HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-8-19, Page 2CHAPTER XIV.—(Copt'd)
A few clays later the fair invalid
was found to be doing o well that
Dootor Latimer gave Lady Brom-
ley permission to pay her a short
visit, for she was continually asking
questions about herself and her
friends which it wasthought best
to have answered, and thus stt her
mind at rest.
Accordingly, her ladyship was ad-
niitted and introduced to her,
whereupon she explained her posi-
tion and her friendly relations with
Gerald. .From the moment she en-
tered the room, Allison betrayed
great pleasure in her presence.
"You know Gerald—you are fond
of him, they tell me," she eagerly
remarked, after they had greeted
each other. "Won't you sit here,
close beside me, and tell me every-
thing that has happened since I
saw him last? Can it be possible
that it is almost the last of Decem-
ber, and that life has been an utter
blank to me ever since July?"
So Lady Bromley told her what•
ever she could think of to interest
her, Allison listening with almost
breathless interest to all that con-
cerned Gerald, and every day after
that her new friend went to sit with
her for one or two hours, as they
thought best.
On the tenth day after the op-
eration, Allison seemed to be doing
so well and was so impaitent to see
Gerald that Lady Bromley was
authorized by Elector Latimer to
summon him. And so the follow-
ing telegram went thrilling along
the wires to Mr. Lyttleton:
"All is well. Tell Gerald, and
send him on immediately."
The young man was out when this
message reached the office, and his
employer could scarcely wait for his
return. The poor fellow had been
very brave—that is, he had tried
to bear his trouble patiently and
uncomplainingly, but it had worn
upon him sadly, and the look of
stoical endurance which his face
had seemed to take on, like a mask,
was painfully pathetic to the kind-
hearted lawyer.
At times, when they were cos- Then he arranged the papers on his
suiting about the approaehiug trial, own desk, putting his work in an
which both felt confident would re- orderly manner, but laying one
suit in Gerald's favor, the expres- side such papers as he knew his em-
sion of bitter anguish which would ployer would need during his ab -
sweep over his features told Mr. sence—for he no longer felt that he
Lyttleton more plainly than words was "too busy" to make "the little
could have done that the fortune visit to Boston" which Lady Brom;
which was then almost within hisleyhad suggested.
grasp would give him no real satis- I When Mr. Lyttleton returned, his
faction, that it would bring him own face shone with pleasure on be -
only pain and regret, since he had holding the change in his young
lost the bride for whom alone he clerk.
had coveted wealth. "Erin!" with a glance at Gerald's
At length bis steps sounded on trim -looking desk. "You do not
the atairs without, and sent a nerv- appear to feel yourself so pressed
CUB thrill through the heart of the for time as you were a couple of
together, and, rising, laid thein be-
eide.the prostrate lover.
"Here, Gerald, read, these when
you can - pull yourself together a
hit," he said huskily ; "they will
explain everything to you. Mean-
time, I am going down to the City
Hall to look over some records."
Then he went out, softly closing
the door after him, and Gerald was
left alone to master the temporary
weakness caused by reaction, and
to try to realize the blessed hope
and great joy that had some to him'
r•i unexpectedly.
Strong and manly though he was,
his love and gratitude were temper•
arily stronger than his will -power,
and, bursting all barriers, had to
have their way. The wonderful
news had taken him SO unawares
he had had no opportunity to
"brace" himself,. and the reaction
from the iron -clad endurance which
he had hitherto manifested was in
exact proportion to that unyield-
ing fortitude,.
But, with the emptying forth of
his long -pont emotions, his heart
began to rebound, and an eager de-
sire to learn the blessed truth in
all its details took possession of
him.
He was weak and trembling from
bis excessive agitation, but nerv-
ing himself as best he could, he
gathered up Lady Bromley's letters
and messages, and, looking for the
earlier dates, read from the begin-
ning the wonderful story of Alli-
son s
lli-son's preservation as she had given
it to her brother.
CHAPTER XV.
