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l/Jhe Home ! >C&V<- ^%%^<a,^^< UNJHONKL) CLOTHING. To iron flannel is a mistake. Let us Jpend aa many bosire ae w cb-xsu up m (able lineii and vottun gal mt-nts Bu< do let us bit wute uuough to re- tain the in i^-ii. i I-IIL. tbe vitality, the fre0h ui und annsliin.- in under flannel. A but iron kilU thoote life- gn i k! foire*. l)on*t laugli ai this dear housekeeper. The funnel baa en meabed thu eubtle. eweet lid- of the air which only our finer interior eospe can apprehend. \Vhen once txhauMed it can never be regained by , P* . mity to all the orris root or aac- b. 1 bago in the w.n Id. In place of ironing, if flannels .u. hang evenly . >n thu line., i L. n pulln. out. in-. o! lily folded etraigbt and put under such preomira a* the. clutbea ba.-k.-t with its burden fur tbe next day's ironing, it will be found, the next morning that they are Miin.otii enough to satisfy mot fastidious. In like ninnn .. o nl tu hosiery, fold, and .spread uuuei the uakei with the flannels, Sueejts that are in constant u-- may be treated in like manner. I n..--.- eue h is tried it, one cuunot imagine buw well they look after pie-soure 1h h-ia-i and elvuges may be rub- bed over, nothing eLse. More than one eminent jihysician i a beliuvttr in the Ufa-giving properties of air and euu- shine, administerexi through tbe inl.-r- ol clean, unn oin-d clothing. HANU-M4aVi: UNHKIIU KAK. There i-s certainly a great satisfac Umi to be bad from home-made un- derwear. In tbe firal place. Ihe ma- terial is Aura to be good, the embroid- ery or lace Is apt to be carefully m- lecled. with an eye to diirabil.ty, and each gaiment U well filled and ad- apted to tbi- wearers' tiiditi.iu.il whim I nd fmci.v 11 iii>l-ewed underwear winch ,^ iilmust thu most expulsive to l.iir and incomparably ilie in.ist beau- tiful can easily be made ai li ,,,.-, ...n uf .simplest materials, if unly there are pan. -I. - ind even moderate skill. 8ilk liiii.'.-in- i- hut little n.srd now i- dsys. biciil-m it dotvt not wash |mi- tily, Jinl rli-imng is ao vt-ry i-\|n-ii<ive Ihe |.,.f.ii..| i. 'inns are II.IIIIMI .k fine i i mlii, i- ind lawn Kace is more u-i-il than i ml. , i-l, i \ and elaborate puffs and lucks have qiuti- g.tne out Id -in'-* itching in very much in fasb- iiKi, a-s are pin-head tucks and nain.u soft lace. Chemises, corset-covers and many ol the new nigbt-gow us, ii,,. ,ie out low- neckrd, eiihet heart-shaped, square ur round. The pit-ilie.st <-lieinuen are drawn m .,; the waist-line with i ib- bon run tlin.infli a buuding. and the ni-we.st uoivwi-rovers reach just to the WHIM and are often filmy luls of lace, lawn and nliU.n I'he ,do umbrella diaueis ..,:,i, mi, nioMi-popul.tr, anil o( nigln-gowns there is an infinite variety, including the. Km,>nr, .Mutli- er Iliildiai I roulld-yiiki- and su.|ii- NEW TOI'l'HKS KOIl OLI> SKK\ KS I'ltl! of being eiiluriy supplant- ed t \ Ihe morn mod'- 1 n inn.-. I fiuil, old-time 'pound foi pound' pieseiv were Uever more ptipular ihan nu\\, for the 1 1- i mi (hit w i- hat i- li-ai ued bow to give them n delicate, natnnil flavor ut ill!' fin, i. instead of a pun gent, cloying sweet uess. Thi- r a i e i ei t am rules for evrry vni- ely of fruit and mnthod of pir^-it Ing. lull tlii- gist of ihem all IH lint oonkill 111 miking . . n give pi line pre- eite.s If tnferioi fiuii, . offt-e nngir, tin JMIIIS and lion spoons are n^.-.l Iliive n pori fin l o-lliicd or triain e ware kettle and use n solely for pre- serving; and ill pirpillllg us well as In rooking fin i let eveiy older ves- sel tie of gi-iiiile or ra i l lirii w aie, lui xpiMins i, id ladles of silver or wood. Tlu.s done, with ,, ,,,,- fruit, fmnulaied sugar, kno le^lg,- an. I u fiuei -flavored moat enure, if one- fourth of a pouml of bnednd and chop IMV! raikins is added tu every Itiiro- f..iiVib.s of a pound of iui runts. To eveiy (our pound* of fruit add twu pounds of sngnr and one ounce uf stick cinnamon, the same uf maoe, u.n u- many whole clove*, and a tea- l^Hj.iful of white mustnrd seed tied in a piece of muxliii Cook nlowly foi one lioui, then add ooe and one-half rupfnls of cidar vincgii, stir con- stantly loi five minutes and put aw i^v in pmt-ize glass fruit jars or jelly glasses. C'auiung Itbubarb Rhubarb sau e u wofiide.rfully ai'petizing with tiieal, eot>ecially i" ' b*. Ian- u in lei and early ipiing. hi- n i lit 1 appHiite most inel- Jting. tieleci fie-b tender stalk-, pure, cut into piece-., weigh, and al- luw half its weigh' of sugar. Cover tbe ibuliiib wiih lioiliug water for two ininuieB; then drain, put pirt of ih? Mign on the bottom of the pie- M-iMng kettle, end apiuikle tin- rest among t hi! .stalks as you add ilr-m Cove i ihe kettle closely ami cook in a Lot oten for half an hour. Kill hot fruit jars to overflowing and ke,-|.in a cool, dark piace. t'tiii. Aj-ple and Plt.m Muimalad-.- Plum.s, u.se<l in the projioition uf one li i i to ibree of cnih apple, add inn nesa nnd a finer flavor to ciali-ai-ple miimalade. btem and cut out the blussoUl end Of the apples. Slew. l< S - rovered, in a little water, uud v. ben >>ufi rub through u sieve. Cut up ihe plums, cook in a little water, ad- .llng the stones, till soft; rubtbtougli a sieve aud mix with the apple pulp Heal slowly, and when it routine nc.