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dancing, regardless Of time or place, well
nigh irresistible; dangerous bath, thatD
and more important than all, 1t will make
the face 'gloriously bright" and several
shades whittier"
Think ot thatl While under the intoxi-
eating effects of this bath the patient calls
upon public benefactors to erect fewer mon
uments and bestow public baths la Roman.
After reading Of this trip to Blissland via
bathtub the thought suggests itself that it
would be good idea to have the necessity
OF such bath called to the notice of Andrew
Carnegie. But here comes honest Nell Nell
sons experience at the hands of the mistress
OF the bath at the Hoffman House, New
York. Up to the time of the electrical-mass-
age bath, oil that is now claimed for it as
enjoyable, healthful and beautifying was
claimed for the wet pack. To the pack pop
ular actresses, society women and profess
sional beauties in general owed much of
their attractiveness. and Nell, like the rest.
coveted these things and selected the pack
as sure route.
NELL NELSON'S EXPERIENCE.
First the patient must consent to light
diet: Graham rolls, prunes, lettuce and
hot water. This diet to rest the digestive
organs, and the sweating process to draw
out the waste material collected in the va
rious tissues that line the vital organs.
Nell Nelson was requested to fast for sew
eral meals previous to the pack in order to
have the stomach perfectly rested. This
she claims she did and "went in as hollow
| as pipe stem, and the proverbial cat was
muscular compared to the general goneness
of her interior. But she was comforted by
being told she would be the color of lily
when she came out. The color of said lily
was not specified, but after the first sight OF
herself in the mirror che knew IL was the
tiger-Gke variety that was meant.
She declares she lost 20 pounds OF flesh
and the power of locomotlon for "a hours;
that she laid under weight Of clothes that
would have broken the shoulders OF an
Atlas, and that every pore streamed like
town pump. She tried hard to persuade
herself she was having iun-but failed. The
mistress of the bath Kept cheering her on to
greater endurance by the assurance that she
would be perfectly beautiful when the ordeal
was over. After enduring the parbolllng
three hours, and just when she thought there
was nothing left OF her but the last breath
she was permitted to view the remains which
she describes as closely resembling Camille
in the last scene. Then, too, she looked
like resurrection, and was mentally as
idiotic as the ushers in the Bible wedding"
Her clips and eyel1ds were electric blue and
complexion a pale green with ecrue mott
lings." To regain lost flesh she went back
to her diet of ''roast beef, boiled onions, rice
pudding and vegetable soup," and for the
temporary damage to her good looks sup
pose she had the consolation of having one
less fad in the gamut of fooldom to run.
MEG.
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to open above a surah skirt or slip. A
china silk night gown was turned to use,
by clever owner, by adding o long, loose
lace front with primrose crepe frilling to
the waist, opening the back seam of the
skirt to show a full box-pleat of primrose,
the shoulder seam on each side around the
srmhole and fall just back OF the hips to
the hem with deep fringes.
THE GRADUATING DRESS.
Anxious mothers and girls are planning
and sewing the hot days through on gradu-
ating dresses, without which young woman
of to-day would consider her five years
course virtually ineffective. The illustration
shows two of the prettiest, because simplest,
of the new designs, equally suitable for
bridesmaids dresses. The sheer washing
materials are preferred for their diaphanous
beauty and usefulness. White organdy,
Quaker grenadine, sheerest of all woven cot
tons, or the soft India lawns are we'll used,
or the very thin white wool bareges and silk
musllns where expense is not considered.
The gathered French waist is the best style
for girlish, incomplete figures, and the gath
cred skirt with white satin or moire ribbons
in two widths is much more graceful than
more elaborate styles. and may be worn at
any of the summer hops following.
The long dress is nice in sheer yelling, or
white wool muslins or batiste over a plain
white surah slip. and q very pretty trim
ming can be arranged of smilax, myrtle or
jasmine in straight, slender lines, two-thirds
the way up the seams and half way between
them. the vines knotted with small white
flowers, new rosebuds, jasmine or white
myrtle buds and blossoms, not to destroy the
lightness Of the decoration.
HOT WEATHER HAIR DRESSING,
For hair dressing, always question with
young girls, the plain but refined style Of
the Viennese coiffure shown in the picture
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PERSIAN PLAYING CARDS.
The Jacks Are Painted by Hand and Are
Pretty Expensive.

