POLLY'S BEDTIME. Wb»n Pollv tnmbl** Into bid Across taw room Iho t»W«s snap, Aod sllcally around bsr sprssd A soft frmj Boirn of slroji. Borne elsbu thrr brine » dllTareot dress. All sown with seen nnd sliver sennis, With moon-rsn spsnicled o'er,—1 cuws It Is s robe of dreams. Robert Gilbert Welsh, la Llpplnoott's

Magazine.

he Uy. unable to stir, whiatllng a , PIKE PARKS OF BOSTON.

low. plaintive tune—a weird air In the ! minor key—while the snake kept time j

to IL A mow remarkable j*ectAC«* UNRIVALLED BY ANY OTHER It is Impossible to'conrelra, And 1 lay f SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. there fai*rlnated. : ■ • - -

l tried to devise some means of Kesriy helping my friend out of his terrible ' b r

posiUon. and presently I sat up In , “tH r ,V« U c*fc»on h *« f.'!

All ths features Were Designed ■ ederjek Law oluisied—MesullUeBi

Hearing me move, tae snake

itllng

i moment, as Prlc

AT THE RUAHWELLA

REbTHOUSE

AH AOVEKTURE WITH A COBH*.

il> | ural pari id ; charge of

rgest a

Irka"

I had been In Ceylon some years gkwritea tin Incident I am abopj to ie>iate took place. At the time l bad a billet on a ua estate "up-eounty." but having a fortnight's leave due I had decide.! to •.•.pend it with my friend Price, at Mahadenla .state. In she Kelanl

Valley, nr the "K. V ."

ly called 1 had

teased for

iznd that I saw his situation and could perhaps render assistance. He may. too, have wished to warn me against startling the reptile Into atrlk Ing. The cobra, annoyed at the cesss . lion of the musk, hissed and dartial out Its tongue, and ‘Price, with admit able nerve, started again. The whistling resumed ita even measure,

and that deadly head began to sway and Brookline parkway, the first of It* again In time to the air. . j picturesque type ever designed in any I dated not move again. My friend's - city. A portion of it—the left bank fate l could not see. My own. 1 knew j'fcf the Riverway and a part of Oltnwas moist with great beads of per xted park—lies in Brookline, and

Is Franklin park. In Boston park commis-

sion. It has an atea of nearly a square mile. and. like nearly all of the other features of the Boston park aystem, was designed by Frederick 1-aw Olmstead. It Is reached by several lines of street cars and also by a beau-

d pat

constructed by that town,

nectfon with the heart of the city Is ! by Commonwealth avenue, a formal feature of the park system. The vari-

ous sections of this parka

ils parkway are railed

CharlesgaW. The Finns and the Fen-

y. Ja ie wa llmsu

Includes Jamaica pond-

r Riverway. Jamalrasray and

i the way to Franklin

mated pai

inicaae. so that 1 know what my pool ^ _ chum must be suffering. When would

'll Vs'familiar- I ; ' ls nerve ^roak down’ When would been In this ,iu? Bna,ip tlr - ° r ,h «* whistling and

c?

^■»*^^ «•■j”™*

- - 1 sat like this, not daring to more for includes Jamaica pond—and also the

Uic Ki-lant Vail-'-.railway, now „ . l-a- al dlssIiirNna tbi- rvplltc, I cannot | Arnold Arboretum. J caaatni'ctloa!. had Dot evn ! b “> * “ " c “ e “ “ “ J ,, 1 T ‘ r A "“ M 1 *?f ‘T” been thought of in those days This A emi,M oa to the park, as it is officially tailed, is a w^Tlhe first time I had l«ft my dls- i ’* indo ' v Mn ' Vaneo. attracted. I sup j unique feature of the Boston system.

trict since coming out. and ^rything | ^ '“ d f co,n, : t0 '* | h * i E"o«- “>e second by Olms.ed Bros. ly n7»w-jiid ll8tep - She paused a moment, peering - world—a strictly scientific ^collection of I . , _ a_.

