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‘wvvv wâ€"‘vâ€"-~'A’, . .â€". "SHE PORCH PLEASANT. iAn Inviting Place For the Summer. Curtains, cushions and Man. In summer time the wide porch can be made so inviting a place that there :will be but slight probability of your ‘breaking the tenth of the Decalogue when thinking of your cousins at Bar Harbor. {'Surtains of Japanese splint, a vine on a trellis, casting delightful shadows, or gayly striped awnings contribute largely to the coolness and picturesque- ness of this retreat. There should be a screen from the Japanese bazaar or a homemade one; a wooden settle or ,wicker divan, a hammock, some wicker or rush bottom chairs, and a low ta~ ble with shelf, the table for periodicals and for convenience in serving after- noon tea or lemonade in the morning. ' Then of course there should be a big growing plant in a jardiniere on a taboret. Your male friends must be taught that this jardiniere with plant .was not designed as a dead match or ash receiver. Admirable porch cushions are stuffed with dried wild immortelles, clover blossoms, rose leaves and curled strips of paper intermingled, eucalyptus leaves, bay leaves or pine needles, the coverings being of art denim in the cool shades, Japanese cottons in blue and white and bandanna handkerchiefs. The woven grass floor mats serve well as chair cushions in summer time, al- though the original purpose of these quaint, inexpensive things is not to be lost sight of by her who loves to siton the piazza steps in the dewy morning or in the summer gloaming, attired possibly in a frock of simple white muslin. A porch screen can be made at home” by covering an old frame or a new one, on the inner side of which the cabinet maker has put a wide bookshelf, with denim, rice matting or Japanese calico. The screen of the poster collector is also a neat thing, made, by the devotee herself, the posters being irregularly arranged on a foundation of thin wood and protected by lengths of glass the exact size of the screen, each panel framed in oak or cherry, hand carved. 'lRONlNG A SHERT WAlST. The Method Used in Best Laundries‘ Va'licrc Handwork Is Done. With every returning summer the feminine ' fancy turns seriously to thoughts of shirt waists and their prop- er ironing, a process which the Boston Cooking School Magazine clearly sets forth as follows: When ready to iron the waist,_ dip quickly into a pail of hot water, then put through the wringer and iron at once. Begin with the cuffs, pressing first on the wrong side and then finish. ing on the right, until perfectly dry. Next iron the collar band and then the sleeves. The sleeves are the most difficult part of the waist to do well, and a sleeve board can be purchased for about 25 cents, which is considered by many as a great help. These are commonly used in hand latundries, and when used the sleeves are ironed last. ls to be ironed without a board, press it flat, ironing both sides. Finish the top by putting a small iron inside of the sleeve, through the arm's eye. and 'r . A. SLEEVE BOARD. smoothing out the gathered top. Many object to the fold in the sleeve when ironed flat, and this can be removed by rubbing with a damp cheesecloth ind pressing out with a small iron. Before ironing the front of the waist stretch into shape, having the front plait very straight. If there are tucks, smooth them out evenly and iron on the right side until dry. Then iron the hack and finish the bottom of the waist. If parts of the waist have be- come tumbled after ironing, smooth out quickly with a hot iron. Fasten the collar band and the cuffs with a stud pr pin, and dry thoroughly before fold- lng. Pique waists should be ironed on the wrong side, excepting the sleeves, and an a well padded ironing table, so that the cords will stand out well. cuffs be desired very stiff, place them an a clean board and with the hand rub in a thick cooked starch until the , linings and the outside of the cuffs are as one piece; then wipe superfluous starch from both sides of cuffs and dry. Let stand in the dampened body of the waist under pressure for about half an hour before ironing. Early Tomatoes. The early tomatoes are particularly good broiled, as they are not apt to be as ripe and luscious as later. Cut in thick slices, drain and dry on a towel, dip first into slightly beaten egg, to . ,Which a tablespoonfui