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By Mme. Louise. ~The Evening World places at the disposal of its feminine readers the services of a very competent dress- maker who will assist and advise them in planning new dresses and making over old ones. Metters on this topic to “Mme. Louise, ~ Evening World Home Dressmaking i Department.” ‘ Dear Mme. Leute Kindly let me know how 1 can mai “white organdie dren, not expense 1 na White eatin Helng for it u » You can make « very pretty organdie stress tnoxpanatyely the style de- jpends largely on the work in the mak- R Six yards of organdie will be plenty Mf It is double width. Make your dress lke the “cut.” ‘The diamonds on both skirt and walst are made of the or- gandle tucked in one-elghth inch tucks hree-quarters of an inch apart, and are et dn with a Valenctenne insertion three-quarters of an inch wide. Win the space between the diamonds to the bottom of the skirt with ruMea two inches wide. You can follow the de- Sign of the waist very easily from the “cut.” The yoke and collur are mad ‘of tucks of the sume size and as the diamonds, but shirred up full. The sleeves are to correspond. : MME. LOUIS? Dear Madame Louise As Tam atout to attend a faahlole ball, T mh purzled regarding a dress At for the occas jon. I would ike something of cheap What would you suggest regarding ‘atyle, an Tam tall and stim, dark, » pale complexion ISADELLA The design suggested for H. B. would be very becoming to you made up tn pale yellow organdie trimmed with black Insertion. I the skirt ruMes with narrow 1 atin ribbon. Make your black sash ¢ able and you can wear At with an: g. ‘This entire dress can be made for §. MME. LOUISE Dear Mme. Loulve Would tt be arking too much of you to fell ame a pretty but not expensive way to make a heavy cress? t kind of trimming sould be Lest for serviceable wear? Mob. B. Make your dress of rough material; make a gored skirt fared at the bottom and trim it with five broadcloth bands one inch wide, five rows of machine Btltching on each, place the inches apart. Do not have the across the front of skirt, but turn in Uttle right angles and finish with points at the side front seam. Make your waist in cluster tucks (the tiny tucks in heavy material look very well) and stitch a band of broa ven each cluster of tucks. collar of white with over %. Make tt so ferent vests; thiy will keep ft looking ; and neat. Make your sleeve like the waist and keep it tight fitting. as gevere sieever look better than puffs In heavy material. MME. LOUISE. OR HOME DRESSMAKERS. The Evening World's Daily Fashion Hint. Have a fro! ourse black lace ou can Wear dif- ot SoS is fancy shirt waist in me- B 1-2 yards 2 inches wide, 3 AAOW T0_ORESS WELL. Address all) *’ URI AUBHRD AYE, Points on Etiquette. We May Sometimes Ne Foreigners. Dear Mea Ayer Would an American lady or gentle- man be called a foreigner If he went to any country on the other side of t ocean, and do the people over the speak of the Americnus as foreigners? Aad In America a foreign country’ B.C Person belonging to another country 1 & forelgner, correctly speaking When I was in Nova Scotia mer the Ame-! tourtats we of constantly forelgners correct. The definition of foreign Ia “belonging to another nation, remote’; “oelonging to that which Is without.’ Sentimentally, donot consider ves foreigners to the English na- st, geographically, certainly st sum- spoken and this as we ‘ton are. Concerning B we thday Presents. Dear Mra. Ayer My flancee’s birthday ts next week Would {t be proper for me to give her a present, and what? CHARLIE B. F you have arrived at an understand- | ing with the young lady and expect BRTAINLY, an Amertean wou be called by English people a! forelgner, and very properly A! to marry her you might give her some object for persona, adornment. If you do not know the lady well you snould confine your ehotce to flowers, na bons or boo! drinker, but he ts devoted absinthe to his family.” “Ove read hi DENIAL, | “Are you the de- | fendant in this | case?” | “No, str; I'm only the man who} committed = the| theft." LETTERS FROM— -——THE PEOPLE. Depends reecly on the Clroum- stances and on His Courage. To the Editor of the Evening World Kindly Inform me tt leman will use his fate Wy he te insulted by another man, =O. 8. Advice for Henpecked Husband, To the Fulitor of The Evening World Ia answer to “‘Heapecked Husband," let me a wife who apprect bus hy don't yi own medicine? Pera) alter her ways a little, You will vay, per. haps, that that would be unmanly. Dut eure: Jy mot any more so than it ty unwomanly for} her to be eo cruel, Your wite must cer her talnly be @ lay woman, 1 woul not