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Show HEAETH ANDB0UD0IE gWLTORE California Raisin Growers Or , ganized. M. Theodore Kearney: The ques tion how shall we market our crops so as to produce the best results Is one that is attracting the greatest attention among the fruit growers of California. Raisins have been produced in California for many years, but it was not until 1885 that the quantity reached the round figure of ten million pounds. The production rapidly increased each year thereafter until nine vears later or in 1894 the output was 103 million pounds. During this period, which was one of great prosperity in the United States, the demand was in excess of the supply, except in 1894, and the raisins were sold f. o. b. shipping points at steadily advancing prices. The panic of 1893 and the excessive crop of 1894, together with the dishonest ana suicidal practices of some packers in filling orders with raisins, of a quality much inferior to the grades indicated in the box marks, brought about a total change in the methods of marketing the crop. Thereafter the deal rs in the east refused to pay for rais sins except after arrival' and upon examination; and as the demand was very much reduced by this change and the crop of 1894 was much in excess of previous years, the growers were obliged to ship their raisins east on consignment., I think we have all learned the bit ter lesson of the consignment system and I need say no more on this point than that with nearly every crop in the hands of a separate broker, for there were almost as many agents selling the crops as there were growers, each growers crop was used against every other growers crop to beat down the price and ruin the market The logical result of all this was that when the commissions, freight, packing and other charges were paid th e grower had not only nothing left for his labor but was actually out of pocket on the year's In fact raisins dropped transaction. to $18.00 per ton in Fresno in 1897 and the farmers found it cheaper to use them, and did so use them, as a substitute for barley in feed ng their work horses. As a further result of this condition great areas of raisin vineyards throughout the state were uprooted, and in Fresno county alone the assessors books show a reduction in acreage in two years of 16,000 acres, representing a loss to the growers in labor and material of at least $100 per acre or $1,600,000. Of course this meant widespread ruin to the raisin growers and hundreds of mort gages were foreclosed and the farmer and his family turned adrift to comlabor pete in an already market tramping about the stite in search of a days work. Farmers Review. d Necessity for Pruning. Weak planta often show a great profusion of bloom in the spring, but at harvest time the berries are few and inferior. The stamens and pistils not being vigorous, the pollen lacks potency or power, and, as already explained, where there are no seeds there can be no fruit, and weak seeds always produce inferior fruit. In plants unrestricted and propagated promiscuously, you will always notice some plants fruiting fairly well, others sparingly, and still others entirely bar- , life-givin- g ren. Notice that when apple trees bloom very full white as snow when every twig i3 loaded with blossoms, very little fruit sets, and what does grow is small and inferior in quality. This is because the tree does not have the ability to impart potency or life to so much pollen. Our largest crops of fine fruits are grown when we have moderate bloom, or the trees have been restricted by close pruning before blossoms open in the spring. They can then concentrate their powers on fewer blossoms, the potency of pollen is strong and the seeds are vigorous, with consequent full development of fruit flesh. This is why the successful orchardist prunes his trees am) vines every year, cutting off a large part of the buds. Everybody knows that unpruned orchards, vineyards, or fruit bushes quickly become unfruitful. R. M. Kellogg. Growing Strawberries in Pots. The growing of strawberries in pots is not likely to become a very popular method of raising that fruit. The men who will in the winter time pay Six to eight dollars per quart for her ries are very few in number. Many of the berries grown in pots are not sold by the quart, but are sold on the plants for ornamental purposes. The usual method of raising these potted strawberries is about as follows: In the spring the pots are placed out of doors and near some strawberries that are forming runners. A runner is trailed over a pot and allowed to root in it. After the crown has developed the runner i3 clipped oft and the plant allowed to grow under the best of conditions of sun and moisture till ''fall. In the fall they are for awhile deprived of water and allowed to dry up. When cold weather comes they are frozen and so left for some time. Then they are put into a room and . thawed out very gradually, the temperature being raised a few degrees each day. After that they are forced in their growth' till they develop flower and fruit All the fruit buds but six are trimmed off. These six nre permitted to form fruit An orchard that has not been cultivated through the spring and summer ehould not be cultivated In the fall, as this may start a new growth of wood that will not harden up before .the coming of cold weather. It