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Show : Woman's World. 2ZT Specially Prepared lor Our Feminine Headers. Don't Let the Song Go Out of Your 1 -i Life. 1 Don't let the song go out of your life, I ' Thouph it chance sometimes to flow 1 - In a minor strain. It will blend again With the major tone, you know. : b "What thouch shadows rise to obscure f ' life's skies j And hide for a time the sun; I They soon will lift and reveal the rift, j . If you let the melody run. t Don't let the song po out of your life, j Though your voice may have lost its I ' trill, Though the tremulous note should die in your throat, (J . . Let it sing in your spirit still. i J ,: There is never a pain that hides not some ? gain. ! And never a cup of rue i So bitter to sup that what In the cup Lurks a measure of sweetness, too. ! APRIL FASHIONS. ' Gauzy Fabrics Delicately Embroid ered in Colors. This is the season of the year when ! . almost every detail of the wardrobe ! has its fascinating aspect, for there i are so many things to be decided upon f end planned for, both the dainty sum- mer gowns and the tailor gowns for i traveling and home year, besides lin- I , gerie, hosiery and footwear. The ex- fqulsitely fine gauzy materials so de!i-' de!i-' cately embroidered, and which look so j ' enticing in all their bewildering array I in the shop windows just now, tempt I the careful housewife to almost torget Iher vows of economy, which annually are sworn to before temptation comes I In the way. Two very dainty models, one for a dinner gown and another summer frock, are both suitable in these fabrics and suggest ideas of what i . may be expected for the summer, which I will run in mad riot to muslins and 1 lace combinations. In new dress goods" ; for spring and summer are the voiles, ! very handsome in texture and coloring. ! lier than silk, and having a sheen like j I frosty moonlight. For wash dresses I the damasks are beautiful, but very I scarce. ! I 1 COIFFURES AND DAINTY ORNA- ! ' : ' TVIENTS. 5 : Women not having enough front hair ? . ; to cover a pompadour, and others not 1 Knowing how to arrange the stiff halo I found their faces will be glad to know i that lovelocks may, with propriety, ca- ress the forehead, and that the low I coiffure is again in vogue. A cluster 1 of flowers with loops of black velvet ribbon is sometimes caught in low at i , the side; or gauze roses with dangling: ; strings of pearls may be worn above t , the ear, Ja ranee fashion. For evening ; the high chignon is best adapted to , ornamentation, as it forms a pleasing j background for a velvet butterfly cov- ered with genuine butterfly wings; or if; a spray-like ornament rising from the ! 5 1 heart nf a Nirt volvo j 1 I rosette or fluffy bow of soft ribbon of j j any becoming color. A most attractive j ornament, for either low or high coif- 1 fure, is sometimes seen in Greek art. J The foundation is of some stiff fabric. f which is covered with black velvet and decorated with spangles, or with a i single jewel in the front. A coronet of I flowers is very becoming; and a Juliet I t crown of pearls is charming, j HAT DECORATIONS A FINE ART. 7 f A gauzy textile resembling what used to be called silk illusion, now known as maline, is in high favor in millinery. It forms puffs, rosettes, and clouds, and ? sometimes envelops a flower hat, like I mi!?t in a field of heather. The most I unexpected arrangement of the spider-web spider-web stuff is to cut It into long strips, ljke carpet rags, and crochet it into , , . . brims, crowns and trimmings. At a ; 1 recent millinery opening there was shown a very stylish liat of crochetted I maline, in combination with tan leather rosettes, and dead roses in burnt or-f or-f ' ange shades. Maline thus used has a ! i silvery appearance, and. judging from I ' ! the prime of the hat just mentioned, it I might easily pass for silver filigree. . 1 Another attractive creation was a white Neapolitan, decorated with sev eral peari canocnons and a long white ! ostrich plume, turned under side up, with the stem dotted wiyr pearls. A .' hat of fancy violet braid had a broad J ; fold of the most exquisite violet velvet, ill caught to the crown by a cut steel or- I nament. Of all the beautiful trim- I f i ; ; mings, nothing is so lovely as the roses f" that are used in wreaths, mats and I clusters. For a traveling or street hat ' I a very pretty one was of black lace j braid, with turn-up brim, finished -with a silvery satire straw edge, and a horse hair scarf wound and looped about the crown. POINTS ON TAILOR-MADE GOWNS. The hem of a tailor skirt should-lie should-lie perfectly smooth, without pleat or j wrinkle, to accomplish which Is- the chief stumbling block in home dressmaking. dress-making. Since there is no limit to the shrinking of woolen stuffs, so there is Tin limit tn 4Vio .V,..;nl-;n r . i II ........ v cmuiniiig Ul me IUU part of the hem, until it exactly fits. This is done by wetting, smoothing, stretching and pressing with a hot iron , before the parallel rows of stitching . ) are put in. The hem should not be turned in at the top, nor bound. A ' graceful skirt may consist of three cir cular flounces, beginning at the waist, ' nd overlapping, and ending at the ? front panel. These flounces may have I rows of the tiniest tucks. Even five I flounces are seen on tailor skirts. In I , pressing these plain or tucked draper- 4 es. It is a great convenience to have Ltwo yards of muslin, wrung out of water and spread over the goods, so ; " tnat as one part is ironed dry, another 1 Tart may be slipped in its place. I For traveling, a jacket that extends 5 . below the belt and laps in front is de- sirable. A dainty garment of this kind j JS iaue or DiacK cheviot. It has a f , lopse front and a perfectly fitting back I and is finished with velvet collar, and f buttons in front, on the sleeves, and f at the waist line at the back. Another I ; hangs loose in pleats from the shoul- I ' ders, has a fancy flaring collar, loose sleeves, and is closed at the throat with I . loops and ends of velvet ribbon. I FROCKS IN FLOWER DESIGNS. " , A pink-flowered organdie may be made over a pink muslin foundation skirt, having a deep, lace trimmed I flounce at tke bottom, over which