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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-12-31, Page 13OUR OTTAWA LETTER FARMERS TO MEET THE TARIFF COMMISSION. referential 'trade and Imperial leedera- tion—Mr. mare and the Party Wooers -- 1 Another Contract Job—nneommuninae to disprove this charge,'the accused will have to show that they are Grits, an alternative of whichnot many will all. themselves. But the system of holding the inveetigation in secret is unfair and unfiritith. The members of the Admin- istratiou seem to be running vary much to Commissioners nowadays. It may be necessary for them to aid their partlsan friande, Mann doing s ihey should give the people who pay the bills a reliance or seeing what the Commissioners are doing theme( touleeteur. to earn their money. [From Our Own Correspondent] Another Contract ,fob, We have other instances of the way In which the anvernmeet looks after its friends, due is shown by the award of a contract for the supply of Coal to the St. John's Military school. The contract, which calls for 400 tons of coal, has been awarded to a well-known Liberal Parti- san of St. john's at the tollowing prices: Stove, $6; egg, $4.75; soft, $4.75. Messrs. Bissett and Donaghy, of St. John's. ()tiered to siipply the coal at the following prices: Stove, $4; egg, $4.40; sett, $4.60; but their tender was rejected, In Toronto the contract for coal has been divided up amongst the Liberal dealers. The Cnneervatives are left out in the cold, although their tenders averaged slightly lower than those of the Liberals, einconnouniention or L'IBleeteur. I Ottawa, Dec. 28,—To even the politi- cian the festive season has brought in- oreese of work. The Capital has been de- serted for the past week, only Mr. Scott, of all the Ministers, isspending the holi- day in Ottawa. The Tariff Commission- ers are to reassemble here on January 4, and will then resume their work of en- quiring into the workings of the tariff. To John McMillan, M. P., has been delegated by his party leaders the task of drumming up agricultural witnesses against the protective tariff. For three weeks Mr. McMillan has campaigned throughout niastern Ontario, has attend- ed many meetings of Farmers' Institu- tes and has seen to it that the commis- sioners will be interviewed by more or less influential delegations representing the farming Mass. Mr. nionlinan has not met with unvarying success in his work. In many places be has found that the men belonging to the Farmers' Institu- tes have made a strong distinction be. tWeen doing what they conceive to be in the interests of the farmers and what would obviously be in the interest of the Liberal Government of Canada. Mr. Mo - Milian has done his best, but the country will see, when the agricultural witnesses 4101320 before the Commission, that in the majority of eases they are Liberals first and farmers afterwards. I say that this will be the raise in the majority of in- stances. There are some changes in the tariff veldoh both Liberals and Conserva- tives think necessary, Dr. Montague, when Minister of Agriculture, came to the conclusion that a reduction of the duty on Indian corn would do injury to nobody. Had he had an opportunity of doing so, he would have asked the Ad- ministration to sanction such a change. In the matter of the coal oil duties the Liberal Government will have an oppor- tunity to carry out their theories, but Messrs.laster and Fraser, the two Minis- terialists who sit for the Lambtons, are making strenuous objeetion to any rot duotion of the impost. Mr. Frasete is re- puted to make annually something be- tween twelve and lifteen thousand dole tars from his oil interests. He may be looked to for a very vigorous objection when Mr. Fielding and Sir Riohard come to carry out their pledges in respect to is own pet industry. The time was t lien Sir Riohard declaimed furiously a gainst the protection gi en to the Cana- an oil industry, I remora her to have heard Mr. Lister engage in a battle royal with Sir Richard when the two were dis- tinguished ornaments of the Opposition side of the House. Upon that occasion— it was in the session of 1894, I think— Mr. Lister so far carried his vehemence As to inform Sir Riohard that the Knight did not know what he was talking about when he called for a reduction in the tariff on coal. oil. During their recent visit to Petrone the Tariff Commission- ers were given the oil producers' side 'of the question. 