North Carolina Newspapers

The Methodical Fish. ' The suenfest fish' that ever could b WTed iown in the depths of a very deep He '.knitted his browa and he scratched his old head. And after reflection he soberly said, Txt- jjtven the subject much serious thought, '. . And ton chance to one, I shall some day be caught! , Kow, it that conies to pass, I trust that I may ;- Be-caught in anorderly, business-like way. Nv one In his aenses can ever deny A book Is intended to go in an eye. , Yet many a fish Us so careless he will - ; Vale a hook in his' mouth, or perhaps In bis gill. Hut I'm more methodical, so I shall try To join in true union the hook and the eye." '. Well, this orderly fish went his orderly ways, . He kept his eye open, with wide, thought ful gaze, And whenever he saw a well-baited hook. Be rolled up his eye with contemplative ' look, , ' Aad then swam away with a satisfied wink, Saying. "That's not the hook to fit my eye, I think!"- . r-. , . So he kept his eyel open (as every1 one ought), And somehow, the wise old fish never was caught ! . Carolyn Wells, in Youth's Companion. Unwieldy Hippopotamus. In ' the" chanbls which traverse the aaarshes of certain districts in Central Africa;" writes 'a traveler, "hlppopo tamin incredible numbers are met witn sometimes In herds of 60 and 70' Wherever the channel widens out Into a reedy lake" rows of grotesque Joofdng heads, with, ears erect, appear abovo the water surface,; tljeir owners studying the:, extraprdinarylapparition prt-duced by the steamer,, On. ... ap: "preaching the spot these heads disap pear one after the other under water, and a series of waves and large rip ples Indicate the passage of the mon .ster forms below the surface. After a few minutes' time the same huge heads appear, generally downstream of the boat. ,They have another stare and again disappear, with a snort and the expulsion of a small volume of water from the nostrils. Net inf re quenijy a severe bump is felt- in the; Eteanar, maiiing the hull quiver, as the back:; of ,a hippopotamus seeking: to escape has touched it. "If the water should happen to be shallow the; attempts ot, these animals: to hide themselves . are maicrous, as their movements are clumsy and their .anger and fe.ar ividet.t.'. In such cases their heads and the foreparts of their -todies are under water and nothing. - Is seen but the, huge pink hindquarters,) llirUSgllllg, KHJKlUg OllU uiuf, H the water in the effort to get cut of may ie saieiy waiqueu n oui. ( aicamci , it is a very different matter if the -observer is in a canoe or a small boat. ;Then his. position is one of conslder able danger, ashe stands a very good chance of being upset- . "As the water of all these channels -swarms with crocodiles such a con tingency is not pleasant to contem plated a The natives ar& fully alive to this risk, and never venture, in their dugout canoes into the broad streams infested 'with hippOpbtamf;"but invari ably keep to tfie, shallow, and narrow branches pn 'eithec side of., the main river." Chicago New3. The Great Horned. Owl. "Work had, been going on all day in the sugar bush; the sap had' been -gathered and drawn "to. ? f he boiling place, until tljere remained but a few scattering trees to' be Visited near the XWa.IIIIL ft lit? UilV. VT CLfl DU1L1Y TT UUVUHrt -to' himself, when a rabbit with easy, graceful bounds crossed the road but a few paces ahead of him and stopped iby the side of a birch bush to nibble the tender bud3. Just then a start lling,. sound came from the swamp. Why" did the rabbit pause in his dainty meal and -squat in his very tracks untilthls form more nearly re sembled a f cb'tpf rift ' in the show than a living mammal? The chattering red ? squirrel dropped into the : crotch-of a .tree and ceased to chatter ' ;as the .ominous and .almost supernatural "Whoo-hoo-hoOrwe-hoo" sounded ihrotigh ' the 'dismal swamp and echoed ttironP'K the manle erove. . ,This was the hunCjng call of. the great horned. OWi. " ;..'S. " The. actions of the . rabbit and squirrel did not surprise the boy who had always heard that this owl was a .