chambe forty or fifty feet in height, the roo and sides of which are richly colored red, yellow, blue and green tints pre dominating. This chamber lead into a second almost as largo fror which, three or four hundred fee from the entrance of the cave, a nav row passage has been worn away leading into tne largesi room ui uu, o unknown height, from which brand other leads below the surface, anfrom which proceed horrible soundsthe groaning and muttering of the se as it is forced into the deep crevice of the great cave. It was in this chamber, or at its en trance that a very singular adventur was experienced by a party of mer one that was almost a fatality and tha made a deep impression on the ob servers. They were cruising aroun the island, and seeing the entrance t the cave4tliey determined to go in. Th wind was blowing heavily, and wit much difficulty a boat was lowerec the yacht running in near the entranc to the cave, then dropping a boatloa anu keeping away. When close in t the opening the water was calm, bein protected by the high mountain int whose heart the cave extended. Pushing through the hills thi formed a slight barrier,the men rowei into the great chamber, the roof c wliich rose over tnem hkc a cameuri dome. The first and second chamber were investigated and before the nai row entrance to the third they halted etartled at the marvelous sound ths came forth. The sea in entering th passage seems to din almost at ai angle of forty-five de ees, and convej the impression ths. a whirlpool i formed in the room Smyond. For some moments the explorer listened; then seeing that the wate flowed in and out without any dangei ons disturbance, they decided to mak the attempt to enter the passage; s taking the oars and using them c paddles they moved on. In a momor they were in the entrance, peering ir to the gloom beyond. A few feet mor and the boat was fairly in the narrow gateway. The man in the bow ha lighted a torch and was waving i when a deafening roar came from th inner room?barking, screaming, hiss ing sounds that fairly raised the hai on the heads of the adventurers and before they could retreat a ban of large, black animals came poui ing through the passage, utterin frightful cries. To the demoralize party they seemed to be the object c a determined attack, and that ther was little doubt regarding this wa shown by the fact that the animal came at them with their open months Some climbed into or over the boal and others followed until the boa filled and the men were thrown int the water. For a moment the wate appeared to be filled with strugglin men, while the boat was in possessio of several sea lions, others diving be neath it and all tittering wild ones whose reverberations were echoed un til there appeared to be thousands c them. Driven from the boat, themenswai to the second room to a ledge, frou which they watched the extraordinar spectacle. Their boat almost fille< the narrow entrance and the sea lion were still pouring out, over and unde it, forming a perfect stream from th inner cave to the bright spot whic.] indicated the outer air and world When they had all disappeared th men, who had a narrow escape lowered themselves into the wa^e again and swam to the boat whin! they had managed to right. The inner chamber was a 6ea :'4o; rookery, and must have been f*;rl; tilled with the animals which, y hei the boat appeared, realizing the<* the; were trapped, made a desperat.* rusl for the entrance, completely filling i and sinking the boat in their efforts t crawl over it. VaaJw n 11 4-1-*r\ ] nvrrn Aoraa r\t nf Altai IJ ail lac lUl^O vut VU VA kyuuh Cruz islaml are inhabited by sea lion and seals. The sea Jions are ver large, the males weighing. much mor than a large horse. An Incident at Si^tiago. "The thing about tfci fight that pai alyzed me," said a Lieutenant, now i a hospital in New Yo\k City recovei ing from a wound received at San tiago, "was that we couldnt get a the fellows we were fighting against "Why, do you know, I never saw a liv Spaniard in my two days of fighting The next time I get in a shindy I hop it will be a hand-to-hand affair wit bayonets. Any fellow can do that sor of thing if he has red blood in hi veins; but it's dillerent to be a targe for bullets coming from the Lor knows where. There's somothin v.iyoterious and frightful about it, an !