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. : OTMKE-.w;'SOMiMBfr PDKMDSIBTOG aiid TODS mm YERHMM. ; ' i 13 yl Cre WH1 B U"ed Thi Summer 'or the MaklB ' A11 the Furniture of the Summer Veranda. SfZP- S??- 5C2jUlT' i wall Ik a low. luxurious couch, also ofi XV, tsJrh 'SeSyVr' T. crex. It 1 tilled with huge, downy rush- kingdom. Jt la of crex woven In u flows. swing baskets of growing ferns and ITt-r' v-i.-. HAY jnvvwTQABMkWwi 7. -"v ons. and s lust the place In fling one 8 strong pattern, inn top oi me laoie la naima. tncir pots concerned ny crex oas- 4 A.V11JI AT And now for (he lummcr girl, flweet h a rose, arrayed In ad the bravery of ter summer war nalnt she come. Not content with being; herself vision of beauty, ahe beautifies her aurmundlnita to such an extent that the aettlnir In al most aa lovely an the Jewel. For you mn m anow mat tne veranda Is the sum mer girl's camnlna around. Hera she reigns, the lady paramount. Sha spares no pains In making her little domain as attractive an possible. From the edge of the veranda roof droops a cool-looking green and white striped awning for the wise little lady known well that a becom ing light Is most necessary to conquest. Running round the front and sides of the floor are low green boxes filled wlthi growing vines and flowers, gay gera niums, drooping fuehlas. flaunting nas turtiums. The fashionable wear Just at present for veranda furnishings Is crex. which really Is prairie grass, woven Into all sorts of uaetul and beautiful things. If So the floor coverlne is a rreat wide mat of green crex. A swinging scat, big I enough .for two, hangs by ropes from the celling. It Is upholstered In gay looking Oriental stuff and filled with Inviting looking cushions. Pushed against the wall Is a low, luxurious couch, also of crex. It is tilled with huge, downy cush ions, and Is Just tho place tu tllng one's self when tired after a game of golf or tennis. Then there Is a regular sleepy hollow of a chair with wide arms, where one can place one's cup or glass, and a deep pocket for books, papers, etc. At the back of this chair there are two long pockets shaped like candy hags, where stray golf sticks may repose. The tea table must not be forgotten, for that Is a very Important adjunct to the little kingdom. Jt la of crex woven in a close, strong pattern. The top of the table Is for the tea tray, the under shelf Is for cake, toast, muffins or whatever dainty my lady may provide for her guests. All the china Is of green glased ware. The doyly covering the tea tray Is of white linen, embroidered in ferns and leaves. Who would not love to drink tea from those dainty cups or oat bread and butter from off those adorable little green plates? Krom the roof of the veranda swing baskets of growing ferns and palms, their pots concealed by crex bas kets. There Is also a small chest of crex In which papers, work and tennis racquets may be kept. In the midst of all this luxury lives Her Majesty, tho summer girl, and who Is there that would, even if he could, dare to dispute her sway? We could not get on without her. the naughty, pretty, troublesome, ador able summer girl. ' ' Journalists Should Begin and End In the Country. TIow to get a position on the staff of the Tribune, or the Sun. the Times, or some other good paper? Certainly, there Is no rule at all about that. For my own part, says lr. Albert Shaw, In the June Cosmo politan. I am a great believer In country training. I think newspaier work in a smaller town or City affords the best op portunity for I ho beginner to learn all pa-its of' his trade. He will get on much faster afterward in the city for having learned all that a country newspaper of fice can teach him. On trte other hand. I am a great believer In the conn try as a place for the able and self-resjx ctlng city newspaper man who has grown weary of the burdens and exactions of work in a metropolitan newspaper office, and who yearns for a little more chance, to develop his own personality. I have known va rious cases where such men, still young, took what they had saved out of their salaries, bought newspapers in smaller cities or country towns, so..n heraum leading men In their communities. learned to keep early hours, and "lived happy ever after." I V The Poppy Chorus In "The Wizard of Oa" -prides Itself on the Innovation of poppy hats In Spring millinery. Within a fortnight after the production of the ex travaganza the avenue-milliner who