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over several of these this year. Queen
Alexandra Of England, as well as her sis
ter, the doWager czarina Of Russia, has
always chung to the bonnet, a small, close
fitting little toque-beloved of royalty,
having been named for her during the
days when she was princess of Wales.
Doubtless her accession to the throne will
have its influence upon the current fash
ions, for Paris always likes to attribute
some Of fashions fads and fancies to
royalty, and the return Of the bonnet and
the coming vogue Of the small toque give
evidence that her personal taste in mat
tiers Of dress will have some weight. with
the dictators Of the modes Parisiennes.
These bonnets are Of the close fitting
variety, usually with a little point in front
and we'll cut out at the back, and are in
tended chiefly for middle-aged and elderly
ladies'. The new one all show the little
touch Of jet somewhere or other that
seems to be the keynote of this seasons
style-large hats, small hats, turbans,
toques and bonnets, none of them seem
to be considered complete until this one
little touch has been introduced. A wide
latitude, however in the matter of strings
is to be permitted. These may be mar
row or wide, as taste may dictate, and
they may be tied as Of old under the chin,
or left to hang carelessly around the
: shoulders, or drawn together and fast
ened with a brooch In front. Indeed, in
the matter of bonnet strings every wearer
may become a law unto herself and adj
just these In the manner best calculated
Ito set off her particular style Of beauty,
but strings they must be, else it Is not
the new bonnet.
But, after all, the real and chief novelty
lis in the small hat, the little toque made
preferably Of velvet, the tight and closely
fitted lines of. which. it will require an
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BOTANICAL STUDY AMONG WOMEN
Miss Elizabeth Fos Who Private Teacher
Station. ~

Interest in biological research seems
ever on the increase, and there was no
in the number Of enthusiastic
students at the Minnesota station on the
Pacific island this summer. About twenty
hve men and women, representing many
educational institutions, went west with
Professor Conway Mcmillan and Miss Jo-
sephine Tilden and spent happy and
profitable month hunting sea weed and
studying the. strange forms of plant life
which were all around them and enjoying
the informality Of camp life to the utmost
Miss Elizabeth Foss, who was at the
Minnesota station last summer, went to
Bermuda this season and was one Of the
group Of fifty students who divided their
days between wandering over the island
making collections and the labora tory
The Bermuda biological station offers
rare opportunities to the student of plant
or animal life, for the island teens with
strange growths, and the coral reefs which
stretch around it are overrun with sponges
and other specimens Of tropical sea life
1t was largely thru the efforts Of the
American consul that the Bermudans
formed an organization for the study of
the growths on their islands. Some of
the professors Of the New York university
became interested, and thru their en-
thusiastic reports the station became
known, to American students. This year
the work was directed by Professor Mark
of Harvard college, and among the work
ers In the laboratory were men and WON
en- from the far west, the south the north.
and any number from the eastern states
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Bermuda has been settled for so many
years that there is no element Of rough
ing II" in the daily life and the students
are comfortably housed in a hotel mid
way on the islands. Some Of the rooms are
set apart for iabora tory work and fitted
up with microscopes and various instru-
ments for the proper study and clasifi-
cation of the strange plants which are
brought in often by the yard.
The serious part of the work is in the
laboratory and the collecting is done by
merry groups who go off in wagonette
Or steam launch. Those who are more
especially interested in sea life almost live
IN their bathing suits and are always
ready to jump into the water for particu-
larly desirable bit.
Arbotanical student goes to the station
with trunks filled with tin cans and bot
ties In which such specimens as it is
deemed advisable to preserve are carefully
sealed for future study. 800
Miss Foss brought home MANY lars
filled with plants for the use of her pupils.
Her work is in private classes and her
pupils are mostly women, many of them
m1ddle-aged, who have been interested in
plants all their life and welcome the OPP
portunity of at last obtaining some scien-
t1hc information in regard to the flowers
they love so well. The microscope is
freely used and some Of the pleasantest
days IN the spring and summer are spent
by the teacher and the pupil in the coun-
try studying and observing the common
plants about them
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the courthouse. They're used to it an
I'm not, an I dunnoW but there's things
I do t they couldn't 'thout shakin' a
little.
Billie was. jes' as excited as I was.
It's jes' circus, Miss Larson says he,
a-dancin up an down on my toes; but
where's the clown an the el'phants?' says
he. An If he thought it was a circus
when he saw the procession, he was jes'
sure it was somethin' out Of the ordinary
the day we went to the kings stables.
