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CIDER-MAKING TIME. The dear olil chler-miikiii' t.lme has come iirniiml uttin, An' I eel ho awful tickled tliut It seems hIiiiiihI a kIii; For onct 1 heard tln premier Hay, n idi fare twelve iiiclii'M Imiir: "When little chap gits tickled, they' surely siunlliin wrong. Hut 1 can't lielp lielii' huppy when 1 see the orchard trees , Jist breaking down with apples, an' I hear the hnniinin bees Cot tin' jiHt mo drunk on cider that they gether everywhere, That they stagger in the ilyin' and wabble through the uir. No matter what the preacher says, it mirely Ik a crime For boys to not lie tickled lu the cider- Diakiu' time. Oh, it's fun to Kit up airly on the eider- makin day! The air's go Hliinulutiu' it driveH the blues away, An' ma ken a feller go about a singin' evYywhere With heart mo light and happy that he doesn t think of cure. It' fun to bring the apples them big, red northern spies, Thnt make Much jolly, dumpliu'ii and big, fat, juicy picH, An' the russet s an' the pippinM, Home sweet an' others sour Oh, 1 love to net an' miiicII 'em, nil' tiiKte 'em liy the hour. Then the urinilin' of the apples In a mighty pleasant moiiiiiI, When some other feller's muscles make the heavy wheel go round: 1 An' the drippln' an' the pourin' of the eider in the tub, When they put the prcKNiire on It, In a party ruli-a-diib. I At In Ht we git the barrel full, an' then wc have to Mtop 'An' turn it on iln bosom with the bung- hole on the top. Then coiiicm the sweetest pleasure that mortal ever saw, Of siicklu' liiillelujali through the bung- hole with a straw. I know you'll furtive nie for borin' you wit It rhyme. For I feel mo awful jolly in the cider- mn kin time. A DINNER DIALOGUE. When I entered the drawing room Mrs. Treglinter smiled oil me (lllle niiiiiild.v. I wondered why, tint i I I rp nieiiiliered Hint the Morning Tost hud a paragraph " '"J' uncle's Illness. "I, waul you In take dowu Molly," ml 1 1 snld. graciously. I crossed to .Molly lit oliep, but she would not look nt me. I ventured to remind her of my presence. "(Hi, ItV you, Ik It'" Khe romiirkeil,' Jietisively. "Yes, you've got to go down to dinner with mt'." Slu lienveil n sigh. "Is that (tilte polite?" I nHked. re )roiiclifull.v. She tlasliPil ti glance at tne. "Mfe Is n continual pairing," hIip oliHervpil. standing tip null shaking li(M' draperies Into becoming folds; "uud ho seldom with the tight iiiiin." "Tlmt 1m the eoniedy of life," I rc liuirked. "And whnt Ih the tragedy?-' "Having no partner ut ull." I Indi cated MIsm AlleniaiKl, the governess, who wiih following alone. "Poor dear:" Kitid Molly. "I will re 1lniiish you to her." Hut I declined tlrinly. "I mil afraid of governesses," I mild, explanatorily. "It wuh a governess who wrecked my young life." "What did Hhe doV" asked Molly, sorl ously. "Slip declined to elope with tne." Molly withdrew her nrui. "I four yott tiro n dreadful person." "I wiih only 14." 1 put In hastily. We luid tnken our places at the table. I like n while Hhotllder, lint white shoul der for two courses Ih too much. "Ih It (ttltp fair to devote yourself solely to Sir TbonuiMV" I ventured to sk. "He says such clever things." She flung the words beamingly over her Dleevp. You menu to Insinuate " I began, crossly. "Nothing nt nil." "1 don't think Miss Alleinntid has brought you up ut ull nicely." "What do you moan?" she snld, turn ing on me Hiuldenly with a very severo face. I), nothing nt all.'' You are very stupid." That Isn't the way to speak to your tail's guests." She scrutinized nip. "I don't hop what that girl could see In you," she murmured. "What Kill?" I queried eagerly. Slip shook her bead. "I oughtn't to liave hii Id that." "Hut you did say It! And I Insist on bearing to whom you referred." She Miuled. "Will you promise not to tell?" clie replied after a little pause, her face suddenly lighting up with a roguish smile. "I irondsp." 1 watched the dimple growing on her cheek. She gave a little burst of laugh tor. "Milly Vandyke was here this after noon." "Oh." I HlpiM-d some champagne. "She is my (learent friend." "How Uice of her!" "We have uo secrets from one anoth er," said Molly, liccoiiiiiig very serious. "Haven't you?" My mind rushed belter-skelter through the past. Molly kept her bright eye on mine, and I saw the dimple come and go. "She tells me everything." Her imille declined. "Really?" I said, fidgeting. A Unit Henley, for Instance." I looked at her for a moment. She nodded gravely. "It Isn't true upon my honor It Isn't." felt I was reddeulng. "And what you said" "I assure I didn't." "And wbst jou-dH " "I deny It." "ItV all