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the care of the hands the first prin- ciple is cleanline ind the <econd leanliness, and the thini, again intiness, It may seem more ov less surd in these enlightened days, when nfectants and anil are the r than the ¢ tion In the werage household, tu i 8 in such a relatively small matter the caring for the hands ally so fr the beauty but since the tp beauty where exist, it may not after all. spon clean 3 not first ir-fetenea Small hands have always held their own as a (s0- ture, and they women throughout tempts of the thelr miss seven will be y such requests POOTEOODE THE WORLD: SATURDAY E EN G, JULY 22, 1905 etamped and circulation ind the hand then swel be ylarger than at first so that the futile ify a small vanit its own cfte i no matter what its shape on- > is simply no cl ft by daily eave and inte! t 10 succeed this and the end at all times kept t means to this end, 9 Wready stated, 4s “leantiness, Not that rubbing with seap and water is at all nes sufficient to cleanse, for there are many times when t universal agents are sadly lacking in the fulfilment of best investment which the girl improve her hands who has ¢ n make is a brush with stift les, thickly bunched and sewn in together, with a back that f tae hand. A good one for about 50 e they are not like Then a cake of good band supoto and a jar brush w Filing the Nails. After soaking the fi the reugh edges of the sidered advisable to cut the finger nails the pia the sels The veal Edges. The finger tips are soaked in hot water to render the nail and surroniding Thon all the rough edges, the hangnails, & ls made ready for filing, flesh and c are removed and the ind pliate. Cutting the Qutiele. This Is rather a delicate operation. push the cutiel f. Then, Huous ev which beton ng thoroughly, sup. The Cream Bath. After the rough ed way, anoint each nail ibe The Final Polish. Mf the cold crew. exe ta congeal the p ream, In was ne Girls Who Go on Their Vacations | in August Will Find Here Suggestions for Their Outfits. By Nina Carter. VERY girl who works in a city E office and has not yet enjoyed her summer vacation is now con fronted by the question of what is tu be or not to be put in the vacation trunks. For the girl with a limited num- er of dollars in her pocket here are hints for her summer trunks. She may shoose from them one for the seashore, mountains, country or a yachting trip. For the Mountains. The most expensive trunk to be fille’ is that intended for the mountain trip. Yhis can hardly be accomplished under 30. For the mountains select a brown cheviot. Make a plaited skirt and Nor- folk Jacket, W an Alpine hat af brown, with a red quill dn it, and brown gloves and shoes, ‘Dhis sult serves for travelling and wemping, In one 2f the moderate priced stores one can buy a very pretty Norfolk suit for $9.50, The hat, $1.50; shaes, $2.00; gloves, $1. This makes the utility suit $4 in all. Of course, an afternoon dress is nec- essary. ‘he antire gown of linen wil ot cost over $3.00, and with the skint ean be worn various shirt walsty that fave been brought from the town stock. A linen gown made with a shont, box- piaite! jacket and a walst really sup- plies the wearer with two gowns, for the jacket May be worn witn a white waist, and in this way preserve the uniformity of the sult and sull give va- riety, With such @ suit one of the new nen parasols is in order, ‘Dhis is not an expensive adjunct to the costume; it can bo purchased for $1.00 at any of the shops, A coo, made from the sult Hnen is execedingly pretty, Buy a white wire frame for 25 coms, cul two pieces of linen to fit it, edge them with @ Valenciennes lace, vut a thnd cit eular piece for the crown and you will ‘have a pretty afternoon hat for a very small sum. ‘Tha gown for parties may be a di ty or a pineapple lawn that you urchase fo ) cents a yard. It may e made to be worn either low or high in the neces. This dress may be made within $4.50, Ten yards of the material, that will cost fi ace, $1.00; fancy slippers, $f. Tt 3 best not to try to make one of the flufty, pretty Mngerle hits 90 suitable for evening, fyr If they are not well made you might better have none, You can biy them for $300, and a pair of white alk gloves for % cents, This trunk will cost Just $80, For the Seashore, Tho satest color to wear on the beach tan, and the best material for gown, Pongee. Pongee is soft and the ame: H neas of the alr will not hurt It it wi always look fresh. Make a sun hat of me he, miatorlal ise the mouvialn me at. ‘Twelve yards at is a yard le wulolont (Or tho arses, th pit) x] deinty Sailor For A Yoo Ating ord hat and a litte tan shoes for $2.30 ecnts for gloves, a parasol Nine