\ gets on a man's nerve. It's a woe ,-.'S to me that any fellows could stan to it as cur men did, and I'd hav y had some sympathy lor oTman wno~" flunked. "I'll never forget the few minutes i ; before I got this hole in my side. We were going forward under a scattering lire from the front, and all at once, off . at the right, a rapid-firing gun opened t 011 us. There was no smoke, so we - couldn't locate the battery exactly, but we could see the bullets playing . over the long grass like spray from a j hose. They didn't have the range at . first, and the shower of bullets went z swiuging back and forth, clipping off s! the tops of the grass and coming [f! near*** to us with every sweep. You t j can't imagine the sensations it gave us a [ to watch that death spray, driven by . I some invisible, relentless force, creep . ! ing ou and on, reaching out and feelf 1 ing for us. There was something une I natural about it, and we watched as | though we were fascinated by it. I a | didn't feel as though men had anything to do with it. It was an impersonal, deadly enemy that I couldn't _ light and couldn't escape. There _ wasn't a living enemy within sight. 3 "At last with one big sweep the u shower reached us. Men all around r me dropped, and then I felt a sting in ,f my side, and down I went. Sorne[. body ripped out an oath, and I was glad to hear it. It sounded so mag9 nificently human. I believe we were q all thankful when that gun found us. t It relieved the tension but it ended .. my fighting." "It's all very well for him to talk ,{ about being nervous," commented a h wounded corporal in a neighboring j cot, "but he gave a mighty poor imi_ tation of a nervous mau down there. a A man with a record like his can s afford to own up to having felt creepy." BIr Snake Attack* fllrl. e Miss Jennie Kernaghan, of Mount l ' Vernon, N. Y., had a light with a black ' snake and although the snake was killed, the shock of the encounter ( prostrated Miss Kernaghan. 0 Before Miss Kernaghan's house is a ,e fine lawn on which a croquet set is , spread. Miss Kernaghan and some L' friends were playing croquet, and she ? drove her ball through a wicket under 1 an apple tree, at the edge of the lawn. 0 As she approached the ball for another ? stroke a black snake, which was after0 ward found to be nine feet long, dropped from the bough of the tree 1 and fell upon her. She shrieked as the snake coiled around her neck, but , managed to seize it and throV it from ll her. 9 The snake, angry, again attacked J" her, winding around her arm, trying ' to bite her as she endeavored to shake him off. With her freo hand Miss 6 Kernaghan tried to disentangle herself 3 and hurled the snake away. Again it 3 seized her clothing and wound itself 3 around her body. All this very quickly. 6 Then Miss Kernaghan struck her deadly assailant with a croquet mallet VTn*. William ran nn and hit 0 ting the snake with his mallet, almokt | ? cut off its head. Then William climbed * the apple tree. In a hollow of it he found fourteen young black snakes hidden and easily despatched them. Heroic Generals. At Santiago General Joe Wheeler lt climbed a tree to look at the enemy. e General Shafter, who weighs 300 }" pounds, said to him: "I wish I could r do that." Yet by climbing a tree Gen' eral Shafter, May 31, 1867, won a " medal of honor. He was badly wounded, and to avoid being seen by a pass? ing Surgeon who ho feared would l* order him to the rear he climbed a * tree. Then he came down, and with 6 hardly a leg to stand on he fought all 9 day, and Congress gave him his medal. s General Nelson A. Miles, May 3, ' 1863, was in command of skirmishers c> as Colonel of the Sixty-first New i'ork Volunteers. They were holding a line 0 of abattis against a horde of the enemy. >r Miles is a big man and makes a fair 8 mark. Yet to encourage his men he n kept jumping on an eminence and exposing himself, inspiring his followers '? by his voice. He fell, finallv, badly wounded. He wears a medal of honor. * Brigadier-General Guy V. Henry, whom the soldiers love, led his brigade D in an awful charge at Cold Harbor. a One horse went down under him. He P mounted another and led on. The enemy's breastworks were reached 9 and General Henry spurred hie horse r at the obstruction. The steed was e killed in midair, and with its rider fell in the enemy's lines. The place was ^ carried. Henry was promoted and 0 voted a medal. '? r Urave Colo red Sergeant. l- ?*" oi i ,-j a u i nomas ouaw, cuiwbu, Ninth United States Cavalry, vras a in command of ra detachment of Y his troop near Carizo Canon, New Q Mexico, August 12, 1881. Tho little Y band ran onto signs which showed h- unmistakably that a large force of t hostile Apaches was in the immediate o neighborhood. Shaw turned to his dusky following: "You are under my a command," he said, "do as well by s me as you would by tho Lieutenant." J The Apaches they attacked. In nume bers they wero five to one. Under their Sergeant's leadership the men stood like rocks. Though their position was extremely exposed they beat - off their assailants gallantly. The n savages tried to surround the black - troopers. By an exhibition of tactical i- and strategic knowledge, credit;t able to any commissioned officer, Shaw prevented this movement of the' e Apaches time after time. Belief came after hours of fighting and ceasee less watching. Congress gave Shaw b a medal, which he wears as prouuiyas t lie would a knot on either