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"Maybe it's ten thousand dollars, maybe it's twenty!" cried Kate ex citedly. "You know that Uncle War­ ren was a very rich man. My! if you should get a big lot of money, think what you could do for the children and for me, poor, overworked and a nervous wreck! I would go away for one grand stay at the seaside, and get some new clothes--oh, I hope your legacy is something substantial!" "Kate, dear, do not count on it," advised Natalie with a sad smile. "UHcle Warren had near family rela­ tives, and of course they will get the bulk of bis estate. 1 fancy he has re­ membered me with some trifling me­ mento." "I'm going to find out. Tru^t me for that!" declared Kate determinedly. They were of wide, diverging na­ tures, these sisters. Natalie, patient, in Would Draw 3weet Plaintive Melody From the Vibrant 8trings. tender-hearted, Industrious. Her sis­ ter was Just the reverse--complaining, dissatisfied, eager for some good for­ tune that would enable her to live without labor. Natalie was a profi­ cient musician with piano and violin, and gave lessons, paying her grasping married sister more than a fair sum (or board. It was a week later when Kate flashed in upon Natalie at the piano In a feverish state of indignation and excitement. "The mean old hunks!" she scold­ ed; "what do you think? I wrote the lawyers of uncle's estate, demanding to know what they had left you--" "Oh, Kate!" remonstrated Natalie. "I've got the reply," and Kate waved an open letter in her hand. "All he has left you is that old clap-trap of a violin he doted over so." "Oh, Kate! Did he, indeed?" cried Natalie with sparkling eyes. "Why, his prized Carero is priceless! It was his most precious treasure. To think that he would leave it to me!" Kate flounced off, ridiculing the ex­ travagant delight of her siBter over "a piece of antiquated rubbish!" Na­ talie fondly thought of the old man's delight in his favored instrument. Often he had played to her, and he had even allowed her to handle the old instrument, but tenderly, as though It wei*e an infant in arms. There was a large intrinsic value to the instru­ ment on account of its maker, age and power of melodious expression. Natalie, however, never thought of selling it, especially when the violin duly arrived with a note from the lawyers of the estate, saying that Mr. Warren had expressed the hope the cherished Instrument would never go out of the family. There ensued a period of rare de­ light for Natalie after thut. The •ound of the violin made Kate angry •very time it struck her ear. There was a little old vine-covered bower at one end of the garden. Thither Na­ talie would go, and for hours would draw sweet plaintive melodv from the vibrant strings. She was dreamily playing a ca­ denza one lonely afternoon when she looked up, startled. On the other side of the low fence stood a young man, raptly listening to the echoing strains. His eyes were lit with devotion to art, his lips trembled, his whol9 being seemed permeated with the plaintive yet thrilling appeal of the old instru­ ment. "Oh." he cried, tor getting that he was a stranger; "the divine music! That instrument! It came surely from one of the music masters. May I look at it? May 1 hold it, to know that for a moment at least that I have possession of the very soul of ravishing melody?" His fine, statuesque face inspired Natalie with confidence* She opened the little garden gate. She welcomed Kim as a brother in art. He took up the violin with an air of rare devo­ tion and reverenoe. Then he began to play. NataMe sat fascinated. |lewa8 After that he came often to the quiet rendezvous. He was a member of • local orchestra, he told her; his life was devoted to one devouring them«« --music. Their -preferences were iden­ tical, they grew to be friends. One day Victor Dalzell came to Natalie to a state of great trepidation. "Oh, Miss Prescott," he said anxioua ly. "I have a great favor to ask! They have placed me on a program for a violin solo at the great symphony concert. The leader says it will set­ tle my admission to his circle at high compensation. Oh, if I fead only the Carero for a single fifteen minutes-- the great, glorious Carero--I know I should succeed!" She regarded him with a tender light in her eyes. "You will be very careful of the In­ strument?" she said. "I will guard it with my life!" cried the delighted enthusiast. "Oh, how can I ever repay you? And with your presence at the concert, I will bring the very soul out of the violin!" Natalie sat entranced when Victor, at the concert, began his solo number. All about her tense, strained faces told of the general effect of the beautiful music. Thfe gifted player was given an ovation, and the pleased face of the orchestra leader told