ade Mise you to leave your good position, Bur 1 certainly advive you to reform your wite before yuu are made stock of by your friends. by Jou poor mat. Teaont her treatin he will come to. her vente when you give her to. understand you are a mar and not lower than a servant | Mra FoR M, Belmar, 3. J. Lower Fare for Schoolgt To the B3itor of The Evening World: Don't you think ‘ar companies abould make that absinthe makes the heart grow fond- acid | —_—__—_———__! — Neil | i VOLUME 42, Published by the Press Publishing Company, to 68 PARK ROW, New York. SIDE “The Seventh National reopen that went out of busin’ suming. ‘The financial outlook is not bright in tenderloin banking circles. ee “We shonld have a navy so powerful that no nation on earth would think of making a wanton attack on us or of attempting the overthrow of the Monroe doctrine,” 5 Senator Lodge, “Con- structive statesmanship” in Washington seems to run largely to the construction of warships. When our forty new battle-ships built we shall be ready to lick all creation. > | { } Miss Highsee sing? T among atx always been a matter of dispute her hearers.” > | Prof. Mike Donovan says that if Mr. Roosevelt had never become President he might have lived to be the world’s champion pugilist. It is the neglected opportunities that return like spectres to haunt a man in later jife day | <p Neket ood Frowsy Froggins—I'm tired havin’ them hobos callin’ me Cow-Face. POPVGOO POPS HOSS SO IEDOT LOGOS PILIDIE IE SOOO GHEE DOE OOOE PH TENIOT OHO DO HE H0E4 9G99 90 ZA7{__}NTHE SEVERE SC NO. 14,693. Entered at the Post-OfMfice at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. It is nearly time to send out the home-made plum puddings for another Christmas dinner in Pretorin. ‘The capture of the enemy's capital no longer constitutes a conclusive victory,” says Salisbury. Unele Sam fs acquiring the same wisdom in the Philippines, where his third mince-pie season is about to begin, “Its trica imposible for a man to discover the In- kings of a woman's brain,” “Tt mightn't be If he could thy brain.” always discover pat re The present discussion of the Inw which we owe to Mr. Ralnes affords Mr. Rainsford oc sion to say: “TI believe that the saloons should be open at meal times on Sunday and in the early evening. If the saloons were open at midday and the dinner hour they could be kept shut during the dangerous hours when they do their evil work.” It is excellent advice, but at Raines law hotels meal time is any time when a prop- erty sandwich is procurable. > —— Ae “IT have no sympathy whatever with any ten- dency to chan. the present uspect of Sunday HOOL MA > TT WONDER WHAS THE MATTER With LITTLE BROTHER coat mae TiN y aera ine oe nae 2 iS ‘ 1s IT LOADED! i = | Va BO. | Se ~e i . “T'l just take this bottle o' mucilage and stiffen up my mustache a bit. LIGHTS ON THE NEWwWs. have since been awaiting orders from John Doo, have their doubts about the advisability of re- observance,” says the Rev. John F. Parsons. concession to the saloon is a concession to the Oliver Wendell Holmes once said: mind of a bigot is Iike the pupil of the eye: more Jight you shed upon ft, the more narrowly devil. it contracts.” ge “Why didn’t you mer?” “T felt T needed a rest.” Se Mr. Carnegie says he would rather give up most of his millions than his acquaintance with literature and art. There are find a handsomely engrossed sufficient to satisfy both their artistic and their literary yearnings. — oo Mrs. Putnam is to lecture on ‘Political Theo- The political theory of the ries of the Greeks. go to the country last sum- “” “The The these enthusiastic actors! millionaires who stock certificate | having the centre of the stage! season some unfortunate player falls victim to one of these frenzied artist: Olive Oliver, an expert swordswomai has run Miss Kidder through the shoul der, Next! Greeks as we know them here is that there is oe not enough profit in bapanas to pay tribute to police pantatas, and that when a blue-coated Xerxes crosses the Bosphorus treat. A poor, halt it Is time to re- followed Ca il Theatre. ture, being black-and-tan, the rest just But Miss and one poor burn." if ities eo Py HOW IT was. “My wife “I heard 6 ed." UP-TO-DATE SQUAWS, Young-Man-Afraid-of-Hia-Soup—Ugh Why do the squaws make such a fusa over young Red Deer? He !s not a great hunter, Old-Man-Stiff-in-His-Joints — > he Is hal his school. ——[—=>_ HAD TO SPEAK. tors, Willle. wanted to say!