on either PnTTrtlBt-worncr from which the sound all the temperate zone trees and shrubs | came. She was^behind the snake, no that will grow In this climate—arthat the latter could not see her. The ranged, moreover. In a thoroughly little creature seemed to take in the natural manner, while classified In regrltuatlon Instinctively, and with two ’ ular botanical sequence. It includes. (At-like bounds and a guttural snarl also, the famous Hemlock hill, a re-

she was on the bed. had grasped the cobra from behind close to the head,

burled her sharp teeth

itlre banks of the* stream Lavs I been taken by the park tommUnlon of J that city for recieatlve purposes. Com- j pleted features here are * Urge -portion of the esplanade, reached by street can across Harvard brlu.se, and the , river bank grounds adjacent to Mt Auburn street in Old Cambridge reached by the Mt. Auburn street cars ' On the Boston aide of the Charlesbank, with its outdoor gymnasiums for both sixes. Is a remarkable example of Mr. Olmsted's beautiful and hu-

mane work.

A comparatively small metropolitan feature Is the Beaver brook reservation. with the finest group of ancient oaks In New-England, and also the cascade celebrated In a poem by James Russell Lowell. It Is reached I Waverley Oaks street can from

street subway fetation.

Of the metropolitan parkways finest example fer tlio picturesque type is the Mystic Valley parkway .-designed by Charles Eliot, along The shores ol the Mystic lakes and Abajona rivet through Winchester to Middlesex Fells It Is reached by steam can to West

Medford station.

Other leading metropolitan parkways are the Middlesex Fells parkway— Fellsway, Fellsway East and Fellsway West—from Broadway. Somerville, through Medford and Malden: fhe Revere Beach parkway, i-onstrutted from Everett to the beach, and the Blue Hills parkway. from Mattapan on the Ncponset. toward the Blue Hills. The tint and last were designed by Charier

LATEST 'HEW'YORK fAJrfliONS

1 by the

New York Qty.—Blouse Jackets nrc always Jaunty, always smart and very generally becoming. The excellent May Mautou model Illustrated Is of

woman’s tucked blouse jacket.

I saw seemed comparatively ti

Strange. The paddy-fields on either | side of the road; the Royal Mall coach, a broken-down, seconiferatc concern. with bones to match—all seemed

'tnriops and remarkable.

After leaving Avisawclla I bad a »alk of some eight miles before me. fThe Kelanl Ganger had to be negotlat \ ed in a dug-out canoe: then came a I trudge through leech-infested paddyfields; and then, as darkness drew t>n. a climb of S00 feet. At last, however. I reached the bungalow, receiving a hearty welcome from my friend. J*rlre was musical; he could play a ; grariety of-Instruments—flute, maudo^ tin. violin and guitar—and was lonJ of whistling To his own accompaniment. It was a pleasure to listen to ftilm. and the evenings used to pass

Bil too quickly.

At the end of a week we decided to risk some friends in Avisawella. It was a Saturday, and as it had been raining hard for two day*, and we could see the paddy-fields were flnodrd, we went round the long way. which was more likely to be passable. In Home places we were compelled to prade through the flood, at one time - laving to go in right up to our necks. ' !At other places we got canoes or rafts. their native ow ners being glad to earn ' m. Jew cents by taking us across deep . fctretches. The day was fine and very - Lot and as we had on thin khaki clothes we soon got dry again after

each ducking.

| After spending a pleasant Sunday With our friends we started back for the estate on Monday- morning. The iwatevs had somewhat abated by this time, and Price said he would take me , Lome by a short cut. But, as is often I. the case, the "slyrt cut” proved the longest way round, for Price missed Ills way. and at 11 a. m. we found ouraelves not much hearer home. but. fortunately. very near Ruanwella Rest j House, for which we decided to make. ! Here we met an officer of thp public

color, collar and cuffs of browu velvet

markable relic of the primeval forest The Arboretum Is a department of Harvard university, and Is Jointly ad-

garden. simple in treatment and manding a fine view from the famous ' edged with bands of

Ixmgfcllow homestead, or old Cragie ■ house, is the Longfellow Memorial garden In Cambridge designed by

Charles Eliot.

back. With a yell I sprang from my ministered by the university and the bed and seized a stick, as monkey and. .jiatk department, with Prof. Charles

;ey and-

nwtkc rolled over on to the floor in a confused and struggling heap. So mixed up were they that it was Im possible for me to get s blow without j hurting the plucky little monkey. By ibis time the whistling had ceased, and aroused by my cries Carey came

running in with a lamp.

