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&$ T ." 2G E SOWAY 'EG0KKLN,"RTO3ny, Anmr 17-ism She Couldn't Stay Awny. There was sadnegs and gloom up In heaven. For the gates had been left ajar. And a beautiful acfrel had otolen out And sailed away on a star. Bo Id St. Fetcr was angry. And a frown'was on ha face. And ho "wondered who would come next day To fill the vacant place. But that night, when all was silent. And the lights were burning low, A little tap was heard at the Bate. And a voice said, toft and slow: Oh, good St. Peter, let me In; I am sorry I went today. Ca earth they were bavins a bargain sale. And I just couldn't Etay away." The Seraph. In Town Topics. HINTS FOR EASTER-TIDE Modistes Rosily Enquired on Even ing Toilettes nnd llanclnc Goirus Fushlon'a Minor Yagrarles. NEW YORK. March 2S. Fancy hav ing a ball sown made at this sea Eon of. the year, yet I am reliably In formed that the foremost modistes are "busily engaged in making the most ex quisite evening toilettes; perhaps the word dancing gown is hardly a suitable expression, for In these beautiful frocks women, excepting the younger ones, who are always Inclined to frolic, contemplate posing and appearing to the best advan tage rather than indulging In actual exer cise. For girls the frocks are made of a comfortable length, smooth about the up per part and frou-frouing, with flounce after flounce of diaphanous fabric about the foot. Grand dames give more attention to the tillhouette. rendered graceful by a long, slender train, and where plaits and full ness are indulged in they choose material of some soft kind that clings sveltly enough to suggest the contour of'. the form beneath. Dignity is more In vogue than gaiety, and. the coquettish woman of the ,world fears to disorder her coiffure and thinks too much of the details of her toilet to risk having them disarranged. She makes herself amiable and agreeable. In, a thousand graceful ways, but always remembers that she Is playing the part of the aristocrat. One has ample occasion to take a full survey leisurely of the poems of fresh sees, of distinction and elegance the art works of the modistes at the dances of today. Some of the combinations of tulle, wide-meshed lace and panne velvet, scat tered with tiny spangles and sprinkled with Jets of crystal, are simply adorable. Entirely new stvles are seen and modes of decoration that are novel to a degree. Worth Description. One costume. In particular, that has not yet been worn, but that 13 being made for an after Easter function, is worthy of u. description. The foundation is of white satin, mado in princess form. It Is cut oft Just below the arms all the way around. Starting at this bust line, beneath a double band of Jetted black entre-deux. Is a 6cani empire of cream lace falling the full length of the gown, i.ie lace Is striped perpendicularly with bands of black laco entredeux, matching the two that encircle the bust at the top of the gown. The up-and-down stripes are placed at regular Inter vals, separated, by their own width; the most unique feature of the arrangement Is that the entre-deux Is applique to the lace, from the top to about the knees; from here down It is left loose, and each strip is terminated with a flno Jet fringe. The whole thing elves a delightful undu lation with the sllchtest movement of the wearer. The gown Is made without shoul der 6traps, but flattened low against each shoulder Is a diamond-shaped piece of Jet net; with a' fringe of Jet at its lower edge. A very girlish costume Is shown In an Illustration on this page. It is made of fine Venice lace over a lining of pale vio let satin. In the hollow of the left shoul der is an immense rosette of plaited vio let moussellne de sole. The bottom of the skirt, wnlch Is arranged for a separate drop skirt. Is covered with a cloud of the same moussellne. At the lower edge ot the oversklrt, at one side, is another rosette, matching the ono at the bust; w?& S v IB-Va f?r?nfii v; 2S ir ' - &&' both of these are centered on long and narrrow gilt buckles. Despite the prophesy of wide plaits, tha princess predominates for evening gowns and lace Is as much in fashion as ever. Pne charming creation In princess form Is of rosecolored satin, entirely encrusted with cream gulpuro and re-embroldered In fine pearl beads. It is decollete In heart shape. The corsage crosses to tha left side and fastens straight down under a decorated arrangement of mousscllne do sole roses, with stems and leaves falling from the shoulder to the floor. A white chantllly butterfly Is worn In the hair. The gown is piped with marten at the hem and at the neck slope. Brides' Street Gowns. Judging from the number of engage ments that have lately been announced, one might fancy that Cupid had built him a nest in the church eaves. Many fash ionable weddings will take place at the close of Lenten time, and the trousseaus that are being made arc unusually lovely. Several of the street gowns for brides are illustrated