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Invitations for such an entertainment
invite guests Ito meet Mr.. G. Cobb very
informally.
In the dressing room each young lady
is presented with a popcorn necklace
sewcd on satin ribbon. each one having
a distinct color. The men have watch
chains to match the necklaces. From the
drawing room, where all assemble, guests
pass to the dining-room. Here, before
n bright, open fire. the corn is popped
to an accompaniment of singing songs,
telling stories and guessing conundrums.
The hostess, who wears corn-colored
crepon gown, then invites the men TO
select. as partners, the girls whose
necklaces match their watch chains In
color.
Then all take their seats at a table
with menu and color scheme carrying
out the corn color idea and including
sailed, sugared and buttered popcorn,
popcorn balls, lemon jelly, cake, lemon
sponge cake, lemonade, lemon ice cream,
lemon water ice and lemon jelly After
supper, cards with pencils attached We're
handed around and every one was re-
auested to write eight nouns and the
name Of general beginning with corn.
The prize list read: Corn flower, corn
starch corn ice, cornet, corner. corn
cake, cornucopia, General CORVALLIS"
The prize was pretty corn-colored paper
lamp shade, the BOBBY given the girl
whose paper contained only two words
was corn-colored Ounce cap made OF
crepe paper,
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But somewhere-somew natientlx-
That Was Different.

"Pa" and Ma" Mckinney were going
away for a few days. and pa was giving
the boys instructions as to the manager
ment of affairs during his absence.
Don't forget to turn the colts into the
pasture about next Wednesday," he said.
THE grass in the little field will be
pretty we'll gone by that time; and LET
Myers have the spotted calf II he comes
after it,
Here he was Interrupted by Ma Nc
Kinney, who exclaimed. do drive on.
pal We sha'n't get to Joslahs by noon,
and Ellen will be waiting dinner for us. y
And take good care Of the colt"
went on pa. placdly, "and don't forget
the warm mash every night, and .,
Now, pa said ma again, "the bovs,u
take care OF everything all right. Vol,
know they will. DO go along!"
But pa had few more Instructions to
give, and ma waS obliged to speak again
and again before he was finally ready
to start.
AS they drove off. amid n chorus az
good-bys. ma suddenly grasped her part
ner's arm.
stop, pa, stop aminute!' she gasped
II forgot to tell Jennie to make that
rhubarb up into pies: to-day, and it'll be
spoiled by tomorrow, Jennie Pa, stop
the horse"
"Glddap!" said Pa Mckinney, Youth,
Companion.
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Not a Bit of Browning.

Miss Adelbert had just returned from
a vacation spent at tiny village on the
Maine coast. In recounting her expert
ences she talked somewhat for the BEN
eft of cousin. a quiet person, who was
visiting her city relatives for the firsS
time in many years.
There was just one stoln in the
place" said Miss Adelbert. "and they
kept everything, that Is. everything they
had to keep.
"one day went In to buy some soap.
and just on venture asked the clerk IL
they had Browning. He stared at me a
second. then went off and looked under
the counters and on the shelves.
Presently he came back and said.
No. miss. we amt got none. We got
blacking, an we got bluing, an we got
whiting. but we ART got a bit O. brown
ing in the store"
Miss Adelbert had to make several
protests to assure her audiece that this
really happened. Finally the cousin
asked. graveiy, But. Cousin Bert, why
didn't you say varnish in the first placer"
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POPCORN PARTY.

and she. too as we know, achieved her
exquisite speech; it did not come to ner
without effort. Loving both literature
and music, and gifted in 10th arts. an
unmelodious and inexpensive utterance
offended, her doubly, and she resolved to
speak well. She, too, succeeded but
there was a transition period In which
her effort gave an unpleasing effect of
stiffness and pendantry to her speech.
Perseverance carried her through this to
freedom and naturalness. She came to
use the right word as surely in her talk
as in her writing, and at last to use 1t
easily and at once. No one who ever talk
ed with that great woman could forget
either what she said or how she said it,
MI. Henry James a short time ago
urged the students of Bryn Mawr not to
be afraid to try to speak well; If need
We're, to begin by initiating those who
spoke better than themselves, nor shrink
from the charge of self-consciousnes and
mmicry while learning. He spoke less
of language than of utterance; but to
both his words apply equally well.
"Unconcsiousness.1 he declared, fls
beautiful when it means that our know
ledge has passed into our conduct and
our life has become, as we say, a Sc
cond nature But the opposite stage is
the door through which 1t has to pass
and which is inevitably. sometimes,
rather strait and narrow. This squeeze
is what we pay for having reveled too
much In ignorance Selected,
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MODEL PRINCESS GOWN
OF THIN GAUZE