-veritable Nero among the feathered race-. - - As yb ttiatd -never discovered ,4h& -nest of the great "horned owl. Of ' late to? ,had; heard AW weird call fre- quently- f rbA the swamp, .causing him to believe the birds were nesting there, and he fully determined to make a tsearch for: that- nest. : The next day was pent In a fmit . tJess search, and it-perplexed the boy, tfor often he 'had located the nests of the bobolink and meadow lark nests that are, . not easily found. - But the -second" day's' search ended, tabout noon, in rather an interesting naanner7 ' The boy stopped, for lunch dx and a little rest under a hemlock' ' jtnat ne knew well, ior, tne spring.be-; .,re,a. pair pt,cxoy5rshad a nest in the tree. The 'old nest'was1 still thTer6, and, anst to see what condition It was in After the storms of the .winter, he i'asK tended' the tree. The nest was be-1 tween 50 and 60 feet 'from the grounds Just imagine the boy's surprise when v about 30 .tfeet from the nest to see a rsreat tiorned owl silently: glide off .-and wing Its way through the treetops; It was a revelation, upon reaching it," to find that the great horned owl had really, used the- old tsrow's nest, whlc had. the appearance of being slightly remodelled and was ' sparsely lined with evergreen leaves and feathers'. In the nest were three white eggs, about the size of a bantam's. The boy after ward learned that the usual number oi eggs deposited by the great horned owl Is two, and that sometimes the bird constructs a nest for itself in a hollow tree or an evergreen. On the first day of April there were two little owls In the nest, and a day later a third appeared. They were queer looking little birds, seeming to be neadiy all hear and eyes, and their; bodies were covered with the softest o down. " The young birds grew very slowly although the remains of fish, mice, squirrels, rabbits and birds. cf various kinds furnished abundant evidence that the old birds were lavish in sup plying food. They remained in the nest for about eleven weeks, which Is long compared with most of our birds -rmany young ..birds leaving the nest in from 12 to 15 days, and the wood cock, bob-white and ruffled grouse in about as many hours. St. Nicholas. . --I. ;. ( Pranks of, Johnny Bear. 5 If any boy or girl reader should hap pen to go to Yellowstone National park this summer he or she would cer tainly see little Johnnie Bear there. Johnnie Bear is the baby cub whose acquaintance Ernest Thompson Seton made while visiting the park, which, by the way, contains the finest pre serve of wild animals in the country. Johnnie was caught by some of the people at the hotel, which was not so difficult, as . Johnnie had been lame from his birth. Mr, Seton recently told his young friends a lot of new stories about Johnnie. ; A "Johnnie is immortal," he said, "Yel lowstone park is never without its Johnnie; sometimes there are two of him and I keep, hearing new stories abcut him; ' : ; ."The hotel cat and the hotel poodle were sworn enemies even before John nie arrived on the scene, and he made matters worse. Then it .became a triangular duel. Johnnie liked noth ing better than to get in a safe place and watch the others fight.' Here Mr. Seton threw a picture on the screen showing the poodle and the cat locked in a death grip, while John nie, sitting like a soft little wad of , fur on the top of a cask out of danger watched them with glee. "But Johnnie- Bear was a bad, lit tle, mischievous bear. There was nothing he loved better .than to tease the old mother cat's kittens. So one day he' chased one of the kits till it ran up a tree. . ' "That;, is always ,a silly thing fcr a Ititten to do, because it is sure to lose its head when it gets up a little way; Johnnie,- who was an - adept at tree climbing, was up '"and after fit like a flash. But he didn't see the old cat, who could climb a tree every bit as well 8 he could, and who rushed -out of the house and up after Johnnie be fore he knew what was coming. "But when the old cat got up to where ? the tree11 divided she was in a quandary. On one branch was her baby, hanging on for dear life; on the otner. was Johnnie Bear, looking at her maliciously out of his little bright eyes. If she punished Johnnie she ,left her kitten to suffer, and perhaps break its hack falling off. If she help ed her kitten and left that wretch (ft a Johnnie Bear to get down . in safety " ' . . v 'The kitten settled it by giving a pleading meow-meow. Its mother no longer hesitated, but, taking it by the scruff -of the neck, crawled down the tree, leaving Johnnie . triumphantly perched .on his bough, chuckling over the trouble he had made." And there was Johnnie on