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| cOmpan1ea Dy BeautlIui 1851 nat WI!
sH eeping black plumes or shaded gra,
and black feathers. and lovely gray
| fox stole and muff, makes the tout en-
sesnble extremely uncommon and eff
fectiVe.
There is no doubt that taffeta like
crepe de chine is charming and usefu
sabric for afternoon toilettes, and fol
( Eve o'clocks, when rooms are heated
and one requires something fairly light
! to wear under ones fur paletots.
lovely frock OF silVer-gray crepe de
| chine was trimmed with entredouX OF
grey lace the bodice and skirt were ar
ranged in a series OF big box plaits the
| lace coming through from the bodice tG
the skirt, so that they appeared to be all
cut in one; the skirt was very full and
soft-looking round the feet. The elbow
sleeves were finished with accordion
plated chiffon and lace. At one side was
an enormous chou Of cog de Roche veil
vet shaded into a paler tone, and the
capote was composed of the same fab
ric. This was worn with gray fox boa
and large muff.
have seen many beautiful stoles anG
boas of fox of all kinds, white, black,
silver-gray and pointed. Costly sables
too, are a feature of the season, and So
are chinchilla and ermine, but Paquil
is giving q good deal of attention to sill
yer fox, which is SO extraordinarily soft
and becoming.
Wells over here are mostly worn to
reach only just below the nose. They
are in clear Russian meshes, brown,
black, blue, with white lace borders, but
for motoring and travelling chiffon wells
are still to be seen.
There is a great cutlery among Paris
ians that the stiff collar will ruin the
shape Of the throat yet one would be
sorry to see them disappear for they
look so smart for morning wear in the
street, accompanied by the trotteuse
skirt and little sac coat, with one OF the
new delightful suede or kid bands which
figure among the novelties in dress ac-
eessories with hand satchels en- suite.
The dainty little shirts worn in the
morning are still OF embroidered batiste
and tucked Or plated white linen, and
these are finished either with one of the
new cravats or a plain linen collar and
bow. Embroidered ffannels, too, are
worn, white perhaps being theS avorIte.
These blouses are well cut and very, very
simple: they are entirely devoid of lace
or any suggestion of frou-frou, whereas
the blouse for the afternoon is most elab
crate, chiefly composed Of beautiful laces,
worn over soft satin and chiffon under
bodice Accordicn-p plated blouses are
worn as much as ever in the afternoon:
many of them are profusely inserted
with lace entredeux. They look very
pretty in brown chiffon with yellow lace,
and in orange chiffon, with lace toned to
correspond. 1t is in garments Of this
sort that one can really appreciate these
dyed effects They do not sound nice.
perhaps, but / do asusre you that in
some cases they are quite charming.
ANNETTE GIVRY.
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WITHIN JERUSALEM
REPRODUCTION OF cIrY's AN
GENT WALLS At ST. LOUIS.
OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
Bedouin Encanapment Presents Many
Interesting Features of Arabian
Life - Rich Furnishings Of
Damascene Mansion.

st. Louis.-We entered the walled
and battlemented city OF Jerusalem by
the Jaffa gate, had been personally
conducted through the synagogue, the
mosque of Omar, the via Dolorosa, the
Church Of the Holy Sepulchre and 9th
er places of special interest, but we at
last quilted our dragoman and fellow
tourists. determined to do little sight
seeing for ourselves. Wandering about
in the labyrinth Of curious medieval
streets and courts, We gazed with fas-
cinated interest at the minaret Of ev-
cry mosque we came to, hoping that
a muessin would appear on it to sum
mon the faithful to prayer. We had
visited the tower of Dayiu and the
Chapel of the Nativity, and had looked
into the mysterious Arabian cafe, with
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Keeping It to Ourselves

Those who have the heaviest bur-
dens to bear, talk least about them.
1t is the younger oaes-younger in
years or in experience-who think
their real load is little heavier than
anyone's else. The real burden-car-
riers have not time CT energy to waste
III talking about their burdens. Their
chief interest lies in accomplishing,
not publishing abroad their hard
ships. The very dwelling on the hard
ships or unpleasant features of ones
work increases those hardships They
>hrive under the cultivation Of talk.
No one's burdens are too heavy. we
are not hidden to add our burdens to
our brothers; We are hidden to bear
his, and by so doing we shall tighten
our oWn.-Sunday School Times.
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The Fisherwoman,s Heart

