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! magic touch" with flowers, as II IL
| were some especial powar that certain
| individuals possess and others totally
! lack, the so-called virtue really con-
| sisting in common sense and Intelligent
appreciation of the needs of the diff
ferent plants, combined with SUM
! cient love of Horticulture to induce one
| to spare the time necessary for the
proper care of plants. TO provide
plenty of plants for the winters VIM
| dow gardens there is enough to do
now to keep the flower lovers busy. I'M
| til winter. Palms, for instance, and
! house ferns which have lasted fairly
we'll during the winter, and which one
would naturally expect to flourish
much better during the summer, have
| a way of turning brown at the points
and being sulky about leafing, much
| to the surprise and disappointment of
| their owners, who cannot see why they
should grow in the artifcially heated
atmosphere of a house and become
sickly in the open air. u cannot un-
| derstand why your palms should be
so thriving and putting out SO many
new leaves, when mine look so badly,
| said one suburban woman to another
I put mine out on the veranda just
/ as you have yours, and give them
plenty of water. | do not see why they
do not grow" In the first place." said
| the other, did you change their pots
in the spring, giving them fresh rich
earth and more room? No? Well,
| always do that every year. Then !
never let the dry, hot air strike di-
rectly on the pots, but put the latter
! in a tub or larger vase and fill the
space in with spagnum moss, with
little more of the moss around the
roots. This ssIa always keep wet. II
| you follow these directions even now I
think l can promise that you will SEES
| decided Improvement in your plants
| before winter" ~ .vVV,-
In Oriental countries the utilization
| of the best sleeping place, the roof Of
| the house, and even the best living
place, is not neglected. 1t is strange
| that in Northern countries and espe-
cially in ours, the opportunity has not
been seized, because for three months,
| at least, as far as this climate is con-
| cerned, most of the United States is
decidedly Oriental. Is it the energetic
DR.. Martin, of Philadelphia, to whom
we are indebted for the. Inauguration
of the plan7fa The top Ce the building
of the Philadelphia hospital is to be
used as a roof garden for the tuber-
culous patients. The hospital roof 26
by $50 feet, is covered with a canvas
roof, to which are attached sideflaps
for use when protection from the sur
or rain is necessary and will be fitted
up with beds, so that the patients may
be kept in the open, air twenty -four
| nours of the day. DR.. Martin is quot
ed as saying that not only as a mere
sleeping place and a space to work
about in has this been planned. 1t is
expected that flowers and shrubbery
Will be scattered on the roof, and that
1t VIII really be a garden, with walks
and shade. attractive to the patients.
! In planning the construction of hos
pitfalls hereafter, will not architects
have to allow for this excellent method
of treating patients? And why only
for the tuberculous? And why for the
sick alone?
Among the passengers who arrived
on the steamship st. Paul last week
was Nine. Jennie NoreIli a Swedish
colorature soprano, who comes to this
country to join Henry w. Savage's
English Grand Opera company. Nine.
Norelli will make her first appearance
with Mr: Savage's organization at the
Academy Of Music in Brooklyn next
month.
Nine. Norelli received her early mu.
steal education at the State Conserv-
atory, in Stockholm. It was there, too. |
that she made her debut in grand
opera, appearing as Marguerite in
Faust" at the Royal opera. She after |
ward studied for several years in Milan
and Paris.
She visited the United States few
years ago, but after a short stay re-
/ turned to Paris to continue her must
cal studies under SCR. Criticos. She
has sung in opera with much success
in Paris, BerlinA Brussels, st. Peters,
burg and London. Last season she
was one Of the principal soloists at
the concerts of the Philharmonic So
ciety at Queens hall, London.
Kissing as q conventional form Of
salutation among women is land it is
high time for it to do 500 going rapid
ly out of fashion. In this, as in many
other common sense improvements in
manners and customs, the smart set
are taking the initiative When Milly
A meets Polly b she no longer
rushes UP to her with an unmeanfng
embrace, but shakes hands with her in
a sensible. gentlenanly manner. which
conveys quite as much. friendliness- as
kiss, IL not more, and which is much
more pleasant for both parties, for 1t
must be obviously disagreeable at
times to bestow osculatory salutations
in the promiscuous fashion which has
heretofore been customary. An en-
brace as an expression of affection is
eminently proper but to bestow such
Salutations upon mere acquaintance,
or, worse still. to be forced into greet
ing persons whom one actually dislikes
with the most affectionate of all ca