right," snld Molly, consol lngly. "She's very fond of you." I gasped. "I dou't care two pins about her." "How can you say so?" nskpd Molly, reproachfully, "after ull that bits occur red between you." "Nothing bus occurred," I cried de spairingly. "And the lettern you have written." "I never wrote any letters." "1 have rend them." "She hnd uo right to show you those letters." "Oh, but I assure you It wns In strict confidence." "I don't remember In the lenst whnt I snld." "I do," she struck In quickly. "You said your heart was a bout moored lu the light of her eyes, and " "Hush." I looked round apprehen sively. "I thought It so pretty," went on Mol ly. "And then there was that poem be ginning " "Ho you want mo to scream?" She laughed again. It Is strange that a weak woman should rejoice lu a strong man's agony. "Of pourne I don't care for her," I said boldly, trying to make a stand. Molly pursed her lips. "Of cottrne I don't believe that." "Hut you must believe It," I cried, desperately. "I only flirted a little with her at HpiiIp.v been use " "Because?" "Well, you weren't thorp, you know." "Oh, Indeed!" She looked nt me se verely. "You mean you would have flirted with me Instead If I hnd been there?" "Not flirted," 1 snld, weakly. "What do you mean?" "If you had been there I wouldn't hnve looked nt her." "Oh, Indeed," repented Molly. "It wus only In fun. She knew it wns only In fun." Thnt dimple began to dawn again. "Oh, no, slip doesn't," she responded gnyly. "She thinks you are In earnest." "Nonsense," I cried. "She told tne so. She told nie that you had practically proposed." "You nre teiiHlng nie," 1 said crossly. "Am I Indeed? Walt and sec." "It can't be true. Say It Isn't true." She gave another little burst of laugh ter. "Of course yon don't mind," I said, bitterly! "though It was all your fault." "My fault!" cried Molly. "Well, of all the " "Why weren't you nt Henley then?" I nsked. "You see what you have done." "1 take no responsibility," said Mol ly, hotly, "(lood gracious, If I hud to be responsible for you!" "I wish you would," I snld earnestly. "It's no use talking," snld Molly. "You must fnee the uiuslc." , "Why didn't you tell her I wns en gaged?" "What, another of them!" cried Mol ly, looking serious. 'You know whnt I moan. From tne wny you sh'iu; ouu migni imagine, i was n flirt." "I'm yes," murmured Molly. "The truth Is there wasn't, a decent looking girl at Henley, except " 'Except Mllly," remarked Molly, sar castically. Well, she Isn t bad looking In the moonlight." Molly turned her bead nwny a trifle disdainfully. You must snve me from her," I snld nfter n putise. "How can I do that?" "You must tell her I am nlrendy en gaged." To whom?" asked Molly, her color rising slightly. "To the only girl I love." Molly's eypH were fixed on her plate. "Her name?" she asked In a low voice. "Surely you can guess," I whispered. Her color deepened. "I'lense dou't be nbstird." "It Is the only way." "Nonsense." "Hut 1 tell you It Is. I won't many her." "Perhaps she wouldn't have you," she said with a mischievous look lu her eyes. "Hut you said " "I was only tensing you." "Really?" I died with a sudden sense of relief. Molly toyed with a grape. "She enme to me to say that somebody else had proposed to her and to usk my advice." "Well?" "1 advised her to " "Yes?" "Accept the other man." "Molly, you dear girl!" "So It won't be necessary for you to get engaged to any one else," she went on, looking down. "Molly, you know I love you." "Hush," she whispered. "Won't you? O Molly, you must." She turned and smiled. "What a silly boy It Is!" "I consider we are engaged." Hy great luck I caught one of her hnuds beneath the table cloth. "There's the signal; I must go," said Molly, hastily. "Say just one word'." I urged. "Do you know the little conserva tory?" she murmured, pushing back her chair. I opened the door. As she went out I caught her eye; she blushed divinely. -n.kMe.-rp. Hilk Harometer. Silk dresses rustle much more loudly In dry weather, because they are al most devoid of motsturc. ami the fric tion U'twoen their folds Is consider able. When rain l Impending, the silks absorb a portion of the molsturr and become more silent. Whnt has become of the old fashioned woman who sewed her boy's waist on In order to keep him from getting it off ta twlninilugt ' IN A COATING OF ICE. A.' Flock of Fowls Entirely Kncased itistht Crystal. "The Last Three Soldiers," W. II. Shelton's story In St. Nicholas, contains many unusual situations thnt develop from the unique plot. Three Union sol diers, who are on a mountain top In the South, cut off from all communication with the rest of the world, lend