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Show Of THE MOMENT GOWNS Forcshadowa of Autumn Huso. In color combinations there is now a tendency to combinations of several colors In the same applique, rather than two colors and several tones of the same color as heretofore. Just a touch of gold tinsel Is seen on many of these, but only a touch, so that the result la never garish. Aluminum is now being used In tin sel embroidery combined with applique trimmings In gray taffeta, and as aluminum does not tarnish and la very light in weight. It Is Invaluable, flower designs still predominate In the applique designs, taffetas and the other soft and lustrous silks being need. In colors for the coming autumn royal blue Is predicted as a leader abroad, while In this country the shade termed Inauguration blue Is to be a much-nee- d color. Oreena In myrtle, reseda and other dark shades will be fashionable, but browns will fall behind their run of last year, while the dark shades of plum, purple and kindred hues are being manufactured In quantities. AH these Indications from manufacturers show which way the wind will blow, for whatever fashion might wish to dictate she Is obliged to use the fabrics in the market, and these are at least sli always manufactured months ahead of their use, sometimes a ysar. A dozen or even more will be needcollar sometimes Introduced shows 'glimpses of the band of ribbons pass- ed, and each one is cut in the middle ing beneath; and, again, these em- of one side up through to the center. broidered canvas collars are in vari- Then a small circle Is cut out This ous Instances pierced with wide but- may be quite perfectly done by turntonholes In front, and tied with the ing a bread and butter plate upside ribbons, which, as before, are arranged down and making a mark by which to cut. When all the handkerchiefs in the fashion of rosettes. have been so treated they are sewed How to Wash Ribbons. together over and over on the edges The washing of ribbons Is not al- that were cut by slashing the kids. It will be found after all these are ways attended by the best results. Tbs following Is a milliner's method and Joined that a circular ruffle, full at the most successful: Put the ribbon into bottom but straight at the top, has a basin of warm water, rub on some been formed, the whole having deep good white soap and wash as you hemstitched points. Such a flounce, would anything else. While stlU wet trimmed with narrow Valenciennes Iron on the right side with a hot iron lace, would be charming for a dress and when dry rub between the hands of handkerchief linen. as If washing It until all the stiffness Is out, then iron again to remove the Popular Shades of Red. wrinkles. When ribbons are washed The reds most In vogue Just now are In this way It Is difficult to tell them the tomato and geranium colors. The from new. red of the gardenia is also worn and from knows woman Nearly every the matchless red of the camellia. Is to wash difficult it experience how These shades are seen everywhere successfully a crocheted shawl and and in everything, but particularly Is have It look fluffy and In prime condired of the geranium worn a great the a made woman One tion when dry. deal. The most popular red for gowns triumphantly successful experiment. Is cerise. She put the shawl Into a pillow case, tied a string around the top, and then washed It In plenty of soap and hot water. Whipped Peach Cream Trifle. Soak cocoanut macaroons in the syrup of rich preserved peaches nnill rather soft. Beat the whites of four eggs until very stiff, then beat In by degrees half a cupful of powdered sugar and two tablespoonfula of the peach syrup. Mix In lightly a pint of sweet cream. Whip to a stiff froth and place In alternate layers with the soaked macaroons In a deep glass dish, heaping the cream on top. Sprinkle over it suredded cocoanut. The Traveling Gown. Slcllienne soft shade of rose-pin- k is selected for the traveling gown, and the coat bodice is fashioned with an open front, filled in with a low-cu- t waistcoat of pique that may be removed Instanter. There is a smart little cape collar effect over the shoulders; the sleeve Is one of those models with lace fluffy elbow-lengt- h velvet ribraffles, and A deep rose-re- d bon Is relied upon to make the touch of color contrast that the present mode demands. The skirt Is plain, except for a shaped scant volant of velvet applied above the deep hem, shir rings adjusting the fit. The Childrens Country, rk up the books, the pencils, states hi orderly array pr all the Joyous childish "- -' Are coins far away. As time's at liaiui when they board ship Bound for a distant strand ltd take that dear, delightful trip To old vacation land. Is land has flowers and And golden is each pool; Ues a thousand leagues, trees of sold I'm told, From the dull land of school. ere is no country half so bright. No climate half so grand. Ad every heart la blithe and light In dear vacation land. here's godspeed to each wee friend From us who cannot go; Ay pleasure at your sides attend And left behind be woe. Ad may a strong and pack. A stanch and sturdy hand, h autumn days come trooping back From old vacation land. , Evening Bulletin. B sun-tann- Bottla