PETIT Ridge is Of the opinion that
the keenest repartee, after all. is that
half unconscious sort which springs SC
Whole-heartedly from the masses, and
here is a story he tells in support OF
his theory:
A woman who had been selling fish
entered an omnibus with the empty
basket On her arm still giving forth
an unmistakable odor Of the flnny tribe
1t had carried She took vacant seat
next young gentleman who drew
his coattails away and plainly showed
his disgust.
Il ,spose," remarked the woman,
presently, that you'd rather there was
q gentleman sittin' beside you?"
yes, would was the prompt re-
ply.
There was a moments pause. Then
came: SO would I'-Lippincott's
Magazine
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side, and listened to an Arab love song
as the younger Of the Bedouin ex-
plained, sung by the latter to the weird
music played by our worthy host on
some primitive stringed instrument OF
his country, the time being clapped b.
the singer assisted by all our little
company. One of the ladies was with
difficulty restrained from dancing to
the music, the time and place and cir
cumstances making the destinations OF
the oriental melodies more irresisti-
BILE than ever.
1t was very hard indeed to believe
that we We're not in Arabia itself or in
the Palestine Of long ago, instead of at
the worlds fair At last we disturbed
more bakhsheesh, saluted our Bedouin
friends with .Salaam aleikum, re-
celved their smiling "Aleikum salaam',
IN return, and went our way, while
they accompanied us as a guard of
honor for some distance along David
street, with oft-repeated fareWells and
doubtless secret hopes Of further lar
CESS. After we had emerged from the
gates, and were skirting the great
double-Walled moat on our way to the
Ferris wheel, we all agreed that the de-
hghtful hour we had just spent among
the sons OF 1shmael would be mem
cradle one to the end Of our lives. and
would have been well worth coming
a thousand miles for.
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its divans stretching interminably I'M
der groined arches of dark stone and
its tiny tabourets where few initiates
were slipping tiny cups Of Turkish COT
fee.
After many hours we were at last
On our way to see the Zion gate when
suddenly our steps were attracted in
some way to narrow gate. through
which we passed into a paved court
yard. It was already growing dark,
and at first we noticed nothing of in
terest in it's shadowy background We
were about TO turn back when must
cal voice arrested our attention with
a word or two of very broken English.
We at last succeeded in gathering from
enigmatical calculations Of our inter
locutor that in the farther end of this
courtyard was an encampment Of Be
douin to which he belonged and that
in the surrounding buildings were sew
eral apartments of a peculiarly typical
and interesting character.
The words "Achuratekah bakh-
sheesh' Chats the way 1t sounded,
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ner characteristic of the various
classes of the syrlan population But
We were in haste TO get back TO that
part of the courtyard where were
| spread the long tents of the Sons Of the
Desert.
When we reached them our Arab
showed us close at hand the tents of
thick black canael's hair, the sitting
and sleeping rugs, that lined them
after the manner of a divan, and the
curious furniture and implements of
the camp. There was the oven in the
sand, in which the coffee is roasted
and the mortar in which it is ground
by pounding it in musical rhythm
with pestle. There was the little
hand mill, composed of a rough. fiat
stone with hole in the center, which
is turned on an axis upon another sta
tionary stone, thus reducing the grain
between TO poWder-just such as was
used in the days Of Abraham, four
thousand years ago. There We're the
goatskin bottles of milk and water and
wine, and all sorts of curious weapons
and utensils.
While we were making our inspec-
ton a very typical desert Arab, tall
and ack-bearded, and wrapped in
white burnous, came up, touched his
breast, and introduced himself to us in
two words: Me musician He offer
ed. by gestures, to play for us, and so
we sat down on the rugs in his tent,
open according to the custom on one
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FRESH FEMININE FlNERY.
Variety of Fanciful Trifes That Enter
into the Makeup of Season
able Costumes.

