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and the weather as 1t flies. hot or cold. with
out protest, are those who are happiest.
Fretting and declaring that it certainly
never was so hot before; drinking iced bev-
erages half dozen times q day. and look
ing quite as often at the hgh-paced mer-
curry, won't help keep you one bit cool.
Dress carefully and be prodigal of clean
iDen. eat sparingly, drink moderately, and
held your temper. There's a recipe that
will make you happy in the hottest of
weather
When skies are brassy, and the air seems
blown from off & furnace keep the children
indoors, unless you would invite brain fever,
sunstroke and kindred ills. Children play
so hard they are not conscious of the heat
till absolutely Frustrated by it, and cases
Of midnight commissions Of babies can be
traced directly to unfeeling nurses. who
have kept their little charges out in the sun
too long. Try to get the children to sleep
in the afternoon, and then let them play
later in the evening, not making them go
to bed till the air has cooled little.
Don't let your maid dampen your laun-
deed linen over night now unless it hap
pens to be cool. because clothes will heat
and mildcw in an hour, and it is next to
impossible to get mildew out.
If you have Drowned a white garment with
the iron. rub 1t with clean, " ct cloth placed
over thick firm cloth, then hang in the
sun. when the spot will usually disappear
Obstinate cases have to be boiled and
thrown on the grass to bleach.
Delicate lawns and linens are best
cleansed by washing in starch water and
rinsing in the same
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SOME STYLISH COSTUMES
Purple, White and Sunlight Yellow Are the
Favorite Colors.
Fancies in Gloves, ParasOls and
Shoes-A Cape That is More
Ornamental Than Useful.

A dress that is soft and gauzy is black
and white in general tone The waist is
bla ok with a white stripe made over black.
Lace nounces fall over the shoulders and
down the front. The skirt is white with
black stripes. With this costume is worn a
Hack hat trimmed with white birds black
tips, some buds and roses with plenty of
foliage. Indeed, foliage is almost more
necessary than flowers on this seasons hat.
ANY number of different kinds of flowers
may be combined on the same hat. and the
various unts are harmoniZed after nature $
own fashion by the addition of green leaves.
Otherwise nature is not consulted in the
choice of tints, as the blue and purple and
green roses will attest.
The Londoners seem even fonder of pur-
pie than Americans, which is saying a great
deal this year There is no hesitation about
combining ii with any color of the rainbow
either and blue is one of it's favorite foiis
i have seen purple hat worn with a blue
India silk gown-cne Of those dark blue
shades with silhouette patterns in white
Silhouette seems the only correct term for
these patterns. 1t looks queer to see those
blank spots in a dense blue ground. spots
which, upon being analysed, prove to be
panSies or roses, but at first glance look as
If they might be grinnins faces.
Another pretty gown was made of dark
green liberty silk with white bodice en-
broidercd in gold dots. The hat was a COM
biDation of dark green and purple.
Purple, white and sunlight yellow are the
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favorite colors of the season. Yellow and
white is an extremely youthful combina-
ton and makes stunning costume.
A cape that is more ornamental than use
fu! has two accordion pleated silk fiounces
one yellow, one white, around the edge.
The yoke is laid in plcats running around
and not up and down. over the fiounces
are draIbed some beautiful points OF duchess
lace. There is q standing ruff around the
chin. formed Of white and yellow accordion
pleated silk. hat to match is yellow leg
horn, with yellow ribbon bow. yellow tu!le
and white paradise aigrrttcS. The an
daoiouS maid who wore this striking cos
tune carried an immense bunch of violets
and she didn't appear loud because the
combination was artistic. Parasols are be-
coming more and more RAMPANT one sees
II ore Dresden silk ones than any other kind
A pretty style has stSipes of Violets running
round and round, which show through when
the 1araSol is held against the suns rays.
Dark silk is more popular because more
SerNiceable than light. Some of the ulain
d2rk Dresden silks are very expensive.
carh blue with rich red roses and a blue
enaihel hahale To match was marked Sl3.75.
japanese handles with figures carved in
old ivory are very fashionable Some, of
theSc sell Tor over twenty dollars.
