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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
ROW WITH PORTUGrEsp
Beers Invade Their Tery,,ox
Destroy p~ronert,

London, Aug. 4.-"The Beers WIN
invading Portuguese territorv ,
the LourenZo Marques corresnms
of the Daily Mail, number 5a \
crossed the line near Nanetzi aps
now going nOrthward toward gor,
poort. a Swiss farmer reports tAaa
farm buildings have been burned
his stock driven off and that his ,
and servants are missing. Anh1
the Portuguese authorities are psu
ing to make a vigorous resistance /
la men under Capt. Almeida are
pursuing the Beers"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
To weI yors

Montreal. Aug. limited /
sui General Bittinger ys.,ss Il
the Washington authors oans 4 sr
that the United states Frsra
to Join representatives o. - ne
Germany in the welcons =
of York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

The air in the English channel was
80 clear one day recently that the dome.
of Boulogne cathedral. twenty-eight
miles away. could be clearly seen fromi
Dover with the naked eye.
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u.nwed by a Mo o.,

Birmingham, aug, arley BeH',,
negro, confessed 70 y and vas !
vann. a white man e. claif
by a mob in Leeds p
Ala, yesterday
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narnedo Boat 80

Portsmouth, Aug. Of Az
No. 81 has been AlsaTra 7
breakwater. Island OF vas %
English channel. There storss
life. All the guns Re ralsei
saved. The boat VIII
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
insane Man runs .mncr

Moscow, Idaho, Aug. Cdr. w. w.
Watkins was shot and instantly killed
while riding in his buggy in the street.
and two others were shot and badly
wounded by William Steffen. who Is
believed to be insane. He was killed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
"pnramount- nIoun, s-er,ou.,x =,

Macon. Ca. Aug. 6.-News has been
received In this city that ex-Congress-
man James II. Blount, who was sent to
Hawaii by President Cleveland as COM
missioner paramount at the time of the
revolution in the islands. has suffered
a stroke of paralysis and is in a critical
condition at his country home near
here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
Tbrec Men Kiiie''

Las Vegas. n. Mex fatally M
men were killed and one avn arusrsi
by q premature blast .on tseuu'
the Rock Island ee,
m,,es east OF Santa Rosa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
Crimes and Criminals.

Mark l.. Wilson, a theatrical man.
ager of Tacoma, committed suicide III
Philadelphia by inhaling illuminating
gas.
Martin Fry was hanged at Carlisle,
Pa, for the murder of James Edward
Collins, his brother-in-law, of whom
he had been jealous.
Lulu p. Kennedy of Kansas City.
under sentence of ten years for killing
her husband, Philip II. Kennedy, on
Jan. 10 last, was released IN $780, 900 bail,
pending an appeal of her case to the
sureme court of the state.
At Houson. Texas, John T. Vaughan,
a money lender, shot and instantly
! killed Patrolman William Weiss. The
murderer fled. Later, as he was en-
deavoring TO reach his room, he was
mortally wounded by a detective.
John Tolley and his cousin, Charles
Berry, were found dead in the road be-
tween Pocahontas and Cooper's, w.
Va. They evidently had been MUIR
dered and robbed. Tolley was foreman
of a construction gang and Berry had
just Joined him.
Dispossessed from the farm on which
he lived near Rockville Center, l.. l.,
William C.. Watts, his wife and -four
children took to the woods. They Were
camping put in the woods when they
were arrested by Constable Shelly and
taken to the village Lookup.
Peter Tilbury of Muncie, Ind, who
| threw carbolic acid into the eyes OF
Mrs. Mary Torrey, and blinded her, be.
cause she would not marry him, is un-
/ der arrest. When taken by h police
he made a full confession. He is being
well guarded, as there is talk OF lynch
ing. =
When the turnkey entered the county
fail al Toledo, Ohio, with the prisoners
breakfast, he was held up at the muz'
zles of two revolvers and locked in 9
cell John Brown, alias Topeka joe
Thomas Keegan and James Stewart
all held for robbery of the West Toledo
postofice, and David Morgan, a loca
prisoner, then marched out of the jail
George .McCage, forty-six years o
age committed suicide by cutting MI
throat. The members of the mans
family say McCabe was driven TO des
peration by the jeers Of fellow work
men at the Washington Hydrauli'
works in Brooklyn, where a strike haC
been in progress. McCape went on
with the strikers in May. but returne'
to work July Is.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
PICNIC PARTY WRECKED
Two VIII Die and Twenty on
Were Injured.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 4.-By The,
ing way of q frame bridge al
Point, rear Lorraine, $50 excurSnl
of the coloraI churches of Clsea
Lorain and Oberlin wera hurled s|
ground. twelve feet below. Two
sons. Sarah and Ann Williams \
probably fatally injured and tFa
others were seriously hurt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
OF PEKIy.

