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The Brussels Post, 1916-1-13, Page 2The Green Seal By CHARLES EDMONDS V9A1,,K Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster ROY.° "'Phe Time Lock," etc. CHAPTER XXI. During the remainder of that afterel moon 'Miss Fox and I were both so, • busy that we found little enough time for discussing the topic that had come , pretty near to -filling our whole horie son. Immersed as I was in a welter of legal deteils, between periods of dice toting, and when her typeweiter wasn't rattling like a machine-gun, I did now ad then grasp the opportun- ity to drop a word or two about the day's developments and the proposed programmes for the night, so that in a jerky, unsatisfactory fashion, she got some idea of -what was m the wind. When she learned that Lao Wing Fu had promised to produce James Strang that very evening, and that the whole confused and confueing mystery very likely would be cleared up, for the first time since her aunt's death a tinge of color stole to her pale cheeks and her glorious eyes shone with suppressed excitement. Her loveliness gave me an idea. On one occasion, as she swiftly ga- thered up her notebook and pencils after a particularly trying spell of dictation, I asked: "If I get word that Strang will see me, how -would you like to be present, too? It would be a shame for you not to be Mat the finish." Her countenance lighted up and she eagerly returned: "Oh, it would be splendid! If I only could!" "Bless you, you can. The hour will be late—ten-thirty, or thereabouts; perhaps it would be better for me not to call. I will send a taxi." "Oh, to! Come, if you can—if it le eonvenierit." She hurried away. We had no time to converse the matter at length. I did not deem it a breach of faith with Lao Wing Fu to confide in Miss Fox, even to the scant extent outlin- ed; she was as interested as I—per- haps more so—and if the opportunity had offered during the afternoon's rush, I would have told her circum- stantially everything that had hap- pened. Not many hours later I was fervently and wildly berating myself for not having wrested the time from the press of business which I allowed to monopolize my attention. So the afternoon wore along. When I left for the day Miss Fox was still engaged in typing some letters that had to go with the evening's mail. She too was in a hurry to get away; it had been a trying day; and I mere- ly murmured in passing that 11101)0,1 to see her later on. But she, absorb- ed in her work, responded only with a bright look and smile, and straight- way turned to her machine again. It will be recalled that on the day of the assault upon Mrs. Fax I had promised Lois that I would engage a man to watch her home. Her almost immediate removel to a desirable down -town rooming -house (not far from my club, by the. way), had, in my opinion, obviated the necessity of such a step—the idea was obnoxious, anyway—so I had not even gone to the extent of consulting Struber about it. For obvious reasons I had never called on Miss Fox, close as our friendship had grown. Hers was in many ways such a superior character, so opulent with the graces and virtues that command respect and admira- tion, that I was happy in feeling that our relations stood for something more solid and substantial than cuetummily exists between a young lady iiteno- grapher and her employer, and I be- lieved that she herself was sensible of some similar sort of sentiment. There was, in our association, a level of con- fidence and esteem, of liking and corn- panionehip, that was entirely sepa- rate and distinct from the dull grind of daily routine; but to the world at large we were merely a busy—some- tines a fussy—lawyer and his young lady stenographer and typist, and I could. not be too circumspect in my conduct toward her. To -night, how- ever, was to be an exception; big things were in store for us, eventual- ities more momentous than would ever come into the humdrum lives of those bleak weds who might criticize us; and we could afford to disregard the conventionalities just this once. The thought came to me while eat- ing my solitary dinner at the club, and so I argued. I would accept her invitation and call at her home that very evening, It was wunderful the inspiriting cf- feet my determination at once exer- cised. Why wait alone in impatience until. ten o'clock? I could leave word where Lao Wing Fu's mes.senger would find me, and Lois and I could relieve each other's impatience and while waiting