Calfskin collars and reVers are used
on some Of the velvet coats.
A child's Dutch bonnet of blue velvet
has green silk apples for trimming.
Dainty little girdles are made Of the
pompadour ribbon shirred back and
front
Chiffon panne is now to be had in
checks and it is promised for almost gen.
7raI wear
A great many plum-colored tailor
gowns are to be worn with mauVe and
violet hats.
A lovely bag for the brown suit is one
Of all-brown beads and mounting of dull
bronze
Wide plaid ribbon hat bows for chill
dren often show a narrow velvet RIB
bon laid along the center.
1t is rumored that big opera hats and
decollete gowns will go to the opera to-
gether this winter
One of the new brilliant light browns
has been christened shoe color, it being
q corn color tam
Gun ruffies are of two sorts. Of lace
they fall over the hand, of taffeta they
edge the top Of the cuff and stand up.
Shades of green. more or less delicate,
are the chosen colors for trimming cos
tunes of the soft brown shades.
Chiffons-that means all the tilmy fab
ries-are first choice for evening dress
es and even the debutante may rejoice
in spangles.
A beautiful hair ornament consists OF
fine white feathers, curying plume, slen-
der threads of gold among them here
and there, supporting tiny diamond
sparks.
Plated skirts continue la mode.
though there SO are many variations that
the original kilt might well fail at times
to recognize members Of its eyer-in-
creasing family.
Bodies are much like those of the
Louis XIV. regime, being high at the
breast line and going from thence in
straight line to deep point. They are
evidently busked
Taffeta. only much improved vari-
ETY., will be fashionable for smart occa-
SONS this season. Mousseline taffeta,
as 1t IS called, is very soft and is either
licked with chameleon hues or else
Planned IN the tiniest possible checks.
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MEDICAL MATTERS.

DR.. Louis Robinson asserts that the
aquiiine nose is not merely imposing
or ornamental, but is requisite to a
full development Of the human voice
Warts and moles are regarded as
dangerous by Philadelphia physi
clan. He cites Is cases in which they
have taken on active malignant form,
and he urges an operation before
malignant disease has begun to de-
velop.
The students in the London school
Of medicine for women were recent
y advised by one Of their instructors,
Miss Murdoch, to avoid uncommon
forms of clothing and to do the best
to dissipate the idea that medical
women are, careless about their per-
sonal attire. Those who imagine, .
she said, that slovenly dress is asso-
ciated in the public mind with clever
ness are certainly under a delusion.
The deplorable summer waste Of
child life, especially in crowded cities,
calls for scientific attention A recent
medical writer claims that the cpl
demic diarrhoea that proves so fatal
may be avoided by the following pre-
cautions: % Clean milk nipples.
ca Clean towns, with effective sew
age removal. dust collection and dis
posal and street watering. (3) Clean
homes, with attention to food utensils,
covering food from dust and flies, and
personal habits, and (4) destruction
or exclusion Of flies.
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anyway from one of our number, &C
companied by a silver coin, filed our
informant with a1acrity, and he zeal
ously led US to an apartment which he
said was a Characteristic interior of
a Damascene mansion. He pointed out
its beauties with great gusto, although
it was by this time SO dark within
that we could scarcely distinguish each
others forms, to say nothing of any Of
the objects around lis. One of the gem
tlemen Of the party scratched q match
and our impromptu guide seemed to
think this idea a good one, for he pro-
-ceeded to do the same. BY using box
or SO Of matches There seemed to be
no question CT any other form OF artl-
fetal light, We succeeded in getting
a pretty good idea not only Of the Da-
mascus room, but also of the other
rooms, built and furnished in a man
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FOE HOME DECORATION.

Japanese and Indian cottons, in either
old blue and white or cd blue and yell
low. make both unusuaa and very at
tracttre as well as inszpensive cur
tains.
Pineapple silk is among the effective
autumn window hangings. One in a
dark tone Of terra Gotta, with stripes
OF pale oriental yellow, is particularly
desirable.
Dwarf evergreen shrubs may replaces
the towering plants in the window for
the winter with good effect. The decided
addition of plant life may thussbe re-
tanned all the year round.
An ingram filing is the most practical
covering for the edges Of floors where
the floor itself is too bad to be left ex-
posed. If it is possible to stain the
edges of the floor it Is both more salts
factory and less expensive in the end
In buying chairs 1t is well to bear In
mind the rules laid down for the cabinet
makers themselves-simp licity, stabili-
ty, strength, perfection Of execution, in
harmony with its object, and. last but
not least, beauty of outline.
While an entire absence of frieze.
with just molding in the angle of wall
and ceiling, is correct at present, many
people object to this as looking unfin-
ished: so, as compromise, a plain frieze
a tone lighter than the side walls Is
used.
One of the newest and most popular
ways to cover a front door panel is with
a plain brussels net-White if the wood
work is white; ecru if the woodwork is
dark. An insertion Of lace is usually
seged on this. Over the panel a thin
silk curtain is arranged 70 draw at
night.
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HOW TO RUN THE FURNACE
By Observing These Instructions It
May Be Made Very
Tractable.

