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THE SILVER SPRINGS SIGNAL T HE famed wintor palace of the Russian czar probably has seen more romantic history in the making tban any other build ing in Europe. The dramas that have unfolded within its walls would overshadow, if told, the most highly colored Imaginings ot politl- .cal fictionists, and the huge building appears worthy of all the fascinat ing memories which cling to it. ^or generations Russia has reached out from this home of the empire toward ever more distant frontiers, toward every compass point, building the greatest of states. The winter palace, a symbol of the empire, mayhap en dangered by the present Teutonic in vasion, is described in the following statement issued by the National Geo graphic society Among tho many palaces of Petro- grad, a city wherein dukes, grand dukes, diplomats and millionaires dwell in abundance, the czar's win ter palace, a structure of truly impe rial immensity, stands out unapproach able. It is o.io of tbe world's largest and most imj.-oslng buildings, and the air of its rooms and corridors is sur charged with the romance of history. During the capital seasons in peace times, the most brilliant court In Eu rope could b<> seen nere, when the great rooms were ablaze with lights and jewels, and filled with a splendid display of gowns and uniforms. Completed by Catherine. The winter palace stands on the left bank of the Neva, on a site bequeathed to Peter the Great by his high admiral, Count Apraxirj. The Empress Anne first made her residence in the ad miral's house, which was pulled down in 1754 and tho foundations of the winter palaco laid. The building was first completed in the reign of Cath erine the Great. The whole interior of the palace was destroyed by fire in December, 1837, when valuables estimated at $20,000,000 were consumed. It was restored on an even more elaborate scale in 1839. The structure is four stories high, or about ,80 feet, with a frontage of 45S feet and a width of 350 feet. The principal entrance, the \Perron des Ambassadeurs,\ is from the Neva river. Connected with the winter palace is the heritage of Cath erine tho Great, where the renowned queen played first Bohemian In a Bo hemian throng. There is a table hung on tho walls of tho palace, draped with a green cur tain, which contains Queen Cath erine's by-laws for the Hermitago soci eties. They were - \1. Leave your rank outside, as well as your hat, and especially your sword. 2. Leave your right of precedence, your pride, and any similar feeling out- Bide tho door. 3. Bo gay, but do not apoll anything, do not break or gnaw anything. 4. Sit stand, walk as you •will, without reicrenco to anybody. 6. Talk moderately and not very loud, BO as not to make tho ears and heads ot others ache. 6. Argue •without an ger and without excitement. 7 Nei ther sigh nor yawn, nor make,any body dull or heavy. 8 In all Innocent games, ( .whatever one proposes, let all Join. 9. Eat whatever is sweet and savory, but drink with modera tion, so that each may find his legs on leaving the room 10. Tell no tales out of school, whatever goes in at ono ear must go out at tho other before Reaving tho room.\ Good rules ail, but rules difficult for any but n queen to hold before hor friends. The ponalty for breaking tho rules was the drinking of a glass of cold water for every offense. The queen was most severe with those wbo broke the tenth commandment, they were never again admitted to the hermitage, after being onco found guilty of tittle-tattle. Treasure House of Art. Au Immense- square before tha pal aco gives it the proper dignity of set ting. Within, it is said, 3.000 people can dance under tho blazing light crys tals at one time, while 2,000 peoplo can be seated at the preat dinner gather ings. The palace is a treasure house it relins. Jewels and paintings. One of the finest collections of pictures in Russia is hung on tho palace walls, among them numerous excellent war pictures. Among the Jewols stored «>cro there Is a scepter with one of tho largest diamonds in Enrobe, 19% i THE WINTER PALACE carats, the great Orloff diamond, which was originally the eye of a lion that crouched before the throno of the Great Mogul. When the czar is In the vicinity of his capital, the imperial standard floats from the winter palace flagstaiX PetrOgrad, the city made to the or der of Peter the Great to serve as Russia's political capital, now prob ably at higher tension than any other city on earth, performing, as ever, the work necessary to the administration of church and state over vast dis tances, from the Gulf of Finland to the Black sea and the far Pacific, and, be sides, taking care of a great war busi ness, which includes planning for the defense of more than 30,000 miles of frontier. This 30,000 miles ot fron tier, of course, does not take into ac count the vaguely known northern boundary of the empire. Petrograd's Hlflh Tension. Petrograd has always been a high. tensioned city. It was constructed upon islands and swamps at the be hest of a high-tension ruler; built with wide, straight streets upon a perfect ly flat country, with no softening nat ural beauty except that of its dividing Neva, a river that has often been com pared to the English Thames. Even the architecture of the city is repres sive, almost wholly of sternly chaste classic Roman and Greek. And in this city the prlmnrv .business has been that of caring for a vast empiro, embracing in its far-reaching sweep many peoples, numerous religions, di verse traditions, a confusion ol tongues, and widely varying ideals. The responsibilities of government have held the city as tense as when its founder, with 40,000 workmen drained the Neva swamps and builded overnight his capital hard upon the lands of the Finns. Petrograd is the greatest importing center of tho empire. A great part of the products of Europe which find their way to the bleak northern plain are entered at the mouth of the Neva, and this despite the fact that the port is Icebound five months of ths year. It has, too, some industry, though its surrounding region is not rich In any of the raw materials of Industry, Some 200,000 of its men and women normally .are employed in manufac ture. In the machine and iron works, in the Bhlp yards, in the cloth fac tories, shoe factories, and cigarette factories, that stand on the outskirts of tho city, around the Finland sta tion. There is a certain stern beauty in the capital. The broad, arrowlike Novsky Prospect is fully as interest ing as any of the world's famous thor oughfares. It Is a business streot, some three miles 'long, lined