Exeter Advocate, 1906-6-14, Page 7•
THE PROPER TEST
Living Religion Should Rule All
Our 'Action
The dead praise not the Lord.—Psainas
tx.v. 17.
How many of us censider ourselves
rengious, although ours may be but 9.
ctagnant, kind of religion, stirred mice a
'week at. public worship? A transient
wave of emotionalism arouses us from
our apathy, and then our religion loses
hie and movement again for ancithei.,
Week, to prove at last as useless as a
noxious swamp lit not by stars but by
fireflies,' and within whose bounds no-
thing sweet or inspiring can endure,
Such dead souls and characters cannot
praise the Lord.
Some of us, however, make our reli-
gion a living factor, which finds not its
Sole satisfaction in formal worship, but
demands the translation of that religion
into life as well, so that in our daily
work we may show its influence as a
motive force !or good, Can tenet be said
.of such people that their life is a reli.
gion and their religion is life—not merely
a prayer, a ceremony, a bending of the
Imes, a folding of 'the hands, taut a
radiant, useful, consistent life, a bless-
ing to God and man?
THEY TRULY PRAISE THE LORD.
For that, after all, is the test of our
religion. Does it impel us to right
thought and action and help us to rea-
lize the highest ideals of manhood and
womanhood? Does it make our charac-
ter firm and genuine and mould into
harmonious growth the hidden powers
oof our inmost soul? All else is largely
.sentimentalism, upon whieh no edifice
^can be securely built.
Religion must not be limited to our
relations to the Almighty, but et con-
cerns as *vitally our relations to Our
neighbor. Does it enter our heath and
Make it more helpful and loving? Does
il.e.nter 'the shop, the office, the mill, the
market, and promote juetice tend Mercy
between debtor and creditor, employer
and employe, the humblest wage-earner
and the lordliest proprietor? Does it
aid in banishing trickery, dishonestY,
graft? Does it help in enforcing right-
equsness as a vital element in society?
If men and women wotild regard re-
ligion as a living force extending over
thee whole range of individual activity
in every relation there would be nothing
visionary in such a readjustment of con-
ditions as would make the atmosphere
of business as fragrant as the atmos-
phere of worship. Dia not the monk
who wrote that
"TO WORK WAS TO PRAY"
suggeet the idea.1 side of our daily call-
ing?
There is something inspiring in a live
tng religion that appeals for breadth and
symmetry, not narrowness and one-sided
growth, which makes the church doors
swing outward and sees through the
synagogue window a wider stretch of
sky, which views all life as its altar and
every field of human effort the seed
ground for highest endeavor. How the
world would sweep exaltingly into the
newer day with such religion exempli-
fied and earth be made the heaven of
heavens, as justice, mercy and peace
abide forever with men.
Make your religion, then, a living one.
Be satisfied with no other. Let your re-
ligion have the genuine stamp. Trans-
late your creed with your life.
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SAVORY SOUPS.
Scotch Mutton Broth.—Tveo quarts ol
water, neck of mutton, four or five car-
rots, four or five turnips, three onions,
/our largo spoonfuls of Scotch barley,
salt to taste, some chopped parsley.
Soak the neck of mutton in water for
.an hour, cut off the scraps, and put it
into a stew pot with two quarts of
water. As soon as it boils skim it well
and theti simmer it an hour and a
telt; then take the best end of the mut-
ton, cut it into pieces two bones in
each), take some of the fat off, and put
he as many as you think proper. Skim
ihe moment the fresh meat boils up and
every quarter of an hour afterwards.
Have ready the carrots, turnips, and orn
nnione all cut, but not small, and put in
soon enough to get quite tender; add
the Scotch barley, first wetting with cold
water. The meat should stew three
hours. Salt to taste and serve all to-
gether. Twenty minutes before serving
put in one spoonful of chopped per-
sley. It is an excellent winter dish.
