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sho ctuD;yEtrd shelves and tho candles for
dncSs corners. h car with the oxpcuditUro
Of a surprisingly small sun have an entire
Delft SuOln. ono OF peacock blue. Of old ruso
or orNngO. AS sh0 prefers.
IAN thu ~rcceptaCles for the thousand aud
Ono articles OF use may be found In these
colOrs, and the drudgory of homework
really takes On-n poetic cOloring from it's
environment. Dressed in n long white
linen apron. Il mob cap over her hair. in a
kitchen vi old rose ilxings. il would be-
diai'MlC To see in what way "a woman could
appear tn greater advantage during tho
hoIca Of ti,, workad;ty time"
Then There are all sorts OF cOutrivaRces
60 make lIousework easier,
No louge: cen tho husband make dis
paraging rrrs4:iis cUucCrring the favor
Of the butter, with "reminiscences of an
earlier and happier time when some one of
his feminine relatives arose early in the day
TO make it for the family use. There is a
patent churn on the market which makes
butter in fifteen minutes. and makes il just
as good as any that Aunt Mehit' or Uncle
Reub ever produced.
According to the buyer. the churns are
taking like hot cakes. They look like a
generous sized glass bottle. on tine cover OF
which is fitted an arrangement something
like the handle and cogwheeIs of an egg
beater. which connects with 4 couple OF
revolving ans inside.
The smallest size costs ~. 20. and TO make
the butter equipment complete there is a
tiny scoop with ben handle which lifts the
cream from the milk bottle and hangs on
its edge when not working. There is also
the square wooden paddle. by which with
u simple turn of the wrist the churner
can make the completed butter into butter
balls.
tn" Nnoir VoccsS is complete in n little
IOu-c than thirty minutes. Incidentally il is
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by vsrious newer designs. The three minute
glass. the Joy Of the old time housekeeper,
ia ComrGaioncd now by glasses for four.
Eve, six minutes and more. as nay be de-
sired. The largest ones hold a half hours
worth OF sand.
Sentiment sometimes mingles with the
manufacture of these instruments. and it is
not an uncommon order for a housewife
to bring back sand from the summer resort
and have IL put in the tiny bulbs Of the
ever turning glasses. One Of these eX-
hiJited C)ntainsI a half hours worth of
sad brought from tho desert where the
Sphinx's paw rests nonchalantly. II is
probabls that this housewife will let many
an article of her dinner burn while she
watches thu slowly dropping grains and
recalls her n time vacation in the Orient,
but isn't such a memory worth more than
a well roasted bit Of beef
This day has gone by when rags Of one
kind and another may be saved for busters.
Hardwood and painted floors require some
thing special for their proper treatment,
and large floor cloths with bright borders,
made Of crash or some firmly woven FAX,
nay be had for a quarter Of a dollar.
These are supplemented by busters with
bandanns borders. channels cloth. IN i'm
ported material for the polishing Of metals.
varying in size and price but never more
than fifteen or twenty cents a square. A
half dozsn Of these will last a long time.
The housewives personal needs are not
forgotten. She no longer wears an old pair
Of kid gloves with fingers cut out, frayed and
worn. For her there are roomy knit
gloves, easily slipped on and on, the loose
mesh giving plenty of ventilation; they are
only Is cents a pair.
Dust caps for the hair are also knit, 80
that vent ilation is assured, and for her
brooms are knitted covers. drawn mp
around the handle. a necessity nowadays
when the broOmcOrns leave scratches on
the polished surfaces and are unable prop
erly TO gether up the dust in stray corners
where il has collected and eludes the stiff
ends designed for carpets. As the covers
retail for 10 cents apiece there seems no
adequate cause for the housewife TO COM
plain of the difficulty Of keeping her floors
in good condition.
Bridget's scrubbing pail is another mark
for reforming oversight. What house.
keeper has not had the unpleasant ex-
p~erienCe Of coming suddenly into her kitchen
to find Bridget on the floor with soap sailing
out Of her reach on a watery incline and
rags of all sorts scattered about?
Now the pail is fastened 10 a big bowl. in
which all the brightly b orderedscrub cloths
of different sizes find a place. and there is n
holder for tho soap included in the equip
ment. All Bridget has to do il 20 take up
the arrangement by its handle and move
easily from place to place az she scrubs.