By the time he concluded the pe-
rusal of those missives he was a dif-
ferent man. His dejected air had
all disappeared, his listless manner
was replaced by the old-time vigor
and energy, his eye had grown
bright, and hope was written upon
every line of his beaming face, even
though it was still pale and thin
from the wearing grief of the last
six months.
He refolded the letttrs and re-
stored them to their proper enve-
lopes, tied them together, and laid
them upon Mr. Lyttleton's desk.
lawyer. The• message he had, re-
ceived from his sister was crumpled
in his hand, his breathing was ra-
pid, and his temples beat almost
audibly—at least to himself.
"Gerald," he said, after the
young man had removed his hat
and coat, and was in the act of sit-
ting down to his desk, "how would
you like to take a run on to Boston
for a day or two?"
"To Boston!" repeated the young
man, astonished. "We have no
business to call either of us there,
have we?"
"No, but my sister thinks she
would like a little visit from you,
replied Mr. Lyttleton, heating help-
lessly about the bush, and not
knowing how to get down to his
duty.
"She is very good," said Gerald,
smiling; "but really, I thine we are
too busy just now to spare time for
pleasure -trips."
"I think you might be spared for
a couple of days. I—I— Ger-
ald"—with a desperate effort—"do
you think you can brace yourself
for some—news?
"Ha 1" cried the startled fellow,
suddenly galvanized to interest, you take the five o'clock boat, or
and, leaping to his feet, he stared the evening express? I think you
wildly at his companion. "News— might as well make tracks for home,
of—of--" peek your grip and be off."
"Yes, of ---her ; of Miss Brew- "I think I will take the boat. I
ster." ,shall have a better night's rest
"The mystery of her fate is solv-
ed—you have learned how she
died?"
"No -how she was—saved ! Ger-
ald, she is alive!"
"Alive I My God I How ? Crip-
pled, disfigured,maimed 1" the
agonized lover articulated in a hor-
rible whisper,
"No, Gerald, no I Don't look like
that," said Mr. Lyttleton, turning
away with a, shiver from the whtcs,
drawn face. "She is alive and well
or will be vary anon.
Gerald gasped and drop'4-l'back
into his Chair, his heedfelling up-
on his desk, while his posters of en-
durance at last utterly forsaking
him, heartrending sobs burst from
,his lips,
Mr,• Lyttletan con Id bear no
tnarr.. Ile galhereu all his
sister's set oat letters and m.isrsi:gcs
hours ago," he observed, with a
quiet chuckle.
"No. Of course, I can find time
to go to Boston under existing cir-
cumstances. I would go to the ends
of the earth upon such a mission,"
returned Gerald, with .a luminous
smile, a ring of joy in his voice that
had long been a stranger there.
"But what a wonderful story it
is 1" he went on. "It seems almost
incredible!"
"It does, indeed," replied his
friend. "But I cannot understand
how her death could have been re-
ported in the Boston papers. You
know it was claimed that a Miss
Brewster was identified and remov-
ed from the morgue by her friends."
"Yes, that has always been a
mystery," said Gerald; "but pos-
sibly it will all be explained later.
It was a very close shave, though,
for the poor girl, and I shall be
grateful to this Mr. Lyman as long
as I live."
"He has certainly proved him-
self to be a Christian gentleman,"
Mr. Lyttleton admitted ; then ad-
ded, as he looked at his watch :
"Now, what are your plans? Will
tix months. Re had ample time to
oateh the five-o'clock boat, and
reached Beaton about seven o'clock.
Going directly to a hotel, he had
breakfast, after which he started
forth, first going to a florist's,
where a basket, very like the one
sent to Yonkers an a certain fete
day so long ago, was ordered. With
tits snugly packed in a hex, he took
a Brookline ear, the city clocks
chiming the hour of ten just as he
rolled through Boylston Street, to-
ward the goal of his hopes. Be
went first to the home of Mrs. Bry-
ant, where Lady Bromley was im-
patiently awaiting him, her brother
having telegraphed her of his com-
ing,
She greeted him almost as fondly
as a mother would have greeted a
eon, then presented him, with no
little pride, to hor friend.
