Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 45, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 August 1910 — Page 3

FROM

Br PROF. FREDERICK STARR

THE SA CRED ISLAND

Tokyo. W e have been to the sacred Island, Enoshima. In anticipation the alp was somewhat of a bore. Everyone goes to Enoshima It Is a favorite lummer resort. Perhaps, because we &ad not expected much, it delighted is; at all events, few pleasure days Vave left a happier memory. Of tourse the season 13 over. It Is too ?o!d for bathing; the hint of winter is ta the air; not only tourists, but summer residents have deserted the place, ind the fishermen have it all to themlelves. About two hours by rail from Tokyo brought us to Fujlsawa, where e took the tramcar for Katase. A few minutes' ride through a sandy district gTown with scrub pine brought us to our destination. Fuji should hare been seen in all her glory, but clouds and distant haze prevented; only cow and then unsatisfactorly glimpses were caught. Katase is a mean village, upon a sandy point, the projecting spit from which connects the sacred Island with the mainland. The street through which we walked was closely bordered with tea houses end shell shops. Every one knows that there are shell shops at Enoshima, but we were not prepared for their great variety and attractiveness. Here are the great pearly ear-shells, or haliotls the "abollne" of California; here, too, are spiny murex, mitres, cowries In variety, the great thin and delicate cassis, heaps of fusus; of bivalves there are whites and yellows, purples, reds and pinks; there are strange oysters, with straight hinge and curlous. narrow, long and fluted valves sit. 4i I The Entrance, that look like survivors from cretaceou3 times; most typical and closely associated In the public mind of Japan with Enoshima Is a heavy large snail 'shell, with stout projecting spines a'jout the Hp; beautiful are the "sun ?nd moon" shells, smooth and brilliant, slightly convex bivalves, one valve of wnich is almost snowy white, while the other Is rich red. This last Is one of the most characteristic shells of Japan, and owes the curious difference in the color of the valves to the fact that it lies fiat upon the sand bottom, bo that one valve receives the sunlight and gains color, while the other, in eternal shadow, Is pale and colorless. Besides, the shelU of molluks these little shops abound In all sorts of strange Crustacea and the hard parts of ocher marine forms. There are boxes full of sea-urchins; there are crabs and shrimps and lob-ster-llke Crustacea of strange forms and curious coloring. Some of the crabs have slender sprawling legs that stretch six feet or more from tip to tip across the body. Every shop has pendant from the ceiling quantities of lanterns varying In size from less than a man's fist to more than a man's head made from the entire skin of the curious globe-fish. Here, too. are dried specimens of sea-horses and pipe fish, corals, sea fans and sponges. But It Is not only shells and other sea forms in their natural or dried condition which are offered, but the strangest things made of shells. There are children's tops made from sea-urchins and from pearl disks cut from the haliotls; there are flowers carefully constructed from delicate valves flushed with most lovely tints. There are panels with compositions of birds and landscapes; there are hatpins and hairpins with heads composed of shelly flowers and rosettes; there are spoons for mother of pearl and typical little Japanese made tea saucers In which the tea cups are to be placed in serving tea to guests; there are little cups, for drinking sake or water from sacred fountains, cut from white ovules or from spotted cowries, to which are attached by a silk cord a smaller shell to serve as a netsuke for suspending them at the girdle; there are whistles and trumSome Uses Product Once Considered Valueless Now Utilized in a Great Number of Ways. Few persons are aware of the great number of uses for cottonseed. From the clean seed are obtained linters and meats and hulls, the hulls making the best and most fattening food for cattle that has yet been found. From the Unters are gathered material Zr

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pets made from various kinds of shells, there are mice and pigs and other animals, quite lifelike in form but all composed only of shells. To tell the truth these shops did not o much interest us as we walked through Katase. as they did later on in Enoshima proper. We believed that most of the shells there offered came irom BU Bor 01 aisiant piaces. ana had no doubts as to the actuality of any shells remaining in the immediate locality. When we had passed the vil läge we came out upon the beach and spit, high and broad, connecting the mainland with the island. The sand was heavy and we took off our shoes and stockings to make easier travel. On the slope of sand rising from the spit in the direction of the village were quantities of enormous baskets lashed to long poles perhaps

