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ing from under these was a broad ribbon OF olach
velvet that after holding up the left side OF one
br,m, hid itself underneath. Imagine the severity
Of it, and its chic!
A much favored fashion is that of hanging oiack
tule mousselne de sole over foundatlon shilts
of rose colored silk and mousseline de sole vi
these materials is an Empire gown with a io"'
square cut neck high guimpe OF pale rose
colored embroidery on white fet. The high waist
is beted narrowly with a black velvet ribbon that
falls in front to the hem of the skirt. Done III
coarser larger design Is embroidery OF the same
genre that trims the skirt nearly TO the knees
The sleeves wide short, and made OF one tnlch-
ness OF the black tulle two-inch band or the en-
brodery hens them. Under these the arms are
covered with tightly shrred sleeves of pink chiffon
ROYALTY IN SIMPLE GARB.
The Prince and Princess of Wales. visiting Paris
together under the name OF Lord and Lazy ALI
lanev have gone about the streets, shops ana mu-
seun1s in the most informal way. They "teaed
one afternoon at Rurpelmayers quietly for scarce
" any one knew who they were. The princess
was charmingly gowned in a costume OF Old rose
cashmere with pretty embroiderfes on the Close
hung skirt The soft bodice was worn over
suirnp of tinted flet lace Another day, gowneo
quite as simply, she lunched with a small party
in the public room of the Ritz Hotel The table
was beautifully decorated with orchids
Among some new costumes worn in new play
ct the Palais ROYAL stunning little coat OF
ann green silk The open fronts short, end
ing above the waistlne and cut off square The
sleeves of easy width were short. ending just al
the elbows and cut in with the shoulders The
collarless neck was edged fatty with a band OF
darker green velvet, wider band finished the
sleeves and velvet ptped the edges Of the little
garment In the back II was shaped into curious
short wide seamless tail. large handsomely carved
gold buttons were set-three of them-on the sides
If the tail: two adorned the sleeves, set on the vel
vet toward the back, and three more were each
side Of the front This adorable little garment was
worn with dragging skirt Of pastel mousseline dc
cole inse, from waist TO hem with wide bands OF
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Contest No ('S" Puzzle)-Choice Of boy
Tribune watch. an embroidery set. rolled goa
,-s..,sr a sterling silver Tribune badge, an IN
.o-or.,-g bool. q box of water color paints box
~ dainty notepaper or novelty belt pin for the
neatest and best three answers
Contest No. (Things TO Think Ahout-choice or
a sterling silver Tribune badge, leather caTdcase
a box Of water color paints an interesting Oooh'
a hov's Tribune watch. a leather pencil pocket. an
,,+roiae-x, set a rolled gold bracelet. pearl bead
necklace or novelty collar pin for the neatest and
best two solutions
Contest No Drawing, entitled Picking VIC
Iats"l-Choice Of box Of water color paints q
HOY ~ dainty notepaper. boys Tribune watch a
.,r,c oliver Tribune badge an interesting book.
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Doll and Fisb FesfiUolS