u regu lar Crusoe existence. On the evening of the fourth day the thaw was followed by a light ralu, which froze as It fell, aud developed luto a regular Ice storm during the night. When the three soldiers looked out on the morning of the nineteenth they found their house coated with Ice, and the mountain top a scene of glitter ing enchantment. Every tree and bush was coated with a transparent armor of glass. The lithe limbs of the birches and young chestnuts were bent downward lu graceful curves by the weight of the Ice, which, under the rays of the rising sun, glittered and scintillated with all the colors of the rainbow. Every rock and stone had Its separate casing, and every weed and blade of grass was stiffened wjtu a tiny shining overcoat. The. stalks on the plantation Mood up like a glittering Held of pikes. Despite the difficulty of walking over the uneven ground and the slip pery rocks, they mude their way, not without occasional falls, to the western side of the plateau to observe the effect In the Cove. Philip was In raptures over the prlsinutlc variety of colors, picking out nud uamlug the tints with a childish glee and with a subtle ap preciation of color that far outran the limited vision of his comrades, and made them think that Sherman Terri tory had possibly defrauded the world below of a first-rate artist. As they turned back toward the house Bromley remarked that It was strange they had not been awakened as usual by the crowing of the cocks. Indeed, the stillness of the hour was remarkable. It wns strange that while they had lain lu their bunks after day break they had not heard the cocks an swering one another from one end of the plateau to the other. Usually they heard first the clear, ringing note of some knowing old bird burst loud and shrill from under the very window, aud then tie pert reply of some upstart youngster who hnd not yet learned to manage his crow, drift ing faintly back from the rocks to the west; then straightway all the crowers of all ages, and of every condition of shrillness and hoarseness, tried for five mortal minutes to crow one another down; aud when one wenk, far-away chicken seemed to have had the last word, another would break the still ness, ami the strident contest would begin ngnln. In leaving the house, they had been so enchanted by the hues of the lee storm that they now remembered that they had not so much as turned their eyes In the direction of the mill. When they came upon the brow of the hill which overlooked the mill which wns a silver mill now the limbs of the trees which stretched along the bank beyond were crowded with the fowls, nt lenst four hundred of them, sitting still on their perches. Philip, who fell down lu his eagerness, nud rolled over on the Ice, remarked as he got upon his feet that It was too kuowlng a flock of birds to leave the sure hold It had on the limbs, to come down on to the slippery ground. . As the soldiers came npnrer, how ever, they noticed thnt their fowls In the sunlight were quite the most brill iant objects they had seen; for their red combs and parti-colored feathers made a rich showing through a trans parent coating of Ice which enveloped them like shells and held them fast to the limbs where they sat. Whether they had been frozen stiff, or smoth ered by the Icy envelope, they were unable to determine; but they could see that all the fowls had met with n very beautiful death, except five or six of the toughest old roosters, who had maiiagtHl to crack the Icy winding sheet about their bills. One of these, who had more life lu him than the oth ers, made a dismal attempt to crow when he' caught sight of the soldiers coming to the rescue. (Jueer Justice. It Is not to be expected that perfect Justice will be done under laws that are made and administered by Imper fect men. In Arizona, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, a nuin was sentenced to pay a tine of ten dollars or go to jail for ten days. He had only three dollars, and the court accepted that sum lu lieu of three days' Imprisonment. Hy some carelessness on the pnrt of the Jailer, however, the man was kept In Jail for the full teu days. Naturally be made objection and demanded re dress, to which demand the court re plied that It was no doubt Just, but there seemed to be only one way In which It could be granted. If he would commit a second offense he should be sentenced for ten days as before, arifl then be allowed a three days' discount or rebate. The Grand Ilaaka. Olustnv Kohbe writes an article enti tled "t the Cra tid Hanks and Else where" for St. Nicholas. Mr. Kobbe says: The Grand Hanks of Newfoundland