dollars covers this costume. taffeta will make re good colors, with @ pair of bathing slippers purchased for 2 cents you may know what comfort in the water Is, When it comes to the gown to be worn in the evenings It would be well fo select ono of ti A habutal is prett ood Shades and the Aft; is good enough for a vacation ovening Twelve yards will make the dress, simple and pretty, Allow two dollars for some sort of little medallions so mu effective and inexpensive, me of the ini, aa Pe ro suitable, ree dollars elippers and 75 crt gfsan ul aan bo pur For a Yachting Trip, went fe Re» foes i aoft wash silks. pod: it comes in y-comt quality miming; the lo from the Conte. tor allie A Ssulcauble DFess For Seg or country. for there Is litte room for extra things abourd @ boat, One dark blue and one dark green sailor sult made of serge is plenty. Wear white pique vests with these, a white yachtmg-cap and canvas shoes. You wit always look not and clean and as though you were having a good time. A chiffon veil, to wear when it ie v aan ‘and you are on deck, will co plete this firet layer in the trunk, ‘Phis Utility outht wil! cost $7.00 for the two dresses, seven yards of serge cach at 60 cents a yant, $1.00 for the canvas shoes, 60 cents for the cap, and 50 cents for the veil; $9.50 in all, Add to this two non Butta. one of white and one of some light eolor, vender. rene or pale blue, With ion “orthewe a ‘iinen hat. to i also match, and Bome aaa ain! @ pair of light danct OM tulle “ready “for. tho” pleasantoat sort of a time on shore, — Th 3 Gronsce will cost ‘about $7, that ta, $8 Aplece ; the I huts only fitty cents, Lid es os anake them a anid as Poniil wilt re tht aly as eu ven Be oe ii A Comfortable Dress For The Country: who, haying her lingerie, spends more on a tnip ty. fos for she will not have a bit better Gme and will find frills and ruft nuch out of keeping with the spirit of the tUmos, e girl Who goes to the real country Boa Still loss expensive trunk. hare has | for the last two summers clubbing to; to.an ol Fors olothes: and jac tramy to wo with it. Phe shepherd check this for % conts « "i » dross,” ‘Ph and the hat Is gener young. people of going for a woek ashioned farming plac, as this ve A little she with the an be ally etaanet, no main part of the trunk 1s packed with cotton dresses made from the Le gent ginghams that are nowadays so mety: Aisin yards make «dress and wo drowses are sufficient A sunbon- nel ia made to mateh tho dress. Oxford ies anew: for almost every “dress oc gasion,” though if the country” girls wunt to be real dressy, and asa Bune day dinner ty tnade a festure of them, ¥ take a light lawn dress that oosts hotmare thangs, ‘The only slaves that re worn wre a heavy pair that come ed. flo use on the tramps und fghing ex- Pie Pc trunk can be packed for $18.93 tips in hot water ang soaps: nail are ther fied to the desired shape. Tt AL any time; the file should always take After the finger tips have been so: ack from the nail with a soft towel, rolling It well over with a fine curved scissors remove sh has been rolled backward, and the Uitte half-moon the hase of each nail should show, superfluows cuticle, hangnails, &ce. 1 t aly with oy ou of the skin and nail which the hot water render the nail more capable of « brilliant polis aptly a little powder t vusly, taking each on ffer dhe wore erillia bowl and rinse inf With cold water ‘Then di "Lam to go, 1 must pack as once, Manicuring Is a Necessary Art for the Mod is tor a few minutes Snot con- part of the of attention. te tt disappeare nly in ri © been ‘old cream, this to rep! p have dis ce the natural elved and to the lated by veh nail and | pl ely in ind lasting 0) b that results, wate fint. he hands by er tian the: fir DOOOOOS® patiing with a towel rather than by brisk rubbing. clined to be w nce the nails and fing most exp hands, they ourse, require the greate The f. rnails ri finger tips is one tha? has entirely ind one sees it now ry instances. follows the n r tip, convenience. Profession who uso thelr fing pianists, surgeons, typewriters, &c most invarfibly keep the nail trimmed close to the finger tip. ‘The first step In manicuring the hanas -——"= calls for the fillng off of the rough »od accomplished by friction of the of the nail and shaping it to the desi'ed gmory board, the finer side being used MISH Jesree of polish Is Kin as well vs for the removal of pos: curve. Tne best manicurists agree ‘hat for this purpose, and sible soil or stain trom thet hands. Al- the scissors should not be vays let the first water ran from the length of the nail, the file entirely tak- an acid bleach. This must ips “FC cautiously, as its effects \ing up soaked in a bow! of hot soxpsuds for & injurious, the spot It is « w minutes to loosen the superfluous y era- ing Its place. COTOOPOI GY YMG WS COODOw ‘Ihe Boscombe If skin is at all ine duly dry, a little olive im will serve to keep xd condition i v tips are ticeable | will, of t amount 1 of letting: beyond) the wive and 1 nd out-of-the-ordl- The correct shape is the tural curve of and the length is cuticle around the nail the nail itself. I peo- § much, such a water and soap down beneath ges aon the Then the fing ye only being touched Valley Mystery. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY HARPER & BROTHERS.) 2 were st it breakfast ene morning. dT, when the maid brought in ny wife telegram, It was from Sherlock Holmes and ran in this way: ? Have just and in c¢ “Have you a couple of days tos been wired for from the West of B nec- ng! tlon with Boseombe Valley tragedy. Shall be glad if you will come with me, Air and scenery perfect Leave Paddington by the 11.15 “What do you say, dear?” said my wife, looking across at me. “Will you go?” uy Jong list at pr eally don't know what to say, 1 have agfairly “Oh, Anstruther would do your work for you, You have been looking a littie pale lately, 1 think Uh the change would do you good, and you are always so interested in Mr, Sherlock Holmes’s cares. J should be ungrateful if f were not, secing what 1 gained through one of them, ut it for J have only half an hour My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at leu td the effect of making me a prompt and ready traveller, My wants were few and sin 0 that in less than the time stated 1 was ina cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station, Sherlock Holines was pacing up and down the plat fc his tall, gaunt figure made even guunter and aller by his long gray travelling cloak and close “itting cloth cap, “tis really yery ne, Watvon,” mod of you to or gad he, “It makes a considerable difference to me, haying some one with me on whom J ein t ughly rely, Local aid is always either w or else biased, If you will keep the two corner seats L shall get the ekets,”” We had the carriage to ourselves, save tor an tm= monse Hitter of papers whioh Holmes had brought with him. Among theac ne rummaged and read, with intervals of note-taking and meditation, antl we wore past Reading, ‘Thon he suddenly polled them all into a gigantic ball and tossed thom up onto the rack “Have you heard anything of the case?’ he asked, Not 4 word, I have not seen a paper for same London press has not had very full accounts: Just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the partioulirs, Tt soems, fram what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are go extremely diffleall,” “That sounds a little paradoxic “Bul it is profoundly true, Singularity is almost invariably a clue, The move fe: mn monplace a crime is the more difficult is it to bring it home, In this case, however, they have estabe iii iia sD evens eee eg ee lished a very serious case against the son of the murdered man."’ “Lt is a murder, then “Well, it ts conjectured to be so. nothing for granted until I have looking personally into it, 1 will un the stat of things to you, as far ag I have been able to und stand it, in a very few words be Valley ae a eeuntry district not very far from Ross, in Herefordsnire, Die largest landed proprietor. 4 Mt part is Mr, John ‘Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years ag 1d country, One of the farms Wirloh he that of Hatherley, was let to Mr, Oharles MoCarthy. who was also an ex win, The men had known each other in the ¢ 0 that i was not unnatural that when t came to settle down they should do so as near « Yas possible. ‘Turner apparently the rie nan, 30 MoCurthy became hic tenant, but still remained, 1t Seems, upon terms of perfect equality ley were frequently together, MeCarthy had one sen, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an only daughter, of the same age, but neithes of them had wives living They appear to haye avotded the society of the neighboring English fumilies and to have led retired lives, though bot) tie MeCarthys were ford of sport and were frequently seen at the race meotings of the neighborhood, McCarthy kept two servants a girl, Turner had a ¢ able hous hold—some half-dozen at the least, That ts I have been to gat soout the f nw for the Macts, “On June g—that ix, on Monday fa. his house at Hatherley about and walied down to Lhe Boscombe Pool which ta a small lake formed by the spreading out of Yhe sticam which runs down the Boscombe Valley. He had been out with his » s-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of importance to keep at man ar 1s much milies. Mecarthy lett in the aterneon & From that appointinent he