is played before doll audience, and Is supposed
give them great amusement Then, for the ben
eft Of the kio fish. all kinds Of sports Of valor
are entered into by the boys. Most delicious dishes
are made fer the children to eat during these fes-
rivals Rice cakes that would melt in your mouth;
short biscuit made Of rice -four; round cakes
and diamond shaped cakes, made in manner
very Oriental and very sweet. These cakes are
tinted in four colors. and arranged in layers. so
that they form a pyramid Of green. purple, pink
and gold The Kio fish and the Spirit Of Battles
ara not forgotten they receive all the sweet drink
they want OF course. the children drink IL. but
is politely offered to the Kio fish and the Spirit
Of Battles first
Lastly. the children have all the tea they wish
It must certainly be nice 10 be japanese child
during the week that begins with March 9.
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far1s. April
-. s,-iueriune eociei functions resolve them
-. into dress parades. Walks. drives. morning
-.s-euces. lUncheons, visits and bridge teas fol-
y o,a another IN quick succession. and for each
-. toilet Is carefully selected. And here are
-, nrerty such delicious frivolities!-becomingly
--.,s-enr lace stocks carefully touched with
- rolor or accented by black. lightly boned to
:. correct degree Of height and topped by ex-
~, the right width Of soft ruchng: lovely
.--,ss that cross the bust TO form novel
~. ~ waistcoat: long scarfs of painted null used
- she same purpose leaving long decorative ends:
-.,,s differing irnperatively. If enthusiastically.
80 those Of last year, and bewitching cravats
ssd wells
- 4. not orrea that from spring TO the next
,,.-. are changes as abrupt as this year has given
-. followers 81 fashions
-. silhouette is quite changed. II is nearly i'm
-.sn1s 10 renovate successfully g gown of a year
=, TIE tight. long skirt we have had for months.
-. n has become tighter and quite recently the
a.. ,sI- train, narrow, sinuous, has evolved it
:. TIE 'tupe-pantelon." described in these col
-. weeks ego. no longer excites the half-laugh-
- ,o.ic. II cid when first worn by the Duchesse
sT-ges
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guipure lace. 80.
Worn in the same play was a gown Of thick. soft
...or. crane The front Of the skirt laid In
q hoy nIait that continued the top OF the bodice
On each edge Of It were lace embroidered buttons
as large as a half dollar. A long redingote Win
IT'S skirt close fitting and pointed at the back was
held closely to the figure by wrinkled belt passed
+broueb Sits under the arms, leaving the fronts 10
hang straight. Small passementerie rosettes ana
hanging long heavy tassels ornarnented the 'front.'
edges four on each side. The short, seamless
sleeves were shaped in with the shoulders
Ir,der these one glfmpsed tiny pulled gathered
into q narrow band above the elbows. Tne sieeVes
are entrancingly pretty under the transparent OF
serni-transparent oversleeves O1ten they aio
longer covering the elbows Many prefer then 70
do this for except in cases, the elbow Is un-
lovely
BUTTONS EVERYWHERE.
PRETTY enough is summer frock Of yellow tus-
sor trimmed with Jouy print. The design Is palo
pink roses on cream ground. A band OF IL mems
the skirt and the odd little coat with fronts
as rounded as a birds wing. Above fitted s1role
~ the To,v the tussor bags ever little and Is
gathered into baby shaped decolete- Tne min
CLING Of the pale shades of yellow and pink Is
charmngly done
Nv those who attempt home dressmaking It must
be understood that. while waists are nearly always
short the lining on which the bodice is built, is
made according TO the figure. fitting the natural
waisne easily; then the outside belt line Is placed
in the desired position. With lining made snort
wasted bodice would be quite too uncomfortaoie
| to be endured.
| A nice skirt that could easily be made at home
| has seam in the middle OF the front and one on
| each side. Just the hip By these seams the
| modish close fit easily attained A gray crepe
de chine skirt cut after this fashion was changed
| a little by gathering the back breadths into the
! side seams below the hips. under line OF orna-
mental buttons; the breadths were then drawn VI
/ in the back to the waistIine under the big bow of
| the sash
prttons are used in trimming to an extraordinary
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HosU to Hl/ir1 q Prize.

en- embroidery set or a rolled gold bracelet FOR the
neatest and best three original drawings THESE
drawings must be IN black ink on white paper
Contest No COur Letter Box)-A prize OF s. VIII
be given for every letter printed under this head
ing The letter may contain incidents in your life.
anecdotes Of pets novel school experiences or things
seen In travel These stories must be original and
must be written side OF the paper only
Be sure 10 state your age.
Be give your choice Of prizes
Be sure to give your name and address.
Contest closes on May l. Age is considered in
awarding prizes Address your answers and letters
10 Little Men and Little Women. The New-York
Tribune. New York.
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HATED HIS BATH.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: wish you
all could know Club. for he is the incest bulldog
that ever lived He white. with yellow spots, AMI
sometimes he gets very dirty. Then it is 10
have a bath. which he does not like a bit When
he was dirty his master told him he was 10 have a
bath Club barked and fused. Later when the
door was opened slipped out, and while the troll
lev car stopped in front Of the house to let
woman get on. Club jumped on the front platform
and rode downtown. There he wandered around
till some one found him and sent him home. was
no. that smart for little fouryear-old dog? Your
friend CAROLINE b THOMPSON taged g.
No 15e East Genesee street. Auburn. n Y
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| scures bad points and makes the most OF eooo
TO CORRECT THE FIGURE.

