I— - ^
...son finds women more
„ in the matter of foot
es and stockings must be
the well dressed and up
Bber of modern society,
£ be a devotee of f ashion,
in business or simply de
time to the business of be
s now prevailing and those
ing them have brought the
irominence. It is not the
conceal them, but to clothe
yy and cet the flimsiest of
ibout them, bace and chif
,at. slashed skirts and in
rap'eries all bespeak atten
i footwear.
sral wear a neat looking, in
is shoe all of leather, or of
id cloth, should be chosen,
t and neat finish are the
importance for shoes to be
Bhoppmg, traveling and gen
Two pairs are more econ
an one, if such shoes are
y day, and one should alter
i. They are easily kept in
o to this way. One pair
Bd on the shoe tree stands
readiness. Properly cleaned
and polished, they will pay
tendon with long service,
sssier wear in the winter
the shoe with patent calf
brocaded silk top in black,
elegant shoe with any visit
nner gown except the most
if opera or ball gowns. The
ip with plain black cloth top
shoe in another class where
it is appropriate foT the demltoilet or
the tailor-made.
Elegant and more showy shoes are
shown with patent vamp and gray
buckskin top. and others with patent
vamp and tops in shepherd check or
in cloth or suede leather matching a
gown in color. These made-to-match
shoes are effective, but not essential
to a proper shoe outfitting for the av
erage woman.
For evening dress there is a variety
in slippers to choose from. Black satin
with a Frencli heel is a great favorite.
The range of ornamentation for the
toes of evening slippers is quite wide
also.
In black or bronze there is the
strappod slipper with bead embroid
ery. It is a graceful shoe and a fine
choice for those who need only one
pair of slippers with which to look the
season's full dress occasions in the
face. It is dressy enough for any
wear.
The price of good shoes has ad
vanced because the materials of which
they are made cost more than they
have heretofore. There is no economy
in buying cheap shoes. The expendi
ture at the end of a year will be
greater if one keeps the feet respecta
bly clothed, if cheap shoes are bought
than if the better grades are worn. If
one must economize let it be in some
other direction and not in the matter
of footwear. Quality cannot bo sacri
ficed here without of a certainty in
volving both economy and comfort in
the end.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
■urFand
Sir ornament
■most effective
^Bry attractive and becoming
Be pictured here bi-longs to the
^Scribed as the “Casque” coif
jHU the hair is waved and
^■o the nape of the neck and
jBn of the head at the back,
^■the shallowest of parts at the
the hair at each side
SHdown over the. ears, wholly
■>g them.
^■ke this hairdress the hair
j^P Parted off .all around the
■ the head, and waved. That
J^P left on the crown is to be
^■flat coi! at the back and pin
W1securely. All the remainder
■he lock left at tin- middle of
jH^ead) is to be drawn loosely
the^0011 atld over il- The
upandn,0* thC neck is f,rst
lorn?d ends tucked under
front nDe? ar0UIUl U' The ends
d of^ tn SU3e hair are t]ien
a or a the same way.
d is nan f the middle of the
16ide over'iho'^ br°Usht down
neck Th( ° ears t0 the nape
ht) are t„, !"ds <«>e lock be
ating the *ed under the waved
with invisible and pinned lnt0
’ht f.i lslble Pins.
curied in flat.
n a line ' ut acr08s the fore
t, as besT°he °r IeSS curved or
%leu b ?®es the wearer,
id to Pr ®Ust be flattened to
1 coiffure Tu? th® correct lines
‘ten, down w lmay be done
miantes*0 * th a lieht veil tor
The coiffure is finished with an or
namented band and single, curling
spray .of Paradise. The band in this
costume is made of flat jade beads
matching those worn with the cos
tume about the neck. But. there are
innumerable bands, those of black
gauze or velvet and rhinestones being
among the most effective.
The costume worn by the handsomo
brunette is of black velvet and silver
embroidered net, with a skirt which
appears to wrap about the figure, ter
minating in a high waist line. The
rather scanty bodice is made of white
chiffon,. With a drapery of gossa
mer lace it would be much prettier
and more in keeping with American
ideas of modesty, which criticism is
made without apologies to the great
designer, who, with such wonderful
fabrics to work with, yet missed the
final finishing touch by placing a glori
ous skirt with an insignificant waist
on so splendid a model.
