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fully things may be dyed nowadays. and
the expense isn't very great.
tive just finished a lovely frock. The
material wa a very handsome. heavy
white crepo with n lot OF hand embroidery
on IL. IL had been cleaned several times
and wa yel!oWed and worn In places.
1--we had it dyed to match some chiffon
in n of the new blue shades and had
some cream chantilly lace taken from
another old frook dyed the same blue.
Then I made the lower part OF the skirt
OF tho embroidered crepe act onto the
upper skirt OF chiffon with the dyed lace.
; There was plenty OF the crepo for a draped
bodice opening in a V to the girdle top
In front and with a plated Oversleeve
set In a huge armhols and falling over an
undsrsleeve Of chiffon and lace.
The shoulder drapery and oversleeve
ought 70 have been cut 10 one. but there
wasn't enough crepe for that. 80 ! cut
them separately Ind used plaits n inset
lace TO conceal the joining. Pulled chiffon
filed the lower part Of h front V. and
above hat was a little guimpe OF fine cream
lace picked put with gold. There was
cream and gold at the bottom OF the under
sleeve too.
snow that irook didnt look made over
at all, and ever with the dyeing and the
new chiffon it didn't cost much. yet Il has
boon greatly admired
Then some Of my customers have picked
up short lengths Of materials at great bar
gains and bought enough other materials to
exc thom out. Or perhaps they have found
short lengths in two materials OF white on
black or standard color that may DO used
togeth.r.
IAN these things seem small and petty. 7
know. Some women Insist that 1t doesn't
Day 10 economics on dress goods. but when
pns saves ten or fifteen dollars here and
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a crepe or chiffon cloth brocadad in velvet
suggesting itself. though there are less
expensive substitutes. The petticoat Is In
plain material OF the same color.
Fringe n satin also carry out the mono
ton idea. and contrasting color is used
only in the heavy gold lace laid over green
which fills in the v shaped front and forms
sleeve bretelles. and in the touches Of green
satin introduced in the point OF the V and
In the girdle choux.
OF the combination net and satin class.
which, as has been said, offers excellent OPP
p%ortunities for making over. was a copper
brown model. also illustrated hers and
excellent in detail, the rather close under
sleeve Of satin being a departure from the
usual rule OF sheer undersleeves.
We have seen several Of these closely
fitted undersleeves in soft satin OF late
'in connection with frOcks OF cloth, velvet
or sheer stun. and an excessively smart
frock worn during Horse Show week had
a very long. close fitting sleeve Of softest
satin. very slightly wrlntled and with both
parts Of the sleeve cut all along the outer
side in very shallow crescents. the points
meeting. while through the long narrow
olive shaped openings between the points
showed finely tucked mousseline matching
the satin in color. From each place where
the points met hung a long slender tassel
in the color Of the sleeve materials.
And. aprOpOs Of satin. the advancing
season but emphasizes the importance OF
this material. All OF the supple satin
surfaced silks have a great vogue. and
while the most beautiful satins, u as the
Callot. the Paquin. &c.. are very eHpen-
sive, charming liberty satins. light OF
weight n very soft. may be had at 81 a
yarI or even less, so the frock OF satin IL
net necessarily n costly effair.
At the dtera the satin frcck he's prac-
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any good fur. and ever a seamstress can
sometimes remodel Persian lamb in fairly
satisfactory fashion. this fur being less
hard to handle than most Of the others
because the curling hair conceals even
awkward piecing n patching.
Such an astrakhan coat as h 10 n
sketched for this page. with its trimming
Of braid and its little waistcoat and under
sleeves OF embroidered velvet, might readily
be made from one of the old fashioned coats
or capes. and not only would it be useful as
a separate coat but It would complete an
extremely chic street costume il worn with
skirt and blouse repeating the cOlor OF the
velvet used in waistcoat and sleeves.
OF little trimmings that can easily be
made at home by any woman who uses a
needle with any skill there is no end. and
often these touches add amazingly to the
effectiveness of a rrOck. Buttons covered
with velvet or satin and thon embroidered
in some simple design. such as a cross, star
or circle. may readily be accomplished by
any one after a little experimenting. and
especially in black with gold embroidery
these buttons arc used upon many Of the
French modelA
The coral chiffon cloth Of the large cut
had such buttons black satin covered
and worked in gold stars-and upon this
same charming frock occurred a little hand
made trimming of narrow zigzag bands
with tiny drops or grelots hanging from
the points. Both band and drops were
made Of coral silk. the drops being formed
OF tiny round pieces shirred up by running
a thread around h outside and drawing
il up tightly. after having stuff ed thel little
boa with a minute bit OF cotton.
Embroidered dots in color. gold OF silver
upon narrow bands Of velvet. cloth, &C.,
are often an attractive finish and demand
hut little labor and skill. and the list OF such
details may be expanded indefinitely.
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and the mOdish opera pat Of the season
is a far cry from economy. To be sure
there are graceful. enveloping capes and
coats of light hued broadcloth. more or less
draped and exceedingly graceful Of line.
which are not expensive, n there are sim
liar wraps in heavy soft satin wadded for
warmth which have little elaboration to
make their prices soar. but some Of the
wraps Seen in the foyer INT at the carriage
entrance are truly miracles Of elegance and
luxury.
Several wonderful coats Of lace lavishly
trimmed in ermine have appeared this
season, and oloaks Of softest velvet heavily
and intriOately braided and handsomely
fur trimmed are many. ChifOns n nets
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Changing n Business Emblem.

