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Misses Blouse Eton.

The blouse with an Elton effect is eX-
ceedingly popular, and is peculiarly
becoming to young girls. The large
illustration shows one of the latest
May Manton designs in fawn colored
cheviot, with revers and undersleeves
of white peau de sole. and is designed
for a general wrap to be worn with
various gowns, but the style is equally
we'll suited to the entire costume Of
cloth, cheviot, serge or other fashion
able material. The reyers. collar and
sleeves are finished with narrow bla ok
and gold passementerie, but the facing
may become any color preferred, and
the trimming braid or applique white
If desired: plain coat sleeves can he
substituted for the fancy ones. The
back fits smoothly and snugly. but the
fronts are adjusted with slight full
ness at the waist line to give the
blouse effect over the curved belt. The
odd shaped revers are formed by the
fronts, which are faced and rolled
back. At the neck is an Aiglon collar
that can be closed with the fronts
when desired. The sleeves are made
over q regulation lining. to which the
undersleeves are attached.
To cut this blouse for miss of four
teen years of age, one and five-eiShth
yards material forty-four inches wide
or one and half yards fifty inches
wide, with one yard of silk for revers,
collar and undersleeves will be re-
quired.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.
Poem: "The Green Door Swings"-Drunk-
enness is No Excuse For a Crime
Good Law Propounded by the Louisi-
ana Supreme Court.

Poem: "The Green Door Swings'-Drunk-
enness is No Excuse For Crime
Good Law Propounded by the Louisi-
ana Supreme Court.
The green door swings on its hinges,
Nigh to the doors of God,
Inviting their feet who must walk the
street
Inside, where the weak have trod
Inside, where the strong have fallen
To dceps of disgrace and woe,
And with laugh and song do the weak
and strong
Within, to their ruin, go.
The green door swings on it's hinges,
Hard by the house of prayer,
And many who meet at the mercy-seat
Consent to its presence there.
"Our Father who art in heaven
They pray as with Christian breath,
Then stand at the polls and vote that
souls
Go down to eternal death.
The green door swings on its hinges,
Hung by the laws commands,
And the keys of the law its bolts with
draw
By help of some Christian hands;
While motherhood weeps in sorrow,
And childhood in hunger cries,
And womanhood's crown in the slime goes
down,
And manhood in madness dies.
The green door swings on its hinges,
Night to the gates of home.
Inviting the feet of the boys we meet
From purity's paths to roam;
And men who go past it, always.
With Pharisee prayer and bride,
Declare it shall swing for the votes they
bring
Who plunder the youth inside.
BY Alphonso Alva Hopkins, Author OF
Ballads of Brotherhood"
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with is made from panne satin in dove
gray with polka dots of white. com,
bined with cream point de Fenlse ana
punches of darker gray panne. but all
the seasons silks and soft wool mate
rials are appropriate, while the con-
trasting material can be varied again
and again. Lace of all sorts is IN
vogue, panne velvet with silk is ef-
fective, panne crepe is still lighter IN
weight and any silk contrasts well
with wooden fabrics.
The fitted lining is snug anu wen
shaped and closes at the centre front.
The plastron, or vest, is attached 10
the right front and hooked over onto
the left, while the back and fronts are
arranged over the lining before tine
shoulder and under arm seams are
closed. The deep collar finishes the
neck and fronts while the stock COM
pletcs the plastron and closes at the
centre back. The sleeves are charm
Ing. The upper portions are scalioped
snd fall over the full lace cuffs, which
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Woman's Plain Shirt Waist.

The plain shirt waist is preferred by
many women to any other sort. and
has an extended vogue. The May
Manton model given herewith includes
all the latest features, and is adapted
to all wasting materials, silk, wool,
cotton and linen. but in the original is
of embroidered linen. batiste trimmed,
with insertion and lace TO match, and
is made over a fitted lining of blue silk.
When made from washable materials
the lining should be omitted, but 9TH
erwise there is no change.
The foundation consists of the usual
pieces, and closes at the centre front.
bu: separately from the outside. The
waist proper is plain across the shoul-
ders, and drawn down in gathers at
the waist line. At the front are hens
through watch the closing is effected,
tie band Of insertion edged witE mar
row frills OF lace taking tue place OF q
box pleat on the right front and con-
cealirg ;he closing underneath. The
sleeves are in bishop shape opened ut
the back and finished with narrow
cuffs.
To cut this waist for woman of me-
dunn size three and rhrce-quaTter
yards of material twcnty-one inches
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Broke It Gently.

