Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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cr ^ . . ft * / * * i. ? \2 4 ISaSSSiJ BwSXOT) 5?;?rowyvvyyvyi KX The Cost of I'tgd Koailn. HT is estimated, after thorough investigation, that ninety per cent, of every pound of freight carried by rnii or water has l>een or will be carried over the pwblir roads of the country.' It is filth cult to Impress these facts on Jhr pnldic. The farmer does not ?ifc*idate the wear and tear on his fewrsrs and vehicles in transporting fern products from home ami his purchase* to bis home. He does not charge for his time in traveling over ,-the roads. He is generally in no par* ""?1? k"~' ? "' ?v.ui/i soon make ; OrJKIII HUM J , ; two trips to lowu as one trip. How to impress on him anil the public geu eralJy the cost of had roads and the I profit of good roads is a problem which . Professor Lsttu, of Ihe Purdue I'niwersity. of Indiana. undertook to solve, wad be seems to linve solved it. He lsxl tlown the proposition that perniaarwi jn>od roads would henetit the - tmTiiims, hence the communities. iti tire* different ways, in that they would: . Economize time ami force in transportation between farm and market; Enable the farmer to take advantage of market fluctuations in buying and seJtfn&; Permit transportation of farm prodwrte ami purchased commodities during flae? of comparative leisure; Reduce the wear and tear on horses, feerana and vehicles; Eahance the market value of real estate. t? order to ascertain rrom mo iarraenc themselves tbe facts from which he canld reduce answers, affirmative or afjattve, to bis propositions, he ad^i1 rml to them the following inter? sosatorks: First?About what proportion of the P?Mir highways in your county are mmm good gravel roads? ' Second?Please estimate the average twnsae (in dollars and cents) in the svifing price an acre of land throughout the county as tbe result of such gravel nails. Third?If all the public roads in your ecKTOly were converted into improved highways, how much, in your judgatrat, would it increase the average arflhig price per acre.of land througlimM yoar county? Fourth?What would be a fair estimate of the cost per mile of converting: onr common dirt roads as tbey now #?ist into good gravel roads, provided, of course, tbe work were to be performed economically under some competent, general supervision, and not hampered by legal restrictions? Fifth?Supposing that your county ' wrrre divided into 100 aero farms, and thai tbe average distance of each farm j, Ixwm the market were five iniles. what. Urn your judgment, would be the average annua) cost (in dollars and cents) th each farmer of our improved higli. mays? Ir. answering the fifth question please ~ ~ ' '* 1 1 i,U take into account rue rwiurwi . creased time, extra wear and tear, and *' Fa'?8 from inability to deliver ptvducts when the market la best. Average* from forty counties in his /Rfatr. from which lie was enabled to x -approximate averages, were as fol? The average estimated in XM?r in the selling pries of land due fa existing Improved highways is *t>.48 p?r ai*re. The estimates from which tffci* average is made refer in most ?u?* to lands near the Improved roads, ten in a few instances they apply > f afl the lands of the county. The tkstwnage Increase, therefore, of $<".4S acre ia lower than was intended lot the Lands near the improved roads. SSecond?The estimated average increase jper acre that would result from Improving all the public roads is Si>. Third- The estimated average cost of converting the <-o:nino? public roads tele improved highways is su it; per jbmLc. Fourth-The estimated average an??.1 Hn.t ?or one hundred acres, from poor road* is $7iJ.'JS. He tl?en remarks, as a result of those JSjmres: "If those estimates are even approximately correct, they furnish a key satisfactory solution of the question of highway improvement from the *noney standpoint. Oil the basis of the Java. mentioned estimate, the average aoDmil loss an acre from i?oor roads is more than seventy-six cents. Ill *re jcani the losses would aggregate JCMifJ for every section of land, and sum would eon struct two miles at at cost of $1216 n mile, which Is $70 a anile above the estimated average cost jgiven by the farmers themselves. The ^(resent road tax. which, under existing laws, is largely thrown away, would, under :: proper system of road maintenance, doubtless keep improved kighwnys In pprfect repair." ir the foregoing statments are a near approach to the truth, it follows that the losses ar.d cxpeuditlives which farmers arfcrlly incur on account of I?r>r roads would also secure permanently good roads. Can any sane man th<% n-i -atom of exchanging the ? WMHU ? ?