The Jacks Are Painted BY Hand and Are
Pretty Expensive.
A Persian hand of cards is complete with
set of four, all face cards. They are called
respectively the prince, the baby. the hunter
and the courtesan. These characters are
represented as on our cards with conven-
tional figures; but the Persian pictures may
vary considerably In design and are far
more exact to nature than the grotesque fig
ures on our cards; this is doubtless due to
the fact that Persian cards are painted by
hand on little tablets of papier mache 2
inches long and ~ inches wide.
The design is executed in water colors,
sometimes on q gold ground, and protected
by glossy coat OF thick varnish. The back
aud edges are always black. Some of these
cards are very expensive, pack costing as
high as $40 to S45, although, of course, such
expensive sets are for the wealthy. But
whether Tor rich or poor, Persian playing
cards are made by hand.
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this frame, which is about half inch deep,
is set a cushion top, such as you see in
church pews; from the corners heavy tassels
are suspended; the sides of the box are
treated in plastic and here ones ingenuity
runs riot. The plastic composition is made
as follows: Three parts whiting, three parts
ochre and one part plaster of paris mixed
with white lead, turpentine and japan.
CHANCE FOR THE ARTISTS SKILL.
Amply it to the surface of the box as
thickly as desired, and with the fingers or
the pattern stencils work up relief design.
Then color is desired. The work admits Of
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lamp does away with pocket stoves, which
oblge one to buy alcohol continually. or
else to heat irons by tavor at the cook stove
in summer boarding houses where the land
lady is an angel unaware. The kind is not
too common. Wherefore this wire rest
which costs quarter and allows YOU to do
your hair wherever kerosene is burned will
be hailed relief by vexed maidens under
summer disadvantages.
BLoUsES OF EVERY SORT.
Now the sun enters the sign of the blouse
in the social zodiac and remains there,
Print and linen blouses for people who have
old-iashioned notions about sweet. clean
laundry work; washing silk blouses striped,
plsided, polka-dotted, that you wash round
the collar and cuffs with a rubber hand
brush. rinse and dry in the sun on the win
dow pane and press in big book; white
silk and wool blouses which hesitate at
catching dust, and the lace at throat and
wrists takes the soil anyway, and that wash
and iron with any sort of care like new;
pale pink, blue or maize blouses in yelling,
in thin crepe de chine, in silk muslin.
which looks prettier than anything when
fregh and loses its freshness sooner than any,
thing.
Really plain pink or blue zephyr or linen
lawn in the light colors are more useful and
comfortable than anything else, and the
linen lawn, ironed carefully on the wrong
side, is fresh and clear as expensive silk
muslin. The silk blouses have the merit OF
being light and warm for cool seaside morn.
ings, but are also warm for noon. The finely
tucked blouses which entail such work to
make them give place to the silk and wool
blouse with the fullness just gathered lit
tie two inches each side under the collar and
in the belt, or for thin figures it is gathered
on the shoulders.
SOME OF THE PRETTIER EFFECTS.
A few nice waists have inch pleats laid
each side and in the back, but the simpler
French gathered waists are preferred by nice
dressmakers or artistic blouSeS in pink or
cream Liberty silks or crepe wool. The
shirt sleeve or the bishop is the only thing
allowable in washing waists. Some of the
nice thin wool blouses have sleeves of fine
satiny sursh or India silk the same color,
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NICE PLACE TO LOAF.
A Pretty Little Retreat for Tired
Women to Enjoy at Home.
TWO SINGLE BEDS FOR A DOUBLE.
Odds and Ends That Help in Making an In
terror Beautiful.
D0N'TS THAT 1T is WELL TO OBSERVE
WRITTEN FOE THE prspArcH.I