-s io boil add heated sugar in the pto- l-oi M.II of three-fourths of u poun i in '-very pound of pulp, and cook half an hour or longer, stirring constantly. >|.n-ed Pwrs. Pare eveuiy. hilve ami core raiher sweet p<-ir.s that are nut overripe. Make asyiup of two i upfuln of tinpgai, lbie<- pouuds of .sugar, one bvaping iaMi--pi.oiit-.il of finely broken tick-cinn unon, aad the Mime nmouiu of gren gfnger loot. i.e. ti lied lu inn -.iin This will be enough for six pounds of fiuii. Cook tbe latter in the syrup until u can >ily pierced and keep in fiuii jars. sri;ui-:sTin\s i The niMpid tuate of dil.d pr.ines is alli-viale^i lit .stewing tvnu them an equal .un Mint of i.uin- Crauberriea P--if..im the *--iuii- kind office for ill I--.I applHS. >. m p-ople can ,11 couiplish marvels With |K' .i.s ilinr , ulh I.- couildalll ihe) 'can't do anything with it." I In- trouble U that lb unsuccessful oUi s doa'l go at it pioprrly. tieuerally the trouble i.s that not enough fluid is i - -I A mlk wiiist, for nisi inn-, L .old I) wholly iinni-i.s,-d and a low- ed to soak several bouie, ihrn it must bi- woiki-il up .ind d.'wu in tbe ga>o- line nil all i.ln- splits have disappear- i-<l. It must ih, MI be. i in.sr.l in flesh gasoline and tliird on. of doors. I h.- 1 1- ^-i I in wlncb the w.uii is Soakrd uiii.sl of comae be covered as tbe fluid i.s no volatile. l'i i>frvvi.iial cleaners ure Haul to iusi- ..ap with the. gaso- line exactly as if it were water. To i.i-aii glove.-., w .u.li them in tbe gaso- lim- as i( n wiru water Tbe author of a book of salad re- cipe. Kays iJial when the lettuce in the garden >ho.t up quickly during tin- u MIIII. -i in 1. 1 long !-i-d a a:ks it can be uiil./.-.l by lilrippiiig tbeMalks l li-at.-.. uniting tin- t.nd. -i pi.itii.n-. into lengths, aud lying in lnin.il,- like i -l> naan.s. lloil till lender andwlirn cold and well drained pel ve with in it iiniiaise 01 Kreurh dre.-sing. Should any <-ele.il Ilk- IKIIlneal. i a.-k- .1 wheat, elc , remain afler p i.k it in a clean baking p-wdrr can and put m the ice-box. S. vi day turn it out into shcivs aliont tbird of an inch thick, dust with fl -in. fry, and serve wiih maple t>r sugar eyrup. HKI'S OIK I An amusing u.l.-pl e story is told .f i ceil, -i i n lady n i m. -d linivvn. One m,. i unit: n cent Iv she proci-i-ded from fu. o.k. youcau defy 'luck' ' "d l-e I br ,,, ,., ,.,,.. i e of SUITPSK HI- i nig ihr sugar! Ill the. oven In-fine it is addi-d 10 i he fruit gives i b indsomer roli^i io jams and fnef-eivrs ,i i well as jelly. l(n.s|.hi.| ry Jam It- I i.o-plin r> j mi bun far more i ri i e.-.hiiig flat or if to Hi., telephone; in tli hill to onlrr sum.- things from' In- 1 I.iu . In-r. ll.iloa! sii.l Mis llron. Are you Itify's l In- Iniii-heif \cs. 01, THE EVE JF HIS DEATH. GEN. WAUCHOPE'S LAST WORDS BEFORE THE BATTLE. HI* l.n-ai l.uvr lor ihr Mr-live Blark WiUrb i- . ...,i n r, i, i, HI, n MI ,i ii Wi.Ml.l la. . Hli Life la 11. Next i... . Buttle. David Lyall In the British Weekly, tells of a i i.nv-i ,aii.in he had with General Wauchope before thu fateful battle, of Magerhfontfin. lie says: What interested uie most was the fact that I should com-- to close quar- ters with General Wauchope, who was a in in not onyl of my own land, but of my own country side. I had never seen him. but 1 bad often h-ard my grandfather speak of him, a.s he had .nine m contact with him in public or county business. HU home, the old keep uf Niddrie Marischal, was not further distant than four miles as Ihs crow flies from the old f irmhouse ly. iug in tb-) shelter of Wester law hills, which to me in memory still was borne. It was .-n;i.|,iy afternoon when him first, pacing up and duwn before the commanding officer's tent in i lose conversation with him. "Ihit's Wauchope," said uiy bri'lh- er of the 1'ilot. pronouncing the name after the extraordinary manner of the Southeiu, putting tb.- full euiph .sis on the last syllable, and giving tbe "ch" its full due. "Wa-hope," I tried to correct him mildly, whereat be waxed wroth. "Why don't you in ike an alphabet for yourself, you Scotehl" be enquired witheringly. "You're so mighty sav- | explicable rbarm of his manner, ing in most things it seems u piiy to 1 ,,,, be that my heart. w<vda me. He flashed a quick glance foreboding* concerning the morrow. I of enquiry at in*, whii-h seemed to * nin > T oear onc more tDat (ay business. night before we turned In to suit- b ' a few hours' broken rest. It waa late, and he had bee* Jong closeted 1110 TALKS WITH WAL'CHOPE. -My name U Lyall. General W.uch- . wlth the comm;inding oaic . r & hu said In m, lament manner. ' qu . rtor ^ receiving, we suppo^d. his ope "I am a Midlothian man, a grandson of old Andrew Wallace, so long a tenant in the Byrea." The aggressive reserve of the .Scot, never more strikingly exemplified t h n in tbe General's first look t me, was immediately m>-lted in the sunshine of a smile which changed the whole mm, and be frankly ex- tended hia band. "I know your n.iin... of course. 