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“God’s chosen pcoplo of modern
times” is what tho Rev. Father Rich¬
ards, of Georgetown College, Mash
iogton City, calls tho Irish raoe.
Students of economical housekeep¬
ing will bo interested to know that
tho expenses of tho Queen of Eng¬
land’s household last yeur amounted
to $H»53,00O, three-quarters of which
was salaries.
A writer of somo note in Newfound¬
land declares that of the vurious
pronunciations of tho name of that
country Newf’ndland ii preferable.
Newfoundland allowable, and Now
f'nl’nd execrable.
The Nutional music of Ireland hoe,
up to the present timo, boon much uo
glcotod, but a movement is now on
foot, the New York Post announces,
to put it on a moro satisfactory basis.
It is to take tho form of a National
musical festival (on similar lines to
tho Welsh “Eisteddfod”), which it ia
intended to hold in Dublin.
A debate between two distinguished
American oitizonn of Afrioan dcsoent
at Atlanta, On , has rosultod, chronicles
he Ohio ago Ilerakl, in tho adoption
of a resolution to tho cfloot that “tho
Americans of Afrioan dosoont can
uover rlflo to full manhood in tho
Uuitod State#, and that tho redemp¬
tion and civilization of Africa os tho
future homo of tho Araerioan of Afri¬
can descent is domrable. ”
The German Chuncellor does not
accept “oonsoionoo monoy” as com¬
placently as tho British Government.
Somebody in Frankfort rcoontly sout
$750 marked in that way, and tho
Treasury has issuod a publio notico
calling upon tho offender to disoloeo
himself, failing which ho is warned
that ho will havo to pay over again if
ho is discovered, besides rouderincr
himself liublo to prosecution for do
frauding tho rovouuo.
An American gentleman who has ro
contly returned from abroad says that
ho attended service ono Sunday in
Westminster Abboy, London. Arcli
dcaoon Farrar, in tho oourso of an
eloquont addroas, quoted in support
of his position from tho spocohes of
Disraeli and Gladstone, and then said
ho would add anothor authority, and
road an extraot from a spooch of “a
groat orator of international fame,
though not a countryman, Ohauncoy
M. Dopow, of theUnitod Statos." Tho
travelersaid this was probably tho
first Amerioau had ovor ro
ceivod p^llo moution of this kind in
Westminster Abboy.
The condition of English agrioul
^ assortod to be far worse th an our
Agricultural BecEtyl y
father, my fathor and I havo spent
during tho last thirty yoars on our ho
rodltnry domain, in round numbers,
$5,000,000, not in luxuries aud orua
montution, but iu improvement—that
is, in constructing barns, building
roads, draining, piauting trees, build¬
ing walls and other work of this char¬
acter. During all this timo wo have
not rcooivod in roturu moro than
$250,000, and siuoo 1878 wo havo not
rcooivod ovor $115,000, or in tho
neighborhood of 2j por oent. on tho
capital wo have oxpondod. ”
The doooratiou of tho Congressional
Library at Washington, which is to
bo when complotod tho finest and
most costly building of its kind in the
world, will bo begun next summer.
Those iu clmrgo of tho building havo
commissioned a number of artists to
submit designs. Blashfield, of New
York, has boen commissioned to paint
a picture iu tho crown of tho dome
aud another on tho crown of tho lan¬
tern. La Fargo lias been commis¬
sioned to make two mural paintings.
Vedder will do tho work on the walls
in tho main entrance hall. Carl Gu
therz will niako seven pictures in the
ceiling of ono of tho reading rooms.
Other artists who havo recoived com
missions are Edwin Simmons, Georg e
M. Maynard, W illiarn L. Dodge und
Kenyon Cox. Each artist is to select
his own designs.
Chief Justice Griffith, of Queens¬
land, Australia, has writteu to a gen¬
tleman in New York City of tho work¬
ing of the new method of voting
adopted in lhfld. It allows the voter
to indicate his first and seoond choice
candidates by placing the figure 1 op¬
posite the name of his first choice and
the figure 2 opposite his second choice.