.I have Just had a chat with your
wife" said the handsome friend OF q
down town business man the other
day, as he stepped into the Office, re-
lates the Chicago Chronicle.
Had q chat with my wife? l did
not know she was down town"
"Oh, 1 did not see her down town.
I saw her at the house"
What! You saw my wife at my
house? Indeed, 1 did not think she
was receiving to-day. When I left
her this morning she complained of
having q fearful headache. She must
have become better ropidly.
"She did not say anything to me
about headache, didn't appear to
have one, in fact
mo. presume not"
"Well, you see, 1 was there with q
big crowd
"A big crowd? What do you mean,
SIR"
Yes. I went with the fire engine.
Oh. don't get frightened. It's all
right. The tiremen put out the blaze
in two minutes and you would hardly
know there was fire in the house.
Goodbye"
And the handsome friend closed the
door behind him and wondered if he
had broken the news gently enough
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Who Shall Deliver Me? - Remembering
BIRTHDAYS s. Needless Hurts - Frictios
In Daily Life-Railroading Religion
Prayer -If Thou Vert Worthy.
God strengthen me to bear myself,
That heaviest weight of all to bear,
Iualienable weight of care.
All others are outside myself;
I lock my door and bar them out,
The turmoil tedium, gad-about.
I lock, my door upon myself,
And bar them out; but. who shall wal
Self from myself most loathed Of all?
If could once lay. down myself,
And start self-purged upon the race
That all must run. Death runs apace
If I could set aside myself.
And start with lightened heart upon
The road By all men OVERCOME!
God harden me against myself,
This coward with pathetic voice
Who Graves for ease and rest and joys:
Myself arch-traitor to myself:
My hollowest friend, my deadliest foe.
My clog whatever road l so.
Yet One there is can curb myself,
Can roll the, strangling load from me,
Break off the yoke and set me free.
Christina G.. Rossetti.
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Needless Hurts.

Taking life through and through"
said thoughtful woman, "the larger
part Of the sadness and heartache it
has known has not come through its
great sorrows. but through little. need
less hurts and unkindhesses; not so
much through the orderings Of Provi-
dence as through the mis-orderings of
humanity.
Look back and you can readily
count up the great griefs and bereave-
ments that have rent your heart and
changed your life. You know what
weary months they darkened There
was a certain sacredness and dignity,
like the dignity of lonely mountainous.
in their very greatness; and. looking
back, if not ,at the time. you can often
understand their purpose.
"But, oh. the days that are spoiled by
smaller hurts! Spoiled because some
body has a foolish spite, a wicked
mood, an unreasonable prejudice that
must be grati6cd and have its way no
matter whose rights, plans, or hearts.
are hurt by it. There are so many hard
places along the road for most Of us,
made hard, needlessly, by human sell
fishness, that the longing to be kind
with a tender, thoughtful. Christlike
kindness grows stronger ia me each day
I live" offspring.
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The Crusade in Brief.

All saloons are kept tightly closed on
Sundays in Honolulu, Hawaii.
In England 10000 out of 29,752 con-
demncd at the assizeS. and $4,000 Of the
aO9O3, summarily condemned, were trained
in crime in liquor shops.
The candy men OF Lansing, Mich, have
been warned by the Michigan ,anti-saloon
league not to sell brandy drops any
longer.
The use of alcohol, as with narcotics in
general. is followed by a reaction.
The use of alcohol is followed by de-
crease in the activity of the muscles and
brain cells.
Only ninety-seven abstaincrs were con-
victed by court-martial last year in India.
as against seventeen times that number OF
non-abstainers, who were convicted. And
vet the abstainers were a third OF the
whole Indian army.
Out of seventy-three new ordained min
lister in the Free churches Of England sew.
enty were pledged abstainers, forty.tve de-
claring they had abstained since childhood.
Twenty years ago out of 2080 ministers
only 703 were abstainers; now, out OF 2S00
ministers 24S0 were abstainers.
Superintendent Talcott,- of the State
Homeopathic Hospital at Middletown, N !:
Y, assigns intemperance as the. cause OF
the greatest number of cases of insanity
among the men in that institution, and
mental strain and worry the cause of the
greatest number among the women.
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German Culture In Retrogression.

