I T TAKES lers time tlinn formerly to Introduce new Ideas In women's aj^wrel of any kind. In the displays •f new nnderthlngs we find knlckerAockers likely to supersede pettii*«ts and pettl-boekers—their rivals favor with women. All three ore te the race, the tlme-hon ired silk pet•roat for street wear, the newly popufcr Knlckerborkcrs and that eompro*Jse that s:and^ between the two—the jrttl-boeker—which Is merely the tarickerhocker with flounres at the iattom to simulate a petticoat. The knlckerbockere have arrived at that point of popularity where their same is abhre’lated to ''knlrkcra,” aor tin y are shown with camisoles In nsh satin, ciepe de chine and wash t»s take the place of the ehemise. to dark colors they n-place petticoats, and when worn with camisoles make 4t passible to dispense with the chemr altogether. This Is a [»»iut tba.

I Is worth considering by stout women. J Even though they are guthe-ed about the waist on an elastic band, the fcilka are so light and soft that they are not | bulky, and the same Is true of katlsta A jiettleont and a pair of knlcker- . hocke's In dark colored satin, shown In the picture above, are among the 'practical things for street wear that are Interesting women Just now. The skirt fits smoothly about the hips and , Is bordered at the bottom with p hand of ribbon, which can hardly b« ■-u'lt-l a flounce because Its fullness Is ! so scant. It Is wide enough to be comfortable. But It suffers a little by , comparison with knickerbockers. There : Is no question of width In them, and ' they do not fray out at the bottom or ^ Hfcumulate dust. Day Shades. I-arc day shades of beautiful designs are the latest thing In window shades.

CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. SEA ISLE CITY. N.. I,

FROCKS FOR GIRLS I Siggestion for Two-Fabric Dress for Spring Wear.

: Outfit May Be of Silk or Woo' With Paoel of Plain Velvet; Embroidery Optional. The sketch offers a suggestion for making a two-fabric frock for a little girl of six or eight years, or the panel Idea may 1m- employed In making over a las; season frock. The dress may | !*o of silk or w-wl fabric with panel of i plain velvet, or the dress proper may be of plaid with plain panel. The use I of embroidery or braiding as an extra trimltnng touch Is. of course, optional Spring dresses for little girls are now being bought up by all the shops In anticipation of the early demand 1 for them, as the average mother at- * unds In advance to the wardrobe of her small daughters, buying or making nearly ail the clothes that will be needed during the coming spring and ; summer. In the flr« showing of lit- : tie checked gingham frocks an excep- | tionally smart model shows a straight j line dress with elbow sleeves dlgui- : fled by a scarf of self fabric attached : to the hack of the collarless neck and ) drawn to the front, sweater scarf j fashion, the whole being held In to the figure by a little black patent leather ■ : belt. The material used for the dress 1 was red and black checked glnghtm. I Touches of black braiding were used ! ns trimming. Cotton materials, such as gingham nr.r! rep. that are used tn generous m0 | e cii,,., | ar g e and beautiful, that I * n »**e development of chll- f crr> ,, the , lee ves. and wf ich »a one of dren's dresses are very high in price tho novel features of thi. exquisite - "'resent, so that any dress, wheth- w , nter evening wr a P 0 f navy and sib ver brocade.

WH AT ABOUT SKIRT LENGTHS? Manufacturers Advise That They Are Making Garment Slightly Wider and Shorter. In spile of the fact tha* spt ng lines ore pretty well completed st the present date, says a writer In Women's Wear, there Is much Interest evinced In the matter of skins, for there are still certain authorities who claim unswerving allegiance to the long, narrow sV!:t. There arc other a who have re' u rued from abroad, who profess tc believe that there Is nothing for us to d< but sooner or Inter to adopt the French extreme. Finally, there are those who believe In a compromise; that French skirts will come down and oura will go up ano that wo will gnyly arbitrate the question. Perhaps the greater number are of this opinion. but that th**re Is a dagree of uncertainty 's shown In the fact that t-ayone who Is supposed to know anything about style or who is au conrant « f what Is being done by the French end American couture is continually accosted with the question, “What uboat the skirts?" However, the average response to this question given by the manufacturer is: “I am making them slightly wider and slightly shorter.” Some are making them decidedly wider ns com parad with the width of the last few s.-nsous. but few are making them short In any exaggeration or extrems because the, are frankly afraid of !L One dress house varies the length <4 the skirt according to the wise of the frock, skirts being 32. S4. 36 and It Inches. A 38 frock has a 87-Inch skirt, and so on down to the 16 and 14 sizes, which have 34 and 32-inch skirt lengths.

