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makes midrib in the center of each petal.
The small dots may either be padded and
embroidered solidly or they can be of heavy
French knots. The stems are heavy out
line, so slanted as to make an oblique angie
with the line of stamping This gives
broader effect.
The design should be worked in merceriZed
cotton. If the blouse is of somewha
heavy fabric, floss can be used instead.
The work on this waist can be expedited
if necessary, by emitting to pad the petals
and working it in the Wa1lachian stitch
which is nothing more nor less than a close
buttonhole, worked on both sides toward the
midrib If this variation is made, the lower
circle of petals in the lily must have GEN.
lral dividing line added with a pencil.
While this design is intended for the front
of the blouse only, the two upper outside
lilies may easily be adapted to single sprays
for the back; or the scrolls on the collar
can be run down each side of the back, even
if one has very little skill at drawing.
The waist is made up with clusters Of
fine pin tucks to form yoke. Four tucks
are allowed in the central curve of the pat
tern with as many outside it as the fullness
demands. The cuffs and collars are made
of alternate pin tucks and Valenc1ennes In
sertion, edged with narrow lace to match.
This design can be so quickly worked as
to appeal to many women whose amount of
spare time is far from being proportionate
to their love of dainty handmade gar
ments.
If one has ample leisure. the fine pin
tucks may be run by hand, the insertion
rolled and whipped to the narrow cuff and
collar bands and the seams joined by bead
ing. This, however, is scarcely worth while
for simple waist, machine stitching by
the combination of the proper stitch and
100 to no cotton may be made fine enough
lutte fanatic on the subject of handmade
garments.
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Pretty Silk Scarfs.

" HIS season there are variety of
beautiful scarfs. offered by a south
ern woman who is expert in nee
dlework These beauty effects for the toll
let are not found in the everyday shop,
and 1t is only through an order that one can
be obtained. They are worn as a carriage
wrap for the head to and from the opera, or
for drapery in the evening for the neck
They may also be worn inside of a dress
coat.
The material of which they are made Is a
crepe de chine of pure white tint or of a
cream color OF the best quality and of a
kind that has a sheen for which this spe-
cial fabric is noted. The scarf should be
two yards long, with a good, broad sewage
At both ends the edges are finished by a
double row of hemstitching. making a
charming effect. After the hemstitching is
completed which is rather troublesome
task, the scarf is ready for its ornamental
ton, which is a flower treatment in water
coiors of any blossom desired to suit any
gown or contrast may be given n set
off to the prevailing scheme of the dress.
The most popular patterns are those in a
design of wild roses painted in water colors
the pink blossoms making a charming dec
Grafton of the sort found in the fields and
near the hedges in leafy June. The roses
are so laid on as to avoid wrong side and
! made so by being painted on blotting paper
and as both sides are alike. the scarf itself
can be twisted and turned according to
fancy. In painting these novelties the pat
tern varies, and the design is often a bunch
of blossoms. II this decoration is given to
one end. the other is not quite so full
merely showing a few single roses with
their green leaves. Some of the flowers
are in full bloom, the petals so painted as
if dropping here and there on the silk and
as il the wind blew them there making a
most natural effect.
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Mathematics and
The Dressmaker
an l

xxKT ONSENSE." says some one: what
I'm can mathematics have to do with
dressmaking, Dressmakers do
not use arithmetic in making clothes
Well. really, that may be true, for good
many gowns look that way and would have
been much better for a few moments ex-
pended in calculation.
In the first place. everything must be gov
erned by rules, and II is far better to COM
pare the waist you are making by means of
a measuring tape than by means of two
pieces of the garment. For instance. sup
Jose the hooks which support your skirt in
the back are always one and one-fourth
inches apart and the eyes on your skirts
are always the same, any skirt can Mt any
waist and YOU need never have either one
to measure the other by. One and one
fourth inches, by the way, is the regular
dressmaker's measurement for the hooks
and eyes which hold skirt ana waist To-
gether.
% How much easier. too. when making but-
tonholes and putting on buttons to decide
Just what distance apart you will have them
N inches and then work il by means or a
measure, The size of the waistband. also.
should be in inches. with SO much allowed
for turning in and 80 much for lap under,
etc III the home-sewer will keep a men,
orandum OF all measurements as to size OF
neck waist wristband and other equally
important items which she is liable to need
frequently il will save her much jumping
up and. also the trouble of making COM
parsons between things made and those IN
process. She may even be able to cut with
out a pattern a fairly accurate skirt, one
that will do for common wear, If she has
the bottom and top measurements or the
widths, with the length of each.
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Small Economics.

