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GIVE COMFORT IN BouDolR
Dainty Bedroom Slippers Should Be
a Standard Article for Every
n day Use.

A dainty pair Of bedroom slippers
may be made from two Tapped sec
tons of shirred three-inch ribbon (the
length, of course, depending on the
size of the foot) attached across the
front of lamb's-wool sole. This forms
the toe and instep portion.
The sides and back OF the slipper
are formed Of straight band of rib
bon, lined with satin and sewed to
the sole. If desired, it can be stiffen-
ed with bristol board. Powered tat
feta ribbon is best for this purpose,
but 1t should not be too fiimsy.
"A drawstring passed through the
upper edge of the sides may be tied
In bow in front, or the upper edge
may be finished at the sides and back
by a two-inch wide portion lined with
the satin in contrasting cover por-
ton, turned down like collar and
caught, by few stitches or a baby
ribbon rosette.
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TUsE FOR THE NEWSPAPER
story That Contains Moral u Might
v be Well to Keep IN

A little King Charles deg. pet IN
family where he had beeA the play
mate of a little boy, slipped through
an open door some time ago and dls-
appeared. Servants and the children
of the house searched everywhere,
asked questions at all places where
1t was thought possible the dog might
be In hiding, but to no avail. and the
animal was finally given up for losi
and there was deep mourning in the
nursery. One day recently the wom-
an who owned the dog met a neigh
Dor at a florists shop, who had on
leash dog strangely like the lost
pet, and asked where he came from.
why, he ran into our house q few
days ago and we don't know where he
belongs, The dog knew his old mis-.
tress and was quickly surrendered.
You might have had him sooner, had
you advertised" said one woman. "aAnd
you could have found the owner soon
er had you advertised" said the other
and the newspaper man who heard
the story added the moral.
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CURED HER BABY OF ECZEMA

! can't tell in words how happy the
word 'Cuticura' sounds to me, for 1t
cured my baby of itching, torturing
eczema. 1t first came when she was
between three and four weeks old,
appearing on her head. I used every
thing imaginable and had one doc
tors bill after another, but nothing
cured it. Then the eczema broke out
SO badly behind her ear that really
thought her ear would come of For
months doctored 1t but to no avail.
Then it began at her nose and her
eyes were nothing but sores. / had to
keep her In dark room for two
weeks. The doctor did no good, so I
stopped him coming.
For about two weeks had used
Cuticura Soap for her every day,
then got box Of Cuticura Ointment
and began to We that. In a week
there was marked improvement. In
all used two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and one box Of Cuticura Ointment and
my baby was cured Of the sores. This
was last November; now her hair Is
growing out nicely and she has not
scar on her. / can not praise Cuti-
cura enough, I can take my child any
where and people are amazed to see
her without sore From the time
she was four weeks old until she was
three years she was never without the
terrible eruption, but now, thanks to
Cuticura, I have well child" (Sign-
ed) Mrs. H. E. Householder, 1904 Will
helm ST., Baltimore, Nd, May 10, 1910.
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SYNOPSIS.
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James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do so, his
art IS considered a huge Joke, except to
himself, If he asked people to dinner ey-
Bella Knowles; they 1--WE together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
Eange to celebrate the first anniversary
his dv9TG iss TnGse Who aeho w She
every one calls Kit, Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown, the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed
and a Mr.. Thomas HARRISON, a. South
American civil engineer. The party Is In
full swing when Jimmy receives a tele-
gram from his Aunt Selma, who will ar
five In four hours to visit him and ms
wife. Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marries she doubles
his allowance He neglects to tell her OF
his divorce, as she is opposed to It JIM
&ny takes Kit into his confidence, he tries
to devise some way SO that his aunt will
not learn that he has no longer wife.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess for
refuses, but is finely prevailed upon to
oct the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned, as che
Servant is taken ILL., his face is covered
with spots. Bella, Jimmy's divorced wife.
enters the house and asks Kit who IS be-
insists 1t is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is well
and Is in, the house. Bella tells Kit II
wasn't Jim she wanted to see, but Taxa
hira, the Jap servant. as she wished to
On the porch and discovers a man lacking
q card on the door, He demands an ex-
plantation. The man points to the placard
And HARRISON sees the word Smallpox"
printed on 1t. The man tells him he is
On officer Of the board of health and
tells him the house is under quarantine
end that the guests will have to remain
n the house until after the quarantine Is
fitted. The guests suddenly realize their
predcament the women shed tears. the
men consider it good Joke.
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PRETTY PRESENT FOR FRIEND
Embroidery Scissors Holders One OF
the Most Acceptable Gifts That
Can Be Made.

