A DREAMER OF DREAMS.
I m content; I do not care
How wags the world, how the hours fly;
And there s jo.v enough in my hutuble lot.
For a dreamer of dreams am I.
I have no wealth to he counted o'er,
No land, no pold; nil have passed me by:
And I care net for fortunes favor or frown,.
For a dreamer of dreams am 1.
The pomp of others,, their foolish pride,
Con force from me no envious eiph;
I laugh at their petty ambitions and uinic.
For a dreamer of dreams am J.
In rustling lenf, in roddins flower.
In lyric of bird and in gleam of skv
I find all the wealth and the glory of earth,
For a dreamer of dreams am I.
Anna J. Roberts, in the Chicago Record-Herald.-
laking the Air-Pipe.
AUBKIIT
Phil Carswell, chunky and curly-1
headed, was heaving anthracite from
his "firing deck" through the double
doors of the camelback "1040." In
the right half of the cab forward of
the firebox sat Engineer Dan Thorn,
hand on throttle eyes on the rails
ahead, "
Dan had the biggest shoulders of
any B. and D. engineer. And strong!!
i-nii icnew.
One dark night eightyears before,
a freckle-faced boy, who thought
himself a practical joker, had
etretched two wires across a sidewalk,
ankle high and twenty feet apart.
Then he had hidden. Dan, hurrying
home, tired and cross after a hot
dar, kad fallen over the first wire.
He came p, muttering wrathfully.
Freckle-face was not after such big
game. He ran, forgetting the second
wire, and fell over it himself. Be-
fore he could rise Dan had him. That
was why Paul had never set any more
wires for Dan or anybody else.
Well, well, what will not time do!
Here he was, lodge brother to Dan,
and firing on his very, engine. Odd
est of all Din had not recognized him.
Perhaps it was not so very odd, eith
er, for Dan had given the licking, not
received it. But Phil bore no malice.
Some time, possibly after he got his
own engine, he would ask if Dan re
membered the boy whose jacket he
had dusted. But that would keep.
Meanwhile Phil shoveled coal and ad
mired the big shoulders.
Eehlnd old "1040" rumbled the
long convention special, packed with
Sir Knights bound to their annual as
sembly. ., Every man aboard, includ
ing the entire picked crew, belonged
to the order. It was the train that
day. Phil had just taken his third
degree. He felt proud to "fire" this
. trip.
The special slowed down. Phil saw
a red signal at Worunibo flag station.
"Wonder what Pike's got np his
eleeve for us now?" he grumbled un
der his breath. He did not like stop
ping on the up grade with ten heavy
cars.
He saw Dan reach down and snatch
a yellow telegram from the agent.
Then they put on speed again.
Phil shoveled hard a minute. Then
be went along the running board to
s"fre what Dan had. Orders were that
engineers must acquaint their fire
men with any message.
Dan sat silent, reading the track.
He passed Phil the blank. It spelled
out:
"Run slow. Wreck near station.
Fisher."
Phil walked back without a word.
A hundred dusty miles of the hot
June day had wearied him.- He was
glad the terminal lay just ahead, and
that no more coal would be needed
on the easy down grade.
Ho was about to start for his own
seat on the left of the cab when above
the roar of the wheels rose a sudden
shout:
"Hey, Phil!"
Out he leaned to see what Dan
wanted.
Bn-n-ng! rang an explosion, like
the report of a shotgun: So quickly
that the sound seemed almost contin
uous, followed th9 crash of rending
metal. A glittering steel bar, rising
from below, shattered the cast iron
running board and tore through the
cab. The air hummed with ragged
fragments. Involuntarily the fireman
tarted back to avoid the deadly show
er hurtling down the side of the en
gine. Too late! A terrible pain smote
his right temple; a burst of forked
red flame died into utter blackness,
and he dropped unconscious on the
Eloping coal in the tender.
Phil woke, as one might wake from
ether with the surgeons still at work
on his head. Great blinding throbs
of pain went over him, as he lay num
bly, eyes shut, trying to puzzle it out.
Why was he lying there with that
specially hard lump of coal under his
neck?' Something must have struck
his head. His knee, too how it
twinged? He tried to rise, but fell
back, sick and dizzy, everything
awhirl round him.
