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tage of every bit of spare time which ,.,,.
out. ~ NC gotten
Ii is not only troublesome to hava IA fo,a
away a partly planned garment but ~
matter how carefully pins are pIaced tbaS
are almost sure to Slip from their moor
mss, SO that 1t has to be refitted again On
taking out. again Oh
|. To Make
a blouse that is change from the eternal
one OF lingerie. get four yards of the new
FeiFeteen that is thin backed and soft like
panne Get it If possible in one of the bril-
hant shades of pinkish red and Won will,
have waist that is just now the blouse If
the moment among Parisiennes. II should
be made on simple shirt waist lines cross
Ing over in front surplice fashion and in
closing null chemisette.
This is fashion that is possible to tha
beginner among amateurs, and the lowell
ness OF the fabrics will make the plainest
of these waists a success. Be sure to have
the velvet the right way up and cut all
the pieces the same way. Set the fronts of
the selvage and slip the pattern down the
second instead of turning it over, which
would make the pile run the opposite way.
The sleeves must also be cut in the same
way, cutting the back TO fold.
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He
Was little, almost little enough to be in
Russian blouse suits and go out with a
nurse. But instead he wore q rusty, green
ish- brownish little suit and he was haul
ing along leather maibags bigger than he
was in the hall of great floor of offices.
get up, get up" he chirrgped noisily, lay
ing about him with the leather strap. And
Just then he looked up at the two women
who were coming down the hall. with his
tongue in one cheek and self-conscious
little smile. He was embarrassed at being
caught doing anything so foolish. rs 1t a
gamer" said one of the women who passed
him.
1t wasn't a game He is earning SAL
airy and helps support half a dozen at home
with it, so it must be that he's only under
grown instead of under age, or maybe he
is to be put back In school between jobs
However it is, he doesn't have any time
to play, and the straps the leather bags
are a godsend and let him make a combina-
ton OF work and a game of horse all by
himself
IT SEE that the judge of the Chicago juve-
nile court say that we must take these
waits into our homes and have them to
Sunday dinner with our own youngsters"
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Much
Prettier tnan lace curtains for dining or
living room window is an arrangement of
short curtains which shows the WOO iwoyk.
II you have broad low windaw or Two
windows close together, the following treat
ment Is excellent: Have wooden shelf
about six inches in width made to run across
both the upper and lower sashes Haya II
stained to match the woodwork In the room
and fit short pairs OF curtains the length OF
the sash to the edge of both shcl;es by
means of small rods and rings. The rings
should have easy action so that the curtains
will draw easily. as the best part of the
effect Is in the variety and checkered effect
or dark and light given to the easement
by the short lengths drawn at different an.
gles If the woodwork in the room is dark
green. have green denim for the curtains
or II it is black have blue. green or yeIIoy
whichever will do with rugs and furnish.
ings. Thin white curtains may be set in
close to the paneS ON the lower aIndoWs
and the width of the shelf may be regulated
10 throw the dark curtains far or near from
the window as best suits the woodwork A
groove for plates or pIatters upon the upper
shelf makes this still prettier as q dining
room arrangement. while pieces of pottery
and fernerics Oh the second shelf ali com
blne TO make a particularly attractive WIN
dow.
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During
: / 4 VI \ Y
nAkOUND'44E HOUSE

Never
Send your valuable oriental rugs TO the
ordinary professional cleaner. as he will
treat them to the same cheerful process ac-
corded TO 4 common carpet rug, This is to
tack TO the revolving beaten the arms of
which whip IL with & Yigor that would make
a finer rug fall TO pieces. The whole point
in caring for an oriental rug is to preserye
the back. The upper side you are not likely
TO hurt, but the wool and warp of the back
can be easily damaged and should not be
beaten even by hand. Snow is the best pos
stble cleanser for fine rugs: and this spr W
as sweeper also may be brought into the
house and applied to large rugs and carpets
with Frightening effect. OF course, the
doors and windows should be kept We II
open during the process
The plan for the smaller oriental rugs Is to
heat them on the right side and on grlss or
over thick, ordinary door mat or any
springy surface. After this sweep with
snow, using short brush OF good size with
which you can get down close TO The rug.
IL II looks smoky wash Il In a solu ION OF
soap bark In water. Wipe the surface Oft
afterward with a cloth wrung out of clean
water. Large rugs should be handled in
the same way under home supervision. and
the professional cleaning fluids by which
they are done on the floor should never be
used.
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Equipment