The coiffure suits the style of the
wearer and her costume. It is one of
those that almost any one will find
becoming, except women with very
thin faces and necks. For them
there are ether designs which soften
or conceal their defects.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Slashed Petticoat.
We have had the “tango” gown;
now has descended upon us the “tan
go” petticoat. 'I bis latest addition to
the wardrobe of the fashionable wo
man is made of but two pieces, with
seams in the side, which, needless to
say, are open to a point just above the
knee. The front and back breadths of
the petticoat are scalloped, sloping
gradually up to the joining of the
seams at the knee. The garment in
this instance is edged with a plaited
ruffle of the silk of which the skirt is
made, but lacc of almost any kind
would be nearly as effective. To regu
late the height of the skirt slashes ou
each side of the openings there have
been sewn crocheted rings, through
which a lacing of ribbon is passed.
All Shades of Gray.
Gray in all possible shades is one of
the colors of the season. Pearl gray
is being most successfully combined
with white velvet and ermine for real
ly rich tea gowns; and a deep shade
of smoke gray is being very much used
for mantles in conjunction with bands
of smoke gray fox. All shades of rich
blue are in demand in such materials
as velours de laine and liberty cash
mere. Costumes in these materials are
trimmed with bands of sable or of
black fox, and the craze of the moment
seems to be for Chinese embroideries
of the finest description.
By CAROLINE DWYER.
Th litti... fashionably dressed
worn a i with th< lorgnettes looked
hopeh H .it the In g line of push but
ton - and letier-|i i\e> on either side
i 1 the d< >f before she found the
name At last, with a little, reck
!< » -t ir.- -he pr> > .1 the button.
The hall door clicked, and she began
tb ■ long tr.im|> upstairs When one
ca !s at an apart nent bouse one al
" vh finds th. per- ei eight for on
the top liner
V , a
door t’lh 1 >.'p. n Mr- Nan l.eyden
foil 11.1 t .-.I If ac in'o the face
o' a young, dark hair* d woman.
"Miss Farrell-' su - asked
"Come ," repli. il the other short
ly She led In r into a gaudily fur
nlshed room, in the middl • of which,
upon hard straight velvet covered
< hair, sat a fat woman in middle life,
evidently Miss Farrell mother, for.
except for 'he add o \. irs and cm
bonpoint. the features w«-ri almost
Identical. Mrs Van l.eyden looked at
the daughter and at the mother and
shuddered involuntarily.
“Mamma!" cnid Miss Farrell.
"O, all right," said the stout wom
an. and. taking 'he paper which she
had been reading, withdrew into an
Inner room.
“What can I do for you. Mrs—”
“Van Leyden,” said the visitor
A light of understanding came into
Miss Farrell's eyes
"Not Hobby Van Leyden's mother?”
she asked, apparently much amused.
“Robert Van Leyden is toy n,”
answered the other qtiietl>
“Then I guess I know what you've
come for," retorted Miss Farr. 11. "Sit
down, won’t you- Well, stand If you
prefer. You have heard that Hobby’s
mashed on me and want to stop it
before it pets to the wedding bells?
Well, don't trouble about that My
acquaintance with Hobby has not
progressed beyond letters and flow
ers and notes asking me to come out
to supper after the play is ended.
I’m not stuck on your son.”
“I think I understand your mean
ing,” answered the visitor. T have
no fears that my son will commit—”
“Matrimony?” inquired Miss Far
rell.
“No. a mesalliance.” said the moth
er proudly. “Miss Farrell, my son is
engaged to the sweetest girl in New
Ii! 11 "J®jl
^
"Matrimony?” Inquired Miss Farrell.
York, and I want him to marry her.
If she suspected—why, she would have
no more to do with him. Marion has
pride, and my son, I know, loves her.
He is just a foolish, stage-struck boy.
Miss Farrell, won’t you put an end
to this nonsense?” She hesitated, and
the other woman turned upon her
fiercely.
“Now don’t you offer me money,"
she cried, “or I’ll—I'll marry him!”
Mrs. Van Leyden said nothing; her
tearful gaze, however, was more ef
fective than words.
“Some people,” said Miss Farrell,
“think that if a woman is on the
stage she doesn’t amount to much.
And that’s where they guess wrong.
Why. if my .Toe even heard of Bobby’s
notes he’d wring his neck.”
