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FASHION’S FOLLIES.
■ OME MATTHR3 OF INTEREST TO
WOVEN.
A Few Stories Showing What is Being
Tallied About in Fashion’s Realm—
Summer Gowr.s and S me of the
points in Connection With Them -
What is Said About Hats and Gloves.
Let me tell you, says Clara Belle in the
Republic, of some dainty little conceits, the
coquettish little notions, the tiny bits of
fbic that some of our fashionable belles are
, m pressing upon themselves this springtime.
1 don t mean stamping upon, but giving a
ctaracter and personality to many of the
pretty nothings which have the honor of
decorating their persons. For instance, it
is a very pretty fad now for a young girl to
live her name worked in gold and silver
ecross the toe of her slippers. It is perfectly
fascinating, and the men can’t keep their
eyes off the dainty placard. Charming little
old silver buckles, which are so fashionable
on the silk garters, bear the inscription,
•*Ne plus ultra,” while the bracelet of a
young widow has the letters *‘D. V.”
(God willing, I’ll try again). Handkerchiefs
have all sores of mottoes, such as: “Cave
Virginem” (look out for the girl); “Caveat
Vir (let the man beware); “Que Se Tait,
Consent” (silenoe gives consent), to be
used br bashful girls when the men pro
pose. Very pretty little finger rings in old
silver have interrogation marks coiled upon
them, meaning that the fair wearer is
willing to be asked the question of ques
tions. Upon certain articles is embroidered
the word, “Tace,” equivalent to “Mum is
the word.” Upon underwear the dainty
dame of fashion causes her cipher to
be embroidered in silk thread, while
the mischievous maiden displays fan
tastic pins: a wasp meaning, “Take
care, I'm dangerous!” A honey bee, “I’ll
tolerate no drone!” A cricket. “I must
have a fireside!” A grasshopper, “You must
let me sing and dance—l can’t work.”
While in flowers, trefoil means “Try me, I’il
bring you luckedelweiss, “I’m cold and
intellectual;” violet, “I lack beauty, but I’m
good;” pansy, “I’m a homebody;” lily of
the valley, “I’m not looking for money;”
ivy, “I want an old husband;” tulip, “I’m
beautiful, but I have no heart.”
One gets very weary of the volumes of
Fermons that are preached to women by
women, savß a writer in the Recorder , and
by men on the general topic of toilets.
Some time people will look back upon this
epoch and call it the time when men died of
clothes. For clothes they are wearing out
their lives in close confinement within the
brick walls of offices, Because of clothes
they stagger along without pause
to put down their burdens till they
drop into their graves. There
wis a man who held a responsible position
as head of a department in a great dry
goods establishment. It was a confining
position and one of grave responsibility.
His health weakened, and he showed
symptoms of nervous disease. “Go abroad,”
eaid his employers; “take a vacation for
the summer, and in the autumn you shall
have a place either in our Paris house or at
your old post here.”
“I cannot afford it,” said the man; “I
have a family.” And he kept about his
business.
In six months he was no longer able to sit
at his desk. “We will go,” said his wife,
"to Newport and board three weens
quietly.” And they went, and her dresses
for those three weeks of quiet boarding
would have given him the entire summer in
Europe, laid out judiciously. She sobbed
over their narrow means and his inability
take a longer holiday in the very act of
trying on. For she loved him, and she was
not an extravagant woman, but it had
never occurred to her that it was not neces
sary for her to be gowned after the manner
of her neighbors. Iler outfit, to say truth,
was a very simple and a very modest and a
very tasteful one. But her husband died
and she died of grief a month later, and
never knew, in human probability, that her
modest, pretty little Newport wardrobe had
murdered the two of them.
“The most delicious soup, I ever tasted
bar none,” said an epicure, to a writer of
toe New York Tribune , “was a concoction
that in Scotland they call 'hotch-potch.'
It was served to me by a lassie with lint
white locks, quite guiltless of such superflu
ous luxuries as shoes and stockings/ As I
greedily ladled out every drop of the delici
ous stuff two fat porkers watched me with
sympathetic interest. ‘Hoot awa, piggies,’
said my fair Hebe, as she stood guard until
1 had finished ray repast, 'dinna interfere
with the gentleman !’ That 1 had tramped
eighteen miles that morning over the
heather may perhaps account for my ex
traordinarily keen relish, but it was cer
tainlv excellent in itself, for the dame gave
me a list of its ingredients, end my wife
give3 it ;o me once in awhile. Anglicized,
the recipe runs as follows: ‘Cut two pounds
of fresh snag mutton into small pieces; put
them into a siewpan with three quarts of
cold water and a tablespoonful of salt; set
it upon the firo and cook very slowly, let
ting it simmer and Keeping it well skimmed.