used for gathering seaweeds or for sumed that ther were pilgrims from carrying great catches of fish; over the country who had come to visit the on the open beach fishermen were just sacred cave. The foothpath passed beaching a boat and we hurried over from the rocky ledges on to a footto see them at their task. Hollers bridge, which brought up after turns were put under the vessel and it was and curves into view of the famous rolled far. far up the beach. It was sacred cave. It makes a fine impres-

a fine sight to see the barelegged, brawny-armed fishermen exert thamselves in the effort. It was a scene for picturing, but before our Instrument was ready they had finished and in single file ran across the beach and spit to the opposite shore where a river or inlet enters. Here they crowded Into a little ferry-boat and were poled across the inlet to the outer beach where they scattered on their homeward ways. We looked, for X" 9 v:i.. Denten's Cave. some time, at men, women and chil dren digging sea-worms in the sands and then we watched other flsherboats come in and beach, and unlqad their catch. It was a pretty sight to see tho boats start out for fishing as they crossed the lines of surf, which came dashing In gallantly. By this time we discovered that after all shells are plenty at Enoshima, and picked up quantities of haliotls and cassis, spiny univalves and brilliant bivalves. We had all this time been wanaering aiong me beach, regardless of the apparently useless bridge-path of wood which ran along the crest of the spit almost from Katase village to Enoshima. We found ourselves now on me lsiana proper and with the village Derore us. Its main street runs up a steep slope, and I3 bordered m uf u mass or snenshops and shops where sweets are sold. Here we paid far more attention to the shell-shops and their conl V .fnn V ... I leuis man we naa beiore and spent Ina rom o InIn . m . . I i. ui morning in mat yuiauiU finally, hunger suggested a chanea or occupation and as luck would have it tne iwamoto inn was -close at hand, w e round that they serve three grades of meals at 50 sen. one yen and 1.50 jcu. ve oraerea the medium grade ana were tauen at once through a long aescenamg passage to a pretty room. probably the lowest in the building, .nestled In an open space upon the rocKy snore, from which one looked out upon the sea. A lovely cliff with pines rose on our left; before us and to the right the bay lay in sunlight; the waves rippled and dashed upon the rocky beach only a few feet below us. The surface of the bay was dotted with fishing-boats, many of which had their square sails raised; the distant breaking of the surf upon the shelly beach was clearly audible. But every paradise has its discord; here, a multitude of files the first we have seen since coming troubled us. The meal Itself was fine, and made of course of marine food. There was fish soup, roast fish, raw fish In beautiful thin slices clams. The piece de resistance. however, bcth theoretically and practically, was one of the great spiny shelled snails. Plainly it had been of Cottonseed mattresses, felt wads, paper, rope and a certain grade of underwear, likewise cellulose out of which guncotton is made. The meats furnish oil and mf.-al, the oil after refining being now almost In universal use In the kitchens of this and other countries. Before refinement to the edible stage the oil is known by many names, such as salad oil, staring winter oil and white oil, oleomargarine being the produce of 3C3r!nc

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roasted In the oven fi-e, as the she'll was hot and blackened on the lower side; the great operculum fitted the opening and we expected on lifting It, to find the solid mass of flesh within; to Hilf cnrnrlco Vi sm-' .11 caaw.

