Show Irr I 1 T S rr r ts i f fi jh i ic o t I 1 II 1 I r iP EI tt 11 II J y J I I il ilI I J t j 5 g So I MISS NANCYS NANCY'S GOWN In days when George Gcorge the Th Third d was kin king 1 And Ana ruled rule the Old Dominion And AM law and t fashion owned d the Ito sway Jl Of Or parliaments parliament s opinion I A rood ship brought across the sea o oA A A. treasure fair lair and fine lIne lIne- Miss Nancys Nancy's gown from London town town- JM-j JM Cut In n the tha last desin design t The Tho plaited waist from neck to belt tr Scarce measured half a 0 span T The Tho Could sleeves t hold gd her like ilko t feather balloons fan at the tho t t-p t F The narrow skirt with bias gore goro Revealed an ankle neat she abe put her dainty foot toot From carriage step to street 1 By ny skilful hans hands this wondrous gown Of or costliest stuffs n was as made mado C Cocoons of Trance France on Antwerp looms gi f Wrought to embossed 0 e brocade Where violets and anti roses sweet In blooming beauty grew A As if It youn May were there thero ro lj A lr And Ana Juno Jane and April too I And from this bower of 01 delight delight Miss Nancy r reigned a queen i J N Nor Ncr one disloyal l heart rebelled I In all her wide rg demesne Toe Tue noble house of burgesses Tore For Forgot ot Its Sores fierce debate debato c O Oer O'er cr rl of or crown when Nancys Nancy's gown sC Appeared in halls balls of ot state Through Jocund reel or measured tread v- v Of Ot stately tely minuet tf Like Liko fairy vision shone tho the bloom G ti f Of Ot rose roso and aud violet vh As hand In hand band with Washington rho The hero of ot the day The smiling face tace and nymph like grace graco 01 Of Nancy led tho the wayA way t A century sin since co that gay cay time h r The rhe merry dance was trod sins Has passed pis ed and Nancy long has slept slet Beneath tho the church yard church yard sod nod Yet on the brocade velvet gown 1 The he rose and violet Are Aro l bright as on the tho nl ht j bho danced the minuet Harpers Harper's Bazar Dazar The Art of Patching How now many patch clothes particularly childrens children's clothes with little C regard to the stripe or or check an and I sometimes to the shade of the garment garment gar gar- ment meat patched Then Thea some somo seem J rio to think the larger the patch the batt better r Of course tho the thinness of the tho clo th a anear near the hole will have something to todo 0 c do with wilh the size of the tho patch bu but t when a three cornered cornered tear is mend mended d 1 take a pie piece o exactly matching llie a check cheek or stripe of the tho garment at al arid I just large enough to leave a 30 sp spa coequal co co coequal 3 equal to the fell taken on OD the other r I- Iside side between the hem hens and the r run n then on the tho right side make malre a cu cut ii in a each corner equal to the depth of the a fell and a a. much squarer neater r patch is made If a woolen garment t tit it should bo be dampened and the tho fell fl 1 thoroughly pressed with a mo moderately hot iron A patch path should never bi be put on the tho right side of an outer gar gar- ment If the rent lent or wear is near a C s scam eam insert a aside side of the tho patch into t this his and sometimes two seams scams are arc so sc I Inear near that thai the tho patch can scarcely be bo I noticed Generally p e mst itna cp patch on the tho wron side ido by running runDing a 30 t t thread along along ne nOli t the edge A better bette r way is to stitch the to th the patch on 0 n Hero liTh r Is a good way to foot stockings stockings stock stock- ings ings- Taking the tiac worn-out worn sock fold fol d dit it on the seam spam and where the tho heel hee I merges into the tho leg begin to cut ant and 1 keeping half halt way between the tw two 0 edges cut off the upper part then thet a cut open the tho heel lied seam and spreading spreading spreading spread spread- ing out the tho part cut away from tb the tho C stocking make mako a paper pattern from n which to cut out a a. new now bottom o of f cloth Fold this together in tho the middie middle middle mid mid- dle die and stitch together the tho rounded I edges for a a. new heel then unfolding g stitch tho the new bottom into the stocking stocking stock stock- ing holding the former toward you I as on account of tho the room for seam scat n nand and shrinkage which of course was 5 allowed in in cutting the pattern it will willbo Ll 1 be bo larger than the stocking Woolen V or cotton stockings pas past t wearing vear should not be thrown away says a a. writer in the tho New Nev England I Farmer r as often one pair is useful i in a amending mending another A good way to deal with underclothes under under- clothes is according to the tho old saying an ounce