are the great fishing ground on this side of the Atlantic. Other fishing grounds near these are Western Bank and tjulro; but all the year round you will see vessels on the Orund Banks. If you have ever crossed the ocean on a swift liner, you will have noticed that when about two days out you ran into a chilly fog. You were off Cape Race. Newfoundland, crossing the Banks. It Is usually cold ami foggy there, and In winter frequent gales and snowstorms add to the dreariness and daneer. Western Bank Is near Sable Island, a long sandbar off the coast of Nova BootU. and an ocenn graveyard, liter ally strewn .with wrecks. The EnglKdi Government placed a flock of sheep there because there had been Instances of sailors wrecked on the Island starv ing to death; but the sheep died. The. Island was too barren even for them, A herd of ponies wns tried, and these hardy creaures flourished, but became In time so wild as to be unapproach able; aud a shipwrecked sailor hardly has the strength to scamper after a wild pony. Now, however, there are several lighthouses and life-saving sta tions on the Island, and In the spring Innumerable gulls nest In the sand and lay their eggs. In May It Is not uu uhuuI for dories belonging to the West ern Batik fleet to get lost a t leant for a while; for the gulls' eggs are good eetlng during that month. I once asked an old fisherman If he had ever been, on Sable Island. He told me he had, landed there once when he'd been lost! In a dory. "How did you got lost?" I asked. "On purpose, I guess," he an swered. Needless to say It had been In May. fills The title of Mrs. Cragle's new novel Is "The School for Saints." The American Monthly Review of Re views Is the new title of the periodical edited by Albert Shaw. In course of time It will doubtless come to be known more briefly as the American Monthly. John Kendrlck Bangs Is now vice president of the Yonkers Board of Ed ucation and to the duties of this office he devotes a large part of the time left from his writing aud from golf, in which he Is an enthusiast. The most northern paper In the world Is printed nt Oodthaab, lu Greenluud, and is called Lnesestof. It Ih a mission ary sheet, made for the Eskimos, and has been the means of teaching many of them to rend the Danish language. The third and last volume of the new London edition of Burns' works bus now been completed by W. E. Henley aud his collaborator, Mr. Henderson. Included In It will be an essay on the genius of the poet by Mr. Henley. A new element has been Introduced into the problem of the origin of our cats by the discovery In Brazil of a tortolseshell wildcat, of which the late Prof. Cope had the only known muse um specimen. This animal will he de scribed from Prof. Cope's specimen In Appleton's Popular Science Monthly, by William 11. Ballou. Four O'clock has a new fund of light, short stories, after the graceful model of those of Its editor, Charles Fletcher Scott. The art work, from the poster on the cover to the last pusted-ln tall piece, is remarkably good. Gibson never made a more graceful nnd effec tive picture thnn the one by McCutch eon entitled "And Then Broke Down." The mngnzlne shows many signs of prosperity, nnd If Its founders do not mnke the foolish mistake of changing Its character In imitation of something else, they have every chance of holding permanently the wide patronage due to the novelty of their enterprise. Jim the I'enman. A few months ago a Chicago man who has written a piny called upou a New York manager at a Chicago hotel and sent up his enrd. The theatrical man received hi in very graciously, and the Chlcngonn said he had a play which he would like to have the Goth amite couslder. "Sit right down and read it to me now," said the manager. This wns done, nnd nt the conclusion of the hearing the New Yorker said that he could not see enough lu the pluy to warrant him In producing it. The Chicago man expressed his thanks for the courtesy of a hearing, aud added that he was somewhat sur prised to find a New York manager so easily accessible. "Well," said the Gothnmlte, "I make it a poiut always to dip Into every play which conies along, sufficiently to learn its possibilities at least. I hud an ex perience once which taught me a les son. I was In Loudon oue summer on business, and as I was about ready to return a theatrical broker handed me the manuscript of a play and nsked me to place It for him If possible In Amer ica. He said I might have the Ameri can rights for ?"00 and he would give me 10 per ceut commission for placing it. "I threw the manuscript Into a trunk, and when I reached New Y'ork handed It to a well-kuown manager