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JULIA ~BoTToMLEY.
Wide Skirt Has Arrived.

1.-THE wide skirt has arrived" says a
fashion authority. 1T started with the
short, faring minaret tunic. From
there it heightened and expanded into
the long, full Russian overskirt. Here
it ruled supreme for some time, but
at last the final drop came, and sud.
denly, too, and it's end is the three and
a half yard round-the-bottom skirt. The
circular skirt hanging in quaint sodet
ruf1es is a rival Of the new plated
skirt, and Paris favors both as smart
autumn styles. The long coat which
flares even more than the skirt be-
meath is the suit coat Of the hour,
while the basque which clings to the
figure has taken the place Of the bag
gy kimono blouse. 1t has brought
with it the high collar and the higher
ruche, which flares. 1t is interesting
to note that We are to flare both at
the neck and at the feet this winter"
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Are Foxes Vegetarlans?

Foxes are not generally accredited
with vegetarian instincts. You never
see their tracks, al you see those or
the rabbits, around a young oak-tree
shoot which has been nibbled down to
the tough stem. But Esop evidently
thought otherwise when he wrote his
fable of the soul grapes, and there Is
plenty Of testimony that Esop was
right. Foxes do eat wild grapes, as
many observers have testified, climb
ing a considerable way to get them;
and probably at times they eat berries
and perhaps apples. l. have found
their tracks, ct any rate, beneath
apple-trees. / have also been conf
IDENTIFY assured that they eat the per-
simmons in Virginia; that the "or
houn' dawgs" know how good this
fruit is, too, and If you wish to find
the very best tree, take a "daWg"
with you.-Walter Prichard Eaton, IN
Harper's Magazine. 70
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A FRENCH idea in hunting garb Is
"a shown here which the practical
American may make use Of in fashion.
Ing her own. No American who un-
iertakes tramping through field and
wood and over hill and valley would
consider following this model exactly.
We wear short skirts, boomers and
!eggings and are prepared to tramp the
wild, not always following beaten
paths. But hunting and fishing and
'ramping in the alluring out-of-doors
Is not simply a pose with the Amer
Ican sportswoman; she really hunts
some, fishes considerably, and tramps
much.
The jacket in the model pictured is
Ideal. Made Of checked tweed in
shades Of brown, it is roomy enough
Tor freedom and snug enough for COM
tort, and Is not ungraceful. The back
Is plain, with the fronts fulled In q
little above the belt. The sleeves, Of
he plain coat-sleeve variety, are
finished with a pointed cuff on the up
per side. The yoke oyerlaps the
Jacket at the top, fastening on the
shoulder, and a plain turnover collar
finishes the neck.
Plain machine stitching finishes all
edges. The jacket fastens with snap
fasteners, and small metal buttons,
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Old Maids Opinion Of Boys.

In the Woman's Home Companion,
IONA Gale, writing a story Of an old
maid who suddenly found herself face
to face with the responsibility Of TAX
ing care of a small boy, presents the
old maid as making the following OBJ
servation:
Though I love the human race
and admire to see 1t took care Of, |
couldn't n my way clear to taking
a boy into my house. Boys belong to
the human race, to be sure, just as
whirling egg heaters belong to ONE
lets; but much as l set store by ONE
lets, l couldn't invite a whirling egg
beater into my home permanent.
land I don't ever rent to 'em.
They amt got enough silence to EN-"
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notnlng Whatever to do with a child's
feelings towards his father. 1t Is just
as impossible to compel the respect OF
ones child as it is to compel some 9TH
er person to love US. You must earn
his respect, just as you would earn the
respect Of a friend. 1t costs you some
thing to keep the good will and friend
ship of your children.
The greatest hold the parent has
upon the child Is it's companionsh1p.
How often we hear fathers and moth
ers say that they no longer have
any control over their son; that he
has passed beyond their reach, and
they do not know what to do with
him. Now, my parent friends, have
you ever tried to make a companion
of your boy; tried to make him feel
that you were his best friend, by
sympathizing with him in his little
troubles and trials? Do you take an
interest in his hopes and ambitions?
Have you tried to encourage him
when he was down-hearted, had made
a serious mistake. Have you SYM
pathized with him in his struggles for
self-control? Any business man
would be Mortified at the suggestion
that he was running his son by
neglect, that his absorption In busi-
ness would result in the undoing OF
his W son. But If you have been
in the habit of driving him away
from you because you did not want
to be bothered every time he asked a
question or came to you with his
little heartaches for your sympathy
and your help, you cannot expect to
have much influence over him. One
Of the bitterest things in many a
business mans life has been the dis
covery, after he had made his money,
that he had lost his hold upon his
boy, and he would give a large part
Of his fortune to his loss.
Every father should think Of the
child as a sacred trust, bringing into
the world with him a sealed mes
sage, which he is bound to deliver
like a man and a hero, and that this
sealed message within him Is sacred.
1t may not be even for the father to
read; but it is each fathers duty to
help his boy to live up to 1t.
1t is comparatively easy for you
to, gain your boys confidence, If you
begin early enough. From infancy
he should grow up to feel that no
one else can take your place, that
you, stand in a peculiar relation to
him, which no one else can fill. Every
boy is going to have a confdant, some
one to whom he can tell his secrets
and whisper his hopes and ambitions,
which he would not breathe to Others
and this some one should be his ia
ther.
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Bank Notes Of Silk.