Finish ever,- <Uy safl be done with It. You have done what yon could, some bl-indera and ahaurdltlrs no doubt ciept la; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow :* a new day: you ahatl begin ,t w-;!l and aerene], and with too high a BMrlt to be cumbered with your old nonsense.—Emerson. SEASONABLE DISHES. At this season of the y?nr a salad Is just as acceptable as at any other time of the year. The following will he found ■ little out of the ordinary: Italian Salad. — Cot one carrot and one turnip Into slices and let cook In boiling broth or soup until done. When cold, add two cold, boiled t potatoes and on.- cooked beet, cut In strip*. Add a taWesjKX'nfal of chopped or scraped onion pulp, and mix. Pour over the following sauce and garnish with water cress: Lombarda Sauco—Took one-fourth cupful of flour In one-fourth cupful of ; hot butter; add half a teaspoonful of ! aalt. one-fourth ten spoonful of paprika ' and one cupful of Jellied chicken broth: stir until boiling hot. Set over boiling water, and In-nt In one-fourth of n | cupful of butter, beaten to a cream with two egg yolks and the Juice of half a lemon. As soon as the egg Is conked, heat in three-fourths of a cup- | ful of thick tomato sauce. When cold and ready to use. add one teaspoonful of parsley, chopped very fine. Hot Apple Deuert.—Pare, quarter, core and slice five or six apples. Put these In a serving dish suitable for the oven, in layers, with seed- d ralslus and one cupful of sugar; cover and bake until the apple Is tender. Remove the cover and set marshmallows over the top of the apples; return the dish to the oven for tho browning of the marshmallows. Serve hot, with or without cream. Fresh Fish Salad.—Flake baked or boiled fish while hot. For a pint of 9sh. cut six olives very thin lengthwise; to them add a tahlespoonful of capers, a tenspoonful of onion pulp, half a teaspoonful ot salt, a tahlespoonful of lemon Juice and two tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Mix. then pour over the Ash; mix with two forks, to avoid crushing: let stand in a cool plm-e until ready to serve. Serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise In a bowl. Garnish with pickled beets.

CROSS PURPOSES

By C-RACE E. RILEY.

Illnc th on * Vir Utah,11-

Panel Frock for Littls Girl.

er mode at horn- or purchas*-d ready to wear In the shops, will cost three or four times ns much as It would a few seasons ago. Short sleeves are shown In nearly all spring and summer dresses, whatever the material. A very attractive trimming touch Is the use of tailored points or scallops on the many rutfle-, used, both on skins and sleeves of tho

New Vanity Cases. New vaL.ty cases are of 1-Ten and American cloisonne.

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■ of life

Tendcrt-v tc Flatness. There Is a tendency to flatness b. In front and back.

MUST CARE FOR COAT WRAPS “T, p^nM-tuaii, useful inra.

i GUets In which hand-made laces play Imponant part are perhaps «-v«* numerous then collars and thera ' Ik a particular sort of gtlet with volo•uluous plaited frills of net edged with Valenciennes which appears to be com-

ing Into vogue.

