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I ' w jjeyt ______ ÿou / \ rc »W a re That tha ITEMIZER hat tha Largest Ciroslatls* af aay Papar Published ia Path Caaaty, aad la Read by Nearly Evary Faailly wtthla Ita Baaadarlaa. • fyaaw lab ta Raaoh Evaryaaa, pat- raalxa tbaaa advertising column«, aad Pro-fi'f by it. K & s --------- - r t b t ö fc DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1893. VOL. XIX. P R O F E S S IO N A L CAROS. DALLAS LUMBER YARD. J. M. KEENE, D. 0. S. D ental office in Brevinun B roth er’« b n ih lin g, corner of Court anti C om m ercial streets, OREGON. SALEM. L. N . W O O D S , M. D . P H Y S IC IA N A N D SURGEON, Dalla*, Oregon. • B. H. M .C A L L O N , J « 13. N u n n , f r o o r i e t o r . Full stock of best quality seasoned lumber and all kinds of dimension timbers. Doors, windows, brackets, mouldings, laths, shingles, cedar posts, ornamental fencing and stair material. Prices of doors, 2£.\bjxli, $1.75; 2jfx- 6 § x lD $2; 2£x6£xlJ, $2; 2ijx6§xl£, $2.25; shingles, $2.50; common windows, $1.25 to $2.50. Door and window frames carried in stoex. Terms cash, or bankable note in 30 days. M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, (D A L L A S , HO, £0*Otttc« over Brown A Son’» »tore. il. J. K. S ibley , C. E akin . DALY, SIBLEY & EAKIN, A NeW N e w Styles! (J o O d h ! t t o f n e y s -iit -lju w We have the only uet of ab-»tract books in Polk | county Reliable abatraeti furnished, and tnouey to | oau. N o cnmmisaioM charge«! on loans. R«>oma 2 ; and 3 Wilson’s bl«»ck, Dallas. Attorney and Counselor at Law, « • llr lla r ■■ «'h.Mrrrj1. H u b ..n In » n iU a «1 III. lirofusinn In ‘ III* V1“ * ! ai obnut thirty j o » r t . »n d » i l l o tu in i t.i »11 ¡ J * « " J j ontriutod to hU c»re. OlHo., cornor M»lu ami Court j ta, Dalian, Polk Co, Or J- H . T o w n s k n d , BU TLER & TOW NSEND, A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . O ffice upstairs in Odd block. that you can secure al most im m ediate relief from Indigestion, and that uncom fortable full ness after meals, b y sim p ly tak in g a dose o f Sim mons L iv e r R e g u la to r? Som e people think that because it is called L iv e r R e g u la to r it has nothing to do w ith Indigestion and the like. I t is the inaction o f the L iv e r that causes Indigestion, and that fullness; also Con stipation, and those B il ious H eadaches. M illions have been m ade to under stand this an d have been cured from these troubles b y Sim m ons L i v e r R e g u lato r— a medicine unfail in g an d pu rely vegetable. From Rev. M. B.Wharton, Baltimore, Md “ It affords me pleasure to add m y testi mony to the great virtues o f Himmoni L ive r Regulator. I have had experience with it, as occasion demanded, for many years, aad regard it as the greatest medi* cine o f the times. Ho good a medicine deserves universal commendation. J. L. C O L L IN S . N. L. B ii t i . h r , Don't Toil Know The B u ild in g F or the Fisheries E xh ibit Is N ow P ractically Complete«!. HATS! The Fisheries building at Chicago is now * completed, so far as the exterior work is cor erned, and the delicate task o f ornamenting the interior has begun. Owing to the uses for which the build- HATS! F e llo w «’ new See the variety of nobby, new styles in their show window. o ïc a œ o o a s r . 2DeA.XsXs-A.Ba PLASTERING! THE - Setting — OF A L L K IN D S — -ILL SORTS OF CLQTHIH3 TO NüLTSH ON THE INSIDE.- F fiv t c m ö t T o n e r , D a lla s . A ll work guaranteed fir&tclass. J. A . B A R K E R , Prompt. Progrtssive. TH E POSITIVE < Popular. i n s u r a n c e SLY CS V. .urei EU H r v E S O T H E itS . Tha Leading Home Company. tve Mana a SPECIALTY #p insurance Ohorhes and Panenago«, Dwellings end Household Goods, Sehoels end ether Pnblio Buildings, Fern Buildings end Farm Property. —DIRECROR8:— J. McCRAKKN, F. K. ARNOLD, D. D. OLIPHANT H. L. PITTOCK, J. K. GILL, J. LOKWKNBBRO, F. BOOEKT, r. M. WARREN, J. S. COOPER, 8. E. YOUNG. E. P. McCOKNACK. J. LOWENBERG. H. M. GRANT. Secretai y and Manager Torte. Prie 00 r.te.c ARGAiNS CO . Z Z a a td . O f f t c * : . «S WASHINGTON STKEKT, POKÎLAND, OR. Présidant. AT WORK ON THE F18HRR1K8 BUILDING, Dallas. Ewer offered in footwear. $10,000 worth of ladies, miss es and childrens’ shoes will be sol« 1 at actual cost. W e have decided to close out our shoe department and therefore we offer these prices Save yom money See our goods and save yourself 2-5 pej’ cent. P a la c ? D r y Q o o d s a n d $ h o e 5 - t o r * . 