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THE TABLE, THE b0UDQR HOME DECORATIONS AND HYGIENE.

loose jackets, hanging straight from the
neck, will be seen. A coat that 1ts
smoothly should he of refined colors and, If
possible, of rich material, worthy such close
intimacy with the form, but tan or other
homelv coat Is In better taste loose. These
coats may reach below the knee, or measure
only 38 inches from the shoulder down, but
jackets unlike the gown, when made by the
best private houses, are unusually long,
often left without stitching. The back be-
low the waist line has some fullness laid
over in two box plaits, with the middle
seam open.
A costume that may venture into some
dimly lighted church with the certainty OF
falling into color harmony with its stains
and splendid dyes, correct in style and
simple and subdued as it is, has a skirt Of
old rose camePs hair long fitted jacket OF
black cameIs hair with markings Of old rose;
hat Of black straw, faced underneath with
old rose, with fillet of old rose round the
crown, and black tips in front; and a paiasol
of black, lined with mushroom filings Of
old rose chiffon.
Gray and White Cheviot.
A gray and white mixed cheviot in chew
ron pattern, has fitted jacket 80 inches
long, without trimming except on its front
edges an inch wide border Of black velvet,
beaded on the inside with narrow jet gal
loon, lined with cheviot, jaboted from each
shoulder down to the waist, line in front.
The velvet border is on the skirt Add to
this hat mingling white and black, and
black parasol covered with full shirring of
jetted net.
A rich costume is of black velvet with a
beautiful Easter novelty cloth woven with
colored ground of light blush gray, COW
cred with horizontal plaits of black a half
inch or more wide, set SO close to each other >
that but q thread of color shows between.
The slightly trained bell skirt is of the
novelty, cut with the stripes diagonal, and
has q three-cornered breadth of velvet set
in the back, and the edge bordered with
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Tack II ON the WALL.

Get the best not the cheapest. Confne your pur-
chases to such goods as your experience and judg-
ment tell you are of the finest quality. No mer-
chant build up profitable business by selling
inferior goods When undesirable goods accumulate
reliable articles at reasonable prices. Serve your
customers with DR.. Prices Delicious F1avoring
Extracts as they never fail to please. In million
homes for more than a quarter of a century they
have given satisfaction
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Sometimes the shape is one of slender, al
most classic elegance sometimes it is round
and puffy as a down cushion, or full of
stricted suggestions of the melon or the
pumpkin. Always it swings in the midst
of plentiful airy gilt chains. A wax candle
goesinside and flashes no end of rainbows
through the red. green, gold, bronze, blue,
purple and orange of the sides.
All sorts and conditions OF mirrors, too
are high in favor for decorative use. One
of the newest, as we'll as the most effective,
is largish obIong, with irregular rococo
frame, In bronze gilt, from which four to
eight carved branches come out, each end
ing in leaf or flower-shaped candle socket.
They are so arranged that the mirrors give
out reflections of the lighted candles, thus
reinforcing their luminance without destroy
ing its softness For breaking up a dull
wall space, or bringing out rich hues other
wise lost in dark corner. no better ar
rangement can be devised Besides it is
new and in itself altogether charming. The
frame varies so that all tastes, all fancies
may be suited--all those that are within the
decorative limit.
A wall clock with the same candle
branches coming out from the base is new
and rather handsome, viewed solely as bit
of metal work, or as rich wall decoration.
Then there are two things for the table
that have the treble merit of use, beauty
and convenience. Both come in china of
several colors and prices-and both are
designed to help in serving desert. One
is thin gold dish for crackers, cake and
cheese. Each compartment is shaped like
a crumpled leaf, and three stems twine into
a central handle.
The berry set is even more charming.
The oval dish for the fruit, OF fine pale
tilted faintly-gilt ware, has twisted handle
rising up and overarcbing the top. From
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DIDN'T COMPLIMENT NOBILITY.
A Berlin Eatmaker's Unfortunate Remark
TO a Guest Of the Emperor.