Then if tho first choice candidate
proves to bo unpopular, the first
choice is disregarded and the vote is
given, according to tho second choice,
to somo other candidate. By this
means a groat economy of votes is ef¬
fected. Where there are three candi¬
dates tho least popular candidate
would fail of election and the votes of
bis supporters would go to one of the
two remaining candidates according
to the wish of the voter. In this way
two minorities may become a major¬
ity. The chief justice closes his letter
byeaving: “I think tno system is
free from difficulty. The only objec¬
tion I have seen made to it came from
persons who are conscious that they
cannot command a majority of the
Vot*s, but still desire to be elected, '• |
WOMAN IN WAR,
goMR ANCJELfJ OF MERCY AM)
SOME SIMPLY FIENDS
The Petroleuse’s Share In the Com¬
mune's Reign of Terror—How
the Queen of Roumanla Suc¬
cored the Wounded.
1 T | HE UL preceded :S amount amount f T?, ages alU of of material materml t0 havo ;' rom V supplied Ti which Holen 0n
^ r< ?7 j Edith, who searched in
tho , glimpses of an October moon for
the deal body of Harold, even to
martyred Joau of Arc, an l iuntimcr
alilo heroines of moro recent duto—
niight well occupy far more space
t.iau is at my command; hence, it is I
have elected to devoto this pen and
pencil sketch to such women on tho
war path as I have personally met
when representing the Illustrated
Loudon Nows and other papers at the
front, writes Irving Montague in the
Queen.
The very word Potroleuse sends a
thrill of norror through those who
can recall tho atrocities sho commit¬
ted in the second eiogo of Paris, as
doscribod by eye witnesses, among
whom I, at that timo, found myself.
Fortified with absinthe to a condition
of reckless daring and well supplied
with petroleum, sho sailed forth from
her squalid attic or caberot, at Belle
villo, Clichy, or somo other equally
disreputable suburb, ns night closed
in, leaving in her trail death and de¬
struction on every sido in that city of
ruined palaces, which the Gormans iu
their attack and occupation had so
considerately spared. It was, indeed,
a grim sight to see her hurrying over
tho debris prying and pooring into
such houses as were still standing, for
tho most convenient means by which
to fire, and thus add to tho ruck and
ruin round about a feeling equalled
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MARAQUETA—AN INCIDENT OF THE SPANISH WAR.
alono by tho satisfaction of Boeing, as
I did, aomo 700 of theso abandone
wretches, after the troops had retaken
tho oity, Bocuroly caged, awaiting
Cayenne, or execution, in tho Oran
gerie at Versailles; surely, the fair
sex, even in th e xoign of terror, could
not hove ap^j
disadvantage. Paris Jn 1
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mue] Toll aS^nra /oti-ost
as my
tuated Fronch women of all
B^Iaes at that timo, and that sisters of
charity, then vivandioros, and others who
came to tho fore, justified one’s
adding to the old proverb, “Lo monde
cst lo livro dcs femme”—specially
Franco. It is, in fact, quite a relief
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A PETROLEUSE,
to refer to the heroines I, over and
over again, came across during that,
my first campaign, amongst whom 1
may mention the daughter of a man
of independent means, who not onlv
handed over his entire wealth toward
War expensee, but also took up arms
with his three sons, all of whom died
In the service of their couutry, whilo
(yet in her teens) the dead patriot’s
one remaining child took a situation
at a cafe ohautant at Havre, where,
with the tri-color wrapped about her,
she furthered tho cause by nightly
singing—sad at heart as sho was-
patriotic songs to the enthusiastic sol¬
diery; amongst whom, by the way,
youthful, was a young well defined French-tireur, whose
slim features and
contour were remarked by every
one, till it was afterward discovered,
when laid low by a bullet, that this
graceful warrior was also a woman
nor was Ibis thi by nny means an isolated
Casa paign, during Franco-Prussian cam
in which many women were to
thrrham^ f ‘V. b “ h
I*witnessed T T m n 0
eident ^Ue.iB.hoheaintUoWiCar. which during the
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termin ngthnstorcmo'a withhim. « bhc
defended tr OUr s ou bv
swlnt \\t “ i- ^flnhr , , ^ " ltb
bavonot °m.t and an 1 firebrand. mP Rally u upon
Jade till U before vlraonVn U h^ 7 S^ that . barri ‘
shot shot dead dead-Maraqucta herself, almost
wonnlTb^irr^ raHr 1 iQ ?