“You are engaged then?” inquired
the visitor, more gently.
“To the best man in the world,” an
swered Miss Farrell, twirling a soli
taire upon her finger. “And for Joe’s
sake—and perhaps for Bobby's girl,
though she’d be well rid of him, in
my opinion—I’ll do what I can.”
“But it must stop at once,” cried
Mrs. Van Leyden tearfully. "What
can you do? Robert is very deter
mined and very reckless.”
Miss Farrell went to her secretaire
and pulled open a drawer, from which
she took a letter.
“Read that,” she said, handing it to
Mrs. Van Leyden.
Mrs. Van Leyden read it with hor
rified eyes.
“He wants you to dine with him at
the Imperial tomorrow night,” she
gasped. “Why, the boy must be nad!
A dozen people would recognize him
—and you. Miss Farrel, what are you
going to do?”
“Does your hus—Mr. Van Leyden
know about this ” inquired Miss Far
rell.
“He doesn’t care,” sobbed the oth
er. “He thinks it’s—it’s funny!"
“Will he take you to the Imperial
tomorrow night at eleven if you ask
him?” inquired the metres*.
“Of course he would. But what are
you going to do9"
"Fix Master Bobby Will you be
there?"
“I will But you—you're not going
there with him?"
“Now take it easy," answered the
younger woman patting her visitor's
hand. "I promist to put a finish to
Hobby, and without scandal ”
Mrs. Van Leyden went away shak
ing In r bead But Miss Farrell
leaned back in her chair and laughed
till the tear-' ran down her cheeks.
“What's tlu matter Madge?" in
tjuired her mother, entering t lie
room
"O Ma’ O Ma! O Ma! sobbed
MBs Farrell hysterically
It was n a trtn/v it fear and agi
tation thai Mr- Vai Leyden took her
plat' * pi ' her husband at the lin
perial stippt i t.,bh tin next * veiling.
'I'li •. v' n 'l l Ta. .t i- tin Houghs,
tin Mai narti'i liiiif a dozen people
sin- ki >• aim ali intimate friends.
If In hi. and that awtu; actress came
in tla t. .11, si ,,! p, ablaze with
scandal tht next mommy She trem
bled as i at cojp!« t-ntenti and
swept tin room villi her anguished
! eyes.
Suddenly she star'.- d Bobby was
coming in'
But v..' this Hobby who took a
sent at th* supper tabli tins im
maculately attireu young man who
sat down at tin farthest table, half
hiddi ti under tt.i palm--” And this
hangdog lock in bn eyes- lie liad
never si en that before. And tho
woman with him' Stic glanced in
terror at tier husband Sin bad told
him nothing and lit was too much
absorbed in his supper to notice her
own terror or tin cause of it. But
that wormin'
A stout middle- aged woman of
forty-fit- or st with u hup red hat
from which dept i.ded flvt pink os
trich plumes a yellow t-vt ning gown
trimmed with violet bows a pair of
I short, black gloves a vapid smile,
; and an umbrella!
It wa Mis*-- Farrell's mother.
And suddenly she understood.
“Say. Madge, I don’t know what
your game was but it was the dull
est evening 1 ever spent.” complained
Mrs. Farrell as sin got home, weary
and cross, at one o'clock "I fooled
that young fellow all right -anybody
could fool him. He thought 1 was
you ail along Hut what's the game?”
“O, just part of the week’s work,
ma." answered her daughter wearily.
(Copyright, 1913, by W G Chapman.)
WHO PAYS FOR CHLOROFORM?
This Question Frequently Arises
When Doge. Cats, and Other An
imals Are Injured.
When, in the course of human
events, it becomes necessary to chlo
roform an injured cat or dog. whose
place is it to pay for the anaesthetic?
That is a question which frequently
arises, liogs and cats, whose natural
agility was not sutlicient to keep them
out of the way of automobiles and de
livery wagons, every day, are merciful
ly dispatched by humane citizens.
Sometimes the policeman who is sum
moned carries tht injured animal to
a vacant lot and shoots it, but usually,
out of consideration fir public safety,
the chloroform route is chosen. In
that case the questions is: "Who shall
buy the chloroform?”
Ingenuous bystanders expect the po
liceman to buy it, but be rarely lives
up to their expei tatious.