the screen, a quaint, comical little' figure, balancing himself cn his bough . like a Jjov, sitting on, a swing, while the re treating figure of mother cat, with her darling in her mouth, could be seen In the distance. "Johnnie was' as fond of honey as any boy or girl. ' When he found a wild bee's nest, he would sit down be side it and kill off all me bees, bring ing down his fist upon them as ac curately as a boy captures a butter fly in his hat. The bees all dead, he would put in his paw and bring cut the" honey, and 'when the honey was ai. "one he wouiu clean up any drops that might have fallen around, devour the wax . and wind up by eating the ;dead"bees.-' . , "But once soBae of the men played a meah mean trick on Johnhiei Having found a wasp's nest in a tree, they 'sie'd' Johnnie on to it. . " 1 ? 'Oh, Johnnie! - honey, honey, John nie!" they calledy i. ' ' Johnnie looked at the nest and was skeptical. He had never seen honey just look like that before. "'Honey, Johnnie. .t Nice honey!' they called to him' and at last, 'ap proaching . very ' shyvly, he : timidly readied out a paw and touched the queer thing. The next thing anyone knew Johnnie ' had the nest firmly grippedj between his (front paws and was making for the river like mad. In he leaped, swimming like a fish till he reached the opposite side. Then, the wasps having all fallen off or been drowned, Johnnie sat'' down on the grass, pulled his nest apart, and .though surprised to find no honey in :i$ide, ate all the contents', several" nice, ;iat grub. i 'V "Then he wound up by stuffing down .the nest Itself . . When he got through he looked Just the shape of the nest. nd why .shouldn't he? He had it all inside him." New Ycrk Tribune. ' Tlie,rf amous Ferris Wheel, which has done duty at two expositions as an at traction, is to be wrecked with dyna mito, thus closing its history. SCIENCE NOTES. Starfish, are I the principal enemies of oyster beds.; It is estimated by tht fish commission of the United States that they do damage to the extent of $250,000 annually to American oyster, beds. .. A new kind of street pavement has' recently been introduced in Germany, wfeich is said to excel in durability. It consists of artificial stones of concrete held together by iron bands. Joining, stones of this pavement laid alongi street car rails save the rails and make easier traveling for the wheels of or dinary vehicles. ; . V That nature is still full of simple acts of scientific importance yet await ing notice by open eyes and minds is shown by the recent achievement ; oi a Dutch schoolboy named Van Erpe-, cum, who during a lesson in physicsi given in the high school at Batavia called Doctor Van Deventer's attention to the fact that the water in a glass filled to the brim with water andj floating ice does not flow over as the ice melts. . Studies tat the Yerkes observatoryf have determined the jrarylng periods .of the., solar rotation, in zones five de grees wide, from the equator to lati tude 5 degrees. , Within five degrees of: the equator, on either side, the period of rotation is a trifle more than 24 1-2 days. The length of the period gradi ually increases toward the poles, be--coming about 25 1-2 days between lati tude 15 degrees and latitude 20 de-j grees, and nearly 25 .1-8 days between latitude 30 degrees and latitude 35 de uces. " ' , : ,; One of the 'largest spots ever ob-. ierved on the sun is now in evidence. This spot can, under right conditions be detected without a telescope. The astronomers at various observatories have been noting tie. growth of this gigantic spot, which is now about 30, 000 miles in diameter, or big enough: to swallow up about 20 worlds such as ours all at once without crowding. It would seem likely that the recent gen-: eral ccld wave was due to this spot, and that the remarkably severe weath er of tae past several years has been produced by the same causes that pn duce such spots. FORTIFICATIONS.. They Are . No Longer Regarded as Necessary Mainstays to a Country. A fortress spells immobility and dis persion. We should therefore, . look askance at it, until proof is "given that it has a definite purpose to fulfill in a reasoned scheme of strategy. 