*. .... Inisps, delays. accidents and vexation #>f spirit occasioned by bad roads for f?2* <*omfort and oilier advantages of jKotxJ rocds. when the cost Js the ?aine? Front the investigations and labors o.' men intellectually and morally coaipe #? >! to make tliem. the extravagant ?cwst of bad roads is Indisputably pro red. From the statements of prison ?fficiaJs and prison commissions, who Stave I tad practical experience In workHC convicts on the public* roads, thr opinion is unanimous that the convi thus employed is of more value to t] public, is hotter treated and interfer less with free labor than hi any otii way.?Dallas (Terras) News. TROLLEY AND FARM. The Ouickening of the Wars of W?\<tr Karat i.lfe. No groat war or political change ev worked nearly so great a revoluth for the betterment of the people at the quickening of their ways of li as is now being wrought througlio the Middle West by the trolley sy tems that are spinning their webs every direction. Within the cities ll change is already old. and we have t?i gotten how t hi lists were when we fc inerly dmended on the mnle ears f Mich little transportation as we h: ! with in the eity. Such a thing as pl??a nre riding on the street cars was tin unknown, and the pleasures or ti parks were available to those aim that could nITorrt horses and carriage Moreover, the quickening of life tin came with rapid transit and the ge eral broadening out to larger areas :ti more comfortable living come to be :i old story in the eity. But in the smaller towns, where tl trolley is new and the closer oonnectic with the larger and busier centres < life has but recently come, the ebaugi are just now working, and it is infe osting to observe their outward phase Hide out over any line through a se tion where, a couple of years ago. thei were old. uupainted houses and tut ble-down fences, and you will see sprucing up in the way of new pail and new buildings and general tidine: that is astonishing. And all the litt old towns that were formerly sleepn in the summer sun seem to have bet galvanized into new life. The ero: roads store lias been wiped out. In wherever the town was large enous to have taken firm root as a rouimn Jty it has taken on new life. The bo; can live at borne and work in the eit; instead of deserting the village to lit iu a eit.r boarding house, and tl "folks" to find a way of making mom off their poultry and "garden true! that was formerly impossible. Tin love to spend the money in brightenir up the old home, trimming the hedgi and lawns, and making It look as someltod.v lived there. No Imm.'iu prejudice ever disappear so quickly as has that of the merchai of the smaller town, who Jmagiiif that the trolley was going to take awa his business. He is now clamoring f< all the trolley lines he can get.?Indiai apolis Journal. WORDS OF WISDOM. Ingratitude is treason to mankind.Thomson. Victory belongs to the most persi vering.?Napoleon. Poetry comes nearer to vital trut than history.?riato. Wealth is not his that has it. but iii that enjoys it.?Franklin. Invention is the talent of youth, a judgment is of age.?Swift. He that never leaves his own eountr is full of prejudices.?Goldoni. Joking often loses a friend, and uev< gains an enemy.?C. Emmons. What leads to unhappiness is inakin pleasure the chief aim.?Shenstone. It never occurs to fools that nier and good fortune are elosefy united.Goethe. Hope is so sweet with its soldo I wings that, at his last sigh, man sti ! implores it.?Do la Fena. It is better to suffer wrong than do i and happier to he sometimes cheat? than not to trust.?Samuel Johnson It is a great misfortune not to hav enough wit to speak well, or 111 enough judgment to keep silent.?L Bruvere. The chiofest action for a man c spirit as never u? uu ?m ul m uuu, .. soul was never put into llie body I stand still.?Webster. A tloottlon of Title*. The City Treasurer of Edinburg! Colonel Sir Hubert