with shops of average appearance, churches representing Greek, Protestant and Catholic religions, bank buildings, ths public library, the Imperial theater, a • garden, and some dark red palaces. The remarkably diversified life of the remarkable empire flows in a never- ending stream along this avenue. Triumphant Return of the Every up-to-date girl is swathing her neck, or preparing to, with a scarf. Called by its good oldJashioned name it is a muffler, and that is what she is calling it. But the name is the only hint of old-fashion about it It be speaks a youthful zest for gay things in its vivid and queer colors. Nothing is too noisy in design-or color for the muffler, which does not propose to be overlooked. There are many plain mufflers in bright green, purple, lemon yellow, cerise, rose color, flame color and any other bright color that one may choose. There aro mufflers with stripes in contrasting color or white, running crosswise or broad lengthwise stripes, like tbat shown in the picture. And there are some having dots and cir cles over their surface^ Mufflers are made of wool or silk, and nothing could be more practical for the cool days of autumn. They are worn with street suits or with sweaters now, and will re-enforce the heavier outer coats for midwinter. For the autoist they are often matre with cap to match. Those in the plain colors make fetching sets of this kind and are worn, like the sport coats, for all sorts ot outdoor recreation. TJie caps to match are either round with a turned-back band about the face or the Tarn o'Shanter shape. The mufflers worn with street suits are usually plain, with narrow stripes at each side and a band In the same color as the stripes across tho bofc torn. The dark, quiet colors, faehion- able in suits and millinery, make pos sible the wearing o£ bright mufflers without a Jarring of colors. Tha whole effect Is spoiled if one forgets to consider this point JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Lace Buttons. \I could not afford to buy for my white serge dress the expensive crochet buttons for trimming,\ writes a reader, \so I bought some wooden button molds and covered them first with white silk and theh with the lace scraps that were left after cutting out tta heavy white lace yoke and short sleeves, and tbey look almost as well as real crochet buttons, and cost al« most nothing.\ Buttons as Trimming. Tiny pearl buttons are used for trim ming neckwear, in place of the little linen buttons of last year. T-hey have no visible means ot attachment, but are known as trimming buttons. These are small details, but they mark the up-to-date neckwear, and one might as well get the correct thing when purchasing. [ Smart Styles for Children When the Birds Wake Up. An enthusiastic ornithologist has amused himself by Investigating the question at what hour in summer the commonest small birds wake up and sing. He says: \The greenfinch ,s the earliest riser, as It pipes as early as half-past one in the morning. At about half-past two the blackcap be gins, and. the quail apparently wakes up half an hour later. It Is nearly four o'clock and the sun is well above the hortzon before \the real songster appears In the person of the blackbird He is heard half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp of the robin he- gins about the- same length of \time before that of the wren.. Finally, tho house sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last place on the list.\ This investigation has altogether ruined tho lark's reputation for early rising. That much-celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaffinches, linnets and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and aoout for some time. The Reason Wherefore. \Do you notfee that these royal people always have the|r pictures taken carrying an umbrella?\ \That is probably because they nr» accustomed to a continued reign.\ The two childish and pretty modols in fall mlllinory for children, which are pictured here, will make an in stant appeal to good taste. They are simple in construction, as they should be, but are strictly in line with the season's stylo ideaB. The cap of fine corduroy, designed for the llttlo girl from three to seven years old, shows a novel managomont Of the crown in the square outlines of the drapery. It is simply a band covered with corduroy which fits about the head and supports a folded width of the corduroy to form tho crown. The points at each side of this piece are brought down to the band and fastened. At the right tho fastening is made under a cabochon of silk cord, and at the left side a ca bochon of the same sort supports a handsome silk tassel. Hats of this description are made up* In corduroy ot various colors, brown neing a great favorite, with blue a close second. They are lined wltn soft silk and it would be hard to point out a fault in .them when meas ured by the requirements looked for La millinery for small girls. , For the miss from ten to sixteen a hat is shown at the right in which the Influence of high crowns makes its appearance. Tho frame is covered with velvet except about the sldo crown where bias folds of velvet and satin are alternated. A striped rib bon with plaid border repeats the colors used in velvet and satin and introduces others in touches of gay> bright tones. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Comfort for Small Girl. Brother is not the only one who rev els in the cool comfort ot the cotton romper suits made with straight Knick ers. Llttlo sister.is permitted to weal a-one-piece suit fashioned on the same, lines as brother's. It is made of whiU cotton fabric with the small sailor col lar, short _ sleeves and knickert trimmed with bands of blue. The loose belt is also of tho plain blue. Ths knickers, instead of- being, close fitting or in bloomer stylo,, aro cut on the straight lines, and so look not unlike a divided sikrt. The model is an ideal one for morning play wear or for gen eral wear on the beach. THE HELPLESS MOTHERS VOU ARB TOO StfftLL TO COT ANY FIGURE HERE \My! How You Have Grown in Four Years! AND SO ENDETH ANOTHER \ ANTI \ FAS'-E And when the woman saw that the !r ee was good for food, and that it was pleasant to %he eyes, and a '.reo to be desired to make one wise, ?he took of the fruit thereof, and did fiat, and gave also unto her husband vith her; and. he <\\d t»L—-The third chapter ol t'leneifbj. It was not Adam ana t ^ brought about the fall °J ™ ol j Noah, according to transia. tablet now in the Univer; V :: en iP3t » sylyania Museum. A . ,„ n n?sdi' ,r made by a ^T >J tlve bf the university spatch from Philadelphia.
