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certain to live up to his expectations. You
tell child that he has no talent for arith-
metic' and he will make effort TO learn
the multiplication table Tell him he is
weak willed and he will resist no evil. Tell
him that he is a cOnQueror born, and he
Will go forth to his victories
We do not encourage children enough or
show faith enough in them.
You naughty child" we cry to one fresh
from the courts of God; and the limpid eyes
OF the newborn mirror our fretfulness and
iH-temper.
Thrive Under Praise.
never knew child who did not resent
be1ng called naughty, or who did not try to
i've up to the reputation. Nor have
known one who did not thrive under belief
and praise as flower expands into fra
GRANGE and strength under the influences
OF the sun and the dew Cold looks are to
a, a soul like the chilling blasts to a tender
new flowers of life. Lessons are more
easily learned under announcement
"neuher the tasks are set down in printed
pages or the confusing chapters of expe-
riehce. ana we all manage to make about
the record expected of US by the one who
holds the greatest influence over us in the
1mpressionable period of youth
met successful man on the western
coast who was the wonder of his associates
because of his temperate life
GU nave lived your manhood days
mere, said to him. looking back over my
shoulder as we rode single file up a trail of
the sierras, and yet you are not wild,
PAD man or the west as far as l can Judge.
HOW nave you managed to keep so good?"
He laughed. Then said. with some hint
OF earnestness In his voice:
~ is up to me to behave myself. Mother
always believed in me. I had not set up
any standard to follow. But she got it
into her dear old head that I was naturally
square couldn't go back on her plan,
you see; 1t wouldn't be right specially as
l couldn't answer. There was nothing to
say But we were among the clouds; and
as L looked with dim eyes into the near
pLue SKY l. ! whispered to myself: Il hope
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FOR THELATE SUMMER
Early Fall Hints, Too, for
General Wear.
GREEN is PASSING BY
NEVER WAS AS POPULAR ABROAD
as HERE.
Fetching Models IN Jacket-Waist and
Other Cool Necessaries-
New Wells.
GREEN rs PASSING BY
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special correspondence Hf The Evening Star.
NEW YORK August II, 1902.
Some new pin-dotted woods not greatly
unlike French barege are very pretty
With bright or souber background these
delicate stuffs are ranked among the first
autumn materials. the flexible weaves ad-
nItting all the fine tucking 50 fashionable
this summer.
Especially are they adapted to school
EIrl wear. and when combined with narrow
ribbon. put on shirred or plain. the effect
Of them is extremely girlsh Sometimes
a plain color is used with the spotted ma
terial this put OF In three-inch bands
scIidly stitched with silk matching the
dots.
A charming school frock for girl of six
teen was in one OF these new wools. red
dots on a blue background. The band
trimming was Of plain red stitched with
blue thee rows showing on The back Of
Tho skirt and some tabled pieces forming 4
round yoke and cuffs for the uibus. bodice.
The model Of the skirt was very odd The
front breadth was perfectly PLAN the back
hJx-pleated from a point just below the
hips. The three bands which held these
down at the top. were pointed at the ends
Cloth In solid coIors Is seen on other
school girl frocHs, shaping odd collars and
Guns pll 4llDLllrl ana GltCkeu 1WcELs. scar
let IS brilliant note with many dresses,
and white garnishings are more than ever
used.
4 very novel little gown. shown by a shop
famous for juvenile wear. was IN brown
and white checked tweed with q white
cloth collar and cuff bands.
Plain blue bunting realized another neat
frock this one depending almost entirely
upon tucktng for ornament. while the dain-
test novelty challtes were made up to have
fetchingIy French air.
In truth all OF these youthful costumes
seemed only stmpliffed editions OF adult
fneTies. The same details distinguish the
wear Of sixteen and thirty, both ulatron
and maiden sleeves bulging in great purfs
below the elbow; all the family Uodices run
ming TO blouse effects, and skirts for all
ages blooming with middle trimmings as
you might say. That IS. the new tupe dec
Grafton Is between the belt and the hem,
al the hip quarter or lower down Only
really little girl skirts are trimmed directly
at the bottom.