The local Society of Fine Arts has
started its fall classes in furnaee-craft.
There is a popular opinion that all
that is necessary to do in the way OF
running the cellars coal heater is tc'
throw on the diamonds, let the fire get
we'll under way, shut it up, shake it
down at night and empty the ashes
Sunday morning. These are the very
crude ideas Of immature thought, says
the Minneapolis Journal.
The furnace, like the locomotive,
must be Detted, groomed and cared for
By q Iiurnacier who makes it a labor
OF love, or he will never get out of it
the quid pro quo to which the house is
entitled. Quid pro quo is Latin for
that variety Of hot heat which, like
that letter, is longed for, but some
times never comes. Heat is a funny
thing. 1t is just as well satisfied to go
up the chimney or out into the cellar
as into the drawing room or bath
room. And there is always lingering
around on the outside of a house a
climate fresh come from Nebraska or
AtnabaSca, OF some other polar chime
that, like the last fly of autumn, is
anxious to get inside before the bell
rings. To care for this Nebraska chill
the furnace man has accommodating
arranged what is called cold air in
take" Cut it out!
It may do for Kentucky. but it is rot
the thing for Minnesota The first
thing you want to do is to. get a stout
furnace surgeon and excise the cold air
intake appendix. About 5000 900
yards of the Arctic circle are trailing
around the house, moaning to get into
the cold air intake. Cut it QUIT
Let the cold air get in around the
doors and window castings. It viii get
in, anyhow, but it is not necessary for
you to provide it rapid transit facili-
ties. Gut it out!
Have major operation performed
on it. Leave nothing below the
diaphragm except, perhaps, the lower
limbs. After this your furnace will
make a quick recovery and you will be
surprised to see it come up in the
morning and eat out Of your hand.
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requires it and has one good thing IN
stead Of two or even three inferior ones.
The outdoor costume is not always a
costly garment, for, ii you are OF medium
figure for couple Of guineas you can OBJ
cain a ready made and really smart-cnt
Glue or black serge coat and skirt, and
that is what one requires Tor every day
swear andtear. Ofeourse. one may pay the
minuest attention to such details As
boots, gloves and smart, suitable head
gear ana carefully tied stock or era
watts.
Bat nov let US consider the indoor
frock. 1t is good news imagine fer
many that cashmere is the rage in Paris,
but am afraid there are cashmeres and
cashmeres. # you want your house
frock to hans. really well you viii have
to pay a fair price per yard for the ms
terial. Gray cashmere is ideal where it
suits and II you geti in the right shade.
1t lends itself admirably to the Quaker
style. adorned with tie old-world en-
broidered lawn collar and cuffs. iadvlse
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Pretty Models in Simple Gowns