307 COMMERCIAL S TR E ET, SALEM. OREGON. W H Y N O T P A T R O N IZ E H O M E — Instead o f acutliiig e ist for things you c.m buy of— 0 . B . M C D O N A L D , TRUCKM AN, D a lia n : O r e g o n A lair share ol patronage nolicited and all ord er« promptly tilled. A. J . M A R T IN , P A I N T E R , Houae, aign and ornamental, grain ing, kalaonting and paper hanging. • D allas , - Oklfloa W IL 8 0 N 6 l C O ., Druggists! Apotkariss. I>ealer iu drags, cheimo Is end perfumery stationery, toilet articles, meerclianm pipes, stgant, tobacco, etc., etc. Pure liquors for ■Yrtlicinal purpose only Physician-« i»re- ecriptious compounded day or night. .Main street, opposite court house, Dallas, Or. F O R M E D IC IN E S ! —GO TO TH E — - iregon grown seed, urow n raising. 'nion seed a specialty. n iC K IN S O N arc reliable and can be ■^d ep en d ed upon. Lend us a trial order. TV 7. JB, Banal. Propilatot. Danlar in droga, oila, painta, gimas, papar, fancy good*, ate. ° f »11 kinds, garden, grass, timber, fend for catalogue. COM PANY. O . D P K l N S O y S F .K I) O O M F V N V , ■¡02' u m m c r d s l s tr e e t . S a lv ili, O r g e . W m . B r o w n & C o ., N e w York, instead o f one. w ill haves group o f buildings on the W orld's fair grounds, and a very beantifnl and in teresting one w ill be a jxsviliun for a mineral exhibit. It w ill be a colonnade 61 feet long by 61 wide and 22 high, rec tangular in form. The entabulator« ia carried on Romanesque Ionic arches springing from pillara o f nniform de — D E A L E R S IN — Hop Grower’s Supplies. Quassia, whale oil soap, hop twine, sulphur, burlap. Solo agents for R ihert’s improved power sprayer. hydraulic pump horse W ool, mohair, hides, pelts, furs an«l hops bought at mar- et price. Office, 231 Commercial street, Salem, Oregon. SEEDS Bee and Poultry S U P P L IE S S IM O TR EE8. rom MKW TO R I'S MINRRAI. PAVTUOM. sign, and the corner pavilions are snr mounted with handsome balustrades. The cornice* and friese are decorated with scnlptnred tablet*, and the span drels between the arches are ornamented with representations in relief o f mining scenes and implements. Perhaps the moat enrions object w ill be an obelisk in the open front o f the pavilion, con atrncterl o f many separate stones laid in the order o f tbeir geological succession from the asoic np to the last formation. This ia a device o f Dr. James H all, state geologist, who, in a lifetim e devoted to searching out the secrets o f nature aa written in tha rocks, has given New York nomenclature to many geological textbooks. ________________ M . . I . s * t b s W o rld *, gate. PORTLAND SEED CO. Fertilizers Portland, Or. i r r i M S CAREFULLY FILLER. J a p a n '. W o r l d '. F a ir K .h lb lL Japan's display at the coining Colum bian exposition w ill undoubtedly far ex ceed an yth in« previously attempted by this country at any world's fair. Both the manufacture™ und the government officials realize what the commercial value o f this exhibit may prove to be. and every effort is being made to render it complete. A large numtier o f works o f art intended for ultimate shipment to Chicago are now on view in Tokio. One that is attracting the most attention is a huge euglo. with outstretched wings, carved in ivory. From lip to tip the wings measure close upon (i feiet. Bo siilbe being the largest this is also con ceded to be the moat superb example of ivory carving ever produced in Japan. Another noteworthy addition to the Japanese exhibit w ill be the collection o f art needlework contributed by the pnpils o f the Tokio Industrial A rt School for Women. It consists o f a collection o f paintings, embroideries, gowns, ta)>ea- try, laces anil what uot. all o f bewilder ing beauty and exquisite workmanship. Each article for this exhibit has been chosen by ladies in w aiting to the em press. who have lieen especially detailed to this w ork by her majesty aeouunand Mew Y o rk ’« M in eral e xh ibit. [D McCoy Drug Store, McCOY, OREGON, ing