Trick. to go at this expert-en- t very carefully. But when you bnre done It successfully you will get slot of pleasure out of It And It all not be easy for others to Imitate. Get a good-sizebottle with a wide south and a good ccrk stopper. Then pt a nut (say an English walnut), Ivide carefully Into halves; clean It at then bore a tiny hole through gch aide, and ran the two ends of a You will have d - J French Cream Frosting. Four cups of while sugar, one cup of hot water; put on lire and boll without stirring for about eight minutes. If It looks thick test by dripping from a spoon, and If It threads remove and rub some against side of cake bowl, and If it will rub Into a ball, pour all out and meat rapidly with wooden spoon, adding flavoring of rose, vanilla or orange as It cools. It will cut soft for several days. This can also be mixed with nuts and made Into nut bonbons and colored with cranberry juice, or green, made from parsley. Take tender parsley leaves, wash dry and pound In a mortar untU Juice is extracted. Strain Into a cup and put the cup Into boiling water to get hot A few drops will color a pale green. Novelties In White Serge. In the while serge frocks, the French makers have Introduced many novelties In cut and line. The Empire Ideas that have taken so Arm a hold lately appear here, as elsewhere, and Empire coats, long or short, are made up In white serge or white cloth with skirts to match and wlih severe tailor finish or with collars, cuffs and motifs of heavy open work embroidery on linen. Beautiful Blouses. blouses, leaving the throat bare or worn with a transpar-- . ent guimpe and collar of lace, are liked for summer frocks, but though charming they are not so youthful as the blouse frilled to some sort of yoke and fastening In the hack, and they should be reserved for the older girls. Here again we often And very heavy applique or band Insertion bordering the surplice, while the rest of, the frock is trimmed lightly and Utility In valendennes insertion and edging. Heavy embroidery insertion scalloped on both edge's and with Valenciennes frills bordering the scallops Is liked for the surplice borders and may be used, too, upon the sleeve and as beading for skirt flounces. Surplice-cu- t Jl A f a A SUMMER BLOUSE. This laria model is au exceedingly dainiy and attractive blouse of a style that Is best appreciated during the warm days of summer, when a collar becomes very uncomfortable. Fine sheer white lawn is used, and the iron! edges of the surplice are decor-- all-ove- i- to-da- Nature to lnsureToofl'lWeacfc robfa.-an- d 'ianiX'iilfMe- -' rtili isnymi In' also the destruction of insects all Queer. over the land. In my geography 1 find some things I.1! Knife-plaite- Decoration for Blouses. For our blousoM to be seen at their best it behooves us to provide them with fresh and attractive neckwear, since on neckwear to a large extent depends their success. Beginning with neckwear for the simple shirt waist or shirt, as the English term It. there Is a new turnover collar, some three Inches deep, of canvas linen, embroidered with a spot. Bones' h this Is passed a band of chameleon ribbon or plain glace silk, fastened with a rosettelike knot In front, high up against the collar, and the ends, which are plaited, are knotted a few with an edging to match. This lace U inches below the neck, and end in fan- a shad - lighter than the brown of the linen. The skirt Is a new design. like Antes. Rainbow ribbons are used for a simonly with stitching. This ilar purpose: the knot and ends are would lie charming in almost any of formed of two soft ribbons in different the colored linens, or in white. with d border to the a lore to inateh. colors. A hem-stitche- White linen gown embroldt white. Of Green Rajah Silk. charming gojrn of ..greenjrajah Coat Now an Essential. allk, appropriate for day weamli W Time was when a waist and skirt walking length and finished at d fufflei were accounted a dress; but In this with three tiny elaborate day a dress Isnt a dress The draped bodice la filled In neck unless It has also an outside wrap of with a yoke and stock of embifldered some sort made to match It and worn cream batiste and lace lnaertlli. Cut with it alone. This la true even of thq ateel buttons and a raffle silk, linen shirt-wais- t frock whereto is matching those on skirt trim tnl waist added a Jaunty little linen coat and and the latter la used on theydbow the proper thing seems to be to wear sleeves. A but of green straw braid this third garment through the ther- with parrot wings completes tt stylmometer says 94 and you languish ish costume. with heat. For Lovers of Luxury. An example of luxury is a dref of Serviceable Eolienne. Eollenne has a place among coat soft strawberry pink cloth, wli materials this season, but voile, save deeply' square collar traced cl In coat and skirt costumes, has lost with padded gold thread embroldt favor with the coatmakera. The silky and showing a vest of real lace tiJ eollenne lends Itself readily to the with pale blue bows. Over this should flowing lines of the loose, full coat, be worn a black net and velvet ribbon whether short or long, and Is a serv- and lace scarf, and one of the new iceable material; though, on the tiny bats