Equipment
For sewing room depends upon the extent
of the industry carried on therein. The
more important things which will make 1t
comfort and pleasure to work in are an
old pier glass, which you can either hang
or have mounted, and. If possible, dis
carded piece of furniture of the dresser
variety, which will give mirror to stand
opposite 1t. This can be turned little SO
that it is possible to get full length view
both back and front. A table long enough
to hold a skirt can be found in kitchen
table often, and by having an extra leaf
put on the back you can square" 1t when
an extra large table Is wanted This shape
and size are especially called for when do
ing a circular skirt. A scrap basket work
baskets and q hamper for keeping rolls OF
Innings and materials that are left, bits of
which may be wanted any time. but which
are hardly worth putting away, and with
a low folding table and one low and one
high chair, and the machine, your sewing
room is equipped.
nannikin and tree rack which gar
nents can be hung on when half finished
are also great helps.
much larger amount of sewing is apt to
be accomplished in the house In which
there is a place where half-finished work
can be left. as 1t Is possible to take advan-
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Dear Marie

Dear Marie
Chicago cousin has been down here for
the wedding. and her clothes have been of
as MUCH interest as those of the bride.
What struck me as being the most original
part of her outfit was her hats. They were
beautiful and becoming. and all made upon
exactly the same shaped frame Nobody
had discovered it until the little girl whom
we brought up and who was told off to act
as a sort OF lady's maid to the city visit
or, found 1t out and came running with the
news to the rest of the family
1t astonished grandmother beyond meas
ure, and she took her extra pair of glasses
and betook herself to Emma's room.
Whats this I hear about your hats all
being alike. Emma? should think that the
thing you would want to do would be to
have them as different as possible"
With this Emma trotted out the three
hats which she had brought with her, and
they did not look bit alike; but when they
were on. the shallow, fiaring brim gave the
same becoming halo around the face. She
Is blonde, with pale gold shade to her
hair. and one was in a brilliant emerald
green chenille with coaue's feathers in ex-
actly the same shade falling back on the
hair. Another was in red velvet, shirred on
both crown and brtm, and with shaded os
trich tips falling hack in the same way. The
third was white lace. with pink roses put
on Just as the feathers We're, only that
there were few near the front also. She
has man milliner and when he evolves
something that exactly suits her style she
has him make her hats for the year from
the same block
l shall not think after this that because
1 have had small toque the last time
must have picture hat the next, and
should think that, doing your own millin-
cry, you would find it a good chance to do
successful hat over again instead of hav-
ing to learn new way. MABEL.
If
Your sofa pillows are not big enough as well
as soft enough to be comfortable, they viii
profit you nothing with the man to whom
you give them who comes to lounge
few hours in your coy parlor.
One great fat pillow that does not lose IN
softness what 1t gains in rotundity is worth
six little ones, and is SO estimated correctly
in the masculine mind.
No substitute, either. ever will quite make
up for silk in the cool feel to the face
unless it be q linen of some of the finer
softer kinds. There are some loose mapped
pushes that have the comfortable quality,
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but as a rule silk still is the fabric that
makes the ideal cover. Where realistic dec
orations are used on one side it is all the
more necessary to provide smooth silk
back for the other, SO that his royal high
ness who puts comfort before looks may
turn 1t over and sprawl at leisure,
New filings for pillows constantly are be-
ing thought of, one Of the latest being tea
leaves. This is prettier use for the waste
from the teapot than the old-fashioned plan
of saving them for sweeping, and If the
dried leaves have few fresh ones added