Apropos Of the blouse bodice. II Is TO be
more worn than ever say the big dress
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and lovely curly hair, and so much of it
My friends all say he looks like me, but |
think he is the picture of his father.
you will send patterns for thirty-two pieces
lncloSe stamps for the price mentioned,
and am very anxious to get the patterns
and make my boy some new clothes, as he
wears them out so fast"
Such letters are much enjoyed by the re-
cipient, and in sending the patterns she is
very apt to congratulate the mother and
show appreciation of the superior claims Of
each baby.
Another department of the work, even
more original than the actual wearing ap-
parel OF the child, is set of nursery ar
ticles, including even a bathtub. These are
In the form of paper patterns, from which
can be cut in suitable materials the various
articles mentioned.
Patterns for dolls clothes are also made
which delight the heart of the miniature
mothers, and toys in the form Of stuffed an
imalS can be made at home from the pat
terms and directions applied. These Canton
flannel pigs and eiderdown sheep can be
made by any little girl for her small sister
or brother, and very satisfactory TOYS.
as there are no sharp edges or hard sur
faces to cut the child. and, also. they can
not be swallowed. The brown velyeteen
monkey with red velvet cap, is particularly
fetching, and has a long, curly tail by
which he can be dragged about without
rending the heart of the prevention Of
Cruelty"
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WOMEN AS COLONIES
Not Rare in Europe, but Are
All of High Rank.
MANY ARE QUEENS
THE KAISER'S CoNsoRT AND THE
CZARINA HEAD THE LIST.
Popularity of the Duchess of Con-
naught With the soldiery-
Only One American.

Written for The Evening Star.
Whom the kaiser loves, he first makes
colonel
This parody on an ancient saw aptly de-
scribes the present policy of the German
emperor in dispensing royal favors among
women. Time was when a post of honor
in the imperial household or jeweled
order was the feminine badge of royal IA
vor. Today it is commission in the Ger
man army, with its glittering accompani-
ment of full uniform. The command may
be honorary only, but it carries with It
not only the insignia of imperial preference,
but certain privileges in which woman of
military ancestry fairly revels
The kaiser is no faddist. His most trivial
moves in affairs of state, if followed to
their source, lead eventually to the foun-
tain head of his administrative policy-the
army first, last and always. So 1t is not i'm
probable that there is method in his ap-
pointment of women to military posts.
Since the day of Joan of Ace the sight Of
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SHOW CHILDREN FAITH
PRAISE AND CREDIT AT THE
RIGHT MOMENT MEANS MUCH.
What One Man Had to Say of the Hope
His Mother Had in
Him.
Written for The Evening Star.

Back of the great work of rebuilding the
Campanile in Venice, which is about to be
begun, Will stand nations pride in it's
ancient monument, city's patriotic sacri-
hces for the restoration of the heavenward
pointing finger of ST. Marks, aud one wo-
mans faith in her soldier son.
Giovanni Morosinf Of New York city came
10 America poor man, after serving his
beloved Italy in her revolution. He is Of
splendid lineage Several of the doges of
medieval Venice came of his family But
he had nothing when he came to this land
but the stout confidence of his mother that
he would succeed. And now that he has
sent 100000 back to the Adriatic port from
which he sailed in poverty, to be used in
the rebuilding of the fallen tower, find nv
heart full of the hope that his mother from
her place among the stars, sees and knows
and keeps within a heart freed from ali
earthly cares little earthly pride and tri-
umph in her boy.
Nearly every man who amounts to any,
thing in this world lays his success, like a
garland of everlasting flowers, at some wo-
mans door And this woman is most often
his mother
Nancy Hanks, in her mountain cabin, laid
her hand, soft only with love, on ali the
soul hurts of Abraham Lincoln. She had
little OF the knowledge of this world She
might not teach her boy to spell; but she
taught him to endure bravely, and impaired
to him that moral stamina which made
him bend to the storms of life as the lone
pine bends: bending, but never breaking
until he took so deep a root in his native
soil that he stood-and stands today-un-
shaken In his place as the Great American
l never pass his statue in a park, that
lean, gaunt shape with the Interchangeable
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makers-the little ones don't count-with
N increased exaggeratiOn of lOoseness.
Notice" says one gifted artist of the
needle, how the French womans bodice
Is worn and diIate on the advantages OF d
studied carelessness- The true Partisan
always looks as II her costume were i'm
promptu. but she displays the art Of the
great painter in choosing her combinations;
and especially does she know that easy
Unc0nfning bodices make her simmer and
daintier."