Half the miserable, tired-out women in
the world would feel better, look better and
be In better temper if they only had some
retreat in their house where they could oc-
casionally lay down and recuperate. The
trouble is that when one feels exhausted and
in need of an hours sweet restorative, one
has no place to go to. You don't wish to
disturb the bed and its prir, dressiness, and
the average lounge or sofa is far from rest
full, so the needed cat nap isn't taken, ,more's,
the pity.
The most popular room I have in my
house is one that has a box platform on the
floor oil the bay window alcove. 1t is raised
about foot from the ground, covered by
mattress, upholstered in plain denim that
has been washed to get the stiffness out OF it,
and with five or six pillows and few rugs,
and shelves placed within convenient reach
to hold coffee pot, novels or pipes, you have
surroundings to complete the charm of
most delightful loaing spot-snd cheaply
constructed, too. One spends good third
of ones life reclining, SO the subject is well
worth discussing.
THE BED OF THE FUTURE.
The French give us charming styles in
beds, dreamy canopies and exquisite uphol-
sterings, but the Germans give us comfort,
and they have our grateful consideration
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NOT SUCH A WICKED WORD.

People Who Say They Don't Care a Dam
Aren't Guilty of swearing.
'You need not have looked severe be-
cause 1 said that I didn't care dam," said
a gruff old Senator in conversation with a
Washington Star reporter. 'That is not
swearing. The expression has a very diff
ferent meaning from what is popularity sap
posed. and was originated by the Duke Of
Wellington. A dam in India is the small
est piece Of money known, and not 10 care
that much means simply that one is very in
different. That was all the phrase was in
tended to signify
"The word damn. from the Latin verb
meaning to condemn is very different
thing. Curiously enough, it seems almost
invariably to be the first word in our Lam
guage acquired by foreigners"
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INTOXICATED CHICKENS.

They Gobble Up Braudled Cherries and
Then Wobbic About the Yard.
st. Louis Republic.I
A fellow citizen threw handful of wild
cherries stepped in brandy out in his garden
the other day and was surprised to see his
chickens eagerly gobble up the iruit. More
surprised were the cack'ers themselves
when, for the first time in their lives, they
needed more than two legs to stand upon.
The hens looked foolish enough, but the
most comical sight was a big Brahma
rooster, who would sidle up to the hens,
made fiat failure of trying to look digni-
ned, pink few times, when his head would
sink lower and lower, till over he would
tumble, and after struggle he would get
up again and go off with a sidewheel
motion for all the world like lord of
creation under similar distressing circum-
stances, but with this difference in favor of
the Shanghai-he did not knowingly make
fool OF himself.
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DRESS FOR THE LITTLE ONES,