] Powered silks in simple desIgns seem es-
peciaiiy pretty for young girls evening
| gown. Plain satin and effective brocades
always be worn. but small floral patterns In
! appropriate to a debutante and really young
women. One point in favor OF "a figured or
lowered silk Is that It requires so i!tte trim
minS-always an advantage II gown must
be made up with an eye TO economy. Then,
too, while the skirt must be both long and
su! for the s evening, sun = figured material.
not take many yards to give the. desired effect.
Princess gowns may be said 70 be worn
mean necessarily that tho whole dress is made
In one peice. Many Of the drapcd bodces
could not be made with skirt and waist all In
bodice. beneath loose fold of the material.
The gumpe effect OF lace and chiffon cut in
the .dscollstage is soft and becoming; and with
usual shade tho white at the neck frequently
gives a very necessary tone Of relief The
feta chiffon tatfeta. Tho great ADVANTAGE
OF this shade Is that II is most difficult
| color TO wear. and yet. IL at all becoming, Is
color is seen p also Considerably modIaed and
even toned down to deep rose color
so much more effective In ballroom than
tho delcately pretty shades OF pink. pale blue
or green that all who can wear the bright right
gowns, II deliberately made end spansied serve
to brighten and give character to a ballroom.
WHILE b Is seen II and
with silver or gold embroidery they help
greatly as medium between the darker
the white gowns add lustre to the scene
An exquisite gown of costly white chiffon
satin made after simple enr pth
made of chiffon and lace picked out In mother
of pearl spangles.
bsas traced IN silver thread and the
lace was studded with lrldescent pail!ettcs.
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Silks From Opera Conn
to the Trottiing Frock

With tho opening of the grand opera in
New York the social season can be said
to be in full swing, and the, most popular
modes for the winter determined.
My prediction in my last letter from
Paris regarding the great and deserved
vogue of silk have been richly fulfilled,
trimmed black silk coat worn over a
trimmed black silk coat Worn over
chiffon Princess gown which was regaliy
carried by q popular society woman in
an opera box Monday.
But silk. while entering into the COM
position of every gown for formal wear
Is a la mode for all occasions from the
opera to the morning shopping trip, and
when ono considers the enormous amount
of this favorite fabric In use, one would
imagine that some wicked silk trust was
making the poor little silk worms work
''over time. but the lamentable truth
is that the silk worm has little 10 do with
much of the silk offered us to-day.
For example, some of the handsomest
so-called "slls cluny' lace worn is COM
posed entirely of wood fibre. as many
a woman has discovered 10 her dismay
when shower has transformed her lace
into pulpy mass. And so IL is with much
OF the silk bought hopefully, notwlth-
standing the deserved reputation OF silk
for splitting and cracking, for is not
the word guaranteed" on the sevage?-
But the same story--tears and lamenta-
tions Instead of wood fibre, as In the
lace, The so-called silk is composed parti-
ally of tin.
But genuine silk, silk that will wear and
look well until one is tired of seeing it
can be obtained. II Is matter OF con-
tidence, not so much, perhaps. in our
merchants honesty as In his Judgment.
1t was native astuteness on the part
OF great American expert in silks, pos
sibIy. and the belief that our clever wo-
men would richly reward the man WHO
could gain their confidence in his judg-
ment of silks, that caused him TO do such
before unheard-of thing as TO start
the little twenty second Street shop where
nothing but silks were 10 be sold. He
named his shop Nothing but Silks, .
md the result is now an old story-suc-
ress.
Natty little waistcoats are exceedingly
popular, and careful dressing from the
skin outward liz of the utmost import
ance with these garments The day Is
passed for ill-ftting undergarments. and
the corset must fit like glove. and 81
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REVIEW OF YEARS
HISTORY MAKING

