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Dear Miss Dane: Please tell me what colors are suit
able to me; my hair is light brown, eyes blue. Also please
tell ltie what style hat is becoming to me. My face is very
plump, rather broad, with high forehead. What style dress
shall I wear? I am S'A feet tall, 23 waist, 36 bust, 39 hips,
not very long waisted; my age is 23 years. Please answer
this in your valuable columns. Mrs. E. M.
You can wear rich dark brown, pale pink, mauve, heliotrope,
dark green, soft old rose, pale lemon, pearl and dark gray, dark
red, and if you have color in the cheeks, pale green may also
he worn. The tans, fawns and modes should be avoided, as
they are too near akin to your own coloring to- be successful.
The larger shapes of mushroom hats will become you, pref
erably trimmed on both sides, say flowers held down with a
bow of velvet at the left side, the velvet to be taken across
the front to the right side, where it will end in loops and knots
falling over the brim. The sides of your hat must always ex
tend beyond the cheeks.
Your dresses should be built on broad fluffy lines, never
straight up and down. Long three-quarter length coats will
become you and so will the short fussy boleros. Jumper waists
and full frilly blouses may be worn, also broad girdles, flounced
skirts, full sleeves in coats and kimono sleeves in fancy waists.
Anything tending to breadth should be adopted.
Dear Miss Dane : I have a very good form, considering
my weight, which is 175 pounds. I want a cool wash dress
for summer; would you advise white? My age is 45, height
5 feet 5 inches, bust 42 inches, waist 31 inches, hips 47
inches, auburn hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. What
are my colors? What can I wear in bells? Cai: I wfar a
pony jacket and what other style, in jackets? By answering
' you will greatly oblige A Matron.
You will find white very becoming and not likely to sug
gest the undue stoutness may people imagine Is the result of
wearing white.
The mercerized cotton voiles make extremely cool frocks that
are both serviceable and practicable. As no starch is required,
the laundering is greatly reduced. A seven-gored skirt with a
box pleat on each seam to almost knee length is a good model,
the bottom tucked above the hem. The waist could be in the
new surplice with the long V's of allover lace, the material
meeting them to be box pleated on the edges and folded to the
waistline.
The belt should be of the material preferably, but it is Im
perative that the color should match the gown, as blue ribbon
with a blue frock.
Pony, Eton and the new cutaway coat models will all become
you, anything beyond half lengths should be avoided. Becom
ing colors are all shades of mauve and the heliotropes. Alice,
cadet and navy blues may be worn, but not pale baby blue.
Chestnut brown will suit you, but not yellow browns, pale lemon,
black, white and ivory may be safely adopted also.
My Dear Miss Dane: Will you please advise me in re
gard to a spring suit? I am needing a spring wrap; would
you advise a separate wrap or a jacket suit? If a separate
wrap, what color, what length and what style of wrap
would be the most becoming for me to get? If a jacket
suit, would you recommend an Eton or pony, and what
color and material would you prefer for a suit? I am 5
feet 6 inches tall, bust 36, waist 26, hips 41 ; am 49 years old,
brown hair, moderately fair, gray eyes. Reader.
You are so tall and well proportioned that you have a wide
choice in wardrobe matters. A whole suit is always more dressy
than the two different materials for skirt and coat. Nice, serv
iceable wraps are being made up from black Panama in long,
loose box coat models, the skirt part very full, and the neck
and front edges trimmed with black silk strapped in with black
tibre braid set on in a fanciful design. The sleeves are full and
are confined by deep cuffs of silk and braid.
In a skirt and coat suit the former pleated, the pleats taking
any form you prefer will become you, the coat to be either in
pony style or the new cutaway, closing at the bust with three
buttons. The sleeves in either model are in three-quarler length,
ending in simple cuffs, matching the neck finish, which will be
a rolling collar and small revers. Brajd of self-strapping should
form the trimming.
As to colors, the soft gray mixed tweeds, the light-weight
ladies' cloth, poplin and Panama are alike appropriate. Navy
blue and golden browns are good colors for street wear, and
all shades of gray will also become you. '
Dear Miss Dane: I am a girl 16 years old, 5 feet 4 inches
All letters answered in these columns or by
mall. Address Marjorie Dane, 44 East Twenty
third Street, New York City.
tall, 34 inches bust and 24 inch waist. Have dark gray eyes
and a fine clear complexion. I enclose a sample of my hair;
what color is it, please? What colors are becoming to me
and what colors should I avoid? Have I a good form? I
have a waist pattern of light blue china silk and if I am
not asking too much, would you please tell me if it will be
becoming and suggest some way of making it. I have four
yards narrow Val. insertion and two yards Val. edging to
trim it with. Minnie.
