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FADS AND FOLLIES.
A FEW FASHION N oTES THAT MAY
JNTKRZST THE WOMEN.
Fall Costumes That Are Attracting At
tention-Something Now in Hats and
Shoes— A Few Short Stories That
Have the Merit of Originality—Other
Matters That Are Worth a Passing
Notice.
A guilty conscience, fays a writer in the
>' t .w York Tribune, often ascribes unpleas
ant motives to the most innocent occur
rences. In a certain fashionable hotel the
wooden partitions are of the IhinDest, and
any conversation is apt to be distinctly
audible in the next room. Just at the close
of the season, Mrs. S , who had been
stopping there for a month or so, received a
telegram from her dearest friend, saying
that she proposed to stay a few days at the
hotel under that- lady’s chaperon ago; and
close upon the message she arrived herself,
to the annoyance of Mrs. S , who for
certain reasons of her own hardly cared for
the dearest friend’s companiousbip just
8 t that time; consequently, that
evening in the supposed privacy
of her own apartment she dis
cussed her self-invited charge with her hus
band with great freedom. “How quite too
ridiculous of that old thing to place herself
under my care, with such an affectation of
girlishness! lam at least six years her
junior, and I think she has grown more kit
tenish than ever. If there is anything ab
surd it is to see an old maid like that affect
ing juvenuity. Did you seo her with Mr.
this evening 1” and thereupon the lively
Mrs. 8. gave a oiever bit cf mimicry which
was received with a loud guffaw from her
busba: and, and a “By Jove, Fanny, how
you women do run each other down, but I
must say you hit it off to the life. ” Iletri bu
tton, however, came the next morning;
their fair charge did not appear at
breakfast and they received simply
a message from the hotel clerk that
Miss M. had taken the early train for New
York. “Good gracious, Harry, I never
thought of those wretchedly thin walls!”
exclaimed the suddenly repentant and thor
oughly frightened- Mrs, S. “She must have
heard every word I said. She will never
forgive me, and you will see she will man
age to pay me off in some horrid way;” and
thereupon followed a week of actual re
morse, the first the piquant lady had ever
experienced for any of her misohievous re
marks. A fortnight later and the S.’s were
bark in town, and the very first person they
saw at Delmonioo’s, where they were dining
pending the household organization, was
Miss M., sitting at the next table. Fearful
of a out direct they pretended not to see her.
but the relief was immense when she rushed
over to them with her usual manner. “You
dear creatures,” she exclaimed, "wh-itever
must you have thought of me, leaving in
such a way ? But I bad the most fearful
neuralgia all night, and left in the first
train to see my dentist. I told the oierk to
tall you and intended writing, but put it
off, don’t you know, and now I can tell you
myself. lam too lucky to see you to-nigbt,
for papa is making up a party to drive to
Lenox in his coach, and you must positively
come with us,” she continued, heaping coals
of fire on the head of her penitent friend,'
who, with a rather sheepish look at her
husband, accepted the tempting invitation.
Such pretty hats as are being worn this
fall! They are nearly all very small, says the
.Now Y'ork World, and are so neat andcom
tact that one quite falls in love with them.
It is a treat to stand in front of t e milli
ner's window and look upon the different
shapes, and, so pretty do they all seem, that
the question of deciding which to chose is
most perplexing.
There are seasons whan one exclaims:
“How ugly!” when one first sees t e shop
windows and is brought to realize that the
1 fashions there displayed are the oues whioh
are to be worn the coming season. But
this year one exclaims: "How pretty, how
lovely! How graceful I” And one straight
way falls to wondering which of the be
wiideringiy pretty varieties are to be chosen
for one’s own individual wear.
The little sailor hat continues to be in our
midst. It bos reappeared for the season in
felt. It is exactly the same shape as the
1 summer sailor, and is reproduced in felt of
■all colors,
A sailor hat is a sailor hat stillr-no mat
ter what its style may be. The crown may
he higher or it may be lower thau that of
the sailor hat which is displayed next toil.
’Or the brim may be broad, or it may be a
mere rim. But it is a sailor stilt and is
bound to hold its own.
The most fashionable sailor shape for
Eutumu is rather high in the crown and
narrow in the brim. It comes in so many
cslors that you can get one exaetiy the
same shade as your dress, and oau thus at
small expense have a very pretty hat to
match your fall suit.
A bad reputation, says Clara Belle in a
,ww York letter in the Republic, la a very
Itood tbingr to hare cn occasions. This was
the case the other day when a tall, dis
<‘CKUMhed-lor.klng man in company with a
beautiful otnan bailed a passing ear on
Sixth avenue end annoyed the driver by
being slow in getting on.
"Say, X can’t atatid here all day,” the
driver called out. “Gat on the oar if you
aregoiu’ to ride.”