What was that thumping and clang
ing, as if somebody were battering a
pile of old junk with a crowbar?
What made the engine jump so?
An accident? Yes. That sharp re
port meant that a crank-pin had
sheered off. Now Phil understoood
It. The parallel rod, thrown loose,
was potmd'taS the ties and smashing
up through the cab with every revo
lution of the drivers.
But Dan! Was he living or dead?
Thrashed by that awful steel bar,
how had he any chance! And there
was the camel-back driverlese, rac
ing wild down-hill at sixty miles an
hour, with three hundred unsuspect
ing passengers behind, and ahead
V. TOMIAX
a network of yard-tracks
crowded station.
and
It was enough to make a man's hair
rise, Phil's did. Eyes still. shut, he
shouted:
"Dan! Dan!"
No reply; , only the hammering of
steel. 'Again he called; again no an
stsr. With an Immense effort Phil sat
up. Wliat was the matter with him?
He saw double. Two fire-boxes and
four doors wavered dizzily before
him. , He pressed his fingers on his
temple to ease the stabbing pain, and
took away two right hands covered
with blood. The shock of the iron
fragment had affected his optic nerve.
Fortunately, hi3 brain was clear.
He rose unsteadily. He must find out
what had happened to Dan. But this
seeing In duplicate bothered him.' He
reached toward what he thought was
the real hand-rail, and came near
pitching off head first. The next
time he got it, dragged himself pain
fully forward, and looked along the
flank of the engine.
The worst had happened. The bot
tom of the cab had been torn away.
Its top hung on the boiler, a twisted,
battered wreck, and flung under it
lay a blue-clad body, with one leg
swinging loosely near the whirling
steel flail. Even as he looked, the
knee bent slightly, and a groan
reached his ears. Dan was still alive,
but fearfully hurt. Phil saw that the
forward end of the running-board had
been smashed to flinders, and real
ized that it was one of the fragments
that had struck his head.
But he had no time to think of
himself. The first thing to do was to
stop the train. ' That came ahead
.even of succor to the engineer. In
deed, it was the quickest way to aid
Dan. The fireman could not help him
so long as the parellel rod was flying
loose. Every time that rod came
down, it gouged the road-bed and
ties; every time it came up, It hit the
cab. It would be a miracle if Dan
got out alive.
A culvert whirred beneath. Derby
Brook! Only two and a half miles
to the station. That meant. a little
over two minutes.
The throttle, reversing .lever and
air-brakes were on Dan's side of the
cab, so it was not of any use to think
of them. Perhaps Dan had shut off
the steam anyway before he was, dis
abled. But the momentum of the
heavy train rushing along the steady
down grade would be sufficient to
carry it to destruction, even if the
whirling connecting rod-did not lift
and throw the locomotive from the
track. Something must be1 done.
Phil decided to break the connection
of the air-pipe, swinging under his
feet between engine and tender. To
do it he must get down on the step.
A spur-track flashed by Morri
son's Siding. A half-mile gone.
Phil reached carefully for the rail,
and swung down on the left step,
until he could peer underneath the
tender. The dusky space above the
rushjng ties seemed full of pipes,
their connections well in toward the
centre. Holding on with his left
hand, he stretched his right over the
hose toward them. His reach fell
short by several inches;
Round a curve they whirled, and
Phil almost went off backward.
Their speed was terrific, not a mile
under sixty-five an hour. Scattered
houses flitted by. They were enter
ing the outskirts of the city.
The fireman realized that to break
the connection he must climb practi
cally under the tender, at that high
speed a difficult and dangeroous task
even for an uninjured man. How
could he do it with his dizzy head and
double vision?
He thought of the three hundred
men behind, ignorant of their peril.
Twining his leg3 round the iron step,
he started to push himself under the
car. .
A yell of alarm was whirled away
behind him; he caught a sidewise
glimpse of splintered wood and
twisted framework.' That was the
wreck!
Lucky they had been able to
On an Old English Jag is Inscribed :
Life is an inn. Think,
Man, this truth upon.
Some only break fast
And are quickly gone.
Others to dinner stay
And are full fed.
The oldest man but sups
And goes to bed.
Large is his debt who
Lingers out the day;
Who goes the soonest
Has the least to pay.
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get the track clear before the trats
went by.