—Detrolt @ree Press, —_ HIS FIRST QUERY. Mrs, Tompkyns—What did the lawyer say when you had got through explain- ing your case to him? Mr, H. Oh, 0 these rabid persons who get excited and forget even thelr own name and address, in the delirium caused by Every Poor Kathryn Kidder {s the latest vic- tim of Nery, untamed dramatic ardor. starved little canine Grace George, Manager It was not a beauteous crea. part and dog. George was touched by his confidence In her and insisted on mak- Ing an actor of him on the spot. Mr. Brady never refuses his wife anything. ‘This ts why a real live dog will appear every night In the first act of “Under Uttle Southern Skles,"" waif is now earning an honest living. THE CURE, "Gladys, if you knew how my | heart burns for you!" | ing soda. They | say that's a splen- = did cure for heart- “Try some bak- has bleached her hair.” had grown light-head- 3 but ack on the football team at Mother—Another time you must. not interrupt me when I am talking to visl- Willie—But, mother, by the time you'd finished I should have forgotten what I much Iwas worth.Sommorville Jour- Eleanor Carey, younger and hané @omer than ever, {s back In town after a short, sad season in “The Last Ap- peal." Miss Carey has a simple recipe for perennial youth. It is this: ‘Don’t worry, When things get too horribly twisted, go to sleep and forget.” . 8 e If some one were to rush up to Anna Held and yell “fire! or ‘mice!’ in her ear, ehe would not jump or start, but would just slowly and gracefully heave to, roll those languorous eyes up at an forty-five degrees and murmur 7 You could not fancy Miss Held hurrying or turning quickly, or bobbing her head around. Brady’ charming o 8 wife, to a rehearsal at ‘the Republic Maude Adams certainly showed great discrimination and foresight when she selected Charles Frohman, the Napoleon of the Drama, to de her guide, philoso- pher and Master of Ceremonies. With beautiful settings such as Mr. Frohman always gives his stage jewels, even a common pebble would shine like a good deed—though don't accuse me of calling Maude Adams a pebble! She may be classified under the head of Pearle of Great Price. eptelize Georgia Caine, of the “Messenger Boy" company, {8 a airl of domestic tastes. She hates boarnling, and noth- ing will do for Miss Caine but a home of her own. When she 1s away from it a Uttle longer than usual her mother always knows just what to do, She gets a shelf ready and watenes out for a cart-load of dishes to arrive at the door. Miss Caine will purchase a hat or even a gown ‘0 less than fifteen minutes. But once In- side the china or cut-glass department of one of the big shops she never can tear herself away till they begin to put up the shutters. * ee A few misguided Individuals cling to the {dea that the charmed precinct known as “behind the scenes” Is a place corks go whizzing through the alr. those who have wandered occasionally } easier for a rich man to go through the get behind that Immense picture frame } called “the proscenium arch." JANE GORDON. pr Bil in wi where Johnnies abound and champagne #4. But bo t Th from their own fireside realize that it Is jot tt tato: eye of a needle than for an outsider to Jof tl yeloc powde res te al outtlr “The Last of the Knickerbockers,”"— Chicago Tribune. A GOOD GUESSER, An elderly woman with an {mpedt- ment In her speech had troubles of her own at the corner of Twelfth and Wal- nut street# yesterday afternoon. As each car came out Walnut street she would stop it and say to the conductors d-does th-this kuk-kuk-car gug-gug-go"— At this juncture, and sometimes beford, the conductor would impatiently exclaim: "No; take the next Then he would pull the strap and ‘ar would go ahead, leaving th woman at the crossing. There are five different lines passing out Walnut at this point and if the woman could read the signs she disregarded them. Finally @ conductor, more considerate than the others, helped her aboard and allowed her to explain afterward, After thre blocks had been traversed he found t! she wanted to go to Darby, and his wi @ Darby car. When she learned th: she premed) her. Jo; ‘uh-yuh-your, uu! ON THE ARK. "Let her turn as she xcs," ubserved Noah, as he leaned against the starboard ral] of the ark and watched her ma- noeuvre, “Let her turn as she likes, When we get through with this trip no- body ts going to rise and ask about her tactical diameter.""—Baltimore American, BOYS WILL BE nOYS, “Pa,” sald Mri oldest of his race, “I wish you'd speale to Abimelech, He's been pulling Bildad's hair again.” ‘Lemme see," quoth the patriarch, how old Is "Bim now?" "e 247 his nex’ birthday “Well, you must make allowances for th’ boy, ma. He's young yit."—Cleve- land Piain-Dealer, RECIPROCITY, Tompkyns—He asked me | Mr, Wu fs still rubbing It In on us by suggesting that we try the golden rule ‘on the yellow peril.—Chicago News, inte?