"That animal ain't hurt bad " is what
he usually says. "It don't need no
chloroform. I'll notify the S. P. C. A.”
The sympathetic crowd, however,
think the animal ougiit to be put out
of suffering at once Sometimes a par
ticalarly affluent person contributes
the required amount to buy the drug,
but more often it is obtained by taking
up a collection.
Lonely New Yorkers.
There are 750.uui> single men and
women in .New York Of these 350,000
are meu and the remaining 400,000
women past their twenty-fifth birth
day.
The statistics have set ministers and
social workers thinking and wonder
ing wliat they can do to bring those
isolated members oi the human luinily
together. The chief reason for their
not being married is tiiat they do not
have the opportunity of meeting. The
women work in the daytime and most
of them retire to hall bedrooms or at
the best to third-story fronts at night.
The men also work in the daytime and
though the freedom of (lie city is
theirs at night thousands of them are
lonely and would welcome a place to
meet women of their own sort.
Social centers, courting parlors,
night schools and settlement clubs are
among the means being used, but all
too ineffectively according to tlie stag
gering figures to bring the lonely men
and women together.
Quite a Different Matter.
“Why do you object to vaccina
tion?” asked the busy magistrate,
sharply, of the applicant for an ex
emption certificate.
“It’s a matter of conscience, sir,”
was the reply.
At that moment the clerk whis
pered to the great man on the bench.
“Ah!” said his worship. "1 am
informed that you have a brother In
the police force. Now, does he ob
ject to having his children vaccinat
ed?”
“No, sir.”
“Very well; if vaccination is not
against your brother's conscience,
why should It be againBt yours?”
“Well, you see, sir, It doesn’t ex
actly follow. Bill, as you're talking
about, has got neither children nor
conscience.”
He got bis certificate.
FREE RANGE FOR CHICKENS
Modern Wire Fencing. Which Has
Neat Appearance. Will Keep All
Fowls Out of the Gardens.
The old method of free range need
not necessarily be duuigcd. Tlio
fowls should not. however, be allowed
to run at will within the garden or
in and about 1lio farm buildings.
Nothing is more aggravating or dis
i gusting than to have the nice veget
ables or In autiful Uowers scratched
ii]>. and the doorsb ps, the porch, the
barn-floor and the. farm machines
! bulled with poultry droppings. Kep
i urate the poultry also from tin other
] live stock of the farm.
If the fowls are to be kept near the
: farm buildings, provide ample range
| inclosed by modern poullry wire fenc
ing. The latter requires ordinarily
but a few posts, is easily put up and
has a very neat, appearance when in
position.
Another way of separating the
fowls from the center of farm opera
lions is to place the henhouses at a
considerable distance from the farm
stead, in a pasture where the fowls
will have absolute range. The latter
plan may entail some extra travel by
tlb> poultry man and there is the risk
in some localities of depredations by
tuxes, hawks or other wild animals
or by thieves. The young, strong
farmer boy may find advantage in
the second or so-called “colony plan,’’
i while tile housewife will probably
iiPofY*:* tho fi>rw*c>rl innlfiwnm 1111:11’ tlux
\ farmhouse.
Thirdly, the farmer is too care1 ss
in the way he disposes of his pom.ry
; products. He is usually content to
trade his eggs at the nearest grocery
store when by a little extra effort ho
could gain a select private trade
which would pay far better, llis
pure-bred stock of one breed of fowls
in their well-kept house and capacious
grassy yards will be a great adver
tisement for liis egg products, and
] uniform clean appearance of the eggs
in their attractive package will prove
an additional help in making sales.
Then, too, in disposing of his fowls
the fanner often sells the birds alive
when by carefully dressing them on
the farm and selling to his customers
on order e could secure far better
prices.
PLAN FOR SCRATCHING SHED
Illustration Given of House for the
Benefit of Small Poultryman Where
Back Yard Is Used.
To give the small poultryman (the
back yard man especially) an idea of
what is meant by using his small
piece of ground for a coop and scratch
ing shed, the accompanying picture is
printed. The picture is taken of a lay
ing house used by D. C. R. Hoff at
Neshantic, N. J.
Such a design might be used by a
man whose piece of ground faced the
Plan for a Scratching Shed.
south at tho short side. That is if his
piece of chicken ground was 10x18,
and tho 10-foot sides faced north and
south. If ills coop proper was ten
feet wide by eight feet deep he would
have a 10x10 scratching pen. These
| figures are of course taken haphaz
j ard, and the idea would have to con
form with the ground.
