the miiden queenly, ves about serenely, i+rinely tall, ch prefer her small, it small ones greatly, t the large and stately, ptious. fortunately; i admire then all. rv...v .ike girls with animation, Such as shine in conversation. These the golden youth enthrall At a party or a ball. Quiet, shy ones have their inning: Some consider them more winning. As I said in the beginning. Really, I admire them all. Fair or dark and big or little? I don't care a jot or tittle. -"N x* ;?i. 1 .1 .11 ^ jnuiir wun inc ikis goi uie can: At the feet of each I fall? The demure and the vivacious. j. Fmart. coquettish, sweet and gracious? Jl?or.e is barred. My heart is sDacious, Bless the girls! I love 'cm all. ?Chicago News. MAKING jn A SHOW By D. J. FINLAY. ^ -*0*^. HAD always a greater re3| Y gard for uiy Uncle George I than for any of uiy relay tives. Tlio reason for this was. doubtless, that he was more- communicative and companionable than any relative outside of my immediate family. He would sit down and spin yarns for uie by the hour whenever we were together; but there was one subject on .which, for a number of years, I had failed to draw him out; and that was often a matter of serious thought to " me, and I determined to find a good apportunity to get at the facts in the case. One evening, as we sat together in my uncle's comfortable mansion. I found him in a very communicative mood. and. to my astonishment, he broached the subject which I had promised to bring up. "My dear boy," said he. "I suppose you have often wondered why I remained an old bachelor?" "Yes. uncle," said I. in an airy, offliand way which did not at all betray the depth of my curiosity. "I am sure you must have had ample opportunity to see the cream of society and make a suitable choice of a companion." "Well," said he. "I will tell you; and story may be a good subject for your dreams of future speculation. "When I was a young man I was rather fond of making a good show in society.* At times this was performed on a very, limited capital. Shortly after I settled in New York I made the acquaintance of a beautiful and estimable young lady, Miss Clorinda Swan, and I lost no time in paving the way for a matrimonial alliance with her. "One evening the subject of conversa. tion between us ran upon operas, and the upshot of it was that I invited aL. a J - - v/iviiuua iu go 10 iue Academy 01 Music the next evening. As I have ?aid, my means were then rather limited, and now I had just enough left to pay for the tickets, but no surplus for carriage, supper and et ceteras. With these I determined to dispense, as I thought my fair Clorinda was too L sensible to be affected by the loss. "Fortune favored me at the start: the evening was fine and the weather dry, so at the appointed time I made my appearance, dressed in the best I could afford, and waited patiently for Clorinda. She soon put all my fears 011 the carriage question to flight by as uring me that she preferred walking. ?""We chatted gayly on the way to the Academy, and were in due time for the performance, which was the opera of 'Martha,' with a popular prima donna In the leading role. Of the perform ance I need not speak. The opera was all that we could desire, and was rendered most admirably, i "When the performance was over we . descended the stairs amid the gay h throng, and soon reached the sidewalk. But. oh,, horror of horrors! It was raining! What was I to do? To gel carriage, without having a cent tc jr for it, made my blood run cold ^CKtny thought occurred to me in a ^sV^Vand in a nervous whisper 1 r- % ** she had rubbers on I " * ^^smay, sne answered: r ^ ? oots are very light, too - ^Cy'not think of walking. W< ^V-^et a carriage.' "Of course, there was nothing lefl W * for me to do but to face the music f and I hailed one of the many drivers who was anxious to get passengers I assisted my fair Clorinda to a seat and in a few moments we were whirl ing along through the rain. Hardlj had we gone two blocks when Clorindt said she was hungry, and asked m< to stop aivl get supper. My feelings can easier be imagined than described as I thought of my empty pockets and tried to reason lier out of eatim so late at night. All my arguments . were fruitless, however, for my deal Clorinda was not to bo thwarted. "Thinking that fortune might be friend me by some means then a rays tery to mo. I ordered the driver t< stop at the nearest restaurant. We en Bte tored a saloon and took seats at a tabl ggg| the centre of the room. I deter PkI Jto eat as little as possible, bu inda was not by any means so del e, and quietly took the liberty of or .ng what she wanted. In vain zed around to see if by chance tin ^foon contained an acquaintance.; but * to my dismay, not a familiar face wa visible. "As you may well imagine. I was no in a hurry to leave the table, but m; companion