of prevention is worth a a. poun pound of cure This means in thi this s case woolen stockings with double doubli a heels ton cotton stockings with heels heel 5 lined ined before wearing the binding ant and I sleeves guarded from fraying out b by y pretty narrow narro trimming which en can l be bo bought cheap or knit at odd moo mo- when the tho time would not b bo e 0 misted It goes without saying that tha t boots waists etc eta should i never be bo worn without first fastening on the buttons securely Shall ShaH All 11 Children Learn Music The Tho idea seems generally to prevail preval 1 that music is an ac accomplishment that tha thatis t is to be acquired only by a special specia 1 course of of- study audi and by certain methods methods meth meth- that are arc not as a rule employed i in teaching other branches of educe I tion It would seem to go without saying sayin that a 0 child should learn music as i it learns learn its A B 11 Cs C's If a child can cn read it ought to know the letters on the scale and the tho keyboard on an in in- strument mt There is no reason why a a. achild achild child should not read music as readily as it reads print Music should never be e an nn I and should never bo taught as such It should bo be as much a part of the regular training of every youngster youngster young young- ster as i reading and aDd spelling No matter mattel matter mat mat- ter tel how long people live they thoy are arc never out of range of music and its possibilities Every church chuich service every entertainment even nature herGe her- her Ge jelf is full of music and those who arc tau taught ht from childhood to com comprehend compre pre pre- bend hend and assist in creating this this most delightful accompaniment t to ta everyday everyday every every- day life lite have bave much to be thankful for When a child can caD road read its primer it should be bo drilled in thee the tho e music an and as it advances should study this branch Jn lu common with others othera 1 If this were the case wo hear bear a n. great deal of very very much 1 loiter better mus-c mus we eve are now treated to r and those w who ho hear heu it would be bo much Letter Jolter able to appreciate it In on to this tins is it nothing so comforting to pl persons of fine tine tem tempera tempera- la lam m nt as tho the bara harmony ony of good ool music and no in Ie leisure inure h hours urs OP or tt s when he The bnO o Is isS S I t under the he weather than to be able I Intelligently to appreciate or render the fine works of classic and more ordinary ordinary ordinary or or- composers As almost every house in the tho land has a musical instrument instrument in in- strument of somo some sort i ic It seems strange that every school house homo has not its musical chart r and its simple and comprehensive course of musical study Tho child who learns music with the cl elementary branches is so ingrained with it that it is le never nover for for- gotten Music is always elevating in Ia its tendencies tendencies ten ten- and puts people in better humor under almost all circumstances It is a a. solace to the weary it breaks I Ithe the strain of care puts the tho whole beIng being being be be- ing in a 0 better botter condition and is often quite as valuable to distracted spirits as a n. doc doctors torts medicine It would be well vell worth while to incorporate incorporate in in- corporate a no thorough musical training i into to the public school system and some somo day when n people come como to realize real izo ize moro more clearly the advantages of it we wo shall see thi this thin delightful clement made a part of all courses of stu study y She nuns Huns the Well Well Welli What will the tho girls do next I A business man asked this question as ns he stopped stepped aboard the elevator in a aSt St St. Louis building The Tho door of the car was shut with a bang by a 0 vigorous vigor ous rosy checked and muscular look ing young woman of about 20 years years- Ii a like business young woman she sho was too What floor sir Architect Right night to the tho left second door she sho said as the tho car stopped at the tho third floor It quickly shot higher as the ole ole- girl vator-girl vator gave the tho cable a steady stealy pull Every on ono wondered at her leer dexterity and she sho was the pink plait of propriety polite and anti full of information as to the tho tenants of the building To say that she sho was an Ian improvement on a great many maDY s surly elevator kings icings In town office buildings would be putting it mildly A g gentleman who had to call at the office of a tenant in inthe inthe the tho building asked the thc girl elevator-girl the number of his his' room and here is what sho said I Oh yes sir Bir Mr is