He pushed out one hand tentative
ly toward what looked to be the
framework of the forward trucks,
but touched nothing. Down, he
lurched. With a strong effort, he
drew himself back from the road-bed
spinning away so fast under his face,
and tried again. ,
This time he touched solid Iron
From the ties flashing beneath, the
dust rushed up into hi3 face in a hot
whirlwind. It blinded his eyes, It
choked his mouth with grit. Coal
dust sifted on him from above. For
a second he steadied himself, his hand
on the hot iron, his body, quivering
jeily-like from the jar of the thun
dering wheels. Suddenly the air
cleared. The road-bed grew blacker
A strong smell of sun-warmed kero
sene rose to his nostrils. Already
they were inthe railroad yard, rock
ballasted and sprinkled with oil. The
station was less than half a mile
ahead.
Phil clutched at a swinging con
nection, and again his fingers came
together without anything between
them. It was maddening.
It was such . a little thing to do,
such a simple thing; only the pulling
apart of a pipe-joint would bring
those rumbling cars and that wild en
gine, "running amuck, like a craay liv
ing thing, to a dead stop. It was a
thing he could do with one hand, al
most with one finger, if he got hold
right.
He made a second clutch at the
bulging Joint, and missed again. He
could not afford another mistake.
The next time his fingers hopked
round a joint, and he pulled up to
break it; but it would not give way.
The fireman had a vision of what
would happen in a few seconds more.
He saw the engine sweep through
the barrier and flimsy fence, and hurl
itself like a battering-ram against the
granite walls of the waiting-room.
He saw the cars piling against it and
toppling over on each side. He heard
shrieks, groans, the hiss and roar of
steam.
He gave a strong, sudden Jerk, and
the pipe snapped apart.
Phil had not time or strength to
get out. The best he could do was to
hang there, praying that the brakes
might hold. If the engine struck
anything he would be mashed to pulp
or ground under the wheels.
Far back to the very end of the
train he heard a shrieking, a grind
ing, as the brakes caught at the spin
ning wheels, hung to them, dragged
at them. Would they hold in time?
He had done all he could. -
A shadow fell over him. The hot
blast from beneath suddenly stopped,
and the camel-back roared under the
roof of the long train-shed. The
blare of a band mingled with the
rumble of the wheels. Beyond the
pipes he saw a commandery drawn
up on parade; he caught flitting
glimpses of white gloves, swords and
gold-laced uniforms. The music
ceased; cries, alarmed, warning, filled
the air. . He stiffened himself for the
final tremendous shock.
The train stoped with a last squeal
of bra kes.
He tumbled off and glanced for
ward. An innumerable throng with
countless hands outstretched was
rushing toward him, but before it
closed round him he saw two "1040s"
with their noses almost touching tho
double barrier at the end of the rails.
Careful hands disentangled Dan
from his battered cab, and an ambu
lance hurried him to the hospital.!
One leg and several Tibs were broken,
and he was fearfully mauled, but his
strong constitutionpulled him through
all right.
Phil did not get to work again tor
six weeks. It took him that time to
recover his normal eyesight. When
he did go back, he had an engine of
his own. The first time he saw Dan
after that he mentioned the freckle
faced boy and the wire, and found
that Dan remembered. Youth's Com
panion. ,
Cleanliness of Ants.
No creature is more tidy than an
ant, who cannot tolerate the presence
of dirt on her body. These little
creatures actually use a number of
real toilet articles in keeping them
selves clean. A well-known authority
says their toilet articles consist of
coarse and fine toothed combs, hair
brushes, sponges and even washes
and soap. Their saliva is their liquid
soap, and their soft tongues are their
sponges. Their combs", however, are
the genuine article and differ from
ours mainly in that they are fastened
to their legs. The ants have no set
time for their toilet operations, but
stop and clean up whenever they get
soiled. St. Nicholas.
Telephone Nerve.
"Telephone nerve" is a new com
plaint. Those who run in to a neigh
bor's to call up somebody without ex
pense are the real cases, though the
directory don't Include them. Bos-
ton Herald.
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RAINY DAY' SKIRT.
This is a very good suggestion for
keeping overskirt out of the wet 02 a
rainy day. It will be found a great
convenience. Buy a piece of broad
black elastic, a yard. Form it into
a circle large enough to fit the hips.