'Sir Richard was not present, but Mr. Fielding gave great attention to the subject as presented to him by Mr. Fraser and other interested parties. Mr. Fraser went mo far as to say that the business could not be conducted 'without protection. Bet Mr. Fraser is a Free Trader on every other branch of the tariff question. Surely he will make no , objection to earryng oat his principles in 4 this ease. Imperial. Federation and Preferential Trade. . Sir Charles Tupper, since his arrival in England two months ago, has addressed several largely attended meetings on the 0 subjects of Imperial Federation and Preferential Trade with the Colonies. From being regarded as a ilornewhat visionary scheme the Preferential Trade proposition has become one of the issue which obtains the largest consideration from the leading men of the Empire. For some reason that never . has been quite clear, our friends the Liberals for nears frowned down the plan, although sio less eminent a statesman than Israel Tarte was in Neter of it. Now we hear that Mr. Laurier is disposed to consider the matter favorably. What Mr. Fielding -will think of it is another question. 'rho Min ter of Finance never has been a stroe advocate of anything Imperial. His Irations have not gone beyond the boma ries of Nova Scotia. When he was Premien of the Province he ridiculed a resolution calling for the closing of pub- lic schools and the hoisting of flags upon public buildings on Doruinion day. Since bis arrival at Ottawa Mr. "neielding has been compelled, eor expediency's sake to 'renal these anti-Canateirin tastes and onviotions, but we have no good reason for believing that he has become divorced from them. He cannot be expected to .gine the advocates of Preferential Trride any assistance. Sir Charles Topper, who has the subject at his fingers' ends, has make many converts to the plan during his present sojourn across the Atlantic, Mr. Blair and the Party Heelers. Mr. Blair, the Minister of Hallways. has concluded the arrangements for carrying out his scheme to fill the Inter- oolouial service with Grit pertisans. Dur- ing the last session of Parliament Mr. Blair said that he would dismiss any employe of his department at the request — ,of any Liberal member or defeated Grit candidate. This plan does not si em to have yielded the resnles expected by Mr. Fleicling and now he has appoisated a "Commissioner" to look into the ques- tion of carving boles in the personnel of the Interoolonial railway seaff. This commissioner is, of course, a good Grit. in order that his work of decapitation .and Inquisition * may be 'carried out the more secretly the investigation is being I held behind closed doors. The Moreton I Transcript, one of the leading Grit papers ! of the Maritime provinces, makes strong ' °Noonan to the secret "investigation." I Of course, no unprejudiced man takes , \ eany stook in the statement that any in eestigation is to be held. Mr. Blair's desire is to convict the Conservative members of his staff of the heinous ohne of being Cooservattves. In order The sensational event of the week was the Quebec bishops exoommuniteition of the Electeur, a paper that of late has been most friendly to Mr. Laurier. The question is not so much political as it Is of the nature of a family quarrel. The bishops object to the French Ltherels taking so prominent a part in the school question settlement. What is the real truth is that their lordships regret that they did not accept Israel Tarte's offer of an alliance between the Liberals and the church. Tarte said that this deal would give the Liberals a solid Quebec. The bishops wanted more than Tarte would give in the way of the Govern. meat of the party and the deal fell through. Now Eleoteur is denounced as being a paper unfit to be read in a good Catholic family. The Liberals in Cham- plain have called a number of priests into the election courts in order to prove that the clergy took a marked interest in the captest, The priests promised to make some interesting statements, re- specting the lavish spending of money In the province by the Liberals. The whole quarrel is one which we in Eng- lish Canada need not regard with feel- ings other ,than regretful. But it is certain that the split In Quebec between the Lauplerites and the clericals, the believers in the dominance of Jean Baptiste as opposed to the dominance of the church, is growing wider and wider everyday, 11 by Be Let the Baby wan. A young curate, who had recently taken orders, was appointed to a church where the vicar was extremely energetic, so much so that when he had been there six months lie had never had a chance of preaching. This, be thought, was very hard lines, as lie felt sure he had the making of a great orator in him. One day, however, his vicar told him that there would be a child to christen the next Sunday afternoon, and that as he (the vicar) would be engaged elsewhere, It would be left to the curate to conduct the service. "Now," he thought to him- self, "if I am not allowed to preach. I will at least avail myself of this oppor- tunity to ler some portion of the congre- gation know wnat my oratorical powers are." The eventful afternoon arrived, the child's father, mother, uncles