3We 'must not allow ourselves-to be led away, by the glamor surrounding a heroic fense.' ''' We ipust look. tor the end and leave-panergyrics to poets.iaWe .must, in short, regard all fortifications as an auxiliary and nothing mere. A for tress, because,-!' Is a. fortress and be cause it is ours, is not necessarily an advantage, and may' be the reverse. If we gain battles we gain -the enemy's fortresses;4 if we lose them he gains ours, whether they are in the interior or upon the sea. In each. case the larger the garrison the greater the dis aster. Fortresses, and, in fact, all for tifications, have never played anything but a .secondary role t in the defense of states, and no nation 'lias ever yet been saved bv them. Thevrtdn as aux iliaries occasionally assist' an army" J and tiiey can aid naval capital, .seiy I invested and wisely used, to bear splendid interest, but they can never re-establish moral superiority when once it is lost nor create it by. virtue attaching to its parapets if it' does not exist. Over the portals-of the fortress or harbor of refuge, should.be-written in the largest and blackest, of charaej ters the words that Dante discovered over the gates of hell. Military Cor- respondence London Times. ; An Airship Prediction.; A Kansas City man, now 8 years old. was discussing railroads with.a friend the other night,;;'! remember he said, "when railroads used planks with strips on iron nailed on them "for rails." The first road Of the TcinJ-'I ever saw was . back in Ohio .about. 5 63, years ago. The wood rails ; used to.. warp after the cars had run over them awhile and for that reason people pre dicted freely that the railroad 'wouldj never; amount to much. . I remember' certain., pp.timist, however who" pre dicted that the railroad would be a grand success' eventually. 4 . People laughed at him, but he stuck to his be lief. 'Friends,' I remember hearing him say once, 'some day they'll find a rail that won't warp, and- then rail road trains will make as much asten miles an hour easily My! how they reared. Now I want to make a pre-f diction that -will be laughedat. I, say that , in 20 years airships will be fly ing all pver, the clviVized world carry ing passengers and. freight. Laugh at that, prediction if you will. I probably, won't live to -see those aiivips, but. the prediction will come true.7 ' Mark: my words." Kansas City Journal V Capital of Ireland. ; ; A few years since, it will be fe- membered, the Lord Mayor of Dub lin, Daniel Tallon, visited America and was feted and:, dined on . every hand. When in Boston? he was -enterj tained at an elaboratffi flinner 1 gijeln for him by Mayor Quincy. Iitlie smoke talk which followed the cours es'-fome one jestingly asked; if 'Dublin, was not the metropolis, as well as the capital, of Ireland. v The Lord Mayor was ready withja reply. , - .j,.",' . , "It used to be," be said, "but at present there Is no question but that New York has that honor." Ne York Herald. till GHIMA TH A N EW ISLAND. The Mighty Forces of Nature Assisting the Extension of Japan's Empire. Volcanic forces have added a new Island to the domain of Japan. I It is .480 feet in height and nearly three miles in circumference, and its appear jrhce was witnessed with great amaze ment "by the inhabitants of a neighbor ing islands Its advent was announced two months ago without the interest ing details that have Just come to hand. Five hundred and fifty miles a little east of south of Toklo . a number of small islands rising above the Pacific; are known as the Volcano Islands, for' hey were evidently formed by the out pourings of subterranean volcanoes and emerged from the sea at a com paratively, recent period. The islands He along a line of weakness in the; earth's crust extending hundreds of ?miles from the Fiji to the Bonln Is lands. This line is dotted here and there with volcanoes. The Volcano and - the , neighboring v Bonin Islands have an area of only about 40 square miles, but the fires had lifted Iceland and' the Azores above the sea pale in comparison "with those that created the scores of volcanic v rocks that v are strewn through this part of the Pacific. Up to Nov. 14 last there were four islands, in the Volcano group, but now there are five. The inhabitants of Sulphur Island say that on that day lithey heard the most awesome rumb lings and groan in gs, and saw a great deal of smoke 'about' 20 miles' distant.' The clouds, which they called ' black and "white smoke and which were doubtless clouds of . black . ash and steam, - continued for about two weeks and then they 'cleared