1 have heard you spoken of at th<- Claud I am glad to meet you. Wh.t paper do you represent t" " I In- St. (ieorge Gazette." "Ah. yes, of course. I ought to have remembered. Well. Mr. Lyall, this is autrange business we are eni- b irked on. Have you been here since the start f" "I joined Lord Metb-aen's column just before Belmont, sir. My chief, Mr. Wardrop. has bis only son shut up in Kimberley." "Oh, yes, there's a good many vest- ed interests of one kind and another in this country," said the General, with a slight, inscrutable smile. full and final instructions concerning tbe plan of action. I was within a few yards from him wton he left tbe tent, and I saw that bis bands wer* clenched, his mouth set, his brows knit, either in perplexity or distress. My heart rushed out to bun. Tbe de- s.r.- was upon uie to offer a word of sympathy, to ue<; him t use me as h* willed. But 1 wisely retrained. It would have been a foolish action. which b-- wuuld hive been tbe first to resent and condemn. It was a raw, biting night, and a drixxling rain was beginning to full. I stood out in it until 1 had watched the Gen- eral disappear within the door of his tent. WHY NOT HOME MADE ICE. look. If %*r Mld br Nal.lB: O < I. In ihr Sritr tmtmr- "If the courts fail, science may be dei* -ndnl up<>u to knock oui tba ice trusts," iiys a ch-inist in the Kan- sas City Star. "1 venture the pre.n< - ,. . I lion tba lh avenge well to do fam- And there 11 be more before we fin- i-li this business. I dare say you li . - guessed that we are to attack to- morrow." waste letters. 1 believe in making use i him of all i can get, so I shall call him Wa-rhope, whatever you may say." AND MAM.Y KlUl'RK. "I have thought things pointed tint way, sir," I said, more and more im- pressed by his frankness and the m- It to I did not for a moment reply, for, who bad come, straight from home, was apt to exaggerate the qualities of tbe man. but in my brief interview with him Icame to tbxr.on- clii.sion thai he possessed all ihat was i|i.t |> I-MI.I win. li n.-i' I ite ardour of devotion .1 iy was so sadly exem- plified in the field. .nd.-eil, my uii,, id attention wis given j l "''*'ary to bind his men to him in to tbe mm whose n.unw raised Lut- trell's ire. The figure 1 saw in some strange manlier ui.ved me in. ..'lit ly, Whethi-r a was the. tie of kin-hip, the feeling that tbe same air bad nui lur- ed us. ih u tbe same scenes bad filled our eyes and hearts inyouih. Ik now not. but there it was. 1 fe.lt my A I'KKMONHIO.V OK DEATH. ily will be in iking its own is* in- side ih- next t -A . ye.r-. r'or a lun,; i.iu- pist a number of i the cleverest inventors in tbe coun- try hive been trying to devise a MII ill. couipict a- 111 > ..in-, with a ty of from JU to 5JU pounds a diy. thiu can '.- ..p-rated by any domestic arrvjul, and they have uiide suffn lent progress to bring suc- cess cleirly in view. it is an in- ter, sting fact that nearly all the re- unrkaidc luipi.-veiuents wbi h hive been made in large coaimerciil ma- chines during tbe last two or three years have suggested themselves in this tireless search for a practical household apparatus. "U h- n I s y li , >. s- U In sight. , stirred. I longed to go to him, lo ] niendous spirits." shake hi- hind, and hid him at once weli-i in.- i.l (io,|--p.-.-d. Hut 1 did not dare. An obscure journalist is not hail-fellow-well-met w i h diftt in- ,,,,. tl)? ht p.n-es togrlh.T. I Won- guisbinl generals H h ,s> breasts are der wb.-th.M this will be the last. covered with th "The Black Watch looks very fit," 1 mean that all tbe in un serious pio- blenuhive been solved, the djli u.- ties tint reuiiin to th* overcome are purely ui. ''. r As a matter of fact, fuur or f > -in.! im chines ar "Ab. they're fine fellows, fine fel- already in the ui.rket. bui none of . ,1.4 v i. in-, I to reinirk when be did t i. ply in me. "I've U-en talking of them. They seem In tre- lo If ill. and 1 hve been in Ucil, Ihisis Mrs llrortn's residence. II is m, I,- nf one part red currants NV ,II y,,u pleas* sen I me a la, k .e I hick to throe purls raapbarrlM wa-h nii.l dry the CIIIMIIIIM on a i,. 1-1 mah slightly in th. i.ieseiving k.-i I, and stew slim ly i.ll --oft ennngh Io train through a j. I y lug Allow one pound of sugu loi rvi-ry i hiee- fmitihs of s IHIIIH I of I.,-, i i - mil one (III of curmni uiu-e llrai I h- Migu; boil i he jnii e l\\eniy niiiiuie-., nil) Ihe Ugsr. stir till dlHsiilvcd, I hen add I b b*nie, and cook slowly foi one hour, lining almost constantly si . i k by I .' o'c luck .' I lit- IK..V Clllploj-i'd ill the but ch -I 'N shop li.pp-n.-l to insw.-i ih- lule* plume, and promptly n- ,p,ui,l,..|, \\.-ll, you just bit your sweet life. I will! 1).. you know, sir, to whom you u,. I n. phi. s of i heir v.l ur. He intiresi>-d me mightily. Me had a very tall, spare figure, loose- knit, yet suggestive of enduring strength; bis face, clean--h i ven and terribly thin. I thought, g.