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EASY MODELS TO COPY.

The sleeves, held in on the forearm by mar
row plaits. have the usual puff at the wrist
with a pointed arrangement of lace cross
bands on the upper arm. The frills are
edged with lace, and an insertion is laid
in a deep V on the front of the bodice.
The skirt, with it's shaped founce is also
trimmed with ecru lace insertions. A small
er founce experimenting the flare on the
large one was headed by a narrow lace
band. With the gown lace sash was used.
The sash is very popular, and one of lace
is considered especially fetching Soft lace
ribbon sashes are extremely fashionable
in bright colorS; they lend touch of
brightness to even the dullest costume.
In Linen or Duck.
Heavy linen duck skirts are cut with
decided train, one, two or three inches
falling over the floor. One of the most
pleasing linen skirts which / have seen
was cut with a double box plat behind
The under plat was twice as wide as the
upper one and permitted the application Of
stitched strapping on each side of the
upper plait strapping also decorated
the outside fold of the linen. The skirt
was fitted gracefully over the hips and had
strapped seams and a moderate flare around
the lower part. With the skirt any bodice
may be worn, but as fashion now prefers
that skirts and bodices shall harmonic,
a special blouse of linen was made for use
with this garment. This waist was a very
simple affair, with no other trimmings than
hemstitched sailor collar of linen and a
double hemstitched band brought down the
front.
Another favored pattern of the service
able wash skirt has series of plaits. half
of each of which is stitched while the other
half is allowed to flare. The open plaits
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Fashionable Materials.

There is no doubt that wolfe and eolienne,
which is softer silkier make of voile are
favorite materials for day wear, though
the hard hopsacks and canvases are having
a great run of popularity with the tailors,
while curiously mixed tweeds and cloths
are still in fashion. The blue serge frock
or, rather, the blue serge coat and skirt,
form part and parcel of every woman's
wardrobe. The next most useful material,
which is also smart, is alpaca, and this is
being produced in a variety of ways A
fine silky alpaca is delightful for the very
hot weather. but the, real hard wearing
fabric, which always looks smart, is of a
coarser grain. There are some new stripes
and tiny pin spots in white on a dark
ground which are very effective.
The light -colored alpacas rather sug-
gestive of dust cloaks, but those in dark
navy and brown are charming There
never was more useful trimming than
coarse applique lace unless it be glace
strappings, both of which give touch Of
chic to the plainest of frocks.
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help in fitting, an amateur may put them
together. These robes afford the hand
soonest materials for summer gowns, and
as the higher-priced ones are not duplicat-
ed there is little chance of seeing your bit
terest enemy or your blanchisseuse appear
in a garment which is all but replica OF
your own.
The fancy tucked and plated muslins in
tended for yokeS and sleeves of wash
dresses are so dainty and withal SO cheap
that the making of a gown is almost a
pleasure. Lace and embroidered insertions
and inlet motifs enrich the prepared trim
mings, while lace trimmed frills in white
stuffs are so inexpensive and dainty that
the home dressmaker is not required to tax
either skill or patience
MuslinS, lawns and even silks adorned
with medallionS are considered very modish.
Lace Gallons applied between the bands
of plating or drawn, above and beneath
them. through apertures in the silk are odd
features of summer dressmaking. Bands of
hand worked embroidery are suitable for
gowns of linen or Of plain material. For
shirt waists, embroidered turnovers, cuffs
bands and belts are correct"
CATHERINE TALBOT.
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A NEW LONDON.
Changes Five Years Will Bring in tho
British Metropolis.
From the London Express.

