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Show IN JAPAN Why, a half-bake- soda biscuit Is a queen to you! And you're a ingale, are you? Why, you , shark nose nightmare! a setting hen with the s is a bird of paradise to you! What did that Idiotic Uilklns, with his infernal 'symbols' mesn by letting ms in $25 for this? Yes. $26! and whats the result? Marla throwing fits, and the doctor's bill another twenty-live- , and nothing to show for the fifty but this dumbasted Japanese brain storm! A symbol of happiness, eh? Well, It hasn't brought much happiness to my home! A plum tree! Looks more like a gooseberry bush. I'll bet the plums on.lt would sour a barn 1 of molasses!' "'Patriotism,' said that ass of a Uilklns, is sometimes indicated by a spray of cherry blossoms. Well. I've seen it indicated round the 17th of March by a sprig of shamrock, and more times round the Fourth of July by a red, white and blue rosette, but nobody needed an interpreter Jn either rase to tell what they were the 'symbol' of. Grace and quietness are indicated by the willowy tree and the swallow, eh? Very well; I admit the willow tree. For gracefulness she's all to the good. But the swallow for quietness! Well, I've seen some swallows that wouldn't go in that class not for nickels. One swallow don't make a summer, but two will get away with a whisky-straigh- t in a second and a half; and three more will make a man's while tongue go like a three more will bust up all the quietness left over from a generation of country Sabbaths. "And this little game cock perched on a drum signifies good government? Well, thats a stretch of imagination with a vengeance! Looks more like a Good sparrow on a pancake-griddle- . government, eh? I reckon they dont need any over there, or they'd get something bigger than his drumsticks for a symbol. His purple nibs hardly looks equal to the Job. I should say scratching worms in the back yard was more in his line. Well, I've had an alcoholic sufficiency of Japanese art; my reputation for sobriety with my wife is gone to the four winds; I'm fifty out of pocket, and nothing absolutely nothing to show for it but you! you colicky, Jaundiced paranoiac! "It's the furnace fire for yours!" wry-nec- hollow-back- WALKING COSTUMES night- splay-footed- s V , 3bO d wind-cackle- iGupyright;,' by Junrpti B. liuwlcs.) Japan compels a morerigorous examination at her various-,- porta ' of entry than any other country.. China makes no examination whatever, perhaps on the irlnclple that it is difficult to sweeten a bad egg. All holders of official positions in Japan- are obliged to wear European dress, and the little Japs who boarded our steamer looked, in their Iona, green coats, elaborately ornamented, like schoolboys in their fathers' clothes. They are very Important little people, you must know; but one of these came to grief in a manner speedy as it was unexpected. . . - Everything Is so neat and clean in Japan, it looks as if somebody had got up before breakfast to sweep and dust the whole country. Prince Haseba, in C d E o E o o d, On the other hand, no style of art is so fascinating to occidental minds. The daintiness of conception, the freshcharm of color, the spring-timness of atmosphere that pervades each Clutching at the Bunch of Chains. n and every effort of the oriental r an speech at Spokane, possesses a charm. said: "If you should visit a Japanese As I have said, the scheme must be house you would be obliged to remove the symbols learned; hut to studied, your shoes at the doorway. Japanese the dilettante this is ever a wellspring floors are beautifully kept I know of of pleasure, and one that will never some houses where 30 or 40 servants dry. . have no other duty than the polishing go"The system of threes or of "ones," of the floors." once learned, captivates the fancy- And Japan is the land of unrealities. are nothing if not artistic for things The whole country is a toy shop. fanciful in this oriental land and holds are horses The small. is Everything Imagination In spite of oneself. all ponies; the chickens bantams; the the so to speak, of a The with and small apologetic shy dogs interior is enchanting, when Japanese to manners they wouldn't presume one has learned it There is only one bark at your heels without first ask- bunch of flowers sometimes only a are about ing permission; the oysters blossom in a room. expressive single as large as a quarter; clams no larger is but one picture. But this than a dime; bananas not more than There must be at Just such a time four or live Inches long; and oranges oneness such a place. Can you not in and Just Yes, about the slxe of understand why? Love is not always so never I small. felt is everything responsive to love's demanda Solimuch at home in my life. tude, at times, is sweeter and more to be desired. So the picture is hung; admirJapanese art has had many ers and many detractors. The latter the flower placed. Every flower has a meaning. Cerhave likened their china, sprawling flowers must never be seen totain with dragons and alive with grinning Certain others