-i ve * ich strongly- ma rked feature full play. It was a good, true, honest face, but a sad one. At that moment sadness was undoubtedly its out standing rh.irir- terialic. "Your W.i-rhope lonks down on his luck, doesn't he f" said Luttrell, with his aggravating drawl. ''I shouldn't like to incur his wrath. Whit an ejv! I say, i h-y don't look as if they h.p- p-in-d to b- of the sauie mind." NOT ACItl.KD WITH WAI UIOI'K. Luttrell was a shrxxvl observer \t 'hit iiiom-nl hi- hid put h < finder with unerring precision on the weak spot. I believe it is no longer doubl- ed that Mi-ibuen and Wau-h.pe were not agreed about tht plan of th ap- pruarhing engagement Hut i he mys- tery of it remains it mystery still, for of the two imn whn could hiv,- ex- plained il lies dead on the veldt, and the other holds his tiuiirue. perhaps wisely, since the evil thing is done, and can never be undone. It is one of th.. things one finds itdiffi ult tc write or to think of with (hit calm neiw which alone justifies criticism. That Sunday, the I" h of I) ,,i,,u, was ariose and murky ilny. presag- ing rain. It seemed to me as if a singular depression lay u |M , n the ramp, which hid li ->>n all t h week in uproarious spirits. Although n.. orders had yet been given, it is generally understood (hit a nun,, would In* nude ut daybreak. The great gun. hut newly arrived, and already nicknamed Joey, had b.-i-n dragged hv oxen md ni.-n i , , ridge overlooking th* supposed p >si- tion of thi> em-my I'h't ind other signs led even the iini nit i 1 1 ,-d I i *ur- misi- tint to-morrow would he the day of bit tie VUiut fi v ,. ,,'clook in i ih ifl.-rn.on, as I was taking a st roll outside th- . imp, I ciin-< suddenly. tb.-iu quite m s tbi I'he ideal appi- . -i- for u-- in cu.rs will pr'.uabiy ..In un us p iwer from | sn iiiiaudrM-.-m lamp socket, just "'.-ir. do not hint at such a thing!" like tbe oniiini) electric fan. Tbe M . mm -rd. for the sadn-ss \vith cook will fill up tb' receiver with v li . li h- spoke staggered me. uit-i. n. ik ih couued'ion and go i about 1'i.vate ice plants are alre.i ly piftical for very small C..1I1IU ic a. c >iiv i us rest m- r.ini--. c.'iilrcii.'U. rs, etc.. and ihe household machine is one of I hi' ad- vances along ih- line of domestic eco- nomy to which w, may look forward with absolute confidence. Ily the by, one of tbe inventors who is peg- "1 much fear it; in fact, I uny nl- ab " ut "' ""- in--' nay 1 n m certain of it. IshilH "ih-re u nnhiug never see Niddrie or tbe green Loi hi m 'h'" lltlle f> " plains a; un. Mr. Lyall. Hut if a man dies at hi- p.si. whether at home or | abroad, in peace or in war tiuir, he h is and no mm need say bis end comes untimely." With thit b got up and strode i" iy, and I dared not follow him. I | iintst stupidly. The thought in my mind that be. was a great soul and solitary, set apart in some strati^'.- way from his compeers by th" shadow of ..pproacbing death. I h- m.p .- sum made by these moments on my mind can never be effaced or for- got ten. A KKW HOURS' KKST. As I sauntered bark to the great busy camp, my mind was full ofminy siriiiK'- ill ii'h's and s.nu- natural tb t h b ..I t .rn.-.l out a very sure s- (ui working ui '-1-1. 1 hive said no. th.iig about liquid air. b -cause that strange product his proven so tricky and intractable tbit it is risky to venture any predictions as to whil m.\ ur may nit b- doue with it. An- other eubstanre which has bneu ex- ploited as tbe 'refrigeiani of the future' is a so called freezing pow- der It is really n. thing n-w. but an exrfii-.ve rhemicil salt thit U frequently used m laboratory experi- ments. It has no possiblit ies in prac- tical op.-r.it ion " Great Cures Brought About By the Use of the Famous Proscription of th* Vonor- able Dr. A. W. Chasr Here are rep.irted three oases in which Dr. Chase's family rein,..lics proved a blessing >f incalculabl worth. "This is to certify th:it I was sick in bed ih- mist of the tun- for three yeirs with kidn.-y disease. 1 - -k there ire ihousaods of oh- seven I l> .e- of p lis-dif ferent kinds ers just is ivnurk.ihle. for Dr. Chase, ,uid a great many utb->r kinds of IhroUKh bis rwip* bmik an-1 hmun p;tcnt m -. diri:u<#; besides thil 1 was ui"licin<-s i- ihe consulting piiysicini un ler treat in-iit in the m ii. iny of homs in Canada doctors durin r 'b in I the I nit,- I States. Hylrerl 4 ui l i in s Makf ai.rber uud uf f I Sure I I... Slid the Uiy. You're ,1,-iui), Mis HroHn's .-.ink 'Sou in- iinsl a ki ii. y.'iiiit: mm You nr sipiMking with \lts. l(r..vii hi-r- anlf. Is that soF i.-pli- I tin- i. -\- I, n in i li i I i.ise., lliad.illl. We'll ll.lll the 'cl rounding a lilt I,. |,|||<M -k, upon , soli- tiry fiuun-. situng on boulder, looUlllk' -.1, -I, lily llefoK- hi'll. Ill- bid i pur of field ghsses in his bind "i ' 'I'll- ir.-.l is if h- hid b...ii -,- cniiiiiiiliiiiK tli" p.isilion. I nm- ., st irt as I i. . | ij,,, ,;, .,,,., ,! UK! half h. -sit ued. Here as my -h iic- if I ish,.( i word with him, in I y.-t I feired to im i ml . VVhcn II M 'M - II - - li.lle I Ml - , .111 'e. .11 NIRVOU* DYSPEPSIA. Mr. Joseph tictoin. .';.' M-t. ill St.. Ottawa. Out., writes: "I was uer- vous, hid lii-ida h- and brain f m I v\ is ivstlt-ss it n tfht an. I could not sleep My ppetite was p >or. ind I suffered fr.uu nervous dyspepsia. Lit- tle business cares worried an I irri- i iied me. After having us -I |li 1 h se's N'ervw h'oo.l for about two months. I can frankly say that 1 feel by f.'iir different ti'ti- ind n. .t abl* to work. I b-tui to take Id fhase's Ku'ney-l.ivci fills, and -i-i. - that time hiv- h -n working every day although a mill n< aily Til y-ars of age. Ui I'll - Kidti'.y-l.iver fills have cured CCZEMA OH IABY. Mis V N! '.im^lit. Kn-kwall. Well- ington I'ou'ii \ . U n n:r*: 'I te I it m> duty to lt you kin- w wht Dr. l'his-'s O. in m in his lone in s very bid ens- of eoa>ini on ou. t'lby We ' ik<- i new mm. 