On one seat of the oar, which was an open
one, sat a young man with two ahowily
dressed but baud.omo young girls. The tail
'nan ad his lovely companion took the seat
immediately behind this trio. The insulting
remark of the driver caused the tall man to
glance up quiokly. acd then he called the
cane actor.
"Give me the number of this car. please.”
he said quietly. “I think wo will have that
driver of vours laid oif for a few days.”
Having put down the car number in a
memorandum book be began talking quietly
to his companion. The two girls in the
seat ahead of them began to exhibit their
disapproval of the man’s au'ocratic be
)*ftm T roimiciing him and ridiculing
conductor, conductor,” they chat
tered, ‘ give me the number of this car. I
guess we’ll have t. at driver laid off for a
•ew days. I’m a director of this road, I
om. the number of the car, please. That
driver will lose his place. I guess. I’m a
lln * Q of influence, conductor. Ho was very
rude. O, my, yes. Didu’c yon bear him !
•tost insulting. The number of the car,
' th? 8- j uß{ have that man laid off.”
Ibis sort of thing was kept up for blocks,
era was distinctly audible to the man be
hind, but he did not take the slightest
no.ice of it and went on talking to bis com-
Pj-mon, The young man with tho two
nattering girls see i;ed highly amused at
j sarcasm, laughing heartily at it and
‘identlv lelishing tho.rebuke they were
'lannistaring to the bloated aristocrat be-
Presently he looked round, with a
ojaii gri , on his face. He bad not before
r| tt; 6 object of tho girls’ ridicule, and
neu he had done so the grin left his face
lie a flash. Grasping tb girl next to him
he muttered:
'-Ijl Let tin. That’* <,ne of tho greatest
s..eeand all-round ports n Now York.
’ * l9 k’-'hMi a man in a hand-to-hand
V_ bin years ago on Broadway."
j ’ f,< ‘ f“ee* of the girl* changed expression
,7r* K *dy. \ look of awe overspread them,
a bisy perfuetjv silent. Aftvr a
ii.ur 00# 0 { them ebb pored:
sere wrung, ah, Bessie?”
_ ’ replied IJc sie. “I thought of
s rs-h„ i Ttt i,adudv.'’
-ariy ell the new French autumn
, 1 * avs the Hew York f><•**, are orna-
lound the edge of tbe piatu “urn
,, shaiad skirt*, with a lure-‘.n-.i
~J "of velvet of shim darker or oon
f * :,, l shade A pu*u of ii isslsu ted
; ■-'* Lad a trimming like this on the plain
. ,rt - '’’•e full i-e*- *, being fro u ►Lujlder
, *• ‘ t velvet to nusMb, wtdie the cuffs
1 pointesd y has of the bodice were ot
crimson cloth, covered with thick bise
lace, while a flounce of the same edged
the pointed yoke all round aud fell over
the shoulders ala berthe. A broad rod
velvet band came from under the arms, and,
crossing in front, was held by a big gold
buckle, a like one confining tbe crossed ends
in the middle of the back, where they fell
like a sash to tbe edge of the skirt frill.
With this costume was a large hat. with a
soft crown of black velvet and a halo trim
of bise lace overdeep red silk. At the back
was a panache of black and crimson feath
ers, and with broad black velvet strings tied
under the chin completed a particularly chic
and tasteful toiiette.
How wicked i3 deception in toilet affairs.
Was this girl a silly tools Her sweaibeart
had proposed, says Clara Belle in the
Enquirer , and he had been accepted. Her
curly head had rested for one heavenly
minute upon bis shoulder. She had said
she loved him with all her heart, and would
he get her a big diamond for engagement?
And he, having suddenly decided to have
his collar-button reset, said “yes,” and
wondered how long ho could stand being
happy at high-pressure rates. She sud
denly started and began to weep.
“What is it, darling!” he pleaded.
“O, 1 have deceived you,” she moaned.
“I—l can't tell you. I—”
He was glad just for one brief moment in
the mnist of his agony that the collar button
wasn't touched yet. Then he demanded
bravely: “Whatdo you mean! You suid you
never loved before.”
“O, it isn’t that—but—”
“What—tell me.”
"O, I can not; you won’t love me any
more. ”
He explained that he would love her long
after eternity had got all through.
“O, dear, l can’t.”
He petted her, and coaxed her, and finally
in a burst of tears she sobbed;
“My oh, Harry, my, my hair
d-d-d-doesu’t cu-cu-curl naturally—oh, oh.”
A fine-looking old gentleman walked
down the aisle of the Star theater the other
evening, says the New York Times. There
was nothing iu bis appearance to indicate
that his had been a pastoral existence. In
fact, he lookod very much otherwise, and
might well have heen set down as a well-to
do retired business man. The usher led
him to the row in the orchestra, in which
his seat was. “Third seat from the otuer
end,” said the usher, handing the old gen
tleman his check. The scat was turned
back, as theater seats always are when no:
in use. The old gentleman crawled
over the feet of the people
sitting between him and his
seat. Then he sat down, not on his seat,
but on its upturned edge, lie did not look
comfortable on his narrow perch. He was
a large man, aud, sitting as he was, he
loomed up a full foot above those around
him. People began to snicker. They
thought it was funny. Juft then the cur
tain went up. A young woman was sitting
right behind the fine-looking old gentleman.