You are evidently a perfect type of the ash blonde and . such
delicate coloring is best brought out by adopting the soft in
definite pastel tones rather than decided, vivid shades. White,
black and pearl gray are exceedingly kind to your type, and
after these come the sofest shades of Panama mauve, pink,
so pale as to be almost white, lily leaf green, pale apple green,
reseda, hydrangea blue, apricot yellow, baby blue, navy blue, peach
color, purple and golden brown. There must be no fawns, pale
browns, tans, crimsons or reds in your wardrobe. . Your figure
is entirely proportionate and you would be considered a good
figure. Pintuck the upper portion of your waist to round yoke
depth then outline it with the lace running it down in diamond
shape at center front. Add a second row above this one and
have the collar of the insertion. Bring the fulness into a belt
of the silk and have puff sleeves brought into cuffs of the in
sertion, using the edging for little frills.
Dear Miss Dane: How shall I make a white dress for
summer like the enclosed sample? I have nine yards, 36 ,
inches wide. I would put the eyelet embroidery on it, only
I have a blue chamhrey worked in that. I am 5 feet 5 inches
tall, 23'2 inches waist, 36 inches bust, 40 inches hips, and IS
years old, have a good complexion, and light hair. What
kind of hats arc they going to wear this summer? I have
an eyelet embroidery hat to go with my white suit, and if I
make a blue one to go with my chamhrey suit, will I need
another one fr best? If so, what shall I get? What will
be worn this summer duck slippers to match the suits or
white embroidered ones? I thought of getting white ones,
as I can't afford one pair for every suit. Are they going to
wear the long silk gloves, or the kid ones most? I have a
pair of long white silk ones; can they be marked like any
other clothes? R. M. S.
i The sample of linen enclosed is only appropriate for a skirt
and coat style suit or for a jumper frock. It is too heavy to
be successful as a dress. I should make a box-pleated skirt,
hemming it on the bottom, and either have a pony coat with
pale blue collar and cuffs or else a jumper waist box-pleated
a little over the bust, the plain part in center front to be em
broidered in satin stitch, a running vine of the same to deco
rate the band confining the top of the waist. The belt could
be a color or of embroidered linen. The sleeves will be in
the new kimono Japanese tucked and the band embroidered
to match that on the waist. A lingerie guimpe should be worn.
Mushroom hats bid fair to be the popular style this year. Your
white hat will be perfectly correct worn with both your blue and
your white frocks. In fact, your blue toilet will be improved
by the addition of a white hat, and be much more effective. A
white mushroom-shaped chip, the brim faced with malines, the
trimming flowers and knots of black velvet, would become you
and go well with any gown. White duck slippers will be cor
rect. Kid gloves are more elegant, if less comfortable, for sum
mer wear than silk, and they will wash, using care in the
process. White soap and warm water should be made into' a
suds.
Marjorie Dane's Latest Patterns
of the sort, but it would be pretty in chamhray or in gingham
and in all the many lawns and dimities that are used for chil
dren's aprons. Dimity is especially dainty and pretty and is well
liked, while, the lawns, both plain and cross barred, are always
attractive.
The apron is made with a plain yoke portion to which the full
fronts and backs are attached. It is supplied with convenient and
altogether satisfactory patch pockets and the fullness at the back
is held in place by means of belt portions. The little roll-over
collar finishes the neck and the sleeves are just wide enough to be
drawn on over those of the dress without rumpling them.
The quantity of material required for the medium size (8
years) is 4 yards 27 or 2ss yards 36 inches wide.
The pattern 5639 is cut in sizes for children of 4, 6, 8 and 10
years of age.
HE apron that really protects the frock is the one that is
most needed for the active children. Illustrated is one that
can be worn either over the dress or that can be made to take
the place thereof and which is a really attractive little garment, as
well as an essentially practical and useful one. As illustrated, it
is made of white linen with lines of blue forming a plaid, linen
being a very serviceable and very satisfactory material for aprons
HOUSE GOWN OR WRAPPER 5647.
Such a graceful and charming house gown as this one deserves
a place in every wardrobe and renders its wearer so dainty and
attractive that it is sure to find an enthusiastic welcome. It is so
simple that it quite easily can be made from washable material,
but it also can be made from challis, from alabatross and from
any similar fabric, while trimming always can be varied to suit
individual Treed"tix4 taste." In the illustration dotted Swiss is
trimmed with lace and with ribbon.
The down is made with fronts, back and centre front. The
centre front is gathered and the fronts are arranged over its
edges, the closing being made invisibly at the left side. The back
is laid in the box plait at the centre that is always graceful and
becominc. The sleeves are in bell shape, gathered at their upper
edges.