i thai "the IniJn taken out. cut to pieces and boiled, re placed In the shell and covered over. But we had still the exploration of the Island before us. The steep road soon brought us to a sort of shrine where an old man forced himself upon us as our guide. We climbed up flights of steps and rocky trails. We saw the temple sacred to Beuten with ancient curios recalling past wars. Finally, we reached the summit and There were stlll sheii.shops. and at poInt3 of outlook( teahouses. From the flrst of these we lookeJ down oyer a flne ciJff u.,th nnnn WflfPr w - -m where hear, nf cfcoiu k;.. WOrked up Into trumpets. Resisting aU allurement of shell-shops and teahouses alike, we flnallv rP.irhoH th very edge of the rocky mass and started down the steep descent, partly by steps and in part over the rocky footpath. We were soon near the water's edge. The tide was cominir in and the current whirled and swirled in every direction, striking in fine foam upon the half covered reefs of rock. Here and there under rough shelters were men dressed in coolie garb, who seemed to have nothing particular to occupy them. We assion from the slight bridge trail, with Its altar at the very back of the great grotto. When we were well within and hai taken a drink of Benten's sacred water, we were supplied with candles and made our way through the long tunnel-cavern which extended far Into the rock mass. Here in the darkness are little shrines to many different gods. On our way back an old man per sistently begged to do something foi ten sen. Finally we yielded to his solicitation and the ten sen were pro duced. To our surprise, he proceed ed at once to climb down the rocky slope to the very edge of the still rising water. In a shallow grotto ha threw off his clothing and prepared to dive. It really looked a nerilous thing to do, as the current was very strong and constantly dashing over a Jagged ledge of rock. The old rascal, however, did the feat neatly, and re appearing in a moment, with ever evidence of expecting approbation, handed us one of the spiny shells with the living snail within. The suppo sition was that he had brought it frorr the sea-bottom for our benefit. Cham berlaln suggests in the hand book which of course gives us all our in formation, that he took it with him when he dived, which seems quite likely. It was getting late; we hastened tc climb the cliff and the great stairway, and soon were standing against the summit of the island. This time we stopped at the tea house on the cliff, It is well worth while. The preci pice is almost vertical at its margin. 'Hie rugged mass of rocks over which the trail passes lies at its foot, and the little bridge trail clings to the cliff; at every point where there is a scant foothold there Is a pine tree and pines crowning the edge; the dash Ing water on the broken rocks far below swirls and whirls as finely as the whirlpool rapids at Niagara. The sun still shone upon the blue sea stretch ing out before us and the fishing ves sels with their white sails still dot ted the blue expanse. it was a scene not easily forgotten. Our old guide realized even more keenly than we did that time was passing, lie nurnea us DacK by a short cut to the place where we had first met him, where he left us, and we went down through the village street to the sand spit toward Katase. Of course we ought to have remem bered, but what was our surprise to find that the great spit was gone; only a little line of highest crest over which the water ' broke and foamed remained of the sandy path by which v;e had come a few hours earlier In the day. We were forced to take the once despised and neglect ed foot bridge. Enoshima was truly once again an island (Copyright. 1J10. by W. 0. Chapman.) Trade Schools for Austrian Women. Through a decree of the minister of public works onenine the state trade and technical schools to both sexes alike Austrian women will enjoy a greatly enlarged choice of occupations Among the chief new trades and In dustries which they can now enter upon are artistic leather work and bookbinding, photography, watchmakiner. encravine. ornamental Wrd working, as well as some hmnrhP of the chemical and electrical tmHa Hitherto women have been rigidly excluded fiom these trade schools, and those who desired to obtain such training were compelled cither to go abroad or else attend expensive primr vate institutions at home p.. 4 hUQ fhn n-nmnn.nrn i-nt!! I -UW null v 'VUll.u Ul f ICJUiClll Ut th forded them, their male relatives do not share their enthusiasm, pointing out of every thousand wage earners in Austria 430 were women. Anecdote of Francois Coppee. Francois Coppee, whose statue has Just been unveiled near the Invalides, close to the street where he died, was a graceful poet and the kindest of men. An anecdote just recalled shows his benevolence. He was the prey of Interviewers, and was too good-heart-ed ever to turn one away. Whenever an evidently young reporter called who seemed to be a beginner Coppee, an old Journalist himself, would shake him warmly by the hand and say: "Tell me, my young friend, are you on salary or on space?" If he answered the former, the poet would talk to him for half a minute, and then dismiss him cheerily with "And now I am busy," and a handshake. If, however, the young reporter replied "On space," Coppee would say at once, "Sit down there," showing him his own writing table, "and write," and he would dietäte him a column interview. The white oil is a chief ingredient in compound lards. The original oil, also known as soap stock, has fatty acids used In the manufacture of soaps, roofing tar, paints and glycerine, and from this comes the explosive nitroglycerin. The meal, aside from its use as cattle provender, is transformed into bread, cake, crackers and even candy. From the seed Is now prepared an emulsion which has been proved of value to those suffer ing from the dread tuberculosis.