After it has simmered an hour, add a largo
carro , two turnips, two large onions, ail
rut in small pieces, and two heads of cab
hage lettuce- I<et the wnole simmer until
ti nder and serve it with the various iu
gredients.
“I knew ‘hotch-potch’ was an old term in
law.” went on the gentleman, “and iiking
my soup so much, I had the curiosity to
look it ud. When undivided property is
brought into the commons and it is called
‘hotch-potch’ a id an old writer on law says,
‘lt seemech that this word is also used as a
pudding, fur in a pudding is not put com
monly one thing alone, but one thing w.th
other things together.”
pretty design, says the New York Sun,
for the new lacy ginghams has a flounce of
deep open embroidery, a corselet and short
basque of the same material, and a deep
poirre.l collar with a standing collar above.
Morning gowns of India silk or wool are
also pretty made up in this style, and are
scarcely more expensely than the fine
zephyrs. Indeed, a stylish gingham gown
is not the cheapest gown one can bnv, for
they are now made up over taffeta silk, and
so elaborately trimmed with costly em
broidery that they may bo counted among
the luxuries.
These lace-striped ginghams are great
favorites, though, and their decoration com
prising Irish lace, pleated muslin and rib
bon. They are made with belted waists, or
guitnpe waists of fine embroidery, or very
full gathered waists with Swiss corselets
and insertions of embroidery.
A dainty new design for muslin lawn or
batiste has one of the new draped skirts,
which are slowly but certainly gaining
griund in fashionable favor, hooked up
ov-r the waist and finished with a deep frill
•>f (see; a broad, round collar in the back
takes me form of sloping revers in front
'seed with ribbon, the deep cuffs are crossed
with t’.e same ribbon, and if thesinall suede
slipper below the gowu were visible it would
ba found laced with the ribbon in the same
Style.
The possibility of ruffles is illustrated in
th next guwu, which is of one of the new
jabio:i, but may be of any of tbe new ma
te lau or of the old ones of last year fixed
over. The skirt frill has two bands of w.iite
ribbon of rich yellow brown on the yellow
isn goods, and is apparently held iu place
with rosettes of the ribbon. The plain,
• tnoothiy fitting waist is covered with vel
vet wafers, diminishing in size as they ap
proach the bottom of the want,
bishop sleeves aDd broad frills
over the shoulder and round the
liottom of the waist. Tbe model is very
pretty, carried out in gray aal green or in
lawn or muslin, with a waist shirred
sightly let seen tbe frills on tbe shoulder.
A sweetly snnplo moruing dress of loce
striped i lughain or erallie, with a rouud,
gat rr*d yoke and full sleeves, is trails
f rmed, with ibe addition of graduated lace
"'iuiu n, a lace biturno aiul auffs. into a
dress fete gown. Avery pretty effect is
obtained by using black Brussels net for
the flounces either hemmed with a coarse
stitching of the most marked color in the
gown or put on with a beading, through
which nbboa of that color is run.
\ erv cunning babv dresses are made with
puffs at the top of the sleeves, 'ihe mate
rial selected 1 very fine, and the sleeve puffs
are tie only trimmings, if we except very
narrow edgme at collar and cuffs. Again
the prevailing modes are seen in baby
Presses, for the collars of these aro made ns
nearly Medici as the shortness of . aby’s
neck will perm t. They are high in the
back, and el .pe toward the from , aud are
edged with tiuv lace.
Heautif il liabv cloaks and dre* es for
children of 3or 15 years are found read
made in tuest 'res. China silk is n*farori,e
material, and the make up is similar to that
seen upon the garments of tho.-e older
grown. The little long coats cunningly
fastened with four buttons in front are
found, and the lace vests are rather long,
plain skirts. Again, the baby dre-ses are
made with shoit waists and full puffed
sleeves, the skirt being gatuerei on to make
a pilgrim’s skirt.
Evening gowns are not at the moment to
be seen in numbers, says the Sun. for the
season calls for no more dressmaking and
for summer dances the days have not vet
come. A costume, which, in some particu
lars, was as original as any seen within a
twelvemonth, was, how ever, sent home to a
young married woman a few days ago.
Cream colored silk cloth and wild rose crepe
were the stuffs that entered into its comp o
sition, and an effect of quai .t and peculiar
dignity was given by the long, draped
overdress, which was caught up in fro it
and fastened at some distance below the
bend of the waist by a clasp o chased silver.