of gold lace trimmed with whole, a taffeta coat is a better Investpink roses and tied with black velvet ment than one of eollenne, even if ribbons, nut such frocks are not for more expensive at the start. the moment; rather just now do we devote ourselves to coats and skirts, New Fad Is 'Kerchief Ruffle. choosing the former Impartially of the If a girl is making a fancy white short basqned and bolero shapes, the petticoat to wear with transparent latter round, touching the ground skirts she can not have a prettier everywhere, but not trailing upon It, ruffle on it than one made of handker-rhiefs- . and being cut on the cross and full on the hips. GOWN OF BROWN LINEN. One of the most, charming linen gowns of the season is pictured in the sketch below. The original is a very late French design secured direct from the modcste who made it. It is designed for a traveling gown, but can be worn a great deal through the summer. The loose Jacket is trimmed r with heavy lace, set In to the goods, and the sleeves are finished young man waa whipped for getting into a light or hitting another student. He was lined for speaking coarsely or wickedly. He could not walk out during the evening. He could not throw snowballs at anything, or anybody, and during hour In the college building he could not apeak a word In anything but Latin. At Edinburgh the students wore scarlet gowns during classes. They tern. lived In the town. There were no dorThla must be made very light, and mitories and they knew very little arranged so that It will not easily about each other in many cases. catch lire. Use a piece of light, thin There were, and are at Edinwood, four Inches In diameter, and burgh no college sports aa we know near the center drive four slender them and little general college life. nails, one inch long, ao that a candle will stand firmly between them. Paper Band Puzzle. Above the candle loop two light wires, trick with paper bands. this Try fastening their ends to the board. Paste red or yellow tissue paper Take three stripe of paper six Inches around the wire frame and your kite long and about an Inch wide, and mark la made. Flying such a kite on a dark dotted lines lengthwise down the middle of each. Paste the two ends of nlgbt will cause much amusement. the first one straight and squarely as shown In figure 1. , Before pasting the Our Friend the Robin. give the strip a twist, aa It la very easy to begin the taming second, shown in figure 2. The third strip yon with for the the robin, process young twist twice before pasting. birds, when they first leave the neat, Now cut each band along the dotted are glad enough to pick up a few crumbs, not having yet trained their eyes to the constant search for insects. They are then easily Induced to come near the human who provides them, and with a little quiet perseverance will soon take the food from the hand. But the father bird has to be reckoned with, and even the mother bird In autumn will drive her youngsters out of the garden. If passible, to Insure their finding a domain of their own before the winter. Her mate la apt to appear In his wrath .when the young robins are fully fledged having left the nest for a week and scatter them all. Including the mother, with beak and claws. He does not approve of any spoiling of the children, and Insists upon their spreading themselves separately over the country. In order that they may The Paper Bands. learn at once to earn their own main- line, and you will have aa a result tenance. Probably he la right, for ev- two separate rings from No. 1. as in ery robin has Ita own 100 yards or so figure 4; from No. 2, one ring half aa of garden or wood in winter time, and wide aa the original, but with twice woe betide any newcomer which ven- the diameter, aa in figure 5; and from tures on anothers ground. No. S two rings linked together, aa In This la a doubly wise .provision of figure 6. - A Pale pink batiste frock, with open embroidery In while.' a firefly floated In at the window. "O. Mike! says he, Begorra now they're cornin after us wld lanterns! Now It may be possible for you to surprise many n native American quite as much as a firefly surprised the two strangers from Cork. Take a large kite that will fly well, which means that you know Just how much tall It will carry. Remove a good part of the tall and tie on Instead a sky lan- wire frame through them. Then pnt the halves together again, and seal College Life in Scotland. every possible crack or hole with wax. American college boys and high a Before you do this, however, bore would have found student school small hole In the bottom of the nut life at boys the old Scottish universities Is This unsealed. and leave it (C) very different from the free and easy to serve as an time they are used to at their Now arrange the bottom of your good own seats of learning. In the early wire frame so that it will support a part of the eighteenth century the stucoin. dents at some of the Scottish universiHaving done this, fill yonr bowl ties could not shoulder or push each test and with water, the floating qualcould not stand at the gate, on ities of your nut. The coin Is to serve other, the stairs or In the corridors of the as ballast; so you must experiment for