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LATE PARIS FASHIONS Lace Dresses Necessary Now for a Summer Trousseau. IIITAIION MORE USED THAN REAL Parasols Must Be Selected With Great Taste. STYLISH NEW TRIMMINGS Bretal ('rre p.n The Evening Star. PAINS. June 3, 1.59.

iTsee -lress are almost an indispensable part of the summer anrirohe of the welldres.sld woman. Those who make any preti of following in the footsteps of not only provided with one of these hut even two or three. A 1.:" rotw is not of necessity expensive. with tin white Swiss, laces and ov.er an utiiderdres of silk or other tin- fonu tl tion. a costume may be it.

s. as an entire garment of oli pont. Rioth nan Iom costly was the of r.i-! lux. it 'i-o that the modiste brougiti wut when I interviewed her on the question of laces. There was a deep pointed hi.e tru with a shaped floutnc that fell the underskirt of the s.iime The bod ice showed a very sim pl.

arrangem-n" lace. softened by an of chiffon. The soft pink silk slip on It-rn-ath gave a rosy tint to the masses of exquisite lace. The muslin gowns are extrinely dainty and much I timm, i with tu-ks. ins-rtions of lace and ioun--es: als-i they are a boon to the youn, woman of derate means and many sial ohligiae.s.

ftor, with half a dozen lift rent-color and a sock sh. vary her costumes in1ernmitely. and Tea Gowna. The ti a gown has never been more fascinating than in its summer aspect of lace anl il-ivn. To prove t) is let me describe a filmy afternoov neglige of the sheerest lawn.

the front a combination of fine white 1nsertitn and narrow hands of lawn. 1 jl a th-- i siie. di-ae pear 11mne of eom. that trims the Tih shoutlders are -h rrow ins. rtion and a 1 the high collar.

frill of lace all this is su i that suggests turn ir ih, ape.t of the --rraer afternoon. re-s of matinee t- vni wn turinm.1 with lace frills nt. unI dtlightfully cool as 1. wvil tio are the tropics rmisstihle. For inh" -tici nis of one charm- mas-line de sole.

Its a th a ruching ti a deep collar of an irtmni-- with cobwebby lace. Irish Point Dress. th lace garments. one gem 1. 1 ton the fashionable out1imter -iswi of Irish point, the whole a glo.ve.

so that one wonr it- meshes had not been h- figure of the whim it worn. It was made -ri-n un -rr-s ori-hid pink satin. trt with dleep p'oints of 1.eirth i ni the hack, which fell almot a 4 the- gown. The un.0ri-ai-s by a deep t'ouve plaitipik chiffon garnisihed 'h rrt chiff-im 'uchings. Yoke andi di ron i ni ast either side of the ar r- -ioi, rb-s of flowers worked sis liei.

The same eme- pp.ar--I on the vest anrd the with lae and his year. Even blouse -f the lace and idrawn ov-er They are. tutiked and gathered din the most marvelous fasha. if smiartni-ss may he combinedl Zhi int'l Ity. and tnit all the lace is pr- 1-1ob puint, so that many women ti whim ft'rono, hais bee.n only moderately kind, but awhi taste and ingenuity, ar.e trttng byv mod.els everywhere dis5itonlly Pretty Lingerie.

hun Ciwtns are to b-- popular tastefat rd b' impoirtant. Almost at hinomi. as the- themselves are the timats. Otni of the prettlesI of whi'e skIrts ma-le in the whleri- eownis an.l fine lawns were mn-st it. waos of whbite muslin trimmed-.

with a- th imi witi tiny -ke and idg-d with lace. Th- was over an under. Nuri silk-. 'Itlrskirts of tinte-, nor wh the edlge finished witt un-es very narrow lace, are shown ir Innsar'est shops. Petticoats of white k.

garnisehed with dh-ep double flounces ar ti to lbe see-n. althoiugh the -a-i givent to the same style of under. rt c-utstructedl of lawn. Pretty under. xs aists of nalisook and Valencilennes lact sr-- i-ut awith pointed opeanings at hthroat.

trimmed with ruchings anti turned over revers if tiiune-d, andl insertito rimmedi nrainsook. Another favorite pattn of arraggd as to crost ach other tnithe front of the waist, wit!" sna rriow giteered bo of lace going al: ain-ut th- grmin. i-een to tlnishinig off thu slevs. The casmisolb-. tir arvery prittily made of lace insertions ani beading-i thirough which are- run bands oi ribbo.

Pretty Praml set. Ofr Coatome. A qurestioin of supreme interest in eonsiderintg the Irictriresque effect of the summer toilet in the parks or at the summel resort is th-a p'arasii. Muanry a poorly se. sunshade- has ruined the effective.

nss of a perfe-ct gown and hat. On mty rambles, Intent on securing a mod. t- sureshade for- myself. I had an exeil. I.it optportunity of studying the latest in that line.