If you can do oven the sim plest sort
of crocheting, you must make your
self and your friends one of the little
crocheted silk embroidery scissors
holders. These consist simply of a
cork, crocheted around in silk every.
where except the top surface, and
with a crocheted string or handle to
which the scissors are attached. Then
when they are not in use the points
are stuck into the cork and they are
out of harms way.
An accompaniment of this. not quite
so new, but very useful. is a tiny glass
medicine vial without lid. crocheted
all over very finely. Into 1t are
dropped broken needles and bent pins.
and they. are far safer there than
thrown carelessly on the floor or in
the wastebasket When the vial ID
full slip on the silk-a little drawing
string at the bottom pernf9ts this
and empty 1t, burying the needles N
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WHEN A.MAN
MARQIfS FMa
.RHE0&YgNY ROBERTS, A0ca[5GlAlAT l4l
c1ALI77OR.@ TfE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
lit NAN IN lGNNER TEN, ETC.
O2Iqq/Yr

self In that pantry. stumbled against
half-open drawer, and nearly went
down the dumb-waiter" And, as If
in Judgment on me, at that instant
came two rather terrific thumps from
somewhere below, and inarticulate
words, shouted rather than spoken. 1t
was uncanny, of course, coming as it
did through the register at our feet.
Mr.. HARRISON looked startled.
ooh, by the way" I'said as careless
ly as could. In the excitement, !
forgot to mention It, There Is police
man asleep in the furnace room. II
suppose we will have to keep him
now" l finished as airily as possible
oh, policeman-in the cellar" he
repeated, staring at me, and he moved
toward the pantry door,
You needn't go down." / said fever
ishly, with visions Of Bella Knowles
sitting on the kitchen table, surround
ed by soiled dishes and all the cheer
less aftermath of dinner party
Please don't go down.I-it's one of
my rules-never to let a stranger &C
1dOWu " luS hllCleu II LII peculiar
that way-and besides. fists
nussy."
Bang! Crash! through the register
pipe, and some language quite articu-
late. Then silence
Look here, Mrs. Wilson," he said
resolutely. What do ! care about
the kitchen? I'm going down and
arrest that policeman for disturbing
the peace. He will have the pipes
down"
You must not go" / said, with des-
perate firmness. "He-he is probably
in a very dangerous state Just now.
We-I-locked him In"
The HARRISON man grinned and then
became serious.
why don't you tell me the whole
thing?" he demanded. you've been
in trouble all evening, and-you can
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Bedroom Wall Papers.

Some of the cut-out bord ers are
charming used with simple, almost
plain, side walls, and chintz or Gre
tonne curtains carrying out the design
OF the border. Then again, If the wall
spaces are large, 1t Is sometimes inter
esting to divide them UP into panels,
either with simple ribbon or flower
borders .~or with floral crowns and
borders similar to the one illustrated
The panelled rooms. however, have
the disadvantage of seeming to re.
quire little more elaborate furnish
ing than those in which the walls are
treated simply. They seem to de
mand Sheraton, Heppelwhite, or
Adams furniture-Harpers Bazar.
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Time for Stiffness.


