Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 July 1910 — Page 3

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By- PROF. FREDERICK STARR

THE ARRIVAL

Tokyo. Tokyo Is today a really European city. Tho tourist in search of old Japan must go elsewhere. Change has bten rapid; it will continue until all the old landmarks arc gone. To yourg Japan, dressing in European ganr.ents, aping European ways, badly speaking some European language, all this change brings deligl.t. For it. this is improvement. The young men date things "from the beginning of the improvement of Tokyo," and love to say "some day, Tokyo.' fine city." Of course, this Europeanization of Japan's capital must needs take place. There are features in it to which I do not at all object. The use of electric cars and of the electric light, fcr instance, fit In with the natural life of the people, and their convenience and advantage warrant their Introduction. So, too, the, excellent system of public telephones, a system far more complete an1 convenient probably than we have at any place in the United States, is appreciated and utilized by the commonest and poorest people. But when grace and fitness, convenience and use. are sacrificed with no commensurate gain, we protest. And, indeed, the fondness for foreign ideas and foreign ways is blind and unreasoning. Thousands of things beautiful and convenient are being sacrificed for inferior, simply because these are foreign. European dres3 is so common as to attract no notice. Not only government officials and employes, school boys and university students, but clerks and business men wear the new costume. It is ugly In the extrerre. but that makes little difference; i is the rarest thing in the world fcr the trousers to fit the legs, or through any amount of use to adapt themselves to the form of the wearers all this counts for nought so long as the fashion is foreign. We have been far too busy in settling cur new home to do much sight The Great Stairway seeing. We Lave, however, taken time for cue baseball game and one religious festival. The event of the hour was the presence cf the Wisconsln team. Postal cards representing them and their opponents and scenes from the games already played were displayed at every shop. The newspapers contained columns of notice and some most curious and interesting pictures of incidents in the contests. The first opponents with whom our boys played were the team of the "Keio" university. The visitor? lost both games. We saw the third game of the series, played wiih the boys of Waseda university. This Institution Includes preparatory and collegiate .departments, and' numbers some eight thousand students. Its grade of work is high. It was founded by Baron Okuma. the well known opposition leader. In a certain sense it is the rival of the Imperial university, representing both In politics and spirit a non-administration party and constituency. The game was played at the playgrounds of the "Keio," to reach which we were forced to walk some little distance after leaving the street car line. Great numbers, of people were on their way to pee te game, and when we reached the grounds it was diSicult to find seats anywhere. The contrast between the two teams v, as quite marked. Several of the Wisconsin men are notably large and heavy fellows, but a considerable range of size exists within the team; the boys of the Waseda team are far more uniform In size, and notably more slender and less heavy. The local newspapers were all represented by reporters; thefr tables set In a long line close by the field In front of the highest-priced seats of spectators, formed by far the most curious and novel feature of the scene. A great crowd of Waseda rooters with their red flags sat solidly together In one section of the grand stand. Our boys sadly needed encouragement from the audience, and had to do their own rooting. They succeeded in making two runs In the first Inning and five runs in the second, after which the Japanese players held th;m down, and they made no further score during the game. The Waseda boys made runs only in the fifth inniug, when they scored four counts. The Japanese umpire made several rulings which were questionable, none of which ever happened to be against the local team. On the whole, however, they did not affect the score. It i3 very interesting to see the readiness with which Japan ha seized upon the new form of spcrt. and her enthusiasm over it. It Is typical of her readiness to borrow. Dog Catches Escaping Fowls. The John Frey Commission company needs no man and wire hook to catch fowls when they break from the coops. Towser is always on the Job. Towser does not bite a fowl, but holds it by the neck or wing, putting his paws on It. holding it down until some one comes from the commission house and relieves him of his burden. John Frey said he was busy weighing up several coops of chickens one day last week when he was attracted by the dog making several trips into the room

REAL

JAPAN

FROM THE STUDIES OBSERVATIONS OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST STUDENT OF MANKIND WHILE LIVING IN JAPAN AS A JAPANESE & &