The struggle did not last long. The

prorks department named Carey, who k prar in charge of some works in \peighborhood and made the rest-house

| ^ls headquarters. He was glad of I t^me company, and we stopped to f breakfast. While wc were ;enJoying » jtbe meal it came on to rain, and f (poured in bncketsful all the afternoon j JJndcr the circumstances we could ' not cross' the river, and so had -to k make up our minds to spend the night

nwt the rest-boose.

l>V^arcy had a pet monkey, a pretty j .WuJfcxWhite thing called Ranee, which j Book a great fancy to Price, who played | With her an<X. gave her 'plantains and L biscuits. She seemed to appreciate ffYrlce'* whistling powers, and would

cn his knee while be whistled. Jpg one paw on each side of his • and looking Into his eyes with meet comical expression. I suppose was partly UUs whistling that ather. At any rate, it led to a

Boost fortunate result, as will be seen

L Hereafter.

1 ^ Bed-time arrived in due course, and Price and I shared a room. We left tbe window open and the light burn-

It was one of those primitive

[Yrootrivaneos consisting of a floating " prick in cofoanut oil. and made an !cs^ell(-nt night-light, albeit rather ■miRly- This stood on a small table near Price's head, which faced the prtadow. My/bed was In the opposite corner. Theac are trivial details,

dnk, but they bavfe an Im-

iring on my stoifr.

j We turned into bud fend soon : dropped off to sleep. Afuvtome time, bow ever. I was aroused \fy the sound Of whistling coming from Price's corner. "Surely he doesn't whistle In 14* Bleep?” I muttered. Irritfebly, and. ** I could not get off to sleep again while tbe whistling, went on. 1 turned Over to reach for a shoe to' throw at blm. Suddenly an object caught my eye whifh made me pause and bold my breath. There, near tbe bed, stufed the light, burning dimly ax we wul left it. On Price's chest, lu head raised and swaying from side to side and Its hood Inflated, day a large cobra! \ It bad evidently crawled Into bis bed for warmth and awakened Wm, an* he. knowing that snakes

cobra, w< of its del

unable to gel at her to bite, relaxed its colls and soon lay on the floor a bleeding muss, while the victor skipped on to the bed where Price lay and perched itself on his pillow, gibbering excitedly. She was. luckily,

quite unhurt

Having disposed of the snake. Carey

and 1 devoted onr afltentk

The poor fellow was in a swoon, and on being restored to consciousness went off again. He presently developed a high fever, and as the case was beyond our powers he was re moved, to the local hospital at Cara wan el la. When he finally became con valescent we took him down to Mount Llrinia. a pleasant seaside hotel near Colombo, where he stayed until he sailed for. England, complete change and rest being declared necessary by the doctors after the fearful expert enoe of that night at the Ruanweila Rest-House. Price tpld me. when at "Tbe Mount." that^he had been awakened by feeling something moving on bis (best, and on opening bis eyes had been terrified to see a large cobra

ilcpai

S. Sargent as director,

tong

ness reservations of the metropolitan system is that of tbe Blue hills, with an area of 4858 acres, and Including a wild, mountain-4 ike range, five miles long, the highest point being 635 feet above sea level. It is best reached either by train to Readrllle station, and carriage from that point or by electric cars to the centre of the range, by way of Milton Lower Mills. The second great wilderness reservation is that of MiddlewjrPells. with over 3000 acres of wooded rock hills, among which He several beautiful lakes. Its central feature, the historic Spot pond, now a distributing reser-

1 may t riant be

-uj, our. no. nuntf.ufi iium. ana « Influenced by certain kinds of | felt, had, with extraordinary i j of mind, thought of this expo

! keep U from Btuckiuj him. There

the landscape treatment of a great engineering water works feature. This has been done In a way that has greatly enhanced the plcturesque^eharm of a landscape always one of remarkable beauty. It Is the work of the younger Olmsteds, the Olmsted Bros., successors of Olmsted. Olmsted & EUot. as landscape architects, advisory to the metropolitan park commission. The third largest wilderness reservation to the Lynn woods, comprising over 2000 acres,-established by tbe dty of Lynn, and still In charge of the local park board, though a feature of

metropolitan character.