Plain brown linens with silk Innings to
match can Toe bought al very low figure
Fancy linens with lace or ribbon TRIM
mings and dainty colored Innings sell for
about So
The very finest are of light Dresden silk
With covering of duchess lace
Gloves come in the usual tintS with the
exception of tans, which are not fashion
able.FaW n color is "A good shade to buv he
cause, like tan, il harmcnizes well with
any color and is a perfect match for the
grass ilnenS that are worn by everybody
A new canvas shoe made especially to
wear with linen canvas dresses is one
OF the novelties of the season. One can buy
plain, low ties for 81. or with white kid tins
Tor si..o Others have tan tips. These can
vas SHOES are very stylish for morning
wear with ones linen jacket suit but they
are not quite SO dressy as fine tan or black
leather to wear with the lace-trimmed
linen that is made over silk
Brown linen hats and canes are sold 70
go with linen bicycle suits. There are brown
ilhen pocket handkerchiefs, petticoats and
ieSslns. Yet there are some who saw thar
linen has had its day.
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signs OF rare beauty and astonishing exact
ness In large beds in public places. where
they cannot fail to attract the delighted
attention OF the delegates Mr.. Brown can
not plant as many floral devices and make
as elaborate display as his inclinations
prompt him-insufffciency of funds is the
insurmountable barrier; but what he is
putting out for public gaze are certainly
the equal OF anything of the kind that
have been previously prepared for these
conventions, according to the testimony of
those who have made the comparison.
Old Glory Will he There.
TO assist the decoration committee in
identifying the tents and other meeting
places, officials in the War and Navy de-
partments have promised to lend a supply
of flags, and while not an act on the part
of this government. yet as indicating the
interest high officials in Washington are
taking in the preparations for the conven-
ton, 1t may be mentioned that Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador, has
very willingly consented to lend such flags
OF her majestys embassy may be need
ed to decorate the headquarters of the
Canadian delegation.
One other consp' cuous instance of official
courtesy and cooperation is probable in
the expected action of the Secretary of
war In providing special cavalry drill by
the troops at Fort Myer. 1t is understood
that such an exhibition will be ordered for
the especial benefit of visitors during the
Christian EndeaVor convention. Uncle
Sans mounted soldiers are scarcely ex-
celled by any of the worlds renowned
riders, and the Endeavorers will take great
delight in witnessing some of the marvel
Gus and almost hair-raising feats of skill
ard daring performed by members of the
9th U. s. Cavalry. 1t is the supposition
that at the conclusion of the Cossack and
bareback exercises an exhibition drill in
cavalry maneuvers will be given, conclud-
Ing with Oh ess parade, the mounted band
furnishing the music
Most of the courtesies extended the con-
Eent1on by the government and public Off
Gals are to further and complete arrange
mentS particularly concerning convention
meetings and the comfort and convenience
or the city's guests. The one last men,
toned is intended purely for the entertain
ment of the expected thousands, and will
be as thoroughly appreciated as the rest
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ON A CROWDED STREET CAR.
no" ihree Guiieless Young Maiden.
Managed to Get Comfortable Seat.

From the New York Tribune
ihFee young women who got aboard a
broau"ay cable car one afternoon last
week looked utterly and absolutely guile
iess' NO enc would have suspected them Of
te'ng capable of plot or strategy. Rut
helrs was the art that conceals itsalr
which is The highest kind of art. So Tho
critics saw
Inc cSr was full. just full and no more
Every seat was taken, and strange to saw,
every sitter was man. The three voung
Moiiieh look IN the situation at a glance.
1hey each srasped a strap near tn. rear
entrance and stood there All the men naa,
tiiem We're intensely Interested in evening
papers The young women began IN Iool,
tiied, nut the spell of the newspapers con-
tirued unbroken
Inc young women waited a reasonable
time Tor relief. Then they conferred hrietv
for a moment and moved along ia tbe -
ter OF the car. Here they stepped again
ana seized three more straps They really
looked weary by this time. The express
slons of hopeless fatigue upon their faces
We're pathetic. Quite artlessy of course
they glanced down at the men on each side
OF them The indifference of their fellow
passengers remained undisturbed. The
three women sighed. one after the other
great heartreLding sighs Still nobody Of
fered TO them seat
Another silent conference took place af-
ter which the trio moved up to the extreme
front Of the car. BY this time they looked
ready to collapse One of them murmured
family, "Oh. I'm tired, Jennie" She
murmured this family, but not too family
Ii reached the ears OF fat man who sat in
the corner. He was unfortunate enough to
look up just as she murmured, and he
couldn't pretend he didn't hear.