She might as well have sat behind a b ard
fence, so far as seeing the play went.
.She was equal to the emergency, however.
Leaning forward, she touched tbe
old gentleman on the shoulder. “Ex
cuse me,” she said sweetly, “would you
please rise for a moment.” The old gentle
man did so with a gracious smile. The lady
reached over and shoved his seat down iato
its proper position. “Thank you,” she
faintly murmured. The old gentlemas said
nothing, but the tittering around him
brought the blood to his face. He seemed to
wish that the floor would open and bury
him from sight. It did not, so be sat down
and attempted to lose himself in a study of
his programme.
For evening wear long sleevea prevail, of
the balloon order, gathered into a deep lace
transparent cuff that sits as close as the
sleeve, or to one of tulle, or gauze, or orepe,
very fully puffed to a tight lin ng. with a
row of ribbon velvet beads or braid divid
ing tbo three puffs o e from another, says
the New York Recorder. Silk and brocade
gowns have the cuffs either braided, em
broidered or covered with passementerie.
Sometimes they button tight outside the
arm. At others they are very beautifully
lined and turn back in a deep fold above
the hand. A bizarre fancy Is to have the
lower edge of the cuff reach to the knuckles,
to shape it like a mitten and put through
it a bole for the thumb. Its only followers,
though, are likely to be the women who
must be notorious at any hazard.
Worth has a sleeve idea worthy of him
self. It is of dove-gray Bengaline
silk, outlined with silver braid and a nar
row tinsel embroidery. It fastens diago
nally at the back, from the left shoulder
down to a little below the waist. Under
dress, long sleeves and neckband in grass
hopper-green velvet. Large jeweled hooks
quaintly atCaoh the sleeves to the seamless
bodice, both at the front and back. Epaulet
puffings aud bib knotted at the back in
China crepe.
The ruffled cape costume is also a Worth
design and one of bis very latest.
The cape is ia navy blue vicuna, striped
with gold and bordo.wd with velvet. Gold
paesemeuterie deooraies each side of the
fronts. A white laoe ruffle enriches the
throat and forms a Helm aud plastron with
its long ends. Capote glittering with gold
gimp and embroidery; black ostrich faath
ears and blue aigrette. The feathers form
a ruche round the edge of the capote.
Capes of all 6orte maintain their hold
upon the feminine heart. A novel oue seen
the ether dav was of the riohest black
brocade, with jet ornaments. Its somber
elegance made startling by a bnlf-handker
ohief of the finest scarlet broadcloth, plaited
to form a hood in the back and a graduated
cascade dowu each side of tho front.
In fact, fancy is the only limit .to
the construction of your cape, pro
vided always that it < e suited to your age,
y. ur gown and the minute of wea.iug. For
while the red-h aided cape would look well
as a carriage or opera wrap, nothing could
I be in worse taste for the street —where,
j indeed, a neat, close-fitting jacket, not too
smart, though as fine os your purse admits,
is much better form than a cape of any
sort.
Redingotes are to be very much to the
fore this winter. They cover the wearer
from neck to foot have collar and lapels
like a man's great coat, are shaped to the
figure in the back, but fall straight iu frout
from the one or two buttons fastened at
top, thus allowing glimpses of the smart
waistcoat and handsome shirts worn
under ihpm. Such a garment in dark
green with edging lines of narrow black
gold braid, worn over a skirt and waistcoat
of tartan, makes a wonderfu ly stylish cos
tume. So, too, does a taa redingote over a
skirt of orange ad tail tweed. Some very
fetching garments are made in fine smooth
pale-colored cloth, edged all around with
self-colored embroidery and worn over silk
skirts of exactly their own hue.
Will you permit me, says Clara Belle in
the Enquirer, to touch bhtbesome'.y on the
subject of murder! We have had murder
us a fine art, murder os the last resort of
patriots, murder made safe under the plea
of insanity and now we have the startling
novelty of rnurdor without committing
crime. I don’t refer to murder as it is o m
initted fu Hawthorne’s “Marble Faun,’’ by
a look which i m[*els the assassin to commit
the crime; or as in “Darnel Deronda” by
act of omission in not throwing a ropo to a
drowning man; hut to murder committed
uuuer tr.e very guise and garb of affection.
Tne case is an Knglish one, and although
the murderous intent existed beyond a
shadow of u doubt, yet there is absolutely
nothing for the law to bate a charge upon.