A fourth wilderness reservation Is the Stony Brook woods in Boston and Hyde Park, notable for beautiful vto-

The snake raised its head to strike, j.tas of the neighboring' Blue Hills whereupon a sudden inspiration ! range. It has an area of 463 acres, prompted him to begin whistling. This - A remarkable feature of our park action undoubtedly saved his life, for 1 system is tbe number of Oceanside and the music arrested the attention of the ! seaside reservations, comprising many cobra and at the same time attracted j miles dt pubUcly owned shore. First

the plncky little Rani means of relieving

beJ-fellow.

You may be Bare monkey was not forge

hpr to Price, and I kept her for until he came back from his trip to

England.

She lived for some years after that, and her greatest pleasure was to hear Price whistling. She always slept curled up on his pillow, evidently determined that never again should her master's slumbers be disturbed by unwelcome Intruders.—Tbe Wide World Magazine.

Ranee, t g him ol

e pretty little ;n. Carey gave

>r bin

Ing o

it am

bathing establishment in the world. It is administered directly by the metropolitan park commission. Revere beach to reached by tbe Boston, Revere Beach 4 Lynn railroad's ferry and steam cars and by street care from Scollay square subway station. The design whereby the beach to so admirably adapted to popular needs to the work of the Ute Charles Eliot. Other metropolitan seashore lefeervatioos are those of Nantasket, Nal.ant beach. Quincy shore, Kings beach and Wlnthrop shore. Ad-—'-Iwtnr<»d hr-- t're Boston park department are the seaside feature* of the Suandway in South Boston, and connecting the Marine park and Castle island at City Point, with the great pier end the Pleasure bay as features. More local In character are the waterside pleasure grounds Wood Island park in East Boston and ‘ North End beach with Its recreation

pier.

Unique features of the metropolitan system are the three , great river rea-

Mr. Carnegie at Grceoock the other day, says the Westminster Gazette,^ specially addressed himself to work' Ing men. Informing them that ail that

was best was cheap;

‘Tlie air wc breathod, the scenes of beauty', the sky. and tbe heather 'bill* were free. • Common food was not dear, common water could be got for nothing, and that was the best drink of alL There was no need for work Ing men to bemoan their fate. Every

™ “"“J" “I -bereW tb. ponf

« « 1 01 “• «< ■"'•dpi Mystic-fend the Neponset—are reserved

they must blame nobody but them

selvas."

J"”' y< !■* Dtot~xt ™ r „ p„.

■“»“>* “•"Ulbl lor tb.

I for public recreative uses, thus assur-

cleborate or complex. Who has not seen an infant that cannot creep, set upon the floor with an array of little Iblngs about It sufficient to puzzle an

sdqjt. and left to Its own dericee? Tbe utter Inability mentally to grasp

them all will often cause It to fall asleep from sheer exhaustion, or to be-

ery. When such a child tbrov

! main lines of surface drainage In a

metropolitan population.

| The principal improvement of this I character to that of the Charles, where much of the work projected by Qbarles 1 Eliot has already been carried Into j effect This Includes the romantic ; Hemlock gorge at Newton Upper Falls,

tween Newton Lowi

tham—the greatest fresh water boating recort in the United Statea. It to. reached by train to Rlvr———■—

and the famous boating ground tfc-

ver Falls and Wal r

Ob. lbl.1 .It,, .nolber .»« r. ' °* lb ' I >“ , “ * » *1

{ On the lower banka of tbe ttxmm a j aotfelle Improvement to tbe great mot- | topoliun speedway in Brighton, near

beautiful example of a formal ; rlbellne. In brown with threads of t,

U COXtUU!