Aug. 10 Is Officially Decided I
as the Date.
London, Aug. 4-The under secr
of the foreign office, Lord Grind
In the house Of commons ann5li
tkat the official late fixed for
evacuation OF Pekin by the 81
troop was Aug. Is. subject naI
days extension if necessary Thea
nation of the othe- rorticns o. Y
depends on circumstances.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
K,ued By a Tran

Lexington. KY, AUG, rrovn I'D
mer of Kentucky Ma ( so
killed by a Louisville
train "a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
Watching the French.
FALL IN BATTLE.
Desperate Encounter Between Ven
ezueIans md ReYOIutionisfk.

Caracas, Venez., Aug. 6. 49, The Ven
ezuelan government that a
force of invaders under Gen. Rangel
Garhiras, including twenty-five bat
talions of the Colombian army, was re-
pulsed by the government troops and
compelled to fall back across the from
tier after twenty-eight hours fighting
July % and 20. 1t is officially asserted
that the invaders lest 900 men, the
government troops losing 300. The gov
eminent has sent reinforcements to the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

London. Aug. 6.-The Reuter- Tele-
gram company has received the follow
ing dispatch, dated Aug. 4, from Cura-
coa: "a dispatch from Caracas says
that 5000 revolutionists were defeated,
after thirty hours fighting. July 20 and
July 30, with a loss of 800 men, the gov
eminent loss being 300."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
EARL Ii IS DYING.

The Chinese Statesman sai" !"
at Deaths Door.
London. Aug. 1.-THE GLOBE : I.
hal correspondent in a specisi u' I
10 his paper states that hailA
Chang is believed to be gyms,
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REPORT Of
[to the Cow
Of busine|
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n and neal
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b. cash on on
|tand, s1,4l1
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ktultural co
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|cther fund
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
MIyNESOT|
Ihern PaciI
Dami

bh"'
] Paul, Aug
8O2d official.
fair ave
armed BY a
&rt just issu
tnaford. II;
CWhere, an
! the hot W,
Eage crop. '
&anoka, and
<son the Gro
kadons. Coz
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] and the vi,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
little More

ittle More
frgo N. D.,
per wheat
year. Thi,
ERed river va
4 Of the sou
| Up to two
4 were so n,
frsgarded a
4 terribly
pit the whe;
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formin,
we'll ind
EAeral disa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
Ribs H.
! Fiatkcad
Arc e

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4 Are G
fsshngton,
krtment Wi
4 there is fl
fng Indians
lat the Fla
4 Steps have
fpread and
enic omci
kd at the e,
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regarded a
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fntain India
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Is diminish
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

Fis
Othcl

kaIst's Els
OthcI
k River,
M farme
highway
hing about
WAS wounde
y In the M
khe will not
bped. Mortz
bold load
Way home.
b a man en-
CiimDcu III
bdng his m
hded by KIN
! out of the
Der could r.
fyolyer and
Ne Of the sh
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

Both I.
IFng Nj
xii.
E.Mwauks.
Il,
IN ma
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Two Child

- thud|
POLAND. w
Mrs. Ry|
We're bur1
farm six mi
+sn are sun
~ while 4
LFyderis pr
fe while tH
Iaaze was 4
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Badly Rur,

Crosse. y
ba.
Eove explos
house. n
|Nauch da,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
| tribe Mn,

Tribe May
Crosse. vii
yahd MESA
lsr Of the |
that %unles|
Gu, the|
fattacked d
fn on the /
4 Falls and
between
the one
h o1tina i
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08
Fisherma

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mora, MINI
3d court nd
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pen Blagic 4
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rity
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

Lost MS
Per. MINI
N Wen kno]
N station.
Esest Held
trnne Of
faabouttb
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-08

Abss
tee APP
water
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waterv;
raences
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
Women in Boston.