Mrs. MacLachlan was kind to her
American boarder, but she did not pro
pose to allow her to overstep the linn
Its of boarder's privileges. and she
made it very clear.
One Sunday the boarder, returning
from a walk, found the windows Of
her roof, which she had left wide
open, tightly closed.
"Oh, Mrs. MacLachlan, | don't
like my room to get stuffy," she said,
when she went downstairs again. Il
like plenty of fresh air."
Your room will ma get stuffy In
one day." said her landlady firmly.
Twas never our custom. miss, to hae
fresh air rooshin' about the house on
the Sawbath. ~ outh's Companion.
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her hastily -He--he came with Anns
and Dial and The IN shut in, too"
BY that time Bella had seen how
handsome, he was, and she took 4
hair-pin out of her mouth, and arched
her eyebrows. which was always
Bella's best pose.
81 am Miss Knowles,s she said
sweetly (of course. the court had
given her back her name), land ]
stopped in tonight, thinking the house
was empty, to see about IA butler,
Unfortunately, the house was quaraR
tined just at that time, and-here
am. Surely there cannot be any harm
in helping me to get QUIT" (Pleedins
tone.) 81 have not been exposed to
any contagion, and in the exhausted
state of my health the confinement
would be positively dangerous"
She rolled her eyes at him, and ]
could see she was making an impress
sion. OF course she was free. She
had perfect right to marry again,
but ! will say this: Bella is lot bet
ter looking by electric light than shN
is the next morning.
The upshot of 1t was that the gen,
tleman who built bridges and looked
down on society from lofty, lonely
pinnacle agreed to help one OF the
most cleaning members Of the afore,
said society to outwit the law.
It took about 15 minutes to quiet
the policeman Nobody ever knew
what Mr. HARRISON did to him, but
for "a hours he was quite tractable.
He changed after that, but that comes
later in the story. Anyhow, the Har-
bison man went upstairs and came
down with Bagdad curtain and a
cushion to match, and took them into
the furnace room, and came out and
locked the door behind him, and then
we were ready for Bella's escape.
But there were four special officers
and three reporters watching the
house as result of Max Reeds idiocy.
Once, after trying all the other win
dows and finding them guarded, we
discovered little bit Of hole in an
out. of-the-way corner that looked like
a ventilator> and was covered with a
heavy wire screen. fNo prisoners ever
dug their way out Of dungeon with
more energy than that with which we
attacked that screen, hacking at II
with kitchen knives, whispering like
conspirators, being scratched with the
ragged edges of the wire. frozen with
the cold air one minute and boiling
The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-02-23