scures bad points and makes the most OF good
ones
TO CORRECT THE FIGURE.
The extreme models are liked by exclusive
set. for they be worn only by the elect IN
shape and in purse They would be quite gro
tesoue carried out in common materials, ana only
master hands are capable of adjusting their intrf-
cate folds. The expense of such gowning is more
prohibitory than the figure. Clever corseting and
the wearing OF the popular rubber undergarments
remove many difficulties of shape II IS not neces-
sary waist be small, and IL is said THAT the
wearing of these rubber bands, or garments. VIII
reduce the hips. shoulders or bust in an incredibly
short time.
At recent wedding the bride wore fourreau
Of ivory white satin in princess form the corsase
was cut in 10 an excessively low point IN the
front and back underbodice and long, close
sleeves of beautiful Angeterre point lace. The
skirt drawn tightly across the front into pretty
wrnkling folds. slashed on each side. snow
ing in movement only panels of the lace INSIDE A
wide hounce trimmed the square train The long
tulle veil arranged in a manner to hang IN a
square fold across the front of the deliberately
dressed hair on each side. keeping the fold IN
place were large punches of orange flowers
One of the guests narrowly trailing skirt
Of soft satin faced cloth. cut with seam in front
and drawn back into wrinlng folds over the hips
On each side of the front were set large
beautiful lace covered buttons. with twisted corr
connecting them. A Louis XIV han-long coat OF
cream Colored Irish lace hung over piedteu "iii'e
nnousseline de sole, had each side OF the open
fronts larger lace buttons. set inside rosetes OF
white satin. A pretty waistcoat of white hrocaded
silk crossed dagonally and fastened by one large
lace button dropping tiny lace roses Jabot ana
wide sleeve frls of fine malines lace Ihefe
was wonderful hat of fine Italian straw. 1t hao
m extraordinarily high and soft, wide
brirn controlled into desired shape by lnVlslpie
wires The under side of the brtm was faced with
rIeated white mousseline de sole and the edge
hound narrowly with black velvet On one size
.as great tuft of black ostrich feathers; start
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DESIGNING LESSONS.
LESSON ".

Dear Little Men and Little Women: No" '"'''
,,o,, have learned make symmetrical sPlfdiS' YOU
have a basis for correct border design 'a'
can annIv 10 embroidery craft work. Even aS II
&C. :, would make a simple and pretty hhish loI an
embroidered teacoth, or. incised IN wood WIN
sbarn gauge would do for border III VIZ
,ar,ipg Or If the lines doubled, IL cou'u oo
r,iad n metal or leather work, So you see YOU
have acquired something already IN the way VI
design. , ,,o,Id
To show YOU how frequently it is used "ouiu
,,le Won TO look about you in your own homes anu
ssa tn how many instances II fafms the iii''ii '-
decoratfon Look at the borders OF your Tlo'iei
5ar,ask raDkins and tablecloths al the deco "'io'
IF her silver and china. at the covers u o"
,rd roaeazines and other things about me """'''
Won will probably find it again and again, II
1ook at books of design. you VIII see ,i"l - .
endowed more than any other form OF deco'"No"
- ,y1rd.re-io fact It will quite interest you 10
ca how often il is used and to trace out Us "
,.oion,ocnt for I'm to-day's lesson you are gums
a,aIo, II Yourself and make your hrst oilh''
,order In the first place, you must coilSlde' 'o,
.raIs as stems Draw half a dozen III inc Wy
.nId Won in the last lesson. then repeat tue i'
r,, ctose to each other to form the stems
no teen them in shape you VIII nave TO Ia"
49, second line above the spiral line al the po''oh
"a under II at the top like the black line oeihs
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IT'S such Boots; he'd like TO be May Ming
Bu vet he thinks he little William IhW1ng
And so he votes but how he does rejoice
counted, and Bunny falls the ehoe
Bunnvs rides in Just bursting full Oh pde
The all the for May Queen at MS slae
Al b eb games such good creamIso good. It's sad TO
That seven kinds of medicine Bunny take next day
To be
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Things To Think About.-The two prize winners
and their prizes in this contest are Helen thinner
man. aged thirteen years. No. SIC East 62d street.
New York city interesting book. and Mary
Wright, aged fourteen years Grant Road. Tenally-
town. u. G.. embroidery set.
Drawing entitled ''Coasting Down Hill in a Cart
For prize winners drawings reproduced on
this page
our Letter Box.-See letters published to-day for
prize winners.
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CONNECTED SQUARES.