'My appetite is good. I r.-st and sleep well, md this tr.-.it n.-'it his streimtli-nrd me wonderfully. Dr. Chine's N-iv.- Ko<id 1'ills are curtain!? ihr bst I ever used, nl I say so be- ia use I w:mt to give full credit where, think it ihe greatest of il b due." in- ntv" . "' X W n ""'- x '*"' n.turear.- on ever Mr Jnrtv-s >- i..p-on, Newcomb Mil's, in- t-m-il-s. hid trird any mi ii'r of -uiv-t with- out my p.-ri'iaiient relief, but from th,- h.'ili we ci"nm in- I us n< Mr. l"h vs,-' .> MI ill t li i u <s if i .- ii ie- 1 nl < h- improvement rout inn . -I until there was complete euro Hl-d . * and I, hat in Inn I. took a slep to- Mortknmberland I'ouuly, Out., w r. Irs; mansun. Hit If any woman comes to Paris these days with tbe laudabln determir to overcome her physical defects ihrre Is no earthly reason why her ambition should not be gloriously realised. writes a correspondent. In I' iris dre-saer baa decided that more womea bleach and injure the quality of their oair by washing and brushing than through any other agency. All day long women are coming in to have I tbeir beads brushed ind the earlier . the hour tba gre.ater th number of vuntora. >..me wumen, like Lucy Uerard and Cleo do Merode, come direct from baths and breakfasts, for it ia againat tbeir principle* and the order of ibeir just now there is more feminine ' " (faur t attempt even the simplest beauty created by soience than by na- ture, more pbysic.il loveliness by di- rect application of remedies ranging from hypnotism to hot water, thai * rr a"emnt l ' Ja in " n of thir i.. IM unaided. delicate luxurious peig- i. .r. over which a long dirk cloak U wrn through the by health or inheritance, aad the p-iw- ^""'T drops into street, 1 1 -! the stage armchair gown anloaa it was fitted over the new cariAt. Tbe w.;oun gave in and that ttaymaker ia a rich man. He d.d it all by fooling willingly beguil- ed femininity; be made the waist big- ger, but b made it longer, and oow when he baa a w .man whaee body no human farce could crush into a 4- iocb C'jr<,t. be turns her over to tbe producer of bonus, to tbe woman who keeps Rejane'i figure in trim, brutaea Qeab from the limbs aa eaaily as a housemaid wbiaks cobwebs from the wall. They call her tbe cld water witch. because she spouts an Icy fluid on her victims form every point of tbe mm- you. pushes your head bi -k on cush- ion and begins her operations. There is a soft bright light over- bead and you atiempc for a while to watch ber man.jeuvrea, but it is bet- ter to shut your eyes while tbe ex- amines you through a powerful lens and tells you yuur sk the quality of uub and such a Uucbeae and thit just a .iule <)f thu in.i that will render ic quite ravishing ab washes cheeks, cbm and brow with a sponge hastily dried out from very hot water. That relaxes all the nerves aad opeej tbe pores m-1 -h-n with two tiny rubber-beaded drum- sticks she plays a rat-a-tat-(jo. from GAINS MADE BY BOSSIA. ers behind tbe thr me of beauty dwell <n<i aa elegiiatly attired young wo- I say. of massaging and pounding obsti- in what ar* called Ateliers de la man "ke* out the sbU pin^ and pro- nate fltwh with bags filled wi'h fine- Beaate. They are *ll pecialistj. de- c>flfdj deliberately to comb tbe aiiken ly ,havd ice. voting their lives and th-sir brains to : tre *** w 'th her fingers. pasa and is aren capable, her subjects on , , n<1 ol jout counten^ace to tbe in r i the study of tbe improvement of the * r * not ru/1 * lT t<jrl > trom '-he ra--n f. r lung preciou-s but evry knotted curl is pa'ieutly lur. feminine form or f i - .livm* and -h artists of great fame who paint por- tr.i's fur ri h peopi: eirn QJ bi.'g r incomes than some of these bur or complexion creators, Somd of them are women and some of '.hem are men, but all of them make their first fame by tbe creation cf a succesaful act- ress. The scberao of advertisement is sim- ple enougb. When a pupil from tbe a sheet her patient is first Uid an a wuodea t gmti-r all i edge. . .1 -.ii-a un rubber boee K It pUys in a spray, a raveled until the assistant s fingers cirels and a steady spout first, frum run from scalp to tip unimpeded. The* this angle and th*n fram that, and a wheel shaped brush. c->rere,i with after t few moments of spraying tbe other. After this a liqu d f gently and we ir blown .n i th tace. luis .as smeils like a warm south wind wafted a bed .f volets or carnations, aad wb le you ar* trying to decide which. you fall into slumber. profound anl r,fi -h- J '" a lhere vt uif u-n It does not last more long bristles as soft as camels n.ur, thumping with ice filled bags) begins tnan tea minu tes. tbe aap, but you is allowed to whirl over the bead and down the white partings mid by the int's indtix f.nger. ibu le- ta..