shoulder. . s it In a newly designed glove, patented d : by a Michigan woman, the palm of the g hand and inside of the thumbs and d ; fingers are provided tvith interwoven i-1 rings of leather or other material d which prevent th> ^ove from wearing e | out. A Convenient rocket. Ladies who intend traveling will find that a pocket for valuables which is uow on sale at all the stores will be found most useful. It is made on the simplest cut of a chatelaine pocket,but has no harsh or hard fittings or clasps. It is made of the softest gray chamois, and is divided off into various little pockets for different kinds of valuables or money, and the flaps buttoned down tightly. The pocket can be worn under the dress skirt, and is fastened to a thin but stout belt of linen by suspender straps of the same. A Pretty Gown. A gown of forget-me-not blue foulard (myosotis blue, the smart dressmakers call it) is trimmed with incrustations of black lace patterned in ivory, which are set about twice their own width apart and scattered over the bodice ana smrt. ine irocK is made in princess style, requiring a fine cut as well as a tall, slender figure, and there is no perceptible way of getting in or out of it. A shallow yoke and stock collar of ivory lace are laid over mauve silk, and a twist of mauve ribbon running from the yoke almost to the waist line on the left side of the bodice is caught in at intervals by three paste buckles. A charming hat of creamwhite crinoline is turned up and away from the face by masses of mauve orchids. An Emperor's Gift to Ills Daughter. Emperor Francis Joseph has just purchased for his daughter, the Archduchess Marie Valerie, the castle of Frohsdorf, in which the Comte de Chambord died in 1883. New furniture has been placed in all the rooms. Before it passed into the possession of the Bourbon family this castle was the home of Napoleon's sister, Caroline, Queen of Naples, and widow of Murat, who, under the name of the Countess of Lipona, retired there in 1822. The Duchess of Angouleme ac quired the castle in 1844, and the Comte de Chambord went to live there in 1846. After his death it passed into the hands of the Spanish branch of the Bourbons, and it is thev who have disposed of it to the Emperor of Austria. How to Keep Flowers Fresh. Small bunches of flowers worn on the corsage and bontonnieres may be kept fresh enough to wear a second time by careful management. Make a hole through a pasteboard card or small bos cover, clip the ends of the flower stems, pass them through the hole in the pasteboard and lay this over a tumbler of fresh water. The delicate petals of the flowers are thus prevented from touching the water, which injures them, and the stem is in the water its full length, and draws up the moisture to nourish the flowers. It may not be generally known that withered flowers revive more quickly in hot water than in cold. A clever device of the florists to prevent flowers in,large, open bowls from falling together and crowding each other is the use of a piece of wire netting placed over the bowl. That in which the meshes are about half an inch square is b9st for the purpose, and the pieces should be cut the exact shape and a trifle larger than the vase or bowl on whioh they are to be used. After filling the receptacle with water, lay the netting on top, and arrange the flowers, one or more in each mesh. In this way they are kept in perfect position, while the netting itself is invisible. An added advantage is the ease with whioh the waAer in the bowl may be changed, it only being necessary to lift the netting off, flowers and all, and replace in the same way. This obviates the necessity of handling each blossom, and saves much time where a number of vases need attention daily. ?New York Ledger. Women Doctors of Antlqalty. The first qualified woman physician in Europe, so far as is known, was a young Athenian woman named Aguodice. In the year 300 B. C. she disguised herself as a man and began to attend the medical schools at Athens, which it was against the law for a woman to do. She afterward practised among the women of Athens with extraordinary success. But her secret becoming known, she was prosecuted for studying and practising medicine illegally. The Athenian women, however, raised so furious an agitation in consequence that the case was dropped and the law repealed. Coming to later times, we find several women who obtained the degree of doctor of medicine, and practised in Europe before 1492, especially in the Moorish universities of Spain. Trotula, of Rugiero, in the eleventh century had a European reputation, and practised as a doctor in Salerno. At the beginning of the fourteenth century Dorothea Bocchi not only received the degree of doctor, but was professor of medicine in the famous University of Bologna. Since then two women have been professors of medical subjects in the same university Anna