It is all suspicion, but suspicion so stro g a*
to merit the name of (Wttißty. Sere ‘al
ytar. a*o Lord It. married a lady i>t uobi*
liitMgt, bat ha icon tired * f her. and it wan
a notorious fact that- b wa* detparateljr ***d
madly in lor* with a much youugara 4fr
handaviner wot Din, Now began a ttandUtoly
cold*bioodii aettema to )(rt rid of hit wife,
lie aoc 'urafad her to driuk daap and to
uia* mot phiue. Ha touftit wild and ticlmi
horva (or bor to drtva acd ri'Ut, calmly
vaunuun her h *raei*i*nh*p in or lar to prvd
Ur ou t * Ucoum a m >ra aod a*
rldar. Ifa to the He tab ** aat durui*
pai t of ti.a HiiaiAcr, waara ha turn tad bar to
prao<ica cauouuf aiohg a partial** 1/ <*• j
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25.1891-TWELVE PAGES.
gerous rocky shore. He taught her to use
rifle aud pistol, and took care that there was
always a pair of hair-trigger pistols in one of
the drawers of her dressing-case when she
was about to enter upon a morphine de
bauch. At l ist the murder was complete, for
one day last month she blew her brains
out while half crazed by what, think you?
Morphine? O, no. The lack of it! This
keen and calculating monster had led ner
througu a night of revelry and then taken
all her morphine away, aud locked her in
the room!
Shade of Eugene Aram, could there baa
more dainty fiend —a more calculating de
mon—with human face and figure? But so
shadowy, so purely mental is this murder
that the law can not lay bands upon tne
criminal. He goes soot free, although there
is not a doubt in the world that he contrived,
aided and abetted the downfall aud awful
taking off of this wretched woman. But
hadn’t ho a right to keep morphine out of
liis wife’s waj , and to lock her in her room
while recovering from a debauch ? O, yes;
but he knew to a certainly that the blue
devils would seize the poor woman, and
that there were i inety-nine chances out of
a hundred that she would. In her terrible
craving for the soothing drug, lose her
mind aud take her life. Tnis dainty crimi
nal should write a book, to be tiouud in
blue and gold, bearing the title: “Helps
to Suicide; or, Murder Without Crime.”
Prevalent latitude in table service affords
the modern hostess a broad field for the ex
ercise of individuality—originality. Every
detail may now be made no less suggestive
than inviting. We recall a dinner party,
says a writer in the New York Recorder,
that was redeemed from threatened hope
less stupidity by the doilies that came on at
the test course of an exasperatingly long
menu. The company was one of those non
descript gatherings where an injudicious
hostess tries to pay off old debts by getting
a lot of people at table who haven’t a
thought of interest, iu common. Conversa
tion dragged, and the whole affair was in
sufferably stupid until the coming of those
dainty doilies. They were white, the finest
ot linen, and in one corner in dainty silk
was embroidered a vehicle.
A lugubrious guest, who had eaten sul
lenly, smiled when he caught sight of the
jaunting car ou his doily. It reminded
him of his trip through Ireland, and wo
discovered that he was au immaculate
raconteur. Another told a tale of Japan,
suggested by the “Yoro” on his doily, and
before the company rose from the table
those innocent decorations had redeemed
the dinner. In these stimulated vehicles, as
it were, we rode into each others' inner con
ciousness and discovered that we had much
in common. The conversation of the most
brilliant breakfast w e attended in Paris was
inspired by the markings on a sot of after
coffee spoons.
As it is the "little foxes” that “gnaw the
vines,” making great havoc, so it is the lit
tle points which indicate high breeding,
says the New York Times. One of tnese
small indices of wide-reaching significance
is an ability, intuitive or acquired, to pro
nounce persons’ names correctly. It needs
only the attentive listening at the moment
of introduction, or, if that opportunity Is
not successful, it is easy to inquire of a
third party or frankly appeal tot e person
himself and be rigtitad once for all. To
persist in miscalling one conveys to the
mind of that person one of two things—
either that you are too careless to take the
trouble to get the name right or that the
individual who bears it is not of sufficient
consequence for you to do so.
Either opinion lays you open to the im
putation of imperfect breeding, which it is
foolish to so needlessly invite.
Many persons address a married woman
by her maiden same long after auy excuse
for the blander, if such ever existed, has
pass.-d. and similarly add.eis a twice-mar
ried woman by her widowed title, a fault
that may be still more seriouß and embar
rassing under some circumstances.
The same people, or the same sort of peo
ple, insist ou oonfounding names of nearly
similar sound or spelling. It is ve y an
noying to Mrs. Smith to be called Mr-.
Smythe, and vice versa, and Mrs. John dis
likes heartily to be addressed as Mrs. Johns.
Frequently to the initiated the difference
in a letter of a name signifies much, in
which case to put the letter whore it does
not belong raises the act from a blunder to
an offense.
To illustrate, in Ireland the name of Gal
lagher, so spelled, indicates tho family to be
of Roman Catholic faith, whereas when the
second "g” is dropped the Gallabers become
Protestant. This distinction in the mother
country his invested eash name with a
marked individuality—they are not the
same, and the persons bearing them are
tenacious of tho oue to which they have a
right.