r. NJ. Field. in Chicago Evening Post.
The Boston newspapers publish every Sat
urday afternoon editions varying from six
teen to thirty-two pages. The potential rea-
son for this lavish expenditure OF white pa
per is that they may give a fair general
synopsis of the business transacted by the
women's clubs. l do not know exactly how
many clubs there are in Massachusetts. or
even in Boston and vicinity, but | under
stand that when four or six women chance
to meet in any place of favorable environ
ment they instinctively and often ~involun-
tarily organize a club. / am told tina a new
woman's club is born ia Massachusetts, ev-
cry hour, and that a woman with proper
pride and glory of sex has a club for every
hour of the day and night.
The individual Importance of these clubs
no man is qualified to discuss. Ii would be
presumption in the first degree TO NEEDLE
Familiarity with a subject beyond his limita-
tons The time may come when we may
with propriety partake of the beneicence
these clubs vouchsafe, but until We give to
the women OF Massachusetts the right of
sunrage-and from external evidences that
blessed day Is not near at siand-we must
LET them work out their salvation In their
own way and console themselves az their
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
SUBURBAN SOCIETY NEWS.
BrightwOOd.

Mr.. John Anderson is visiting in Iroquois,
Ill.
Mr.. w. Heytt has returned from a visit
to Chicago.
Mr.. Daniel Newheart is visiting friends
in Kankakee.
Miss Mary Riley is in Urbana to remain
for an extended visit.
Mr.. John Negley has gone to Dale, Wis,
to remain for some time.
Mr.. Clarence Cummings has returned
from a visit to COnnersville
Miss Florence Hall, of Anderson, is the
guest of Miss Josephine Kimbel.
Mr.. James Moore has returned from a
visit with relatives in Lafayette.
Mr.. John O'Neil has gone to Anderson,
where he will remain indefinitely.
Miss Emma Smith is visiting for several
weeks with relatives in st. Louis.
Mr.. William Rose. of S~helbyville, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Mulholland.
Mr.. James Caskey has returned from q
visit with friends in Bellefontaine, o.
Mrs. Layman has returned from a visit
with friends and relatives in Muncie.
Miss Bessie Davis. of Fortville. is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. John Hays.
Mrs. B. A. Brown has returned from q
visit with her aunt, Mrs Hoffman,, in ST.
Louis.
Mr.. Earl F~ullenwider left last week to
remain with friends several weeks in And
erson.
Mrs. E. Newheart and brother. Mr.. C.
Murphy, are visiting relatives in spring
field, O..
Miss Katheryn Reynolds, of Mt. Jackson,
was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Fullen-
wider last week.
Miss katherine Johnson, who was the
guest of Mrs. John Slayer, has returned to
her home in New Castle.
Miss Oskee, who was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Zinkins, has returned TO her
home in Washington, D.. G..
Mrs. Kate Heaton and daughter, who
AVE spent the winter with Mr.. and Mrs.
f. Miller. have returned to their home in
Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cuppy, Mrs. Bert
Kritz and daughter Mary, who have been
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. e.
Cuppy, have returned 10 their homes in
" aveland.
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North ~Indianapolis.

Mrs. Darling has gone to Chicago TO visit
her son.
Mrs. Julius Roller is visiting friends in
Carlos City.
Mrs. Russ has returned from a visit witt.
relatives in Bridgeport.
Miss Edith O'Hair. of Greencastle. is the
guest of Mrs. Melvin Gist.
Mrs. Alice Scott, of Rockville. is the
guest of Mrs. Ada Tuley.
Miss Blanche Nixon, of Newport. is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. c. G. Travis.
Mrs. J.. w. Gates was the hostess for the
Social Dozen Club Thursday afternoon.
Rev. ]. II. Cissel, OF Charlottesville. will
preach tonight at st. a NJ. Z. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs James Carey. of New Lex
ington, o., are the guests of. Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis.
Miss Florence Cowen. of waveland. who
was the guest of Mrs. c. c. Travis, mas re-
turned home
Miss Blanche Morrison. of Cleveland. is
the guest of the Misses Blanche and Flor
ence Gilman.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Tuley has returned from
Rockville. accompanied by her daughter.
Mrs. Alice Scott.
Miss Anna Schooner. who was the guest
of Mrs. Julius Scnleuter. has returned to
her home in E~dinbErg.
Mr.. T. NJ. Campbell. who was the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Houser, has returned TO
his home in Darlington.
The Musical Art Club will meet to-mor-
row night at the residence OF Miss Blanche
Tyler, on West Thirtieth street.
The Bay View Reading Circle met last
Tuesday evening with Miss Ella Everets. at
her home, on West Eugene street.
Miss Emma Myers and Mr.. Walter
Guyon. the latter Of this place. were quietly
married Tuesday afternoon An Zion8vi1le ~
the Rev. J. x Sites Mr.. . Ma Henry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
A Wise WOman's Way.