In descanting against over-elaborati5n,
Felix, that high priest Of divine simplic-
ities, once said: Beware of this sin, add
ing that overdress promoted, to even the
unframed observer, a dryness of effect.
Dryer than bleached fshbones, he vowed,
was the taste Of all the unfortunate Eng
lish." AS to the Americans. they were bet
ter-"um-ah-ouf'-a little better; but not
yet perfect.
Returning to school girls. delightful little
tea Jackets are being turned out for
maidens In their teens, the afternoon tlffin
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MAKING BABY CLOTHES
A CLEVER WOMAN HAS BUILT UP
A BIG BUSINESS.
Cutting Patterns Exclusively for Lit
tie Tots-Personal Flavor in
the Whole of 1t.
Written for The Evening Star.


An original idea In field which has
been essentially feminine since time began,
has been carried out with great success by
the little woman who thought of it. She IS
now making a splendid income, and en-
ploys many girls in a large work room in
the busiest part of New York. The idea
was the making of patterns from which
could be cut all the garments one could pos
sibly think CT for a baby or young child
By far the majority of women in this coun-
try make their children's clothes, and it was
in helping out or supplying ingenuity to
these that the patterns earned their popu-
larity. One complete set contains thirty
two patterns and comprises everything that
could be thought of in a babys outfit, from
a beautiful christening robe to a cunning
little moccasin.
The patterns are sent for the most part
through the mail. and many of them to
far-away spots, for the further away from
a large city the more difficult it becomes
to get ready made clothing at reasona bic
price for infants and young children. The
correspondence of the firm has been a very
Interesting feature of the undertaking
Nearly all the letters have a decided per-
sonal flavor. as the fond young mothers
cannot restrain the expression of their in
terest in the particular baby for whom they
want patterns. One letter read:
Dear - | have beautiful big
boy. four months old. He has blue eyes
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onels, only two women in the world nav
wear the three-coruered chapeau and thu.
four stars and stripes of an admiral These
are the DoWager Empress Dagmar of Rus
STA and the Queen Olga of Greece. who owe
their honorS TO the late Czar. The Empr,xs
Dagmar is an admiral in the Russian navy.
while Queen Olga is attached to the Rus
sian Mediterranean squadron. The latter.
who is passionately fond Of the sea uses her
yacht as often as other ladies caT for their
carriages. and she has also passed the nee
essary examinations to secure a sailing
masters certificate. She often commands
the royal Greek yacht the Amphitrite. and
she is certainly better equipped for the
rank of admiral than many of her sister
sovereigns are qualified for their military
duties.
While it is said that the American wo-
men are, of all their sex the most progress
sive and the most eXacting in the matter ~
having their abilities in all directions pub
hcly acknowledged, there is but one woman
colonel in the United States and hers is q
sort of courtesy rank. This is Miss Mamie
G. Norris. lieutenant colonel and aid 10
Gov. Gambler Of Georgia. Miss. or rather
Lieut.. Col, Morris halls from Chattanooga
and her appointment dates from a formal
visit made to that town by the chief rx-
ecutive of Tennessee's sister state. during
which Miss Morris did much To make il
pleasant for the governor and his staff.
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ugliness of feature and the deep, sad kind
liness of eyes, that my sight does not grow
suddenly dim. And find@myseIf hoping
with heart that fairly aches with eager
ness to have 1t so tharwhen his greatness
came poor Nancy knew!
It must be that the cnothers who have
prayed and hoped and Believed and encour-
aged through all the years are given that
wander, lonely, through the spheres a thou
sand days, and then should meet some
bright spirit who would say:
Heaven is overcrowded now, and have
earth your boy is doing well. His heart is
clean and his spirit brave. He is ali that
your mother-love desired him to be-"
Then l would laugh uptil the stars ceased
their singing, and KISS the waiting angels
folded wings.
Heaven Brought Home.
You have brought my heaven to me-" 1
would cry Why should enter imp
Mr. Morosinis mother always knew that
he would succeed. But other mothers have
had that faith about their sons when it has
not been so we'll rewarded.
1t is possible that the old, wicked and
cruel practice of withholding praise NAV
account for that. Flattery is a gift shared
by Irishmen and angels. 1t is a great pitv
there is not enough of 1t to go around
BY fiattery 1 do not mean untruth. I
pleasant words should have to be hypocrit-
ical. When any one tells me l am yery
nice. indeed, l try to believe 1t.