Edward Won Hartmann, the German
philosopher, author of the PHILOSOPHY OF
Inconsistencies" in "Das Judenthurn,' -
says: -, c.
has the greatest capacity for culture, the
general culture of it's higher classes is un-
dergoing a frightful retrogression, because
the beer consumption of its student youth
is affording neither time nor ,sobrieety to
acquire more than is demanded by the ad-
vanced requirements to prepare for their
professional life
Ernst Ecksteln, Phi. D., poet and novel
ist, arraigns the drinking habits OF the
Germans as foreigner would scarcely
dare to do:
"But few steps more and our modern
German drinking will signify financial ruin:
A German has time to pour ten mugs OF
beer behind his cravat night after night,
but for comfortable digestion Of intellec:;
tual food that appeals to both heart and ,
reason, for that which is indispensable. to
every cultivated being, for reading, he has
no time"
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Remembering Birthdays.

In the journal Of Louisa Alcott occurs
this sad little record: "My birthday;
thirty-six Spent alone, writing hard.
No presents bue fathers Tablets.
never seem to have many presents. as
some do. though l give good many.
That is best. perhaps, and makes a gift
very precious when it does come" This
was like her brave. unsel6sh soul. but
where were her friends? Why did they
not remember? 1t requires more of an
effort to keep in mind individual birth
days than to send tokens Of friendship
at Christmas, but is this not abundautly
appreciated by the one who has been
lovingly remembered by gift, a
flower, or a letter? One busy woman OF
our acquaintance is dispensing a good
deal of birthday happiness besides hav-
ing reached a solution Of the Christ
mas problem" Her Christmas list had
grown hopelessly long. With one cour-
ageous move she cast it aside and
stopped all holiday presents except to
the poor. Yet, not willing to deprive
herself Of the joy of giving to dear
friends, she has adopted the plan Of re-
membering their birthdays. With the
help of a birthday hook this is easy, and
as the birthdays come one at a time it
is possible to put special thought into
each gift.-COngregationalist.
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A Good HIdea.n

Eleanor Kirk, in her monthly known as
Eleanor Kinks Idea. says in answer to a
question regarding Mrs. Nations work:
"There is neither reason nor excuse for
the liquor saloon. To say that the major
ity of the frequenters of these places are
unhappy in their domestic relations and
are driven to drink by scolding wives and
fretful babies is the biggest lie that ever
was told upon this earth. Suppose the
statement to be true, who is, responsible
for the babies, and who for the scoldlng
wives? 1T is the light and the cheer and
the warmth of these erog shops that at,
tract men, we are told by the sentimental
and superficial thinker. IF they had more
commodious tenements; better. warmed
and lighted, they would stay. in them;
What bosh this is. Does the rich man al
ways stay in his comfortable and elegantly
appointed mansion? No. The liquor sa-
loon or the bar Of the CLUB is just as neces'
sary to him az to the poor man who keeps
himself and his family poorer by spending
his money in these internal holes. All this
talk Of moral suasion' is rot. l have
worked on the suasion line for years, and
I might as we'll have spent my time throw
ing straws against cyclone. The time ls
here when the words, Thou shalt not
must be used and carried into execution
by force if necessary. How much longer
will we look on and see our precious boys
turned into drunkards and the happiness
Of our dear girls destroyed?'
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OHIO ELECTION RESULTS.
Tom L. johnson Wins in Cleveland .
Jones Reelected in Toledo.