falls I a tunic, also trimmed in lace. The cor- 1 saPe is made of the organdie, over a 1 P'nk muslin lining. The yoke is of I tucked muslin, with lace at the bot- tom- A wide girdle is made of three I , rwds of pink silk, caught together I with straps of velvet and fancy pink 5 buttons. The sleeves are a pointed bell i shape, full with puffs over the shoul- ; ; ders. and pleated muslin undersleeves. I This is a simple style for home manu- facture, and is suitable for any thin I material. I . Fr a summer evening gown, a i unarming creation is or velvet crepe-de-chine. The skirt is cut in scalloped panels, tapering toward the waist. These are joined with lace insertion, the flowers of which are outlined with j violet silk. The scallops at the bottom I : i are finished with a musseline-de-soie V- j . ruffle or ruche, and fall over a flounce the hem of which is set on with inser-i inser-i Uon, outlined in violet silk. The waist f is made by joining tapering pieces of i ! the crepe-de-chine together with lace ! insertion, outlined in violet. This 1 meets a medium low yoke of shirred j mousseline-de-soie, edged with a ruche ' : : 1 of the same. A shirred silk muslin ; i ; sleeve is close-fitting almost below the elbow. On each sleeve and on the corsage cor-sage is worn a bunch of violets.- if his gown is worn for an afternoon re-' re-' : i ception, a hat covered with violets with . '. . " I a touch of rich violet velvet, should be worn with it. I MARCONI'S MOTHER. A Source of Inspiration to Her Tal- : ented Son, Marconi's biography, yet to be writ- ' ten, will be largely the story of an ideal '. mother's influence. The inventor's mother is an Irish woman, to whose intelligence and lov- j ing interest in his ambitions and his work he attributes most of his success. ; The union of Marconi's parents seems ' to have been an auspicious one for mm. trora nis xtauan tamer ne got the imaginative, sensitive qualities of the south, and from the mother the sturdy mental equipment, singleness of purpose and the ambition of the northerner. north-erner. But, besides his inherited tendencies, he has had the constant company of his mother. She watched over his studies, encouraged his early bent for electrical invention, and did the many I things that a woman of insight can do to stir in the boy the capacities tnat have made Marconi, young as he is, so great a figure in the world's progress. prog-ress. This beautiful character, who has hePn hlC P-lliriinO- cmVU VlnrrV. nil Vie life, was Annie Jamison, the daughter daugh-ter of John Jamison, the famous Dublin Dub-lin whisky manufacturer. Beautiful and high-spirited, Annie Jamison was given every advantage in her education educa-tion that money and Ireland could afford, af-ford, and then she was sent to Italy to complete her musical studies. There she met and married Guiseppe Marconi, Mar-coni, a dashing young Italian of good family. From the birth of her elder boy she has another son Mrs. Marconi I devoted her life to his training. She took him with her on her travels about Italy, and he accompanied her on several sev-eral visits to her own people in Ireland and PnHon1 "When he began to show interest in chemistry and electricity and to construct con-struct little instruments, she helped him in getting books and periodicals that would guide him in a right way. Indeed, wherever a mother's care could possibly do anything for her boy, she had anticipated the desire and thought. It was not strange, then, that Gugli-elmo Gugli-elmo Marconi made such rapid progress prog-ress in his studies and became a full-grown full-grown man in experience when he was still a boy of sixteen. Money was spent freely for him, and every encouragement encour-agement was given him in his work. He was allowed to turn one of the rooms in the house into a laboratory, and here he was monarch of all he surveyed. Between the mother and the son there is a strong bond of sympathy and genuine love. Marconi formerly accompanied his mother on her travels trav-els nnn- Tho o" l . , lana iiC1 vwm mm wnen- ever he can. How Girls Can Help Their Mothers. Every girl, if she be not thoroughly selfish, is anxious to lift some of the burden of household management from her mother's shoulders on to her own-but. own-but. unfortunately, many girls wait to be asked to do things instead of being constantly on the lookout for little duties which they are capable of doing. If you would be of any real use in the home you must be quick to notice what is wanted the room that needs dusting, dust-ing, the flowers which require rearranging, rear-ranging, the curtain which has lost a ring and is therefore drooping. And then you must not only be willing to do what is needed, but willing to do it pleasantly without making people feel that you are being martyred. I It is almost useless to take up any household duties unless you do them regularly. If you do a thing one day and not the next, you can never be depended de-pended on, and if some one else has to be constantly reminding you of and supervising su-pervising your work, it probably gives that person more trouble than doing it herself would cause. Have a definite day and a definite time fnv oil Ar tu a w a., jvU uu nic iiuvver vases will need attention every other day; the silver must be cleaned once a week and there should be one day kept for mending mend-ing and putting away the household linen. Begin, too, directly after breakfast, break-fast, and keep on steadily till your work is done. If you begin by sitting down "just for a minute" with a book, or think you will "just arrange the trimming" on your new hat, the morning will be half gone before you know where you are. A girl who has brothers may spare her mother all those tiresome little jobs which boys are always requesting to have done for them, if she will only do them kindly. But a boy will not come and ask his si-ster to repair frayed out buttonholes, and to make him paste for his photograph photo-graph album if she snaps and says he is "always bothering." j It is not easv work, hut it io mine possible for the daughter at home to make up a good deal nf its sun-shine, and It is only w hen she has learned this that she is fit to go away and be the sunshine of a home of her own. |