After a hard day of constant rain we came borne upon the evening of the twelfth to fipid a postal card from a native friend calling our attention to the great festival to take place at Ikegami that night. Though tired and wet, we started off at one?, and after an hour rrd a half we found ourselves at Oinori etation. with a mile and three-quarters between us and the temple. Our last street cars had been Jammed to the door, and when we dismounted, we needed no guide to show the way. The station was blazing with arches of electric-lighted paper lanterns in spite of the downpouring rain. I Swept along b the crowds we found ourselves upon a narrow street literally packed with people, part of them going to, and part coming from the temple. All carried umbrellas. We plodded along through a sheet of mud and water. Both sides of the street were lined' with shops and booths which were brilliantly lighted, and which offered food and drink, amusement and cheer, at cheap prices to the passers. Everywhere men, women and children were shrieking, to pilgrims praising thtir wares. Paper lanterns, toys of all kinds, banners in honor of the saint and temple, cakes and sweets, tea. Eake. hot fish, fried lobsters, boiled clams were everywhere in evidence. Only the fact that thousands of men, women and children no larger nor stronger than ourselves, were plodding patiently 'onward toward the shrine, kept us going; time after time we felt inclined to turn back and seek our comfortable home; but we kept on and on and on, uncertain how much further we must go, and how much longer our discomfort must endure. Finally the road turned sharply to the right. The rain cane down as never; the mud was ankle deep, and splashed to the knees with every step; but from the din we heard before us we were con-

Ikegami Temple, Near Tokyo.

fident that we were near our destination. We crossed a little bridge, found ourselves on good stone pavement, and shortly stood at the bottom of the great stairway of 96 stone steps leading upward to the temple. Just as we reached the summit there was a lull in the downpour, and we stood at one side to look down the stairway. The festival is called the feast of one hundred thousand lanterns, and notwithstanding the bad night, thousands of lanterns ccvtainly were out. A band of worshipers was just approaching the foot of tho stairway. At their head two lusty barelegged boys carried paper lanterns to light the oath; behind them came 20 worshipers, each with a drum upon which he beat vigorously a lively air whtch we learned to be the accompaniment to the famous prayer or formula taught by Nichlren 6S0 years ago. L-ahind them came the bearers of the great lantern. This wa3 made in fantastic form and decorated with paintings having reference to the teaching of the sect It was surmounted by a great crown of trailing sprays of bamboo loaded with tufts of white and pink tissue paper. It was flanked on both sides by smaller illuminations. The whole party began the ascent vigorously, and made no pause up the 96 stairs, if anything, increasing the energy of their movements as they ascended. Finally they reached the summit in a special spurt of vigor. The drums were beaten more vigorously, the prayers sung nore earnestly as they concluded the ascent and nearcd the sacrificial shrine. It was the most striking picture of vigorous and active energy that I have seen for a long time. But this group was but one of hundreds. We stood there long, looking at one after another a3 they came up the great stairway. The noise was so great that conversation was impossible. The little bands varied in size from three or four worshipers to parties of fifty or sixty; rome were notable for their poverty '.ud decrepitude, others for their exiravagant display and physical vigor. Finally we followed one of the large j bands up to the temple sacred to Nichlren; we stood behind them as they beat their drums before the saint, throwing their coppers into the collection box. repeating their prayers with earnestness. It is perhaps the most genuinely Japanese of all Buddhist sects. 'The drum beating is its characteristic. Nichlren is pre-eminently a favorite of Tokyo. It was here and hereabouts that the old paint lived and died, and the celebra;on which we witnessed is commemorative iron the street, each time giving a tug ft Frey's trousers leg, trying to lead film to the door. "I did not think the dog wanted me to follow-him," said Frey, "but thought he was playing with me. In a few minutes a commission man man came in and told me one of my turkeys had broken out and that my dog was up the street trying to hold it. I went to the door and there he was out in middle of the street wredtling with the turkey, which was three times as large as he. He manage?. vot r