Tom L. johnson Wins in Cleveland -
Jones Reelected in Toledo.
Cleveland, Ohio-The most interest
ing municipal election held in this
city in years resulted in the election
of Tom L. Johnson Dem) to the Of
fee of Mayor over William J. Ackers
(Rep.) by q plurality that may 20 as
high as GOO0. Only the head Of the
Republican ticket was defeated, the
candidates for the minor offices on thai
ticket being successful.
Democratic administrations were in
control at Cleveland and Springfield,
where the Republicans made hard
fights to control the political machin'
cry.
Golden Rule" Jones was q third
time elected Mayor OF Toledo by a
plurality Of about 25OO.
While the Democrats carried the
larger cities and some Of the smaller
places, yet the Republicans show
Slight gains in the State as whole. In
the three larger cities. Cleveland, Col
umbus and Toledo, the Democrats
show gains which are offset by Re.
publican gains in the smaller cities
throughout the State.
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Railroading Ralieion.

The Bible puts a great premium ON
ploddng. BE not weary in well do
ing" "Ye have need Of patience" go
to the ant" thou sluggard; consider
her ways, and be wise" LET patience
have her perfect work." There is need
in those days for these sober counsels,
for we live amid an atmosphere OF
rush and hurry. Speed is more esteemed
than safety, and the very word "siow"
is often a term of reproach. This rage
for rapid money getting. rapid social
advancement, and fast living. is very
demoralizing. People who sit up till
midnight at a concert or a play or
party: but an instructive gospel dis
course must be cut down to the minute!
Religion catches too often this prevail
ing fervor. There is an unwholesome
demand for pulpit sensations. hasty
methods superficial church joinings:
which end in a halfway, haltinG and
feeble piety Young friends, lovingly
warn you against all this rairoading OF
our holy religion!-Rev. Theodore l..
Cuyler. u. D., in Christian Endeayor
World.
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Friction in Daily Life.

A friend once said to me that she
could fancy few situations more difficult
than that of life in the same house by
two persons who were obliged to have
the rooms at a different temperature. Ii
Jane insists on seventy degrees and
Mary cannot breathe if the thernlom-
ater is above sixty, they cannot be
comfortable together. Similarly, II
Alice insists on an early breakfast and
Amy on a late one, and they cannot
compromise, and neither will abate
jot Of her own preference. the home
will not be peaceful and serene. =,
The battlefields of domestic life are
carried by those who have the stronger
wills and the larger equipments of COM
mon sense Few Of the strifes and
struggles which make uncongenial COM
panions actively antagoniStic are worth
while. There is no principle at stake.
Only a petty self-denial, a mere trife.
a little difference of opinion or Of taste,
but the home is rent and marred. hearts
ache, and the loving are alienated En-
tire self-restraint would do away with
the outward expression Of most OF the
irritability and friction in home life,
and if it were unexpressed, it would
soon become Observation-Disclosures
Intelligencer.
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are unlined and transparent and are

are unlined and transparent and are
scanned to the lower edge of the lining.
AT each edge of the fronts are bands
of trimmings comprised of lace out
lined by the dark panne.
To cut this waist for a woman of me-
dium size three and a half yards of
material twenty-one inches wide, three
yards twenty-seven inches wide. two
and a half yards thirty-two inches
wide or one and three-quarter yards
forty.four inches wide, with two yards
of all-over lace eighteen inches wide
to make as illustrated
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JaDanese Stem Twisting.

The chief difference between the ar
rangement of flowers in this country
and in Japan is that whereas in this
country the art is merely considered
as a pretty accomplishment for gentle
women, in Japan it ranks as a science
and q philosophy, which can only be
mastered after several years of close
study.
Far from being practiced only by la
dies, this pretty Japanese art has
among its devotees princes, scholars
and other prominent men, who, having
retired from the cares of political life,
are in search Of q hobby which will az
ford not only amusement. but Will also
offer intricacies and obstacles worthy
of their trained minds.
All cultured people in Japan are pro-
ficient in the science, just as the bet
ter classes among Western nations cul-
tiyate taste in dress, or in the artistic
ARRANGEMENT Of their household gods.
The japanese term for flower
hana-also implies a blossom clad
stem, and even the stumps or branches
of flowerless trees and shrubs, and
their science of flower arrangement
consists not only in grouping flowers
but more particularly in grouping their
leaves and twigs according to pre-
scribed formulae. The blossom IS
looked upon as minor detail in the
artistic composition, and of very small
value if separated from the parent
stem, whose sweeping, though artiti
cial, curves emphasize its beauty. The
whole science is, therefore, reduced to
obtaining curves which. though really
distorted, have the appearance or
being true to nature.-Pearson's Maga-
zine.
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NeWSy Gleantngs