this pillow Will make a pretty mixture of
f1avors when lying next to those stuffed
with dried lavender, rose leaves and cedar.
Braids-
Are a settled fact In hairdressing The
greatest rival which the ponlpadour has at
present is crown coronet" as 1t is call
ed, which is made of plated hair This
style requires only the slightest bit of a
pompadour, wherein it is excellent for the
girl who has thin hair, for although two
braids are necessary, they are pulled out in
such loose soft plaits so that a little bit
makes a good showing The braids are
wound around the crown of the head from
the nape of theneck to the top of the POM
padour, and to the girl with good nose and
profile. or low forehead, they are wonder
fully becoming.
Such face always Is thrown into strong
relief and receives added distinction by
balancing the hair farther back on the
crown of the head while it inclines toward
becoming too heavy with the hair pitched
on the forehead. The latter fashion is
needed most by the woman with more con-
cave face and little snubby noses, and is
most becoming where the best feature OF
the face is in bright piquant eyes and eye
brows which are intensified gy the treat
ment.
So If you have a nose which Is fairly
straight and which has some depth to it
just at that part of the bridge where eye
glasses are held, in fact, what oculists call
a good nose for glasses" the chances are
that this style of couture is just the chance
needed to make you prettly different from
the crowd.
The originator. whoever 1t was. at first
finished the braijs around near the back
with a little bunch of curls, but it is no
ticed that women of the best taste leave
these off and wear 1t severely plain. For
the top knot that is reduced to most moth
ing, 1t Is splendid chance to rest the
pompadour and the rest of the hair by get
ting one of the ready-made braids, which
come In the right lengths to pin on.
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tention BY holding out your ticket. 1t VIII
WIN every time over twenty that have
been there before you. and because she
KNOWS that she won't have to stop for
change and that you are really buying ar
you would not be thus equipped She counts
on sandwiching a sale in while her other
customer is making up her mind.
With ticket managed properly there is
not half the handicap about changing yonr
mind that there is the other way. If you
see something else you like better than one
item you have bought, have 1t listed, check
on the other, and when you figure up your
ticket, give directions that the first one is
simply to be returned to stock In the
same way you can put IL In your pockes
ana go 10 another store to make COMPARE
sons and come back afterward to finish
and close 1t up by giving directions.
III II Is necessary to give special direc-
lions, as having part sent to one address
and part to another, or to have part of
them hurried In and sent out as specials.
insist upon going to the shipping room
yourself 1t is the quickest way and you
can see your goods together and If they are
not all In. special messengers will be seat
to the counters after them
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tt
Is a singular thing from the point Of view
of the shopkeeper that women often will
not take advantage of many little plans
which have been worked out for them to
simplify shopping.
One of the things against which feminin-
ity seems to be unaecountably prejudiced
is the purchasing ticket. Sometimes these
are taken advantage of where there is u
great rush, but in general shopping the
woman who will go to another counter
while her change is coming back, and then
return for it, keeping this up until half a
dozen purchases lie near each other, is COM
mon compared to the one who is seen with
ticket in her hand
Leaving out entirely the recommendations
for using ii which are given at the shop,
you will find that you have a talisrnan for
getting attention from clerks IL you have
this little bit of paper In your hand. Let
every one be busy and apparently obltvious
of the crowd around the counter, and as
you come up pick out one that looks most
promising, ask her to wait upon you, and
try to see how quickly you viii get her at
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NURSERY