of water has been added, then into line breadcrumbs, and broil quickly over a hot fire. Serve on squares of toast garnished with watercress and send round a' cream sauce with the dish. Notes From the Jewelers’ Circular. Gold shirt waist sets include cuff - links, buttons and collar studs. _ Watch fobs will be fashionable for both men and women tins season. If the sleeve ‘ If the I , Paddock sticks covered with pigskin and silver mounted are the latest thing in walking sticks for men. Pink pearl and diamond corsage or- naments are dreams of loveliness. A chain bracelet with a chrysoprase heart center is a pretty afi'alr sugges- tive of summer engagements. White enamel and baroque pearls figure in the dainty brooches for the hot days. The narrow-ribbon bow of diamonds is a favorite design in the jewelry 0! the present. ‘ THE HOME TABLE.“ Interesting ,Items About a. Few Sea.- sonnble Delicacies. Eggs should be used in as many ways as possible for the next two or three months. At 25 cents a dozen eggs are cheaper than the better cuts of meat, and when the labor of. preparation is taken into account they are less expen- sive than the cheaper cuts, especially this year, when all meats are high in price. There is one fundamental prin- ciple to remember when cooking eggs by themselves or in cakes ‘and pud- dings, of which they are a leading in- gredient, and that is that the best re- DELICACIES OF THE SEASON. suits are reached by moderate heat for a longér period than by great heat for a short time. The basket shown has eight eggs in it, which, as they were all large, weighed just one pound. The fuel and nutritive values of a pound of eggs are higher than those of most varieties of fish and about the same as veal. At 75 cents a bunch asparagus is a luxury, at 25 cents it may be used sparingly and freely when it reaches the two for a quarter stage. Choose that which is not too fully grown. Short stalks, partly green, on which the buds have not separated, aremost desirable. The large buds are better than the small ones. .Notice the broken stalks in front of the bunch in the illustration. There are two inches or more which would never cook tender and which would i better he removed\bef0re the edible 1 portion is cooked, as this part is likely ‘ to be strong or bitter in flavor. Asparagus, even if slightly wilted, can be improved by breaking off the tough ends, washing and putting the ‘ stalks upright in water for a few hours before cooking. Few people use real intelligence about washing strawberries. Some say never wash them, forgetting the many bands they may have passed through and the long distance and clouds of dust through which they often travel. Often the berries are hullcvd, put in a l colander and water from the faucet al- 1 lowed to run over them. The force of l the water extracts the juice from the l hulled berries, and any sand there may he is liable to be left with the lower layer of fruit. Rather have a pan of water and put in a few berries at a time, rinsing each slightly as it is taken up to remove the hull. The berries float, and the sand will settle to the bottom of the pan, and, as the hull is not removed till the berry is lifted from the water, no juice can be lost. A gentle shake as the berry is removed from thewater disposes of the superfluous moisture.â€" American Kitchen Magazine. Fashions and Foncics. Many toques have a point in front. Batiste parasols are ethereal affairs. Black crepe de chine makes a dressy I and useful bodice. A set (stock, belt and fob) for "tub" dresses is the newest thing with smart people. A becoming touch of pale blue ap- pears on many gowns. Dotted i’oulards are all the rage. Sashes and coattails are growing. in importance. Diamond shaped appliques of lace i lead in elegant garniturcs. I Fine, clear meshes are popular in i | . veils. ., lied and flame colors are a great deal used in mllllnery. Whole hats covered with poppies are 1 handsome andstriking. ‘ Even linen and tailor made frocks are a mass of intricacies. ' ‘ .....___+.__.