Clotb. stitched

part

but the design suits the o

with cortlcclli silk, and makes

ime. 1 quail

‘ tbe season':

Tbe collar to a

Charming examples of picturesque . speeial feature and lx both not el and

North end. designed by Oltosted. Olm- back and is smoothly fitted at the back,

sled ft Eliot, and Charlestown Heights ' * *"

on Bunker hill, designed by Frederick

Law Olmsted.

Not to he forgotten Is Boston Common. long tbe largest public pleasure ground in the United States, and the Public Garden, with its lavish display

of flowers and exotics.

In Somerville to a notable feature in ! the shape of the picturesque Nathan j Tufts park, with Its historic powder house, a pre-revolutionary relic, it is ! reached by cars from the elevated ter- j mfnal at Sullivan square to Arllnglor Centre or Medford HIBside.

CUT OUT THE PARADE.

Prartlnl KdIm tor Itanilllnc Op«a All

rotltlesl Maetiarw

A crowd in tbe open air always affords opportunity tor a kind of Interruption against which the speaker 1s absolutely helpless. Small boys play taf on tbe ontsklrts of the crowd Passing electric cars disturb tbe audlA fire-engine dissipates half of Street fakirs Jumble the cries ol their wares with the argument till the audience goes away with a confused general impression that the “Erect official button of the Philippine Islands Is the pop-corn lire a bag forced Dy tbe trusts as peanuts fresh roasted by the money of the people." I remember once in South Dakota having to fight for the attention of an audience against the attraction furnished by*a broncobuster who had just drunk enough to regard the opportunity a fine one show off bis tricks of horsemanship on the edge of a crowd supposed to be considering seriously tbe future of their country. At one station in Nebraska an enthusiastic engineer backed bis locomotive toward ths platform In

speakers''and audience alike in a dense cloud of black smoke that nearly stopped the entire performance If, however, the meeting must

hut lilousemsUgbdy over the belt the from. Yfonts, back and sleeves are laid in tucks. In groups of three . each, add- fire finished with machine j stitched edges in tailor style. Tbe right front laps over the left and the j dosing is effected by buttons and but-

tbe muff. One is In (lie exact middle. Mini the side pieces are not fur off, it quite a little distance- from ibe ends of the muff. Bucli a ilhiff made up lb sli ver fox Is all gliirlou*. I»o not try this In ermine, where tbe tails ar»- smaiL It require* a full. Huffy tail to display the style. Dark mink, bine fox and black fox ean all show off tbe new model mull which will lie worn tbe coming winter. Vanity aad llnuit-uriir. In the shape of it *uit ease i:- a hand some bag of black leather for a worn all’s u»c Tbe Inside to finished wlU dark blue velvet and leather. On tbe inside of the euver ere three pooktle with daps of the leather, marked re spoetlvely "handkerchiefs." "gloves“ antl "t tils." On either side of tjwwe six- straps, and in one a glove stretcher, and lu the other a paper Gutter. Across the top of the I tody of tbe case Is a something In the nature </f a tray, and In straps are the various Joliet sr tide*, bottles, etc. The girls in I/Ohdon have a clever Idea for their winter veils. They line them with the thinnest of tulle of s flush tint, taking 'tire that I: to done imperceptibly. The two nrc folded over the face together, and tbe tulle takes away the frozen, pinched look that on a cold day shows through tbe ordinary dotted veil. Beautiful filigree but tom; cf,«1U sll ver are used on coats of ^quirreJ. In fact, all tbe fur garment* a*c en ham-cd by exquisite metal or LUamei buttons. .

speech* late an

in.

3. Get a shady spot. * 4. If the place Is a treeless plain, face the stand east or west, never

north or south.

parade to held before -the the meeting to invariably usually disorderly. Wandering hands crash their way into the square, and U the meeting is held at night the small boy with that inevitable and hideous curse of political parades, the Roman candle, to alwayv on hand to vary the chorus of flsfchorns and bazoos which his friends have been using to enliven the parade, and by which, with a fine liberality of spirit, they seek In equal measure to enllvcp the speeches of their >1111010. —From "Tho SpeUblndor,” by Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., In Scribner's.