From the London Express.
In another five years London will not
know itself. Mr.. Yerkes' great scheme for
the unifcation Of system OF cheap and
rapid transit will introduce new conditions
of life in the metropolis of the British en-
pire. A journey across London Will no
longer occupy greater time than il takes
man TO travel from London 10 the Midlands.
The curfew viii not sound half an hour
after midnight. and all lights go out and
all means of cheap locOmotion cease until
dawn. That antiQuated vehicle. the omni-
bus. We know il today. viii be rslesated.
and rightly relegated. to a place in The
South Kensington Museum beside Pulling
Billy" London VIII assume an air of
modernity. Ii will have done with mtdiae-
val things. and Will hustle and hustle with
the consciousness that it really is living in
the twentieth century.
Parliament has TO be apprOa ched in order
TO enable Mr. Yerkes to link together the
different systems which he has under his
control, but parliament is not likely 10
prove anything but sympathetic in This re-
spect if the conditions under which 1t is
proposed to work the new lines be laid be-
fore it. Electric railways promise 10 solve
to very great extent the great and Diff
cult housing problem. The success achieved
by the Central London railway, which car
ried last year over its six miles OF line more
than 100000 passengers. is eloquent proof
that the pOpulace of London is no more
ayerse from a quick SystC m OF lOcpmotiOn
than the Invest city in the United States.
It is not difficult to realize the immense
relief to the traffic Of LOndons streets
which these new railways will afford. They
will affect not only the omnibus, but also
the cab. many who now use the latter
will go by tube" simply to save time. And
indirectly We may anticipate the departure
of the horse. To compete with electric
trains in the bowels of the earth there must
be electric motors on the surface. We no
tice that on the stock exchange yesterday.
as reported in our Market gossip" there
was grumbling at the American control Of
this big tube financial scheme. The
grumbing is more natural than reasonable.
London has been waiting for years for some
sit
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Cheap Foreign Newspapers.
From the London ehrpnlcie. -

