The sun., 1901-10-14
IN THE SHOPS.

Ii is late for picneS, hut there is
something that may liz il convenience 10
II traveller and it is not bad thing to
l,ave on hand. II is in silver, plated.
the size Of an ordinary pockctknifc, the
llatcd blade hcing useful rs II fruitiinifc
Ut for other practical use, and combined
with his is Il spoon and II salt spoon
'i'l" article complete costs 81 at the jew
Clcr's
If one secs pair of hacl, gloves which
sr III 10 have missed the last bath II tlIn
" lor's aud are not quite as black rs
laAil' companions no compaint shnuld hr
Mllr. fol tAry arc not really Slack, but
j 4un metal shade.
t'un metal II making its WAY into MI
,&.h,s. aud appears in the smallest ar
4 l"s rur thr toilet table. \ little paper
ny Gun-mctal headed pins will cost
cents This is probably not the genuine
artirlr, but i looks enough lik" il, and
Tie pins are quite good enough 10 hy
ad,led tu the large army Of lost pins
"iiirh fin NJ the crcvicca Of the world.
ABSOLUTELY plHin silk stocks which sell
Ior $3.50 arc straight 1T the top shaped
little mt the lower edge aud pointed in
iront. thr whole stock covered with rows
D Stitching sct close together. on thc
ll ,rr part of he stock the stitching fol-
| ioas il straight around, hui III the lower
| laEt il follows The line of tie shaped
/ o.la with thr point in front. the upper
| @ll luwcr rows Of stitching meeting in
| tAt cputrc. CUFFS to some smart gowns
! made this way this l'al. The cui
| rather Wido about twice the width of
! ta bands which have iHiShed the
! env"a of 50 many particularly wash
i aisS lllis summer. lhr cufrs iii closely
! Had ar" straight at the wrist edge, thu
n Per edge pointed where il joins the
| -lNHEcS. llir stitching II put on rs III
| tle stucllS, the lines carried straight
aHumi on the half nrarcst the wrist.
aNd following the pointed line trn uthor
lMi', hut III" rows meeting 50 closely in
tha rcnti" that il il difficult ~ tell where
"e leaves orf AMI tho other hrgin4.
Another prctty hat ~ one Of feathers
| v + made cltirrly Of impeyati, u tha
aruau and hlun feathers having similar
!fct. On either side ~ Tho front uf the
lt these feathers are twisted into knots
ald from the knots Il succession Of wings
lne carried around h. sdra Tho rnds
rtrying over the back The rro~u II d
Il ha same feathers. ana baud a relief
around tir crown is the only Hit of out.
,de trimming upon il.
Pretty neck pieces Of tlllc, al hlacls
I'LL white. dotted black and white th'
aff rolds to ~ around the throat ant
III" ltow tn MAXI a fush III tlIc back
rn selling for 30 cents each That i,
rery reasonable ror The pretty ana he
r,3ang little ornaments.
Inexpensive pictures and very attrnc
tipr ones, are Of the QuOcn Of Holland
iu that pretty profile view. and ;uothai
81, Cleopatra is also good. Tho picture.
are eight or niu" inches square. and hav,
the effects IN snft brown tones Of being
tGre III burnt work. The color tones ar,
excellent, and the result good. whatever
tho material The frames are in sof
fawn wood, toned IL match. There ar,
3 frw gilt ornaments upon the frames
which could be omitted with good effect
ii the whole picture is worth the mono,
asked s. cents.
One Of the shops is selling a lot G
quaint tape measures which are interest
in". They are il I'LL sorts Of odd forms
chcsshoards, animals clowns heads,
chicken cage, with chickens in it, rad
isIl, card table, and other thirgs. Her