-bes and blows out every part .cle of dust and a little finger massage conservatory is preparing to mak- ber l ' r * ln * blood under the skin. After first appearance under particularly powerful patronage, one of these fairy '"' god-mothers takes her in hand and for nothing at all creates far her a feature. To this are added fine gowns and no matter if the debut is a tarture the fuature i s.ire t.) find fav- or with tbe appreciative Par -.1:1 audience, and tbe next day every one ia talking of Mile. U.'s marvellous if it is tbe day fir the ondule, are brought fourth and instead of hatiag tb* surface of the m^tal over a flame, hollow tongs filled with hot water are impluyed. I be water supplies tho requisite intensity of beat without running my danger of scorching the bair. and besides aet- ressee hundreds of weu-cared-for I'arisiaa fashionable wumn drop in waist, or exquisite bur. or stunning during ibe day. slip into white lUk shoulders. Talk of that sort in Paris P*ujuoir and subject their b. creates a fashion, ami to th* beauty tn "'7 le*umg process which artists who made lllle. B. fan. rashes the femmiaa I'ariiiin world. It was a poor, unknown but burn- ingly ambitious fnsvur in a back court three flights up wb.j 1..1 Jane Had.ng's hair ten years ago in large onditioni. ondulea that stayed, and to-day he dresser in airs himself in the BJU de Boulogne hu *' to * into tub ' w In tbe moat gurgeous and eip.-nsiv* ""man arrives in the fresco-d parlors, automobile *ver *en in that park. Tb.. uiaa who made Kejan*'s f and now keeps ber waist perman at the ly-incb measuro. ha* on* of tb* finest studios for the cultivation ut the waist on a big boulevard back of B<1 ot wh ' on fit * ibout th * only good for th* bur but pre the headaches, the nervous a" .. and weannesa that comas after a re- gular *oap and water shampoo. Never tadeed. no matter what the doea tb* up-io-dale hair permi: a bead under r* in cupboards hang peignoirs of tint in silk satin or linen that may please h*r last*, she is b. for a steaming. the hair .s incased in a long bug of the ihmnst rubber. tbe opera house. The man with tbe h '' a ' 1 new electric appliance for restoring ~ color to gray hair is growing almost D ' mr back uf the neck and ears. tb* like dew according quently expressed desire. After the spraying and thumping 'be patient is ordered tu run around the room, is rubbed down, wrapped in a flannel , rube, allowed to r*st fifteen minutes aad to eat a dry biaouit and half a cup >f hoi. b.ack coffee with a utt.e of what tastes lik a delicious liqueur in u. After tw j or three treatments the bones begin to sprout, first those around the neck come, then a good sharp elbow developes itself, and at last the bip meausre begins to shrink. U.p flesh is the last to go, tad 'a.s precede* the diminution of tha girth. Rarely does a subject prove w h .Ily resistant to the cold wuer treatment. Plain water, directed fr m a sufficient b-ight through a a os. will do as much i.s fai'.a : mov* m 'u:i- iius. ml it :s therefor* perfectly logical to agree that less) w i r itarough a sma.ler hose dir^t- ed at unstable human flesh, will break down fatty tissues and bring out th* solid boa* foundation. This reasonable conclusion has been practically reached si often her* in Paris, that no longer is thr* an ex- cuse f r . . ,-i That is what tb-* corset makers i A b.ch account* tor the tr-mendous flesh does mlt Wika to f t ly out of it io find that the to Humlet's eio- y u ,, n g woman is throw l ng mny shad- ed ..fhts on your face. aha is trying to decide what tint f powder will /our skin best, and tn.j varying nuances .f c.jlor come naest beets of crystal behind which there ia aa aleetrio light. Every cryital het is matched by powder, t powder 3 when blown, nor sra -ared. on tb* face, produce* exac'.ly h* normal tint of ruoe your cheeks would wear were nature kind enough to pr tbU sort of irt. When tbe color is decided upon the powder is blowi n by a new device, and .i -! decision is that a delicate ruey ra l.ance ovr tbe whole face is likely to produce a mure natural effaot tnan an aj tion to the checks alone. th powder is applie<i and th*n by tbe def'est klt< <Usi a sVuf HUM ia>e M*r>. Now that the end ol tbe nr m duuth Africa M believed tu b* to sight attaniiua is Usung ameJ ia tug. and > tae advsvutages taat hav be<?a ^iuie<i by itiaesua Juring the eigac muaths wbica .t has Lasted wane '.he aaads ^f bngLaua nave been yraotia* ally tied. The first ecep tikao by Ra<s.i .m- m-aiateiy after it was aeea Laac UM -Boer war -vai going to be e> much longer aad more tedious affair u first reckuavd on was ae | ui-j eetabhahwl over IVrsia, followed by Lbe moveasaot of ,-ain fr-<u isr on the ru leading , Herat. The next was 'ae eoaeeesion frucn n furk.vn '>uv-rn- m-ii giving Ruasia tne m -o >vo./ oC railway eocbttructiua .n EUtrn Asisv Minor which virtually ounvtru -he great plateau o<f Armo. - :tus>- 11. - WILD the negotiatiuoa taat give) . 