began to show signs of rest . less anxiety to get home, so I though . I had? better start and have it over a soon as possible. "I had formed many plans of how w- was to pacify the cashier at the desk but the wretch had more human natur In him than I imagined. "While walking down the saloon turned to Clorinda and suggested tha she had better go out and get into th carriage while I was settling the bi! and buying some cigars, which I wanl 'ed to take with me. To this, fortunate ij. she made no objection. "J. walked 011 till I came in front 0 the smiling individual who was wail iug?for my cash, and with as bold a k * . air of innoceuee as I could assurcn ^ ^ Pv ~ I told Mm I my pockctbook In thg^iurry of getting ready foi the jMZktre, but I would call next i clay and settle the bill. " 'Too thin a story to pass here, sir.* he ejaculated. 'We do a strictly cash business.' " 'I don't want to be bullied about such a trifle." I continued: but the man had completely changed into a hog by this time. and. coining out from his place behind the desk, he looked wicked enough to choke me then and there. "T will call a policeman and have you arrested.' he said, in a menacing tone, loucl enough to be heard by all the people in the saloon. "My Mood boiled at the insulting manner of the man. and I lost all control over my actions. "(iet out of my way and let me pass, vou red-lieaded scoundrel.' I said, as I made a dash for the door. "A perioral scuffle ensued, and I bek lieve I was giving him a few well aimed blows, when, to my horror, a policeman rushed in and collared me as roughly as if I had been a Qiadman. " 'What's this all about?" he demand' ed of the clerk, who was blind with rage. " 'Arrest that man and take him to the station house, and I will go down and make a charge against him.' " 'But let me explain,' I cried, in a loud tone. " 'Explanations at the station house,* said the officer, as lie dragged me into the street, where a crowd of idlers had already gathered to see the fun. "As I reached the sidewalk I saw the carriage drive off at a rapid rate. I learned afterward that Clorinda became alarmed for her own safety, and promised the driver a liberal reward if he would drive her to her father's house. This made mftters worse, for it looked as if she were ai accomplice of mine, and fled for fear of arrest. , "Imagine the state of my feelings as I was marshaled through the streets, with a dozen rude boys yelling all around me! When we reached the station the usual preliminaries were gone through. The saloon keeper appeared, and made a charge against me of 'swindling, and deliberate assault without provocation.' "I told my story, but of course. It went for nothing, as the policeman gave his evidence in affirmation of the charges, and I was hustled off to a cell, to pass the night in thinking over my troubles. "In the morning I telegraphed to a friend downtown, who soon came to my assistance and paid a fine of J10 nnl.'/>/v l.^nACA/l nn ? 1IH.1I lUf i'UIIVr JVOUVf ilXJ|7VOCV* Vil me. I went Lome to my boarding house, and. as luck would have it. the people in the house were ignorant of my adventures during the night. I suppose they thought I had been on a spree, but they said nothing, and I did not enlighten them. "That evening I made up my mind to call upon my dear Clorinda and her parents, for the purpose of explaining ray conduct. All through the day I had been framing excuses which were, for the most part. lies and equivocations. When I reached the door, my heart beat so strongly that I felt my courage giving way, and I stood on the stoop for several minutes before I could summon sufficient courage to ring the bell. "When the girl came to the door, I asked if Miss Clorinda was at home? She said. 'Yes,' and politely asked me to 'take a seat in the parlor.' "In a few moments the servant reappeared, bearing a card with the comnlimonts of her mistress. I glanced at the card, and on it was written in a clear, delicate hand: ** 'Have you sot rubbers on? Have you the money to pay for your supper? If not, I will lend you the necessary supply. C. S.' "I made a dash for the door, and was soon in the street, fearihg that the father might appear and kick me out oC the house. "And now. my dear boy, do you wonder that I am still a bachelor? My advice to you is?beware of sailinp under i false colors."