I could tell her all I had gleated from my father's diariee end ehe newspaper clippings, in ad- dition to what had happened at my interview with Lao Wing Fu that atternoo, I dallied over my fetid and killed time until eight o'clock, then strolled up Hill Street to Miss Fox's lemming - house, where, of cnurse, she, would be evaiting anxiously for the selenium Irani me. Imagine my ionazemen when the proprietress, Mrs. Fleming nodded and rospanded absently ,"She had need to be =Bove," _Then lidded: "Please let me think mos remit." The woman stood silent, expectantly regarding me while I bowed my head, and tried to whip my brain We Per- forming some. serviee en this stagger The lady stared at inc in surprise. "Why," she said, "I supposed you would know, She got your note and hurried away in the automobile you sent." A thrill of alarm ran througb me. ' "Note! Automobile!" 1 almost shouted, "I sent no note and no auto- mobile. What do you mean?" The suddenness of this intelligence left me panic-stricken for the mo- ment. My undisguised excitement af- fected Mrs. Fleming, who continued to stare at me in a bewildered way. Presently she shrank away from me with a hushed, shocked cry of con - "Oh, Mr. Ferris," she gasped—"you sternation. are Mr. Ferris, aren't you ?—what can; have happened? Don't—don't look at me that way! I'm not to blame!" • With an effort I got a grip on my- self. "For Heaven's sake, tell me," I beg- ged, "what do you mean by a note from me?" "Wh—why she showed me a note she said was from you—to explain why she was going out alone, I ex- pect She was hurried and flustered. She said that it was a matter of con- siderable importance, and that she hoped I wouldn't get a wrong impres- sion if she didn't return until a late hour. She said there was no one who could act for her, that she would have to go. "I simply laughed at her and told her I hoped everything would be all right. "I stood here at the door and watch- ed her get into the machine; it was a big touring -car. It left immediately. 't minute: I'm so fright- . . . ened and confused that I forgot. She left your message on the parlor table." I stood all atremble, with a sicken- ing sensation of dropping down a bottomless shaft, while the woman hurried away. In a moment she re- turned and placed in my hand a sheet of paper that looked strangely, ter, rifying familiar. My apprehensive scrutiny also took in the' fact that the handwriting was unquestionably my own; but the words swam in a blur. I must have looked fully minute, the text running mean- ingiessiy in my mind, before I under- stood it import. Here is what I read: Please accompany bearer of this note without delay. He will bring you to a safe rendezvous, where I shall meet you. Upon this meeting depends the clearing up of all our perplex- ities, and the removal of all the dan- gers that have menaced us, I urge you not to delay.—Brice Ferris. Excepting that the superscription had been neatly cut away, it was the very note I had written that aster - noun and handed to Lao 'Wing Fu! I felt ill and weak. I staggered over to the hall tree and dropped npon its leather cushion. After a evhile—ages, eeemed—I became sensible that Mrs. Fleming was wringing her halide. in a distract- ed way, and that we were attracting the curious inspection of some of her lodgers, who were peering over the balusters and from the hall's darker recesses. Then an amazing thing happened. Man is 0 curioue animal, and the rush- ing .weep of Ms fiercer emotions, when you would think they are about to rend the very foundations of his being, may be as intangible and feeble as mist. Sometimes they are susceptible of instant and complete erasure by other emotions that are wholly conflicting and incongruous. Thus were my fears momentarily eclipsed by a quite different sensa- tion. Like a tremendous blinding white light, came the realization that I loved this girl, and my whole being suddenly surged upward on a wave 01. pure joyousness. I loved her. I had boved her from the moment she first entered my of- fice. She was at that moment more to me than my own or anybody else's happiness, or all the world beside. One instant of irrepressible, dominating happiness, then my fears rushed back again. Bat I had had time to realize the necessity of a cool head, and in a measure I steadied .and recovered my balance. Getting quickly to my feet, I laid a band upon Sirs. Fleming's arm and urged her toward the parlor. "Let us go in here," I proposed. "I must ask you some