Washington Post.
Speaking of women who don't understand
man, / heard of one the other day who
knows him from title page to advertise
ments Recently a pretty young girl came
to town, and as she was a distant kins-
woman of an old friend of the wise wom-
ans husband. he thought it would be only
the right thing to ask her to make her
home with his wife and himself. She was.
as l said. exceedingly pretty, and all men,
you must admit. are human. The wise
woman thought of the pleasant evenings of
ten years that had been spent I'm reading
their favorite books. She thought of her
husbands love of solitaire and chess. She
thought OF their old habit of taking long
walks together. and. losing her presence
coming might not add to their happiness.
Naturally. he. being a mere man, saw no
reason against making their duet a trio
hut the one obvious one. He thought ne
saw symptoms of jealousy in his wife, and
the girl was remarkably pretty. The
wise woman recovered from her moment
airy lapse from wisdom and insisted that
the girl should come. She was all enthusi
aSm, all cordiality. The very first evening
she suggested that Jennie might prefer
E 6p ! H the 10 iiatS,n SO "Eben
three-han9ed euchre instead of solitaire.
She stayed at home when he went walking.
because Jennie didn't like to walk and
ANNt = W HoN0 ~ AN0A tAltlN OHG ~
Jennie to the theater, and the man. who
loathes the modern drama, had to go
along. She kept the house full of young
people. and insisted that the man must
help entertain them. She went out night
after night TO chaperon Jennie. She en-
couraged Jennie TO write letters and TO
chat with her friends in the sacred library.
and as Jennie couldn't bear the smell or
tobacco. the man wasn't permitted TO
smoke there. She let Jennie loan his most
loved books. and she regulated the meals
tC Jennie's preference. The man. be N
said, detests society. and likes quiet and a
home life, but on Jennie's account he wenf
here and there and everywhere. ate dinners
he couldn't digest, and breakfasted hours
after he arose. She made him-or ather
suggested TO him. for she is too wise ID
attempt even the semblance of coercion
take Jennie TO see all the things tourists
see In Washington. She made him listen
TO Jennie's singing of popular songs-he Is
a most rabid Wagnerite-and she left her
share OF the conversation TO Jennie. OF
course Jennie must be made to feel perfect
~ at home. she said. and thea.er parties.
with the man sulking in the back OF the
box; dinners 10 half-fiedged young men
and g1sgling debutantes, excursions. picnics
and goodness only knows what else, were
TO that end Finally Jenni vent to visit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

Harper's Bazaar.
Everything depends upon how a woman
dresses her neck whether she looks well or
not, and women who study the subject OF
looking their best bestow the greatest
amount of attention on what might be
thought TO be the frivolous details or a
stock-collar. They are very careful never
TO wear with a plain shirt-waist a tie tnat
by rights belongs to a more elaborate SILK
waist, etc, but especially are they earetui
as TO the height of the collar. A woman at
all inclined to be stout, when she wears too
high and too tight a collar, shows her De
feet much more clearly than when she
wears a low collar and one that does not Mt
too tightly. As a rule, the shaped collar is
the best, lower in front than at the back.
and with a tie pulled we'll down In front. III
a woman has q long neck, she can, as a
rule, look much smarter than her short
necked sister, for she can wear any sort OF
collar and tie, provided only it is high
enough. Just now the long handkerchief
wound once or twice around the neck and
tied in front, either in stiff bows or In long
ends, are considered particularly smart, but
the soft lace ties and those of chiffon with
the lace ends are so becoming that they are
always in fashion. There must be a line of
either black or white around the throat;
that is one of the present rules, and the lit
tie touch of contrast is quite effective and
as a rule becoming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
Sunday Journal, by Mail. s. Per Year.