?New York Weekly. The Grandmother'* Art. There is the art of being a grandmother?one of the most agreeable I and useful of a woman's accomplish' ments. . It has the joys of motherhood | without its responsibilities. The grandmother at forty is only the beginning of a g-nndmother. At sixty she has a small store of experiences of whooping cough and college "scrapes" and love affairs and weddings on which she may draw as occasion re[ quires, but at eighty the accumulation is really splendid. t The grace and repose of the grandmother preserve ideals for the younger [ generation which the strenuous demands of the world too often force the mother to neglect. The art of staying at home and yet keeping a traveled . mind and spirit is not acquired before t seventy. "What are you going to do with your . leasure?" asked a friend of a woman of seventy, who was resigning some of her lifelong duties to other hands. ; "I aiu coins to Have it.'' replica tne 1 wisp old woman, "and that will be enough pleasure for the next ten yfars. By that time I may want to do something else with it."?Youth's Companion. 1 Voluntary Imposition. General Sherman once had occasion ? to stop at a country home where a tin - basin and a roller towel on the back t porch sufficed for the family's ablu tions. For two mornings the small - boy of the household watched in siI lenee the visitor's efforts at making a e toilet under the unfavorable auspices. but when on the third day the tooths brush, nail file. wLlsk broom, etc., had been dnly used and returned to their t places in the traveler's grip he could y suppress his curiosity no longer, so :- boldly put the question: "Say, mister, t air you always that much trouble to s yo'se'f?"?Lipplncott's. I Not a !Ua?terplece. A Scotchman who had married a e widow noted for her plainness, says Harper's Weekly, was accosted by his I employer: t "Well, Thomas." said the latter, "I e hear you're married. What sort of a II woman is your wife?" t- "Weel, sir," answered the Scot. !? "she's the Lord's handiwork: but I cannot say she's just His masterpiece.'^ f t- There is no meat trust in Australia, n There mutton sometimes sells for as i, little as two cents pound. ? ? Koatl Money! 9 ^NDER Section .">3 of the New State Highway law ^ nil moneys collected for the J repair and construction of highways In any town are paid to the supervisor of the town, who is the custodian thereof, and is accountable therefore, and who gives a bond for the faithful disbursement and safe keenlnsr of this monev. The mon eys collected and received by the supervisor are paid out upon the order of the Highway Commissioner for the repair and permanent improvement of the highways of the town in such manner as the Commissioner of Highways and Town Board may determine and direct. The Attorney-General has given it as his opinion that under this statute the Town Board as a whole has one vote as to the manner in which such highway money shall be used on the highways and the Highway Commissioner lias another vote, and that there must be an agreement between the Commissioner and the Town Board before such money may be properly expended. The Town Board and the Highway Commissioner, in passing the resolution as to the expenditure of the highway money, are governed by the following statutory regulations: First, each mile of highway in the town must be taken care of prior to June 1 in each year. Each mile of highway must have the loose atones removed once in thirty days, from April 1 to December 1. Each mile of aighway must have all waterways, ditches and culverts opened and kept in order. The main highways receiving the heaviest tratlic in the town are entitled to more money a mile spent upon them In their maintenance than jthe roads having a lesser amount of traffic going over them. A road district having a large assessment and contributing largely to the road fund, but with light travel in that district, is not entitled to have spent in that district all the moneys raised for road purposes in the district. Many town boards try to satisfy each road district by expending in that district an amount of money equal to the amount that that district contributes to the road fund. This treatment is not contemplated by the statute and is not good business for the town. The payment of the road tax in money is primarily for the purpose of creating a fund large enough to lirst take care of each mile of highway in the town as above described, irrespective of the assessed valuation of the property adjawnt trt that mile of hiehway. and. sec ond, to place upon the highways having the greatest traffic the greatest amount of money per mile for their maintenance, because this directly benefits all of the taxpayers in the town who have to haul their loads to market.?New York Tribune. Draining Maaaachnsetta Roadi. Nothing nas occurred to change the opinion of the members of the Massachusetts State Highway Commission regarding the use of Telford foundation for road building. No return to this method will be made. On heavy, wet soils a centre V shaped drain has been substituted for the side drains and telfording. This idea of preparing the foundation is unique, and will be of interest to other road builders. The report says: "The earth i9 loosened and thrown out toward the sides 60 as to give a