on the tile fourth floor No right near the stairway He lIe went out an hour ago aero Ills His assistant assistant assistant as as- is out too but I Inns am am sure they will be back soon What time did you say it was One t. t Well sir if you dont don't mind just take this chair I Sit right down Mr will be bo back in ton minutes Just out for lunch you tenets know A very verr pleasant man isn't he All aboard And up shot the car The reporter couldn't ascertain whether tho the rosy cheeked elevator elevator- girl irl was a fixture or 01 not as she refused refused re re re- fused point blank to answer any questions ques questions ques- ques about herself Just call me meMary Mary Jane said she when asked her name I am here hero hereto to work not to talk about myself One of tho the tenants in tho the building says ay she can run an an elevator car better than any man in town It l' l looked that way somewhat some A noyal The duchess of Bedford lately told Ilk 1 girls' girls needlework society in Mile that that the bonnet which the queen tore lore ore at the jubilee ilee service was ally made by the princess of Wales Qt was sent home said her grace l booking heavy and ugly Nobody dared r return turn it to the milliner without without with with- out the que queens queen's s' s orders and nobody liked to ask her majesty for such in in- So the tho ladies in waiting showed it to the princess of or Wales knowing how clever she is in all al such Buch matters and aDd her royal s ith s' s with th her own hands altered it and twisted it till it became tho the extremely anc becoming and tasteful headdress ss which all al admired on that tha memorable memorable able occasion Everybody who saw it thought that the queen had never had hada a prettier bonnet but how it came to tobe tobe be beso so pretty prettY is news of to Women Always Alway l An interesting thing about tie the fa fashions of the day is that judging from the tho pictures the women of every period wore draperies more or 01 less Jess like those of the present wife might with a few modifications appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear quite comfortably in a 0 modern drawing room but what a s sensation himself himsel would make among the themen themen themen men of tails swallow swallow tais if i he should come sweeping in with his sandals and toga Josephine Mario arie Antoinette Antoinette Antoinette nette the Ex Empress Eugnie good Queen Anne and proud Queen Bess would find us all 01 copying their gorgEousness gorgeousness gor- gor in in cheaper stuffs just us M Mary Ann copies her bee mistress' mistress gown and maD mantle te when she is after gala poin out of a Sunday Plain Plum Plain Pudding One pint of stale bread crumbs oue cue cup of flour one cup of stoned raisins juice and rind of on ono one lemon one ODe cup of washed currants ono one cup of f brown sugar one teaspoonful of cinnamon one half one hal nutmeg grated one half elm cup of molasses three eggs ha hat hai pO pound ld of suet hall hail hal pound of citron half hal teaspoonful o of baking baiting soda Mix well wel all al the dry ingredients leat Beat the eggs add the molasses Dissolve the soda in a 0 tablespoonful of ho howater hot hott water add to it i the molasses and aDd eggs then thou mix miT Into the dry ingredients cuts and pack into a greased mold boil boi four hours Servo Serve Sere with hard or brandy sauce Farmers Farmer Miss Carrie Can o Lane Lano Chapman says that moro more than half hal of the tho women who own property in Dakota are graduates of Eastern colleges There is she says a a. little litte south of the Crow Creek reservation a section of women every everyone ever one of whom is a bona bonn fide farmer She says The fields are aro plowed plo and the crops gathered by women One of the most intellectual and most refined women of the settlement is a breeder of fine horses She has no hired men All the tho help are women Among these women are arc graduates of universities universities sites Among them aro are old maids young maids and widows Chicago Chicago lerald Herald Mincemeat One half One hal pound raisins one half oDe pound suet half one hal on-hal pound currants one quarter one quarter pound russet apples ono one pound sugar two ounces mixed candied peel sonic some powdered cloves a teacupful brandy and sherry mixed raised the juice of two lemons and one orange one half teaspoonful each of vanilla vanelia vaDla almond and lemon essence Chop the suet slet as finely as possible mix it with the raisins stoned and chopped apples peeled cored and chopped sugar cloves brandy and aDd all al the ingredients Ingredients In- In mix mis miJ thoroughly Put into a jar jr and tie down This his should be made madea a mo month t. t before it is needed |