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The whole outfit is then puttied about
the edges and placed on a strong table.
1t makes a satisfactory aquarium.
Don't scold the children for bringing
home litter and trash as SO many
mothers have an unfortunate fashion
of doing. Rather commend their OBJ
servation by helping them to arrange
and classify the treasures. Extend to
them sympathy and Encouragement
even if it means the giving up of time
one would prefer to spend in doing
something for oneself.
A sand heap in the play room is a
source of endless joy and gives the chill
dren an all the year round taste of the
seashore. The best way of disposing of
the sand is to buy one of the little ia
bles which come especially for the pur-
pose They are gayly colored stands
with the rims raised several inches and
lined with zinc. The table is so low
that child may sit in a little chair
and work comfortably. An easy way of
improvising sand table is to cut down
the edges of a wooden box and place
it upon bench. When the sand is wet
it may be nodded into all kinds of
shapes. The kindergarten children
make lovely little gardens out of the
sand and plant flowers and trees in
them. School children often make an
entire geography lesson in the sand,
and when mountain, coast or mark
ings for a river have been made in this
way it is likely to be remembered.
If the play room is large enough
there might be a sand corner there in
the winter. This corner will require a
tight board wall to separate it from the
rest of the room, and the children must
be taught not to scatter the sand
I or To- 1.1S,1 ~,
alls of denim and armed with spade and
pail, the sand pile will keep the little
ones happy and quiet for hours.
| Plants play an important part in the
play room, and in the spring the differ
ent seeds should be planted in a win
dow box, to be cared for by the chill
dren.
The play room naturally suggests the
, childs bedchamber which under favor
able circumstances adjoins the play
room. The daintiest manner of treat
ing this sleeping room is to hang the
walls with a French pink satin striped
paper and cover the floor with pretty
rug of shaded pinks. The woodwork,
the exquisite dressing table and the
tiny chiffonier and chairs are all coy
cred with white enamel The brass
single bed has a coverlet and a bolster
roll of pink silk under a Marie An
toinette spread OF lace. One of the new
enameled washstands holds a perfectly
[ plain pink china toilet set Point
d'esprit sash curtains and long dra-
peries of pink art silk complete an
ideal sleeping room. Every child cam
not have sleeping room of this elab-
crate kind, but the divine right of all
children is a play room of some descrip-
ton, and the one outlined will be found
a good investment which will be APP
preciated by the little ones.
FLORENCE WHEREBY.
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elaboration to simplicity at one bound.
The change will be gradual, happy
compromise, a modification of the
-leeve and a general tendency to closer
lines.
Paquin is celebrated for the tailor
gown and invests it with a daintiness
without a rival in4the history of dress.
A red cloth froeks of shis-and we must
all accept the red costume, as it is here
to stay-with just a suspicion of erTnine
and red velvet trimming is delightful.
a chic costume built along tailor
lines is a brown, zibeline, the skirt made
in three fitted fiounees and worn with
a modification of the old Newmarket
coat. The basque of the coat is cut
with the very slightest fullness and fits
to perfection over the hips, while all
the seams are strapped with CLOTH
Large brown velvet buttons ornament
the front lapels,s and the turned down
collar is of velvet simply outlined with
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findings is a piece of furniture every
well equipped play room needs.
Boys who have even a very elemen-
tary knowledge of carpentry may put
together an extremely presentable cab
met. If their skill does not run in the
manual training line carpenter will
make a specimen cabinet for a song.
Encourage children in their walks and
excursions to observe closely their sur
roundings and to bring home souvenirs
and objects of interest for their col
lections-stones, shells and deserted
birds nests for the cabinet, flowers and
leaves for the scrap album. Minnows
and water plants may find a suitable
home in the aquarium.
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RURRY POWDER-A simple rec
ipe for making curry powder is to
mix together three ounces of tur-
meric, three ounces of coriander seed,
one ounce of ground ginger, one ounce
of white peppercorns, one ounce of
ground mustard, half an ounce of ALL
spice, half an ounce of cardamoms, a
quarter of an ounce of cumin seed. Stir
all well together and place in a cool
oven for three hours. Cover and set
aside until the rext day; then pound all
together; sift and pound again until the
whole is reduced to a smooth powder;
then put away in closely stoppered bot
ties, or, if corks are used, they must
be rendered alright by being well COW
cred with resin.