In these days onsr lrasol is as impoirtant a part of the toilet as thi. hat and very iften quite as elaboulae. For instan-ce, a eristly parasol wat i vered with emeralli brocade. flnlshe( with a stick of carved lvvory touchtd with gild and emeralds. Some of the more u--date sunshades, intended for elderlj boasted a foundatIon of primrose, mauve or while silk.

smothered Ir folds of chiffon or tulle, around the bordet of whirch were flounce-s of sequined net ot sprays never fails to win the admiration and ready francs of the rich woman, but they are not within the means of most. especially when the dealer proudly alludes to the name of some well-known flower painter as the artist. The painting of and fans, to say nothing of gowns, often affords a needed income to many a clever woman art student in the Quartier Latin. Thera are women there who can do such work well, but who will never be able to accomplish the masterpieces they hope for, and but for this might be compelled to look despair or starvation in the face. They Match the Rest.

In selecting a parasol the fad at present is to see that it matches or harmonizes with the chapeau. Black and white is probably the most up-to-date combination of colors on parasols. This is. of course, Iartially because these are more serviceabis than those of other shades, for black and white will harmonize with almost any hat or bonnet. White chiffon trimmed with flounces of the same stuff edged with a line of black and provided with a handle of ivory or ebony forms pretty parasols.

White silk shades trimmed with narrow velvet rib- bon or chenille arranged in striking patterns are also desirable for general use. Parasols are also effectively decorated with narrow chiffon or ruchings. The edge of a parasol is sometimes finished with one or several rows. of ruching, while floral and other patterns are traced with ruching upon the body. It is delicate and eflective.

A simple yet smart hat of coarse-looking castor straw was among the models shown at one of the famous houses on the Rue de la Paix last week. The outline of the brim was irregular at the left side and was gathered into a winglike fullness, through which the ribbon trimming was drawn and fashioned into one or two large bows. An i upright ostrich feather above and one drooping over at the side completed its ado.rnment. With this hat a very full tie of white tulle and black velvet to match the line of black velvet on the hat ribbon was worn. The idea was that the tulle softened the rather harsh effect of the straw.

The popularity of the tiny coatees remains unalbated. They ara of satin taffeta or veivet. decked with braid or buttons. (oats of glace are consilered extremely stylish and are much tucked. New Hair Dressing.

The style of dressing the hair is practically unchanged. About the front of the face it is loosely waved and Is soft.ned on the forehead by the daintiest of curled fringes. The fringe is very far from the pronounitel bang of a few years ago- merely soft bits of hair arranged in fasci- nating little ring, over the brow. The delightful r.c'ptions at the American embassy have b-gun again. The pretty salons are always thronged, a compliment as much to the charming hospitacity of General and Mrs.

Porter as to the Ameri- can nation. At the first of these embassy ree-ptions the hostess wore a dignified costum. if m.t.ve voile, the corsage embroidiered in gold, tie revers of which displayed a clever combination of cream lace and mousseline de soil. The skirt was ornamented with festooned and quilled mauve ribbon. Miss Porter.

who assisted her mother in receiving, looked well in a toilet of pales gray cashmere combined with silk fringe of gray and finished with a cravat of white plaited de sole and revers covered with soft white material. The garment was cut with a long tunic, tucked and trimmed with the fringe. Prince and the Notable among the guests was the handsome Prince Michel Cantacuzene, whose engagement to Miss Julia Dent Grant has made a dozen high-born Parisian matrons sigh with envy, for It looks as though the American girls would carry off the prizes in the continental as well as the English marriage market, for Prince Cantacuzene is not only an aristocrat of the aristocrats. but is young, handsome and rich beyond the dreams of avarice. The Countess Castellane, who was Miss Anna Gould, was also present at the re- 1 ception.

She was looking oharming in a tol et of gray and white satin foulard trimmed with ecru, and which, from its judge, came from P'auuin. The Comtessedl Brazza, another American woman whomarried a foreigner, came in; so that there was quite a gathering of rich Americans piresent. the others being not less distinguished. hut without the advantage--or disadvantage-of a title. CATHERINE TALBOT.

HOUSEHOLD HI NTS In selecting strawberries for canning or preserv ing, be sure that they are ripe, dry and as freshly gathered as possible. Berries that have lain In market over night are not worth the trouble of haniling. See to it that the cans to be used are sterilized, tops and all, and the rubber entirely new. if treserved according to the American custom, allow three-quarters of a pound of sugar to each tpound of berries, or pound for pound, If preferred. Do not allow the berries that are to be canned to stand in the sugar, as it extracts the juice arnd toughens the berry.

Pack the fresh fruit into the cans, shaking down well, but not allwing the berries to become cruslhed. Have ready a hot sirup made of sugar and the juice squeezedl from other smaller berries. andl slowly pour the hot sirup over the fresh berries in the jars, leaving an inch space at top. Have ready a common wash boiler half full of water that Is about the same temperature as the cans holding the hot sirup. Set tehe cans on a wooden rack litted to the bottom of the boiler, and place straw or kitchen towels between the cans to) pre 'ent their knocking together.

Put the covers on the cans, but not the rubbers. Bring the water in the boiler to a boil, and as soon as the sirup in the jars rises, showing the contents to be scalding hot, lift the jars out on to a dry board. Fill each brimming full with the scalding sirup left in the saucepan, put on the rubbers and screw on the covers as tightly as possible. Tighten again when cold, wrap each can in paper, and set in a cooi, dry cellar, where the temperature does not rise above To1 degrees. Put up in this way, which closely resembles.

the celebrated Wiesbaden process, the berries will keep. for years, retaining cotor and lavor. While a great many varieties of pineapple's come to our matrket, the sugarloaf pine. which reaches its lowest price about this time, is generally conceded to be the best for canning and preserving. The early strawberry pineapple, white excetlent for use on the spring breakfast table, is too acid, requiring too much sugar to be economical, and it comes too early In the season.