The Ever Vigilant Fashion Makers Have
Not Forgotten Them.
The little ones have no reason to complain
OF neglected. dress requirements. Dress
makers and needlewomen are alike vieing
with each other in providing them with
charming summer toilets. First we have
pelerine mantle of gray pasha for the
changing seasons. The pelerine is loose
from tie mantle, which is bordered with a
light grey embroidery like that forming the
pelerine yoke. The hat worn by our
young lady Of u or IA years of age, is
dark brown trimmed with one blue and one
red rosette. Little girls are provided with
an Elffel-red crust color) waterproof mantle
with broad white alapaca facings which
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neck and coiled in figure of eight on the
crown, or in a broad Bulgarian braid
pierced by huge filIgree gold or silver pins.
Jet is too heavy for summer. The braid
or the twist dispense with the use of the
crimping iron, or care lest the damp take
the crimp out afterward. Really the
straight hair with little feathery finish on
the brow looks very pleasing, except for
people with high foreheads, who must ad-
here to the curling Iongs. The light frame
which fits on the chimney of a kerosene
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Lost.
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WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
Ny lady's eyes are flowing
With tears like opals showing
Against her fevered cheek.
In midnight glooms that pale her,
Disheveled love-locks veil her
Like storm clouds wild and bleak.
Would 1t were COLDS lost shining.
Or loves, that sets her pining
Like Carthage's old Queenl
Oh, would she longed fol honor
To shed Its joys upon her
The very stars I'd gleanl
Inert am yet flaming
Like yon great fireplace log.
What hope hace of finding
In all this city's winding
A three days lost pug dog?
EVA WILDER McGLAssoN.
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He Lives on Water Alone.
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I"HrIIAN FUK THE D1sPATCH.
Gilhooly: Have you read about Succi, the
Italian faster, who lived 40 days on nothing
but water?
Gus de Smith; Yes; but there is nothing
remark able in that, know man who mas
been living for years on water alone.
Gilhooly; That's impossible. 81,
Gus de Smith: Guess not He got MS
money invested in water works company
and he lives on the dividends.
ALEX. e. SWEET.
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keen artistic skill. By gliding the pattern
In its relief parts you can give to your divan
a distinctively Oriental effect.
An excellent doorway treatment for the
chamber is made by crossing any of the
muslins, drapery prints or cretonnes into
odd folds, and applying stifly to the door
way top and sides, with Chinese ornament
Of some sort to set it of-an owl, kite or
anything OF that kind.
I've few "don'ts' to impress on YOU:
Don't use feather duster on your furni-
ture, for you only disturb the dust; YOU
cont remove it. Use the nap side of can
ton flannel. Don't be afraid that a we'll
made brass bedstead will tarnish or other
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Such of human
ity as are FORUM
ate will be found
the east side of a
big boulder on
the New England
coast somewhere,
or facing the
Pacific rollers.
Life elsewhere is
mere endurance.
7 h e air is
dressed high for
GOODNESS, turned
straight up from
thn mana nf fha
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| white braid by wider blue little deeper
than the shade of the gown, and the result
meets lasting approval Stylish cotton
gowns are a combination OF plain and hg'
ured material, which dispense with trim
ming, A favorite design is q gobelin blue
percale, with side panel and blouse front oi
red cotton, with large rings or polka dots
Rlue gowns trimmed with red seem rather
tbe fancy but are hot looking in any fabric.
Redfern lately showed brilliant yachting
| dress. of dark blue fine cloth, with SIDE
| nanei cuffs and facings of deep military
red edged with two rows of narrow gold
| paloon. The whole effect was imposing as
Uniform of a captain of Cunarder, or of1-
Ger of artillery. But on deck in gray mist
| one is thankful for brilliant color.
SUMMER coRsETs.
Corsets of silk boiling cloth, thin as veil
| ing. but strong, are novelty for summer,
and next to these are the fine pongee, thin
and firm. the whalebones cased in satin
stitched on the outside of the corset. These
are yery light, but define the figure well,
though hardly as cool as the lace or skeleton
corsets. with a band OF coutille at the waist
and straps OF silk or linen holding the bones
together Summer corsets are cooler for
having large curve cut out on the hips
where material is superfuous. The knitted
corsets for nursing and for Greek or osephlne
bodices are found very elastic and comfort
able. and wash easily. Fine pongee corsets
are s. each, the boiling cloths are made to
order only, lace mesh corsets and the knitted
are 81.
Stout linen bands are made to compress
the hips of persons who have large dgures,
and materially add to the irmness and dig
nifty of the step. Silk and satin corsets are
not recommended hygienically, as they heat
anG injure the chest, especially in summer.
They should only be worn with thin even
ing dresses. Summer chemises are made OF
nainsook, sacque shape with no sleeves but
trimmed strap and the neck drawn up
with narrow ribbon, and small embroidered
frills.
THE HOOP SKIRT AGAIN.
This is the style for use. the fancy V
shapes in lace and fine needlework being
discarded through the warmest weather.
The slip bodice, jersey fitting, woven of
white cotton is an easy substitute for
chemise and corset in one, with scant white
skirt attached of thin stockinette. This is
recommended for tourists and campers out
who study to reduce wardrobe and washing.
The slip can be washed with cold water and
soap in hand basin at night and dried by
morning, ready to put on. The hoop skirt
makes its appearance again, with welcome.
Spite of the ridicule visited upon it
years since, it has its good points, as
il is cool, keeps the skirts from clinging
about ones knees in summer.
Really, the thin challies and India silks
look skinny without it, unless one wears a
load of petticoats, which are a burden st
$50 in the shade. The hoop is the old
skeleton arrangement without hustle, being
only belt and straps for half its length, and
ic nd tuc
silk skirt with two hounces edged by tro-
chon make all the under drapery necessary
for warm days.
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BEAUTY AFTER NIGHTFALL.