This improvement on old time methods
costs a little less than 81.
All the old cane seated chairs poked away
in the storeroom may he refurbished with
new leather seats. that come in all sizes
and fasten with patent clasps, 30 that all
that has to he done is to cut ont the broken
bits of the cane and slip the new seat into
place.
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Il or CLOCKS.

Electric storms sometimes stop Then,
"A watch may need cleaning when il is
not dirty at all. said a matchmaker. This
sometimes accounts for a great deal of
Misunderstanding between the owner of a
new watch and the matchmaker 10 whom
it is brought for examination. Furthermore
a watch which has never been worn may
need cleaning.
a common reason is hat oil in a watch
may have dried up around the pivot and
become sticky. thus causing the watch TO
go very slowly or TO stop entirely, in which
case OF course IL needs not only cleaning
but the addition of fresh oil.
The oil which is considered best for
watches is made from the porpoise or black
fish jawbone. These oils have a most dis
agreeable odOr and ave to be treated
chemically before being used.
The skeleton Of the fish, with onlv the
head left on, IL hung in the hot sun for
several days and the oil allowed to ooze ort
slowly. All the volatile Parts of the oil are
naturally neutralized in this manner and
the oil collected is said 10 remain fluid and
clear when il comes IN contact with metal
for as long as ten years.
Makers OF chronomoters arc esueciaIIv
scrupulous in the preparation of oils owing
to h accuracy which il demanded of these
delicate timepieces, and often prepare their
own oil by mixing TOrroise. sperm, olive
and neatsfoot and a small quantity oS
mineral oil. When these oils are mixed
II is customary to keep them in AN uncorked
bottle exposed to the sun. This is done
to allow all foreign and c~oloring substances
to fall to the bottom. after which the oil Ia
filtered through a mixture Of charcoal
dust and animal charcoal.
Clocks sometimes stop running for no
apparent reason. During an electric storm
IL is not uncommon for them to atom
abruptly, only to resume their regular
functions with as much accuracy as ever
after a certain interval Of time. This in
terval NAV be only for a few moments or il
may be for years.
D the other hand electric storms have
been known to be responsible for the start
ing Of old clocks which had remained mIIte
and Inactive for years. Imagine the utter
Amusement OF the members OF the house.
hold upon suddenly hearing the solemn
tick-tack OF a stately old hall clock which
from all Appearances had long ago retired
from active serviOa.'
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ably not succeed. but the exercise is ex-
cellent for your lungs.
The third of the motions for the develop
ment Of the chest is the head motion. Lower
your chin, lift il. throw it back. all the time
saving the air with your arms.
Throw you chin up, cut the air with
your hands. draw your head forward and
lift your arms over your head. The idea
is to open the lungs and to develop the
muscles OF the neck and chest.
The fourth exercise for bust develop
ment is deep breathing. It il the best Of
all exercises of this kind, for it will develop
the chest. reduce the hips and abdomen
and increase the appetite.
The woman with n weak heart should
not take TO deep breathing Unless she does
80 gradually. She should take it uD little
by little and with moderation.
The deep breathing exercises should be
Dractised in front Of an open window. In
breathing. the mouth is opened wide and
a full draught of fresh air is taken in. Then
the mouth is closed and the air is gradually
expelled through the nostrils.
There are those who advocate deem
breathing through the nostrils alone. The
abdomen and rib muscles help in the task
of drawing in and expeliing the air. Those
who Once learn deep breathing are not apt
to forget it.
Chocolates. some cereals. game and hot
breads have a reputation for increasing
the bust development without adding to
the weight. Milk. on the contrary, makes
a woman fat. Red wines are said to inn
prove the figure.
One of the most important things for the
woman who is developing her chest is the
beauty bath. The formula for one bath
of this kind comes from Paris. IL lie n
spray bath and Inc materials are hot water
home made perfume, oatmeal water and
benzoin.
The perfume is made simply. L. con-
sists Of spirits of cologne. :=:;sk and oil OF
rose geranium. There is a pint OF spirits
of cologne, a grain of musk and half an
ounce OF the geranium. The whole il bot
tied and set away in the dark until the
bouquet is perfect, after which il is brought
out and put into bottles to be added TO the
beauty bath.