The sugarloaf pine, so called from Its conical shape, is a pure white frtut with a shallow eye, which can readily be cut Out. While cooking-school teachers advocate the use of a silver knife in peeling the pine, on account of the powerful acid of the apple, a small, keen-edged boning kntfe will do the work so much more rapidly that in pre.paring a quantity of pineapple. it is better to use it. What Is necaessry is rapidityin which case the fruit Is not contaninated with the flavor of the steel. The pineapple ver fork, tearing the flesh from the core, or cut into small cubes.

As soon as a pine apple is cut up, weigh, put Into a stone ja and cover with three-quarters of its weight in sugar, as pines are better preserved in a moderately rich sirup. After this prepare another pineapple, proceeding as before. When all are prepared, cover and stand is the cellar until morning. In the mornine put the fruit and the clear sirup that wil have formed into a granite or porcelainlined kettle and let it come slowly to the boiling point. Skim, boil five minutes and can at once.

One of the novelties In summer furnish ings is the chair for the lazy man. This i a big, roomy affair of reed, with a high back, broad arms and a low seat. It is cushioned, of course, and may be furnished with a wicker canopy and silk curtains, Itf the "lazy man" desires seclusion as well as ease. On one side of the chair Is a set Af wicker shelves for books and papers, one being furnished with a door and lock and key, where rumor hatch it cigars and other refrenhments may be kept. On the opposite side is a pocket, which may hold the other accessories to the lazy man's comfort.

No piece to this bit of luxury has as yet been devised for the "lazy man's" wife, the probability being that she is too busy looking after the lazy man's comfort. ndoor and sut, to see to her own. A new device for the comfort of the bedridden invalid or convalescent is a bed so arranged that the invalid may be propped without the aid of a multitude of pillows a chair. Part of the bed bottom is zinged at a point near the center, and this nay be raised or lowered to suit the occuant. A drum shaft In the head posts of bedstead is connected by gear wheels Lnd operated by a crank.

A sliding table attached to the side of the bed that can be 'eadily drawn to or pushed awa; from the atient adds to the comfort of the invalid. Now is the time to begin saving cherry tones. Any of the fruit pits-cherry, plum, each or apricot-washed and boiled In lear water, then dried in the sun, and put chintz or cheesecloth bags, cannot be xcelled when hot applications are needed or ear or tooth ache. Heat in the oven nd apply to the affected part. The stones rive out a pleasant spicy odor and retain he heat for a long time.

Again a word of warning against the lainty and fashionable white parasols on he baby carriage. "It is a barbarous hing," says an eminent oculist, "to send baby out in the sun with a white-lined arasol as its only protection. The glare 3 almost intolerable and the eyes frequent" become permanently weakened. The linng should always be a dark green or blue, et the fashion be what it may. A dainty addition to the afternoon tea ray is a silver biscuit, butter and cheese tand, made with three compartments and handle like a cake basket, for convenance in passing.

The biscuit and cheese ortions of the stand are gold lined, while he butter compartment has a glass lining. wo XVII century silver knives go with he stand for cutting the cheese and spreadig the biscuit. A spoonful of whipped cream added to he top of a cupful of a delicate clam roth adds much to its attractive appearnce and more to Its taste. Iron mold may be removed by covering he spots with a paste made of lemon juice, alt, powdered starch and soft soap, and hen exposing to a strong sunlight. Much of the difficulty experienced in makig cod liver oil "go down" will be elimiated if that delectable compound is adinistered in tomato catsup.

"If a fish bone becomes lodged in the broat bvond the reach of removal by the ngers. swallow a raw egg," says the rained Nurse. WOMEN AT THE FRONT. What They Are Doing in the Trenches in the Philippines. rom the Kansas City Journal.

When the deeds of courage and valor In he Philippines have become a part of amiliar history one of its brightest pages ill he given to the wives and maidens who ore a part so nobly with the Kansas roops. They were present in the trenches, ealy with their bandages to give first aid any stricken soldier, arid about the hositals their cheerful presence and deft ursing gave comfort to many a wounded oy. In the letters written to home folk by he Kansas wounded we find mentioned the ames of Mr-. Funston, wife of the colonel; irs. Schlieman, wife of the chaplain: Mrs.

luchan. wife of the Kansas City captain: irs. Whitman, wife of the junior major, nd perhaps more frequently yet the names Miss Bradner and Miss Ollie O'Brien. iiss Bradner went from Kansas to India everal years ago as a missionary. With the reeking out of the Spanish war she proe4led to Hong Kong, and then, after Maila had fallen, to the Philippine capital, there she at once installed herself as a urse in the 20th Kansas.