Y-shaped trench, with its greatest depth in the centre of the roadway. Narrow trenches are cut through the sides of this centre trench, at intervals of fifty feet or more, con Meeting its lowest part with the gutters on the side, and placed at a depth and slope thoroughly to remove all water. The centre and cross trenches are filled with field or wall stones, the depth of this stone varying from twelve to eighteen inches in the centre, and from six to twelve inches on the sides, the thickness being dependent on the character of the soil in the sub-grade. The tops of these stones are given a crown to receive the surfacing material." Earth, gravel or broken stone is then spread in the usual way. This method of draining has proved entirely efficient, and so the question of cost between this method and telfording with side drains becomes the determining factor. The average cost of side drains on twenty contracts made in 1903 amounted to forty-seven cents per foot. In 1900 the average cost of telfording on twenty-eight contracts amounted to 32.7 cents per square yard. Thus, the cost per lineal foot for telfording, with two side drains was $1207. or S3.S cents for telfording and one side drain. In building the V-shaped drain about one-quarter of a cubic yard of earth is excavated and about one-half a cubic yard of stone is placed for each lineal foot of road. On seventy-three contracts the average cost of excavating was 43.9 cents per cubic yard: for the | stone in place the cost averaged 70.7 cents a cubic yard. Thus, the cost for the drain is 49.2 cents per lineal foot of road. Comparing these prices with those for telfording, it is evident that a saving of 77.4 cents per foot of road is made over telfording and two drains and 34.5 cents per foot over telfording and one drain. A Wealthy Waif. A smart motor-car with a young man and a pretty woman in it recently drove up to a tiny tishing village on the Brittany coast and stopped at the j roadmender's cottage, which- was empty for the time bring. The young man sprang out with a large buudlc. left it in the house, jumped into the car again, and drove off rapidly in the direction of Brest. The roadmender's wife, on reaching home, opened the bundle and found therein a healthy baby about eight days old. Having babies enough of her own. she put the unwelcome Infant out of doors, and calmly left it there. A p-.asant woman passing by, hearing the child cry. took pity on it and carried it to her home. Undressing the baby she found ?2000 in banknotes pinned to its clothes, hut not the least indication as to its identity. She is going to be a devoted second mother to the child, while the roadmender's wife bitterly repents her uncharitablene88.?London Telegraph. 1 \ - I cipltnc Their OfT?prlh|f. After Mrs. Walters had "read up" be subject thoroughly and tabulated he results of her investigation. in her nethodicnl mind, she told her husband, ?ays the Chicago News, that she was ;oing to make a change with baby. We have been making a, mistake A'itlihiin. Last night after dinner v.'e ilayed witli liiui and rocked him for a ru!I hour. Te-night ho is to bo put to jed and left to go to sleep by him>elf." Walters, nho is an extremely youthMil father, was about to say that ooking the baby was "part of the *un." Fortunately he realized in time :hat this was not likely to meet with he approval of his wife's more serious nind. so he suggested instead that in by might cry. "We must be prepared for that," Mrs. Walters said, gently but firmly. 'For a night or two he may cry very nml. But conscientious parents will lot neglect the best good of their chi.'.iron because of a few tears." Mrs. Walters did not give her reso.ution time to cool. The baby, dimpled iiul cooing and ready for his evening rrolio. was put to bed and the door closed upon him. At first he appeared to regard this as a new feature of the 50me. From the next room his parents jould hear occasional interrogatory jurgles. Then there came a faint wail, then a flood of invective in baby language. ? "lie's calling us names now,' -said Walters. "I'm glad he takes that Vack rather than the plaintive." He had hardly spoken when an earsplitting shriek sounded from the next iw?m Witters snranir from his seat. but his wife waved him back. "This is only what was to be expected. Robert," she said, determined, though pale. "He will cry hard tonight, and possibly to-morrow night. By that time lie will have learned his lesson. All the authorities I have consulted agree that It is impossible for a healthy child of his age to Injure himself by crying." Walters suggested that it would have been better to accustom him to the change gradually. On this point, too, his wife was firm, quoting her authorities with irritating readiness. The Walterses are a harmonious couple, but this time they came near a quarrel. "There, he's quieting down at last," said Mrs. Walters, triumphantly, and she was right. Baby's frantic outcrie? had given way to pitiful sobs. Presently these also ceased, and Mrs. Walters smiled across the table at her husband, who smiled back. Both were so relieved that the ordeal was over that they were inclined to overlook whatever might have been unpleasant in the past. "Now, you see, he's asleep. I'm going to take a peep at him. She stepped lightly across the room and opened the dooi of the bedroom. 