must never be gether. their of a fit to the faces, sunflowers to Jellyfish and their chrysanthemums to cartwheels. Its admirers claim that all you have to do is to study up its symbols, and then go ahead. But It strikes me that by the time youve learned the symbols it would be time to die. For instance, when a Japanese artist draws a picture of an April evening, a dyspeptic moon, a nightingale and a couple of plum trees, and asks you its meaning. I'll wager that if you stood first on one foot and then on the other for two mortal hours you couldn't give the fellow an answer. It's dollars to doughnuts you couldn't tell the nlghtr Ingale from a fishhawk, and you couldn't tell what he was doing on the plum tree, or on the moon it don't matter which if they gave you the whole business the hawk, the plum tree, the moon and the April evening to take home to your wife for a birthday present For, my dear that picture means happiWhen I Get Into a ness! yes, happiness. And if you can't see the artist's meaning, and whats seen apart Then, again, everything more to the point get your wife to goes in threes blossoms, bought, or see it you'd better stay right in the sprays. Even furniture has a meanartist's studio and ing. The details of this etiquette are But you wont! You'll rush straight endless and, to the occidental mind, home with the picture under your arm, bewildering unless one "has Imaginaand you'll rush up to your wife and, la tion, or at least an esthetic sense to an Insane endeavor to expatiate on the which its poetic features can appeal. In the matter of coloring alone Japcomplex beauties of the thing, you'll anese art leads the world; the secret ay: is their own. Their slides, etc., nota"Look, Maria! Just see this! A present for your birthday dldnt forget bly those by Kimbel, Japan's greatest you, did I? Here you are great! colorist, are unsurpassed by any hereLook at the willowy moon, and the tofore attempted. nightingale sky, and the Though Japan Is the land of beautiAnd then she'll burst into tears, and ful none is ever displayed. cry: "I knew it! I knew it! I've seen The precious vase, rich with gorgeous It coming! Oh, I knew It!" lacquer; the picture, beautiful with Know what, for heaven's sake? poetic symbols; the carving, that has "That you'd begin to see things! taken years of patient cunning to Stopping off at that corner nights has create, these are never displayed on wall or cabinet, but locked away in done It I knew it would! A that you safe or storeroom to be brought out Oh, Archibald! as a special honor to guest or visitor should come to this! Oh, oh! And there you are! hysterics; the whose coming their host wishes to the doctor; and, let us celebrate with the highest rites of telephone; hope, a "quick curtain," as they say eastern hospitality. "If we had our precious treasures at the theater. always before our eyes, they say, You prop the casus belli on your "they would then become too common, and we should tire of them, and that knee and thus apostrophise it: "You call youiself a moon, do you? must never be!" e work-ma- after-dinne- s. Jim-Jam- A useful tweed costume is shown in the first figure. It hss a seven-gorskirt, the seams of which have plaits at the foot, and are stitched on the outside from waist to knees. Straps of galloon and buttons form a trimming at the foot. The tlght-flttlnJacket is fastened by buttons in front It is trimmed with galloon with tassels at the points, and buttons form the trimming. The collar and cuffs are of velvet Hat of line straw, trimmed with ribbon and a feather mount Materials required: 7V4 yards 48 Inches wide, about one doxen yards gat loon, two doxen buttons, four tassels. The second is a drab line serge. The skirt and pointed tunic are both ors namented with several rows of stitching, there are two up each aide which are stitched at each edge ratber more than a third the length. The blouse Jacket is ornamented with brown velvet-coverebuttons, and has a small velvet collar. Hat of brown velvet, trimmed with soft glace ribbon and ostrich feather plum-haw- k bric-a-bra- wC u box-plait- d tips. Materials required: Eight yards 46 inches wide, 1 yards silk for lining yard velvet for collar and buttons. jacket, bo c M Now the Rags In ParlA of Filet net, the rage of the season In Paris, is an ideal material to elaborThe ate with Intricate embroidery. square mesh is transparent, so that it may be done from a picture taken from any book or from the design The net is shown in a newspaper. basted on the picture and the outline is made by darning around the design, using heavy needle and the new coarse wood fiber. When all the outlines are in it is easy enough to fill it in by darning the net closely with ilk floss or chenille. If the net is for a waist to be worn with a linen suit the outline Is pretty done in soutache braid, filled in with coarse linen thread. For a dress nothing could be more beautiful than a filet net embroidered in chenille dots, or if an evening dress is to be made the dots may be outlined in chenille and filled In with gold or silk thread or vice versa. The band to go around the open neck and over the shoulders may be a band of net about three inches wide enbroldered solid in gold or silver and chenille. PRUNE-COLO- VOILE. R o' O USE CARE IN SELECTING BELT. FILET NET AND EMBROIDERY. Just . 