She kept at the ront with the boys all through the late ampaign and applied the first relief to all he wounded that came within her reach. is related by one Kansas boy that during ne of the fierce engagements this young roman sat by his side in the trenches, 00lly passing cartridges to him as fast as could fire. Miss Ollie O'Brien is a Topeka girl who vent to Manila last summer on pleasure She accompanied Mrs. Stutensburg, rife of a regular army officer who is now crying with the volunteers from Nebraska. Vhen the wounded commenced to come rum the front she volunteered to go into he hospital as a nurse, and she has atendedl to her duties faithfully and well.

diss O'Brien is naturally of the army. hna of a babe she was adopted into he family of Capt. M. O'Brien, and the of Hays City remember well the retty little girl who used to flit about heir town when t-he captain was stationed tt the ncarby fort. Miss O'Brien is tasting for the first time her life the delight of being something the world besides a social favorite.

She erites to friends that there is no other cord but "glorious." She is learning to be brilled by t'he crassh of guns, the tramp of nen and the blast of bugle. The flag Is no onger a pretty rag fluttering in the whilom )reezes-it Is the soul of a nation, speaking ta serio ss thoughts. When she wraps the wounds of patriots she feels that she is toothing the hurts of her country, and the ttrength and broadness of it is coming to ter like a great light out of darkness. All this Miss O'BrIen tells in her letters, and the says she is not shocked nor grieving, mut happy-fiercely happy. Stand Up to Fit a Shoe, 'rom the New York Herald.

"People would find less difficulty with ready-made shoes," said the experienced salesman, "If they would stand up to fit th am on Instead of sitting down. Nine persens out of ten, particularly women, want a chair while they are fitting a shoe, and it Is with the greatest difficulty you can got them to stand for a few minutes, even after the shoe Is fitted. Then, when they begin walkIng about, they wondier why the shoes are- not so comfortable as they were at first trial, A woman's foot Is considerably smallar when she sits In a chair than when she walks about. Exercise brings a larger quantity of. blood into the feet, and they swell appreciably.

The muscles also require certain apace. In buying shoes this fact should ba borne in mind. Li's Pashionable Wife. Prom the New York Sum. It is said that the wife of LI Hung Chang possesses more gowns, to say nothIng of her supply of extra coats and trousers, than any other living woman.

Mrs. Li is credited with having no fewer than 2,000 gowns, and is said to have 1,000 waiting women in attendance on her. Probably 500 women are hired to spy on the other 500K and keep them from making inroads ont Mrs. Li's wardrobe. The Princess of Wales has an extensive supply of gowns, but the Princess of Sagan is said to be still better supplied with frbcks.

The Countess of Castellane has one of the largest wardrobes int the world, if the gossips may believed. They say she never wears the same evenlng gown more than two or three times. Pity for' the Mam. From the Pittsbsurg Ohronicle-Telegraph. ''I see," remarked the observant boarder, "that a San Francisco man, accompanlid only by a cat, has started In a boat thirty feet long to circumevigate theglobe." "I'm sorry for the man," said' the erems eyed boarder.

"Why?" the amte THE SODA FOUNTAIN Z. Its Evolution trom 'Cheap Gaudiness to Preent eauty, fl bPATRONS ARE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD Delicious Cool Dtinks That Suit Alt Tastes. ARE HELPS TO TEMPERANCE Written for The Evening Star. A man need not be old to remember the beginning of the evolution of the soda water fountain. Less than a quarter of a century ago it was a small, shabby, crabbed affair, generally of smoky polished marble or cheap burnished red granite, with four or five flavor spigots.

The small fruit dealers first took them up, and then the druggists. The article of soda drawn from the old-time fountains would not pass muster today. Fruit flavors-that is, The actual juices crushed from fruits-were then unknown, and the flavorings were insipid, perfectly obvious chemicals, bearing little or no resemblance in taste to the fruits whence they pretended to proceed. At the outset soda water as drawn from the sticky fountains seemed to be the holiday liquid chiefly of little girls and boys, who combined the assuagement of thirst with the gratification of their love for sweet things. The mother of children would occasionally be seen at a soda water fountain sharing a glass of the weirdly-colored stuff with her offspring, but a man was seldom or never seen at a soda water fountain.

The sharp, acid, non-alcoholic liquids that appeal to the tobacco-blunted palate of the male biped then formed no part of the exuding repertoire, as it were, of the soda water fountain, and man who vanted something coli and non-intoxicating to drink in hot weather gut the same at the bar of a saloon in the shape of a bottle of "pop" or ginger ale or sarsaparilla. The soda water fountains became handsomer in appearance as time went on. Flavors were invented and added fruit juices were substituted for the chemicals that had been running from the spigots; the tart, nippy, soft drinks, stiffened with phosphates, suitable for the masculine palate, were devised; the shaved ice machine came along; young men trained in the mixing of soft drinks took their posts at the flavoring faucets, and-after all of this gradual evolution-behold the consumption of soda water at any of the big fountains today! On a hot day it is about as dilticult to wedge your way up to the counter of a soda water fountain as it is to buy a circus ticket at the rear end of the ticket seller's wagon. It is no uncommon thing to see a lot of people standing in line, waiting for their turn at the chairs drawn up before the counter, and the druggist who has a patronage like this will frankly admit that his soda fountain dpes as much business during the hot months as his prescriptionfilling plant does throughout the entire year. Some of the fountainE cost literally thousands of dollars, and 'e purveyors of soda water vie with each otier in arranging attractive, cool -look ig and generally inviting soft re ctories.