Soup a la Dauphine.—Six pounds, of
lean beef, four carrots, two turnips, four
'onions, one head of celery, four ounces
lean ham, pepper and salt, a little soy,
two bay leaves, a bunch of herbs, a few
allspice, two blades of mace, five quarts
•of water. Cut up the onions, carrots,
turnips, and celery into small pieces
and lay in the bottom of a large stew
pan; cut up the six pounds of lean
beef and lay on top of the vegetables,
sprinkle a little salt over it, and cook
ever the fire (taking care it • does not
turn) for tevo hours; add five quarts of
-water, and bring it to a boil; take off the
fat and scum, add a little more cold
amine, and throw in three blades of
mace, two bay leaves, a bunch of
terbs, four ounces lean barn cut up fine,
and a few allspice, color a light brown
with a little soy, and simmer for five
hours, and then strain through a fine
eleth, and with a sheet of paper take
eff any floating fat; hail again, and be-
fore serving throw into the soup some
green tanagon leaves and a little cher-
vil.
Celery Soup With Whipped Cream—
Thewhite part of three heads of celery,
ano-half pound of rioe, ona onion, one
.quart, of stock, two quarts of milk, pep-
per and salt, and a little roux. Cut
up the celery and onions small, boil
them in the stock until tender, add
the milk and rice, and boil together un-
til a pulp, add pepper and salt and a
l'ttle roux, strain through a fine hair
sieve or a metal strainer, and boil a
few minutes, takinr; care it does not
burn. Serve in bouillon cups with
whipped cream heaped on each.
Potato Soup. --Two pounds Of pota-
toes, a pinch of celery. seed, a sprig of
parsley, two (marts white stock, pepper
and salt to taste. 13o11 or steam the
. potatoes dry. mash them finely with a
fork, and add them gradually to the
boiling stock . Pass through a sieve,
add the seasoning, and simmer five
minutes, adding one ounce of butter anti
one-half pint of milk. Serve N,vith crou-
tons of bread.
Corn Soup.—One can green corn, one
entail of milk, flour, butter, one egg. Put
corn in saucepan wiih two quarts of
writer; let it cook gently one-half hour,
then put where it will cook more rapid-
ly When the corn is tender put in one
pint of milk and season to taste. not
it hoil up, then add two tablespoonNis
of flour mixed with three of better. Re-
move from fire And stir in one well
benlen egg, beating rapidly to prevent
curd lin g.
IN THE KITCHEN- .
Weida are helpful in solving the
problem of gelling a sufficient number
or dishes for the light breakfast, as
there is almost an unlimited variety.
Te be euccesSful the pan should he
demi and Moth, they, must be eaten
iminediately, the omelet, must be small,
tom: cep being better than six, and
the cggs must be beaten too much,
Plain Omelet—Beat the yolks of four
eggs, add- out tablespoonfuls 01 Watch
with the two ends tie a double nriot W-
ore cutting them off close to the Stiteln
ng.
Ostrich feathers Must be sewa on
very securely, in the first plane mama
he quill, at the point where the fen:
there terenthate, and a dozen tUrne 0E
cotton, at least, being necessary, When
it is wished to keep the plames in the
required position round the crown or
allow them to droop over the side, four
strands of eotton should be passed and
knotted over the quill about the middle
of the plume where the feathers are
closest. Instead of pulling the ootton
taut it should be left loose'so that the
plumes not dragged or bent in ailY
evay, but, all the same, is prevented from
becoming untidy on a windy day or
vvben driving. After trimming a. hat—
whether with feathers or flowers—it is
cften recommended to try the effect of
the wind by holding it out of the window
Amateur millinerial triumphs should
not be fine weather trophies, but should
be sewn sufficiently secure to stand any
strength of wind or weather.
THE S'UNDAY SCHOOL
first mixing one-half teaspoonful of
Cour in a half tablespoonful of the
water; put in one-half teasponful of salt
and a dash of pepper, then gently fold
in the beaten whites. Drop one-half
tablspoonful of butter into a. hot fry-
ing pan, tipping so that the sides and
bottom will be thoroughly covered. Turn
in the omelet quickly, and when the
centre looks dry run a knife around the
edge. then under the half nearest the
handle and fold over. Slide carefully
on to a warm platter and garnish with
parsley. Serve immediately.