A hook and eye on .both ends will be
perhaps better than sewing the elastic
iulu a :ircie. ua a net uay put iai
circle of elastic about the hips over
the outside skirt, then pull up the
skirts evenly till around the elastic
and above it. This will lift the skirt
from the ground. A coat may then
be slipped on, when the elastic will
novo?' eHrw TTia cVUf tx' ill c a V n v
which will be found V great relief
from holding it. You will also do
away with crushing the skirt by hold
ing it in your hand. Newark Call.
TIDINGS FOR A GIRL.
Tidings of great joy for the girl
who lives in a furnished rooom or a
-aa J!i 1 j ' 7v.
announcements of crepe underwear
on sale in the shops. Nightgown
and chemises are made of thi3 deli
cate, shimmery white cotton crepe,
and with their trimmings of lace they
are exceedingly pretty. But the best
thing about them is that they needn't
foe ironed. The woman who is trav
eling, for instance, can wash one of
these garments out in "ihe bowl in her
hotel room, suspend it on a "hanger"
from the' gas jet to dry being care
ful to pull it gently into shape and
in a few hours there it is, nicely
laundered and ready to wear. New
ark Call.
TO CLEAN VEILS.
Referring to the fashionable white
veils, perhaps some of you may like
to have a few hints as to how they
may be cleaned at home, for the pro
cess is by no means difficult. Put a
good-sized piece of soap in a basin
of boiling water and make a thick
lather. Have the lace rolled around
a bottle or glass plaque, and put this
Into the suds. Let it soak for half ai
hour at least; if very much soiled,
the lace may be left in a great deal
longer. Then put it into a fresh hot
lather, and afterwards rinse it thor
oughly in cold water. When the veil
i3 spotless spread it out to dry on a
clean cloth, pulling it gently into
shape. !' When dry, stiffen it by dip
ping into a little gum water (half an
ounce of gum arable to a quart of
water), then press it while still damp,
having pulled it out nicely each way
to keep it in the right shape. Paris
Fashions.
TASTE IN HALL DECORATING.
In choosing the color for a hall,
says Lucy Abbot Throop, in the cur
rent Woman's Home Companion, the
amount of light in it must be taken
into account as well as the size. If
it is .bright and sunny, darker and
richer effects may be used even if it
is fairly small, but It must be remem
bered that dark colors absorb arti
ficial as well as natural light. Choose
a light, warm, general tone and have
all the- rooms opening from the hall
form a harmonious color scheme.
When the woodwork is white, a
gray landscape paper above the
wainstcoting and a plain gray blue
stair carpet and rug of Oriental de
sign in blues and browns will make
most charniing hall. A mirror in
a dull gold frame, with a small ma
hogany table and two mahogany
chairs of Colonial design, will prob
ably be all the furniture it is possible
to use. At the rear of the hall have
a screen to conceal the hat-tree or the
hooks used for the coats, and also put
the umbrella rack behind it.
If the hall is so small that a table
and chairs are out of the question,
it is a good plan to have a chest, in
stead. This can" be made useful in
many ways, and will serve as a table
for the maid's card tray and as a seat
for the waiting messenger boy.
.t&PIGURLrAN23j
Tomato Toast Take fresh or
canned tomatoes. Stew them and
season with sugar, salt, cayenne pep
per and cream. Thicken slightly with
a little flour stirred to a paste with a
small portion of the cream. Tcast
slices of bread, spread with butter,
spread on the tomato while hot and
serve at once.
Branbury Tarts One egg, one cup
sugar. Beat slowly. Add one rolled
cracker, one cup raisins, one cup cur
rants (chopped fine), one teaspoon
cream, one-half teaspoon extract of
lemon, butter size of thimble. Beat
until soft. Spread between flaky
paste crust and bake. When baked
cut into-squares while hot.
Ginger Apples About five pounds
of tart apples; pare, core and cut the
apples into squares; five pounds light
brown sugar, two lemons sliced thin,
six ounces of preserved ginger root
cut in slices; first put the sugar In a
feettle with one cupful cold water and
let meJt; then skim after boiling up
until clear; then put in the apples,
one-half teaspoon salt, lemons, gin
ger and boil until the apples look
clear and rich; then put into glass
jars, the same as any fruit; serve
vita meats.