"Helen, this is 'my Gerald,' and,
Gerald, this is my old school friend,
who was my confidants at the time
of my marriage, the romantic his-
tory of which you already know,'_
she. remarked, by way of introduc-
tion.
"Mabel," cried Mrs. Bryant,
flushing, "I fear that knowledge
will be a poor recommendation to
Mr. Winchester's respect. Ml the
same," she added, with a charm-
ing smile, "we have always loved
each other very dearly, notwith-
standing our early mistakes. But
I am not going to keep you here
chatting with me. I• know what
your impatient heart is saying to
you, so you are privileged to go
your way at once."
Five minutes later he was on his
way, with Lady Bromley, to Mr.
Lyman's residence.
The old gentleman and his state-
ly wife received hire with hearty
cordiality, their beaming faces
tlainly indicating that they were
in no wise disappointed in the be-
trothed of the fair girl whom they
had learned to love most fondly.
Leaving him with his host and
hostess, Lady Bromley, armed with
the floral offering, went up -stairs to
announce the lover's arrival.
Allison, arrayed in spotless white
—a fine cashmere robe handsomely
a immed with soft, fluffy swansdown
and reclining upon an elegant
couch of pale -blue satin, looked al-
most too lovely to be mortal as her
fiiend opened the door and entered
her room.
But she gave vent to a very mor-
tal little cry of joy as her eager
eyes fell -upon the basket of forget-
me-nots, and eagerly extended her
trembling hands for it.
"You perceive that I am the her-
ald of glad tidings, dear," said her
ladyship.
"Gerald has come 1" Allison mur-
mured, with tremulous lips, a little
sob of gladness breaking from her ;
"and, oh! this basket is almost the
exact counterpart of one that he
sent me on a certain eventful day
ever so long ago. flow lovely of
him to remember and remind me
of it like this! Lady Bromley, let
me kiss you for bringing it to me,
then please go and send him up
just as quickly as you.can."
Three minutes later the door
opened again, when, with a cry of
inexpressible joy, Allison stretched
forth her hands to her lever, who
fm the moment was scarcely less
white than the fair girl herself.
"Gerald I"
"Allison I" •
The next moment she was sobbing
in his arms, which encircled her in
an embrace which plainly indicat-
ed that from that moment he claim-
ed her as all his own.
(To be continued.)
TRUST AND D0.
Psalm 37: 8-5, R. V.
Unto a friend rice brave and
bright,
Who bad become in sorrow's night
A much discouraged man,
An earnest helper spoke the word,
"Cast all your care upon the Lord,
And do the best you can.
Weighed in the scales so true and
just,
He said, in Him I surely trust
Who shapes Creation's plan:
But while my trust is unassailed,
I clearly see that I have failed
To do the best I can.
Then said he, "with this truth in
view,
He will my failing strength renew
For work which 'now I scan:
He will bestow the grace I ask
That I may gladly meet my task
And do the best, I can."
"Not less of faith do I desire,
But more of that all -conquering
fire
than on a sleeper, and will reach,_Which faithful work lutist fan;
Boston in good season, and be able Net less 1 trust the will divine,
to get out of Brookline some time But more I seek with what is mine
during the forenoon," Gerald re- To do the best I can.
sponded reflectively.
"All right. Go ahead, and joy The path which seemed so hard
GIRLS GO A GYPSYING
THEY SEE SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Inv A CASAYAN.
Ridiculously Cheap Outing—A Lit-
tle Forethought Works
Wonders.
Who has not sighed for the open
trail? Men are not the only ones
who get wild longings to "hit the
road." Many a demure girl toiling
all day in an office or a schoolroom
has day dreams of the happiness
there would be in taking to gypsy
life, if only for a timer says a writer
in The New York Tribune.
LURE OF THE ROAD.
There are girls in England who
do spend their holidays in this de-
lightful fashion. In that country
there are vans for hire, construct-
ed to hold two, four or six persona,
and fitted up with every obmfort.