that the for­ tune of the young violinist was as­ sured. Natalie had gone to the waiting room when the program was finished. Victor was to Join hqr there and ac­ company her home. Suddenly a scream startled her. The next instant, j followed by excited members of the orchestra, the ydung musician reeled into the room with bloodless face and staring eyes. "The Carero!" he shrieked. "It is stolen!" and fell senseless at her feet. A doctor was summoned. He looked grave as he felt the pulse and opened the eyelid of the Insensible young musician. "Get him to a hospital at once!" he ordered. "If the strain he is under is not soon relieved he will lose his mind." Natalie heard the others tell of how Victor had left the violin unguarded for a moment, to find it gone five minutes later. She sat softly crying to herself. Natalie was about to pro­ ceed slcwly home when the leader of the orchestra appeared hurriedly. • "You nre the young lady to whom the Carero belongs," he said. "It is found. It seems that the caretaker locked it up for safety, has Just re­ turned and found it." "Oh, I must hasten to the hospital at once!" fluttered Natalffe. A nurse led her to a room where Victor sat, muttering to himself incoherently: "The Carero! The Carero!" "Mr. Dalzell--Victor," spoke Natalie tremblingly, "we have found the Ca­ rero. See, it is here," but he never even looked up. "May I try an experiment?" Altered Natalie, and, the nurse assenting, Bhe removed the violin from its case. Na­ talie began playing the masterpiece of the concert as best she could. Victor started at the first melodious note. His eyes lost their moody ex­ pression. A rare ecstacy came into his face--reason was recalled by the marvelous magic! The Carero brought distinction and wealth to Victor, and love, marriage and happiness to both these talented children of art. er ntc /rrr/j/xz smarm Health Beneflt of Yawning. Yawning is said to have an exceed­ ingly healthful function besides hav­ ing a salutary effect in complaints of the pharynx and the eustachian tubes. According to investigations yawning is the most natural form of respira­ tory exercise, bringing into action all the respiratory muscles of the neck and chest. It is recommended that every person should have a good yawn with the stretching of the limbs morn­ ing and evening for the purpose of ventilating the lungs and tonifying the respiratory muscles. An eminent authority assertB that this form of gymnastics has a remark­ able effect in relieving throat and oar troubles, and says that patients suf­ fering from disorders of the throat have derived great benefit from it. He says he makes his patients yawn, by suggestion or imitation, or by a series of deep breaths with the lips partly closed. The yawning is repeated six or sev­ en times, and should be followed by swallowing. By this process the air and mucus in the eustachian tubes are aspirated. Americans Good Match Users. "Every man, woman and child in this country uses an average of ten matches each day," remarked J. A. Hunter of New York, representative of a large match company, at the Raleigh, says the Washington Post. 'It is estimated that the match manu­ facturers of the United States turn out every day more than 1,700,000,000 matches. Of this output 1,000,000,000 are consumed in this country. Our people have come to be very extrava­ gant in the use of matches. A decade ago a pipe smoker might keep his smoke going by way of the kitchen fire and a paper lighter; today he wouldn't think of it. The greater use of cigarettes also has increased the consumption of matches, as have gas and gasoline stoves, which are contin­ ually turned off and relighted. There |Stf, him ' that we have stocked to you an invitation 3ver our carefully se- p with us. Our goods that makes selection ices are in cpnformity listen % master In Uf line. A /-J n rur ••/es," replied fc|iss Cayenne. "Qnt I'm father glad it \ didn't have much yogdf when George^ Washington and his issociates were discussing om relations." MANY WHO COULD LOVE. 'Twcre beat that happiness unknown Should ever thus remain. Than to grasp It but to And It flown. To ne'er return again. "Twwre best that Joys that love can bring. Should e'er remain unborn; Than pluck the rose to feel the sting . Of a cruel, hidden thorn. Many a man and woman puts a cruel stigma upon mythical fate-- which it does not deserve. In real­ ity it is the down­ right carelessness of the on£, or the other, which de- feated Cupids plan of Joining two hearts in love's Bacred mar­ riage bond. Many a man tells as the reason why l i e h a s n e v e r wedded, that in his earlier life he met and fell in love with a beau­ tiful girl, wrote her a letter ask­ ing her to be his wife which she took no notice of, and from that hour their lives drifted apart. His