Fur at Well as Cloth Garments Are Called Upcr. for Both Long

and Severe Wear.

j There Is scarcely any other garment In the galai:y of fei. Inlne apparel that suffers su-h demands upon It or Is more adaptable to the months from October to April than the coat wrap. And now. as never before In the history of dress, is the all-fur wrap proving tt. deadly rival of the old coat of i doth. I’.-rhaps one reason for the uut- | versal popularity of the fur coat—for | once upon a time, and not so very long | ago. either, only the woman with a fat ; pocket book could afford to Indulge her j love for peltry with anything so lux- | urtous ns a whole coat of skins—Is ! because now the doth wrap costs almost as much. Unfortunately for the | overage woman, however, till* Is not a i case of the fur coat becoming less expensive. but rather the one of cloth Is

. h-mrly monntliig In price.

Character and distinction are -vo of the attributes that the fashionable j woman demands In her costumes, and this she achieves Invariably when she i dons the fur wrr.p, be It long or short. | The coatee, by the wuy. Is quite as I much of a favorite this year as It wa>

Laces and Embroidcrtea.

HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES. Keep piece of charcoal In refrtg* erator. Everything will keep sweet. Soaking potatoes 15 minutes la cold water before hulling makes then mealy. Straight hanging dresses arc tba most satisfactory for working about the house. If alum Is added to the paste used In covering boxes with paper tot scrapbooks, moths or mice will not Invade them. To remove marks made by placing hot dishes on a polished table, rub well with turpentine. Leave this on fo- *.-roe time, say half an hour, then jiollsh and the marks should bars ■inite dlsapp ared. When the .vail paper hnpp.—is to need a patch and the new paper la conspicuously bright compared w'th the old. hang the new niece in ths sunshine, watch closely, and you will find that it will soon sun-tons to match the old paper. You nay thin jia:ch your wall and the patch will be hardly noticeable. Velvet Middy.

The moon's •oft rays that through the leaves do shine. The morning’* aun on glistening The cloud* of gorgeous hue are ■tine and thine. —Edith Louiae Farrell. ECONOMIES IN THE HOME. It hardly seeras necessary to mention that flour sacks of the large size may he bleached and used for various things. Open the seams and hem and you have flue dish towels. The small sized sugar sacks may be used to hold lettuce after It has been nashcl and Is ready for the table. Put Into the sack. It may lay on the Ire. Small salt sacks ar. flue for holding herbs and dried seeds, for use Ir. various ways. • Tea grounds make a fine brtghtener of carpets. Use them dampem-d with water, and sweep lightly with broom. . Old underwear makes fine wash cloths, and stockings of any kind or .dor, cut In strips and h.ted Into a mop. will answer, when tn-nted with a good oil. as a dust mop. When nuts are dry and tasteless, breaking Into bits when cracked, -ml. them for an hour or two In h.* water before crocking. They will be Ilk* fresh nuts. When a broom Is worn on t,ty- side, dip It in hot »uds on wash day. cad while soft and wet cut with a *fiarp hatchet or scissors. Always mix such dry mixture* acornstnrrli with rnigar when making a sauce, as the sugar keeps It fro* lumping when the water I* added. Add a da-tlt of salt to most fru it saves augur and br ags out the flavor. This I* true of fresh or dried fruits. When making n custard, cook It as usual If It is a boiled custard, snd take out a portion, to wlih-b may be ndd**! various sen*-.niugs rik,,| | D „ dressing- the remainder may he sw.-et-ened and flavored, ind two didies are resiy with on.- coking. Si'etching the ux at flavor Is a gnm, e--on.... , i. When preparinr hamhatg er. add i. cupful of • iN»ked oatmeal, -••aminings, mid el-her rook It In D flm cake or small cakes. The cereal will not Is- noticed, and the dish win be fully as satisfying Any cereal, such as rice or Other cooked breakfast foods, may he used equally as v eil. Take the strips ftsun the ends and •hies of table linen which |» badly

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(B. :>». hr McClure Mewapsaer %Odlct “it Is hard for you to have my moth er all the time; lm It Is z.lso hard for me M have yours, dear; don't forge:

that"

“Oh. I don't forget. Dan; .' nothing connected with the whole af fair. I only wish I cuuM. It wouldn't be so hard If they did not quarrel so; and It Isn't because they are fired a.* I am. I don't let them lift a finger They offer from time to time, hut tin* poor dears had their years of laW ami deserve to reat «nw." “Perhaps they would he happier if they did work. Jane.” suggested h-v

husband.

