p combination of the

_jnakr* a faroril

acaiton. and la rarely lovely In It* cffrcL Thr amart May Manton blouac

For Separata TTaUta. Wliltp on -oac. on grren. black on red. on heliotrope, on gray, on nary blue la the range of color noticed In fancy atrlpe, woven albatroaa. which la recommended for separate waists on a warm aprlng day. Far cooler than flannel the albatroaa waist la eapedally light. It has no lining whatever. except in the collar and enffa. and can be had ready-made In good

pped and stitched

raxcr SHiirr waist.

illustrated exemplifies white Louli silk with 'cream guipure, bunches — black velvet ribbon and handsome but-

lacK veivei riuuou auu ,ons in delicate Persle.n enamel. But the design Is equally well suited to crepe tie Chine, peau de sole, taffeta. Korea crepe, and to the favorite lightweight wool crepes, albatroaa and the as well aa. to batiste, silk mull

late, silk m

The foundation Is a fitted lining that

d similar delicate f

which

The

xne Kounuaiiou is u uui-u n oaes at the centre front and on ic waist proper Is arranged,

icks are laid in straight tucks that rc overlaid at the waist line to give a tpering'" effect, hut the fronts are icked a short distance below th<n okc only and fall In becoming ful-

chlffon for tloa. to

styles with strap]

tjjcks In the solid colors. White, cream, lie blue and mode-colored albatroaa e in demand for a cool, light-weight

summer gown. jkfoitiih rntirsBU. White taffeta petticoats In great variety In the best of .11 which match the gowns. Tucked ruffles with a hem joined by a crossstitching of gold thread trim one pretty model, while another has pleating* of white chiffon with a tiny rnche ou the edges. Black chiffon Is also used for the ruffles, and again there is n detachable flounce made of white mull, lace Insertion and edging whir* can be laundered. Gnuxe much used for niching on summer gowns, and other very pretty effects In trimming are made with some of the narrow fancy ribbons which come in pretty combinations of color, and also with little jewels through the centre. The Utter style U more of a braid In effect, but braids pf all sorts are In use. especially the Uce braids marked with gold threads. A Clove Polatvr. Vou can prevent your long evening gloves from slipping down by cutting slits In the top. running ribbon through and tying It In a bow at the back of the'l^nj. 0ne> two ^ Ibrce rows may be used.

WOMAN’S INCH ©TABLE CAPE.

style, tucked at the upper portion, are flu Is bed with straigbycuffs at the wrists. The neck Is completed by a stock of Uce run with bUck velvet ribbon, that Is entirely unllncd. the body lining being In tbU Instance

omitted. • . )•

To cut thU waljt for a woman of medium size four yards of material

A While Stem. -VI A long white stem U the feature of certain handsome plumes of ostrich featbera. 'which are of various colors— tan. gray. bUcnlt or pale blue. No attempt Is made to color the shaft to match the feathers. It U allowed ** remain a clear white.

wenty-one inches wide, three and five-

tight yards twenty-seven l three and a half yards

D Inches wide,

ilf yards thirty-two

Inchej wide or two and one-eight yards , forty-four inches' wide WU1 be required. with one and a half yards of lace Insertion and half yard of all-over Uce to trim as 111 narrated.

i,-

Woman'* XaeroyabU Cap*. Historic Influences are apparent on every side. The very' charming May Manton cape Illustrated In the large drawing owes Its inspiration to the Olrcciolrc. as U shown by the big pointed revers. hut In common with most revtvaU Includes features that —■ ill .its own. The material from -iginal U made U blade

nllque of cream point los of white chiffon, irhite aatln; but peau welgW cloth can be jierfect correctness, foundation cape, is '"uds well over the

ied with the

s' ■WammSM

it the edge ■ce applique . turn back

>\

i be omitted, from either ned.or trimmed, ■orately as oae

nd a quar- - baa wide will be re and five-eight yards -v. three-eight yard* eight yards of 1 wide, one yard one, j s wide for reran

Muslin well covered v^h velvet flowers U predicted as one of the favorite dress materials.

Wamaa's Tacked Cli The tucked skirt Is fashionable and graceful in one and suits the season's

soft, clingli

Silk and wool crepes de Ghlne, cballle. India silk, foulard mud the like are all charming when so treated, and the entire range of finer cotton and linen

fabric U suitable. The

ton original, from which the sketi

Id bli

guipure and fnlU In fascinating soft

It hangs free-bflow the hand-

May Manthe sketch

was made. U of barege In soft old with applique of deep cream colored

guipure and falls In fi

folds as

run tucks. Tbc skirt is circular In shape and Is tucked on parallel lines to the Indiited- point, where they cease and the latcrial falls free to gire the flounce

erect.