Ham Omelet—To the yolks of four
eggs add four tablespoonfuls of water,
a small teacupful of finely chopped ham,
and a few sprigs of parsley, and beat
vigorously. Beat whites stiff and gent-
ly stir them into the mixture. Have a
tablespoonful of butter treated in a
spider, pour in the omelet, and stir
with a fork till it becomes quite thick.
Cook five minutes over a brisk fire, fold
and serve garnished with parsley.
The E,stheiic Side—Garnishing should
never interefere with carving or serv-
ing, and should at least have an ap-
pearance of being simple if not so in
fact.
Parsley and watercress are the most
practical garnishes, for they look well
with almost any dish. If parsley is not
obtainable fine celery tips may be used.
Fried Parsley.—Use fresh, curled, dry
parsley; have a dish of fat hot enough
to brown a piece of bread in a minute.
Put the parsley into a frying basket,
then drop the basket into hot fat; let it
remain half a minute, then lay on
coarse brown paper till wanted for gar-
nishing.
Eggs are used either hard boiled or
sliced, or the hard boiled yolks may be
grated and sprinkled over or around
a dish; the grated yolks are effective
on spinach.
Lemons are used more for fish than
meats, 'such as fried oysters and lob-
ster cutlets. They are cut in quarter3
and a portion served on the plate of
each person.
Paper frills for decorating broiled
chops are made by folding and fringing
thin letter paper, then wrapping around
the end of the chop to keep the grease
from coming through. '
Boiled carrots and beets, sliced with
vegetable cutters into fancy shapes, are
nice for cold meats, and have a pretty
effect around a white entree.
FOR THE WOULD-BE MILLINER.
The art, of Making successful millin-
ery bows is not to be learned in a mo-
ment, and the amateur "chou" or bow
of ribbon is likely to lack the deft touch
which practice, in addition to natural
aptitude, alone can give it. In accord-
ance with present fashions, the bows
which are used to trim the crowns of
the bats are 'upstanding, but must be
soft, and carelessly posed. When the
ribbon is sufeciently stiff, wiring should
be dispensed with, but in case of the
soft satin and washing ribbons, ome
support is necessary and evire—fine and
pliable—has to be pressed into service:
One of the newest bows of the mo-
ment is that feshioned of ten loops, re-
gardless et any end. This bow, to be
explicit, is, in reality, formed of four
large and six short loops, divided in
the certtre by a single twist, of ribbon,
the loops being made to stand out some-
what stiffly, the taller ones grouped in
tile centre.
Another favorite ribbon arrangement,i5
MO butterfly bow, composed of two
loops and one end of broad 'sash rib-
bon caught in the centre with ne flat
buckle. Some of the newest of these
buckles are frequently made of wire,
covered with chenille and an intrelac-
beg of rosebuds or other flowers, a
strikingly pretty millinerial accessory
which can easily be manufactured at
home.
The new French sailors, with their ex-
aggerated forward "tilt," require a high
upward bow at the side, the loops being
web wired, so that the bow May ASSnino
the correct shape. This how Is usual -
le made solely of loops, Somewhat at -
ler ihn elele of a growing lettuce. each
loop s'e elven a tuen—inside out—af-
ter Um hew is mode.
In sowing the bow to the hat, double
dotter) and a long thick darning needle
'Should be used, the latter in preference
to the otelirinry needle. The tenon should
aiwnvs he used donble, and when fas-
tonna Mt, the hest plan is to rut It
about Levo incites from the material, and
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JUNE 17.
Lesson KLI. The Transfiiruration
Golden Text: Luke 9, 35.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revised Version
is used as a basis for these Word
Studies.