4 ' b luw land* jl Mopotamia\ and facing Jie U-vrioan sphere in An- Rtussa. acquired a liea on Bul- garia in return lor a small ., . -ae obtained tba L** t 'h" mportaat bar- bur at Bourg-ae on tae Black boev. which is connected by rai.wiy wital Sofia, the capital and the jerviaa and Miced n. in railways ; aad the) aga n the id- m the Balkua her gsms LSI East. .riaa army bea-m vaace guard ,t rtuwia Ptnuuula IJOM ar- *estera Asia and the in UM if'ar Kut. Boseia has .jbrauB- ed iwj n.xaOie coaceseioos. oa* of which a believed by many to en. lin- ger the euouaia^nce >t dac pacific re- .s with Japan. LhMtVrst of _ .., eoneeesioos im the nda^o bui.d a r *il" ' -he Sibenaa :- frontier atatiem. souti ot touch .a 'he world It il : in and l -.on the _ it tbe sur; . is Dl n off v a an eaor- BBOUS swansdowa puff jj tha e- an ivory s Finally, wea -.he treat mr . i (.'h.ua nonbwast ut i'-x a I h* obsiacles to the const rue ti.jo of this) .go easteri) Mongolia ire ug cm r ..i.rd to thone preseateel aad you sit erect in your .ng by the euuntrj through a.cu be is in") tb* locks, condenses bald and gray himself from ov.rpat- th *** nd * te * dy drip ronage. wbil. u to tb. cultivator of " untl1 a J>rop ' r P 010 ' ' lovely bones, th* creator of suppl* beautiful leanness, her clientele runs d * trioa wlth ' leotrio bru<h BOW into tb* thousands. To begin with tb* coiffeurs. Ib-.r business is not only to arrange hair exquisitely but to guard it from all the weaknesses that the human scalp Is prone to, io impart to scant ugly hair a vigor and gloss as well as a urlines* without which no woman's heauty can of course be considered complete. Just drop into tbe operat- ing rooms of one of tb best of the** artists and see him take a stiff gray handful of short and what are called badly bit tea locks into bis hinds. lh saddened possessor of this uncom- promising looking mass says she once had nice brown curls and then she was ill. finally resorted to dyes, let the dye wear off and then took to curling iron*. With the profound gravity and attention of a great phy- sician th* bead of th* establishment questions ind listens. H* absorbs nd makes elaborate notes upon tbe whole history of the case, inquires whether grayneaa and thinness of growth are bereditarr. and then or- ders his assistants to examine the scalp, take samples of ibe bair and when full microscopic and obemn'il investigation has been made he de- tidrs on a treatment. A remarkable application of coloring u*turned on and for nearly in number if patients who meek.y. wm- cmgly. 'hivenngly but b' pefully stand the hock of s; out nl sprar When the bones begin to show then tb* way teak to the corset maker * satin-Un- ed little boudoir is t ike.u and ta re- sponsibility is left to her of bn the flesh-bent bone* back into plac*. First tbe regenerate figure is laced hnes is reached. Tbe drying is aU This is followed by thoroughly per- fuming the tresaea. a process also ac- complished by steam and this per- fume treatment supplies to dry hair just the requisite gloss. After lot:*- and patient experiment to such a a long mirror you realise for the time that you are a p. ive young mm bur >-ji and ihe viang womm need ever know bui _w i ; - - rose- x . .jitn- t:n.".,-a than health's own ag- . > as near the m.rr >r as you please or roll in from under a thick grn shads) tbe bard Iigb' uf day on your fa.-- the .-birrn .f r-ja!. - Ken and your conscience i* clear of he crim- f --t rouge. You are sim- ply wearing a tinted powder . with infinite ir clrin - ened -t a V ; r->s are cioggv-i :i I a di- . ; I water wji * i- 1 i into a straight-front stiv. the back away. of wh:--b is laced in two sections. Broad, flat shoulders, prominent col- p. iut of perfection has the drying of lar bone*, long lean arms, tbe of an ant, hrps fla- and wrhout curve that is the rul* fur tbe fishionabl* . -< 'o-diy. To mik- the shoulders he brace i* USMU and pulled, up just one button a diy then eased for twenty-four b turs. for a flat back should not imply a stiff buck, and where th* shoulder blades protrude. bair been recently brought, that if bl.mde or a gray bead i to bave m darker tint, one treatment every >.i months is enough to hold the color bright and true against all. save silt water tests. Red is the tone m't difficult to fix. unless the process of changing from the natural to tbe artificial color is begun In youth and the figure i l.-oked upon as ill-propor- tioned and ungraceful. An outstand- ing shoulder blade implies a sunk-n carned on gradually. In Paris no- it is no uncommon sight to g ir ls of twelve ind fourteen going chest, and no militar.. man boasts in sverv week to 'be bur dressers for the changing of their sober bro black locks. Girl* there are des for the stage or for smart societN their ambitious mothers willingly un- I a broader ch -.- -ban th^ m >st ni'Miern I'arisia* wotnau u her -k tnpy. skirted guwu jf .ace or liberty tissue and ber bur j ..l eo high that sbe towers :ib...--? her stal- fluid through electric baths is Mbit i lr ) r O are<1 for heuds. \n i 'ha miknij they now give in cases of premature ( sr >-<-iil .-orsets alone in Paris is a dergo the trouble and expense entailed ' in order to secure for their daughters To add to her height she wears the a feature so rare .- i tflM -f -*"''"HM pompadour heel to her sh.^e. attainment. Hair dressers, however, great their influence, are ao more potent or advinc-'d along the tific luanuf aeture of beauty than tbe . ^ . ' v-r fully s!. and supple bodies they fit to xqui: yet left alone it * IT f-v-n'.>-f.jur hours. mur<> deeply into the question of compiexiou troa'.meat with tha young woman and she w.ll inform you that these powder*, are laid on after a treatment with pe . aydrogen ia given and that in m- cases they do use bypstota; force to give b- m<Mi#rn nervous woman, whose facial musoies are not at reet even when *h sleepe, a period of piofound re- t - \\iih s little migaetism we treat wr nkles su .