An American girl has an English.
cousin who, with three other girls,
took a month's trip 'n the south of
England at -the small cost of $7,50
apiece,
They got, along together with the
utmost' peace and amity, because
they had scrupulously divided up
the duties beforehand. One girl
took care Of the horse and drove,
thus dispensing with a hired male
driver, who is always an expense
and generally a nuisance. One girl
took charge of the tent and sleeping
arrangements, one did the cooking,
but as this was conceded to be the
drudgery of the trip her mates
turned in and helped her. One girl
carried a map of the district, and
was charged with the responsibil-
ity of selecting the camp for the
night.
CHOOSING A CAMP.
She had her bicycle, and fre-
quently scouted ahead that there
might be no delay in choosing a
good plaee with plenty of pure
water within reach. They were
careful never to camp without ask-
ing leave of the owner of the land,
and they found the farmers exceed-
ingly good-natured about giving
them camping space, and about sel-
ling them milk, eggs, etc., and
sometimes rentingthem a stall for
the horse. Also, they were never
troubled by tramps, perhaps be-
cause they had for travelling com-
panion a large, able-bodied, very
alert dog. For a month they led
an ideal life, drifting along the love-
ly English roads, stopping for a
couple of days when they came up-
on a spot especially suitable for
sketching or exploring; up and
away at 5 o'clock in the morning,
resting through the warm middle of
the day. It is a leisurely thing, a
van, like a houseboat; those who
want to tear through the country
had better take an automobile.
—•g
CHINESE LIRE EGGS.
Prepared With Aromatic herbs in
Slaked Lime.
Dr. Malegnon, who has dwelt long
in China, gives some curious details
of the food of the Chinese. This
is what he says of the "Sons of
Heaven" and the way they eat
eggs:
'The Chinese are great eaters of
eggs, which they take hard boiled.
One finds them in all the roadside
places for refreshment. The Celes-
tials have an expression : 'Eggs of a
bundred years.' The eggs are not
always a century old, but you are
able to get them of many years
standin g.
"The Celestials have a preferece
for the egg of the duck or goose.
They are placed with aromatic
herbs in sleeted lime for a period
more or less long, the minimum
time of treatment being five or six
weeks. Under the influence of time
the yolk liquefies and takes a dark
Breen color. The white coagulates:
and becomes green.
The product of the eggs which
has a strong odor, from which a
stranger betakes himself quickly,
the Chinese eat as hors d'oeuvre,
and it is said to have the taste of
lobster."
WOMAN'S GENTLE ART.
"I often wonder," said a gentle-
man to a young mechanic, "how
you ever plucked up courage
enough to propose to your wife —
you were always such a bashful
young fellow."
"Well," explained the husband,
"she made it easy for me. You travelling platform, which is de -
know I walked out with her fre- eignated to save so much walking.
quently, and she must have known Everywhere . machinery is devised
I meant business. But I was al- to save physical effort, as though
MEDICAL MARVELS IN .tlu1NA..
Barber, Dootor and Dentist Form
a Deady Triumvirate.
It is the custom for a 'Chinaman
to visit his barber every wcok to
have a general overhauling, First,
the head and face are shaved;
second, the ears aro scraped and
cleansed with a small brush made
of duck's hair; third, the upper and
lower eyelids are aeraped with a
dull edged knife, all granulations
being smoothed away, and then an
application is made with a duck's
hair brush of salt solution.
This is the reason, says a writer
in the Medical Record, why you
will find so much blindness in China.
They take no antiseptic measures
whatever. All instruments are held
in the operator's mouth during the
process of operation.
Finally the patient's back is
massaged, and after paying a fee of
three cents and no tip he leaves the
shop, feeling clean outside, but now
must consult his regular physician.
After going through the usual
examination, which is a form of
military inspection, the doctor diag-
noses the case and treats it unless
a devil happens to jump down the
patient's throat. If this has hap-
pened the doctor can do the patient
no good until he promises to set
off 100 firecrackers and to make a
daily visit to the joss house. This
done he receives the usual pills for
those vacated by Allis devil. .
These pills may consist of spotted
rhinoceros horn, said to be a won-
derful cure for intestinal troubles.
The spotted rhinoceros horns come
from southern China, and in the
market at Shinapore a single speci-
men will bring $25.