man ufactured the poppy hats worn in the play was besieged with orders, for similar hats, and within another ,inonth .the ' poppy headgear was a recognized fad. The Poppy Hat Girl. Whether or not "The Wizard of Oz" is responsible for the poppy 'hat erase, the fact remains that no poppy hats were Been on the street prlpr to the production of the Play here. The hat waa designed by Julian Mitch ell. It is made of china silk tluted to rep resent the petala of this popular flower. The bulb center Is of green china silk and affords a striking contrast to the scarlet petals. The stamens are of black chenille, strongly wired on. Although the hat appears to be a very cumbersome affair Its weight Is less than half a pound. Oddity Is not Its jtole rec ommendation. Most women. be they blondes or brunettes, find It strikingly becoming. Actora Set In Arehl- Fashions tecture American millionaire are building their country seats after the fashion of Old World castles. Architects give the credit I of the fad to the turrets and donjon-keeps I Jff popular actresses. The unwritten law 1 ir1 he stage almost seems to be that a S Jut successful season In America must be fol lowed by the purchase somewhere of a sehloss. Pattl set the precedent by estab lishing; herself at Craig-y-noa. ejan do a , Reazke retreated to the depths of Poland, to his beautiful estate of Borovna. Bern hardt took to an Island In the Mediterran ean; and Calve ensconced herself In the south of France on a rock that recalls Gibraltar. Alluring word-pictures of these castle homes prove tempting to the mil lionaire whose greatest ambition Is to eclipse neighboring Mr. Moneybags In the, erection or a palace, nut only occasional ly does American wealth get the better of American common sense, and brlig to pass such haunting absurdities, empha sized . by Incongruous surroundings in grounds and gateways. When the American Imitation of the British castle Is fashioned tactfully after ancestral homes, and when good taste la displayed throughout, the result is most pleasing. Iriposing and massive stone en trance ways' sentinel these suburban keeps: and npt only the doorwiays but the domed and turreted conservatories and all the various details of the huge mansion, cor respond in architecture with the striking entranceway to the extensive grounds. THE AGE LIMIT IN PUBLIC LIFE. The assertion has recently been made that nearly two-thirds rf the last House of Representatives had. when (list elect ed, reached or pasid the age of 40 years, whereas almoRt all the members of the present British Mouse of Commons were under AO when first elected. The fact, if It be one. simply proves that, as members of the House of Commons are unpaid, the seats in that body are mainly occu pied by young men belonging to the aris tocracy and the upper-middle class who can afford the luxury of a legislative ca reer. There Is no reason to believe that in professional or business life English men attain success at ail earlier age than do Americans. Rather Is the contrary the case. There are no counterparts In England to Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, who must bo deemed as tonishly young when we call to mind that they started with nothing, and have acquired hundreds of millions of dollars. It Is certain that, as regards society in the technical sense of tiu word, men and women between tin ana 711 years of age play more conspicuous parts In England than they do on this side of the Atlantic. Look, for example, at the activity of the Duchess of Devonshire and Mrs. Ronalds In London. They have had no recent counterparts here. If we except Mrs. Har riett Iane-Johnston. who accompanied her uncle to the Court of St. James in tho early fit ties. There seems to le. indeed, no doubt that In Europe and In the United States the limit of what may be termed the age of usefulness In professional and politic al life has been materially raised in the course of a hundred years. In the list of British prime ministers of the eighteenth century, we should Inok In vain for parallels to Palmerston and Glad stone, and It would npw be very difficult for young Americans "to acquire? the in lluence In public life which Was attained by Hamilton. Jefferson', Madison, and Henry Clay at a very early age. As Mi. Depew has pointed out. the most Influen tial members of the United States Senate on both the Republican and Democratic sides are over 70. So far as the Senate Is concerned, we seem to be reverting to the Roman precedent It will Ik remembered that by law a Roman had to be well ad vanced In middle life before he was eligi ble for' the consulate. There was no suon thing as a young military commandejr. The career of Alexander, of Hannlhal, or of Napolean Bonaparte would have been Impossible under the Roman republic. In France, under the ancien regime, not only the . marshals, but the generals, were old men, except In the case of princes of the blood, or of representatives of the very highest aristocracy. The same thing is true to-day of the Prussian army. The case of von Moltke was typical. Harper's Weekly. 