Bank notes made of silk Of a par
ticular shade that will battle the bank
note forger are now possible. AS Is
known, most of the expert banknote
forgers use photography to obtain
their best results; but a recent inVen-
ton makes it possible to manufacture
silk of a particular shade that cam
not possibly be photographed.
Discovered by a woman, this inVen-
ton is a new process Of w~aterproofing
fabrics without rubber and dyeing
them in the same operation. Linen,
cotton or other materials to be treat
ed by this process are placed white
into n end Of the machine and
brought out at the other end a few
minutes later colored, waterproofed'
and dry. Fabrics so produced, the in
ventor maintains, can be used n hun
dreds of trades, from aeroplane build
ing to banknote making.
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THE INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR CHILD

When / was a little girl" a friend
Of mine once told me, Il was always
so glad when company came to the
house. My mother would change so.
She would be cheerful and kind to
company and would stop scolding and
criticizing me. Sometimes I used to
wish / could just be company all the
time-she would have been SO kind
to me always then"
How long could we hold the conf
dence and affection of u friends if
we treated them as many of US treat
our children? Most fathers and
mothers do not seem to realize that
the qualities which attract children to
them and which secure their conf
dence are the same qualities which
attract their friends and the good
faith of the people with whom they
associate. A father might as we'll
pummel and abuse a friend every lit
tie while and then expect him to re-
spect and love him as to pound and
abuse a child and expect to gain his
love, Just because he belongs to him.
Many parents seem to think that
because their own children are de-
pendent upon them for their food,
clothing, shelter and education, that
they own their respect, gratitude and
love, regardless of how they are
treated. The sense of relationship has
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put on In diagonal rows (three in each
row., are allowed 1t by way Of adorn-
ment.
No one can fathom the idea of. the
designer in making, to go with SO
practical a jacket, a skirt SO entirely
unsuited to hunting. The proper skirt
Is to be cut much shorter, extending
not below the calf Of the leg, or at
most to the top Of high hunting shoes.
It Is to fit smoothly about the waist and
hipr and fare toward the bottom. 1t
should be finished with a machine
stitched hem and provided with a few
weights. Skirts Of this kind are worn
over dark-colored boomers and with
the plainest Of soft shirtwaists, In
brown linen or other strong fabric.
The cap is a, very good model, with
a vizor Of which there Is only q
glimpse in the picture. Such caps are
made of velours; %chinchilla, velveteens,
tweeds and similar fabrics, and 1t
would be hard to improve on this one.
It is comfortable and becoming. For
the crisp and glorious days OF Indian
summer and the light SHOWS Of De-
cember the real sportswoman can
equip herself to be entirely comfort
able and be conscious Of looking well,
too .... T. .'..
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IF YOU are casting about for inexpen-
1 sive Christmas gifts there is hardly
anything that makes as good a show
ing, for the smallest outlay, as the
little serving apron. OF course these
small bits of dainty apparel may be
made of fine materials, trimmed with
the more costly lingerie laces, and
elaborated into expensive affairs, but
these will mot be any more pleasing
than palmer aprons which are equally
dainty and are made of inexpensive
cotton fabrics trimmed with sheer en-
b%roideries or the cheaper laces.
The weaving Of cotton into exquisite
fabrics that cost little has placed a
world of opportunities at the hand OF
the needle woman. All the fine cot
ton lawns, plain and printed, dotted
mulls and swiss, plain and printed
voiles, fancy nets and cotton mar
quisette are in line with fancy weaves
to make the frivolous little accessories
Of dress and the airy house and party
gowns which women are privileged to
wear. Everyone Of them is available
for the serving apron and for the
morning cap.
There is a saving In buying enough
material to cut several aprons, and
they may be made of short lengths or
pieces or remnants, because the body
Of the apron is often cut in panels that
are set together with narrow val lace.
Short lengths Of embroidery serve for
edgings, because they are put on with
out fullness. A pocket, decked out
with a small bow or rosette. is an
establishment and comes in handy
for the lace-bordered handkerchief.
Since it is so much the vogue for
the daughters Of the house, little and
big, or for the young hostess, to serve
the guest at tea or luncheon, the
serving apron Is sure to be %appreci'
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Oriental Eggs.