questions, but not before an audience." She acquiesced at once, and when the door was closed .eho quickly faced THE BULGARIAN GOURGH. ISY, °has, M. Bice, Denver, (Sol, The eleirch, - as Waal throughout history, ploys an important role in the present great war in Europe. The ing emergency. k could not get .report, neev a verity, that King Verde. away from the ridiculous ease with nand had communicated to Pope Bene - which the Chinaman had duped us, diet his intention to make Bulgaria a Even Struber, with all his shrewd Catholic country after the war, indi- cunning and experience and lack of cedes a peculiar conception of the re - faith in the Chinese nee gen.erally, had never for it moment suspected an B lk P ligious andpolitical history in that very , a auState. . ulterior motive. Under our noses—I remembered his undisguised I It will be recalled that the National contempt of the detective—Lao Wing Church of Bulgaria survived • the Fu had laid this trap; and then, just Turkish fancy—I had aided and abetted him!. conquest neaely 400 years ago, ; and that from about 1306 to 1777, the He had even worded the note—with Bulgarian artful design I Pow saw when it was Patriarch recognized by Turkey' as the civil and Eccleaetical too late—so that Lois would pot hesi- tate or question the authenticity of head of the Bulgarian Church, sat in the summons. Moreovem everything Ochrida, the ancient capitol of the I had told her during the afternoon •Bulgarian Czars in Macedonia. had tended cumulatively to prepare i her for something of the kind, to al- . P 0" stantinople succeeded by intrigue with In 1177 the Greek atriarch of co lay whatever suspicions that the ab- , i the Turks in abolishing the Bulgarian normal wariness and caution develop -ed in her mind during the past few 1 patriarchate and annexing the see to weeks might have evoked. But now— his own jurisdiction. God bless her, and God help her! Greek Bishops were everywhere ape It was all too plain that the wily, pointed whose chief work was to Hel- yellow scoundrel had had no inten- Menize the Bulgarians by substituting tion of producing Strang, doubtless . Greek schools and books for Bulgaria, had no knowledge whatever of his and the establishment of the Greek whereabouts, but when he realized ,language and customs. that I would not easily part with the ring had taken this devilish means of I Before this step was consummated forcing me to do so, I some Bulgarians of the old National The questions naturally followed: 'Church were cruelly massacred. But Why? Was it for revenge? And if the "reforms", if such they may be so, revenge for what real or fancied i termed, were continued. The Bub - wrong? Or was it to coerce me? But ; garians finally became aroused and be - had I been considered at all excepting ' gan to assert their rights. as the possessor of the ring and one of the ivory boxes? Was not Lois, after all, apart from being the vic- tim, the one most directly and deep- ly concerned? This is undoubtedly the root of the Bulgarian question and the true cause of the•Balkan troubles of recent times. The religious question is so intim- My brain was numb. couldno ately interwoven with the nation,' find even hypothetical answers to aspirations and ambitions of Bulgaria these questions—nothing at all that that Ferdinand would, indeed, be rash 1 could p mightg ' . What- ever if he agreed, as the report says, to Lao Wing Fu's motives might be, turn over the country to any paeticu- whether or not he was the mainspring of the mystery, it was pretty certain lar eceleastical creed or control. that he had overreached himself at For over 70 years the struggle be - last; he had placed himself in a posi- tween the Bulgarian and Greek tion where the law could and would Church continued, until finally in 1870, handle him—that is, if he were alive when the question had long since be - after I had finished with him. This come thoroughly incorporated in the was not China, where a person of demand for national existence and re - wealth and influence could perpetrate such a high-handed outrage and hope cognition, the Porte, to aVoid trouble, to get away with it. At that moment called the Chief Bulgarians to Cone' I -wanted more than anything else stantinople and there granted the im- Struber's quick disinterested mind, iperial firman or decree re-establishing for this was an emergency which call- ithe Bulgarian exarchate. ed for outside help. 1 a 1872 Archbishop Autim was ap- length. "What time did she go?" I asked at pointed exarch of the Autpcephalus, "I (Id ' i...'