To cut this skirt for a woman of medium alxc nine and a quarter yards

DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS THE REMARKABLE CASE OF MR. WASHBURN, OF PENNSYLVANIA.)

1 Period 4 With

Four Chll Is Wa* WII

Chance sod Hi

A <

most

profession Is that of Charles Washhum, aged forty-one years, who. with his family, resides at 82 Charles street. Allegheny. Mr. Washburn has Juki recovered bis memory after a lapse of seventeen years, and since the recan remember practically noth-

ery cs

Ing that

Mr. Washbui

pro cl

irred during that time, irn's native home was In

1. but

e the recovery of his or the West In 1884. r bis father, to look

s property that had been left He . . —.

Eastern I'cnnsylvi

town be ha* not yet I call. According to hi* atatement to hi*

doctors, made sli

memory, he left for the West In after tbc death of bis father, to look

up so mi to him.

cago on t

Hallroad. but can only recall that the train was wrecked n abort time after leaving Chicago. He remembers a crash and the aensallon of t>elng burled through tbc air. but from that

time until be recovered few week* ago. his

was at the time of bis recovery. Mrs. Washburn says she met her husband twelve year* ago. a few day* nfter bl* arrival In the city, and two year* later married him. But Mr. Washburn on the recovery of his memory knew nothing of hi* marriage or of the fact that he was the father four children. He did not recogn any of the people he has known 1 the past ten years, he did not km anything of the neighborhood In whl he has resided for the same time, t did he know anything of his former 1 cupatkm. painting, nor his present one. the grocery buslnes*. Electric cars were to him ns something springing suddenly from th^. earth, and he had but a dim recollection of what electric lights were. An electric bell was a a novelty, with the use of which was entirely unacquainted. The tall buildings of.the city amazed him. and the eights on everj hand were as

;c to him os to a

strange

i newly-born

For the past year and a half Mr.

-Washburn has apparently

itly been J1L tent from bis

former occupation, a contracting painter. and be embarked In the grocery business, conducting a small store at 72 Taggart street. Dr. Stanley G. Small of Taggart street had been his physician and was treating him for hepatic abscesses or abscess of tbc liver. The frequent bursting of the abceases caused great pain. On the night of February 23 he was

‘ il* dining room

suffering Intensely. A daughter, who was In the room with him, accidentally overturned a lamp. Mr. Washburn

walking the floor of “ " : Intensely. , >m Witt a lamp. tried to grasp It as it fell, but as he ' id for ’ and scions. He was Immediately put to bed. and Dp. Small summoned. But all the efforts of ‘the doctor were cptwrently without result as Mr. Washburn remained unconscious until the

ig-

regained consol

the

—ly. foi

icas at the point bad ~ ijlar' “

next evening.

When be-i

next day the events of the past seven-

teen years were entirely forgotten. He

at th

where bis memory had him and

regained consclousm

his first words were:

: much hurtT"

'nshbura was In the room at the time and replied In the negative. Then he replied as to what hospital be was In, and asked his wife If she was the nurse. She laughingly replied that she was his wife, whereat he grew Indignant and told her that sbt was taking liberties with him. He then demanded to see the doctor, and to humor him Mrs: Washburn sent for Dr. Small. While awaiting the doctor. Mrs. Washburn again engaged her husband In conversation, calling him .by his first name and tellii

lice i of

sleep

Is the father of

he was

"I’m not married." he replied. "Nl

nty-four years tr a night's

thing for a man twoi

to be

four children.’

"But you are not a young man,' piled hia wife, and she handed

mirror. When he ai

mlr

his not

years of age, ‘fut still

that' ‘

saw the reflect:

him a tion of

of twenty-four did not believe

h^was married. He did not recte the face as' his,' exclaiming:

” and pointed

Mr*. Washburn showed him their marriage certificate and brought in the children, which convinced him of thf truth of her statement

A few di

day* later, when his condition

allowed of his being taken out. It waa

St, it a theloi

of memory bad been. When be saw a trolley car he wanted to know what kind of wagons they were, running without horses. The laformstlon that they w%re electric cars was practically tSo information, so far as he was concerned, and it necessitated an explanation of how they were operated before he could be made to understand. When be called on Dr. Small hie Ignorance of recent events was again Abown. At the doctor's front door be vainly triad to find the knob by which to ring Uw bell, and a woman who cune up the euga behind him showed him bow to ring the electric ben. This, tpo. the doctor had to explain, and he *-*••-*,-a

net 1

by

I the doctor and his family

' saying that he knew nothing about ilntlng, and that be had never been

ag that be folfor oter ten

years. Of tbc streets and city he displayed Ignorance, not even knowing

the name of the latter.