of the anniversary of his death, which took place 1282 at this -pot. Nichlren was born at Kiminato on the Bay of Ycdo in 12S2. When 12 er.rs old he became an acolyte of the Sliiugon sett and r.t 1.1 a priest. He quickly, however, became discontented with the tt'3hir.Ks. of that body, and had various miraculous revelations. It was at this time that he adopted the nnine of Nichiren. by which he is called now. which has reference to Lis miraculous birth Like so many other saints and deities in nil religions, his was an immaculate cor.1e5.tion. In a dream his mothei saw the sun resting upon a lotus flower, with the result that Nichiren was born. His iife is fall of miracles II did not need to study the canon of sacred scripture, but received it a! a moment of revelation. He composed a formula of four words Namu, myo ho, renge, kyo the repetition of whicfc is the essence of his worship and the chief religious act of his sect. He was eternally getting into trouble witt rulers in his lifetime, and always es taping from their efforts to destroj him. Thus, on one occasion ho was sentenced to execution, but the knife of the executioner had no effect upor him. His. greatest temple is at Mino bu, where he spent a considerable por tion of his life. The one at Ikegami is perhaps the second in importance ol the sect, which is a large one In its membership. Zeal and intolerance were the essence of Nichiren'3 cbar acter, arid zeal and intolerance form the marked characteristics of his fol lowers to the present day. Nichlren was the very democrat of Buddhism He not only taught the worship of the great Gautama, and other worship common to Buddhists, but extended divinity to all the world. According to his teachings, not only man. but animals, plants, and mud itself are capable of attaining to Buddhahood After plodding and splashing for a mile and three-quarters through a liquid mud that would do credit to St Louis, one can but feel grateful at his discovery. Two days later with better weathei we visited Ikegami once again, this time to secure some pictures. It Is almost a typical Buddhist temple After mounting the great stairway one passes under the heavy, elaborate decorated gateway of red painted wood, guarded by the ' two great Nie figures. Into the temple courtyard. Be fore us to the left is the main temple dedicated to Buddha himself, and known for that reason as the Shaka thrine. To the right is the founder's temple with a great image of Nichiren High up behind the great tern pie are the priests' quarters. The old ones were destroyed by fire some years ago. but new ones have been, and are being, constructed By chance we were taken through them, and the rooms were so large end lofty, eo clean and beautiful, as tc arouse our envy, and make us wish tliat we, too, were Buddhist priests entitled to occupy them. At the last one to which we were taken a delightful surprise came to us. We looked out upon a scene cf the rarest beauty: the garden of the monastery. Its beauty lies largely In the fact that it is to a great degree unartificlal. A natural basin has been utilized, the further border of which rises in a lovely pine-covered ridge as a background Within this natural basin is a pretty pond, a little stream of water and rock work, partly artificial, planted with splendid shrubs and trees. A scene of perfect peace and tranquility! What a contrast between the twe aspects of our little street! Twc days ago the din and bustle and confusion; today, the calm anl peace and loneliness. Yet as we pass again between the double line of little shops and booths, now listless and deserted, we now and then come upon a bit ol promise for the future. Groups ol small boys, almost toddlers, are oul upon the streets with toy banners ant! Illuminated miniature lanterns and small drums and tin cans on whicb they beat, the while muttering: "Namu, myoho, renge, kyo." They arc playing, but it Is training for future celebrations of the "Festival of Ter Hundred Thousand Lanterns," and it these little fellows of four or five years old, we see signs of the same vigorous earnestness shown by the groups of pilgrims of the other night It is this same vigor and force and earnestness, the same devotion and blind enthusiasm, which hurled th bands of Japanese soldiers up the tlopes at Port Arthur. The sect of Nichiren Is militant and warlike. (Copyright. 1310. by TV. G. Chapman.) More Graft. "Dat big gink over dere stole al' me papers!" wailed a diminutive newsboy in City Hall park yesterdaj afternoon. Crying bitterly, he pointed to a larger boy who was just dlsap pearing in the distance. The thefl seemed little less than' a tragedy tc him, and his heart broken sobs at tracted a crowd of sympathetic pass ers-by. "Never mind, my little man," said c benevolent old chap with philanthropic whiskers, "here's a nickel for you That started the ball rolling, and small coins poured Into the newsboy's cat until Le suddcnlly caught sViht of an approaching cop, and made a, quick get-away. "Those two kids have been working that game for over a week," said the cop. "The b)j one swipes the little fellow's papers, the little fellow makes hi3 grand stand play, and they meet later on a divvy up." And the crowd dispersed, with an other crimp in Its collective and in dividual belief in the innate goodness of humanity. New York Press.