Tiger bones .when ground to a
powder and mixed with Chinese
wine make a great blood tonic which
is uaid by all classes of Chinamen
in northern China. The recipe is
held by a firm in Shanghai that has
become very wealthy by the sale of
this tonic.
Old deer horns are boiled down
to make the medicinal glue which
binds the fifty ingredients compos-
ing the average Ohinese pills. As
in thesee you may get anything from
a pinch of gunpowder to powdered
cobra tail dust, it is not the fault of
Wong-Yik-Ghee if just the right
kind of specific escapes the patient.
Equal in medicinal efficacy to the
above are three high grade tiger
remedies, the eyeball, liver and
blood. As may be imagined tiger
eyeball, the genuine article, can be
prescribed for only the exceedingly
wealthy Chinese. Similarly the liver
when dried and reduced to a pow-
der is worth its weight in gold all
over China. TiBer blood when
evaporated to o. solid at a tempera-
ture of 110 degrees and taken as a
powder is believed by Asiastics to
transform a craven into a hero.
After the patient has made the
rounds of the barber and travelling
physician he now looks up his dent-
ist, whom he will find on any street
corner in all large Chinese cities..
You are greatly impressed by the
seriousness of this gentleman, who
is always reading and drinking of
his collection of some 2,000 teeth on.
a table and a few bottles of some
secret drugs which upon inquiries a
Chinese interpreter told a visitor
contained the moisture of the inner
side of an old coffin which was col-
lected after beirg buried some ten
years. A dentist in China is called
a "boxer" by all Chinamen, for he
is supposed to have great strength
in his arms and hands, and also
some great magic power.
CHEAP TRANSIT A DANGER.
Tendency to Ride Leads to Physical
Demoralization.
The London Lancet publishes an
urgent warning against the dangers
to the race arising from too cheap
transit facilities. It says
"The inducement to ride rather
than walk is a temptation which
continually confronts the public. It
is not difficult to see in this a pfo
ease which is calculated to lead to
physical and not improbably men-
tal demoralization.
. "If a man can reach his home' by
atram car or omnibus for a cent
.he is not going to trouble himself
to walk the distance. He thus Ione
a valuable and healthful farm of
exercise because travelling is 50
cheap. Formerly he walked to save
the relatively costly fare.
"The lift is another example of
unodern innovation which encour-
ages idleness . and . which , indeed
threatens to make the staircase
superfluous and obsolete. Another
example of the demoralizing ten-
deny of cheap transit is Been in the
go with you, my boy. You can haveand IenJ; ways afraid to speal'. right out, till we possessed no means of gett,ng
a couple of days as well as not, and 's1'as brightened soon with light and one night •I said to her rather case- about oureeives.
3 amglad foryon from the bottom sen, all `Doyou think you'll ever
y, y Surely this state of things can-
e/ my heart, said Mi'. Lyttleton, And brighter clays began . marry?' She said site thought she not count for stnrcliness and health -
as he heartily shook hands with Made wiser by the chastouing rad, might; so l said, 'When 1' `When fel activity in the future 'genera-.
him, He says to others `trust in God, ever you do,' was her answer; and .tion, int is !trete likely to lead to
Accordingly. Gerald started forth And do the best you can. I said, '111 right.' So We settled a state of atrophy which must me -
to prepare fur its grip, the world
wearing a very different aspect
to him frank what it had worn three
hours previously.
Leaping upon a car, he, went di -
T. WATSON.
Granlhursl, Ont., 1000,
• 1tOIIBIII'E3 THOUGHT.
the day there and then."
net unfavorably on the indi� clic;J.
