Tmm.
pur Croats '-follou;
Latest fashionable Cipes
apd Elaborately --
Braided ai?d fmbroidd.
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9 MPVWaUr
rlT off In Holland, where the wind
mill crow, all the poor kitty-
cat a re meowing madly.
On (be other aid of the world, by In
flit's coral strand, the tigers- are roaring
fiercely. But they re meouwlng and they
are roaring In a eadty minor key;
'Caase why? 'Cause they know, la the
strange war anlmala haTef knowing with
out being told, that aoon very soon they
will no longer be watching the wheel ge
Nil B"UiUl UU LUC AUIUU niUDUIUll ur us
banking In the hot Indian eunligbt. In
(lead, tlipy will be slaughtered and their
furry coat will be adorning soma lady
'. fair motor car. And this time the imlle
won't bs on the face of the tiger, even If
the ady U Inside!
For, car.rlcloua aa oaual, the woman of
--- " vi uu y 1 in iris saoies,
her royal ermine and her baby Persian
lamb. ' Something "new, new, new!" Is
hr demand. And when the Queen com
mand thm her bumble and loyal aervanta
' must obey.
; ' to the tnda of the earth la there mad
scrambling for some novel for to wrap
not Baby Bunting bur the spoiled child
of New fork' "400" la.
lad tans are the poor Dutch pnssles
and the big cat-like creatures of the trop
ic sacrificed to make an automobile noli-
This winter all kinds of little-known
furs will be worn and old, almost forgot
ten fashions In furs will b revived. These,
with the very up-to-date fashioning of
aklns Into the' very latest Empire and DI
rectolre modes, will give Jack Frost
treat la plcturesquene.s of effect
Kurely have I seen anything more he.,,.
fih,i n h ... .
tlful in tfie way or wraps than soma lutoi.
How to Know $ Girl By" the Hat She Weari
! s-s-v." tnere la nny cnaracter to be dl-
I ta tb 'no nl manner of
4,m S " h" WU' dUbUe? 'V
revelation to many gjrl. But a glr) who
la t all observing can tell from the hat
on it la with whom she la dealing.
There Is a little round black hat, with
scarcely any attempt at trimming, eicept a
Sat, black bow. TW hat 1 sure to be
wore by a little, old maid, one who is
weetened rather than soared by her in
gle lot She 1 on who i absorbed In
ether people's children.
A simple Utile tx)ae worn with . a veil
Indicate the girt of great common-sense.
Nothing 1 especially eta riling or . original
about her. Jn a tood" ort
... . . ' . . . , ,i. '..-"
.. fiw wua iimn jiat wii y
aniljis, who always haa wings or Stiff, con- "
TeiuWat trtnimlnr B her balaJ and wh
...... .., .T .
r.ever Wears flower., lBother kind alto-
t'tbir. You may always knew. her te be
dtsm.lnel, lnaipendent. and If given alf '
a-ire she waI'1 ninimm
V ,M I T .
lav-re la a sort of sort, elusive, feathery
Be Uorp.
Imported modela which my 'fnrrler had,,
brought forth for my Inspection the other
day.'' t Skins like satin or moat auppie
velvet, draped and folded, hanging In
tweeplng lines, braided, embroidered,
touched with gold sud sllver-i-they were
quite a revelation la the possibilities of
fur. For to each a. state of perfection Is
the curing and -"dressing of akin brought
nowadaya that th designer . knows no
greater limitation thau If be were working
in fine broadcloth.' -
The fur coat of to-day la therefore not
the garment of warmth and nothing else,
which It wae not so many y'ara ago. In
fact, la some of the ultra model warmth
seems to be the last thing considered. But
other models combine great smartness With
the am degree of protection tl the fair
wearer.
Long and slim and tight-fitting a to
sleeves and skirt are the fur coats of this
Winter, according to the latest dictates of
fashion. . They are cut on rather unusually
perfect lines, often the Kmplre Influence
In felt in tbe shortening of the waist-Una
at the back. But no tuitccstlon of clumsl-
. . "Te". 10 aW"- iDe
jnvananiy enena over me nana,
,. . ... ...
Buujeiiaies a siigoi oeu is seen ai tne can.
vi - .v.. .. -
WOD)en. A m,B wonld ay iba wl, utinct.
feminine, womanly in all aha did. But
Bhg f more than thu,n mW flTh
. h ,,,., ov,. . .,
men think they would like to marry, but
titer are not enough of thin aort to go
rod.
, ' Living on a -Nail.