__ The. Lord Chief Justice may exer- cise the office of coroner in any part of England. . Garden River, emptying into the north passage of‘ Lake Huron, says a writer in the- "Wal,' horseâ€"swapping ain’t any “Yes,- but yer Can swap bosses mo more risky than marrying.” re’n once." A TRIP FUL_L__ UF PERILS. EXCITING CANOE RIDE DOWN GARDEN RIVER. A Fish Summer Resort Where the 'Irout Preferred. Pork to Flies. In the royal sort of tobogganing the fruit of measure of wild exhilaration. So it was with our canoe ride down the a. Canadian stream New York Mail and Express. In- dians and white men who go to the headwaters, to fish and lumber, pole up it in flat boats, but we, after studying the current of the stream, decided to portage around. This journey of about fifty miles occupied four days, being lengthened by good trout fishing in some lakes along the route and heavy forest roads. Hav- ing circumvented the river in such generous fashion we put the canoe into the waters one summer after- noon and slid down to the outlet in six hours. ' ' Before starting on our long slide we slept three nights by the stream. Our camp was in a grove of small. growth, 'mostly birchcs. At our front door ran the river in its wild- cst state, at, the rear was a. little bayou in which we could paddle unâ€" molested by currents. The shores were lined with driftwood and short spruce timber known as pulpWo-od. Where this flotsam and jetsam of the, wilderness had formed a “jam” and the water underneath was spotted by masses of foam, like suds from a washing, we dropped our lines. We stodd in the brawling' stream up to our waists and solved the double problem of keeping a balance on a ground stone in a swift current and of landing a. fly in a patch of quiet water. but we caught no fish. The conditions were ideal and we had sought in those plades where. so traâ€" dition says, trout should abide, but our creels stood empty. A FISH SUMMER RESORT. The second day we forded the rivâ€" er half a mile above camp, entered the woods and followed a. littl: brook that often lost itself under the roots of giant trees, until it broad- ened into a pool an acre and a half in extent. The approach to it from one side was through black, gummy muck. A tangled undergrowth held one up on the opposite bank. The trout. were' there, however. The place was a sort of fish summer rc- sort. The prolonged hot weather had driven them from the river to gather in this cool habitation. The Water in the pool was like ice. We dubbed the spot our cold storage; and went there morning and evening for the day’s supply. The trout would not rise to a fly, but had a bourgeois taste for salt pork. When We started to toboggan the Garden River the water was at the lowest of the year. We had located at a bend in the stream where the current. was too swift to launch the canoe. This forced us to leave our island camp by the back way. liven then there were difficulties at. the outset. as before reaching the main channel, we had to get 011‘; in the stream and sandbar. After this the exertion was mainly in the direction of keep- ing our craft from getting beyond control. - We slid into the channel down a natural chute between a, pile of bowl- dcrs and a jam then had a patch of smooth water before us. This was the repeated experience all the way to the outlet. and at the end of them plunging inâ€" to dccp pools. It was much like coasting, as, after the slant where speed was gained, \vc_had a long, level expanse on which to test. our nomentrm. ' A TEST OF SKILL. The journey down covered thirty miles. At one place the channel made a wide detour of an immense depOSit of sand and gravel, and then moved in a reverse curve back to within a few rods of the starting point. Yet we had paddled two miles. The river was full of bonds and crooks. It was at these elbow joints, so to speak, that the skill of the canoist was most. severely tried, for there the current swung into the shore with terrific force. Then all the pawcr that one could command was necessary to avoid a. smashup against the bank. The current of a stream like the Garden River is, by the way, no mean opponent. There are times much labor is a small] drag the boat over a.- of iioodwood and v 'ment of the when it pushes with irresistible force and little can be done but steer your craft and pray that there are .no concealed rocks in the channel. But rocks there always are and many times .one’s protection from them Ilies in a thin layer of tough, elastic bark, which makes the bottom of the canoe. Often we went. scooting down a watery incline with rocks all about and experienced relief when the 1descent. "was accomplished, only to Iicel the sensation of being lifted out of the boat. as the bottom bulged and swelled upward while we passed over a bowldcr that gave no sign of. its whereabouts. ' The ,kccl of a. skill would be crushed in a iiil‘y in this sort of encounter, but a. bark canoe is broad and flat between thwarts. 