NJ. E. Church on Egypt. Holy Land and
Europe"
The Ladies Aid Society of Trinity NJ. Z.
Church will meet Thursday with Mrs. .. d.
Sandefur.
Mr.. Charles Westman, of West Liberty.
b. Sandefur.
Mr.. Albert Cloud and wife. of Highland
Place. were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. 4.
j. Jennings last week.
Mrs. Louis Rodenburg ana son. OF Law
renceburg. are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Brandt. Of Arbor avenue.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF Pilgrim Con-
gregational Church will meet Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. West.
Mr.; and Mrs. Fagan and Edith Nontgom-
cry have returned from a short visit with
relatives In Terre Haute.
Mr. William Reagan and Miss Bertha
Reagan, or Bridgeport, were the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Riley.
Messrs; Joseph Foltz and Frank McAllis-
ter. of Middlefork. were the guests OF Sir.
and Mrs. A. Foltz last week.
The Thursday Afternoon Club will meet
this week with Mrs. David Robinson. The
election OF officers will be held.
Miss Mabel w~hittenberger and Miss
Maude Grayson. OF Sharpsville. are the
guests OF Mrs. Homer Shake.
Miss Ada Herald and Mr.. Albert Baker.
OF Martinsville. were the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs Edward Baker last week.
Mrs John Truelock entertained a number
OF friends at her home Thursday evening
IN honor OF her husbands birthday.
The first section of the Ladies' Aid Soci-
ETY. OF the River-avenue Baptist Church
VIII meet Wednesday with Mrs. Cherry.
The second section OF the Ladies Aid
Society of the River-avenue Baptist Church
VIII meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Steirwalt.
The second section of the Ladies AID So
clety OF the Morris-street Christian
Church will meet Thursday afternoon with
Mrs L. T. Mcclure.
Mr.. August Snider and Miss jamie Clark
were married Tuesday by Rev. s. -.
Grimes at the home OF the groom's brother.
on West Norris street.
"A gospel temperance meeting will be held
tonight In the -River-avenue BAPTIST
Church. under the auspices Of the Palmer
Union W. G.: =. u Miss Clara SEARS VII
deliver IN addrono
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rag rugs and carpets are no longer
relegated to the kitchen or the attic play
room. They are enjoying a vogue of their
own, due probably to the colonial craze
and TO the objection the housewife of to-
day has to carpets, instead of bare floors
strewn with rugs. Every one cannot have
Oriental rugs, SO the rug woven of rags
supplies its place as an article less expen-
sive than a Persian or Turkish rug and
more attractive and serviceable than a
cheap carpet. In the dining room of an
uptown house the polished floor has a cir
cular rug in pale colors-dull blues, soft
browns and faded reds and greens-ai in
terfningled with charming effect. A border
of black gives accent 10 the mixture of
soft hues. The rug cost practically moth
ing, considering its undeniable beauty (and
its practical owner complacently expects
1t TO wear as long as the hoor!.-), but IL Is
in perfect m with the old mahogany
chairs and sideboard, the china cupboards,
with mullioned panes, and the other arts
tic and dignified furnishings of a singular
ly attractive apartment.
Odd and pretty hangings can be made
of odds and ends of silk, satin and velvet.
The silk petticoats-so accountable in this
era-the discarded silk gown, silk Innings
and bits of ribbons OF all hues and qualities
may find an honorable and ornamental end
woven into a curtain to hang at a d~raughty
door GnStead of being stuffed In a crack
to keep the wind away or to throw over
a couch instead of the despised and ubiqui-
tous Bagdad.
1t will take a pound Of silk to make a
yard square of curtain Tor portiere. If 1t
must be.) Three yards long and hfty-four
inches wide are liberal measurements for
portieres. The weaver will arrange the
colors; all one has to do is TO tumble them
up as much as possible. To prepare the
rags for the weaver cut the pieces of
silk, satin and velvet in strips two-thirds
of an inch wide, and the thicker pieces in
strips one-third of an inch wide. Do not
begin to sew until a large basketful of
strips has been prepared, and mix the col
ors thoroughly. Lay the end of one piece
fiat upon the end of another, tapping half
an inch, and sew all round the four sides
of the lap with a running stitch, fastening
it firmly. In sewing the velvet, satin and
thin silk fold them so that both sides will
be alike. Do.not discard the small pieces.
AS soon as several yards have been sewed
wind the strip into a ball. Collect a guam
tity of oIu black silk. and before beginning
TO cut it purchase a number of yards of
gilt tinsel braid about half an inch wide.
After every three or four yards of black
strip sew in a quarter of a yard of the gilt
tinsel braid. The bright silks come next.
Cut them separately and wind them into
little balls.