away and the natives saw what appeared to be three .little islands. While the smoke lasted the sea appeared to be on fire, Vulcan was "evidently ' having a fight with the ocean. i r ; - .' v On Dec? 12,' when everything had quieted-down, the natives decided that tyhat had appeared to them to be three islands was one Island about half as large as their own." - They did not mus ter courage, however, to approach their nbw neighbor for about six ;yveeks, tor they could see that the still unconsolidated material of which the Vsland was formed cwas changing its .shapes a little from day to day and jtey were afraid that a new outburst might catch them if they ventured near. At last, on Feb. 1, ten men ven tured out in a boat and a canoe on an exploring expedition and the next day .they landed on the island. On the sOuthside a towering precipltlous coast Kh&d been formed by the fast consolidat ed rock, but on the north side was a gentle slope where they had no diffi culty irf mooring their boats and clam bering up onHhe land. They found a boiling lake from which steam ascend ed;- i All the rest was volcanic dust that. yiefded under their feet. They planted, apole which they had brought in their boat, raised the Japanese flag-- and named the island Nil Shima. Japan -whs the' first 6f the powers oh the ground, and probably not- even. -Russia would dispute her right to tne new possession WSo new islands formed by volcanic agencies are coming now just as in the olden daj-s. Some of them soon leave us to mdurn their loss,' because the sea storms was them away before .Mjey have time to get a firm footing above the waters,;., Three years ago Falcon island! wh'lch ' had maintained "a" precaridus xrstehce above the wat ers of ,1hq nild-Pacific until little trees had rooted in its, soil, gave up the struggle and was seen no more. Two years ago two littje islands rose In a i night about ten feet above the waters of -Walflsh bay on the coast of Africa, but they lasted only a few days. It is 'the survival of the fittest The lusty ;young volcano New Bogaslov, which joined usjjibout: 15, years ago is still Among bur valued- Alaskan posses- sions; and 'Japan's latest addition to HtS large family V of -islands: stands at the outset sq high above the. sea that it has a fair chance of becoming a permanent part of the empire. h,, - 2UV After the Fight, u , , This occurred , on the night of the Britt-'yVhite .flg'bX "It was as the crowd ' was-leaving the big pavilion; and sport ing reporters, seconds, trainers and friends were standing in the dressing room where game little Jabez White '(wasr: Submitting to the ministrations of Jimmy Lawlor and Charlie IMltchelL .There came. a.,rat;a-tat-tat on the door, and a little, gray-mustached ' man was admitted: ' He rushed up to White, than outstretched. White was very "woozy" and hadn't a very clear idea of who, what or where he was, but hi3 politeness did not forsake him. He feebly gTasped the hand, and its own er, Jimmy, Britt's father, said: "You're i Ithe cleverest boxer and the gamest fighter I ever saw, and I'm 'The Boy's father.' . White got a part of it, lean ed on La wlor's shoulder, tried to train his gaze on the elder Britt, and said: '"Ah-h, y-e-e-s-s, awfly glad to see you. fWh-er-re d' you say it was I met your isonfv - As,Britt, Sr., backed gurgling and openmouthed out the . door he could ; only gasp "Holy smoke, " but 'Jimmy is-developing an awful punch." f San Francslco Chronicle. No Use for "Mashers.'' . A Portland "masher" insulted - a "oung' woman; hnd was arrested. He gained his liberty, somehow and he in sulted heV again, r A bystander licked him soundly and the police judge com mended the bystander's excellent work and. intimated that he could have an indulgent hearing in that court when ever he saw fit to take the law in his own hands. Portland Oregonian. One ' cf . the largest farms in the United States, comprises 23,500 acres. ' "S.L . Wearing Soiled Veils. . Apropos of the complexion problem, which seems, judging from the craze for "treatments," to be one of the most absorbing cares of the modern woman, many difficulties arise, from the too frequent' habit of wearing soiled veils against the face, so that it is well for those who L wear veils to see that they are constantly renewed, for in town the amount of soot and smoke which is absorbed by snch materials is enormous and certainly