THE TALKATIVE GIRL. I
The popularity of the tnlirative girl
is a most curious sign of the. times,
for she is quite a modern product and
woiili! ha vp Imvri fiprl nnr mirl-Virtnr-
,an forebearSi who did not think it at
fnr vm,rCT. l-A-,-- rn tnllr
nice for young
much. The World and His Wife.
MRS. SAGE GIVES $500,000.
The Rev, W. I. Haven, cne of the
secretaries of the American Bible So
ciety, is authority for the statement
jtiat ?500,000 has been raised and is
! virtually as .good as paid to the asso-
ciauon. mis win lueti. me ucmauuu
made by Mrs. Russell Sage, who
agreed to endow the society's work
with a 8500,000 contribution provid
ed tho Methodists and other denom
inations interested in distributing the
Bible throughout the world would
raise $500,000. Haven says Mrs
! se has sent her check for
, 000 the secretary'
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LEGACY OF PILLOWS.
"See what a haul I've made," and
the bachelor maid surveyed her divan
with an exulting eye.
"Eight new pillows and real
downy down, too! Where in the
world did you get them?" asked the
girl friend enviously. "Real down
is so horribly expensive."
"Well, you kiow my brother Is to
married tl z week. He i3 giving up
his den, of course, and these pillows
are the gifts of different girls whom
he admired or flirted with, or was
engaged to during his bachelor career.
His intended is rather of a jealous
disposition, and Eob says frankly he'd
tuwrfmit ind Green
peppers and remove all the seeds. Cut in strips and cover
with cold water,,, adding salt. Allow this to stand at least
one hour. Peel the grapefruit, remove the seeds and all
white pith and cut up the fruit In small squares. Drain the
peppers, add them to the grapefruit, pour over all a mayon
naise or French dressing and arrange on a bed of lettuco
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leaves.
have to explain away every one of
those pillows if he took them to the
new home. 'It's easier to cut loose
from the lot than to say where I got
them and answer questions,' he told
me last night in confidence, 'so the
whole bunch is yours, sis, with my
blessing.' " New York Press.
MAKING RAIN-SHEDDERS COSTLY
"It's the umbrella," said a woman
"that uninspiring object
of black
silk
("if it Is silk," she interposed,
sadly) "that is giving the jewelers
tti eicuse for slashing deeply into
vour rjecketbook, dear, and mine."
She was right partly and, after all,
to me partly right is a pretty good
state for . an. argumentative woman
There are many innovations in um
brella handles in the shops. One han
dle shown 'esterday contained a jew
eled pencil, a purse, a handkerchief
nrri n rnwder Duff. "Why," said tne
woman, "these things are likely to
put the old 'variety bag out of busi
ness." One shop in town has passed
along to a maker an order lor an um
brella of. mulberry colored silk with
I a novel top. . Ai first glance the top
looks like a conventional khod 01
mother-of-pearl and gold, but on
touching a tiny amethyst on one side
a secret spring lets the knob fly back
and there is disclosed a miniature of
tho owner's baby, surrounded by am
ethysts and pearls. New .York Press.
CORRECT LENGTHS OF SKIRTS.
The lengths of walking skirts do
not vary. They are all sufficiently
short to escape the ground, which
may mean from one inch to ankle
length, according to the build and age
of the wearer. A young woman may,
if she pleases, cut her skirt shorter
than a woman of more mature age,
and a stout woman should always
wear them longer than one who is
Blender. The later type may wear
skirts long, too, if she wishes, but
the stout or short matron cannot af
ford to cut her skirt short If she
wishes to look her best.
Thus the question of the length of
skirts for general wear is easily dis
posed of, but for the more important
gowns for afternoon, house and even
ing the matter of deciding is more
difficult owing to the narrow width
of the skirts.
All the skirts for formal and even
ing wear are cut long, yet so narrow
that little train is visible. In order
to give evidence of a train the dresses
are cut long In front and at t-e sides,
and only a trifle longer in the back.
Even then, as the wearer walks, the
material winds itself about the feet
until the gown actually seems to be
the same length all the way around.