An Affinity Shy. "Yes," confessed the leading man ol the barn-storming aggregation, a3 he led tho bunch cityward via the cross tie route, "I am wedded to my art." "Wei!, don't let it worry you," re joined the soubrette. "You can easily get a divorce on the grounds of Incompatibility." Masculine Query. "The motto of the modern woman U 'Forward,'" said the suffragette who was distributing a line of talk from the platform. "If that's the case," interrupted the mere man who had strayed into the hall by mistake, "why does she alwayb get off a street car backward?" to tho ground, but could not hold It down. Whenever the turkey got up and started to run, Towser would get hold of its legs and try to hold it. He i3 a great dog. He sleeps here, and it is Just like having a private watchman to guard your stocks. St. Loui3 Globe-Democrat. Her Crov 'ed Heart. "I fear she Is a sad coquette. Slave you a place In her heart?" "I'm one of the strap-hangers.'

ISIG BRINGS CURE

Rhythm Charms Disease of Afflicted Littfa Children. Wonderful Results Obtained by Use of Melody in Treatment of Infantile Paralysis, Heretofore Considered Incurable. London. The wonderful results which can be obtained from the scientific use of music and rhythm in infantile paralysis were the subject of an Impromptu demonstration at the Tiny Tim guild, an institution in City road, London, for the treatment of paralyzed children who are consid ered incurable at the general hospitais. The first patient was a boy of C, whose right arm had been totally paralyzed following an attack of acute infantile paralysis. A drum and his zeal for beating it in time so as to become a professional drummer when he grows up have been his salvation. What massage and electrical treatment alone could not do, constant working at his drumming has accomplished, and now the paralyzed arm is almost as useful as the other. ' The second case was a child of 3, who six months ago was totally paralyzed in both legs. Her treatment consisted of "marching" to an inspiriting tune played on the piano, while seated on the edge of a low wooden chair. "The secret of the treatment." Miss Hawthorne, the founder of the guild, explained, "is to make them build up the strength of the paralyzed muscle3 and nerves by encouraging them to use their limbs In the way each individual likes best The music keeps their interest up and prevents their becoming bored and tired." The most interesting case was a girl of 10, who three years ago was refused admission at one of the great London hospitals as being hopelessly incurable. On being brought to the guild, so her mother explained, the right leg and arm were almost useless, while paralysis of certain of the thtoat and tongue muscles rendered the child's speech almost Incoherent Dull and mentally deficient In many ways, her interest in musical sounda gave the clew to the treatment. Singing exercises were devised in which, lo pronounce the vowels correctly, the semi-paralyzed musicles had to be used, while a wooden clapper and a bell to be sounded by the paralyzed foot and arm respectively completed the apparatus. The other day, after almost three years at the guild, this patient, now a normal looking little girl, sang a number of songs In a rich, full voice, pronouncing the words faultlessly, and then, as a grand finale, she skipped the rope to show the marvelous control the musical treatment has gained over the Injured limb muscles.