is estimated by experts that K costs about $30 per acre to raise sugar beets. This is on account of the large amount of handwork that must be given to grow beets of proper size and .shape. henpecked husban4 Is geney crowed over by his v4I A AGRICUjIUgg) A FEW TOPICS OF DISTINCTLY FEMININE INTEREST. Onion Crop of the United States. We have no full statistics of the onion crop in the United States later than 1899, the year covered by tfoe twelfth census. In that year the yield was over 11,000,000, and the acreage was in excess of 47,000. The farm value of this crop amounted to $6,637,413. New York leads as a producer of onions, the yield that year being 2,177,271 bushels. Ohio followed d with 1,671,442 bushels. Almost of the entire crop of the country in 1899 was produced in these two states, their combined output amounting to 3,848,713 bushels, valued at one-thir- Smart and Useful Dress of Woolen-Blo- use Suits for the Little Girl The Proper Way to Pack Flowers. We have all experienced the feeling of brightness which a sunshiny woman Brings with her wherever she goes. She may have just as many worries to face, just as many anxieties to bear, but she overcomes them largely by a bright and sunny disposition. We are not all capable of laughing in the face of trouble or adversity, but we can at least make an attempt, and even if the laugh lacks the ring of heartiness, it is infinitely better than the frown or sigh. No Extra Weight Theres a tendency toward lightFor the Little Girl. weight wool fabrics for autumn yes, Blouse suits are always becoming even for winter gowns. Praise be! women are tired of dragging heavy to little girls and make the best of all frocks cloth around well what use? none at all since the lighter weights are just as warm and so are suitable for cold weather wear. The weight of a fabric is often due to a concealed mixture with cotton or to stuffs used in the dye. It is cumbersome and not nearly as warm as a lighter weight material that is all for school and knockabout wear. This stylish model Is suited to serge, flannel and similar wool fabrics and to boTfi'liuen and cotton of the one-fourt- h d 0 Rich double-breaste- d Seed Wheat. of the trouble with raising wheat comes with the quality and condition of the wheat we sow. Some Much forget that in varieties there has during the past few years been great imAt various experiment provement. stations investigations have been carried on that have shown that some varieties are worth double what others are. A few varieties have given large yields year after year on various kinds of soils and under all conditions. Yet this information is being taken advantage of but slowly. It will pay to have good seed and the proper amount per acre. Care must be exercised to keep out the impurities, which are frequently the cause of great crops of weeds in the wheat field. seed only should be used. Seed containing weed seeds should not be purchased at any price, as the weed seeds will take more nourishment away from the growing wheat than the whole cost of the seed will amount to. Every farmer should know how to clean his own seel and should do it where necessary. sturdier sorts, but as shown is of blu serge with bands of black braid and gold buttons. The quantity of material required for the medium size (8 years) is 4 yards 27 inches wide, 314 yards 44 inches wide, or 2 yards 52 inches wide. To Pack Flowers. a mistake to use cardboard boxes in packing flowers to be sent It is The farmer that sells a horse In poor condition is almost certain to lose money thereby The ordinary buyer wants a horse that is sleek and faL So much is this the cage that some men in the cities make it their business to cater to this requirement They buy horses poor in flesh and get them cheap because they are poor in Tesh. They fatten them up, finish ,m off with oats and sell them at a advance. by mail. Always use a tin box, lining it with a sheet of damp moss and above this a sheet of florists paper, or tissue paper if the other is not at hand, taking care that it fits Into the corners and around the sides. The flowers should be placed in, row after row, until there is a layer of flowers fitting into the other all over the bottom of the box. Never crowd nor put one layer on the top of another. The rows must be as close together as possible; the flower heads of each row should be on the stems of the row Immediately preceding it, so that when the box is finished only flowers are to be seen and no stems. Jaunty and Useful. The new necs scarf is the prettiest ever and enhances the attractions of a lovely face and improves the ordinary countenance. It is made of Liberty satin a yard wide. It Is around the neck and flufllly, with long released ends that depend twelve or fourteen inches below the waist line. These sweeps of drapery are gathered tightly at the end. All this Isnt very new no the recent bit is the finish of the scarf. The long ends are finished with a cluster of long loops of satin-facebaby velvet ribbon. Little clusters of the baby velvet ribbon are scattered over the depending ends and on the neck plaits. At the neck closing is a big bunch of loops about six inches long. One model has hemstitched chiffon, made into filmy rosettes, sprinkled over its surface. - box-plaite- d d after the good, New England manner. Apples are best of all for the purpose. As soon as they are large