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Show I The student soon learns the correct THE WOMANS CORNER movement of the pen to form accurate curves, both ascending and MOST RECENT INVENTIONS AND descending, as his pen must start at SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE a certain point and end at a second PREVAILING FASHIONS. DISCOVERIES. point, either above or below, following the general angle of the oblique Trackless Trolley Car of Great Value line which connects the same points. Steel Blue Bodice of Crepe de Chine Is Made In a Novel Style Design on Country Roads New PenmanFor vertical writing the guide lines for Door Drapery Recipes for the ship Chart a Benefit to the Student are drawn vertically Instead of slantElectric Heating. Housekeeper. ing, but the principle remains the same as in oblique writing. A Trackless Trolley Car. Beautifying the Home. Future of the Yukon Country. The door presented is also Probably not half as much objection The agricultural possibilities of suitable for adrapery window. The best effect has been raised to the setting of poles Alaska are pointed out by F. T. Con- may be obtained by the use of to support the trolley wires as to the don, the new Canadian Yukon comdouble-facevelour, which comes laying of tracks over which the cars missioner, who states that when the are to run, farmers especially seem- moss is removed from the soil that ing to have a grudge against the tear- it is found to be very fertile. He is ing up of the roads for this purpose. as saying: "I want to Im Now a Boston man has come to the reported the public mind that the press upon conclusion that If he can get the right future of the Yukon does not depend of way to set the poles over which to upon minerals of any kind. The disis one destined to be of the trict greatest agricultural spots in the WORLD OP SCIENCE Tne liking for this combination ot extremes has gained rather than lost with time. Frocks for almost every occasion are of soft white fabrics, trimmed with broad sashes with long loops and ends at the waist and with floating ribbons at cuffs and collar. Over this is worn the redingote of black velvet, silk, cloth or moire which has been in style so long, and a hat either of black or white. fifty-inc- h d world. Clean the steelwork of your kitchen range when discolored by rubbing with vinegar. When making a cake, if you want it to slip easily out of the tin, grease the tin first and then sprinkle well with flour. To clean tin or nickel kettles, rub first with turpentine or paraffin, and afterwards with a cloth, dipped in dry, prepared whiting or chalk. Flatiron holders if lined with a layer of old soft leather, like the top of a boot, will protect your hand from heat far better than if made in the ordinary way. Safety Brooch Fastening. little study of the Lost and Found columns of the daily papers will show .that one of the articles most likely to turn up missing is the brooch, and for every one advertised as lost there are probably many more which receive no public notice. Pretty Afternoon Frock. The most probable cause for these An afternoon frock of losses is the liability of the end of satin crepe de chine, with lace cap of the pin to become unfastened, when the brooch can work loose and fall out without the wearer being aware Car Travels Over Ordinary Road. contrasting color it is made doubly transmit the electric current he can of the fact, unless some one chances effective. JThe overdrape, which is the g manage to do without the rails; in to call attention to it. In the feature of this drapery, may also main illustrations we show a fact, he will put a motor on any old be arranged with one pair of portieres wagon and turn the horses out to grass device which has been invented to inches wide and nine feet long, fifty or ship him abroad to be eaten. One prevent the end of the pin from comthe space to be draped is providing, use of the rails in a trolley system is ing loose. One drawing shows the five does not exceed seven and feet to convey the return current, after feet wide. This alone makes a comit leaves the motors of the car, but plete drapery devoid the straight hangby using a double wire the inventor ings at the sides. The overdrape is does away with this need for the rails, arranged with the aid of three 4 drawing the power from one wire and brass or wood rings. The center inch returning it through the other after ring should be placed about twelve it has served its purpose on his wagon inches above the door facing and rest or car. on an brass extension bracket. The usual trolley pole supports the The other two rings are placed on the contact devices, which in this case door facing as seen in the illustration. comprise a pair of wheels mounted s on a mechanism, with a Yellow and Black. to maintain the pressure on spring A popular combination in new milboth wires. It is an easy thing to linery is that of yellow and black. A provide for the steering of the vehat is in black Neapolitan lovely hicle, and with good roads what is to straw and pale yellow tulle. The Guard Holds the Pin. hinder the farmer from coming to crown is of fluted tulle, while the town by trolley with his load of pro- the descending pin; another shows brim is of straw, faced with the tulle. duce, instead of making his team' the pin in place and securely fasten- Round the crown is a wreath of yel' ed by the hook closing over it, fahile low and black roses and haul the heavy load? the same the third indicates the position of the flowers trim the which bandeau, fastener In place on the brooch. The raises the hat from the hair on the New Penmanship Chart. It is universally conceded that the pin is so mounted that it has a con- left side. small letters, w, m, n, x, v, i, u, c, e, stant tendency to spring open, and is o and a, should all be of the same thus pulling on the under side of Novel Style for Bodice. bethe hook and serve the for base and the member, , line, latter, height Steel blue bodice of crepe de chine as a unit of measure in forming the ing under this tension, has no oppor- laid in stitched tucks simulating box other letters of the alphabet, which tunity to fall back and release the plaits, with the lace, colored to match extend two or more units above or pin. To remove the brooch the pin below the base line. In what is must be depressed and the hook called slant writing there are in member pulled open by the finger, the perfect . copy but two angles, while to close it the pin has only to ecru. The tan parasol has a design In which, with their modifications, form be pressed in the slot, as the guard browns and greens, and the dark the basis of all small ' letters, the is automatically thrown over the pin. brown hat is trimmed in light brown, . main slant, which lies at about fifty by the pressure. trimmed with green leaves. degrees, and the connective slant, at "The Ships Rudder., about twenty-fiv- e degrees from the The shape of the rudder of a vessel base line. Taking advantage of seems to be of more importance than has been generally supposed. - Experiments In Scotland by J.' Foster King indicate that the rectangular form has Curtain rods that are very shabby decided advantages, as it presents a can be freshened by painting with a larger surface at the load line under coat of enamel of whatever color is all conditions and requires a smaller the predominating note in the room. stock and working gear than curved A paste made of plaster of paris and shapes. With sufficient area the narwhite of egg , will . mend row blade is as effective as the broad valuable china, so that the point is one,'' while it can be set more rapidly. But it must be washed visible. hardly clean first. quite .Excavation of Prehistoric Bones. on polished wood should Ink spots Prof., Warren Morehead of Phillips be touched sweet spirits of nitre. with Academy,' Andover, Mass., has discova Use camel hair brush or feather: tiny ered on a farm east of Hopkinsville, to rub and the spot directly it, apply these , principles, the inventor has Ky., what is presumably the burying a with cloth after dipped in sweet oil. formed a chart . which not only has ground of a prehistoric . people. Ten .he material.: .The interlacing rings if Brass, lacquered, should .be rubbed the horizontal lines usually found in skeletons in a fair state of preserva- are of crepe de chine laid over thin with a cloth dipped in sweet oil, and copy books, but has, in addition, a tion were exhumed. The bones are Stiffened material. afterward polished with soft cloths. set of oblique lines placed at such an probably those of an extinct race of Ones. Little ' for Frocks Unlacquered brass can be cleaned with angle that the curved lines of the let- mound builders. The skeletons were lemon juice or paraffin, and bath A of feature new noticeable the ters will extend rrom the crossing discovered in receptacles built of flat brick. Polish with dry brick finely conones is frocks for the little the Stone utensils were also point of the horizontal and oblique stone. . tinued popularity of black and white. powdered. lines to the crossing above or below. found. A tan-colore- accom-companyin- ch lazy-tong- Stlf-Closin- g , . . m 4, well-beate- n . . . " . d |