admiration, nay his love for the girl, cannot be questioned, nor the fact that he pro­ posed marriage to her by letter; but. through masculine carelessness, in nine cases out of ten, a man is so agitated he Jots down the wrong ad^ dress, probably Bending it to some one of the dozen fair maidens who, in the past, had been on his correspondence list, and, to make matters worse, had quite omitted the formality of begin­ ning the epistle with his own address or ending with his name. The dead letter office has little compassion for blundering lovers or their romances. The girl In the case wonders why the young man who seemed so smitten with her drops oft from calling with­ out even a word to inform her of the reason. She is aware, too, that he turns abruptly aside rather than meet her. Womanly pride coipes to her rescue. She cared for him more than she had realized, but he will never know that by her manner. It is not often that they ever find out what parted them. The years rush in between. Other lovers crowd about her to press their suits; the man meets other fair wom­ en. Each consoles him or herself that it was not to be, looking no further for the cauBe. The fluttering of a lover's heart should not impair the Judgment of a lover's cool head; he should see that his all-important missive is properly addressed; also, that it bears his name in full, with address at the end of it, that he may know whether it reached the hands of his ladylove or wandered far afield. The persistent lover who is terribly in earnest should not take his dismissal through Bilence, but should Insist on a reply from the young woman's own lips, or by letter from her hand. Girls are equally as careless, charging the cause of their single blessedness up to fate, when In reality the reason rested with them­ selves. Many a girl forgets to address her letter of acceptance, too preoccu­ pied with her happy thoughts to note that she has Dialled a perfectly plain, unaddressed envelope, from which even the customary stamp was lack­ ing. The clerks in the dead letter of­ fice have ixo means of locating "Home, June 30," or knowing who "Flo" might be, pnd it becou.es a part of the great heaped marked "tinable to be identi­ fied," to be destroyed. And many hearts, loving and true, go lone and starved the whole way through. Letters are not the only causes of turning aside the course of true love. The reason why so many congenial couples who could love each other de­ votedly, but are parted by one circum stance or another, should often be looked into closer In many a case since It involves the future happiness of two lives. When a young woman receives an offer of marriage by mail, it cer­ tainly merits the courtesy of a reply. The man who fails to receive a re­ sponse should not rest content in tak ing silence for his^answer. It is due him to be told either "yes" or "no." ing. It is wisdom for the aging wife to do her best to run other women who challenge hubby's admiration a lively race to save him from the ma­ chinations of designing, more youth­ ful, fairer women. Gut the would-be fair divorcee, he considers able to pad' die her own canoe. So Dan Cupid hands over the oars to her, taking her name off his slate. The god of affections has true sym­ pathy for the wife who has passed the age limit for receiving spontaneous kisses and caresses from hubby, un­ less he is nagged into giving them. Often, on general principles, he gives such husbands a salutary lesson that* they do not soon forget. The older she grows the more a woman craves love and sympathy. As the sunshine attracts the dew, men with chivalrous manners and a smooth glib tongue at­ tract these women hungering for ap­ preciation and sympathy and hubhy suddenly awakens to the knowledge that he had been within a hair's breadth of having the woman whom he had got over trying to please, turn to another for the comfort of friend­ ship, earnest or platonic, to keep her heart from breaking over disappoint­ ed love. Although husbands rarely suspect it, home has as little attraction for his w!fe as it has for him, when coldness and indifference are constant guests at their hearthstone. There are wom­ en who submit calmly to this condi­ tion of affairs. Others relieve the pain in their hearts by nagging, while some cogitate over whether or no-- what is food for the gander is not also food for the goose--cast patience and hope to the winds and live in reckless warfare. The majority of woman's woes has for a root the hope of win­ ning, then retaining a man's love. ALL FOR A MAN'S LOVE. Those hearts of ours--how strong! how strong! Let a thousand sorrows around them throng. They can bear them all and a thousand more. And they're stronger then than they were before! The plaints of nine-tenths of girls the world over