In Retirement with his Disciples—The
events of to -days lesson like those of the
last belong to the third period of the
Galilean ministry, during the second
northern journey. In the sparsely set-
tled regions near the foot of Mount Her-
mon and not far from Caesarea Philippi
Jesus at last found the long -sought, place
where he might for a short time at least
be alone with his disciples. Here it was,
then, that he revealed himself more
fully unto the twelve. And here doubt-
less he instructed them concerning many,
things not recorded in our Gospel nar-
ratives. Tradition fixes the site of the
transfiguration on Mount Tabor, a
comparatively low mountain, regular in
outline, about six miles from Nazareth
on the north-eastern boundary of the
Plain of Esdraelon. But Mount Tabor
at this time was fortified on its summit,
and being only thirteen hundred feet
higher than the surrounding plain, with
no projecting points, it hardly offered
the seclusion necessary for such a reve-
lation. Moreover, Jesus when last
mentioned, was in the vicinity of
Cresarea Philippi, near Mount Hermon,
where, in all probability, he had re-
mained with his disciples during the
intervening period. Mount Hermon
was more than nine thousand feet high,
with many protuding spurs and lower
foothills. On one of these spurs of
Mount Hermon, therefore, we are in all
probability to think of the transfigura-
tion as having occurred.
SEA
WAIFS LONG TRIPS
Dimmers THAI' CRUISE FOR
1110USANDS Or MILES.
British and American Navies Beeasiott-
ally Destroy Thera — lectiord-
Sleeking Journeys.
The quest by 13ritish warships and
the Newfoundland sealer Adventure
for the derelict , freighter Dunmore,
edrift in the Ocean shipipng track since
January, emphasizes the neCessity for
some concerted measures by the great.
marine powers for ridding the North At-
lantio of these clangers to traffic, Writes
a St. John, Newfoundland, correspon-
dent,
When we reeall how the Elbe was
sunk by collision with the collier Cran
thie atter leaving Southampton on a
snowy winter morning in January, 1895,
and when we remember how the Bour-
gogne went down after striking the
bark Cromartyshire on the Grand Banks
in a summer fog in 1898 it requires lit-
tle effort of the imagination to conceive
of similar, if not worse, disasters clue
to derelicts, which roam at will over
the waters of the Western ocean.
It, is not unreascautble to conclude
vthaantisitihredotlinghFselblerutlarye,ause1893, with 72
the NarOnie
'SOUIS; the Georgia passed from human
ken in March, D1897, with 54; the Hu-
ronian was blotted oft the ocean in
February, 1903, with 49, or that a score
•of tramp freighters •were sent to the
bcttom in, the last fifteen years.
Special interest attaches to the Dun-
more because hers is one of the com-
paratively rare instances where a metal
derelict has remained above water any
length of time after being abandoned,
and because, moreover, she lies in the
Meer track and is thereby a more
serious danger to transatlantic shiping
than any other tenantless shell of mod-
ern times. Usually when a steel or iron
craft is enandoned she is
ON THE POINT OF SINKING.
Verse 28. About eight date' after—
Matthew and Mark each have the words
"after six days." Both phrases are ap-
proximate expressions, meaning about
a week. The time from which the
evangelists are reckoning is the time of
the retirement of Jesus into the vicinity
of Ccasarea Philippi, mentioned in the
last lesson.
Peter, and John, and James—Repre-
seittative men and leaders of the apos-
tolic group. Together they form a sort
of inner circle or sub-commatee of the
apostles.
29. Was altered—Matthew and Mark
use the term "transfigured." Luke's
word gives us more nearly the literal
meaning.
30. Who were Moses and Elijah—
Apparently the three disciples recog-
nized the two heavenly visitors. It is
not, however, necessary to assume that
they did from the wording of the narra-
tive, since it is quite possible that the
identity of the men was revealed to the
disciples by Jesus.
31. Appeared in glory—,Similar to that
which Jesus assumed. a/
Decease—Lit. departure; Le, his death
and departure from this world.
Which he was about to accomplish at
Jerusalem — The conversation between
Jesus and Mases and Elijah was thus
about his impending suffering and
death, and doubtless concerning the
significance of that suffering and death
to himself and to the world.
$2. Were heavy with sleep—Iesus
had been praying, possibly by himself,
a little apart from the disciples, as later
he did in Gethsemane. During this tirne
the waiting disciples had become
drowsy, even as on that other yet more
solemn occasion in the garden.
When they were fully awake—Ap-
parently they were aroused from their
sleepiness by the vision of the trans-
flgueed Christ before them.