. t . said mi., or self-governing Bulgarian Church, Fleming, "but it must have been very , the Church of the Czar Boms, the , close to seven," 'Church of St. Kyril and St. Methodius. I glanced at my watch—eight- I Tho revolutionary movements of twenty. She had been gone approxi- 1877 cast suspicion on the Exarchate mately an hour and a half. Most ' Autim and he was promptly deposed; automobiles can cover a good deal of i by territory in that length of time. the Porte and duly exiled. I Bishop Yovtcheff was appointed "Did you see the man that brought the note?" I head of the Church, and was hailed as "Oh, yes; I know him, too. It's an- I Josephus I. the Grand Vizier of Turk -1 other thing that makes it so hard to ' ey receiving the Beret in 1877. believe that anything out of the way 1 There were many in Bulgaria who i his happened. Will Dwight's his desired the exarchate to direct the name; he a a chauffeur for Ralston's Church from one of the ancient Bul- Auto Livery, you know. He frequent- , ly answers calls from my house." I garian sees, but the Church and its. "Did you hear how he happened to !head was, and still is, a political, as be the bearer of the note?" 1 well as a eceleastical institution i i Mrs. Fleming shook her head. "No; !the question wasn't raised—not in fixation of the Bulgarians. whose aim is the freedom and unie . my hearing, at any rate." 1 The new exarch began his pro- : So it had been a public conveyance , paganda for National freedom at once,' that had carried her away. I wonder- ' and was promptly exiled by the Turks, ed at this; it seemed altogether too I daring even for Lao Wing Fifa nue who bad been careful to keep the dacity. Still, the very fact that the , head of the Church at Constantinople, could always be under sur- , messenger should have been a person ; where he whom leer landlady knew would doubt- , villance. less have dispelled the last lingering ; But little else than intrigue and plot doubt and misgiving in Lois's mind. characterized' the National Church up I This was all Mrs. Fleming could tell to 1877 when the war broke out, and me. Here was a matter for the P0- : the treaty of San Stefano in 1878 se - lice, and the earlier they had the , cured Bulgaria's independence. This facts the sooner they could get busy. I meant to see that they bestirred them- i excellent treaty was tore up later at selves, too. It was only a few blocks ; the congress in Berlin, and this was start1 B lk t • bl to police headquarters, and after 1 en che. arging Mrs. Fleming to telephone In the meantime the exarchate was me 'Sir, Ferris, I know something dreadful has happened—what it hi I ar3 imagine, But, truly, I have tok you all I know about it. I never dreamed—no more than Miss Fox -di( —that anything was wrong or irregu hue "She has never taken me into het confidence, but I have known tha something was weighing upon her s mind. She has been shy of stranger t •—watchful of them, if I may say -so t,s if she were expecting or arm immediately if Lois returned or sent , confined in Constaneinople, but worked a message, or if by chance a messen- I constantly for national independence. ger should' be hunting for me, I bast- 1 in egge the Russians proposed a , ened away. consolidation of the Greek and 13u1 - (To be continued.) , garian Churches and the removal of e.. !the exarchate to Sofia, but the Bul-. YOUR WRIST 'WATCH. I garians saw in the proposal a plan to; I remove Macedonia from the Jurisdic- 1tion of the exarchate and Successfully I Scene of the Great SI onders of Its , resisted the proposed union. Mechanism. I It should not be overlooked that. the! 1 Russian Greek Church considers It is a marvel of minute workman- e Boris, the son of Czar Ferdine ship. It is one of the most wonderful and as one of its members, this being Some ea its screws arc so small that a cOncession to Russia ley Ferdinand, things the human hand fashions, who is himself a Roman Catholic. The 130,000 go to the pound! I Pope refused to give his consent to The pivot of e ea anceew ILI., 1a0 this change, but Russia forced it by a diameter measured by the two-htle- political pressure at Sofia. Obviously drcdth part of an inch, and, more mar- Ferdinand would not wish to offend vellous still, in order that the pivot ; Turkey by removing from the control to which it tits is exactly one five til in- of the Porte, the entire religio-politic- may have free play, the al system of one of its allies in a mei, thomeandth part of an inch larger!' •ion n • em The gauge which enables this to be ; . 