Rag carpets and rugs are much used and
here is a chance for mothers to entertain
children and at the same time reap a bene-
fit Small boys as well as girls like to sew,
and by cutting rags into strips and having
the children sew them together. many a
rainy afternoon or long evening can be
pleasantly spent.
Underwaists for children may be made at
home and be equal to the bought ones. II
cut from heavy drilling and finished with
bands stitched on where the buttons are
to be sewed.
If embroidery Is edged with Valenciennes
lace it makes pretty and inexpensive col
lars and cuffs.
AS q rule children like plants and flowers.
and 1t is well to let them have one or two
growing blooms for which they are respon-
sible. for they will be interested in seeing
them grow and will come to take pride in
having them look we'll, which means they
have to be carefully tended, and this will
give youngsters something to- do in idle
moments.
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Loose Braids.

WI HEN braids begin to loosen there Is
w pretty sure to be trouble ahead
The first few broken stitches should
Of course, be repaired at once, and the braid
made secure or the heel may catch and q
leg be broken by fall. But If few days
after the first repair has been made another
place breaks out there is but one thing to
be done, which is to rip the entire braid of
and put 1t on afresh or replace it entirely,
because the second breaking away shows
clearly that the thread with which the braid
has been sewed on has grown rotten and
cannot be depended upon.
The braid should be taken OF, all the
threads should be picked out and the bottom
Of the skirt should be well dampened and
pressed. This last can never be done so
well with the braid on, as 1t will shrink
somewhat with the dampening, 50 this Is the
golden opportunity to freshen the skirt
around the bottom. 1t may be that when
the braid is OF it may prove to have some
worn places along the edge, and 1t may not
be convenient for you to go out and pur-
chase another. The best expedient. then, Is
to turn the braid upside down. bringing the
perfectly good edge at the bottom again.
The worn places can be closely hemmed
down. SO that they will be perfectly neat
The old braid will then look fresh. and will
be good for many weeks wear still, saving q
new braid by just SO much.
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Broken Needles.

n ROKEN needles, as every seamstress
~ will admit. are a perfect nuisance. II
matters not whether the eye comes
out or whether they break in the middle.
they are torment: and bent ones are as
bad. One does not wish to stop ones work
and go away somewhere to dispose of them.
nor does one wish to lay-the bits down
somewhere to be attended to after awhile, -
for fear that they may be forgotten, and
some dire catastrophe occur through the
neglect The simplest thing then. and the
most comfortable, Is to have In ones work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

daisies or violets. or any Of the cultivated
flowers desired. Thep the two are laid to-
gether, basted into place and scalloped on
their edges. At the center of each scalIop
on the two sides that are brought together
is-Nprlxed eyeiet hole Of rather large
through these holes, holding the edges Arm
ly together when In use.
When soiled and needing to be washed, it
can be laid out nat and treated as in the
doing up of dolly. being put together
afterward AS a hanger, an inch ribbon,
In pink. blue or yellow. may be made, with
fluffy loops at opposite ends. The scaiiops
may he worked In a tint to match the bios
sons or In a pure white the tone of the
linen. the lacing being a very tiny cord.
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Checked Wolfe.