and asked him to look Into it. He soon reported thnt the piece was 'absolutely worth less.' Of course I gave the matter uo further thought. I tool; the manuscript back across the watet next summer and surrendered it. "But a year or two later the author of that play produced It iu London aud made a hit. The very New York man ager who had Indorsed It as 'absolutely worthless' secured the A merlcan rights by cable, and for many years paid thou sands of dollars for the light to present Jim, the Penman' In this country a play which was offered to me outright for $500 and which I never even read. Since then I've been reading plays." Chicago Times-Herald In the Trolley Car. T-.e Fat Lady tsweetly) Beg par don! Did I sit on you. sir? The Lean Man (crankily) You did, madam. The Fat Lady (bridlingV-Oh. well, I dare say you needed K. Puck. When a man gets a Job, after loafing a long time, about the first thing be docs Is to morrtrey-awMiud, and. seJf ) can't lose AS TO CORSETS. HOW small walsted women are now, with full skirts aud full bodices strapped In by a leath er belt! "Tight lacing," one Is Inclined to sny, but renlly the trlmnesH of the waist Ih largely suggested by contrast to the fullness about It, aud If the Patislenne does pull her stays In a trifle too much she does It at the most comfortable nnd least dangerous spot, the very waist line. The corse affect ed by the English woman perhaps not by the best class, although they are all more or less sinners In this respect, much to the despair of their Talis dressmakers may pinch the figure In nn Iron frame for Its whole distance of twelve to fifteen Inches, but the style of stays approved of iu Paris is only fashioned with the Idea of nipping In the waist. The looser, larger meshed goods or ennvns -weaves ure lined with changeable silk nnd have belt and col lar to match one color nud a silk vest of the other. All have the loose blouse corsage. A former Bookcase. The corners of a room are alwny3 rather dlfllcult to arrange so' that the effect shall be satisfactory, and for this purpose the corner liookcase pictured here will hieet every need. The frame Is flue quartered oak, highly polished, and finished nt the top, with a hand- TIIK CONNER B!)OKCAK. some molding. While the back of the case fits solidly into the corner, the front presouts a square edge, while the shelves are also perfectly square. A curtain of figured silk suspended from a slender bruss rod enn be drawn di rectly across the front, or to one side. Chicago Chronicle. To Ketnin Gooi Complexion. It Is claimed that English women have excellent complexions. While passing through Chicago during the theater season nn actress of some re pute was questioned as to the preserva tion of her good complexion. She said that she wus, In the first place, nn "English womrfn," and that was in it self suinclent. But, on being asked how one could retain a good complexion, she offered the following shnmpoo: Ac cording to her statement, the face shampoo not only adds to the personal attractiveness of. the shnmpooer, but creates a peaceful, cheerful spirit in her. It rests her nerves nfter a. morn lug's shopping. It restores her temper. To take it, rub fine soap and a little glycerine on a sponge, wet In water as hot as can be borne. Lather the firt-e and nock thoroughly with this. Then rub with almond meal until the skin Is dry. Wash all trace of meal and soap off with clean, hot water; spray with cold wnter until the flesh Is firm and cold. Dry gently with a soft towel, nnd touch the eyebrows nnd roots of the hair with a linen cloth dampened with cologne. An Klnbornte Bicycle Knit. There was recently placed with a fashionable New York tailor an order for a bicycle suit which In the matter of expense Is likely to hold the record for some time. The girl who meets the bill Is worth a million In her own right, is an athletic beauty and is a reigning belle in the ultra smart set. The suit which makes the bill Is the most elabo rate ever designed In this country. It Is lined with silk, finished with jewels nnd will cost a lump sum of $715.50. Two shawls at $75 apiece will be em ployed in making the skirt aud Jacket. Outdoor Vt rap. Capelike wraps for matrons show loug sash ends aud are often made up of silk of two different but hnrmoniz lug shades, like crushed strawberry and nlle green, the contrast being dam peued by a covering of black platted mousse! ine de sole, gauze or black lace embroidered with steel or Jet beads. A 8enidi Cos tame. The smartest costumes for the river or seaside are of white pique, either as full U)dioe and skirt or coat and skirt with cambric shirt. At Newport re