threatens to complicate the question of how to preserve a good complexion. j Wedding Gowns. ; - The princess model is always a. fa-, vorite one to choose, andv now that it is in fashion to have the front of the waist draped, it is far more be coming. No trimming is necessary on either silk or satin that is, on the skirt while a lace yoke and , dainty, cobwebby lace ruffles on' the sleeves are all-sufficient. If a more elaborate effect is desired, then an embroidered design worked out In silk with seed pearls or rhinestones is effective on a wide band around the hem of the skirt, but somehow the plain, rather severe style that relies only upon the beauty of the material and the grace ful folds seems smarter and more at tractive. ; ::';' . ;. , .. Pleated white chiffon wedding gowns are charmingly soft in effect, and for a mid-summer ' wedding - there can be nothing daintier, while the same gbwn covered with flounces of lace is ex quisitely soft in effect and "-; finish. Sheer white organdie and silk mull are 7 used also for summer wedding gowns with most satisfactory results. In. fact, almost any white material is thought possible. Harper's Bazaar. Pipings and Trimmings.. ; f One can do so very much with pip ings this, season. Indeed, the full story of pipings has never been told. It is best appreciated by the French modistes who get their - effects with narrow1 "lines of this color or that. And it is appreciated ; by . those sizho make elegant evening gowns, for very often the entire effect is obtained by a : thread line of pale ""blue or white running through a .handsome trim ming... ..-..fV-rr, "v': 'f When trimmings are being consid ered one must not neglect to mention the grapevinetrimmings which, in stead of becoming old and stale as the seasons go on, become more and more the vogue. There is now a fan cy for large life-like bunch of grapes in Irish lace. These bunches are embroidered- In the natural colors of the grapes, with the embroidery slightly raised to make it seem more real. The handsomest pieces, of Irish . crochet lace are selected for this purpose and the embroidery is skilfully carried out. A grapevine trimming adorns street dresses and house : dresses, and one may encounter it upon coats and neck trimmings. " . A pretty: departure in the silk line is the chameleon silk; which shows a variety of color all . combined in one soft glitter of silk. The silk is deli cate, feminine, lustrous, and suitable to almost any occasion. -- It comes at prices which are very reasonable. ; About Aprons.; ; " A good supply of aprons is needed by all housekeepers, both white and work varieties. ; For the plain white ones, for every day, the five or six cent bleached muslin, not too heavy, Is .most satisfactory.- These wash eas ily and take the starch readily. . Make them full and long, with deep hems and strings. A gingham apron to slip over a nice dress is a great conven ience, especially on Sunday, when you do not wish . to change your dress while getting tea." f Get three and a quarter yards of pretty blue and white check ; take off 5 a quarter of a -yard and cut the rest in two. , Tear one of these breadths in two, lengthwise. Run up the seams, with the full piece in the middle but stop when you get a quarter of a yard ' from the top on each seam. Trim this opening slant wise, to answer for an arm-size. Hem the bottom ot the pinafore, and gath er the tops of front and back for the yoke, or bands, which should be an inch wide. Make the other two bands a quarter of a yard- In length, and doubled to make an inch in width, and sew the ends to the bands that form the yoke, for the top of the armhole. Finish with a button and button-hole. Put a good-sized pocket on the right hand side of the centre breadth, and you have an apron at once pretty and most convenient, easy to get on and quick to slip off. t- Other aprons : that are serviceable are those made of table oilcloth, for washing ; of other sloppy; work. These are , not very large, and are bound with braid, ma chine stitched. Clothespin aprons are made of ticking, with the bottom turn ed up into a wide hem,, that answers for. a bag to hold the pins, while hang ing out the clothes, are also, a great convenience.. . .. Fashionable Footwear. Color Is to run riot this season in feminine footgear. Shapes, too, are fanciful, suggesting the capricious designs of medieval