The output of coal in Washington
State for 1900 was about = 100000
tons.
A new bridge will span the Ohio
River between Bellaire and Wheeling,
w. Va.
Andrew Carnegie offers Crawfords.
Vile, Ind. $4,000 for a library
building.
The City of Boston is said to own
the finest collection Of japanese POI.
terry in existence.
Sedalla, Mo-, has a grocery clerk who
claims to be the champion cracker
Z ter Of the State.
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j. Plerpont Morgan and the Reporter

j. P1erpont Morgan and the Reporter.
Not long ago young man was sent
by his employer to Mr. Morgan to
make Il verbal inquiry. When he en-
tered the big counting-room he saw
that Mr.. Morgan was not at his desk
He asked the nearest clerk where he
was. The clerk pointed to distant
door. The young man vent at once
into the room, and there he saw MI.
Morgan in IN armchair before snap
ping wood fire. There were many
clerks in the room working over led,
gers and sheets Of figures. He con
graduated himself that he had found
the banker at leisure. The banker
seemed TO be tracing a curved line on
the arm of the chair. He held his
finger at the end of the line as one
marks the place in book, when he is
interrupted, and he looked up and
asked gruf1y:
How did you get in here:'
"I-I-I walked in, Sir" stammereo
the young man. He could think OF
nothing else to say.
"Walk outw roared Mr.. Morgan.
Then he turned his attention again to
the line on the arm Of the chair.-The
Worlds Work.
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Cretonne Flowers.

One of the newest things in Paris is
the use of cretonne flowers appliQued
onto net or other transparent fabrics.
Delicate garlards or detached flower
cts are utilized with excellent effect.
The edges are outlined with cordings
in brilllantly-tinted floss silk or i'll mar
row gold braid or cord. This style Of
ornamentation is pretty for the ends
of scarfs. for vests or parasol borders.
Sometimes motifs of suipure are used.
in connection with those OF cretonne.
This fashion will most likely be cphe-
neral.
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Enhanced with Velvet Ribbon.

Black velvet ribbon is applied in
rows to decorate the top Of spring
parasol. Five rows is the proper num-
ber used. The ribbon should not ex-
ceed one inch in width. nor should the
graduated rows come half way down
from the central tip from which they
make the start. The upper circle is ex-
ceedingly small. 1t simply appears
as border or finish to the little gath
cred puff of silk. which is put like a ro-
settle at the top Of every parasol di-
rectly below the point of the stick,
which protrudes through the cover for
a few inches
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Head of the Standardizing Bureau

Professor S. w. Stratton, of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, has accepted the appoint
ment of Director of the new Standardlz-
ing Bureau at Washington. He will re-
sign his professorship. He will 60 to Eu;
rope to study systems of weights ana
measures in France. Germany, Eng!
and Austria. The new bureau, of which
he is to be the head, will cost $3.50 600,
According to the present plans of Profes;;
sor Stratton it will embrace commercial
measures, manufacturing measures and
educational measures.
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& RuttOnless Blouse,

: The boy of seven years old feels dig
nified in his first long trousers. He is
on promotion in a white "drillinG'
costume, made with long trousers and
with one of the new blouses made
without buttons. The blouse, in fact,
has no opening in front, but Is loose
enough at the throat to slip over the
head. 1t is extremely stylish made in
this fashion. The collar is handsome
and carefully made of blue linen.
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huge NJ 1ap FOR Bunaio.

The Navy Department. will have unique
ing of a large map of the world eight by
twenty feet in dimensions. The various
divisions of land and water will be appro'
priately colored. The principal maritime
ports of the world, and Of the United
States navy Yards and stations at home
and abroad will be designated in large let
ters. The novel feature of the exhibition
is the distribution of 30l miniature models
OF ships representing each vessel of the
United States Navy from the navy yard
tugs to the biggest battleships; to be
shifted about day by day, just as the ves'