is designed, both the ornamentation and the practical fitting np w ill require unusual skill. The managers confident ly promise that the display o f fish, fish ing tackle and everything illustrative of or in any w ay connected with the fish eries w ill be the finest ever seen in the world. The building itself w ill be a beauty and rank high among the archi tectural glories o f the exposition. C A T A L O C U t. - The executive committee of the W orld's fair I'M appropriated 6267.000 to defray the » « p e n . » o f the orchestral, band aad choral music to be given at theexpoeition during the summer. The appropriation la to come out o f revennM received after M a t l PAU PER LABOR. MOST OF THE STATEMENTS CON CERNING IT ARE HUMBUG. T h « P t m K i v h u g e o f Cumnuodtti«« Do«« Not Tend to L o w e r W a g e «— H igh Prices C rip p le Com m erce G row th o f Nations. mu d R etard the carrying trade, k ill shipbuilding and it! allied industries, but also directly hurts, though it cannot kill, those occupation! which can derive no benefit whatevei from protection, such as furniture mak ing, milling, farming, quarrying, cotton, fruit and tobacco growing, the building trade and the like. For the lower the prices o f imple ments and tools, o f w ire and cordage, ol steel and mineral prodnets, o f lumber and building stone, o f railways and steamboats, o f store fixtures and office furniture, etc., the cheaper the producte of all the above mentioned industries w ill be, tile more the people w ill be able to buy o f them, the livelier and more profitable foreign as well as domestic commerce w ill be, the more shipbuild ing and its kindred occupations w ill de velop, the cheaper house rents w ill be come, the higher w ill be the wages the laboring men receive and the more steady the employment they must have. —Dingman Versteeg in T a riff Reform. Sits I . a Poor Croataro la th . Stats a f Now York. It is pretty w ell known that the dairy Do the high wages o f the laborers in cow o f the state o f New York w ill dur pew countries render their product any ing the season g iv e ju .t about 3,000 dearer, or do the low wage, iu ohl coun pounds o f milk, which w ill make about tries make their products any cheaper? i20 pounds o f butter or 800 pounds o f The answer to these questions w ill de cheese. A t the market prices for butter cide whether or not a new country, or in and cheese this w ill return to the owner fact any country where wages are higher a gross income o f from $25 to $30. Now , than in consisting countries, needs pro you know just as well aa 1 do that it tection against foreign imports in order takes just about this $25 or $80 to sup to maintain it« higher ra'e o f wages. port this average cow during the year, The wages in free trade England are and the owner has the pleasure o f milk neither no low aa those in protectionist ing her 8 or 10 months for his trouble. Rnssia. Belgium, Germany, France, N ow , we shall not as a rule find the Italy or Spain, nor, by far. as low as profitable and unprofitable cows in herds those in India, China or Japan. Y et, If P rotective B a rbarism In Germ any. by themselves, but we shall find them the free exchange o f commodities be The wise efforts o f Chancellor A'aprivi more or less mixed through every herd tween high and low wage countries really tended to bring down wages, it and o f the ministers o f the czar to m iti in tbe state. There are some that w ill follows that English workingmen would gate the tariff systems o f their respect probably contain a considerable number receive as little as the Chinese cooly in ive countries by means o f a commercial o f those that are neither a profit or loss. his native land. Bnt this is not all. A c treaty are threatened with defeat by the There w ill be very few herds that do not cording to Mr. Andrew Carnegie's rea agrarian interests o f Germany. It is a oontain at least a few profit producing soning in "Trium phant Democracy,” fact that Germany ia incapable o f pro animals, and there are probably no herds China, with its low wages, and not Eng ducing sufficient bread and meat for her In which there are not seme animals that land. with its high wages, ought to have teeming millions, and hence the duties