At the Parting of the Ways

By Francis Copyright, liiio. by Lying tack in her big easy chair with the red firelight playing over ler Jewels and laces, Mrs. Taylor Pey :on was a picture of luxurious ease roung, beautiful, fabulously rich, the prizes of life had been showered lav:5ly upon her. Lois Earton could not anderstand why her proui face wore that look of weary discontent This six weeks' visit with her city cousin had given to Lois, herself, her one taste of real luxury. It was all very wonderful. She felt, sometimes, like a person transported to a land of enchantment. She had enjoyed every moment. But her visit was drawing to a close. Soon, she must return to the drudgery of the school room. A flush sprang to cer cheeks, Kindled by a sudden thought. She, too, could live in a beautiful house tvith servants at her beck and call buy her gowns at the big shops patjnized by her cousin Virginia! Fate lad thrown a golden apple in her ay. She need not go back to the old treadmill round, the uncongenial asks, unless she chose to. But Ward Winthrop! Well, what )f him? It was two year?, since he lad left Surry without bidding her roodby. In all probability she Ä-ould never . see him again. The surest cure for her aching heart was to set up the image of another la the shrine so long kept sacred to him. Meanwhile Virginia Peyton, on the other side of the dancing fife, was ooklng her over approvingly. "My dear," she said, "that simple white gown is in excellent taste. A country girl shouldn't make herself too smart at city functions. I wanted you to look your best tonight, Gordon Vance will be at the reception. He is very fastidious. With men of his temperament, trifles turn the scale. I shall let him know that you return home the last of the weelc I think he will come to the point before the evening is over." "Oh, I hope not!" Lois er'.Ialmed with a sudden revulsion of feeling. She was too genuine to pretend not to understand. Mrs. Peyton frowned. 0t course you have known what was coming. Ever since the acquaintance began he has been sending you flowers, taking you to lunch and to' ride. It's better that everything should be settled before you go." "But I'm not at all sure" 'That you want to marry him? Why of course jou'll marry him. He can give you everything wealth, position, influence. It's a wonderful opportunity to come in the way of a country school teacher. "But if I do not love him?" Mrs. Peyton laughed scornfully. "Love! Oh, you Httl3 ninny! Nobody marries for love nowadays. It's money that counts." Lois understood now what had brought about Virginia's marriage with the bald, elderly man she met occasionally at the dinner tablo. "You always lacked worldly wisdom," Mrs. Peyton added with some asperity. "But for my. intervention J'ju would huve thrown yourself away ca Ward Winthrop two years ago a struggling artist without a dollar." Lois' face became white. Instantly she was on her feet. "Virginia," she gasped, I never understood why Ward went without a word. I had felt so sure that he he cared. You were visiting me ai the time I remember. Did you send him away?" "Of course not, ycu little fool! How can you think It?" Lois leaned forward, trembling slightly, and looked straight Into her cousin's guilty face. But before she could speak one of the maids appeared to announce the carriage, and she slipped thoughtfully Into her wraps. Mrs. Vandyke's parlors were filled to overflowing with fashionably iressed men and women. It was the usual crush music, flowers, ravishing toilets. As the newcomers were saking the slow round of- the rooms Made it in Wager That Was Won by Golf Enthusiast in Spite of Odds That Were Heavy. , "Golf enthusiasm has probably caused more argument and unique vagers than any other branch of -port." says G. J. Nathan in Outing. For instance: "No more amusing illustration of this enthusiasm can be cited than the wager that was made several years ago by a former national champion with a number of his friends on the Garden City course. While in the heat of a discussion over the fine points of the game, the ex-champion declared that he could play the 18 holes of the Garden City course in less than one hour's time and in )Z strokes or better. In view of the fact that the course covers about 0,000 yards and hat it usually takes about two hours make this distance of more than 3e miles,. it is ;uitc superfluous to öa - I1!21 ks offer was snapped up pn