Seems If there were horses for everybody,
from the king to the stable boy, an as
for carriages, well, if the man It showed
us roun' hadn't expected US to be Surprised
I'd have acted more impressed; but when
he looked at me like there wasn't any
! thin in 'Merica so good as In Bingham
I jes made up my min to act like the
| Minneapolis stables was full of jes' las
fine.
You never heard Of anythin' like this,
| says he, a-pointin' to the gold coach t
| the king don't use more'n once year.
| g Yes, we have says Billie, says he,
an was glad t he was so well informed,
| there was Cind'rella's, Miss Larson says
| he. An 1t certainly did seem like it be-
! longed more5in fairy story than rumbling
| over cobble stones.
1.-THE guide didn't seem to know much
bout Cinderella an he went on talkir'
as guides do,ss astfn us il we saw him In
| the procession jes as If we'd look at an
outrider when king was goin' by Some
/ other folks might do that, but ,Mericans
/ al'ys take the bigges' frs, seems If. He
toP US a lot. of things bout the horses
! an took us into the ridin, hall where the
horses an the drivers practice for pro-
cessions. knew t actors had to have re-
hearsals, but never Supposed t a kings
parade was all practiced for beforehand
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PATTERN OF AMY RoRsARr's QUILT
has almost driven the old fashioned in
grained cottons out of the field.
Silks-Embroidery or bobbin silk, mostly
used for fine work. ... ..-.
Purse Silk-A tightly twisted silk used
for ecclesiastical work s.....,.t 49,. II.
Raw or Spun Snk--A cream colored,
soft. UNFINISHED silk. @ IT, e
FiloseIIe-A pure silk (the best quality.
1t is inferior in quality to bobbin silk
nevertheless 1t can be used for many pur-
poses where silk or satin grounds are
employed 1t Is better to work with the
best silk. 81
Tussora-A wild silk Of India. Can be
produced for less than half the price Of the
cultivated silk Of ITALY, China and Japan.
Flo Floss-Is much used in embroidery
at the present time. 1t has a beautiful
gloss and. takes the dye we'll.
Gold Threads.
There is a good deal Of Japanese gold
thread used both in ecclesiastical and do
nestle work at the present time. The
great advantage is that it does not tar
nish, while the so called real gold thread
does discolor. Where silk embroidery
needs a gold outline the Japanese gold
thread answers that purpose well. When
the best gold thread is desired the follow
ing list may be Of some assistance:
Passing-A bright, smooth thread. "
Tambour-Dull. &C. --.7..s..s-- p.
Rough "Purl-Like passing but still
fine. e
Smooth Purl-Bright.
Pearl Purl-In effect like small beads
strung together. -.
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FORECAST OF FASHIONS

English Veivets viii Be Used In Street
Suits and Evening Gowns-Made Birds
More Popular--Moleskns the New
Popular Fur.
For some time, since early midsummer
the fashion makers have been busy with plans
for winter styles. In a talk with the editor
of prominent trade paper the following
facts were ELECTED:
ITO begin with materials. The English
velvets as they are called really the best
grades OF velveteens and zibelines, are the
| leading fabrics for the winter. All women
find velvet becoming and now that velveteens
| larly-and with much improved finish and
beauty, they are having fresh life.
beautiful dinner gown OF white velveteen
home from Paris. " The skirt is perfectly
plain, of the new. full cut, an entrain of
course. The decollete bodice has a corsage
lettes on gauze,. the sparkling ornaments
| falling over the short puffed sleeve OF chiffon
| and trailing down the front to the waist line.
A scarf belt of chiffon with long ends to the
| "Curduroys are included in this popular
ity. White corduroys have been much used
this summer me- at the French and English
will the zibeline or long hair finish do
away with smooth cloths? Not entirely.
Broadcloths must always be we'll regarded.
tune and wants that one suitable for many
occasions chooses a good broadcloth and
makes no mistake.
| "The fall and winter street suits will be
1 made with skirts of instep length and the
| long fitted coat. This coat in various adap-
| tatons will be the prevailing model for
| street and carriage costumes. Its skirt
| grows longer, quite to the knee indeed and
below 1t for dress wear. These are the de-
yelopments of the present seasons fashion.
| We do not have nowadays the radical
changes that used to be considered neces-
sary.
| 1.-THE return of the fitted bodice is her
! aided Women have been trying to get rid of
! the pouch effect in bodices and coats for some
time, and the autumn and winter models show
1 that they are succeeding. The Kitchener coat
| has a very slight fitness, not more than
| enough to allow for the bodice beneath.