For spring weddings and luncheons-and
they are to be numerous this year-a gown
Of wolfe or silk is generally best. This is a
regular reception dress, with long-train
skirt, short sleeves and smart hat to corre-
spond, and II Is no longer possible to make
even the smartest coat and skirt costume
serve for this purpose. The robe may be a
three-piece costume. and. indeed. a little
fancy bolero or Eton coat is a decided addi-
ton to such a garment. but IL must be Alto
4ether unlike any dress suitlble for the
street or general spring wear.
Wolfe Is comparatively light and cool, even
when made up over the necessary silk Hin
ing. and in fact. is an excellent weight for
early spring-and IL must be borne In mind
that from fashions point of view, IL not
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basket tiny glass bottle to hold them; a
vial such as homeopathic medicines are
kept in.
These little receptacles may be made very
artistic. They may be covered with lace,
ribbon or crocheted silk, but however the
bottle itself is treated. the top should be
covered with something so thin that the
needles may be pushed through readily, but
so close that they cannot well escape, even
should the bottle be turned upside down.
Two or three thicknesses of fine net Is good
for the purpose. Through this. the point
less portions will slip as readily as those
which have merely lost their eyes: but even
the pointed bits viii not come out unaided.
A person who attaches one of these useful
little articles to her work basket win won
der after a little while how she ever did
without 1t.
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Soap an Aid to Good Sewing.

A GOOD many sewers practice soaping
~ stin work that Is to go under the
machine. but this being true. 1t IL
certainly surprising how few ever think of
soaping material. that Is to be sewed by
hand Nevertheless. it Is as great an aid in
one case as in the other, and every woman
white soap. just as she. has PIECE Of white
wax.
1t will make the needle slip in and out
very readily, but naturally can ony be used
on wash goods. Should the soap have
grown VERY hard. there win be no harm
done by moistening it slightly before APP
plying.
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The Cornucopia Catch-An.

THE cornucopia catch-all is now a
washable affair. Formerly 1t was
made of figured silk. an ornamental
paper. a jute OF snowy design. or anything
that suited the fancy. Now 1t can be reno
waited at home, and comes forth from each
laundering fresh and new.
A good stun for this purpose Is white
Belgian linen. of which there should be
two pieces of equal size. On one piece is a
daintily embroidered pattern Of bunch Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

ESPITE the threatened innovation
of the strictly tailored shirt waist,
the vogue of the hand-embroidered
lingerie blouse is not past; far
from IL. Indeed. the makers are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
Royalty on Guard

KING EDWARD and Emperor William, both
N of them men of the world in every sense
of the word, make point of keeping admirably
posted upon everything that passes in society
both in their own dominions and abroad, and
are therefore particularly well qualified to play
the role of Cerberus to their respective courts
The Queens and Expresses are likewise much
more active in this policing of society than is
generally known, being disposed to a still
greater degree OF strictness than their consorts
It is to them, indeed that is mainly due the
fact that the courts of Europe are to-day as
celebrated for their purity as they were hun
dred years ago, and even at a still. later date,
for the shamelessness of their immortality.
The entire atmosphere of the environment of
royalty has changed within less than a century,
and since people have become convinced that
respectability and high principles constitute
titles to royal favor, instead of dishonesty and
frailty as was formerly the case, completely
different tone now prevails. In the eighteenth
century vice was fashionable at court, and con-
sequently in society. To-day it is regarded as
bad form, and has been supplanted by virtue.
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Other Reasons for Disbarment