wrktsVh! ^ lShflil S l b r Gr0Bt h h I th6 aa
tho excitement tr w a ^ sue ,
was s««a to * f»l by a you»»j
officer of our side; but alas! the
bouse- was already in flames, and
the 1 road staircase, as he anxiously
looked through the open door, was
seemingly enveloped in a sheet of'fire, _
A woman’s life, however, was in tho
balance, and, to be laconic, only a
momenta bful elapsed before#
scorched but undaunted, this brilliant
soldier, returning, rushed past me
with his bleeding, but still breathing,
bur icn, who was soon being tenderly
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her mmd, i i however, had given way,
and I heard when last in Spain that
the once beautiful and much-bcloved
Marnquota had become a raving
lunatic.
I havo seen, too, in this same
campaign, women actually supplying
skirmishers whilst fighting with
rancia (a cheap native wine), ap
patently dodging tho bullets as they
rushed from man to man. Times out
of number, too, have I also seen them
tending the wounded out in the open,
quite regardless of self, in tho hail of
load with which brutalized troops
greeted them, aul by which in many
cases they were sent to their last
account, while engaged in this final
act of heroism,
In Servia I was much with the Red
Cross sisters and doctors, who, as they
always do, distinguished themselves
brilliantly in their self-sacrificing de¬
votion to tho sick and wounded. I
am hero reminded how ou one oc¬
casion, when bringing from Semon
driuto Belgrade seventeen maimed
soldiers, I effected the journey partly
iu a sort of tumble-down steam barge
and partly iu requisitioned wagons.
It was iu the small hours we arrived at
Belgrade hospital, yet tho Red Cross
nurses, already nearly worn out with
fatigue, were indefatigable in their
ministrations to my contingent of
wounded, working throughout the
whole night to alleviate the pain of
tho sufferers.
As an instance of tho ruling passion
being strong iu death, I muy mention
tho fact that only two of my
died; ono on tho barge during the
journey, the other in hospital. When
the case of the latter was found to bo
hopeless, ho was told that if he hud
any special wish it should, if possible,
be complied with. For somo time he.
was silent, then,
coked uja
■ith
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and cm^monceu^^devouring ........ (
energy
the one effort ravenously, dying, in fact, in
beforo ho could jinisli it.
Foromost amongst distinguished wo
men on the war path was tho Queen of
Romnauia (“Carmen Silvu”). My first
acquaintance with this most fascinat¬
ing sovereign was at tho Red Cross
hospital at Bucharest, Conigsby, tho
London Times correspondent, who was
with mo at tho timo, had just loft
Philipopolis, where Lady Etrangford
was also devoting her best energies to
tho succor of the wouuded. “Tell
me,” said her Majesty (then Princess
Elizabeth) in excellent English, “how
many beds has Lady Strangford in her
hospital?” “Forty-eight, your Ma¬
jesty. “Then tell her ladyship,when
next you see her, Mr. Conigsby, that
I have fitty-four.” Her womanly
pride raised her above her social sta¬
tion. “Carmen Sylvu” was six to the
good; thero was a merry twinkle in
that royal eye.
romance worth remembering took
placo whilo I was at Plevna, which
curiously affected the destinies of a
certain tiny damsel, who was found
left behind in a shattered Bulgarian
hut by the advancing Russian troops.