A Berlin Eatmaker's Unfortunate Remark
TO a Guest Of the Emperor.
Into Berlin hatmaker's store there en-
tered one day an elderly welldressed man,
in search of a new head covering. Every
hat in stock was tried on, but not one fitted
sRemarkablep said the stranger, "that in
a store like this cannot find a hat to fit
me-"
"Yes," answered the shopkeeper, a true
Berl1ner, "but you have the queerest head
I ever saw. You have head like table
drawerp'
The stranger laughed and the shopkeeper
explained that the hardly complimentary
comparison was meant to describe a head
long and fiat, rather than round, for which
hat would have to be altered on the
block. A hat was found, placed on the
block, and the man inquired the name and
address of his customer.
'sI am the Duke of Saxon-Coburg and
Gotha, and I am staying in the royal pal
ace" was the answer. Great was the con-
sternation of the hatmaker when he recol-
lected his unlucky remark, but the Duke
comforted him. promised the outspoken man
his trade, and at dinner that evening the
Emperor was vastly amused at his jovial
guests explanation of what in Berlin was
called "head like o table drawer"
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Club in New York, probably Mrs. Amelie
Rives-Chanler was the most marked target
for the eyes of the assembly. She wore a
white gown of some diaphanous material
held at the waist by wide, soft blue sash.
Her face is fair and classic, rather than
strong
Some OF the summer gowns now being
made are on the accompanying model-a
late French design. One of fine French
challi has cream ground strewn with forest
violets. The hounces, zouave vest, sash and
rosette bow are of heliotrope moire, a
double bias of cream null edges the jacket,
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which trimming could be changed to fringe
of cream silk, drop fringe or pearl drops.
| The model illustrated has the waist aud
skirt in salmon pink nuns yelling, with the
trimmings in russet brown faille, with tinsel
embroidery; the zouave filling is of pink
surah, with narrow feather edging of pink
around collar and wrists. The sash should
tie in wide soft bow at the back with long
ends sweeping down to the flounces, an effect
which is not indicated in the cut. These
wide sashes of soft watered silk or satin
bordered and plain surah are feature of
many of the spring toilets
\
The note fashionable of the modern ele-
CANT young woman Is thing to be studied
and admired, ian it SO please you" If she
is using some marked paper with her crest
or initials or perhaps the lettered ad-
dress of her residence, she begins her note
on the naturally uppermost page, turning
over TO the last page to continue before
scrawling, crosswise, regardless of the fold,
over the interior pages If, however. she
picks up plain sheet of paper, delicately
tinted and corded perhaps like piece of
Bengal1ne silk, she turns at once to the in
side pages, writing there full across the
length of the page Her capitals measure
two inches in height, and there are no curves
Inthe handwriting. When she has signed
herself, Most cordially yours, Edyth Wyn-
koop Ballantyne Gor she adores US and
puts them in her name if 1t Is q possible
thing) and taken nearly page to do it, she
writes out with no abbreviation at the left
hand.
Home.
Morning of March the f1fth-ninety two.
Or if, in lieu of ''Home," the address is
needed, it is put at the opening of the let
ter, Twenty-fve Waverly Place." in case
1t is possible to thus write it out.
AT the recent Mi-Careme fete at Sherry's,
the famous New York caterers, last week,
one Of the things which aroused the aston
lshment of all who saw it, or them rather,
were enormous treezers of creams and ices
which were worked by electricity. They
were as big as barrels and held many
gallons. From them the different favored
and colored creams were taken and packed
in the varied molds which the art of the
caterer now evolves and packed again till
required.
Nothing is more effective than the baskets
of fruits seen on fashionable dinner tables |
OF the moment, which, taken daintily of. |
resolve themselves into delicious creams.
Other baskets, piled with flowers, present
the same metamorphosis; one hesitates only
at brown and green roses which chocolate
and plstachlo make. Atfashionable spring
dinners the punch is always served in the
dinner flower, tulip, Gala lily, ionouil.
chrysanthemum or whatever it NAV be-
resting on its appropriate leaf
MARGAPET TT Wrrnr
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the base, either side. sort of ear comes
out, both so followed as to hold safe tiny
cream Jug in one and sugar basin in the
other, both of the same ware. All can be
carried in one hand without danger of the
inconvenient slipping and sliding INSOFAR
able from trav.
touches for her table, there are many artis-
tic novelties. There is lovely coffee set
in French ware, the daintiest straight
shapes, solidly colored deep, rich blue,
and overlaid with raised pattern in silver
gilt almost as heavy as fligree work. Even
more attractive are the individual olive
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ors this permits. Thus cheviot mixture of
two shades of heliotrope and white has
blouse, jacket lining and skirt Valayense all
of heliotrope silk.
Ian is the staple color of ready-made
jackets for general wear. Black, gray and
dark blue are also to be had. As to tan
coats, word. Buy one for common ser
vice, and wear it ter your best, if you must,
but do not buy one purposely for dressy
wear. This color, which is that of earth
and of all nature when in dissolution, is
suggestivs of utility and not of elegance.
You can't make the tan coat elegant By ad-
ditional expense or elaborate ornament.
You will only ruin its character. By ex-
pense is meant, of course, proportionate
costliness for your purse A handsome tan
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The Walking Leaf Insect.