A Urent UenI OF LOVeIIness Due to Atteu.
tion TO the Lighting.
Illustrated Americana
The secret OF preserving ones bloom after
nightfall lies in using wax or even paraf-
fine candles as much as possible, and so dis
tributing their soft glow that it will all
shine from about level with the face.
"How exceedingly pretty the girls al
ways look at your house." remarked a
casual observer, never guessing that one
half the credit was due their hostess, who
enhanced instead of ruthlessly dissipating
her guests loveliness by the manipulation
of illumination.
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IT WOULD ALMOST FLOAT.
Very Pretty Ball Guwn Reported From
Merrie Old England.

Pail Mall Budget1
One Of the prettiest ball gowns I have
seen this season-it looked light enough to
float in the air-was covered with white
gossamer stuff lowered in mauve; stripes Of
narrow ribbon carried from the waist ended
in bunch OF loops at the foot The dress
had full, wide sleeves, cut open at the top.
Another ball gown was of eau-de-nil
green silk yelled with embroidered lisse.
The edge of the skirt was finished with a
dainty frou-frou of lisse. A pair of large
butterfly wings made of velvet and silk set
off the back OF the skirt.
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FAIRY LAMPS IN THE TREES.

Everyone knows what fairy lamps are.
We have them now in forms to hang up,
and this summer well see them suspended
from tree boughs, on lawns and piazzas,
pleasure boats and in cozy nooks-all col.
ors, the size of tea cups. aud lit by broad
fiat candles, specially made for them. They
are cheap and charming and sell for about
25 cents apiece.
The time was, and not many years ago,
either, when stylish house furnishing was an
expensive luxury; taste and high prices
seemed inseparable. To-day we have the
most refined colorings and designs copied in
the most inexpensive articles. Take the box
divan-a woman's supreme delight-for into
it she can dump the litterings of a sewing
room, the babies toys, shoes, slippers and
the hundreds OF odds and ends that she
hasn't the time to put away. Well, the box
divan is no longer common looking, Gre
tonne-covered affair. but quite an elaborate
article. The top or lid is edged with border
of molding forming simple frame. Into
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Yoked blouses are fashionable, but not be-
coming, and so are not considered in our
list Of styles. Very few figures look even
tolerably in waists gathered with a standing
frill above the yoke, as the fancy is, which
makes the wearers look sunken-chested.
Most of washing dresses are spoiled with
over-trimming, or the trimming is too
obvious A blue zephyr with white en-
broidery or lines of white braid lacks blend
ing; but take darker embroidery in self
color on a mixed groene. or half cover the
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THE STOCKINGS TO WEAR.

Lisle and fine cotton stockings replace
silk tor prudent wearers during the heated
term, as silk loses its luster when two or
three times worn, and can hardly be told
from cotton. Deep ecru balbriggans are
worn with walking boots and with tan shoes.
which they suit in color. Black cotton
stockings with white feet are worn with
boots, as they do not blacken the feet New
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MIDSUMMER FASHIONS.

Blouse Waists Of Every Variety and Ma.
tsrial-Borrowing Mems Fashions -
Hoop skirts Are Becoming Popular
AgaIn-HIuts for School Misses.
IwRITTEN FOR THE DrsPArcH.l
To keep cool and clean is the prevailing
study from now until the end of August
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can get the same thing to-day tor S15
which cost the old gentleman Astor 5000.

which cost the old gentleman Astor 5000.
A wide folding doorway can be given a
charming relief by running some of the in.
Vulnerable sorts of fret work, which you can
now obtain so cheaply, across the top and
down one side. The fret work can be
broken in upon by shelves or places wherein
to suspend lantern or drape scarf. Ones
fancy can take many liberties with this
style OF work, and it always breaks the
regularity and monotony of an ordinary
doorway