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Associated Literary Press Virginia Peyton dropped a sharp I whisper into her companion's ear. "Look! There he is! He's coming this way. This may be your last chance, remember!" Gordon Vance paused beside them, his handsome face deeply flushed. "I was watching for you. Miss Barton, he said. Lois' eyes drooped under his ardent gaze. She was at the parting of the ways. The momentous question must soon be answered, and the thought terrified her. There was a cowardly impulse to run away escape from it all. But marriage with this man meant the elimination of many bitter-sweet memories from her sore heart. Gordon Vance was cultivated, agreeable she might love him in time. The prospect of becoming his wife would have dazzled most girls in her position. It would be madness to throw away this matrimonial prize. "Let us find a quiet spot where we can talk," he pleaded presently. "I have something particular to say to you." Lois gave a frightened gasp. Glancing around, as if for protection, she saw her cousin suddenly change color, stare right ahead with tense expression, then wheel about and come swiftly toward her. "I'm faint ill! These rooms are stifling," Virginia pantod. "Please take me home, Mr. Vance. Lois, get your wraps and come quickly." But Lois' suspicions had been aroused by this sudden indisposition. Glancing curiously toward the upper end of the long room she saw a tall, distinguished-looking man talking an-i imatedly with their hostess. Ii vas Ward Winthrop! One long-drawn, startled breath, and the girl's sweet lips came together in a straight line .A dozen thronging emotions all at once resolved themselves Into a fixed determination, Virginia put out a detaining hand, but she shook It off. "I mean to know the truth," she said in a resolute voice. "Have 3'ou no pride no shame?" Virginia cried angrily. "After that man's shabby treatment!" Ward Winthrop flushed. then paled, when he saw her coming. Ills eyes had been drawn to her, face a.3) by a magnet. Something in her ex pression quickly changed his cold nod of recognition into a cordial hand'clasp. "You. L0I3? What a surprise! I'm delighted to see you again." He looked at her wistfully, with curious lntentness. Mrs. Vandyke, conscious of something unusual in tha situation, discreetly turned away. The two.were left standing by themselves Loi3 could hear the pounding of her own heart above the throb of the music, the babble of gay voices; but the man's eager face swam mistily before her eyes. "Lois, dear, what is it?" he bent to whisper. "Do you feel that you made a mistake in not answering my letter two years ago?" "Your letter?" she repeated. "I received no letter from you." "I wrote the morning I left Surry, giving the address to which an answer was to 'be sent. I was called away unexpectedly. I hadn't time to come snd bid you goodby. I asked you in that letter if you would marry m6 when I won out. I watched the malls for many days, but no answer ever came. Of course, I concluded you had taken that way to let me know my hopes were futile." A sudden brightness went over Lois' face like a flood of spring sunshine. "Your letter never reached me. Ward," she said softly. "I think I understand why " "What would you have answered If j it had?" he interrupted eagerly. "That 13 what matters. I can ask you tc marry me with a clear conscience For I have made good! Fame and fortune are mine. I love you mor than ever. Have I any chance of win ning what is of greater consequence to me than anything else in the whole world?" Lois glanced back to where Gordon Vance and Virginia were standing, and a shiver went over her. The nex moment phe was smillns happily lntc her lover's face. "Oh, Ward, you did not come too sooe," she said in a sob bing whisper. "I was at the parting of the ways. I might have taken the one that led forever away from you!" "Smoker's Throat." Widespread attention has been di octed to this complaint since It wai announced that King Edward suf fered from It, and that the congestiot and thickening due to it, combined with other conditions, hastfned htt death. The assumption that this was so hai been disproved by scientists, who hav pointed out that 80 per cent, of adull males suffer from "smoker's throat." The term involves catarrh of th throat, inflammation of the mouth, and even of the upper part of the air pas sages, which may extend into the wind pipe and bronchial tubes. These exceedingly objectionable ani annoying symptoms are due to th smoke producing a local irritation ol the mucous membrane covering th parts affected. Record Time the spot It was decided, furthermore to settle the matter at once. "Procuring two caddies, the playei ordered one of them to follow him and tho other to keep on ahead after the ball. The course Is comparatively flat nd the 'gallery' mounted bicycles tc ep pace with the golfer who had t out to make a speed record ovei the course. At tho cry Go!' from the timekeeper, he started. Keeping con stantly on the run and shouting out to the caddy the club he Intended tc use next, ho dashed cround the entire course in exactly 40 minutes, making the 18 holes in 92 strokes, according to the tally, and thereby winning as odd a wager as has ever been laid bj a golf enthusiast." Many Are Wintry. "What are those women discussic with so much animation?" "Current literature." "Current literature?" "Yes; the largaiu ads."