-:. T me will assure an mterr* nar. rbq patient is put into complete relaxation aa.i then the face is bathed and miss. bat enam-l ng oh. no. never do* I'ari-nn actress or women of fas a subar. t to tbat nowadays. though we do sometimes make little brun m . -s .* left ch*ek. Mancburiaa raUway [ i tece to i .rt Anaur an.1 . .; ll'S STHATKUIC AOVANTAOI Is* | . ., j s., fa.- r-mosT- txi fr. m 'he cou^t tnat th* ch-ino. f ay'-.l Dv an el. iga t' I'L. u i > ad Uiusia is reduced to I'he list OOBMSC.S . obtained a j.i Mirta JJ .wbo he ..i lj jverntn.-o: made ovr te> Russia a sue jti th* shore of tb- bor of Ma-saoipho at Ibe sou'Q-rn t- trm.ty .>f tbe L'u.ean Peninsula, to serve a* i , ,,0,. ai ex.ci-a.si.-.. u ( t a - Kus- iaa flset. 1'be vam v>( the c..-- Jt doubly eabioce.! by a clause 3 prsvetfcCa Corva fr 01 to aay other power any mi ji a grayneas. The priicess is long and exciting and fur'he: iti'r- U is expen- sive. Tbe head is washed and rub- bed and ate itiied and then a tint Is worked into the upeu pores. I'uri- ously enough a sweetly perfumed white oil gives a brown tone, a faint business a in muting to millions .f do - lars a year. No one knows n v or night, ind to pU-tr >--r charm b* iff.-c:.s ihe new gu that on'.> 'be micro- . detect from tbe th i i m * r f high he-ilt a and fine living. Here is another loophole for \- scap from the cur*e of utcliiiess. - : -'. indeed be a hope- leas s..' -. ( o iae) fs > -..> find damask rh-e , brow in rv>ng is th.> link thu Inn Is the som- : I' iris. There a ., , n he coisei unk-r in lbo.se beauty parlors where rouge is -1 gowns. daubed, powder d'i--l , I .-brows When the great modiste* call a con- peuciled. but they are uu. the little vsntioa to consider vital changes in brown oil brings b.tek a shining fol.u-k t ne style, nothing can be decided until gloss and tbou electricity is expected t t,. corset makers idm.'. the poesi- lo do the rest, after the clipping, sing- bility of producing stays thu .':! Ing and brushing with i huge revolv- ca , t t he figure into the mould re- warm rose lighted boudons to which tb.- smart Pansiennd and in foreigner go. 1 . ^-t a complexion that is unrth having and guaranteed to wear Ing. softly bustled wheel has been un- Cergone- All these appliances give to the hiir Iresser's little mirror lined toilet rooms the appearaooe of a modern torture chamber. Down from tbe leiliog. by green electric wires, re- volving hair cleaners of various six** ttf. for some heads are so delicate and IN* tints of some hair so pal* aava beaui.i,^ , nat dry cleaning is the osrtjr kiM n, en , inc , th- hair quisit* for tbe new form of skirt and mui hav* a card and out of the dust waist. Three years ago a staymik- er in 1'aris invented the straight front corset with a view of satisfying the demands of Worth and his collea- gues who bad decided to mov* slowly u> toward tbe restoration of tbe 1 XV. and XVI. style* of dress. At first th* women refused to wear tb* corset, but the dressmakers put en the thumb screws by promptly and look' in.i u .s of tbe street you pass from irt up a p.nr of stairs aul a p. nk ml whit* drawing room hat i- f h- l-coi i-ioiis were done l ' whipped eream .nd i rejvat v-.u-ed v.-ung woman. n fi- dence 'is I. Sh* whUta t'uoks > *> WHO LiKKL) SI"! AW BERRY JAM T The Lady Bountiful of tae par -h was going her rounds, and -ill-.l at a small cottage occupied by a mol-i IK..ia.iut wb'Mte wife had been an m- t'or some years. And how is Miry to-liyl inquirrd -itor. Just about the sata*. inankee kin.1- ly. luem. w is the repty. Did she enjoy tnoe little things eeu' hei yiwterdiy' - be idy. Tbe things come ill rl.h . m-m we be rfreat. y obieeiio I . but if I miitht mike su bold, w >u end her any more of that jellyf '-ome jam strawberry jam be tnu- h I s 'H, mem. U'hj doesn't ih" 1 1 .query. Ye*, mem. she d<. but I -in't say is I dovs. AM ALL-AROfNP M W nstly refusing t tak n ordsr far a | rob* < chambce. ,. He goes in i->r v-^y'.hing <t*ite an enrhu- rxxly were to scn-t h.ui i n*. h--' t speik of aini*- f ifterward as a sportsmaa. neigbb.<rb"0ii ar *v*n on .. any -<h.r iUnd. hc.. Port Bam .*uu iui st.--l.part. k?. which Kng.and baa bad an *y ,.i 4 Lisa*. . ti- ... ;jaceseioo givee Russia aa excli. | i ::. . > be- tweei . . tiur thus aecuring a winter base lor her a is being steadily iocrao.i. It aUo (ira> her c. muiiad .1 sea roe,<i to L'.-kin. and a a BMasur* iauLale* W-.-hai-wai. and threaten* Japsan f.i m *C:<JM a narrow cauuuel ao secretly was thi* ;. uegutLatwl Ulit it was unkn-'wn lo fore.gu cor rneponden ; it . r -'-i u j middle of Apt U. and apparently aUo tu tbe Jipau-ae at. a i-n.. -.1. IB to '.be Ma--auipa .1 coaeeeeiMA s*rms t be siroagcr -^i m i b r-gir; : , he ixbers. fc*ng aud ui\:n^ , - i ng ajl under, ik .ig f m Itu-wia u n to " occupy i . , cucumsiauos hu*v*r." la 1ft). - r Edward lii-y ah . - - u a- d tb.il -.1 o v-i niu [)-. re- in | the pr<sieat ..-.-<<. b v .- r . -.si i un i v i . nrf in v ful. in ;ti y ,n- -si a bOjS tral v- , t . . siau f runners, the end i i b '' tu > ii Hi h i;ov*iiimo mv b i-uaei b fie* for c :. . i- .e are n.c v-r\ r- ti. Tbe Par's -ou'ounsre.-* ar* ct*vr y combining cloth, silks, poplins tad *as- biu!*r*d muslinj i e> fo>iUi4a.