cently one of these costumes was worn over a white shirt with yellow necktie, combined with a white straw sailor hat with a yellow band of ribbon. Gett'ne KM o the File. Nowadays people in civilized regions endeavor to keep flies out of their houses by having screens placed over their doors and windows. This keeps out the greater number of the little pests, but a few always manage to Cnd an entrance through some crevice or cranny. To dispose of these an In genious mind suggests the following: Near the tops of the screen doors and window screens punch several hole from the Inside with some instrument about the size' of a lend pencil, thus Leaving slightly fuunel-shnped aper tures, having a rough, Jugged edge on the outside. This renders It impoHslblB for the tiles to enter through these holes, while the flies which have strayed Into the house the first time they light on oue of the screens crawl to the upper part, and, seeing theso holes, Itnnglne there is some pluce where they are not wnnted on the other side, and out they. go. "In tills manner," said a flytrap dealer, "a house can be kept perfectly free from flies." , Newest Thlna Oof For business wear the proper shirt waist is of alpaca wash silk, or silk finished gingham. Linen collars and cuffs and a satin tie are the only accessories to traveling frocks of tussore silk. Ready made rulhings of moussollDe aud Persian organdies for skirts are a feature of the lace counters. An odd waist of turquolse-blue gloria silk has a yoke of white chiffon and a bolero of heavy white point lace. One of the grotesque fads of the mo ment Is the cravnt of mammoth pro portions to be worn with silk or cotton shirt waists. Cross bars of ecru lace on a deep ma roon ground, giving the popular canvas effect, constitute a new design In Scotch gingham. Double warp cashmere closely re sembling dray d'ete in delicate tluta nnd beauty of finish, is one of the love liest light wool summer fabrics. During her strolls along the seashore porch the stylish summer girl wears a picturesque mess Jacket of brilliant red military cloth, braided lu bluck silk, a la West Point. Strips of white embroidery set hori zontally on the blouse bodice and curved pieces of the same on bolero Jacket pieces give a lovely effect to lavender and pale green lawns, dimi ties aud chnmbreys. Even the most expensive materials are now veiled, so extensively has the fad for nets, grenadines and niiuy chif fons developed. In French gowns the predominating effect Is that of black aud white. With black lawn gowns that are trimmed In white stylish women wear brond-biinimed hats of tulle, chiffon or Batavia straw trimmed with masses of white lace, moussellne, flowers or plumes. Extreme flufliness Is a prominent characteristic of the exquisite new shoulder capes of tulle, lace and silk now shown In bewildering vnrlety. In evolving a single cape vast quantities of light lace, plaited chiffon and baby ribbon are consumed. A Fair cn.caironn. One of the handsomest of the Windy City's Four Jlundred Is Mrs. Yerkes, the charming wife of Charles T.Yerkes, the Chicago millionaire. She hnd quite s, w I.. MRS. CIIAS. T. YERKES. an adventure In New York recently, when a thief snatched her card case from her in broad daylight. He was soon captured, but Mrs. Yerkes took pity upon him and refused to prosecute. 4 ' To Tnke Stain Off Walla. Very disfiguring are grease marks on wall paper. There is a way to remove them, though the process should be gone through as soon as possible after they appear and before they have time to sink too deeply into the paper. Take some pipe clay or fuller's earth nnd mix It with cold water until It makes a fair ly thick paste. Put a layer of this on the grease marks and let It remain for twenty-four hours. By this time It should be perfectly dry and can be brushed eff. In the case of old stains It mny be necessary to repeat the pro cess. Formation of Character. . Character takes shape by a very slow process. No one becomes at a bound that Into which he fully matures. Si lently and In a measure Imperceptibly also we tend in this direction or in that. Then God sends some special contin gency or combination of circumstances, and, lo. It is disclosed what manner of men we are, upright or false, manly or cringing, true or liable to equivocate, strong or veak. Hngle Hlanketa, It Is a good plan to have your blan kets singly and not In pairs, aa they are usually bought. Very often two make one too warm, and one Is ail that Is necessary. Cut them apart and but tonhole the edge with silk or worsted to match the border. This can be done with a steel crochet needle In tingle crochet mlSk