IN SPITE of all the jibes flung at
womankind for her fickleness as to
fashions in headwear, there are
some sorts of hats that are always
worn and always in style, or able to
defy the passing fads Of the NOM ent.
Among them are the small toques de-
signed for elderly matrons and others
who affect inconspicuous and good
styles, the walking hat, dear to all
women, and the big picture hat, with
broad brim of graceful flowing lines
which Is the rose in the rosebud gar
den of hats every season All the
styles vary little from time to time,
but hardly enough to identify them
selves as belonging to certain year.
Ihree pretty and becoming hats for
matrons are pictured here suitable to
almost any season The variation of
the English walking hat, with brim
faced with velvet, 9dtdrning up at
the left, is finished 1Wfth q very ample
drapery of silks The arrangement of
this drapery9gives the impression OF a
shape turned up at both sides, as in
the regulation walking shape. Such a
hat needs no additional trimming, but
may be adapted to young wearers by
the addition of a smart feather. or it
may be elaborated for anyone by a
tuft of ostrich half plumes. One must
look far for more elegant hat or
a model so universally becoming
Hats of this character require the
work of an experienced mi1liner;
nothing short of perfection in draping
and in finish is permissible in them.
Facings must fit; trimmings must be
placed by practiced eye, otherwise
the hat is dismal failure and i'm
possible
The toque of silk or, hair braid
shown in the second figure is easier
to accomplish. 1t is made on a light
wire frame which has an ample head
size The frame is covered with chif-
fon and faced with maline SHRED on
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trust me, you know, because | am
stranger! because the minute this
crazy quarantine Is raised ! am off to
the Argentine Republic" (perhaps he
said Chilli and because l don't know
anything at all about you. You see, /
l-have to believe what you tell me,
! having no personal knowledge of any
of you to go on Now tell me-whom
have you hidden In the cellar. besides
the policeman"
There was no use trying to deceive
eyes So | decided to make the best
of bad thing Anyhow, it was going
to require strength to get Bella
| through the coal hole with one arm
and restrain the policeman with the
| other.
Come" / said, making a sudden
resolution, and led the way down the
stairs.
i, He said nothing when he saw Bella,
for which I was grateful. She was sit
ting at the table, with her arms in
front Of her, and her head buried In
! them. And then I saw she was asleep.
|EHer hat and veil laid beside her, and
she had taken off her coat and draped
it around her. She had rummaged
out a cold pheasant and some salad,
and had evidently had little supper.
| Supper and a nap, while ! worried my
self gray-headed about her!
"She-she came in unexpectedly
| hO,,f tho h,,flor aOpJo;v
ed under my breath. "And-she
doesn't want to stay. She is on bad
terms with-with some of the people
upstairs You can see how impossible
| the situation is"
IT doubt If we can get her out" he
said, as If the situation were quite
ordinary. However, we can try. She
seems very comfortable. It's a pity to
rouse her."
Here the prisoner in the furnace
room broke out afresh. 1t sounded
as though he had taken lump of coal
and was attacking the lock- Mr.. Har-
bison followed the noise, and could
hear him arguing. not gently.
Another sound" he finished, "and
you won't get out of here at all. pn-
less you crawl up the furnace pipe!"
When he came back, Bella was rous-
ing. She lifted her head with her
eyes shut and then opened them one
at time, blinked. and sat up. She
didn't see him at first.
you wretch" she said ungrateful-
ly, after she had yawned. do you
know what time it is? And that"
Then she saw Mr. HARRISON and sat
staring at him.
''This L. Mr.. HARRISON" said TO
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The coronet is covered with ruff
fles Of the braid and the crown is made
by putting drapery of braid over 1t.
Black satin ribbon three inches wide
is pulled to the toque brim from the
back to point at the middle OF the
left brim. Here a ribbon plume Is
set made by sewing short loops to
wire support. Two jet ornaments or
pins fasten the plume to the hat, and
add pretty touch of brilliance to the
lustrous surface of tie ribbon. The
hat is good in any dark or rich color,
but is at Its best in black. The ma,
terials of which it is made must be ex-
cellent in quality.
A hat with dropping brim and large
crown, Of Black hair braid, is made
strictly a mode of the season, but, as
| it is patterned after the Corday hat, 1t
| is rot likely to ever be out Of style.
1t is an elegant Bit of millinery, trim
med with ropes of Tuscan straw and
an applique Of leaves made OF black
satin forming close set wreath. One
or two plumes mounted at the side
complete a hat to be proud of.
| JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
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with excitement the next. And when
the wire was cut, and Bella had rolled
her coat up and thrust it through, and
was standing on chair ready to fol
low, something outside that had looked
like barrel moved and said, "Oh. l
wouldn't do that if / were you II
would be certain to be undignified.
and probably it would be unpleasant
later"
We coaxed and pleaded and tried
to bride, and that happened, as 1t
| turned out, to be one of the worst
things that we had to endure For the
whole conversation came out the next
afternoon in the paper, with the most
awful drawings, and the reporter said
i 1t was the flashing of the jewels VIC
wore that first attracted his attention.
] And that brings me back to the rob
| berry.
For when we had crept back to the
! kitchen, and Bella was fumbling for
her handkerchief to cry into and the
HARRISON man was trying to apollo
gize for the language he had used to
the reporter, and l was on the verge
Of a nervous chill-well, it was then
that Bella forgot all about crying and
jumped and held out her arm.
MY diamond bracelets" she screech-
ed. Look, I've lost it."
Well, we went over every inch Of
that basement, until l knew every
J crack in the flooring, every spot on the
cement. And Bella was nasty. and said
that she had never seen that part or
the house in such condition, and that
If / had acted like sane person and
put her out, when she had no bust
ness there at all, she would have had
her freedom and her bracelet, and
that II we were playing joke on her
Gas If we felt like jokingD we would
please give her the bracelet and lst
her go and die In corner; she felt
very queer.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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Wedding silver.