The quantity of material required for the medium size is lO'i
yards 27, 7 yards 36 or bi yards 44 inches wide with 6yi yards
of lace.
The pattern 5647 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 33, 40 and 42
inch bust measure.
Either pattern will be mailed to any address on the receipt of
ten cents. Address Marjorie Dane, 44 East Twenty-third Street,
New York City.
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-Timmie's Uncle's
Great Rabbit Hunt
JIMMIE looked at his Uncle Tom admiringly as he blew great
clouds of cigar smoke, which curled slowly up and gathered
against the ceiling.
Jimmie was fascinated by the clouds of blue smoke and
with the thought that his Uncle Tom was a real hunter, who
went out in the woods and killed things whenever he felt
like it.
"What was the first thing you ever killed In yonr life, Uncle
Tom?" asked Jimmie.
"Let me think a minute," said Uncle Tom. "Oh, yes, it was
a rabbit. I remember now. I was not more than twelve years
old then."
"Please tell me about it," begged Jimmie.
"All right," said Uncle Tom. "Jump up here on my knee
and I'll tell you the tale.
"It happened down on the old plantation in the South, where
I was born and lived as a boy. My bosom friend was John
Covington, a boy of my own age. We had formed a partner
ship and had bought several old worn-out foxhounds and made
them run rabbits. Then there were lots of negro boys living on
the plantation who owned any amount of old yellow rabbit dogs.
"It was just after Christmas and our father! had given John
and me brand-new, light, single-barreled shot guns. John and I
were wild to try them. So one Saturday morning we collected
our negroes, our dogs, and their dogs, and struck out into the
woods.
"One of the negroes was 'Pop-eyed Bill,' named so because
his white eyes stuck half way out of his head. Pop-eyed Bill car
ried an old muzzle-loading shot gun, with a barrel longer than
a man,, It was so ramsbackled that Bill had wound a lot of
rusty wire around it to hold barrel and stock together.
"Another of the boys was a mulatto with a face so freckled
that he was known as 'Doodle,' because his friends said he
looked like a doodle bug. Doodle brought along a lazy, yellow
hound that was old enough to vote. Doodle called him 'Rouser,'
and was very proud of him.
"We had gone only a little way when the dogs started a
rabbit on top of a big hill. We knew from the way the dogs
were barking and howling that they were within a few feet of
the game and that before long the rabbit would break cover and
come down the hillside.
"There jutted out from the thicket in which the rabbit was
running a long briar patch, which covered over a deep ravine.,
We thought it likely that the rabbit would follow along this
ravine to the end and then cross the open field ; hence we spread
our party out on both sides.
"The colored boys lined up along the head of the briar
patch, John and I taking stations on opposite sides. Both of us
were trembling with excitement.
"Suddenly we saw one of the boys raise his gun and fire.
The report was followed by a horrible scream from another boy
on the other side of the ravine. Almost at the same instant
Pop-eyed Bill blazed away. Old Rouser burst from the thicket
just in time to receive the whole load and he rolled over, a
bloody heap. Both Pop-eyed Bill and Rouser's owner immedi
ately set up loud yells.
"I was too intent on the appearance of the rabbit to pay
much attention to these yells. A second later I saw the rabbit
stick his nose from the briars and I blazed away as quick as
thought. The rabbit rolled over into the ravine dead.
"I jumped down, picked up the 'kill' in triumph, and then
ran up to the head of the patch, where I saw all the boys gath
ered in a knot. One of the negroes was lying on the ground
;.icaiil:.g that he had been killed, and the boy who had fired
the first shot in the battle was looking at him almost blue with
fright. , .
"We found that the groaning negro really had been shot,
but so small was the load and so old the powder that the fine
shot had simply peppered him h'ke bee stings and had not punc
tured his black skin. ,
"As soon as the truth was discovered Jhe crowd of negroes
set up a great yell of laughter and the wounded man quickly
recovered.
"Doodle was crying over the dead body of Rouser, and Pop
eyed Bill was looking on in the greatest misery. Old Rouser
was a worthless dog and we felt not at all sorry that he was
out of the way. However, we did sympathize with Doodle's
grief. John and I managed to contribute a sum that amounted
to a quarter. This we presented to Doodle and at the sight
of the money he quickly ceased his cries.
"We did not hive any more luck that day, but having bag
ged a negro, a dog and a rabbit we felt that we had done a
pretty good day's work,"
Aunt Sarah
and "Quacks"
Aunt Sarah was an old colored mammy who cooked for a
family down South. The youngest member of the family was
little Harry. Harry's favorite pet was a big Muscovy drake, a
great big bird whose quack could be heard lialf a mile, and so
Johnny called him "Quacks."