It has been discovered that a happy
miller's family living In tbe vicinity of
the battlefield of JVatorloo bare derived
a regnlar (ncouje since 1815 from the
aale of a rusty Iron nail. It was "not
taany yeara after the battle that an ec
centric englishman, on the strength of
an e;iwiam i eviaence, discovered tbat
uov mm uru uou(lUK.OH lUk
nail,' ins- Kmptror navlntr rpsteil awhile
at the mill during the battfle An offer
,or. tPl." ""I .Jmnwtately ae-
c-pted by the prenlouRly guileless rail er.
wn0 4ftet toe deal repined It ,bv an
other old nail and painted nn inscription
round It on.ha watt prtlntlng out its
blatariral value. One aall after "another
baa Fon"to enHch collections as, price-
less Napoleonic relic. Argonaut .
1 '
a ' KlMii
1
I 1
Revere are very large, often extending
down almost to the waist line, but, as-this
gives too great a license for the chill wlnda
of Winter to creqp In, it Is so arranged that
one broad 'ape! will tarn in, protecting the
cheat completely and allowing only one
large rever to be seen.
Standing collars tm to be the rale
on all the Winter fur coats regular little
military collar which mv or may not
be of the same fur as the rest of tbe
garment Often a long-haired fur collar ,
will be found on a smooth fur coat. These
fasten at the front.' or back or under one
ear Impartially, bnt are certain to have
some adornment at tbe closing. It may
be a big chou of ribbon or only a , fancy
embroidered button, but some trimming
there will be.
All the various kinds of aealekln will
iiave a tremendous vogue. And what more
becoming letting for a face, pretty or
otherwise, ' than this velvety fur?
While the Alaska seal Is not by
any means n cheap skin, there are
various other so-called sealskins on the
market which so closely Imitate It that
It would take an expert to detect the
difference. Baltic seal Is rich looking and
at a price quite within 'the reach of the
average purses. And, after all. why
spend a small fortune on a coat of fur
which next year may be no longer "the
fashion?" In these days of quickly
changing modes furs are not the helr
locma they used to le, when a sealskin
coat was handed down from mother
to daughter for several , generations.
"Daaghter," I'm afraid, would not auite -
A New Warning Against Dust.
--wW TV til lllllg i-XgUA
a 3ew wrDin iwt t aaogr of
iX dust has Just been Issued by George
' M. Kober, ot the Georgetown Medi
cal College. He glvea utatlstlcs shewing
bow; fatal dust Is to human belnga. . Dust
Is tbr greatest germ carrier In the world.
Wbil dojr carry "the disease of rabies,
the mosquito brings you malaria and ye!
.-r .ter carriea typhoid, flies bring
consumption, dust to the universal chariot
of the microbe, the common carrier of die-
ease germ, of every aort. The man who
.weens un a restaurant while patron are
eating or a full barber ahop otlght to be
handcuffed a .ufely.a. dogs should be
" . ' ...
Tmember of" the Bohrdof -Health of
New Toxk City waa recently a.ked wh,
VmUld doe to compel people to abate
the dust nuisance.
-oive as lime, was in uocior s answer.
We can't do too many, thing at once In
out campaign of health. Eveiy new step
"W conibatfed viciously; by sonjebody, Just
y tta BocJet ler the pmwflon -of Cra-
elty to Animal M doing everything 14 lu
power to tinder us in our efforts to sUmp
I
out rawe m tm nty by muBznng dog
'Even the mosquito has, If not friends.
at least allies, who stubbornly resist syste
matic attempts to fill In and drain the
swamps In jwhlch Jt breeds.
"When the mqsqtilto and rabies are erad
icated and their friends routed, we wilt be
in a better position tcj eope with dust aud
those who raise it.
' Ald from the well known effeeta of
vitiated air. the particles of dust which
varlou. manufacture, the
tt damVe.. In Northampton, Maas
rfurM tot y " mn
I,"dg; P"""" na ""tiers diseases
of the lungs were rcsponsJUle for 72 per
" utf. ;f ;f'
w tuercn,08,' n,B
3 JL&T
those pursuing the, calling fo b over forty
- f hi, 0nhl., ...,,.,
mn ibown t0 u ,uceptiClw to nira
tOD-
Bcrenty-two per cent of. . the death
among the metal grinder of Bolrafen are
dua 'to consumption.- as ooopared with
85 8 -per cent among tbe general popula
rfe;K Pieces M 1ery Sfflall a.9 : ,.
luffs fire Bir 5l?ai? Fyer.
Embroidered
ppreclate grandmother'a old fur coat la
the way granddaughter of tbe good old
day used to do. ,
Baby Perelan lamb will agala wrn
and contrary to all the propaecte of fash
ion aeers pony skin coats are again being
.pnf forward by fashionable furrier. But
thla year they are eni on such delightful
line and the akin are ao supple that they
take- on quite a aew character. This, of
course, In the better class of pony akin.