Incidentally, to walk gracefully in
one of the new skirts is a difficult
feat. Managed correctly, a skirt of
this style is an aid to height, because
the front is long from the belt down
ward. Thus the new style of cutting
the skirt long all the way around 13
in one way an improvement over the
trained skirt formerly worn, in that
it i3 more generally becoming, now
that the fashionable figure is sup
posed to be tall, and the majority of
women are only of medium height or
short.
To prove thi3 beeomingness let
any wona put on the old style
trained skirt, the length just touching
the ground in front and the back
spreading upon the floor, and view
herself in a long mirror.
Then let her take the train and
riaz it to the front in a wla-ding ef-
feet and the will see how much the
change adds to her height. This,
then, is the general elfect of the new
trained skirt intended for evening,
dinner and formal day use.
Haildsome cloth suits in light
-reights are made with short trains,
and so are ive shantungs and rajahs
when a tailored effect i3 not desired.
There is no lining, Interlining or fac
ing on the bottom of such shirts. No
other finish but a deep hem is correct.
Consequently there is no chance for
the train to spread. It simply must
fall in, for there is nothing to keep
it out, rot even a ruffle.
Any trimming on the skirt comes
at least a foot above the lower edge,
either applied directly on the skirt or
as a finish to a tunic or overskirt
effect.
A favored fashion is to tie the skirt
down by wide crushed ribbon (the
shade of the gown), passed through
slits cut at flounce depth, the ribbons
tied in large bows, the ends falling1
over the train, and when the material
is thin, as marquisette and similar
fabrics, I have seen good effects from
setting in a group of wide tucks above
the deep hem.
The fine cloths, however, and tbk
silks are without trimming.
Skirts of house gowns are cut ia
what is known as the round length
that is, they are made to He down
on the floor about an inch or so on the
front and sides, but are longer in the
back. This is a graceful length and
will prove generally becoming.
As many of the new house gowns
are made with deep hems and under
cVlrt effonts n a solid color, it is well
Pepper Salad. Wasli the green
to have the skirts as long in the front
as comfort will allow in order to pre
serve the height of the wearer, for
nothing cuts the length of the figure
more than horizontal lines between
the belt and hem.
The fashion of holding down the
train in the back with a long motif
just above the feet is awkward, but it
i3 novel, and so, I suppose, women
will want to try it. Only slender
types should attempt it, for, given a
- ;
The more conventional line3 will be a
happier choice. Elizabeth Lee, In the
New York Telegram.
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This season one finds entire coats
and wraps of cretonne.
The elastic belts in different widths,
are more popular than ever.
Coarse Russian braid i3 used a
great deal for trimming coats and
capes.
The chantecler 13 found embroid
ered on the instep of the latest Eilk
hosiery.
The tiniest of roses are used for
trimming caps of muslin or lace for
the baby.
A box pleated quilling of net 13 the
finish at the wrist of a pretty sleeve
seen recently.
Ribs of bras3 as well as of gilt and
white enamel are seen in some of the
sunshades.
Separate blouses of black net with,
lace insertion are worn over an under
blouse of white.-
Very attractive. Indeed, are the
coats of woolen poplin. While white is
the favorite color, the material may
be obtained in a wide range of col
ors.
The Scotch plaid ginghams were
never more attractive than this year.
For children's frocks and for gowns
for the girl in her teens they are un
surpassed. Hosiery matches one's bathing suit
in color. Either the white or black
slippers or shoes are worn. If tho
suit is trimmed with black, that is
the color of footwear selected.
Many of the new coats have the
fronts cut without a breaK at the
waist line; the back, however, i3
fulled a trifle at the waist line and
pulled into a satin or leather belt.
A band of insertion or embroidery
or a stitched band of the material of
tho dress is a neat finish to the square
collarless neck of a wash dress,
whether of gingham, chambray or
linen.
Among other trifles of dress that
have gained in importance since the
opening of the season is the sash.
Special ribbons in weaves as soft as
chiffon have been brought out for
these sashes.
Some of the most stunning clasps
for evening coats are made of large
cameos. Cameos are used, too, for
giving smart touches to evening
gowns, Eerving to hold the drapery
of either waist or skirt.
Chinese, Japanese and Roumanian
embroidery appears on many of tha
linen and silk costumes ia the patches
of color that bring into distinctive
evidence the inUiice of the East and
the Importance vt h.and embroidery,
to