'OT R LB MPLETE WDTM E TKMMED (&WE The woman who wlshon to He strictly up to date must follow the demands of "Dame Fashion" and have her gown lav ishly trimmed with lace, whlc R Is one of tho most expensive of all dress trim mings. Tho mon!ng frock, afternoon and even ing gown must haxC'm!S'C"is or medal lions of luce exquisitely arranged on the skirt or bodice, infinitely charming Is the rfttiv' bolero, very short at the hack, and falling longer In front, with lace Intro duced In the most cunning fashion about the top and shoulders, representing more lace than goods The beautiful Irish point lace caps and c ollars and stoles are now much In evidence. Here Is a lovely robe of white voile over an underskirt of white taffeta, plain flowc Ing skirt adorned with two groupings nve insertions i.r lace tach Insertion is headed by tiny edged lace and fold of goods. The bodice has an Insertion abotvt the low neck, below which is u two-lnc h tuck ed Insertion of the goods. Extending about the waist surplice fashion are two wirier bands of Insertion, making an extremely pretty effect. The sleeves are soft nrl flowing, with clusters f tiny lace about two inches apart. "'' ART IN POT LIDS. Among the fancies that have been de veloped by collectors of the present day Is one for the fancy lids of pots that once contained potted meat, or fish, or po made. No measure of antiquity, or qual ity, or material Is claimed for these, hot collectors an; with Justice able to cisltn ror them a eerrain connection with art. Very many of the articles that are col lectcd with pains and at a not inconsider able cost, barely escape the charge of being grotesque, but u large proportion of me poi jms are reproductions, In minia ture, of really excellent pictures. Pas toral scenes, shipping and seaside pict ures, and views of well-known bulkllngs scenes in Washington, lor Instance- are popular subjects, and among the most eoveicci are copies oi .Moriann s pictures. For these as much as J.", has been asked, but the ordinary pike is from 5o to 75 cents. What It Means to Row Against Harvard. Some people seem to think that all you have to do if you want to row in b race against ll.irv.ud l.s to put in a few pleas ant afternoons on the .New Haven harbor, and then spend three JolLy weeks atj Oalcrs Ferry where there are shaded 1 lawns, and the manager pays the bills. They don't know anything about It. There are six long. hard, gruelling, grinding months of work that nobody ever sees, or hears of, or knows anything about, before a crew becomes tho "perfect ma chine" It has to be to race these four milts on the Thames. Every day Is as full of hard, uphill, heart-breaking work as a head coach and a captain, who have been through it he fore, and a little coxswain, who thinks he knows things, can mako it. First there Is floor work in the gym hours of it and outdoor runs to get wind, and solid after noons of pulling, an oar In the gym tank, wiih critical coaches standing on the plat form and telling you how to dy it. Then weeks of struggle to get thp stroke and train body and arms and legs and brain to work together with the least waste of energy. And then pair oar and barge row ing on the New Haven harbor, und snell Lace Trimmed Gown. work when the warm weather comes, through long, hot afternoons ' w hen it seems as it' the only thing the coaches, yelling at you t hrough. megaphones, want is to let you know mat you are the "rot tencst ' eight that ever tried to rcpreset- til- University Ar.d public roasts tti' yo vihi are a hour 1 1" t tried so et '.n a V iV "Atkinson No. . n i.'s'i'S .1,miiK f.ir pnv i in Var-Jo'i ate lectures and .in i ferl that t in i n who vr slt iiti.it. - K.-o tl .Iwui UUUtt, III. FLAKING HATS, BEDECKED)- Will FRUITS OX FLOWERS, PERCI . ATOP THE SUMMER .GUI'S HEAD o .1 '. t '.; 1 - : i