Saw his glory—It is to this event, in
part, no doubt, that John refers in tbe
first chapter of his gospel in the words
"And we beheld his glory, glory as of
the only begotten from the Father (Sohn
1. 14)."
33. As they were parting from him—
Their intention to depart became' evi-
dent to the disciples, whereupon Peter
interposed with his suggestion to build
three tabernacles or booths,
34. They feared as they entered into
the cloud—An .explanatory remark
given by Luke only.
35. My son, my chosen—Or, as many
ancient authorities read, My beloved
Seen. (Comp, Matt. 17, 5; Mark 9. M.
36. Canee—Or, was past.
Mone Compare the narratives c,f
Matthew and Mark.
The contents of verso NI' are nmplifled
be the narrative of Matthew and Mark.
Thus Matthew renordS, "And when the
disciples heard it, they fell on their face,
and wore sore afraid. And Jesus came
and touched them and said, Arise, and
he not afraid. And lifting up their eyes,
they eaw no man, SAVO Jesus only."
DOtinTING THOMAS
she "Did you let Wheer know you
owned o lot or 'house property?" .Ife:
"I hinted nt 11." She "\e'hat did ha
env'?" ttr: "Ire .eaid, `Deeds speak
louder 'than words.' !!,
The Dunmore left Cardiff on December
20th for Newport News, was buffeted
by tempests the whole way, had her
shaft broken and her hull so strained
that the leaks threatened speedy sub-
mersion. Her crew were taken off and
she was left adrift, remaining above
water for three months, being sighted
by more than twenty passing steamers
thus far.
The complaints of owners of • other
ships spurred the British admiralty to
action and they ordered cruisers from
Bermuda to proceed in quest of her,
while the underwriters had the Adven-
ture sent out from this port on a simi-
lar quest, to tow her to port. The Ad-
venture failed to locate her, not possess-
ing wireless telegraphy, and, therefore,
being unable to learn where the wreck
was last seen, and the two cruisers
scoured the ocean for a long while in
the endeavor to bring her aimless voy-
age to an end.
The most common derelicts ere lum-
ber -carrying vessels of wooden build
and moderate size which meet bad
weather, become dismantled, and hav-
ing no steam power are helpless waifs
in the Atlantic fairway, sometimes
drifting about for months, if not for
years, because their buoyant cargoes
will not let them sink.
One of these, the Alma Cummings,
an American schooner from Boston,
made a record voyage of 54 days, during
which she covered 5,000 miles, and was
sighted over 50 times. She was caught
in a blizzard off Cape May in Febru-
ary, 1896, and her masts and rigging
were carried overboard, the jagged
stumps of the spars battering her sides
apart. The seas swept everything
overboard, flooded her hull and cabin,
drenched her food stuffs with brie and
termed a coating over the deck three
fet thick. The wretched crew, tho
matches being all soaked, could not
make a fire to warm themselves until
they fired a rifle into a can of kerosene
or that set the tinli on fire, and the
blaze attracted the steamer Queens -
more, which rescued the crew, tile idea
being that she would burn so that the
seas would
EASILY TEAR HER APART.
But the wood of the cargo was too
wet„ the fire failed and she started on
het long voyage around the Atlantic.
At various times she was seen, till she
nearly reached England; then she
drove south past the French coast;
next she was sighted off the Azores; late
sr she appeared near the Equator and,
finally, after eighteen months she drifn
ed ashore at San Bias Island,near
Colon, Panama Isthmus. During her
amazing cruise at least six ships tried
to :set fire to her, but without avail
and though she was burned to the
water's edge, she remained afloat.
A derelict lumber carrier with an al-
most equally curious record was the
Denude Wolston, which was afloat for
1,407 days and covered more than 9,000
miles but her voyage which was apparent-
ly much longer titan that of the Cum-
mings, was really not so, because she
spent much of her time crossing and
recrossing her own tracks, moving
around in circles about 200 miles off the
Atlantic .coast, being sighted by no few-
er than 46 ships during her aimless
wan derin gs.