is, "How can I win a lover?" The cry of half the married women is, "How can I keep my hus­ band attracted?" While the other half wail. "I'm unhappily mated; how ucan I get rid of him?" Dan Cupid "yttles the young girls' problem for „j/er inp Tef joyi open er when she meets the right man. The masseur, the marcel expert, the ^av< milliner and dressmaker use their chin combined efforts to remove the wife'a K worry and cause hubby to wonder how load t is wife is growing so youthful, de- iplte that irritating bugaboo about fat, air and forty. But for the woman .jbeho has wearied of the love-lock, carriage, Cupid has no suggestions to ffer. The little god sympathizes with he golden hopes and ardent dreams I f the maiden; does his best for the over ood wife who holds love dearer than wet 111 her other worldly possession--for Glue woman fretting over love's bond- Mrs. ge he wisely refrains from folding Qf hout his helping hand. ^ No one knoWs bette" than Dan Cupid that she would no sooner be out of the frying pan regarding one matrimonial alliance than she would be into the fire in another heart tangle. It^ls natural for the girl to dream of mat- SILK-STOCKING GIRL8. True love, we know, is blind; defects that blight The loved one's charms, escape the lover's sight. Nay, pass for beauties. Everyone loves the trim, dainty girl, the lass with the rose-besprinkled or­ gandie dress and floating ribbons, the eggshell hat, white gloves, magpie shoes and silk stockings. She's a delightfully quaint picture to contemplate, but the poor young man, if he is wise, will not go a step beyond admiration of her, if a suspi­ cion lurks in his mind that every dol­ lar the girl can rake and scrape goes on her back. Young men should be educated up to the knowledge of what such dress goods cost, whether perish­ able or durable; what a girl's hat is worth, and if she is her own milliner or not. The magpie pumps he might forgive, for the new slipper fad is so dear to almost every girl's heart, but if he catches a glimpse of silk stock­ ings on a girl who has not wealth to back up such extravagance, he should ponder well ere he asks her to share his fortune for life, for better or for worse. She would Insist on having the greater share of what he could earn and would make his cash fly like the down of a thistle. Every girl who is obliged to count her pennies should always buy clothes which can be easily freshened up by laundrying. Silk stockings mean one wearing and ever after tears of dis­ appointment over their frailty, and hours of mending after each wearing, as long as they hold together. The silk stocking vanity costs a girl dear. She has to count Just bow many dances they will stand the strain of; how far she dare walk in them and speculate long and earnestly whether or not her dainty short frock is des­ tined to display a graceful, well-turned ankle sheathed In alluring silken sheen, or develop holes that would make her the laughing stock of all whom she met. Sensible maidens admire silk stock­ ings, but invest in lisle and look quite as trim and dainty as their vainer sis­ ters. They are extravagances which only the right girl should persist in indulging in. She does not have to spend long hours of valuable time over the mending basket. Clothes do not make the girl. The sooner young women realize this, the nearer they will get to the goal of matrimony. The moment a girl commences to put on too many ruffles and furbelows young men begin to imagine she is getting old and is endeavoring to coax the charms of youth to linger by her. The sim­ pler a woman's dress, the more pleas­ ing it is to the average masculine eye. Here is a striking instance of the truth of this assertion: At a recent country dance at which the belles o£ the village, in their best bibs and tuckers, had gathered, there appeared a young girl who clerked in a bakery. The daughters of the rich were gowned in silk from head to foot. The baker's clerk wore a dotted swiss which cof| ten cents per yard and was made by her own hands. She looked BO differ­ ent from the other girls, so natural, simple and sweet, she attracted the attention of the most desirable mar­ riageable young man present. He se­ cured an introduction and soon after she was wearing his betrothal ring. Costly, inappropriate clothes do not win hearts. NEAT SAILOR SUIT M08T PRACTICAL COSTUME FOR THE SMALL G4RL. With the Middy Blouse tt Combines Comfort and Good Sense In a Re­ markable Degree--Made to Serve Double Purpose. There Is no costume so easy to make and so practical for the child who goes to school as the sailor suit, which is worn in middy-blouse fashion, although the blouse may be gath­ ered around the waist with a string in its hem. according to the old style. Experience, however, has proved the comfort and common