He got up with a bad grace. Take my
seat he said with a sickly attempt a
smile. The young woman addressed lost
no time in accepting. But she did say.
Thank you. The ice was broken. Two
other men Immediately arose, and, casting
giances Of disgust at the fat man, fled to
the rear platform.
The three women eyed each other covert
ly. Then they smiled family, and lifted
their graceful shoulders just the least bit
They Were clever women.
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TWO FISTS WIN A WIFE.

Pretty Mary seevin Watches the Bat
tie and Walks Or With the Victor.
From the New York Journal
Mary Seevin is good looking, but of late
much worry has left traces on her pretty
face. Her trouble is not one that bothers
a summer girl bit She had just on. too
many beaux.
Her many friends in Franklin N. J., saw
how things were going and wondered how
1t would all come out.
carl Leasing is fine lad" they said
land how happy Mary could be were
tother dear charmer away"
The other was Martin Goode, and the
rivalry between the two for Miss Seevn's
hand grew bitter, indeed.
See here said Martin the other day to
Carl; Mary won't tell either Of US to Co.
Let's fight it OUT
Humph! maybe she'd take the loser, just
like all women" said Carl. IF she'll take
the winner, I'm with you"
SO Mary was consulted, and she thought
that, after all, that was good way to set
tie bad question. She wept little, but
said:
All right. Go ahead"
VIII you marry me if 1 VIM" asked
"Ye-e-e-s."
'Or me?' chimed in Martin.
Yes with more decision
so Thursday night 1t came off, Mary
was there, and so were many of their
friends.
I'm going to see 1t settled: why
one else" ~ ""'
me battle was in a secluded spot near
the village. and was short hard blow to
Lesslg hopes Goode started in savagely
ana settled 1t all in one round, in less han
three minutes leaving Lessig bloody and
PROSTATE. oA' "io
Come on, Martini" said Mary, crashing
e ohe Victors arm, while the spectators
cheered her, and away they went. They
are to be married June IA.
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HOUS EHOLD HIN S

The woman who Is wise isn't going to
spend all her superfiuous strength in work
ing over a hot stove this blistering weather.
nor will she be inhuman enough to insist on
her one small maid doing it. She will rise
very early in the morning, by sunrise, at
least, while the babies are yet asleep, and
will make her preparations for the day.
The vegeta bles for dinner will be washed
and prepared and set in cool place. The
meats will be prepared and cooked-yes,
actually cOoked-while the fire is hot for
breakfast. If it is a roast, it Is done to
rare. juicy turn In it's own gravy When
dinner is served the chatting dish or gasoline
or gas stove will heat the gravy, and into 1t
the thin red slices are turned for just
second and then served. The tea and coffee
for iced drinkS-only a barbarian would
drink hot things this weather-are both
prepared the Salads made and set in the ice
box and all these little details are attended
to before breakfast. After breakfast the
homework is put out of the way rapidly,
and the heated hours can be left for rest and
a nap. Make the children sleep, too. The
summer months won't be hard on the wo-
nan who takes time by the forelock that
way
Prickly heat is a summer foe of babies
fat or thin. One of the most cooling
soCthers is teaspoonful or two of baking
soda in pint of tepid water Sponge the
child with soft linen cloth, then dust with
effect at once
Homc-canned fruit is so much more palat
able than that one buys Cook the fruit
well and sugar ready for serving. Don't
waste energies on canning Strawberries
but most OF the other berries VIII taste as
we'll canned as fresh. Canned apples are
an excellent relish in winter, when apples
are high.
Very few women understand canning to-
natOes. yet they should often appear on
the table. as either vegetable or salad For
salad purposes select those as large or a
little larger than an egg, all firm and sound
DIOp in boiling water and let stand till the
peelinS comes off easily. Then put in a
sieve into boiling water till hot through
Put carefully in the can and pour their own
hot juice over them till can is filled. For
salad purposes they will come out as sound
and round as though just picked. Those
for ordinary table use should be canned
much the same way.
The folks who take things as they come
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The sleeves are canvas, there Is ruffie-
alas. that l must say it!-at the skirts
bottom. and the jacket skirts are of the
basque order.
The corSelet is extremely popular in up-
tc-date corSages.