A sponge bath il one OF the things ad-
vised TO the woman whose figure is Door.
The materials are orange flower water,
boiling water and benzoin. A handful OF
pine needles Is put into the tub while the
water is hot and the roma of Zine family
scents the bath. The sponge is dipped
in the water and sprayed uron the skin.
Beauty baths are Of the utmost benefit
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better satisfied than il cigars or neckties

better satisfied than il cigars or neckties
had corr :hci" say.
Ono woman. Il steady purchaser. con-
~fded "a me that she had a large list Of init
mates on whom she had been accustomed
in times past To shower all sorts Of useless
articles for their libraries. bedrooms and
living rooms. None Of these articles repre-
scented an expenditure of more than a few
dollars; they were SEN in doubt and re-
Ceived in dismay.
lone day said she, i wandered into the
kitchen of "A friend. Most Of its furnishings
had never been replaced sine she WIS
married ten years ago except where they
had actually worn out. Everything else
in the house was so new that il CrCaked.
That furnished me with an idea. and since
I nave put il in execution the lukewarm-
ness that greeted my former presents has
been replaced by TapturOrs words and notes
of thanks. Many of my friends ave fol-
lowed my example,
another reason for the selection of
domestic articles for presents | believe is
found in the architecture of the modern
apartment. where the kitchen is often on
view TO the most casual visitor. The house
wife ma naturally wants to make it attractive.
The kitchen nowadays often has a de-
Cided color scheme. Delicate shades are
forbidden, for the smoke of the cooking can
only be withstoOd by the few decided colors
which are seen in the manufacturers
samples, the primitive greens. blues, pinks,
yellOws, for instance.
she can find all sorts Of paints and var
nishes in these c~olOrs, even the paper for
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II Il invaluable b the sctresS travelling
In one night sthnds. 20 che simmer boarder
RovsD miles from a laundry, and for the
hall FcCm girls Who are bound to lock
neat and clean no matter Tow great a
struggle has TO DO made with that end In
view.
The boarding house keeper whoSs hus-
band has a pressing business engagement
when the meat has TO be carved can solace
herself for his departure with a specially
designed equipment for her need. This
consists Of a Framework in which the roast
10 held UP by parallel bars prongod with
skewers and a knife that slices on the meat
sO that over the star boarder will not get
more than his share.
Electricity plays a leading part in the
domestic inventions. There is an electric
clock for the bedroom, attached to the
lighting equipment OF the room. 30 that
by pressing a button the tiny incandescoDt
bulb winks a luminous eye and you see the
time Of night. The prices for these range
from o. to 50.
For the table there Ia an electric stove
furnished with copper sliding covers so
that when the dish Is cooked the covers
may be drawn and the content kept warm
FOR considerable time.
Just as the rag as a part OK h household
equipment has seen its day, 80 has the
p~asteboard box. No article OF domestic
service has experienced more wonderful
changes.
Brocades, tapestries. silks, satins. chifons,
&c, are used to cover IL. Cabinets for the
corner of the room and special shelves of
carved Woo are made to hold IL. properly
decorated with medallions of famous French
beauties inset.
h open drawer Of the dressing table
disclosed rows of the boxes for wells, and
kerchiefs. laces, gloves, p~erfumed with
padded Innings. but not a hint anywhere Of
the old fashioned store box which was
thought good enough to stow things away
in a decade ago. The slowing away boxes
on a larger scale fit under the bed or couch
and have casters so that they can be pulled
in and out with ease.
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TO the woman who is reducing her weight
and making her neck beautiful. To mak
an ideal beauty bath for the woman who
wants to improve her hip line there is a
formula which is so old that IL is said to
have been used in Pharaoh's time.
One handful of cracked wheat is laid in
the bottom of the bathtub and on top of
this il aid a little bath bag. And then
the boiling water is let into the tub, but
all the while the water must he stirred.
BY the time the tut is half full there will
he a milky foam rising TO the top OF the
tub and the aroma will be delicate and
pleasing. This bath is allowed TO cool
Then about ten drops Of benzoin can be
added to the water. This is not expensive
for a beauty bath.
The bath bag should be filed with sweet
scents, with powdered soap and with a very
little powdered oatmeal. This bag will
scent the water and make IL lathery without
perfuming it too highly.