Straps of the cream colored fabric came
over the shoulders and lifted the rose-tinted
draperies. In the back the bodice described
a folded fichu, confined at the waist by a
narrow cream-colored corselet laced down
the middle. The under dress was of crearu
colored cloth, hemmed at the bottom with
embroidery of pearls and turquoise and
silver, which bn the co-salat bodice
was repeated with less elaboration. The
garments that are called mantles ad
inauteiettes need more careful protection
from all exigencies of weather than do
dresses. Those that are shown in black net
wilt before a touch of damp as flower', not
more fragile, fade in the sun. Many are
making their summer appearance in shapes
that are altogether new, and most are bril
liantly decorated, especially upon the back,
with jet and oolored glass embroideries.
Pale green ribbon is introduced upon one
novel example in long loops at the throat
and upon the shoulders, thoso being matched
by rosettes of the same color upon the
Piack jet bonnet with transparent crown.
Ten dollars apiece for oscillatory saluta
tions seems rather steep, savs Clara Belle in
the Enquirer, but such is the charge made,
or proposed to be made, in a bill of par
ticulars which an indignant father stands
ready to present in case a certain prominent
physician in this city should sue for serv
ices rendered. The facts are interesting,
and point a moral if they don’t adorn a
tale. This physician, like all prominent
New York practitioners, has a suit
of rooms on the parlor floor,
one or more for recepti >n rooms,
ane one—usually at the rear of the
house—for operating and consulting pur
poses.
When once this door is closed the patient,
frequently young and pretty, is cut off
from her mother or friend in the reception
room. The physician mayor may not con
fine himself strictly to business. The
young girl is absolutely in hi<
power, for she would not hes
itate an instant to swallow any liquid he
might pour out for her. A number of
scandals have oeou r red from time to time;
in one case the physician was obliged to
leave the city. But the case which has
lately come to light has nothing tragic about
it; oil the contrary, it is rather amusing.
The old doctor is a lover of the sex, aud
when not kept home by office hours may
be seen flaunting his gray side-whiskers ii
the faces of the pretty shoppers on
upper Broadway. He is ready not a
bad man. He looks much worse than he is,
and his actions are evn worse than his
looks, for it requires a continual cry of
“Paws down!” ou the part of a pretty
woman to keep him in order. He is
quick in inventing excuses to touch a
woman’s hand or arm or hair. He pretends
to be fatherly, but give him ihe millionth
part of an inch and he'll take half a mile.
II e pleases some women, but is intensely
disagreeable to others. Not knowing what
moment he may have an opp 'rtuuity to
coquette with a pretty girl, he keeps bis
handkerchief perfumed and a ?acrnn in his
mouth;pins, hair-pins, court-plasters, etc. ,
in his pocket.
Well, when the young Indy in question,
whose family be had long known, presented
herself for treatment the oid doctor put his
arms around her, patted her cheik and
shoulder aud kissed her. He did tbs each
time she came aud each time she we't. She
made five visits to tne doctor’s office; that
made ten kisses, to say nothing of the pat
tings aud verbal caresses, such as “Dear
child!” “My little dear!” etc. Whan the
doct- .r rendered his bill for SIOO the indig
nant father put in his counter-claim,
and there the matter rests. Will the old
doctor bring suit? Not if the court knows
itself 1
A curious little scene took place the other
day in the h >use of a New England woman,
now living in this city. It demonstrates
certain phases of the -American character
which are probably not to be fuund in any
otrer nationality.
The New England woman and her sister
were sitting at the luncheon table. The
sister has lived abroad for several years,
an 1 some of her early New England ideas
have bee i modified by European customs.
The first dish had r.ot been passed when
the mistress of tbe house said to the servant
waiting upon them, “That is Jane coming
down stair3, Bridget; tell her to come into
the dining-room and have her chop with
us.”
“With you, ma’am!” said Bridget, an ex
clamation point iu her t ne.
“Yes, right here,” said the New England
woman. “Jane is hungry and ought not
to wait until we have finished."
“But, ma’atn,” said Bridget, “the place is
laid for her in the kitchen just as it always
is, and I will give her the luncheon at
on e.”
"Never mind! I tell you to put her plate
here.” This in a voice that was becoming
stentorian as Bridget made no movement of
compliance.
Bridget left the room to speak to Jane,
and after her departure the New England
woman, who had lived abroad, said: -‘Kate,
I don’t care to sit at the table with Jane.
She may be just as good as I am, bat she is
a servant, and 1 don’t feel at h me taking
my luncheon at the same table with her; so
I am going up stairs.”
To this Kate replied decidedly: "I shall
have to do as I think right in this matter,
regardless of your feelings. We were
brought up to believe that all people are on
an equality iu t is country.”