are kept at a loss, so that practically the world’s currying trad“ Bnt how is on the necessaries o f liv in g are a griev every man in the state has animals be it possible for free trade England to pay ous burden to the German masses. The longing to each o f these three classes, much higher wages than its protectionist popular discontents caused by this sys and it is his first problem to find out how competitors, and how. again, is it possible tem have much to do iu recruiting the many he has in each class and which that England, and not China, nor even ranks oAthe socialists and other enemies cows they are. How shall he set about Spain. Germany or Russia, aided by low o f tho German government. I f the corn It? W e have tw o easy and very simple wages, dominate the commerce and the laws o f Germany should be moderated, carrying trade o f the world? AU o f this Russia in ordinary seasons would be able ways. Firat. to weigh the milk o f each to supply the German people with an oow at every m iiking and find out abso is done with British capital, under the lutely how many pounds o f milk each Brinish Hug. while the ships are manned abundance o f cheap food. But an agricultural congress now in cow gives; secondly, teat it frequently for tlie major part with Britishers from session in Berlin and composed o f dele w ith the Babcock teeter and find out ex the captain down to the cabin boy. Ho. contrary to Mr. Carnegie’s asser gates from all portions o f the empire actly how great a percentage o f fat is has sent a deputation to Emperor W il contained in the milk o f each animal, tion. the fact remains that Britain, the only free trade country among the larger liam with a protest against a commer and then by a simple process o f arith and older uatious, pays the highest cial treaty that wouid bring Russian metic the number o f pounds of fat each products into competition w ith the prod animal producee is readily obtained. wages, has the most extensive com ucts o f Germany. The evasive answer H aving now found out what each ani merce, the greatest commercial fleet, the largest establishments for shipbuilding, of tlie emperor indicates that be is by no mal is producing our first step in im t he most magnificent industrial edifice, means convinced o f tlie truth of the as provement in one o f selection—that is, while British capital is so abundant that, sertion that this treaty would ruin the the animals that do not come up to a cer German farmers, much as he may feel tain standard must be discarded.—P ro while paying higher wages than any other old country, although the rest are the weight o f the political influence of fessor W in g in the Practical Dairyman. the agricultural interests. He i very h\ghly "p rotected," its cupitulists are G ood AdTioo* even looking aronud for new opportuni plainly intimated to the deputation that the internal peace o f the empire is quite I have 27 acres o f land, nearly two o f which ties to invest their Burplus capital. are not arable. I keep nine cows and two According to Mr. Ciimegie. this very aa necessary to agricultural prosperity horses. Of course I buy some bran and oil- as ure high duties on wheat and pork. desirable condition o f alfairs ought to meal. Now, which is the most profitable way W h ile reduced duties would give the to double the number of cows on the same exist iu China, or. to stick to the Cau casian family, let us say Spain, because Germans cheaper food, and thus greatly land for a man o f moderate means? Mr. Stuesay has 27 acres o f land, tw o wages there ure so very much lower than repress the hostility to tho government, in Britain. W hy. now. is Great Britain, Russia would afford a large market for o f which are uot arable. I f these tw o many German manufactures. N o tw ith acres are properly located, let him use "the wise old bird. ' able to distance all standing the enormous duties on agricul them for pasture. L et him devote an its protectiouist competitors in the race for pre-eminence? Simply beenuse the tural implements, Russian manufactur acre or more to buildings and garden busiuess men o f all classes and occupa ers are unable to meet the scanty home and put the balance o f the small farm demand, which is supplied by