Proud of Five Generations

Old Pennsylvania Fiddler Delights in Telling of Days When Dances Were Lively. Pennsburg, Pa. One of the oldest, most numerous and influential families In the Perkiomen valley and just across the line of Montgomery, in Hereford townshlj, Berks county, Is the Gery clan, whose pronitor was Michael Gery, who settled at Palm, near here, in the dawn of the eighteenth century. He, with Peter Hillegass, a nephew of Michael Ilillegass, the first treasurer of the United States, was a pioneer Unseed oil manufacturer In this section. Epralm Gery, son of Michael, who 13 ninety-two years of age, in his youth was teamster for his father and Hillegass, and made weekly trips by team to Philadelphia, 75 years ago, with oil, returning with tlax seed and ,the necessaries of life, as was the cus.tom in those days. On these trips Mr. Gery says he used to take with him foed for the hordes and victuals for himself, as well as bedding, so as to sleep on the floors of the barrooms along the route. Mr. Gery voted for President Van Buren in 1840. ' The old man is hale and hearty and a favorite with the community, because of his cheerful disposition and his love of good stories, of which he has a ready fund. The one story of his interesting life which the nonogenarian is fond of relating is his experiences as fiddler at the frolics 73 years ago. Mr. Gery In his younger days was possessed of prodigious strength, and was the favorite musician at old-fashioned dances for two reasons. In the first place, they liked his fiddling, and then again whenever a rowdy tried to break up a, dance, as wa3 the custom, the husky fiddler would quietly lay down his violin, grab the bully and throw hin out of tho place. HAND-PAINTED SHOE FASHION Floral Designs Are Also to Be Seen on Gloves Which Are Embellished for Customers. London. There will be interesting work for those girls who can use a paint brush If the revival of handpainted articles for feminine wear becomes general. Women v. ill be able to make birthday gifts to their friends of gloves or shoes on which they have painted the recipient's favorite flower. Would-be lovers can Kubtly hint at the state of their feelings by sending ro the object of their affections a pair of forDidn't Mail In Midst of Thrilling Speech in Court Attorney Remembers Duty and Turns Pale. Trenton. N. J. In a trial f the $300,000 damage suit or the Goodwin Manufacturing company against the f'dison phonograph works there was a sudden interruption, caused by former Attorney General Robert II. McCarter stopping in his argument for fully a minute. There was a fixed look on his face and an apprehensive gleam in his eyes. His arm, used in gesture, remained extended. Thinking that he was suffering from a sudden attack of illness, those in the court room stirred uneasily, and several court attendants made their way to thi lawyer to give him assistance. Slowly, as If in a dream, Mr. McCarter reached to an Inchlft nnrkef and drew forth three letters, at which he gazed ruefully. Then he eay the

GREEK MINISTER

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Washington. Lambros A. Coromilas, Greek minister to the United States, who was recently married to Miss Anna Ewing Cockrell, has been a member of the diplomatic colony in Washington for three years. He is 53 years old, more than six feet tall and an expert fencer. He holds the degree of doctor of philosophy from Tuebingen university and studied in Paris at the School of Political Science. Mrs. Coromilas is the daughter of Francis M. Cockrell, former senator from Missouri and now a member of thy Interstate Commerce commission.

WOMAN AS FARMER

Makes Money on Land Neighbors Had Said Was Worthless. Graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College Shows That Scientific Farming is Much Better Than Stenography. Worcester, Mass. Fersls Bartholomew, a graduate of the Massachusetts State Agricultural college at Amherst, is .a scientific woman farmer. She manages Evergreen farm In Westboro, about fifteen miles from this city. Last year she cleared $030 on five acres of land which neighboring farmers said was not worth turning over. She is 23 years old, was graduated from the agricultural college at Amherst In 190S, and picked out an abandoned farm in Westboro as the place to put her education into practise. She selected for its' cheapness a farm that everybody said was too far gone to bother with, and this year expects to make $200 an acre. She was not an agriculturist by Inheritance, In fact, she knew not the slightest thing about farm life and never took an interest in agriculture until her health began to fall and she abandoned her original idea of becoming a stenographer to look for outdoor' employment. Her home was in Melrose. Neither get-me-not gloves or, if very sorely stricken, gloves ornamented with a design in ivy. At present only white satin shoes are painted, but fine kid could be easily ornamented in this way, it is said. Pretty designs are in apple blossoms, forget-me-nots, or heather. A nw shoe, for brides in white Is being jold by another West End firm. This has the top edged with narrow Valenciennes lace, and on the toe a small knot of myrtle blossom. Evening gloves, of white or light shades, are again to be hand-pointed In floral designs. "It is four or five years since these gloves were In fashion," a representative of a West End establishment said. "We can supply gloves in any desired design. "To obtain a successful result the glove must be put on a 'model while the work is being done. It will be then fully stretched, and the floral spray will be as it would appear when worn."