The New England woman who had lived
abroad left the table and went without he:-
luncueon because, as she said afterward, the
first mouthful she took suck in her throat
and she couldn’t eat under the existing con
ditions.
When luncheon was over she justified her
action to her sister in this way;
“I assure you, Kate, it whs not because I
felt at all superior to Jar.e that I c >uld not
bring myself to eat with her. Jane is a very
nice, respectable seamstress, who is doing
your sowing; Until to-day she has been ac
counted one ’>f the servants and has taken
tier mpals in the ki chan. My feelings were
aroused in tb.ee different ways: bhe
was strange ami we had no topic
of comera&tion in common: be was hence
forth to feel that she whs iu the same
soi-ial sphere with toe, which might prove
inconvenient, and last, but not least,
Bridget was to fesi very much hurt at the
p .realty shown, or H e very ‘ uppiao,’be
uusi she was not trusted iu the same uutu-
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cer. It was the sense of injustice all around
that made me feel tbat I could not eoun
tenaii e the proceedings by sitting at the
table."
To this Kate answered: “I was never
more shocked in my life than when got up
from the table. I never dreamed tbat you
had a less democratic spirit than I. You
know very well tta*. cur forefathers worked
for a living and believed that it waho ii
orable to do >, aud that thus.' who wo gel j
had a better right to the earth produced'
than those who were idle. To my mind
J a::e is r.s *i'd as •ou> rI. She i* nea’ and
clean, and there is :;o r. as- n why shesliou.d
not come to tin table with us.”
“1 slid maintain my position,” was the
rejoinder. "I was rot so dr indit ed to sit
at the table with Jane because she was
Jare, but liecauso she Lad been classed ith
tne servants, and l re.-euteu the idea of pro
ducing t'ao demo; ah.’.ation in the kitchen
which I knew would folio-v.”
“Yes,” said Kate. “It’s just because
there are so many people in America like
you that there is this demoralization. If
no one person felt Herself bettor than
another, prile and loftiness wcuid disap
pear. Work would be considered ele
vating.”
“I am afraid that is a Utopian idea,"
enswered the New England woman who
had lived a: read, “and meantime the ser
vant girl question is the bane of the
American kitchen. I admit I showed a lack
of self-control in 1-aviuj the tablo as I did,
but I still feel that my judgment of the
matter w as correct.”
The two sisters may be arguing to this
mil uli on the subject, but it is certain that
thev ran never come to an understanding!
Which of the two was right!
A certain Paris ball gown, just arrived,
says ti e New York Recorder, has a skirt
front draped in white Lega.ne and white
net. It is dotted with white beads and
studded with while butterflies. A flight of
butterflies crosses the skirt diagonally, and
also the bodice. Full-blown flowers in
shaded velvet cover the hem on the front
of the skirt.
The modish young woman is open to the
criticism of permitting her co itiime to be all
waist. Not that her waist is large around,
but it is long—very lo g. From a rear
view she appears to be all back. Her gown
fl s her tightly across the shoulders. It
Mopes down to the waist in a long, slender
point, whence il is carried on dowu over the
hipi io the bottom of the c at in a narrow
way wholly unrivalled in previous
histories of dress. Everything possible is
done io make this slenderness more appar
ent. The cors 'ts are snugly drawn outside
of the underclothing and over the petti
coats, and the waist is put on directly over
the corset. This takes asap the effect of
prominent hips. No bads, gathers or
tiunohiogs are allowed around the waist.
Many of the women wear no petticoats at
all, letting rutiles, tacked inside
the dress skirt, do the work of
petticoats. Others less advanced wear
divided Rkirts, perfectly glove-fitting
over the hips. And those wom-n who are
not sufficient y emancipated from womanly
prejudice, to cast aside tho wnmanlv petti
coats, construct them upon a different
scale. Tho fullness is all sewn upon a yoke
which extends down over the hips and fits
snugly above them. The corset is put on
over thi '.
By these means and the artifices of the
modiste, the lo g, slender effect, hitherto
seen only in fashion plates, become possible
for the every-day nineteenth century fles’n
and-blood woman.
It is ex rome ly interesting, says Cara
Belle iu the Republic, when three or four
attractive women of fashion, who are not
too old to t e vain and not young enough to
ue giddy, get together and exchange confi
dences. Their placidity of retrospection is
charming and what they say usually has a
point and amoral. A group composed of a
few very suec ssful and contented women
of this kind was assembled at a
recent reception. The beauty of a
young girl present had been spoken of.