At the end of the war this little waif
by was tenderly cared for and educated
tho officers and men of tho regi¬
ment which had found her, developing
eventually into a very lovely and ac¬
complished girl who only a few years
since married a dashing young lieu¬
tenant of that same corps which had
been instrumental iu saving her life.
Surely fact is stranger than fiction.
Here is yet another instance of a Rus¬
sian cavalry officer who, having just
married, was about to start on his
honeymoon when war being declared,
ho was ordered iustauter to tho front,
whither, iu defiance of military per¬
mission, which could never have been
accorded, his young wife, circumvent-
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mg an enormous number of difficnl
tio *> succeeding in following him, and
° U ? ccaslODS 1 taw her
riding around the lines, often drawing
«re from the Turkish ride pit. She
m «uaged to remain, never
thcless,throughout the greater part of
the siege, wu?k, aa her husband told
m« to bis ow 0 discomfiture, bis rux-
ietv for h*T L py almost
his Then sense of dn« f
there isL--hst other woman to
be found on tb< * warpath who follows
in the wake of i ;a rnage, one who con
j corns herself ra1 ,h *r with the dead than
; the living, whos ,e hopes and aims in
lifo may 1)8 suj l up iu too ouo
word—pelf—as ^presented by epau
lottos and gold ] '^e, with an occasional
watch or signei; ring thrown in ; iu
deed, I have, w ““ reference to signet
nagn a giue ! £*f. °>e memory, which
dates back to 1 It was the night
u'b.r Minor; tho balf!7 at Zevin, followers in Asia
one my native
had porch ba^eiijKSa a-sedlfrymi one of these hags
of the afc^^i^Bmouogram massive gold ring,
with upon it,
uud was iu uiNKjgikeeu that I should be*
come, at price, the proud
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cent fight, a ldiDff that, if I had any
doubt about its ngimineness, the gold
seeker pleasure who supply appreciated is linger it of would tho dead with
man was, howovei,^ from whofcpit this had been (even taken. with I
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the finger tlirov 1 in) not to bo tempt¬
ed, although (ifilis f ^respondent that dead man’s
digit) a fellow rd at once
acquired the
SWI!»C0TTA(ilE.
A Pleasing and Effective Design In
Architecture When Americanized.
(Copyright 189-1)
Thero aro some stylos of architec¬
ture that aro particularly fitted to
American clisrjStio aud social con¬
ditions. TIicto are others that can
seldom bo uswl with good effect, but
inasmuch the as t.f||*e are occasional calls
for cons otion of houses of
theso styles, is fitting that they
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The design illustrated herewith is
that of a Swiss cottage—a style that is
not fitted for this country in general.
Swiss architecture is the outgrowth
of the needs and conditions of tho in¬
habitants of Switzerland, and like all
National institutions is most appro¬
priate to its natural surroundings.
The lifo of the Swiss peasant is divid¬
ed by his occupations into two sea¬
sons— the summer, when he is watch¬
ing and tending his cattle ou the high
Alps, and the winter, when he is
forced to find shelter from tho rigor
ous climate, with its fierce storms, in
the low-lying, secluded valleys. His
summer homo is a log hut placed be¬
hind some projecting rock that will
break the sweep of tho wind. This is
the chalet, and ou the mountain sido
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rcsidenco-the JZ Tf Swiss ‘' cottage, n so-called *"i} C 5
molded for the needs and reqnire
ments of the inhabitants of this pic
balconies, hoa^y porches .now‘which and piazza
clear of the falls ot
are so characteristic of this country,
drifting to amazing ?'f heights.