1DPI1 SlLll? UlltfrtU (l duiwo oivri* shrieks compared to which baby's recent exhibitions were as nothing. With a bound Walters was at her side, fearing he knew not what. The baby layon the floor, a big lump on his forehead, caused by hitting the floor when he fell out of bed. He was sleeping peacefully in spite of the fact that there were undried tears on his cheek. Have Fan at Home. Don't be afraid of a little fun at home. Don't shut your house lest the sun should fade your carpets, and your hearts, lest a hearty 'augh shake down some of the musty old cobwebs there! If you want to ruin your sons, lot thorn think that all mirth and social enjoyment must be left on the threshold without when they come home at night. "When once a house is regarded as only a place to eat. drink and sleep in. the work Is begun that ends in gambling houses and reckless degradation. Young people must have fun and relaxation somewhere; If they do not find It at their own hearthstones it will be sought at other and less profitable places. Therefore, let the fire burn brightly at night and make the homestead delightful with all those little arts that parents so perfectly understand. Don't repress the buoyant spirits of your children; half an hour's merriment round the lamp and fireside of home blots out the remembrance of many a care and annoyance during the day, and the best safeguard they can take with them into the world Is the influence of a bright little domestic sanctum.?Chicago Journal. x An Inspired Idiot. Iteuben Fields, the Johnson County mathematician, who is considered by many to be an idiotic wonder, stopped at a hotel in a small town in Henry County recently. As usual in such places, there were a number of drummers on hand: there was also a meeting of some medical men at %Ac place who used the hotel as headquarters. Cne of the doctors thought it would !>-'? nnite a ioke to tell Fields that some of the M. D.s. liad concluded to kidnap hint and take out his brains to learn how it was ho was so good In mathematics. He was then asked by then what ho was going to do about i: Fields replied: "I will go on without brains, just lika you doctors arc doing." ?Oak Grove (Mo.) Banner. A Delphic Utterance. As capable of varied interprcta'or as the utterances of the ancient or.- les was the speech made by a Swiss iwtfun taiueor who accompanied the Stutfield and Collie exploring expedition through the Canadian Rockies. They found it necessary to ford Beai Creek, and Hans did not enjoy it. al though lie faced it with exemplar? fortitude. Once safely across, he turned and surveyed the stream gravely. "Several times you cross it." he said, enigmatically, "but yet once is the las. time." Hlltlnc Ant*. As nearly every one is bothered once In a while with ants, the remedy ad vised by the Garden Magazine will be iinercsting: Boiling hot water poured into the holes will destroy large nuni hers of the ants. An effective remrdj is bisulphide of carbon poured Into tin holes. This quickly evaporates and the heavy vapor penetrates the lowes depths of the runs, l'our in two table spoonfuls at one spot. Bisulphide o1 carbon is iuflammable. so that it slioule; be kept from fire or sparks tof fear 01 Ignition. " Veil*. The draping of the liats with colored veils has not yet arrived. Whether the season will bring back the fashion is doubtful. For traveling the double veils are still worn. Fancy face veiis, which were elaborate in design, are ignored by well dressed women. The best is of tine, plain net, with a few v?ivei uuis uvcr uir BUiiatc. There should not be more than two or three over thfe face. The small hats of the day lend themselves well to veils, but there is a growing tendency away from having the face covered. The invisible hair nets are worn loosely over the whole head to keep the hair in place. For real protection, women are more apt to wear a colored chiffon veil to match the hat. No matter what the veil, it is usually fastened with a fancy pin at nape of neck and at edge of hat How to Tint Lace*. A secret worth knowing it: how tq tint laces, chiffons, silk or crocheted buttons, feathers, slippers, gloves, etc., to a gown shade. The process is vouched for by the National Dressmakers' Association, from whose journal it is taken. The materials required are oil paints in tubes and