"Quacks" was devoted to Harry, but he had an especial
fondness for Aunt Sarah. Perhaps this was because she often
threw out scraps from the table which Quacks gobbled up
eagerly. Aunt Sarah could not walk around in the yard with
out having the old duck quacking contentedly at her heels.
One day Aunt Sarah came out of the kitchen carrying a whole
armful of tin plates and started for the servants' quarters across
the boardwalk.
Quacks caught sight of her at once and flew straight for her,
quacking delightedly. Aunt Sarah heard him, but could not see
him because of the big pile of plates she was carrying. The re
sult was that Aunt Sarah tripped over him and fell with a thud
and a crash of tin pans.
Aunt Sarah sat up and shook gently with laughter.
( '"Clar tcr gracious!" she exclaimed. "Dis hyer ol' drake
pear ter be so fon' er me, reckin' I'll hatter marry him!"
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
Said Tommp Puss : "Ah ! this is nice I
To find ma's jars all full of mice
Preserved in sugar and in spice !" '
And so he ate and did not know
That ma was standing just below
Prepared to fill him full of woe.
That night he thought. "Well, I know this:
This morning ignorance was bliss!"
TOMMY'S PROPOSAL
"Mamma," said Tommy, "when I get grown, will you marry
me?"
"Marry you?" said mamma, "whv, what a funny idea! I'm
already married to papa. What shall I do with him?"
"Well, when I am grown, I will be as big as he is, and then he
can be my little boy just as well as I can be his, can't he? You
see, you are so pretty and I love you so much, I think I'd like
to marry you and p'tect you always, you know."
Mamma laughed and laid she'd speak to papa about it, and
maybe he would agree.
A BUSINESS GIRL
In Naples there is a girl eleven years old in the fruit business,
and she is, doing so well that she employs twelve men and boys.
She began in her father's fruit stand at six years old. She is
now accounted one of the sharpest buyers in the trade, and It is
predicted that by the time she is fifteen she will be one of the
richest. She cannot read or write, but has to sign her name by
making an X. Several fruit dealers have been fined in court for
trying to injure her buslnei.
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The Marjorie Dane Catalogue
of Fashions : t : : : : : :
for the spring and summer of 1007 Is now
ready for distribution, The catalogue is an at
tractive honk of 05 pages In handy reading
size, H by 10 inches.
It contain nearly 250 pattern Illustrations
allowing the latent as well as the standard
fashions in dress for women, misses, children
(hoys and girlN) and infants.
In addition to the the fashion cuts there are
two valuable Illustrated articles, one pertain
in If to line needlework as used In tho finishing
of hand made lingerie, and tho other on the
milking of baby clothes. The illustrations ao
compaiiyiiig these two articles show the finished
garments as well as t he various parts in process
of const ruction, and the various kinds of stitch
er y employed.
The catalogue will be sent to any address
upon receipt of 10 cents Bend orders to
Marjorie Dane, 44 East Twenty-third Street,
New York City.
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A Plan for Lawn Flower Beds
A very good arrangement is to put a
large bed of riciims on the most remote
space of the lawn four plants in the
centre of a twelve-foot bed surround
ed with a row of salvia splendens edged
with Little Gem sweet alyssum. Nearer,
an eight-foot bed of the large-flowered
cannas may be introduced and edged
with coleus or the second size of cal
adiums, while a six-foot bed of orna
mental grasses Arundo Donax, Erian
thus Ravenna:, Eulalia gracillima uni
vittata will make a satisfactory third.
Such beds are rich in tropical effects
and give more distinction to a lawn than
any other class of plants.
Where there is an ample water-supply
these beds may be elevated a few inches
above the lawn to make them more con
spicuous; but where the seasons are hot
and dry and water must be carried, it is
better to set them slightly lower than
the lawn, so that all the available mois
ture may be utilized. ,
A few inches of margin must be
allowed around the edges of beds on the
lawn so that the mower may run close
to the beds without injuring the plants,
though even then it will be best to use
the lawn-shears.
GETTING THE BANANAS INSIDE
"What have you got in that package ?"
said the attendant at the great public
museum.
"Bananas," answered the boy. Doz
ens of 'em. Want one?"
"No; and you can't bring them in
here."
"Why notr"
"It's against the rules. But vou can
check the package at that window and
get it when you come out."
"Cost anything to check itT
"Five cents
The boy said he wouldn't pay It, and
went away.
"I guess I can go In now, all right,"
he naid.
"Hold on. Have you got those ba
nanas concealed about you?"
"Yes, ilr, all but the skins. I throwed
them away."
And there was a grin of triumph on
his face as he went through the tum
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