/, about ten years, the Liberal party has
come into power, while the alliance be-
| tween Britain and Japan renders the
| peace Of the East comparatively secure
| for ten years to come.
In France the union of church and
State that has lasted for more than a
hundred years. has been dissolved. In
Italy. elections have been participated
in by Catholic voters, the Pope having
done away with the decree that pre-
vented Catholics from taking an active
part In national affairs.
In the United States, President Roose-
welt, who entered upon his second term
of office last spring, is winning conf
dence from all sections of the country.
So much for the history made in 1906
1t made graves as well as history. The
mind goes back to Fitzhugh Lee, soldier
and statesman; John Hay, poet and Dip
lomatist; Joseph jefferson apd Henry
Irving, leaders in American aid English
dramatic art; Mary Mapes Dodge, editor
OF st. Nicholas; Jules Verne, General
Lewis Wallace, Henry Harland. all men
of distinction in the world OF letters,
and host OF others who have gone
with the passing of the year.
Standing on the threshold OF 1906.
looking backward to gather inspiration
that comes from the great example and
memory of the past, the heart responds
to the invitation held out by the future
and begins the work Of the New Year
in the spirit of confidence and of hope.
A Flower Unblown.
A flower unblown, u book unread,
A tree with fruit unharvested.
A path untrod. a house whose rooms
Lack yet the hearts divine perfumes,
A landscape whose wide border lies
In silent shade meath silent skies,
A wondrous fountain yet unsealed,
A casket with its gifts concealed
This is the year that for you waits
Beyond to-morrows' mystic gates
-Horatio Nelson Powers.
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A review Of the year that ended on
the last day OF December. 1905. reveals
the Important place 1t holds as maker
of history in the world of the twentieth
century.
II witnessed on August Goth the agree
ment for peace between Russia and
Japan at Portsmouth. in the United
States, an agreement in which the Amer
lean President was a most active and
important factor. backed by the senti-
ment of European royalty that yet lacked
the example Of precedent to render in
reference from such a quarter possible.
When deadlock occurred between
Russian and Japanese negotiators the
President suggested terms of compro-
mise. Armies were disbanded and peace.
without battling longer for it. was de-
cided upon.
Another notable change of govern
ment without recourse to arms has come
out of the union between Norway and
Sweden. There might have been strife
when the announcement was made that.
unless Norwegians were represented by
consuls, in foreign countries. they would
have a separate constitution and rt&er.
But the decision of the question being
referred TO q commission. the dispute
has resulted in the establishment of an
independent nation, with king of its
own choosing as its leader, without bat
tie or bloodshed.
In Russia constitution has been
granted the people by Gear Nicholas,
and, although the arousing Of the Radi-
cal party by the order of the decree has
produced violence, industrial strikes,
mutiny and murder, it is believed that
the nation will, in the end. be purged of
the evils which have hitherto hindered
its progress and advance in civilization.
and that the reign OF Nicholas will mark
the end of autocracy and its attendant
evils and oppression.
In Great Britain. where the Unionist !
party have been in the ascendency for
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Both Were Women.

Not long ago Il gentleman of wide So.
cial experience after listening to an ami
mated discussion concerning the pecu-
liarities of the American voice, enuncla-
ton and use of language. observed re-
mnIscently that OF the two most de-
lightful takers to who he had ever lis
tened, 1t happened that both We're women,
one an Englishwoman, the other an
American.
The American he said, was lovely
old Quaker lady, with a face like saint,
shining softly from her tightly little
dove-gray bonnet and a voice to match
She spoke with Il clarity, a simplicity,
a grace, n gentle directness which We're
the expression OF her soul; and every
word she used. and ever tone, were 50
exactly the right, the only word the only
tone to convey precisely what she meant,
that not the most eloquent master OF
literature or elocution could have sug-
gested any change which would not have
married rather than bettered the charm
OF her utterance or impaired Its perfect
truth.
She had had no special training, in
the usual sense. But she had, / learned,
since glrlhood been moved at times to
speak in Friends Meeting. At first she
found It an ordeal Nto do so. ana would
stammer and stumble, and occasionally
lose herself among words, until fearing
that she was failing really to convey her
message. she laid 1t upon herself as a
particular burden to control her voice.
choose her words deliberately, and ex-
press faithfully what she had to say,
She succeeded: and when knew her she
spoke as unconsciously as she spoke
beautifully:
THE Englishwoman was George Eliot;
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8. What dramatic purpose had
Shakespeare in detailed description
of Katherine and Tetruchio?
O. What Is Katherine's description
of her treatment by her husband, and
what passionate protest against this
treatment does she make?
10. What dispute takes place be-
tween Petruchio and katherine as to
the sun and moon?
IL What is the effect on Hortenslo
of Petruchio's conquest of Katherine?
Il. What does Katherine say on the
subject of the duty owed by wives
to their lords?
10. How does shakespeare's portray
al of love and courtship compare
in this play with that pictured in
Twelfth Night" Romeo and Juliet"
much Ado About Nothing" "As You
Like 1t" and Winters Tale?
IA. Who founded the University OF
Padua, referred to in this play. and
what celebrated men were students
there?
Is. From what did Shakespeare take
the character of Grissel or Griselda?
16. What position did 1.-The city of
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January Gem.

