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8 > PARIS, February 8. ZA LREADY there is an atmosphere i of spring about the boulevards. ®. All 'of the shops are showing spring clothes, and the only conver- sation one hears when women ate about sonverns the mew models for 'Swarm 'weather. Perhaps this air of spring is a little previous, But, of course, every one Is buying gowns to wear in Nice and Monte Carlo, and the strange part is that still there are many winter costumes visible and | 'furs have not yet been discarded. The lust galetios before Lent are bringing out all the evening finery, and never were 50 many sumptuous dresses shown as during the present season. The Paquin skirt with the front @rapery has changed to =a skirt of the same cut with a drapery at each #1de, The shirred waist lines have given place to tightened material tacked here snd there to give the ap- pearance of shirring, but the effect is Jess rigid 7 The evening dresses, and, Indeed, some of the afternoon dresses, are made with a deep fold of the materiel that curves almost to the waist, while lace fills in the space to the lime of roper decollete. Sometimes this lace » point de Venise or duehess, but more often it is point ds Flandres or veal valenclennes. Little head medcle lions are used in the center of the front just above the fold, and this trimming on a plain' white satin dress detracts trom the bridal look. | AFTERNOON MODEL A charming afternoon model shown in one of the largest houses is blue chiffon cloth, finished deep square yoke of Japane brefdery in a lighter blue. This is piped with a fold of 'magenta yelvet. which 1s alse used on the cuffs. The girdle that matches ths dréss is worn in the fatima style, and the skirt is trimmed with bands of the velvet and finished at the bottom with four deep scarf, hy the way, Is of chiffon, about half a brought tightly around hips and tied in a knot on of white chiffon made up over ite silk. The skirt is fGnished at bottom with a fourteen-inch band of flowersd chiffon, while below this and for four inches from the floor is 8 hem of black. This prevents the white from selling, and the dress wiil ast. abeut four times sa long as it rwise would, cock blue, which is so very popular 48 used in. an afternoon dress, stik und of deep lo the ohifton dress 1s lighter a of a more greenish hus. This Shgavily trimfiea with silver braid eround skirt and collar, In one of the pre-Lenten weddings the bride's gown was rarely beautl- ful and well worth mentioning. It was of white matin 'made 'in the 'princess style, for any looser fashion would not be becoming under the dpridal veil, and was made quite plain, except for the panel of rose point lace, which began quite wide on the shoul- 'der, became narrower at the waist and broadened to the bottom of the skirt. The lace was edged on each side with a bias band of satin, which was heavily embroidered with silver, New Dress Gloves HB gloves shown for spring are but little different . from those on sale during the winter, but one of the newest styles is a three-quar- fer glove of dressed kid, finished at the ' buck with crow's feet and buttoned at She wrist with two big pearl buttons. Thess characteristics are a movelty In _ Mress gloves, but the peculiarity about _ 'he newest Impertations 1s their polor. his is & sort of aross between an apri- got and a champagne color, and it is sald to go well with all the new models, blue, | fo grandmother's in 'the couniry: they found everything so interestity they asked a great 'many qui They wanted lo know. why the. thrust 'their heads: forward as wind; ho: when it Was night, up through the fleld and wait by 'the tars, and whether they knew the dif- ference © between 'themselves and the horses. They wanled to be fold ali=the things that grandmother did when she was a little girl, and how grandfather and when slo come: looked when he was a boy, and so} many other things that at lost grand: mother named them marks." ; y Grandmother was very patient with them: -8he liked to tell Robbie how his father used to play in just the samme way that he did, and to tell Margy how he used to tease for stories, Of course the children asked how thelr father leoked and why be used to wear the queer long irousers that he had on when his {type was taken --the Hille eld-fashioned tintypé that tung over grandmather's dressing-table. They asked what books he liked to read and wha! games he played. Of all the stories grandma - told, they liked the story of thelr' father getting into mis chief in the aftic, He had gone up thers when his mother did 'not ww: it; and walked along the beams thal ran across, and between which there was no solid floor, nothing but laths. To thase laths the ceiling of the room below was hung, Thetr father did not know it would not bear his weight, and when he stepped on the laths they broke away, and let his leg hang down mt the sitting-room, where grandma was knitting. This story led 10 many questions, Why houses were not buflt the same now; 'how their father felt when he fell through; how they rescued him, and, 8bove all, what was his pumishment, All these things grandma explained. But one day grandpa was left to keep house with ih, children, and it was the very day