There is not one of us-btg, weary, boys
and girls that we are-who will not take
fresh heart and courage at a word of
cheer. There is not one of us who will not
try to live up to the highest opinion some
dear, loving heart has formed of us. But
in the old days, when the morals of people
made them dreary," as Stevenson com
planned, it became the fashion to with
hold praise from children, and some people
have not learned better yet.
We talk great deal of the influence of
thought and whatever our creed, or our
lack of creed, may be, We know down deep
in our hearts that:
LAS man thnketh so he is"
A boy who is taught to doubt himself is
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Tiny Japanese Gardens.

From Country Life I'm America.
The japanese create tiny models of and
scapes-growing gardens small that they
may occupy no more space than the top
of a good-sized table. In these the merest
pebbles do duty as rocks. a cupful of stones
will construct a cliff and bunch of small
plants serve for a forest, while the paths
and streams may be spanned by a fingers
breadth. Landscape gardening is said 10
have been introduced into Japan from
China. where Buddhist priests had created
miniature landscapes in the temple gardens
1t was to this end that the dwarting Of
trees and shrubs became a necessity The
artistic purpose was to copy the attractions
of a true landscape and to give the impress
sion that a real one conveys. Ii stands for
a picture, not merely to look upon. but one
to stroll about I'm and to be enjoyed from
within the picture itself. The Japanese
garden is as much an art creation us a
painting.
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word that a regiment was approaching on a
practice march. Immediately she called for
her horse, mounted and gaIloped down the
road to meet the dusty, travel-stained
troops. Saluting the colonel, she placed
herself at the head of the column and led
it past her husband and Queen Emma per-
sonally giving the word of command for the
salute.
At another time she reviewed her army
when fully .2h,ouo soldiers of all arms were
present. and as their young queen rode on
to the field she evoked an almost frenzied
enthusiasm among both soldiery and peo-
pie. 1t Was at first decided that on this oc-
casion she should appear in the uniform Of
general in the Royal Horse Guards, dark
blue with gold facings epaulettes and the
other insignia of rank, but her majesty We
toed the proposition and wore the simpler
costume of white amazon riding habit
with the regulation tall black hat
The death of Victoria left Wilhelmina the
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Three Million DIVES.
From the London Lancet.

The number Of artificial coloring matters
prepared since Perkins discovery nearly
fifty years ago of the preparation OF anil,ne
dyes from coal tar has been enormous, It
Is estimated that at the present day over
100000 different individual dye-stuffs are
easily accessible to our industries, while at
least $4,000 form the subject Of patent
specifications. The number of coiortne
matters furnished by natural agencies a
comparatively small. and those that do ex-
coal-tar derivatives.
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An Imperial Woman Colonel.

to stir the latent loyalty of peaceful citi-
zenship
An Imperial Woman Colonel
At the very head of the military women
stands the empress herself. No more pop
ular officer, no more dashing soldier is
there In all the German army than Au-
gusta Victoria, and familiar as is her ap-
pearance at the head of the famous Pase-
wax Curafssiers, she never fails to receive
an ovation at the hands of the loyal Ber-
liners. When she leads her regiment in re-
view before her war lord, the kaiser, she
wears the snowy regimental uniform of
white with red facings, the scarf of the
Order of Hohenzollern, and the famous
three-cornered hat, with large, dropping
heron's plumes Neither is her majesty
satisfied to appear on parade only She is
at heart a real soldier, accompanies her
regiment to the annual parades, watches
its drills. frequently visits the men in their
barracks, and calls upon the officers In the
regimental casino there to discuss affairs,
large and small, connected with her COM
mand.
Until recently the Grand Duchess Vic
toria Militia of Hesse shared military hon
ors and popularity with the empress Per-
haps the most enthusiastic of all the lady
colone1s she commanded by title the noted
"One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry
Regiment Nor did she allow the acting
colonel to rob her of her duties and privi-
leges. She was seen almost daily the
parade ground when her regiment was at
work. on which occas sions she wore the un-
dress uniform of the German army colonel,
dark and blue coat, red collars and cuffs
edged with blue, and a heavy skirt, a
peaked cap with red band, sword belt and
knotted epaulettes. At parade and re-
views she headed her men in all the glory
and pomp of full dress uniform, Her he'll
met topped with pumes and strapped un-
der her chin, a tasseled belt, and, among
the medals and jeweled decorations which
covered her breast cleaned conspicuously
the Order of the Red Eagle.