The fountains are patronized by" lmiut as many men as women. and the a-Water habit has become an aetult fa justas it was at its inception a juveniI luxury. Some of the medical men fhere afssail the soda water habit, shake thei heads gloomily over it, talk about the destruction of the coatings of the stomach, tit' laying of the foundation of dyspepsia, and all that sort of thing, but the soda water fountains go on getting more of the publiq nickels and dimes every year, and, in trut, notapdy seems to be any the worse for it. It is a favorite of the medical man whi deplores the extent of the soda water habit that soda water serinuglyr affects the appetite. One or two glassewa-f soda water may temporarily dull the appetite of a man, but it is one of the most ordinary things in life for a woman to rifik.

three chocolate ice cream sodas and down and enjoy hot soup as a prelude to a sizable dinner-for lo! there is a mighty difference between the stomachic peculiarities of the sexes. Were the same any part of this article mention might be made in a properly respectful spirit of the young woman who is able to consume a pound of rich candies twenty minutes before dinner and theri sit down to that meal with as brave an appetite as if nothing had happened. Agent of Temperance. The soda water fountain is a temperance agent of a genuinely potent character. The good, palatable and yet not insipid things served out at the soda fountains of today have weaned countless numbers of men away, for instance, from their former allegiance to beer.

A man who doesn't drink alcoholic beve'rages for the effect of the stuff, the delusive "spiritual exaltation" of the same, but for what he thinks exists of cooling properties in his alcoholic tipples, is very likely to resort to the soda water fountain for his liquid cooling when he finds out the advantages to be derived therefrom. Since the soda water fountain became an insistent summer institution at almost every street corner, slews and slathers 4f level-headed men have discovered that while the merry high ball and the long, cold bottle of beer work a temporary check on the heat of their bodies, they soon begin a reactionary tendency toward a degree of heat greater than "before taking" when the liquor begins to "die." that is to say. The long, cold glass of soda water, these same men find, has no furnace aftermath, which is why they "pass up de stuff dat makes de circulation in the patois of the eminetnt Chuck Conners, and fall into line at the soda fountains. The superinduction of alcoholic beverages to extreme Perspiration in hot weather is another factor that has led many a man with a considerationi or two for his personal comfort to the soda water fountain, When the musicians of a hand, for example, dleliberately stalk by numerous beer saloons in order to line up before a soda weter fountain at a corner drug store it may reasonabhI, be maintained that the soda water fountain has a pretty decided "clutch" in Washington, This happened a bout a week ago within the vision of a Star man. At the conclusion of an open-air concert fully one-half of the musicians took tup their stride together in the direction of a big scda water fountain, where they cooled1 their fevered throats with limades and lemon phosphates and innocuous wet things of that character.

Twenty years ago the bandsman who did not assuage his afterthe-colacert thirst wIth several large, dank, vertical draughts of beer would have fallen under the suspicion of his comrades. Washington is soda water town all throt'gh, Everybdy seems to be addicted to the harmless, soda water vice here. Not only ho thb down-town founitains appear to require refilling many times a day, owing to, 'he demands made upon them by the patrlling workaday population and the but the uptown drug stores seem to be ceintinually bitsy in their soda water 'departments on hot daysa -on hot nights partieularly. There is a psychological moment on a warm night when the young mtn sitting on the front steps of Her uptown feels the impulsion toward the corner drug store, and even married merv have been known to Invite theic snousesythitherwards on, evenings when the thermameterx has been contorting near the apex, Strangers fromn other cities coming tox Washington to indulge themselves in a least tof beauty have but to take their stand near an uptown drug store whice well-conditioned soda fountain on a warm'n ('ing; then he will be temaotal to take the first tralin for his own city, wira up his affairs there End move here gormanently. Helps in the- Study of Man.

It is during the hours of the working day, downtown, however, that the crowds around the soda fountains are best studied. In truth, there seems to be quite a soda water clientele, composed entirely of somewhat glum-looking men, before 0 o'clock in the morning. The long-drawn-out joy which of these appedkr to extract from tall phosphates tells a story of previous night out, calcined coppers, an indisposition for breakfast or cocktails or anything else besides this and very cold thing of which they partake at the fountain. At the soda fountains, too, there are other comforting things for these on- their-way-to-' office patrons whio dined well but not too wisely on the previone aight. Haache shaken out of small blue bottles in the rain and then effervesced by a stream frmone of the spigots are in early morning demand.

It is not alone the prosperousappearing roysterer who calls for the cooling soda water fountain drink on the morning after. About half after seven the other morning a big, rummy-looking young man- clad in the dungarees of a workingman, walked into an avenue drug store that boasts an ornate soda fountain. "Gimme a high, broad orange phosphate, wit' two straws in it," he said to the young man behind the counter. The spigot manipulator put up one of that sort, crusted over with shaved ice, that would have put the finishing touches to Tantalus. The unsteady-looking chap gulped it down One.

could almost, exercising a bit of imagination, hear the steam escaping from his hot throat as that orange phosphate went down. He set the empty glass down. "Gimme another one o' them things," he said, shortly. He disposed of orange phosphate No. 2 with the same expression of placid joy.