'Though heavily loaded it moves smoothly in shallow water. All the way dowu the river, espeâ€" cially where it twisted badly, were great piles of pulpwoodâ€"spruce logs six inches in diameter and four feet longâ€"that some lazy driver had left. during the running season. They were high against dislodgment until the next spring’s freshets. At one point was In wide path in the timber covering a mountain sideâ€"a log chute, so the guides said. At. the bottom of it stood a red deer. He sniil‘ed the air as we hove in sight and rushed inâ€" to the brush. FEATHERED COMPANIONS. We had many feathered companions on the journey. A flock'of crows followed for miles, sending out taunting cries from a. distance. Two eagles, swimming where their wings seemed to touch the sky," watched like scntinels. A kingfisher, cross- ing and reâ€"crossing the river, blamâ€" led us in each note for the sport we 'spoiled. And we filled with conster- nation an old duck with a brood of little ones. too young to fly. They _wore paddling in a broad pool not far from our camp when we apâ€" proached. The mother went scudâ€" ding down stream, the ducklings folâ€" lowed as last as strength allowed. .Soon the guardian of the flock turnâ€" ed about and started up the river. angry squawks, she sailed by at exâ€" press specd. Paddles slapped the air as she passed. We had been paddling for a mile or so through baby rifts and had onâ€" tered a smooth patch of water that from a distance appeared almost dead. It was not so, however, as we discovered too late. Directly in the path was a, fallen pine. The cur- rent challenged our best efforts. The odds were against us as they are against him who single handed fights wind and tide. ' A CLOSE SHAVE. We paddled vigorously across stream toward shore. For one ca-v .noc’s length gained in crossing we .iloatcd down three. Then a, paddle isnapped. There was no choice of direction. We had to face the innâ€" sic. The tree hung two feet above the iwater. The first impulse was to {grasp it, swing out of the canoe and ;let it slide beneath empty, to be icaught lower down. Before we had udefiniteiy decided on this plan the bow of the boat was passing under 1the pine. We ducked, pressed hard against the bottom of the canoe. It. was “low bridge” with a. vengeance. We went through safely, with the loss of but one hat, a couple of pails Iand a frying pan that were on the top of Our traps piled amidsltips. [Luckily the river was comparatively iclcar below the tree, as our craft went its own way for a few rods beâ€" ,fore we could give it guidance. As ‘it was, it drew up against a rock that rose from the water a. little out from the shore, and the strain start- Ied a. leak in the how. This accident gforced us to land and smear the loosened seams with pitch and resin â€"â€"the woodsman’s salve for all caâ€" noe wounds. We embarked in the mended canoe near a gravel pit that'furnishcd bal- last for a. near-by railroad._ The laborers had left for the day. We had not far to go now. The exciteâ€" trip was over. There only remained the delight of idly floating down stream. +â€" Tolcrance is the charity of the in- telligence.»â€"Lemaitrc. ,Mrs. Youngbridcâ€"“I’ve come to complain of that flour you sent me." Grocerâ€"“What was the matter with it?" , Mrs. Youngbridcâ€"“It was tough. I made a pie with it, and it was as much as my husband could do to cut it.” : above the water. secure With a loud flapping- of wings and' flux railed SIMPLY JOGGLES. Wit is a sunbeam, icicle. The forward person is frequently set b'aCk. A bank account is the greatest lo.- bor saver. Revenge is not sweet to one of ex» altcd mind. Some of the rough riders are very smooth men. There is some excuse for poverty, but none for filth. In the spring the liar’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of fish. The novel the villain of which: doesn’t hiss should be a bowling suc- cess. The subtle mind is only submissive when submission subserves its interâ€" sarcasm a!" est. “Vain imaginings” bring some people more misery than does hard reality. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” when it comes to the bill collector. A boy wouldn’t be happy in hca~» ven unless he could run the risk of breaking his neck. You can’t take a woman at 'hcr face value as long as cosmetiCS are on the market. ‘ 'Manya man who is a walking cn-- cyclopaedia is anything but a. per- ambulating bank. When the tire of ambition turns to: ashes of despair there is but little need of hope re-kindling the flame. If you can’t allord champagne- drink nothing stronger than coil‘cc; and when you can afier it let it' alone. In a country town a ten cent vice looks like a dollar one; while in a city a. dollar vice looks like a ten cent one. - A man feels like a boy again when- he imprisons a bee in a. trumpet flower; but he knows he is the same old tool when the insect gets in its. WHâ€" MAT’I‘ER OF FAMILY PRIDE. “Prisoner, have you anything to» say why the sentence of death should not be passed upon you?” "A few words; my lord. years of age.” “Well?” “Your elder brother is a physi- clan.” “This is impertinent and irrelcâ€"- vant." “it may sound so, my lord, but; it means life, or death to me. I unâ€"- derstand that you take a great pride in the phenomenal success of your brother?” “I do, but what possible bearing can that have upon your case?” “Simply this: Your brother, the doctor, examined me a year ago,, and predicted that I would live at least. twenty years more. It. would cerâ€" tainly undermine his reputation as- a. Scientist should I die before that. time.” #C'w ‘ ‘â€" I DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY. , A cook of a kindly nature was .very fond of giving food to the bog-- agars that. came to the door. Her lmistrcss, disapproving of this cusâ€" tom. reminded the cook that the food was not her own to give. The cook excused herself by sayâ€"4 ing, "The people Igive to are in gréat distress, and fdo not think you should mind my relieving him.” The lady, finding rcmonstrance useâ€"- less, thought'she would try the cf- .cht of a practical lesson; so, being asked for clothes one day by a poor woman who told a pitiful story, she took a pair of the cook’s boots and gave them to the beggar. The cook, when she. heard what. had been done with her property, was-very angry, and complained to» her mistress, who answered: “The poor woman was; in great distress, so I do -1:ot think you: should mind helping her!” 5â€"“? “~- Canadians Should Stay at Home. The industrial condition of the United States is not what it was twenty or even ten year-3. ago: In those days there were ample oppor-- tunities for all who wanth work. At the prescnt time nearly all branches of business are centralized, the great trusts are in control, labor-saving machinery has displaced hand work, wages have been cut down.. and thou-- sands of mcn and women are now walking the streets of the great cit- ies, who would, if they Could, eager- ly embrace the. opporlrnity to eavn' a. few dollars a week to keep ill! wolf from the door. ’lhe enormous immigration from Europe. especially from the southern part, has 7’llll.l,€:â€"ll the labor market and been a power- ful fact or in lowering wages. From Italy alone about/1,500 immigrants- arc arriving every week at the port of Boston, while probably dflilllfl that number land at New York, Pl‘lib adglphla, and southern Coast cities. These people can live in luxury cn- Wagcs that would drive an American to the poorhousc. The supply of lain- ol‘c“s is therefore greater than the deâ€" mand and mull} distress ccnsequvniiy exists. My advice to the young nun: and womrn of Canada is: Stay at home! Their opportunities are bet- ter lll':l‘C at the present time than they are lu:re.â€"-i‘-'rcsidcnt lipham of Boston, Mass., Canadian Club. .._..._.... sf \_...._.. ETHNIC W'l NE. The Process of making artifian- sl'ihinc wine is sonmvuinlt cmnplicnicd. we; one ponitd of essence in tizl'cc {gallons of proof spirits, and add ithirtyâ€"SOVcn gallons of rectified (id- ler; then, dissolve a'pouml of tartan-k lucid in a. half gallon of hot water, sand add to suit taste. About one- hall of the Rhine wine used in tin United States is made in this man-- ner. I am 30‘» .,uu..~x at m a.“ mum .. . s 3. ii I: is E? ,5. l g P 5 i i s, :3 i i I l i l l i l E l I. i l E 1' a, _ i i i i i 1 i l l i i i i l i l . w l i i i i l ; i l l '1 l I. a .‘T/‘V'w‘ll' ;‘~l“v‘f'-/‘IIâ€"' .rNV x. 4‘ v N» <-Jv-Jv'v'¢eâ€" A- In; . mixâ€" . 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