_
Push the pullets along to rapid ma
turity.
• • •
The comb is the chicken’s health
indicator.
• • •
Stimulate tho hens to eat more by
feeding a variety of foods.
• * *
Start with Pekins—they are the
handiest and mature early.
* * •
Never allow ducklings to get wet
until they have a good coat of feath
ers.
• • •
The nearer square you build a poul
try house, the less tho cost of con
struction.
• • •
Ducks are pigs for food, and gobble
down pretty nearly everything that
comes in their way.
• • •
Pekins do not need water for swim
ming, but they must have plenty of
absolutely clean drinking water.
* • •
We could not think of a more sim
ple or efficient method of improving
the egg supply of this country than
the production of Infertile eggs.
m
♦1
HENRY HOWLAND
in - , I
SONNETS
CONTENTMENT
r--1
I.
I am not one of those who sit in fear
That ere.it calamities may lio ahead,
I do not crawl despondent !y to bed.
Half doubting that tomorrow may ap
pear;
The world may not. endure another year,
Before tonight cold and miteiia.nted
Its oceans empty ami Its cities dead.
It may revolve, a spent and useless*
sphere.
Hut while Its beauty lasts I have no rlghti
To look regretfully upon the past,
To dread disaster:' that an* not in slight.
Or look for shadows that have not been
cast ;
I still possess a healthy appetite,
And luckily I am not compelled to fast.
I. .. ... ....II-:-rf.■ t-’.-.-i. . irnmrnm
I nni not one of those who oiouk of tils
That have not come ami never may ar
rive;
Tomorrow I lie mad god of storms inajr
drive
Ills cloud-wrapped chariot across th<*
hills;
Old men may sit In dread of winter’*
chills,
And sadly cease to keep their hopes
alive,
' lint I, who still possess the strength to
si rive.
Klm| that each day some hope of mine
f id ill Ik.
What right do 1 possess, blessed as I am.
To join the foolisii who are worrying?
I Ktill have broad on which to spread my
Jam.
I am not taxed to feed a useless king;
Within rny larder there is stored a ham,
I’ve coal enough—paid for—to last till
spring.
A Gentle Hint.
“You «eeiri to bo unusually cheer
ful.”
"I havo the right to he. There’s a
beautiful heiress in this town, ami I’ve
called on her several times recently.”
“I congratulate you. I supposo
you’ll he giving up your job pretty
soon, eh?”
"Well, it hasn’t gone as far as that
yet; hut I had a birthday yesterday,
and she sent me a present.”
“What was it?”
“A case in which it will be possible
to carry cigars without subjecting
them to the danger of being crushed.
Not had in the way of a gentle hint,
is it?”
ALMOST CONVINCED.
“Alary, there’s no use talking. I’ve
got to have a stenographer.”
John, don’t be sil
ly. You don’t need
a stenographer
any more than
you need a wood
en leg.”
“That’s it. Con
found it, you have
no consideration
for me whatever. I’ve just been read
ing about a man who got poisoned by
licking postage stamps. Sometimes
1 almost believe you want to lose me.”
Wretched Man.
lie used to call her baby; ho used to call
her duck
What times he gave her dimpled and
rounded chin a chuck;
He iihciI to call her darling and held her
hands In his,
Hut now he merely squeezes Ills purse,
and calls her I.tz.
His Heart.
"My heart is with the people,” said
Senator Fudgeley.
"Yes," shouted an impertinent pup
in the rear end of the hall, "but it’s
such it dern sc'rawny, shriveledy heart
that the people might as well bo
gettin’ along without it.”
Asking Too Much.
"Sweetheart,” he cried from across
the room, "come to my amiB."
“How dare you say such a thing to
me!” she indignantly replied, “if I’m
not worth coming to and being taken
in your aiens by force I shall not think
of letting you hug me.”
A Foregone Conclueion.
‘Would your wife vote if woman suf
frage were secured?”
“No. She’d never be able to get
to the polls until after closing time.
Too Bad He Didn’t.
“What are you laughing at, Joeiabr*’
“I’ve Just been thinking what a
Joke It would have been on Delilah It
Sanson had worn a wig.”