Violet and blue collide again in Paris
hats. the latter for the feathers the for
n.er for the fabric
An Oddly is a hat a la Japanaise of
mushroom color and shape. trimmed with
rcsettes of tulle and osprey of bright
green. The hateful frills appear again in
an otherwise charming costume of book
muslin with braces and belt of tangerine-
tinted ribbon edged with lace These rib
hon-and-lace ends hang away down the
tack, and across the skirt are not one. but
two or three, bands of lace without the
ribbon.
White muslin and black lace over check
silk is an odd combination and a charm
Ing costume Is black and white silk skirt
with black coat bodice and an embroider-
ed white-Satin Waistcoat
The grass linens and lawns are by no
means always in light shades over dark
silk grass lawn in very dark shades is
now seen over pale blue silk; silk in the
sample l saw. embroidered part Of the
way up, waist-banded in blue ribbon and
embroidered at the cuffs of the ruched
sleeves.
There Is a great use for afternoon gowns
of fichus and other forms of lace and lace
like frippery. A white-dotted muslin will
De seen made up with black lace insertion
over pink or green glace; nor Is there lack
of the flounce, pure and SIMPLE or rather
far from simple.
The bloomer bathing suit is made with
short skirt over it. In many bathing
resorts this summer the boomers will be
frankly worn without the skirt, as the
bicycle has taught the wearer confidence:
but hardly in Newport. The materials may
be dotted white 1annels. or preferably
cream or gray, trimmed with black rib
bon. and worn with jaunty cap or black
crayenette, trimmed with white silk braid,
flannel h01arn hot with f,,lI
blouse waist. A jaunty effect is given by
sandals with straps lacing half way up to
the knee The necks of modish gowns are
always cut modestly high, the sleeves short
and the skirt not so long as the boomers
by two or three inches.
The girls are reveling this season in gay
buttons, enamels and moonstones and
china ard Dresden effects, though many
of the gowns conceal the openings as clev-
erly as possible.
Silks, embroidered mulls, dotted mus
Inns. taffetas, fouards and crepes are the
seasons favorite materials with linens and
lawns and laces for over effects and drap-
cry.
1t is a frou-frou year.
ELLEN OSBORN
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Pastor for Half IL Century without q
Salary.
From the INDIANAPOLIS News.

From the Indianapolis News.
1t is an unusual thing, indeed, for a min
lister to be in active service a. the ripe old
age of ninety-one, and ii is more unusual
thing for a minister to continue without
salary as pastor Of one charge for fifty-five
years with still no definite time for retire
is such minister in Montgomery county,
however, in the person o. Elder iona han
Van Cleave, pastor of the Indian Greek
Baptist Church.
The venerable Jonathan Van Cieave is
the recognized patriarch of his denomina-
ton, and throughout the central states his
name is a house hold word in all Primitive
Baptist families He has been a great
travelling preacher. always at his own eN-
pense and while every third Sunday"
finds him in his own pulpit. every other
Sunday firds him in some other pulpit per
haps hundreds of miles from his home.
Although niEety-one years old, his form
is erect his eye clear and sparkling. his
voice resonant and ringing and his mind
and memory unin.paired He remembers
with distinctness every incident of his
youth, and, what is unusual with old men.
he perfectly remembers ali incidents and
circumstances OF his later years. He rea-
sons as he always reasoned. and in the rev.
olution of church and creed he clings to
the religious tenetS Of his early ministry.
He has the hearing of man of sixty, the
tireless energy of a youth of thirty.
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settle unreproved on the gay costumes of
the invaders.
Until that day, golf and bicycling. New
port tried to frown on bicycling. of course.
because 1t Is so popular. But the seductive
wheel won, and now any day you may see
the heiresses of millions in public sight on
Bellevue avenue, with old johnson, the
colored man. teaching them the wheel.
Any day but Sunday a holiday. The
just-at-present most famous duchess in
England learned the cyclists art in just
that way. Newport can be very unconven-
tional, when 1t is quite sure the wrong
people aren't around.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt's engagement
is being celebrated at a round of small
teas and luncheons, where the hostess and
guests are so young and girliSh as to sug-
gest a class in high school. Kitty Duer's
tea was the first of the series; and it may
be remarked, by the way, that Miss Duer is
rapidly assuming in the swell set the pace
held successfully by Mrs. Duncan Elliott
when she was Sadie Hargoy-s, and by Mrs.
c. Oliver Iselin when she was Hope God
dard; the place of an acknowledged belle,
which depends quite as much upon intellec-
tual quality as upon mere beauty. Miss
Duer is quite as bright as her cousins, Alice
and Caroline Duer, the poets.