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panying sketch shows a structure that
would be effective and pleasing if
erected _ in a suitable location. The
latter point is one uoon which an
architect, versed as weU in the techni
cal Points of landscape, should be con
suited, mone^ freely as many a man spending his
the
erection of a house, has found too
late that he has made a serious mis
take in trnsting too confidently to bis
own taste. It m»v b* found awes*
{-nr? for-him to sell a house that line
cost him thousands of dollars, and be
cause of its expressing too strongly
his own individuality, he finds ho will
not bo able to realize a third of his
investment. It is the proper duty of
tho architect not only to draw plans
but to advise with ilia client upon tho
general stvle, accommodation and
arrangement of tho house to bo chosen,
as well as, and perhaps above all, to
see that it harmonizes with itssnr
roundings and suits the artistic do
mauds of the uei iHnltratmg diborhoo 1
Tho desJ m this article
would lie much out ot place by tho
seashore, but for a couutry residence
or land tho is suburbs llat of a city,* where the
not but rather mountain
uppearnueo’woiild Oils or hiiiv, its tasteful and striking
bo most appropriate,
A brief description is given us fol
low.-.:
General dimensions: Width (over
all), ;JG fe-ct ; depth, including veranda,
Id feet 2 inches.
Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
first story, 10 feet; second storv, *J
feet.
Exterior materials; Foundation,
brick ; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and roofs, shingles.
Outside blinds.
Interior finish : Hard white plas¬
ter; plaster cornices iu parlor, hall,
dining room and three chambers; soft
wood flooring and trim, ash stairway;
panels under wiudows iu parlor, hall
aud diningroom; bathroom and kitch¬
en waiuscotto-1; interior woodwork
finished in hard o.d.
Suggestions for colors : Clapboards
and sashes, olive; (rim, dark green;
outside doors, dark green with olive
panels; blinds, ram conductors and
brick work, Pompeian red ; veranda,
floor and ceiling, drab; under side of
roof overhanging, medium drab; pan¬
els ou sides of brackets and over bay
wiudows, Pompeian rod; wall shingles
dipped and brush coated with reddish
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stain ; roof shingles dippod and brush
coated with Indian red stain.
Tho principal rooms and their sizes,
closets, etc., are shown by the floor
plans.
Cellar under kitchen and 2 >aiitry.
Fireplaces with hardwood mantols iu
ball, parlor, dining room and ono
bedroom and kitchen range included
i^estiinate. - designed to bo
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Three thousand five hundred and six¬
teen dollars is the cost for this design
as described, not including heater, tho
estimate being based on New York
prices for material aud labor, but in
many sections of the country the cost
should be less.
Governor McKinley’s Mother.
Governor McKinley and wife went
to Canton, Ohio, recently, to cele¬
brate tho eighty-sixth birthday of the
Governor’s mother. Mrs. McKinley,
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MRS. M’KINLEY AT EIGHTY-SIX.
senior, walked to church on the arm
of the Governor.
Mrs. McKinley, says the New York
World, is distinctively a motherly wo¬
man. All through life her advice has
been sought, and her favorite counsel
has always been expressed iu Charles
Kingsley’s verse:
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will ho
clever;
Do noble deeds—not dream them all day
long—
8o making life, death and that vast forever
One grand, sweet song.
A Royal Sufferer Irani Varicose Veins.
The Prince of Wales suffers terribly
from varicose veins, which necessi¬
tates him taking the utmost care of
himself, and there are periods of tho
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year when his legs are in such condi
tion that they have to be bandaged up
several times a day. It is owing to
the Prince’s afflicted extremities that
knee breeches nre so far less worn now
at entertainments, where royalty H
present. was the <?a$s up to l$7y,
FASHION FANCIES.
WOMEN S HATS SHOULD MATCH
TIIE COSTUME.