The Chinese are great eaters Ut
eggs, which they take hard boiled.
These are to be had In all the road
side places for refreshment. While
the Chinese have an expression, eggs
of q hundred years." 1t is not to be
understood that their eggs are al
ways a century old, though m may
be able to procure those that are Of
many years standing.
The Chinese evince a preference for
the egg of the duck or Of the goose.
These are placed with aromatic herbs
in slaked lime for a varying period,
the minimum being, 1t is said, five or
six weeks. Under the influence OF
time the yolk liqueies and takes on
a dark green color, and the white
coagulates and becomes green.
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How to Clean White Feathers.

White feathers of any description
can be cleaned at home to look like
new at a small cost. Take gasoline
and plaster of paris and I,ix the two
together to the consistency Of whipped
cream. Dip the feathers in this mix
ture, squeezing and pressing them;
then hang in the open air to dry thor
oughly, and until the gasoline evapo'
rates. Be careful not to handle until
thoroughly dry; then shake well, and
the result will be a beautifully clean
and fluffy feather. White wings may
also be successfully treated in this
manner. The gasoline must never be
used in a room where there Is q light
or fire. '
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To Make Pot PIE,

This can be. made with veal alone,
chicken or any nice meat. It can also
be made similar to the. Irish stew
with leftover meat and adding q lit
tie fresh meat. Meat can be used
alone or with a f~avoring Of vegeta-
bles. Cut up small and simmer, as
the Irish stew is made, then put in a
deep baking dish and cover with q
biscuit crust or a mashed potato
crust rolled out with -four. Bake a
rich brown in moderate oven. Serve
in the baking dish. Veal stew, which
Is made by cutting a pound or two
Of veal into six pieces, makes q good
ME.
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fresh and the peanut mixture Is put
In jars it will keep some time and be
good. I
Sweet Peanut Sandwiehes.-Take
half a cupful Of grated maple sugar
or brown sugar, one-fourth of a cup
full Of chopped peanuts and a table
spoonful of rich milk. Mix well and
spread on buttered graham bread or
crackers.
Peanut brittle is a favorite candy
with the children. Melt two cupfuls
of sugar in q frying pan, stir until
brown, then pour over a pan OF
shelled peanuts.
Nut PuddIng.-Mix a cupful OF
chopped nuts with two 'cupfuls of
bread crumbs. add two eggs mixed
with a pint of milk. Season with
salt and pepper and bake until firm
and brown. Serve as q vegetable.
seaIloped Tomatoes With Nuts
Mix half a cupful of fnelychopped
nuts with two cupfuls of bread crumbs
and two tablespoonful Of melted but
ter. Put "a layer in the bottom OF
the baking dish, then add a cupful OF
tomatoes, another layer Of crumbs, an
other cup of tomatoes and over the
top the rest Of the nut and crumb
mixture. Bake in a quick oven until
brown, and serve hot.
Potatoes With Nuts.-Mix together
one cupful Of chopped nuts and two
>cupfuls Of bread crumbs, and put In
a creased pan. Alternate layers OF
cold sliced potatoes and this mixture,
finishing with the crumb mixture, pour
over a cupful and a half Of milk, well
seasoned with salt and pepper. Bake
slowly one hour.
Peanut soup, peanut bread and pea
nut cookies are more of the tasty
dishes which n may prepare. Pea
nuts served with lettuce with French
dressing and a bit Of chopped onion
makes a most satisfying salad.
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WITH GINGER FLAVOR
MANY APPETIZING DESSERTS AT
COMMAND.
Condlment Is Also Recommended for
Its Health-Givlng Properties
Should Have More Definite
Place In the Larder.