sense of the middy blouse for sailor suits, and, in consequence, all suits are made in this way. Then, too, practically all gym­ nasium costumes for children and high school girls are built with middy shape of clothes or colors with Im­ punity. This Is as great a mistake as it would be to surround a "Botticelli painting in a glittering frame studded with barbaric Jewels. Nothing should ho wurn sufficiently startling to de­ tract from the beauty of the wearer. A piain woman, on the other hand, provided she has an eye for line and effect, often looks ver very best iu apparel that hae a touch of the bizarre. Child's Sailor Suit. blouses, so that these serve the double purpose of waist for a school street frock and blouse for the gym­ nasium bloomers in class exercises. These blouses for sailor suits are usually made of drill, duck, serge or some other stiff weave of cotton, linen or woolen goods. Even in summer they are seldom built of thin fabrics, although wash silks, cotton crepes and other practical wash goods of cool texture make up prettily in theBe comfortable blouses. The matter of pockets is one that need not be con­ sidered unless mother wishes to add a pocket for the handkerchief. With this costume may be made the attractive kilted skirt shown in the sketch, or any simple skirt full enough for a child to exercise in. In this design the blouse is of blue, with two rows of white braid trim­ ming the collar. The lacings at the front of the neck are white and form a bow, where the braided silk Is tiled. Both lacings and braid bows come all ready for use in blouses of any size. Some persons have the embroidery on their sailor suits done by navy- yard tailors, who do quite a large business in embroidering emblems on the sleeves of sailor suits and on the collars. These navy tailors also make up suits. If you can neither embroider nor chainstitch an emblem on sleeves and collars of sailor suits--where you de­ sire such a decoratipn--it is possible to buy them, all ready made, in the shops. The wash cottons will not "run" in the wash, as silks do often­ times, and are to be preferred for that reason."--Washington Star. Easy to Adapt Fashions Women are so queer about clothes, too; they either follow every freak of fashion blindly, irrespective of their age and shape, or grumble at Its ab­ surdities, whereas there was never a fashion yet that could not be adapted to suit the individual. The present day short full skirts, for instance, are piquant on a slim girl In her teens or early twenties, but except for country wear no woman over 30 looks dignified with an undue expanse of ankle showing. Veils, again, either add to or de­ tract from a woman's looks immense­ ly; the short veil scarcely reaching to the tip of the nose is charming where the mouth and chin are either youthful or perfectly molded--but the contour of the lower part of the face is the very first to go, so that a veil long enough to be folded under the chin is more becoming to most women. The girl with a fat face should avoid chokingly high collars, though they make a fascinating frame for the girl with an oval or thin face.--Pitts burg Dispatch. \ / • . Bright in Invalid's Room From cretonne (Just a little scrap of it) can be made a very attractiv'e gi for an invalid. It is a Bet of tray and glass cover of cardboard covered with the gayly flowered material. For th>> tray two pieces of square ̂ or oval cardboard are covered with the cre­ tonne, preferably of a small flowered pattern. In the £op square a hole Is cut about the size of a tumbler top. Then the two covered cardboards are whipped together and the tumbler is set in the small circle made by the hole in the top board. For the top of the tumbler, the cardboard circle that has been cut from the tray is covered with the cretonne and around it is also sewed a "valance," as it were, of the cre- trnne about an inch deep. It, as will as the tray, is finished with a pretty cotton braid. A fancy ball button on the cover lifts it easily from the glass. White for Children As a rule, white is the accepted thing for children's dresses, though some little frocks for festive occa­ sions show introductions of color in sash, rose trimmings, etc. 