1 i This is inconceivable at present, clone measures to 111v ton"th°11"11"4 though the Bulgarians should be ready_ 1 part of an inch. rto except Roman Catholicism, or any , .• "Nothing But Leaves" Not Tea Leaves intermixed with DuSti Dirt and Stems but all Virgin Leaves. has the reputation of being the cleanest, and most perfect tea, sold. E 147 BLACK, GREEN on MIXED., SEALED PACKETS ONLY.. TAR 4 A, 1119) 0.-)" Se 1 ^ • V. Potatoes as Hog Fecd, Many experiments have been con- ducted to determine the value of pota- toes of feed for swine. In Ireland and Gerinany farmers feed large (pantie tihs of potatoes annually. From ex- perimental data it has been conclud- ed that four to 4% bushels of pota- toes when cooked are equal to about one bushel of corn for putting gains on hogs. Therefore, if corn is worth 80 cents a bushel, potatoes when fed to hogs would lie worth only eighteen to twenty cents a bushel. There may, however, be instances where it would be more advantageous for the farm- er to feed to hogs right on his own place at least part of his crop rather than to haul these potatoes to an al- ready overloaded market. According to the consensus of opin- ion, potatoes are fed to the best ad- vantage when cooked or steamed and mixed with other feeds. Experiments in which raw potatoes were fed alone have been reported. In certain in- stances the raw potatoes aro said to have caused scours. However, raw potatoes in small quantities and in diet lacking succulence may be con- ducive to health in pigs. In cooking potatoes, only enough water should be used to make a mealy mash and prevent burning. The re- sultant meal should then be mixed with cornmeal or other grain supple- ment. Tankage, skim milk or meat meal would probably add to the profit of the mixture. Potatoes when pre- pared in the manner described and un- der the conditions mentioned can often be fed to pigs with advantage. Profit in Good Seed Potatoes. The right kind of potatoes bring better prices than the wrong kind, and the right kind can usually be grown with very little added trouble. The right kind of potatoes is the kind the public wants. To find out the taste of the public as to potatoes, D. E. Willard of the Northern Pacific Railway company not long ago made an extended investigation.—in homes, hotels, restaurants, and commission houses. He found the dei•nand was for sound potatoes, of good flavor, medium size, and regular shape. He also found that such potatoes com- manded higher prices than mixed lots of large and small, diseased and sound, regularly and irregularly shap- ed potatoes. • t • informed ins that Mimi Fox had eon( out shortly after eating her own (lin ner, and hail not yet returned, 'Where?" I said blankly. 3 that something terrible might happe - to her. It was as if she were con stantly on the lookout for an un known enemy." But not ne y u . e the se - -1°1'1' 0 a • form of •Eccleemetical Government watch as minute as its bolts, but they have a thread, just like the big snrewel;;; • "111"than their own. el. - you drive into the doer, but the thread of the watch's screw has as many as; A Success. 200 turns to the inch! What do you think the jewels in 1 She Brown's colored valet desired your wremeenten sedge e what is , to. entertain sOnt 0 of bthiiiii figiends., imid I called a pallet jewel weigbs a pound ; 11' 11 4' • n when there are 150,000 of them, and to the cause. The next morning Mr, - of the roller jewel it would need 251;,•' Brown "shed Mose if his Parte' had 000. •been a success. itloso drew himself The largest round hair -spring Arid 011 11 "01110 of inches he" his inch in diameter and nine -bun -1 "Was it a enecess, sub ?" he ex- t y -.----- es_ in your wato, ia reui,ebundredius et usual height. TIIIIEE VITAL QUESTIONS presalou in eternal, end cheat after eating,with Are you full of energY, vast! force, end general constipekon, headache Matinee*, cre guru sign. Anolf health? Do you know that good digestion of InditlectIon, Mother Seigel'. Syrup, the great the foundation of good health t Nies and op, herbal remedy fuld tonic, *All curt eau. AFTER I f . MOTHER tAl AND , ,...,:m ,vr- ; ?, " L tii" , '. ;:zi 1 BANIsH M EA LS •.,.. ''!'''