From the London ChrnAicie. ~
1t remains to be. seen whether Paris will
appreciate it's new newspaper-La Journee-
which is published at a farthing. great
difficulty is that no French coin exists of
the value Of. a farthing, hence the sub
scribers have, to. pay sou, and cut off
marked corner, numbers Of which can be
cssked at the newspaper offices. In this
with the public Great hopes were enter
tanned when 'the Penny Week Country
Daily Newspaper was published, in July,
1873. The. page was twelve inches by eight !
consisted tof t.three,icolunns, and a weeks
supply of spapess, wasnsaid. to contain mat.
ter equal to thirty columns of the Times
AS its title implies a penny covered the;
weeks substitution. but "a farthing was
September its name was altered to the
Sun; butst just fingered for time, and was
never pronounced success.
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that mahogany may be made with one
pint of boiled oil. gill and a half of tur-
pentine, three tablespoonful of burnt
sienna Increasing or decreasing the guam
tity, according to the shade preferre1),
three tablespoonful of whiting half a
tablespoonful of yellow ocher, half table
spoonful of bismarck brown and half a
tablespoonful of aniline black, all mixed to-
gether. This stain should be tested on a
board before it is applied to the floor. Purnt
lumber will impart oak or walnut stain and
burnt sienna cherry OF mahogany. Cheap
stains may be made by adding these coiors
to stale beer or ale, stirring them TO form
a thick liquid paint. The same colors may
also be dissolved in water. They arc put
on the floor with paint brush. After the
color has dried into the wood cover it with
coat of shellac varnish. OiIcloths and
linoleums that are somewhat worn may be
given new lease of life by coating them
with this yarnish. FLORENCE
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give a fullness to the lower part of the
skirt while the stitched fitting above allows
the cloth to be very accurately nodded to
the figure.
Soft Fabrics.
Tucks and lace motifs combined to make
a chaile robe in~ deep cream and rose a
thing of beauty, il not joy forever. Tucks
formed all but the extreme lower part Of
the skirt, where the lace was laid In becom-
ing appliques. A deep corselet of the heavy
lace and a yoke and cuffs supplied rich
ness which made it eminently proper for
wear at the most fashionable garden
parties novel touch appeared in the use
of a satin ribbon draped from a paste
buckle near the throat and brought down
the left side of the waist to the girdle
where a second clasp held it in place and
allowed two long steamers to trail over
the skirt.
Mercerized fabrics are much worn this
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PARIS May "A, 1902.
The fashions show no very great de-
parture in originality. At the races, where
the couturieres exploit their new modes.
very little of note has been displayed, Short
plated mantelettes add novelty to some
smart outdoor costumes. These garments
are becoming to few figures and are, there
fore. in no danger of being generally
adopted
The sO-called short skirts are longer
than they have been; the preferred length
seems to be one that will just escape the
ground. For fashionable functions and for
afternoon wear long trailing skirts are
generally accepted as the only correct
foIm. Costumes de trotteur must be alb
soIutey harmonious in every detail. with
short skirt and coat. linen collar and man
nish cravat, stout gloves and sensible
walking boots. The hat should be a sim
pie morning affair adorned with a quill
or a ribbon French taste regulates any
thing suggesting incOngruty, and as
Partisan women wear the walking costume
ii has many pleasing elements.
Simple wash gowns for country wear are
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swept very carefully some unsifted corn
meal was cast evenly over it. A long-han-
died mop was then dipped into hot water
and, after being wrung dry, was rubbed
over each breadth of the mating. Clean
water was used for each section, and the
mop was always drawn lengthwise down
the breadths. When the mating dried and
the cornmeal was brushed from its sur
face, IL was fresh and clean.
Old and discarded rugs were gathered to
cover the improvised sitting room on the
porch. Some o. these were carefully
cleansed with soap-tree bark and warm
bought at the drug store, was dissolved in
a pailful of water as hot as the hand could
stand. A pailful of clear water was used
with the pailful of solution of bark A clean
rag was dipped into the bark and rubbed
over the surface of the rug and then alter
mated with rag wrung out of the clear
water. When this system of rubbing had
removed the dirt, the rug was hung out
on the line to dry before it was bound and
mended- Household ammonia dissolved in
warm water may be used instead of soap
tree bark.
Marble Whitening.
The marble floor in ths vestibule received
its half-yearly whitening. Laid on the
marble and left there over night, to oe
washed off with soap and water in the
morning, was the following mixture: Eleven
pounds of soda, two pounds of whiting, two
ounces of potash and quarter of a pound
of yellow soap. The soap and soda must be
boiled together and the whiting and potash
added. -
The floor of the porch was given fresh
coat of stain. Oak was the shade selected,
and it was initiated with a mixture of a
pint of boiled linseed oil, a gill and a half
of turpentine, three tablespoonfuls of raw
lumber and three tablespoonfuls of whiting
By increasing or decreasing the quantity Of
lumber the shade may be made light or
dark The stain is rubbed well into the
wood, and after a day two the floor is
polished with a soft wooden CLOTH and
coat of shellac varnish is added. Home
made shellac varnish may be prepared
in a pint bottle with good naphtha (wood
spirits. This is highly infiammable and
must be kept corked and away from light
fire. The spirits eVaporate rapidly.
Twenfy-four hours should be allowed the
varnish for hardening. -
Hygienic Reasons.
Besides these floors, even the concrete in
the cellar was given a cleaning. This was
not alone to improve its appearance, but
for hygienic reasons. 1t is not much use to
scrub concrete, but two ounces OF chloride
of lime dissolved in bucket of water
cleanses it admirably. The solution is
poured over the concrete. left there for an
hour and then scrubbed with hot soda
water. A broom must be used for scrub
bling and the water removed with a mop.
The latter may be improvised by tying a
cotton rag to the end of an old broom
handle.
For the benefit of those who like to pre-
pare their own floor stains it may be added
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Only a GirPs Purse.
From the Plttsburg Dispatch.

tue fItISDurg DlSpatch.
Poems and stories used to be written
about the infinite variety of articles to be
found in boys pocket. Girls do not have
pockets-so much the worse for them-but
the things they stow away in their pocket
books would put boy to the blush A
girl emptied her purse the other day. 81
have TO clean it out" she explained, "ev-
cry once in while, just as I do my bu-
reau drawers" These are some Of the
things that were in 1t: Two 81 bills, a so
cent piece. two quarters, a scent piece
leado and ten pennies; a lucky" Italian
coin, japanese pocket piece" two re-
ceipts, three bills, a parlor car check, four
street railway transfers, five mutiiated
stamps, pencil stub, matinee coupon,
three keys, newspaper clippings and q
cleaners check for gloves That was not
at all an unusual case. Almost any girl
can match it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
Her Shrimp Salad.
from the New York Times

From the New York Times.
A very young and very inexperienced ma
tron-a weli-known society woman of this
borough-recently undertook to assume the
entire management even to the smallest
detail. of her household affairs, and her d.
rections to the servants are conveyed to
them In writing. A few days ago, wishing
to have some dainty dish for luncheon she
thought a nice shrimp salad would be the
thing. and accordingly wrote har ihstruc-
lions to the cook to prepare the salad and
for the purpose to order from the market
man lone small shrimp The story leaked
out, and II will be many days before she
will be able to look into the eyes of any
Of her friends without seeing the small
shrimp twinkling therein.
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A serenade.