/, said one of the women. who was the wife
OF multi millionaire. II am going to begin
with him. He doesn't look as if he had had
any too much to eat anyway and maybe it
viii do him more good to spend an after
noon with Archie and see Arches things
than anything that has ever happened to
him
While she went off to put her plan into
execution the other-who was a club wom-
an-fell to thinking of Archie and of his
prototype, the pampered little boy who fell
off the American liner in Kiplings story 1t
ran through her mind how 1t took two
months of rough usage on the fishing yes
sci for him to get first saving glimpse of
the point of view needed before beginning
to make a man of him. And then she
thought again OF the little boy who didn't
have time for play but had to make 1t as
he went along by chuckliug to the leather
carpet bags.
well, he's coming" said the multi-mil-
lionaire mother. HE seems manly little
chap. I don't think I've made a mistake
do your"
NO, don't think you've made mis-
take" said the other woman, looking in her
friends eyes.
Just then great light dawned on the
multi millionaire mother. And perhaps
he'll do Archie some good, too" she said
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Where Babies Go in Swimming.
ON the Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
II shall spend the winter in Samoa" said
a traveller TT is always summer there
There the babies swim.
Can you imagine quainter. a more
charming sight than host of babies. none
over two years old laughing and growing
and swimming Ike fish In pools of clear sea
water?
You will see this sight In Samao. Sa-
moan women believe sea baths benefit ba-
bies and in that equable climate they
battle their little ones daily the year round
THE youngsters soon learn to swim.
They can swim before they can walk.
And to see these pretty brown babies
swimming in the sea is well worth a 6,o00-
mile trip to Samoa
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
SECRET SOCIETIES.

edoRsINe STAR LODGE, No. S, 1. o. F-Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.S0 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENcAMPMENT, No 2, 10. .F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at $50 o'clock.
'rfARNoNY LODGE, No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings Of each month,
at 7.30 O'clock.
NMYRNA CoNcLAvE, No. As. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Union CASTLE No II, X. G. E.-Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 80 O'Clock.
aIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 o'clock in odd Fell
lows Hall.
NIzPAH CoEcLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
.IANs Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 500 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall.
sENERAL WINFIELD s. HANCOCK Posi-, No. 90
G. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. L.
7. Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES CoUNcIL, No. &c, JR. o. U. A.
M.-Meets at 500 p. m. every Thursday in
Odd Fellows Hall
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. s, X. of q. :
Meets every Tuesday evening at o'clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
THE
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CHURCH SERVICES.

AsBURI Met goDIsT EPIscoPAL-sunday.- Preach
ing at 1880 A. and 7.30 P. NJ. Sunday school
2P. Epworth League Prayer Meeting,
$50 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays al 7.f5
Pm. Rev. Robt Watt d. D., Pastor.
ST. PETERS CHURcH..Rev. G. Valerie Gilreath,
Rector.-First Sunday, Holy Eucharist, 1890
a. m; Evening Prayer and Sermon at7l5 P. NJ.
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays,
Holy Eucharist, ~ A. NJ; Morning Prayer and
Sermon, 1015 A. NJ. Evening Prayer and Ser
mon, IA P NJ. Holy Days-Holy Eucharist,
~ A. NJ. Morning Prayer, 1917 A. NJ. Fridays,
Evening Prayer and Litany, ~ P. NJ. Sunday
School, 215 P. NJ.
P --Sunday-Preaehing at 101& A. N
aud IA P. NJ. Sunday School-1115 A. NJ. Prayer
MISUNDERSTANDING at IA p NJ. Rev. ]. L.
Sstlin, pastor
st. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH Serviceseyer
other Sunday, by Father waldion. Sunday
school Immediately after service.
SMYRNA Misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, Severs0ns in the after
IlOeM- Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ting alternate Sunday nights at $50. Rev.
albert Chandler pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL Colored) -
5unday-Preaching IL A. NJ. and P. NJ.
sunday SCHOOL, p NJ. Prayer and Praise
Meeting, Tuesday evening. Rev. f. o. Parker
Pastor.
BETHEL 4. NJ. e. CHURcH-sund. y-Preaehing
at II a. m, and p m. Sunday School at
p. m. Christian Endeavor, 615 D. m. Sun
day. Praise meeting, at O'clock Wednes
day evening. Rev. l. S. Yemmens, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