Woman's ßEALjt ''si

A BRIDAL LUNCHEON NEW IDEAS IN TABLE DECORATION AND PLACE CARDS. How the Hostess May Easly Evolve Something Attractive for Luncheons, Teas and Dinners Connected With Marriage. Every hostess takes pride in Investing novel and pretty decorations for her luncheons, teas and dinners, and he takes special pride when the guest of honor is a young bride or bride-to-be. It is never a difficult matter to evolve something attractive for a festivity connected with marriage, for there are so many charming designs that can be used cupids, hearts, wedding bells, wedding rings and the like. At a recent luncheon given for an engaged girl the color scheme was pink and white, pink being the favorite color of the bride-elect. The ostess was the latter's closest friend and all the guests were intimates of the two, which made the luncheon a very Jolly affair. The chandelier, above the table, wa3 festooned with pink and white tulle, and suspended from it was a large golden hoop simulating a wedding ring. From thi hoop streamers of pink and white ribbon stretched to each cover, held in place there by tiny cupids, each cupId bearing a card with the name of the guest to whom the place had been assigned. Bride roses filled a cut glass bowl in the center of the table, were clustered in vases and bowls on sideboard and mantel, and nodded In banks from the low window seats. Yellow luncheons are very appropriate when the guest of honor is a bride, since yellow suggests sunshine. At one such luncheon In early summer last year a wedding bell covered with field daisies with yellow hearts and black-eyed Susans with yellow petals hung above the table. A big flat dish BOXES FOR THE BRIDE'S CAKE Come in All Shapes and Sizes, and Practically at Any Cost to Suit The statement that It Is not what Is done, but how It Is done, that counts, verges on the trite; but it Is particularly applicable In the little things that contribute toward a pleasant time for wedding guests. A wedding cake Is no longer kept for weeks and weeks; It is cut into little pieces and sent or presented to the guests and friends of the happy pair. Just how to give this In an attractive form is sometimes a question that clamors for Its answer in the rush of the last few days. Boxes can now be purchased at stationery departments of any large store and he accessories are within the reach of the majority of brides. There Is a charming little circular box that looks like a miniature wed ding cake. When tied with white ribbon or with the silken cords that reflect the color scheme of the decorations It is well worth having. The ends of the bow are gathered into the top3 of tiny silver bells. Perhaps the heart-shaped box of white is more appropriate. This should hold a heart-shaped piece of cake, and the top of the box should be tied down with broad ribbon, fastened under a rosette. Square forms are always good. The addition of a card with the test wishes of the bride and bridegroom is a little personal touch that is well worth while. Through the knot of ribbon a spray of asparagus fern can be slipped. It lasts for weeks and gives the freshness that is desirable, especially for boxes that are to be sent away through the mail To the friends who are present there can easily be given a spray of 1 . leaves witn a blossom from the decoration of the table or rooms. Tied with a gold or silver cord, a long, narrow box will hold a fresh sprig of flowers. People like to carry with them some part of the festivities. The mania for souvenirs still prevails. Of course, the custom of having the cake cut by the bride herself can be easily observed, for during the reception following the small pieces can be boxed and tied by a special committee of friends and distributed to the guests before their departure. As to the dreams that may come uhen the fair recipients sleep with the bride's cake beneath their pillows, vLo can tell whether they can vie with the pleasure of receiving it in so charming a form? Russian Braid. Coarse Russian braid is used a great deal for trimming coats and capes. HITS FOR YOUR GUEST ROOM Many Things Which the Room Should Contain for the Convenience of the Visitor. Remember, no age-worn magazines on the table. A good book or two by all means; and, if the current maga zines are just out, then have them. But no guest likes to find an April magazine on a June morning by her bedside. A little sewing basket, with its fittings, thimble, needles, darning cotton, stocking and glove ball, black and white cotton, and a glove-mending cotton braid these are treasuretrove to a guest. Thr samples of toi let articles which every householder receives should be kept on the bath room shelf, if there be one, for the guest; or on tho wash stand shelf in the room. The little packages of powder, the small cake of soap, tho tube of cold cream, will answer perfectly the guest's needs. The 'guest towels," as they are called, are one of tho happy innovations. Their advan tages are, first, that their smallness (they are 20 by 10 inches) makes easy