Germany under a three years' rotation o f crops, tions iu free trade Britain can bny what and England and to a small extent by devoting one-third o f it each year to they need where it is cheapest, and be the United States. From the prohibitory corn, one-third to clover, and the re cause its facilities tor production and duties the manufacturers o f Russia, who maining third to oats, peas, rye and trausjiortatiou have liecome superior to are moetly foreigners, realize enormous other grain and soiling crops. Build a those of other nations It is on this ac profits, mainly at the expense o f the Ag silo with tw o pits, each not less than count that the wages o f the English may ricultural interests. Secure in their pro 10 by 16 feet by 20 feet deep. be many times as high as those o f other tection against foreign comjietition, the Do all the feeding in the stable and nationalities whose methods o f produc manufacturers at the same tim e neglect save all the manure, liquid aa well ns tion are inferior, and whose laws favor all improvements in production. solid. Have good cows and teed them domestic rings and monopolies. In view o f these considerations the all they w ill eat, Have stables warm and Where, then, neither the laboring men Russian government, to whom the agri w ell ventilated and 1 lil< ilin winter, with nor tbe industries o f a new country need cultural interests exceed all others in im screens to windows iu summer. Increuse to be protected against foreign competi portance, has readily entered into the vour number of cows gradually as you tion. what are protective laws good for? negotiation o f a commercial treaty with Increase the lertility o f your laud. Prove The answer is. “ For the purpose o f al Germany to provide for lower dutiee all things and hold fast to thus« which lowing owners o f mines, forests, oil sup plies. etc., to get a higher price fo r the upon German manufactures and upon suit you and your conditions. It is bet raw material they produce and to enable Russian breadstnffs and provisions. The ter to have cows in the stable all the manufacturers of protected interests by advantage o f such an arrangement to time than ont o f doors in storms and both countries is manifest, bnt class in oold weather anil drinking ice oold wa all sorts o f couibiustions to form artifi terests in Germany may prove more ter, but an hour or two a day out of cial monopolies sud thereby to raise tbe prices of their goods on the one band powerful tlian considerations for the doors, when it is comfortable for the general welfare. In this political junc owner to be out with his cows, is uot while on the other they are able to pay ture the votes o f the agruriau represent objectionable. lees to their operatives than they would ative# in tlie reichslag are needed by W e very much question whether a be obliged to if there existed uo impedi ment to the free importation o f com the governm ent for the army hill. This creamery can lie built and equipped so question once settled. Chancellor Caprivi a* to manufacture only 100 pounds o f modities.” This is one o f the principal could deal more resolutely with the butter per day with profit. The outfit, reasons o f the almost fabulous grow th duties on bread and meat. But with the \ building and cost o f running w ill be o f Urge private fortunes in protectionist agrarian interests pressing him on oue practically the same as for a business new countries. Tbe protection allows protected em side and the socialists pressing him on tw ice or three times as large. Yon may ployers not only to tax their fellow citi the other he is obliged to proceed with oount the outfit $1,200 and freight, the zens. bnt also enables them to cut down great caution in order to keep his foot- j building $800 to $1,600, and the cost of running, exclusive o f packages, freights the wages o f their laborers and to kill lug.—Philadelphia Record. and commission, but including interest or provoke strikes at w ill and declare A Pointer. and repairs, at from $8.60 to $4.60 per lockouts, because the tax upon goods There is a practical as well as a polit day.