'T have pleasure in sending you," writes
q correspondent from India, "a drawing
done by myself of large specimen of the
walking-leat insect which have just been
fortunate enough to secure. The color Of
favors the deception so that it is almost i'm
possible to see it among the jungle foliage
unless it moves 1t has six legs, each re-
sembling two small leaves. and the veins
throughout appear of a paler tint, in exact
imitation of lime leaf The insect is
rare and conspicuous species Of the Phas-
mida family
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COSTUMES FOR EASTER.

Spring Wraps and Bonnets That Will Be in
Style-Light Tinted Ladies' Cloths FASH
ionable - Cutting a Coat of Homely
Goods-The Designs Illustrated.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.I
Our pantheistic symbol of Easter, the
egg, in the jewelers. windows grows bit
tiresome. Why not revive for arts sake
some others of the beautiful old pagan de-
vices? Where is the scarab, that bronze.
hued, gaudy insect the Egyptians buried
with their dead to signify that they should
rise again? or the many-rayed morning sun
of Persia? or the butterfly? or the wheel of
change, "whose spokes so round unceasing-
ly?" Now is good time to consider that
if we would we could enrich our jewels in
6nitely with the symbolism of lofty
thoughts.
Something, perhaps, indirectly, of these
meanings may be read in the dress OF women
on Easter Sunday, when women are dressed
ideally, with liberal purse, right use of
fashion, and with, above all, exquisite re-
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that style depends on form rather than on
quality, ana the simplest cheviot cut and
finished with taste may have an elegance
impossible to an expensive costume eccen-
trically cut and overloaded with trim
ming.
One could fancy Easter garments in tune
with the time quite different from these.
Say Nile green crepon embroidered with
lilies and clasped about with linked circles of
gold. held with golden-spoked wheel, on
soft white silk bound neck and waist with
iridescent enamels, reminiscent of scarabes.
Materials are in the stores for the realiza-
tion Of just such symbolic dream garments
as these, and there is freedom to do with the
indoor gown what one will.
ADA BACHE-CONE
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PRETTY THINGS In CHINA.

Artistic Offerings to Brighten Up tho Table
Novelties in Mirrors-A Wall Clock in
Bi-Metal Work-Elegaht Hanging Lam
terms and Other Articles.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I
The "early bird" who is taking Lenten
strolls through the china shops and furn ish-
ing stores, with her mind bent on finding
beautiful and artistic objects to freshen her
town house or decorate her summer cottage,
sees much to tempt her purse strings into
untying.
They are hanging lanterns in bronze and
enamel tor hall, boudoir or ''cozy corner"
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If it becomes necessary to shift very
sick persons bed, place BIN as gently as
possible upon a blanket covered with a
sheet, tie the blanket corners iE firm knot,
pass stout rod under them and let two
strong persons each take an end of it, and
SO carry him in the improvised sling to the
new couch.
A loose, long bcd-gown, easy in neck and
arm hole is the proper garment for a very
sick person. If others are worn with it,
when changing the clothes, pin all the
sleeves one within the other with trust
worthy safety pin.
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ing through now will be Iefected upward,
and instead of current, you will have an
@rial shower. Next lower the upper sash
about five inches, place the lower edge of
the other board firmly against Its upper
edge, and let the boards upper edge come
inward about five inches, thus securing the
same uward DETECTION of incoming air with
out hindering the outgo of noxious gases.
in cases of tedious illness it is we'll worth
while to have the upper boards put on pivots
like the ventilators of church or school
windows.
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The Value of One Blooded Animal.