Her rimge wee from the Delaware
cepes south to the lonely Sargossa Sea,
iter swinging round this circle occupy -
log about tevo years. She then went
back and forth through this ghostly re.
cion, and next started north for Florida,
�r which coast she was sighted 23 times
by other vessels. She then made two
more circles and then, went north, be-
ing about 600 miles off Cape Cod when
last sighted. It is supposed she went
down, probably by being struck by an-
other veseel, as she wes never seen
again.
The Norwegian 'bargeRirgette of
Grimstad, while bound from Mobile to
Queenetown with pitch pine, was aban-
doned, with all soils standing; but her
towsprit gone and her hull leaky. On
February 17, 189e, her crew were taken
off by the British steamer Snowflake
near the Irish coast, arid for four months
she drifted to and fro across the tracks
of the Atlantic paSsenget liners. She
was sighted no lees than te times and
the British admiralty sent, out a war-
ship evlikle found her and
TOWED HER TO LAND,
This process was alse adOpted by the.
French adMiratty with regard to the
British brig Hyaline, which teed trayen
led 3,500 Miles and been adrift 411 done,
reing sighted nineteen times before se
got near enough to the coast a Franco
to enable a warship to secure her. She
had been several nines set afire, but
refused to burn, end she was merely a
hulk when secured.
These oases refer to crafts which are
tenantless on the ocean, but there are
as many instances on record of waifs
which retain their crews. Perhaps the
most remarkable of all Uwe was the
shy sail clipper T. V, Oekee, the first
American iron square rigger ever
launched. She enjoyed the distinetion
of being one of the very few vessels
ever posted at Lloyds as missing and
subsequently showing up, She left Hong
Kong on July 4, 1896, for New York, for
vichith vayage her usual time was but
120 days, She was out more than 250
days, and not reinsurable, her agents
hiving given her up as lost, and the
relatives of her master, Captain E. W.
Reed and his wife, who was on board
with him, had gone into mourning.
'I hen on the 260t1t day, March 22, 1897,
she was breught up in New York,
having been towed in by the oil tank
steamer Ieasbek, which came upon her
300 miles east of Sandy Hook, the
steamer being outward bound from Phil-
adelphia..
In .trying to take her in tow the haw-
ser caught in the steamer' e screw and
Jammed it, rendering her helpless. The
Oakes wee equally helpless, her crew
being stricken down by scurvy, and the
two ships barely escaped a collision,
there being only a beans length between
them when the wind drove them apart.
The steamer was helpless for eight
hours, during which period the Oaleee
was driven out of sight by a storm. The
Kasbek's engineer had to „force out her
shaft by means of wooden plugs. The
hawser was worked clear of the propel-
ler and then the steamer started off in
quest of the Oakes, sighting her again
some hours later in a worse storm,
which lasted for two days, during which
time it was impossible to send a boat
te her, but the steamer lay by her till
the weather abated and then took the
effective steps to succor the crew itnd
get the craft under control.
ft was found that everybody on
toard the Oakes was afflicted with
scurvy, of which five seamen had died,
itiekteHlrekeinlreirtHeiletdried
Fashion
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FASHION NOTES.
A shirt waist which has become very,
popular is lumen as the golf or terrine
Mint It is strictly plain, tailor made,
with attached unstarched collar, short
Or elbow sleeves with eon turned back
curls, Many of them have a peon Ala*
et` on the left side.
The matine boa, very full, in black or
white lace, is very much in demand.
These and long scarfs in chiffon, =Pe
de chine, Japanese silk, and net both
in black and ere= with all SOrtg, of de,
°ovation, such as embroidery, trickle ruf-
fles; Lec., are the latest thing.
A new shoulder cape is shown among
the latest walking and carriage suits.
Althougle it is considered new it is only
a revival of the well known shoulder
cape of the sixties. It Is wade of the
same material as th,e dress and the OnlY,
change observable is in tha cut of the
neck, which is very low, exposing the
bodice top.