The necessary silver for bride is !:
Four sets of spoons. which includes
soup, dessert, tea, and after-dinner cot.
fee: butter knives; four sets Of forks.
including oyster forks, and two sizes
Of steel knives with silver handles.
If the carving is to be done on the ta-
BILE, two sets of carvers will be needed
The newest and prettiest chest to
hold these comes without drawers
now. and the silver is arranged in
piles, with the two sets of knives
spread in the, cover of the box-the
whole lined with soft ooze leather.
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Creme Rlouses.

Smart and new are the Canton crepe
blouses in creamy white, with the
Paisley border interviewer In such a
novel manner as to show the four
shawl corners In the front, back and
elbow kimono sleeves. The Frenchy
touch comes in black satin appliques
on the collar and cuffs. Wee buttons,
covered with black satin, are also used
in the decoration. seemingly to tie the
design together.
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From Pain to Pleasure Quick TransI.
ton.

! suggested Resinol and gave a
neighbor one of your sample boxes for
a child Of a few months whose lower
limbs were broken out with a rash re-
sembling Eczema. The sample was
applied at once and changed the wall
of pain into smiles. Two Jars were
used with complete recovery in the
surprisingly short time Of two days.
That tired mothers looks and words
of gratitude we're from the heart.
Geo. E. Ames, D. D. s., Boulder, Colo.
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rs this a problem play?" asked ting
one-night stand critic of the manager.
1T is" replied that worthy.
"And what" asked the critic. ELS the
special problem presented?"
How to get money enough into the
box Office for railroad fares to our next
hate" said the manager. with pointed
brevity.
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cretonne Shades.

The newest and prettiest thing in
home decoration is the lamp shade of
shirred cretonne or lowered silk. For
these heavy wire frames are purchas-
ed, the round shape being the best.
The cretonne or silk is then shirred
tightly under this frame and clamped
or glued to it. A narrow border of
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This attractive waist is of white
crepe de chine YAle with tucks in
ifferentS7Widthsf and trimmed with
The guimpa~ is made OF bands of
valenciennes insertion, the collar
edged with black velvet. of which the
knot on the front of the waist is also
made
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Metal Fabric.

Metal stunic draperies at the back.
flexible and glittering. are a marked
feature In dressy gowns. falling from
between the shoulders. Gauze and
small metal discs on thin fabrics xivs
much style to gown
The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-02-23

furniture guimpe conceals the joining
place.
In tapestry this variety of lamp
shade becomes really gorgeous. The
idea, of course, can be applied in any
Of these materials to candle shades
as well.
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A Sad Face.

Ee-What sweet, sad face she
| has.
She Gin huff) Enough to make
any one sad to have such face az
that.
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a FaIIIno m,rket

Teacher-What was 1t that Isaac
Newton discovered when be saw thu
apple fall?
Tommie- That apples were comfng
down, ,na'am.-Yonkers Statesman.
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the earth or throwing them into the
fire.
sThese two little sewing contriv-
ances, attached by bit of ribbon in
the same color, will make charming
favors for the next luncheon of your
sewing society.
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ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE.~
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QU1NINM. Look fog
the signature OF II. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure Cold in One Day 25c.
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Cause Enough.

Whats the bearded lady SO mad
about?" inquired the armless won
der.
Somebody sent her catalogue Of
a safety razor factory" said the living
skeleton Chicago Tribune.
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The saint who says he cannot sin
may be an earnest man, but It IL
wisest to trust some other man with
the funds of the church.
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Exactly.

Papa, what is dattery?"
Praise OF other people, my son. -
Boston Transcript.
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Drink Garfield Tea at night! It insurez
normal action of liver, kidneys and bowels.
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The brotherhood of man does mean
better wages, but it also means bet
ter work.
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Ange1food cakes seldom mako boys
angelic.
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Constipation is an avoidable misery-tak
Garfield Tea, Natures Herb laxative.
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What's the matter with him? Has
he got rheumatism"
No; the girl he is engaged to wears
a hobble skirt, and he got that walk
from trying to keep step with
her.