Electioneer was probably the most valu-
able horse that has ever been known to the
world. He was the property of Senator
Stanford, and left 80 descendants whose
value aggregated 81, 422, 900. Among these
are Sunol, Palo Alto, Arion and Advertiser
Besides the 80, whose value is known, there
are yet at Palo Alto 107 animals whose value
is estimated at 81, 275, 900, making the total
value of Electioneer's worth to Senator
Stanford 81, ,697, 900.
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and the velvet fillets SO popular are partic-
ularly effective.
Every mother knows that, though it is a
practice upon which she should frown, and
10 which she does usually say, ''Oh, that s
not nice dear, her children are still apt
To assail her on her return from any func-
tion with, ''Did you bring me some of the
goodies?" All functions are "parties" to
children, and what is there to party for a
child more enchanting than the supper?
So ii is no wonder they sigh for crumbs of
the feast to which they are not bidden. 1t
Is a German fashion at ladies' iuncheons to
iav empty cornucopias or tiny baskets at
each cover, which are meant to be filled
with bOnbOns, little cakes and small fruits
Tor the children at home. This is fit thought
fulness for the land where Froebel, the
child-lover, was bnrn and where the Gov
crnment puts sand piles in the little parks
Tor the kinder" TO play in.
No one can object to the 'rainy day
costumes" which have really been much
affected by :he smart set in London and
Paris Some have been brought home by
Anelc can women just returning and will do
duty at least as mountain and outing gowns
this summer, if not shopping on a nasty day
in town. The model is the same in general
although various cloths and minor effects
work out sufficient changes in the costumes.
They are really pretty as well as useful One
brought over is of gray scotch cheviot. The
skirt is plain with slight cores in front and
full in the back; 1t clears the ground by
1uilv four inches all around The skirt is
unlined and faced with wash leather So
called a sort of light enamel cloth, to the
depth of quarter of a yard. A fitted silk
blouse of dark red is worn with this and
over this natty, elegant fitting taiIor-made
Jacket buttoned with black frogs A tooue
of gray cloth, with knot of red in it, dark
red gauntlet gloves, and black or red.
button leggins with low English walking
shoes of calf complete the toilet, with dark
red silk umbrella with plain silver handle.
Ii this is "reform" dress, there will be
plenty to adopt one under so becoming and
stvlsh guise.
s1inen" tea is a Lenten diversion
which obtains for charity's sweet sake.
Such are held in parlors, and all fancy ar
ticIes offered for sale are, as might be ex-
pected, of linen. The gamuT in the fabric
is run from linen sheets, heavy hemstitched
and substantial down or up to dainty finger
bowl doilies, sheer and exquisitely fine.
Something Of a novelty seen at recent
"tea" of this sort were the small double
bags made CT fine linen. and embroidered
with tiny pink rosebuds and drawn up with
mink ribbon. They were called dressing
table laundry bags for small articles, but
would prove useful for other purposes as
we'll. One had blue vlolets worked on it,
and was tied with blue ribbons; this accom-
pauied beautiful linen bureau set worked
in the same way.
At the recent reception by the Authors
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HANDLING A SICK PERSON.

A Blanket is Convenient to Carry Him
Changing the Bed Clothes.
When patient is too i'll to be moved for
the shortest space, change the sheets by
spreading the fresh one smooth on the side
opposite him, laying the other half of it
in narrow fat fold at the inner edge and
slipping the beds occupant gently over on
the fresh cloth, then putting the fold half
in place
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trife clumsy when you come to sip your
coffee from their shadows.
ANY housewifely soul must rejoice at the
thin, fine, daintily decorated custard cups
OF vitrifed ware, warranted to stand fire as
well as the hideous stoneware in which
hitherto she has been forced to send her
puffy morsels to table.
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ROCKING THEIR HEALTH AWAY.