When the words Of each square have been cor.
rectlv guessed TO 2 and TO 4 will spell WORD
meaning having knowledge.
First Square
A kind of small nall
In short time
A lake in the north Of Italy which IS famed for
its beauty
To have knowledge
Second square
The fore limb OF a bird
A thought
Not distant.
Apparel.
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HONOR LIST.

J. Rosalind + Aneyn: ,. Hilton Ackem; 3. Louise
AVent: 4 n. Warren Bishop; > Marion Bradley:
6 Lee +. Barnum; I. Emerson Bgelow; S. Margaret
Britain; g. Emile Bender; 10, Kenneth Christie;
H. Harry Cowell: Il, Margaret Chaplin l3 Benja-
min Cohen; II. Joseph barr; 10, Pauline Donovan;
l6 May Fair II. Myrtle V. Fraser IS. Nathan
Freedman 10. Isaac c. Clifford; 90 Elizabeth Gill
bert; Il, Mary {. Gray; y, George b. Gurley' %
Simon Goldstein; a. Alice |. Gale; % Constance
Hunt; %. Helen Harring ton; o. Frances Halahdn:
2s Margaret Herner 90 Raymond H knowles; 80
James Keane; 81, Jack kaminester; g. Martina
Lambert; 49, Bruce Munro; 81, Nena Manning; S.
Katharine Matthews: 49, Olga Meyer; 81, Raymond
l. Morris: 3s, Jean NJ Newton; 50. Emma {.
Pfrangle; 49, Grace Redmond; Il, Ethel Ross; u.
Elizabeth starin: q. Ruth sidman; "A. Robert v
stadtfeld; 45, Lloyd Snyder; 49, Marjorie Perry
Taylor; Al. Adele Vogt; 4s, Dorothy G. Woods; 49,
Margaret Wardweil; so, Alexander II. Waterman
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6bi,16s TO Think About.

ing to catch every bird he sees By putting SAN
on its -ai-?'
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.

ANAGRAMS
|. William Shakespeare
!, The Tempest
!. The Comedy OF Errors.
The TWO Gentlemen OF Verona
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
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Dear Editor: / received the box of paints about
a week ago and | thank you very much for IT,
The colors very good, indeed. Yours truly.
MARGARET CHAPLIN.
No lO11 James street, Syracuse
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Dear Editor: ! wish to thank you very much for
nv book which l received yesterday. II certainly
ia very interesting, especially me- | always
liked natural history Yours faithfully.
ELMER FREEMAN.
No 80 0roys street. TsyFytoWp. n Z,
The sun., 1908-03-08
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