Bean Soup.-Soak one quart of black
beans all night; then boil in one gallon
of water or stock until they are quite
soft Strain off the liquor and rub the
beans through a colander. Return the
pulp and liquor to the saucepan. add one
large or two small onions, peeled, a small
bunch of sweet herbs and parsley and
simmer for half an hour stirring often
to prevent it burning. Take away the
herbs and onion, add one tablespoonful
of butter, salt and pepper to taste four
hard boiled eggs cut into quarters, q
sliced lemon and let it boil up. Add
half a wineglassful of sherry the last
thing before serving. This soup is Of
ten called vegetarian mock turtle and
is an excellent imitation of that soup.
Ginger Snaps.-These easily made lit
tie dainties viii be appreciated now the
cold weather is approaching Cream
together one cupful of butter and one
cupful of sugar; add alternately one
well beaten egg, one tablespoonful of
ground ginger-if liked other spices
may be added-and a cupful of sugar
mixed with a teaspoonfu1 of sifted bak-
ing soda Stir in sufficient -four to mir
it to fairly firm dough. roll it out very
thin and bake in a moderate oven.
Uncooked Tomato Catchup. = Scald
and skin half a peck of tomatoes. re-
move the seeds, drain and chop the to
matoes finely. Remove the veins ana
seeds from two red peppers and chon
them fine. Crate two roots of horse
radish. Mix together three quarters ~
cupfuI of sugar, one Tablespoonful ~
black pepper. one teaspoonful each ~
ground cinnamon, mace and cloves. one.
tablespoonful of salt, one ounce of cal-
cry seed and one scant cupful of white
mustard seed Stir gradually into THE
one quart of cider vinegar. add the nra~
pared horseradish. peppers and tonna-
toes and bottle at once.
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tive contours with fuIlness of material,
with laces and trimmings, but it is the
tailor who can make figure. This
is the secret of the success of the severe
tailor gown, which is becoming alike to
the slender, medium or stout woman.
The first woman the tailor beauties,
the second he does justice to and the
third he controls. Far be it from me
to depreciate the destinations of soft
silks, lace and more redundant lines
I would merely keep the elaborate and
luxurious dressing for the social func-
ton and home and the tailor made for
morning walks, shopping and travelling.
Like the processes of nature. sar-
torial revolution does not take place in
a moment, and we win not step from
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"a EFORE saying anything about
x the arrangement of a children's
play room let us be sure that
they have one. In many homes
one too often finds a we'll ap-
pointed, carefully furnished guest room.
which is probably not used more than
twice a year and the rest of the time
only entered by the maid for the regu-
lar cleaning and busting, but no apart
ment especially devoted to the chill
dren's needs. In such a home the poor
little tots are obliged to crowd their
playthings into a stray closet or box
or, worse still, have no toys at ALL as
there is no place to keep them. Such
unlucky little ones weary themselves
and their mothers wondering where to
play and what to play with.
1t would be much better to put the
occasional visitor into a small even a
not too we'll lighted, apartment than to
coop the children up in such a place
for the greater part of the year.
If one decides to give the children a
play room the next step is to make it as
attractive as possible. The ideal chill
dren's indoor playground is a large.
sunny square room, preferably on the
top floor. Whatever it's location,
bright, sunny exposure is an absolute
necessity.
The mother of today who has nurs-
cry to furnish and does not have to
count the cost too closely has a pleasant
task before her. This is the children's
century, and nothing that can add to
their comfort, amusement or conven-
fence has been overlooked by designers
and inventors.
The walls of the play room should be
covered with a light pretty paper of
some kind. The Kate Greenaway de-
signs. with Mother Goose people run
ming riot over the four walls and a
generous supply of rhymes as well, are
always dainty. Or fairy tales may be
represented, such as 1.-The Sleeping
Beauty Red Riding Hood" and other
popular personages of story land. Many
mothers consider plain cartridge COW
ering in some soft green or gray shade
more restful than the pictured papers.