In a Brooklyn suburb a barber rented
a shop that an undertaken had vacated.
Among the belongings left behind by
the proprietor Of the mortunry business
was a weatherbeaten wooden representa-
ton Of a monument, with base, pedestal
shaft and capstone Of pine, which stood in
front Of his show window.
The barber repainted the monument,
iettered the base with his name and -ton-
serial artist" painted sanitary red CROSSES
on the faces Of the pedestal, put spiral
stripes of red and white around the shaft,
and painted the cap pea green. Then he
wal ready for business.
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know. I couldn't have given it Inc cut
and finish. but l can make a better skirt
than most Of the tailOrs can. and that suit
cost SEA. while the tailor suit in the first
place cost SI2I."
The theme was an interesting one and
ever since the enthusiastic woman held
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frocks and using up old materials. I'm q
perfect magpie for tucking away scraIs
Of things. and this last month nay SEAM
stress and I have been doing wonders In
piecing things together. Il seemed as IL
thsrs was nothing l couldn't use in n
way or another. and some Of my old frocks
made over are prettier than they were at
the start"
An OF which should be encouraging to tfe
woman whose dress allowance has bean
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thaa my bargains mean hard luck for some
body. and I'm sorry. I'D be willing to
dispsnae with them. but 1t wOuldn't be kM-
man not TO rejoice over them wher' they
come my way.
And shen. quite aside iroP~ cha matter
" bargains in ready maGs model frocks
cod dress materiale~ and coats and furs
nd trimmings, tho fashions this year offer
Splendid opportunities for making Q
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
Miners Hard Fate.

A Welsh colliery fireman named
Evan Howells died recently as the re-
suit of terrible injuries he had sus-
tanned in fire in the Rhondda valley.
While the men were working at the
pit bottom the pit knockers" clang-
ing gave warning that something was
wrong. Howells went up in the cage
to see what was the matter. and near
the top of the shaft he found fire
had broken ont. The cage was drawn
up into the middle of the flames, and
just as the man arrived in the heart of
the fire the "knocker" wire broke,
and the signal to stop the cage was
given automatically. The shrieks of
the man in the cage drew the atten-
ton of those on the bank, and by the
time the cage had been drawn to the
top, Howell's clothes had all been
burned upon him. 1t is stated that the
guide ropes were white with heat and
as soon as the fan was stopped TO pre-
vent the fire getting into the pit ball
of flame rose from the shaft, shot up
by the air pressure.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
Trouble a, the Moore Cottage.