of old brass, filled w!th yellow lady's slippers, stood in the center of the

table, and a wreath of daisies and smi lax followed the curve of the table, Just Inside the plates. Daisy festoons stretched from the chandelier to the four corners of the room and daisies and black-eyed Susans and tall feath ery grasses were banked on the man telplece and massed in earthenware pots of quaint and unusual shapes. The place cards at this luncheon were tiny yellow satin slippers filled with rice, the little card with the name on it half hidden in the rice. Other pretty place cards for en gagement or bridal luncheons are hand-painted designs showing a girl's head framed In a weddine rine. cucids peeping through a heart design, or twin hearts pierced with arrows. A woman with some skill In water col ors and a certain amount of Invention can easily paint the cards for a lunch eon and, knowing the fads and fancies of her guests, can get in little person al touches that will enliven the lunch eon immensely. DAINTY TULLE WAIST il I J ! This dainty waist 13 of white tulle with embroidered dots. It made with tucks and trimmed with bands of sou tache embroidery. ihe yoke and cuffs are of plain tulle, made with fine tucks RAFFIA TRIMMING THE VOGUE Gives Extremely Effective Touch to Many of the Season's Styles In Millinery. Many of the new hats in the looser weaves of straw are being trimmed very effectively in colored raffia and velvet flowers, the raffia being covered with net of the same shade and arranged like a scarf. Raffia comes in nearly 25 shades, and where an unusual color must be matched, the white or natural colored can often be dyed to the exact tint One girl tried for days to stain exactly a rather bright blue raffia, and after failing with all sorts of paints and dyes succeeded by dipping the natural-colored grass into ordinary washing blue. With the help of raffia and net very modish hats. Indeed, can be trimmed entirely at home, for even the velvet flowers can be made with practise by the amateur. Often the raffla and net will match the straw of the hat, with the flowers in another shade or In black or white. The variations are endless, and all are pretty. Gems on Lace Restore Gown. For the restoration of an evening gown, so that it may do duty during the summer dancing season, sew gems lipon the lace. Laces when cleaned frequently Buffer most In the elaborate gown. They are fragile and reach the repair point while the gown is still good. Then it is that glass gems or large beads come into requisition as beautifiers as well as patches. Used discreetly they will cover most successfully any small darn or rent, and will at the same time enrich and often recolor the garment. This adding of a new touch to the half-worn article of apparel Is frequently truer economy than the rebuilding of a garment, with new mate rials which usually attain almost the price of a new gown. Fashions for Boys. An occasional suit in heavy pongee Is seen, even for the boy of ten, and this, too. Is self-trimmed and finished with the strictest tailor effects, as a first-class outing shirt for a man would be. The waist which older boys are best pleased with has a center box plait, and one or more pockets. A heavy leather belt, with large buckle and a soft tie, often a Windsor, are the usual accompaniments to such suits. Low, rolling collars are provided for the boy of 5 of 7, but a high turn-over form Is preferred for the older boy. Harper's Bazar. For Elderly Women. Elderly women's costumes In dark or black ottoman or bengallne are among the latest to be shown with severe tailor finish. They are exceedingly rich when made up with narrow flat band trimming of satin, and finished with Inch buttons of crocheted silk. Harper's Bazar. work for the laundress, and then they may be made from the large towels which are partly worn. Another desirable feature is a foot-wide frame. This may be up for the guest's bag to rest upon while packing or unpacking It, and when not in use it is let down and it does not take up much room, says Harper's Bazar. These are a few suggestions, but by asking j-our young married friends the next time your sewing circle meets at your house, what, in their judgment, constitutes the perfectly appointed guest room, you may add valuable items to your list. Paper Bonnets for Children. The prettiest thing in summer millinery is the crepe paper hats and bonnets the little folks are wearing. The peach basket or deep turban is a favorite shape, but there is no limit to the combinations of desigrn and color that may be obtained. Paper flowers trim most gorgeously, and braided paper works up in wonderful styles. Some of the little ones can be taught to do their own millinery and thus get double joy out of iL