In Millinery tlic English Styles Pre¬
dominate—-Artistle and Captivat¬
ing Headgear-Cloth .Jack¬
ets Greatly Worn,
T ~ J HE lish latest in hats are very both Eng¬ iu
I appearance
j J” the trimming there and shape. plenty O of
course, are
of ;mt effects —French, Hitch and nil
other Nations—but the English leads,
hlueli depends on the selection of a
bat that an otherwise perfect costume
1! - tt v uot he utterly lacking in eftect,
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* ,r that the good points of a face be
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HATS OF THE SEASON.
roar. Black chip straw will be much
worn; one of French design, ca’lo.l
“ lcnri Quatro,” will bo very popular.
The Panama is an artistic au l capti¬
vating hat. Its undulating brim is
almost straight in front and stands
sharply erect at tho back. Bows of
Parma violet velvet aud sprays ot lilao
for trimming. The arrangement of
lilac and ivy loaves to full ou tho hair
ut tho back is a very pretty style. The
“Goreador” is one of tho dainty cape
lines which will tako tho fancy of most
ior a small hat. It is a turquoise vel¬
vet, laden with buttercups and for¬
get-me-nots, with a group of exquisite
leaves made of finest point tie Yeuiso
held in front of tho brim by a coronet
of Rhino stones. Rustic straws wear
well, but aro only appropriate ou oc¬
casions. Tho now sailors aro lower
crowned than last year.
CIiOTH JACKETS.
Cloth jackets are greatly worn by
young and fairly young women. Ono
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OPEN-FRONT JACKET.
of the nowost just roaches to below tho
hips, has a fitting back, strapped
seams, and quite jflaiD, straight, cross
over fronts fastening on tho shoulder,
and adorned all the way down with a
loading novelty---namoly, square but¬
tons. Another lately seen is in inastic
cloth with white cloth vest fronts,
draped cloth bolero, and collar of shot
ribbon with outstanding loop bows on
each side. Both those have tho true
Parisian air.
One jacket made of two-toned cloth
showing tan and rose, has tho body of
the tan and the collar, cuffs and belt
of the rose color. It has a double,
loose front, with two rows of large
while pearl buttons. The back is
fitted, while tho skirt, forming deep
plaits, shows a large box plait in the
centre. A strap of tho pink is braided
with white silk soutache braid und
fastens at each side with tiny 1 white
pearl buttons, ending each row of
braid and thus forming a finish for the
back. The collar is very deep, slashed
over the shoulders and braided-in de
sign, as aro the cuffs, which have small
buttons at each end of the pattern,
The sleeves are a full Empire shape,
A back used in many of these jackets
is in five pieces, the seams being
stitched .into plaits and the fullness
ES button finishing I ' each > plait T.f at tho 11 waist 1>0 “ r . 1
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STYLISH COLLARS AND CUFFS.
White linen collars, both standing
and turned-over, are seen on colored
shirt waists, while the cuffs are col¬
ored like the shirt. Wash silks, lin
ens, ginghams, cheviots, lawns and
Swiss muslins are used for these
waists, and there is very little change
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difference are
larger. Women’s tailors and men’s
furnishing stores make a specialty of
custom-made waists.
AN OLD-FASHIONED A. AIST.
It has become quite the custom with
many ladies, says the New York Led¬
ger, to keep on hand one or two waists
of a couple of seasons back and wear
them when it is necessary to go out
for shopping, driving or other out¬
ings, when one is not likely to remove
the outside garments.
This is so convenient and agreeable
an ^ f> as suggested itself to so many
women that it was quite a little snr
prise the other day when a dozen or
two fashionable women met at a pub
bo gathering. One of them invited a
number of her friends to her house to
a oup of tsa, bat one and all bad
some excuse. Finally one, moro out
spoken thau the rest, said:
“I would bo delighted to go, but
really I cannot. I aiu not dressed for
it. When I go out without nny iu
! tent ion of making calls, I put on a
"’list with small sleeves, for the largo
ones are not only uncomfortable but
ate so easily spoiled.”
There was a general exchaugo of
glances, and, without exception, every
woman who had declined tho iuvita
tiou, said:
“vVeli, that is just the trouble wutia
me.”