“When I l°°k at her," said one of the com
placent ladies, "I am reminded of the ease
with which girls can achieve a physical
success if they will only do a little study
ing. For years we were telling her what
a pretty mouth she had. It was only
pretty then in a crude way, but
gradually she began to make the bast of it,
and now the first observation that is made
about her is sure to refer to her
expressive aud exquisite lips. She ha la
far be ter basis to start on than another girl
of :ny acquaintance, who was ambitious to
sbi. eas a belle. This girl used to look at
herself in a mirror anl frankly acknowl
edged that she wm far from lovely. No
feature was delicate, and her coloring was
commonplace to a degree. Her bair was
just the least bit pretty, but pretty hair is
never remarkable. The young woman had
been out nearly a whole season, when one
night a man said to her that sho had an
original and graceful gait. She was thrived.
It was really the first nonest compliment s io
bad over received. She thought it over, and
then went to work to discover that it was
in her wai t that called forth the admira
tion of the man. She soon learned that it
was a slight swagger, an involuntary sway
ing of the hips and shoulders. She accemed
this sw-gger very discreetly, and before
long she heard evervone talking about her
fascinating walk. Presently she was flat
tered by seeing the gi ealest beauties attempt
ing tn imitate her, but none of them
could do it with the natural grace that she
exhibited. She at once began to gain a
confidence that hitherto she had lacked. At
dances she was sought after by the best men
with the same assiduity that was inspired by
tho handsomest belles. She bloomed, as a
rose encouraged by the sun and dew will
bloom, and soon she gloried in the finest
figure of her set, as well as the most capti
vating walk. It would have been a joy to
watch her walk 1,000 miles. Well, she
was the rage, and inada one of the most
desirable matches of the year. And 1 tell
my girls when they complain that they are
not so pretty as some of their friends that
if they are not clever enough to hit on some
att action to take the place of mere bodily
loveliness by the time they are 20 they
won’t be worthy of a mother who overcame
with the utmost ease such drawbacks as a
turned-lip nose, a stunningly large mouth
and a collection of freckles that would have
fitted out a whole country school of small
boys.”
A good deal of dull red is going into the
dresses meant for ordinary country wear,
and a good deal of reddish brown. Fawn
and red is very pretty, a nowly finished
walking dress showing short bodice made
with tabs edged with gold braid over a fawn
waistcoat, the skirt being of red with a
deep hem of the lighter color braided with
gold.
The new blouses of the season are afflicted
with the general desire for elaboration.
They are mode in light tones of silk serge,
with close ret bands of black and gold on
cuffs and collar. They very often fasten
diagonally, and usually have trimmings
like a sword belt of soma one of the innum
erable galons. There are a good many linen
shirts, mostly in stripes, but the silk ones
seem to be preferred.
The long jackets will presently say
good-by. They have only just come, but,
ttiougo cordially received so far as surface
indications go, there has been a good deal of
quiet grumbling about tee strange vis
itors, and they will soon move their
trunks out of fashion’s guest chamber.
One of the prettiest of the new ones is of
gauze and lace iu black, brocaded with
chenille. The lace Is used for the long full
draperies in front and behind, while the
jacket itself u of gauze, lined with pale
pink silk, which shows rosily through. It
is slashed on the hips, and is meant for
wear with a leghorn hat whose brim is
cri kled and very much turned up in the
back an i verv much trimmed witn wild
ro-e. aud pale pink ribbons.
Country hats of fluted straws are taking
the place of more conventional pietes of
bead- wear suited t > the streets of the city.
A broad-1 rimmed shape in black M
brightened with lines of gold braid. A nar
row rucue of bls' k cbiffo i stands up like a
iy,|Ura out the crown. Proveaoe reuse re
plaited lo a big cluster under the tuene 1 up
brim st the back, and more roses spread
themselves over the crown.
Says the Sun: Cheviot acd camel’s bair
are tho favorite materials f r traveling
dresses, and Ihe bodices are made w ilb pro
vision for the use of Silk ska ts or blou as in
the place of waistcoats on a lo’ day. Bl’s
of wall silk or pique aro nisi used with
these gowns for summer wear, and they
are accompanied with tourists' cloaks,
round in shape or sh.rrcd into the form of a
rediogote of cool silk.
Among peculiar shoes of recent introiuc
ti n are velvet carnage boots with lace
ruffles around the top. and suede bouse shoes
ornamented with crested snakes in metal
t Heads, but the most appalling innovation
wilt be the%trap shoe worn with the while
st ckings, s > long obsolete. White suck
ings and black shoes —could anything lie
devised more certain to increase the six- of
our pedal extremities and to call attention
to their proportion!