The bolero still remains the leading
novelty of the season and grows in fa-
vor. It comes in fine linen and baby Ire
ish nue combinations and in lawns
trinimed with valenciennes and baby Ire
ish lace or renaissance. There has aris-
en lately, so popular has the bolero or
bridge jacket become, a heavy „linen ea
duck affair, a tailored variety with a.
little patch pocket on the left side em-
bellished with an embroidered mongram.
The latest news from the fashion
centres in Europe indicates the vogue
of dark colors in women's tailor made
suits and costumes next fall. Accord-
ing to this authority a very dark blue
crow's, wing, dark prune, the deepest
w ine shades and black will be the lead-
iog colors. Gray will continue it:, be
popular, but will be in much darker
shades and in gun metal tones. Novelty,
fabrics show coin spots or polka dots.
All black costumes will be extremely,
fashionable, as a contrast to the alt
white of the summer reign.
In separate outer garments or wraps
long loose black silk coats and eton
or bolero jackets share in popularity.
The pony coat, a jaunty and attractive
garment, is used among the models foe
street suits of wool and silk, but the
bolero is the acknowledged of the sea-
son.
In Paris one of the most chic cos-
tumes is said to be a skirt, of the dark,
est wool plaids, sueb as blue and green,
with a one tone coat of cloth or silk.
America has never affected plaids to
any great extent and it is not probable
that this particular combination will
find any great popularity.
. In silk shirts accordion plaiting is
Universally seen. They are made ill
checked and plain taffetas and messa-
lines. Some of the manufacturers of
ready made garments exhibit princess
gowns with accordion plaited skirts,
and the corselet skirt licilds a leading
position. The latest models in the late
ter style have the,corselet el a moder-
ate depth, out down at the middle front
and rising higher at the sides and back,
thus fitting the figure to greater ad-
vantage than those of the earliest mod-
els shown.
Pekin stripes in mousselines and silks
in all the leading colors combined with
white, and black and white striped silks
trimmed with narrow black velvet rib-
bon are the materials used. by eome of
the best importers and manufacturers
at costumes. Blouses of fine lingerie or
net and boleros go with the corselet
skirt,.
For 1906-07 lightness in weight, soft-
ness of texture and many novelty,
weaves characterize the principal neve
goods. Panamas, twills, batistes and
sages, as weal as chiffon broaclolothe
are in demand. Heavy rough mo.nnisti
goods have departed.
Feminity has come once more into ifs
own. Never have more beautiful geode
been shown. The softest, lightest weight
broadcloths, prunellas, medium and
light weight poplins are all in the new-
est samples. Ombro plaids in dark
tones and • suitings in narrow stripes
and small checks are seen for street
wear in autumn colorings. Grays evill be
quite as popular for early fall as they
have been for spring, although in some-
what darker tones. Mohairs Snit' to
be coming back into favor.
All kinds of velvet ribbons in tlie
leading shades will also be in active de-
mand, but black leads. 11 18 expected
to he largely used as trimmings and in
nittlinery.
In plain silk ribbons heavier weaves
of taffeta and faille in wide numbers
are very active. At present white is
very brisk, running up to sash ribbon
width. Advance business shows that
dresden and warp prints will be large-
ly favored for fall consumption.
Ribbons which have been extensively
used in millinery this spring promise
to be also used on dresses apd summer
wraps in the shape of ruching's, frills
and plaitings in narrow widths. They
also will be employed in deep corselet
belts, and in sante cases entire waist-
coats will be made of them.
These waistcoats will be worn witli
tailor suits of plain materials; also those
made ef warp, printed or oriental de-
signs with black satii edges will gd
with white pique or plain black costumes
SAVE THE CAPTAIN'S Viellet,,
upon whom, through sheer pressure of
necessity, much of the labor of working
the ship fell. The second and third
mates were unable to go aloft. The
Chinese steward was also incapable of
sailor tasks. Twelve seamen lay in
their berths helpless. The captain had
teen stricken with paralysis. In the
China Sea two typhoons drove the ship
out of her course, and, though intending
to round the Cape of Good Hope, she
had to make for Cape Horn.