'And there are models to be had of pale blue or pink chiffon or pale pink or blue taf­ feta. Some frocks of the pale tinted taffeta noted this season were bound with full flace skirt, with flounces bound at the edges by black velvet ribbons. Little knots of baby black velvet ribbon appeared also on the shoulders and at the waiBt line. Some of the prettiest of the littlest of the little party frocks are made of chiffon and have no trimmings beyond fine cordings, self-frills or ruches, and usually a^ev fiowerettes. Protection for the Watch Our sketch shows a useful little ar^ ticle In the shape of a small leather bag into which a watch may be Blipped. It is to protect the watch from dust and dirt, and can be made in a few momentB. It should fit the watch it la Intended for fairly tightly. Cut out two pieces of wash-leather or kid, sew together on the wrong side and turn inside out. The dotted lines in the sketch indicate the posi­ tion of the watch in the case, and at How Opium Is Prepared. The preparation of opium does not today differ materially from the opera­ tion as described by distinguished travelers years ago. Incisions having been made in the capsules of the pop­ py the Juice issuing therefrom is allowed to bleed into brass pans. The product is then alternately dried in the sun and kneaded with trowels on wooden boards until all excess of moisture has been got rid of. When the poppy Juice has been reduced to paste in the manner described above, and has been freed from extraneous matter, it is divided- into cakes of equal size, which are allowed to dry in a warm atmosphere before packing for export. Opium thus prepared wil! contain about 11 per cent morphia, suitable for medicinal purposes. When, however, the stuff is to be a smoking mixture rather than a drug, it is re­ duced to five per cent morphia by adulteration. As to a Matter of Economy. Take It year In "and year out yon will find that a hired girl comes cheap­ er than medicine and a doctor tt the last--Exchange. Color Is Important Point Color again: Clear-Skinned girls look charming in delicate neutral tints, so do gray-haired or elderly women; but in the betwixt and between ages brighter, more decided colors are much more^becoming, as are rich ma­ terials than flimsy. There is. too, an especial pitfall lying In wait for women who in the heyday of their youth revel In rich nasturtium colorings; the time when these are becoming is fleeting and lasts only as long aB the hair is in fully glory and the complexion immaculate. By the way, a very common delu­ sion abroad is that if a girl is very pretty she can wear anything in the The New Tunics Many of the new dresses have the overskirt extremely full and almost even in length with the underskirt. In other models the tunic Is long in front or at the sides, with a rounded, point­ ed or cascaded outline in the other sections. Some of the new tunics are trimmed with small ruffles or have groups of tuckis, large or small, as a trimming. Frequently the material is different from that of the under­ skirt in weave or color, or in both. Th* broken skirt lines supplied by th« shaped tunic of uneven length glte a very graceful appearance to the stout woman. CONVERSE IN MORSE CODE Thomae'A. Edison and His Assistant Miller R. Hutchinson, Have a Pet*» feet Understanding. Thomas A. Edison's frleads, who know how deaf the Inventor really Is, wondered at the success with which he presided when the new naval con­ sulting board met in Washington last fall. As a matter of fact, says the New York Sun, Mr. Edison fooled ev­ ery member of that distinguished body of men, including President Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels; he; heard little that was said, but he presided successfully because his as­ sistant, Mr. Miller R. Hutchison, kept him informed of everything by means of a telegraphing finger tip that touched Mr. Edison'B knee tinder the table. A few years ago Mr. Hutchison fell a victim to the whooping cough lost his voice temporarily. Mr. Edi­ son suggested to Mr. Hutchison that he learn the Morse code. He did so, and the two men communicated with each other by tapping the dots and dashes with their fingers. And so, when the inventor went to Washington to preside over the des­ tinies of the new board, he took Mr. Hutchison with him, and posted Mm at his right hand. Mr. Hutchison tapped to Mr. Edison everything that was said, sometimes verbatim and sometimes boiled down into fewer words. He was able to send Morse messages to Mr. Edison at the Vate of thirty words a minute, and, as the speeches were delivered in a more or less deliberate fashion, he was able to keep up with almost every senteooe of every address. Mr. Edison and his assistant also work the Moree code with their eye­ lids. With them a quick wink means a dot and a long wink means a dash, and they talk to each other in this way when they wish to cofnvey a mes­ sage of a private nature when they are surrounded by other persons and are too far apart for the finger-tap­ ping method.