The local money markets were quiet and
easy last week. Rates ruled unChanR Red
from day to day. Call money loaned at ,.
and per cent, the average price being about
per cent. The time money market was very
duh and narrow. Offerings were in liberal
was light. Rates. which were largely nom
inal. were the same as the previous week
namely. 81. to per cent. for sixty and ninety
days, ~ Der cent. for four months "a per
cent. for five and six months and 20 51
per cent. for twelve months. Mercantile
paper was quoted at 5H to o per cent. for
prime single names and indOrsed bills re-
CelNable other names to ga per cent.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
MUM. CharlestOn-Buying, soc discount;
selling, l-lOc; premium. Montreal &c
premium. New Orleans-COmmercial SOC
discount: banks, 25c. discount. ST. Paul-4Oc
premium. MinneapOlis-55c. premium to par
Cinclnnati-Par. st. LOuis-7Oc. premium
San kranCiscO-2jc. premium,
Money in London, 81 per cent. Rate Of
discount IN the open market for short and
three months oils, s l-l0d31s per cent. Con-
soils closed to-day at 81 3-l6 for money and 81
7-lB for the account. Paris cables quoted the
closing price OF per cent. rentes at ~ francs
72ie CentImes. Private rate OF discount,
= 5-l6 per cent. Exchange on London. -
francs 1871 centimes. Advices from Berlin
quoted exchange on London, 20 marks A. pigs.
Private rate of discount, a., per cent The
German ReiChsbank has reduced its minimum
discount rate from q to 50 per cent.
New York Clearing House statement: Fx-
changes, siB4, ,lOa 6O4. balances, s., 500, Az;
Sub-Ireasury debit balance. sGIgsl3
Commercial price of bar silver in New Work,
30 g. silver ia London. 25' ID. McNira
silver dollars were quoted at l7c.
The sun., 1908-03-08
THE COTTON MtRkET.
Prices About STEADY liverpool Weak hut
Reports OT short Time In Lancashire
DenIetI- IIuII support

The market was in sort of strait lacket
Certainly il could hardly move. Ii ended
lust about where IL began after very moderate
trading. That suspicious cable despatch
received here the last thing on Friday stating
that Lancashire was about TO adopt short
time turned ont 10 have been fully as fshy
az many took il 10 be at the time It was
MtrOaACed. however. at the psychological
moment Yesterday there were sharp
denials Of the report and some good buying
was noticed. Leading bulls bought enough
TO exert a steadying effect, the stock market
was higher. the receipts were light, SPOT quo
ia ions - immoVable as ever and Wall Street
aud the South bought. But the reduction in
the visible supply for the week was only
about half as large as during tn same time
last year and there was more OF | ess hQuda-
tion and short selling. The weather, too is
more favorable for field work at the South
spinners refuse to buy on more than a hand
10 mouth scale and the world 4 mill takings
for the week were only 287 700 bales, against
SsS 600 during the same week last year In
a word trade az well as speculation continues
torpid Statistics OF supply are bullish, but
trade reports are bearish. When doctors
disa gree who shall decde?"
Spot cotton unchanged. MiddlinR, II. .45c.
The Southern spot markets we're unchan ged 20
&c lower Galveston, ll91c.: New Orleans
IIiIC Savannah, llc., and Az gusta, lIasC.
MoyPmenL IA follows
The sun., 1908-03-08
Gas COMPANIES.
Live stock Market.