enough for apple sauce In they are ready for turnovers. fact, the turnover is made of ayple sauce. Cook the apples until they are tender and then push them through a colander or sieve and sweeten and season with nutmeg or cinnamon. ' A Useful Gown, than muslin, and are really so light in texture that they are almost, ff not quite, as cool as the more diaphanous fabrics. Wanted, Sunshiny Women. Some of us like to complain of the world and the spot we are destined to occupy in It Thingsi are not just as we want them nor as we feel they should be for us. But we overlook the fact that the particular spot in this world which we are given to occupy is, and will be, precisely what we choose to make it, says Woman's Life. Whether we do right or wrong, whether we are happy or otherwise, depends very largely, if not entirely, on our- - J the thing argument Is analyzed, we find Is In favor of rather than against it TheJ the whole community is tTI every patriotic citizen. ness of the one is bound us ? happiness of all. It is thereto,"-tereto every man to have constantly and profitably etnji. The dairy business gives not W morning tide, great deal of employment And the great sea blossom wakes. -- Pall Mall Gazette. spreads it over the entire yjj stead of there being work si J 41 but a few months in the year Fright Restored the Use of His Legs. Ml is work twelve months. For du Fright Is said to have restored the full use of his legs to Cornelius West-ervelson, butter should never sellst, driver for Fire Battalion Chief price. It Is necessary that labor! Its reward, and when that l J Hugh Hague of Jersey City. Westervelt was badly injured ten plished In the making ot k ulnnH it means that a consider&bi, years ago by a ladder falling on him has been added to the cost oi at a fire. Both legs were crippled, and he was given the. position of pound of butter. There is nottb be gained by the community driver, as it called for less activity. At the fire Saturday et the, National ducing the cost of making butte a milking machine could b Storage docks, at Black Tom Island, m, tured that would take the place oil itiofil Westervelt, notwithstanding his disfifths of the milkers it would aot ability, helpea man the hose and was the community at large very n mi in a dangerous position when one It would simply throw out of nf of the walls was seen to totter. ment a large number of men sad, Chiefs Conroy and Hague both saw en. Individual dairymen would,) the peril of the man end they started ever, profit by It It is for the to assist him, fearing that he would est of the community to keep be unable to save himself. To their The Darlingtonla. man employed. On the dairy astonishment Westervelt, who had realized his danger, started off on a run. lightly. The leaf secretes a digest! re the increased amount of work Since Saturday Westervelt says his juice similar to the gastric juice of it possible to keep the childro legs appear to have gained all their the human stomach, and the prey Is home much longer than would), case with other kinds of W former usefulness, and he is an agile slowly dissolved and absorbed. This Is very true in localities W Another plant, the darlingtonla, as he ever was. Dr. Leckner, surgeon of the fire de- feeds on insects, but In a different there are good schools. The boy, J partment, says it was the fright occa- way. Its leaves form a species of urn, girls can well afford to take ij sioned by his peril tnaz restored to which ordinarily holds some water. On school course at the expense ot J Westervelt the full use of his legs. the inside tnere is also some honey, parents, if those parents art The doctor says, in his opinion, some which attracts the insects. These un- In dairying. The boys and gtrii) of the muscles of the legs had been happy animals slip at the smooth In- at home just when the milking fc' contracted and the sudden fright cline, fall to the bottom and cannot be done and are at school in the. caused them to relax and restored get up again, for there are sharp die of the day, when dairy duties to tnem their proper lunctions. New hairs that are directed from the top not generally pressing. This toward the bottom to prevent them. point that should be more g York World. Little by little the plant absorbs considered than It is. Many Freaks of Memory. them, just as does the Venus. But it women and young men that no A smart young cavalry officer was has an advantage ovep the latter. It their parents cannot afford to recently exercising his. regiment upon can save Its food if it does not wish them a High School education cu the drill ground when the familiar to eat it at once. Its urn is a larder tain It by taking care of a let words of command suddenly slipped in which it can heap its provisions up, night and morning. from his mind and the strenuous ef- forming a bountiful reserve on which Milk Hauling by Factories, fort to recall them was utterly futile. It may draw when it is hungry. In some of the localities where In order to cover his embarrassment Pee An Intelligent Gander. are creameries the milk is haulej he was compelled to retire from comA writer Our Fourfooted in mand under the plea of illness. The the patrons. In other localitiei F relates the following story creameries do the hauling them! fugitive sentence came to his mind Friends There are some advantages and when he reached his rooms. Another