--Youth's Companion. CITY IS IN DEBT TO FARMER the opening it is bound with v narrow ribbon. On either side of the ring there are push buttons so that the case cannot slip off when once these buttons have been fastened. Braiding for Spring Stitching, braiding, appliques, heavy Parisian stitching, chain stitch, em­ broidered sections, such as collar, cuffs, belt, front of short Jacket or waist, panels, bands of silk or chif- ton. covered with heavy stitching, in close set rows, using coarse silk, are all to be used. Trimmed skirts wil be niuch worn; th« outside hem, in con­ trast, ttn street 8 ultB, with collar and Cording the Sleeves. Much carding is still being used and sleeves may consist of two or more puffs shirred on rows of cords. cuffs of the hem fabric, but the Jacket accessories will have embroidery in machine or handwork, not the skirt hem. For New Sleeves Now that sleeves are coming to mean so much in fashion, a pattern for new sleeves means a good deal to those who have old frocks to be re­ modeled. Such a pattern can be had for the new blBhop sleeves, three three-quarter length, and three full length. The longer ones have long, fitted cuffs, and two models show shirring at the top that holds the sleeve in close to the arm. Violet Ur.derbodice Some of the new lace blouses show underbodices of pale violet crepe or silk. These are especially attractive for wear with a suit in some shade of purple or plum. Smoked Envelope Chemise A charming pink batiste envelop** chemise shows some very fLie smock­ ing on each shoulder. Up North, of Course. An Indianapolis salesman, while to % crowd of "drummers" who were wait­ ing on a train in a little Texas town on the Fort Wayne & Denver line, tells the following story: "As In most small Texas towns, th« station, as far as the waiting room Is concerned, consists of an abbreviated platform and that is all. A genuine 'norther' was on that day and all of us had our coats buttoned In a vain endeavor to keep out the chiil. While huddled together, we saw a small darky come up on the platform. Fbr clothes he had on a pair of pants and a shirt, but a very dark line between the two suggested that the boy had outgrown his clothes. He braved splinters while dancing a Jig to keep warm, and, much to our surprise, after be bad quit dancing, he rushed up to us, held out his arms and said, in a most dramatic tone: "Oh. cold wind, whbre were you last July?" Carbonic Acid for Wounds. Military surgeons it Is stated are taking advantage of the pain-stilllnc and disinfecting properties of carbonic acid in the treatment of wounds fey utilizing an effervescent powder which is now being prepared. This is com- pose<t of 10 parts sodium bicarbonate, 9 parts tartaric acid, and 19 part% sugar. The ingredients are thorough­ ly mixed and then crushed to about the fineness of granulated sugar. The substance is applied freely to the sur­ face of a wound, the moisture of whidh causes it to effervesce and liberate ca^ bonic acid. Gone to the Bad. "What became of that theotofitBft student you used to chum with?* "Gone to the bad." "You don't tell me!" "Yes; he's doing mission work tough neighborhood in New York." . ' When Bill Has Been Paid Uvina Will Be Cheaper, Is the Opinion of Experts. The high cost of living and the* tlnued dissatisfaction of workmen with the wages paid by large Industrial es­ tablishments, two problems that have perplexed manufacturers, educators and public officials in all parts of the country, can be remedied by a realisa­ tion on the part of the city people of the obligations they are under to those who spend their lives in the country, "working" the soil for the essentials of life. This is the advice brought to thte city by the four-state conference oa country life, at its first Important ses­ sion here, the Philadelphia Bulletin believes. Those taking part in the oonference maintain that the cities have become self-centered and selfish, and have allowed themselves to for­ get that they are dependent upon the rural communities for food. The result of this attitude^ they claim, Is that by far the largest amount of public money and the great­ est part of the intelligence of the country have been devoted to the de­ velopment of the thickly populated sections and the country places farms have been neglected and prac­ tically forgotten. Now, through the conference, the farmers are demand­ ing what they consider their rights. What they want immediately are: A thoroughly reorganized rural school system, good roads, improved facilities for marketing their products, better transportation facilities and higher sal­ aried teachers, who are qualified to be community leaders. If these advan­ tages are granted, the farmers say, ru­ ral people will be made healthier and happier, and the cost of food prod­ ucts will be so materially reduced that much of the discontent and dissatis­ faction among the working classes will be eliminated. V ^ A Drunken Reel. 1 She--Kitty has received an otar get in the movies and she's perfectly Intoxicated with the idea. He--Intoxicated, eh' .She expeda* I suppose, to go reeling along H fame and fortune. - - v