and aunts, godfathers and godmothers, stood around the front. The service went very well until he had to take the child in his arms. Be took hold of it as though it were a torpedo. and then delivered him- self of this ora Mon:— "My dear brethren, before T proceed to oleristen this child I would like to address a few words to the sponsors as to its future welfare. It is an old saying and a true one that the child is father to the man. Now, this infant I hold in my arms may, if properly trained, rise to great eminence. He might one day, if well brought up, get into parliament and become a second Disraeli or Gladstone and pass such laws as would be of bene- fit to the whole of the British Empire. Or. again, he might become a great soldier and emulate the deeds of Bona- parte or Wellington. Should he go into the church he might eventually become Ancithishop of Canterbury or a great missionary, and be the means of convert- ing thousands of souls. If he enters the medical profession, why should he not be a Jenner or a Pasteur or a man like Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood? Should he turn his atten- tion to commerce, what is there to prevent him from becoming Lord Mayor of London? As a scientific man he might be a Newton or a Faraday. What is the child's name?'. "Mary Anne, pieese. sir." The baby fell. A Bachelor's Stratagem. Bachelors are not usually credited with much knowledge of children, but it is evident they sometimes- have original methods. A middle-aged bachelor went to visit his married sister, and found her trying to amuse her little 'boy, who was four years old. , Not long after his arrival she left the room to order tea. The child eyed him dubiously for some minutes, and finally burst out crying. The attempts of the eincle to quiet him proved of no avail. What ehould he do? Finally,. s thought struck him. He looked at the cryling youngster, and the youngster looked at him. • "Cry louder," said the man. The child' obeyed. "Louder yet," urged the bachelor. " A yell went up that would have done credit to an Indian. "Louder still!" And the boy did his best. , ‘`Londerl' fairly howled the uncle, "I won't!" snapped the child. And he shut his mouth with determination, and was quiet during the kernainder of hie uncle s'visit. ' A. Little Bv.ery Dliy. We recommend the following three xules to our young readers as being golden ones, which they might easily practise:—. 1. Every day a little knowledge. One fact a day. Only one! But wait until ten years have passed. and you have three thousand six hundred and May facts. 2. Every daya little self-denial. This may be difficult at first, . but it will be easy to do three hundred and sixty-five days hence, if each day it shall be repeated. it. Every day a little hopefulness and kindness, At home, at school, in the street, in your neighbor's house, in the play ground, iou will fiod opportunities' for this. ANEW INTOXICANT. --- Drunkenness Caused by coostunt :inhala- tion of' Smelling .-alt+. • The very lateet sort of drunkenness is that which, it has been discovered, comes from the constant inhalation of smell- ing salts. . So great a hold has the smelling salts habit gained upon elle modern woman, says the New York Journal, that When she is deprived of them site experiences all the cravings that afflict the person Who dearly loves liquor, and finds him- self deprived of it. Some of the salts are_ of excessive strength, and produce a sort of stupor most gratifying to the victim. More than one woman has been sue- peeted of drinking when really her in- ebriety has resulted' from ineoo liberal use of the smelling bottle. Not long ago a titled lady was carried from the cloakroom at a grand reception in London in a state of helplessness. A bottle was found in the folds of her gown containing matter of a strength million ent to take away the breath of an ordin- ary person. The rumor spread with won- derful precision that my lady was a con- firmed drunkard—the smelling salts theory being derided by the majority— and the victim found it necessary to withdraw from the social circle she had long graved. Indulgence in this habit may become expensive, for the seasoned subject soon exhausts the strength of the salts. As stimulation of the olfaiitory nerves is not alone the reason of this practice, it be.. (teems necessary to renew the supply, and once enobained the slave will accept nothing that does not yield full virtues. The story is told of an elderly lady who calls upon a chemist every two or ,three days and requests the replenishing 'of no fewer than eight smelling bottles, some of which are not of a diminutive size. Clean lug jr,, rn One reason why people fail in (-leaning furniture, coverings is in it they are too economical in the use of naphtha. It must be literally poured on to be etTee- tire Standing In the breeze it will "yap, orate veryquickly, and will destroy every vestige of moths, If the articles are to he left in the house they may he wrapped In sheets tightly pinned around them, This keeps a certain amount of the odor in furniture for a long time, and renders it doubly safe. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that no light of any kind must be taken into the rooms while the naphthaicleaned articles, recently finished, are there. The bailammable nature of naphtha vapor makes it exceedingly dangerous when brought near a flame, Cushions, carpets and wool draperies May safely be cleaned in this way, and allthat is necessary is to throw all drap- eries over a line in the yard, open the windows, remove the wrapping from the furniture, and let the breeze have a full sweep through the room for a day or two. Then there will he no offensive smell, and the furniture may tinused with perfect safety so far as danger from fire is concerned., —Carpet and Uphol- stery Trade Review. A. Pretty Reticule. So many pretty styles in reticules are being shown that it is hard to choose among them, and of course a choice must be made, since a reticule is now a neces- sary adjunct to the toilette. They may be made to month the gowe, or of some contrasting, rich material, set off by VERY USEFUL. dainty embroidery, or appliqued lace. In the sketch is shown one of these grandmother bags, made of dull green taffeta and black lace. • Over the outside of the bag, which is made very full, a three cornered pocket is laid, of fine black silk net, upon which is appliqued large black -figures, cut from lace. The bag is lined with black, and there are long ribbons, also of black. Beduing Tomatoes, spinach, celery, watercress, turnips, are all good for those who desire to reduce flesh. Ent no fat meat at all, and no thick some. Eating between meals is an almost fatal bar to reducing undue weigh to normal proportions, and no meal should be partaken of just as one returns, tired out, after a long walk or ride. Reit a few minutes first, or there will probably be digestive disturbances to add to the other dienoulties with which you have to ere et. Reinember, when taking heating ex- ercise, that it is wise to wear garments of woolen material next to the skin. This proceeding will, to a great extent, obviate the risk of you taking cold. How to Make the Hair wave. Soft, natural -looking waves of hair are made by roiling the hair over large, soft papers or kid curlers, rolling from the top of the curl towards the end. The hair should be wet and left on the rolls over night. If that is not done pinch the curls with hot iron. If you wish to have the hair set, out around the face turn the teeth of your side combs toward the face not away from it. Catch them through the end of your waves and you can fluff the hair as little or as much as you (Moose. A Valaallie Chicago Time. Mrs. Chatfield -Taylor, of Chicago. possesses a tiara like that of the Princess of Wales. The center can be unhooked and hung as a diamond pendant and can be lengthened into bars with gold ohain loops between for a diamond necklace,, or it can be taken apart for. bracelets, So useful and beautiful in all weye is this ornament that one ,forgives the ex- travagance which ate up a fortune of $1.5,000. Burnt Ware. When a pie dish or anything that is used in the oven gets discolored or burnt a piece of emery paper, bath briok or even a cinder will clean it. FRAGRANT PILLOWS. 4nee lerintri,toSiigeret rst„l. ettelly the oru Almost everyone As Winner with the fragrant pillows of balsam spruce. which came Into use a few years ago. They were so agreeable and poeseesed of such sooth- ing powers nest fashion's whims cannot drive them nut of use. Lavender linen • has always been credited with the efft of inducing sweet dreams, Now lounge pillows are perfumed in this way. There is also a pillow stuffed with rose petals and one of milked down, more fairylike in its softness than the down of the finned eiderduck. One of the most delightful fragrant pillows is one filled with the dried leaves of the sweet fern. The leaves should he thoroughly dried and arranged as a sachet ot the back of a down pillow or between TWO layers. of down, No pillow brings to mind more gratefully the balmy fragrance of wood- lanA(Luseful pillow, valuable in the sick room, is a small pillow of seasand. Gather as much clean white seasand as you will need for the purpose. a scft flannel bag about 12 inches square with this sand. It is a geed plan to have a second cover over the bag, se it can be removed and washed oecesionally. In case of earaches and various ills require ing a hot bag heat this bag of sand. It clings to the curves of the face or 'term and is more flexible and agreeable than the familiar hag of hot. water, It also re- tains the heat loneer,--N, Y. Tribune. A Steam