COL LOCKE ON TEMPERANCE

Regards Restrictive Laws as Only rw tended for Temporary Check ' Sums Up Situation. Illustrative of the thought which to dividual citizens are giving to 0 temperance movement is the folloirlij expression of opinion from CoL Fnup L. Lock, president of the Boston, Young Men's Christian union. When asked to sum up the causes of the present day situation, MrLocka said 5 "The recent very noticeable Interest In the effort for temperance legflfila tion indicates, I think, that people arc beginning to realize the extent ta which Intemperance reaches Into &xUf affects the every-day life of the cony munity. "To those having at heart the inter Pet nf tho fltrr tka alita i4 ia rml tion this awakening to the evil of thi situation and the Interest manifesto even by those who are not total tbi, stainers must be gratifying. While tha present prohibitory legislation xna not offer a final solution of the Vot lern. It clearly Indicates that the 1 pie are generally aroused as to seriousness of the situation and JU led to take any action which will ter to Improve conditions, even If It t only to temporarily check the evi until further Investigation and the sj& plication of modern scientific znethocj of study any analysis may offer 9 more satisfactory solution. i "The increased adoption of lawi prohibiting the sale of liquor doe not, I think, signify, a grow lag convicJ tion that euch is the only wise of proper solution of the liquor problem, but that It is a temporary check, an helpful, until a better means Is A hand. The study of modern oondU tlons in our renal institutions 63d oi the general social ccnditlon, leads more and more to a realization that the remedy for these public ills lies not in attempting to administer p&4 fshment, or to make cures for the damage which has been done, tt father in adopting measures that will prevent the occurrence of the dlfl cultles. More and more it is coming to be felt that inebriety as well as. Indeed, most of the criminal offences are due to some defective mental condition rather than to deliberate disposition to be bad or mean. "The treatment of the drunkard, aS well as the criminal generally, Is bej romlng more and more to be looked upon as necessarily more of a hot pltal treatment. The success has tended the work at the State ho pltal at Foxboro along this lice is in teresting. "In connection with the forward movement for temperance, I wish th more effort might be made to provide, amid proper iurroundlng3, the sociai billty and eood-fellowship which U found in the saloon. This sociability and good-fellowship ere, to my mindj quite as much the attiwtlon to the saloon as the liquor." ALCOHOL AID TO PNEUMONIA Well Known Clinical Fact That Users of Liquor Fare Badly When Attacked by Disease. ( It is a well-known c'Jnioal fact thai thoce addicted to the use of alcohol fare very badly when attacked by pneumonia. Indeed, the mortality among drinkers is very high in every disease; but is especially marked ta pneumonia ßr. Julius. Pohlmaa was struck by this fact, and in order tq test it performed a number of expert ments he has recorded in the Medical News. Pneumonia is considered by the best authorities as an infectious disease, and, from its organisms, there is supposed to spread through the system a toxin e, called pneumo-toxlne, against which weak bodies struggle with greal difficulty, or in vain, says Health. Tbs disease is more than a mere conge tion of the lungs. Dr. Pohlman, in hil experiments, took some strong and lusty dogs, and Injected Into th trachea, Just below the larynx of each one, some pure alcohol, and noted the effect. His work seems to have been doni" rather unscientifically, but his conclu sions agree with clinical experience, although of much less value. How. ever, his work will gire the anti-Tlrl-Eectlonista something to talk about Ills theory is that. If to a congestion of the lungs brought on by alcohol a pneumonia be added, the Individual stands little chance of recovering. : While the study of the blood serum in pneumonia has not advanced quite . as far and to such practical results as in diphtheria, still It Is pretty well agreed that during an attack of acute lobar pneumonia there is in circula tion In the blood a certain eubsUpoe which may be called pneumo-toxtner which in fatal caBes causes death, being disseminated all through the body with the blood, while the organisms, as a rule,. In simple cases, stay la th lungs. In cases that recover frci pneumonia there, tp-noticed at the UmV of the crisis and after that there Is js disappearance of pneumo-toxlne frop the bjoqd, asd there is found an antidote to it, which has been caHid Anti-pneumo-ibxlne, and experiments with this anti-pnecmo-toxlne, from a convalescent patient injected subcutanously into one very 111 with pneumonia, have shown that the serci in this stage has some curative properties. Russians Bsnlsh Vodka. The rations of the Russian oldleri have hitherto included a certain quantity of vodka distributed after penoeuvres. parades, regimental celebrations, and other special occasions. Die-' patches state that the Military coun-' cil has now decided to replace the vodka allowance by light wine, beer,! or an Improved quality of food, ac cording to climatic and other condf tions. The sale of vodka and other splriti ous liquors will be prohibited at tho canteens; and in general, whe." ther In time of peace or war, the sol' diers will only be given spirits for medicinal purposes. Heat Power of Woods. Contrary to a widespread belief that hardwoods grvt more heat in burning than soft varieties, cays Domestic Engineering, the scientists at Washington are contending that the great eet heating power is possessed by tho wood of the linden tree, which Is very soft. Fir stands next to linden, and almost equal to it. Then monies pino, hardly inferior to fir and Undea. while hard oak possesses elht per cent less healing capacity than lia. 4en,and red boeoh ten per cent. teal