Preserved or canned ginger gives a
most interesting flavor to many des-
serts and really deserves a more def.
mite place in the larder. For it can be
kept always on hand and therein pos
sesses a great advantage over many
other fruit f1avors.
Dates freed from their pits and
stuffed with slivers Of preserved gin.
ger, then rolled in graduated sugar,
are a delicious sweetmeat.
Ginger Bavarian cream is a dessert
with an almost elusive flavor. To
make it chop half a cupful Of pre-
served ginger into small bits and mix
it with half a cupful Of strip. Then
add half a package of gelatin, which
has been soaked and dissolved in a
cupful of water. Whip a pint Of cream
stiff and add 1t to the other ingredi-
epts. If necessary add chill. Serve
with whipped cream, garnished with
bits of preserved ginger.
Chopped preserved ginger can be
added to rice pudding before 1t is
baked to give 1t an unusual flavor.
For a baked custard ginger sauce
is delicious. Make 1t by simmer1ng
a cupful OF strip to which a quarter
Of a cupful of chopped preserved gin
ger has been added. Serve hot.
Ginger custard sauce is made by
simmering the milk from which the
custard Is to be made with some
chopped ginger in 1t for Is minutes.
Then strain and proceed with the
custard sauce in the usual way.
For ginger water ice boil a quart Of
water and q pound and a quarter OF
granulated sugar together for five
minutes with the rind from four lem.
ons and one orange. Cool and add the
juice of the lemons and orange, strain
and freeze. Pound four ounces of pre-
served ginger to a paste and cut two
ounces into shreds and add to the Ice
when it is hard. Pack for a couple OF
hours.
Ginger ice cream Is made In this
way: Pound six ounces OF preserved
ginger to a paste and ADD slowly two
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Mix a
pint of cream with half a pound OF
granulated sugar and add slowly to
the ginger mixture. Press through a
fine wire sieve and freeze.
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A Iona Huzzah.

The new pontiff, if in stature he
matches the shortest monarch in the
present world, his contemporary in
Rome, has at any rate a longer name.
in Italian, than any Of his predeces.
sors for many a day. 1t is almost I'm.
manageably long for reclamation.
"Vivi Pho Decimo," used to go off like
artillery, and viva Pho Mono" was
even a sharper shot. But Viva Bene-
detto Decimoquinto" does not, 1t must
be confessed, hnger and rumble. 1t
is longer than the shout for Leone
DecimoterZo."
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Breakfast Pie.

Au appetizing and substantial left
over breakfast can be made in the
following way: Grease a baking dish
and cover the bottom we'll with hot
mashed potatoes and add : layer of
the meat chopped fine or ground and
rather highly seasoned. Top off with
a thin layer of the mashed potatoes.
If there was gravy with the meat this
may be poured over the pie; other.
wise moisten 1t with water in which
a little butter has been dissolved.
Set in the oven and bake until brown.
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Fashionable Dark Blue,

Dark blue is surely as fashionable
as its stanchest admirers could wish
to have it. Blue serge has been fash
ionable for several seasons, increasing
ly SO, apparently. And it is as much
worn now as ever. OF course, blue
serge coat suits demand blue acces-
series, so there are blue net blouses,
blue silk and Isle stockings, blue hand
bag and other blue things by the score.
Then there are many blue velvet hats.
Blue Is one of the best colors in the
lovely new brocades for evening wear,
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Their DAYS of Comfort,