The gem for January is the transparent
jacinth or hyacinth, symbollzing constan-
cy and fidelity. The flowers of the month
are the white hyacinth and narcssus bios
SONS, around which cluster some of the
most pathetic and beautiful legends
known to students of flower lore Across
the Atlantic. in the channel island flower
farms Narcissi are unfolding their petals
for the Frightening of Lonuon drawing
rooms In Richmond, the woman who
tends her winter garden counts the STEM
der waScn bells noddng on white hya-
cinth stalks as its chiefest treasure.
In the underground world January in
fuences and forces are busily at work.
Already an answering and awakening
thrill is responding to the call sent forth
by the month which, in the midst of win
ter's rule, starts the work of preparation
that by and by shall arouse plant and
flower from their winters slumbcr to re-
newed life, beauty and activity.
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Poets Corner.
Royal.

Royal.
The Douglas-in the days of old
The gentle MINISTRIES sing,
Wore At his heart encased In gold,
The heart of Bruce, his King,
Through Paynim lands to Palestine
Befall what peril might,
10 lay that heart on Christ his shrine
His knlghtly word he plight. X
a weary way, by night and day,
OF vigil and OF fight,
Where never rescue came by day
Nor ever rest by night,
And one by one the valiant spears,
They faltered from his side;
And one by one his heavy tears
Fell for the Brave who died.
TIL fierce and black. around his track
He saw the combat close.
And counted but single sword
Against uncounted foes
He drew the caslset from his breast
He barred his solemn brow,
Oh. Ilngliest and Knightliest.
Go first in battle new,
Where leads my Lord OF Bruce, tho swor'
OF Douglas shall not stay!
Forward ana to tho feet of Christ, /,
follow thee. to-day.
Tho easket fashionerG The battl,
Thuadcred and rolled away. And deat
& i 4 .lt4 f.s,tl 'f.lltn
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Twelfth Day.

January sixth is called Twelfth-Day, as
being that number after Christmas. 1t is
a festival Of the church In oommemora-
ton of the manifestation of Christ to the
Gentiles; more expressly to the three
Magi, or Wise Men OF the East, who
came led by a star. to worship Him
Immediately after His birth.
The Epiphany appears to have been first
observed as a separate feast in the year
S13. Pope julius l is reputed to have
taught the church to distinguish between
the feasts of the Nativity and. Epiphany,
about the middle OF the fourth century
The primitive Christians celebrated the
feast of the Nativity for twelve days, OBJ
serving the first and the last with great
solemnity. Both We're denominated Epi-
phany, the first, the Greater Epiphany,
from the birth of Christ on that day; the
latter, the Lesser Epiphany, from the
three fold manifestation of His Godhead-
the first, by the appearance of the blaz-
ing star which conducted Melchior, Jas
par and BalthaZar, the three Mazi or
Wise Men, out of the east to worship
the Messiah, and to offer Him presents
of, gold, frtckincsnse and myrrh; Mel
chior, the gold; in testimony of His roy
atty as the promised King of the Jews;
Jasper, the frackincense. in token Of His
divinity, and Balthazar, the myrrh, in
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the same time should be entirely comfor-
table properly cut corset. such as any
one of the c. B. a la Spirlte models, is
essential with the waistcoat costume.
One of the most charming of the Paris
models OF waistcoat costumes | brought
over with me is the little short coat and
walking length skirt of heavy black tat
feta, prettily braided with black soutache
in flounce-likc effect, the coat skirt
similarly adorned, being cut away above
the waist line TO display the perfectly
fitting Waistcoat
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Questions.