Maugolini (anatomy) and Dr. Maria /I A1 ) A n A IAV\O4A^I?I A m A\ A uciiu 1'uuijc \uuovcutg uiouiwiuo^ tuc latter being appointed in 1799. In the year 1311 an edict was issued in France forbidding surgeons and female surgeons from practising until they had passed a satisfactory examination ill, before the proper authorities. These female surgeons are again referred to in an edict in 1352. Philadelphia Medical Journal. American Girls. An artist who has just finished a visit to this country is quoted as saying that we do not as a people do justice to the beauty and refinement of our great middle classes, especially in matters pertaining to the dress and deportment of the women. "Stand," he exclaim id, "at the side door of any one of your large industrial establishments on some Saturday morning in June, and watch the outrush of the working force! The girls will not be only well formed and well groomed, so to speak, but many of them will have an air of distinction which the thoughtless fancy must only belong to good blood and breeding. Their costumes, of course, are such as come | within their means, and it is just here j that their good taste is shown. Give [ an American girl a straw hat and a I snirt-waist, witn necktie ana belt to match, and she steps out on the sidewalk as fresh, as comely, and as well dressed as her more favored sisters, and, what is more remarkable, in infinitely better taste than any other working girl of her class in any quarter of the globe of which I know anything. " The French girl, he further main1 tained, though attractive in her working dress, was invariably sombre a black bombazine, low shoes, and black stockings, sometimes an apron, and | less often a bonnet while the Germans and English and Italians kept their best clothes for Sunday outings and holidays. But the effect, he claimed, was more often one of overdress than of neatness and appro- # priateness. It may be with us that the great department stores, who cater for the patronage of this great middle class, are more or less responsible for the good appearance of these girls, and incidentally for this artist's outburst of praise. When hats and shirt-waists can be bought for a fraction of a dollar, with hundreds of patterns and colors to choose from, it is perhaps not to be wondered at that our young women have won for themselves so enviable a reputation. zar. Fashion Notes. White felt sailor hats are in vogue. They are exceedingly unbecoming to most faces. Jeweled ornaments are worn in the hair, even when one is dressed in a street costume. The new "Empire" combs are the latest thing in Paris, and suit the new style of wearing the hair. French modistes are making grea use of all kinds and colors of narrow ribbon as trimming for new autumn gowns. Silk stockings matching the color of the gown and worn ;with white shoes are a feature of the summer girl's outfit. CI t_ 1 J. - i. J ..'11. 1. oupero wime waiereu bus, such as delighted the stately dames of olden times, will be a favorite material for bridal dresses next season. In light wools the very light shade9 of tan are seen oftener than pale gray, although the latter is one of the fashionable colors again this year. Wash silks are great favorites for children's dressy costumes. Blue and pink, pink and green and yellow and black are pretty and effective combinations when trimmed with narrow velvet or lace. The picturesque sleeve of the day is so close that when made by au artist it hugs the arm without a wrinkle and rolls from the small cufl that overspreads the knuckles cleai up to the armpits. Hats are almost all turned up in front, and seem to incline toward a halo in shape. Great flat ostrich feathers are swathed upon them, and the osprey, which still reigns, describes a pair of wings. < A veil with no dots directly in fronl of the eyes is one of the commendable novelties. But with dots sprinkled in as generously as ever below th? range of vision the effect may be rather too weird to become popular. It is said that the fashions in fur will be quite distinctive this coming winter, and decidedly different from those of years past. Rumor says thabS~~ the capes will be made in the popular shawl fashion and finished off with shaped circular frills. Some of the prettiest organdie gowns have deep yokes of guipure or fine embroidery around the hips, and the lower part of the skirt, tucked and hemmed, is gathered on to this. The bodice for this variety of skirt has a gnimpe neck and sleeves of the lace or embroidery to match. ^ The small sleeve and tiny epaulette have brought back the wide collar, which spreads over the shoulders and reaches to the outside line of the sleeve. These collars outline a V chemisette, and cross to the side, or are in the form of revers running to a collar at the back, and almost invariably trimmed with ruches or frills, if not with grouped lines of bebe ribbon. -vi . ib