73 gMMWAnMMAMWMaNANMWAMMMMfMMMIMMMMfMMMaMaiWMaNMMaNaMWWMMMWMMMVMMMWW tht Season 14 O d K three-eighth-s Comblnstion S V) g Goad Idea for Largs Women to Avoid It Entlroly. A belt should not be too deep, and a tall, slender person is usually long-allied and the deep belt gives a sort of grotesque length to the waist Una A small person cannot wear the deep girdle belt, for the dividing line is completely out of harmony with the rest of the costume. ' About the only W c tins a deep belt can be worn is when amft dress of chiffon is worn and WTilrdlsi belt has the appearance ol being a part of the costume and no harsh outlines are shown. A one and f inch belt is neatest and some can wear thq-- one-inc- h belt Very large women should avoid a belt entirely, when possible, having the waist made to come over the skirt This is only possible when one is wearing a costume. If a shirt waist is worn the belt should be narrow and well drawn down in front The large woman will find the belt pin more to her ad van tage than a belt buckle, for with it she can adjust the belt in the exact place where wanted. A large woman can wear the h coat and it is always dressy, much mors so than many of the longer coats. a 0 2c At- 5t one-hal- S X S 3 r 1 g& s 0 ff M M g 3 hip-lengt- u t5 U. Z 6 3 A) 3 3 Vi g o 25 a M . 8 2-- w c H h As A! O a3 rsponse. For the Hair. The Grecian tunic effects have brought out new hair decorations in the shape of filets. These seem to be the only correct coiffure adornment when a gown built on Grecian lines is worn and bands of gold, silver and o! jet are seen in a number of deslKiis. There is the single wide filet, those fashioned of three narrow strands, and a third patterned in coronet shape narrowing at the sides o a single slight band in the back 8 J3 s J? 8 three-fourth- s well-know- n jj CWV e good-lookin- 3 06 wide-awak- Prune-colo- r voile was used for an g gown reexceedingly matron. cently worn by a An artist sketched the design which is shown In above cut The trimming on aklrt is black brocaded velvet, which is used in connection with a flounce of the material to give an overskirt effect in back. The round yoke and stock are made from embroidered filet. ft e g.g - Hats and Veils. It Is queer, in an era when men are so that they cannot learn from experience not merely the experience of others, but their own. Forget it," they say, and they do so. After all the failures men have had in trying to get women to wear their hair in a way to suit the men or to don bats that please masculine eyes it would seem the would-bdictators would give up the task. But no; men students in the psychology class of Prof. William Waugh In the University of Chicago have petitioned Waugh to forbid the wearing of picture hats by girls in the classroom. They assert the forest of veils and plumes interrupts their gaxe upon the professor, and cause them to flunk. Recently the professor sent out flunk notices to more than of the men in the class, and the petition was their a. plum-haw- g mill-clappe- brain-twiste- lady-apple- J Too Much Perfume. The fsstldlous woman with an acute sense of smell came out of the telephone booth gasping for breath. "You surely ought to get some fresh sir or a disinfectant In there, she remarked to the drug clerk; "your Iasi patron was a very highly perfuiqed person. That odor of white rose made me quite ill. "No, thats not exactly it, explained the clerk; you spilled some awful smelling stuff In there this morning and the only thing we could think of was to scatter some perfumery around. I see," said the fastidious lady, but on the way out she couldn't help observing to herself, "Just like a man, of course; - a woman would have washed the place out and used a 2 u 5 K A) a M W .. . 3 a m 5 2 I 5 O X3 isssssssssuim Wilmot to Coach Gophers, Walter Wilmot, former manager of team, and a the Minneapolis bast-bal- l National in the man of experience of the coach University to is league, The nine. baseball Minnesota Gophers have never shone in this branch of sport, but with Wilmot nt the head and good material to pick from (he prospects of developing a fast nine are bright. jLnnnn For 8chool Wear, white and brown checked Panama skirt, plaited from the hips to (he knees, a white and brown madras waist, white linen collar, brown silk throw-ove- r tie, brown shoes and hosi snd a brown chip sailor hat will be a suitable outfit for the girl who contemplate a new frock fci soring wear. A hlgh-scho- t Swscins Msy Be Displsced. Harry Swaclna's fate hangs in the balance. Manager Clarke of the Pittsburg club, who obtained the SL Louis youngster from Peoria last year, has signed two recruits fur first base Jimmy Kane and Warren Gill and Pittsburg fans think thla means the passing of Swaclna, who won popularity in the few weeks he played with Pittsburg last season. |