The Abandonment of the Cradle Is q Good
Thing for the Little Oaes.
A chance reference in reading, the other
day, has convinced me that Plato did not
reason we'll every time, says Elizabeth
Cavazza. What he did not know about put
ting babies to sleep, for instance. would fill
book. In his work upon 'Laws" he lays
down the rule tor the management OF in
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fnement of taste. Infnity should be sug-
gested in it, and the rarity Of nature, and
something of her glory of color. However
it is in truth, it appears that at present we
must look for our secular symbolism here
or nowhere.
The Jacket . Token Of Spring.
A jacket characterizes the spring cos-
tune. 1t is the outward token by which
the gown reasserts itself after its winter
swathing in heavy cloaks - the gowns
Easter expression, for. unlike the winter
wrapping, it is in nature partly one with
the gown, sort of hybrid like the season
itself In evidence of this is the fact that
wool suits made with jacket are provided
with silk blouse for house wear, the waist
proper being the jacket itself. And a
charming combination of textures and COL
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! HE sick room
is best venti-
lated in the fol-
lowing manner:
Get two pieces
of clean smooth
board, half inch
thick, e i g h t
inches W i d e,
and in length
e xactly the
window width,
from casing to
casing. Now
raise the lower
sash four inches
and set one of
the boards in
side the casing,
two inches from
4
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melton can be had for $50 as plain as a
kersey at $40, and would not be an expen-
sive morning coat for some people, but an
embroidered tan coat at the same price
would lack refinement
A Homely Coat Must Be Loose.
it be like the gown. however chean. or at
least be in color harmony with the gown.
Many coats being prepared by the private
dressmakers are close-ftting. Later the
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plates in Doulton, in the exact shape of an
olive leaf and silvered in exactly its cool,
pale shade. China spoons, all bedight in
pastoral colors, are quantity pretty, but.a
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uSSN, ShlcHss pio'd-
bly, at christenings where the club may be
interested. Some of the new spoons are
marvels of beauty and grow in price almost
percepUibly. A lovely after dinner coffee
spoon has handle and bowl set in the ex-
quisite Norwegian enamel, which is trans
parent and gives the effect Of Jewels. This
finish wears beautifully, although it has a
fragile look and makes the price, S. so, not,
perhaps, understandable.
As might be expected the continued and
violent spoon wave with which the country
has now been affected for some time has
produced results. More than one young
woman can boast a collection of spoons
reaching into the third hundred and to ac-
cOmmodate these accumulations spoon cabi-
nets have appeared. They are tall, fat,
shallow cases TO hang on the wall of ones
morning room or snuggery. An unbroken
door Of glass gives good view OF the in
terror, where against some dark-colored vel
veteen lining, maroon, deep blue or violet
crimson or a rich hunters green, the spoons
are fastened through ribbon Stats. One seen
intended for a bridal gift was of WOO 4
painted in white enamel and on the enamel
sprays OF blue forget-me-nots were delicate
y sci by the skillfui designer The in
rerior was lined with pale blue velvet. On
the glass door, springing up from one corner,
was spray of the same flowers, and to
complete the gift, spoon enameled in forget
me.nots was the center piece of the case.
This Is an original design and the work of
Young woman for friend who will be an
Easter bride-a cabinet maker helping her
out with the technical part of the work.
The Clytie bang is replacing to some ex-
tc,lr the Pompadour hair front, which Mrs.
Cleveland made popular and which has long
held sway. 1t will be seen by the accom-
panying sketch that the hair is parted quite
10 the forehead, leaving few loose, light
cCrlS TO serve as the actual bang; the hair is
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vENTILATING A SICK ROOM.

A Very Simple Plan by Which Drafts Are
Neatly Gotten Rid or
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FITs-An fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Rcstorer. SO fits after first days use. Mar
yelous Treatise and q 90 trial bottle free to
Fit cases. Dr. Kline. s5l Arch st., Phila., Pa. su
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The congested air-passages are relieved
by DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price only 25c
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then drawn back in loose, puffy waves to
the crown, where it meets the graceful
Catogan braid or elongated knot. With
this style Of dressing the hair, the ribbon
and the velvet fillets SO popular are partic-
ularlv effective.