shoes. . Foremost in shoe fashions as a nov elty is the strap-front effect, assuming a hundred variations of open work through which the hosiery shows.' Some of the instep designs are really gorgeous in their appliques of beaded patterns. The trap-fronts are mostly in kids tan, deep red and black, and the beading is either cut steel, jet or glass of different colors. Gold beads are particularly' smart. A very stylish open-instepe shoe for evening or, afternoon wear during the summer will be patent leather slashed across the front with severely plain openings, bar-shaped. It fastens with two straps and buttons. Among the oddities is a low tie shoe of satin, eyeleted over the entire front toe and Instep. Eyelets are all the rage at the present time. Thev a m j an English fad, and, although pretty in snoes, may De looKea upon as a trifle bizarre. -j - r Suede and kid in many shapes are admittedly the; shoes for swell occa sions. Either finish may be had in the Oxford or extremely low cut. For afternoon porch wear nothing can ex cel in nattine&s the white suede or buckskin with a Cuban heel. Green buckskin is eminently the thing, for the lawn. There is evidence in footwear fash ion 'that the exaggerated high heel will meet with little favor this sum mer. Naturally exceptions are to be met with, but these are" the shoes of folly, which will be worn by few. Sufficiently attractive are the low russets in common sense cuis, among the number being the "college" Ox ford, substantial, semi-masculine, but withal fetching on a pretty' woman's foot. For dressier wear there are tans without number, daintily Conspic uous for their fancy tips. It lis said .that, the most popular shoe of .fie year . will be the ."Melba." Last season we had but-a glimpse K of it, and tio-w it comes back to "Us as an accepted fash ion. .The,, "Melba" is cut low-almost like a pump and Is identified by the perfectly flat, square -tie on the front. A new feature is the. concealed elastic under the bow, which allows freedom when the shoe is drawn on and at the same time holds it snugly to the low er part of the instep. ; Slippers, taken collectively, form a perfect galaxy. For the boudoir the latest pattern is the so-called "mule" slipper, fashioned all of brocade and edged with lace. Slippers to he worn at evening functions are not less ele gant Or tasteful. Many of these, the pliable 'k: kids; represent the tanner's highest art, so subtle are the colors purple, pale mauve, biscuit tone, champagne,; garnet and bronze. The beaded work in many of the exclusive models is appjied in. the shape of fan ciful medallions, wrought to a pre designed motif. "I don't know ' what to trim my new dress with," is the perpetual query of feminity. Next in order; "How shall I trim my shoes?'' Fashion Notes. This milliners are a pparently mak ing an effort to force, the tiny turban on American women. ; Very smart, -was a red and white checked voille; the5 entire waist of which was shirred p'ver! heavy cords. . Voille, while not as durable as mo hair, is tor from being a fragile ma terial, and In the . heavier varieties wears very well, Indeed. For the black hat,; which is an in dispensable part of the, .wardrobe to many women, nothing is more satis factory than fine horsehair braid. Crossbar and checked silks are pop ular. The rough weaves for silk, known as Bnrlingham, Rajah, etc., as well as the smoother pongees, come in a variety colors cross hatched with contrasting colors or black. ! :. None of the new dress fabrics have made more of an impression than the checked and figured voilles. Taese beautiful fabrics are being made up into street and house gowns n a11 kinds of simple and elaborate models. - A black and white checked voile for a young girl had a deep hip yoke scal loped irregularly at the foot, below which the skirt was plaited in groups of three. .The waist had the upper part plaited to match the skirt, while a sort of a cuiras formed the lower half. ; ; A lovely, model in a black hat was of this transparent and pliable braid. It was a big, , sweeping shape, ne brim turned up slightly on one side and : dipping a little in the front. K had ft dfniar rf tnllo otH lace arOUHtt fthe crown, and a large bird of Para dise in gray, brown and pale ycilu" shades. The bird was placed almost in the front of the hat, and its long j tall extended to the back, where . j drooped Qyer, the brim