The benzoinated bath is excellent, espe-
cially for oEen pores; and the orange flower
bath, used so much in the South, is very
good il one is tired or nervous. The bath
Of clover tops and lavender flowers is for
the woman with a headache, and the per-
fumed ammonia bath is for the one who
has a busy evening before her and needs
90 he revived for the ordeal.
Women with a SHOPPING headache may
make n beauty bath by letting the water
run until the room ia hlled with steam.
A double handful of oatmeal is now laid
in the tub. When the water begins 10
cool some Pine needles are stirred in with
a little ammonia and a few drops Of jasmine
water. This makes a bath that refreshes
nerves that ache from shopping.
Home made jasmine water Is very re-
freshing. To make a gallon take a quart
oF spirits Of cologne and III it into a gallon
lug. Add half an ounce Of the oil OF jasmine.
Let it stand two weeks. Fill up with the
best OF alcohol and let IL stand two weeks
more. The aroma will be very sweet. and
the jasmine water can be added to the tub
a cup full at a time.
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MEN STYLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
LIKED NOV THAT KITCHENS
NAVE COLOR SCHEMES.

6N Sorts ~ TaingS That Flat Life or
~IlygleuSs Is0As NSaIiG Desirable Now
1OlsI Rags. apASesr OSSaA. Inventions 0r
e:Any Mas SIaks l'OoSr work q .ToY.
Il l., rvEla-rd .hnt dish pans are Koiag
Gs taaS he Cl&:s Of 'S:.=ponlS Ro- Christ
ass p:Ssan.s: hat 5~+ CaddinA VIII under
study riNrSS. Sn,; sES bca,nrs VIII bo found
IN many :. st.'s sty'Igtng; 'vhnrO a. YUrO only
Y,le:ids DgA,ls ard sm--i'i p@n&SnSa ro-
possSt. v's.h or'tsrs 20: grAnG 9'anoA and
aleoIlcbiIss on rhS side. h.S n;A L. nos
necessarily G-e IN financial stress.
-Eor ewo CT three gears said INC head
n the household ware department Of n
great store. "Wc have noted y steady in
crcOsc OK custom around holiday time in
thia department. There are n hundred
raaaone chat might be given.
-One OF them Ia doubtless the increased
attention given to hygicnio matters. Con-
vince thc housewife that the happiness Of
her hOme centres in the kitchen and harp
on that net, continually and by and by
you WILL nnG tins: the kitchen will occupy n
good part o! her thought. with the natural
results Of having tho very best ard newest
articles FOR !:s furnishings.
Last year q number % young couples
came here 20 select presents for each other
or for friends OF relatives. ~ tEoy had n
modest InOo:ue perhaps an entire outfit "
agate or enaInclled Gin woulc bc bought.
II MOONS permitted .ho aianunucl outfit.
which all Old Tsrh9ps ca5ts So or $40.
wErIld 70 purchased. and tnc women looked
IA pleased "a il rtiey nae received nov gowns
cr hncs. While the husbands certainly seemed
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IRONY ON COINS.


In view of the discussion over the motto
-In God We Trust on United States coins,
a collection of such notices made by an
Italian student, Amerigo Scarlatti. and
recently published in Minerva, an Italian
periodical, is interesting. Scarlatti is Of
opinion that such Inscriptions, though not
intended to be cynical. too often admit
of such an Interpretation through the
irresistible habit of the public of ignoring
the intention of the designer and applying
the motto to the coin itself.
Thus, when Charles H.. King of the Two
Sicilies, had engraved on his silver ducat
the Latin words "Unus non Suffcit"-
meaning "One is not enough" an the
world insisted on forgetting hat the King
referred to a single sceptre and enthusiast
tically agreed with him that one ducat
wasn't enough for any one.
On the contrary, "A storm OF ~ironical on
position was aroused when Louis de Bour-
hon, King of Etruria, in the early part of the
last century inscribed "Videant Fauperes
1T La. tentur" ON his coins. The words
mean Let the poor see and rejoice" and
of course every one wanted to know why
"a poor man should rejoice at merely seeing
a piece of money.
On the Papal coinage OF 1879 bearing the
arms of Gregory XIII. are the words rEt
Super Hanc Petram" CAnd upon this rock.