Then he set the glass down and hitched his trousers. "Where's the money?" inquired the young man behind the counter, becoming suspicious. "I'm goin' ter give you a run fer it!" replied the man with the two orange phosphates under his belt, and he bolted out of the drug store like a flash. The young man behind the counter didn't give chase. He just grinned and said to a man who was in the back of the drug store, "I'm a mark and a good thing." A Good Thing to Repeat.

One afternoon, during the first few days of the hot spell in the early part of this month, a large, stout, florid citizen was making his way along street with more than ordinary care in the picking out of his path. It may have been that the heat was bothering him and rendering his paradedevious, but it is more probable that he had partaken of a heavy lunch of high balls exclusively. At any rate, when a crew of about twenty little tots of girls, dressed alike for the most part, and preceded and followed by hooded sisters, came toward street along one of the numbered thoroughfares, the florid citizen seemed to be moved to a deep feeling of compassion. He straightened himself out, took half a lozen straightaway steps for practice, to see if he could do it, and then he walked LIp to the sister in front of the orphans. He carried himself admirably, considering that luncheon.

"Orphans?" he inquired, raising his hat very politely to the sister. "Yes, sir," replied the sister. "Like soda water, don't they?" asked the man, keeping himself well in hand. The sister smiled affirmatively. "Just fetch 'em in here, sister," said the ig man, gripping himself in good shape nd not making a break in his little part )f charity.

The sisters conferred, and then they folowed the man into a drug store with their harges. The little ones all looked big-eyed nd expectant when they were lined up at he soda water fountain. The ladies sitting it the counter cheerfully resigned their to the tots. The stout man leaned )ver to the youth behind the fountain, said him, "Ice cream soda water for the Lunch," threw down three Si bills, raised is hat very politely to the sisters and got )utside, where he was immediately in diffi'ulties again as to his locomotion, after gone through his good-souled little without a falter. Winks Mean Nothing.

The soda fountain "wink" has no meaning significance at all in Washington. The men who attend the fountains know the wink means, but, to use the of one of them, "It don't go." Nevertheless, the swift closing of the eye is ften fruitlessly employed on Sundays by nen who are not familiar with the way hings are run down here. There are a few mn-alcoholic, yet exhilarating, drinks erved out at the soda fountains that are trently in demand by men who are afraid if their wives, according to the statements if several young men in charge of big founains. The combination of cocoa and calisara seems to be the favorite tipple in this ine, and a man who takes a good many of horse in the course of a day freely admits hat their chief virtue consists in the fact hat they cannot be detectied on the breath Lt the closest range. The comparatively new system now in rogue at of the Washington founains.

whereby customers must purchase -hecks for soda at the cashier's window Lnd present the same to the spigot manipuntors before they can be served, puzzles a many of the old-fashioned patrons. "ituy your check at that window, sir," aid ne of the fountain attendants in an street drug store to an old man who was nopping his face with a bandanna handterchief the other afternoon, patiently waitPg. "I can't drink a check," replied the old nan somewhat testily. "Do I look as if might run away to get out of producing ny nickel?" Not Always True. It is not alone on the street cars that 3evies of beautiful young things in comtany are earnestly desirous of treating each ather out of their purses.

They seem quite is anxious to treat each other to soda eater. After they have all finished their -ooling drinks very slowly, one of them 'Ises from her seat and begins to fumble in ter purse. "No, I am going to pay for this," says "Indeed, you are not," says another, also umbling fruitlessly for her pocket book; 'Didn't I ask you come in with me?" "Let me pay for it," says another girl, the hecks meanwhile resting untouched on the counter. Thus it goes on for some line. all onf the beautiful young things exeriencing terriblIe difficulty In extracting from their pocket books.

un'41 one If them finally picks up the checks with reuctance and pays themi in at the cashier's mindow, amid the protests of all the others. ('out of Presentation. Pr'm the Kansas City Star. It costs more to make one's debut in Engand than In Amerlea, for over there a girl a not properly introduced till she has been at c'ourt, and the cost of launchng a daughter in society is something to Irive impecunious fathers into a lunatic isylum. One girl who came up from her 3erkshire home to be presented this spring tas gIven an account of what she endured, tnd what her father's pocket book suffered.

rirst, a large, aristocratic and handsomely urnished house was rented In London for he season--nearly every one rents his town louse now-and a big rent charged. Then egan the work of laying in a wardrobe. This girl first paid a visit to a place where are made to order, She had a prety figure, but madame insisted that she nust have an eighteen-inch waist to be She measured and fitted for -Iding, opera and ordinary corsets, and the 1i11 came to $1001. Twenty-five pairs of the nnartest boots and slippers added to the mills. A score of pretty hats, to go with rarlous dresses, made a big hole 4n $500, mnd three times the amnount went to the iressmnaker.

A riding habit cost $50, a suit the same, and several dozen pairs if gloves to match were no small item. The presentation dress cost P100, though twas plainly made of exquisite white satin iroche. For a fee of $15 a lady came and aught the young woman the court bow, he way to courtesy and carry her train. r'hls was hard work for a debutante, and ihe said she was as tired after an afterloon with her teacher as though she had ipent the time on the golf links. And after LII the time and trouble it was but a few wrief seconds she spent in the royal pre.mece.