gasoline. The gasoline is placed in a porcelain bowl and the paint is dissolved in it. The work has to be done quickly and, of course, in a flreless room. Mix the paint to the required shade in a saucer, comparing it wi(h the goods till the right color. When the exact tone is reached mix with the gasoline and dip the lace, or whatever is to be dyed, quiekiy before the paint falls to the bottom, as there might be a spot of bottom. Do not let the goods touch the paint there. A hairpin comes In handily to hold the edge of the goods. Shake out quickly and pin up to dry. It is well to make a few experiment^ before risking costly material, but the process is really not at all formidable. The Blander of Economy. Women have a good many sins iaid to their charge, and extravagance in dress is one of them. But there are some instates in which this not wholly feminine failing is commendable. It was recently stated that in times of financial depression men invariably curtail their expenditure in dress, whereas women go on arraying themselves just as if nothing had happened. This certainly counts one to them. It may look like foolishness and heedless extravagance on the face of it, whereas it really goes a long way toward saving a situation. Economy is a mistake at such times. To begin With, appearances must be kept up. To advertise financial depression Is disastrous. It is always distinctly encouraging to have seeming evidences of prosperity before the eyes. Again, if eveiybody began cutting down expenses, as men iriT-orinhiT- dr, Hfroetlv' stneks fall, there would soon be little or no money in circulation. Clearly women are in the right?are they not invariably so??and men wholly in the wrong in this matter. Tailors and outfitters answer emphatically in the affirmative. They droop and pine, while drapers and modistes flourish.?Indianapolis News. Marriage Obligation* Mutual. What part shall the husband play in the drama of domestic economy, beside? being the worker and provider? Shall he help wash the dishes? Or -1 " L ' * - Ar. rlinnoi* onH snail 11? eui ma ui umu?.i uuu retire to his club for the rest of the evening, leaving his wife to the questionable enjoyment of her own society? No! to both questions. It takes two persons to make a contract binding, and in marrying both assume responsibilities which should be carried out to the best of their abilities. These words from ''The F'dsoner of Zcnda"?"If love were all!" would make a good text for a marriage sermon. Love isn't all?it .never has been ?and never will be. The happiest marriages are those where the duties they bring have been conscientiously carried out. It isn't a question of money! Where do jou find happier fathers and mothers than those who have ten or a dozen children to care for and educate? They married when they were quite young?a mere girl and boy, perhaps, and It has been a long struggle for both to make both ends meet. But they travel "hand in hand the long road together." Unity of interests J makes everything easy aud pleasura L>:e.?maiaaapoiis .>c?s. Winter Millinery. Headgear grows more and more picturesque, says the Delineator. One of the quaintest designs is the Victorian bonnet, with its wide brim flaring up and out, a mode that is widely becoming. Ail flower ereations are having wide popularity this season, though appropriate only for theatre or matinee wear. Xot only Is the toque frame covered with flowers, but the Louis XIII. and marquise shapes also are adorned in this manner. Moss-roses, dahlias, vlo lets and chrysanthemums are chiefly i seen, roses perhaps being most in evij deuce. The flowers of darker hue are usually in conventionalized colorings, while those of paler tints are more strictly after the natural flora. The all-feather hats are smart for all except very dressy functions. Felt hats are fashionable in spite of the demand for those of velvet, the handsomest being of atin felt. Fur hats are made attrae 'e by floral trimmings. Old rose is h "avorite color in millinery for evening year and both 1 felts and plumes are *4hown in it. riumes are in high favor for the fashionable Cavalier hat. Brown, perhaps more than any other color, is seen in the large Cavalier models, though the 1 new rich greens that sometimes shade ' down to brown or to tea rose are also ' used. The sweeping paradise plume adorns many of the handsomest of the 1 season's headgear and is frequently, the .only trimming. . . ' " ' . .. i i.,,. J'- ' \ \ V Plain DreiMi For Charch. There is one section of the dress reform which pleases many, and that is the new fashion of dressing plainly for church. The Sunday dress has really gone out of fashion. is no longer considered proper to wear one's best clothes to church. The "best" clothes must be laid away for worldly pleasures, for the theatre or circus, and the plainest