SATURDAY, MarCh !.
Receipts OF bseyes were i,l76 head. all for eG d.
pOrters and slaughtererS except carload There
was no trade In live cattle, but the feeling was
steady for all sorts and grades Dressed beef
was very quiet At unchanged prices at 7aoc.
per 10. for common 70 choice native sides. Liver
pool and London cable quotations for cattle and
beef without Important change. Exports
nom this port to-day were 6zi beuves and ) .aJO
quarters of beef.
Receipts of calves were 50 head. all for butchers
direct, and there were reported sales Of live
calves OF any sort The feeling steady. Dressed
calves Ia moderate supply and prices were un-
changed. City dressed VealS were selling At sJsa
lac. per d.; country dressed AZ SGiSc.
Receipts OF sheep and lambs were 2,7T2 head,
including ~ cars Tor slAughterers and a single
car for the market, and with tho stock held over
yesterday there were cars sale. No sheep
offered. Lambs, quality considered. were just
about steady, with q moderate inquiry: cars were
held over. Fair 20 good lambs, mainly heavy
sold az G.SSGG.@ per 100 lbs: no prime handy
lamhA on the market. Dressed mutton continued
duh AZ 30 01Sc per ID: dressed lambs at lO1 q i9c
country dressed dollhouse lambs quiet al ttalO
per CARCASS
Receipts OF hogs were Is head, all for sIaush 3.
terers Direct. Mono for sale on live weight. The
feeling was steady. Country dressed hogs were
IN limited demand at 5o715e. per b. for extreme
weights.
The sun., 1908-03-08
THE GRAIN MARKETS.
wheat Drops - Foreign News Bearish
Leading Interests SeIl-COrn and
Oats React After Firm Openlng.

Wheat declined owing mainly to bearish
foreign news and general selling. Liverpool
set the pace and prices on this side OF the water
followed. The foreign markets showed the
effects OF the pressure OF Argentine and in
creasing offerings OF Russian and Danubian.
Crop prospects in Europe have shown a note
worthy Improvement Of late.
Moreover. the weather and crop reports
from the American winter wheat belt were
favorable and the export demand again fell
on Prominent Chicago interests sold for
both sides Of the account and uncovered stop
70 have sold. So were Bartlett PStten' Bar
rel. Love and others.
Al one time some recovery took place on
buying. The market. however, showed little
rAllytn8 power in the face or adverse news
and the early buyers soon turned sellers.
eminent report on Monday may furnish new
bulltsh ammunition. but at the moment many
are disposed to take a rather beartsh view OF
the situation owing TO the absence Of an active
export demand. the favorable crop outlook IN
this country and some dminution in the
The Chicago Trade Bulletin estimates farm
reserves at I53. 900 900 bush. which was more
than some had expected. Its figures year
ago were PA, 900. .OOO bush.
Liverpool declined &c. to 9Ic.. Budapest,
5-l6c., Berlin, nc and Paris partly &c.
against .697 900 last week and lO,44s 900 last
year. lhe amount on passage increased
l,Zg.OO Dush, 20 SS,0sOOOO. against H'SoO'OoO
at this time last year.
THE CORN SITUATION.
Corn was firm for a time on unfavorable
weat her III some sections. bad roads, poor
grading and a certain amount of support.
But later on prices reacted owing o the break
in wheat, prospects OF better weather for
grading and the movement and scattered
hquidat ion. The short interest has been
reduced OF late. The cash trade was quiet.
Chicago had no contract corn out OF arrivals
OF S25 cars on Monday S26 are expected.
Liverpool declined &c. The worlds ship
ments were 1882 800 bush, against g. coo
last week and 3.724 800 last year. The amount
on passage decreased 76j 600 bush to .225 900.
against iO,2OO,OOO last year
THE OATS FEATURES.
Oats opened firm with corn. The trading
was dun. however. and later the tone became
easier under liquidation. The cash trade
was quiet and receipts are liberal. Chicago
got 264 cars, including 3 OF contract grade.
and expects 49l on Monday
THE SPOT MARKETs.
Wheat dull. Sales. 1000 bush. No. red.
ne. under May I. o. b. aioat for export;
No. | Northern, Duluth. SI,I7js; No. hard
winter. Sl.ltI. Futures closed IA to isIC.
lower. Estimated sales. ,OOO. 900 bush
Corn quiet. Sales. 5000 bush. No. =, 65c.;
No, > white or yellow, 6SHC. Futures closed
unchanged Estimat ed sales, %, 900 bush.
Oats quiet. Sales. s, 600 bush. Natural white,
20 to 80 lbs. 57@59c.; white clipped. 80 tQ, -
lbs. 60dB2c. mixed, 20 to - lbs, SIC. Rye
9guisl No, Non Western Western s7G; ca 4 New York:
E,Iturea foIlow-