Cooker. This odd sort of an arrangement is bonmi to prove a valuable means of sav- ing labor for the housewife; it may be used an a gas, kerosene or goal stove. There are three compartments above the one containing the water, and as m my can be used at once as is re- quired. The covers are tightfitting, so no steam can escape, and meats, vegetables, cereals and Puddings are superior when steamed in this Way. Witn the aid of a steam cooker the fol. lowing dinner can easily be prepared on Ft tienne elleet LABOR, a hot summer day: Tomato bisque, steamed fowl, with white sauce, stringed -beans, asparagus, mashed potatoes, steamed custard. The fowl should be placed In the low- est steamer, above it the string beans, 'IOW!) ought to steam two hours; above these, in the upper steamer, the custard in cups. These will be done first and can be removed and set away to get cold for desert, and the potatoes and asparagus put in their place. This cooker emits no heat, and is a boon to any woman who must do her own Work in hot weather. Need lewomen Necessities. Rag bags are an important feature of household tidiness, however unimportant they may sound. If the housewife is a home dressmaker, or even a needlewoman of ordinary capacity, there will surely be no end of bits and ends left over from her work. Three rag bags should he pro- vided, and hung upon pegs in the work- room, or some convenient place, one to contain stuff rags, another cotton rags and the third white linen rags—great resource in times of illness. A household workbox is also a necessity, or a large work -table drawer will answer equally well. In it there should be a supply of cotton ref various sizes, darning cotton, wool and silk for mending stockings, needles, pins, tapes, buttons of all kinds, Including a box for the odd ones which come of various garments, hooks and eyes, scissors, yard measure, and so forth; but the supply must always be kept up, and the dainty work -basket in the drawing -room or the useful one in the dining room, kept replenished from it. Many wives find a favorite pastime In knitting their husbands' seeks, for It is work which may be taken up at any odd moment, and does not at all interfere with conversation or reading; but the knitter most remember always to save what wool is left over from each pair, and to keep it in the workdrawer for mending as nothing looks more un- tidy than to see socks darned with differ- ent colored wool. The Nurse's No. It is a very true saying that those who wish, when placed in positions of au- thority, to be able to govern wisely and justly, most themselves have learnt absolutely the necessity of obedience. These people will never have the power of; making others obey unless they have learnt to obey themselves; and this can- not be learnt in after life, it must be taught from very earliest infancy. A baby of a few months old will soon learn to understand that if it wishes for a sweet or a lump of sugar that the mother or nurse's "No'" is final; but if it find s that by crying it will eventually get what it wants, it will always do so, and then the mother's first chance of insisting upon obedience vvill be ,one and pae,h time things will become more diffinult. The little thing, when it finds that no notice is taken of its crying, and that by doing so it will not gain whet it vva. es will very soon desist; and the Mote, once having been won, there will be very little more trouble, the baby realizing that DO means no, and that nothing will be gained by cry - A 'tented y for Cramp. The following is a simple and certain cure for cramp: When the cramp comes ontake a thin niece of cord, wind it round the leg over the place in which the pain is felt, and trine an end in each hand and give it a sharp pull, one that will hutt,a little. 'fbe cramp will cease instantlynend the sufferer can go to bed assured" thatlit Will not conic back again that night. :INEXPENSIVE COUCH. Son let hing Dainty anti Useful to Hold One's Best Gowns. A dainty woman who has a passion for the elusive odor of heliotrope has evolved for herself an idea ,whereby she can tun pregvate her belongings at light pepenee and very satisfactorily. Front tern clean packing boxes she has made two beeee of another shape, Mae was six feet long by 18 innhee wide. Another was made just as long and just as wide, but not (Mini so deep. Both boxes were made quite strong, and one, the deepest, had short, strong legs finished with casters. This deepeet box was lined neatly with wrapping paper, and over this a lining of pale blue silesiti was tacked, For the tett= of this box three large sachets were made which formed a Snit bottom, and this was thoroughly scented with her favorite odor. The second or shallow box had its bet - on, also covered with it large sachet or padded lining, and the top was uphol- stered with springs and