of an intelligent gander: One morning he came up alone. disadvantages for each method, interesting example is that of a pop-qln novelist who had nearly finished He evidently had something on his of the reasons why the factory cai an important work upon which he was mind; he was troubled. He bowed ford to haul its own milk Is th! a w engaged, when a sudden failure of three times (he was ever polite) and thereby gets about all the milk i memory deprived him of his plot and said something I could not understand Is In a locality and gets It ill be necessitated the laying aside of the and then walked back along the path time. Where farmers haul their book for more than a week; then an to the corral. Finding I did not fol- milk they cannot be depended n association of ideas recalled the miss- low, he returned and bowed again bring the supply at all times h ing plot and the novel was brought and said something. Then he walked summer time when the field work to Issue and enjoyed a wide circula- down the path again, and It occurred pressing they not Infrequently dull tion. to me that he wanted me to follow, pays them better to keep the min which I proceeded to do, evidently to home for a day or two and make Years Before the Plow. Thirty-siHe led me ter from It than to take the time his great satisfaction. What was conceded to be the old- down to the irrigation ditch, where man and horse going to the cri est horse in Pennsylvania has just I beheld the whole flock seated in a Of course there are obstacles In died at Finleyville, at the age of circle round his favorite goose, whose way of the milk being gathered 39 years and 3 months. The animal leg was caught in a steel trap set to factory employe. One of the ol was owned by John P. Sheplar, of catch foxes. They is the difficulty of working it appeared to be enSnowden township. At the age of couraging her with consolatory reBabcock test with such a system, 22 years the horse paced a mile heat a man goes out to gather milk he TO TH marks, and my appearance was greetat Homewood park, Pittsburg, in 2.30. ed with wild shrieks of delight. I not carry one or more cans for ton It was of the St. Lawrence strain reelased her and received the thanks customer if his milk route Include! the el and had been owned by Mr. Sheplar of all, with an Lm especial speech from large number of patrons. He $ L, WHS since it was 2 years of age. It was him. The to economize putting by space goose was not hurt and her M'big worked at the plow and on the farm mate noted his satisfaction with many milk of several patrons into one or jibnne for thirty-sinever and had years where that can be done. Analyiiij hptlun caresses. kthout been sick until two hours before Its any value to the Individual patron i death. Philadelphia Times. comes then impossible. Nevertbek Ancient Lightning Conductors. it may well be doubted if it pm not The did have ancients lightning Sneeze-Woorods constructed as ours are, but they farmer with a few cows to hull Among its many curious products, had which milk to market himself, if hie time lightning conductors, South America includes the sneeze-woo- d shows that they knew how to protect of any value. Where it can bemliklpit tree, which takes Its name from the danger that lies erly controlled the hauling ot from the fact that one cannot cut it themselves in a thunder storm. Even so long ago the factory is advisable. with a saw without sneezing, as the as the tenth century lightning was difine dust has exactly the effect ot Watery Butter. verted from fields by planting In gnuff. Even in planing the wood. It them 1 in Chicago a car of Mf Recently or on sticks of long top poles, will sometimes cause sneezing. No from a Kansas creamery comps! were which lance heads. Is It said Insect, worm or barnacle will touch that the Celtic soldiers used R to try was examined by governmeat eipeil It; It Is very bitter to the taste, and to make themselves safe from the and found to contain 24 per cent j when placed In water it will sink.-Thwater. It consisted of ladle gow color is light brown and the grain stroke during a storm by lying on the and this explains how the water 4 with naked their swords ground plantvery close and hard. For dock work, ed 1L It was probably worked Into beside them. point upward piers or jetties it is a useful timber, intentionally in the process of AS lasting a long while under water. ing over the butter. ' This Is Badly Stung by Jellyfish. that Is worked with variations, Mayor Adolph Lankertng of HoboTwo Wondrous Plants. times chemicals are used to help ii N. was who a J., ken, jellystung by 'Plants are really living beings, the corporate the water with the butts in while fish the bathing Shrewsbury 6ame as animals, and like the latter and at other- times heat alone h river a week ago, had to have an opthey are obliged to absorb nourishpended upon. This butter wsiff, eration on his left foot a performed ment to develop them and to remain dently reworked at a high tempst few The foot has swollen ture. days ago. alive. But since they cannot, as do At the present time the rulit to Its three times natural size and of the beings superior species, go In the doctor who performed the opera- of the government is that butter stf tion saiu that the mayor would not be not contain over 16 per cent of wit In the past, as there has been nsh able to walk for at least a