| Skirts are to be worn very much fuller, that
! is, when the final style shall be achieved
/ This will come about gradually, but the COM
! Ing season will show marked tendency in
! this direction. We are slipping back to the
ample proportions of the skirts of the old
skirts will show trimmings of narrow ruff
fes and full pinked-out ruchings. Fringes,
too, will be much used in garniture. but
| not in the old way of failing from an over
j skirt: or edgtng basque. An imported ev-
i ening gown Of pale blue chiffon cloth has
! scrolls set on around the bottom of the skirt
i outlined in inch wide, self-colored chenille
i fringe. Fringes edge tabs on bodices and fall
i from collar points; they are cut up and ap-
/ piled in way that is entirely different from
L our former idea of using them What may
I be called the raised or reposse effect in trim
j ming is the new note. and this may be
/ achieved In many ways, but not, alas, by the
home or amateur dressnaaker. The smart
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MENUS FOR A WEEK
From September Table Talk.
(By. special ;permission.)
MONDAY, SEPT. 2.
....T RI{EAI[EAST

From September Table Talk.
II (By> special permission.)
BREAKFAST.
Grape Nuts sugar and Cream.
Boiled Bacon.
Twin Mullins. French Fried Pot Goi2ss:
rs; LUNCH.
Cold Sliced Beef.
Peach Short Cake. Horse d seaish'
. DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Mashed Potatoes. NN'A'
Watercress. French Dressing.
Wafers Cheese.
Coffee
TUESDAY, SEP. 8.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. r.
Ralston Breakfast Food
Sugar and Cream.
parkerhouse Rolls: Coffee.
LUNCH.
Cake. rabaseo Sauce.
DINNER.
Squash Soup.
Braised Breast Of Veal
Mashed Potatoes.
Tomato Mayonnaise.
Floating Island.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal, Sugar and Cream.
o So Cream Gravy:
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Veal Salad.
DINNER. ~
Rice Soup.
Boiled Fresh Tongue.
Mashed Potatoes
Dreamed Turnips,
Escaro!e. French Dressing.
Apricots in Jelly.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 10.
BREAKFAST
Fruit.
Sugar and Cream.
Hamburg Steak.
Lattieed Potatoes.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Sliced Cold Tongue,
Tabasco Sauce.
ledcu DHIHpllnSS, +,
Hard Sauce.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup.
Mutton Stew. Stuffed Peppers.
Stewed Corn.
Endiye. French Dressing
Rice Pudding.
Waters. Cheese.
Coffee.
FRIDAY, SEPT. II.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Corn Meal Mush, Sugar and Cream.
Fish Cakes. Radishes.
Raised Biscuits.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Fried Soft Shell CLANS
Tomato Ketchup.
DINNER
Corn Soup.
Vegetable Outlets. Brown Sauce.
Sweet Potatoes, String Beans.
Lettuce and Beet Salad.
Peach Tart.
Coffee.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10.
y BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Wheat Crystals. Sugar and Cream.
Broiled Brains.
Lyonnatse Potatoes.
Pop 0seys. Cotss.
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But that guide showed us the flags It
they dec'rate the ridin' hall 'th jes as
II II was one Of the streets an toll, us
now the ban comes an plays an how
the help comes out from the palace to
act the part Of the crowd an cheer an
holler SO as to get the horses used to it,
sometimes we practice 'th the horses
eV,ry day for a week. says; he a-wavin'
the English flag over his head, an TIL all
our practls1n we can't ever tell how it's
comm, out The flags an the bands an
the cheerin never come jes' as you expec'
,em to, an It's more n the horses n the
men t rides EN- can stan,',' says he. an
after havin seen a procession I could
understan how it was. :
An as say, that was the frs time
we saw the king, but it wasn't the las,
for seems If he an we were al'ys sofn'
the same way.
Don't he ever go out alone?' says +,
one day, to one Of the plicemen t were
linin' the sidewalk !, says I.
!" Not If we know It, says he.
It's what he draws his salary for.