Put Spectacles on Raven

Ophthalmic Surgeon Tests Eyes of 400 Animals and Birds and Could Remedy Defects. London. Lindsay Johnson, the wellknown ophthalmic surgeon of Cavendish square, has now employed the ophthalmoscope upon 400 animals of different kinds lions, tigers, reptiles, cats and birds. Assisted by A. W. Head, the artist, he has completed over 1,000 drawings of animals' eyes, In addition to a large number of photographs. Mr. Johnson examined the eyes of every animal in the zoo. except tho giraffe, and could now furnish spectacles for all which have .defective sight. A raven, which was operated upon for fataract, has actually been, provided with spectacles, which are fitted to tfce eyes by means of a kind of hcod. The improvement In its sight was obvious. Food mixed with sand was placed before it, and the bird at once began to pick out the edible matter. The examination of so many animals was not accomplished without many interesting and dangerous experiences, a puma, which had been taught by its owner to box. was one of the patients. A pair of boxing gloves was put on its paws to prevent it from using Its claws, and when Mr. Wife's Letters j following brief explanation, which conj vulsed tbe court room: j "My wife gave me these letters to ! post, and I forgot them until this min- ! ute." EBER MADE FROM CACTUS C;-e Species of Plant Found to Yield an Excellent Quality of Valuable Product. Philadelphia. Dr. M. Macfarlane, direcioi .i me uoianicai garden of the University of Pennsylvania, said a representative of a New York cactus grower had visited him recently and had obtained a specimen of cactus from which he declared rubber could be made. This species of cactus has never been suspected of containing rubber, but the New York grower has scovereu mai runner can be extractfrom it in paying quantities. The t.tb of the claim, Doctor Macfarlane

AND HIS BRIDE

she nor her parents had a penny to start her in the farming line. She came to Worcester, where she rented Evergreen farm in Westboro from L C. Midely, a grower of roses. She borlowed money to pay the first month's rent, and with her father and mother and two friends began her career as a toil tiller. The first year Miss Bartholomew devoted five of the twenty acres of land to small garden truck. To get the best results she mixed her own fertilizers and was criticised for it by the old time truck misers In the neighborhood. She specialized in vegetables, selected her Worcester market and made her own contracts. She made daily trips to Worcester in the season, starting from the farm at 3:30 o'clock in the morning, reaching here at G o'clock and was back at work on her farm at 3 o'clock. She paid no attention to the hay land the first year, devoting her entire energy to the five acres of land which she developed along scientific lines and kept a set of books concerning every detail of the work, even charging her father and mother for everything taken from the farm for the table. Her most profitable crop the first year wa3 tomatoes, but she raised a considerable crop of peas and corn. Her help consists of schoolboys, who go to the farm before and after school in the season of pulling weeds and planting. She pays them 10 cents an hour. The boys average 15 years old. She says they do more work than men, and cost much less. SPIDER BEAUTY SPOT LATEST Entirely New Departure in Women's Fashions Is Copy of Insect on Outside of Veil. Paris. The spider beauty spot Is the latest novelty offered to women. Women have worn veils that have obscured their eyes by black patches or given their faces a speckled appearance. Leaves, insects, birds and aeroplanes have figured as part of the mesh. Now, however, an entirely new departure is shown in the spider beauty spot, for the spider is a copy of the insect itself in black plush and is posed outside the veil. It is almost an inch and a half in diameter. The veil Itself is worked in the pattern of a spider's mesh. The spider beauty spot owes Its origin to Paris. Flying across the English- channel 13 getting so common that our best people will soon regard it as almost vulgar. Johnson stooped down the puma bit out vigorously with its "right." Once only did Mr. Johnson use chloroform. This was in the case- of p tiger cat, which was valued at $300, and unfortunately the animal died under the anaesthetic. He found thai In seals and walruses the lens of the ey is moved forward to enable them tc see under water. "My method of examination," said Mr. Johnson, "was to get Into a darkened edge in which was the animal and remain for several hours at a s?retch at a distance of only an inch or two from the eye of the animal, with a strong light cast upon the eye. I examined six lions like that and found that they were not difficult anlmal3 to deal with. They became partly hypnotized, and there was a tendency for them to fall into hypnotic sleep. Kangaroos when. examined always went to sleep" That crocodiles can cry Mr. Johnson has proved by squeezing onion juice into their eyes. They shed co pious tears, but not outwardly from the eyes. The tears ran down inta (he throat and the mouth. "Thus," said Mr. Johnson, "the crocodile does not cry to express emotion, but tc lubricate his food." The per capita on June 1 was $34.59, Some of us have the odd cents left. explained, has been fully substantiated through extensive experiments. The cactus thrives in California, but there are several large species in easterp greenhouses and botanical gardens. The purpose of the New York man is to gather these larger cactuses and take them to the western state for cultivation. At the same time South America is being scoured for other specimens. Straw Flower Is Imported. New York. New York florists have added to their stock a new variety, the straw flower, which after two years' experiment, has been transplanted from Europe. It is a variety of the Immortelle family, and is of illusive beaut, by reason of the silver gray sheen which covers its exterior. The petals are of a cerise shade and the center of the flower a deep yellow. Does the man who runs his lawnower at five a. m. happen to reside your particular neighborhood J I! your neighborhood is not as parlicular as It ought to be.