here. It will bo noticed in theso that there Is a tendency towards Spanish effect In the trimmlncs. The costume to the left has a decidedly Spanish air. with its trimming of white soutache and ball fringe. The balls are made of white sl!k crochet, and the trimming is applied regu larly on the plaits of the skirt and Irreg ularly on the spaces between the plaits. The costume is of pastel blue, satin-fln-lshed cloth. The bodice is slightly Moused and opens narrowly In front over a smooth guimpe and vest of silk cord lace, white to match the soutache, and lined with pastel blue taffeta. The toque frame ot the hat Is covered with pastel blue tulle and finished with two wide black Mercury feathem. The cunning bolero which Is, after all, an adapatatlon of a Spanish style. Is shown In the other figure. Pale wood-colored cloth Is employed In the making. The skirt Is long and rippling about the bot tom, drawn smoothly back over the hips and finished with a double Watteau plait, down the back. An oversklrt Is simulated by a strip of deep brown panne, cut in Greek open-work and appliqued over white silk. The bolero, which Is very short and shaped up at tho back. Is trimmed with a band of panne and silk to match. It Is worn over a slightly full bodice ot soft oll-bolled white taffeta, covered with white moussellne do sole. STREET GOWNS FOR BIUDES. atwrf Around the waist is a snug girdle of panne fastened toward one side In front, with an upright elide; below this slide the girdle hangs In two short fringed ends. Pretty Pearl-Colored Gown. Pearl color, although it Is not, as last year, the only shade popularly recog nized, still has a host-of admirers. Some of the pearl-colored gowns of this year. especially those made up In panne, crcpo du Chine, satin crepe, and shear wool mus lin, are as pretty as any mat have graced the wordrobes of brides for many years. Ono that is admired by all who have seen it is of gray wool muslin, built over white taffeta. The skirt Is In box plaits, except ing the front panel, which is left plain. Encircling the skirt, but passing under the plaits so that it showa only between them, is a wide band of light mauve vel vet ribbon. At each side of the front panel, the ribbon Is twisted Into a rosette, below which Is a fall of mauve silk fringe. The bodice is made with a bolero, dotted with mauve chenille. Around the neck Is a deep, marine color, continuing down the front in revets. The color is elaborately appliqued with shaped pieces of violet relvct between detached motifs of art lace.. The tucked collar and chem'sctte, showing in a narrow line between the re vers. are of white moussellne de sole. Tne girdle of mauve velvet Is a wrinkled affair, made over a tight foundation. It is deftly shaped with a sharp, upturned point at each side of the upper edge, and a single point turning down In front at the lower edge. The lining is hooked straight down the front, and the velvet draping over this fastening is caught to wards the left side with a velvet rosette, from which hangs a fringe of mauve silk. The hat is a Jaunty tarn shape, trimmed with round bunches of violets and loops cf white taffeta rlbobn. A dainty lace muff, trimmed at the wrists with two wide cir cular ruflles and decked with an immense bunch of violets, accompanies the gown. Convenient Toilettes. A few of the latest toilets are conve niently designed to serve for vnrylng oc casions. A late Idea Is to have evening gowns mado of thin, smooth-faced cloth, in some neutral shade. The gowns aro roundly decollete, very simply planned 'end supplied with separate, deep, round yokes of the same cloth, finely tallor- stltcned, in upstanding tucks, so close together and so narrow that the fabric resembles -corduroy or other corded mate rial. One of these Is In citron-colored ladles' cloth. Around the neck-slope Is a circular flounce of the same cloth, lined with silk to match. The skirt is mado with a single plait at the back nnd plpe.1 with fur. The girdle, which covers halt the bodice. Is of coral-coiored panne. At the center of the back Is a huge but flat rosette of the same panne, made to a buckle that extends the full width of the girdle. A wrinkled collar of coral panne, finished with a rosette and buckle like that on the girdle, is shaped In upturned points at the sides of the upper edge and ends In a sharp point at the base In front. The detachable yoke Is stitched with coral colored silk. ANITA DE CAMPL FASHIONABLE LIXGERIE. No Limit Apparently to the Cost of Modern Undergarments. The evolution of undergarments, which has been and Is still going on, is some thing to man-el at, for In no other de partments of drees Is the height of lux ury more apparent than here. The simple traditions which have been handed down from our grandmothers, who taught us to consider the hidden details of the toilet first, and the outer garments afterward as an evidence of self-respect, never would bo recognized If they could look down on tho fashionable lingerie of