1t is tree 1 to question whether the
Disaster --"Our work is so {livid -human rano is Letter off for the
r<! that each c•f our men has the et,tutly ttfru,wiil�11 tltti,iyt aro rail.:
reativ home,' where he was soon "arm know we are teu;fht to love work he is het 1 tt:,rl fni Jenks
packing his portmanteau, and our enemies, Robbie." ti casurer, 1. pith ' yc et.stee sed
• '"Well. 1131 11 is -.- 1 11 lrn.i , rs'
spending far more tintr, upon his ttt'r:l. I jest wish we co yid teach � i r•t�t y' n•rtrc 11
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t< ilei J, r the 1
bit of devoting toit during the last 'em, mamma," ,ill the complaints refs real to hi,n." in tot t:t::•:.:i:..tt,
On the Farm
PREPARING.LAND FOIL WHEAT
Careful preparation is necessary
in order - to hate a reasonable
chance of a good prop of wheat. A
good crop is the only profitable
erop. 'Tie season, more than any
for many years past, there is not
unlikely to be a considerable per -
mintage of the wheat crop sown on
land not properly fitted for. it. The
acreage will almost certainly be,
much larger, and the time avail-
able for preparing the land no
longer, so that, unless weather con-
ditions favor, there will either be
insufficient preparation, or too late
sowing, in many cases. A word of
caution to our readers against mak-
ing :such a mistake will not be out
of place. This year is not likely to
be any exception to the rule that,
to sow wheat on land unfit for it,
is to lows; while a satisfactory
yield may be expected from suitable
soil properly prepared. Another
word of caution would be not to
count too much on the continuance
of present high prices. Prospects
for the world's crop are fair, and
prices a year hence may be very
different. from what they are to -day.
High prices stimulate world-wide
production, which in turn 'moder-
ates values.
Summer -following puts the land
into the best i.ossihle condition for
wheat, but it is too expensive a
method to be reoomraended for gen-
eral practice. One crop in two
years seems like waste. The only
case in which it seems justifiable is
when a field is so thoroughly infest-
ed with noxious weeds that no other
treatment is likely to be of much
avail.
Good crops of wheat may be
grown on pasture land plowed in
the summer, after the most of the
pasture for the season has been
secured. Some find clover sod,
plowed after haying, an excellent
preparation for wheat, but this
practice has serious drawbacks. If,
a is usually done, the wheat
ground is seeded to grass and clo-
ver, it is but one year out of lea,
and, while good for this particular
field, it would be at the expense of
other parts of the' farm, which
would have to be kept in crop and
out of grass too long for the good
of the land. Two, or, at most,
three, years out of grass is long
enough. Besides, clover sod is
specially adapted to the growing
of corn, potatoes and roots, and
these are now -a -days of more im-
portance than wheat, and shout..
have the preference. Whether
wheat is grown or not, these should
be.
Some excellent farmers find bar-
ley ground very suitable for fall-
wheat growing. The ground can
be plowed early ; it usually works
up well and yields gond crops. Inc•
pea crop, which is the very best
to precede wheat, is almost out of
count now, as so little of it is
grown; but even after oats, or
cats and peas mixed, god wheat
crops may be secured, if soil and
climate are favorable. The great
value of peas for feeding, and the
excellent condition in which a pea
crop leaves the land, constitute a
strong reason for increasing the
acreage of peas, mixing them with
oats, if necessary, to facilitate har-
vesting.
Whatever land may be chosen on
which to sow wheat, thorough work-
ing is necessary. If on stubble
ground, plowing should be done as
early as possible, each day's work
being rolled and harrowed the same
evening, as such work is much
more effective than if deferred un-
til ground is dried out, and is in
much better shape to benefit by
any rain that may fall. Much
depends on plowing early, as the
longer the ground weathers after
being worked before sowing is
done, the better its condition
seems to be, Surface working -with
disk harrow or spring-tooth'culti-
vator, and harrow and roller ac-
ca•sionally, is very important. The
ideal condition for seed -bed for
wheat is a somewhat firm bottom,
made so by repeated workings'af;
ter being plowed, and a fine, moist,
mellow surface soil. Surface work-
ing after plowing, and plenty of
it, is the correct treatment, whe-
ther the grouted has been stubble
land, summer -plowed, pasture, or
clover sod. If a little manure can
be spared and worked in, it will
very much help the chance of hav-
ing .a fair crop.