I warn you, la your peregrinations, against
entering a barnyard with a pony akin coat of
poor quality. Mama Cow might recognise
her beloved offspring, for be It known that
aklns masquerading Busgtan-akfV poute
are frequently nothing bnt poor little Amer
ican moo-ealvea, dyed black I'
The. Utile Dutch , cat aklna ! spoke of
come to use called genet For some time
thla fur has been usea.ae a liniug tor men'
coats, but this year women's automobile
coats are being fashioned ot It It weara
well and is no4 expensive.
Smart Parlslennes laet year took up the
wearing of akunk with enthusiasm, and
thla year w are following suit. We used
to be very polite and call that fur "Alaska
sable." How grandmamma- would raise
heir eyebrows at the vulgar word skunk!
Of course it has suggestions for those 'who
know the woods and inhabitants thereof,
bnt Just now It Is tbe fashion to call a
spade a spade nd so "skunk" It Is. Ttrs
for workers are making It up Into little
neck pieces and very big muffs.
. I wonder when, oh. when, we will hit
the happy average between the protection
of one' throat and one's hands! This
year oeck piece re growing smaller and
muffs I Well, the only word I can find
tbat adequately describes them la "Im
mense." Last Autumn my eyes grew big-
B Original Wrap of Skunk and Clifton. Fa.lened in Front with Two Large Per
fumed Artificial Ro. t
C Sealikin Will Be Much Worn. This Model Is Elaborate with Embroidered Vest
and Lace Ruffles. . , ',
D Muffi Grow Bigger and Bigger, with Whole Animate Used at Trmming.
E One of the Many Smart Liltle "Choke" ' WTiich Have Hit the Feminine Fancy.
F A Late Development of the Runian Pony Skin Coat.
G Golden Brown Velvet and Mina Tails Ckverly Arranged in Mufl and Collarette.
ger and rounder than nature intended
them to be when looking at the hew
muffs. This year I simply give up.
Ol course, you have seen them? Huge
things of hearthrug proportions, animal
heads with staring, glassy eye and tall
wagging as If In derision jn every direc
tion. Underneath, a 'froth of chiffon and
ribbons and often artrflclsl flower, Some
of them are horribly suggestive of a dog
fight, so Intertwined are the whole 'ani
mals. In fact, this Is one of- the. new
Ideas of the fur designers fertile brain.
I don't mean tbe dog fight, but the weav
rng of whole animal skins Into a muff.
JJuffe are again made In the loose, Hat
style of last year. The whole skin sim
ply thrown over the slightest foundation
and all the under side a mass of ruffles.
In the Illustration lettered "A" you -may
see a -muff with bead at one end aud
. .. - This muff mav.be car-
taiis ai i --
rled In this way or with the heads and-
tails hanging own. un ' - -
fox that I aaw was made of three whole
foxskins laid 1J by side, a line of finely
plaited toilet chiffon showing between tbe
aklns Tuis novel trimming was repeated
tion. Worker In mica dust and bronlng
powders used in the mannfactur of wall-
fancr souvenir
cards, Molding.
frames, etc., . jire . found predisposed to
disease of the respiratory passages, and
he bronze powder lu addition Is likely to
produce headache aud diseases of the di
gestion. Parsons- engaged In glasanrttlnf not
only suffer from lohalntlon of a sjjarp and
Irritating dust, but, also from lead poison
lng from, the use of putty powder. Gem
finishers also have a high consumption and
sick rate. Tbe emery and corundum In
dustry must be claised with the trades in
trinsically dangerous to health, on account
of the peculiarly. Irritating character of
the duet, ,.
v Coat miner, charcoal , men, ; firemen, :
chimney sweeps, .'etc., who are exposed to
tbe constant Inhalation of coal dost and
Soot, suffer badly from catarrh. - bpt ifbt
especially from: eonsumptloo. Thl. .hould
"be gratlfytna luforBiatlon to J wuch wider
circle than the follorera , of these callings,
'.-e in tbe smoke-ridden .modern cities the
condition . of .'-nearly 'everybody approxi
mates that' of tt coal nilaec . '
lets, dollars :
apd Stiffs Jrim Imported
ifli .
A This Imported Directoire Coat Hai
Many Novel Features. It it Made of
Broadtail, laboratelyl ' Trimmed and
Braided. The Collar and Muff Are of
Fisher. Which Will Be Very Fashion.
able This Season.
In the neckpiece,' finished with a wide, np.
tending rnche of tn chiffon.
Fur, no matter how benuflful, seems
quite Inadequate to express fashion'' latest
Ideaa this sesson, ao braiding, plaittngs.
ruchea, bow and acarfs are brought in to
supplement It Even artlflMnl nWbr.
their place In tbe designers achem of
th.!ngs, ai ,VltnM th,e frilly and frivolous
wrap shown In the sketch lettered "B."
This is canght together with two of tho
big perfumed rosea, which form part of
every modish I'arislenne' toilette' Just
now.