filling. Then the two boxes were joined together, one above the other, by three stout binges. A nisei) of tapestry cloth was plaited around the edge of the lower box, and tacked with gimps falling in a rich valence to the floor. The upper box was covered smoothly over the unhoistering, and the edge that touched the lower one was also.tinishad with gimp. neveral attractive pillows completed the outside arrangement, anti a very artistic Pouch WEIS the result. A bunch of tassels at either outside corner served to lift the upholstered top, revea- ling a receptacle for gowns and wraps where they could rest in scented seclusion with immunity from creases or crushes, as the box was fashioned with sufficient length to admit of their being laid in without a fold. Any carpenter could make the boxes-, and the upholstering will cost but a little, the tapestry being most expensive, but any other materiel preferred could hi' substituted, thus Wog - Ing the cost even lower, Reep the Feet Warm and Dry, You will never be in good health and never do your best work if your feet are constantly cold, arrive diseases of the throat and lungs are caused by mild feet alone, and these troubles are always aggravated by a frigid condition of the lower extremities. If proper footwear does not give relief, consult a doctor, for the chanties are the system is "run down." and radical measures are newel/ sary. In nine cases out of ten, however, the foot covering is to blame, either be- cause of its shape or of its material. According to modern notions, any illness in one part of the body may be occasioned by some irritating cause far removed from the seat of the trouble. Just how this is cannot always be clearly explained, but that such connection does sometimes exist is beyond dispute. In the inetter under discussion, if the nerves of the whole body are irritated by a tight shoe, or the extreme coldness of the extremities makes maga demand upon the blood supply, there is neither nerve force nor blood enough left for other functions. A Corner apt. When One hat a big, four cornered room to furnish it is often a difficulty to b0 arrange things that there shall be no degree of stiff nes obtruding itself un- pleasantly. One of the corners may he broken by a seat arrangement such as is shown in the sketch. The wood work' forming the backend seat may be of the simplest material, thereby furnishing op. PlILL OP enetenter. portunities for decoration by either carv- ing or painting. Natural wood, carved, is by hernial handsomer mode of treat- ment. The back, sides and seat are made comfortable with downy cushions, not beld rigidly in place by fastenings, but accommodating themselves ,to the comfort of the one using them. The top makes an excellent lilac for the display of a handsome vase or other ornament. _ Care of .Banthoo Furniture. The pretty and inexpensive bamboo furniture, so much used now, requires to be treated differently from the ordin- ary wooden furniture. As bamboo is liable to crack and come apart, it must be fed so as to counteract the ill effects of dryness in the room. The furniture should be exposed to the air whenever possible. Do not place too neat a fire„and it should be rubbed regularly with equal parts of linseed oil and turpentine ap- plied with a flannel and.then rubbed in with a soft cloth. An occasional wash in cold water, followed by a thorough drying, is good' for bamboo furniture. Recipe for Spaghetti Timbale. Spaghetti timbale makes a pretty dish. Cook long pieces of spaghetti in salted water until they are tender. Lay the pieces in a napkin to cool, being careful not to break them. Butter a dome- shaped mold. Wind the spaghetti around the mold holding it in place with a layer of force meat, Fill the mold with boiled macaroni and cheese. Make a layer of force meat thick enough to give the tim- bale stability. Cover with greased paper, stand in a pan of hot water and poach in a slow oven for 30 minutes. Quite a Good Cliide. A tourist in Switzerland who was about to make the ascent or a mountain thought best to ask some questions as to the capabilities of his guide. Is he a thoanughly skilful climber?" be asked of a hetel-keeper, "I should think sot!" exclaineei the innkeeper. "He has lost two parties of tourists down the mountain side and escaped without a set etch both times. - n A literary man's pathway is not strewn with roses " complained Skrateli- er. 