I heard Mr.. Thompson say to Mrs Gray,
says he, the English have to pay good
taxes an the government gives EN- back
red coats an gol' lace. The kings only
earnin' his wages when he rides roun'
| tn 9, ban to let folks see him. says he.
eIhat may be, I'm not one to express
my min on what don't know. but a
kin s's a man jes as a queens a wo-
man, an there isn't any human bein 4
time. Maybe they don't pinch, but. they
aren't so comfortable, as the, old ones,
~ - & Isl Z =
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af"I've seen alive king an queen an
seems IT, feel jes' IS f I'd been to a
three ring circus. A circus procession s
bout the only place body sees such
sights, soldiers til clankin chains an
colored men ridin' before TIL their hand
k'chiefs on their heads, an carriages all
COL an red plush an four horses to each
one an more outriders n body had time
to look at I had to pinch myself real
hard to make it seem Hike it was real an
not o. page outen a fairy story or a pic
ture on bill board. Seems If kings mus
set the fashions for circuses, less'n It's
the other way round.
ut was Billie an I It saw it all. We
were walkin' down Hyde Park, where
the Englishwomen wear their party
dresses when they haven't any other place
to co. an Billie was tellin me his 'pinton
Of the 'Mer1can soda water in London, an
Twas agreen' 'th him t it was givin' q
bad thing a good name, when 1T isn't any
more like the soda water you get in Min
neapolts n milk's like cherry phosphate,
an nobody but a luny would say t they
were even mex door neighbors, when I
sawgthe p'licemen maxim a line down the
Street !tThere was one p'liceman for every
eight feet an knew somethin' was goin'
to happen, for nobody, not even the Eng
lish. is goin to be extrav CANT tn plice-
men 'thout reason.
aS"There isn't anythin' in London. not
to me as a p'liceman an when I see one "a
hoIdin' up his han to stop the cabs an
'busses not carin' gooseberry who s in
'em, why, I've said to myself more n
once, says r; even the king couldn't do
more They re as 'bligin' as if you paid
'ern their salary yourself an tho they re
not above holdin' their hans palms up,
benin their backs; they do it in q pleasan'
way. It's agreeable to give to folks It
know, how to receive, but seems : it
wasn't worth while to go 'thout a ..aw
umbrella for yourself SO t you can give a
par'sol to somebody who can't say thank
YOU for It,
so as say I went right up to plice-
man an dropped a penny into his han
an says to him, says I: What s goin'
on, says a-feelin' pretty certain he'd tell
me- an sure 'nough he shut his han an
says he to me, says he: the kings goin
down to see the Horse Guards says he.
didn't know horse guard from a
long to eide what to do. There's some Z
can't make up their minis till it's too late
but al'ys know what kim of pie / want
as soon as see it, an fore the p'licemar
3 was thru talkin' knew It we'd stay there
an see that king even II Billie was late tc
his dinner. "A fool for luck says to my
self, says I, an tho wouldn't thank any
body for calm me names, knew there
was truth in one OF sayin'. I COULDN'T
help but think of Mrs. Wood. heard hel
tnlkin' to Mrs Gray yesterday bout seem
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HILDA LARSON GOES TO EUROPE
vn.-sHE SEES THE KING co ~.

things, an she says she didn't care SO
much bout bu1ldin's as she did bout peo-
pie, an she wouldn't be satisfied 'th Lon
don 'thout she saw the king. I feel per-
freely free to go an see him anytime
says she, for las spring stood out on the
sidewalk for AZ minutes to see Presiden'
Roosevelt. didn't inten' to at frs; but
thinks to myself, thinks I, I'm goin' to
Europe an I'll want to see all the kings I
can an I'll have to put myself out to do
do more for a king sittin' on a throne n
for a. president who lives In a White
House. I'll feel more comfortable in Eu-
rope, thinks I, eff I look at Roosevelt
f1rs', thinks l. An did an now I'm free
to stan an wait for any royalty t passes
says she.
AN as I stood on that corner a-watch-
in the people comm to see what was go
in on I couldn't help but feel glad It I'd
| done the same an seen the presiden frs.
Maybe he isn't king 'th a crown in
| the tower, but he's a man It the 'Merican
people love an respec', an that's dis
| tinction worth havin', seems If, from the
number of men t try for it.
| i've read bout kings an queens ever
| since could spell out the words, an If
anybody had tor me las spring t I'd
| ever see 'em alive an ridin' in their
state carriages wouldn't have b'lieved
'em, but it's the unexpected t alys hap,
pens, as says to Mrs. Baldwin when she
slipped on her hardwood floor and broke
her arm the day after she bought rugs
| for all the rooms downstairs. So, as
4 say couldn't think it was ], a-standin'
there TIL p'liceman on each side Of me
an Billie in 'front.' for I was boun' he'd
have a good look. I'm not one to take
a piece Of cake less n there's nough
| on the plate for ev'rybody else. There
was one thing It wished for, an that
/ was t Mrs. Schultz could see me, an
I'd have given a good deal If one of those
Photographic men had taken a picture
of me an the king, so It could show
/ it to her, for knew she'd never b'lteve
me 'thout proof She's one Of those
women who alys have question mark
in their minis, while I'm jes' bout as
ready to b'lieve as to tell. A
II nearly split Billie often the pavement
when the ban began to play, an jes'
hoped from the bottom Of my heart It I
wouldn't sneeze when the king went by,
/ for you can't see things when you're
J sneezing. An I didn't, an I saw him.