Many coat re so emoroldrred aijd
binlded that it la hard to tell where
the fur tomes In. As a matter of far
the fur often forms only a background for
elaborate hhnl work. Brondtatl and tbe
oner qualities of pony skin are very apt
to be treated In thl wny. The Directoire
Hues are- emphasized with heavy braldlur
on many coats. "
Little watstconts of stiff, 'rich
beautify the new model Jackets and revers
n.m siniuiiug collar are often seen in a
happy combination of some of the aew
shndes of velvet and "metallic embroidery.
Big, flat bows catch together neck piece
cite Fauttoye wth-iheiipauents.
fj-VHERB l a great deal of truth In the low In Bailor's clothe was admitted to
1 assertion that pity la akla.to love,
. U. rM"y urprUing what a
"umt.er or nursee in Hospitals marry
nm.euia woo are piacea under thelt ; care,
A few year ago, at a local hoapltaV
romantlo attachment, which
ultimately
tuupq in marriage, sprang np between a
young fellow and one of the nurse, ; The
young man was the eldest son of a wealths
manufacturer of thl district. :ia whlla
. T. ' .7 " " - ":
ried into the hospital, qd It waa found
uecva.ary to amputate tne eruaned limb.
Aft., th. .tiM h. h...' h..fAm.j
. relied-with hie, parent regarding money
" plkced wnder the care of an i- mattera, bad left home some three year
ceptionally pretty nuree, who mad such before and gone, to sea,- Blnce then he boa
i1f,.l.i' 11. ,-.' m.t.M never ee or heard froin'them. '
an Impression upon hi heart and . mlaa .... gn, pryfcued on "he young fellow to viMt
"that be fell violently in love with her and them wben he left the hoopltal, which he
asked her to be hi wife. ; i - ;;"1tlaa tety did. He returned a few daya
assea ner t ' r r - x J afterward: howewf, -to -emnpatiy with a
Ilia love, being reciprocated, eh coaseatiitinaijlsifced-Tookiug ld gentleman, whom
d. although when the yaaag-man's par- he introduced to the nurse ss bis father.
j.Ltni wTij ilhi.l.m.n( .fn..n t w very evident that te son bad told
-eBtMwaraNrfe attachment they Refused iim utbtt ot ni, ,ttachnW, and that the
at - first to give their consent.. But the latter had come to the hospital, la " rder to
: young, fellow was determined t have the see what kind of jpersoa'tbe young lady was
woman of bis choice, and at last, seeing who had captured his son's heart, lie waa
that tbey contd "not prevail on him ,t very favorably Impressed, for be raised noi
change his mind, they ;wlseiy -gave way. objections when the jour j fellow aaked him
. About three yearn ago, in one of the to give hi consent to their marrlnge, which
: London East nd bospltala. a youu-fel took place a few week afterward, ,
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Uaist
s.
jvfouel purs
fr( put to
fouei Uss.
fastenlbg primly. under the chin or friv
olously and coQuettlsbly under one ear or
at the back of the .neck. Black satin In
broad band la aeen trimming black fat
coats. Satin buttons are also much ued.
Never was there a day when fun could
be ' made over . to better, advantage than
now. F.Qf velvet and satin And fur re
combined with. Impartial band. Not only
that, but several fura can uow be wotked
In together with excellent results. Ths
little ""chokers" which will be so muv'iJ
worn, may be f.nsbloned out of h very aniall
quantity of fur "and a large quantity of
velvet or satin done up Into plaiting and
bowa. Many of these little collars aro wWI
boned. So that they fit tightly up under
thi? cara.
Hate made of the longer haired fnrs "will
be worn, although lyni" will not he o
fashionable, this Winter. Already milliners
are laying In a stock of wbolo animal skins
to wind around the crowns of hats. A
charming broad-brimmed hat" of silver, gray
fox baa as trimming an aigrette and os
trich feather pom-poii of dull rose a de
lightful combination of color.
One of the "freak" fashions seen waa a
muff attached to tbe coat cuffs. Oae-half
of tho muff was' on one coat sleeve.1
adorned with head and tails, the othar half,
nntrimtnAft AtnrmtA thit othe'p sleeva. NJfi
chance of thla lady losing ber muff on a
one of the wards, suffering from a broken
arm, twlated collarbone aud other Injurlea.
BroUgt,t bout through a bale of good
fajilng an him.
n waa detained In the hosolUl for nev-
M4, n,0BtBi 4Dd during that time fell to '
leva with one of the arurses who attended
him. . ,-i " ' - . .
She, tea, had more than an ordinary, tn-
tercet In her mviterions nt tie lit. and when
wae returueO. n counaea 10 ner uia
tory; . .
l pprarm mat w in u
a well-known aristocrat, but having quar-