But to return to our muttons, or to our
woods and other fabrics, at any rate:
There Is a new new sleeve" the upper
part whereof is of the puff order, but so
complicated In Its puffery as to suggest a
series of small globes and cylinders smash
ed recklessly together. Below, the sleeve
is snug and a la mousquetaire, Of course.
The new sleeves are adaptable to all kinds
of gowns from dotted muSlins and printed
zephyr, with insertion to heavier stuffs of
wool with stiff Innings, and dotted muslins
are just as popular this year as they were
years and years ago, just such muslins as
our patriotic grandmothers wore.
1t is noticeable about hats that they
irresistibly suggest London in two ways;
four out of five of them have the beef
eater crown as pat as if they just came
out of the Tower. and three out of four
of them have three ostrich plumes ar
ranged in the Prince of Wales, Ich Diem
style, just as if they had been removed
from their presentation coiffures at the
queens drawing room to coldly furnish
forth a street hat. So strong are both
these features in Newport as to suggest
anew the growing influence of London
modes, for neither the beefeater crown
nor the triple plume is especially dear to
the heart of the Paris milliner.
There are continual revelations of nov
ei allies in dress material. Canvas and
lace go together nova canvas skirt
with a lace jacket garnished with a touch
Of velvet and worn over chiffon front.
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streams that meet and pour each through
each till, core in core. a single self re-
poses,' II ey will with voice demand
What are they going to wear this sum-
mer?' and What are they going to do
this summer"
Celebrate the glorious Fourth-that's one
thing-on the lucus non lucsndo principle
by running away from-it; nay, by remain
ing shut within protesting doors even as
one would do at home; for the excursion
lists will be here in force and aristocratic
Newport will, as it does on Sundays, mute
ly rebel against their presence by seclusion
And as on Sundays. the watering carts will
take a rest and let the dust of Bellevue
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There is also the rougher straw, called
pineapple, in two patterns, both with
straight brims. and still another style
shown is the Alpine, fashioned after the
Hamburg hat, a pretty conceit brought
out in London last season and worn by
men with Lizards who like to look pictu-
rescue
Then there is the curly brim straw hat,
which suggests a rather elderly style OF
man and face though the fellows who
wear it do not wish to be called elderly at
ALL
As to Ribbons.
With these shapes an intnity of ideas are
displayed in the ribbons which ornament
the straw hat.
You will find in all the Broadway shops
Harvard's crimson, Yale's blue, Prince ton $
black and yellow, Columbias blue and
white, Cornelrs red and white and Penn
sylvania's red and blue.
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Let His Desk Alone.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In the wilderness of advice as to how
women shall please their husbands, moth
ing is more to the point and more sensible
than that coupseing them not to be always
Strengthening Up the latter's den. Although
the books upon the table may lie wide
open to TIE eye and the papers on the desk
seem like confused and untidy heap, they
are in the condition which their owner
prefers or with which he is at least ia
miiar. Their rearranging by other hands,
however orderly to the eye the result,
means confusion that is confusion indeed.
1t is a trite saying that a man wants one
room in his house where he can do he
pleases but it is true as the truest gcs-
pei, and 1t applies with peculiar force to
nearly every mans desk.
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Explosion In n Horace. Mon+.

FROM the New York Post
The driver Of one of H. B. Scharmanns
brewery wagons stopped in Mott street
TINS morning to deliver a key of beer.
WINE ne was inside he and the people at
the bar were startled by the report as of a
pistol In the street. They all ran out to
see what had happened. Up and down the
street they looked for murder or suicide. or
at least some one running There was
nothing OF the sort. One Of the brewery
horses was prancing madly, however. and
the driver hurried to seize him. As he
srasped the reins he saw. to his amaze
ment That smoke was coming out of the
horses mouth. The tongue also hung out.
and was cut and bleeding. In the gutter at
the horses feet was the empty shell of
cartridge 1t Is supposed that the animal.
nosing about in the street, had picked nm
the cartridge, chewed 1t. and thus set it off.
A veterinary surgeon, two or three doors
away. was summoned, and he discovered
that the bit also was broken. The tongue
would have to be cut off to save the horse.