THERE are plenty of things which never
reach the of the public through the
press, which never get into the law courts, but
which nevertheless are sufficient to bar people
from court: for instance, what may be de
scribed as social conspiracies, "romances IN
which money is allowed to play part neglect
of payment of debts of honor, the social pro-
motion of undesirable people in return for
cash, etc. All these things sooner or later
generally sooner-reach the ears of the mon
arch and his encourage with the result that
the names of the offenders are quietly removed
from what may be described as the royal visit.
ing list; that is to say, they fall under the ban
of the Lord Chamberlain. The punishment IS
by no means restricted to the mere exclusion
from court functions and from entertainments
at which royalty IS present. The sovere1gns
displeasure and its cause soon filter through to
the fashionable world, which takes its cue
from the throne. Moreover, the embassies and
legations are quietly notified of the attitude
of the monarch by the Lord Chamberlain S
office, exclusion from one court, therefore, en-
failing exclusion from all Others.
1t is only IN very rare cases, when people
have been implicated in a scandal of very
public character, or when in spite of question
able antecedents they have managed to outwit
the Lord Chamberlain Office, and secure in
vitations to some court function, that he takes
the extreme step of printing in the official ga
zette an announcement to the effect that by
order of the sovereign the presentation of
Mrs. Blank has been Cancelled" This public
proclamation by the highest in the land that
the person to which it refers is untitled by
character and antecedents to be brought into
contact with honorable people without danger
of communicating them, constitutes the most
frightfu stigma which it is possible to inf1ict,
and carries with it social extinction. Through
out Queen Victorias long reign of more than
sixty years there were only about eight per-
sons, two of them Americans, who were thus
| publicly executed" by the Lord Chamber
| lain; while since King Edwards accession to
| the throne there have been three instances of
| the same kind, one of them being that of the
| American born Lady Granville Gordon, the
cancellation of her presentation having been
considered necessary by her shocking con-
fession in the divorce court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

THE Ostermoor isn't
the kind of a bed that
makes one glad to get up
-as the hard, lumpy,
bumpy hair m attress
does. The soft. yielding
resiliency of the Oster-
moor gives sleep a new
meaning and a newvalue;
it means complete, deli
Cious rest and relaxation
restoration of body,
mind and nerves. No
wonder that everyone
wants tn cir full nine
hours on the
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of the fair set at luncheon and at dinner. L
need hardly add that the scrutiny OF the gov
eTnors and of the house committee IN these
institutions extends not only to the members,
but to the women ofstheir family and that any
man who ventuTed to bring into the club wife,
a sister, or a daughter whose reputation. char
aCter and anteCeden tSawere such as to justify
exception being taken to their presence by the
other women there, would be quickly called to
account by the committee, and find that in
future the doors of the institution would be
closed to his Objectionable relative. He would
be fortunate indeed if he escaped without sus-
pension expulsion
Then too women's clubs are springing into
existence in every direction; some of them,
such as for instance, the Colony in New York,
ENJOYING quite as much social prestige as the
Union on Fifth-ave., of which it may be said
to be the feminine counterpart. The commit
tees of these fashionable womens clubs are
quite as strict about eecting members as the
governors of the male institutions OF the same
kind In fact, as time goes on women 5 CLUBS
of the character of the New YORK Coiony ana
mixed clubs, such as the New York Metropol1-
tan are destined to become more and more i'm
portant factors in policing the feminine ele-
ment of American society.
In Europe they are not so greatly needed,
owing to the rules which govern the admission
of women to the various monarchlcal courts.
In London, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid. ST. Peters
burg etc. not merely the sovereign and his
consort, but likewise whole crowd OF court
officials, male and female, make it their duty
to keep a watch upon the conduct of the
women belonging to the social world and the
various chamberlains are periodically intrusted
with the extremely delicate task of intimating
to men, and more often to women, sometimes
of the highest rank, that their presence not
only at court but likewise at entertainments
at which royalty may attend, will no longer be
welcomed. These intimations are not neces-
sarily the result of any public scandal, but
often of royal or imperial disapproval of con-
duct and indiscretions that are known to rela-
lively few.
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profit both in the quantity of
sales and the high price.
English Mills Buyers

'The profits of English cotton mills
men," said Mr.. Hurt, according to a
report, have been SO rs per cent and
as a result, they are in the market
for raw cotton. They have been buy
ing steadily for the past thirty days,
or since the season started.
This condition has brought SOU
thern mills into competition, and as
a result, the latter are now storing
cotton free of charge for farmers so
they may have it on hand.
This condition is bound to make
the price rise steadily. 1t will mean
$1OO,O00,O00 or more for the south
and in six months from now there
will be more money in the south
than you can tote, to use the common
expression. Georgia will get the main
benefit, for while crops elsewhere are
poor, in Georgia they are exception
able"
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SEES BIG PROFIT
FOR COTTON HOLDERS
More Money Than South
Gan Tote