Anew veil, called Jit de Vierge, is of
thread studded with pearls or electric blue
stones.
The lat -st. sad is that ’simpli-itv shall pro
vail in the streat, though ce runs
• iot everywhere rise. One sets very little
of it as yet, but if you should meet a lady in
a straight, plain little cheviot, a quiet bo i
net, and sensible masculine l -oking gloves,
you must re l.ember that that la iy is the
swell ot tho prom ‘Da le, ami tba: tier giv
sister in silken g"rgeousnes% as the bad little
brothel's say, is not "i" ’i" at ad.
Loose-fitting girt are the latest. It says
so plainly: “tree now small my haidsare;
1 can afferd to wear a loose glove.”
Tne woman thit hasn’t a three-quarter
cate this spring might better i e\er have
been born. Every other woman has one,
and the devices to produce variety are many
many aid ingenious. Of c uir-e, the sle i
der woman La the best of it. ns usual, and
looks like a dream in the ftuttei mg, pictur
esque garment.
TWO 1 EDF.FRV TOILITS FOR i\VO
F. E TY PnIN. E S -t.
New York, May 9.
The Fairy of Love onco cams to a ml <1 VI of
(lowers gay, •
And she meuut as she downward flew, to carry
oce blossom away,
She was t ot very big. this Love, and she could
not carry more.
And she In w not which to choose, whin round
she saw a score.
She flew from the prickly rose, sle turned from
the lilies lull
And thens e came to a bloom that grew in aa
old brick wall.
Tv.as a simple Marguerite, by it.; site bloomed
a bush f May,
And the lairy said to herself, “Dear me, which,
shall I lake away. ’
Sue brjalh and at the scent of tho bush.she looked
at the snowy flower.
She thought they would both look sweet if
placed in n< r fairy b >w r.
She knew not what to take, and she waited so
long to decide.
That Time touche I the 1)1 ioms w Mi his scythe,
aud the May aud the Marguerite died,
Teutonic Wcsf/ci,
Once upou a time, as we have all been
informed by tradition, there was a noted
battle, a "fighting for the crown,” between
the Hon and the unicorn, and since then the
example of these creatui es has been imi
tated over and over sgain by human beings,
each of them emui us of proving the lion of
the fight. For to maukiud in general the
idea of ruling as king or emperor is wry
alluriug, and worth any amount of fighting
to obtain. So there wilt, as lo.ig as ary
form of monarchy exists, be claimants and
preter.dei s ready to stir up strife and bring
about wars for p •ssessiou of the
throne. And bolides tho warfare,
which brings so much sorrow into
mam quiet nomes, there are other quiet,
bloodless struggles of which little is written
out which are more important in shaping
history aud uniting nations than the biggest
battle ever won. In these, the weapons
used are diplomacy airvi intrigue, and all
sorts of pretty womanly wiles and graces,
and the prize in view is the throne typified
by the person of its heir apparent. Such a
contest, it rumor is to be accepted, is now
in progress for the scepter still so firmly
grasped by Victoria of England, and the
aspirants are Princess Margaret of
Prursia and Princess Victoria of Teck.
commonly known as the Princess May. The
first young la iy is one of Victoria's grand
daughters, and is, therefore, the prince’s
first cousin. She is the daughter of the Em
press Frederick, and is 21 years old, and
then her pretensions are favored by her
grandmother, whose obsttnate autocratic
will may be a strong factor in determining
the result. Margaret’s rival, although a
year older, is undeniably her superior in
physical attractions. She is Prince
Albert Victor’s second eousiu, and is said to
be the prettiest of unmarried European
princesses, and from all indications sbo is
the young gentleman’s favorite. When she
was visiting his sisters a year or two ago it
was supposed that the alliance was a settled
thing, but it seems that the queen honors
her with a part of the dislike sho has long
felt for her mother, fat, jolly, comfortable
Mary, sister to the l) ke of Cambridge
and graridaughter of George 111. It is
said Victoria once suspected this lady of
nursing a penchant for the Prince Consort,
so the green-eyed munsier will do it’s test
to prevent the Princess May from catching
the mantle of state os it falls from the royal
shoulders. The young lady, who seems
really sincerely attached to her good looking
cousin, does not seem Intimidated by the
rojal frown, and, like her rival, is equipping
herself for the fray, by the acquisition of
some smart gowns.
The first is one of the Prussian Prince**’
gowns, and is of hiscui colored Milan cloth,
and a very tas ef and trimming of cobalt ve
vet and ecru guipure. A fuil cravat of lace
fills in the space between tbe velvet revers.