We have come to the belief that the
happiest ones in the world are those
who, having experienced wealth and
he intolerable bother of keeping to a
certain standard Of fashion and high
living, lose their money and are then
able thoroughly to enjoy the ease and
comfort Of poverty and privatinn.
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Pecan Cookies,

pint of meat and grind them into flour
IL the food chopper. Cream one cupful
of sugar with two tablespoonful Of
buttered, add three eggs, two table
spoonfuls of milk, a pinch of salt and
the ground Luts. Use barely enough
-four to make a dough. 1t must not be
too stiff nor too thin, Just a good roll.
ing dough. Cut into cakes and bake o
light brown.
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salt and pepper. Add the gravy from
the turkey and thicken with -four
Cook until smooth and serve un'
strained. .ES5Y
Sweet Potato croquettes.-Peel and
boil in sailed water until tender seven
large sweet potatoes and mash while
warm, season with cream, add a beat.
en- egg and whip until light, and when
| cold mold into small c%roquettes and
fry in deep fat. Garnish with parsley.
E%scaIIoped Turnips.-Take five or
six white turnips, according to the
number to be served. Parboil the
turnips until tender, drain, cut in
cubes and put in a buttered baking
dish in which a layer Of buttered
crumbs has been placed. Cover with
a white sauce, and sprinkle with
bread crumbs and grated cheese, then
brown in the oven.
Chestnut Dressing.-Boil a quart OF
shelled chestnuts In sailed water I'm
til tender while warm mash to a
paste, adding a teaspoonful Of salt,
a dash of paprika and half the GAN
tity Of bread crumbs, two tablespoon
fuls Of melted butter and a teaspoon
full Of poultry dressing. Blend the
ingredients thoroughly and If a moist
dressing is desired add a cupful OF
boiling milk.
custard and SpInach.-Boil a quart
of spinach in sailed water until ten
der and press dry, setting aside until
cold. Beat two eggs, add a teaspoon
full of salt, and gradually a pint Of
hot milk, stirring well. Add the fine
ly-chopped spinach, and cook in hot
water until firm. Cut in cubes when
cold and serve as a garnish with clear
soup.
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Tekk-.A ~~~<A.
No Hurry In japan.

It will save you much waste of en-
ergy and loss Ct comfort, and if you
would enjoy travel in Japan you will
readily learn the art of resignation"
to your fate, and you will oftentimes
have many good opportunities Of
studying Japanese life in its natu-
raj pictorial seeing. Don't get an
noyed, either, if nearly every casual
Jap acquaintance you meet asks you
a lot of personal questions. To ask
personal questions IL the Jap way Of
showing interest In your welfare
Philadelphia North American.
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Side-Steppinq

whenever you make speeches, q
candidate for whom you are talking
gets defeated" said the man who Is
given to reproachful utterance.
WELL" replied the orator, II !
thought I could rely on winning the
votes do you think I'd 60 on speaking
for other people than MYSELF"
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Lady USE. TetterIne for Eczema.

Edgar Springs, Mo-, July is. 1905
The Eczema on my face usually appears
in the spring and your salve always helps
II. I use no other preparation but Tet-
terine and find 1t superior to any on the
market. Respectfully, l
Elsie NJ. Judyine.
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter, Itching
Piles, Ring Worm and every form OF
Scalp and Skin Disease. Tetterine boc:s
mail direct from The shuptrine Co. sa-
vannah, Ga.
With every mall order for Tetterine we
give q box Of Shuptrine's Hc Liver Pills
free. Adv. "a EsStH.
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Solving the Problem.

For several years the newspapers
have been filled with various discus
sions of the high cost Of living, but
the other day a man in this COM
munity gave the nearest solution OF
it we have heard. He has three COWS
that furnish him with butter and
milk for his home, and in addition to
that he is raising three calves and
three hogs with the milk, while the
milk Is sold regularly and keeps the
store account paid. His ditch banks
are growing fruit trees that make
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Fur Canes and Rufus.

Fur trimmings are a strong feature
of women's dress this season and
therefore 1t is to be expected that fur
should prove a big item in the wom-
ems neckwear field, according to the
Dry Goods Economist. Cape collars
of fur finished with standing ruches
are a feature, as also are maline ruffs
with a flu band in the back.
Some Of the more elaborate novel
ties designed as foundations for eve
ming dresses show trimmings Of fur,
combined with smart opalescent span
giles and beads.
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Ostrich at Hands and Throat.

One of the alluring trimmings Of the
new season in ostrich, and one Of the
most alluring ways Of using it Is. at
the hands and throat of a silk or satin
frock. One Is old gold charmeuse of
soft color and texture has brown os.
trich 1ues outlining the round neck
and finishing the very long sleevea