thet his county paper came, It rained, and the "question marks" could not go outdoors, so they sat down to "enjoy grandpa, and each thought of a great many things he wanted to find out about, Grandpa was very indulgent for some J hen "he hit upon 'an-idea, he said, "lot's - makegn Every Ume you, 48k me a «Bosper-it "and then 1 AL one. If you are not able BF, you must not ask me any- ntil you have looked it up." At the very first question there came a halt, "Who 'owned the 'first: doll?" grandpa 'asked Margy. How simple' it was, and she wondered why she had neyer asked. mother. Grandpa took up his paper and open- ¢d it so wide that he was entirely hid: gen from view, and the children made oft to the library to see if they could find any books to help them out, They opened the encyclopedia, and turned the pages over and ovér. They hunt. ed through all thelr own. books, and then they decided to play some games unlil 'Aunt Jennie came home. She would know, they said. % The long afternoon was. gone; grand- ma returned Irom. her visit, and Aun} Jennie had been through several books of facts before they were ready to re port to grandpe. Margy had the an- swer writlen, and she stood by grand. pa's kned and read it. "A simple-minded monarch, Charles VI. of France, is sald to be the owner of the first doll ever 'made. It was made from wax, ,and was supposed to represent Poppeea, the wife of Nevo the "question { Every one was so pleased with the fig | ure thal others were made, and: finally a Agure was called poupees--iha Frenc 4 mame for doll" ustro-| i Hungarian and British Field-Marsha], Spanish Caplain-General, British, Rus: slan, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Admirel, and Honorary Sotones af S6v- en foreign regiments, including, as is well known, our 'own First Guards; - = In the Imperial Kaiser is- chief of several sin. He is also .Commander-in-Chief of the 'German navy. Each one of these dignities bears with it iis' own uniform ~thirty-six in all--and every uniform has 'at least three "kils"--faligue, full- dress, 'and parade.' The smarier regi- ments have at least (wice as many kils. @'l of which have to find a place in the Kaiser's wardrobes. REGIMENTAL UNIFORMS. Then William I1., 'acoording fo iradi- foin, is honérary "Chef" of sll the Prus- 'Sian 'Guard regiments, and makes use of this galive by donning 'the unk form of the particular regiment that be may happen fo review. This means about elghleen more sels o! uniform, a modest figure when the number of Guards in the Prussian army is ocon- sidered, but offen the necessary change Jean be eilected by merely allering the epaileiles and facings. But the end ls not yet, for there are still the three grades of Prussian generals' uniforms, which also have their 'and un- dress variations, "and, lurther, the regi ments of marines, ATE The Emperors lailors must to dellyay 31d Toment's notice: dress umitorm of some 'obscure in regiment which may be celebrating a etter day in its history : ence of 'the monarch, -who. his hosts; will oflen wear their uniform. A "rough calculation gives a total of 150 different military uniforms, and when the various accessories. such -as bools, helmets--of "which . alone thate about len' varialions in the German anmy--- : FORAGE CAPS, COCKED HATS, SWORDS, sabres, sashes, scarves, bandoliers, and overcoats, are remembered, it will be seen what an immense amount of space is required fof keeping the Kaisers clothes in order. The uniforms are hung up in rooms filled with "wardrobes, and are under the immediate suparyision of the first valet de chambres, whase teghn knowledge of the uniforms of the pean. navel and military forces is un-{V rivalled. The forefgn uniforms of His Majesty. alone -accupy: $wo enormous chambers. The. Prussian uniforms dr stored in a suile of rooms opening oul 0! one another in the New Palace al Potsdam. There is a valet on duty in each room: all day, so that if, as fre quently happens, the Kaiser should have to don 8 uniforr ¢ 25 German army the | as' the greatcst slave 'fo.'a there are ot hp f three : i with each perhaps nibble "at Wig 3 king tween meals; besides and. yet scorn thé man w ately anythin ung ing slookal,. FC 1 : ne need not praise. the drinker. ho 5H 7 {hat the however deserves no praise, overealer is {he This virtue of has 'been "preached for cent this preaching has resulted in' the tion 'of a host of "cranks," who may. Ihemselves be most infemperate in th altitude toward eating, but it has not{ opened the eyes. of the overeater to. th enormily of his offense," = ° Cornaro-in the sixteenth century urg: ed moderation in eating, and. thi longation of his life 10° within of 'the century mark 'bears witness the life-saving of tem; et Fielcher, the presértday preacher of | thareugh * "mastication: ~ and moderate cating, who says that. without regular exercise he ean in an emergency. do Bre "stuns" cas'er "han the man Wraining.--Youth's 'Companion; HEALTH HINTS. : Many {limes lines across the forehead ome from bad ' health. An invalid fr&ls; the eyes are weak, the brow puck- ets in sympathy, and lines form in time that might also. seem carved into the fiosh, 80 deep are (hey. If the heallh' 'nkles rom Fant. eels 4 in; figure aoa than. fol 600. out