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Show ORIENTAL EMBROIDERY. Among the hand embroidered ac cessories being worked by clever nee die women are sets for summer frocks, including collar cuffs and sash or girdle of colored linen worked in Oriental embroiderv One notable rloBipn worked on reseda green linen had an eight-inch sash long enough to go once around the walBt and knot the second time on ono side of tho front, with end reaching below the knees These ends were scalloped and em hrnidered in dull blues, rose and yellow to correspond with the turnover collar, and elbow cuffs The whole was intended for wear with a white linen morning dre6s or per haps a sheer muslin. TO DEFY MOTH. There is now on the market a garment container that is admirable to protect clothes against mofhs It Is made of a sort of cretonne or chintz and Is long enough to hold a gown full length and big enough to hold several garments a fur coat, a man's winter suit and a woman's street suit, for Instance It is conveniently fitted with a strong hook at the top, by which it can be hung from a peg It Is well supplied with moih balls, In grooves at the top and bottom, and these can be replaced when their strength is gone WHY THEY DON'T MARRY. In the first place mothers do not bring up their boys with the idea that they should marry as soon as they are able to support a home On the contrary, con-trary, they generally discourage the idea of marriage in their sons while they foster it in their daughters. You can see that this will not work. In the second place, the men really are nfrald of the extravagance of the mod ern girl, especially in the present high cost of living. It is truo that there are extravagant girls though it is likely that the vast majority are likely like-ly to turn out careful and economical wives Isn't It usually the mothers who do most of the economizing In our households"' Isn't it because the men want to be extravagant them selves that they don't marry0 nn |