'1 he would-be hostess laughed aruT
insisted on having an old-fashioned.
tea, as she called it, where small
sleeves should i»o tho rule, as sho hot
self wore a waist of that sort,
It certainly is a great saving to
leave tho big sleeves at home, a saving
in comfort and tho wear and tour of
A
iiandsomo fabrics, but‘ it is inconven¬
rtt'cP't v invita
ient if one wants to an
ti -n where a fashionable A. " 0S1 i s 11 ne¬
cessity. problem
One woman has solved thistv
cordion-plaited by making a little Japaneso cape of crapdC laCojMid This ac
she rolls in a snug parcel aud caiyies
iu a loug pocket in tho inside of bdv^
wrap. It is always on hand, aud cov¬
ers tho tops of her alcoves to tho el¬
bows. She is wont to declare that sho
can carry a fashionable toilet in her
mail and make herself ready for any
emergency by this simple device.
NEW EFFECTS IN STOCKINGS.
With tho advent of warm weathor
comes the advent of the low shoo, and
with tho low shoo tho stockings must
bo considered. Tho smart shops aro
now showiug exquisite stylos iu hos¬
iery. Lace, beads and ombroidery all
play a part in theso dosigus, making
tho cost of single pairs of stockings
often amount to ten or fifteen dollars.
The decoration is, of course, lavished
ou tho instep. Thero tiro inserted
heart-shaped pieces of laces, outlined
with jet; stripes of lace alternating
with stripes of jet; aud elaborate
“scroll patterns of lac.3 insertions with
jet and gilt spangles.
Less fanciful designs aro in drawn-
T i i TT) | "i i iiftnr
tho latter being a gay lacing at tho
stocking’s Bido, giving the effect of a
side-laced shoe. The clock is again
seen iu its old placo upon an other¬
wise plain stocking, and combined
with other ombroidery. Tho newest
embroidery designs are pin-stripes
and snow-crystals in gay color upon
black. Thero aro also stockings
wholly given over to atripes iu Roman
and Scottish effects.
V
SUITS OF BLACK BROADCLOTH.
AmoBg tho new suits nre tboeo of
black broadcloth, a favorite material,
by tho way, for tailor costumes, and
one that will bo found extravagantly
becoming to almost all women. A
perfectly fitted dress of this material
is next in elegant stylo and becoming¬
ness to a black velvet. A handsoino
costume is of black and whito broad¬
cloth; hasilio body, skirt aud tops of
tho sleeves of black; tho vest, cuffs
and skirt trimmings aro of white, tho
latter arranged in very pretty and at¬
tractive fashion. A rose ruching of
pinked out broadcloth trims the hem.
This ruching is made of ono strip of
each color, tho white being placed
next to tho dress, the black on tho
outsido and partly concealing tho
whito. Tho vest is closed with fine
cut jet buttons, although crochet and
satin buttons are jjopular.
new ruches.
All corsages are now cut low, just
covering the collarbone, the high
draped collar giving way either to
strands of pearls caught with diamond
boas (imitations of tho real article
being very effective and very cheap)
or “ruches.” Theso latter have also
the advantage of hiding anythiug like
wrinkles. They aro getting better
and bigger, and are ornamented by
bunches of spring flowers.
PLAIN SKIRTS TIIE RULE.
Plain, flaring skirts aro still the
ru,e - ‘““ 1 ““ approved advanced
styles are made of camel’s hair, sergcjf
aed fine cloth. Almost all
have a second, possibly a third, mate¬
rial in them. It seems to matter but
little how tho combination is made or
what it is made of, so long as it is
harmonious and put together with
stylish effect,
THE FANCY BOW SLEEVE.
These pretty sleeves are worn ^ prin
^ to UgU ‘ *»* «>«“*«
WV
.. v
icoes. If made of wash goods, the
bow should be arranged so it can be
taken off, washed and ironed.