OF course the POPE ard tho artist who de-
signed the coin meant the words to refer TO
the PapaCy, but the evil lind applied them
so maliciously TO the coin itself that the
issue was speedily stopped. A similar
opportunity for evil tongues was afforded
when the Knights of lsalta coined an issue
of dollars with the sign OF their order, the
Maltese cross. and their motto. I'm hoe
SiGno Militamus" TN this :Sn 20 combat
The ribald affected to take it as a confession
that with Thorn money was truly the sinew
Of war.
A Venetian Ira dated 147I has the some-
what ambiguous motto, -In Tlbi Solo Gloria
Go alone the glory. A seuuin
coined by Cardinal hezgOnico in l77i bears
the words -Veni Lumen Cordium,' or
Come thou light Of hearts, Clement XII.
issued a coin with an image % the n adonna
with the legend -Causa Nostrte Letitis"
cause Of our joy, and a Venetian piece
with an allegorical figure Of Justice with the
words -NOstrs in hac Felicitas" (Our happi-
ness In thisD. All of these inscriptions were
irreverently diverted by contemporaries
from their true objects to the money ITSELF.
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strength Of Yate.
From the WestminsHcr Gasete.

FTUW W. V8TWTIWHIVT UUeFTEVs
Of1ciaI tests OF the many valuable hard
woods native 10 western Australia have
made known the extraordinary properties
Of yate. believed to be the strongest OF all
known woods. Its average tensile strength
Is $4,000 POUNDS TO the square inch. eQualling
that OF good cast iron.
Many specimens are. however, much
stronger. and one was tested up to seventeen
equal TO the tensile strength OF wrought iron.
The sawn timber OF yate Ia prObably the
strongest In the world. The tree grows to
times 2 diameter Of two and q half or even
thre e feet.
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said that the very newest method Of in.-
proving the complexion, contour and irm-
ness of the arms is by this same churning
process.
Thefts Of milk bottles have aroused the
indignation of another inventive mind
and a very simple and effective method
has been evolved for getting the best Of
ianitors, tramps and stray boys who steal
the bottles and sell them for unlawful gain.
To prevent this is a ~radlockcd box to be
fastened to the wall of 1.-The area, big enough
to hold half a dozen milk bottles and only
to be opened by the miIkman and the house
wife, who have the keys.
The old fashioned egg bcater is replaced
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OUR TRADE WITH THE ORIENT.

From IRE raci C Era.

The total Oriental market for merchant
disc of a class which may be readily pro-
duced in tho United states Is more than
81 600. OOO. OOO annually. and of this we now
supply about SIPS. 200. 600. OF this annual
market of 81 900. 600. 900. about $3.50 .OOO. 900
is cotton goods. for which the United States
supplies most of the raw material; another
500, 200 1000. iron and steel, of which the
United States is the worlds largest sro-
Queer; $4,000, 900. provisions in various
forms. in the production of which the
United Statssalso exceedsany other country.
about stO.OOO.OOO. mineral oil; S2S, OOO. 900.
medicines. drugs and dyes; 500. OOO. OOO
-four, and S20,O00 .OOO. coal. in addition 10 a
large umbe OF other articles of miscel-
laneous character. lmost exclusively, how
ever. manufacturers
While the United States supplies abont
20 per cent. OF the imports of China, Japan
and the Philippines. and is steadily in
cTeasing Its total, IL supplies but practically
1 per cent. OF the imports Of the tropical
and s~ubtropical Orient and is making little
ii any increase.
japan occupies first. place among the
Oriental countries in the percentage of
its trade conducted with this country. and
our exports to Japan are greater than 60
any other Oriental country except China.
Iron and steel manufactures. Including
machinery. are probably the most important
group Of articles found in our exports 10
Japan, and their importance seems likely
TO increase more rapidly than that OF any
other article or group Of articles. The
PRINCIPAL articles forming exports from
the United States to Japan are iron and steel
manufactures. raw cotton. kerosene oil
and -four.
While cotton has IN many recent years
shown : larger total than iron and steel.
and while Japan will always continue 20
bo a large imDOrtAr ~ rmR ooktnn 10 Il,
scarcely probable that the growth In our
exports Of cotton 10 that country will be
as rapid as that Of iron and steel manu-
res - % f,.T