an there was a look bout him that made
1 me think Of Mr.. Schultze's brother, for they
we both got whiskers. An, comm after
the king was a beautiful carriage 'th
4 the queen an I will say t it Surprised me
! to see It she was jes' woman, She
didn't pear near so stylish as half a
dozen women I could name In Minneapo-
4 lis, but someway liked her looks. /
was all of a tremble when they went by,
but noticed t they were as steady as
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r. LUNCH. "
Dreamed Eggs.
Swedish Rolls. Cocoa.
DINNER .. ~.
.-s. Tomato Soup.
Corned Beef, Mashed Potatoe
Savoy Cabbage.
Escarole. French Dressing.
Waters. Cheese.
Delicate Pudding. Custard Sauce.
Coffee.
SUNDAY, SEPT. IS. 49,.
BREAKFAST. ..5. r
g. -- Fruit. .-.
Quaker Oats, Sugar and Cream.
Ham Omelet. Baked Potatoes.
Mullins. Coffee.
DINNER. .a-...-..
Clear Soup.
Roast Duck. Grape Jelly,
Potato Croquettes. Dreamed Turnips.
Tomato Mayonnaise.
Peach Ice.
Coffee.
SUPER.
Fried Oysters. Alpha Salad Cream.
Cake. t. Fruit.
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Bullion-The largest size of purl
Plate-A fiat gold, one-sixth inch wide.
There are twisted gold cords Of various
thicknesses.
Purl may be In either gild or silver
It Is made In aNseries of continuous rings
rather like corckscrew,. can be- cut to the
required lengths, threaded on the needle
and fastened down as bead work. Plate
is a narrow fiat piece Of gold or silver,
and Is stitched to the material by means
of threads Of silk which pass over the
metal. Gold and silver passing and tam
bour are fine kinds of threads, which. can
either be used by working thru the ma
terial or can be laid like Japanese gold.
Spangles-Sometimes of pure gold.
There are in the market at the present
time a number Of fancy colored metal
spangles. .
Material for Foundation.
Fabrics used as grounds for embroid-
Linen-iandmade linens make useful
grounds for all kinds of embroidery; the
colors and textures are beautiful In quail
ity and admirable for embroidery pur-
poses.
Flax is an unbleached brown linen.
Kirrielmuir twill Is a fine twilled linen
made at Qu1rremuir.
Lail cloth is a stout linen Of yellow
color. E&
Oatmeal linen is finer than an oatcake
linen and is grayer in color.
Smock linen is even, green cloth. f -
There are endless varieties Of fancy
linens and most of them can be worked in
the hand. S
Cottons and wooIens-serge, soft or
super serge takes embroidery we'll.
Crcketing flannel is fine creamy color,
soft and can be easily worked In the
hand -
Diagonal cloth can be used for napery,
curtains, etc.
velveteen is good for grounds and can
be worked in the hand.
Utrecht velvet Is suitable for crewel or
tapestry wool embroidery Il
Velvet faced cloth is a rich plain cloth
without gloss; useful for altar cloths.
Genoese velvet Is very rich In quality
and color for grounds. 1t should be
backed with cotton or linen lining If 1t is
to be heavily embroidered.
Silks and Satins-Silks and satins are
usually embroidered in frame. Both are
suitable as grounds for fine stitching.
Silk sheeting Of good quality is suitable
for piano coverings, panels, etc. Can be
embroidered by hand.
Tussah and Corah silks are beautiful,
but will carry only light embroidery in
silk a filose1le.
Brocades make admirable foundations.
The woven pattern gives, If well chosen,
Il pledSdHIl SCOuLIdSI " lAo tIuUIOIOeiy.
There are also number Of silk and linen
mixtures ~procurable which are suitable
for grounds. =.
Cloth of gold and silver are metal
threads woven with silk. They are chiefly
used for. heraldic and ecclesiastical cru
broidery. gja3 r.
Bandekin lis that sort Of costly cloth Of
gold which took it's famous name from
Bagdad. .a-.
iS fn a inf
kind Of damask work wrought of silk,
| WOOL linen, thread and gold In Flanders.
| Toward the end of the fifteenth century
| 1t was used much for church furniture.