the day. These precepts have assumed higher standards of elegance and a growing tendency to ward extravagance which seems to have no limit. That the new undergarments are beauti ful to look upon and an Irresistible tempt ation goes without saying, for all women who arc truly feminine by Inclination find this department most fascinating at all time?, and never more so than It is now. Fine laces, embroideries, dainty headings, linen lawns, wash silk and nainsook, as fine and sheer as a dainty handkerchief. Illustrate the elegance In. materials em ployed, which Is only a beginning, when I you really appreciate tho fine handiwork wnicn aaoms tnem. The special point in the new lingerie Is the fit, which has to be pretty nearly per fect, when there Is so little room for su perfluous material underneath the gowns. Skirts both long and short are cut to fit t the hips quite smoothly, with a few i stltched-down plaits directly in the back. i The back seam Is gored, which helps to ' give the desired flare. A. wide flounce, I sometimes cut partially circular, and some times straight and gathered, forms the 1 lower half. Tola la trimmed In everx. co cetvable fashion that embroidery and lace . WM av Mia uiuuucu uvn, five Inches wide, falling one over the other. " mo mwir ease or one sKirt, ana tne deep flounce over these Is also finished With B. lacA-tHmmw4 -.tffi .. yv? lrnntjt of lace Insertion set In above. BUMMER PARASOLS. All Sorts of Pretty, Blsarre and Ex pensive Dealsras. ..The new parasol Is a thing of beauty and" a Joy' forever, sure enough, since It has shown Itself so capable of variety In design and daintiness In effect, say's the New York Sun. There are so many kinds that It Is difficult to einglo out the spe cialties which are really new, but It Is pretty safe to assert that the squaro para sol, covered with one of the Irrepressible Persian-patterned handkerchiefs. Is a con spicuous novelty. It is anything rather than pretty, but the woman, who likes striking, bizarre effects In her Summer outfit, will take to It very kindly, no doubt. The latest handle Is club shaped, but there are all sorts" and kinds, of course. wassssssBtssssssBsasEBSBL " iCS i safflssl BsssHLawSssssssssssa lmfnssssr7 m V "I never ytt have kissed a maid." Eald he, with voice that yearned; "Then you znoy go. snd don't come back," Cried she, "till you have learned." A handle decoration of fruit and flowers, made of celluloid, tinted In the natural colors. Is one of the cxtrcmo novelties. There nre gold and silver-mounted wood handles, set with real and Imitation Jew els; handles of Ivory, coral and lapis lazu li, and handles of light wood, which are very pretty. Red and a pretty shade ot purple are the rasmonaoie colors among the plain parasoU of silk, seme of which are finished with the ruche of whlto taf feta silk, falling a llttlo below the edge. For driving or walking In the morning, the plain silk parasol Is the correct thing, but there is a great variety of striped and flowered silks, as well as foulards. A plain white satin parasol, decorated liberally with designs of applique lace Is a desirable purchase, and then there Is an endless number of variations carried out In the transparent materials. Chiffon Is tucked, shirred nnd ruched Into enape and finished with ruffles, black Chantllly lace and white chiffon are combined to gether, the chiffon being accordion plait ed between bands of Insertion. The center of the parasol is sometimes of cream lace, and the band below of tucked chiffon edged with plaited ruffles finished with a narrow cream lace' edge. Silk parasols scalloped around the edge and trimmed with white silk braid are a pretty novelty, and then there are others made of bands ot silk Joined together with open hem stitching. SU3IHER WRAPS. Great Variety of Shapes and Styles for Ensuing Senson. Tho new wraps for Summer show a great variety of capes In Hcht cloth cov ered with stitched bands arranged In soma fancy design, and no end ot net chiffon, lace and silk combinations for dress. Capes of cloth applique on cream lace net made over white silk and satin and finished with plaltlngs ot chiffon matching the cloth are really good style and very pretty. Taffeta silk gulpuro over black forms another style of cape, and cream lace with black net and chiffon Is another variation. The capes fit the shoulders closely, fall moderately full below, and are finished with medium high flaring collars. Some thing novel in a carriage wrap Is a long garment mado entirely of black satin rib bon alternated with cream, lace Insertion. In shape It Is a scant capo or dolman, and there is a bertha effect around the shoulders, mado of the rlbon, and laco running around. This is fully a quarter of a yard deep, and Is set on as If It were outlining a yoke. The lining Is gathered white chiffon with a five-Inch plaiting all around the edge, but showing only the little ruche on. the edgo from the right side. Scarf ends ot lace, net or chiffon are a feature of all the