Cranston, who In ; lately been knighted by King Ed war ! was called upon recently by a von tine ! rial traveler, who wished to see tl I i-olonel on business. As Sir ltobci ! like most of his associates. Is of tl ' Volunteer Corps, not of the regal.' ' army, the traveler's inquiry was l'< 1 Mr. Cranston. Colonel Cranston, 1 was informed, was out. "Oh. very well: can I see Mr. ? then':" (mentioning another member i the tirup. "Major is out. too." "And is Mr. out also?" "I am sorry to say that Captain ? has Just left to attend a muskoii class." The exasperated traveler turned go, when he was recalled and ask? if he wished to leave any message. "Well," he replied, "it's of no eons ?vaii miHit inst sav. if y< >1 luriiw. u?i ?o--- ? . . think of it, that Lord Wolseley looki in." Tli? Tamed Went. "Why don't somebody get born, g married, or die, or run off with son other man's wife, kiss the hired' gi: get drunk and shoot up the town, k one of the valuable town dogs, bn: out some place of business so as get the insurance, or commit suicide or, in fact, do any old thing so as liven up matters?be metropolitan, tl ' i same as in cities, as elsewhere?gos : but this is a dry old burg, no excit ' ir.ent of any kind?hasn't been a lis i to-skull encounter for so long that tl '! boys havp almost forgotten the niau art of self-protection. Gee! but tliis ': getting to be a taire affair for tl wild and wooly west!. If we go on I having in this manner what do y< suppose our dear friends in the eii i cast will think of such conduct o 1. here among the wilds of the Gre J American desert:"?Spokogee (I. 'J ' Journal. ?! 8 AQDinnrTITBAT s 11 j auiuuuuiuiiau. * ^ C 268 ?$6 6$ ? {P in ManiiRfiuent of 1 ..ilk Cellar*. The majority of collars are very inter properly ventilated, and the length of ,n time for keeping milk therein varies on ul nearly all farms. The success in the fp creameries is due to the observance of 1|t a proper degree of temperature, and s. until farmers become more observing jn of that point they will continue to have ,L. difficulties. One of the obstacles is un,r. cleanliness in the stables as well as in ,r. the milk houses. The regulation of tlic [)r eh..rning is as nothing compared with the essential requisites of properly s. keeping the places and utensils in the host condition. The water, however. ie is the source of the greatest danger. ; ie It has been demonstrated by actual j ,s exnerinio.it that the germs of disease j existing in impure water are carried n. without eiinnge into the milk, where j.j they rapidly multiply, and cause docomposition. A Sisjfgeatioii of Nature. 10 Nature suggests, In (he natural ami! thick growth of a great variety of j 'a\ grasses and weeds together, that a aiix- j tare of vegetation may yield a larger quantity of vegetable produee from any given area than ean he obtained from the growth of one species alone. Actual experiment has shown that a mixture of grasses is usually more pro^ daetive than the eultivalioa of a single j. one. An acre of peas ami oats grown jj, together will yield more than half an )C acre of earli grown singly. A lleld seeded to timothy and clover produces 'II ^ much more than either sown alone. A ir pasture sod composed of orchard grass, rj( timothy, red clover and Kentucky bine Jj, grasss is in good grazing condition from early spring till nutuniu, the de' cay of the earlier ripening species furIg nishing plant food for the species next ie coming to maturity. ' Profitable Shipment!. \ The fowl that is in demand is the V, clean, yellow leg and flesh one. A man ^ wo ttofc tf\ J JUJl (IV3IUU Il? UlvW uiuimn MJIP (V ship :i box of live or dressed poultry 10 the market. He has yellow logs. ^ black legs nr.d feathered legs in his lt consignment. He sends them and gets >(j bis returns. which we will say, for il* lustration, is nine cents per pound, and >p lie looks up the quotations and finds ^ that the market is paying nine to eleven cents per pound. His neighImr. who has given the matter more attention, has selected a, yellow leg and skin breed. He ships ? j at the same time and his returns arc J eleven and may bo twelve cents per p- | popnd. He tells our friend about it. ! and the question arises in our friend's h ! mind, "Why didn't I get eleven or | twelve cents instead of nine cents per ig ! pound':" j 1 will