But she was properly launched and appy. India Shawl Draperies. the Cincinnati Commercial-Tritune, India -shawls have fallen from their high istate, There is probably no article of merthandise in the stores today which Is so narkced down from Its original value of a m. few years ago as the famous India ihawls, which, when they were in the node, used to bring anywhere from $200 5300 to $1,000 or $2,000. Fashion has aparently for good and all relegated the big iquare shawls to the realms of innocuous iesuetude, and now one can buy for $25 wrhat at one time was only within the neans of the very wealthy.

To possess a real India was at one time mark of social distinction. Ndw' the nly use to which It is put is for draperes, the foundation of a Turkish corner or cover a doorway unpleasantly obtrusive, Phat Queen Victoria still presents these hawis to those of her maids of honor 'who mnter the blessed state has not been suffident to restore popularity, even royal favor ailing to stem the tide of popular disapwroval. The immense amount of work on ma India shawl, the beautiful coloring, are itten lost sight of now that the article is is Isagar IaeaS ..5 DUST CLOAKS NOW Fashion Adds Them to the Summer Necessities. COACHING YODELS FOLLOWED In Silks They Can Be Becomingly Made and Trimmed. UP-TO-DATE TRAVEL AIDS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK. June 1. 1ti9. Some years ago a story called "On This Side" gave a charming scene which showed the contrast between the methods of the English girl and her American cousin in dressing to go out in uncertain or stormy weather. The little sketch occurs in a chapter where the English girl, who is in the United States with her people, prepares to go to church with an American friend, also a young girl.

The time is and the day cloudy. The English girl appears in a mackintosh, very heavy boots and plain walking hat. The American girl comes down stairs in a summer silk frock, with kid shoes, and a dainty but perishable nat. The sensible traveler carries an umbrella, the girl she is visiting an unserviceable parasol. Of course it rains and the American girl not only ruins her clothes but catches a severe cold, while the English girl being fully prepared comes out with ilying colors.

Outside of a story one could not count en poetic justice being meted out to the girl who was not properly dressed for a threatening day. For our uncertain climate is not always under the control of an excellent weather bureau, and many a cloudy day have we all consulted the paper and the sky also and ruined our pleasure on some occasion on which we wished to appear especially well by appearing in garments suitable for a stormy day when the threatening clouds and the rain that was predicted had all vanished into space and left a brilliant blue sky. Nor do I think that American women dress with as little regard to possible showers as they did. Perhaps they may not be as wedded to the serviceable mackintosh as their English sisters, as that our climate does not demand of us. But thick-soled shoes, rubbers on all necessary occasions and very often parasols, which will serve the turn of umbrellas at a pinch, are much more common than costumes which have no protection or are no protection whatever from a possible deluge at unexpected mon'ents.

Virtues of the Dust Cloak. There is still another garment common among both English and French women which has never made much headway here except among the very smartest set of women, who imported theirs, and that is the dust cloak. We all know from description, if not from actual vision, that in driving to a dusty race course our English sisters look like sad, colored nuns as they sit on the coaches, while once the course is reached they blossom out like the rose. throwing aside the light yet complete wrap, which enveloped them. French women do the same thing.

With their regard for freshness and absolute completeness of toilet they have rao intention of arriving at whatever place they determined upon for a dlay of plrasure in dutsty frocks, with the freshness ant gone. Yet it has been impossible until lately to make American women emulnie the sensible example set thlem, and even now dust cloaks or automobile cloaks make headway far more slowly than they should. considering their smartness and desirability. Is it that the American woman cares for the eyes of those who see her as she goes to her destination, or does her sense of the itness of things forbid her wearing a costume which on account of brightness or perishability has to be hidden until it can be shown in a more secluded spot than the public street, highway or car? The answer to this riddle can only be guessed by the women in question. Fashion Ordains It, Too.

Tt is all the more odd that we do not readily adopt this sensible fashion of an all-enveloping, light-weight garment upon festive occasions when a journey is before us. because we drive so much less than either English or French women. On the other side taking a cab is quite a matter of course on every Occasion. Here have I listened to many an argument between a wealthy woman' and a cab driver as to terms, and have often seen it terminate by the man's turning sulkily away without a fare, while the woman resolutely beckoned the passing street car. For lower his exorbitant price the New York hackman will not, and until he does even wealthy women will be chary of hiring him.

Therefore, as we are, the great majority of us at any rate, compelled to arrive at our haunts of -pleasure in public conveyances. why do we not have some garment Which will be suitable to these conveyances which can be easily and quickly doffed when we reach the place where gay and bright gowns will be suitable? But common sense never made a fashion and all these exceilent reasons have been dinned into deaf ears until this spring, when it is once more the fashion to own a long cloak which can be used for traveling or getting about in various ways. Even in London and Paris these autonmobile or duat cloaks are made of very lightweight materials when Intended for wear in surnmer, and this is much more neessar'y here, where our summers are shoply torrid In their intensity. Mohair in various neutral shades. pongee silk, or even foulard or Ohina stik.

light-weight cheviota. if one is going very far north In one's mummer journeys, or faifle or duchesse silk, if the cloak is to be used as a carriage wuup, ae the popular amterlais for Its omposition. faggy and amawt." The 1latration is of an automobije esok. just imnported, mad. of ai ad lame of a giny cane which shad lato blue.