LONG COAT WITH CAPES.

ton holes In double-breasted style. The neck to finished with the big turn-over cofler, and to the lower edge is seamed tbe basque. The full sleeves are gathered Into shapely cuffs at the wrists, and the belt conceals the jqlnlng.,of

blouse and basque portions.

The quantity of material required

. t ' “•"■“ms u. The qullnt ity 0 f material required out-of-doors, there are several .0,1** ^ ^ medlam Blse „ four y Rri!s that will at least aid in Its success: twenty-one Inches wide, two end an

least aid In Its

1, Never hold a parade Immediate-

ly before the speeches. ' _ _ 2. Let the speaker stand against e Inches wide, with seven-eighth yards

cliff, fence or building, or, if necessary. build a board screen behind and at the sides of the platform and roof It

Worn Gnu* tor tho Kavy.

Rear Admiral OUell, Chief of Ordnance, has designed nqw models of twelve-inch and eight-inch guns which will surpass in power any now In use or being built. These guns will be 45 calibres In length Instead of 40. the length of <the latest guns. The twelve Inch gun will weigh 65 tons. To prevent Its drooping at the muzzle on account of lack of support, two to bee will be used, one within the other, and the hoops will extend almost to the

aUon inutile-*. This gun to expected to throw.

el«- a shell-at the rate of 3000 feet a aacond. as compared with the 2800 of

of velvet for collar, caffs and belt. Woaaaa'A Lone Cost With Capoa. Long coats arc much In vogue and »re both protective and comfortable. The stylish May Mantou example shown in tbe large drawing includes the l>ecomlng and fashionable capos snd becomes suited to traveling, general use, evening or bad weather wear as It to made of one material or another. The original, from which the drawing was made, to of Oxford grey melton cloth, with collar of velvet, and handsome carved metal buttons, but cloths of lighter welfeht and of various colors and cravenette materials are all appropriate. The edgsa-afe finished with double rows of machine stitching

In black cortlcelll silk.

The coat to made with loose fitting double-breasted fronts and backs, which outline tbe figure stylishly snd arc Joined by means of under-firm gores. Tbe under-arm seams arc left open for a few Incbea above the lower edge to allow greater freedom, and at each front to Inserted a pocket underneath a lap. The sleeves are twoseamed, and are finished with roll-over cuffs. Over.tbe shoulders are arranged triple capes that are cut without ness. The neck It finished with a regulation collar and Upela that turn back

over the edges of the cape*.

The-quantity of material.required for the medium site Is five and a half yards forty-four inches aide or Ore

yards fifty-two Inches wide.

Child 1 * Doublet llrcstU*! Capo.

Capes make by far the most convenient of nil wraps for wee women as well as for those of mature years, for no other sort allows of-FTtiTpTiic on and off with inch perfect case. This eiyltoli little model can lx- mnde suited to cold weather or tb the milder days, as , it to made of heavier or less heavy material. As ebown it is of cadet bine .cloth, the hood lined with bright plaid silk and the collar of blue velvet, but wools of various weights, colors uno

weaves are lipproprlaie.

. The cape is circular and falls in graceful ripples at the lower edge. The

Sow Model Mnff.

The tails which one* decorated the

_ .’ends of a muff, where they long swung present gun. and to have a resut- j in triumph, have now been removed, ing power of seventeen tons instead of ; Our modtohmnff shows three fine bushy

sixteen. Tbs

ipper at to

hood to neamed at thb centre and ts arranged over the shoulders, tbe U[ _ edge being seamed to the neck that ti finished with a roll-over collar. Tbe original to lined ' throughout and Is finished with machine stitching done with cortlcelll silk, but the edges can be turned under, stitched and pressed when that method to preferred. The

closed by means of buttons and buttut boles. - 'The quantity of material required

for the medium stoe (six years) to oae and aeven-elghth yards forty-four inches wide or one and aeven-^ghth

velocity is expected i tails, all strung In Une. on tbe front of yards fifty-two inches aids,

eight-inch guns.