From .he Philadelphia Press.
Oh, lady wake, the azure moon
Is ripping In the yerdant skies.
The owl Is warbling his soft tune,
Awaiting but thy snowy eyes.
The JOYS of future yeArs are past
Tomorrow.s hopes have fed away;
Still let Dis love, and cen at last
We sfan be happy yesterday.
The eaIly beam OF rosy night
Drives OF the ebon morn afar,
While through the nurmur Of the light
The huutsman winds his mad guitar.
Then, lady wake. my brigantine
Pants. neighs and Frances to be free;
TIL the creation l am thine:
To some rich desert ny with ne.
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season They are not only stylish in ap-
pearance but wash nicely and wear well. A
number of novelty fabrics in higher priced
goods almost equal to silk in appear
ance.
Robes adorned with appliqued or embroid-
cred designs are sold at some of the great
dry goods shops The parts of the dress
are clearly indicated, so that with a little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
An Improvement.

From Puck.
Want to buy a secondhand auto that's
only been used a week."
Good as new"
"Better-everything breakable about Il
has broker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

He-"It isn't always safe to judge by ap-
pearances, you know"
She-"Quite true. / once knew young
man who wore a yachting cap and who
really owned a boat."-Chicago News.
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extending about the lower part of the skirt.
The upper frill was put in a scalloped ar
rangement upon the shaped founce that
fell from the quadruple lines of the en-
broidery. This costume was to be worn
over slip of cream tinted silk. A pretty
way to trim linen gown is to use tucks.
Linens may be had in any color, but the
various brownish shades, such as ecru, ca fe
and cafe au lait, are preferred. For making
up an ecru linen let me recommend the de-
sign confioed to me by famous modiste on
the Avenue de 1Opera. The yoke and up
per half of the sleeves of this model were
of linen laid in narrow plaits. About the
decolletage a draping of ecru linen en-
brOidery was fixed, and bands of embroid-
cry finished the sleeves where the plaits
ended. Underneath a fullness of linen was
inserted, forming a puff a the wrist where
it was skilifully fastened by an embroid-
cred cuff. The bodice was boused and
pointed in front and encircled by a narrow
embroidered girdle. The skirt was laid in
bands of plating, half a dozen to a group
Each plated section was separated by an
equal plain portion of the cloth. A shaped
hounce headed by a band of embroidery
was finished with border of three narrow
1ounces
Plain and Powered.
Plain fabrics are united with Powered
ones. A charming figured batiste was COM
bned with plain material, the latter util-
lied in the making of. plated yoke and
founce decorations. Batiste edged with
lace draped the shoulders in the graceful
fichu fashion so much in vogue on light
gowns. The drapery about the shoulders
fell over the upper part of the arm, where
the sleeves were plated.
Fashionable afternoon frocks of foulard
silks are invariably trimmed with lace
They are more simply made than ever
but are none the less elegant Shaped
founces brought over the shoulders to the
waist neatly set off the bodice of a foulard
silk 1t is the method followed by a pretty
woman of slender figure who has just or
dered frock of cream and delft blue silk.
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Cleaning Mating.

On the servants bed room was laid some
mating discarded from another apartment.
When secured on the floor. 1t was cleaned
as follows: After the mating had been
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-04-02
PRISONER
In Bakery Wagon When Train
Rolled II Over and Over.

Springfield, O., April 2,-B. c. Fin
frock, driver of bakery wagon had
thrilling escape at the Big Four
crossing on Center st. He was driv-
Ing rapidly south when train No. 10,
due here Mt $40 am. from the South,
struck his horse and dragged II about
100 feet The wagon turned com
pletely over several times before II he,
came separated from the animal. Fin.
frock was practically II prisoner in
II OH account of the glass doors, but he
escaped with slight cut on the right
arm The horse was killed. the end OF
one of the shafts passing through It,
Jchn Frock, an eye witness, says the
accident was caused by the horse stop,
ping on the track.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-04-02
MINERS OUT.
Ten Thousand Men Laid
Picks Down
And as Many More Railroad Men
are Also Idle.