WHITE WOOL SCARF DIRECTIONS FOR CROCHETING PRETTY ARTICLE. How An Attractive and Useful Little Garment May Be Made With Ease by Any Clever Woman. Our model I3 worked in white Ivorine wool, with a No. 10 bone hook tficoter. But almost any other kind of wool and suitable hook may be used. Work a chain for width of scarf this and also the length, is entirely at the discretion of the worker. Row 1 Draw up a loop through each chahi stitch; draw the wool through the end loop, then work oft the rest of the loops two at a time as in ordinary tricot. Row 2 Commence as usual, but pass the hook through the upright thread, and also through the top thread between that and the next upright, and draw, up a loop through both threads at once, then draw a loop through the top thread between each of the uprights as far as the last two stitches, this time take the upright and the top thread following together as at the commencement of the row, draw the next loop through both front and back uprights of the last stitch; work off as before, drawing through one loop at first, and then through two at a time for rest of row. Continue repeating this row for length of scarf, tho two stitches at each end of the row making a nice firm edge on both sides of it, and will prevent the work from slanting. Along each side work a double crochet In the end stitch of the first row, , pass one, five trebles in next, pass two, double crochet in next, repeat from . Work a single crochet or chain stitch in the top back thread of each stitch of previous row. Before commencing the fringe, work about three rows of five chain loops upon each end of the scarf. For the FringeCut the wool Into 26-inch lengths, pass the hook through the first loop at end of scarf, fold four strands of the wool exactly In half and draw them a short distance through, forming a small loop, draw the eight strands, right through this loop and. pull gently, drawing the knet close up to the work. Repeat this into every loop, taking care all the knots are turned the same way. To knot the fringe, take four threads of the first tassel and four threads of the next one, and tie them together about an inch below the other knots, tie the remaining strands of the second tassel to four of the third one and repeat to end of row, being careful to keep the knots quite leveL Tie another row of knots an Inch below these, but this time taking the eight strands of each tassel and tying them together. Tie two more rows of knots at equal distances below these and cut the ends level with a pair of sharp scissors. The Fashionable Umbrella. It has a long very long, handle. And a great round silver cap. Or a severely plain hardwood handle. If there is any engraving It is done in old English letters. Colored taffetas dark blue, red, green or brown, are almost as much In vogue as black. ' Smooth finished hardwoods, inlaid with silver, make elegant handles. Many men prefer the wooden stick i as being more substantial and masculine looking than the steel rod. How to Wash the Jabots. Dissolve a pinch of granulated sugar In a basin of water and wring the articles out in it. Roll them in a cloth and let them lie for half an hour. When ironed they will look like new. Summer Wash Gowns. Taking them all in all, the fresh wash dresses which to a large extent represent the daytime house gowns of the summer, are unusually effective In the present year, but, In addition to this, the prevailing colors are bright, and the dress forms easy and not overelaborated. I do not remember a season In which so many fashionable women have appeared in Elmple onepiece dresses. Occasionally these are In one color, gray or gold?n-brown, or a cool canary tone, which shades, in lansdown, pongee and linen, are charming, but the majority are like the street dresses, in smart dotted, tufted, or striped fabrics, combined with some clear, vivid, plain tone, well calculated to win the eye. Marie Oliver, In Harper's Bazar. Embroidered Collars. 1 Now that all the summer blouses are cut low, the Dutch collar is again with us, but mounted on a neckband so as to avoid the unpleasant exposure of the whole neck so frequent last summer. These collars are often, of course, of embroidered linen, but are