dressy wraps, which In black net or lace over white silk hays white chiffon scarf ends to fasten them at the throat. These fall longer than the garment Itself In many Instances. SYMBOLIC COLORS. Women Snrronnd Themselves With Various-lined Influences. According to the New York -World, women are learning to develop them selves and their virtues and their tal ents by means of colors. The various colors aro said to havo a wonderful In fluence over emotional natures. For Instance, the timid girl will show you her room all draped in bright scar let. Sho will havo the brightest shades of red obtainable all about her: her gowns will be red, and her reading lamp even, shaded with It. When you ask her the reason for this, she will tell you that It is because red Is the courage color. The hypersensltlvo creature, with great, far-seeing eyes and a collection of books on spiritism .and psychics, will always manage to surround herself with hues ot violet and purple. This is tho psychic color, and she determines to develop her paychlc faculties by having a great deal of It about her The literary maid has also her color. She will tell you that she cannot write with proper enthusiasm without being, surrounded by yellow, and plenty "of It. Green Is tho color for hope, blue for truth, whlto foe purity. The up-to-dato maid has the symbolic Hit at her fingers' ends, and her own apartment Is sure to display the result ot her recent divings Into color lore. LOW-KECKED- XIGHTGOWXS. " They Will Be Much in Favor This Spring-, and Expensive. No negligee, no matter h6w costly, could rival In dainty beauty the recently Import ed nightgowns in the New York, shops. They are said to look like the work of fairies, and to be picture robes as well. They are made of batiste, lawn or nain sook of 'cobweb texture, and are decorated with real laces; hand-wrought embroidery and groups of the finest tucks. The low-necked nightgown Is the model most In favor this Spring. Elbow sleeves are warn, and tho night robe Is often elab orately trimmed about the hem. Empire night dresses are quaintly picturesque, and the fashion. One new model Is made of white nainsook, with the very short wols't finely plaited. This little waist Is fitted In to the figure, and held in place -by whlto lrbbons, which are run through beading Just below the bust. The neck Is cut V shape, and over the shoulders falls an elaborate collar, mado entirely of laco. Tho sleeves are of groups of tucks crossed with bands of lace insertion. They are rather close-fitting to the elbow, where they are finished with a bow and a band of ribbon run through beading. Below the beading, there is a flaring frill of lace and tucks. The hem of the gown is trimmed with a flounce of the nainsook, edged with. lace and headed with a group of tucks. How Jfot to Lose Rings. A good rulo to remember when one has costly rings and the habit of taking them off when the hands are washed, which, by the way, should always be done If ono wishes to take the proper care of tho stones, is always to place them be tween the lips, says the Criterion. If tho habit Is once formed It becomes second nature, and prevents adding another Item to the columns of loss, relating to tho rings left In hotels, strange dressing rooms and other places. Said a woman who has a magnificent collection of rings, and who has- wisely exercised this habit since Its Inception: 'I have never lost one or mislaid It, and, what Is Just as Important, I have never been through all the worrying anx iety of believing I had lost some one or all of them." The woman whose fingers aro clothed with flashy brilliants up to tho Joint may remonstrate that she has no room be.tv.een her ruby lips. In which iwy r M -VEXICB LACE AXD there are two remedies one to enlarge tho moutn, tne omer 10 reuutc " .u ber of Tings to that proportion which marks the woman of taste. Latest Corset Variation. The latest variation in the fashionable corset dispenses entirely with a part of the bust gusset, which changes the lines materially, while It preserves tho natural curves of the figure. This style of corset is especially recommended to wear with If VasssssV A V Xdecolleto sowns. . CsnV M I x VL "nPlsnsssaV L- -a" J Her Deficiency. She could talk about the classics la a very knowing wsy; She was fine In mathematics and la art mads some display: She was cultured and accomplished' both la poetry and song-. But whene'er-she read & cook book well, she somehow got It wrong. Washington Star. NEWYORKWOMAN'SSTUDY Clever Idea, Prettily Carried Out, Worth 'Adoption by Mistresses of Refined Households. One' of the' smallest end least attracttva rooms In almost any house may be mado Into an Inviting apartment by tho expendi ture of a small amount of good taste and a smaller amount of money, says a New York exchange. Such a room, situated on tho north side of the house and once used as a repository for trunks, was. It explains, recently converted Into a charm ing study by the resourceful mistress. The