Fads In Swelldom

With all the eagerness with -which j they once sought the brass buttons of military acquaintances, young womea are now collecting campaign and advertising studs. Belts of white kid are thickly covered with tbs gaudy badges, and sometimes dangling ends of ribbon are similarly decoratetl. Plaid ties, plaid belts, plaid waists plaid ribbons and even plaid bats woven of chenille testify to the prevalence of a Scotch furore. There are even plaid-bordered handkerchiefs to be found ia the shops, and candles with the wax cunningly molded in the colors of the Camerons or Campbells are also seen. The "sewing bee" has been revived j in a somewhat modernized form in the I "doiley luncheon.'" All the suests at one of these funcions are provided with a square of stamped linen and the eilks to embroider it, and are et to work. After an hour's etitching the hostess collects the work, a committee judges its merits, prizes are awarded, and the luncheon proceeds, tbc wise giver of the feast having received a more or less valuable addiüon to her Hnen chest.