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JAPANESE BAMBOO BOXES They Come In Nests and Are Useful for Holding Many Articles of Young Girl's Wardrobe. Japanese bamboo boxes, which come in nests, are useful for holding tha many trifles of a young girl's wardrobe. It is only recently that theso offerings from the orient could be obtained here, but now all the leading, shops dealing in eastern goods keep! them. The original set comprises sir' rectangular receptacles about two or two and a half Inches In depth. By using the larger of each group of two" for the cover one may have three sep-! arate and convenient places in which to keep ribbons, gloves.' collars and the various trinkets whicdi so easilyi lose themselves in a dresser drawer. The rich' reddish brown of the bamboo cannot fall to rlease the eye of any girl. The wood is split into strips about half an Inch w Ide and woven together in an open basket pattern. The edges are strongly bound with strips of the bamboo laced together. Other baskets are to te found Ir this same material, and the fern holders are unusually charming when filled with fresh green moss and delicate green sprays. These baskets are lined with dull brass boxes, which slip into the bamooo part, so that they do not show from the outside. For country houses they are particularly well adapted, and so are the large handled baskets for holding the garden flowers a.i they are freshly culled. Japanese straw sandals are another useful article which can be picked up In these oriental shops. They have woven soles of grass or fiber, with cross straps of flowered silk to match one's kimono. Or if they do not match in coloring the original 6traps can be covered with a silk that does. Other sandals have embroidered coverings for the toes and are heelless like the strapped oner.. IN AND OUT INDICATOR Simple Form cf a Very Needful Article That Can Be Made of Cardboard and Silk. An In and out indicator is often a very needful thing and we show la our sketch a useful and simple form of this article that may be easily made. The size given in the left-hand diagram will be found quite large enough for si! practical purposes. To make It a piece of stout cardboard four by five Inches In size Is smoothly covered on both sides with pale blue silk and the word "In" Is worked on one side and the word "Out" on the other. It is edged with a dark blue silk Tord carried up Into a loop at the top by which the Indicator may be suspended from the walL On going out the card Is easily lifted from the nail and reversed and hung up again, and on returning It can. of course, be reversed again. Attached on the right hand side by a fine silk cord Is a pencll,i and on the left, fastened in the same manner, some slips of paper for messages. " Lingerie Dresses. . . A very simple .white embroidered frock may be vastly improved by embroidering over the design In colored silk. Flov:er designs, of course, best lend themselves to this treatment. One very pretty lingerie dress embroidered in a rose pattern has been worked over In pale pinks and greens at the yoke and the girdle, thus giving a dls tlnctlve touch to a dainty but rather usual frock. The embroidery done In this way la especially effective la deep skirl flounces and in a running pattern down the sleeves. Often only a part of the white design Is thus colored, and combined with a hat and a para sol to match, the simple dress maj thus form the nucleus of a really striking costume. Light Colored Dresses. To keep light colored summei dresses and stockings pretty and fresl looking, purchase packages of any standard dye, as many colors as yot have different colored dresses. Dissolve each dye in about a quart of boiling water, and when cool bot tie. When washing your pink or blu dress add a few drops, or sufficient tc make the desired color, of the pink 01 blue dye, as the case may be, to th last rinsing water. Just as a few drops of bluing added to the rinsing water will benefit white goods, so this compound will restore the faded dress to its original brightness. The dresses must be hung to dry in a shady place. seen also, in joined rows of 'Insertion or in allover lace, with a gathered or frilled edging. They vary in width from two to five Inches. One quite nw style is In plain lawn, with rounded front ends, with doublcd-over bias folds or lawn or batiste stitched upon them. Sometimes every alternate row Is In black or color. No Jabor 13 worn with these collars, but they are fastened by means of a larg? cameo cr some other pin In the same quaint fashion. ' ,; Cords as Fastenings. Rich cords as fastenings on the afternoon coat are a lelief after the various hook and button arrangements, even though they are so shaped as to suggest the drop handles of old furniture. They slope gracefully down the bias opening of a short coat of gray cloth for the older womai. Silver hair Is beautified by the Introduction of a metallic touch on tbe costume. The button or round form on which this loop Is caught to fasten' it Is covered first with gray silk ts4 then with the wound-round corL j

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