gown, cr, in fact, the every day outfit is to be worn on Sun* days. Women of the East have leaned, gradually toward this, and for some time it has been noticed by strangers that they look exceedingly plain when attending church. The light, fluffy and elaborate toilet has been relegated to the matinee, the reception and afternoon tea by the smart women of the East, and in its place is seen a quiet, unattractive gown, which perhaps costs large sums, but which is not at all conspicuous. Of course the dark costume cannot worn for church in warm weather, but the styles of the dresses worn are quite as simple and plain as they possibly can be. The simple, plain, white linen suit is quite popular for worship, and these are anything but fancy in their construction. As black is always worn during the hot days black is conspicuous among the church .goers ever in summer time. For many years the clergy have deplored the fact that women bedeck themselves too elaborately when attending services, and perhaps through their persistent advice and preaching the reform has come abopt?Newark Advertiser. t " i Pongee Walita. "The woman who i? not looking for waists that are high In price can find the most charming things at a very reasonable rate. There come lovely pongee waists in the natural tones, or what is called pongee color, also a pale wood, or a light tan. This "color is usually becoming and it goes well with any dark skirt Suspenders are worn with we smrt waist dy wose wijo ?*.t? novelties. The navy blue pongee waists are, many of them, accordion pleated. Little accordion pleats are laid all across the front, and, upon a slim figure, they are certainly pretty. . It 19 a bad season for the woman who wants to tub her shirt waist every day of her life. She aims to be masculine in her cleanliness and into the tub her shirt waist must go every day. ' But, ir sne jooks into tne hnin wajat question well, she will find thati6he cannot always tub her waists and that her 6hlrt whilst trunk will contain very few waists that are meant for soap and water. ?v. Pongee waists are hardly made to be washed nor are the handsome waists of embroidered wash taffeta, nor the wash satin waists nor the waists made of the other so-called handsome washable goods. But the question of soap and the shirt waist is one over which each and every woman must struggle individually. The woman who fs going to be very English will find many opportunities awaiting her. There are the Madras suitings, which come in heavy weight and in pale grounds, that are admirable for shirt waists. These are in cream, palp blue, light pink, tan, lilac and tne faint shades of blue and gray. Nothing could be neater than these suiting9 and they make up very well Indeed in shirt waists. ? The golf materials of the year are linen, cheviot, heavy white canvas suiting, pique and even denim. .The object is to get a material that will not grow limp and there can be nothing too heavy for the purpose. There come linen goods, thick as a board, and just the thing for the golf field. With these go the knitted caps, or the stiff white linen sailors, and thus the golf girl is pretty on the fields?Brooklyn Eagle. Foulards are passe. They have not the slightest chance for being worn. The polo turban or ''Tommy Atkln" hat has taken quite a hold on the .women of to-day. Womon'Vho are skilled in embroidery are employing their talent for the decoration of shirt waists. A vagary of fashion which is half amusing and half vexing has developed in connection with the eccentric curves of some of the new hats. At the hair dressers they are offering all kinds of little bunches of false hair, curls, knots, pnfTs, braids, with hairpin attachments to wear under hat brims. For walking, the skirts are sometimes four Inches above the ground. They are stitched about the hem a great many times, and are very much like the rainy-day skirts. The suede shoes, in colors, are popular. They are extremely so with the woman with a pretty foot, and they greatly enhance the costume of one color, when one-color schemes are carried out. Poraee is quite as much favored this spring as it was last, and it comes in such pretty colors, and they make up in such pretty styles that women cannot resist having several to hold the summer out. An important characteristic of the season will be the profuse use of embroidery around the neck, on narrow revers, on vests and cuffs, especially on cloaks and on tailor-made garments of the dressier sort. The buttoned-in-the-back lingerie waist causes much woe by coming unfastened at Inconvenient times. The bright woman Iearr.s to cut off the small pearl buttons as soon as the waist comes f'-om the shop and to substitute the more ^xpeqsive but reliable i embroidered or. crocheted button. These OfUOttoOKB. ' t ' * -I rH."*" , '-'MsSBh \ =========zak}: |r