'I am always sore to faggot my best things befote I have a chancoto jot them dow " • ' His friend reeigginssaid he bad not the least doubt of it, A NEW STYLE OF GLOVE. A Combi nail ea of Suede and Lace With a ‘• Ribbon at the Upper End. A glove which is absolutely newn deserves to be the greatest novelty of the season, It is hexe in town, has just arrived and is naturally Attracting great t attention. For years women have been clamoring. for something new in the way of a glove, but until now the glove makers have failed to satisfy them. Each year the fashionable gloves have changed tielor, and their stitching has varied in width, but no conspicuous new feature has made ita appearance. This new gloveis of evening wear, and there are three or four different designs. The most beautiful is the glove which shows a faint suggestion of the pink and white flesh of the arm beneath it. It consists of a suede glove Which reaches about three inches above the Wrist Above Sinneerninet. NEW i WOM. this the glove is of lace, The lace may be plain or the design traced with tiny spangles. Both styles are seen. At the top a ribbon is run through the lace and then tied in a bow. It white these gloves are very effective with just a touch of color showing in the spangles. The glove Proper is then in white suede, and the upper part, which veils the arm, is ot Duchesse lace. The spangles look well in green, but a pretty idea is to have them match the color note of the costume. These gloves can also be bought in many of the delicate evening shades. Then the ribbon and the spangling both match the suede glove In color. In faint voiret they are very effective. When an imitation lace is used they can be bought for $7.25. Another novelty in evening gloves is the long glove of suede trimmed with lace frills. There are four frills arranged toward the upper part of the glove. Through the middle of each frilla ribbon is nen which is theo tied in a bow. This klone is exceptionally chic and pretey, and it does much towara improving the appearance of an arin which has last It plumpness. For dances these gloves promise to he much in demand. Besides tee suede gloves trimmed with lace and ribbons there are glace gloves decorated in this fashion. They are trimmed with a lace frill only at the top. This frill is beetled by a ribbon, which, after encircling it, is tied in a bow. The girl who is partial to the Princeton color can buy these gloves in black lace flounce and a yellew bow at the top. The backs of the gloves are stitched not in silk, but with fine yellovr beads. Even the ordinary untrimmed glove Is stitched this year in a most fastidious manner. Many of the black gloves are stitched with black and silver threads. There are brown gloves stitched In tan and white and a number of plaits with iridescent heads for the stitching. For afternoon teas and evening wear bright colored gloves are being sold. There is also a new way of fastening gloves. In- place of buttons and button- holes there are clasps made of imitation pearls. Two pearls are on one side of the glove and one on the other side. This single pearl overlaps the other two and. fastens the glove. Ifour Gent and Flower. January—The garnet and snowdrope symbolic of constancy, true friendship, fidelity and purity. . February—The amethyst and primrose; sincerity, freedom from care and strife. March—The bloodstone and violet; strength, wisdom, bravery and love. April—The diamond and daisy; Inno- cence, purity and peace. May—The emerald and hawthorn; immortality and a happy domestic life. .Tune—An agate and honeysuckle; health, wealth, a long and happy life. July—The ruby and water lily; charity, dignity and faith in love. August—The sardonyx and poppy; conjugal love and good fortune. September—Sapphire and morning glory; equanimity and peace of mind, protection against envy and treachery. October—The opal and hops; hope, purity and courage. .November—The topaz and chrysan- themum; fidelity in friendship and love. Decernber—Turqugise and holly; pros- perity, success, fortune and fame. Dared ng Stockings. Mend the stockings. you have no idea of the tremendous saving in a year's - time this will amount to. Husbands and brothers may declare they will not wear darned hose, and I am sure no one can blame them when one looks at the great hard lumps set in the soles and heels by a loving sister whose intentions are bet- ter than her deed. A stocking, to give good results, mutt receive careful attention, And the darning be made to match the material as nearly as possible. The cotton should be soft, flat, car thinly as fine as the texturemf the stook - nage and the thread drawn very loosely, leaving a tiny loop at each end to allow for the shrinking. If stockings are ittieuded to 'when the first tiny holes appear there would be less difficulty in keeping the big ones at bay. Onions for the Complexion. A German scientist is authority for the statemeut than if women will eat onions they will tid ntheinselves of ner- vousness and beautify their' oomplexions at the same time... And innan antidote to the pungent objeceioee which will be promptly brought 'forth, he further asserts that aeprig q parsley dipped in vinintareind eaten 'After the onions at once removes all evidence of their con- sumptiou.