Still another case where miscalling a per
son is provoking is that of one who has, for
good and sufficient reasons, whioh the legis
lature of his sta’ e has recognized, changed
his name. To oontinue to call him by his
f armer name will probably soon get you
out of bis good graces, and deservedly so.
Only she with the aristocratic, arched
instep and the foot poetical may attempt
the newest and most intoxicating of all
foot coverings—the old Euglishshoa. This
shoe is fitted on to the foot apparently by
some strange magic that does away with
all fastenings, for so cleverly is the matter
of fastening accomplished beneath the
furry border which extends around the
curving top smd down either Bide the Bhoe
nearly to the sole that it is impossible to
discover any suggestion of buttons or
laces. The top of the shoe is curved down
ward on either side toward this band of fur
which forms the peculiar deco:ation. Tho
shoe is ot the finest, softest French kid and
beautifully fitted over the instep. Leather
b>ots are made also with the patent leather
vamps and with leather vamps with per
forated tips, but the boot correct and unim
peachable" for general wear is the cloth-top
patent-leather affair with its binding of fur
about the ankle.
Three nice women, says the New York
S ‘n, were discussing colors. Said one:
‘‘My bus and has au idea that dressing this
winter is going to be very inexpensive, be
cause I have told him that to te absolutely
chic everybody must wear black. Being
fair, I can wear all those delightful camel’s
hair c.isutneres and cloths that cling so de
lightfully, aad as I can’t have color and be
in good form I am going to have a black
ve vet cloak.”
‘‘A black velvet cloak!” said a small per
son, with hair as black as tho ace of spades
and a cheek like a peach—‘‘e black velvet
cloak! Why. I remember, when 1 was a bit
of a girl, that ray grandmother's black vel
vet cloak was cut up to make me a jacket,
and the rest of tbepiecea e it to invite hats
for the several members of the family!”
“Well,’’ draw.ed out a blonde young
woman w ho had a slightly cyhioal look, * ‘if
I were old enough I should probably be
able to say that I remembered when Henri
Deux and all his court wore them. But
unfortunately mv memory does not
go back so far. Nevertheless they did wear
them, and wore them with a much greater
air of dis'inction than does the
fashionable girl to-day. To really wear a
cloak well, and by a cloak I mean a cape
coming below tbo knees, one should learn
first < f all to make one’s self reposeful,
wtiich means, to her who understands, the
being wry calm and walking straight, but
not stiffly, then you walk as you should aud
tue cloak (ads in natural, grac fui folds and
y<uaie given* demure look that ought
fco cnarm by ita coquetry.”
“but, ’ said the ttr-.t of the three, “I
wa tod to talk about colors, not cloaks.
Now, how will i due. who has dark hair,
ever wear black f
“O," aw-werod the second, “she must
wear the l lacks that ault her. when she
ctouuset a wo-d. It must have a silky ap
pearance, like Henrietta cloth; It’s wee
Wou4*s tual can wear the rough cheviots,
camel's hair cloths, serges and era;* doth*,
Wit ti.en Olhe <an wear sauu, which VVoi tb
ia bringing m. or tb* ca i throw a dash of
uf ytii jw • u her hln"* and look like
ja c pan ah girl, iso l It queer bow colors
slfwcl uuef It sounds esaggeratad, but I
I gite you wy word of honor that l has#
| w-.u made as gloony as passible, add liars
thought over all my woes and worries, aud
maguified them all, simply because I
had on a frock of the peculiar
green color that suggests the falling
of autumn leaves and the going to grave
yards. Black is, I think, inclined to soften
and quiet without making one gloomy. One
could carry on all sorta of pranks in pink,
or yellow or mauve, but when it comes to
doinc anything but looking angello in heav
enly blue you will find it’s an impossibility.
You can put lime, de Pompadour iu a
boudoir furnished iu pale grays aud rose
color and let her lose her temper there—she
will only look pretty, and her indignation
will be amusing; but change that shade of
gray to steel, deepeu that rose color until it
is almost red and you will find that her
pretty indignation has l eoome a violent
temper. That's tbe color effect.
“Now, do you like to see a man have pale
pinks and blues and lavenders among bis
belongings? Or think of him as sleeping in
a pale blue and white striped nightgown,
with his monogram on his pocket! Cer
tainly you don’t. You want his traps to
look manly. Consequently you want to
have them In tone and rich of
quality. You want a white cravat, if it is
possible, and I think a white robe ue nuil ,
but just fancy the house being on fire and a
frivolous young creature in a blue and
white nightgown attempting to rescue you
from the flames. Why, you would refuse
to be rescued by such a ladylike gentleman,
and you would cling with all your ruig t
and main to a fireman in red and black with
a certainty that he would look afior you.
My dear, do you know what I believe about
people like that? When the Lord made
them, instead of just mixiug earth and
water to form them, he used earth and ex
tract of violets.”