1. What Ellzabethan play, In which
the husband is dominated by n wife's
influence, may be considered sequel
to flaming Of the Shrew"?
2. At what period in the career OF
shakespeare was 1.-THE Tanning OF the
Shrew" produced?
3. Was it customary in Shakes
peare's day for women Of high social
position to study Greek. Latin and
other languages?
a. What does Shakespeare accom-
plish in Act l of this play, as noted
by the careful observer and reader?
S. Did Petruchio select Sunday as
his wedding day because that was tho
usual fashion in Elizabethan Eng
land?
g. Why does Shakespeare describe
the wedding of Katherine and Petru-
chic by narrative, rather than by ac-
ton?
Z. What information does the reader
derive in regard to the Elizabethan
stage from the stage directions given
at the beginning OF Scene II?
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Above ten hens on the skirt wero ,hres
tucks separated by bands OF Ciuny lace ike
that used the waist.
There are so many new and unusual shade,
worn to-day that It is impossible for the shoe
stores TO keep In stock slippers OF the fash
fore be made to. order and II the gown is
satin. piece OF the saine material can be
beaded slippers are not SO popular just at
bows OF chiffon or spangIed satin Stocktnrs
must. OF course. always match tho gown
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above the Heart of Bruce. BIN mmmmn
above the Heart of Bruce
The heart of Douglas lay.

above the Heart of Bruce. BIN mmmmm
above the Heart of Bruce
The heart of Douglas lay.
Loyal Methinks the antique mould
Is lost!-or Theirs Alone,
Who sheltered freedoms heart cid,
Like Douge with their own
FRANCIS ORREY TICKNOR.
The Book.
/ wrote therein the bitterness
That grief into my life has brought,
The anguish of the lonely night.
The pain each troubled day had
wrought
And when my sorrow thus was writ,
1 called my book the song of tears";
But. reading, 10! found It held
The wisdom of unnumbered years.
/. NJ. Montgomery.
Successful Lives.
They may not shed radiant light
Within the human armament,
Nor flash name that shall ncite
Our wonder like meteor sent
Above the crowd they may not rise
But dint of wealth, OF, deed OF fame,
Nor lean upon the treasured gulse
OF some renowned ancestral name:
But mewhere-sOmewhere patiently
BY quiet heroism led
They live their lives day unto day
With hearts by selfish greed ne'er fed.
As true TO LIES best aims are they
AS Is the needle to the star;
lis these, methinks, the angel say
Whose lives the most successful are.
Katherine II. Terry in The Design
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THE WHITE CHAPEAU.


quite becoming the youthful face white not
both mil
This pretty ang is Of soft rather thick
song than white The rm b Ct medium Width slightly
graceful angie on
left side to permit the which consists bunch Of dell
silk With and me ed@a
bound and corded with velvet n the same shade as the felt
the
oval shape little to the left OF
The rlfe the Iana-o hanter
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Where /. .e Went.

willamson--Hel old boy; missed you
last night Where did you go?
'Jobson--Broke.
Willlamson--How was that?
4 Jobson--Went out Christmas shopping with
my WIFE, Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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SHAKESPEARE CONTEST.


o. O
published
dayo of eac
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St. Distaff's Day.

In the old days in England. this day,
January eth, while not church festival,
was widely observed as st. Distaff S
Day" or Rock Day" when the women
were supposed to resume their work. The
word rock comes from the German rock
en- and was applied to the spinning APP
paratus, the gathering of the women be-
ing called "a rocking"
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Epolution0 of Old-Fashioned Album

fad
the
sonceso popular.
and its
lis
confes on leading
counting
70 proper
$500 N"N% ' ''"' Pa'Sihs
Lda of whit the allurn-r alx
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HERE PLACE PHoroaRAPH.

After soaking In cold water four
hours. peel q photograph from tho card
On On which II is mounted. Dry 1t, trim to
i ,n,s slze, ana fasten here with a very
a AVA 'huciiage. and this only ut corners
press under weight TIL dry.
~ ~ sure that tho pastins IL light and
delicately done and that II dries under
p pr s and then there will be no