But if the solid paper is used plenty of
pictures suitable to childhood should
adorn the walls.
Buy a piece of oardboard-gray or
green-sueh as is used for picture
mounts. With a knife cut this board
into three strips; each one will be
nearly a foot wide. On these mounts
let the children arrange pictures they
have cut from masazres. With a
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- ARTS, Nov PA picturesque
sight and one hardly likely to be
seen outside of Paris was the
walking competition of the
"Midinettes,,' swhichsis the name
given to the dressmaking girls and mil
liners who work in the ateliers of the
great dressmaking estab lishments. Over
a thousand of these girls met last Sun
day in the gardens of the Tuileries.
the place selected as a rendezvous for
the contestants, who were to walk to
Nanterres in a given time. The scene
was truly Partisan when all these
laughing, chattering sewing girls came
together attired in almost every. color
of the rainbow, and all more or less
pretty to look at For hours the ex-
cited crowd had been collecting to see
the start, and M Paul Rousseau. the
director, had some difficulty in keeping
order among the lively, high spirited
competitors and in clearing a space for
the walkers. At last they were off,
headed by a marvellous procession of
automobiles, cabs and cycles. The
flushed faces, set teeth and determined
to win the prize expression on the girls
faces called forth many cheers from
the enthusiastic spectators.
These girls are most important
body in the sartorial world, and many
of the celebrated modistes have risen
from the ranks of the ''Midinettes.''
An original design for a sleeve, a
trimming cunningly devised has placed
the clever originator in the line of pro-
motion, and her natural ingenuity has
done the rest.
One often hears the question asked
How are fashions evolved?" In Paris
the famous couturieres create fashions
of their own. A certain artists fancy
may be taken with beautiful bit of
old world brocade, and before he finds
a suitable model he searches far and
wide for a bit of embroidery or lace in
keeping with the fabric. For some time
past Worth and Felix have been re-
turning to the Marie Antoinette era,
and whenever fashions become partic-
ularly magnificent we may expect to
see reproductions of the modes of 1715
to 1889. But in the ateliers of the best
artists there is no wild exaggeration.
Indeed, the fact that a model has been
seen at Worth's is the signal for the
smaller fry of dressmakers to rush
| headlong into imitation and to out
Herod Herod in their zeal. The king of
couturieres would not recognize some
of the so called copies of his models.
AS a matter of fact, none of the best
| designers adhere slavishly to one style,
OUT Ln1nSle S0VeFdl IIlOueS III the cred
ton of a frock or cloak. The high au-
thorities are very firm in suiting a
certain style to the individual and in
this way are beyond the reach of the
| imitators. .-,
Sunday also saw the close of the .au-
tumn racing season at Chantilly. Ow-
ing to the springlike temperature the
smartest clothes were worn by the wo-
men present. Especially evident was
the popularity of the tailor made gown
at this race meet. 1t has been said
that simplicity is the final refuge of
the complex and to prove it here we
are while passing through a phase of
unprecedented luxury and elaboration
of dress gradually coming back to. tai
| Tor made simplicity. rl+e II.
The dressmaker may fill up ,defec-
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low benches on which to sit. Along the
walls there are lots of low, broad
shelves, and if there be more than one
child to share the room each little oc-
cupant will feel very important if he
have a locker all to himself. Barring
this. he may at least have shelf or set
of shelves on which to keep his per-
sonal belongings.
If children have. a place to put their
things and are required to manage
them in an orderly fashion it engenders
respect for their own possessions and
for those of others.
Children who are old enough to go to
school delight in making collections,
and a cabinet in which to keep these
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in miniature. Besides being appropri-
ate, it has a pleasant kindergarten
fashion of inducing neatness and love
of order, as the tiny owner is able to
reach her belongings and keep them
tidy without the assistance of mother.