“How is it," said the dark-haired girl,
“that whenever we start out to discuss any
thing we always end up by talking about
the men, and what they'd like, and what we
ought to do for them?”
There wa3 a perfect silence for a moment.
Then the woman who had talked the loast
repllei by a .other question, “What would
they do without us? And what would we
do without them?”
And nobody answered those questions.
To turn from costumes for out-of-door to
those of in-door wear a pretty aud youthful
gown is made of rough striped cheviot.
The stripes are in gray, whi e and black.
The gown lias suspender-like bretelles on
the front of a slightly pointed bodice of
gray peau do sole. Side fronts of the wool
extend bias upon the under front of silk,
which closes invisibly on the left side. The
back consists of but two forms of the
wool cut bias, with stripes meeting in
V’s, and the ends shaped in two loaf-like
tabs below the waist line. A puff of the
gray silk is at the top of the sleeves in front
—not iu tho bock—and the woolen sleeves
are turned back In slight revers below the
puff and also as cuffs. A bias seam is down
the front of the skirt; the back is more fully
pleated tban most models, aud it is buttoned
to the bodioe in a novel way. Eight buttons
ot shaded gray pearl are set in a row near
the end of the front of the bodies; the part
of the bodice below is then passed over the
foundation skirt and under the cheviot
skirt, and buttonholes to meet the buttons
are wrought in the cheviot skirt. In tne
back the entire skirt passes under tho leaf
shaped tabs of the bodice, in each of which
is a button hole for receiving two larger
pearl buttons thau are set on the skirt.
This dress is made without extra length at
the back, aud should escape the pave
ment all around.
New round cloaks for autumn are of great
size, enveloping the wearer completely, and
covering the demi-train of her gown, says
Harper's Hazar. The beautiful model
illustrated is of light Havana brown cloth,
cut out at the neck m front and back aud
filled ia with cream colored crepe de
Chine. The shoulders are gathered
to form slight frills of no great
bight, and there are quaint little goussets
in front fictitiously supported by bretelles
of trimming. The paaseme iterie forms a
sort of false hood with collar-baud and long,
slender pendants; it is made of beads of va
rious tones aud is full of color,
lhree narrow tucts are around tiie foot of
the cloak. It is lined throughout with
cream-colored silk. The hat illustrated is
from the Maisou Virot. Tbe cloak is a
Worth.
Sealskin is now so expensive that it has
increased the price and created a demand
for the furs of humbler animals. Mink will
be most popular this winter. It is seen in
charming little boas and collars, ornamented
with heads and claws of the a imals. Glut
ton is another fur that will be extensively
used for dress trimming. It is long-haired
and durable, but lacks tbe fine texture and
rich shading of the better grades ct mink.
The beautiful sable fur is always desirable,
bat its high price renders it beyond the
reach of most purses.
She was bright a,nd pretty, aud she
dropped into a lawyer’s office the other day
aud asked for work.
“Wbatoan you do?"
“Anything a woman of ability oan do,
and more taan most men.”
“Great opinion of yourself, young
woman,” said an elderly lawyer present.
“Ferbape you think you could serve this
summons.”
“I might,” said she. “May I look at it?
Yes, I will.”
“If you dp that you’ll do something we've
all been trying to do for a week. He’s a
slippery fellow, and his people are all posted.
However, yon may try it. You can afford
to lose a littio conceit," and tbe lawyer
smiled grimly.
At 10 o'clock the next mornlog the office
door was openod and the bright youug
woman walked in again.
"Thought you’d give it up, eh? Found
him too slippery for you? Tnoughtso.”
“The paper is served,” said she. It was
her turn to smile now, and sue did ft. The
lawyer swung around in his chair.
‘ ‘Served the . How’d you do it?”
“O, it was simple enough. I called at his
place of business, locked around, priced
some material and the-i asked if he was in.
“ ‘No,’ said the salesmen, ‘but I can do as
well.’
“‘I think not,’ i said quietly. ‘He has
always served me before aud he understands
just what I want.’
“ ‘O, in that case you might call at his
house. He will be in to dinner.’
“I did call at bis house, dressed in my
best, card esse in hau l. I sent in my cat and
and he appeared promptly.
“ ‘Mr. ?’ said I, rising.
“‘Yes. You wished to see me on busi
ness ?’
“ ‘I hear you are interested in property
in street?’
“ ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Well, I have a paper which will inter
est you ooncerning it,’ < ffering him tho
summons, which be to k with a smile. He
1- okedat it aud flushed crimson. So did 1.
Nothing was said. He controlled his
temper and accompanied me to tbe door.”
“Another field opeu to women,” was the
lawyer’s only comment.
Walter Bridges, Athens. Terra., writes:
“For six years I had been afflicted with
running sores and an enlargement of the
bone in my leg. I tried everything I heard
of without any permanent benefit u .til
Botanic Blood Balm was recommended to
me. After using six bottle* tr.e sores healed,
and I am now in better health than ] have
ever been. I send this testimonial unsolic
ited, because I want others to be benefited.