Altoona, Pa, April 2.-After mass
meetings of the Rochester Il Pittsburg
Coal a. Iron Co.'S miners We're held at
Punxsutawney and Sykesville yester-
day the threatened strike was formal
ly declared. 1t involves 10000 miners
and Will have the effect Of curtailing
the employment of nearly as many
more railroad men employed by the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Rail
road Co., whose freight traffic will he
nearly paralyzcd in consequence Of
the strike.
Not a mine worker employed by the
Rochester n Pittsburg Co. viii be at
work today except the bumpers and
track layers, 1t being agreed to keep
these men ut work to protect the
mines. 1t was decided by vote,
however. that II General Manager l..
w. Robinson should attempt to cvict
the strikers from their homes, many
OF which are owned by the company,
the bumpers and track layers will also
he called out and the mines allowed
to flood.
II was also decided that any over.
lures for II settlement must come from
Robinson, Any attempt to import
other miners will he resisted The
strikers have assurance of support
from the district and national treasur.
les OF the United Mine Workers OF
America.
The strike Is ordered not for an al.
vance in wages, but because Lucieu
w. Robinson. general manager of the
Rochester 4 Plttsbrg Coal & Iron Co
has refused to sign the agreement OF
the miners ana operators conference
ut Altoona last week. The agreement
M that conference was the same as
during the last year, except thnt in the
mines along the Buffalo Rocheste,
n Pittshurg lpilroad, all OF which nre
managed by Mr.. Robinson, the miner.
were granted their demand to have
mules haul the cars out instead OF
pushing them, as Is the case In thu
mines of thin veins,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-04-02
Want the Say as to
Franchises.
Interest in the Chicago
Election
Was on the Referendum Principle
And II Won.

Chicago. April 2.-The referendum
principle, carrying with it the posi-
bility of municipal ownership of pub
lie utilities within few years, won
a pronounced victory Tuesday in the
city election. The issue was the most
prominent in the campaign from the
popular point of view, and the result
shows that the voters have been doing
some deep thinking on the subject.
1t Is doubly significant because of the
fact that the newspapers of tile city
with one exception bent all their cncr-
gies toward the defeat of "Bathhouse
john Coughlin, Blind Billy Kent
and other statesmen of unsavOry rep
utation, almost ignoring the referen-
dun issue. Coughlin and Kent retain
their seats i'm the Council, but the pow
pr of any one or two aldermen to much
harm to public interests In the matter
of the disposal Of franchises has been
lessened by the majority III favor of
SLOWING the people to have the last
hay on these transactions.
The vote for the referendum Of
street railway franchise legislation was
124,504 for, to 25.9S7 against; in the
case of city lighting franchises 124 100
for, to 10000 against.
The deep interest in the subject aris-
rs from the fact that the street rail
way franchises In Chicago all expire
within the next two years, and extra
ordinary efforts are being made by the
corporations to secure continuation
pf their rights to use the streets at q
minimum of compensation for the city.
Mayor Harrison, who was elected on
platform OF short term franchises,
with adequate compensation, has done
much to defeat the companies efforts
TO secure the passage of advantageous
ordinances by the Council, and his
hand Is much strengthened by the re-
yult of today's balloting.
Next In Importance to the rcfcrend-
um issue was the proposition to abol-
ish the township form of government
In the city. Heretofore the city has
been divided into lnree distinct sec
tions or towns the north, south and
west--each with its own set of officers
for the assessing and collecting of
taxes. All reported to the city govern
ment proper and We're noniinally under
its control, but the relations between
the several divisions have been chnrnc-
terzed by much friction, which has
greatly hampered the city government
and intcrfercd with its efficiency.
As n result of Tuesdays balloting
this system is done away with, ana
hereafter there viii he hut one set OF
officers. who will have IN their charge
ull the affairs of the city The vote
was 5T,U0S for TO DiS3 against.