There must be in the play room long,
low table where the children can paste,
cut, sew, model or perform any other
work that comes into their play. OF
course there should be little chairs or
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bright ribbon threaded through for
hanging. they will make a most attrac-
tive wall decoration.
Cork carpet is the very best floor COW
ering, as it may be washed when nee
essary. Do not have the windows
smothered in curtains, but let all the
light into the room. Dainty little sash
curtains of dotted muslin or fine white
cheese cloth divided in the middle and
simply finished with wide hem are
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ed in silk is the only waist adornment.
Everybody here in Paris is wearing
the close pointed zibeline hat One of
the most attractive I have seen was in
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all the dressing up the windows re-
quire.
Furniture made especially for chill
dren's use should be placed in the play
room. The small boy and girl no longer
run the risk of breaking their bones by
climbing on top of tall furniture for a
coveted possession. All the furniture
for play room purposes has grown short
and broad. resembling the mission style
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THE NEW FUR vISITE.

dark violet The trimming consisted of
five punches of violets and a line of
cerise velvet just peeping above the
brim. CATHERINE TALBOT.
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~ ARTS, Nov IA picturesque
. sight and one hardly likely to be
seen outside of Paris was the
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RALPH BULLOCK,
Brooklyn, n. Y.


ion Stimulates and enrches blood nvgoracs ra ud
the system against all disease germs and pr
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shoot you" The prisoner said he was
going down stairs and if any one said
anything to him he was going to fill the
office full of balls, and seemed to be
angry with the deceased. The deceased
Immediately after the first shooting ac-
companied two guests to their rooms, and
while he was up stairs the prisoner shot
a number of balls in the wall. Deceased
attempted to borrow pistol from the
guests, and said, Il will go down stairs
and see if l can't quiet those boys. and
soon thereafter the deceased went out af-
ter a policeman who came back with him,
and the policeman had a conversation
with the prisoner and advised him to go
to bed which the prisoner promised to
do: that about one hour elapsed between
the first and second shooting, and in
this interval the prisoner in the absence
of the deceased abused him and called
him a vile name; and after the shooting
he said to the policeman that was a
damned good shot with my left hand"
Held that the language used by the
prisoner to the deceased when advancing
upon him, to-wit, 81 am going to have
you turned off in the morning was not
explanatory of his intention, and did not
show that his purpose was not to kill
the deceased.
The declaration of the prisoner after
firing the first shot that he shot to
scare" the deceased, was not evidence
that he did not intend to kill him, and
was not evidence in mitigation or as to
the intention of the prisoner to kill the
deceased.
Fourteen veniremen were stood aside
by the State When all the veniremen
had been exhausted, the PRISONS coun-
sci moved that the jurors who had been
stood aside should be called in the order
in which they had been stood aside. The
court refused the motion and ordered the
names to be returned to the hat and
drawn again; held no error, as it could
not possibly injure the prisoner.
1t was competent for the State to
prove that soon after the killing, the
prisoner said to the Officer, that was
damned good shot with my left hand as
it showed that the prisoner killed the
deceased and knew what he was doing
at the time.
1t was competent for the State to show
that the prisoner spoke as if he was
insulted," when in his room he asked if
he had not called the deceased vile
name.
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Supreme Court Digest.
reported by Jos. L. seawell.)

CReported by JOS L. Seawell)
RUSHING V. BIYENS. appellant. From
Union. New trial.
The penalty for usury is incurred only
by receiving usury and not by merely
charging it.
PASTERFIELD, appellant V. SAWYER.
From Pasquotank New trial.
To GUST the jurisdiction of justice of
the peace upon the ground that the ac-
tion involves title to real estate, such
fact must appear by proof in the case;
and where, in an action begun before a
justice of the peace to recover a deed for
real estate, the judge minated upon
allegation in the answer that the deed
was delivered to the defendant as an
escrow and the condition had not been
complied with, that there was no jurisdic-
ton; held error
STATE V. MARSH. appellant From
Union. Judgment arrested.
A motion in arrest of judgment Tor de-
feet in the indictment may be made first
IN the Supreme Court.