walls and ceilings of this room, sloping and irregularly angled, wero admirably adapted for a well-chcsen display of pic tures. They were first covered with n sage-green cartridge paper. The only relief afforded to the unbroken color was a narrow band of yellow tulips as a bor der, to break the line between tho celling and side walls. The floor was covered with grcen-flgurcd matting. In a finely woven deslsn. On the side of the room where the celling sloped a trifle, was placed a green denlm-covered couch, with plenty of pillows. The walls at the back and head of the couch wero hung wltn light draperies, yellow tulips and green leaves on a cream ground. Portieres of the yellow material were hung In the doorways and curtains cf -the same at the windows. The effect of tho bright yellow on the dull background of green was very pretty. Sketches and engravings In white and black frames, framed and unframed pho tographs and unframed pictures were grouped artistically on the walls. Book shelves were built Into a nicho in tha wall and painted a cream white. They were hung with curtains of yellow silk. On the top shelf were placed a row ot quaintly shaped Wedgewood Jars. The furniture was of white wood, the one arm chair being upholstered In green denim like the couch. PET ECOXOMIES. Queer Snvlncs of Some Women, Our Grandmothers Included. Many otherwise generous people are fond ot small actions of a miserly nature which astonish their intimate friends. There te a woman, says the PhlladelDhla Inquirer, who never or seldom buys bast ing cotton, but uses odd lengths of thread left over or pulled out. Another saves burned matches and strips of paper to light lamps, with, and a third only buys pins about once -In a lifetime, borrowing from her friends in between times. Our grandmothers were famous savers, ns can be seen by"a peep Into old attics, where chests and bundles congregate. "Put anything away for seven years and it will be sure to come Into style again," was a popular proverb. Some women are using old fringes, flowers, ribbons nnd muslins that have been lying In boxes three times seven years. But these an tique things wear poorly, Just as the clothes of dead people are said to soon fall Into holes, because, doubtless, they aro already frail and thin. These small habits are survivals of early Puritan, pioneer or peasant days, when money was so scarce that some people never saw It at all, but exchanged farm produce and dally labor and livestock. There are still some persons so benighted that they never have light except in kitch en and library, but these often have to pay a surgeon's bill as a result of near sighted mistakes. INTERESTED IX WOMAX'S WORK. Russia's Empress and Queen 31nr Khrrlta Both Favor It. The young Empress of Russia, if sho VIOLET SATIX G OWX. lived in America, would perhaps have been a leader of tho suffrage movement. She is said to believe that most. If not nil, the great reforms which havo taken placed In the world have been brought about. If only Indirectly, by wyicn. Un der her imperial patronage societies for the higher culture of women are not only growing dally more numerous In St. Pet ersburg, but they are rapidly spreading throughout Russia. Since her Majesty has become so much Interested In women's work and clubs, the Caar has ordered that full reports of all such proceedings shall be prepared for the perusal of the Emprees. Ono of the Czars secretaries attends all women's meetings. In the capacity of reporter, and writes down every word In shorthand, so that, should the Czarina desire It. a full account can at once be produced for her Inspec tion. Her Majesty is something of an anglomaniac: she has ordained that pres entations shall be made in the English fashion, the sovereign offering her hand to be kissed and not shaken, as was tha custom of the Dowager Empress. Marghcrita, Queen of Italy, although not ostensibly in favor ot equal suffrage, does all she can to encourage women's work. The gold medals recently presented to her ladles In waiting who have com pleted 30 years of service were designed by a woman. AWKWARD IIAXD5. How to Make Thrm Graceful nnd AIo Benntifnl. A woman can never be beautiful so long as her hands aro awkward and ungainly. The woman with beautiful hands has ob served several rules in their care, says tho New York World. Sne has her gloves made to order. If she can afford It. It sho cannot do this, she takes care to buy gloves that are large rather than small for her. She Is sure to visit her manicure two or three times a week, or she has learned how to manicure her own nails. If her hands have become misshapen through wearing too tight gloves, she visits a skilful masseuse and has the fault corrected. A few exercises will work wondera toward promoting grace in the finger-tips and wrist. Stand with tho arms qt right angles to the body, the hands with the palms down. Bend tno hands from the wrist, first as far up as they will go, then down. Repeat until the wrists become a little