For the Prince** Victoria there hat been
created a charming gown of Nagpore silk
in a reddish i eliotmpe shade, figured with a
design of a darker tint. The yoke and
skirt of the basqu • are of blaek lacs, and
the trimming aid velvet ribbon the color
of the silk.
Table decoration* are used much high sr
than they used to be. Jos: now one
more nosey*y* of daffodils than
anything else. Iniu. sa is in,red with them
sometimes. The canter < f tbe table is ■ ft* •
catered with folds of soft si a tue to or < f
U*e da&odii*. Only cm color is permuilds
at present, and the effect is ever so much
better. The Duchess of Portland intro
duced vegetables as ornaments, and it
might be worth trying wnen novelty is
particularly desired, but 1 cannot think
it a pretty idea, and the smell
of vegetables is hardly so desirable ns that
of flowers. Sometimes a miniature grotto
is erected of Virginian cork, and small pots
of ferns planted in the crevices. The whole
is then capped by a bowl containing gold
and silver fish, gleaming pretlllv among
the ferns, and perhaps a fountain. This
sort of decoration is only suitable at a large
dinner party. On a small table sirnpl.rity
and daintiness are ohiefly desired. The
queen does not admire flowers at all at such
a time, as she thinks the effect of the cooked
viands and the sweet-smelling blossoms in
congruous.
Gauntlet gloves are t. e most chic things
to wear just now with tailor-made dresses;
just two Duttons at the wrist, and below
i hot quite a narrow and elose-fltting gntint
l-’t of kid, tho effect of wbioh is indescriba
bly nea*.
MEDICAL.
m-jm
Mx Wftow
- U' FOR THE
©LANTA BEATRICE
| removes JVfolli nml Islver N|ot.i,
prevents Sunhnin itivl Tan, re
stores tho color ami youthful softness
to the skin, ami k<*op It perfoet in
any climate. Price mi*‘4*l, post-paid.
ROBERT (i. ECC LEB, M 8.,)
101 Bran Street.
Br.oon.LYH. .lan. 28, 1891.)
Lon ion Toilet Bazar Cos.:
tventlcmen— I The formula of Phintn Beatrice
ha\ nip been mbmittrd to me, 1 am freo to way
that it la on excellent and perfectly harmless one,
and bo free from anything of a poisonous nature
that such a combination might he swallowed
without injury. I can fee unreason why it should
not accomplish what you claim for it.
R. O. KCOI.ES.
FLESH-WORM PASTE “ BLESSED
PASTE” by Shirley Durr) refines unit
make* smooth a rough, porous skin,
entirely removes Flesli-Worms (niaek
Heads); a positive cure for Pimples and
Erupt ions. Frier 51.50, post-paid.
Gentlemen—You having submitted the formula
of Flesh Worm Paste and Pimple Remover tome,
[ can conscientiously recommend It ns being a
good combination, and containing only such reme
dies as will benefit, those requiring it.
Of the number of toilet articles that have come
before my notice, and that are intended for tho
wins uses as l’lanta Beatrice and Flesh-Worm
Paste, the submitted formulas show yours to he
Ihe only oue9 whose compose ions are quite
harmless. R- G. PCI LEb.
These are the most remarkable prep
arations of the ae. Every applica
tion will improve your complexion.
For sale by all Deolors in Toilet Ar
ticles. Manufactured solely by
LONDON TOILET BAZAR CO.,
an E. 17th ST.. NEW YORK, It. S. A.
For sale In Savannah by
L. C. BTRONG, cor. Bull and Perry streets.
SOLOMONS * CO , cor. Barnard and Congress
streets.
REID A' CO., cor. tones and Abereorn streets.
R. A. ROWLINBKI, cor. Broughton and Dray
tor streets.
LIPPMAN BROS., Wholesale Agents.
CARRIAGES. BCGGIS6, ETC.
•I'IIIS IS THE
"DE SOTO DRAG,”
The most popular and con
venient Vehicle
Introduced by
THE
SAVANNAH CARRIAGE k WAGON CO.
WHO HANDLE
Everything on Wheels.
FRUITS, VEGETABLE!*, ETC.
iiuin
The Fmast Fruit of the Season Now Being
Received Daily by
A.H.CHAMPION’S SON
1&2 Congress and 151) Ht Julian Streets
rpo COUNTY omens, hr ok* and plants
1 irquired by county officer* for tb* use of
to* oc/uria. or tor ' It.' • use. supplied 14 order >m
U. MOKIiiMO HEWS PklhTlNU HOUWC.I
Ws.loser SIMMt. tokim
DRY GOODS.