In the Adirondack Cottage SAM
tarium, at Trudeau, N. Y, the patients
are supposed to be in bed at ten
O'Clock each night. The lights at
that hour are supposed to be extin-
guished, and talking is strictly pro
hibited Any violation of these rules
is reported to the resident physician.
To enforce the rules is part Of the
duties of a Waterman who has been
with the institution for years. This
Waterman, a middle-aged German,
whose only name, so far as anybody
ever knew, is John, is the soul OF
fidelity in carrying out his duties, and
violations of rules are always re-
ported by him without delay. ---..
John ia not a college NAH and some
of his reports are gems of the purest
ray. The other night he heard loud
talking at the Moore cottage. The
lights were lit and he FASTENED to see
what the trouble was. His reception
was more vigorous than polite, and
next day he formulated this report to
the powers that be:
Trouble. at Moore cottage last
night, ten thirty. Three beds empty.
One bed said Go to H"
The report is destined to live long
in the annals of the sanitarium.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
SEEK TREASURE OF LAFIrrE.
lite Hiding Place Has Been Pointed
Out in Dreams of Ghosts.

Since the French privateer ana
slnuggler, Jean LATTE, sailed the high
seas and brought his treasures to the
gulf coast and buried them now ana
then il happens that some sensation
arises as to their immediate where
abouts, says the Houston Post.
Thirty-four years ago the pirate OF
the gulf, as LATTE was called, appear
ed in a dream to DR.. Beazly, and,
rather roughly taking him by the col
lar. told him to come with him and
he would show him where there were
gold and silver and diamonds buried.
The doctor in his dream followed his
midnight visitor and he directed him
to certain place in the cottage, which
was then the Beazly home and occu-
pied by the family, and designated
the spot under which lies the much
talked-of wealth of the privateer.
The doctor, having the same dream
repeated twice in the same night, be
came wide awake after Laftte's third
visit and much interested, the result
being that he did, and perhaps, too,
very shortly afterward, begin digging
under the house in pursuit OF the
treasure.
After getting to the depth OF four
or five feet he found nothing OF any
moment except very unusual stone
in this part of the world. where moth
ing of its kind was ever seen here.
Had he kept on possibly the treas
ure might have been found and the
restless spirit OF Lafitte, wherever II
may be, might have been released
from this burden of secrecy, a burden
from which, seemingly, he wished to
be relieved. as another visit has been
made in the same house, and this time
in dream LATTE appears In the pres
ence of lady, urging her to get the
lost jewels, gold and silver.
After all these years DR.. Beazly has
at last consented to have some one
else who believes in the undertaking
Join him to find the treasures, and
they have made arrangements salts
factory to all parties concerned and
now, in a short time, Mr. Mckay, q
banker at La Porte, being the associ-
ate mentioned. Will begin operations
TO find the treasures slowed deep
down under the old house.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
From Prehistoric Days.

The burial place of an adult, prob
ably of the Stone Age, was excavated
in the Island of Three. one OF the He
brides. The body had been placed in
the smallest possible compass on its
right side with knees drawn up to
The chin. but rather breast downwards.
The relics around and upon the skele-
ton are in harmony with the theory.
deducible from the position in which
lie dy had been placed. that the
burial belongs to very early period
The condition Of the bones and the
relics is so good that they could be
readily set up in a museum in the
original position. Discoveries have
also been made recently in the Island
IF Coll An important find was that
If set of 30 small finelymade flint
implements, probably of the Bronze
age. The objects include one of the
most beautifully-made flint arrow
points, Of type more common in Ire
land than Scotland.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
Boxer Chief Well Treated.

Duke Ian, one of the Boxer chiefs,
who is supposed TO be in prison at
Sinkiang, on account of his share in
the rising of 1900, seems to be having
a very good time. 1t is reported that
he is using the Chekiang guild house
as his residence and, as he regarded
the grounds as too small, he extended
them by taking in the adjacent land.
He draws from the treasury a large
monthly allowance for his mainten-
ance, always goes out in an official
chair borne by four persons, with a
large number of bodyguards, and is
Gerry fond of theatrical performances.
The officials, from the governor down
ward, are in the habit of going to his
house to pay their respects twice a
month.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
The Favor He Asked.