tired, but never until they aTe strained. Now close tha hand tightly, until It has became a for midable fist, then throw out the fingers sharply, spreading them as far as they will stretch. These two simple exercises will produce great suppleness and ease ot tho finger Joints, and tend to Increase tha circulation. Tight sleeves are as Injurious as tight gloves. When you see a woman who Is wearing her sleeves so tight that they bind, look to her hands. Tbey will be. red nnd puffy, with the veins swelled and the texture of the skin coarse and dark. Tha hands respond readily to emollients. It they aro chapped, or the skin Is broken, rub In a little camphor cream with ths tips of the Angers very gently. Rub in the cream at night. Just before retiring and put on afterward a pair of whlto chamois or ordinary kid gloves, from which the flngcr-tips have been cut. Never wash the hands In cold water; always dty them thoroughly and never use an Inferior soap. FORTUXD-TELLIXG FAD. Ten-Cup Method of Onr Grandmoth ers Improved Upon. Any cups, given tea and tea leaves, or even coffee grounds, will serve for telling fortunes In the hands of an expert, but this particular tea cup, described by the Philadelphia Inquirer, makes seership possible to anybody. The cup and saucer come, packed with tissue paper daintily In a box. with an accompanying book of explanation. The saucer is worked with circles and tho cup is divided by geometrical lines, di verging from the center inside. L e., the bottom, and crossed by circles like a globe. In the spaces thus formed are stars and the sign of the zodiac The sun Is Indicated in the bottom of the cup. inside, to shed light on the bank of tea leaves in whatsoever square they lie. The book accompanying the cup and saucer Is entertaining and amusing. If not very illuminating, giving, as it does, at the start interpretations of our grand mothers, to whom everything was tho "sign ot a token." They had no such tea cups, but they "knew things," never theless. Besides lodging in the" squares, the tea leaves sometimes assume certain forms, when they have special signifi cance, for grandmothers held, so the book says, that "tha human figure" Indicates "good omens." "Squares a Journey." "A heart good news from afar." "Birds good news at home." "The mouse a mountain of trouble." "Pot much fun and merriment at home." "Pipe peace, contentment, good will "Old shoe a wedding and a Journey." "Clothespin a continuous round of pleasure." Thus tho cup that cheers but not Ine briates has new pleasure In store for those who like to linger over it. On Use of Flnner BotvI. Finger-bowls aro passed after every couise which .necessitates the use of one's fingers, such" ns asparagus, broiled lobster or fruit. After the plates ot tho course have been removed, the servant passes tho flnger-bowls, each of which is placed on a small plate covered with a fancy or plain hemstitched dolly. A slice of lemon, a geranium, leaf or a few vio lets may float In the water, which half fills tho bowL This Imparts to It a dellcata fragrance, which is conveyed to the finger tips and completely obliterates all traces of the food recently touched. Tho servant places the flnger-bowl and plate directly In front of the guest, all other dishes having been previously re moved. In using the finger-bowl remem ber that it Is proper to clip only the tips of tho fingers Into the water. Never try to Immerse the whole hand. This Is a most vulgar proceeding, and serves only to exploit the ignorance of one who attempts It. After dipping the fingers Into the water pas3 them over the lips as delicately and quietly as possible. Then dry both lips and fingers, using tho napkin for this pur pose. Womnn Bank Director. "There may be others," remarked tha bank cashier between bites, to a New York Times man, "for I havo no tirao to look up such things, but in a notice received at the bank. I happened tc sea in the list of directors elected at a bank meeting at Portland. Conn., the other day. the name of Mrs. Myra D. Pickering. She is the first woman that I ever hap pened to hear of who was a regularly elected director of a national bank. "I have heard of women engaged In tho banking business in various parts of ths country, and. If I am not mistaken, there Is a state bank In Connecticut- that has a female cashier. Thl3 Is, however, tha first woman that I know of who Is a regular member of the board ot director of a banking establishment of this sort." Veiled Hints. When money 13 scarce, there seems nothing that runs away with women's share of It so fast as veils. The life ot veils Is a very short-lived one. and often a misadventure ruins them as soon as bought- Yet to buy cheap ones Is worse than useless, as they never look well from tho day they are bought. The truest econ omy Is to buy fine net by the yard. It cuts to better advantage: you get foul veils for the price of one, and It is ot a far better quality and lasts longer than 11 you buy veiling sure and simple. i-