“Oh. you don’t know what you're talking about r Jane answered with

Irritation.

A year before her mother. Mr* Janies, hao decided to live with her married daughter. Mrs. James was right, of course: Mrs. James was always right. Fix months later Dan had seen that It was necessary to have h-* mother, too. for she was failing •trength and needed her only » her. From that day small Irritaln) ties, endless ar. uent* and tiresome dissensions had cuanged the harmonious atmosphere of the once happy Harrington home, and Jane was fin-! Ing It almost more than rile could

bear.

When Dan awoke the next morning he was surprised to see that Jane was •till sleeping—Jane, who usually awok" early, prepared breakfast and' then called him—and the clock hands mercilessly pointed to eight o'clock. "Jane:" Jane stirred restlessly, but did not awaken. “Jane!" Dan spoke again. “Girl. It's after eight o'clock.” This time Jane opened her eyes. “What s the matter. Jane? Look how late U Is!” And Jane awok*—-awoke to an understanding of the hour; to the fact that she had overslept and that Dan was late, but more alert to tne pain In her bacl( and head than to anythihg else. “I guess I'm sick, Dau; you'll hare to call mother." Dan was quickly out of bed and downstairs tapping at Mrs. Jarac*

door.

"What Is Itr “Jane's sick—will you come upstairs as soon ss you can?" Then he went to his mother's room. “Mother." he said. “Jane Is alck; her mother is going to her. Will you get me some breakfast while I go for the doctor?" “Why, certainly. Dannie, I'll be right down." The thought flaahed through Dan's mind that not for years had he heard his mother speak so cheerfully; hut he could give m more thought to this now—there was much to be done. Dressing hastily, hj went for Doctor Meade, who returned with him and gave Jane a thorough examination. .1 "She is certainly a very tick girl.* hut nothing dangerous. I think. Evidently a complete nervou. breakdown, and she must have absolute rest hnd quiet" “Had I better remain at home, doe-

tor?"

“Better aot; far better not” said the busy doctor, as he plied small stacks of pink and white and red pills on the dressing table. Downstalra, Mrs. Harrington had Prepared not only a tempting breakfast for Mrs. James and Dan, but bad a tray ready to take up to Jane. "Brace up, Dannie, we will bring her hack to health before you know she's sick, son." A wealth of love aud tenacmes* was In her tone, and Dar could scarcely believe hls ear*. 'Thanks, mother—?ind Just be a little patient with Mrs James, won’t yo_? It wears on Jana frightfully to hoar you two argue." “I-an" sokes, son! We don’t mean anything by our arguing—why. I think a heap of Mrs. James; and anyway, we will be too busy today. 1 reckon, for arguments." 1 Here Mrs. Jatnoa pot In »u appear ' ance looking frail and anxlc-ts. "Now, Mathilde James, d.'o’t ro*i woiry a mite—the doctor tolo m** Jiu * would Is- aD right with you to nur-e h ev"a«Bld Mrs. Harrington, aa *he ■* ’ friend and enemy Into a chal' 'to 'able. say so. Mary? But who will j# housework?" jCoodm-ss. me. Mathll-b- dont you rack->a I have s*IU strength ••noogh to wl.ld > dlshmop?" sniffed Mrs. liar rington with Are In her eye. But of a sudden the fire disappeared. "G'jetw too and me. between us Mathilde. can keep the house dean and take care of Jane. too. can't we?” “Ton're a good woman. Mary H“ r " ringtoo—and I've always said *•'* though you hare got a frightful tern / per." said Mathilde Jame*. stopping to kLss Mary as she carri -d a pile of dishes to the kitchen. During that day and those that followed. tlie two old ladle* lived peacefully together, vying with one another in cooking, nursing and cleaning. Their mind* w.-re so occupied that then- was no room for petty disagreements. G™* * 1 ' ually wan borne In upon Jane the real Ization that the keynote of the present

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