MORRISON, FOYE i CO’S
Weekly Thunderbolt.
II FOLLOWING GilS I SALE
THIS -WEEK:
fill Pay Every Shopper to Examine.
Silk Specialties.
20 inch Imported Surah Silks in Pink. Blue,
Cream. 'lan, Gray, Navy. Olive, Myrtle, Brown,
Old Rose an<l Heliotrope, at 29c., a bargain
elsewhere at 50c
Black Silk Grenadine, plain striped and
figured, former price SI 50, this week only 98c.
46 inch Black Silk Drapery Note, at, ~50. and
98c , reduced from $1 and $ CO.
.lust opened, a beautiful line of of 14,15,18
and 30-inch Flouncing in Black and Cream, with
marrow to match.
■ 40ineh Black Embroidered Mull Flouncing at
reduced prices.
White Embroidered Swiss Flouncing, 45
inches wide.at 49c. and 75c.. worth 75c. and sl.
30 pieces double widtu strip.-d Pcßeigeg, at
5c., worth double.
Side Band Suitings, beautiful spring styes,
only CWc., would bo cheap for 1 3U,c
42-inch Delaine Suitings lit Plaids, Stripes and
Polka Dots, reduced to 12Vijc . worth 25c.
40c. Dress Goods, reduced tins week to 25c.
Our entire stock fine Black and Colored Wool
Dress Goods, at reduced prices this week
50 pieces American sat ines,French Styles, this
week, only
2cases 8-4 Unbleached Sheeting, at lSJfc.,
price everywhere 20c.
A Full Line Boys’ Percale Shirt
Waists at 20c., 25c. and 35c.
MORRISON, FOYE & CO.
111 ■■■ in i .. . ms
clothing.
COLL AT BEOS.~
149 Broughton Street.
$19,000 STOCK OK
C l A )THING
Will he Solti at Less Than
Manufacturers’ Cost. All
Fresh Goods, Neat, Desir
able Styles.
This tremendous lot of goods were made specially t
order, but party not being in position to fulfill his contract,
we had the good fortune to buy them at our own figure,
and we will at once give the public the benefit of this
purchase.
BONANZAS
Such as we are enabled to offer now have never been heard
ol before. We cannot, for want of space,, enumerate tho
items, and therefore invite one and all to inspect these bar
gains at our store,
i
149 Broughton Street.
COLLAT BEOS.
FURNITURE. ETC.
|yr>>y aw. tk ucrjAßQ* g
'Hem {*, b<LaJ *
* '■?'". ' jLJ I mi*t bo* om. at Jf _ _ _ Lfc .
taC Iw uw i lot * s Art
4 s k. tAft"* w U P a "y l, * >ttt - jflvll iL\. j TijtsbU*!* ait <w*
, $7^ —~%rf| ** Hgdwooct
Wo. i llavt.'ftttWtooiiDftiurfMi
II 'wi/J IpSIM ¥
•I; i| 1 [Li / /'A ! f TVyUviyurlaandke*
"f : E?ifii l l l VLEOWARpStSTIM'
T Jttostr*.-
For sale by
M. BOLEY & SON,
An Extraordinary Skirt Sale
Men a F.lngant White Shirt., Unlaundered, Riw
infnrced Linen Bosom. really worth 50c , price
thi week, only 35. or 5 for |l.
ANOTHER BIG SHIRT BARGAIN.
200 do*. Qenta’ Plaited Bosom Unlaundere<l
Shirts, made of Utica Nonpareil Muslin, fine
Linen Bosom. Reinforced and lined, worth
every cent of $1 each, this week only 49c.
i tents' Balbriggan Under vet.. French Neck,
well worth 50c , this week only 29c.
100 do*. Gents' regular made Balbriggan H*lf
H'W ■, regular 25e. quality, tills week only 15c.
10) do*, I’bildren's Jersey Ribbed Undervests
Low Sousrs Neck, no Sleeves, only 7., good
value foB 15c.
250 do*. I Julies' Jersey Ribbed t'nderveste.
Low Neck, no Sleeves, at 9a, sold elsewhere a*
20c.
Ladle.' Heavy Black Mitts, at 19c.. worth 850.
Children's Fast Black Ribtied Hose, Size 8 to
9 Vi, only 15c.. worth 2ic.
41 do*. Ladies' Fast black Hosiery, Hermadorf
Dye, only 19c , worth Sc.
50 do*. Ladies' Blouse Waists, In Flanneland
Parcale, at 19c , worth 75c.
10,000 yards Linen Tochon Lace. 2 to 4 men as
wide, at B'4c., worth from 10c. to 15c.
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