teil you why he didn't. Every | farmer knows that if he ships a barrel j of apples, half of them good and the j balance specked or rotten, he i.oesn't y | get the top price, but if be ships a barJ rel of selected fruit, returns with the -f I highest quotation, providing the marj kei is not overstocked. He must raise ig j something that everybody does not | raise, and there is no danger of overit ; stocking the market with tirst class _ goods. First class goods arc always in demand: the same in the poultry busl: ness as any other business.?J. J. I'atU I terson, Jr.. in The Cultivator. Kronanilnil Vocdlnir. t. ' I will here try to describe my pig d- trough. and hope I ran make it plain enough for ycur to tinders la nil. 1 ? make a V-ahapiil trough out of one by ?t si:: and one by Ave inch boards: to a each end of trough I nail A. which is made of one by three inch slats, with ,f a slot ent In top eiiu to receive 15, in wbic'.i is : iso a one by three inch slat, to EZ5 ] ;?? 3 h* is " 1 10 mIQP t)f two inches longer than the tronprb. To B arc nailed one 1 y two ineh shus, twelve or fourteen inches long, four inches apart 0:1 alternate sides, and the ? one by two inch slats long enough to ry just reach tap bottom of trough, when B, to which they are nailed, is set in to the slots and three inch wood pins put h! through at top end to keen pigs from lifting it out of place by drawing out e- the pins. Part with one by two ineh >o slats nailed on can he taken off. and -<1 trough is easily cleaned. I have a * small pen to set the trough in, and when the trough is filled open the slide pt d>or and let in the pigs. They can ie drink cn either side: when pigs are r vov fr.iu* months old they should have ill a larger trough. This is the host thing/ rn I have over tried to Keep pigs out of the trough, as they have no rooir. to get more than their noses in the t0 trough?Carl A. Welbke, in The Epit[k* onnst. , .4 h! >> Tees Annoyed by SknuJc>. Sometimes a colony of bees will be^ * come unaccountably cross, keeping a heavy guard at the hive entrance, ami attacking any one who goes anywhere , s near them. In such ease the cause or j(j this irritability frequently proves to have been a skunk. They sometimes ^ll annoy the bees in summer, but we have ? usually fouad them most troublesome :1; in the fall. !,l| Cne of our apriaries in particular has L'' for years apparently been a regular ' stamping ground for skunks. And we c- J & r w - V . . V pVArWSs A OMpa-rr have killed them oft l>y the dozen duiS j ins the fall mouths. After the weather becomes quite cool their depredations are more disastrous, as their scratching on the hive causes the bees to fly out in , large numbers, and those not devoured i perish by being chilled. Good, large swarms are sometimes ruined in this manner. A steel trap is the surest way of ridding one's self of such n nuisance. We attach the trap to a stout poie. or scantling, about fifteen feet long, us tbey are not likely to walk off with that, and set it near the hive entrance. We do not often use bait, but 1 last spring after three traps bad been successfully avoided several nights in succession, while our chickens disappeared like magic, v.e used scraps of raw meat as bait, and with results. { We fake hold of the end of the pole | ami carefully hobble bis skunkship down to the brook. r.:ul all is over in | a few minutes, and with no odor, such ! as is sure to be caused if they are I killed by clubbing or stoning.?Hilas D. Davis, in Americun Cultivator. Fruit Tree Fumigation. It lias been pretty conclusively demonstrated that fumigation is a remedy | for all of the insect pests which attack plant life. This means of keeping the orchard in prime condition has been indorsed bv the Agricultural Bureau. which has circulated a j?reat deal of literature relative to this method of dispatching scale and other insect life which will kill the trees if allowed to do so. The method followed is to l I 111 ROVED TXNT 7011 TUBS J CMIGA1I0H. throw a tent over a tree and after fastening all the ends down to prevent the escape of the fumes, the interior is tilled with the poisonous vapors. The covering is allowed to remain in position a certain prescribed length of time, after which it will be found that the insect life has been killed beyond possibility of resuscitation. In