In the South-western counties of
Ontario a good deal of wheat is
grown on bean and on corn ground,..
no plowing, we understand, being
done, the surface only being thor-
oughly worked,
How different the prospect on .r11
prepared 'as described above, from
chat can .he seen too often-- ' land
plowed shortly before being sown,
hastily worked, lumpy and dry,
(30ed. geririnates unevenly, planticts
make poor growth, and outlook for
profitable crop is poor indeed.—
] •it tier's Advocate,
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PADS AND FANCIES;
Artifloial flowers are more worn,
than ever,
Oriental colors continuo to be
popular for trimming,
Linens arethe most modish
among the new fabric hats,
Tucks and shirrings have crept;•
in as hip decorations.
Black and white combinations are • _
all the rage for hats.
Crinoline and the coarsest weaver:
of straw are alike fashionable.
Black hats trimmed with colored
flowers are having adecided vogue.
Some of 'the new iinported para-
sols are completely covered with
fringe,
Many summer. gowns •are made
of the figured or striped cotton
marquisette.
This summer's aegligee may be
anything from dotted Swiss to
crepe de chine.
It is predicted that puffed sleeves
will return before the end of the
summer; -
'Gray suede is pepular for lo
shoes, while for standard wear
holds its own.
Manyof the new -cotton fabri
show a touch of the Persian in colo
and design.
Immense lilies have appeared i
hat trimmings', as well as feather
of huge dimensions.
The white lace veil that in the
early spring was a novelty is - now
the veil of the day.
The lace scarf is used to deck
many smart hats and takes the
place of all other trimming.
The lace veil in rich brown is a•
favorite' with burnt straw, Leghorn,
and brawn hats.
Wheat ears of abnormal size are
taking the place of the aigrette in
fashionable coiffures.
Newest lingerie frocks from Paris
show less lace and handwork and
more little ruffles and puffs.
The long black silk coat, whish
is again modish, is one of the gen-
erally useful fashions of the hour.
There is a strong rumor that hate
taller in the crown and narrower
in the brim are to be brought out.
Linen coats with foulard gowns,
the linen matching the ground col-
or, is one of the whims of the'mo-
ment.
Corset covers and chemises fit'
almost straight across the front,
there being little or no fullness ab
the top.
Batiste, for the firt time in the
history of the fabric, is making up
coats to be worn with silks and
voiles.
Some of the smartest of the late
millinery importations are straws
in a cinnamon shade, trimmed with
black.
A novel sleeve arrangement is to
cover the stitching with a row of
soutache bra'd, ending .under a
small flat button.
Black collars and often bands er
lapel facings, with black hats, ac-
company many natural colored lin-
en or pongee suits.
Some of the prettiest imported
Japanese parasols are of pongee
silk, with handles wonderfully
carved in oriental designs.
Jet buttons are used even on lin-
en suits and petted chains and flex-
ible brooches and bracelets are
among the many forms that appear.
For the usefnl tailor made the
girls are having either the white
linen waists embroidered lightly in
the color of the material or of white
madras striped with the color.
Chamois gloves in cream color
and pale yellow are extremely
smart with tailored suits of wool or
mohair, but whta the weather is
warm nothing but the silk glove is
bearable.
Most of the summer frocks' are
made with slight puffs at the elbow
ar sleeves that are moderately
puffed at the shoulder and gather-
ed at the elbow into a long, tigh
undersleeve.
Colored coats for thin dresses add
to the list of the season's color
scheme, A smart but unusual coat
to go with light frocks is made of
chartreuse green taffeta, veiled
with marine blue.
Chantilly crepe, a nice new cot-
ton fabrio`for summer dresses, is
being used to some extent far the
becoming little ors -piece frocks. It
is shown in striped effects, in
white, and in dainty colors.
The new comb that goes around
the back of the hair makes aide
combs necessary, It is shaped like
a barrette and gives the appear-
ance of one in the hair, but has
short, firm teeth that hold in place. `
Sleeves, while long and close fit-
ting, are being treated to a diver-'
city of decoration, wide tucks, di-
vided by groups of pin tucks, . pre-
senting an extremely charming ef-
fect in any of the transparent ma-
te s,
a-terials. .
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wondering about things that are
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