fortnight on this point, no investigation k been made, and it has been sW Wine by the Hour. In the province of Padua, Italy, the that the trick was not being world price of wine is unprecedently low, extensively in this country Mis tk rope. It may turn out, however, owing to the enormous overproduction. In some districts the guests we have been constantly victimiidl, In the osterias, or inns, pay by the this respect, and that the impceltfc hour for the wine consumed. Wine has been going on all the time, government Inspection will now kit Is rargly sold for money, but usually It to light and will at least prow1 bartered for milk, maize and fowls. check upon it Some Odd Facts. Summer and Fall Feeding, It has been observed that a mans Wise dairymen now feed their v hair turns gray five years sooner than in both summer and fall if the F a womans. tures are such as not to give Out of the 316 recenc cases of persons wounded with bullets in the feed without too much labor os part of the cows. Allowing ccfij brain. 160 recovered. The hardest wood Is not ebony, but fall off In their milk is not cocus. It grows in the West Indies ble operation. It may save a wf but It loses far more In th and is used for making flutes and of lost milk. When cows are sW similar Instruments. Venus to In their milk yields for 6 drop The yearly rental of hotel Boon a few weeks bresf1 aearch of this nourishment, most of they can not be to be built in Manhattan will exceed back to them depend on their leaves to draw their yields previous moisture from the air and their roots $300,000 for each of a long series of they again come In fresh. Tbs years nearly $1,000 a day. and absorb food through the earth. oats, The forceps, the probe and the spec- that have planted corn, feed f Some, however, do not content and the like summer tor themselves with the food obtained In ulum are all considered Instruments have no trouble this summer sad this way from the air and earth. They of modern Invention, but specimens in keeping up the milk flow. vary their diet with a little animal of them were found In the ruins of that have silage will find no dlfis-a- t Pompeii. good. men that have no It is said that the Greeks had a cui- stuffall.to The The moBt remarkable of these carfeed can only lament rass made of linen or woolen nivorous or animal-eatinfibers, as it is very doubtful I plants Is which was Impenetrable to the sharp. at the present the Venus flytrap, which is common It will fV in North Carolina. All Its leaves ra- est darts or spears. That, by the way, feed considerableprices. to quantities diate from the root and form a Is one of the discoveries that have not cows on pasture. spread-ou- t rosette. A strong vein ex- been rediscovered, for we do not fcnow tends from the base to the summit, the secret of Its manufacture. Nothing can constitute good Wj and their edges are furnished with ing that has not good nature W A safe flagman must be unffaeelne foundation. Bulwer. Btlff, spiny hairs. In his duty. st x Apple Turnovers. For the picnic luncheon nothing is more delicious than turnovers made Well-cleane- d Dairying and Employment el It ia not Infreqi'tuiy urged, I dairying that It takes e gr) more labor to carry it on thu any other kind' of farming. thought in some localities t, very good argument against it j ks well-know- n - pur- t, Land. The man that dreams of farming always imagines himself owning rich land. There is no other kind that it is a pleasure to till. There is no other kind that will yield a profit from the operation of tillage. The richness of land regulates the value of the farm both in the market and in the operation of farming. Yet in the face of this fact, millions of acres of our most valuable and productive land have been allowed to deteriorate in fertility. The great problem of how to bring them back to their former state of fertility is one with which the best of scientists are working. It is not practical for a man to buy enough stable manure or commercial fertilizers to at once bring back his land to its original state. A few fact3 in relation to the composition of the soil helps us in determining the best course to pursue. One of these facts is that the poverty of the land comes principally from the exhaustion of available plant food and not from the exhaustion of the plant food that is not at once available. In the process of years the new unavailable plant food becomes available, some each year. We have but to put back on the soil year by year as much as we take off in the way of fertilizer to gradually bring back the land to a rich condition, by the annual increase of available plant food from natural causes. will gain new favor. The flat stole, in This is a slow process, but it is far one form or another, is the most fashionable of the small fur pieces. It is better than no process of recuperawider and longer than in recent seation. sons. Loosely fitting blouse coats, A Dangerous Fraud. with long basques or skirts, are made Press Bulletin 87, of the Oklahoma In flexible fur and are ornamented station, says: While traveling in with touches of embroidery and lace the on belt, collar and cuffs.. More loose Woodward county investigating box coats of fur will be seen than in loco disease of cattle the veterinarian of the Oklahoma Experiment Station the last few winters and all the flowprocured from a stockman a sample