fear they would with different coins until you discover college buildings each other, could not with dispute 4ust what coin penny, nickel, etc. play or loiter up and down in any of provides the exact weight needed. the courta while the classes were in You will have exactly the right re- progress, nor play ball, billiards or sult when the nut rests exactly bal- howls. A student, no matter how old anced In an upright position, Its point he waa even after he had beedme a Just touching the cork stopper, and when at the same time it will respond instantly to a alight tap of your Unger on the cork stopper and sink toward the bottom, returning presently to Its original position without losing air-hol- -- Immensely queer, 8uch as the folks that lie in bed all day, all night, all year. They run along, now fast, now slow, but have no feet at all. And do not seem to hurt themselves if something makes them fall. Perhaps they have an arm, or two. or three, or even more, And though they have no throats nor fairly tongues they sometimes roar. Their heads 8 re very small indeed, their mouths are very wide, None of them owns a penny, yet all have banks by their side. Such folks, with neither fingers, nor hands; nor eyes, nor ears. Nor legs, nor backs, you must agree are surely rather queer. BUTTERFLIES THAT FLY Its balance. The Wasp as a Hunter. When summer warmth has awakened the maternal instinct of the Insect world the mud dauber wasp may he seen gathering mortar at the margin of Filling stream, pool or puddle. serve as her mandibles, which sho and both hod, spade bears the load of mud to some rough surface, rock or wall or board or beam. She spreads and shapes her mortar, until, after many visits to the mud bed, she has built a tubular s cell about an inch long and of an inch wide. Then her huntress instinct awakens and her raids upon the spider realm begins; for within this cylinder the mother mason will put a single egg. In course of time, says a writer in Harpers Magazine, this will hatch into a ravenous larva, whose natural food Is living spiders; and these the mother proceeds to capture and en tomb within her mud daub nursery On this errand she may he seen hawking over and near cobwebs of various sorts, venturing within the meshed and beaded snares that prove fatal to most Incomers and sometimes even to herself. If the occupant, expectant of prey, sallies forth to seize the Intrud er. It finds Itself a captive, not a captor. The waso shakes the silken filament from wings and feet, turns upon the spider, seizes and stings It. bears It to her cell anil thrusts It The success of this toy depends entirely upon the lightness of the materials used In its construction. The breadth of the wings from the tip to the body is four inches, the breadth of the body a little over one inch, the other parts being in proportion. The antennae, or "horna, FF. consist of the very thinnest of tissue paper, stretched ou arching splinta of bamboo or broomcorn whisks, as These horns are Inshown at FF. serted in a piece of cork shaped aa ed, to represent the markings and colors of a butterfly. Through the two upper corks, AA, passes a wire which is in the form of a hook, aa shown at D. These hooks are for the purpose of holding the two elastic rubber bands, C, that can be twisted or wound up by means of the movable bead, H, which works or revolves on two washers consisting of two small glass beads, G. AVhen the rubber bands are twisted up to their fullest capacity the butterfly is thrown up into the air, and three-eighth- therein. Monster Lightning Bug. Did you ever hear the story about two young men from Cork who had never seen lightning bugs until they came across the sea to America? It happened that during their first night here the mosquitoes were very troublesome, and both Mike and Pat hid their heads under the bed covers. Finding this rather warm. Tat ven tured to put his head outside Just as A ttted with fine embroidery. The top o f the tucked vest is also edged with thi embroidery, and a wide embroider-min- e finishes the short sleeves. It i a charming model for warm days, am the low necks are to he worn sgai this slimmer. If. hots ever, one doe not cam to wear n roilarles bloust this one can he ma le up wi'h a hig i collar. Showing Construction and Butterfly in Flight. shown at A. A second and third piece of cork. A and A. similarly shaped, form the upper and lower parts of the body, into which are fastened two straws. HR. Thes" hi raws must contain a joint to insure greater strength. The framework of the body is now complete. The large wings. EE. are composed of the same materials as the horns, one splint being used for each wing, as shown at EE. The sides of the to the straws. BB. wings are glm-after which (he paper wings are paint- d the unwinding of the rubber bands acting on the upper hook causes the head cork. 11. and the horns. FF, to tevolve rapidly, thereby sustaining the butterfly in the air and causing it to move about with p circular. Jerking mol km. The cork work and the frame of the butterfly are covered with tissue paper and colored. It is very amusing to watch the flight of this unique insect. and at a little way off It looks like one of 'he mo' splendid varieties of its kin.' |