the treatment of large orchards, this process is necessarily expensive, and for the purpose of preventing waste of material a new tent has been devised and Is being introduced, by which it is possible to tell at once, exactly the amount of cyanide of potassium required for the fumigation of each particular tree. This prevents waste of material and at the same time insures the application of sufficient material to effect the desired result. This is done by making use of a square piece of canvas or other suitable material, and 011 which are marked ' rings, one within the other. As this IS tnrown over iijc lire iu m; ui.vi- | ated on, ami as the folds fall to the ground, it Is j>ossibio to accurately judge the cubic contents of the tent !>y the examination of the rings. Knowing the cubic contents of the space to l>e tilled there arc tixed rules prescribing the amount of fumigating materials to be used.?Philadelphia ltecord. Killing Wreilft ith Chemical*. In some regions objections have been raised against the use of solutions of copper sulphate, especially upon plants Intended lor forage, since it might Lc possible for animals to get ail amount sufficient to kill them. While such a condition of affairs is possible, it is hardly probable in the usual practice of weed destruction. To overcome this ditfieulty the use of solutions of copperas (iron sulphate* is vecommended In Fanners' Bulletin No. | 124. Where copperas is employed, it! will be found necessary to have a j stronger solution than whore Dine vitriol is used. Copperas solutions should he from ten to fifteen per cent., or about one pound of the ehemleal to each gallon of water. The results secured with this chemical do not scorn to be quite as satisfactory as where the copper sulphate is used, and the increased strength of solution required makes j their cost about the same. It must not be expected that all j weeds may be destroyed by chemicals. | at least in an economical way. Some weeds are so protected by hairs, scales j and wax as to render their leaves ini| pervious to the solutions usually employed. Against such weeds the use of chemicals will be followed by disaje pointing results, but against charlock, wild mustard, shepherd's i-rc. wild radish and penny cress they may he successfully used if the applications he made according to the suggestions given above. The solutions have been found to retard the growth of other weeds, with? rifteti*Ar!t?rr flw?ni ;is fol. OU[ CUUJj'lviei,* uuuu,ii"B . lows: Curled duck, bindweed, dande-1 lion, sow thistle and groundsel. In any | ease the results attained will depend j upon the thoroughness of the application. Hani to Inipoi* on KKMa?. Among the beggars that have been making the town in the last few Says were two little girls. They Lad the regulation piece of paper, explaining that they were deaf and dumb, but j they were not on to their job. At one store they wore a3ked if they could use a pretty little gir"x hat. and right then they started info a joint debate as to which on' Hiould get it.?Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. ? - THE "TRIPPING STEP." How to Acquire It For a Druwinz-I'oom Trained Skirt. Golfing girN and tennis-playing maidens are apt to lose the" drawing room accomplishment of walking in such a ' swan-like" way as to set off the ripple ami flow of a trained skirt. Evening dress is much more beautiful with a trained skirr. It gives a certain grace of its own to the deportment, but this is lost if (he wearer either strides or bounces about with a step whose freedom suggests breezy afternoons on the i downs or mornings spent ou the uncounted miles of the links. The Creole girls of former generations were.distinguished by a beautiful tripping walk, and the achievement of this drawing room grace was secured as follows: The mother or governess of the young girl used to tie her ankles together with a broad satin ribbon. The breadth of lite ribbon aud its softness prevents hurting the tender ankles, and the confinement prevented the girl from taking too long a step. It was never drawn tight, for then locomotion would be impossible. But the strictness of the. band reduced the childish stride to a narrow gait, which at that time was reckoned as an appropriate girlish accomplishment. . This produced in time a tripping step. It