The -te abmaman af dae Ina coaching back, is very smart and in very good form for a driving loak, but when these cloaks are used as street garments. an they have been and are in increasing numbers, the fitted back is more graceful. The high collar of the cloak illustrated was lined with gray satin, and the cuffs were of satin also. As this coat was designed simply as a complete for a frock until its owner reached her destination, a severe hat is not necessarily worn with it. In fact, one sometimes sees very charming combinations of lace and feathers woren these cloaks, and the gioves and parasol also betray the fact that the gown undernea.th Is more elaborate than the cloak by which it is covered.

Although these coats are as far removed as is possible from the linen dusters which were such a feature of the traveling public's toilet years ago. yet titers are some linens made now which make excellent cloaks: they are not. of couree, of the yellow shade, which took the fancy of a generation ago. nor do they mus and rumple. They are weaves of linen which resemble a grenadine in effect, and come in all the dark and neutral When made of linen the are not any cooIeor than when made of light-weight silk or the thinnest mohair, but they have the merit of being washable, no matter what their color.

and they are more reasonale, as an excellent linen of the weave described can he bought for 35 cents a yard. It is quite a yard wide. While mohair can nev'r he had in good quality for less than 15 or 25 cents a yard more. and it is not as wide. Better Made of Poamee.

An American version of the automobile cleak which commends itself to the Ameri.an woman on account of her fondness for trim effects was sent home racently from a smart tailor's. It was of gray pong silk, with high collar and turn-over cuffs of black satin. It had a fitted back. a front, and fastened on the sbe. It also had a wide circular ruffle the skirt which gave 'it a graceful finish and took away from its severity.

The only ornam-nt heside the suffs and collar of black satin was the rows upon rows of stitching which finished the 'rufle and went down the flap, where it ast. A flw very graceful dust eloak' wt''bi ar' nothing more nor less than on the linas of last wintor'r opwra cloaks. only modernized to meet the esigencies of the princess gowns will cover. have been inportel. Thesa e.n be made of as handsome material as one phases, and it has occurred to one frugal woman that for country wear she will simply make over her op-ra cloak.

wl.ich happened to he quiet in color, anti thus i-e ready to meet the demands of Dame Fashion when she calls for long cloaks. MABEL The- Latest Lamp Shades. From iiarper's Rzar. There are styles in everything, from shoes to diamond necklaces, and in household matters as well. The day of the ballet-girl lamp shade, with its voluminous skirts, is past.

It was pretty. but frail and inflammalle. Now the empire and early Victorian designs rule-one with its wreaths and painted faces: the other has pictures from old-time fashion books and sporting prints Inlaid upon the vellum surface. Even the camco or Parian porcelain shade, which some of us have seen packed away in the garret years ago, Is coming in. The fad of the hour, however, is the golfbonnet lamp shade.

It is shirred on made from flowered silk, lace at the edge and at the top a brass ring to protect the c'hmney. But instead of a laughing face a bright flame shines under the bonnet, It will reviv-e talk of sunny days on the golf linka when hearts were balls and Cupid caddie. Apropos of lamp shades, a funny thing happened lately in a family of vivacious but not over-wealthy girls. They are all ingenlous--the- kind to make a dress in the midst of fun and chaff, then dance in it all night. The cleverest daughter rweently made a beautiful shade for the pIano lamp from a pink evening dress and trimmed it with loses from her last summer's hat.

That a young man called on her, and tor low-ton-d music they chatted. "How do you like our new lamp shade?" -he asked demurely. it for a moment. "The last tim-i I saw it." he replied, "I was dancing nith New Trimmiag for Leghorm Rats. F'romr the Millinery Trade Review.

Ears of wheat. will be much used In the decoration of summer has. A new idea is to combine them with half-open rosebuds mounted on long pliant stems. A sheaf of this sot't, half wheat, half pink rosebuds, is set on left aide of the crown of a Leghorn hat, and sweeps over Iv aigrette fashion, The brim is turned up against the foot of the sheaf and fixed by a baig bunch of France roses and a black rosette with buckle. These rosettes are a novelky also.

They are made of loops of very narrow velvet, and, with a circular buckle or brooch in the middle, have something the appeararlee of a chrysanthemum blossom, The model just described has, moreover, several rows of the same black velvet round the crown, A fringe of oats about a turbtan of maize tulle haa a pretty effect, turned up at the side with three pouts of the new trimming silk, which hao the texture of taffeta, but is nearly as thin as gauze. In this case there are two of biright rose pink and one deep red. "Slmpson, where have you been till this ttnearthly hour?" "'S all r'i'. my dear. I been celebratin' lucen's birthday." "The queen's birthday! What an iden!" "Yes, m' dear.

An' funniest thing 'bout it as that I-ha, ha, ha-didn't know she had birsdbay until pleeceman jus' tuli me ne at Pin Dealer. Use the genuine RuumAY LAmaWS "'1heUniversal Perfume." Por the Ilandrerchief, Toilet and Bath. a.