Wheat roots examined 40 days after
sowing the seed at the North Dakota
station were found to extend directly
downward, sending out numerous
small feeders which practically occu-
pied the soil to depth of about four
feet. In later experiments the roots of
durum and bread wheat reached a
depth of more than four feet and again
showed that the system of roofing is
vertical instead of lateral, as in corn.
The root development was greater In
the durum than in the bread wheat
samples.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

A custom at one time prevalent in
England and still observed In some of
the northern districts of the old coun-
try is that of placing an immense log
of wood, sometimes the root of a great
tree, in the wide chimney place. This
log Is often called the Yule log, and 1t
was on Christmas eve that 1t was put
on the wide hearth. Around 1t would
gather the entire family, and their en-
trance was the occasion of a great deal
of ceremony. There was music and re
joicing. Willie the one authorized to
light it was obliged to have clean
hands. 1t was always lighted with a
brand left over from the log of the pre-
v1ous year, which had been carefully
preserved for that purpose. A poet
sings of it in this way:
With the last yeeres brand
Light the new block, and
For good success in his spending
On your psaltries play.
That sweet luck may
Come while the log is attending.
The Yule log was supposed to be a
protection against evil spirits, and II
was considered bad omen II the fire
went out before the evening was over
The family and guests used to seat
themselves In front of the brightly
burning fire, and many story and
merry jest went round the happy
group.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
Many Children are sIckly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse In Children's
Home, New York, Break up Colds in "a hours,
feething Disorders, and Destroy Worms AT all
druggists, DC sample mailed FREE. Address.
Allen 3. Omsted, Leroy n. Y
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
Telegraph Wire.

The process Of making telegraph wire
is noted, and it is explained that "tele-
graph wire is generally acknowledged
to be more durable than fence wire"
and that care is exercised in the man.
ufacture of telegraph wire to keep the
manganese low, because this element
increases the electrical resistance Of
the wire. The difficulty experienced
IN rolling low manganese steel and the
slow rate of speed at which the mill
must be run to draw the wire through
the zinc bath in the double process of
galvanizing add materially to the cost
of the product. The question then
arises whether or not high grade fence
wire is worthy the same care and con-
sideration that are given to wire which
brings a higher price in the market
and is used for other purposes.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28

There is an idea abroad among NOR
al people that they must make their
neighbors good. One person have to
make good-myself. But my duty to
my neighbor Is much more nearly ex-
pressed by the saying that have to
make him happy-if | may.-Steven-
SON
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
PRUNING TIE PEACH.
Bearing Surface OF Tree Less H. Area
Than Root Surface.

Bearing Surface OF Tree Less II. Area
Than Root Surface.
have endeavored to keep my peach
trees globular and make every effort
to keep up the strength of the trees
near the source of supply-that is, not
allow the bearing wood year after year
to be farther off from the trunk
Thinning, pruning and supporting are
all closely related, and one must have
IN mind the relative weight of the bur-
den to the strength of the tree to bear
the fruit and carry the weight of the
same. Very many trees are destroyed
and permanently injured by the own
er's endeavor to have quantity instead
of quality. Do not endeavor to have
the record trees of the neighb.. ,ood for
the largest quantity of fruit, but rather
aim to have the best peaches anywhere
near. Quality pays much better than
quantity. Alas, most orchardists don't
think so, to judge from the appearance
of the trees.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-28
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of Council-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
Secretary and Clerk of Council-Harry b. Grieves.
Town TreasuTer-Ezekial V. Cooper.
Alderman-EugcneC Grow.
Chefof Police-B. w. Turner.
Councilmen: LIST ward, John c. Stockley; End
Ward. Samuel ]. Reynolds 3rd Ward, Harry B.
Gfieves; 4th Ward, JOS. H. Wright 9th. Ward,
John p. Hudson; 9th Ward, Charles C. Thornley,,
James c. Robinson.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
each month.