-Ad.
Kohler, tbe lively olotbier, will soli 08
suits worth 15 00 and lfl 00 for sl2 00, to
day only. 158 Broughton street—Ad.
Fiat ores In great variety ana ail prior*.
U T. Taylor, 135 York street—Ad.
Kohler, tbe lively elotbier, will sell oae
hundred overcoats at 110, worth |U and
IIS, to-day only. IV) Brougbtou street.
—Ad.
Abbott's Keet Ind ter. brs Pelst cures gU
cores. ounioee and wart* -Ad
THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
Some Suggestions That May Be of
Value to Parents.
796 Lafayatte Avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y'.. Oct. 21.—“ An Anxious Father”
writes as follows: "I am very sure that a
great, great good, both for pareuts and
children, would follow if every one was
well educated in so important a subject.
I send you the following questions: First,
what is the best way to train children;
seoond, what is tho best age to send them to
school; third, what kind of fault must be
punished the most and what forgiven;
fourth, when other means fail, are parents
obliged by duty to use corporal punishment;
fltth, is it gix>d to cause tbe child to lie
ashamed of such conduct and punish him
alone or in the presence of others; sixth, is
it better to punish at once or wait till the
child bag had time to reflect upon his oon
duct; seventh, what is the best thing to tell
a child before and after the correction;
eighth, is it better to let the child kuow that
his parents are very sorry to punish him;
ninth, is refusing to let the child eat or giv
ing him merely bread and water a good
way to punish him, etc.”
The writer is perfectly correct in his
statement that great good would result if
men and women were taught how to train
children; in other words,if men and women
were educated for paroi tage as it is sup
posed that they should bo for every other
responsibility in life. No man or woman
enters upon any business nr professional
career without some sort of preparation,
and some idea of whether they are com
petent to undertake it. The man wbobujs
a farm or a saw-mill assumes to know some
thing of bow afnrm aud a raw-mill should
be cat ried on In order to prove a successful
investment. Tho woman who Sets up a
millinery or dressmaking establishment has
some knowledge of how hate aud drosses
should lie made or she would not expect
that her enterprise would prosper.
But whilo all men and women look for
ward naturally to marriage and the sub
sequent founding of a fumily, not one in
ten thousand ever considers that some
preparation is necessary before assuming
this most solemn of all responsibilities. It
is not strange, therefore that so many flud
themselves, sooner or later, in tbe position
of this anxious father, and pareuts as woll
as ohildren will continue to suffer until
more enlightened systems of education
make provision for this most important
matter.
The training of children cannot be made
a matter of rule aud Hue. I’uis can bo stuck
on a paper by machinery and be kept as
orderly and useful articles. But eaoti child
is au individual soul, differing from all
other individuals. The training of all chil
dren must be largely a matter of judgment
based upon a knowledge of tbe individual
temperament. It is necessary, first of all,
to understand the child. Failing in this,
almost all training will be a failure, The
bast age at which he can be sent to school
must depend upon circumstances, and can
be best determined by the child’s parents.
Of course a precocious aud a backward
child would be differently dealt
with in this regard. It is safe to say, how
ever, that no child should be sent to school
at any ago or at any degree of development
who is not iu a sound physical condition.
To tell a lie, to steal from a playmate, to
torture an animul is a far greater offense
than the breaking of a piece of china, how
ever valuable, yet parents sometimes visit
the heaviest penalty on the latter—an acci
dent to which any one is liable—while they
ignore the former faults. It is the greatest
element of moral character whioh should
be tho first caro of tho parent. Individuals
as well as nations are in different
stages of evolution. Some nati ns are con
trolled to-day only by brute force; in oth
ers brains aud the ballot preserve law and
peace. Corporal punishment for the child
in us much to he deplored us war lor the na
tion, but it is s unetimes just as nece vary,
and is sometimes efficacious when nothing
ielso could be. Here again is a matter for
good sense and judgment. Where a"y
doubt is felt it is well to give tiie child the
benefit of it, for tbe rod is but a physical
means of discipline, far inferior to moral
conviction and persuasion. Fuuisbmont
should always be felt as a dis
grace, but as the feelings of no
cbild should be outraged, no matter liotv
disobedient or rebellious he may be, there
should never be any unnecessary public ox
hibitiou of it It is always easier to m ike
a mistake than to undo oue, and the parent
w ho punishes a child on impulse or in anger
may run tho risk of making a most serious
one. It is well for both child and parent to
have plenty of time for reflection. He
should always know that his fault aid its
necessary correction is a distress to his
parents, and trust the punishment seems to
them necessary for his good. Many
children are allowed to believe that it
is a sort of revenge taken upon them by
those stronger than themselves. To
give a child bread apd water by wav of
punishment may boa good plan to fellow
with one who aan be made to suffer by de
priving him of articles of whi’h he is very
fond, but there are many children, strong
aud Lealthy ones, who, provided ibey bad
all tbe bread they wauled, would not mind
tbe deprivation. A child should never be
made to go without some food. That is a
physical consideration. Nor should any
form of punishment be administered which
will unfavorably affect a Child's health.