Another remarkable case was that of
the steamer Perthshire, off the Austral-
ian coast in 1899, which drifted about
for 45 days helplessly, covering 1,400
miles before being rescued. On Aprtl
e6th she left Sydney for Bluff Head,
a four-day voyage. On May 26111 a
schooner put into Sydney reporting4hat
she had sighted the missing steamer
two weeks previously, when the Perth-
shire had been adrift ten days without
sighting a sail, her propeller being
broken clean off in the thilshaft and
her spread of canvas being too limited
toegive her even steering way.
As site had nearly 70 persons aboard
and was drifting north toward some
evil reefs, every available craft was
sent in quest of her, including two war-
ships, several liners and a flotilla of
tugs. Eventually, the steamer Tolune
came upon her before daylight on June
13111, some 750 miles off her course, the
Perthshire being described just an hour
before the Tolune's captain had deter-
mined to abandon the search. A tow
line was passed and for 36 hours the
Tolune got her along. Then a heavy
sea tore them apart and to get them
coupled again rockets, witii lines at-
tached, had to be fired from one ship
to the other.
Another almost incredible story of a
derelict is that of the woden bark Sid
-
derelict is that of the wooden bark Sid-
ary 16, 1899, lumber laden, for Liver-
pool, and became dismasted in a gale,
a heavy sea then drenching her from
stem to stern, destroying all the pro-
visions and carrying away the galley.
For twenty days her crew of twelve
subsisted
ON RAW POTATOES.
The captain had his forehead laid open
and one eye blinded by a blow frora a
stanchion; the boatswain had an arm
broken, the chief mate and two sea-
men were stricken with serious illness
due to their weakened condition, and
as day succeeded day without prospect
oI rescue despair settled upon all.
Two steamers passed without sight-
ing her, and and then the Norwegian
bark Verdande 'came by and took them
cff. For nearly five months after this
the derelict drifted helplessly about the
ocean, covering more than 1,800 miles,
and being reported no fewer than 41
times. The captain of the steamer Oak -
more set her on fire in hope of ridding
the seas of such a menace, but the fire
failed to destroy leer. Ultimately, after
a chorus of complaints from steamship
captains as to her obstructing the liner
track 300 miles off the Irish coast„ H.
M. S. Melampus was sent out and se-
cured her, towing her into Bantry Bay,
nhere she was subsequently used as a
°Oat hulk.
There are more than 120 derelicts
legged by the Marine officers as being
edrin in the North Atlantic at the pres-
ent time, two lumber -laden craft, the
Bronson 14. and the Mary Mannering,
eeing right in the liner track east of
the Dunmore. Along the Atlantic sea-
toard from the Florida ethers to Cape
Rem is a procession ot, drifting waifs.
At times the American Navy sends out
gunbont to destroy some specially ob-
lectionahle or dangerous hulk, the Britt-
ish admiralty doing the same on tile
other side, But there is no concerted
policy fer ridditig the ocean lanes of
them, and no gonerctl crasade by these
Iwo governments.
hie satanic majesty Is busy he
woman to look after his inter-
Whext
send.s a
este,
He (just netepted): "Yeti say you were
rivet engaged before 7" She • "Yes,"
He "How is that? I thought all wo-
men always had three or four engage -
meets." She (guilelessly); "Well, I
presume I shall, too. YOU gee this is
the first chance X Juula bokft.V.
ANOTHEO ALPINE DISASTER.
Lady on Tourist Coach : "I say.
driver, do serious accidents ever happen
on these mountains?"
Driver ; "Oh, yes, ma'am. Do yott
see, that Mountain up there?
Lady
Driver "Weil, one day lest year a
party of ladies and gentlemen started
trent here to climb that mountain, and
we never saw them again,"
Lady: "Indeed! What happened to
'them ?"
Driver• "Oh 1 they went down tiie
other side"
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PREFERRED PHYSICAL PAIN.
Caller—"Is Mts. Highupp at home?'t
New Girl—'No'm," ,
Caller—"Ah, she hae taken advantage
of this delightful Weether, I presume."
New Girl—"YeSen, She said fled ell
stens ot people would, be ninktin cane
on her a day like this; to sbe "eon'. th
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