._. ''''''' '''' STOMACH TAKE ;T-, wir: Ft u Fo 4 1 TROUBLES ,. . At all Dre,4361a, or direct on retelpt of Pelee, folI. and 11.00. Tht lento bottle eau Ins three Arnes * Patch ea the areller, A, 4, Mink Ix Co,.1,11,1praP, Craig Street Welt, Montreal, hrdth f an inch in 1, ti 1 claimed delightedly, "Well, sub, it Yon did not Day was eixteen invited l'efliY,p till now Whet a sh°' vcrtls1 mavvelloue piece of human ingenuity and twenty dat came," and skill yne were carrying about with you. Yet the structure of the , Iron utensils, pump handles, etc., eye of the common houseefly is to the ' nee very cold became they tire good wrist -watch what the watch is to a conductore of beat, and draw the heat creaky old bum engine of kite dnys from our hands. The midden lees pro. or wow. duces the sensation of intense cold- 1 Think it over. ness. To grow the kind of potatoes the public wants, then, is the thing to do, and the way to begin is to plant the hind of potatoes you wish to grow. This means careful selection from the hills, observing the -following rules: Select only from hills in which a larger part of the potatoes answer the description mentioned. Potatoes from such hills are more certain to breed true to type. Select potatoes weighing from five to eight ounces. Use for seed no potatoes grown in fields showing a considerable amount of wilt or rosette, • Avoid potatoes showing brown ring discolorations at the stem end. Save for planting no potatoes which are bruised, cracked or decaying • or which show' discolorations at stem end. Store carefully in moderately warm, dry and well ventilated place. Treat with corrosive sublimate four ounces to 30 gallons of water—for 134 hours before planting. • Farm Notes. Cover crops can be converted into hay. Quarrelsome cocks are a nuisance on the farm or in the poultry -yard. A good cow is better than two poor ones—yes, better than three that can't more than pay for their feed. A. liberal system of management of a good dairy herd is necessary to achieve satisfactory milk production. Keep plenty of broken or crushed bone before the growing chickens. It will help to develop strong, healthy fowls. Ventilation is absolutely essential for the health of the cows, but is one • of the hardest problems to solve in most barns. The farmer sbould receive the same returns for his capital invested and labor performed as other men do in other business. I Go over the fence corners and un - 1 used yards with a scythe and remove the burdock and other weeds that have • found a home there. It will reduce the 'weed crop next year and makes the place look better. I The successful dairies are the ones I represented by vigorous cows that are liberally treated Inc the matter of ap- propriate rations, generous treatment and methodical management in the hours of milking and feeding, Perfectly Shnple. During a school tea a kindly lady sat regarding one of the young guests with evident alarm. 'Undismayed by the lady's glances, the young hopeful demolished plate after plate of bread and butter and cake. At last the lady could stand it no longer. Going up to the urchin, she said: "My boy, have you never read any book which would tell you what to eat, what to drink, and what to avoid?" "Why, bless yer, ma'am," replied the young gentleman, with his mouth full of cake. "I don't want no book. It's very simple. I eats all I can, I drinks all I can, en' I avoid bustin'." A Marvel of Training. Rose had called on her afternoon • out to see her friend Arabella. Ara - ;belle's mistress had just purchased a Iparrot, and Rose was much interested in the bird. "Birds are shore sensible," she oh- , served. "You kin learn them any- thing. I lister work for a lady that • had a bird in a clock, an' when it was time to tell de time ob day, it uster come out an' say 'cuckoo' jest as many 1) I"Go along. Yo' don't say so," said Arabella, ineredulously.e I "Shore thing," replied Rose, "and de mos wonderful part was dat it was only a wooden bird, too," 00001E05El )31 )13 000 001Z0Z(00E0a021{ 10 001M2 • 0 he maim flow is rheumatism recognized? Some have said— Rheumatism is a dull pain. Rheumatism is a sharp pain, Rheumatism is sore muscles. Rhetunatistra is stiff joints. - Rheumatism is a shifting pain. All have declared—Rheumatism Is Pain. Slorm's Liniment applied :— The blood begins to flow Ireely—the body's warmth is renewed—the congestion disap- pears—the pain is gone. lo s iment E3( 7el )11( 4 4 KILLS PAIN (GUARANTEED) Rheumatism and allied pitinS yield to the penetrat- ing qualities of this warming liniment. aliC01111101(*)1101( 0001100*.1( )10001010”CaMM Gossip About the Styles. It is quite heartbreaking this sege eon to take out the wraps and frocks of last year; for, almost without (tote, ception, they lack