| the amateur to buy q good cashmere sc
that she may have her skirt unlined.
| think the lining Of a dress is difficult
matter for the amateur. The pretty
house frock Of the maps cut is laid in full
plaits at the waist, gathered or gagged
as the Wearer desires; if worn over pet
t5coat OF some substance, this makes an
appropriate indoor skirt and one thai
cleans and even washes we'll
This is the moment when we are abba
to use up bits Of lawn, lace and EN-.
broidery,. to carry out the idea of the
simple frock, and nothing is SO becom.
ing to the young as simplicity when il
is well carried out
1t is advisable to buy a Waistband
ready made. or to get your dressmaker
to make you one really good one to serve
as model from which to copy others
There are SO many charming and really
inexpensive materials obtainable nova
days that We ought to be able to get a
smart and becoming house frock for u
comparatively small price.
Of course, gowns for street wear are 8
little different, and the success of a Short
skirt depends upon the cut; it should
also be worn with smart petticoat. Al.
though we cannot expect it to wear very
we'll, the glace petticoat makes smart
finish to these inexpensive frocks, and
for wear where things get quickly soiled.
1t is better perhaps to have two or three
Of these cheap underskirts than one
more expensive one, although for ordi-
nory purposes the underskirt made out
OF brocade remnants is distinctly eco
nomical. Washing satin petticoats, too
are admirable for house and evening
wear. It must always be remembered
that the petticoat requires careful cut
ting and If you have not a good pattern
1t is well to buy the cheaper ones ready
made and properly cut from any of our
large drapery establishments.
The cult OF the ready-made has been
brought to perfection. especially in the
sartoriai world. But it is in the house
frock that individual genius may be ex-
ercised with excellent results at small
cost, and | have come to the conclusion
that Tor street wear it is advisable to
invest in ready-made costume while
for indoor wear one can hardly do bet
ter, on a limited allowance. than make
q simple froek at home, by the aid OF a
sewing maid.
Let me advise the amateur to escheW
wonderful colorIngs unless she can al
ford good materials. Most Of Us recol-
Iect what terrible craze there was three
or four seasons ago for tweeds in crude
shades of pink and blue, which people
fondly imagined We're Yieux rose and
pastel blue! All exclusive shades have
to be specially dyed and can only be re
produced in the very best stuffs. The
manufacturers have brought oolors to
absolute perfection, but they cannot do
them cheaplg, not even in cashmeres.
But there are some things we can buy
cheap. Brown IS not an expensive color
and it is smart where it suits. Navy
blue is delightful unless it be unbecom-
ing to the Wearer. 1T is not a bad plan
for the woman on limited allowance
to find q color that suits her and u ad-
here 70 It throughout her entire ward
robe.
ELLEN osM0NDE.
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Crane Preserves

Wash the grapes after they are
picked from the stems and put them
over the fire with just enough waaar
TO keep them from searching to the
kettle. Cook very slowly, and as the
seeds escape through the bursting
skins they should be skinned off az
they rise to the surface, till all have
been taken out Stir the grapes FREE
oaently meantime. When sure that
all OF the seeds have been extracted
add a pound Of sugar for each pound
of the fruit originally put on and boil
for ten minutes. Carefully protect
from dust and dampness and put away
for use-Albany Argus.
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FASHIONABLE FINERY.

The front panel is quite the newest
thing in skirts
Most CT the small hats are tricornes
or boat-shaped turbans.
The crown is quite distinct from the
brim in the new turhans.
Tulle is one Of the latest trimming
Ideas and is used in great quantities.
Ribbon of two contrasting shades Is
very smart for trimming tailor hats.
Cog de roche is most effective as q
RELIEF note with gray-green and brown.
Not for years has the separate wrap
been such an important feature Of dress.
The plush coat, put away years ago,
Is to make its temperance this winter.
Aigrettes are to be much worn and are
of spangled and jetted tulle for turbans.
Lovely poke bonnets trimmed with
ostrich tips are shown for wee maidens.
Lots of fire brown and spinach green
will be exploited il panne velvet and
net
Tbs new syetta" skin is not nearly
SO becoming as the soft, long-haired
furs.
It would be difficult not to find at least
one becoming color in the approved
list.
AS longas big sleeves remain In vogue
the short cape garment will be to the
fore.
Toques made of velvet leaves and fruit
are very modisn. particularly tha vine
and leaves of the muscatel grape.
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simplicity has been introduced by ex-
elusive dressers. Now simple dressing
is not such an easy matter as it sounds.
The person who cannot afford to pay
Sor the really beautiful picture frock
must not attempt too much, but must
rest content with long, graceful lines;
neither must she buy very cheap fab
RIGS Very often the sum OF a few
cents extra yard makes Just the differ
ence as to whether cloth hangs well or
not. The woman who IS wisely econom-
ical (there is such a thing as false econ
omy) puts money into the garment that
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Mean Thing.

Miss Plane-Yes, Tom proposed last
night, and | accepted him See this
ring
Miss Wise-Tndeed? BY the way,
Gear, don't attempt to cut glass with
that diamond as l did, CT you'll make
another nick in the stone.-Philadel-
pAia Press.