— Hoard's Dairyman. * eoiaiug from abroad is so very high that the domestic producers— i. e., the em ical recognition o f the value o f tariff re Ch«e>.waking la Georgia. ployers. bare the domestic market all to form oil the jiart o f the astute people of W e make three pounds o f cheese from themselves, and thus can. by producing N ew England in the effort o f its capital as little as they please, make certain ists to obtain control o f the coal proper tbe same quantity o f m ilk that would be commodities as scarce as they like, and ties in N ova Hcotiu. They are so well required for one pound o f butter. Three thereby carry np prices to just within satisfied that our customs taxation of pounds of cheese. 46 cents; one pound of the limits o f the protective wall called raw materials w ill be abandoned that butter, 26 to 80 cents. M y Idea is that th* tariff. The consequence o f all this they are substantially betting their farmers in the rural districts, away from is that the laboring men in protected in money on the eventuality. W ith cheap towns and cities, may find find it to dustries are in many cases entirely at coal and iron ore assured to them, the tbeir interest and convenience to run co the mercy o f their employers, and tliat abandoned furnaces in the east m ight re operative dairies to supply themselves and afford a surplus tb r the nearest mar strikes in such industries, while putting light their fires. The abolition o f coal tariffs on the ket. I f cheesemaking should be estab a stop to production and raising prices, are mure often unsuccessful than In un part o f the United St ates and o f Canada lished in the south we would not hare would not lie the one sided transaction to go through with the evolution in proc protected industries. It is not the question whether the which the opponents o f such legislation ess that ha* finally resulted in the fac wage earners in new countries receive affect to believe. The loss o f a market tory system in the north. The northern people have blazed the higher wage* than their fellow work fo r soft coal in N ew England, i f that men in old countries, but whether they should result, would lie made good by way. W e call follow close behind. Our receive as large a share o f what they the gain o f new markets in lower Can lands are cheap sud yet productive. I f produce aa would be the case i f the sb- ada. whose natural source o f supply is cheese and butter ilairytng is profitable aence o f certain conditions favored a from the coal liearing regions in the in the north on land worth $50 to $100 per acre, why not in Georgia, where more equal division o f the product be United States adjacent to the lakes. tween laborers and capitalists. W h a t, It is a pleasure to note the alacrity good land can lie had at one-fourth of in older countries goes to tbe landlord | w ith which farseeiug business men are these price*? Th# co-operative system in the shape o f high rents, in new coun preparing to adjust tlieir business to the would seem to me the best—one farmer tries, where there is hardly any rent to promises set forth In ihe Democratic to put up tbe buildings and supply the platform, upon the faith o f which that outfit anil do the work for his neighbors. he paid aught to go to the laborer. And where no artificial, legal monopo party lias been brought back to power. —R. J. Bedding, Director Georgia Ex lies enable certain classes o f producers W ith the tariff reformed, the navigation periment Station, in Rural N ew Yorker to levy tax up<m other pnidmwrs as well laws repealed and a readjustment o f the K d ta e a ils x ea stern ers. as upon all consumers, it must be plain financial policy o f the government with m Customers may. with due care aad pa that the competition o f capital with a v iew to the encouragement rather than capital for tbe service# o f laborers the embarrassment o f tbe business o f the tience. lie educated from one ounce of will be so active that tbe prukts upon whole country, nothing could prevent salt in their butter to half an ounce, but capital remain normal, while the wages tbe United State* from taking the first this education, let it be w ill steadily rise and prices o f all com place among the nations in the race for should only be done where we a n sura o f making the finest grade. Even so with modities will rather tend to fall than