ing, exaggerated lines of the summer of a sure cure for black leg in cattle coats are to be repeated In fur for which he had obtained from a travel- those who can afford such costly garThe material was ments. ing veterinarian. analyzed and found to be corrosive Smart and lseful. sublimate, a very poisonous chemical, The smart yet useful dress depicted which is dangerous to have around at any time and doubly so when in the Is made of a soft gray- twilled woolen guise oh a mysterious cure for a dis- material and the simple coat bodice ease. The stockman in this case knew can be worn over a blouse 'or with a that the only treatment for black leg front of lace and muslin. The skirt is was preventive vaccination with vac- simple and of a convenient walking cine properly prepared and procured length; while the coat can be worn from reliable sources. It is of course open to show the blouse or front beimpossible to estimate the damage neath, or buttoned up in fashion. For traveling or for wear caused by irresponsible persons of which this veterinarian is a type. on one of the dull days we meet with The experiment station at Stillwater so often now, there is nothing so conmakes every effort to acquaint Okla- venient as a dress of this kind, which homa farmers with new things that Is at once soft and warm and yet by may be of benefit to them and an in- no means heavy. Woolen materials quiry in doubtful cases will always of different sorts are indeed very fashbring a prompt reply giving the facts ionable, as womankind has found out in so far as the station can determine that they crush and soil less easily them. The mysterious is always to be distrusted. Flower of the Sea. n sand to rippled shell-strew- full-blow- wool. Soft white wool goods are conspicuThe five states which rank next, ous in recent exhibitions, as well as and together about produce of the entire crop, are, in the bright and more subdued colors. order of their importance as produc- Deep greens and blues, violets and ers, Michigan, Massachusetts, Illinois, lavenders, grays and browns all are California and Indiana. The combined shown in lavishr.ess and with a cerproduct of these five states in 1899 tain tint in each that is deliciously amounted to 3,098,807 bushels, valued new. Isnt it a bit odd that every year at $1,528,776. - No state othey than those mentioned above produced as the old colors come back to us conmuch as a half million bushels. Con- spicuously new? To the end of time, necticut is credited with over 400,000 likely, they will be the same still, bushels; Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and always with an unusual freshness of Wisconsin each raised upwards , - of hue not seen in any predecessors. 300.000 bushels; Iowa. Missouri, MinFashions in Collars. nesota, Oregon, Virginia and Colorado The cape collars so conspicuous just each produced a crop of upwards of 200.000 bushels, aud the combined now call into service all the fine, short-hairefurs. Ermine will be fashproduct of the group of the ten states ionable, partly as a medium of black last enumerated amounted to 2,814,-32bushels, or almost 24 per cent of and white combinations. It is ready the entire crop of the country. It is in capes, cape collars, long cloaks, emthus seen that about 82 per cent of pire scarfs, stoles, muffs and trimthe onion crop of the United States mings. Chinchilla, seal and baby lamb in 1899 was the product of 17 states, are standard, and beaver and otter the remaining 18 per cent being distributed among 32 states and territories. Uach halt of the leaf presents slightly concave surface, strewn with ple pool. glands. These glands distill a liquor From the dawn to twilight hour, The sea spreads out ita petals wide and which attracts insects. The stiff hairs on the edges are cool. Like a morning glory flower; placed In such a manner that the InEmerald, opal, amethyst and blue sect which hovers near the leaf is In its nectary-cu- p it holds. almost certain before long to touch Till It yields each lovely hue to the one of the hairs. And as these are darkness and the dew. And the great sea blossom folds. en lowed with great irritability, when are touched the two lobes of the Then 'wrought with silver, and rimmed they leaf close quickly, one shutting In rainbow pearl. A porphyry goblet Uee. agAinst the other, and they interlace Where the dazzling waters scintillate their spiny lashes so firmly that the and whirl prey which they have seized cannot To the glow of the lustrous skies; For budding splendors In its deep heart escape. So long as the insect strughide. gles the leaves remain closed. As soon n And the as it ceases to move the lobes open glory breaks. at When radiant petals wide unfurl Prom Breezy Frills. Lace is much threaded with ribbon. Picture gowns should accompany picture hats. Pompadour taffetas are made into adorable little dress rigs. Veils and trimmings are still worn dangling at the back of hats. Velvet hat bindings are often over an inch deep on the outside. Even a gathered ruffle is prettier If it be shaped flared that Is. Elbow sleeves may be finished out with the revived white undersleeve. A lot of very pale cream-pin- k rosei makes lovely a white sheperdess ha Some muslins and organdies ar often as sheer as mousseline or chL-fon- . Theres a certain chic in the picthirdlrr ha(.k OP corfle(j velvet ure-hat oli hyi x - Fly-Tra- & 0 |