The second floor people had often
been annoyed by the running back
and forth of the little boy upstairs,
but being peaceable folk with an in
FAINT of their own, they didn't want to
complain One day package OF
laundry was left with the second
floor tenants for the upstairs people,
who were out. That night the man
of the house took it up.
II met the husband at the door,
he explained to his wife afterward,
and he seemed very decent sort;
obliged and all that sort of thing.
Wanted to know if he couldn't &C
commodatc me some way.
There's just one thing said |.
What is it?' said he.
"'Have your little boy wear rub
bers in the house.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
He Was interested.

ut was so nice of you to see me
home" she said. 20 hope the trip has
not been very tiresome to you"
"Oh, no; not at all, not at all, he
replied. in fact, it has been rather
interesting"
You cannot know how glad you
have made me- Do you really mean it.
Mr.. Worthwads? / shall be delighted
to have you call at any time. Can't
you come over tomorrow evening? l
felt the first time | ever saw you that
we were destined to become"
Excuse me, Miss Oldun. am afraid
you didn't quite understand. ! have
found the trip interesting because
supposed we had the most foolish ad-
vertisements in the trolley cars out
our way. | find that the ones in these
cars are even more funny-especially
the rhymed ones which the advertis-
ers have composed themselves"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
FIGHT FOR FRANCE
SOLDIERS OF FOREIGN LEGION
HAVE GLORIOUS RECORDS.
All Nationalitics and Types Serve
Under the Tr-Colored Flag In the
Colonies of the Great Euro
pean Republic.

In the bloody hand-to-hand fight
with the Moors over the dead body of
heir commanding officer, Major Pre-
vost, the nsii of the French Foreign
Legion we're true to the organizations
record for gallantry.
Miscellaneous fighting in the French
colonies has been the Legionaries' spe-
cialty They campaigned against the
Black Flags and filled hundreds OF
alien graves in Tonkin.- In Dahomey
500 of the Legionaries bore the brunt
of the fighting and earned Gen.
Doud's praise as the best soldiers in
he world" BY tradition they never
serve in France. One of their most
brilliant achievements, however, was
he defense of the bridge in the first
!attle of Orleans in 1870, where fewer
han 1000 men held an entire Prus-
sian army corps at bay and made 1t
possible for the French army to re-
treat without serious loss and save its
artillery. The Legion lost 500 men in
he action.
Into the two infantry regiments
drifts a steady stream OF plain sol
iiers, bankrupt adventures, fugitives
rom justice, political refugees, gen.
eel blacklegs in disgrace, men of
tile and men OF no account, ready to
march 80 kilometres a day under the
tanning African sun, so they can lose
heir identity. 1t is a brigade of mys-
cry and romance.
In one company some years ago
we're found a Roumanian prince sus-
Yected of having murdered his broth
er an Italian cavalry officer dismiss
I'd from his country's army for cheat
ing at cards Russian nihilist prince
who had escaped from Siberia; an ex-
canon of Notre Dame Of Paris sus-
1ended from ecclesiastical functions
;or the best Of reasons; an English ex-
maor of Hussars and a German count
who had held high military rank at
Berlin. After terrible engagement
With the Kabyles, in which both the
surgeon-major and his assistant were
wounded Assembly" was sounded,
and riding along the line the major
asked ANY doctors or surgeons
among you?" Nine men left the ranks,
Zach of whom had taken his degree
N a European university.
A har1-drinking, quarrelsome, duel
loving, decn-may-care lot Of social
castaways and professional soldiers,
the Leeionaries are ruled with iron
discipline The slightest act OF ag'
erosion against superior officer Is
punished with death. During the war
in Tonkin II members were court
sartialed and shot in one day. But
IN the face of danger, whatever their
vices or their crimes, the wearers of
he smart KEPT and baggy red breeches
never fail to give a good account OF
themselves. They are always ready
and eager to fight. Men like Marshal
Bazaine. Gen. de Negier and Gen. Du-
hin have led them. Count de Maleret.
court fayorite in Napoleon Ills
time. having been distigured for life,
sought their command. Villebois-Ma-
reuil. who fought with the Beers, was
once an officer in the Legion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
Old Relics Found.

Whikt making excavations at the
Cape Town railway station for wall
building purposes last year, some
workmen found several loose stones
with inscriptions, such as were used
by the captains of ships calling at the
Cape before Van Riebeek had built his
little fort, to denote the places where
letters might be found. Further
search revealed the flight Of steps on
the old seashore, which constituted
the first landing place for persons ar
irving by sea, and may have been used
by Van Riebeek himself. The stones
were found at a depth of over 20 feet,
and with them small tobacco pipe
and a key. All the relics have now
been placed in an alcove on the sta
ton platform, erected at the exact
spot where they were found, and an
inscription in both English and Dutch
tells their history to travellers.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02

He Was Ambitious, but Grew Dizzy
and Fell into the River.