An astonishing feature of the case Is liat according to Mrs. Washburn's statement during their entire married

red anything wrong cted rational nt all

times, never smoked, drank but very little and. until the time of his illucss bogan. had always worked hard and

that according statement durii _

life she never noUred

with hi:

little and. 1

provided well for his family. He n er did anything to lead her to belk

not in t

nee-

dle ve

that he was not in possession of his senses, and her surprise was greater than his when be recovered conscious-

and did not recognize

ago

turned the case over to Dr. Edward

her.

About three weeks ago Dr. Small

r

list oa 1 at the West Penn

iyer,

nervous disen Hospital, and of the 1

item

1 phyi

regarding the case, and

after being shown that It bad already become public property and that relia-

ble a than

consenl

had been

for hepatic

"He seemed

to suffer great pain In bis right side."

, “ant

il It was only

It bad alrea

e public property and that rel itements from them were be 1 the version of others, that t sented to talk about the case.

t he 1

abscess for over a yeai

offer great pain In the doctor, "and wl

bed he would fairly howl with

md whenever be was

1 be

When be lost consciousness I was the result of the ab*

pain. When thought It w

sress agnli breaking and was amazed after, bis recovery of consciousness that he did not feel the slightest pain. As soon as I arrived at tbc bouse I began examining him. He did not recognize me as anyone be bad ever seen before, and thougbt 1 Insulted him when I said that he had an

wrong with him. and v

I handled

rerely than usual it of any pain. Nor

made no complaint

has be done so since the recovery of

is-a 1

than ordinary Intelligence, and children, who range from three to nine years of age, are also bright, not showing the slightest trace of there having been anything wrong with their fath-

er.”

Dr. Mayer, though at first disinclined to talk, said: "I took hold of the case three weeks ago. Amnesia, the complaint with which he was afflicted. Is not nncommon. ItTs often seen In Insane cases which present alterations In personality and doable perathality, seemingly two minds In the same body. Cases of double con-

1, In which the one Is suddeuited, to reappear after a laj

many years, are very rare. Tin Is only one case on record of sudden and total loss of memory. This Is the case of PaZtor Hanna, reported by Dr. Boris Sldls. of New Tork. and pnb-

book on 'Psychology of

lore

his

ly obliterated, to reappear after a

of mi

1 on! nd t< ase < torts

llsbed In bis 1

Suggestion.’

"Mr." Washburn’s case Is not one complete amnesia, as he always membered-his name. The case Is great psychologic Interest, ns It Is of the few that enable us to study

nthc ' ‘ ’

one

.

synthesis of consciousness and the cellular action and disaggregation of

' re-

18 mudt r lying

rare and r of his

dreams, the disassoclation of the past from present Impressions and their eventual combination. All of these furnish ranch material for study n^d observation. The method of treating the case which I am following Is purely one of suggestion. This consists of gradually separating him from any Impressions tlia*. have been left upon his brain by the loss of memory, work-

»ory. w

g back to the time preceding it. k bringing his ideas slowly

up to

There Is no hyp-

of that sort

Ing back to the tli then bringing Us the present time,

nolle Influence or anything of that used In connection with the treatment. It is all done throngb’simple suggestion. and I believe It will lend to his ideas being eventually brought up to date.”—Pittsburg Times. ~ '

are owned b

..Of the 9&L243 population of Porto Blco only 75.000 lire in cities. On this Island, but 100 miles loog and thirtysix wide, are 40,000 distinct farms, and

i-fifth of the island Is under cnltl-

ratlon. The average site of a farm in Porto Rico is forty-five acres, of which twelve arc cultivated. Seventy-one per cent of these Porto 111 can farms

d by whites, pud the rest by

of all

negroes. Ninety-three per cent 0 the farms are cultivated bf

ity■nl

———— —ULOIGS.UIU BUV where the proportion is but •even! two per.cent. Thirty-eight per t of the Porto Ricans arc colored. __ Porto Rico eighty-three per cent, of the colored people are of mixed blood. The percentage of Illiteracy In Porto

» ol

Blco la very high—about eighty-four. This Is .higher than In any other country from which statistics are obtain-

able e Work.

ics are .-The

w?d<r«

Th* Court or Haiti*Cl,

“Oyes. oyex, oye*! All manner of emus who have been five times called by virtue of any exigent directthe sheriffs of London and hare

tbetr bodies to the

this court doth adjudge

outlawed and the womit is autocratic, un-

grammatical. bjtt delightfully ancient, the proclamation of the Macet the Court of Hustings in the Guildhall yesterday. After aO. the

mH sheriffs, this « the ds6' to be outla an to he waived.” I

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