never came back alive. “From Hatherley furmiouse to the Boscombe Poot is a quapler of asnile, and (wo people saw him as he passed over this ground, One was an old woman, whose nume is not nentioned, and the other was Willkam Crowder, a gamekooper in the employ of Mr. Turner, Both these witnesses depose that Mr Mowartay was walking alone, The gamekeoper adds that within a tew minutes of his seving Mr, Mtecar ty pass he had seen his son, Mr, Jumes MoCarthy, ing the same way with a gun under his arm, To nd to Soften gone f Then cold eream is generoi over the surface of the nail—this to ree place the natural off widen thi ids have dlssoly: to aid in softening the nail as well. The euticle is pushed back with a pointed orangewood stick and the cream pushed The nail is next evened off with the any spots or ji stains on the nai itself removed with O” bY rubbing with the fleshy part of pm spreading to the surround- tng parts, On sly spread more cream is applied, washed ully off, and the final polishing of the nail begun. When the hands are well dried a little powder—there are many good ones on the market—t rubbed with the finger tip on each nail. The buffer is then called into play and the nails are rubbed vigorously until a ined, Some operators prefer to put the final polish hot 1 and be applied (2 palm of the hand, claiming that the are highly "tural oil of the skin will afford a far 1 to re More brillant und lasting polish thaa and the acid ‘6 buffer can supply. 49 HDODD . the father was actually in e, and the son was folowing him, Yugi no more of the matter until he heard in vening of the trage wt had occurred. two McCarthys were seen after the time when William keoper, lost sight of them mbe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of crass and of reeds round the edge. A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-Keeper of the Boscombe alley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowe ers,” She st that while she was there she saw, at the border of tie wood and close by the lake, Mr, MeCarthy and his iad that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel, She hlurd Mr, MoCarthy, the elder, using very strong Linguige to bis gon, and she saw the latier raise up his hand as if to strike his father, She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away, and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two MeCarthys quarrelling near Boseombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight. She had hardly said the words when young Mr. McCarthy came runs ning up to the lodge to say that he had found his father dead in the wood, and to ask for the help of the lodge-kenper, He was much excited, without elther nor his hat, and his right hand and sleeve were observed ty be stained wita fresh blood, On foll him they found the dead body stretched out npon the grass beside the pool, ‘Nhe head had been beaten in by repeated blows of some heavy and t tpon, ‘The injuries were such as might very well have been Intileted by the butte end of his son's gun, whieh was found lying on the grasa within a few paces of the body. Under these circumstances the young tian was insténtly ar- rested, and a verdict of ‘wilful murder’ having been returned at the inquest on Tuesday, he was on Wednesday brought before the Magistrates at Ross, » have referred the case to the next assiges. Those are the main facts of the case as they eame out before the Coroner and at the police court,” “IL could hardly Imagine @ more damning "8 remarked, “If ever circumstantial evidence pointed to a eriminat it does s0 here.” nh Crowder, the gam “Cireumstantin! evidence is a very tricky thing," answered Holmes, thoughtfully, “It may seem to point very strught to one thing, but df you shift your own point of view a little you may find i pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different, Lt must be confessed, however, that the case looks vxceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible tat he is indeed the culprit, ‘There are several people in the neighborhood, however, and amang them Miss Turner, the daughter of the neighboring land-owne who believe In his innocence, and who have retained Loswade, whom you may recollect tn connection with Uhe ‘Study in Scarlet,’ to work out the case in his interest, Lestrade, being rather pugsled, has re- férred the cause to me, and hence Mt is that two mid- die-aged gentlemen are fying Westwand at fitty miles an hour, instead of quletiy digesting their breakfasts at home.” am afraid," said 1, “that the facta are so ob- vious that you will find Uttle oredit to be gained out of this case," ARR ADDRA RDA The conclusion of this Story will be published in to-morrow’s SUNDAY WORLD MAGAZINE,