The absence of the words 'forcibly
and against her Will in an Indictment
for rape is a fatal defect. The word
"forcibly' may be supplied by 'feloni-
ously.' used in connection with "agains
her WILL, but the word against hel
Will are essential
WILLIAMS. appellant v. Commissioner,
of Iredell. No error.
1t is immaterial If the prayer for re-
lief is omitted in a complaint or if tn,
wrong relief is asked, as the court viii
give any relief which the facts alleged
and proved entitle the party to receive
The purchase tax due by a whskey
dealer should be charged upon the tota
price paid by him to the distiller; and il
such case the dealers claim that he
should be charged only upon the price
exclusive of the United States Revenu,
tax paid by the distiller, was properly
d.salowed
WRIGHT V. so. RAILWAY co, ap
pellant From Granville. New trial
The degree OF care required of an en-
gineer. when he sees a person on a trestl,
in front of his train, does not wholly ap
ply. under similar circumstances. to
section master in charge of a hand ear
The section master may act upon the
presumption that a woman walking on
trestle in front of his car is in possession
u 'iSi idCultieS, ana VIII Sttp iIou th'
track to place OF safety, if there is
such place in easy access, TO which Other
persons have been known to resort under
similar circumstances; and he owes hel
Eo duty until he has discovered by hel
conduct that she could not or did not
intend TO leave the track
railroad companies are entitled to the
iree use Of their property. unrestrained
oy individuals. and, except at public
crossings no one has the right to use a
railroad track for private purposes.
SHUTE V. DICKSON COTTON MILLS
appellant From Union. New trial.
Where a contract for sale of brick was
for two thirds hard and one third soft
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The Rocky Noun. Primary.
(special TO News and Observer. }

Especial to News and Observer
Rocky Mount, n. c., April 25.-The
municipal primaries were held here yes
tsrday from the hours Of four until nine
y m The following nominations were
made which is equivalent to election:
For Mayor, w. L. Thorpe.
Commissioner LIST ward, j. G. Bras
Wa commissioner Hd ward, r. G,
Eestal commissioner Cd ward, f. NJ.
Draughan; commissioners 4th ward, T. T.
Thorne: commissioner 9Th ward, r. r.
Gay.
There was no contest except in the
fifth ward.
In the fourth ward where the whis-
key men had been disposed at one time
to make q contest, the temperance peo-
pie won out, their candidate receiving
the highest number OF votes cast for
any commissioner.
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ON TO BIRMINGHAM
The Seaboard Sells Six Mil
lions in Bonds for This
Purpose.

Baltimore, April 25.--It developed in
financial circles today that the Seaboard
81. 600. 900 of four per cent bonds for the
construction of it's extension to Brming-
ham, Ala. This syndicate was formerly
the New York banking house of Laden
burg Thalmann & Company. The syndi-
cate formed by this house includes sew
eral Baltimore capitalists and about one
sixth OF the underwriting was taken in
this city.
The bonds, which have been sold are
a first mortgage ON the Birmingham d.
vision. which the new line is called, and
are also direct obligation of the Sed-
board.
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School Commencement Dates.

Especial to News and Observer
whitsett. NC. April 25.-The annual
commencement of Whitsett Institute will
be held May 10th, 18th, 18th, 18th and
goth, 1903. An excellent program has been
prepared. superintendent of Education
j. Y. Joyner delivers the literary address
on the goth. On Sunday. the 18th, Rev.
F. E. Gillespie breaches the annual ser
mon.
Leesville. N. c.. April 25-The High
School commencement will occur here or
May the 2lst and 22nd. Governor Ay-
cock will deliver the annual address on
the latter date.
KNAPP of Reeds. N. c., April 25.-The
closing exercises of KNAPP of Reeds take
place on Wednesday and Thursday, April
goth and Goth.
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The most troublesome factors in rails
ing children are Coughs, Colds, Group
and Whooping Cough. Anyways Group
Syrup is the only safe and certain cure
for these ills. Try it and help baby to
pull through the spring months. 20
cents at Hicks.