Everything that a parent can rend in the
line of kiudergarten literature will be a
real help In this matter of family discipline.
And to all anxious parents are heartily
commended all books written by tbe greet
Froebel or any of his enthusiastic followers.
A gentleman from Augusta expresses his
very fervant thanks for the help that bas
been given his wife in the matter of sensi
ble dress.
“I do not see but that her tea gowns and
her tailor-made gowns fit just as nicely acd
hang just as gracefully a wbon she was
obliged to employ both the cook and the
maid to pull her corsets together. I notice
that the hectic flush which formerly wor
ried me half to death bas disappeared and
that her stomaon now moves when she
brevtbes. Her breath of life was once only
a little frequent puff in the throat."
It is to be hoped that the author of the
aboro was dra wing upon his imagination
in t e matter of ihe cook and the maid,
though I have personally seen just such
things.
“Justitia” asks to know how a woman
can b a member of a church and active in
its religious exercises, and the editor of a
periodical that recommends tight lacing.
As well ask me how one person is made
black and another white. Certainly if a
woman has sufficient intellige .oe to edit a
paper she should know enough of the laws
of her ?>eiDg to understand tbe effect of
cramped lungs and compressed ribs. She is
either ignorant or criminal. “Justitia” can
ta-e her choice. Eleanor Kirk.
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T"l XT mTI H I wm on Monda y’ oct.
I* V I IJ A I 25 Pair Finest and Largest Califginie
A In H I Wool Blankets worth $lB at the ridicu-
U ll 1 11 11 ■ lous Low Price sll.
ECKSTEIN’S
$2 Fine Jersey Waists $1 25.
$3 Best Jersey Waists $2 00.
$lO FINE LADIES’ CLOAKS $5 00.
S2O STYLISH GARMENTS $lO 00.
$2 COMFORTABLES NOW $1 25.
$7 FINE BLANKETS AT $3 90.
$4 WOOL BLANKETS AT $2 50.
THE BEST KiD CLOVES $1 00.
THE BEST DRESS GOODS $1 00.
THE BEST DRESS SILKS $1 00.
CAPES
AT ECKSTEIN’S “WEDNESDAY.”
151 Caps at Half Pries
AT ECKSTEIN’S HAT.”
1,1 Misses’ Cloaks Hi Price.
THE LARGEST AND FINEST
STOCK IN SAVANNAH.
Ever? Day Bargain Day.
rat EOT 4 tt
DRESSMAKING.
ft kill finling 4 Dry Ms
COMPANY^
WHITAKER ST., NEAR POSTOFFICE,
IS NOW*IN CHARGE OF %■
I T. A.. I > l J \I AS,'
who will always be found pleased to show the ladies the
choice selected stock of FALL and WINTER DREsJji
FABIUCS.and NOVELTIES at such prices as to meet all
competition. .. T 1 rit^.
MME. MILLER,
formerly designer and Cutter at Arnold, Constable & Co.'s,
has charge of the Dressmaking Department, upstairs.
Look out lor advertisement to-morrow.
THE SAVANNAH DRESSMAKING k DRY GOODS COMPANY,
WHITAKER, Near Postoffice.
MACHINERY, CASTINGS, BTC.
KEHQE’S IRON WORKS’
IRON and BRASS CASTINGS,
ENGINES, BOILERS and MACHINERY.
Jnn REDUCTION
■ P "KKHOE'B IRON
IN PRICES OF WORKS” is oast
gj 9 all our Hills and Pan*
SUGAR MILLS and RAIN'S.
All of our M and -i- Roller Sugar Mill* havo heavy Htael Shafts, and are of the larwr and ujojt
approval deslgriß. Our Sugar Cans are cast with bottom* down, urt smooth, uniform In
f*eß, and far superior to tnoite made* In the umial way. Wriu* tor Circular* and Prioaa. Soli
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"WM. KEHOE & CO.
BROUGHTON ST. PROM REYNOLDS TO RANDOLPH STS.,
axtVAXXAH, PA. Tr.UIPHOXH:
•airrua,
BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL, 8. C.
BTKAMK". ALPHA, H. A.
Will leave every Tueeday ani Tbur<4ay a! II
a'clovk x. M . MurniM every Wedneajejr end
Friday. Me freigM received *?n-r K':W *• ••
netting day* Will batch at filuff'uo on Tuta
day aud kriday „ „
Kpecial true b> Ifluffioe every Sunday •* >•
x * , rxturnxag leave filutfto* •' s x * "'d-
For further Murateeatn WDv f*
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