to industrial and commercial supremacy. cheese, when good milk is available, cus go op. Then also it w ill be observed tom er. may gradually be trained in eat T h o r Should H elp T h eir Henefaetor. that tha grow th o f tbe wealth of tbe W s presume that It 1* quite true that ing a properly cured cheese instead o f country w ill have in its train, and u n natural consequence, a growth in tha Governor M cK in ley can hare all tbe half cured curd, and to their surprin earnings and savings of tha wagework financial aid he may require in his pres they w ill find that cheese does agree with ers. and not principally an increase af ent misfortune. His labor has put m il them. Granted that such education le tha number and tbe riches o f tha mil- lions in tbs pockets o f tbe tariff barons, slow, granted also that it is difficult mu Honiiroi. and w e bars no doubt that they are dis les* the niaket is in direct communica It t* readily perceptible that the high posed to show tbeir gratitude. Bnt if tion with the consumer, we claim the price* of commodities, consequent upon be accepts their assistance be ought to object once obtained is w ell worth the so called protection, not only must crip retire from public life. Hie obligations trouble, as it would certainly increase ple commerce, retard the grow th o f in would prove to be an embarrassment in the consumption o f cheese soormuualy. land and seaboar d cities, taka stray tha i futura.- N e w Y o rk W orld. - D a ir y ed to provide a loose not accentuate the thin and slender girl deal. A n y one can make a of course it w ill not hang like skirt, but even the best not accomplish th a t A s fo r the it ia really nothing; just a back, may be a sort o f scarf laid over a a front that to a ll drapery, lace gracefully, a bow or so o f tha thing is done. T w o sinters o r intim ate girl fl can help each other a great deal by ing gowns that suit each other, a posing about harmoniously, tures o f themselves. It to ornamental to the rooms too. W e hare sketched a of girls who owe h alf their invitations to tbe fact that they make a point o f poet in corners and looking sweet and in ter« ing. They devote themselves so mnoh this that they are not at all “ ’ about getting the usual atti expect, and hostesses realise tive they are and useful, too, in a O f course girls who go in for this Und o f thing should set each other off. One might be, for instance, a vivid rad blood and the other a dull aahM blond. On* ought to be either distinctly prettier than the other, or one should be quite another type from th * other. 1 know one pair who have a regular com pact The pretty one attracts admirers to their corner, and once they are there th * plain sister has tbe exclusive right to do th* entertaining. It works beautifully for both, because the pretty one has many brains, and the plain she is plain. W h it * Soap. An excellent soap for washing flan nels, ginghams o f delicate colors or any washable material requiring care can be made at the expense o f a few cent* and a little economy on tbe part o f a house keeper. Take 8 pounds o f new un slacked lime and 6 pounds o f washing soda. Pour over this 5 gallons o f boil ing water. Stir until the soda to a ll dis solved. L e t it stand till it becomes per fectly clear, then pour o ff the clear liquid. Add to it 6 pounds o f clean fa t (saved from the cooking) and 1 cup of salt. Boil for 8 hours. Take a little ont in a saucer, and i f it hardens p oor th * mixture into a wooden tub, aad when oold cut into bars. It w ill soon cure aad be as white and firm aa white oaetitosoan. N ovelties la Sleeves present most I of development and are every period quite regardless which the gown itself belongs. Henri n model to nicely combinations o f tw o which is slashed to show puff other and contrasting oobar. sleeves are sometimes shirred down at the shoulder to g ive the desired fla t* at the elbow, which to decidedly m ore novel than the puffing out at tha shoulder . AU Unde o f draped aleevM are need, which ' —|-*ii:t ’fr tS U m r - V 1. give great possibilities o f gowns. One shows a f a deep flounce falling Three full ruffles mwm sleeve above the i prettily, and tw o puffs re 01* also furbish up an to ( ¿ fe ll tori 1 ** ■