the necessary fide ness. Particularly in the case of az evening wrap, where the material 'VI in good condition, it is provoking t find the style passee. The majority o the coats of last season were narrov of shoulder and continued along q straight narrow way to the bottom of the dress. This year shoulders may still be narrow, but the bottom of the wrap must be flaring. Therefore, a good scheme in remodeling is to add a broad circular flounce of a contrasting material to the coat. The same plan may be followed in giving width to the bettom of the sleeves. A new collar on the order of the monk's cowl may be added to the neck, and the turn -over sections on each side of the collar may be faced with fur; perhaps some of the fur from a last season's coat may be utilized in this way. Bits of embroidery make a lovely trimming for the top of the flounce and the sleeves, and also for the collar, but this is not necessary. A band of fur, or a gold cord, may conceal the joining of the set -on piece and the old part of the wrap. It is not neceesary, moreover, that the new ma- terial should match the old; it may, harmonize in color, or it may be in a vivid contrast. In any case, it is bet- ter not to try to match the material. In a velvet wrap the hem should be of faille, and in a faille wrap the hem should be of velvet. The rag of tulle fluttering string- ily about the neck is played out. The daintily shaped shoulders of the new gowns and waists, quite as transpar- ent, quite as dainty, as the gathered tulle or net or chiffon, now show a bit of handwork, an edge outlined with a darker line and something to give more substantial silhouette to the shoulder, covering without taking away from the delicacy of the cos- tume. It is remarkable to note how much elegance the restoration of the shoulder has in the anatomy of the dress. Little insets of white leather and hand embroidered eyelets are used as trimming on some of the dark dress boots, and black patent kid sandal bands and trimming of inconspicuous kinds are popular. Then there are the sturdier boots for street wear, boots with high tops or tops of ordinary height, with Cuban, Spanish or less practical Louis heels. These are all in black, all tan, in blacic or tan, with contrasting tops or contrasting trimmings. Tan calfskin with dark wavy tops and tan trimmings is about the most in- conspicuous of the sportier walking boots; but tan, fawn or gray tops with black patent or leather vamps 1 are still much worn. Of the white and black boots so distressingly abused last season little is seen where really well-dressed women gather. I CHINESE STYLES. Severe Fashions of the Republic Will Disappear. Chinese dressmakers, miiiioors and tailors are all in a flurry over the an- nouncement that under the prospec- tive monarchy fashions will be quite unlike those of the Republic. So sure are the government officials of the re- sult of the coming elections that the Bureau of Rites has been instructed to prepare regulations for the eti- quette of the monarchy. Under the Republic the costumes and rules of conduct were wholly un- like those which prevailed in Imperial China. Specific regulations were drawn up as to the height of the stovepipe hats which men were to wear on state occasions. The old Prince Albert coat, which European capitals have long ago discarded, wits elevated to a place of distinction. In warm weather distinguished gentle- men calling upon the President were permitted to wear a Prince Albert of unlined alpaca. Practically every detail of the cos- tumes which members of Parliament must wear was settled by mandate, and there was great confusion when the Chinese officals found it was ne- cessary to shelve their native garb and imitate the dress of western 00 - Bons. President Yuan Shih Kai lias inti- mated that there will be no restoring of the gorgeous attire assumed under the Manchu regime, but 11 is generally believed that the new monarchy will not adhere to the strictly severe toilet of the Republic. Man for Sunday World. • "Toinmy Atkins" pleaded exemption from church parade on the ground ' that he was an tignoetie. The sere gotta -major assumed an expression oe innocent interest, "Don't you believe in the Ten Ccen. Mandments?" he mildly melted the bold freethinker. "No, eir," was the reply, "What! Not the rule about keep- ing the Sabbath?" "No, sir." "Ah, well, you're the very man I've been looking for to scrub out the can- teen." The barometer falls lowest of all at the breaking up of a long frost.