Lost Her Rank by Divorce.
1t was at the kaiser parade in Hamburg
that she reached the pinnacle of her fame
for on that occasion his majesty sent his
personal adjutant to escort her into the
imperial presence, where she was publicly
congratulated on the magnificent appear
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diers: the Crown Princess of Greece. the
emperors sister. who has an infantry regi-
ment. and Princess Louise, Duchess of
Connaught who has the dragoon regiment
known as Ven Arnim, No. H." The
Queen of Wurtemburg is colonel of the
Uhlan regiment. KONG Wilhelm L" the
Princess Vera Of Wurtemburg, who was a
Russian grand duchess, the Chlans "Konly
Karl" the Princess Charles of Prussia, the
18th Regiment of Dragons; the Princess
Albert of Prussia. the Oath Infantry; the
Queen Regent of the Netherlands. the 18th
Westphalian Infantry; the Grand Duchess
of Baden, the 4th Regiment of the Grena-
dfer Guards. and the Dowager Queen Mar
geritha Of Italy, a Hessian tagen (rife) regi-
ment.
Perhaps of all this list none is destined to
more general popularity among the soldiery
than the Duchess of COnnaught. Educated
under the eye Of her father, the famous
Prince Frederiche Charles, the Red
Prince Of the Franco-Cierman war she has
the military spirit strong within her. From
childhood she has been a fearless rider. and
now sits her horse with grace and dignity,
as one born to the saddle. Already one of
the most active. earnest and prominent of
the lady colonies, when her husband. the
Duke of Connaught. becomes commander
in-chief of the British army he will find in
his wife a helpmeet whose sympa thies lie
entirely and undoubtedly with his work and
Tommy Atkins viii have in the wife of his
commanding general d true and never-fail-
ing friend
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Princess Adolph of Schaumbury.

ance of her command. Then came her d.
vorce from her husband, and in keeping
with his policy of distributing military
honors, the kaiser signifed his disapprova1
of her conduct by deriving her Of her reg
imentals and her monograms and arms
We're removed from the regiments epaul-
cites.
But the withdrawal of royal favor has
not taken away her popularity. She Is not
only a magnificent rider, but an accom-
plished whip, and her appearance at the
Frankfort races on Sunday afternoons In
variably causes demonstration. Recently
she drove out to the course, preceded by
couple of outrfders, and handling the reins
with consummate skill over a matched
team of five grays, two leaders and three
at the poles. On the box at her side sat
her sister, the crown princess of Roumania
The latter presented a daintily feminine
picture In her summer fnery, but the duch-
ess sat erect in true military pose, which
aecentuated her strong, rather masculine
face.
Rulers Who Are Colonels.
Other women of royal blood who have
been houored thus by the kaiser are the
Empress Alexander of Russia, who Is col.
ona Of Germany's I'd Regiment Of ORA.
goons; the hereditary Princess of SAKE.
Meinengen, who commands the ID GrenA-
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only reigning woman sovereign in comma "a
OF any army. The present queen cuuSrrt of
England, Alexandra. was AT one time a
superb horeswoman and displayed deep
interest in military affairs but of rcrsut
years she has not been seen on horseback,
to the great regret of the loyal Tommy At
kinSes.
Though there are innumerable lady col-
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are not advised by humane milliners,
though every shop in town now shows
them. They are very aging, say these
charitable ladies, while If sufficienfly deli
cate the one-color wells are rejuvenating.
MARL DEAN
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Wilhelmina a Colonel.

While the prince consort of the Neither
lands, the Duke of Mecklenburg- -Schwerin,
IS merely lieutenant in the German infan-
try, his royal wife, Queen Wnhelmina. COM
nlands one of the crack cavalry corps, a
present from the kaiser on her eighteenth
birthday, when she ascended the throne of
Holland. What with a military husband
and a regiment quite her own, the young
queen takes an intense interest in her
army. While at one of her country resi-
dences previous 10 her Illness she received
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White vests are made of pique in fancy
We aves and cut double-breasted.