wds daily practiced until confirmed as a habitual manner of walking. This was at a time when the services of a retired drill sergeant were frequently requisitioned to teach a class of school girls how to hold up the head and how to straighten the spine s?) that no girl should dream of leaning back In her chair so as to tonch the baek.N Sometimes a l>ook was carried on the top of the head to assist in producing the carriage desired by the governess or mother. A somewhat artificial step seems the natural accompaniment of the 1830 style of summer toilet, in which an artificial simplicity is the keynote. The full-flounced and beruifled skirts, the ' early"Victorian corsage with its fichu and drooping shoulder seams. Its angel sleeves or the "glgot," the flowing scurf and long sashes of the period all point to the same direction. The tripping gait is quite as much a part of it as would he the profusion of ringlets and the frightful expanded bonnets we , have not copied from the same period. . One ambitious mamma, who thinks . a great deal of the "airs and graces," j has-trained her debutante daughter to j a gliding or tripping step by a simple device. Her white skirjt. which has ( not a very full petticoat, was sewed to- ( gether from front to hack half way up , from the hem. The girl then practiced . walking, advancing and retreating, be- . fore the tall mirror in the "duehesse" in her mother's dressing room. The ' seamed petticoat constrained her natural step into one still shorter, and so she has achieved the "chicken step" ( desired for a drawing room train.? Philadelphia Record. What Flrtii1! lh?m. To the statement that lnarr' ge<is often a failure because men and women do not understand each other a Western pewspapor writer adds: Here are some things which please a woman: To be called sensible. To be complimented on being well ( dressed. , To be told that she is fascinating. To be told that she improves a man by her companionship. To depend on some man and pretend , she is ruling him. To be treated sensibly and honestly and noc as a buttcrlly. with no head ( or heart. To be loved and admired by a man who is strong enough to rule and sub- . due her and make his way her way. | To find happiness in being ruled by . an intellect that she can look up to ad- | miringly and one to whom her own j mind hows in reverence. , A man is pleased: To have a woman love him. To have a soft, gentle, magnetic hand alleviate the pain of an aching heud. To have a woman's hand smooth away the careworn expression ana wrinkles from his brow. To have a woman's strength to help him over the weak places in life. To have a woman lead him in the way he wants to go. To have a woman sometimes treat him as a big baby, to be eared for and caressed.?Brooklyn Ragle. Memorial to Kliubfth fry. i One of the most famous of English philanthropists was Mrs. Elizabeth i Fry, the woman whose work a hundred years ago roused England to re- | form the cruelties of the criminal code r.nd the iniquities of convict prisons. , When Mrs. Fry began to go among the criminals of Newgate she found their life in prison spent (to quote her ' i own words) in "begging, swearing, gaming. lighting, singing, dancing, women dressing in men's clothes, and < such like.'* All these evils were swept away by her efforts in a few years. The best years o" her life were spent < near London, in a house still standing 1 In riashet-grove. East Ham. and in' the East Ham Town Hall recently, Mr. Sidney Buxton, M. P., unveiled a bust ' of the venerated lady, which was been presented to the District Couuell by Mr. Passmorc Edwards. Mr. Buxton 1 observed that Elizabeth Fry, though a Quaker, was not a "plain Quaker." She rode about the Norfolk lanes in a i scarlet habit. She used to attend i meeting on Sunday in purple boots .with scarlet lnces. and she would put 1 out her feet and admire them when i ; ^ tired of tbe discourse. ? Philadelphia Telegraph. . / I-ace Gown*. V Lace gowns are as appropriate for winter * as for summer wear. Tbe handsomest of these lace gowns, says the New York Evening Post, are often entirely made of two or more kinds of lace bandings, or of a lacc such as all-over Valenciennes, inlet with another, as Irish point or guipure. The contrasts sought are striking, and uuless managed with discretion and skill the effects