Nearly anyone can become good
telephone lineman after three or four
years. said Kansas City electrician.
"A few men, though, never can learn
the trade because they grow dizzy
when they get to the top of pole.
Safety belts have been worn only
about ten years. Just a little while
man working with me who couldn't
learn to control himself when on a
pole. He could climb all right, but
after he got there he couldn't do any
thing except to hang on SO tight that
he left his nail marks in the wood.
One day we were working on
telephone line close to town, and had
a good-sized audience watching us.
This would-be lineman thought he'd
try to nail some brackets up about
20 feet from the ground. He put his
AK in his mouth and Skinned up the
pole. Then he stopped. The natives
came around to watch him and he did
his best, but it was no use. There he
stayed for full minute and couldn
nut his hands up to get the ak. So he
came down again.
He tried one day to cross on high
truss we were wiring over the Missou-
RI river. We told him he couldn't dc
II, but he went ahead, and, as usual
last control of himself and fell When
we pulled him out he had changed his
mind about becoming a lineman. Lat
er he went into the grocery business.
Kansas City Star. ---.-ssssssr
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
The First Bareback Rider.

Riding on a broad pad strapped on
a horses back is very old; bareback
riding is comparatively new. 1t was no
longer ago than 1854, on the Fourth of
July, that y. b. Washburne's circus,
playing in Boston, was packed to suffo-
cation by the announcement spread
broadcast, that, on that particular day
for the first time in the hissssT of the
world, man would ride three times
aroxnd the ring standing upright on
the bareback Of a galloping horse!
The rider, Robert Almar, actually ac-
curnplished this feat, and also he car
ried an American flag, which he wav-
ed. thereby arousing tremendous en-
thusiasm. Contrast that with the pres
ent when there are scores of riders
who can turn a somersault on horse
back. A clever boy can be taught in
about three days, to stand up on a
horse and ride around the ring
Everybody's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
None Such Now.

'Pierpont Morgan's superb collec-
tons in his London town house" said
a New York decorator, were opened
to a few of us during our summer con-
vention at the South Kensingtsn Mu-
scum.
Among Mr.. Morgan's treasures
there was an old book that / liked for
it's quaintness. This book, which was
splendidly bound. was Hoptouns Con
cordance of Years 1t was a chronol-
ogy of remarkable events and | copied
a few of these events down. We have
none such now. Listen"
The decorator then read:
l116. The moon seemed turned into
bloode.
1925 Men wore hare like women.
1888 Four sunnes appeared, beside
a true sumo, of a red coloure.
1881 Fiends were seen speake unto
men as they travelled.
1401 A sed birdie with a girls head
seen thrice in London.
1477 A blazing star on Palm Sun
day near the sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
New Walk Adopted.

Notable is the way the modern girl
Is walking. II is described as a father
tired SLOUGH" and 1t is the fitting com
plement of the costume she wears.
This is what in Paris Is called the
petit costume dhomme," consisting
of short, scant \skirt, loose half
fitted coat with flower run through
the buttonhole, and big hat worn on
the back of the head. Wherever one
sees this combination one sees also
the gait seemingly induced by it-a
sort of devil-may-care SLOUGH supposed
" initiative of the easy-going mascu-
line, and far from lovely or alert.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-10-02
Nothinu QoinQ.

Harrison Grey Fiske discussed at a
dinner in New York the art of act
ing
II believe" said Mr.. Fiske, in
subtlety and restraint. A nod.
shake of the head, a silent pause
these things are often more effective
than the most violent yelling and
ranting.
Life is like that, subtle and silent.
What, for instance, could be more ex-
pressive than this scene, scene with
out a spoken word, that | once wit
messed in the country?
IAN undertaken stood on corner
near a noble mansion. He elevated
his brows hopefully and inquiringly
as physician came from the house.
The physician, COMPRISING his lips,
shook his head decidedly and hurried
to his carriage. Then the undertaken
with a sigh passed on"