English cotton spinners are buying
heavily of cotton, according to a
statement made by Joel Hurt, form
erly at the head of the Atlanta Street
Railway, and published in the Atlanta
Journal of Friday. Southern spin
ners are being forced to meet the
competition.
Mr.. Hurt attributes this activity on
the part of the English spinners to
the enormous profits they made the
past year, when their net earnings
amounted to 80 rs per cent, accord
ing to advices received in Atlanta.
The southern spinners, according to
Mr. Hurt, to assure themselves of
enough cotton, are storing it for
farmers free of charge, offering to
buy from them at any time at TIL,
then prevailing price. r
This will result, Mr.. Hurt thiht
in steady rise in the price of to
ton. Already he says, stock the
advancing and he considers that |
most any stock is a good investment
just now.
The whole south will profit, ac-
cording to MI Hurt, but Georgia par
ticularly. He ascribes the rosiness
of the local outlook to the fact that
while the cotton crop is short in the
belt, it is one of the best Georgia has
ever had. The state, therefore, would
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: -XT YEAR TO BE
PROSPEROUS ONE

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. e.
(SpeciaD u predict that 1903 will
be one of the most prosperous years
the industrial world has ever known"
was the sentiment expressed yester-
day by Alva c. Dinkey president of
the Carnegie Steel Company, and one
of the big steel men of the country.
Business already has resumed its
normal condition. The temporary
setback to the financial and Industrial
interests is practically at an end and
will be adjusted. very sOOn," he con-
tinued
He is most optimistic concerning
the financial conditions. His big plant
was more or less handicapped by the
stringency of the money market, he
admitted but added that it had not
been seriously effected, and that now
it was doing as much work as ever
The numerous reports printed every
week or so, to the effect that the com
pany had been forced to discharge
men, were, he said, exaggerated, as
the company had laid off no more
men than it was accustomed to do
during a prosperous year. The
company, he said was constantly
shifting men in the various de-
partments. When work in one de-
partment mad been completed. its
force would be reduced But the men
we're straightway taken back when
they were needed in other depart
ments.
The Carnegie Company, according
to it's president, has plenty of orders
on hand to keep it busy.
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INSURANCE co.
BUILT ON WIND

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-(SpeciaD-
Application for the appointment of a
receiver for the Excelsior Fire Insur-
ance Company has been made
by Attorney General Jackson, who
today sent out a typewriter statement
announcing his intent. In the state
ment he. outlines the organization of
the company, and characterizes the
methods used as "an interesting oper-
alton in high finance"
The Excelsior Fire Insurance Com
pany recently was organized by
Howard Maxwell, William Cow, John
G. Jenkins, Frank w. Doolittle and
others, and was financed through the
Borough and Oriental Banks. Max
well, who was president of the Bor-
ough Bank before the crash of a
month ago, killed himself after he
had been indicted, following an in
Vestigation of the affairs of that in
stitution Cow, who was the prin-
cipal stakeholder in the Borough
Bank. now is under indictment as a
result of the same investigation.
A statement given out at the Attor-
ney Generals Office in support of the
charges says in part:
Like the International Trust Com
pany, the Maxwell Jenkins Fire
Insurance Company was organized
to a considerable extent on wind and
fictitious credits. The company Sc
cured its certificates from the In
surance Department on Aug 10, 1907
upon what is charged to be a false
report filed with the Superintendent
of Insurance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-08

In sixty days, says a St. Louis
banker, money will be as easy as an
old shoe. Perhaps he can tell us
how easy the folks who have the
money will Washington Post
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-08
Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, blind, bleed
ing or pretruding piles, in 6 to IA
Jays or money refunded. SOC.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-08

The Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker
has Joined the Barkis club, a young
but growing organization.-New
York Mail