are anything but beautiful. There is a new batiste, exquisitely fine and sheer, called batiste de soie, which is used as a foundation material, and covered with medalions and inlets of lace until the effect of a most elaborate lace gown is obtaiifed. The batiste hardly appears except here and there in gaugings or tucking* which fill in between lace motifs. A Qoefn'i Tact. Some time ago one of Queen Alex* andra's many goddaughters was about to be married. She was a young lady well known in society, but her parent*-' were diffident about inviting tbe Qneeu to the wedding. The matter, however, came to Her Majesty's ears, and she sent for the mother of the bride, and asked all about it, says Home Note*. On learning that the ceremony was to be a very quiet one, Queen Alexandra remarked: "Well, in that case there will bo room for me," an observation which caused great delight to the wedding party. Her Majesty attended the ceremonies in a most unostentatious way, making herself charming to all the family relations who were present i The Lingerie Waist. The lingerie waist is so pretty that many women deeply regret to have to lay it aside as cold weather comes on. To those who would like to wear them all winter the following clever idea will appeal strongly: Procure white wash silk of good texture and make yourself a high-necked and longsleeved waist?a plain shirt waist pattern would do nicely. Line It with thin woolen white goods, such as thin white wash flannel. This waist can be washed any number of times. When the cold day arrives put this on, and yonr. beloved lingerie blouse on top. You can now brave the blast with impunity, and wear your white waist^ail winter. The Betrothal Beagle. Some attempt Is being made to introduce the betrothal bangle?a plain, thick circlet, which is solidly riveted ** ?con ha AlllT upon me u?uw o mu, auu removed by being sawn asunder. The Idea is very charming, of course, te lovers in the first flush of mutual adoration, remarks a writer1 in the Lndy'e Pictorial. But these are (lays when engagements are easily broken. Giria can wear rings on any fingers, and they tell no tale: but they could not wear bangles riveted on their armr without confessing themselves engaged. Pointllle Silk. A new weave of silk is called Pointllle because it has a raised dot in white or color upon a black ground, tnd the same design is repeated always with a contrast in otliier^weba if the silk. A black dot on white is a ?howy specimen of the "pontine." The lot is only slightly raised, not so much is to give it the effect of being embossed. but just a slight raise in the weaving?enough to show off the dot if brilliant china white or whatever color be chosen. This makes a suitable church costume when properly made up. Pretty Ribbons. The possibilities of ribbon.seem to be unlimited, says the New York Evening Post. Ribbon hats are covered with ribbon flowers, and garlands occupy a position of Importance in the millinery shops. A lovely hat is made entirely of rose-colored ribbon, the under part of the slightly tilted brim being lined with rose-colored ganze. The top of the crown and the over brim are made of pink satin taffeta ribbon roses, the bits of leaves cleverly r?nn*i.;rwl lit ?rreen ribbon. Plumes still snuggle down to the hate at the left. Raveled taffeta Is a smart edge for Victorian scarf. Mother of pearl and crystal enter Into the finest embroideries. Pink roses trim one of the prettiest hats In white crinoline lace. Pleatings of lace or fine mnll are In- m/vHshlv hroad cuffs. Black soutache on white cloth trim* most of the modish colors successfully. Mannish neckwear has been entirely replaced by dainty transparent effects. Fichus of soft tinted old lace complete some of the handsomest evening dresses. V t i Cream lace on a mignonette green gown gains by being run with black velvet ribbon. A knot of ribbon with four sprawling ends and no loops is effective on tbo bodice front. Crystal bead chains harmonize, with almost any fabric with which they may be worn. An umbrella to match a dark dress ar coat is certainly something for which to strive. A lovely blouse of broderic Angfaise is shirred across the shoulders with three rows of Val insert. Tracings, either practical or ornamental, are a feature on many add varying | sorts of garments. ^ . J .' .